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.A REFERENDUM 'LAW.
The legislature of Nebraska has done
something which is bound to attract
general attention by adopting an in
itiative and referendum law applicable
tn mnnlpfnalitiea. It is the first time
this thing has been done in the United
States, and the results of the experi
ment will be watched with uncommon
interest. The Nebraska law is to be
put into effect whenever' two-third9 of
the voters of a municipality cast their
ballots in favor of It
Thereafter it will be easy to invoke
the operation of both the initiative
and referendum, for 15 per cent of the
voters may by- petition propose ordi
nances and 20 per cent of the voters
may compel the city government to
submit proposed ordinances to a vote
of the people. So far the initiative, so-
called. For the referendum it is pro
vided that ordinances passed by the
city council shall not go Into effect for
. thirty days, and if in the meantime 5
per cent of the voters petition for the
submission of any ordinance to popular
vote the same shall be submitted, and
must be approved by a majority to
come into effect. If 10 per cent of the
voters petition, then the ordinance
shall be submitted at a special-election
Veld within twenty days. Ordinances
relating to the immediate preservation
of the public peace and health, ana
items of appropriations for current ex
penses not in excess of those made the
previous year, are excepted from the
referendum rule.
An effort will be made at once to
rnfarnndum law for U96 in
Omaha, the principal city of the state.
How far the referendum and initiative
will go towards curing the evils of city
government Nebraska will eventually
show us; .that some abuses will be
checked is pretty sertaln, because the
misrepresentation of constituencies by
councilman can be corrected; but that
a political millennium is to be created
is very improbable. One aimcuity in
the way of frequent calls for popular
votes will be the expense. A city
"election is a costly thing, not only in
the mere rental of polling places, pay
of election officers and necessary ad-
Mrtiainc. but also in the draft made
upon the time of .citizens and the in
terruption to business. If the inltia-
tive and referendum should be called
into exercise in Omaha as often as two
or three times a year it would be as
much as the people could stand and
more than many of them would desire.
UNMERITED TREATMENT.
No institution of the government is
more justly entitled to consideration
than the army, for upon it we depend
he maintaiuance of our national
Institutions. When in time of trouble
we depend upon the army for protec
tion and in time of peace we look to it
-.' as the defender of our rights. .. Hence
we all owe certain respect to ' this
branch of the government. Not alone
to the regular army, but to the state
. militia, of whom, in case of insurrec
tion or invasion, our regular army
.would be composed. . Therefore the
- ' National guard is entitled to evidences
. of respect from private citizens and
public officials, at least from the gov
: ernor of the state- who is commander-
in-chief of the state troops; more in
'. tact than was shown them by the 6tate
executive when he received the militia
at Camp Jackson last Saturday
... It was expected when Governor
! Lord visited the camp, he would at
" 1 least appear in uniform becoming his
' station on such an occasion, instead of
"'reviewing them as a private citizen.
General Beebe had nade every possible
arrangement for receiving the gov
-jrnor with military honors, and it was
. -aue both the officers and men that he
appear not as a civilian, but as a mill
- ' tary officer on that occasion: Instead
.' the governor came onto the grounds
the same as he would go to a country
fair, and did not even deign to address
. the men or compliment them upon the
-- efficiency they displayed.
tiucn an act on the part ot the gov
ernor of the state is not calculated to
encourage the militiamen or to
" strengthen the efficiency of the guard
Men and officers in the guard serve
: without pay,' except when called out in
- .annual camp pr into active service, but
when called upon theyjrespond readily
and without complaint. Were they to
' at any time refuse to respond to the
call of the governor, he would be first
. to condemn their Insubordination,
. therefore .when it became his duty as
commander-in-chief to review the state
' forces, it was incumbent upon
him to appear as a military officer, and
show them the respect he expected in
return from them. While the annual
encampment has been a benefit to the
guard, the lack of respect shown the
troops by the governor had a chilling
effect, and will be fruitful of no good
. results.
THE GOVERNMENTS RESERVE
Viewed from a banking standpoint,
a striking improvement is shown in
the financial affairs of the government
' for the fiscal year ending June 30. At
, the end of June, 1896, there was $101,-
700,000 of free gold in the treasury,
while at present It amounts, in round
- figures, to $140,000,000. The gold re
serve fluctuated widely in the calendar
year 1806. In January of that year it
passed below the $50,000,000 mark, but
a sale of $100,000,000 of bonds in Febru
ary sent the reserve up to $124,000,000
at the end of that month, and it was
$128,000,000 at the end of March. Th is
was about three months before the na
tional conventions of the great parties
' met. ' From that date the reserve
went downward and by the time
of the election it amounted to $117,-
000,000. After then it started up, and
continued going up until last April
when the gold exportation began.
