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. SATURDAY .-. .JUNE 8, 1895
THEN AND NOW.
In 1895 aa in 1875 Ohio is the ad
vanced guard of the honest money
movement, says the Globe-Democrat.
Twenty years ago. when the Repub
licans in many states of the Mississippi
. Valley were in favor of straddling the
greenback question. Ohio's Republi
can convention declared against the
soft money iniquity and nominated
Rutherford B. Hayes for governor.
Hayes had held the governorship
. twice, though at this time William
,Allen, who was renominated by the
'Democrats in 1875, was in that office.
In Ohio, as in some other states, there
. was and is a prejudice against third
termism in the governorship, and this
probably drove some votes away from
Hayes. He made his canvas strictly
: on the finance question. In his letter
of acceptance of the nomination and
in' every speech which he made in the
campaign he vigorously combated the
greenback delusion, and though op
posed by the ablest Democratic cam
paigner in the west he carrried the
Btat bya majority of over 5000. Hayes'
victory broke the spell of greenback
invincibility, and the rag money craze
began to subside from that time.
Ohio this year, as twenty year3 ago.is
- the first of the states in holding a con
vention, and now, as then, it takes its
stand squarely and courageously in
favor of honest money. Twenty years
. ago it was unlimited greenbacks that
threatened the country's solvency and
honor; today it is the related peril of
unlimited silver. Now, as then, the
.inflationists tamper with the currency
system, menace the -national credit
and assail the interests of every wage-workeB-in
the country, and now, as at
that time, Ohio leads the way in the
attack on the conspirators. Hayes'
overthrow of Allen and the inflation
.. ists was the Saratoga of the honest
i money campaign cf 1875, which
brought its Yorktown a few years
later. ' Bushnell's victory in 1895,
which will be the Gettysburg battle of
the sound currency army, will bring
its Appomattox in 1896. -
The example of Ohio in vigorously
condemning the free silver folly will
strengthen the hands of Republicans
in every state. Now, as always since
the Republican party's formation, the
Republican has been the sound money
organization. Outside of the four or
five mining states the overwhelming
majority of the Republican party is
opposed to the free coinage of silver
by this country independently. Every
Republican State Convention of 1895
outside of the Rocky Mountain region
will follow the lead taken by Ohio and
plant itself squarely on - a platform
which demands the retention of the
100c dollars. There will be no equhr
; .ocation or concession.- The silver
leclaration which Ohio's veteran
statesman, John Sherman, formulated
for his state, which is on the lines laid
down in the national platform of 1892,
will be indorsed by the other states
this year and, be re-affirmed by the
party in its national convention next
year. It is based on the maxim that
honesty is the best policy, and this is
as good a doctrine in national politics
as it is in morals.
from any corporation without first as
sessing its value and tendering pay
ment therefor. While this decision i9
not rendered in an official way, yet
presuming from it the result of litiga
tion with the company it is reasonable
to conclude that no effort will be made
to put the law in operation.
There is only one certain relief for
the people of the Inland Empire from
exorbitant rates of transportation, and
that is by an open river. Now that the
locks at the Cascades are nearing com
pletion the northwest must use every
effort possible for the construction of
the ship railway between this point
and Celilo. This, with the Cascade
canal, will make. uninterrupted navi
gation of the Columbia river for hun
dreds of miles, and will reduce the cost
of carriaga to the minimum. Aportage
railway will not answer this
purpose," as that will require the
same handling of goods as is
now necessary. Acts of legislature
regulating freight rates are intended
for the relief of producers; but they
are liable to be faulty in construction
and dilatory in their operation, and
the certain and effectual remedy for
excessive freight tariff is by water
competition. The Dalles and vicinity
in less than a year will have an open
river to the sea, and will be liberated
from the control of railroad monopoly
WTien the ship railway is finished
Eastern Oregon will have an open and
untrammelled highway to the ocean,
and, however much the people may de
sire it, the shackles on the farmers
and producers will not be loosened un
til boats can load with products at the
highest navigable waters of the Colum
bia and transport the same to tide
water without breaking cargo.
TURKISH POLICY.
THAT FAIR WHEAT.
There seems to be great rejoicing on
, the part of wheat dealers in San Fran
cisco, says the Inter Ocean, over the
final sale for exports of all the wheat
the late Mr. Fair, of Bonanza wealth
held in store at Port Costa. That vast
pile served as a dead weight on the
market. : .
This wheat was bought between
August, 1893, and June, 1894, and
amounted in all to about 216,000 tons,
as Bixiy pounas oi wneat make a
bushel, in this state, at least, a little
figuring will show the magnitude of
the holding.
' About 40,000 tons had been sold be
fore, this present sale being the bal
ance, 176,000 tons. The net loss on
the deal is supposed to be about $1,500,
000, which will come out of the three
children. Their fortunes will still be
ample. According to all accounts the
foreign supply is so depleted that the
market will not be congested. Not
far from the time that Mr. Fair began
to buy Mr. Armour also showed his
faith in wheat, but with this important
difference: Instead of storing it in
warehouses owned by others he put it
in his own bins, and when they were
too small he - built another elevator.
, In the summer of 1893 he took out a per
mit for building an elevator, and at
once set about its construction. An
electric plant was put in and the work
prosecuted night and day. By that
meane he was able to take the wheat
as fast as the bears fed it to him. That
elevator construction was in point of
fact a great achievement. It was a
case of rising to an emergency worthy
a great general defending the key to
the military situation. But Mr. Fair
had to pay $50,000 a month storage
charge. It would not take the
wheat very long to eat itself
up in storage at . that rate. Jo
seph's preparation for the prophesied
famine would have bankrupted the
Egyptian treasury had the surplus of
those seven years of plenty been stored
. in hired elevators.
