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BETTER CONSULT RECORDS
The continual harping upon the in
creased bank cl arlogs of the country
has induced the Seattle Times to bus
gest to the people that "they bad bel
... ter consult the record." Of the matter
the paper says:'
The bank clearings of the U niter.
States during the period intervening
between the 3d of November, 189B,
when McKinley was elected, down to
July 3d, I&97, show continuous and re
pe&ted .losses as compared with the
corresponding weeks in the years prior
that .is, comparing November arid
December, 1895, with November and
December, 1S97, and the first six
months of .1897 with the first six
months of 189G, and out of the entire
35 weeks of that time, nearly 24. weeks
losses recorded as compared with 1J
gains.
Now we speak of this matter for the
simptereasonthat.it is well enough
for the American people to keep in
mind the causes which resulted in in
creased bank clearing after July, 1897,
and wnicn nave continued to increase
with only a few exceptions for the
eight months following and inter
. vening between . July 3d, 1897, and
March 5th, 1898.
While our gold-bug friends at this
distance would like to throw a suffi
cient amount of dusu in the eyes of the
public to make them believe that the
Increased bank clearing are due to re
publican rule, there is nothing in the'
proposition, and the whole business is
accoucted for entirely upon natural
and non-political grounds. Let us re
peat some familiar facts.
It was midwinter; or even later, in
the year 1897. When the "Steel Pooi
-Trust" was broken, and the price of
$28 a ton which. had been maintained
by the t-ust ws suddenly cut down to
$18 and $17 per ton. The great rail
roads of the country had been living
from hand to mouth through the four
. years of hardship which had overtaken
them, and so crippled had been their
resources as to render improvement
wboly out of the question and only the
' cost necessary repairs possible but
' when the trust went to pieces the rail
roads began at once to take advantage
. of a price which had never had prece
dent before in the history of the world,
and the wheels of industry in the great
. iron and steel manufactories of the
1 nation began to turn. By the first of
July great strides haa been made in
this directioo, and the result began to
be appreciated in the money market
invested in lumber and timber tracts
and various financial institutions.
John Sherman, secretary of Mate.
Private fortune estimated at $1,o00,010;
invested in real ejt&te and railroid
shares.
John D. Long, secretary of ihe navy.
Private fortune estimated at$l,40,
000; invested in real estate and stocks;
made money cut of his profession, the
law.
Cornelius N. Bliss, secretary of the
interior. Private fortune estimate!)
at $l,2oU,U0U; made his money in dry
goo.ls: viod-presidant of a Wall street
bank unci an officer in many financial
institutions.
Lyman J. Gage, secretary of the
treasury. Private fortune estimated
at SliOlUW; president of one-of the
great bantts of the west; has beeu in
the banking business forty years.
' James A. Gary, postnnas'.Qr-general.
private-fortune estimated at- $2 000,
'6u0: ' coMon" merchant "aud n?:;nuf j.o
turer arid officer In 'niahy banking institutions'.-
" -: '. " '."
Of the remai ning members of the
cabinet one although he is probably
not a millionaire, should bo classed
a nnng them, for the reason that his
interests lie wholly with them. He is
Jhn W. Griggs, attorney general
corporation lawyer; identified with
the interests which have made New
Jersey a by word in the land.
There remains one other member of
the cabinet, but his name has not been
mentioned in connection with the
present situation. It is James Wilson
secretary of aericulture, a plain Iowa
farmer. By no stretch of the imagina
tion can he be classed among the
plutocrats.
WHY CUBA SHOULD HE FREE
When the Caban problem is ex
amined without passion, in the know
ledge of human nature and in the
calm light of history, it will be found
that nothing can 'solve it except the
independence of tho Island, says the
Globe Democrat. The same influences
that led to the revolt of England's
thirteen colonies are at work in Cuba,
and the same result is inevitable. In
the American colonies was - he germ
of the republic of the United States,
with a native population now far out
numbering all of British birth. Un
der bo circumstances could a region
of such great possibilities be held in
Bubjection by a foreign power. The
war of the revolution was certain to
clusively that for purposes of naval de
fense armor plate3 of nickel steei are
much superior to the plates of steel
hitbert i used. While the shot rent
all-st?el plates into quarters divided
by huge cracks, the hides made in the
nickel-steel were as clean and us clear
as if cut through a piece of cloth.
