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SATURDAY.. .. NOVEMBER 30, 1895
CARLISLE ON CURRENCY.
Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle
. was the principal speaker at the an
nual banquet of the New York cham
Wr nf commerce last week. His sub-
: ject was "Our Currency System," and
in the course of his remarks he pointed
out many of the weak points of our
bunglesoine system of finance. In ex
planation of the issue of $162,315,400
. interest bearing bonds during: his in-
riimhanev of office for the purpose of
maintaining the redemption of United
KlRtfa nnfcpfl. he said:
"Thfl fundamental vice in our cur-
. I rency system is the legal-tender note
' aedeemable in coin, by the govern
meat and re-issuable under the law,
There are other defects, but this
threatens the stability of the whole
: volume of our currency. So long as
these notes are outstanding, theslight-
est diminution of the coin reserve ex
cites a feelincr of apprehension and
, distrust, affects the values of securi
: ties, curtails investments and more or
less embarrasses theb usiness affairs of
the whole people. In attempting to
provide a circulating medium consist-
ing of its own notes redeemable in
coin on presentation, and re-issuable
' the United States is engaged in a busi
."' ness for which it is wholly unfitted
. and which was never for a moment
contemplated by its founders. It has
"a right to borrow money and issue evi
dence of debt, but It was never con
" templated that it should convert itself
into a bank of issue, and furnish legal
' tender Tjarier currency for the use of
the people. The tressury department
ought to be and 'was intended to be
simply a publio agency for the manage
ment of fiscal affairs of the govern
" ment, as a government, not as a bank.
JNOCnange in me currency bjowjui win
" afford relief unless it provides for the
retirement of the legal tenders.
"The circulation 01 legal lenaers nas
a tendency to drive oui oi use auu uuu
of the country the very coin in which
the government is compelled to re-
deem them. And it has expelled mil
lions of dollars from our borders. Al
though the government and our own
people are compelled to receive them
vvait drill nnt HiofV. a rfT infcArnfltinns.1
r- VUJT T" li M.fcJ.... . J'j
obligations and gold must go out to
' kaM-.Ia nil final halance9 against US. No
other government in the world is re'
' quired to supply gold from its treasury
: to discharge the private obligations of
its citizens.
- "'WMlo t. ha rwAiiniftrv Inaa tn whiflb
the people have been subjected by the
laaiiaand nnnHnnan niltoillnhnn Af lPITfll
I I ll'l" f.UV.U V.. VH.HV. w Q "
tender paper has been almost incalcul
able, this has not been the chief injury
inflicted on. our country, xneones
that the government can create money
; by placing its stamp upon, piper or
-' other materials; that a legislative en-
aotjient can make 50 cents equal in
value to 100 cents: that artificially in-
' flated prices aid ill a depreciated cur
rency are better for the people than
natural prices paid in a sound cur
rency, and various other vagaries now
floating like bubbles In the political
atmosphere, are all attributable to the
loner continued use of legal tender
paper."
In discussiug the question of Issuing
fiat monev. Mr. Carlisle made this
statement: .
"The proposition that a promise of
" . the government to pay money is money
is just as absurd as the proposition
that a promise to deliver a borse is a
' horse, and yet there are eminent men
high In publio councils, who believe
that the United States' promissory
note Is actual money, and the statute
which compels all people to accept it
as actual monev is constitutional
enough to be continued in force. The
agitation of free coinage of legal ten
' der silver is predicated on the same
vicious principle that underlies the
T . 1 ' J
legislation mailing paper promiaoa a
legal tender, but there is a practical
difference between the two systems.
The United States note was a forced
. idan from the. people to the govern
ment, which the government promised
" to repay in dollars; but the free coin
. age of legal tender silver at the ratio
of 16 to 1 would be a forced loan from
the people to the owners of the silver
mines and silver bullion without a
npnmiflA nf ranfivmATit nv firivhndv."
His closing remarks were strong and
. emphatic, still In such simple language
that his position could not be misun
derstood. He said:
y
v tion to aeoase our standard oi vaiue
should not be abandoned or suspended.
".. 4. - .
If the friends of a sound and stable
measure of value are vigilant and act
ive, this effort cannot possibly succeed,
and the question will soon recede from
v. t : .: c. .t rf-:.-j c ... .
legal tender notes will remain to com
plicate the currency system and em-
indefinite declarations bv the rrent
political organizations of the country
not only increase doubt and distress
. abroad, hut encourage harmful agita- j
turn at home. Tand I hold, therefore.
ttt.f: it. la tlio iiit.tr nt all vrrti mav lu.
come in any way responsible for the
welfare of the country to. insist that
there shall be no further equivocation
or evasion id our treatment 'of this
subject. Let .us have no more ambig
uous phrases,, no more inconsistent
' and ' irreconcilable clauses in party
platforms or in public utterances, but
let us make our meaning so clear, and
our purpose so plain that they can
neither be misunderstood nor success
fully misinterpreted."
WHAT WILL THE POLICY BE?
