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SATURDAY... FEBRUARY 1, 1896.
' " TIME FOB WORK.
The people of Oregon are begining
;; to realize the fact that their substance
- and hard earnings of years are being
' consumed by agang of officials in high
living, and they are anxiously looking
for means of deliverance. They know
that this condition of affairs has been
brought about by a slavery to party
" and machine methods. "While many
who have permitted this to continue
by their votes, now realize that they
must either forsake party or surrender
what they yet contain. It is now a
condition and not a theory which con
" fronts them. " But what are the tax
payers to do Is there any hope for
better conditions if a change is made?
It is true that the indications for this
' I are not the mo9t" favorable. Certainly
they can be no worse. The Republican
party Is the property of a small ring,
in whose Interest it is controlled.
' The Democratic party, in a measure,
. has been used and betrayed in the in
.'. terest of this republican ring by the
r . men who have forced themselves at
-. the head of the party, and thousands
of Democrats have stamped this with
their disapproval by going to the pop
ulists, an organization in the direct
interest of this very ring, as by divid
ing the Democratic vote, it need have
no fear of being defeated. It serves
the purpose welL Ab for the populist
organization itself, while it has many
good and able men within its ranks, it
is controlled by a lot of impracticable
and Irresponsible cranks, which believe
that government is instituted to make
man a loafer and supply his wants,
The conservative business interests of
s Oregon will never consent for a trans
fer of affairs to this party. It then re
mains for the taxpayers and honest
, voters to either ovethrow their bosses
in the old parties or to unite in a move-
, ment independent of parties. This
.. could be made successful if the business
1 men and those known tor their Integ
rity and ability were to give their
.hearty support. But this they will
. - not do and the only apparent hope for
a chancre lies in the success of the
Democratic party. For such a success
it is necessary to remove all self-constituted
leaders who use the party for
: personal gain and place at the head of
the organization men whose very name
will inspire confidence and respect,
.'and thenolace in nomination the very
' best and most reliable citizens, who
. will not dishonor their fair name by
betraying, any trust the people may
confide to them. With a platform
pledged . to the reformation of the
abuses under which the people are
, suffering and the class of men indicated
to carry out the pledge, there will be
hope for success. ' None other can.
- This condition of affairs has more di
rect reference to Multnomah county,
, yet it is applicable to many other parts
of the state! We hope that there may
. be sense and patriotism enough in the
various Democratic conventions' to
show by their acts that the people can
' expect and will receive the relief for
which they are now praying. Port
land Dispatch.
V WHO IS BESPUN8LBLE?
Tia Pnnrilatni Trillium, .una nf th
staunch Republican papers of Eastern
Oregon, in commentincr UDon the sit
uation of business, throughout the
.-, country Bays:
. " "Despite the flurry inbreadstuffsthe
general condition of business thrbugh
out the great manufacturing centers in
the east remain about the same. The
. revival of business promised after Jan
uary 1, has not materialized. The
great improvement which appeared
last summer has not continued or been
revived, in me eass ine responsiou-
ltyiscnargea 10 tnose wno prevent
nature of business is such that no ae
tion at all does more harm for the time
.". than definite action in either direction
would do. With a tariff pending and
passed by the house which would add,
immediately upon its passage, a large
percentage to duties on nearly all iin-
ported goods, and espesially on wool,
' woolens and lumber, better prises and
larger transactions wouia oe encour-
' sgea u mere were prospectsor lis pass
, ing; but that is generally considered
so doubtful, in view of the attitude of
some senators and the president, that
. nobody is inclined to commit himself
any further than is unavoidable."
While this statement is' hot alto
gether true, for manufacturing indus
tries in many lines have shown a ma-
terial improvement since the first of
the year, who is responsible for the
slow ' revival of business industry?
From 1893 to 1895,' when the Dem
ocrats had a majority in both houses
' of congress, they wereheld responsible
Dy tneir opponents ior me condition
. of business, for the depression that ex
, isted in commercial and manufacture
. ing circles, and we were promised a
' revival of business as soon as the Re
publicans should gain control of the
legislative branch of the government.
tr-lfa iwrviiaAi3 nanajcftir t.n niACTA.ir.Yr
las occurred, tne Jttepuoiicans caving
an overwhelming majority in the house
and a plurality in the senate, still the
Tribune tells us business does not re
vive. - And who is to blame? If a re
vision of the tariff and an increase of
duties is all that is needed to revive
business, why do not the Republicans
rivA ii the increase? That was what
thev were elected to do. The crv about
the danger of the president vetoing a
tariff bill is all hash. He has not said
he would or would not. Why does not
congress pass a tariff bill, and force
the resnonsibility of bringing the
promised prosperity upon the presi
dent? We aeree with the Tribune
.1 . Va mnAAitiinf.v nf what, lnnra nrill
or will not be enacted has a deleter
ious effect on business generally; but
right now who is responsible for that
EXPORTS, IMPOSTS AND GOLD
r Va twalira tnnntVia nn s3 ?i -
UMtlUfy IjilO uivuuuo OUUllJg
with December, 1894, says the New
York World, our merchandise exports
exceeded imports by $148,689,307. Ac
cording to the "balance-of-trade"
theory we should have had an inflow of ,
about that amount of gold to make '
good the difference. In fact we lost
gold to the extent of 881,212,363.
