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SATURDAY... ..JULY 10. 1897
QUEEN , VICTOBIA'S WEALTH
It is impossible to place an exact es
timate upoa the wealth of the queen
" of England, since she has many sources
. of revenue that are not flaunted before
public gaze, but it is certain that to
day she is the wealthiest ruier io
. Europe4 and whatever may occur with
in t nATt cnntnrv the house ' at
Hanover need not be paupers. For
hundreds of years her predecessors
were an impecunious set, hence she
got nothing from her princely father
or royal uncles, the British nation
having had to pay off their debts, but
from her accession to the throne sixty
years ago Queen Victoria has ben in
'. ooint nf a. fivil list amounting to
82,000,000 a year, besides other dona
. tlons and perquisities. Of the annual
allowance of 83,000,000, $300,000 con
- stitutesher pocket money or private
-puijo. 1 3nu use lo S.mo.000 a year us
the net revenues of the Duchy of Lan
caster. . -
' From this it will be seen that after
having all the expenses of every con
ceivable character, down to her very
" charities and servants' wages, defrayed
out of the civil list, she has had a sum
of at least $600,000 each year to dispose
' of as she likes. It is no exageration
to estimate the present fortune of the
queen from those sources alone as in
J.the neighborhood of $100,000. Fortyfive
years ago. in 1852, the queen had a
: windfall in a bequest left her by Johh
Camden Neild, . an eccentric aud
- wMiltliv miser of London. To his
poor old housekeeper who had served
' him twenty-six years he left nothing,
and to his executors only $500 apiece.
The queen accepted the bequest, but
made generous provision for the house-
' keeper, gave $5000 to each of the execu
tors and erected a monument to Neild's
memory. The e tate proved to be of
the value of about $2,500,000, and with
its accumultions of forty-five years past
at 4 per cent, this would make h
worth today nearly $7,000,000.
What service has the queen' ever
rendered to the people of England or
to the world to acquire such wealth?
True, she has been a good ruler, an ex
emplary mother and a just monarch,
but aside from this she has been noth
ing more than millions of other women.
Had she been born of "common"
parentage, she would have been noth
ing else than a comely English woman,
but circumstances were kind to her,
and wealth has flown into her coffers,
to help make life easy for her progeny,
grand and great-grandchildren who
are increasing at the rate of two
or three a year. They will be
supported in affluence and idle
ness like their illustrious ancestor,
but the world and the human race will
tha better by . their having
uvea, xaov wu ow uut u oj m
d roans destined to live off the energies
and labors of those who toil. The
queen's wealth is large, so is her pro-
-geny, but humanity is no better for
- their existence. '
MUST BE FOR SILVER.
Notwithstanding the assertions of
the gold standard press that the silver
sentiment has died out in the East,
and that 16 to 1 is never heard of ex
cept west of the Mississippi river, the
democrats of New York are deter
mined to. pledge themselves to the
cause of the white metal, and are de
termined that none but a pronounced
silver man shall be a candidate for
chief judge of the court of appeals.
The World, mentioning the recent
meeting of the silver democrats in that
slate says:
. The most important conference of
the free-silver democrats of this state
held sin 36 the last presidential elec
tion has just occurred in this city.
Nearly every county in the state was
represented. ' Although no positive
action was taken, the general senti
ment of the gathering was in favor of
holding a slate convention to reaffirm
the Chicago platform and nominate a
supporter of Bryan for hief judge of
the court of appeals in case the regu
lar democratic state convention should
select a gold standard democrat for the
place and ignore the principles enun
ciated by the national convention.
. The silverltes appeared to mean busi
ness. Former Congressman Hosea
' Brockwell, of the El mira district, who
was permanent chairman of the Buffalo
. state convention last year took a prom
: inent part in the conference. J ay W.
Forret, of Albany, eays since the last
presidential election a free-silver club
has been formed in every election pre
trict in Albany district. He said the
free-silver democrats of his county
would probably favor the holding of a
state convention if the state committee
shrould nominate a sound-money demo
crat for jucge of the court of appeal?,
and ignore the issues involved in the
lass national campaign.
A JUST TAX.
The prolific brain of Senator Lodge,
of Massachusetts, has devised a magni
ficent method for raising revenue,
which next to the income tax is the
most just proposition for raising
revenue yet proposed by any member
of the national congress.. We refer to
Senator Lodge's proposed amendment
to the tariff bill providing for a tax of
fifty cents per one hundred shares of
the capital stock of any company in
corporated. Such a measure if put in
to operation would take a portion of
the burden of taxation off the poorer
classes and place it where it belongs,
upon those who have money enough
to invest and speculate in bonds.
