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tired, the gold reserve can be dispensed
with."
GOOD RIDANCE.
Nine-tenths of the self-respecting and
,'.- honest democrats in this state will
hail with satisfaction theannounce
r.ment of Hon. Cbas; A. Cogswell,
that he has deserted the democratic
ranks, and intends hereafter to affiliate
. " with the republican party, with which,
if we jud2e from his actions during the
last two sessions of the legislature, he
has been heartily in sympathy. Mr.
Cogswell's sympathies, for some years
Tast. havebeen with the plutocrats,
1 . and hi9 proper place has been with theJ
" party whose principles are diametrical
to those of the common class. During
the past four years he has masqueraded
- as a democrat, but when he appeared
in the halls of the Oregon legislature
he has been found voting with the re-
publican bosses of Portland on nearly
- every issue, and standing in for the ex-
travagances that have resulted in the
burdensome taxation under which the
people are groaning today.
As was said in these columns some
., mouths ago, -Cogswell has trained too
' long with Joe Simon to 'longer feel at
; ' home in the democratic party. The
senate journal of the last session shows
. that Cogswell was a hearty- supporter
of nearly every measure which the
.' Portland boss championed. The
senate journal also shows that Cogswell
voted for all but two of the ex
' . tra.vaca.nt atraroD-iation bills that
passed the last session. One of these
k was the bill appropriating $5,000 for
the relief of Iva TemDleton, which he
-voted against. The other was the bill
. appropriating $40,003 to pay the ex
' pensesof.the session. Mr.. Cogswell
- was absent from the. senate chamber
" on the day this bill was put on its final
'. naasae-e. and would, no doubt, have
voted for it had he been present, which
would have swelled the amount he was
instrumental in appropriating to
81,482,679,79.
ri . The rewards Mr. Cogswell received
for standing in with the bosses were
- the $2,000 attorney fee for representing
: .the state in a case before the supreme
court in Washington, and an appro4.
priation of $5,000 of the states money
. in 1893 for the benefit of a public school
T in his city, Lakeview, as neat a little
. steal as was worked through either of
the last two most extravaeant sessions
of the legislature. . Since Mr. Cogswell
has so .flagrantly betrayed , tfie trusts
. ;imposedin him by-the democracy of
Oregon, there is no longer anyplace
.for him in their ranks, and' his-deser-
. . tion is a good ridance to the' party.
DEMIQOOICAL JOURNALISM
Some partisan papers .are so warped
; j by prejudice, and have become so demi
gogioal that they can discover nothing
' bus good in.th.- principles they advo-
" cate and bad in ' those they oppose.
- Such papers allow their prejudices to
"carrry them beyond reason and lead
; them to make statements which facts
' and figures will disprove. The Eastern
, Oregon Republican is one of this class,
and makes itself ridiculous by stating
that "the period when the country
was enjoyjng her greatest volume of
trade was under republican adminis
trations, and notably during the time
. that the McKinley protective tariff was
.' on our statu'. e books, and .that the
. volume of our domestic exports was
. greatest by over $100,000,000 during
the tW;0 or three ' years immediately
' following the passage of the McKinley
. ' act.". - j
' . ; As a matter of fact the years of '91,
92, and '93 were ' the only years in
; which the McKinley law was really in
' full force and effect, and in reality its
workings were moBt operative during
' 1893. Duting that year the total ex
ports from the United States were
' valued at $847,665,194, while the im
: ports exceeded this amount by $18,735,-
728. The following year, when trade
both at home and abroad was disturbed.
it is said, by ttie agitation of the tariff.
, the exports from this country were
valued "at 8872,140,527, $237,145,950 in
. excess of the imports., . With these
- facts shown by the statisticians, it is
impossible to substantiate the broad
assertion in favor of the tariff law of
1890,'tbat it worked such great wonders
in favor of our foreign trade. The
- faots are that the customs duties im
posed by the country have little or no
effect upon our, export trade. When
. there is a. demand for our products
abroad they will find their way to for
eign ports in quantities to supply the
demand; when there is not, they must
remain at home; and any attempt to
show that exports are affected by tariff
laws is demigogical. k
FARMERS AND PROTECTION
The agriculturists, those engasred in
tilling the soil, are the real wealth
producers of all countries, the people
on whom thereat must depend for their
sustenance. Were it notfor the far
mer, the manufacturer would have
neither raw material to consume, nor
market for his finished products; the
railroad magnate would have no traffic
for his roads: the merchant would have
no customers. The farmer is the
primary cause that keeps the wheels of
commerce in motion, the real back
bone of the country. Then why should
he not be first to receive consideration
from the government? Why should
not his interests be guarded by the
strictest iealousv? Justice would de
mand that, if there are. any paternal
favors to be extended by the govern
ment, it should be accorded to the ag
riculturist: but under the circum
stances that have existed during the
past thirty or forty years the opposite
has been tho rule.
Under the protective policy of the
government all other industries have
been fostered, while the farmer in
every branch, except perhaps wool
growing, has had to meet the competi
tion of farmers of the world, while he
was denied the markets of the world
in which to buy the articles he con
sumed. The machinery he used with
which to cultivate his land and har
vest his crops, the clothing he wore,
the food he was compelled to buy,.
even the knives, forks and spoons
with which he ate his food were .en
enhanced in price by the workings of
a protective duty. While what he pro
duced, if not sold in the markets out
side this nation, were regulated in
price by the markets of the world.
