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SATURDAY ...MARCH 27, 1897
RtiED AND HIS MANIKINS.
The proceeding's in the lower house
' of congress since the discussion of the
tariff bill Degun, and in fact since the
special session convened and re-elected
the Hon. Tom Reed speaker, have been
rather convincing to the ordinary ob
server that, we have at Washington
very nearly, a one-man congress. Reed
is not only speaker of that body but he
' poses as absolute dictator, and what
' . he wills is done. . His rulings are law,
- and what he dictates is heeded. The
rest of congress is like so many little
manikins on a string in the hands of
an expert juggler. When Reed says
dance, they dance, and . when he says
stand still they stand. Reed decided
that but three committees should be
appointed this term, and but three
'were appointed. He disposed to limit
the legislation at this session to the
u appropriations and the tariff bill, and
that will be the limit. He desired that
, the appropriation bills be passed as
they stood without debate, 'and his de-
isire was granted. In the consideration
of the tariff, he allowed the opposition
to the Dingley bill four days for gen
'eral discussion, and four days was the
limit for five-minute speeches.
Had the queen of England ever at
tempted such dictation as has been
' Been under Mr. Reed's dictatorship,
- her throne would have toppled over
. years ago. Or had Emperor William
ever have found a chamber of deputies
so pliant as is our house in the hands
of its august presiding officer." Ger
many would long since have ceased to
be a representative p-bvernment. Our
congress, under the mauipulation of the
gentleman from Maine, is not a house
of ' representatives, but. a gigantic
Punch and Judy show, whose juggler
does not even deign to hide behind a
screen, While his deft hand forces the
little puppets to duck and squirm as
did those gaily painted pigmies that
brought us mirth in the dear, thought
less days of our boyhood, as we watched
the girations of the wooden figures in
a ten-cent museum at a county fair.
' It must be granted that Speaker
. Reed is about all there is of congress
at the present day; that the great de
liberative body in the national capitol
is composed of a mass of pigmies who
''wince every time the speaker's gavel
falls, and that the majotity is ready to
vote as he bids. And it must too be
admitted that he is about the ablest
man in that body; that he is fearless,
candid and at the same time more
honest than the average of that major
ity which he controls. When the his
tory of this session of congress is writ
ten it-will be the history of Tom Reed
and bis little manikins.
that will not be forgotten in a hundred
years.
The provisions of these proposed
laws are, however, the most vicious
legislation on the money question ever
yet proposed. The proposition to give
the people a "safe, ample, elastic and
cheap currency" by removing all the
safeguards thrown around the institu
tions clothed with authority to issue
paper money, is not only absurd but it
is dangerous. To allow national banks
to issue paper money without any di-
rect security to the government would
result in a wildcat currency being put
in circulation that would be a continu
ous tax upon the government redeem-
lue the notes of defunct banks. It
would furnish a currency that would
indeed be elastic and cheap, though it
would be anything but safe. The prop
osition to require the same reserve for
circulating notes as for individual de
posits, sound 8 well, but in practice
would be no security whatever, for all
the supervisions and precaution thrown
around national banks by "careful"
examiners and inspectors being ap
pointed to investigate them, has
never been ample to protect depositors,
nor would it be ample to protect the
security of the circulating notes.
The provisions of the second bib,
while they are possible not so danger
ous to the stability of the country's fin
ances, if carried into effect, would be
most expensive and result in increased
taxation. The issuance of $750,000,000
of 2i per cent bonds would transfer a
non-interest bearing debt of that
amount to an interest bearing debt,
and would increase the annual inter
est payments of the country $18,750,000,
and if the bonds were to run from one
to ten years, the price to the people qf
retiring the greenbacks and other
credit currency would be $93,750,000 a
year.
This scheme.of Mr. Walker is a first
rate thing for the bankers and money
lenkers, but would be extremely bur
densome to the people, but with his
national banking bill it is an embodi
ment of what a majority of the people
voted for last November, and they
should not complain if their masters
should thus tighten the clamp around
their necks a little tighter.
A BIT OF UN WRITTEN HISTORY.
THE DEMAND FOR GOLD.
AFTER THE CRUMBS.
Salem Is full of brokers and money
lenders who are looking for the crumbs
that the failure "of the legislature to
pass the general appropriation bill, have
left, scattered about the state capital.
It has always been the custom to pay
the employes about the state institu-
tions quarterly, and with the first of
' April there will be a large number of
- salaries due, with no available cash on
hand with which to meet the demand,
hence brokers are on the alert to
fea the, .their nests . by discounting
claims, provided the claims can be
' put into such a shape that -they will
draw interest and at the same time be
come such evidences of debt that their
payment is made secure.
This condition puts Secretary Kn-
caid in rather an embarrassing posit
ion, for he too has his weather eye
open for a crumb in 1898 (either the
secretaryship for another term or to be
made governor) consequently he is in
father a delicate situation, and cannot
afford to incur the displeasure of the;
employes or the brokers. - At - the
same time he cannot afford to appear
as truckling to their demands, and
thus incur the displeasure of the tax
payers, for they too have votes.
' It is presumed Mr. Eincaid will be
' qual to' the occasion, and will dis
cover some sort of authority for issu
ing certificates for claims presented
; and audited by him, and that these
claims will be sufficiently binding that
their collection will be assured when
ever the legislature shall meet and
" pass an appropriation bill.
mtmm sssssssssss m
. JT8 WHAT WE VOTED FOR.
