f . The sympathy of the whole civilized
world should be extended to the strik
ing miners in Pennsylvania, Ohio, In
diana and West Vireinia. who are
making a heroic and peaceable strug
gle against the worst and most tyran
nical system that has ever found a
Vfoothold in this country. In many of
Iy-tQ,mina the condition of the miners
has been, worse than that 01 slaves.
- " The average' day's wages paid life
miners has been forty-two cents and
s they have been obliged to live in the
- company's houses.; and trade at. the
company's stores, the amount oi tneir
bill beingdeducted from their wages
- i on. pay day. In addition to thi9 they
'2 .were forced to sien a contract that
f r they would forfeit all wages due them
if thev auit the company's employ
iwithont civiner a month's notice. It
;'r was rarely these, poor devils ever saw
f - the color of th money they . earned
'and owinsr UKthe exorbitant Drioes
. nharcrAfl at. rhft eomnanv's stores most
- oi uem were iu ueuu ii luo iHimpnuj
f , It is almost incredible that such a
state of affairs could have been allowed
' . to exist In this country for so long a
'-" ' time. The squalid misery of these
miners and their families is beyond de
scription. Thev have endured for
years a greater amount of cruelty and
; ' oppression than was ever practiced
v upon the black slaves ot tne aoutn Dy
; the old slaveholders. It was policy for
4U -1....mHAHn tnaat tKain olaUPtt
with some decree of humanity, for
they represented just so much money
in the slave market, but with t be mine
- owners it is different. Miners may die
of starvation, disease and- exposure,
but it is always easy enough to corrall
enough unfortunates to take the place
of those who die and consign them to
a living death In th" bowels of the
earth.. It is a disgrace to the boasted
liberty and freedom of this country,
and It Dlaces the Pe Armitis, the Han-
nas and the other eoal mine owners of
the Eastern spates in the same category
with the murdering Turks, who are
even more humane to their victims,
for they put them out . of their suffer
ings in a few hours time at the most,
while the cruelty of the mine owners
extends over a period of many years.
Spokane Chronicle. .
HOT AND RUBBISH.
'V
The Albany Herall recently pub
lished the following silly item copied
from the New York Tribune:. "The
farmers of Oregon, Washington and
- Idaho, like those of Kansas and Ne
braska, are rapidly . paying off their
mortgages without descending to a
silver basis as a. preliminary. . Oyer
.them, with the coming harvest, plenty
leaps laughingly to life, with her re
dundant horn, and, under the baptism
of its advance, most; of the political
"heresies which have bewildered and
misled them will be drowned like
gophers out of their holes."
'.i This is but a sample of the rot thai
is published by the gold presQjl the
country tojao"7';PDenenclent eI"
fects of the gold standard and the en-
- actment of a '. republican protective
r policy. They seek, to give credivfor
the abundant grain yield to the main
. 'tainanoe of the gold standard and the
enactment of a protective' tariff. To
these -two influences they lay the
failure of crops , throughout Europe,
Australia" and . South American that
cause the present high price of wheat,
; and also intimate that the abundant
crops in America are due to the same
influence. .', ,
. Such rubbish as this has little effect
"though it shows to w has strait some
people arerflriven in order to bolster
- up their pet hobles. That we are on
the eve of a prosperous time is certain,
'and everybody rejoices that this is so,
but.what would be the prosperity if
our mints were today open to the free
coinage of silver. , In. the first place,
wheat would instead of being worth 70
cents a bushel be selling at $1.50, and
demand would be increased though the
medium of 150,000 or 200.000 miners be
ing employed digging silver from the
mines in the Rocky mountains. The
fact is, we, are verging upon a season
of prosperity in spite of the gold stand
ard, but it is nothing to what it . would
be if silver, one of our great products,
' were given its rightful place beside
gold as a money metal.
admit of even a liberal construction
being placed upon their motives.
But be their motive whatever it may,
their ait cannot but receive-sensure,
and we regret that the authorities here
dealt so leniently with these Chicago
ans. The robbing of graves is one of
the most detestablecrimes conceivable,
and even though the grave be
that of an Indian does not lessen the
crime. The-' remains of an Indian are
as dear to his progeny as are those of
the most favored or most renowned
white man. The Indian reveres his
ancestor's bones the same as does his
white brother. They are'as dear to
him as are the ashes of Washington,
Lincoln or Grant to the American
people,' therefore they should not be
permitted to be made the prey of even
the the student of science,, especially
such slaves of science as the ones un
der discussion who would deplete a
whole grave yard in order to satisfy
their greed. . ,
WHEAT IS KING.
The gold kings of Klondike and the
silver kings of the Rocky mountains
must take a back seat this year while
the sturdy farmers of America will take
positions in the front rank. For many
yea.-s wheat raisers have been "in the
soud" as it were; crops have been
light while prices have ranged low,
But this yeae is an exception. Abund
ant crops are being harvested every
where, and the outlook for prices is.
most flattering. The farmer who raises
.from 2,000 to 3,000 bushels is assured
a. good income, with enough left
, after making himself and 'family
stable for'the present, to leave
in the bank or to apyly on
Redness. And those who
I "bushels upward are
id before winter shall
from debt and bavo
be oft repeated
llty. all real
farmer. He
e wortd is
country.
.indant
hers
THE. OUTLOOK FOR CATTLE.
Cattle raising has for many years
been a leading industry of Eastern
Oregon, and has been one of the prin
cipal sources of wealth, and through
the ruling high prices that have pre
vailed for beef the past six months,
has received renewed impetus. But
an examination of the causes that
brought about recent high prices does
not justify the belief that the cattle
business will improve or even hold its
own another year. It was not an ad
advanco in the price of beef or an in
creased demand that caused the rise
this year, however a few more cattle
were shipped to Europe this year than
ever before.