In the past twelve months the treas
ury has been materially strengthened
by an increase in the gold reserve, and
at the present time the reserve is
(140,000,000, though there has been
A falling off of $15,000,000 since
April. The increase in the gold
reserve is the result of the heavy im-
port of goods prior to the passage of I
the new tariff bill, in order to evade I
the increased duties that will be levied, I
nd is not the result of any material 1 to
improvement in business. In the mat
ter of revenues the government is also
better off than was expected it would
be sk months ago. The deficit for the
fiscal year just closed will be about
$33,000,000, and if dutiable imports
would keep up after the new tariff law
goes into effect, as they have the past
few months, the government would
soon be on a paying basis. But this
cannot be expected, for as soon as
duties are increased, imports will fall
off and there will be a corresponding
decrease in the revenues, so the possi
bility of the gold reserve keeping up
and the receipts being greater than the
expenditures for the next year is not
encouraging.
LABOR AND THE TARIFF.
One of the most forcible arguments
that has ever been advanced in favor
of a protective tariff is that it enables
employers to pay hieher wages for
labor than they could otherwise pay,
hence the protective principle is up
held as beneficial to all classes. While
this idea is true in theory it is not al
together true when put into actual
practice, nor will it be until labor is
protected the same as are its products.
bo long as the old world Is overrun
with people seeking employment and
rates of transportation are kept down
to the minimum, the American labor
ers will derive no material benefits
from a protective tariff until an import
duty is imposed upon foreign laborers.
bo long as our doOrs are thrown open
to the free importation of pauper labor
from Europe, just so long the employer
can fill his requirements for laborers
from abroad, and will keep wages
down to the lowest figure. The - man
who wants 1000 men today to engage
In any class of work, if be cannot get
them at wages which he choses to pay.
can evade the contract labor law and
import them from abroad. Though
this is not necessary, for thousands are
arriving at Castle Garden every day in
search of employment, and the em
ployer has but to go there to secure all
the help he needs at wages that offer a
living to those wanting work.
A correspondent to the Republic,
who signs himself "An American1
has the right idea of the labor question
as connected with the tariff, and offers
the following ideas along this line
that are worthy of consideration: .
Whenever a trust or corporation,
be it a factory or a railroad corpora
tion, feels disposed to cut their em
ployees wages down, they generally
carry their Ideas or desires out, be
cause they know that they can get all
the laborers they want, as this labor I)
a 'drug' on the market; and these
companies claim that they have the
right to go into the market, and buy
labor wherever they can buy it the
cheapest. If labor is a commodity, it
has as much right to be protected as
any other commodity Imported from
Europe. . -
''The only remedy,. to promote the
welfare of the working people is to
take labor from the free list in the
Dingley tariff bill, and place it among
the dutiable articles, such as wool, salt,
iron and cattle; and we venture to say,
that in twenty-five years our 'army of
tramps' and Btrikers will be very small,
providing, that the duty on imported
labor will be $200 per head for men;
$100 per head for women, and $30
for a child over ten and under twenty
years of age, and ..25.
perijcent
ad
A NA.1 1'VIT1I0 UT MEN!
The people will be surprised, and not
at airagreeably so, at the news that
the secretary of the nayy finds that it
will be necessary in a short time to
take the cruisers Columbia and Min
neapolis out of service, In order to se
cure enough men to man the new bat
tleship Iowa and several gunboats
which will be put Into commission
The reason given for this is that there
are .not enough men in the navy at
present to equip all our warships; and
the secretary of the navy is not at lib
erty to add to the personnel of the
navy without authority from congress,
which authority the latter has repeat
edly refused to confer. There Is some
thing radically wrong in a condition
of affairs which compels the- laying off
of these two cruisers in ordecto pro
vide an additional battleship with its
complement of men. Ships alone do
not constitute a navy, and in case of
need it would go hard with us if we
had cruisers but no crews. It is hard
ly worth while constructing a navy if
proper provision is not to be made for
its equipment, a fact which has been
entirely lost eight of by congress
Great Britain's force of seamen and
marines consists of 93,750 men; ours of
15,425; quite a marked difference, and
one which reflects no credit upon the
United States. There should be men
enough in our navy to man every
United States war ship afloat, and con
gress is neglecting a stern duty in not
making immediate provision for all
the sailors and marines needed in the
navy department.
WERE GOOD. APPOINTMENTS.
The appointments made by Mayor
Nolan and confirmed by the council
are generally acceptable to the people
of The Dalles. Messrs. Lauer and
Wiley have filled the offices of marshal
and nlghtwatch the past year very ac
ceptably, and their reappointment was
but a just recognition of their faith
fulness, and the appointment of Roger
Sinnott was not only a good selection
but a recognition of ability and worth.
Mr. Sinnott was born -and raised in
The Dalles, and by close application to
his studies has won an enviable posi
tion as one of the rising young attor
neys of the city. His predecessor, Mr.
Phelps, is also a young man of ability
and worth, who has filled the office of
recorder most acceptably the past two
years, and though he retires from the
position with many honors, It is to be
expected that Mr. Sinnot will fill the
place equally well.
Captain Cook claimed that when he
discovered the Sandwich islands they
contained a population of 600,000. The
bold old buccaneer may have lied "a
few," but it is certain that the number
of them was many times that of the
natives now, which is only about 31,'
000. This slaughter of the Kanakas
Is one of the glorious trinmphs of mis
sionary work. The Japanese in the
islands number 24,000, Chinese 22,000,
Portugese 15,000 and other Europeans
and Americans only 8,000. Yet this
handful of Anglo-Saxons are in con
trol and will continue to be, says the
Welcome.
