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SATURDAY... .NOVEMBER 23, 1895
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V
TEE BESULT AND ITS CAUSE
The reason for the apparent defeat
- of the Democratic party in the loss of
Maryland and Kentucky, and (he fail
ure to elect Campbell in Ohio, has
been attributed to various causes by
the cress of the country, but none
: , seem to have arrived at a clearer con
elusion than the New York World. It
avs: '.-
"Maryland gave a clear Democratic
majority of 1064 even in 1872, the year
" of the Greeley candidacy. From that
time to this it has uniformly gone
Democratic by pluralities ranging from
8182 in 188a to 30,151 in 1892. This
year it has gone Republican by about
19,000.
' 'The explanation is simple enough.
Senator Gorman is the Democratic
boss in Maryland, and Mr. Gorman's
course has been such as to repel Demo
cratic voters. He has been, in the
senate, the leader of opposition not.
' only Jo the administration, but to the
one 'well-defined Democratic policy
. and to , the measure framed in the
. house to give effect to that policy. The
revolt In . Maryland has been not so
much against Democracy as against
the very different thing which Senator
Gorman has substituted for Democ
racy, against the arrogance of his rule
as a boss, and against the corruptions
for which the Baltimore ring has made
Democracy responsible.
"Kentucky has alwayB been one of
the most securely. Democratic states.
From 1S72 until this year it has given
Democratic pluralities ranging from
. . 11,000 to 67,000. This year it has gone
Republican by perhaps 10,000, electing
not only a Republican governor but a
Republican legislature.
"Again the reason seems apparent,
The Democracy of Kentuoky tried to
ride two horses, i They adopted - a
sound-money platform and nominated
a 16 to 1 free-silver candidate for gov
ernor.; Thousands of Democrats who
cared more for sound money than for
- party names have unquestionably
voted against Hardin or abstained
from voting, their purpose in either
case being to rebuke their party's co
quetry with the silver craze.
"Ohio is normally a Republican
state, though it has gone Democratic
four times since 1872. But there was
ttrong hope felt by many Democrats
and serious fears by many Republicans
that it would go Democratic this year.
It has gone Republican by about 100,-
i 000 plurality. This 1b a reduction of
. about 37,000 from the figures of 1894,
but it is not what the friends of Mr.
Campbell hoped for in view of his
brilliant campaign and of the ex
posures -he has made of ' Republican
corruption in the state. But to the
calm looker-on the only surprise in
cidedly misleading, being over $35,000,
000 in excess of what the amount really
was. The reports of the United States
treasury, which was made on June 30th
of each year, show the excess of reve
nues over expenditures for each fiscal
year during President Harrison's ad
ministration to have been:
1890 $85,040,272
1891 26.838,542
1892 9,914,454
1893 2,340,674
A peculiar fact connected with these
figures is that the excess of receipts
over expenditures for 1892, the first
year thet the effects of the McKinley
law began to be manifested, were $16,-
924,088, less than the previous year,
and the the total expenditures of the
government for the two years were:
1891 $365,783,905
1892 345,023,330
Had the expenditures of 1892 been as
great as those ' of the previous year
there would have been a deficit of
nearyl$4,000,000. But during the year
ending June 30, 1892, the expenditures
of the government were $20,750,575 less
than during the previous year. Thus,
whatever may be said of the McKimey
law as a' protection measure, while it
added to the cost of nearly every arti
cle of general consumption, it also had
the effect of reducing the revenues. . It
was still in force in 1894, when the ex
penditures of the government exceded
the revenues by over $70,000,000.
AN ABUSED. PRIVILEGE.
Ohio's case is that the Republican plu
. rality has been so greatly reduced.
Democracy in that state was bandi-
- capped with Brice. The Democrats a
few years ago elected this man senator
from Ohio, though he lives, as every
body knows, in Ne,w York and New
port, and a part of this year's pro
gramme was understood to be his re
election.' Without taking into consid
eration any of the scandalous allega
tions as to the means of his former
election It is easy enough to under
stand Ohio's refusal by 100,000 plural
ity to order tne re-election or a man
not resident in the state and having
no claim to representative or other
office exoept such as the possession of
money creates."
The San Francisco Chronicle est!
mates that if Durrant is ever made pay
the penalty for the murder of which
he has been convicted, at least one and
a half years may elapse before the
final sentence of the court can be car
ried out. This delay Is made possible
by the time allowed by the statutes of
California for hearing motions for new
trials, preparing and filing briefs, sub
mitting argument, etc. Such delays,
when it Is considered that the death
penalty is inflicted, not so much as a
punishment for the specific crime for
which the condemned is deprived of
his'life, as it is to prevent other crimes,
have caused a growing feeling that so
ciety would be benefitted, and the
cause of justice promoted, if motions
for new trials in criminal cases were
prohibited. It is a notorious fact that
a very large majority of the motions
for new trials are made on frivolous
ground and for the purpose of thwart
ing justice. It is unreasonable to be
lieve that errors, which are vital to
the rights of the accused, are of com
mon occurrence: but it is the rule
where conviction la had that a motion
for new trial is entered, and it must be
admitted that courts are far too ready
to grant tbem, more as a matter of
habit than because there is. sufficient
cause for such action. So common has
this practise become in some states
that it is often said when a criminal is
convicted, bis trial has only begun,
And so many culprits have escaped de
served punishment through the grant
ing of new trials, that society is justi
fied in protesting against the practice.