During the next twelve months, end
ing.with the year just closed, our ex
ports of merchandise exceeded imports
by $23,269,884. Again if there be vir
tue id balance-0f-tr2.de theories, we
ought to have imported g ld, but in
stead, we exported 872,065,687 of the
precious metal.
The trouble is that in this age of
paper securities no statement of ex
ports and imports has any statistical
value, because there ar articles of ex
port and import exceeding In value all
merchandise transfers, whose export
and import are nowhere recorded
Nobody knows how many hundreds of
thousands of millions of American
government, railroad and other securi
ties are exported or imported in any
year. Nobody knows even what figures
to set down in a statistical table to re
present the annual interest on securi
ties held abroad.
It is idle to base calculations upon
statistical tables from which the most
important items are omitted.
UNSEASONABLE PENSIONS
A few days since the senate passed
bills granting an Increase in the pen
sion of the widow of Colonel Dent from
$30 to $50 a month; granting the widow
of Major General Doublend a pension
of $100 a month, and the widow of
General Carrol $73. These pensions
are excessive and at variance with the
idea of the people in establishing a
pension system. The idea of pensions
is not to support any one in luxury
or to show favoritism to any class, but
to supply the necessaries of life to the
defenders of the nation who became
disabled in the country's service and
to those dependent upon them after
they have gone. The common soldier
who met the brunt of battle and re
ceived wounds incapacitating him for
supporting himself, or the poor widow
whose husband died in the trenches is
granted from $8 to 15. just sufficient to
sustain them, then why should the
widow of a colonel or general be
granted more? The officer rendered
no greater service to the country than
the private, nor Is his loss greater to
his family. As a rule the principle of
pensioning army officers and their
widows is no more justifiable, than
would be the pensioning of officers
of the civil service. The officers of the
army are amply paid, major-generals
receiving $7;500 a year, brigadiers
$5,000,colonels from J3.500 to $4,500 and
the other officers in like proportion ac
cording to rank. Out of these salaries
ies they should be able to save enough
to support their widows, and not leave
them dependent upon public charity.
Of course an officer who wa3 disabled
during the war is as much entitled to
a pension as is the private soldier, and
the widow of an officer who fell in bat
tle should not be denied assistance
from the government equal to her nec-
cessary requirments, but more than
this is extravagance. It is too much
like an acknowledgement of title to be
tolerated in a republic. -
AN OPEN ' RIVER FIRST.
The Oregon delegation "in congress
have been quite industrious since the
convening of congress introducing bills
appropriating vast sums of money for
public buildings at different points
throughout the state, and for pensions,
etc., and Mr. Hermann has introduced
several bills for Improvements to the
lower Columbia and Willamette rivers
apd numerous harbors along the coast
but none of them as yet have raised
their voices in behalf of an appropria
tion for removing obstructions to nav
igation on the Upper Columbia.' Pos
sibly we should not find fault with them
for their inactivity in this matter, since
such a vigorous opposition has been
raised by some of the parties most in
terested in the matter to the plan
recommended by the government en
gineersa boat-railway but it does
seem that this should not prevent our
representatives in congress from tak
ing action in such an important matter,
It is one of more importance, not to the
state of Oregon alone, but to Washing
ton and Idaho as well, than the erec-
tion of public buildings or the granting
of pensions, for upon it depends the
future prosperity of the entire Inland
Empire. It would benefit all the people,
while pensions and public buildings
Can benefit only -a few. The Dalles,
Baker City, Portland, and Salem can
well afford to wait for their one hun
dred and two hundred thousand dol
lar buildings until this more important
improvement is made, and we would
call the attention of Senators Mitchell
and McBrido and Representatives Her
mann and Ellis that if , they would
serve their constituents well they will
take this matter in hand at once. Give
the Inland Empire an open river to the
sea first, even if we never get our
great public buildings. They are little
needed luxuries as it were while an
open river is a necessity.
PROPOSED SIL VEB BILL.
The friends of silver in the house,
bo doubt realizing the impossibility
of securing the passage of the bill for
the free and unlimited coinage of sil
ver at the present time, have decided
ed upon a measure that is less objec
tionable to the opposition, and which
stands some show of becoming a law.
The biil which they propose to intro
duce provides for the coinage of $100,-
OOO.OOO in sliver bullion stored in the
mints into subsidiary pieces. It is
stated there is always a good demand
for smaller coins in the spring, and
many banks purchasing It for their
customers refuse to take pieces which
are at all abraded. To take advantage
of this "demand and thus reduce the
bulk of sliver in store is regarded as
desirable: "
The government would derive extra
profit from this, as the seigniorege on
token coins is about five cents more on
a dollar than that on sliver dollars.
As it is now there are $53,000,000 in
seigniorage available for the proposed
increase of subsidiary coinage. All
the rest of the silver is required by the
Sherman law to be used only for coin- I
age of standard dollars, hence the need
of proposed new legislation in order to
make the amount $100,000,000.
Venezuela is right at our doors,
Liora sausoury things teat it is no
business of ours to interfere with move
ments there which England herself has
written down as conquests; and yet
England flies to arms at the suggestion
of the German Emperor that the Dutc
republic in South Africa should be in
dependent. It is little things like
this that wake the gayety of nation?.
If it is true, as stated in the dis
patches, thai an Americrn citizen has
bren arrested by the Spanish authori
ties at Havanna and transported to
Ceuta without trial, it may hasten the
recognltlon by this government of (he I
Cuban insurgents as belligerents. I
uch insults to the government shoud I
be resented. , 1 his
AN UNJUST BURDEN.
