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NO SEASON AT ALL.
A correspondent in the Oregonian
who signs himself "J. B. M." attempts
to give reasons why the governrneat
should not establish postal sayings
banks, but his "reasons" are so weak
hat they become arguments in favor
Of the system- He begins by saying
it Is no part or. duty of the govern
people. It is the entering wedge of
awlLltam a. thonrv advanced bv
WW "
oertSta men that the government
should take care of everybody's busi
ness, and in the end leave nothing for
individual effort or individual care,
If this theorr is carried out to its
legitimate end, it would destroy am
. ' bition and energy and reduce a nation
to mechanical mediocrity." . .
"r The writer possibly does not realize
. that it has been the policy of the gov
eminent the past 35 years to take care
of the money and property of a certain
s of pecnle, and that this paternal
of government has been lauded
vwas endorsed by the people at the
.last general election. The enactment
of a protective tariff and the establish
lng of the national banking system is
nothing short of the government
undertaking to take care of the busi
aess and money of a certain class.
, To add force to his "reasons" again
"J. B. M." casts a slur at President
MoKinley and his cabinet for favoring
tha nostal savinsrs banks system, and
mftkes this unwarranted statement:
, "The reason why Postmaster-Gen
1 Gary, the president and the cabi
et advocate it, is not tne aesire w
save the people's money so much as to
get possession of the people's money.
The new tariff so far from fulfilling the
predictions of friends, in the first five
months of the fiscal year, from July to
December 1, has produced 946,000,000
ss than the expenses of the govern
Vt.
ver much President McEin-
?ls cabinet may desire to
pendltures of the gov.
the receipts, they are
icome embezzlers to a&
or to encourage a
System that would convert the sayings
1 the poor into a fund for satisfying
Wernment obligations.
urther on he shows his utter igno-
ce of the proposed system by say'
N?ls cabl
pendl
Vn thi
,.lcom
VeompiiaS this end,
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"The money deposited in savings
banks is now loaned out to encourage
enternrise. to enable farmers to im
prove tneir farms, to mercnams ana
others to build stores and warehouses.
'his money cannot be got if it is
ocked up in the treasury vaults, or
used by the United States to take up
overdue bonds. There is probably
1,000,000 now loaned out by these in
stitutions on this kind of property.
If postal savings banks are established
this money will be diverted from work
of promoting enterprise and new un-
fra V In era fn f..n rHpinor of anvern-
aent bonds."
It is not tha purpose of portal sav
ings banks to pile accumulations up in
the treasury vaults to rust and decay,
but to invest them in certain securities,
where the property of depositors will
be secure and at the same time find its
way into the channels of active trade.
Nor is it proposed to retire any gov
ernment bonds, with these accumu
lations. They are to be used in carry
log the public debt, and the people
who support the government are to
receive theinterest that now goes to
the European creditors.
The weakest part of his argument is
however the fear he expresses that in
the near future there will be no pub-
. lie debt, and that the accumulations
will become a tax upon the govern'
ment. He expresses this fear as fol
lows:
"A time will likely come in the next
'10 or 20 years, when all the bonds will
be called there will be no public
debt. What is the government to do
with thA 1 rm (Wl (KYI. or mi-hnns S3.
,000,000 of money in the treasury?
Interest on it for the privilege of
charge of these deposits; pay
1,000,000 or $60,000,000 a year on
ioney they have no use for?"
.There may be a time when the
itional debt will be wiped out, but
Vs is no argument against the pro-
i postal savings banks. If every
j'ar of government bonds were can
eled, there would still be in existence
Sufficient municipal, school district
and public improvement bonds extant,
that are certain securities and pay a
comparative high rate of interest, to
furnish ample investment for a billion
. or two dollars. The government
.would never be at a loss to find secure-
ties in which to invest the savings of
v people. "J. B. M.'' like all others
o oppose postal savings banks re-
i to unreasonable and impossible
orles and suppositions to find argu-
1 ment for their opposition.
they relate to revenue and expendi
tures, a department to be designated
and known as the issue and redemption
division. To this division the sum of
$125,000 in gold should be set over
from the general fund in the treasury,
to be used only for redemption pur
poses, and all the silver dollars now
held for redemption of silver certifi
cates and all the silver bullion and
dollars coined therefrom, bought un 3er
the act of 1890, should be passei' to the
same account. Further, that the sum
of $200,000,000 In legal tender notes
of the United Stotes known as green
backs be collected as hereinafter de
scribed and deposited in the said issue
and redemption division, to be dis
bursed therefrom only upon the re
ceipt in exchange therefor of an equiv
alent amount or gold coin. Such gold
when so secured, to be held in said
division as part of the general redemp
tion fund.