The primary cause of the rise in the
price of cattle was the immense crop
of corn raised in the Middle-Western
states in 1896 and the low price of feed
prevailing. With corn at from 6 to' 16
cents a bushel in the Mississippi valley
it was possible for buyers to come
west and pay good prices for cattle to
feed. They could pay from 823 to $25
per head.for steers, ship them east to
the corn producing country, and after
feeding them from three to six months
put them on the market at the custom
ary price of beef, and thus make a
profit on their corn. Such conditions
will not exist next year: The demand
for wheat, caused by the shortage of
crops througnout the world, will cause
a rise in the price of corn to such a
figure that it will no longer be profit
able to ship cattle half wayacross the
continent to be fed. This will reduce
the demand for Oregon cattle to .the
Pacific coast markets, and unless this
is stimulated by an increased demand
that may come from Klondyke, prices
will rule lower uext year. But should
75.000, or 100,000 miners find employ
ment in the. northern regions next
season, ' they will require immense
quantities .of beef, and mus( be sup
plied from . thooiPac.ific" epaafctafces.
WUhiit-chr--airncreased"demandI
our cattle raisersmustbe content with
lower prices than" they realized this
season.
f.
HE SHOULD RESIGN.
1
V
ng
"SI
It now seems to bo an assured fact
that Prof. Chapman will not resign the
presidency of the state university, he
having telegraphed his intention to
return to EugeDe before the date fixed
for the opening of the school. Having
been re-elected president of the uni
versity, it is a matter of choice with
Prot..Chapman whether he retains the
position or not, yet it would seem that
better judgement would have dictated
that bb resign. Whether in the right
or wrong-, the opposition that has been
raised to his being retained at the
head of the school cannot be overcome.
The efficiency of the institution cannot
but be affected so long as one who has
incurred the disp'easure of a large
number of the students and a consider
able portion of the citizens of the city
iu .which the university is located.
For the university" to be a perfect
success as the leading educational in
stitution of the state, .perfect harmony
must exist between the faculty, the
board of regents, the students and the
citizens of Eugene. This can never ex
ist with Prof. Chapman as president.
So long-as be is president of the uni
versity there will be discord and dis
sention. It is a lamentable fact that
one man's ambition to be vindicated
or to retain control of an institution
where at least a. respectable minority
of Its. patrons does not want blm,
should hold on to the position, for he
can neither do himself nor the school
ju stice. ; It would certainly be the
best for the school and lor Prof. Chap
man also if he would resign. He may
be blameless of all charges made
against him,' but this will not remove
the adverse feeling- that exists, for
however blameless he may . be, those
who .desire his removal will, never,
cease their clamor so long as be is rec
lamed at the head of the school.
ress.
fait that
metal has
atus of silver,
money will here-
its necessity as a con-
diary -coin to gold, and
lend?r quality restricted to
small amounts. Walla Walla Union.
What Senators .Tone and Stewart
really said would not lead to the be
lief that they have abandoned silver or
have given up hopes of its ultimate
use as a money metal. What Mr.
Stewart said was:
"There is no room for pessimism in
this country, no one can be a bear in
the face of the wheat famine in Argen
tina, Russia, Hungary and India. In
view of these conditions abroad I
should not be surprised to see silver
sell for 25 cents and wheat as high
as a. dollar.
"There is nothing in talking silver
at the present time, and my advice to
my friends in the West is to fall in
line with the forces of prosperity and
progress and receive their duo share
of (he reward."
These expressions do not imply that
Mr. Stewart is not as firm an advocate
of silver today as he has ever been.
He" aim ply recognizes in the calamities
that have befallen other countries a
season of prosperity that can only be
temporary.
The expressions of Senator Jones
are of like tenor. In the interview in
which the Union claims he abandoned
silver, he said:
"Silver is falling in the com
mon price because of a falling off
in the demand for it as money. Japan
has gone onto a gold basis and so les
sened the demand for silver. Besides
there has been, because of universal
hard times, a great falling off in purch
ases in the East. The Oriental coun
tries use silver as money and our pur
chases are paid for in that metal
The demand has been cutoff by reason
of the hard times.
"I am not opposed to prosperity
through any increase in gold. The
republicans are very lucky, and I con
gratulate them on the fact that this
great discovery falls within their -administration.
I believo a great deal
of gold will be found in Alaska, and
it is certain to restore prosperity, for
which the republicans will claim and
receive the credit. I shall welcome
Its return whether gold or silver,
Much glorification and congratulation
is heard over the fact thatour Western
wheat is going up to a dollar because
of a famine In Argentina, Russia, In
dia and othercountrios. I do not like
to think that our prosperity is founded
upon destitution and starvation in
foreign nations. I want a flood of
money to turn the idle mill wheels and
irrigate the waste plains of our land.
Mr. Jones simply reiterates his oft
repeated statements, that there can be
no general prosperity without an in
crease in the amount of circulating
medium, whether it be gold, silver or
paper. He sees in the discovery of
rich gold fields in Alaska and in the
srreat demand for American wheat a
certainty ot an increase in the money
of this country,' which cannot but re
sult in a rise J ny alues of all com
modities. Instead of deserting silver
Senators Jones and Stewart simply
are waiting for the beneficial results
of the temporary increase In money to
pass, then they will again take up the
silver cause. '
uesig-
said board;
e drawn out oniy
orders signed by the
and countersigned by the
a of the board of nducatiou;
l!ijat the order made on the superin
tendent of public Instruction at a
meeting of the board of education in
November, 1895, requiring him to pay
overall fees collected by him to the
board of education, be ammended so
as to read as follows:
"That each member of the board
forthwith report to the chairman the
amount collected by him, if any, siune
he became a member thereof for teach
ers' diplomas and certificates, and
from whom received, and that he turn
over to said depository all such funds
in his possessfon."
