. ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY ' A. DOUTHIT, Publisher. 8UBSCKIFTION KATES. , DAILY " . .. One Year, by iiul.t.."...... t Six Mnmh. 8.00 IhraeMoonths I-60 WEEKLY ' One Year, by mail.....; $1 SO Six nontlis. ' 75 All Subscriptions Payable In Advance. SATURDAY MARCH 14, 1896 ONLY A SUGGESTION. Those- wha iavor despaired ; 61 ' ever seeing the anal and locks atr the Cas- .- cadeS'completed by the" government', - begin to. believe tberS is"Virtu in self reliance, -aridieel justified Jo offering to relieve, the government of all re sponsibllity In the matter and assuming the task of finishing .the locks them- ; elves.', TKe government . engineers. estimate that it will require at least $40,000 to build masonry walls on both sides of the1 canal between the first and . i second locks.'" Since B over' three 'mil- lions 'of dollars have' already been ex pended on the work, -it would seem i that to ask for 'more 'money : to be -."squandered" on the big ditch would be unkind, hence" to avoid further ' looting the treasury, some of those who .are opposed to reckless expenditures - - of public funds, andre at the "same . time very anxious that-the locks , be ; operated before their great-grandsons . shall die of old age, suggest ' that the .voters: of The Dalles contribute fifty cents each, employ the supervisor of - the Cascade Locks road district to superintend the job, and , have , him rip-rap' those" walls. ''.Under his. super 'vision the work could .' be. done in a month", and the SA ty cent contribution from each of the thousand voters in the city wouldi" it is .believed, raise ample funds with which to prosecute the work.1 Possibly before this could be done,' if Would be necessary .to get : control of the locks put of the hands ,6f the war department and In order' to accomplish this, it is suggested that '. the engineers in the' department" be loaned to the Cuban patriots,' who" pan make' good use-of them'for a month, while the road supervisor is complet ing the job they have "been " wasting .'- their energies on for 1 the past fifteen ... or twenty years. -The- suggestion-' if carried. out- would -be"-a -favor- to ;the Cubans as well as to the - people of the f uland Empire who want free -navigation on the Coiumbi river. n Li "(!" -i. TRADE i ; WORTH' INVITING-' . - Notwithstanding the. business , men . of The Dalles Have been wide aw ake in the past in offering.. inducements . for outside trade', in the way of subscribing liberally "to funds fbr .building- roads into the interior,' and last fall donated $500 to the Rattlesnake . road,: leading into Sherman county, still they can in- . vest more money in. this line to advan tage. "Especially can this be done in ' constructing and , maintaining a goad. - road leading . intone central part of Sherman. ' The money that has . been subscribed to the Rattlesnake road, is sufficient . to make a fairly .-. good - thoroughfare Of ,.ltJQt,rnot.,Bneb.a - road as will insure all the wheat raised , south of -Wasco.' comin g to The DaUes.j Grass' Valley this year will produce - an immense wheat crop and a: large , wool clip, all pf which .woundl. find '.its way to The Dalles if t.he road to this place were as good as that leading to Rufus, which is the nearest .shipping point to Grass Valley, beingoiily thirty miles distant, while to" The Dalles it is thirty-seven miles. But to. .counter balance this difference in distance, the - higher prices to be obtained" herg are" sufficient-to-v induce j. the - farmers to travel seven miles father, if the roads were equal." On account of competing . transportation lines The Dalles will be . able thfe year"- to offer from three to four cents more a bushel for wheat and - from one to two cents a pound more for j- wool than Rufus. Besides this, Dalles ' merchants can and do offer greater in fuaements in the wayof -lowriees, forthe farmers', trade than any.,: other. merchants; lir -Eastern; Oregon',? S AlJ. -these items are inducements; for the ' farmers of central and southern' 1 Sber man county to bring their products to this market.. ":Ahd this is cernalnly worth;; exerting an effort to secure. The business men of The Dalles cannot afford to - allow a donation of a few hundred dollars , to be expendedon roads to stand between them and the prospect of securing the trade'-of one - of the richest agricultural districts of the state. They should not wait to be asked to contibute to such -a- fund,, but take it upon themselves to "see that the road "'leading into "central Sherman, county is put in the best possible con ' dition. "! By so doing' they will secure trade that Will amount to thousands bf dollars aninallyi and' will be perma nent. ,. 1. ' '"" ... - AGAINST TEE SPOILS, SYSTEM. In all parts of the country the revolt of the people against professional offi cialism and the spoils system, that has - prevailed so many years, is. general. Regardless' of ,'. party, the people" are awakening" to' the fact that public servants have, become their masters; that the result of: -their energies is being consumed to maintain a .lot of droans with whom self aggrandizement' is at all .times paramount;1 that, the people are being taxed to build up and pporc a class wno nave ous vuo object, to draw salaries regardless, of the' service' they . render,- And ,the means they adopt to accomplish this end are most questionable. - This sys tem has become so palpable that even the strictest partisan paoers' are enter ing a protestagalnst;,its .continuance in the parties with, which they affiliate. The ChicagoTimes-Herald, an. emir nent republican ' paper, in speaking of the methods of republican politicians in Chicago. -Illinois, says "professional - spoilsmen run the conventions, man age the primaries and frame tickets in flagrant defiance'' of - decent public opinion. .They parcel theofSoea among themselves. - xanner ciaims me gov ernorship-as if ft' were his personal property. - Herzt grabs at 'the state treasury, Lo rimer, Madden and Jamie son divide the spoils of Cook county among- them. - The whole gang com bine to turn out a member of congress in whose character and record they do not even attempt to pick a flaw, and to give his place to aman who is arraigned in the public prints "for 'conducting a' business demanding the attention of the Society for. the Suppression fit vice."