SATURDAY.... JUNE 1, 1895
DECORATION DAY.
The proper observance of Decora
tion day is a duty of the American
people. To keep alive the spirit of
. patriotism and in constant remem
brance the heroic actions of those who
periled their lives for the maintenance
of the union during the terrible civil
war the 30th of May was set apart as a
national memorial day, and the onstom
has prevailed of decorating the graves
of the nation's dead with choicest
flowers on that occasion, symbolizing
"the radiance and brightness that will
always encircle acts of heroism in the
. memory of the people of this country.
. As the years rolled on, and we became
v further removed from the feelings of
f bitterness incident to the rebellion,
the day became one of general memo
rial of the dead of families as well as
those of the nation. But its primitive
significance is not forgotten, and while
- the spirit of rancor and hatred has
been obliterated, in a great measure,
" both in the north and in the south, yet
the lesson of patriotic devotion to the
. nation evinced by those who left home
and families to preserve the union in
the leaden storm of battle will
always be remembered with gratitude.
While the flag is the symbol of frater
nity and patriotism in all parts of the
' country Decoration day must remain
as a constant memento of the unflinch
ing patriotism of American citizens
in the greatest exigency that has
transpired in the history of the Amer-
- ican union.
The war of the revolution was the
war of independence, and the 4th of
. July is the day for its celebration; the
rebellion was the conflict for the pres-
"... ervation. of the union of the states,
and the 30th of May as an annual holi
- day will keep it in constant remem
' brance. While the south evinced her
bravery on the battlefield, and her
- dead sleep side by side in some in'
stances with- those of the north, yet it
must be emphatically borne in mind
,- that with every recurring Decoration
day the love of union and country will
be instilled into the minds of old and
young over the silent chambers of the
departed in cemeteries all over the
- land. Each true heart will pledge re
newed fidelity to the trust reposed in
him by patriotic ancestors as he stands
bare-headed over the graves of those
who furnished the brightest example
of patriotic devotion to liberty and
. free institutions. No more befitting
or impressive place could be chosen
for an invocation to republican free
dom, and millions of hearts tomorrow,
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and
from the great lakes to the gulf, will
renew their devotion to the flag and
the union in the solemn silence of the
habitations of the dead; and the beauty
and fragrance of flowers will brighten
and freshen the memory of those who
have passed to the .silent shore, and
who, during the crucial test of pop
ular government bared their breasts
. to the leaden hail of death on southern
battlefields.
THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
The proclamation of the president
opening the Yankton reservation in
South Dakota to settlement will afford
another opportunity for Industrious
white, men to secure homes where the
; Indians have heretofore held posses
- sion", remarks' the Globe-Democrat: It
has been surrounded for weeks by
" "sooners" far. exceeding the number
" that can secure claims, as is always
the case when these chances are pre
' sented. There is something peculiarly
' attractive to western settlers in the
idea of obtaining Indian lands, and
they frequently pass over more desir
able territory for the purpose of thus
satisfying their hunger for the soil.
Two other' reservations, one in Col
orado and one in the Indian Territory,
'are likely soon to be opened, and the
same eagerness is being manifested
with regard to them. In all, the tracts
to be placed upon the market this year
will amount to about 1,000,000 acres;
and there will then be practically
nothing left but the reservations of
the civilized tribes in the Indian terri
tory, which must eventually be ab-
. sorbed, of course, but which are out of
reach for the present. Generally
speaking, therefore, the public domain,
once so wide that it seemed to be equal
to all future necessities, will soon be
wholly appropriated, and the benefi
cent service of the homestead law will
come to an end.
It is not to be doubted that the rapid
settlement and cultivation of the pub
lie" lands west of the Missouri River
has been a vast advantage to the peo-
pie and to civilization. The history of
the world does not show another in
stance of such extensive and substan
tial material, political and social de-
. velopement. A large number of
citizens have been enabled to improve
their condition and at the same time
to contribute to the prosperity and
welfare of the country by reason of
the policy that the government adopted
for the encouragement If western im
migration when the Republican party
first assumed control of its affairs.
New states have been founded, great
industries established, and wonderful
productive triumphs achieved. But
the limit has been reached so far as
. the supply of new lands is concerned,
and the lines of settlement can not be
pushed any further. The frontier is
about to be abolished. Hereafter, the
home-seekers will have to find loca
tions in nooks and corners where civi-
Jiaation has already taken general
possession. The result must be a grad
ual increase in the value of farm lands.
That is the manifest logic of the situ
ation. The elimination of the public
lands that have operated for many
years to cheapen improved lands in
the older states will certainly add to
the worth of the latter from year to
year; and the man who owns a good
farm anywhere may rest assured that
he could have no better kind of prop
erty as an investment for the future.
WALTER Q. GRESHAM.
Secretary Gresham died in Wash
ington at 1:15 this morning, having
been sick and under the. best . medical
attention since May 1st. ; He was born
in 1833, and was a native of Indiana.
Under President Arthur he was post
master general, and has at different
times occupied public- and judicial
positions. ' When Mr. Cleveland was
elected in 1892 he was appointed sec
retary of state, and has managed the
international relations of this country
with strength and conservatism. - He
was identified with the Republican
party until he was appointed to the
portfolio by Mr. Cleveland, and was
1
at one time named as a prominent can
didate for president. In accepting the
position under a Democratic executive
he made the mistake of his life, for he
will be followed to the grave by bitter
partisan hatred that will cast a shade
of gloom over the brightest side of his
character, and will attempt to throw
discredit upon his purest motives. If
he had died a Republican his memory
would have been revered and respect
ed; but acting with the Democrats
during the last two years of his life
whether from conscientious motives or
not in the minds of narrow party fol
lowers will consign him to everlasting
obloquy. He will share the same fate
as Horace Greely and George William
Curtis, whom a vindictive partisan
ship has never ceased to execrate in
their graves. Mr. Gresham as post
master general, as judge and as secre
tary of state of a great and powerful
nation proved himself a man of great
integrity and ability, and the vacancy
caused- by his death will be difficult to
be filled by one equally competent.
