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8ATURDAY AUGUST 7.- 1897
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. : SPANISH ATROCITIES.
. Almost every day brings fresh ac
counts of the cruelties practiced' by
' Spanish soldiers in Cuba. The most
dastardly crimes are committed, life
or property is not respected, people
are starved ' or tortured, -still this
Christian government of ours looks on
complacently and if not by word, by
it9 actions, sanctions the atrocities.
- Enough' has been done in the past to
- justify the United States in interfering
between. Spain and her defenseless
subjects in Cuba, but recent events
emphasize the necessity of this govern
ment calling a halt. A New Yoik
Herald correspondent writes to his
.paper as follows regarding what he has
seen in some of the provinces where
the Spaniards hold full sway:
"I was in-Matanzas recently, aDd
while there I witnessed a scene that
-reminded me of the stories of the
treatment of slaves in Africa. I saw a
Spanish inspector of police lash until
they bled, feeble, tottering reconcen
trados in order to force them to do gov-
- eminent work. Matanzas is full of
starving reconcentrados. Every night
' some of them die on the steps of thea
ters or in the hospitals. Except for
private donations they aie absolutely
. helpless. On July 14 a ship arrived
with a cargo of tiles to be used for
, same government purpose. To unload
" tb.9 tiles the police pressed into service
a' great number of reconcentrados.
Tney were too weak to work, too weak
even to drag themselves down to-the
harbor. Some started to work, but
; had not strength enough to carry the
' tiles. Then it was that the police in
spectors appeared and mercilessly beat
women and old men for their inability
to work." -
. : Such accounts as this cause the blood
of a liberty-loving American to boll,
and causes disatisfaction with an ad
mi aistration that will rot heed the de
mands of the people to interfere in the
cause of humanity and insist that Spain
either grant freedom to the Cuban
patriots or conduct a warfare on prin
ciples of civilization. -
men to collect sufficient funds to pre
sent a statue of Washington to France
aa a gift from American women. The
movement has been so quiet as to be
comparatively little known, although
22.000 out of the required $35,000 has
already been raised. The coming im
portant date of 1900 has been named as
the time limit for the erection of the
statute, and this has created liveliness
in furthering the enterprise. Among
the women interested as incorporators
of the movements are Mrs. George
Hearst, of Washington, and Mrs.
Stephen J. Field, wife of Justice Field,
of the supreme court. The sculptor is
Mr. French, and bronze will be the
material used for the figure, which
will be only life size. The gift would
seem a modest one form one nation to
another, but as a gift from certain
women only it is a graceful acknowl
men(of our debt to France.
Excitement over the gold discoveries
in Alaska Is unabated and the rush to
the far North continues. Hundreds of
people are going there poorly provided
for the hardships they must endure,
and there cannot but be much suffering
and loss of life during the coming
winter. It is useless, however, to ad
vise people not to go, for so long as
there are reports of fabulous wealth to
be made, there will be those who will
risk their lives to get it; but it is well
that they should carefully consider the
hardship before them before they make ,
up their minds to embark on so peril
ous a journey.
The fact-ehat Speaker Reed did not
place a single Pacific coast representa
tive upon any of. the important com-,
m it tees when he made the assignment
for the 55th congress is disappointing
not only to the congressmen them
selves but to the entire coast. Ore
gon, Washington and California are
as greatly interested in river and har
bor improvements, coast defense and
public lands as any state in the union,
and should have been represented on
these committees. It has. certainly
been a mistake in thus ignoring the
far west, and will result in loss to the
entire coast in future appropriations.
NEGLECTED ALASKA.
l- 3
BEFOBM BUN WILD.
In New York City, under the leader
ship of Mrs. Montgomery McGovern,
who is described as a charming young
woman, a society has been formed that
is known as an "Association for the
Perfection of the Human Race." The
association, with this rather imposing
j7 - name, announces in a preamble that it
intends to secure the practical realiza
tion of Its alms that are embodied in a
platform of nine planks, by bringing
pressure to bear upon congress and
state legislatures. Some of the princi
ples enunciated are, to say the least,
i rather startling, and propose reforms
that are not based upon sentiment.
' First, it demands that all "deformed,
idiotic and constitutionally diseased
, children Bhall be peacefully electro
cuted. Another plaik provides that
"all inaana nersons or persons of un
sound mind shall beolectrocuted," but
nothing is said about the "peaceful"
operation in such cases. This part of
tfeer niatform aDDears to be rather
1, dangerous, and if rigidly enforced.
would perhaps in times oi exciuuK
.'political campaigns result in the elec
K trocutiod of half or more of the voters,
provided their opponents were made
judges of their mental conditions.
. The cold bloodedness of the declara-
" ? "-- tlons of the association do not stop
' here; for there is a plank which pro
vides thatr whenever any person "lopes
f ' ',- several of his senses he shall ha elec-
trocutedj'and old persons are to be pro
' - '-. '; yided for by pension so long as their
; faculties shall remain unimpaired, but
:. the end with them is the electrical
1 1 chair unless some other form of death
, intervenes. The ninth planki which
Cf . it, . m X -11
, ; is to worn tne Greatest reiurui vi an,
demands that marriage shall be en
i Ysred into only "on a common sense
I -' . !asts men and women .must marry
" their opposltes" sentiment of affec
tion not being allowed to cut any
lgure. The maBy "reforms" de
, Jianded are so radical as to make them
I ibsurd, still the wild-idead association
las trained a membership of several
thousand in the Empire City.
POINTERS FORM LONDON.