The Indiana judge who overruled
motion for a new trial in a murder
case recently presented the matter in
a clear light. "II it be true," be
pointed out, ''that upon such a motion
the judge must weigh the evidence
and determine the facts as did the
jury, and If he fails to reach the same
conclusion upon some material fact
and grants a new trial, there is noth
ing gained by submitting it to a jury
In the first Instance. The idea of thus
discrediting and reversing the verdict
of a jury," he declared, "is in conflict
with the idea, confirmed by the wis
dom and experience of centuries, that
trial by jury is the surest and safest
method of administering justice." The
theory of the jury system is that the
verdict of twelve -good and honest
men, after they have carefully weighed
the evidence, Is as liable to be right as
can be expected, but this theory is
repudiated every time a new trial Is
grantea. mere are cases wnere er
rors are so flagrant that new trials are
justified, but such cases are not of
common occurrence, out the excep
tions are few to the rule that the ver
dicts of juries in criminal cases are
correct. '
. . .WHAT WiLL. WE DOt- ..
The Dalles has never shown a dis
position to profit by the misfortune of
other cities, and we trust never will,
but when an opportunity Is offered
whereby The Dalles can profit, it
should not be backward in grasping
the opportunity. It is not certain that
the Salem Woolen Mills, recently de
stroyed by fire, will be rebuilt in that
city, hence a field is opened for the
establishing of a like industry in an
other and more favored locality. In
looking over the state for a suitable
location for such an industry, capital
ists cannot find a more favored loca
tion than The Dalles. It possesses
every natural advantage for a manu
facturing town, and especially for the
manufacture of woolen goods. It is so
situated, and has transportation facil
ities that make it the greatest wool
market In the northwest, therefore it
becomes the distributing point for
wool-producing country for hundreds
of miles in every direction. This
alone would give the manufacturer lo
cated here the advantage of a wide
scope in -'selecting his raw material.
having the greater-portion of the wool
produced in Eastern Oregon -to select
from, an advantage he could not have
at anv other point in the btate. So
soon as the locks'are completed termi
nal frelrht rates both east and west
will be extended to The Dalles, thus
no competing point will have any ad
vantage over it in the matter of trans.
portation. ' Abundant and cheap power
can be secured, and land for building
purposes can be had at reasonable
prices. Taken all in all It offers more
natural advantages for manufacturing
industries than any other city in -tbe-
state
The mill? at Salem had a monthly
pay-roll, of $2600 a month, and. pro
duced over $100,000 worth of manu
factured cloths annually. What would
such an industry mean to The Dalles?
It would mean steady employment' for
from 50 to 60 operatives who would
spend a good portion of their earnings
with our merchants, gardeners and
farmers; it would cause the building
of a large number of tenement bouses;
it would mean . general prosperity.
But to secure such an industry will re
quire energy on the part of property
owners here, those who will derive di
rect benefit. Salem subscribed a bo
nus of $20,000 to secure the woolen
mills, what will The Dalles do to' in
duce mills to be located here?
EDITORIAL NOTES.
LAW AND THE TREASURY.
TEE PBOSPEUTS AHEAD.
The Democracy of the nation will be
In better condition to go into the na
. tlonal campaign next year than 'it' has
been for years, It will of course have
. obstacles to' 'overcome, - but none so
great as it has overcome In some of
the states In which elections were held
on the 5th of the present month,
Prior to those elections the men who
dictated to nominations and formulated
principles were traitors to the party
and had but one idea in view per
sonal aggrandizement. But the party,
In the recent elections, showed itself
courageous enough to rebuke suoh
leaders, and next year they will be
. supplanted by a more patriotic class,
. Not only did the party reprove the
leaders who have done wrong in one
Instance, but in every state where suoh
wrongs existed.
- . In Kentucky it refused to support a
flat-money candidate, although he was
. nominated on a seund-money platform.
In Ohio it rebuked the carpet-bag
senator, who first bought his way into
the senate, and then opposed every
vital Democratic measure on which he
was called to act. The Democracy of
that state has very emphatically said
it was done with Brice and Bricelsm.
In the state of New York, by stay
ing away from the polls, the Demo
crats emphasized their demand for a
. return pf the better class of men and
brains to the leadership of the party.
In New Jersey the Democrats re
fused to support even a good candidate
lor the reason that they desired to re-
buke party leaders for their affiliation
with thieves and gamblers.
In Maryland they revolted against
Gorman because Gorman is a tool of
the party's enemies, and has ever been
antagonistic to all that true Democ
racy means.
- . This weeding out of traitors and
bosses is not a bad beginning for the
campaign of next year, provided the
lessons are heeded in the councils of
the party. Being rid of these traitors,
and with the return of prosperity
under a Democratic administration
will give the party good standing be
fore the people next year. And if the
national convention declares for hon
est and economical administration,
equitable taxation with special priv
ileges to none, and for an amendment
to the constitution whereby an income
tax can be enforced, the chances for
Democratic success in 1896 are not
hopeless by any means.
GOING BACKWABD.
The great and prosperous state of
California is on the eve of returning to
first principles in the matter of freight
traffic, by again adopting the. mule
team and prairie schooner.'in place of
the iron horse and steel rail. Fresno
merchants are contracting with team
sters to haul their freight from Stock
ton to that place at $3 per ton less
than the rates charged by the South
ern Pacific At these rates the freight
ers make fair- wages for themselves
and their teams, and will do the prin
ctpal traffic between -Stockton and
Fresno this winter. It begins to look
like the much boasted advancement of
the present age was a mistake, when
the primitive methods of moving
freight are found to be cheaper.- than
by rail. But this is probably only the
case in localities where a railroad has
a monopoly of the carrying trade, as
the Southern Pacific has between the
points mentioned above. Mule teams
and prairie schooners would not be in
it in competition with an open river
and a transportation line that carries
freight at a reasonable profit, as does
the home company that operates be
tween The Dalles and Portland. .
