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SATURDAY .' . FEBRUARY 22, 1896.
SOMETHING IS WRONG.
!-.". When the contract was let for the
, construction and completion of the
canal and locks at the Cascades, it was
the universal belief, in fact it was
: ' promised, that they would be opened
in 1895; but the high water of 1894
- necessitated a change in the plans of
;J the work, and to comply with the new
plans, the date for the final completion
was extended to March 1,1896. But
now we are confronted with the infor
mation that, even if the canal is opened
for the passage of a boat on March 1st,
which is not probable, the gates will
at once be closed, and that they will
. not again be opened for operation until
another appropriation can be worked
through congress to build walls be
tween the first and second locks.
.' To say that this is disappointing to
those who have for years looked for''
ward to.the time when we should have
1 -. an open river to. the sea, as an era of
prosperity to the Inland Empire, as a
' time when Eastern Oregon could util
ize the great waterway for floating her
' - products to market, is putting it mildly
i h indeed. The people are not only dis
- ..; appointed, but they are lead to believe
. - that there is something decidedly
" . wrong somewhere; that either the gov
ernment engineers who prepared the
- plans and specifications when the con
. ; - tract was let were a set of incompetent
, ' ninnies, or that undue influence is
' . somewhere brought to bear upon the
engineers now in charge of the works,
i i The encineero who prepared the
- . plans on which the contract was award
ed considered the natural walls be-
tween the first, and second locks suffi
cient to withstand the force of the
- water when the locks should be oper
ated, and made no provision for having
them protected . by solid masonry or
. other artificial walls ; but now the
' engineers in charge condemn them as
- being unsafe, and insist that they shall
be protected before the canal is opened
m' for traffic, necessitating an appropria
tion variously estimated from $8,000
to 8400,000. ' , - , . ,
If this proposition is true, why have
not those learned engineers discovered
' the fact years ago,' bo that provision
: , could have been made for this extra
' work while the other work was in
progress? Those banks of dirt, as
they call them, have been exposed to
- view for years, why, then.ihave the
' engineers been so long discovering
that they would not withstand the
waves? Why have they waited until
the other work is nearing completion
I , TefniiA-riAT ask for . further money
""v""1' with which to complete that particular
? part of the canal? -. ,
i ' The casual observer would naturally
'. infer that the engineers have had an
' , object In retarding the work. What
.this object may be, if there is any, we
do not pretend to say; but we do be-
lieve that under the state of affairs
that now exist, the people would be
justified in insisting that the war de
partment cause an immediate investi
gation to be made, and ascertain if
some of the engineers are not working
in the interest of some one else than
i the government and the people. Bet
ter still, a practical test of the locks
should be made as Soon as the channels
leading to the canal are opened and
the machinery for operating the gates
' is in place. The passage of a few boats
through the canal can do but little if
any damage. If a dozen boats do no
damage to those unprotected walls,
then it would be safe to open the canal
for general traffic If, however, they
should -suffer material damage from
the effects of the water, that will be
- abundant time to condemn the work,
i and order the canal closed for repairs.
The opinion, or rather the skill of
the engineers who prepared the plans
on which the contract was let, is cer
tainly worth something, and it is but
right that the work when completed in
accordance with those plans, be given
a test. Nothing short of a practical
test will satisfy the people that the
' engineers are honest in condemning
that portion of the work that is claimed
to be unsafe
: WHAT THE DALLES NEEDS
A spirit of prosperity and enterprise
prevadesThe Dalles, as is shown by
the amount of building that is now con
templated this season. The city will
- assuredly enjoy more substantial
growth the coming summer than it has
' at any time in the past five or six rears
"An immense amount of money will be
invested in buildings, and a number of
new mercantile establishments will
likely erigage in business here; but
with all 'this anticipated increase and
general thrift there is one thing lack
ing. No efforts, so far as we are in-
, formed, are being put forth to establish
any class of manufacturing industries
here. In this, we believe the people
of The Dalles are short sighted.- We
may erect mammoth buildings, in-
; crease our facilities for transacting
' the mercantile business of the country,
and offer inducements for trade to cen
ter here, but unless we can do some-
' thing to increase the population, make
' more mouths to feed and more persons
to clothe, our efforts toward advance
ment will fail to meet the reward to
. which they are entitled.
The Dalles should, in two years, be
come a city of 10,000 inhabitants, but
this it will never be unless industries
are built up that will giye employment
to more people. There are now all the
peqple here who can find profitable em
piovment. THfere is nothing at
present to Invite another wage
earner to come to the city. But if we
had a wool-scouring plant, another
large flouring mill, a foundry, machine
' shop, wagon and carriage factory,
woolen mills, etc., The Dalles would
soon become the most attractive point
on the coast for laborers. Without
some such industries the city may soon
outgrow its resources, as has nearly
every other town on the coast. Seattle,
Tacoma, Ellensburg and Spokane fur
nish good examples of cities that have
been built up expecting to live on the
resources of the country and without
attempting to create any resources in
the ' way of manufacturing. Today
these are cities of immense brick blocks
that are tenantless, investments in
their real estate is no where near pay
ing interest, and in many instances
not realizing enough to pay taxes.
Let The Dalles profit by the ex
perience of those cities and instead of
depending solely upon the resources of
the surrounding agricultural regions,
create resources for itself.
HOW IT WORKS.
