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SATURDAY..... JANUARY 29 1897
. - TIME TO ACT.
The Times-Mountaineer has laid be
fore its readears in The Dalles a sug
gestion with reference to the threat
ened encroachment upon our com
mercial interests by the building of the
Columbia Southern railroad into the
. sections seuth of here, which it believes
is both practicable and feasible, and
would urge that it be carefully ton
. sidered by every property owner in the
city. This paper is not an alarmist
and doos not seek to make mountains
out of molehills, but it hopes to pre
sent facts as they exist, and give warn
ing when danger threatens.
Although the Dalles merits the
confidence of the farmers throughout
that section lying south and east of
here, and has long enjoyed their trade,
through the extra facilities it has had
lor handling their business, it cannot
hope to retain their patronage when
more convenient facilities are offered
them. People will not make long and
'tedious journeys over mountainous
roads by wagon in order to bring their
. products here, when there is a rail
road at their very doors, just because
' they like us. Friendship cuts but little
figure in business, at least it does not
supersede personal interest, hence our
former patrons will desert us when
ever offered more cenvenient facilities
elsewhere These will certainly be
offered the people of- Crook, those re
siding .in the northern part of Grant
and the southern part of Wasco count
ies just as soon as the Columbia
Southern road is extended to Cross
Hollows, which is its objective point.
All the people of those sections can
then reach the railway over compara
tively easy roads and without paying
toll. They can haul larger loads and
can reach their shipping point in
shorter time, hence it will not be to
their interest to eome to The Dallee.
These are facts that none ot us can
. deny, however much we would like to
convince ourselves "they are not true.
. Then it rests with us to meet the con
ditions as be lit we can and put forth an
effort to overcome the threatened
danger. Shall we undertake the task
alone or shall we invite the assistance
'of others? .
Possibly a large share of the trade
' from the south could be retained by
the building 6f an independent line of
road from The Dalles to Deschutes and
up that stream,- but in that case the in
dependent line would always have as a
competitor the Columbia Southern,
which would in all probability get at
least half the traffic, and whatever it
got would go to Biggs where that road
makes connection with the O. R. & N.
But if the Columbia Southern could be
induced to unite with The Dalles, and
build a circuitous .line of road from its
present terminus, through - Srermau
county and around through to Bake
even and. Antelope countries, finally
reaching The Dalles, all the trade
south of here could be controlled and
would finally reach this place, where
. very advantageous rates can be made
for further, transportation either
by river or rail. If we are going to
do anything for ourselves and for The
Dalles now is the time to act. Now is
when we should begin casting about
and forming combinations that will
make us masters of the situation in
the future.
. TEE SENATE AND SILVER
The final vote on Teller's resolution
was had im the United States senate
last Friday and resulted in a very de
cided vete -In favor of the white metal,
it being 47 for and 32 against
the resolution, ten senators being
paired. Eleven republicans voted for
the resolution and only ene democrat,
Coffery of Louisiana, voted against it.
' The resolution was:
- "That all the bonds of the United
. States, issued or, authorized to be is
sued under the said acts of congress
hereinbefore recited, are payable,
' principal and . Interest, at the option
of the government of the United 8 tates,
in silver dollars of the coinage of the
United States, containing 412 grains
each of standard silver, and that to re
store to its coinage such silver coins
; as a legal tender in payment of said
bonds, principal and interest, is not
' in violation of the public faith nor in
derogation of the rights of the public
" creditors."'--'
The fight against the resolution was
persistent and bitter. Efforts were
1 made to so amend it as to read that the
' bonds of the government shall be paid,
- principal and interest, in gold, but it
. was promptly vooed down, and numer
,ous other amendments ware offered,
1 that pledged the nation to the single
. gold standaad, but each met fate
- that showed in unmistakable terms
'- that the senate is composed largely of
! members who are bimetalists, regard
less of party affiliation. Even the re
: publican veteran, Chandler of New
Hampshire cast his vote with the
friends of sillver and registered his
vote against the gold 'standard;
That resolution will not meet the
approval of the house is a foregone
conclusion. Speeker Reed has his
little manikans too well in hand to al
low them to t against the adminis
tration and pass the resolution. How-
aver the passage of the resolution by
the senate will be notice to the world
that at least one branch of congress is
not wedded to the gold standard, and
that the creditors of the nation are
not long to be allowed to dictate as to
what kind of money their bonds shall
be paid in. - The passage of the resolu
tion by the senate can have no present
beneficial effect, but it will bear good
fruits in the future. '
- HIS POSITION IS PLAIN.
At last we know what position Pres
ident McKinley will take on the finan
cial question, v While hob-nobbing
with National Association of the Man
ufacturers of the United Suites at
New York last week, he spoke In
terms so plain that anyone can under
stand. He has deserted his former
views of bimetahem, and in nnmi&tak
. able words announced to the world
that the policy of his administration
will be in the furtherance of the gold
standard., Further, he takes the posi
tion that the debtor; no matter what I
.the contract, must pay his obligations
in the higheBt priced money obtain
able at the time the debt falls due.
