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SATURDAY. ...APRIL' 4, 1896
BUSINESS improving: :
Despite the efforts of calamity howl
era to retard business and prolong the
"panic" until after the November elec
tion, business is improving from Maine
to California and from Washington to
" Florida, and occasionally a paper,
even of the most pronounced calamity
howlinc nroclivitles.is forced to ac
knowledge this fact. The St. Louis
r Globe-Democrat, which has hitherto
declared that the country could not
nrosDer under democratic administra
tion, and would never thrive until the
republicans were re-i no tailed in every
branch of government, in its issue of
, March 24, said:
. "A steady improvement in treasury
conditions is kept up. Two weeks ago
yesterday the gold reserve was $125.
226,000, one week ago yesterday it was
. $126,046,000, and yesterday it was about
$128,000,000.. The small margin, about
$700,000, of shortage in governmental
Income as-compared with outgo in
February has led to a general opinion
that there' will be a slight surplus in
March, as well as in every month of
the fiscal year hereafter except April.
Imports of gold thus far since January
1 have exceeded exports $4,000,000,
while in the corresponding time in
every other year since 1890 the pre-
' ponderence has been on the other slue.
About $8,000,000 of the $111,000,000
'- principal and interest which the re
cent $100,000,000 4-per-cent bond sale
vlelded la still to be paid, which will
doubtless send the reserve up to $132,'
000.000 or $133,000,000. a level which
' has not been reached since 1891.
"A further decline has been made in
pig Iron production, the - Iron Ages
figures for March 1 being a weekly out
nut at that time of 189.583 tons. No
vember 1, 1895, the high-water mark,
217,306 tons a week, was touched,, and
the decline has been under way ever
since. However, the present output is
greater than that of any time in the
past except for the period beginning
with last October. Railroad earnings
' are still growing. Bradstreet's figures
for 126 roads and three-fourths of the
mileage of the country for February
showing a 13.7 per cent gain over the
same month in 1895, which, however,
was one day shorter than . the month
this year. This is the largest monthly
gain reported in three years except in
July. 1895. Bank clearances .are not
quite as favorable relatively, but these,
too, are encouraging. The clearances
of the eighty or ninety cities of the
country which make their reports pub
lie -were 2.4 per eent greater in the
past six days than in the same time in
1895," and touched a level not reached
at this time of the year before since
1893, just before the panic began.-'
behaving very handsomely. The man
ufacturers are the only men who go to
work with deliberation and care and
effectiveness to raise money for their
party friends. The manufacturers
raise their money by assessment. A
committee of manufacturers will meet
and decide how much money ought to
be raised, and whether it be $10,000 or
$1,000,000, they will levy an assess
ment, and in due time transfer the
money to the campaign managers.
The republican purty cannot afford
to "kill the goose that laid the golden
egg." It cannot afford to turn a deaf
ear to Mr. Dolan, when it is to him the
party looks for three-fourths of its
campaign fund, and unless some other
element can be found that will con
tribute as liberally for a sound money
platform, it will very likely acquiess
in his demands. With such pressure
as this brought to bear the republican
party finds itself in a decidedly bad
box. To ignore the demands of the
manufacturers, it loses the financial
contributions it has always enjoyed,
and is forced to seek contributions
from unaccustomed sources or go short
handed, which is impossible in the
conducting of a republican campaign.
To concede to the manufacturers' de
mand, it deprives itself of some of its
most prominent presidential candi
dates, and will alienate three-fourthn
of the gold standard men in the party.
The only course open for the party
seems to placate all by declaring for
protectior, and making . a grand
"straddle" in the money question.
WHAT IS RECIPROCITY?
SIL VER ' AND PROTECTION. ;
The leading manufacturers of Ponn
sylvania, New York and the New Eng
land .states, representing a combined
capital of $800,000,000, and 217 different
manufacturing concerns, recently held
a conference at Washington with the
free coinage silver republican senators.
The manufactures represented are
those which are affected by high pro
' tective duties, and the object of the
conference was to consolidate the in
terests of the manufacturers with those
of the silver miners of the west. At
this conference the manufacturers con
; vinced the silver senators that their in
terests were identical; that high tariffs
and the free coinage of silver went
hand in hand. They were unanimous
- in declaring that no amount of protec-
- tion would enable them to compete
with the manufacturers of the Orient
if. this country was kept on a single
gold standard basis. .The manufactur
ers pledged themselves to begin an ac
- tive agitation in favor of the unlimited
coinage of silver in all industrial cen
- ters of the eastern states, and to en
' deavor to compel the republican- na
,. Clonal convention to declare in favor of
the unlimited coinage of silver. In
fact, a compact was made between the
manufacturers and silverites whereby
their interests were to be pooled, and
a combined fight to be made for free
coinage and increased duties.
This combination, though compara-
tively innocent, has a meaning that is
significant. It means that the manu-
. facturers of the east, in their effort to
retain the grasp they hold upon the
American consumer.from the workings
of a discriminating tariff, are willing
to debase our currency by pandering to
i thejnfluince which the silver senators
are able to wield. Further it shows
that high protection and the free coin-
age of silver are twin issues; that a
system which raises the price of manu
factured articles can be applied in the
same manner to the output of the sil
ver mines. More than this, it shows
that concentrated wealth is to be used
- to influence legislation in two direc-
tions for an increase of tariff duties
and the free coinage of silver both of
which we believe are in opposition to
the interest of the masses.
It-does not particularly matter by
whom the reciprocity policy was orig
inated. The fact of principal impor
tance is that a lanre majority of
American people are in favor of its
restoration, and that this is sumcient
of itself to insure the defeat of the
democratic party next fall. St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
If the above statement of this most
persistent advocate of protection is
true, a large majority of the American
people are absolute free traders, for
reciprocity is nothing short of free
trade on. a limited scale, without
extending to the consumer the benefits
of low prices arising from competition.