"Second I recommend that pro
vision be made for the issue of refund
ing loan bonds, payable after 10 years
at the pleasure of the government,
such bonds to bear interest at the rate
of 2i per cent per annum, payable,
principle and interest, in gold; and
that the secretary of the treasury be
authorized to Issue such bonds and re
ceive in paymeat therefor, with an
equitable allowance for the difference
in Interest, any part or all of the out
standing loans ot the United States
which mature by their terms of pay
ment in the years 1904, 1907 and 192-5."
MORE MILK AND WATER!
GAGE'S PLAN. . .
enacted at this session of congress it
Will H nn I. II . IIIHDH UUbllUHU 1 1 V iTMI '. I
m ( a v a Inw t Vi o. fiAUHA will Via iinrlan
ntrol of Speaker Reed, who will not
not embody in it Mr, Gage's views.
However, the senate is still free from
this influence, and is not liable to con
cur in the plan. The ultimate result
of the legislation recommended by
" Mr. Gage would be to more firmly fix
the single gold standard, to retire all
uncovered paper.and to increase the in
terest' bearing debt. In his annual re
port to congress Mr. Gage outlines his
plan as follows:
"The recommendations I make must
be construed as tentative steps in a
direction which, if consistently pur
sued", will ultimately lead to conditions
theoretically desirable rather than as
being in themselves final measures to
AaX end.. The condition of the treas
ury in its relation to demand obliga
tions requires that one of the two
teps be taken. The one may be a
Vrge reinforcement of the permanent
old reserve; the other may be by an
mportant reduction in the objection-
. . . , i.ii ml i
Able form Oi iiaDiuueo. iuo miwr us,
5n my opinion, the most desirable
-- "First I recommend that proper
I legislation be enacted which will es
Vblish, separate and apart from the
nary operations of the treasury as
President McKlnley's message to
congress cannot but be disappointing
to those of his party who had hoped
he would outline a vigorous financial
and foreign policy. It Is not such a
state paper as had been expected, being
outspoken in but few things, and
couched in such obscure language as
to admit of double construction, leav
ing the reader to doubt what the policy
of the administration is to be.
The first question of importance
dealt with is the currency, aud is
about the only question en which he
outlines a clearly defined policy. The
president points out that the evil of
our currency system is the great cost
to the government of keeping all of the
forms of our money at a parity; that
we have $900,000,000 of currency that
the government is pledged to redeem
in gold, but its receipts are not re
quired to be paid in gold, and hence
the only means at the command of the
government for obtaining gold is by
borrowing it, which accounts for the
increase of the bonded debt during
Cleveland's administration of $362,315,-
400 to secure money to keep the gold
reserve at $100,000,000. Should the
present policy of raising gold by bond
issues be continued, itis recommended
that the secretary of the treasury be
given authority to sell bonde bearing
a lower rate of interest, and for long
or short periods. He recommends
that when a United States note is pre
sented at the treasury and redeemed
in gold, it shall not again be put in
circulation except for gold. In his
opinion, it is of great importance that
the government should not be required
to provide the gold needed for ex
change or export. It is pointed out
that the existing system .is fraught
with great danger. He indorses the
plan recently outlined by Secretary
Gage for reforming the currency, and
further asks that notes of national
banks be restriced to issues of $10 and
upward, and that national banks with
minimum capital of $25,000 be al
lowed to be organized, and all national
banks be allowed to Issue notes equal
to the face value of their bonds de
posited to secure such circulation.
The Cuban question Is considered at
length, but not in a manner to meet
the approval of the public pulse. A
milk and water policy in treating with
Spain for the termination of the war
n Cuba is advised. The president
shows that in the revolution beginning
in 1868 the United States, through
President Grant, endeavored to put an
end to bloodshed in Cuba, 'but its ef
forts were unsuccessful. At that time
the question of granting belligerent
rights to the insurgents was con
sidered, as now, but was not favored
by Grant, and McEinley takes a decided
stand against it now, believing that it
is unwise, but says he will take the
step whenever right and duty demand
it. "It is due to Spain" says the mes
sage, "in view of our friendly relations,
that she begin in time to prove that
she can and will achieve the pacifica
tion of the island and introduce re
forms to which the present Spanish
ministry is committed."
The message favors the annexation
of Hawaii and says every considera
tion of dignity and honor requires it.
The Nicaragua canal is also favored,
and a message on this subject at some
future time is promised. On the sub
ject of international bimetallism the
president recites the failure of the
commission he sent to Europe, but ex
presses a hope that the dreams of
Wolcott may be realized.
Other matters considered in the
message are of minor importance, and
throw but little light upou what policy
President McKinley will pursue, nor
do they make any definite recommen
dations regarding future legislation.
TO LOOT THE TREASURY.
The attention of Oregon's represen
tatives in congress should be called to
the promises made that Baker City
should have a government assay and
postoffice building. Baker City busi
ness men should join in a memorial
asking for such an appropriation and
proper effort will secure it. Baker
City Democrat.
