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. GOOD TIMES AHEAD.
One who can read the signs of the
timet aright cannot but see that the
present year Is one that can be made
to mean much for The Dalles. The
future of the city ia in the - balance
now and can be turned one way or the
' other. Capital from the Atlantic
coast is looking westward for direct
investment, not particularly to be
loaned, but to be used by the owners
In enterprises that offer fair returns,
which is a more healthy indication
than In times past, when Eastern
money only sought in vestment here on
loans.
There are, however, duties for The
Dalles to perform in order to attract
those seeking' locations. Ihey will
not come without Invitation, nor will
- they locate here if discouraged by the
cry of dull times or the display of fac
tional strife. A willingness on the
par f of those already here to take hold
f any practical proposition that is
suggested, and a disposition from all
citizens to work; in harmeny together
for the upbuilding of business interests
la necessary.
By ezeiting proper effort and the
- outlay of some money, The Dalles has
before it a brilliant and prosperous
future, and at present more attentioa
is being given to general enterprise
than, has been exhibited for some
years past. That the supposed coal
mines near here wtll be thoroughly
prospected during the year is now a
certainty, and manufacturing indus
tries will receive heartyconsideration.
Matters ' of increased" facilities for
transportation will no doubt be eo
arranged that definite work will be
commenced ere the year shall close.
But all these matters rest largely with
the people themselves and the dispo
sition they exhibit to bring The
Dalles to the front.
MUST MAKE A SHOWING.
There seems some foundation for the
; statement that the republican leaders
will content themselves with the de
feat of the Teller resolution in the
bouse, and not attempt any further
- financial legislation at this session.
' No doubt this course would be accept-
able to a great many party leaders,
but it will not meet the demands of the
bankers and brokers.
The republican party is pledged to a
revision of the currency as much as it
i was to a revision of the tariff, and
nothing short of an attempt to retire
the greenbacks, increase the interest
bearing debt and place all paper issue
in the bands of national banks, on the
lines proposed by Secretary Gage and
endorsed by President McEinley will
meet the demands of those to whom
iwes its present ascendancy
others, sufficient
"constitute a just measure
i and answer all the require-
. . . . .ILL -
ansion or contraction as the neces
slties of govarnment and people re
quire; absolutely sound in every part
ad every particular and so guarded
by law that it will be invulnerable to
attact from enemies without or within.
No one metal is sufficient for tbe basis
of such currency. To endure it must
have its root in the constitution with
fold and silver so interwoven and
welded about it that no power ou
earth can tear them apart or make one
the superior of the other."
WHAT .18 FA TRIO TISMf
The Oregonian publishes the ad
dress issued by the democratic com
mittee to the people of Oregon under
the heading "Unpatriotic Appeal,"
But it does not, either editorially or
otherwise, call attention to any un
patriotic features it contains.
We publish the address in this issue,
and invite all candid readers, of what
ever party they be be, to designate if
they can wherein it is unpatriotic, and
ask them at the same time to define
patriotism. Possibly in the eyes of
the Oregonian it is unpatriotic to re
affirm the principles Of the Chicago
platform, since its idea of patriotism is
the surrendering of the people to the
rule of bosses and brokers. But we
would ask, is it unpatriotic to call pub
lic officials to account for a failure to I
ninii t.htr nidffMOf honastv .nd
economy? Is it unpatriotic to den: aod j
that the people shall not be taxed to
support -an army of needless officials?
Is it unpatriotic to demand that the
taxpayers shall not be robbed by a set
of banger-on and professional office'
holders? Is it unpatriotic to demand
that the people shall govern them
selves? Is it, unpatriotic to denounce
fraud and unblushing robbery? Is it
unpatriotic to demand the reduction of
taxation to the needs of government
economically administer? Is it nt
patriotic to insist that the rights of
the poor be recognized as equal to the
rights of the rich? Is it unpatriotic
ti declare for a government of, by and
for the people? If it is, then ibis ad
dress is unpatriotic. If it is, patriotism
has changed wonderfully since the
days of 1776.
BRYAN ON MMETALISM.
