SATURDAY. MAY 4, 1895'
OUB FOBEIGN rOL.lVX.
The foreign policy of Mr. Cleve
land's administration, outside of strong
p&rillOttUD HOB 71T BUUlucto w. v.w.
: supporters, and yet it has been a very
fair one, appealing to the enlightened
intelligence of the world. When the
movement was made to annex the
Sandwich islands it was not endorsed
by Mr. Cleveland or his cabinet, and
this was in accordance with the spirit
of free institutions. The United
Stats has sufficient territory, and more
people than it can govern well with
out annexing a mongrel population,
who have just emerged from barbar
ism. ' It is true the revolution was suc
cessfully managed by American citi
zens; but the fact that they were born
in the United States, and. at the time.
owed allegiance to this government,
should be no reason for extending to
them sympathy of such a ntaure that,
would cortravene the well known prin
ciples of international law. In the af
fair of the steamship being fired upon
by a Spanish gunboat in Cuban waters
prompt action was taken by Mr. Gres
ham, and reparation has been made by
the home government, Regarding
the - British landing forces at
Corints to enforce the payment
of an indemnity of $75,000
for a flagrant breach of international
law and courtesy by Nicaragua, the
state department has gone so far as the
exigencies of the case demand, and it
is very evident that the incident will
pass without the least injury to the in
teres ts of the in tar-oceanic canal, or
the slightest infringement of what is
termed the Monroe doctrine. England
has a right to guarantee protection to
her subjects, and in case of any injury
beins: inflicted on them, to demand
reparation in the shape of a money in'
demnitv. The United States has
adopted the same course during a sim
ilar emergency. If permanent occupa
tion of any portion of Nicaraguan ter
ritory had been made by Great Britain,
undoubtedly the state department
would have entered a vigorous protest;
but until that exigency arises the action
of-the British government does not
concern us. In this age of the world
complications between 'nations are to
be avoided, and war should be averted
by every possible means. A contest
between armies on land or navies at
ii j i e l : i. n
sea wm cause ureauiui loss ui uw w
victor and vanquished, and civilization
and humanity are appalled in contem
plating the possible results. Diplo
macy is the modern means of settling
. international difficulties, and in our
relations witn ureal .Britain or otner
- countries the contest will be waged
vnnrp! hatwoen clever diplomats than
armed cruisers. The jingo policy which
. is advocated by many would result in
war, which would be deplorable if we
were successful, and especially with a
nation with whom the most amicable
relations have always existed. Mr.
Cleveland and his secretary of state
and the United States will emerge
from all the entanglements with Ha
waii and also with Great Britain's pol
icy toward Nicaragua with her honor
. untarnished, and respected by the civ-
ilized world for her successful efforts
in the direction of enduring peace.
BOADS TO THE INTEBIOB.
Some weeks ago the Times-Moun
TAINEER published an article from the
Fossil Journal in relation to an effort
being made by that portion of Gilliam
county to build a good wagon road to
The Dalles, and in this issue an editor
: rial of the same import from the same
paper is copied. This shows that the
people of that portion of the Inland
Empire fully understand the import
ance of being connected with the point
which will afford them them the facili
ties of "cheap water transportation, and
this city enjoys this advantage. If the
producers of the interior are benefited
by low rates to seaboard by means of
the D. P. & A. N. Co. our merchants
will increase trade by attracting them
here, and where the benefits to be de
rived are mutual a united effort should
be made to secure the advantages. Our
citizens should take an equal interest
in thin matipr An t,h rARirianta nf Fraflil
and vicinity, and should be willing to
tion of the road. The improvement of
highways is one of the most available
means of the development of a country,
and The Dalles to reap the advantages
of her location should make roads an
easy means of approach for all. Our
dealers have paid the hiphest price for
wool and wheat of any place in the
northwest, and this has caused farmers
and sheepmen to look in this direction
for a market. Since the D. P. & A. N.
Co.'s boats have furnished an outlet to
seaboard, if they cannot sell Jt heir pro
duce here, they can ship them to the
' markets of the world cheaper than
from other points east of the Cascades.
For these reasons producers are willing
to haul their products from a great dis
tance in the interior to our warehouses
As the center of a large and increasing
trade with a very productive region it
is directly to the interest of every citi
. zen of The Dalles and vicinity that a
. degree of enterprise should be exer
cised commensurate with the advan
tages which we possess. We shall soon
have an open highway to the sea, and
we should allow others w) reap the ben
efits of cheap water transportation by
giving them available means at all sea
sons of the year of reaching The
Dalles. "
THE TBEASUBY AND BUSINESS
There is significance in the fact that
the threatened shortage of $7,000,000
or $8,000,000 in the revenues for April
attracts no especial attention, says an
eastern exchange. Two years ago,
when the treasury gold dropped below
the $100,000,000 line, the country was
alarmed and the financial convulsion
came. The revenues at that time,
though, were not greatly below the ex
penditures, and deficits snch as have
come since were not in sight. No such
drop in governmental income as oc
curred later was expected, nor did any
body dream that the gold fund would
go down to as low a level as was
touched in 1894 and 1895. In a certain
sense, that is to say, the actual condi
tion of the treasury, is worse than it
was when the panic came, and yet no
body is frightened.
