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SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9, 1895
, i -JXfVBTFUL EVIDENCE.
n:. The verdict ia the Durrant caaa was
" pendee4. last Saturday, anr to many
" .- it waa a comolete aurprlae. We have
r followed the testimony very closely,
': have perused the arguments carefully.
and must confess that, while our
'."L train Ion of Dur rant's (milt has been
. strone, many points are in bis favor,
J Asa matter of fact, about the only
v evidence arainst him la that he was
; seen coming fro-n the belfry the after
noon Blanche Lamont disappeared.
And right there is a point that was
v . not argued by the defense, that seems
to us is the strongest one in his favor,
: Taking the testimony that was strong
' est against Durrant, and it was only 55
minutes from the time he arrived
the church until be was seen by the
. organist King coming from the be!
. frv. - Yet in that 55 minutes we must
'' believe, If we believe Durrant guilty,
' that he .murdered Blanche Lamont.
carried the body to the belfry, un
- dressed it, hid the clothing and books
in the Innumerable crevices where
, they were found, besides accomplish
v Ing perhaps some other crime. Could
; be have done it? Does it not seem
' probable that the murderer must bave
remained in the belfry until long after
Klnir and Durrant had left, and then
- came out unseen? The7 testimony of
Mrs. Crossett to the effect that she
saw Durrant and Blanche Lamont en
ter the churoh is, for reasons too nu
meroua to mention hire. entitled to
1 but little credit. For one, however.
he testified that she saw Durrant with
B-irl that she took to be either
Blanche Lamont or. Miss Turner,
. V Blanche Lamont was a delicate girl
weighing 115. pounds, Miss Turner
regular Juno of 170. Mrs. Crossett
was not certain as to the girls, but she
was positive about Durrant. As to
Miss Cunningham's story that Durrant
told her he saw Blanche's body on the
' platform while lie was fixing the
burner, nobody believes that. It in
: too Improbable, too absurd. Oppen
helmer's testimony about Durrant try
ing to pawn the dead girl's ring is an
Other story not worthy of credence,
The rings were worth probably $2 or
: 13, and at most he could have gotten
but 50 cents or.a dollar on them. He
' had money in the banks, would he
have done this? We think the jury
'S should say he would not. The San
Francisco papers and the San Fran
.' clsco police determined at the start
' that Durrant was sruiltv and every bit
- of . testimony has been distorted,
' warped and twisted to be made to fit
that theory. Trifles l'ght as air have
been he.d up as proofs, strong as ,holy
writ. A careful analysis of the testi
mony shows that the . case against
: Durrant is one of very doubtful cir
cumstantial evidence, and yet, owing
"probably to popular Clamor and publio
- sentiment, as muoh a anything else,
' , the jury found him guilty. " : i
; ' WHAT . OF THE FUTURE?
Among the many questions now . at-
traotlng the attention of the people of
this nation none receives more promt
. nence than the question, when may
. we expect a restoration of the, normal
conditions of business prosperity? The
eagerness with which each announce
ment of business resumption, of ad'
vance in wages, of factories or other
industries opening up,, ot nnanciaiim-
. ftrovement of anv nature Is received is
idence of the interest felt in this
. . . . . . a . .
i qvojecc. Ana evjaence oi a aiuereuo
-diDWiition is furnished by the .like
ifnss with which the
howv." tbe fal8a ITophets of diaa,9-
- ter,
e to disparage prosperity or ex
mVl.afray every indication that the
i iJ a -M ..1 M
end tff toe uepreaaions oi via paa& lew
years? near at band.
ItiTen possible that these false
prophet of direful disaster may yet
. havei'-plrited plasure of gloating
overV,radL'-tional illustrations of the
evlls"wCi(5i their extravagant and un
-.uat. loffTaialon brought uoon the coun
' try; but it Hf n0 possible tnat this
t gloomy jrta,suie can be of long dura'
tlon. Ills notV possible that this coun
try should havea permanent condition
of depression; foV In no other country
in the world are tfe element- of pros-
, peribj iittbufouc rcatv v"
. getlo people so abundant as they are
. in the United States. Our natural re
sources make it possible to produce' to
the best advantage a greater variety
of commodities than any other nation
on earth, and we surpassV in numbers
of civilized and enlightened citizens
the subjects of any foreign power,
who, man for man, exceedtthem in
capacity for effective production. Be
sides we depend upon our ovfcn re
sources for industrial material more
.largely than any other country. No
prejudice or superstition stands in the
way of our adopting new and Improved
methods for increasing our product,; Ot'J
getting our work done at the least pos
sible coat. '. .'. . .