Recently W. J. Bryan wa9 asked by
the St. Louis Republic to express his
views upon the present situation with
reference to the money question, aod
as to what he deemed advisable with
reference to the democratic party re
ceding from its former position, de
claring for the freg coinage of silver.
In reply Mr. Bryan, among other
statements said:
'Nouhing ha9 happened since the
election to lessen the real or relative
importance of the money question. If
the gold standard was bad in 1896, it is
still bad; if our present financial sys
tem wes un-American aud anti-Ameri
can in 1896, it has not become natural
ized since that time.
."The party can win more voters by
steadfastly standing'by the right than
by weakly compromising with error,
and those won back to the platform
will be useful when they return, while
those who profess attachment to the
democratic name rather than demo
cratic principles will always require
watching. ,
'We cannot protect the rights of
our citizens, avenge an insult to the
flag, enforce the Monroe doctrine or
express our sympathy with those who
are struggling to be free if we are to
be deterred by the threats of foreign
investors. The right to legislate for
our people on the money question in
volves the right to legislate on all
questions, and until this right is se
cured the discussion of other questions
will avail nothing.
"The republican platform is the first
platform that ever declared in favor of
repealing the Declaration of Indepen
dence. According to the platform, the
American people should seek inter
national co-operation in restoring bi
metalism, but must maintain the gold
standard until that co-operation is se
cured. The republican platform
therefore means that we must have the
gold standard as long as European
nations favor the gold standard, and
can haye bimetalism only when they
consent to it.
"They (bimetalists) contend that
legislation favorable to gold has in
creased the purchasing power of an
ounce ol gold throughout the world,
and lowered the general level of prices.
They contend that the restoration of
the free aid unlimited coinage by a
great nation like the. United States
will increase the demand for silver to
a point where the mints will require
all the surplus silver of the world, and
thus, by raising the the gold price of
silver and lowering the purchasing
power of an ounce of gold, will restore
the parity at 16 to 1 and thereafter
maintain the parity at that ratio.'
Hon. C. W. Fulton, of Astoria,
playing a sort of hide-and-seek game
that will certainly never land him in
the gubernatorial chair, however much
he may desire the honor. Fulton is
trying to get on the gold standard
platform with both feet, notwithstand
ing he has been an ardent silver man
all his life, and at the same time is
protesting that under no circumstan
ces is he a candidate for governor. Be
also declared that be was not a 'candi
date for the presidency of tbe republi
can league just before ita meeting in
Portland, but in half an hour blossom
ed into a candidate. It is likely be is
trying tbe same dodge with reference
to the governorship, but it won't work.
There is an individual in Montreal
who is making himself out to be both
a knave and a fool. He acknowledges
that he is H. H. Boyce, the man who
"fixed" Representative Otis, of the
Ohio legislature, and caused him to
vote for Hanna, but he refuses to tell
any stories "out of school" because he
is an - American and does not wish to
bring. reproach upon the head of the
government President McEinley.. If
he is the man whom he pretends to be
he is a confessed bribe giver, and such
men have no patriotism or considera
tion for the first man in the nation.
The invitation extended by Baker
county populists to democrats and free
silver republicans to join them in the
great fight for reform will be accepted
and there will be such a solid phalanx
that tbe 900 plurality given for B.-yan
doubled in June. Democrat.
A FALSE GAUGE.
Henry Clews and other financial re
viewers who make up trade reports for
Bradstreet's aud Dunn's publications
base their ideas of prosperity upon the
amount of money that accumulates in
Wall street.making moDey easy in New
York city, while it is being drained
out of its natural channels of trade
throughout other parts of the nation.
But this is a false gauge for prosperity.
Tne congestion of money at any one
point does not create general prosper
ity, but retards it. Its diffusion
through loans from the money center
cannot be a healthy or natural circu
lation, for it means its ultimate return
to the money center with the addition
of interest. On tbe other hand, gen
eral prosperity is contingent upon the
circulation of money throughout all
sections, where it passes from hand to
hand performing the natural functions
as a medium of exchange in commerce.
The temporary prosperity which we
have just enjoyed was due to an ex
tended circulation of money through
out the agricultural districts in pay
ment for the cereal crop harvested last
year. But now it is beginning to
again accumulate in the great money
centers, and already its scarcity is
being felt in all localities ttut are not
affected by some unnatural cause for
bringing outside money into circula
tion, such for instance, as the outfit
ting of Klondike miners on this coast.