SOME FACTS.
The New York Advertiser recently
. jjuuiio""- a
the four years that BenjaminJHarrison
occupied the presidency, federal reve
nues exceeded expenditures nearly
; 1210,000,000," This statement is de-
CONGBESSIONAL TIMBEB.
If the Republicans of the second
district want a man in congress who is
in full accord with his part cm na
tional questions, and in . every way
competent to fill the office, they should
nominate Mr. John Michelle of The
Dalles. Mr. Miohell has labored long
for his party as an editorial writer, is
a protectionist of the McKinley school
sound on the money question, a gen
tleman and a scholar, and would fit the
office of congressman better than any
man we know of in the Republican
party of Eastern Oregon. Hood River
Glacier.
The Glacier is right. If the next
representative in congress from this
district must be a Republican, Mr.
Miohell would certainly be acceptable
to Eastern Oregon, and would be an
able representative of the entire st&te.
He has for many years been identified
with the interests of Eastern Oregon,
and in the halls of our national legis
lature would be an able champion of
the demands for an open river to the
sea.
There will -be a deficit of probably
$30,000,000 in the national treasury on
the 1st of January, the end of the year
since the new tariff law went into full
effect.
With the usual partisan dishonesty
Republican organs call the Wilson
law a "tariff for deficit." - They calmly
Ignore the fact that the' income tax,
an important feature of the bill, which
it was estimated would yield $30,000,
000, as it undoubtedly would have done,
was nullified by the supreme court.
The court, therefore, by reversing its
own decision and the rulings of former
years, is responsible ior tne aencit.
The law as passed would have yielded
just revenue enough. -
How shall the deficiency be met?
Congressman Cannon, who expects to
be chairman- of the committee pf ap
propriations, thinks there will be no
revenue legislation, .. but that the
emergency will be met by authorizing
the secretary of the treasury to issue
Bttort-time treasury warrants. This Is
a power with which the treasury should
be permanently equipped to guard
against any serious deficit. But inas
much as the government is sure to
need continuously a larger, revenue-
no prospect of economy existing con
gress ought lo enact new taxes.'
The simplest and easiest way would
be to increase the internal tax on beer
$1 a barrel. This would yield just the
additional revenue required. But this
is too direct and easy to suit the Re
publicans.' There is not enough poli
tics in it. And so some of their very
smart leaders propose to pass a bill re
storing the duties on wool and lumber,
and on woolens as well, and challenge
a presidential veto. President Cleve
land could be depended on to veto
such a bill in about two minutes, and
his party could not ask for a better is
sue, isetween restored taxes on tne
clothing and shelter of the people and
an increased tax on the beer of the
brewers there can be no doubt as to
the popular choice.
Every such - proposition of the Mc
Kinleyites is a stultification. They
raised the tariff taxes in 1890 avowedly
to stop the surplus. They now propose
to restore them to cure the deficit. It
is a trick of politics that won't work.
New York World. . " -
Senator Dubois, wants the young
men of the senate to take the bits in
their teeth and run things to suit them
selves. Dubois might profit by contem
plating what a lot of young fellows
who did the same thing at Salem accom
plished last winter. '
The sterotyped boast of the Salem
Statesman-that "crops and banks never
fail in Marion county," must be elimi
nated from the columns of that esteem
ed journal. The crop proposition is
true enough, but at last-the provd
capital city has witnessed the closing
of the doors of one of her bank?.-
A prominent Adventist of Indiana
says the crisis which overshadows Tur
key portends the end of the world.
Possibly It may so far as the . -Turkish
o-overnmunt is concerned. Its race"!
sterns to "b'e about run, but the" old;
world will wag on just the same, even
were all the monarchies of Europe to
fall. TV V -
Washington ;dispatches . announce,
that another scheme' is on foot for the
annexation of Hawaii, to' the United
States, and that it meets the approval
of President Cleveland. There Is
probably' about as much ' truth In the
statement as there is In the announce
ment that Cleveland is a candidate for
re-election.
An exchange remarks "that Amer
ica should not meddle with the settle
ment of the trouble In Turkey, as it
might violate the: principles of the
Monroe doctrine.' This" is bosh. The
lives of American citizens are in jeap
ordy in Armenia","and1Tiey are entitled
to the protection .of the United States,,
cost what it may.-... " ' "" '
Ex-Governor Pennoyerls mentioned
as a candidate for the mayoralty of
Portland. Some people may imagine
that .he is out of politics; but he would
make a strong candidate for any posi
tion he may wish Jacksonville Times.
Pennoyer might make a strong candi
date as a Populist, but never as a Dem?
ocrat. Turning tralrtors down Is the
rule with Democrats at present.
Possibly, the fifty., thousand men
engaged in produoing wool in the
United States have suffered a loss by
the reduction of the duty on wool;
but the 65,000,000 people of the coun
try have been benefited from one to
ten dollars each in the reduced price
of the woolen goods they have lad to
consume. Has not the change been of
more benefit than detriment? ' "
TELEGRAPHIC.
A DECIDED-CHANGE.
The Saltan Earnestly Striving to Bettor.)
Order.