The communication which was pub
lished in last Sunday's Oregonian,
from a student of the state university,
criticising the management of the
same, if it, has accomplished nothing
else, has called the attention of the
public to the fact of the existence of
that institution, and will probably re
mind the people that this is one of the
unnecessary luxuries which they are
taxed to support. Regardless of how
the state university is managed, what
the methods adopted by the faculty,
and how efficient it is as an institution
of learning, aid extended by the state
for Its maintenance i9 unjust, in that
it is taking money from the many for
the benefit of the few. No more un
just appropriation of public fund9 has
been made by the Oregon legislature
than that of $30,000 for the University
of Oregon. It is the taking of money
from all to furnish free tution for those
who least need it. Comparatively few
are able financially to afford the luxury
of collegia'e education, and those few
are abundantly able to pay their tul
tion. Of the 100,000 persons of school
age in Oregon, not one in twenty will
ever enter a college as a student, and
perhaps not more than one in ten of
those will seek admission into the
state university. Then why should
every taxpayer in the state be com
pelled to contribute his mite towards
its support, to pay for something from
which he can never hope to derive any
benefit? In other words, why should
the poor or the people in moderate
circumstances be forced to contribute
to the education of the rich, to fur
nish means for obtaining an education
that is a luxury, an education that is
not necessary to good citizenship or
in the ordinary avocations of business?
A common school education is a nec-
cessity to good and intelligent citizen
ship, therefore the opportunity for ob
taining a knowledge of the branches
taught in the public schools should be
furnished by the state. That is, a free
school should be maintained within
reach of every child of school' age in
Oregon. A free school should be
maintained in every district for at
least six months every year, thus giv
ing the masses an opportunity to gain
a knowledge of the rudimentary
branches, but when this is done the
state should go no further In educa
tional matters. Such schools are with
in the reach of all. Money expended
for their support is for the benefit of
those from whom it Is exacted, while
that appropriated for such institutions
as the state university is for the bene
fit of so small a percentage that it is
insignificant when compared to the
whole people. , '
Such institutions are so superficial
that it is a mystery how any legislator
ias ever been induced to appro
priate public money for their support,
Still these are times of retrenchment
and reform, the people are becoming
aroused to the injustice of being taxed
for superficial purposes, and there 'is
some hope that such unnecessary lux
uries will be cut out of the appropria
tion bill passed by the next legislature,
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Wisconsin republicans are pushing
J. C. Spooner as a candidate for presi
dent. The man may be all right, but
the American people can never swal
low that name. .
A high-protection paper says that
in order to restore confidence it is
necessary first to restore the revenue."
But the revenue cannot be restored by
restoring tne very taxes that were
raised to reduce the revenue.
The populist of Marion county pro
pose to go it alone this year, the cen
tral committee of the party having re
solved to repel -all propositions of
fusion, denouncing fusion as an im
politic, unrighteous and unholy al
liance.
Gladstone looks to the Almighty to
save the suffering Armenians. From
the way the European nations allow
them to be slaughtered it appears that
their only hope of protection lies in
the intervention of Divine Providence
and if that does not come soon, there
pill be but few of them left to save.
The little scheme inaugurated by a
few admirers of Gov. Pennoyer to
place him on the populist ticket as a
nominee for congress, with the hope
that he would draw sufficient votes
from democrats to secure his election,
has met with such a cool reception
that the ex-governor will hardly cut
much figurein 6tate politics this year.
But it is not unlikely that he will be a
candidate on an independent ticket for
the office of Mayor of Portland.
That poor old British lion's tall con
tlnues to get twisted. Uncle Sam, the
African Boers and the German Kaiser
have all taken a recent twist at his
caudal appendage, and now the Rus
sian czar and Turkish sultan have en
tared into an agreement which is very
distasteful to -the English. It looks
like all the nations of the world have
grudges against the British, and con
sider this the proper time to agitate
them.
The Eugene Guard says "the only
appropriation ve state university re
ceives Is the $30,000 given by the last
legislature, which is to carry on the
university for two years, thus making
an annual sum of $15,000." How is it
then that the item of $30,000 for the
support of the state university .was put
in the amount to be raised by the tax
levy of 1896? Has the entire amount to
be raised this year? The Guard will
please explain.
The prospects of Inland Empire
wheat raisers are brighter now than
they have been for years. The- erop
outlook in India, owing to drouth, is
very poor, and news from other sources
foretell a shortage in the world's yield
of bread stuff . It is not- improbable
that the next wheat crop will command
a better price than did the last, and
the farmers who have large acreages
in wheat may reasonably expect a pros
perous year in 1896. .
It is rather a peculiar admission
for Senator Mitchell to make "that
our foreign indebtedness has greatly
increased during the last twenty-five
years," when he has been continually
"pointing with pride" to the thirty
years of "unprecedented prosperity"
under republican rule. Is it possible
after all that the senator is going to
acknowledge that this boasted pros
perity was built up on the accumula
tion of debt? ,
Senator Mitchell, however sincere
he may be in his convictions regarding
the silver question, has not poured any
oil upon the troubled waters in which
the Republican party of Oregon is
floundering by announcing that he
will vote for the free coinage silver
bill. He is unquestionably a candidate
for re-election, but he has not im-
proved bis chances by this announce-
ment. There are many men in
party who are honestly convinced
that the free and unlimited coinage of
silver would be most disastrous at the
present time, and who, since the sena
tor has thus announced himself, will
most vigorously oppose the election of
legislators who are favorable to him.
