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FLY WITH YOUR OWN WINGS.
The following' expression of the Eaot
. Oref onion is not only applicable to
Pendleton, but to every town on the
- coast, and might well be heeded by
The Dalles, which has abundant home
capital to create new industries, with-
" out asking the aid of outside money to
' develops its resources and make it
prosperous:
"It is the habit of the people of al
most every town and city to sit down
and wait for . the coming of outside
men and capital to develop enterprises
and create new industries. It appears
to be a common impression that oat-.
side. men and money can work mir
acles. The fact is, the town never
amouats to anything unless its home
people are aetive, energetic and inde
pendent and home capital is fouad at
; the back of almost every enterprise
within its limits. Particularly is a
town drained of its most vital resources
. by the investment of outside money in
its enterprises and industries; money
owned by those who live elsewhere
. -and have no personal interest in the
, welfare of the place. Notwithstanding
the truth of this, the people of nearly
every town are quick to welcome what
they are pleased to style the invest
xnent .of foreign capital, by which
-interest and dividends are to go
annually to those who live elsewhere
and thrive upon the substance of short-
; sighted people.
"The. town that flies with its own
- wings is the town where prosperity is
.to he found. The town that helps
itself is the town that attracts foreign
capital, which hopes to feed upon th
fruits of borne industry and enterprise
Non-resident property owners are no
. help to any place, but in most in
stances are a burden which no tow
can afford to carry to any great extent,
The people who live in a town should
own it, aud the town that comes near
est being owned by those who live in
it Is the best of all towns to live in; is
'. the most prosperous; is the most enter
prising, as well as the most substantia!
Self-salvation is the best of all salva
tion. Do not depend upon others to
- lave you. If you do, you will never
amount to anything'. Resolve to save
yourself. The advice is good for
towas as well as for men, because men
ke. towns and towns do not make
men, but to the contrary."
It would indeed be as interesting to
see Mr. Mitchell taking the stump for
the single gold standard as it has been
to watch the antics of a goat team
starting for Klondike. What a ridi
iculous plight he will be in attempting
to get on a gold-standard platform!
Re will be not only a goat but a con
summate ass if he attempts it, and
what a plight he will put his lieuten
ants in. Mr. Mitchell, by his speeches
and his votes in the senate, has edu
cated his followers to believe that the
gold standard worked a hardship upon
the American producers; that it was
the cause of their past depression, and
that they could not hope for relief
from .their bondage until silver w?s
restored to its rightful heritage.
Now, will he renounce all his former
views for the sake of getting back into
the United States senate? Will he
sacrifice his principle for ofSce? Will
he worship at the shrine of Hanna and
the Oregonian in order to get their
support in the coming election? If he
does, will his supporters follow his lead
and make fools of themselves by say
ing "wherever John H. Mitchell leads
there also wiil I follow?"
: NATURAL CRIMINALS.
"Let the butcher take care of his
. own meat," was the response of old
Albert Wachline,- father of Gus
Wachline,' who was - hanged at
Hillsboro last week, when asked by
another son to assist in giving the
murderer a decent burial.
Could anything 'but a criminal be
raised by such a heartless parent? The
father who refuses to bury his son, no
matter if he is hanged for murder, pos-
" aeases natural bruitish insticts that are
instilled into his offspring from their
early childhood. The elder Wachline
has shown himself devoid of human in
stincts, and it U but natural that his
offspring should exhibit like depravity
It is no wonder Gus Wachline was a
. criminal;-be could be little else with
such a father. That he displayed all
,the bruitish characters of a depraved
and vicious man was shown by bis
- brief career. First convicted of felony
and sentenced to the penitentiary, in-
. stead of learning the lessons of.honor
and profiting by the punishment in
flicted for his misdeed, his brute nature
was developed while in servitude, and
scarcely had he been admitted to lib
erty until the vice that had been in
herited began to again predominate,
and murder was his first act.
- Gus Wachline was indeed one of
- those benigs that curse society, but he
was not altogether to blame for his
disposition. He was reared by a
brute, for nothing but a brute would
thus refuse his child a decent burial,
hence he was a natural criminal, de
void of the sense of honor or a concep
tion of the rights of others.1 Neyer
theless it is well that he has been re
moved from society before he should
inflict : greater damage UDon it by
his own acts or by rearing others like
himself.