A practical illustration of how the
endless chain of greenbackism is en
riching British usury at this country's
expense was unexpectedly developed
the other day in New York. When
the steamer St. Paul ran ashore on the
Jersey coast, 6ays the Portland Tele
gram, she had in her .hold $1,300,000
in gold. This guld was taken out and
returned to the sub-treasury at New
York, where it was found, upon ex
amination, to be the identical metal that
had been taken out of the same sub-
treasury for export a short time before.
It had been sent to Europe and shipped
back again immediately, bearing all
the costs of freight and insurance and
dangers of shipwreck.
Thus was inadvertently exposed the
game of bide and seek ' by which the
bond subscribers, foreign and domestic,
have been attempting to cover their
tracks. That cold had been drawn
from the United States treasury and
shipped to London for the osten
sible purpose of meeting the ordinary
requirements of exchange, but in real
ity it was taken out to precipitate .an
other call for a loan by this govern
ment and to be returned to the
treasury in payment for its equivalent
in bonds. Ere now it probably has
been restored to the treasury reserve,
but only to be drawn out again via the
greenback route just as soon as the
requisite amount of currency can be
scraped up and presended for re
demption. The moat grevious feature
of this expose is that it shows the new
loan like all that have preceded it, is
paid'ultimately, except an inconsider
able fraction, with gold withdrawn
from the treasury itself, j It also em
phasizes the fact that so long as the
greenback redemption system makes
the periodical issue of bonds necessary,
just so long will it be impossible for us
to prevent the money-makers of Lon
don from profiting by It. Englishmen
may, through their financial agents
here, maintain a run upon our treasury
if they please, and we cannot put an
end to it so long as the legal tenders
are outstanding.
It is rather a costly price we are pay
ing for the poor privilege of seeing a.
clownish congress do nothing.
NO DANGER OF COMPETITION.
In a recent editorial on the- possibil
ity of competition with Japanese man
ufacturers resulting disastrously to the
American manufacturers the Oregon
ian said: "This consideration is of
special interest when we turn it to
ward the field of our greatest indus
tries iron and steel, wool and cotton
manufactures. With ocean freights
to . pay each way, . and , with an
increasing wage scale, Japanese com
petition is scarcely to be considered in
these lines. Considerable attention
has been paid to an order from a Japan.
ese syndicate of spinners lor iu,uuo
bales of American cotton. But as our
annual crop ia between 6,500,000 and
9,500,000 bales the goods made from
this order or from others like it are
more apt to be consumed in Japan than
cross the ocean again in manufactured
form. ' The great staple raw materials
are our own.. Under wise policy we
shall manufacture - them ourselves.
We shall be excelled and undersold
for a time in ornamental articles and
fabrics. ; But the gains as time goes
on should be all on our side."
This admission on the part of the
Oregonian is not compatible with the
songs that great daily has been sing
ing in the past. It has always held
that the manufactures . of America
could not successfully compete with
those of Europe because of the differ
ence of wages in the two countries,
and has ever held that a protective
duty in favor of the American ' manu
facturer was necessary. . Now it sees
no danger of competition with a coun
try that pays lower wages than any
other in the world except China. If
it is true that we need no protection
against the "pauper" labor of Japan,
how then is it that we need protection
against those European "paupers"
who command twice the wages of the
Japs? ' -
AN OBJECT LESSON.
The deadlock that exists in the Ken
tucky legislature In the senatorial con
test is an excellent object lesson of
that clumsy process we adopt for elect-,
ing United States senators. One of
the duties of tho legislature is to elect
a senator, but owing to a division on
party lines, no election can be effected
without the vote of the populist mem
bers, and virtually those two men have
in their power to decide for the people
of the entire commonwealth of Ken
tucky who shall represent them in the
United States Senate. ' That is
two men can cast the vote of the entire
state.
Thij state cf affairs should be a suf
ficient argument in favor of electing
senators by direct vote. Speaking of
the deadlock in Kentucky the other
day Senator Turpie, of Indiana, in a
speech before the senate, said:
"But whatever else may result from
this deadlock in the Kentucky legisla
ture, it should teach the People of the
United States that the time has come
when there should be adopted an
amendment to our . national constitu
tion giving into the bands of the peo
ple the election of United States sen
ators, that the 'ballot of opinion,' un
bought and unawed, may settle the
question of election to the. United
States senator " " -
FAIR TRADE A.ND THE TRUSTS
Every man who is engaged in legit
imate trade is endeavoring to supply
the largest possible number of people
with all they can possibly use of the
article in which he deals. Profits thus
acquired are fair profits because they
result from work which has benefited
everybody.
The principle involved is at all times
a touchstone of trade. All commerce
that complies with it is fair, useful and
profitable to all who do not forfeit by
incompetency.
As trade departs from or defies this
principle it becomes unfair, because it
endeavors to take advantage of the
wants and necessities of the largest
possible number of people to extort
from them the largest possible profit
by supplying them the least possible
quantity of what they need and pay
for.
This is exactly what the members of
the-coal "combine" are doing. This is
why their undertaking is dishonest
and criminal. This is why every man
of them is damaging the community
and demoralizing trade.
They are conspirators and law
breakers. Why should not the laws
be enforced against the lawless? N.
Y. World.
A REPUBLICAN HERESY.
