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.APRIL 24. 1897
EASTERN OREGON CROPS.
From all Indications the grain crop
this year in the great Inland Empire
will break any previous record. . The
spring rains have thoroughly saturated
the ground and it is in the best con
dition for growing 'crops. : Reports
from country-points indicate that an
enormous acreage of wheat will be
planted-besides increased acreage of
other cereals. .; Vegetables are also
being raised on a more extensive scale
than ever before, and it is highly
probably that farmers in this imme
diate section will devote more atten
tion to gardening in the future than in
the past, since their products last year
found ready sale in the Portland mar
kets, and being now favored with bet
ter freight rates than ever before, can
enter into competition with the Port
land gardners on comparative equal
footing.
So far as the raising of wheat is con
earned, the good prices of last fall en
couraged many of the farmers who had
about given up hopes of ever again
getting any profit out of wheat raising,
and they have decided to be rea3y for
good prices this year by raising
larger quantity. As a result a very
large acreage of wheat is being sown
in every section. Not only the old
ground will about all be sown, but a
large: amount of new land is being
tilled this season both In Wasco and
Sherman counties, and 'with favorable
weather from now until crop time,
the yield will be the greatest in the
history of the country.
The prospects now for a prosperous
season and an abundant, yield are in
deed erood, and it is- believed . the de
mand will be equal to the supply, for
the wheat croD in many of the great
wheat producing regions of the world
Is short, and the floods of the Mississ
ippl valley will prevent the raising of
"sufficient breed stuff to supply the local
demand which will have to be
furnished probably from this coast.
' The. reports from the numerous
orchards throughout the country are
that the trees are generally in healthy
condition and .are loaded with blos
soms and buds, which indicate a heavy
yield may be expected. And as better
freight rates on fruit may be obtained
this year than last, the fruit growers
should realize fair prices. ,
On the whole the outlook for im
mense crops in all branches of agri
culture throughout Eastern. Oregon is
really flattering, and if expected prices
are realized, the farmers of the Inland
Empire have a better future before
them than for many years past. r
. ANOTHER BIACK EYE.
' .The sheep raisers of this section seen
in decided bad luck with reference to
securing summer range for' their .flocks,
-and it begins to look as if many of
- them would be forced to close out
business unless some. relief is granted
through an act of congress or a procla
mation from ' the president setting
aside the order closing the 'Cascade
timber reserve to the ranging of stock.
The quarantine law of Washington
has shut them out from largo ranges
: pn the opposite side of the, Columbia;
: and now Judge Bellinger has rendered
decision in the case of the United
States vs: the Tygh Valley Land Sc
Livestock Co. overruling the demurrer
- to the . complaint, that virtually ex
' dudes the sheepmen from the Cascade
reserve. 4
The government brought suit - to
restrain defendants from pasturing
sheep on the Cascade reserve. De
fendants demurred to the complaint on
the ground that it had been the de
clared policy of the government ; to
allow stockmen to pasture their herd 3
on its. domain. It was also set up that
the ' government had no recourse
against persons ' pasturing sheep or
cattle on its domain, because the lands
were not fenced, as the supreme court
. of this state had several times decided
that, unless owners of lands had them
fenced, they could not proceed against
. the owners of stock pastured thereon.
. The court held that the government
in pursuance of an act of congress,
having set aside the lands in question
as a reservation, it was np longer a
part of the public domain, and that the
government had the right to. protect
them, and that the generally' declared
policy of the government to allow
sheep and cattle to be pastured on. its
domain, does not apply to the lands : set
aside as a reservation. ' .There - are
several other cases of the same nature
in the court, to all of which this deci
sion will apply . ' " -
TO JJKraBSE "PHOTTSCTTfi V.
David Lubin and his associated
grangers in different states are pushing
. their bill for the payment of bounties
on the exports of agricultural produce,
which they claim will put the farmers
on an equal footing with . manufac
turers in respect to favors from the
government. Their idea is to reverse
protection in a way that will encourage
and foster agricultural pursuits, and
' increase prosperity among the real
weaicn producers ui iu country, uy
creating fictitious prices for their pro
ducts, as is done for the manufacturers
by the workings of a protective tariff.
They have presented a memorial to
the senate that says "the idea upon
which protection was originally based,
that of a temporary means of building
up new industries, has been aban
doned, and has been supplanted by the
new and different conception, that it
.should be a permanent means of ex
cluding foreign competition in "par
ticular trades. -This system cannot be
applied to industries, whose products
are exported tnd must be sold abroad in
competition with the products of
foreign, labor." It is well established
rule of trade that the price in the for
eign market for any article of which
we produce a surplus for export, flies
jtho home market. The price of wheat
and cotton In America 4s fixed in
London and Liverpool. ''Selling the
surplus as we do at interuatiopal
prices," says the memorial, "compells
us to sell the greater quantity for home
use at the same price ,for the export
and home price is always the same. It
follows that the American farmer ia
handicapped by the protective tariff,
and that he can be recouped only by
bounties on bis export." Mr. Lubin
and his fellow grangers ask that a law
be passed to pay to any exporter of
agricultural products, grown in -the
United States, at the rate of ten cent9
a bushel on wheat and rye, fifty cents
per barrel on flour, five sent per
bushel on corn, one cent per pound on
cotton, and two cents per pound on
tobacco and hops. In order to en
courage shipping, it is proposed that
when these products are exported in
American bottoms, the bounty shall be
increased ten per cent. Incidentally
the memorial severely criticises the
bill for discriminating duties in favor
of imports in American- bottoms:
This, it says, would be simply an ad
ditional tax on the farmer without any
compensation whatever to him.