LET THE DALLES
MOVE.
On March 1st, 2d and 3d, the Nation
al Saeepgrowers' Association will hold
meeting in The Dalles, which will
be one of the most . important as-,
emblages held in the Northwest dur-
- ing the prase Dt year. It will be at
tended not only by sheepgrowers, but
by representatives of all lines -of busi-1
nees connected ith the wool industry,
manufacturers, wool buyers, . mutton
buyers, shippers and manufacturers of
sheep dip. It will be a representative
gathering of men engaged in business
that this section is interested in, and
. addresses will be delivered by som e of
. the brightest and best posted men in
the country.
The success of the meeting depends
largely upon the efforts put forth by
The Dalles. Already the Commercial
Club has taken initiatory steps, and
will make every possible effort to per
feet all arrangemonts, but it rests
with every citizen and every property
. owner in the city to lead his assistance.
: Let all put their shoulders to the
wheel, and - aid in convincing those
who attend that The Dalles is not only
hospitable, but is the leading com
mercial city of the Inland Empire,
possessing resources surpassed by none.
If we all work harmoniously together,
the meeting will resalt beneficially to
the city and country, A fair presenta
tion of our facilities for doing business
- jbUI attract, the attention of t hese who
- " At.fjknd t-.riM mjuiino f rvt" Mia Tini-nABo rt
seeking locations.
GOLD OR BIMETALiSM.
For the first time in the history of
Oregon, the people will have au op
portunity on the 6th of next Jane to
exDress their views between the single
gold standard or bimetalism as the
financial policy of the government.
In past elections the parties have co
quetted with this question, and have
put up platforms that mean aaylhing
or nothing; tnat is mere never Mas
been a direct issue in any state plat
form declaring for the gold standard
But the republicans in their recent
league convention at Portland, com
mitteed themselves to gold, and there
must be a plank in their coming plat
form declaring squarely for the gold
standard. When this is done the
gold standard votes will be arraigned
on the one side and bimetalists on the
other. The vote cast for Judge North
up in 1896 and the democrats who sup
ported Palmer and Buckner in the
national campaign will naturally fall
with the republican party when
money is made the sole issue, white a
large portion of the vote cast for Mc
Kinley, because of the declarations of
tho St. Louis platform for inter
national bimetal iam, can no longer be
held in line on account of past party
affiliation:
In opposition to the republican gold
standard party will be a party declar
ing for independent bimetalism and
for the free coinage of silver at the
.ratio of 16 to 1. And while this party
cannot hope to receive the support of
all who oppose the government irre
vokably wedding itself to the gold
standard, for there are bimetalists who
fear the result of independent free
coinage, still there are many who sup
ported McKinley in 1896 who have
less fears of free coinage than hey
have of the single gold standard, and
will cast their vote accordingly.
At all events, lines will be closely
enough drawn to indicate how Oregon
stands on the question of gold or bi
metal iam. Few who favor the gold
standard will suDport the party that
declares against it, and on the other
hand no conscientious bimetalist can
vote for the republican nominees, for
by so doing, they sacction the declara
tions of that party against their 3on
victiomr on the money question.?. The
contest must be one between gold and
bimetalism, - and when "the vote is
counted on June 6th it 'will be de
termined if Oregon is to be listed
among the gold states.
t
LET US WORK TOGETHER.
During the turmoil of the coming
political campaign The Dalles must
not let interest lag in the 'various
enterprises that are now being agita
ted for the betterment and grdwth of
the city. However much the citizens
may disagree upon political issues, and
however much they may desire to put
to the front their respective parties or
candidates, they all have a common
interest in the upbuilding 'of The
Dalles, and thus increase their facili
ties for accumulating wealth.
From present appearances this
promises to be a year of great activity
in the city in the way of general im
provement and advancement. There
is a more general sentiment existing:
now than ever before that something
must be done to push The Dalles to
the front in order that it may retain
its prestige as the leading commercial
city of Eastern Oregon. Railroads
leading into the interior are being
considered and manufacturing in
dustries are talked of, and it may well
be said that a spirit of enterprise has
sprung up in the community never be
fore witnessed here.
All that is required to accomplish
good results is for everybody to pull
together, lay aside factional preju
dices and work for a common cause
the advancement of the city. If we
will but do this there is no reason why
htis will not show more advancemen
in the city than any previous year of
its history. ' '
WE SHOULD INTERVENE.
