Vre b well 5rlce la Nor- " other the courts grant consent, subject to Snditioos, which are intended against the action of mere i by securing a Ion? period of slay forreconaideration. In Switzer land under slightly different forms the same system prevails, and the widest .- discretion ' is given to the tribunals. -- A power of fan ting: divorce for reasons not assigned ia the law has in many . parts - of Germany been vested in princes, and owing to the laxity partly ; of the laws and partly of the adminis tration of them, divorces nave in - -some parts of Europe greatly increased in number. In Switzerland, for in stance, in 1892 there were 881 divorces In a population of less than 3,000,000. : - Some portions of Germany rank next " ia this respect. In Germany as a whole, divorces have been during the last tea years somewhat more frequent -' than in France, although in the latter - : country the rate of Increase is higher. In Belgium ia 1892 there were 441 ' divorces in a population of 6,105,000; in . the Netherlands, 354 in a population of 4,669,576; in Sweden 316, in a popu lation of 4,806,895. Ids well known. however, that nowhere are divorces more frequent and more easy to obtain than in some of the United States. Mr. Lecky recalls the fact that from 1867 to 1886 divorces increased in this country nearly 157 per cent., . while population only increased about 60 per cent. Also, that the census of 1890 returned 49,101 men and 71,895 , women as divorced, exclusive of divoced persons who had remarried. - It has been asperted that the domes- '. tio morality of countries in which - divorce is denied is superior to that of countries in which it ia permitted. Mr. Lecky does not think that the statement is borne out by a comparison from this point in view of Italy, Spain and Portugal with the three Scandi navian countries, with Germany, or with Switzerland; or of France, as it : was before 1884, with Belgium and Holland; or of Vienna with BerliD; or of the Catholic with the Protestant ' ; populations of the Austrian empire. Nevertheless he does not assent to the conclusions of an American SYiter on the subject that the marriage tie is not likely to be often violated if it may be easily abrogated; and that a system under which marriages may be very easily contracted and very easily di- - solved.though perhaps notgood in its : self, is the best means of remedying other an better evils. Such reasonings ara-y uuuucwl ? cr jgiiewDnaoTSrsBcr not a little dangerous. Mr. Lecky also noteB the curious circumstances that divorce which was long regarded v as the special privilege of the man, and as -specially injurious to the woman, is most frequently demanded by the latter in the United States, the country to wit in which the. position of women is probably the highest.. Thus in the twenty years between 1866 and 1886 no fewer than 46,731 American wives and but 6,122 American husbands are Baid to have obtained a divorce on charges less grave than adultery. A similar phenomen is, it seems, - found in Switzerland, and is likewise observ able in France. Mr. Lecky would ex plain it on the ground that laws which grant divorce for violence or cruelty or habitual intoxication are a special protection to the sex which is the weaker and more sober. - . As regards the diff erence e9tabllshed by English law between adultery in the . man and adultery' in the woman, Mr. Lecky notes that this, although strtnu- - ously .defended by English, French and Italian lawyers on the ground of the more serious effects of female adultery on the constitution and the property of the family, is not widely adopted. It " does not exist in Scotland; it is not recognized by the canon law, and is not in accordance with the general tenor of modern legislation, which is to make. man and women absolutely equal before the law. an- Che ex- yery it will be de i. -The the present bill is against which it dis at of the illiterates is together, the class which em- greatest number of least de- immigrants. An illiterate man. is generally one who does not ex- to be well paid and who drags n the scale of wages by competi- lon. Above all, he is one who is un fitted to take up the responsibilities of free and independent life which are borne by inhabitants of a republic. Whether or not the bill covers all the requirements of the situation must be determined later on. It ex empts from its operations the oarents of those aliens who have already set tled here, and no doubt a - similar pro vision should be ma 3e upon behalf of the immigrants' wives. With these few exceptions the general judgment of the public will be that a bill which will keep out people who cannot read or write in any language will improve the status and condition of our population. vL 1 THE NATION'S DEAD. May 30 has appropriately been set aside as a day on which tribute shall be paid the brave defenders of li e Ution, who in the da s of the rebellion met the enemy in the trenches, who stood the brunt of battle, and offered their lives as a sacrifice at the shrine of the nation; and it is well that all patriotic citizens of this free and independent nation lay aside business cares and consecrate the day, not necessarily to sorrow, but rather in a solemn tribute to those who have passed to'the mystic unknown. Decoration day was first intended as a period when we should gather round the graves of the old soldiers of the Union service who fell in battle and who surrendered to the call of the Mighty Reaper since peace was declared; but recently it has been made a day when all shall meet at the tomb and remember departed friends; a day when the blue and the gray shall be remembered alike; when kindly offices shall simultaneously be ex tendeded to the civilian as well as the soldier. That this day should be officered by the members of the G. A. R. is well, for they -are as a body the living re mainder of the once mighty army, who deeds of valor and acts of braverty said to the world America is inseper able, incapable of being rent asunder by sectional prejudice