SATURDAY .. ..JULY 6,1895
- DANA'S VICTORY.
Considerable comment has been
made in the leading papers of the
country about a libel suit against Chaa.
A Dana, the veteran editor oi the New
York Sun, by Frank B. Noyes, of
Washington, D. C, in which Mr.
Dana claimed the privilege of being
tried In New York. Mr. Dana has
. woh.and the following is what the
,intev Oaanjsays on the matter.
-The United State9 district court in
' New York has decided one issue of a
' very important case. The case is that
of Noyes against Dana, land the issue
settled is that which determines the
2place of trial. Frank B. Noyes is edi-
tor of a newspaper published in Wash
2 Tngtonv,D. C : Charles A. Dana is
-'vcditor of a newspaper, published in
New York. Some time, ago Mr. Dana
v;. wrote ; or permitted to be - written, " in
'' thSStm .certain " words which . Mr.
Noyes avers to 09 libelous of himself.
'The case has not reached the stage at
which the soundness or unsoundness
of Mr. Noges' complaint is to- 'be dis
cussed; that stage comes with the
- presentment of evidence. '
"Hitherto the issue has been con
cerning what lawyers call the venue
- of the alleged offense. Mr. Noyes af
firmed that, because Mr. Dana's news
paper was sold -and circulated in
. -: Washington, the words complained of
; ' were published in Washington. But.
' . ' ' inasmuch as Mr. Dana s newspaper is
V ; sold and read in Kalamazoo and
" Oakosh, in -Tacoma, at Yuba Dam
" and in Rocky Gulch, Mr. Noyes might
, as well have instructed the attorney
r , of Arizona, California, or Michigan to
commence suit against Mr. Dana as to
have begun proceedings in Washing
ton. The measure of damages to Mr,
Noyes might be less in Yuba Dam,
. ' where, possibly, he is not known at all,
than in Washington, where everybody
knows him. but. he is not suing for
:.v damages, but for a verdict in a crimi
nal court. The commencement of suit
at Washington indicates a desire to
1" harass the New York editor by placing
v his trial "far from his vicinage. But
it is of the essence of trial by jury
that the triers shall be peers of the
tried, men of the same county if pos
sible, of the same commonwealth cer
tainly. ' The attempted removal to
Washington savors of an attack upon
an old legal principle.
;.; '-'The decision -of the New York
; court is righteous. There is no doubt
' that the issue of fact as to the inno-
,.;cent or libelous quality of Mr. Dana's
: Utterance concerning Mr. Noyes will
'- be fairly determined in New York.
But had the court ruled that Mr, Dana
could be taken, to Washington for
trial it would have followed that, cer
tainly in every territory, and probably
in every state,: a series of maHcious
- prosecutions for. libel would have
sprung up. It is a long trip from New
York to New Mexico, or from St. Paul
to Washington city, or from Chicago
to Florida. But in any United States
court sitting in any one of these places
a trumped-up suit in libel might have
" been entered against any distant edi
tor who unfortunately . should have
made mention of any adventurer. It
' would have been cheaper to have com'
promised'than to have fought, and the
- shystering lawyer and the perjuring
complainant would have reaped rich
harvests of iniquity. Mr. Dana is to
be "congratulated upon the victory that
a he has won for himself and for the
. - press of the whole country.
PROTECTION VS. FREE SILVER
A. -Democratic exchange prints a
- two-column editorial to prove that pro-
' ' taction and free silver are consistent
doctrines, and one follows the other.
This, the editor fails to prove, but
stretches '' his article to its length
without a single convincing argument
. to any one who takes a moment's time
. to examine into the correctness of the
' premises he assumes. If, by placing a
7 duty on the market price of imported
. silver into this country, it would tend
to develop any industry which cannot
exist at this time by reason of foreign
competition, then there would be an ar-
gument for free silver; but the cur
rency of the country, which is simply
a : representative . of value, would
be debased thereby and its
purchasing power largely decreased.
- While silver, as a circulating
- medium, is,' in a certain measure,
governed by supply and demand,
it cannot stand on the same footing as
. American woolen and cotton goods, or
" Wool and some products of the
'boil. . Coin is a measure of value, and
; to consider worth its face, value
. without a gold standard what the
great commercial nations only rate as
f subject" to the ' fluctuations of the
- market, would be to place our laborers
at a disadvantage -with those of foreign
countries. The latter would be -paid
full price for their -work,-and the
earnings of pur laborers, if paid in
silver, would purchase -only vthe per-
' centage of goods at which it was rated.
There can be no correlation between
the doctrine of fostering infant indus
tries and flooding the country with a
fluctuating . and debased . currency.
and no process of fair reasoning can
- substantiate such a fallacy . It might as
well be argued that this country could
reduce its yard measure to 32 or 34
''inches, and its avoirdupois pound to 12
ounces. It is necessary for the har
mony of commercial transactions that
there should be a uniform standard of
measurement and of values between
countries; but this has no relation
whatever with the idea that goods
manufactured in England should enter
the ports of the United States without
any duty placed thereon. Protection
. is one of the foundation principles of
the government, and is as applicable
to the municipality as it is to the state
tr"nation; but it is reversing the doc'
" trine when a dollar is forced into cir
culation that is only worth 50 or 60
cents. '
The holding up of passenger trains
' has developed into one of the recog-
nized industries of the country, and
the big dailies have a column or two
-" regularly devoted to the trade. Claude
Duval and Dick Turpin were dashing
characters, with something of the ro
mantic -and sentimental m their make
ups. -They were free withtheir com
pliments as-with hat in one hand and
- . . 1 .Til A
pistol In tne otner mey.Kisseu me not
always unwilling lips' of the ladies
whom they refused to rob,and accepted
the purse or purses of their gentlemen
escorts while "they expressed their re
grets at the unf ortuitous circumstances
jhat compelled them to take possession
of the aforesaid purses. They were
"gentlemen of the road", and per
formed their ' 'duties" in a gentlemanly
manner, , Indeed, the history ofEng- i
land had soinalhing of the picturesque '
added to itspage3 by these highminded
law breakers. They were the natural
result of the feudal systems of those
day3. A sequence to the arbitrary
acts of king or queen who confiscated
the estates of gentlemen whom they
disliked, and there being no other oc.
