ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY
MY
DOUTHIT, Publisher.
SUBSCRIPTION BATES.
', DALLY
On Yen , -n mail
Six Month.
Three MoobUi .W
WEEKLY
Una Year, by maQ
Sue months
All Subscriptions Payable In Advance.
75
SATURDAY . . . . . . .APRIL. 17. 189"
RAILROAD POOLING.
" A strong effort will be brought to
bear upon the' present congress to
adopt some measure that will permit
transportation companies to take
necessary stepB to prevent disastrous
rate cutting, which it is feared will
result, if some " substitute; is not
provided fair the methods , that were
declared illegal by the supreme court
in its decision in the Missouri Traffic
Association case. One of the methods
that is being urged by the railroad in
terests is to instruct the interstate
commission to regulate freight rates
and fairs, the other is to legalize pool
in? among transportation companies.
Neither of these propositions are
likely to be seriously considered by
congress, for no good reason can be
offered why'competition should not be
encouraged, rather than prevented,
between competing lines. ,
Since the supreme court s decision
i n the Missouri Traffic Association
case much has been written regarding
the probable effect it will have upon
transportation companies, and the
most that has been said has been on
the side that is inimical to general in
terest, for it has been by special plead
ers for corporations. It is urged that
a vast sum of money is invested in
American- railroads, amounting to
some eleven or twelve billion dollars,
and tfiat it would be extremely disaE
trous to the investors in the bonds
and stocks of these railroads to per
mit unrestricted competition which
would result in loss to all holding se
curities of transportation companies,
since a rate war, .which is liable to
occur at any . time if pooling is not
legalized or rates regulated, wouia
bring ruin by cutting off dividents of
stockholders and make the payment of
interest on bonds uncertain. .
. It may be conceeded that such a re
sult would be undesirable, still such
argument may as well be ernnioyea by
the managers of all other trusts, and
were congress at this time to concede
the demands of the railroads, all anti
trust legislation would, on the same
ground be made inoperative. They
can demonstrate that any interferance
.with their methods would result un
favorably to investors and decrease
their profits.
When the matter is brought seriously
before congress, it will no doubt be
urged that the general government
should interest itself to secure fair re
turns on-all the capital invested In
American railroads, by permitting
such agreements to be entered into
that will, result in every road being
ablejo pay reasonable dividents upon
saidcapital.- However it will not be
difficult to demonstrate that all the
roads.fcave. been over capitalized, and
that they could be built today for one-
.... a. .1. t . I ;
-. Then It will De urgea inai me in
nocent purchasers of -railroad stocks
will be made to suffer if pooling is not
permitted,; and that it. is incumbent
upon the government to protect their
interests. But the government can
not protect the interests of all, hence
the holder of . railroad stocks should
stand whatever loss may occur from
competition. The government does
not reimburse the merchant who is
found with a stock of goods on his
hands that Have depreciated in value,
nor does it aid the farmer who has
bought land'years ago at high prices
but whose value has diminished one
half. The government cannot relieve
all who have made bad investments,
nor can it anora to pass laws j iavor
railroads, laws that will prevent
.. i. i . t
healthy competition. Could it do this,
it could legalize pooling iu every in
dustry, it could say that there should
bo no competition amoug grocers,
clothiers or mechanics, whereby con
sumers would be made to pay exorbit
ant prices. . Pooling in railroads can
nnr. lm legalized anv more than it
' could be enforced in any other branch
of business. '
JVSTICE MUST PRE VAIL.
The red-handed assassin of Blanch
Lamont must at last pay the debt of
his hellish crime. The court has at last
fixed the date of his exectuion, and has
designated Friday, June ll,as the day
nn which Theodore Durrant shall be
hanged. More than three years ago
Durrant inticed an innocent girl into
Grace church, San Francisco and
murdered her .in the most fiendish
-manner, and suspicion at once rested
upon him as the assassin, but it was
not decreed that he was to speedily
answer for his crime. . While there
has never been much question of his
guilt. every known . method for
staying the hand of justice has been re
sorted to. His case was carried to the
highest tribunal in the state, and for a
time it looked as if the gallows was to
be cheated of its legitimate victim.
But justice will at last prevail, and the
man with the blood of Blanch Lamont
upon his hands and brand of Cain upon
his heart, must at last meet the fate
he so justly deserves.
Throughout the many trials and his
long confinement in jail Durrant has
maintained a strange indifference to
his surroundings, and listened to the
recital of his heinous crime with the
coolness of one schooled-in crime; but
last Saturday when he was conveyed to
San Quentin, from - whence he will
never go forth alive, and witnessed the
crowds rejoicing at his passing to the
shadows of the gallows, his nerve gave
way for the first time, and it will be
strange indeed if he does not make a
full confession of the murder of both
the girls whose dead bodies were
found in Grace church.
. DANIEL W. VOORHEES.
The "Tall Sycamore of the Wabash"
is no more. The talented Hoofcier
statesman died at his home in Wash
ington City last Saturday, and thus
ended one "of the most brilliant careers
known to the present time. The ex
senator entered public life as a United
States marshal in 1854, and ha been
in public lite almost contiououiy since,
his term as U. 3. Senator, having ter
minated on the 4th of .last month. He
was elected to congress in 1861 and re.
presented his district "in the lower
house contintinuously, with the ex
ception of one session, until 1877 when
be was appointed senator to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Senator
Morton. In the senate he was at once
recognized as the leader of his party,
and hero his ability as a debator was
most striking. As an orator he had
few equals, and as a statesman ho had
no nuperiors during his time. Mr.
Voorhes3 was 74 years of ago when ho
died, and having given 43 years of his
life to the service of his country is en
titled to be numbered among its great
est men.
RLIND TO TRUTH.
Since Germany thinks she can make
profit by putting an export bounty on
sugar perhaps we could make profit
by putting an export bounty on
wheat. Cannot every one see that all
the devices of bounty and protection
are but teraporarx expedients, of more
or less questionable utility? Or
egonian. No, everybody cannot see this.
