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THE PENSION BUGABOO.
Under the above caption the Pen-
dleton Tribune grows pathetic and
slops over as follows:
"The pension list has ever been a
bugaboo that strikes terror to the heart
of the Southern Democrat. Occasion
ally we find a man in the north who is
' - so saturated with southern prejudice
against the loyal young men who so
bravely went to the front in defense of
their country that, in order to deprive
them of the measly stipend they now
reluctantly accept in exchange for
broken health, the loss of limbs and
wounds from which they have never
- ceased to suffer the most agonizing
.; pains, the claim is made that not the
. tariff, not the financial question, but
the payment of pensions to the old
' soldiers is at the bottom of the humil
iating position in which the country
finds itself today after an experience
of two years with a tariff for deficit
only."
Our esteemed contemporary shoots
- wide of the target. In the first place
there is no one finding fault with the
payment of pensions to those who are
suffering from "broken health or
wounds from which they have never
. ceased to suffer most agonizing pains."
It is freely conceded that all such are
entitled not only to all the pension
they get, but in most cases much more.
It is undoubtedly true, that the pension
- list contains thousands of names that
- it should not contain, and if our con
' temporary will examine into the list of
those pensioners who are within its
reach, it will find that this statement
is true. The Grand Army recognizes
this fact, and at its last meeting it wus
. suggested that it take steps to purify
the pension list. There is no man
, who honors the old soldiers more than
we do, none who would see them re
warded more generously; but because
we do honor them, we do not want to
see them standing side by side with
frauds and imposters. The trouble is
with the pension list that the system
has had too much politics in it, and not
close enough business methods. In
1892 an additional lot of pensioners
were provided for so that from June 30
3892 to June 30 1893, 89,944 pensioners
were added to the list. There were in
round numbers 2,000,000 soldiers in
the Union army and today, 30 years
after the close of the war we have in
round numoers 1,000,000 pensioners.
If these 1,000,000 are broken in health
or Buffering from wounds, they are
justly on the list, and should be kept
there, but surely there can be no rea
son advanced for keeping those not en
titled, on the list. As for our con
temporary's statement that the present
tariff is a "tariff for deficit only," we
- call its attention to' the fact that the
present tariff law is almost identical
with the tariff of 1883, and that uuder
it business is reviving and the pros
perity that the McKinley bill ruined in
less than two years,- is again returning
'to the country. -
Republican legislators only. Mr.
Williamson talks as follows:
"The political campaign of 1S94 was
profuse with promises of diligence in
weeding out certain extravagances in
the expenditure of public money, which
had grown up in this state during the
past decade. To the faithful perform
ance of this obligation, each political
party, and all candidates of all political
parties pledged their sacred word and
honor.
"In due time, the result of that elec
tionthe chosen ones, convened at
Salem and not only did not correct
the alleged glaring abuses, but act
ually committed more. That is, they
employed more clerks, established
more commissions, etc. Among the
abuses particularly designated duriDg
the campaign, as surely to be done
away with, Was the railway and other
expensive commissions; the excessive
perquisites of the secretary of states'
office, the state printers' and other
offices. The legislature of 1894-5 will
go down in history renowned for hav
ing promised to correct all these evils.
and having corrected none of them,
And now this state is treated to the
spectaole of a 'dog in the manger' play
by its secretary of state seldom equaled
for downright brass. The doughty
Eincaid turns his 'bull' loose on the
railway commissions' 'ox' and allows
him to gore him galore. While he
guards his illgotten perquisites, fully
as strongly condemned by the election
of 1894 as the railway commission, with
that diligence born of a determination
to 'beat the game or hog the pot.'
That is his 'ox.' We repeat for
display of silly selfishness and dema
gogic dash, this play has not been
equalled in the annals of Oregon. And
yet, there is one Hoefer a Colonel
Hoefer who edits the secretarie's
mouth-piece, at Salem, who has the
gall to raise his voice and hurrah for
Kincaid, and shout at him to 'stay in
the manger,' but 'keep the rascals out.'
Here is one of his recent effusions:
" A lew lickspittle lacKey news
papers, who do not comprehend the
first principles of unselfish service of
the public, are calling Secretary Kin
caid's honest efforts to get rid of the
Oregon railway commission a farce,
Their criticisms are always a compli
ment to an honest man.'
"It's a safe wager that Hoefer has
his snout into the public crib up to
his eyes."
AX IXCOXSISTEXT PAPER.
AN EXPOSURE OF STUPIDITY.
a' noble pair.
. With Piatt in charge of the Repub
lican party in New York and Quay
running things in Pennsylvania the
outlook for the party is not at all en
couraging. The people are decidedly
tired of bosses, and there is a large
element in both old parties that will
', not be dictated to by any boss or any
set of bosses. It does not matter much
about Piatt, for the chances of a Re
publican victory in New York are too
slender to be considered. New York
will this fall go overwhelmingly Demo
cratic, a feat it will repeat in 1896. A
. year ago, six months ago, things were
' different, but the Lexow committee,
' the moral wave, the Sunday laws and
the closing of the saloons on Sunday
have brought about the change, and
, put things back on their old basis.
.That is, the Republicans mustalook to
the country "for majority enough to
overcome a Democratic majority in
the cities of New York and Brooklyn
of 120,000. Under the present laws,
the other large cities will also give in-
- creased Democratic majorities. With
Quay things will probably be different.