The reason for this change in the
public temper is easily Bet forth. In
1893 the danger, whether great or
small, was ahead, but now it is behind.
As the extent of the peril was un
known fear magnified it and thus has?
tened and intensified it. The country
since then has met the peril face to
face and has overcome it. We know
the worst now that was in store for us,
and that worst has passed. It may be
a little slow in disappearing alto- J
gether, but whether it moves slowly or
quiskly, we know that it is getting
away from us, and .that it cannot come
back. The monthly deficits have
reached their greatest figure; the gold
fund has touched its lowest level.
Every change in conditions that comes
will be a change for the better.
Herein is the reason why treasury
deficits are no ' longer protentous.
Even at the worst their days cannot
now be long in the land. The general
tendency of things everywhere in the
financial and business world is toward
improvement. This is true of Europe
as well as of the United States. What
ever may have been the immediate and
contributory cause of recent business
stagnation the ultimate causes mus
have been universal, for their effects
were world-wide. The recovery which
has set in is equally general and perva
sive. The treasury may not be prompt
in reflecting the improved- conditions,
but even there the change will soon be
apparent.
FBEEDOM VS. ANABCHY.
Peace reigns supreme at Nicaragua
and the British will withdraw from
Corinto with full assurance that the
indemnity will be forthcoming. If
this affair ends without a revolution,
and the present executive retains his
position at the head of the govern
ment,perhaps it will be the only period1
during the past quarter of a century
that the Spanish blood became excited
in that country that it did not end in
civil war. According to the strict
terms of international law, Walker's
filibustering expedition was a violation
of the rights of Nicaragua; but if he
had succeeded in supplanting the na
tive and mixed population with immi
grants from the United States it would
have been a blessing tp all concerned.
Anglo-Saxon grit and enterprise would
soon develop the rich resources of that
nation, and the traditions of the race
would uphold the supremacy of law
and guarantee protection to life and
property. There is no law, human
or divine, that makes one man
or women, or any one family, herdi
tary rulers of their neighbors, and yet
in many communities universal free
dom leads to anarchy. Self govern
ment is a stage of development that all
people have not attained, and until
that is reached it should not be at
tempted. Perhaps in many "of the
South American states the process of
political growth has not been in opera
tion long enough for free institutions
to be successful, and Nicaragua can be
classed as one of these. The history of
Central America for a long while has
been darkened almost continually by
revolutions, and the ruling govern
ments have been changed at the ca
price of wild, infuriatednnobs, who had
little more respect for law or human
rights than savages. Freedom with an
enlightened people, is a God-given and
God-guaranteed privilege; but with a
barbarous or half-civilized race it is a
license for murder, arson and other
crimes that result from unbridled or
excessive lust or passion.
THE . BOAT LINE.
The D. P. & A. N. Co. was never as
popular with the people as it is at pres
ent, and it is gaining friends daily. It
has demonstrated the fact that the in
terior is no longer under the control
of the railroad monopoly, and that it
can transport goods at rates that will
permit producers to reap profitable re
turns from their labors. At the old
rates charged farmers received no ben
efit from their acreage, and thejj sim
ply planted and harvested crops for
the railroad company. The. reduction
brought about by river transportation
has reduced the cost of sending wool
and wheat to seaboard very materially,
and every dollar saved in this manner
is so much added to the circulating
medium of the community. Another
result of this opposition line is that it
has brought this city into prominence
as the most available market for prod
ucts of all kinds in the northwest.
The wheat-raiser and wool-grower
know that they can secure a
higher price for their products here
than elsewhere, because these can be
shipped to tide water, direct by the
river, and this is the best advertisement
this point has ever received. Move
ments are already on foot, at interior
points, to be connected with The Dalles
by wagon roads, on account of the ad
vantages afforded here of cheap water
transportation. The benefit of an open
river was not fully realized until the
Begvlator and Dalles City demonstrated
the .cheapness of river carriage, and
now that it is known producers are en
couraged that in time they will receive
reasonable profits on their labors. Our
citizens or people in the inteior do
not desire to see the D. P. &. A. N.
Co. weaken in its fight against monop
oly; but hope that it will continue to
be the people's friend until the Colum
bia shall be open to the navigation of
farmers and produers of the Inland
Empire from its headwaters to its
mouth.
BBITISH DIPLOMACY.
In the history of European politics
no nation has displayed brighter di
plomacy than England, and in nearly
every emergency the man at the head of
foreign affairs has so adroitly managed
affairs that the empire was the gainer
from international complications. The
statesmanship of Pitt did more to save
Europe and Britain from being subju
gated by Napoleon than the troops un
der Wellington, and his sagacity was
finally successful in shutting up the
turbulent, ambitious Corsican at St.
Helena. Chatham and Waterloo saved
the old world from the scourge of con
tinual war, and the countries were
given time and opportunity to advance
in the arts of peace. After Napoleon
was caged, the next brilliant display
of diplomacy was the formation of the
alliance with France which managed"
the Crimean war to Great Britain's
advantage. The only weakness dis
played for a long time was when Glad
stone allowed Russia to encroach al
most to the gates of Herat, and
planned the ill-fated and disastrous
Soudan campaign. Lord Rosdberry,
the present premier, has not had an
opportunity to show his powers; but
there are opportunities presenting
themselves in the settlement of the
difficulties in Nicaragua and Vene
zuela, and reaping an advantage in the
treaty of peace between Japan and
China. There cannot be much doubt
that British diplomacy is being played
to a nicety in this latter affair, and
while France, Germany and Russia are
discontented and making threats, the
"island of shopkeepers" are keeping
quiet and securing the best results
from the settlement of the conditions
of peace.