The result of this has been that
those engaged in agricultural pursuit
have either directly or indirectly
borne the burdens of government
either directly upon what they have
consumed, or indirectly, by supporting
those engaged in other pursuits. And
what have they received in return? It
is said they nave had built up in their
midst a home market for their products,
that has been protected by the tariff
imposed upon wheat, barley, beef, etc.,
but that home market has been de
cidedly chimerical, for the price of
these commodities have ever been gov
erned by the prices fixed in London
and Liverpool.
The farmers, especially the wheat
nd cattle raisers, have never received
any direct benefit from a protective
policy, but on the other hand, through
its operation, they have been com
pelled to-pay increased prices for almost
every article they consume. However,
since the present tariff law has been
in operation, thy have been enabled
to buy what they -consumed at -from
25 to 50 per cent less than they did un
der the former high tariff law; then
why should any farmer be a protec
tionist? Why should he clamor for
higher duties, when they can be of no
benefit to him?
AGAINST HIGH SCHOOLS.
"A FREE " ADMISSION.
' Occasionally the Oregonian rises
above party prejudice and admits the
inability of the party with which it
affiliates to cure the ills that beset the
financial condition in this country.
.One of its, freest admissions on this
line was made in the issue of the 7th,
when it said : .
"The Dalles Times-Mountaineer
cannot understand how the passage of
the emergency tariff bill can in any way
protect the . treasury from the raids
that are made upon it by the holders
of greenbacksf-etc., who present them
and demand their redemption in gold
This is not strange, because the meth
od is clumsy and the casual relation
Circuitous. Of course, the real way to
protect the treasury reserve is to re
tire the (excess of legal-tende- notes
used to drain it. Congress lacks sense
and courage to do this, but the house
seems willing to accomplish the same
result Indirectly by so increasing the
revenues that a large surplus always
will lie in the treasury. This surplus,
tinder a wise administration of our
finances, always would consist of legal
tenders, these being retained while
other forms of currency were paid out.
This would gradually take out of circu
lation the excess of credit currency
which accumulates in the banks and is
used to draw gold out of the treasury,
and the drain would stop. Then con
gress might finally come to its senses
and authorize destruction of these
lesal tenders in the treasury, which
are not money at all, but merely notes
paid and taken up, and are of no more
real valae than a canceled postage !
High schools maintained at ' public
expense are becoming less popular
every year. The people are becoming
to learn that such institutions area
luxury which they can easily dispense
bf, and from which few who pay the
expenses derive a oenent ana . is
will .be surprising indeed, if the will
of the masses is considered at all in
the next legislature, if there are any
appropriations for the state university
or any of the so-called normal schools.
Numerous papers throughout the state
are protesting against the principle of
appropriating state money for the sup
port of such institutions. Among these
is the EastTOregonian, which in com
menting ' upon the alleged normal
school at Weston, says:
"So far the school at Weston ha9 few
of the virtues of a normal school and
the money of the state's taxpayers has
been' squandered ' upon favorite male
teachers and an instruction given the
children of the few of this county
at the expense of the many taxpayers
of thestate. The money on which this
sqhool is conducted, and others like it
in the state is wrongfully and unjustly
drawn from the people in the form of
taxe9 for state purposes and is
pernicious piece of state socialism
which hss the virus of poison to good
government and free men in it. Of
course this school is 'a snap' to those
who receive its full benefits and pay
only a share of its expenses, but it is
an outrage upon and a robbery of those
who receive no benefits from its opera
tion and yet are called on yearly for a
contribution to its support. Ninety-
nine taxpayers out of every hundred
in the state are burdened to conduct
this school and others like it while the
one only is benefited."
TIME TO RECOGNIZE CUBA.
The patience of America has waited
long for the close of the war in Cuba,
and has it not waited long enough?
The joint resolution introduced by
Senator Cameron Monday quotes the
president's reference to the Cuban war
in his last message which "declared
that there will be no means of secur
ing peace to Cuba except by giving it
the right of self-government, and of
fers to Spain the friendly offices of the
United States to bring about this result."
"The resolution is indeed timely and
indicates the public sentiment through
out the country. However the ques
tion as to the duty of the United States
toward Cuba af this point in the
Spanish-Cuban struggle is one of
serious moment; but by hsr utter sel
fishness and most cruel rapacity from
first to last, Spain long ago forfeited
all moral right which she ever, had to
ownership of Cuba. By every right
Cuba ought to belong to the Cubans.
But just what, all things considered,
the United States should do about it is
a question demanding caution, as well
at a spirit of humaneness and courage.
Yet this government has remained
more than neutral during the struggle
of the Cubans for independence and it
is now time to assume a different at
titude. It is time for her to step in
and demand a halt.
THE GREAT MONET CENTER
Many wonder why it is that Wall
street has become the great money
center of America and whyall the big
financial deals are consummated there;
why it is the few bankers who are cen
tered on that street are able to dictate
to the money markets of the rest of the
country; and why no deal of any mag
nitude can be effected without their
sanction. The New York Tribune
gives this explanation of the causes
that make such a state possible:
"Wall street is nothing but a lend
ing shoD for the money of the conti
nent. If nobody sent money here to
be loaned, in order to get safer
business than he could get at home,
Wall street exchanges would shut
up and Wall street banks would get
out of business. -
"More than half the loans made by
all National banks in New York are in
fact, made by them only as agents for
various country banks. Out of $364,-
000,000 loaned, according to a quarter
ly statement, $206,000,000 was due to
other National banks. The money is
sent here to be loaned because the
New York banks have the confidence
of their correspondents all over the
countrr, are known to be conservative
and prudent, and in' a better position
to foraee trouble than bankers any
where else, and have larger opportuni
ties to make safe loans than can be
found anywhere else. Your crazy
wildcat borrower, whether in Florida
or Oregon, gets his loan at home if he
can, while the man who has something
solid to justify a loan goes straight to
Wall street, because there he can get
money cheaper than anywhere else on
such property. Men are not fools for
ssndintr their money here. It is
handled more safely in the long run.
and with less percentage of loss, than
anywhere else in the country, and for
that very reason at lower rates of in
terest. Whatever they feel willing to
risk on various shady ventures bank
ers elsewhere risk at home, but the
money they put into Wall street they
count as their surest reserve.