Japan .having adopted the gold
standard will naturally create an in
creased demand for that metal, and its
surchashing power,, as compared with
other commodities, will increase just
in proportion to the greater' demand,
unless new mines shall be discovered
whereby the supply may keep pace
with the increased call for the metal
Senator Wolcott sees in the action of
Japan a factor that will til in hasten
ing an International monetary agree
ment, but in this the senator is mis
taken. The great finances, or rather
the money owners of Europe, who con
trol the financial policies of the .old
world, also see in Japan adopting the
gold standard something to their bene
fit, and will oppose any measure that
will result in lessening the value of
their property. ' International bimetal-
ism would be valueless to the world at
large, unless it decreased the purchas
ing power of gold and increased the
selling value of other articles. including
silver. This is just what the money
owners of Europe do not want. They
virtually hold the gold of the world,
and will never consent to a system thai
will depreciate its value.
On the other hand, they will - favor
any arrangement that will increase its
rvalue. Every nation that discards bi-
metalUm, or goes from the silver to
the gold " standard, increases' their
wealth just in proportion to the
amount the increased demand for gold
enhances its value. Japan adopting
the gold standard will increase the de
mand about one-twentieth, hence its
purchasing power will bo enhanced
just about to that extent. Russia is
considering the proposition of going
to a gold standard, and is receiving en
couragement to do so from the money
owners of leading financial nations of
Europe. Should Russia determine
upon this policy, It will require about
one-tenth ths gold of the world for its
use, and the purchasing power of gold
will be increased in proportion to the
new demand.
This possibility leads to the inquiry,
what will the value of gold rise to as
one after another nation adopts it as
its standard of value? And to what
level will labor and the products there
of fall?. We hear much of a two-dollar
dollar, but when a few more nations
adopt the gold standard the ordinary
man wlil never hear of a dollar; it will
be so valuable he will hardly dare think
of it. Farm hands are now working for
fifty cents a day, and farmers are selling
their products at about fifty per cent
value, but when the demand for gold
increases through its greater use as a
money metal, tney will be reduced to
lower prices still. ' ' '. '
Behind the law of presidential suc
cession is a curious chapter of uu
written history. It was told recently
by a Missourian who has been for
many years a trusted official of the
Unted Stales senate, says the St. Louis
Globe-Democat. It explains fully an
incident, almost forgotten now, but
once the cause of much criticism of
President Cleveland. Until a few
years ago the law was that the presi
dent pro tempore of the senate sue
ceeded to the presidential office in the
event of the death or incapacity of both
president and vice-president. In the
absence of a president pro tempore
the succession devolved upon .he
speaker. But either of these officers
only acted as president until congress
could convene on twenty days notice
and a special election could be held
Early in the first term of Mr. Cleve
land Vice-President Hendricks died at
his home in Indianapolis. A situation
which was without precedent existed.
Up to the time of his sickness Mr.
Hendricks had prevented the senate
from electing a president pro tempore.
The death occurred between the dis
solution of one congress and the
regular session of the next congress,
At the White House President Cleve
land was completing his preparations
to go to Indianapolis to attend the
funeral, senator Edmunds was at the
capitol, busy in his committee-room
The suggestion came to his mind
What would happen if the president
should be killed or be rendered unfit
for duty by an accident on this con
templated journey to Indianapolis?
He reasoned that if anything should
haDoen to Mr. Cleveland the
country would be without a head
There would be no one even with tem
porary authority to call an extraordi
nary session of congress. It would be
impossible to take any steps. No
special election could be ordered
There would be no relief from the con
fusion until the regular date for the as
sembling of congress came around in
December. Until the senate chose a
president pro tempore and the house
elected a speaker nobody could perform
any of the duties of president.
Edmunds went directly te the White
House and told Mr. Cleveland he must
not go to Indianapolis, giving his
reasons therefor. He acknowledged
the force of Senator Edmunds' argu
ment, immediately cancelled the order
for transportation and remained in
Washington. There was much criti
cism over the failure of Mr. Cleveland
to be present at the Hendricks ob
sequies.
As soon as congress convened after
Mr. Hendricks death' Senator Ed
munds fathered and pushed to enact
ment a. bill which mado impossible the
repetition of such a crisis. The law
of succession now is such that a
vacancy in the office of the president
of the United States is beyond all
probability. If the president dies the
vice-president takes the office and holds
it to the end of the term.. If both the
president and vice-president die the
secretary of state succeeds and is act
ing president until congress can be
held, the law (Erecting bow and when
the proclamation for a special election
shall be issued. Succession falls in
turn upon the members of the cabinet,
including the secretary of agriculture.
In the brief Interim which would pass
between the deaths of the president
and vice-president and the special
election there are eight possible act
ing presidents. ;.- . -
doubt there are charitable institutions
whose outlays, made under private
auspices, are not reported to the
board, and when we consider the
children's homes, orphan asylums,
hospitals, infirmaries and other like
institutions, we begin to get some bint
of the care which the strong are being
made to provide for the weak.
Probably reports from other states
would supply similar showings if the
facts were obtainable. Vost of this
work is being done at public expense,
still there are thousands of charitable
institutions that are maintained by
donations from philantrophic people,
still this, too, is a burden upon those
who work, and is the supporting of the
weak bv the stronsr. Then there are
the armies of tramps and beggars who
receive no support from the state, ex
cept when arrested and imprisoned for
vagrancy, though they are living off
the energies of those who toil, for they
neither reap nor sow, they produce
nothincr. thouuh they consume. All
these dependents that workers are
called upon to support, either directly
or indirectly, are evidences that new
life must be infused into American
veins, or else the droans will ere long
outnumber the workers, and we will
become a nation of paupers.
money, one pound of protection, boil
with twelve months of no work and eat
while hot one tablespoonful."
The New York Herald says what the
country needs is "more faih." Holy
smoke! Does it think starving people
can l ve on faith. That might have
done in those days when the stones
were blessed and turned into loaves
and fishes, but these are too practical
times for faith diet. What thecountry
needs is the realization of. some of
Mark Hanna's ante-election promises
mills opening, wages increasing,
laborers employed, etc.