Oscar Wilde says his affection for
Lord Douglass was similar to that of
Johnathan for David, We are glad
there are few Jobnathans and Davids
in this world.
FLUCTUATION IN SILVEB.
The silver question is the all-absorbing
one at present, and the following
article and carefully prepared table
from the New York Sun dispel many
illusions, as implicit reliance can be
placed on them:
"As the reheating of the silver ques
tion has revived the need of consider
ing various points of it over again, we
take up an obstinate old delusion
which we find in a recent edition of
one .of silver's more vehement cham
pions, the Indianapolis Sentinel:
" 'The great mass of both bimetal
lists and free coinage men in this
country believe that the apparent de
cline of average prices and the appar
ent decline in silver are in fact a man
ifestation of an appreciation in gold
resulting from the demonetization of
silver.'
"Page 779 of the report of the di
rector of the mint for the year 1893 is
sufficient of itself to send back to the
debating clubs where only miners and
Populists are admitted, this idea that
silver's demonetization, technically
'the crime of 1873,' was the cause for
silver's fall in price. Here are the fig
ures of the world's production of gold
and silver between 1870 and 1892,given
in the constant term of coining value:
Years. Gold. Silver.
1870 $106,850,000 $ 51,575,000
1871 107,000,000 61,050.000
1872 99,600,000 65,250,000
1873 .". 96,200,000 81,800,000
1874 90,750,000 71,500.000
1875 97,500,000 80,500,009
1876 103,700,000 87,600,000
1877 114,000.000 81.000.000
1878 119,000,000 95,000,000
1879 109,000,000 96,000,000
1880 106,500,000 96,700,000
1881 103,000,000 102,000,000
1882.. 102,000,000 111,800.000
1883 95,400,000 115,300,000
1884 1 101,700,000 105,500,000
1885 108,400,000 118,500,000
1886 106,000,000 120,600,000
1887........ 105.775,000 124.281,000
1888 110,197,000 140,706,000
1889 123,489,000 162,159,000
1890 118,849,000 172,235,000
1891 126,184.000 186,447,000
1892 138,861,000 196,459,000
"It will be seen that during this
period the annual product of gold
dropped from $106,850,000 to $90,750,
000, and rose again to $138,861,000.
The total fluctuation was less than
$50,000,000. Again, the gold product
was the same in 1887 that it was in
1870. By 1892 it had increased over
the product of 1870 by only thirty-
three per cent.
"Silver's history in this time will
startle any one who reads it for the
first time. In 1870 th silver product
was $51,575,000. In 1873 the great
change which was in store for silver
exclusively had begun in full force.
The product had risen to $81,800,000,
or already sixty per cent, over that of
1870. It wavered a little at these
higher figures, and then its rush up
ward began, until, with a few minor
reactions, it rose in 1892 to $196,459,-
000, or three hundred per cent, over its
production of twenty years earlier.
"Can any one tell us how silver
could have failed to fall in the market?
"This extraordinary increase in the
silver prodnct was in the face of a
steady decline in its value. What
amount would have been got out of the
earth if the value of silver had re
mained at the figures quoted for it in
1870, stimulating the mining industry
to still greater exertions, we leave to
conjecture. Silver fell because its
great production cheapened it. There'
was no help for it, short of a general
and permanent strike of mine owners
all over the world."
OFFICIAL BEES.
This is about the proper time for
presidential and congressional bees to
be buzzing around, and disturbing the
peaceful slumbers of otherwise quiet
and amiable citizens. We do not ex
pect any candidates from Oregon for
the national executive chair, but per
sons who would willingly sacrifice the
ease and comfort of an ordinary quiet
western existence for two years' resi
dence in Washington City as repre
sentatives of this great and growing
commonwealth are very numerous.
Last year the state gave a Republican
majority of 20,000, and this makes the
ambitious, benevolent and self-sacrificing
members of that party very in
tense in their ardor for nomina
tions. The Republicans last year had
everything in their favor, and they
gathered votes from every nook and
corner. Next year, we believe, it will
be qaite different,and whoever re
ceives the nomination for any office of
importance will be forced to carry on
his shoulders the burdens caused by
the last legislature. He will be
called upon to defend (Turing the cam
paign the assinine actions of the bolt
ers, and the broken pledges of the
party's representatives at Salem last
winter. Whether he can do this suc
cessfully will be decided at the ballot
box in June, 1896. But, notwithstand
ing all these disadvantages, the con
gressional and other bees will keep
buzzing until after the nominating
conventions are held, and until that
time the party will have more firm
supporters than at any time afterwards.
BUSINESS BEY1YAL. y
From 200 or more commercial men
traveling over the west and northwest,
the Chicago Tribune collects statements
in regard to the condition of business.
