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PACIFIC COAST PROGRESS.
Th North American Review io its
' September number contains the fifth
section of the valuable article entitled
; "Progress of the United States," by
M. G. Mulhall, F. S. S. This number
is given to the Pacific states and is of
especial value to the coast, for it will
open the eyes of many to the ereat im
portance of the western part of the
Union. The author crowds the article
with statistics that tell a wonderful
story. The area is 40 per cent of that
of the Union, but the inhabitants are
only four to the square mile, while on
the east of the mountains in the prairie
states the population is 35 to the mile.
In the development of these states
the cities have grown twice as fast
as the countrv districts. In 1890
there were twenty-two cities, but
twenty years before there were only
five. "This is the only section of the
Union in which British settlers hold
the highest place, outnumbering both
Germans and Irish."
Concerning the advantageous use of
labor in the Pacific states, Mr. Mulhall
says:
"It appears that the labor of each
' farm hand is equivalent to thirty tons
of grain in the Pacific states, twenty-
two in the prairie.seven in the southern
and fourteen in the eastern states, the
average for the whole Union beirg
fourteen tons per hand. " In other
words, each hand in the PaciSc states
produces double the average. This
shows how efficient and economical is
- the labor applied in these states, where
a machine with a couple of men cuts,
threshes, winnows and bags sixty
acres of wheat in a day.''
Of mining he says: "The Pacific
.states are pre-eminently addicted to
mining, the annual output of minerals,
according to the last census, amount
ing to 142 million dollars, or thirty
seven dollars per inhabitant, against
eighteen dollars in Australia. The
annual product of precious metals in
these states since 1890 has averaged
fifty-five tons of gold and 1800 of silver,
worth 100 million dollars, which ex
ceeds the value of precious metals
that any country has yet produced in
the history of mankind."
Of railways the Pacific states in
1895 had 23,800 miles -"which had cost
1210 millions of dollars, or $51,000 per
mile. No other part of tta world
posesses such a length of railwavs for
population, since each inhabitant
has ten yards of railroad, against five
in Australia and six in Canada."
"Mortgages are not heavy, being a
little over ten per cent of the value of
real estate, but farm . lands are much
more heayily encumbered than honse
property. But the rate of interest is
very high, averaging nine per cent,
and in Arizona, Idaho and Montana
eleven per cent. The annual burden
of interest on mortgages is equivalent
to a tax of $12 per inhabitant, which is
double the average in the rest of the
Union.
"Local and state taxes in 1890 were
$14 per inhabitant, as compared with
$a-iu the prattle states. The difference
is partly accounted for by the scattered
nature of the population in the Pacific
states, as well as by the large expendi
ture for schools, equal to $3.50 per in
habitant. But the level of public in
struction is inferior to that of the
eastern or prairie states, notwith
standing the higher outlay for
schools." The percentage of Illiterates
was higher in the Pacific states in
1890 than in either the New England,
middle or prairie states; yet the aa
nual outlay per child was heavier than
in any other section of the Union.
"The average attendance of school
children is vey satisfactory, being
fifty-one per cent of the number of
children of school age, whereas the
attendance for the Union is only forty
six per cent.
In conclusion M'. Mulhall says: "In
whatever aspect we may view the
Pacific states, their progress must ap
pear marvelous. Although of such
recent formation that most of them
haye sprung into existence since 1860,
they possess more miles of railway
than any of the European states ex
cent France or Germany, and their
wealth exceeds that of Sweden, Nor
way and Denmark in the aggregate.'
THE PEOPLE DEM Ay D IT.
In the office of the superintendent of
the money-order system of the general
postofficeai Washington is evidence
which will convince the most skeptical
that there exists, especially in the
"West, a demand for a government in
stitutloo where the savings of the
people may be deposited, says the
Chicago Record.
The money-order system was estab
lished for the accommodation of the
people those who do not enjoy bank
accounts and cannot forwa-d
money by checks. While the object
of the system was purely to facilitate
the transaction of business by offering
at a small cost the medium for transmit
ting money, experience has demon
strated that it is not infrequently used
to guard the savings of those who are
not within easy reach of banks, or fear
to trust their hard-earned dollars in
the keeping of banks. Money orders
are often obtained by persons who
have a few dollars to lay away. This
is made evident by the operation of
the law, which declares a money order
void when not presented for payment
within one year. When a money order
is retained by the payee beyond that
period it can only be renewed by the
superintendent of the system in Wash
ington, and the number of cases where
money orders have been retained for
one, two, three and even more years is
surprising. The records show that in
most instances where money orders
are not presented within the prescribed
period the order was purchased by
the payee with no other purpose than
depositing his money where he knew
it would be safe until wanted.
When the original money order has
become void a duplicate is issued, upon
application, by the system, and void
duplicates are replaced by warrants
upon a fund created by uncalled-for
juoaey which has accumulated since
the system has been in operation.