The Venzuelan nerald gives a table
showing the trade of the principal
nations with South America for lSO-J,
which shows that the United States
bought of our southern neighbor
$100,147,107 and sold to that region
only $32,641,450 worth; while Great
Britain bought $83,492,064 worth and
sold $97,113,639 worth, lhe United
States bought three times more than
she sold, while the United Kingdom
sold about $15,000,000 worth more than
she bought.
SWEPT BY A CYCLONE
Death and Destruction Caused
by the Storm.
THE WORST TO COME
ADOPT THEM ALL.
The productive Hawaiian islands
will, it is said, again knock at the door
of America ana a to do aarmuea in
to this government on almost any
term we may see fit to dictate. And
why should not Uncle Sam adopt this
rich group of children. As an agri
cultural country these islands are un
surpassed anywhere on the globe and
are susceptible or supporting more
people to the square acre than almost
any other spot either in the seas or on
the continent. Blossed with a climate
that is most inticing and soil whose
productiveness has no limit, tney
would be a valuable addition to this
country, and with Yankee genius given
full swav would soon be a source of
revenue to the nation, greater than
the cost of maintaining a territorial
government there.
Situated as they are in mid ocean,
ana almost nan way oetween our
western coast and New Zealand, these
islands would be an absolute necessity
to this country as a base of operations
in case of a foreign war, hence it would
be folly to allow them to fall into the
hands of some European nation, or
Japan.
The only real objection to acquiring
these islands is the class of people who
predominate there being undesirable
citizens for a republic, still this would
readily be overcome, by Americans
becoming the predominant class soon
after the annexation. And betides
Hawaii, Cuba, so soon as she gains her
independence, will most likely throw
herself at our feet and ask to be an
nexed to the great federation of
American states. She too would
be a valuable acquisition; and should
Uncle Sam get fairly in the habit of
adopting orphans of the sea, he had as
well throw out his strong arms and em
brace Cuba and all the West India
Islands.
Of the 357 members of the present
house of congress, only 148 were in the
fifty-fourth congress, and 132 are serv
ing their first term. The republicans
control the house, as they did in the
last congress: but their majority has
been cut down by a hundred votes.
In the fifty-fourth congress they had a
majority of 150, now they can count on
a majority of but fifty. Half a hundred
republicans who sat in the iif.ty-fourth
congress have been left at home; their
places have been taken ' by democrats
and populists. '
Free, silver1 inay be slumbering, but
it is not dead, as may be seen from
the fact that the royalties to Mr. Bryan
for the first month's sales of his book,
"The First Battle," amounted to $16.-
000. Mr. Bryan ' has agreed to give
one-half of bis royalty to the cause of
bimetalism. The first distribution
was as follows: $4,500 to Mr. Jones,
$1,500 to Mr. Warner, $1,500 to Mr.
Allen and $500 to Mr. Teller, and cer
tified checks for these amounts were
sent last week. Mr. Bryan based his
division on the vote he received from
the four parties represented by the
gentlemen named.
The Oregonian persists in telling
truths about the tariff now that the
election is over. Here is one of its
utterances: -."The Dingley committee
can find no easier way to increase the
revenue than to annul the alleged rec
iprocity treaty with Hawaii. This
treaty which lets all the Hawaiian
sugar in free, never has been of the
smallest benefit to the government or
people of the United States. It doss
not cheapen, sugar, and wo get no re
ciprocal trade. The revenue surren
dered is a pure gratuity to the sugar
trust." '
more Danger is Anticipated t-rom
the Mississippi- Flood When the
Delta is Submerged.
KUIed a Mountain Lion With Slniw
More Troops Will be SeDt to Cr:
War Between Greece and Tar
key is Inevitable.
Kansas City, Mo., March 30. A
special to the Journal from Guthrie,
O. T., says:
At 6 o'clock this morning a terrific
tornado, followed by hall and flood,
swept through the town of Chandler,
40 miles east of here, completely de
vastating the town. Three-fourths of
the residences and business houses of
the town were totally wrecked or badly
damaged, scores of people being in
jured, and many killed.
Darkness at once came on, and te
work of rescue is carried on under
greatest difficulties.
The telephone office was carried
away, at 10 P. M. a telephone was con
nected with the wire two miles this
way and a message sent here for assist
ance. Up to that time, Mr. and Mrs.
John Woodman, Mrs. Henry" Mitchell,
Mrs. Tom Smith, Attorney -John Daw
son and two unknown persons had
been found dead.
Fully 150 people were known to be
badly injured. Mrs. Emma Foster and
baby are thought to be fatally hurt.
Chandler is a town of 1500 people,
built on a hill in thick timber, and the
mass of torn trees and wrecked houses
make it impossible to reach all of the
people in the dark. On every side can
be heard groans and cries for help, and
the scene is indescribable.
NEW LIFE- NEEDED.
-Representative Walker, of Massa
chusetts, has introduced two bills re
lating to banking and currency, entl
. tied "To modify the national banking
laws so as to provide the people with a
safe, ample,' elastic and cheap- cur
rency," and "To call in fractional paper
' money now injuring the prosperity of
the country." The first bill provides
that hereafter no national bank shall
be required to deposit bonds to secure
circulation, and circulating notes are
to be issued up to the amount of the
unimpaired capital of . the bank. The
same reserve is required for the circu
lating notes as for individual deposits,
The -cash reserve shall be in specie
and at least one-half of it in gold. The
specie shall be paid on demand under
penally of 24 per cent Interests as dam
ages during the time of refusal so to
pay. The other bill provides for the
issue of $750,000,000 of bonds under the
act of January 19, 1875, running from
two to ten years and drawing 21 per
cent interest. . The proceeds are to be
used In redeeming and canceling out
standing United States legal tender
notes and silver certificates. The bill
further authorizes the sale of silver
bullion arfd sliver dollars in the treas-
rv at the market value, whenever
such silver dollars cannot be kept in
circulation as money. The proceeds
of the sale of siiver shall reduce the
issue of bonds to that extent.
