SATURDAY. . . .NOVEMBER 6, 1897
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'TIS. PBOBABLY AS WELL.
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After a life" spent accumulating an
!m taenia fortune, the estimated value
of which la from fr,000,000 to flO.OOO,
woi Geors-e M. Pullman died leaving
two sons, neither of whom is suf-
fioiisntly educated: to fit him for suc
ceeding his father in the management
of Us large huslness interests; in .tact
they are both so utterly incompetent
that Mr. Pullman did not feel justified
in entrusting to them any portion of
his property, and in his will cut them
ff with an annual allowance of 13,009
a piece, leaving them no property, in
their own name. Such cases are not
Isolated, but are almost the rule.
Great financiers too often lavish upon
their sons all that wealth can buy,
; throw them into what Is termed "good
society," where they acquire habits of
drinking and riotous living, the father
delving in his office laboring to
accumulate wealth, while his sons
are; going to the devil. .. Instead
of making them hlsconipanions and
confidential advisers,', teaching them
the' routine of active business, the
father, self reliant and ever confident
of conducting his affairs unaided by
TQjinger minds, permits his sons to
grow up in idleness and extravagance,-
gaining their education in fashionable
club rooms or on the race track in'
stead of in the office. -
. With so little care bestowed by the
parent upon the education of the youth
it Is wonder such men as Pull
man should raise up sons to -whom he
was afraid to entrust his wealth, sons
who can never be anything but butter-
- flies in society or victims for designing
gamblers'. But 'tis probably as well
this is true.. Were, the business sag
city of such-men as . Pullman trans
mitted from father to son for a few
generations, wealth would soon be cen
tralized in a few hands. The world
would soon be filled with only a very
few rich men and a throng of paupers.
"Wealth would not be distributed at
all, but would be owned by the decent
ants of those who possessed peculiar
faculties for accumulating and retain'
It. i Therefore it is probabley a wise
provision that great financiers do not
educate their sons" as financiers, or
- that their business tact is not trans
Bitted to their offspring. Probably it
would be as well if all rich men's sons
were spendthrifts, so that the wealth
of the country may be kept more
evenly distributed among the masses.
It is better for the world and safer for
humanity that we do not have too
many very rich men. It is also well
that large fortunes accumulated by
successful business men fall hot into
hands that are equally sagacious, but
rather into hands that will distribute
them again among the people, even
if this must be done by riotous living.
It is better -for " the community that
Pullman's son's- are . not possessed of
the ability of their father, for were
they, they would by the management
of his vast estate . accumulate more
wealth than it .is consistent with universal-
prosperity for one family to
possess.'
who voluntarily enters the. service of
the government as a clerk at a good
salary. Mercantile houses and bank
ing concerns do not pension their
clerks and yet Mr: Gage himself ad
mits that clerks in his bank in Chicago
give better service on lens pay than
clerks in his department at Washing
ton. He says: "Good stenographers
and typewriters can be had for $900 a
year and the very best for $1,000, but
the government pays $1,400, and pro
portionately for other work." He
continues to say that "employment in
the government service is steady.
The government is not going to fail,
and that is a very serious question,
for the failure of an employer may
throw thousands of men out of em
ployment. When hard times come the
business mod may cut salaries or dis
charge his men; but the government
employs as many men in bad times as
food and pays them the same salaries
in fact, the Government busiuess is
more likely to increase than diminish,
even in bard times."
J In the face of this it seems altogether
out of place to suggest a pension list
for government clerks. They should
be as able to save up for a rainy day as
are neoole In other walks of life. If a
farmer who earns from $300 to $700 per
year is able to provide for his declining
days, why shouldn't a government em
nlove. who earns three or four times
this amount, be able to do so? Why
cannot a clerk at Washington City
under good pay provide for the future
as well as the poorly paid dry goods or
grocery clerk or book keeper or
mechanic or laborer who toils in prl
vate walks? The boys and girls grow
iner up into manhood and should care
for their aging parents as faithfully in
one nursuit as another, . and . relatives
and friends and fraternal societies and
churches are as available to unfortun
ate clerks at Washington as to any
other class who need assistance.
The cost of maintaining our govern
ment is already too great. The people
are calling for retrenchment, not in
creased expenditure, and they are
going to insist upon it untiltheir call
is heard and acted upon. ' During the
past few years the common people
have learned lessons of economy that
will . not .soon be forgotten, and it is
high time that the official portion of
our nation should study a little out of
the same book.
' VNFOBTUNATE IF TBUH.
The Oregonian in' undertaking to.
free itself of the responsibility of being
or attempting to be a political boss in
republican politics'in this slate, puts
that responsibility upon the "Mitchell
republicans," "whose leaders at Port
land Hirech, Hume, Rall-Lotan and
Dunne and Mitchell himself" it says,
"are the bosses in fact. The delegation
in congress is the mere tool of these
bosses, asd principle for years has
been trampled under foot by them in
their effort to control the politics of
the state and to divide the offices and
spoils."