Hundreds of cases could be given
where farmers, miners, mechanics and
other persons have used the money
order system for a savings bank, among j
the most striking b'.-ing the. cao of a
miner at Loadville. c'ol., who pur
chased an order for fe2,.J, payable io
himself, and permitted the money to
remain on deposit for five years. For
the sake of the s scurity afforded by de
positing the money with the govern
ment he was not only willing to forego
the Interest which ho would have re
ceived had the money heun placed in a
saviuirs bask or otherwise Invested,
but he paid the commission demanded
by the govermceut for issuing the or
der. The use of the money-order system
as a savings bank is resorted to as
frequently today as at any time in the
past. The mails bring to the post
office department daily numerous void
orders to be renewed, and the officials
who have the renewal of the orders in
charge understand that the system is
being used in the place of the savings
bank.-.
GEERS GOOD JUDGMENT.
Hon. T. T. Geer, whom the Oregon
delegation recently re.eommonded for
appointment as register of tho Oregon
City land office, has respectfully de
clined the "honor" conferred upon
him. In this action Mr. Geer has dis
played rare good judgment. He was
an applicant for the office of collector
of customs at Portland, and was en
dorsed by many leading republicans of
the state for that position. Outside of
the endorsements he received,' Mr.
Geer was entitled to more considera
tion from the delegation than he re
ceived. To him more than any other
single individual in Oregon was due
republican success in the state last
November, hence to be pnt off with an
appointment that meant nothing but
political oblivian in the future, was
more than the delegation could reas
onably ask of him, besides to recom
mend him for this position was not
only a direct insult to him, but to those
who had endorsed him for the position
of collector of customs, especially as
the recommendation was made without
consulting Mr. Goer's wishes in the
matter.
The members of the delegation ex
cuse their action on the grounds that
the term of the present incumbent of
the Oregon City office had expired.
but the same was true of the office of
collector of customs, for Mr. Black's
term had expired and he was re
appointed by Justice Field.
By refusing the "sop" thrown to
him by the Oregon delegation Mr.
Geer has proven himself no pauper,
ready to accept any wind-fall that
might be offered, and. ho has so en
deared himself to the people that in
case of republican ascendency he will
be either congressman from the first
district or the next U. S. senator from
Oregon.
CAUSED- BY DEMAND.
All ot a sudden silver has advanced
in price, from Saturday to Monday
having risen li cents an ounce in New
York, and throe-fourths pence in Lon
don. The rise in the price of the white
metal is attributed to purchases for
India's account and to strong rumors
in London that the India council is
buying the metal for coinage purposes,
with the possibility that the India
mints are to be re-opened. The deci
sion of the governors of the Bank of
England to hold one-fifth of its roserve
in silver also greatly contributes to
influence the market favorably.
Here is an example of tbo effects
demand have upon the price of silver.
Simply the rumor that the Indian
mints may be opened to the coinage of
silver, whereby a demand will be cre
ated, has stimulated the markets so
that the price has advanced almost two
cents an ounce in New "York. If !a
simple rumor causes such a sudden
rise, what would be the effect were the
demand really created? What would
it be if a demand for 50,000,000 ounces
a year were created by the opening of
American mints to unrestricted coin
age of "silve-? It probably would not
go up at once to $1.29, where it was
prior to the adverse legislation of 1873,
but it would rapidly advance to a price
that would make our silver coins a
very solid money. It is the lack of
demand, the refusal rf the powers to
recognize silver as a Da.-!. money, that
keeps it down to its present low level,
but with an artificial demand created
as there is for gold, it would soon rise
to its former standard.
GOT WHAT TIIEZ .'.SEED FOR
The funniest tariff kick yet comes
from Michigan, observes the Tacoina
News. The Dingley law "socked it"
to the Canadian lumber interest. In
retaliation Canada threatens to put an
export duty on logs. A Michigan
delegation have gone to Ottawa to pro
test against this They say they wish
to "protect their lumber interests in
that country from unwise retaliatory
legislation." They had bought large
tracts of timber land in Canada, and
tney set up the claim that tbere was
an implied understanding that they
should be allowed to cut the timber
and send it over the border without an
export tax. A Detroit paper says the
tax would be "a practical confiscation
of their properties," and that, really,
Canada would be displaying a very
unamiable spirit to put it on. When
the tar ill ox is gored he bellows louder
than any other kind of an ox. The
Michigandera sought protection for
their lumber interests and they got it,
but when Canada strikes back they ap
peal to her! Is it not laughable? Are
not tariff-f or-protection-laws thus made
ridiculous?
Hon. T. T. Geer is becoming an im
portant factor in Oregon politics, ana
from present appearances is destined
to create another faction in the repub
lican party. The Mitchell element is
heaping abuse upon him, because he
would not acknowledge to the world
that he was a chronic office seeker.
and accept any sort of a position that
might be offered him. Mr. Geer was
an aspirant for a certain office, and
had the endorsement of at least half
the prominent republicans in the
state. When the delegation recom-
manded him for another place, it was
a slap in the face of every man who
endorsed him for the coilectorship. It
was spying the delegation was the re
publican party of the state, bigger
than all the rest. Mr. Geer has shown
good judgment and has acted the man
in refusing the "sop" offered him.