"The great advantage of this plan,"
says The Nation.in an able editorial on
the subject, "is that it would give to
the farmer much more money' than it
would take from the treasury. Lubin
and his associates show that the cost
to the government of the proposed
bounties on .wheat, cotton and corn
would be only $41,000,000 per annum,
while the enhanced price of the same
articles retained for domestic consump
tion would be at least $140,000,000.
Of course this would have to be paid
by the consumers of agricultural pro
ducts, who are the whole people of the
United States. The memorial ac
knowledges this fact, but insists that
the same is true of the protective duties
on manufactures. Whatever increase
of price takes place must be paid by
the farmers, who cannot, under
present arrangements, recoup them
selves for this loss. Mr. Lubin lays
down the broad principle that all the
money raised by protective duties
ought to be distributed to the classes
who are not protected. Failing in
this, all protective tariffs ought to be
repealed." The memorial concludes
by saying:
"The abolition of protective tariff as
a means for the protection of manufac
turers would do away with the claims
for protection by an export duty; but
so long as moneys are received on im
ports for the protection of manufac
turers, these moneys, or a portion
thereof, should be paid out primarily,
not for government expenses, but for
export bounties to protect the staples
of agriculture, and thus equalize pro
tection by extending it to agriculture
as well as to manufacturers, protecting
thereby the farmers and manufacturers
in the United States against the farm
ers and manufacturers - of foreign
counties, and thus (o away with the
injustice of the present system, which
protects the manufacturers at the ex
pense of the farmers."
CANNOT ' SUIT EVERYBODY.
. Congressman Hepburn, of Iowa, is
not at all pleased with the turuing
down of his amendment to the 'tariff
transferring hides from the free to the
dutiable list. He thought the farmer
was entitled to this measure of protec
tion, and there are a good many cattle
raisers of the same opinion, but Mr.
Dingley opposed the amendment on
the ground. that our . leather industry
has been adjusted to free hides, that
we have large foreign markets for
leather that would be jeopardized by
putting hides on the dutiable list, and
also that hides imported were not
really a competitive product, the hides
of our cattle not being of a quality to
replace those imported. "Careful in
vestigation," eaid Mr. Dingley, "had
shown that our cattle, raisrd in a cold
climate, were covered with much hair,
but thin hides, and that the cattle of
South America had - little hair, but
thick hides, to protect them from the
stings of equatorial insects," the in
ference being that the leather manu
facturer must have the hides of South
American cattle, and that the hides
from America could not be substituted.
Mr. Dingley was arguing for the
leather manufacturers as did the sup
porters of free wool for the woolen
manufacturers four years ago. They
held that certain : fine wools from
Australia and . New Zealand were
necessary in the manufacture of fine
cloths, for which we had both a foreign
and borne market, that could not be
made from domestic wools, hence to
benefit manufacturers they demanded
free wool. Those people were "free
traders," Mr. Dingley is a "protection
ist," still neither of them meet the ap
proval of the producers of wool and
hides, and Mr. Hepburn was justified
in the taunt he threw back at the
chairman of the ways and means com
mittee when he said.- "I am a re
publican, but I am tired of having
tariff bills made in the interest of Fall
River and contagious territory. It
is time to legislate in tbe interest of
the United States, and New England
cannot dominate f,ne country." .
This is pretty strong language for a
memDer oi me ways ana means com'
nit tee, and a republican at that,tbougb
it is evidence that the tariff bill can
not be made to suit everybody, and
that the interest which can deliver
the most votes at any coming election
will be the one that receives the great
est consideration. The two interests
wool and hides are on an equal footing
so far as their general use is concerned,
both enter into the comfort and nec
essity of the masses, and any duty
placed upon them must increase the
price to the consumer of the articles
into which they are converted. But
the wool raisers are sufficiently or
ganized to deliver votes to those who
advance their interests, while the hide
raisers are not.
LINING UP FOR 1900.
Senator Hanna is becoming alarmed
at the inroads being made by W. J.
Bryan and the popularity. that gentle
man Is gaining both .among the so
called business men of the country and
the masses, and to forestall any effect
which the brilliant young man from
Nebraska may have upon public senti
ment, has begun lining up his forces
for the campaign of 1900, with a view
of perpetuating President McKinley's
reigme. He has caused petitions from
the New York branch of. the Sound
Money League, calling for contribu
tions to the 1900 campaign fund, to be
widelycirculated, and they have met
with a response that is encouraging
to the mover in the matter.
