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ECONOMY THE REMEDY.
This is manifestly - impossible. Th
department is no doubt led into the
present practice, from the difficulties
of the situation, it being almost im
possible for the railroad companies to
examine all their lands. But it seems
to us a way could be found around th
uinicuiry. w ny not insert in ever
patent issued to the companies,
clause reserving all minerals.
would take an act of congress to do
this, but it would settle the proposi
tion. It might be argued that this
would be objected to by the companies
as being in violation of the contract
under which the roads were built, but
if so, they can be given the alternative
of proving the non-mineral character
of the lands before patents are issued
The tariff and not silver is again
going to be in issue, unfortunately for
the country. The presidential cam
paign will be fought largely on this
issue, principally because there is no
other. The silver question will cut
some figure, but it will not be the sub
ject matter of the political fight. The
issue is going to be forced by the Re
publican party, and., the only one it
has had since the war, and indeed the
only one it seems capable of going
into battle . on is .the tariff. As we
said, it is unfortunate that this issue
cvnnot be' permanently settled, for the
ever present liability to change unset
tles business-and keeps the country in
a turmoil. - It would be a good thing if
the constitution would provide that it
id bo changeiOrrBta"lctervalsi
only except in case of war. We do not.!
believe in protection, other than that
which is incidental to the raising of
revenues; but we do believe that either
protection or free trade would be bet
ter than the present conditions, when
the business of the country is pre
vented from knowing on what basis it
is to be carried on. We believe the
Wilson bill was a great improvement
on the McKinley bill, and we believe
the Wilson bill could bo improved
upon without great effort, but what we
have would do, if we were certain of
. it continuing for any definite time. If
; the change only cam with the change
- pf parties the matter would be in the
hands of the voters, but this is not the
case. .The McKinley bill was a change
of the tariff made by the Republicans
; and scarcely a congress convenes but
tnt the tariff laws are changed. Since
18el under Republican rule the duties
have been steadily increased, until
from the average of 20 per cent of the
Morrill tariff .they had increased to
about 52 per cent under the McKinley
bill, and these in turn were reduced to
. . about 47 per cent by tho Wilson bill.
- Our Republican exchanges tell us that
:'. the duty is not high enough to provide
revenues for carrying on the govern
ment, and that this is the cause of the
issuing of bonds. We cannot believe
. that this is the cause of the trouble.
Previous to the passage of the McKin
ley bill, or up to about 1890, the duties
' ' were lower than under the Wilson bill,
yet with these lower duties the ex-
penses of the government were met
and nearly $2,000,000,000 of the war
debt was paid off. How was this done,
when the population and wealth of the
. country was but little more -than half
what it is now, if our present duties
are too low? If a. tariff steadily in
creased during 25 years from -20 per
" cent to 45 per cent, produced, revenue
enough to conduct the . government,
"""Tano- paid.. offtwo-thirds of the war
del, -why will ro.t a 47 per cent tariff
T yTttie" running expenses of the gov
iient? The answer is easily found.
THE PROPER COURSE.
Some of our Republican exchanges
are criticizing the administration for
its course towards Cuba, and offer as
reason why the United States should
csaso. to maintain a strict neutrality
the action of Spain toward us durin
the civil war. It is no doubt true that
Spain did not treat us fairly or hon
estly at that time. Neither did Eug'
land, but it will be remembered that
England was compelled to pay the sum
of $15,000,000 on account of her neglect
to do her duty. However much we
may sympathize with the Cubans in
their struggle for liberty, as a nation
we are bound to do those things which
the law of nations requires of us. One
of these requirements is not only the
maintaining of a strict neutrality, but
it must be done in such a manner as to
shotKthat we honestly and fairly try to
maintais-both its letter and spirit. To
do this we must use reasonable dil
gence to prevent our shores from being
used by either party for the purpose of
outfitting armed parties for Cuban
soil. It matters not what other coun
tries may do, it is our duty to do those
things which our character, as a nation
for fairness and honesty demand
Cuba has asked nothing from the world
but to be recognized as a belligerent
and should this bo done we would still
be compelled to maintain a strict neu
trality. Cuba has not asked to be
taken into the United States as one of
them, and until she does no good rea
son can be adduced why we should take
advantage of her struggle to step in
and take her by conquest. Indeed it
is doubtful if this country wants her,
We have now a population sufficiently
heterogeneous without taking in the
conglomerate society of Cuba. The
same argument holds good concerning
Hawaii, with the exception that the
Dole government did ask to become a
part of the Union. i
SENATOR ALLISON
An exchange says: "Senator Alii
son is not an orator, and seldom makes
an extended speech." That the sen
ator is not making any speeches just
now is true; but that he has no claims
to oratorical ability is a decided mis
take. In 1870 Senator Allison, at that
time a member of congress made some
very forcible speeches. Those speeches
are not in accord with his present
ideas, he being at that time somewhat
of a free-trader himself. While the
senator is not saying much, he is fur
nishing some of his Republican breth
ren food for serious thought, especially
McKinley, Harrison, Tom Reed, and
such others as are presidential possi
bilities. Senator Alllison has posts
of admirers, and the fact that he comes
from this side of the Mississippi is a
great point in his favor with ' western
';U V,t thatJwe exoend too mucfe11 whence (Hsures to, butjiiaLatfs
rvicpva"sT sums to draw from congress
. ha been too liberal, and the expenses
of the government have; been unnec-
essarily increased. We spend $2,000,
000 every week day in the year, much
of which is unnecessary. -Wo spend
$500,000 a day or nearly that for pen
sions, and while we believe in pen
sioning every soldier who is entitled
to it, by reason of wounds"3r sickness
iocurred while on duty, we believe
further that the pension list which
should be a roll of honor is loadod
down with undeserving parasites
There are many other bad leaks that
in the aggregate make large suras
The remedy for the present condition
is not in raising more revenue, but in
spending less. In the department of
justice there are bad leaks as everyone
who has given the matter any atten
tion must know.. A deputy United
States marshal here made at the rate
of $10 a day, arresting alleged viola
tors of the law against selling- liquor
to Indians and carrying them to Port-
and, and lie was not alone. Pendle
ton had a similar case, and a half dozen
other points in .hastern Oregon were
Onto the same game. It has been esti
mated, tnat eacn ot- these Indian cases
cost the government $200, and in less
than a year Eastern Oregon cost the
government- not less than $100,000.
