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We stated in an editorial a few days
ago that the perpetual cry of the Re
"puDlican press "that the trouble in
maintaining the gold reserve was due
to the lack of revenue," was a cry
raised for political purposes only, and
was entirely devoid of truth. We, as
serted that the trouble was caused by
the fact that we are trying to maintain
a billion dollars of paper money, over
half of which declares on its face that
it is redeemable in silver dollars, at a
parity with gold, and we are trying to
do this with only one-half or less than
one-half that amount of gold in cir
culation, and with only $100,000,000 of
)ld as a reserve. Under the present
laws anyone who has paper money of
. any kind can present it at the treasury,
)omin1 tirtH cnt cold for it. Thin la n
' condition that wQl exist in spite of the
""..amount of revenue, or surplus in the
treasury. We may get a large surplus
in the treasury by increased revenues,
. . but that surplus will not be in gold.
' No matter how much gold we .might
acquire, or by what process we might
get it, whether from duties or the sale
of bonds, just so long as we have paper
money redeemable in gold that long
the gold is subject to the demands of
the owners of paper money, the gov
ernment's promises to pay. This is the
condition that exists now, and that
will exist until the government goes
- out of the banking business and re
tires its paper money. This is the
condition that has riven rise to the
silver fallacy. Our white metal citi
zens recognize the disease, but instead
of proposing a remedy, they propose
to change the disease. They say
"Give us free coinage of silver and the
raid on gold will cease," and they tell
the truth. The raid on gold would
cease because there would be no gold
on which a raid could be made. We
would be on a silver basis in 24 hours
after the free coinage of silver was
adopted, and there wouldn't be gold
' enough left in the country In a month
to ulnar Sidnev Dell's teeth with. One-
third of the circulating medium would
disappear as the evanescent spirit of a
dream. The St. Paul Pioneer Press
as quoted and indorsed by the Orego-
nian yesterday sums up its conclusions
on this subject, and sums them up cor
rectly, as follows:
"The most important duty of the
next congress is to get rid at once and
forever of all the government forms of
paper money to take the government
at once and forever out of the banking
business. 1 This is their duty; but it is
a duty they will not perform. We
V shall go'on fooling with the dynamite
. which is stored -under our monetary
.system by foolish legislation, until
not far distant aterrino ex-
always build up industries in foreign
countries."
If the people took the trouble to in
form themselves concerning the Wil
son bill, and to compare it with the
tariff laws of 1833 or the McKinley bill,
comment on such statements would be
unnecessary. But the majority of the
people do not do this. Indeed it is
fair to presume that most of the editors
of the Republican papers had negr
lected to inform themselves on the
matter, being content to make as
sertions supply the place of facts. A
comparison of the three tariff bills
that of 1883, McKinley's and Wilson's
or the present bill will show that the
latter is almost a re-enactment of the
former, with the exception of wool,
sugar and a few other articles which are
now on the free list. We give below
the duties on cotton under the three
bills, to show that the Blade's state
ment is made without a shadow of
fact behind it. The first figures show
the duties under the law of 1883, the
second under the McKinley bill,, and
the third under the present law, which
the Blade says "Has begun operation
on the Pacific coast, and has destroyed
the cotton mills in California:"
1883. McKinley, Present.
Per cent Per cent Per cent.
Cotton trimming, " 40 60 60
Cotton galloons and gimps, 86 40 45
Cotton gloves, S6 60 40
Cotton handkerchiefs, hem'd, 85 60 40
Cotton " hemstitched, 85 80 60
Cotton webbing, 35 40 45
Cotton-curtains,. 85 80 60
Besides this, on cotton hosiery, and
cotton underwear, the duty under the
law of 1883, which was in force eight
years and to the passage of the Mc-
KlnlAj bill was 40 per cent, ad valorem.
Under the McKinley bill it was the
same with an additional specific duty
of from 50 cents to $1.25 per dozen,
according to ' value, and under he
Wilson bill 50 per cent.
- It will be seen from this that the
duty on cotton the "protection" our
Republican contemporaries are so
clamorous for, is from 14 'to 25 per
cent, higher under the present law
than it was under the laws of 1883.
The Blade says the California mills
have been running 12 years. Then
they must have been established under
the Morrill tariff which was lower
than any alluded to, and must accord
ing to the same authority have pros
pered under the law of 1888, which
gave them 35 per cent, advalorem
protection. Yet according, to that
authority when the duty was increased
from 35 per cent, to an average of 43,
the cotton industry in California was
ruined. The logical conclusion from
the Blade's premises is that the cotton
industry needs lower duties.
PROSPERITY AND POLITICS.
- Gov. McKinley might better save
the powder with, which it is said he
purposes to fire a counterblast to
Postmaster-General Wilson's letter to
The World on the success of the new
tariff.
The people can be trusted to remem
ber the operations of the McKinley
tariff and to observe the effects of the
present one. . They know that there
waB no increase in wages to correspond
with the increase in duties under the
McKinley act. They know, as "the
shopping woman" told Mr. Reed, that
there was an increase in prices. They
remember that Gov. Campbell ' and
other Democratic speaker vainly chal
lenged the Republicans in the cam
paign of 1891 to name one instance of
an increase Of wages in the industries
that had received higher bounties- in
return for their campaign contribu
tions. They remember the home
stead workers in particular actual re
ductions . in wages. . Other instances
reported . from time to time in the
daily News, recently reprinted in The
World and never before questioned,
have been made the subject of quibbl
ing denials as to the extent or time or
cause of the reductions. But the gen'
eralfact of the steady depression of
wages from 1891 to 1894 under the Mc
Kinley act' cannot be denied. The
people knew it.
