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SATURDAY JUNE 19. 189'
5PJZE SVGAS TBUST.
ssBiTne only real issue in the debate
tr?ou the sugar schedule, now la. pro
gress in the senate, . is how much
special protection the sugar trust
should receive; that is, how much duty
' should be put upon refined Bugar. in
addition to that upon raw sugar. The
business of the trust is to buy raw
' BUgar, make it into refined sugar, and
sell it to consumers. Only about one
seventh of the raw sugar it buys is
produced in this country. There being
no domestic competition to sell, the
amount of all duty on raw sugar is ad
ded to the price paid by ' the trust
" Then, of course,:the trust adds it to the
price of refined suga to consumers
fSo the trust neither gains nor loses by
the duty on raw sugar, provided there
is a duty on refined sugar, exactly
balancing that on raw, so that import
ers of the latter cannot undersell the
. trust.". '
If there is a duty on refined sugar,
higher than is necessary to balance
the duty on raw sugar, it is a pure
bounty to the trust.',' There being no
domestic competition to keep down
price, the trust adds the whole duty on
refined sugar to the price and pockets
the difference between it and the duty
on raw it has paid on imports. ' This is
what Is called the "trust differential."
It has always existed, having been in
herited from the time when there was
domestic competition among different
refineries'to keep down the price. But
it has been diminished steadily with
every tariff law, as it ought, as the re
fining industry has been progressively
organized into a trust, thus steadily
reducing cosf of production and in
creasing its own profits. Under the
McKinley law, the differential wa9i
cent per pound; funder the Wilson law
i cent; the Dingley bill made it 1-5
cent; the senate bill cent, and the
senate amendment makes it about 3-5
cent. -'.''.
Now the trust, having organized the
- - business of refining so as to reduce the
cost of production, to a 'minimum, has
made enormous profits under all these
duties. It is believed that it would
make large profits without any differ
ential at all, being protected against
its most formidable competitors by tbe
special duty on bounty-made beet
sugar, which is provided by all laws in
.-addition to the duties specified above.
This is the ground of opposition to
both tbe house and senate schedules.
Ihey give the trust double . the
protection of the Wilson bill, and
more even than the McKinley law.
The Dingley differential, which is
the lowest'ever proposed, is still too
high. There should be no differen
tial at all, because the sugar trust
needs no protection. Oregonlan.
THE PAST IS FORGOTTEN.
President McKinley and party, were
received in Nashville the other day by
a sqadron of ex-Confederates in
uniform and escorted from the train to
their hotel, so we are informed by the
dispatches. -
What better ' evidence than -this
could be required to prove that the
South has forgotten the past, and that
the people who composed theConfeder
ate states are today as loyal citizens as
those who - fought for the Union dur
ing the unpleasantness thirty years
go? ,:.
, We have a president who wasaUnion
soldier during- the war, who was op
posed to every principle advocated
then by tbe Confederates, who was not
endorsed by" the people of the South
for the presidency, yet who, on a visit
to the South is received , by tbe old
soldiers of the "Lost Cause," and bv
"tnenf is shown ;every- courtesy"ahd
honor due the hisrh station Which, he
' occupies.
Th tronhlea of 1860 have been for
gotten ia the states south of tbe Mason
and Dixon line; secession has long
' since been buried in blood, and the
stings and sorrows of rebellion would
seldom be referred to were it not for
such as Senator Ingals, General Alli
son and a few of the ilk who wave the
"bloody shirt" for partisan reasons,
The people of the South are will
ing to let by-gones De recorded in
history, and are today as loyal to tbe
Union as the citizens of any of the
Northern states. They are true
Americans, ever ready to show their
loyalty by such demonstrations as that
"at Nashville when called upon to do
honor to the president. ,
vene the legislature in extra session
long enough to pass the general ap
propriation bill, and put the state on
a pay-as-you-go basis once more."
There is no reason why the state
should not be put on a "pay-as you-go"
basis, senator or no senate, and the
Times-Mountaineer must know it.
isn't it a trifle inconsistent for pro
fessed free-silver papers to come out at
this late day and remark that as Cor-
bett, the goldbug, cannot be seated
there is no further cause for holding
up the state? Astoria Budget.
This is refreshing, coming from the
pn of Editor John E, Gratke, who
was elected to the last legislature as a
democrat, but who, no sooner than he
arrived in Salem, sold himself to the
Mitchell contingent and used his little
influence to elect as United States sen
ator a republican who swallowed tbe
St. Louis platform, gold standard plank
and all, and helped all be knew how to
prevent the organization of the legis
lature so that matters of importance to
the state could be attended to, unless
his milk-and-water republican friend
should be elected to the senate. Just
such cattle as Gratke is what has put
the state of Oregon in its present em
barrassing condition, and they are tbe
ones who have wrecked the democratic
party in tbe state.