This is a pretty broad assertion and
a serious charge to make against the
representatives in congress. To say
that they are the tools of a clique that
has only an interest in "dividing the
offices and spoils" is saying that they
are no longer the servants of the
people or the representatives of the
state. If this accusation is true, Or
egon's two representatives and senator
have sunk to the level of a New York
politician or .ward striker; they have
fallen below the dignity of congress:
men and senators. But even if such is
the case, the Oregonian is in an unen
viable position for it has at different
times supported every one of these
gentlemen for different positions and
aided in their election. It helped
make Mr. McBride secretary of state,
which was a stepping stone to the sen'
ate. In 1894 it advocated the election
of Mr. Ellis, and last year sung the
praise of Tom Tongue, holding up as
a model of perfection" viewed through
gold standard; and protection spec
tacles. So if the delegation is a mere
tool in the hands of Messrs. Mitchell,
Hume, Hirsch & Co., the Oregonian
must bear part of the responsibility
for the State being thus disgraced, and
should make a public apology to the
people. .
THE ELEU1IOXS.
OUB JUBY SYSTEM.
. THE UNION PACIFIC SALE
At last that octupus that has had its
. slimy fingers inter-woven into Amer
ican politics the pastqaarterof a cen
tury, the Union Pacific railroad, has
been told to the reorganization com
mittee, and it is to be hoped it will no
longer " corrupt national legislation.
By the tale the government has lost
several tslllion dollars, but even hav-
lag lost actual money, the government
' is indirectly gainer by having got free
from this colloaal -"hoodoo." Prob
ably a better sale of the road could
have been made probably a vale that
would have paid every dollar of lndebt-
; edness to the government could have
. been effected but it was not; and the
inevitable must unaccepted. Even at
the lose which the "United States has
sustained, the people are the . gainers
by having got rid of a fraud that has
resulted In more corrupt legislation
being enacted than any other factor
that has appeared in national politicts
. during the laat century.,- r . y
The scheme for aiding the Union
Pacific by the government' assuming
.certain obligations of tne -road was
conceived. under a republican adminis
tration, and. all . the disgraceful pro
ceedings thathave been connected
therewith from the incipiency of the
scheme teethe present time, have been
' ert while there .was a. republican
ttreafient In the "White House and a
republican majority in congress, and
the final te rminauon-bas occurred unr
der a republican, administration ; -isd
whatever glory or malediction that
ma have' accrued .from dabbiing -with
the Union PaclfiVu credited to that
Nevertheless, the government is to
be congratulated on haying freed it
self from this octopus, even sif .' it has
been at a sacrifice of millions of dol
lars. For ewter -the Pacific t ail-
roads will no longer prostitute the na
tional legislature, and dishonest jobs
will not be put up in order to . further
the interests of the roads. It does not
-redound to the glory of the present
administration that the sale was made
at a loss to the neoole, but Mr. McKin
ley is entitled to seme credit for hav
ing effected a settlement of this long-
drawn-out, vexed question.
-i - CALL
f. t t .... -
A HALT.
"A civil service list is 'the logical
culmination of the civil service system
of Washington," says Lyman H. Gage
of the treasury department. He com
plains that the superannuated clerk is
a clog on public business and is vir
tually a pensioner at the present time.
There are actually some eld men on
the list f clerks ;who are so feeble
that they have to be lifted up on their
stools. A proposed assessment on all
the clerks to create a pension fund has
met with difficulty and the Gage
seheme eon templates a pruning .of the
alarie of the clerks.
The time has come to call a halt on
the pension business. 'It is not the
purpose of this article- to criticise the
penstena that are paid to old soldiers
m aceeemtof the late war, but there
la m vast difference between the case of
a man who sacrifices bis health for the
balance of bis days for a salary of $13
per month, Of who lays down W life
for his country, and the man or woman
The Luetgert trial for wife murder,
which has occupied the criminal court
of Chicago for the last two months
and which resulted in a disagreement
of the jury, has been made the occa
sion of an attack upon our jury ays-"
tern. It is not the first time that this
well established institution of the
country has been attacked and tne
fault-finding is generally traceable to
class of self-styled reformers who
can see no good in anything that is not
done just their own way. It is an easy
thing to find defects but it is another
thing to find and point out the reme
dies, and it often happens that the
person who antagonizes a system is as
ignorant of its general principles 'and
their intricate appliances as a Com
anche Indiah is of civilized society.
Atmospheric influences sometimes
poison the mind and warp the judg
ment and it may be from this cause
that one of the Chicago daily news
papers has become excited over what
it calls "our barbarous jury system"
all because a ' "bailiff" is placed in
charge of them to administer to their
wants and keep tne vicious ; element
from interfering with 'their delibera
tions and insulting their honor by in
famous proposals.