The above furnishes an illustration
of why the government treasury is
looted and why it is tbat government
expenditures are greater than the re
ceipts. Some upstart who wants to go
to congress promises, if elected, he will
push an appropriation for a govern
ment building to cost from $50,000 to
$500,000 In every bamlet in his district,
whether heeded or not. Kegardless
of the needs of the government or the
matter of rents for buildings required
for postoffices, etc., he agrees when
seated in congress to appropriate any
sum that the ambitious citizens may
want. That is, to secure his election
he would promise to vote any tax up
on the people of the nation for the
"public Improvements." The gullible
people listen to his seductive speech
and vote for him, and at the same time
vote a tax upon themselves, not only
for the improvements they want, but
for hundreds of other similar wants.
An appropriation of $100,000 has
been asked for a government building
in Baker Ci-y, and a similar amount
was asked for a postoffice in The Dalles.
Aa a matter of fact neither is needed,
for the government is able to rent
office rooms in either city for much
less than the lowest possible interest
on the amount such buildings would
cost. To appropriate such an amount
would be extravagance, though no
doubt Oregon's representatives have
promised Baker City and The Dalles
tbat the treasury shall be looted to
satisfy the ambition of each city, and
the-representatives of every other state
in the union have made like promises,
TO ANXfEX HAWAII.
It Is wired from Washington that
if a vote could be taken today the pro
position to annex the Hawaiian islands
would fail to carry, says the Portland
Telegram, because not over half a
dozen of the democratic senators are
ready to support it. And there is
probability of truth in the statement,
In a recent interview Senator Jones,
of Arkansas, was quoted as saying
that the democratic senators would re
sist annexation. Senator White, of
California, a very trenchant fighter, is
already on record as opposed to annex
ation, and, according to the press dis
patches, will go to extremes in his an
tagonism. Senator Morgan, who
visited the island this summer, is one
democrat openly friendly to the treaty.
There are eighty-nine votes in the
senate, two-thirds of which will be
necessary to ratify the treaty. Thirty
votes would be able to defeat it. To
the democrats must be added Senator
Pettigrew,who has recently announced
his antagonism. And with Senator
Pettigrew will likely be a number of
populists and silver senators.
The opponents of the treaty will
probably insist that it shall be con
sidered in open session, and there
should be no opposition to such a pro- j
posal. The friends of annexation
have no reason to be afraid of a puolic
discussion, and they cannot too quickly
throttle any insinuation that they are
unwilling to take the people into their
confidence and that there is somethi:
in their plans that will not stand the
test of popular scrutiny. Let the con
sideration of the treaty be as full and
open as its enemies desire. - -
GARY IN VIE E 8 DISCUSSION.
READY FOR THE GRAB.
It has been hastily assumed that the
transfer to the United States treasury
of $14,000,000 on account of the Pacific
railway sale has added just so much to
the available assets, remarks the New
York Post. But this is to overlook the
extraordinary American genius for
finance. That money is a sacred fund,
as it were, not to be expended in any
ordinary way, but to be devoted ex
clusively to some form of extravigance.
The Nicaragua canal association has
already held a meeting and voted that
this Pacific money be religiously set
aside for themselves. We are sure the
pension agents will also want it, and
so will the ship armor men, and the
sugar bounty men, and the bounty on
exports men, to say nothing of the
1-cent postage men and the buying of
Cuba men, and the other men, amount
ing to the whole membership of con
gress, each of whom would like to grab
the whole sum.
The fact Is that the unexpected ad
dition of $14,000,0000 to the treasury is
evidently going to excite the maddest
competition -to see who shall have it.
The net result will probably be some
log rolling scheme by which $40,000,
000 or $50,000,000 will be taken from
the treasury on the strength of this
extra $14,000,000 put into it.
The Ohio law, which requires that
honorably discharged soldiers shall be
given offices, has been declared un
constitutional by the supreme court of
the state. It was mighty easy fpr the
republican legislature to pass an act
to catch a vote and frame it after a
fashion to compel the courts to hold it
invalid.
Postmaster-General Gary expresses
pleasure at the widespread commen
upon bis recommendation for the es
tabllshment of postal savings banks-and
invites further discussion of the sub
ject. "If we all put our heads together,'
the postmaster-general says, "the
right plan can be devised, and that is
what the country wants."
It is not often that a cabinet officer
manifests such a disposition to learn
the desires of the peop'e on maters of
legislation connected with the devel
opment of his department. Post
master-General Gary's request for
widespread popular expression of
opinion on the subject should meet
with hearty response on the part of the
people. The newspapers have already
performed theh duty in the matter.