and imaginary wrongs. And wnile we devote tne day to decorating the graves of the nation's'dead, it is appropriate that we also . remember ti.ose who have solved the problem of life, those who have passed to the beyond in advance of us who remain. VISITATIONS within the ' recollection of sen has this country oeen with so many cyclones as it has en this season. Why this is so it is 'impossible to tell; but one thing is sure, they are really startling in their frequency. The loss of life so far has been anDalliner. The suffering and misery produced must be dreadful. person who has never seen a city after the dreaded cyclone has done its awful .work, can not have anv idea of the horror, suffering and devastation which is every where seen. The dreaded cyclone has this year largely confined itself to Iowa, Kansas Missouri. Oklahoma and Texa9. One day as many as six cyclones visited the state of Iowa carrying away as many small towns, and everywhere leaving disaster and death in" it9 trail. We can only sympathize with the poor people who suffer from their death ravages and render thanks to the Giver of all good that we live in country where we are happily free from such visitations. We feel called uoon to protest against the flippant manner in which some of the humorists of eastern newspapers discuss the frightful rainstorms which have resulted in such unprecedented loss of life in southern and western states. Right thinking eastern people would have been indignant had any journal in the United States forced its unfeel ing witticisms on the public at the time of Johnstown flood, or the dis astrous fires in the Pennsylvania oil region. There is no humor in a rail road wrick or an explosion. But let disastrous windstorms be followed by loss of life and property and some of the humorous writers seem to be un able to contain themselves. To speak lightly of such catastrophes such as have devastated Sherman, Texas, St. Louis, and a number of other smaller towns in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Kentucky, ia not only indecent, but positively heartloss and brutal. AFTER TEE BATTLE. The political cloud that has hovered over Oregon the past two months, with its dlsturi Ing influence and bad el ecta, upsetting business and disturbing general harmony among neighbors, has through the lax of time, or rather by the provisions fixed in the state constitution, cleared awajr, 'and - the body politic of the community is at liberty to onee more settle down to quiet enrolments of e very-day life 'and return-to normal conditions. Whatever the result has been or will be, the inevitable must be accepted, and whether the verdict of the people has been for the best interests of the state at large, there is no appeal. The will of the majority must prevail, and it ie becoming for the vanquished as well aa the victorious to put their snoumers to tne wneei, jaDor ior tne righting of past wrongs, and once more become patriotic citizens, re tiring from the station of politicians. In The Dalles especially have we - something that rises above politics and party strifes, the upbuilding of the . city and placing it in the position com mercially to which it, is by its location, entitled, the chief commercial city of Inland Empire. And it behooves all patriotic citizens of the place to now lay aside past prejudices that have arisen during a heated campaign, and exert every effort for the coo summation of our common cause, to increase every line of business, and pull together for The Dalles. A SHAM CAESAR. The Czar who was crowned Tuesday endeavored to make his coronation the most splendid pageant of the century. and in doing so forced the attention of the civilized wonld to the unreality of his pretentions to absolute power as the political vicar of God.; ' The oil wi'ih whic.i he was annointed her g-av him right nor oonfirmed him in power. - The whole gorgeously barbaric ceremony was an anachronism even in Russia, for even in Russia im perial government by divine right is deal. The claim that he is a Caesar, hold ing by succession from Constantino, the modern world laughs at. ' Be is crowned not as a "ruler representing the will of Heaven, but as the head of an oligarchv from whom he holds his title, whom he will uot venture to op pose, who would either control him or depose him were any "radical issue forced between them. The Russia of Ivan the Terrible and of Peter the Great has passed away. Since the time of Catharine the Rus sian nobility have been the real gov ernment. They are a most oppressive oligarchy, but they represent progress away from depotism towards dem ocracy. When similar conditions ex isted in France in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries the people were uplifted because the king finally made common cause with them against the real government the land-holders, war lords and money lords of his king dom. Exactly the same thing hap pened in Germany in the eighteenth century, and there was a significant hint of it in Russia when the serfs wers manumitted. . It is only through alliance with the people that the Czar can ever become the real ruler of Russia. As their re presentative he would be the most powerful sovereign in the world. But his anachronistic claim that he is the representative of Heaven on the throne of the Eastern Caesars makes him a sham despot controlled by the few hundred haughty and half-barbaric nobles who are the real czars of Russia. PURIFY THE BALLOT. Almost every session of the legisla ture since the adoption of the state constitution has attempted to amend the laws governing election j, and some marked improvements have been made in the system of voting. The at tempt to prevent fraud at elections, by changing from an open vote to a secret ballot, has resulted in some good, and has no doubt to some extent prevented the purchasing of votep, by making it more difficult for the purchaser to dis cover if the vote be has bought has been cast as promised, but it has by no means done away with, vote buying, nor -does it