In Kennebunk, Me., the receipts for
the last fiscal year were $2.50, and the
amount paid out for maintaining the
district was $000. In other words, it
cost $240 to collect $i. .In. Rock Is
land, 111., It also cost last year $228 to
collect $1 in revenue. Some JjJ or J8
such custom houses are -maintained in
the country, and they add enormously
the expense of the semee.
WHAT NEXT
The senate has passed the tariff
bill substantially as it was re
ported by the finance coinmitttee,
though considerably changed in form
from when it passed the house. It
will now have to -go before -a confer
ence committee of the two houses, and
after passing through the regular
routine will possibly become a law by
the end of the month.
After the new bill shall be enacted
into law, It cannot but be disappoint
ing to those who have worked for its
passage, and to the people who have
looked forward to the re-adjustment of
the tariff as a means which will cause
a general revival of business and also
increase the revenues of the govern
ment so that the issuance of bonds will
no longer be necessa-y.
The new tariff will be beneficial in
some respects, in that it will stimulate
industries that are specially protected,
such as wool raising and manufactur
ing in lines of such articles as cannot
be dispensed with. But this effect
cannot be lasting unless there is a
general revival of business throughout
the country, which must commence
with the agricultural classes to be
permanent.
The farmer cannot be made prosper
ous by compelling him to pay more
for what he buys unless he receives
more for what he sells, therefore with
out a shortage In the world's crop of
breadstuffs and cottton, his lot will not
be improved by the levying of in
creased taxes upon him. And' as a
revenue producing measure the Ding
ley bill when it becomes a law will be
most dissappolntlng. - Importations
will show a decided falling off during
the next year, because theimportat'ons
of dutiable goods have been very heavy
within the past few months, and be
cause many of the schedules in the
new law will be so high as to be pro
hibitive. As a result, without a great
cutting down in the expenses of the
government, which is Improbable, the
revenues will fall far below the re
quirements. It Is not probable that the real rev
enue producing quality of the new
law can be fully tested before tie next
congress Is to be elected, and as through
its wordings the price of nearly every
thing the ordinary citizen consumes
will be raised, there will be a general
condemnation of the measure at the
congressional election next year. The
people will repudiate the party that is
responsible for its enactment, and the
election of 1898 will be a repetition of
that following the enactment of the
McKinley law.
MILITARY TRAINING NEEDED
Americans are not a warlike people,
given to picking quarrels with their
neighbors, but they are possessed of
all the natural Qualifications of born
soldiers. Courageous, .self-reliant,
patriotic they need but tiaining to
make of them soldiers who on any
battle field would successfully compete
with the best trained armies of any '
nation. But of recent years military
training has been sadly neglected in
this country. Since the days of general
muster, when every neighborhood had
its military organization and its muster
at stated intervals, lirtle attention has
been given to military training among
the masses. In fact we have laxed in
to a pacific race, devoting more atten
tion to peaceful pursuits than to culti
vating the requirement of defenders of
of today know anything of the manuel
of arm or the tactics practiced by
armies, whereas they should be discip
lined so that should occasion demand
they could answer the country's call to
arms and enter the field as well trained
soldiers.
The different state militia organiza
tions offer a school for such training
to a limited number, but not to the
masses. What is needed is a branch
of military tactics in every public
school of the land. A country that
maintains so small a standing army as
does this should offer mors universal
education in the arts of war than the
training at our few military schools
and that extended through the medium
of the state militia. This could and
should be offered through the medium
of the public schools. If every boy
over the age of twelve years were given
a drill each day in military tactics,
America could in case of need, on very
short notice put into the field an army
of trained soldiers that would out
number the army of any nation on.
earth. It is a branch that should be
added to those. taught in the schools
of the country everywhere, and should
be given as much prominence as math
ematics or language.
NVT REMOTE TERRITORY.
The argument that Hawaii is too far
from our shores to warrant annexation
shows a lack of famlllariey with geo
graphical facts, says the Globe-Demo
crat. . Our Aleutian Islands in Alaska
are 28 degrees of longitude further
west. One of them, Attu by name, is
only 400 miles from the coast of Japan
and it has a good harbor, an important
naval item. In Unalaska, which is
1,000 miles nearer than Hawaii to
Japan, we own an excellent harbor.
Over half the Alutians are geographic
ally in Asia. They have a population
of about 2,000, and the natives are less
intelligent than those of Hawaii
Holding the ports of Alaska and
Hawaii, our navy wouli be In position
to defend our rights in the Pacific,
and to restrain acts of aggression in
that quarter. It would be an assurance
of peaceful development, for the world
understands that this country is greedy
for new territory. Hawaii is a com'
manding poini in relation to our coasts
and to the commerce of the Pacific, in
which we are deeply interested, and
its offer for annexation is a legitimate
result of the situation.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The senate can thank the tariff bill
for improving its reputation as a body
capable of transacting business.