cupation took to the road as the only
"trade" which they as gentlemen
might follow. In these days it is dif
ferent. .The modern robber of trains
and stage coaches is a thoroughly busi
ness man. There is nothing senti
mental or romantic about him. He s
prepared to do murder, and does it on
slight provocation. It makes no dif
ference to him whose money ho gets so
he gets. it. . He is a criminal without
a redeeming characteristic, and a3
such should be dealt with. Our laws
should be changed so as to provide for
his case, and not only should the hold
ing up of trains be made a capital of
fense, but the attempt to do so should
be punished by a long term in the pen
itentiary: We can look back at the
gentlemanly robbers of a hundred
years ago with some degree of admira
tion, for we were not the people
robbed, but in these days the business
haa become decidedly monotonous.
OUR COUNTRY.
On every anniversary of the nation's
birth the country should thrill with
patriotic fevor, and the day should be
spent by citizens in again consocrating
themselves to liberty and free institu
tions. The story of the Revolution
cannot be rehearsed .too frequently,
and every child should fully under
stand the great sacrifices that were
made to establish this republic on the
western continent. Lessons of patriot
ism cannot be too deeply instilled into
the minds and hearts of Americans,
for emergencies have happened that
only this devotion to country have pre
vented from terminating in civil war.
They may arise again, and prepara
tions should be made that the people
may meet them bravely.
It is more- than a hundred years
since self-government was attempted
by Americans, and several severe tests
have been made of its strength and
permanency; but in every instance the
country has emerged from the threat
ened calamity stronger than before.
Popular government is -no longer an
experiment. It is an established fact.
acknowledged by all nations. There
never was a time when public credit
was on a firmer basis, or when the flag
was as nearly universally respected.
The constitution is an instrument that
insures protection to the weak against
the strong, and no era has ever hap
pened in which its provisions were not
considered as a sufficient shield of the
rights of all citizens. It has been
amended, and may be again, for in a
progressive age laws and customs must
adapt themselves to the altered condi
tions of the people.
With brave and patriotic citizens,
and an abiding confidence in the
justice of ; the laws, republics become
strong in the affections of the people.
Under such circumstances these forms
of government are as lasting and sub
stantial as any, and not any more
liable to disruption than a monarchy.
Revolution may change either, and
the death of the ruler may produce
this at any time in the latter, while in
the former the frequency of elections
of chief magistrates and national
legislatures sat.isfys the demands of
the masses. If congress or the presi
dent is not suited to the majority of
voters, others can be .chosen at the
next election. This is. not the fact
where the sovereignty rests in a single
individual, and often subjectsj await
his demise to inaugurate a bloody rev
olution.
On every recurring 4th of July les
sons of patriotism and devotion to
country should be taught those who in
few years may wield the elective
franchise, so that when the privilege
is granted them they will be able to
use it intelligently. The stories of
Bunker Hill, Charleston and Valley
Forge cannot be repeated too often
They should be cradle songs to every
American child, and even in later life
should not lose their attractiveness.
Fourth of July is made a national holi
day for this purpose, and it
not properly celebrated except in r&
counting the deeds of heroism of the
patriot fathers. By this means our
country will grow stronger every year,
and free institutions be more firmly
established. A free country, haviDg
for a bulwark the patriotism of its peo
ple, can but rest on a firm and lasting
foundation, and the United States has
this in a very large measure. '
THE FOURTH.
The riot in Boston yesterday is to be
deplored. It was independence day,
ana all organizations that are not an
tagonistic to free institutions should
be accorded the privilege of displaying
their patriotism on the 4th of July.
That bloodshed should have resulted
is to be regretted; but it seems that
the feeling was so bitter that this
could not be avoided. The trouble
was caused by the A. P. A. joining in
the procession with some of the sym
bols of the organization, which caused
a mob of infuriated people to fire on
the organization. One man was killed,
and several injured as a result. Under
a republican form of government all
societies which are not inimical to free
institutions should enjoy absolute
immunity from interference. If any
suffer wrong the courts are accessible,
and ample justice is done: but on the
great national holiday every parti
san should forget his dissensions, and
devote the time to instilling lessons of
patriotism in the minds of the people.
The celebration of the anniversary of
American independence is the day of
days, and is as sacred to the Populist
as to the Democrat or Republican.
The only possible difference there can
be in its observance is to the narrow
minded, prejudiced bigot, who will
forget his country and its welfare in
advancing notions of selfish or per
sonal ends. It is impossible for the
republic to exist if there is not exhib
ited a spirit of universal patriotism
among the people, and one of absolute
tolerance for those of different politi
cal affiliations on Independence Day.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Ex-Senator James Harlan, of Iowa,
the only surviving member of Lin
coln's cabinet, is likely to receive the
republican nomination for governor of
Iowa.
The celebration in this city yester
day was successful in every particular.
From beginning to end our citizens
imbibed the spirit of the occasion in
true patriotic fervor, and this is the
reason that it was a success.
THE BRANCH ASYLUM.
