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SATURDAY JANUARY 4, 1895
THAT ENDLESS CHAIN.
Congress has virtually refused to
pas9 any law to retire the sight-drafts
of the treasury green-backs and
treasury notes hence there i3 little or
no hope that the necessity for a further
bond issue will be averted.' These
Bight-drafts.' amount to over $500,000-
000 outstanding" against the geld re
serve, and since there is no means for
supplying the treasury with gold ex
cept by this issue of bonds, we may ex-
' pect to see bonds issued indefinitely,
or until congress awakes to the proper
. conception of the situation and passes
some law wherebv these evidences of
. debt may be canceled. So long as they
are outstanding they serve as a sort of
endless chain for drawing gold out of
the treasuay and making the issue of
- bonds necessarv. Concerning this
t menace to the treasury the New York
World says: .
"We have $346,0C0,OOO in green
' , backs and about $150,000,000 in treasury
' notes of 1890 outstanding, to say noth
ing of the silver certificates. ' i.
"We have undertaken and by law
nledared ourselves to redeem all this
caper, in gold or silver coin, nominally
' at the discretion of the secretary of the
' treasury, but practically at the dis-
cretion of trie persons presenting me
note9 for redemption. As our gold
f dollars are worth about twice as much
as our Silver dollars, .everybody who
i presents notes for redemption demands
'gold. -But we have another law which
requires the treasury, as soon as any
of these notes are redeemed,' to pay
' them but again and keep them in cir
. culation. That is to say, the treasury
' must continue to pay its debts without
; decreasing their amount by a single
dollar. '., Meantime ! everybody . who
. owes taxes to the government is per--.
mitted to pay theru in currency, and
' this currency also must under the law
be paid out again and kept in circula
tion. In brief, the treasury which
stands pledged to the continuously re
peated gold redemption of $300,000,000
reissuable notes, gets no gold at all in
its revenues and has no source of 'gold
supply except the sale of bonds.
"There are just two ways' out. One
of them is to stop reissuing paper
money once redeemed in gold or re
- ceived in taxes. The other'is to pro-
. vide in some vay for a gold supply at
r less cost than is now possible.
.' "Xbe present congress is indisposed
v to adopt either of these courses , The
' bojse is divided in; opinion, but is
mainly committed against any reduct
ion of the currency volume or any sub
stitution, of . bank ' notes for legal
, tenders. : The senate as newly cousti
. tuted is in the hands of the free-silver
- men,- who do not want to provide for
or continue ffcld redemption,: but de-
r r sire instead to forcfe the country to
South American fiee-silver basis at 16
to 1 as speedily as possible."
AN UNJUSTIFIED STATEMENT
The narrow existence, the monotony
of which is only relieved by neighbor
hood gossip, '. and "the chief event cf
.- which is a neighborhood quarrel, is
. well illustrated in the occurrence in a
country district in Wascoeounty a few
days ago of a stabbing affray which is
likey td result fatally to one of the
. combatants over the alleged theft of a
. spool of thread by the wife .of the
wounded man. The Venezuela quet-
. tion, the Alaska boundary, the Moc
: roe doctrine, the condition of the cur-
rency, are unknown themes to people
whodwellSn scrimped isolation, upon
the stock ranges and literally feed
- upon each other. The thievish pro
penalty .that lies behind the taking of
. a spool of thread from a neighbor's
housa does not shock or distress such
people; it is the loss of the property
' - that irritates and brings on the neigh
borhood war. There is no stagnation,
mentaljtmoral or. physical, bo deplor
able as that of the mind narrowed to
meet the requirements of an isolated
life the chief energies of which are
expended in making mountains out of
molehills. Oregonian.
While the affair above refened to is
deplorable, there is nothing. in it to
- ' justify such statements . as the Ore
gonian makes use of, implying that
residents In rural districts are illitet
ate, dead to current events, and that
. "there is no' . stagnation, ' mental.
v moral or physical, so deplorable as
that of the . requirements of. an
Isolated life." It is possibly a
misfortune that we cannot all live in
cities and that some have to find
' homes la the "scrimped isolation upon
the stock. .ranges." But to say 'that
those who from force of circumstances,
have no concern in national afiairs,
are compelled to reside in such localities
; and "literally feed -uporr "each other"
is utterly false. eir 'stuih . expressions
are characteristic with the writer of
the above, who has nothing in common
with the masses, and. can see little of
good outside the' corporate limits- cf
Portland. It must-' be admitted that
the people who spend their lives in
rural districts have not ail ; the ad
vantages enjoyed oy tne urban popu
lation; but they are not a vicious, illit
. erate class, or more ready to resent
wrong by violence than are the dwell
ers in cities. . In fact history proves
that crime is more prevalent in the
cities than in the country, which evi
dences the fact that the really criminal
class does not predominate in the
- country. Even the court records of
Oregon indicate crime is more common
in the city of Portland in proportion
- to the populatioi than 'elsewhere in
- the state." Of the 411 convicts sent to
the penitentiary this year 93, or a little
less than one-fourth, were sent from
Portland, while that city represents
less than one-sixth the population of
the state." Dwellers in the rural d is
- tricts may net be up to date in all
things, according to the Opegonian's
standard, but they are not nearly so
depraved as that paper would, paint
them, nor will they be slow to resent
such unjustified statements. ...
