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ARE WE ASLEEP?
, There never was a city that- nature
and a beneficent government bos done
more for than The Dalles. Nature
surrounded it with a country rich in
every production; a climate that is un
surpassed in the Northwest, and by
the peculiar location of the surround
in? country it is made the natural dis
tributing point for a section hundreds
of miles in extent, which gives it pres
tige as a commercial city over all
ints in the Inland Empire. It has
received unusual favors from the gov
ernment, over $3,000,000 having been
expended in river improvements that
give it free water transportation to the
sea, besides it is located on one the
great transcontinental railroad sys
tems, affording it an -outlet both east
and west for every product brought to
its doors. ' .
' But what have we, the people of The
Dalles, done to improve these facilities
for making a great city or bettering
our own condition? Are we asleep to
the world and to the building up of
our interests? By our inactivity we'
are allowing opportunities to (flip by,
ito Improve our conditions and advance j
the prosperity of our town, while other J
cities with fewer natural advantages,;
but more enterprise, "are securing all j
the plums.
Pendleton, simply by exerting a
-reasonable degree of energy, secured
the wool scouring mills and woolen fact
ory that would have come to The!
Dalles hod any inducement been of- j
fered. These two enterprises, which
are united under one management, are
of more benefit to Pendleton than is
all the shipping - business to The
Dalles. The scouring mills employ
from 50 to 75 - operatives. - at ; good
salaries for five to six months during
the year, besides drawing, trade there
that could not have been secured with
out them, wool being shipped by rail
from The Dalles to that place to be
scoured before being shipped east.
And the woolen factory is now running
day and night, giving employment to
a large force of operatives, and attract
ing attention to Pendleton from all
sections of the Northwest on account
of the excellent quality of the goods
manufactured there. . -
d now the little city of La Grande,
ting a considerable degree of
s about closed the deal with
lists for the building of
tory with a capacity
ons of beets daily.
cured upon the
.nde to raise a
acres of land
h a plant
0 acres
give
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We have opened the season with a stock of goods that beats the record for beauty and low prices.
We will close it with a big stock disposed of and the best pleased lot of customers you ever saw.
With
It presents an opportunity for economical buying1 that nobody can afford to miss. . .
Our store is crowded with the Newest of New Styles, selected with experienced care as to quality,
good taste as to style and generous prodigality as to variety, it is . . . . . . .
The Right Place to Get Right Goods at Right
Popular Style,
No question about these goods pleasingThey make NONE better.
DEPEND UPON US FOR
We deserve your trade because
Come to us for
in Plain Figures
made their Mecca on the banks of the
Seine. How much of the idea of the
Paris exposition of 1000 is to be at
tributed to the desire to make of it
something far larger and more splen
did than ever before achieved, with
the view of making Paris more attrac
tive, and bow much is due to French
ambition ' for a comparison of their
educational, industrial and material
progress with the bast the world can
show, it is not at all important to de
fine. The French government and
people are working to make the ex
position one which will far surpass all
its predecessors, as well in the extent
and variety of the exhibits as in the
pomp and magnificence of the splendid
accompanying fetes and entertain
ments, and it is safe to say that never
before were plans for such a project
more thoroughly elaborated or more
completely worked out, down to the
finest detail, 'says the" Scientific
American. ; .
The importance of a good represen
tation of the United States at the ex
position is generally conceded, primar
ily, from the. fact that our growth in
many lines of manufacture has now
resetted such proportions that further
material -increase cannot well.be
looked for, unless we can sell largely
in foreign as well as the home markets
Our ability to successfully compete
with foreign manufacturers :in their
own markets, in many lines of manu
factured - goods, cannot be doubted,
and some efforts in this direction have
already met with marked success, but
the exposition will afford an oppor
tunity to put such representation on a
better basis, -and to effectively, bring i
American goods more thoroughly be
fore foreign buyers than ever before.
To the end, therefore, that our partici
pation in the exposition may be fully
representative, and that . American
manufacturers may have sufficient
space allotted them, Major Handy, the
United States commissioner, intends
to apply for 500.000 feet to, be devoted'
to exhibits from the United States.