preyent illegal votes being cast. These attempts to purify elec tions are steps in the right, direction, but they fall short of the demanded reforms. What Oregon really needs and what it must have before a full ex pression of the qualified voters of the state can be had is a rigid registration law. At the election held last Monday thousands of illegal voteB were cast. Men who hi d no fixed residence, and no interest whatever in the welfare of the state, were alio -ved to walk up to the polls by the side of qualified voters, and virtually disfranchise them, for eyery non-resident who voted in op position to the will of a resident voter killed the effect of the latter's fran chise. With the Australian ballot system and a strict registration law Oregon's systems of conducting elections would be about aa nearly perfect as it is pos sible to make them, but without the latter the former is ineffectual in en forcing pare election. The secret ballot and registration are Inseparable companions and should never be made to go single handed. One of the first acts of the next legislature should be to pass a registration law so care fully dram that the supreme court will not be able to find in it sufficient flaws on which to declare it unconstitutional. EDITORIAL NOTES. Appropriations by this congress ex ceed by $19,000,000 those of any single session in the history of the country, The cordiality with which Quay was received by McKinley indicates that the latter gentleman is only opposed to the bosses who are oppossed to him. Tongue had the laugh on Hermann after the convention, and now it is Hermann's time to smile. There is truth in the old saying that f,he who laughs last laughs longest." It is a French paper that says the United States is commercially a great and powerful rival for all Europe com bined. This is ahead of time, but Americans will try to live up to it within the next century. Now that the election is over, why not the citizens of The Dalles brighten np their patriotism, and get up a rous ing Fourth of July celebration? The nation's anniversary should not be al lowed to pas9 by unobserved. The American congress shows great ability in condemning thu syntem which impoverishes the ' national treasury. And it can also show great ability in passing the most impoverish ing appropriation bills known to history. There is a touch of irony in the fact that the spread of civilization has placed modern weapons of war in the hands of uncivilized races, and thus enabled them to defeat the armies of enlightened nations, as was recently illustrated in the signal triumph of the Abyssinians over the Italians. district the vote is close, with more counties to hear from. Ellis U a trifle ahead, but the counties unreported are showing falling off of the republi can and increase of the populists vote of two years ago. It Is impossible to guess yet whom the unofficial returns may elect, and their result, whatever it may be, may be changed by the of ficial count. It is an uncommon thing for railroad corporations to ever forgive anybody whom they have a grievance against, hence we are surprised at the Southern raciuc, which is one of the most re vengeful corporations in the country, laying aside its blacklist of the strikers o'f 1893, and announcing that the men will be taken back without prejudice. STILL IMEKTAIN. The Result In Both Congressional trlcts In Doubt. Dlu- LET THE WORK BE WATCHED A NEW LTIMIGBaTION BILL In the sew immigration bill barring out illiterate aliens the house proposes another Interesting experiment in the matter of excluding undesirable immi grants. Just what success euch a bill would have in actual practice ia a natter of conjecture. The difficulty The choice of delegates .... to the national conventions of both parties is now .progressing towards a close As usual, the declarations upon the question . of the monetary standard tike color from the localities where the state conventions are held. In Iowa, for example, the democratic state convention declared in favor of the irame iiate repeal of all laws by which silver was demonetized, and demanded its unqualified rt ora tion to the right of free and unlimited coinage in the mi. its of the United States as money of final redemption at the old ratio of 16 to 1. So the Wyom ing democrats declared in favor of the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio tf 16 to 1 without waiting for the action cf any other government. In New Hampshire, on the other hand, the democratic convention declared that under present conditions 'there can be but one standard of value and that every kind of currency should rest upon a gold basis so long aa gold is the standard recognized by the great commercial nations of the world, while In South Dakota no small surprise was occasioned by the democratic conven tion declaring in favor of sound money and electing sound money delegates. psaias Aa usual the democrats west of the J Cascades sacrificed everything else to locality, and fell into line for the populist nominee for congress. One of these days the democrats west of I the mountains will put up a candidate for congress, then Eastern Oregon democrats will treat him "kindly." The river and harbor till which has been passed over the presiJent's veto, as is shown by a dispatch from Senator McBride, published in another column, carries with it an appropria tion of 120,000 that Is Immediately available f jr completing the walls of the canal between the mlJdle and lower gates. This amount is sufficient to complete the walls and place the looks in working order tf properly ex pended; but will Shis be done and when? arj two questions which agitate the pubiio mind at present. From the wording of the dispatch it appears that the contractors will have no voice in the construction of the walls, and the work will probably be done under the supervision of the government engineers. If it is and no outside in fluence is brought to bear to retard the work, two months will be sufficient time in which to put the locks in operation, and