proposition is true, that a high tariff
increases revenues, will have the effect
tJ relieve the treasury should it be
come a law. It provides that it shall
be n full force and effect from and
aftjr pass: ge until August 1, 1898. By
t .e provisions of the bill wool is taken
fro.Ti tho free list, and clothing wool
ens given a duty of 6.4 cent3 (63 per
cant of the duty provided by the act
of 1890), and woclan goods are given a
s.Mjifie compensatory duty of 60 per
cent of what they had under the
act of 1S90, in addition to the ad
valorem duty of tho present law.
Carpet wools are placed where
whey were under the act of 1890,
and the same specific duty is
given, to carpets as under the act of
1890 in addiiion to the ad valorem
duties of the present law. The articles
of lumber placed on the free list of the
tariff of of 1S94 are transferred to the
dutiable list, with 63 per cent of the
duty they had under the act of 1890.
Then all the other dutiable schedules
(except sugar which is not touched)
have all the duties raised 13 per cent.
View el fro.n a protective standpoint,
the bill has commendable features, for
it places a duty on almost every article
of import, and at a rate, though not
prohibitive, will enhance the cost of
many articles of consumption, thereby
increase the cost of what is eaten and
worn by the masses about one-third.
The bill comes very nearly re-enacting
the McKinley law, and it is not reason
able to suppose that it will receive the
president's approval, even if it passes
the senate.
WHERE THE BLAME BESTS.
It may be set down as a matter, of
certainty, says the Portland Telegram,
that the administration is prepared to
issue bonds on a moments notice to
replenish the gold reserve.' Rumor
has it that the amount of the issue has
been fixed at $100,000,000, and that the
terms of the contract are rather more
fovorable to the government than
those under which the last issue was
made. The first heavy withdrawal of
gold for export will probably be the
signal for the call announcing the is
sue.
The howl of popular disapproval that
this bond issue is certain to evoke can
not reasonably be directed against the
administration... The fifty-fourth con
gress is its only logical target. That
body must bear the odium for all in
creases of the nation's interest-bearing
debt that shall be made until its disso
lution. It has absolutely declined to
convey to the country the financial re
lief which it neds, and which can be
accorded only by such action as the
president has recommended. He has
made it clear in his messages so clear
that he who runs may read that
nothing can avail to prevent the de
pletion of the gold reserve so long as
the greenbacks remain outstanding.
Ho has lucidly ex plained the conditions
by which from $10,000,000 in gold to
double that amount may be sent out of
the country every week by the simple
process of using the greenbacks to pull
it out of the United States treasury.
And by ignoring his recommendations
the Republicans in congress have
shouldered the. responsibility of an
swering to the country for every bond
issue that may' be ordered to maintain
the national crelit. TLey have sim
ply put themselves on record as pro
posing to sell $10,000,000 worth of bonds
and upwards a week, and make that
steady increase to our interest-bearing
debt, for tho mere pleasure of keeping
the legal tenders in circulation. That
is the policy which they have outlined
thus far. -
The thoughtful business men of the
country will not misplace responsibil
ity for the next bond issae. They will
lay it at the door of the . lack of gen
uine patriotism in congress which pre
fers obstruction for party's sake to any
concession tnat . mignt promote tne
public interests. .-.-''
THE STATE ASSESSMENT.
In another column is published a
summary of the taxable property In
the state, a9 equalized by the state
board, showing the amount tdbe only
$153,967,177. This is supposed to in
clude everything, there being no ex
emption for indebtedness, but In real
ity it is not even a fair estimate of the
wealth of the state. The bunglesome
methods pursued by assessors, the un
der valuation placed on property, and
the systematic scheme of tax dodging
adopted by many ot the largest property
owners makes the listing of property
for taxation merely a farce, and the
result is one-half the wealth, of the
state bears the burdens of government
while the other half pays nothing.
