SATURDAY AUGUST 31, 1895
THE PEOPLE BENEFITED.
The following from a Democratic
exchange has an anarchistic and com
munistic tendency, and is some of the
most demagogism we have, ever seen
in print:
"Great Britain is going to spend more
money on her navy, and run the grand
' total tip- to $500,000,000. - This is the
sum the toilers and workers have paid
to defend the property of the privi
leged and aristocratic, those who live
from the fruits of the toil of others.
A wealthy man who- works, who uses
his brain or his muscle, is not a
burden; but one who invests his money
in bonds and enjoys the income is
more of a parasite than if he were a
tramp or a pauper."
If one was to acknowledge that the
"toilers and workers", paid all the
government taxes, and the "privi
leged and aristocratic" went free then
there would be some reason .in the
argument; but if the premises are
- proved incorrect the fabric falls to the
ground a mass of shapeless ruins.
Now, what are the facts in the case,
and who pays the taxes or the $500,
000,000 for the improvement of the
navy in Great Britain? In that
country there is a tax on property,
and also on the incomes, and these
burdens fall almost entirely on
the wealthier- classes. The wage-
earner pays no taxes, except, per
haps, indirectly on his tobacco or other
luxuries that he uses, while his aristo
cratic neighbor divides with the gov-
ernment on his French wines and
champagne and also on his income,
Great Britain might spend ten times
the amount on its navy, and he who
receives from fifteen to twenty shil
lings a week would not be. taxed to the
value of one penny; while the wealthy
land-owner or manufacturer would be
forced to pay to the revenue collector
heavy sums. The 8500,000,000 -appropriated
will be a blessing to the -labor
ers of the united kingdom. It will
keep the navy yards in operation, give
employment to. all classes of labor,
and puts in circulation that amount of
money. Public expenditures are
benefit to the people of any country,
aDd an attempt to make them a tax on
the laboring men for the benefit of the
Drivilesred and aristocratic classes is
demagog-ism of the most despicable
kind, and should receive the severest
censure of all patriotic citizens.
What Is true in the British empire
.is doubly, so in the United States.
' Here-the sovereignty rests with the
people, and all appropriations'by con
gress draws the money out of the treas
ury and sends it in circulation. For this
-' reason we have always been in favor
of congress setting aside the necessary
' sums for the completion of public
j works, believing that it would relieve
the necessities of the laboring masses
and would attract the benefits of gov
' ernment to the toiling classes. This
is true regarding the British democ
ratic monarchy and the American re
public; but not perhaps in reference
. to Germany, Russia or other countries
where the -people are not considered
, as a factor or element of government.
THE SILVER LINING.
"It's an ill wind that blows no one
any good," and bimetallists in the
tt . i mi i i ; -1 ,
umwu otawo ueuevo tucra is a oiivcr
lininor tn the Mmiri that. Tinnfffl ftvflr re
form in Great Britain by the recent
merit. The Liberal party , has been
foremost in every reform for long
- years, and during the last - decade its
great leader, Hon. W. E. Gladstone,
has devoted the best energies of his
life to secure home rule for Ireland.
In -this he was not successful; but
' when he resigned and Lord Roseberry
took the premiership it appeared as
' though this object might be attained.
But the large majorities by which the
Conservatives were restored to power
have, wrecked every hope in this regard
and poor Ireland must be content with
her condition for some time yet. The
. sympathy of the United States has been
with the Irish in their struggle for
independence, and both political par
ties in this country have had planks in
their national platforms in favor of
home rule. While all expectations of
the amelioration of the people of Great
- Tz: . ; i. i .t i . , . i i
uiiiaiu uave uwn so ruueiy uias&eu oy
the change in politics in the empire
the leaders of the conservatives have
always had a strong leaning in favor
of the white metal, and this causes
considerable satisfaction to the silver-
lies in tius country; perhaps more
than if Ireland had been isolated by
the success of the policy of the Liber
als. The Ponillists. if'n. all ennaiafv-
ent, will introduce a plank in favor of
uuo vuuooi vaiuvo parujr uuu ui-iueiai-
' ism in their next national platform.
. Reforms of all kinds were inaugurated
by the Liberals. The franchise was
extended, the land court established
in Ireland, and other measures became
laws; but they stood firmly by the sin
gle standard, and paid littlo attention
to the efforts made for bimetalism.
Oil the other hand, the Conservatives
have opposed all these movements for
. reform, but have had a tendency to be
favorable to the white metal. Tt, will
be seen whether this silver lining to
the cloud will operate with our people
to make friend9 for the party in power,
notwithstanding the fact that their
success will be the defeat of the great
est advancement projected in the Brit
ish empire for the past half century.
GOVERNMENT REVENUES.
The East Oregonian still continues
wedded to its anarchistic and commu
nistic ideas, and imagines that the
present status of society and govern
ment is all wrong and needs remodel
ing. It believes the only relief will
come when land will pay the taxes of
the country, and all products of labor
bear , -no burden of government.
f. nnAA.,in.'A :
"The Dalles Times-Mountaineer
argues in the usual strain that property
pays all the taxes and that the great
and not upon toilers and workers.
Property only pays a tax during hard
times and in doing so decreases in
value and, in short, is confiscated. In
normal times property is taxed and the
tax is transferred to the user the con
sumers of property, and the property
escapes. . To the extent that property
the product of man's labor is forced
to. pay a tax it is confiscated. Toilers
and workers pay all the taxes, and it is
a dense economist who is not aware of
this self-evident fact in this day and
ii '"
- The taxes to which we had reference
. . . . . . i .