- "The money comes here because
caution and conservatism usually con
trol the financial institutions of New
York. Sitting always in front of meas
ureless disaster, if Berlin or Paris or
London, South Africa or Turkey,
Washington or Albary, make mischief,
the great managers of institutions
here are forced to keep their eyes con
stantly open to all sorts of possibilities.
They compete with each other so
sharply, when'there is any-chance to
lend or invest with safety, that they
crowd down as far as possible the lend
ing rate for the whole continent, and
that they could not do, if the west and
south were not all the time trusting
over $200,000,000 to their judgment,
experience and wide knowledge, be
cause the money is safer here, although
it actually earns less, than it would be
anywhere else. Through their loans
the most important - productive Indus.
tries of all western and southern states
have been developed. Through their
loans the railroads, which have more
than doubled the value of land in all
western and southern states, have
been constructed and maintained
Stock speculators, grain and cotton
speculators, exist in New York as in
other cities, but they are not the men
to whom the whole nation intrusts its
last reserve. Wall street is trusted
because it is trustworthy, and makes
money only because it performs for the
whole nation a service more safety,
cheaply ' and profitable than anyone
else could perform it." -
A FEW COMPARISONS.
is poor consolation for those who are
berating the present administration
for driving the money of the country
abroad.
ADMIT THEM.
TELEGRAPHIC.
f
The territories of Arizona and New
Mexico are knocking at the door of the
Union for admission as states, and
justly too, for there is neither scse
nor fairness in longer excluding them
from statehood. In the fifty-second
and fifty-third congresses the house
passed admission bills, but unfortu
nately both failed of passage. And
since both the conventions of the great
political parties declared in favor of
statehood, it is time those pledges
were fulfilled, and the right of state
government extended to Arizona, New
Mexico and also Oklohoma.
Each of the territories possesses
more wealth and has a larger popula
tion than was enjoyed by any one of
two-thirds of the forty-five states at the
time of its admission. The people are
oyal, industrious, and intelligent, and
they are taxed without representation,
which is an un-American practice.
We fail to perceive any valid cause
against their admission to statehood.
It is the policy of the United States to
grant the right of self-government in
local affairs and of participation in na
tional government to all territories
that are able to bear the expenses of a
system of state government. As Ari
zona, New Mexico and Oklahoma are
well able to assume the burdens of
states, the continued relegation to a
territorial condition is unjust and un
reasonable. '
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The heavy imports of foreign mer
chandise and the large exports, of
specie since the democratic adminis
tration went into office are being used
by the . opposition as '.'convincing,"
evidence of the incapability of the
democratic party to govern this nation.
It is asserted hat during Cleveland's
administration; and more especially
since the present tariff law has been
in effect, that importations of foreign
merchandise have been greatly in
execess of these during any time under
a republican administration, also that
there has been a greater export of
specie during the past year than dur
ing any like period under a republican
administration. If these assertions.
were true, they certainly would fur
nish a bad showing for the democratic
administration, and would cause think
ing people to lose trust in the ability
of that party to guide the affairs of
state. But the assertions are not true
as is readily seen by reference to the
statistical reports compiled by the
government. In substantiation of this
statement it will not be amiss to com
pare the imports of merchandise and
exports of specie (gold and silver) dur
ing the last fiscal year with those of
the fiscal year 1891, the third year of
President Harrison's administration
During the fiscal year ending June
30, 1895, we imported from foreien
countries' merchandise valued at $731,
969,965: and exported specie amount
ing to $113,356,500, $66,131,183 in gold
and $47,227,317 in silver. During the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, we
imported merchandise valued at $844,-
916,196, and exported specie amounting
to $183,912,816, $84,939,551 in gold and
$98,973,265 in silver. That is, during
the third fiscal year of President Harri
son's administration, when the Mc
Kinley law, the boasted "perfection"
of protection, was in vogue, we im
ported $112,946,231 worth more of for
eign merchandise and exported
$70,556,316 more specie than we did
during the last fiscal year,. under
President Cleveland's administration
and while that "free trade" Wilson
law has been in force. This compari
son is by no means favorable to the re
publican administration, but to carry it
further, and show the relative balance
Ex-Congressman William H. Eng
lish, who was candidate for vice-president
on the democratic ticket in 1SS0,
died at Indianapolis yesterday.
The price of wheat is really en
couraging for better times in the near
future. Farmers are in good humor.
The prosperity of the country depends
upon agriculture. Isn't it about time
to quit gro wling.
The dead-locks that occur in differ
ent legislatures over the election of
United States senators ought to serve
as an incentive toward hastening the
submission of a constitutional amend
ment providing for the election of sena
tors by direct vote.
Sullivan. Illinois, has been dis
graced by the lynching' of a murderer.
Now it may be that the howl which the
Chicago papers have been sending up
about the too frequent lynching
south of the Mason and Dixon line
will be turned toward the citizens of
their own state.
The loss in wages to those engaged
in strikes in Connecticut laBt year, as
estimated by the state bureau of labor
statistics, was $929,400. The loss to
employers was $92,800, less that one-
tenth of the amount lost by the wage-
eai ners. And still ' some will argue
that strikes benefit the laborers.