Different assessors throughont the
state admit In their reports to the
state board that they assessed various
'lissea of nroDertv on a basis of from
75 to J00 . per. cent of its cash value
whan the law presumes that an assess'
ment is the placiner of the true cash
value upon all property listed. How
ever assessors seem to be the sole
judges In the matter, and are privileged
to adopt whatever basis of valuation
they see fit. 'It was expected when
th BtntH board of . eo utilization was
created it would cause a more uniform
system of assessment to be adopted,
and possibly has caused some improve
ments in the manner of making assess
ments in the different counties to be
inaugurated, whereby values placed on
property are more uniform throughout
the state, but there is still plenty of
room for improvement. A true assess
ment though will never be made until
all property is listed at its actual cash
value, and when that is done all prop
erty will stand its equal share of the
burden of maintaining the govern
ment. '
EDITORIAL NOTES.
A UNITED COUNTRY,
With each recurring year, the causes
which divided the United States into
sections prior to the declaration of
secession in 1863, which so nearly
severed the compact which bound, us
together in one brotherhood, are being
forgotten, and we are once more drift
ing to that cemetry which knows no
North, no South, no East,' no West.
The element of discord that drew di
viding lines between the North and
South, has long since ceased to exist,
for when the followers of the Lost
Cause laid down their' arms, they
acknowledged the issue for which they
fought was) dead, and they came back
into the union, loyal, patriotio citizens.
They were received under certain
restrictions, which have been gradually
removed ' one by one, .until all their
rights of citizenship were restored.
But there was still one barrier, the
law which prescribed tho enlistmen
of ex-confederate soldiers in the United
States army and navy, This barrier
congress now seeks to remove, a bill
repealing the law having passed the
senate without a dissenting voice last
Tuesiay. When this bill shall have
b3Corne a law, there will be nothing
left to devide the participants in the
regretted civil war. Old soldiers on
either side will be accorded equal
privileges, will stand on the same foot
ing as. the defenders' of the nation
should occasion require, and side by
side they will appear upon the battle
field as one brotherhood, the citizens
of a united country.
A state levy of seven mills is ex
p3cted. The last legislature and the
present Etite officials were elected on
a retrenchment and rfeforiu platform
tO 3.
The raising of wages In the Pennsyl
vania coke region goes merrily on, and
the press dispatches say that the high
est wage scale ever adopted is In foroe
there now. And still there are those
who disclare that there should be
a higher duty on coke in order to pro
tect the miners.
How much easier it would have been
f r congress to have relieved the
treasury by passing a law levying an
additional tax of oae dollar par barrel
on beer than to have attempted tariff
legislation. But that would have been
taxing a luxury, while the disposition
i i to tax neoessaries of life.
Chairman Dingley and the members
of the ways and means committee were
modest indeed when called upon to
frame a tariff bill, only asking that 60
per cent of the duties of the M:Kinlay
law be restored. They ought to have
re-enacted the 1893 lw as a whole. If
we are going to have protection, why
not have it with a vengence?
On the last day of December the
available cash in the U. S. treasury
was $177,093,054. This of course was
principally paper money, and in order
to keep that paper at par a bond issue
of $103,000,000 appears to be necessary.
This is one of the "beauties" of the
government engaging in the banking
business. ,, -.. '. -
Even a Republican congress finds no
means for replenishing the treasury
except issuing more bonds and levy
ing additional taxes on consumption.
It is strange the idea of reducing the
expenses of the government has never'
entered congressmens' heads. Apron
ing down of salaries and the weeding
out ot superfluous offislals would be a
permanent relief, whereas bonds and
additional taxes are only temporary.
The escape of Sam Brown from .the
Douglas county jail evidences unex
cusable negligence on the part of the
sheriff, if it does not indicate that the
sheriff was desirous of letting the man
get away. To allow a criminal under
sentence of death the liberty of an in
secure corridor when the jail was sup
plied with secure steel cells is nothing
short' of criminal negligence, and
sheriff who is thus negligent should at
laast be made pay the expenses of re-
Capturing the escaped criminal.
No congressman has yet offered a
bill to reduce the number of public of
ficials, but there are numerous bills to
increase the civil service. The latest
Is by Doolittle, of Washington, to in
create the bureau of foreign commerce,
with a "commissioner at $5,000 a year,
with necessary assistants and clerical
force."' Build up public expense by
creating more offices, increase taxation
and cause more debt to accumulate
seems to be the ambition of the aver
age congressman.
Owing to one of the special taxes
levied by Portland this year being tied
up in the courts by an injunction
suit, there will be a deficit of some
$86,000 in the treasury at the close of
the year. In this Portland's city
treasury is placed in a similar' condi
tion to the treasury of the United
States. By a decision of the supreme
court it was - deprived of $10,000,000
expected from the income tax, and not
getting it, there is a deficit of that
amount.
rooms, bought . everything of local
dealers that they were prepared to
supply.