The interviews are almost unanimously
to the effect that, except in Colorado,
Kansas and South Dakota, the spring
trade averages 15 to 25 per cent better
than that of a year ago. In some sec
tions the situation resembles a "boom"
and the recent rainfall has helped on a
remarkable improvement in agricul
tural prospects all over the Mississippi
valley. Letters received by local
merchants from the iron and steel
trade are of the same tenor. One
Pittsburg firm writes of the undoubted
strength of the market for ore, coke,
pig iron, steel billets and everything
entering into manufacture, as well as
the advance of wages to working-men,
which would indicate that an increase
in the prices of finished products must
inevitably follow. Railroad companies
and other iron Consumers have been
scrimping so in their purchases for
two years past that a speedy and gen
eral revival of the demand is in pros
oect. EDITOBIAL NOTES.
An exchange says that Americanism
is true Democracy. If this is a fact, the
country has not had but little Democ
racy since Blaine left the state depart
ment. If Nicaragua cannot pay $75,000 she
must be poor and "poverty stricken.
Oregon pays nearly or fully that
amount to worthless commissions every
year.
The state department at Washington
has decided that Great Britain is not
violating international law or the
Monroe doctrine in enforcing indem
nity against Nicaragua.
"Coin's Fnancial School'' is becom
ing popular with free-silver men. The
much better "financial school" is a
good hank account these days, with
the white metal interchangeable for
gold.
If Dr. Gibson will resign the pastor
ate of Emanuel church and go on a
lecturing tour he would soon accumu
late a fortune. There is more pay and
less work on the lecture platform than
in a church pulpit.
The treasury deficit at the end of
the fiscal year will reach about $45,
000,000. Financially speaking, the
change in the tariff policy inaugurat
ed by the Democracy, has not been in
the least successful.
The Japanese are about to celebrate,
the eleventh centennial of the found
ing of the city of Kyoto, and great
preparations are being made for the
event. This must be the home of
mossbackism, and was imported into
the west soon after the establishment
of the town.' .
This is a representative government,
as a rule, in spite of the fact that oc
casionally a person gets into office who
represents nothing but the disgust of a
whole state and a phenomenal absence
of ordinary intelligence in his own
cranium. The missing word in this
remark is Altgeld.
The triple alliance of Russia, France
and Germany is threatening Japan be
cause the terms she has secured from
China do not please these nations. It
is strange that republican France
should join these two great empires in
pouncing on Japan; but she is able to
take care on herself, and force these
countries to keep their hands off.
The revival of business in the textile
factories of New England, with an in
crease of wages for the operatives, is
one of the latest and most important
evidences of returning good times. In
the nature of things, the old degree of
prosperity can be reached only in a
gradual way, but it is coming, and
even .Democratic rule cannot prevent it.
The yield of wool is very encourag
ing, but the prospective price is very
discouraging. If our sheepmen were
not forced to compete in marketing
their product with Argentine and Aus
tralia, wool growing would be st much
more lucrative industry. Oregon
needs protection a great deal more
than she does unlimited coinage of sil
ver. The crop prospects of Wasco county
are very encouraging, and with the
usual rainfall between now and harvest
there will be an abundant yield. Fruit
shows considerable growth, and there
will be a large export trade this fall.
With an "abundance of grain and fruit
the people of this region can patiently
bear the distress and deprivation which
they are suffering.
There is some hope yet for the As
toria railroad, and the dispatches state
that twenty additional deeds to the
right of way and subsidy company were
handed in to the committee yesterday.
The people of that city are beginning
. to understand the importance of rail
road communication with the interior,
and this is a very hopeful condition for
the project. There is no denying the
fact that Astoria should be the seaport
of Oregon, and no doubt can be enter
tained that in time she will be.
Japan is determined to support the
terms 'of the treaty with China, and
Russia, Germany and France will have
no holiday diversion in enforcing their
views of the question.' The Japanese
are intensely patriotic, and a foreign
war would be very popular. It would
be well for the big European countries
to pause before they pounce on the lit
tle empire, for they would not be en
titled to much honor if they were vic
torious, and if defeated they would
suffer lasting ignominy.
A religious revival has been in pro
gress at Astoria and other towns in
Oregon, and we presume the commu
nities have been benefited thereby.
During these times of depression,
when financial stringency make some
men almost wild, the comforting Influ
ences of religion will act as a balance
wheel to the mind, and will keep them
contented with their lot when all
others can have no' effect. Revivals
should be more popular now, and there
will be less discontent and complaint,
and the exercise of patience will be
more general in every community.
The indemnity claimed by Great
Britian from Nicaragua is not so large
that it would impoverish the country to
pay it, and there must be some other
reason than that of poverty that it is
not forthcoming. Perhaps the Central
American republics consider the Mon
roe doctrine advocated lor their especial
benefit, and that they have only to ask
to receive help from the United States
in any and all emergencies. If they
take this view of the matter they are
hugging a delusion, for this country is
not to be forced into difficulties with
Europe simply because the Latin na
tions do not pretend to carry out the
rules of international law in their deal
ings with the world.
