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About The Dalles times-mountaineer. (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904 | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1896)
ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY BY" ; J. A. OCOTHIT, Publtoher. SUBS0KIPTIOX KATKS. DAILY OmYear.br ail. Six Months Three Moonihs.... ffl.OO .a.00 1.60 WEEKLY On Year by mail - Sue months - 73 . All Subscriptions Payable In Advance. SATURDAY.. JUNE 13r 1896- WE MUST BE HONEST. : r to every party tSere arfc men wha are professional "dodgers." men who have no principle, no. watchword but success, success at any price, just so the votes can be capt ired. U here are In the democratic party many such men, bufi we trust they are in the . minority .and will not be allowed to formulate the policy of tLe tarty et theChlcagroconveation. Thermjority pf the democratio party rejisrnizr that we mu9t deal honestly with the people. . and conwtmt-wish -bold 'a n d uon.istak able declarations on all leading- issues, The minority, however, are not hout- t. They would make a meaningless plat , form, and are seeking to gain control of the national convention for that purpose. They are afraid of the Cnancial " question, and would have the national platform dodee that issue. If the platform-declares for the gold standard ' they fear it will lose the votes of bimetaliats. If it declares for free coinage ot silver they say the gold - men of the eastern states will go to the republican camp; and with these argu ments they plead, that the Chicago convention should "compromise." One would have it try the international conference dodge. Another asks that the presidential - nominee shall- be pledged to' nothing Let to abide by the result of the cocgressional elec tions and promise to Veto no financial bill that has the support of the majority of democratic representatives; and a third class would nominate a free coinage man on a gold platform and trust to providence to keep the people so puzzled they would cast their votes by chance and trust to luck. . The gentlemen who are advocating these clever schemes make one mis take; they start out with the theory that the American pec pie are fools. They do not realize that the time for duping the masses has '.passed and and that the voters everywhere are wide awake at Ust. There is no chance to dodge the financial question this year as there was four years ago; there is no confusion of words that can be bo framed that the people will not pierce to its true meaning twenty-four hours after the resolutions are flashed across the wires; and these gentlemen who are seeking comfort in such theories are just four years behind the voters they are trying to fool. Whether the platform adopted at Chicago is for gold an d silver or for gold alone If muse say 4tu4n plain, honest words. WeV believe a gold jlaiform - would mean-theath: 0 the party; L but a straddleiatfprm means worse It means death wltfi disgrace. ' POSMZLT - J;; DEADLOCK. Already fce.CfregonIan is predicting that there will be, another senatorial deadlock to., the Oregon legislature. The Oregonian certainly has grounds for making, this prediction Thre are two reasons why a deadlock is almost inevitable. The first is. the voters of the state have said they approve of dead locks by agaia giving the control of the legislature Into the hands of the party that is responsible for the dead locks of the past. Second, the party in the majority is hopelessly diyided on the money question. There is not the remotest hope that the two wings of the republican party in the legislature can or will unite on any one for United States senator. Those who favor the re-election of Senator Mitjhtll will never support Senator Dolph or any Other man whom the goli men may dictate, and the gold wing of the party will be equally obstinate with reference to Senator Mitchell or any other silver man.. If, therefore, the election of a United States senator is left to the majority in the next legislature, it can be put down as a settled fact that there will be a deadlock. But there may be enough democratic and populist legis lators, who are not so closely bound by party ties, that they will ailow the state's interests to be jeopardised as they were in 'the' session of 189a," and will effect a compromise ' 'with the Mitchell men, either upon Senator' Mitchell or. some other man who repre sents their views. That the gold wing of the republican party cannot. elect a senator Is certain, and if a deadlock is verted it must be by the consolidation of the silver men Of the three parties. This should not be difficult to effect. Legislators, ought to. be sufficiently broad minded to lay party, prejudice aside, after they have, for a reasonable length of time, expressed their -prefer ence for partv favorites, and unite upon some one who will make a con ervative representative of the state. If the Mitchell republicans, the demo crats and the populists consider loyalty to the -itate superior to 1 yalty to party, a senator will be elected, if not there7 wnibe-a-deadlock through the entire session. NOT DISCOURAGING The republican plurality la Wasco county has been variously estimated at from 200 to 300, but the recent election demonstrated the fact that it has a clear majority of 214 over both the other parties, and a plurality of 753 over the democrats. The vote for su preme judge indicated very nearly the relative strength of the various parties, and is about the only index to the political complexion of the voters. While there was no effort to draw party lines on this office, voters generally expressed their political preference for supreme judge, all three the candidates- being well and favor ably known to the masses, and it is reasonable to suppose that few if any republicans, democrats or populists refused to support the nominees of their party for this office, hence we can only presume that each received the full vote of his party, and that there are 755 more republican than democratic voters in the county. With such a plurality as this' to over come, the recent democratic nominees for county offices may consider tbey did exceptionally well, and received a flattering support. Not one of them Jbut received more than bis real party strength, and had the republican plu rality been no greater than it has bean estimated in the past, a large majority of the officers elected in the ' county would have been democrats instead of republicans. Nevertheless the result is not discouraging, for two years ago Mr. Ellis carried the county by over 900 plurality, and this year.no republi can' on the ticket come within 150 of that number, showi ir that some at least of those who left the democrats in 1894 are retiring to the fold of democracy. . AN EkF&OlLVE LAW. The question of adopting a registra- tiin law for Oregon is one that will be prominent in the next session of the .