This government may possibly get
into a war with Spain over the Cuban
trouble, and if it does, it will be a just
war. The United States cannot afford
to allow American citizens to be mur
dered and their property confiscated by
an arrogant nation like Spain, even
though resenting the insult may
bring on a war. Neither can it close
its eyes to the slaughter of patriots
who are struggling for independence.
If war comes with Spain it will be
cheerfully accepted by the patriotic
people of America.
CONSERVATIVE DALLES.
The Dalles is wondering whether
fhe can afford to enter into a contract
for electric lights for her streets at a
cost of $1890 a year. The electric
light company of that city offer to sup
ply arc lights under contract at $10.75
a month each. While The Dalles hesi-
tatates to pay $1800 a year for electric
lights Pendleton is paying and has
been paying for years $3,500 a year,
and Pendleton is not much larger if as
large a town as Tbe Dalles. As a
man or a town draws near the Willam
ette valley and the low altitudes of the
Columbia river the lois of energy is
remarkable and there is a hesitating
policy in all undertakings thit is just
ruinous to enterprise and progress of
every kind. The Dalles with the
proper spirit which would engender
energy could be a town of 10,000 peo
ple with all the advantages of a com
munity with that population. East
Oregonian.
While it cannot be denied that The
Dalles, by pursuing too conservative a
policy and by a lack of enterprise, has
failed to reap benefits from natural
surroundings that would have been
grasped by more enterprising com
munities, it cannot be claimed that it
is at present or has it been the past
few years profligate in the expenditure
of money collected from the people as
taxes. It is now pursuing a pay-as-you-go
policy, and that is why the propo
sition to expend $1890 a year in street
lighting is being considered by the
city council before final action is taken
Streets lighted by electricity are
evidences of thrift and enterprise
Low taxes are evidence of conserva
tism and economy in the management
of city affairs. Today The Dalles is
prepared to cash every warrant drawn
agaicst the city treasury on demand.
Were it to expend $1890 a year for
street lighting it would either be com
polled to cut down expenses in some
other branch of the city government,
increase taxation or run in debt.
We would be pleased to see the streets
of The Dalles lighted by electricity,
We would be pleased to see a new
sewerage system put in. We would be
pleased to see every rotten cross-walk
in the city replaced by a new one.
But best of all we are pleased to see
the city conducted on a cash basis,
and its expenditures kept within its
resources without increasing the rate
of taxation.
1 he city brightly illuminated with
electricity might attract loreign cap
ital to invest iu The Dalles, but low
taxes and city warrants going at par
will attract more. We deplore the
fact that The Dalles is not more enter
prising; that it has allowed oppor
tunities to increase its wealth and
population slip away from its grasp,
but we do not believe the way to create
enterprise or encourage the establish
ing of new industries is by increasing
the burdens of taxation. These things
must be accomplished by private ex
ertion, not by increasing public bur
dens. And until some new source of
revenue shall be discovered, until the
city's wealth shall so increase that the
lighting of the streets by electricity
shall not make taxes higher we shall
be content for Pendleton to expend
$3,500 annually for lights, and register
her warrants "not paid for want of
funds," while The Dalles pays its debts
promptly at the end of each mouth.
TUJS UNION PACIFIC SALE.
At last an agreement has been
reached between President McKinley,
the attorney-general and representa
tives of the reorganization committee
of the Union Pacific Railroad Company
by which the company's debt to the
government is to be settled. By the
agreement the net loss to the govern
ment will be abont $25,000,000. This,
however, is probably the best arrange
ment that can be made, and the"'goy
era ment is saving something out of
the millions of dollars advanced for
the U. P. which is better than losing
all.
The agreement to which Prosiden
McKinley has decided to give his
sanction is the same which was sub
mitted to congress by President
Cleveland last January. Under this
agreement the reorganization com
mitte will bid for the road under
foreclosure sale, the sum of $45,000,000,
In order to give an intelligible
statement of what this bid will mean
to the United States, it is necessary to
enter briefly into the history of the
Union Pacific obligation to the govern
ment.
The principal debt ot the Union
iracinc to tne united states was
$35,530,512. A portion of this has
not yet been advanced by the United
States. The interest paid by tho
government amounts to $36,954,893,
The whole indebtedness on the 1st
day of July, 1897, was $70,494,405
The sinking fund of the Union Pacific
in the hands of the treasurer of the
United States on the same day was
$17,738,209. After deducting the sink
ing fund, which is an asset of the
company in the hands of the United
States for the purpose of paying the
debt of the Union Pacific Company to
the government, the sum of $23,015,850
remains to be paid. That is the only
sum which tho Fitzgerald reorganiza
tion committee, as it is known, will be
required to pay the government.
The loss to the government is the
difference between $53,000,000, which
is the net amount due the government
in round numbers, and the $28,000,000,
making a loss of nearly $25,000, in
round numbers according to the figur
ing of the opponents of the agreement.