Commissioner Handy sailed for
Europe recently, intending to return
and report to co ogress at its next ses.
sion, gieing all available - information
to intending exhibitors, and asking
for a liberal appropriation from the
government, that the United States j
may be creditably represented. , j
til'lLDEU POLITICAL FENCES
As had been expected the Oregon
delegation have dispensed of public
patronage in a way that would best
serve their political aspirations. Re?
preventative EUis wanted to land Judge
Fee in a position that would remove
him from the field as an opponent for
congressional honors, but failing' in
this, mended up the fences as best he
could by giving Fee's fellow townsman,
Sheriff Houser, the marshalship. ...
Tongue had a desire to sidetrack
Geer in the first district and baited
bis hook with the registership of the
Oregon City land offlse, not ' being
willing to incur the displeasure of
of State Senator Patterson by landing
Mr. Geer in the customs office.
, Senator McBride also looked after
the laying up of a few rails on his
political fence, "by permitting Mr.
Mitchell to give the pluni tree a faw
shakes immediately over tho bead of
one of his particular friends, and Judge
Hall will bo U. S. district-attorney for
the next four years. . . . " ;
Viewed from a partisan standpoint,
the recommendations made by the
elegation are possibly satisfactory.
e the principal question considered
king selections was the prestige
imments would give each of
1 members of the delegation
tions.
kT. Geer will do with
npointment tendered
legation is worry-
of republican
just now, and
.slumbers, of
te than any-
jor promi-
J?armer
' his
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Yourself
Late Novelties, Standard Grades and Newest Attractions are all found in abundance
PENSION ABUSES.
One of the greatest, perhaps the
greatest of all the abuses of our pen
sion system, says the Oregonlan, is the
policy of granting pensions indiscrimi
nately to widows. It is notorious that
the system offers aa inducement to
young girls to marry old soldiers, in
tho expectation that they will soon pass
away, as thousands do, leaving widows
who will draw pensions for life; and
the records of the pension office, from
old wars, Show that many of these lives
are very long.
-These women have done nothing
whatever to entitle them to gratitude
of the country., There are already
thousands of such widows who were
born long after the war of the rebel
lion; and unless the. law shall be
changed there is every probability and
prospect that thousands of women yet
unborn will be drawing pensions in
future years, some of them two or three
generations hence, as widows of the
the soldiers of a war that ended from a
third to a half century befjre these
women were born.
No pension is more gratefully paid
than that due to the widow who was a
wife at the time of the war, who bore
the cruel., anxieties of the time and
kept the home aDd children while the
husband and father was absent, and to
which many a-husband and father
never returned; or to her, now a widow,
who waited for the return of her
soldier boy from, the front and then
became his wife.. Pensions to these
have a meaning; and it is a shame
that such pensions should be classed
with others obtained through mercen
ary traffic both in marriage and patriot
ism. Congress ought to at once put a stop
to a policy which induces young girls
to marry aged men for whom they care
nothing, and whose names they take
in order to become soldiers widows
and draw a pension for the rest of their
lives. Of this "class of jjensioners of
former wars many are still carried on
the pension rolls, and the' records'of
the pension office furnish proof of the
remarkable longevity of the class.
Sometimes, too, children come; and
then the pension is increased for their
support. Henca t is that, though the
old soldiers of the war of the rebellion
are passing away for it is thirty-two
years since the war closed the
charges on account of pensions show
no diminution, but a tendency still
rather to increase; and it is the be
lief of those who well understand the
subject that, vast as the total of the
pensions pow is, it ' will yet be in
creased by njany millions.