Judge Hewett, of the circuit court
of Marion county, rendered a decision
yesterday in the branch asylum case
making the injunction against build
ing a branch asylum perpetual. In
his opinion this is a public institution
and should be established at the seat
of government. It is now in order
for proceedings to begin against
the regents of the state university.
and also those having the management
of the normal schools. These are all
public institutions and should be lo
cated at Salem. There is no use in
the capital city being a little pig;
should be a full-grown hog or claim no
relation to the specie. The Willam
ette city would be quite prosperous if,
together with the penitentiary and
asylum it could also secure the state
university, the normal schools and all
other public institutions. Then the
appropriations would be for the benefit
of one community. This case may be
appealed to the supreme court; but
whatever the decision may be in
the highest judicial branch, of the
state government, it is time the peo
ple were agitating the subject of
changing the capitol to a more con
venient place, or amending the const!
tution in regard to the location of
public institutions. All portions
should receive some benefit of the
government, and not allow one Will
amette town to monopolize every in
stitution in Oregon.
. The United States has sufficient ter
ritory to govern well, and the govern
ment should be satisfied without
further acquisitions. This subject be
comes very pertinent for consideration
at this time because of an effort being
made to acquire Cuba as a portion of
the republic. Dissatisfied with Span
ish rule, the Island would be willing to
attach itself to the United States if an
invitation were extended; but this is
not desirable. The inhabitants of the
West Indies are descended from a for
eign race to our own citizens, and they
would not easily assimilate to our cus
toms and laws. We have too diverse
population now for perfect harmony,
and in many instances to preserve
peace requires sacrifices. The Latin
races are not accustomed to self-gov
ernment, and they become very turbu
lent elements when mixed with Indi
ans and negroes.
Yesterday was rainy everywhere in
the state, and in Portland the rain fell
in true webfoot style. It may have
had the effect of making a shade of
gloom pa9S over the -countenances of
the people; but the crops, smiled as
they never did before.
The Oregonian has reduced the price
of its daily, and is now issuing a
monthly edition, descriptive of the re
sources of the state. This is indicative
of enterprise, for the reduction will
place the journal within the reach of
all, and the MoniMy Oregonian will be
an excellent advertisement for the
state.
A secret order to further the cause
of free silver ha3 been organized in
Virginia, and is expected to secure
' joiners" among those who favor the
white metal. The object of the organ
ization appears to be to flood the coun
try with literature in favor of unlimited
coinage before the next presidential
campaign.
The fourth of July was generally cel
ebrated over the state and nation, and
it may be expected that the people,
after listening to the lessons of patriot
ism, will have a more abiding faith in.
free institutions. Notwithstanding
political dissensions, there is a univer
sal devotion to country which is above
all party differences on occasions of the
celebration of the birth of the republic.
The loss in the coal strikes last year,
in" Illinois foots up over $1,000,000, and
this will fall upon the wage-earners
who inaugurated it. A lesson may be
learned from this result, which, if re
duced to practice, will be of great
benefit to our laboring poor. If, in the
future, they will count the cost before
beginning strikes, their purses will re- i
main more nearly up to tne actual re
quirements of living.
The railroads did not feel business
i tnprovement as early as did the banks,
but it is striking them now. Brad-iti-eel's
table of 123 roads shows an in
crease in May of 6i per cent, over that
month in 1894. A particularly encour
aging feature of this exhibit is that
the gain extends to all parts of the
country. The rally is more general
than any which appeared before since
1879.
The steamer Chittagonq, which ar
rived in Portland a short time ago
with a cargo of 3500 tons of tea, was
the first vessel to arrive of the new
line. She left for China yesterday
with a full cargo of flour and canned
goods. The next vessel of the line
will be the Asloum which has a capac
ity of 4500 tons dead weight. The new
line promises to open a market for our
surplus flour and will prove of great
benefit to tne state.
The railroad and coal strikes of 1894
cost the state of Illinois for military
expenses $254,721. The men who struck
did not get a penny added to their
wages, and many of them lost employ-
ment in trades which they had worked
years to perfect. Heavy as was the
cost to the state it was a mere item in
the loss sustained by the misguided
men who went into the contests of a
year ago. It is as plain as can be that
questions between labor and capital
cannot be settled by strikes to the ad
vantage of either side of the con
troversy.
The dispatches state that Cuba will
soon establish a republican form of
government, and declare herself in'
dependent of bpain. The Cubans are
a brave and genrous people, but unfor
tunately the methods of the Spanish
republics will be likely to obtain a hold
there. JNo country can prosper when
its elections are held in the shape of a
revolution, and where assassination is
considered a perfectly legitimate thing;
pruviueu id is uuue iu tne name oi
revolution or politics Cuba is en
titled to self srovernment, but whether
it is capable of it is an open question.
The Democracy of Colorado met to
day for the purpose of denouncing the
presidents's sound-money views. The
Democracy generally are badly scat
tered on the silver question, and the
Democracy of Colorado, are alone al
most unanimous in their views con
cerning money. ihat Cleveland s
views will be denounced i" that con
vention is a foregone conclusion, and
that Colorado will throw its vote to a
silver candidate for the presidency is
equally certain. But then Colorado
and Nevada, where the same ideas pre
vail, are both small quantities in the
electoral college.
Notwithstanding the . hard times
caused by free-trade agitation, people
who come here from other countries
are loth to return to their old homes,
says the McMinnville Reporter. When
the World's Columbian exposition was
held the provisions of the alien con
tract labor law were suspended until
one year after the close of the exposi
tion, so far as the employes of the va
rious exhibitors were concerned. - At
the expiration of that time persons of
the class named who did not volun
tarily return to their own countries
were made subject to all the pro
cesses and penalties applicable to
aliens coming in open violation of the
law. Congress made no provision for
the enforcement of this special law.
and it is practically a dead letter.