Thi9 remarkable result was obtained
with an alloy containing less than four
per cent of niitkel. Scarcely had the
smoke of the tests at Annapolis passed
away, before the house of representa
tives at Washington appropriated a
million of dollars to enable the secre
tary of the nivy to provide his new
ar nored cruisers with nickel-steel
pla'.e. At the time it was Imped that
in this, as in a good many siuiiliar
eases, it would be liKely that the sci
ence cf war would incidentally pro
mote tue arts of peace, t ut now me
o iridok is such as to presume we will
have a chance, to try the nickel-s
plate in actual war. But this metal
h:is not come into general use on ac
count of its hiih cost. Bus if war
does coune, and th? price be reduced
by the lurye demand due to it em
ployment in nav.il defense, and for
guns such as Krupp manufacture-.
much of nickel steel will he brought
into use. Until the discovery of
nickel-steel the world's consumption
of nickel was but- of nine or ten hund
red tons a year; :he metal's chief uses
being for small coins and electrotyp-ing.
SPAIN'S UESOUliCES. ,
So far as Spanish Cuban finances
are concerned, they are simple. Spain
issues Cubau bonds to p;iy the ex
penses of the war to subjugate Cuba.
Spain pays all that is paid as interest
on Cuban bonds, and calls the tran
saction "temporary advances." Span
ish bonds sold at from 80 to 90 sell ut
57. '1 hey bear four per cent. The
Cuban securities are issued at from
five to six per cent interest. The
Spanish bank ia loaded with gov-rn-ment
securities and paper money. All
told, 'he Cuban wardebtexceedsSGOO.
000,000, It is stated lhat Rothschilds
bae refused to renew ihe contract for
the Almaden quicksilver mines, on
which it was expected $18,000,000 ould
be obtained. The Spanish mayet
about that sum from the mines by
pledging their product as security.
The customs in the Philippine islands
have been pledged, and about $20,000,-
000 raised and consumed, and as much
! the state is to have good roads a great fore March 1, 1899, shall again become '
more is possible. The appeal to
come and certain to recur if defeated Spanish patriotism in the last ex
it is muca to the credit oi tne tremity might yield from $3.01X),00J to
$10,000,000, the latter the extreme
- - j slUUT3 VUO ICCI 19 J U XUVIM
and therefore effected tho clearing fina, and BUpreme decision in
house reports.
By the first of August the entire
winter wheat crop of the South and
- Central West had been gathered and
: found to be as exceptionally good one
' and the railroads knew .that they
were going to have unusual quantities
of grain' to move and still greater im
provements were ordered.
; . By the first of ugust it was
thoroughly understood that famine
-." prevailed to such an extent in India
that AuericaD bread stuffs must be
imported in unusual quantities but
, '.. that meant still greater improvements
. in the line of added railway transpor
. tation facilities, which must be pur
" chased manufactured but all this
meant more work for the iron and steel
foundaries, more employment for men,
greater activity in business aud in
creased bank clearinsrs.
By the middle of August the spring
wheat crop of the United had been as
sured and by the first of September
everybody knew that the wheat crop
of the United States would approxi
: mate six hundred millions of bushels
or nearly one hundred and fifty million
bushels above the average.
By September 15th the extraordinary
'short crops'- in Europe and Asia bad
become known, and then the railroad
companies of the United States were
fully made aware that two hundred
million bushels of wheat and four
times as much corn must be sent to
other nations before the spring of 1393
and ail of these things meant great
increase of railaoad earnings and an
immense change in the prices of rail
road stocks and bonds all of which
affected the bank clearings -of the
Uaited Siates as never before.