There are two classes of individuals
whose eyes are blinded to the truvh
with reference to bounties and protec
tion. One is the individual engaged
in an enterprise that is directly bene
fited by bounties and protection. The
sugar planter, when the bounty law
was in force,could not see that it was a
temporary makeshift, for it increased
the profits of his business. He was a
beneficiary of the law, and regardless
of who suffered, or who was made to
pay the bounty, it was no illusion to
him, and he wanted it perpetuated.
The individual engaged in any pre
lected industry sees nothing of ques
tionable utility in a system that com
pels his customers to buy bis products
at an advance of what they could be
procured elsewhere. He profits by the
system; he fattens off of the extra
prices he is privileged to exact; he de
mands protection as his rightful her
itage, and to him protection is not a
temporary expedient, but a thing nec
essary to bis accumulation of wealth,
regardless of what hardship it may
work upon his fellow citizens.
Then the other class is the deluded
individuals who haye been lead, by
reading protection literature and list
eninejto protection campaign specche?,
to believe that bounties on the products
of certain industries will encourage
production, and thus increase tbo op
portunities of securing employment
at advanced wages. Also from the
same source otinformation, have been
taught that protection indirectly aids
them through the benefiiciaries there
of being enabled to enlarge their
profits and incidentally drop to them
an occasional crumb from the loaf of
profits that accrue under protection,
though who never place themselves in
the placo of the consumer and stop to
realize how much they are contribute
ingto the loaf This la'ter class is
composed of the wheat raisers, the
small farmers, the laborers in mines,
mills and on railroads, who ''earn
their bread by the sweat of the face,"
yet each blindly contributing their
mite, to swell profits in which they do
not share, but are lured iuto their sup
port of such systems under the guise of
aiding to build up home markets and
"protecting American laborers "
Were not such classes in the majority
the American people would 'not have
voted last fall to exempt the wealth of
the country from taxation, to saddle
the burden, of taxation upon the mas
ses, and to perpetuate systems which
are in fact of most questionable utility.
A LESSON WORTH HEEDING.
The New YoHTSun: if anything po
litically,, is republican, for it favors
the gold standard, high tariff and the
extending of concessions to' trusts and
combined wealth, vet it assumes to
sail under democratic banners, and oc
casionally offers some suggestions that
might well be heedeil by those who
bolted the regular democratic ticket
last November. Here is a sample of
One of its recent comments:
"The Cleveland democrats, who are
to meet here ia about two weeks to de
vise schemes for taking charge of the
democracy, may' profitably study the
returns of the Chicago election, and
more especially the vote of Mr. Wash'
ington HesiDg. Hr. Hesing was the
distinct representative of Cleveland-
ism among the candidates for mayor.
He was Cleveland's postmaster at Chi
cago and bis obsequious seryant and
follower. Ho Is a gold democrat, and
as such he expected to draw a large
vote from the republicans, but his
Clevelandism was too much for both
democrats and republicans. Carter
Harrison, who represented the Bryan
democracy, received nearly 145,000
votes, or a plurality of 77,756, or a ma
jority over all of about 5,000. Hesing
polled all told, only 15,116 votes or one
tenth as many As Harrison.
."Chicago, therefore, affords no com
fort for the Cleveland democrats whom
the reform chief has called to assemble
in this city to mature plans for taking
possession of the Democratic party.
It does not furnish them with reasons
for hoping that they can succeed in
their negotiations with Tammany
Hall."
NO "HOME RULE."
President MoKinley seems not to
b.ave profited by the experience of
President Cleveland in appointing
non-residents to federal offices within
the diffierent states and territories.
Whilo few appointments have been
made thus far, he has deviated from
the declarations of his party for
"home rule" and has appointed L. R.
Woodward, a resident of Fort Wayne,
Ind., as collector of customs for Alaska,
and this in face of the fact that W. J.
Ivey, a resident of Alaska (principally
for the 6ake of getting office) wanted
the place yery badly, and had the en
dorsement of the entire Oregon dele
gation. This is a bad starter for the
president. Every community believes
it ha s a sufficient number of specially
qualified citizens caDable of filling all
the federal offices within the gift of
the president, and wheu a man from
a far-off State like Indiana is appointed
to an office in Alaska, it is certain to
call down the indignation of the lo
cal office-seekers at least.- Alaska be
lieved she. had plenty of men who
could fill the office of collector of
customs, and if not Oregon or Wash
ington could have supplied one with
out having to go clear to Indiana.
One Wasco, county wool raiser. Is
satisfied with McKinley's administra
tion so far. He had been holding his
last year's clip, but has sold it now
and hat; the shining twenties in his
pochet. We are pleased to note that
one has been found who is satisfied
with the administration.
The combined powers of Europe
were unable to ckeck . the love for
blood among the. Greeks and Turks,
ana those people have gone to fighting
in real earnest.- Now it the powers
will 'just keep their hands off, the
Eastern question will soon- be settled,
and the unspeakable Turk will be
taught that he cannot murder Chris
tians and go unpunished.
EFFECTIVE PROTECTION.
Protection is an admirable thing so
long as It does not "protect" against
the interests of some individual
who is engaged in a protected Industry.
When it does it makes a difference.
In applying the principles of protec
tion, as well as everything else, it
makes considerable difference "whose
ox is gored." This was forcibly called
to mind the other day, when a promi
nent wool grower, who has alwsys
clamored for an almost prohibitive
d'lty on wool In order that the
American market might be retained to
the American grower of wcol, in other
words, to protect the American growers
from competition with the "pauper"
sheep raisers of Australia, .denounced
the populist legislature of Washington
for passing the quarantine law, that
excludes the Oregon sheep raisers
from the ranges in Washington and
also from the markets of the Sound
cities.
