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, CERTAINLY, MR. HANNA.
"Stand bv the administration of
William McKinley. That is the only
. salvation of our country. By endors'
ing and standing by the ndministra'
tion you will spare this nation further
attacks from those who preached an
archy and arrayed class against class a
year ago." Senator Hanna at Burton
Ohio.
Hotr natural it is Mr. Hanna should
undertake to impress upon the minds
of Ohio voters the necessity of stand
ing by the administration at this par
ticular time, for following his advice
means the returning of Mr. Hanna to
the senate from that state. Tie is try
ine a case before the people at present
in which he has a direct and personal
interest. Should tho voters of Ohio
fail to "stand by" the administration
Mr. Hanna would not be returned
to tbe.senate by the next Ohio legi.
lature. Indorsing the. administration
. is indorsing Mr. Hanna, and he knows
full well which side of his breac? is
buttered. .
BuWtaking all personal interest out
of the case. Mr. Hanna's advice is not
bad. Every loyal citizen should
"stand by" the chief executive just bc
long as government affairs are well ad
-ministered under him. An administra
tion that works the greatest good for
the greatest number is worthy of si'p
part. But there is something more
than the pleadings -of Mr. Hanna re
quired. Mr. McKinley and the re
publican party must give a clean And
economical government. They must
so administer affairs that there shall
be special privileges to none. Hinder
their administration the welfare of the
jjoor as well as the rich must be
guarded: the interests of the taxeaters
must bog predominate over those of
the taxpayers; the masses must not be
ground down for the benefit uf the
classes; in short, the .pledges made by
republican party prior to the last
election must be redeemed.
If Mr. McKinley gives us su3h an ad
ministration as he promised, or rather
his party promised for him, Mr. Hanna
need have no fears about the people
"standing by" him; but if he fails as
utterly as did his predecessor; if he
conducts an administration soley in
the interest of the class of individuals
to which Mr. Hanna belong? the
plutocrats, the monopolists and the
trusts He will find the people desert
ing him like ruts getting away from a
sinking ship.
SECURITY AND CHANCE..
The instinct to lay -by stores for a
-i-'rainy day" is the instinct of self pres
.; ervatiou and of civilifttion. It has led
"'.to. the development of life insurance
companies and banks and savings in
stitutions of all sorts. It leads tbe
well-to-do to forego high rates of in
tere&t in order that the income from
their wealth may be as certain and
secure as possible. It is the same in
stinct that leads careful persons of
limited means to turn to the govern
1 meat as vhe- only absolutely safe cus
todian for their small savings.
In establishing postal savings banks
a nation carries its people forward a
step in civilization, inasmuch as it is
-giving to them an additional security
against misfortune. A persoa who
puts his savings into the postoffice
bank will know that when hardship
and want overtake him, whether be
cause of misfortune or declining years,
bis money will be forthcoming. The
fact that there is such a safe place of
deposit provided will induce many to
make provision against future want
who otherwise would permit them
selves to become charges upon society
when misfortune overtakes them or
when old age finds them unprepared
to earn a support by their labor.
To the persona for whom the postal
savings bank is intended the rate of
interest paid on deposits is of minor
importauce. What such persons want
above everything else is absolute
security against loss. They want to
eliminate from life the danger that in
their declining years they may find
themselves without the means of sus
taming existence.
been devastated from end to end. ' Its
businesss has been greatly destroyed.
Its production of sugar and tobacco
has fallen off four-titths, involving a
loss of $0.8,000,000 aunnally, and its in
ternal trade has been injured almost
beyond recovery.
All this is a direet loss to Spiinif
she succeeds in putting down the revo
lution, for t he Cubans are her people
and their property was a part of lier
possessions. This probably troubles
Spain, but little, from .he fact that her
chance of success in the outcome of
the war does not afford even a gambl
ing basis for hope.
a' rivalry among schools may bave bet
ter results in getting a full attendance.
The experiment will be watched with
interest.
SECURITIES AND PROSPEITY
COST OF CUBAN WARS.
-. ' Estrada Palma, representative of the
Cuban junta at New York, say the
Cubans are more determined than
ever before to push the fight until ab
solute independence is gained, though
to end the war and stop the devastation
of the country, he believes Cubans
would be willing to pay a reasonable
indemnity to Spain to get rid of tbe
Spaniards. This would be a happy
termination of the bloody war, and if
proud and poverty-stricken Spain
would stop to count the cost of prose
cuting war in Cuba during the past and
of wh at it will still cost to subdue those
patriotic though desperate people, she
will readily conclude the safest and
surest way out of present entangle
ment is by permitting the people of
' the island to buy their independence
for really a nominal sum.
Cuba though rich in resources, and
having contributed immense amounts
of money to the revenues of Spain, has
cost a vast number of lives, and hun
dreds of millions of dollars to bold in
subjugation. Since 18G8, or during the
last twenty-nine years, Cuba has been
in open revolt nearly thirteen years.
The ten years' war was very costly in.
blood and treasure, both to t he mother
country and to the island, and there
had not been great recovery from its
ravages when the present insurrection
broke out in February, 189."