The senator has stirred up a hornets'
nest in his own party that will not
cease buzzing until after the June
election.
The Rogue River Courier sarcastic
ally remarks that "the republican
victories last fall have already caused
a raise in the price of wheat on this
coast by procuring a failure of crops in
Australia and thus compelling the peo
ple of the antipodes to look to Califor
nia and Oregon for the shortage, which
amounts to over 200,000 tons. Wheat
in California has went up to $1.17 per
hundred pounds and in the Willamette
valley to 50 cents a bushel within the
past ten days."
The expenses of The Dalles average
about $631.42 a month. The expenses
of Pendleton are more than thU. Why?
The Dalles is as large a town as Pendle
ton and just as expensive to govern.
Government in Pendleton should not
cost any more than government in
The Dalles. The East Oregonian
moves that those in authority in Pen
dleton ascertain where the difference
comes in so that the taxpayers may be
given the benefit of the knowledge.
East Oregonian.
It is difficult to understand how the
papars who are demanding a reduction
of state expenses to relieve people from
the burdens of taxation can reconcile
this demand with that for an increase
of the tariff taxes. If a tariff tax will
make people prosperous, why will not
a direct tax accomplish the same end.
And as to the adverse of this proposi
tion; if too much direct tax is burden
some, is equivalent to confiscation of
property, is not too high an indirect
tax equally as burdensome?
It is now confessed by Re
publican papers everywhere in the
state that the Republican majority
in the last legislature was too large
for public good, but in less than
six weeks they will be insisting
on the election of none other than Re
publicans to that body. However they
are educating the people up to the be
lief that it is unsafe to submit at all
times to the party lash, and the seeds
they are sowing will bear good fruit
on the first Monday In June.
A number of leading Republican
papers have begun to give up the idea
that the salvation of the country rests
alone in a revision of the tariff. Among
them is the Oregoniaa, which says:
"Is there anything, after all, that can
show Dubois and the senators he
-speaks for the truth about currency,
short of ajslump to the silver basis,
with all its attendant distress? Until
that truth is understood, there can be
no real prosperity. Until that issue is
settled, and settled rightly, there is.no
other issue."
The McElnley Republican Club of
Brownsville, at a recent meeting, by a
unanimous vote, resolved that "we
pledge ourselves not to vote for any
man who will not pledge himself to
s lpport every measure, cwnsistent with
public welfare, to reduce taxation."
This is, indeed, a commendable resolu
tion, but it is in effect the same resolu
tion that was adopted by the Republi
cans in state convention two years
aero, and how far the resolution was
carried out the annals of the last legis
lature tell. .. ' -
. S ince Governor Lord has wisely de
cided to not call an ext-a session of
the legislature, such fellows as Eon
Robert G. Smith, representative in the
last legislature from Josephine county,
have little campaign thunder left in
stock. He wanted a special session bo
that the members might have a chance
to redeem the platform pledges of their
party and set themselves right before
the people, so as to secure re-election
Mr. Smith and his ilk being deprived
of his opportunity will result in no
great calamity to the state however,
They are too expensive to be absolute
necessities.
A great - many so-called American
papers are walling over tne. oeatn oi
Prince Henry of Battenberg, son-in-
law of Queen Victoria, and denominat
ing It a "very, very sad affair." . Death
is always sad, but the death of Prince
Henry is no sadder than the death of
any other man, and not so sad as that
of some citizen who has, through his
own efforts, become useful to society
The mere fact that Prince Henry's
birth had brought him into prominence
did not make his life any more neces
sary to the welfare of the world than if
h3 had been a private citizen.
Postmaster Jchn C. Hutchins, of
Cleveland, Ohio, proposes to bring the
postoffices to the relief of the treasury
in maintaining the gold reserve. A
considerable amount of the receipts of
large postoffices are in gold, and Mr.
Hutchins proposes that this old, re
ceived at the postoffices throughout
the country, which amounts to millions
of dollars annually, be placed in the
United States treasury, and not depos
ited in national banks, as is the cus
tom at present. The plan' is certainly
a feasible one, and is said, to meet the
approval of Secretary Carlisle.
Wilson, of Washington, wants to loot
the treasury of $200,000 for a military
post at Spokane. There is absolutely
no demand for such a post, the soldiers
at Walla Walla being in sufficiently
close praximity to protect Spokane and
surrounding country from possible ra
vages of what few Indians the are in
that section. His efforts in this line
are on a parallel with those of other
congressmen who are endeavoring to
make themselves solid with their con
stituency by asking appropriations for
government buildings in every ham
let in their respective states.
Mr. J.'A. Van Eaton, of Salem, does
not believe in "hiding his light under
a bushel," that is his brilliant light as
one especially fitted to serve the dear
people in the capacity of assessor of
Marion county, having announced,
through the columns of a Salem daily,
that be will be a candidate for that
effice. subject to the endorsement of
the Republican convention. It is prob
ably well that a man who is thus hun
gryfor office should make his wants
known, for if he does not the public is
likely to never discover his special
qualifications to serye them as an offl
cial servant.