Three-fourths of the persons who
came in 1892 are still in the country.
and propose to remain because they
consider it the best country on earth
in which to make a living.
The man who assumed the name of
Capt. Paul Webb, and who plunged
over the falls in the Willamette river
two different occasions, met his
death yesterday in attempting to run
down a 300-foot log chute in his barrel
near Couer d'Alene, Idaho. Every
thing was placed in readiness for him
to have an eay ride into the Coeur
d'alene river; but the velocity was so
great that he received injuries which
fractured his spine and he died the
next day. His feats never did him or
his friends any good, and aside from
furnishing him an easy living and
giving him notoriety, we could not see
the object to be attained. This plung
ing over waterfalls and down rapid cur
rents, was a wild notion that the fellow
followed, and, as expected, he met his
death from venturing too far and hav
ing too much confidence in himself.
The celebration at Kiel dees not ap
pear as harmonious as at first reported,
and the conduct of some of the French
officers has been criticised by a Ger
man paper. This was a. holiday occa
sion, and there were a host and guests.
At the time being, of course, every
act was governed by the strictest rule
of courtesy; but now that the guests
have departed, it may be considered in
order for comments to be made. It
will not result at this time in any
breach of the amicable relations exist
ing between Germany and France; but
it may lead to an embittered feeling
between the two nations, which, with
out careful diplomacy, may result seri
ously. It is to be hoped that the peace
of Europe will not be jeopardized by
anything that may have occurred dur
ing the festivities on Ihe occasion of
this great commercial event, and that
this unpleasant criticism may not
cause any complications.-
It is reported on good authority that
Russia has massed her fleet and an
army of 80,000 soldiers at Vladivos
tok, preparatory to a war on Japan,
and is only waiting an opportenity to
begin the attack. This maneuvering
has been done very quietly, and un
known to the nations of Europe. The
provisions of the treaty between China
and Japan is not satisfactory to the czar,
and this movement, it is presumed, is
done to prevent Japan from reaping
the fruits of victory by the occupation
of any of the territory of China. Japan
has a good army and navy, and brave
soldiers and sailors under competent
officers; but it is doubtful whether she
would be able to withstand an attack
from the great power of the north.
The island empire has made rapid
strides in civilization, and she should
not be stopped in her path of progress
by the supreme effort which it will re
quire to wage war with Russia.
The message of the mayor to the
newly-elected common council last
Monday night impressed upon their
minds the necessity of economy in the
management of municipal affairs, and
this is a subject of the greatest im
portance to all. A city free from debt
is a desirable place in which any one
may make a home, but a municipality
heavily encumbered will not attract
capital or homeseekers. The Dalles,
since it has bonded its indebtedness,
has made a fair start in the right direc
tion, and those who manage its' affairs,
should keep on in the line of retrench
ment. Taxes are a burden at all times,
and more particularly so when basi-
ness is depressed and money tight. If
this city can tide over the present dull
period in the same manner as it has
the one during the past two years the
future will be bright and prosperous,
and there is no reason that it cannot.
Soon there will be an open river to
the sea, and, with careful financial
management, The Dalles will be the
best point for the investment of capi
tal in the northwest.
President Cleveland is reported as
saying that he believes "McKinley
will be the Republican candidate in :
1896 and the tariff the issue," and if he j
did make the statement he unquestion
ably displayed good judgment regard
ing the prominent question before the
American public. Regarding the can-
didate, McKinley, Reed, Lincoln, Alli
son or Harrison would carry the full
vote of the party on a sound
platform, and it makes little dif-1
ference who receives the nomination, j
Of course, Gov. McKinley has been ;
the pronounced apostle of protection
for years; but all prominent Republi
crns have been in the same line. Mr.
Reed., of - Maine, is a very brainy man,
and, while thoroughly sound on the
particular teachings of the organiza
tion, is not a resident of the portion of
the United States from which the peo
ple think the president should come.
It is hard to' determine who' the
national convention will place in nom
ination; but it requires no prophetic
foresight to state that if he is in the
least an available candidate he will
occupy the White House from and
TELEGRAPHIC.
Brx FEW RESPONDED.
Financial Question Does Not Attra t
Colorado Democracy.
Denver, July 2. Just 30 persons
were assembled in East Turner hall at
10 o'clock, the time set for the Demo
cratic mass convention for the consid
eration of the financial question.
Chairman Frank Arbuckle, of the
state central committee, who called
the meeting at the request of the com
mittee, was not present, but had sent
an address, discouraging radical action,
to be read by Secretary Olney Newell.
It was claimed the small attendance
was due to a misunderstanding of the
time at which the meeting was to be
held, and it was confidently expected
that the afternoon session would bring
out a larger crowd.
At 10:40 o'clock Secretary Newell.
of the state committee, called the meet
ing to order, about 50 persons being
present. Mr. Newell, in his opening
address, suggested that the present
financial policy of the government ac
counted in a measure for the fact that
loading Democrats of the state had
sent letters instead of attending the
meeting. He spoke in severe terms of
the action of certain office-holders in
trying to prevent the present meeting
least something might bo said to hurt
their political chances. He then read
the address of Chairman Arbuckle,
which was received without demonsta
tion. Mr. Arbuckle characterized the
action of the Illinois Democracy in
adopting resolutions condemning the
administration as impolitic and dis
graceful, and advised this convention
to do nothing to forfeit the respect of
the national Democracy.