Judge Bellinger put a stop to this in
this section but it still goes in other
districts. This is, of course, a com
paratively small leakage, but we call
attention-' to it because it is so well
lenown to all our readers. The cost of
running the government is too great,
and the manner of correcting the de
ficit is not by taxing the people more,
but by expending their money judi-
siy, economically and honestly.
matters not how much income one
may have, whether it be $10 a . day, or
$10,000; if a greater amount i3 ex
pended than is received, the result will
be bankruptcy; and that is what we, as
a nation, are courting.
RAILROAD MINERAL LANDS.
The making of grants'of immense
bodies of land to aid in the construe-.
tion of railroads was one of the worst
evils ever perpetrated by congress.
X vvnue ine.grani. to me union r-acinc
time, conditions, and circumstances
being taken into consideration was
pernaps jusunaoie, me oiner grants,
and especially that to the Northern
Pacifie were entirely without excuse.
This fact is made more apparent by
. the present status of these lands, and
the course taken by the departmen, in
.' regard to mineral lands. VThe rail
road companies have undertaken to
, locate their lands and avoid the proof
that private settlers are compelled to
-- make with regard to the character of
the lands. The private settler must
make affidavit as to the character of
his lands, and that the same do not
contain gold, silver or other precious
. minerals. . The railroad companies
are avoiding this and are undertaking
to capture all the mineral-lands along
. their lines. Under the present rules
of the land department, the companies
are given their lands - after ' 60
days unless outsiders get in and show
- that the lands in question are mineral
in character. In other words,' the
miners must get in and prospect these
lands thoroughly within 60 days, or be
forever barred from profiting by the
discovery of mineral upon them.
present he is iollowing the tactics of
his competitors and is entirely non
committal. - xne iellow who savs
nothing, has nothing to explain away,
and none of the Republican leaders
care to say anything, fearing they
might have some questions to answer
concerning silver. It may bo noted
in this connection that none of the
Republican candidates for the presi
dential nomination have opened their
mouths on the financial question, in
dicating that each of them is willing
to endorse whatever the party may re-.
quire of them. -
LATE EXPIATION.
When Mark Twain in his "Inno
cents Abroad" described the scene at
the grave of Adam where the professor
weeps because the deceased was a
relative of his, the ridiculousness of
the situation was such as to make
every reader smile. The Scotch
humor evidently does not take natur
ally to the channels, in which the
American variety runs, anditcertainly
is lost to tho beauties of some qualities
of the ridictilous. Monday night Lord
Archibald Campbell marched through
Glencoe, with his Highland pipers play
ing a qirge. this was done as an
expiation for the massacre of the Mc-
Donales by the Campbells in Glencoe,
The McDonalds, did not take kindly
to the scheme, and proposed to break
the Campbells heads if they came
marching through their bailiwick
Lord Archibald, however, was deter
mined to expiate the crime of his
ancestors and in order to show his
regret, and also the kindly feeling .he
had towards the Clan McDonald he
called on the police for protection
while he conciliated his brother
Scotchmen for a crime committed so
long ago that it is almost legendary,
When a Scotchman wants reconcilia
tion he generally gets it even if he has
to fight for it.
man will not long be content, to work
an hour, or two hours a day, during
slack runs. The Chinese do this, and
that is the reason they have captured
the business. It gives one an object
lesson, however, and should set our
people to thinking. There is no rea
son why we should not have both a
scouring mill, and a woolen mill that
would employ white labor. We are
not going to accomplish anything in
tho line of establishing manufactories
unless we take hold of it all together
and make a start. The time is aus
picious and the matter should be taken
in hand at once in order that next
spring 2.000 tons of Eastern Oregon
soil be not shipped to Boston at the
expense of our wool growers.
TEE GOLD RESERVE.
Tho blame for the trouble in keep
ing the gold reserve up to its require
ments, is laid by the Republican press
on the action of the Wilson bill, which
they claim decreased the revenues
There never was a greater mistake
The trouble about maintaining the
gold reserve is not caused by lack of
revenue, but exists entirely independ
ent of it. Just as long as the govern
ment has its notes out, just as long as
the silver bills are maintained or tried
to be maintained at a parity wit h the
gold dollar the trouble is liable to con
tinue. If the government collected
its revenues in gold alone, the gold
reserve could easily be maintained,
but under the present circumstances,
the gold reserve is the prey of those
who care to make it so. As long as
silver notes, or any other paper money
exists, and the treasurer tries to hold
them at a parity, that long they can
be presented at the United States
treasury and gold be demanded for
them. It is true the silver notes ex
pressly state that they are good for so
many silver dollars and are theoret
ically redeemable only in silver, yet
the law which compels the treasurer
"to maintain all our money at a
parity," compels him to pay gold
for the silver notes as well as all other
paper money. Should he refuse to do
so, such paper money would drop, and
the entire amount of silver notes
would at once, become worth only
about half their present value. It
matters not how much revenue the
government might have. It matters
not how much money the government
may have in its treasury, just so long
as there is paper money in circulation,
that long it may be pi esented at the
treasury and gold demanded for it.