Relations between this government
and Spain begin to assume a decidedly
strained appearance again, and that
war may yet result is not improbable.
The Spanish government has once
more positively declined any inter
vention on the part of the United
States to bring about peace between
the home government and Cuba, and
about all that is now left is for this
government to either clear its skirts of
all responsibility in the matter and al
low Spain to proceed with her system
of quelling the rebellion by means of
butchery and starvation, or take a firm
stand that will result in war.
The tone of Sagasta's declination of
the friendly offers of the United States
is not such as to encourage the belief
that friendly relations can continue in
definitely. If his answer to Minister
Woodford is correctly reported, it in
one scarcely entitled to the respect of
this notion, for it is uot justified nor
susiained by positive and palpable
fcts. He is reported as saying in
substance, that there is no occasion
for intervention or arbitration by the
American government, because Spain
does noi yet admit that she cannot sub
due the insurgents, nor that her
sehome of proposed autonomy is
or will be a failure. This is petu
lant braggadocia, ratner than the calm
and considerate language of a statef
man in a high, responsible, delicate
and dangerous position. We all know
that Spain's attempt to subdue the
Cubans has been a tragical failure,
and that autonomy, proposed by one
party and utterly rejected without con
sideration is not only a failure, but a
farce.
It would be folly for the United
Stat a to longer parly with Spain
under these circumstances, and it
would seem that the time is come
when this nation must maintain its
dignity by force of arms or accept the
insults of Spain with the complacency
that we have been meddling with
affairs in which we bad no business.
Justice to humanity and selfreapect
for itself should not permit the adop
tion of the latter course. This eov.
ernment ought to intervene at once,
and if war is the result, let it come.
THE PRICE OF HARMONY.
The Dalles Times-Mountaineer is
hereby reminded that The Oregonian
has not said that if Mr. Mitchell would
"come out" for the gold standard it
would "support him in the coming
election." It has said, however, that
it would congratulate him; and it will
Oregonian.
This is a statement which the
Times-Mountaineer is pleased to get
from the Oregonian, not for its own
satisfaction but for the enlightenment
of the Mitchell republicans of the
state. By it thev are informed that
the Oregonian wing of the republican
party in Oregon demands their com
plete surrender, if they would remain
republicans and be numbered in the
party fold, but will offer nothing in
return. If they will fall down and
worship the golden calf, thev will be
congratulated," but they must take
a back seat in the party councils and
shall have none of the crumbs that fall
from the table of the blessed. In short
they may be soldiers in the ranks but
they must not aspire to be leaders.
They may be humble privates in the
army, but woe to the one who pokes
his head up for office. Neither Mr.
Mitchell, nor any of his lieutenants
must aspire to lead they must follow.
The Oregonian has ' conferred a
favor upon the followers of Mitchell
by this expression, for they are now
made aware of the price of harmony.
They must humiliate themselves by
begging to be permitted to remain in
the ranks, fall on their knees, and
worship those who have been "true
to gold" from earliest time, but they
will not-be "supported" for office by
the big organ of republicanism.
been convicted of the crime charged
in the indictmenl and has been
sentenced to imprisonment for life.
In Leutgert's ease there was no
shadow of an " extenuating circum
stance. His deed could not have been
accomplished under excitement or in
repulsing an assault. If lie is guilty
ho deliberately planned the murder
and then endeavored to cover up his
crime by destroying the body. His
deed was either a cold-blooded, de
liberate murder or he was innocent of
any crimo. The jury before whom he
was tried said he was guilty, ai,d
the statues of Illinois provide the
death penalty as the punishment for
murder iu " the first degree. But
judicial leniency has intervened an!
cheated the fallows of its just fruit.
The mere fact that one murderer
has escaped the gallows is of little im
portance, were it not for the effect it
has upon .communities. Tho punish
ment to Leutgri-t of being confined in
the penitentiary the remainder of bis
life may be as great as death, but it
has not the effect to create fear in the
minds of other criminals that his
hanging would have. Such leniency
has the effect to bring the law into
contempt, or to create the impression
that extreme penalties will not be in
flicted. It is a case of miscarried
justice whenever a cold-blooded
murderer escapes hanging after hav
ing been convicted.
THE BURDEN OF DEBT.
WILL HE DO IT.