Whenever reciprocal relations were
established between the United States
and any other government, it was an
agreement that the products of that
country should be admitted into our
ports free of duty; it was free trade,
pure and simple, with that particular
government, nothing less. And it
was free trade of the most vicious
and unjust nature, for it enabled the
importer from that particular country
all the advantages of importing free of
duty, while it threw around him all
the benefits of a protected market.
It is argued for reciprocity that it
opened the markets of the world to
our products, but if carried to any ex
tent it would result in the opening of
our ports to the products of the world,
which is nothing but free trale, taken
in broken doses, hence the ultimate
of reciprocity is. absolute free trade
with all nations. ' It is a convenient
hobby for campaign purposes, and the
desire of a majority of the American
people for it may, as the Globe-Democrat
says, result in the defeat of the
democratic party next fall, butif it
does, it will be because the American
people are free traders. - Protection
ists who are honest in their convic
tions, who waut protection for any
other means than to fill the pockets of
a favored few that will be able to take
advantage of the workings of recip
rocity in its incipiency, before it be
comes a universal thing, will never
fault the democratic party, for the part
it has taken with reference to the recip
rocal laws. .
AN OBJECT LESSON.
A STRONG TICKET. '
The ticket nominated by the repub
lican party of Wasco county is gener
ally considered a strong one, composed
of representative citizens, men who,
Dy long residence in the county, and
by services rendered both as citizens
and partisans, have won sufficient fol
lowing to entitle them to the honors
conferred upon them. Whether the
republican convention could or could
not have made wiser selections is not
our province to say. Some of the nomi
nees are eminently qualified for .the
positions to which they aspire, and if
elected will no doubt serve the people
to the best of their ability; hut whether
these nominees will prove acceptable
to the voters of Wasco county remains
to be seen. There is an acknowledged
republican majority of from 200 to 300
in Wasco county, and if party lines are
closely drawn, the ticket nominated by
the republican convention last Satur
day willjbe successful on election day.
But happily the voters of Wasco
county are not so wedded to party ties
that they will blindly support the nomi
nees of their party when more compe
tent men are placed in nomination by
an opposing party. The republican
party has undoubtedly done well in
naming a ticket, but there are plenty
of men in the county who are more
capable of serving the people as public
servants than tbpse named last Satur
day, and if such are nominated by the
democrats on April 7th, they will be
the future officers of Wasco county, -
THE BEST PROTECTION.
r ' IN A BAD 01, -
The threat of the Manufacturers'
Club of Philadelphia, who recently had
a conference with the silver senators,
that unless the St. Louis' convention
declared for the free coinage of silver,
' the manufacturers will withdraw their
financial support from the republican
party, and join with the silver men in
' nominating an independent ticket, is
one which the republicans as a party
cannot afford to heed; for no class
of men understand' better than the re
publican leaders -the power of the
manufacturers and what their contri
butions mean in 'a presidential cam
paign. - Senator Tom Carter, of Mon
tana, the chairman of the republican
national committee, is authority for
the statement that Mr. Dolan, the pres
. ldent of the Manufacturers' Club of
Philadelphia, and one of the leaders of
the new combination ' between; the
manufacturers and the free coinage
men, furnished more than -75 per cent
of the republican campaign fund in
1892. Mr. Carter says that the bank
I ers, the .railroad men, the merchants
and private capitalists are poor con
tributors to campaign funds. If one of
these gentlemen gives Eia check for
$100 to the campaign committee, he
will think be is doing very well and
The final tests on 1.100 tons of Penn
sylvania steel for Russian warships
are being made at the Indian Head
proving-8tation; 1)1,000 tons of Penn
sylvania steel rails are being man
ufactured for the Japanese govern
ment, and a London cablegram an
nounces heavy purchases of Alabama
pig-iron for the English market.
These events occur under a tariff
which reduced the McKinley rate on
pig-iron 40 per cent and on steel rails
41.6 per cent. They show conclusively
that the Wilson, bill rate of 20 per
cent, against which the manufacturers
made such a stubborn fight in the
senate, was a great deal more protec
tion than they really bad occasion for.
Indeed it is evident that what they
needed was not protection but enter
prise. They are showing under a
lower tariff not only that they can take
away England's market in Japan and
invade the "home market" of Russia,
but can actually sell Alabama iron in
the English market in. competition
with English manufacturers, after pay
ing heavy freight charges by rail and
ocean. English ironmongers are al
ready declaring this a threat of serious
trouble, and they may soon be demand
ing protection against the "pauper
labor" of Alabama and Pennsylvania.
' The control of the world's iron trade
is within our grasp, and it is being de
monstrated that, under low tariff, hinh
tariff- or no tariff at all, success de
pends .first and last on intelligence
and energy. . American' enterprise is
the beat protaotion for American In
dustries. New York World.
The location of The Dalles, practi
cally ut the head of navigation on the
Columbia river, should give it prece
dence over all other places in Eastern
Oi"egon as a shipping point, especially
for wool and wheat, but Pendleton is
developing into a most formidable
competitor in handling wool, simply
by overcoming the disadvantages
under which it is placed in the way of
1 ication, and will this year probably
nandle as much, or possibly more wool
fian will -The Dilles. The reason of
this is fully explained by the follow
ins interview had by an Eist Oregon
iin reporter with T. E. Fell, manager
of the Pendleton Wool Scouring &
Packing Company:
"Why is it that large amounts of
wool are shipped to Pendleton each
year, from Elgin, Baker City, Hunt
ington and Heppner?