Ia short, if his contract should call for
coin, or even sivler. he is morally
bound to pay in gold if the creditor,
demands it. Here are the painciples
the president lays down:
''There is another duty resting upon
the national government to coin
money and regulate the value thereof.
This duty requires that our govern
ment shall regulate the value of its
money by the highest standard of
commercial honesty and national
honor. The 'money- of the United
States is, and must forever be, ungues
tioued and unassailable. If doubts re
main, they must be removed. If weak
places are discovered, they must be
strengthened. Nothing should ever
tempt us nothing . will ever tempt us
to scale down the sacred debt of the
nation through a legal technicality
Whatever may be the language of the
ntract, the United States will dis
charge all its obligations in the cur
rency recognized as the best through
out the civilized world at the time of
payment."
Plainly, President McKinley would
discriminate in favor, of the bond
holder. Regardless of the wording of
the bond, he would say that every
other currency of the nation shoulu be
discredited when settling with the
favored class, and this "sacred debt1
should be paid in gold, notwithstand
ing the fact that the government has
no means to force gold payments of
obligations due it. This principl
when stripped ' of its superfluous ver.
bage means simply this: That there
must be a continuance of the interest
bearing debt of the nation. Not hav-
ing any other means of securing gold
but the sale of bonds, whenever the
interest or principle of the bonded
debt comes due, no matter how much
other money it may have in its treas
ury, it must go into the markets and
buy gold on its credit (interest bear
ing bonds) to meet the demands of the
bond-holders. If his policy is pursued
his administration will go down to his
tory renowned for its servitude to
Wall street, and the national interest
bearing debt will be fastened upon the
people till time shall end.
SAILBUAD POSSIBILITIES.
There seems to be little question
but A. B. Hammond has negotiated for
the floating of $10,000,000 bonds of the
Corvallis Eastern railway (the old
Oregon Pacific,) and that the money
will be expended in extending the
road eastward from its present
terminus in the Cascade mountains.
and on through Eastern Oregon to a
connection that will make of it a trans
continental line. Should this road be
thus extended it will give to the cen
tral and southern part of Eastern Ore
gon an outlet that it has long needed,
But it will not be an outlet to any
pelnt in Oregon, for everything that
goes west over this line seeding mar
ket will go to Yaquina bay, thence to
San Francleco, whileHhe wool and
stock destined for eastern markets
will go directly over the road to their
destination. As a result San Francisco
and New York will to a considerable
extent become the jobbing towns for
the Inland Empire. Merchants, will
naturally buy in the cities where the
products of their patrons are . sold,
hence Portland will be a heavy . loser
in the wholesale trade. ' The Dalles,
too, is threatened with loss of trade on
account of the proposed road.
Cere then is a proposition on which
The Dalles and Portland can 'join
hands, for they are both ' interested in
the trade of the central part of Oregonf
and it is to their interest to act jointly
in creating means by which it can be
retained. At present the most feasible
plan for accomplishing this end is the
construction of a railroad from The
Dalles leading south into the country
which the Corvallis Eastern proposes
to tap; and sdould this be determined
upon, the question arises if it is most
advisable to establish an idnependeat
line or form a combination with some
line that is already building in that
direction. These are matters well
worthy of the attention of both The
Dalles a'nd Portland.
PROTECT THE FRUIT.
Blsewhere in this issue is published
an order from Commissioner Emile
Schano to fruit growers to spray their
trees for San Jose scale, which is
timely. Orchards throughout the dis
trict are becoming infested with scale,
and it will require the united offort of
all te eradicate or even check the
spread of the pest. The orchardist
who cares for his trees can accomplish
hut little in the way of keeping down
pests so long as his neighbor neglects
to spray, hence it is necessary that all
orchards be treated systematically and
very nearly at the same time.
The fruit industry of this district is
becoming of too great -importance to
allow it now to be ruined through
neglect. Wasco county fruit has an
excellent reputation in' the markets
abroad,' but ' if diseased fruit is per
mitted to be shipped, this reputation
will soon be gone. Half a car load of
bad fruit sent out in a season can in
jure the sale of an entire crop. Buy
ers abroad getting a few boxes ef
apples or pears affected with . scale
will condemn all fruit coming from
this section. It is therefore most im
portant that fruit growers exercise the
greatest care in- keeping down pests in
their orchards. II the diseases can
not be checked it is better that the
trees be cut down and burned than to
permit them to grow and infect other
orchards.