At present, money is accumulating in
large quantities in New York, hence
such financial reporters as Mr. Clews
detects unusual prosperity. Deposits
there have recently reached the enor
mous snm of $722,000,000, with cash re
serves in the banks amounting to $216,
000,000, and these are in excess of tbe
outstanding loans aggregating oer
$625,000,000. tbe interest on which ia
flowing into the city banks in a con
tinuous stream.
With tbe exception of a very small
issue of bank notes, and the geld pro
duct of our mines, there has been no
increase in the volume of our money
since the repeal of the Sherman silver
purchasing act in 1893. In addition to
the consumption of gold in tbe arts,
hich cannot be accurately de-
termided, the government vaults con
tain more than $100,000,000 in excess
of what they did in 1893, such money
beinr out of circulation. One hundred
millions in gold exports have been
lost to the country since 1893. In the
face of these facts, the rapid flow ef
money into our financial center must
be viewed with alarm. It means that
under the gold standard, which makes
such a movement possible, prosperity
can come to the country only through
tbe redistribution of the money accu
mulating in the New York banks.
A.nd this distribution can be accom
plished only through the medium of
loans, and a system of mortgaging of
values that will in turn precipitate
another panic when the money power
again decides to convert the United
States into a clearing house, as it did
in 1893.
GOVERNMENT BY MONEY.
Tho capture of government by the
money power is the subject of a strik
ing and forceful article by John Jay
Chapman which opens the February
Atlantic. Mr. Chapman finds this to
be but a chapter in the hiftcry of com
merce, the result of the growth of
wealth and the concentration of eap
.ital uriogthe- iasi. quarter century.
These enormous aggregations of wealth
arrising from new conditions and re
quiring new laws inevitably strive
to their utmost to control th legisla
tion which they seek.
This would have occurred under any
form of government, but was greatly
faciliated under ours by the result of
the late war. which left the nation dt
yidei into two bitterly hostile parties,
the members of which voted blindly
for their own party candidates. Mr.
Chapman exhibits the capitalists by
means of campaign subscriptions can
turing one or tbe other party, until
finally both are practically supported,
and their candidates and policy dic
tated, by moneyd combinations form'
ing a ring or rings, and becoming
what he characterizes as "a Happy
Family." From this condition arises
the boss, who is at first the commer
cial agent and political manager of the
mosey power but finally developes in
to a political dictator, who in his turn
dominates and blackmails the capital
ists who have created him.
With keen analysis Mr. Chapman
details the methods, rise and progress
of. this "Capture of Government,"
Afroro its small beginnings in some
Vcountry towu where the railroad
waqts a location, to its full develop
ment in Tammany Hail and "bosses"
like Piatt and Croker; and until the
whole community ia poisoned with the
belief that honesty does not pay, and
that even justice must be bought. He
binks, however,, that the worst stage
is already passed; that tne tide is
turning; that the recent contest in
New York indicates a revolt of the
people which will not cease, but will
continue until a reformation is effected.
He believes that the disease of our
body politic is not mortal though it
has been acute, and the cure is at home.
Our institutions have survived tbe at
tacks of corruption and the phase of
our history will pass away.
FACTS ABOUT WOOL.
Judge Lawrence, of Taxas, one of
tbe few high protectionists of the Lone
Star state, and who appeared before
the senate finance committee when
the Dingley bill was being con
sidered at tbe special session, laboring
for a high protective duty on wool
ana woolens, in an article which was
published in a recent issue of the. Wool
Record, cites some facts regarding the
wool tariff and its effects on the wool
industry that are of interest. Judge
Lawrence says in part:
"The Dingley la does not impose
sufficient duty on shoddy, mungo, nails,
wastes and foreign rags, too often full
of disease. ' Why should we permit
these articles to be imported?
'The Dingley law has improved tbe
prices of wool over free wool to a small
extent about 4 cents per bound.
"But much .of tbe present price
grows out of other causes. Tbe eight
month's drouth in Australia destroyed
30,000,000 sheep and free wool in this
country reduced our flocks some 12,.
