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SATURDAY JANUARY 1 1897
A DANGEROUS IS 'CREASE.
In every nation snd in every age the
concentration of wealth in a few hands
has caused the down fall of the nation
or the oppression of the masses. For
wealth eyer has been and ever will be
a power. Wealth will corrupt official?,
buy elections and sometimes contami
nate courts. When in unscrupulous
hands or held by avaricious, grasping
TieoDle becomes dangerous. That a
maioritv of those who accumulated
great wealth are, or become grasping,
la not disputed, hence it is to the in
terest of the masses that we have fewer
millionaires and that wealth be more
raaerallv distributed among the
people.
As a rule our millionaires are not
creators of wealth. They are men who
by some gocd fortune or by oppressing
others have received more than they
have eiven. It cannot be otherwise,
; ' for had the exchange been even, had
- T.nM nnna wnn nv i. m t-1 r um. irta&Msu kua
weaitn oi me millionaires, roveiveu
; their share of the dividend they too
would have accumulated great wealth
: af t.1ftt tho anaumulationi would
ive been divided more nearly equally.
It is alike true that our wealth creators
., are not wealth owners, but are more
. - " and more bacominsr the debtor classes.
WUiUU )iuiqd uu.u BvmpvuMwvu 1VI
j labor is net equally distributed. The
' man who toils a lifetime as a wage
1 ! i . 1 ; .1 w.
earner gout iivbi iuuic iui a kbuv
living, while the employer of great
numbers becomes a millionaire, yet he
, HAS laoorea no naraer, ana in most m-
- stances, not nearly so hard, as the ones
whom he has employed. Then the
laborers must have been rehbed, and
by whom? Certainly the ones who
BITS receiTOU wit wbmi ui noir
; ton. -
It Is by this unjust division of the
1 results of labor that millionaires are
being multiplied throughout the land,
that the weath of the country is get
ting Into the hands of the few, which
some day will threaten the stability of
p government. For if the wealthy
able to control the actions of the
es, which none will deny that
are, there is nothing to prevent
r mnVlno'tho laws, fixin? the rate
of taxation, and Curtailing our liber
ties as thev see fit. The signs of the
times point to the fact that wealth is
drifting in this direction, and that it
is only a question of time when this
end will have been accomplished. But
while the evil Is apparent, what are
we going to do about it? How is it to
be checked?
This is a serious question that con
fronts the people of America today,
and will continue to confront them
until either the power of wealth is cur
tailed or the masses have became serfs.
Possibly the speediest way to prevent
the accumulation of wealth in a few
hands is by a reform of our financial
system. As this system now is it is
ail on the 'j3 of the 4ion-pradacee9f
wealth, the one who realizes the bene
fits of the results of labor. By the op
erations of eur present single standard
the wealth of this class is continually
increasing in value, and a standard
that thus fluctuates is not honest nor
is it to the advantage of the wealth
producers. Fer instance, a dollar
which at one' time paid for a given
quantity of the products of labor now
pays for double that quantity, cannot
be honest and cannot be beneficial to
the one who produces wealth, for it
buys just twioe as much of his labor
now as formerly. The wealth creator
gets just half as many dollars for what
he creates while the money owner gets
twice as much for his dollars. In other
words, the wealth owner's dollars have
been doubled and the wealth creator's
labor has been cut in halves. This
has been brought about by class legis
lation, and will never be remedied un
til the finanolal system is changed vo
that Instead of a single we have
double standard. Until it is changed
millionaires will multiply, and . the
danger of concentrated wealth will
increase.
THE WORST YET.
W. F. Rockwell, of Meriden, Conn
has some views on pension business
which he has presented to the preei-
dent, to members of the ways and
means committee and pension officials,
all of whom he savs, think well of
them, but they have not yet decided
how such a scheme would be received
by the country. He has also consulted
numerous bankers, commercial men
and insuranee actuaries, who approve
the scheme, and pronounce it feasible.
The proposition is to estimate from ac
tuaries tables the averagee life expec
tancy of the 050,000 pensioneers now
on the list, and allow each the amount
he would receive during his life at the
rate now allowed based on life insur
ance expectancy. This he would set
tle in full with each pensioner, and to
meet the demand for such payment, he
would haye congress authorize the is
suance of bonds bearing 2 per cent
and 'running an indefinite length of
time. .This little scheme, should it be
come a law, would require the issuance
of about 92,750,000,000 of bonds, and
would create a bonded debt that would
hang as a mill stone around the neck
of the American nation for ages.