Abundant revenue may put a large
reserve in the treasury, and may
maintain it, but it cannot make that
reserve consist of gold.
SLIPS A COO.
When our Republican contempo
raries take their thoughts off the tariff
and go to writing editorials without
that generally present ' bugbear, they
invariably, make admissions directly
opposite to their opinions that have
the tariff on them. The St. Louis
Globe-Democrat of the 10th, slips a
cog in the following.
"One of the papers read before the
annual meeting of the American As
sociation for the Advancement of
Sciences enlarged on the wonders of
modern engineering. Coal was re
ferred to as a fossil, a preserved plant
tissue, yet a man can mine enough of
it In a day to obtain 133 horse-power
for ten hours; equivolent to the physi
cal labor of 1300 men. la Great
Britain coal does the work of 100,000,
rporie. Senator Allison can talk faBtrRSJij "men 3y improved mechanical
the" American farmer
raises as much grain as three in Eng
land, four in France, five, in Germany
and six in Austria. In the United
States one man can feed 250, whereas
n Europe one man feeds ' only 30
persons. The speaker predicted that
in the end the advance of engineering
will obliterate the line between capi
tal and labor in a manner satisfactory
to all concerned,
CUBAN ATROCITIES.
According to Saturday's dispatches
the Spanish soldiery has been guilty
of a series' of brutalities that make
those of the Japs appear white beside
them. Women and children were
ruthlessly butchered, and were fol
lowed into their houses and killed at
their own firesides. Civilization lifts
' its hands in horror at such warfare
and if the statements are fonnd to be
true, the blood of the slaughtered in
nocents will be the seed from which
shall spring . Cuba's liberty. - This
country will not sit supinely idle while
butcheries that would have disgraced
a Marius are carried on at our doors,
It is time that Uncle Sam spread over
the defenseless the mantle of his
might, and take in charge this valiant
people, whom Spain is neither capable
of governing nor subduing.
AX- OBJECT LESSON.
The Herrick'cannery has been visited
today by hundreds of our citizens,
Nearly every one reiterates the senti
ment of those who have preceded
them: "What a pity the work cannot
be done by white labor. " It is a pity,
but in the near future it is probable
white labor will be employed. The
trouble is that white labor is not con
tent to take the chances the Chinese
do. Good wages can be paid when
there are plenty of fish, but the whiter
THE CUP SAFE.
The full report of the race between
tne Valkyrie and the Defender shows
that the Yankee has not forgotten the
art of ship building, albeit ' the trade
has become almost obsolete in this
country. In the good old days of
wooden ships the American clipper
was the handsomest and swiftest mer
chant vessel afloat. Since then the
American yacnts nave out looted any
thing that could be brought against
them. From the great America, prob
ably the best of her class ever built,
down through the long list to the De-
ienuer, tney nave ail Deen winners.
The Valkyrie was claimed to be the
swiftest boat ever built in England,
and it was feared on this side of the
pond that she would capture the cup.
That fear has proven groundless. The
conditions under which Saturday's
race was sailed were those which it was
claimed were most favorable to the
Valkyrie, .yet the Defender pulled
steadily away from her beating her
three minutes and 23 seconds to the
center mark and nearly five minutes
home. ' The cup is probably safe until
our cousins across the water put up a
better boat than they have yet been
able to build.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Silence is golden; says the proverb;
but silver isnjt built that way.
Mr. Palmer, manager of the "Tril
by" Dramatic company, committed
suicide recently. It is seldom a theat
rical manager is so constituted as to do
the right thing at the right time.
A gentleman recently packed his
fiddle to the summit of Mt. Hood, and
tnere played, "Her Yellow Mair was
Hanging Down Her Back" and other
soul inspiring and appropriate tunes,
As a fitting reward for his trouble he
fell on his way ddwn and smashed his
blamed old fiddle.
The New York Central railroad
made a new world's record yesterday.
A special train of four cars 'under the
direction oi ueorge u. uamels, gen
eral passenger agent oi tne road made
the run Irom JNew York city to Buffalo
J04 rnnes in -.u minutes.
The rain seems to be over for a short
time, but as the State Fair commences
on the 25th and lasts to October 5th it
is a safe prediction that in the Willam
ette valley at least there will be ten
days of steady rainfall beginning Sep-
temoer zom.
The $100,000 paid by Hammond &
Co. for the Oregon Pacific is rapidly
melting away, and outside of the ref
erees attorneys ane officers, the cred
itors will get about 5 per cent of one
per cent of the amounts due them.
We understand Mr. Hugh Gourlav
has severed his connection with the
Klickitat Republican, which he has
published at Goldendale, Wash., for
about a year. Mr. Gourlay is a clear
and forcible writer, but the factional
fight in the party prevented his paper
receiving the support he hod expected.
We are told he will return to Wasco
county to remain.