were wuikj hsyjwu tor uio support 01
tin 0-anera.l. and not for state, nnnnt.v
K ' J
- - 1 r
'the. latter are supported by a tax on
property or money, while the former
derives its receipts from internal rev
enue and foreign import duties. If
one were to reason metaphysically
every cent of tax placed on tobacco or
liquors could be eventually traced to
the labor which produced the tobacco
plant or corn which constitute the
elements or enter into tho manufac
ture of the article. But this process
of .reasoning is rather remote, and
somewhat similar to the scientific the
ory that because we live on vegetables,
and these are nourished in the soil,
which is composed of infinitessimal
particles of decayed minerals and ani
mal organisms, therefore, when we
eat potatoes, beans, etc., "we are feed
ing on the dead bodies, of our ances
tors. Every one acknowledges that
labor is the basis of all wealth,
whether it consists of accumulated
coin, manufactured articles, stacks of
hay or storehouses full of grain; but
the approximate relation of tbe farmer
who grows the barley, rye and corn to
the manufactured and, perpaps, adul
terated bottle of whisky is not very
direct and hardly appreciable. Then,
neither liquor or tobacco are necessa
ries or conveniences of life, and he
only who uses them pays the duty im
posed on them. They are termed lux
uries, if this term is applicable to such
deleterious beverages, and the price to
the consumer is regulated by the in
ternal revenue charged by the gov
ernment. When wo consider foreign
imports as a source .of revenue, the
tariff is no way a tax on the consumer
in this country. Instances have been
named without limit where protection
built up home industries and cheap
ened the price of the article to the
consumer; but this opens up the sub
ject of protection for discussion, which
can well be postponed until next year,
There could not be a system of taxa
tion devised better than that followed
by the general government, and which
bears so lightly, if at all, upon the
laboring classes. In speaking of pub
lic expenditures, the same paper says
"Public expenditure, so far as real
benefit to all the people is the result,
is a blessing; but public expenditure
for the purpose of keeping men at
work and giving contractors and -the
pets of politicians soft snaps, "provid
ing employment for the unemployed,"
is simply suicide to industry and enter
prise, as is only indulged in by govern
ments poisoned with the virus of pro
tectionism and paternalism."
Our public works are under the con
trol of the board of engineers of the
army who receive their salaries,
whether engaged in digging canals,
superintending the construction of
breakwaters or remaining idle. The
money appropriated does not go to
them at all; but is spent among labor
ers. The engineers superintend the
construction, and draw their salaries
from the government. Then, aside
from opening up channels of trade or
improving harbors, public appropria
tions send the money in circulation
in the avenues of business.
But we presume Bro. Jackson will
contend that this is paternalism and
fostering wealthy parasites upon the
government. Society must be recon
structed from its very foundation to
suit mm,' ana a new order ot tilings
established from that which has ever
existed in the history of the world,
Hut the human race must be regener-
erated before Utopia is possible, and
that will not happen while men live
under the present conditions.
OUR FRIENDS.
- A correspondent in another column
has an inquiry regarding the patrons
of the D. P. & N. Co., which wo be
lieve proper to answer. He
whether Mr. Pease, of the firm of Pease
& Mays, patronizes the Regulator or the
railroad. Of course we have no means
of ascertaining the amount of goods
he receives, but after careful inquiry
at the office of the D. P. & A. N. Co,
we are apprised of the fact that nearly
all the goods for this firm are received
by the O. R. & N. Co. , and have been for
the past year. There have been only
a few shipments by the boat, when
they were more convenient than by
rail. Of course this inquiry is per
fectly pertinent by "Wool-Grower,"
because the Regulator line has reduced
freight rates to the minimum, and
all feel friendly towards it and
should know who have been and . are
its friends. Opposition boats on the
river was a scheme that received the
sanction of every one interested in the
development or The Dalies and vicin
ity, and their support has been a mat
ter of the purest patriotism with busi
ness men and citizens. Those who
expect to live by the community should
support those enterprises that tend to
its amelioration from railroad control,
and wherein they fail in this
regard they are not true to their
faith to tho people or to the best
business concerns of the county. It is
a privalege, we grant, for any business
man to ship' goods by any line he
desires, and where he can reap the
most advantages; but if in so doing he
antagonizes his former customers he
aione is responsible lor the re
sult, . Simply stated the facts are about
as follows: Tbe D. P. & A. N. Co. have
reduced freight rates to the minimum,
and the farmers and producers have
been laagely benefited thereby. Only
two firms at The Dalles the Wasco
Warehouse Co. and Pease & Mays
have refused to ship by it, and these
expect the patronage of those directly
benefited. We hold it as a principle
of action in all the relations of life,
that friends should be favored in pref
erence to enemies, and that the former
should always be remembered with
gratitude and the latter never for
smiea. . .j. nose wno live by the com
munity should support home interests,
and any who oppose enterprises that
tend to the development of natural
sources should receive little considera
tion. Support every enterprise- and
industry that tends to the development
of local resources or relieves the com
munity from Obstacles to growth and
prosperity are principles that should
govern every citizen in his actions to
the commonwealth, and he should ex
ercise a careful discriminaiion against
those who do not follow this doctrine of
self-protection. .
j. ue since censuses tagen this year
indicate that the drift from the coun
try to the cities is quite as strong as it
was five years ago. Meantime the
cities and farms are drawing nearer
together by improved and more rapid
means of communication. . The link
between farming and manufacturing-
ia a close one, and there . are many
people in New England and Canada
who divide . the time between their
iana ana tne lactones, mow the pop
ulation will finally be distributed in
city and country cannot be foreseen,
but ai their relations are becoming
more intimate every year the problem
a the end will probably vanish of it
self.
BIMETALISM IN ENGLAND.
The organ of the silverites in the
west is the Chicago Inter Ocean, and It
is constantly referred to as the oracle
of those who are opposed to monomet
alism. The recent election in Great
Britain was considered favorable to
the international movement; but the
Inter Ocean, in commenting on the
situation, says:
"It would seem that the English bi
metallists are trying hard to make
themselves believe that Mr. Balfour's
recent declaration against an interna
tional monetary conference is not un
favorable to their cause. They admit
that he does not favor an immediate
conference, but they insist that his re
mark "reveals the expectancy on the
part of the government that a success
ful conference can subsequently, be
arranged."
"Perhaps the English friends of the
white metal have some ground for this
faith which is not visible at this dis
tance. The declaration itself suggests
no subsequent arrangement for a con
ference. It is true, however, that as
the leader of the Conservative minor
ity in the house of commons Mr. Bal
four had shown leaning toward an
other international conference in the
interest of bimetallism. Undoubtedly,
he expected a close parliamentary
contest. In tho event of a nearly even
division the handful of bimetallists
might hold the balance of power, but
now, with the Liberals knocked be
yond the ropes and clear out of the
ring, there is no need of courting any
side alliance. Balfour may be' a sin
cere bimetallist himself, but ho is not
master of the siiuation. Lord Salis
bury is the head of the government,
and he has never shown much, if any,
disposition to favor a change in the
monetary system of Great Britain. He
is not one of the members of the pre
sent British cabinet claimed by the
bimetallists as a sympathizer in their
cause.