. With such resources and such a peo 1
pie long periods of depression are ut
terly impossible. And, we recover
from depressing influences la a re-
. markably short space of time. Al
ready we are recovering from the bale
ful effects of the extravagances of the
billion-dollar congress, and the limit
of national expenditures has ' been
reached. More economical systems
of publio administration bave been in
augurated, which portend future pros
perity. In addition we nave repudi
ated the principle and partially" aban
doned the practice ot taxing the many
for the benefit of the few, and no re
turn to that principle can be expected
soon. The demand for debasing our
currency, too, Is getting less frequent,
so no investor in American securities
seed fear he will be made the victim
of an impairment of the standard of
values.
Even the most melancholy "calam
ity howler" cannot deny the existence
of these and other favorable conditions
whioh are a guarantee that we are now
on the eve of a period of general pros
perlt, or that the future for America
and American industries is brighter
than it bas been for years.
AGAINST A THIRD TER2l.
John Bach McMasters, in the No
vember Forum, disoussed "The Third
Term Tradition" in a very interesting
style. Mr. McMasters cites the well
known historical precedents against a
presidential third term, and thinks
there is no reason to believe that the
old-time antipathy to a third term is
one whit less strong than It ever was.
Mr. McMasters says that while in the
ory our practice of choosing presidents,
not because of ' their fitness,
but because of their availa
bility, Is all wrong, in practice
no harm comes from it; for under our
system of government we do not need
a president of extraordinary ability;
the average man is good enough, and
for him two terms is ample. What we
want, in Mr. McMaster's opinion, is a
strong government of the people by
the people, not a government of the
people by a strong man, and we ought
not to tolerate anything which has
even the semblance ot heredity,- Mr.
McMasters counsels the advocates of a
third term for Mr. Cleveland to remem
ber the doctrine of the illustrious
founder of their party, that "in no
office can rotation be made expedient."
IS NOT DISCOURAGING.
Our republican friends are tiiking
considerable consolation to themselves
over the result of the elections Tues
day, claiming them to have been an
overwhelming victory for Republican
doctrines and an utter route of Dem
ocracy. To a certain extent they are
justified in their vain-glorious feeling?,
for they have not lost a single state
that has hitherto, been recognized as
safely Republican, and bave succeeded
in carrying Maryland, which has al
ways been counted a Democratic state.
But the Democrats too have cause for
consolation, for in nearly every
strongly Republican state the Repub
lican pluralities have been reduced.
When the results of Tuesday are com
pared with the pluralities of recent elec
tions in New York, Illinois, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and Iowa, they show a
marked Democratic gain.
Last year Governor Morton's plural
ity over Hill In New York was 15B.108.
Now the Republicans claim the state
by 70,000. Assuming that this is cor
real, it shows a Democratic gain of
over 80,000. In 1894 Wulff , Republican
nominee for stite treasurer in Illi
nois, received 123,427 more votes than
did Claggett. De nocratic. That state
is now conceded to have gone Repub
lican by only 30,000, a falling off in
the Republican plurality of over 93,
000. .In Ohio, where we are told the
"tariff was distinctly an issue, and
the triumph for protection was great;"
General Bushnell claims 95,000 plural
ity, some 40,000 less than Taylor, the
Republican nominee for secretary of
state, bad over Turner in 1894. This
is "triumph for protection" similar to
that it bas received in Pennsylvania.
Last year Grow, for representative at
large in that state, had a -plurality of
19.7,812 over Hancock, the , Democratic
candidate. - The Republican majority
now is reduced over 40,000.
If it is true, and we believe it is.
that these recent elections are an in
dex to the results to be looked for in
the national' election . next year, and
that they show in which direction the.
tide of public sentiment is drifting,
Democrats have - much to expect in
1896. If they make like gains within
the next twelve months in the -states
mentioned above, New York will fall
back into line as a safely Democratic
state, Illinois will follow in its wake,
and the Republican party will be sorely
shaken in Ohio and Pennsylvania. t
' The elections of Tuesday, instead of
baing discouraging to the Democratic
party, are really encouraging. ,The nt-
tlng down of the immense Republican
majorities of '93 and '94 is evidence
that Democrats wbodistrusted the ad
ministration during the depressing era
of the past few years, and voted the
Republican ticket as a rebuke to
Cleveland and the fifty-third congress,
have had their confidence restored,
and are falling back into line. 'With
a continuance of prosperity and a gen
eral resumption of business through
out the nation we may safely predict
that Democratic gains will be more
pronounced in 1896 than they were last
Tuesday, and that a victory awaits us
next year.
SPEEDY JUSTICE.
Probably no more atrocious crime
has ever been commuted in this eons'
try than' the killing of Benjamin F.
Pietzel and his three children by Dr.
Henry H. Holmes, nor has a cooler
criminal ever appeared before a bar of
justice than this red-handed assassin,
All through the trial, while the most
damaging evidence was being related,
he sat like a stoic, unmoved and un
touched even by the story of the wife
and mother of his victims, as she told
of her last meeting with her husband
and of viewing the cold bodies of her
little girls as they lay on a marble ekb
In the morgue.