The Pendleton Tribune says: "Sec?
retary Kincaid has gone to Alaska for t
a rest. The hearts of the people will
throb in responsive start to your good
determination, Kincaid. Brave sower
of seeds of discontent, grand champion
of golden . fees and free silver, well
have you done. Above the cries of
hate, your grip on fees, the grip of fate
awaken the land."
Miracles are not yet obsolete. From
the Heppner Gazette we learn that the
O. R. & N. have asked and been given
a change of venue in the case involv
ing bonds given by citizens of Morrow
county for the contraction of the
Heppner branch road from Morrow to
Wasco county.
The Durrant case long since passed
the limits of common sense and has bo
come a farce. The dispatches are pro
fuse concerning what is going to be
Eroven, and what is apt to be proved,
ut the case drags wearily along while
justice, not only blindfolded, but hob
bled, gropes helplessly through the
quagmire prepared for her. There are
some things more to be shunned than
mob-law, and justice as it is adminis
tered in San Francisco is one of them.
The Knights of Labor are boycotting
national bank bills, and insisting that
the national banks be done away
with. They never labored under a
greater mistake, and their action
shows that they have not given the
matter mueh inly. If there were no
greenbacks, no national paper money,
there would not bo the drain on the
gold reserve t lieiv is. The greenkacks
and the silver notes, not the national
bank notes, make the raid on the
treasury possible. Thsi friends of
silver would accomplish more by advo
cating the calling in of all small bills,
and the stopping of their being issued.
On this coast silver is in demand, be
cause we are uncustomed to it, but in
the east its pluce is largely taken by
small bill.-.
Miss Bertha Martyn Gibson has
written a poem with Mt. Hood for the
inspiration, which is printed in the
Oregon City Enterprise of the 6th.
The poem is far surperior to the aver
age run of newspaper rhymes, and may
be classed as of real good quality for
the fall clip. The poem shows for one
thing the effect of the New Woman
?raze,.in that Miss Gibson calls Mt.
lood "She." Miss Gibson saw the
aountain from a different point of
iew from that us bunch-grassers are
ccustomed to, hence perhaps her
lassification as to sex. Up this way
,It. Hood has always been classed as a
Thomas mountain.
This has been a great day in Califor
nia, and especially in Sacramento
which is the center of the celebration
for this year, of the anniversary of the
admission of the state into me union.
Not only will this anniversary be cel
ebrated, but a matter of vast local im
portance will at the same time be in
augurated, and that is the introduction
of electricity generated at Folsom, 22
miles away. Tonight the city will be
a blaze of light, and the largest crowd
ever gathered in that city will be there
to celebrate. The trees in tne parte
will be hung with colored electric
lights, and on top of the dome of the
capitol will be a cluster of arc lights of
Z4,wo candle-power. ijamornians
know how to celebrate, and as they
have good reasons for this one, it will
be a stunner.
Those ladies who so strenuously ob
ject to the bloomers because as they
declare, they are immodest and who
declare they will never, no never wear
them, should take a look at the fashion
plates of say 1865-9. In those days the
immense hoop skirt, was in laision,
and one form of it was known as the
"tilter." It was bell shaped, with a
wide flaring bottom, and as its proud
wearer ambled along, when one edge
of the skirt met an obstruction the
other edge responded by rising to the
occasion.' When they first came out
there was .a cyclone of opposition, but
the tilter bobbed serenely along until
everybody wore them. The bloomer
shows the shapa of ' the wearer's leg,
nearly to the knee, but the tilter dis
counted that. It is true the latter
only gave occasional glimpses of the
wearer's legs, but when it did , show
them, it showed them all. i
In speaking of the silver question
Senator Mitchell expressed himself in
the following language, whlchbannot
well be construed to mean anything
but what it says: "I have very de
cided views, and for a number of years
have had on the coinage question-
that is, as to the coinage of gold and
silver and their use as money. 1 would
have the government treat silver both
as to the coinage and use precisely as
it treats gold. I would have no limit
on the coinage and use of one metal as
a legal tender money that does not at-
tacn to tne otner. in a word, l am in
favor of the free and unlimited coin
age of gold and silver into legal ten
der money. I would have such money
treated and used as money or ultimate
redemption. I would have the gov
ernment do this independently of the
wishes or protests or dictates of Great
Britain or any other power on earth.
In the language of the . last national
Republican platform: 'I demand the
use of both gold and silver as standard
money. -
The great smuggling cases in Port
land have at last come to an end
Judge Bellinger yesterday, fining
James Lotan $8000, and Seid Beck
$5000, and without adding any term of
imprisonment. . The punishment is in
a sense light, but no doubt the judge
took into consideration the character
of the testimony upon which the con
victions were bad, in hxing the pun
ishment. Of Lotans guilt the jury
seemed to have no doubt and vet the
American mind is so constituted that
its sympathies are awakened in favor
of anyone even though that one be
guilty of a crime, who is convicted
thereof by a fellow criminal and in
former, whose testimony is forthcom
ing for the purpose of serving himself.
It has cost the government more than
the amount of the . fines collected to
prosecute the cases, but indirectly it
will no doubt, go a long way towards
preventing officials monkeying with
tne revenue laws.
Since the setting of" the Portland
Sun the free coinage of silver is but
little discussed in this state. While
we did not, and do not indorse the
theories advocated by that paper, we
give it credit for presenting some
forcible arguments and presenting
them clearly. The more the subject
agitated tne worse it is lor the
friends of free coinage, and in this re
spect the loss of the Sun was a decided
injury. We all want good, money,
and we all want to see lots of it in
circulation, but coupled with this is
the necessity of having every dollar as
good as every other dollar. For this
reason, and because we want to see
money abundant we are opposed to
the free coinage of silver. The
moment the free coinage of silver is
permitted at anything like the ratio
of 16 to 1, that moment $500,000,000 in
gold, about one third of the nation's
money, will go out of circulation, and
it will stay out, until the ratios are
changed or an international agree
ment concerning it is reached..