Co JSTAN-tixople, Nov. 20i-i-As inti
mated in these disgayibes the attitude
of the porte or. oFthje-sul'tan has jinder
gone a decided change since. the other
fleets began to join the British fleet in
a naval demonstration, in Salon ica bay.
There is no doubt tne pressure brought
to bear upon, thel sultan has been
strong enough io.makeiim take per
sonal charge of the work of reform in
Armenia, and itis hoped there will be
no further bloodshed except hi putting
down the insurrections which" have
broken out against tbeT-tnrlmh rule in
different parts efsta-;Miaor. It IT
hoped the American .clergy, will l e
able to induce their co-religionists to
lay down theirarmsSpeciallyafr tl-'e
sentiment of thevwhote ot Europe-Is-now
in favor.of.ihe.'SuitanV'whbse "evi
dent desire tp mes'aih'e.fvtewS" bf the
powers is appreciatedj.'and who has
undoubtedly 'tided-.' over .the nTost
difficult crisis, in ;:.the:. Ejst.: vTbere is
no longer talk ci -armed intervention of
the powers in the Turkish empire,. and
if any display .of-foreeeis. .necessary
upon the part of Europe, it .might- be
in the direction -f" -supporting the
authority of tbe.suitanj.as. Great. Brit
ain, Russia and France are extremely
desirous that order shall promptly be
restored throughout Asia Minor. ' '. ;
TO PROTECT' AMERICANS.
The
the
CEASE " DOUBTING.
The dispatches today announce that
American iron manufacturers have
been awarded the contract for furnish
ing the armor plant foP two new Rus
sian warships, in course of construc
tion. Thus even under a reduced tar
iff these iron manufacturers are ena
bled to compete with the world and
become successful bidders in foreign
countries. .One by one the beneficial
effects of low tariff are being felt.
The "doubting brethren" up the
country still seem loath to believe The
Dalles is really in earnest in saying it
favors the opening-of the upper river.
They view this city from a narrow-
minded standpoint, and apparently be
lieve that because this city will lose a'
small amount of trade from the upper
country whenever the products of
Sherman, Gilliam, Morrow and .Uma
tilla counties can pass down the. river
uninterrupted, that solely for selfish
reasons, any improvement of the river
above here would meet with opposi
tion. In this they do the business,
men of The Dalles an Injustice. The
people here do not hope to build up
their city by the misfortunes of any
other locality, or by hampering the
trade of any section of. the state; but
by broadening the opportunities of
others, and thereby increasing their
own facilities.
The Dalles is to Eastern Oregon
what Portland Is to the entire state.
Whatever increases the producing
power of the people of any part of
Oregon is a benefit to Portland. The
same is true with reference to The
Dalles and the entire Inland. Empire.
Any opportunity that makes it. possi
ble for a farmer in Umatilla, Morrow,
Gilliam, Sherman or Crook county to
produce two dollars where now be only
produces :; one, will ultimately result
beneficially to The Dalles, for tills is
the outlet for the entire upper coun
try, and can only become a great city
through the prosperity of the Country
surrounding it. If those who are to
be directly benefitted by the opening
of the river will cease doubting, and
work in unison with The Dalles they
may hope to see something accom
plished.
Speaker Crisp is making a fool of
himself down in Georgia, proposing to
divide the Democratic party on the
silver question. The result -in Ken
tucky ought to convince him and his
followers that such a move means noth
ing else than defeat.
The rumor published yesterday that
Abdul Hamid had been poisoned,
seems to have been without founda
tion. Had he been- assassinated it
would have caused more complications
in the settlement of the Armenian
troubles, and on this account would!
have been a calamity, but the simple
event of his death would have caused
little sorrow throughout the world.
The Imports of foreign wool during
the first nine months of the present
year were about 77,000,000 pounds
greater than daring the corresponding
period -of 1894. This Is pretty good
evidence that American manufacturers
are prospering under the reduced tar
iff on manufactured woolens. If they
were not they could not have consumed
the 300,000,000 pounds-of .domestic
wool together with 95,000,000 pounds
of foreign.- -Evidently the ; American '
manufacturers ."aire not . driven ' out of
existence y'et.; ' " "' V."Y
The i Utah senators will serve to
strengthen the free-silver combination
and add potency to its demand.for rec
ognition of silver, fiatism as a condi
tion of united party action on other im
portant questions. Oregonlan. Only
a few days ago our esteemed , concerns.
porary.was telling us the Republican
party was the party of sound money
Utah elected a Republican legislature,
and will elect two Republican senators
Possibly though their allegiance to
free-silver and the Mormon hierarchy
is stronger than it is to the Republican
principle of sound money.
xne f ortiana uispatcn credits an
exchange with saying "the only Btate
where the money question became the
leaning issue of the campaign, gave a
complete victo-y for the free coinage
of silver. The Mississippi Democrats
opposed the gold standard policy of
Cleveland, and carried the election by
50.000." We regret the Dispatch did
not give the name of that exchange.
for we would like to know what editor
there is who has not yet heard of the
remit in Kentucky.
With all the bluster about the result
of the recent elections being a demand
for the re-enactment of the McKinley
law, there are a few level-headed Re
publicans who are not wedded to the
law of 1890. John Jarrett, secretary
of the Tin Plate Manufacturers' Asso
ciation, eayB: "The manufacturers do
not want the old McKinley bi'l re
enacted. The principles are all right
in their entirety as they give us a pro
tective tariff. The law was all right
at the time it was in force, but condi
tions have changed since. Some of
the schedules are too high to give us
the full measure- of protection. The
old duty on tin plate made its Importa
tion almost prohibitory and the sharp
competition among America's manu
facturers forced prices down." '
Minneapolis Ordered to Join
Marblehead and San Francisco.