they can be made available for handling the wheat crop this fall. Since there have been so many delays in the past, with regard to the w ork at the Cascades, and since such bitter complaints have been made regarding the manner in which the work has. been prosecuted, it is to be expected that the govern ment engineers will be more dilligent in prosecuting work that is directly under their supervision than they have been with reference to the work that was done by the contractors. But it is unsafe for The Dalles to rest on its oars and alio this matter to drag along until after the wheat-shipping season. Let us get our eyes open, and look out for our own interests. If needs be, let a committee be appointed and paid to look after the work, and if evidences of delay are discovered, re port it at ance to the war department and insist that the work be prosecuted as expeditiously as men and money can accomplish it. In commenting upon the defeat of Judge Bennett for congress, the Port land Dispatch - very truly says: "He made an able and honest contest, and had the members of the party and Its professed leaders done their duty, he would have been elected. He had to make the fight alone, without even the co-operation of the party managers, with treason and treachery in the ranks of his professed friends. While Judge Bennett stands higher In the affections of every true democrat than ever, those who failed in their duty to support him naveoo reason to expect a tytbing but condemnation. Judge Bennett Is a man whose personal character, abilities and devotion to his party and friends' commend him Jo every honorable man, and his election to congress would have reflected oredld on our state. He can better af ford defeat than the state be deprived of bis services, J It has been said time and again during the recent campaign that the result in Oregon would have an effect upon shaping the financial plank to he adopted by the republican national convention. If this is true the plat form will have a silvery ring about i. Agitation of the money question has put two populists in congress from Ore gon. There can now no longer be a doubt that a innjority of Oregonians favor the free and unlimited coinage of the white metal. They may some time change their minds on this ques tion but surely not until after the No vember election. That John H. Mitchell will succeed himself in the United States senate Js not a certainty, but he stinds a hettr sho now than any other man in the state. Silver republicans, populists and. democrats will concentrate on him in preference to any gold standard man, and that no gold standard man can be elected is certain. The full capacity of the mints of this country is $40,(HK),(K)0 of silver coin a year. If metal was never coined into money but stored away as bullion and certincates or notes were ls-med in stead, with the metal behind them as security, the people would receive benefits that are not possible under free coinage. The "big men" in the republican party in the east are now declaring that the St. Louis convention will nominate Major McKinley for presi dent on a gold platform and his letter of acceptance will be astrongunequiv ocal pledge that during his administra tion the gold standard will be main tained and every assault upon It repelled. Now, phe next thing on the political programme is the nomination of Mc Kinley for president on a gold plank in the platform on the grand old party and the next thing after this will be the nomination of ex-Governor Camp bell of Ohio for president on a free sil ver issue by the democrats at Chicago. Then the campaign, then the election in November, with the chances that the silyer men will win. ' The heroic act of a Kansas City wo man who jumped into a cistern and saved her baby from drowning illus trates the promptness with which wo men act under pressing emergencies, as well as the-devotion of mother love and the unselfishness of her sex. There are many similar cases oh record, whereas a man would most likely in such an emergency look around for a ladder or a rope. Vi hile nothing should be left undone to check the indiscriminate admission of illiterates and paupers to this coun try, it may be a consolation to the anx ious ones to know that the percentage of foreign born in our population is steadily decreasing. If they came in faster than they dn, thev couli not keep Dace with the natural increase of the native population And whatever the original stook may be, the third generation is pretty sure to be true blue American. It seems strange that the man who will undoubtedly be the republican nominee for president hasn't the courage to open his mouth on the paramount question of the currency. Does McKinley think that the Ameri can people elect presidents "merely to satisfy the ambitions of aspirants? If so. he is a woefully mistaken man. Silence is golden sometimes, and pos sibly McKinley expects to have, his constructed in that way. But if he does he is a coward for beating about the bush in such a manner. Portland, Or., June 5. It is now a neck-and-neck race for congress be tween the republican and-populist can didates in both districts in Oregon, and only the offljial count will deter mine the winners. In the first district Tongue's very bare chance has become a good fight- in' one, due not so much to the news from Curry county of 102 majority there, as to the fact that an error of 100 was made in footing up Vander bursf's vote in Yamhill. Without Curry, the vote by the returns so far received, stands: Vanderburg, 19,072, Tongue, 18,874. The seven precincts yet to hear from in Multnomah county will prob ably decide between Ellis and Quinn. Without Grant countv, the figures so fir received give: Quinn, 11.0R9; Ellis. 