Labor orgrnizations, too, have very
generally given consideration to the
subject and with almost unanimous
voice have asked for postal banks. Ii
remains now for other 'bodies, es
pecially those representing the com
mercial Interests of the country, to
give their approval to the agitation, in
order that congress may be assured
that the sentiment of all classes in the
nation is virtually united in favor o
the early establishment of these much
needed institutions for the safe-Keep-ing
of the savings of persons of moder-
ate means. It may be true that the
commercial and business classes of the
country have not such an immediate
personal interest in the establishment
of postal savings banks as have the
wage-earners. But the commercial
portion of the community cannot afford
to manifest indifference to the well-
being and contentment of the vorking
population of the country. Let them
do what they can to promote good feel
ing at least by giving consideration to
propositions like that for the establish
ment of postal savings banks, the
only object of which Is to do some
thing for the people, whose interests
are only too rarely the subject of in
telligent consideration by lawmakers.
Chicago Record.
ANTI-CIVIL SERVICE.
A paper has been announced to -appear
weekly in the national capital,
the main purpose of which will be to
advocate the repeal of the civil service
law, and incidentally to promote the
election as president and vice-president
of Congressman Grosvenor and
Senator Gallinger, the special cham
pions of the repeal.
There is an unconscious acknowl
edgement of the belated and un
original nature of Us minsion "Quill
and Sissors." To men of sense the
spoils system compares with the merit
system in public business about as
does the quill with the typewriter or
as scissors with brains.
It Is but natural that the organ of
spoils should find Its birthplace In the
city filled with office seekers and loby
ists. 'It will no doubt be quoted ex
tensively by them as authority on
sound doctrines, and will, as it were,
be their bible, but with the people
generally it will meet with little favor
This Is an age of progression, and a
system that elevates the civil service
will not readily be laid aside. "Quill
and Scissors," with the principle it
espouses, is destined to be short lived.
That tou4 by' no means a startling
announcement made by an Ohio paper
when it said Senator Hanna had the
grip. He has had a grip for some
time on Ohio politics.
A Berlin humorous paper has been
confiscated becausa it published a car
toon distasteful to the emperor. Free
press and free speech are not yet ac
corded to the people of Germany.
The back clearances for November
In Tacoma were $3,821,170; Seattle,
$5,107,917; Portland, $9,709,630, those
of Portland boing more than double
those of the two Washington cities.
Chairman JJingley says public rev
enue in the next fiscal year will bo
sufficient to meet all public expanses.
We hope it will. This country has
been running behind long enough.
The Furnish ring at Pendleton was
woefully defeated in toe city election
last Monday. J. E. Bean, Furnishe's
candidate for mayor, was beaten 181
votes by Dr. Smith. Truely this is
ba3 year for bosses.
The Dingley deficit up to date is
about $50,000,000. Aud as soon as the
receipts from the Union Pacific sale
have been absorbed by the increase in
pensions the DiDgley deficit will re'
Bume its work of self-development.
Telegram.
A Kentuckian who reached the
Klondike with a heavy pack was not
loaded down with pocket pistols, but
with a large supply of quinine which
he is selling at $3 a capsule. The
average Kentuckian is a man of ripened
knowledge when it comes to combat-
lag malaria or snakebite.
It is noticeable that, when the Aus
trian threatened the Turk, the concert
of the great powers didn't enunciate a
single expulsory note. With little
Greece the case was different. The
Hellenic expostulations against Otto
man injustice were drowned by along-
continued clamor from the full band
The effort to get provisions to the
miners on Ukon is commendable, but
it is doubtful if there will be very
many men found who will hazard a
trip across the mountain passes during
the winter months even to relieve the
sufferers. People do not deliberately
court death to save the lives of others
There now seems no hops for Dur
rani's neck being saved, the supreme
court of California having denied the
two last appeals In his case. It will be
well for the authorities to act hastily
and hang the murderer as soon as
possible, so his awful deed may be
forgotten. It has agitated public
mind long enough.
Retrenchment will not be a part of
the plan of the administration. Sec
retary Gage's estimate of expenses in
his departments is something over
$30,000,000 more than last year.
And so it is in all the departments.
A reign of prosperity of officeholders
is to begin and the people who pay the
taxes now witness a period of the
greatest extravagance in government
expenditures in onr history.
It is claimed the "silver issue" is
dead in Boston. Undoubtedly it is.
More interest bearing bonds are held
in Boston than in any city in tbe
country, probably excepting New York,
The "silver issue" is not favorable to
bond holding and bond issuing, while
the "gold issue" is. Boston naturally
favors that issue that promises to do
most for those who own Boston and
the peoDle in it. .
The Chicago Times-Herald says "the
country is besieging congress for
monetary reform," which is "demanded
by the people." Not at all says the
Tacoma News. The socalled monetary
reform is demanded very loudly by a
comparatively few persons. The people
are hot asking for it. So far as their
recent expressions go the majority of
them do not want it. Why not be
honest and say that Messrs. Morgan
and Ickelheimer and those who follow
their lead want certain monetary
changes made?
