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MIB INTERESTOF ECONOMY
t he report of the grand jury, pub-
asnedin another column, makes some
Wffewtions that are worthy of more
nDas8inz notice. That calling the
Jtion of the legislature to the coat
lag prisoners confined in county
nportant, and should -be con
aj the legislature at the next
If .the information of the
id jury is correct, that contracts
-are made for feeding prisoners at 12
cents a meal, for two meals a day, the
V prisoners are fed for 91.68 a week
"when the cases where, more than five
prisoners are in the jail the law allows
sherii& W Per week for' their food, or
V?2 i bore actual cost, and in cases
i less than four- prisoners are in
L.32 cents above cost. '
Lis no fault of the 'sheriffs, but is
fault of the law. If the sheriff is
able -to contract for meals atlj68
' week and the law allows him $3 or $5,
' it as but natural that he will accept the
profits to be made on the ion tract
But tsince it is not the purpose of the
r tftftt any officer shall speculate off
the natural expenses of government,
the law should be 'so amended that
such speculation would be impossible,
County courts or sheriffs should, be
empowered to let contracts for feeding
prisoners with good, wholesome food
the lowest bidder, and the actual
at of feeding them should be all the
Wty is required to pay. A saving
Vt.32 cents per week to the county
v small amount, yet when a num
ksoners confined from time to
tiiacounty jaus is lateen into con
Ltibn it amounts to considerable,
instance Wasco county the
wo months. There nave Deen
fiately an average of eight
i confined in the jail. Under
fttlon of the present law, if
i been eight men iu the jail
weeks (aAd that Is near
, tual lumber for this ar
ias coat the county 9192 to
them. If, as the grand jury says.
hey could have been fed at 12 cents a
leal, or 91.68 a week, the cost should
kve been 9104.52, or a saving of
the county. Should this number of
inera ha confined in jail the
und, and a contract could be
into for feeding them at 91.68
it would mean a saving of
I a year to the taxpayers. -
Suggestion -made by the grand
Btices of the peace regarding
3g persons to jail on trivial
charges is also in the Interest of
economy; though this abuse is largely
the fault of the law. In that the juris
diction of justices of the peace in deal
lng with criminal cases is not broad
enough. They should be given a wider
scone in the punishment of all mis-
nftanera. That I?, all cases punish
Va hv a fine or- imprisonment in the
ntv iail should terminate in the
stice court. The justice should have
fad exercise the right of committing
offenders to jail for petitlarceny and
assault and battery, instead of com'
mitting them to the grand jury, which
- in many instances results in their
ervinc double time from the time
they are committed until circuit court,
and afterwards serving the sentence
"m posed upon them by the latter,
thereas ' justice would be equally
ved if they were committed dirertly
Av thli iustice court. In this instance
liUUCIl COUiU DO BBVBU W. WHO INUJiajbto.
These two suggestions of the grand
iury should not only receive the atten
tion of officials, but also of the legis-
ature.
- BASELY FALSE.
An exchange, which has no more
' regard for the truth than it has for a
claim to decency ,remarkb that "papers
which.supported Bryan a year ago are
- bewailing the fact that wheathas risen
to a dollar a bushel and that prosperity
has come under the workings of the
gold standard."
I We have not had access to all the
'papers that suported Bryan in the last
National campaign, but we receive
Vite a number of them; from different
-Pts of the country, and have not seen
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-1 an expression in one of them that
. would lead anvbodv to believe that
V . they were not rejoicing over the re-
1 turn of prosperity
The fact is, the papers that supported
Bryan last year have no objection to
; prosperity, no matter how it may be
brought about. They believed it could
net be brought about, that is per
munsntlv. while the sold, standard
should prevail. They based this be-
lief upon history,' and not upon the ac-
Mnntal failure of crops la the other
great- wheat " producing countries.
.' Whether their position shall prove to
7D6 (true or fallacious remains yet to be
.'sedn. If prosperity shall continue an-
otaer year, under nominal conditions,
with erood croos and no famines
tbJroue-out the world, the "Bryanites"
will concede that an increase in the
circulating medium of the country is
not necessary .to create prosperity,
rfpare not narrow-minded bigots
waowill not learn by experience, or
who will not accept reason. They are
r progressive, and ever ready to float on
the wave of prosperity, whether it
comes under the gold standard pr
otherwise. To say that they gloat up-
r owl adversity or shed tears of regret be?
cause good times have 'come under aii
apposing administration is a base
-. falsehood.
Z-" PARTY OF THE PEOPLE.