TELEGRAPHIC.
AT PCEKTO PRINCIPE.
A Great Battle Ha Been Fought There
And the Spanish Defeated.
New York, Sept. 10. A dispatch to
the World from Havana, under date of
August 30, says:
There is a report about town that a
great battle has been fought in Puerto
Principe and that the Spanish have
been defeated and the capital captured
by the insurgents. It is said that a
strong force of Spanish troops -left the
city of Puerto Principe to make a bold
attack upon the insurgents who were
besieging the town. The insurgents
fled after making a weak resistance,
but it was only to draw the Spanish
into an ambush.
Once in the trap the Spanish were
attacked in front by General Antonio
Maceo, and in the rear by General Go
mez. The rebel forces obtained a
complete victory and entered the capi
tal triumphant. 14,000 strong. How
near the truth tins statement is can
not be ascertained, but General Cam
pos' immediate departure for Nuevita
the very day he arrived here is sug
gestive of something very serious
having happened.
case of seisure of the schooner Beat
rice give as a cause for the same the
failure of the captain to enter in his log
a record of the number and sex of all
seals killed, and the point at sea where
they were killed as required by the
regulation:
Republican Primaries In New York.
New York, Sept. 10 The Repub
lican primaries were held in 1400 dis
tricts of the city to elect delegates to
the assembly district conventions.
In most districts there was a contest
between Piatt and the Brookfield
faction, or reform party. The returns
show a victory for Piatt, though they
are not ail in.
SANTIAGO BESIEGED.
Fortresses to be Stormed by Maceo This
Week.
New York, Sept. 10. The World
savs:
Advices by special courier from
Cuba, received at the offices of the
Cuban junta in this city, are to the ef
fect that the city or Santiago de Cuba
is completely surrounded by the in
surgents, and that an attack is ex
pected at any time. General Antonio
Maceo is personally conducting the
siege. For two weeks he has com
pletely cut off communication with
the city. From the shore can be seen
scores of campfires of the insurgents
on the hillsides. With a fieldglass
persons on board ships in the harbor
can readily see the Cuban pickets and
sentries.
Advices have been received by the
patriot representatives in New York
City that an effort will be made to
storm the fortresses, which defend the
place, some time this week. It is ex
pected that the assault will be made
at night. The objective point will be
the eastern portion of the city, where
the main arsenal is. In this arsenal
is contained a large quantity of arms
and ammunition, which General
Maceo will endeavor to capture. The
arsenal is strongly guarded by Spanish
troops, in addition to being under the
protection of the guns at Moro castle
there is a strong battery on shore.
HOSPITABLE LOUI9YHXE.
Two Hundred Thousand Visitor Within
Her Gates.
Louisville, Sept. 10. It is doubt
ful if the city ever before entertained
as many guests as are here today. It
is conservatively estimated that nearly
200,000 strangers are in the city, the
majority of whom, 30 years ago, bore
arms either for the blue or the gray,
but blue and gray are one today, and
men who were then at war, now walk
arm in arm as brothers.
The event today was the grand
parade of the Naval Veterans' Associa
tion. Old citizens say it was the
grandest sight they ever saw. But
the Grand Army parade tomorrow,
which is to be the event of the week,
promises to far surpass it. There
were- fully 10,000 men in line. Of
course they were not all veterans of
the navy, but these veterans were the
center of attraction and were greeted
by patriotic cheers from tens of thou
sands of people. Last in the parade,
riding in carriages, came a score ' or
more of veterans of the Mexican war,
too feeble to walk.
STATE 'BOABJD.vMEET.
Seml-Momtbly I
JtlQ. of l4nd Cttmtnla-
t
ionen; -; -
JA The itate board
lisaioners held its
ftljly session toda.
'an application Jorrl.
Salem. Sent.
of school land coi
regular semi-mo;
In the matter o
W. Casete purchase tidalands in rrCVi
pf Newport, t e legal points were
presented and brfefs filed by R. G.
Morrow. The consideration of ap
plications for loans of the school funda.
was postponed nnfil tomorrow. In the
matter of collections, it was ordered
by the board that the attorney's fees
for the same should be stipulated in
advance hereafter. The matter of
collections from persons delinquent
on school moneys was discussed at
length and it was unanimously agreed
that the local attorneys of the board
in the different counties be -instructed
to press collections, especially for in
terest due, and to institute suits if
necessary. In the matter of lands held
for cancellation by the commissioner
of the general land office, it was or
dered -that applicants to purchase
proved rights or those thereby affected
be notified that they must take the
necessary steps to protect their inter
ests. Where the base used was said
to be mineral its mineral character
must be established by the occupant,
.and when rejected because of duplica
tion or bases a new basis shall be
furnished.
PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS.
State Convention Meets Today at Wll-
Uamsport.
Williamsport. Pa., Sept. 10.-
BLOWN TO PIECES.
Member of Kentucky National Guard
the Victims.
Louisville, Sept. 11. A horrible
accident resulting in the death of six
and the wounding of several members
of the Kentucky National Guard oc
curred snortiy alter a:30 this morning
by the explosion of a caisson. The
dead are: Corporal A. L. Robinson,
Private McBride Hutchins, Howard
Irvin, Charles Wood and Driver Wil
liam Adams, (colored).