The only objection to Mr. Lodge's
proposition is that it does not reach
far enough. It should have included
real estate transfers and all other re
corded transactions. . Then there
would be no question about the receipts
of the government meeting the ex
penditures. We are slowly learning a
esson in the matter of taxation from
England. The latter' methods of
taxation are the finest, most just and
equitable in the world, and are always
sufficient for the needs of the govern
ment. I' ia rai8ed alm09t wholly by
internal taxation distributed in sueb
t. f not: nrnnnpfinn fnlla
A ilBDer tui a j""" r- "t -
upon the shoulders of the rich man,
while the .taxe of a Door man are cor
respondingly light. It has been found
to be the only really successful method
of taxation, and under it England has
flourished and waxed prosperous. Un
til the United States can shape its laws
far raisiugrevenuoupon somewhat the
same lines as England has, the same
dissatisfaction apparent now, wiil con
tinue indefinitely.
WHY PERVERT TRUTH?
The editor of the Evening Repub
lican, published at Baker City, is such
a hide-bound partisan that he allows
party zeal to run away with judgment
and even permits it to overshadow his
early Christian training even to the
extent that he has forgotten that com'
mandment that says ''Thou Shalt not
Bear False Witness." In a recent issue
of his paper he said:
"The taxpayers are being mulched
to the tune of about 18 per cent on all
the money it costs to run our public
institutions in this state, and at the
same time the coin is lying idle in the
vaults of the state treasury. The
people should rise up and thank the
democratic and populist parties for
theso b'essines."
It is strange that any mau capable
of editing a daily .paper would make
such a ptatement as this. It is true
that the democrats and populists did
not aid in attempting to organize the
house of the late, so-called legislative
assembly, and they are not entitled to
any credit for their actions, but when
sized up beside the republicans elect
to that body their sins are diminutive.
The democrats and populists had not
sufficient votes to organize the house;
in fact were in a hopeless minority,
and could not have accomplished any
thing except by forming an alliance
with one or the other of the factions
in the republican party. The repub
licans had a clear majority in the house
and it was their duty to organize that
branch of the legislature in order
that business might be transacted.
Of the 60 members of the house, the
different political parties were re
presented as follows:
Republicans .34
Democrats 4
Populists 14
Mitchell republicans 2
Republicans and taxpayers' league. . 1
Mitchell republicans and populists. . 1
Uuion bimetallic ' 3
Taxpayers' league and Mitchell re-
- publicans 1
' The republicans had 34 members,
or three more than a majority, and it
was the duty of that party to organize
the house, elect a speaker and other of
ficers, and proceed to business. Fail
ing to do this the entire blame of any
extra burdens that may be thrust upon
the taxpayers, rests upon them. True
the democrats and populists might
have united with one of the factions
in the republican party and organized
the house, but it was not incumbent
upon them to settle family quarrels in
the party that had a majority. It is
not necessary to pervert the truth
about the lamented farce at Salem, but
it is necessary that the responsibility
for the hold-up should rest where it
belongs.
WILL THEY BE SHOT?
The coal miners' strike which started
in Ohio has reached into nearly every
coal producing sction east of the Mis
sissippi. The coal miners are asking
that they be allowed sufficient wages
on which to maintain themselves and
families; they refuse to work for less,
but this the operators refuse to grant,
and in places have elicited the assist
ance of the state to back up their re
fusal, and indications are that, the
operators in some states at least will
be granted what they ask. A dispatch
from Wheeling, West Virginia, says:
"Governor Atkinson and Adjutant
General Appleton are preparing for
trouble. Within the week 500 stands
of arms have been received from the
government for the miliiia, with half
a million rounds of ammunition, in
eluding gattling cartridges. The mili
tia will be used as soon as there is any
reason for it"
From this information it appears
that the authorities of the great state
of West Virginia proposes to call out
its militia to enforce .-the demands of
the coal trust. This can be. the only
solution, - for the- strikers have not
shown a disposition to molest the
property of operators, nor . have they
been riotous. All they have done is
to refuse to work for starvation wages.
All they ask is that wages be increased
so that they and their families can
exist. They have violated ne law, nor
have they shown a disposition to vio
late any. Yet Governor Atkinson and
Adjutant-General Apple to u propose to
call out the: soldiers and we presume,
shoot them like dogs unless they re
turn to the mines and delve like slaves
while their wives and children live on
a single meal a day. . Can this be free
America? Will the great American
people, whose glory is free action, free
speech and free men tolerate this?