WASHncCTox,-Novr1Mr-The""United
States steamer Minneapolis has been
ordered to join'the European squadron
immediately, doubtless on account of
the Turkish situation. - Captain Wad
leigh's orders are to report to Admiral
Self ridge - upon . reaching Gibraltar,
but unless the admiral issues other or
ders, by' that time the ship will make
Smyrna, her destination. This point
is believed to be as near '89 a warship
can get to the American-mission sta
tions believed by-the missionary boards
in this country to be endangered
the general uprising of the Mussul
mans in Asia Minor. . -
While the state department anthori
ties felt that due precautions had been
taken in ordering two vessels, the San
Francisco and Marblehead, to this
coast, a point was yielded to make the
safety of the missionaries additionally
secure, and after advising with Minis
ter Terrell, the orders to the Minne
apolis were forwarded.. She is now
Norfolk in perfect condition, but needs
additional stores and coal to begin her
voyage to Smyrna. She will carry
1600 tons of coal, of .which 500 will be
taken on at Norfolk and the remainder
from lighters in Hampton Roads,
all goes well, she is expected to sail
about the 25th inst. As she will not
be driven to make record run, but will
proceed at an economical rate of speed
namely 15 knots, she will probably
make the run of 5000' miles ' in about
two weeks. . ,
"LIKE A WOLF IN THE FOLD."
ernment should be raised by a tariff on
inports rather than by' excessive taxa
tion under the internal revenue system.
If we cannot get a conservative revi
sion it might be advisable to pursue
the 'popguh bill' plan of accomplish
ing the purpos? vn -'-."
BIVALLIAO TUK TCRKS.
NATURE'S FRfcAKS.
Spaniard!
Committing
Charged With
Atrocities.
Tampa Fla., Nov. 21. Colonel Fer
nando Fuergedo, the Cuban leader ol
this city, is in receipt of a letter from
Havana giving, ce tails of atrocities
committed by Spaniards in Matanzas
province.
Colonel Melino, who commands a
Spanish regiment, recently encoun
tered the advance guard of Gomez
rmy in Matanzas and was defeated.
"While the soldiers under Melino were
in retreat, they met a group of -women
-and children near a little town called
Cayopino. As the soldiers passod one
jof -the women made a sneering remark
.about tbeSpaniarJs.. The remark was
overheard by the soldiers, and so en
raged them that- tbey fell "upon the
women and children and butchered
every one of them. -
There were 10 women and about 12
children.- The letter says the Spat
iarda, after shooting down their vie
t ms, stabbed them with bayonets, in
flicting most -horrible wounds. One
baby was killed at its mother's breast
and the bullet that passed through the
infant also killed the mother.
Colonel Melino made no report . of
the butchery, but it happened that the
women were - wives' of Spaniards en
gaged in the sawmill business in Mat
anzas. When the husbands learned
how their famalles had been butchered,
they went to -De Campos, informing
him of the affair, and- asked that Colonel
i Melino be punisheJ. It is said that
Campos ordered Melino courtmar
tialed, and It is thought the butcher
will be sentenced to death, as the massa
The Devil's Pump In California and Mc
Sweeney's Gun In Ireland.
One of the greatest combinations of
natural and artificial curiosities on the
coast of California is called the Devil's
Pump. The pholas. or shell miners,
species of mollusk which excavate im
mense caverns- in the very hardest
stone, have tunneled the entire coast
in the vicinity of the pump. Water
rushes into these caverns with each
succeeding tide flow, end in this partic
ular case finds vent through a cylindri
cal opening some distance from the
water's edge. It is estimated that this
hole, which connects with the sea cav
ern, is seventy-five to one hundred feet
in depth. Every time the tide rushes
into the cavern, beneath, the "pump"
throws water to the height of a full one
hundred feet above the mouth of the
opening. The Indians formerly called
it by a name which signified "fairy
water gun," but the irreverent white
men have given It the title of the "Dev
il's Pump,' and. by that name it will be
probably known to future generations.
; There is a similar curiosity near Horn
Head, county Donegal, Ireland, where
a hole in the rocks is called "McSween-
ey's Gun." tike the California oddity,
it is on the seacoast,-and has connec
tions with a submarine cavern. When
the north wind blows and the sea is at
"half flood," the wind and waves enter
the cavern and send up Immense col
umns of water through the "gun.
Travelers who have visited Horn Head
and vicinity say that each charge of
water sent from the "gun" is accompa
nied by an explosion that can be heard
for miles.
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QjJViiVuvrLruiruxr
From the way our trade is increasing"
people must be satisfied and recommend
us when they buy their Drugs and Medi
cines at .....
DONNELL'S PILL SHOP
DELTSCHE APOTHEKE. Telephone No. 15.
uwiruirijuuijuuiruir
THG BALDWIN
Cor. Court and Front Street,
sTi , ANDREW BALDWIN, Prop.
cnlM Everything to b found in m KlrsTo'sa Liquor Storsv
WHISKY FROM $3 TO $5 PER GALLON
intuALLta iregon.
lb Costs Money
To Raise a Family.
JOHN JUMPED OFF.
But Ha liidn't Have the Knock of Alight
ing from Electric Cars.