Of all the propositions to settle the
pension question, this appears the
worst. It would ereate a debt whose
magnitude would be beyond reason,
and besides would not provide for the
old soldiers in their declining years as
will the present system.' Many of
them, under this plan, would receive
their allowance and spend it it riotous
living or in bad investments, then be
left penniless, unless the government
should again come to their assistance)
which it no doubt would, and saddle
another expense upon the people. If
this is the best solution of the pension
business that can be offered, the pres
- ent plan had better be left alone,
with all it f&u'ts, and corruption, and
grasping pension attorneys.
A SIMPLE REMEDY.
One of the heavy items of expense
connected with conducting the state
government is the .conveying of con
victs and patients to the penitentiary
and insane asylum, and there has been
more complaint of abuse of privileges
by officers whose duty it is to perform
V
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this service than any other. It has
been alleged time and again that
sheriffs put in exerhltaat bills for this
service and for guards who are un
necessary, and it is charged that a
practice has prevailed among sheriffs
to hire a back at Salem to convey
prisoners to the penitentiary, paying
$2.50 to $5 for the same, when the fare
on a street car line is only 10 cents for
the round trip; yet nobody has seen fit
to call any sheriff to account for their
abuses.
A sheriff who submits bills for unnec
essary expenses for conveying convicts
and insane patients commits perjury,
and should be held accountable just
the same as the witness who goes up
on the stand in a court and testifies
falsly, for ia presenting his bill he
must ve-ify the same with the following
form of oath:
"I,., , being firat duly
sworn, depose and say that the fore'
going sccount is correct and just, and
that the number of days charged there
in have been necessarily consumed in
conveying said person to the insane
asylum (or penitentiary,) and that the
expenses charged have been actually
and necessarily incurred by me in con
veying said patient (or convict,) anJ
that the guards therein charged for
were actually and necessarily employed
for the whole of the time as stated and
per diem as charged therefor."
After . subscribing to this oath if
there is a single item in the sheriff's
account of expenses that was not nec
essary or actually incurred, the officer
becomes guilty of perjury, and if prose
cuted could be convicted. If some of
those who are clamoring for reform
in this matter, would begin action
against a sheriff whom they could prove
to have overcharged for services ren
dered in such cases, it would soon nut
a stop to the practice. If the laws
were enforced as strictly in governing
officers as thay are in dealing with
private citizens, abuse of public privil
eges would soon cease. One sheriff
prosecuted and convicted for
malting false charges in nis expense
account would put a stop to this abu9e.
A BATHER FINE DISTINCTION
Senator Wolcott. it is reported, will
soon sever his relations with the re
publican party and follow his colleague.
Teller, into the ranks of the silverites.
From the point of view of the mere
politician, Wolcott must do this, or
completely abandon his faith in free
silver coinage and become a convert
to the gold standard. As a fearless
statesman, Welcott would stand higher
than be ever did before, if he should
abandon the cause of free silver at
once and place his resignation in the
hands of his constituents, as did Sena
tor Lamar, of Mississippi, when he de
cided to vote against the Bland-Allison
act of 1878. Oregoaian.
In this the Oregonian draws rather
a fine distinction considering its atti
tude toward Senator Mitchell. If
Senator Wolcott would completely
abandon his faith in free silver and be
come a worshipper of the golden calf,
be would in the eyes of the Oregonian,
become a fearless statesman and stand
high in the estimation of the people.
Even Wolcott, one of the greatest and
most pronounced advocates of the sil
ver cause, and a senator from the
rotten borough" Colorado, as the
Oregonian has so often called it, would
be forgiven all his sins of commission
and omission, and rise to the high
elevation of a great statesman were he
only to renounce his former prin
ciples and endorse the (views of the
Oregonian and the administration.
In fact were he to do just the thing
Mr. Mitchell has done, he would be
transformed into a little god, and no
longer be known as a "silver loon."
But with Mr. Mitchell it is dif
ferent, at least so far as the Oregonian
Is concerned. We do not desire to be
judged as pleading Mr. Mitchell's
cause, for we have not the slightest
desire to ever again see him re-elected
to the senate, but desire to ascertain
where the difference is between him
and Wolcott, should the latter endorse
the gold standard.
When Mr. Mitchell entered the
rational campaign of 1898 he endorsed
the St. Louis platform from beginning
to end, and so far as the financial
question is concerned,abacdoned silver
to its fate and accepted the gold stand'
ard. Though once an advocate of free
coinage and a supporter of bimetalism
he renounced his former principles
when he took the stump for McKinley
and became just as much of an advo
cate of the gold "standard as the Ore
gonian.: Since the national campaign
no word or deed of Mr. Mitchell's has
indicated a change of heart, or that he
is anything but a pronounced "gold
bug." : ' . .