"Simply for the reason that we can
pi ice wool on the eastern market, or
deliver to mills direct from here, in
cluding freight from the points named
1 Pendleton, cheaper than it can be
s lipped direct from any other place in
the state.
"Do you mean you can ship wool
from Pendliton east, at a lower rate
of freiht than from The Dalles where
fie? have water competition?"
"We cannot ship at a lower rate per
hundred pounds, but we incur a lower
freight bill against the actual amount
of wool shipped."
"How do you explain this?"
"Well, take for instance the ship
ment of 1,000 pounds of grease wool,
shrinking 70 per cent. The tariff rate
from The Dalles to Boston is $1.25 per
100 pounds in bales. . This makes the
cost $12.50 on the thousand pounds.
All eastern scouring mills charge the
same as we do for scouring, which is
one cent per pound, this is $10 more
against the wool, making a total of
$2.50.
"Now figure a shipment from any of
fie above named points via Pendleton.
The local rate is 25 certs per 100 pounds,
or $2.50 per 1000. Scouring, 1000 pounds
$10, this makes $12.50 charged against
the wool here. Now reduce the weight
of the shipment by scouring but seven
hundred pounds of grease and dirt so,
instead of having to ship a gross weight
of 1000 pounds, we ship but 300 pounds
of dean wool, upon which the freight
from Pendleton to Boston is $2.50 per
100 pounds or $7 50 for the lot. Now
arid up, two-fifty, ten and seven-fifty,
this makes $20, the total cost against
the shipment, or $2.50 less than the
tiriff tate from The Dalles.. These
may be taken as correct figures. If
the, tariff is cut from The Dalles, by
water competition, below the present
low figure, the railroads will promptly
meet it by a proportionate reduction
here.
The cost of scouring need not enter
into relative calculations, as the wool
has to be scoured before using, and
the cost is the same east or west.
"I then understand that the freight
expense on a shipment of a thousand
pounds from Baker City to Boston via
Pendleton, scoured in transit, is just
one cent per pound, if the wool is a
sort which shrinks 70 per cent. Now
what would it be if shipped directly
from there in sacks?"
"One dollar and ninety cents per 100
is tariff, nearly double the cost in
curred on wools we handle. As many
wools shrink . over 70 per, we save
fully a cent per pound by scouring the
aveaage. On light wool shrinking say
66 per cent we would save 80 cents per
100 pounds on grease weight. You
may- say we have water competition
here, that is, soap and water."
This is an object lesson from wticV
Th ' Dalles may well profit. Were
there a scouring plant established here,
there is no reason why every pound of
wol raised in Gilliam, Sherman,
Grant and Crook counties and a large
amount of that produced in Lake and
Klamath should not come to this mar
ket, as welf as all of the wool produced
within a radius of one hundred miles
to the north in the state of Washing
ton. The market where the best p ices
prevail is the one which the producer
will seek, therefore if The Dalles is to
rdmiin the great wool market of Ore
gon, something more than cheap trans
portation ' rates must be offered. A
wool scouring plant is one of the ne
cessities. It is an industry that must
be established in order to hold the
tirade of the surrounding country.
and commissions should be abolished."
These declarations are good: they
have the right kind of ring about tht-m,
and ould no doubt c.ttch t e unwary
voter, were it- not that the further a.'t
of the convention in nominating
Gurdane and Davis, both of whom
were members of the last legislature,
was so inconsistent with these demands
for economy.
Two years ago Messrs. Gurdane and
Davis were elected to the legislature
on just this kind of a platform, as was
every other republican inemberin that
body. W hat effect the declarations of
the platform had on the acts of these
men is best told by the records of the
last session. Nothinsr could be more
inconsistent for a party than to di
nounce the official acts of members of
the last legu-lature, and then renomin
ate men who served in that body.
TELEGRAPHIC.
EDIIORIAL NOTES.
POUTLAND POLITICS.
. The republican primacies held in
Portl.tnd yesterday were a disgrace to
the free institutions of this country,
and the methods adopted were a veri
fication of the oft-repeated statement
that there is as much corruption in
fortiand politics as there is in any
place on earth. The Oregon lan made
this editorial comment, which is no
doubt justified, since both factions in
the party are capable pf stooping to
anything to carry the day: -
"Few of the republican citizens of
Portland had opportunity to vote.
They were crowded out by gangs of
hoboes, hired under the direction of
the able managers of the ring, and
protected by the police. . But a very
small number of even the few actual
citizens that jrere favorable to the
ring got to vote; the imported and
hired rabble held possession, -and the
police were at work incessantly shov-
1 lg in gangj at the head of the line, so
as to be sure of every vote. On the
West side, north of Washington street,
not a per cent ot the Known re-
ublican citizens voted. South of
Washington the outrage was not so
extreme, for want of imported and
hired material; but gangs that bad
been put through under police protec
tion in the northern wards were mar
shaled for like service in the southern,
and put through under police protec
tion as fast as it could be accomplished
Not one-third of the republican citi
zens of Portland cast their ballots at
the primaries yesterday, for the oppor
tunity was denied them. ' On the 'East
Side the work was of the same kind,
though varied somewhat, for it in
cluded the arrest of judges and the
seizure of ballot-boxes by the police,
on the trrouud that men known not to
have the right to vote had been shut
out. Thus, the police had been in
structed to assume that the statutes
made them the judges of the election,
and they acted accordingly."
The Mail and Express is surprised
ti find that "a greater quantity of
steel is used annually in the pen mak
ing business than all the gun and
sword manufactories in tbe world."
Quite likely. Nearly all modern wars
are fought with little. steel pens.