Since the iast uprising the Spanish
. government has sent to Havana more
than 2."0,000 men, the flower and
. youth and chivalry of the nation. Of
.. these it is admitted more than 45,01)0
have been killed in battle or disease,
- and it is probable that the number is
nearly double that; Nearly half as
. :-i many more have been tent back to
Syain crippled by wounds or broKen
r 'C by disease, to be burdens upon the
communities in which they live. The
money cost to the Spanish treasury has
been, more than $200,000,000, and this
amount is being increased at. the rate
of $11,000,000 a month. Cf the Cubans,
It is estimated that 10,000 soldiers have
'-died and more than 50,000 non-combatants
have perished of' starvation or
disease or bave been killed cutright
There has been a grand whoop-up all
along the line because of the increased
operations in the so-called securities
that are dealt in on Wall street.
Nearly every one of thes stocks is full
of water, and as securities they are
most variable. Their main purpose is
to supply a medium for the 'stock job
bing and gambling mania. Whenever
there is a little money let loose tho
wheel of fortune is given a twirl on
Wa'l street, and there is an earnest
appeal to the people not to lose their
interest in the game. Inveterate
gamblers and tbe grand army of suck
ers, on both sides of the big pond, get
enthused and dump their money on the
green cloth Then the dealers of the
games Ftnilo a fiendish smile, and the
New York papers devote pages to the
narration of the betting.
For a month or two they have ex
ulted over the cvdent prosperity
which sent so much wealth to' the
green cloth. The country must be all
right again, they argued, for the num
ber of gamblers is very large and the
stake-) are kigb. ..What a blessed thing
is prosperity! . -
On the 22d prosperity of this peculiar
sort received a severe setback. The
suckers had been rallied in large num
bers, their money was piled up on
favorite cards, it was a fine moment
for a good rake-down. So the dealers
rang in a cold deck on the players, and
made a very large winniDg. They are
hoppy, but the suckers mourn.
The way in which this clean upof
prosperity coin was effected is told in
a cynical style by the World. Brokers,
it says, reaped a rich harvest; "values"
dropred away $18,000,000; the "lamos"
were fleeced of $2,700,000: the brokers'
commissions amounted to $113,520,
and the balance of the winnings went
to the operators of the games. It was
a pretty good day's work fpr the sports.
The World iidrait.s that it was a
'typical day" for Wall street; that is,
the business of that thoroughfare is to
fleece the unwary at every opportunity,
A big flock of lambs "were neatly and
cleverly shorn to the extent of about
$3,000,000, and a small clique made
riches on the result of their well or
ganized raid." It was a very simple
operation. Everybody has been de
claring that there were good times
ahead, and Wall street.after its fashion,
proceeded to discount the situation by
marking up the price of stocks. The
public began buying on margins. Paper
profits were put into more margins.
Tbe manipulators waited. The men
who make and break prices are of the
Sage, Morgan, Haveraeyer, Flower
type. They have ready cash, and
create conditions, and they know the
game they are playing. ' The lambs
think they know it. too, but. they
on'r. It is just like a poker game bt-
tween an expert and a novice. On the
22d the big operators turned from bulls
to bears, and down went prices. The
paper profits vanished, and the money
put up on margins, also. This money,
minus tho brokers' commissions, went
into the pockets of the men who ran
the games. The thing was done in
five hours. The stampede was started
by circulating a rumor of probable war
with Spain, followed by a whisper
that McKenaa's decision on section
22 would cut down the earning power
of some of the roads represented by
the "securities." The banks stood in
with the scheme by suddenly and un
animously demanding double the pre
vious percentage on loans. -
This shearing of the lambs being
successfully finished the Hg operators
will at once begin to prepare for an
other. As the World puts it. "the big
men will start in and with their
millions buy stocks by tbe thousands
of shares, and withij a month those
shares will be 10 poi:;' 'u'gher, likely,
with the same old L.i. ; 3 Meeting for
another chance to buy t.L.d 'good things'
offered. When they get well loaded
uo again a bit of bad news will again
serve for their undoing." This is the
way prosperity has been brought to
Wall street, and it will always be thus,
so long as there are "sackers."
A NEED HID CHANGE.
Wasco, with nearly every other
county in Eastern Oregon, has under
taken to exterminate destructive wild
animals, such as coyotes, Ivox and
wild cats, by the payment of bounties
on scalps, but apparently the effort has
been wasted, for today there are
nearly as many of these animals as
there were before the system was
adopted. Vast sums of" money are
paid nut each year for bounties with
apparently no good results, as farmers
and Btockraisers complain that their
premises are invaded and their animals
killed by tb pesky coyotes tho same
as they were years ago. . This is
not the fault of the different county
courts, or the unwillingness of the tax
payers to stand the expense of bounties;
but the manner in which the bounty
system is worked.
Anything that is worth (!oing at ail
is worth doing welt, and if the different
counties in Eastern Oregon are to un
dertake tbe extermination of destruc
tive animals it should be undertaken
on a systematic scale that woul 1 be ef
fectual. The system now adopted by
this county and a number of others of
paying one. dollar the year round
for the scalps of wild animals does
not entourage their destruction, but
simply causes the counties to pay for
such animals as would be killed if there
were no bounty. The reward is not
sufficiently great to encourage hunters
to engage in their destruction, but if
there" were a general understanding
among all the counties east of the Cas
cades that during the months of De
cember, January, February and March
they would pay a bounty of $2 50 per
scalp, and no bounty the remainder of
the year, hunters would make a busi
ness of following these pests into their
haunts and killing them, and it would
be only a few years until coyotes and
wildcats would become extinct.