The governor and secretary of state
at once reported that no moneys had
come into their hands as members of
the board, but Supt. Irwin asked for
time to make his report. When it is
made the people of the state will be
surprised to learn the vast amount
that has been collected as fees for
granting state diplomas and certifi
cates and have quickly found their way
into the superintendent's pocket in
stead of being turned over to the state
treasurer for an institute fund as the
law co atera plates. The amount will
far exceed the superintendent's salary,
although it is ample to satisfy' the
ordinary taxeater.
THE CAUSE OF BETTER TIMES
While the state of Washington,
says the Walla Walla Statesmen, un
der a fusion administration, is enjoy
ing a season of prosperity, there are
other states in this union that are very
much depressed. Look- at Pennsyl
vania, with her strikes! That is Mc
Kin ley prosperity. Evon Oregon was
not blessed with as large a wheat crop
as her neighbor Washington. Apply
ing arguments of good republicans this
must surely be attributable to the
state administration. Several mouth
pieces of the national administration
gave McKinley all the credit for the
abundant wheat crop. Away with all
such nonsense and give the credit
where it is due. The districts especi
ally enjoying better times are in the
west, and this condition is directly at
tributable to one of the largest wheat
crops we have ever had. The strikes
and general discontent in eastern man
ufacturing states would not indicate
that the McKinley prosperity boom
has struck them very bard.
ED1TOU1AL NOTES.
The Spokesman-Review claims that
Eastern Washington's crop will foot
up a total of 20,000.000 bushels and at
60 cents a bushel this will bring into
that, section $12,000,000. Wages in the
harvest fields range this season from
91.50 to $4 a day and men are scarce at
even these figures. The Spokesman
Review thinks under the stimulus of
so much money "business will beoome
brisk in every line Mortgages will be
lifted, notes will be paid," store ac
counts will be settled, and the credit of
the country will be put back to the
high standing it had before the panic
ofl893.y What is true of -Eastern
Washington is true 01 eastern Oregon.
The wheat crop here will be immense,
and will be the real cause of tho pros-
irlty -which will visit this section
iring the next six months. What
jjperity we experience must be at-
to the abundant supply here
hortag of the crop in Europe,
ustralia.
in idea that avoout two-
M taken out of ber aoii
blonial treasury will
here is nothing
8ian territory.
back across
irele City
lua be
ABOUT RIVER IMPROVEMENTS
. Hon. W. B. Hooker, of New York,
chairman of the house committee on
rivers and harbors, and Hon. J. S
Sherman, also of New York, chairman
of the committee on Indian affairs,
who have been visiting Portland and
Astoria, have gone to California, but
will return in a few days, when they
will make a trip on the Columbia and
Willamette rivers, with the view of
examining the government works and
seeing what is needed. They will no
doubt visit the locks at the Cascades
and also the site of the proposed boat
railway from the Dalles to Celilo, and
the future of the latter improvement
will rest largely upon the report which
Mr. Hooker shall make. If be finds
the proposed road will ba a benefit to
the country to justify the expenditure,
he will likely favor his committee
recommending liberal appropriations
for this improvement. The report he
will make with reference to the boat
railway, probably will be governed
largely by the results attained by the
completion of the locks at the Cascades,
If he finds that the expenditure of
rome $3,000,000 on the locks has been
the causa of reducing transportation
rates to the people within reach of the
river, and concludes that good results
can be obtained by removing obstacles
to navigation at the fails above, no
doubt . his report will be favorable,
But we fear his investigations will not
show such -beneficial results from an
open river as might be expected, in
which instance Mr. Hooker will be
loath to recommend any further ex
penditures for improving the 'upper
Columbia.
if
COMING TO THEIR SENSES.
Far years past the office of superin
tendent of public instructions in Or
egon has been looked upon as a perfect
sineoui e, and in fact' with all the per
quisites thereto attached, was a for
tune to any one holding it four years.
Under the skillful manipulation of
Prof. McElroy, legislatures were in
duced to pass laws the prime objects of
which were to build up emoluments for
the superintendent's office until it be
came a public disgrace, and it was a
common saying that whenever the
doty professor wanted a few more
feathers for his nest all he had to do
was "to prepare a bill revising the
school laws, present it to the legislat
ure, 'and it would readily become a
law.
Finally the clamor for reform in
that branch of the state government
has become so great that the members
of the state board of education, except
the superintendent, have begun to
come to their senses, and determined to
relieve themselves of responsibility
for fees collected in the superintend
ent's office not being paid Into the
statys treasury, have adopted the follow
ing:
'Whereas It 1st provided by section
2582 of Hill's code, that the fees for
s'ate diplomas and certificates 'shall
constitute a fund for paying Jhe ex
penses of such assistants as the. board
1337 ? Iw 'd in conducting semi
annual examijioi8, and with a view,
We cannot lose sight of the fact that
prosperity must begin with the pro
ducing classes. Cive the farmers large
crops and good prices, and everything
will thrive.'
Any enterprise in The Dalles that
will employ 100 men even at $1.50 a
day will be of more lasting . benefit
than a half dozen railroads leading in
to the interior. What is needed to
make the business of tho city perma
nent is more mouths to feed, more
people to clothe, more laborers on
steady salaries.
Only a short time since four men
were sent to the penitentiary for rob
bing the grave of W. S. Ladd, the
Portland millionaire, -with" the hope
of securing a reward. Today two ad
venturers are turned loose after rohv
bing 82 graves on Memaleuse Islan-i,
in the.,-interest of science.' What "a
wonderful thing science is, anyway It
has saved many a felon from life with
in prison walls.. '
It is high time President McKinley
call home from their fool's errand his
international monetary commission.
They have sufficiently humiliated
American diguity by their begging
other nations to permit this country
to establish a monetary system to its
taste, and now - that it baa been de
monstrated beyond question, thei" mis
sion is hopeless theysbould be called
home 60 as to stop their salaries
nothing more.