Sometimes we are forced to wonder
If the-lfnlted States is an independent
overnment, or If it is still a province
V Great Britain. It . would indeed
Jomo times seem that our boasted in
dependence is only in name, and that
jthe sovereign power that dictates our
policies is'not located in America, but
ihold swav across the waters in the
Vanital nf the British empire. The
price of nearly every product we pro-
Jduceis fixed in London; our wheat,
(wool, meats and cotton are not sold on
American prices, but on the price they
fill command across the water; the
i of our securoties and bonds is
ombard Street, and last fall
of our electors said by their
.should not have a fi-
of our own without the
financiers. Now
it he politics of our
give endorsment
before our
dare put
lis botne-
lociated
.July
Twenty-nine years have passed since
Alaska was organized as a territory,
the organization meaning little except
that It was given a place on the map of
the United States. Even in this year's
political almanacs it fails to reach the
dignity of separate mention. General
tables state that it contains 577,390
square miles, or nearly twelve times
the area of New York, and that up to
1894 it bad sent to the mints about
91,500,000 in gold. The existence of gold
in Alaska has been known for fifteen
years, yet neither for that nor. other
reasons has the United States govern
ment taken any steps toward develop
ing the territory. On the great river
of that region, the Yukon, we are un
derstood to have one postmaster, ap
pointed last year. Congress last week
took action in regard to establishing
a second land office, but land laws as
yet are not in working shape. The
idea that Hawaii would be troublesome
property to look after is not borne out
by the treatment of Alaska as a part of
the national domain. It hs been that
only as an outlying wilderness, receiv
ing no attention.
Whether the most of Ihe newly dis
covered gold deposits are on the Cana
dian side of the line or not is as yet
unknown, but it is certain that the
Dominion has taken more prompt and
effective action in regard to them than
this country has done. .Canada has
maintained a .mounted, police there
for some time, and consequently offers
the settler better local government
than miners' law. The international
boundary has not yet been fixed, which
is to say that - the- settlement of this
matter has been neglected until the
uncertainties connected . with it are
many and pressing. Some of the gold
bearing streams are in doubt in rela
tion to the boundary. One of the Can
adian forts Is said to be. on United
States soil. Tha Canadian claim as ta
the southeast boundary involves the
control of the inland routo to the
Yukou by the Chilcat route. The
danger of complications has been multi
plied by the rush to the mines and a
thousand contentions must now be ad
justed where one existed a year ago.
If congress during the last twenty
nine years had given Alaska some at
tention every year, looking after its
exploration, investigating ite re
sources, and opening its lands for set
tlement, the present situation wouli
have been infinitely improved. The
cost would not have been heavy and it
would have been abundantly returned
in several ways. It is not pleasant to
compare our backwardness with the
activity of the Canadians, whom we
outnumber fifteen to one. No doubt
there isplenty of gold in the streams
and mountains of Alaska with its
breadth of 800 milee west of the Cana
dian boundary. But as matters, stand
the prospector must find it and carry
his, law with him. We haye no police
organization to whom he" can refer a
grievance, and if he writes a letter a
private carrier must be hired to carry
it. We are belated in Alaska, and yet
our communications with the territory
are better than those of Canada. We
have been outstripped in political ad
ministration by a small colonial people.
It is time to wake up on Alaskan af
fairs. Globe-Democrat.
ST ITE TAXES MUST BE PAID.
The state supreme court has rendered
a decision which makes It obligatory
upon county treasurers to pay the state
taxes out of the first money's collected,
exclusive of taxes levied for the main
tainance of the public schools and pub
lic roads. The case decided Is one be
gun in the circuit court for Multnomah
county by the courty judge to compel
the county treasurer to pay outstand
ing county warrants prior to the pay
ment of the state tax. It was avered
by the plaintiff in the case that he
law contemplates the payment of only
such moneys to the state as arise from
the levy for state purposes, and that
all moneys collected from the general
levy should not be applied to the pay
ment of the state tax in preference to
the ordinary obligations of the county.
On the other band, the defendent held
that under section 2813 of Hill's code
he was compelled to pay the state tax
on or before a fixed date, out of the
first moneys coming, into his hands.
This view Is concurred in by the
supreme court and in its decision sets
up this principle of law governing the
case: -
"The section referred to requires the
county treasurer of each county to pay
over to the state treasurer by a certain
time the entire state tax apportioned
to and charged against his county, and
it would be absurd to say that the- leg
islature expected such payment no be
made only from the money collected
on account of what is commonly de
nominated the state tax, when, in the
very nature of . things, It could not all
be collected and paid into the treasury
by the date named. Certainly if an
entire change in the policy of provid
ing state revenues had been intended
by the amendatory act of 1864, it would
have been clearly expressed and not
left to mere inference and conjecture.
The evident purpose of the amendatory
act was to extend the time for the
payment by certain counties of the
state taxes charged against them and
not to change the fund out of which
such payment Bhould be made."
Most .of the countries had paid their
state taxes, either in part or in full,
prior to this decision, but Multnomah
and a few other counties had refused
to pay their indebtedness to the state
until a decision of the supreme court
had been rendered. And now, that
the supreme court has rendered its de
cision, there is no alternative but for
the counties to pay the several
amounts due the state. Since this is
the ultimatum, there will be hoarded up
in the state treasurer's office (or at
least is supposed to be) about $600,000
instate taxes, not applicable to the
payment of any claims against the state,
except It be fixed salaries (and that has
yet to be" determined by the supreme
court) so virtually all of the state taxes
will be withdrawn from circulation.