Many plans have been suggested
whereby a union of the democrats, pop
ulists and silver republicans can be ef
fected in the state, whereby an un
broken, union can be made, but the
best and moat -effectual plan that we
have yet seen presented is that sugges
ted by Mr. M. J. Anderson in today's
paper. The plan is such that all par-
parties would have . full " veice
in the convention and at ' the
same time would have the benefit of the
counsel of all parties interested. A
ticket thus nominated would certainly
be composed of such men as would be
acceptable public servants, and would
appeal strongly to the people. If any
one else has a better, plan to suggest
we would be pleased to hear from
them.
The Los Angeles Dally Times has
issued a very creditable annual edition
of 86 pages that 'are replete with in
formation regarding the resources of
Southern California. Tbe publication
displays not only the enterprise of the
Times, but also ef the business inter
ests ef Los Angeles, which by the way
is one of the most thrifty cities on the
Pacific coast. The publication will be
of great benefit in advertising tbe
"Italy of America."
FACTS ABOUT THE YUKON.
The Year Book of British Colum
bia," which has just appeared, con
tains much information regarding the
Canadian Yukon. The manual is
really a digest of all official reports,
and of all facts collected personally by
trustworthy travelers regarding the
whole fascinating region of which
Klondike is at present the center of
attraction. The vastness of the gold-
bearing area of the Yukon staggers
imagination.
"The Yukon district compiises an
area approximately 192,000 square
miles, within Canadian territory, over
150,000 square miles of which is in
eluded in the watershed of the Yukon,
or almost equal to that of France and
greater than that of the United King
dom by over 70,000 square miles."
. The gold field lies in the same miri
eral belt as California, and is a con
tinuation of Cariboo and Cassiar,
famous for their gold diggings many
years ago. In an area that is from 550
to 600 miles long and from 10 to 50
miles wide, embracing about 100.000
square miles, rich gold prospects have
actually been found. When it is con
sidered that Klondike is the only part
of this territory which has been ex
ploited, one is prepared to expect that
the Yukon will prove the largest and
richest gold field eve' known, o During
1897 some $3,500,000 was taken from
the creeks near Dawson City.
"Every dollar in gold lifted by the
ordinary process of mining costs a
dollar to produce it. ' Thin will be
found particularly true of the wealth
of the Yukon. Of the 10,000 people
who started this year, $500 each by
way of expenditure would be a moder
ate estimate indeed. That represents in
itself $5,000,000, as against $3,500,000
mined, and in reality $10,000,000 would
be nearer the total of the expenditure
in reaching the Yukon alone. Again,
if we except the estimate that at least
100,000 persons will start for the mines
in 1898, at an average $500the amount
exDended will be $50,000,000 for one
year. While the expenditure for one
year reaches that enormous total, the
gold that will be taken out of the
creeks of the Klondike during the
next 10 years is estimated at $65,000,
000 or $75,000,000. The individual
finds and clean-ups range from $5,000
to $150,000. Pans of gold have aver
aged all the way from $1.50 to $500.
In the rich diggings, however. $10 and
$12 a pan was a fair average. From
the evidence of Mr. Ogilvie, Dr. Daw
son and many others more or less com
petent to form an opinion, it is un
doubted that the whole Yukon ter
ritory is rich in precious minerals, and
that it will take many years before de
velopment has reached it height."
A description of several of the 278
claims along Bonanza and Eldorado
creeks is given, in which it is stated
that 100 of those on Bonanza will yield
$30,000,000, that claim Ho. 30 will yield
not less than $1,000 by itself, and 10
other claims will yield more than $100,'
000 each. Needless to sav all the
ground within miles of Dawson City
has been staked off. '
How a country like the Yukon can
support and successfully accommodate
the thousands of people who are about
to rush in, is a question which cannot
be easily determined: but a note of
warning is necessary as to the capa
bilities of. a country wholly., .unde
veloped to maintain for any length of
time from 100,000 to 500,000 persons,
whose livelihood must, depend upon
mining, and, in the absence of success
in that, on the resources whioh they
carry with them. The year book de
scribes the severe climate of the whole
region, sets forth the terrible hard
ships of prospecting a-country wbere
the bedrock is under a crust of moss
and frozen sand, tells what mining un
der these forbidding conditions entails
for the workers, of whom nine out of
ten need not expect success, and gives
some idea of the risk to health andJife
from cheerless, comfortless existence
in a mining "shack."
The Canadian government has just
received a report from Majon Walsh,
written on Christmas eve at Big Sal
mon riyer, in which he discusses the
foed problem as it will have to be faced
after the territory-is filled up with the
new population that will go in next
spring. He calculates that the river
boats will not be able to land more
ihan one-half the supplies necessary to
sustain the estimated population next
summer. . He does not believe that
50,000 people can get in. One part of
his report contains important warning,
of which the public should take notice.
He says: .