The outrages recently committed at
Jeddan, and the threatened massacre
of Europeans at that point by Be
douins, are believed to be the result
of the note of the pcwera to the porte
demanding many reforms in Armenia.
Constantinople, it is reported, will not
accede to the demand of the govern
ments, whose representatives have re
cently investigated affairs in Armenia,
and have arrived at the conclusion
that the time has come for an inter
vention in the affairs of Turkey re
garding the treatment of Christians.
Armenians, Bulgarians and provinces
in the ottoman empire have suffered
inhuman cruelties from Moslems for a
long time, and every few years the
spirit of Christian Europe ha9
been aroused and demands for
reforms made. These have been
met by the fairest promises on the
part of the Turk; but, - in almost
every instance they have been violated,
as soon as the excitement of the
Europeans had been allayed. The war
between Turkey and Russia . resulted
in consequence of the barbarities per
petrated upon the christians in Bal
garia; but, although the Turk was
whipped, before he was thoroughly
punished an English fleet sailed up the
Mediterranean to the sea of Mormora
and caused the Russians to halt.
After that, at the treaty of Berlin,
reforms were promised by the Moslem;
but since that time the Turk has given
exhibitions of his Punic faith, and
last year, in the heart of the moun
tains of Armenia, aided by half- civi
lized Kurds, committed barbarities on
the inhabitants of that country which
have appealed to the feelings of
Christians in both hemispheres. This
caused the commission to be appointed
by Great Britain, France and
Russia, and as a result the Sultan
has been informed that a certain
change must be made in his govern
ment of Armenia. The wild Bedouins,
whom Mahomet partially civilized, are
fanatical followers of the doctrines of
the. prophet, and apparently are at
tempting revenge because unbelievers
have interfered with Moslem affairs.
Their fanaticism is almost unbounded,
and believing that if they die at the
hands of a Christian dog they will go
immediately to paradise, where there
will be complete gratification of all
their lascivious oriental desires, con'
siderable mischief may be done with
out prompt action is taken for the pro
tection of foreign residents.
At this stage it seems a proper time
for a lasting solution of the Eastern
question. The Mosleii and Christian
cannot exist in peace in Europe, and
the fittest should survive. Turkey's
measure of Iniquity is full, and she
should no longer remain a pretended
civilized power to be a lasting dis
grace to the nineteenth 3entury. She
would have been parcelled up among
other nations long ago if it had not been
ihe fear that it might destroy the bal
ance of power. It is not humanity to
permit Moslens to butcher men, ravish
women and torture innocent children
simply because they, are of different
religious belief, and the enlightened
sense oi the world should not Dermit
it any longer. Under different rulers
Armenians, Bulgarians and other
Christian peoples, oppressed by Tur
key, would be bappy and contented,
and the right ehould be guaranteed
them that they be permitted to wor-
hip God according to the dictations of
their consciences, without molestation
from inhuman assassins.
LABOR STRIKES.
The labor organizations are right in
regarding the decision of the supreme
court in the Debs case as a most im
portant one in its bearing upon their
interests and operations,says the Globe-
Democrat. It sustains the Chicago
strike injunction, which was directed
not only against acts of violence, but
also against peaceful efforts to inaugur
ate a strike. The offense of Debs and
his official associates consisted in send
in? out teleerams ordering members
of the union in various places to strike.
Such a proceeding is held by the court
to be contrary to law, because it is cal
culated to cause an obstruction of a
highway of interstate commerce; and
such an obstruction is a public nui
sance to be restrained like any other
nuisance. "The difference between a
public nuisance and a private nui
sance," the court says, "is that the
one affects the people at large and the
other simply the individual." In both
cases, the Quality of the wrong is the
am e, we are told, and the jurisdiction
of the courts over them rests upon the
same principles and goes to the same
extent. "It surely cannot be seriously
contended," it is added, "that the
court has jurisdiction to enjoin the
obstruction of a highway by one
person, but that its jurisdiction ceases
when the obstruction is by a hundred
persons."
This decision, it will be observed,
practically denies the right of labor
organizations to take any step in the
way of working up a strike that im
plies interference with the operation
of a railroad. That is to say, it is held
that a railroad strike is a public nuis
ance, because it obstructs a highway
that is for the use of the people at
large: and therefore organized bodies
of laborers may be enjoined from doing
anything to bringsuch a result to pass.
It will be remembered that in the
Northern Pacific case, Judge Jenkins
issued an injunction of this kind,
which was subsequently modified by
the federal circuit court of appeals
so far as it restrained the labor leaders
from counseling a strike, the idea
being to uphold the right of railway
employes to strike peaceably. The
court of last resort now says in effect
that Judge Jenkins' decision was cor
rect, and should not have been modi
fied on appeal; or, in other words, that
railroad employes have no right to
strike, peaceably or otherwise, under
any provocation. This is a radical
view of the matter, and one that con
flicts with the general opinion upon
the subject. It has been supposed
heretofore that laborers had a perfect
right to strike at any time or for any
reason so long as they did not resort
to violent means; but the supreme
court declares that so far as railroad
employes are concerned, this is an er
roneous opinion, and they must find
some other way to protect their inter
ests and accomplish their purposes.
own or the opposite sex. The result
has been selfish and inconsiderate
women who accept all chivalrous atten
tions from men as a right, without a
thought that they owe even the cour
tesy of a thank you in return. It is a
good time to begin such teaching when
women are entering upon a wider
sphere of work with a greater recogni
tion of rights the same as those of
men. It would be a loss rather than a
gain if these new rights should be as
sumed in such a way as to knock down
the old ideas of chivalry among men.
and the best way to maintain these
will be to teach the new woman the
same chivalry toward men as is taught
the bovs toward women.