We are not in sympathy with the
law, for It must be detrimental to the
interests of many Wasco and Sherman
county sheepmen. Still we must con
fess that the Washington legislature
had as good right to pass this measure
of protection to its sheep raisers and
farmers as has the national congress
to pass a law protecting the American
wool growers from the competion of
foreign wool raisers; and "least of all
should those who have clamored for
protection the loudest complain at
this action of the Washington law
makers.
The quarantlno law of Washington,
if strictly enforced, will effectually ex
clude Oregon sheep from the summer
ranges of that state, thus protecting
the farmers along tho mountains from
the encroachment of large bands of
sheep upon the ranges adjacent to their
farms, hence is a protection to their
"infant industries." Too, it will to a
great extent exclude Oregon mutton
from the markets of the Sound cities,
hence is a protection to the Washing
ton sheep raiser, since it excludes his
most formidable competition, thus
giving him a monopoly of the home
market.
The action of the Washington legis
lature Is but the carrying out of our
national policy of protectiou, applied
to local territory. Though conducted
on a small scale, It is a forcible demon
stration of tho real principles of protec
tion, and will have the same effeet in
three ways, as a prohibitive duty has
when enacted by the nation. First, it
works as an effective protection to the
Washington mutton raisers against
competition and gives them a monopoly
of the home market; second, it will
raise the price of mutton to the Wash
ington consumer, since the demand
for mutton can only be supplied by the
home product; and third, it deprives
the mountain counties of Washington
of certain" revenues they have hereto
fore derived from taxing trancient
sheep. It is a forcible demonstration
of the workings of protection, brought
directly home, we are sorry to say, to
those who are the firmest advocates of
the theory.
PREPARING FOR ACTION.
Believing that silver will be made
the paramount issue in the campaigns
of 1898 and 1900, the. silver forces of
Oregon are taking steps looking to con
solidated efforts, with the view of har
moniouB action among all partiesvho
are willing to stake their existence as
a party upon thi9 issue. To accom
plish this end it is proposed to call a
conference, composed of three men
from each county, selected by the
democrats, populists and silver re
publicans, to meet at Albany on June
2, for the purpose of devising plans for
systematic party organization, to adopt
a proper statement of principles, and
too for a more perfect unioa of the
silver forces. This action is indeed
timely, since now, when there is no ex
citement of active campaign, men can
dispassionately consider measures for
consolidating the silver forces and lay
ing plans for future action. Tho
three parties should meet at an early
date, and -select men as delegates to
thi3 conference who are willing to lay
aside party prejudice for principle,
and who will act for the best interests
of the masses, not for the advance
ment of any individual or any single
political party.
The necessity, for concerted action
of the silver forces in this state, and in
fact all over the nation, Is beyond
question, for they comprise those who
believe in a pure democracy, a country
governed for and by the people, and
opposed to the will of corporations
and trusts, therefore the effort at this
time to unite the forces, preparatory
to forming lines of action in 1898, are
commendable.
ENTIRELY WRONG. .
In appointing the bimetallic com
mission, the precident says to the sil
ver people': "You think an interna
tional agreement Is a simple thing. Go
to Europe and make one." Oregonian.
As usual the Oregonian is entirely
wrong in its assumptions. The silver
men have never thought that an in
ternational agreement was a "simple
thing," but on the contrary, they have
contended it was an impossibility, as
Senator Mitchell would put it "as im
possible as a railroad to the planet
Mars." The "international agreement"
heresy was an invention of the gold
standard people, resorted to in their
national platform for the purpose of
catching votes for the .gold-standard
candidate. Their reference to inter
national agreement in that platform
was as follows:
"We are opposed" to the free coinage
of silver, except by international
agreement with the leading commer
cial nations of the world, which we
pledge ourselves to promote."
On the other hand, the silver men in
convention both at St. Louis and
Chicago demanded the "free and un
limited coinage of silver without wait
ing for the aid or consent of any other
nation." They recognized the fallacy
of asking other nations to aid us in
creating a financial system for this
government, and declared in favor of
independent action, which they then
believed and are now convinced is the
only possible method by which bl
metalism can be restored.
But the gold-standard advocates
sprung the international hoodoo; it was
a child of their own ereation; they
must be responsible for its existence,
and must shoulder the blame of the
failure which can only result from the
commission President McKinley has
appointed.
AN IMPENDING DANGER.
Whenever a majority of the people
of any country became debtors or ten
ants, they lose to a great extent,
their patriotism, and love of
country, and become a9 it were, surfs
instead of citizens. Home and indepen
dence Instill patriotism, while the lack
of home and debt breed anarchy. Dis
tribution of wealth among the masses
causes contentment and love of
countrv, contracting it in the bands
of the few creates discord. Hence it
is that in the concentration of wealth
rests the greatest danger to our free
institutions, as it has always been a
menace to tho liberties of the peoplo
iu every land. No nation has long sur
vived when the many became debtors
to the few, or when title to its lands
rested in tho hands of a small per cent
of lis inhabitants. Egypt, the starting
place of civilization, once prosperous
and thrifty, went down when 97 per
cent of its property had been gathered
into the hands of 2 per cent of its people.
When Babylon went down 2 per cent
of her population owned all her wealth,
and the masses were starved to death.
Persia was prosperous until 3 per cent
of her population became owners of.
all the land: then the Persian em
pire wap dismembered. And when
Rome went down 1,800 men owned all
the then known world. Two per cent
of the population of England, Ireland
and Wales own all the land and 75 per
cent of tho wealth today, and the
British government is less stable than
when its wealth was more universally
distributed. The concentration of
wealth in the United States is indeed
becoming alarming, and U one of the
dangers that threatens the stability of
our governmont.