There are times when tne jury sys'
terns seems to be a bunglesome. affair,
but as a rule juries get pretty . close to
the equities in rendering- their decis-
ions, and their verdicts are oftener
right than wrong. Unbiased men or
dinarily arrive at pretty correct con
clusions when rendering verdicts in
criminal as well as civil cases' and as a
rule they are a safeguard in the pro
tection of both life and property. The
grand jury is and always has been a
superficial body, but the trial jury is a
necessity, and it wonld be dangerous
to liberty to have it abolished.
. THE NATION'S LOSS.
In the death of Henry George this
nation has lost a great thinker, Great
er New York a man, who, if elected
mayor, would have given that great
metropolis an honest, conservative ad
ministration, .and tne laboring man
has lost his best friend and staunchest
supporter.
Henry George probably had what
some termed "wild ' ideas," but even
with all his isms, he was honest of pur
pose and-consciencious in his acts. He
stood for a higher standard of morals,
equality and justice for all men, and
an opponent to special privileges ' and
favoritism, lie had the confidence of the
masses and merited it, for he 'never al
lowed the hope of position or reward
to supplant principle. Henry George
was one who rose from the humblest
walks of life to a - position where he
commanded the respect of the world,
and those who opposed him most bit
terly are ready to grant him - homage,
for in him they recognized the noblest
works of God an honest man.-
Had he been permitted to live to a
ripe Old age, the . world would have
known him better, and accepte his.
thperies more kindly,1" for right and
justice will ever prevail, and those like
he, who put principle above money
cannot but win an enviable place in
the world's history.
E. M. -Shutt, formerly editor of the
Antelope Herald, has determined to
start a new paper at -Heppner. It will
be a weekly, gilt-edged, gold staddard,
out-ana-ouc repuDiican, advocating a
tariff wall .that reaches to the skies.
Mr. Shutt 's enterprise is commendable,
but it is doubtful if his judgment It
good. The field for newspaper work
in Heppner is pretty well covered by
the Gazette, and it is extremely doabt
ful if there is a field there for another
publication. '
The result of Tuesday's elections in
different states affords little consola
tion to the administration or to the re
publican party, for in every instance
democratic gains are recorded.
The greatest interest centered on
Ohio, because of its being President
McKinley's own state, and the contest
there was made by the republicans
with the sympathetic plea for an en
dorsement of the administration. Fur
ther than this, Governor Bushnell re
ceived the undivided support of the ad
ministration as a reward for having
appointed Mark Hanna to the United
States senate on the retirement of
Senator Sherman. The fact that Gov
ernor Bushnell's. plurality has dwin
dled down to probably 10,000, when
Mr. McKinley carried the state by
47,497 is not .encouraging to the ad
ministration. In fact it is the very
reverse, and cannot be viewed in any
other light than a great democratic
victory. The cutting down of a
plurality - three-fourths in one year,
when national Issues were made an
issue in the state, and that too" where
the state's own favorite son was being-
endorsed or rejected redounds to the
glory of democracy.
Iowa, too, furnishes a decided demo
cratic' triumph, notwithstanding the
republican ticket has been elected.
Last fail the republican plurality in
that jState was over 63,000, now it has"
fallen to 20,000, a republican loss that
is significant of the temper of the peo
ple. . ';! ' ' J
New York state, furnishes some con-
solation to the democracy that is decisive.-
It, too, has wheeled into demo
cratic line as it were, and with united
effort will be a safely democratic state
by 1900.
Tuesday's elections certainly show
which way public sentiment is drifting.
It is certainly against the republican
party, and lends encouragement. to the
vanquished democracy of last fall.
A SUDDEN. FLOP.
Senator BcBride, while in Oregon,
warmly and repeatedly declared him
self in faver of the re-election of ex
Senator Mitchell. It is the purpose of
himself, and of the faction with which
he has associated himself, to bring all
possible political and official influence
to bear upon the effort. This purpose
was the controlling-one in the delibera
tions of "the delegation" at Portland
in the summer. It defines the contest
for the coming. June election. Official
ism and bossism are concentrating all
their exertions upon this one object;;
They will strive to make the republican.
party of the state a Mitchell republican
party, after the fashion of the Mitchell
republican performance in Multnomah.
county in June, 1896. It is just as well
to know all this in advance and think
it over though it is not probable that
any observant person was' unaware of
it. But it may be news to some that
McBride is ont avowdedly for this obj
ject. McBride is a weak man, possesses
little individuality or force, is open to
flattery, as such men usually are, and
the "Mitchell push" has easily cap
tured him. Oregonian Nov. 1.