Contributions thus far are so liberal
that Mr. Hanna is confident of raising
a million-dollar fund in a short time,
and Henry Clews, one of the contribu
tors, is quoted as saying that the first
object is to offset what Bryan is doing,
and the next, presumably will, be to
overcome the opposition to Mr. Mc-
Kinley in his own party which by the
end of his administration, unless it is
most successful, will be no small factor.
This will require both time and money,
which' Mr. Hanna fully realizes, and
is taking time by the forelock thus
early in order that he may be well for
tified to oppose all republican oppon
ents before the convention and Bryan
after the campaign is once on.
A SOUND CONCLUSION.
Gov. Rogers, of Washington, has
very wisely determined to not inter
fere with the operation of the courts by
extending executive clemency to con
demned criminals. Numerous appli
cations have been made to him to com
mute death sentences, but he holds
that the courts and juries before whom
the trials were had are the best judges
of whether the condemned have re
ceived justice at the hands of the law,
and he will not interfere with their
findings. In reply to one of the peti
tions asking that the death penalty be
not inflicted, Gov. Rogers said:
"There is no question but what the
governor has the power to commute
the'sentence of death to imprisonment
for life. Whether his duty requires
him to do this is a different matter.
I have sworn to uphold the law. The
law declares that the punishment for
murder in the first degree is death. ' I
do not think that I should, of my own
motion, chaDge this punishment to
another. In the case of the Straub
trial. I am told it lasted four weeks.
The judge, jury and prosecuting at
torney for that length of time heard
all that was to be said regarding the
matter. The judge is of the opinion
that Straub received a fair and impar
tial trial. There is no question re
garding the fact that Straub committed
murder. I understand that he was
willing to plead guilty to a charge of
murder in the second degree. Having
given so much time to the case, the
judge and prosecuting attorney repre
senting the people are in much better
position to judge as to the propriety of
the sentence of death than I am my
self.
"Under the law, the punishment for
murder in the first degree is death.
That is the sentence of the law for
which I am not responsible, and it ap
pears to me that if a feeling pervaded
the public mind that the punishment
for this horrid crime was absolute and
sure, creator protection would there'
by be accorded society. I desire to see
the laws enforced, and will do what I
can to secure this end. If however,
upon a review of the case, the judge
and prosecuting attorney consider that
it would be well, for any cause what
ever, to commute the sentence of death
by hanging to imprisonment for life,
I shall certainly grant it. Manifestly
the parties best fitted to judge in this
matter have been named. I shall de
fer to their opinion.-"
. In the principles laid down in the
above the governor is certainly right'
Twelve fair and impartial jurors, an
unbiased judge and a prosecuting
attorney who have listened to all the
evidence both for and against a de
fendant, certainly are better qualified
to dispose of a case than is the gov
ernor, who is unacoquainted with all
the circumstances. It is a rare in
stance, indeed, where a man is sen
tenced to death who is innocent or
who does not merit such punishment.
and murders would be less frequent if
there were more governors like the
chief executive of Washington, who
would refuse to commute the death
sentence except when recommended
by those who have listened to every de
tail of the trial and weighed the evi
dence impartially. Would-be assassins
and cold-blooded murderers would
hesitate and weigh the result of their
misdeeds carefully before committing
crime, if they were assured that ex
ecutive clemency would not be resorted
to save their lives. . ' ?
SPAIN'S DISGRACE.
Spain is guilty of another of those
atrocities that have characterized 'Its
manner of warfare against the Cubans,
and which forfeit all claims to civili
zation. Last Monday Pedro Garcia
was taked out of prison and shot for
rebellion. - Six months ago Garcia was
arrested in his father's house on sus
picion of being a rebel, and a week
ago was taken before a summary court
and tried. The entire court-martial
lasted no more than a quarter . of an
hour, and Garcia was sentenced to
death, though the' death warrant was
not read to him until twelve hours be
fore the. execution. Then he was led
from prison and butchered, the ex
ecutioners being poor marksmen, were
required to fire three volleys into their
victim's body before life was extinct.
No other nation that pretends to be
civilized, except perhaps Turkey, re
sorts to such barbarism as does spain,
Prisoners of war, are with other coun
tries at least given a fair trial before
an unbiased court, and are held until
the war closep, or are exchanged, but
Spain treats her prisoners more cruelly
than do many sayages of the present
time. Such damnable practices should
cause the nations to rise up in indig
nation, and annihilate a government
that practices such cruelty. Human
ity demands that an afflicted people
should not be subjected to such butch
ery. The United States, , being the
liberty-loving nation of the world, a
nation of Christians who hold justice
in high esteem, and haye ever been
ready to relieve . the downtrodden and
oppressed, cannot long allow such
cruelties to exist. The ' pretext that
Spain is a friendly nation will not long
suffice aa an excuse for non-interference,
and if the government does not
soon take measures to stonr such
butcheries, the people will espouse the
cause of the! Cubans and drive -the
Spanish soldiers from the island.
