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About The Dalles times-mountaineer. (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1896)
ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY BY J. A. DOUTHIT, Publisher SrBSCKIPTION BATES. -DAILY. On Veir. by mail . Six Months ... live. Jdocnths.... fl.OO 8. CO 1.60 WEEKLY One Year, by mail. Sue ninths. i.eo 75 All Snbscrlptiona Payable In Advance. MM . SATURDAY. . . . .JANUARY 25, 1895 OFFICERS' SALARIES- - jTom every nooic ana corner oi ib state comes a demand for a reduction ; of public- expenses, state, county and . ; municipal. The people are thoroughly - aroused to the fact that they are un justly burdened, and are receiving bus siignt compensauon lur we utcs tucj v pay in. They are beginning to in quire where the money goes to, and to .' whom it is paid, and thetr inquiries ' have convinced them that no small portion of their taxes go to pay salar Aanlnr'aef1 VnAra til an DfA Itlflfi tenths of the taxpayers themselves, - and more than the officers could pos- . sibly earn if employed as private indi viduals. They find -by the estimates made by the state board of the ex- V. Is paid a salary of 81,500 a year, and is ' salarv. besides $1,630 for additional clerical aid. ' The secretary of state gets 81,500 a year, his chlei ciem si.ew, ," and $6,780 are set aside for additional - treasurer gebe uuxjr vow jrcaij uu um ' clerk gets 82,000, which evens up mat- ters in that office. Besides these fixed 1 salaries, 84,003 are allowed the gover - . l aonn .. V,,-, . vta nor, secretary of state and state treas- , urer lor "extraordinary iaoors in ine , supervision and control of public build- dings, publis works, etc." This little ". additional pay raises the salary of the - J - governor ana w;vrewrjr ui biaw w 8 2,833 a year and the state treasurer to $2,133, to say nothing of the per ) quisltes'. These three state officials, with their clerks, cost the people of the state 821,780 a year. Is it not too much? Whenjcompetent accountants and trustworthy clerks all over the ' state are willing to work at salaries of '' frnm $75 to 8100 a month, what iustice " is there in allowing more to the func tionaries about the state house? uties, chief clerks, etc., are not the - onlv nfflnnra that are overnaid. Take the county clerks and sheriffs all over rVBM thaw KanaitnitiT on nnoa out of proportion to the labor they per ' '. form, when compared with what pri vate individuals are making, either in , business! for themselves or In the em- rj "x - are entitled to fair wages for the ser ' vices they perform and" a reasonable and just compensation for the responsi bility they assume as custodonians of -; in endangering his life in arresting and keening in custody desperate crimi ' - nals, but nothing more. Let us con sider the salaries fixed by the session . laws 01 icao, wmcn Borne 01 tne cierss and sheriffs of Eastern Oregon are re VClTtUI EUIA BCD AA I Alt? OIUUUUH OA V AaUU '; ' unreasonable. In Baker county the rlnrlr fa allowed &1.500 and S900 for a ' deputy, and the recorder of conveyan ces 81.000, making 83.900 a year for the . - - office. , Grant pays her clerk 32,400 a year and allows 81,200 for a deputy. Har ney, clerk 82,400: deDUty 81,000. Mai- ' heur. clerk 81,800; deputy 8900. Wasco, . clerk 82,000. . No specified allowance salary, however two are allowed by the countv cniirt. - The salaries of sheriffs fixed by the same statute In these counties are Baker, sheriff 82,000: first deputy, 81, 200; second deputy 8900. Grant, sher iff 82,400; one deputy 81,200. Harney, aVn!(T 90 Ann nnA an.,.n ai nnn Mal heur, sheriff 82,000. one deputy 81.000. Wasco, sheriff 820,00, with the matter of deputy left at the option of the county court. Is is reasonable to suppose that the actual work in these offices cannot be performed for less money? And Is it a fact that any of the taxpayers In any of these counties, off of their Indi vidual labor, exclusive of any capital Invested in business, are making any thing like the amounts these officers are receiving?. Can the people afford to pay such salaries? Fosslbly such counties as Wasco and Baker can, though they should not, but the people of Grant. Harnev and Malheur cannot. Take the latter county; it has a pop "Elation of only 2,638, according to the census of this year, and its total tax able property amounts toouly (986,123. it pays its snerin ana ciern, together with their deputies $5, 700, or over 82.30 a piece for every man, woman and child in the county, or 86.00 a piece for each of the 950 voters with which the county is credited. , . Such burdens' as these are outra geous. t There is little wonder that the people who are paying for sucl lux uries as high-priced officials are be ginning to complain of the load, and are demanding a reform. While they thus feel the burden, the time is ripe for starting a reform movement and xnakiDg a demand upon the candidates who aspire to be members of the next legislature that they pledge themselves to make a reduction In the salaries of -49 BENEFITS OF A LOW TAEIF It is conceeded by all that there are some industries which have been in" jured by the reduction of tariff duties, but there are many others that have been correspondingly benefited, and the consumer generally has had the benefit of reduced prices of nearly every article he consumes, hence, there are many who are beginning to real ize that high protection was a snare and a delusion. Some of the benefits of low tariffs are very plainly shown by a correspondent in the Oregonian who says: "I agree with the Oregonian that tinplate furnishes an instructive object lesson. The Wilson bill made a heavy