"There can be no denying the fact
that the republican party of Oregon is
.hopelessly divided, not on questions of
principle, but upon the question of
men. In the next convention to be
held in this state there will be no con
tention as to platform, . for the one
adopted at St. Louis will be reaffirmed
n toto. But Mere wiii oe a uivisiun
u to men. John H. Mitchell will be
much more of a factor than either the
tiriff, the finance or any other ques
tion of public policy. The question
will be, ."shall or shall not Mr. Michell
control the party?"
Whea such a state of affairs exists,
when one man becomes the sole factor
of contention, the scram Die ior spous
takes a most prominent part. With
such a fac'.or the campaign wageo oy
.. remi'ilicans next year win do a
scramble for office, nt for principle.
I f When this is the case, honest govern-
ment cannot be hoped for, should that
party succed at the polU next June.
It then behooves all who have not an
interest directly in the spoils to rally
to the standard of a party that holds
principles above office, a party that
will give honest and economical ad
ministration. Where then is the
element seeking relief from the
ravages of tax eaters to look? Certain
ly to the old democratic party whose
motto has always been: "Equality to
all, special privileges to none." It has
ever been the party of the people, and
will ever be unless, like the republican
party of Oregon today, it shall some
time recognize that the interests of
one man are above principle; but since
this is not democratic, since it is con
trary to majority rule, it is improbable
that such a time shall ever come.
THE QUESTION OF SALARIES
During an "off year"' when there is
no campaign on, and no party looking
for precident, is a time when people
and taxpayers in particular, should
consider and think over legislation
that will be beneficial to them. They
can more calmly judge of beneficial
legislation measures that will relieve
them of burdensome taxation, than
when a campaign is raging and per
chance some : friend or neighbor is
seeking an. official position. And at
suoh time it is well that they consider
the matter of salaries paid their official
servants and discover if they are com
mensurate with the service rendered.
No office should be a sinecure, that
is no official should receive pay simply
for the honor that has been conferred
upon him by his fellow men in elevat
ing him to an official posit.ion. All he
should receive is fair wages for the
services he renders and a reasonable
compensation for the responsibility he
assumes as a custodian of public funds
or records, His salary should be such
as he could earn as a private citizen
together with pay for his responsi
bilities. For instance, a person fitted
for the office of county clerk, sheriff,
assessor, treasurer, school superintend
ent, etc., performs no more arduous
labors than do persons engaged in like
pursuits in the employ of private in
dividuals, and their pay should be
similar, though uot double that which
could be earned outside of office.
Were the salaries of such officers
pruned down to what would be a
reasonable compensation for the work
they do, taxpayers ' would be saved
thousands of dollars throughout the
state, and public service would not
suffer, for just as competent men would
seek the offices as do under the present
salaries. It is a wise provision of the
constitution that - the salary of an
officer cannot be changed during the
time for which he has been elected
and has qualified, and it is alike just
that the legislature may from time to
time regulate salaries, to take effect at
future dates, so that persons seeking
office may know in advance what salary
they are to expect if successful. And
It would be well if each of the parties
in tbe campaign of next year should
pledge its nominees for the legislature
to pledge themselves in advance to re
duce public salaries to an equality
with the wages earned by private in
dividuals.
A STRONG ENDORSEMENT.
Postmaster-General Gary strongly
approves the proposition for creating
poetal savings banks,-and his reason
are undispu table.' The endorsement
of the head of the postal department is
indeed a strong one, and should ap
peal to the common sense of the people.
Mr. Gary's chief argument is based
upon the assumption that many mil
lions of dollars are secreted by people
who have been taught by example or
experience to have no confidence in
ordinary securities or monotary in
stitutions organized by private capital
This -money he pronounces "dead
capital," and he believes that its resur
rection can be effected by inspiring its
owners with absolute confidence in the
security of an investment. The postal
bank system will offer such security.
It will be safe enough to draw forth
the most cherished hoard, and will be
right at hand in the moat remote dis
tricts. The whole credit of the nation
will be back of it. The depositor's
money will be safe as long as the gov
ernment is safe, and depositors will
take an interest in seeing that the
government is not imperiled. Thus
the system will stimulate patriotism
Further than this, tbe establishing of
system would encourage tbe saving of
small earnings, since it would be placed
within the reach of all, whereas pri
vate savings bank ' do not reach the
masses. As to the expenseof maintain'
iogi the system, if there should be an
expense over and above the earnings,
Mr. Gage assumes that this should
not he taken into consideration, for it
is a thing demanded by a very large
majority of tbe people, and they are
the ones who must bear the burden
should it prove to be one to the govern'
ment.
WOULD BE UNSAFE.