The New York Sun agrees with Re.
publicans that the arraignment of the
Democratic administration in the Ohio
Republican platform is just, and says
that the only reply Democrats can
make is that "Democracy, the Democ
racy of Jefferson and Jackson and Til
den, is accountable for none of these
things; that Democracy has been be
trayed and swindled by its own trus
tees of power." This will be a novel
defense, and it will be interesting to
see the Democrats making such a cam
paign in this country. Who will be
the leader to stand on such a platform,
denouncing the present administra
tion and defying President Cleveland
ana his thousands oi omce-noiaersr
TELEGRAPHIC.
8CKKOUXDED BY FIRE.
CONSISENT DOCTRINES.
The Democrats of Illinois have come
out boldly and declared for the free
and unlimited coinage of silver, and
this may be indicative of the; trend
of politics in that party. On the con
trary the Republicans of Ohio have
came out boldly in favor of the sound
financial policy pursued by the party
for over a quarter of a century, and
this will tend to show the direction of
the current of public opinion inside
the organization. It will be perfectly
consistent with the traditions of both
parties for one to favor fiat money and
the other the standard of value ac
knowledged by the commercial world,
Democracy has been in favor of equi
table adjustment of the, public debt
in other words, repudiation; it has
fondled the rag baby to its bosom and
it now -worships the silver goddess'
very iiuely the Democratic party
will adopt this craze of free silver
the watchword for the campaign of
IS96, and this will cause dissatisfaction
and disintegration in the ranks; but
there are Democrats who will not
willingly endorse such fallacies even
if they, apparently, are popular, and
these will not keep quiet next year,
There can be no factional fight in
the Republican party on the tariff or
money questions. No new ground can
be taken on these subjects without re
versing the history of the past thirty
years, and there is no desire or neces
sity for any such action. Protection
and sound money were the doctrines
of the founders of. the Republican
party, and under these principles' the
nation has enjoyed unexampled pros
perity. To see these again firmly fixed
as the policy of the government is the
desire of a large majority of the Amer
ican people, and with such watchwords
it is not prophetic to speak of Repub
lican success in 1896, for it is one of
those foregone conclusions that does
not require prescience to determine.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
THE ONLY RELIEF.
lhe bmith bill, which passed the
last legislature and which is now in
xorce, may not anora much relief to
producers. Its object was to force the
O. R. & N. Co. to transport goods
from Celilo to this city at pro rata
charges, thus giving shippers the ad
. vantages of cheap rates to seaboard.
Of course this was passed without con
sulting the railroad company, and it
was expected everything possible
would be done to render it invalid.
Senator Smith, of Sherman county,
the author of the bill, held a consulta-
-. tion with members of the transporta
: tion bureau some weeks ago in Port
land, and it was decided to submit the
matter to Attorney-General Idleman
' for an opinion.' As that official be
lieves that the question will come
before him in some other shape he
does not deem it proper to give a writ
ten opinion; but he holds that, "if a
citizen of Eastern Oregon, or any other
portion of the state.has a right to take a
single tie or yard of earth, he has also
. the same right to take from the O. R.
&N. Co.'8 ground for the inclines
needed, and also to insist on making
the company furnish- means of trans
. portation, as well as placing on the
embankments to be constructed suita
ble rails in order to establish, con
nection between The Dalles and
Celilo." This opinion of the attorney
general is based on article 1, section
18, of the state constitution,- which
provides that no property can be taken
THE CASCADE RESERVE.
It will be good news to our flock-
masters and sheepmen that Senator
Mitchell has had a conference with the
secretary of the interior, and has- se
cured a rescission of the order issued
by the department prohibiting sheep
from running at large on the Cascade
timber reserve. There will be no such
prohibition of grazing sheep on the
reservation, and this fine summer pas
ture will be open to cattle of all kinds.
To set aside a large portion of the
public domain for any purpose except
that which would be beneficial to set
tlers is wrong in principle, and savors
very much of monarchical despotism.
It may have been that this reserve
contains many species of wild erame.
which are rapidly disappearing; but it
is also true that it consists of some of
the best pasture lands in Eastern
Oregon, and these are becoming
scarcer every year as the soil is culti
vated . in increasing areas. Feed for
sheep is a great aid to a productive
industry, which is a source of consid
erable revenue to the residents of the
Inland Empire, and this should ' be of
greater importance than to preserve
the deer, elk and -other game
to furnish-sport for those who have
the tune and inclination. .We
always felt assured that as soon as
the facts were known -to - the depart
ment the drder would not be enforced,
and we are pleased . that through the
active efforts of Senator Mitchell the
secretary of the interior has acted to
the' best interests of wool growers.
Our delegation in congress has never
been remiss in attending to the inter
ests of their constituents, and in this
matter its action has been ' very
prompt.
Dallas, Texas, will very likely be
chosen for the fight between Fitz Sim
mons ana corbett, and that will be a
Mecca to which the pilgrimage of sport
ing iubu win huiu la a iew montns,
The dispatches state that a cool east
erly breeze has made life bearable at
the east, in this portion of the coun
try easterly winds ;cook grain and
burn vegetation generally. It is dif
ferent east of the Rockies.