For the first time in history a gen
eral census has been taken of the pop
ulation of the Russian Empire, which
is shown to number ' 129,511,113, of
which total 64,616,280 are maies and
64,594,833 females. United States
Consul General Karel, at St. Peters
burg, who transmits the figures to the
state department at Washington, says
they show that in forty-five years the
population of Russia has doubled, and
during the last twelve years it has in
creased 20 per cent. To take this
census the Russian. government em
ployed an army of 150,000 persons, and
its completion io three months is re
garded as a great achievement in view
of the vast expanse of territory to be
covered and the illiteracy of the popu
lation. ' '
The best authorities in Cuba think
Weyler's campaign in the present "oS"'
season will be as bad a failure as were
his demonstrations in the past. Span
lards on the island as well as in Spain
are beginning to realize that the in
surgents are steadily growing stronger,
and that the chances of the govern
ment to regain its authority ip the dis
affected provinces, which comprise the
greater part of the island, are hopeless.
The government feels that an acknowl
edgment of defeat would ins tan ly upset
the ministry, and mighteven overthrow
the dynasty, and pretend to feel confi"
dent of success, but, from present in
dications, that concession can .not be
put off much longer.
The town of Milton had a celebration
on the 5th, and invited Rev. F. W.
Parker, of Pendleton, to deliver the
oration. Bro. Parker so far forgot
himself as to imagine the heat pf last
fall's campaign was on, and seeing a
good-sized audience before bim, deliv
ered a red hot partisan speech. In
consequence the Eagle proceeded to
give the Rev. Parker a red-hot roast,
which he deserved for fourth of July
orations and campaign peephea do
not mix well together, especially when i
the oration ia delivered minister
bf the gospel. I
THE OLDEST liAMK-
Late European advices state that
the Bank of Naples, the oldest bank
ing house iu the world, has gone out
of business. Away back in 1539, less
than half a century after Columbus
discovered America, two, public
spirited citizens of Naples organized
an establishment called the Saera
Montedella Dieta, and the bank of
Naples can trace its descent directly
from that institution. It was a sort of
philautropic pawn shop, where needy
citizens could get loans by pledging
their personal property as security.
Prior to its establishment the impecu n
ious Neapolitans had to borrow money
at ruinous rates -from Jewish merch
ants. The profits made by these peo
ple excited the envy of their Christian
compeers, hence the founding of this
and similar institutions all over Italy,
and then later all over Europe. Ban Ic
ing in the modern acceptation of the
term came into existence in 1573, when
the monte began to receive current ac
counts, issued bills of exchange, and
became a bank of issue. At first the
bank merely received deposits, and re
paid depositoi s in the identical coin
which had been deposited making a
small charge for taking care of it.
After awhile it issued bills of exchange
for the depositors, and these bills or
certificates of deposit as we would call
them, circulating -from hand to hand
and being redeemable at the bank,
soon became as good as the specie itself.
Although the success of this bank soon
led to the establishment of similar in
stitutions in other places, it' never lost
its prestige, and was the most power
ful of them all. Potentates of every
degree were amongst its patrons, and
through all the changing centuries
with their ceaseless revolutions, it
carried on its business with never-failing
success and in 1793 it was said to
have deposited $29,000,000 in its vaults
with a capital of j 12,000,000. About
this time it lost its private character,
for the then King of Naples consoli
dated all the banks of the city under
government control and compelled
them to issue $20,000,000 in paper.
This was a severe blow, and it was a
long time before confidence was re
stored. After the passing of the
Napoleonic era the bank regained its
popularity and with it its prosperity,
which it retained until the unification
of Italy, since which time its business
has dwindled until it has at last suc
cumbed. But unlike some of our
modern banks, no one will lose by its
failure, as the depositors have all
been paid in full and it has neither
shares or shareholders. The passing
away of such an institution is of more
than ordinary interest, for it was the
first of modern banks and its methods
have been but little improved upon by
its successors.
HARD HEARTJuD BUT JUST.
The state board of pardons of Min
nesota has just disposed of a disagree
able task in refusing to pardon Jim and
Cole Younger. In 1877 the Younger
brothers were convicted of raiding
bank at Northfield, Minnesota, and
were sentenced to the penitentiary of
that state for life. The Youngers
were noted outlaws, and the crimes
they committed were numerous. They
were murderers and robbers of the
most daring type, , men who did, not
hesitate to sacrifice life in ' order to
satisfy their desire to gain by dishonest
methods. They ' had forfeited every
claim for clemency,' and when ' finally
run down and brought to answer for
their misdeeds, have no right to expect
to be forgiven. Numerous attempts
have been made to secure their pardon
io the past, but all failed, and indica
tions are that they will remain behind
prison Dars until death shall remove
them from their confinement. Six.teon
years ago Governor Pillsbury refused
to pardon tnem, and eight years ago
Governor Merriam followed the same
example, both declaring that tbey be
lieved the ends of justice would be
better served by keeping the Youngers
in confinement.