-legislature, and if the senatorial con test and appropriation bills do not consume all the attention and time u legislators, there is a degree of assur ance that some such law may be passed There, will of course be opposition to the passage of a registration law by those whose only hope of retaining office lies in ap unfair election, but evidently this class will not be in the majority, and it may be possible to get a bill through that will be effective and will also stand the test of the su preme court. Maryland has recently amended her registration law so that it appears to be nearing perfection, and it presents many features that' should "commend themselves to the legislature of this state. . By the provisions of the law the judges of election are also made the registration officers, and on Tues day, seven weeks before election, and on Tuesdays and Wednesdays of the sixth, fifth and fourth weeks before election, the board sits for registering. making sevm days in all. Another day is provided for revising the list. hearing complaints, etc. Persons re fused registration may apply to courts for redress, but insertion of names upon order of the court is not a bar to prosecution for falte registration or false voting. No person not registered can vote at any election. This does away with the trouble and possible iraud incident upon the cus tom of "swearing iu one s vote on election day. In connection with the police census of the voters, the inter mediate registration thai goes on be tween elections, the records of disqual ified and deceased voters, the registra tion books afford a (retty exhaustive array of information as to the elec torate. The registi-btioa bonks show the voter's nami , residence and post- office address, age, color, nativity, resi dence in state, county and , precinct, the date of bis naturalization if foreign born, the court whence his papers is sued, whether he can read or n t, date of his application for registry, his sig nature, and record of his voting at suc cessive elections. This- is a cumber some undertaki lg, truly. "But some thincrs are worse than cumbersome- ness and inconvenience bribery and coruption, for exa nj le. The penalties for violation of the Maryland law are severe, as they should he. A member of the registration board may be jailed for 30 or 60 days for failing to scrutinize the list in re sponse to complaints. An offer to reg ister when one is n t qualified for reg istration is punishable with six months to five years in jail or penitentiary, and so are the more serious offenses of impersonating another voter or trying to register in two precincts; so also of improper Toting or atteujts to . vote. Malfeasance on the part of a clerk of election is a felony punishable by from one to five years' imprisonment in the penitentiary.' ' For "bribery and other violations of the election laws the pen alty is sufficiently severe to strike ter ror to wrong doers generally. SILVEU The worl.l is UOINO UP. . becoming convinced that the silver "corpse" is coming to life again. It received a stunning blow in 1S73, and from that time till the present' it has be-iri so badly crippled by adverse legislation that it was unable to take its place as primary monev. But tLe giant is rising, ana the financiers are watching him. A dispatch from New York to the Associated Fress says: A question that is now agitating many speculators is the probable continu ance of the recently revived activity and strength of silver certificates. Predictions' of a sharp advance in the price of the metal are indulged in and bullion dealers hope for a recurrence of the movement that marked the year 1890. It is reported that a consider able demand for the white metal has developed in Europe. It is understood this inquiry cou.es at this moment chiefly from France and in a lesser degree from Spaia for coinage purposes and that orders have been received here direct, bids being above the Loin don parity. ' Many smelters are said to have sold their product for three months ahead anJ there is . compara tively speaking only a light stock of bullion on .hand. Transactions in silver certificates on the stock ex change today amounted to $253,000 at 691(S, making the aggregate dealings for the week thus far $406,000 ' as against C8i the last previous price, Engagements of 700,000 ounces have been made thus far for export on Saturday' TEE "CYCLONE" ECLIPSED. Many a callow American sophomore has racked his protruding brain over the question of what would happen should one irresistable force meet an other irresistable force going in a op posite direction. But the question is now settled. Cvclone Davis, of Texas, has met Col. Tobe Scrutchine, also of Texas, and the result is that the iin - sistable "Cyclone" is in an eclipse. The air on the Rio GranJe plains was for a time full of hair, wheels of various sizes making from one to six teen revolutions a second, clouds of figures, dust from musty and long cracked jokes, and otherdebris,and the vaulted heaven was assailed ith the clash of calamity howlings until the loud thunder-claps of sound re-echoed and reverberated from the land of the Beef heads to the argentiferous fast ness of Colerado's eternal hills, on to join the wail of the mournful Pacific along the shores of Oregon and back again, isut witn au tnis greatness "Cyclone" has achieved, and the glory he won while recently in this state of the sunset, bis star will not shine by the side of the Hon. Scrutchins, if the following from the New York Sun is to be accepted. Another mightier than be, one by the side of whom he cannot shine in the same day, has sprang up to preach for popu lism and may favor Oregon with his presence next fall. The Sun says : " The Hon. Cyclone Davis rules the world of intellect no longer, or exerts but a diyided sway. A new star, and one of superior magnitude, now glit ters from the populist firmament. Col. Tobe Scrutchins is now the first bul wark and ornament of Texas populism. As Cimabue gaye way to Giotto, so Cyclone Dayls gives way to Tobe Scrutchins." -THE BIBLE IN SCHOOLS. - The management of the public schools of New York his met with a knotty problem In the matter of intro ducing any sort of religions exercises into the