000,000. As a consequence, the wool
supply was reduced, and this increased
the price.
"But the flocks of ustralia will
soon be increased, and then wool will
be reduced in price unless our wool
tariff be increased." .
So according to Judge Lawrence an
average duty ot JO cents a pound is
not sufficient to protect tbe American
wool growers against competition -with
tbe Australians so soon as they shall
have recovered from their recent
drouth and shall have replenished
their flocks. - In short, if wool raising
is to thrive in this country; if tbe
40,000 men engaged in wool growing
are to be made prosperou. the 70,000,-
000 of wool consumers in the United
States must submit to even a higher
duty on wool than the" are now paying.
But are the American woolgrowers
receiving a fair compensatory, benefit
from the tariff? In fact do market re
ports show that the present duty on
wool aids them in American markets
anywhere in proportion to the amount
of the duty that is imposed? The facts
hardly show that sttte exists. The
Wool Record from which Judge Law
rence's statesmen t is taken, (the is le
of Feb. 8th) elves reports of wool sales
both in London and America for the
week ending Feb. 7th, from which the
following quotations are taken, the
prices quoted being for wool in the
grease, and the Australian quotations
beinff on lots of like texture to the
Eastern Oregon wools.
Bales London Price
l.ai East South Wales 6 1 to9';l
1.400 Queensland 6'il to d
Too Virtori 7irt to lid
1 .son West Australia M to M
2 800 New Zeland 6(.Jd to 10" id
Boston
ins F.astern Orecron. chMr?" l-V;
109 Kasteru Oregon, average I2 to 13r
1 10 Eastern Oregon, heavy 10c to 1 lc
Thus it will be seen that the lowest
price in London for Weft Australia
during that week was 51 or 10 cents,
while the hishest quotation on Vic
toria was 12d or 24 cents, while tbe
lowest price for Eastern Oregon heavy
was 10 cents and the highest for choice
grade was 15 cents, the price of the
lowest grades being exactly equal in
London and Boston, with an advantage
of 9 cents in London on the best grades.
The report of the London sales furthei
states that buying for America was
heavy during the week.
So where are our American produc
ers benefited to any great extent by
the tariff? Judge Laurence 6ays the
American price has been advanced 4
cents by the tariff, but concludes with
the statement that "much of the pres
ent price grows out of other causes
the loss of 30,000,000 sheep in Aus.
tnlia." The market quotations for
London and Boston do not even brar
out his first proposition, for if it were
true,Ea9tern Oregon heavy would have
sold at 14 cents in Boston when the
same grade sold at 10 cents iu London,
and tbe choici should have brought
28 cents instead of 15 when it was sell
ing at 24 cents in London. Another
year may more fully demonstrate what
effect a 10 cent 2uty will have on the
wool industry in giving the American
growers higher prices, but until then
it is safe to withold judgement. But
in the mean time, consumers of wool
ens might profit by noting the advance
in the price of manufactured goods
DID NOT JiESIGN.
Tis often said one must go away
from home to learn the news, and this
seems true if we are to rely upon such
news as sometimes appears in the Ore
gonian, the paper which the people of
Oregon haye had to look to in the
past as the disseminator of general
news. Tbe issue of the 14th, both ia
the editorial and news columns, an
nounces that F. A. Seufert has re
signed as chairman of the democratic
county central committeo of Wasco
county, whereas the fact is Mr. Seufert
has not resigned, and in these columns
today, his name is attached to the call
for tbe county convention to be held
on March 19. ..
Mr. Seufert id'a consistent gold-man
and honestly differs with a majority of
the democratic party on the money
question, still he accepts tbe general
tenets of democracy, and while he can
not endoase free coinage, he will not
follow the beck and call of Gage that
eads toward the surrendering of
the national finances to tbe bankers.
What course Mr. Seufert may take in
the coming campaign we know- not,
but it is certain that be will not en
dorse the policy, of turning over the
state government to the Portland ring
of republican bosses. The Oregonian
has acted too hastily in hugging itself
because Mr. Seufert has resigned the
chairmanship of the Wasco county
democracy. - It haa not only made it
self ridiculous, but has lesened tbe
confidence of the reading public in the
reliability of the "news" it gives.