The recent attempt to secure the
pardon of the Younger brothers has
been notable for the amount of pres
sure that has been brought to bear on
the board. Friends of the Youngers
were present with long petitions
signed by senators and congressmen
from Missouri and leading citizens of
that state. Long arguments were
made in support of the application, a
petition from Cole Younger was read
and Warden Wolfes, of the peniten
tlary, appeared in person and asked
for a pardon. On the other hand, citiz
ens of Northfield and of that section
of the state where the raid occurred
were out in fo-ce with attorneys and
some of the sufferers in the famous
raid and presented strong arguments
against the pardon.
Despite all this pressure the gov
ernor, attorney general and chief jus
tice, who constitute the board, pos
sessed sufficient firmness to refuse the
pardon. While such action is ap
parently bard hearted, and it would
seem that the request of parties Injured
should be considered, still sympathy
for people who have been deprived of
their liberty often is -carried to too
gjreat an extent to serve the ends of
justice. Men like the Youngers have
no excuse for the crimes they com
mit. The highway robber or the
deliberate murderer carefully plans his
crime before he commits it; he medi
tates before he acts, therefore when
he is caught he should suffer the pen
alty fixed by the law. The action of
the Minnesota board, of pardons will
have a good effect ' throughout the
country in preventing crime, and is
worthy of commendation.
TWO COMPATIBLE PRINCIPLES
The National democrats of Kentucky
have met in convention for the purpose
of nominating a candidate for the
state court of appeals, and have put
forth a platform that has the merit at
least of being consistent, though it is
not a platform that will meet the ap
proval of the people. Among other
things the platform pledges that the
party will ' when entrusted with
federal power enact such laws as will
produce sufficient revenue, and framed
for revenue only, levying necessary
taxes only, and with impartiality, and
without bounties, bonuses or favors."
The financial plank ia as follows:
"We denounce the free and un
limited coinage of silver as inevitably
producing silver monometalism, and
we advocate a gold standard and the
coinage of sliver to the requirements
of commerce,' as offering the only
means of maintaining bimetal ism, and
denounce any attempt to fix the ratio
between the metajs arbitrarily by law,
without reference to their commercial
value, as unsafe and dangerous to pub
lic welfare and private interests,"
These principles are compatible, one
with the other. Free trade and the
gold standard are fit companions, that
Ja they apply U? each other. If this
nation is to open its ports to the pro
ducts of the world, then we require the
dearest money in the world with which
to conduct our trade. And since the
Kentucky national democrats are abso
lute free traders, they are consistent
in declaring for the gold standard.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Now that Mr. Bryan has left the
state we presume the Orcgonian and
Telegram wiil 1st up on their choice
nick-names of ,fWind .Puncher" and
"Billy Boy."
A New York man who is studying
out social problems writes: "Let us
agree that the sum each of us may
hold shall be limited to $200,000.
Agreed, says the Tacoma News. Now
then, how shall we get it?
The tariff conferees are slightly out
of joint, and are slow to come to an
agreement. Those from the house
want the bill as it passed that body,
while those from the senate will hear
to nothing but the senate amendments.
The conferees on the tariff bill are
holding sessions behind closed doors,
fearing too much interruption if they
admit the public. This is in keeping
with the "star shambcr" methods that
are gaining precedent in our system of
government.
The gun factory at Watervliet, N.
Y., makes more guns than any other
establishment in the world. Its out
put of big guns last year was 2500 tons,
valued at $2,500,000. If Uncle Sam's
army is email, he has the facilities for
enlarging it at short notice.
Nothiug now remains in the way of
giving Hawaii to the United States
but the ratification by congress of the
annexation treaty, the senate commit
tee having agreed to report the resolu
tion without amendment. Following
this, howevor, a scrap with Japan may
be necessarry.
Once more Oregon has been recog
nized by the administration. Hon.
John F. Caples, of Portland, has been
appointed consul at Valparaiso, Chile.
Mr. Cnples was a faithful supporter of
McKinley, and has received a fairly
good office in payment for the labors
he performed for his party last fall.
Senator Harris, of Tennessee, died
in Washington last Friday. He was
governor of his state during the re
bellion, and one of the oldest bembers
of the senate, an honest man and true
to his own convictions. Ho had the
respect of his opponents as well as his
own partisans.
Now that the tariff bill is virtually
out of the way, President McKinley
can begin shaking the plum tree and
awarding the faithful. He doesn't
need to bold a whip hand over congress
ano longer, and can now begin turn
ing the wheels of the appointment
machine at a rapid rate.