This will, beyond doubt, cause a scar
city of circulating medium in Oregon,
and it behoves the governor to call an
extra session of the legislature so that
the general appropt iation bill may be
passed, and the money taken from the
people as taxes be returned to them
through the regular channels of pay
ing state expenses. The senatorial
oontest,tbougb-a matter of importance,
should be made of secondary consider
tion, and if the legislative is recon
vened, be not considered until the gen
eral appropriation bill is disposed of
and the state placed in a position
where it can go onto a cash basis.
Sentiment, political . preference and
claims of any individual to the right to
represent the state io the United States
senate are Insignificant when com'
paTBd with the -interests or the tax
payers, and should be so considered
by the governor and the legislators.
vance importations. It is said to be
due to great destruction of Australian,
flocks by drouth, which has put up the
world's price, and- so effects ours in
advance of the taking effect of the
tariff, which naturally would not be
till the surplas was consumed. This
does not carry up prices of woolens, In
spite of the increased duties, because
foreign goods imported before the new
tariff still hold the market, and an
oveVsupply of cotton goods and a large
crop of raw material close mills and
deprees ihe price, in spite of new pro
tective duties."
demand of silver has been cut off
through demonetization, while t he de
mand for wheat remains the same, be
cause it is still a staple of food.
IT . WAS NOT THE - TARIFF-
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
An opinion of vital importance to
.railroads and other . corporations, and
employes generally has just been filed
by the Appellate Court at Mt. Vernon,
Illinoiss. - .
The suit was brought by a former
freight conductor of the road to re
cover $2,000 on a declaration charging
that, although the plaintiff had been a
faithful employe of the railroad, com
pany for ten years, he was discharged
without cause, and that the customary
letter or clearance card, showing time
of service and general capacity, was
refused.
It is alleged that the defendant road
d other railroads nave - a custom.
Wi is charged to be a conspiracy,
employ a discharged employe of
tbo.ut such letter or clearance
court affirms the verdict of
to the conductor. In its
.ourt says:
Hike depriving him (the ;
.right to earn a living 1
i honorable calling,
ch be cannot
regulation c
has
.civil
In view of tne fact that a year ago
the protectionist journals of the nation
were in one accord declaring that all
that was necessary to restore general
prosperity throughout the land was to
enact the McKlnley. tariff law of"lS90
in order to restore universal pros
perity, it is refreshing to note that
some of those same journals are now,
since the election Is passed and the
tariff bill enacted, are ready to admit
that the new tariff bill has nothing
whatever to do with the certain pros
perity that will come to all of America
within the near future. Such journals
now frankly admit that our seeming
prosperity is owing to the misfortunes
of other . countries, the. result of
drouths, etc., over which nature alone
has control.: We are told that even
wool, the price of which a year ago
could only be affected by the enact
ment of a protectional tariff, rose not
because of the passage of the Qlngley
bill, but owing to the destruction of
sheep , in Australia, and too that iron
and steel are not materiaily affected
by the levying of a duty upon imports
because our being an exporter of these
articles. Even the Oregonian, which
only a short time ago was loud in its
demands for protection, makes these
admissions in an editorial headed,
"The Limitations pf the Tariff," that
appeared ia its issue of the 3d, in
which it says;
"1 here has been no advance in the
price of iron and steel, and there will
be none until home demands overtakes
supply and puts and end to export.
The tariff has had no more effect upon
the price of steel and Iron than upon
the price of wheat, and for the same
reason. We sell a surpulus of both
abroad,, and our price is the world's
price. This will rule until increased
home .. demapd for irpn Jakes, up the
surplus, that now goes abroad.-. Then
tariff will take effect and price will
rise.- .
1 "The plainest cause of Improved
business Is the rise in price of and
lucreased demand for American wheat.
The tariff has nothing to do with this;
indeed, it threatens to be an obstruc
tion by shutting out products which
furnish return cargoes for our wheat
ships. . Tbe rise in price of wheat is
due solely to failure of crops in several
countries, India, Australia and Argen
tina, which competed with us for the
supply of the wants of Europe. It is a
mere coincidence that this shortage of
supply occurs at a time when the
United States is changing its tariff.
Yet no other influence has been so
potent in bringing about better times.
Large and steady demand and high
prices for wheat mean larger earnings
for raijrpads, higher prices for stocks
brisker circulation of money, faster
liquidation of debt and increased con
snmpiiou of commodities. Similar ef
fects are justly expected from the set
tlement of tbe tariff and the stimulus
of new duties, but all tariff causes
united will be less potent to bring
them about than the rise In price of
wheat, with which the tariff has noth-
do.
textile manufacturers there has
improvement, but it Is
independent pf the tariff.
s of wool was wholly
ew of the heavy ad-
WE WANT THE BEST.
The Dalles commercial Club has for
some time past had under considera
tion different proportions for advanc
ing the business interests of tbe city
and surrounding country, and has dis
played commendable zeal in formulat
ing plans looking to this end. Among
the different propositions is one for
the purpose of building a narrow guage.
railroad from The Dalles to some point
on the Deschutes river to tap the wheat
fields of Sherman county so as to bring
them in reach of the head of naviga
tion. It is stated that $250,000, (one
half local capital) can be interested in
this enterprise, which It is estimated
will be sufficient to build and equip
the road.
This enterprise is one that is worthy
of consideration, and if carried into
effect would unquestionably result
beneficially to The Dalles. But it would
seem to us that there are other enter,
prises that would prove of more lasting
benefit, and at the same time would re
quire' a less expenditure of money.