What the country is much more in
terested in, however, is the rise in
wages, the decrease cost in necessaries
and the return of prosperity under the
Democratic tariff. What all the
Republican politicians and editors
said could not occur has occurred,
There is no need of figures, and facts
prove this. The people see and feel
and rejoice in it. And this Gov. Mc
Kinley will find, is to be the main
factor in the approaching elections,
and especially in the more important
one next year. The people cannot be
deluded into denying the good times,
nor into preiering politics to pros
perity. They ask only for an era of
peace in which to improve to the ut
most the opportunity that has come to
them. And they Intend to have
it. New York World.
WOOL AND ITS PRICES.
they can go to Arlington, and as owing
to competition by the D. P. & A. N.
Co. the markets are much better for
all farm products, a large trade would
be diverted to this point.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
TELEGRAPHIC.
plosion will shat
"r
whoie fabric
of our national fiitaeee'Of -onr'nblic
and commercloj'ifedit and those who
survive the 5rash will probably have
learned wisdom enough from this
calamity te reconstruct the edifice on
more solid foundations." :
WHAT KIND OF "A -TABLTFT
. The Oregooian says, when the Re
publican congress gets in, and we
have the right kind of s tariff, the
country will be again prosperous. Our
' big contemporary would confer a favor
v' on the great majority of its readers by
- vouchsafing an opinion as to what it
considers the right kind of a tariff.
Is it the original Morrill tariff of 20
per cent? . Is it the tariff of 1883? Is
it the William McKinley tariff? Or
is it an entirely new and original tariff
. not yet down on the bills? The Ore-
gonian certainly does not jnean the
. present tariff, because it intimates that
things are going to be lovely as soon
as that is changed. It certainly can
not mean tne re-adoption of the Me
Kinley bill because that proved a total
failure. Under it that $200,000,000
surplus in the treasury was soon ei'
hausted, and under it came the lowest
prices in all our products and manu-
f actures ever known. Under it, wool
reached the lowest price ever heard of
in America, and pnly a trifle ovre
- half of that received for it this year
when it is on the free list. The flnan
. eial panic came while the ' McKinley
bill was in operation, and the revenues
under it did not begin to meet the ex
penses of the government. The - Mc
Kinley tariff, the biggest we have ever
had was a failure as a revenue pro
ducer, hence it is fair to' presume
that the - Oregonian wants not that
tariff. The tariff of 1883 was a much
lower tariff than the McKinley article.
' Is ' that . the kind our contemporary
'"Wants? . Has it come to it at last that
what the country needs is a lower, in
stead of a higher tariff? Or . does it
want to go back to the Morrill tariff
under which $1,500,000,000 ' of the
national debt' was paid off, and which
- was a lower tariff yet, though a war
measure, than that of 1883. The Wil
son bill has been on trial for only a
year, but it has proven a better bill
. than' its predecessor, and will yet
furnish revenues sufficient for" parry
ing on" the government. What the
country needs is not a new tariff bill,
but to be let alone, and the business
. of the country allowed to go on, on a
settled basis. If there is one reason
stronger than another why the Repub
licans . should not be again given
charge of the government it is that
they threaten to change the tariff,
and to again upset the business of the
country. In the meanwhile we would
like to know what kind of a tariff the
Oregonian would like to have.
HOW WILL THEY DO lit
For a number of years we have heard
the advice repeated over and over, un
til it has become an old song, that the
United States must build up a home
market. This is undoubtedly good
advice, but the trouble seems to be
that like the suggestion that we get
"the right kind of tariff," no one
seems to be able to point out the way
in which the desired end can' be at
tained. Broadly stated there are but
two things for which a home market
can be built up. Those are our farm
products, and those of our factories.
We would like to see the markets im
proved. We would like to see our
farmers getting better prices for' their
products, and the tin buoket brigade
getting better wages, and this feeling
is no doubt shared by every good citi
zen. But now is tne result to oe ao-
wOTDlished. The United States, has a
population of some 70,000,000, and it is
safe to say that these 70,000,000 eat all
they want, with perhapsr the excep
tion of a certain class in tike large cities
who sure too poor to buy" even at the
prevailing low prices, ; Nearly every
thing the farmer raises, is food of some
kind, and to Increase the home market
for his products, we must either get
more people, or. people with larger
stomachs and appetites. J1 we get
more people into the country they
must have employment of some kind,
or they would not be able to buy the
farmer's products, and hence, would
not furnish a home market unless the
state supported .them, and provided
for them. In order to consume the
products of the factories, we must wear
more clothing, ana consume more per
capita, or get more people. If we get
more people they must either go to
farming, still further injuring the
farmer's home market by overproduc
tion, or they must go to manufacturing
something, curtailing still further the
wages of the tin-bucket brigade, and
making that class less able to buy.
The home market is an excellent
thing, but it is not enough. Nations
must trade their surplus products with
each other, just as individuals must do,
We might erect an impassable barrier
around us by tariff legislation, bu,t
when other nations retaliated, as they
would be compelled to do, what would
be the result. , What would become of
the 6,000,000 bales of cotton now ex
ported to Europe? We cannot con
sume it, and must either export it raw,
or manufactured,, and if in the latter
condition we must still find someone
to buy it, hence, we must trade and
take the products of other countries
or they cannot buy from us. - If they
cannot sell their products, they cannot
buy ours. What would we do with the
125,000,000 bushels of wheat, the 70,-
000,000 bushels of corn, that we sell
abroad"annuaIly? : Who would con
sume 1,000,000,000 pounds of : hog pro
ducts which now go to foreign
countries every year bringing in In re
turn $85,000,000? What would become
of the other products of farm and
factory that find markets abroad and
which go to make the grand total of
about $900,000,000 per year.
wnue tne price of wool this year
under free trade was much better than
last year under the McKinley tariff,
it is net what it was four or five years
ago, nor is it liable to ever again com
mand the prices that prevailed during
the period immediately following the
war. The tendency in prices has been
steadily downward for the past 25
years, and this regardless of the tariff
upon it. The reason for this is the
same as that that has brought wheat
down, and is found in over-production.