Th-3 provisions of these two bills are
fully in accord with the will of the peo
ple expressed at the last presidential
election, since they are efforts to put
the finances of the country in the
hands of the national banks, to retire
the credit currency and silver coins of
thecountry and to retain the gold
standard so far as our ooin is con
cerned. Should these bills be placed
upon the statute books of the nation
he provisions of the St. Louis plat
rml. and the desire ' of those who
ost a-dently supported it, will be
rried out with a vengence, and will
. the people a forcible object lesson
A LIBERAL VIEW.
The Atlanta . Constitution, which
has. always. been one of the ablest
edited and most consistent democratic
papers in the South, takes the follow
ing liberal view of the present admin
istration:
The republiban party has gone into
power under new conditions, and in
the midst of the most serious business
and financial emergencies the people
have ever been called on to face. For
the first time in 'its history, the re
publican party is on trial on issues not
concerned with sectionalism or the
prejudices growing out of the war.
Such sectionalism as now exists is
purely geographical and the issues
which are to decide the fate of the re
publican party are purely economic.
The first is the tariff. Will higher
duties, more protection, restore pros
perity? Mr. McKinley has said so,
and the republicans have pledged
themselves to it. Well, the people are
awaiting the result. Then there is
currency reform What do the repub
licans propose to do about it? That
remains to be seen.
Meantime, why should any reputable
newspaper go slashing around "oppos
Ing" Mr. McKinley? A million argu
ments are not equal to one event. If
the tariff restores prosperity, every
body except a f3w mugwumps will say
that the end justifies the means. . If
protection fails, why then it is a dead
issue, and the republican party will die
with it. .
Under- the circumstances, there is
no reason why the newspapers should
oppose" McKinley.
It is rather a peculiar concidence
that '. Grover Cleveland, who was
elected because the people wanted a
change in the tariff, called a special
session of congress to wrestle with the
money question, while William Mc
Kinley, whose election was supposed
to be a demand from the people for a
reform of the financial system, has
convened congress in extra session to
enact a higher protective tariff.
It is with a degree of alarm one views
the rapid tendency toward loss of self-
reliance among the American people.
The time once was when every indi
vidual was self reliant, and strove to
support himself, but that time has long
since passed. In the early settlement
of this continent the people asked no
favors from the government and re
ceived none, and this spirit of 6elf re
liance predominated among the sturdy
pioneers who forged ahead of civiliza
tion into the far West and 4sufc
the wilderness. None of those who
braved the perils of seeking homes in
the new world 200 years ago expected
the government to provide them with
means of- earning a livelihood when
able to work, oc to care for them
when overtaken by misfortune. They
believed they were endowed with ener
gies to sustain themselves, and by the
exercise of those energies, unaided by
slate, communities or charitable asso
ciations, they proceeded to work out
their own destinies. If they were ever
overtaken with the idea that the world
owed them a living, they proceeded to
collect the debt by their own exertions.
But that there is a change in this re
spect, the moat casual observer must
admit. Instead of a community com
posed of people who rely solely upon
themselves we now have a people,
almost one-half of whom are seeking on
whom they may lean for support, a
people who will accept, and in many
instances demand help either from in
dividuals or from the government. The
number who are dependent is increas
ing Bteadily, and he who is self reliant
and strives to support himself is con
fronted with the proposition that he
must also help support those who are
too weak,either physically or in spirit,
to sustain themselves. If the worker
refuses to concede to. the demands
voluntarily, the government steps in
and by' a system of taxation eompels
him to sacrifice part of his earnings to
support the weak. .
A striking illustration of the grow
ing tendency among our people to ask
and accept aid in the struggle of life,
which is probably largely owing to the
paternal features of our system of
government, is offered by the annual
report of the New York state board of
charities and a comparison of its show
ing with that made in 1830. Sixty-
six years is long enough time to afford
a demonstration in tendencies. In the
year 1830 when New York state bad a
population of not quite 2,000,000, its
counties and cities Supported 0790
paupers, and helped 2343 "occasional
paupers." If this relief work has kept
pace with the growth in population,
the 6,850,000 people in the state now
should expect to care for 19,800 per
manent and 8,000 occasional paupers.
As it is, the report for 1896 shows 25,000
persons are cared for in the city aud
county almshouses, more than 100,000
receive occasional aid from state and
county, and over-150,000 are main
tained by publio support in other
charitable establishments.
More startling is the finanaial com
parison. The poorhouses of 1830 cost
$865,407; those of 1896 $10,000,000. Their
maintenance cost in 1830 $250,000, and
in 1896 $4,000,000. The population has
not quite quadrupled in 66 years; the
outlay for city and county paupers has
been multiplied by 16. Care of the in
sane has been increasingly assumed by
the state, so that 21,000 are now pro
vided for, against 1,000 in 1830. No ,
EDITORIAL NOTES
Hon. H. W. Corbett, our would-be
senator, is still hanging on the ragged
edge of a senatorial seat at Washing
ton, but he is hanging on, that's all.
The Dalles to become a thriving and
populous, city, must be able to fur
nish employment, to more people.
This can only be dope by establishing
factories.'.
The Union Iron Works at San
Francisco are building a cruiser for
the Japanese government. Ship build
ing is not a protected industry, still
our ship builders are competing with
foreign bidders. Must be something
wrong.