Mrs. Fred Schwatka, widow of . the
Arctic explorer, who died from injuries
received by a fall while in a drunken
condition, has been granted a special
pension of $30 a month by congress.
It seems to us that all the pension
money we can spare at present belongs
to the old veterans and their families.
Roseburg Review.
Civil . engineering has . no doubt
been reduced to a very fine science, in
fact too fine for practical purposes in
some instances. For nearly twenty
years this rock wall on the north side of
the canal at the Cascades has been con
sidered Impregnable, but now a gov
ernment engineer has discovered that
it is liable to crumble down in case
water is turned into the canal. He Is
probably a little more scientific than
his predecessors.
The Salem wing of the old Portland
ring seeks to throw dust in the eyes of
the people. , But the people are going
right ahead with their work. They
accomplished a partial victory over
the old machine in the last legislature.
The nexs legislature can make a clean
up of the job. Capital Journal. Was
the yictory the appropriation bills
that made a 4.8 mills tax necessary?
If it was God deliver us from the clean
up next January.
PARLIAMENT OPENED.
Jiearly all Members of Both House Fren
ent.
Loxdox, Feb. 11. There was an un
usual amount of interest in the open
ing of parliament today. Owing to
the many important Questions that
will come before the present session
nearly all members of both houre
placed themselves on record befor
their party chiefs as having heeded
the calls for a full assemblage.
Both houses assembled- at 2 o'clock
1 he queen's speech, read previous to
the opening of parliament today
the customary manner, was in part as
follows: "I continue to receive from
other powers assurance of their friend
ly sentiments. . A treaty has been con
eluded between my government an
the goyernment of the French repub
lic, having for its principal object th
more secure establishment of the in
dependence of the kindora of Siam
"The commissioners for the delini
ment of the .frontier which separates
my Indian empire and the territory of
Afghanistan from the dominions of
the emperor of Russia have agreed
upon a line which has been accepted
by myself and the emperor.
"The government of the United
States has expressed a wish to co-oper
ate in the termination of differences
which have existed for many year:
between my government and the re
public of Venezuela upon the boun
dary of that country and my colony of
British Guiana. I have expressed my.
sympathy with a desire to come to an
equitable arrangement, and trust fur
ther negotiations will lead to a satis
factory settlement. )
"ine sultan or Turxey nas sanc
tioned principal reforms in the gov
ernment of the Armenian provinces
which, in conjunction with the em
peror of Russia and the president o:
the French republic, I felt it my duty
to press. I deeply regret that a fana
tical outbreak of the Turkish popula
tion has resulted in a series of massa
cres in a number of orovinces which
have caused deeDest indignation in
this country."
WATEB MAIN BURST.
Disastrous Accident at Cleveland Tues
day Morning.
Cleveland, O., Feb. 11. Early to
day an immense water main burst with
terrinc iorce on the Franklin avenue
hill, west of the Cuyahoga river, and
several hundred feet of the hill, on
which were located many small houses.
was washed into the river. A small
frame house occupied by Mrs. Mary
Ravey, 60 years old, at 9 Franklin hill
was inundated, and with the contents
hurled into the river. Mrs. Ravey
was drowned.
A New lork, Pennsylvania, & Ohio
freight train was passing the foot of
the hill at the time, and several cars
were carried into the river. On the
cars were three of the train crew, and
the men were carried down with the
cars and nearly drowned.
Houses were washed along or drop
ped into the great pits scooped out by
the raging water, . and much damage
was done.
THE CASE OF WALLER
Ambassador Eustls Instructed to Accept
; the Offer of France. s
' Washington, Feb. 11. Ambassa
dor Eustis has' been instructed to : ac
cept the Offer of the French govern
ment to release ex-United States Con
sul Waller from further imprisonment
and pardon his offense on condition
that the affairs be thereby terminated
between France and the United
States and the 'latter make no claim
in behalf of the prisoner based upon
his arrest, conviction or imprison
ment. Waller may, however, sue in
the French courts for damages for ill
treatment.
A bit of correspondence is- going on
between Sheriff Knight, of Marion
county, and Representative Gates, of
Washington, that is liable to result in
a disclosure of some of the queer trans
actions of the last legislature being
brought to light. Sheriff Knight is
accused of stating that he gave Gates
$300 to get the sheriff's mileage bill
enrolled, and Gates demands an expla
nation. If these gentlemen will keep
up their questioning the people may
get some valuable information about
the corruptness of the last session,
which at the present time is indeed
desirable information.
of trade each year, throws Mr. Har
rison's administration in a still more
unfavorable light.
During the fiscal year 1891 we im
ported specie to the amount of $54,490,-
014, and exported merchandise valued
at $872,270,283; thus our exports of
merchandise and Imports of specie ag
gregated $926,752,297, while our ex
ports of specie and imports of merchan
dise footed up the grand total of $1,028,
829,019, leaving the balance of trade
against us $102,066,713. In 1895 the
imports of specie were $44,699,254 and
exports of merchandise $788,392,599,
making an aggregate of $843,591,853,
and the exports of specie and imports
of merchandise were in aggregate
$845,326,575, leaving a balance of trade
of only $2,234 612 against us.
By these reports it is not shown for
what purpose the large shipments of
specie were made, whether for the
purchase of foreign merchandise, pay
ment of interest, or 'investment in
foreign securities; but since the drain
upon the wealth of the country was so
much greater during the fiscal year of
1891 than during 1895, the comparison :
The papers which are asserting that
the financial question will ' not be a
factor in the coming national election
certainly are not close observers of the
farce that is going on in congress at
present. Silver may not be the lead
ing issue, but the question of taking
the government out of the banking
"business, the retirement of its credit
currency, and placing the finances of
the country on a more business like
basis will be an issue that none of the
parties can dodge.