In the United States the production of
wool has not kept pace with the in
crease of population, though it has
nearly done so. In 1870 we imported
23 per cent of all the wool and woolen
goods used in this country. In 1880
we imported 35 per cent, in 1885 a trifle
less than 19 per cent, which was low
water mark. In 1886 It was 30 per
cent' in 1887 32, in 1888 28, in 1889 32,
about the same in '90 and '91, 34 in
'92 and 36 in '93. -The statistics for '94,
are not at hand. In 1870 we raised
162,000,000 pounds, in 1880 232,000,000
pounds, increasing steadily to i. 1885,
when 308,000,000 pounds were clipped
which was high water mark. For the
next four years the clip steadily de
creased until in 1889 it was only 265.-
000,000 pounds, or about what ft was in
1880. This decline occurred under the
tariff of 1883, which was for first and
econd'olass wools 10 and 12'icents a
pound respectively, while under the
McKinley bill superseding it the tariff
was 11 and 12 cents. From -1889 to
1893 the product increased until in the
latter year 303,000,000 pounds were
clipped. This was the increase in the
United States. In the meanwhile
what was done in other countries?
Australia's clip increased from 175.-
000,000 in 1870 to 550,000,000 in 1891,
and is now estimated at 650,000,000,
rm . . - .. . .
no iape oi uooa nope in tne same
time increased her clip from 43,000,000
to 129,000,000, and Argentine from
197,000,000 to 376,000,000. The total
increase from 1880 to 1891 for the world
was from 1,626,000,000 to 2,456',773,000.
Competition and tremendous increase
in production is what has brought the
wool market down, just as it has
brought the wheat market down. It
is new conditions that we have to
meet. The remedy for low prices lies
not in the tariff but in growing better
wools. Sharp competition will compel
our sheep men to improve their wools
a thing they have heretofore neglected
to do.
In learning to ride the bicycle the
ancient advice to "Go slow and learn
to pedal," should always be followed.
The Mitchell Monitor says that "J.
D. Stephensen, who is 67 years Old,
has killed . 32 porcupines in the past
eight weeks." The quilled piglets
must have been plentiful in that neigh
borhood.
The Hamburg-American Pacnet Co,
has contracted for a steamship of 20,'
000 tons capacity. This will be the
largest vessel ever built except the
Great Eastern, and will be only 4,000
to as smaller than that ship.
Rocky Mountain Smith is now chief
editor, manager and reporter for the
bright little Mitchell Monitor, Messrs.
Meyer end Misner retiring. "Rocky"
is a first-rate newspaper man and will
attract attention to the Mitchell coun
try.
President Chapman, of the state
university, says "the best intelligence
in the country ij in the women." It
is very few men indeed who are so
mentally constituted as to be . self
measuring, and fewer yet are they who
can conscientiously use their own in
tellects as a yard-stick.
The Providence Journal ventures
the following suggestion concerning
"boss" Quay of Pennsylvania: "Con
gressman Stone declared that Senator
Quay's only inheritance as a poor
country lad was the 'example, oi his
Presbyterian father, and the prayers
of his Christian mother.' From this
we are led to infer that he squandered
his inheritance at an early date.
The most prominent senator of the
New York legislature is Senator
Lexow, and he has within, the past
two weeks declared that if the present
prosperity of the country continues it
will pruve buub hue jepuuiiuuB aro
wrong on the tariff issue ' and' have
been all the while. Senator Lexow is
not a Democrat, but a protectionist
Republican, formerly of the most ex
treme type, but he is also a reformer,
Mrs. Duniway in her new paper the
Pacific Empire says: "The New Wo
man is here to stay." Mrs. Duniway
is undoubtedly correct, not only is the
New Woman here to stay but so is the
old woman. In fact it seems just as
necessary for an old woman to stay as
a new one. for they are used to it. In
these days a woman who does not
"stay" is a rarity. Bloomers have
come to stay too, that is they fasten
around the center of the corset.
The California courts are the most
accommodating of any on earth, or at
least the one trying Durrant is. When
ever a juror has a little private busi
ness to attend to Judge Murphy kindly
adjourns court lor a day or two to per
mit said business to be transacted.
The trial has been going on eight
weeks and if it is fought to a finish on
present lines, it will - continue until
the prisoner and all connected with
the case die of old age.
"Bradstreet's" calls the present one
"the greatest boom in iron and steel
in our history." Prices have advanced
sharply in the race of largely increased
production. The supply is nearly on
a level with the highest figures of the
past, but demand keeps ahead of it.
As a consequence, the imports of iron
and Bteel are heavy, and revenue from
this source is increasing. This growth
in imports, however, is probably one
of the causes of the gold exportation
at the present time.
The dispatches state that 200 Chi
nese. 30 of whom are women, are try
ing'to get into the United States at
Ogdensburg, N. Y., claiming to be
actors on their way to Atlanta, where
they will conduct a theater. Every
body on this coast knows that women
never appear as actresses in a Chinese
theater, the parts being taken by men.
If the officials at OgdenBburg do not
know that, they are not competent to
fill the position. There is no doubt
about this proposition being correct.
England has gone mine mad again,
and this time she is sending her good
money into Africa;. After the Corn
stock was discovered the Englishmen
got their fingers burned to the queen's
taste, u not to tneir own in tne wild
cat mining speculations of Nevada.
There are dozen of mills standing irlla
in that state that cost millions of dol
lars, and many an bid prospect hole
tnat never bad a pound of nav ouartz
in it, is an inside-out monument to
uritisn gullibility. . ,
It is to be hoped that the fight be
tween the two newspaper prize-fight
ers, Corbett and Fltzsimmons, will be
allowed to come off. They have shed
miles of dispatches and barrels of
printers' ink, now let them get at each
other, and that continuously until they
shed as much as nossible of
other's gore. When the fight is over
tney snouid be arrested and each sen
fenced to wear an 8-ounca hnxi no-
glove in his mouth, between meals, for
READY FOR OPENING.