SAFE PLAN FOB UNION.
The democrats of Ohio have adopted
a plan for uniting the silver forces of
that state in issuing a call for the
state convention. The central com-
- mlttee in establishing a test for eligi
bility of those whodeslre to participate
- in selecting delegates to tbe state
convention, makes these requirements:
"All who voted for W. J. Bryan for
president of the United States and all
other persons who are now in accord
with the position of the democratic
party as set forth in the democratic
platform adopted at Chicago, July 9,
1896, and especially those who favor
the free and unlimited coinage of both
gold and silver at the present legal
ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the
.aid or consent of any other nation, and
. who, if called on, at the time of offer
ing to participate in tbe selection of
delegates, publicly pledge themselves
to support said declarations, and we
hereby invite all such to testify their
devotion to the cause of the people by
taking part in the selection of such
delegates.4
This invitation is sufficiently broad
to unite all the silver forces under one
banner, and should be acceptable to
very one who holds partisanship or
. personal advancement secondary to
principle. The consciencious and
liberal-minded populists . and . free
silver republicans, could have no well
founded objection to uniting under
such a call, except It would be sur
rendering their name of party, which
at best is only a secondary oasdera-
tion"
SAINT QBATKE..
The Times-Mount aineeb says:
"Now that Mr. Corbett's goose is
pretty thoroughly cooked, there is no
reason wh yGov. Lord should not con
PETTY PROSECUl'IOSS.
' It is a frailty of human ' nature that
when a man has a supposed grievance
against a neighbor be. will rush into
court with a complaint, have his
neighbor arrested on a criminal charge
and prosecuted. And this frailty is a
source of unnecessary expense to tax
payers and annoyance to the one pros
esuted. Criminal courts are main
tained to enforce the law, and thereby
prevent crime, but not for the purpose
of settling disputes between Individ
ual9 or to persecute individuals who
unfortunately incur the displeasure of
Bome revengeful person.
Too often people who imagine they
have been wronged, or perhaps haye
received a deserved drubbing, seek re
course by having their adversary ar
rested and prosecuted at the expense
of the state, and when the case ia in
vestigated it is found no crime has
been committed. Nevertheless the ex
pense of such malicious prosecution
must be born by the tax-pay ers, and
no possible good results therefrom.
This eould be averted generally if
committing magistrates would require
a bond for costs of every complaining
witness who asks for the commence
ment of a criminal action. Possibly
tbe enforcement of such a rule would
in some . instances work a hardship
upon the complaining witness," and oc
casionally prevent really guilty persons
from being brought to justice; but it
would at tbe same time result in only
meritorious cases being brought into
court. Very few would commence a
frivalous criminal actions if it were
known that the complaining witness
would be required to pay the costs in
case the prosecution were shown to be
malicious or without foundation. And,
too, it would be an ud frequent occur
rence where a complaining witness
who has a really meritorious case
would be unable to furnish bonds, for
whenever a crime has been committed
there are always those who are ready
to see that the law is enforced, so few
guilty parties would escape, and tax
payers would be saved great expense
that Is now thrust upon them by the
indiscriminate issuance of warrants in
petty casepj :
A TBUST MAY DO GOOD.
Since sentiment in favor of abrogat
ing the treaty with Hawaii admitting
raw sugar free has become so strong,
the sugar trust has turned its atten
tion toward annexation as the next
best means for advancing their inter
ests, and if their plans work out sue
cessfully, it can be said that a trust for
once has been of some benefit to the
ntry. Hawaii Bhould belong to the
United States;, its interests are id en
tical with ours, and in case of war with
any Asiatic power it would become
necessity almost to this government,
therefore if it can be acquired peace
ably and on advantageous terms, an
nexatlon is to be desired.
The form of a treaty for annexation
has been prepardd, and it is stated on
good au'jcriii;?,at it meets the ap
proval of President McKinley and
Secretary Sherman, though it is .not
probable any definite action will be
taken until the tariff has been dis
posed of, as the president does not
favor complicating the tariff situation
by the introduction of any foreign
questions.
The treaty is on the general lines of
the treaty negotiated during the ad
ministration of President - Harrison
and withdrawn by Cleveland. It pro
vides for annexation without exacting
conditions .on tbe part of Hawaii as to
the form of government to be vouch
safed to Hawaii, leaving that question
to be disposed of by the government of
the United States.
The United States will agree to as
sumo the debt of the present Hawaiian
government, but will come into pos
session of all tne .Hawaiian crown
lands and other possessions.