It is gratifying to nqte that thjs
abuse of the pension system has at
tracted the notice of the present com
missioner of pensions, and that he has
the aoi4 rage to protest agaicst its con
tinuance. He has been studying the
records of the pension office, in order
to ascertain the probable effects of the
present policy, and concludos that
even 100 years from now women will
still be drawing pensions as widows
of boldiers of the war of tho rebellion,
unless congress shall take suoh action
as will forbid payment of pensions to
such as may hereafter marry soldiers of
this war. Widows of the soldlersof the
war of 1812, and even of the Revolution,
are still on the pension rolls; and the
commissioner, ' supposing that the
lowest limit of age for a soldier in the
Revolutionary war was Jf years, pro
ceeds to figure out (he age at which, the
widows of these soldiers were married,
and the age of their husbands, as fol
lows: "A soldier 14 years old at the
beginning of the Revolution would
have been 33 years old in 1800, Now,
the youngest of the Revolutionary
widows is 83. She was born in
1814,
At the date of her birth the youngest
pf the revolutionary soldiers was 52.'
IX he married this woman when she
was 18, be was 70r There you have the
age conditions of matrimony not at ai
unusual.".
This sort of thing is going on all the
time, and will contjque, unless con
gress shall cut off widows of this class
from the ' list of pensioners.' Unions
in marriage with old men entii'ed to
pensions nave oeen ana suu are con-
yed for. or by girls and youns
.en. who notoriously have set them-
i bout the biuttness or njarrjlnff
ihen to have the ponsion
the names of widows in
have been added to '
ad other great .
ded, few 0(
after the ;
therefore '
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and
PERFECT SATISFACTION A OT VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY
we give the Fairest, Squarest opportunity for Buying Honest Goods at Bed Rock Prices.
your Fall and Winter Goods AND YOU WILL COME OUT AHEAD
thinks Miat congress should take the
matter in hand and enact legislation
which will prevent pensions being
given to widows of soldiers of the war
of the Rebellion, whose marriage with
such soldiers may take place after the
date of the act.
WHEAT SPECULATORS.
The fluctuations of wheat on the
New York and Chicago boards tb
past few weeks singed the wings o;
many a small speculator, who went
into the markets when prices first be
gan to advance, expecting to reap
handsome fortune, but who came out
of the fray sadder but wiser men, with
wrecked fortunes and hopes after hav
ing fooled too long with the fire. Many
have gone down in the turmoil thai
accompanied tho exciting scenes in
the pits, and while their individual
losses have not been very great, in tlj,e
aggregate it amounted to a large sum,
which will mean privation and hard
ship to many a family.
Lik'e those who seek fortunes in the
Northern gold fields, the public bears
only of the fortunate. Those whose
fortunes have been wrecked in their
vain attempt to woo favors from the
fickle goddess, drop into obscurity and
are never heard of. If their losses
were made public it would serve as a
yarning to others about - to launch
upon- the uncertainties of the wheat
pit or embark on a journey to Klon
dike. It is undoubtedly true that many
men have made fortunes by speculating
in wheat on the stoik board, but com
pared to those who have been ruined
by such speculations, they are fw in
deed. Tn nine cases out of ten it is
the old effort to make something out
of nothing and as a rule tho tenth
man has the money to back up his
speculations, and therefore gobbles up
the money of the other nine. .There is
little danger that such we.n asOndahy.
Armour, Linn and others who have
been, the heavy operators on the
Chicago board of t-ade for the past two
weeks will Jose anything. Thry hare
money to back up all their deals and
tho fluctuations of tho 'mirket have
very little effect upon them. It is the
man who invests one thousand. 10 fiv
thousand dollars that stands in danger
of losing his all. Speculating in wheat
on margins is as uncertain and precar.
ious as playing faro and it is hardly
more honorable, although many who
would hold up their hands i i horror at
the latter game frequently take a flyer
in wheat and chuckle to them
selves in high glee when a turn in tho
market shows them that the "high
card has won.