THE SUGAR- BEET INDUSTRY
No question is receiving more gen
eral attention throughout the United
States at present than that of produc
ing sugar. This country imports more
of sugar than any other one article
except coffee, the amount in 1896
having been over three and one half
billion pounds, valued at something
over $80,000,000; and as only a limited
territory in America is adapted to the
cultivation of sugar cane, it is evident
that if we ever became able to supply
home demands it must be with sugar
produced irom beets, nence attention
naturally is attracted to this industry.
The experimental station of the state
agricultural college has issued a bul
letin on the subject of sugar beet cul
ture and the manufacture of beet
sugar which contains much valuable
information, and from which some of
the following data is taken. From
this bulletin it is learned that at pres
ent there are eight beet sugar factories
in operation in the United States, and
that in each the system of making
suKar from beets has been so system
ized that it can be produced in com
petition with cane sugar under ordi
narily favorable condition. Though
it is also shown that it is not every
locality that is favorably situated for
engaging in this industry, and while
beets of an excellent quality are raised
in tOregon, the sugar industry can
not be successfuly conducted in every
part of the state, nor can it be made
successful without a large outlay of
capital.
First, a factory with a capacity of
3-50 tons a day (and any smaller factory
would be inexpedient) would cost in the
neighborhood of $500,000, and besides
warehouses, sheds and other buildings
will increase the cost some $10,000 or
$15,000. Then to supply such a factory
with raw material will require the
plauting of 3,000 acres of beets, and as
there must be rotation of crops, land
producing a good crop of beets only
every other year, the factory must be
situated within easy reach of 6,000
acres of land adapted to beet culture.
The factory must be sitaated within
easy reach of the growing grounds, for
beets must be supplied at from $3.50 to
$4 per ton in order to make the manu
facture of sugar profitable, hence the
cost of transportation from the farm to
the factory must not be great. Other
requirements of location are accessi
bility to lines of transportation and an
abundant supply of pure water. A
factory with a capacity of 1 350 tons
daily uses 1,000,000 gallons of water,
and s one ton of lime is required for
each ton of refined sugar, freight rates
must -be reasonable, or this item alone
would eat up all proiits. The matter
of fuel is also an important item, a
factory of the capacity mentioned
above consuming about 100 tons of
coal or its equivalent daily. In view
of all those requirements it will be
readily seen that there are few loca
tions in Oregon suitable for tin es
tablishing of a beet sugar factory.
Possibly Union, which is surrounded
by a large area of rich soil and is ac
cessible to an unlimited supply of lime
and fuel, is better situated for such an
industry than any other point in East
ern Oregon, but the matter of freight
rates will be a drawback to that place.
Or The Dalles, provided coal is dis
covered, would have all tbe necessary
requirements except that of land near
by where beets in sufficient quantity
could be raised. The farming country
in and about Dufur is perhaps adapted
to beet culture, but the cost of hauling
the raw material to the factory would
be too great for beet culture even in
that section to be profitable. So far
as experiments have been made in this
state, the average yield of beets per
acre is about 20 tons, which at $4 per
ton would yield the farmer $80 an acre,
while the cost of cultivation and
other expenses in preparing the beets
for market are about $35 an acre,
still these experiments haye been
made on a small scale, and the
yield of large fields would probably
not be so great. Taking everything
into consideration it is indeed ques
tionable if the beet sugar industry will
ever be made profitable in Oregon, or
if it will soon be inaugurated in the
state. -
INHERITANCE TAXATION.
Probably there is no more just tax for
raising revenues with which topay the
expenses of government, both state and
national, than that levied upon estates
inherited. It cannot be considered a
tax upon thrift or prosperity, as the
income tax is often dubbed, for the
party who inherits a fortune has not
accumulated wealth through his own
exertions, but simply acquired it
through the good luck of having been
the beneficiary of some thrifty ancestor
or generous friend, therefore he can
not justly claim that be is taxed upon
the result of his own energies, but is
made to pay something for sustaining
government out of property which
through good fortune he has fallen
heir to.
The scheme for taxing inheritances
first took shape in the staid old state of
Massachusetts, but it was iu a crude
form, for it proposed to tax remote in
heritances 1 per cent, and left all di
rect inheritances "on the "free list,"
but a more practicable measure has
lately passed the New York assembly,
which taxes direct inheritance 1 per
cent when the estate does not exceed
$1,000,000, and adds one-half of one per
cent on each $250,000 additional. Per
sonal property passing to collateral
heirs is taxed 5 per cent, with an in
crease when the amount of property
exceeds $500,000, a provision being
made that no estate shall bo taxed at
more than 15 per cent. Su;h a tax im
posed by New York will result in a
revenue being derived from a source
that will suffer but little from bearing
its portion of state expenses, and will
lessen the burdens now resting upon
the real wealth producers.
IS THIS PROPHECY?