WHO ARE THESE JSABOBSt
The Portland Telegram, comment
ing upon the acts of what it calls the
honest democrats of Oregon" (a hand
full of corporation attorneys) who got
together in Portland last week and
refused to have anything to do with
the regular democracy, says it is "grat
ifying that the spirit of 'no comprom
ise' seems to be general in tho sound
money ranks" and that this absence of
'compromise spirit from the better
elements of both parties is a good
thing for tbe country." Then speaking
of the regular democracy of the state
it calls them opportunists and bush
whackers, whom the- "honest demo
crats" refuses to follow or affiliate
with. i
Now, who Ire these honorable gen
tlemen, these nobabs and dignitaries,
who are too immaculately pure to as
sociate with the common herd? So
far as known they are Bent Killen, C.
E. S. Wood, Zera Snow, Thomas G.
Green, C, B. Williams, Daniel R.
Murphy, Richard Nixon, Ihos. Black,
and a few other fortunate ones,
on whom fortune has smiled, or a gold
standard administration has favored
with federal offices. They are princi
pally men who live off the misfortunes
of others, whose business thrives when
the common herd is being oppressed,
or who have lived on stated salaries
for so long that they do not realize the
hardships of the producers whose prop
erty has steadily diminished under the
workings of the gold standard.
And who are the bush-whackers, the
disreputable characters with whom
these fine gentlemen refuse to form an
alliance? They are the armors, the
laborers, the ordinary business men,
tbose who produce the wealth of the
country, .
THE MEN WHO MADE OREGOy
Were It not for the annual reunions
of the Oregon Pioneers, we of today
would almost forget those to whom we
owe at least a debt of gratitude, the
men and women, who fifty years ago.
blazed tho trail across the then Ameri
can desert, and forged out into tbe
wilderness of the sunset land, paving
the way for civilization, wresting from
savages a territory rich in the bounties
of nature, where cities have been built,
homes erected, and where happy com
munities now exist.
In these times a trip across the con
tinent is but a picnic excursion com
pared with the journey of fifty years
ago. Now the immigrant coming from
the Atlantic coast to Oregon has pnly
to enter a car at any city in the East
and need not leave it until be is land
ed at a city on this coast. The trip is
made in as many days as it required
months fifty years ago.
These con eniences we owe to -the
sturdy pioneers of half a century ago,
and what grand and courageous men
and women they were. The immigrant
when he crossed the Mississippi bid
farewell to bome, friends and civili
zation. Behind he left all that per
tained to luxuries and comfort; ahead,
toward the setting sun, were hardship,
deprivation, savages, a land unex
plored. To embark on such a journey
required more than ordinary fortitude
and bravery; it required men and
women who were possessed of mental
and physical strength and determina
tion, but of such were those who
made Oregon, and from them have
sprung a race of hardy frontiersmen, a
race of men and women who have
built upon the foundations laid by
their ancestors.
But to return to -the pioneers, those
who have brayed the perils of a six
months' journey across the plains,
making roads across unknown hills
and valleys, who brought civilization
to the Pacific coast. Though their
ranks are thinned, and but few of the
silver-haired pioneers remain, still
their memory is dear to those of us
who enjoy the comforts that have
grown out of the hardships they en
dured. Thev were men and women of
whom any state might well be proud;
they were patrioti"!, courageous, en
ergetic; they were God's choicest pro
duction, and when year after year the
remnant that remains assemble to
talk over the trials of early days and
refresh past acquaintances, every
Oregonian that feels a pride in the
state does honor to the pioneers.
THE CART BEFORE THE HOBSE
In one of the speeches delivered by
President McKinley while on his re
cent Southern trip, he said: 1
Business activity will return, con
fidence will come back, courage will
take the place of fear, work will be re
sumed, and prosperity will come to
bless and benefit us all.
"Our policy seeks to give a situation
to every man in this country who
wants work.
"What we want to do is to start the
idle mills, start the factories and open
tbe markets which have been closed.
This we cab do by restoring the confid
ence which has been lost
'Start the factories and put Ameri
can machinery in molion. Plenty and
prosperity will return to us again."
This is fine sentiment, and would no
doubt create general prosperity if it
could be accomplished by the policy
which the president and bis party will
adopt. If wiTsould start all tbe mills
and give all the idle employment,
there is no question but good times
would be universal; but will an increase
of tariff duties accomplish all this?
It is indeed doubtful. The mills and
factories have now more goods on
hand than the people are able to buy.
Warehouses are filled with products
for which there are no purchasers, and
until there is an increased, purchasing
power among the masses it would be
-useless to manufacture more.
There is no question but the presi
dent is honest in his judgment regard
ing the policy to be pursued iu bring
ing about better times, but in bis
theories he has got the cart before the
horse. His idea is to first make the
wrong man prosperous. He would be
stow favors upon the "manufacturer
without first putting means within
Kh of the buyer to purchase the
manufacturer's" pi oduct. .JBnt if we
would have general prospsrity we must
first help"" the producer of raw mater
ials who is the greatest consumer and
wealth earner of the land. We must
raise the price of wheat, butter, ' eggs,
wool, meats, lumber and mine pro- (
ducts, so that theproducers may real
ize more for their labor. When this
is accomplished there will be a demand
for the output of tbe mills and they will
start without the fostering care of the
government. This can only be done
by increasing the volume of circulat
ing medium to an extent tnat money
will be less valuable for hoarding than
investment. Throw open our mines
and mints, and the dream of the
president, ' when the wheels of the
factories will again be in motion, will
be realized. But this will never come
from taxing the people more on every
thing they consume and reducing,
through the scarcity of money, the
price of everything they have to sell,
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SHOULD BE THE RULE.