Such indifference as Holmes dis
played would have condemned him
bad the evidence been less convincing,
and it is little wonder that the Btald
people of Philadelphia remarked "it
is well," when the verdict of the jury
was rendered. The courts of Penn
sylvania have done themselves credit
in thus speedily bringing ' this human
fiend to speedy trial and more speedy
conviction. . It will serve as a warning
to other depraved characters, that
however well they may conceal their
crimes, they will be found out, and al
though positive proof of their guilt
may not be readily established, pub
lic condemnation is so strong against
thorn that justice will prevail.
NOT SO BAD.
J'i-
WhUe; the Wilson bill may have
many imperfections and Is not wholly
satisfactory - to a great many people.
yet It la not nearly so bad a tariff meas
ure as many would have it appear.
Concerning the denunciations of the
bill by the New .York Republican plat
form, Harper's Weekly; which usually
views questions of national importance
with a liberal and unbiased mind, says
"The Weekly has already pointed
out the deceptions and' falsehoods ut
tered in the Republican platform con
cerning the Wilson tariff bill, and
concerning the return of prosperity as
a consequence of Republican victories.
It needs only to be added that with a
revenue for September which exceeds
the expenditures by more than $3,000,
000, the Republican declarations that
our industries are being 'annihilated,'
and that the Wilson tariff is a 'tariff
for deficit,' are comical. ' A little 'ac
quaintance with the .revenue history
ot the government, and. a little com
mon honesty, would have saved the
platform-makers of Saratoga from that
blunder."
The dispatches yesterday indicated
that the Kurds were getting ready to
massacre another lot of Armenians at
Sassoun. It would be quite the proper
thing for the oivilized governments to
thresh tie whey out of tho&e Kurds,
AN UNFOUNDED PREJUDICE
In conversation with a gentleman
from the upper country the other day,
we were told that "The Dalles might
some day become a great city if her
business men and capitalists were not
a lot of selfish 'mossbacks,' whose
greed for personal gain predominated
over all things else, and who desired
to build up The Dalles at the expense
of the entire Inland Empire."
This criticism to us appears most
unjust and entirely without founda
tion, and as acts speak louder than
words, we believe anyone who will lay
aside his prejudices and candidly con
sider what the business men and cap
italists of The Dalles have done for
the surrounding country, will agree
with us that instead of being "moss
backs" they are about as philantropic
and enterprising men as are found
anywhere itr the "northwest, iet ue
look backward and see what they have
done. When a few years ago the en
tire country east of the Cascades was
paying high freight rates, the people
of this city took steps to better their
condition by inaugurating an enter
prise through which rates might be
reduced. The result wits the organiza
tion of the D. P. & A. N Co., and put
ting on a line of boats between this
place and Portland. In consequence
ot this freight rates have been greatly
reduced. This bas not only been of
benefit to the men who put their
money into the enterprise, but every
shipper of wool, wheat, fruit or live
stock has been benefited proportion
ately. " Was it entirely a selfish motive
that prompted The Dalles to take the
Initiative in this move? Can the men
who put their money into the D. P. &
A N. Co., justly be called "mossbacks"
for establishing a transportation line
that bas within two years saved ' the
farmers and stock raisers of Wasco.
Sherman, Gilliam and Crook coin tie j a
quarter million dollars? And when:
ever the people of any adjacent section
have asked for aid from Th Dalles to
make any needed improvement it has
always been forthcoming. Only a
short time ago our neighbors over in
Sherman county felt that they were
paying exorbitant freight rates over
the O. R. & N. line, and asked The
Dalles for assistance to build a free
wagon road leading to this place. The
call far help was met at once and $500
were subscribed. We might go on in
definitely enumerating like instances
of enterprise and generosity shown by
our people, but it is unnecessary.
Candid people cannot justly maintain
the proposition that The Dalles busi
ness men are not liberally inclined to
ward all adjacent localities.
LET THEM REST.
The dispatches announce that R. . C.
White will again endeavor to put his
play,. "The Crime of the Century, or
the Demon of the Belfry," on the
boards in San Francisco. The play is
a reproduction of the horrors of the
murder of Blanche Lamont, and la in
accordance with the evidence pro
duced at the recent trial of Durrant
with all the realistic scenes supposed
to have been enacted in that bloodiest
of bloody tragedies
The play is certainly not calculated
to advance morality or promote refine-
ment, but on the contrary to satisfy
the morbid desire for something sensa
tional. It should not . meet with . en
couragement from be better- class of
theatef. goers, in fac It should meet
with such lack of patronage that 'its
production would be unprofitable. In
the absence of any law to prevent this
play from being acted In tie theaters,
public sentiment should be so strong
against it that both the author and the
manager who attempts to bring it out
would be content to let Blanche La
mont slumber peacefully in her grave
and Theodore Durrant go to the gal
lows without re-enacting the harrow,
ing tragedy of Emanuel church on the
stage.
