ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY . BY ' !V DOUTHIT, Publlhr. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. One Year, by mail. Six Months. Thne Moonihs.... WEEKLY sOoe Year, by mall.. Si months.......... 16.00 S.00 r 1.60 fl.BO 75 All SabcrTptlons Payable In Adrance. SATURDAY. ........ MARCH 7, 1896 , ; A FALSE IDEA. .--Many papers.- and 'many people throughout the country appear honest in their belief that all the financial ills .'which the country has undergone the past few years would 'be cured by the - re-enactment, of the' McKinley tariff law, and that with an increased revenue .-. law in operation, the gold. reserve for the redemption of credit currency could be maintained without difficulty, : Such certainly are only casual observ -. . era, and have forgotten that at the ; close of President Harrison's adminis' tration, after the law of 1890 had been . in force for almost two years, the gold - reserve was seriously threatened, and that the then secretary of the treasury, - Mr. Foster, was , seriously consid ering the issuing of a call for bonds. Thev are not close observers of . past occurrences or present events, or . they would be convinced that it mat- . ters not how much money is gathered , into the treasury, if it is other than . gold, it is valueless for maintaining ' the nation's credit so far as the re- . demption of credit currency is con . cerned. - There are now over $266,000,- .. 000 available cash, paper money and - silver, in the treasury, over and above . . the gold reserve, yet is of no use In .. certificates. - And so long as revenue taxes and customs duties are payable ' - in any money of the nation, increased . . revenues could be no benefit as a . ' source of redemption. Those who be : lieve that increased revenues would protect the gold reserve, and thus ren der bond issues unnecessary, should - carefully read the following letter from r the pen of Prof. .Laughlin, of the Chicago university, which appeared in : . the February Forum: "It has been urged in some quarters that the dwindling gold reserve is due to the deficits' of our budgets; that -if - v the revenue were increased sufficiently, - the gold reserve could be maintained Intact." There are only two ways by - which the treasury can obtain gold: (1) v through the payment of revenue; or jiut iu BUUUU9W yruwcgmu u gvt , by purchase through the offer of . bonds or their equivalent, .The first and normal source of supply has been entirely cut off; and hence the reserve can be replenished in only one other V; - way, so long Las the existing 'distrust continues and that is by the sale of - bonds. No matter how much more revenue be raised, no matter how ,. much larger the mere surplus 'of in come over expenditure may be, the ' ' . gold reserve cannot be maintained if - - that greater revenue and that larger . . surplus consists of greenbacks or silver - -.money the'rery objects- to be 7 f-. - deemed.'' To increase taxesy to t " monetary dangerarjlejwihere. ' """ cnaife is madein the "kind -of T ; -1 ito tbe treasury.-. If seemF ' . a joke to say that increasing taxed Ul increase confidence in fhfi standard. - when no gold can come in from a i more of his life to the nation than have thousands of other men. It required no martyrdom on his part to serve the nation in official positions nearly all his life at salaries ranging from $3,000 to $10,000 a year. The positions he filled in the civil service were offices of bis choice, not forced uoon him against his own election, and were not absolutely necessary for the vlfare or safety of his country. The greater portion of Gresham's life was spent in public office it is true, but there are cnousrnds of others who have rendered full;- as good service, and if it is right tc pension his widow it -. is right to pensiQn their families, and carrythe pensioning policy to an ex tent that will create and maintain class of dependents- similar to the royal families of monarchal governments leeches who labor not yet live off the government. , . The' action of the senate' in voting Mrs. Gresham a pension was anything but commendable. It was an action that should meet the severest condem nation everywhere, since it establishes a precedent that, if carried out, will impoverish the nation; a precedent that can but culminate in oppression to the masses by taking of their hard- earned store to support a class of un deserving droans. MOBE PBOMLSES. Col. Day thinks The Dalles papers are a little too impatient about tne opening of the locks at the Cascades This may be, but the colonel should remember that Eastern Oregon' has been patiently, yes, very patiently, waiting- -nearly twenty years for this important event, and the papers of this city must be excused if they display a little feeling at the failure of the con tractors to fulfill their promise to put a boat through the locks on March 1st. However, he makes another promise; that we will have to wa.t .only a little longer; that the contract will be "en tirely completed in the course of sev eral weeks." This is a good promise, but the "course of several weeks" is a little indefinite. It may mean a month or it may mean a year. Had The Dalles papers any assurance that these t(Davamil vnlra" mpjint a. mnntn or even two months, - tney mignt cease complaining, pat the contractors on the back,' and heartily commend them for having prosecuted such a "stupen dous." work. But in the light of past experience, they cannot feel much en couraged at these last promises, espec ially" when the colonel has discovered that the plans are to be again changed and that "retaining wells" for the mid dle lock, which will require a month to construct, are liable to be added. If this new appliance is determined upon, will it be the last addition, or will the contractors discover - something else that is lacking, and recommend other time-consuming improvements? , We can heartily agree with Col. Day that the contract is all but finished, and has been for a number of months past. But the locks were not opened on March 1st, the date fixed by him self for the opening, ' and the people whose