"The Daily News hits the bull's eye
when it rejoices over the defeat of bim
etallism, so far as concerns that govern
ment, on the ground of . belief that
'bimetallism spells ruin for the great
creditor country of the world.'
"Bimetallism means that the debtor
shall have the privilege of paying his
debt, principal and interest, in either
of two kinds of hard money, an option
which may be important and may not.
If all the debtor nations would main
tain the policy of the United States,
uphold the parity of the two, however
great the disparity in the market, the
option. would be a theory, and not a
'condition.'
"The strength of the bimetallic
movement in England is the fact that
the manufacturers and agriculturists
are suffering from the single gold
standard,' but the creditor class are
stronger than both agriculturists and
manufacturers. Where one person in
England has an interest in a factory a
dozen hold some foreign security. The
total indebtedness of nations is set
down in the compilation made by the
eleventh United States census as $27,
396,055,389. The indebtedness of the
states, territories, counties and muni
cipalities of the United States
amounted at that time to $1,135,210,-
442. Then to this must be added the
billions of railroad securities and other
debentures of a corporate nature
England is the great magnate that
draws nearly all these loans.
The
United States bonds are something of
an exception, the British capitalists of
a generation ago having more faith,
apparently, in the Confederacy than
in the United States. Tho French
rentes are mainly held in Franco. But
for the most part England is, as
the
News claims, the creditor nation.
;'The slightest movement on the
monetary chessboard attracts atten
tion in England. The Ohio Demo
cratic state convention had interest in
the British eyes for that reason and no
other. The Westminster Gazette sees
in the vote against free silver 'material
bearing.'. This is surely a vague way
of putting it, and recalls Bunsby. The
Gazette concludes with tbe observation
that 'should it ultimately be decided
to establish a fixed ratio between gold
and silver, it does not in any wise fol
low that what will suit America will
be acceptable or wise policy for Great
Britain.' Here again is vagueness,
This country has a fixed ratio already,
but it is not coining any silver dol
lars none of any consequence. .The
question of ratio was not before the
Ohio convention, nor does it enter into
the silver discussion of the present
time. The Balfour episode in parlia
ment has served to emphasize the fact
that the British point of view on this
monetary subject is purely that of the
creditor, and the British reliance for
maintaining practical monometalism
is the threat to withhold further loans
if the debtor nation does not stop
talking about giving full practical ef
fect to the option involved in bimet
ansm."
AN ABUSE.
We have heretofore considered Ore
gon free from corruption in any of its
public institutions; but tho Salem
Statesman makes ' some sweeping
charges in reference to the practice of
admitting patients to the insane asy
lum. That paper savs:
"Saturday last . Superintendent
Paine, of the Oregon state asylum,
having .commenced work on a system
atic weeding out -of that institution,
discharged from the asylum four
patients who were not insane and per
haps never had been. They were old,
decrepit, feeble, or harmless persons
who had, perhaps years ago, been com
mitted to the asylum because the coun
ties from which they came found it too
expensive to care for them."
The same paper states that the wards
are crowded with just such charges',
and the abuse of consigning friendless
paupers to the asylum for insane has
been growing steadily ever since the
abuse was instituted. ' During late
years the institution has been used by
several counties of the state as a poor
farm, and the inmates supported from
the public funds. Those unfortunate
persons who, by reason of disease or
heredity, have been deprived of the
use of their mental faculties, should
receive the kindest treatment at the
public expense. It is often necessary
that they be isolated, from the com
munity on account of homicidal . ten
dencies, and there is no institution'
that appeals more to the benevolent
instincts of the people than asylums for
the insane. But this benevolent senti
ment of any community is - abused
when the poor and indigent are sent to
these institutions to relieve the comity
from their care and support.
The Statesman claims that out of one
thousand persons committed to .the
asylum, not over three-fifths are really
insane. Our cotemporary may be mis
taken in these figures; but it is suffi
cient to know that the abuse exists ia
more less magnitude, and it should be j
remedied. A careful examination
should be made of every applicant for
admission, and only those in a de
mented condition should be received
as inmates. By this means this com
plaint could not be made in the future,
and the insane asylum of the state
would no longer be a poor house for
the indigent of different counties.
SOUND FINANCIAL POLICY.
Secretary Carlisle saved Kentucky
for sound money a few weeks ago, and
report says he will again enter the
campaign in that state. This is sup
posed to be because Mr. Blackburn
will attempt to instill his free-silver
ideas into the Democratic party.
When Mr. Carlisle produces an argu
ment it is clear and incisive, and fault
less in logic; and Blackburn is an- at
tractive speaker, and usually claims
the attention and arouses the enthu
siasm of his audience. Kentucky is a
good battle ground for this fight,
and the people will watch with
interest the result of the contest. The
Horr-Harvey debate did not convince
or convert any one; but we believe the
discussion between Carlisle and Black
burn will strengthen Democracy in
the soundness of its principles ou the
money question. Cleveland and Car
lisle have been the salvation of the
party on the financial policy, for if
they had followed the vagaries of Vest
and Bland the present administration
would have wrecked the business in
terests of the country. Notwithstand
ing the fact that the free-trade experi
ment, has bankrupted the treasury and
caused tho deepest gloom to settle on
the industries of the nation, its credit
abroad will be on a firm basis while
obligations held by foreigners are re
deemed in coin, current among the
commercial nations of the world. If
a change had followed in this regard
the ruin would have been complete,
and it would have required a readjust
ment of the entire machinery of gov
ernment to bring it again on a sub
stantial basis. As it is, with the in
auguration of tho policy of protection,
under a Republican executive and con
gress, industries will again revive, the
treasury will be replenished and the
credit of the country abroad will re
main on the same solid foundation aa
ever. While the public cannot be
considered indebted to the Democratic
party for any benefit received, they
should feel grateful to the executive
and secretary of the treasury for main
taining the honor and honesty of the
nation amidst the general wreck and
ruin that followed the inauguration of
the suicidal Democratic policy.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The fifteen Bannocks reported killed
in the Harney valley are still alive and
in excellent health. It is a bopeful
state of feeling in that community that
the report is untrue, and that the set
tlers still respect the rights of the In
dians. During twenty four years of Repub
lican ascendency the average reduction
of the public debt was $79,000,000 a
year. The deficit under the present
administration has been $57,000,000 a
year. The change in the wrong direc
tion is $136,000,000 a year. A fourth
nomination for Grover is possible, but
a third term is not.