FOB AN OPEN RIVER.
.. From today's Arlington Record we
take the following report of a meeting
held In that city looking toward an
open river from the upper country to
The Dalles:
"A meeting was held in Arlington
last Thursday that Is of more than
passing interest to our citizens and
may be far reaching in its results. The
object was for opening a river line
from here to The Dalles. Among
those,, present were W. J. Mariner,
county judge; Jas. W. Smith, W. W,
Weatherford, F. T. Hurlburt, S. G.
Hawson, C. S. Wenner, R. C. Robin
son, Lu C Edwards and a number of
other" prominent citizens of our
county; also Clay Myers, of Blalock,
and John A. Smith, of Sherman county.
Mr. Mariner was chosen chairman and
0. G. Hawson secretary. . After discus
sing the benefits to be derived from
river transportation, in reduced rates
and otherwise, it was decided to ap
point a committee to ascertain the ap
proximate cost of a portage around the
obstructions at Celilo. By vote of the
house the following committee was ap
pointed: J. T. Hurlburt, Arlington;
W. J. Mariner and Clay Myers, Bla.
lock-,; and John A. Smith, Sherman
county.". ' . '
GOOD BUT INCONSISTENT.
The Oregon ian yesterday in map
ping out a plan for the Republican
campaign in Oregon next year, and
suggesting a means by which that
party could regain the confidence of
the voters of the state, made this sug
gestion: Oregon must be assured and con
vinced that Republican ascendency in
state and local affairs will stand as a
pledge of economical administration,
will assure reduction of publio expen
ditures in every direction and to- the
lowest possible basis of practical econ
ony, and will give the people relief
from the excessive burdens of present
taxation. Let the Republican cam
paign in Oregon next spring stand for
these things, and there will be no. dis
sension In the party and no difficulty
In obtaining for the party's candidates
the approval of the people."
Such declarations of principles
would no doubt catch votes were it not
Itr the fact that the extravagances of
the last legislature, for which the Re
publican party Is wholly responsible,
are yet fresh In the memories of the
people of Oregon. .
- The Moro Observer still persists in
denouncing the boat-railway scheme
as la means of removing the obstruc
tions to navigation between this place
and Celilo, yet it fails to suggest any
plan for accomplishing this great
work. The boat-railway may not be
f easiable, but It is what the board of
government engineers have recom
mended, and unless something -better
caa be proposed, it is wht will be
built. As. has been stated before in
these columns, The Dalles Is In earn i
est In wanting to see the river opened,
and is ready to offer every possible en
couragement that will result in its ac
complishment. Let our up-country
friends propose the means. If they
have something better to offer, let
them make At, known, and they will
find The Dalles right with them every
day in the week.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The Walla Walla Union-Journal has
changed management and name. It is
now published by Herbert C. Gregg
and Harry O. Kelso under the name of
the Walla Walla Union.
Is it not barely possible that Mrs.
Fitzsimmons travels with her husband
to protect him from an assault by Cor
bett. ' Of course Gentleman 'Jim' would
cot fight in the presence of a lady.
There Is no hope now of theCorbett
Ficzsimmons talking match ever term
inating. Mrs. Fitzsimmons has taken
a hand, and all that remains is for
Mrs. Corbett to spit on her tongue and
turn . loose.
The, spectacle of a woman -dodging
around the country with her pugilistic
mouthed husband, ostensibly erieourau
ing him to participate in a prize-fight,
is not calculated to increase the public
regard for that kind of new woman.
With the Durrtnt trial over, the
Corbett-Fitzsimmons blizzard - blown
out, the fall elections past,, and the
Vanderbilt girl married, it looks as
though the American ' newspapers had
a hard winter before tbem.
A new secret society with political
or semi-political objects has been in
corporated in Illinois. The object Is
expressed in the name, Anti-Saloon
Society. It is not at all likely that it
will adopt its initials as a convenient
and brief title.
Nearly every man elected to an office
in Oregon considers it his duty to
plund. r the state whenever the oppor
tunity offers. It is a shame that no
one has any mercy to show to the tax
payers. Salem Post. We are pleased
to state that a very great majority of
the men referred 'to above are Repub
licans. Possibly next year the voters
will call for a new deal.
. If there are any three men in the
United States who are to be really
pitied they are Benjamin Harrison,
Wm. McKinley and Thomas Re-d.
Either of tbem would no doubt be ac
ceptable to a majority of Republicans
as candidate for president, but their
friends are killing them off by degrees
by so. industriously urging their claims
upon the people.
Even if the present tariff law has
oiused a deficit, the money that has
not' been collected remains in the
pockets of the people, and is not piled
up in the treasury or expended in use
less extravagance. In this it is at
least an improvement over a law that
collects too much revenue, and thereby
incites congress to wasteful expendi
tures. '
Jack Dempsey died in Portland ye&
terday morning at 6:45. He was the
best man of bis inches who ever stood
in the prize-ring, and to his credit be
it said, he was never a prize fighter
excebt when in the ring. - He was a
quiet, clean gentleman,' who, as he ex-
' pressed it, " did. not like to talk shop,"
and was a decided contrast to the big
nlouthed fakirs who have made so
ckuch stir recently at Hot Springs. .