No better time ever presented itself
for establishing manufacturing Indus
tries in The Dalles than the present.
Money seeking investment will be
plentiful after the wheat is harvested
and sold, land values and labor are low,
and while everybody is on the road to
prosperity . is .the time for general ad
vancement. The Commercial Club
could render -good service by taking
dd the question of starting manu
factoring industries cow.
Now that the wave' or prosperity is
striking the .country, a motto- that
should be pinned in every man's mind
is to get out of debt and stay out.
Prosperity can never be permanent so
long as three-fourths the population is
paying interest to the other forth. But
people will at least ba independent if
they get out of debt now when tbey
can, and neve again go in debtor at
tempt to do business on borrowed
capital.
Oregon will this fall put on the mar
ket very nearly 20,000,000 bushels of
wheat that will distribute fully $15,000,
000 among the farmers. The grajtei
portion of this money will come from
abroad, thus increasing our circulating
medium to that amount. As a result
everybody will be prosperous on ac
count of an increased per capita circu
lation. And still after this is realized,
there will be people who will say that
the hard times were 'not brought on
by a scarcely of money.
It is announced that General Wevler
has resigned. This is the most sens
ible thing he could have done, and
about all he could do to escape respon
sibilily for the annihilation of Spain's
army of 200,000 men placed under bis
command. Under the leadership . of
the gallant Gomez the insurgents are
steadily closing in on the . Spanish
forces, and Weyler sees his only hope
of retiring with any honors left is to
throw up the job before the final crash
comes.
1 -Senator
Gorman is making the fight
of his life to carry Maryland so that
he may again misrepresent the people
of that state in the U. S. senate. Gor
man is nothing but a political boss
who is in politics for revenue, hence
the democracy of Maryland have little
interest in the coming jBlection. It
would be fully as well for the nation
and a good thing for the democratic
party If Maryland should go republi
can this fall, for that is the only way
to shelve Gorman,
While many Orego'nians are rushing
pell-mell to Klondike in search of for
tunes in the mines, the more conserva
tive prospectors are devoting their at
tention to the Blue mountains, and
are making more rich discoveries than
will probably be made in the whole
Yukon region this winter.. " But tho
Blue Mountains are near at hand and
asy of access, hence have not the
merit of distance to lend enchantment
If ball the Oregon money that bu
'Klondike were spent prospect-
n .Baker and Union counties, we
venture it would bring double the re-
tarns.
.During the year ending June 30 this
country sold to foreign countries $1,
032,201,300 worth of goods , and pro
ducts. This was done under the work
ings of that much abused Wilyon "free
trade" tariff bill. Now if the foreign
.business for the present year, under
the Dingley bill thai! be as great we
shall have 110 cause of complaint.. 11
it is not, we wilt find ourselves in a
bad plight, for it takes about all the
profits on a billion dollar business to
pay the interest on our foreign obliga
tions. Cotton mills throughout Niw Eng
land are reopening and turning- out
immense quantities of fabric, but this
cannot be attribute! to the enactment
of the Dingly tariff bill, because the
rates on manufactured cottons were
not materially changed. Their open
ing is simply on account of an in
creased demand for cottons created by
an increased ability of the people to
buy, brought about by more money
being put into circulation through the
sale of farm and other products at ad
vanced prices. .This is a verification
of the argument of us "popocrats" that
it was more money and not more taxes
needed to crepte prosperity.
The expenses incurred by th3 late
so-called legislature are destined to
cause Secretary of state Kincaid ho
small amount of worry when he comes
to apply the recent decision of the
supreme court in deciding it they
should be audited. Justice would cer
tainly demand that the mileage and
per diem of senators and the salaries
of persens employed by the senate
bbonld be paid, although they were of
no actual seryice to the state. How
ever, ; the .' senate was ie"gularly or
ganized, and persons called In as clerks,
pages, etc.,' were there at the command
of the regularly organized body. But
it is equally clear that the bills of the
members of the house for mileage and
per diem should not t e audit j, for the
house rendered no service whatever,
nor would it allow any rendered.
Whea there is no work to be had,
not even enough to , secure a square
meal,one can have -sympathy for a
tramp who accosts him on the streets
and asks assistance to get something
to eat, but at times like the present,
when farmers ara looking for laborers
to help them in harvest and are willing
pay good wages, one caDnot but resort
to the use of profane language in ex
pressing his contempt for an able
bodied beggar who asserts that he is
bagging for the price of a meal. There
is no excuse today for anybody being
idle in Wasco county, for there ,8
abundance of work in the harvest
fields; farmers are short of help every:
where.' A tramp who asks for bread
now deserves getting a stone.
Spain's final effort to conquer Cuba,
by ordering General Weyler to ad
vance upon the Insurgents, is meeting
with tne usual success that has attend
ed all former attempts. The Cubans
seem ' to be . on the conquering side,
and the strategy of Weyler fails before
that of the more shrewd and wiley
Cuban ' commanders, and- Weyler's
troops have the misfortune of falling
into - the snares arranged to defeat
their best laid plana. V The recent
Cuban raids made in Havana Province
and the latter engagements in the
province of Matanzas, in which the
Spanish .ttdyance 1 movements Vere
made under tb d irectlons ot . General
Weyler himself, ' have proved- disas
trous to. the Spaniards, , and." Weyler
finds it necessary tb-make a retrograde
movement. In fact the Cubans are
more formidable than ever before,
being better equipped with the roost
modern munitions of war, with a num
ber of rapid firing guns, and this has
so dieuearteded Weyler that he wants
to resign and go home.
ROADS ARE GUARJ)ED roimmimmmm?mnn
Sheriff in Supreme Command r 'TP cjl 1 f g ff
in Pittsburg District. sE 1 CAIivIIIi 5
INSURGENTS GAINING
The Sacked Two More Small Towns
in Cuba and Captured Sup
- plies and Ammunition.