Still the Oregonian insists that he
is a "silver idiot;" that the republicans
of Oregon cannot trust him to stand
by the administration in case of a vote
on financial legislation being talc en
in the senate were he returned to that
body. Though if Mr. Wolcott were to
do the same thing Mr. Mitchell has
done he would at once become
thorough "sound money" man. What
is the distinction? The act required
by one is an act performed by the
other. Is it that the deeds or word of
a Coloradoan are more binding than
those on an Oregonian? Oris it that
there is a personal feeling against one
that is not harbored against the other?
We fail to see if Mr. Wolcott could be
come a great statesman and carry
favor with the powers that be, simply
by declaring for the .gold standard,
why Mr. Mithell has not accomplished
this by already accepting the declara
tions of his party platform. Certainly
no silver advocate or blmetalist sees
in Mr. Mitchell a friend of silver, and
his allegiance to the gold standard is
only questioned by the advocates of
gold.
L AH the political posies and managers
are opposed to civil service reform be
cause it proposes to curtail their power
of patronage. Under the old spoils
system, dearly loved by Commissioner
of Pensions Evans and condemned by
President McKinley, the bosses farmed
out the federal offices to their own ad
vantage. They took no thought of the
government's welfare, nor of the wel
fare of those whom they put'ln office,
longer than such people could serve
them. Merit and competency on any
other lines than those affecting the
bosses' welfare were not considered at
all. The great body of the people were
not consulted, and were not, even in
directly recognized. The appointees
held office only so long as the bosses
considered them of value in the pol
itical game. And that is why the
bosses are trying te strangle civil ser
vice reform. --"
It is stated on pretty good authority
that there is a meve on foot in Port
land to patch up all differences be
tween the different wings of the repub
lican party. The movers in the mat
ter have probably never learned that
oil and water won't mix.
FARMERS AND TJlE TARIFF
Many a former, who last year voted
fer the re-enactment- of a high protec
tive tariff, is wondering now how much
he is benefitted by the tariff law that
was recently passed. And after a care
ful perusal of each schedule separately,
he finds little in the law that has re
sulted beneficially to him, but much to
his detriment, especially if he is
wheat farmer. In casting about an
noting the effects of the new law, h
fails to find where it has created an
new demand for his products, or built
up the promised "home market," hut
he finds on the other hand that his
grain sacks have advanced about 10
per cent, that the sugar he buys cost
him 25 percent more than it did a year
ago, his woolen clothinr has gone up
in price, and in fact nearly everything
he is compelled to buy is marked up
from 10 to 25 per cent. He also finds
that charters for vessels to carry bis
grain to Liverpool are 25 to 50 per can
higher than they were a year a-'o. If
he ia a careful observer he readily find
the cause of this to be the new tariff
law that virtually prohibits importa-
tions of foreign goods.
Vessels chartered in Liverpool at
any time duriog the past four months
were compelled to come empty, or
rather in ballast, for exportatioas from
Europe have almost ceased since the
dingley law went into effect, because
American jobbers could not afford to
load ships with foreign goods and im
pert them under the new law. As a
result when the farmer sold bis wheat
he was compelled to pay freight on the
ballast from Liverpool to the port
where the vessel should load his wheat
That is, the price of his wheat was re
duced just the amount of the ships
charter from Europe to this country
in short, he had to pay freight both
ways. Had ships been able to load at
Liverpool with merchandise the far
mer would only haye been required to
pay freight one way, and on his wheat
he would have realized from three to
five cents more a oushel. So when the
wheat farmer looks about to ascertain
where he has been benefitted by the
tariff, he finds the profit on the wrong
side of the account. Lower prices for
bis wheat than he would otherwise
have received, and higher prices for
nearly everything he must buy.
WILL THEY EAT SOUP?
The test of fealty to the republican
party in Oregon is becoming severe,
if the Oregonian is to be allowed to
dictate. According to its code nobody
can be a good republican unless he
kneels at the back door of the Oregon
ian office and eats the soup handed out
by that journal in the golden dish. In
other words, any republican, no matter
how loyal he baa been in the past, who
has ever thought of or advocated sil
ver, must forswear allegiance to tbat
cause and fall down and worship at
the golden thrown. In short, he must
discard all his former lews on finance,
relinquish his belief in bimetalism
either by international agreement or
independent action, and accept the
single gold standard. He must throw
aside his individual beliefs and con
victions and permit the editor who sits
in the tall tower to do his thinking.
Will the independent republicans,
those who have ideas of their own
those who believe that in bimetalism
reBts the -only hope of permanent
prosperity discard these "nonsens
ical" ideas, acknowledge that they have
known nothing all their lives and that
the gold standard is the pink of perfec
tion? Will they surrender their man
hood, discard the right to think for
themselves, and eat the soup which
the Oregonian offers?
Those forty women that sailed last
week in company for "the Klondike
will so cordially hate each other by
the time they reach Portland that they
will abandon the trip, and try to marry
Oregonians.