If the expressions attributed to ex-
Senator Mitchell by tbe Journal are
correct, he is entitled to take Crist
rank as a prophet. When opposing
the seating of Senator Mantle, who had
been appointed by the governor- of
Montana, after the legislature had
failed to elect, Mr. Mitchell is credited
with having said: -
''Suppose at the end of my present
term I should be a caucus candidate
lor re-election. supDose tne re
publican party should have a majority
of the legislature of tbe state of Or
egon; suppose that some man with un
limited woallh should induce a major
ity of the legislature to prevent an or
ganization, thereby preventing the
legislature from performing its func
tions. Suppose the man of wealth
should be on intimate terms with the
governor of Oregon, and that it should
be arranged between them that the
governor should appoint the man who
corrupts the legislature in order to
prevent an election. '" Suppose that
then the governor should appoint the
rich man in spite of the will of the
people to the contrary. Should such
a man be seated in this senate? I say
most emphatically, no."
EDITORIAL NOTES
The retroactive provision cf the
Dingley bill is too much of a dose for
level-beaded .senators to swallow, and
they will use their endeavsrs to smother
it before the bill comes to a vote in
the senate.
The little Kentucky episode in
which Dr. Hunter, the republican
caucus nominee for senator, and Bix of
his associates have been indicted for
bribery, is another plea for the elec
tion of U. S. senators by the direct vote
of the people.
The populist state committee at a
meeting in Portland resolved- not to
fuse" with anybody. What do they
want then? To build up a political
machine? Happily, however, the
committee does not voice the senti
ment of the rank and file of the popu
list party. "
A rebellion is in progress in Hon
duras that threatens to become most
serious. It is, nowever, oniy me nat
ural outgrowth of opposition to an ad
ministration that would give away all
rights of the republic to a syndicate of
foreign capitalists. If the government
is overthrown Honduras as a nation
will lose nothing.
There seems to be no job left for
Judge O. N. Denny. He had hla heart
set on being made minister to Japan,
but another fellow got the place.
Then he changed his affections and
placed them upon Hawaii, exorci
sing a willingness . to represent his
country the-e, but President McKinley
has goce and eppointed Harold M.
Sowell, of Maine, minister to Hawaii,
blasting Denny's Lopes entirely. It
begins now to look like poor Denny
will have to content himself with the
high station of priviito citizen.
I! the di?pat?he? are to be Deliered
the tenate finance committee is not
treading in a path of roses while con
sidering the tariff bill. Even some of
the most radical protectionists are
afraid of the Dingley bill as it passed
the house, and want schedules reduced
in order to avert a repetition of the
expression of public sentiment in 1892.
Mark Hanna tried to take a hand in
the senatorial contest in Oregon, and
there was.no election. He tried the
same thing in Kentucky, and his
lieutenant got bodily fired. Because
he is chairman of the dominant
party, is no reason why ho should" as
sume to dictate to the policy of his
party in every election that is held,
and tbe Kentuckyans only treated him
as he deserved.
Western senators are not generally
satisfied with the wool schedules of the
Dingley bill, and are endeavoring to
have radical changes made. Eastern
senators, who represent the manufac
turing interests, are riot very well
pleased with wool schedules either,
but they want them redueed, while the
Westerners want them raised, so be
tween the two there is not much
chance for a compromise.
When Greek meets Greek the world
stands aghast, but when Greeks meet
Turks the "powers" object, still ob
jections have availed little, and those
powers will fight it out "if it takes all
summer." War is certainly on be
tween those countries, and although
simpathy is generally with Greece,
it is battling against serious odds,
which if not counterbalanced by
the intervention of some friendly
power, will probably result in its down
fall. Those who believe in the principle
that "to the victors belong-the spoils,"
do not take kindly to the ruling of the
president that incumbents of federal
offices shall hold until their respective
terms shall expire. Especially is this
ruling distasteful to those victors who
are looking to a time when they shall
warm chairs in official positions; but
the president's ruling meets the ap
proval of right thinking people who
believe that a competent public ser
vant should be allowed to serve during
bis full term so long as he is doing his
duty.
Not satisfied with a salary of $2,500 a
year for supporting the titleof sheriff
of Umatilla county, Z. Houser, whom
the people have elected twice to that of
fice, is suing Umatilla county for ex
penses of himself and deputies- Sheriff
Houser contends that it was tbe inten
tion of the lawmakers to give him $2,
500 clear profit for his services, and
that all expenses should be paid. The
outcome of the ase he has begun in
the circuit court, and which will be
carried to the supreme court, will be
watched with interest, for if it is de
cided against the county, every Bheriff
in the state will be asking for expenses
above his salary, They are only human
and when they get to feeding at the
public trough want to eat their fill
KEBKLUOS IK ALMOST NDED.
Bonllla Has Crashed the uprising In Hon
duras.
New York, April 22. A Herald dis
patch from Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
says: ' '
President Bon ilia states that he has
practically suppressed the revolution
in 'tho republic. There have been sev
eral skirmishes between the rebel
forces and the government troops in
the eastern part, but none of them is
of great importance, so far as learned,
The government is still concentrat
ing its forces in Villa Nueva, and will
not attack the rebel positions until tbe
army is mobilized and is certain an at
tack will be attended by success.
General Terenoia Ezeta took charge
as commander-in-chief of the army to
day.