Mr. Newell also read a letter from
Charles S.' Thomas, a national com
mitteeman, who was detained by busi
ness in Colorado Springs, strongly
endorsing the convention and urging
action in favor of the free coinage of
silver. The letter was warmly cheered.
Organization was effected with Gen
eral Samuel Brown as chairman, and
J. H. McDonald, of Wells county, sec
retary. A committee on resolutions was
selected, after which the meeting ad
journed till 3 p. m.
i
THE TRANS-PACIFIC CABLE.
be Built by British Capitalists.
Francisco, July 2. Hugh
It Will
San
Graig, vice-president of the chamber
of commerce, says that from a thorough
investigation of the subject he is con
vinced that the Pacific cable, which
has been talked about for years on this
side of the United States, and discussed
ad interim in congress, is to be built
by British sapitalists.
To the statement that Englishmen
and Australians, with Canada, have
decided to undertake the work, he adds
the further fact that the difficulty of
obtaining a mioocean station has been
overcome. It will be remembered that
the United States government decided
last winter not to sanction the estab
lishment of such a station on any of
tne Hawaiian islands to be controlled
solely by Britishers. To avoid inter
national complications, a station has
been decided upon in latitude 3 north,
on Fanning island.
The cable is to be laid from Auck
land, N. Z.. to Norfolk island, in the
South Pacific, a distance of 415 miles.
The second section of the cable will be
from Norfolk to Fiji, a distance of 1537
miles, the third to Fanning island, 1715
miles, and the fourth and largest sec
tion, from Fanning island to Vancou
ver, B. C, a distance of 3232 miles.
The total length of this cable would
thus be 6899 miles, or almost three
times as long as the shortest transat
lantic cable.
The cost of this cable from Aucland
to Vancouver will be $51,000,000. This
cable, it is proposed, shall be only one
of a number of cables connecting with
it in the southern hemisphere. The
principal connection will be between
Auckland and Sydney, New South
Wales.
THE CHENG FC RIOTS.
Many Deaths Reported, Mostly Among
Native Catholics.
Vancouver, B. C, July 2. The
steamer Empress of China arrived to
day, with advices from Tokio, under
date of June 21 :
The anti-missionary riots in the Se
Chuen province occupy the exclusive
attention of foreigners. Many deaths
are reported.chiefly among native Ro-
said, additional warrants will be sworn
out for other members of the conspir
acy. W. Floyd Pollard, who is charged
with assisting in making the bogus
seal used upon the bogus certificates,
was arrested today. Deputy United
States Marshal Thompson left for
Kendrick today to arrest Henry Tol
ton, another one of those implicated.
RUSSIA AND JAPAN.
Doctors Anticipate War and Go to Vladi
vostock. San Francisco, July 3. Among
the arrivals here today were Dr. T.
Semiznoff and Dr. N. Satrowky. of St.
Petersburg, physicians of the Russian
czar, who are bound for Vladivostock.
They say that for some time past the
Russian government has been- receiv
ing telegrams that there was cholera,
or at least indications of it, at Naga
saki, Yokohama, and other points
close to the Russian possessions.
These two have been sent to Vladivos
tock to make a study of the conditions
there.
Dr. Semiznoff was asked as to the
report received from Tacoma that 80,
000 Russian soldiers were massed at
Vladivostock, and that the harbor was
set with torpedoes, with other indica
tions of trouble between Russia and
Japan. "There is no such number as
80,000 soldiers there," he said. "That
dispatch which I saw, is exaggerated.
There are about 60,000 troops there,
but the government had most of them
there for some time. They have been
gathered from all over Siberia and the
country toward St. Petersburg.
"It is true that there are many war
ships there, too, and it is true that
there are torpedoes in the harbor.
They have been there for the last two
or three months. What they have
been placed there for, however, you
will have to ask the czar, as I do notj
know."
Although Russians say colera is
prevalent in Japan, the presence of
that disease has npt yet been reported
here.
BIG FIRE IN WESTMINISTER.
Several Hundred Thousand Dollars Worth
of Property Destroyed.
Vancouver, B. C, July 3. About 5
o'clock this afternoon fire started in
the dry kiln of the Brunette sawmill,
at Westminister. The mill hands at
tempted to extinguish the blaze, which
rapidly spread, and by the time the fire
brigade reached the scene the whole
mill was in flames. Despite the efforts
of the firemen and tons of water poured
on the flames by the fire steamer, the
fire gained steadily and fanned by the
wind, reached Laidlaw's salmon can
nery, adjoining the mill, which, with
its contents, was totally destroyed.
The barges Bundalcer and Northwest
i were loading lumber and the former
was quickly cast adrift and escaped the
flames, but the latter caught fire and
burned almost to the water's edge.
The mill, box factory and nearly all
other buildings were destroyed. The
loss is estimated at $100,000, and the
insurance about $60,000. The destruc
tion of the mill will throw 200 hands
out of work. The loss on the cannery,
which had just commenced the season's
operations, will be $40,000. The
Phoenix cannery was also destroyed,
on which the loss is estimated at $60,
000, and the insurance at $30,000. The
cause of the fire is unknown.
Tourist Hotel Burned.
San Bernardino, Cal., July 4.
The Arrowhead hotel, one of the
noted tourists resorts of Southern
California, burned to the ground this
afternoon. The cause of the fire,
which started in the cupola, is un
known. The structure was built
wholly of wood and stood upon an
eminence at the base of Sierra Madre
mountains. It was entirely consumed
in a short time, a strong wind blowing
at the time. There were about 50
BIG SPRING OF THE CHIPPEWA3.
A Peculiar and Beautiful Curiosity In the
Wilds of Michigan.