Such a system woulJ probably prove
quite expensive for a few years, but in
the long run would cost uo more thau
the one in vogue atpresent, for so long
as the pests are allowed to live they
will multiply, and if the present system
of paying bounties is pursued, the orig
inal stock as well as the increase will
have to be paid for in the course of
time. It would be well if the courts of
the different counties of Eastern Or
egon would join in a uniform system for
encouraging the extermination of de
structive animals, for so long as stock
raising is one of the leading industries
of tho country, there will be a demand
for bounties, and the sooner the ani
mals are destroyed the cheaper it will
be for all concerned.
and scieuce. and quarantine will bo no : "pectively for- U. S. district attorney
and marshal; but President McKinley
seems in po 'hurry to-forward their
commissions. The turning down of
Mr. Geer don't sot well with the presi
dent, or at least with those who are
closest to him, so 111! and Houser will
have to wait awhile until Mr. (Jeer's
grievance is settled, and probably Hnil
win nave to wan until another re
publican administration inaugurate
ed before he gets an oflice.
FREE PASSES.
A noted writer on political and social
subjects recently discussed at some
length in tbe leading magazines the
question of free passes on transporta
tion lines, and showed that the rich
and influential ride free while tbe
poor and common people pay fare.
The conclusion be arrives at is that if
all paid alike, fares would be materially
reduced without loss to the transpor
tation companies. Evidently there is
much truth in this statement, but the
extra cost that is heaped upon those
who pay in order to enable tfce others
to ride free is not the most objection
able feature to the giving of passes.
Too often the donation of an annual
pass from a company to officials, es
pecially members of legislative bodies,
is in a manner a bribe to influence
legislation or bias the opinions of the
party receiving it. The legislative or
executive officer who has accepted such
favors from a transportation company,
if he is susceptible, is under obliga
tions to those extending the favors,
and is not in all cases free to act in
matters directly interesting tbe
donors, should questions of conflict
come up between such parties and his
constituents. Officers performing
duties for the state that require them
to travel from place to place are paid
mileage by the state, and when so paid
have no moral right to demand or ac
cept free transDortation. Uy accept
ing it they belittle themselves and
jeopardize their independence. Free
passes issued to offiicials are far more
dangerous to the community than
those issued to the rich, and if not re
fused by the officers themselves should
be prevented by law.
NOW IS THE TIME.
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When every woolen mill in the state
is running on full tima, and some of
them running day and night is a favor
able tim6 for considering the starting
of other -mills throughout the state.
Evidently the business of manufactur
ing woolen goods in Oregon is . profit
able else the nine factories now in
operation would not be pushed to their
fullest capacity to fill orders. This
being true another factory is de
manded, and that factory should by
rights be established in The Dalles,
the greatest wool center in America.
And there was never a more favorable
tirao for starting such an industry
than the present. la addition to the
ordinary demands fjr woolens on
the coast, the Alaska mining ex
citement will cause a demand for a
number of years, consequently a
factory established now could depend
upon full orders to supply that demand
until it would be in position to enter
other fields in competition with tho
other factories. .
The Dalles Commercial Club was or
ganized for the purpose of encouraging
and fostering business is The Dalles,
aid the question ef encouraging manu-f-ictuaing
industries should be one of
its prime objects. Why, therefore,
should not the club take hold of the
matter of starting woolen factories
here? Financial aid from the club is
not expected; its moral support is all
that is required. If the club would
bold a meeting and instruct its com
mittee on manufacturing to take hold
of and ascertain what outside capital
could be interested in a woolen factory
here, it would be a beginning that
would eventually result in The Dalles
becoming a manufacturing city. Now
is indeed the time to act. Let the
club show some activity in this line.
The Benton county school superin
tendent has devUed a novel plan for
encouraging attendance 8t public
schools. He has prepared a banner to
be given to the school showing the
highest percentage of all children in
the district attending, and to be kept
by such school until another makes a
higher average. Compulsory educa-
cation has been a comparative failure
If Spain pulls, through the present
crisis without tbe government crumb
ling from its own weight. the world
will be surprised.
Massachusets gold democrats will
lead a forlorn hope, in the coming
election in that state, and bave put up
a ticket headed by Dr. Wm. Everett
for governor.
Between Plat and Tammauv thre
can be little choice, so about all tbe
honest people of New York can do is
to repudiate the tickets put up by
each and cast their votes either for
George or Law.
Justice will prevail in Clatsop county,
and Treasu rer Ward and Deputv
Howell be placed behind prison bars.
Both have been indicted by the grand
jury for embezzling $11,953 of county
funds.
John R. McLean announces that he
is not a candidate for senator, but his
announcement has a string on it. if
the Ohio legislature is democratic,
McLean will likely reconsider his de
clination.
Senor Sagasta has got his war paint
on and informs Uncle Sam that Spain
is ready to fight if the reforms be offers
i,uoa are not acceptaoie. sagasta re
minds one of a bantam rooster bustl
ing up to an overgrown cochin.
The Salem Statesman has shelved
Mr. Geer, and has htm already killed
off in the next republican convention.
But he will be an awful troublesome
corpse. Geer now occupies a place i n
the esteem of the people once held by
Senator Mitchell.
Either Seth Low or Henry George
should be elected mayor of Greater
New York. Tracy and Van Wyck are
the candidates of machines, and if
cither is elected the municipal gov
ernment will be run in the interest of
corrupt politicians.