reduction in the tax upon coal, iron and steel. These are the principal raw materials of tin manufacture. Al though that bill reduced the tax upon manufactured tin about 50 per cent, tuhs cheapening it to the copsumer, its reduction of the tax upon the raw material stimulated and increased the manufacture of tin in the United States, and made probable; the fact that with wholly free raw material our manufacturers of tin can O9oet with , the worlJ. You will remember that a few months since, when a combination of steel and Iron manufacturers carried their productions to greatly increased rates, our producers of tin declared they were crowded to the wall by the rise in iron and steel, and expressed fear of being thu3 compelled to close their works. They were saved by the operation of the Wilson bill. That had reduced the tax on ste9l, iron and coal, and when the greed of the manu facturer bad carried prices of these above the limit that bill intended to fix, they fouod foreign manufacturers underselling them in our markets and forcing down their demands to a rate that enabled the makers of tin to continue their business. If the tax was wholly taken off of coal, iron and steel, and it ought to be, it is believed that they could be produced in the United States with sufficient profit and that other industries of which they fur nish raw material, including shipbuild ing, would flourish as never before, and the great army of consumers profit from the reduction in prices that would follow. , "Hides furnish another object le93on. When they were taken from the taxed and placed upon the free- list, tanner ies sprung up as if by magic, all over the country, and the manufacture of leather and leather goods increased enormously, and the price of them de creased. Speedily the production doubled, trebled, and quadrupled, and for years no man dared to raise his voice for a restoration of hides to the taxed list, until the birth of the Mc Kinley bill, in which the Armours and Swifts had ingrafted a tax upon hides. Upon its introduction, Mr. Blaine de nounced It In the severest terms, and it was stricken out with scarcely a nay. If the reader will consider and com pare the prices of general articles of consumption, of living, during the high taxation of the McKinley bill with the present prices of like articles he will have before him aa object les son not difficult to understand.' INCAPABLE OF LEGISLATING When the fifty-fourth congress was convened it was expected that some thing would be done to improve the present financial system and put it on a more business like basis, but from what has been accomplished so far it is safe to predict that little, if anything will be accomplished, and it now looks as though the government would be still forced to continue in the banking business which has proven so hazard ous in past years, that too with some thing like $800,000,000 of credit cur rency afloat, and with a reserve that fluctuates at the will of the holders of this currency. ' President Cleveland very succinctly j showed in his message to congress the defects in our financial system and pointed out the remedy. He asked congress to provide for the permanent retiL-ement of the greenbacks that the national treasury may no longer be the prey of gold gamblers. But this is refused for the reason no doubt that congressmen know that this favorite money of Wall street is still regarded by many deluded people as the "poor man's money" and they fear that it will not be good politics to abolish the greenback. Bv a law passed in 1878, when the greenback craze was at its height, the amount of greenbacks in circulation shall never be less than $346,500,000 and it is provided that when presented for redemption in gold these green backs shall be immediately reissued. The gold speculators of Wall Btreet have reaped millions of profit out of the operation of this law, enacted os tensibly in the interest of the plain common people. There was great ex ultation among the friends of the greenback when this law was passed. They little dreamed that in tne pass age of this much lauded act they were playing into the hands of the much denounced gold sharks. Still, in the face of these facts, con grass refuses to act. The senators, or at least a large number of them, pro pose the free coinage of silver as a remedy, while in the house the collec tion of more taxes through increased duties, is suggested as the country only salvation. The truth ia. the two houses of con gress, though under the control of one political party, are widely divided on the financial question, and each, rather than recede from ;ts idea, would let the money sharks continue drawing gold out of the treasury, and forcing the government to issue bonds without limit. And surely this will continue until some of the leaders in both houses lose some of their pig-headed.