11,042. B it the news from Grant is thit Ellis' plurality there is 100, leav ing Quinn 73 in the rear. However, the unheard-from Multnomah pre cincts, which will ca-it about 500 votes, are apt to give Quinn from 50 to 100 plurality. SEWS FROM IIOAOIXI.U. England's Tnt-olenre Toward tne Hawaiian Government. Honolulu, May 28, per steamer Alameda, to San Francisco, June 4. Great Britain has made a demand on the Hawaiian government on behalf of Volney V. Ashford, exiled for com plicity in the rebellion 15 monr.hs ago. The demand, in plain language, says that Ashford, who has repeitedly asked permission to land, must be al lowed to do so. His demands were re fused and he appealed to the British government. President Dole has re plied to the demand, refusing to allow A-thford to come here. In close offi cial circles it Is believed a British man-of-ir will come here and that Ash ford will be landed without respect to the wishes of the Hawaiiai govern ment. Dole will be firm in the matter, and will probably appeal to the United States for aid. Ashford is a native of Ontario, Canada, and is now sick in a San Francis:o hospital. The funeral of Kate Field, who died on the 19th of May, was held on the 20th. The body was embalmed and placed in a temporary vault, pending instructions to Consul-General Mill, ' from Chicago. It is understood that j Miss Field said is she died' in Hono- j lulu, she wished her remains buried beside John Brown, at North ..lba, Ne York. The funeral was attended by Presi dent Dole, members of the cabinet and many leading citizens.' She fell sick on the island of Hawaii anJ started for Honolula by steamer, dying iialf an hour after tne steamer arrive! of pneuajouia. The senate and house, on the eve of aJjoaruuieut, reattirajed, by a resolu tion, tne desirouf ouu vote s and legis- la'uro for annexation to the United Stales. Straddled the financial Issue. TOPEJiA, Kas., June 3. Temporary Chaii-Uiuu biieriuut., of r'aola, la tne Uoiuuut-uUc stale convention today uiiuie a oputjcli btraduliug tuo nuaiuisvl TELHGRAPIilC. THE RESULT V COUNTIES. NAMES OF CHILDREN. If Oregon's elections were held in November instead of in June it would prove of more economy to the people as well as of benefit In other wars. The state constitution will have to be changed to admit of the change of the date of the elections. There are other provisions of the constitution which are obsolete, which makes a constitu tional convention very much in order J and one should be called. The people of Oregon have outgrown their state's constitution. The republicans of Wasco and Sher man county owe a debt of gratitude to the Hon. T. R. Coon. He was the savior of the ""republican legislative ticket in the two counties. The vote he tork from Messenger and Henry was just about enough to elect Huntington and Jones. Mr. Coon has at last been of service to his party, and those who faulted him for his course in the last session of the legis lature ought to forgive him for all past sine It is better and more economical government the people need in county as well as state, and since they have expressed their choice of those who shall serve in official capacities, no doubt believing they were making the best selections, it is to be hoped they will not be disappointed. Good offi cial service and ' low taxes are two things that are demanded, and the latter can be had if officials will keep In mind that office ia a pubiio trust,' not a private snap. It is not improbable that it will re quire the official count to decide the result of the election in both the con gressional districts. In the first dis trict, unofficial returns are in from all but a. few precincts, and the vote ia so close that discoveries of error may change it either way. In the second ' in mfm Custom of Baptismal Christening- and Odd Results of Mistakes Down to tho early p rt of the present century it was usual to name a child after the saint on whose day he hap pened to be born. A writer to Notes and Queries in 1853 states that he had recently baptized a child by the name of Benjamin Simon Jude. On his ex pressing some surprise at -this some what sinrjular coniunction of names. he was informed that the birth had taken place on the festival of SS. Simon and Jude, and that it was al ways considered very unlucky to take tho day from a child. The custom of naming children after any partiaular saint has fallen into general disuse, except in those coun tries where th3 population is composed almost entirely of Eoman Catholics. The giving of a name in baptism ia really no essential part of the rite, but is merely a custom derived apparently from the Jews, and whicn through long practice has become an important element in the ceremony. Many instances mijht be furnished of children who have inadvertently re ceived wrong names. The registers in Warminster church contain the follow ing entries: "1700, January 17, Charles," daughter of John and Betty Uaines. This child ought to have been christened Char lotte, but owing to a mistake of the sponsors, it was wrong named." "1791, July 31, William, daughter of William and Sarah Weiadiek. N. B. It was intended that this child, being a girl, should have been christened Maria, but through a mistake of the godfather it was named William. " WILL WITH A TIME LOCK. Odd Testamentary Freak of aa Eaeantrto Polish Land Owner. The contents of a most eccentric will- left by M. Zalesky, a rich Polish landed proprietor, who died in the province of 'lauriaa in March, 18S9, were recently pnoiisnea, says tne London Telegraph, The property left by the deceased was valued at seventy-five thousand dollars, and his will was inclosed in an envelope bearing the words: "To be opened after my death." On this en velope being opened, the executor found a sealed envelope, on which was written: "To be opened six weeks after my death." The stipulated time having elapsed, the cecond envelope was opened and a third was found with the words: "To be opened a year after my death." At tho end of tho year a fourth envelope was discovered which was to be opened two years after the death of the deceased. This continued for five years, and when, at length, ia 1S04, the actual will was read, it was found to be as eccen trio in its dispositions as in the direc tions attaching- to its opening. The testator bequeathed