The sentiment in favor of the elec
tion of senators by a direct vote of the
people has grown very rapidly in the
lan few months, and a proposition of
that kind would probably receive a
majority of the popular vote in every
state as the case now stands.
The mule that worked the treadmill
of the old-fashioned threshing machine
developed energy without enthusiasm
and locomotion, without progress. On
these points, if not on others, he
greatly resembled the United States
senate in its zeal for the cause of Cuba.
The Oregonian declares that the re
publican party must assert itself for a
gold standard or be beaten. Other
smaller party organs are as confident
that it must declare for free silver at
the ratio of 16 to 1 or it is gone. And
thus is the position of the republican
party on the money question defined.
Where is the party at anyway ?
Manitoba shows signs of a determi
nation to secede from the Dominion
and take its place as a crown colony,
rather than submit to the e-choo' legis
lation which the Canadian government
seeks to impose upon it. A further
step would be to rap on the front door
of the United States and invite ad
mission. The republican county convention
last Saturday adjourned without adopt
ing any platform A very wise thing
to do. for they could have said nothing
unless it would have been to condemn
the last state legislature and the pres
ent congress, and this would bave been
entirely out of place, since there are
both legislators and congressmen to
elect at tbe coming election.
A position on the state board of
railroad commission does not satisfy
the longings of Col. Jim Eddy. He
wants the nomination for congress,
and wants it bad. Eddy has fed at the
public crib so long, and has bad so
many favors at the hands of his party,
that he begins to look upon office' as
his legitimate pray. He is a fair sam
ple of that class of drone known as
professional politicians.
A heroic bronze statue of General
Grant is being constructed at Chico
pee, Mass. The Union League Club,
of Providence, has ordered the statue,
which it will place in front of its club
house. Tbe total cost will be about
$30,000 when constructed. The piece.
will be thirty-two feet high, and will
have a pedestal of Quincy granite.
The figure of General Grant will be
about sixteen feet high. '
A sample of economy that is exer
cised in the management of state af
fairs is exhibited at Salem. It costs
only $4,000 a year to light tbe whole city
of Salem, while the state pays nearly
$25,000 a year for lighting the insane
asylum,' penitentiary and other state
instiutions in the capital city. If this
is economy, we need a bit of extrava
gance in cutting off the official beads
of those who saddled this expense on
the state.
The Portland Oregonian pointedly
asks this question: "What members
of the legislature last session took tbe
Frank-Hume Minto boodle and voted
against the bills for reduction of offices,
salaries, emoluments and taxes in
Multnomah? Will the people of
Marion, Washington,' Lane, Umatilla
and other counties inquire?" Do the
representatives and senators in the
legislature from this county desire to
answer this question?
The democratic primaries to be held
next Saturday should exercise the
precaution to elect as delegates only
residents of Oregon. We can certainly
attend to the duties of nominating a
ticket and electing delegates to the
state convention without the assistance
of residents of other states. It is nut
necessary that the advice of residents
of California, or any other state for
that matter, . should be asked for in
chosing a ticket for Oregonians to
support. Let's have "home rule" if
nothing else.
Tbe American Economist, one of the
most unreasonable and inconsistent
advocates of the McKinley tariff, sheds
great crocodile tears because, tbe re
peal of that law has closed the Angoria
woolen mills that employed 400 opera
tives, and -parades this incident as a
plea for the re-enactment of that law.
It would bave the 70,000,000 people of
America taxed 40- per cent on the
woolens they v ear in order to give
these ' 400 operatives employment.!
What rot! It would be cheaper to put
these 400 operatives on the pension
list.
A webfoot exchange announces it
has no preference as to whom its party
shall nominate for office, but when the
ticket is named it . will support the
same from top to bottom. . Sucb a
paper has no place in journalism. It
is a party organ of the most dangerous
sort, and it is the existence of just
such organs that encourages corrup
tion in political parties. Whenever
aspirants for office are assured of tbe
support of party organs, regardless of
their competency, honesty or integrity,
bad and designing mer will manipulate
conventions to secure nominations,
and as a result incompetent and dis
honest men are elevated to office.
. POLITICO I. FORTit AsTS.
Ciarkson Brllevrs Allison Will be 1st ml
natsJ. St. Louis, March 31. James S.
Ciarkson says: "Nobody will etiUr
tbe convention with votes enough ly
about 100 to 150 to nominate him on
the first, second, third, fourth, fifth,
sixth, seventh, eiylit, ninth or tenth
ballot. The nominee, therefore, will
be a second choice man. MeKinlty
leads in the matter of instructions ant
will bold this lead. AllUon is second
choice and will gain in strength right
along. I therefore predict Allison's
nomination. I bave just returned
from a trip through the west and the
people of the Pacific coast and western
states are discussing the great hsue.
that of money and not men. They will
send to St. Louis in June eight or
nin delegates instructed solely f r
.-ilver without reference to the views
of any man on this great question."
J. H. Morley was more reticent when
his attention whs called to the latest
estimate of McKinley 's strength in
which figures were given showing that
he would receive 355 votes on the first
ballot out of 375 delegates elected up
to Saturday night. He studied the
figures tor a longtime ana then salt::
"This only shows that they are i-tili
claiming. They can claim all they
want, what we want and are going to
have is votes."
Senator Carter, chairman of the re
pu oilcan national Commitee, was
asked: "Is it true that you have dis
cerned- the premonitory rumbling of
a boom for Don Cameron in tt.e
Northwest?"
it is more than a premonitory
rumbling, .It's roaring, I believe be
will get the votes, not onlv of Mon
tana and other northwestern states,
but that the voles of the west, gener
ally, will come to him naturally."
SLOWLY 8TR.4XULED.
Slckenlne; Spectacle si itnesscd at Havana
Executions.