From time to time it is announced
that Gov. Lord is on the eve of issuing
a proclamation convening the legishv
ture in extra session. While these
rumors often come from persons close
to the throne, we cannot give them
much credence. Gov. Lord has too .keen
a business sense- to incur the expense
of an extra session upon the state with
out an assurance that much remedial
legislation would be enacted, and this
is impossible to obtain.
It is urged by those who are anxious
for an extra session that the state will
be called upon to pay interest upon
9600,000 of obligations while the money
to cancel them is lying idle in the
vaults of the state treasurer, and that
a special session that would pass a gen
eral appropriation bill would stop this
interest, which for a year will amount
to 948,000. (If a special session would do
bLqlo anu ootuia mure, tun staro wuuiu
?be the gainer, as the session would
likely not cost to exceed 930,000. But
there are grave doubts that legislation
would cease at the passage of the ap
propriation bill. All manner of
schemes would come up for appropriat
ing public moneys, and fortunate in
deed would the state be if 9100,000 or
9200,000 were not squandered upon
useless expenditures and appropria
tions. A special session at this time
or in the near future would be unsafe.
Here we are'again with a whole lot
of prosperity wind knocked out of our
sails" might well lament some of the
papers that have been' pointing with
pride to dollar wheat as a result of
MsKlnley's administration. Wheat
we regret to say has fallen below what
it was a year ago, notwithstanding tbe
home market teat was to oe. and
despite the shortage abroad.
It is slated that Mayor-elect Van
Wvck. of New York rides a wheel, but
from the policy he has outlined it is
pretty evident he hasn't any wheels in
his head. If he carries out the re
forms he Insists that be will, New
York will have a pretty level-headed
administration.
IN A BAD BOX.
When congress convenes next month
it will be confronted with that same
question of raising revenue sufficient to
meet the demands made on the treasury
which has confronted eyery session
the past five or six years. At present
the revenues of the nat'on are running
behind the expenditures at the rate of
about 95,000,000 a month. The law
now in force is totally inadequate to
the demands. Imports are lessened by
increased duties so that the receipts
from this source are diminishing, and
the collections from internal revenues
also show a decrease.
This will leave congress with but
two alternatives to lower expenses
or increase revenues from some source.
That the former is not probable, though
possible, is certain. Congress has not
yet learned to economize. There is no
place where five millions of dollars can
be saved a month without injuring the
prospects of a large number of senators
and representatives for reelection,
hence relief from this source cannot
be expected. ' Therefore tbe only way
out of the dilema is to increase tax
ation in some form or another. Pos
sibly a reduction in the duties on some
articles that are now prohibited could
be made so as to increase imports to
an extent that the revenues arising
therefrom would afford the deaired re
lief, but this would be contrary to the
principles of protection. So about all
that js left for congress to do is to re
vise the income tax or increase the
revenue on spirituous and malt liquors.
Either of these methods would be
hazardous from a political standpoint,
as an awful objection would be raised
by the holders of large properties
against an income tax, and the dis
tillers and brewers would rise up in
full force against any political party
that dared to increase the tax on liquors
and beer. '
Bat unless something is done to
bring the expenditures within the
limits of the receipts, the issuance of
bonds to pay running expenses of the
government is inevitable, and this
wouid raise such a commotion among
the masses as to everlastingly swamp
the party now in power. Hence it is
that the leaders in the next congress
will find themselves confronted with
propositions that are more serious to
contend with than any that have
arison in many years past. They de
nounced Cleveland for increasing the
public debt in times of peace, and in
the same voice pledged, if trusted with
the reins . of government, to enact a
revenue measure that would place the
nation on a paying basis. On the
other hand, they are under obligations
to those they must now tax, in order
to keep good their pledges to the
people, for being placed in power. In
deed they are in a serious dilema, being
between two fires the people and the
classes that put them in power and it
1st not likely they will receive much
aid from their opponents to get them
out of their uncomfortable situation.
PRACTICAL EDUCATION.
A writer in one of the leading maga
zines insists tbat the public schools
and colleges teach more practicablity
and less theory. He holds that the
youth of today is educated too much
in theoretical knowledge and learns
too little of practical application.
This is not only true of the present
but of the past as well; and while
systems of imparting knowledge to the
young have improved of late in many
respects,- they have by no means
reached a state of perfection. The
youth of today, either in the public
school or the college, has his mind
crowded full of theories, but he is
taught little of applying them to prac
tice. For instance, he is taught the
theory of surveying, but if given ah
instrument and sent into the field he
could not execute actual work; or he
is taught the theories of grammar
how words are to be grouped into
sentences but if required to write an
article of one thousand words, his
work would probably not stand muster
before a board of severe critics. And
thus it is through the system of edu
cation in the school both public and
private.