' Pennsylvania is a strong Republican
state, because her iron and coal indus
tries have made her so. Indeed that
great state has insisted so strenuously
and successfully on maintaining the
doctrines of "Protection to American
Labor" that she has whole townships
of laborers engaged in working in her
protected coal and iron mines that
- cannot speak a word of the United
States language. She has a greater
: population of non-English speaking
laborers than any two other states in
the Union. In quelling the riots in
. the coke fields, the dispatches always
explain that the "greatest trouble ex-
' perienced was in the fact that none of
the rioters understood English, and so
could not be made to understand what
the officers wanted with them." That
class of people can be managed by
such men as Quay, and the class of
men so managed can and do carry the
balance of power in our elections.
We are told by our Republican con
temporaries that the victory of Quay
was a glorious victory for Republican
principles. That may be true, but if
it is then God help the principles!
Under the above heading, the Ore
gon ian today takes us to task for crit
icising its conflicting statements con'
cerning the draining of the gold from
the United States treasury. Our big
contemporary sticks closely to its text,
and exposes as much stupidity as could
well be crowded into the space.
Among other of its assertions that
would be classed as stupid were they
not so excessively so, as to become
really humorous, is this: "The Ore
gonian cannot be responsible for that
stupidity which prevents a partisan
fault-finder from apprehending the
plainest statements and clearest dis
tinction presented in its columns."
While professing the most distin
guished respect for the profound learn
ing and erudition displayed in the
columns of the Oregonian, we cannot
but express still further admiration for
its supreme and superlative asininity
in re-asserting that it is the "redund
ant paper currency and our load of in
ferior silver that disquiet the treasury
and cause gold to be withdrawn." ' Our
distinguished -contemporary say we
are "uncandidly dull" because we
called attention to the fact that it con
stantly denied its own assertions, and
to prove that we are "uncandidly dull"
again contradicts itself. It, at least,
is candidly dull, wherein lies at least a
distinction and a difference between
this paper - and it. Of course being
uncandidly dull it is difficult to see
how an excess of imports over exports
of less than 850,000,000 can have taken
8300,000,000 gold out of the country,
but ou esteemed contemporary to
Which even its own ambiguities are
plain and logical, can satisfy its over
candid dullness with at least the be
lief that two bodies can occupy the
same space at the same time. The
drain on the treasury it explains is
sometimes caused by cur financial sys'
tern and sometimes it is caused by the
Democratic tariff, the cause depending
largely on the state of the Oregonian
bile ducts. We may be uncandidly
auii, Dut ior mis once we will be can
did, even if dull, in asserting that the
Oregonian is so stupidly and incom
prehensibly dull, that it does not re
alize its own dullness. For once
though it stuck to its text and made
thorough display of its stupidity.
Some days ago we criticised the Ore-
gonian for its inconsistency, in that it
first declared the financial system of
this country was the cause of the drain
on the gold reserve in the United
btatcs treasury (which statement we
indorse) and later, in a spirit of doma
gogy and through blind partisanship
declaring it was the Democratic tariff
which caused us to import more than
we exported, while at the same time it
reduced the revenue, thus draining
tho treasury of gold. For this criti
ctsm the Oregonian laboriously takes
us to task for being "uncandidly
stupid." In doing so, it reiterates its
statement that the financial system
the real cause, admitting the justness
of our criticism, but at the same time
says the tariff is partly the cause. We
recognize easily the plain and clear
distinction it makes in correcting both
of its statements. According to its
latest ideas "the financial system
causes the raid on the treasury, while
the Democratic tariff system sends the
gold to Europe. Will it now kindly.
from the inexhaustable stores of its
superior wisdom, drop a few crumbs
and explain, to enlighten our stupidity
and educate the balance of the com'
mon herd, how the tariff, which, it
says, has caused us to have an excess
of imports over exports, and which
excess is said to amount to about S63,
000,000, has caused the sending of
$300,000,000 gold to Europe? The $63,
000,000 for the sake of the argument
we will admit, but the $237,000,000, the
balaance, we turn oveK to the distin
guished consideration of our learned
contemporary, to which all things are
plain as mud, excepting always, its
own stupidity. It has placed itself
awkardly enough between two posl
tions, diametrically opposed to each
other, and in defending one invar!
ably attacks the other. It would be
reasonably "happy with either were
t'other dear charmer away." This is
illustrated in its issue of yesterday.
In an editorial under the heading,
"The Only Remedy," and which im
mediately follows the article we have
commented upon, after describing the
operation of the financial system of
England, it says:
No such simple remedy as this is
possible under our unfortunate system,
When money is scarce in New York,
the rate of discount is raised; but,
gorged as the circulation is with gov
ernment credit currency, ,money, or
what passes for money, may be very
abundant when gold is very scarce, or
is hoarded by the banks and only ob
tainable from the treasury. Then we
may see, as at present, a rapid drain of
gold, exhausting the resources of the
treasury, simultaneous with, and, in'
deed, mainly caused by, -a very low
rate of interest in New York. The
drain was checked temporarily by the
costly operations of the syndicate,
which produced by artificial means the
enect upon tne price oi ioreign ex
change of a high discount rate, but
this cannot be kept up. for long. It
would be stopped at once by a natural
rise of the rate of interest. This was
expected during the fall, from demand
for money to move the crops. But it did
not come to any great extent, nor is it
likely to come so long as the redund
ancy of legal tenders exists. The only
remedy is to retire the excess of credit
currency, to take the government out
of the banking business."
