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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.
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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.
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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."
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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..
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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.
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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
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