-'--' - "T ' '';-- " ' ' :' ' ' ., JL BP AUK- OF HOPE.rA ,-,:,i: .-.-i-'i-'.;-;i';i"i:. ;;;," ;h?''.,..' ' The Oregon delegation in .congress is beginning to wake up to a realiza- tion of their duties in reference to the government improvements at-the Cas cades, and the activity they are begin ning to display gives grounds for a hope that some relief, in the way of an additional appropriation' for. the' com pletion and protection of the works at that place, may be bad at the present session. Mr. S. L. 'Brooks is in re ceipt of a letter from Congressman Ellis stating that the delegation will use every endeavor to secure an ap propriation, and that speedy action will be recommended, and the follow ing item appeared in Saturday's dis patches from Washington: . , w ' "Mitchell has been consulting with the war. department concerning an emergency appropriation for the Cas cade locks, to make the. locks secure so they can be early opened for navi gation. He will introduce a joint reso lution for such amount as ther,"war- de partment recommends, so that it may be Immediately adopted." X; JVith-j Senator Mitchells and Rep resentative Ellis exerting proper en ergy to secure an immediate appropria- ation, backed up by the petitions from tbe-different commercial organisations .of the cities along the Columbia,, there should be little delay in securing the monev with, which to prosecute the work. , Then if some of the customary J'red-tape" of the war department can be disposed of, and a contract awarded on business principles, with strict pro visions for the work being forced along with all possible expediency, tbere is at least a spark of hope that the locks mav be opened' for traffic by .ha-vest time. ,.. .. ... - - :" UNWORTHY OF CONFIDENCE The Oregonian, ln the nght it is making against the Frank-Lotan fac tion of the republican party in Mult nomah county, is making some revela tions ; of 'bartv "secrets" that are damaging to say the least, and show some of the questionable methods that were adopted at the last session of the legislature to prevent legislation. In telling how the Simon charter bill and 'some other "measures intended to cut down public expense were swamped, the Oregonian gives this version ' of the dishonest use of money: ' ' ' . ".'". '. " J "A corruption fund of $12,500, headed by Mayor. Frank," was . raised.. Every city official was required ;to pay one tenth "of t his' annual saiaiy .. inip. the 'potr.i This large sum was entrusted to the discretionary "care of Mr. . 'Jack' MathVwsV with" instructions to. go to Salem and' place it where it would do the most good. ", With that high sense of devotion to the public interest which has ever marked Mr. Matthew's course, he discharged , his . trust faithfully. AfosVshameful 'methods were . used to defeat the general desire jfor the .pas sage of these various measures of economy. . By .open "and systematic trading, skillful manipulation and.com- plicatiou with . other measures, and, ab6ve'"all,"by successful attempts upon Various persons who were susceptible 'to the influerice"6f money, all the bills except one were defeated." j i And so it is really true that "suc cessful attempts'- ; were " made - upon persons susceptible- to ; the influence of money1'? to :prevent-the passage'!of measures calculated to lessen the bur dens of taxation; - In plainer language, Mr;'-Matthews,1 according to this state-: men t, really went lnto; the legislative ; halls and bought votes.1-' iL For the past year the. Oregonian, and ( with nearly? otner repuoiican paper in ine state, naV'been. endeavoring " to'" lay1" 'ihe blamei:i6f--failure "to i1)ass'' economical laws and repeal extravagant ones u'pbn the senatorial contest-the dead lock that' continued until the last day of the session'.-''But now the Oregonian con fesses that it was the questionable' use' of money that prevented some, at least, of those economical measures from be coming laws. " , -. .., - . ... . . Admitting that this last confession of the Oregonian. is true, and it seems to be worthy of credence, , there were some men in the last legislature whose opinions could be warped by. the. use of money men who held financial griin in greater' esteem- man' tne pieages they, .made -' prior to election ; re . 1 1 J is humiliating to the people of the ; state to be forced to acknowledge that - such men have been! elevated to positions of honor, and' trust, -and . it- reflects' dis-; eredit: upon::theJvparty .that "stood sponsor . foro Jihose- legislators. ' c -The ' party that placed those m'en..in pomi- nation and guaranteed their, honesty was responsible for the disgrace thrust upon the state by 'their acts in the last legislature; but the - voters . or Oregon willbe'to blame if they ' again'plac'e.'ih .power ' th6se'"; who'' have' ' proven "' sb' -pliable to the influence ' of pelf,:: And. since political parties are no more than an assemblage of meh and' should be -held to strict accountability for 'the conduct of 'those whom' they -entrust .withi office, .the voters of the state can not support ; the legislative"" nominees of the' party to which' those purchase able lawmakers" belong' '.without en dorsing theirdisbonest acts. THE RECfoR D ' FOR ONE YEAR. L In spite of ,the' "ruinour effects" of the'-present .tariff law, evidence will present itself to prove that the; manu facturing,, industries, are &ot,. totally annihilated,, but in ..some lines ' are actually thriving New factories are going up in some places, improvements and enlarged, plants are , being put in In.. others, and there was actually a healthy increase in the number of fac tories during the past year in some of the very industries which, a few years, ago,, we , were told would -be totally ruined by a reduction of the tariff , on, the articles they produced. The Amerr lean Wool and Cotton: Reporter, finds that in J895 sqme 357 new woolen, and cotton mill enterprises were started, as against 263 in 1894 and 279 In 18V3, and the Boston Herald is informed, that approximately 100,000,000 pounds more wool was used by the mills of Massa chusetts , in 1895 than the normal amount consumed in a year. 1 Three :hundred and fifty-seven new woolen and cotton mills established in one year, and an increase of 100,000,000 pounds of wool consumed in a single state is not a bad showing. - It does not lndicate;that the. manufacturing industry in these lines' ha suffered se verely. And while; thig, increase in manufacturing plants has been going on. how havevtbe ' consumers', of the manufactured articles . been , aff ectert 2 .Was there- ever a time in the: history of America that woolen fand cotton fabrics wre furnished to ijj.e consumer at as low-"prices as they, are" today? Seventy million's of people. are being clothed cheaper than ever i before in thelr.lives.