Ex-Governor Campbell, who is at
the head of the Ohio Democratic
ticket, is an international bimetallist.
and there are several who hold the
! 8ame opinion in the ranks ot Demo-
, National bimetalism could not be suc-
! cessful; but there would be no obstacle
to international bimetalism.
Notwithstanding the fact that there
have been rapid strides in the last few
years toward a purer Btate of politics
1 bosses have not forgot their cun
ningin tne manipulation oi conven
tions or their skill in carrying their
plans out successfully. The Democrats
and Republicans are still under the
domination of bosses, and the Pop
ulists are composed of bosses.
The Durrant case is in about the
same condition it was a week ago, and .
the attorneys are amusing themselves
and a crowd of spectators by sparring
for points in the selection of the jury.
Later on when when twelve "true and
tried men" have been chosen, the le
gal battle will begin, and it will be a
hard contested fight. But if Durrant
is acquitted it will be more of a dem
onstration of the skill of his lawyers
than proof of his innocence.
St. Louis Republic (Dem.:) Is young
Allen Thurman bound by the Ohio
platform? Is J. Sterling Morton
bound by the Nebraska platform?
Are Congressman Catchings and Gov
ernor Stone bound by the Mississippi
platform? Whom does the Iowa plat
form bind? When the Pertle Springs
convention sent congratulations to Joe i
Blackburn for defying the Kentucky '
platform, a question of penetrating
import was raised and it will not down.
The Princeton party of students and
professors who have been hunting
fossils and killing game in Wyoming
have been placed under arrest by the
governor of that state. They had the
privilege of digging up the remains of
the tertiary or post-tertiary periods;
but had no right to shoot and kill later
formations in the shape of elk, deer
and bear. Perhaps these Prince
tonians, in their next vacation, will
keep nearer the confines of civilization,
and leave quadrupeds alone.
James J. Hill is working on a hew
plan to get control of the Northern
Pacific. He has abandoned, the former
Clan of a proprietary company to own
oth the Northern Pacific and the
Great Northern. The present scheme
is a traffic contract with the Great
Northern, guaranteed by a heavy de
posit of new Northern Pacific stock
with a trust company. This would
give Hill practical control oi the
Northern Pacific management rates
and policy.
The case of ex-Cohsul Waller has at
last received proper attention, and it
is very Ukely that France will do just
ice in this case. Our minister to that
country has had a diplomatic talk with
the premier of that country, and the
indications are that Waller s case -will
be heard in the civil courts. It has been
a long time that this affair has not re
ceived, proper attention, and Waller
has been imprisoned in a loathsome
dungeon. Even if relief comes at this
late date it is better than not at all,
A meeting is called for this evening
to create an interest in the fair to be
held this fall. This should receive the
earnest support of every citizen, for
there is nothing that has such a stim
ulating effect upon agricultural indus
try as annual exhibitions, where pro
ducts of the soil compere with each
other, and where farmers receive prac
tical lessons in the industry they fol
low. This fall there should be a suc
cessful fair in this city, and it should
be liberally patronized by all interested
in the development of . this portion of
the state. -
If the report that pomes from Burns
is true the government wilL be forced
to use troops to protect the Indians
from the assaults of the settlers. Those
fifteen Bannocks were killed in a spirit
of revenge, and, while we have no
sentimental affection for the "noble
red man," it is not right that they
should be butchered in this manner.
Their rights to live in the country' no
one will dispute, for they are not for
eign immigrants and- can trace their
ancestry-back to a date anterior to the
discovery of the continent by Colum
bus or even the Norman conquest of
Britain. They were the first occu-
nants of the soil, and civilized men
should not follow the methods of bar- I
barism in dealing with them.
TELEGRAPHIC.
TRAGEDY AT ASTORIA.
A Man Shot His Wife Then Killed Him
self.
ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 27. About 5
o'clock this morning, Francis Feakes,
the keeper of a small huckster shop in
the lower portion of town, without
known cause or provocation, and while
in a temporary fit of insanity, it is
supposed, fired two shots out of a re
volver at his wife, and then deliber
ately placed the revolver at his right
temple and blew the whole top of his
skull off. The attention of neighbors
was attracted by - the children of the
couple, six in number, who escaped
irom the house by jumping out of the
window. When the house was reacaeu
Feakes was found dead on the floor,
and his wife was unconscious from the
effects of two wounds in the head.
The house where the tragedy was
enacted is situated in the extreme
eastern section of the city, and the
particulars so far ascertained have
been very meager. The woman has
been removed to the hospital, but phy
sicians say she cannot recover. It is
said the couple did not get along well
together, and have lately met with
financial reverses, which may account
in some measure for the husband's
desperation. '
OrR NORTHERN NEIGHBORS' -
The Manitoba School Question The Issue
In Canada.
New York, Aug. 27. Hon. John F.
Stairs, one of the conservative leaders
of the Dominion parliament, in an in
terview said: "The issue in Cauada is
the Manitoba school question. Pro
testants in Manitoba outnumber the
Catholics four to one. This is a recent
preponderance. Ten years ago the
tide of immigration set toward the
Northwest, and at that time the
schools were separated. Most of the
settlers of late have been Protestants.
There is practically no annexation
sentiment in Canada. Canada has too
much national pride to desire annex
ation to the United States. As for a
reciprocal union, it is not desired, be
cause such a condition would wipe out
our manufactories and make us a de
pendency of the United States. Wo
have no desire to lose our autonomy,
political or commercial. Canada is a
protection country, and the conserva
tive party is a protective mriu. urgam
zatiou. We want protection to Cana
da's indurtries.