interests are directly affected by this failure are entitled to an explana tion of the cause. The papers who represent these people are justified in displaying impatience. We '-. heartily trust that his new invoice of promises will mean something, more than idle words, and that .the "several .weeks" will be reduced to a minimum. What we-want is the locks opened,-and that at m anuw cuiij euuiaruj mat mid ris crop i - iv Buuimu) mat tub) seasf of ' wool and wheat can be passed through , them. If this can be done on CoL Day's 'renewed promises, eil- and -good; if not, we shall, re- frmin imnatifint And clamorous in our creased revenue, as things nowi-tapd.; demandg contractors exert a IT MUST BE MET. Hon. Thomas Fitch, a prominent Arizona republican, believes that upon the question of finance, currency and coinage the divergence of opinion among republicans is so great that it would be both unjust and inexpedient for the majority in the republican national convention to formulate its views upon them in its platform. He wants that body to frame a plank remit the whole subject to the people of the congress districts for determina tion., pledging the nominee of this convention not to interpose the execu tive veto, or the power or patronage of the executive ' office, to defeat any legislation with respect to coinage that may be supported by a majority of the republican representatives and senators in congress. This he advocates as a measure for harmony, but it would be a dear price for that party to pay for the sake of harmony, and it is not likely that his plan will meet with the approval of the majority. Such a milk-and-water plank in the platform of either the rjpublican or democratic party would mean certain defeat. The financial question is one that must be met and settled in the coming: national campaign. It must be defined in clear and unmistakable terms, whether the different political parties favor the free coinage of silver and the retention of the credit currency, or whether they favor a gold staodard and the retire ment of the greenbacks. The voters of America demand that the currency question be for once settled, and no political party can refuse to heed this demand. Such a policy as Mr. Fitch advocates would, under these circum stances, be sucidal to the party promul gating it. The currency question has been dodged in the past, but must be fairly met in the campaign of 1896. THE BLACK FLAG. The difficulty of getting at the truth as to the execution of Weyler's bloody orders in Cuba is much increased by two circumstances; one of which is that he will not permit any correspon dent to accompany any body of troops sent out on an expedition; and the other is that all reports transmitted to this country relative to the deeds of his troops are subject to official censor ship conducted under palace super vision. By these means Weyler can represent things in any way that suitj his purpose. That the news of many events discreditable to Spain has been suppressedand that the accounts of other events have borne no resem blance to the truth, has been made manifest by facts brought to light weeks after the publication of . the official Spanish reports. .When the cracking of rifles' in a Havana fortress is heard, it is said that the troops were firing at wandering goats; when sus pects are shot in any place .under the terms of Weyler's third order, we are told thatj there had been a desperate battle in which the Spanish arms were triumphant; when prisoners taken in battle are slain, we get the assurance that they were killed in the fight; when a hospital filled with wounded patriots is burned, it was because the sufferers had been guilty of bearing arms against Spain As no man in Cuba is allowed; '; to contradict any of these statements, under penalty of death, for this 9. ';tha penalty prescribed in i Weyler's pro- clamatibn of .February 16, for any one the prestige of the Spanish- amny,";.! is safe to indulge in the grossest ini statements; and there is but little like lihood that they will ever bejxHal- The treasury has money. proper kind of money. but not the little more activity. WE IMPOST. TOO MUCH. There are two drains upon the wealth of the Pacific coast that will keep the people impoverished . until' they are checked. They are the annual interest paid on foreign capital invested in property on the coast and the money that is paid for articles of consumption that ought to be produced here. These two sources act upon the wealth of the country like leeches upon the human v svstem. saonin? its life blood from it. A&nd giving nothing in return.'- -The . first is the. outgrowth of too rapid ad- vancement in the large cities, which it . was attempted to build up in mammoth . brickblocks, on borrowed capital, far in advance of the resources of the country surrounding them,' instead of build ing them up as manufacturing centers, where wealth would be produced in stead of consumed. The second cause is also primarily due to this mistaken ' idea.- Had one-half the foreign capital . that is today tied up in the large build ing of our -citaes, which are- in many - instances not paying interest, been in vested in manufacturing enterprises, this coast .. would be manufacturing largely the articles which it is import ing from the east, and which causes such a' heavy drain upon its wealth. i Instead orsending its money ' abroad for clothing, carpets, blankets, furni ture, wagons, agricultural implements. canned goods, hams and other articles . of food, it would be kept at home, and possibly some surplus would be left to export. - The Pacific coast will never become really prosperous until it ceases send ing its raw material to the Atlantic coast to be manufactured, paying freight on the raw material east and on the manufactured articles when they return. The drain upon our wealth for freight rates alone, to say nothing of the wages we are paying eastern opera tives, is more than the resources of the country can stand. When this is stop ped, when the products of the Pacific coast are converted into finished article at home, then it will become the most prosperous section of the country, but until then a sort of hand-to-mouth con dition will prevail; the profits on every Industry will be consumed by eastern manufacturers ana eastern money lenders. . ' WAB MAT BESULT. 