- ness, and consent to 'some, rational provision for retiring the credit cur rency when it is redeemed. This, we fear, the present congress Is incapable of doing; in fact it seems to belike the last Oregon legislature, incapable of legislating at all except on appropria tion bills. LOVE OR FEAB, WHICm The London Globe publishes a severe article on the invitation of the United States Venezuela commission to the governments of Great Britain and Venezuela to submit to the commission all evidence in their possession which is likely to further the work of the in vestigation, and inviting the two gov ernments to be represented before it by attorneys without prejudice to either claims, and then says: "Great Britain will not allow this monstrous claim to determine the territory of a British colony within its jurisdiction. No power would admit it except at the close of a long and dis astrous war. were such a demand to be made by any other power, our only reply would be to band its ambassador his passports and mobilize. the fleet" It is that the British government has such great affection for the United States that it is so considerate? Are the ties of friendship so strong that this is the only government on sarth from which it would tolerate such impudence? Or do the haughty Britishers remember the events of 1776 and 1812, and fear that the events of those times may be re-enacted if the American ambassador were given his pasport? Whichever it is, it is pleas ing to note that England does not care to resort to any overt acts that would terminate in n open rupture between the two nations, and is willing that the differences be settled by peaceable means. - The Oregonian spoke advisedly when it said: "Of course, there will ba no extra session. The governor and secretary of state are unwilling to part with any portion of their large unconstitutional emoluments. Be- sides,through the near approach of the election, the legislature would be un der duress. It would be forced to make the reduction ha fieosla 4a- mand, or ao repuftlicaas would be re tumad to the legislature," EDUCATE THE MASSES. The stability of any republic rests in the intelligence of its citizens, their ability to intelligently Interpret its laws and understand the rights and privileges of citizenship. A classical education, a knowledge of all the sciences and arts, is not necsssary to this, but the ability to read and write the predominant language Is absolutely necessary. In short, the first require ment of a capable citizen is that he should have a common school educa cation. Popular education, the educa tion of the masses in the rudimentary branches, is the safeguard upon which is founded the principles of a govern ment by the people. On the subject of popular education Dr. Chapln pub lished an able article in a recent num ber of the North American Review, In which he said: ' "The underlying principle of state education is state preservation. The moment wo leave the principle of nec essity, we are on uncertain and debat able ground. It does not require much discussion to determine the simple and fundamental branches of education that the state should teach in order to protect itself against gross ignorance and efficiency. Reading, writing, figuring and a knowledge of the country's history should be most thoroughly taught. To this could be combined an education of the hand as well as of the head, the first rudiments of training have been started in the kindergarten. All appliances for teaching these fundamentals of educa tion should be most modern and com olete. and carried on under the best hygienic surroundings. The absence of any attempt to cope with the higher and more ornamental branches ' would leave sufficient time and money - to lay a proper groundwork in every child's case, even the most backward and un promising one. The importance of primary education ia now universally recognized, as it la directly or in directly, made compulsory In all civil ized countries. When, however, the state attempts to carry education along higher lines, the temptation to neglect the humble primary branches in the Interest of the npper and more 'showy grades becomes apparently impossible to resist." . The temptation to neglect the prim ary, In the interest of the more showy grades is, aa Doctor Chapln say, Im possible to resist, especially when in stitutions in which the higher and un necessary branches are taught are maintained at public expense as they are in this state. In Oregon we sup port a state university at an expense to the state of $30,000 a year, besides a number of so-called normal schools and a state agricultural college, In all costing over 850,000 annually; ahdLthls at the expense of our public schools, It Is to the interest of every state to place within the reach of every child an opportunity to obtain -a knowledge of the common school branches, but when it has done this it has performed its office. When, however, it under takes to maintain colleges and uni versities at public expense it exceedes its duty, and also workB an Injustice upon those from whom it obtains the money with which to support such in stitutions. ' " .; ' CUBAN INDEPENDENCE. All reports from the war in Cuba indicate that success must crown the efforts of the Insurgents who -are o gallantly battling for freedom.' They have driven General Campos from one point to another over the island, and finally forced him into his stronghold in Havana, have cut him off from com munication with the interior, and bis only means of obtaining supplies is by water. With the Spanish army thus penned no, it seems that the Spanish forces must either hazard a decisive battle at a disadvantage or ultimately surrender. , No one who has observed the trend of affairs in this confliot between op pressive despotism and freedom can doubt that to Spain the latest results in the war are a crushing blow. In order to recover even a foothold on the Island she must make a complete fresh equipment of forces, outiing down her home reserve beyond a point compatible with safety and, scraping the last corners of her depleted treas ury for the necessary funds. The ex tent of her discouragement was shown soms weeks ago when 3panish minis ters made a tentative offer to grant Cuba autonomy under the Spanish flag. If the Cubans now have completely mastered the situation Spain may well consider the effort to retain Cuba a a hopeless task. ' I . With Havana at their mercy, also, the Cuban insurgents