If an individual spends more than he
earns, his credit is not likely to be
good In the community where he re
sides. It is just so with the United
States. It Isliving beyond its income.
It is paying entirely too much for
everything it gets, especially for offi
cial service from president to the poor
est paid officer. What is needed to re
store the credit of the government is
to cut down expenses, and not to in
crease taxation' as some of our pro
tectionist friends insist upon.
Senator Cogswell says that while in
Washington more than a year ago be
discovered that- the democratic party
must disintegrate or adopt a free-silver
policy, and for that reason he determ
ined to leave the party. Then why
did he not have common decency
enough to withdraw from the party at
that time Instead of -undertaking to
remain in touch with the party and
dictate to the federal appointments in
this state?
We complain about the money that
is sent abroad for foreign goods and
that that is expended by . American
millionaires traveling in Europe, but
there is not much complaint heard
about the traffic in foreign husbands
indulged in by American heiresses,
which the Chicago News Alminac es
timates to have cost this country $200,
000,000 in the past twenty-five years,
in doweries lavished upon American
eirls who have married titled foreign
ers. It is about time some student of
economies were devising a plan to stop
this traffic, or at least to offer a pro
tection to the American youths who
are in the market for heiresses.
Weyler, Spain's new general over
the Spanish forces in Cuba, has started
in to suppress the rebellion, but before
he has proceeded much further he will
discover that battling against freedom
is not what it seems to be. The patri
ots of Cuba are a class Weyler has
never before met. They have a princi
pie at stake that to them is as dear as
life itself, and will never lay down their
arms until Cuba is an independent
government. Spain s only nope of
success is to exterminate the Cuban
patriots. ,
Tom Tongue's Case.
Salem, Or., Feb. 11. The case of J.
W. Whalley vs. Thomas H. Tongue,
disbarment proceedings, was argued
and submitted in the supreme court to
day. . The plantiff and defendant were
present, and' each presented his case
without other counsel. A number of
spectators were present, among them
being, ex-Governor Moody, Treasurer
Metschan, Superintendent Irwin and
Governor Lord. Bitter personalities
were indulged in by both attorneys.
A Cold Warve.
Chicago, Feb. 11. Dispatches from
various points in Iowa, Illinois, Wis
consin and Michigan report a terrific
wind storm prevailing in - those states
for the past 24 hours, doing ' more or
less damage, and seriously interfering
with the telegraph service. In some
sections the wind blew 50 miles an
hour. It is rapidly growing colder. '
Amnesty, to Armenians.
Constantinople, Feb. 11. The
porte has informed the ambassadors of
the powers that it agrees to grant am
nesty to Armenians who have been for
a long time past besieged by Turkish
troops in the town of Zeitoun, after re
volting against Turkish rule, aud cap
turing the town.
Galloway's Nomination Confirmed.
Washington, Eeb. 11. The senate,
in executive session today, confirmed
the following nominations:
W. W. Rockhill, to be first assistant
secretary of state; . .William Galloway,
to be receiver of public moneys at
Oregon City, Or. .
fatally shot this morning while out
hunting with a party of friends at Lock
Haven', a few miles from this city.
Details of the casualty are not obtain
able. Captain Hartwell va3 a veteran
of the lav war and was widely known
in Grand Army circles throughout the
state.
Fire at Omaha.
Omaha. Fob. 11. Fire gutted tie
three top stories of tho building occu
pied by the Nebraska Dry Goods Com
pany, sthis morning. Loss, $11,000
insurance, 837,000.
SCHLATTER IX THE CHAIN GANG
Alleged Henlcr Dolus Vncmnts" 1'enance
at San Bernardino.
San Bernardino. Cal.. Feb. 12. A
man who has every appearance of bt
ing Schlatter, the divine healer, wlo
created such a sensation in Colorado,
is workiDg in the .chain gang of this
city. He was sent from Eedland as
vagrant last night and placed in pris
on. fie has a Oerman expression,
wears longhair and beard, and is the
exact image of the picture of Schlatter.
He will talk to no one except when
urged, and says tie is doing penance
for his sins. He left his white mule
on the desert rear Yuma. When asked
whither he would go from here he said
toward the west or toward the south,
whichever way he was alled.
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SAN FKASCISCO'S SIRA.VGLEF.
Seems Eniulong of Eclipsing Jack the
Kipper's Record.
San Francisco, Feb. 12. The police
are inclined to believe that there is a
siranglar in this city whose ambition
or mauia is to equal or possibly eclipse
the record of London's Jack the Ripper,
wno in tue course of a year or two
murdered many fallen and terrorized
the entire Whiteehapel district in that
great metropolis. It seems as though
such were the case, for, within the.last
few days a young girl on Morton street
has been straugled to death by an un
known assassin, and several women in
the same region have been beaten,
stabbed and strangled. In each of the
latter cases the assailant escaped with
out leaving a trace hy which he could
be detected.
The night prior to the murder of
"Little May Smith," a nfan bearing the
appearanee'of a thug entered the room
of a young girl who. had assumed the
name of Lulu Taber, on Morton street.
After inquiring as to the amount of
money the girl had on her person and
receiving a reply favorable to him, he
became exceedingly rough, tearing the
girl's clothes from her person in an
endeavor, it is presumed, to rob her.