The wounded are Fred Cohn and
William Hobbs. The whole left side
of Cohn's face was blown off. Even if
he should recover he will be blind
and horribly disfigured. Hobbs was
badly burned about the face and
bruised.
The accident occurred on Broadway,
between Third and Fourth streets,
where the first Kentucky artillery
were stationed for the purpose of firing
a morning salute. Eyewitnesses say
the explosion was caused by dropping
the caisson on the iriction primer of
the piece. Two bodies were blown
over the house tops and horribly
mangled. The wounded were removed
to tho hospitals. The two horses at
tached to the cannon were so horribly
mangled tney were Killed.
Fortunately few people were on the
streets, owing to the early hour, or
me list, oi Kiiieu ana injured would
undoubtedly have been greatly in
creased. Every window in the block
was uiown out. in eany everyone in
the neighborhood was asleep and the
noise almost caused a panic.
The body of the colored driver,
mangled almost beyond recognition,
fell on the front porch of a residence
fully 300 feet from the place where
tne explosion occurred. .Hits of flesh
ana pieces oi bloody uniforms were
scattered all along the street, cling
ing to the treetops and in shattered
windows. A leg and half a coat were
found one block south of where the
explosion occurred.1 They had been
blown clear over the three-story and
basement houses. Several mangled
legs and arms were found on the tops
oi nouses.
It is believed the body of Private
Hutchins was blown to pieces, as it has
not yet been found. The body of
Howard Irvin was so badly mangled
mat n was impossible to gatner it up
without a shovel. It was found a
block away.
The battery was on the way to
Phoenix hill for the purpose of firing
a salute. There were 66 pounds of
powder in the caisson.
Richard Coean. who was about two
blocks from the caisson when it blew
up, said the buildings, even at that
distance, were shaken and the windows
shattered. In a few minutes everyone
in the neighborhood was out. Many
women said Cogan fainted.
1 ne accident has cast a doom over
the city, where everybody had been
prepared for a grand and joyous event.
The regiment to which the young men
belonged is made up of - the flower of
Louisville. Many of them are society
leaders and of wealthy families.
captain uavid uastleman was ridinsr
at the side of the detail. He escaped
injury. -
1 ne report that one of the men was
smoking is denied by CBptain John B.
Castleman, of the First infantry, Jo
which the battery belonged. It was
one of those unfortunate accidents
that cannot be guarded against.
uovernor jonn Young tirown who
was stopping with ivlajor George B.
Easton, was asleep. The explosion
stunned him. It was some time before
he could realize what had happened
AiX ttiejaajajture m -nis bouse was
damaged by the explosion.
TELEGRAPHIC.
THE OLD VETERANS' PARADE.
The Event of the Encampment at Loula
vUle. Louisville, Sept. 11. After all
other demonstrations, the parade to
day was the event of the 39th annual
encampment of the Grand Army of
the Republic, as it has been of all
other encampments.
The veterans themselves were the
most interesting feature, although
everything that money or ingenuity
could command in the way of warlike
designs were added to the procession.
Thousands of "Johnnies" grew hoarse
in cheering the "Yankees" along the
way, and the ladies of Louisville, and
from all parts of the South, in bril
liant dress, joined in the chorus of
cheers. It was a general remark that
there were never so many old, lame
and feeble men in line, but they
proudly kept step and tramped,
tramped as if they were boys still,
"Marching Through Georgia." In
the silent majority, Grant, Lee, Sher
man, Johnston, Sheridan, Jackson and
otner leaders could today have been
no more at peace or have had no more
good will to man than was felt and
sincerely expressed here amid scenes
that beggar all description, and that
wiped out the last vestiges of sectional
leeting.
The weather was fine, and the de
partment began forming early under
special orders to have the procession
move promptly at 10:3o a. m. The
Louisville Legion Cadets and the Ken
tucky National Guard patrolled the
streets and there was no delay.
The parade was headed some dis
tance in front of the first grand divi
sion by two distinguished ex-Confed
erates on horseback, Cantain John H.
Weller and Captain William H. Har
rison. They were dressed in black
Prince Alberts, with silk hats and red,
white and blue sashes. They also wore
red, wnite and blue scarfs and rosettes.
Captain Weller carried a large flag,
and Captain Harrison a large white
banner of peace, mounted on a staff
like the stars and stripes, carried by
his comrade. In place of an eagle on
top of tho staff, the white banner had
a dove carrying an olive twig, desig
nating -ir-eaceand uood Will to Men."
The number in line was estimated at
50,000. The thermometer registered
96, and half a dozen veterans were
overcome by the heat.
About duu veterans attended the re
union of the famous Rouss Brigade
association last nignt. The associa
tion is composed of Fifth Kentucky.
the First Ohio, the Sixth Indiana, the
Second Kentucky cavalry, the Fif
teenth, Sixteenth and Nineteenth bat
talions of regulars, and later the
Ninety-third Ohio. The principal ob
ject oi me reunion was to take action
on the death of Colonel Berry, the
president oi me .Brigade Association,
and elect his successor. Captain Chas.
A. Stone, of the First Ohio, was
elected president to succeed Colonel
Berry. Mr. Dale, of the Sixth Indi
ana, was elected secretary and John P,
Cost, of the First Ohio, treasurer.
NO CAC!
SR
FOR ALARM.