Oscar Wilde is reported insane ; but
this is not believed by many, while
others have considered him and his
disciples fit subjects for lunatic asy
lums for years. Perhaps he is as sane
now as he has been lor a long time.
The decision of the supreme court in
the income tax . cases has received
nearly universal endorsement bv the
leading men of both parties. Perhaps
there has not been an opinion of the
judiciary branch of the government
for many years that has given such
general satisfaction.
The Savannah, Ga., News speaks
words of no uncertain meaning as fol
lows: "In 1873 there were no silver
dollars in circulation. At present
there are over six hundred millions of
them and silver certificates, and thev
circulate on a parity with gold dollars.
Doesn't this look as if silver had been
given a pretty good showing?"
An exchange asks: "Why hasn't
the price of silver gone up with
wheat?. Perhaps the idea that one
controls the price of the other is after
all erroneous." " Our cotemporary
snows signs oi awaicening to the true
realization of affairs. The price of
silver in no wise has ever controlled
that of any other article, and is de
pendent, uncoined, upon -the law of
supply and demand. Aa a coin, it Is
very convenient lor change, and when
supported by gold, has equal purchas
ng power.
An English educationalist of repute
proposes to introduce into the educa
tion of young women and girls the
principles of chivalry toward the. male
sex, says an exchange. He maintains
that this has been entirely neglected
in the teaching of girls, and' while
boys have been taught to pay due def
erence to women, the girls have not
been taught that they owed any con
sideration to anyone, either" of their
The great question in political cir
cles is, Who will be secretary of state,
to occupy the position made vacant by
the death of Mr. Gresham? Attorney
General Olney It, the latest person
named, and his legal training will
fit him for diplomacy. Whoever re
ceives the portfolio must bend to the
will of Mr. Cleveland, for he is
especially adapted to be president and
secretary of state, and no other for
eign policy than that followed for the
past two- years will be introduced while
the Democrats are in power in Wash
ington. The present administration
will be distinctly Democratic, not only
in regard to the tariff, but also in the
manner in which our foreign relations
will be managed.
Mr. James J. Hill, owner of the
?reat Northern railroad, who is now
visiting Portland with his family,
seems to be prevaded with the same
reticence in regard to affairs connected
with his railroad enterprises as has
always characterized his actions. To
the inquiry in reference to the control
of the Northern Pacific, rumors having
been afloat that Mr. Hill -was to assume
control, he would give no answer
either one way or the other, but said
that the Northern Pacific would be
reorganized and placed on a sound
financial basis. Evidently Mr. Hill is
firm in his control of railroad proper
ties as he ever has been, and means to
continue so, and that in his own man
ner of ;'.ction irrespective of all other
pulls to the contrary.
The constant fearful drought over
nearly all the regions north and west
of the Missouri river renders it certain
there will be a great deficiency in their
crops.' The apple, potato, wheat and
corn crops of that great region which
usually supplies a very extensive de
mand, will not only be lacking but an
increased demand will come from their
millions of people and insures a larger
price than customary. Their hay crop
is also a total failure. Unless large
soaking rains shall be received before
the middle of June it is probable that
the very roots of grasses, clover,
weeds and most trees will have been
utterly destroyed. The cause of this
is a drought succeeding upon a loner
ruinous drought. Common rain show-
3rs do no good. The lower earth is all
lust.
The Democratic press of the country
are very jubilant over future pros
pects, and speaks of the indications as
the "better times" foreshadowed by
the Wilson tariff. Every one will ad;
mit there are signs of improvement
but this will have to be kept up for a
long while before the country will en
joy the prosperity -experienced under
ttepubiican rule. The Mciunley tar
iff filled the treasury to overflowing,
paid the laborer the highest wages
and made business of all Kinds lucra
tive: but Wilson free-trade, in less
than a year, reversed these conditions,
and the people have suffered as they
never have before. Timgr: could not
be worse than they have' been, and
possibly they may be better by the ex
ercise of economy and thrift on the
part of our citizens; but until a Re
publican congress restores protection
they will not be what they were before
the Democratic victory of 1892.
The prospects of a good price for
wool and a rise in wheat are very en
courage! ng to the producers of the
northwest, and, with cheap rates of
transporataion from The Dalles, will
be very beneficial to this community.
More wool will be marketed this year
than ever before, and the fleeces are of
exceptionably fine quality. It is ex
pected the wheat harvest will also be
very bountiful, and farmers are calcu
lating to receive from 60 to 70 cents a
bushel. The future is very promis
ing, and producers are satisfied if
they can receive fair prices
tor the output of their larms and
nocks in sound - and .staple currency.
Any people should be satisfied with
good crops commanding good prices in
good money, worth everywhere 100
cents to the dollar. This is much bet
ter than high values in a depreciated
currency, worth forty to fifty cents on
the dollar, for which the silverites, in
their delusive ideas on finance, are
constantly praying.
Pennsylvania Town Wiped Ont of Fx-
Istence.
Bradford, Pa., June 4. Fire at
Russell City last night drove terror to
the hearts of the 500 inhabitants. At
10 o'clock a brisk wind fanned the
burning underbrush and hemlock tim
ber into a solid mass of fire, covering
three miles in width. The flames
spread so rapidly that the people had
to leave elerytning and run to the
clearing, two miles distant, at High
land Corners. Women with children
in their arms, shrieking and bemoan
ing their fate, ran and stumbled as
they escaped from the fire. Many
women fell exhausted and were tram'
pled on, but all finally reached High
land in safety. Nothing is left of the
once hustling little place.