Range horses have of late years beep
a dead weight on the hands of Western
ranchmen, being of comparatively no
value whatever, but there now seems
a likelihood that; there will . he a de:
mand for'them in the American cavalry
and also in the armies of England and
Germany. A test of theip endurance
was recently made in which it was dem
onstrated that tbey noma cover a
distance of 2400 miles in 00 days, sub
slating- on grass and water, carrying a
elder the entire distance from Wyom
ing to Galena, 111. This' feat is at
tracting: the attention of European
government agents who are in this
country to select cavalry horses, and
it is possible will create a considerable
demand for the Western broncho.
ft is altogether probable that next
year JjO.QOO people .will go to Klondike,
and on an average eaou of them will
take with him $1000, or an sggregate
of $50,000,000, Most of this will be
spent before those who go. tbre earn
a doilar. In short, $50,000,000 will be
fexpended developing the resources of
that frigid country, and it is very
probable that not half that amount of
gold will be taken out. If the same
amount were spent in developing the
agricultural resources of Oregon and
VVashington it would bring certain re;
turns, possibly twice as great as will
be realised by investments In the
Klondike.
. England's serenp confidence n hep
ability to discipline the rebellions
tribesmen of India reflects at once tho
"Hgest ana i,ne weasesi puases ci
"VUI
a9Ur' out 00 tnB 0b"or DDl ,or "ore
nan a century it nas Drougnt Tommy
Atkins off conqueror wnenever be has
fouht- The beUeI 01 lna li''ltn
soldier that he can whip a dozen
toreigners is one oi toe causes oi e;ng
"na 8 ultary greatness.
Our
PERSE
JJETTER LATE THAN NEVER.
Portland allowed tho bulk of the
outfitting for Alaska to ba done by
Seattle, either on account of superior j
shipping facilities that could be offered
by Seattle or for want of enterprise on dation8 made :ist aIIlrda, evidence
the part of Portland. Thousand, offthe fact tbat he ,s gtin very much
lollars have been expended in Seattle j of a fact0 ifl Oreff0n poiitic9. He will
for outfitting Klondike" miners and j . . .., . hp,--n now and ,ha
mpplying Alaskan merchants that
ould have been secured by Portland,
tad proper energy been exerted by
hat p'ace to secure the trade, but the
eople of Portland have pursued their
mstomary indifferent policy and
illowed this, immense trade to slip
iway from them.
Portland, however, is awakening. to
ts interests, and has learned by ex
perience that it cannot hold the trade
ot the Northwest without putting forth
omo effort. The chamber of com
merce has awakened to the situation
nd is now exerting a commandable
Jegree of energy to secure the-Alaska
trade. President Mason has issued an
open letter to the world setting forth
the facilities possessed by Portland
for taking care of the trade of the
merchants of Alaska, and inviting
their patronage, and an elfort is being
put forth to interest the entire state
in the scheme to attract trade to the
metropolis. Iuis pleasing to note that
Portland has-thus late got a move on
itself to corral.tbe trade that has here
tofore gone elsewhere, simply because
an effort has been put forth to secure
it. Portland has always been indif
ferent in the matter of soliciting
patroDhgc add looking after the trade
which its wealth and natural situation
entitled it to, resting upon its came to
bring it business. However, it is well
that it has at last realized the fact that
there is more in pus!) and cneigy than
in a name, and that it is now exerting
ilseif to regain what it has lost in the
past. ' '
THE MILLIONAIRES' TARIFF.
The Bingley tariff bill is proving a
.veritable thorn in the sides of the re
publican leaders. 1 heir utmost in
genuity will not sufliii to explain
away its childish blunders, 'and tb.e
fact that it will prove wholly inadequate-as
a revenue producer is becom
ing more apparent every day. The
last treasury statement shows that
since the first of tho fiscal year the re
ceipts have been but $o8,103,718, and
the expenditures $83,088,650. The de
ficit for August was kept down as
much as possible by the refusal to pay
warrants at tho end of the mouth that
could be put over to the new month.
But the new month started off with a
deficit on the 'first day of $2,012,138,
and this did not include three of the
largest items :war, navy and interest,
against which no warrants were
drawn.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Don', be discouraged over the pos
sibility of a loss of crops by rain
There is always a bright and cheerful
season after a storm.