An article entitled "The Neo-Repub-
llcan Ascendancy," in February Scrib-
ner's, makes this mention of pensions
"Stirred up by attorneys, old pension
ers could not rest content, but put in
pleas for increase. Thus impelled the
pension figure shot up to $106,493,890
in isau, ens,z4e,9tsu in iyi, and to
$158,154,342 in 1893. The maximum
seemed thus to have been reached, for
the pension outgo for the fiscal year
ending with June. 1894, was but $140,
772,164." It is this "stirring up by at
torneys" that has cost the government
millions of dollars, and at -the same
time a contdderable amount of the
money that has been "stirred" out of
the treasury has gone into the pockets
of the attorneys instead of going to
the deserving men who foughtfor their
country
TELEGRAPHIC.
DEATH TO THE B.ESCCE.
Nlese Cat His Throat and Tben Cats H's
Wife's.
COLVILLE,. Wash.. Jan. 18. Judge
Arthur overruled the motion for a new
trial in the case of Adolph Niese and
wife, Hattie, and sentenced them to 20
years, at hard labor in the pentiten
tiary, the extreme penalty. At 2 P. M.
jailer Albert Dingle, who was in th
corridor of the jail, heard an unusual
noise issuing from the cell occupied by
the couple, an immediately investi
gated it. He found both prisoner?
lying side by side, the woman's right
arm locked in the left arm of her hus
band. Both of them were struggling
in paroxsyms of agony. The sheriff
was horriedly summoned, and he in
turn got a doctor.
It was found that Niese had cut a
deep wound in the right side of his
neck, severing all the arteries and
veins in the throat, and died an hour
later. In the neck of Mrs. Nlese was a
deep cut on the left side, but no vital
arteries were severed. She had suf
fered much loss of blood. The physi
cian dressed the wound and thinks she
has a slight chance for recovery.
Adolph Nlese and wife were tried
and convicted of the murder of the 10-year-old
boy of Niese, Mrs. Niese be
ing his Btepmether. The evidence
proved they had beaten the boy so
brutally that he died. The parents
explained the cause of his death as a
result of injuries by falling over a bank
on the Columbia river, near Kettle
Falls.
Niese came to Kettle Falls about a
year ago from Chicago, where he had
just married his third wife. He had
just been acquitted of the murder of
his second wife by a jory at Ottum wa,
Iowa, and the people of the town were
so incensed at the verdict that the
sheriff had to spirit Niese out of town
to save him from mob violence.
He went to Chicago, where the sister
of his murdered wife followed; and
three months later they were married.
AMERICANS IX CUBA.
Outrag-eons Treatment by tbe Spanish
Authorities.
St. Lotns, Jan. 28. A special to a
local paper from Key West, Fla., says:
Advice received here from Havana
indicate that since the resignation of
Martinez de Campos, the bpanish au
thorities are acting In a high-handed
manner toward American citizens sus
pected of being In sympathy with the
Insurgents. Recently Henry Riso,
who claims to be a naturalized citizen
of the United States, was arrested at
Puerto Principe as a political suspect.
Riso was thrown into a dungeon, al
though proclaiming his American citi
zenship. His request that Consul Gen
eral Williams be informed of his plight
was denied, and when the last steamer
left for Ceuta, the Spanish' penal set
tlement in Africa, Riso was placed on
board. The unfortunate man at
tempted to make a scene as he was
placed on the vessel but he was
knocken down by the Spanish guards,
and hurried below decks. Riso had
no trial, but it is understood the
authorities ordered him confined at
Ceuta for life Transportation to
Ceuta now means death, as cholera Is
raging there.
El Comercio, in an editorial, Bays:
"Marin is too tender with these Yan
kees. Every one of them at all impli
cated in the revolution should be sum
marily dealt with. 'But for. American
money and American sympathy there
would be no revolution, and the Yan
kees have no right to expect mercy
from Spain."
Financiers in Havana are evidently
fearful about the outcome of the revo
lution for they are shipping large
sums of silver and gold by every
steamer that leaves 'for New York.
Upmann & Co., who represent the
Rothschilds, are taking the lead - in
these shipments. It is understood that
Upmann & Co. - have informed their
depositors that money is no longer
safe in Havana. It is reported that
Upmann & Co. are actingiunder orders
from the Rothschilds, who havede
clined to take part in the Spanish loan
on the ground that Cuba is lost to The
Madrid government.
ANOTHER NZGRO LYNCHED.
Killed s Ban While Resisting Ejectment
' From a Train.
BLUZFTELD, W. Va., Jan. 28. Al
exander Jones, a negro desperado,
boarded a passenger train at Keystone
last night, under the influence of
liquor. He -.was very quarrelsome.
The negro -. became much incensed
when an attempt was made, to eject
him, and pulled two revolvers, and be'
gan firing promiscuously.
W. H. Strether, ' the postmaster at
Elkhorn was shot through the abdo
men and killed. Conductor .McCul-
lough was shot in the Bide but was not
seriously injured. Peter Rice, colored,
was shot through the right breast and
probably fatally injured.
Jones wds incarcerated at Elkhorn to
wait a train to convey him to Hunting
ton for. safe keeping. The train ar
rived at 2 A. M. and tbe officers and
prisoners boarded it without molesta
tion. Meanwhile a mob had been or
ganized at Welch, 15 miles west of
Keystone. At Hampbill, a small sta
tion west of -Welch, the trail was
flagged, and a mob numbering 10V men,
boarded it, and dragged Jones to a tree,
where he was swung to a limb and bis
body riddled with bullets.