Havana, March 31. Never in mod
ern times has there been a mora sick
ening spectacle than that whiih today
attended the public execution of the
five Cubans, condemned to death by
the gai-rote, . "as .murderers, violators
and incendiaries." The troops were
drawn up in a hollow square and in the
middle were placed a chair and post.
Ruise. the public executioner, bad
deputized bis assistants to conduct the
affair. Tbe condemned men were
brought into the square to meet their
fate. One bad confessed his guilt and
affirmed tbe innocence of all the
others, who also protested they were,
guiltless. ' ' -
Tbe first man took his seat in the
chair calmly, the iron collar was fixed
about bis neck and thn cap was drawn
over his face. The executioner under
took to apply the screw, but was so
excited that his hand slipped repeated
ly. The victim died by slow strangula
tion, emitting the most distressit g
cries.
- The second execution was accom
plished with even more distressing
awkwardness, the executioner being
on the verge of collapse. .
- The protests of the .officers and
priests forced Ruise to undertake the
third execution, but he did little bet
ter than dis assistant had done. Ruise
then literally fled from his post, leav
ing his assistants to puttodetth the
fifth unfortunate Cuban, who suffered
the same agonizing experiences as his
fellows. ' '
and t' at ihey are so horrible as to 1 e
beyond comprehension.
Scuorvjnes.ua., .v.io represents the
Culiau party in Washiugt ti. said s ch
incidents as tbe one report d today
only gave a vague idea of the rign of
terror iu t.ie island.
.- ... Monthly Treannr; Statement.
Washington. March 31. The forth
coming -monthly treasury statement
will show the . receipts during the
month to bave been $26,041,149. as
follows: Customs, $13,344,215; internal
revenue, $11,546,264; miscellaneous,
$1,160,663.
For the nine months of tbe fiscal
year the receipts were substantially as
follows; Customs, $126.ri66,299; inter
nal revenue. $110,404,143; miscellan
eous, SIo,23!),3!)(j;, making a total of
$250,609,840. The deficit of the pres
ent month will be about $1,300,000, and
for the nine months, $18,819,708.
Grows Darker livery Day.
Capetown, March 31. It is diffi
cult to obtain accurate information re
garding the progress of rebellion of
the natives in Matabeleland. Tbe au
thorities are withholding all informa
tion possible, as it would be made use
of by ihe enemies of British rulership
in Africa. It is not denied, however,
that the situation' becomes darker
every day, and a very strong force will
be necessary to restore order.
Sliver In a Chicago Well.
West Chicago, . 111. . March 31
Among the .. derbis taken from the
artesian well this morning Alderman
Cary found a fine specimen of silver
ore. It was given an acid test by
Clyde Smiley, who thinks it genuine.
If it bad been paraette the acid would
have turned it brown. - Tbe find is
causing no little excitement, and tbe
well's output will be closely watched,
l.NSmiH KILLED.
Tbe Tragedy Which Ocean ed Near Butte
Tllle. WOODBUEN, Or., April 1. James I.
Dt z i-r, a farmer, shot and kill d
Fra .k Ke.lly yester.lay morning oi
t e farm of A. E. Larrque, near Butte-vill.-,
the farm boing lea.-ed by Dozier.
I nmed lately nfiar the shoeing
Dazier went to Aurora and trave him
self up to the constable. At the coro
ne -'s inquest in the afternoon Dozier
t .-titied that Kelly had interfered v.ith
hs business and threatened bis life u i
tii it was unbearable; tbat he had
taken tbe horses out of his barn, trans
ferred his bogs from one field to un
other, ch.ised his boy around the place
with a pitchfork and had done all sorts
of deyiluient.
Dozier said that yesterday morning
K :lly came through his yard ana se-e-i
ig hiin commenced to abuse bim.
Do.u-r ordered bun off the place, and
tul i him be must let his busine-s and
family alone. Kelly rep el tl at he
wo .la do as he pleased, auu, with an
oa-.h, told Dozier he would do him up,
at t to same time putting his band to
his pocket as if to draw a revolver.
Dozijr, thinking his life vras in danger,
firjd, the ball hitting Kelly in the
breast, killintrhim almost instantly.
A number of witnesses corroborated
Dozier's story regarding the threats
ma le against tiU life by Kelly, and the
jury, after a few minuteo' deliberation,
returned a verdict that the shooting
had been done in self-defense. The
verdict gave general satisfaction to
Dozier's neighbors, who regard him as
a quiet, reputable citizen.
CASSALA attacked.
The Italian Garrson Besieged by Ier-vlstM-rs.
Rome. April 1. A dispatch from
Massowah today announces that ad
vises had b sen received that the der
vishes has fired upon the outer works
of Cassala with two cannons March 25;
Tbe Italians replied without results.
Saturday Major Hidalgo, in com
mand of Italian forces at Cassala, sent
the following dispatch: .
"Since 6 we have been fighting
against masses of the enemy, who Lave
taken up a position on Mount Macran.
Up to now we bave had one man
killed and four wounded."
Colonel Stevani, who is hastening to
the relief of Cassala with troops, sent
instrutions to Major Hidalgo not to
engage the enemy in battle until the
arrival of reinforcements. .
Advices received from the west
state tbat tbe dervishes have estab
lished a vast camp at Tucruf, where
th y are digging - wells. King Mene
1 -k is returning southward.- It is be
lieved this movement is owing to the
lack of provisions.
A 'radical resolution.
Tt Is Introduced bf Call la The Senate.
Washington, April' l. Senator
Call, of Florida, offered a radical Cuban
joint resolution today, directing the
sending of an adequate naval force to
Cuba to put an end to the barbarities,
and to protect American citizens in
their treaty rights. The president is
instructed to notify Spain that tbe
United States will forcibly intervene
unless 'murder and , other ' outrages
cease.