If there are $125,000 of local capital
ready to invest in home industries, it
is sufficient to create industries that
will furnish employment for hundreds
of people, who will become consumers
of the products of the surrounding
country, and thus create ar market for
products that now must seek market
abroad. Woolen mills that would em
ploy from 100 to 125 operatives the
year round could be establishen and
set in operation for $75,000. The re
maining $50,000 would start a wool
scouring plant and soap factory that
would employ from 50 to 60 more, or if
these industries are not desirable, such
enterprises as wagon and carriage
factories, iron foundries and agricul
tural implement manufactures would
become valuable additions to tbe now
meager manufacturing industries of
the city.
While we would not discourage tbe
proposed railroad scheme, we cannot
but believe it would fall short of bring
ing the trade here that is expected,
and If it did would not be so benefi
.clal as would enterprises that would
make It possible to inorease our pop
ulation by giv'ng more people employ
ment. The Dalles at present has no manu
manufacturing establishments except
the Diamond flouring mills, the Peters
sash and door factory and the Col
umbia brewery, though from the busi
ness transacted by these establish
ments and benefits derived from the
number of persons to whom they give
employment, one can judge of tbe
benefit factories would be that would
giye employment to one or two hun
dred. Beyond question The Dalles
will always be a great shipping point,
and anything that will tend to retain
or increase the volume of Its shipping
business, as would the proposed rail
road, will be beneficial, but not of
nearly so much benefit as the building
up of enterprises that will create a
steady pay roll for hundreds of
people. , . ... .
. It Is the purpose of tbo Commercial
club to further such enterprises as will
be the best for tbe city and surround
ing country, and with this end in view
it ia well that the very best methods,
those that will create the greatest good,
be selected.
Notwithstanding the fact that about
$600,000 has been paid in The Dalles
for wool this season, there is still a
comparative scarcity of money. This
is evidence of the oft repeated state
ment that wool raising is not the
most beneficial industry of th9 coun
try. Half the money paid out for any
other products that has been expended
for wool would have put money Into
the hands of everybody. When the
wheat harvest is marketed is when the
Dalles will see its prosperous times.
The Oregonian announces that the
Oregon congressional delegation will
arriye from Washington in a few days
and will be given a hearty welcome by
those who are hungry for office. In
this connection it mentions Senator
McBride, ex-Senator Mitchell and
Congressmen Ellis and Tongue, but
says not a word about the return of
"Senator" Corbels. Don't the big
daily consider him in the ring any
longer? If he is a "senator" he ought
to be as much sought after by office
hunters as the rest of the delegation.
Many an overzeaious prospector who
has started for tbe North expecting to
come out next spring a millionaire,
will meet with disappointment when
he reaches tbe British line beyond
Dyea. The line is guarded by mounted
police who turn all back who are not
provided with supplies to last them for
a year. This action on the part of the
Canadian government appears a little
severe,, but it is a timely safe-guard
against loss of life and suffering that
would result if alt who desired were
permitted to go on to Yukon Illy sup
plied with provisions.
. When the powers of Europe under
took to patch up the differences be
tween Turkey , and Greece on' lines
that would bankrupt Greece and at the
same time be of no material benefit to
Turkey, they bit off a pretty big chew.
The Turks will not stand by their
rgreements and the Greelis will suffer
annihilation before they will be robbed
of everything.. About all that is left
now for the powers is to either back
down and let the two nations most in
terested fight it out among themselves,
or confiscate the territory of the two
countries and divide them up among
the European logs. .
But without considering tbe short
age in Russia, that in Argentine,
Australia and India is 57,000,000 bush
els, compared with 1895, and the stock
of wheat in European graineries is GO,
000,000 bushels less than last year. If
the shortage in Russian and Danubian
exports is to be considered a shortage
in production the total reduction of
supply will be 70,000,000 bushels, with
out taking into account the rest of
Europe, or more than 100,000,000 bush
els in all. This is just about the ex
cess of the American crop over that of
last year, v This surplus will all find
market at an advance over last year's
price of at least 20 cents per bushel.
The republican party Is panting to
inorease our foreign trade. Its platforms-
and its congressmen say so
themselves, and the Chicago Times
Herald, the personal organ of the tar
riff barons, say they must have more
foreign trade or close up a part ?f their
factories, while if it was not' for the
export of over seven million bushels of
grain per week, and equally large ex
ports of meats, our farmers could not
buy theic salt. Now, as indicative of
the impetus, the-jew tariff bill wfll
give our foreign trade,' and the way In
which it will help our farmers, tbe
French chamber of deputies has em
powered the government to raise the
duties on wheat, wine, cattle and
meat on twenty-four hours' notice
after fie Dingley bill goes into effect.
THE CANAL IS OURS
Government Must Control the
Niearag-ua Waterway.
PLUM CREEK VICTORY
Twenty More Diggers Join the Ranks
of the Striking1 Coal
Miners.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson Will
Visit Oregon Company With S.i.
000,000 to Operate In the
Gold Field.
DRIFTING TOWARD BONDAGE
For the year ending July 1. there
was a balance of trade in favor of
the United States amounting to $275,
000,000; but the interest on our foreign
debt, freight paid to foreign -hip own
ers and money spent by our tourists
abroad amounted to $311,000,000, so
after exhausting the proceeds of our
immense exportations oi hoaae pro
ducts and settling up our account with
tbe foreigners we were still $59,000,000
behind. Tbe expenditures that run
us thus in debt were for services for
which we receive no tangible return,
and were of a nature which the people
oi a great nation use ours should not
be called upon to bear. When a nation
buys goods abroad it has the goods to
show for its expenditure, but when it
pay sin teres t and transportation to
foreigners it gets nothing visible in
return.