The Removal or Precldeot Andrews I'aaiei
Morn Trouble at Urowh'i l'ulvt-r-Mly.-Tweiity-Four
IVofcanors
Will be ICeuiuveil.
FIGHT IS MOT ENDED.
Minors Have Mo Intention of Quitting the
1 Field..
Columbus, O., Aug. 19. The nation
al executive committee of the miners'
association was called to meet here to
day. The board adjourned until 1 p.
M. to await the arrival of absent mem
bers.
Being asked to foreshadow the pro
posed action of the board, President
Batch ford said:
"The conservative policy adopted by
our board at the beginning must neces
sarily be departed from because of the
extreme radical policy of the other
side. We would much prefer a battle
along peaceable lines, as we have been
doing, but pur board will be obliged to
adopt the tactics of the other side and
also to take steps to extend the fight
in other fields. We will have to adopt
other methods to meet the injunctions.
we ao not propose to nave the - io-
lunctions break up this strike."
Wheat Jumped Again.
Chicago, Aug. . 18. September
wheat closed today at 88-Jc, the highest
point it has reached since 1891, and an
advance of a full 4 since yesterday.
The closing was a scene long to be
remembered,- the pit in the last few
minutes qf trading becoming a Strug
gling mass of excited speculators try
ing frantically to buy. There was
literally no wheat for sale, and the ef
forts of the shorts fairly took the mar
ket off its leet.
Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 17. Martial
law to all intents and purposes has
been declared in Plum, Patton and
Wilklns townships by Sheriff Lowry.
The three mines of the New York &
Cleveland Gas Company also, are in
these townships, and all the roads lead
ing to them will be patrolled by depu
ties. Persons who cannot give a
satisfactory account of themselves will
be ordered to leave the neighborhood,
and upon refusal will be arrested. The
sheriff will not attempt to break up the
camp of the strikers until the court
ba9 Dassed on the question, but an
nounced today that he is determined
to stop the marching and trespassing
on the company's property.
There are now nearly 800 men in
camp at Plum creek. After the mutiny
at Sandy creek yesterday the samp at
that point was abandoned, and the
men went to Plum creek. Last night
it was decided to have the women
march. Sheriff Lowry said he would
disperse the women as quickly as the
men, as he interpreted the court's
order to enjoin not only the men, but
all who attempted a show oi force or
interference with the miners. The
women did not march.
Passengers on the morning train
vfrom Pittsburg to Turtle cteek say a
man who gave his naire as John Mon
roe said he was from the Osceola mine,
and announced that he was going to
kill Superintendent De Armitt, is
under arrest by the sheriff. Neither
he nor the sheriff will say for what,
but the strikers say it is to prevent his
arrjst by any constable.
WANTS ANUTUISR ISLAM D.
England Ready to Aunrx Clipperton if
Mot Prevented by Uncle Sam.
San Francisco, Aug. 18. The
arrival of the steamer Navarro from
Clipperton island confirms previous
rumors of possible diplomatic compli
cations with Great Britain over the
ownership of that isolated bit of land
situated 60 miles west of Acapulco. It
seems that England has never acquired
a title to the island'.
Several years ago it was discovered
that the island was rich in phosphite.
The Oceanic Phosphite Company, of
this city, was then organized and since
that time the island has been owned
here and has practically been United
States territory. It is now asserted
that English capitalists propose to buy
the San Francisco company's in teres. .
and having acquired a commercial
control, to place the island under j
Great Britain's fla. - -A
gentleman .. familiar with the
matter says: , ' ' .
"Mexico may assert a claim if Eng
land attempts to annex Clipperton,
and under . the Monroe doctrine the
United States would be expected .to
support it. If Mexico can show no
title to the Island, the United States
has a commercial claim that is far
ahead of any other. -
"Even though neither Mexico nor
the United States may want the island,
the policy of the United States against
the extension of European dominion
on this continent may - be extended to
the - coral island. Diplomatic dif
ficulties may arise in any event unless
Hingiand desists from attempting to
acquire owuership."
A ma JOB FOB DEPCTIE.
About Shoes
We have decided to close out our entire line of
LADIES, Ox-Blood and Tan, LACE AND
BUTTON SHOES that sell regular for from
Three to Five Dollars
..... At $2.50 Per Pair Until Sold
They will not last long at this price and first
comers have first choice. Displayed in centre
window. . .
ii .4iii'l.'4v'le: J
Travel
In Style.
' TRAVELING BAGS AND GRIPS
A complete line of Leather and W'ickeV -"jS
Grips, Traveling Bags and Telescopes. 3
Leather Grips at prjees from $1.50 to $7.50 :3
-ir i l : r rrv a a, o.r .
t I, invur. iirir ill. iirii'j'u ii-fiiii .1111 ill mi '.'a
"Wicker Telescopes,1 prices from 30c to 75c. 2
These Goods are Displayed in Our i
Furnishing Goods Window " S
ALL GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES
PEASE & HAYS I
miiiiiiiuiiiuiiaiiiiuiuaiiUiamiumiuiiiiuiiiuiiiiiiuiiiiiaiiiumuiaiiuiiiuiiiiiiiiiaiiuss:
making certain that the young man
who wps carrying the fortune around
with him was not escorted to the lake
front to "'see the steamboat explosion."
T. A. Walker is a son of a Salt Lake
city millionaire, aid has been in the
East for some time attending to bus!
ness matters for his father. Id New
York he was held up and robbed of
$600 and a fine gold watch.
Reaching Chicago . yesterday he
registered at the Victoria hotel with
his wife, he then went out to purchase
a revolver that he might be prepared
to encounter a lot of footpads. When
he purchased the weapon he also
bought diamonds worth $10,000. and,
payirg the bill, pulled out a roll of
money containing $100,000. .
Fuel Famine Wheeling. .