When the sun sets at the extreme
western boundary of Alaska it has al
ready risen In Maine. The day ends
two hours earlier in Hawaii than in
Alaska. Alaskans will call Hawaii
'down east."
The sudden turning of the flashlight
on Hawaii developed a Japanese pro
test that seems to cover some new
claims. It was in good taste for Secre
tary' Sherman to invite' the Japs to
declare their intentions. -
The minors' strike in Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois and Western Pennsylvania
and in sections of West Virginia and
Kentucky is general and the number
of men taking part is' estimated be
tweon 200.000 and 300,000., .
In 1892 our trade with Brazil
amounted to $183,000,000, while this
year It will hardly reach $85,000,000.
We are not buying 00 much foreign as
we wee in J8SJ2 because we are busier 1
paying foreigners interest on what we
foolishly borrowed from them In times
past.
One paper objects to the annexation
of Hawaii because the islands are not
Americanized. But they are not in
habited by hostile savages as was most
of the territory wo have annexed here
tofore. The Americanizing process
will be comparatively easy in Hawaii.
Weyler continues to heap Indigni
ties upen defenseless women and chil
dren, insrlt American citizens in Cuba
and murder pacificos, but the adminis
tration at Washington does not call a
bait. What has become of our boasted
justice to all men and our affection for
the down trodden?
Democratic snators aro not obstruct
ing the tariff bill, but on the contrary,
many of them are endeavoring to hurry
up the passage of . the republican ex
periment. This Is right, for it is desir
able that we have an object lesson of
high tariff as soon as possible so that
the people can learn just what has hit
them, and prepare to overcome the
concussion at the next general elec
tion. Ex-Gov. Wait, of Colorado, who was
an advocate of woman suffrage, has
gone back on the fair sex. He says:
"To offset the votes of the Intelligent
women a-e the votes of the ignorant
women, and hence it's all the same.
Not one single solitary good has come
from woman's votes in Colorado. Three
of them were elected to the legislature
and they were worse than the men."
Little is heard njow regarding the
Greco-Turkish troubles, the war with
bullets having settled down to a war
about money, consequently the head
quarters have been removed from Crete
to the oilices of the European money
changers. Instead of being a question
of territory that is in dispute, now it is
a question of how much indemnity will
be allowed and how much the brokers
can make out of it.
A woman's character is likened unto
postage stamps. One black mark will
ruin it. Man's is like a treasury note;
no'matter how many stains it has i
will pass at par. When a woman falls
from grace her character is ruined for
ever. On the other hand, a man may
straighten up and be received in the
best society again. ' All of which Is too
true but being true does not make it
right.
These seal fisheries in Alaska may
yet involve the United States and
Great Britain in serious trouble, since
President McKinley seems determined
that England shall live up to the agree
ment of the Paris conference. The
president is to be commended for the
stand he has taken in this matter, and
if trouble results it will cause no dis
sension among Americans for England
has bulleyed long enough, and it' is
time she was taught that agreements
must be lived up to.
The Dingley increase' In protective
taxation on cigars is placed at $150,000
a year, while on wrappers,, the raw
material for cigars, it is about eight
times as much. This is not a result of
'protectionist principles.". It is done,
says the New York World, because the
people who want the raw material of
the country's great tobacco manu
facturing interest thus taxed say that
unless they get their full share of
spoils the republican parly will not be
allowed to keep the vote of Connecti
cut. An evidence of the activity of the
Germans in all commercial undertak-
u " ,uru l,aueu " "'uo.
Swiss stat
istics recently published. In 1SGS there
were 4417 foreign commercial trav
elers in Switzerland, and of these 2952,
or not far from three-fourths, were
Germans. Of French there were 1051;
Italians, 235; Austrian, 129; and Eng
lish, 50. . Not an American appears In
the list, and we suspect that if similar
records were kept in other foreign
countries, the showing would be about
the fame. It is a wonder that the
United States has so largo an export
of manufactured goods, when so little
effort is made.
. Ti-rlns Ban Into Waslionts.
Sj. Cloud, Minn., July ".Last
night's storm came so suddenly and
raged so fiercely that many trains ran
into washouts without having any in
timation of the danger.
There was a bad wreck on tbe Great
Northern, eight miles west of here.
where an extra freight was ditched
unaries wasnDurn, ot this city, was
instantly killed and Eoginoer Peffer
injured. Washburn was riding in a
box car with 11 other 'men, returning
from Fergus Falls. So far only eight
have been accounted for.
The Great Northern flyer was held
all night between two washouts, and a
work train brought the passengers
back to St. Cloud.
First Conference Held.
Washington. July 8. The first
meeting of the conferees of the senate
and house on the tariff bill began at 2
o'clock. The democratic members of
tie conference remained lea, than 10
minutes. They withdrew, upon intl
mation of the republicans that they
desired an opportunity to reconcile
their differences before consulting the
democrats. With the departure of the.
democrats, the republicans " ente-ed
upon a gensral exchange of views.
A big factory wai
Brought to a stand
still the other day
for want of a com
mon shingle naiL
The trouble was a
mystery at first.