An Ohio shoe manufacturer has re
ceived an order for 42,500 pairs of shoes
from England. What does this mean,
Englishmen coming over here and or.
dering shoes when they can be made
so much cheaper by their "pauper'
labor at home?
' Spain is about at the end of her row,
so far as prosecuting war against her
colonies is concerned. She has bor
rowed until she has nothing but her
reputation left to offer as collateral.
and that will no longer be accepted as
security by money lenders.
Half the stores in The Dallea today
are supplied with butter imported from
Portland or San Francisco. . This
does uot speak well for a section of
country that boasts of being self sus
taining. Wasco county certainly needs
a creamery to supply the home market.
The senate committee on privileges
and elections is making haste slowly
with the cases of Mr. Corbett and Mr.
Call, and if they are reported it will
be after the tariff bill is disposed of,
unless it should be necessary to seat
Mr. Corbett in order to pass the Ding
ley bilL
The dawn of peace may be dimly
seen in the distance by the patriots of
Cuba. Weyler has about exausted all
of Spain's ready cash prosecuting the
war, and as . the nation has already
strained its credit, it will hardly be
able to supply him with more means,
consequently the indapendence of Cuba
must soon be accomplished.
It., is rather a significant fact
that the papers that are howling
loudest against "new journalism,"
as shown by the New York World and
Journal and San' Francisco Examiner,
and which print the news and defend
thn people against trusts and unholy
combines, are the beneficiaries of trusts
and protective tariff.
While we are revising our tariff laws,
Canada is doing some tariff tinkering
too, and her new schedules will likely
restrict trade with this country as much
as the Dingley bill will restrict trade
with Canada. According to the ides of
protection, trade with our neighbors is
not a good thing and should be re
stricted by all bordering countries,
bence this country ana Canada are
pursuing "wise" policies.
Many long faces were observed in
Salem yesterday. March 31 being the
end of the first quarter, has in the
past been pay day for. the state em
ployes, but times have changed, and
there were no state warrants cashed
by Treasurer Metschau yesterday,
Persons in the employ of the state
could get nothing upon their claims ex
cept from brokers and money lenders,
who were ready to discount their time
whenever there was evidence that the
claims were just.
The Quincy Labor News perscribos
the following "confidence pudding" as
a wholesome diet for the present: "Take
three gallons of confidence,, one peck
of international agreement, one quart
of gold standard, seven tablespoonsfol
of prosperity, two quarts of sound ,
Democrats will, but they should not
waste much time discussing the Ding
ley bill in the senate. It is certain to
become a law, and no amount of speech
making they can do will effect any
material change in its provisions.
Democrats should allow the republ icans
to pass the bill as they have prepared
it and as speedily as possible, so that
its good or bad effects, whichever they
shall be, may dawn upon the people at
once. And, too, the republicans will
be responsible for its workings, hence
democrats can gain neither glory nor
rebuke on accounts of its effects npon
business.' ' ""
L.AID WASTE MY WATERS.
Country About Greenville, Miss., Is Com.
pletely Desolated.
Greenville, . Miss., April 1. The
water continues to fall, but not so rap
idly as during the hours following the
break in the levees. A train and crew
on the riverside of the Division Valley
road, caught between Slopes' landing
and the Stokes crevasse, is obliged to
remain there. The water is over the
track of the Leland branch valley road
and trains are abandoned.
Over 10,000 people are homeless in
the flopded districts. The hundred
towns and. cities are submerged, and
desolation reigns over the lovely val
ley. A dismal waste of water covers
the surrounding aovntry on every side
of Greenville, and the city. is a deso
late island, connected with the out
side world by a mere thread, a tele
graph line. running east. Railroad
communication is cut off, north and
south. Rosedale, Gunnison, Bolivar,
Huntington and a hundred other pros
pering towns north of here, and Ar
eola, Hollandale, Wayside, Swiftwater,
Stoneville and Leland, south and west,
together with a score of smaller ham
lets, are in the . same condition as
Greenville.,.. -
.Nominated by McKinley.
Washington, April 1. The presi
dent today sent the following nomina
tions to the senate: Andrew D. White.
of New York, ambassador extraordi
nary and minister plenipotentiary to
Germany; William F. Draper, of Mass
achusetts, ambassador extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary to Italy;
Chandler Hale, of Maine, secretary of
the embassy at Rome, Italy; Samuel
L. Gracey, consul at Fu Cbai, Chins;
Anson Burlingame Johnson, of Colo
rado, consul at Amoy, China.
LEVEE ARE UUEAK1NU.
Deluge Threatens the Entire Great Mis
sissippi Delta.
Greenville, Mis?., March 30. At 3
o'clock this morning another crevasse
occurred about Monund's Landing, 15
miles north of this city. At 4 o'clock
yesterday evening a break occurred
near Australia, Miss., 12 miles north
of Rosedale. in Bolivar county. This,
with the crevasse at Lake Lee, 10 miles
below Greenville, will deluge the en
tire great Mississippi delta.
Nearly all Washington and Bolivar
counties will go under during the next
two days, and all Issaquena and parts
of Sunflower and Sharkey will also be
flooded. ' Livestock is drowning in
great numbers, and people are fleeing
to the railroad embankments and. le
vees for safety. It is impossible to es
timate the amount of property which
will be destroyed. The suffering will
be intense.
Greenville, Rosedale, Stoneville,
Areola, and, in fact, all delta town3
south of Rosedale to Vicksburg, will be !
under water soon. The greatest ex
citement prevails all along the line,
The Greenville levees are -getting
mushy. Thousands of men line the
embankments north and south of
Greenville, working like demons. All
business Is suspended, and tbe people
are fleeing for their lives.
Many a nervous woman sits up &U the
Bight and tries to read herself sleepy. Nine
to one she don't accomplish her purpose.