CASCADE RESERVE.
The Cascade Reserve, lately set
apart by a proclamation of the presi
pent, is a great hardship on sheepmen,
and they consider their rights en
croached upon with no good resulting
to the public. Every one acquainted
with the region of country know that
it is not of the least benefit to anyone
except, perhaps, to sporting men, who
desire to protect the game that roam
through the mountains. As pasture
lands, the grass on the foothills of the
Cascades is of the greatest importance
to sheepmen who annually drive their
flocks to these green meadows where
they soon gain flesh after the lambing
and shearing season. The Wilson free
wool bill has been a source of great
loss to wool growers, and when they
are restricted for pasturage they feel
they are forced to bear a double bur
den to make the industry remunera
tive. If this portion of the public do
main would furnish homes for settlers
they would consider it a wise course
on the part of the administration to
set it apart for the home-seeker and
home-builder; but simply to keep
it for a few sporting men, where
they can spend a summer vacation
hunting and fishing, savors too much
of the royal forests of England which
wem reserved by the Norman tyrants.
We are informed by sheep owners that
this reserve will debar them from pas
turing their sheep on land which is ab
solutely, useless for any other purpose,
and they consider it an outrage that
they shall be driven from the most de
sirable pastures there are east of
the Cascade mountains. There is
sound sense in their protest, for their
vocation is one of the means of devel
opment and wealth of the nation, and,
instead of being handicapped, the in
lustry should be fostered by the gov
ernment. We hope the Oregon dele
gation in congress will attend to this
matter, and see that the sheep indus
try is not hampered any more than is
absolutely necessary. Every wool
grower in this and adjoining counties
will petition congress that the act set
ting apart this reserve be repealed,
and we hope the next session will take
immediate action thereon.
MOB RULE.
The hanging of the two young men
in Danville, Illinois, Saturday, for
assaulting girls transfers the arena
of mob rule to the north, where there
is not the excuse for its prevalence as
in the south. After the war a race of
ignorant brutes were turned loose on
communities, whose highest ideas of
enjoyment were the gratification of
animal lusts. Frequently crimes were
committed by negroes which were re
pulsive to decency, and more particu
larly so when the perpetrators were
members of an inferior nace. It is not
surprising that under such circum
stances the relatives of the outraged
victims wreaked their vengeance on
the brutes without waiting for punish
ment by the slow process of the courts.
It would have been more in harmony
with civilization and better, perhaps,
for theTpermanency of free institutions
if lynchings had not occurred at the
south; but they may have taught a
salutary lesson to the lustful brutes,
and saved the people from a repetition
of the fiendish acts. At Danville no
Buch apology could be made for the
mob who hanged the boys to the bridge
timbers. They were in jail await
ing trial, and unquestionably would
have been convicted if guilty. There
was no race prejudice, and no fear of
the community being terrorized, and
of unguarded women-being at the mercy
of black brutes without drastic meas
ures were used, as was and is the case
in some of the southern states. While
the newspapers of the country have,
with good reason, censured the south
ern people for the prevalence of mob
rule, they should, with the same spirit
of fairness, condemn the violence at
Danville, Illinois, with greater sever
ity, because the circumstances form no
excuse for departure from - the usual
and legal methods of puuishment for
the crimes.
WHAT IT MEANS.'
. An open river to the sea is of pecu
liar significance to the people of the
Inland Empire, and The Dalles and
vicinity will soon enjoy this privilege.
At the head of navigation, with a large
region of the interior country to it,
an open river to the sea means that
The Dalles will be an ocean-competi
tive point the same as Portland or As
toria. This long-delayed, dream is
soon to be realized, and then this city
will possess facilities for handling the
produce of Eastern Oregon above any
other point east of the Cascade mount
ains. A fleet of boats from Astoria
and Portland will plough the waters
of the Columbia, and load and unload
their wealth of exports and imports at
our wharves. Wheat and ' wool will
seek shipment from this point to the
markets of the world, and The Dalles
will be no longer an interior town - but
one -in touch and sympathy with the
seaports of the world. This open river
to the sea, which has been con
sidered a delusive dream, is near
ing realization, and, before 1896 is
printed on the calendar, the great
canal and locks at the Cascades will
be open to the navigation of the peo
ple and the Columbia will flow un
vexed to the ocean. The Dalles
and vicinity will in less than a year
be emancipated from the arbitrary
control of railroads, and farmers and
sheepmen can float their produce un
impeded in barges to tidewater. An
open river means commercial libera
tion for an empire, and The Dalles.
being at the head of navigation will
reap every advantage to be derived
therefrom. -
THE SUPREME COURT.
The decision in the income tax case
serves to illustrate in a very impressive
way the tremendous power of the
supreme court, says an eastern ex
change. It can undo the work of con
gress, and by a bare majority, as in
this instance, make a law null and
void. The authority that it exercises
is superior to that of both the legisla
tive and executive branches of the
government. There is no appeal from
its decisions, and no way to modify
them; they are final and absolute, and
all other agencies in our political sys
tem are bound by them. In England,
when a measure is passed by parlia
ment, it becomes the law and takes
effect immediately, without assent or
hindrance on the part of the sovereign
or the judiciary. The law-making
power is supreme there, and the only
function of the courts is to enforce its
decrees. Generally throughout Europe,
with the exception of Russia and Tur
key, there is no judicial tribunal to
pass upon the validity of laws. Even
in Switzerland, with its democratic
form of government, the only power
to invalidate legislation is vested in
the people, through the referendum;
the federal assembly or congress can
impose any tax. and its action cannot
be revised otherwise than by a popular
vote demanded by 30,000 citizens in a
population of 3,000,000.