The girl ordered him into the street,
but he refused to go, and again as
sailed her, but her cries and threats
to call the police attracted the atten
tion of the girls in the rooms adjoin
ing her, which evidently frightened
him, as he made a hasty exit.
LIVES IMPERILED BY FLOODS.
Several Families In Nebraska Surrounded
on an Island.
CLARKS, Neb., Feb. 12. An exten
sive ice gorge in the Platte.river here
has caused a dangerous overflow. . The
bottom lands are under water for miles.
A number of farmers, who oceupy an
island near here, are threatened, with
their entire families. All day efforts
have been made to rescue the family
of Michael Ioke wife and three chil
dren. They are in danger of perish
ing any moment. .They can be seen
huddled together at the highest point
of land on their place, wiih the water
nearly reaching -them. The . river is
higher than ever known, and is so full
of ice that no boat can be floated.
Much stock has perished, but so far no
lives are known to have been lost.
All efforts to destroy the ice gorge
have proved ineffectual, and it is still
growing in size every hour.
A CALL TO WHITNEY. -
Death by Asphyxiation.
Chicago, Feb. 11. Cassius R. Car
ter, retired sergeant of the United
States Army, has been found dead in
Palmer house, caused by asphyxiation
but it is not thought suicide. Carter
served twenty-three years with the
seventh cavalry, General Custer's regi
Fatal Collision.
Centralia, 111., Feb. 11. Two
mixed freight and passenger trains on
the Illinois Central collided at Don-
golia, Ul., this ' morning. Five men
were killed: Among them were George
Huntington, engineer; Baggageman
Armstrong, Fireman Adams and Brake-
man McLean.
Both Girls Were Drowned.
Middletown, N. Y., Feb. 11. Four
teen-year-old Maggie Calleran and
Mable Winters, aged 13, ventured on
the thin ice over a . pond last night,
against the injunctions of their parents.
The ice broke, and both were drowned.
D arrant Given More Time.
San Feanctsco, Feb. 11. At the
request of the district attorney, who
desires more time to examine the bill
of exceptions in the Durrant case,
Judge Murphy today granted Durrant
a further stay c f 20 days.
Veteran of the Late War.
Alton, 111., Feb. 11. Captain A.
Cartwell, of Challacombe, . 111., was
Mississippi Democrats Want Rim to Head
tho National Ticket.
Jackson, Miss., Feb. 12. The Whit
ney presidential managers express
themselves tonisrht as having accom
plished results beyond anything they
expected, when they recently decided
upon a Whitney campaign in this
state. Petitions calline- upon Mr,
Whitney to enter the field have been
signed by leading influential men from
every section and party faction in the
state. They claim to have the leading
business and professional men of the
state capital, including the mayor and
city officials, three-fourth of the legis
lature, and, finally, the new state ad
ministration, except Governor Mc
Laurin, who was not importuned, but
whose close Mends are actively inter
ested in the matter. They call upon
William C. Whitney to enter the race
for the democratic presidential nomi
nation.
HANGED BY A SIOB.
Alleged Murderer Strung to a Tree While
Protesting His Innocence-
Sullivan, 111., Feb. 12. Grant At-
terbury, a murderer, was taken from
jail here this morning, dragged to the
court house in his eight shirt and
banged to a tree. He pleaded piteous
ly, protesting his innocence, saying:
"Thank God, you are hanging an in
nocent man." .
The mob was wild and restless until
the man "was strung up in the air, when
they immediately dispersed. . The
gang was well organized and masked
with white handkerchiefs or pieces of
white cloth and were all heavtly armed.
,
Ex-Slaves Organize.
Chicago, Feb. 12. A dispatch from
Topeka, Kan., says:
An organization of ex-slaves has
been effected here by fifty colored men
for the purpose of making a demand
on congress for pensions. It is the
purpose to make it of national scope.
Of those in the meetingfully one-third
had felt the lash. The aged, the lame
and the blind were happy in the belief
that all they will have to do is to write
to congress to get national relief for
their distress.'. There are possibly
1,500 ex-slaves here.
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accidentally hit upon a process of hard
ening aluminum that will make it a
substitute for steel in all the uses of
that metal, from ships to bicycles.
This means a revolution in iron work.
This discovery was made by the wizard
last night. In happening to pick up
one of the aluminum discs.used for the
cathode electrode in the course of his
experiment, he tried to bend it, but
found that its nature had changed and
that it was stiff as steel.
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with infanticide. His housekeeper's
1 year-old baby cried while he was pre
paring a sermon, and the preacher be
came enraged at the annoyonce and
choked the child to death.
THE PATTISON BOOM.
Launched by the
Democrats of
Tanla.
Pennsyl-
Hakrisburg. Pa., Fob. 12. The
Pattison boom for the presidency was
launched with much enthusiasm today
at the meeting of the state democratic
commit tee to arranea for the state con
vention. The meetine was largely at
tended, and the sentiment was over
whelmingly in favor of the nomination
of ex-Governor Pattison for president
of tho United States by the national
convention. A resolution indorsing
his candidacy was offered by John M
Carman, of Luzerne, and unanimously
adopted.
GOMEZ' WOUND NOT SERIOUS
Notwithstanding It he Personally Directs
His Forces.
New York, Feb. 13. A special to
the World from headquarters of Gen
eral Gomez, near San Antonio de las
Bas', says:
General Gomez' wound has not
proved serious. In spite of his hurt,
of his "2 years of age, and his 13 years
of war, (10 of them continuous exposure
in the last Cuban rebellion), his
rugged constitution enables him to
manage his inery horses and endure
the exceptional fatigue of long
inarches like a youngster. He was
struck by bullet which passed through
his right leg .from the front. Al
though causing no fracture pf the bone,
tne wound 13 painful, lie has person
ally directed his forces intheir daily
marches-and almost .dally skirmishes.