When ex-Senator Mitchell takes the
tump for the gold standard, he will
- have but one line of argument to fol
low, for there is but one; and that has
been followed by gold-standard advo
cates, including The Oregonian, these
many years. We hops the ex-senator
will swing in and tumble in with his
lieutenants in their scramble to get on
the gold-standard platform, which
recently has been as interesting as the
, antics of a goat team harnessed tandem
for the Klondike. Oregonian.
NOW FOR UNION.
The mostardent advocate of silver
could asTcTor no- more- emphatic ex
pressions of good faith and desire for
a cementing of the silver forces than
was voiced by the different parties
that assembled in The Dalles last Sat
urday. Among all who were present
at the several meetings there was not
a dissenting voice against union. It
was the unanimous sentimtnt of all
silver republicans, populists and dem
osrats that they united on lines to be
hereafter decidoi upon, in one un
1 i - .
oroKen party against tne common
enemy tnose wno are seeking to
fasten upon the people for all time the
single gold standard
Ihe men who participated in the
meetings are earnest tin their convic
tions, and are ready to lay aside party
preference for principle, and stand
shoulder to shoulder for the cause of
silver and honest government. With
such a union, composed of men who
are ready to surrender pariy ties for
objects they believe to be right and
just, there can be no question but suc
cess will eventually crown their
efforts.
Since 1893 there has been issued
bonds to the extent of $262,000,000.
Cleveland and Carlisle desired author
ity te make them gold bonds, stating
that they would then sell for $16,000,-
000 more than could be got for coin
bonds. The republican house refused
to grant the authority. Now the
house wants to change the law so that
these bonds shall be . declared payable
in cold, and all who oppose the job are
denounced 'as repudiators and be
trayers of the honor of the country.
What impudence ' the organs of the
gold ring display.
The debts of nations are as follows:
France, $6,400,000,000; Great .Britain,
$3,225,000,000; Austria Hungray, $3,
130,000,000; Italy, $2,570,000,000; Rus
sia. $2,500,000,000; Spain, $1,700,000,-
000; the United States, $1,445,000,000,
and Germany, $425,000,000. The inter,
est on this vast public debt requires
every cent of money in circulation to
flow into the coffers and those who own
these debts about once every five years
In other words, if those who draw in
terest on these debts did not return
any of the money they receive as in
terest for five years the entire volume
of the world's circulating money would
be exhausted, and the principal would
yet remaia unpaid. Now, that gold is
to become the basis of money in all
these countries, aud the provision is
invariably made that these debts be
paid only in gold, the congestion of
money in the future will be much
more easily brought about than in the
past. And then again, the pyramid of
publio debt is growing much faster
than the pyramid of gold, with which
debts can only be met. In this way
the shackles of the money devil are
being tightened around the limbs of
industry and enterprise in the name
of "sound money," thus strengthening
and perpetuating, the business of
coupon clipping, the fruits of which
are drawn from the industrious to be
given to an idle-rich class who reap
but do not spin. And these national
debts are but a portion of the total of
public debts. There are the debts of
municipalities, states, counties, prov
inces, districts and others, which dis
courage labor and encourage idleness
because robbing one to reward the
other. East Oregonian.
PHANTOMS OF HOPE.
The newspaper press generally have
clearly shown that in the Klondike
misery awaits tbe many and fortune
the voi y, very few. The evidence is
conclusive, convincing, says the Walla
Walla Statesman. No one of the
thousands now moving on the Klon
dike is ignorant that the chances are
' as a million to one agaisst him.
Will this demonstration of the folly,
the madness of the adventure stay the
rush?
Not at all. In all probability not a
single one of tbe thousands who had
their mint's made up to go will be
changed or even discouraged. The
warning 19 as vain as would be an at
tempt to end the popularity of lottery
tickets by printing tho figures show
ing bow many thousands of blanks
there are to every prize.
Human natu-e is so hopefully con
stituted that past and prospective
hardships and sufferings seem not
only not discouraging but in a
measure attractive. Also, every indi
vidual believes in "luck" in general
and in his own luck in particular.
"Others will fail, suffer, sta-ve, die,"
he says, "but I shall win and shall
return rich."
It must cot be forgotten that this
fatuous, hardly sane over-confidence
and hopefulness is the force that has
lifted us from naked gnawers of tbe
bones of wild beasts to our present
comfortable and luxurious estate.