Nine to one, she gets more and more ner
vous. The slightest sound -strikes terror to
her heart. The dark corners of the room
contain a thousand frights. She doesn't
know what she is afraid of, but she is afraid,
actually, honestly, nervously, abjectly afraid.
Healthy women are not cowards. If a wo
man is nervous and sleepless and afraid of
tne rusue ot her own dress, there is some
thing the matter with her. The most deli
cate nerves in her body are set on edge by
weakness or disease. Nine-tenths of the
nervousness, irritability and bad temper in
women is merely a symptom ot HI health
ill health of the delicate and sensitive or
ganism that makes her a woman. If she is
overworked, or over-worried, the effect will
show itself there first - There in no nse taking-
harmful and deadly narcotics for ner
vousness and sleeplessness. It will leave
the body in a worse- condition than it was
before. The .way to effect a cure is to cure
the cause. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip
tion win ao IV it has cured tens of thou
sands of cases of female weakness and ner
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tion by a regularly graduated physician
an experienced and skilled specialist in
these maladies. It cannot do harm in any
condition of the system. Its sales exceed
the combined sales of all other medicines
for women.
The story of Its discovery and its
wonderful success is told in one part of
Doctor Pierce's great thousand page book.
"Common Sense Medical Adviser," which
will be sent free on receipt of at one-cent
stamps to pay for mailing only. World's
Dispensary Medical Association, No. 65j
wain street, uunaio, . x,
A. DANGEROUS ENCOUNTER. ..
Two Idaho .Men Have a Perilous Kn
counter. Boise, Idaho, March 30. One of the
most thrilling encounters with a moun
tain lion ever known in this state oc
curred near Ola a few days ago. Cbas.
Bannister and Jake Woods were pass
log along a trail leading from theJr
work to their camp. There was co
thought of danger in their minds until
there was a flash in the air and an
enormous mountain lion landed on
Wood's shoulder. Tbe impact knocked
him over, and his companion thought
he was certainly killed.
Reaching for a stone. Bannister in
stantly attacked the beast, breaking
its shoulder blade. The lion sprang
upon elm, when Woods came to his
rescue, also armed with a stone. As
the animal was attempting to tear
Bannister's throat, Woods struck it on
the head and fractured its skull. The
creature still fought desperately, but
the men finally managed to kill it. it
measured nine feet from tip to tip and
it was found that It leaped 30 feet in
springing- upon Woods.
The mountain lion never attacks
men unless driven to it by hunger.
Tbe snow in the mountains had de
prived this beast of food, and it was
ready to spring upon the first thing it
saw.
TROOPS TO THE FRONT.
Powers Preparing to Send Reinforcements
to Crete.
London, March 30. The following
semi-official announcement was made
this evening:
"In consequence of the request of
the admirals, it has been decided that
a further battalion of 600 men be forth
with sent to Crete by each power. The
Welsh fusiliers at Malta have been
ordered to be ready to sail immedi
ately. Otherwise tne situation as re
gards the action of. the powers, is un
changed. .......... ,
It has not yet been decided to de
mand the withdrawal of the Greek and
Turkish forces from the frontier. Such
course appearing impracticable at the
present moment."
Greeks Were Victor.
Constantinople, March 30. Re
ports from Turkish headquarters at
Eiassona say the Greek leader, Alexis
Taki, brother of the famous chieftain,
crossed tbe frontier into Macedonia
Sunday, accompanied by about 250 fol
lowers. Near Grevena the Greeks en
gaged tbe advance post of the Turkish
troops, commanded by a German offi
cer. loe loss oi tue insurgents u not
knowu. They subsequently returned
across the border into Greek territory,
It is difficult to sec how war between
Greece and Turkey can be avoided.
settlement off affairs in the East, which
prevents any serious continuous policy
among the powers, and which causes
Greek enthusiasm by waking up falla
cious hopes, finds vent hero in a tor
rent of newspaper abuse against
England. In the St. Petersburg Riga,
a well-known political writer named
Golstrem leads bis article with the
heading: "Caught Redhanded," and
says that England wants the Greeks to
sow discord in Europe, out of which
she would make political capital.
The Glasnostin this connection save:
"The whole responsibility for the Cre
tan situation rests on the inertness of
the powers. Had they acted firmly and
rapioiy last autumn, tne present con
dition of affairs would not exist, and
the powers would not find themselves
in the anomalous condition of defend
ing the Turks ag-ain?t the Christians.
With the same weakness they .are now
vacillating with Turkish matters."
A CITY OK KOKCVE8.
Desolation and Death Helen supreme at
Chandler, O. T.
Guthrie, Oklahom, March 31.
Chaos reigns in Chandler. Last night's
terrible cyclone turned tbe peaceful
town of 1500 inhabitants into a veri
table morgu". The principal business
buildings are wrecked, a grim re
minder of the storm's work. The
death list is variousl y esti-ntited at
from 25 to 50, with the injure 1 num
bering from 75 to twice that number.
Already 20 dead bodies have been re
covered. The night was one rf i-idf scribable
terror. Wi h the better part of the in
habitants dead and dying and the re
mainder too badly injured or unable
fro aa fright or because of the darkness
to render assistance, little better order
than -bedlam prevailed. The rain
poured down upon the disconsolate in
habitants and added horror to the sit
uation. Many injured lav in the
wrocks of their homes till daylight
made it possible for them to help them
selves, or aid from surrounding towns
arrived.
Many wrecks took firn any burned
themselves out, several being still
smoldering when morning broke over
the town. It is believed that many
missing persons were burned to death.
The scene is awful, and several of
the injured are raving crazy. The
main street of the town is a mass of
dead and injured people, and teams, '
wagons, buggies, trees and debris
from the builaings. Chief Justice
Dale,'who was holding court, ran with
his wife to a hollow, and held her be
hind a large boulder. They escaped
injury.