The announcement that the tariff is
not to be tinkered with by tbis con
gress, is doubtless a campaign "flyer,"
issued in the interest of Marcus Han
na's aspiration to renew that lease on
a senatorial sofa.
It was not an inappropriate act of the
Willamette University to bestow up
on Chief Justice Moore of the supreme
court the title of doctor of lawa. He
has beeu doctoring laws for some time,
in fact that is his profession.
The democrat!: state committee and
the executive committee of the bi
metallic league win meet lnfortland
on January 8th. It is to be hoped that
they will use better judgment than
did Mr. Young and -his followers, and
that an effort will - be made to consoli
date the reform forces -instead of at
tempting to drive thern apart
Special session talk has become a
sort of an old chestnut, still there are
some who insist that Gov. Lord will
convene the legislature eirly in Feb
ruary. Those who think this will be
done have little knowledge of Lord's
ability as a politician. He does not
intend committing suicide just now.
.All of Europe is looking toward
China with lustful eyes, and it seems
that the pagan nation is destined to
fall into the hands of the different
powers, to be divided up among them
as they see fit. There can be no justice
in the actios, and will only be a ca3e
of the big fish eating up the little ones.
Europe pouncing upon China is like
the bull destroying the gnat. - -Taxes
are too high all over Oregon.
The trouble is there is too much gov
ernment, too many officials living off
the people, and nine out of ten of them
are being paid too high a salary for
the service they render. When we
get a legislature that will cut off a few j
offices and at the same time reduce
salaries about 25 per cent we may ex
pect lower taxea.but not till then. -
The enactment of the new tariff law
has been beneficial io some laborers
and detrimental to others The wages
of some have been advanced, while
those of others have been reduced. In
the cotton factories the laborers have
had their wages cut, or will have them
reduced in a short time, while wool
workers have had an increase in their'
wages. So it begins to dawn upon the
laborer that the tariff is not all that is
needed to bring him good wages.
Wire pullers and office seekers are
already getting out among the people
and preparing to fix up primaries so
that the conventions of their respect
ive parties will be "just right," that is,
so that the professional politicians will
be able to name themselves as candi
dates for office. What a nice thing it
would be if office seekers would just let
the people alone once and allow them
to select their own officers. In other
words, to let the office seek the man, -
A man who seems to have' solved the
miracle of 'walking on the water pro
poses to walk across the Atlapslc to
France and up the river Seine to Paris,
He has contrived two cedar boxes five
.feet long provided with. flns on the 1
j bottom, and attaches these to his feet.
poses to cross the ocean. He has a
pretty good stock of courage, but ere
he reaches Paris he will probably re
gret that he did not have more judg
ment. The prospects of a time when this
government will cease to pay pensions
i9 not flattering; the date i9 far in the
distant future, The war of 1812 ended
82 years ago, and there are only three
male pensioners of that war living, but
there are 3,000 widows drawing pen
sions as the wires of veteraus of the
war of '12 If the widows of the vetjr
ans of the civil war hold on to life in a
similar manner there will be some
100,000 widow pensioners of that war
50 years hence.
If the Pierpont Morgan railroad mo
nopolists get -McKenna on the bench
of the supreme court and Paxson on
the interstate commerce commission,
they will not have to buy any other
railroads. They will simply wreck
those lines that do notact to'suit them,
and then proceed to gobble up the
wreckage at their pleasure. The only
power that can now prevent the con
summation of this well-laid scheme is
the senate.
State Superintendent Irwin wa
severely criticised by the teachers in
attendance at the State Teachers' As
sociation in Portland. They past very
uncomplimentary remarks about the
wholesale issuance of stale diplomas
during his incumbency of otlice, and
referred to the superintendent's office
as a "diploma grinding machine."
Mr. Irwin faced the hot shots fired at
him for a time, then excused himself
from further attendance. A9 is usually
the caso when an officer is guilty of an
offense, he does not enjoy being told
of It, eipecially if he has no defense.
No man in America today occupies a
more enviable position in the eyes of
consistent people than Senator Wol
cott, of Colorado. He is a firm ad
vocate of silver, also a republican of
pronounced views, but when he found
the administration abandoning silver
be refused tc surrender his views, and
severed his connection with the party.
He is consistent, and is much more
worthy of admiration than are such
men as the ex-senator of Oregon who
sacrificed bis own principles for the
-principles of his party, or rather to
boost himself into office.