It is well known, of course, that the
founders of our government estab
lished the supreme court after careful
deliberation and for purposes of vital
importance. Our written constitution
makes such a tribunal indispensable;
there must be some authority to settle
questions affecting the structure and
operations of the government, or it
would go to pieces in the clash of con
troversy. More than once, we have
thus been saved from serious dangers.
The supreme court has not always
made correct decisions, as it own re
versals go to show; but the country
has always had confidence in -its abil
ity and integrity, and its authority has
been profoundly respected. All of the
South American republics have simi
lar tribunals and it may be said that
in the whole of the western hemis
phere, with the" exception of Canada,
the idea of a judicial veto on legisla
tion is in practical operation. The
power to crush laws passed by the rep
resentatives of the people may seem to
be inconsistent with the theory of re
publicanism; but in fact, . the supreme
court stands between the people and
all attempted invasions of their rights.
It is their bulwark against arbitrary
and unauthorized legislation. The
constitution is in its keeping, and it is
relied upon to prevent infractions or
perversions of that instrument by
those who are intrusted from time to
time with the duties and responsibil
ities of lawmaking.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
"Jim" Hill is the greatest railroad
king of the northwest. He controls
the Northern Pacific, and may soon
have within his grasp other- lines that
terminate on the coast. Mr. Hill is a
man of pluck and energy, and the peo
ple always respect such. ,
The conviction of Mr. James Lotan,
ex-collector of customs, on the testi
mony of Nat. Blum, will not convince
every one that he is guilty of the
charges against him. Of course the
jury acted according to their best
judgment, and were no doubt conscien
tious in rendering their verdict; but
the people generally place little confi
dence in the testimony of an accom
plice. ,
The people of Wasco are hopeful of
having rail communication with Biggs,
a station on the O. R, & N. Co. 'a line.
Sherman county has some of the best
wheat land in Eastern Oregon, and
quick and cheap means of transporta
tion would be a great factor of devel
opment. More land would be planted
in grain, and the crop would be much
more profitable if there were available
means of reaching market.
Gov. Lord, has been interviewed, and
he denies the statement credited to
him regarding the action of the con
vention of Republican clubs on the
free-tilver resolution. He is ambigu
ous and evasive on the silver question,
and says he has not studied the matter
sufficiently to be conversant with the
subject. It is very evident that if the
Republicans had to vote on him as a
candidate for governor in 1890 as they
did in 1894 he would not receive 20,000
majority.
Bradstreet's reports show a big in
crease in clearances, taking the whole
United States for one week, over the
corresponding one of last year. It is
to be noticed though that the increase
has not yet struck this coast, which
rather shows a decrease, that of Port
land being 21 per cent, Seattle 21.8
per cent, San Francisco 1.4 per cent.
The largest increase is that of New
York, over 50 per cent. Spokane
shows an increase of 22 per cent, and
Tacoma of 20. .
Admiral Meade, who has borne hon
orable service to the country in the
navy for forty years, saw proper re
cently in a very blunt manner to crit
icize the administration's foreign pol
icy, ana ior tnis ne nas received a
reprimand from the president, which is
equivalent to a dismissal. It seems
strange that in a republican form of
government a man should not be per-
mittea to rreeiy express his opinion
without being punished therefor; but
military discipline is the same in all
countries, wnetner monarchical or
republican.
Whatever the silver organs may say
regarding the action of the convention
of Republican clubs recently held in
Portland these facts remain: Every
delegate elected to the .National
League meeting at Cleveland was in
favor of the single standard and opposed
to unlimited coinage,and a resolution in
favor of placing the Republican party
in Oregon as favoring the coinage of
silver in the ratio of 16 to 1, and mak
ing it legal payment for all debts,
public and private, was laid on the
table. These are matters beyond dis
pute, and they are victories for those
who believe in sound, honest money.
The United States supreme "court
has denied the application of Eugene
V. Debs, the strike-leader, for a writ
of habeas corpus. This decision will
place a limit on strikes hereafter, as
when they interfere with inter-state
commerce the court gave a unanimous
opinion tnat tney became a proper
subject for judicial intervention. Per
haps the supreme court has never made
a more important ruling, and one
which will be more far-reaching in its
enects. it virtually says to laborers
that all means of redress for wrongs
must be within prescribed limits, and
must in no way interfere with trade or
oe subversive or the edicts of courts.
The only autocratic branch of this
government is the judiciary, and this
appears from many rulings, to
have as full power as any arbitrary
monarcn in Europe.
Says the New York Sun: "A pretty
idea, the first really novel one we
have seen, for the Paris exhibition of
1900, is that suggested by Jean Aicard,
the poet, in Le Figaro. It is to turn
the beautiful garden of the Tuileries
into a children's paradise, to arrange
in it for them alone a little exhibition
of toys and gingerbread and puppet
shows and games of all nations, with
panoramas of fairy tales and galleries
of the pictures they like, and a theatre
for pantomimes, - and a circus and
places where authors shall tell them
stories. There would be days for free
admission and for the distribution of
toys and candy and flowers to poor
children. There seems to be nothing
impracticable in the plan. It is, in
fact, an artistfc improvement on the
arrangement fcr checking babies that
was successful at Chicago."
England's movement to annex Ama
tongaland, in Africa, is intended to
prevent the South African republic
from obtaining a seaport of its own,
and is causing much excitement among
the Boers. Germany also is under
stood to object, to the grab.and expects
Prance to join in a protest. Africa
lomprises 11,621,530 square miles, of
which England now holds 2,194,880,
France 3,326,790, and Germany 884,810.