The resolution went over.
Butler introduced a bill .requiring
the acceptance of current legal tender
funds in the payment of notes,' bonds
or private obligations. The senator
explained the purpose of the measure
was to put a stop to gold notes, gold
mortgages, etc.,' which were being
wrung -from the people, owing to the
financial distress.' Both old parties,
said the senator, favored this plan in
their platforms, and this bill proposed
to make party p-omise3 good by law.
local branch of the Junior Order c
American Mechanics, and was it is r
ported, short in his uceoui.ts to t!
amount of $80. After his departur
from the city, a few weeks ao, Top
ing's books were examined, the shot -age
discovered, and it was rummc
that the lodge would takesiep9 tohayi
him brought back to answer to a chaiv
of embezzlement.
The shooting occurred in the rr si
denceof William Dench, who advar.ee.
capital to Topping for the purpose o
eslab.ishing bim in the furniture ba
nes. Mr. Dench said tot:ight th-tr
Topping and he had teen discussin;
business matters quietly, when Topi
ing suddenly drew a pistol. Dencl
ibiuktng he was to be the victim,
once closed in on Topping, but befor
he could grasp the weapon, it had beet
discharged. Topping dying Instantly
HAWAIIAN SUGAR.
Large Profits Fzpected by the Companj
Controlling It.
San Francisco, April 2. The stock
holders of the Hawiian Commercial &
Sugar Company bave elected the fol
fowing directors:
Rudolph Spreckels, C. A. Spreckels,
C. S. Wheeler, M. S. Wilson and L. S.
Dickson.
Rudolph Spreckels was chosen presi
dent: C. S. Wheeler, vice-president:
J. H. Sandford, secretary. C. A.
Spreckels was elected general mana
ger for the corporation. '
Rudolph Spreekels submitted an in
teresting report. It showed there is
every promise that tbe world's pro
duct of su -ar thU year will be 1,000.000
tons short of the supply of several
years past, which explained why sugar
is selling for 44 cents a pound against
3 cents last year. The estimated pr -fits
of the company on this year's
yield is upward of $"tl0,930.
Settling III Affairs.
Philadelphia, April 2. H. H.
Holmes, I be murderer of Pietzel, and
the suspected murderer of others, sent
for his attorney recently to settle h s
affairs, particularly those relating to
the real est-ite held by bim in Chicago
and Fort Worth. The titles to sev
eral properties that were owtied. or
suppo-ed to have been owned by
Holmes, will be under a cloud unless
he straightens out several disputed
points. This he is now trying to do.
Holmes is to be hanged May 7, but
he is in splendid spirits and prices
himself on his excellent appetite.
Since the day the death warrant was
read to him he has gained several
pounds in weight. BU lawyer re
fused to divulge Holmes' instructions,
but said Holmes had changed his
mind as to the disposal of bis remains
and bad arranged entirely tbe plans
wiich he communicated to his' at
torney. . A Strange Story.
Minneapolis, Minn., April 2.
William H. Hale, who disappeared
March 3 at Syracuse, N. Y., has
turned up in this city with a strange
story. He claims he was slugged in
the Central railroad yards at Syracuse,
bound band and foot, robbed of $240,
and thrown into a box car. For three
days and nights he lay without food or
water. Ills hands grew thin and he
slipped the ropes off, managed to open
the car door, and, when the train
slowed up, jumped out. He called at a
farmhouse and learned he was near St.
Cloud, Minn. For three weeks he was
cared for by the farmer's family, then,
having regained his strength, he
walked 25 miles to a point where be
sold his mackintosh and obtained
money to pay his passage to this city.
He is still very weak..
if m
Fry your food in Cottolene
instead of lard and it will be
free from that greasiness and
richness" so distressing to
dyspeptics; the flavor will be
delicious instead of rancid,
and your food will da you
good. Put it in a cold pan,
heating it with the pan.
Cottolene reaches the cook
ing point much quicker than
lard care " should therefore
be taken not to overheat it.
Follow these instructions-
yon will never use lard again.
Genuine Cottolene has trmde-mrk "Cot
Utltn" And tfle-r ' head i ettttom'ptamt
wrtatX on mterf tin. Mad only br 4
THE N. K. FIBBANK COMPANY. St Loot.
lMMf, Baa rnuii.w, fminm, wns.
Aew son,
crats can well afford to w oi k on tl e
pri iciple of the office seeking the man
t iis year.
The revived interests in the Monroe
doctrine has led to the introduction in
to congress of a bill appropriating $)0,-
000 to erect a monument to -he author,
hut an exchange contends that Fort
ress Monroe is a sufficient monument
to him inasmuch as it not only com
memorates his name, but helps the
cou'itry defend his doctrine.
There are straws already apparent
which go to show which way tbe
political wind will blow in New York
next November. The democratic
victories in the charter elections in
the towns of Saratoga and Sing Sing,
New York, reversing last year's re
sult in both cases, are two f these
straws which portend the result of the
fall election in the Empire state.
Tbe roan who runs for office must be
philosophical. He must remember
that he has no more right than any
body else, and tbat bis opponent is
built politically just as well as -he is.
He must keep composed, and not fly
off on a tangent at every occasion tbat
is distasteful to him. Tbe candidate
must expect to get shown up if he de
serves it. It isn't right to throw mud,
but it is right to give facts. So wben
facts are set forth, even though dis
puted, why just contradict them if you
please, but don't get mad, for it's a
part of the business, and tbe man who
is not willing to take things as tbey
come, had better stay out of the figbt.
Albany Democrat.
The Dalles
Real Estate
Exchange
- The Spanish Fress.