The fire is still burning fiercely
among the oil wells. The Northern
Oil Company have 20 oil wells and a
number of tanks burning, and there is
no abatement to the fury of the names.
It is impossible to estimate the loss.
The woods leading to Clark's mills
are one mass of flames on both sides of
the road. How people who lived along
the road could have escaped is beyond
comprehension. There is no comma
uication of any description with that
place, and no news obtainable irom
there, but there is no doubt of every
thing having been burned in the path
of the fire.
Coon Run, three miles from Russell
City, which was wiped out yesterday
afternoon, wa9 entirely obliterated,
The place consisted of 27 buildings, a
pump station, schoolhouse and saw
mill. A. B. Fowler, superintendent of
the Northern Oil Company, says that
while he and his men were "back fir
ing" a stiff breeze from the west came
up like maeic, and in less time than it
takes to tell it, the fire was upon them
Thev ran to the town and aroused the
people to flee for their lives. Men
women and children made a wild race
for the railway track, a distance of five
miles, while" the flames played havoc
with all their belongings. The North
ern Company lost 40 oil wells at this
place, and a large number of rigs built
for new welJs. About Zo tanlcs of oil
were consumed.
The fire at Ormsby is raging more
fiercely than ever this afternoon. The
place is without water protection and
the flames are devouring a large area
of standing timber. The sawmills and
a number of houses have been con
sumed. A stiff breeze is blowing and
there is no telling what the outcome
win be.
The fire at West Kane, which threat
ened the destruction of that place, is
now under control. The damage done
was the burning of nine oil well rigs,
owned by the Griffith estate, an engine
house and a dwelling house.
Keports from UuKe uenter state the
entire valley is on fire. The loss to oil
and lumber men will be enormous.
Kansas Branch, Rixford, Davis City,
Summit City, Oil Valley, Limestone,
State lane, Derrick City and Red
Rock are ail in it, and unless rain falls
soon, will be destroyed. Tiie sky is
black with smoke. The mountains
are invisible and the heat intense.
Everything at Sugar Run, includ
ing the sawmills and dwellings, were
burned, and nothing remains of the
place. The fire at Brookstone is Btill
burning fiercely and there is no pros
pect of checking the speed of the
flames. It is impossible to get men,
consequently the fires are making
rapid progress. v
The fires this afternoon reached the
oil field at West Branch, and a dense
cloud of smoke burst forth. It is re
ported that several wells and tanks
are on fire.
cabinet, however, he has stated in
substance that he should ask Olney to
I accept the place. He is delaying pub
lishing the announcement in order
that he might at the same time name
the successor to Olney as attorney
general. It is regarded likely that
senator Gray's visit to Washington
may nave been in response to a mes
sage from the president, and it is pos
Bible he may have been offered the
attorney-generalship or consulted
thereon.
EXTRAORDINARY CHALLENGE.
Issued by a Free-Thinker to a Christian
Woman.
Dallas, June 6. Free-Thinkers
hall was inadequate to conveniently
noid those who listened to John Jti,
Carlesworth s infidel lecture last night
and it was the occasion of one of the
most unique challenges upon record
The lecture was entitled, "Is There
God?" The speaker claimed that
while there might be one, there was
no actual evidence to prove it. He
went over the ground from the earlv
histories and records to the present
day, and claimed that in the euonomy
of nature there was no necessity for a
god.
At the conclusion of the lecture,
Mrs. Sweeney, president of the Dallas
W. C. T. U., arose and asked the lec
turer if he would give her his name
that she might pray for him. and if he
felt his heart touched, he was to make
a public admission of the fact, as he
had of his unbelief in a Deity.
Secretary Paget, of the Free-Think
ers' Society, arose and asked Mrs.
Sweeney if she would accept his name.
saying that he. like the lecturer.
doubted the existence of God. All he
stipulated was a time limit. He did
not want to wait until he was dead, as
they might say he made a death re
cantation. The time limit was set at
three months. Mr Paget further stip
ulated that if at the end of the three
months he and Mr. Carles worth, or
either of them, had not made a public
confession, Mrs. Sweeney is to admit
that there is no efficacy in prayer, and
mat (joa is a failure and does not
exist. To this Mrs. Sweeney agreed
and lecturer and secretary signed
this very extraordinary challenge.
Sirs. Powell's Body Found.
Wenatchee. Wash.. June 5. The
body of Mrs. R. Powell, who with En
gineer Haskell and Air. Barton was
drowned several days ago in the Col
umbia river at Alethow rapids, was
recovered in an eday near Orondo,
several miles below where the drown
ing occurred. The body was in a fair
state of preservation, considering
that it had lain in the water over two
weeks. As yet no trace of the other
two bodies has been found.
French Officer Wounded.
Constantinople. June 5. In a dis
pute here today between a Turkish
officer and the officers of a French
steamer regarding . baggage, the
former drew a sword and wounded one
of the French officers. The Turkish
officer was arrested. The French em
bassy promptly demanded satisfaction
from the Turkish government, which
agreed that the Turk shall be tried by
French laws.
Jumped Overboard and Drowned.
PORT TOWNSEND, June 5. Professor
Nosh, chief of the British educational
bureau in India, and husband of a
Hindoo princess, jumped overboard
from the steamer City of Topeka, a few
miles north of Queen Charlotte sound,
last Monday, and was drowned. The
body was not recovered.