," The New York World has asked
prominent Republicans all over the
country for their views as to what the
policy of the party would be in the
next congress with reference to tariff
legislation, and what they favored
making the Issue in 1896, also for an
interpretation of the recent election
results. Very nearly all of the leaders
questioned regard the result as a de
mand for higher tariffs, but they are
widely divided as to what the people
really want. Few of them, however,
throw any light upon the mystery of
what method or course the Republican
congress will pursue. j
Jn interpreting the voice of the peo-'
pie at the polls on November 5, Major
McKlnley modesty thinks it was a de
mand for the restoration of the Mj-
Kinley law, but very few others agree
with him. Nearly all agree that the
McKinley bill is a back number, to
tally unsuited to present conditions.
Most of them think that the people
Want the present tariff so far altered
that it shall produce revenue enough
to meet expenditures. That is to say
they accept the Democratic doctrine
of a tariff for revenue. Several con
tana ror a restoration 05. the duty on
wool the remoyal of which has so
greatly cheapened the people's cloth
ing and so largely benefited our
woolen manufacturers and their work'
men.
Not one of them suggests any reduc
tion in expenditures. Not one favors
an increase of the beer tax orthe im
position of any other internal revenue
impost.
The one point on which all Republi
cans seem agreed is that the plain peo
ple and not the rich brewers and bank
depositors must be made to contribute
the additional revenue needed. That
has always been Republican policy,
and judging from the expressions of
the men who were interviewed by the
World, it appears that the policy of
the Republican party in the coming
congress will be to levy taxes upon
consumption rather than upon posses
sions, and that the issue in 1896 will
be on the line of protecting the few at
the expense of the many.
QUESTIONABLE PROSPERITY
The period from 1880 to 1892, the
time when protective tariffs were the
highest, is pointed to as having been
the most prosperoutfperiod ever known
in the United States. In some re
spects that period was marked with
apparent prosperity. Many industries
were inaugurated and grew to im
mense proportions, steel, iron ana
woolen manufacturers -increased their
output nearly fifty per cent, 'ihe
area of land under cultivation was in
creased . almost twenty-five per cent,
The mileage of railroads was more
than doubled and that of telegraph
lines was increased nearly two fold.
The population of the United States
also increased over 6,000.000 from 1880
to 1892.
All this seems to bespeak great pros
perity, a growth in wealth that was
never equaled in any other time or
country. But when viewed from a
different standpoint, it is questionable
if the people of the United States were
really prosperous during those years,
Statistics rather prove the contrary,
Fredrick Walte, the statistical expert
of the department' of .agriculture,
makes the statement that during the.
twelve years from 1880 to 1892 the total
net private indebtedness of the Ameri
can people increased nearly $13,000,
000,000. In 1880 he says It was $6,750,-
000,000 and in 1892 it had reached the
enormous sum of $19,700,000,000. Thus
it appears that the prosperity of that
period was built up largely on borrowed
capital, and not from the development
of the natural wealth of the country.
Had the capital that was used in build
ing railroads, telegraph lines and fact
ories and in improving city and agri
cultural property during that time
been owned in America, the fact of its
being borrowed would not necessarily
be a bad showing. But the fact is,
that at least one third of ' this vast in
debtedness of $19,000,000,000 Is owed to
Europeans, and the payment of the in
terest on it is such: a drain upon the
wealth of this country that It , is very
questionable if our seeming prosperity
has not been the reverse., If it is a sign
of prosperity to build up industries on
capital that is owned in a foreign
country on which the interest pay
ment alone would require a balance of
trade in our favor amounting to over
$200,000,000 annually, then America
was prosperous from 1880 to 1892, if
not that period was detrimental to
American people. -
INCREASE IN EXPORTS.
The statement just issued from the
federal bureau of statistics of the' ex
ports of the four great staples for Octo
ber must be rather discouraging to the
calamity howlers who have been so
stoutly asserting that America's export
trade with fpreign countries is decreas
ing, "all on account of the tariff law of
1894." The statement shows an in
crease of $2,149,969 in the totals for the
month, in- spite of the low price of
cereals and the .slowness of the cotton
movement. ' -
There is a decrease in the values of
breadstuffs exported between January
I and November 1 of something over
$7,000,000, but this does not show a
decrease in the volume exported. " On
the contrary, there was an increase in
the number of bushels exported during
the first ten months of the year, but
the prevailing low prices in London
and Liverpool, over which this country
has no control, caused a decrease in
the values. But the exports - during
October show an increase in value of
over $2,000,000.
The only article that failed to show
an increase during the month of Octo
ber was cotton, and it is expeoted that
since there is better demand for this
staple at present than there has been
for a few months past, it will show a
decided increase during November.
The following 'statement published
in the American W00L and Cotton Re
porter of Boston on the 27th, and given
in the dispatches in yesterday's Ore
gonian, indicate that American woolen
manufacturers are still in the business
and . are consuming a ' reasonable
amount of raw material: "Wool sales
in New York, Boston and Philadelphia
have amounted this week to 6,182,300
pounds, of which 4,206,800 were domes
tic' and 1,497,500 pounds foreign wool.