So true have all these statements
proven that while iron and steel in
. dustries, railroad transportation com
panies and the raiser of wheat upon the
farms, the elevator men, who first buy
it and gather, and the great mills of
the nation which grind it into hour,
haye all prospered beyond any prece
dent in the his:ory of this nation all
other industries, like that of cotton in
New England and general agricultural
products through the land, indepen-
dent of wheat, have remained paralyzed
' without feeling the slightest beneficial
effects and never will until silver be
. restored. "' '.-
In the state of Washington it is
. trite to say that while the gram pro
ducts were aiding'us to some extent,
new lines of transportation between
this country and the Orient were tak
ing our surplus wheat it was not un
til after the Portland had touched our
' wharves,depositiog her tons of "yellow,
metal" from the frozen regions of the
North, that Seattle felt any consider
able increase in trade or general busi
ness and today the reason why
Seattle shows an increase in her clear
ings of 333 per cent over the corres
ponding week in March, .1897 is not
because McKinley is president of the
United States, nor Rogers goveruor of
Washington but because of this great
discovery of gold in the North, and the
thousands upon thousands of Argo
nauts who are turning their faces to
ward this new JUdorado through this
the natural gateway from the east to
. the nrth, and it is only fair to ack
owledge ihetruth.
at first,
British Government that more than a
hundred years ago it grasped the
necessity of granting unconditional in
dependence to distant colonies es
tranged by war and able to defy its
military power. There was rlo hag
gling for indemnity or ppecial privi
leges, and above all, no attempt to
hang on to a modified sovereignty.
The colonies were declared to be free
and sovereign, and time has 'shown
this to have been the wisest statesman
ship. Spain seems Jtt this moment to be
trying to frame concessions to Cuba
not involving the loss of sovereignty.
It will be in vain. Sovereignty in
cludes all the rest, as it involves the
e very-
amount and the last resource. The
Cuban war costs $12,000,000 a month.
So that the utmost Spain can do is to
keep up this rate of expenditure from
thrt e to four months. The coal sup
ply at Havana will last about the same
length of time.
thing.
Conditions agreed to now
'THE SAN JOSE SCALE.
The agricultural department has
just issued a bulletin on the fan Jose
scale for 1896 7, prepared by entomol
ogist L. O. Howard. It is cf much in
terest at this time because of the
recent edict of the Germtn govern
ment prohibitin? the transportation of
living plants, fruits, etc., because of
the alleged uiscoyery of the scale on
many dollars will have to be spent on
them, but those collars will prove as
good an investment as was ever made.
Spain may he sorry before this thing
is ended ..hat she pawned the family
jewels to ferub-stako Columbus on that
tour of discoyery.
It is rather sad to sec tho fate of
those middle-readers who opposed a
union of silver forces. They have no
place v.-hereon to iay their heads.
There are 10,0J.1.0Jt) met) between
the ages of 18 and 4") .tears in the
United States, and all are subject to
military duty a formidable araiy for
foreigners to ruohkey with.
It is not generally known that the
lrajiest chunk of sold ever taken from
a quartz claim was found in New South
Wales in 172. It was worth Sl-JS.lMO,
a;id weighed t!W pounds. The largest
nugett on record v as also found in
A istraiia. It weighed 19j pounds and
was worth $15,000.
Recent additions to the U, S. navy
have greatly strengthened that branch
o our offensive af.d dt fe.isive engines,
an I will ciuse foreign puw -rs to be
more cautious about pivkiuu lliws with
our idea of light. The navy is one of
the iiio-t powerful elements we can
have for keeping peace.
The proposition of building a new
house for tho President is being agi
tated in Congress. Senator Quay of
Pennsylvania has introduced a bill
appropriating $l,.r00.000 for the pur
chase of a square of ground for the
purpose on Florida Avenue, between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets,
northwest.
The announced purpose of the SoO,-
0)0 000 wire trust, now in course of
orgauiz ition, is to -uceessfuiiy com
pete in the markets of the world. But
its real purpose is to secure from those
engaged in industry and enterprise the
the 40 per cent tax levied on them by
the McKinley-Dingley law. Tariff for
p -otection favors trusts.