THE PLAT STILL OX.
realtor J. 1X. uuauuuu, ui iue
Prineville Review, is an out-and-out
Republican; but he is at the same time
one who is not so blinded by party
prejudices but that he recognizes a
wrong whether it is committed by his
own party or some other. In an edi
torial of his issue of the 21st in St., he
talks right out in meeting and scores
his own party as severely as he would
the Democratic or Populists under the
same circumstances. : Mr. William
son's politics seem to be of that rare
kind, that have honesty and good faith
as their foundation, a kind of politics
not often seen in these degenerate
days when the issues are made for the
purpose of getting in or staying in, and
a kind that the country would be the
better for, if it became more general.
When it is remembered that in the
senate there were seven hold-over
Democrats, and in the house not one,
it will be seen that the roast is for the
MORE PEOPLE NEEDED.
in discussing tne question or more
population for Oregon and the entire
Pacific Northwest, the Salem States-
man makes an interesting comparison
of Oregon and other sections in this
manner:
"In this connection it might not
prove uninteresting to dissect a map of
the United States and see what an in
teresting study it affords. Cut the
map into states and just for the fun of
the thing see how many of them you
can place side by side on Oregon
You would observe that Oregon, with
her 96,030 square miles, is capable of
accommodating the ' states of New
York, Maryland, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, New Jersey,Rhode Island,
Vermont, Connecticut and Delaware,
with a population exceeding 15,000,000,
and yet we would have space to spare!
Just think of it 350,000 people occu
pying 100,000 square miles! Three
people to the mile!
"You can put Maine and Missouri
down in Oregon and yet not be
rowded. The population of the
former is 1,122,000 and of the latter 3,
000,000.
"You can set Iowa down west of the
mountains and there would yet remain
room in which to accommodate Ken
tucky. The population of these two
states exceeds 4,000,000.
"Put Indiana, with 2,405,504 people,
down in the valleys of the western
part of the state. Stick Illinois, with
her 4,500,000, in Eastern Oregon, and
there would still be room and to spare
for Vermont, with a population equal
to that of Oregon supported within
her 9565 square miles.
"There is room in Oregon to accom
modate two states the size of New
York.
"Cut the state into 1372 pieces' of
equal size and each would be large
enough to hold the District of Colum
bia, with her 280,000 people.
"Oregon would hold 10 states the
size of Vermont. This would give a
population of 7,900,000.
"Oregon is capable of holding 80
Rhode Islands, And the population of
Little Rhody is almost equal to that
pf our own state,"
MR. HO RE ASSERTS.
R. G. Horr in attacking silver says
that "not to exceed 70,000,000 of silver
dollars can by any scheme be kept in
circulation as currency," and he adds
in concluding his assertion that "when
the blind lead the blind both fall into
the ditch." We do not agree with
either of Mr. Horr's propositions, be
cause more than 70,000,000 silver dol
lars can be kept in circulation, and be
cause Mr. R. G. Horr is not in the
ditch. We believe with him that'we
can have uuder the present condition
of financial matters throughout the
world but one money of ultimate re
demption; but at the same time we be
lieve in silver being used in just as
large a volume as can be done, and it
maintained at a parity with gold. Sil
ver could be maintained in circulation
in much larger quantities than it is,
and that very easily. In the east there
is but little silver used per capita as
compared to the amount in circulation
on the Pacific coast. Here all through
the war the money used was coin. In
the east it was shinplasters. People
got accustomed to using paper money
in place oi silver, and they have not
gotten over the habit. If all the one
and two-dollar bills were retired from
circulation, as they should be, it would
force the circulation of silver and the
retirement of all paper money of
smaller denomination than $5, would
compel the-using of a yet much larger
amount of Bilver. People in the east
complain of the weight of silver, but
that is an objection that is not raised
against it here. Under the present
system Mr. Horr's statement that no
more than 70,000,000 silver dollars can
be kept in circulation may be true,
but there is nothing to prevent the
system being changed.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The United States exports annually
about $50,000,000 of silver bullion, and
the demand is steadily growing. Yet
some say that 'free coinage of silver
would cause a flood of silver to be sent
back to this country. It's all bosh.
Long Creek Eagle.
But suppose this government should
adopt free coinage, thus declaring that
silver now worth 60 cents would be
taken by it and a dollar in cold riven
for it? How long would the exporta
tion continue, ana now long would It
be until the foreign silver bes-an to
come in?
We received this morning the first
number of Oregon Progress, a news
paper started in Portland bv Mr. F S
Barzee. It is a new departure in iour-
nauem, its aaverusmg leatures beiner
on an entirely different plan from any
heretofore used. Its news matter is
well put together and its editorial page
orcguD. iapt. wauace is editor, with
J. F. Haworth, of this city, assistant.
The Durrant trial has developed
nothing new since the defense opened
their case. Absolutely nothing has
been adduced so far to shake the testi
mony of the plaintiff's witnesses, or to
in anyway break the strong chain of
circumstantial evidence that the prose
cution has thrown around Durrant. It
look9 now as though the great surprise
the defendant's counsel had has
winked out, and that outside of trying
to throw doubt on the testimony of
plaintiff's witnesses no defense will be
made. It looks very dark for the de
fendant, v
With the governor of Texas opposed
to it, Corbett's knee out of trim, Fitz
Simmons demanding the gate money
and all concessions, and his backer
hauling down the stakes it begins to
look as tnough tne long-talked of prize
fight at Dallas, Texas, will not come
off. The great mass of the reading
public has come tohe conclusion that
peitner oi tne long-winaed long-dis-1
tance sparrer9 is anxious for the fight
to come off. At the same time there
Is a general and fervent hope that they
may get together and beat each other
to death.
j.ne Douom cause oi tne enormous
shipments of gold to foreign countries
is tho fact that we have a tariff framed
expressly to encourage the import of
foreign goods." The above from the
Oregonian is a fair sample of that ps
per's honesty. For the past six months
it nas Deen asserting that the Unanuial
system, not the tariff, was the bottom
cause of the shipment of gold. That
kind of switching is what has erven
the Oregonian the reputation of being
the most unreliable newspaper on tho
coast. The tariff now and the tariff
of 1883, which the Oregonian indorsed,
are almost identical.