Although there is a large- and more
general Inquiry, trade is still compar
atively dull, which is natural enough
when one considers the immense
amount of stock that this market has
tarnished to the mills since January,
an amount which at this date exceeds
by more than 28,000,000 pounds the ag
gregate in this market in "the corres
ponding period of 1892." -
If it is true that the tariff law is of
such great benefit to English manufac
turers and so detrimental to the manu
facturing Industries of America, why
is it that the factories of this country
are nearly all running on full time,
and during the past six months have
been enabled to make advances of
10 to 25 percent, in the wages of opera
tives ? This increased activity in man
ufacturing is perceptible all over the
world, and in no country is it mora
striking than in the United States. It
is a general revival of business from
the degression that begun in 1890, and
the American manufacturers no longer
hampered by exorbitant tariffs on raw
materials are enabled to keep pace with
those of other countries. 1
HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED.
Republican papers of late have been
publishing column after column of
"proof" as they call It, of the great
prosperity the present tariff law in the
United States has caused among Eng
lish manufacturies; how they are there
by enabled to enter our markets and
drive our manufacturers to the wall,
but they have all overlooked the follo w
ing dispatch, dated London, Nov. 9:
"English manufacturers are stirred
up by a paragraph which has recently
appeared in several of the most widely
circulated workingmen's papers, in
which those who wish to get the most
for their money are advised to buy
goods of Americau make. Numerous
instances are cited in the articles in
question calculated to demonstrate the
wisdom of this advice
"At Maple's immense osublishment
in this city, which has the reputation
of being the largest retail general out
fitting house in the world, large quanti
ties of American Axmlnster carpets
have been sold during the past few
years. They are cheaper than any
furnished in the Enelish market, and
the designs are decidedly better,
Those carpets have even been used in
some of the public offices of the Brit
ish government, notably in the bridge
between the auxiliary and the army
and navy stores. American boots are
displayed in the shops of all the lead
ing retailers, and even the English are
beginning to admit that in shape, mate
rial and excellency of workmanship,
they are not only superior to but
cheaper than the British article.
"Althoueh American furniture is
not as yet well known in the English
markets numerous instances are cited
in which householders have sent to the
United States for chamber sets, parlor
sets and folding beds, the prices being
lower than are obtainable in London,
even when the cost of transportation
is reckoned in. Artistic silverware la
another item in the purchase of which
buyers are recommended to patronize
American manufacturers, the designs
being more artistic and the prices
more reasonable than those of the do
mestic makers."
That they should overlook such
news as this is perfectly natural, for it
refutes ther argument that "American
manufacturers cannot compete with
those of England." It shows that they
are doing that very thing right in the
Britisher's own home. And this Is be-
in? done with articles on which the
duty was reduced by the Wilson law,
Under the McKinley law the duty on
Axminister carpets was 60 cents per
yard and 40 per cent ad valorem, by the
1894 law it was reduced to 40 per cent
ad valorem. On furniture it was re
duced, from do to zo per cent, and on
boots from 30 to 25 per cent. When
American manufacturers can go Into
the markets of England and undersell
the manufacturers who are- said to be
the moBt favored on earth, those whom
we are told are the ones to be -most
feared, it is high time for the advocates
of high protection to discover some
other plea for taxing the people.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Spain threatens to sell Cuba to Eng
land to spite the United States. Judg
ing from the way Spanish troops are
gettiug worsted in Cuba, it is doubt
ful if the mother country is in a posi
tion to give a yery clear title to the
island.
A good many Republicans and a few
Democrats are endeavoring to force
Cleveland to become a candidate for
president, but Grover remains quiet
on the subject. It is as well that he
should. . As Gov. Campbell said re
cently, the proposition is too absurd to
require a denial from Cleveland.
Of late ex President Harrison has
been speaking very earnestly for the
foreign mission. It is not improbable
that under present existing circum
stances he would not object to sending
McKinley, Reed and Allison to some
foreign country to convert heathens
who have cannibalistic proclivities,
Within a few days congress will con
vene, and no definite action hag peen
taken by the up-country people for pre
senting a demand for an appropriation
to open the Upper Columbia to navi
gation. The people east of here do
not seem to remember the old axiom
Gold helps them who- help" them
selves."
The present condition of -Tacoma
financially is striking evidence of what
boodle and boom can do for a city. The
city has an indebtedness of $3,891,178,
and has only $422 available funds on
hand with' which to meet the debt.
Tacoma has gone pretty, fast the past
few years, but she has not been able to
keep pace with some of her officials,
The shipments of gold this week
have been unusually heavy, $7,350,000
having been withdrawn from the sub-
treasury at New York for shipment to
Europe.- This has reduced the gold
reserve to $82,000,000. No uneasiness
is. occasioned by these withdrawals,
since the .treasury anticipates" no in
convenience in meeting all demands
made upon it.
When the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight
was called off at Hot Springs, we sup
posed that, would be the last we would
hear from those champion blowhards
for a while, but no such good fortune
was in store Not satisfied with the
ridicule they were subjected to here,
they now ' propose to go down into
Mexico and harrangue the people
there about a prize fight for a while.
The war cloud in Europe continues
to grow darker and may burst at any
moment. When it does come Turkey
will be the first government to fall;
then therest of the nation will have a
sort of "monkey and parrot" time di
viding the spoils. What the result
will be no one hardly dare venture an
opinion, but it is not unlikely that the
geography of Europe will be materially
changed within the next few years.
The naughty newspaper reporters
have gotten Senator Squire, of Wash
ington into botwater, by quoting him
as saying he did not favor appropria
tions for improving the Columbia, and
now he is kept busy denying the state
ment. This is uncomfortable for the
senator just at present when he is put
ting up his political fences, and conse
quently is desirous of .living on good
terms with the eastern part of the
state.