Havana seems likely to fall into the
bands of the Insurgents, and when it
does, Cuba will be free. The hope of
the patriotic Cubans is about to be
realized.
Stocks take a tumble in the London
market'whenever war is even hinted
at in any parti ot the world. If they
are ho susceptible to roomers it is dif
ficult to imagine what would become
of them if war should actually occur.
If the state tax levy is seven mills.
taxpayers will begin to realize that
they are paying pretty dearly for the
mistake they made in the choice of
legislators in 1894. The rabble that
assembled in Salem last January was
an expensive luxury.
The days of great emigration to the
west is over. The tide is flowing south
People who are in search of homes are
going south. Thousands who have
been battling with the cold of the
Dakotas are now seeking a more equ
able climate, and Alabama seems to
be the choice at present. The west
must exert itself, if the homeseekers
are to be attracted.
England is getting her hands too
fall for comfort. The Venezuelan
question is still unsettled. Brazil re
fuses to arbitrate the ownership of the
island of Trinidad, and Germany if
frowning at the British because of
their troubles . with the Boers. If
Sailusbury succeeds in steering the
ship of slate past all these threatening
sholes he will be entitled to rank as
the foremost statesman of the age. .
The report of the treasurer of the
United States shows that in eleven
years, from July 4, 1879, when the
t-pecie resumption was consummated,
down to July 14, 1890. when the treas
ury notes for the purchase of silver
were authorized, there had been drawn
out of the treasury for the redemption
of greenbacks only $28,000,000. But
in a little more than five years, from
July 14, 1890, to the present time, there
has .: been withdrawn $375,000,000.
This is the effect of one of the heir
looms the Republican party handed
down to the people when it enacted
that infamous Sherman law. '
- TELEGRAPHIC.
AMERICAN MILLIONAIRES
Paris Paper's Account of Oar
Men of Money.
la Vhloh Facta Are Somewhat lMetorted
ltd Exaggerated -Strange
Iwkcraney of the Fo
eiga Press.
THE NEW TARIFF BILL.
The bill which passed ' the house
, Thursday makes a horizontal raise in
nearly all schedules, placing the duty
on many articles at 60 per cent of that
fixed by the McKinley law, and if the
The deficit in the governments fi
nances is due primarly to the nullifica
tion of the income tax by the' supreme
court. Had that tax been permitted
to stand, the revenues would have been
adequate. The deficit began, however,
with the increase of appropriation to a
billion dollars under the Harrison ad
ministration, and the decrease of the
customs revenue by the McKinley act
from $223,668,000 in 1890, the year be
fore it went into effect, to $131,818,000
in the last year of its operatson a loss
of nearly lC0,C00,Ct0. East Oregonian.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, has pre
pared an amendment to the bond bill
which will meet with favor fion the
silver senators, and since they are
numerous, it is likely to pass the upper
house of congress. It provides that
any holder of silver bullion, who is a'
citizen of the Uuited States, may. ten-
!der the same to the secretary of the
treasury and have it coined into 6ilver
dollars, the seigniorage to be the dif
ference betw een the original value and
the market price of the bullion in
New York; for the cancellation of all
bank notes of less than $10; directing
the secretary of the treasury to coin
the silver bullion in the treasury into
silver dollars, to bo used in redeeming
the treasury notes issued for the pur
pose of purchasing silver bullion under
the Sherman act; and the redemption
of the greenbacks la either fold or sli
ver, and for their reissue according to
the provisions of (he act ot 1878.
Senator Mit:hell occasionally in
dulges in remarks so extravagant that
th y appear demogogical. Io a speech
before the senate a few days ago he
stated that the Wilson tariff law since
it has been in force baa occasioned a
lOis to the American wool growers cf
over $100,000,000. Since there were
only 45,000,000 sheep in the United
States' when the law went into effect,
this would be a loss of $2.20 per head.
The senator must have made a miscal
culation somewhere.
A correspondent in the Oregdnlan
uses as an argument for the reduction
of city officials' salaries the assertion
that they can live for 60 per Cent of
what it cost them to live in 1892. This
is not only true in Portland, but all
over the United States, and this reduc
tion in the cost of living is due more
to the reduction of tariff duties than
anything else.. Still there are many
clamoring for an increase of tariffs, the
result of which will be an increase in
their expenses.
' The East Oregonian does The Dalles
Commercial Club an injustice when it
says "one ot the .first things it
did was to buy its furniture and fix
tures for the equipment of its home in
Portland, ignoring the local dealers
through whom at least these goods
could have been ordered. A commer
cial Association which has entered the
race to win success and benefit the
town in which it exists must not make
mistakes of this kind or its career will
be brief and its demise untimely." The
executive committee of the club re
cognises the necessity of patronizing
horn Industry, and in furnishing the
The founder of the colossal fortune.
a portion of which comes to France
with the new Countess de Castcllane,
uied abont two years ago. lie was a
prodigious speculator, a financier for
whom speculation was a perfect bat
tle. We refer to Jay Gould, the man
who left, in addition to his gigantic
fortune, an imperishable souvenir in
the financial history of North America.