To meet the excess of our obligations
abroad- we. were compelled to export
$40,000,000 of gold and almost $20,000,-
000 of stiver. During the year we pro
duced $50,000,000 gold, but four-fifths
of this was exported to pay Interest on
our debt in Europe, leaving us but
$10,000,000 of standard money to add
to our circulating medium. How long
the resources of this country will stand
pucn a Gram, is a problem that con
fronts the thinking people of the
nation, but that the limit will some
day be reached is a certainty. Still
there seems to be no immediate hope
of the drain being checked. We
are rushing headlong into debt, willing
and anxious to increase our foreign
obligations by selling more bonds on
our municipal credits, light and water
plants and "street railways," in fact
eyery conceivable security we can
pledge, And so long as this mad rush
for accumulating debt exists, and our
ooean traffic is done by foreigners,
they will live off our earnings. This
tax upon our resources is becoming so
great, that if we do not soon quit
borrowing money from abroad, and
establish transportation lines for doing
our -own carrying trade, we will be
owned by Europeans. They will have
America In complete bondage to
Europe, and her people will be tbe
burden-bearers of the world Instead of,
as they should be, the most independ
ent people on earth.
EDITORIAL NOTES,
When Mr. Carlisle said In a speech
in Kentucky a few days ago that pro
tection and free silver are twin doc
trines, and that free trade and the gold
standaud go together, be was theoret
ically correct. There could be no I
greater protection to American indus
tries than the opening of our mints to
the free coinage of silver, and nothing
will briag us to a free - trade basis
quicker than the gold standard. .
The Oregonian devotes considerable
space to proving that silver and wheat
do not. keep pace as to price; but it
does not take into .account the fact
there has been a famine which caused
a shortage in the supply of wheat, while
there has been no famine in the silver
mines, neither doe it show that the I
An Extra Dividend. 1
New York, Aug. 5. The Standard
Oil trust has declared another dividend
of 2 per cent in addition to its regular
quarterly dividend of 3 per cent.
The trust's capitalization is over
$100,000,000, and tbe dividend will
amount to $5,000,000. The trust's profits
to date amount to nearly $150,000,000,
on an average $10,000,000 a year. The
last dividend whows that the' trust's
profits amount now to over $20,000,000
a year, Standard Oil stock rose 7
points on the announcement of the
dividend.
Coaldealen Apprehensive.
Cleveland, - Aug. 5. Cleveland
coal men are viewing the coal strike
situation with much apprehension.
They are deeply Interested in a mass
meeting to be held in Cleargeld dis
trict in Pennsylvania, whioh the strike
has not reaohed,
Advices in Cleveland are to the ef
fect that De rmitt's mines are para
lyzed, and the feeling here is that
there may be an absolute tie-up.
Heavy Rainstorm Strikes Colorado.
Dexveh, Aug. 5. Heavy rains have
caused many thousands of dollars
worth of damage in and about the city.
Several bridges across Cherry creek
have been washed away. Patrick
Murray, a laborer, was thrown into
the creek by the caving of a bank and
was drowned. , An unknown man who
attempted to ford the creek on horse
back was al&o swept away.
" When lor
knockr at -a wo
man's heart he
usually comes in
disguise. Doesn't
want it knows
what he's up to.
f-f she few all
about the little
rascal, would she
Jet him in 1 That's a question.
Women are apt to look noon
love and marriage as purely
a matter of sentiment and af
fection. That is pretty nearly
Tight ; yet tiers is practical
aide to It too ; and the best way
to preserve the ideal aspect of
marriage and maternity is not
to forget the practical part of
it, - A woman cannot be a thor
oughly happy wife and mother
unless the distinctive physical
organism of her sex is in a
healthy and viperous condi
tion. The best friend that wo
man ever had is the " Favorite
Prescription," of Dr. R. V.
Pierce, Chief Consnltinr Phy
sician of the Invalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute, Buffalo,
N. Y. The " Prescription," is
perfect and infallible remedy lor every
form of "female weakness." It cures by
restoring health and strength to the inter
nal mrstnintn vrhirfa cannot he reached by
" local applications ; " tnus tne cure ram-
Mel
Washington, Aug. 4. No matter
what the attitude of the Greater Re
public of Central America may be, it
is the intention of the administration
to recommend govermental control of
the Nicaragua canal when congress
assembles next December. This was
made plain at a conference at th state
department participated in by As
sistant Secretaries Adee and Oidler,
Senator Morgan, former Senator
Miller and - Mr. Merry, the recently
appointed minister to Nicaragua, Sal
vador and Costa Rica, regarding the
complications which have been grown
out of the refusal of the governments
of Nicaragua and Salvador to receive
Mr. Merry.
It is practically decided that Mr.
Merry shall go to Costa Rica, and that
the headquarters of the legation shall
be transferred to that country from
Nicaragua. No steps will be taken to
make the transfer, however, until the
governments of Nicaragua and Salva
dor have again been beard from.
The administration believes there is
no necessity of entering even into a
new convention with Nicaragua with a
view to securing authority for the con
struction of a waterway. The pro
gramme which will follow will be
based on the provisions of the conven
tion now in force, as well as the con
cession which was granted to an
American company by the Nicaraguan
government for the construction of
the canal. This concession will not
expire for three years.