It may be a sad commentary upon
the pervcrseness of humanity, but it
is nevertheless true that the way to
make men honest is to make dis
honesty odious and grieviou, and the
only way to put a stop to official de
linquency is to make every officer who
handles public funds liable individual
ly and through his sureties for the
restitution of every penny that be
longs to the public. With that prin
ciple engrafted in the code and en
forced through impartial, fearless
courts we shall have no occasion for
levying extraordinary taxes to make
good the losses sustained tbrongh em
bezzling custodians of public funds. .
Government by commissions is be
coming an expensive fad in this
nation and in every state. In Oregon
we have our railroad commission, our
pure food commission, our state board
of equalizatiod, etc.) and if one of
them has earned or saved to the people
of the state what it has cost it has not
yet been discovered. The same is true
of the national government. It has
its interstate commerce commission,
its monetary commission and numer
ous others, but all the good they have
accomplished is to furnish positions
for an army of taxeaters. When the
pruning knife of eionomy is applied.
it could well be turned toward clipping
the?e commissions off.
The administration, having receed-
ed from its efforts toward international
bimetallism, the republican parly
must now defend the foreign financial
system, without subterfuge, that it is
grafting upon the American people.
When the administration dropped in
ternational bimetallism it proved all
the charges made against the platform
of 1896 by the silver men and proves
that the intornational bimetallic plans
was but a sop to silver republicans.
Now that the last vestige of an Ameri
can financial policy has been dropped
from the republican creed and a
foreign policy inserted, what will the
silver republicans do? Will they fol
low the k old standard of England or
will they stand for union and Ameri
can victory?
Hawaii Likely to Be Ours.
Washington, Dec. 28. "Affairs in
China and the East generally," said
Senator Cullom, "haye put an entirely
different complexion upon Hawaii's
prospects for annexation. Since
congress adjourned for the holidays
there has been a marked change of
sentiment concerning Hawaii, and it
would not surprise me if the pending
treaty should be ratified by the neces
sary two-thirds of the senate."
Portland Foatofflce Case.
REDLANDS, Cal., Dec. 28. United
States Deputy Marshal Ponrade left
here this morning for Los Angeles
with O. S. Dwver, suparinte ndent of
the registry division of the Portland,
Or.; postoffice, and an important wit
ness in the attempted robberv case
which was set for trial in Portland.
January 3. Dwyer was accompanied
bv a man named Weber and bas been
here several days.
Father Time has i
halt when be
meets a woman who
knows bow to take care
of her health. Time ,
can't make her seem i
old.
She may be the
mother of a family;
that makes no differ
ence. She is bound to
be young: because her heart is young- and
there is rich, young blood circulating in her
veins. She doesn't need cosmetics and face
powders and skin-preservers. Pure blood
is the only true skin-preserver.
But when a woman's blood is full of bil
ious impurities, she can neither look young
nor feel young. Her whole constitution is
poisoned with bad blood. It permeates ev
ery part. It paralyzes the nerve-centres;
weakens the stomach; irritates the heart,
preys upon the lungs and bronchial tubes.
It reduces a woman to a state of weakness,
nervousness, irritability, dejection and mel
ancholy. Snch a woman can't possibly be
yonthful, no matter what her age may be.
She needs the youthfulness of highly vital
ized blood. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery will give it to her. It will help
any woman to get back her youth and
freshness again.
It gives the digestive and blood-making
organs and the liver power to produce good,
pure, healthy blood. It gives color to the
cheeks, and sparkle to the eyes; drives away
pimples and blotches; wipes away wrinkles;
ronnds out emaciated forms, and creates
.firm, natural, healthy flesh.
Mrs. Rebecca P. Gardner, of Grafton, York Co.,
Va., writes: " When I was married I weighed 175
pounds. I was taken sick and reduced in health
and broke out with a disease which my doctor said
was eczema. He treated my disease but failed to
do me any good, and I feU away to 90 pounds. X
betrau using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery, and thank God and you, I began to ira-
Erovc Now I weigh 140 pounds and have only
ken two bottles. I cannot say too much about
(he medidne. My husband says I look younger
thaq I did the first tinu be saw me, 15 j-eari ago."
AW.
GAGE WILL NOT RESIGN
Reports of Him Leaving the
Cabinet Contradicted.
WILL DYE IN TRANSIT
Dr. Nansen Does Not Believe Rein
deer Can Be Taken From Nor
way to Alaska.
Italians Want an Italian Bank Fstnlilif lied
in New York-Anotlier lilg Combn.a
Kdgetool Makers to Or
ganize. Washington, Dec. 23. Assistant
Secretary Vancierlip, when asked
today concerning the report that Sec
retary Gv.ga had tendered his resig
nation, and that President MeKiuli-y
had refused to accept it, said: 'There
is nothing in it." The repoi t in ques
t on gave Vandc-rlip as authority for
the assertion. Secretary Gie Info for
New York this morning-.