Governor Lord Is said to be figurin
on renomination and is making com
binatlons to that end, remarks tfc
Corvallis Gazette. It is also said that
ho has made a trade with a Ben to
republican for Benton county support,
As if a dozen men could bo found i
Benton county, goldite or silverite,
Mitchell or anti-Mitchell, Oregonian
or anti-Oregonian, who would fayor or
icket. while in Independence the en
tire democratic ticket was elected.
The Wilson tariff law was con
demned because Instead of creating a
surplus in the national treasury it left
a deficiency, and last year we were
promised a law that would create
enough revenue to put the government
on a cash basis, provided there were a
change in the administration. A
change was made, and since the new
law weji into effect last July, there
has been a deficiency of about $50,000,
000, whereas tbe annual report of the
treasury shows the Wilson law left a
deficiency of only a little over $18,000
000 for the year ending June 30, last.
It seems as if promises have not been
sacredly kept.
QUESTIONS AT ISSUE.
Hentiment of Congress on Cuba, and the
Currency.
New York, Dec. 8. A special to
the Journal and Advertiser from
Washington says:
A reporter has made a poll of con
gress on the most yitai Questions like
ly to come before that body at this
session. Below are the exact ques
tions submitted to the members:
"Do you favor the retirement of
greenbacks?"
The surprise in the vote upon this
proposition was in the fact that such
republicans as Belknap, Dollivsr,
Odell, Henderson, Mesiok. Bruce and
Hopkins were found in opposition.
Not a single populist, of course, favor
ed the proposition, While Brenuerof
Ohio and Kitchen were the only dem
ocrats in favor.
The following propositions were sub
mitted to the senators:
"Can any radical financial legisla
tion, involving the retirement of tbe
greanbacks, tbe limitation of the
legal-tender quality of silver, or Ue
issuing of gold bonds for the retire
ment of greenbacks pass the senate?"
There was practically a unanimous
sentiment that nothing can be done.
On this poll there was not an affirma
tive vote. Tbe negatives were largely
n the majority, and tbe doubt ex-
presssd by certain senators virtually
meant a negative.
AUTONOMY DECREES ON THE WAY,
Provisional Government to Vie Instituted
In Cuba Next Weett.
.NEW YORK, Dec. 9. A special to
the Tribune from Washington says:
Next Monday is understood to be
the day set for the institution of the
provisional government in Cuba
under the autonomy decrees of Novem,
ber 24 and 26. The state department
has been given to understand that
General Blanco has arranged to do
this immediately upon the arrival of
tbe decrees in Havana, where they are
expected by Saturday or Sunday,
Thia is in accordance with the decree
of November 24, extending 'x the
Antilles the electoral laws of Spain
n a basis of universal suffrage, and
provides for a new constitution
for Porto Rico and Cuba in these
words:
In order to establish at once the
new regime, tbe governor-general will
appoint the secretaries of the insular
government, with whom he shall gov
ern the colony until the insular parli
ament shall be constituted."
The understanding is further that
the provisional appointees will be
Cubans and members of the autono
mist party. Simultaneously the com
mittee to take the census of tbe prov
inces and make the poll list for the
first election will be constituted and
the necessary machinery organized to
choose the 17 councillors:, or admin
istrators; the members of the chamber
of representatives later to tie author
ized on the basis of one - for every 25,
000 inhabitants.
SEC. GAGE'S REPORT
Receipts and Disbursements
of the Government.
SPAIN IS SUITED
President McKinley's Policy Regarding-
Cuba is Pleasing to the
Spanish Government
Crazed By Sickness a Montana Jndge Ends
Ills Life The Government Will be a
Didder at the Kansas Pacific
Auction Sale.
1 tie
Man.
'stand In" on any trade made with
Lord. Benton county people have
memories and good sense.
The summary which the cable fur
nishes of the autonomy which Spai;
offers to Cuba Is teo brief to convey
clerely the scope of that scheme. But
whether it is liberal or the reverse, the
Cubans declare they will not accept it,
They set forth very plainly that tbey
are lighting for absolute separation
from Spain, and not for any sort of
home rule which would keep up a con'
nection, however slight, between tbe
island and Madrid. The world is
bound to believe tbat the Cubans are
fighting for independence solely, and
that they will not lay down their arms
until they have achieved it.
A man who is close to the throne,
and evidently knows what he is talk
ing about, says that there is a trade on
foot between the Mitchell and anti-
Mitchell forces, by which Mr. Mitchell
is to name the republican legislative
ticket next year and the anti-Milchell
crowd shall name the remainder of
the state ticket. This is a nice little
scheme, but the people of Oregon
nave tirea oi allowing one man's
interests to predominate oyer the
interests of the entire state, and if
such a combine is entered into, they
will proceed to wipe the ticket thus
put up off the face of the earth on the
first Monday in June.