half of his fortune to anca one of his heirs as has the greatest number of children. The rest of his money he directed to be placed in a bank, and at the end of one hun dred years, distributed, with the ac cumulated interest, among the de scendants of the testator. The heirs of the deceased, however, have taken proceedings to test the legality of the will, on the ground thai M. Zalesky waa not ia a sound Vanderbnrz- r Was a Wiuner In Most of the Talley Counties. Oregon City, June 2. The full election returns from this county show the result to have been a more com plete populist victory than was claimed last night. Vanderburg received 558 plurality over Thomas Tongue for congress, and Gaston led Bean 351 votes for the supreme judgeship. . Marion county. SALEM. June 2 The elect ion returns from Marion county's 30 precincts are all in, but the vote has not been can vass-d. There is variance in the un offl aafesti mates in pome precinct, but it is settled that Vanderburg has carried the county by about 73 plural- itv, and Flavden's majority over C ir- son for district attorney is 1223. Tin.' vote on congressman is: Vanderburg. 2580; Tongue, 2-0' Myers, about 980: Christenson, 220. YAMHILL COUNTY. McMlNNVILLE, June 2. Returns froTi all but North Newberg precinct give: For congress Tongue, 1207; Myers, 371; Vanderburg, 1312. Supreme judge Bean, 1172; Burnett, 710; Gaston, 956. BENTON COUNTY. Corvallis, Or.. June 2 Unofficial returns from all precincts trive Tongue a plurality of 270, the vote for congress being: 1 Christenson, 72; Myers, 478; Tongue, 84n; Vanderburg, 570. These figures will not be materially changed- by the official count. POLK COUNTY. Independence, June 2. The full vote in Hoik county has been received. out so many of tne clerks failed to bring in the state vote that it will not be known what the results are until tomorrow, when the official count wiil be made at Dallas. The vote of Inde- penaenceuaiias and three other pre cincts give: Bean, 220 majority over Burnett. Tongue a majority over Myers of 401. JACKSON COUNTY. MEDFORD, Or., June 2. Complete returns from all but two small pre cincts give republicans one repr sen tative and school superintendent, and the democrats county judge, andevery thing else goes to the populists by small majorities. For congres Christensen, 61; Myers, 600; Tongue, 1083: Vanderburk, 1544. JOSEPHINE COUNTY. Grants Pass, June 2. The vote for congressmen in this county is as fol lows: Myers, 206; Tongue, rep., 1540; Vanderberg, pop., 1503. WASHINGTON COUNTY. Hillsboro, June 2. The official count of Washington county shows: Congress Myers, 315; Tongue, rep., 1540; Vander:mrg, pop., 1504. LIN COUNTY ALBANY, Or., June 2. The total vote of Linn county's 28 precincts gives Congress Tongue, 1688, Myers, 454; Vanderburg, 2667. LANE COUNTY. EUGENE, June 2. Incomplete re turns fi om the different precincts show Tongue's plurality in the county to be about 700 j CLATSOP COUNNY. I ASTORIA, June 2. Election returns I from the jouuty districts have not yet arrived. Additional precincts, as far as reported today show the following I tatal vote: J Congress Bennett, dem., 493; Ellis, rep.. 890; McKercher, pro., 38: Nor thup, ind.. 672; Quinn, pop., 657. MORROW COUNTY. HEPPNER, Or. June 2. The official count shows the election of the re puublican ticket, except the sheriff and clerk. The following is the vote: Fwr congress Boonett. 224; Ellis, 516; McKercher 8; Northup89; Quinn 356. UNION COUNTY. UNION, June 2. The returns from lu or tue zo precincs In Union county give the following vote: " For congress Bennett, 542; Ellis 743; McKercher; 42; Northup, 116 Quinn, 1049. UMATILLA COUNTY ' fENDLETON, June Z. Thirty pre cincts out of 33, on final count, give, For Congress Bennett, 779; Ellis 1219; McKercher, 55; Northup, 393; Quinn, 1029, Supreme judge Sean, 1431; Burnett 642; Gaston, -985. WALLOWA COUNTY La Grande, June 2. Returns from Wallowa county give Quinn 200 plur ality. Baker City, June 2. Twenty pre cincts out of 25 give: For congress Bennett, 596; Ellis 744; Quinn, pop., 784; Northup, 167. here as the result of the cloudburst, and immediate aid is imperative. At first all were engaged In recovei Ing lost bodies, but attention is now being given to clearing the wreckage and establishing homes. This task be comes formidable and is retarded by the demolition of many houses. Scores of residents have lost all their effect f aud in other cases furniture not d stroyed is damaged by water and mud so as to be unfit for use, but people are too poor to replace it. An appeal has br?en m ide for assist a nee and says 1UO,UOU is needed to re p.iir the damage. STEVENSKN in tkaixino. Report That the ire-President Favors Free ColiiHKe. Washington, June 2. It is undei stood here that Vice-President Stevei -!OU will soon announce himself in favor of free coinage of silver. Tl e statement is made that he has already written a li tter in which he defines his position and that it will soon be published. The effect of this letter, i is believed, will be to make the vice president a pi ominent candidate fo tne presidential nomination at Chicago. There is talk here that Kentucky and North Carolina will pledge Mr. Stevenson their support in the event that the national convention is controlled bv the-friends of silver, The friends of the vice president bi lieve he will be nominated at Chicago, but democrat who are favorable to other candidates say he has too long delayed an announcement of his pos'ition and that his belated declara tion looks like an attempt to wait un til the battle is won and then to come to bear off the fruits f victory. Relieving the Homeless. ST. Louis, June 2. The work of re lief and restoration goes on today in the midst of rain. Contributions of money, clothing, and provisions are coming in liberally, and all the desti tute are being cared for. The losses caused indirectly by the tornado are just beginning to reveal themselves, and will be nearly as cruel as the immediate effects. Because the tornado ruined many mills and