The agreement for the foreclosure
sale also contains a provision for the
reorganization of the Union Pacific
Railroad Company and its Kansas
Pacific branch. The reorganization
committee consists of Louis Fitzgerald,
Jacob H. Schieff, T. Jefferson Cool-
idge, jr., Chauncey M. Depow, Marvin
Augitt and Oliver Ames. The capital
ization of the new company under the
Fitzgerald plan will be $100,000,000, 4
per cent bonds, $75,000,000 of preferred
stocK and $61,000,000 of common stock,
EDITORIAL NOTES.
A little firmness on the part of the
United States has brought Spain to
her senses. She now shows an inclina
tion to grant autonomy to Cuba. How
easy it would havo been for Uncle Sam
to have accomplished this long ago.
Once more peace hovers over Turkey
and Greece. The treaty has been
signed, by both the powers. Europe
will now enjoy tranqua'ity for a time,
unless the troubles in Asia shall cause
a rupture between Great Britain and
Russia.
Things are not looking so rosey for
the horticulturists as they did earlier
in tne season. iue mirEei nas oeen
glutted with fruit, and in many in
tances barely enough has been realized
from shipments to pay freight charges
and the commission man. This em-;
phasizes the fact that fruit raisers
must put themselves in a position to
not be at the mercy of the markets for
green fruit. In order to make fruit
raising permanent and profitable they
must prepare means for canning and
drying fruit whenever the market will
not justify shipping.
Pendleton has street lights that cost
her $3500 a year, and the otner day the
council had under consideration the
payment of city warrants drawn io
1893. The Dalles is in darkness but
its warrants are paid up to dane. It is
unnecessary to draw a comparison.
Horace Greely once said that "the
darkest hour in the history of any
young man is when he sits down to
study how to get money without hon
estly earning it." Judging from the
number of applicants there are for fat
federal offices at present, there is a
decidedly dark hour with a good many
young men and some old ones.
Yeliow fever is killing off a good
many people in the South, but it is not
proving as fatal us will tho Klondike
fevr in the far North. Whon lull re
ports from Alaska are received next
summer, it will probably show the
Klondike fever to have been the most
serious mallady that has overtaken the
American people for many years.
England still insists that her sub
jects and sailors shall hav! the right
to engage in pelagic sealing in Alaskan
waters, and Lord Cham banal n so
informs Secretary Sherman. Were it
not that the seals are rapidly becom
ing extinct, they would somo day be
the cause of a war between this country
and Great Britain.
Poor old Spiiin is tottering. Once
the proudest natk-n on earth, she
seems now destined to fall. Continual
warring with her colonies and quelling
dissensions at home have bankrupt
her treasury, and now to add to her
embarrassment the government is en
gaged in trouble with the church
Spain is only coming to the fate which
it richly deserves.
When tne unal count is maae in
Greater New York it will be found
that Tammany is in the saddle. Boss
Piatt is running the republican ma
chine in that city, and that is sufficient
to insure Tammany's success. Tam
many is a corrupt political organiza
tion, but even it is preferable to the
rule of Piatt. New YorHers will have
none of him.
A Yankee sharper, who supports the
name of J. Cruickshanks, and pretends
to represent an American railroad
syndicrte, has succeeded in fleecing a
number of English lords out of 10,000
which he induced them to invest in so-
called American railroad securities
It takes a Yankee to bunco the British
nobility, and in the parlance of the
street Arab, "he gets there every
time."
i-enuieton has sustained a serious
loss in the burning of Byers' mill, and
The Dalles can sympathize with the
neighbor city, for we too have suf
fered severely from fire, "but Pheonix
like have risen from the ashes." Pen
dleton will do likewise, for no Eastern
Oregon town that is surrounded by a
good agricultural country can not be
kept down.
Organized labor has certainly gained
a great victory in the termination of
the coal miners' strike. Hereafter or
ganized capital even though backed by
the courts, will know that it cannot
ride rough shod over labor and grind
it down to a condition worse than servi
tude. Capital must in the future pay
labor what it is worth or industries
will be tied so that nothing can ad
vance. - . .
Baron' Fava, Italian ambassador to
America, who has represented his gov
ernment at Washington for sixteen
years past, does not squander his salary
fast enough to meet the demands of
profligate Rome, and his resignation
has been requested. Fava was saving
up some of his salary of $0,000 a year,
which is an unexcusable fault for a
public officer in these days of official
extravagance.
It has been reported that Congress
man Ellis will soon visit The Dalles for
the purpose cf hearing the claims of ap
plicants for local federal appointments
and making recommendations. This
is not very likely. Mr. Ellis is not al
together devoid of judgment. He had
a little experiencu in Portland recently
meeting applicants for office, and
evidently will not court a repetition of
the same dose. 4
Strikes as a rule don't pay, but when
laborers see nothing but starvation
staring them in the face, as did the
coal miners, they are justified in risk
ing all in the hope of gaining a living
in the future. The strike has probably
cost the miners $2,000,000 and has re- j
suited in much suffering, but the con
sessions they have been able to fore
out o the operators will insure to them
three square meals a day in the future.