schools. An infidel father objects to his children taking part in the preliminary devotional exercises at the opening of the schools and is causing no small amount of annoyance, and it seems that the only amicable means of settling the question is to banish the Bible from the schools. The religious exercises which are objected -to in this instance consist simply of the reading of a short selec tion from the Bible and the repetition of the Lord's prayer, and they consume only a few minutes at the opening of the session. They are a mere acknowl edgment of the of tie Divine power, and so far as they serve any pnrno at all in the training of the li'tl children, it is in the cultivation of tMe spirit, of reverence. But for that very rens-in this infidel father protect as-ainst them. He denies the right of the principal to compel his boy of nine years and bis daughters of tea and six years to pay even outward respect to the devotional exercises. He does not wane them to go to any length, in the wor ship of an "unseen phantom,"as he des cribes the Almighty. It seems that the principal of the school, after she had been infprme.cl.of his prejudices, took care to respect them by requiring of his children that tbey . should bow their heads only during the prayer, in conformity with the prevalent and necessary discipline. Tney were not expected to join in the prayer; but he continues to protest on the ground' that the city has uo right to force his children to tr.ak" eve.i an inferential acknowledgment of the existence of Gjd. Doubtless, if ha were a broader minded man he would, be ylad to have his children's sense of propriety thus cultivated, and the' obligations of cjurtesy and of regard for the feelings of their associates taught to them. He would see that the very reasonable requirement of the principal of the school does not compel from them the recognition of a Divine psrsonality, to which, he so muoh objects, but only a due respect for t'n sentiments of others; and that is a valuable lesson for any-body to learn. Simply as a matter of civility, the very atheist pre serves a suitable attitude 1 1 a church. A Christian pays respect to the pro prieties of a pagan tenple. That is merely good manners, decency, and good taste. It cannot be denied, however, that the parent has a perfect right to object to instructing his children in the public schools in any religious doctrines or worship implying a be lief which is intolerable to him. The introduction of the simplest and brief est religious exercises into the schools involves " a recognition of religious faith which at oncedestroys their com plete secularity and arouses conflict ing opinions. It raises the bitterly disputed question of religion, invites unending controversy, though It satis fies no on'-. It is little less objection able to b lie vers than unbelievers.' ' It does not go far enough for the one, and it goes too far for the other. The Bible in public schools is con sequently a prolific cause of trouble, for the teacher too often carries -his or her peculiar beliefs or creeds into the exercises, no matter how simple or brief they may be, and In so doing in terferes with the beliefs of others, by instructing their pupils in doctrines which they do not accept. Thus it would see n. In order that our public schools be strictly non sectarian; the Bible and all devotional exercises be eliminated, .leaving all religious in structions to the churches and Sunday schools. DANGEROUS PREJUDICE. If it is true that the fire which con sumed . the Northern Pacific Elevator Co's warehouse at Walla Walla was of incendiary origin, and was kindled by workingmen to carry out the threat that they would burn the city unless the emf loyment of Chinese was stop ped, Walla Walla has reached a stage which is deplorable indeed. The labor ing men are certainly resorting to means that are unjustified, are labor ing under t ae influence of misguided prejudice, and have been guilty of a deed that will result in no good to their cause. The presence of Chinese in any com munity is by no means desirable ; that this inferior race was ever admitted into the country and allowed to come in competition with American wage earners is to be regretted. But they are here, we fear to stay, and they who seek to 'eject them by such means as those adopted at Walla Walla, forf it all claims for sympathy, for n oth i n g bu t evil can ever come out of such acts of violence. No good can ever result from violating the law under the pre tense of righting a wrong. Those who establish laws for themselves and as sociates, must abide by the laws that protect the rights and property of others. Such deeds of violence and wanton desti uction of property evi dence the existence of a spirit of an archy in the community where they occur, and show that those who per petrate them possess ad if position that is dangerous both to themselves and those with whom they come in contact, for if they would destroy property they would take life in order to accomplish their ends. ST. LOUIS' SECOND CYCLONE The city of St. Louis was visited the other day by a furious syelone, which tore down lofty buildings and took human life without mercy. Sympathy was extended to the municipality which had been the victim of such great anger of the elements, says the East Oregonian. . But a cyclone of indigna tion has now swept towards that same city which will cause greater loss than that occasioned by the fury of the physical elements. It is the cyclone of public indignation at the gross in sult to the colored race offered by re fusing hotel accomodations to the negro delegates to the republican national convention. The American people will have no patience with such narrow prejudice. They have accepted the emancipation of the colored race as an act based on right and justice; a measure prompted by the eternal laws of equity; a step in the direction of levelling all distinctions of class, and putting men of all color and previous condition on a basis . where they can struggle for high places, and win them, when possessed of the necessary indi viduality. This incident is the most striking in our social life for a genera tion past. It will do more to advance the interests of the negro than ten years of platform orations and news paper pleading. The great mass of the American people have already hurled against the. St. Louis' bigots an athemas of excommunication, and St. Louis stands today despised by every town and hainletin the country. It is, no doubt, not only the act of the hotel and restaurant keepers, but virtually an act of the majority of the citizens, for keepers of hostelries are human and are largely governed by public sentiment, as are other business men. The negre delegates, although sub jected o personal mortification by the incident, may console themselves with the thought that St. Louis stands almost Hlone among all American cities and that they have the sympathy of the immense majority of the Ameri can people.