-r If one year of reduced tariff has been thus beneficial would it not be folly to inflict Increased , bur dens upon the people? -. Cbpgrecf mould serve the country better Jbj cutting down expenses - than by "increasing taxation. ' LIGHT BREAKING IN THE EAST The first gleams of returning dem ocratic daylight are beginning to break in the east, says the. Examiner. As usual Jt is the local elections that indicate the approaching change'. - In Pennsylvania, in :-twenty-one cities outside of Philadelphia, that have held elections within the past two weeks the republicans have carried eleven and the democrats ten. For a state that gave a republican plurality or 174,264 less than four months ago that is not bad. Pittsburg, which had a republican majority of 35,000, has just come within 2,000 votes of ing over to the democrats. In New York, while the democratic revival has not y3t reached startling proportions, many of the democratic towns lost in fie disasters of the past three years have been recovered and some, re publican strongholds have been cap tured. The election of Josiah Quincy as mayor of Boston proves that the lapse of the metropolis of New England from democracy' was only temporary. The republican bosses in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecti cut and other states are doing every thing in their power to make the people forget their resentment at demo cratic" misgovern ment, and in many cases they are succeeding to perfection. The republican " congress is - giving them efficient aid. ..- On a rough calcu lation it may be, estimated that every week - of--republican -.imbecility at Washington is worth about a hundred thousand votes for the democratic presidential ticket. . .The first conspicuous political, test of the year will come on the 1st of ApriL when Rhode Island" will hold a state election. The result of the spring election . in Rhode Island is always a trustworthy indication of the drift of feeling in the country at the . time. If the democrats succeed in cut ting down the republican : majority there . . to . normal proportions ..it will be reasonably certain that- the stress of hard times is over for the democracy, and that - the presidential election will be held at the polls and not in-the convention hall at St. Louis. A DESERVING ENTERPRISE The move inaugurated by the Colum bia Portage and Transportation . com pany . to remove the obstructions to navigation of . the . Upper . Columbia river, by building a portage road be tween The . Dalles and Celilo, is one that is deserving of encouragement and substantial aid. Such an enter prise, if put in operation,.-would, solve the problem of navigating the Colum bia river and would give the- farmers of the upper country all ; the ; ad vantages of an -open -river in a com paratively short space of time. :; True, a portage road can be only temporary, 1 as - more permanent Im provements; Either a boat railway or canal and locks, will sometime be con structed, but the date when- such- im provements will be commenced is un certain. -Even if the bill Senator Mitchell -has introduced, ' making an appropriation -' for : a - boat-railway, should become a law at this session of I; congress, -'it--will be : several years before it can be- completed. L A portage road,' however," can be con structed within six months-, "and placed in operation in time for -the handling of this year's ivheat crop.- If a portage road is to be constructed it is certainly preferable that it-be under the. man agement of a local company,-'composed of parties who -are -directly-'ihterested in maintaining it, than it should be- in the hands of a foreign company, hence the stock of the company that has just been incorporated ought to be 'readily subscribed by - the business men and farmers of this, Sherman and Gilliam counties. The saving on freight rates for handling this year's crop of wheat in Sherman and Gilliam counties would go far toward constructing ' the road,, and it is only a business proposition for the farmers in those counties to in terest themselves in the new - corpora tion.s Each and every one of them should take at least as much - stock' in the company as the difference in the co 3 1 of transportation of his -crop -will amount to,. . ... i WHERE, IX): THEY STAND ?. - Although the presidential campaign this fall must, to a great extent, hinge upon! the. financial question, this being a , year when, aspirants for the presi dency miisf'standup and be counted'? on the choice between a gold 'standard and the free coinage of silver, republi can candidates for the "presidency are loath " to" express' . their "vie ws, or tell where they. 'stand. The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette recently asked all the republican candidates by telegraph the following question; V " . ., ,-. .... "We respectfully request from you, in common with other republican can didates for the presidency, a clear definition by telegraph of your, posi tion oh the money question. , , . " Do you favor a decided expression by the republican party of the national convention?" ..; . ; Quay replies that the "unity of the party" must be preserved, and favors a plank '.'something like".