George Fred Williams, the silver-
tongued orator of Massachusetts, will
make the race for governor on a plat
form indorsing that adopted at
Chicago. The probabilities are he
will not be elected, but the vote he
will get will be a surprise to the gold
ites of the country.
Tbe persistent and scientific fight
made by sanitary and medical science
has been really successful in confining
tbe spread of yellow fever to limited
territory, but nature will soon appear
as a greater preventative than all the
doctors, for when fronts appear in the.
South, tbe disease' will be driven out. .
longer required. - ..
Ex-President Cleveland - "is men
tioned as a candidate for tbe' New Jei
sey court of errors and appeals, aou
this leads an exchange to remark that
he ought to be an excellent one for a
court of "errors," he having made so
many himself, and also as a court of
"appeals'" that is a court to appeal
from.
When the $50,000,000 to be received
from the sale cf tho Union Pacific is
paid iuto the treasury, possibly the
gove-nment will be able to pay the
salaries of federal officials that have
"been held up since January lass, and
may be able to supply the courts with
funds so that federal grand juries and
trial juries may be drawn.
The dangers of reaching Klondike
will he somewhat reduced next year if
the plans of the Dyea-Klondike Trans
portation company, recently incor
porated at Portland with a capital
stock of $250,000, do not . miscarry. . It
is proposed to build a tramway across
C'nilkoot pass and operate all manner
of transportation devices in various
parts of the .Northwest.
Last year American manufacturers
were successful competitors with those
of England, ard exported immense
quantities of goods into markets here
tofore controlled by the British.
This was accomplished, too, under
the workings of a comparatively
low tariff. Within another year
we will havo bad au opportunity to
see how a high tariff effects this
class of trade.
Within a short time the Union
Pacific system will be sold, and the
government wj!l receive $50,000,000
from its claim against the company.
This will be a relief . to the treasury,
and will help make good the deficit
that is being caused by the operation
of that great "revenue decreasing"
agent now on our statute books known.
as the Dingley tariff law.' And of
course that law will get the creJit for
this influx of money into the treasury.
If the people of Oregon were given
an opportunity today to chose between
Gaer and Mitchell for United States
senator, there is little question out the
former would recoivo a majority of the
votes. Vitchell was once the god of
the masses in Oregon, but the part he
took in the last presidential campaign
and his success in preventing tbe or
ganization of the legislature last win
ter have not won him any new friends.
He can never again be senator from
Oregon.
The international bimetallic com
mission is still abroad, the members
doing about all that is possible to hu
miliate American dignity by begging
the crowned heads of Europe to per
mit the United States to enact finan
bial legislation that will tend to raise
tbe price on one-of America's greatest
product, silver. Why don't President
McKinley call them home and put a
stop to a farce that makes tne great
American republic the laughing stock
of the world?
Wheat has fallen twelve cents and
silver his risen eight cents. Looks
like they might get together yet. Tbe
fall of the former was caused by re
port? of unexpected supply; the rise in
the latter the possibility of an in
creased demand. So long as wheat
and silver are measured by gold the
price most rise and fall as the de
mand increases or diminishes. Though
if silver were given an equal place
with gold as a standard of values,
tbero would be less fluctuation in the
price of ail products of labor.'' :'- '
A number of papers throughout the
state are suggesting that the South
Carolina plan for selecting U. S.
senators be adopted in Oregon at the
next election, and that separate poll
boxes be supplied so that voters may
express their choice for senator.
Those who advocate this idea are
worshipers of John H. Mitchell, and
want an expression from the people
on his candidacy. We hope the op
portunity will bo given, so that Mr.
Mitchell and his friends may be con
vinced that Oregon has no further use
for him.
Chairman Dingley in a carefully
prepared newspaper article-' informs
the people that "there is no good
reason to believe that there will be an
other tariff agaifitinn to disturb busi
ness interests for many years to come."
Mr. Dingley when he wrote the article
probably never stopped to think that
the workings of the law that hears his
name bad created a deficiency of about
$30,000,000 during the two months it
has been in operation. Unless it proves
a better revenue producer, there will
be an absolute necessity for more tariff
agitation at the next session of con
gress. -The banks throughout the country
have been losing $5,000,000 a week
from their reserves in satisfying the
wants of the interior, and in view of
tbe large receipts of grain and other
farm products tbe outflow may easily
be contioued at about that rate for
several weeks to come. The menev so
long hoarded in bank vaults is getting
"Tack among the people. This, how
ever, is not caused by legislation as
some suppose, Dut on account of the
. . . .
larmers everywnere naving raiseil a
crop that can be sold at good prices,
because of the shortage of crops in
other countries. The increased amount
of money circulating among the peon'e
is not because of the passage of the
Dingley law or the maintainance of
the gold standard. ,
Even with wheat at 70 cents a bushel,
with the immense crop that has been
I harvested, a majority of farmers in
Wasco county will be able to get out
of debt this fall and have something
left. If they will now, in their season
of prosperity, profit by the experience
of tbe last four years, and practioe the
economy they hive practiced during
the years of adversity, they need have
no fear of extreme nard times in the
future. The safest antidote for hard
times is to get out of debt and stay out.
Whether the gold fields of Alaska
prove the bonanza that is expected or
not, there will be a great ru9h of pros
pectors there for many years to come.
These prospectors will require heavy
woolen clothing, ana will be supplied
from Pacific coast mills, provided what
they want can be bad on the coast.