The revised estimates of the wheat
crop In the three great spring wheat
states of Minnesota and the two Da
kptas, place the yield at 120,000,000
bushels, agahist 170,000,000 bushels
last year. " 'kw ';
Pension "Commissioner Evans has
directed that ponsion checks" must not
be sent to the care of anybody, but
must be directed to and mailed to the
pensioner, aqq nust nqt he fjeijyerea
to any other person,
Harvest, hands have rather the best
of the farmers in Northeastern Wash
inirtan where they have struck for an
advance of 2o per cent in wages.' Farm
era sannot put off harvesting and will
likely grant the advance. - -
Rain may yet destroy the farmers'
crops and blight their hopes, which
we trust will not be the case, but
though it should, they .still have one
cqnsolatjon they' have the . Diogley
bil left.
One dollar buys four pounds less of
sugar than it did before the nw tariff
bill went into effec,. But everybody
ts prosperous, hpnoe we qo npt notice
such little rises in the price of one of
the necessaries of life.
Those may go to Klondike who want
soniething-'for nothing or who want
quick and uncertain profits on small
investments, but the conservative man
who invests in Wasco county farm
property or manufacturing industries
in The Dalles, will at the expiration
of ten years find himself in comfortable
circumstances, while the majority of
rail
Stock
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Caps, .Furnishing1 Goods, Notions,
No question about prices being satisfactory None CAN sell cheaper.
&
those who go to Klondike will find
themselves broken down prospectors
or possibly corpses hanging on Alaskan
Icicles.
Ex-Senator Mitchell is not dead ho
Is only sleeping. Thuse recominen
election of 189S
As the price of silver goes down that
of lead goes up. The fall in silver
caused the shuttingdown of many mines
that were large lead producers, mak
ing a shortage in - the supply of tbat
metal, the effect of which was to in
crease the price. The law of supply
and demand never fails to regulate
pr'ces.
Tbe coal operators and miners of the
great coal producing states have come
to within five cents a ton of an agree
ment,' and it does seem this slight dif
ference should be adjusted. The oper
ators have offered 64 cents a ton while
the miners demand 69 cents, which the
mine owners will likely grant in order
that the strike may be ended.
For the past few weeks the silence
of tbe Oregon delegation caused a
serious strain upon the nerves of those
seeking for office, hut . the tables will
now be turned. Tbe delegation will
now rest on pins until after the. next
republican state convention, when
they will learn how many sore spots
hey touched on the politicians.
The treasury department reported
that the amount of money in circular
lation compared with this time las:
year has increased $i2.,000.000. This
is on account of the immense crop of
cereals raised by American farmers
who may always be depended upon to
bring money out of "old stockings'
and safe deposits when given a show.
"The election of MeKinley produced
prosperity," says the St. Louis Globe-
Democrat. Did , it, indeed? How
about times from the election day until
about the first of July, when it was
known that there was shortage of
crops abroad and a surplus in America?
It is ungrateful for the Globe-Democrat
to thus endeavor to rob Providence
of honors and saddle Chem upon a
political party.
The Paris exposition in 19C0 will
give a great stimulus to the study of
tho French language in the Uuited
States. The number who will attend
the exposition threatens to be large
even from the' Pacific coast. A club
may bo organized in any city to ac
quire culture in thisdirection by those
uot possessed of tho 'accomplishment
necessary to visit the French capital
with any degree of satisfaction.
One sensible .and 'just thing the
Oregon delegation has determined
upon is to not disturb federal officers
until their terms of four years shall
have expired. It is only just that a
party that comes into power should
distribute the public patronage among
its members, but this should not be
done until present incumbents, who
are corapetent,have hlled their respec
tive places as long as did their prede
cessors. There is certainly no greater mis
conception of politics than that it is
thedutvofa political-party to maKe
everybody prosperous. .-. It is cot a
harmless delusion, because it teaches
the individual to expect his com
petency at the hands or the govern
ment, and if he oes npt get it be wil
blajne the government, and thus o.ut of
tbe ranks of Individual failure will
come the armies of dlsoontent with
hands uplifted to destroy the govern
ment that falls to produce prosperity.
Not even the republican party can
make every bady prosperous.