)
There has never been an organiza
tion instituted in The Dalles that has
shown more beneficial results in
allaying factional strifes and causing
the entire community to work in
harmonv for the advancement of
public enterprises than the Commercial
Club. It has brought men more inti
mately together than ever before and
brought out an exchange of ideas on
general topics that no other agency
could. As evidence of its good work
is the efforts put forth to make the
Woolgrowers' Association a success,
wherein everybody is working for a
common purpose, i be Ulub in tne
future may be looked to as the one
nucleus around which all public
enterprises must center.
It matters little whether the battle
ship Maine was blown up by accidental
discharge of the ship's magazine or
through the treachery of Spaniards, it
will serve to break the war bubble
that has for some time been ready to
burst in America. If an accident, it
occurred at a most unfortunate time,
for American sentiment ia so bitter
toward Spain, that the loss of Ameri
can lives in Spanish waters will not
De accepted kindly. Public sentiment
can no longer be kept down by tbe
pacific policy of tbe government.
Some papers are asking if Mr. Mit
chell will come out for gold, which
leads the capital Journal to remark
that he has gone back east after gold
and that he will csrtalnly come out to
Oregnn with plenty of it to put into
the coming campaign. We would sug
gest that Mr. Mitchell is out for office
more than anything else, and would
ride in on a gold platform or any other
kind of a platform that promises to
carry h:m over the stream and land
him in the United States senate.
In the coming county aud state con
ventions' of the union forces, there
should be no active candidates, no
claims made of personal preference.
Let the delegates come forth from the
people unpledged and unprejudiced, to
select candidates for office who are
qualified and who may be relied upon
to give honest, economical aduinis'
tration when elected.' No man's indi
vidual interests must be made or con
sidered paramount to those of the
entire people.
Can Tbe Dalles afford to invite 200
or 300 delegates from other states to
attend the woolgrowers' convention
and pa-mit them to grope around over
tbe streets in darkness? We think
not. Even if we cannot offord the
luxury of street lights for eyeryday
use, we should have them during a
time when we have special guests with
us. By all means let the committee
secure street lights for the occasion,
no matter what the cost.
IS STILL A MYSTERY
What Caused the Maine Dis
aster Yet Unknown.
BAD RUMORS PREVAIL
Some Insist That thi Disaster
Was Caused by an Explosion
of a Torpedo.
Tlie Navy Department Inclined to Believe
It was an Accident A Foil lu
vetlction Will Be
Made.
KEY West, Fla., Feb. 17. The corre
spondent here of the Associated Pres
has returned to this place on board
the steamer Olivette from the scene of
the wreck of the United States battle
ship Maine in Havana harbor.
Divers working about her bottom
have discovered an eight-inch percus
sion hole- in the outer plates of the
Maine.
Admiral Mauterola has summoned
Captain Sigsbee to appear before Mili
tary Judge Perul to make the neces
sary depositions.
When tbe keys of the magazine were
delivered to Captain Sigsbee, the tem
perature of the forward magazines was
59deg. and it is said ou high explosives
were stored there, wbich-fcwould seem
to make tho mystery more dense.
Fears are expressed here that divers
will not be able to throw light on tbe
cause of the dUaster, since tbe for
ward bart of tho Maine is practically
n atoms.
DISUKEDI TED AT WASHINGTON.
Iong Does Mot Believe Any Hole Was
foood in the Alaiue's flates.
Washington, Feb. 17. The navy
department apsolutely discredits the
story from Key West that divers have
found an eight-inch percussion hole in
the bottom of the Maine. Secretary
Long says there if no such thing as a
percussion bole, that there is no eight
inch torpedo and that there is no
other way in which such a hole could
be accounted for.
Secretary Long positively denies
that Cup tain Sigsbee has in any sup
pressed telegram expressed the opin
ion that a torpedo caused the disaster,
or that it came from any exterual
cause.
. Admiral Sicard telegraphed Secre
tary Long from Key West this after
noon as follows:
"In the opinion of Lieutenant Hood,
of the Maine, who has just arrived
from Havana, the Maine can never
again be utilized as a warship-"
He describes the whole forward body
of the ship as completely collapsed
where tbe shock of the explosion was
heaviest. Photographs of tbe wreck
will be sent to tbe department today.