Cubans are today fighting for the
same cause the old patriots of Amer
ica were in 1776, to be relieved from
the tyranny of a mother country and
given an independent government.
Their cause Is just, and sympathy for
them ought to be an Incentive to this
government to at least recognize them
as belligerents. The United States
can well afford to be instrumental In
breaking the sway of European
crowned heads In America. -
It is difficult to 'imagine a more de-
p-aved or unnatural being than Lloyd
Montgomery, who, in a fit of passion,
murdered both his parents and a visi
tor at their home. It is a case of
wayward boy with an ungovernable
temper, possible whose -waywardness
had not been curbed at the proper
time. Still his crime is so unnatural
that the position he is placed in can
elicit no sympathy from an usually
sympathetic public, and if the death
penalty is inflicted, which it no doubt
will be, there can be no regrets.
At Cleveland,- Ohio, 3,000 prayers
will be offered by the members of the
Christian Endeavor for the convertion
of Col. Bob Ineersol. The result will
be watched with interest. Kentucky
going Republican did not change In
eersol's belief, therefore the Endea
vors have a difficult undertaking.
There never has been time in the
past thirty years when a laborer could
buy more with a day's wages than he
can at the present. Food, cloth
intr. fuel, in fact all the necessaries of
life have come down, in price. The
suit of clothes that under the McKin
ley law cost him $20 he can now buy
for $12.50, the blanket that then cost
him $10 can be purchased for $6, and
all other necessaries have fallen in
proportion. If the new tariff has
caused this reduction in the prioe of
necessities, has it not benefited the
10,000,000 wage earners of America?
Althoueh General Harrison still re
mains silent, there is no question
but he will enter the race for the Re
publican nomination next year. His
candidacy will meet the opposition of
the bosses,Quay, Piatt, Clarkson, Man
ley and Carter, but his friends recog
nize that this is a time of turning down
the bosses, therefore they feel en
couraged that Harrison will either get
the nomination or be able to say Who
will. Should the ex-presldent select a
candltate it will not be McKinley or
Reed, as he believes they were not true
to him in the Minneapolis convention
The sheriffs or Oregon who. are com
plaining of not receiving sufficient
compensation for their services, owing
to Governor Lord having- vetoed the
mileage bill, certainly have a remedy,
It is their privilege to resign and
allow the different county courts to
supply sheriffs who will perform the
service for the salaries provided. But
their complaint comes with' ill grace
at this time. They accepted their
different offices with a full knowledge
of what the salaries were, and by their
acts agreed to perform the services
thereof for a stipulated price. If they
are not content to fulfill this agree
ment let them step down and out.
DEATH BY TERRIFIC NOISE.
Herolo Salf-Deatruetlon Chosen by Stokers
of Steamers.
Headers of Capt. Griffin's article on
battleships in war in China, and his
descriptions of the terrors-of the boiler
room, where men's heads bled from the
shock of noise, will like to hear from
an Englishman that when a man comes
to grief and has to disappear for rea
sons ' of any sort he often chooses the
livintr death of a stoker on a steam
boat, says the New York Press.
"I was once taken over the engine
rooms of a big boat while we were go
ing through the straits of Gibraltar,
he says, "and, having endured an almost
tropical sun for some weeks, I felt well
disposed to see the furnaces. I tried
them for about ten seconds and came
out feeling- more dead than alive. The
chief engineer told me afterward that
the men employed to attend to the fires
were the very dregs of humanity, but
represented many social conditions. He
said that in his 50 years' experience he
had found members of learned profes
sions side by side with men who had
served time.
"The main object of suchcomers was
to exist away from the sight of the rest
of humanity, and for this purpose they
became inured to the horrible atmos
phere and surroundings of the furnace
room. It was pretty bad down there
just now, he confessed; 'but imagine
the Bed sea in August, and then think
what they must endure.' Sailors who
have spent years in the tropics cannot
long stand stoking, so great is the heat,
yet there are men in the 'vitals of great
liners that never left temperate climes
men who used to go to cool places in
summers until their faults or misfor
tunes drove them to the boilers. Fancy
what the work is when accompanied by
concussions of shot that crack the flesh
open!'
HOW HE FELLED A TREE.
Scorned to Labor with Hli Hands When
Brain Work Would Count.
The man in the country has not the
push of the man in the city, but he
known more about necessity as a labor-
saving machine than the city man. An
ordinary 'Chicagoan fell into this line
of thought the other day as he was re
turning to the city on a railroad train.
An accident detained the train out in
the woods. The Chicago man, says the
Chronicle of that city, had time to stay
and he roamed about in the leaves. In
doing so his attention-was attracted
to a man and a horse. The horse was
harnessed to one end of a long rope,
The animal was led out the length of
the rope. The man walked back to a
tree. The other end of the rope was
tied around his waist. He dimbecLthe
tree until he reached the topmost
branch. Then be untied the end of the
rope from his waist and made it secure
on a limb. Then he descended,
took off his coat, spat upon his hands.
laid hold of an ax handle in the usual
way and began chopping at the tree.