The Great Atlanta Exposition Begins at 6
this Morning;.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 17. Tomorrow
morning at 6 o'clock the gates of the
Cotton States and International Ex
position will be flung ajar for 120 days,
and until the bells in the chimes tower
roll the knell of the dying year, the
exposition will be open to the peopl
of the world. The opening will be the
greatest event in the history of the
bier show. Half of the nations of the
earth will be represented in the pro
cession, and the most prominent
speakers of the country will address
the multitude that gathers in the audi
torium to witness the formal inaug
uration. Nine-tenths of the exhibits
are in place, and when the buildings
are thrown open tomorrow a gorgeons
signt will be presented.
An imposing procession, civic and
military, commanded bv Colonel .W,
L. Kellogg, U. S. A., will move to the
grounds at noon from a point in the
center of the. city. At the grounds
addresses will be delivered by Presl
dent Ci A; Collier; Mrs. Joseph Thomp
son. president of the woman's board
Mayor Porter King, Hon. G. R Brown
representing the governor, ana juag
Emory Sneer. '
The arrangements for touching the
button have been completed. A wire
has been put in from Buzzard's bay,
the telegraph station for Gray Gables
the home of President Cleveland, and
another wire has been put in from the
auditorium to the machinery building.
When the time for touching the but
ton arrives, the wires will be cleared
and an operator in the auditorium will
notify the operator at Gray Gables,
The wire running into the machinery
building has been connected with two
electric machines attached to valves
rn the big Frick engine, which drives
the shafting of the machinery, and the
valve of tne largest water pump, as
soon as President Cleveland turns on
the current, these valves will be
opened and steam will pour into the
engines. As they begin to act, the
engineers will open all the engines
and start every machine in tne nail.
SENATOR VEST CONVERTED.
No Longer Advocates Free Coinage at tne
Old Ratio.
New York, Sept. 17. A special
to tne .Herald irom Washington says
Anotner united states senator can
be added to those who have left the
standard of the advocates of the free
and unlimited coinage of silvei at the
ratio of 16 to 1. Senator Vest, of Mis
souri, who is now in Carlsbad, has, in
private conversations with persons
who have met him in Europe, declared
that in his opinion the free coinage of
silver at the old ratio was no longer
possible. Just what position the Mis
souri senator will occupy on the silver
question will probably not be known
until some occasion arises at which he
can express himself, but, says a Mis
souri gentleman, it can be announced
with positivenets that he will never
again favor the free coinage of silver
at the ratio of 16 to 1.
NOT ASIATIC CHOLERA.
The Hawaiian Epldetnlc Does Not Attack
Chinese or Japanese.
San Francisco. Sent. 17. The Ha
waiian mail was landed from the
steamer Rio de Janerio today, . bring
ing tne ioiiowmg advices irom Hon
lulu, dated September 8:
Fifteen new cases of cholera ' have
been reported Bince the departure of
the Australlians, making a total of 59
cases to date. Eight deaths have taken
place in the same time. Forty-six
deaths have occurred since the scourge
broke out. Two white people were
attacked yesterday, and have since
died, C. L. Dodge,business manager of
the Hawaiian Star, was one of the
victims; Mrs. Carroll, a nurse, was the
other. Both contracted the disease
from a native woman who lived in the
same house. "
In nearly every case the cause of
The scourge is not believed to be Asia-
tic cholera. No Chinese or Japanese
have been attacked, although there
are thousands of both classes in Hono
lulu.
THE TESLER MILLS BURNED.
Fir Destroyed STS.OOO Worth of Frop
- erty at Seattle.
Seattle, Sept. 17. Flames broke
out at 11 o'clock last night in the dry
kiln of the Yesler mill at Yesler, oh a
spur of the Seattle, Lake Shore & East
ern railroad, on the shore of Lake
Washington, and fanned by a fresh
wind, destroyed the whole mill, nearly
1,000,000 feet of lumber, the wharf, dry
kiln, two box cars loaded with lumber,
one loaded log truck, and five empty
log trucks.
This mill was owned by the Yesler
Lumber Company, and was leased
three months ago to the Great West
ern Lumber & Supply Company. The
loss is about $75,000: insurance, ahmit
$15,0000 on the mill.
GREAT GOLD MINES.
ceeded in getting out of the house with
one child, Willie, who was severely
burned. A child, Henry, was dead
when found. Mrs Nolan will die.
to
Opposed to Emigration.
New York, Sept. 18. A special
tne vvoria irom colon, says:
Jamaica advices show that the gov
ernment and tne press strongly oppose
labor emigration from the isthmus.
The laborers seem willing to emigrate,
"but the government enactments ham
per them.
Texas' Big; Fight.
Austin, Tex., Sept. 18. Governor
Culberson, who was seen today in
reference to Judge Hurt's opinion,
favorable to prize-lighters, refused to
express an opinion, but from his
actions it is evident he will use force
to stop the fight, notwithstanding the
decision.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Swallowed Aconite.
CORVALLIS, Or., Sept. 17. W. T.
Peet, cashier of the First National
bank, suffering with dysentery, en
tered an drng store this morning and
took a ounce of aconite. He died two
hours late. He thought he was taking
oiacKoerry oranay.
INTENSE HEAT IN CHICAGO.
Several Prostrations. One Fatal, Occurred
Yesterday.
Chicago, Sept. 19. The heat during
the past 48 hours has been intense, and
the prospect for cooler westheris not
encouraging. Tuesday night was the
hottest of the year, the thermometer
registering 75 deg. for the entire night.
Yesterday there was four prostrations,
one of them, that of an unknown
woman, proving fatal. The others
were Charles Carey, P. G. Fisher, a
boai'd of trade man, and Miss Susie
Drenner. It Is said they will recover,
Up in the Auditorium tower was
probably the coolest place in the city.
the weather man said the thermometer
had registered 8a deg. at 5 P. M., but
in the streets it was at least five deg,
hotter.