To meet this demand the capacity of
every mill in Oregon will be taxed to
more than its fullest capacity. More
mills will be required, acd they should
be located in Eastern Oreion, where
the wool is raised in order to success
full compete with foreign mills. The
Dalles is the greatest ool center in
the state, therefore should also be the
greatest manufacturing center.
It is one thing to get tbe recommend
ation of a congressional delegation for
a federal position, butentirely another
thin? to get an appointment from tbe
president. Judge Hall and Sheriff
Houser are living evidences of this
fact." "Tbey were recommended re
it. is oneu as-ser;eu tnat tnere, are
millions of silver dollars piled in the
treasury at Washington tbatcannot be
forced upon the p'toule, yet the dis
patches announce that the mint at
San Francisco has been instructed
from Washington to resume the coin
age of silver collars in order to meet
the demands for silver change. Now
if silver coin is really corded up in
Washington where it can't be forced
out in circni ition, why isit notshipped
to San Francisco where the people
want it? Certainly express charges
would uos be so greit, as the cost of
coinage, , and besides every silver
dollar cuired increases the burden on
the "sabred"' gold reserve. Why then
will this giltedged administration per
sist in coining these dispised 40-cent
dollars?
Criminal proceedings for perjury are
to be instituted, it is said, against sev
eral wealthy citizens of New York
city, for swearing off taxes. This is
the result of investigations made by a
special committee of the Central Labor
Union, and it is asserted that they
have convicting evidence is not a few
cases. This is only just. The wealthy
citien who -mikes , false returns of
his property-to the sheriff is just as
guilty of pepjiry as is tbe contemptible
villian who goes upon the witness
stand in a trial before a court and
swears to a lie. And if a few million
aires can be sent to the penitentiary for
perjury in giving in their assessments,
it will to a great extent sol e the ques
tion of assessment and taxation, and
cause a more equitable valuation to be
placed upon the property of the rich
in the future. '
It is useless for Dalles people to
console themselves with the belief that
the trade of the interior will always
come herd simply because it has in the
past. Conditions are changing and
transportation facilities are being pro
vided that will attract trade elsewhere
Should the Columbia Southern be
built as far South as Grass Valley, the
wool raisers of Southern Wasco and
all of Crook county can get their wool
to mat'Ket without, hauling it across
Deschutes canyon, henca th bulk of
it will go to Grass Valley instead of
coming to Tho Dalles, unless some ex
tra inducements are offered hera.
Those inducements can be created by
the building of scouring mills, which
would attract the wool here; even if it
were delivered to the railroad at Grass
V?,lley it would be shipped here for
scouring, but without such an induce
ment The Dalles' may expect to lose
NOT: THOSE- DESIIiEl)
Sagasta Disappointed in the
Make-up of His Cabinet,
HAWAII WILL BE OURS
The Annexation of the Islands Is
- Virtually Settled So Thinks
Senator Lodge.
Extreme Beat In Illinois Pt Ottob-.r
Kecorda ilruken General Blattt-o
Will Likely Succeed TCeyler
Other News.
the greater part : of
within a few vears.
the wool trad
MVS!' BE FKHK.
Negotiations on Any Other Oasis Will I:
t'Sf-less.
New York, Oct. 7. General Carto
Roloff, secretary of war of tho repub
lie of .Cuba, has sent tho following
letter to Gonzale do Quesada, Cuban
charge d'affairs at Washington:
'"We are now better prepared for an
active campaign than at any time dur
ing either the present or the lar.e war
"We aro informed .here that Spain
will probably t'ry'to please the Amer
ican government by offering us auton
omy more or less ample. I need not
tell you, my friend, that we laugh at
such offers, for already we are at the
hour of our liberation. Should Spain
seriously offer us autonomy, it would
prove tbe full extent of her weakness.
and we will fight with renewed ardor
until she shall recognize our indepen
dence. Imagine our delight should
Spain thus confirm us in our belief
that the end is fast approaching.
'Tell the Americau government that
to enter into diplomatic discussions
with Spain in the hope that we will
accept autonomy is useless. "Ye should
simply thank it for its trouble, but
manfully decline to end the war oa
'such terms. We know-that both
1'iiima and you baye often made this
plain to tne American Government
ana public, but we wish you to re'
affirm it.
Drought Causes Havoc.
MASCOUTAH. Ill . Oc5. 7. In tho ex
perience of the oldest settlers in st,
Clair and adjoining counties the pre
sent drought is without parallel. For
two months there has been practically
no" rainfall in this eection, and the
temperature has ranged above 00 deg.
almost daily all that timo.
i he damage done by tbe drought in
Southern Illinois cannot be estimated,
but it bas been great. The heaviest
los to the farmers Is on the corn crop,
wtiion tias been cutaown &U to G- per
cent. Ir. has also done great damage
to all late vear etation ant to tbe fruit
crop generally. Hundreds of wells,
cisterns and .creeks have entirely
failed, and a water famine is threat
ened over a large area of country.
Many farmers residing east of Mascou
tah are hauling water a distance of six
miles. The water in the Kaskatkia
river has reached the lowest stage in
years. : .-.
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Eternal Vigilance.
" Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
It is the price of everything: worth having.
ii is me price
of life itself. A
....... naAH.- K-
fi always looking
for "danger.
yl afrai d that
1 something will
happen to him:
but a wise man
will form a habit
of care about the
important things of
EES'- V-
New York, Oct. 5. A World dis
patch from Madrid says:
' Sagasta has been disappointed in his
efforts to induce prominent statesmen
of the liberal party to join his cabinet
in the present critical circumstances.