Less than three weeks ago Senator
McBride published an article on the
money question ; strongly advocating
the gold standard, then the Oregonian
held him np as one whose views should
carry weight with all thinking people
he was one of the master minds of the
country; an ideal representative of.the
republican party of Oregon. Since
then-Judge Hall was appointed to be
U. S.-district attorney, and it was
largely through Mr. McBride's in
fluence that he got the place. This ex
plains the sudden change of opinion.
resumed. However this is better than
if the city government had fallen in
to the hands of Boss Piatt and prob
ably as well as if Seth Low . had got
control of the city government, for un
der his regime the city would have
been run solely in the interest .of the
aristocracy. Had Henry George lived
and been elected, New York would
have had an honest government, but
between Van Wyck, Tracy and Low,
the peoDle of that city have probably
selected the lesser of three evils.
FARMERS MAKE GOOD TIMES.
The statement of Comptroller Eckles
of the United States treasury in regard
to the business improvement through'
out the country is very encouraging.
He states that "the improvement has
come rapidly and permeates all lines
of industry. It began with the agri
cultural class. The farmers have large
crops and are getting good prices tor
them. The cattle raisers are benefit
ted by a substantial rise. The same is
true with sheep raisers. The improve
ment in agricultural earnings has had
its effect on the railroads by increas
ing their earnings. It has put money
into circulation and enabled people
to pay off their debts, and has thereby
benefitted the merehants.
SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS.
General Weyler has given up com
mand in Cuba, and on retiring from
command, was given a sort of farewell
at Havana that savored somewhat of a
funeral, and said he was ever ready to
serve Spain in retaining possession of
Cuba. Cubans will be glad that he is
gone, and at home be will be received
with such warmth, that will likely re
sult in his ending his life in prison or
possibly by- the bullet.
Switzerland is; to.- purchase all the
railroads of that country, the- national
legislature having passed a "general
measure which -' has that 'end in
view. ' A referendum will probably be
held, but there is little danger of the
measure's defeat, for public opinion in
the republic strongly supports it. The
government will pay for them at a val
uation which is $30,000,000 less than it
would have to pay if it bought the
tock.
A writer in the Los Angeles Times
calls attention to the amount of scien
tific research which is done by Ameri
can universities and colleges during
the vacation season each, year. He
says that during the past summer
nearly every leading university had an
expedition out, and that together they
covered a large part of the world, from
the Arctic circle to far below the
equator. -' Columbia university sent
out ihe largest parties, fifteen profes
sors and students going to Putret
Sound and Alaska and other parties to
different sections. ' Stanford univer
sity was represented by Professor Jor
dan and his party on the seal islands
in the far north, and also by an ex
pedition s the south coast. The uni
versities of California . and Harvard
hay also been- doing food work on
the coast of Mexico. v The University
of Chicago had arehaelogical explorers
in Mexico and Peru, while Princeton's
principal work for the Reason was
in New Mexico. The Cornell geo
logists devoted their attention to re
searches ia Colorado, and the party
sent out by John Hopkins university
has been engaged in making biological
and oolegteaiolleotSeeirin Jamaica.
Tammany wQl agate be : delegated
with power lathe eltjfjnT ew;york,
and the. old-time methods "jet standing
up and fleecing the taxpayer ill be
DEPEW IS ALARMED.
Chauncey M. Depew, who U one of
the shrewdest republican politicians
In New York, and about as far seeing
as any man in the United States, is
alar mod at- the result of Tuesday's
election. He sees nothing of encour
agement in it for the republican party
ahd is alarmed lest the party shall lose
control in the state and nation. He
insists that something must be done
to fill ' up the breech that has been
made in the republican ranks', and
suggests immediate financial ' legisla
tion. In an interview "the next 'day
after the election he said;
The election issue in New York
has no national significance,' but with
an alarming tailing off of tne re
publican vote in the state, with heavy
losses in New Jersey, Ohio and other
states, the republican party is con
fronted with the incontrovertible
truth that Bryan and bimetalism are
not dead. It warns them that they
must take steps at once, and quickly,
to settle the currency question beyond
any hope of reopening it;" - --
Mr. Depew suggests rather heroic
treatment to cure the ills' of his party
to settle the currency question be
yond any hope of reopening it" but
much depends on how it is settled, if it
is to be of lasting benefit to the repub
licans. If it is settled on lines out
lined by Secretary Gage, which Mr.
Depew endorses, the retirement of all
credit currency, the issuance of inter
est-bearing bonds to take up the green
backs and the foundation of all cur
rency on a gold basis, it will be learned
that Bryan and bimetalism are more
alive, than ever. There is, indeed,
cause for Mr. Depew's alarm, for the
people last Tuesday, wherever given
an opportunity, expressed their disap
proval of the legislation already en
acted and that proposed by the repub
lican administration. ' e
"WAS AN OFF YEAB."
This is an off year and I think there
fs' nothing tocomplain of. The weather
was against the republicans this year
and the'gbdd times have made them
careless. I don't see how the 'demo
crats can reasonably bring silver up
as ah issue in this state again.' They
did not make an issue of it this year.