Domingo Vasquez, formerly presi
dent of Honduras, who recently left
San Salvador, it is reported, id on the
frontier raising men, and will try to
join the rebel army and place himself
at the bead of tbe provisional govern
ment. Enrique Soto now occupies
tnat position.
Fighting at Milouna Pass.
HEADQUHRTEES OF THE TURKISH
army, Milouna Pass, April 22. Very
heavy fighting has been in progress
since dawn. -Tbe Greeks have en
deavored to take by storm the Turkish
position on the hill opposite the en
trance to the ravine. The Greeks were
repulsed upon each occasion- with
tremendous lo39. The engagement is
still proceeding The Turks have a
strong reserve force ready to-be
brought into action if needed.
During yesterday's fighting in the
same locality tbe Turkish general of a
brigade was killed.
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The Provisional Government
Is Coining Silver.
HUNTER WEAKENED
He Will Withdraw From the Sena
torial Contest Before the Ken
tucky Legislature Soon.
Turks Are Getting Rather the Better of
the Fight Tyranvo Is Taken ana
Larissa Is Threatened Patri
otic Greeks Will Fight
Eor Greece.
Kew York, April 20. The
Journal
this morning says:
The Cuban dollar will be on the
street within a few days. It will be a
silver coin of the size of the Spanish
coin known as five pesetas. Fiv-j mil
lion dollars' worth of bullion I to be
converted into the coin, which, even
if it is no more than a souvenir of the
Cuban straggle, will still be worth its
weight. The Cuban junta indorses
the circulation of silver coin bearing
the stamp of the provisional govern
ment. The money to buy this bullion
aid to defray the mechanical expense
of the issue is said to have been raised
through the exertion of A. J. Corbert,
a local broker. He professes ignorance
as to the identity of his principals.
At the office of A. Krauss, further in
formation was obtained.
"Men with money have been figur
ing on this thing for a long time," he
said. "Tbe junta is behind us. We
start in with a million dollars' worth
of five pesetas. The coin is about the
size of the American dollar and resem
bles it much.
"The new Cuban coin, which must
not be-called a medal or a souvenir, will
be accepted for its weight in 6ilver
anywhere. The design for the face of
the coin will consist oi a head or a fig
ure indicating liberty. The seal of the
Cuban republic, already familiar on its
bond and postage stamps, . will be on
the reverse.
"The friends of Cuba who will have
made this issue of coin are men of
wealth. They will back the Cuban en
terprise to the extent of ten millions
if necessary. An agreement has been
made with the junta here in New York
as to the recognizing cf these coins
when the Cuban republic comes into
its full rights and possessions."
TCKKEY BUT A TOOL.
King- George Says the Powers Caused the
War
Paris, April 21. The correspondent
of La Journal at Athens bad an inter
view with King George, of Greece, , at
tbe palace yesterday. His majesty . is
quoted as saying he believed to the last
moment peace would be maintained,
and did his utmost to bring about a
pacific settlement of the matters in
dispute. The kiug denied that Greece
commenced hostilities against Turkey,
and argued that Turkey was not com
pelled to go to war because .'of the iu-
nrnninn nf a Iaw InRiircrAnt.A Whnm no-!
body could have restrained. Contin
uing, King George said:
"The truth is wo were attacked be
cause Turkey was ordered to attack us;
There never would have been war but
for certain intrigues which will appear
later. All the powers are more or less
against us. If they wanted war they
have got it. Such is tbe result of the
European concert.
"Europe must understand that after
forcing us to war there can be no ques
tion of limiting it. Our fleet is des
tined to take an important par, as will
soon be learned. Greece understands
that she must either be victorious or
disappear." ".
HUNTER WILL. KFTIBE.
He Issues a Formal Statement to This
Effect.
Louisville, Ky.. April 20. A spec
ial to the Evening Post, from Frank
fort says Dr. Hunter, republican nom
inee for United States senator, this
morning issued, tbe following state
ment: -
"I have gone over the whole situa
tion carefully, and admit that I do not
know where my one vote is to come
from. Under tbe circumstances I am
willing to say I shall not prolong the
fight beyond a reasonable time when I
see it is hopeless. The proceeding be
fore the grand jury bad absolutely
nothing to do with my change of front.
It has not been a factor in the fight
except to solidify and strengthen the
loyalty of my friends. It was simply
a transparent conspiracy to uetame
me." '
Iteaten and Bobbed.
Cincinnati, April 20. Two elderly
women were knocked down and robbed
in their home in this .city by three
men, who escaped with jewelry valued
at $5000. .
Mrs. Krnlage, a fortune teller on
West Ninth street, had a call from
three men, who ostensibly wanted her
professional services. While she was
reading the future for one of the men,
another struck her on the back of the
head with a revolver. They then
bound aqd gagged her, and removed
diamonds, rings and other jewelry, of
the value named. Another women, a
relative hearing the struggle, came
into the room and she was beaten on
top of the head and rendered uncon-
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came down stairs, but was ordered un
der penalty of death to keep stilt. She
escaped by a back door, while the rob-
bars went out the front way.