Quite a stiff breeze blew all day, but
it only added to the general discomfort
by blowing dust in the faces of pedes
tralns, for it was of itself hot and
brought comfort to no one.
An aged and unknown woman was
prostrated at Forty-third street and
Wentworth avenue yesterday after
noon from the heat. She was accom
panied by a dog which acted like a wild
beast wnen her mistress went down.
He yelped and dashed and rushed to
and fro, stopping every minute to lick
the woman's face. When the police
arrived and essayed to remove the
body, in which a spark of life lingered,
the dog sprang in their way and
snapped viciously. A dozin times he
was driven away only to return to the
charge as viciously as before. The
woman was finally loaded on a
stretcher and the faithful brute fol
lowed close in the wake of the patrol.
At the station he made the same dem
onstration of affectionate protection,
and this time the police, who began to
understand the case a little better, per
mitted him to cuddle up near the
woman. When she expired the re
mains were removed to the morgue,
and the dog still remained on watch.
All efforts to drive him off proved
futile and he was finally permitted to
mount guard beside the bier on which
she lay.
HE IS UIYINQ THEM AWAY.
TOLEDO BLADE PETTIFOGS.
The Republican press has become
utterly reckless in its statements re
garding the present tariff law known
as the Wilson bill. Assertions are
made regardless of truth or facts. In
a recent issue the Toledo Blade makes
,' the following statement:
"The present tariff law has begun
operations on the Pacific coast. The
California cotton mills which paid out
over $4,000,000 in wages in the past
twelve years, are about to remove to
Japan, as there la no profit for them
under the Democratic tariff. Japan
offers splendid Inducements, including
exemption free from all taxation for
-twenty years. Democratic tariff law
TOO DAINTY FOR CORN.
The issue of Harpers Bazar of the
14th is on our table. As we let our
gaze glide down its columns just now,
the gaze aforesaid brought up with a
snap, having collided with the follow
ing statement in answer to a corre
spondent: "Corn, if served on the cob,
should be placed in a folded napkin on
a platter, the waiters uncovering the
corn before passing it, and each person
helping himself (ladies not mentioned)
with the fingers, and eating it either
holding the cob in the hand or cutting
the corn off with a" knife. " That's the
statement that our glance hooked onto.
and polarized. Just think of the effete
dudelets and dudesses of the east hav
ing to be told how to eat corn. One
would think from the advice to pick
the corn up with the fingers, that elite
society was in the habit of picking up
its corn with its toes, or shaving the
grains off the cob with a corn cutter,
or bolting it cob andalL Up country
ioiks may not Know much, but we can
give the Bazar readers pointers on eat
ing corn. First you want to catch
your corn just when its brilliantined
whiskers begin to turn dull on - the
enas, cook it men, -it don't matter
how, trot out soma genuine old-
fashioned butter, produce the malt and
proceed to deglute.
The Republican papers that feebly
claim the late panic was caused by the
threatened Democratic legislation
should take P. E. Studebaker in hand
and stop his mouth for be is giving
them away. In a recent interview he
expressed the opinion that the late
panic was caused by "the government
buying on publie account millions of
silver, which made mankind believe
we were preparing to come to a silver
basis." This weakened our securities
abroad and the holders called on us for
the gold. They stopped buying of us
ana stoppea coming nere to settle or
invest. "The worst thing we ever
did," he said, "to upset our basket of
eggs was that silver purchasing.' In
every point of view it was unbusiness
like. We swelled our currency by
issuing paper against the silver, which
paper we must now maintain as gold.
We drew no interest upon that silver,
Issued dollar of gold paper or dollar of
1 1 . 3 I. 111 . .
silver, ana it wouia nave oeen cheaper
to use $300,000,000 at interest. - Worst
of all, we have muddled . the honest
heads of our countrymen till they be
lieve they have been injured by a con
spiracy. I suppose that the Sherman
silver purchase bill was a Republican
measure to save President Harrison
from vetoing a free coinage bill, which
he could better have afforded to do.'
Mrs. Langtry, the Jersey Lily, ia
evidently preparing for a tour of the
country. She has made a bid for free
advertising, by having the report tele-
KTupnea to tne world tnat she had
been robbed of 8200.000 wnrth t
jeweiry. j ne scheme is yery cheat-
nutw,. DUG will lEKe Hint thA tuns
me ouiy claims nors. ianctrv
had to being an actress were her al
leged gOOd lOOKS and a besmirnhoH
rOUUbSblUD. F1H TT1H.V nftVA hQAn
siaerea goon looking in England, but
uere m eastern uregon, every villaee
uuwiuiii uor wmii nome products.
The scheme of raising a fund of $10.
ouu to Duy a silver service for the bat
tleship, Oregon, by gathering up the
nicKeis oi tne eniidren Is being made.
it those who hob-nob with th rma
of the battleships are so anxinna fnn
the ship to have silver plate, they
bmvimm wuj w ctu ictisii ii tney are
going to oeg it. tney snouid ask from
a pie Douieo men. The children hh
soon nave their . patriotism tested by
ueinir- compeiiea w uut Jin- tnreo
varrj ou tie government, and tne les
son in patriotism those advocating thA
scheme talk about is premature and
unnecessary.. -
Large Amounts Will Soon Be Shipped to
' New York From Ecuador.
New York. SeDt. 17. Colonel ntia
S. Gage, the minincr macnate. a.nrl n.
director in the Playa de Oro placer
gold mines in Ecuador, was seen yes
terday and asked about the. develop
ment of gold mines in South Amrir-n
and the payable amount of the yellow
metal which would soon be shipped to
this country."
"The gold mines in Ecuador " aa.1A
he, "are owned bv Americans, and thn
material will probably all be shiDped
to this city, I received a cablemram
the Other dav Statin? that four o-innt-a
had been turned on at Playa de Oro,
and that in five months 10 giants will
be at work, and the yield increased
proportionately. The plant operating
is the largest in the world, and one of
the most substantial. In a short
wnue it will be able to supply all the
gold necessary to keen the reserve
amount in the treasury at Washington,
and more too."