- LET OUR LIGHT SHINE. The northwest, especially Oregon and Washington, has passed that stage wheu booms are beneficial or aro needed to develop the latent resources of this vast and prolific country. Flashy headlines and oyer-drawn pen pictures are not necessary to convince home-seekers of the comforts to be obtained by casting their lot with the most prosperous people and in the richest section of the nation. All Ihat is required is that the facts concerning the country be made known; in short, thHt the light of the northwest be allowed to shine. Let it be known ahroad that we need more people to aid ii developing this country. The region is so vast, the resources so varied, the wealth given by nature is so great that we f-jel like the little band of urchins in the old fairy tale who strayed into the magician's treasure house and stood still, dazed and marveling, uncertain whether to seize the rubies, the sap phires or the great links of gold; and we too, cry for our brothers to come and help us seize the wonders that are at our right hand, our left hand, before us, behind us and beneath our feet. We need more monoy too. There are railroads to be built, mills and fac tories to be erected, lands to be clear ed, drained or irrigated, mines to be I opened hardly a line of enterprise j can be suggested that does not -offer ' investments to tempt the hoarded moneys from the strong boxes of the oast. We need friends, too men who will tell their neighbors in other portions of the union that the west is no longer " wild and woolly," the home of a strange conglomeration of desperadoes, cow-boys, tin-horn gamblers and long haired apostles of Insanity. We need friends who will tell the un travelled demagogues who revile the land be yond the Missouri as a region of "rot ten boroughs" and "sage brush states," that the voters of the west are as in telligent, as well informed, as patriotic, and far more independent thai, the average citizcu of tne east; and that their social, pi litical or industrial opinions are quite as likely to be cor rect as those of men who never came west of the alleged centers of civiliza tion in New England. All these settlers, money and friends can be secured if the true merits of the northwest are made known. The great Mississippi valley contains tens of thousands of people who .are, looking for new homes. The savings banks of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Nw York and New England tell their own story of little hoards of cap ital waiting for investment. As for the friends only bring the true lead ers of thought from these older states and givejthem six weeke of life in the west; they will be lovai friends ol tne west till the sunset of life. A USELESS SESSION. The first session of the S4 congress has ende.i, and its act9 are now matters of history, but the record that has been made is not pleasing to the over burdened people of the nation. Con gress was convened under auspicious circumstances, promises w.-re rife that it would b8 an economical session and that legislation would ba enacted to replenish the depleted treasury. In stead jf these promises being realized the most flagrant appropriations have been made, aggregating considerably more than half a billion dollars, and no revenue measure whatever has been enacted. Congress has indeed been profligate in th n;atter of appropriations. It has taken advantage of nearly every opportunity to expend "ioney, drawing against the treasury for amounts far iu excess of actual requirements oven in times of prosperity, and this too at a period when the secretary of the treasury is exerting every effort to maintain the credit of the nation. It has provided for the expenditure of over $75,030,000 for river and harbor improvements, and authorized the awarding of contracts amounting to many millions mm-e. For coast de fenses and increasing the navy nearly $5l),Ui)0.000 .are appropriated, while money for pensions was freily ex pended. The acts of this session have indeed been disappointing. I was expected to reduce expenses and raise more revenue; but it has done the very op-, posite. In a time of national em-barrassmen-. It seems to have exerted every energy to load new and needless burdens upon the treasury, without makir.g the slightest provision for meeting them.' There can be. but one result, and that is the issuance of more bonus. .. Congress has left the secre tary of the treasury no other alterna tive. W ith the revenues of the gov ernment $30,000,000 less than the ex penditures, and a continual demand for the redemption of credit currency in gold, he has no other choice than to borrow of the money lenders. With the record it has left behind it, it would have been better had this cession of congress never been held. The delegates to the republican na tl mal convention are already begin ning to assemble in St. Louis, and the sentiment for McKinley is so strong that norther favorite son lie -d try to break it. The only contest at St. Louis will be over the wording of ti e financial plank in the platform, and indications are that is will be a plain declaration for a gold standard, though some of the poli.-y men Liyh in the councils of the party favor a reiteration of the '92 platform. Should their ad vice be followed, the republican party had as well go but of business and Major McKinley could wreath his presidential aspirations in willow. There is no longer any question that the Chicago convention will declare for the free and unlimit ed coinage o silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, and there is little doubt but this issue will win at the November election. A major ity of voters in the United States be lieve that free coinage would better their condition, and they will never change their minds until it is tested. Whether or not it will be disastrous is a question, but it cannot be a great deal worse than the present uncertain condition, and possibly the sooner the experiment la tried the better. EDITORIAL NOTES. Texas has again been disgraced by the acts of a violent moh. Three men were taken from the jail at Bryan and burned. New York wants to tax bicycles ore dollar a