The republican press is now busy
giving adyice to the populists. Popu
lists are not susceptible to that in
fluence and space might just as well be
saved and devoted to the tariff ro
mance of "How the foreigner pays the
tax." Advice to populists is an evi
dence of the great republican dilemma.
Senator Teller did not vote for the
tariff bill, neither did he vote against
it, but he said it was the worst tariff
bill -ever passed; that it was all in the
interest of-the trusts and the combines;
that they had entirely too much to do
with. the making of Jt..a All this is
true,' and the judgment of Senator
Tellar will yet be the judgment of the
American people.
The sultan insists that the Peneus
river, tbe ancient name of the Salem-
bria, must constitute the new frontier
of Turkey. This would give Turkey
large slice of Thessaly, including the
town of Trikkala, and it would place
Larissa under Turkish guns. The Sa
lembria is the principal river of Thes
saly. It is 110 miles long and empties
into the Gulf of Salonlca.
The question of connecting the At
lantic and Pacific oceans by means of
a canal across the isthmus of Panama
is. being agitated in Europe, the plan
being to interest France, Great Bri
tain, Germany and the United States
in the scheme. If the two oceans are
ever connected it will probably be by
some such plan as this, as there is little
probability of the Nicoragua canal
being built during the present age.
It is reported that President M elfin
ley may modify the Cleveland civil ser
vice order. This will, no doubt, be
done as the hungry office seeking re
publicans have already worried the ad
ministration nearly to death in their
efforts to secure a place. Civil service
is a mighty good thing in theory but
in practice the republicans believe in
the old adage "To the victor belougs
the spoils."
Already there are said to be 150,000
applications on file at Washington for
federal appointments, aud at the rate
at which tbey are being received.
about 600 daily, the creation of numer
ous new offices will be necessary in
order to satisfy the appetites of the
faithful who are hungering for an op?
portunity to feed at the public crib.
We would suggest that as soon as con
gress disposes of the tariff bill, and ad
journs, another extra session be called
to create some 200,000 new federal of
flees, so that all those who want Lit
jobs may be supplied.
Some men are afraid
of death, some are
not. Most of us
would rather not meet
the grim destroyer to
day. We would rather
put it off until to-nior-row,
or until rest
year. Mere wishes do
not count for much in
the matter. A man
may not want to die.
He may not want to
be sick. He may wish
and hope and pray
that he will not be
one or do the other.
but wishing and hoping won't help him.
It is what he does, and not what he
wishes that serve his purpose. If a man
is losing flesh, and is nervous, irritable,
sleepless and debilitated, he may wish he
would get well, but one bottle of Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will
do more than an ocean of wishes. If a
man is on the way to consumption, he
should make a stop as quickly as pos
sible, lie suouia put on Drakes, lie
needn't be afraid he has consumption if
he will do the right thing if he will
just take the right medicine. The "Gold
en .Medical jjiscovery" cures incipient
and well developed consumption. Con
sumption is a germ disease and a blood
disease.- The "Golden Medical Dis
covery " kills the germs and purifies the
blood. It increases the appetite, helps
digestion, makes assimilation perfect,
and so builds up solid, wholesome flesh.
Hundreds of grateful people afflicted
with consumption, bronchial, throat and
kindred diseases, have testified that it
has actually saved their lives. For the
sake of the information they contain.
some of these letters have been included
in Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, a thousand page, illustrated
book, which will be tntjres on receipt
pf twenty-one (si) one-cent stamps to
pay for mailing only. Every family
should have a eopy for ready Reference
in case of sudden sickness or accidents.
World's Dispensary Medical Association,
No. 66 Main Street, Buffalo. N. Y. I
HAS GONE' TO HAWAII
Administration Thinks a Bat
tieship is Needed There.
RIDERS MUST PAY A TAX
Chicago lias Passed an Ordinance
Taxing Bicycles and All Other
Vehicles.
The National league of Republican Clnbs
Aleets at Detroit and Cougratnlate
tlie Members Upon tbe Return
ot Prosperity Coming.
New York, July 13. A special from
Washington says:
Recognizing the gravity of Japan's
attitude toward the Hawaiian annexa
tion, tho administration has decided to
send the big battle-ship Oregon to
Honolulu to relievo tbe cruiser Phila
delphia and the old corvt-t'e Marion,
now stationed there. The orders
were issued by the navy department
Monday.
Tbe Marion returns hose at once
and her instructions will go to Hono
lulu by the steamer leaving San Fran
cisco July 17. The Philadelphia is in
a very unserviceable condition in con
sequence of her long anchorage in
semi-tropical waters. The Philadel
phia will remain at Honolulu, however,
until the Oregon reaches there, and
perhaDs longer.