The majority of the republicans from
the west say that, during the very
hard times, when democratic politics
have thrown so many people out of em
ployment, is the time when the govern
ment should push the government work
authorized, and expend all the money
possible, so that there may be more
work for the people and money kept in
circulation. This has been claimed as
the true policy, and democrats have
been arraigned for not doing this in
the past. Oregon ian's Washington
Correspondents
Is indeed the democratic party being
arraigned for not having spent money
extravagantly? Do the republicans
desire to make this question an issue
in the coming campaign? Will they
advance as their policy that the "gov
ernmentexpend all the money possible,
so that there mav be more work for
the people?" If they do, they had as
well adopt the free silver policy of the
populists, join hand and glove with
Coxey in his demand that the govern
ment supply the populace with means
of earning a living, surrender party
identity, and become out-and-out com'
munists.
The idea of the government furnish
ing employment to the people sounds
well; it is a nice theory, but in prac
tice it is a failure. The people are the
government; it has no Jmeans of ob
taining money except by imposing
taxes upon the people, then when it
furnishes work for the people it simply
takes money from them to give it back,
less the cost of collection.
The idea of creating good times by tax'
ing one class of people to give work to
another is a heresy that none but hair-
brained communists will accept, for it
results in placing unnecessary burdens
upon the farmers, the actual producers
of the country, to give employment to
a lot of poorly-paid laborers and well
paid officials. It is a heaesy that will
not be accepted by the masses, and if
the republicans adopt it as a party
principle, they do so at their peril.
TIRED OF WAITING.
Patience is indeed a commendable
virtua under ordinary circumstances.
but thero are times when this virtue
becomes unbearable. This is now the
case with those who have patiently
waited for years hoping to see the
Columbia river opened to navigation
They have waited and waited these
many years since the first ground was
broken at the Cascade Locks, expect
ing every year that it would be the
last until their exports and imports
should float unimpeded up and down
the great waterway of the Northwest.
They have seen over $3,000,000 ex
pended on this work, and probably
$1,000,000 squandered, and still have
patiently waited without entering any
vigorous complaints. But their pa
tience has been sorely taxed,' and
unless the locks are opened at an early
date, they will no longer remain quiet.
The prospect of the locks not being
opened ' for traffic for another year,
and possibly two or three years, causes
every person directly interested to ask
for an explanation of the cause of the
delay. . . They want to know if it is
really true that the canal and locks
cannot be operated when the work of
the present contractors is finished.
This can only be determined by a prac
tical demonstration, and the people of
the entire upper country demand of
their representatives in congress .that
they insist upon the war department
allowing a . practical 'test made.- Let
the locks be thrown .open, and if they
prove to be unsafe, then let them be
condemned, and speedy action taken
to secure an appropriation for their
ultimate completion.
IS NOT DEMOCRATIC.
Hon. .Napoleon Davis has lust re
turned from Washington, and is quoted
in the Oregonian as saying in refer
ence to the appointment of receiver of
public moneys at the Oregon City land
office:
" I think the president was a trifle
sorry that he had only one position for
35 men so highly recommended, as he
will necessarily lose the opportunity
of making 34 good and loyal friends
who would stand by him through good
and ill report. The drawing capacity
of a federal office is simply wonderful,
and, to the dispenser of patronage, a
great source of strength."
If Mr. Davis is correctly quoted, it is
not probable that he came any way
near expressing President Cleveland's
feelings- in the matter. Cleveland is
not the kind of a man who would feel
any regret at being unable to furnish
places for thirty-four men to perform
the services of one. Such an idea is
foreign to democratic principlea
Whatever else democracy may be
faulted for having done, it has never
been accused of creating offices as re
wards for loyalty to the party. Demo
crats have 'ever favored a government
simple and pure, a government for the
people, not -for officials, and it is not
likely that Cleveland has so far
wandered from these time honored
principles that he would desire to bur
den the people simply to make a 'few'
solid friends.
MARTIAL LAW IN CUBA.
As was expected, General Weyler
has issued a number of proclamations
declaring . himself supreme ruler of
Cuba, and announcing the island under
martial law, threatening the direst
vengeance uppn all supporters of the
rebellion, and giving authority to sub
ordinate officers to cause the death
penalty to be inflicted for offenses of
treason, etc. ' General Weyler is a most
brutal official, and a Cuban patriot
who falls under his displeasure can
e,xpect no mercy at his hands. Nothing
short of death will appease the wrath
of this unjust and barbarous soldier,
and crimes against all laws of civilized
warfare may be looked for under
his rule. With such a tyrant in com-
mandiof the Spanish forces in Cuba,
and in the absence of intervention of I
foreign power, to prevent his cruelties
to unfortunate rebels who may fall in
to his power, there is but one course
open to the patriots, that is to assasin-
ate Weyler. which will undoubtedly be
the result if he persists in carrying
out the terms of his proclamations.
Ordinarily it has not been the
policy of the government to allow
internal improvements once be
gun or completed to suffer for want of
appropriations with which to prosecute
work or keep them in repair, hence
there is little need of uneasiness about
what action congress will take in refer
ence to appropriating more money
with which to perfect the canal and
locks at the Cascades. But it is often
difficult to get appropriations for the
commencement of new works, there
fore the energy of all is required in an
effort to get an appropriation for the
boat-railway project.
A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.