- His name is legendary in the bourse
of New York, where they still remem-
bsrbim as he sat in his ofnee upon one
of the arms of his chair his favorite
iiosition sending and receiving hun
dreds of disnatcb.es during the busi
ness hours, lie commanded a perfect
army of brokers and agents. Two
hundred intermediaries operated con
stantly for him, unknown to each
other, und his offloe was connected di
rectly by special telegraph lines with
twenty-live ofilcea of brokers.
Ilis habits were remarkably simple
and sober. Be never touched aloohol
in any shape and never smoked. Jay
Gould only knew one fashion specula
tion. '
The fortunes of the Vanderbilts, of
the Mackays, of the Bennetts and of
the As tors are well known to our
readers and it is hot necessary to refer
to them. " We-prefer to mention a lew
other millionaires. less popular woo are
still-in the world of finance.
First we have Mr. Jiaseell Sage, who
was present at the marriage of Miss
Anna Gould and who four years ago
was the hero of an extraordinary ad
venture. ' Jt as upon him that an
anarchist-named Lord called and de
manded one million dollars under the
penalty of an explosion. Mr. Russell
Sage having refused to comply with
the demand. Lord did just as he said
ho would da lie threw the bomb up
on the floor of the office of the Amer
ican banker, but that machine, intel
ligent for once, only killed the an
archist, - .
Mr. Russell Sage is sot only one of
the richest bunkers of New York bo
is worth two hundred- and flCty mil
lion dollars but he is also the one who
has always on hand the most ready
money. .-
. After having been one of the great
est speculators of Hall (sic) street (the
bourse of New York), he at length eon-
Hued bis operations entirely- to dis
counting notes, and in order to be able
to meet all torts of eventualities be
has always on hand a running aeoount
of considerable sums. Mr. Sago can
at any moment draw his. check for
fifty million dollars. Be was for a
long time closely connected with the
affairs of Jav Gould. .
in a fatal hour, about two years later,
the nronla, for pie came upon him
with i irresistible power. -' Be broke
into-the bousekeeperVi closet in the
Auburn Theological seminary, where
he was a student, and gorged himself
with mince pie. Bis relapse so preyed
upon nun tnat ne went to tne faculty.
and they advised him, be says, to drop
his studies, as . it would be det
rimental to the ministerial call
ing for him to enter it with
such a fatal appetite for mince pie, He
would be likely to suffer a seizure of his
mania at a supper in the church parlors
or at tne table of one of bis nock, and
create an unforgctable scandal. He
took ' the advice of the faculty and
went to peddling clothes-wringers and
bed springs, .but bis malady was now
so deep seated that be subordinated
everything to his craving. He devel
oped aft' .unusual cunning for stealing
mince --pie, or in getting the money
with which to purchase it. "I would
be tempted," said he, "and fall; go to a
restaurant and eat a pie and a half or
two pies. I became as helpless a vic
tim to the mince pie habit as the drunk
ard is to the drink habit. Sometimes I
have pawned my overcoat or my watch
when I have seen an uncommonly
luscious pie in a window and have sot
had enough ready money to buy it."
Then came the forging of the note
and the pie orgy which ended In bis ar
rest. After hearing his story a com
mission was appointed to inquire into
nia sanity, and it is likely that, in
stead of being sent to a penitentiary,
be will be placed in a lunatic asylum.
He is described as a thin, nervous-looking
man with a wild expression, which
Is disappointing, for many a mas of
New England ancestry would be glad
to cultivate this lunacy if it would not
spoil hie eomplexion and keep him
awake sights.
WRECK OF THE EIWOOD.
It Was Broken to Pieces by the Alasl sn
Seas.
Seattle, Jan. 1. The schoomer II
wood, Captain E. E. Wyman, Is a to
tal wreck in Alaska. It Is the wcrst
story of shipwreck to reach Seattle
this year. One sailor was drowned
and the remainder of the crew only
reached shore after oae of the bravest
tights against the elements that has
been recorded in the annals ot the
Northwest coast.
The steamship Topeka, arriving this
forenoon from the North brought the
first news of the disaster. Captain
Wyman and four sailors came down on
the Topeka, while the others remain
ed in Alaska.
The Elwood left Seattle September
II for Kodiah and Cook's inlet. The
vessel struck at Gardiner's point dur
ing a gale at 9 o'clock in the morning,
two months after leaving Seattle, and
began breaking up immediately. The
crew made a desperate effort to reach
shore, avoiding the reefs, jutting rocks
and wild breakers.