Wheeling, W. Va., Aug. 18. The
local coal situation is growing serious.
The city gas works had what was al
ways deemed a sufficient advance
supply of coal from the Floerschelm
mines on the Wheeling division ot the
B. & O., but this supply is now grow
ing decidedly short and new arrange
ments will soon have to be made, Coal
is selling in local yards at 12 cents a
bushel, just double, tho usual price.
Slack brings six cents and both -are
hard to get at these rates. " There are
TiOO families in Wheeling in need of
coal, while all tho manufacturers that
do not use gas are hampered for fuel.
On the Ohio side of the river manu
facturing establishments using thou
sands of bushels daily have had their
supplies cut down or shut off. , '
ISSUE MORE BONDS
The Bankers
Suggest
This
for Revising the Currency.
THE FIGHT STILL ON
Striking Miners Will Not . Give Up
Simply On Account of the Injunc
tion Begun In the Courts. r
Brattle Man Talks About Klondike In
Chicago t Reminds Him of '40
A St, LodU Photographer
Takes Pictures In Colors.
Will Haye to Read the Injunction Twenty
Thousand Times..
PlTTSBUBG, Aug.. 18. The striking
miners eucamped at the mines of the
New York & Cleveland Gas & Coal
Company did not march this morning.
as they had planned to do. At Turtle
Creek they formed in line, but when
ready to start they beheld the deputies
statading just outside the.camp, so the
march was abandoned and small parties
numbering from two to six each were
instmcted to patrol the woods in the
vicinity of the mine and report the
Dumber of men going to work. Tbey
were instructed to keep moving, and if
approached by deputies to sot away-
rapid ly to escape the' service of the in
junction, if poaatble. . . The leaders pro
pose in this way to harass the deputies
ana ue Armitt. rney say mere are
20,000 men in the district, and that In
junctions will have to bo read 20,000
times before the attacks upon - the
mines' at Oak Hill, Sandy Creek and
Plum Creek cease,' unless the mines
are sooner closed down.
The lion - hunter
needs steady
nerves." If be mis
ses the lion's eve.
his life is snrelv
pt The- lion-
nter is not the
only man who needs
' steady nerves. The
- btlsiiM-mx man tinw.
aaays needs them. He must have them if
ne would Dear the strain of business com.
petition and be successful. A man with
suaity nerves stands a mighty poor show in
tlje business world of to-day. where he
must hit the bull's-eye of fierce competition
many times in a dav StfaHv n.rv., r
dependent upon pure blood, and to have
uuic uikuuuuc muse nave -a oenect di
gestion. , ,
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
goes to the seat of the trouble. T: ; nr,t a
sedative. ' It makes the nerves steady by
lumisuiuv mem wiin nrooer oninmfnt. it
corrects all disorders of the digestion. It
invigorates the liver. It makes the blood
rich and pure in nutriment. The nerves re
J've "sir proper nourishment from the
u.Mw uu auvu uccqioc strong ana Steady.
Business men recognize the value of the
" nlrian 1LTAHl.f T.J .. ' -. ., -
u "-" u uixuvcry anu morl-
sands have testified to its virtues. Drue
gists sell it i
' Haying suTcred for severs t yean with indi
gcstion," writes : Saainal Walker. Esq.. of Parlc
cgQurg . tnester Co.. Pa.. "1 concluded to try
your vaiuaDie - uoiden Medical Discovery. Af
ter takino- five hottle 1 -...-4 t
jao suffered from bladder trouble, which was
ku uy tne uiscovery.' I Jeel like a new
man." -
Pf. Pierce's Common Sense" Medical
Aaviser is book f ,Go8 pages am
' flunaren illustrations, some ef
them colored, nil fully explained. This
book is free. It has bean selling for Si.ia,
Now yon may have it in all its usefulness,
and in strong paper rovers, for at one-cent
stamps, which pays the cost of mailing only,
or in cloth binding for 31 stamps. Address,
Suliatoi TnTST nr Association,
RAIDS BY THE JN8CRGEXT8.
Two More Small Towns Have Been
Sacked.
Key West, Fla., Aug. 17. The
Cerro in the outskirts of Havana was
attacked by the insurgents, who sacked
the-stores and took, all the horses from
the stables of the Estanillo Stage Com
pany,
At Songo, near Manzahillo," insur
gents attacked the town and sacked
the stores, where they captured arms.
ammunition and all kinds of"fuoplies,
The Spaniards made no resistance,
Rego, the insurgent leader, also en
tered Sagua la Grande, remaining in
town several hours. The insurgent
officers bad time to see their friends in
the stores, and they gave freely all
that the insurgents needed.
CRISIS AT BROWN CHiyERSITY.
Numerous Members the Faculty About
to Realgn. '
Providence, U. I.. Aug 17. A
member of the Brown, university, whq
requested that his name be withheld
for obvious reasons, made the stater
ment that the 24 members pf the
faculty who signed the protest against
the corporation's action toward Presi
dent Andrews would besqmmarily dis
missed. A crisis conf ron ts the college.
and it is the opinion pf the most prom
inent professors that wholesale re
signations, spine of (hem requested
and others voluntary, will be sent jO
the corporation between now $nd its
meeting In September."
W48 HIS OWN D. AX pt Eft.
A Vonns; vtonian carries ii rortuqe
Around In W Poeketa.
Chicago, Aug. jo ah the police-
.. -. j, .
men in tne tiarneua nrcv uuinci
were engaged in watching 1 100,000 in
money last night and incidentally
- They Cannot March. V
Pittsburg, Aug. 18. When court
opened this morning Judges S to we and
Collier handed down a decision in the
injunction proceedings of the New
York & Cleveland Gas Coal Company
against the United Mine Workers of
America, Patrick Dolan, William
Warner and others. The preliminary
injunction was made' permanent and
the plaintiff was ordered to file a bond
of $5000 to answer for euch damages as
may be sustained by defendants by
reason of the injunction.