Carlisle Say There Will Be No Necessity
For Another Bond Issue.
New York, Sept. 12. A special
from Washington says: Secretary
uariisie said in an interview:
"Unless there should be another
scare in regard to the gold reserve,
such as we had before, or a financial
panic, neither of which things, in my
judgement, is likely to occur, there
will be no necessity for another bond
issue in October to preserve the re
serve. The present removal of gold
irom tens country is not due to any
lack oi confidence in our national
finances. It is simply the result of
trade conditions. Our -merchants are
importing immense amounts of goods
from Europe, which indicate that they
expect a big business this fall and
winter and our gold goes abroad to
pay for these importations.
"By October 1 our cotton and wheat
crops will come to the market and the
gold reserve in our treasury will go up,
mere is, in my judgement, no cause
for alarm in the shortage.". '
Del
egates to the Democratic state con
vention tomorrow, to choose candi
dates for state treasurer and six
superior court judges are arriving on
every train. The interest centers in
the judicial places on the ticket, and
owing to the fact that there are fully
zu candidates tonignt lor tne places,
the politicians are at sea. The fight
seems to be the country against the
cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburg,
with fair prospects cf the country
winning. Tne active scramble for
the judicial places is due to the fact
that while the court consists of seven
judges, the Republicans at their recent
convention nominated only six men,
so at least one Democrat is bound to
be elected.
Bustamente' Fate.
San Francisco,- Sept. 12. The
Bulletin will print a story this after
noon mac uenerai iiorenara ijusta-
mente, the refugee from San Salvador,
who was surrendered to the commander
at Port La Libertad, by the captain of
tne .facinc Mail steamer (Jity of
Sydney, was given up by the order of
United States Cousular Agent Cooper.
It is said Cooper came aboard with the
ban Salvador authorities and searched
the ship for the refugee. When found
it is said Bustamente was seized by
me maaoenea populace and saturated
with oil and then roasted alive.
New Record Established.
San Francisco, Sept. 10. The Pa
cific Mail steamer City of Sydney has
established a new ocean record in
making the run from Acapulco to this
port in five days 19 hours and 33 sec
onds. This is more than half a day
less than the best previously recorded
time. Acapulco is 1836 miles from
this city, so that an average speed of
13.16 knots an hour was made.
The City of Sydney was due today
from Panama and way ports, but at 4'
o'clock yesterday afternoon she was
sighted from Point Lobos, 16 miles
out. Everybody was surprised at the
intelligence, and none more so than
the Pacific Mail people, who did not
look for her before tonight. .
DID GOOD EXECUTION.
What the New Army Rifle Are Capa
ble Of.
Chicago, Sept. 11. Sentinel Jacob
Kress, who shot Private James Coffey
at t ori anenuan yesterday as ne was
attempting to escape, used one of the
new Krag-Jorgenson rifles. Coffey is
said to be the first man killed in this
country by the new rifle, used by
United States soldiers. Coffey was 50
vardfl nwftT from T-Treflfl when hn firp.r)
The nickle-pointed ball passed through
Coffey's head and went through a tree
eight enches in diameter, and after
wards buried itself three feet in the
hillside 30 yards beyond.
Surrendered Himself.
Chicago, Sept. 10. Frank
C. Nei-
walked
General Felix Angus, editor of the
Baltimore American, the leading Dem
ocratic paper of Maryland, says the
state will go Republican in November
for the first time since the war. Thou
sands of Democrats will vote the Re
publican ticket in order to rebuke
Gorman, and bossism. We are glad
to see our brethren take this course,
as eood eovernment is not possible
under the political boss system. Any.
thing is better than being dictated to
by a man or clique. This being true.
it is only a question of time until Quay
will get his dose, for good citizens are
the same, whether Democrats or Re
publicans, and will not long submit to
political dictation. Oregon had a
shining example last winter, and our
Republican brethren, rose to the oc
casion, in splendid shape and devel
oped a minority strong enough to dowu
down the dictators. The same fight
will be on at the next legislature and
it will be won again by those Amer
icans who refuse to wear a political
collar. Bossism is having its last in?
nings, and we are heartily glad of it. ,
hoff. an alleged bankwrecker.
into the office of the clerk of the crim
inal court last evening and surren
dered himself to the authorities. For
over two years Neihoff has been a
fugitive from justice, he and his
brother Otto, who is still in parts un
known, being cnarged with the wreck
ing of the Neihoff bank of this city.
When the bank closed its doors the
assets were $5175, and liabilities $120,
136. Receiver Jaeger, in his report,
cnarged utto ana c rank JNlehon with
embezzling $09,116.
Howard Pletzel's Murder.
Indianapolis, Sept. 11. Coroner
Caster returned a verdict of murder in
the case of Howard Pietzel and will
charge H. H. Holmes directly with the
crime. He says the evidence is con
clusive, though entirely circumstantial.'
Mrs. Pietzel this afternoon visited
the house in Irvinerton where Howard
Pietzel had been killed and his body
burned.
DEATHS WERE MANY.
A Frightful Earthquake Reported From
Honduras.
New York, Sept. 12. A special
from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, says that
reports received from Yetapan
are that a severe eartquake has oc
curred in that section. It is estimated
that the loss of life will be 250, and the
loss of property perhaps $1,000,000.
The earquake commenced Sunday, and
lasted during the day aud night.