New York, April 1. A . Herald
special from Madrid says:
A violent attack on Senator Sher
man's character, printed in tbe Impar
cial, has been quoted in all the papers,
which still teem with big cartoons.
' La Correspondencia prints a picture
with this caption: "First Victory for
Maceo."
It shows a negro riding in a rig
labeled "Senat. ' and waving a dec
laration of belligerency.
Labor's M ar on Labor.
PRAGUE. March dl. strikers at
tacked the weavers who had resumed
work last evening, and a serious con-
fit :t took place. ' Finally the police
were compelled to charge with drawn
8 vorus and several parsons were
wounded. ;
Fire at Grant's Pass.
Ghants Pass, Or, March 31 The
residence of Benjamin Dimmick, near
the Methodist church,, was discovered
on fire shortly after noon today, and
despite a stubborn fight by the fire
department was a total loss. The
furniture was nearly all' saved. . Tbe
origin-of the' fire Is unknown. The
loss is covered by insurance, $2500 on
house and contents.
A Massacre Ordered.
NEW Yohk Marjb 31. A Herald dis
patch from Rome says:
Tbe Negus Menelek has ordered the
massacre of a number of prisoners and
sick persons who have fallen fnto the
hands of bis forces during' the present
campaign in Abyssinia.
FInar Del Rio Borneo.
Havana, April 2. The capture of
Pinar del Rio and Santa Clara by tbe
insurgents, who occupied them several
hours and left them in flames, is a se
vere blow to tbe Spanish armies. Gen
eral Pundo and GeneralJuarezValdez,
the military governors of the destroyed
cities, have been ordered to return to
Spain by General Weyter. The captain-general
is badly worried over the
situation He .thought he bad Pinar
del Rio so strongly guarded tbat it was
absolutely impossible for Maceo's
forces to break in.. ''But in the middle
of the night oP March 23 they came
and literally laid tbe town in ashes.
r9 v, j 3 . : ,i m.
more than a couple of dozen were left I JC .JftLLLdi
uninjured. , .
Nicaragua Canal Knclneerlng-. .
Washington, April 2. Some fea
tures of the engineering work upon the
Nicaragua canal were discussed before
the house committee on commerce,
from the standpoint of engineers ex
perienced in largH enterprises., Mr.
Lincoln ' W. Bates, of Chicago, des
cribed machines and operations on tbe
Chicago drainage canal, and asserted
that by the same machinery and
method work" on the Nicaragua canal
would be done for less than the com
pany's estimates. . Theconstruction of
the canal, he said, would inaugurate a
new era for tbe Pacific coast and
greatly increase the earnings of the
railways in that section.
The above association is prepared to '
take a list of all and any kind of real j
estate for sale or exchange, whereby the j
seller will have the undivided assistance !
of the following ,
Real Estate Agents
organized as an association for the pur
pose of inducing immigration to Wasco
and bherm.in counties, and generally
sumuiating the sale ot pioperty.
CPRR6SP0NDENCE S0LICIT6D
C. E. Ray-trd, T. A. Hudson. I. G.
Koontz & Co., J. M. Huntington & Co ,
N. Whealdon, Gibons & Marclen. G W,
Rowland; or to J. M. Huntington, sec
retary ot the Association,
Latet Style
Lowest Prof its -
: In Mens and Boy3 :
: Clothing, Dry Goods.
KIKS fURHSH KGS. :
HONEST VALUES IN : :
Roots and Shoes
c.
INCONSISTENT..
The republican convention of Uma
tilla county made the following strong I consoles them:
and' commendable declarations -for I concerns of the
economy;
"We pledge our legislative delega
tion to work and vote in the interest
of retrenchment in tbe. matter of pub.
lie expenditures in order that taxes
may bo reduced to the lowest possible
limit.
"State officers should be put on sal
aries, and all fees be paid into the
general fund; all unnecessary office
The Rev. Anna Shaw is indeed a
happy . spirit. Her words act as a
soothing cordial to the nerves of the
timid men of California who fear the
advent of the' new woman. Thus she
Killed y Frost.
Georgetown, Tex., March 31. It
Js now known that one-half of the
peach crop has been killed by frost.
Corn has all been planted in this sec
tion, but as yet no cotton, although the
ground is prepared for it. Owing to
tbe late season, caused by cold winter,
the acreage will not be as large as last
year. - - .
SPAMS II BIRBAKITY '
Could Not Mtem the Rapids,
Lewiston, Idaho, April 1. The
steamer . Lorglei, recently built to
carry supplies to mines on tbe Clear
water river, failed to stem the rapids
or tbat river, and is therefore un
available for tbe purpose for which she
was built.
. The Rhode Island Vote.
Providence, April 2. The total
vote for each candidate for governor
is as follows:
Lippitt, republican 28,148
F. STEPHENS
134 Second Street.
Next door to the Dalles National Bank
Littlefield, democratt. . . .
Peabody, prohibition....
Thlenert, socialist
Burlingame, people
.17,170
. 3,032
. 1.224
T lis j
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he Sun
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Em-h lull siie pcknre o-mlns one lull atnnih's
i irrKimeni. one lull BHpih' surr'y at Caisnh
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Is vour throat drv In the tnorTtlnfr ,
a vou sleep with vnur stoutb openr
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U your hearing wore when you have a eold?
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vmpmms: -
l there nauea?
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I . yuu toneue coaieur
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o.i vou get dixiy?
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aiiuu bave rumbling in buwelsr
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receipt of pries.
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BLAKELEY & IIOUG ELTON
TBE DALLES, OREGON.
si:
THE DALLES
National Bank.
OF DALLES CITY, OR.