Kitchi-ta-Kipi, or the big spring of
the Chippewas, is really one of the
wonders of Michigan, if not of the
entire northern country. Kitchi-ta-Kipi
is nearly circular m form and
nearly 200 feet in diameter. It is 65
feet deep a great bowl of water
clear as air and green as emerald.
When the eun shines and the wind
does not ripple the surface of the wa
ter, at least six distinct shades of
green, varying from the lightest to
the darkest, are to be seen. It is as
serted that under favorable condi
tions all the prismatic rays are re
Eectecl. The water is so clear that a penny
or a dime or even a pin may be
watched in its flight to the bottom,
and once there a peculiar propei-ty of
magnifying possessed by the spring
makes the article look several times
it3 real size. The grains of sand can
be plainly seen at the bottom, and
the places where the water boils in
at the bottom look like so many small
craters. There are dozens of places
where the water bursts in, and they
vary in size from the diameter of a
dollar to three feet. In former days
many dollars' worth of silver coins
were thrown upon the altar of the
spirit of the spring, but in these times
visitors are obliged to be content with
throwing pieces of tin into the great
depths. Gnarled trunks of cedars
project into the spring. These are
draped with mosses in the most fan
tastic manner, all in the brightest
green.
Many interesting legends are told
of Kitchi-ta-Kipi. One is that there
were two brave suitors for the hand
of a beautiful Indian princess in a
tribe located many miles from the
spring. At last the dusky maiden
declared her preference, and the re
jected suitor, being wild with rage,
planned to be revenged. When a
boy, he had learned many of the
mysteries of the medicine man, and
so he dug a root and brewed a medi
cine that would produce a slow de
cline and death. This he succeeded
in getting an attendant of the prin
cess to give to her. The luster of her
cheeks died away, they became hol
low, and her voice, once clear and
sweet, became husky. She lost cour
age and courted death, and her lov
er became frantic. One night when
he was tossing in sorrow in his wig
wam the spirit of Kitchi-ta-Kipi ap
peared to him.
"Take your loved one," it said,
"and fly by night to yon mountain.
As a firefly I will be your guide.
Follow me. To the great bowl of
the healing waters we will go."
. The young brave did as he was di
rected, and the story of the flight is
told in poetical language. Over hill
and hollow, through swamps and
across and down streams they went
until their journey was ended. The
princess drank of the healing waters
and was cured. Finally their trail
was found, and they were followed
by the rival, but he was trapped.
The successful suitor caught him
leaning over the spring to take a
drink and pushed him in. The Bides
are as steep as a wall, and being kept
from swimming ashore the prisoner
finally sank, his face green with rage.
The Indians have always believed
were away and there were very few of inJ? His werenecuonoi mearownea
so green.
Another legend is told which re
cites the drowning of a great green
eagle in the spring, and it is said that
if one has a good imagination he can
see the outlines of the big bird lying
with outstretched wings to this day.
Chicago Record.
their enects saved, jno accidents are
reported. The loss cannot be est!
mated. The building cost $50,000.
There was an insurance of only $20,'
000. The hotel was owned by a stock
company oi i-.os Angeles men.
Swift Justice in Arizona.
NOG ALES, Ariz., July 3. Senor
M.
after March 4, 1897. The Republicans man Catholics. The loss of property
have almost what may be . determined
a "walk-over" -in 1896, and, without
some serious blunder is made,
the demand for a change in the ad
ministration will be as pronounced as
it was in 1892. .
TELEGRAPHIC.
War Veterans.
Hills boro. Or., July 3. About 500
veterans were present today at the De
gining of a three days' encampment of
the War Veterans' Association of the
state of Oregon, Suitable grounds
west of town have been prepared, and
100 tents have been provided for those
who desire to try again camp life
The programme this morning con
sists of the address of welcome by
Mayor S. B. Huston, and responses by
1. W. .Baldwin, on behaii ol theiirand
Army, and W. H. Myers, representing
the Indian War Veterans. Music was
furnished by the Hillsboro and Beth
any bands. The business meeting of
the association was held this after
noon. Business houses and residences
are tastefully decorated with bunting.
Elaborate prepartions have been made
for tomorrow, and the largest crowd of
people that ever gathered in Washing
ton county is expected.
"PennoyeT" Condemned.
Salem, July 3. The 10-pound Napo
leon gun, known as the "Pennoyer"
cannon, has arrived in Salem, and is in
charge of Captain Percy Willis, of
company L It was sent from Portland
by Brigadier-General Beebe, in com
pliance with a request from Governor
Lord sent' through the adjutant-general.
In honoring the request, Gener
al Beebe indorsed it as follows:
"The brigade commander is informed
that this gun was examined some years
since by Major Tully McCrea, United
States army, and by him condemned
and pronounced unsafe for use, even
for purposes of firing salutes."
Pitched Into the Water.
Bristol, Ind., July 4. At 6 o'clock
this evening, while about 300 people
were gathered on a bridge spanning
the St. Joseph river watching a tub
race, 100 feet of sidewalk of the bridge
went down, carrying with it 100 per
sons. Tne Tall was about du ieet, and
ironwork fell on many. The town was
crazed with excitement, but in a short
time the victims were all removed from
the water, and all the doctors in the
Siirroundihg country were summoned
to attend the injured. These were
cared for as well as circumstances would
permit. None was killed outright, but
several will die.
is estimated at $5,000,000 in the city of
ijneng in aione. xne i rencn mission
at this place was established 150 years
ago, and claimed 30,000 converts. The
four Protistant institutions were of
modern origin. All have been de
stroyed, and their occupants, includ
ing several ladies, are said to be in
extreme danger, though the authorities
of Peking declare that measures will
be taken for their protection, y
French Occupy Amapa.
inew x ork, July z. Advices re
ceived by the Herald from Rio Janerio
state that French troops have occupied
the territory of Amapa. The military
authorities there have telegraphed to
the general government asking for
reinforcements to resist the invasion
Members of the Jacobin party have
caused several rows in the streets of
Rio. There were frequent fights be
tween Jacobins, naval cadets and
sailors during the night. The dis
order was finally suppressed by the
police.