In answer to the question "How will
the substitution of General Weyler for
General Campos affect the 2uban
cause?" ' General Gomez said:
"The change will benefit the Cuban
cause. We have lost a most powerful
enemy in Campos. He is without
doubt the first general in Spain. The
troops all idolize him, and with his de-
pal ture they are left without a leader
in whom they have confidence. I re
gard these good soldiers as being in
the same state in which the grand
army of France found, or rather lost
itself, upon the departure of Napoleon
the First.
'I regard General Weyler as an hon
orable, but cruel soldier," he declared,
"In his military ability, however, I
do not think he can for a moment be
compared with Campos. In the last
movements of his former command he
was noted only for his unrelenting
cruelty toward defenseless noncombat-
ants, which action he now claims was
in obedience to superior authority.
"The government of the republic of
Cuba has been loath to order me to de.
stroy the cane of American estates.
In fa-t, I did not like to have to de
stroy any property, but it was deemed
necessary to strike a blow at the fi
ances of Spain. This has been done
and our enemy will not now receive
the $18,000,000 with which to carry on
war against us that she would have re
ceived as import duties upon articles
brought into Cuba in exchange for tho
sugar crop. All the plantations have
been treated alike, American, German,
Spanish, even those owned by pat
riotic Cubans have been prevented
from making sugar this year.
"Are i;uDans stui willing to pur
chase their independence?"
After some thought General Gomez
answered: "Of'course, owing to the
rebellion this course would not be so
readily approved by the Cubans as at
first. Moreover, it is a question for
our government to decide, but I think
I am warranted in answering yes to
the question. The Cubans would now
offer for their freedom $100,000,000, or
perhaps more, to be paid within one
year from this time. To secure the
loan I believe the government of the
republic of Cuba would go so far as to
allow the government of the United
States, should the loan be placed
there, to administer the finances and
retain the revenues of Cuba until such
time as the full amount should have
been repaid."
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Swept By Fire.
New York, Feb. U. A special
the Herald from Panama says:
A great fire raged In Guayaquil,
Ecuador, yesterday. When the fire
men and soldiers, who were hurriedly
ordered out to help them, finally
brought it under control, thousands of
panic-stricken persons were wander
ing homeless in the streets, many lay
dead in the morgue, and property
worth nearly 82,000,000 had been de
stroyed, including the noble cathedral
and the conyent which adjoined it.
Tariff Men Defeated.
Washington, Feb. 13. The friends
of the tariff bill met an unexpected re
pulse this afternoon, when, by the vote
of twenty-one ayes and twenty-nine
noes, the senate defeated the motion
of Morrill to take up the " tariff bill.
The negative vote, which defeated the
motion, was given by democrats, popu
lists and four republican, senators
Teller, Mantle, Dubois and Carter.
The affirmative vote was entirely rep
ublican, but its total of twenty-one is
less than half of the aggregate republi
can strength.
Tho Gold Reserve.
Washington, Feb. 13. The condi
tion of the traasury is:
Available cash balance $188,757,773
Gold reaervo 65,877,452
j Heavy withdrawals of gold, presum
ably for the purpose of making pay
ments on bond purchases, continue to
be reported from the subtreasury at
New York. Today they amounted to
$1,271,700, of which $1,200,000 was in
coin and $71,600 in bars. This leaves
the true amount of the reserve, so far
as rerorted. $03,664,271.
"The Regulator Line"
The Dal'es, Portland and Astoria
Navigation Co.
THROUGH
Fielot and Passenger liub
Through Daily trips (Sundays ex
cepted) between The Dalles and Port
land. Steamer Regulator leaves The
Dalles at 8 a. m., connecting at the
Cascades Locks with Steamer Dalles
City. Steamer Dalles City leaves
Portland (Oak street dock) at 7 a. m.,
connecting with Steamer Regulator
for The Dalles. .
PASSENGER RATES
One way. . .
Round trip.
..$2 00
.. 3 00
Shot bv an Cnkaown Person.
Baker City, Feb. 13. This morn
ing, after the gang came off duty, Jack
Joyce, a miner at the Virtue mine,
while on bis way to the bunkhouse, was
shot in the leg, eight No. 4 shot pen
etrating the flesh. No one can be
found who fired the gun, and Joyce,
having no enemies that he is aware of,
cannot express the slightest suspicion
as to his assilant. The injured man
was brought to this city.
Freight Rates Reduced
Shipments for Portland received at
any time, day or night. Shlpmentslor
way landings must be delivered before
5 p. m. Live stock shipments solic
ited. Call on or address,
irt' O HLLHlalHY.
Gkkkral Agent
TH - DALLES - OREGON.
Andrew Velarde,
HO USE MOVER.
The Dalles.
Address. Lock Box 181.
HARRY HEBE,
I
AND DEALZ& IN
Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Etc.
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY.
162 Second Street, next door to A. M.
Williams & Co.'s.
THE PLLE3, - - - OREGON
: Moaot Boji Sra'e Roan
1
THE DALLES, OR.
The boat-railway appropriation bill
seems to be laying in the hands of the
senate committee to which it was re
ferred. This should not be. All of
Eastern Oregon, Washington and
Idaho want the bill to become a law.
ana u senator Mitchell would serve
the people of this section well, he
would urge a speedy report. Public
buildings; etc., can afford to bide their
time, but internal improvements can
not, especially when the welfare of a
large number of people is dependent
upon them. That bill can be passed
this session of congress and the con
tract for building the boat-railway
awarded this year if our representatives
in congress will bestir themselves.