I hardly think the m&ney" question
oughts' to' be considered as affected
either way. The results all over the
coujjry show, it was an off year. Mar
cus A. Hanna, the day after the elec-
We cannot but agree with Mr. Han
na that it was an "off year" with a
good many republicans. The returns
show this to have been the. case in
every state where an election was held.
And, too, the "weather was against the
republicans," especially when the
count of votes began, it erqt extremely
cold early in the evening,, and sent a
chill'uo the backbone of a majority of
republicans that made them feel like a
Klondike blizzard had struck them.
Another "off year and another day of
unfavorable weather would be more
than the brave Marcus and his coharts
could endure.
ceptlon. There is is no more corrupt
boss rule or political clique in the
state than that' managing the schools
of the metropolis city. The ' schools
are conducted, not in the .interest of
education but in the interest of the
American. Book Co. and a few favorites
of political bosses. There will be a
weeding out some of these days.
That there is cot absolute harmony
in the republican ranks of Oregon is
quite evident f.om the grumbling that
is beard about the appointment of
Judge Hall to be U.S. district attor
ney. The Corbett wing of the party
don't like the appointment one bit,
and they are not slow to display their
displeasure. . Evidence accumulates
eyery day that the republican party in
Oregon is hopelessly disrupted andean
not be harmonized. --
American machines of-many kinds
are making their appearance in Eng
land. A London trade journal says
they are found in the English factories
devoted to boots and shoes, soap, rub
bar, bicycles and paper bopea. . Ameri
can printing presses, typesetters and
typewriters are common in .England,
and steel rails are going forward by
shiploads. Our agricultural machinery
also is admitted to be superior to any
other, through the decline of agricul
ture in Great Britain limits its appli
cation in that quarter." .. .
VERY CLOSE IN OBiu.
Bashnell'i Election Is Conceded The Leg--
lalatare is In Dombt. .
Columbus, Noy. 3. This afternoon
the democratic state committee ' no
longer claim the election of their state
ticket, -but announce that their- major
ity, in the legislature on,, joint ""ballot
will not be less than six and, may pos
sibly be nine. . ...
Chairman Nash this afternoon states
that the republican plurality on the
state ticket will be from 12.000 to 15,
000, and the republicans will have at
least three majority in the legislature
on joint ballot for senator. Nash an
nounced that the legislature would
stand 75 republicans and, 70 democrats.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 3. Bushnell is
probably elected governor by ' 10.000
and the legislature is democratic. This
result will prevent'Mark Hanna's re
election to the 'United States senate
for which Hanna made the fight of bis
life in the election just brought to a
close in this state. '"
BULLETS AND BALLOTS
Fatal
Election Row
Kentucky.
in Old
BOUGHT BY COMMITTEE
The Union Pacific Second Mortgage
Sold at Aucton for the Sum
of $50,637,435.
Future of the Kuuu Pacific--Affair In
Argentina A Can of Benzine Ex
plodedGood Pay For Solllne
m Kaliroaa.
I OLIVER I
1 CHILLED PLOWS!
Tnm many Trtampba.
New Yobk.Nov; 3. -The result of
the election in Greater New York was
a complete victory for Tammany city,
borough and county tickets. Robert
Van Wyck was elected 'mayor by a
plurality of 85,308.
Seth Low, the citizens' union candi
date for mayor, carried, several as
sembly districts and polled a large
vote, but all the : boroughs returned
pluralities for the Tammany forces.
Mr. Low was well ahead of General
Tracy, the republican nominee, who
was third in the race. Low polled 149,-
873 votes, Tracy, 101,833..-
Henry George polled 20,832 votes,
and the combined votes: oast for Glea
son,. Ward well, Sanial' and Cruick
shank, the candidates of the prohibi
tion, social labor and united democracy,
was less than 5000.
Henry George, like Horace Greeley,
went to pieces physically in a campaign
of over-exertiosw American politics
at times is too much like a continuous
game of foot ball.
The Sultan of Turkey asks for " the
recal of the Christian missionaries of
the United States. Europe's -concert
has - nearly ended the prospects of
Christianity in that corner of the con
tinet. ' .
Cuba has gained nothing in the
change of its governor-general. Wey
ler was a brute and a murderer, Blauco
promises to be the same. His procla
mation to the people Indicates that he
will govern- with, an " iron band if the
Spanish government Is able to back
him up With soldiers and gun powder.
The Oregon delegation is fairly' on
top at last, Judge. Hall having last
Saturday .been appointed by he presi
dent D. S .-district attorney for Oregon.
Corbett and the Oregonian did .not
have f prevent the .appointments re
commended" by the delegation, :but
they worried them for a time.
At last The Dalles can. fully realize
that it has an open river to the sea.