Portugal, which once almost monopo
lized the continent, now retains but
826,730 square miles; Spain claims
153,834. Italy 548,880, the Congo Free
State 905,000, and the Boer republic
177,750. The Africans themselves ' are
not yet entirely landless, but the fourth
of the continent that they retain will
probably be taken from them within
the next ten years.
A Brooklyn man who was "con
victed" of a burglary he did not com
mit, and "pardoned" after he had
served nearly two years in Sing Sing,
has sued the state of New York for
$101,838.28 damages. Of this amount
$25,000 is claimed for injury to reputa
tion and mental and physical suffering
while in prison; the rest is the com
putation df the amount he lost in busi
ness by this false imprisonment, with
his attorney's fees added. Since the
state authorities admit that he was in
nocent of the crime for which he was
convicted, and his "pardon" was
granted because of his innocence, they
have a very interesting case on their
hands to defend. They may set up the
claim that he is the victim of misfor
tune rather than wrong, but the state
is responsible for its part in the denial
of liberty that caused his suffering and
loss.
It is given out that the Salvation
Army is to invade China. Such a
statement a few years ago would have
created nothing more nor less than a
popular smile. But the institution has
grown in esteem among all classes of
people until it has come to be regarded
as one of the most potent religious
forces in the world. Speaking editori
ally of the proposed invasion, the In
ter Ocean says: "The Salvation Army
proposes to train Chinese in America
for missionary work in China. It is
likely that the army will campaign in
China along its American lines; it
will give practical lessons of Chris
tianity by clothing the naked, feeding
the hungry, healing the sick and by
preaching and practicing cleanliness
as well as godliness. It is likely also
that the army will adapt the songs of
China to religious uses, as it has
adapted those of America. We regard
the projected invasion of China by the
Salvation Army as promissory of re
sults little, if any, less momentous
than those that have followed the
Japanese invasion."
Commenting on the convention of
Republican clubs, the Portland organ
of the "immortal 30" says; "While it
cannot be said that there was treach
ery in the ranks of the "independent
bimetalists, it certainly can be truth
fully asserted that there was a great
lack of unity of action." Certain it is
that any man or combination of men
who will basely bolt the nominee of
his party is not the man or combina
tion of men to whom the people may
look to promote "unity of action,"
very pertinently remarks the Pendle
ton Tribune. No precedent is an ex
cuse for wrong doing, and the Repub
lican party of this state will exercise
the precaution to guard itself against
betrayal the second time by those
same self styled martyrs. As time
passes and the true character of the
extreme silver men, who allege fidelity
to the principles of the Republican
party, become known, they will be un
able to find a resting place in the
ranks of Populism. Like bull butter,
they are now labeled, and will only
be used as a substitute for the better
and more wholesome article.
THE EMIGRANT SHIP DISASTER.
Further
Detail of the Lou of the
Pedro.
Dom
Cokunna, May 29. Additional de
tails have been received of the loss of
the French steamer Dom Pedro off
Cape Corrobado, on the west coast of
Galicia, Monday. The weather was
fine and the sea calm; but the
Dom Pedro struck on the rocks,
which are difficult to locate even in
good weather. There was a terrible
shock as the steamer struck, and a
panic followed, especially among the
women, causing:, all the other passen
gers to lose their heads They tried to
seize tne boats, mepreservers and
other things capable of supporting
persons in the water. In order to pre
vent tne passengers irom sinking tne
boat in lowering them, the captain
was obliged to tnreaten tnem with a
revolver. Many persons were kept
afloat after the steamer foundered by
clinging to wreckage, until they were
rescued by nsnermen from the shore.
It is estimated that 100 peoDle. most of
whom were passengers, lost their lives,
Tne uom rearo was to nave taken on
board 200 additional passengers at
Carril. They were nearly all emi
grants for Argentine. It is reported
the captain and 26 survivors are being
carea ior oy tne autnoritlea asnore.
. Neither Gomes Nor Marti Dead.
NEW YORK, May 30. A special to
the World from Havana says that
neither Marti nor Gomez is dead or
even wounded. This is said to be
positively known here. Moreover,
is asserted upon what is pronounced
good authority that neither was at
Boca dos Rios at the time of the battle
in which the Spanish reported Marti
was slain and Gomez wounded. The
man killed at Dos Rios, the finding of
whose body afforded the basis of the
story that Marti fell, was a Cuban spy.
it is declared, wno was to carry cor
respondence to the leaders.
Wood I Wood! Wood!
Oak, fir and slab wood at minimum
rates. Send us your order from the
nearest telephone.
Jos. T. Peters & Co.
Invalid 3 Years,
Cured by Hood's
"C t. Hood ft Co., LoweH Huti
"Gentlemen. I am glad to ten yon that I
bar been given good health by Hood's
SarsapariUa. For three yean I was an In
valid, suffering terribly from
Nervousness and Lameness,
Iwas so nervous I could not bear the least
noise, and I bad to walk with crutches for
six months, as I could not put one of my feet
- to the floor. Physicians did not do ma any
good, so a friend told me to get Hood's Bar.
aparilla, but
I 8ald There Was No Use.
However, after thinking the matter over, I da.
, elded to give it a trial, and have taken six
' bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla, and the re
sult is that I am well as any one could wish
to be, and can do any kind of work. I ad
. rise aja my friends to tka Hood's Sarsapa
. rllla for I believe It will do them good."
- Km 8 us r Dodsox, Cotton, rfnn.i,
Hood's PUIS cure liver ills, eonstlpaUoa,
gttecjs&aie, Jauadlss, stele basjdajeba, jB62gasBss
TELEGRAPHIC.