SITUATION IMPROVING.
JUNE CROP REPORT.
Turkey Mast
Wheat Almost
Failure In
States.
Six Central
Inaugurate
Armenia.
Reforms In
Chicago, June 3. The June crop re
port of the Orange Judd Farmery pub
lished this week, based on data up to
May 27, makes the average condition of
winter wheat 71.5 or 14 points short of
last month, the heaviest crop in con
dition ever recorded in a single
month. The condition is high on the
Pacific coast, but in Ohio. Michigan,
Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas
the average is only 61. According to
the report the total crop in the six
states named will little more than
furnish bread and- seed required
within their own borders, while the
total winter wheat crop this year,
including the large production of the
Pacific coast, will not make enough to
more than furnish bread alone for the
people in the winter wheat belt- states
east of the Rockies.
The acreage of oats is reported at 3.8
per cent, larger than last year. The
condition is 84, the lowest everv re
ported for June. . v
- THE GOLD STANDARD.
has
An Eminent Missionary.
Worcester, Mass., June 5. Rev.
Henry M. Scudder, an iminent mis
sionary and clergyman, died last even
ing from an attack of apoplexy. The
Rev. Dr. Scudder was born in Ceylon,
Fedruary 5, 1822, and came to America
when he was iu years old. Me decided
on the ministry for his profession, and
in 1844 was graduated from the New
York university, and two years after
from Union theological seminary.
Much oi his me was spent in inula as
a missionary, and be was also in latter
years a successful minister in San
Francisco,- Brooklyn and Chicago. He
leaves a wife and three children.
Chill Returns to It With Satisfaction and
Confidence.
Washington, June 4. Senor Dom
Gana, the new Chilian minister,
received the following cablegram
"Santiago, June a. it is very
gratnying to me to inform you that
after 17 years of the regime of paper
money, uniii nas returned witn satis
faction and confidence to the gold
standard. The law is in force.
"Fernandez, Minister of Finance."
The resumption of specie payments
by Chili which occurred on last Satur
day, promises to furnish some inter
esting lessons on coinage legislation.
Reports from there state that the
government tried to familiarize the
people with the new forms of silver and
gold coin, by getting out a prelimary
issue. These were quickly exchanged
for the paper money. As soon as the
novelty had worn off the people were
glad to go back to the more convenient
form of paper currency.
Another embarrassment occurred
when the government found that the
coin was being exported in great quan
tities. The specie-payment law fixed
the ratio between the metals at 41 to 1.
This ignored 'the current ratio
of the "world, tbat in the London
market at the present time being 31 to
i. as a result oi this ainerence. i
bullion began to flow out of C
The -silver coins were also exported
because the law provides that thv
should contain 444 grains of pure sil
ver. Thus both gold and silver were
being drained out of Chili, so that the
government ordered the mints to stop
xuriner coinage, under the new law
the mints began last Saturday and
there is much interest as to what will
be the result of this last step.
Constantinople, June 6. The sit
uation as far as a settlement of the
questions in dispute between the Turk
ish government and representatives of
the powers, regarding reform in
Armenia, is concerned, shows consid
erable improvement today. The im
provement is undoubtedly due to (he
hrm attutude of the powers in posi
tively refusing to accept any modifi
cations of the programme mapped out
for the improvement of the condition
of Armenia. The Turkish minister
for foreign affairs, Said Pasha, has
paid freouent visits to the British em
bassy since the reply of the porte to
the note of the powers was delivered,
and it is hoped it will result in persuad
ing the sultan to accept the inevitable
as gracefully as possible.
me incident of the assault upon a
French officer by a Turkish officer may
be regarded as closed, for the Turkish
government has assured the French
embassy it will accord the fullest satis
faction, and an indemnity will be paid
the French officer. In addition, Mb
assailant will be tried before a military
tribunal and punished if found guilty.
Riotous Bedouins have destroyed
the cholera hospital erected at Jedda
for the care of the sick pilgrims travel
ing to ana from Mecca. The Turkish
garrison at Jedda has been reinforced,
but the foreign population will remain
on the ships in the harbor until the
arrival of warships, when their safety
will be guaranteed.
TELEGRAPHIC.
JEDDA PANIC-STRICKEN.
An Attack has Been Threatened by Bed
ouln Arabs. -
Constantinople, June 5. Advices
from Jedda, Arabia, the seaport of
Mecca, and the scene of the recen
murderous assault on the consular offi
cers of Great Britian, Russia and
France, announce that a panic prevails
there. It is feared the Bedouins will
attack the town. The latter are held
responsible for the attack upon tho
consuls, which resulted in the death
of a British vice-consul, and a number
were arrested in consequence. This
has caused an angry feeling among tho
Bedouins, who demand the release of
those apprehended, and threaten to
use force if the demand is not com
plied with.
The situation is so serious that the
Europeans in Jedda are hastily seeking
reiuge on board the merchant vessels
in the harbor, taking all they possibly
can of their belongings. It is also
stated the arrival of the British Medi
terranean squadron, numbering 1"
warships ot various classes, is anxi
ously expected at Jedda even by tho
Turkish authorities, as the garrison is
very wean.
THE CHURCH OF HCMANITY.
Its Development the Object of a Congress
Now In Session.
Chicago. June o. "To unite in a
larger fellowship such existing liberal
societies as are in sympathy with the
movement toward undogmatic religion;
to loster the organization of unsecta-
rian churches and to develope to church
of humanity." Such is the object of
the American congress of liberal re
ligions societies which held its open
ing session last night in Sinai temple.