"With rcsrard to the imperial feder
ation plea, I do not know where we
stand. We are virtually independent
of England, and the question arises
only on the right of veto concerning
matters of legislation which come up
in the Canadian parliament.
"As to the financial troubles in New
foundland. Premier Whiteway is in
control, after having been deposed
from office. It is my belief, though,
that Newfoundland is going to find it
rather hard to meet governmental ex
pences." DEN BY HEARD FROM.
The American Minister to China Is Not
Idle.
Washington, Aug. 27. The state
department is in receipt of a cable
gram from Minister Donby stating
that in response to a request made by
him to theTsung-li-Yamen, the Taotal
Hsu Hsing, has been sent to co-operate
with Consul Hixson in the investi
gation of the Ku Tien (Ku Cheng) riot.
It is supposed at the department the
commissioner may be a well-known
metropolitan officer, who many years
ago was vice-president of the board of
works, and also has been of late years
minister of the Tsung-li-Yamen.
This cable, it is stated, should put to
rest the reports that Minister Denby
is not carrying out the instructions of
Acting Secretary Adee, and that there
was dissatisfaction with him at the
state department.
A cable was also reaeived from Min
ister Terrill at the state department
today saying: "The porte gives em
phatic assurance of security for Amer
ican citizens at Tarsus.
Brazilians Hopeful.
New York, Aug. 27. The Herald's
correspondent in Rio Janeiro tele
graphs that it is reported in official
1 circles that despite the assertions pub-
lished in the English press, the
Brazilian government has good
grounds to believe England will
relinquish her claims to Trinidade.
In regard to the proposed ratifi
cation of the terms for Rio Grande do
Sul, the president says it is impossible
for him to change the constitution of
the state without express sanction
from the national congress.
Protocol Signed.
New York, Aug. 27. A special
from-Lima says the protocol arranged
by the representatives of Peru and Bol
ivia has been signed by Minister Riva
Guerro, and will be received with due
formality in La Paz.
Will Abandon Quito.
New York, Aug. 27. A special to
the World from Colon says the govern
ment at Quito is reported to be prepar
ing to abandon the Ecnadorean cap
ital. General Alfaro, head of the pro
visional government, established by
the revolu' ionists at Guayaquil, is
steadily marching on the capital, being
received everywhere with popular re-
Plcin fome disbanded soldiers, it
cently with government troops at
Manito. The government commander
is said to have taken refuge in the
American consulate.
Fox River Manufacturers.
Green Bay, Wis., Aug. 27. A con
ference In the interest of. the Fox
River valley by business men. con
gressmen and Governor Upham will be
held at Appleton September 6. A
course of legislation will be mapped
out leading to a situation that will per
mit a general resumption of milling-
operations in Fox River valley. The
low water in Fox river is damaging to
manufacturers, and it is hoped the
conference will lead to a resumption of
ousiness.
Four Were Killed.
Bristol, Tenn., Aug. 27. A bloody
war between two factions resulting
from a long-standing feud, was fought
on Cumberland mountain, 75 miles
north of here, on the Virginia and
Kentucky line. The Boyd and Thomas
motions, witn Winchesters, met at an
illicit distillery, where the battle be
gan. Four men, John Boyd, William
Cox, Jack Thomas and Floyd Thomas
are dead. Several more were wounded,
Ordered off the Reserves.
Port Townsend, Wash., Aug. 27.
Consternation has been caused in this
and adjoining counties by the appear
ance oi an army lieutenant ana a squad
oi men wilii instructions to settlers on
the government reserves to vacate be
fore September lo or be removed by
the troops. The move is the outcome
of the recent order of the War depart
ment, ii is conservatively estimated
that loot) settlers will lose their homes,
Effect of Balfour's Remarks.
lajnuun, au?. as. ine tserlin cor
respondent of the Standard learns on
good authority that the result of the
remarks of Hon. A. J. Balfour, first
lord or the treasury, to the effect that
he did not believe an international
conference would result in interna
tional agreement, is that Germany is
umiKtuy m uau a ' Dimetaiiic confer
ence. l l l a . ; , . . ... "
Czar's Present to Montenegro.
Cettue, Montenec-ro. Ansr. 27.
The steamer ICostoff, from Cronstadt,
has arrived off the coast, near Anti
vari, with a sargo eonsistinff of 30.000
rifles, 15,000,000 cartridges, a number
of cannon and machine guns, and a
quantity of dynamite and other muni
tions of war, all of which form the
ezar's present to Montenegro.
Dead Ner Roy. .
Tacoma, Aug. -27. The bodv of
Shipman Newkirk .was found in the
woods south of Roy early thia evening,
with the entire top of the head blown
off, presumably with a shotgun. A
telephone message announcing these
meager facts was received this even-
ing. As Acting Coroner McMurray
was indisposed, ne deputized under
taker Slayden to go out and care for
the remains. The latter started at
once on a bicycle, the distance being
twenty miles. Whether Newkirk's
death is a case of murder or suicide
cannot yet be told. He was a middle
aged man, and had lived near Roy for
some time. His home was in Oregon.
The body was found by a party out
fighting forest fires.
Revolution Inevitable.
New York, Aug. 28. The Worths
Tegucigalpa dispatch says:
"Revolution seems inevitable. The
treasury is empty and the government
is resorting to forced loans. A rich
farmer, Maximo Sanchez, received an
order from the president to deliver
$100,000 as a loan to the government
within two days. Sanchez refused and
was condemned to sweep the streets
wearing a ball and chain, and was
fined $1,000 for each day until the
amount demanded waB paid. Under
this duress Sanchez paid.
"The president is in such fear of ene
mies that while on tbe street he car
ries a pistol in his hands, and is sur
rounded by officers who will permit
nobody to approach him."
Free Sliver In Utah.
Salt Lake, Aug. 28. The terri
torial Republican convention met this
morning. The platform demands the
remonetization and free and unlimited
coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1,
irrespective of the action of any
foreign nation and pledges the Repub
lican party of Utah to work for the ac
complishment of this demand. Fol
lowing are the nominations:
For judges of the snpremo court C.