year. That great city roust be in sore nertiof reveiaa tJ thuseek to hop on to the innocent bike rider for mo;iey. 5Ir. Harrison has lost all interest in the St. Louis convention, and will go with his bride to Green Lake, Wiscon sin, where they will do the love in a cottage act all summer. St. Louis ned never again expect to be chosen as the convention city of the republican party. The refusal to entertain thi colored delegate: hs given the city a "black eye" as it were. The republican national convention convenes next Tuesday. Until then nobody will know whether MeKinley is to be a "straddler? or a "gold bug," but he will be the preside 'tial nomi nee just the same. It it announced that the convention hall at St. Louis will have one hut dred exists. This will be convenient f r tho-e whose seats are contested when they are invited to take up their little bundles and get. So far as heard from Ellis has a plurality of 4o2 overQuinn in this eon gressional diMriM, so the gentleman from Heppner will airain assume his duties at Washington for another two years, while Mr. Quinn will return to his delivery wagon in Portland. Elli-, though elected, had a dis tressingly close shave. He was elected because he was the regular nominee of the ptrty in the majority, not because he had any fixed opinions upon the leading issues that i-ivided the dif f jrent parties. It is now less than three weeks un til the Glorious Fo irth, and The Dalles will m ike no unusual demon stration oa that day, so the neighbor ing towns can plan to make the old enale scream, and the citizens of this j city will scatter out to the various places and aid in the festivities. Maryland and Connecticut demo cratic state conventions passed reso lutions endorsing the administration of President Cleveland and opposing the free coinage of silver; They are decidedly in 'he minority, but do not hesitate to express their opinions nevertheless. If a deadlock in the senatorial con test must occur in the next legislature it is to be hoped that it may result in a hold-up of the customary appropria tion bills. If it does the people will generally feel that the lower taxes rt- suiting therefrom will compensate for their being represented at Washing ton by only one senator. The resent congress is willing to levy increase! taxes on clothing, building material and like necessities, but not one ceut on beer. The brewers trust is such a powerful polit ical machine that congressmen dare not antagonize the brewers by placing on extra revenue tax upon their pro duct. The bosses in congress have agreed that this session shall end tomorrow. It is just as well.yUl the damage pos sible has been done, and no good can be expected from continuing the agony longer. A few uiqre weeks of the ses sion would only rjfeult in more approp riations, and since; considerably over half a billion has r!ready been approp riated taxpayers nt a rest. The colored getulemen who have been elected delegates to the republi can national convention are placed in rather au embarrassing situation. St. Lcuis hotels refuse to receive them as guests, and about the only choice left them is to either sleep in the streets or go home It is really too bad that St. Louis hotel keepers shoulJ thus draw the color line. Returns are being fixed up in the first congressional district so as to give Tongue a pluraliry, and a certificate of electl :i wilt issiel to hi u by the secretary of state. The vote, as re ported, stands, Tongue, 19,355; Van derburg, 19,281. Vanderburg will most likely enter a contest, but it is not probable that he will -be seated. T!e majority in congress will neel Mr Tongue, and they will see to it that he is seated. There can no longer be any doubt as to the sentiment of a majority of the voters in this congressional dis iricton the money question. 1 hey are unquestionably in favor of silver All of Quinn's vote, two-thirds of Bennett's and one-half of Ellis' were for silver. Which would divide them about two to one in favor of the . -hite metal. This is, we believe, the wav the county will stand if money is made the issue in November. A FISH STORY. rear Ken Did the TTork sad a Cat Bar Joyed the Benefit ThtwaoC - A Lewis ton - railroad man, two friends out of town and a local bag- gnrrcmaster went urnirg one night and early tho next mcmirg dong the sinu ous edges of Wcrthlcy brook, says the Lewistcn (Mc.l Journal. "They lost their Llccp, walked thirty miles or less, held their individual breath one hun dred and sixty limes by count , at the clir?ase3 of the casts, and then 'came homo rith cne trout seven inches loaa said trout navinj a ciioopish look in us lace at ncm-T tho only trout cansht. Their friends chaffed them, but they saiu tncy naa naa a rroou tune. At dinner tunc they met and declared that they u dino tfl that trout, that Is, they would partly dine oil that trout One of them cookei it and put it on the tabic and then, while ho stepped into the latcnen f or tlio calt box, the cat Jumped up on the table and ate the trout. They- returned in time to see the cat washin.-j her. face and picking trout D03C3 irora ostweea nsr teeth. They were philosophers, and their philosophy aloro , saved them, but it was rather fjallinjy to think that the eat, that had not lost any sleep, had net wciizcu thirty rules, ana not Btood the cites crd tlic3 of the multitude, should cat t-ao Cc;h. A ruany Ache. "I don't thin!: I ever realized Just how nisny CiZzrc-t kinds cf aches a hemen tcni coda have," cid c youn j lutaer, I tccmo caqcciatoa with oy boy. lie's cbsat coven iow, and a 6-ood" hoclthy boy, too, bet-a list of bis cchca end piM vrotli fill a book. 1213 latest echo b the heel ache; he till his mother (ho other day he had the 'heel, echo.' Thi3 ttm something entirely revr to bclh" cf us, end we both thcurit it; was- rather, tunny tncujii posiacly il may not seua sots older parents." J. M F ddiik iTotably Hart. Clatskanib, ir. June 10. fohn M. Reddick, a pionesr her -, was seriously and probably fatily ir jurei today, e was riding alongi the road In a can, when the horse toinmenced to back, and suddenly reaid up and fell back wards, falling on Mr. Keddick, break ing three of hisribs and otherwise injuring him Ii Ii supposed that be is hurt internalli TELEGRAPHIC. TILLAGE 1)1 SritOTKD. Lake City Overwhelmed by a Cloudburst. A Vitu of Tangled YVrecke. Redding, Cal., June 0. The once beautiful little village o( Lake City, nesilingin the foothills at the Sur prise valley, in Modoc county. Is a scene of -devastation, ruin and disas ter. What whs once a brisk and live ly burg