Pennsylvania is fortunately blessed
by havlnga governor who has the cour
age to stand up for the rights of tax
payers and to sit down upon theaverice
of professional politicians and office
holders in their efforts to insrease the
burdens of the people by increasing
public salaries. Ia declining to recom
mend new subjects for taxation, Gov
ernor Hastings took occasion to read
I the legislature a lecture on the subject
of economy and on the wisdom in these
hard times of making both ends meet,
by cutting expenditures rather than
by increasing the burdens of taxation.
The governor says he has withheld ap
proval of all bills increasing salaries
of publlo officers, but intimates that
he will readily sign any bills reason
ably decreasing existing salaries.
This paragraph in his message to the
legislature is indeeu commendable,
and shows that he has other aims than
fleecing his constituents: "When the
individual citizen finis it necessary to
exercise the most rigid economy in
order to support himself and family,
it is certainly a strong admonition to
you and to the executive tp see to it
that his burdens should not be in
creased, but so far as possible, should
be lessened."
This is wise advice, and 1c a rule that
should be followed both by state legis
latures and the national congress.
Civil service, both state and federal,
is costing entirely too much. Officers
in every branch of the government are
receiving higher pay than they "could
earn in private occupations, and their
salaries are entirely out of proportion
tp the earnings of fhose who are taxed
to pay them.' But legislative bodies
generally are so liberal with the money
wrung from the people in taxes that
instead of cutting down salaries too
often raise them, despite the fact that
profits in all branches of business are
diminishing, hence it is that such ad
vice as that given by Governor Hast
ings should be followed more closely.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The discovery of an error in the
Latin inscription on the Shaw monu
ment at Boston has revealed the inter
esting fact that no two Latin scholars
in the city can agree as to how it
should be corrected.
The alleged photograph of the mil
age of a mysterious city in Alaska has
been shown to be made from a spoiled
negative of the city of Bristol, Eng
land. A professor of the new 'journal
ism managed tbe hoax.
Fifty-seven senators are counted on
as being certain to vote for the rati a
cation of the Hawaiian treaty. This
is only three short of the requisite two
thirds, and as there are' only eleven
who are opposed to the treaty -it will
most certainly be ratified.
Never did employers of labor reduce
wages more persistently than they are
doing this year in all branches of in
dustry. This is occurring, too, not
withstanding the fact that the passage
of a new high tariff bill is a certainty
within a few weeks.
The idea of Senator Tillman to tax
immigrant laborers. $100 would be a
more effectual protection to American
labor than all the duties that can be
pilled up on manufactured or raw im
ports. The measure is worthy oi a
place in the protective tariff bill that
is soon to be enacted into a law.
At the meeting of the peoples party
county eentral - committee of Lane
county at Eugene last week the reso
lution to endorse the "tniddle-of-road"
action of the state central committee
was tabled by an almost unaminous
vote. It seems to have been the belief
of the committee and members of the
party present that a union of all silver
forces is essential to success.
The sugar trust has a firm grasp upon
the senate, and is certain to get all the
concessions it wants from that body.
A test vote was taken last Friday on
tne proposition to raise the duty on
refined sugar from 1.0875, as fixed in
the house bill, to 1.095, and the amend
ment carried, 32 ayes to 30 noes.
Secretary Gage says we are to have
a currency reform, and from appear
ances it will be the retiring from cir
culation of about $750,000,000 of paper
that now circulates on a par with gold.
But this is what the people voted for
last full, and we should not complain,
since it will not reduce the price of
farm products more than about 33 per
cent.
HE WILL INTERVENE
dozen or more "heirs'-' who have laid
claim to the estate of Barnato, the
South African millionaire who recently
suicided while crossing the Atlantic-
ocean. Men and women who probably
never before heard cf the dead specu
lator, now claim to be bis direct des
cendants and children born of his for
mer wives. If their stories are true
Barnato was indeed muchly married gAJ) pR JJ NEW YORK
man.
The President to Remonstrate
Against Spanish Cruelty.
TriA roanlnt.inn Cit t.hfi Salftm sohnnl
board, to employ but one of a family The Government Immigrant Station
in the public schools does not distress
tbe Hon. State Superintendent Irwin.