FOO CHOW EXECUTION.
Details of China's Executions at Foo Chow
Recelred.
New York, Sept. 19. A cablegram
to the World from Foo Chow, China,
Bays the details of Tuesday's execu
tions have just been received. After
the mandarins had refused, Friday,
to execute any men implicated in the
missionary massacres, the American
ana British consuls wired to Peking,
Monday the mandarins received the
viceroy's order to execute seven men.
At 6 o clock Tuesday morning Consul
Hixson, Lieutenant Evans and Mr.
Gregory, the British consul, proceeded
o-bhe ytmea rate, ' whore, th man
darins sat awaiting them. When the
foreigners took their seats the drums
were beaten, a salute fired and the
crier shouted three times:
"The court is open." .
Then the condemned men were
brought speedily from their cells.
They knelt before the court and were
tumbled, securely bound, into bamboo
cages, on which were attached pieces
oi paper witn tne sentence written on
them. The mandarins then put on
their scarlet robes, and the death pro
cession started ior tne execution
grounds outside the citv, between lines
of soldiers. When the procession ar
rived thecondemned men were tumbled
out and made to kneel with their backs
to the mandarins. Then the five head'
men began their bloody work. The
first head fell, clean cut. When the
heads of the seven men were cut off
the vast crowd gave a great shout.
The people clapped their handa and
departed. The beads were hung in a
prominent place in the city as a warning.
The mandarins professed to fear
further trouble, for the crowd of for
eigners there went armed with revol
vers, but there was ne trouble.
REPUBLICANS IN A ROW.
Nice Doings of Crook County Central Com
mittee. Chicago, Sept. 18. A meeting of
the republican county central com
mittee was held at the Great Northern
hotel last night for the purpose of
choosing a chairman. For some time
there has been a friction between the
politicians supporting the adminis
tration of Mayor Swift and others who
are against him. Incidental to the
work of choosing a chairman, It was
intended that the factions should "get
together" in harmony. They got to
gether all right, but not after the
fashion outlined in the programme.
There were fights without number,
broken heads and bloody noses, and
the meeting generally was character
ized by the wildest disorder. The first
fight of the evening occurred when
Deputy Sheriff F. M. Goodman, of the
Swift faction, attempted to force his
way into the room against the wishes
of Buck McCarthy, a Swift man.
McCarthy landed on Goodmans's nose,
broke it in two places, dashed out five of
Goodman's teeth and knocked him
senseless. He was carried away by his
friends.
Detective Segeant Gard. who was in
the room, made an attempt to control
the actions of the County Clerk Van
Cleve, and the second battle of the
evening was on. Van Cleve objected
to the officer's interference, and
promptly received a crack over the
cranium from the officer's stick. This
aroused Van Cleve's friends, and a
wild rush was made for Gard, one man
scizinghlm by the neck, others, by the
arms and legs. He was carried bodily
from the room, every anti-Swift man
within reach taking a good hard whack
at him. As Gard was deposited in the
hall Alderman Henry Lammersman
made a rush for Gard and kicked him.
Another rush was was made for
Gard, and he was thrown bodily out of
the hallway, a"free fight being in pro
gress while he made his forced exit.
Commissioner of Public Works Kent
was standing in the committee-room
when this fight came off, and the as
sertion was at once made by the anti
Swift element that he had brought the
police there to coerce the action of the
committee. Loud cries were heard of
"Throw Kent out; hang him," and
"Throw him out of the window." A
rush was made in his direction, and,
being near the doorway, the commis
sioner lost no time in making his es
cape, leaving behind him a full-blown
fight between his friends, anxious to
protect him, and the crowd of anti
Swift men desiring to get at him.
Several more fights occurred during
the meeting, which finally adjourned
without result, save the appointment
of a "harmony" committee, which will
endeavor to reconcile the two factions.
JOHN BULL'S INSATIABLE HUNGER
Now He is Trying to Buldoie the Little
Columbia.
New York. Sept. 18. A special
from Bogota says:
Intense excitement and indignation
in every city in Columbia have been
provoked against England bythe claim
of the London contractors, Punchard,
McTaggart & Lowther. Lowther is a
brother of the well-known member of
the house of commons. The British
legation here support the claim of the
contractors. All the representatives
foreigners in the republic unite with
Columbians in disapproving the lega
tion's interference and in denunciation
of the British minister, G. F. B. Jen-
ner.
PRIVATE CITIZEN HARRISON.
He Positively Refuses to Talk Polities at
Pittsburg. ' ,
Pittsburg, Sept. 18. Ex-President
Harrison passed through Pittsburg
last night, bound for Indianapolis.
He said:-
"I am a plain citizen of Indiana now,
and cannot talk politics. I am en
gaged on several important law cases
that demand my attention. I will not
a lecture ihit jearat.the Stanford uni
versity." . ,
He . was asked ' questions touching
public affairs, but refused to talk of
them until Controller Bowler's stand
on the sugar bounties was mentioned.
Then he smiled and said:
"Durham, of Kentucky, was con
troller during Cleveland's first ad
ministration, and when it was sug
gested that Mr. Durham in certain
matters could make decisions beyond
the power of the president to chance
or recall, a friend of Mr. Durham made
the remark: 'Well, I guess the presi
dent can get a new controller.' "
HIS VIEW UNCHANGED.
Senator Vest
Expresses
Sliver.
Himself Upon
- THE BAILS SPREAD.
A Fasaeng'arjTrala Ditched Near Anaconda
MEXICO'S .ARMY.
It is to be Remodeled as to Weapons and
Tactics.