Immediately after filing the decree,
and upon motion of Thomas Patterson
the court ordered a 'similar decree to
be drawn in the case agaiost the
Bunola miners, in which the injunc
tion was applied for by Kufus C. Craw
ford. - j
The Commission a Failure.
London, Aug. 17. The Westmin
ster Gaaette this afternoon echoes the
editorial of thtf London Times this
morning on bimetalism, and says iu
sees-no chance of the ' Indian mints
being reopened to the coinage of sil
veradding: "To fool any longer w.ith President
McKinley'tt commission is surely un
necessary. In declining to abide by
the market valiio of silver as the stand
ard of currency value, India has takep
a step towards demonetizing silver,
Japan and Russia have adopted the
gold standard and no one means to go
back on it."
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 19. Hard
work characterized the last day's ses
sion of the American bankers at their
convention. The question, "What
Legislation is Needed . in Respect -to
the Currency?" was discussed in an in
teresting manner by Mr. N. B. Van
slyke, president of the First National
bank, of Madison, Wis. - The speaker
suggested s the first important step
currency reform by evolution, the re
tirement of greenbacks and treasury
notes, a floating, debt and .a practical
business method of funnding this debt
into 3 per cent government boodsJ " '
Such 3 per cent bonds, if payable in
50 years, said Vanslyke, and irredeem
able before, would take up the present
bonds as they mature, and if, by per
mitting the banks to issue their emu
lating notes upon par of such 3 per
cent bonds in the same proportion
only as the government's circulating
notes might.be redeemed and then for
ever retired, It would keep the volume
of all the currency undisturbed by a
gradual decrease of one cIrss and a
corresponding . increase of the other
until entirely doingaway with the gov
ernment's banking business and plac
ing iu wita tne oanics, wnera it legiu-
niately belongs. . . !.,...-
PHOl'OGRAPHINO IN COLORS,
part ies concealed in the brush near the
Cleveland, Loralne & Wheeling track
at Barton last night, attacked the pas
si a north-hound coal U-alp. As the
train passed the spot a volley of stones
was hurled at the trainmen. Fireman
Little was badly hurt. Later another
train at the same plucecolllded with a
pilaofempcy oil barrels which had'
been put on the track and fastened
with a heavy rail.
Pop Kequeeted to Interfere.
New York, Aug. 19. Mrs. J.- W.
Howe has appealed to the pope in a
letter asking, him to Interfere to ave
Angelina Cisneros, the Cuban girl
who is said to be about to be trans
ported to the Spanish dungeons at
Ceuta. Mrs. Jefferson Davis ' baa
written a letter to the queen of Spain,
making a similar request. - ,
1 4 A'--.
A St. I.oala Engraver Has Discovered tha
Process.
St. Louis, Aug.- 19. Since Profes
sor Vogel. of Berlin, suggested that it
was possible to produce color with a
camera, photographers and chemists
have sought to find a successful pro
cess. Albert Sehnecker, of the
Western Engraving Company, of this
city, has achieved this. He can reproduce-any-object
in its natural
colors. The main secret of the pro
cess is the extraction of the three
W.L. DOUGLAS
o CMJAT Best In
onwt the World.
ror 14 years Ibis Shoe, by merit .
aloae, bai dutanced all competitor. "
W. L. DotiKla SJl-&, B4-OU and
Sboes are tbe prmluctloua or (killed workmen. "
Jnim the bxit material pnealble at theae nrk-e. -A
loo SH.SO anil . nbnea for WD. aM,
S.Otf aud S1.?.1 for boy a and youth.
W. 1 iouRlaa shoes are Indorsed ': '
by orer l,iJ0,(U wearers a Ibe beet "' '
lo style, fit and rtamhllKy of any
shoe ever offered at (be prlcee.
', Tbey are matle In all the latest
shapes and Mrles, sad of every vari
ety of leather.
Tf dealer cannot anflply yon, write for cats. .
loe to w. I. Douulaa, lirociton, Hut. Sold by
C. P. STEPHENS :
THE DALLES, OR.
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
Xotloe la harehV crtwn that tha ...uWmIm.a,
as administrator of the entste of E. P. Coo, de.v '
oeaxea. ny virtue of an order of tbe county
court of tbe atule of Oregon, for Waaco county,
wiU, on Saturday, tbe 4th day of September.
JW, at the hour of one o'clock p. m., sell to tbe '
nighext bidder, the followuur dewrthed person- -ol
property belonging to the entate of E. F.
Coe. deoea-ed. to-wit:- ,v
Thirty shares of the capital stock In the Hood
River Townaite Company, a corpora lion, said
shares being of tbe par value of tlW.Ou each.
The sale wiU taku pluce at tbe nourt boase at
Dalles City, and the terms of sule will be one
half eaxh. balance on time at 8 per cent.
The Hood Rivor Townaite Company has a
capital stock of ilU.MO. tiividnd into mi -r..
of the par value or IIUO.Oo each. It owns about
3 lota in the town of Hood River, valued at
from tsu.ou to feui.uu each. 4 in tbe town of '
Hood River proper, and many of them near the '
primary colors, yellow red and blue.j&Ev'v.? 3
A novelty of the work is that the Ob- ! th company have already exceeded the amount
. , v. uj iu. i I f t capital stock and iu the sear future ills
A Cure For Consumption.
New .Yohk, Aug.. 17. Dr. J. M.
Bleier, a reputable physician, an
nounces that he has discovered a new
cure for cohsumpiiou by electricity.