I am informed that la to 20 agents
and brokers have come out from Daw
son City, carrying with them, some
say hundreds, some say thousands, of
certificates for entries of mines on all
the streams in the neighborhood of the
Klondike river, upon which streams I
belieye there never was an ounce of
gold found, and on all other streams
in the district and to the mountain
tops, with the hope -that they can be
put on the market and be readily
seized by the gullible public of the
United States and Canada. They are
trying to imitate the brokers of South
Africa and Rosaland, and there is no
question but that it will be injurious to
the country and to good . properties
that may be put on the market."
CAN'T. BE LONE.
Portland's 3ity council is undertak
ing to legislate against the "high hat"
nuisance at theaters, presumably hav
ing nothing -better to occupy its atten
tion, since It has about given up hope
or suppressing gambling, prostitution
'and ether like eyils. But it will likely
be ho more successful in abating the
former evil than it has in stopping the
latter, nor should it. High hats at
theaters and public gatherings are an
noying, but no community will ever
be able by legislation to prevent their
being worn, however custom of society
can. A woman with any considera
tion for her neighbors will not hoist a
towering mass of millinery on her
head so as to blind the vision of all be-
behind her, but if she has worn such
a contrivance to a public gathering
will remove it if custom will permit
her to do so. If the leading women of
society would make a practice of re
moving their bats when they enter the
church or theater, the same as men do,
it would be but a short time until the
custom would be universal. But tbe
American woman will never submit to
a law aictaung wnat she shall, or
shall not wear. However, if the Port
land councilmen are determined to
work a reform among theatre goers.
why should they strike at tbe ".high
hat" as the only nuisance? Why not
pass an ordinance preventing men
once in the theater from going out to
see a friend between acts? This habit
is lust as annoying to the women as is
the high hat to the men. If Portland
is going to have reforms, why not
have them by the wholesale, and wipe
out all evils at once?
TEE HAVANA HORDES.
The whole truth about the situation
in Havana has not been told by the
American press correspondents, but
facts occasionally leak out from the
local newspapers which' enable one to
form a fair impression of the con
ditions that impelled our government
to issue that aDpnal for the relief of
the starving people. La Discussion
yesterday printed the following:
"The scenes witnessed at the residen
ce of Dr. Castro Jesus del Monte, - pre
vious to the distribution of food to the
reconcentradoes, are too pathetic to be
described. As soon as the doors were
opened a mass of beggars, living skele
tons of all races, all ages and both sex
es, invaded the places where food was
to be distributed, with outstretched
hands, almost fleshless, and imploring
and almost frightful spectral faces, at
the sight of food. Many were not
strong enough to endure the food, and
fell in the etreets as they passed away
a few others more fortunate, seemed to
gain some vitality."
It doesn't make any difference
whether Spain likes it or not, human
ity demands that a speedy end be put
to the hellish state of affairs in Havana.
We cannot feed a famishing foreign
people interminably, but we can com
pel Spain to either furnish tbem with
food or relinquish her protectorate
over them. Portland Telegram.
The prosecution of the case of the
government against Seufert Bros., the
third trial of which has just been com
Dieted at Portland, seems to be need
less at this time. The government
seeks to condemn a right-of-way for a
boat railway around the dalles of the
Columbia, an improvement that w:ll
likely never be made, since the chair
man of tbe rivers and harbors com
mittee will recommend that the
scheme be abandoned, and canal and
locks be substituted. In this eyeut
the right-of-way for the boat road
would be useless, and it appears to
have been needless expense both to
the government and defendants to
have dragged the case into court the
third time.. It should have been let
rest until it is determined if the right-
of-way will be occupied.
The Oregonian is right in asserting
that there can be no middle ground
taken by congressional nominees on
the money question this coming year.
The candidate must come out squarely
for or against the gold standard No
questionable protestations of faith is
permissable with either party. The
republican nominee must declare em
phatically for tbe gold standard, while
the nominee of the opposition parties
must be emphatic against it. The
coming election will be one in which
candidates must define their principles.
A late issue of the Yomiuri, one of
the leading Japanese papers, says
"The financial panic which oecurred
in Osaka is only the first of the disas
ters that will follow tbe adoption by
Japan of the gold standard. Several
big Osaka merchants have become in
sol von t and as the circulating medium
is becoming lesa daily embarassnment
will increase." ' The gold standard
means less and less business and the
centralization of what business there
is in a few hands.
It is pleasing to note tbe dispatch
with which the Teller resolution was
disposed of in tbe house Monday. Not
because of lack of merit in the resolu
tion, but because of the foregone con
clusion that it could not pass. It would
have been useless to have taken up a
week discussing a measure on which
every member had fully determined
how he would act. The resolution was
defeated by a majority of 50, only two
republicans voting for and two demo
crats against its adoption.
Oregon legislators are paid only $3 a
day during the session of the legisla
ture and mileage to and from . the
capital, still there are plenty of good
men ready to accept the job. Sheriffs
and county clerks get from $150 to $300
.a month the year round, but it is said
if their salaries were reduced we could
not get good men to accept the offices.