Chinamen are great imitators. On a
.Ninth street electric car coming down
town) says tne Washington yon, was
seated one of these child-like and bland
celestials, with a pensive far-away look
on his face, but the sad expression
would give way occasionally as the so-
torman turned on more electricity and
an expansive grin wander over his fea
tures as tne car leaped lor ward as
though conscious of the admiration of
e
Therefore the strictest economy should be
jpracticed in buying what you eat
The place to save
money in this line is
JOHNSTON'S CASH STORE.-.
1J3 WASHINGTON STREET.
nodoctriano an3 4Vta lannd vm a -i a
fa nrn ri t-i vr- l - H ai a hTttAnltT Vv tha I "
" y marked to the passenger on his left:
at
Fress
to
European Nations' Preparing; to
Claims Against Venezuela.
New york, Nov. ,20: A 'special
the Herald from Havana says:
, Itis reported here that Spain is pre-
partngto press important claims upon
the-government jpLrvenezuela, giraul
j taneously with' thS 'demand of 'Great
Britain up)n''thea6S.iii'e ; country," and
there is a report" thaV France will join
Spain as she has claims of her own to
settle with Venezuela! . -.
The cruiser Alfonso XIII has sailed
for-La C-uayra, Venezuela."
- - The Spanish warship also left the
port of Havana hurriedly last night,
Senor De Castro, the Spanish minister
to Caracas, who has bee q in this city
for-somo time, was on board the vessel
Senor De Castro, before his departure,
held a conference . with high officials
here. It ia said that matters of great
importance were dUcussed.
DID HE MURDER THEM?
the
Arrest of Montgomery's Son For
Crime Near Brownsville.
Brownsville, Or.,. No v. 20. Dr. R,
A. Jaynes, coroner of Linn county, ar
rived in this city at 8 a. M., and pro
ceeded to the farm of S.' R. Templeton
and empaneled a jury to investigate
the murders of John Montgomery, Mrs.
Lizzie Montgomery! and D. B. Mc
Kercher. The jury, after hearing the
evidence, returned; a verdict, signed
by E. A. Evans, as follows:
'We, the jury," find that John Mont
gomery and Lizzie Montgomery, his
wife, and Daniel McKercher came to
their deaths from guif-shot wounds, in
flicted by some other nerson than them
selves, and, from the evidence offered
in the case, we have-good reasons to
believe that Lloyd Montgomery is the
guilty party."
Lloyd Montgomery is under arrest,
and a preliminary examination will be
held at 10 A. M. tomorrow, r
Spaniards as by-the'Cubans; -
SAN FRANCISCO'S PROTECTORS.
The Battery of Dynamite Guns Ready
for Cse.
San Francisco, Nov. 21. The bat
tery of dynamite guns, which stretches
along the biuffs south of Fort Point
for nearly a mile, is now ready to deal
out destruction to any invading navy
that may appear- within three miles of
the Golden Gate. The great guns stare
up at the blue sky from behind steep
bulwarks. They look not unlike great
frogs ready to spring into the ocean.
Lieutenant Miley, who has charge of
the battery, says that this battery
which defends the chief harbor of the
Pacific coast, is the largest battery in
the world. There is another located
at Sandy Hook, near the entrance to
New York harbor, but it contains only
one eight-inch and two 14-inch guns.
During the. past two days experi
ments have been made with the guns.
No shells have been fired, and only a
limited amount of powder used, in
order to test the air-compressing plant
by which the projectiles are hurled
from the guns. During the first week
in December an official test will bt
made of the "guns before General Gra
ham and all the officers stationed at
the PreBido and neighboring military
posts. Shells .will be used and the
guns will be tested as if in. actual war
fare. ' ,
HAS. LOST HIS OFFICE.
President of Tscons'i -Beard of - Public
Works Dismissed,-.- ... .
Tacoma, Nov. 2i.At 1 o'clock thls
(Thursday) morning the city council,
by a vote of 15 to t . found Jd. M. Tay
lor, president of the board of public
works, guilty of misconduct in office
and passed a resolution dismissing
him from office. His attorney gave
notice of an. appeal to the superior
court. The Impeachment trial com
menced at 10 A. M. Saturday, lasting
for fifteen hours, with short intermis
sions for luncheon and dinner. The
charges against Taylor were preferred
a week ago Saturday by Councilman
Norton, who alleged the Columbia
National bank paid Taylor $500 and
put bis son on the payroll five months
at 865 per montn in payment for Tay
lor's influence. Taylor's defense was
that he was simply paid for services
rendered in behalf of the county treas
urer, and that the city was not inter
ested. As the city had $104,000 in the
bank when it closed, the council
thought otherwise.
"We just zippee light long."
Between II and I streets one of the
passengers stepped out on the foot
ooara, ana as tne conductor made a
motion to catch hold of the bell cord
the man shook his head Taking hold
' of the side bar he swung out with hh
face toward the forward end of the car,
dropped off lightly, and walked away.
Down between G and H streets the
Chinaman stepped out on the footboard
and again the conductor put his hand
to the bell cord.
"Don't ling! Don't ling!" said the
grinning celestial. "I jumpee off just
likee other man.
Taking an extra reef in his blouse
with both hands, he hopped off at a
right angle to the car, landed first on
both leet and then on lue left shoulder
and ear, and as the car bowled along
in tne aarlrnesa the passengers could
hear in a high falsetto wall from the
gutter:
"Allee samee dam foolee." .
HARD FIGHTERS IN LAW.
The Kind of Modern Lawyers Who Soo-
cewl Best.