It had been intended by the navy
department for some time to send the
cruiser Baltimore to Honolulu, but it
will take longer to make her repairs
than was expected at first. This un
expected postponement of her assign
ment to the islands has served a good
purpose in allowing the navy depart
ment to send the Oregon, one of the
most formidable ships in the service,
without giving Japan an opportunity
of construing this action as a display
of unfriendliness on the part of tbe
United States.
How Japan will view the assign
ment of the Oregon to Hawaiian waters
remains to be seen, but it is certain
that if other vessels are sent to sup
port the Naniwa the United States
will respond in a vigorous manner
that will leave no doubt as to the de
termined policy of the administration
that foreign countries must keep their
hands off Hawaii.
REPUBLICAN LEAGUE AT DETBOIT.
Opening; Session of the Convention Well
Attended.
Convention Hall, Detroit. Mich.,
July 13. The 10th annual convention
of the National League of Republican
Clubs opened this morning. The
most striking feature in the decora
tions of the auditorium was a life-sized
portrait of President McKinley, sur
mounted by an eagle, and by the stars
and stripes; directly opposite, in the
rear of the hall was a similar portrait
of James G. Blaine. Pictures of Wash
ington and Lincoln adorned the walls
at either end of the hall, and the intervening-spaces,
rafters and gallery
fronts were hung with red, white and
blue escutcheous of the states.
President Woodmansee rapped for
order at 10:30. After prayer by Ee v. Drl
Robert Servis, President Woodmansee
introduced Governor Pingree, who de
livered the address of welcome on be
half of the state.
Colonel Henry .M. Duffield, of this
city, welcomed the delegates on behalf
of Detroit.
President Woodmansee, of Cincin
nati, then delivered his annual address,
He reviewed the work of the league
during the last campaign, expressed
unbounded confidence in the present
administration, paid a glowing tribute
to President McKinley and made
several suggestions regarding" the work
of the present convention.
The roll of states was called for the
announcement of members of commit
tees. A resoltion was adopted direct
ing that a telegram of greetings be
sent to President McKinley, congratu
lating him on the Success of the repub
lican administration, and asserting
that the promised era of prosperity was
close to fulfillment.
O TO TAX VEHICLES.
Chicago Will Improve Its Street by Tax
. . Ins Those W bo Use Them.
; CHICAGO, July 13. Every bicycle in
Chicago will pay a yearly tax of $1 if
Mayor Harrison signs the ordinance
which the council passed last night.
Vehicles of every description are taxed
from $2 to $12 per annum under the
provisions of the same ordinance.
In the city there are estimated to be
300,000 bicycles, - and sufficient ' ' ve
hicles to make the revenue derived
from the ordinace $1,000,000 per an
num. .every aonar oi this is be ex
pended upon tho repair and keeping
in good condition of improved streets.
Mayor Harrison says that so far as
he has studied the ordinance he is in
favor of it, and thinks he will sign it.
Tbe vote by which tbe council passed
it was 50 to 18, The ordinance pro
vides that besides the tax of $1 per an
num on bicycles, all vehicles shall bear
an annual tax as follows: One horse,
91; two horses, $3; three horses, $5; four
horses, $7; six horses, SI0.50; eight
horses, $12.
FftESSCRK TO BE APPLIED.
JEagland to be Asked to Comply With the
Sealing Award.
New York. July U. A special to
the Tribune from Washington says:
Important instructions have recently
been sent by Secretary Sherman to
Amtassador Hay for .his guidance in
urging on tne .tsritisn government a
compliance with the Behring sea
award, which looked to the preserva
tion of seal life in Alaskan waters. The.
Instructions were prepared as a reply
to a recent note from Lord Salisbury,
h-ioded to Secretary Sherman by Sir
Julian Pauncefote a few days . before
the British ambassador sailed for Lon
don from New York. They show ' at
length Englana'8 policy of procrastina
tion, her continued failure and refusal
to support this government in its ef
forts to prevent tbo extermination of
the seal herd, and the anxiety of the
United States, frequently made known
to the London foreign office, that steps
should be taken to preserve the seals,
an obligation Imposed by the Paris
tribunal..
. - Heserrolr lave Way.
Newburgh, N. Y., July 14. Mel-
zinga reservoir, in the Fish mountains,
near Matteawah, burst at 3 o'clock
this morning owing to heavy rains.
The water ran into a creek, and two
miles below, near Dutchess Junction,
waBhed away brickyards and buildings,
including a boarding-house, occupied
by laborers. ' It is reported nine were
drowned and others are missing. '
The flood washed away 200 yards of
the Hudson River railroad traetrf'i
Trains are stalled on each siiie of the
break. There were two reservoirs ia
the mountains, the lower one a mile
distant from the other. Tho upper
one gave way, letting a volume of
water into the ravine.