'The action of congress in' reference to the Cuban master is little short of a declaration of war, for Spain, though weak as she is, cannot but resent the friendly offers of this, government to restore peace between Cuba and the mother country, by'grahting Cuba the government of her choice. Spa'n can not afford to give up Cuba, though her effort to retain control of the island mar . involve her in war with this nation. It is a life and death struggle, for j without the. revenues t extorted from Cuba, Spain is hopelessly bank rupt. But even if the action of con gress should- involve us in war with apam, it is certain tnat tne move re ceives- the approval of a very large majority of American citizens.' The sympathy of the American people is all with the patriotic Cubans' who are struggling for independence. They are ready to pledge their support, both financially -and personally, to the is landers who are endeavoring to throw off the yoke of Spanish tyrany, and if war shall result", the administration will receive . the heartiest support in its prosecution to a final termination. The , sentiment prevails .throughout this country that - no foreign power shall oppress its subjects on this side of the Atlantic, even though force of arms must be resorted .to. With this feeling predominating Spain has but one-course loft, to acknowledge Cuban independence or hazard a war with the United States. . " . . ' J 1 - we had to take the allegations of or dinary criminals concerning ..their crimes, without' being permitted to see any of the evidence that might be ad duced by the other side. . WHEAT IN 1892. On Jani J, 1892, the market price of wheat was $1,051 per bnshel. Granu lated sugar was then worth 4 cents a pound. A bushel of wheat bought nearly 26i pounds of sugar. On January 1, 1896, wheat was worth 69 cents and sugar 5 cents, a bushel of wheat buying less than 14 pounds of sugar. Under McKinley protection the farmers' bushel of wheat bought over 12 pounds more sugar than it did this year under our democratic free trade tariff. Portland Chronicle. The Chronicle certainly does not ex pect farmers to believe such rot. Men who had wheat to market in 1892 know full weU that they did not receive 81.05 on any ny thing like that, price. in . Chicago, which is the greatest wheat market in America, the highest price during the year 1892 was 9U cents in February, while the market was the lowest in October, the quota tions for that month being 694 cents, EDITOBIAL NOTES. And it "will continue to roll on so long as pensions are handed out like chromos to advance the cause of this or that aspirant for congressional honors. The last Oregon legislature spent $23,000 for clerks. A good business man could take the contract for doing the same amount of work at $2,500 and make money out of the job. Is it any wonder that taxes are high? The question of free distribution of seeds has disturbed the great congress of the United States far more than the importance of the subject justifies. This franking privilege' has only served as a cheap way of distrbuting political taffy. The present congress bids fair to pass at least one law that is commendable. That is to abolish the fee system in U. S. attorney and marshal's offices and put them on salaries. Such a law would save hundreds of thousands of dollars every year. Cleveland advocates the nomination of Carlisle for president, but this is not all that is necessary to secure Mr. Carlisle the nomination. He will at least have to convince the national convention that he can redeem Ken tucky, and he has a nice opportunity to do that thing at present. Senator Sherman is developing into a pretty fair tariff-for-revenue advocate. He manly asserted a few days ago that he would vote for a duty on anything that would produce revenue with which to run the government. Sherman may yet come out in favor of an extra revenue tax on beer, or as a supporter of an income tax. Horatio Gibson, of Milton, this country, though deceased, has been re stored to the pension roll and his de pendents will hereafter draw his pen sion. The pension roll rolls on in spite of death or time. East Ore- gonian. Spain has begun to realize that she cannot longer pursue her warfare of barbarity against the Cuban insur gents. General Wyler has suspended his blood-and-iron proclamation, and about the next thing that is heard will be that he is supplanted by a more civilized soldier. The East Oregonian is making a gal lant fight against the extravagances indulged in by the county court at the expense of the taxpayers. It has shown that it cost over $6,000 to assess Umatilla county last year, and inti mates that deputy assessors were paid sz.ou a a ay, wnue the- county was charged $4 a day for their services. The sketches of the building which it is proposed to erect at St. Louis to accommodate the republican national convention show two flagstaffs project ing high above the roof. This should be changed. It ' may be a possibility now to group the republicans under just two banners, but it would be well to provide at least half a dozen before midsummer comes. ' About a year ago there was es tablished at Portland a plant for slaughtering horses. The expectation was to find a European market and home demand for the fertilizer made. The meat demand not -coming 'up to expectations and the fertilizing pro duct not paying, the concern hus shut down for an indefinite time, after kill ing about 7,000 animals. At Paris, France, last year over , 20,000 horsea and some- 400 donkeys were' slain for their meat. ?' ,..';';.' ; TELEGRAPHIC. UNJrST ArCUSATIONS. language Filed by Amrrlran Senators Gives Offense in Spain. LONDON, March, 3. The Pall Mall Gazette has a dispatch from Madrid, which says: Although Spain recognizes the abso lute impotence of the American senate, without admitting the possibility of its intervention, the premier intends to point out to the American government the injustice of some' of the language of the senators. He also proposes to pointout the ridiculousness of the pre tensions of the Cuban rebels, whose sav age acts, it is claimed, merit the con demnation of civilized nations. For them to be considered on an equal footing with the Spanish troops, and to grant both armies belligerent rights is considered in some quarters to be simply a pretext for a quarrel with Spain. The government in any case is preparing for all eventualities. 