-, the straddle of 1892. - Elkins also favors that equivo cation.. McKinley, Davis, Manderson, Allison, , Reed, Cullom - and Morton make no response whatever... The Com mercial Gazette tells these ; gentlemen that their silence will not satisfy voters on .either side, that voters ''will not be content with evasions." , and . that no man is a leader who. cannot' lead on this question." ' J .ads. with entire truth and pertinence: . , , .. .. ; ,. Mr. Whitney, declaring himself not to be a candidate for , the democratic nomination, says: - 'The , Iree silver policy is in my opinion fundamentally wrong and ylcfpiw.' , . This plain, straightforward declaration may make bim a candidate in spite of himself. What Is wanted on the republican side from those who,, are candidates is a declaration., equally plain, . equally frank." ..ii....f-if.,; v.. EFFECTIVE PROTECTION. t M ore speeches have been , delivered and , more , editorials written , in the past thirty years on the subject of pro tection to home industries and Ameri can labor than upon- any', other., one subiect. and it is certain that all this display of oratorical ; and - editorial ability has effected little,: at least so far as final determination of what manner of protection would be best for the. masses, is considered, : After all that has been said and written on this subject, and the trial that the system . of -: -protection ?! naa irom tariffs has been subjected to, it would seem that the Amsrioan people should by this time be able to uniewtaad fust what sort of protection their varied in dustries require, but such la not the case. The divergence of opinion. Is just as wide today as It was when the question of protection was first brought I up in congress. The scramble for ad vantage one way or the other, either by the manufacturer of producer, is just as great as it was the day the first tariff bill was Introduced. Hence it is that many ; belief e it an utter impos sibility to pass a tariff law that will af ford equitable protection to all,- or even a majority of the people. What is beneficial to one industry is detri mental to another, so about the only protective law that would deal justly with all, would be one fixing duties so high as to prohibit foreign commerce entirely, and cause the people to live and . trade exclusively among . themselves. But there is a simpler system of pro tection, which if adopted by the Ameri can people, would require no law to enforce, that would result in a most effective system of protection being thrown around every industry, and in a remarkably short space of time would cause America's commerce to be con fined almost exclusively to home mar kets. Had the people of America to day that patriotism possessed by the ."Boston Tea Party" when they de clared they would have nothing to do with foreign products and hove a cargo of tea into the sea, there would be no need of protection laws. Of course it would not be practicable to adopt this principle literally, for there are some articles which we require that we can not produce, but if the principle were more prevalent among the American people, that home products are good enough for home consumption, Ameri can manufacturing would be materially stimulated... -.: . . ; ..... There is too much of tendency to want something imported. .The idea seems to prevail among too many peo ple that dresses made in Paris, cloth ing made in Manchester, and in fact anything made abroad, is superior in quality and finish to the same class of articles produce at home. The result is that we send millions of dollars to foreign countries for articles that are really inferior to the same class pro duced at home, and by so doing we are keeping our manufacturing Enter prises down and depriving' our labor ers of employment. A true sense of patriotism would dictate that we con fine as nearly as possible our consump tions to home products; that ; we give preference to the home products when brought - in - competition - with for eign. If this spirit of patriotism prevailed among the American people, the cry of "protection to American in dustries" would soon cease,' for we would have a svstem of protection that would be perfectly effectual, and would possess the virtue of not being burden some.'1 r:' - y-- : ' :::.-., '!- ASSISTANCE ASSURED. The efforts put forth by The Dalles Commercial Club to secure additional appropriations for the completion and protection of the government works at the Cascades, are beginning to have good effect. Senator Mitchell has already introduced a resolution in com pliance with the requests of the club, mention -of which , was made in these columns, several days since, and Repre sentatives Ellis and Hermann have written to the officers of the club stat ing that each will co-operate with the other members of the Oregon delega tion at Washington to secure the de-1 sired, .legislation;" .-. They t assure the officers .of . the club that . the .matter shall .receive immediate -. attention. With the- , delegation thus, aroused to ! the needs of .the, occasion it is very probable. that the appropriation askei for'by the government , engineers will be granted by the present, session If this is done there is nothing to hinder the canal and locks being made "ready for traffic this year. ; ; t- i - " ; - - EDITORIA L NOTES, "f 1 : - It - is - presumptious for c Spain' to threaten ' war on the United States. If she challanges him to combat Uncle Sam should tell Spain to go off and lick Cuba and get a reputation before she tackles a heavy weight. ' - - - ; ; ' The diflerent factions in "congress remind one more of .two prizefighters than a "body of statesmen. : In their tactics their only": object- seems to be to. ; watch.- for;-an opening:.: whereby political advantage can be hadZ. .-!: Last Saturday Blackburn lacked only three votes of being elected .senator. This has given the sound-money dem ocrats and republican's such a fight that they are flocking to'' Carlisle," and 'ere the week is closed the dead-lock at Frankfort will likely be broken. ' '. x There Is encouragement for the cause of sound money In the democratic party when the first-county to hold caucuses In Alabama, and a "back district" county at that,' elects dele-, gates, from every precinct against free silver by' large majorities! " The cam paign of education received, some powerful aid from the course of prices laBt summer.' ,; -'-- ' - - :-"' - - '' The death of Senator Weissinger at Frankfort yesterday for a : time put a check upon the, senatorial, contest. in Kentucky, but it does ; by , no : means make Blackburn's chances of election any more certain, lor the time has come when the senatorial election no longer, depends upon- a . single . vote. Sound money democrats and republi cans are. more strongly united-than ever before, which is favorable to the election of .Carlisle. vv.i.,1. t:;. Mexico and the Central American states are only waiting -for the United States to formally recognize1 the bel ligerency of the -Cuban --insurgents, when they will follow. The sympathy of all America is with the Cubans, and