S. Sean, C. W. Bartch, J. A. Miner.
For governor H. M. Wells.
Wells is a son of Daniel n. Wells,
who was one of the prominent Mor
mon pioneers. Wells was recorder of
Salt Lake county from 1882 to 1890.
He was a candidate for mayor in 1892
and is at present cashier of the state
bank of Utah.
Wrecked In a Fog;.
Marshfield, Or., Aug. 28. The
British steamer Bawnmore from Peru
wont ashore in a fog near Bandon,
Coos county, this morning. JNo news
can be received from the scene of the
wreck until morning. Captain Scott
ol the lite-saving service has gone
ana is now upon the ground with his
crew. It is reported by a mail carrier
that one Japanese sailor was washed
ashore and badly injured. When the
mail carrier left there could be seen
twenty-five or thirty people on the
steamers deck. He also says she is
breaSing up and will be a total loss.
A Coal Miner Robbed.
Roseburg, Or., Aug. 28. Between
8 and 9 o'clock, last evening, about
one mile south of Green' station, two
masked highwaymen held up Wm.
Peart of Fort Dodge, Iowa, on his way
to Roseburg from Coos county, where
he had been working in the coal
mines, and robbed him of a small
amount. Peart reports that the as
sailants shot before demanding the
money. The shot hit him in the hip,
but the wound is not necessarily dan
gerous. Peart has an undo in Salem.
Shipping From Paget Sound.
Tacoma, Aug. 2S. The Puget Sound
and Central American Steamship com
pany has been incorporated by promi
nent shipping firms of Tacoma, Seattle,
Port Townsend and. Port Blakely. J.
E. Chilberg will be manager. The
Nnrweoifin Bteamei 7VjiY. 1 rtO( t.nnQ
veeriatftr. ha hnen ihn.rtfir1- Sh nrill
sail from Tacoma about Sent. 15th and
every hity flays thereafter. Kates
have been fixed at $9 per ton for flour
and $15 per thousand for lumber.
Seal Hunting.
London, Aug. 28. The Gazette pub
lished the following order-in-council:
"The catching of seals by British ships
is hereby prohibited within such parts
of seas where the seal-fisheries act of
October, 1893, applies, as comprised
within the following zones: Ten
marine miles from all Russian coasts
of Behring sea and the North Pacific
ocean, and 30 marine miles around tho
Kormandeski islands, and- Tulenwa
and Robbin islands."
Wanted in Victoria.
Victoria, Aug. 28. Attorney-Gen
erai Alberts has issued an order to ar
rest J. C. Prevost. registrar of the su
preme court, who has been missing
since May, when he sailed for Aus
tralia. " The report says he is months
behind with certain trust funds. He
is a son of Sir John Prevost, admiral
in the British navy.
Will Fight in Mexico.
sl. i'aso, Jtox., Aug. zo. it is un
derstood here that matters have been
fixed at Mexico with .the federal offi
cers so that the Corbett-Fitzsimmons
fight can be pulled off in Juarez.
$20,000 Mexican money must be put up
as a guarantee for local expenses and
an evidence of good faith.
A New Version.
San Francisco, Aug. 28. Work
men in the shoe factory where Dur
rant's father is employed struck be
cause the proprietors refused to . dis
charge Durrant and an objectionable
foreman. The strike was settled by
me aiscnarge oi an tne strikers
the employment of new workmen.
and
Destroyed by a Waterspout.
Zacatecas, Mexico, Aug. 28. The
village of Huatingo was visited by a
waterspout yesterday, which caused a
great loss of life and property. Many
houses were washed away and eisrht
persons were drowned. The flood de
stroyed all crops in the valley.
Beaten By Native Evangelists.
London, Aug. 27. A dispatch from
Shanghai says that at the yamen,
magistrate of Tsaiohsio, near Wuhu,
a member oi tne alliance mission was
beaten by "Several native evangelists
and nearly flogged to death.
Eight Burned to Death.
ivreta, itaiy, Aug. 28. An ex
plosion of a lainp in a church at Ridor-
dene set fire to the pilgrim shelter ad.
joining the church, and eight persons
were ournea to aeatn. .
TO ECr THE PANAMA CANAL.
The Plan of Three New Jarsey Capital
ists.
New Brunswick, N. J., Aug. 28.
Philip Weigel, a hardware merchant,
was asked today as to the correctness
of the following statement which ap
peared in the issue of August 24th, of
the Mercantile and Financial Times of
New York r" '
"Philip Weigel is virtually the head
of a project involving $100,000,000
which win be public property and an
assurea thing within the next year
ana a nan. in tms stupendous under
taking no one but inhabitants of Jersey
anil tirill Vi a amnlnrwl ' '
W U u. W ..... . W
Air. Weigel said that three men in
this country, of whom he was one. hail
planned to buy the entire interest of
the inter-ocean fanama Canal Com
pany, taking up the work where it had
been Jelt off and prosecuting It to a
successful end. According to Mr.
Weigel the syndicate will -begin work
within the next 18 months. By that
time, he said, the privileees and
grants held by the present Panama
Company will have expired, and ar
rangements having been made with
the United States and other eovern-
ments to extend these privileges, the
work will go with vigor. Mr. Weicel
said the agreements, releases and other
accessories to the transfer have been
drawn up, and the new company has
simply to deliver the contract to be In
lull possession.
TELEGRAPHIC.
ME9SAGE FROM DENBY.
Hixson Did Not Proceed Without Ha vine
Authority.
Washington, Aug. 23. The de
partment has received cable advices
from Minister Denby, dated August
27, that Hixson, consul at Foo-Chow,
started for Kut Ein under orders from
him. to investigate the recent riots In
the early part of this month. Hixson
went with the consent of the Chinese
government and under the protection
of an escort furnished by tho provin
cial authorities. He was accompanied
by Commander Newell, of the Detroit.
The Fu Cheng commission will begin
work as soon as the British consul at
Chung King can leave his post.