The fight against bossiam in Marjv j
and which was so earnestly carried
nn -v. d.,ua dr. u.ihoi in
,V l WO IMlVIUlVia euu vui4
th riAa. nf .h rtAmranntfa tlrkot.
However it was a sacrifice worth
making. No party can long exist un-
der the control of a roan like Gorman.
Now that the Democrats of Maryland
are rid of him. they can harmonize on
old party lines, and be able to carry
the state next November. f
Ex-Senator Edmunds, of Vermont,
has put on bis fiirhting raimnent and
solely and alone declared war against
England. It Is, indeed, plucky on the
part of Edmunds to thus bristle up to
the British lion In defense of the plain
people of America,-however some oi
his belligerent nature is imbibed by a
great many of Uncle Sam's citizens
who believe In pursuing an aggressive
policy toward all foreign powers.
In Kentucky the Democrats have
learned a lesson by which they will
profit. Their folly of attempting to
harmonize the two factions of the
party by nominating a free-silver can?
did ate or a sound-money platform was
apparentfom the beginning. Hardin s
defeat cannot be attributed to the pre
dominance of Republicans in Ken'
tucky, but the refusal of Democrats to
support a man who held his personal
views above those of his party,
San Francisco is still confident she
will raise the 1100.000 with which to
pay off the indebtedness of the Repub
lican national committee, and thereby
secure the national convention of that
party next year. It Is rather a 'pe
culiar state of affairs when a- city, In
order. to secure a national convention,
shall be called upon to pay off debts oj
extravagant campaigns, but this in
probably modern politics in this nine
teenth century. ' .
The way our people are becoming
worshipers of money and title is a
travesty upon American independence,
Every European with a title who comes
over here and makes love to an heiress
is viewed with awe as if he were super
human. Even ' has their admiration
for "nobility" become so great in New
York that special detectives have had
to be employed to guard the Vander
bilt mansion in order to prevent the
curious from gazing upon Malborough,
Vanderbilt's prospective heir by mar
riage. At the beginning of the fiscal yea
there were 569,544 pensioners on the
roll more than the combined pension
lists of all European powers. The net
increase during the previous year was
860, and this, too, thirty years after
the close of the war. The estimates
for pension payments next year are
$141,450,000. With this great burden
upon the people, is it any wonder the
war taxes are still necessary, and lh t
the revenues of the government fall
short Of the demands?
The legislature elected today and
next year will elect 29 senators th se
retiring March 4, 1897. There are now
88 members of the senate. Under the
rule retiring one-third of the member
ship every second year, thirty went
out on the 4th of March of this year,
and twenty-nine retire ' March 4, 1899.
The '95 class, or the 1901 class, as It
now becomes, contains thirty member-',
the '97 and '99 classes twenty nine
each. The next two elected, there
fore, will be assigned, one to each of
these "short" classes. They will
likely come from. Utah, and each of
the terms will be short terms, as was
the case in the first Idaho election.
One senator will serve but little over
a year; and the other will serve a little
ever three years.
TELEGRAPHIC.
SHIPS READY FOB WAR.
Hurried Orders Given Naval Official! by
Secretary Herbert.
Washington, Nov. 6. Rear Ad
miral Bunce was today directed by the
secretary of the navy to get the vessels
of the Atlantic squadron iu readiness
to sail for the Caribbean Sea as earl.,
as possible. Orders were issued to the
commandants of the .New York and
Norfolk navy yards to hasten the re
pairs on the vessels which are to be in
cluded in the fleet. The unusual activ
ity displayed by. the navy department
is regarded as very significant by those
who are inclined to expect serious con
sequences as the result of the firm
stand the administration has taken in
the Venezuelan question.
Though it would appear that the ad
ministration is preparing for some
great emergency, careful inquiry
among the authorities fails to bear out
such belief. Secretary Herbert anci
Rear Admiral Ramsay, chief of the bu
reau of navigation, declared tonight
chat the ve:sels which will comprise
Admiral Buuce's squadron only means
that the department is anxious to carry
out the r mal ,der of the programme ol
naval naneuvers. outlined last spi-iny
for this Beet. Admiral. Ramsay said
chat the squadron would not sail before
Nov. .SO, and that all instructions that
had bt en i sued had been intended to
prevent any delay beyond that date.
The authorities will not speak of the
possibilities of utilizing the ships for
the purpose of making" a demonstra
tion in Venezuelan or any southern
w; ters. They say, however, that by
having the fleet in the Caribbean Sea
it ould be in a position to give ample
protection "to American interests in
case of an unexpected and serious turn
of affairs.