Within less than four months the
people of every county in the state of
Oregon will be called upon to select
their public servants for the coming
two years, and it behoves them to be
gin exercising their judgment as to
who will best serve them in the differ
ent official capacities. And is there
any reason why business methods and
common sence should not govern them
in making these -selections? Why
should honest men, men successful in
business, shrewd merchants and suc
cessful farmers think of placing civic
power in the hands of professional
politicians, who use such power to de
stroy the credit of the county and state
by incurring needless expenses, and
whose sole regard is for the emolu
ments of the offices to which they may
be elected? Why should such men be'
allowed to maniptlate conventions and
name tickets which the voters of the
respective parties are expected to
march to the polls and blindly support,
simply on party grounds, regardless of
fitness, honesty or claims to public
support? Why should not the busi
ness men of the state take the
management of conventions out of the
hands of professional politicianss and
see to it that only honest, capable men
are named for the different offices?
Public affairs can . be conducted
on business principles if business
men are elected to all offices, from
constable to governor, but this will
never be if professional politicians
are allowed to name themselves and
their underlings for office. It is now
time that the business men of the state
bestir themselves, and by attending
primary meetings take a hand in choos
ing who shall be named by conven
tions to ask public suffrage in elevat
ing them to office. Politicians, who are
in politics for revenue only, have run
the affairs -of Oregoo long enough,
It is time that those who pay the '.axes
take a hand. Let them consider the
choice of officers as a plain business
proposition, and the system of or
ganized piracy that has prevailed in
the state in the past will disappear.
A DANGEROUS CURRENCY.
Mr. Charles C. Jackson recently con
tributed and article to sound currency
that is a timely and interesting dis
cussion of the need of retiring our
credit currency. In a most convincing
way the article shows that we are using
an ancient and discredited method of
currency and heeding not the clearest
and most convincing warning from
experience of the danger that this form
of paper money leads to.
Mr Jackson thinks' that the gold has
been flowing away from this country
during the past eight years because we
have had an excess of currency, and
because our government has bo abused
its power to issue paper currency that
both our own and foreign, investors
are doubtful whether that currency
will always be redeemable in gold.
This doubt has been growing with the
decline in value of our large stock of
silver, all of which is practically re
deemable in gold, with no adequate
gold reserve to meet such an ob
ligation. Certain it is that for more
than three years there has been such
anxiety, about the maintenance of the
redemption of our currency in gold as
to greatly harass all business men' and
seriously check investment and enter
prise here on the part of our o wn and
foreign capitalists. This anxiety would
have no existence were it. not for the
government notes which we have in
circulation. . . Maintaining- constant
prompt redemption of these notes is a
task for which the treasury is utterly
unfit. Our banks, with $5,000,000,000
banking assets, are much better fitted
to issue currency , than is our govern
ment, which has practically no assets,
and which in times of stringency or
emergency, can borrow gold only by
selling its own promises to pay. The
resources of this country are so great
that it has succeeded thus far in keep
ing Its legal tender notes at par with
gold. Similar experiments have failed
in every other country. No such paper
except ours is at par today in the
whole world. All other intelligent
nations have abandoned the effort and
substituted metal ap the only legal
tender and now have all this paper is
sued by banks.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The senate don't want any tariff
tinkering and the house won't have
free silver. So there you have .it, a
dead-lock in the great legislative body
of the nation. '
One of Oregon's greatest ; needs is
more employment for laborers and less
employment for politicians. More far
mers, mechanics and day laborers and
fewer office holders would mean pros
perity. .
The democratic party is by no means
short of presidential timber. It has
Olney, Morrison, Pattison and Whit
ney, any one of whom would be accept
able to the masses of the people.
The house very promptly sat down
on free silver, defeating the substitute
by an overwhelming majority. While
the senate has a sort of silver liring
the house still remains true to sound
money. .
If to secure office is the only object
to be gained in politics, then fusion
with any and all parties is desirable;
ut if we have a principle to contend
for, the democratic party cannot afford
to unite with any other at this time,
John Burns, the English labor leader
and socialist, recently coined this epi
gram anent the Venezuela dispute: "If
England is wrong, fighting won't make
it any better; if England is right, ar
bitration will not make it any worse.
The present congress is making a
grand success at doing nothing, and
unless the members begin to get a
move on themselves this session will
go down to history as the greatest fail
ure on record. - Appropriation bills
are about all thatreceive consideration'
They seem to have the right-of-way.
Ex -Gov. R. E. Pattison, of Pennsyl
vania, is being urged for the demo
cratic nomination for president. His
record while governor of the Keystone
state showed him to be well fitted for
an executive officer, and a man of the
peopie, one in whose hands their
offices are safe.
Senator Sherman cannot be classed
among those Western republicans who
are berating the administration for
not spending more money on unneces
sary public works "to give employ
ment to the people." He says Presi
dent Cleveland would be be justified in
suspending all public works that are
not absolutely necessary. By so doing
he would stop the deficit and place the
treasury balance on the other Bide.
Not only unnecessary public works,
but a whole lot of unnecessary public
officials could well be suspended, and
the country would get along' just as
roll .. ... .
TELEGRAPHIC.
BOLD BANK BOBBERY.
The Cashier and Book-Keeper Shut in the
Vault.
San Francisco, Feb. 18. Three
masked men entered the Market-street
bank, a small institution in the
Spreckles building, shortly after 10
o'clock this morning and ordered
cashier Hopkins and book-keeper Hay
hurst to throw up their hands Hop
kins, who was at the counter, refused,
and one robber fired a bullet pst his
head, but which struck neither official.