Therefore he has had to content, him
self with a ministry compo-i-d of re
spectable, but less influential personal
friends.
An old foud between the ri-fht win-r
and the democrats in the liberal party
prevented Senor Gamazo from accent
ing a seat, and his brother-in-law, Se
nor Maura, the author of the first Cub
an home rule bill, also is excluded,
chiefly through tho iufi lence of the
constitutional senators and deputies
from Cuba, who belong to the liberal
party in Spain.
The only strong men in the cabinet
are Senor Puigosever. the minister of
finance; Senor Gapdebon, the minister
of the inferior, and Senor Morel, the
minister for the colonies. The last
named accepted the colonial office with
a view of playing the chief part in re
versing the policy of tbe conservative
government iu regard to Cuba and the
Puillippine islands.- With his knowl
edge of English, Senor Morel natural
ly will be in a position to assist the
minister of foreign affairs, Senor Gul
lon, who is not so well acquainted with
Spain's foreign relations as is Morel.
Hawaii will hki-ono to vs.
Its Annexation Is Already Practically Ac
complished. New Yokk. Oct. 5. A dispatch to
the Herald from Boston says:
"I loon upon tbe annexation of the
Hawaiian islands as practically accom
plished," said Senator Iodge. "The
treaty will be taken up at once when
congress assembles in December, ind
I think that there is an easy majoritv
iu the senate in favor of ratification.
If it should appear probable that op
position is developing sufficient to de
feat ratification, the remedy will be
very simple. There is a joint resolu
tion of annexation of the islands on
the calendar which does not require a
two-thirds majority, as is the case on
the vote of a ratification of a treaty.
A simple majority in both houses will
accomplish the same result, and that
majority we have easily. If it appears
that the ratification may fail we shall
simply slip in the resolution and act
on that in place of the treaty."
"What are your views as to a form
of government for the islands after au
nexation?"
''It is settled that we do not care to
admit Hawaii as astateinto the Union.
Some form of territorial government
must be adopted, but just, what it shall
be is uot fully determined. I am in
clined to think we should give Hawaii
a form of government rather broader
than the ordinary territorial govern
ment. For example, I should give tbe
islanders power tocontinue their legis
lative body in two branches, whereas
I believe a territory has a single house.
A legislature in two houses will give
them a government similar to our
.states, but they will not bave the
power to elect senators ia congress.
The system of federal courts must, of
course, be extended to tbe islands with
district and circuit judges. The local
courts may be retained as the people
themselves desire."
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HOT WAVJ3 IN
ILLINOIS.
Tear Past Go
October Kecords of jttAoy
to SnutBh.
Chicago, Oot. 5. Extremely . hot
weather for October id prevailing in
this section. During the past 24 hours
the thermometer went up to 86 degrees
aid accordiog to the signal service
records this is the highest point that
has been registered for the, month of
October in 27 years. Dense smoke ag
gravated tbe conditions. On account
of the drouth tho last two months ev
erythiog is as dry ad tinder and forest
and prairi? fires are numerous.
Lake Michigan has been made al
most unnavigable on account of the
smoke and fog. Captains of ves-els
have reported a most alarming state of
affairs. Many had not slept for 48
hours on account of the watchfulness
that was necessary. Boats picking
their way through the Straits of Mack
inaw are practically hampered. Land
marks were utterly obliterated, and
the light indistinct at a distance of
length of the vessel.
The smoke is attributed to forest
tires. Hunting parties, careless in
their camping, are thought to have
started the broad conllagrations
It isn't half so
much trouble to take
care of yourself as it
is not to. A man
who follows regular,
healthy habits, feels
Rood, all the time.
Life is worth living
to nun. nut a man
10 "don't want to
bother" with taking
cate of himself has
' x moie nain and mis-
" ery crowded into one
day man a good
iicHimy, nearly man
who lives right
would ever know of
in a whole vear.
When a man's stomach is out of order,
and his digestion don't work; when his liver
gets to be sluggish and won't clear the bile
out of his blood, it is time for him to look
out for himielf. He gets no nourishment
out of his food. His blood gets thicker and
thicker with impurities. His nerves get irri-
laieo. nc loses energy ana tignting force.
He may say, " I can stand it I will feel
better to-morrow; " but the chances are he
will fool worse to-morrow and worse still
net 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 rousea tip the digestive and nutritive
organs, and gives them power to extract
from the food all the nutritions element?
and transform them into rich, nourishing
Mood. It enables the liver to cleanse out all
bilious impurities and pour into the circula
tion an abundance of highly vitalized blood,
full of the life-giving red corpuscles which
build tip healthy flesh, muscular strength
and nerve-energy. It does not make flabbv
fiesli. It is the only suitable tonic and
strength-builder for corpulent people. - - -j
To Command In Cuba.
New York, Oct. 5. A dispaMjh to
16 Herald from Madrid savs:
Tbe advent of tbe libtral party to
power has been remarkably well re
ceived throughout the whole penin
sula, and it was popularly credited
that a more salutary regime in Cuba
would be at once initiated after the re
moval of Weyler. It is now under
stood that his successor will probably
be General Blanco, former governor
general of the Philippines. General
Blanco is considered the softest-
hearted soldier in Spain. He will be
fully authorized to approach tbe -ebels
with a view to making a mutual agree
ment for a cessation of hostilities.