Rev. F. E. D. Hurst, of Indianapolis,
was the first speaker introduced. He
spoke for the independents. Dr.
Hurst said:
"I am not flying the flag of indepen
denoe. There are times when we feel
the need of intellectual isolation, and
then independence is a good thing.
But there are times when we feel the
current of more external things. Then
we crave independence and fellowship.
That feeling has brought us together.
It is cheering and encouraging that
we are not here to fly theological flags,
but to find a platform where we can
meet in common."
W. L. Sheldon, of St. Louis, jvas in
troduced as the representative of the
Ethical Culturists. He attacked
phrases. "They have become bubbles
in the pulpit. They are used as almost
siang. vv nat we want is equality and
brotherhood. We could let the word
religion go if need be, so that the
thing remained. The distinctions be
tween creeds we must have. There
can be no brotherhood on a basis of
zero. Our brotherhood ib the broth
erhood of suffering humanity. I long
to go from one end of the world to the
other and ask men what they have dis
covered that is helpful."
Dr. Uirsch presented the Rev.
Joseph Stoltz to give the message, not
of Hebrewism, he said, but of Judaism
and the Jews. He said:
"This congress is the prophet to em
phasize that we must not idolize our
own little creed and pull down the
curtains lest a ray of light get in and
a heretic get out."
Jenkin Lloyd Jones announced that
in the audience were represented 35
towns from Massachusetts to Dakota.
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES.
un
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iili
lira. Judge Peck
Dyspepsia
Mrs. Judge Peck Tells How
She Was Cured
Sufferers from Dyspepsia should read the fol
lowing letter from Mrs. H. M. Feck, wife of
J udge Peck, a justice at Tracy, CaL, ami a writer
sonnected with the Associated Press: '
"By a deep seuse of gratitude for the great
benefit I have received from the use of Hood's
SarsaparUlH, I lmve leeh led to write the follow
ing statement for the benefit of sufferer who
niKjr be similarly afflicted. For 15 years I have
seen a great sunerer irom ayspepsut ana
Heart Trouble.
Almost everything I ate would distress me. I
tried different treatmeuts and medicines, but
failed to realize relief. Two years ago a friend
prevailed upon me to try Hood's harsaparilla.
The first bottle J noticed helped me, so I con
tinued taking It. It did me so much good that
my friends spoke of the improvement. I have
received such great benefit from it that .
Cladly Recommend It.
I now have an excellent appetite and nothing I
at ever distresses me. ft also keeps up my
Hood'sCures
flesh and strength. I cannot praise Hood's
Barsaparllla too much." Mrs. H. JC Pick.
Tracy, California. Get HOOD'S. - -
THE AIXUKCA AFFAIR.
Spain Makes an Apology for the Insnlt
to the United States.
WASHINGTON, June 4. The state
department today received from United
btates Minister Taylor, at Madrid, the
complete ana nnai answer of Spain to
the demand of Secretary Gresham for
a disavowal of the firing on the United
States merchant ship Allianca. The
document was brought to the attention
of the cabinet by acting Secretary
um. ine answer is Baia to oe entirely
satisfactory to the government, as it
fully meets In- letter and spirit the
demand made, spam, in its replv,
disavows the act of firing upon the
AUianca: expresses regret as the oo.
currence useii, ana assures this gov
ernment mat measures nave been
taken to prevent a repetition of the
same.
Ex-Senator Back is Dead. - -
Oakland, June 4. Ex-Senator L.
W. Buck, injured by beine thrown
from a cart Saturday while driving to
a conference with the chief of police
regarding the murder of his friend
Miss Harrington, died this morn f no-
He was unconscious to the last. His
death, without any statement as to his
knowledge of the murdered woman's
affairs, still further deepens the mvs-
tery enveloping the tragedy. The
police hoped he could throw some
light on the possible assassin.
Hood' Pllla are hand Bade, and pertta
- -' secretary of State. -
Washington, June 4. There is no
Ion per anv reasonable doubt that tho
president nas fully determined to ask
Attorney-General Olney to accept the
state department portfolio. The presi
dent has not intimated to Olney his
purpose. To other members of the
wants more soldiers. -
General Campos Asks Spain for Rein
forcements. Madrid, June 6. Captain-General
Martinel de Campos has sent a cable
message to the Spanish government
annonncing that several insurgent
leaders are expected to effect a landing
in Cuba and, owing to fresh disturb
ances on the island, he asks for a rein
forcement of six battalions of infantrv.
The cabinet has decided to send 10 ad
ditional battalions to Cuba without
delay.
Republicans in the chamber of dep
uties today formulated a resolution
asking the government to permit the
free discussion of Spanish affairs, par
ticularly referring to the insurrection
in Cuba. The resolution was rejected
by the overwhelming majority of 132
to 19.
Special Deputies are now Guarding
nols Distilleries.
Chicago, June 5. The threat of
Thomas Finch, jr.. one of the owners
of the Shufeldt distillery, that he
would attempt to take possession of
the plant should the supreme court
declare forfeit the charter of the
whisky trust, has caused Receiver Mc
Nulta to take precautionary measures.
Deputy United States Marshal Hush
Curran was placed in custody of the
distillery and a half-dozen employes
were sworn in as special deputies. The
receiver called on the marshal at the
same time to send a special deputy to
take custody of the Riverdale and the
Calumet distilleries. Employes from
oach will bo likewise, sworn iu as
special deputies. The call on the
marshal was made under the order of
Judge Showalter a month, ago, when
the 13 deputies were sent to Peoria.