Even the boss me
chanic could 'nt tell
what was the mat
ter. They sent for
a high-priced ex
pert who charged
ten dollars an hour.
All be said was :
"Gimme a nail."
He drove it in- the
right place and in
two minutes the
whole factory was
going again.
That's the way
with the machinery
r . . J
01 me numan iwiv
When the stomach and bowels are vmno
what seems mere trifle, blocks the
whole system. Every part of the body
The head aches, the
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the stomach is distressed, the liver is con
gested ana torpid; you feel sluggish and
miserable and down-hearted; the energies
are completely paralyzed a!l for want of
a little help to regulate the stomach and
bowels. What you want is Dr. Pierce's
neasant reilets. Thev will make won
regular and you keep so; they act in a
comfortable natural way, not violently but
surely. They give the intestines power
to move naturally: and also tone th
stomach and liver. You don't become a
slave to their use, they cure you so you
stay cured. If a druggist makes tnorv
money on some violent purging pill he
may try to sell it to you. Don't let him.
You will be helped to a thorough understand.
Ing of your own body in every stage of health
and disease by Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Med
ical Adviser. This is a great 1008 page book, in
lain English and replete with illustrations,
rhe first edition of 680,000 copies was sold for
l.u each. The rjro6ts were devoted to nuhlUh.
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Ml 1)1)1) l I I A r Khniw
The Beet Sugar Tariff Amend
ment Will be Tabled.
HANNA ON STRIKES
He Thinks Laborers Should be Con
tent to Take What They Can
Get at Present.
Six Thousand I'ittabort Miners Have Gone
Out Others Will Follow -Lightning
Caused at Panic in a
Church.
Washington, July 6. The repub
lican senatorial caucus today decided
not to again present a beet-sugar
bounty amendment to the tariff bill,
and Allison was authorized to move to
have the amendment offered by Allen
tabled. There was also a general
agreement to take up the Thurston
beet-sugar bounty bill as independent
the first thing after congress meets
next December.
The object of the caucus bore entirely
upon the bounty matter. Aldrich was
the first to make a general outline of
the course which was ultimately
agreed upon, including the postpone
ment of the entire question until De
cember. A motion to this effect was,
however, made by Morrill, afte-
motion made by Davis to stand by the
finances committee, withdrawing tbe
amendment, had been carried.
Foraker supgested that the entire
question should bo left open, leaving
each republican senator to cast his
vote in such manner as he should
choose independent of party affilia
tions. Ho said the. effort to lay the
amendment on the table might lead
to fillibustering tactics, and cause
more delay than would the opposite
course of permitting the arnendmeut
to go to a vote .on its merits.
This view was antagonized by the
other senators, who said the democrats
would hold the bill up indefinitely, as
long as there was a possibility of the
amendment passing, and that the only
way of insuring a speedy vote was for
the party as a whole to support the
motion to table. This opinion was so
general that Foraker did not press his
motion and no vote was taken.
SENATOR HANMA'S VIEWS.
Strikers Chose an Unfortunate Tluio to
JUaae Their 1H mands. '
New York, July 6 A Herild dis
patch from Washington says:
Senator Hanna, in opeaking of the
coalmlners' strike, said:
"Owing to the existing conditions of
business, no one can be expected to
raise wages for tbe present, anywhere
In any line of business, and therefore
the strikers have chosen a very un
fortunate time to make their demand.-
whether the latter be reasonable or
not. With better times, greater con
fidence and an increased demand for
the product of the mines, It ought to
be possible to give laborers of all kinds
a better return for their labor. That
is what we mean by prosperiry an Im
proved condition of business. When
money is freer, operations are carried
on upon a safe, . sound and profitable
basis, and thfe humblest laborer reaps
the benefit of the good times in pro-
portlocto the-val no of his labor.
'The hoped-for good times are com
ing, I believe, before long, but they
will not como suddenly, but gradually,
and when business does improve, em
ployers of labor can listen to the
grievances of the employed. I. do not
see that they can be expected to do so
before. It is to be hoped that theynen
will agree to submit the matter to
arbitration and let their troubles rest
for tbe present in a reasonable manner.
Acts of violence prompted by thought
less passion can never accomplish any
thing good." '
BY ORDER OP WK1LEB.
Spanish Forces are Preparing to Evacuate
Bayamo.
New York, July 8. A Herald dis
patch from Havana says:
Captain-General Weyler has at last
decided it wise to evacuate Bayamo.
He has already ordered the inhabitants
to betake themselves to Manzanillo,
and has asked the war department in
Spain to authorize the withdrawal of
troops and the burning of tbe town.
The expenses of maintaining the gar
rison there have always been very
heavy and one which the end gained
did not justify.
The insurgents are looking out for
the landing of artillery along the
coast of Matanzas. The Spanish army
has never been so weakened by si
ness before. An official estimate of
the number of Spanish soldiers
hospitals throughout the island is 2,500.
rvot long ago the Luchanq battalion
marched to the front 1,100 strong; to
day the battalion numbers 150 men.