Accident Theory Scooted.
Washington, Feb. 17. -"Under all
circumstances,' said Naal Construct
or Philip Hitchborne, "it does not
seem tome that the Maine's disaster
could have resulted from an accident.
everything was quiet and orderly
about the ship as far as we have any
knowledge, and tbe probabilities are
that only one of the four engines was
being used. With all the safeguards
imaginable and lying at anchor as
quietly as possible, it seems unlikely
that such an accident could have oc
cured." OT O&JS JLIFK WAS SAVED.
Fifty Persons Perished on the Luckless
Clara Keyada.
Kanaimo, B. C, Feb. 17. A special
from Juneau, Alaska, under date of
February 12, confirms the news of the
loss of the Clara Nevada, and says:
The cause of the disaster was doubt-
the explosion of her ' boilers. Of 50
people on board none is believed to
have been saved. The wreck was dis
covered by Customs Inspector Mar-
quam of Juneau, who ordered the
Hustler to Lynn canal, where the
buraing vessel had been seen. Wreck
age bearing the name of the illfated
vessel was found, but there was noth
ing to show the identity of the pas
sengers.
It is thought she carried about 20
passengess, of whom two or three were
women. Several were bound for
Juneau and the balance for Seattle.
Frank Whitney, of Cripple Creek,
Colo., was known to be one of tbe un
fortunates. Al Noyes, of Juneau, is
also supposed to have been on the
Nevada. This is all that is known of
the victims.
l OB 1 OF TUB HOUSE.
Navigation and National Banbtug
Laws
Are Amendec.
Washinton, Feb. 15. In the house
today Payne, republican, of New York,
chairman of the committee on mer
chant marine, called up the bill to
amend the navigation laws of the
United States.
Dingley said the pending bill was de-
singed to carry out the traditional
policy oi tbe government of restrict
ing our coastwise carrying trade to
A sick person trying to keep np on men
stimulating- tonics is like any one pretend
ing to swim while supported by a belt. The
instant the support is withdrawn down
you go.
Nearly all diseases result from a deep-
seaiea impairment ot tne nutritive powers
which cannot be reached by any temporary
eihilaratiqn. Tbe only good that any med
icine can do :s to increase your own natural
powers oi recovery ana make you able tc
swim for yourself.
The debilitating weakness, nervousness
and digestive disorder which indicates this
state of raal nutrition can only be overcome
by a scientific remedy like Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery which acts di
rectly upon the digestive and blood-making
organs, and effects the nutritive transforma
tion of food into rich, healthy blood, whit (
carries genuine permanent vitality to every
corner of the system.
It is vastly more nutritious than malt
extracts. It does not paralyze the nerves,
but feeds them with health. It is oettei
than cod liver oil emulsions. It is assimi
lated by the weakest stomachs. It does
not make flabby useless fat , but musculai
strength and healthy nerve-force; It is the
only perfect invigorant for corpulent people.
Mrs. Ella Howell, of Derby. Perry Co., Ind.,
writes: " In the year of 1894 I was taken with
stomach trouble nervous dyspepsia. There was
a coldness in mv stomach, and a weight which
seemed like a rock. Everything that I ale travc
me great pain; I had a bearing down sensation:
Was Swelled across mv stnmnfh- harl m rifle
around my right side, and in a short time I was
bloated. I was treated by three of our best phy
sicians but got no relief. Then Dr. Pierce''i
Golden Medical Discovery was recommended tc
me and 1 got it. and commenced the use of it. I
began to see a change for the better. I was so
weak I could not walk acro-tv the ram wit h nut
assistance. I took Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery and one bottle of the 'Pleasant Pel
lets.' T beean to imnmv mi u Tact )..
of a few bottles. The physicians who attended
me said I had 'dropsy anil that mv disease wai
leading into nulraonarv mntuimntiAn r had
quite a cough, and the home physicians gave me
aptodic ItbaokCodUiatniycareispennaBeiit.''
pafs-
ed without a division.