Ex-President Van Horne of the Cao-
adi in Pacific railroad asserts that by
19 10 that railroad will be able to take
a passenger at London and land bim
in Yokohoraa . without transferring
him to any other line. To keep pace
with the Canadian road American
roads will haye to get their hands in
the government's pockets as the Can
adian road has done.
Francis C. Moore.' of New York'
who is abundantly able to pay the
subject to the cperatious of said proc
lamations as are now existiug or may
hereafter be modified by the president.
The amendment was reported favor
ably by Senator Hansbrough frgra the
public lands committee.
Walter Wellman says that many
newspapars have said President Mc
Kinley had absolute knowledge of the
nature cf the report of the inquiry,
and that in eonsequence thereof he
made preparations for war, arid askrd
for the $".0,000,000 a ppropriation. The
true explanation of the president's
trrcssive policy is much more easily
and naturally explained. He has be
lieved that tho report of the -our
would raise between the two nations :i
d ! cat end hazardous quesMon. and
he has known ihat, if it did not his con-
t -inputted move for settl ment of the
Cuban problem would. Therefore, the
power and might of the United States
were summoned md the summons
was magnificently responded to that
Sp:iin iriigln. k-mv with wholu and
what she had to deal.
BLOWN UP BY DESIGN 'ii
Spain to Be Held Liable
the Main Disaster.
for
MADRID SO NOTIFIED
Some time ago President Uawley of
WiOaniett'i University d- livered a
leclu-e in E Isrene. Trie subject f is
discourse was "John Brown" and he
took occasion to villify this gentlemen
very much drawing unfavorable com
parisons wit i traitors in general and
Judas Lscariot in particular. It seems
he did not have the sympathy of his
audience, and the ElU'ene Register
took exceptions to his remarks and
was followed by all the valley papers
anl quite a hubub his been created
over the matter. Meanwhile Profes
sor Hawley remains quiet refu-dnsr to
vindicate his remarks. Certainly his
toric faits .lp not bear him out in his
sratemerts and the public is wondi r
ing where he gained his information.
Mayor Qaincy, of Boston, undertook
some time ago to discriminate between
union and non-union labor. In doing
so he directed that none but labor union
men should be employed on muni
cipal contracts. All contracts given by
the city for public works under his ad
ministration have contained the stipu
lation that the contractor shall employ
only union workmen. One contractor
violated this provision, and the matttr
was taken into tho courts, where the
labor union cause was prouounced v id
"as cont-ary to public policy." The
constitutional clause cited by the
courts is the declaration that no man
nor corporation nor association bas
The Spanish Minister at Washington
Has Transmitted th9
News.
A .11I:iitr!al CrlrU ia Chill Favors 4oto
nuiny for Cuba Neeotlailoua Be
tween Spaniards and Cabaus
Come to Naucht.
money, offers the president $1,000 ny other title to obtain advantages
could bechangei later on by thesover- j pear8 shipped frcm California.
eign power. Cuba lias already ex
perienced this perfidy, which Spain
calls expediency. Spanish faith with
her colonies has not been good faith.
Even if the insurgents should make a
new trial of Soanisb promises fresh
disappointments and outbreaks in the
future are certain. Never asrain cm
Cuba be tranquil under a European
sovereignty. Jt has fought too many
wars for freedom and suffered too
deeply to acknowledge once more the
flag of Spain. Many of the insurgents
in the field have witnessed the deso
lation of their homes and heard from
the concentration camps of the death
of their families. No American can
ask them to forgive the past, accept
deceitful pledges, and embrace anew
the oporessor and his armed
sovereignty.
It is well that, all such overtures
from Spain to this country should be
referred to the Cuban patiotJ. The
American people are practically a unit
for the independence of Cuba. Enough
of tyranny and misery has ravaged the
island during the last thirty years.