Vanderiip, v.' lion questioned further,
raid ho far as he was quoted as author
ity for tho assertion he could say there
was nothing in it, for he had never so
stated to any person. As to whether
or not Gaaro had offered t-o resign and
McKinley had refused to accept his
resignation, ho (Vauderlip) could say
nothing-, for he did not know whether
it was eo or not.
It is believed in some equally well
informed circles that the report is sub
stantially correct, but there was no
formal tender of Gage's resignation
It is regarded as probable that in con
versation with the president, Gage in
an informal way said he would resign
if his financi:;l views were emb-irrass-inr
to the administration, and that
the president in reply stated very pos
itively that he did nob want his sec
retary of the treasury to do any such
thing. It is learnod furthermore that
at the time of this conversation the
president informed Gage their views
were in accord, and that(he muc-t not
think of resigning. It is regarded as
certain that Gage will continue in
office.
BEIKDEEK WILL DIE.
Dr. Kansen's Vlows Cpon Alger's Klondike
Relief Flan.
BiNGHAMPTON, N. Y., Dec. 28. Dr.
Nansen, the Arctic explorer, was ask
ed what he thought of the plan of
bring' ng reindeer for taking relief to
the Klondike miners. He said if tho
reindeertwere taken overland across
the country they would probably reach
Alaska in time to accomplish the de
sired object, and if they could reach
Alaska, they would be of great assist
auco in the relief work. The difficulty
would be to get the deer transported.
Dr. Naosen said the moss on which
the deer fed was about the only food
they would eat, and they would starve
before they would eat much of any
thing else. They had sometimes been
trained to eat bread, but not very suc
cessfully. While there was an abund
ance of moss in Norway, he thought it
would be impossible to gather it in
such quantities as : would be necessary
for the feeding of 500 deer in transpor
tation from Norway to Alaska. The
deer themselves seemed to know how
to gather it better ihn human beings.
He believed that if '500 reindeer were
shipped from Norway it would be im
possible to keep more than a small
percentage of them alive until Alaska
should be reached.
CONFIDENCE IS SHAkEN.
The Italian all ulster Has Little Faith. In
American Hanks.
New York, Dec. 28. Signer Pruz
zatti, Italian minister of finance, in a
speech to the Italian chamber has
recommended the establishment of a
bank in this city to be under the direct
supervision of the Italian government.
"Some steps should be taken -to
protect our countrymen in America
who are constantly being robbed by
absconding bankers," said Signor
Pruzzatti in his report. "I believe
the government should take this mat
ter in hand and establish a colonial
bank in New York, so that the money
which onr compatriots wish to send to
their homes can be given in custody to
the government direct to be trans
mitted to Italy. In doing this, the
immigrants would incur no risk and
would feel sure that their money would
reach its destination safely."
Old Glary Insulted.
Nett York, Dec. 29. A special to
tie Journal and Advertiser, from New
Hayen, Conn., says: .
C-iptain George L. Kelsey, of the
schooner Wallace Ward, which has
just arrived here from Barcelona,
states . that the American consul at
that port fears mob violence, and is
unable to keep the American flag upon
Uncle Sam's vessels. He put into port
there September 10, remaining three
days.
At first the stars and stripes floated
proudly from the masthead, but
Spanish loiterers were attracted by it
and gathered by the vessel, threaten
ing violence. The American consul
heard of the rumor that the crowd pro
posed burning the vessel, and be sen
word to Captain Ke.ls-y to haul down
the flag. Captain " Kelsey defied the
Spaniards, but the next day the consul
repeated his advice, and Captain Kel
sey was reluctantly persuaded to store
the stars and stripes below decks dur
ing the remainder of his stay.
A SPORTY AllssOCBI JUDGE.
Wanted Belligerent Attorneys to Fight,
but They Didn't. .
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 29. If
Judge Wofford -adheres to his inten
tion that he has announced from the
bench, the edifying spectacle of prize
fights between belligerent attorneys
may be one of the attractions of the
criminal court in the future. The op
posing attorneys in' this court have
been using uncomplimentary language
tiwards eiCh other, aad after a tilt of
t as nature between Prosecuting At
torney Lowe and Attorney McCoy,
Judge Wofford said: -
"Hereafter when lawyers talk about
fighting in this court, I shall adjourn
court and let them fight it out. If you
fellows want to fight, I'll just adjourn
court and you can come in this room
and fight it out and I'll see that there
is fair play. Now, if you are in earnest,
come right along acd have it over
with."
They did not accept the judge's Offer,
however, but apologized instead.
MORS NEWS FROM DAWSON.
Camp Has Twlca Recently Narrowly Es
caped Destruction by Fire. -
San Francisco, Dec. 29. Accord-
ding to news received here from Daw
son City under date of November 25,
the Kloiio l-ro mining camp has twice f
been in danger of destruction by fire.