It already has nine boats a week from
here to Portland, and is soon to have
service that will give it six boats
more a week. With' such transporta
tion facilities The Dalles cannot but
be the distributing point for the In
land Empire.
A Denver heiress who had so much
moneyT that she could afford to
' wear $200 worth of diamonds in her
false teeth, has suddenly come to grief.
She laughed at a comical procession,
lost ner false teetn and they . were
picked up by a thief who disappeared.
There is an old saying that "a fool and
his money soon parts." This Denver
girl furnishes a living example of its
truth.
The gold democrats dropped out of
Bight in the elections held last Tuesday.
They couldn't muster a corporal's
guard anywhere for their ticket, and
as the republican vote was reduced,
one wonders "where they were at."
Evidently they returned to their first
love true democracy and ere another
year will be with the rank and file of
the party standing squarely on the
Chicago platform. , " - - .
.' If any branch, or more properly
speaking, beneficiary, of our civil gov
ernment should be kept clear from
politics or machine rule, it is our pnbr
lie schools. In their management
there should be but one prime object ,
to adopt the best method for educat
ing the youth. As a rule the public
schools of the state have baen so con-
ducted; but Portland furnishes an ex-1
Affairs in Argentina.
New York, Nov. A dispatch to
the Herald from Buenos Ayres. says:
The prospects for crops in Argentina
are good, and there is every indica
tion that tha yield Of wheat wilt pe
large. No North American ' wheat ,1s
being purchased here now. . That
which is being delivered i was bought
before it became, known that the
wheat crop was so large. By an ex
plosion in the National match factory,
the building was .destroyed. - Five
persons were killed, and iour badly in
jured. '-'' -'.."' .- . ;..'
A Beaffaldlna; Gave Wiy.
St. Louis, Nov. 2. A section of
scaffolding around the Wabash build
ing recently partially destroyed by fire,
gave way this morning, carrying eight
workmen into a mass of debris. - Two
Were fatally injured and ' four others
were seriously hurt. " Th"e fatally in
jured are Otto Ley's, ."skull crushed;
Herman Werthelm, internally injured.
Pretty Good Pay.
Omaha, Nov. 2. The re-organization
committee of the Union Pacific,
Which yesterday bought" the govern
ment lien, (second mortgage) on the
Union Pacific, today purchased the
first mortgage on the property. The
price paid for the first, mortgage was
$50,637,435. Master in Chancery Cor
nish, who sold the road, will receive a
fee of $100,000. - . "
Jk Can of Benzine Exploded.
Philadelphia, Nov. 2. During a
fire at Hornot's dyeings and scouring
establishment. today a large can of ben
zine exploded. Thirteen firemen were
seriously burned., It is feared some of
them may lose their 'eyesight. The
loss by nre was slight. - -
Noi Chance in Virginia. "
Richmond,' Va., Nov. 3 Hoee Ty
ler is elected governor by fully 50,000
majority ana more than three-fourths
of those elected to the legislature are
democrats.
Democrats Carry SfarylaiM' '
Baltimore, Nov." 3. Returns from
all but two counties in., the state indi
cate that the democrats will have
about fiye majority on joint ballot in
tne legislature..
the Strength 4 "Natiflfej
According to the ancient mythology, when
Hercules wrestled with Antaeus, every time
he was thrown
stronger than
power from
earth. Hercu-
he jumped up again
ever, gamin? fresh
every contact with the
les conquered him at
last onlv bv holding-
him in the air away
from the source of his
strength, until he grew
weaker ana weaker
and finally be
came exhausted.
AntKus is a
perfect . symbol
of mankind. Na
ture is the real
source of health
. and vigor. : The
closerwe keep to
- Nature's laws the
stronger and
healthier we
grow. When we
get away from
them we are sure
to be overconu
by weakness
and disease.
When sick
ness gets hold
of a man the
only remedy to really cure him must be a
natural remedy. It must work according to
natural laws and bring; him right in touch
with Nature. Any unnatural stimulus or
mere temporary "appetizer" does no per-,
manent good to person who is debilitated
and "run-down." - -
In these conditions the most perfect, nat
ural strength-builder ia Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. It -acts directly upon
the natural nutritive processes, amd creates
sokd, permanent strength and vital force in
the same way that Nature creates them.
It Capacitates the stntnafh and llvrr tit
vitalize the Jcircnlation and feed the nerve-
centres wuit purej healthy blood. This is
exactly Nature's way of curing nervous ex
haustion, debility, insomnia, and neuralgia.
uunug; uc past jo. years, Dr. Fierce'
medieines have become recognized standard
remedies throughout the -world. His
'Pleasant Pellets'.' are- a perfect and per
manent cure for conMipatjon;
Bistrr RlUa L. da Falcon, of Corpus Christi.