City op Mexico, Sept. 19. On the
return of General Mena, chief of the
Mexican military commission in Ger
many, it is probable that the army will
oe entirely remodeled as to weapons,
tactics, etc. it is proposed to create
a magnificent fighting machine, largely
on tne uerman model. . The govern
ment is to maintain the commission in
Europe, and besides sending over
many specialists from all branches of
military service it is its purpose to
make Mexico stronger for defense.
The feeling between Cuban residents
and apaniards continues to grow acri
monious and the latter have been
especially stirred up by the. sympathy
oi tne masseB oi .Mexican people for
the Cuban patriots, for on public oc
casions cries of "Down with the Span
lards!" "Long live free Cubal" and
cheers for Cuban insurgents are heard,
New York, Sent. 18. Senator Vest,
of Missouri, was interviewed today re
garding his reported change of views
on the silver question. He said:
"The alleged conversation never oc
curred. I have not left the ranks of
free-coinage advocates and my adher
ence to the principles I always advo
cated is unchanged, notwithstanding
an unautnorizeo report to the contrary
I firmly believe in the full and un
limited use of silver against the single
gold standard, i wisn it distinctly
understood I have not in the least de
parted from my principles on the sil
ver question, and really I am at a loss
to know how it was that I came to be
misrepresented."
Seventh Annual Fair.
OF THE
SECOND EASTERN OREGON
DISTRICT 4GRICDLTDRAL SOCIETY
Embracing the Counties of
Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam.
Crook, Morrow and Umatilla,
TO BE HELD AT
THE DHLLES
COMMENCING
TUESDAY, OCT. 8, 1895,
AHD CONTINUING FIVE DAYS.
$1,500 appropriated by the State for Agricultural,
Mechanical Exhibits, Works of Art and Fancy Work.
Stock,
$a,ooo given in Prizes for Trials of Speed.
Write or call on the Secretary for Premium List and Entry Blanks.
J. O. Mhck,
Sborbtkrv.
H. S. 7ThcHllister.
Pkbsidsnt.
San i Francisco i Beer i Hall
F. LEMRE, Proprietor.
WINES, LIQUORS and CIGARS.
ALL KINDS OF BOTTLRD BEER
COLUMBIA BREWERY BEER ON DRAUGHT
WASHINGTON STREET, BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD
THE CELEBRATED
Columbia
Brewery
AUGUST BUCHLER, Prop. .
Thia Well-knowu Brewery is 'now ,turningrout the beBt
Beer and Porter east of the Cascades AThe 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. '.
East Second Street.
The Dalles.. -
Oregon
f T F?f f WW w
GEORGE RUCH
PIONEER GROCER
(Successor to Chrisman 6t Corson.)
a cm i t imp nc
STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES
Again at the old stand I would be pleased to see all my
former natrnns. Fre ffoliwrv in onv nart rS th rifv
i - -j j i - -..j. , 4
DYING BT THOC8ANDS. -
Cholera Has Secured a Firm Foothold
China and Japan.
In
TO TAP THE OPEN -BITER
Under the above caption the Fossil
Journal says:
- The first portion of the new road
from Fossil to The Dalles was practl-
callp. provided for this week when the
county court allowed petitions . for
county roads Nos. 69 and 80, which
makes a county road from Fossil to the
John . Day river, opposite Sherman
county, on the route surveyed by the
promoters of the new road to The
Dalles. ' There was a remonstrance,
but it was not big enough."
- Now then It remains to be seen what
Sherman county will do. It should
not be - an expensive road to build
through Sherman, and If that portion
of the road Is once assured, the part
through Wasco county will be looked
after. The Fossil people say they can
come to The Dalles almost as easily as
The water level of the Great Lakes
is a curious study. Last week six
inches of rain r fell over Superior.
Michigan and-Huron, whose combined
area is 77,400 square miles. These
showers added to the three lakes 1.079 -
640,176,000 cubic feet of water, with
out counting the water received by
drainage- on ; tributary streams. It
would take the canal under construc
tion " in Illinois seven years to
carry off this rainfall alone at the rate
of 300,000 cubio feet a minute. The
fact should not be forgotten that , the
lakes are fresh water oceans with enor
mous powers of storage, and it is not
certain that a dozen ordinary canals
would pull upon them perceptibly.
They have gradual periods of rise anil
fall, but scientific observers have not
oeen aoie 10 explain tnem. .
' ." " Yesterday.
MtSTNEAPOLIS Sent. 17. Th
bound passenger train of the Snn linn
leaving here yesterday morning, met
with a serious accident n PHP Annan-
dale, Minn., about noon. By the
spreading of the rails, the
coacnes were aitcnea. Miss Kate Han
sen, of Elbow Lake. Minn.
serious injuries, and 13 other passen
gers including W. D. Washburn, ir--
a son of the ex-senator, were more or
less bruised. '
CLAIMED HEAVY DAMAGES.
TTCLXj BXTUBjr TO WORK.
Striking BOners at Ishpembtf Will Strike
No iAnger.
Chicago. Sept 19. a dispatch from
Ishne miner savst The striking 'mimuv
haye tired of union diotation and are
deserting tne ranks to ask for jobs at
their former place of employment
At the last meeting of the union it was
voted to remain out, but manv of the
men will work anynow. One hundred
miners have applied at the Lake
Superior omoe and have been riven
employment. The Champion men, it
is said, nave also stampeded.
The strike leaders are using everr
means in their power to prevent these
desertions, but are unable to stem the
tide. The patience of the men is worn
out. They are hungry and in need of
clothes. The strike is nraotlcallv
ended, after nearly two weeks' of
Idleness.
An Appeal to the Frew.
New Yoek, Sent. 17. H. M. TriAi.
cujian, general secretary of the Ar
menian Belief Association, wit.h t.h&
approval of J. Blecker Mills, chairman
of the executive committee, and C. H.
stout, treasurer of the association, has
issued an appeal to th mwu
United States. The appeal thanks
the New York World for th nnhii..
tion last Sunday of an exposure of the
outrages in Armenia by Mr. Howard,
and makes an earnest appeal for funds
to aid the suffering Armenians.