19th century and extracts from the archives of Spain against the Vene zuelan cluims for possession of the west bank of the Essequibo. It will be shown, it is said, in overwhelming strength, that possession of that bank is Great Uritain's bevond doubt. THREE BTOBM CENTEK. Almost the Entire Country Swept by Storm. Chicago, March 3. Forecast Officei Henry J. Cox said today. ''There are three storm centers in the .country this morning, one off the Massachu setts coast, another over Northern California, and the third over the Western Gulf coast. Rain is falling in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee and Texas, turning to snow in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, the Dakotas and Western Illinois. The weather continues very cold in the extreme Northwest, the temperature having fallen still further in the Rocky mountain region in the past 24 hours. At Havro, Mont., the tem perature is 32 deg. below zero, and 18 below at Helena and Lander, Wyo. "There is a prospect of very cold weather in the Western states for several days." DECISION RESERVED. Northern Pacific Receivership Case at Seattle. Seattle, Wash., March' 3. The formal application of the Farmers' Loan & Trust Company for the re moval of Andrew F. Burleigh and the appointment of Messrs. McHenry and Bigelow, in accordance with the deci sion of the four justices of the United States supreme court, was presented to Judge Gilbert &nd Judge Hanford in the federal court this morning by United States Senator Allen, of coun sel for the company. ' The court will give its decision in the matter tomorrow morning. W. A. Underwood and . General James Ashton, of counsel for Mr. Burleigh, made ah argument opposing the part of the motion asking for Burleigh's removal. . They took the position that the court is not bound by the decision of the four justices made outside of their respective circuits, but said that even admitting that Jenkins' court is the court of primary jurisdic tion, this court has the right to exer cise its own discretion in the appoint ment of receivers in this state. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. House Cuban Resolutions Nonconcnrred in by the Senate. Washington, March 4. The senate committee on foreign relations today voted to recommend nonconcurrence in the house substitute for the senate Cuban resolutions, and to ask for a conference. Several members ex pressed themselves satisfied to accept the house resolutions, and the opinion was ventured by one or two that the house substitute was in better form than the senate's original measure. Sherman reported back the resolu tions to the senate and moved that the house amendments be nonconcurred in, and a conference committee ap pointed. Agreed to. The vice-presi dent appointed Sherman, Morgan and Lodge as the conference committee. 1 1 lisof i r I ,M 1 moiiw I " Judgement Was Confirmed. Philadelphia, March 4. The su preme court today, in a decision by Justice Williams overruled all assign ment of error in the case of H. H. Holmes, sentenced to death for mur dering of Benjamin F. Peitzel, and confirmed the judgement of the court below. The opinion says no substan tial error has been pointed out, and the evidence fully sustained the ver dict. Governor Hastings, it is be lieved, will fix an early day for the execution. Holmes is said to have recently sent for a Catholic priest, who visited him several times. Young Salmon. Vancouver, Wash., March 4. State Fish Commissioner James Crawford has received a number of samples of vounar chinook salmon, turned out of the new hatchery at Kalama. The Kalama hatchery, which stopped opera tions March 1, turned into the Kalama river 4,000,000 young salmon last sea son, and the chinook hatchery turned out 1 ,000,000 additional. M: Crawford has been busy the past two weeks issuing notices of the expiration of fish licenses, . which ex pires March 31. AIX ITALY EXCITED. If bicyles of Japanese manufacture can be shipped to this country and sold lengei or corrected. It is as.thduhjJ'51' 8S or $16, ifc wlu ?ead 80me people WILL THE T EXPLAIN ? JL- DANGEB0U8 PBECEDENT . , The Chicago Inter Ocean says: "The United States " did ' well in voting - unanimously- a pension of $100 per month - to Mrs. Jresham. - 'General Gresham's political course. may have been erratic during the ' last 'years of his life, but all the same heas a warm; hearted, patriotic, man, who gave all the beet years of Ibis Ufa to his country's service".'"' The- public care lor the comfort of, '-the-wife he bo tenderly loved' - Is ' a-" memorial that General Gresham, if alive, .would more keenly appreciate than any other that could possibly be given." Te crodst would a : great and influen tial paper line tne inter ocean estab lish the precedent that the widow of every great, warm-hearted, patriotic man who has served his country dur ing the best years of bis life be pen sioned? " General Gresham gave no Although Sunday was the first day of March, the opening of the canal and locks at the Cascades was not celf- brated by the patriotic people of The Dalles, although they have looked for ward to this time as the date on which they would celebrate the important event of the opening of the great Columbia river . to free navigation. They have been promised time and again by the contractors that the work would be completed on March 1, 1896, but their promise has not been kept. Whose fault it is, whether it is the con tractors or the engineers, we are hot prepared to say; but it is the fault of somebody; and now, since the time for completing the locks has expired and they are not opened for traffic, and will not be