Mr. jvicmniey. in bis message says
that we have $900,0000,000 of currency
which the government by solemn en
actment has undertaken to keep at par
with gold. The solemn enactment
spoken of is a ruling of a secretary of
the treasury to the effect that our cur
rency will be redeemed in the metal
desired by the holder of tbe note.
Gold being the most valuable metal be
cause of the legislation against silver,
the holder of the note demands gold
and. is paid in gold. Mr. McKinley
deliberately falsifies the facts In the
case In order to satisfy the people and
to make good his pledge to the gold
power.
City elections were held In a number
of places throughout the state Mon
day, but they had very little political
ignificance, as local issues were more
important in most places than party
principles. In Pendleton the candi
date for mayor that was endorsed by
the gold democrats and republicans
was defeated, while Oregon City re
versed this order. In Salem the re
publican ticket with one exception
was elected. Albany elected a demo
cratic mayor, marshal and two council
men, the republicans electing one
councilman, the recorder and treasurer.
Sheridan elected a straight populist
Thieves on tne 8onnd.
Tacoma, Dec. 7. A gang of thieves
is evidently working this part of the
Sound country in a systematic manner.
Many burglaries are reported today
from surrounding towns. Two stores
were entered at Chehalis and clothing
and revolvers were stolen Tbe Sum'
ner postoffice was robbed of $10 or $15
in stamps. At Puyallup three stores
were burglarized, general merchandise
to the value of $500 being taken and
$200 in cash from the safe of Rogers &
Raymond. Rogers is a son of Gover
nor Rogers. The Northern Pacific
depot at Puyallup was also looted, the
safe blown open and several cheeks
and express orders stolen.
Kansas Pacific Sale.
Washington, .Dec. 7. The secre
tary of the treasury today took the
first steps to qualify on behalf of the
government as bidder at wholesale of
the Kansas Pacific. A transfer order
for $900,000 was sent by Treasurer
Roberts for certification to the
National City bank, of New York, in
favor of the master of tbe court haying
jurisdiction of the case. This order
will be delivered to the master five
days before the sale by an officer of the
treasury department, wbo it is believed.
will bid at the sale under instructions
from the president.
Washington, Dec. 7. Secretary
Gape's annual report, submitted to
congress today, is as follows:
Tne revenues of the government,
from all sources for the hscal year
ended June 30, were:
From customs. $l"6,5i)4.126 65.
From internal revenue, $14(5,088,574-
29. .
From profits of coinage, bullion de
posits and assays, $7,239,813 53.
From District of Columbia, $3,5Gu',-
130 29.
From fees consular, letters patent
and land, $2,881,555 12.
From sinking fund for Pacific rail
ways, $2,277,173 25.
Front tax on national banks, $1,972,-
500 83.
From navy pension and navy hos
pital funds, etc.. $1,222,033 95.
From repayment of interest by
Pacific railways, $942,148 39.
From miscellaneous sources, $913,
119 93.
From sales of public lands, $864,581
41. From sales of Indian lands, $845,419
03. From custom fees, fines, penalties,
etc., $586,827 45.
From reimbursement for cost of
water supply, District of Columbia,
$321,097 75.
From immigrant funds, $309,937 17.
From sales of government property,
$202,721 41.
From deposits for surveying public
lands, $128,320 75.
From Soldiers' Home, permanent
funds, $126,617 94.
From sales of land and buildings
under special acts. $81,319 70.
From depredations on public lands,
$18, 478 54.
From sales of ordnance material,
$48. 386 66.
From postal service, $82,665,462 73.
Total receipts, $430,387,167 89.
THE YEAR'S EXPENDITURES.
The expenditures for the same per
iods were:
For the civil establishment, Includ
ing foreign intercourse, public build
ings, collecting the revenues, bounty
on sugar, District of Columbia and
other miscellaneous expenses, $79,252,
061 69.
For the military establishment, in
cluding rivers and harbors, forts,
arsenals, and sea-coast defenses, $48,-
950,267 89.
For the naval establishment, includ
ing construction of new vessels, ma'
chlnery, armament, equipment and
improvement at navy-yards, $34,561,-
546 29.
For Indian service, $13,016.802 06,
For pensions. $141,053,164 63.
For Interest on the public debt, $37,-
191,110 48.
For deficiency in postal revenues,
$11,149.20613.
For postal service, $82,665,462 73.
Total expenditures, $448,439,622 39,
showing a deficit of $18,052,454 41.
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A Cuban Independence Kesolutlon.
Washington. Dec. 8. Allen of
Nebraska presented a resolution de
daring-it the sense ' of the senate
tbat congress should with all due and
convenient speed accord by an appro
priate act, tne political independence
of (Juba. li necessary this recognition
enould oe bacKed by tne presence oi au
American neet in (Juban waters.