THE ALASKAN BOUNDARY.
Statement of a Well-informed Resident
of Juneau.
SAN Francisco, Nov. 7--G. A. Car
penter, who was formerly editor of the
Alaska News, at Juneau, has just re
turned from the . North, and he says
that the people io the territory are In
a fever of excitement over the boun
dary question.. Mr. Carpenter has
been in Alaska for two years, and is
familiar with the boundary question
in all its details. " He stigmatizes the
attempt of the Canadian surveying
party to locate the line according to
their charts as a grab on the part of
England. - The great scheme of Eng
land, he says, besides her natural greed
for the gold of the Yukon, is to estab
lish a coaling Btation and a port of en
try on the Alaskan coast, so that she
may occupy a position - ot vantage in
the event of an Oriental war or trouble
between Great Britain and Russia.
"The dispute in a nutshell," he said,
"is that Great Britain declares that in
accordance with the provisions of the
treaty, the boundary line Is ten . mar
ine leagues in the interior from the
outward line of the bordering islands
instead of from the coast line of the
I mainland. By caking the outer edge
' of the islands as the point from where
the boundary line parallels the coast
line England will try to shutout Alaska
from ber harbors along the mainland,
in other words, rob Alaska of the
greater part of the southeastern por
tion of her territory. The American
government has always held as Its in
terpretation-, of k tn Kuseo-Engjish
treaty ahat the! line is ten marine
i leagues irom toe indentations or coast
; y
line of the .mainland, 'ihere never
! would have been a dispute If England
had had a port of entry by which she
could reach the Yukon valley.1
THE CUBAN WAR.
Campos Would End It at Ones by Grant-
Ins- Home Rale.
NEW Yok, Nov. 7. The Paris cor
respondent of the World cables the
following:
"I am able to send you the authentic
translation of coppies of official cable
dispatches now -.on file at Madrid,
which passed between Captain -General
Campos and Minister Ultramer, at
Madrid. They are:
"Campos to Uitramar Referring Jo
your cablegram of Oct. 30, expressing
dissatisfaction at the newspaper inter
view In which I aid that the United
States would recognize Cuban belliger
ency, I repeat he statement,, and say
further that if this war is not brought
to a speedy termination by granting
home rule to Cuba, the United States
will surely give aid to the insurgents
and espouse their cause sooner or
later. I urge that autonomy be
granted to the Island, believing this to
be the only means of ending the strug
gle without the loss of many lives and
the waste of immense wealth on the
Island. ' ' ; " '" -
"Ultramar to Campos The question
of autonomy Is being considered, but
we fear the Cuban's will not accept it.'
A Cashier Arrested.
TACOMA, Nov. 6. Cashier W. G,
Peters, of the failed Columbia National
bank, was arrested . late this afternoon
on a warrant sworn out by Bank Ex
aminer Charles Cleary. ' It charges
him with making a false entry in the
individual deposit ledger October 3,
thereby crediting City Treasurer Mc-
cauley with making a- special deposit
of $10,000, when -in fact, no such de
posit was made. It is alleged that his
object was to deceive the controller of
the currency as to the bank's con
dition. The charges are made under
section 5,029 of the revised statutes,
that makes it a penal offense to make
false entries in the books of a national
bank. Peters was - arrested on the
street and taken before United States
Commissioner Worden who fixed his
bail at 810,000. .
English Comment on the Situation In
Turkey.
London, Nov. 6. Editorials in the
morning papers dwell upon tbe gravity
of the announcement from Rome that
the powers had decided to take joint
a-tion in regard to Armenia.
The Post, conservative, tayp: '"'i he
ambassadors Incurred a terrible re
sponsibility, and have hinted a threat
fiat means nothing less than the occu
pation of Turk-y. Is England ready
to acquiesce?"
The Graphic says: "It is reopening
the Eastern question with a vengeanc,-.
It leads to the Russian occupation of
Armenia." -
The Daily News sayF:,"It is the be
ginning of the end. The cabinet and
Lord Salisbury must necessarily have
approved of this diplomatic stroke.
Turkey Is now within measurable dis
tance of disruption and partition."
Flonr For China,
San FRANCir co,Nov. 7 The steair er
Evandale, which sailed forChina today
carried the largest load of flour that
ever went out or this port There
were more than 30.000 barrels In her
capacious bold. Most of the flour
ame direct from the mills in Stockton.
Not all of this flour is to be consumed
in China. Some will be res hipped to
the Philippine islands and elsewhen
in the South seas.
The Chinese were comfortably 1 -ated
between decks. Their tiers of
bunks give them room for exercibe.
and as the large hatchway will be left
open, there will be plenty of ventila
tion. GREAT KOKTHKRN STRIKE.
Plenty of Men to Take the Places of
Those Who Quit.