The three robbers then climbed
through a hole in the wire screen at
the cashier's window and seized the
two bank officials and hustled them
into the vault. A piece of carpet
caught in the door of the vault, and
the robbers did not take time to fasten
the vault door. Hastily dumping the
pile of gold on the cashier's counter
Into the sack they escaped.
Although Market street was crowded
with passing people the robbers made
good their escape. It Is supposed they
secured only $800.
CONFESSED XO HCBDEB.
An Unusual Scene at a Revival Meeelng-.
Cedar Falls, Feb. 18. When Mort
Truesdell, of Kenosha, Wis., confessed
at a revival meeting to the murder of a
man named Sheldon, at Leadville,
Colo., September 10, 1890. he said:
"I have been trying to lead a Chris
tian life for several years, but have
been conscious all the time that I was
a great sinner. I am guilty of murder
and ready to surrender myself to the
officers. I want to serve the Lord,
and cannot do it without leaving off
this awful burden."
To a reporter Truesdell afterward
made the following confession:
"I first met the man I -murdered at
Springfield, 111., the 28th day of July,
1890. He and I traveled from there
to Colorado together. I had been a
private detective in Wisconsin. I was
still a detective, but had no authority
outside of that state. The fellow
name was Bill Sheldon or Shelton,
don't know which. At Tennessee Pass
I was taken sick with mountain fever
I was sick only one night. Sheldon
was then with me, and while I was in
bed he rifled my pockets, taking some
private letters which contained matter
showing I was a detective.. I did not
Know ne toott the letters until we
had trouble the next day. In the
morning we started afoot for Leadville,
When within a few miles of that city
gave out and could ' go no further.
Sheldon began swearing at me and
spoke of the letters he had taken from
my pockets.
. He said he had found out that I . was
a detective,- and would give him the
worst of it for the crooked cases he had
told me of. He became enraged, and
as he came in front of me with a knife,
I pulled a revolver and shot him in
the head I fired two shots. The
first bullet struck him in the temple,
The other took effect in the back of
the head. After the., shooting, I laid
down the revolver by Sheldon's side.
and took the knife and a watch and
rode into Leadville with a farmer.
do not know whether the body was
ever found or not."
- Little Girl Badly Burned.
Jacksonville: Or., Feb. 18. Little
Ruth Peter, 4 years Old, who resides in
Jacksonville with her grandmother,
Mrs. Newbery; met with a painful ac
cident this evening.. While her grand'
mother was absent from the house
few moments she' opened the stove
door and, in attempting to - burn some
paper, her clothing caught fire. Be
fore it could be extinguished, her face
and one hand were badly burned. The
child called to her grandmother
number of times to come quickly and
had the presence of mind to lie down
androlL But for this no doubt she
would have been burned to death, as
the fire burned entirely through her
clothing. The child is a niece of
School Superintendent Newbery. Her
mother, whose husband died a few
years ago, is absent teaching school,
House Proceeding;. .
Washington, Feb. 18. In the
house today Newlands of Nevada pre
sented a resolution instructing the
ways and means committee to inquire
what effect the difference in exchange
between gold standard countries has
upon the manufacturing industries of
the United States.
"The Pacific coast, "he said, "was
now threatened with the invasion of
products of cheap labor of the oriental
countries, especially Japan, and an In
crease in the price of silver would take
from the oriental countries the advan-
tages they now possessed."
The house resumed consideration of
the agricultural appropriation bill..
Preacher Threatened With Death.
Indianapolis, Feb. 18. Rev. R. G
Hammond, pastor of the M. E. Church
at Ambria, who has been very deter
mined in his opposition to the saloon,
is said to have received an anonymous
letter threatening both his life and
that of his family unless he stopped his
warfare against ' the saloon. The
preacher is not to be intimidated.
Some weeks ago Constgble Charles
Haver, a leader of the anti-saloon fac
tion of Fowler, was waylaid and terri
ble beaten, it is claimed, by friends of
the saloon.'"
-Mies Barton In Turkey.
Constantinople, Feb. 18. Miss
Clara Barton, president of the Ameri
can Red Cross Society, has arrived
here, and is organizing a system for
the distribution of relief to the suffer
ing Armenians. ....'""
It has been ' arranged that Rev,
izeorge f. unapp, the American mis
sionary of Bltlls, accompanied by his
family, is to come to this city to be
examined by United States Minister
Terrell regarding the charge of sedi
tion brought against him by the au
thorities. Authoress Marries a Nobleman.
Charlottevtlle, Va., Feb. 18.
Amelia Rives Chandler and, Prince
Hierre Teroubetzkoy, a Russian noble
man, were married this afternoon at
Castle Hill, the home of Colonel Alfred
R ves, father of the authoress.
' i
, Attempted Train-Wrecking:.
Stahbuck, Wash., Feb. 18 Some
miscreant made an attempt to wreck
the train . on - tbePomeroy branch.
Only the vigilance of the engineer pre
vented a serious disaster. The wretch
opened the switch at Chard, and locked
it with a key. Had the train attempted
to go over the switch, it would certainly
have been ditched. The engine was
stopped within a few feet of the switch.
Will Be From Eastern Oregon.
Salem, Or., Feb. 18. Governor
Lord expects to fill the vacancies on
the board of regents of the university
of Oregon and the state agricultural
college, in few days. He says both
appointments will be made from East
ern Oregon, as that part of the stato
is without representation on either
board since the death of Mr. Sturgis
and the resignation of Mr. French.