whenever this government recognizes their belligerency it will virtually be declaring their - freedom, - for Spain cannot cope with the powers of the en. fire continent. : iim i: -vi. The question now occupying the' atr tention of the bouse ways and means committee is: reciprocity. - The com mittee bas voder consideration a num ber of bills relating to reciprocity and commercial treatise, A sort, of inr itiativa proceeding has been -adopted by the committee, and arrangements have been made for a series of hearings on the 'subject of reciprocity", during next week, to which some 50,000 mer chants and-manufactures -have -been invited. m-Ji-iT--. ii-J-u'M -rfLux-i The "signs of times"1 indicate that the nominees of the two old 'parties this year will be 1 William' McKinley for the -republicans;, and William C. Whitney for the democrats. "If these Dominations are made, the main issue of this' campaign between the republi can and democratic parties will be pro tection as fixed by the tariff law of 1890, for McKinley cannot become a candi date upon a platform that does not" en dorse j?Js tariff views. .And. with, this the Jssue the democrats snouia pe wllllntr to make the fight. .They ' won aiiit'HeltiiiIef1sm la W9i jan.d ."wJl . - . . lLl l.il ' " ' ' ' " '- ' 1 wia again ius imit ( . . -t - . V " . ..... .."..I. '. i '. ' V TELEGRAPHIC. 8AS FBANCISCO'S STRANGLES, v Another Women of the Town Murdered " . -5 ' ; Monday Night. - : i;-;. San Francisco, March 10. An other women of the town was strangled early this morning under -circumstances almost identical ' with two other murders that have taken place recently in the same locality. Early this morning a woman named Bertha Paradis, of 27 St. Mary's street, was found dead In her bed. When found she was half reclining on' the bed, her feet on the floor. She ' had been strangled, a handkerchief having been thrust down her throat. The room was in perfect order. Nothing had been disturbed apparently. The girl lay fully dressed on her bed.' No marks of violence were on the neck. She had apparently been seized, and a napkin, as well as a handkerchief, had been crowded down her throat. , The money on her was not touched, nor had there been any apparent effort to go through the bureau drawers or other places where money might be kept. To the hasty investigation of the police it seemed like a crime not actuated by the motive of robbery. The police believe they have gained a slight clew to the criminal. J. P. Myler, who is a waiter in the saloon on the corner, was summoned about 2 o'clock to take' drinks to Bertha Para dis' room. When he delivered the drinks he found two men in the woman's .room. .About 20 minutes later one of the men came into the sa loon. He was a blonde of medium height, and Myler is sure that he is employed on a gasoline launch on the waterfront. Two men have been arrested on sus picion of strangling the' woman. The police refuse to say who the men are or to give their names, but it is stated they were seen in the woman's house shortly before the murder was com mitted. . An autopsy showed .' the woman had been strangled to death. Another, woman of the same class was strangled in the same manner about a month ago, and the inhabi tants of Morton street and St.: Mary's place are in a state of terror as the. re sult. ."" ' ; ." . . ANTI-AMEttlCAN SENTIMENT. Local Newspaper Fanning the Flame at Barcelona. , . New York, March 10. A dispatch to the Herald from Barcelona says: The . anti-American sentiment here is increasing instead of abating. Lo cal newspapers are fanning the flame. They state that the United States can only put 40,000 men into the field, and that the American navy is but a trifle superior to the Spanish. f ' - -- Careful investigation' shows conclu sively that Spanish politics have had a big hand in the Barelona disturbance. Nearly - all the inhabitants here are Catalans, and the Catalans, almost to a man are republicans.-- They are hear tly opposed to the present government and are 'making demonstrate ns here against the United States with the di rect purpose of putting the ' govern ment in a hole -and possibly ' causing its overthrow.-. - There is absolutely no enthusiasm here over the Cuban" war. Whenever - thef- troops start for -Cuba they are not even given a oheer.- : no :Pemnrr;er.jrilel.ii ie el j.l'C I a SAtiEM,v March lO.--A demurrer to the order granted' by: Judge 'Hewitt, enjoining State Treasureri Metschau from paying a warrant of 825,000" that has 'beeniesued'by 'the-secretary-df state in payment oi a site purchased in Eastern Oregon for- a branch insane asylum,-was filed by J. C. Moreland, attorney for the board of building com missioners, today." A motion accom panying the demurrer asks that the in junction be dismissed for the reason that no sufficient bond has been filed and that the complaint Btates no cause of suit upon which it can issue and al leges no damages justifying an injunc tion. J' '' "L '-;'' ' y A Victim of Spanish Persecution. '. New Yoek, March IO.-t-A family of eight Cuban refugees were passengers on the steamer, Orizaba from Havana, which has just arrived at .quarantine. They were- penniless, and-the immi grant inspector "who discovered them had to take them to Ellis island. aThey are detained there liable to deporta tion. The head of the-family., is Gon- zalo Penay del Uados. - He bad. been a harness-maker at Matanzas for sixteen years. . He says he is a victim of Span ish, persecution,. ; His story has .won the sympathy of .all the officials on Ellis island.. J3eij03 ,.,.i0 6 ' - - ' ' Murder In' the First Degree. " s Seattle, March 10.William Carey, also known as -"'-'Liverpool," was con victed of murder in. the first degree In the superior court today,, for killing his klootchman, Lucy Williams last' Christmas, Jby beating .her. . to - death with an oar, . Carey is well connected in EngUnd, but left home for: the sea when;15 years . old, .. Since, coming .to Puget sound- in 1886 he has been , a isquawman. - His relatives . furnished money for his defense,, and .the. trial was attended, to by G. N.- Alexander, British vice-consul at Tacoma. : . 