After he had made quite a gash he
chucked to the horse at the far end of
the rope. The man resumed chopping,
and, succeeding every half doen chops,
he started up the horse. At each start
of the horse the top of the tree, and
the trunk as well, inclined by degrees
to the horse. By the tune the man had
cut half into the tree, with the horse
still pulling on the rope, the tree broke
where the cutting had been made and
fell. The man had saved himself half
the usual labor. ' The Chicago man
grunted. "Well, I'll be darned," he
said. "Now, if a city man had under;
taken to fell a tree he would have
chopped all the way through. The
hayseed can -give us .points on a good
many things."
Did He Share or Snake It
In a discussion on the factory bill.
one member, according to a report in
one of the provincial papers, urged its
acceptance on the bonse, in order to
put a stop to the practice of "shaving
factory boys to death." During th
last parliament Mr. Gladstone indulged
one evening in some genial bantering
of Lord Hartington, and the following
appeared in one of the provincial re
ports ox the speech: "Such is the mod-
esty of my noble friend that he shaves
his head. But I must insist tmon nlan.
ing upon his head the crown which he
is entitled to wear." A refrona n
the report published In the
Journal shows that Lord Hartimrtrm
did not shave his head, but only shook
it Macmillan's Ma"r-.
Near Augusta, Hi,, there are two
peculiar wells, each of which deserves
special mention in a department de
voted to accounts of things out of the
ordinary. The first is a "bottomless
well" one which was sank down until
the immense running underground river
was struck. The second is a well in
which the water remains frozen winter
and summer. These two wonders, each
of which may properly be referred to
"combined natural and artificial
curiosities," are located at a distance
of about a mile and a half apart. The
froeen well is only about ten feet in
depth, that pf the pthernot stated.
TELEGRAPHIC.
HALF NOT YET TOLD.
Man 7 Horrors Connected With Massacres
Suppressed.
Boston, Nov. 26. The following
letter has been received in Boston
from a reliable person in Constanti
nople: "The Turks have induced some of
the subsidized European papers to
speak of these crimes as Armenian
outbreaks, etc., but the ambassadors
have full reports which they ought to
publish that refute these, and show
conclusively that within a day or two
after he signed the order for reforms
the sultan ordered the Armenians to be
massacred in order that there should
be no question of an Armenian major
ity in any of the provinces. The people
sought all the spoils obtainable, and
did not execute the sultan's wish to
the fullest. But the loss of life has
been awful.
. " Moreover, there soem3 to be no
way of preventing more massacres of
the same sort. It is the most awful
crime of the century, because it is per
sistently falsified by its author. Every
where the story is the same; a deliber
ate preparation and then a story sent
to Europe that the Armenians attacked
the inoffensive Turks and were reduced
to order after a few had been killed.
"Worse times are in store for us.
Europe is divided in council, and the
Turks finding that nothing is done for
this crime, will go on to extremities.
The highest and most solemn court
has declared that the sultan cannot
lawfully be restrained in the exercise
of his will, since he is the representa
tive of God for the whole earth. From
15,000 to 20.000 people have been
slaughtered during the last month, and
in consequence no less than 100,000
persons heretofore dependent on them
for their food are now in want. The
coming winter will witness a vast
amount of suffering. This is the case,
not alone at Sassoun, but all over the
land where the occurrences have taken
place."
WOULD PUSH IT ALONG.
Senator Mitchell Favors Immediate Con
struction of Nicaragua Canal.
New York, Nov. 26. A special to
the Herald from Washington says:
senator Mitchell, 01 Oregon, is in
favor of going right on with the work
of constructing the Nicaraguan canal,
regardless of the difficulties pointed
out. He said in an interview:
"I am in favor of the construction of
the . canal under American control.
whatever may be the cost and however
great the obstacles may be that are in
the way. I regard the project as one
of the grandest that has ever been
brought to the mind of congress, and
its completion would be one of incal
culable commercial wealth to the whole
country and to that section which I
represent. My constituents are in
favor of pushing the work on the canal
as rapidly as possible."
"What do you think of the recom
mendation of the commission for
another survey ?"
" I am opposed to this. I have no
patience with these delays There has
been no less than 11 surveys on this
route already, and there is no necessity
for any further survey preliminary to
actual work. I am in favor of going
right ahead and constructing the canal
and overcoming any obstacles that
may be found in the way."
TESBIBLE ACCIDENT.
Many Lives Lost by an Explosion of Pow
der.
New York, Nov. 26. A dispatch to
the Herald from Barcelona says:
A terrible accident, resulting in
great loss of life, occurred at Palma,
the capital of the island of Majorica,
13 miles south of this city, yesterday.
eighty persons, most 01 whom are
women, were employed in emptying
old cartridges outside of the walls of
the town, when one of the cartridge"
in some manner exploded. There was
a large quantity of powder that had
been taken out of the cartridges lying
about over a large area and this was
ignited by the discharge of the cart
ridge. A tremendous explosion fol
lowed, wnicn shattered the masonry
of the town walls, which were ex
tremely thick, and did much damage
to buildings. Thirty-seven women and
14 men were instantly killed, and 35.
women and five men seriously injured,
and of this number 20 have since died.
ABE NOT YET FORTHCOMING.
Firming Promised the Powers Have Not
Been Issued.