THE DEADLY DYNAMITE.
Great Lost of Life and Destruction of Prop
erty. Johannesburg, Feb. 19. An explo
sion of dynamite has occurred at Vien
dendorp, and the poor quarter of the
town has been blown to pieces. Hun
dreds of houses are in ruin, and the
havoc wrought is fearful. A number
of persons have been killed and the
populace has turned out en masse, and
is working to rescue those who may
be buried in the ruins. The windows
of every house in Johannesburg were
broken by the explosion.
The dynamite that caused the catas
trophe filled eight trucks, which were
being shunted. The explosion caused
an immense hole 30 fet deep. Every
bouse within a radius of half a mile
of the explosion was razed to the
ground. Forty dead, nearly all of
them terribly mutilated, have already
been taken from the ruirs, but the
work of searching the debris has
scarcely begun. Two hundred of the
most severely injured were admitted
to the hospital, where several died. It
is believed only a few white persons
were killed.
A TEXAN'S REPORT.
The Cubans, He Says, Have the Spaniards
Whipped.
Houston, Tex., Feb. 19. Captain J.
H. MeGarvey, an old Texas veteran,
has just returned from Cuba. October
16 last he left Key West for Cuba, in
charge of the Viesta, with a crew of
eight men. At Key West the Viesta
was loaded with arms and ammunition
j branded as lard, bacon, etc., and he
was instructed to turn the cargo over
to an insurgent commander. On
reaching the Cuban coast he was chased
by a Spanish man-of-war and was com
pelled to beach his vessel, which he
did and then burned her in order to
keep the Spar.ish from getting her.
He and his crew struck out from their
landing place, near Matanzas, for the
interior and joined the insurgents.
Captain MeGarvey says the Cubans
have at least 45,000 men under arms;
that they are supplied with guns and
ammunition and also receive supplies
of money regularly from the United
States. He remained with the troops
until a fortnight ago and says he
traversed nearly the entire western
portion of the Island. He says the
Cubans have the Spaniards completely
whipped, and at their mercy, but he
cannot understand why they do not
take Havana and bring hostilities to a
close. . This he claims they can do at
any time they see fit. The reports of
Spanish victories, he characterizes, as
tissues of lies.
The Syndicate's Share.
Washington, Feb. 19. The follow
ing announcement was made at the
treasury' department today: J. P
Morgan & Co., and associates, under
their bids for $100,000,000 United
States 4-per-cent bonds, of 1925, made
in accordance with the recent'clrcular
of the secretary of the treasury, are
entitled to receive bonds of the face
value of about $40,000,000, $7,00,000 in
addition to those of which they have
already been notified. The exect
figures cannot be stated until returns
from the various subtreasuries are
fully verified. ' i '
-'. Killed His Partner. ' ,
' Great Falls, Mont, Feb. 19. Re
ports have reached here of a fatal
shooting in Cherry county, fifty miles
north of this place. Mike Clancy
went to Fort Benton and told that he
had shot and killed T. J. Hanagan,
his partner in the sheep business.
Clancy claimed that Hanagan shot at
him with a rifle and missed, where
upon he (Clancy) seized a shotgun and
fired, the charge entering his oppo
nent's breast and causing almost in
stant death. The coroner's jury re
turned a verdict that the deceased
came to his death by a gunshot wound
at the hands of Clancy.
Barely Escaped Burial Alive.
Forsyth, Ga., Feb. 19. Mrs. Jeff
Mapp, a middle-aged woman living
several miles north of here, has been
very ill, and day before yesterday
afternoon she was supposed to have
expiredr To all appearances life was
entirely extinct and the body was pre
pared for burial. While being placed
in the casket the body was seen to
move.. In another instant . those
around Mrs. Mapp were startled to see
her open her eyes. The casket was
hastily carried from the room and
physician . summoned. Mri. Mapp,
though very ill, is still alive and there
are indications of her recovery. ;
They May Fight on a Barge.
Galveston, Tex., Feb.19. A rumor
is current here this morning that
Maher and Fitzsimmons will leave
El Paso tonight and arrive in Galves
ton Friday afternoon. They will take
a steam tug with a barge attached, go
three or four miles into the Gulf of
Mexico and fight for the champion'
ship' before a ' kiutoscope and a few
witnesses, it is said tne Kintoscope
people are willing topav the purse and
an expenses, ana stuarc wiu ao any'
thing that will let him out of the deal.
Wo Clew to the Thieves.'
BAN fRANCISCO. i'eb. i. The po
lice have no clew to the identity of the
masked trio who robbed the Market
street bank of $3,000 yesterday. The
detectives working on the case insist
on the genuineness of the robbery, but
have small hope of capturing the
thieves, although the bank officials
have furnished descriptions of the
men.
. Will Reconsider the Tote.
Washington, Feb. 19. The house
committee on territories voted today
to reconsider the former vote against
the Arizona and New Mexico state
hood bill, thus leaving them still be
fore the committee.
To Exterminate the Seals.
Washington, Feb. 19. The house
committee on ways and means today
voted to report a bill for killing all
the seals in Behring sea unless an ef
fective agreement for their protection
can be reached.
Great Loss of Life.
Lisbon, Feb. 19. Great loss of life
attended a fire In Santaren last night.
whiie the Artists' Club masked ball
was in progress. Thirty-four bodies
have been recovered. Many were in
ured by jumping from the windows.