It was said in the national campaign
that 100 men could control tho finances
of the country and close every bank
in the nation. If this be true,' then
wealth has fallen Into too.ew hands; it
is not widely enough distributed to inr
sure freedom of commercial transac
tions or healthy competition in busi
ness. Whether this concentration of
wealth is the result of unwholesome
laws, extending to one class undue ad
vantages over another, or whether it
is from extra exertions on the part of
one class and lack of energy on the
part of another, it has become danger
ous, and may yet result in the over
throw of the free institution s of this
great people.
THE NEW WOMAN AND A GUN
We have met the new woman in
almost every phase of life, as teacher,
merchant, farmer, clerk, lawyer,
preacher, legislator and politician, but
Colorado is the first to introduce this
product of tho Nineteenth century
into its national guards, and from this
on, in that state at least, we will meet
the new woman clad in the conven
tionaljblue, trimmed with brass buttons
and with a shining carbine in her
hands. The legislature of Colorado
has passed a law bestowing upon
woman the right to boar arms and
serve in the state militia. This privi
lege will lkely not be taken advantage
of by a very large majority of the
women of Colorado, yet It is their right
to carry gems if they so choose, and no
power can prevent them. Evidently
the enactment of the new law was at
the instignation of women, and is one
of the first results of equal suffrage
to the sex, for it has long been argued
that no one should be permitted to
vote who cannot bear arms, and un
doubtedly the fair sex of Colorado de
sired to demonstrate their ability to
defend their plumes before they in
sisted on wearing them.
Some who are not strictly up to date
arerue that this concession should not
be granted, because women are un
suited to military service, and would
avoid it If possible, but tho women of
Colorado Ignore such argument and
have asserted their desire to be de
fenders of the country and form a part
of the gallant troops in the wars that
make bravery a virtue, and in all fair
ness to ambition, this boon should not
be denied them. Havfng been granted
an equal right with men to vote and
serve on juries, the women .of that fair
young state have consistently insisted
that they must have equal duties and
privileges in the militia. The legisla
ture very properly admitted their
claim and clothed them with the
authority to become soldiers if they
choose. However, the legislature can
not reverse the Order' of nature and
create an adaptation for women to en
gage in active warfare. That must
rest with higher powers than legisla
tures possess. Though the present
question relates to their servico in a
state militia, where their duties are
chiefly confined to occasional display
and the preservation of public order.
As far as military evolutions are con
cerned, women can probably master
them as well as men, as to tactics they
would become adapt scholas and possi
bly efficient officers. They are fond of
broom drills in schools, and are adepts
in executing dances based upon tac
tical movements and cadence of step,
hence in held movements they would
soon become proficent. But there may
be a difficulty in selecting suitable,
uniforms, though the inventive genius
of woman has to some degree over
come this obstacle in' the shape of
rainy day suits. In suppressing mobs
a militia company composed of women
would bo effective, for nothing on
earth would make a rioter run quicker
than to know all his female relatives
and acquaintances, his sweetheart and
bis bewitching cousins with guns in
their hands were bearing down upon
him in all the panoply of civic author
ity and military might. One delicate
point, however, to be considered is
whether the women militia would yield
that-unquestioned obedience to super
iors necessary to disciplining soldiers
and this might result seriously in band
ing a platoon of women soldiers, for
every one of them would want to exer
cise ber own sweet will or at least have
the last word In matters of arrange
ment. This however might be over
come by adopting such severe meas
ures as shooting refractory subordij
nates, but it would be difficult to find
those nervy enough to execute the or
ders to carry out such severe measures.
Nevertheless Colorado has made an In
novation in this line, and it will not be
long . till the new woman will be out
with her gun and brass buttons. Until
that time judgment of her success in
this new field must be suspended.
The senate finance committee is
laboring with the Dlngley bill and
will be able to report upon it sometime
within a month. It is generally con
ceded that only slight reductions will
be made in any of the schedules by the
senate, though there are a lot of cam
paign speeches to be made on the bill
by senators whose terms are about to
expire, consequently it will not likely
come to a final vote much before the
middle of May.
When a boy becomes unmanageable
now-a-days he is bustled off to a reform
school, where In about five cases out of
ten he Is, through the contaminating
influences of association with other
bad boys, educated to become a
criminal. Formerly he was turned
over the parental knee and given a
lesson In-leather tanning. The old
way evidently is the prtferable, for it
is more effective as a reformatory
measure and considerable cheaper.
IN MONOPOLY'S GRASP.
The little country of Honduras had
about as well close up shop and cease
to pretend to do business as one of the
Independent governments of the world.
It has granted coocesslons to an
American syndicate composed of tbo
Astora anil Webbs, Henry L. Snrague,
Washington Valentino and Chauncey
Depew, by which it relinquishes about
all the priv!!"ges of self sontrol that a
nation !-:. .' i enjoy. By the terms of
the (nncpa-iniia ih AT'ricanf are em
powered to UM(!trtj,ke the building of
an iDter-ocoa-;..' ruilr.nd and to estab
lish a steams.;;' line :n the Atlantic
coast to connvci with .'.'en York. The
syndicate may also organize banks in
the republic, take measures to arrange
the foreign debt, collect customs, ad
minister the finances, control the
mining interests of the country and
arrange for all immigration privileges
The peoplo of America who have
had dealings with the Astors and
Webbs, with Sprague and Depew have
sime Idea of what these concessions
mean. The syndicate will simply run
Honduras in the interest of themselves,
and will convert tha peoplo into a
band of slaves. If given power to ad
minister finances, collect customs,
control mining and arrange for immi
gration thoy will in a short time have
the countrv completely within their
grasp, and tho little republic will
speedily be a republic only in noma.