will be In a position to establish a provinolai .gov ernment and demand recognition from the other powers. If at the end of years of oppression, enormous taxes, misrule and insult Cuba has skaken off her yoke, every free country inlha world should be quick to recognize her claims and give her . the hand.of welcome. And no people will be more glad to do so than those of the United States. Already congress la consider ing ways and means of giving this sentiment expression, and while the question should not be made the sub ject of hasty legislation, no time should be lost In making a full investigation with a view to recognizing the Cubans as soon as the just principles of - inter national law will permit. J . WASTED SEJSTIMENT. : Governor Lord is being deluged with letters from overly sympathetic women. both in this state and California, beg ging him to interfere and save the life of Lloyd Montgomery, under sentence of death for killing both his parents and -a neighbor. Such sentiment is not only wasted, but when elicited in behalf of such a brute as Montgomery It is disgusting.' He committed one of the most unnatural crimes on record. Either in a fit of anger, or for the pur pose of robbery, he slew his father and mother and McKercher, who unfortu nately was visiting at the Montgomery home. He exhibited no sympathy for his victims. He forfeited all rights to life and liberty. No penalty but death would be sufficient punishment for bis crime. But In the eyes of some senti mental women he Is a hero a martyr and they would cheat the gallows by their Interventions If possible. They waste their sentiment when bestowing it upon one so depraved as is the young man whose life they seek to save, and at the same time subject themselves to ridicule. ' SHOULD OEQANIZE It is evident from the moves that are being made by the Republicans throughout the state that that party will exert every effort to gain control ofthAnAZt legislature. Should this Tie aooosapUabed, the shameful work of last seesloa may be- rs-enaoted. The senatorial contest will Again predomi-1 nate over all legislation, and the Inter eats of the people will be a secondary consideration. Through the organiza tion of clubs it is expected to harmon ize the different factions of the party before the election is held, but this re sult will not be accomplished. Should there be a Republican majority in the next legislature, there will be Dolph men and Mitchell men. This will mean a bitter senatorial fight that will last through the session, needed legis lation for the relief of the taxpayers will be neglected, and the session of 1897 will simply be a repetition of that of 1895. Such a calamity can be averted only by wresting the control of the legis lature from the hands of that party. But with the Democratic party dis organized, this cannot be expected. Hence It ia that Democratic clubs should be organized throughout the state. The party should be brought to gether on the lines of retrenchment, with an unmistakable demand for the cutting down of public expenses, and an assurance that this will follow In case of Democratic supremacy In the legislature. Let the Democrats organ ize clubs throughout the state, and thereby consolidate the party of the people, the party that will relieve the taxpayers of their present burdens. A SIXTEEN'TQ-ONE SENATOR. Arthur Brown, one of the newly elected senators from the new state of Utah, says one of his greatest alms in the senate will be to hoist the cause of silver at the needed ratio of sixteen-to one. The sixteen-to-one idea has not been confined to silver alone by a ma jority of the citizens of Utah for a num ber of years. A good many of the male population of that blooming com monweaitn nave clamored lor years for the privilege of one man having sixteen wives, or more If he could get them, and this idea seems still to linger in Mr. Brown's mind so distinctly that he wants to apply it to all questions. Whether it Is slxtnen wives or sixteen grains of silver it is all the same to Brown. He received all but sixteen of the votes In the house of representa tives, possibly may have had sixteen wives in tht days of Mormon suprem inacy, and now wants free coinage at the ratio of slxteen-to-one. He ap pears to be an all-round "sixteen" senator. It will be well for the rest of tiie senate to keep aa eye on Brown, EDITORIAL NOTES. What have the people of Ohio gained in retiring Calvin S. Brice from the senate and seating Joseph B. Foraker? The former is an unscrupulous politi cal trixter, who bought his way into the senate, but what claim to decency and honesty has the latter? The stigma of the ballot-box forgery of 1889 Is still upon him. Brice is a rascal and s traitor, but Foraker la a greater one, "To the victors (especially when they are relatives) belong the spoils," evidently is a motto which hangs over Secretary of State Kincaid's door, at least it Is one that governs his actions. Two of his nephews. Messrs. Lock wood and Martin, feed at the public crib in the secretary's office at salaries of $125 a month each, and it is stated that equally competent assistants could be secured at $50 per month ; but these young taxeaters are in the family. The mileage allowed to the members Of the last legislature was $5,924.40, This of course included the junkating trips of various committees. It is doubtful if an extra session would effect a saving of this amount to the state, however it is claimed that all the senators and representatives can, at four "cents a mile, be conveyed to the capital, which would cost only $1,579.84. But, it Is not safe to figure On that basis when contemplating an extra session. Senator