Devils Lake, N. D., Nov. 7. The
backbone of the Great Northern strike
was broken this morning by the ar
rival of a train with 70 policemen, lc
new conduitors, 25 brakemeu and
three firemen. Deputies are patroll
ing the yards and trains have been
started out. The recruits were en
listed at Chicago by a dective agent
and are a sorry looking lot, but there
have been no disturbances and none
are expected.
Bad Accidents.
La Gkande, Or., Nov. 6. Frank,
tie 13-year-old 6on of Sib Huffman, of
Elk Flat, was killed last niht by be
ing throm from a wagon in a runa
way. J. R. Johnson, the boy's grand
father, who was driving the team, r
ieriously injured.
S. C. Mcl-all, a w ol u r, was se
riously hurt today, tie lives several
miles from La Grande, and was getting
ready to bring a load of wood to town.
The horses ran away, and in attempt
ing to stop them h was thro? n to tl
ground, the wagon passing over him.
breaking several ribs and otherwise
injuring him. He is in a precarious
condition, but may pull through'.
Durrant Writes a Bnok.
San Francisco, Nov. 6. Durrart
j has written a sketch of his life and an
bitions, and has gone into the matter
of how it feels to be on trial for mur
der. He has some flings at the curious
people who stared at him; takes the
churches to task for what he thinks is
their lack of Christianity, and says
fiat, his self-possession, nerve and for.
litude, during the trial, were due to
the love and comfort given him ty Lis
mother. He stoutly proclaims bis In
nocence and satirizes some of his
critics.
8taeerobber Frlck Pleaded Guilty.
Grant's Pass, Or., Nov. 6. Stage
robber Adolphus A. Frlck, who was
captured while holding up the Link
ville stage last Sunday, had his prelim
inary examination today before-United
States Commissioner E. W. Wade, in
this city. He pleaded guilty, and, in de
fault of $10,000 bonds, was remanded
Into the custody of Officer Gordon,
who captured him. and they left to
night for Portland where he will be
confined until the sitting of the United
States district court.
The betruit Horror.
Detroit,Nov."7. Twenty-flye oodies
have already been taken from the ruins
of the Journal building, and the
search still goes on. To the list sent
last night the following have been
added: Ernest Perkins, assistant
mailing clerk of the Journal; Adolph
Schrleber, jrf John Gordon, Kittle
Leonard, Rosa Morgan, John Bricen
bechner, an unknown 'man, Jennie
Niebauer. aged 16; Berthi Wiedbusch
19. ' There are yet 20 missing, swelling
the probable list of dead to 40 to 45.
Besides these 19 persons were injured,
Uo fatally. The cause of
the boiler
1 explosion is a mrsteryir-
live More Executions.
New York, Nov. 7. A cablegram
to the World from Foo Chow says the
five vegetarian leaders in the massacre
of missionaries at Hwsang were pub
licly beheaded there at U o'clock this
morning. Before they were put lb
death, there was an imposing cere
mony in a tent ou the execution
grounds.
1 here was a procession to tbe exe
cution grounds, arranged to impress
the natives. - Arrests of persons im
plicated in the massacre continue to be
made at Ku Cheng.
Starvation Imminent.
St. John's, N. F., Nov. 7. The
Herald prints a series of letters from
correspondents along the south and
west coast which state that dire dis
tress prevails among tbe poorer classes
of people residing there, especially
among those receiving pauper relief.
The retrenchment policy of the gov
ernment necessitated the cutting off of
half tbe pauper grant and, tbe fish'
eries being poor, many find themselves
in wretched circumstances. The cor
respondents predict starvation in nu
merous instances unless piompt help
be supplied by the authorities.
Navy Supply Fund.
Washington, Nov. 7. In his an
nuai report to the secretary of the
navy, Paymaster-General btuart rec
ommends an increase in the navy
supply fund from $200,000 to $500,000
in the interest of economy, the bureau
thereby being enabled to keep on hand
an adequate supply of needed material
at different yards, purchased after ad
vertisment, instead of being obliged,
as at present, to purchase in open mar
ket on urgency applications.
To Improve the Canals.
New York, Nov. 7. The proposi
tion that the state shallexpend $9,000
000 for Improving the canals bas been
aocpted. The returns are coming In
slowly, but accurate figures recleved
from 23 counties give a majority of
114,831 votes in its favor. The work :
done in this city in behalf of the prop
osition met with great success, for of
the 117,771 votes cast on the question
there were only 15,530 against it.
Will FoUow the United States.
New York, Nov. 1--A cable to tbe
World from Guatemala says a com
mi ttee from the Cuban insurgents bas
arrived there and interviewed the sec
retary of foreign affairs, who prom
ised that Guatemala will recognize the
Cubans as belligerents just as soon as
the United States does.
Sixteen Years for BfcGonlgle.
North Yakima, Nov. 6. The
motion for a new trial in the case of
Charles McGouile, found guilty lat
week of the murder of his father, was
today overruled by Judge Graves and
McGonlb- was sentenced to six
teen je.tr in the penitentiary at hard
labor. The case will be appealed.