Oo Novemhei- 22, two Front-street log
houses were tiei-troyed by fire. Ooe
was -used as ai jJ-ing house on one
floor and a church on the other. The
lodgings contained the food acd out
fits of ten men, and nothing was saved.
Steps have been taken to relieve the
destitute. The fire was caused by the
overturning of a lighted candle by a
drunken man.
Fire from a similar cause broke out
on November 2, and the opra house
and two saloons were burned to the
ground. The snow on the roofs saved
the re?t of Front street from destruc
tion. A lai:e quantity of provisions
and liquor valued at $10,000 in Dawson
were destroyed.
On November 10 the Yukon frozo
for the winter, acd since then about
3000 persons havo started out over the
i.;o between Dawson and Fort Selkirk.
Many of them are without dogs and
poorly supplifd with provisions and
clotM-i?. aid it is dcultful if they
will get through.
TI1K ll;KNi.l- :ol.NlY TKAtiULT.
teti?r French Was Murdere 1
1:1 Celd
IJI.M.d.
BURN'S, Or., Dec. 27. reter French,
the cattle kiag of 1-astern Oregon,
was as3as?iiiite.l on tiie afternoon of
Sunday, the 20th, in his own field near
wha is kno vu as tho SoJ tlouv: r.n.i b,
by a man of the name of Edward L.
Oliver.
French and his men were working
some csulle, when this man Oliver
came into the field where they were at
work, and Mr. French rode out to
where ho was, and after talking with
him two or three minutes, turned to
ride away, when Oliver drew his pistol
which snapped the first time, and the
second time he shot French just above
the right ear, the ball comiug out in
the left eyo.
Burt Freueh, the murdered man's
brother, was within 30 feet of him
when he fell off his horsa, acd picked
him up, but he never spoke, and only
groaned once. There were eight of
his men there at work and they allow
ed the assassin to escape.
The sheriff has gone from here to
the scene of the murder, and will
probably get the murderer. His men
stretched a tent over him and left him
just where he fell until the arrival of
the coroner to hold an inquest.
- Canada Keady to Co-operate.
Washington, Dec 30. Arrange
ments affected by Mr. Sifton, in be
half of Canada, and the war depart
ment contemplate that the relief ex
pedition shall bo executed jointly by
the United States and tbo forces of
mounted police of Canada, which con
stitutes the military arm of the Do
minion. The United States force will proceed
with tho relief stores to Skagway,
where they will be joined by the
Canadian mounted police, about 40 in
number, and the two forces will then
proceed together to points where re
lief is to be distributed.
No duties will be imposed on the
stores carried by the relief expedition.
A Durrant Juror Sued.
San Francisco, Dec. 30. Mrs. Isa
bell M. Durrant and D. M Durrant,
j mother and father of Theodore .Dor-
rant, have brought suit for slander
against ex-Juror Smyth, and demand
$50,000 damages from him. The com
plaint was sworn to by Mr. Durrant.
General John H. Dickinson and W. W.
Foote are the attorneys representing
the Durrants. The suit grows out of
remarks made by Smyth about Dur
rant, whom he accuses of bein.g a moral
monster.
Bankers Don't Like It.
New York, Dec. 29. The postal
savings bank plan is not a popular one
in New York banking circles. A can
vass of presidents of prominent insti
tutions develops tbat fact clearly. - At
the same time, very few presidents
were willing to express opinions for
publication. All practically agreed
with President E. S. Mason, of the
Bank of New York, in the statement
that there are already so many banks
that rates for money have been cut to
a point where there is little profit in
banking
Coal Miners Want an Increase.
Denver, Dec. 29. Trouble is brew
ing in the northern coal fields. The
operators have receiyed notice from
the miners that unless their wages are
advanced by January 10 they will close
every coal mine in Lafayet'e, Louis
ville, Marshall, Erie and the smaller
camps. The operators say that the
schedule demanded is an advance of
from 10 to 40 per cent. The present
Bcale runs from 40 to 50 cents per ton
for manufacturing machines and 80 to
90 cents per ton foi pick work.
Edge-Tool Makers Comblue.
Pittsburg, Dec. 28. Eighty per
cent of the edge-tool manufacturers in
the United States have consolidated
'.nnir interests and have arranged for
!ie erection of a new plant near Char-
lcroi, about 40 miles south of this city,
The concern will be known as the
American Axe & Tool Company, and
will have a capital stock of 82,000.000.
It will employ over 2000 skilled work
men. The consolidated plant will be
in operation next week.
Alger Seriously 111.