EDITORIAL NOTES
About all the republican papers In
the land have busied themselves en
deavoring to explain their defeat in
the municipal elections last week, but
none of them seem to have struck on
the real cause. It was on account of
so many of them being at Washington
urging their claims for federal ap
pointments. They were away from
homo attending to more important
business than voting for mayors and
fsuch. i
Mayor Taylor, of Astoria, did him
self credit by vetoing the gambling or
dinar.ee recently passed by the council
of that city, but rather spoiled the sen
timent by which he was actuated when
he said tho revenue to be derived from
licensing gambling was not sufficient
to justify the "moral injury" which
would result. By this one might be
led to believe that were the revenue
greater, the mayor would have been
blinded to morals, and would have ap
proved the ordinance.
The unfortunate depositors .cf the
Gobe savings bank at Chicago, which
has just suspended, are to be pitied
more than if free silver had carried
and they had been' paid off in 50-cent
dollars. They will be fortunate indeed
if they get 25 cents on the dollar, and
that too after a year of waiting. Tho
officials must bo anarchists, for they
are repudiators to the amount of about
75 per cent, and not only individual
depositors, "poor working girls, etc.,"
are losers by their repudiation, but
the university of Illinois will lese
something like $800,000.
It has at last been determined thnt
ex-Governor McGraw's shortage -with
King county, while acting as sheriff,
amounts to $8710.96. Not having the
ready cash to meet the demands of the
county, he has executed a trust deed
covering $14,000 worth of property,
and has been given five years in which
to redeem the same. ' Had he been an
ordinary defaulter 'to the amount of
$8,000 or eviea -$1,000 he would have
been given a term in the penitentiary,
but it would never do to send an ex
governor to tho pen.
The inactivity of the senate in
considering the tariff bill is discourag
ing. The delay in considering the
measure is decidedly detrimental to
thecountry, in that all business affected
by the tariff will be dull until it is
defiuitely known what the new duties
will be. While we have little hope in
the new tariff law" bringing general
prosperity to the country, its final
passage will have the tendency to
settle business down, hence the sooner
the senate disposes of the tariff bill
the better it will be for the country
generally.
8PACLDING . HAS ASSIGNED
Make Over Assets to.l'alverslty of Illinois
Trustees.
- Chicago, April 15. Charlas W.
Spauldlng ex-president of the Globe
Savings bank, and ex-treasuro of the
University of Illinois, has made a
voluntary assigument to the Univer
sity trustees of reality and bond sec
urities approximating $400,000. Some
of the bonds conveyed are now in tbo
hauds of Receiver Leman, of the Globe
Sayings hank,' and a desperate fight
will be waged by depositrosof the bank
to prevent them from going to the
university.
Criminal proceedings are not to be
brought against the former treasure
by the trustees unless they cannot be
indemnified for the money and bonds
used by Spaulding. But suits are to be
begun against the First National bank,
the Northwestern National bank,
and the Metropolitan National bank to
recover $242,000 of the bonds hypothe
cated or sold to these institutions by
Spauldlng personally or through
brokers. ... . .
If vou could look
ahead a few months
and see what was
coming from those
spells of weakness,
loss of appetite,
wasting of flesh
and energy you
wouldn't wait for
disease to get a
grip on you. You
would begin right
away to tone up
your constitution
with Dr. Pierce's
tOOKISG AHEAD. Golden Medical
Discovery. It doesn't work miracles ;
but it does -what other medicine can't do
and what doctors say can't be done; un
"til they see it done right under their noses
it cures consumption. Not always ; to
say that would be an exaggeration, but
in a large majority of cases ; in advanced
cases which have been given up as hope
less. The " Discovery " is not called a consumption-cure
; it is a blood-maker. It
gives euergy to the blood-making organs
to create new blood, full of healthy red
corpuscles;. This rapid supply of pure,
Tich, red blood drives out all diseases that
have their roots in the blood : Consump
tion is one of these; scrofula, malaria,
eczema, erysipelas, catarrh are others.
It is absurd to doctor them separately as
lung, or skin, or head diseases. They
must be driven out of the blood. You
can rely on the " Golden Medical Dis
covery " to do this every time.
It is not a patent medicine. It is the
perfected result of 30 years, practical ex
perience by one of the most skillful phy
sicians and eminent medical authorities
in this country: Dr. R. V. Pierce, Chief
Consulting Physician to the Invalids' Ho
tel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y.
Dr. Piercers loos page book, "The People's
Common Sense Medical Adviser," reached the
enormous sale of 680,000 copies at Si .50 each.
This enormous sale having paid him a fair prout
on the great amount of labor and money ex
pended in producing it, he is now giving away
absolutely free $00,000 copies, the recipient only
being required to mail to him, at the above insti
tution. 21 one-cent stamps to cover cost of mail
ing only, and the book will be sent post-paid.
He Would Take Charge of
Armor Plate Plants.
SOLD TRUST FUNDS
The Defunct Globe Savings Bank
Speculated on Illinois Uni
versity Bonds.
East Omahn In Danger of Being M ivoi!
Into Iowa High Water Mark II 11
Been Reached at Vlcksburg--.
Remains of General
Grant Removed.
Washington, April in. Senator
Chandler today introduced bills em
powering tho secretary of tho navy to
take possession of the armor placts of
tho Befilohem and Carnegie com'
pane?. There are two bills, or.o ap
plying to each institution, tho provi
sions being the same in both. Senator
Chandler says it is contemplated that
only the Bethlehem works be taken,
unless in case. of necessity.
The principal section f the bill
authorizes and directs the secretary of
the navy to forthwith take possession
cf such land, buildings ard machinery
as constitute tho armor-making plants
of the two companies. He is directed
to "hold and use such land, buildings
and machinery for a period of time suf
ficient to enable said secretary to man
ufacture at the works embraced in
said plant or such proportion as he
may see fit armor-plate necessary for
tho completion of the battle-ships Ala
bama, Illinois and Wisconsin, now in
process of construction for the United
States, and thereafter to return the
possession of said land, buildings and
machinery to said Bethlehem Iron
Company to be held by said company
as its own property as if the taking
hereby authorized had not been made,
and the aforesaid, taking, holding and
usingofsaid land, building and ma
chinery by said secretary for the pur
pose named, shall bo deemed taking
thereof, for the public use of the United
States under obligation to make just
compensation therefor iu accordance
with the fifth amendment to the con
stitutlon."