Compromise Kejected.
Winnipeg, Feb. 19. The proposal
of the Greenway government to settle
the school question by making the
schools absolutely secular and eliml-
nating
all religious exercises, has
aroused a storm among the clergy. I by
Both Protestant and Roman Catholic
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clergymen bitterly oppose the estab
lishment of what they term Godless
schools. Roman Catholic clergymen
say they would rather submit to the
present system, while Protestant
clergymen say they would prefer that
the Roman Catholics have their own
schools.
BURGLAR AT H1LLSBORO.
Safe at the Depot Blown Open and
Thirty-Eight Dollars Taken.
HrLLSBORO, Or., Feb. 20. The de
pot of the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company, located in the southern por
tion of town, was entered this morn
ing about 2 o'clock, the safe blown
open and its contents, $38, taken.
Twenty-five dollars was in gold and the
rest in silver. Entrance to the waiting-room
of the depot was effected by
breaking the glaB, thea unlocking the
catch, after which the window was
easily raised. Once in the waiting
room, the bolt of the night-latch on
the office door was broken by prying
the door open with a chisel. A hole
was drilled in the safe door and filled
with explosives. In the safe were a
gold watch and. pin, aud other val
uables that were left untouched.
sentenced to death.
April 10 Fixed as the Time for Hanging;
Kelsay Porter- ,
Union. Or., Feb. 20. At 1:30 o'clock
this afternoon i the time fixsd for pass
ing sentonr3 upon Kelsay Porter, con
victed c' rr.-irder in the first degree for
killing l.ijainin Mache, sr., the at
torneys for the defense filed a motion
for an order to set aside the verdict of
the the jury, and for arrest of judge
ment. Both motions were denied, and
Judge Eaklns passed the following
sentence upon the defendant.
"That he be confined in i the county
jail until April 10, when ho be taken
from thence, between the hours of 6
A. M. and 6 P. M., and, within the en
close of the jail, be hanged by the
neck until dead." .
, The defense was allowed until April
1 to prepare the bills of exception for
an appeal to the supreme court.
THE HIGH SCHOOL BURNED.
Terrible Calamity Narrowly Averted in
an Iowa Town.
Muscatine, la.,' Feb. 20. The pres
ence of mind of the teachers in the
high school, averted a horror yester
day. Flames were discovered in the
building and at once the teachers di
rected the pupils to arrange themselves
in marching order. This timely advice
was acted upon and the pupils began
their march ' from the building.
While they were descending the stair
way the smoke became extremely
dense , which created a small panic.
Some rushed from their places with
the result that for a time considerable
confusion prevailed. All, however es
caped uninjured from the building
which, with its contents speedily be
came a heap of smoking ruins.
The Chicago Strike.
Chicago, Feb. 20. Following the
action of the meeting of the Cloth in
Cu tar's & Trimmers' Association last
night, 400 or 500 cutters quit work to
day. The strike will be long and
bitterly contested, and 10,000 or 15,000
people are likely to be thrown out of
work.
The issue seems practically whether
the cutters shall work on the piece
system. Cutters- are paid a minimum
salary oi zu a weet tor the maximum
cutting of 14 suits per day. The manu
facturers object, saying they are will
ing to pay the minimum salary of $20
but cutters should be unlimited in the
amount of work.
- Coldest of the Season.
Chicago, r'eb. 20. Chicago is ex
periencing the coldest weather of the
season. Since yesterday morning the
thermometer has not risen above zero,
and with a bitter north wind blowing.
much suffering has ensued. Ad
o'clock this morning 9 deg. below
zero was reached, but some ther
mometers in the suburbs indicated 14
below.
Michael Hughes was frozen to death
on his way to work, and John Bradley
was overcome by the cold and fell into
the river.
Scores of people compelled to re'
main out of doors have been severely
frost bitten. The cold snap is general
over the Northwest.
. Will Not Interfere.
Washington, Feb. 20. The presi
aent nas refused a pardon -in the case
of F. M. Ohalston, sentenced in Ore
gon to ten years at hard labor, for for
gery. The president, in his indorse
ment, says: "I am decidedly in favor of
he strict punishment of persons guilty
of crimes for whi h this prisoner is
now suffering imprisonment. An of
fense Involving forgery, swindling the
poor and needy veteran soldiers, and
the prostitution of the benevolent con
ditions of the government, as em
bodied in the slightest degree move
me to clemency.
Berrlne's Comet.
Oakland, Cal., Feb. 20. Professor
Lenschner, of the state uriversity, has
just completed his 'calculi, tion of the
orbit of the new comet discovered
Berrine, of the Lick observatory,
a few days ago. The stranger, in the
V-
heavens was only 40,000,000 miles
away from the earth yesterday and is
now coming toward the earth at the
rate of 1,600,000 miles a day. Profes
sor Lenschner says there is no cause
for alarm. He has figured it out that
the comet will take a new tack on
March 1 and sheer off from the earth.
The calculations made at the state uni
versity are the official figures.
The Rope broke.
St. Louis, Feb., 20. James Fitz
gerald was hanued at 10 this morning
for the murder of his sweetheart,
Annie Nessens, on the night of Nov
ember 24, 1893. The rope broke and
the victim lay struggling on the
ground beneath the gallows. The
doctors found Fitzgerald still conscious.
Stimulants were given and he revived.