It is expected that the insane asy
lum case and the question whether the
railroad commission is still in exist
ence will be decided by the supreme
court thif month, and the decisions
will be anxiously awaited by the peo
ple of the state. The bill for the branch
insane asylum in Eastern Oregon was
hrst passed by the legislature in 1893.
and putting the law in force has been de
layed ever since by dilatory measures,
whether backed by the Salem "hog'1
or some other "hog" it makes but lit
tle dfference. If every public insti
tution has to be located at the seat of
government the people desire to be
made acquainted with the fact, and in
the future they may demand legislation
regarding this "seat of government. "
A Democratic exchange says the
people are behind the free silver move
ment, which, if true, will give Democ
racy a chance for success in 1896. But
this oft-repeated assertion about "the
people" being in favor of any new
theory of government or finance is be
coming monotonous, and is only
used to make them believe they
want what they really do not.
Attention must be attracted from
the tariff issue, and from this
time until the opening of the campaign
next year every Democratic organ will
attempt to create a "boom" for un
limited coinage. If they succeed there
will be no republican tidal wave in
1896, and Democracy will re-establish
itself in power by a subterfuge that
it has no faith in itself, and which
it failed to put to a practical test
when it had the opportunity during
the last session of corgaess.
INTENSE EXCITEMENT.
Hostilities May Break . Oat at Any
Moment.
New York, May 2. A special from
San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, to the
Herald, says that the arrest of Casi-
miro Gonzales by the English, charged
with intimidating people from selling
provisions to their, ships, has caused
great excitement in jjeon ana .Mana
gua. Rumors were current "that the
incensed mob would try to attack the
town of Corinto. The English doubled
their emard and sent pickets out along
the railroad line and raised the rails.
After a night of suspense, 200 marines
left the town in the direction of Paso
Cabell oa, where the Nicaraguan forces
are situated in a well-fortified position.
Paso CabelloB, about four miles from
Corinto, is divided from it by a bridge
500 feet long. Orders have been given
to open fire on the English forces
should they attempt to advance be
yond this bridge. The ladies of Leon
and Managua have offered money and
jewelry to defend the native cause,
and will never hear of surrender.
Fears are entertained that hostilities
may break out at any moment. The
Nicaraguans are well fortified at Paso
Cabellos, and can place 8000 to 10,000
men there at a moment's notice.
Drs. Jose D. Games and Z. Jose Mad
eriz, special commissioners from the
Nicaraguan government, have arrived
in Corinto, and refusing to meet Capt.
French, governor of the port, at his
office, they were promptly ordered to
leave town and not to return under
an pretext. The situation is critical
ana becoming more strained daily. An
open rupture is feared momentarily.
TELEGRAPHIC.
NICARAGUA.
The Indemnity Will be Paid, and the Brit
ish Fleet Will Leave.
Managua, Nicaragua, April 30.
The Nicaraguan government has form
ally decided to accede to the compro
mise proposition for a settlement of
the pending troubles. The decision
has been ocmmunicated to the author
ities at Washington and London.
Nicaragua agrees to pay $15,000 in
London in 15 days from the lime the
British ships leave the harbor of Cor
into. This preliminary is strongly
insisted upon on account of the con
dition of feeling in the country, which
otherwise might render compliance
with the ultimatum even in its modi
fied form impossible. It now remains
for Great Britain to agree to this con
dition. Nicaragua's course is regarded
as shifting on Great Britain further
responsibility for the trouble. The
most positive assurances of the pay
ment of the money has been given.
GUZMAN VISITS GBESHAM.
A Long Conference With the Nicaraguan
Minister.
Washington, April 30. The Nica
raguan minister was again an early
visitor to the state department. He
consulted with Gresham and shortly
after left the building. The nature of
the conference is not known, but it
is presumed that Nicaragua has replied
to the suggestion made yesterday look
ing to a withdrawal of British troops
from her soil, and the payment of the
indemnity.
That a revolution will follow in Nic
aragua if the indemnity is paid
before British vessels leave their har
bor, is not doubted in well-informed
circles here. Hostility against Eng
land grows in intensity, and while
quiet prevails in Corinto, wild excite
ment exists in other towns and cities
of the republic. Business is practically
suspended. While President Zelaya
is generally popular, there is a strong
party in the republic which is am
bitious of again succeeding to the chief
magistracy, and any surrender to the
British at this time would be playing
into the hands of the Grenada party.
OSCAR WILDE.
His Love For Lord Douglass Was Similar
to That of Johnathan for David.
London, April 30. The Old Bailey
was less crowded today than heretofore,
when court was opened for what was
expected to be the last day 'of the trial
of Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor, on
a charge of serious misdemeanor.
Counsel for the crown withdrew the
charge of conspiracy against Wilde,
saying he desired to avoid difficulty in
placing a witness on the witness stand.
Sir Edward Clark, Q. C, counsel for
the accused, demanded a verdict of not
guilty on this account, but the judge
refused to allow it. '
Sir Edward Clark, in opening his
speech for the defense, denounced the
conduct of a large section of the press,
saying it prejudiced the case of his
client and imperiled the interests of
justice.
Wilde was then placed upon the
stand and absolutely denied there was
a word of truth in the charges brought
against him. He answered the ques
tions of Sir Edward Clark in subdued
tones. During the examination of the
prisoner by his counsel, it was apparent
that many of Wilde's Mends were
present. Sir Edward Clark claimed
that Wilde was a martyr and had ac
cepted the verdict in Queensberry case
only because it was evident that it
could not be properly tried then. But
it could now be determined in proper
issue, according to the counsel. When
Wilde was placed in dock it was evi
dent that he had lost all the swagger
which so digusted all who witnessed it
during the former trial.