Tbe-following note was attached to
the body: "This deed was done for
the purpose of an example warning ' to
negroes; so beware!" Jones, it is al
leged, killed three men prior to his
last offense.
CCBAff BESOLCTIONS.
Keport Made by the Foreign Relations
Committee.
Washington, Jan. 29. Senator
Morgan, from the committee on fore
ign relations, very promptly after the
senate proceedings began today, re
ported on the resolution for the recog
nition of belligerent rights of tbe Cu
ban insurgents. The senator read the
report in full, as follows:
"Resolved, By the senate, the house
of representatives concurring.
that the present deplorable war in
Cuba has reached a magnitude that
concerns all civilized nations to the
extent that It should be conducted, if
unhappily it is longer to continue, on
those principles and laws of warfare
that are acknowledge to be obligatory
upon civilized nations where engaged
in hostilities, including the treatment
of captives who are enlisted in either
army, due respect to cartels for the
exchange of prisinors and for other
military purposes, truces and flags of
truce, the provision of proper hospitals
an hoipl tal supplies and services to
the sick and wounded of either army.
Be It further
'Resolved, That this representation
of the views and opinion of congress
ba sent to the president, and if be
concurs therein, that he will, in e
friendly spirit, use the good offices oi
this government to the end that Spair
shall bo requested to accord to the
armies wi h which it is engaged ir
war the rights of belligerents as tin
same are recognized under the law of
nations."
Cameron presented a minority re
port, Cameron's resolution was a brief
request to the president to interpose
his friendly olflues for the recognition
of the independence of Cuba. The re
port reviewed the course of President
Grant during a former Cuban revolt,
in seeking to secure thb independence
of Cuba.
WAITINO 1UK FRIDAY.
lojd Moatffompry Fiddled While the
Scaffold Was Building:.
ALBANY, Or., Jan. 29. The prepara
tions for the execution of Lloyd Mont
gomery are nearly completed. The
scaffold was erected today and an en
closure sixteen feet high has been
built around it. The execution will
take place In the forenoon Friday, the
exact hour of which will not be known
until tomorrow night.
The murderer's little 6ister, Eva,
and young brother, Oryille, visited
him In his cell today. His sister
joined the church last Sunday, and the
condemned man exacted a promise
from his brother that he would
also join the church. He ad
monished him to profit by his
example and be a good man. He wept
bitterly at parting with them. The
prisoner has become much interested
in the Salvation Army. Members of
the army have visited him several
times, and Montgomery says he likes
their religion. When seen In his cell
tonight, he said he had made up his
mind that he must die, and he is ready
for it. He added:
"No man can say that I am a coward.
I will go to the gallows and die like a
man. I would as soon be hanged to
night as on Friday."
He still adheres to the impossible
story that he killed McKersher after
the latter had killed hU father and
mother, and said he would tell the peo
yle on the gallons that he is innocent.
While the noise of the workmen build
ing the scaffold could be plainly heard
in the jail, Montgomery " sat compla
cently placing his fiddle. He re
marked: "The 'Devil Among theTaylors' is a
good tune to keep a man's courage up
in an emergency like this. .Those who
think I will break down at the last will
get fooled."
FBEKCH COMMENT.
A Monroe Doctrine for Europe
cated.
is Advo-
New York, Jan. 30. A dispatch
to
the Herald from Paris says:
The Parisian papers devote consider
able attention to the possibilities of the
United States entering into the active
spheres of European international af
fairs and the Journal des Debats re
grets that Europe has not some sort
of Monroe doctrine to protect it from
the meddling qf the United States in
purely European affairs. The resolu
tion adopted by the senate and house
of representatives, it points out, -is a
direct summons to the powers to carry
out the clauses of the treaty of Berlin.
Diplomatists of old, we are told, would
have been horrified at the idea of send
ing an American squadron to Constan
tinople, as Senator Frye urges, not be
cause they would have been surprised
to learn that America had a squadron
to send, but because they would have
remembered certain conventions which
forbid tbe sending of a squadron to
Constantinople. . Americans are aware
that such conventions exist, yet Sena
tor Frye wants to send a 6quadron
without paying any regard to them.
It is impossible to be more American.
It is true the authorities on interna
tional law interviewed by tne Herald
have clearly expressed an opinion that
congress is to blame and has no busi
ness to meddle with the treaty of Ber
lin, in which tne united states was
not a signature, but. of course, the
idea of attaching any weight to the
opinion of jurists is regarded on the
other side of the Atlantic as a Euro
pean prejudice. .
As to the views of England, orrather
of Mr. Chamberlain, who alone has
spoken, he appears to regret that
America, instead of wrangling over a
trifle like - the Veuezvela dispute,
should not have intervened to settle
the Armenian question, while the
press appears to regard such a course
without dissatisfaction. Possibly,
however, Mr. Chamberlain's reference
is intended to chaff the Americans on
their own intolerance in . attacking
England because of her intervention
in Venezuela.
BONO BILL IN THE SENATE.
Senator Mitchell Finds Occasion for a Sil
ver Speech. -
Washington, Jan. 30. Mitchell of
Oregon today addressed the senate on
the bond bill. . Mitchell said that the
question presented was, whether It is
necessary to increase the bonded in
debtedness to maintain the gold stand
ard or by a greater issue of silver re
store it to its primary place as the
money of the constitution. Mitchell
pointed out that our foreign indebted
ness during the past twenty-five years
had greatly increased.