Weyler saw, and was appointed to see,
that the only way to co iquer the dis
satisfied Cubans is to exterminate
them. His plan to accomplish the
purpose is still at work. The United
States has a heavy account against
Spain in regard to Cuba, and half way
concessions can not be regarded as an
offset. Past experience teaches that
the coin tendered is base. We might
mediate for Cuban independence, but
not for So inlsh sovereignty, no matter
how disguised. Our whole people
sympathize most earnestly with the
Cuban desire for freedom, and ask
that our own accumulated claims shall
bo pressed in behalf of the only settle
ment that can last.
SO A llRl THA TION.
JPKINLE T'S MILLIONAIRES.
President McKinley's official house
hold is composed of men well supplied
with the goods of this world. Six of
them are millionaires, which probably
explains why the administration is so
favorable to the banking interests, afad
has so little in common with the
masses. The New Yo k World has
mad thin estimate of the wealth repre
sented by the president's cabinet: , .
Russel A. Alzer, secretary of war.
privati fortune estimated $5,000,000;
When, under the Harrison adminis
tration, we had a claim aurainst Chile
for the killing of American marines
in the streets of Valparaiso, there was
no trb tration. Our government sim
ply demanded payment of indemni". .
fixed tho amount and compelled i-
Chileans to settle. Nothing else co .i !
be done if we expectecT'to retain -
reepect of the nations of the- wor' .
We pretend to protect our people i .
any part of the world. That protec
tion would be a farce if when any
were kiiled by a foreign mob' because
they were Americans, the government
at Washington should consent to ar
bitrate the question of payment of in
demnity. In the case of the' Maine, the
Spaniards killed a great number of
our people. The vessel was destroyed
because it carried the stars and stripes
and the men aboard, went down to
death because they were in the service
"of our government. They! were killed
while they slept. The wretched
Spanish cowards were not. content
with destroying the ship, but timed
the act -so that the crew would be
caught, in their bunks sleeping in
fancied security.
Would any one for a moment think
of arbitrating the measure of Spanish
responsibility for the awful crime?
It would be far more dignified to
let the matter pass than to submit it to
arbitration. We misrhtas well ask par
don for sending the vessel to Havans.
There is only one way to handle the
matter, if a direct indemnity for the
destruction of the vessel is to be de
manded that is to couple with ihe de
mand a statement that it must be paid
within 24 or 48 hours.
Never, it is said, in the history of
economic entomology in the United
States has a single specips caused so
much interest as this f-an Jose scale
It was reported as occurring in twentv
states in 1895, but in comparatively few
localities in each, with the single ex
ception of New Jersey. In 1S96-7.
acluanieta fitjSpect.ion fn Virginia?
Maryland. Illinois, Ohio and Georgia
and several others showed that in these
states the insect was nearly as'wide
spread as in New Jersey, whil- twelve
states and the district of Columbia
haye been added to the number con
taining infested points. The condi
tions in over thirteen states and terri
tories are then given, some of the
most important being California,
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Illinois.
Michigan and New Jersey. Consider
able space is devoted to the discussion
of the remedies suggested to kill the
pest.
THE UMON MOVEMENT.
Wasco county democrats, populists
and silver republicans ar to be coo-,
gratulated upon the work accomplished
by their respective conventions last
Saturday. The accomplishment of so
complete a union as was effected of
three parties that have one purpose in
view, though in the past have been so
widely divided, was a grand result,and
will have a lasting effect upon the
politics not only of this immediate
vicinity, but of the entire state. It
wiil tend to harmonize discordant
elements in nther localities, and to
cement tbe union that existed during
tbi national campaign of 1896. The
pi itform adopted was broad enough for
all liberal minded men to stand on,
embodying a- it does the fundamental
principles of sound and just govern
ment. As to the nominees, they were
selected from among the best men o
the three parties, and were chosen for
their known honesty and capability
They are men of sterling worth and
unquestionable qualifications. They
are men who will appeal to the voters
cf the county for their capabilities
and if elected will prove satisfactory
tu th masses as public servants.
without interest and to be repaid
whenever the government chooses, or
never if it does not choose, as a
"starter" for a 8100,000.000 uncondi
tional loan. He calls upon the 100,000
men who are richer than he to make
similar offers, by way of showing the
country's readiness to furnish all tho
money that may be needed for national
defense.