C. F. Gill, on behalf of the prosecu
tion, began the cross-examination on
the same lines that Edward Carson,
Q. C, who defended the Marquis of
Queensberry for libel, had followed.
He quoted from the sonnet to Lord
Alfred Douglass, in which occurred
the line, "I am that love; but dare not
speak its name." Gill asked what was
the nature of the love represented in
that poem, and Wilde, with marked
deliberation and emphasis, answered,
"It is a love not understood in this
country; it is the love of David for
Johnathan; deep spiritual affection as
pure as it is perfect. It is something
this age does not understand; it mocks
at it and sometimes puts one into the
pillory.'' As Wilde finished answer
ing there were loud cheers from the
gallery which called forth a rebuke
fram the judge, who threatened to
eject those who took part in the dem
onstration. After a short isross-ex-
amination, during which Wilde denied
everything, Charles Parker was ex
amined. PAID THE PENALTY.
A Guilty Pair Killed In Louisville, Ky,
y
a Wronged Husband.
Louisville, Ky., April 30. Archie
Dixon Brown, the governor's son and
secretary, paid with his life today for
a liason with another man's wife. The
latter shared the same fate, the
wronged husband shooting them to
death in the room in which he had
surprised them in their guilt. Fulton
Gordon is the name of the man who bo
terribly avenged his domestic dishonor.
The tragedy is one of the most sensa
tional in the history of the state, on
account of the prominence of the per
sons involved. It occurred at 12:35
o'clock, in an evil resort ' kept by a
colored woman. Brown was killed in
the room, and Mrs. Gordon was shot
as she was fleeing from the place. At
noon, Brown, with Gordon's wife,
knocked at the door of Lucy B. Smith's
Madison-street house. They were ad
mitted, and immediately repaired to
the upstairs front room, which had
been previously engaged.
Will Spain Join the Alliance?
Paris, April 30. It is reported here
that Spain will join Russia, Germany
and trance in a protest against the
terms of peace arrived at between Chi
na and Japan regarding the cession of
territory ana me exwaorainary privi
leges accorded Japanese traders in
China.
It is learned on the highest authority
that France, Russia and Germany be
lieve the united states is supporting
Japan. The French government is an
xious because of this belief regarding
the outcome of the joint protest to Ja
pan concerning the acquirement by
her of Chinese mainland.
DUB RANT'S. EXAMINATION.
Further Testimony in the Examination of
Dnrrant for the Murder of Minnie
Williams.
San Francisco, April 30. Theodore
Durrani s examination on the charge
of murdering Minnie wiiiiamwas res -sumed
in police court this morning.
The prisoner did not look as well as he
did last week. nr. Baruett, the au
topsy physician, was called to the
stand, and the courtroom . ordered
cleared of ladies. He testified that the
murdered girl had been outraged prior
to the murder, ana mat ner death was
caused by suffocatioe and hemorrhage.
In his opinion the wounds on the body
were ante-mortem.
C. T. Hills next testified that he was
on Twenty-third and Bartlett streets
on Friday evening, the 12th inst.,
about 8:15, and saw a short woman
wearing a cape meet a man there, who
took her arm and entered the side door
of the church with her. He did not
see them emerge. He stayed only a
few minutrs after,' - The woman wore
a hat like the turban. The witness,
however, could not identify the hat or
Jape when produced in court. The
man wore a coat uk.b currant s, wnicn
was also produced
C. M. Johnson, cierg of the state
board of trade, says that Theodore
Durrant and a girl resembling Minnie
Williams were seen together in the
state board of trade roonuvon the after
noon of April 12, the date of Miss Wil
liams' death. A page from the visitors'
register of that date has been mys
teriously torn from the book.
Yesterday Detective Simmons, of
Portland, Or., and a member of the
Pinkerton force, who was formerly
located at the main office of the Pink
ertons in Chicago, but who has been 1
more recently in Oregon, inspected
the Emanuel Baptist church with De
tective Gibson, of the local force. A
long consultation on the murders fol
lowed, during which the Pinkerton
man took copious notes. The appear
ance of the Pinkertons on the scene is
considered by people who have watched
the case closely as furnishing strong
reasons for hopefulness on the part of
the defense. '
Looks Like War.
LONDON, April 30. The Times to
morrow will publish a dispatch from
Koke saying foreign warships are as
sembling at the various ports of Japan,
and French vessels have been ordered
to prepare for emergencies.
BLANCHE LAMONT.
Dnrrant's Examination Begun for the
Murder of Hi's First Victim.
San Francisco, May, 1. The coro
ner began the inquest concerning the
death of Blanche Lamont this morn
ing. Mrs. C. G. Noble testified that
Theodore Durrant frequently called at
her house to see her niece, Blanche
Lamont. He escorted her to the park
Sunday afternoons and frequently
went to school with her. Durrant had
proposed to her last December. Blanche
at first withheld her answer, but learn
ing that he was engaged to another
girl refused him.
C. G. Noble, uncle of the dead girl,
testified that Durrant had come to him
after Blanche disappeared and suggest
ed that she might be in a house of ill
fanfb, and offered to search disreputa
ble houses for her.
John E. West, a street-railroad con
ductor, stated that Durrant and
Blanche boarded his car April 3 after
school. Three school girls also iden
tified Durrant as having taken
Blanche away after school the last day
she was seen. .