I The Chicago men have returned from
Peoria and the employes of the dis
I tilleriea there have been made special
deputies.
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THE COLIMA DISASTER.
Insurgent Leader Surrenders.
Havana, Juno 6. A dispatch from
Manzanillo, province of Santiago
Cuba, announces the surrender
Spanish authorities there of the well
known insurgent leader, Fonesca San
tistebar Uuevarra.
The insurgents, commanded by
iviasso, nave Durnea me village
Guisa.
Captain Torres was captured by the
insurgenie ana Bnot.
Business Houses Burned.
Lafayette, Or., Jue 6. A de
structive fire visited Lafayette this
morning, and J. L. Vickrey's general
merchandise store, Henry B. Irving'e
tin shop and groceries, Githel's two
buildings and Dr. Michaux's office
were all burned to the ground. A part
of Vickrey's stock was saved, but
nothing was saved in the buildine-a.
Prompt work saved the buildings on
me opposite Biae oi tne street.
The Prince Will Come.
New Yohk, June 6. A special to
morning paper from Newport says the
Prince of Wales will visit Newport the
last of August as the guest ot Mr. and
jvirs. ue-aen uoeiet. The iioelet villa
is now being decorated, and it is said
a suite w.ill be especially furnished for
the prince. The prince has not viaitml
this country for 35 years. It is said he
will come only on the assurance of
Mr. Uoelet that no fuss shall be made
over nis presence, and that he be per-
uroea to appear at u American cup
rsaos uuu tuuut ixowDorx Btrictlv in
cognito.
Three To Hans; Today.
San Francisco, June 6. In tho
state prison at San Quentin three mur
derers will be hanged tomorrow. The
conaemmea men are fatriok Collins,
who stabbed hia wife 28 times beaauaA
she would not continue to relinquish
her earnings for the maintenance of the
husband's debauch; Anthony Axoff,
who shot Detective Len Harris, of the
Soutern Pacific, to avoid capture for
robbing the railway station at Boulder
Creek, and Amelio Garcia, a Mexican
who slew James Guiltimot, an aged
resident of San Bernardino because
the victim would not give his money
to Garcia and two companions. t
Arrival at Acapnlco of the Barraeoata
With Several Survivors.
Mazatlan, June 5. A telegram re
ceived from Acapulco states tbat the'
Barracouta has arrived there with
Chiloerg, of Seattle, who was seen by
Officer Hansen immediately after the
disaster on one of the life rafts with
six other men, having two oars. The
Barracouta has also Johnston,
Gonzales, Peters and Crow. These
iour win proceed to aan urancisco on
the Colon.
There is no news of the arrival at
Manzanillo of the survivors found by
the steamer Maxatlan. These are sup
posed to have been those seen in the
boat with the first . officer and
four others, and they will probably ar
rive at Manzanillo soon. There is no
news of the purser who was seen in
the water when the chief officer tried
to pick him up.
A telegram direct from Coahuava
says that no women were saved and no
bodies are cominer ashore. "The sur
vivors from the second life raft are J.
J. Noonan, Jose Pegueros, A. S. Marin
and two others.
TROUBLE IN TURKEY.
Outbreak Against Christians is Consid
ered Inevitable.
London, June 5 There was much
exeitement in London about the fore
eign office yesterday on the reueipt of
official dispatches confirming the di
patches from Constantinople announ
cing that the Turkish government had
refused to agree to the reforms in Ar
menia which were demanded by the
representatives of Great Britain,
France, and Russia. All the foreign
office officials, including the secretary
of state for foreign affairs, the Earl of
Kimberley, were at their posts last
night, and assembled again at the for
eign office today. There is a strong
belief in well-informed circles that the
reply of the porte was purposely drafted
in uniavorable terms in order to gain
time. The sultan is invisible during
the bairam, one of the two great Mo-
namnieuan festivals of the vear. which
is now being observed. Consequently
me powers, n is asserted Here, will
now address a stronger note to the
porte, and in addition will back this
up by a naval demonstration.
Closing Out
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John Long; Wounded.
COHVALLIS. " Or.. Juue 6. Max
Friendly, a well-known business man
of this place and a former proprietor
oi jne D rienoiy mills, oi uorvallis.
shot and dangerously wounded John
ioug, one oi the present proprietors
oi tne mm, mis morning aoout W.M,
and immediately attempted suicide bv
lumping in the river, but was rescued
by two mill hands. Long was shot
through the face, and, while the phvsl
cians pronounce the wound not neces'
sarily fatal, his other ailments, includ
ing a broken arm, make his recovery
somewnat aouotiui.
On the Cpper Columbia.
H. W. Nash and D. C. Chllds arrived
at Revelstoke the other day, having
Bcartea rrom uroiaen ana ioiiowea the
Columbia all the war around. They
are practical miners" and prospected
every creek on the river, stopping a
fortnight on a beach nearly opposite
Downie creek. Coming through the
canyon iney naa a perilous time.
Their boat was a small flat-bottomed
affair, and was easily overturned.
Nash swam ashore, -whilst Childs suc
ceeded in getting onto the bottom of
the upturned boat - with hia door.
Reaching the big .eddy the boat made
three circuits around it, but Childs,
having no oar.could not make the land
until he used his coat for a sail. Nash,
being on the west side of the river.
crossed Jordan creek by making a raft
of some logs, which he tied together
with bis suspenders. "
Closing
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