MASONS NOT EXEMPTED.
no Pri-
ex'
In the Hands of an Italian Slob.
Jeffersonvtlle, Ind., July 4.
The failure of the contractors of the
Chicago. Indianapolis & Rockport
railroad to pay the 150 Italian laborers
the money due them has caused them
to become violent, and the town is
practically in their hands. They are
crazed with liquor and have placed
combustibles on the bridge leading
to the town, and in several
public places, and threaten to burn
the place. The women and children
are terror-stricken. All business
houses and public places are closed.
Narrow escape.
Starbuck, July 3. M. McClellan,
who has been employed in the yards
here as car repairer, narrowly escaped
death this morning. As he was nnder
the car putting in a draft timber the
hostler moved the train, dragging Mr.
McClellan for 10 or 12 feet. He es
caped with the loss of a little finger,
and without other serious injury. It
was purely accidental, i
Captain-General Campos Permits
vate Meetings In Havana.
New York, July 2. A special from
Havana says:
Captain-General Martinez Campos,
actiDg on the supposition that the
people of Havana are in sympathy
with the revolutionists, issued a gen
eral oroer wnen ne nrst came here,
prohibiting private meetings under
severe penalties.
Not even the Masons were
empteu, out powerrui innuence was
brought to bear upon him in their be
half and he consented to modify the
proclamation so that it would not ef
fect them. Che grand lodce of the
islands of Cuba, situated in this city,
was overjoyed at this and Masons
showed their gratitude to Campos in
many ways.
All this ioy, however, was Bhort
lived, for the captain-general has
issued another order specifically pro-
moi ting meeting oi Masonic lodges.
ana as a result trouDie is leared in
many quarters.
' Favors the Panama Canal.
New York, July 2. Ex-Congress
man Luther t. Mciiinney. of New
Hampshire, minister to the Uuited
States of Colombia, arrived on the
Fiyiance and is registered at the St.
James. He is accompanied by his
wife, and visits this country on his
vacation.
To a reporter. Mr. McKinney said:
"The all-absorbing questions in the
South. America states is the Niiaras'""
canal. They want a canal and are
looking to the United States to ouuu
it. I am not a member of any com
mission, and cannot speak authorita
tively, but 1 have studied the question,
and have concluded the best plan is to
complete the Panama canal.
"If our government could buy the
Panama canal as it stands and com
plete the 24 miles, it would be a good
tmng." -
Gomel' Mo . ements.
Havana, July 2. Gomez has left
Puerto .Principe province in command
of General Lopo Recio. It is reported
that ne is advancing westward on
Santa Clara at the head of 10,000 men.
Already more persons are in rebellion
in Santa Clara province than during
the whole 10 years of the first revolution.
More Are Suspected.
SPOKANE, Wash., July 2. Further
sensational developments in the bogus
Chinese registration certificate con
spiracy that were expected today have
not come to a neaa, owiner to united
States District Attorney Brinker not
arriving this morning as expected.
He will arrive tomorrow, when, it is ,
Mascarenas, Mexican consul here, has
received word from the governor of
Sonora that Sunday four or five men
who robbed the paymaster of the
Pacasari Company on June 13. killiner
the driver and securing $6200, have
been captured by the Mexican authori
ties and taken to the scene of the crime
and shot. One was Jesus Escalante,
mayor of the town of Frontreras, in
Sonora. Another was Robert Tribolet.
a well-known resident of Arizona, and
the other two were peons, servants of
escalante. xne money was recovered.
Webb Died at Spokane. -
Spokane, Wash,, July 4. Webb
died at 11 o clock. His name was
James Stewart. He was a photog
rapher at McMinnville, Or. Captain
faui we do was a nctitious name as
sumed for professional reasons. He
was a cousin of Senator Stewart, of
Nevada. Webb was conscious until
bis death, but it was feared the acci
dent was fatal after he left Coeur
d'Alene City for Spokane.
Just Below the Heart.
DAYTON. Wash.. July 3. W illia Bel
lows, aged 27, shot himself iust below
the heart with a 38-calliber bulldog re
volver iuia aiternoon. ie will die,
leaving a young widow. Jealousy is
tne aiiegea cause, Dut no denies it.
He says he has meditated suicide for
two weeks, and that his wife is true.
He assigns no cause but the hard
times:
Cheap California Wines.
We have on sale at our sample
rooms, corner Second and Court
streets, the best grades of claret, zin-
tandel, port, hock and other brands of
California wines, which we will deliver
to any part 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
Jixport Heer, which is on sale in large
or smaii ootues to suit customers.
Stubung& Williams!
Pianos Arrived.
The Kranich & Bach pianos, are now
offered at special low prices and easy
installments. Two new ones just re
ceived direct from the factory.
I. C. Nickelsen, Agent
t6
For Years9
Says Carrie E. Stocewell, of Chester
Held, N. fl., I was afflicted with an
extremely severe pain In the lower part M
the chest The feeling was as U a tob
weight was laid
on a spot the size
of my hand. Dur
ing the attacks, the
perspiration would
stand in drops on
my face, and It was
agony for me to
make sufficient
effort even to whis
per. They came
suddenly, at any
hour of the day or
night, lasting itozx
thirty mlntrtes ta
halt a day, leaving as suddenly; but, for
several days after, I was quite pros
trated and sore. Sometimes the attacks
were almost dally, then less frequent After
about four years of this suffering, I was '
taken down with bilious typhoid fever, and
when I began to recover, I had the worst
attack of my old trouble I ever experienced.