The late viceroy of Szu Chuan, Liu
Pin Ching, has not been appointed by
the Peking government, as its com
missioner for tho investigation of
either the June or August riots, but
has received orders from the emperor
to remain at Cheng Tu until hi9 con
duct prior to and during the riots has
been thoroughly investigated. The
first paragraph of the above statement
completely disposes of the story sent
out from Washington a few days ago
to the effect that Consul ' Hixson had
proceeded hastily and without author
ity. Tho whole statement also disposes
of another baseless story that Minister
Denby 's course is unsatisfactory, and
he is likely to be recalled. It is stated
at the department that matters are
progressing in China in an entirely
satisfactory manner.
Making It. Reliable.
Washington, Aug. 28. An import
ant order giving full protection to for
eign consumers of American meat
products was issued by Secretary Mor
ton today. It will prevent the expor
tation of any beof that is not inspected
and requires exporters of horse meat
to mark the package so that the nature
ot the contents shall be apparent.
THIRTEEN MINERS LOST.
Entombed by the Accidental Flooding of
Colorado Mines.
Central City, Colo., Aug. 29.
The accidental flooding of the Amer-
icus and the Sleepy Hollow mines, this
afternoon, caused the death, it is be
lieved, of 13 miners. Evory effort is
being made to rescue tho men, but
little hope is entertained.
Soon after 3 o'clock the water in tho
lower workings of the Fisk mine, east
of the main shaft, broke through the
old workings of a vein which has not
been worked for a number of years,
Coursing eastward, itstruck the Amer
icus, where two Italian miners, whoso
names have not been learned, were at
work in the lower part of the shaft.
They were both drowned. In its
course, the water diverted to the
Sleepy Hollow mine, the easterly por
tion oi tne i isk vein.
Fourteen men were working in the
Sleepy Hollow, three of whom escaped
A courier was sent to the adjacent
mines, ana an their workmen escaped.
i nose in tne sieepy uoiiow, whose es
cape was shut off, were:
N.Vegas, B. Brocken.'Browor P,
Risk, William P. Risk, Thomas Rouse,
Thomas Williams, M. Placoni, Thomas
Calbis, J. Harris, S. Valegro, John
Parks.
xne sounding or the whistle gave
the nrst signal or the disaster, and
soon the shaft building of the Sleepy
Hollow mine was so packed with the
families and friends of the imprisoned
miners and those anxious to render as
sistance that it was almost impossible
for the work of attempting a rescue to
t proceed. -
deputy bneriff Williams finally ar
rived on the grounds, the building was
cleared, and practical miners offered
their services in lowering the bucket.
The greatest depth attained was 330
feet. The accumulated gas forced up
by tho rising waters was such that a
candle would not burn at a greater
depth.
A second effort was then made, a
large sized safety-lamp having been
placed in the bucket. Tho rescuer
i who first descended. H,
I . Risk, was
found at the 330-foot level. On reach
ing the surface he was almost in an in
sensible condition. Other volunteers
went down afterward, but were not
successful in reaching a lower point in
the shaft, owing to the rising of the
water.
WAS A DEPERATE BATTLE.
A Man Attacked by a Gang- of loafers
Wounds Three of Them.
Newark, N. J., Aug. 29. Throe
, men shot, two of them probably fatallv,
is the result of an affray which took
place last night on New Jersey Rail
road avenue, near the Market-street
station of the Pennsylvania road. The
man who did the shooting was John
juoore, no years oia, employed as a
bartender. His victims were John
O'Brien, 21 years of age, shot in the
back of the head, and skull probably
crusneu; uames j crien, us years old,
shot in the forehead, not serious; John
XJonian, snot in tne leit breast.
Moore is locked up at the police
station, xie is in a puiabie condition,
his face battered almost out of human
semblance and his body covered with
bruises. The locality in which the
shooting took place is known aa "The
Bend," and is close to the River-street
bridge of the Morris canal. , On this
bridge there is always a crowd, whose
practice it is to noia up people for the
price oi a annic.
The story told by Moore as to what
led up to the affray is believed bv the
ponce w db correct, ne says he had
inourred the enmity of some of these
loaiera by his refusal to treat them
Yesterday they threatened to "do him
up." When Moore was ready last
night to leave his place he saw his
enemies near the brids-e. He had to
cross the bridge to get home, and fear
ing an attack, placed a revolver In his
pocKet. When he reached the bridge
he was attacked, and before he could
draw his revolver was knocked down.
a wnne several oi nis assailants began
i . . . . , . .
w kick ana puncn mm. to snouted
for help, ana after a struggle reached
nis revolver ana regained his feet.
He at once opened fire. Some of the
attacking party ran. but others rushed
at him, and he had to retreat, running
ana m-ing as ne ran. xne nrst man to
fall was John O'Brien. As O'Brien
fell Moore stooped over and dealt him
a heavy blow on the back of the head.
Moore retreated a few steps further,
and turning again, fired another shot,
striKiiig James O'Brien In the center
of the forehead, and glancing off.
Two more shots were fired by Moore,
one of which struck Dolan in the left
breast. The noise attracted the police,
who. arrested Moore and sent the
wounded men to the city hospital.
THE DEFENDER WINS
In Her Second Trial Race 'With the Vigi
lant.
Highlands of Navesink. Auanist
29. Thrf yachts Defender and Vigilant
startea at 11:21 o ciock in tneir second
trial race, preliminary to the interna
tional contest tor tne America a cup.
The wind was from tne west-northwest,
blowing eight knots an hour.
The course is triangular. 24 miles in
all. The first leg is southeast, the sec
ond north by east, nan east, the third
west bv south.
At ll:o0 the wind seemed to be fall
ing away. The Valkyrie was then
coming along after the American
boats. .
At 12:28 p. M. all three yachts were
becalmed oil tne point, neither the
Defender nor Vigilant having- rone a
quarter of a mile in half an hour. The
wind was irom tne westward, blowing
in snore.
At 12:57 P. M. the Defender and - F?ri
lant were still becalmed or almost so
about three miles from the first mark.
The Valkyrie, about a mile away on
her way back to the lightship, seemed
to have caught a breeze and was going
ight along. -
At i:zu tne jxrenaer ana riguani
were slowly creeping -up toward the
mark boat under the influence of alight
breeze from the southward. ' Both
were heading off shore, and the De-
ro1unded the first mark
at about 2:0H, and the rigilattt turned
the stakeboat at about 2:06.