There is something rather significant
in the dispatch from the city of Mexico,
which states that '.'remarkable activity
is shown in the organization of stock
companies for manufacturing- a,qd
trade,'' foll,ow.ing a tateipep. tlja(
Now York exchange. Is selling in that
city at 1.39 premium. It is evident i
that Mexico is preparing to become in- j
dependent of all piher coqntres by;
nutting ltgelf In a position to supply j
its people with everything they re-
quire. The fall in silver and tbe rc j
fusal of the nation of thp world to ae-
oept Mesloo's standard money at face '
will act as a great stimulus to roanu-.
facturlng In that country, and will be :
a perfect protection to Mexican manu-1
facuirers. If silver stay down for two i
years, Mexico win be aoie to maKe
everything her people need, and need
not buy a dollar's worth abroad'.
MMYS,
HERE IS A MUDDLE
United States Officers are Re
appointed. THE PUSH IGNORED
Murphy and Grady Given Another
Lease on Official Life While the
Faithful Must Wait.
Justice Field In a Bigger Xan Than the.
Oregoo Delegation He Dinpenaes
Public ratronnge With a
Master Maud.
Portland, Or., Sept. 8. United
States Attorney Dan 11. Murpby, who
on September 1 stepped down and out.
with the prefix of "ex" to his official
title, is once again in- office and may
be found at the old stand.
This morning's Eistern miil w?
late, it not being delivered until 1 P.
M. Tbat was of little moment to the
majority of Piirtlnndpjinrilo hi-
aomo of tbe politicians of this city,
had they known the bombshell in a
mild sense it contained, it would have
meant much.
There was in one of tho mail pouches
the reappointment ad interim of
Attorney Murphy, signed and sealed
by Supreme Justice Stephen J. Fiold.
-In another pouch was a missive,
likewise from Justice Field, contain
ing the reappointment ad interim of
United States Marshal Grady.
And now the wail arises from tbe
"push" for the possibilities that have
arisen on the politi.-al horizon with
these reappointments, are such as to
cause gray hairs to start in tho heads
of some of the "recommended" of tbe
lately adjourned caucus of Senator
McBrtde and Representatives Tongue
and Ellis.
Tbe situation now existing, as suc
cinctly described by a well known
politician, on hearing of the reap
pointments, is this: .
"Moflride, Tongue and Ellis." siiJ
the politician, "in their deliberations,
overlooked tho fact that . Henry W.
Corbett might desire to haye. some
thing to say in the matter. The
appoiatm nts of the delegation were
sent on to Washington Sindiy last
after the week of effort on the part of
the delegation to agree. In tho mean
time Mr. O-irbett had ?Jtit?J on Presi
dent MeKinley and infjrmid the
administration that he bal some
friends of his own in Oregon whom it
might be judicious and in the interests
of the republican party to reward with
office and that it would probably be
well to postpone the making of new
appointments until- such time as the
status of Mr. Corbett as senator or
private citizen was fixed.
"The factional fight in the republi
can partyrof Oregon, which prevented
the regular naming of the Uuitea
States senator being still fresh ia the
president's mind. Mr. MeKinley has
taken the suggestion of Mr. corbett, as
being well placed, and he has there.
fore made kuown to Justice Field that
to avoid any entanglement In Oregon
it mis-ht be well to reappoint ad
interim tha old federal officers and
then when the senate convenes and
Mr. Cornell's case is deoided, the
reoommendatlan of the united delega
tlon as to appointees will be received
and acted upon.
"This cannot occur until December
next. The reappointed officers there
fore have a further lease of about four
months of the salaries of their respect
ive offices."
A CLASH 1H IMMINENT.
Deputies Again Attempted to Evict the
Strikers.
Pittsburg. Sept. 9. At 8 o'clock
this morning deputies evicted a family
from the company's houses at Plum
Creek. Little resistance was offered
a,t tbe time, but as soon as the bouse
bad heen emptied ana me mrniture
put in the mid.lle or the street, women
gathered in front or tne Douse, ana,
after the deputies naa gone, miner
forced an 'entrance to the house and
carried the furniture hack. Desperate
resistance will he offered In eae a
second attempt Is made to evict tbe
family - . .