Constantinople, Nov. 27, via Sofia,
Nov. 28. Ia spite of the assurances
the Turkish minister of foreign affairs
gave the ambassadors of Great Britain,
Russia, Austria and Italy, yesterday,
that firmins allowing the passage of
the Dardanells would be immediately
issued by the porte, the necessary doc
uments have not been forthcoming.
Many conferences between the am
bassadors have taken place in the past
24 hours and there have also been many
consultations between the Turkish
ministers and the sultan at the palace.
ihe answer of the powers to the re
quest of the porte that they refrain
from pressing their demand for extra
guardships, was that they could see no
reason why they should not support
the demands of ambassadors for more
effective means of protecting foreign
residents of Constantinople in an emer
gency. In view of this unanimous
reply it is considered in foreign official
circles that the sultan has no alterna
tive but to yield, especially as the
powers will have extra gunboats con-
eyed through the Dardanells by battle
ships if the sultan persists in his dila
tory tactics.
It seems highly probable that the
ambassadors have already determined
not to wait for firmins beyond a certain
time and therefore it may soon be an
nounced that the gunboats are coming.
A portion of the British fleet, which
has been at anchor in Salonica bay, is
understood to have left those waters
for Smyria, and should now be quite
near the entrance to the Dardanells.
All forts about the straits are fully
manned and supplied with ammunition,
and in the highest state of efficiency
compatible with the circumstances.
Searchlights are worked nightly over
the waters. It is understood the sys
tem of submarine mines and torpedoes
has been practically completed as far
as the resources of the government
will allow.
UNION PACIFIC AFFAIRS.
General Business Better Than This Time
Last Tear.
New York, Nov. 28. S. H. H.
Clarke, president and' receiver of the
Union Pacific is here for a few days.
A meeting of the receivers will prob
ably be held in a few days. Speaking
of the general situation. Mr. Clark
said:
The dresent general business of
the Union Pacific is slightly better
than at this time last year. I should
say there will be a further improve
ment. Some benefit is derived indi
rectly from the Cripple Creek gold
fields. Corn will begin to go forward
In December. While the crop is large.
the market price is low and farmers
will be disposed to hold their corn for
higher figures. The prices for hogs
and cattle will be affected relatively by
the price of corn. The price of corn
also will have a bearing on transpor
tation rates. The showing of the
Union Pacific for the calendar year
1896 ought to be ahead of 1894, and
perhaps equel to 1893.
OFFICERS OF THE NEXT HOUSE
A Slate Has Been Made Up, But the
Southern Republicans Will Bolt It.
Washington-, Nov. 28. The con
test for house offices was practically
ended when the Ohio and Indiana dele
gations held their caucus and decid
ed to support a combine ticket. The
next officers of the house will therefore
be:
Clerk, Alexander McDowell, of
Pennsylvania; sergeant-at-arms, Ben
jamin Russell, of Missouri; doorkeeper
W. J. Glenn, of New York; postmas
ter, Major McElroy, of Ohio; ohaplaln
Rev H. D. Fisher, of Kansas.
Eleven of the twenty-two representa
tives of the south, exclusive of Mis
souri, met in caucus tonight to deter
mine on their action respecting the
choice for the officers - of that body.
Some dissatisfaction, has been ex
pressed by them at the slate already
made up, which leaves the south with
out any representation in the elective
offices of the house. After consider
able discussion it was resolved by the
caucus to stand by General Henderson
of Illinois, for clerk, and the surmise
is that W. S. Tipton, of Tennessee, will
be supported for the position of sergeant-at-arms.
The members of the
caucus are rather chary of talking of
the results of the meeting. Senator
Pritchard of North Carolina, and the
Hon. Clay Evans were present for a
short time.
IN PALESTINE.
Grave State of Affairs Exists There and In
Syria;
LONDON, Nov. 28. A dispatch to
the Dally News from Beyrout, dated
November 17, confirms the reports of
a grave state of affairs existing in
Syria and Palestine, and the repeated
danger in which the American mis
sionaries have been placed by the
riotous demonstrations of the Mussul
mans. The dispatch adds that the
whole of Syria and Palestine are
flooded with Tuikish soldiers, and
states that in the country between
Jaffa and Jerusalem there are 60,000
troops, all raised within 20 days. The
Daily News correspondent adds:
"Troops arriving here bear the sig
nificant green flag of the prophet, in
stead of the Turkish flag. Jerusalem
is crowded with soldiers, and troops
are being stationed in the tower of
David, Pilate's palace, and in the
wilderness outside of Damascus' gate,
The ostensible purpose of the troops is
to subdue the Druses."
Death of Knlfonf.
Lebanon, Or., Nov. 28. Coroner
Jean held an inquest over the body of
John Knifong the nightwatchman at
the Waterloo woolen mills, this morn
ing. After hearing the evidence of 10
witnesses, the jury returned a verdict
that he came to his death by violence.
inflicted by some, unknown person
There is no clew as to who committed
the murder.
Most of the evidence went to show
that he was murdered, and - especially
that of both doctors, who swore that it
was next to impossible for a man to re
ceive such a wound as he had from
fall.
Criminal Cases at Albany.