ALREADY IX COJMFKUENCE.
The House Made Short Work of the Tariff
, Bill. Mo Debate Was Held.
Washington, July 8. The house
committee on rules today presented
special order sending the tariff bill to
conference as soon as it was received
from the senate. This will give but
20 minutes' debate on each side. The
democrats tried to ; secure an agree
ment for time to debate the conference
report, but none was -made. The re.
publicans offered one day, and- the
democrats asked for three or four days
Ice house adopted the special order
by a vote of 142 to 107, and agreed to
Dingley's motion to nonconcur on the
senate amendments, and agree to
conference. The speaker appointed
the following conferees on the tariff
bill: Dingley, Payne, Dalzell, Hopkins,
Grosvenor, republicans; Bailey, Mc
Millin and Wheeler, democrats.
BBTAN AT ALALEDA.
SitTer Statesman Was Given s Cordial Be.
caption.
Almeda, Cal., July 7. William J.
Bryan reached this city this morning,
He was met at Oakland by a large
committee of citizens and with his
party was driven to this city. Tbe
visitors disembarked at the Mastic
station and carriages were taCen. A
drive was given through tbe principal
residence thoroughfares, terminating
at the Fark hotel, where an informal
reception took place, when a number
of ladies were presented to the dis
tinguished guest.
Breakfast was served, and in re
sponse to the toast, "W. J. Bryan, the
next President,'' Brjan said: -"I
am not so much interested in who
shall be tbe next president of the
United States as I am that the next
president shall be a man who will not
veto a silver bill when it comes before
him."
At the conclusion of the breakfast
! Almeda Bimetallic League, comprising
about 600 men, took part. Tbe Hue cf
march led up to a stand at tbe coruer
of Santa Clara avenue and Walnut
street, where Bryan delivered an ad
dress on "Equality Before the Law,"
to about 3000 people.
Reform in Finance.
Washington, July 7. President
McKinley called a special meeting of
the cabinet for today. After a discus
sion lasting over an hour, the caHnt-t
decided that the president should send
to congress a message recommending
legislation providing for a comtnittfe
to adjust the currency question of the
couutry
It is the expectation of the pre-ident
that the subject will receTve the atten
tion of congress during the present
extra session. The message itself is
written and i-t short. Its principal
feature is a quotation from the presi
dent's inaugural address on the linan
cial subject.
Tbe tariff bill was not considered at
tbe meeting today except in its bear
ing on the currency commission prop
ositlon.
The president will ask authority to
name nine commissioners and for an
appropriation for the expanses of the
commission, but will not uiuki sug'
gestions as totho political or other
composition of the commission, nor
will he 'make any suggestion as to the
lines of investigation. He will him
self call attention to the necessity of
reform in our currency and national
banking laws, and state that in his
opinion that reform is equally import
ant with the enactment of a protective
tariff law.
Lightning Flrrd a Church.
Quebec, July 6. A terrific thunder
storm which passed over tbe Lake St,
John district caused loss of life and
considerable damage to property. Ow
ing to the storm the wires are iu a de
moralized condition, but it is learned
that at John Querle's lightning struck
the parish church while high mass was
being celebrated. A portion of the
roof was ripDed off, -wo alters upset
and theofficiating priest stunned. Then
it was discovered that the building
was on fire, and the whole congrega
tion at once became panic-stricken. A
mad rush was made for tbe doors, dur
ing which one man was' trampled un
der foot and killed and many persons
were killed
In a Steady Stream.
San Francisco, July 6. The first
of a procession of 40 trains bearing
delngates to the rroat convention of
Christian Endeavors arrived this morn
ing and at intervals of about an hour
others poured their loads of human
freight into the city all day long. As
fast as delegates arrived upon this side
of the bay they were registered by a
force of nearly 200 clerks, and each in
dividual was given a card upon which
his or her name, address, denomina
tion, church and San Francisco quar
ters wore filled in .
The day's arrivals consist of delega
tions from Kansas, Maine, Connecti
cut, Vermont, Ohio and Nebraska.
Pittsburg Men Have Gone Unt. (
Pittsburg, July 6. A strike of coal
miners is on in Pittsburg district, l-u'.
reports as to its extent are so count ¬
ing and meager, it is difficult to toil
how many responded to the strike or
der. Most encouraging reports for the
strikers came from the river mines,
and it can be stated that fully 6000
river diggers are idle." A dispatch
from Wheeling, W. Va.-, BayrTnen "at
Schickanes, on the B. & O., in Ohio,
aro at work at an advance. The 3000
on the Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling
railroad yoted two to oce against the
strike, and are working as usual.
Ground Under the Wheels.
Seattle, Wash., July 8. The muti
lated body of.James Padden, formerly
a freight train brakeman, was found
this morning on the Seattle & Inter
national railway track near Latonu, a
suburb of Seattle. The rrau was evi
dently leaving town with W. L. Main's
circus, and it is believed ttte two circus
trains passed over him. One leg was
found 100 feet from the ret of the
body.