. By the systematic working of that
"eudless chain" raids on the" gold re
serve continue to be- made, while the
available cash In the treasury, paper
money and silver, have .been piled up
to the amount of 8188,757,773. The
accumulations from the recent
bond sale will soon be drawn out by
wo inneaiAuuu ui greenoacKS, etc., I nf . -y-v -
snsni!1 National Dank.
and pass some provision for the perma
nent retirement of the credit currency.
BeSt Kentucky Whisky
racM IOD VILLE.
Very Best Key West Cigars and Best
of Wines.
English Porter, 'Ale and Milwaukee
-Beer always on hand. . "
MAETZ & PUNDT. PROPRIETORS
ZJTTTUnnTT
flflfJUTTfl
THE DALLES
OF DALLES CITY, OR.
It Leads Them AH.
The "Cyclone" Thresher.
President ,
Vice President.
Cashier
.Z. F. Moody
. Chas. Hilton
,M. A. Moody
: If you tmy a new
Thresher, Engine;
v HORSE POWER
OR SAW MILL
You of course want the best.
Write for Catalogue and Prices.-
Ths MassiIIon Engine S Thresher Co.
PORTLAND, OREGON.
MATER & BENTON
: LOCAL AGENTS :
THE DALLES, OREGON.
The Dalles
Real Estate
Exchange
The above association is nreDared to
lane a iisi 01 an ana any Kind ot real
estate for sale or exchange, wherebv the
seller will have the undivided assistance
of the following
Real Estate Agents
organized as an association for the pur
pose of inducine immigration to Wasco
ana snerman counties, and generally
sumuiaung tne sale 01 ptoperty.
General Banking Business Transacted.
Sight Exchanges Sold on . .
New York, Chicago, San Fran
cisco and Portland. .
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n:
SAN FRANCISCO
Beer halL
F. LEMKE. Proprietor.
Fine Wines, Liquqrs, and Cigars
ALL KINDS OF BOTTLED BEER
Columbia Brewery Beeron Draught
Secood Street, bet. Court and Union.
imMTrniiirrrmn
rr illinium
THE DALLES
Cigar Factory
SKCOJD STREET
Opposite the InpIcmsntgWsisboaie
FACTORY NO. 105.
corr6spondence solicitsd
A BLIZZARD-SWEPT COO'TBT.
Quay's Name to Be Presented.
Washington, Feb., 12. It has been
determined that Senator Quay's name
shall be presented to the republican
national convention at St. Louis for
the presidency. This determination
was reached today, and it is believed
there was a conference of the friends
of Quay today.
, x Venezuela Yields.
London, Feb. 12. It is announced
on authority that following the advice
of the United States, Venezuela has
practically decided to send a represen
tative to London with power to open
direct negotiations with the govern
ment of Great Britain for the settle
ment of the boundary dispute.
A Minister's Crime.
Little Ruck, Feb. 12. Rev. J. H.
Hunycutt, a Baptist minister, has been j
arrested at Morrilltown, Ark., charged
Terrible Storm Raging In The Korthcrn
Mississippi Valley.
Chicago, Feb. 13. Dispatches re
ceived here show that a blizzard has
been raging for the past 38 hours in
Northern Illinois, Northern Indiana,
lower Michigan, Southern Wiscdnsln
and Iowa. In this section, and in Iowa,
the storm was most severe. Burling
ton and Davenport reported it the
worst of the season. Late last night
five inches of snow had fallen in
BlDomington, 111., eight inches
Davenport, la., nine at Burlington
while in Chicago 12 Inches had fallen
by daylight this morning.
Street-car and railroad traffic has
been more or less interrupted by the
storm, in cnicago one man was Killed
and three severely injured as a result
of the storm. The man killed was S. S.
Cox, a conductor on a North-Side trol
ley car. He was crushed between the
car and a heavily loaded wagon.
Koontz & Co.. I. M. Huntimrton & Co..
N. Whealdon, Gibons & Marden, G. W,
Kowiana: or to J. M. tluntlne'ton.';ec-
reiary oi tne Association,
THE DALLES, - OREGON
Latest Styles
Lowest Profits
: In Mens and Boys :
Clothing, Dry Ooods,
fiBS FURNISKIKGS. :
Cigars of the Best Brands manufao-
tured, and orders from all parts of the
country filled on the shortest notice.
! The reputation of THE DALLES
CIGAR has become firmly established.
and the demand for the home manufac
tured article is increasing every day.
& ttt DTiiT jb anv
TsifiutM
OXALER t3t f
Watches, GlocKs, Jewelry
and Spectacles.
Oregon Rat way Kavlrat'oa
itepairer ana inspector
Watch
HONEST VALUES IN : :
-Boots and Shoes
The Repairing
of Fine
pecialty.
Watches
Edison's Last Discovery.
New Yoek, Feb. 13. Edison, in his
experiments with the Roentgen rays
in photography, believes that he has 1
F. STEPHENS
134 Second Street.
Hexi door to the Dalle National Bank
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
world's hair Highest Award.
lOO Ssoond Stroot,
THE DALLES. ORE.
TANTEl): Several trustworthy gentlemen
V or ladles to travel In Oreeon for Mt.h
ilshed. reliable noose. Salary S7S0 and expen
ses. Steady position. Enclose reference snrt
self addressed stamped envelope. The Domin
Ion company. Third Floor, Omaha Sulldiiut.
Chicago, IU. " '