'lnsnrcrenta Routed. i HAyANA, March 10. Col. Samero, in command of the Spanish column operating against the insurgents, in the province .of Pinar. del. Bio,' cap tured the fortified position occupied by the enemy, after an hour's, fighting, during -which cannon, shots were ex changed. : The insurgents were dis persed . with , a, loss . of ,120 , killed and wounded, j The insurgent burned. the village : of Martinas, iu the -dis trict of Guines. ; ! - --"-'.Haas Heetln't; of Indians. ' j Pendleton," Or., March 10. A. big pjeetlng pf Umatilla Indians, squans and young men; was held' 6n the re- erve today to consider the cause of the death pf Dick Pond ahd Wamshaw." A propositiqn to invade the , Pendleton saloons was received - with wild ap plause. : Sixteen speeches . were - made by leading ludians. '. Some apprehenr sion is felt here by the saloon men who have been selling whiskey to Indians. j 'i-KINTCt'KF UCeiSLATCRB.'- -'-' S' Tbe Senate Unseats Two Republicans, and the House One Democrat. Frankfort, Kyn March 11. The house has unseated Kauffman, demo crat,; and the . senate- has. ..unseated James and Walters, republicans.- . ! When the joint assembly .convened Speaker . Planford issued . orders : .that only members or persons entitled .to the privileges of tbe floor be admitted. Bronston called attention- to the rule of the joint, assembly, and . made a point that the clerk of the senate is clerk of the joint assembly and shall call the" roll of the entire jolpt.s' 'embly..Th.. presiain'''pfBoer ruled It., ,t l.t, l ,V. !,, nrn,,l1 Aall I iuaw nus v-&v.-. & vi -v - -r . - " V- - : the roll of the house, while the clerk of the senate called the roll of the senate. Calling the roll then, began. The clerk in calling the names of the members of the senate omitted to call those of James and Walton. The clerk of the house ommitted the name of Kauffman, democrat. - Roll call showed 110 members present, with two pairs. The ballot for senator then be gun. The republicans refused to vote. The ballot resulted: Blackburn 54, Carlisle 10, Buckner 1. The chair de cided that as only 65 votes had been cast there vas no quorum; The as sembly adjourned at once. The repub licans of the senate made a mistake when they refused to vote on the ques tion of declaring Walton and Jame? ineligible to seats. Had the republi cans all voted 'no" it is claimed by many that the senators would not have been lesrallv unseated, as it requires a two-third vote to expel members. The opinion prevails that there will be no election because the republicans will refuse to vote from 'dav to day and thereby break a quorum. . ... . EXPERIMENTS IN GERMANY. What Later Developments of the X Rays Have Shown. Washington, March , 11. United States Consul-General Dekay, of Ber lin, has submitted to the state depart ment an interestiner report on later developments of the X rays, accom panied by a pamphlet in which Profes sor Roentgen, the discoverer, explains his researches. The consul-general's report gives many facts that have been discovered by the European experi menters in reerard to the rays which are unknown in the country. One of the most important applica tions of the rays has been made surgi cally. By placing' a subject to be ex amined before a screen faced -with a mixture of barium, platinum and cyan- ium, and allowing the rays from a tube enclosed in a dark cloth to traverse the body, the impression can be seen by the eye On the screen, which is ren dered fluorescent where the - rays fall uninterruptedly upon it, and the sur geon is consequently enabled to view the subject freely before the screen and examine the interior of the body for foreign substances or hurtful growths and distorted bones. THEEE NAMES . IN THREE M1NTTTIW Lightning Changes ln Matrimony Made by an Indiana Woman. . KOKOMA, Ind. March 11. A light ning matrimonial act was performed here 1 yesterday-, that -is .believed, to break the record.' The feat of chang ing her name three times in three min utes was successfully accomplished by Olive Smith. -At . 2:fi0 o'clock she went into court and obtained a divorce from Francis. M,- Trader; from. -there she repaired to the clerk's' office ou the floor below and secured license to marry-Joseph N- Tyler, and .before, the ink was dry on the divorce or license, Squire Loop performed the ceremony that, made her Mrs Tyler; f In the divorce ... her maiden' name of .' Smith was restored, leaving her three names in three minutes. W. T. Hoffman KUled" " !QBAT.TJIV- Or.-rMarchairTrA heavy printing press was being moved upstairs tn the postoffice building at 11 Al'Jii today, .when the' chain by '.which itxwas.Jbeing hoisted i broke.: ; .;Tbe press felL down the .entire flight' of stairs, struck ,-.W. T. Hoffman' and pinned him to the floor. He was re leased and Carried to the Hemphill house ttdd medical aid summoned. KHe was ladly mutilated, and suffered in tense agony until his death, which oc curred at 4 P; M. '-- - . .' Three other men, who were on the stairs blocking the press from below, narrowly escaped. The press, which weighed over a ton, was intended for a new populist' paper to be'- enited by Mr. Hoffman.,- It was badly damaged. ' ': :r r, The Deal Closed. ' Baker Crrxy-Or.,-March -12. The exploring syndicate of mines and min ing composed of Prebeb."'! capitalists, through. iUlocal'jrepresentatiye.,...E. L. .Gi.rouXj today olosed a, deal for. the Clark's " creek, placer, o wned by.' , the Hong Sing Mining Company. ..It ; was a ea8li.deaUthe - Chinese : receiving $15,000. The French ' syndicate has paid out in this section within the last few months over $100,000 for mining properties, and a number of other deals are "pending. " "'"" '""". ""w pd'-' lthoa Island Democrats. - Providence March II. The Rhode Island democratic , convention , today nominated the following candidates: Governor, George JUttlefield; . Jieuteq ant-governor, Augustus S.' Miller, sec retary of state, George L. Church; at. torney -general, Geo.'- L. :Br0wnj 'treas urer, John C, Perry; '''.' The i platform ..adopted ; . does -; not touch upon the national issues.- The convention to choose delegates to tbe national convention will be called after the state election, on April 1. :,', ' :':."'; ; .,,1 Bad State of Affairs. v; : Jefferson CittMo. March 11. The fund of $550,000 appropriated by the last legislature for criminal costs, was exhausted last' evening 'and before the next assembly meets " there will be a deficiency of more , than $250,000. The growth of - criminal costs of late has been -so enormous that it is only a question of a few yearsi unless the law's are changed, when it will threaten the entire revenue of the. state, .