A DEMOCRATIC "APEli.
Mr. Hearst, editor and proprietor of
the New York Journal, in an interview
in the Chicago Times-Herald of Jan.
19th, delivered himself as follows re
garding the political status of his
paper:
"As to ihe position of the Journal
on tho subject of Mr. Bryan, the mat
ter is simplicity itself. The Journal
supported Mr. Bryan in 1896 because
he was tho regular nominee of the
democratic convention. It will sup
port him in 1900, or anybody else who
may occupy tbe same position. It sup
ported Mr. Van Wyck last year for the
same reason. The Journal is not and
never was a Bryan paper or a Van
Wyck paper. It is a democratic
paper."
The gold-bug organs garbled the
above and made it readquite differently.
National Intelligencer.
THE SENATE IS RILED
Resolutions Introduced That
Mean Fight.
A DEMAND ON SPAIN
The President Requested to Notify
the Spaniards that the War
in Cuba Cease.
Senator Canuun Wautsthe Belligerency of
Cuba BecusnizeU and Its Iiiclepra
dence Declared Witlilo
Niuety liny.
Washington'. Feb 8. Senator Ma
son, of Illinois, has presented the fcl
lowing resolution in the senate:
"Resolved, that the president of the
United States is authorized ana 13
hereby requested to notify Spain and
the insurgents of Cuba that the war
(so-called) must at once cease and be
discontinued, and that tbe United
States of America hereby declare and
will maintain peace on the island of
Cuba."
Senator Cannon, of Utah, today of
feri-d a resolution to notify Spain that
if Spain fails to recognize the inde
pendence of Cuba ou or before the 4th
of March next, the United Stater,
on that date will recognize the bel
ligerency of the Cuban patriots, and
will within 90 days thereafter assert
the independence of Cuba.
Senator Allen offered today as an
amendment to the diplomatic and con
sular appropriation bill, the 'Morgan
resolution of the belligerency of the
Cubans. .
A BIG CONCESSION.
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.
The recent discoveries of rich quartz
in the vicinity of Spanish Gulch and
Canyon City opens a new fiald for The
Dalles as a general supply point. If
tbe recent discoveries are anything
like what they are reported to be, two
lively quartz mining camps are certain
to spring into existence. Both will to
a certain extent be tributary to The
Dalles, and especially will that at
Spanish Gulch be of importance to this
placs. This is the nearest accessable
railroad point, and will naturally be
tbe place for outfitting for the new
Eldorado. It offers an opportunity for
The Dalles to branch out in its efforts
to secure trade thatis not picked up
every day. It would not be a bad pol
icy for the business men of the city to
send a representative to tho Gulch to
investigate the prospect and see what
can be done toward development and
also supyiying the miners of the old
camp that is now tatting on new life.
MISCARRIED JUSTICE. .
Leutgert, the Chicago sausage
maker, accused of murdering his wife
and boiling her body in a vat to
obliterate the traces of bis crime, has
The scramble for office and the greed
for spoils should be the last objects
sought by the union of reform forces
in Oregon. It matters not who the
nominees are so they are honest, com'
petent men who will, when elected,
give us a clean government at the
least possible cost to the taxpayers
Professional politicians and chronic
office seekers will not give us such an
administration. Let the reform ele
ment give us real reform by putting
up tickets composed of reformers and
pledging for them that they will, care'
fully guard the people's interests, and
permanent good will be accomplished.
The assinat,ion of Barrios, as chron
icled elsewhere, marks' the termina
tion of along reign of terror in Guat
emala, marked by revolution, plotting
and political intrigue. Tbe intense
opposition to Barrios had its rise
chiefly in his arbitary action of some
months ago, when he declared a die
tatorship in the republic. A rebellion
followed, but was speedily crushed.
several former attempts have been
made against the life of Barrios, and
many of the most prominent men of
Guatemala are languishing in prison
for allegd complicity in the plots.
Senator Thurston declares that any
attempt to force a gold standard res
olution through the house would be
unwise, as it would lead to the over
throw of the republican party in the
congressional elections this year
Senator Thurston evidently knows
what he is talking about, but why, if
tbe gold standard is such a good thing,
should he hesitate to act? He must be
of the opinion that the voters of Amer
ica don't knew a good thing when
they see it. He should be willing to
rest any just cause in the bands of
the people.