A new rope was sent for, and at 11
o'clock the sick and trembling, but
nervy victim, was again taken to the
scaffold. This time there was no hitch.
Lost on the Ice.
Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 20. The re
port is current that ten or twelve men
were lost on the .ice outside the har
bor during last night's storm. They
went out yesterday afternoon to fish
through the ice, and were blinded by
the squall that arose afterwards. It is
possible they have landed somewhere
along the shore.
Waller Pardoned.
Washington, Feb. 20. Secretary
Olney this morning received the fol
lowing cablegram from Minister
Eustis, at Paris: .
"The president signed this morning
Waller's pardon. ' Orders are being
issued for his release."
Bill Nye's Serious Condition.
Asheville, N. C, Feb. 20. The
conditiou of Bill Nye shows no mate
rial charge tonight. He remains In an
unconscious condition and appears to
be fciukiug.
Daughters of American Revolution.
Washington, Feb. 20. The Daugh
ters of the American Revolutions to
day unanimously elected Mrs. Steven
son, wife of the vice-president, as
president-general.
Speaking of the wheat market out
look, the Liverpool Corn Trade News
says that the combined stocks in
Europe and afloat have decreased dur
January 16,000,000 bushels, and a still
further decrease is looked for. Europe
is eating up all its stock of wheat, and
is not getting enough to supply its
place. The shortage cannot be made
up until supplies begin to come from
Russia. And if there should be any
chance w have a failure there too, we
should get back to the old prices. The
outlook for wheat, therefore, looks
highly encouraging.
The Portland University has found
it impossible to pay interest on its
bonded debt, and a receiver for the
institution is asked for. Educational
institutions like the State university,
Monmouth normal school and others
that haye a "pull" and are feeding at
the public crib, are able to raise
teachers' salaries and indulging in
other extravagances. No wonder such
institutions object to being choked off
from the public teat.
Baxter, the Portland wife-murderer,
who attempted to commit suicide after
cutting bis wife's throat, is being
nursed back to life by the physicians, to
finally be tried by a court, convicted of
murder and hung by. the sheriff. , Why
don't the fool doctors let him die with
out heaping up expense on the taxpay
ers, and forcing the brute to undergo
more suffering?
. The Roseburg Plaindealer is raising
a great howl in opposition to the fusion
of the democratic and populist parties
in Douglas county, evidently fearing
the combine, if effected, would' capture
the county offices. Hapily, though,
the Plaindealer has not been called
upon to dictate what policies those
parties shall pursue. They have not
burdened it wi:h such a responsibility.
The aspirations of Senator Quay
cjrtalnly cannot be seriously con
sidered by the republican party of the
nation. Whatever other sins the re
publicans may have to answer for,
they cannot afford to add to them by
giving this old reprobate the nomina
tion for the highest office in the gift of
the people.
Mrs. Lease has given up politics and
entered the minietry. After wasting
her eloquence for years in an effort to
convert people to populism, she has
discovered her mistake, and will enter
the field in a higher calling. It is to
be hoped that she will meet with better
success converting sinners than she
did converting voters.
$1,000.00
GIVEN AWAY
Saturday, Feb. 22
'lhe assignee's auction sale of last
Saturday beat the record. All arti
cles were sacrificed without exception
and the bargains realized were ridlcu
lously cheap.
Although the. sale , was continued
unuil 10 P. M., only one-half of the
suck was disposed of. The balance
will be absolutely .
CLEHNED OUT,
On next Saturday. Be there at 10 A
M. and if you don't bid, the auctioneer
will load you up lor nothing.
"Tk Regulator Line"
The Dalies, PortlEnd and Astoria
Nav'gation Co.
THROUGH .
Fieigfyt awl Passener Line
Through Daily trips (Sundays ex
cepted) between The Dalles and Port
land, bteamer Regulator leaves Tne
Dalles at 8 a. m., connecting at the
Cascades Lo -ks with Steamer Dalles
City. Steamer Dalles City leaves
Portland (Oak street dock) at 7 a. m.,
connecting with Steamer Regulator
lor The Uaiies.
PASSENGER. KATES
One way.. 82 00
Hound trip 3 00
Freight Rates Reduced
Shipments for Portland received at
any time, day or night. Shipments for
way landings must be delivered before
5 p. m. Live stock shipments solio-
ited.
caii on or address,
M' C' HLLHJnZTIY.
Iikkebal Agent
- DALLES - OREGON.
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Seed Wheat, Seed Oats,
Seed Rye, Seed Corn .
Grass aud Garden Seeds
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Northern Grown Seeds. Early
Minnesota Corn. Dakota Yel
low Deut Cora. Cootoe Mealy
Burbank Potatoes. Onion Sets,
Poultry and eggs bought and sold,
Choice assortment of O rooertes.
sold cheap. Terms positively
cash or produoe, at
J. H. CROSS,
Feed and Grocery Store
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THE DALL1.S
National Bank.
OP DALLES CITY, OR.
President.. .Z. F. Moody
Vice President. .Chas. Hilton
Cashier .M. A. Moody
General Banking Business Transacted.
Sight Exchanges Sold on
nam im PnnTT.iwn.
minimim
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tured, and orders from all parts of the
country filled on the shortest notice.
The reputation of THE DALLES
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tured article is increasing every day.
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Fine Wines, Liquors, and Cigars
ALL KINDS OF BOTTLED BEES.
Columbia Brewery Beer on Draught
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Mount Hood Sa p'e Room
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