for some time to come, the people who are in terested want to know the cause. ' Will Messrs. Day and the government en gineer in charge of the work explain? Will they inform the people why the worn nas not been-prosecuted more expeditiously? Longer silence on their part is inexcusable. Let them explain why this delay, why this failure to ful fill their agreements. A MOCKEBT OF JUSTICE. The proceedings in the District of Columbia court in the case of Miss Flagler, indicted for manslaughter in killing a colored boy last summer, was a gross mockery of justice. The case was privatly arranged with the judge and district-attorney -to be called half an hour before the regular time of opening the court. This was done to "avoid publicity" and to save the feelings of the aristocratic young woman who had only "killed a little nigger," caught stealing her . father's fruit. A plea of "guilty of involuntary manslaughter" made to avoid the or deal of a trial was accepted, and the young woman was' sentenced to im prisonment for three hours in jail and to pay a fine of $500! And-still some people pretend to wonder that our courts are falling in to contempt, and that' there is preva lent bitter feeling that there is one law for the poor and another for the rich. N. Y. World. . The man who thinks, and says, for publication, that the tariff changes, of two- years or so ago are responsible for the unexampled- and incalculable fall in values and depression in business, and that a restoration of the McKinley duties would take us back to the condi tion from which we have fallen, ma& be honest and virtuous, but he Cer tainly is lamentably ignorant or piti ably prejudiced. Welcome, - The Times Mountaineer a few days ago predicted that another in junction suit in the branch asylum case would be . begun so soon as some one could- be found to file the complaint, and this one has been found, James McCain, district at torney for the third judicial district, having yesterday filed injunction pro-' ceedings restraining the state treas urer from paying the warrant drawn for the purchase of lands for the asylum. xnese repeated injunction suits are becoming an old chestnut. . People are beginning to realize that there is something behind them more than a desire on the part of the instigators to enforce the provisions of the state constitution. There are even some so wicked as to believe that it is a scheme to keep the amount of the appropria tion, in the hands of the state treasurer to be speculated oh by him and his friends. Be this as it may, Jt looks like folly to continue the fight against the branch asylum longer, since the supreme court has already . passed up on the objections that have been raised against it. to think that we should impose a very heavy duty on their 'importation. Others will argue, that bicyle riders, rather than the manufacturers,are to be considered. . It is certain, whatever may be thought about protection,, that the wheelmakers of this country have been making an enormous and uncon scionable profit. Portland Welcome. The supreme court of ' ashington has rendered an important decision, to the effect that a county treasurer and his bondsmen are responsible for pub lic money lost in a broken bank. Such should be the law everywhere with re gard to public officials. Public money is intrusted to officers for safe keeping, and if they allow it to disappear, either through their own dishonesty or by depositing it in a shaky bank, they should be made to account for every dollar. Defmt in Abtffcsinla Worse Than First -- .'- f Reported. Rome, March 4. The kingdom of Italy today is filled with excitement, scription. Every dispatch from Mas- sowah adds to, the gravity of the dis aster to the Italian army at dowa, AlsaisJ.: When' the first news of Gen eral Barateri's defeat reached the city, report had it that only 500 men had been killed. Then yesterday after noon the number ran up to 3,000 kil led, with 60 pieces of artillery captured. This morning's dispatches place the number of killed in the battle and the .long harassing retreat, which followed, at 5,000. It is believed not even these figures tell the full extent of the dis aster. ' ' v ' No mention is made of the wounded, and there is good reason, based on stories of recent Italian defeats by - Abyssinians, to believe those who fell wounded during the retreat of over 50 miles met a more horrible fate than those killed on the spot. ' Formally Announced. Omaha, March 3. Ex-United States Senator Manderson has formally an nounced his candidacy for the re publican presidential nomination. In a letter to L. D. Fowler he says: "I am not to be used as a stalking horse or a deliverv. wagon for any aspirant. The gentleman named prominently for the place are my personal friends. I will follow gladly in the ranks under the captaincy 'of any one of them. I demand fair play for them. I expect it for myself." Gold Men Active. . New York, March 5. At the regu lar monthly meeting of the chamber of commerce today there was adopted an appeal to the commercial ' bodies and business throughout the United States to use their influence to secure the election of only such delegates to both national conventions as favor the present gold standard. . . ; .3 a cupful of lard or but ter, nqp. two-thirds of aH cupful of Cottolene tlie new vegetable- shorten ing instead. It im- a proves your health, saves' n 3'our money a lesson in economy, too. Genuine is sold everywhere in tins, with trade marks "Cottolene" and steer's head i:i cotton-plant wreath on every tin. THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, St. Louis, Chicago, San Francisco. . . Hew York, Boston. voice absolved from guilt and cannot be punished, but his evidence can be used against his associates. This was the aim of the act of February 11, 1893, which was passed especially for the aid of the interstate commerce commis sion. This act of February 11 is wholly sustained and declared consti tutional by the decision. It was the real point at issue. SMALLPOX KflDKMIC. to the Both Bands and Leg Frozen. Colfax, Wash., March 4. Henry I pjfWinuuBmsiv just . been brought