At the first of the fever, my mother gave
me Ayer's Pills, my doctor recommending
them as being better than anything he
could prepare, I continued taking these
Pills, and so great was the benefit derived
that during nearly thirty years I have baa
but one attack of my former trouble, which
yielded readily to the same remedy."
AYER'S PILLS
Prepared byDr.J.C.Ayerk Co., Lowell, Mas
Every Dose Effective
Ashantee Sacrifices.
"The most savage and horrible of
all the barbarous customs of the
Ashantees in Africa," said Professor
W. G. Steadman of Washington, "is
that of celebrating the death of a
king or great noble by a sacrifice of
other lives. Indeed almost all of
their anniversary rites are attended
by a holocaust of human beings.
They believe that when a king or a
noble dies he must have wives and
slaves in the next world, just as he
had in this, and in order that these
may not be wanting the simpla ex
pedient is resorted to of killing his
wives and slaves and sending them
after him. Rude and bloody cerenio
nies mark the practice of this cus
tom, which are continued for about
a week. Strange to say, numerous
volunteers are always found who are
hot only ready but anxious to be of
fered up in honor of a dead king. "
Cause of lnMtunJa.
Now, it happens in tbia stirring agt
of ours that men, and women, too,
are so much intellectually worked or
so emotionally disturbed that their
brains have more to do than they
can accomplish and yet preserve their
normal balance.
.Mental work, whether it be simply
perceptional, intellectual, emotional
or volitional, requires that an in
creased amount of blood shall flow
to the brain; hence during mental
exertion of any kind the cerebral
vessels become distended, owing to
the increased volume of blood they
contain, and they remain in this con
dition as long as the exertion is con
tinued. If it is too intense, or if it
be persevered in for too long a period
without there being alternations of
rest, the vessels lose their contracti-
bility and remain in a permanently
enlarged state. They are therefore
not able to contract so as to producs
sleep. A state of cerebral congestion
is established, and wakefulness is tins
result.
Such persons go to bed. perhaps.
feeling as if they would sleep, but no
sooner do their heads touch their nil
lows than their minds become inordi
nately active, and they lie awake hour
after hour recalling the events of the
day, or else indulging in the most
preposterous thoughts. The blood
vessels will not empty themselves.
simply because they have lost the
power to do so. They are like the In
dia rubber bands that we put around
big packages and leave undisturbed
for a long timo. We try to use them
again, and we find that the elasticity
wmcn tney once possessed has gone.
Dr. Hammond in North American
Review.
A Horse That Reasonea.
One very dark night a doctor was
driving along at a fast trot on a level
road, when he heard a wagon ap
proaching at a rapid pace- from the
opposite direction. He could see
nothing, but as his lights were burn
ing brightly and the highway was a
broad one he was not alarmed. Sud
denly, however, his horse made a
I violent jump to the left and crossed
the road just in time to let the ap
proaching team, driven, as it ap
peared, by a drunken man, dash by
in the track which the doctor's buggy
had that instant left.
The intelligent creature had waited
tQl the last minute, thinking that the
vehicle would keep to the right, and
then, when she knew a collision
be inevitable, had surunar out
Closing Out
Of Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots
and Shoes, Hats and Caps,
At Less Than Cost
BED ROCK PRICES, as Goods
Will Be Sold Regardless of Cost
Call and Get Prices and Be Convinced.
No Trouble to Show Goods.
J. P. MCIN6RNY.
The Oro Fino Wine Sooms
AD. KELLER. MANAGER.
tot Gradi California Ym and todies in Ike City
-A COMPLETE LINE OF-
IMPORTED and DOMESTIC I IQU0RS and CIGARS
!To. 0O Second door from
The corner of Court Street . .
THE DALLES, OREGON
PIONEER GROCER
(Successor to Chrisman be Corson.) '
- A FULL LINE OF
STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES
Again at the old stand I would be pleased to see all my
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French's Block,
171 Second Street, THE DALLES, OREGON.
PABST C6L6BRHT6D BEER!
Fine Wines, Liquors, and Clears.
DOMESTIC and KEY WEST
CIGARS.
THE GERM AN I A
STUBLING & WILLIAMS. PROPS.
Fine yines, Liquors and r Cigars
All brands of Imported Liquors, Ale and Porter, . . ' v
and Genuine Key West Cigars. A Full Line of
CALIFORNIA. : WINES : AND : B2mtS3
Twelve-year-old Whiskey, strictly pure, for medicinal pur
poses. Malt Liquor. Columbia Brewery Beer on draught. -
14 Second Street. THE DALLES, OR
San i Francisco i Beer i Hall
JF. t-1 MliE. JPi-oprietor. .
WINES, LIQUORS and CIGARS.
ALL KINDS OF BOTTLKD BEER
COLUMBIA BREWERY BEER ON DRAUGHT
WASHINGTON STREET, BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD.
RUPERT 8t GHBEL
Wholesal and retail manufacturers of and dealers in.
Harness, Saddles, Bridles Collars,
Tents, and Wagon Covers.
And All Article kept In a Flrt Class Hrn Shop.
REPAIRING PROMPTLY DONE.
Opposite Moody's Warehouea
THE DALLES OREGON.
MERCHANT TAILORING
MR. PAT. FAGAN, :
At Ms establishment on Second street, next door to C. Lauer's Meat
Market, is prepared to make
M Spring and Summer Suits