The Portland Morning Tribune has
"discovered" by its investigation of
the proposed $400,000 bond issue which
the council is trying to fasten upon
the city was a scheme put up by Joe
Simon, and because the First National
bank of Portland is not to get tbe
lion's share Mr. Simon is to kick.
It will now be in order for the Ore
gonian to "discover"that the scheme
was put up by ex-Senator Mitchell.
This would be in keeping with the
policies pursued by those papers.
The only difference between the sit
uation in Spain and that in the United
States is that, wljjle tbe people of both
nations are "spihn' for a fight," one it
too poor and can' 1 get credit and the
other ie too rich and can't get time.
If we were as poor as the Spaniards we
would have cleared the decks at Ha
vana long ago, and, if they were as
rich as we, they would have been
chasing us all over the seas.
J)e Lome, Spanish minister at Wash
ington, at a very critical time wrote
a letter that was intercepted, criticis
ing the action of President McKinley,
and he will be recalled. By his in
descretion he showed his unfitness to
represent bis goyernment, and de
serves tho disgrace to which he is sub
jected. De Lome should have learned
a lesson from Sackville West's experience.
Americans to Control the Entire Livestock
Industry.
New YORK. Feb. 8. The Herald
says one of the largest concessions
ever obtained by an American from a
foreign government has falleninto the
hands of a syndicate of New York cap
italists, who have completed the
organization of a company to control
the exportation and importation of
cattle and livestock of all descriptions
from and to the republic offlouduras.
The concession is for 25 years.
This concession was granted in
August, 1895, by the governor of Hon
duras to Mr. Otto Zurcher, a citizen of
Switzerland. Bis labors resulted in
the formation a few days ago of tho
Honduras-American Cattle, Agricult
ural and Colonization Co. B. T. Bar
low, of New York, is president of the
company; Jose Antonio Lopez, of
Guatemala, vice-president, and Cap
tain J. H. Imboden, of New York, is
general manager. The company is to
be capitalized at $5,000,000.
The exclusive right to establish and
operate slaughter-bouses, refrigera
tors, canning factories, packing-houses
and other establishments of like na
ture is granted, as is exemption from
all taxation on the company's property
and products. About 300,000 acres of
public land will be granted to the
company. '
THE STRAIN 18 INTENSE.
Political Situation at the Spanish Capital
Grows Worm.
New Yobk, Feb 8 A dispatch to
the Herald from Madrid says:
The political air is full of electricity.
The stock exchange, that best of bar
ometers, marks storms and slumps.
General Woodford wears a dissatisfied
and despondent look. He is evidently
not well pleased with the way things
are going. Senor Sagasta again comes
out in El Liberal with the statement
that there is absolutely no cause for
war.
There is a certain attitude of rigid
ity expressed in the official press of the
last 24 hours which if sustained may
give ground for a report which says
that Germany, France and Russia sup
port the position taken by Spain,
whereas England gives a neutral re
ply. In the meantime it is most prob
able that Spain will in the course of
time send warships to Cuban waters,
to Havana and other places to sustain
the authority of General Blanco and
prevent with certainty such outbreaks
as it has been asserted President Mc
Kinley fears.
The Fiscaya, after taking aboard
500 tons of coal in 24 hours, left Las
Palmas amid a great ovation.
There is much pessimistic talk hrre.
Letters reached here by the last
mail from responsible business men in
Cuba proclaim autonomy a success,
yet a serious paper like El Epoca heads
its leader, "Moments of Crises," and
says the Spaniards of all colors must
stand shoulder to shoulder to defend
tbe national honor if interfered with
in Cuba.
AGAINST THIC CONDUCTORS.
Important Decision by Jnde 8eaman in
tine Federal Court.
I
Milwaukee, Feb. 9. A decision
of importance to the Order of Railway
Conductors has been banded down by
Judge Seaman in the United States
court. Mary Dixon sued the ordor for
the recovery of $2000 upon a certificate
issued to her husband, who was a mem
ber. He jwined the order in 15
and died iu oTter tho order bad
been dissolved, and became a sim
ple association, i'aymenb of the claim
was refused, and tbe suit bus been in
the courts for years. F;-om the state
courts the conductors hr.l it removed
to the United States cou t.