Chicago. Dec. 28. The Post's
Washington special says:
General Alger, secretary ef war, is
lying critically ill at his .residence,
from aa acute - attack of grippe, with
tyuhoid symptoms. It is only within
the last few hours that his condition
became such as to warn his family. Up
to yesterday afternoon he continued to
discharge some of his official duties.
This he did while lying in bed. Since
then, however, he has become much
weaker.
The Botcher Protests.
MADRID, Dec. 30. General Weyler,
in his memorial to the queen regent on
the subject of McKinley's message to
congress says be is honored by the
artacks made upon him. Nevertheless
since the" message contained insult
ing observations on the Spanish troops
in Cuba," he believed it to be his duty
to address a protest to the crown. The
protest is couched la courteous lan
guage.
Burglary at Tucoma.
Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 30. Burglars
robbed Henry Hohenschild's dry goods
store last niuht of eoods valued at
$00, earning away saics,' satins, kid
cloves and umbrellas. Only the most
valuable uootis were taken. There it
no clew to the thieves.
notice.
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JOS. T.
A NEW ERA IS AT BAND
Autonomy to be Established
in Cuba.
Havana, (ria Key West), Dec. 30
The Gazette (official) has printed the
autonomic legislation for Cuba. Gen
eral lilanco it his edict assumes su
preme command of all branches of the
government as the delegate of the
crowD ministers of state, war, navy
and foreign affairs, who reside in
Madrid, and who will continue to die
tate to General Blanco what ht. shall
do in carry ioy out his functions.
General Blanco, or 'any other cap
tain general who might be appointed
in his place, will be simply a vice-
royal governor, and will be assisted by
six secretaries assembled with their
chairman in a council of government.
The government will go into effect on
Saturday next, and will be formed of
five secretaries with their chairman,
six altogether. The list of five secre
taries has already been forcasted by
cable, with the exception that the de
partment of posts and telegraphs will
be under Senor Laureno Rodriguez.
The correspondent of the Madrid
Imparcial, who has ridden over a
greater part of the island, writes to his
paper that he saw at San Jose Lnjas,
this province, 4500 reconcentrados
thrown into the streets or dyiog in
wretched huts, mere living skeleton?.
He stated that 10,000. have died within
a year. Most of the reconcentrados,
he says, do not care to work when
they leave their homes. They carried
with them all their belongings, and
have gradually sold them. Their
physical strength is wasted, and they
need a helping hand to lif i them even
from the gutter.
INDKPENDFJ.CE THEIS GOAL,
Gomes DeclirM tho Cubans Will Navr
Accept Autonomy.
New YORK, Dec. 30. A Herald cor
respondent bas -just returned to
Havana after having visited the camp
of General Gomez. After a long and
perilous ride through country infested
with Spanish troops, he reached Gen
eral Gomez' camp, Docember 18, and
found the general in excellent health
and spirits.
The correspondent put before Geo-
S
tbrm
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The
oral Gomez the program of autonomy
to secure his opinion. The general
smiled contemptuously, after glancing
over a cepy of a Havana paper con
taining the terms, and sai 1:
"There is no use wasting time in
discussing these terms It makes no
difference whether they be regarded
as liberal er not, the fact remains that
we are not fighting for autonomy, but
for independence. This Spain seems
utterly unable to realize. We have
been told that the autonomy offored is
an act of liberality by the mother
country to induce the patriots in arms
to resume their allegiance to Spain
Tbat is worse than folly. It is an in
sult to the men fighinv for freedom.
There is not in the tuban amy one
man so base as to accept such terms
We will not even listen to such over
tures, and any person entering our
camps for such a nurpose will be put
to death in accordance with ray gen
eral orders."
Continuing, General Gomez said he
had no faith in the ability of Spain to
immediately enact autonomy even in
the sections under Spanish control.
but whether shs succeeded or not, the
matter was of no moment to the men
iu the field, who would continue to
fight, animated by love of freedom and
an absolute confluence In ultimate
success.
Bnslneu Announcement.
1 take pleasure in announcing to my
friends and uatrons that George H.
Dufur has tuis day associated himself
with me in the business heretofore
conducted by me. Tbo new firm will
hereafter be known as Dufur & Dufur
and transuct all bussiness under said
name. Our aim will be in the future
as it has been mine in the past to givo
entire satisfaction in all matters
brought to us and to treat each and
every one alike. I desire to thank my
friends and customers for their liberal
patronage in the past and solicit a con-
tinuanco of tee same with the new firm
in the future.
Dated this 27th day of December,
1847. Respectfully,
D. S. DUFUH,
George H. Dcfdr,
To Whom UMayConcrtn.
All persons are hereby warned to
not extend credit to Mrs. Martha
M. Wickbam on my account, as she
has deserted my home, and I wilt not
be responsible for, or pay any debts
contrated by her.
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