The Republican county central com
mittee at Chicago, got into a regular
knock down and drag out fight that
would gladden tne heart oi the veriest
ward striker. A member named Gard
was beaten nearly to death and was
thrown out of the room. This was
probably what caused the Inter Ocean
next morning to begin one of its lead
ing editorials with the statement that,
"Take the country over, and this is a
year of remarkable Republican activ
ity and anxiety to be in control of the
organization, coupled with harmony
and good fueling once the fight is
really over." Wonder if Gard would
indorse that stalomont?
And now a dispatch from Golden
dale to the Associated Press, states
that Orvill D. Sturgess, cashier of the
national bank nt that place is in all
probability twico a millionaire. That
he is one of 200 heire to the $400,000,-
000 Jenning's estate in England."
Nearly every day some vast estate in
England or Germany is about to be
divided among a lot of American heirs,
according to the dispatches.but no one
ever heard of ono of these divisions
being made. Shyster attorneys have
fleeced foolish people into putting up
their money on these, schemes, but
they, the attorneys, were the only ones
who ever profited by them. We would
be pleased to see Mr. Sturgess, or any
other good citizen have such a wind
fall, but the money will probably ma
terialize when the sky falls, and com
mon people are catching larks.
The prosecution in the Durrant case
rested yesterday, having its evidence
all in. Curiously enough almost the
last witness on the stand, William
Sterling, the gas-fitter, who on April 2
repaired the gas fixtures in Emanuel
church, during his cross-examination
brous-ht out the tact that the moraine:
of April 4 the knob of the door lead
ing to the belfry was broken, and al
though Sterling tried to turn the knob
with his nippers he could not do so.
This door remained in this condition
until the day it was broken open in
searching for Blanche Lamont's body
after the Williams' girl was killed.
This fixes the time at which the body
was taken into the belfry at least prior
to the morning of April 4. The de
fense is now introducing testimony,
and it is expected that the end of the
case will be reached within two weeks.
Our Republican exchanges are
agreed upon-one thing, and that is
that Dolph and Mitchell will be
matched against each other for elec
tion to the senate. Dolph's election un
der any circumstances would be little
short ot a calamity to the state: but
it strikes us the whole discussion is
premature. Oregon is not a Republi
can state in the sense that it has a
majority of Republican votes. This
was shown in the election of Pierce as.
a presidential elector. It is quite pos
sible, should the .anti-Republican
forces come to some understanding,
that the Mitchell-Dolph controversy
will never materialize. The peace
and harmony now raging between the
Republican factions in this state is
not of the kind calculated to insure a
party victory. It is safe enough to
et the Mitchell-Dolph matter rest, at
any rate until after next June. '
The Oregonian yesterday said: "It
is curious, and wHl probably always be
unexplained, that the decline in the
membership of the Grand Army of the
Republic should have been only about
nan as much in lsyi-o as in 1893-4.
counting irom the close ot the organi
zation s nscal year, June 30."
we suggest to our big contemporary
that the cause is probably, due to the
Democratic "tariff for deficit' only'
that it talks about so much. That
same Democratic tariff has been made
responsible for everything bad; why
not credit it up with some of the other
things.-' According to Republican au
thority the same tariff bill" ruined the
wool industry long before the bill be-
cuiiio a law; it causeu speculators to
present paper money at the treasury
and draw out gold; it caused the deficit
made by the McKinley bill; it caused
the demand for the free coinage of sil
ver; and it performed various and sun
dry other valorous deeds long before it
was born." We believe, by the argu
ment produced by our republican
friends, the Wilson bill must have
caused the deficiency in the Grand
Army death list too.
TELEGRAPHIC.
THE LOST CACHE.
Cndoubtely Responsible for Peary's Fail
ure This Year.
Chicago, Sept. 24. Mr. E. B. Bald
win, who is the meteorologist of the
weather bureau, who - accompanied the
Peary expedition in 1893, says the cause
of the failuae of the second expedition
was doubtless due to the explorers be
ing unable to find the cache of provi
sions left at the furthest point reached
last year. He said:
"The long journey of a thousand
miles or more with very insufficient
supplies simply emphasizes what great
results might be achieved by a pro
perly organized and abundantly pro
visoned expeditions, with no super
fluous persons among the members.
I wish to make another trip and shall
relax no effort to accomplish that pur
pose. Efforts are now being made to
organize another expedition, and
should Dr. Jackson lead us in the race
to the north pole, why, the south pole
will yet remain to be reached, and
greater problems than this still remain
for solution."
CRISIS NOT FAR OFF.
The
Insurgents are Said
- Havana.
to be Jiearlng
Chicago, Sept. 24. A special to the
Tribune from Havana, dated Septem
ber 19, says: Armed parties of revo
lutionists are already in the province
of Mantanzas and actually within 75
miles of Havana. If, as said, they
have quantities of arms and ammuni
tion there concealed, and are really
advancing in force, the crisis is not
far off.