The Walker commission, which has
been holding meetings at the state de
partment, will make a preliminary
report to congress at the beginning of
the session, setting forth its estimate,
snouia tnis report snow tnat tne cost
wilL not be greater than $100,000,000
the president will probably have some
thing to say in his first annual message
in regard to the advisability of the
passage of a bill by congress guaran
teeing the construction' of the canal
under governmental control.
THE AUNtiBS ARE COmtSG OCT.
Strikers at Ie. Armltt's Mines Have Won
a Victory.
Pittsburo, Aug. 3. The strikers
are slowly winning their points about
De Armitt's mines. They have al
ready practically closed the Sandy
Creek and Oak Hill mines, and the
Plum Creek men are ooming o it
in small bodies. The marchers clai in
they have succeeded in inducing thoe
oi tne minors woo live at (Joalport to
join the ranks.
The Plum Creek miners living at
Center, near the pit mouth, entered
the mine, some of them in the usual
way and others through an opening
that was not guarded. ' "
here&re350jnen near the mine
and as soon as possible a larzC tent
will be procured for them to sleep in.
They have a brass band, and. this
morning their larder was added to by
a wagon-load of provisions. At 4 a. m.
they left camp and went to the main
entrance of the mine, leaving ' the
center pit unguarded, through which
most of the diggers at work passed. Tt
being impossible to induce the men to
oo roe to the meetings, tbecampers had
a committee to call at the houses of the
miners and talk over the situation.
The miners in camp near Sandy
Creek began their maroh at 3:20 a. m.
and took a position near the pit mouth.
The Turtle Creek campers, numbering
2000, divided into two bodies at 4 a. m.
One party stopped at. the new town
and tbe other continued up the road
until they came to the pit mouth.
They remained until 6 o'clock, when
oeing satisnea tnat out lew men
entered tbe mine, tbey returned to
camp. . .
TBOVBUS IN THE ORIENT.
Chloeae Pirates Captor a British Steamer
and attack Christian Btlaslons.
San Francisco, Aug. 3. The
steamer Belgic arrived today - from
Hong Eong and Yokahoma. via Hono
lulu, bringing the following Oriental
advices: ;
' News has been received from Hong
Kong of the capture of the British
steamer Pegu by Chinese pirates on
July 14. ' A gang of Chinese took pass
age on the Pegu, and while at sea
murdered Captain Ross and seven of
his crew and wounded 18 others. They
looted the ship and fled to the Acben
coast. The people are Mohammedans
and are noted for being desperate
characters.
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nough ?
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Don't look at the thermometer f
every day but "Keep Kool"when
obliged to go out by carrying one jf
of our elegant SUN SHADES. 3
Don't cost much to get one not 3
if you buy it at : : : : ff
Saturday Special Sale.. J
Plain Black and
Fancy Sun Shades-
: : At two-thirds Regular Price. : : zzz
Discount of One-Third - j
For Saturday Only . . . J
ALL GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIQURES
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campers at central school house. They
were reinforced by large bodies from
Sandy and Turtle creek. The coin
bined forces arrived at the mine at 3 A.
M., remaining until 6 o'clock, when
they marched back to camp, taking
with them in triumph 20 diggecs, who
came out. .
The demonstration against tbe De
Armitt mines has bad the effect of de
creasing their capacity from 340 to 42
cars.
The hearing of President Dolan and
other miners' officials charged with
riot and unlawful assemblage, ' Is . set
for 2 o'clock this afternoon. Th case
will be dropped by the defendants glv
Ing bail for the court and anolle
prosse being entered later.
The miners at Scbmick's mill, on the
Redstone branch of the Pennsylvania
railroad, came out today and the mines
are once more closed down. When
the news was received in this city the
price of coal jumped to $1 a ton, and
tbe brokers said prices were likely to
advance to $1.50 before next week.
President VV. P. DeArmitt, of the
New York & Cleveland Gas Coal Com
pany, says his men are not on a strike.
ana not in sympathy with tbe move
ments '
"They have been intimidated," he
said, "and i have-no doubt' all would
return to 'worn it tne strikers fen-
camped at tbe different .mines .would
be withdrawn."
iv
Ml mtnnft and ftnnntitntional.
Dr. Pierce's eminent reputation as a phy
sician of wide learning-; and his special
knowledge of the delicate and Intricate or
ganism of women, accounts for the unpar
alleled confidence, which women place in
his "Favorite Prescription," over every
other remedy. Its use obviates the neces
sity of dreaded ""examinations" and the
stereotyped "local treatments."
Dr. R. V. Pierce. Dear Sir s I suffered fourteea
years with female weakness, nervousness. ;n
general debility, trying everything J could find
To help me all to no avail. I then heard of
Tlr Pirre' mHleine and althoueh I WSS UlOtl
ighly discQuraneii; I th6ug1it I rould try pne
more to find relief. 7 took yonr 6 Golden Medico)
: t. i ii I. T. 1 1 i nllnn 'an1 ind
fuwwry MU titwiwiimwiw
treat oraiae cannot be given tor the rapid, relief
they gave me. I am now free from tne lormer
troubles. - Very sincerely yours.
(Mrs.)
' ft U Box & Sara ton.
If f Santa Clara Co., 91
On July 19 the Chinese at Wu Chen
attacked and destroyed the mission of
the Plymouth Brethren - aDd - were
about to attack the Catholic mission
when the soldiers interfered, The
attack on Plymouth mission '-was
brought about by the report that the
missionaries naa killed a child. u
A mob of Chinese attacked tbe
ladies' home boarding-school, where
five white women had taken refuge.