Padden came to Seattle a few weeks
ago from Helena, having been em-'
ployed on the Montana Central. He
was broke. He was 34 years old, and
as far as known had no friends.
Through the Draw Into the Elver.
Bay City, Mich., July 7. An intei-
urban electric car bound for Saginaw
from this city crashed through the open
draw of a bridge two miles outside this
city at 11 o'clock today and seven pas
sengers were carried down into the
river. A woman with three children
from this city, whose names have
not yet been learned, were drowned.
The three other passengers were men.
They were seriously injured. The river
was dragged and the body of the woman
recovered. '
A Willow Creek Kaucher Arrested.
AELINGTON, Or. July 8. -Ott Sum
mers, a Willow creek rancher, was ar
rested today on a cearge of attempting
the life of a 'neighboring ' rancher,
W. H. Ewing. Mr. Ewlng alleges that
Summers attempted to catch him with
a lariat, intending to drag him to death
with his horse. Summers gave bonds
for his appearance here tomorrow and
went to Heppner to procure counsel.
A Texas Bank Failure.
Washington,. July 7. Tne con
troller of the currency today received
information of tbe failure of the First
National bank, of Mason, Tex. Bank
Examiner- Johnson was placed in
charge. Tbe bank has a capital of
$50,000, and at the last report the lia
bilities amounted to $30,000.
Fire at Grant'. Pass.
Grant's Pass, Or., July 7. The
entire stock of Fetsch Bros., tailors,
occupying the brick building on Sixth
street owned by G. W. Riddle, was
destroyed by fire this morning at about
2 o'clock. The fire broke out in the
workroom, a wooden frame addition to
the main building.
Passed the Menate.
Washington, July 7. After a brief
discussion on minor schedules in the
tariff bill, and striking out the section
placing a tax on tea, a final vote was
taken in the senate on tbe Dingley
bill as amended by that body, and it
pissed by a vote of 39 to 28.
The Strike la Spreading.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 7. Reports
from the river mines in Pittsburg dis
trict indicate tnat tnere is almost a
total suspension of work in the mines
today. According to President Dolan's
figures not more than 3000 are at work
in the district.
The Storm in Pope County.
Glenwood, Minn., July 7. While
it Is impossible to get definite informa
tion as to the number of victims of the
cyclone that devastated Pope county
last night, it is believed that not less
than 10 lives were lost. :
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VENUS AND MERCURY.
Important New Discoveries Relat
ing to These Planets.
Much IntereaCzcited Among; Astrono-
by Recent Observation
Made at the Lowell
Observatory.
The observers at the Lowell observa
tory find that Mercury and Venus ro
tate on their axis once during their rev
olution about the sun. Venus is not
cloud-covered, as has been supposed,
but is veiled in an atmosphere, but Mer
cury is not.
This official dispatch from Mr. Lowell
for distribution to astronomers is ex
ceedingly interesting, since it suggests
radical changes in the generally ac
cepted - opinions concerning the
motions of these planets and the atnios
pheric conditions existing on Venus.
Of course the data from which the
opinions have been, deduced cannot as
yet be stated, for the information, has
come to us by telegraph. Observations
of Mercury and Venus have always been
difficult', the reasons therefor in the
different planets being, however, not
the same. Mercury never leaves the
company of the sun, its greatest diS'
fance from it in the sky, being;not more
than ))Out 30 degrees. It is on that ac
count enveloped always in sunlight,
which dims its brightness and makes
the details of its surface difficult to de
tect. Some 50 years ago astronomers
through t they discovered motion about
its axis and fixed the day at about five
minutes less than ours. But this time,
while generally accepted and given
place in text books, has been without
absolute proof. It has been conceded
that little or no atmosphere exists
ihere, for if it did it would have been
detected during the transits of the
planet across the sun's disk. The ro
tation period must in this case be deter
mined from observation of the actual
surface of Mercury, and hitherto no ob
server has been fortunate enough to
to get even glimpses of this.
With Venus the case is quite different
The brightness of this planet is such as
to obscure vision, bo that tbe best obser
vations have been taken at times when
there was daylight present to tone
down its brilliancy. It has been the?
general opinion that the surface of the
planet' was hidden from us by dense
clouds in the atmosphere, while moun
tain peaks piercing these clouds or per
manent spots have been lacking, so that
the time of rotation has been in doubt.
It has been set down, however, as about
an hour longer than the day of the
earth. Some observations of things
which were supposed to give a clew to
the rotation have been recorded, but,
like the satellite which was seen byjthe
older astronomers to be in company
with the planet, the later astronomer
with his powerful telescopes has not
been, able to see them.