Three hours later, 16 deputies ar
rived at Clarksville, and evicted John
Pike and bis family. They are polish
Ths Dhlles.
people, but have many friends at
Clarksville. Their furniture was car
ried into the house again, and Puke,
his family and several friends installed
themselves there, nrpared to make
trouble for the deputies if they again
attempted to evict them.
The deputies have sent for Supt. Do
Armitt, and be is expected here at any
mouieut. The news of his coming
spread like wild fire, and tbe women
of Clarksville have gathered for resis
tance. They are alt armed, and are
sufficiently aroused to . attask the
deputies as soon as they return.
Dark ljm In Ireland. '
New York, Sept. 8. A World dis
patch from London says:
A pant;: is spreading through Ire
land over the terrible prospect of tbe
apparently complete failure of the har
vest. Reports fromllO. parish presi
dents from counties Clare, Cork.Kerry,
Limerick.Tipperary, Antrim, Armagh.
Cavan, Derry, Donegal, Down. Fer
managh, Monoghan and Tyrone all
tell the same piteous story of, ruined
jrops, impending destitution and
.'amiuo. Blight has everywhere Iti
vhole or mainly destroyed potatoes,
while oats, which is the next-most es-
ential crop to an IrisJi
. bm,uereaTIbwn by Incessant rains
ind practically destroyed.
Are Pledged to Support Bpaia.
St. Louis, Sept. 9. Comte Henry
le Penalo, who has been 'vlsitinp
Mends in St. Louis for a few days,
said that the rumor of the understand
ing between Spain and other European
countries, looking to a check upon
American interference with Cuba was
confirmed by information which came
to him from high authority. De
Paoelo has been introduced la St.
Louis as a member of an old Spanish
family whose sympathies are with the
Carlist party, but whose connection
with high politics in Spain keeps him
posted on most of the iinportaut diplo
matic movements.
Forest rires are Raging.
Buffalo, Wyo., Sept. 9. The forest
fire which has been burning' for
two or three weeks in the Big Horn
reserve, continues unabated and is
spreading rapidly, fanned by a high
gale. Already an area about 20 miles
square is reported covered, and
millions of feet of timber have been
destroyed. Tbe settlers have fought,
the ne constantly until forced to give
up. There is no prospect of rain, and
unless something is done by the
government there is no limit to the
loss which may be sustained.
Another fire is reportei over the
divide in the Big Horn country.
Ohio Oold Democrats.
C'CLUMBCS, O., Sept. 9. The gold
democratic state convention met. with
between 300 and 400 persous present.
Judge Beer, of Bucyrus, was made
chairman, and introduced W. D.
Bynum, of Indiana, who spoke about
two hours on the money question. ,
Youth.
W.'c til rcmrmbei
the lory of Potior
ae. Ltcn seeking
tue loitmain of
eternal youth; and
we all sympathize
wiih hiin in i
search.- Youth
means so much. It
means more than
life for sometime
me oecomes a
weariness. Bat
TOUth wit b
Its abounding
V "M-ffflelastic. step!
V"W Rowing cheek.:
ueaitn ana vigor,
rfssi ys. tyrai-wf an
' covet genu
ine weak
ness or di
ease whirr,
Rffes people
herore thc-it
time, is not the result of accumulated rears
it is the effect of wrong living- and nnhealth)'
blood. When the blood is pnre and fresh
Die body will be full of vouth.
Thousands of people who seemed to have
lost their youth by disease and suffering
have found it again throngh the of Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, tbe
most perfectly natural and scientific rejnve
nator of the physical torcea ever known to
medical science.
It gives the blood-malcinr omns nnrtn
uni oi me iiie-riving red
corpuscle, which drive out disease hniM 1
up fresu tissue, solid muscular flesh and
healthy nerve force. It gives constitutional
power, deep and full and Hlmnr- rounds
out hollow cheeks and emaciated- farms-
lives plumpness, color and animation.
it aoea not make flabby fat like rod liver
all. On this account, it is a nerfert innii-
for corpulent people.