How would it do to give the matter a
trial? The people are willing to take
chances on getting good officials at re
duced salaries.
The Dalles should begin to put on
its best appearance to receive those
who will soon be here attending the
wool growers' convention. Sidewalks
should be repaired, streets cleaned
and the city put in a presentable ap
pearance to receive its guests. If tbe
city is put in good repair, it will at
tract the attention of those- who will
come to the convention, and when they
return to their homes they can at least
give The Dalles a good name.
It is said no new enterprises will be
built in The Dalles until foreign cap
ital is induced to invest here. Possi
bly this is true, but it seems to us
there is sufficient local capital to set
ths wheels going if it were only put
into employment. While we are
waiting for foreign money to come in
we are allowing lots of good things to
slip by. - When we learn to help our
selves, we will have learned an excel
lent lesson. '
The widow of Capt. D. W. Bradshaw,
of company D, Seventh Illinois cayalry,
will cease to draw a pension after this
month.. It is her -own request that the
pension be discontinued, and in
letter to the commissioner of pensions
she returns the certificate, adding
that she no longer " desires to draw a
pension of $8 per month from the gov
ernment, since she has recently fallen
heir to an estate valued at $200,000.
In the public schools ofBrookiine,
Mass., they have introduced a new
idea. Alternately the girls as well as
the boys, are taught tbe use of the
ordinary tools for working in wood,
and the boys are taught how to do
simple cooking, such as making coffee
and broiling steaks and chops. The
plan has been a notable success and
other schools are adopting it.
If this congress fails to pass a law
requiring the publication of the pen
sion list, it will have failed to enact a
measure that Is calculated to discour
age fraud, and to save money for tbe
taxpayers. Very few fradulent pen
sioners would stay ou the list a year if
their names were published every six
months. Somebody would make It so
warm for them that they would be
more than glad to hide from public
gaze.
That meeting of representatives of
republican clubs in Portland was in
tended to effect harmony among the
clans. ' Whether that end was accom
plished or not can be better told on
the evening of June 6th next.1 It will
require a practical demonstration to
ascortaln if the acts of February 1st
were conducive of general good feeling
ia the ranks of the party.
That there will be oo extra session,
of the legislature called before the
June election is a foregbne conclusion,
but after the election look out. If suf
ficient pressure can -be brought to
bear on Governor Lord he may con
vene the legislature to elect a senator,
espeeially if tbe republican party
should not be successful at the polls
in June.
This is one year in the history cf
Oregon when the politicians and pro
fessional officeseekers should be re
quired to step aside and give the
people a chance. The state has been
run long enough by politicians, and it
is time those wbo are to be governed
be given an opportunity to chose their
governors.
What Oregon needs today is fewer
laws and lighter' taxation. No man
should bo permitted to take a nomina
tion on the legislative ticket of any
party who will not pledge himself pub
licly to labor for a reduction of salaries
and tbe repeal of all laws creating
boards and commissions.
The gold fever spreads like a disease
which is both epidemic and contagi
ous. Since the Klondike excitement
began in the west, New York has be
come so much interested in mining
that no less than 4000 gold and silver
claims have benn recorded in that
state within six months.
vv hen ono thousand or more men
seek to patch up old gmdges between
two political classes, they have under
taken a big job. It la a thing easier
said than done, as some who attended
the love feast in Portland are now
ready to testify.
Railroads, wheat farmers, cattle
raisers and wool growers are prosper
ous beyond question, but other
branches of indurtrv are not much
improved over a year ago
WANT TO POOL. ISSCK3.
Chicago, Feb. 2. A Tribune special
from Washington says:
Quiet negotiations have been going
on in the senate for several days, look
ing to a sensational combination of
the friends of both Hawaii and Cuba
with the object in view of precipitat
ing a crisis on both questions without
waiting either for the annexation
treaty in the Pacific or the slow move
ments of autonomy in the Atlantic.
When the diplomatic and consular
appropriation .bill was before the
house, the democrats made several
efforts to tack on an amendment for
recognition either of the belligerency
or the independence of the Cuban in
surgents. Tbe house has strict rules
against the insertion of new legit-la-
tion on appropriation bills. Similar
rules exist in tbe senate, but they are
seldom or never applied, and the upper
house of congress is always relied upon
to fill the appropriation bills with
purely legislative enactments, which
then become a part of a conference
report, and are not specifically the
subjects of points of order in the
bouse.
Take advantage of this situation,
three or four prominent republican
senators, among whom is at least one
member of the foreign committee,
have a scheme for bringing immediate
action iu these two matters. The
scheme involves a union of forces be
tween the friends of Hawaii and Cuba.