He settles the problem of employing
relatives in the public offices within
his gift by employing none but rela
tions. The only clerk in his depart
ment not kith or kin to the superin
tendent was employed by the state
board of education. If Irwin were a
Mormon and a younger man he could
officer a state government and. found a
patriarchy. Salem Journal.
on Ellis Island Totally Destroyed.
After July 1st, Indians Will lie Allowed
Bat One Squaw Each -A Tariff on
Immigration The .Oldest
Odk Fellow Dead. '
Increase of revenue will be futile to
prevent treasury deficits if the expendi
tures of the United States government
shall continue to be increased in the
reckless manner which has marked
the last generation. It is true that
there has been great increase of popu- the displeasure with which
Chicago, June 15. A Washington
dispatch say 3: ,
Unless General Weyler is withdraw n
soon and there is a change in the pulley
of the Spanish government so far as
the treatment of- non combatants is
concerned, the president of the United
States will indicate to the Spanish in
forcible and unmistakable language
he views
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lation and wealth, and that conditions the atrocities that are being practiced
of modern civilization have compelled upon the helpless oacilicos of Cuba
Tammany has indorsed free coinaere.
This is one of tbe signs of the times
that there will be a united democratic
party in New York, and this means a
united party throughout the nation.
Cochran, Carlisle, Brice and Whitney
may pull away and join the republi
cans, but that is where they belong,
They never were very good democrats,
anyway.
tfroaastreet a giving , tne trade re
view for the week endipg June 11 gives
the encouraging announcement that
business is improving throughout the
country, and says it is better than a
year ago, but sppus the statement by
giving the number of failures through
out the country for the week, which
were 2oQ, compared with 147 the week
before, 234 in the corresponding week
Of 1896, 233 in 1893 and 227 in 1894.
After all the fuss that has been made
in the senate over the tariff bill, it will
go through that body with very few
changes in the form that it passed tbe
house. Dingley will be able to recog
nize his bill when the senate gets
through with it, and so will the im
porters who have been' favored by the
senators in being granted plenty of
time to get foreign goods in before the
new law goes into effect.
The ''Oregon style" of journalism
has not entirely aied out, as the fol
lowing excerpt from the Sunday Wel
come demonstrates: "The battleship
Oregon will not come to Portland, and
might have come if tbe narrow, jealous,
mean, growling, snarling, contempt
ible pupppies of the Astoria press had
not kept up their coyote-yelping; but
the character and the calibre of their
littlo, measly, sour, sordid, envious
souls and brains is on exhibition, just
the same."
The greed of human beings for un
earned wealth is evidenced in the'
increase of national expenditures all
over the world, but our increase has
been altogether out of proportion to
their requirements.
As a revenue measure the tariff bill
that will be passed by the present ses
sion of congress will be a flat failure
for two years to come, but as a raiser
of prices on the necessaries of life it
will be a dad v. The only outcome of
the new law will be a falling off in rev
enue and increase in the price of every
thing weconsume that is affected by
tbe increased tariffs. Another bond
issue will be inivitable within a year,
and the people will be taxed to pViy in
terest on the bonds and also to pay the
increased profits of the favored classes,
A report of the New York Cot ton ex
change shows that during 1896 New
York handled of "spot cotton" 486,
567 bales. Notwithstanding this fact
the New York cottoa exchange traded
in 45.000,000 bales during tho year. In
other words, for every actual bale of
cotton in existence 90 were traded in
which were not in existence, and
profits made from such trading were
taken from what should have gone to
tbe producers of the 486,567 bales. No
wonder the net returns to those who
grow cotton barely coyer their living
expenses. East Oregonian
and the suffering that results from
their concentration in fortified cities,
Just what form this remonstrance will
take has not yet been decided by tho
officials of the state department who
have tne matter under consideration
Tbe president has been unofficially
informed that Weyler is to be with
drawn and conciliatory tactics are to
be pursued. If such is the case, the
whole aspect will be changed, and
peace may be restored by granting
complete autonomy without, the inter
ference of this government. But if
Wevler is permitted to remain, the
president, it is believed, will feel com'
pelled, in the interest of humanity, to
notify Spain that noncombatants must
not be concentrated in small cities
where they cannot obtain sufficient
food and medical treatment, and where
they are exposed to ravaging diseases
anu Eutler untold Hardships.
President McKinley has sent to the
senate a message accompanying the
treaty for annexing Hawaii, in which
he sets up many good and sufficient
reasons why Hawaii should be made a
territory of the United States. Now,
if the president will send another
message setting forth reasons why
Cuba should be relieved of the Spanish
yoke of tyranny-and. why it should be
annexed to this government, also urg
ing congress to take necessary 'steps to
accomplish this end, he will have ac
quired sufficient glory in dealing with 0gjce8
foreign questions to make his admin
istration long remembered.
BAD FIRE AT HEW YORK.
Government Immtcmnt Station on Ellis
Island Destroyed.