The dispatches annouoce that Gen
eral Woodford, American minister to
Spain, has communicated to the gov
eminent at Madrid the ultimatum cf
this government, which is that the
war agaipst Cuba must speedily termi
nate. It is to be sincerely hoped that
the correspondent who furnished the
news for the dispatch is correctly in
formed, for the butchery in Cuba has
been continued as long is is consistent
with the patience of America.
At last Superintendent of Public In
structions G. M. Irwin has concluded
it is advisable to turn over a portion
of the fees collected by him as fees for
diplomas and state certificates to the
state treasurer. Heretofore these fees
have been a portion of the perquisites
of the superintendent's office, and the
Rev. G. M. was holding them as part
of his "honest" earnings, but he has
been forced to disgorge. It will cut
his income down several thousand
dollars a year, but be gets more salary
than he earns anyway.
Among all the coal operators, Charles
Devlin, of Illinois, stands pre-eminent
ly at the head of the list as the friend
of the laboring men. He acknowledges
that the miners do not receive suffi
cient wages to enable them to feed and
clothe themselves, and insists that
slavery would be preferable to their
present condition. Devlin is anxious
to join the other operators in raising
the. scale of wages. He wants to live,
and at tha same time wants his men
to be comfortably clothed and fed. If
ail operators were like Devlin, there
would be no strikes. -
The New York World has never
be?n lacking in enterprise and push,
having always pursued the policy of
being to the front in all things. But
it has never shown more enterprise
than in the recent efforts of its special
representative to open a trail to Klon
dike. When the miners themselves
gave up in despair, and were ready to
turn back because the trail was im
passable, the World representative
took hold and opened a trail by which
2,000 miners will be enabled to reach
Dawson City."
The forthcoming special illustrated
edition of the Times-Mountaineer will
be the best advertising medium that
has been presented for the considera
tion of the merchants of the Inland
Empire for some tiuie. It i!l be an
edition that will be keut for reference
for years by all who receive a copy,
and announcements that appear in its
pages will be of lasting benefit.
Judge S.'ars, c( Portland, decided
that a schioi teaehtr is a public official,
and, therefore, his salary cannot bo
garnished by creditors. This decision
will not be received with any great
degree of public favor, because it gives
an opportuuity for a certain class of
deadbeats to escape the payment of
their honest debts. In fact, public of
ficials ought to be no more sabred in
this respect than private individuals.
Dun and Bradstreet unite in giving
glowing accounts of revival of business
throughout the country. They report
trade better than it has been for years,
and ure r-ady to concede tho return of
general prosperity is due to tho im
mense crop of cereals being harvested,
and -the advanced prices that are being
realized for the same. This is proof
of the oft-made statement in these
columns that prosperity to be lasting
must originate with the farmers, who
are the only real wealth producers of
the country.
When Armour and Cudahy raise the
price of moats, that is a corner on
meats; when the sugar trust raises the
price of sugar, that is a corner on
sugar; when the coal operators com
bine and raise the price of coal, that is
a corner ou coal. All the above are
legitimate, but when a lot of coal
miners get together and form a corner
on labrr and 6ay they want wages
enough to live, then that is a riot and
the militia is called out. When such
circumstances as these exist, is it any
wonder that American patriotism ;s
not what it used to be?
A Portland preacher tho other day
expressed a sentiment in which most
human beings can join. He said: "It
is a great th'ng to ba a man. When I
was a boythey sang a song of wanting
to be an augel. That song was a mis
take. I wo Old rather be a man than
an angel." There are very few who,
when the time comes, are reaiy to
lay aside the man for the angel, and
the majority of us stave off the trans
ition as long as possible. Even the
most devout Christian will call in a
physician when he ge's sick, just in
order to preveut becoming a premature
angel.
Secretary of the Treasury Gage tells
an awaiting people that "the mint
makes no priM for gold" and gives
them to understand that the mint
could not do any more for silver if it
were a free coin. This being so, and
we have the secretary's word for it
why then not destroy the contention
of "silver inflationists" by coining
silver free at the mints, the same as is
done with gold? But. the laws of the
country declare that such and such
coins stamped by the government into
money are "a legal tender for debts
public and private." It is this declar
ation in connection with the minting
privilege that gives gold its value.
Treat silver, if the government dares,
in the same way and the world will
see whether Secretary Gage has literal
ly staled the truth or not. This from
the East Oregonian, is not poetical,
but it has a whole lot of truth in it,
just the same.
WOCll) EC1EOPE SUSTAIN US?
Circumstances Seem to Justify too Ah-
sumption Tjbat She Would.
Washington, Sept. 23. State de
partment officials refuse to discuss the
statement made in the Associated
Press cable dispatch from Madrid,
namely, that the countries of Europe,
with the exception of Austria, justify
the interposition of the United States
iu favor of a termination of a Cuban
war. Still, it is recalled that while
Mr. Woodford was tarrying in an ap
parently purposeless manner in Lon
don and Paris, instead of proceeding
to bis post in Spain, it leaked out that
the United States ministers at various
European courts had been instructed
to sound the governments to which
they were accredited, with a view to
learning how intervention in favor of
Cuba would be regarded.