Sherman says that the pre sent financial depression is due to the repeal of the Mckinley tariff, and that what the treasury needs is more rev enue. This position is. untenable in view of the fact that -the government has a large cash balance on hand and the Wilson bill Is producing more rev enue than the McKinley bllL All the tariffs that could be made would not add one cent to the gold reserve as long as duties were . paid as now in paper and silver. The Democratic national convention will be held In Chicago on July 7th. the national committee, at a meeting held in Washington Thursday, having selected that time and place. This will give us a campaign of only four months, .though that is longer than necessary. . The business of the coun try is always more or leu disturbed during a national campaign. It would be better for all concerned if neither of the national conventions were held before August 1st. The Chicago Times-Herald states there-were on exhibition at the cycle show in Chicago 1060 wheels, repre- sentiog 400- different firms. ' It is es timated that the display brought to these manufacturers an amount of business equal to $15,000,000 in retail value. As an instance of the wonder ful consumption of steel products caused by the sudden and growing popularity of wheeling, it may be stated that one well known firm dur ing 1895 used 280 miles of tubing, or enough to reach from New York to Washington, and 625 miles of wire for spokes, enough . to reach from New York to Cleveland. The Australian prime minister said at a banquet speech a few days ago: "I fear there are thousands of Ameri cans who are willing to plunge the whole Anglo-Saxon race Into what would be the most wanton and disas trous war of the century over a few miles of fever-breeding jungle, where not one sane citizen of the United States would send a dog." If indeed those few miles of territory, which cover an area nearly aa great as the state of Montana, are so undesirable, why does England so persistently insist on having them? Is the British gov ernment really so greedy that It would squabble over the possession of a frog pond? The house journal of the last legisla tive assembly, on which a committee of five labored assiduously for weeks after the adjournment of the session to insure accuracy, is now out. It con tains 1061 pages, besides a 17-page ad dendum.- .The journal abounds in con undrums. It shows members roted on the aye and no side of the same ques tion. It records members as absent and voting at the same time. One thing it does not show, which, to say the least, Is a dangerous omission; that is. that the house concurred in the senate amendments to house bill No. 382. This was the general appro priation bill. . And in the face of such bungleaome transactions as this, some are - demanding tuae tnese same legislators be again convened to trans- i act business for the state. TELEGRAPHIC. MAXTFACTCBEBS' aiEETlXG- Some of the Objects It Will Work For. at it Meeting. - Chicago, Jan. 21. Ex-United States Senator Warner Miller arrived in this city last night to attend the meeting of the National Association of Manu facturers of the United Srates, of which organization he Is president. In an interview, he said: "The object of the association is to get the manufacturers of the country in touch with each other and the in dustrial life of the nation, and to create a public Bentiment to induce congress to establish the policy of - recipro :ity and to foster fast mail and communi cation with the South American points whose trade ought to be ours. We must have mail and rapid communica tion with these countries or we can never have their business. "The Manufacturers' Association is also Interested in great international waterways and communications, and in the building of tbe-Nicaragua canal, which Is a necessity for modern com mercial intercourse between the At lantic and Pacific coasts, a well as be tween China, Japan, South America and the Sandwich islands. It Is also a necessity for our national defense. When the canal Is built It will practi cally obviate the necessity for a double navy to guard our Atlantic and Pacific coasts, for It will. not only connect both, but decrease, the space between them 10,000 miles'." '. "The association will take the ground that the' Nicaragua canal should be owned and operated by the United States. As to the completion of that enterprise there can be no doubt. I know that the canal will be built, and if the United States doeB not build it, Europe will,' and there will be another prominent cause of .war when national troubles and jealousies arise. The present Venezuela trouble emphasized the ne cessity for this canal. Money for its construction could have been secured long ago from Europe if our national legislature had not been talking and passing resolutions about its owner ship. If congress does not do any thing this session we will feel per fectly free to look elsewhere for the means. to complete the link between the oceans. If the report of the com mission sent to examine it is 3uch as has been given out in the papers, we are prepared to prove its falsity. We can prove by the best engineers in this country and abroad that our work is feasible." VrVLLXSQ IO GO HALF WAY. Tin Motion to Be Made In the Canadian Parliament Boon. Ottawa, Jan. 21. Mr. McMillan on Wednesday will move that where as the United States government offers to admit free of duty plows, barrows and certain other agricultural imple ments from any country which admits free of duty like articles imported from the United States, it will be greatly in the interest of both the Canadian agriculturalist and Canadian manufac turers that Canada should accept that offer by admitting those articles into Canada free of duty, and at the same time so relieving the Canadian manu facturers of the taxation on the raw material as to enable them to take ad vantage of the markets of the United States. , f ' , ; y ; . . . Silver Men In Conference. . r Washington. Jan. 21. A meeting of prominent silver men from all parts of the country Will be held here begin ning tomorrow.