What is needed to fit the youth for
the ordinary walks of life is less know
ledge of theory and more of practice.
The youth should be taught to put his
theories into actual practice. When
taught that two times two are four he
should learn why, also that if he works
two days for two dollars a day, he has
earned four dollars. This is a simple
illustration but let it suffice to show
the intent of the proposition.
That our schools are turning out too
many theorists persons incapable of
transacting ordinary business is be-
yound doubt, but how to remedy this
is a question not yet solved. Possibly
in the crowded city schools it is im
possible to teach more than is outlined
in the text books, for teachers haye
not the time to go outside the - regular
course and put the tneories mere
taught into practice. But the defect
could be remedied either by the em
ployment of more teachers or cutting
down the prescribed course of studies
adopted by school-boards, so tbat.
teachers would have time outside of
cla3s work to demonstrate the practical
application of the rules given in the
books. Public schools would' more
nearly arrive at satisfactory results if
half the amount of theory was taught
and double the amount of practice.
Perfect education consists in practical
knowledge, be it ever so little.
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY
Brisk trade in the necessities of life
are not always the best gauges of thrift,
for people must' be clothed and fed, re
gardless of times. But the trade of
the fakir is always ah index of the
scarcity or plentifulness of money.
When tbe fakir can sell hi3 wares
readily-it is always a pretty good in
dicatioa that people have money not
required in everyday business; in
other words, that they have money to
throw at tbe (birds. Taking this as an
index, we must conclude that people
in Tbe Dalles, are not in straightened
circumstances. Only a snort time
ago a bankrupt stock of watches,
ewelry and trash was sold here at
auction and the bidding was brisk,
neariy everybody seeming anxious to
part with a little surplus cash and be
humbugged. Then another fakir came
along who was making cheap orna
ments worth from five to fifty cents,
and sold them off like "hot cakes" at
from one to three dollars. These are
only a few of theevidenses that Wasco
county's big crop has put new life in
to tbe community and has driven bard
times from the doors of The Dalles.
WHY IT IS KEPT UP.
Gold continues to flow into the
country. The official figures show tbat
the gold reserve of the treasury has
Increased 94,000,000 since October 1,
and that it has now reached a total of
over 9151,000,000. Such a condition
shows the baneful workings of a re
publican administration and tbe
wicked Dingley tariff. Pendleton
Tribune.
Such rot as this ia hardly excusable,
even if it is one of those "patent"
editorials sent out from republican
headquarters at Washington, and the
paper permitting such stuff to appear
in its editorial columns makes itself
ridiculous. It is absurd to give the
republican administration and tbe
Dicgley law credit for an increase in
the gold reserve at a time when the
revenues of the country are falling
short of the expenditures at tbe rate
of about $5,000,000 a month, and when
tbe available cash ballance in the
national treasury, haa fallen off over
920,000,000 since the republican ad
ministration went into power.
Certainly we will agree with the
Tribune, or rather the writer in Wash'
ington who penned the article above
quoted, that the Dingley tariff shows
some "baneful workings, but we will
not concede that it ia responsible for
the io jrease in the gold reserve. It is
no more entitled to credit for increas
insr tbe cold reserve than was the
method of Cleveland, which was to is
sue interest bearing bonds.
The reason why the gold reserve lies
increased $4,000,000 since October 1, is
that during the past, few months some
$200,000,000 have come over from
Europe to America in payment for the
cereal crop harvested the past summer,
Naturally there has been a brisk de
mand for paper and silver money with
which to handle the crop, and gold
has been deposited in the treasury to
get it. This is the real and only
reason why the gold reserve haa been
increased of late. Had circumstances
been different; had there been an
abundant crop raised abroad that
would have reduced the demand for
breadstuffs in America, today we
would see the gold reserve below the
limit, for whenever the revenues run
short under nominal conditions the
gold reserve will suffer.
The earnings of railroads all over
the country arn greater this fall than
for several years past, which is pretty
good evidence that the whole country
is prospering. The immense crop of
cereals made work for the railroads.
This is the secret of the whole pros
perity the country is enjoying just
now.
On Friday of last week thirteen re
publican editors met in convention at
Portland for the purpose of burying
the hatchet and laying away all differ
ences that have existed in the past, also
to fix up for the campaign of 1898.
They very wisely concluded to adjourn
until next March, when they hope to
be able to tell just "where Ihey are
at."
Farmers throughout the country
have profited by the experience of the
past few years of hard times, and are
not made extravagant by the prosper
ity-that has fallen their way through
abundant crops and fair prices. They
are buying only what they need and as
a rule are avoiding debt- If they will
pursue this course hard times will not
overtake them sgain soon.