George R. King, organist of Eman
uel church, retold the story about
Durrant coming down from the rafters
looking pale and sick, saying he had
been affected by escaping gas. King
tried to protect Durrant in his tes
timony. Martin Quinlan, an attorney, posi
tively identified Durrant as the man he
had seen with a girl answering Miss
Lamont's description at 4:20 P. M.
April 3, approach the church. Quin
tan's testimony is considered damaging
to Durrant.
Dr. J. S. Barrett, who performed the
autopsy, stated that .Blanche died of
asphyxiation. There were seven fin
ger-nail wounds on the left and five on
the right side of her neck. Dr. Barrett
said it was impossible that Blanche
was in a delicate condition. Such a
statement was a slander and without
foundation.
The detective told of Durrant's con
tradictory statements regarding his
movements and connection with
Blanche.
The case was then given to the jury,
to the general surprise. It was sup
posed the inquest would last several
days.
The iurv later returned a verdict
charering Theodore Durrant with the
murder of Blanche 'Lamont.
THE ELBE DISASTER.
The Captain Exonerated, but the Mate
and Lookout Found Guilty of Gross
Negligence.
Lowestoft, England, May 1. The
committee which has been investiga
ting the cause of the sinking of the
North German Lovde steamship JUloe
after her collision January 30, returned
a verdict today of gross negligence up
on the part of the mate and lookout
man of the British steamer Crathie,
which ran into and sunk the Elbe. The
two men mentioned were found by
Sharp, the steward of the Vrathte, in
the galley of the steamer when the
Stewart went on deck at 5 o'clock on the
morning of the collision, although on
the port side of the (Jrattue were a num
ber of lights, which the steward then
believed to be on fishing- boats. They
stayed in the galley until the collision.
occurred.
In spite of this, owing to absence ol
evidence from survivors of the Jblbe,
the jury found there was not sufficient
proof that the Crathie was solely to
blame for the collision, and the jury
exonerated Captain Gordon, command
er of the Crathie, from all blame.
OSCAR WILDE.
The Jury Disagree, and the Apostle of
Estheticism Will Get Another Trial.
. London, May 1. In Old Bailey
court today Justice Charles summed up
the case against Oscar Wilde and Al
fred Taylor. The justice, in so doing,
said counsel for the prosecution acted
wisely in withdrawing the charge of
conspiracy brought against Wilde, as
he would have ordered the jury to
bring in a verdict of not guilty on that
specification. . He admitted there was
a corroboration of witnesses, but the
jury he added, would have to weigh the
characters of men like Parker, Wood
and Atkins, whom Sir Edward Clark,
in the justice's opinion, properly de
scribed as blackmailers. The justice
also urged the jury not to be influenced
by Wilde's writings, saying many
great men had written indecently. 1 he
jury must exercise its own judgment as
to whether wuae'8 leiiers 10 jx)ra Al
fred Douglass breathed of .unnatural
passions, and he also said the relations
between Shelley and Wilde would be
an interesting matter lor the jury
judgment. The jury retired at 1,30
P. M.
After being out a short time the jury
reported that it could not agree. When
the news of the disagreement reached
outside of the court there was great ex
citement, and extra editions of the
evening papers were bought up
auicklv.
When Sir Edward Clark, counsel for
Wilde, asked for bail, Justice Clark
said it must be in chambers. Wilde will
be tried again at the next session of the
central criminal court. Throughout
the proceeding's today he was very pale.
As Sir Edward Clark, counsel for the
prisoner, left the court he was heard to
remark: "Truth is mighty and will
prevail.
There was a big crowd outside Old
Bailev duriner the last stages ol the fa
mous trial today, but there was no dem
onstration for or against the prisoner
upon the part of the populace. In spite
of this Wilde was kept in the prisoners
room of the court for an hour after ad
journment, or until the crowd had dis
appeared, beiore ne was taicen to toi-
loway jail.
KANSAS CYCLONE.
The Country Devastated and Six Per
sons Killed.
r
Halstead, Kan., May 1. At 4:30
this afternoon a fearful cyclone devas
tated a strip of country several hun
dred yards wide and at least 16 miles
in length,- killing six persons outright
and seriously injuring several others.
while many have received slight in
juries. It first struck the house of
Mrs. Fry, a widow; who lives nine
miles southwest of Halstead, complete
ly destroying it, but only slightly in
juring Mrs. D ry. It next picked up
the house of John Sultz and scattered
it in every direction. The fine "two-
story house of Joseph Weir, which
had only recently been built at a cost
of over $2000, was entirely swept away.
killing Mrs. Weir, Grace Weir, aged
11; Herman Weir, aged 5, and a 5 weeks
old baby. Mr. Weir had left the
house, and, when the cyclone struck.
was about 50 yards away. He clung
to a tree, ne received injuries which
may prove fatal. . Joseph Weir, 'jr.,
and his sister Maud were the only
ones in the family who took to the cel
lar, escaping with slight bruises.