Although the annexation treaty is
said not to command two-thirds of the
whole senate, it has in its favor an
undoubted majority representing all
parties, and the same is said to bo true
as to Cuba. It is proposed, therefore,
to draft an amendment to the diplo
matic and consular appropriation bill,
containing, first the entire wording
of the Hawaiian annexation treaty,
and secondly, a private declaration
that a state of war exists in the island
of Cuba. A mere majority vote would
be sufficient to pass the amendment.
As it would be part of a general appro
priation bill, there would be no rule of
the house which could prevent its con
sideration, and if passed by that body
it would go to the president, who
would bo put in the position ef having
to approve or veto both propositions
at the same time.
An Important Treaty. '
Pocatello, Idaho, Fen. 2. C. G.
Hoyt, of the Fort Hall Indian commis
sion, has practically concluded a treaty
with the Bannock . and; Shoshone
Indians for the purpose of the Fort
Hall reservation for the lump sum of
$525,000. The treaty also carries a
provision for the payment of $75,000 to
the Indians for tbe relinquishment of
their hunting rights in Jackson's Hole.
Tbe treaty is the result of more than
a year's work on the part of the com
mission. About one-fourth of the
land to be sold is fine agricultural land
and the balance, mineral laud. It is
thought that the treaty will be ratified
before congress adjourns.
Zelaya Inaugurated President of Nicaragua
New York, Feb. 3. -Cable dis-
patcbea from the Herald correspondent
in Managua state that President Jose
Santos Zelaya took the oath of office
yesterday for his second term. In his
message to congress President Zelaya
referred in glowing terms to the. pros
pect of a realization of the canal
scheme, and pledged himself to exert
every effort to bring the work to a suc
cessful issue.
. In the Yosemite VaTler a
while ago, a young fellow
wfnt out on the edge of a
snemng precipice two tnou-
1
sand feet
high, and balanced
himself on his head.
A lit
tle slip or little puff of wind
would have sent him to
eternity. Not one man in a
million would be that kind
of a fooL But nine men in
ten are all the time taking
loonsa cnances.
There is no deadly peril
uuuui at nine ill vi muiKes.
tion or bilionsness, and yet
if a man allows these troub
les to fret a hold on him he
is takin? serious risks.
Dyspepsia alone seldom
Kins anyooay ; mat
is, it only kills you
oy mcnes, ana takes
a frood many years
doing: it. But it
weakens and under
mines the constitu-
llll Dll - non so mat it is all
!l" E I ready to receive and
fertilize the danger
ous diseases which
do kill yon outright.
.Diseaae-grerms
Cwud v gr w in
healthy blood any
more than corn will
grow on a rock. A
man who keeps his
digestion perfect and
his blood pnre may
eat and drink and
breathe -disease-germs,
but they gain
no foothold. They
are cast out of the
system. But a roan
with a - dyspepsia-
tion breathes in typhoid, or diphtheretic
germs and down he goes.
The best health-insurance a man can have
is Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
It acts directly on the stomach and liver.
It gives the blood-making organs power to
make healthy blood. It clarifies the blood
from all imonritiea. and builds in the
healthy flesh, muscular power and nerve
energy, which fortifies you against disease.
His life-long success in the treatment of
chronic diseases has given Dr. Pierce'a
medicines world-wide reontation. His
"Pleasant Pellets" cure constipation.
CONCERN IS:
The President and Cabinet
Discuss the Situation.
PREPARING. TO FLY
The Son of Inventor Edison Has
Struck on a flan For Aerial
Navigation.
Frank Phtavator Will Lead a Government
Expedition Into Alaska Iowa Is
Struck With! Klondike Fever
A Kloh Strike.
Washington, Feb. 1. General Mer- j
riam yesterday opened at Seattle dis
patches brought by Spacial Messenger
Wells from Captain Ray, tbe depart
ment's special representative in the
Klondike, and telegraphed an abstract
to the department. Acting Secretary
Miekeljohn was so much impressed
with the statements wired that he sub
mitted the dispatch at once to Secre
tary Alger, and the paper was Anally
sent to the White House, where it
formed the subject of consideration at
the cabinet meeting today,
It is said the report fully justifies all
that has been done to relieve the sit
uation at the Klondike The report
is particularly acceptable in view of I
the conflicting statements as to the
conditions in tbe gold fields, for it is
not doubted that Captain Bay had a
broader field of observation than
others who made reports. This report
is taken as establishing facts for all
official purposes.
The state of affairs in tbe Klondike,
as thus revealed,' is worse than was ex
pected at the war department. So
large is the task that remains to be ex
ecuted in order to insure the safety of
life and property on the Ame-ican
side alone that the war department
officials have concluded to advise con
gress as to the facts and place upon
tbe legislative branches the duty of
deyising ways and meacs to meat the
exigencies of the situation.
TO NAVlUATE THE A IB,
Young Edison Thinks He Has Solved the
Problem.