The first boat let down was smashed,
and the second boat was worked away
and swamped. Adrian F. Gorton, a
Sweediah sailor, was washed away and
drowned. One seaman started to swim
ashore and was about to give up when
he seized a piece of wreckage and
reached shore. The captain and rest
of the crew finally reached shore by
clinging to the wreckage. The story
of hardship and peril is a heartrend
ing one.
MOBS TROUBLE FOB ENGLAND.
Invasion of the Transvaal Gives Offense
to Germany.
LONDON, Jan. 1. News from Pre
toria, in the Transvaal republic, today
tends to confirm the gravity of the situ
ation there growing out of the invasion
of the Boer territory by an armed force
of the Rritish South Afrba company,
led by Dr. Jamieron, British commis
sioner tc the Transvaal. President
Kruger has called upon the Burghers
to defend their country and a serious
conflict is anticipated in spite of the
fact that the colonial secretary, Hon.
Joseph Chamberlain, has telegtaphed
Dr. Jamleson to withdraw into British
territory and urged President Kruger
to do his utmost to prevent bloodshed.
Afternoon. .newspapers comment at
some length upon the fresh trouble the
British government has to face. They
recognize that ah invasion of the Trans
vaal, although made upon the urgent
request of thousands, of Englishmen
and others who complain they have'to
pay the whole revenue of the country
while being denied representation, is
liable to give particular offense to Ger
many. !
AN OFFENSE AGAINST GERMANY
Berlin. Jan. 1. The news of in
vasion of the Trasvaal republic by an
armed British force has created a de
cided sensation here. The Kreuse
Reitung says:., . -
"Everywhere the same' greed and
bad faith. .Today It is Africa. , Yester
day it was South America."
The invasion of the Transvaal by Dr.
Jamleson and the forces of the British
South Africa Co., all the newspapers,
declare, constitute a serious and un
justifiable breach of the peace against
which Germany must protest.;
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Missionaries la AnatuM
:r.s x, ' ',''. ' Safe.'' "
Constantinople, Jan. 1. Accord
ing to a dispatch from Orfah, Asiatic,
Turkey, there were fresh outbreaks
there Saturday and Sunday.
In reply to the demand of United
States Mlsister Terrill, the Turkish
government ordered the vali of Aleppo
to furnish an escort to Miss S hat tuck
and the three native teachers from Or.
fah toAintab. Terrill has received in
formation which shows that all the
missionaries in Anatolia are safe.
The Turkish government has given
an evasive reply to the offer ot the
representatives of the powers to medi
ate with' the Zeitounais. The ambas
sadors resent the stand taken by the
porte, and the dragomans are urging
the Turkish officials to accept their
offer. No definite information is ob
tainable from Zeitoun, although it is
believed the place is holding out
against the Turks, and the latter are
suffering severely on account of the
weather. ' ' V (
estimated as being 63 per cent of the
production the United State?. The
receipts of bullion at the Helena as
say office during 1S01, were 10 per
cent greater than last year, and 47J
per cent greater than during 1893.
CUBANS VICTORIOUS.
They Encounter the Spaniards at El Ef
tante. Havana, Jan. 2. An engagement
b;tween Spanish troops and the insur
gints has t iken place at El Estante.
siuth of Alfonzo XII not far from the
frontier of the province of Havana.
An official announcement says the
troops captured the insurgents' posi
tion, but the loss of the enemy is not
known. It is admitted two Spanish
officers and two solliers were killed
and 19 wounded.
The insurgents, following the usual
tactics, did not attempt a decisive en
gigement, but, after a skirmish, pro
ceeded westward, devastating: the
country. The authorities here, in an
nouncing this skirmish, added the sifr-
niacant statement that the troops
.rere moved closer ti the province of
Havana," which would indicate that
tha Spanish forces are once more in
re.reat.
Later in the day it was announced
hire that further fighting between the
Spaniards and Cubans is taking place
la the vicinity of El Estante, whu-h
teals the people here to believe that
the insurgents have been in pursuit of
tne bpanish troops in thut vicinity.
The latter were commanded by Colonel
Galvitz, who was also in command of
the troops first engaged in the vicinity
of El Estante, which seems to be a
confirmation of the supposition that
the Spaniards were worsted and the
Cubans are making for the frontier of
the province of Havana.
It is announced this afternoon that
Felippe Roderiquez, an insurgent
leader, has been killed in battle.
A Fact Worth EoowIdz.
Consumption, LaGrippe, Pneumonia
and all throat and lung diseases are
cvtai by Shiloh's Cure. For sale by
M. Z. Donnell.
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WIIX BE NEUTBAL.