The bills provide for the adjudica
tion of any claims against the govern
ment by the court of claims, whose
judgment In the case eliall be final.
These measures are the sequel to the
recent effort of the navy department to
secure bids from the Carnegie and
Bethlehem works for armor plate with
in the rate specified by congress, $300
a ton.
MINISTERS TO WITHDRAW.
Greece and Turkey Ready to never Diplo
matic Relations.
New York, April 14. A Herald dls
patch from Constantinople says:
Prince Mavrocordatos, the Greek
minister to Turkey went yesterday to
the sublime porte to take leave of the
foreign minister. He awaits order:
from his government to stat for
Athens. The sublime porte has sent
the necessary traveling expanses for
the eventual return of its represen
tative and consuls in Greece.
The porte has addressed a note to
the great powers, drawing attention to
the unreasonable action of Greece and
declaring that Turkey will maintain a
defensive attitude, but in case of
another invasion, sucb as that of last
Friday, and which was evidently pre
pared with the consent of the Hellenic
authorities, the porte will feel obliged
to command its generalissimo to act In
the same manner. The porte also
aluded to the enormous expense In
curred through tho hostile attitude of
Greece, and asserted its intention of
asking the support of the great powers
in claiming Indemnity from the proper
quarter.
The Turkish official papers announce
that an imperial order has just been
given authorising the Albanian
volunteers who presented themselves
for enlistment at Kossovo, to receive
arms. The vali has been commanded
to immediately expedite the passage of
these subsidiary troops to the frontier.
MISSING BONDS LOCATED.
First National Bank of Chicago Holds
Part of Them.
Chicago, April 13 The disappear
ance of $400,000 endowment bonds of
the university of Illinois caused
general scanning of securities held by
different banking institutions in this
city, and it has been discovered that
the First National bank has in its
vaults nearly $200,000 of the bonds.
Some of these bonds were sold out;
right to the bank, and others are held
as collateral for loans made to Spauld
ing. Another national bank is said to
hold some of the bonds.
On Saturday, April 3, the last busi
ness day before the failure of the Globe
Sayings bank, Herbert Skinner,
Spauldlng's private secretary, drew
$15,000 from the Globe Savings-bank
and deposited it in the Northwestern
bank to Spauiding'e private account.
A Jefferson Dinner.
4
Washington, April 13. The 154th
anniversary of Jefferson's birthday was
celebrated tonight at the Metropolitan
hotol by a subscription dinner given
under the auspices of the National As
sociatioa of Democratic Clubs. The
first celebration of the anniversary of
Jefferson's birth occurred at the same
hostelry, then known as the Indian
Queen, Jackson was the guest, of honor,
and the occasion was made memorable
by the presence of Vice-President John
C. Calhoun and other democratic lead
ers of that day. Tonight W. J- Bryan,
the late democratic candidate for pres
ident, was the guest of honor. Sen
ators, representatives and other con
spicuous characters in the councils of
the democratic party were present."
Many of them were from a distance.
Mr. Bryan was greeted with a lusty
cheer as he entered the hall. The
menu was carefully prepared, and was
similar to such a dinner as might have
been served during Jefferson's days.
The dishes were all American crea
t'ODf, and each course, as far as possi
ble, represented one section of the
country. ' '
INVASION Or MACEDONIA.
Greek Have Lost but Twenty Men Killed
and Wounded.
T.ARiasA. April 14. Trustworthy re
ports received here yesterday confirm
tho statements that the Greek irregu
lars have captured Baltino, in Mace
The Turks lost 40 men killed.
The insurgent chief, Daveli9, occupied
a strong position in tne mountains
near Krania. His force was later at- j
tacked by a Turkish battalion from
Valimisti, but the Turks were repulsed
with severe loss. The Greeks then as-
surhed the offensive, cut up the Turk- 1
ish detachment, captured 18 mules, a
convoy of provisions and a large quan
tity of ammunition, and made prison
ers of lo Turks.
After this success the Greeks ad- '
vanced to Kipuri, on the road to
Grevuo, and threatened to cub com-
muuiculion off the Turkish central
force ;vt Elussona with Janina, Tiirkb.li
headquarters in Albania. In all tho
skirmishes and fighting since crossing
the frontif r, the Greeks have lost only
five men killed and 15 wounded.
Fresh troops continue to arrive here
from the south, a third brigade was
formed today to assist ia the defense
cf the frontier. The enthusiasm of the
troops is unabated.
. Day in the Senate.
ASHINGTOV, April 14. An unex
pected tariff vote was precipitated In
tho senate today by Senator Morrill's
motion to refer to tho fiaance com
mlttee the Vest resolution declaring
the order of Secretary Gape as to tha
retroactive clause of the tariff illegal
An aye and no vote was taken, and
Morrill's motion to refer prevailed;
ayes 24, noes 2.'). The only republican
vote cast against the motion was Chan
dler, while tho democrats voted solidly
against it. They bad tho assistance
of all the silver republicans and popu
lists present, except Mantle, silver re'
publican of Montana, who voted with
the straight republicans. Cannon,
silver republican, and Butler, Harris
of Kansas, Heitfeld, Petti grew and
Turner, populists, recorded themselves
against the motion. Teller, Jones and
Stewart of Nevada, were absent.
New Channel at Omaha.
Omaha, April 13. The Missouri
river is changing its channel past
Omaha, and in doing so threatens to
destroy property to the value of several
million dollars. Last night the river
broke through its banks about a mile
above where it left the old channel 20
years ago, and today is running in two
broad streams across what were yes
terday fertile market gardens. These
streams run Into Florence lake, a relic
of the former cut-off.