Yesterday 85 persons were arrested
within a few hours and confined in
Morro castle. Rumors were soon fly
ing around that a great conspiracy had
been discovered, and the initial step
was to have been an attack with dyna
mite on the steamer Santa Barbara,
having a battalion -of 1000 men on
board. The sequel came at midnight,
when there was a frg-htful accident in
the harbor resulting in the sinking of ,
C' i. : . . t .. r I
me opauiau cruiser xsarauesttui, m
which 40 lives were lost.
Irwin, state superintendent of the pub
lic instruction, to wed Miss Lillian M.
Collieon, of La Grande. The wedding
took place at La Grande tonight.
Dropped Dead.
Chicago, Sept. 24. Mrs. R. o.
Mullen, of San Francisco, 60 years of
age, dropped dead at the Illinois Cen
tral station here today. She was on
her way to New York, accompanied
by her daughter.
General Amnesty Refused.
London, Sept. 25. A Rio de Janeiro
dispatch to the Times says that a gen
eral amnesty bill has been rejected in
the chamber of deputies by a vote of
US to 58. Much excitement and dis
order prevails, the dispatch adds, and
the situation is critical.
The Peary Expedition.
St. John's, N. F., Sept. 25. The
Peary expedition -left here today on
the steamer Sylvia, bound for Boston.
One of the party admitted, before leav
ing that a number of bones were found
near Greeley's camp, at Cape Sabine.
to
ALLEGED PIRATES STOPPED.
They Meditated a Descent on Lower Cal
ifornia, It Is Said.
New York, Sept. 24. A special
the Herald from Washington, says:
The government has been called to
stop an alleged piratical expedition in
the Jfacihc. oenor uomero, Mexican
minister to the United States, in
formed the state deoarament that the
Mexican consul in San Francisco had
represented to him that the four-mas
ter schooner Satana was being fitted
out in Oakland to carry an expedition
to Lower California to forcibly take
possession of property in that region
claimed by Fritrs and Bethune, the
title of which isr now in litigation
This information was sent to the
treasury department and Acting Sec
retary Hamlin sent a telegram to the
collector of customs in San Francisco,
directing him to see that the neutra
lity laws are not violated in any way
by tne schooner.
A DEMOCRATIC LOVE FEAST.
Convention at
Syracuse
Today.
Called to Order
WIIX WITHDRAW HIS MONEY.
Result of a Dispute Between a Lawyer
Friend and Fitzslmmons.
New York, Sept. 25. As a result of
his dispute with Bob Fitzsimmons,
Lawyer E. M. Friend has decided to
withdraw his $5000 interest in the $10.
000 for the former's championship fight
"Fitzsimmons has thrown all of his
irienas aown, out he will not do so
with me. I will call on Phil Dwyer,
the stake holder, and demand the
$5000."
Brady. Corbett's manager, was asked
li friend's action would invalidate the
articles of the a&rreement between
Corbett and Fitzsimmons for the fight
in xexas, ne saia:
"Corbett will explain his position to
the public next Monday night. I have
nothing further to say."
The Tale of the Telephone,
The first telephone that was ever
used, was not electrical nor was it a
scientific instrument in any sense of
the term. A little more than 50 years
ago the employees of a large manu
factory beguiled their leisure hours
by kite flying. Kites large and small
went up daily, and the strife was to
see who could get the largest. Tho
twine which held them was the
thread spun and twisted by the la
dies of the Tillage.
One day to the tale of the largest
kite was attached a kitten, sewed in
a canvas bag, with a netting over
the mouth to give it air. When the
kite was at its greatest height 200
feet or more the mewing could be
distinctly heard by those holding th
string. To the clearness of the at
mosphere was attributed the hearing
of the kitten's voice. This is the first
account we remember of speaking
along a line. Sheffield Telegraph.
. An Enormous Balsam Poplar.
Near Geneva, N. Y., is a balsam
poplar tree 120 feet high, diameter of
the top 115 feet and with a trunk 23
feet in diameter. It is probably the
finest specimen of this tree in the
world. It is on the home grounds
of Charles Bean, Esq. It has been
taken for the common Canadian pop
lar, but Dr. Sweet is authority for
the corrected name. It is believed to
be about 100 years old and is called
the century tree, but as this would
make an average increase of nearly
S inches in diameter a year it must
be older than supposed. Meehaa'i
Monthly. -
Some Good Sized Gold tluggeia.
Smith's Flat, a celebrated mining lo-
eality in California, turned out some
good sized nuggets, one of 140 ounces,
valued at $2,717, and one of 140
ounces, which sold for $2,605, and a
third of 94 ounces, which was as good
as a find of $1,770 to the lucky miner
who discovered it St Louis Kepub-
lia :
Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 24. The
Democratic state committee this morn
ing adopted a resolution recommend
ing an increase of the state committee
to 50 members, one irom each sena
torial district, instead of 34 as now.
The convention was called to order
at 12:25 by Chairman Hinckley, of the
state committee.
Perry Belmont, temporary chairman,
compared the conditions this year with
those of last year, saying that the
political skies are much brighter this
fall. He paid a compliment to Senator
Hill, savin?:
"The several changes of the party
in power in this state encourages us
not to be without hope; notwithstand
ine recent adverse events." -
On the subject of excise he said:
'Preachers, and churches, brewers
and Raloons, "should - act together to
formulate, vote for aiid enforce a reas
onable excise law. Sobriety is very
important, but more - important than
this is the personal freedom of sober
men to buy, eat, drink and do what
pleases them, if it does not infringe
on the rights of others."
Belmont declared New York Demo
cracy had always been for "sound
money." He said greebacks drove the
gold out.