The next house in the path of the
storm was that of James Armstrong,
which was completely wiped from the
earth. Mr. Armstrong was killed,
Mrs. Armstrong probably fatally in
jured, and "grandma" Chaping, who
was there sick in bed, killed. About
100 yards from this house the large
two-story residence of B. E. Frizzel
was picked up as was also a two-story
house of J. R. Frizzel across the road,
and both, together with all the- outbuildings,-
were completely swept
away. The families of both the Frizz
els escaped injury, except Mrs. J. R.
Frizzel, who is considerably bruised
about the head.
The next place visited was the home
of Captain William White, which was
only partially destroyed. Across the
road from White's the house of Cyrus
Hillston was carried away, and Mrs.
Hillston received injuries, but she is
not considered seriously hurt.
TELEGRAPHIC.
A MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
The
Body of the Victim Found What
Led to the Crime.
Rochester, N. Y., May 2. The
body of Roy M. Culver has been found
in the Clyde river, between Clyde and
Savannah. He had been murdered
and thrown into the water. He was
the young secretary of the Young
Men's Christain Associatian at New
ark, who mysteriously disappeared re
cently. Culver started from Newark
for Syracuse, but did not return when
he said he would. Three days later
Mr. Ammerman, of Newark, his cousin,
received a postal card mailed at Syra
cuse stating that he would return on
Sunday. In the same mail was . re
ceived a letter printed in a large rough
disguised handj as follows:
"Syracuse, N. Y. Mr. Ammer
man Dear Sir: Perhaps by this time
you will be somewhat worried about
the absence of Roy M. Culver. I have
tnis much to say in regard to the mat
ter. In searching the geneological
records he discovered my family secret.
It is this: Many years ago a large
property was left to Mr. Culver's an
cestors. He was never informed of
this fact. My father, at that time a
lawyer, had entire charge of the trans
action, and he arranged matters so
that Mr. Culver's ancestors were de
prived of their rightful inheritance.
"Mr. Culver worked diligently to
prove his claim to this property. He
has succeeded to a certain extent, and
ah appointment was made to meet at
Syracuse.
"I disposed of him, and you will
never see him again. I was obliged to
do this in order to save myself. He
leaves no papers throwing light upon
the matter.
"The fortune referred to was an im
mense property consisting of lands,
houses and money well invested, and
today is one of the largest estates in
existence. He has not spoken to any
of his friends, intending to surprise
them very soon.
- " His last words were these, when I
asked him if he wished to say anything
to his friends: "Tell Cooper to pay all
my outstanding debts and retain for
himself everything left. Tell Lath to
take charge of my place at Slab City
until sold. Good-bye to all my friends."
"This is the end of my story, and you
will probably never hear from me
again. Yours truly, A Stranger."
Mr. Ammermman immediately tele
graphed to New York for his brother,
Cooper Culver, who arrived promptly,
and a search of his trunk was made.
They found $24 and a number of letters
concerning Roy's family and the estate,
many being from persons well known
by the family, but this was the first in
timation the family had had that there
was any property coming to them. .
Witness Hills' Attempted Suicide.
San Francisco, May 2. C. T. Hills,
one of the most important witnesses for
the state in connecting W. H. Theo
dore Durrant with the murder of Min
nie Williams, tried to end his life by
suicide this morning. Hills testified
at the examination before Judge Con
Ian that he was standing at Twenty
third and Bartlett streets a few min
utes after 8 o'clock, the night of the
murder, waiting for his wife, who he
expected, would come up the street,
man answering Durrant's description
came along and a' woman, he first
thought was his wife, met him. The
two walked toward the church, and he
followed. He saw them enter the side
door of the church, and he peered in
after them, but all was dark, and he
went home. The reason he gave for
following them was that he was under
the impression the woman was his wife.
When he reached home his wife was in
the house. Hills has been out of work
for some time, and was penniless and
! despondent. Today to end his troubles,
I he severed an artery in his wrist. He
wa8 discovered in time to save his life.
CLEVELAND BLAMED.
Nlearaffuan Press Holds Him Besponsi-
ble for That Country's Trouble.
New York, Msy 2. A special to
the woria from Managua says:
The press blames President Cleve
land for having, as it terms it, surren
dered Nicaragua to England. It is
predicted that sooner or later Great
Britain will control Central America,
Her next step, it is said, will be against
Honduras. The reported concessions
by England are not favorably received
oy tne public.
At a meeting of distinguished citi
zens, presided over by President Ze
laya, the following words were ascribed
to Foreign Minister Matus: "The
Monroe doctrine is dead. It died of
poverty of heroes' blood." The speak
ers seemed inclined to vent their cha
grin on the United States, blaming that
country for ail tne trouble.
Three hundred more soldiers have
gone to the Mosquito coast.
Fresh instructions have been sent to
the Salvadorean minister in London,
who is endeavoring to bring about
pacific settlement.
The government claims to have no
official knowledge of the United States'
request on England for more time for
Nicaragua, and says if such a request
has been made it was without Nicara
gua's authority.
A leading man here says that though
President Zelaya's talk of resistance
was bluster at first, he is obliged now
to keep it up on account of the attitude
of the people.
England's action will do much to
wards bringing about the much-talked-
of (Jentral American Union, it is
semi-officially stated that Honduras
and Salvador will open their ports for
Nicaraguan imports, waiving the duties
collected in favor of .Nicaragua.
Troops under General Reyes, com
manding the approaches ' to the
marshes surrounding Corinto; have
orders to allow no armed body to pass,
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