From Florence lake the water is
pouring into Cut-Off lake, and it now
S9ems only a question of a few hours
until East Omaha is moved into Iowa
and all the property in the line of the
flood is swept away.
floods in the South.
'Vicksbtog, Miss., April 13. Today
the gauge registers 51.35, a rise cf 4.10
in 24 hours, the highest water ever
known.
Information received today Is dis
couraging. Tho fine plantations at
Brunswick are all under water. Boats
are wanted everywhere to rescue peo
ple and save stock. All hope of savins
the levee is abandoned. The levee
from the delta up to Duck port, a dis
tance of eight miles, is causing much
anxiety. It will hold to 52 feet on the
gauge hero, which will be reached in
48 hours. The Sunflower and Deer
creek sections are going under deeper
and deeper.
Removal of General Grant's Remains.
New York, April 13. The work of
unsealing the steel casket in the tem
porary tomb of General Grant was
finished tonight, and everything is in
readiness for the removal of the body
to the crypt of the ne'w tomb. The
timo for the removal is still kept secret.
The sarcophagus is all ready for tho
reception of Jbe coffin containing the
body. The great lidt weighing a ton,
has been raised by means of a derrlcK
three feet above the sarcophagus
proper, so that the coffin can be slid
into the hollowed-out portion.
La Grande's Flood.
La Grande, April 14. Deal canyon
poured out a large volume of water
last night, and by 8 o'clock that part
of town around Depot street was under
water. Men and teams were put to
work, and the water was soon confined
to the channel, but the sewer was un
able to carry it off, and it was but
a short time until the sidewalks, out
buildings, etc., wera afloat in the vie
inity of the Methodist Episcopal chnrch
South, and down to tho Eotel Foley
Nearly all of the cellars In the business
portion of the city are full of water,
while a good sized stream is flowing
between the railway tracks and Jeffer
son avenue.
Nominated by McRlnley.
Washington, April 14. The presl
dent today sent the following nomina
tions to the senate:
State James B. Angell, of Mlchl
gan, to be minister to Turkey; George
N. West, of the District of Columbia,
consul at Pictou, N. S.
War D." E. Melkeljohn, of Neb
raska, to be assistant secretary of war.
Commissioners of the District of Col
umbia John B. Wight and John D.
Ross.
Treasuay John D. Cunningham, of
Idaho, assayer of the United States as
say office at Boise City, Idaho.
Caught In a lielt.
Indepence, Or., April 14. J. E.
Shinn, electrician for the Independence
Electric Light Company, about 10 a.
m. today was adjusting the dynamo,
when his left arm was caught between
the big belt and the revolving pulley,
throwing him over the dynamo; and on
the opposite of the belt from where he
was standing, His arm was broken
above the elbow, the fracture extend
ing down into tne elbow joint. He also
sustained severe bruises in the side
and back, but no internal injuries.
St reson Ia Noncommittal .
Bloomington, 111., April 13. Ex-
Vice-President Steyeson, when seen
in regard to his appointment as one of
the commissioners to an international
monentary conference, refused to dis
cuss bis appointment or the scopo of
the commission. He said be has not
yet received official notice,' and when
he did he could not talk.
A Tarama Bear Story.
Tacoma, Wash., April 14. Three
bears escaped from their incloaure at
Point Defiance Park April 1, and have
since been roaming at large in the
woods of the park, eluding all attempts
at capture. Yesterday Keeper Roberts
came across them, when they attacked
and chased him, even following him
into the house, when be shot two, cap
turing the third alive. It is supposed
hunger bad made them desperate.
Doss of War Almost Free.
London, April, 14. The Evening
News this afternoon publishes a dis
patch from its special correspondent at
Athens saying the Turkish govern
ment has formally informed the Greek
government that any further raid of
irregulars into Turkish territory will
be regarded by Turkey as a declaration
of war upon the part of Greece.
The Paris Exposition.
Washington, April 14. The presi
dent today sent a message to congress
urging it to make suitable provision
for adequate representation of the
United States at the Paris exposition.
rb3nTTTTTTTTTTTTTT?TT?TT?TTTTTTT!?TTTTTTTT?TnTmTTTT?T?TTTTTTTTT?TTTTTTT
1897
Xisi !Pr,c; - S80
'96 SRamblers, n y - - 60
Second Hand Wheels $35 and upwards
fi7"Scnu for cctnloimes. free, and 2d hand list.
FRED. T. .MERRILL CYCLE C.
1ST Slxili Mrwl, Portlaud. Or.
Hruni-hes Spckuue, Seuttie, Tacoma and Walla' Walla.
LIVE AOENTS VaNTED
aiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiauuuuuiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiuu
EIMISHandBUSIHESS
COLLEGES
3j
PORTLAND
BUSINESS BRANCHES.
BOOKKEEPING, SHORTHAND, TELEGRAPHY.1
BOARDING DEPARTMENT'" LAMES
FAIR PLAY FOR CUBANS
President McKinley Will See
That Thoy Get It.
TORE UP THE FLAG
Spanish Soldiers Raid a Plantation
and Vent Their Anger on
the Stars and Stripes.
Spaoldlns; Tries to tiecure the University
of Illinois Against Los Mississippi .
Hirer Still Blslna; at Omaha. 1
New York, April 15. A Tribune
dispatch from Washington says:
The policy of the administration in
reference to Cuba is not likely to be
criticised as was that of its predecessor
on the score of indifference to the
rights of American citizens. Secre
tary Sherman, unlike Olney, will see
to it that imprisonment of suspects en
titled to tho protection of the United
States for an indefinite period Is no Jocff.
er indulged in by Spanish officials in
Cuba.'He will even jjo further and make
it plain to the Spanish authorities that
they cannot, in the closing of the 19th
century, be permitted to carry on war
on principles widely divergent from
modern civilization. In short, notice
has been served on the Spanish go vern-
ment informally as ' yet. but Ptlll in
unmistakable terms that this govern
ment recognizes a state of civil war on
the Island of Cuba which demands
treatment of prisoners taken in action
by cither side somewhat different from
that which seems to have been ac
corded them thus. far.