In tbe
Bossla. Will Take Neither Side
" Tenesnela Dispute.
ST. PSTlRSBtmo, Jan. 1. It Is semi
officially stated that the statements
made in a St. Petersburg dispatch, De
cember 27, toTagblatt, of Berlin, are
unfounded. The dispatch referred to
stated that the United States govern'
ment' had been sounding Russia r
gardlng the dispute" with Great Brit
ain on the Venezuelan question, and
had received a most favorable reply, it
being declared that the Russian gov
ernment shared President Cleveland's
views on the subject and was prepared
to support them. .According to a
semi-official statement today, Russia
will observe complete neutrality, her
interests not being affected.
A Hereditary Fost Office.
The office of postmaster of Vienna,
the capital of the Austrian empire, was
created by Empress Maria Theresa
over a hundred years ago, and has re
mained hereditary and salable a queer
institution in oar time and day, al
though no queerer than the hereditary
aneceeatoo ot monarcni. Tne post
master of Vienna has to furnish all the
vehicles necessary for the service, and
the drivers thereof are is bis personal
employ. At present he employs three
hundred and forty drivers, blacksmiths,
etc., and five hundred and thirty horsea
are aader his whip. '
. A COMMISSION OF FIVE.
The Gentlemen Who Will Investigate the
Tenesnela Dispute.
Washington, Jan. 1. President
Cleveland today announced the ap
pointment of the Venezuela boundary
commission as follows:
David J. Brewers, of Kansas, as
sociate justice of the United States su
preme court; Richard H. Alvey, of
Maryland, chief justice of tbe court of
appeals of the District of Columbia;
Andrew D. White, Of New York. Fred
eric R. Coudert, of New York, and
Daniel C. Gilman, of Maryland.
The commission Is regarded here,
among those who had an opportunity
to see the list of names after they were
made public, as a very satisfactory one,
whose opinion and conclusions will be
received by the American public with
that confidence which the standing of
the members of the commission in tbe
public eye Inspires. '
FBEE FKO.U RESTRAINT
Venezuela Commission Is Master of Its
Proceedings.
Washington. Jan. 2. It is authori-
t itively stated in behalf of the admin
istration, that the Venezuela commis
sion will be absolute master of its own
proceedings, fixing the time and place
of its meetings, and determining for
itself whether or not it shall visit fore
ign countries, what class of evidence
maybe taken into consideration, and
how the interested governments may
ba represented before the tribut al.
This independent action is deemed
necessary to secure the commission's
finding that degree of weight and re
spect among other nations that can be
attained only through a knowledge
that the body is free from any restraint
or obligation to the United States gov
government. Our gcvernmeat will
occupy the status of an exact neutral
in the proceeding.
A Xatcial Seantlfier.
Karl's Clover Root Tea purifies the
blood and gives a clear and beautiful
complexion. For sale hy M. Z Don
nell.
Exciting Day in London
LONDON, Jan. 2. When business
opened on the stock exchange today
it was noticed thut operators felt a de
cided uneasiness, due to the serious
news from the Transvaal republic.
"Kaffirs" and the securities of the
BritishCbartered Companies opened
3i lower, but "Kaffirs" subsequently
rallied on the receipt of a Berlin dis
patch saying Dr. Jamieson and his
expeditionary force bad arrived at
Johannesburg and he was in friendly
communication with President Krue
ger. -The
Times asserts that Quf en Vic
toria has perenptorily ord'-red 'the
Duke of Fife, husband of Princess
Louisa of Wales, to resign the di
rectorship of the Chartered British
South Africa Company. This the
Duke of Fife denies.
Secretary of the State for the Col
onies Chamberlain has issued the fol
lowing statement regarding events in
the Transvaal:
The High Commissioner is leaving
Cape Town this afternoon for Pre
toria to deal with, the situation in
furtherance of a peaceful and satisfac
lory settlement."
All Keroaaaaend Is.
Ask your, physician, rour drueelst
and your friends about Shiloh's Cure
for Consumption. They will recom-
menu it. if'or sale by M. Z. Donnell.
The 'Democratic Convention.
LOGANSPOHT, Ind., Jan. 2. P.
Sheerin, secretary of the Democratio
national committee, has received and
placed on file tbe applications of five
cities which aspire to entertain the
democratic national convention. They
are Chicago, New York, St. Louis. San
Francisco and Cincinnati. Mr. Sheer-
in has been variously reported of late
as being- 6tronslv in favor of either
Chicago or Cincinnati, on account of
their proximity to Indiana and the
Matthews' boom. He denied today
tnat ne naa ever expressed such an
opinion, and declared that be would
express no preference until he met
with the other members of the com
mittee for the purpose of fixing the
rim and place for holding the con
vention.