He will read a paper before the county
medical society August 19, giving the
details of the plan, wlch is in effect
the sterlizing of the affected lungs in
what is known as electrolys. He
claims to haye cured a dozen persons
classed as hopeless cases completely,
and many physicians of high .'standing
are said to agree that the cures are
complete and effectual..
ject la photographed at right angles,
or praotioally around, the corner. This
is made possible by the use of a prism
before the camera." Behind the prism
is a color filter. This is a small, flat
tantrof glass. This filter is filled with
a chemically pure solution to exclude
all but the color desired to be extract
ed from the object. A green liquid is
preaent boldlDmi wW-be ' worth several timea
the amount, for furlb-lnfnrmation address
" administrator. H-C COE ,
Administrator of tbe estate of K.""P. Coel'ae
eeased. . daosug.
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE.
By virtue of an exeeaUoa duly Issued by the
eiera oi ion circuit court o( tbe county of Waa
co. State of Oregon, dated the lltb day of
jiuffuat. itw7, in a certain suit. m the Circuit
Court for said Countv and Rtua akmlii i a
used when red is to be photographed; ! llTZiiJliTJ
a blue solution when yellow is wanted, I Lvdia o. Mawo. for the sum of ska, and (70
, .. . . , , ... I attorneys fees, and easts and disbursement
and a red mixture is put In the filter ! taxed at ii, oath ath day of May, wot. which
whnn th third ha n nnl-tr. hliiA. -la y I ii u"" w ana aooketea In the
,i;ierK
be reproduced. Bck of the filter is
a plate specially prepared for the
colors.
A DOOM ON TUB COAST.
Present
tha
. Arms for the Cubans.
New York:, Aug. 17. All the long
shoremen in tbe neighborhood of pier
38, East river, are talking of what they
call a Cuban filibustering expedition
that left the pier of the Bridgeport
transportation line early Sunday. '
According tq the story of a long
shoreman the ammuition, which was
placed on board a schooner, consisted
of 4000 boxes of cartridges and a big
quantity of dynamite. The rifles, it is
caid, filled 200 cases.
atns In West Virginia.
Wheeling, Aug. !7.-rTbe strikers
show material gains in all sections of
West Virginia today, In the Wheel
ing district there is not a miner work-t
Ing, while on the Ohio side of the river
the last man except those who are to
furnish coal for tbe water and electric
light plants will be out tonight. Tu
tbe Fairmont district the 3tnke lead
ers did not suooeed in closing the
Montana mine entirely, but they made
decided gains-
Educate Tonr Itoweis vrith Caseareta.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forerer."
w.o. ii i. u. tau, arugxisu refund money.
Conditions a Reminder of
Days of Ma,
Chicago, Aug 19.-tC, M. Nettleton,
Qf tbe Seattle P-ost-Intelligenoer, who
is visiting in Chicago, says the condi
tions on the Pacific coa9t remind 'the
old settlers of tbe palmy days of Cali
fornia in 1819. He has a number of
specimens of Klondike gold.
"I believe," said Mr, Nettleton.
"that without question, $.10,000,000 of
the yellow metal will he taken' from
Alaska next year, and it is confidently
believed that tbe steamer Portland,
which is due to arrive in Seattle on
August S-J, will bring 11,000, (XX) in nug
gets and dust.
"One peculiar thing in that the
miners upon landing, seldom are will
ing to tell tha truth In reference to
their success. Nearly all of them ex
pect to return, and for this reason do
not give the facts as the. amount of
gold they have in their possession. I
asked one miner how much gold he had
aeoured. He replied that he had &IQ00
or $4000, when the truth waa he had
about $1 12.000 worth with him. Their !
idea seem to be that if tbey under
estimate the amount of gold tbey have
found, it will have a tendency to keep
other people out."
. Violence In West Vlrg-lnla.
' Columbus, O., Aug. 19. A special
dispatch from Wheeling says unknown
'h office of aa'd Court Maw aa. ihu7. At wkli.
iudginent there atiU remains unpaid the sum pf
I08.W. Notice is hereby given . that
it.icn un nugua uia iw, astfr wiu on Monday -the
20th day ot September. U7, at the court
bouae door In Hal lea City in said county, at 3
o'ekxtk q tbe afternoon of snM day, sell at pub-'
k auction to Q.ehltf heat bidder for cash, tbe.
followliur deMuribed property, to-wit:
The eaatoue-half of section 15. tp I s, rl4 e, w.
nt. KituatAd and being- in Waaco (Xmnty.Oveiron.
and levied upon as the property of the said
Sylvester W. Mason, or as much thereof a may
be neceaaary to aattafy the said aim of tlOS.M.
with Interest thereon, together with all cosla
aud accruing costs.
T. J. DRIVER, Sheriff.
Dated at Tho Dalles, Oregon, Aug. 20th, 1807.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
Notice Is hereby riven that hv. ,,, -r
execution Issued out of the circuit court of the
state of Oreiron for the count v nf I .n.
directed. In tbe ease wherein Ida B. Hoe. ad
ministratrix of tbe estate of O. C. Roe de
oeaNed. Is plaintiff and P. C. Roe Is defendant. I
have levlad upon all tbe riKht title nd Interest
of said defendant In- and to the following de
scribed real property towlt:
Lota S aud 8. In block number S. second addl-
Moo West, to the town of Hood River, in Wasco
County, Oregon, and will offer tbe same for
sale to the highest ot puMio auction at tbe .
court bouse door, la The IMtlles, la aaid oounty
snd state, on Monday, the Koth tlay of t-eot
IJM, to Nullify the Judgment of plaintiff strain nt
the defendant for HIM, and oosta of sole The
kale to commence at S o'clock P. M. of aaid
day. Terms aha. T. J. DRIVER
. . Rner"' ol Wasco County, Ore.
August Una mi. augSl! .
THE ACCIDENTS OF. LIFE
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tary m the Stab AccioaitT
1 Com
regarding
for information
Accident Insnr
ance. Mention this paper.
By so doing yoa can save
membership fee. Has paid over StiOO.OOO.Ou fee
accidental injuries.
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