Thousands of persons have been driven
from the -mountains. Monday sheets
of flames were noticed on the horizon,
adding to the alarm. By Tuesday
morning public confidence had been re
stored and the mountaineers had start
ed for their homes.- But late that night
the quake was again heard, the people
returned to the suburbs. At midnight
the tower of the church fell, killing 10
persons and wounding a score or more.
Shortly before daylight another severe
shock was noticed. Many persons
were killed by falling rocks. Fire,
smoke and lava issued in enormous
quantities from the mountains. .
AeeoeAiner to reports received at -Ye-"
-tapan 10o u JraoFmtve been destroyed.
At two small towns not far from Yeta
pan as many more houses were de
stroyed and 100 people reported dead '
or dying. The loss of life' at Yetapan
win pernaps reacn i;u.
It is apparent that the worst is over,
but the alarm is widespread and still
continues. A company of soldiers on
their way from Yetapan to the coast
have not been heard from, and it is
feared they have been killed.
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Grant's Pass. Or., Sept. 10. A
telephone dispatch from Crescent City
was receivou nere conignt irom jonn
Boss, master of the Maid of Oregon,
that his vessel was at anchor three
miles off Chetco, about 30 miles north
01 crescent city, with his deckload.
bulwarks and jury-rudder gone. He
was trying to get his vessel into
Chetco, or the mouth of Rogue river.
for safety. . Very little information
further than- this could be obtained.
and the cause of the disaster could not
be learned.
Killed by Indian.
San Diego, Cal., Sept. 11. K. D.
Bordon, and his daughter and grand
child, have been found murdered at
their home near Las Flores, an iso
lated hamlet 50 miles up the coast
from this city. It is supposed the
murders were committed by Indians.
Truly Flyer.
Albany. N. Y.. Sept. 11. The New
York Central flyer, which left Grand
Central station; New York, at 5:40:30,
arrived at Albany at 7:54:55 a. M.,
covering the 143 miles in 134 minutes
and 25 seconds. It stopped at Albany,
while changing engines, one minute.
Why the Beatrice W11 Seized.
VKTOBIA, Ssot. 10. Official letter
to naval and custom authorities is the I
Senator Thnrston Very 111.
Hailey, Idaho, Sept. 12. Senator
Thurston, of Nebraska, is ill of cholera
morbus at the Hot Springs hotel here.
He went out for a plunge bath yester
day after eating green corn and water
melon, and soon took to bis bed. The
worst is feared. '
EVADING THE GEARY LAW.
Evidence That Chinese Seeking; Admission
a Actor Are Fraud.
San Francisco, Sapt. 12. Collector
vv lse nas unearthed an ingenious fraud
by which shrewd speulators in the Chi
nese traffic are seeking to evade the
Geary law and introduce about 300
Chinese into the United States under
the pretense that they are actors and
that they come to America to appear
at the Atlanta exposition. A band of
more than 200 men and 34 women have
already been' landed at Victoria, and
their owners, headed by "Little Pete"
and the notorious Leong Nam, have
ingeniously dodged San t'ranclsco and
applied for their admission into the
United States at Ogdenburg, N. Y. If
the applicants should gain temporary
entrance on the ground that they are
actors, inspectors will be sent to At-.
lanta to see how they deport them
selves and to watch their movements.
The collector here has evidence that
the men are seeking a permanent home
as laborers. and that they know nothing
01 acting, 'mere is also evidence that
the women were purchased in Hong
Kong at $600 each, and that the pro
jectors 01 tne scneme nave contracts by
which they are to be sold at Atlanta
for $1,800 each. If they can be safely
landed there the two or three men who
engineer the plan here would earn $40.-
000. The women remain the slaves of
the purchasers for a loner period of
years, if not for life, the design being
to quietly snip tnem to tne low quar
ters of Chinatown at the conclusion of
the Atlanta exposition.
Under a special act Chinese and oth
er foreigners were allowed to land to
give exhibitions at the World's fair.
A similar provision exists in the case
of the Atlanta exposition.
MARY ELLEN ON INGALLS.
Sirs. Lease' Interview Filled With
ectlyea Against tne Ex-Senator.
Wichita, Kan. Sept 12. Mrs. Man
n.. lease, tne ropuiist orator, today is
out in an interview nued witn invec
tives directed against ex-Senator John
ingalis, she said:
"Mr. Ingalis' whole career before
the public has been one of deceit and
falsehood. Not only is he a political
iraud, but ne nas ouut up ms splendid
reputation as an orator by using quo
tations stolen irom r rencn and Span
ish writers. His thefts from Ham
ilton have already been exposed, but
other instances of his literary thefts
have not become generally known.
When Mr. Ingalis stood before the
Young Men's Republican League of
Topeka he broke out in a flowery and
eloquent strain. The sentiment was
borrowed from Hugo's translation of
Castillar, the famous Spanish patriot.
Many other beautiful things he said in
that address were borrowed verbatim
from the Spanish writers and the
French translators. He did the same
thing when addressing the Students'
Law Club of the state university last
June. There are other instances of
like character, -for Mr. Ingalis'
speeches are simply mosaic work,
beautiful mosaic work, true, but not
his own. He is the most erratic, in
consistent, contradictory, pitiful and
contemptible figure in Kansas his
tory.".
Mile of Fire.
Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 12. The
west shore of Green bay for three
miles is lined with flames, which are
sweeping over the immense marshes
which extend from tnis city 10 uconto.
Reports from Gasco Junction, on the
are to the effect that forest fires are
burning: on both sides of the track be
tween that point and ciyae. xne nre
covers a territory two miles wide and
is between two bridges which are
threatened.'
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