-' Lz 'l i ; Converted sad Pleaded OnUty. jj-.-J.. Albany, Or.j March 11. John and Marshal Fox, , and.. W. H. Poole, in dicted for burglary; I. W.HIyers and David Block, for larceny, pleaded guilty before Judge Burnett today Each was" -sentenced "to "two years1n the penitentiary, and all were taken, to Salem today by the sheriff.. The ""five men profess to h"avebeeh"cOnverted by the Salvation Army, and all had agreed to plead guilty. Teneznela Urged to Act. " -. New York, March 10. A dispatolj. from Caracas says the press of that city urges the Venezuela congress to follow the United States oongress and declare tbe Cuban Insurgents belliger ents. They : say It Is the duty of all ooutn American repUDiics to recog nize Cuba. ropnllst rrunarles In CmatUla. Pendleton: - Or-.Marohi 1 1. The campaign opened here today. Pop ulist primaries were held all" over ' the country to selet delegates to the county convention" here , MarcU , .18, j The leaders complain of lack of Interest In some of the precincts, and few votes were polled. - 1 - ' ri1 - I nuar vonniy uemocxmta. f- Baker City, March 11. The demo cratic county central committee this afternoon fixed March 25 as the date for the primaries, and April 6 for the MAtinfv AAnvant.Inn vumw wu,w-w.vm 5 !ff1 m mil J 2 RbnnM rpmemrjertorise onlv ! two-thirds as much Cotto- g lene as they formerly used of 2 lard or butter. With two- S S thirds the quantity they will e get better results at less cost o than it is possible to get with o lard or butter." When Cotto- lene is used for frying articles g that are to be immersed, a S bit of bread should be drop- S gped- into it to ascertain if it J Q is at the right heat. When j Sthe bread browns in half a! g minute the Cottolene is ready. 8 Never let Cottolene get hot) 5 enough to smoke. . " Thus Immhtibt P-wmi: Th ftylnK paivitioald C9 be oolil when le C9ttlcn It ut in. Cottolcn I 1 bcu t tb c -m n T point MODer man urn. i sp A HTif sputter when hub. A The Cottolene trade-marks ar "OoOatm" Z 0 and a tlrrr's head in eotlon-ptant wreath. SJ S THE N. K. FAiRBANK COMPANY. St Louis. a Ikkai, 8 rmnrtae Parthwd, OrrsM, O 2 e Yrt, B1. A S3SSCrCCS3CCS4$0909CtMa UNDER CONSTABULARY RULE. Twenty Extra Policemen on Dntjr at the : Capitol. Louisville, March 12: A special to the Post from Frankfort says: "The capital is under constabulary rule this morning. Mayor Julien , ordered about 20 extra policemen to remain on duty in the rotunda w:th instructions to keep" "the rotunda absolutely clear. This coursewas decided on" by the mayor after a consultation with the governor who said that if Frankfort was unable to afford police protection to the members he intended to do so if it took every state guard in Kentucky. Senators James and .Walton were in the house.. chambersready' to be on hand when the joint session began. ' 'When .; . the joint-assembly , met, Bronston asked that every one - be ex cluded from the floor of the house save the members" of the 7 join t'-assembly , and officers of the preaj. The republi cans refused to vote." Kdrington and Poor voted with the "democrats. The chair announced no-quorum. He was Still of the opinion that seventy mem bers constituted a quorum and would so rule, and in all ballots for senator 70 members must be voting to insure an election. The roll call showed 130 members present. The ballot resulted : Blackburn 52. Carlisle 12; Buckner 1. The republicans and; populist Poor refused to vote and thechair decided no election. The democrats says that if JO votes are required for a quorum there w.n be no election this session. " tilGAKTtC LUMBER TRUST. Its Formation In Ban Francisco Said to be TV;.. .s. U- AasnredL.T .r. -,-V .-,-3 ! San ' Francisco,- March J ;i2.-i-The" lumber dealers of this eity believe that they are on the eve of of tbe greatest commercial deals ever attempted on the coast, or, for : that. matter, iia the United Sta tea, .. After a year .of man ipulation and several defeats, they feel assured that the great lumber trust- is about to become an accomplished fact. They have done all in their power to keep their plans and movements a secret. With defeat staring them in the face, they allowed the public to be lieve that victory had been wonM The Central Lumber Company, which, was to have headquarters in this city, and was organized to control the wholesale and retail lumber industry of the en tire Pacific coast, has never gone into practical operation'.:: But at an impor tant meeting of its managers- held last night, facts, were presented to Indicate that on -the loth of! -this month! the gigantic trust much larger - than .at first - contemplated,11.'' and ----powerful enough to control the' entire trade- will begin business.' ' ; ; '" ;i -. ti :'- Is Not Yet Setlled." ) '. Washington, March 12.-It can' be stated postively, notwithstanding pub lications to tbe contrary, that no set tlement has as yet been reached pn the Venezuelan question, but, according to the best authority, matters ftre' pro ceedings fn such a fashion -as to s war rant the belief "that "there -will be -a satisfactory outcome. . '2' - At the present. It oahnot be stold whether the ultimate settlement of this question will be effected : as a re sult of direct 'negotiations between Great Britain and Venezuela," initiated through the medium of some mutually friendly power, , or as a conclusion of the : work', of .'our-i own-; Venezuelan boundary' commission. - But in' one way or another a peaceful' settlement is believed to be entirely probabe in the end, though the end still": may be far removed. -, c-i -, i, .-:,;.' r-- ? s Rich Find Reported on Paddy" Creek. " UNION, Or., March 12. A .rich find of placer ground is reported ' on Paddy creek, about" 25 milea east- of Union, in this county. The , discoverers are the Whitaker brothers, who have been prospecting tbere. . for a long time. There is plenty of wter-for; working the ground." - - -. ;. The recently i discovered fl placer ground along .; Eagle., creek, .in. .the eastern part of the county, will be jvorked -onan extensive., scale ..this year. ' Placer gold is found in paying quantities alongthe rim rock for three miles; t'd i L Tbe hydraulic piping for working another placer location on Goose creek has arrived on the ground. This mine is owned by the Morris brothers. c?. Woodbnra Toted For Bonds. Woqdbdrn, Or., March 12. A special municipal election was held here today to vote upon bonding tbe city for $10,000 to put in water works and an electric light plant. The pro ject carried by an overwhelming ma jority 188 votes yes and 39 no. A large number did not vote at all. Bids for the sale, pf the bonds will be advertised for at onee. Work wilicomme'nee im medtately after the sale of the bonds. The resultfrTves general satisfaction, and will enliven business, for. a time. at least. . n , i .', -t-, -.! I-..