Although it was generally supposed
at the time that this effort would not
succeed, there is cow good reason to
accept the statement in the Madrid
cable as fully warranted by the facts.
Denied by Tetuan.
Madrid, Sept. 23. The Duke of
Tetuan, the Spanish minister of foreign
affairs, in the course of an interview
today with the correspondent of the
Associated Press denies that the gov
ernment had received an ultimatum
from the United S'-ates iu ' regard to
Cuba, and said he had received a cable
gram from Senor de Lome, the Span
ish minister to the United States, to
the same effect, and denying the exist
ence of an ultimatum.
Election In Cuba.
Havana, via Key West, Sept. 23.
According to advices from I'uerto
Principe, Senor Bartomoioe Masso has
been elected vice-president of the Cu
ban republic, General Gomez, miuister
of .war, and Culixte Garcia, major-general.
General Gomez remaining com-
mander-iu-chief of the army of libera
tion.
Eternal Vigilance.
Eternal vigilance is the price ofliberty."
It 19 tne price oi everything worm Having.
It is tne price
of life itself. A
man needn't be
i always looking
(or danger.
1 something will
A " happen to him;
f-w but a wise man
b wtn torm a namt
of care about the
important things of
life.
It in t naif so
much trouble to take
care of yourself as it
is not to. A man
who follows regular,
healthy habits, feels
cood all tlie time,
Life is worth living
t hint But a man
who "don't want to
bother" with taking
care of himself has
more pain and mis
ery crowded into one
day than a good
health v, hearty man
who lives right
would ever know of
in a whole rear.
When a man's stomach is out of order.
and his digestion don't work; when his liver
gets to he sluggish and won't clear the bile
out of his blood, it is time for him to look
out for himself. He gets no nourishment
out of his food. His blood gets thicker and
thicker with impurities. His nerves get irri
tated. He loses energy and fighting force.
He may sav. " I can stand it. I will fopl
better to-morrow: " but the chances are K
will feel worse to-morrow and worse still
next day. He ought to put himself right at
once. He needs Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. It is made for just this condition.
It rouses op the digestive and nutritive
organs, and gives them power to extract
from the food all the nutritious elements
and transform them into rich, nourishing
blood". It enables the liver to cleanse out ail
bilious impurities and nour into the circula
tion an abundance of highly vitalized blood,
full of the life-giving red corpuscles whic h
build ud health flesh, muscular atrrnfrh
and nerve-energy. It does not make flabby
bean, it is the onlv suitable tonic and
trenjrth-builder for corpulent peopla. !
T T
ll
Tariff Section Twenty-Two
Practically Annulled.
THE STRIKE ENDED
Minerr Have Gone Back to Work at
Increased Wages in Several of
the Coal Fields.
Editor IlalleSays American Kxport Will
Bo Increased This Year Afanufae
turetl Goods to be Sent to
Kurupo and Africa.
Washington, Sept. 21. Attorney
General McKenna has anuotim-ud his
opinion in the matter of section 22 of
the new tariff law. He holds in effect
thr.t goods coming directly inu the
L nitea States from foreign countries
through Canadian ports are r.-t sub
ject to a discriminating duty of li) per
cent, and also holds that foreign goods
shioped from countries oth;r than the
British possessions are not subj.jct to
the discriminating duty.
Two questions were asked the at
torney-general. The first was whether
tha discriminating duty of 10 per cent
provided fu.' in section 22 should be
assessed against a carco of tea from
China, which had arrived at Vancou
ver in British vessels and thence
shipped through Cauada to Chicago.
Tho second was whether a discrimin
atingr duty should be assessed against
a cargo of manganese from Chili, which
recently arrived in a British ship at
Philadelphia. Both of these questions
tho attorney-general answers in the
negative.
TliK EMI AT HAND.
Seventy-Five Thousand Miners Will Re
sume Work.
Washington, Sept. 21. M. D,
Ratchford, president of the United
Mine Workers of America, who is here
to attend a soecial mee'iag of the ofli-
eers of the Federation of Labor, gave
the following statemuut to the As
sociated Press today:
'Today will see about 75,000 miners
resume work in the bituminous coal
fields of the Cen tral states. The strike
generally ends today. Tho mining
situation is tot likely to become dis
turbed again until the beginning of
next year, at which time we hope to be
able to settle tho wage differences
amicably and without the necessity of
striking.
'Of course the victory is not alto
gether one of the miners. While they
have done the striking, the trades
unions and organized bodies havo sup
plied the necessaries, without which
the miners could not have possibly
succeeded. It is a victory for organized
labor and not for any particular trade,
and we want our friends who have
helped us to feol that it's their victory
as well as ours."
EXPORTS TO BK INCREASED.
Statement of Editor HtUle. of the Amerlran
AclvertlHer..
Chicago, Sept. 21. American ex
P)rta are, according to Louis Halle,
editor of the American Advertiser,
likely to be very largely increased.