The dispatch from Flagstaff suggests
the curious fact that these planets
have each of them only one day in ench
year, and this will very readily settle
the question of possible inhabitants,
unless indeed there are nomadic tribes
which follow the sun and live always on
the sunny side of the planet, for
the
other portion, exposed to darkness and
inter-planetary cold, can hardly be
able to support life.- With reference to
the atmosphere of Venus, it has been
generally conceded that one exists
which is denser than ours. The rca
sons for this belief are, briefly, thn tat
the time when Venus is a crescent the
hours extend over more than hair a
circle, which they could not do were
there no atmosphere to reflect the
light; and, further, when during the
transits of Venus a portion, of The
planet has entered upon the sun's disk
or remains upon it an illumination of
the whole edge of the planet has been
seen, which could De accomplished in
no way known to us except the diffu
sion of the sunlight through an at
mosphere. The degree of this diffusion
being considered it is probable that the
atmosphere is quite dense. Mr. Lowell
is, however assured that the supposed
clouds do not exist and all that prevents
our observation of the configuration of
Venus is the
through its
difficulty of looking I
atmosphere. Boston I
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THE NEW LUTHERAN CHURCH.
The Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of The Dalles.
Ore., as it will be
This church is now being built on
the corner of Seventh and Union
streets, and will therefore be located
n the center of the city. Its dimen
sions are as follows: Length fitf feet,
width 34 feet, height of basement 10
feet 6 inches in the clear, height of
main church 20 feet in theclear, height
of steeple 88 feet, and seating capacity
about 200. The cost of tbe church
when completed, including the lot as
well as the inside furniture, etc., will
amount to about $3000. The Lutherans,
as well as also a number of their
friends, have contributed to this build
ing in such a liberal way that this
church ma? be dedicated without a
dollar of debt in September or October
If others, whose aid ha not been en
listed ye'.,' will also come forth and con
tribute in the same liberal manner.
But H'hy Build Anollier Church 'h this
City of Churchasf . '
Because the churches that are es
tablished here have not been able to
shepherd one-half of tbe people of The
Dalles and vicinity in these ' many
years. They all have done and are still
doing a grand work, but they have also
left much work to be done by others
who are yet to begin their labor in the
Lord's vineyard here.
But Why Build an Evangelical Lutheran
Church?
Because there are over 100 adults
and a still larger number of children
In this city and vicinity who aro of
Lutheran parentage, and because the
duty to look after their spirtual welfare
belongs to the Lutheran church. They
have been negiected by their church
during these many years and yet they
have not been gathered into tbe folds
of others, but have rather remained
isolated during this long time, quietly
waiting and hoping that their church
might come and claim them. They
have rejoiced t3 see their Episcopal,
Congregational, Baptist, Catholic,
Methodist and Christian friends build
fine churches and they have liberally
contributed to all of them. They have :
not been able to fall in line with any
of these churches because their first
love, namely, their dear Lutheran
church with ail its abounding riches of
spiritual blessing, could not bo for-
gotten. I to
But why build a clturch just now in these .
hard times? '
The Dalles Distilling &
MGnUGR & NHC6L, Props.
-Manufacturers of Carbonated Drinks, Cream Soda,.-- -
Lemon Soda, Ginger Ale, Sarseparilla, Champagne
Cider, Orange Cider, Sarsaparilla and Iron, Mineral
Waters, etc., and all kinds of bar syrups. .....
RESIDENCE TRADE SOLICITED
: Free delivery to any part of the city. :
Retail dealers in Candies, Nuts, Tobacco and Cigars.
: PHONE NO. 35 :
and 53.00 Lace i
AT
$2.00 & I
& flAYS l
When Complete.
Bst ause the establishing of Christ's
church in any city, state or country
is the strongest and most effective
measure of economy. Personified
selfishness Is the cause of hard times,
disorder and starvation, and self deny
ing love as taught apd practiced by
t.i-1111 PtiKtofUn n.rlnni a n rl mmmllfllt
ties Is the first cause of prosperity and
happiness. Let the spirit of Christ's
church fully dominate in a community
and that community will never be sub
jected to a business depression in its
worst form. Of all the various reme
dies, which have ever been prescribed
a a cure for business depressions and
for human suffering, both general and
local, there is none which will remove
the evil as promptly and quickly, as
thoroughly and absolutely, as per
manently and perpetually as the es
tablishment and the deepening of true
Christian principles in that community
or country. ' ' ,
Will ' the establiiHiment of a Lutheran
v Cliurch in this City bring any special
benefit to The Dullest
Yes. Tho Lutheran church l strong
in tbe United States. It is very strong
ea9t of the Mississippi, and it is not
unknown between the Mississippi and
rka 1 tfr it m min tal n a Wstafc if t Via
Rockies this church is practically un
known, although there are thousands
and odd thousands of Lutherans scat
tered all over the Northwest. In fact,
the Lutheran church which is now
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oeing ouut sws. is- ia uttiierifl irr'
first Lutheran church in all Eastern
Oregon. Lutherans emigrating to
Eastern .Oregon from any state East," '
South, West or North, will therefore
be strongly inclined to settle in or
near The Dalles where they can be
near their church. Further on. the
many Lutherans residing at Hood
River, Mosier, and Dufur, or those
dwelling In the surrounding counties
or across the river In Washington,
will feel closer attached to Tbe Delle9-
in as far as the only Lutheran church
in tneir reacn is located nere.
For these and for other obvious rea
sons the building of this Lutheran-'
church will a real publio improvement
for The Dalles, and it will be a credit
our citizens if they can dedicate
the church this fall without debt.
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