Should be not go, a general will in
any case be sent whose modus operandi
will be one of mercy and conciliation,
npt extermination and deliberate in
humanity. EXPECTATIONS NOT REALIZED
8paniali People Disappointed In Sagasta'
' Cabinet.
New York, Oct. 6. A dispatch to
the Herald from Madrid says:
The new cabinet has certainly not
answered the expectations of the pub
Hi in Madrid or the provinces, and al
ready the opposition politicians criti
cize it sharply. " Everybody supposed
that Sjigasia. the new premier, would
bave been ready for the present criti
cal times, but it is a question whether
the solution of thecrisis does not show
that he could not control the old stand
ing rivalry among the liberal front
rank politicians.
In this crisis, like all Spanish minis
terial crises, much more 1. going on
benjnd the scenes than appears on the '
surface. One thing, however, must be
said: That is. that both Sagasta and
tho queen regent show much sincerity
of determination in approaching the
Cuban question in all its aspects. It
remains to be seen whether the liberal?
will promptly assist Sagasta.
Morel, Maura and Gamazo are insin
cere in the execution of the home rule
policy, but Sagasta seems quite conti
dent he will carry his party along with
him.
JOHN" BILL WON'T FLAT.
frouosert Seallna- Conference Does Not
Holt Blm.
London, Oct. 6 The officials of the
British foreign offlae have commun
icated to the United States ambassa
dor, Colonel Hay, the final decision of
that government that Great Britain
must refuse to take part in any sealing
conference with reoresentativea of
jlussia aud Japan.
l'he British government, however,
J averts its unwillingness to confer with
tne United states aione, dui, insists
that Russia and Japan are not inter
ested in the Behring sea seals to a de
cree entitling them to representation
at the conference. The British gov
ernment does not suggest any date for
a conference with the United States,
and it is thought probable in London
that Great Britain's withdrawal will
result in two meetings, one between
the United States, Russia and Japan,
and the other between the United
States, Great Britain and Canada. It
cannot be too strongly reiterated that
the withdrawal of Great Britain from
the Washington conference is due to
Canada's insistence, and that until the
Canadian officials imformed the for
eigi office here of Canada's objections
to the meeting with Russia and Japan,
out of fear of being outvoted, Great
Britain intended to enter the confer
ence. Thrown Ont of Court.
New York. Oct. 5. The -Buit of
Rev. Daniel C. Potter against John D.
Rockefeller, for $i"0,000 damages, for
libel, was dismissed by Judge Gilder
sleeve, in the supreme court.
The suit., has been heard several
times. Today, when Dr. Potter's law
yers asked for continuance, the de
fense protested that there had been too
manv adjournments Judge Gilder-
sleeve intimated that bo would enter
tain a motion to dismiss if made by thd
lawyers for the defense, and thi was
done.
IN WINTER'S GRASP
Yukon Closed to" Navigation
for the Season.
JOHN BULL SAYS NO
England Will Not Take Part in the
Sealing; Conference If Japan
and Russia Do.
Sairasta'a Cabinet Ia a disappointment to
the Spaniard It I severely Criti
cized By the Opposition for
its Weak Poliey.
The Case or Dnrrant.
San Francisco, Oct. 5. Theodore
Durrant, through his attorney?, has
been served with a motion by Appellee
Hale, the warden of San Cjuentin, to
dismiss the appeal on habeas corpus
which was denied by the circuit court,
also to affirm tbe order of the lower
court. This motion will bo presented
to the United States supreme court
on the first Monday in November.
Service of tbe brief, as well as the
motion to be placed before the supreme
jourt was acknowledged by Attorney
Hart for appellant. Durrant.
San Francisco, Oct. 6. Advices
from St. Michaels under date of Sep
tember 16 say:
The general impression is that tbe
boats that leave here from this time on
will not be able to get over 1000 milef
up the river before they will be frozen
in. All independent steamers will be
compelled to carry coal, as the native?
have cut up all the driftwood along the
river bank for over 100 miles, and have
sold it to tbe steamers Owned by the
two big companies.
The new finds on Minook and Hun
ter creeks continue to cause excite
ment and there are about 600 miners
on tbe ground.
In St. Michaels sugar is 25c a pound;
bacon, 25c a pound; blanket trousers,
$8; chocolate drops, three for 2oo:
calico. 35c a yard; cotton bandanas, $1
eab; flour. $3 a hundred; candles, 35c
a pound; small box sardines, 50u.
Six men have probably lost their
lives near here as the result of a fool
hardy attempt to sail up tbe 1850 miles
of tbe river, which in some places runs
at a rate of eight miles an hour. The
men, two ol whom are named Aoei
cromble and Tate, were last seen drift
ing out of the mouth of the Yukon to
sea.
Three men in a sailboat stirtel up
the river last week, but have not been
seen since. Their names are Mathews,
Roberts and Schultz.
where they were compelled to cross, .
and soon they were surrounded by
flames. The frantic horses started to
run straight ahead Into the burning
timbers. Before they had gone far the
carriage overturned and they were
thrown down an embankment into a
imall creek. This probably saved
their lives. They wore badly burned.
A report from Morris, Man.', says a
Ore has been raging there, 'and that
one family of five persons is known to
have perished.
Drought In WUconsln.