Every building but one on the main
street was wrecked and burned, in
cluding the courthouse, postoffice,
News and Democrat office, bank, New
York store and several hotels.
The cyclone struck Chandler with
out warning at 6 o'clock last evening.
Tbe work of carnaere began before the
inhabitants realized what was upon
them. Hardly any means of escape
was left. Stores wero burled right
and left, lifted high into the air, and
tossed in every direction. Tbe court
se, in which Chief Justice Dale
was holding court, was taken off the
foundation, and the building nearly
crushed.
. Passing on through tbe residence
district, tbe wind demon rushed into
the opeu country, where it finally
spent itself, leaving a trail of wreckage
and ruin most complete. Houses
rested on their tops and the streets
were piled high with debris. Over
turned stoves started fires, and un
hampered the flames began their part
in the work of destruction. A deluge
then came, which probably nab the
saving of the town, for in many spots"!
it quenched the fires and stemmed the
conflag-artions that Chandler's citizens
could never have hoped to stay.
lnsnrgnts Are Prepared.
Loxdox, March 31. A dispatch from
a correspondent of the Daily Chronicle
at Elas-ona, headquarters of the Turk
ish army in Macedonia, says:
"War is inevitable if the negotia
tions of the powers fail. Thirty thous
and insurgents armed to the teeth are
waiting at a certain point on the
frontier. A week from today is the an-
nlversiary of Greek independence. It
is difficult to be'ieve it can pass with
out theenthusiasm breaking its boundp,
though Prince Constantino's orders
are to exercise the utmost strictness to
prevent unauthorized action."
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PARTY LINES DRAWN
Dingley Bill Passed-With Re
publican Ranks Unbroken.
CHANDLER IN RUINS
Death and Desolation Cauaed by the
Cyclone Which Razed Chandler
to the Ground.
Russians Blame Eusland With the Trou
ble at Ciete Cretan Insurgents
Keadjr For Battle Kansas Is
' Swept bj a Ktorm.
Washington, March 31. -With to
morrow the duties imposed by the
Dingley tariff bill will be in force, and
the present law. will be a thing of tbe
past, if the last amendment attached
to the bill before its passage in the
house today shall. bo in the bill -when
it is finally enacted, and provided,
also, that it shall be held to be lec-al
by the courts. ,
lhe republican victory today was
complete-. They presented an un
broken front to the opposition., On
the other hand, five democrats, one
more than was anticipated, braved the
party whip and gave tbe bill the ap
proval of their votes. These five
democrats aro interested particularly
in the sugar schedule. Three came
from Louisiana and two frou Texas.
One populist, Howard of Alabama,
voted for the bill. Twenty-one other
members of what is denominated "the
opposition," consisting of populists,
f usionists and silverites,dcl ined to re
cord themselves either for or against
the measure.
THE IOOSi OF. RIVERA.
Mateo's
to enforce that ignorance and stupidity
she so much desires in her communica
tions with the great republic, then
there might be a prospect of holding
Cuba ever faithful. But even with
these I doubt her ability to control the
island after tbe passage of a certain
poriod. Tbo sons of Spaniards coming
in after generations would be Cubans
as devoted to their little island domain
and with as much detestation for Its
slavery as the Cubans of today.
"Therefore, do 83 she may, Spain Is
destined t lose Cuba eventually, and
could she hope for success in tbe pres
ent war it would only be a matter of a
few years when another rebellion would
command her attention, entailing tho
loss of thousands of lives and . the vast
expenditure of money, and with only
prospect of ultimate defeat.
A Bliuard la Nebraska. .
Omaha, April 1. The severest bl Wi
zard of the entire winter has prevailed
for the last 23 hours in Western Ne
braska and adjacent territory, and has
completely stopped all traffic on three
Omaha railroads tbe Burlington,
Union PaciUcftod Ipck Island la that -
section, The interruption . to train
service and the best means of getting
the trains thro ugh engaged the entire
attention of officials of the Union Pa
cific headquarters. Throughout the
Union Pacific system the storm ex
tended along the lines in Colorado,
Wyoming and Kansas. The only part
ot the system1 onwhlch trains were
moved was between 'Omaha and Sid
ney, Neb. Tu'e"ovorland limited Is
snowbound at Hillsdale, Wyo. The
fast mail is lying helpless in a snow
drift near Sidney, this state.
Fighting at Isseiln.
CaNEa, March 31. The Christians
bombarded the blockhouse above Isze
lin, a fort which, together with foreign
ironclads, replied with shells.' Tbe
bombardment -continued until 11
o'clock at nlfrht and was resumed this
morning. Tbe result is not known.
Attempt to Destroy a Town.
Altoona, Pa., March dO. An at
tempt was made last night and early
this morning 5o destroy Altoona, four
incendiary fires being kindled in dif
ferent parts of the city between the
hours of 11 and 1:30 o'clock. Prompt
work by the fire department alone
saved the town from possible destruc
tion. The entire loss will aggregate
between $50,000 and $60,000.
8EAT1MENT IK RUSSIA.
Great Britain Is Blamed for the Cretan
Crisis.
New York. March 31. A Herald
dispatch from St. Petersburg, says: .
The irritation as regards impedi
ments put forward against tbe prompt i
Another XeTee Gives Way.
Greenville, Miss., March 31.
Last night the levee broke at Selas
Landing-. .The water is running wild in
Bolivar county, between Rosedale and
Gunnison. The levee there is about
15 feet higher and the crevasse is now
over a thousand feet wide. .
There are now four breaks on
Mississippi front hourly pouring de
vastating torrents into this fertile
ralloy.
Mortality at Bombay.