of 200 inhabitants with neat a"d cosy dwellings and substantial business houses, is now but a vista of tangled wreckage, nearly every build ing in the town being wholly or par tially demolished. The inhabitants of Lake City were aroused from their early morning slumbers .ast Friday by the roar and rush of angry wateis. and b--fore many of them had time to look to their own safety without attempting to Eave their effects from residences, stores or business places, a flood of water canie p Hiring down upon f-ein from tiie lowering clouds that had bsen threat e ing destruction all night, and when the torrent had passed buildings lay in ruins on all sides. Lake City had been s'ruck by a waterspout a veritable water cyclone. The whirling mass of water struck the center of the town with terrific force. The frightened residents, warned by the oncoming roar, hurried to and fro in frantic efforts to save themselves from what for a time seemed cer tain death. Small trees, stumps and tim bers were carried down through the Streets with awful fore, and the most substantial structures were eakened and totted before the rush of water. The whole -own was undermined by the flood, and the damage L- estimated at ever $30,000. a heavy loss consider the size of the place. A KNOTTY PROBLEM. Disposal of Nerro Delegates to St. Lonls, The Question Still Unsolved. St. Louis, Tune 9. No solution of the puzzling question, "What is to be done with the negro delegates to the national convention?" has been reached. Proprietors of leading hotel deny that t.iey i ef use to entertain colored men, but say the rooms are all "en gaged," and they cannot accomodate the negroes. A large number of na- ) tional committeemen arrived this morning, but were reticent about giv ing their views regarding the treat ment of the negroes by the St. Louis hotel and boarding-house keepers. M. H. de Young, of San Francisco, owner and editor of the Chronicle, and a member of the national coratnit- tee, said-it was not a part of the duties of the committee to secure hotel ac comod iiions for any del -gates, either white or black. He would oppose any effort to bring the matter before the committee. National Committeeman James Hill, of Mississippi, a negro, thought he had secured rot). ns at Hurst's hotel, but was informed last night that the clerk made a mistake in assigning him a room, every room having been pre viously engaged. BIcKlNL?X ON FINANCE. Manager Thompson Says He Is for Som d Money. St. Lotjis, June 9. Ex-Congressman Thompson, manager pro tern, of the McKinley'. forces, was, asked to day: "What will be McKinley 's platform on the financial question?" "It will be for the single gold stan dard, pure and simple," he promptly answered, ''and to be - explicit," he continued, "I will add the financial platform of McKinley always has been the antithesis of what is known as 16-to-1 silv.'i-ism, and it will be through this campaign." Ko Urn ral 1- tailing This Season. Astoeia, Or.. June 9. The Colum bia Kiver Packers' Association ad journed at 4:30 this afternoon, after an all. days session. The result of the meeting settles all hope of any general fishing on the lower Col'iuiLia this season. One of the largest local packers was approached at the close of the meeting, but said be had no information to give out, other than that tho meeting bad thor oughly canvassed the whole situation, and it was finally decided not more than 4 cents could bo offerad for fish during the' remainder of the season Sea ded: "We are now entirely satisfied that the men will not go out for this price. but we cannot help it. and we have been able to so adjust differences here tofore existing in our relations with each other that all are now resigned to the situation." Tornado in Michigan. Lansing. Mich., June9. Atornado struck this city from the west yester day evening and a terrible wind storm and heavy rain followed. It was the worst experienced here in years Trees were up-rooted and scores of them, some of which nere a foot in diameter, were broken off. Several barns and buildings were over-turned. and over 400 feet of sheds at the plant of the Michigan Stave Company were leveled. Tlie nin fell in torrents. Thiifjr-rlve Vearj. Union, Or. June9. James Robbins, the Pine Valley resident who was ui have been tried this afternoon for the crime of incest, his twelve-year-old daughter bting the complaining witness, withdrew the plea of not guil'ty.and entered a plea of guilty. He waived time and was sentenced to thirty-ave vears in the penitentiary. After Congress Adjourns. Washington, June 9. The senate subcommittee of the finance committee designated to conduct the investiga tion of the recent bond issues, today decided to begin its work after the adj mrnment of congress, and admit the press to its sessions. Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle his prepared a statement for tho com miitee in compliance with a request, and will prohably also appear in person to answer question. TEE FLVAMMt PLANK. Tie Convent-on Will I'robably Not Favor Free Coinage. ST. LOCTS, June 10. The following was given out today by Richard ('. Kerens, member of the n-itional con. raittee from Missouri. More Impor. tance attiches to it than to various proposed planks on account of Kerens' visit to Major McKinley, at Canton, although Kerens would not have It understood that the proposed plank had the sanction of Mifvinley and gave no intimatio i to that effect: "We believe our money should not be inferior to the money of the most enlightened nations on earth and are unalterably oppose 1 to every scheme that threatens to debase or depreciate ' our money standard. We favor a reasonable use of silver as currency, but such should be to the extent only and under such well-defined regula tions that its parity with gold as cur rency can be easily and effective main tained. 