The Vanburen and Timonin brick
yards on the Hudson, just below
Dutchess Junction, are a mile distant
from the site of tbe lowor reservoir.
Without warning the flood reached
them t-uouL'ti tne ravine and maile
general havoo. Buildings were toi-u
in pieces and their occupants carried
away in the raging flood.
At 9 o'clock seven bodies had been
recovere J. Two of them were of Fetor
Mulligan and his wife, who kept the
boarding-house for the brickyard labor
era that wa3 swept away by flio.l
Names of others are not known. It is
reported 20 are still missing. Tons of
earth and sand tfere washed down in
the Hood, and men are digging into
this mass to recover other bodies.
Sfunlerni by ppuulard?.
Key West, July 14. Another Amer-
ican has been killed in Cuba. Churles
Gordon, Captain Menoenl au.l two
soldiers left Soledad camp to join
General Gomez. While p.-ing the
Oamujy river, a guerilla force attacked
them. After some fighting Charles
Gordon and tho two others were cap
tured. Captain Menocal said ho was
an American, and wanted to have a
fair trial. The chief of the forces,
Braulio Cotteron, replied :
"Kill that Ameritrau; if he goes to
Havana Lee will save him."
Gordon was macbeted in tbe most
cruel manner. Charles Govin, the
American correspondent, and Charles
Gordon left the United States on the
same expedition, and have both been
ass issinated in a very similar manner
because they were Americans.
Queen I.il WrUlug Songs.
New York, July 14. The Times
says: Lllluokalani, former queen of
Hawaii, has settled down in a hotel
here into a sort of literary retirement.
There she devotes herself to compos
ing Hawaiian melodies and songs, and
to collecting material for her eventful
autobiography. Her private secretary,
Mr. Palmer, says she i engaged In
reading the proofs of a brochure she is
preparing for a publishing firm. This
has for its subject "The Creation of
the Wor'.d, According to Hawaiian
Traditions."
Were Caught Short and Fsllert.
New York, J uly 13. Decker, How
ell & Company, bankers and brokers
of this city, have assigned without
preference. The liabilities are not
stated. A report of the firm attributed
the trouble to being on the wrong side
of the market, the firm's shortage on
sugar being one of the principal ele
ments.
Tin Plate Works Closed.
Cleveland, July 15. The Crescent
tin-plate works closed in every depart
ment this morning. The heaters re
fused to go to work, aud without the m
it was impossible to operate the mill.
Tbe company decided to shut down in
definitely. Possibly Senator Hanna was right
when he said this was not the proper
time for coal miners to strike and de
mand higher wages. It has disturbed
business to the extent that there U a
coal famine in several Ohio cities, ar.i
it looks as if the owners will be com
pelled to meet the miner's demand.
This viewed by Hanna, would be a
misfortune, for his solicitude for hih
wages to laborers is not nearly so great
as it was a year ago.
The receptions that have been ten
dered Wm. J. Bryan on his visit to
this coast are evidence of two things:
That the cause of silver Is not waning,
' also that Mr- Bryan is today the most
popular man in the United States.
No other defeated candidate for presi
dent ever held the place in American
hearts that Mr. Bryan holds today,
and were an election to come. off now
he would be almost the unanimous
choice for president.
For years an effort has been made by
some of the leaders of p rotes taut de
nominations to unite all evangelical
churches Into one organization, aud
while their efforts have not been
crowned with success. the advancement
made of late years by the Christian
Endeavor seems liable to result in one
great church organization. When 35000
delegates can be assembled in a Chris
tian cause, in one convention it ap
pears that there should be no difficulty
in uniting all protestant churches
under one head.
The Ohio coal miners are told by Mr,
Hanna thatthis is the wrong time to
strike for higher wages; but he fails to
tell them when the proper time would
bf. Had he enlightened them on this
subjert he would have put off the time
a century. But an inquiry into tho
amount of wages they receive indicates
that necessity demands they strike
now or never, for if they wait longer
they all will have starved. Their
average wage3 since April have been
$5.74 'cents for each two weeks, and
their expenses are double that amount
We complain that we are a tax-bur
dened people, but we are not much
more heavily taxed than the people of
Great Britain.' The expenses of that
government are $500,000,000 yearly or
nearly $1,000 a minute. The people
are taxed to meet this at the rate of
$10 a second, but the system of tax
atlon is more equitably distributed
than it is here. They have an income
tax, hence the rich as well as tbe poor
bear their share of the government
expenses. Here we tax consumption
and let wealth go free.