THE COLIMA WRECKED.
Pacific Mail Company's Steamer at the
Bottom of the Pacific.
San Francisco, May 28. In a
strange vague way the first news of
the wreck of the Colima was received
tonight at the Merchants' Exchange.
A telephone message was received at
the exchange saying that a resident of
of this city received a telegram this
evening, from his father, who was a
passenger on the Colima. The ex
change, was dated Manzanillo, May 28,
and read as follows:
"Saved. Will wire further partic
ulars." W. H. Avery, ticket clerk of the
steamship company, said that probably
the wreck occurred at Point Tejupon,
the headland which the Granada
struck June 22, 1889. The point is not
far from Manzanillo, which is the only
telegraph station in that neighbor
hood. From Manzanillo came the first
news of the wreck of the Granada.
The Colima was commanded by Cap
tain J. P. Taylor, and was an iron
vessel of 2906 tons. She was built in
1873 by Roach & Sons, of Chester, Pa.,
and was owned by the Pacific Mail
Company. Storekeeper Richardson,
of the Colima, was the one who sent
the first news of the disaster. It was
he who sent the message to his son in
this city that he had, been saved. The
Colima carried a very heavy cargo of
general merchandise, and in addition
to the cabin passengers carried a num
ber of steerage passengers.
Assistant Superintendent Avery, of
the Pacific Mail, stated late tonight
that the Colima carried 192 people, and
only 19 were saved. There were 40
cabin passengers, 37 steerage, 43 Chi
nese, and the crew numbered 72. Most
of the cabin passengers were bound
through to New York. The statement
of lost and saved is based upon the
message to Superintendent Schwerin.
This stated the ship was wrecked May
27, and that a ship's boat, containing
five of the crew and 14 passengers, ar
rived at Manzanillo today, .Tuesday.
OTEB A HUNDRED DROWNED.
An Appalling Accident to a French Emi
grant Ship.
Cadiz, May 28. The French steam
er Dom Pedro, bound from Harve for
Buenos Ayres, has been wrecked off
Carrubodo. Over 100 lives were lost.
The Dom Pedro was a 3000-ton
steamer, and was engaged hetween
Harve and the Argentine Republic,
calling at Bordeaux, France. She
carried freight and passengers. The
latter were mostly emigrants bound
for the Argentine Republic, or other
points in South America. On her re
turn trips, the Dom Pedro generally
loaded with frozen meats.
She left Harve May 20, with a crew
of 49 all told and 80 passengers. At
Carrill the steamer was to have em
barked 200 additional passengers, but
on the way to that port she ran on a
rock at 6: 40 P. M., off Cape Corrubodo,
on the west coast of Galicia. The
boilers exploded, the vessel founder
ing immediately afterward.
Madrid, May 28. Later details of
the wreck of the French passenger
steamer Dom Pedro are being secured
with difficult. The number who have
perished in the disaster is now ascer
tained to be 103, and only 38 were
saved. The survivors have taken re
fuge in the little town of Villagarcia.
The rocks of Cobos, near Corrubodo,
upon which the vessel struck, is a
rough headland which forms the
northern limit of the bay of Arosa.
The gunboat McMahon has been to the
scene.
England Will not Change.
New York, May 28. A London
cablegram to the Evening Post says:
Sir William Vernon Harctfurt, chan
cellor of the exchequer, has formally
replied to a memorial forwarded by
influential bankers and financiers, in
terms emphasizing his previous strong
remarks in favor of the gold standard.
His reply concludes thus: "You may
rely upon it her majesty's government
will give no countenance to any change
in the fundamental principles of our
monetary system, nor to any discus
sio" in which they may be called upon
to take part, will they admit any doubt
as to their intentions firmly to adhere
to the single standard."
TERRIBLE FLOOD IN TEXAS.
Several Families Were Drowned The
River Still Oat of Its Banks. .
San Antonio, Tex., May 28. Nat
Sulzbacker, of this city, has just re
turned from the Devil's river country,
where he came near being a victim of
the terrible flood that visited that sec
tion last Thursday. He was caught in
the rushing water and lost all his bag
gage. He states that he helped bury
four persons who met their death by
drowning near Ozona. Two others be
longing to the ' same family were
drowned, but their bodies have not
been recovered. The victims were
George Velascos, his' wife, and her
two brothers and three sisters. They
lived on the bank of Devil's river,
which rose 30 feet within 30 minutes
and swept their house and the whole
family into the raging torrent. All
the houses on the Prosser ranch, be
tween Julo and Comstock, were swept
away, and several families numbering
in all about 20 person 8, are beleived to
have, been drowned. The' Devil's
river and its tributaries are still out of
their banks, and much damage to
property along the streams is reported.
ON THE TREAD-WHEEL.
How Wilde WIU Pass His First Month
in Prison.
London, May 28. Oscar Wilde, after
he was sentenced Saturday, was taken
to Holloway jail in the northern part
of London. There all his money and
valuables were taken away by the war
den. He was stripped to his shirt, and
the officers wrote down in the prison
register a minute account of nis ap
pearance, color of his eyes, hair and
complexion, and any peculiarities such
as a broken nnger, tattoo marks
moles, etc.
Then Wilde was put into a hot bath
and his shirt, the last vestage of his
days of freedom, was removed. Emerg
ing from tne water, he found a full
suit of prison clothes ready for him,
irom under-linen to loose shoes and
hideous scotcn cap. mis clothes are
of a dirty drab canvas, plentifully
adorned with drab arrows. Shortlv
afterward, Wilde ate his first real pris
on meal, an allowance of thin porridge
ana a small Drown loai.