- KnsUsnmen In the Spanish Arm'jr. ; , 4. London, ; March ; 42.7rUnder : secre tary of the War Office Sir John Braderick, answering an inquiry today in the house of commons, said the war office had. uo news-of any English military efficera having , volunteered their "servL-es to Spain in caserof swar with the United States. Any officers i taking such a step would be liable to the penalties of the foreign enlist ment act. . -StUl Blotlng. Madrid, March YZ. At Corunna 200 students belonging to the univer sity joined in a parade yesterday. cheered for - Spain and burned the Amreican flag. The police succeeded in preventing the rioters from approaching the United States con sulate. ' ' " At Alicante, the mayor and police, while dispersing-a similar 'demonstra tion, were pelted with stones. " Some policemen sustained injuries. There is no likelihood that the pres ent congress will make much progress toward the settlement of the financial and tariff questions, and the celerity with which appropriation bills are be ing pushed through indicates an early adjournment. ' Those who have presl dential bees buzzing in "their bonnets are especially anxious that they should not be placed on record. And yet tbe republican press refers to the last as a do-nothing, incompetent congress. The republican politicians are howl ing themselves hoarse in. their effort to make the tariff question the principal one. in the . presidential " campaign. They are afraid' to handle that of finance, which the people are consider ing the most seriously.- - The latter are well aware of the fact . that under the present tariff they . are getting the necessities of life much cheaper than they' ever" did. They now pay "only $10 for a suit of clothes that formerly cost nearly $20. ' 3 -: The result of . yesterday's school election should be satisfactory to those who have the right conception of the free institutions vouchsafed by true American principles. Our public schools, and in fact all our political machinery are too sacred to be in trusted to either a secret society or any church denomination. " Churches and secret societies are right enough in their proper places, but their sphere is not to dictate who shall or shall not hold office or teach our children. - The St.' Louis Globe-Democrat es timates that the expenses of the two political conventions, for each of the two political parties, to be held in Missouri this year will cost $5,000,000, or $1,250,000 s each, and that the ex pense.of the Campaign in Jibe state will be another $5,000,000, making tl-.e election expenses for the year $10,000, 000. This it thinks is not extrava gance, Dor is iu money wasted. But it is more than eight dollars apiece for every inhabitant of the state, or about $40 for each lesral voter. ' - -,: " The candidacy of - Mathew: S- Quay iur tne premuency is oniy p&rtuieieu oy the announcement of Calvin 8. Brlce, that he would accept : the nomination on the democratic . ticket. VV hat a nice pair these two old reprobates .would be running for the highest office in the nation. For the republican and democratic parties respectively to nom inate them would virtually be giving the presidency over, to the- populists. Peffer, .SimpsonMrs.-Leese, or . even our. lamented Pen n oyer would be an easy winner against these two old mountebanks. The Wave, published at San' Fran cisco, advocates the- nomination of Senator Goo. C. Perkins, of California for the second place on the republican national ticket. Senator Perkins' has many admirable qualities to fit him for a.'republican nominee, j He has a big ''barrel," . Vhence -eould'-'. contrib- ute-iiberully to- the .-'campaign fund, and .'is- closely- associated i with? a numferlf '"bu'ee"' -"transportation cor porations, . which is "another ; fitting qualification; but he leans toward sil ver, and .that will, ruin Jiia chances. The Wave had as well cease waving his banner. :- -- -- - - - The republican party in Multnomah county is- in a- deplorable' condition. It is divided into two' factions,: with Joe Simon and hir following at the head of one", faction,? arrayed ' against Mayor Frank, District Attorney Hume, John Minto, James" Lotah and Jack Mathews.- With such leaders there js little to encourage the 'honest element in the party. Every '-on? iof'lhelead ers" on either "side" is a 'professional polIticIan7wh"61s"Tn poltic8for rev enue, and is as corrupt as Judas. There is an old saying however to the effect that "when thieves fall ont honest men may prosper ,H which affords a hope that Multnomah'county may not be turned over, bbdyand soul, to either of the opposing elements. .-.-.Afset of officers- mayJ be Chosen who 6w6 al legiance to. neither of these , factions. ' D W. VAUSE : (8aoowo- to P.JtBKFT k C0. Dei ler In 'fljinv !.. ,'-' Artists' Material and Painters' Sup- plies. Agent for MASURY'S LIQUID PAINT. ' Ali orders for painting, pap- ering and kalsomlnlng -promptly at- tendedtov: . f i vi ili J V; A-: A. 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General Banking Business Transacted.- i.':s-., it ;sJ iiia Sight Exchanges Sold on NErfTTOR? :ipilCAGd,ls.AN I FRAN-: t,:r J-OESOO AND PORTLAND. - --: BAKERY AND f 1 T l. --' Am prepared" to Turnlsirtamlllesr hotels -mad resUurants with toe choicest Broad. Cakes andPieis. Fresh Oysters - Served ", : Eyery Style. : '. " ' -::,-,- 'r-';h.y. ID. Second Steebt, , next door to Tpe .- Dalles Katlonal Banlr.-,,C HARRY LIEBE, AND. DtALEH pf , Clocks, ''-tfBSt ; BBPAIMO.EaiiXj,A- :-r. - .1 ,- j .'S -J rt r t t 162 Second Street,', uqxt door to A. a: wiiiiams a vjo.s. c- o : ff 'An the dalles, tj -L - oreoon - HENRY L KCCK, I Mm'fc"' Of and dsalsf la y MOT Harness.anrj Saddlery, Beoon OX.oesr Moods WankojsM, TBI DALLES, ! ! ORCOOX Work Gmajmateed ii - ra Wtasteettoa) p CownilallMaiiic OREGON -". - , -