The conductors pleaded that tbe dis
solution of tho organization has vitiat
ed the claim, but Judge Seaman decid
ed that this is not tho case, and that
the action of tbe older in dissolving
its corporation in I860 and becoming a
simple association did not abate the li
abilities that had accrued before the
reorganization.
DEBATE 14 KKSl'LKD.
The Cuban (luestion Discussed in the Bet
ate. Washington. Feb. 8. The Cuban
resolution offered by Ciot.on yester
day was today laid before the senate,
and Cannon was recognized to speak
on the resolution. Cannon iu open
ing his eeoh, real from a Ne,v York
newspaper a statement in effect tbut
the speeches to bo delivered today
would amount to mere talk. Cannon
said it was uot his purpose to disturb
in anv wav the peace and we.fare of
the people of the United States. II
did cot. he said, ucsire to reflect un
neces!aril uoon tbe polio of' tt.e
president, but there was a paadd of the
questiou, in the opinion , of Cannon
raised in the newspaper to which lie
had referred, to be considered. B
what authority, he asked, did anj
public journal say that nothing mor
than lain would resalt from cousidera
tioii of tbe Cuban question 111 uqngrc&sr
"lias some concerted plan been ar
ranged?" he asked, "hy which the
carrying i-Uo effect tan will of the
people of this country is to bo undone?"
I want to sav." said Cannon, "that
something mora harmful than talk
will result from the discussiou of the
Cuban question by congress."
After some discussion of the general
e.iture.4 of the Cub.ii quaftija, Cu
non said:
"1 charge now that tho purpose of
the administration is in consonance
with the wishes of the Spanish bond
holders, aud before peaco is secured in
Cuba security for the payment ef
Cuba's tremendous debt must be given
by the blood-stained island. That, I
sav. an Dears to be tbe wish of the ad
ministration, and I may say of Spain
Hale, following Cannon, declared
the various Cuban resjlutious were for
the purpose of driving the adminis
l ration in to .a position different from
its policy and involving the country
in serious ditliculties. Hale said the
administration bad already done much
and secured the release of every
American citizen from prison in Cuba.
The president hud also takou steps
which had secured relief to the starv
ing people of Cuba. The autonomy of
Cuba had also been secured under
charter, he said, broader and more
beneficial than was given any colonial
government today.
Mason of Illinois followed Hale. Ho
denied the assertion of Hale tnat there
was anv intention on the part of the
administration to change its policy
He declared that many people had
gone from this country to Cuba, but
added that the message of the admin
istration had shown that millions bad
been spent by this government to pre'
vent men and munitions from going to
the patriots, wbile not a dollar had
been spent to prevent shipments of un
limited arms to the Spaniards to mur
der innocent women and children.
This was created with cheers from
tbe galleries.
Mason insisted that the United
States bad a right to interfere, and
went into an argument upon inter
national law in the case. Continuing
bis description of Cuban conditions,
Mason said:
"This 'war the Spanish war the
republican party promised to stop, and
I deny that any man is a better repub
lican than I. whether he lives in the
White House or not. .
"By what right or morals or ethics,"
asked Mason, "doses tbe president of
the United States appeal to the people
of this countrv to feed the wards of
Spain and deny them the right to send
food to the dvins insurgents. He said
autonomy was a 'gold brick,' which
Spain had sold to the president."
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Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 10 It is re
ported that a great gold discovery has
been made on tho American sido in
the Yukon country. Fritz Bohnsen,
of Victoria, writes to his brother, Karl
Bohnsen, as follows:
"We bave struck it rich on an un
known creek across the border never
before seen by man. In the crevices
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The Bobnsens have large interests
in Vancouver, aud are said to bo re
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Several Klondikers were interviewed
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ing true. The richness of the reputed
discovery seems so fabulous as to ere'
ate in their minds a doubt as to its
truthfulness.
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New York, Feb. 10. A dispatch to
the Times from Mexico says:
Nsws bas reached here that General
Prospero Morales, formerly secretary
of war under General Carrion, an
later head of the uusuccsssful rebellion
has been declared president of Guat'
emala. General Morales is preparin
to leave for Guatemala. He gave the
following- to the newspapers:
'I have this day received telegraphic
news from Guatemala relative to tho
death of General Barrios, president of
Guatemala. As a citizen of Guatemala
and a member of the republican party
I sincerely regret his tragic end
DE IOME TO HE RECALLED.