New York, June 15. Fire this
morning destroyed the immigrant
landing station that covered almost
all of Ellis island, causing a property
loss of about $780,000 to the United
States.: AH of the government records
and the baggage of immigrants was
burned. ' Two hundred and fifty im
migrants were rescued from the struc
tures and brought safely to this city.
Not one of them received a burn.
There were 40 patients in the wooden
hospital building in the rear of the
main structure, who were carried out
just before tbe hospital took fire.
The cause of the firo is as yet a mys
tery. It started iu the east end of the
main structure, which was more than
1000 feet long and five stories high.
The first floor of this building was
given up to baggage, while the eastern
end of the f econd story was used for
The third story was used as a
yisit Merrimac Highlands, a summer
.resort, 15 miles from here. On a plea
of illness he went behind 6ome bushes
75 yards from the hotel. There step
ping behind his victim he dealt blow
after blow on bis head with a hammer
which he had purchased presumably
for the purpose of committing the
murder.
When the pounding had reduced
Collins to a state of insensibility, Ens-
ley stooped over tho prostrate body
and took from his. vest pocket a roll of
bills amounting to $6,000. He darted
up the hill and passed the money to an
accomplice. Then the would-be mur
derers ran down the path leading to
the Merrimac river.
Two men had seen the terrible as
sault and robbery and witnessed the
transfer of the money" and the escape
of the principal and bis accomplice.
Collins, tbe wounded man has a
stable here at the fair grounds, but
runs horses under an assumed name.
This spring Collins decided to try his
luck on the track and sold his hotel at
Nashville for $25,000 and started for
St. Louis with about $15,000, accomp
anied by Ensley, tbe arrangement
being that Ensley should figure in all
be business transactions, as Collins
did not want his name to appear. .
TERMS OF ADMISSION
Condition Fixed Under Which
Hawaii May Be Annexed.
tcher, Blackstone and Molinque, three
miners who were lost while crossing
the glacier. Tbe bodies were found
on the beach. It appears that Bot
tcher was in the habit of keeping a
diary, and although perishing with
cold and hunger, he left an account of
the experiences of the three men. He
evidently succumbed last, as his diary
ASSAULTED and ROB BED 'AS1"" JZ!
, ...... ufi
tbem all before it to the right, which
is known as the "False Portage," the
way to which is filled with innumerable
crevasses, and it terminates at salt
water. They made many efforts to
D. Collins, a Wealthy Tennessean, I
Terribly Beaten Near
St. Louis.
The Queen of England Almost Blind-
Cared Fruit Bates Agreed to Bold
Robbery In Wyoming But
ler Was Convicted.
Ex-Senator David B,
sponding to the ' toast
States," at Niagara Falls, a few days
ago. said: "This country cannot and
will not stand a policy dictated by a
crank, a demagogue and a political ad
venturer." Senator Hill seems to
have just arrived at the realization of
a condition of facts which be should
have realized years ago, before -he
people found him out and turned him
down. Mr. Hill, while in active poli
tics, was one of those who made poll
tice a profession and drew therefrom a
competency. Jiut the people learned
before he did that he was a demagogue
and p.lil.ical adventurer, and they put
him on the shelf.
reviewing gallery. . The middle and
southern portions of tbe first two
stories were used for landing bureaus
ine unitea ,. tVl-k,,i,j5- ,,,,. n ,.
Fo. u. uu uu..u.fs...
immigrants were sleeping last
Hill, in re-
BsBD FOB VO'S
night.
mBi WIVES,
Tbe republican press in the state is
considerably alarmed over the strength
of the movement to unite the reform
forces in one party, and are endeavor
icgln every manner possible to belittle
the efforts of the friends of silver. It
would be a great relief to the leaders
of the G. O. P. if they could prevent
the amalgamation of tbe reform forces.
for they know that unless they can
create auch dissensions their chances
for holding onto the public teat in
Oregon are extremely slender, The
advecates of the free coinage of silver
will be victorious next June, if thej
After July 1 Indians Will Be Allowed bnt
One Squaw Each.
Perky, O. T., June 15. Tho Chey
enne and Arapahoe Indians were
wrought up over the new la w which goes
Into effect July 1, relating to polygamy.
Alter that time each of the 40 Chey
enne Indians who have more than one
vrife will have to choose one of the
two, three or nve wives that he has,
and the'dst off wives must leaye him
To tho squaws who have become en
lightened as to their situation, the
matter has become tragic. Every
squaw who wants to remain with her
husband is doing hor'best to please
him, so that she will be the lucky wife.
There are 40 of these polygamists, and
in all they have over 100 squaws.
ASSAULTED AND BOBBED.
The Wine and Cotton Schedules.
Washington, June 17. There was
little delay in proceeding with the
tariff bill, after the senate convened
today. Some early paragraphs were
perfected, and then the senate entered
on the spirits, wine and beverages
paragraphs, making good progress.