Petitions BelatlnjE to Tariff Rates.
Washington, April 21. The matur
ing of the tariff bill was indicated by
the deluge of petitions relating to tariff
rates presented to the senate today.
Spooner, republican of Wisconsin, sent
a bundle containing several hundred
petitions urging re-enactment of Mc
Kinley rates on lumber. Mantle, re
publican, of Montana, presented a tele
graphic memorial from the Montana
Stockgrowers' Association, asking for
an amendment to the tariff bill so that
adequate protection would be given
the hide industry. Among the other
petitions was one from the leading
commercial houses of San Fraucisco,
opposing the abrogation of the Ha
waiian treaty of reciprocity.
To Fight ror tireece.
St. Louis, Mo., April 20. A special
says the first body of Greeks to depart
from the Southwest for tbe seat of war
to fiarht for Kin? George, left Texas
last nigh, headei'by Alexander Stav-
rianos, who starred from Dallas for the
East by the Iron Mountain route to St.
Louis, thence to Chicago and New
York.
LarUa Is In Danger.
Labissa, April 20. Tb3 mayor of
Larissa has isnued a proclamation call-1
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ing upon all citizens to arm themselves
in defense of the country. Every sten
Dossible is being taken to defend the
place against the Turks, who are re
Dorted to have captured Tyrnavo, 10
miles from here, and to be pushing 00
to Larissa. The minister of the inter
ior has issued orders to the prefects
throughout the country calling upon
them to summon all citizens to arms in
defense of Greece now invaded by the
Turks. It is reported the Greeks have
captured 200 Turkish prisoners at
Viglia.
Tyrnavo Is Taken.
Berlin, April 20. An official tele
gram from Constantinople says tbe
Turks have captured all the positions
commanding Tyrnavo, thus confirm
ing the dispatches from the cor
respondent of the Associated Press at
Turkish headquarters at Elassona.
The telegram referred to also says the
Turks have not sustained great dam-
ace at Frevosa, bat two Greek war
ships were compelled by the Turkish
lire to retire from there today, and
this afternoon there are no signs of the
Greek fleet in the vicinity of Prevesa.
The Senate to Kill It.
Washington, April 21. The repub
lican members of the finance commit
tee of the senate have reached an agree
ment either to strike out the retroae
tive provision of the Dingley tariff bill
or to so amend it' as to pave the way
for its being striken out in conference,
and have so notified the democratic
members of the committee. The demo
crats have agreed in view of this prom
ise not to press the Vest resolution on
the subject of Secretary Gage's recent
circular. -
Will Fight For Their Country.
Athens, April 20. All members of
the gen d'armerle and other police
forces organized as military are now
going to the frontier. Citizens have
volunteered to guard the town. The
same conditions prevail in all tbe
other towns in Greece. .- On all sides
there is a firm determination to meet
the Turkish invasion, and every man
who can be spared and who can boar
arms is going to the front.
To Save Oarrant's Meek.
San Francisco, April 21. Much
local interest has been excited by a re
port that an effort is being made to
commute the sentence of Durrant to
life imprisonment. Those working for
the condemned murderer of Blanche
Lamont are taking hope, from the an
nouncement that three of the state
board of prison directors are about to
petition Governor Budd to commute
the sentence. -
An Insurgent Victory.
Havana, via Key West, April 22.
From Puerto Principe comes news of
severe fighting which lasted ten days
between the Spanish' columns of Colo
nels Kiza and Cruce Gonzales, and
several bands of insurgents number
ing 2,000 men, which resulted after a
series of skirmishes in a great victory
for the patriots, the Spaniards losing
800 men.
King Humbert's Eseape.
Home, ' April 22. At 2:30 this after
noon, while King Humbert was on his
way to the races, a man named Pietro
Acciarito, an iron-worker, out of em
ployment, attempted to stab ma ma
jesty with a dagger. The nan was
seized before be could carry out his
purpose, and the king proceeded to the
Campenella race course, seemingly un
moved. :
The Bankruptcy BUI Went Through.
Washington, April 22. The senate
passed the bankruptcy bill as amend
ed. by a vote of 49 yeas to 8 nays. The
final form, as it passed, is the Nelson
substitute. This provides for volun
tary bankruptcy, and involuntary in
certain cases. It was framed with a
view to avoid harsh provisions against
debtors.
Killed In the King.
San Jose, Cal., April 22. Frank
Eyans, the lightweight pugilist, died
this morning, of concussion of tbe
brain, caused by a right-hand blow on
the chin, delivered by Matt Semlcby,
in the 14th round of a fight before the
San Jose Athletic Club. - Semicby is
in jail, charged with manslaughter.
. Aa Offer From Greece.
Paris, April 22. According to a dis
patch from Constantinople, Greece has
informed the powers she will abandon
her claims to the island of Crete if the
nawers will force Turkey to cede her
Eolrus and Mount Olympus, accorded
to her by the treaty of Berlin. ,
To Care For the Wounded.