"Clients love a bard fighter, and the
on-lookersare impressed with his zeal,"
says Kichard D. Doyle in an article on
"Law and Lawyers" in the Southern
Magazine. "In my own experience I
have had cases where I advised my
clients not to sue because I was sure
they had no chai.ee, and although they
xoiiowea my advice instead 01 employ
ing other counsel, they refused to pay
a reasonable fee and in one case left
me to pay the court costs. And I have
seldom advised a client to compromise
or submit to arbitration that I did not
displease him. It requires moral cour
age to advise, one against his inclina-
. tions,- but it. is sometimes a lawyer's
sacred duty. Whatever may be said as
to it9 morality or true wisdom, yet LI
must say I regard this aggressive and
partisan spirit more conducive to mod
ern success than profound judgment,
for I have seen lawyers succeed chiefly
ny reason of it In whom the logical fac
ulty was not at all conspicuous. In
speaking of success, it will be observed
that I do not. mean the eminence of
such men as Erskine, Wirt, Webster,
William Plnckney, Bufus Choate and
Charles O'Connor, but such success as
is attained by the leading members of
the bar in every town or city of the
United States, who have a good prac
tice, sometimes very lucrative, though
they are unknown to fame and for
gotten outside their neighborhood
when they are gone.'
THE GERMANIA
. TUBLING & WILLIAMS, PROPs.
: Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars
All Irands of Imported Liquors, Ale and Porter,
and Genuine Key West Cigars. A Full Line of
CALIFORNIA : WINES : AND : BRANDIES
Twelve-year-blJ Whiskey, strictly pure, for medicinal pur
poses. Malt Liquor. Columbia Brewery Beer on draught. "
94 Second treet. 'I HR 1 A.L.UI2 OH
A. F. MARTIN,
. BUYER AND SHIPPER OF ;
Hides and Furs
POULTRY, EGGS, AND TEAL
The Highest
Call and tee
Market Price
0-
Paid In Cash.
me before selling elsewhere. Office, center, of
block west of Skibbe's Hotel.
GEORGE RUCH.
PIONEER GROCER
(Successor to Chrisman 6c Corson.) ---I .
' A ULL LINE OP
STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES
Again at the old stand I would be pleased to see all my
former natratvt. Frw d1ivrv trt nnv nart nf tm ritv
1 j j 1 - - - -
CANDLES AS PERQUISITES.
On
Weak,Irritable,Tired
I Was No Good on Earth."
Dr. Miles' Nervine strengthens
the weak, builds up the broken
down constitution, and permanently
cures every kind of nervous disease:
"About one year ago Imam afflicted
ntn nervousness, sleeplessnesst .
vreeptna sensation in my legr,
BUokt palpitation of my hea-yt,
. Distracting eonfusionofthevrtnd,
Serious loss or lapse of memory.
Weights Ooum tcltH ears ana
worry. I completely tost appetite
And felt my vitality wearing out,
I was weak, irritable and tired,
Mty weight was reduced to teoibs
Mn fact X was no good, on earth.
A friend brought
me Dr. Miles' book,
"New and Start
ling Facts," and
I finally decided
to try a bottle of
Dr. Jims' . Eo
oratlv Nervine.
Before I had taken
one' bottle I could
sleep as well as a
lO-yr.-old boy. My
appetite returned
greatly Increased.
When I had taken the sixth bottle
My weight increased to 170 6 a.,
The sensation tnmy legs was gonet
My nerves steadied' completely;
My memory was fully restored.
Mybrainseemedclearerthanever.
M felt as goodMs any man on earth.
Jtr. Miles'- Bestorativo Servlne is
A great medicine, X assure you."
Augusta, Me. " Waltir K Bursas bl.
Dr. Miles Nervine is sold on a positive
.rantee uwt tne first bottle will benefit,
drogglsugell ltatil.6 bottles forSS, or
V ontaoas WUd Kan.'
Butte, Mont., Nov. 20. Pettingill,
the wild man of "the'Wise river moun
tains, has been found dead in his
mountain retreat. Pettin&rill came to
Montana during the early period of
the war, and ever after lived alone
among the wild animals of the Wise
river mountains. " "Pettingill had
knowledge of a fabulously -rich gold
vein, but never disclosed its location,
though he gave to a party of hunters
some quartz that assayed $50,000 a ton.
Pension Paysaent. -
WASHINGTON, JNov; W. The secre
tary or tne interior today issued a
requisition on the treasury for $10,830,-
000 for the quarterly pension payment
The amount is -distributed to the
agencies as follows:
Boston ....... . .U, i:. i. . . .$1,800,000
A.UgU8ia........v;..,V. ....... 750.000
Washington 2.205.000
Columbus. . . .. 3.700,000
Detroit ... . ...... 1,800,000
San rranctsco.;.i.i.i,..,.... 775,000
Dr. Price's Cream Baking: Powder
werM'si Fair, tastiest Award. .
guarantee that tne first bottle will benefit.
AlldrnggisugellltatSl.S bottles rorSS, or
It wUl be sent, prepaid, on receipt of price
by the Dr. M 1 leu Men iral Co, Elkhart, lad.
DhJVliles- Nervine
y'""' Restores Health
Without Foondatlon.
Berlin, Nov. 20.4-Nothing further
has been received-.from. Sofia, Bulga
ria, in any way tending to. confirm the
dispatch from - that city yesterday
which announced that a report had
been received from- Constantinople
that the sultan of Turkey had been
poisonea. it is oeuevea mere is no
foundation for the report. .
Bold Hold-Up.