After the wine paragraph, the sen
ate took up the cotton schedule. The
debate on the first paragraph of the
schedule took a wide range, the demo
crats generally contendiug that Amer
ica could compete against the world
without high duties. A test amend
ment on the entire schedule proposing
the Wilson rate on cotton threads and
yarns, was onereo Dy Jones o-Arifan-sas.
and defeated by a vote of 20 to 30.
McEnery voted with the republicans-
Oale In the Irish Kea.
London, June 17. A heavy gale ac
companied by torrents of rain, is pre
vailing in the . Irish sea. Admiral
Nelson's old flagship Foudroyant,
which has been on exhibition at Black
pool, has been driven ashore and it will
become a wreck.
A lifeboat saved the crew of the
steamer Susannah Kelly, which foun
dered in Belfasts lough, but 10 passen
gers were drowned. Many fishing and
pieasureboats have been lost. Dis
patches from different points show that
tbe storm is spreading inland in a
southerly direction.
The coasis are strewn with wreckage.
Fears are entertained that tbe storm
ill reach London and damage the
decorations already put in place for
the jubilee. I
A Tariff on Immigration.
Washington, June 15 Senator
Tillman today gave notice of an amend
ment he will offer to tbe tariff bill
providing for a head tax of $100 on all
immigrants to the United States. The
amendment makes it a misdemeanor
punishable by fine and imprisonment
for any person to enter tbe United
Qfo lea tnw. t.ha nnennsA nr Ann-no-lntr in
trade or manual labor without lntena-tJPB0 ft,,a IIawaii"
ing to become a citizen. These pro
visions are modified by a proviso to
the effect that they shall only remain
in effect until silver shall be admitted
to our mints for coinage at the rate of
16 to 1 on tbe same conditions with
Washington, June 10. The Ha
waiian commissioners, with Secretary
Sherman and Assistant Secretaries
Day and Craddock, assembled in con
ference at the state department at 9
o'clock this morning and began a care
ful comparison of the text of the Ha
waiian treaty. The treaty was signed
at 9:20 by Secretary Sherman, for the
United State, and Messrs. Hatch,
Thurston and Kinney, for Hawaii. The
document will be submitted to the sen
ate today.
Tbe treaty provides that the govern
ment of the islands cede to the United
States absolutely and forever all rights
of sovereignty in and over the Ha
waiian islands and its dependencies.
and thai these islands shall become an
integral part of the territory of the
United States. Tho government of
Hawaii also cedes to the United States
all public lands, puhlio buildings and
publio property of every description
Congress shall enact special laws to
govern the disposition of the lands of
the Hawaiian islands. All revenue
from these lands shall be used solely
for the benefit of the inhabitants of tbe
Hawaiian islands for educational and
other public purposes. The Hawaiian
islands shall be admitted into the
Union as a territory of the United
States, its local laws to be passed by
the local legislature, but subject to the
approval of the president. Until con
gress shall apply the laws of tbeUnlted
States to the inlands the present laws
of Hawaii are to govern the islands.
Tbe present treaties and laws gov
erning Hawaiian commercial relations
with foreign nations shall remain in
force until congress shall take action
Further immigration of Chinese
laborers is prohibited, pending con
gessional action. Tbe entry of Chinese
from Hawaii into the United States is
likewise prohibited. The United
Slates assumes the public debt of Ha
waii, but with the stipulation that this
liability shall not exceed $4,000,000,
The treaty, before it becomes effective,
shall be ratified by proper authorities
of the United States and Hawaii. No
mention is made of any gratuity to
Liliuokalani or Kaiulaoi.
The Japanese government has filed a
protest against the Hawaiian treaty on
the ground that it promises to lead to a
breach of treaty stipulations -between
turn, but were unable to make any
headway against the furious winds
which blew over the surface of the
glacier. The blinding snow was whirled
around tbem in clouds, and it became
a difficult matter to keep track of each
other.
As they wandered aimlessly about
their movements were hampered by
Blackstone, who got badly frozen
about the ears, bands and feet until he
was unable to travel. . Shortly after
ward Molinque became exhausted.
bottcber had a dog with him, an.d it
would appear as if he had traveled
some distance from his companions be
fore death overtook him, Beside his
i body lay that of the dog, both frozen
stiff.
Caretf Fruit Bates Agreed to.
Washington, June 16. The senate
today agreed to tbe rates on agricul
tural products as fixed by the republi-
can members of tbe finance committee.