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The commissioner of pensions, recog
nizing the increasing burden of pen
sions, recommends that the pension
rolls be published so that 'he taxpay
ers can know just who are drawing
bounties from them." This is a good
suggestion. - The names of all pen
sions on the roll should be published
in at least one paper in the county in
which they reside, and then possibly
there would be a cutting down of the
list. -""'-J ,aoiuUi
"Our foreign commerce this year is
$80,000,000 ahead of 1896," says the
Globe-Democrat," "and if the new tariff
is disturbing the markets of the world
it must be favorably." This is perfect
rot. The tariff this year has nothing
to do with our foreign commerce. The
increase over last year is due to the
shortage of the wheat crop in other
parts of the world and to nothing else.
The tariff law could not have affected
the crops for it was passed too late in
the season.
The pension burden is steadily in
creasing. The report of the commis
sioner of pensions shows that -50,101
new pensioners have been added to the
roll during the past year and 3971 who
had been dropped were restored, mak
ing an increase of 54,072. The losses
to the roll from death and other causes
were 41,112, and the number of pension
era an the roll June 3, 1897, 976,014, a
net gain of 5336 over 1896. Think of
nearly a million persons being paid
pensions 35 years after the last war in
which the country paying the pensions
was engaged!
Whether Durrant is guilty or inno
cent, he will probably be hanged early
in the new year, after the supreme
court of California shall have had
time to consider the recent appeal
taken in his case and refuse to grnt
him a new trial. Durrantis to all in
tent and purposes a doomed man, and
will sooner or later suffer the extreme
penalty of the law for the murder of
Blanche Lamont. California demands
that some life be sacrificed for the
murder, and it will undoubtedly be
Dur rant's.
Already the press of the country
that supported the Dingley bill when
it was under consideration before
congress is beginning to realize the in
efficiency of tbe new law as a revenue
measure, and are paving the way
for the shock that will be ex
perienced by the people when it be
comes necessary for the administra
tion to issue bonds to pay running ex
penses and keep up the gold reserve,
When this shall come it will be a ter
rible set back to the party responsible
for the passage of the new tariff law,
but that it is inevitable cannot be
denied. '
Senator John B. Foraker, of Ohio, is
making a consummate fool of himself
by declaring that if his name is not
left out of the senatorial contest to
come on next January, ne win engage
in tbe mess. He has intended all
along to oppose the election of the
caucus nominee that is to be, unless
he could name the man, and has had a
chip on bis shoulder for weeks inviting
Hanna to knock it off. He wants to
be the political boss in Ohio, and un
less Mr. Hanna looks sharp will be to
the extent tbat he will name the next
Ohio senator.
A move is on foot to form a coala
tion with the democratic members of
the Ohio legislature and tbe supporters
of Gov. Bushnell so that he may elect
ed U. S. senator. This would be a
silly proceedure viewed from a party
standpoint. The democrats have
nothing to say about the selecting of a
United States senator ia Ohio, the re
publicans having secured a majority
in the legislature, and it would be sui
cidal for the democrats to take a hand
in the family quarrel that is going on
in the republican party of the state.
Hanna is the choice of a majority of
the republicans, and if Bushnell and
Foraker cannot defeat him without
democratic aid tney should fail.
Even in staid old Massachusetts,
where the gold standard was supposed
to haye been as firmly rooted as a rock,
the gold democrats polled only 14 per
cent of the vote cast at the recent
election. And it was worse still in
Kentucky. There they were simply
wiped off the earth, - or better still,
went over with the true democracy of
the 6tate and ceased to follow after
false goods. And this will be tbe case
all over the nation next year. Real
democrats will come back into the fold,
while the wavering will fall into the
republican party, where they justly be
long when it comes to dividing on tbe
money question.
Sovereign is Ambitions.
DouiSViLtE, Nov. 16. J. R. Sover
eign, retiring general master workman
of the Knights of Labor, resigned his
position in order tbat he might push
his candidacy for president of tne
United States in 1900. Delegates
the general assembly openly ackaowl
edge this to be true and the movomen
to make him "field worker" ia the in
itial step taken by the general assembly
of tbe Knights of Labor to launch
Sovereign's boom. Mr. 'Sovereign will
spend all his time in disseminating hia
views, and in the general agitation of
all the principles which the Knight
of Labor advocate. -
Death Is the penalty.
Liberty, Mo., Nov. 16. William
Carr, the felicide, was -this mornin
sentenced to hang December 17. Carr
drowned his 3 year-old daughter in tbe
Missouri river, 'weighting the body
down with stones. He received the
sentence with a smile of satisfaction.