Just as the mob broke in tbe door the
women escaped through the back gate
to the "house of Mr. Biandford. Tbe
mob demolished tbe ladies' home and
then proceeded to the Biandford place
and attacked it. Tbe people there
escaped into the hills, where they hid
all night in the darkness. The Bland
ford place was looted and burned. The
mob then proceeded to the Catholic
mission, but by this time tbe soldiers
bad been summoned and dispersed the
rioters. Next day the five women and
the Blandfords jrere taken away on a
boat. .
VICTORY 4T fLUK CBEF.K.
Twenty More Diggers Join the Banks of
the Strike.
Pittsburg, Aug. 4. The striking
miners gained another victory at Plum
Creek this morning by inducing 20
more diggers to oin the rank. This
leaves the mine working with about
half the force of yesterday. The New
York & Cleveland Gas Coal Company
claim that all the Plum Creek miners
are working, where the strikers say
that not more than 40 men are work
ing in the pit. Tbe complete closing
of the mine might be expected within
a few days.
Tbe march to Plum Creek was com
menced at I o'clock this morning by
Affairs In liwall.
San Francisco, Aug. 3. The
steamer Belgic arrived from the Orient
via Honolulu, this morning, and
brought the following Hawaii advices
under date of July 27:
The arrival of the steamer Moano
from San F-ancisco. due here July 29,
means much for Hawaii. In close of
ficial circles it is generally understood
that United States Minister Sewell
will carry out his instructions received
in the last mail, which are said to be
to the effect that If the Moano brings
word that congress failed to pass the
annexation treaty, then Minister
Sewell is to declare a protectorate and
rise . the American flag. Minister
Sewell has had frequent consultations
with President Dole within the past
week and it is believed that they have
agreed upon a programme.
It is said that in view of the attitude
of Japan, Secretary Sherman is of the
opinion that the United States' pro
tection is the only way to prevent
hostile action during the intervening
months before congress reconvenes.
- To Operate la the Gold r "touts.
New York, Aug. 4. The North'
west Mining & Trading Company has
been organized here, with an author
ized capital of $5,000,000, for . the
purpose of exploring the gold fields of
EDICT FROM MADRID
Government Weary of
Do-Nothing Policy.
the
A CARGO OF MINERS
The Steamer Cleveland Leaves Seat
tle With Another Invoice of Pros
pectors Bound for Clondyke.
Oil Trust Stock a Valuable Investment
Coaldeolera are Beginning to Realize
the Magnitude of the Utrihe
Colorado Uets s Soaking.
to
Alaska and the Northwest territory,
and to develop and operate -such valu
able discoveries as may be made and
also to establish trading posts at the
various mining camps and a regular
line of transportation between tbe
United States and such camps.
Will Km Insure Oold Hunters.
Chicago, Aug. 3. A Chicago agent
of the Travelers' Insurance Company,
at ' Hartford. Conn., has received in
structions from tbe borne office not to
Insure any person going to the Clon
dyke region. It Is a risk that tbe com
pany does not d&sire to take on ac
count of the extreme ex.tra hazard and
because when deaths take place tbe
difficulty of obtaining facts makes tbe
settlement of claims too difficult to be
practicable.
Wllaoa Will Visit Orrgoo
Chicago, Aug. 4. Within a short
time Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
will make a report on the condition of
the Western states as regards the
culture of beets for sugar. Tbe cabinet
official is in this city on his way-to the
west. He will visit utan, Montana.
Oregon, Idaho and a number of other
Western states witntn tne idea or in
vestigating the conditions for growing
sugar beets,
Nevv York, Aug. 5. A dispatch
the Herald from Havana says: i
. It is rumored that General Weyler's
departure for Matanzas was due to or
ders direct from Madrid, sending him
to the front. Weyler made prepara'
tions to take the field some days ago.
but according to a statement made by
an officer at the palace, he delayed -his
departure' In order to mature a plan to
entrap General Castillo. ;
The captain-general is severely criti
cised for not -having taken .the field
earlier. For three weeks now bands
of insurgents have been swarming into
fMatanzas and even Havana.'. They
haye raided small towns and made
demonstrations before large towns.
They have landed expeditions and bad
time to organize.- Yet General Wey
ler contented himself with remaining
on the defensive and only retaliating
on the insurgents by issuing decrees
that considerably aggravated, the suf
ferings of the unfortunate reconcentrados
Public opinion with regerd to Wey
ler's policy is beginning to manifest
itself. Business is at a standstill, and
tbe mere rants throw the blame upon
the government. Tbey say General
Weyler's edicts practically restrict
them from doing business with the In
terior. Insurgents recently entered Esper
anza, a railroad town of 3000 persons.
There they met with some" resistance,
and there was considerable fighting in
the streets. According to official ac
counts the insurgents left 20 killed
when they finally retired.
In Havana province on Sunday last
insurgents attacked Santiago de las
Vegas, five leagues from the capital. !
A band was playing in the park at the
time and most of the citizens were out
promenading. A panic was threat-'
ened, but the .Spanish officials kept
their heads and took prompt steps to
pass via pack train and canoes down '
the river. (
Among the passenger on the Clev
eland were H. I. Hutchinson; of
Chicago, son of "Old Hutch," tbe
grain speculator. Captain P. M. Ray
and Lieutenant Ridbardson, U. S. A.,
who will be followed next spring by 60
soldiers from Fort Russell.