All tho railroads during the last
year did well on earnings. But the
annual report of thegreat. Pennsylania
railroad system is especially remark
able. The total earnings of the cor
poration amounted to the enormous
sum of $128,000,000 Of this operating
exp mses consumed $87,000. while the
net earnings from which must be. de
ducted interest, payment on bonds
were $40,000,000 The freight carried
amounted to 159,0 '0.000 tons and the
passengers numbered 63.000. OOJ people.
It is said sometimes that this com
pany is the greatest business corpora
tion iu the world. j
Sinco the adoption of the geld utand-
ard in Japan, in October, 1897, con
-tinuod etrmplativts ' are"Cororrijp
that neopls of the tightness '
and excessively high."at--r'f-ii)l!f-
and even the city of Tinio hss
been compelled to1' increase the city
txcs. Of course-old standard men
will claim monometalism had nothing
to do with this but the fact scares us
in the face that these have been the
identical results following the adop
tion of the' gold standard in eery
nation that has tried it. Tight money,
high rates of interest and increased
taxes are the original cost marks of
'confidence."
1 1
particular or exclusive privileges dis
tinct from those of the community
that what arises from the consideration
of services rendered to the public.
An effort is now being made to com
pe Governor Lord to call an extra ses
sion. A special dispatch from Wash
ington says:
"The republican senators who voted
for the seating of Henry W. Corbett,
appointed by the governor of Oregon
to fill tbe seat made vacant by the fail
ure of the legislature to elect a succes
sor to Senator Mitchell, signed a
memorial to Gov. Lord asking him to
call the legislature together for the
purpose of theelection of a senator."
It is hardly likely we think that Gov.
Lord will heed the request of the peti
tioners from Washington. Before to
day attempts have been made at
Washington to dictate to the governor
of Oregon, but they have not been
heeded. It is not likely that they will
be this time. We cannot see what
Governor Lord wiuldgaiu by calling
an extra session. We cannot see.
what the state would gain.' Of course,
t is hardjto rell
but we belie To i hA- Gov. Lord will re
fuse to put the, taxpayers to the ex-
P'ose of a stolon . at this late day.
. Capital Jouf nal. N .' .'
M alRIO, Alai cii '11. 1 1 e Span
ish government bas reeened a
dispatch from iis uiii.ister at
- '.Washington saying that the
United States naval cm rt, ap
pointed to inquire into the loss
of the battleship Maine, holds
that the explosion was of exter
nal origin.
Key U EST, March '12 The United
Stales court, of inquiry into the loss of
the Maine has at last finished its
laborious werk of investigation of the
disaster and submitted its report to
Rear-Admiral S card. He bas pointed
out some alterations which be con
eiders necessary, and the report will
probably be taken to Washington to
day by Lieuteiiant-Comraander Marix,
juc ge advocate of the court. It is pos
sible, however, that its arrival in
Washington may be delayed several
days looker. Rear-Auuiiral Sicard
said last night:
"I could scarcely say the report will
leave tomorrow. The court has prac
tically finished its work, but some de
tails may engage its attention long
enough to keep the report here several
davs. I trust, however, that the navy
department will have the documents
in a very short time."
The decision reached by the court
is still a matter of surmise. Perhaps
some significance may be attached and
conclusions drawn from a remark
made by Rear-Admiral Sicad last
night, when he said to a correspond
ent: "The case of theMaine is most pecul
iar, porhap3 the most picaliar which
ba9 ever occurred in the history of the
world."
From the general tone of his re
marks, it mighi be referred that the
court's findings do not definitely solve
the mystery of the explosion. This is
further borne out by the admiral's
statement that even after the report
had been sent to Washington the de-
1 partment may require further investi
gation. The general impression con
tinues to prevail that the court had
found that the Maine was intentional
ly blown up, but no new reasons were
adduced for this conclusion.
The battleship Indiana has arrived
here from the Tortugas islands and is
anchored beside the battleship Iowa
and tbe cru-ier New York, six miles
from shore.