On October 10 last, Carr cartied his
child from Liberty to a point near
Kansas City. He tied her arms and
les securely with a cord, paid . no at
tention to the little one's . query,
"What are you going- to do, papa
and threw her into the river. Carr
was soon arrested, and in his confession
admitted tbat he had f 'too many chil
dren." i
The Chinese Rebellion.
Victoria, Nov. 18. The Empres3 of
China brings these Oriental advices:
The rebellion in northern China is
spreading, and fears are expressed
that the insurgents wili advance on
Tien-Tsin. ' The imperial troops have
been defeated in several engagements
and the number of ' insurgents is
steadily increasing.- The insurgents
also expect to be joined by members
of secret societies who revolted un
successfully just before the war with
Japan. They are well supplied with
arms and ammunition ' abandoned by
Chineset"bravos" in the recent war,
Strike In Colorado.
Eldoka, Colo., Nov. 17. One of
the biggest strikes ever made in this
section has been made in the Enter
prise mine. They had been working
in four feet of pay oro for a long time
until a rich streak of bar sylvanite
mixed with free gold came in on hang
ing walls at the depth of 85 feet, which
is widening out as the depth is gained
Starting at a small edge, it has in
creased to three or four inches in sink
ing a foot, is in limerock, and runs th
full length of the shaft. Good judges
of high-grade ore say the ore -will not
run less than 910,000 to the ton.
- F.Tors the District Plan. '
San Francisco, llrov."17. Senator
Perkins declared that he is opposed to
the granting of a " territorial form of
government to Alaska - at present,
When congress convenes he proposes
to introduce a joint resolution provid
ing lor the appointment of a , commis-
sion to prepare civil and criminal
codes fori the government of Alaska,
The senator favors the plan of Louis
Sloss to divide Alaska into convenient
districts, each to have a United States
commissioner empowered to enforce
the laws. '
Two Miners llnrned.
Anaconda, . Mont., Nov. 17. A
frightful accident occurred at the Low
er smelter yesterdayt which may re
sult in two deaths, Michael Crogan
and a man named Keily were at work
in the pit under the calcine furnaces,
In some unknown manner, a torch
holding a gallon of oil was upset, and
the men were so 'badly burned before
they could be rescued that death seems
sure. .
Young- Grant a Candidate.
oan diego, uai., JNoy. 18. in an
interview published in the Tribune to
day, U. S. Grant was asked as to the
desireof Californ'ians to have him rep
resent this state -in the United States
senate. Mr. Grant said: "Unless the
party leaders believe me available, I
am not a candidate. If they do, then
I will use every -energy and every hon
orable means to succeed. . Obtaining
public honors by- dishonorable means
shall never be chai ged up against my
name." -
The Flood In Kuss:a.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 17. It is es
umatea, tnat aoout iduu persons were
rendered homeless by the rising of the
water in the Neva, and the flooding of
the canals and "suburbanist and out
lying portion of the city through the
fierce wind from1 the sea,' which drove
tbb water up-stream. ..
. Many women work too
bard.. There is no ques
tion about that. If they
did not have Love for a
yoke - ellow they cotild
never endure the daily,
hourly grind and drudgery
of .life. But they bear it
cheerfully, sustained by
loving thoughts of hus-
' r- band and children.
But when ohvsical weakness or disease ia
added to a woman's burden it becomes al
together too heavy. . No woman can be
cheerful or hopeful who is dragged dowr
by continual pain and physical wretchedness.-
: -
The special weaknesses neculiar to the
feminine organism are comparatively easy.
10 overcome 11 me earner symptoms are
given proper attention. But if allowed to
go unchecked, they are liable to develop
into serious, chronic complications.
Any woman afflicted with these delicate
ailments ought, to have the immediate aid
of Dr. Pierce'sTavorite Prescription. It is
a perfect and unfailing specific for all dis
eases of the feminine organs. It was de
vised lor tnis one purpose, and accomp
lishes this purpose as no other medicine
nas ever done,
For nearly 30 years Dr. Pierce has been
lting physician of the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo,
N. Y.. -where in conjunction with hia staff
of associate specialists, he has successfully
treated many thousand cases of "female
complaint."
Wo physician lmnr has had a more ex.
tended opportunity to study this class of
diseases in actual practice. No medicine
ever invented has done for women what his
Favorite Prescription " hat.
Pr. Pierce's Pellets cure, constipation.
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THE TASK HOPELESS
Proposed Cuban Reforms Im
possible of Execution.
BLANCO CANNOT WIN
His Policies Cannot Prove Success
ful 'in Subsiding the Cu
ban Patriots,
Activity In Making Big Guns For the United
States Factories Running Day and
Wight Sonrerelnc Wants to
President.