He was taken today to Bentonville.
nara oy uoioorn viaauct, tne prison
ior convicted criminals, ne was ex
amined physically with great care,
since upon the medical officer's report
will depend what labor he is to do. If
passed sound and fit for first-class hard
labor, he will take his first month's
exercise on the tread wheel, walkine
six hours daily, making an ascent of
euuuieet. ne will walk tor twentv
minutes continuously and then rest the
next five minutes. A government in
spector will visit him once a month
and hear any representation or com'
plaint, and a visiting committee of
London magistrates will call freauent-
ly at tne prison ior tne same purpose.
On his release, Wilde, if he has work
ed well, will have earned the magnifi
cent sum of 10 shillings.
While Oscar Wilde's case has ab
sorbed public attention recentlv. Lon
don police reports show that persons
accused oi tne same onense ior which
he is committed come freauentlv be
fore the magistrates. On the very day
he was convicted John Good child. 28
years old, and said to have had a good
education, was sentenced to two years
at nara laoor ior tne loenucai crime.
The judge remarked that no country
could remain great while such persons
were allowed to live free in it. He
believed, indeed, that they should not
be allowed to live at all.
ORESHABTB SUCCESSOR.
Public
Opinion Points to
Ex-Secretary
Whitney.
Few YORK. May 28. A moraine-
ournal special from Washington says:
Naturally there is much speculation
as to the successor of Secretary Gresh
am in the state department. The in
dex finger ol every public man in
Washington points to ex-secretary of
the navy William C. Whitney. Just
how far the possibility of bis selection
by the president at this junction can
be traced is not determined, but in the
conversation of public men in Wash
ington at the present time the belief is
expressed that there is no man suffi
ciently prominent in public affairs
whose nomination would be to
thoroughly in accord with public
opinion, both outside and inside of the
approving power of the senate, as that
of ex-Secretary Whitney.
It is a singular fact that upon the
lips of almost every one asking here in
Washington for their opinion as to
who might properly be Secretary
Gresham's successor, the reply is
"Whitney," or "ex-Secretary Whit
ney," or "ex-Secretary of the Navy
Whitney. Mr. Whitney is a Yale
college graduate. He has been uner
ring in his line of social observances,
and left Washington with a kindly
glow of general benevolence, good will
and a remembrance of superb Ameri
canism behind him. He is looked up
on from this center today as the most
desirable successor of Mr. Gresham.
EG AN THE RECEIVER.
Such Is the
Effect of Judge
Decision.
Sanborn's
ST. Paul, May 28 The Oregon
Short Line & Utah Northern railway,
or such portion of that system as lies
within the jurisdiction of the eighth
circuit of the United States court, will
be made over by the receiver of the
Union Pacific to J. M. Egan, the re
ceived named by Judge Gilbert, of the
ninth circuit, some time ago. The
transfer will be made with some limi
tation and condition named by Judge
Sanborn today, when the order was
handed down. The court orders the
transfer of the property from the re
ceivers of the Union Pacific to those
re-appointed by Judge Gilbet on pay
ment by the American Loan & Trust
Company of the interest on the first
mortgage bond, which became due Feb
ruary 1, 1895, and the interest on that
interest, with the provision that the
new receiver shall pay all subsequent
interest maturing on the first mort
gage bonds as same becomes due, and
if he fails he shall immediately sur
render possession of the property to
the present receivers. Judge Sanborn
declined to make any provision in the
order other than that contained in
Judge Gilbert's order with reference
to the issuance of receivers' certifi
cates. The amount of interest due
February 1 was $447,000. Similar ap
plications will be made at San Fran
cisso and Portland for the portions of
the road in other circuits.
A PASSENGER'S STORY.
He Says That the Ship Struck on a Reef
and was Sunk.
San Francisco, May 30. "The Ex
aminer this morning prints the follow
ing special:
"Colima, Mexico, May 30 A special
messenger arrived from Manzanillo
this morning at 1 o'clock with official
information for the governor of Colima
regarding the Colima steamship disas
ter off Manzanillo.
"The report is very obscure, and
laments the loss of the 160 people more
than it goes into the causes and details
of the wreck. Seventy-five miles be
low San Bias a hurricane was encoun
tered, and it was debated as to whether
or not the ship should attempt to gain
partial shelter in the shallow and
treacherous Banderas bay, which has
rocks near its entrance, or whether it
were better to push out to sea.
"One local Mexican passenger, Don
Matias Moreno, says that while
cautiously steering for what, to all ap
pearances, was the usual entrance, a
slight tremble was felt to go through
the ship. It was so faint that it was
hardly apparent to the trained senses
of the pilots and captain. The captain
ordered a slight change in the course,
and gave other quick directions, which
were promptly obeyed by the subordi
nate officers and crew. In a very few
seconds the keel grounded on a rock
slightly, and there was at once great
excitement among the officers and crew
and fear on the part of the few passen
gers on deck.;
"Following the danger signal, in less
than 10 seconds the great snip crunch
ed on an unknown reef and a shudder
ran through the hull from bow to
stern. The passengers sprang from
their berths in terror and run out up
on the decks screaming and praying in
a paroxysm oi lear as tne awiui truth
began to burst upon them. The wind
howled and a dense pall of fog hung
over the ship as she was tossed upon
the rocks. She rose and fell three
times and then a crash was heard,
This was followed by silence for the
space of a quarter of a minute, during
which time only low sobbing was
heard and muffled prayers.
" 'Man the boats,' trumpeted the
captain after a short interval, in which
another crash was neara irom beneath
the water.
"The boats had previously been
made ready with all the life-savers
placed at convenient places, although
covered irom tne view oi nervous pas
sengers, witmn three minutes irom
the first crash in the hull the ship be
gan to reel from its upright balance,
to settle and to sink in its free hinder
part.