Shortly after 3:14 P. M. thn Defender
took in her spinnaker and rounded the
stakeboat. Her time is estimated at
3:15:30. The Vmlant rounded the sec
ond mark at 3:22:30. The Vigilant
started on the last leg under the same
sail as the Defender.
The Defender crossed the finish line
at 4:09:07. The Viailant crnaidA the.
line at 4:27:45, the Defender beinir 18
minutes and 15 seconds ahead of the
1 igtiant.
A CO-OPERATIVE COLONY.
It W1U be Established In Montrose County
Colorado.
Topeka, Aug. 29. Mrs. Annie L.
Diggs, the asritator. and Tip. s m.
Lallin, editor of the Advocate, the of
ficial paper Of the Donuliat mvti In
Kansas, have just returned from Mont
rose county, uoio., where they have
uccu w esmuiisa me .Montrose co
operative colony. The colony is to be
conducted on the Bellamy plan, and is
beintr promoted bv the
tion that a year ago perfected arrange
ments for establishing a colony on the
Potomac river 60 miles below Wash
ington. The Potomac location wa
abandoned, Mrs. Diggs says, because
oi its unneaithrulness. The Colorado
colony is to be located on government
iana, which will be taken under the
desert land act and homestead law.
Intending colonists have already filed
about 3000 acres of land and 10 men
have located there and begun work,
making preparations for the reception
of colonists and their families. Other
members of the proposed colony will
in a few days file upon fully 50.000
acres more. Mrs. Diggs now claims a
residence in Colorado, and says that
one reason why that state was selected
for her colony is that women there
have their political rights and that she
is tired of battling for them elsewhere
without result.
THE GARMENT-WORKERS.
Condition of Their Strike Remains Prae
tically Unchanged. . .
Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 29. The
strike situation among the garment
workers remains unchanged, except
that more hands have gone out. The
bosses show no inclination to accede
to the demands of the strikers, and the
latter are firm in their intention to
fight to the end. The strikers are
firm and assert that they will spring
another surprise on them loday.
The strikers say they are not satis
fled in tieing up the smaller shops, and
if the proprietors of these shops do not
accede to the demands of the strikers
and if the secret union of the man
ufacturers and the bosses becomes
more formidable, they say they will
come to something more decisive.
"We have a weapon to uso against
them." said a leader, "which, when It
is called into use, will bring them to
terms."
Big dealers refuse to make any
statements of their side of the situa
tion and seem confident of success.
Several shops will attempt to start up
today with non-union help.
Last night 200 buttonhole-workers
at a meeting decided to strike in sym
pathy with the men now out.
It i9 said that in "proportion to pop
ulation, Germany raises nearly ten
times as many potatoes as the United
States, and finds them a profitable
crop. As thia country is importing
between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 bushels
of potatoes a year, our farmers should
take the hint, and need have no fear of
over-production." Means of transpor
tation that will not absorb all the
profits, has heretofore stood in the
way ot potato farming, but obstacles
of that nature are disappearing and
farmers are raising more potatoes.' .
THE CELEBRATED
GolumMaf I "
AUGUST BUCHLER, Prop.
This Well-known Brewery is - now turning out the best
Beer and Porter east of the Cascades. ' The latest appliances
for the manufacture of good healthful; Beer have been" intro
duced, and only the first-class article wi 1 be placed on the
market. - . - . - -
Eiast' SecbVid. Street
The Dalles:
THE
STUBLING & WILLIAMS, PROPS. '
Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars
All brands of Imported
and Genuine Key West
CALIFORNIA r. WINES
Twelve-year-old Whiskey, strictly pure, for medicinal pur
poses. Malt Liquor. Columbia Brewary Bee? on draught.
04 Second Street. THE pALLEN, OH
EVERYBODY
IS SURPRISED ABOUT THE FINE QUALITY i AND
T7 PRICE OF WINES AT THE
CALIFORNIA WINE HOUSE ;
Best-Grades of Any
Also Columbia Brewery Beer on Draught. .
Orders DjUvered to Any Part of the City.
CHHRLES BECHT,
Court Street, Between Front and Second.
Z F. MOODY
Generl Commission and
391. 393 HMD 395
(Adjoining Railroad Depot.)
Consignments Solicited
Prompt Attention Paid to TThose Who
ilr. AU a. Hvm
Hamilton, Ohio.
The Same as Bread
Hood's Sarsaparilla on tho Tablf ,
- - at Every Meal - Nx
" In my opinion Hood' Sarsaparilla has
tsv an annal mm A sStz-W-kf liv4fl T AflAm -
toted 6 month for' stomach trouble and .
Neuralgia of tho Hart
without any good and then took Hood's
Banaparilla. Every 1011111 and fall tinea
I have used It aad it hu done me late of ,
good. I have not been attended by '
physician tor the last four yean. Mr Wile
wee afflicted with water brash ana
Feeling All Tired Out.
Bhe was severely afflicted but upon my
prevailing upon her to take Hood's Bana
parilla. and Hood' Pill the felt differently
In a short time. Now ehe it quite welL
Wt have trreat faith in Hood's Sana Da-
Hood's5 Cures
riUK KUU uu At vu auw miimv mm w w j
the same aa bread." Au O. Utah, wills J
T. V. HowElA A Bona, residence, ia.
North Third Street Hamilton, Ohio.
j rMlla to habitual eonstlp.
HOOd'S PillS tun. Price see. per bZ
Sample : Rooms,
68 FRONT -STREET.
(Nssrly opposlts Cmatllla eTooss4-
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CHARLIE FBANE. PROP.
The BesTWines r:
Liquors and Cigars
COLUMBIA
BRKWEKS BEKR
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05 DRAUGHT
COAL! COAL!
-THl BtST-
Weliington, Rock' Sprfcgsi, J
7-- and
OoaL
t!2, sacked and delivered to any
part
Vi -ine city. . v , t ,
At Moody's : Warehouse
Oregon
Liquors, Ale and Porter,
Cigars. A . Full Line of
: AND : BRANDEE8
Kinds of Liquors Always on SaW
PROPRIETOR.
THE "DALLES, OREGON
Forwari
SECOND STREGT.
Favor Me . With Thlrr(S
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