In the Illinois legislature, which was
about the most rascally den of thieves
ever assembled, was one man whose
character is irreproachable and who
retires from legislative hocors with
out a blemish on his name,' not haying
made a dishonest dollar during the
session, or been reproached for being
a boodler. The man is John Huffman,
who prior to his election was a farm
hand in a rural district. His official
life furnishes' a hint to all states and
parties. Give professional politicians
a rest, and eleot farm hands to legisla
tive offices, then possibly we may. get
clean government.
One of tbe most forcible tariff
speeches ever made in the world was
delivered by Mr. Pitt in the British
house rf peers years ago when he said:
"My lords and gentlemen: To levy a
direct tax of 7 per cent is a dangerous
experiment in a free country, and may
incite revolt, but there is a method by
which you can tax the last rag from
the back and the last bite from the
mouth without causing a murmur
against high taxes, and that is to tax a
great many articles, of daily use and
necessity so iudirectly that the people
will pay them and not know it; their
grumbling then will be hard times,
but they will not know that the bard
times are caused by - taxation.1' Our
Yankee statesmen were not slow to
see the force of his argument, and for
a great many years have successfully
applied his idea. ,
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Cuban Insurgents Marching
Upon the Capital City.
CANT COVER UP FACTS
Weyler Suppresses News of Span
ish Defeat in Havana But Can
not Hide Wounded Sol
diers. America's Bimetallic Commission Meet
ing With Some Encouragement In
ugland The British Cabinet
Will Consider the Matter.-
New York, J uly 15. A Herald dis
patch from Havana eaya ;
The Invasion of Havana province by
insurgent fcrcea on their march west
ward ia now-. an accomplished fact.
The local papers are prohibited from
publishing even accounts of "official"
victories in that province, the object
being to discredit the news of unusual
activity. General Weyler may sup
press news, but he cannot conveniently
hide wounded soldiers, and these keep
coming in.
The Herald's correspondent at Mat
anzas writes that Colonel Alvarez Ar
mandez, with 70 men, was completely
routed July 11 near Jaguey Grande by
the insurgent, General Carillo. The
Spanish lost 20 killed and about the
same number wounded. During the
fight 25 of the Spaniards deserted and
went over to the insurgents.
A report is current and generally be
lieved in Matanzas that tbe insurgents
have attacked and partially burned
Cardenas. There are fully 50C0 rebels
in the vicinity of Matanzas and Car
denas.
General Weyler has not succeeded
in capturing Gomez, and has evidently
given up the idea, for he has left Sancti
Spirltus and is now at Clenfueos on
his way back to Havana.
PKOUBESS OF BIMETALI8.U.
England Wllllngito Enter Into a Confer
ence With France and This Country.
. London, July 15. A joint proposal
of biuaetalism was presented today on
behalf of tbe United Stats and France
at a conference held at- the foreign
office between Baron DeCourcelle. the
French ambassador, representing
France; Ambassador Hay, Senator
Wolcott, former Vice-President
Stevenson and General Paine, rep
resenting the United States; Lord
Salisbury, Sir Michael Hicks-Beacb,
chancelo" of the exchequer, and A. J.
Balfour, first lord of the treasury, rep
resenting England, and Lord George
Hamilton, secretary of state for India,
representing India. Tbe proposals
after some discussion were taken un
der advisement, and the British cabi
net will give its answer at a subse
quent conference.
It is reported this evening that an
international conference will be sum
moned probably to meet in the United
States, with Great Britain participat
ing. All the delegates will be unin
btructed with regard to ratio, although
it is well known that the United States
favors 10 and Franco 15i to one.
According to today's report Eng
land's participation would mean the
reopening of the Indian mint3, and
there ia a prospect of some concessions
as to the Bank of England's reserve
and silver certificates.
Wages of Ohio Miners.
COLUMBUS, O., Jul? 15. President
Hatchford has mailed personal requests
to miners throughout the country ask-
ing for statements regarding the wages
tbey received lor publication lor tne
benefit of the public. Thirty-nine
miners in Sandy creek valley have
been heard from. . Since early in the
spring the wages of these men for each
two weeks has averaged vo.74 each.
The total earnings was $223.98, and for
tbe same period tneir indebtedness to
the operators for rent, provisions, min
ing materials, et., aggregated suiy.zu,
leaving them in denu to tbeir emplov-
ers in tbe sum of $396.71. President
Hatchford says this is a sample of the
conition of the miners.
Cheyennea on the Rampage.
Miles City, Mont., July 14. The
Cheyenne Indians are again making
trouble for white people near the res
ervation. A number oi bucks, armed,
attacked the home of Matt Winter,
firing several shots inside the house.
Mrs. Winter escaped without Injury.
Tbe authorities have asked Senator
Carter to bring the matter before Sec
retary Bliss.
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