'As consistent bimetalists we oppose the independent tree coinage at the ratio of lii to 1, as a measure fraught with certain disaster toall commercial Interests, destructive of the interests of t he wageearn, and in the absence of international agreement sure to lead to silver raonomet ilism." lOMKOLLtK LUiLKS' OPINION. Thinks Free Sllv.r H HI Control the Chl CMgo Convention. CHICAGO. June 10. J. H. Eckel, controller of the currency, arrived in the city yesterday. Mr. Eukels denied that he was here on any political miss-ion. It looks now as if the free-silver faction will control the convention. As to whether it will gain the -election well, that is a different matter. The epidemic has bee i so strength ened by the action of Kentucky, In diana and Ohio that it is useless to deny that the free-silver people have the controlling power of the party. Several weeks must ellipse before the convention; political history is made in a short time in this country, and there is many a slip." When asked as to the prospects of a bolt in the convention, the controller said: "I don't hear so much talk about a split-up among the sound-mouey men as r. -ports wuuid seem to indicate. It seems that all such talk emanates in the camp of the opposing faction the silver men rather than in the faction which is expected to bolt." FEW fftKE MUCESSFUL. Capitals of Aew States Only Get Publlo Buildings. Washington. June 18. Except Sa vannah, the en pi tuls of the new states of Wyoming, M n.tana and Utah r.re the only places that got appropria- i tions for public liuildi is at this ees- j sion of congress. The honse )u licy has 1 eeu to report no tills for tew buildi igs. After exhausting their eCorts in that body, the western men secured in the senite amem ments to the sundry civil bill. Those items were the hard est fought bet veen the two houses, and threatened to prolong the session some days. Senator Dubois, who en gineered the campaign in the senate, was importuned to' consent to drcp the amendments, but the Western senators and representatives refuse I to j capitulate on any conditions. Finally the house accepteJ the amendments on a motion inaih- hv Vilsn, of Idaho. Arrival of, the Deleados. New York, June 10. Dr. J. L. .gado ail son, J. M. Delgado, j America i citizens, reached this city I on the steamer City Of Washington, from Ha ana. Tl.ey are going to Washington t) make for nal state ments to the state department regard ing the treatment to which they were subjected in Cuba, the elder Dlgado Laving b -on shot almost to death by the Spar.i-.h soldiers, his servants mur dered, ami property destroyed. There also came on the City of Wash ington Felix Cabello, an officer in the Spanish service, said to be on an im portant errand to thj-t'eoaotry. Death Dealing;' Dynamite. JOHNSTOWJT, Pa., June 13. One hundred and eighty, cans of dynamite exploded about a mile below Lilly yes terday afternoon with frightful results. Mike Scawnoski was killed by the ex ploison. The following were fatally injured: Ar.tonio Stlbley, Gregorious Schiki, Gabriel Augonoski, Frank Smith, (colored), Peter Jackson (colored,) Samuel Walters. Contractor MoManuV workmen on the Penusyl.rar.ia railway were getting ready to make a blast when a premature explosion occurred, burying seven men beneath sand and rock. Vr tViih -puln j Springfield, o., June. IX James Creelman. the war correspondent whi hid to leave Cuba recently by order of General Weyler, says he thi nks thert will be a war with Spat i. tie says tb American people will be thunderstruck when te documents in the p issessioi of the state department are made pub lie. Spain Is anxiou-t for war. Twenty-five million dollars worth of American property has been destroyed in Cuba and many Americans killed without provocation. Contract for Machinery. Philadelphia, June 10. Russian engineers have been in Philadelphia and have made a contract for $.jO0 000 worth of machinery here. It is also proposed to erect a great plant at Nijn Russia, to build steam locomotives, Machinery will be bought in differen cities reaching several million dollar: In value. . At'present nearly all the Russian government railroad locomo tives are built here. It This tha Fourth .Van. Clatskanie, Or.. June 10. Yester day a party of railroad men, on the way to this place In a steam launch, picked up the body of a man, with his bead split ooan, in the Columbia near Wallace's island. It is supposed tl e man was murdered by the strikii g fishermen. BOW OF eiOTOUs) REVELERS. Three Thousand Wild Harvard Students Up n Mischief Bant BOSTON, June 11. Three thousand Harvard men, encouraged by the phe nomenal event of a Harvard victory fought 100 policemen in the streets ol historic old Cambridge, last night. It was the biggest riot that the univer sity has ever seen. The moment it was known "that Har- vord had won, there was a roar thxt shook every window for a mile around. Then w:is pandemonium. In half an hour thtra was on foot the MggeM celebration ever known at Harvard. The whole was a l-lae cf red Hi- , while all kind of fireworks spurted in eve-y direction, anJ the evenl ig wa made hidois with the blasts of u thousand giant horns. A manmoth procession was formed and marched to Harvarl square. The polios, anticipating trouble, were out in extra force. The majority of the Harvard men were armed with re volvers and took up a running volley, firing into the air. While cheering for the lndividua' members of the team was going o Clay Stone Briggs, a Harvard studei i from Galveston, was arrested. He ha discharged his revolver in the v-r face of a policeman. A's the polio men were hurrying hiin.nff, 'he mot took in the situation, and there was n mad rush of 3000 enraged students to the rescue. A line of Harvard men jumped for the backs of the po.icemea, who still clung to their prisoner. j Arthur T. Pilling, a student from Washington, was the first to tackle tn officer. He was promptly knocked down. Goldwait H. Dorr, of X. J., a student, jumpeJ on anot ler policeman. He was seized and arrested Many policemen and students received wou.nds. Finally the police were vic torious, and the three students named were dragged into the station-house and the heavy doors were slammed in the faces of.ihe howl'ng mob. For un hour :iOtK) uiad students sur rounded the station, clamoring for the re lease of the prisoners. The chief of police and prominent citizens ad-dret-si-d the students and urged them to disperse. The students paid little at tention to the officers and refused to disperse until the three men arrested hail been released on bail. They th- n departed, cl.eerlng as they left the police station, witti the three hero.