to the hospital. - Both of his hands and both limbs up to the knees are frozen, and will probably require amputation. . He was stricken blind while alone in the country and was unable to find help. He was prostrate many hours before discovered and is suffering greatly. He is 50 years old. : An Exciting Scene. Richmoxo, Va. March 4. Senator Flood entered the senate chamber this afternoon, and, walking up to Senator Flanagan, belabored him over the head with a cane, inflicting painful, but not dagerous wounds. Flood was arrested. The assault was provoked by the fact that Flanagan, a day or two ago, said on the floor that Flood . had falsified him. PAYMENT IS STOPPED. Another Injunction In the Branch Asylum Case. ; Salem Or., March 5. Another ob struction has been thrown in the way to prevent carrying out the act of the legislature providing for a branch in sane asylum to be located in Eastern Oregon, and appropriating $165,000 therefore. Injunction proceedings were instituted in circuit court depart ment No. 2 today by the state of Ore gon, upon the relation of James Mc Caine, district attorney for the third judicial district, vs. Phil Metschan, state treasurer, restraining him from paying a warrant, issued in 1894, in payment of land purchased as a site for the proposed branch building. The complaint alleges that the leg islative act authorizing the board of building commissioners to locate a site for a branch insane asylum in Eastern Oregon, and to purchase, in the name of the state not less than 320, or more than 640 acres of laud for such purpose, is in contravention of section 3 article 14 of the state constitution; that the board of building commis sioners, comprising the governor, sec- aetary of state and treasurer, has con tracted, in the name of the state, for a tract of about 600 acres of land in Union county, Eastern Oregon, more than 200 miles from the seat of govern ment: that in payment therefor the secretary of the state has, in contra vention of the state constitution, is sued a vnn-ant for $25,000, upon the defendant treasurer, who threatens and is about to pay the same out of the state treasury; that the money about to be paid is the money of the plaintiff, raised by taxation, and if its payment i permitted will be - contrary to- law and thereby yjost to plaintiff, and greatly increasing the burden of taxa tion. : '''" ". ''"'' - , - ' Upon these representations, Judge Hewitt granted an order restraining Treasurer Metschan from paying the warrant, or any part thereof, and the summons was served on Mr. . Met schan today. The warrant is num bered 9372, is for $25,000, and was is sued December 1, 1894. It was pre sented to the treasurer and indorsed, "Not paid for want of funds," about the same date, and has therefore drawn interest sice. " . AT HAVANA'S GATES. This Disease Adding Its Terrors Cuban War. New Yokk, March 5. A Washing ton dispatch says: Smallpox has been added to the hor rors existing in Cuba, according to a communication to Surgeon-Gen. Wy man, of the marine hospital service, from Dr. Caminero. In his report Dr. Caminero says: "A general order has been issued by the authorities to all the practicing physicians of the town . to report any case of smallpox presenting itself, for the purpose of sending any such case to a smallpox hospital, provided by the municipality outside of the city limits, but this measure will not prevent, in my judgment, the development of the terrible disease if it should further appear among us. ' "No quarantine is enforced upon the coasting steamers coming from the port of Manzanillo, where smallpox is epidemic, and most likely some passen gers will arrive with the disease in its period of incubation, which, later on, will develop into a more or less malig nant form of smallpox. Yellow fever seems stationary, and as the troops are now in active operation in the field, those taken with it are carried to the provisional hospitals established in the surrounding country." OREGON BAKERY AND A. KELLER, Prop'r. Am prepared to furnish families, hotels and restaurants with the chotoest Bread, Cakes and Pies. Fresh Oysters Served Every Style. in Second Street, next door to Dalles National Bank. The The Sun The first of American Newspapers. Charles A. Dana, Editor. The American Constitution, . - The American. Idea, t i -The American Spirit. These first, last, and all the time, forever. Daily, by mail $6.00 a year Daily and Sunday, by mail, $8.00 a year No Assessment in Fifteen Mouths. The following letter was received this morning by Mr. T. A. Hudson, from the supreme ledge of United Ar tisans: ' To the Master Artisan, officers and members of The Dalles Assemby No. 26, United Artisans, Greeting: We take pleasure in announcing that there will be no assessment for the month of March, and also call your at tention to the fact that this is the third lonth of the year 1896 without an as sessment, making 15 straight months without an assessment since we com menced active work in the organiza tion of the society. No other society in existence can boast of s ach a record. Yours Fraternally . ' . Francis I. McEenna, ; Supreme Master lrtlsan. Letters Advertised. . The following is the list of letters remaining in The Dalles postoffice uncalled for March 6, 1896. Per sons calling for these letters will please give the date on which they were advertised: Connell, Geo Clarke, Maude E Diveras, Mrs Jas Hindon, A J McGinnis, H, Blakeley, Pearl Curtis, Q A Cobb, L H Diston, Chas LeDuc, Jas McCauley, Dennis Mc Don aid, Meyer, J (not 107) Os bourne J K Swanson, L Waetz, O D . Waters, Juin ' J. A. Cross en P. Jno M. Maeeer Within Sight of the Cuban Capital. Gomes In the Heart of Matanras. BURLEIGH TRIUMPHS. Pacific ' The complaints of a tax-burdened people is becoming so universal that it would appear as if the members of the next legislature must pay some heed to them. The next legislature will offer a splendid opportunity for its members to make a name for them selves that . will secure them future favors from a grateful constituency. But the frailty of human nature that predominates in the make up of the average