factor ies a large number of men will be out of employment for weeks and months. How many men have been deprived of an opportuity to earn a livelihood can not be stated with accuracy, but it certainly ruus into the hundreds and is in excess of the numberemployed to repair the damages Ten district assessors and 15 clerks left the office of A. H. Frederick, presi dent of the board of assessors, today to make an official estimate of the losses, 'lbese experts will make a house-to-house canvass of the territory blasted by the tornado. Frederick expects to have a complete report one week hence. Nine burial permits were issued today for interment of storm victims. In East Si. Louis a - ozen persons bave b-en kept busy handing out groceries, 8'ioep, dresses and other needed arti cles, but so i:eneroU4 has been the re sponse in mooey and other gifts, that for the! time being there is no danger of want. Leaders to be Reletsd. Londo7, June 2. J. B. Kobinsoi', the- South Africin .(billionaire, has received a cablegram fron Pretoria saying that the leaders of the Johan nesburg reform ommitteo will be re leased in a few davs. Passed Over the Veto. Washington, June 2. The river and harbor bill has been passed by the house over the president's veto, 220 to 60. ' - INHUMAN WKKTCHES. In GIIUAM COUNTY. . m Arlington, June 2. The returns from eight precincts in Gilliam county give: . For congress Ellis, 174; Bennett, 268; Northup, 58. The populists bave made gains in nearly all of the pre cincts, and Quinn is running close be hind Bennett. The democrats bave elected the sheriff and the represeutative is in doubt. The rest of the coi .ty ticket will be republican, with the possible exception of commissioner. -' W. H. Moore, candidate for joint sen ator, will carry the county by 100 votes. The vote for district attorney is very close between Jayne and Cra-dlebaugb. PORTLAND, Or., June 3. The In dications are from incomplete returns ii the first congressional distri t in Oregon, that Tongue has been beaten by a small plurality, probably, 200 or 3iK). In the second district the indica tions are that'Quinn has a majority, but it may require the official count to determine whether he or Ellis baa been elected. THE LEGISLATURE. Incomplete returns show'that the republicans will have a majority in the legislature, and on joint ballot the two bouses will probably stand as fol lows: - Republicans, 56: populists, 12; demo crats, 6; union bimetallic, 3; Mitchell republicans, 3. F.LL1S MAY Late Reports Hhuw an Tote. ZLECTtiD. 1 Increase la His PORTLANJ, June 3, II A. M. Th latest ' reports show Ellis' plurality over Quinn to be 500 outside of Mult nomah county. The vote here Is very .lose, and there is a possibility that Ellis will yet have a plurality In the district. The count so far In Multnomah county gives Quinn a slight p urality over, tins, while Northup lain the lead by oyer 500. Great Olittresa Prevalent. SENECA, Mo., June 2. Every day reveals great distress among the people Dastardly Deeds of Spanish Soldiers Cuba. New York, June 3. The World publishes the following special corres- pondance from Macagua, province of Matanzas, Cuba,' dated May 10: Reports bave reached here of a num ber of unwarranted murders and out rages by bands of Spanish guerrillas under Colonel Luis de Oliveras. Beliasdrio Nudarizo, of this town, re lates the particulars of a fiendish at tack upon a Cuban woman. " i he guerillas of Colon," Mr. Nodar izo says, ''while on their way to CaM mite, stopped at the housa of Malto Martinez, who had been forced to en list in a body of insurgents under the command of Juan Pablo Jabo. The officer in command inquired from Sen ora Miii tinez the whereabouts of her husband. "Indeed, I cannot tell,' she replied "I'll make you,' said the Spanard, and he proceeded to tear off her cloth ing. He then questioned her anew, an I reji'wins no answer from the women, who was crying hysterically, ne unsheathed bis sword and fell to cutting and slashing his victim until ber blood covered the Moor and sl.e fainted in a corner. Her shrieks and entreaties only served to provoke the brutal laughter of soldiery." Mr. Nodarizo said he laid, the facts in writing before Colonel Molina. The chief replied . sa iding a squad to ar rest and shoot the complai laut. His brother, Bruno, a tobacconist heard of the order in time to notify Beliasdrio. The brothers fled and joined the rebel forces of Teoltide Garcia. Colonel Molina's force a few days afterward stopped at the home of a farmer. Only a woman and baby xere in the house. Molina demanded that she tell where the men were. She protested she did not know. He called for a platoon of soldie' ; As the platoon entered the cabin Molina pointed to ber and said: 'Pull out that rebel hag and shoot her." The mother and child were dragged some 25 feet from the hut and a squad moved away a few paces. "Will you apeak now?" the colonel demanded. For God 'a sake, I don't know," cried the woman. "Then fire." ordered Molina. The woman tried to shield her child with her body, but the merciless bullets did their work. The baby was not killed outright, and one of the soldiers, moved by a sort of barbarous pity, crushed the little one's ukull with the butt of his rifle. 'The bugle Bounded "fall in," Molina after setting fire to the bouse coolly mounted his horse and gave the word "march." ordered to Nankin. ' It is believed the Germans will withdraw the 50 oCiocri now in the Chinese army, and insist upon the payment of the whole anioam of their contract. Another dispatch says the Kraus rebels defeated the Chihese General Tung, with terrible slaughter, and tl e viceroy of Nankin has ordered the German crillel trois to assist in suppressing the rebellion. EXC'ITl.NO UsHERMEN. Inflammatory Notice routed by an Astoria Paper. ASTORIA, Or., June 3. An erenln-. paper, claiming to be the oryan of th striking fisbermai , today posted i notice in front of its place of publica tion calling upon the fishermen to rUt and forcibly eject from the city a I Chinese emloyes of the cannerle a circular 10 tnis same enei;t, it U said, was also printed by the paper and Uready for distribution through out the city. The matter created in tanse excitement among the businus. men and others, and Sheriff Hare, be ing appealed to, went to the newspape offije a id compelled the publishers o the paper to take down the notice ant. suppress the circulars. Among the cool beaded members of the fishermen's union the movement met with little or do endorsement, but by others the step was favored as n means of revenge on the cannerymen for the f.liure of the latter to bring . be strike to a close. - Run Over by a Flatear and Killed. . Cornelius, Or., June 3. I e.