-s mounted on the shoiildMrs of the mo! . Til IS RAIL ( "KIK IlEOION. South African Mii.i gilnga Interested la Its Developuieut. San Fhanoisco. June 11. The Chronicle says: The South African mining kings, Cecil Rhodes and Bar ney Barnato, have turned their atten tion to tho newly discovered -gold fields in the reglo i west and southwest of Like Kootenai In British Columbia, ju-t north of the international bound ary line. They have sent an expert out to Investigate the prospects and report. He declares that the richness of Rossland and the Trail creek min ing region far surpasses anything that South Africa could ever have dreamed of. This report will doubtless be followed by large investments in that section by those mining magnates and others. A Statement Prrpfirlne;. Washington. June 11. Chairman Cannon, of the hoise appropriations committee, and Sayres of Texas, who is ut the head of the minority of the committee, are preparing elaborate statements of the appropriations this session, whf:h will be given to the press to-norrrv.v. The ait'iil anprv pri ition (inclusive of fut-ira liabilities ontaln-vl in centrist aithorizii) vill reach a grand total of $ol."i.7."n,8iJ. Otpcoo Masons Elrct Officers. PORTLAND, June 11. The crand lodge of Oregon. A. F. & A.M. con vened yesterday. 1 he following gr tid officers were e!"--ted during the after noon: Master. Philip Metschan; deputy master. W. IT. Hohson; senior warden, J. B. Cleland; junior warden, .f. M. I Ilodson; secretary, J. F. Robinson; treasurer, I). C. McKercher; chairman educational fund. Jacob . ayer. The Golil Men Won. St. PAUL, June 11. The democratic state convention met today. There was a test of strength between the gold and the silver men in the selec tion of temporary chairman and the gold men won. . A!. Hall receiving 454 votes to 390 for the free silver candidate. Nominated a Fr-e 811 ver Han. Jacksonville. III., Jun 11. In the sixteenth congressional district today W. EL Hinrichson was nom inated for congress by the democrats. He is secretary of state and a promi nent free silver man. Reform Lead rs Heavily Fined. PRETORIA, June Ml. At a special meeting of. the executive council today it was decided to release John Hays Hammond, Colonel Rhodes, George Farrar and .1, W. Leonard, leaders of the lohannesbiirg refor-n committee, upon payment of a fine of 25.000 each, or in default, 15 years banishment. fhirp'ix aitle to Alaska. TACOMA. June 11 Twenty four beef cattle were put on board the steamer Wl'llpa this afternoon. b unrt for Circle City. Alaska. 900 miles Inland from Dyea Inlet. They will be driven over the Chilkat pass. This is the first at tempt to get live cattle into the In terior of Alask i. BROKE UP THE SHOW The Kan in the Bos Office Wanted Cross-ryed Man to Tay Doublo. "I once had an idea," said the show man. "It was brand-new and corker, I went to sec a three-rinj cir cus one day, and while I was there it struck me that if I put a variety show on the road with two separate and dis tinct turns goinj on at the bamo time the peoplo would be tickled with it nnd I would make money. I U-rurcd it out that there are many times wiicn man goes to a variety show and yawns through a turn because he has been it before or somuthin of tho kind. K ow, if thcro were two turns goinj on the man coulu look tt the other one, you know, and would come, awuy b2j iii' it was a nrcat enow, it would bo o:Uy occasionally wo woula tstrike a man who would . bo bored by two turn at the same time. The xjUiu bcciuej a tio topper,. and I (jot a partner wlio had money and we ctarto J t j put it into ex ecution, we hired a lot of people and put on a show tliat was u pretty (j.kI one. We had cijatocn turns, una wc ran them two at a time. For instance. 11 there was a ecrio-comis on the t-ta-o we would have a trapeso act from tae dome of tho theater, and thing's went along as if they had been n-rccood. Tho partner I had was a man who huJ never been in . tho show - business be fore, and ho didn't know a greet ileal about it, as a matter of course. Go;iuj that he had put up tao mousy, I lit him have a f ow words to cay about the front of the honce. On the fifth niht out we had a row and the show but:tsJ then and there. ' Since then I have never found anyone who would go ints the scheme." "What was the row about7" asked the Buffalo Express reporter. . "Oh, my partner was in the box- office and he tried to make a cross-eyed man pay' double, claimin? that ho could too both turns - at ones end would get twice hb money's wrlh. The cross-eyed man wouldn't have it, and thcra was a fljht. That f.-ht marked the death cf tho greatest i.'.ca in tho show business since thi ta.iL was invented, for my partner pullsd out and bought an interest in a church furniture concern." NOT THE n.'CHT TICKET. The Boy from Tar Array Chins Slant CeUovo in Eo.Taa Passe. A Los Ang-cles lady was recently en gagea in drilling a rL0V7ly-cnjajed Chi nese boy in naswcriM the door. iNow, Lin;," eao said, when the doer boll rinrra, yon rro to thedoor.hold out tnis salver, man put card on. You bnnff card to mo. x ou savoe "Yes, mo shabbc," replied Sing; So a rehearsal was crone thransb. The Angelas lady rang her own door bell. Sin? opened tho door, received V tr,rr.n It l-1- 1 1 lowed her Into thoparlor nnd presented ! VVAUA UIV WlU U. ft UilQ ' ' i WiM ei" Ing on the door bell rang- eg-ain. Sine; went to the door. A gentleman was there, who handed his card to the serv itor. Sin? looked at It olosely and grinned. : "Yon no come In. The visitor indignantly wHfH why not . . , "l8halbeeyon,"aid Slnp "yon no foolee me. You bo got tigbl tlpket. j No come la," ' !M isssol its Vlia. a rcip2 calls for a capiat ci iara or out ttr, uzz two-tlurds of a 1 c:ipfd of Cottolene the new v actable shorten-l-r instead. It im proves j-ourlicaltli, saves y our money a lesson in economy, too. Genuine Ci 3 1 A. sue id is sold everywhere in tins, with trade marks "Co!io!c;i?' and steer's head i:i cotton-plant zuteath on every tin. N. E. FAIREAKK C0MPAHT, Lor.l, CVrairo. Mn TtsbcIsos, n..in. r?wTorlt. Bostsa. 3C DOCTOR G.W. SHORES' COMPLETE ATARRH nsj'URE. r-s.i ROTH I.OCAT Al IXTtUlXAL. The imlv remedy eunrsnteed to absolurelv citv carh end c- nil le trsdiceiv lb i-l4tfsc vin ill- I lot d m d lem FULL SIZE, $t.C0; TRIAL S12E, 25C Eth lull mi packjrt c nmln unt lull emnih's toct' irriimrni. t.e luil svirln'i sui ply ol Caiarra r.i nu Bii.i ana t.nb lull aumth's supply uf CaisrrS, lin-.j and S'in" l H l'. v-u h-v n of th f .I'rtwlnr wnrmmi Dr It. V c, ,- Otnri-e C -ti'rti Cur w II ve vnu In- - r-t rnm-l-e'v and Drrmancmlycurs yoov I -hp H' -1 u ? n vriur ni.e ia hrr? u " n-i atH iil r? . h..rn,in In frn- he'l P., y-ti hawk tnrt r-hthr,' I v.Mir ihr .-I dn- In the miim'nlf? 'in vou a'pep. wth vnur awulb open l vnur l.-drine- tM Do vnu- e r d'chr'? "a the wan drv in v -ur e-ri? On vnu l.en h-iter m- davs lhan otnerif I- vi.ur heartne w.-r wen vu have s ci-ld? Or ci v. Sh-e' C-'iivh Cure cum sll Courtis. n-ll anJ br.it h' t rffeci". na. One d. will oa a'9mn.li-T -tin Kerp a b III- In th "nils Lr i,r Ntttlr 2V l vu Mve th- svmptuns Utt , (t-ccI nn hb ! and 'I will cur yua. 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