. Savage
people
nave a
superstition that
.an evil eye may be
cast upon a person
to bring all sorts oi
trouble and mis
fortune. That
seems like a pretty
loolisn notion;
but it isn't much
worse than some
of the notions
which civilized
ople indulge in.
ine worn out su-
nerstition is the be-
ief that if a man inherits weak luners from
ais parents lie is pretty sure to die of con-
lumption. Tbe actual fact is tbat if such
a man will only take proper care of himselt
he will really be safer from consumption
than a careless person who has no inherited
weakness. Carelessness is the real evil eye.
Carelessness will develop a tendency to
consumption in any body.
The lungs are composed of very delicate,
sensitive tissue, even in the healthiest per
son: that is why thev vield so Quickly to the
attack of tainted blood. If the blood is al
lowed to get impure and impoverished, and
bile-poisoned, the seeds of consumption
will spring up in the best kind of a consti
tution. The real consumption-taint is in
the blood-
Hundreds of cases of so-called "heredi
tary" consumption have been completely
and permanently rooted out of the system
by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
simply because it eivea the blood-makincr
glands power to pour a fresh abundant sup
ply of rich, red, healthy, blood into the
circulation. This drives out all poisonous
and unhealthy germs. It stops the waste of
tissue and the formation of morbid deposits;
builds ud fresh, normal, healthy Inns tissue
and solid, muscular strength.
In aU the weakened debilitated conditions
which are the forerunners of consumption.
Dr. Pierce's Discovery is the most per
fect nutritive and strength-builder. It is
assimilated by the weakest stomachs.
The President's Message 8 alt a the Govern
ment at Madrid.
New York. Dec. 7. A dispatch to
tbe Tribune from Havana says:
President McKinley's message is re
ceived quietly. Satisfaction is felt in
official circles over the statement that
the recognition of either belligerency
or independence is not justifiable un
der present conditions. The credit
which the president gives for conduct
ing the war on humane principles and
for improving tbe conditions of the
reconcentrados will strengthen Captain-General
Blanco in carrying out
his policy.
The official feeling may be summar
lzed in tne statement that tne govern
ment does not now fear the embarrass
ment which might come from action
by the United States before instruc
tions from Madrid could be carried
into effect. The hint of ultimate in
tervention causes some Uneasiness and
discussion Has already arisen over
what is meant by "reasonable time,
but palac6 officials do not interpret it
as likely to prevent the application of
autonomy within the time needed for
- frying out the detail of the system
j. directed from Madrid.
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Chicago, Dec. 8. A special to
Tribune from Washington says:
If a vote could be taken today the
proposition to annex the Hawaiian
islands would undoubtedly fail to se
cure the necessary two-thirds major
lty. This is the result of an informal
canvass of the senate made since tbe
opening by senators who are more or
less favorable to the project. They
say that thus far not over half a -dozen
of the democrats have announced
themselves as being openly in favor of
the treaty. There are about 10 of the
same party admittedly on the fence.
At the present time they would vote
against the treaty in all probability,
but are expected to be won over in the
course of the debate. The remainder
of the democrats, numbering 18 or so,
are apparently hostile to annexation
for various reasons.
Tbe full membership of the senate
is 90. It therefore requires 60 votes to
pass the treaty as a treaty and without
resrting to tbe subterfuge of a joint
resolution. Thirty-one senators can
defeat the treaty entirely, and a much
smaller number, if sufficiently bellig
erent, can prevent action for a long
enough time.
The opponents of annexation say
that at the present time they can
count on 23 democratic senators, seven
republicans and three independents,
making a total of 35, or more than
enough to defeat the treaty.
There are many senators who believe
that by withholding their votes on
Hawaii they may be able to force the
president and his advisors to do some
thing for Cuba.
THE HA.LX UI TAL.I1.
Government Notified That the IT. P. Com
mittee Violated lta Trust.
New York, Dec. 8. The following
telegram has been sent to tbe attor
ney-general at Washington by Robin
son & Leslie, a firm of London ac
countants, acting for a group of holders
of Union Pacific reorganization com
mittee certificates for Union Pacific
stock:
"We notify the government that the
committee's bid involves a departure
from tne terms of its trust under the
agreement declared January 2G, pur
suant to which stockholders paid near
ly $9,000,000. The committee was not
permitted to issue more than $75,000,-
000 in bonds for the purchase of both
the Union and Kansas Pacific. Under
the bid for the Union Pacific alone
Freedom er Death. on jM face the meB8age which will bid
New York. Dec. 9. A proclama- the president come to California to
tlon signed by the Cuban military and receive a miner's welcome,
civil leaders in Havana province, pro-j Bi.h strike in Montana,
testing against the autonomy offered , Butte, Mont., Dec. 9. Reports
by Spain, was recently issued as re- from tne Lowland minln district are
correspondent of the - that ricn etrlke o( o-oldand silver
Press. The proclamation nunrt haa hn md in tha Ruhv
ported by the
Associated
in full follows:
"Cubans: After all her efforts to
subdue us by force of arms, have proved
in vain, Spain offers autonomy to the
the that purchasing issue is practically Cuban'people. She expects to induce
consumed, thus violating the trust to
the stockholders.