New York, Feb. 1. Thomas A.
Edison, jr.. Is experimenting with an
airship which be believes will be a
success. It is the invention of Frank
Sauther, of Milwaukee, but Edison hit
by accident on a gas which he be
lieves is tbe ocly thing required te
make the ship a practical one. Sails
were substituted icstiad of any pro
pelling power. Mr. Edison says:
"It was at this point that I conceived
the really new principle. It struck
me that it would be a good idea .to in
flate tbe sails with gas, thus making
them serve as balloons as well as sup
plying the sailing power. It would
not do to make baygy balloons for the
sails, so they are divided Into numer
ous compartments, which, when in
flated, resemble water bags. Tbe
tubes running to the balloon are
tapped in three places to supply gas
to the mainsail, and rubber tubes
carry gas to two jibs. The compart
ments of the mainsail are connected
by "narrow openings, the gas thus flow
ing' freely through the entire sail. A
rudder completes the airship.'
"After many failures we were suc
cessful. The ship actually flew,- and
we succeeded in steering it. I believe
that the Inflated sail idea is the one
that is going to solve the aerial prob
lem."
IN THE UEKVIOK OF
UNCLE
SAM.
Frank
Fhiscator to
Lead an
Alaska.
Exploring
Party la
' New Carlisle, Ind., Feb. 1.
Frank Phiscator, the Klondike king
ot Baroda, near this city, wb sold his
claim for 91,000,000, has left for Alaska
with a compady of prospectors. He
was recently in Washington confer
ring with Secretary -of war Alger in
regard to explorations in Alaska. Be
agreed to accompany any party of ex
plorers in the interest of the govern
ment, and they will leave Seattle
March 1 to begin their work. Phis
cator, before leaving, said:
The greatest drawback ia tbe
country now is the lack of provisions,
but this will soon be overcome, as I
believe that 9 year from now will find
railroads running to all points in
Alaska. I am taking a number of good,
strong men back with me and I will
devote the greater part of my time to
the government's interests."
Coming- From Iowa.
Dubuque, Ia., -Feb- 1. Between 40
and 50 eoldseekers will leave here for
Alaska within the next two weeks.
Two : parties will leave tomorrow.
They will go by way of Skagway pass
without dogs. A third party will leave
tomorrow from Clayton and Allamakee
county. A party of 10 will leave here
next Monday for a point 600 miles
north of Dawson city, with 12 dogs.
and will go via Chilcoot pass. James
Elwoll, of Cassville, Wis., who came
down from the Klondike last fall with
$7a.000, starts February la, with a
party of 25 and a carload af dogs.
Tblr-y fjTea War Lost.
Plymouth, Feb. 1. During ,a fog
this morning, the mail steamer Chan
nel Queen struck on the rocks off the
island of Guernsey. The captain was
saved, but 30 persons are supposed to
have been lost. Early reports said the
loes of life was light, but later advices
say that of 65 persons on board 44 were
lost. The remainder were saved in
boats, the launching of which was very
difficult, one boat being swamped. The
Channel Queen ran between Plymouth
and the island of Jersey.
Another Blch Strike.
Winnipeg, Feb. 1. A party of 34
from Stamford, Con., have arrived
here and have purchased the schooner
Moonlight, on which they will sail
next Tuesday for the mouth of the
Copper river. They have with tbem a
saow sled with a 20-borae power en
gine. The sled . weighs about seven
tons and is propelled by a stern wheel
fitted with spikes to catch in the ice
and with paddles for snow.
Yeng;eance Waa Swift.
BtfXMWELL, W. Va.f Feb. 1. An
unknown ne?ro who was refused the
privilege of walking through the tun
nel of the Norfolk, & Western railway
near here, last night, shot Harry Dra
per, the watchman, killing him in-
stantly. At midnight 50 men teok the
prisoner from the jail and lynched
him, after which his body was riddled
with bullets.
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Coffery 8npports the Committee
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Advene to Heating Htm.
Washington, Feb. 3. In the sen
ate today Germany's order prohibit
ing the importation of American fruits
called out a resolution from Davis,
chairman of the committee on foreign
relations, calling on the president if
not incompatable with the public In
terest, to transmit to the senate cor
respondence and other information
bearing upon the matter In his posses
sion. The resolution was agreed to.
In accordance with notice previous'
ly given, Coffery called up Informally
the resolution de' taring H. W. Cor-
bett is not entitled to a seat in the
senate from Oregon. Coffery spoke in
support of the committee report
against seating Corbett. He claimed
a constitutional legislature had failed
to elect, and the eeiiate could not put
a premium on such a delictioo of
duty, and thereby allow the governor
to place a favorite of his in the seat.
FKEFAR1NG FOB EXEBOENC1KS.
More BntUh V easels Ready to Proceed to
Cblneae Waters.