Fkesidext
Vice President,
Cashier
.Z. F. Moody
.Chas. Hiltoh
.M. A. Moody
General Banking Business Transacted.
Sight Exchanges Sold on
New York, Chicago, Pan Fhan
' Cisco and Portland. '
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OCEAN STEAMERS tears Portland crerjr
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For full details call on the O. B. N. Agent
at THE DALLES, or address
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Portland, Oregon
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A New Station tiesr Pullman.
Moscow, Idaho, April 1. The O.
R. & N. Co. is to build a sliding be
tween Moscow and Pullman, 1 miles
east of Pullman. A large amount of
wheat will be tributary to the new
station.
Drawn From the Treasury.
Washington. April 2. The treas
ury today loot $248,400 in gold coin and
920,900 in bars, leaving the true
amount of tbe gold' reserve $128,105,"
904.
Charles A. Dana, Editor.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The American Constitution,
" The American Idea,
The American Spirit.
These first, last, and all the time,
forever.
Daily, by mail $0.00 a year
Daily and Sunday, by mail, $8.00 a year
F. W. SILYERTOOTU, Prop.
First-class Wines? Liquors and Cigars
Always on Hand.
Corner Second a-ii Jourt Streets,
THE DALLES. OREGON '
rUtAAMAAaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Aroused a- Feeling of Horror at Washing;'
. ton.
Washington, April I. The mes
sage from Havana giving the details of
the killing of five prisoners by the
garrote raised a cry of horror in Wash'
ington: Sen or Dupuy da Lome, tbe
Spanish mlni-ter, admitted that the
men had been killed, but declared tbat
tbe form of punishment "was the one
prescribed by Spanish law. He said
the men were negroes, and hau been
guilty of a. most atrocious crime in
One pf the greatest I hanging a merchant in Guira Melena
old man is that the I and in killing a small boy at tbe same
place. . He said the details of the exe-
putlon had peep exaggerated.
The reports to the Cubans in Wash
ington declare tbat the horrible execu?
tion of tbe five men at Havana is but
a sample of the atrocious cruelties of
Captain-General- Weyler In Cuba.
They declare they hare information
Snow In Colorado.
Denver, Colo., March 31. Over six
inches of snw fell throughout the
greater part of Colorado last night.
The storm continued today with in
creasing severity.' .
Governor Huzhes of Arizona is out
of luck. - Whipped by. a newspaper I I ha Kfifllai' Cum I vvvvvyvvyvywvvvvvvvwvvv
man and fired from his official Dosition -'",luw; .awmil ,
I
by the president, all in one day, is Is the greatest Sunday Newspaper
to lose laiminl ' in the world.
enough to cause him
human kind.
Cycle-
new , woman will appropriate bis
clothes. He need not have tbe slight
est fear. The new... woman wants to
look just as pretty as possib'e and not
a soul on earth could' look pretty in
men's clothes." . Indeed, tbefair Anna
would never have made this statement
bad she ever had the pleasure of gazing I
on tha honorable contrresaman from I indicating tbat sucn cruelties are
the second Oregon district. prat-tlced nearly every tiay in Cuba. I
Romeo Group of Mines Sold.
Haker City, Or., April 1. The
Romeo group of mines was sold to lo
cal c ipitalists. Tbe consideration
was $10,000.
BLEW HIS BRAINS OCT.
Suicide of H. a. Topping, an Astoria Foi-
' nltnre.Uealer.
Astoria, April i H E. Topping,
a furniture-dealer of this city, com
mitted suicide by blowing bis brains
out at 9:30 o'clock this evening.
Topping only returned a day or two
ago irom - uaiiiornta, wnere be bad
taken his wife for the benefit of her
health. It could not be ascertaiced
definitely what was tbe immediate
cause of the rash act, but it is believed
that it was chiefly due to financial' dif
ficulties. He was treasurer of the
Hundreds and hundreds of North
western' Immigrants who went down
south are getting back, all disgusted
with the country. Tbey ought to be
induced to come, this way. Oregon
will suit them better.
Tbe arrest of a Chicago alderman
for knocking down a woman saloon
keeper who was running ward politics
a little bit may be an illustration of
what will happen when -the new wo
man and tbe old man meet at every
turn, and it is an evidence of the en
terprise of Chicago that she get there
with tbe first case on record.
There is no disputing tbe fact that
the democratic party is stronger in
Wasco county now fban it was two
years ago. Tbe democrats can elect a.
portion, if not all of their county ticket
If the fittest men are placed in nomina
tion. However, a strong ticket must
be nominated to succeed, and demo
B' "!0, '1' ror 60 c"w- Billiard Hall
. Aauress ihe sun, xv ew xoric
cabsibs a nits Uttl oi
Dalles City :
: And Moro
STAGE LINE.
Leaves Williams Hotel, Moro, on Mondays,
weanesaayg una r nauys, promptly stvs.lt.
Leaves Umatilla House, The Dalles. Tues
days Tflurjauys ana saiuruuys, at 8 A. kt.
PREIOHT RATES.
The Dalles to Moro..
Small pockatren......
. .40 cents per 100 lbs
16 and 2$ cents
PASSENGER RATES.
The Dalles to Moro ! CO
Round Trip .. ....'. -g M
Agency as umsuui noue, lae vauea, agl
at Willi ami now, moro. ...
. DOUGLAS ALLEN, Prop'-.
IBIprs, Cigarettes, Maecos
CANDIES, FRUITS, NUTS,
ORANGE CIDER, BOOT BEER, ETC
n6 Second St. Telephone 231
HENRY LKUCK,
-Mintlfantaraf of aad dealer as
Harness and Saddlery,
rUK
Second 8f.,'Bsa atoodVs Wa.nl ussy
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