- A preliminary con ference of the members of the execu tive committee of the American bime tallic league was held today at the White House., Steps were taken look ing to a consolidation of silver organi zation into one body, with headquar ters at Washington, Chicago, San Francisco and some point South. One purpose of tomorrow's meeting will be to fix upon the time and place of holding a national silver conference, when the national silver ticket will be nominated.. This action, however, de pends upon the failure of both old par ties to recognize silver by nominating candidates unequivocally pledged to its rehabilitation-on a basis of sixteen to one. It Is not necessary that adher ents of the proposed new party should already have severed all connections with the old parties, but it is essential that they be willing to do so should the old parties fall to nominate candi dates pledged to the silver cause. .i Opposed ty Secretary Smith. Washington, Jan. 21. The house committee on public lands has received from Secretary Smith a strong adverse report against the free homestead bill The bill absolves all persons complet ing a five years' residence on lands, taken and occupied under the home stead laws, from making furthur pay ment to secure their titles other than fees Incident to filing and obtaining proof. The measure Is a sweeping one and land .officials, estimate, that the passage would involve at least $30,000- 000 costs to the government and $18,000 000 to Oklahoma alone, this being the amount paid for the rellnqlshment of their lands. : - Three American Citizens Arrested. Washington, Jan. . 21. Senator Call in the senate today read the fol lowing telegram from Key West: "Mar quis Boderidguez was taken from the steamer Olivette last Wednesday. Louis Samalllen and his son were also taken at Havana. - All are American citizens. , Get them out of the grasp of the Spanish authorities." Call ottered a resolution reciting the arrests and directing the executive authorities to ascertain if any just cause for the arrests existed, and If not to demand immediate release of the prisoners. The Free Homestead Bill. Washington, Jan. 21. The house committee on public lands has decided to favorably report to free homestead bill proposed by Congressman Lacey, which is practically a revival of the old homestead laws. Under this law all settlers on Indian lands that are opened to settlers may acquire title to thesland without paying for it by a residence of five years. If they desire to secure their titles before the expira tion of five years they will be able to do so by paying the rates fixed by the government. I To Trail Criminals. '" CHICAGO; Jan. 21. Advices from Crown Point, Ind., state that blood hounds are to be used to trail crimi nals hiding in the Kankakee swamps. Sheriff Hayes, of Lake county, has purchased two full-blood dogs from the Van Raub kennels, at Van Baub, Texas. . The desperrte characters that the sheriff so much -desires to get rid of camp in squads around the town in the summer and make nightly visit9 to hen roosts and dwellings. When pur sued they retreat to the Kankakee swamps. Held as tlostaees. LONDON, Jan. 21. A dispatch from Cuomassie, says King Prempeh of Ashantee; the queen mother, the two envoys recently in England, and sev eral chiefs, have started under escort for Cape Coast Castle, where they will be held prisoners pending the settle ment of the indemnity to be paid Great Britain by Ashantee. ALARUECLAIJI. Government ' Will be AakedtoPay 8300, 000,000 to Dnrkee's Uelr9. Chicago, Jan. 22. A special from Champaign, 111., says: A conference was held here between L. C. Blaisdell and twenty other- citi zens of ChamDaign. on the one side and A. J. Kuykendall, of Springfield Captain J. I. Abel, and JohnT. Fergu son, of Decatur, on the other, on meas ures for pressing a huge claim against the government. The gentlemen named, after conferring with citizens of Indianapolis, will proceed to Wash Ington. The claim referred to is based on the alleged assignment, thirty years or more ago. to Charles Durkee, then governor of Utah, of over 660,000,000 worth of Union Pacific bonds. L. C. Blaisdell is the trustee of the heirs of Durkee, and has spent much time and money in the investigation of their claims. C He says the late Secretary Folger, admitted the existence of the assignment upon these bonds and Bla isdell says he has the best of legal ad vices that the principal and Interest, now amounting to nearly $200,000,000, is recoverable for the benefit of Dur kes's heirs. MAT AND DECEMBER. A Schoolgirl of IS Marries a Man 11 Tears Old. Chicago, Jan. 22. A dispatch from Pomona, Cal., says: The children and grandchildren of James Rogers have been amazed by the information that he married, on Sunday last, Miss Ida Nelson, at the home of the biide's parents, near Prescott, Arizona. The groom is 77 years old, and the bride will be 15 next May. Mr. Rogers has been twice married, his second wife dying three years ago. He has six children,' many grandchil dren, and several great grandchildren. He is well preserved, genial and level headed, and has a fortune of 8100,000, invested ia farm lands and bank stocks in Iowa, and aoout 8100,000 in property in Los