-t True, the 6-yeir-old son of r. and Mrs. Lru-j True, was run over by a flat car this afternoot, and altnor-t instantly killed. The car was stancintr on a sifletrack, which has a slight incline, and in some way it was started on the down grade, it is said by the little fel low's use of a pinch-bir, which he had picked up. He ran in front of the car 1 1 stop it, when he was knocked down, and the heavy car passe 1 over his arras and body, killiing him almost in stantly. It does not seem possible that the boy could have ly Ms own e Torts arted the car moving, but as there was an incline it woull have taken but little to have ne it moving. AID FK" FRANCE. 8panTsh Government ooks for Help Fnim That Quarter. Madrid, June 4. Among the rea sons that have encourage 1 the Spun iafls to look to France for assistance. s fie fact that 1 1 any and every stage of their dilHtsultljs with tha Uuited St. ites and Cuba in the past 17 month , the French press has shova them more sympathy than th s preis of an other European nation. Tho 3jm- iards argue that even if Franca an Spa.n had not so many co n n in intr ests in Morocis , ia Mediterranean uestions their conad.juons ilne would justify a close understanding Three-quarters of all the shires an I bonds of th) Spanish railwiys ar) i i tho bands of Fro ic i ca jittti-it, wh Iso have iuvestel several hundred millions of doll irs in 'Spanish public- works, gas and electric compa ie- mines, wine growing a id municip loans. Last, but not least. French l vestors hol-i about $4J 0JJ.0J3 of the Spanish foreign 4 per cent debt and about the same amount of Cub.m bonds. French bankers advanced la-it year $10,OOJ,(K)0 to the Spanish government for the Cuban treasury, and then they have made further advances oa Cuban bonds for war expenses.. Besides the financial connection. Spain has a considerable commercial connection with Franee, as 40 per cent of tbetotil imports into this kingdom come from France, and about 36 per cent of the total exports -go to France. The Spaniards believe that France must assist them some day. because her West India colonies, her interests in the Panama canal schemes and her trade with Porto Rioo, 'which has suffered much already from competi tion witn America, will make her desire to check American interference n Cuban affairs. '9 3 1 Mm to w with Fry mtUn, from potato & chips to doughnuts in Cotto- Fi lene. Put Cottolene in a cold i? pan heat it slowly until it will delicately brown a bit of bread in half a minute. Then ' 3 put in your food. 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Of course, the actual aumbar of or ganized, drilled and uniformed citizen soldiers is only a small fraction of this, but tne real available military strength of the United States Is only Inadequate ly appreciated by the average Ameri can. The military spirit which the civil war engendered has not died out among the American youth. On the contrary, it has amply held its own, if it has not increased. Never before was the national guard of the several states so strong in numbers, so well armed, so excellently disciplined. There are 113,100 of these volunteers in all, representing infantry, cavalry and artillery. Their efficiency widely varies, being high as a rule, in the ol& rich, and populous states, and less satr isfactory in the newer and sparsely settled communities. New York heads the list in numbers with a well-equipped force of 13,810 officers and men as large as a fighting army corps of the rebellion. Pennsyl vania has a force of 8,614, whose mettle was tried two years ago at Homestead; Ohio has 6,125 and Massachusetts 6,MQ. As it happens, the states in which the present strike centers are well pre pared for such an emergency. Illinois' militia body musters 4,777 men; Indi ana's, 3,033; Iowa's, 2,351; Missouri's, 2,415, and Michigan's, 2,801. Illinois is particularly fortunate in the character of its fine city regiments. Tho entire organized militia of the United States is subject to the orders of the president and can be moved and concentrated wherever occasion for its prccenco oriccs. When to this great army of 100,003 men are added the 25, 000 rcjrulars and the 3,000 or 3,000 bine jac!;ct3 and merinos of the warships on tho home station it is obvious that there is something more than the po . liceraan's club between the Airwrl"m people and anarchy. DOCTOR Hi SHORES' The Rumor Denied. New York, June 4 "There Is no truth whatever in the rumor that Antonio Maceo has offered to make terms with the Spaniards," said E. Del Castillo, of the Cuban legation. "Wehavejmt had a letter from him in wnicn ne says tnat ne nas every reason to congratulate himself on his position. 'I have between 1,000 and or cattle,' ne writes, 'and my men are as fully equipped as the Span ish soldiers in the way of ammunitio,. and clothing.' " COMPLETE ATARRH URE. ROTII LOCAli AXD IXTEUXAL. GEKSIAX OFFICERS INSULTED. Chinese Soldiers Subject Them to Indig nity and Outraare. London, June 3. A special from Shanghai says: The German "officers lent to drill the Chinese army, bave been subjected to indignities and out rage, tne motives or wnicn was totorce them to resign. Recently two Ger mans were lieaten by tfie soldiers, and now an officer named Krauss has been murdered by a body guard of the Lin Kun Yah, the viceroy of Nan Kin. 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