Mr. Halle bait returned from a tour
through the great niauufacturlpg and
commercial center of the United
representatives of an English, syndi
cate, which appears to hare unlimited
means i aETts aTsp6saTlahd which pro
poses to go into the importation of
American goods or machinery on a
very extensive scale. The company
has extensive property in Cape Town
and Johannesburg, and owns eight
square miles of land la the Matabele
district, in which it has its own traders
carrying on business.
The company is making large ship
ments to England and South America,
the list including toys, playing cards,
pencils, matches and tinned goods, all
of American manufacture. It deals in
provisions and meats.
Mr. Halle has been appointed pur
chasing agent in this country for this
syndicate.
Are For Annexation.
San Francisco, Sept. 22. The
steamer City of Peking, which arrived
in port last evening and was at once
placed in quarantine, brought advices
from the Hawaiian islands up to and
including the 14th inst.
The senate convened September 8,
but owing to the death of ex-Senator
G. Rhodes, president of the legislature,
an adjournment was taken to the fol
lowing day. The session lasted less
than two hours, but in that time the
annexation treaty was presented and
ratified without a dissenting vote,
Despite the action of the senate, the
opponents of annexation are contiou
ing the tight, and tho leaders of the
movement express the utmost confi
dence in their ability to defeat annexa
tion. Before the Peking left a call
had been issued for an immediate mass
meeting to be held on the lSth, and
the indications were that it would be
one of the largest ever held in the
islands. Some annexationists hope to
be a Die to have Senator Morgan ad
dress the meeting, with the object of
changing the sentimeDt of the natives,
but there was little likelihood of the
plan meeting with success.
The Hawaiian annexation treaty,
which was submitted to tho United
States senate on June 16, bub . has not
vet heen acted on. provides for the
cession to the United States of all
rights of sovereignty over the islands
and all public land and property. Un
der it the islands would constitute a
territory of the United States, with a
local legislature, subject to a veto
power vested in the president. All
the treaties of the United States with
other countries would be substituted
for those now in force with Hawaii.
Further immigration of Chinese to the
islands is to be prohibited and Ameri
can laws on the subject to be extended
to Hawaii. The treatv provides for
the assumption by the United States
of the Hawaiian debt of $1,003,000.
The document will probably come up
for consideration by the senate in
December.
WAR CLOUD IS LOWERING.
Thla Country on the verge or Conflict
With Spain.
New York. Sept. 22. "This coun
trv is oa the vere oi a war witn
Spain."
These are the worda of Assistant
Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt. He
used them at a conference of some of
the commanders of the naval militia.
whom he had summoned to Washing
ton to learn of the state of their com
mands and the number of men that
can be depended upon to complete the
complement of the warships and the
auxiliary navy. Assistant Secretary
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Rooseyelt urged the geutlemen who
had been called into the conference
not to underestimate the gravity of
the situation.
The navy department is preparing
to use every available man of the na-al
militia. Commanders of the reserve
who have boon called to Washington
during the last few days have had the
importance of getting their divisions
in qh shape that a sudden call will
find them in readiness, impressed upon
them.
The significance of Roosevelt's re
mark, joined with the assemblage of
militia commanders at Washington
and the bunching of warships and
maneuvers of the torpedo flotlll is very
great.
A KEINDEEIt EXVKESS
Government May Establish One ou the
Klondike.
Washington. Sept. 2i Secretary
Bliss.of the department of the interior,
has instructed the commissioner of
education to have the reindeer now at
Teller station, Alaska, which have
been broken to work, forwarded to St.
Michaels, to be held there for vso in
forwarding supplies to the Klondike
There
are auOUb Olgllb Ul tuts , mmu is
believed by the administration can be
utalized in this way, and the opinion
prevails that they would be much
more useful than dogs, because they
can travel more rapidly, draw more,
and can live on the little forage the
country produces.
The secretary says tnat each rein
deer will carry about 300 pounds, and
will travel a hundred miles a day.
Thoy are to be sent to St. Michaels in
preference to other places because of
the available stores at that point;
TBAILS CLOSINU LP.
Winter Ha Set In on Clillkoot and White
Paftoea.
Victoria, B. C, Sept. 22 The
steamer Queen, which arrived this
morning, brought back 80 miners, who
decided to wait until spring before
proceeding to the Klondike. Winter
has set in in earnest at White and
Chllkoot passes, there being four feet
of snow on the summits, and ice is
forming in the small streams.
Those who got over now have to go
by dog train, as horses are no longer
any use, and animals for which men
refused $300 and $400 can be bought for
$5. A large number of men are going
to Juneau to winter, but many will
come south and make fresh starts in
the spring.
Elklns Iff its Author.
Washington, Sept. 21. Senator
Stephen B. Elkins, of West Virginia,
acknowledgas he Is the hitherto un-J
known author of section 22. the mys
terious paragraph in the new tariff
bill, putting penalties on goods carried
into the country by foreign transpor
tation companies. Senator Elkins, in
speaking of tbe section, today said:
"I am not ashamed of the part I have
played; 1 am proud of it. The section
would have meant for tbe ocean what
the tariff means for the lands: I
thought it was American, and for that
reason pushed it. I shall be sorry if
General McKenna finds fault in tbo
discriminating clause. If he docs eo
I think he will giye Americanism and
American shipping a setback of 25
years.