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instead of lard and it will be
free from that greasiness and
"richness" so distressing to
dyspeptics; tbe flavor will be
delicious instead of rancid,
I and your food will do you
god. Put it in a cold pan,
I heating it with the pan.
Cottolene reaches the cook-
I ing point much quicker than
lard care should therefore f
I bz taken not to overheat it.
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The following tables, furnished by S. L. Brooka, ob-
S2rver. show the maximum and minimum temperature,' and
precipitation, in Wasco county, for tho past twenty years:
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JAMES H. BLAKENY,
EXPRESSMAN. 1
Goods Delivered to Aoy .Part of
the fMy.
MONTANA'S MINES.
Tbs Output of Various Metal During
last Tear.
- Helena. Mont.. Jan. 2. Montana
produced ia meul9 about $47,115,000
during the year 1895, just ended, tak
ing tbe value of the silver at tbe coin
age rate and estimating tbe last two
months of the year on a pro rata basi.
The ofQcial report of the assayor for
this office will not be ready until some
time in March but it is believed that
the figures given will not vary more
than a fe thousand from , the real
amount. The production of g ild was
$4,100,000: of silver, 4,500,000 ounces;
of copper, 212,000 pouuds; and of lead,
25,500,000. The output of copper la
The lua or women.
Constipation causes more than half
the ills of women. Karl's Clover Root
Tea is a pleasant cure for constipation
c or sale oy w. z.. uonneii.
JAMIESON Utt BATED.
Fought the Boers Before Johannesburg
Yesterday.
LONDON, Jan. 2. A discatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company this
evening says Dr. Jamieson has been
severely defeated by the Boers before
Johannesburg. The same agency adds
tbe news is confirmed, and Secretary
of State for the Colonies Chamberlain
has been summoned to the colonial of-
flcp, where a conference will be held
tonight. It is added the defeat of
Jamieson is such as to compel hiai to
retreat across the frontier.
Passengers end baegaee taken to nndfrca
um uoui or iniw.
Orders Kerelve Trotnpt Attention.
Columbia
pewepy
AUGUST BUCHLER, Prop.
This Well-known tirewery is now turning out the best
Beer nnd Porter eust of the Cascades. The latest appliances
for the manufacture of good healthful Beer have been intro
duced, and only the tint-class article wi 1 be placed on . the
market.
East Second Street.
The Dalles.
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STUBLING & WILLIAMS, PROPs.
Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars
AD KELLER,' Mgr.
A CftnpVe line
Imported and Domestic
Liquors and Cigars, i
No. 00, Second door from the Corner
oi Court St.
THF DA LLPS, Oreeun.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.
AllbranJs of Imported Liquors, Ale and Porter,
and Genuine Key West Cigars. A Full Line of - '
CALIFORNIA : WINES : AND : BRANDIES
Tvclve-ycar-ol l Whiskey, Ftrlctly pure, for medicinal pur- 1
roses. Malt Liquor. .Columbia I rewery Eeer on draught.
V OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
l ccmartnerstiD beretofore existing between
B A Hunsaker and W. S Barzte. under t;e
firm name of Hua&aker & Barzee, tas Uils day
wcd uisiauivcu. a. a. .c-unsaKi-r O&VIDK Wll
drawn from said firm W S. Barzee will con
tinue the business. coUect all accounts due tta
firm, aod pay aU debts owing by sa'd fl.m lIi j
Dated Ecc. 23, USS. 4w.
Karl's Clover Root Tea
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Captured tho lunurents Poaition.
Havana, Der. 20. A column com
manded by General Tejede has had an
engagement and take strong positions
held by insurgents at San Prudercio
in the provinca of Santiago. The in
surgents left on the field nine killed
and carried away many wounded.
HEN BY 1, KICK,
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It is a nice thing to have colleges
established all over the state, but it
would be more beneficial to the people
at large if a free public school could
be maintained in every district for
nine months each year. There should
be no more appropriations of state
money for the aid of colleges and uni
versities until this can be done.
COAL! COAL!
-THE BK.-T-
ffiellington, Rock Spring3,
and Roslyn Coal.
tl2, sacked and delivered tc any part
of the city.
At Moody's Warehous3
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bene
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391. 393 HMD 395 SECOND
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(Adjoining Railroad Depot.)
STREST.
Consignments Solicited
Prompt Attention Paid to Those "ho Fnvnr Me With Their Patron sf
It Costs Money
To Raise a Family.
Therefore the strictest economy should fce
jBBfcpracticed in buying what you eat
The place to save
money in this line is
JOHNSTON'S CASH STORE.-.
113 WASHINGTON STREET.