"This substantial deviation from the
us to submit anew to her rule under
her pretended terms of peace. Spain's
pretension Is useless. Tbe time Is at
conditions of the purchase Invalidates j ready past to think of such comprom
govern- j ise and transactions. Opposed to thorn
the
the
the business. Therefore
ment Is notified to hold
received or receivable as trustees
under the committee's trust, and not
as the property of the government."
This notice, with the accompanying
document, has been lodged with the
United States consul-general in Lon
don.
Severe Storm at Yaqulna.
Newport, Or., Dec. 8. The south
west storm of yesterday was the worst
ever experienced here. A high, rough
tide washed out large sections of the
water front bulk head. The damage
to the streets will amount to several j
hundred dollars. The heavy seas car-
moueya : in an insurmountable manner are the
i
aertamng.
"Let the world at large bo aware
that this is our unalterable purpose,
our only aspiiation, our supreme ideal;
to whi:h we have consecrated our
lives, onr property, present welfare,
and, in short, our all.
"Let all the world know our full de
termination to carry oa this struggle,
day after day, while the Spanish flag
floats over our beloved country. Let
everybody know that our watchword
is independence or death.
''Cubans, long live Cuba, free and
independent."
A Unique Invitation.
San Francisco, Dec. 9. A slab of
quartz with veins of gold prominently
showing will convey California's in
vitation to President McKinley to
attend the golden jubilee of the dis
covery of gold. Chairman Parsons,
of tbe executive committee, has prom
ised to secure a suitable piece of the
precious rock, and will have engraved
dignity and manifest destiny of our
country, the ou trapes inflicted upon
our families,' tbe torrents of Cuban
blood that have been shed, the lives of
so many innocent human beings Who
have succumbed to oppression, the
sacred memory of our heroes who have
died in defense of their native soil and
all other sorts of sacrifices we have
made in behalf of our independence.
"To obtain this we have again taken j
up arms, and we are determined to
continue unhesitatingly in tbe task of
redeeming our country until we attain
the success which is near at hand.
ried away portions of the government We shall not flinch in our effort, nor
jetty. There was a terrific tbunder i8 it possible tbat we shall be forsaken
storm last evening, and a heavy rain by the God of justice in our sacred un
storm at Yaquina. The high tide did
considerable damage to the cribbing
of O. C. & E. railroad small wharfs,
and carried away the bulkhead in
front of S. Case's and Judge Blue's
residences.
A Montana Judge Suicides.
Butte, Mont., Dec. 7. A special
from Helena to the Miner says: Judge
Horace R. Buck, associate justice of
the Bupreme court ol Montana. 6 not
himself through the right eye about
midnithtat his home in Lennox, a
suburb of Helena. He spent the even
ing with a party of friends at a neigh
bor's house, seeming to be very cheer
ful upon returning home. After chat
ting for a while with his family, be
went to his room, and soon afterwarls
the shot that ended his life, was heard.
His wife ran upstairs and found him
lying on the floor dead. The judge
had been breaking down in health for
some time, and it is supposed that, he
was seized with a sudden impulse to
end his existence.
mine, and that over a .million dollars'
worth of ore is in sight. The owners
are taking out over $2000 a day. The
property was purchased last summer
from Adolpb Moudenhauer, of San
Francisco, for $90,000, the principal
owner being M. E. Graves, a New
York man.
War on Ht. Loula Poolroom.
St. Louis, Dec. 9. There were 121
cases against poolroom-owners and
employes on the docket of the police
court on Wednesday, as a result of
raids by the police. In the Brooklyn,
Van Studdeford and pacific poolroom
cases continuances were granted until
December 10, and juries were called
for in each batch of cases. The re
maining cases were continned until
December 10 also, but no request was
made for juries.
Affair In Peru.
Lima, Peru, Deo. 9. President Pier
ola has vetoed the measure recently
passed by congress legalizing non
Catholic marriages in Peru, and pro
viding for the-registration of such
marriage. He gives as his reason the
fact that the bill only authorized the
registration of foreigners without pro
viding for native-born Peruvians, de
scended from Protestants who hold to
the religion of their fathers.
S. Schkmck.
President
H. M.
Be ail,
Cashlet.
First National Bank
THS D7UL.ES. GRECON
& Geseral Banking Business Transactei
Deposits reoelved snbject'to vlght draft or
check.
Collections made and proceeds promptly ie-
mltted on day of collection.
Sight and telegraphlo exchange sold on
York, San Franclsoo and Portland.
DIRECTORS)
New
D. P. Thompson,
Ed M. Williams
H. M.
Jno. S. S benck
Geo. A. liebe,
BealL