Oregon legislator is such that it is doubtful if many will take advant age of this opportunity. Col. James B. Eddy takes credit to himself for having saved considerable money to the farmers of Eastern Or egon, while serving as a member of the state railroad commission in caus ing a reduction of . freight rates on wheat. . But if the colonel would count .up the balance sheet he would learn that the useless railroad commission has cost the state much more than it has saved. If he would pose as a real friend of the people just now, while he is seeking the congressional nomina tion, he would resign and also advise his associates on the commission to do the same. t Tho Dalles has no particular grudge against the contractors and engineers at the Cascade Locks, as some seem to think. All that it has ever asked is that they perform the work they have agreed to in the cpecified time allotted in the contract. If by any reasonable interference they have been prevented in so doing, The Dalles is willing to excuse them, but if the delay in com pleting the locks was the result of job bery and connivance this city has a right to complain. -What this place wants is that the locks be opened be tween now and the season when the products of Eastern Oregon begin to move to market. Is Still Receiver for the Northern . Railroad. Seattle, Wash., March 4. In the federal court this morning Circuit Judge Gilbert handed down a decision. District Judge Hanford concurring, in which the application of the Farmers' Loan & Trust Company for the re moval of Andrew F. Burleieh, and the confirmation of Bigelow and McHenry, Judge Jenkins' appointees, was de nied. , The' court stated that Mr. Bur leigh would continue to act as riceiver for the Northern Pacific in this state, and in Oregon', Montana and Idaho. He will continue to receive $15,000 a year. ... . Judge Gilbert wrote the decision He takes the position that Justice Field's order, while - making Judge Jenkins' court the .court of pri mary jurisdiction, gave this court the right to do what was necessary to pro tect creditors and other affairs in the circuit. . To do that it is necessary that this court should have' a receiver who was under it and who would be responsible to it for his -acts. Justice Field's order never provided that the Jenkins' men should be con firmed as receivers. - Opposed to the War Talk. London, March 3. A Berlin dis patch to the Times says that before the budget committee of the reichstag Admiral Holman ' .deprecated the i-eckless agitation for a . big t navy, and declared all apprehensions of the dis solution of the reichstag growing out of this question were groundless. Covered With Snoir Pomona, March 4.-The rainfall since February 29 had been 3.17 inches making a total for the season of 8.39, This mornirg the valley is covered with snow for the first time since 1884, The branches of trees are bant under its weight. ' ' When Harrison Will be Harried. New York, March 3. Ex-President Harrison said to a Commercial AdvSr tiser reporter today that his marriage with Mrs. ' Dimmick will take place April 6, in St. Thomas church, this city, Rev. Dr. John Wesley Brown of ficiating. . .i , " Fire In Coal Mine. . BERLIN, March 4. Fire broke out in the Cleophas coal mine at Kattowitz Prussian Silesia. The bodies of 21 victims have already been recovered, but the fate of the miners entombed, numbering about 100, is still uncertain. HAS WEYLER RESIGNED. . A Rumor to That Effect Is Current. New York, March 3. A special to the Herald from Havana says: ' The startlirg rumor that General Weyler had resigned swept like wild fire through Havana, originating from an apparently worthy source. It was, however, promptly denied at the palace. When Martinez de Campos retired his reported resignation was also denied in Havana, in official circles, up to the last hour. A Portland Attorney In the Penitentiary Salem, Or., March 4. C. C. Thomp son, the Portland attorney convicted of larceny, and sentenced to one year's imprisonment, was received at the penitentiary todav. A New Atlantic Cable. Paris, March 3. The chamber of deputies today adopted the project for a new submarine telegraph line be tween France, the United States and the Antilles. ; . Npw York, March 5. A special from Havana says: Nobody has paid much attention to reports from the field lately. Wash-: ington and Madrid have been the sole centers of interest. Yet, within a few days, Gomez and - Maceo have achieved other successes in the face of strong opposing columns, which have made the world wonder how'it can be done : , . ' General .Weyler, apparently believ ing he had driven them to their stronghold j in the everglades of Cienaga de Seapata, has been hurry ing thousands of troops into Santa Clara by land and sea with one pur pose of hemming the enemy in at that point. General Pando, in command in Santa Clara, only awaited the ar rival of these troops to strike hard blows. But Gomez and Maceo hav ing left in the everglade's hospital all their wounded and ill, taken east from their raids in -the western provinces, strengtnenea tneir iorces witn new troops fresh from Puerto Principe and San Diego, and then, while the Span ish battalions were en route to catch them, they unexpectedly turned west again, slipping past all obstructions with only a few skirmishes. Now Gomez is in the heart . of Matanzas and Maceo is once more al most in the gates of the - capital. Trains have been fired on just beyond the city on the Matanzas road and Monday night there was a sharp skir mish only three miles beyond the suburb of Jesus del Monte, a settle ment to which Havana horse-cars and omnibuses make regular trips. There, was no official report cf the affair given out. The dispatches announce that the president and . his cabinet . are strongly opposed to the present recog nition of the belligerency of the Cuban insurgents. While the president and members of the cabinet personally feel the ' sympathy, common - to' all Americans, with the Cubans who are contending for self-government, they feel that in their official action they should not depart from the well-settled principles