1 be rates on fish were adopted. Tbe
senato also agreed to the committee
rates as follows: Figs, plums, prunes,
prunelles, 2 ceuts per pound; raisens
,iud other dried grapes, 2 cents; dates,
cent; Zante and other currants, 2
:ents; olives, 25 cents per gallon;
olives in casks, 15 cents per gallon. , '
Bimetalisis in .Europe have made ,
jreat advance in the past few years, so
fur as talk goes, having shown a re
newed interest in the subject of action
which will bring about an increased
use of silver, but the money loaners sit
back complacently, satisfied that they '
have such a firm grasp upon the pow
ers that be, that no change In tbe
monetary systems of Europe is possible
without their consent, and this will
never be granted until it is forced by
the United States opening her mints
to silver.
Next Monday tbe peOplof The
Dalles will be called upon to elect a
mayor and one councilman for each of
the three wards. With the city la its
present financial condition it is all
Important that conservative business
men be elected to office,, so that
the present economical methods
of conducting the city government
may be continued. The Dalles is too
deeply involved to now indulge in any
extravagances, but with careful man
agement taxes can be kept down to a
reasonable limit, and with a council
composed of such men as are now la
office, we need have no fears of an 'J-
extravagant administration. '.-
OUTLAWS VS. DKPCrr MARSHALS.
IJndsay's Amendment Defeated.
Washington, June 15. Lindsay's
amendment to reduce the sugar differ
rential was defeated in the senate to
day by a vote of 32 to 33.
Tho anti-trust amendment to the
tariff bill.offored by Senator Pettigre w,
was taken up by the senate shortly
Desperate Bsttle in The Wilds of Indian
Territory.
Wicaita. Kan., Juno 17. A battle
was fought between deputy United
States marshals and outlaws in the
heavily timbered country about 30
miles northeast of the town of Antlers,
I. T., last night. The posse of deputies
was headed by deputy Uuited States
Marshal McEwan, of Lehigh, I. T.
and the leader of tbe outlaws was It. M
McCartvwbo has aa unenviable rec
ord as a "killer."
A bullet from McEvao "s gun killed
A happy man tt
nd
A Wealihy Tennessoran Terribly Beaten
Near St. Louis.
St. Louis, June 16. C. D. Collins.
a wealthy Tennesseean.was lured to his
probable death Tuesday night by a
man he nad Known since ooynooa,
His assailant a . Martin Ensley, of
can only get togethey in one solid pha- Memphis, whose father, Colonel Ens
lanx. To secure such harmony was I ley, was one of the most prominent
the object of the Albany conference. I owners and planters or the boutb.
Jacksonville Times. Ensley induced bis companion to
after 2 o'clock.. Pettus took a decided j
stand against the Pettigrew amend-, McCarty and seriously wounded a man
who sat in front of bun on bis
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ment, and urged tnat tne senate snouiu
not disturb tho industries of the
country by hasty and inconsiderate
action.
Tammany's Celebration.
New YOHif . June 15. The inyita
horse.
McCarty was dead when tho officers
came up. tut his companion was game
and fought with pistol and knife until
overcome. Tho rest of the outlaws
escaped. One or two of the posse re-
,i t onoaircra fnr t.h fnnth fl.iv cived slight wounds, but none were
nf Juiv celebration of Tammany hurt seriously. Tbe wounded outlaw
Societv have been issued. On the refused to give his name and told
list are John M. Palmer, General : officers ju?t to call him "Judge."
the
He
Simon B. Buckner, W. D. Bynum, W.
C. Whitney and o,ber leaders of the
bolt against the Chicago platform.
W.J Bryan hi also invited.
The Oldest Odd Fellow Dead.
Baltimore. June 15. Henry L.
Bucbier, the oldest Odd Fellow in the
world, is dead. He was a pioneer
member of William Tell lodge, and
associated with John Wilder, the
fovnder of the order, of which be was
a member for 64 years.
has been lodged in the federal Jwl at
Antlers on a charge of assault to kill
a United States officer.
Perils of AUska.
POBT TOWNSEND, Wash., June 17.
Interesting news was brought by the
steamer Alki, which arrived this morn
ing from Alaska.
Three days bof ore the Mkl sailed I
; f rom Juneau the steamer Bertha ar-j
1 rived from Cook's inlet, bringing news
' of the recovery cf the bodies of Bot-'
healthy man, and
a healthy man u
generally happy.
lou never saw
happy man in youi
life who had indi
gestion. 1 a man
gets op in the
morning with a
foul taste and '
fouier breath ; if
he feels listless and
sluggish if he is
dizzy and blind the
minute he atn
out of bed : if his breakfast doesn't ta.lM
pood ; if he feels utterly incapable of work,
it is a pretty aure sign that his diirestinn is
put of order that his principal trouble is
constipation. If he lets this condition run
on. there is no tellinar where it will
Nine -tenths of all human sickness come
from constination. The first thin k
every doctor asks when he is called to see a
patient is whether the bowels are in good
order. It is nonsense to call a doctor for
such a simple thinr. It is
?uch a simple thins grow into such a serious
thing, as it always does if nerlertoit Tir
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They not only afford immediate and nleo.
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