Athens, April 20. Athen.s ladies
under the patronage of tbe queen have
converted the steamer Thessaly into a
floating hospital. Three hundred
beds for the wounded have been fitted
up on board the steamer, and she Is
now proceeding to Volo.
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WITH FURY UNABATED
Fighting Along the Frontier
Continues at Many Points.
THE POWERS AT FAULT
King; George Thins Turkey a
And That War Could
Have Been Settled.
Tool
The Henate
Changes
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Fooled With Petitions for
In the Tarrlfr Bill .
Retroactive Measure
Must Dlo. -
New York, April 21. A Journal
dispatch from Athens cays:
The war on- the frontier continues
with unabated fury, and all along tbe
line from the Gulf of Salonica on the
east to the Cult of Arta on the west, a
desperate struggle is going on for the
mastery. The advance of the Turkish
forces on Tyrnavos has not been seri
ously checked, though from Greek
sources come many claims of victories.
These, however, are of small impor
tance, compared to the information
that tbe Tnrks are Investing Tyrnavos.
Tyrnavos is about three leagues
northwest of Larissa and was depended
upon by the Greeks to seriously ham
per any attempt that would be made by
the Turks to approoch Larissa
Immediately after their disastrous
defeat at Milouna pass the Greeks fell
back to Tyrnavos, but the Turks close
ly followed and began a vigorous can
nonading of the position. Tyrnavos
fall will make it next to impossible for
the Moslem advance on tbe Greek mili
tary base at Larissa to be stopped.
Larissa Is poorly fortified, and it may
become necessary for the Greeks to
precipitate a pitched battle with the
Turks on the plains that lie between
Larissa and the Macedonian frontier.
If such an event occurs it will be the
greatest military struggle in the his
tory of the world.
A Greek force after a terrific battle,
has managed to get through to the
plains of Damaei, in Macedonia, mean
time bombarding and destroying tbe
small village of VIgila, half a dozen
Turkish batteries, and killing over 200
Turks. The Greek loss was light.
About 300 Turks were taken prisoner
at Viglia.
The pass at Revenl, a fow miles
northwest of Tyrnavos, where there
are as many as 40,0G0 Turks under the
personal direction of Ed hem Pasha,
has been the scene of the fiercest fight
ing of the war. This horde of Mos
lems, singing and chanting war songs
reaches from Revenl to Bougbese and
for the past three days has unremit
tingly endeavored to obtain a free road
to tbe Thessalian plains. . Twenty
thousand Greeks under direction of
Prince Coostantine have steadily
fought and struggled to keep back the
Mohammedan stream and have thus
far succeeded.
On tbe Gulf of Arta tbe - Greeks are
having things pretty much their own
way.- The Turks at Arta attempted to
cross the river, despite the tire of the
Greek artillery. This was magnifi
cently handled, however, and the Mos
lems were mowed down by the score,
tbe river being literally filled with the
sultan's soldiers. Staggering under
their awful defeat, tbe Turks retreated.
AN ATTACK TO OB HADJC.
Edhem Faaha ! Preparing to Storm the
CU7 of Lvrlsaa.
Vienna, April 22. The Neue Frie
Presse publishes a disnatch from Con
stantinople saying that Edhem Pasha,
the Turkish commander-in-chief, has
telegraphed the sultan that his advance
guard is within an hour's march of
Laris6a. The Turkish general adds he
has a force of 35,000 men with him. He
estimates the Greek army opposing
him at 40,000 men and expresses tbe
hope that the fall of Larissa with the
help of God is imminent.
Victor for the Greeks.
Athens, April 22. A dispatch from
Arta announces that Major Sontzo
witn two squadrons 01 cavalry, cap
tured three villages occupied by two
Turkish battalions. A third squadron
of cavalry has occupied Fort Salagova,
Gulf of Arta. Tbe Turks retreated,
leaving three cannon and a quantity
of dynamite in the hands of the Greeks.
Greek Citlsena Haaiacred.
London, April 22. According to a
dispatch, from Athens, ' massacres of
Greek citizens have occurred near 1
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Prevesa, a Turkish town at the en
trance to the Gulf of Arta. Greek
troops, it is said have stormed five vil
lages occupied by the Turks.
Fire Lives Were Lost.
St. Louis, Mo., April 21. A special
to the Post-Dlspatcb from Nashville,
Tenn., says: Five lives have been lost
in tbe flood lands of Lake county. A
skiii upset, causing the drowning 01
Jose Gans and his entire family.
Creeks Are Worn Out.
Paris, April 22. The situation on
tbe Thessalian frontier, according to a
dispatch from Athens today, ia con
sidered highly critical. It is feared
the Greek troops, exhausted by three -days
of hard fighting, will be unable to
resist much longer tbe furious attacks
of the Turks. ' ;- " '
' Sympathy far Greece.
Washington, April 22. Senator Al
len, of Nebraska,' has introduced a
resolution in the senate directing the .
Ipresident to express the sympathy of
tne American people witn ureece in
her struggle with - Turkey. Allen
spoke in favor of its adoption.
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