Petaluma, Cal., Nov. 21. A bold
hold-up and robbery of a village gro
cery store occurred at Freestone, four
miles from Valley Ford, and about 18
miles from Petaluma, at 6:30 last night.
The owner of the store is L. P. Ward.
Two men entered the store, both wear
lag handkerchiefs over their faces, one
carrying two revolvers and the other a
shotgun. A man named Richardson
in the store was given a few seconds to
decide whether he would give up the
money in the safe or take chances for
his life He banded over $500 and
other valuables, when the robbers rode
off. '
Gomes Victorious.
Havana, Nov. 21. General Maximo
Gomez, the insurgent leader, has cap
tured Fort Palyeo.'on the river Zaza,
in the province of Santa Clara.
While "the train conveying General
Suarez Valdez was nearing Santa Rita
in the province of Santa Clara, today,
Insurgents fired a dynamite shell at it,
blowing up four wagons and the en
gine. Two soldiers were seriously in
jured, and 12 slightly wounded. The
car in which the general was riding
was not injured. He went on horse
back to Esperanza.
An Important Discovery.
Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 21. Prof.
Balliet, professor of engineering and
chemistry and physics at the Arkansas
Methodist college at Arkadelphia, has
discovered'a new method for the man
ufacture of illuminating gas. The gas
is capable of giving a very high light
and will yield a 12-candle power from
an ordinary illuminating burner. The
process is purely chemical and is the
cheapest known, The discoverv is at
tracting attention in the scientific
world.
of tha Queer Official Obserranees In
Paris.
A Paris official recently received his
annual present of ten pounds of can
dles. The man thus favored is the po
lice commissary of the district of Saint
Germain l'Auzerrois and he receives his
box of candles from the chamber of no
taries.
. ine origin 01 tms observance dates a
long way back. It arose out of a dis
pute between the police commissary of
the Chatelet and the corporation of
notaries.
The uuty of the former was to hold a
lighted candle at the door of the cham
ber as the legal gentlemen were enter
ing it, and on one occasion the commis
sary, with the spirit which animates
many men m office, even in our own
great country, complained that it was
unfair for the expense of the candles to
fall upon him, contending that he ought
rather to receive an indemnity for his
services.
He (gained his point, and from that
time forward the commissary was given
three hundred pounds of wax candles
annually. In the course of time the
three hundred pounds of wax melted
away and dwindled, till in the present
day the ancient custom has come down
to tne gut ox a ten-pound box 01 com'
posite candles.
A LITTLE AVRIETY.
The Massillon Engine & Thresher Co.
160-166 Front St., Portland, Oregon
WILL MAIL CATALOGUE OF MACHINERY ON APPLICATION-
Thi little toe is said to be disappear
ing from tne human foot.
A Philadelphia medical paper says
tnat city noises produce disease.
Thb value of Canada's fisheries yield
last year is announced as $13,941,171.
Is Elaokstone's time 150 offenses
were punishable in England by death.
XT is usually considered tnat an
adult should drink about three pints of
liquid a day..
Thb prince of Wales has seventeen
brothers-in-law, sixteen uncles, sixty
seven cousins and fifty-seven nephews
and nieces.
The second son of the archbishop of
Canterbury Has achieved considerable
success with a novel entitled "Dodo,"
dew I in it with fashionable societv.
Closing Out
Of Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots
and Shoes, Hats and Caps,
At Less Than Cost
BED ROCK PRICES, as Goods
Will Be Sold Regardless of Cost
Call and Get Prices and Be Convinced.
No Trouble to Show Goods.
J. P. MCIN6RNY
Removal Notice
WANTED : Several trustworthy gentlemen
or ladles to travel In Oregon for estab
lished, reliable house. Salary I7b0 and expen
se -i. Steady position. Enclose reference and I
seu addressed stamped envelope. Tne Domin
ion Company, Third Floor, Omaha Bldg., Chi
cago, xu.
On and alter July 15. 1895, the Book Store
M. T. Nolan,
Will be at No. 54 Second Street,
NEXT DOOR TO GROCERY
The Tariff. "
Chicago, Nov. 5f.A ' special from
Washington says: -' '
In spite of the plans of the Republi
can leaders for the avoidance of a tariff
fight at this session, many newly elect
ed members are determined to keep up
the battle. -Representative Tawney.
of Minnesota, said:.; . : "
"The sentiment of ihe" Republicans
In my state is in favor of a conservative
revision of the' tariff upon straight-out
Republican lines.v Wer believe- that
the revenue for -carrying pn the gov-
Stock From Beppner.
Heppnzb, Or., Nov. 21. Two car
loads of cattle and three of hogs were
shipped out last night to the Union
Meat Company, at Troutdale. The
farmers of Morrow countv are not
making much out of hogs this season,
only getting 3 cents, delivered at the
railroad. One farmer delivered a
wagonload of hogs yesterday and said I
that, on 12 hogs, after deductine- th
cgsi oi ine nogs, wnicn ne purchased
last August, and the price of wheat
ieu, ne naa jusi ez leic
FOR SALE.
7W. ewef. Iambs and wetbern. nil in
-good -condition ana perfectly eound.
Price, lambs tl.00 oer head, trrovn
sheep 91.25. Inquire at this-office.
Sample : Roomr jU-
Conrer of Union and Second Street.
58 FRONT STREET.
(Neuij opposite Umatilla House.)
CHARL1 FRANS; PE0P
The Best Wines.
Liquors and Cigars
Midway Saloon
86 Second Street,
Between Court and Union.
MHRDGRS St 7ttlCH6LBKCH
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