Bnrned to Death.
West uperior, W1s.,Nov. 7. Mrs.
Dahlberg and two children were help
less with typhoid fever when their
house caught fire. The 5-year old boy
was burned to death and bis sister fa
tally burned. His mother escaped.
Two children died with fever a few
days ago. '
Snow In the Mountains
ROSSLAND, B. C, Nov. 6. Much
snow has fallen during the past three
days, and the ' summits of all moun
tains are covered. Tbe weather con
tinues tb.-eatenlng. Oldtimers : look
for s heavy fall of snow soon. "
pall and
FHNCY GOODS
Boys' and Men's Clothing, Hats and Caps
BOOTS END SHOES, ETC.
Just Arrived From New York.
i ' ill '
srM- b&gsa wiv
We took great pains, while
prices. The protits on our enure
but we wish to say to our patrons
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The Strikers Enjoined.
Walla Walla,. Nov. 7. Judge
Han ford has issued a ttmporary injunc
tion restraining the Great Northern
strikers from interfering with the
operation of the road. He also cited
them to appear before him in Seattle
on November 23 and show cause why
they should not be permanently re
strained.
Sample : Rooms,
58 FRONT STREET.
Neri) opjiOMite U fctilln Houms.
CHAR LI FRAX&. P30P
The Best Wines.
Liquors 2U'(igs)&
C'lirBlA KREWFRt BEER ON PBAl'OI T
-70 THE-
gives thi.
CboiC6 ol Two Trdnscontinsntal Rontei
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KANSAS
Low Rates' to All Eastern Cities
OCBVK SfBtMERS Inve rortsnd trsrr
. day for
Five
SAN FRANCISCO, QU.
For fnll dUnilf call rn (i.
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Portland. Oregon
COAL! COAL!
-THI BBST-
Wellington, Rock ' Spring3,
and Eosiyn Coal.
S12, sacked and delivered! to -any part
01 tne city.
At Moody's Warehocse
THE GEO F1.0 lVLf ECOJiS
AD. KELLER, Mgr.
A complete Uns
Imported and Domestic
Liquors and Cigars.
No. 90, Second door from the Corner
ot Court St.
HE CALLES.
Oregon
Mil OA I I ES
Cigar Factory
pHOit- Implenwntf Wa nu
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1
Beat Breorls
nrt orrts mi. si' rv ,
thr country filled on the shortest notioe
Hie reputation of THE DALLES CIGAK
' mm 1 t -he '. snrl the e
m ". for tn -n srtio 1
inoresun every Uay. A. ULRICA ft SON
nil W & II
iNEW
inter Qry Qoods
Ladies' Jfek, -.'
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Large Stock to Select From.
we were in New York recently, to obtain the best styles at low and nopular
biock ot ury uooas, ciotning. shoes, Etc.,
that our prices ure net cash and that we do
Respectfully, ,
H. HERBRING."
TH6 BALDWIN
Cni. Pnnrf. And
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Carries Evory-ttilng; to be found in at Kirstolatssi Liquor Store.
WHISKY FROM $3 TO $5 PER GALLON
THE DALLES - Oregon. 1
DDI! T INJURE
AND GET
Elegant Lamps
Handsome Line Dinner and Tea Sets Just.. Received.
1J3 WASHINGTON STREET. -
SALE
Of Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots
and Shoes,
At Less Than Cost
BED ROCK PRICES, as Goods
Will Be Sold Regardless of 'Cost
can ana uet Knees and Be convinced. -' '
No Tiouble to Show Goods. '
J. P. MCIN6RNY
THE CELEBRATED
Columbia
AUGUST BUCHLER, Prop.
This Well-known Breviery is now turning out tbe best,
Beer and Porter east of the Cascades. The latest appliances
for the manufacture of good healthful Beer have been intro
duced, and only the first-class article wi 1 be placed on the
market. - ..... . ..
East Second Street.
The Dalles.
GEORGE KUCrL
PIONEER GROCER
(Successor to Chrisman & Corson.)
STAPLE
' Again at the old stand I would be pleased to see all my
former patrons Free delivery 10 any part of the city.
Midway
86 Second Street,
between fJourt and Union.
JUST OPENED
Pine Line ol Best Brands of Wine3, .Liquors,
ana uigars Always
we nave cut down to tne n in mum,
not allow 20 or 25 per cent clsjount.
FVnnt ftt.i'AAf..
- - -.- I
.ANDREW BALDWIN, Prop.
YOUR EYES
Reading by a dim light
but go to- 1
ONE OF THOSE
Hats and Caps,
rewery
Oregon
A FULL LINE OF
AND FANCY GROCERIES
Saloon
MHRD9RS 5 MlCHGLBHCH
PR0PRI9T0RS.
will be Kept