"There is in my judgment two reme
dies to be applied, first, our shipping
laws mu -t be amended, our merchant
marine must be encouraged and built
up and we must become our own car
riers, and second, we must -legislate to
increase the value of our export com
modities so as to enable us to meet, re
duce and, if possible, wipe out the debt
which today makes the people of this
country virtually slaves lo the money
lenders of Great Britain. We must
reduce our expenses and instead of Is
suing new bonds stop incurring obliga
tions abroad and increase, if possible,
the value of our commodities, includ
ing silver, with which to meet this in
debtedness. "As to the bond bill as it came from
the house." he said; "I decline to give
further authority to secretary of the
treasury to issue additional bonds in
lime of peace. Iam unwilling under
any plea of necessity to aid the party
to which I belong in doing that which
a a party it has emphatically con
demned in others."
A IX ARE AMERICANS.
Party Difleranres Sink Intn Insignificance
Awar From Home.
Lexington, Jan. 29. Judge James
Mulligan, United States consul to
Samoa, who returned home Saturday,
was given a banquet last night. At
the banquet he made an address, the
most remarkable part of which is the
following:
"When I was away off on that little
speck of land in the Pacific ocean and
looked across tbe vast stretch of sea to
k lake &
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Shorten it with Cottolene in
stead of lard and see what a
crisp crust it will have ; how
delicious and wholesome it
will be. Pie made with Cot
tolene will do a dyspeptic
good. Do everybody good
because it is good. There is
nnlv one secret in eooTdnp-
with Cottolene use but two- m
thirds as much as you would
naturally use of lard. Follow
this rule and Cottolene will
do the rest
Genuine Is sold eTCTrwhera In tins with
trade-nuirkd 'Cotiolmne ami titer's htad
in coUQH-putnt wreath on every Uo.
Mads only by
THE N. K. FAIRBm COMPANY.St Loutt,
3
tturaso, bmb rn,-w, romuo, vresaa.
the storms that were agitating this
country, I could see no democrats and
republicans. It was America. The
English, the Germans, and all the
others are against America; no matter
what the diplomats may Bay. I feel
that I have learned more in tbe last
two years than I have ever learned be
fore. I have borne my part in the bat
tles of politics, and have spoken bitttr
words, but when I stood under that
mighty crag, on that far-away speck in
the ocean, and helped to lay him to
rest whom I bad learned to love, and
who I believe had learned to love me
Robert Louis Stevenson, I felt that if
I ever got back home I would never
speak an -unkind word to a fellow coun
tryman, but would do all I could to
bind up any wounds that I may have
caused."
SILVER MEN UNEASY.
The Margin They Expect Too Close For
Comfort.
Denver, Colo., Jan. - 30. A special
to the Times from Washington says
vote on the free-coinage bill will prob-
ably-not be reached in the senate today
notwithstanding that Senator Jones
gave notice that he will ask the senate
to sit until a vote is taken, even
though.it takes all night. A vote will
probably be reached tomorrow or Sat
urday. There is little doubt tbe bill
will pass the senate, though by a slim
majority, probably not to exceed three
or at most fi ve. There are certain sec
ators on both the republican and dem
ocratic sides who make proposition
favorable to feilver who will fly the
track when the test comes. These In
elude Squire of' Washington, McBrids
of Oregon, Thurston of Nebraska, Ba
ker of Kansas, and Faulkner, Mil 8 and
Gordon, democrats. The margin is fo
close as to render the silver men un
easy. - ,- "
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Death of Gen. Porter.
New York, Jan. 28. General
Joseph H. Porter died at the Grand
Union hotel last night. The imme
diate cause of bis death was complica'
lions from a gunshot wound in the
lungs, received during the war. The
body will be taken to Poughkeepsie,
for burial. General Porter was 64
years old, and was bora in Dublin
where his parents, who were Virgin
i.ias, wera sojourning'in Ireland. He
enlisted as a drummer boy, when the
war broke out and went to the front
with the 27th New York volunteers.
For bravery and meritorious conduct,
he was 'repeatedly promoted. He
served until disabled by wounds. Sub'
seqnenuy be was sent to Egypt in an
official capacity by tbe government
On his return he settled in New York
and practiced law.
Among lueosopiilsts.
Chicago, Jan. 30. Theosophists
met in Graceland cemetery ) and
watched the cremation of the remains
of Miss Mary Toplius. Instead of the
scene being a sad one, the general feel
ing which permeated the assemblage
was one of calm rejoicing, partaken in
even by the nearest and dearest friends
of the girl who had died. Instead of
tears there were songs and music.
flowers, an address in cheerful strains
and a noticeable absence of the usual
emblems of death. Theosophists do
not look on death as others do, hence
the remarkably cheerful scenes which
marked the crP'r",T,n.
Woolt-u .u.is Barned.
Woodland, Cal., Jan 29. At 1
o'clock this morning the woolen mills
were burned, entailing a loss of (6o,-
030. The fire was started by an incon
diary, and was the second discovered in
the building in 24 hours. The building
was the property of Mrs. ' Emma C.
Langanuer, mother of tbe ex-assem
blyman of that name, and was valued
at $45,000. She carried on it an insur
ance pf $16,000. The mills were oper
ated by Collins Shepherd, and his lose
on the plant will be $13,00,), of which
$11,000 is covered by insurance.
The Morgan Syndicate.