-' Hornbloweri Chances.
i Washington, Sept. 17. Doubt no
longer exists here as to the correct
ness of the information that Mr. Horn-
uiuwoi- w get a Beat on tne supreme
bench. It is settled that Senator Hill
will not oppose his confirmation, and
In all probability there will ha n dis
position from anv other iohiva Rot
ator .Hill has modified his vfowa nn
Mr. Hornblower's fitness for the u.
pjeme bench since Mr. Hopnhinw
supported Mr. Hill fni- 1 ......
fall, it is said. -
Newfoundland FUhen After a Canadian
Official.
St, Johns, Sept. 19. The New
foundland fishing vessels seized off
Labrador by a supposed Canadian of-
nciai were au released a weeK ago
aaturaay, ana au promptly nied notices
against mm, claiming heavy damages.
The mail steamers report that people
are greatly irritated against him be
cause of injury done to fishing opera
tions.
Over $4000 worth of alleged smug
gled jewelry has been seized within
the last 24 hours. It is reported that
a valuable seizure of -liquor has been
made on the southern shores.
San Francisco, Sept. 18. Notwith
standing the endeavor of the Japanese
ana uninese authorities to suppress
news.concerning the cholera, the truth
has at last come to light concerning
inepiague. japan ana iNortn unina
are fairly alive with cholera eerms.
Siberian officials have declared Jap
anese open ports lniectea, and irom
officials sources it is learned that over
17,000 people have died in Japan from
the plague since its start in Pescadores.
In China, the disease has trained a firm
foothold.
Advices by steamer Rio Janeiro re
ports that in Tokio the heat is terrific I
and the disease eerms have been
-nuraod hv thft cllmtte inf,Qviriilnt.
life. On the steamer little could be
learned concerning Yokohama, but
nevertheless the plasrue is racincithere
In China, at Che-Foo, the disease is
spreading rapidly. Miss Turner and j
the child of Dr. and Mrs. McFarlane, of
tne unu unai juonaon mission, were
stricken down and died. At Nankinc.
mucn illness prevails among tne for
eigners, ' many of whom have been
forced to flee from the country.
The ravage of cholera in Japan are
Tar greater tnan nave oeen reported.
Up to August 26, just before the Rio
sailed, 17,238 deaths from the disease J
were reported.
COLUMBIA PACKING COMPAM
Corner Third and Washington Srreeta.
I
Cured Hams, Bacon, Dried Beef and Tops,
And the Best Beefsteaks, Mutton Chops and
Veal Cutlets in the Market.
Orders Delivered to Anv Pert of the Citx
Fresh Vegetables on Sale at the LowestPriceo,
Ocean Steamer Sank.
Plymouth, England, Sept. 19. The
steamer Beresford has arrived here
having in tow the trawler Vulture, of
urignam, ana lour ships' boats con
taining.tbe captain, crew and passen
gers of the Netherlands-American
bteamsnip company's steamship Edam,
of Rotterdam.
At 1 o'clock this morning the Edam
collided with the Turkestan 50 miles
southeast of Start Bint. The collision
occurred in a dense fog. The Edam
ioundered and the Turkestan was lost
to view in tne log. The captain, crew
and passengers of the Edam, who took
to me ooats, immeaiately after the col
liasion, were picked up by the trawler.
She Used Kerosene.
Cleveland. Sent, n ms tt
Nolan tried to start a fire with kero
sene today, pourinc oil tmm th.
into the stove. A terrific explosion
followed and almost in an instant she
WM enveloped in flames. She suo-
Bumors of Rebellion.
xmjsw xokk, sept, is. a special to
the Herald from Buenos Ayres says:
Alarming but vague rumors con
tinue to reach Rio de Janeiro of the
uprmiug oi tne national Guard in Rio
Grande do Sul. The latest report is
that 4000 rebels have seized the town
of Bage and refuse to surrender. Tbeir
leader is General Sarava, who It is
said, acting at the instigation of Gen
eral Martine. I
EELATING TO HAWAII.
English Papers Talk of a Forelg-h Pro
tection Orer the Island.
London, Sept. 19. The Standard,
commenting on the release of ex-Queen
Liliuokalani, in Hawaii, and u pon the
revolution, says:
"Hawaii has treaties with England
and franco wjiicn give tnem protective
powers over the islands, quite as much
if not more than the United States
government, to split up the rival fac
tions as to prevent a chronic revolu
tion, and Hawaii ought to be put
under the actual protection of the
powers so greatly concerned in its
welfare."
MEKCHANT TAIL0E11G
. MR. PAT. FAGAN,
At his establishment on Second street, next door to C. Lauer' Meat
Market, Is prepared to make
Spring and Summer Suits
EXPOSITION
OP6NS
OCT. 5,
Chlcaco Drainage Canal.
PORTLAND, OREGON.
iVfVT A TIT a QaTif Ifi XAfsa tTnnlntt I
who has been appointed to' investigate Th a"6' nd Most Complete Display ever made of the Resources, Indusfc-
the effect of the construction of the I ries. commerce, business, Agriculture, Forests, Mines, Fruits, Fisheries.
juauuMCbures, ana .t ransportation acuities of the Great Paciflo Northwest,
Chicago drainage canal upon Canadian
lake ports, in reducing the water level
will shortly go to Chicago to look into
the matter before reporting to the au
thorities here. He will also visit the
Canadian lake ports and probably
American lake ports that are liable to
join uanada in a general protest against
the canal's construction from a na
tional standpoint.
Fine Muiio, Speial Attraotlons Every Dy.
Transportation Lines.
orthwest,
Reduced Rates on all
S. C HASTEN, Secretary
Tot Exhibit Spaoa Appljfat UufEz.
position Building to .
C. H. HUNT, Superintendent.
ADMISSION
Single Admission, tCe .
Children Under 1 Veers, loe
Tickets, S.oe
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