ALBANY, Nov. 28. Mrs. Emma G
Hannah, on trial for - the murder of
Mrs. Lottie Hiatt at Jordan, Septem
ber 26, was convicted of murder in the
second degree. . The grand jury re
turned three indictments ap "nst Lloyd
Montgomery charging him with the
murder of his father, mother' and
Daniel McKercher. , His attorney
stated that insanity would be the de
fense if any was made;
Hay Burned Near Pendleton.
Pendleton, Or., Nov. 26. Several
large stacks of hay on Frank Rack's
farm at "The Meadows" were consumed
by fire early this morning. The fire
was of incendiary origin. Mr. Rack's
loss will be heavy.
1 HE WAS WILLING."
,lme Bad Tempered HI Grief for Bis
Lamented Partner.
There was an old man with a big and
bulky satchel at his feet and a weed on
Ills hat leaning against the Griswold
street front of the post office the other
day, says the Detroit Free "Press, when
a wag who had been banging around for
the right sort of a man to appear ap
proached him and said: .
"I see that the grim destroyer has in
vaded your hearthstone?"
"The which?" asked the old man.
"The grim destroyer the angel of
death. I take it your wife has gone
hence."
"Yes. cone hence." '. '
"Allow me to extend ' my heartfelt
sympathies."
"Yes, you kid extend em.
"You must be lonely,"
"Yes, purty lonely."
"I have lost the partner of my own
bosom and I know how- it feels. You
seem to De an aione in mis gri
world.".
"Yes, that's the feelinV
"Life appears to be a .desert to you?"
"Yes, a reg'lar desert, with sand a
foot deep."
"But in your loneliness m the seem-
in? emptiness of your life has it not
occurred to you that you could do some
thing to add to the happiness of your
fellowman?''
"Yes, it has."
"And will you do it?"
"I will. It's 'leven months now since
my wife was taken away and if yonll
point me out a woman abou; 'r-rty
years old who wants to get married 111
pop the question so quick that it will
make her heels lilt up. xou oetcner
life I want to do something for my
fellerman and I'm waitin' right here to
get another sight of a woman whom
I've f ollered fur three mues ana winnea
at over a dozen times.
Flnrfrs and Toes.
There is one curious fact respecting
the animal creation with which you
will never become acquainted if you de
pend on your text books for informa
tion. It is this: No living representa
tive of the animal kingdom has more
than five toes, digits or claws to each
foot, hand or limb. The horse is the
type of one-toed creation, the camel of
the two-toed, the rhinoceros of the
three-toed and the hippopotamus ' of
four-toed animal life. The elephant
and hundreds of other animals belong
ing to different orders belong, to the
Teat five-toed tribe.
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IMPRESSIVE GLITTER.
The Metallic Splendor of the Diplomatic
Corps on New Year's Morning;.
Washington's most picturesque fea
ture, the diplomatic corps, never gets
into action until the reception at the
white house on New' Year's day, says
the Indianapolis Journal, although the
individual members will be seen out in
society for a month or more before the
recognized social season. At the iNew
Year's reception, however, the diplo
mats come out strong and the proces
sion of the members of the foreign le
gations and embassies from' the white
house to the home or hotel ot tne secre
tary of state, where the diplomatic
breakfast is served, is one of the gal
sicrhtsof the year. Many of the popuhv
tion of Washington stay up all night in
order to get a place on the white house
fence where they may see the proces
sion pass as soon as it nas oeen re
ceived and properly attended to by the
president.
After the reception the entire organ
ization lines up and puts out .on foot
for the home of the secretary of state.
As they pass from the white house
Grounds in their glittering raiment
they are the showiest things in Wash
ington and. worth coming, miles to
see. The lowliest attache in the crowd
will give cards and spades to the most
showilv-dressed drum major in the
country, and will win out with ease.
They have gold lace and bullion strung
all over them, while the aigreta, plumes,
epaulets, cords, tassels and ribbons of
any one lec-ation would stock a mil
tinery store.- Such is the effect of thi
aggregation of beauty and valor on the
great American crowd gathered with
out the gates that every man in it utters
at some time while the procession is
pausing; with contemptuous emphasis.
the remark which occurs of tenest in the
narrative of the adventures of Chimmie
Fadden. -
6TRANGE STORY OF CRIME.
Trustworthy BerVant Turns Murderer
' Husband to the Rescue.
One of the most remarkable stories
of thwarted crime comes from India,
A lady with her two children, who were
both young, was going in her own ekka
from Hamnagar to a place in the center
of the Bar tract.
The driver was an old Bervant of the
family and was thought to be trust
worthy. For this reason the lady did
not think it necessary to leave ber jew
elry behind her. At a lonely part of
the road the trustworthy servant
stopped and ordered his mistress to
pass her gewgaws along. She did so,
not unnaturally, and then the man pro
ceeded to bind her, preparatory to kill
ing her.
At her request he agreed to kill the
infants after he had dispatched the!
mother. lie lifted the ax to st rike the
blow, but the head flew off and disap
peared in the brushwood some yard
away. By this time the lady was un
conscious. ,
When she came to she found her hus
band leaning over her and undoing ber
fastenings. - He explained that he had
felt a dread as of some impending ca
lamity, and so had -followed ber. In
the thicket the trustworthy servant
was found dead, his body already blue,
p utrid and bloated. lie had been ung
by a Khagi snake, whose bite paralyzes
the victim on the instant and decom
poses him in an hour. .