Kenosha, Wis., Oct. 7. Old set
tlers of Kenosha say this bas been the
dryest season for years tn this part of
the country. Vegetation is parched
and crops blasted. Wells aud springs
bave dried up, and as a result of Bear
city of water stock have suffered
greatly. '
Weyler to go Boon.
Madrid, Oct. 7. It Is semi-offlclally
announced today that Captain-General
Weyler will be recalled from Cuba
this month, and that it is probable the
cortes will be dissolved in December
and a new parliament convoked in
March.
Going
Y
East ?
If you nre, do not forget ; "
lfalm (riant Points
The Kankakee Marsh Fired.
Valparaiso, Ind.. Oct., 7. The
Kankakee marsh fires are spreading in
this county, although the farmers have
given up all other work and are fight
it at all hours of the day. Several
houses were destroyed last night. Tbe
big marsh near Asslnong caught fire
last night, and the flames swept over
acres of land, destroying everything
in their path.
FIBE9 & KK KAfllXG.
FIRST. Go via St. Paul because the ltnea to
that point will afford you tbe very best service.
SECOND. See tbnt the eonnon hnmil Rt.
Paul readH via tbe WUconsin Cantral because
that line makes close connections wttb all the
trans-osntlnontal lines entering the Union De
pot there, and its service is nrsl-class in every
pan.ivuiar.
THIRD. For information, call on vour
neighbor and friend tbe nearest ticket agent
and ask for a ticket via tne Wisconsin Central
lines, or address
JAS. C POND, or GEO. S. BATTY
Gen. Pass. Airt., General Agent,
Milwaukee, Wis. 2J Stork bU.Portluud.Or
A Woman Burned to Death.
Red Bluff, Cal., Oct., $. Mrs. C.
Volker, wife of Conrad Volker. a pio
neer resident of this place, was burned
to death last night about 11:30. She
descended the cellar stairs with a
lighted lamp, and stumbled and fell,
breaking tbe lamp. She fell in such a
way that she was suspended and help- j
less over tne Durning oil. anu oeiore
she could be rescued by her husband,
was fearfully burned, and died at 4
o'clock this morning.
Six Lives Were Lost.
Minneapolis, Oct. C. A special to
the Journal from Plankington, N. D.,
says: Tbe girls' cottage at the state
industrial school burned at midnight.
Tillie Hooper, in charge of the sewing
department; Nellie Johnston, aged 13,
of Grafton, N. D.; Bell Fobart, aged 9,
of Sioux Falls; Bessie Kirby, aged 14.
Terrible Havoc on the Jiortbcrn Boundary
In Canada.
Winnipeg, Oct. 7. The forest fires
that bave been' raging in Manitoba
close to the boundary line for the past
ten days bave broken out more furious
ly tban ever. Ten or l- persons are
reported to have been burned to death
and the fire is rapidly spreading and
crossing tbe boundary into North
Dakota. Settlers havo been fighting
the flames for over a week trying o
keep them from getting into the more
thickly populated districts.
Tbe flames are driving hundreds of
wolves and coyotes into tbe open, and
flocks of geeso and ducks have been
seen flying over tbe burning forests.
Near Wbitemouth, H. L. Laundry, a
trapper, was burned to death.
A German woman living in a small
house ma- where the fire was tbe
most furious yesterday is reported to
have burned to death and her children
are missing.
A dispatch from Whitemouth states
the fire is spreading rapidly. Several
settlers had close calls for their lives.
All the telegraph poles for several
' miles east of the town are down and
trains are tied up.
A Broken Head, Manitoba, dispatch
On
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Vocal and Instrumental Music tausht b
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"The Regulator Line"
The Dalles, Portland and Astoria
Navigation Co.
THROUGH
of Hot Springs; Iva Warner, aged 16,
of Watertown, and Christina Berg- gays tbe country is on fire there.
man, aged 11, of Yankton, perished irr; boMj sides of Broken Head river much
Twenty of the girls es-
the building.
pa pea,
Will Try an Ordinance Mow.
Tacoma, Oct. 6. The city will fight
rainst the results cf the supreme
court decision in favor of the Commer
cial Electric Light Company, and will
try to pass an ordinance to compel the
wire being put under ground. T.ne
council a year ago declared the fran
chise forfeited. The wires were cut
oy order of the mayor. A suit for
damages respited and an appeal to the
supreme court that the franchise, still
existed. ,The court decided in favor
of tbe company, hence the city's re
taliatory measure.
damage is being done.
Mr. and Mrs. Young, who live eight !
miles away, lpst everything, and only
saved their lives by standing in the
river for 12 hours, when they were
able to come onto the burnt ground
after the lire had passed. Nearly every
one in the path of the flames lost
everything,
At Beauzjour, Man , seven persons
have been burned to death. Mrs. O.
W. Thomas, her young sonivpd-a
daughter, had a cace "With the flames 1
for several miles. They had a team of
horses, which they kept on the ruu. 1
PASSENGER RATES
One way $2 00
Round trip 3 00
Freight Rates Reduced
The steamers ot this line will leave
The Dalles at 7:30 a.m.
Shipments for Portland received at
any time, day or night. Shipmoatefor
way landings must be delivered befor
5 p. m. Live stock shipments solio
ited. Call on or address,
VI O HLLHMHY,
General Agent
rH3 - DALLES - 0HEGQN.
Wanted-An Idea I:;
Sparks from the burning timber were wjOTwbiSM".
blown Into the dry ground of a prairie iS'iiV'hJ'r
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