Shanghai, Feb. 3. The China Ga
zette says the Rritish Indian, Austra
lian and Pacific squadrons have been
ordered to be ready to reinforce a fleet
capable of coping with "any combina
tion opposing the British policy.-'
"Meanwhile," adds the Gazette,
the British claims in the Yang-tse-
Kiang will be supported by a strong
squadron stationed at Chusan, to which
place two other warships are en route
In the event of Russia hoisting her
flag at Port Arthur, the British
admiral has been ordered to hoist the
British Jie over Chusan, and the
Japanese fleet will ascend the Yang'
tse-Kiang as soon as the river rises.
"About 7500 Russian artillery and
cavalary and quantities of stored and
munitions have arrived at Kirin.
A Settlement Reached.
Washington, Feb. 3. Japan has
been removed as an element in opposi
tion to the consummation of the an
nexation of tbe Hawaiian islands by
tbe United States. This result has
been attained by the conclusion of an
agreement between both governments,
which, by practically settling the
status of the Japanese in Hawaii, re
moves the only substantial difference
that existed between the two governments..
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The exact basis of tbe agreement
has not been made public, but its gen'
eral scope is understood to be recogn
tion of the rights of the Japanese in
the United States under tbe treaty
with Japan proclaimed ia 1895.
JSneoarmglne; Htsne.
Washington, Feb. 3. It now looks
as if the war that has so long bee
raging in Cuba with such appallin
disaster to both life and property,
will be brought to an end. It is cer
tain that state department official
hare been in earnest consultation
with the insurgents, and the concen
tration of th.e big naval force of the
United States about tbe island of Cuba
carries out the theory so prevalen
that the time has arrived to put a stop
to further barbarities.
Five Below Zero.
New York, Feb. Ss. This is the
coldest day of the season. At 8 o'clock
this morning the thermometer regis
tered 5 degrees below zero. East and
North rivers are full of ico and naviga
tion is mu:b impeded. Surface and
elevated railroads run behind time
and local traffic is considerably con
gested. The Third avenue cable broke
down.
Jk Defaulting- Caabier.
New York, Feb. 2. William J
Quinlan, jr., cashier of the Chemical
National bank, has resigned. He ac
knowledged in a letter to the directors
that he loanei $393,000 of the bank's
money without consulting tbe presi
dent, and knowing that the directors
would not approve the loan. He de
nies that ho profited by the loan.
The Storm In New England.
Boston. Feb. 2. Tbe financial loss
caused by the great storm which swept
a great part of New England Monday
nicbt and yesterday will amount to
more than was first thought. In this
city alone it is estimated that the loss
will amount to over $1,000,000. The
Boston Elevated Railway Company
lost about $225,000 by the storm. To
day the comoany has nearly 7500 men
at work clearing the tracks.
Reports of stranded vessels along
the coast continue to come in, and it
Is thought at least 15 lives were lost
by wrecks at various points.
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THE END DOT FAK OFF.
Negotiations Pending for
Ending the
Co ban War.
Chicago, Feb. 3. A special to the
Tribune from Washington says:
Secret negotiations are now actual
ly In progress between the state de
partment and the insurgents in Cuba
looking to a stoppage of the war on
some financial bapis to be agreed upon
hereafter. President McKinley has
not recognized the insurgents as bel
llgerants. and be cannot therefore
treat with them ooonly, as be would
do with a diplomatic representative of
an inde'pendent nation. Direct com
munication has, however, been bad
within the last few weeks between the
insurgent government and the admin
istration here.
The insurgents have expressed per
fect willingness to assume a reason
able share of the Spanish bonds issued
against the Cuban revenues. The
proposition has been considered with
some favor, and the president and his
cabinet have discussed reveral plans
for guaranteeing the Cuban debt on
the sole basis of independence. '
Thnse negotiations have gone side
by side with the gradual massing of
the ships of the North Atlantic squad
ron within strikine distance of Cuba.
Orders to tbe crusler Montgomery to
sail at once for the harbor of Matanzas
have been Issued, and the ship is ex
pected to be received there quite as
cordially as the Maine was in Havana.
The orders to her commander contem
plate a call on Consul Brlce at Matan
zas. Should everything be found
peaceable the ship will proceed to San
tiago de Cuba, but hould affairs look
threatening at Matanzas, another ship
HI quietly be slipped to the latter
port, and before Captain-General
Blanco knows what is happening to
him American ships will be in tbe
harbor of every important port in
Cuba.
The gradual occupation of the island
by a naval force is understood to be
part and parcel of the negotiations
with the insurgents. When they are
concluded, if everything goes cn well,
tbe United States will be In a position
to offer Spain a heavy financial bonus
for giving up the island, while at the
same time the icsurgente will find
themselves in a position to make a
junction with tbe U cited States naval
forces at any one of the half dozen
ports.