At present there are but two steam
ers on the Yukon, but in the spring
there will be ten, two owned by private
people from Puget souqd.
A Compromise Effected.
Birmingham. Ala., Aug. 3, Tha
Tennessee Coal, Iron &, Railroad
Company has compromised with the
Blue Creek miuers and signed a new
scale of 28 cents a ton. These mines,
which are the only ones In the state
now Idle, will resume at once, giving
employment to 1000 men.
Land Transfers ' ; i
T. H. Johnston and wife td Paretta .
J. Chase, blks IS and 17 in the 4th ad
addition to town of Duf ur, $400. '
The Oregon Mortgage Co,, limited
to Wm. H. Odell, ne i seo 32, 1 1 s, r
15 e, $800.
K. and H. Hansen to Paul K. Paul
sen, lots d, e and f In blk 39, Fort .
Dalles addition to Dalles City, 1180.
Sarah Ji and J. L. Henderson to
John Brown, lots 1. 2 and 3 tn blk 9.
Erwin & Watson's second addition to
Hood River, $25. ,
F. W. and Ella Sllvertooth to A.
Gerhres, lots 4, 5, blk 3, Loughlln's ad
dition to Antelope, $435.
A. B. and Clara E. Jones to J. M.
Dennison, lots 1 and 2, blk 3, Wacom a -addition
to Hood River, $750.
Andrew Urqubeart to Hans Hansen,
lots I and J, blk 39, Dalles Military
Reservation addition to Dalles City,
$100.
THE.
Gary House Bar
Prineville, Oregon.
Presided over by Joe Hinkle.
Carries the best brands
Wines, Liquors a Cigars
When in that city call on Joe.
HARRY HEBE,
'Practical
AND DEAI.EK?Hr
dock: Watches, Jewelry, Etc.
EEPAIBINO A SPEOIAUY.
TOOT
THE DA.LLES.
BLOCK,
- - - OREGON
Farm For Sale.
repel the insurgents. There was brisk
firing in the streets for a time, but
eventually the insurgents were forced
to retreat.
Four hundred Insurgents under Gen
eral Castillo attacked La Chora, a town
three miles nearer Havana, on the
same night. Castillo was not able to
enter the town, but kept up a fire on
the fort9 all night. He also used -dynamite
with great effect, throwing
bombs into tbe town and destroying
several public buildings. ;
The authorities determined on the
following morning to be revenged on
some one, and arrested tbe family of
Morales Bottelas, because the daughter
of the bouse was the affianced of Cas
tillo's late chief of staff,
Morales, their daughter and two chil
drew were taken outside the town, or
dered to kneel down and were fired
upon by a squad of Spanish soldiers.
Morales, his wife and one child were
killed at the first volley. The daugh
ter and ber seven-year-old brother
were wounded, and left on the ground.
They will die. .
TBE CtKVetihD OFF TOR ALASKA ' V1avan If 11 G.,tK r nm,
A . Stock Farm of 320 acres deeded
laud, having altogether about 400 acres
under ! good fence, with commodious
house ' and outbuildings. This farm is
situated near Bridee creek, iro miles
... . southeast of The Dalles, on The Dalles
ear. ana lira. nj -;arlvnn ritv maA Mnt r -..r.-
ning water, good growing orchard, and
80 acres in cultivation, Terms easy.
Enquire at the Times-Moumtaikker
office. The Dalles, Or.
Ranch 'For Sale
She Sailed Front Seattle Carrying
Gold Seekers.
SOO
Will Close Up Its Affairs.
New York, Aug. 4. The banking
house of James G. King's Sons,
founded In 1847, and formerly one of
the principal banking firms of the city,
Is going out of business. The business
has been long dwindling and what re
mains will be taken oyer by Baring,
Magouu & Co.
. Grand Jury of Millionaire. -
New York, Aug, 3. The August
grand jury sworn in today Is composed
chiefly of millionaires whose aggregate
wealth is estimated at $133,000,000,
The foreman of the jury ia Jqseph J.
Kittel, a retired merchant, and among
those on the list are William G, Rocke
feller, Horace F. Storme, Thomas P.
Dewit, J. Stanley Isaacs and Philip
Daly.
Seattle,. Aug. 5. The steamship
Cleveland, nnder charter to the North
American Transportation & Trading
Company, sailed for St. Michaels to
day with 200 gold-crazy prospectors
bound for the Clondyke diggings, and
carrying 1000 tons of freight. The
passengers and freight "will be trans
ferred to river steamers at St. Michaels
and the long journey up the Yukon
river to Dawson City, a distance oi
1800 miles, and from Seattle a total
distance of 4200 miles, begun.
The Cleveland is the last boat this
year to connect witn x axon ooats
from Si, Mlohaels. Twelve or 15
more steamers am yet to leave for
Alaska this month with prospectors
for the Yukon, but all will go to Dyea
and take the land route over White
Dalles.
NWX S. 1, EK NEK SW! of MEM. KWH
of SEU See. tlSo! 14 E.; also 8 K ol SEX of
Sec. 30. township I N. of range 14 E.
. : Consideration, $2,100. :
One half down and ba) vice in five yearly pay
raentK. with interet a it percent. Nearly aU
enclosed, with 120 sores under cultivation: good
bearing orchard, house, barn and other small
buildlnirs; plentf of water and shade, and IS
aores of bottom land suitable for fruit of all
kinds. For further particulars caU on
s. w.
S3m3
MASON,
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