New York, Nov. 16. A World dis
patch from Havana says:
General Blanco has entered upon an
almost hopeless task. The presnt Cu
ban situation is such that it seems im
possible to effect the reforms and to ac
complish what the greatest army in the
history of colonial wars has failed to
accomplish.
Spain's present policy is announced
to be one of combined conciliation and
force. It appeals to be, as some
Spanish journals have called it, 'M
suicidal policy." Tbe peculiar and not
generally understood conditions of the
Cuban struggle now make any concili
atory move a direct play into the bands
of the insurgents.
This is particularly true of the proc
lamation of November 10, which com
mands civil and military authorities to
aid in protecting the sugar properties
in grinding cane. To adequately pro
tect the sugar estates likely to operate,
General Blanco will have to practical
ly close the operations against the in
surgents.
General Blanco will have to furnish,
estimated moderately, at least 12,000
men, or 275 guards to each of 44 planta
tions. These soldiers must come from
forces now operating against the in
surgents.
More than half of the rural popula
tion has disappeared, having been
murdered by Weyler and his support
ers. The same men are much more
directly accountable for the inhuman
manner in which their braye soldiers
have been underfed and uncared for.
As nearly as can be conservatively
computed from figures, little more than
half are left alive. And what of the
150,000 peasant lads Spain sent to
Cuba? The figures are:
Did in hospitals 32.000
Killed or died on the fields 12,000
Sent back to Spain as "inutile". 25.000
Now in hospitals 12.000
Total ..81,000
The best-informed Cubans admit that
disoase and starvation have reduced
the rebel army of able-bodied men
from 100,000 to 40,000. The real figure
probably is nearer 30,000. Still there
are more than General Blanco will
have to send against them, and they
are vastly better armed and have 50
times more experience than when, they
baffled the successive efforts of Weyler
to crush them, with twice that number
of men, taking one province after I
another. It is not likely that with the
odds in their favor they will continue
to run away.
But even if the insurgents should
continue their tactics -of running
away, Spain's chances of raising the
yellow and red over Cuba grow less
with each soldier taken from the army
working against her enemy.
. WOBK ON GUNS.
The Government Wants New Armament In
m Ureat Hurry,
Philadelphia, Nov. 16. For more
than twomonth8 people living in Tioga
and Nicetown have commented upon
the fact that the Midvale steel works
had not had a shutdown even for Sun
day, and the jarring noise of the big
machinery has penetrated at midnight
or the early hours of tbe morning the
same as during the day.
All this excitement, it leaked out to
day, is due to a hurried order from the
government for an increase of arma
ment. The order placed with tbe
Midvale steel works is for 50 10-inch
disappearing guns and 10 12-inch mor
tars.
While this work of constructing guns
has been pushed so assiduously at the
Midvale works, equal activity has been
waged at the big works of tbe South-
wark Foundry and Machine Company,
where the war department has a con
tract for 10 10-inch disappearing gun
carriages and 10 12-lnch mortar carri
ages. Tbe Southwark Company has
om pie ted several of the carriages and
delivered them to tbe government.
To Staye off Action.
New York, Nov. 17. A special to
the Herald from Washington says:
It is sa!d to be the present intention
President McKinley to incorporate-
c recent Spanish correspondence in
Lis annual message to congress. He
does not deem it compatible with the
public service to publish the full text
of the notes, pending further corres
pondence and the carrying out of the
promises made by the Spanish govern
ment. The papers will be accessible
to members of the committees on for
eign affairs for thefr guidance in deal
ing with various resolutions which will
come before them.
It is reported that Spain asked to
have the correspondence withheld .for
the present for political reasons. The
new ministry fears that its conciliatory
attitude towards the United States, as
shown by iu note, may cause embar
rassment at home, and thereby make
it impossible to carry out the proposed
reforms. On the other "hand there is
the fear that jingo members of con
gress who have been expecting so
much at the hands of Mr. McKinley
may not be satisfied with all thatSpain
has promised and that another out
break in congress will tend to aggra
vate the situation in Spain.
The president's chief desire now is to
stave off action of any kind ..by con
gress until it can be definitely known
whether Spain's new plan is .- to suc
ceed or fall.
AUSTRIA IS IN EARNEST.
She
Proposes to Enforce Her Demands
Upon Turkey.