Chicago, Jan. 29. The Post's
Washington special says the new Mor
gan syndicate has given the treasury
renewed assurances of its intention 10
.t i o,i An , i, u" trt
miinu hue piw,wv,vw luau a uucueb'i
and to that end will have in bids to
take the whole issue or any part of it.
The lump bid will, it is said, be about
$110,000,000, or a little below 3J per
cent bais. A bid for .any fraction! 1
unsold part of the bonds wiil be cn
terms less favorable to the govern
ment. Revenue Tariff Bill Untouched.
WASHrNGTON, Jan, 28. Senatcr
Jones, of Nevada, was present at to
day's meeting of the senate committ
on finance, but the revenue tariff bill
was not taken up. It is the understand
ing that the bill will not be considered
again by tbe committee until after the
rllver bond bill shall have been dls
posed of by the senate, when it is be-
leived it will be promptly reported in
some shape.
Plea for Woman Suffrage.
Washington, Jan. 28. Tbe senate
marble-room was completely filled to
day by the delegation of ladies from
National Suffrage Association, who
appeared before the senate committee
on woman suffrage to prevent a plea
for recognition at the ballot-box.
Senators Call and Peffer were the only
member of the committee present, and
they arrived late. The speakers were
presented by Dr. Annie Shaw.
Attempted Burglary at 8hedds.
Shedds, Or., Jan. 30. An attempt
was made here early this morning to
blow open the safe of Crume & Davis.
The door was badly shattered, but the
burglars did not succeed in forcing an
entrance to the safe, having evidently
been frightened from their work.
The room in which the safe was kept
was also used as the postomce, but the
burglars were evidently bent upon
getting money, as the office supplies
and the goods in the store were undis
turbed. There is no clue.
Heavy Tax Levy.
Heppner, Jan. 30. A meeting of
the voters of this school district was
held for the purpose of levying a tax
for school purposes. In order to pay
outstanding indebtedness and to pro
vide necessary funds for six months'
school the coming year, it was decided
necessary to levy a 15-mill tax. This,
with the state and county levy, makes
the tax for the ensuing year 37 mills,
The vote for a 15-mill tax was 42 for
and 13 against.
Resumed Work.
Chicago, Jan. 28. The rolling mills
of the Illinois Steel Company, located
at South Chicago, which , were shut
down December 31, in order to make
extensive repairs in the rail and steel
departments, opened today with no de
crease in the force of men. This gives
work to 6000 employes, who have been
idle since the shutdown.
Another Boundary Dispute.
New YORK, Jan. 30. The Herald's
correspondent in Rio de Janerio tele
graphs that the Brazilian government
refusess to accept the boundary lines
proposed by Bolivia in tbe territorial
issues between the two countries. Bo
livia suggests that tbe question be sub
mited to the president of the Uulted
States.
Below fifty MUUons.
Washington, Jan. 30. The treas
ury today lost $212,000 In gold coin, and
$5500 in bars, which reduces the res'
erve to $49,926,000.
In another column we give space to
a long communication from Prof. Sny
der, criticising tbe . voters of Hood
River district for voting down a tax of
22 mills for school purposes, and levy
ing instead a 9 mill tax. If, as Prof.
Snyder Bays, this will result in the
closing of tbe Hood River schools the
next year, it is indeed to be regretted;
but a 22-mill tax, when added to
county levy of 21 mills, would be an
extreme burden for the property own'
era of that or any other district, such
a burden that only the best paying In
vestments could stand. If a 6-mill tax.
is required to pay interest on the
bonded indebtedness of district No.
3, evidently the voters of that dit
trict overreached themselves when
they erected a $6500 school building last
year, they assumed an indebtedness In
commensurate with their resources.
The fault lies with their past acts,
and it is little wonder they opposed
the levying of a tax that, under exist
ing conditions of business, would al
most mean confiscation of their prop
erty.
THE DALLES
Cigar Factory
SFCOHD STREET
Opposite the ImpUswit Warehouse
FACTORY NO. 105.
Cigars of the Best Brands manufac
tured, and orders from all parts of 'the
country filled on tbe shortest notice.
Tbe reputation of THE DALLES
CIGAR has become firmly established,
and tbe demand for tne home manufac
tured article is increasing eve.-y day,
A. ULRICH & SON.
A. A. BROWN
FULL ASSORTMENT.
m m nm mm.,
AND PROVISIONS.
Special Prices to Cish Beyers
170 8EOOND 8TFEBT.
B3IIII11HIUJ
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minimum
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OF DALLES CITY, OR.
Fresident Z. F. Moody
Vice President. .Chas. Hilton
Cashier.
.M. A. Moody
i
General Banking Business Transacted.
Sight Exchanges Sold on
New York, Chicago, San Fran
cisco and Portland.
rrrinnnf immn mnnmn n
The Dalles
Real Estate
Exchange
The above association is prepared to
take a list oi an and any kind ol real
estate for sale or exchange, whereby the
11 1 1 1 . 1 . . 1 .
seuer win nave me undivided assistance
of the following
Real Estate Agents
organized as an association for the pur
pose of. inducing immigration to Wasco
and Sherman counties,, and generally
stimulating the sale or pioperty.
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C. E. Bayard. T. A. Hudson. I. G.
Koontz & Co., . M. Huntington & Co..
N. Whealdon, Gibons & Marden. G. W.
Rowland; or to J. M. Huntington, sec
retary ol the Association,
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Oregon Ral way A Navigation
Watok
Kcpalrar sat Inspector.
The
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Specialty.
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