COTTON FROM FIR WOOD.
Chemical Proeess by Which a Strong,
Useful Substitute Is Made.
Artificial cotton, says a Paris journal
f-rescmi les the nutural j 'oduct in this.
that both are formed of cellulose, near
ly pure; and, as nature has prepared
cotton by means of the element of the
air and soil forming the cellulose in fine
fibers by means of secret forces, and of
fering it in the state of wool to bo trails-
formed into what is required of it, so
the chemist in his laboratory takes the
natural cellulose of the tiee and sep
e rates it from the substanccswith which
it is combined, transforming it into
threads by means of suitable nppup arcs
For this purpose fir wood is employed
this being submitted to a series of me
chanical and chemical operations, and
the threads are drawn out, afterword
being rolled on bobbins; the inatorial
when manufactured resembles oidi
nary cotton, though having a slight de
fect, which can be easily corrected-
that is, it is a little less solid than
natural cotton. On the other hand,
however, the new substance iswoi-kcd
and woven easily, it can be dyed as
readily as natural cotton, and when
passed through a weak solution of tan
nin and certain other reagents, it will
take every shade of artificial colors, and
can be dressed and printed on just as
are the tissues of natural cotton.
AN INDIAN'S AWFUL FATE.
Hla Alooholle Breath Caught Fire and He
Was Burned to Death.
The manufacture of distilled spirits,
locally known as hoochinoo, has been
carried on by the natives of Alaska for
a Jong period, and at times .during the
early days of the Cassier excitement it
was freely purchased by the white min
ers as the only liquor obtainable, owing
to the strict enforcement of the prohibi
tory clause against the Importation, of
liquors into the territory, says the
Alaska Mining Record. Hoochinoo is
nothing more or less than raw alcohol,
being distilled mainly from brown su
gar or molasses and corn meal. Undi
luted the stuff has a double proof
strength, makes "drunk come" freely
and but a few swallows of it will set a
man bowling iu demoniac glee, and
nothing but an Indian, with his copper-
lined stomach, can stand a protracted
spree on it.
The Kako Indians probably lead all
others in the manufacture of these
spirits and as proof of their knowledge
or the art or making a double proof
article, we give the particulars of the
awful fate of an expert ' Kako distiller
which happened recently on that island.
it seems that this Indian, while en
gaged in the manipulation of his little
coal oil can still, imbibed too freely of
its trickling and in a drunken stupor I
, 1 , f a , . . "T
isty uown oy nis nre or ceaar logs and
fell asleep, with his face uncomforta
bly near the fire' and his breath fan
ning the flames. Through some reason
known only to the medical fraternity
gas accumulated in the stomach and
the breath of the sleeper reaching the
flames the alcohol gas ignited. The
sleeper suddenly leaped to his feet
with a terrifying scream and fell back
writhing in agony. The man was burn
ing internally. Smoke and even flames
were issuing from his mouth and his
agony was something awful. II is loud
screeches brought the members of the
camp about him, who looked on in
silent, terror-stricken awe, unable to
do anything for bis relief. The com
bustion continued until the Indian was
literally consumed inside and for some
time after the spirit of life had fled.
OUR NEAR NEIGHBORS.
OjfE-EALT of the population of Mex
ico are full-blooded Indiana.
Is South America a boy who wants
to own a pet animal gets a monkey in
stead of a dog.
Is Cuba etiquette requires that a re
quest from one smoker to another for
a light must always' be honored.
Lr the last ten years, 140,000 resi
dents of the province of Quebec have
emigrated. Most of them have taken
-up their residence in the United States.
la some parts of Mexico, the party in
power maintain their positions by
throwing into jail their political op
ponents on the eve of an election.
When the election is decided, the dis
franchised are released.
Tbx little town of Newport, Hants
county, Nova Scotia, has a population)
of about 1,400, and there are among
them forty persons, twenty of them
women, whose united ages amount to
9,899 years, an average of M years each. 1
TH6 BALDWIN
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Cor. Court and
.ANDREW BALDWIN, Prop.
aprl- Everything to b found In at Klrstolss) Liquor Store-.
WHISKY FROM
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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
DEUTSCHE APOTHEKE.
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It Costs Money
To Raise a Family.
Therefore the strictest economy should, be
j?racticed in buying what you eat.
The place to save ,
money in this line is .
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Again at the old stand I
former patrons. Free delivery
THE CELEBRATED
Columbia
Brewery
AUGUST BUCHLER, Prop. "
This Well-known Brew ery m now turning out the 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. r - -
East Second Street
The Dalles, - - Oregon
Closing Out
SALE--
Of Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots
and Shoes, Hats and Caps,
At Less Than Cost
BED ROCK
Will Be Sold
Call and Get Prices and Be Convinced.
No Trouble to Show Qoods.
J. R
On and after July 15,
M. T.
Will 'be at Ho. 54 Second Street, .
NEXT DOOR
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Between Court and Union.
JUST OPENED
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CROCKERY - HjiD - MmK
. BRILLIANT.
If you want to Bee some pretty patterns
in crockery call at J. B. Croeaen 'a.
Tea Sets, - Dinner Sets, Single Pieces
Open Stock
A fine lot of Lamps, French China, Euglish Semi-Porcelain
and Holiday -'oods to arrive soon.
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