Nueces Co., Texas, writes: "This is to teH you
that I have bees ill for twenty-am lun and was
Snally cured -by your medkJiies dan-f edi
aal Discovery ' and 'Favorite Prescription." I waa
coaiplctljr cured after taking the medioae." ,
Frankfort, Ky., Nov. 2. Election
aay was usnerea in oy a olooay ' en
counter between republicans and demo
crats at 1 a. M., resulting in the death
of three men and the wounding of two
more. ...
, Frank Egbert, a republican, organ
ized a party to head off a party of
democrats under the leadership of Dean
Marshall, who,' Egbert claimed, had
taken a number of negroes to the coun
try to prevent their voting today.- Eg
bert, it is said, with his party awaited
Marshall's return and fired on him
from ambush, wounding- him and Smith
seriously. y. .
ueputy Sheriff Ueakin organized a
posse and attempted to arrest Egbart
and his party. - The latter appeared in
the street flourishing revolvers.- Fifty
snots or more were exchanged.
- The killod are:, .. Frank Egbert, re
publican politician; Howard Clore, re
publican, a member of Egbert's crowd.
Sheriff Deakins, dying; John Smith, a I
democrat.
' BOUGHT BT THE COMMITTEE.
Union Pacific Second Mortgage Sold
Auction.
Omaha, Nov. 2. The reorganization
committee of the Union Pacific, which
yesterday bought the government lien
and second mortgage on the .Union
Pacific, today purchasad the first mort
gage on the same property by which
the construction bonds were secured.
me price paid lor tne mortgage was
the amount named as the minimum bid
to be accepted. $50,637,435. The prop
erty was bought, as was the second
mortgage yesterday, in the name of
Louis Fitzgerald and Ah in Friech, .as
purchasing trustees.
The sale today was more uninterest
ing than that of yesterday, not over 40
people being present.
The report of the sile made yester
day was filed today in the office of the
clerk of the United States court. The
fee which Master Cornish, who made
the sales of yesterday and today, will
"receive for his work is generally .esti
mated at 9100,000.
Fotare of the Kansas Faoiflo.
Washington", Nov. 2. In discuss
ing the proposed sale of the Kansas
Pacific road on December 15, and the
assertions that the government will
bid in that property, which have been
aired by the sale of the Union Pacific,
Attorney-General McKenna said:
"The ownership of the Kansas Pa
cific is a part'of the committee's scheme
of reorganization. The members ho)d
liens similar to those oi the govern-1
meat. They cannot make them good I
except by the ownership of the road.
Besides that, they ae owners of .the
rt mortgage; ; They -must bid. to
make that good, ',.;' - '"
"But suppose the committee' does
not bid; others will the government
may. Does any sane business man be
lieve that the reorganization commit
tee will let it be cold for $15,300,000.
when it will pay 4 per cent on nearly'
twice that amount, 4 per cent on nearly
$8,000,000 more than that amount,
owning, as the company does. Hens
junior to that of the government, and
which in such event would be a total
loss? Would not this policy to use a
homely expression, be 'cutting off j
one's nose to spite one's face?' "
: Cubans Are Active
New YORK, Nov. 4. A dispatch to
the Herald from Havana says:
The insurgent troops in the field are
very active. n October 30 the Span
iards sustained the . most severe loss
they have met for some time. On the
borders of Matanzas province General
Molina was defeated by the insurgents
under General Betancourt. General
Molina was on his way to Havana with
a brigade of troops . to participate in
Blanco's reception. At Aguacate he
heard the rebels were encamped in
Purgatory hills, and broke his march
to attack them. The fight was a long
one, ahd the Snanish loss was large.
He was finally forced to retreat. -
In Pinar del Bio province the rebels
under command of Captain Lorr ' at
tacked a convoy that left San Cay eta no
and captured a large supply of cloth
ing and ammunition.
A report apparently well-founded, is
current in Hayana to the effect that
Holguin has been captured by rebels
under General Cebreco. That it has
been attacked, and that 75 Spaniards
were killed is admitted, but capture is
denied.
A million dollars in paper currency
has mysteriously disappeared from the
treasury here. The money was intend
ed forjtbe payment of the navy and the
troops. This fact, coupled with an at
tempt to deprive the army and navy of
their pay for the months of April, May
ana June is causing great indignation,
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Oliver or equally "goody
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So great is the popularity of these famous plows that unscrupulous
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5 CO..
The Dalles, OregDti-
United States on the subject of Cuba,
declaring jn guarded terms that with
reference to granting autonomy to
Cuba, Spain will do what she sees fit.
It is also understood the Spanish gov
ernment is determined to maintain
that the Spanish officers acted cor
rectly ia making the capture of the
Competitor in April, 1896, and the pro
tocol of 1877 solelv referred to Arner
lean citizens residing in Cuba.
THE RESULT 18 IN DOUBT.