Cox, democrat, of Tennessee, from
the committee ou banking and cur
rency, then called up a bill to better
control or to promote the safety of
national banks. The bill provided
that no national bank shall make a
loan to ita president or any other of
ficer or employe of the bank until they
have submitted the proposition to the
directors and secured its approval by a
majority, and in no case shall the loan
exceed tho amount permitted by law.
The bill was passed.
fkeli.no is mosr bitter
Anti-Auieriran Sentiment Becoming
General in Madrid.
New York, F-b. 10 AHerald dis
patch from Madrid says:
The public feeling here against tho
United States U very strong. I-i tLo
public mind tho general conviction is
that tbe United States iateuds to fjree
war upon Spain, and that ihe latier
must absolutely stand her ground:
that in Cuba tho autonomists will side
with Spain, fighting against the
United States t'oop.-. aud li a", the
Spanish would oacourage the landing
of American troopj in groat numbers
now that the unhealthy season is com
ing on, as it would kill them oft like
llii a. At the same time the ships of
war could botnbird the coast towns,
which, with the exiiepUon of New
York, are considered Unprotecttd, the
United States not having sufficient
warships to protect them.
At the same timeanother calculation
is made on th widespread ruin which
would fall upon business men in the
United States, whereis tbe bourse
Hern would scarcely change as is the
case with the United Spates. It would
merely be the first step to war. J the
solution of tho question, which is
slowly bleedin? the resources of the
country to death. Such is the repre
sentative idea of public Spinisi feel
ing today.
Tc Klondike by Rail.
Montreal, Feb. 13. C. H. Wilkin
son, representing the British Yukon
Company, says the construction of a
railroad through White pass, from tbe
head of Lynn canal to Lake Ben net.
will be begun immediately by his com
pany. The road, whi?h will be -15
miles in lenght, will be completed
within 00 days of the beginning of the
work.
The British Yukon Comyanv, of
which the Duke of Teck is president',
also holds a charter from the Dominion
government for tbe construction of
tbe road through White pass. The
announcement, som't weeks ago, of
the government's having negotiations
with Messrs. Maun and Mackenzie,
determined the British Yukon Com
pany to build the road over White
pa&s at -once.
The width of the track will be three
feet six inches. The grade over the
pass will be 3 per cent, and at points
where the grade ia tho steepest what
is known as the "A. li. T." rail will be
laid. This rail, which is used in tbe
Hartz mountains in Europe, has notch
es for the grip to a cog wheel, and
is a part of the locomotive. Mr. Wil
kinson says the road will be completed
by the middle of tho summer.
To Call Out Wool Pplni:
New Bedford, Mass., Feb. 15.
The proposition has been- under con
sideration by the local leaders for sev
eral days to call out on strike the em
ployes of ail the yarn mills in the city.
which would bring into idleness 60,000
additional operatives, or a total of
150,000. This proposition is independ
ent of that for a general strike all
through New England, and the effect
of the movement, it is claimed, would
be such a serious menace to the local
banks that it would result in overtures
for a settlement of all the present dif
ficulties by the manufacturers whose
interests are allied with those of the
city's institutions.
Ashamed, Grieved and Sorry.
INEW XORK, U'eb, !). in conver
sation with a Madrid cot respondent of
tbe Herald, a cabinet minister said:
"lou may say openly, as coming:
from Senor Sagasta aod from each of
us that we entirely condemn in the
most absolute manner, Senor de
Lome's letter. We are ashamed,
grieved and sorry thereat. The minis
ters feel more aggrieved than Presi
dent McKinley can possibly be. We
are honest mtn, who have been placed
in a false position by a fool."
In reply to further questions, tbe
minister said:
''Canaiajas' journey was absolutely
private, and in no way possible did
we trust or use him." -
Qualification ot Voters.
Washington, Feb. 17. The house
committee on the election of president,
vice-president and representatives in
congress has made a favorable report
o 1 a resolution to propose to tho var-
ios state legislatures an amendment to
the constitution as follows:
"The house shall be composed of
members chosen every fourth year by
tbe people of tbe several states and
electors in each state shall have tbe
qualifications requisite for electors of
tbe most numerous branch of the state
legislature."
Disavowed at Madrid.