"The scene about the life-boats were
indescribable. According to all the
testimony obtainable the panic-mad
passengers struggled for the first place
although to the credit of the crew be
it said few of the sailors or officers lost
their presence of mind, but gave their
attention to saving passengers. There
were a number of children, and one
these was pitched overboard into the
sea by a frienzied father, who aimed
lor one oi the meooats while still on
the davits. A woman of evident
wealth and refinement among the pas
sengers, whose name is thought to be
Croslin, displayed marked composure.
and in the most trying moments passed
about among the frienzied throng ex
horting the people to keep quiet and
take particular care of the women and
children.
"Some of the crazed passengers, not
willing to wait the chance oi a place in
the boats, seized the life-belts and
boldly cast themselves into the sea.
Their almost universal fate, as they
were tossed lifeless upon the waves or
dashed against the rocks, was easily
observed irom the last-sinking snip,
The first boat to be lowered with its
heavy burden of humanity succeeded
in clearing the ship's side, but was
swept away by the mighty force and
swallowed by the night of fog. Of
this load only one of the sailors
known to have escaped the engulfing
flood which swept over the boat within
five minutes after it was launched,
A similar fate befell the other boats.
with one exception, so far as known.
FIRST ENCOURAGING NEWS.
Boats and Rafts From the Colima Picked
Up.
San Francisco, May 30. N. R.
Brewer, a Guatemalan coffee-planter,
now in this city, whose wife and two
children were passengers on the
steamer Colima, sent a cable to Manza
nillo yesterday, asking for informa
tion, and this morning received a re
ply, stating that boats and rafts from
the voixma were being picked, up at in
tervals and the occupants rescued.
This is the first news of an encourag
ing character which has been received
here since the wreck was first reported.
.Brewer's dispatch states the steamer
foundered 50 miles from Manzanillo at
11 p. M. Monday. A dispatch to the
Pacific Mail company this morning
gives the hour at 11 a. m.
Cheap California Wines.
We have' on sale at our sample
rooms, corner second and Court
b,h.a, o .Via kaat A n.Haa A. nln.
fan del, port,, hock and other brands of
(jauiornia wxaee. wnicn we wiu deliver
toany trt of the city cheaper than
any California wine house in the coun
try. These wines are direct from Cali
fornia vineyards, and are of the best
quality of any in the city. -
Also agents-for the celebrated Pabst
Export Beer, which is on sale In large
or small bottles to suit customers.
. r Stublingoi Williams.
-Fay the County Debt.
All county warrants registered prior
to Nov. 1, 1891. will be paid if pre
sented at my office, corner Third and
Washington streets, The Dalles, Ore.
Interest ceases after May 25, 1895.-
WM. MICHELL,
- County Treasurer
TELEGRAPHIC.
AFFAIRS nr ARMENIA.
Situation Growing Worse Instead of
Better.
JtTLFA, Persia, May 30. The
special correspondent of Associated
Press, who is investigating the situa
tion in Armenia, has furnished the
following correspondence:
The Turkish government is taking
prompt measures to prevent the up
rising of the Armenian revolutionists
next month. All roads leading from
Persia to Van have been closed by
order of the Turkish government, the
intention being to shut off communi
cation between the revolutionary lead
ers in Paris and their agents in
Armenia. One Armenian caravan
that tried to get through to Van from
Khoe was seized by the Turkish offic
ials. Within the past week the Turkish
consul at Sautch Bulsk, in Persia,
tried to cross over into Turkey with
an armed escort of 12 men, but he was
turned back by the Kurds, who hold
possession of all the roads. At the
same time the Turkish officials in the
towns near the border were chased out
of the country by the Kurds. They
took refuge in Ravendus, where they
are now. The Kurds have warned
them not to return. The Armenians
hope that the Kurds and Turks will
get into a fight and exterminate each
other.
A reasonable explanation for this
activity with the Kurds may be found
in a letter from Sheik Abdul Kahr
recently written to his brother in the
mountains of Kurdistan. Abdul Kahr
announced that the sultan had ap
pointed him to command the Hamadie
regiment of regular Kurdish cavalry,
together with a force of regular Turk
ish troops, and that there was to be a
great war during which he and his
troops were to capture the Russian
city of Kara.
The situation in Armenia has grown
worse, and the Christian people of east
ern Turkey are at present in greater
peril than they were the week of the
massacre. The village of Baloolan
has been attacked by 400 Kurds and
several men killed. The village is al
most deserted; Another attack is
looked for daily, as the Kurds have
sent word that they mean to remove
Baloolan from the face of the earth in
revenge for the death of one of their
men. They will undoubtedly carry
out their threat.
Ananas; the Rosea.
Bags foil of roses, baskets heavy with
roses, carta laden with roses; roses, roses,
s feast of roses, a surfeit of roses, if thai
la possible. The women stick rosea in
their long, braided hair, the men in their
belts, the children pull them and play
with them and leave them on the road to
die.
There is roseleaf jam to eat very
fresh and sweet it is end there is rose
leaf sirup to drink. Every vase and ves
sel is full of roses; they drop on you
from unexpected places; great bunches
of bright pink heads lying on the ground
admonish you as you walk; yon can
make a bed of them if you will; go to the
granary rosary, I suppose' it should be
called and there you' will find as soft
end sweet a conch as was ever laid in
the "Arabian Nights" for eastern princes
to dream upon.
This Is how it came about that I saw
such a multiplicity of roses. We ful
filled a long cherished scheme and went
to Kezanlik, the Valley of Roses, in the
Balkans, once the famouse rose garden
f Turkey. Blackwood's Magarine.
Pin Trees on Volcanoes.