Belmont finished speaking amid
much applause. On roll-call, after the
clerk had read the entire Tammany
delegation, ex-Secretary Charles Fair
child said:
"I present a contest for 35 seats held
by the New York delegation." By
resolution of the state committee, both
seats of delegates from Kings county
(Brooklyn) were placed on the roll,
and it was resolved:
"In the event of the two organiza
tions failing to unite upon a candidate
the Democratic organization, of which
Joseph D. Bell is head, shall be and
hereby is declared to be the only
recognized Democratic organization
from Kings county."
Just before the convention adjourned
Dr. Yorke, of Buffalo, offered a local
option resolution, which was referred
to the committee on platform.
The convention at 11:20 took a re
cess until 10 tomonow morning.
Not Much time in Jefferson. '
Olympia, Wash., Sept. 24. State
Representative Halteman, Commis
sioner Sterret and Assessor Sheehan
appeared before the state board of
equalization today, and the first-named
gentlemen argued for a decreased val
uation of the city property of Jeffer
son county, notwithstanding the fact
that the return this year is $42,000 less
on town property and improvements
thereon than last year. ' The total de
crease in this county on real and per
sonal property is $478,607, as equalized
by the county board. Jefferson county
evinces great modesty in boasting of
its wealth to the state board. The as
sessor returns four watches and clocks
and but seven sewing machines in the
whole county. In the matter of stoclr
the assessor was able to find but 20
sheep. .
A Shooting; on McKay Creek.
Pendleton. Or.. Sept. 24. Indefl
nite reports were received here this
evening regarding a shooting that oc
curred 10 miles irom fenaieton-, on
McKay creek. Robert Mc Broom rode
up to his house early in the evening
and heard his mother scream, ttemgen
raged by the thought that his brother-
in-law Courtright was abusing her, he
seized a Winchester ."found Courtright,
and tried to murder him. Physicians
and deputy sheriff have gone to the
ranch from herb. One report says he
shot both bis brother-in-law and mother
but the exact facts cannot be learned
till the officers return. .
AlMlJiG AT GIBSON.
Durrants Attorney Trying to Implicate
Him.
San Francisco, Sept. 26. When
the trial of Theodore Durrant was re
sumed this morning Seargeant Charles
Reynolds testified that he had found
in the study of Rev. Dr. Cibson three
pairs of shoes. On the sole of one
was a dark brown spot which the offi
cer believed to be a blood stain. The
shoe was admitted in evidence.
The handwriting of Rev. J. George
Gibson is destined to play an important
part in the Durrant trial. In his open
ing statement Attorney Deuprey said
the writing on the paper enclosing
Blanche Lamont's rings and that on
the wrapper addressed to Mrs. Noble
were similar to the penmanship of the
pastor of the Emanuel church. In a
very adroit way he cast suspicion on
the minister, and the defense will at
tempt to prove his insinuations were
justified. In order to show the simi
larity of Dr. Gibson's writing, and that
on the paper and wrapper, a black
board containing some of the pastor's
writing will be introduced in evidence
defense. This blackboard was found
on the first landing of the belfry by
Attorney Dickinson and Deuprey, one
day during a tour of inspection at the
church. They examined the board
carefully at the time and after a little
private consultation, decided it would
be of value to the defense. When
they left the church they took the
board with them and by the writing
on it will prove much that may be of a
damaging nature against the minister.
The board contains the following
wnicn was written in cnaiK by Uibson:
"The pastor will see visitors down
stairs of ter service."
This board was placed in the lobby
of the church on Sundays. During
the week it was kept in the belfry land
ing. During the preliminary examination
of Minnie Williams' case the defense
requesting Dr. Gibson to write the
names of Georer King, and Professor
Schornstein. These are the names
that were found on the paper enclos
ing Blanche Lamont's rings. It is the
intention of the defense to produce the
names written by Dr. Gibson and com
pare the writing with that on the
paper and wrapper sent to Mrs. Noble.
The lawyer of the defense will spend
considerable time comparing the two
specimens of handwriting. They will
claim that the person who wrote the
names on the paper enclosing the
rings, and on the wrapper sent to Mrs.
Noble.
Dr. Gibson is prepared for the attack
by the defense. He would not discuss
the subject, but his secretary, Robert
Lynch, said:
"The writing on the paper enclosing
the rings and that on the wrapper is
in no way like the penmanship of Dr.
Gibson. The address on the wrapper
is printed. The only similarity be
tween it and Dr.. Gibson's writing, is
that the doctor writes a clear hand
that is so plain as to almost resemble
print."
The district attorney and the police
scoff at the attempt made by the de
fense in the Durrant case to cast bus--I
picion upon Rev. Gibson. They said,
in response to a question that no order
would be issued for the clergyman's
arrest. Rev. Gibson, himself, denied
that he had written the names on the
TELEGRAPHIC.
NOVEL SIXIRITY.
A Baby Insured a Father's Return to a
Police Station.
Chicago, Sept. 25. Mrs. Frank
Selig showed her love for her husband
in a novel manner yesterday. He had
been fined $5 for disorderly conduct.
He had no money, but said he could
borrow the amount if allowed to go
out and see his friends. Tho police
would not allow him to go from the
station without security for his re
turn.
"Here, take this as security," said
Mrs. Selig, as she placed her 3 months'
oia Daoy in tne court baiun s arms.
Mrs. Selig then hurried out of the
station, saying she would not call for
the baby until her husband had
secured the money to pay the fine.
She did not return, and, as the baby
began to cry soon after, it was taken
to an orphan asylum. Later in the
day Selig's fine was suspended, and
last night he and his wife went to the
asylum for their baby.