He Can No Longer Keprenent Epain After
Criticising the Freaident.
Washington, Feb. 10,-The state de
Dartment this morn in tr cave out for
publication the substance of the cable
gram sent yesterday to our minister to
Madrid in reference to the De Lome
letter. Tbe statement was as follows:
There has appeared in the Dublic
prints a letter addressed by tne
Spanish minister to Mr. Cauelajas.
This letter the minister admits was
written by him. It contains expres
sions concerning the president of tbe
Cnited States of such a character as to
terminate the minister's usefulness aa
a representative of his government to
this country. General Woodford
therefore was instructed at once to
fliv to the sinister of state that the
immediate recall of De Lone is ex
pected by the president. It is stated
that ud to this time no response bas
been received from this Spanish
government.
A llrd-Lock Tale.
Victoria, B. C, Feb. 8. special
from Nanaimo states that the steamer
Noyo has arrived there from Skagway
She has 25 disgusted passengers aboard
tired of the country after their Grst
experience, and severely denouncing
the Klondike rush. The treasure 00
board amounts to $10,000. One of the
passenger saia aw men cuuiu uu au
tha work offered at Skasrway, and
there were at least 500 men there who
had nothing to do but drink and gam
ble. When the Novo passed the Ccro
no her position was more critical than
heretofore reported.
First, the horror of the country is
stained by a crime; second, as a loyal
opponent of General Barrios, I would
have preferred to have met him in a
fair fight and defeated him on the field
of battle. Nevertheless, it is. an in
evitable fact that, much to my regret,
tbe responsible patties are only those
who with their anti-patriotic sentl
ments contributed to blind the man
who now passes away, and by bis death
obscured the true situation of that
country.
"Aa yet I have no detailed facts of
bow General Bariios met his death,
but whatever they may be I both de
plore and' condemn the crime, as it
reflects on civilization and dishonors
my nativo country. I was a personal
friend of General Barrios,' and
although if afterwards I have been
his political opponent, I would have
preferred many times to. have seen
him die on tbe field of battle, fighting
bravely for tbe liberty oi Guatemala.
A TERRBILK IIOLOC.ll'ST.
Fifteen
Persons Ferished In a Pittsburg
Fire.
Pittsburg, Feb. 10. i he loss or
life and destruction of property by the
fire at Third and Pike streets last
night was the greatest in the history
of Pittsburg- At least 15 people were
killed. Over a score were injured and
property valued at $1,500,000 was de
stroyed.
It was iuBt":o. last evening when
smoke was seen issuing from the fourth
floor of the Union storage building on
Pike and Thirteenth streets. The
building was six stories high, and occu
pied an entire square. The fire de
partment responded promptly, but
owing to the construction of the build
iug it was practically impossible to
fight the firo from without, while the
dense volume of smoke Insidothe build
ing made it impossible to fight it from
within. -
At 11 o'clock flames burstout through
the roof and shot upward 100 feet in
the air, miking that part of the city
as light na day. This was tha 'first
note of alarm that started the residents
from thei- homes in the vicinity of the
fire. Women and children started
forth barefooted and in their night-
clothes, followed by their husbands
bringing what little thoy could carry
in their arms of their househol J elects
S. &CHEHCK.
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Trie D7U LES, OREGON
Troops For the North.
Washington. Feb. 8. At cabinet
meeting today it was decided to send
two companies of troops to Dyea and
Skagway immediately for the purpose
of preserving order and protscliBg life
and property.
I General Banking Business Transacted.
Deposits received subject to sight; draft or
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Collections made and proceeds promptly re
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Ed M. Williams,
H. M".
Jno. S. Scbenck
Geo. A, Liebo,
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Ilarrioa Assassinated.
San Francisco, Feb. 9. A special
cablegram to the Evening Post from
San Jose de Guatemala this morning
announces that President Barrios has
been assassinated, but tkat calm now
prevails.
A representative of the Cuban insur
gents has raised $49,000 in Paris to re
lieve suffering on the island, and he
reports that ail classes of Frenchmen
would be glad to .see Cuba freed. The
growth of this feeling abroad is not
confined to France.
The Klondikers have enough to eat,
but the inhabitants of Newfoundland
are reported to bo beleagured with ice
floes aud in a starving condition.
Since its discovery by the Cabots 401
years ago Newfoundland has had more
than its share of trials and calamities.
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