Vienna, Nov. 17. The Turkish gov.
ernment not haying yielded to the de
mands of the government of Austria
for redress on account of the iodigni-
ins offered the Austrian merchant of
Mersina, Herr Brazzafelli,the Austrian
ambassador. Baron de Cecele, will
leave Constantinople and an Austrian
warship will bombard the port of Mer
sina (Asia Minor), if the demands of
Austria are not complied with by noon
Thursday. '
Austria demands of the Turkish gov
ernment an order for a salute of the
Austrian flag, tbat the vali of Adena
be dismissed from bis position, and
that the lieutenant-governor of Mer-
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The sultan, buoyed up by an easy
Tictory oyer Greece during tbe recent
war, will not, it is believed, yield un
til the last moment.
PERILOUS ENTERPRISE.
Object of a Prospecting Party Now at
Seattle.
Seattle, Nov. 17. A party of New
England men, most of whom bail from
Boston, are here outfitting for a most
hazardous trip over the glacial fields
and snow covered mountain ranges of
Alaska. They are captained by F.
Herbert Haines, a newspaper man, of
Salem, Mass.
The party is bound for a second El
dorado lying In the upper Cooper river
country in Alaska. " In preparation"
for a possible encounter with a hostile
tribe of Indians living in the region,
they will go well armed.
The Cooper river Indians have for
years brought down gold to the trad
ing stores at the mouth of the river.
They will not tell where they get it.
and oppose anything like exploration
of the country. They carry this policy
to the point of armed hostility.
Reyes Oat of tne Race.
New York, Nov. 18.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Bogota, via Panama,
says: General Rafael Reyes, conser
vative candidate for president, has re
tired from tbe race. The conserva
tives and the government party will
now nauie a fusion candidate to run
against the liberals. This is regarded
as a death blow to the liberals. The
retirement of General Reyes ia looked considerable sum,- which neither plant
upon as a patriotic step., as it means, era nor the Spanish government can
it is believed, tbe certain defeat of tbe i
liberals by fusion on a new candidate, t
It will tend to avert another civil war,
which until recently appeared to be a
possibility.
The Santa Fe Hold-no.
Santa Fe, N. M., Nov. 18. A mer
chant from Grant, N. M., where the
recent robbery of the Santa Fe passen
ger train occurred, states that fully
150,000, if not more, was secured by
the robbers. About 100 pounds of
gold coin was taken, according to the
statement of Fireman Abel, given the
merchant half an hour aftar the rob
bery, and "then they piled into their
sack bundle after bundle of paper cur
rency," the fireman added.
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Cuba Not Benefited by H pain's Chance of
Policy.
New York, Nov. 18. A dispatch to
tne Herald from Havana says:
There is no sign of the appearance
of the full text of tbe promised reforms,
and in consequence the hopes of the
most optimistic autonomists are
dwindling. Tbe fault lies not with
General Blanco. There is every rea
son to believe that his promises on ar
rival were made In good faith. He is
evidently deeply incensed at the false
position in which he is placed. He
cabled a day or two ago to Madrid, say
ing General Weyler bad deceived him
as to the condition of the army and the
government, and misled him regarding
its sincerity in promising autonomy,
and broadly hinted the ho frit Inclined
to ask to be relieved.
In addition to Spain's delay Spanish
officers here have thrown obstacles in
the way of autonomy by procrastina
tion in carrying out instructions to
adopt less harsh methods of warfare
and endeavor to destroy the suspicion
of the rebels.
The Herald correspondent has just
returned from a two days' trip through
f Havana to Artemisa.
Every military
commander of a town who was met
said he had not yet received any orders
reirardins- the extension of the zones
of cultivation.
The condition of tbe reconcenirados
is unaltered. Their sufferings are ap
palling. To put any one sugar estate
into a condition to grind would cost, a
at present afford. Those delays, It is
believed, have killed tbe chances of
autonomy.
It Will Be HcKenna.
Chicago, Nov. 18. A special to the
Tribune from Washington says:
Attorney-General McKenna's ap
pointment as associate justice of the
supreme oourt to succeed J ustlce Field,
has been formally decided upon by the
president and heartily approved by the
cabinet.
The succession to tbe department of
justice is still open. The president's
private files contain letters from all
over the country suggesting names, in
cluding those of many met who have
hitherto not been mentioned publicly.
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would haye been favorably considered.
It was deemed impossible, however, to
have two cabinet officers from Illinois.
This same attention to political survey
ing has prevented the active consider
ation of Judge Nathan God, of West
Virginia, who is too near Maryland to
receive consideration. It is believed
the president will not see hit way
clear to leaving the Pacific slope out
of the cabinet, and in that event Judge
Waymire is likely to be tbe man.
Burglary at Tacoma.
TaCOMA, Wash., Nov. 16. Burglars
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night and stole several suite of -cloth- -inz.
This is tbe third time in eight
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