Every one who admires trees must
be interested in the result of Prof ees
or Eeilprin's studies of the pines that
clothe the slopes of the great vol
canic mountains of Mexico.
These huge peaks seem to have
pierced their way upward through a
mantle of pine forest, which clings
to their sides up to a height of nearly
Si miles.
The vertical range of the pine in
Mexico is remarkable. It is found
among the sun loving palm trees at
the foot of the mountains, and it
stands defiant of the cold close to the
perpetual snows that cover their
summits. Youth's Companion.
An Interesting Change.
Students of natural history hvs
pointed out many instances of ani
mals and birds adapting themselves
to changed conditions of life. A
somewhat interesting example, of
this is asserted, to be taking place at
the present time in Australia. The
fleeces of the strains of English sheep
imported into that continent are said
to be growing decidedly lighter, ow
ing to the fact that the heavy fleece
is not necessary under a warmer say.
New York Post
' Hons Furnishing.
A woman who was confiding to her
street car companion that she in
tended to give her husband "a sofa
pillow for the Bitting room lounge,"
her eldest son "a set of swinging
shelves for some china in the dining
room" and her daughter "a silver
inkstand that can go on the library
table," glared very fiercely at a man
who remarked to his companion that
many homes were furnished on the
Christmas installment, plan." Ex
change. . -
A ThleTs Candor.
A candid thief appeared the other
day before the correctional tribunal
in Pans. The judge, addressing mm.
"Tell me now, why did you steal
this pair of old shoes!" The thief, "I
thought they were new.1 London
News. -
The tower of Babel at Babylon was
composed of eight square towers, one
upon the other, the pile being 660
feet high. Babylon was a square,
15 miles on each side, the walls 87
eet thick and 370 feet high.
A Crankr Fattens.
Doctor (to catient) I do not vrish
to frighten you, but if you have no
ODjecnon i a nice to call in a couple of
my Drotner physicians. (
Irascible Patient All rich i it
neea any assistance in murdering me,
c&u m your accomplices. Texas fciirt-
ings.
Saved Her Life.
Mrs. C. J. Wootrjanxu. of Wnrtham
Texas, saved the life of her ohlld by the
"One of my children had Croup. The
ease was attended by our physician, and was
supposed to be well under control. Oaa
Bigiit I was startled by the child's hard
breatblOK, and on going to-tt found It straa.
KUug. It bad nearly ceased to breathe.
KeaHilng that the child's alarming condition
had become possible In spite of the medicines
given, I reasoned that snob remedies would
be of no svafl. Hating part of a bottle of
Ayws Cherry Pectorann the noose, I cave
the child three doses, at short Inrerral nil
anxiously waited results. From the moment
the Pectoral was given, the child's breathing
arew easier, and. in a short time, she wn
sleeping quietly and breathing naturally.
The child Is alive and well to-day, and I do
not hesitate to say that Arse's Cbcrqr fse
toral saved her 111."
AVER'S
Cherry Pectoral
FispsssdbvDr.J.aATerftOoLewsa.lUsa.
Prompttoact.suretoour
THE CELEBRATED
Columbia
AUGUST BUCHLER, Prop.
This Well-known Brewery is now' turning' out the best
Beer and Porter east of the Cascades. The latest appliances
for the manufacture of good healthful Beer have been intro
duced, and oiily the first-class article wi 1 be placed on '. -the
market.
East Second Street.
The Dalles.
enn you
Buy Groceries Cheaper Than This
25 cents for 16 ounces of Good Plug Tobacco.
6c per 2-oz of Plug Cut Tobacco and a Missouri Mearchaum with eight
packages. 1
20c per dozen for lemons, usual prioe 35 cents.
$1.00 for 16 pounds of granulated sujrmr, San Francisco refinery.
$1.00 for 17 pounds of granulated sugar, Hong Kong refinery.
All stock fresh and of approved brands. Goods delivered free to any part
of the city. You are especially invited to call and examine stock and prices.
M. T. Nolan,
Telephone No. 92.
THE GERMANIA
STUBLING & WILLIAMS. PROPS.
Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars
All brands of Imported
and Genuine Key West
CAUFOEIHA : WINES : ADD : BRANDIES
Twelve-year-old Whiskey, strictly pure, for medicinal pur
poses. Malt Liquor. Columbia Brewery Beer on draught.
04 Second Street. THE DALLES, OR
Unnn'C collateral bank
nUUUO khd AUCTION R007S5
Opposite Ward, Kens A Robertson's Livery bio on Second SI , .
SECOND-HAND FURNITURE BOUGHT I SOLD
' ' -uuuijin.rinj-i.iiriii.ru-r J. j .1 i.ii..
HLonef Loaned on JewelrySand Other Valuables. .
AUCTION EVERY SATURDAY Eroa 11 to 2 o'clock.
I will sell any goods or property
Gira me a call.
J. 0. TCHCK
. French's
171 Second Street, THE
PABST CGL6BRHT6D BEER
Fine Wines, Liquors, and Cigars.
.DOMESTIC and
CIGARS.
We Hay Just Received
a Large- Invoice of
SHOES.
Of Handsome Shapes, Good Material and
Very Comfortable; which, together with our
many other lines, we will sell at yery reason
able prices. Come and See them.
STONEIAN & FIEGE,
GREHT BHRGHINS
IN MILLINERY.
Trimmed Hats 75 Cents and Upwards.
MRS.
'Washington Street
Brewery
Oregon
Cohnzb of Union and Sboond Streets.
Liquors, Ale and Porter,
Cigars. A Full Line of
placed with jna at atonabla eommlfitoa
'' r to urtrtr.
Block,
DALLES, OREGON.
KEY WEST
Boys' Youths' Misses'
Children's and Infants'
4
PHILLIPS.