The immediate cause of this notice
being served on the Spanish govern
ment was, of course, the capture of Cu
ban General Rivera and tha rumor
that he would be forthwith tried by
drumhead court-martial and shot.
The president, immediately after the
news of the fate in store for the pris
oner was received, directed Secretary
Sherman to draw up a protest against
the contemplated action of General
Weyler. Upon second consideration
however, the protest took a less formal
shape. Instead of being delivered to
the Spanish minister in writing, Secor
de Lome was sent for by the secretary
of state and informed as to the views
of the administration in the matter.
This protest, it is assumed, was no less
exolicit than th which Secretary
Sherman had previously drafted. At
any rate it had its effect, for General
Rivera is still living.
LATEST SPANISH OOTRAUE.
Estate Near KnelcroJada. Halded and
American fTlas; Destroyed.
New York, Abrll 15. A Herald
dispatch from Sagua Grande via. Key
West, eays a report has just reached
there of an outrage perpetrated near
the town of Eoclcrujada, by Spanish
troops, who destroyed the property
owned by the wife of the British vice'
consul, Mr. Harris, of Sagua Grande,
and -tore up an American flag which
the manager of the estate, George
Harris, who is an American citizen
had draped over his bed.
The estate of Mrs Harris, called La'
Palma, is about two miles from En
cicrujada. The troops broke open the
doors and removed articles of value.
Finding the flag in the manager's bed
room, the soldiers carried it out with
many epithets and tore it into bits.
Being satisfied with their venjfance on
the bit of bunting, in the absence of
its owner, they departed.
Kx-Senator Voorhee' FonermL
Terre haute, Ind., April 13. The
funeral of ex-Senator Daniel W,
Voorhees took place this afternoon
from St. Stephen's Episcopal church,
Rev. John E. Sulger, rector, officiating,
This is the church in bich Voorhees
was confirmed a number of years ago,
and which he attended when here.
Lowlands Are Flooded.
Brainerd, Miun., April 15. The
Mississippi river at this point has over
flowed its banks, and all the lowlands
on either side are covered with water
from three to ten feet deep. Tha river
rose seven inches last night and is ris
ing fast today. It is within a foot of
the high-water mark.
Slrer Still It Ulna.
Omaha, Neb., April 15. Twenty
more families have been driven from
their houses in East Omaha by the
encroaching waters of Cutoff lake.' A
steady current is sent in through Cut-
' OREGON
ml
full English Course.
FRENCH AND GERMAN.'
toff lake, and this, with the aid of a
strong north wind, is sending an im
mense volume of water against the
dikes at the lako's" lower end. The
east shore of the lake ia gradually giv
ing way under the wash of the waves.
The lake has risen two feet In 12 hours
and another foot will enable it to estab
lish a juncture with tho river over the
east bank. ' '
lCls)atnra to Inrestl ite.
Springfield, III., . AdHI 15. The
state senate today adopted a resolution
providing for the appointment of a
special Commission of five to InveBti-,
gate the reported misappropriations of
funds of tho university of Illinois by
ex-Treasurer Spaulding.
Hale of Wool. ' .
Heppner, April 14. Two clip of
wool were sold hero Monday,, one for
. nnnla nnri t ha nMlPP ttr P.AnLfl.
This wool was sold on the sheep's
back, and will be delivered in ay.
The same clips last season brought 6
and 7 cents. Frank Leo, of San
Francisco, was the purchaser.
Orer Strom's Veto.
Alb any, . N. Y. Arrll 13. The
Greater New York charter will pass
tho senate over Mayor strong's veto
34 to 10.
THE ACCIDENTS OF LIFE
Ik. TTri to T. 8. Qutwcrr
CQT Chicago, Becre-
tsry of the Stab. Accxdkxt
Coxrait, for Information
regarding; Accident Insur
snce. Mention this piper.
7 so doing you can save
Uaj paid over (600,000.00 (as
..... .
4-1 Vt
membership tee.
accidental Injuries. -
Be your Girn Agent.
XTO MEDICAL EX VINATION RBQDTJLSOL
"The Reffulator Line"
The Dalles, Portland and Astoria
Navigation Co.
THROUGH
FieitaiFasseiGilliig
Until further notice tho Steamer
Regulator will leave The Dalles, Mon
day's, Wednesday's and Fridaysat 7:30
A. af. Portland, Tuesday's, Thurs
day's and Saturday's at 6:30 A. M.
PASSENGER RATES
One way ....12 00
Round trip.... 3 00
Freight Rates Reduced
Shipments for Portland received at
any time, day or night. Shipments for
way landings must be delivered before
5 p. m. Live stock shipments solic
ited. Call on or address,
Ifll C HLL7TWHY,
General Agent .
tnnifinr mniu
umiuriii n
THE DALLES
National Bank.
- . OP DALLES CITY,. OR.
President . ..Z. F. Moody
Vick-Pbesident . .0. F. Hilton
Cashier . . ...... M. A. Moody
General Banking Business Transacted.
Sight Exchanges Sold on
New York, Chicago. San Fha.
Cisco and Portland.
mmnimiiiniCTiiriiT
8. ScnmtcK.
. I'reudent
H. M. Biai.u
Cashier.
First National Bank
TH3 DKILSS, OREGON
k General Buttii Buiiass .'Transacted
Deposits received subject ta slgbt draft or
check.
Collections mado end proceeds promnlr re
mitted on day of collection.
Sight nod telcfrrophlo exchange sold on New
-1 ora, bun t raccisoo and Portland.
DIRECTORS:
D. P. Thomosf n.
Jnr. S. Scheork
Gfo. A. Liebe,
Bes.ll. '
Ed M. Willlan s.
H. M.