Bombay, March 31. According to
the official list published the total
deaths in this city for the week ending
the
Botcher Weylor Decrees That
Successor Blast Die.
New York, April 1. a Havana
Dispatch to tbe World says:
General Rivera probably will be shot
soon, as General Weyler has given
orders that he bo tried by court mar
tial and. shot immediately. He may
be put to death on Saturday, in spite
of his wounds! or the Spanish may
cure him, and then shoot him. The
certain execution of tbe brave, wound
ed prisiner of war excites indignation
and disgust here. No other alleged
civilized nation is capable of such an
act.
Colonel Buccaloa, who tried to carry
off his wounded commander on his
back, although himself wounded, will
die with him. - '
C1SNF.BOS TO Mcfi.lKL.EY.
last Friday was Of these, 435 I Appeal fur Early Consideration of the Cn-
were due to the bubonic plague. The
returns show a light increase in mor
tality in Poona. There is a consider
able increase in the districts of Surat,
Sukkutar, Kana and Hyderabad. The
number of iatal cases at Karachi dur
ing the week ending March 26 was 185.
Jk Large Wool 8le.
Salt Lake, March 30. A special to
tbo Tribune from Caldwell, Idaho,
says: One of the largest wool sales of
the year was completed here Monday,
Colonel James Clinton, jr., represent
ing Hecht, Liebman & Co., of Boston,'
purchased of Robert Noble 400,000
pound? of the clip of 1896. The terms
are private.
Chicago Tanners Strike.
Chicago, March 30. Fifteen hun
dred men employed in the tanneries,
struck today. The strike is over the
question of hours of labor,' tbe em
ployers insisting on 10 hours a work
ing day instead of 8 as at present.
Many bosses, it is claimed, have de
cided riot hereafter to recognize the
unions, and to put the 10-hour day
into effect next week.
Rivera's Probable Successor.
MADRID, Marcn W. The govern
ment is contemplating imposing new
taxes in order to provide for Cuban
war expenses.' It is rumored here that
General Sanguilly will succeed Gen
eral Rivera, now a prisoner, as com-;
mander for the insurgent forces in thi
Wind Storm In Kansas.
Kansas City, March 31. A disas
trous wina storm, in some places cv
clonic in nature, passed over central
and southern Kansas last night. The
loss of property is heavy. . So far as
nown, no fatalities occurred. The
storm was most severe in Harvey,
Sedgwick, MePhersou and Marion
countiep.
Question.
. Chicago, April 1. The Inter Ocean
today prints - an ooen letter which
President Cisneros, of the Cuban re
public has sent to Prssident McKinley.
The letter, which is of great length,
was sent to the Inter Ocean by one of
its correspondents, who visited Cis
neros at bis executive headquarters on
Cubitas mountain, state of Camaguey.
Cisneros in his letter to McKinley said
in part:
"During the administration of your
high office there will bo many ques
tions and matters of importance for
you to decide. Affairs at home and
abroad will tax tbe strength you are
known to possess, but I would ask you
in the name of God and my oeople to
extend early consideration to what is
xnown in the United States as the Cu
ban question. We have at this time in
your beautiful capital a legation, as
yet unrecognized officially by your gov
ernment.' That legation, composed of
men we trust and honor, is amply in
the position to inform the American
government of its details as it may de
sire,
"In tbe first place I ber you to con
sider that the island of Cuba rightfully
belongs to the people of tho Western
hemisphere. Its geographical location
precludes the possibility of it being
considered a part of any other conti
nent. Secondly, its people are es
sentially American in all tboir hopes
and aspirations, and thirdly, the island
and its people will continue to grow
more and stronger American from day
to day and from year to year,
"Therefore, at the outset, may I not
ask: Why does Spain struggle against
fate? Were it possible for hr to drag
the island across the Atlantic as she
drags men and women to jail, were it
Letters Advertised.
The following is the list of letters re-,
maining in The Dalles oostoffice un
called for April 2, 1897. Persons
calling for these letters will please
give date on which they were advertised:
Brown, Albert Bo nig ton, Mrs K
Blate, O Bolton. Lelirh Mr
Crate, Joe Mr Davis, Leon L Mr
Dalles Employment Dickey, Walter
Agent - ' Douthit, Joe
Fisher, John B Hamilton. J W
Logan, Maud Mrs Morgan, WR
Mewby, Geo M Puckett. Frank
Tyburn, Amon Mr Rees, William
Kooerts, Jack Stegman, Doltrich
Smith. Luilev ThomDson. A C
Thompson, L Mrs Waymire, Walter
Walter, Oliver F Ward. E
Woodcock, W 8
J. A . Cbossen, P. M.
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EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Kotioe Is herebv fflvnn t.ht. ik .
has been duly appointed executor of the lat
will and testament of Owen win Dm. a ..
All persons havinft claims atrainst the estate of
said deceased or against the partnership estate
of Kaid deceased and n. J t,.K ,ZJZZT117.
conduotod under the Arm name of Stiibling and
Williams, are hereby notined to nrn kl
some tome at my place of business in The
u or t"e omoe ' my attorneys.
Dufur &Menefee, within tlx months from the
date of this notice.
Dated this March 18, 1897.
Executor of the last will' and testament of
Owen Williams, dee'd. 01
March SO, tw.
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT
notice is hereby (riven that by order of the
5?"Qiy.C2u" fo!: W5County. fetaS of Ore!
(ton. dated March ), 1897, the final aocountand
report of George A. Llebe with theeVtite n
Matilda C. Rogers wlU be heard tor nnaVhea??
ing at the County Court room, in Dalles city
VVasco County. Oregon. on the 3d day of Mai'
16V7. at 10 o'clock in the forenoonifiiid day '
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her loyal subjects, or were It possible J ers. deceased. nSffwi J"