Angeles. He has been an active business man and v as a mem ber of the Iowa legislature for several years He came to visit his children in Los Angeles last summer. The first sign that the marriage was soom to take place was last week, when all of Rogers' Los Angles pro perty was transferred to Ida Nelson. Mrs Rogers left school only a few weeks ago. She is a pretty girl, of brunette type. TBBEE DESPERADOES LYNCHED. Overtaken and Banged After Committing a Crime In Oklahoma.' - ' Oklahoma City, 0 T., Jan. 22. Near Jacques' store, south of Fort Hc' znes, fifty miles southeast of this cl' , a vigilance committee composed of farmers, and ranchmen captured and hanged - three , desperadoes Thomas Foley, a man known as Wild Horse, and a half-breed Choctaw named Mar ina. The night before a gang of six men, of which these three were mem bers, robbed Jacques' store, assaulted his wife and stole four horses. The alarm was given and a posse of farmers followed the gang, all night, coming upon them at Crisy" Crossing, and in the fight Foley was wounded and one of the pursuing ' party killed. Three oftbegang made their escape, .but Foley and his two companions took re fuge in a deserted hut, where they-were dislodged with dynamite and banged without judge or jury. Before dying Foley stated that two of the men who escaped were Bob and Bill Christian. The vigilance committee is still in pur suit of the others. Will Exhume the Bodies. ' Union, Or., Jan. 22. -r-Coroner Lang, a deputy district attorney, a deputy sheriff and a number of other persons left Union for Pi oe Valley this after noou for the purpose of exhuming the bodies of the three Maches who were killed by Kelsay ' Porter on New Year's day. Porter is the only, wit ness to the shooting. The- bodies, ex cept the woman's, were buried without Deing aressea, and mere was no coro ner's inquest held. The object of the ex amination is to enable the state to bet ter prosecute the case. It is expected that the examination will show the direction and distance from which the shots were fired, and other material facts. Two Hundred Tourists Disappointed. New Yobk, Jan. 22. Two hundred tourists, who had booked to visit Tur key and the east on a special excur sion aboard the French liner La Tour- aine, scheduled to sail from New York, February 4, were notified today that the trip was off: The acute condition of affairs in Turkey and the uncertainty, of afford ing adequate protection to travelers in the domain of the sultan, caused the abandonment of the tour. The pleas ure trip of the steamship Friesland, which was scheduled to sail for the same territory on January 29, was given up for the same reasons. The Starving; Armenians. New Britain, Conn., Jan. 22. B. Argos, an Armenian resident, of this city, is in receipt of a letter from a friend in Armenia, which states that upwards of 100,000 Armenians are starv ing. The snow is several feet deep. Some Armenians have taken to eating grain. Of 300 villages, 54 have been sacked and burned by the Turks and Kurds. The remaining are occupied by butchering soldiers. Twelve Amer ican missions in the district have been burned. The Iive3 of the Americans have been spared, but they are in great want and some are starying. Toothful Footpads. San Francisco, Jan. 22. Two boys, Edward Farnsworth and "Babe" Mar tin, neither of whom is 15 years old, have branched out as full-fledged high' waymen. Not only are they charged with several burglaries in the Mission district, but today young Ernest Gar- riock swore out a warrant charging them with holding him up a few even ings ago. The youthful footpads held Garriock up with a revolver, went through his pockets and took a silver watch and some sliver. Bsxaralon Declared off. Chicago, Jan. 22. Maurice . Eos- manskl, .western passenger . agent of the Compagnle Reale Trans-Atlantl- que, has received a cablegram from A h it' '4 s J . a Jj' Tor shoTter.irj; rover nse more than tv.-o-tbird3 as much Cotto- 0 v; lene as yea would of lard. When j i'i ftyiag with Ccttolsse always put c.- j it in a eoH pan, heating it 'with jjs, i the pan. Cottoleae produces the g Kj best result3 wticn very not, uui as sooner tlun lird, eire should be a ,t taken not to let it bum when hot i I enough, it will delicately brown f a bit of breed in half a minute. $ 1 1 4 Follow there directions la uing Cottolcne and lard will never ii again be permitted ;n your ititcu- er or m your looa. (4 &i A J '.-3 K fcS 1 Km 1 Genuine Cottolcne is sold every- j $ where in tins with trade-marks 'A "Cottolcne" and steer's head m :4 & cotton-plant wreatn on every tin. ;.i pj Made only by ;i? t 'HE N. K. FAIKBANK COMPANY. St. touls. fn the president of the company at Paris instructing him to cancel all engage ments tor the Mediterranean trip for the steamer La Touraine leaving New York, February 4. The liability of the excursionists to insult or attack by the Turks determined the company to abandon the proposed trip. Wheat Going; ap. Tacoma, Wah., Jan. 22. The price of No. 1 club wheat jumped from 66s to 5Sia today. It was 62c a few days ago. Flour advanced 25c per bar rel, and bran, shorts, oats and barley show $1.00 a ton increase. The de mand for wheat for export Is stronger. BCSS1A AND TCBEET. An Alliance Offensive and Pefecslre Con eluded. London, Jan. 23. A dispatch to the Pall Mall Gazette from Constantino ple, dated yesterday, says an offensive and defensive alliance had been con cluded between Russia and Turkey. The dispatch adds the treaty was signed at Constantinople and ratifica tions were exchanged at St. Peters burg between AareJ Pasha and the czar. The basis of the treaty is de clared to be on the lines of the Un