An Official Court of Vote la Belaa Made
la Ohio. '
Columbus, O., Not. 4 An official
canvass of votes Is in progress in most
of the counties of the state today.
These counts will be watched carefully
and awaited anxiously In the close
counties. The democratic and republi
can headquarters will be kept onen to
get the official figures.
The republicans today confidently
claim a majority of five on joint ballot.
Up to noon the state committees bad
not chaneed their respective claims.
Their advices from the close counties
indicate that protests were being filed
todavin anticipation of contests of
about a dozen seats In the legislature.
A Borprtae in Harjland.
- Baltimore, Nov. 4. The Evening
News, cold dem.. in an extra an
nounces corrected figures In Talbot
nuntv. insuring the election of the
entire republican legislative delega
tion from that county. Talbot was
roisinally conceded to the democrats.
The Evening News claims that this
change Insures the lower house to the
republicans, and givei them a majority
of 13 on the joint ball tt.
4gptker r -rthcoinlna-.
Madbid, Nov. 4.-r-The Spanish cab
inet has decided to reply to the United
States minister's acknowledgment of
the receipt of the Spanish note in
reply to the representations of tlie
-. Democratic Galna In Mew York.
Albany, Nov. 3. Returns from the
state, which are coming in slowly, dem
onstrate that the republican land
slides of the past two years have been
reversed, if not by giving as large a
majority for the democrats, at least by
changing something like 240,000 votes.-
The greatest surprise of returns is the
great gain made in- the assembly by
the democrats, many of them being
in counties and districts where thero
was no expectation on the part of the
democratic managers of winning. The
republicans will still control the assem
bly, although by a largely decreased
majority.
Fusion Victor 1m Nebraska.
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 3. J. J. Sulli
van. candidate or tne iusionists xor
justice of the supreme court, has car
ried the state by 7000 to 10,000 majority,
Douclascountr. in which Omaha Is
situated, voted to issue the exposition
bonds.
MaasachoMtti Republican.
Boston, Mass;; Nov. 3. Wolcott,
republican, is elected governor in this
state over Oeorg Fred Williams, dem
ocrat. However the election returns
show a heavy decrease in republican
strength compared to the presidential
election.
Kentucky Electa a Sllrer Democrat.
Frankfort. Kentucky, Noy. 3.
The election of Shaelford, sliver dem'
crat, for clerk of the court of appeals,
is a oertainty. There are heavy demo
cratio gains all oyer the state, This
was the only candidate voted for at
this election,
Tne Bale Waa Postponed. '
Topeka, Nov. 4. The sale of the
Kansas Pacific branch of the Union
Pacific under government' foreclosure
set for today in this city, was postponed
until Thursday, December 18. Mr.
Cornish, as anticipated, announced
that under authority qt (ha oeortr he
adjourned the sale,
ETaDg-ellna's Opportunity.
Chicago, Nov. 4. Mrs. Celia Wal
lace, Who resides at the Auditorium,
ana is a cciiaiess wiaow, nas taken a
fancy to Evangelina Cisslo y Clsneros
and has offered to adopt the Cuban
maid and make her heiress to a fortune
estimated by friends of Mrs. Wallace
at 9500,000. Evangelina looks with
fayor upon the proposition and took it
under advisement. ' When it was ex
plained to her that the written consent
of her father would be necussary be
fore the adoption could be made le
gally, she said she thought he would
be willing.
No Man's Fight as Yet .
Denver. Nov. 4. The vote for state
supreme judge is. so close between
Hayt, republicac, and Gabbert, popu
list-democrat, (bat - neither aide will
giye up until the result of the official
count is announced. Unofficial re
turns received up to noon today indi
cate the election of Gabbert.
fteyler In a Tight Place.
LdNDON, Nov. 4. A" dispatch from
Madrid this afternoon says the cabinet
ia now considering the question of in
peaching of Veneral Weyler, on ac
count of remarks which he made pre
vious to leaving Havana on his return
to Spain.
Gorman Probably Wins.
Baltimore, Md., Nov. The re
turns from yesterday's electloalo this
state strongly lndleate democrats have
majority on joint ballot in legislative
assembly, thus insuring Senator Gor
man's re-election.-
THE
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THE STEAMER IONE
Of the Washougal and La
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, leave her dock at the foot of
Union street, forPortland and
' "way points on
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday,
AT 8:30 A; it.
The Result la Iowa.
Des Moines, la., Nov. 3. Reports
from 50 counties give Shaw, republican
for governor 20,320 plurality. . Later
returns will increase this 12,000.
Republicans claim 63 in the bouse
out of 100 and 40 out of 50 senators.
Mrs.
Albany,
V oi. Ralston Dead-.
Or., Nov. 2.-Mrs. Wil
liam Ralston died this morning. She
Will be buried tomorrow at Lebanon,
Kirs. Ralston was a sister of Judge O.
N. Denny, and a cousin of M. C,
George.
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