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FOB CUBA'S NEW NAVY.
by
The First Vessel Has Been Purchased
an 'English Syndicate.
New York, Sept. 25. Secretary
donzales Quesaca, who has been in
Mexico City a fortnight in conference
with President Diaz in relation to the
establishing of open ports and coaling
stations for the Cuban navy, writes
that all his plans have been successful
so far. He says the Srst vessel to take
advantage of Mexico's concessions to
the Cuban patriots will be a British
craft fitted out with an armament to
enable it to cope in Cuban waters with
any Spanish warship now cruising
tnere.
She was built in the United States
not long ago, it is said, at a cost of
$250,000, for the West Indies trade and
for trans-Atlantic business, and has
been running between New York and
Cuba. She lies in the river Thames,
at London, and has been out of com
mission about six months. Her arma
ment is now in a warehouse in Tarn-
pico harbor, and consists of two heavy
guns, two rapid-firing guns, one Gat-
ling gun, one Maxim, six torpedo tubes
and 1000 stands of small arms and cut
lasses. Above the water line she has
been supplied with 10-inch armor
plates.
The vessel was bought about a month
ago by an English syndicate, which
has spent about $100,000 in fitting her
up as a cruiser and commerce-de
stroyer. The crew will consist of 500
men under the captain who com
manded her while in the Cuban trade.
In letters received at Cuban head
quarters in this city, he writes that he
will not need pilots. She will have
five officers who have served in various
navies in Europe. An exceptionally
large quantity of provisions will be
carried.
It Is said she will carry to (Juba on
her first trip an immense quantity of
arms, bought through the Mexican
government in France, Germany and
England.
t he plans lor the expedition were
taken to Cuba by Dr. Donald A. Dodge,
a young Now York physician. Dr
Dodge was arrested as a spy in San
tiago. One of the jailers, a Cuban at
heart, conveyed secret message to him
from friends outside and delivered to
them messages from the doctor. The
Eapers describing the plan which he
ad succeeded in secreting from the
prison officials, were conveyed through
this guard to represent of the Cuban
cause in Santiago, and by them sent to
Ueneral Antonio Maceo, who was as ted
to forward immediately to Secretary
Quesada $50,000 in gold. About two
weeks ago a special courier arrived
from Cuba with letters from Maceo.
An hour after receiving the letters
Quesada boarded a train for the City
oi Mexico, tseiore leaving, quesada
exhibited a letter from President Diaz
guaranteeing protection to Cuban ves
sels and agreeing to supply them with
coal and provisions. The ship in ques
tion will also be protected while tak
ing on her armament.
One stipulation in the agreement is
that the vessel shall not sail from Lon
don until commissioned as a cruiser by
the uuoan government. xne com
mand is to have a commission as ad
miral. It was . feared in case the offi
cers were not thus commissioned both
captain and crew would be hung as
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(Successor to Chrisman & Corson.) .
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STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES
Again at the old stand I would be pleased to see all my
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Corner Third and Washington Streets.
Cored Hams, Bacon, Dried Beef and ToDgues,
And the Best Beefsteaks, Mutton Chops-and
Veal Cutlets in the Market. -
Orders Delivered to Anr Pert f tli r?4t.
Fresh Vegetables on Sale at the LowestPricea. '
Removal Notice
On and after July 15, 1895, the Book Store
M. T. Nolan,.
Will be at No. 54 Second Street,
NEXT DOOR TO
GROCERY
Corner of Union and Second Streets
Closing Out
SALE
" v ... J t "r 1 pirates in case of capture.
Cuban republic by the United States
Deuprey.
In reference to an Omaha dispatch
stating that Durrant is -known to have
received a letter from Blanche Lamont
the day af;er she disappeared, Mr.
JJueprey said he Knew nothing oil such
a letter.
CORBETT'S CONDITION.
to be in a Bad
Insurgent Defeated.
Havana, Sept. 24. Official dis
patches report the defeat of 600 insurg
ents in the mountains oi beoorucai.
between faila and Macantini. in
surgent bands have been defeated and
dispersed in the province of Matanzas,
and troops have been dispatched to
break up their bands.
Colonel Aldecoa has been promoted
to a brigadier-generalship for bravery
in defending the convoy of troops and
provisions at Uuayamaro and in the
action at Tunis.
Aid For Cuba.
New York, Sept. 24. A special to
the Herald from Boston, says: ..
There is intense excitement among
the Cuban residents here who have
followed the course.of the revolt in the
island. The reason is the receipt of
information that the most formidable
expedition of those which have been
fitted out in this country had succeeded
in getting out to sea safely and that
if all has gone well it will be on hand
to materially aid the fighting Cubans
in their next big battle.
Superintendent Irwin Married.
Union, Or., Sept. 24. The clerk of
Union county this afternoon issued a
license, granting permission to G. M,
The Champion' Reported
Way.
New York, Sept. 26. Many contra-
dictory stories about Corbett's health
have appeared in the JNew l one papers
recently, some to the effect that the
champion was a fit subject for the
hospital, and others that ne
was fit to fight for a man's life or a
king's ransom. A gentleman who
takes delight in seeing and reading
about pugilistic encounters and who is
in touch with nearly all the eastern
fighters, went to Corbett's training
quarters yesterday and looked the man
over. He reports the disease which is
now bothering Corbett, even to the
extent of forcing him to let up on his
training is undeniably blood disease,
which is growing worse as the cham
pion becomes older. The ailment is
one of several years7 standing, and it
is at the present time developing
more rapidly and seriously on account
oi the dissipation which corbett has
indulged in during his last two theat
rical seasons. Today his features show
marked evidences of the effect which
his life has had upon his physical con
dition.