Injunction Blade Permanent.
Wheeling, W. Va., Sept. 21. The
feature of interest In the opening ses
sion of the term of the United States
court for the district of West Virginia
was the application of ex-Governor A.
B. Fleming, of Fairmont, to make the
injunction against E. V. uebs ana
others perpetual. The governor was
acting for his client, the Monaghan
Coal Company. As there was no ap
pearance for any of the defendants,
the injunction was made perpetual.
Murder is the Charge.
WlLKESBARHE, Pa., Sept. 21
Sheriff Martin and about 40 of his
deputies were arraigned in court this
morning, charged with the murder of
24 striking mi ners at Lattimer. Several
witnesses testiQed. The judge held
the sheriff and deputies in $4000 bail
each for trial. Bail was furnished and
they retui ned to Hazleton.
Freight Subject to Delay.
Kansas City, Sept. 21. Kansas
City railroads haying outlets at Gulf
ports are iiotifylug shippers that
freight for Gulf points will be accepted
subject to delay only. This is due to
the yellow fever quaran tine which is j
nOW Deing ngiui.y ruiui toU iiuigub
as well aa passenger trains being sub
ject to tbe rule.
for the Least Money 1
Prints
and
Gold
nch
5 c per yard
Gic per yard
7 c per yard
Sic per yard
9 c per yard
9 c per yard
5 c per yard
6, Si, 10, 12 and 15c per yard
5, &k, 10 and 11c per yard
oc per yard
PEASE
TOEND TIIECDBAN WAR
Purparlers
opened Between
Washington
and Madrid.
DO NOT WANT SILVER
London Bankers Protest Against the
Action of the Bank of England
Favoring Silver,
Most European Governments Would Sus
tain America In Intervening to Stop
the War in Cuba There Wa no
Ultimatum Issued.
Madrid, Sent. 23. The Correspond
encia do Espana asserts that Pourpar
lers are proceeding between the United
States and Spain for a friendly settle
ment of affairs in Cuba.
El Epoca, after denouncing as "sen
sational" the story of au ultimatum,
points out that the Cubans have not
been at war with Spain without the
moral and material co-operation of the
American people-. ; -1
There is a great deal of comment as
to the origin of the ultimatum canard.
It has been attributed to a foreign am
bassador, but all the ambassadors deny
responsibility for It. The people do
not think that war is inevitable.
It is asserted that the liberals will
soon form a cabinet, and that on the
return of the queen from Sun Sebas
tian to Madrid Captain-General Wey
ler will be recalled from Cuba and
autonomy established in the island,
thus leaving no pretext for tho inter
vention of the United States.
THESE WANT NO SILVER.
Teat or tbe Resolution Adopted by London
Hankers.
LONDON, Sept. 23. The protest
which the London bankers brought
up, at the meeting in the clearing
bouse yesterday against the policy of
the governor of the Bank of England
in announcing his willingness to
maintain one-lifth of the bunk's bul
lion reserve in silver was presented to
the bank today. The resolution is ac
companied by a formal letter and the
resolution itself in Uie name of the
clearing house association. It is as
follows:
"That this meeting entirely disap
proves of the bank of England agree
ing to exercise the option permitted
by the act authorizing the holding of
one-fifth, or any other proportion
whatever, of its reserve in silver
ap-ainst the circulation of Bank of
England notes.
'Thatacopy of this resolution be
sent to the bank of England, the prime
minister, the first lord of the treasury
and chancellor of the exchequer.'
An organized movement has been
begun to induce other commercial
bodies to protest. A high official, who
was a participant In the negotiations
between the United States bimetallic
commissioners and the British cabinet,
said today to a reporter of the As
sociated Press:
"I fear the bankers will frighten
the government into receding from its
stand on bimetaiism. They have for
gotten that parliament resolved on
measures to eecure a stable par of ex
change between crold and silver. Sir
Michael Hicks-Beech (the chancellor
of the exchequer) pledged himself to
do all in his Dower to carry tne reso
lution into effect.
"The English public have also for
gotten that ten of the 14 members of
the agricultural commission signed a
report recommending bimetaiism as a
palliative for the srrioultural depres
sion in England. The public and news
papers seem to think the government
. , . , .
is Influenced merely oy a ueBi-e mi
secure the good will of the United
Suites, whereas it is attempting to
carry out the declared policy of parlia
ment. '
Fire-Eaten Ilsclpllnrd.
Chicago, Sept. 23. The charter of
branch No. 2 of the social democracy
of America has been revoked by tho
national executive board, and the sen.
tence of temporary suspension imposed
on four of its subordinate leaders was
changed to expulsion. Violent utter
ances concerning the Hazelton shoot
ing, in discord with the purposes of
the order, and refusal to submit to the
discipline of the board were the of
fenses charged against those who re-
undep thQ b;n
fdurate Yonr Ilo- With Caseaweta.
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. Cic per yard
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