New YORK, Feb. 15. A special from
Washington says:
A cablegram received by tbe secre
tary of state from Minister "Voodford,
at Madrid, announces that the govern
ment of Spain has disavowed tbe letter
of De Lome to Senor Canalejas. This
disclaimer, as tbe administration of
ficials ar6 pleased to call it, is regarded
as satisfactory, and the president has
authorized the announcement that
the incident is closed.
A SOO.000 Pocket Found.
Redding, Cal., Feb. 15. Another
rich strike is reported as having been
made in the Blue Jay mine, on Mor
rison gulcb, a tributary of Coffee creek
in Trinity county, by the Graves
brothers. The new pocket is said to
be worth JGO.000. It will ba remem
bered that a $40,000 strike by tbe
Graves brothers caused a rush to Coffee
creek last summer.
Fatal BJiuard la Alaska.
Juneau, Alaska, Feb. 8, via Seattle,
Feb. 15. During the last four days a
terrible blizzard has been raging along
tbe coast from tbe bead of Lynn canal
to Foi t Wrangel. Accounts differ as
to tbe number of the blizzard's
victims, varying from 17 to 27. There
is no means at present dt getting at
the facts.
le Lome Leaves V aahington.
Washington, Feb. 15. Senor
Depuy de Lome, late Spanish minister,
will leave Washington this afternoon
for New York. When asked if be bad
anything to say on the eve of his de
parture, ha answered with only a final
"Good-by." . .
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liarbor.
Washington, Feb. 1G.--The follow
ing dispatch from Captain Sigsbee, of
the Maine, has been received at tho
navy department.
"1 advise sending a wrecking vessel
at once. The Maine is submerged, ex
cept the debris. Mostly work for
divers now. Jenkins and Mernt are
still missing. There is little hope for
their safety. Those known to be
saved are: Officers, 24; uninjured
members of the cew, 18; wounded no
on board tni vvara ijine steamer, in
the city hospital and at the hotels, 59
so far as known. All the others went
down on board or near the Maine.
The total number missing is 253.
NEW York, Feb. 16. A special to
the Evening Telegram from Havaua
concerning the Maine disaster, says:
James Rowe, the ship's cook, was
the least injured of any that were
brought off while I was there. I asked
him how it happened.
"I don't know," he replied, speaking
with difficulty. "I turned in my ham
mock at 8 o'clock, and heard three
bells strike.. I dout remember anyth
ing more until I felt myself turning
over and falling heavily upon the deck
through a mass of smoke. I got on
my feet and worked my way on deck.
When I got there the superstructure
of the deck was dipping under water,
and I jumped overboard to keep from
being drawn down in the suction."
So far as I can learn now, the ex
plosion took place in the magazine
used for storing gun-cotton for
torpedoes. The vessel lies with her
bows wholly submerged, and only a
part of the stern showing.
Captain Sigsbee was on deck when
the explosion came. It was in the
bow of the vessel. A sentry stationed
at the bow was unhurt. He had seen
nothing suspicious. I have talked
with some of the rescued seamen and
officers
New York. Feb. 1G. A special
copyright to the World from Havana
says the officers of the Maine state
that tbe explosion was in the central
magazine, and that tne Maine was
raised out of the water and then
partially broke a to jlecer. Thedb
patch continues:
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were in the wardroom at the moment
of tbe explosion, and then came a
stupendous shock. Only a very pitiably
few of the 350 jack tars got from below.
The water rushed over them and many
.were stunned and drowned, but not
mangled. It is not likely more than
40 sailors were saved. Tbe officers on
deck narrowly escaped. All agree
that a double explosion occurred from
the natural result of the underwater
explosion of the magazine..
(The Maine was a battle-ship of the
second-class and was regarded as one
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was built at the Brooklyn navy-yard
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broad, 21.0 mean draught, and (i(82
tons displacement. She had two 10
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masts, and her motive power was
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seven 6-pounders and eight 1-pounders
rapid-firing guns and four gatllngs in
her second battery, and four while
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and a complement of 874 men. Tbe
Maine was commissioned in 1893. Her
speed wa9 17.5 knots, making her tbe
fastest battleship afloat. The armor
was 12 inches thictc.)
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