That his nervous system is badly
shattered is shown by the excitable
temper exhibited by him at" the least
annoyance. Mis face, which a few
years ago beamed with ambition and
valor, now wears a dejected, worn and
really painful expression. Great lines
run upward from the corners of the
mouth, and his eyes are sunken and
listless. Under the eyes are dark lines,
and upon the forehead are wrinkles.
showing the worried and nervous state
of the pugilist.
When seen yesterday the change in
his appearance was so perceptible that
it could but excite pity. The quick,
springy step had given way to a limp
that was unquestionably painful; his
shoulders were rounded and his head
inclined forward so that his chin all
but rested upon the collar of his
sweater. No one who could see him
could truthfully say that the Corbett
of today is the Corbett who successfully
knocked his way to the front rank of
pugilism.
government, or, in fact, by any gov
ernment, Secretary (Quesada has been
notihed that the Cubans can secure a
loan of almost any amount of gold
from a English syndicate, or from the
sugar trust, or both. The English
syndicate expects extensive conces
sions. A n agent of the English syndi
cate was in this city two weeks ago
and held extensive conferences with
the members of the Cuban junta.
A number of new explosives have
been experimented with by Horatio
Rubens, the legal representative of the
Cuban insurgen t cause.
Situation
TROOPS REVOLT.
Alarming at Panama
Brief Time.
for
New York, Sept. 25. A special
from ranama says: Manama has had
an intensely alarming hour through
the insubordination of troops at Cauca,
which have been incorporated in the
regular line regiment of Columbia.
These Cauca troops are to replace
members of the regiment who have
done service for 10 years, but the gun-
boat .tsoyaca leit ior auena Ventura
carrying back to their province a part
of the contingent and those that re
mained vociferously objected.
As they marched to the Columbian
barracks they began by protesting and
continued by refusing to obey orders
of the commanding officers, and fin
ished by running out of their line to
the center of the town. A regiment
was sent to force them into submis
sion, and the mutineers nred. The
Columbians enforced order without
firing a shot. The Cauca men were
marched back into line, and all is
peace now. There was no serious
casualties.
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and Shoes, Hats and Caps,
At Less Than Cost
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Call and Get Prices and Be Convinced.
No Trouble to Show Goods.
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British Sealer Cruising- Boldly In
lug Sea.
Behr-
Netri From Canada.
Ottawa, Sept, 25. Lord Aberdeen.
the governor-general, is hasting back
to tho capital to meet Sir Julian
Pauncefote, the Brisish ambassador.
at Washington, who will be here the
30th inst. It is understood Sir Julian
has received instructions to press for
the immediate payment of the claims
of. Canadian sealers under the Paris
award.
Anotner Mine Horror.
Dexvee, Sept. 26. A special to the
Times from Leaderville says: There
has been an explosion at the Belgain
mine, ana tne ground nas caved in.
There are 15 men under ground. It is
impossible to reach them. The Bel-
gain is located about five miles from
ijeadervme, in Adelaide Park.
Fire In Minneapolis.
Minneapolis. Sent. 26. The. cham
ber of commerce, a handsoir e five-story
stono structure, erected in 1884 at a
cost of SloO.OOO was damaged to the ex
tent oi sju.uuu by hre today. Loss on
the contents is also about $30,000. The
building has long been too small and
the opportunity will now be embraced
to rebuild and enlarge.
Dr. Talmage Has Accepted.
Washington, Sept. 26. Rev. Dr.
Talmage, of Brookyn. has accented a
call to be co-pastor of the First Pres
byterian church m this citv. Dr. Tal
mage isto have equal authority with
Dr. Sunderland and Drobablv will
preach half of the sermons, beginning
Sunday, October 27. - .
San Feancisco, Sept. 26. Informa-
tion has come to the federal authori
ties here that many British sealing
schooners have been carrying arms in
open defiance of the treaty and that
the hunters have boldly violated every
clause if the law. Complaints will be
mode to the state department and the
matter will be laid before the. British
government.
it tne stories oi American sea cap
tains who have cruised in the Arctic
regions since the Paris award in the
Behring sea matters may be believed.
the British fur-seal fishers are syste
matically violating every condition of
the treaty, carrying plenty of arms
aboard to do as tbey please, and laugh
ing at threats or complaints from
America. It is claimed that British
vessels are all cruising boldly without
regard to the treaty, because there are
no American cruisers to watch them
and protect American rights under
the treaty. On the other hand, it is
said by reason of advantages of position
and superiority on the seas Great
Britain is closely guarding our vessels.
and that every violation of law, how
ever technical, is promptly reported
ana summarily aeait wnn.
Government acents will ascertain
every fact possible concerning these
allegations, and the state department
win lay tne cnarges before the British
government. The violations thus far
discovered pertaining to fish ine- within
the proscribed 60 miles of the island of
ir'ribylos, known as Seal island. It is
alleged that nets and firearms have
been used in violation ot the treaty,
and that no attention has been paid to
the injunction which prohibits any
kind of fur-sealing at certain seasons.
. Fait Railroad Time.
SYRACUSE, N. Y., Sept. 25.' All re
cords for speed in long distance travel
by railroad were broken this morning
! by the New York World's special train
which carried this mornin&r's edition
from New York to this place. The
distance betweem Albany and Syra
cuse is 148 miles and was covered in
130 minutes, an average of 68 3 miles
an hour. I
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