kiarskelessi agreement of 1833, by which Turkey agreed in the event of Russia going to war, to close the Dardanelles to the warship of all na tions. The Pall Mall Gazette corres pondent says this treaty was soon abandoned owing to the refusal of the powers to recognize it. He also Bays the French ambassador, M. Cambou, conferred with the sultan yesterday, and it is probable that France will be included in the new alliance. Commenting on the dispatch from Constantinople announcing the sign ing of the treaty between Russia and Turkey for offensive and defensive purposes, the Pall Mall Gazette says: , "We regard the news as true, and the result of the treaty is the Darda nelles is the southern outpost of Rus sia, and Turkey is Russia's vassal. We presume the British government will protest against the treaty for all it Is worth. "The information is plainly of the very gravest importance. The first intimation reached us four days ago, but we withheld it until the arrival of the confirmation' we . received this mornlug. This brings Russia Into the Mediterranean with a vengeance, and may necessitate strengthening our fleet in those waters. The political effect will be far greater. The treaty means that Turkey has realized her own impotence against disorders both from within and without, and has de cided to throw herself for safety into the arms of Russia. She is, now Rus sia's vassal, and Russia is entitled to dispatch troops to any part of the sul tan's dominions.", i Death of Judge Upton. Washington, Jan. 23. William W. Upton, appointed justice of the su preme court of Oregon in 1867 and sub sequently chief justice, died today, aged 79. In 1865 he moved to Portland, Oregon, and held several public offices. He was appointed second comptroller of the treasury in 1887 and had lived here ever since that time. He was a Scottish Rite Mason. He leaves a widow and five sons, three of whom are prominent in Oregon politics. EDITORIAL NOTES. Utah will be represented for the first time in the United States senate by Frank J. Cannon and Arthur Brown. Both are Republicans, free silver men and Mormons. No wonder Spain wants to sell Cuba. She cannot subdue the patriotic Cu bans, hence the easiest way is to re lieve herself of the burden la to sell the Island to England. But the title she will deliver . will be extremely cloudy. The war cloud has not entirely blewn over. The dispatches announce that England Is bartering with Spain for the purchase of Cuba, in which event war between the United States and Great Britain is almost in evitable. Possibly the wool growers and some of the woolen manufacturers have lost through the workings of the present tariff, but 70,000,000 of American citi zens have been enabled to buy their woolen clothing at a reduction of 60 per cent from former prioes. The dispatches announce that Gen eral Campos and his lieutenant Gen eral Ardereus are to be relieved from the command of the Spanish armies in Cuba. If, with these generals, the Span Ish government would also recall all its troops from Cuba it would do a ?ra- clous deed, and also save itself much needless expense and worry. Judge Grosscup, of the United States district court la Illinois, is reported as having decided that a shipper could not be held for violation of the inter state law by accepting a rebate. This is the first interpretation by a court of the clause in the interstas9 commerce law making shippers equally liable ith carriers in cases of discrimina tion. Dr. Price's Cream Baking; Powdei worm's fair Mlgnest Award. it KBCGER'8 BEPLT Be Says Americans Are In no Dancer In the Transvaal. San Francisco, Jan. 23. The Exam iner has received the following tele gram from President Kruger In reply to a message requesting Information as to the status of the American min ing men now Imprisoned at Pretoria for alleged participation In the upris ing of the Uitlanders: "Everything is quiet at present, the Americans are in no danger whatever. .They enjoy the full protection of the law like any other foreigners; therefore there is no need of protection from the outside against any Illegal or revolu tionary movements. Even if such pro- recuon against revolutionists were necessary, which is not so, the Amerl cans are capable of taking care of themselves. The government regrets deepy that, while almost all of the Americans took the side of law and order, a few of them have joined the revolutionary, so-called reform com mittee. These together with a major ity, mostly British, will be tried ac cording to law, and justice will be done to all concerned without respect to nationality." CleTeland to Crespo. Chicago, Jan. 23. A Washington special says: President Crespo, of Venezuela, has been advised by President Cleveland to make an effort to re-establish diplo matic relations with Great Britain, and the president of the Venezuela re public now has the subject under con sideration. The suggestion was made by Secre tary Olney to Venezuela's minister here, Senor Andrade, and by him communicated to his government by cable. There is a strong belief that diplomatic relations between Great Britain and Venezuela will be re-established, and the exchange of ministers will be agreed to upon a basis which includes also an agreement to submit the boundary question to arbitration. The first intimation, that .such a course would be satisfactory to the British government was given by Sir Julian Pauncefote, of the British em bassy, to Secretary Olney, who con sulted with the president, who prompt ly acted upon It. Diplomatic relations between Great Britain and Venezuela have been suspended since 1887. 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