It aids digestion and the natural action of
the liver, and by feeding the nerves with
highly vitalized blood banishes nervous
ness, neuralgia and insomnia,
Where a constipated condition exists, the
Discover- " should he nsed in
with Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, which are
the most perfect, mild and natural laxative
in the world. There is nothing else "just
as good." There is nothing that will do the
work so thoroughly, surely and tomfortabb.
The Fountain "of
Pri
ces
Btc, Etc. ....
M AWFUL DISASTER
Two Trains Meet on
Santa Fe in Kansas.
the
WILL NOT BE EVICTED
Striking: Miners Refuse to Stay Out
pf tho Company's Houses
at Plum Crek.
European Power Pledged toHapport Hpala
aa Against the United States Vala-
bte Timber Destroyed
Emporia, KatT- P1- 9- Last
nlgbt's head-on common on the Atchi
son, Topeka & San ta-P proves to have
been the worst disaster tCdt nas "
purred on that systeu In many years.
Twelve nmployes wer'e killed -outright
i or died of their jn juries, and IS others
f urnfa riam 1 am l' ( n im ft A
fncmftivL.havej.m . 3-Vt'c,oun J'fa9t
mail and California express, and. were
the fastest trains on
tt)e Santa Fe
system. They were running ai a rapid
rate when they met. .K. .. V ;
It is stated tbe wreck.was caused by '
a miscarriage of ordr.rs from tbe train
master. At lCtuprla, tbe 'eastbound
fast mail traiu . eceived orders to pass
the California express at Lang, -eveo '
miles east. An order was sent to Lsog -for
the California express to ,tak the
siding tbero, but this order wa not de -livered,
and the westbound train passed
on, tbe trainmen expecting to pass the
fast mail at Emporia. Tiie westbound
express - was going around a slight
curve and met the fart mail, probably
within 200 feet. ' '
The westbound train carried elgh -coaches,
audits- passengers included
many excursionists, who bad been to
hear Hon. W. J- Bryan, speak; at the
county fair at Burllngame.' Mr. Bryan
himself vas on the train, but was rltiV
Ing In the rear Pullman,, some 400 feet
from the cars which were wrecked. He
states tbat nothing but a heavy jolt
was experienced by the passengers in
his coach
Mr. Bryan was one of the leaders in
the crowd of rescuers. He helped to
carry out the dead.-, and wounded, and
gave tbe greatest attention to their
care.
MK.ITS WILL COJlR HIGH. "
Result of the Operations e-f the Chicago
Packers' Combine, ..
San Francisco, Sept. 7. The Call
says that meat, paitlculary lamb and
veal, is going to bo higher in Califor
nia during the next six months than it
has heen in several years oast) as the
result of the operations' 01 t- "Bfg
Four,"-Messrs. Morris, Swift, Armont
and Cudahy, of Chicago.
Realizing some time ago that feed
would be abundant this season, these
men began pui-chaslng lambs, calves
and cattle In large numbers and ship- '
ping them East to fatten. They draw
largely and tjujetly on the vast herd
ofXevada, Arizona and1 Oregon, and
before the wholesalers knew it, had
snapped up nearly everything in sight.
An advance in price has already
been made and now Miller & Lux and
the Western Meat Company, the two
largest coast dealers, are working hard
to seivire a suftlsiont supply for their
t.-ai e. ...
Hope Is Deserting.
New York. Sept. 0. A dispatch to
the World from London says:
Lamentable reports continue to pour
in from all parts of Ireland of tbe
havoc already wrought among the
crops, and as the weather still 1s most
unpropltlous all hope of saving the
remnant of tbe harvest is fast fading
away.
The English p-ess Is beginning
now to lenlizn thn situs tion, though It.
i :,ii i. .!,
19 maintaining its gravity.
Dreadfully Mervoaa.
Gents: I was deadfully nervous, and
for relief took your Karl's Clover Root
Tea. It quieted my nerves and
strengthened my whole nervous sys
tem. I was troubled with constipation,
kidney and bowel trouble. Your tea
soon cleansed m y system so thoroughly
tbat I rapidly regained health
strength. Mrs. S. A. Sweet
Conn. Sold by Blakeley &
druggists, The Dalles,
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