which were followed by former presidents and secretaries of state during prior insurrections in Cuba, j It may be well for the adminis tration to strictly adhere to former precedent, and advise caution in cases that might involve the nation in war, but this is a case which calls for more than pacific measures. Spain will never cease her butcheries in Cuba un til she either exhausts her resources, or is forced by some str onger nation to accord belligerent rights to Cuba ns- The Oregonian's Washington cor respondent states that "the manner in which the appropriation bills are be ing pushed through both houses of con gress indicates an early adjournment of congress. It is the intention of the republican leaders to have the appro priation bills all out of the way before the last of March, and when this is done there will be little need of con gress sitting, as It has become evident that nothing else can be done at this session of congress." Is it indeed pos sible that this congress, the one that promised to do so much to relieve the embarrassments of the treasury, can do nothing but pass appropriation bills? If this is true the natioi has not prof ited much by the landslides of '94 and '95. . - . . The special school election to be held next Monday is of more than passing importance to every resident of the city. The ' efficiency of the public schools depends upon who fill the dis trict offices. Incompetent men in these offices could do much damage, while competent men will continue to maintain the present exce Hence of The Dalles schools.. The Sunday Sun Is the greatest Sunday Newspaper in the world. ' By mail, $2 a year. . 5c a copy. Address The Sun, New York.' "Tie foolator Line" The Dalies, Portland and Astoria Navigation Co. ; THROUGH FHtailFasseiei.Liiie 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. , , i PASSENGER RATES 1 One way j ........12 00 Round trip 3 00 Freight Rates Reduced . Shipments for Portland received at any time, day or nig ht. Shipments for way landings must be delivered before m. Live stock shipments solio Call on or address, ill C HLLHlnlHY, General Agent - DALLES - OREGON. S p. ited. TH D W. VAUSE ' , HSocoew to P. KBKTT CO. SlflUPflpfr, -JPainfs, Dife flnb Artists' Material and Painters' Sup- plies. Agent for MASURY'S LIQUID PAINT.' All orders for painting, pap ering and kalsomlnlng promptly at tended to. . . I ' THE DALLES Cigar Factory SKCOD STREET ' OppodU tht Implement (WvdbooM FACTORY NO. 105. Cigars of the Best Brands manufac 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. a ttt x rntr ji. enw Mount Hood Sample Room THE DALLES, OR. It Leads Them A11.V The "Cyclone" Thresher. BeSt Kentucky Whisky F3CM lOrSVltlE." Very Best Key West Cigars and Best of Klnes. English Porter, Ale and Milwaukee . Beer always on hand. The Spokane Chronicle suggests that the democrats, republicans and popu lists,who believe in the free coinage of silver, unite their forces on election day the same as the free coinage men have done in the senate during the present ' session of congress, and be lieves if they should, they would carry the country with a whoop. Why should they wait until election day ? The financial question must be the Issue in the coming natidnal campaign; then why not the silver men in all the parties unite and bring out a purely silver ticket? If they should, the elec tion next fall would determine if a ma jority of American voters want free coinage. Blizzard In Kansas. Topeka, March 3. A severe bliz zard has been sweeping over Kansas for six hours. On the Rock Island's Colorado lines 12 inches of snow is re ported, and the storm is moving east at the rate of 40 miles an hour. Stock men say the storm will be severe on thousands of cattle on the plains, and grave-apprehensions are leit lor tne fruit crop, as the recent fortnight of warm spring weather has brought out the buds, and in Southern Kansas the leaves on trees have begun to make their appearance. , Dally Treasury Statement. Washington, March 3. Today's statement of the condition of the treas ury shows: . r Available cash balance $272,742,889 Gold reserve 124,662,003 A Sprinter In Politics. Ceeston, la., March 3. John V. Cram. Iowa's famous sprinter, has been elected city attorney of Bedford, Iowa. . Gold From the Virtue. Bakek City, Or., March 3. The Virtue mine today sent in $9000 in gold, the result of 23 days' run. The mine is showing up well. Another Bine Book. London, March 4. The St. James's Gazette publishes the forecast of the British blue book upon the Venezuelan situation, shortly to be issued. It con tains extracts from tie archives of Holland from the latter part of the 16th century to the second decade of the Maceo Reported Wounded. Havana, March. 4. A dispatch from Gulnes, province of Havana, says the insjrgent leaders, Maceo and Catillo, are wounded. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder World's Fair Highest Medal and Dipiecsa. BITS THE RAILWAYS BARD. A Decision That Puts IJfe Into the Inter state Commerce Act. Washington, March 5. One of the most Important decisions ever made by the supreme court has been handed down. It will put new life into the interstate commerce act and create a great sensation in railway circles. The power of the government to com pel witnesses to testify or to send them to jail is established by this decision. The decision is in favor of the gov ernment in the famous Brown case from Pittsburg. This is an interstate commerce case. Upon the decision rests the power of the government to regulate commerce. Heretofore the government has been unable to com pel witnesses to testify. Thus its at torneys were unable to secure evidence to enforce the laws regulating com merce. Hereafter any man, no matter who he is, can be compelled to testify, even if it incriminates himself. If he refuses he can be sent to jail for con tempt of court, to remain until he changes his mind. . ,A witness, however, -giving testi mony against himself is by his own If von buy a sew Thresher, Engine; v HORSE POWER -OR SAW MILL You of course want the best.t MAETZ & PUNDT. 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