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Hosiery at 50c i nd 75c per pair.
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But Very Nice
There isn't another line in the
city that tan meet such a require
ment as this with such a quan
tity as you will nd in our stotk
of grips and tele-copes. Some
thing can always' be found here,
in good taste at the wished for
price.
ALL OOOD3 MARKED IN
PLAIN FIOURbS
PEASE & HAYS 1
LUMBER 1
Lumber
L
California is not the only state which
is now considering a proposition to
j Wonltl Nullify the Protocol.
1 New York. March 24. A World
dispatch from Havana says:
It is most probable indeed, it is al
; most certain--tbat if the United States
claims indemnity for the loss of tbe
'Maine, Spain will pit in a counter
claim for hundreds of millions of dol
lars for damage through filibustering
expeditions fitted out in America and
permitted to sail fro'ii American ports.
One of the highest Spanish officials
hold an exposition to commemorate i i0 Cuba stated that Spain's answer to
San Francisco, March 22, 0:20 p
M. Eight thousand people witnessed
J- ffries knock out Jackson In the
third round, toniu'ht.
First round Jackson on aggressive;
hot hti2J.IIi4ea-reciivirjff several
tj, nil Jht happen, I hXpA body browB.J
Second round Jeffries missed a
hard swing andwasja r ed In the face.
He put a good left on Jackson's bead,
and later coming close on clinch put
in a short right over th'e heart. Jack
son jabbfd Jeffrie's mouth draw
ing blood. Jeffri-i9 Ewung on Jack
son's left jaw, knocking Jackson down.
Jackson clambered to bis feet but was
sent down again as the gong sounded.
Third round Jackson seemed fresh,
but tbe man ner Jeffries went after him
with repeated blows mad him groggy.
He sent Jackson to tbe v ropes, where
he being unable to lift bis bands,
the referee stepped between them
and declared Jeffrie winner.
WHAT A BLESSING.
England established the gold stand
ard in . 1815 at that time there were
1GD,0C0 land owners " in England.
prices fell but gold raised. Theresulr,
in tbe seven years i f hard, times fol
lowing, was that tbe number of land
owners in that country were reduced
ta less than 30,000. The same anr
even a greater ratio of reduce ! num
bers of land owners in this country
has followed the d-monetizatio of
silver and that too witbin a cojntry
that bas in tbe meantime been at
peace with tho world, Japan's old
standarus only 5 months oi l, but
already the same effects are b dng fell,
every commodity has fallen in price.
but srold ana interest rates nave in
creased. Verily the gold standard U
a blessing to any country, provided
bondholders and men. cf fixed incouns
are considered the country.
, NICKEL 6' I E EL.
Some few years ago tL ere were ez-
perimects at Annapolis, proving; con-
EL1TORIAL NOTES.
If Spain is willing and Ur cle Sam 's
ready, why npt begin to tangle up?
The reason every Kl indiker who re
turns has gold is because those who
bare no gold can't return.
oTbe largest Klondike item continues
to be the fact lhta large stream of
g ild continues to flew toward Da a ion
C ty. -
There Is no use huuting for a good
road, plao ihat' caa be carried out
without the expenditure of money. If
its admission into the union. The
state of Ohio, which was admitted near
the close of tbe year 18. '2. proposes to
get up a centennial, and legislative
committees are now looking over the
ground preparatory to formulating the
plan. Tho city of Toledo has offered
$500,000 if tbe proposed exposition
shall be held there. After the Ohio
centennial of statehood, there will not
be aocther before 1912, when it will be
in order for Louisiana to celebrate her
admission. . Afier that such centen
nials will come frequently There
being six witbin tbe next two years
Senator Clark of Wyoming has pro'
posed an amendment to the sundry
civil bill providing that the execuliv
oruers ana proclamations' or February
12, 1897, reserving certain lands iu
Wyoming, Utah, Montana. Washing
ton, Idaho and South Dakota, as forest
reservations, shall be suspended and
the lands embraced therein restored
to the public domain; provided, how
ever, that lands embraced in such res
vaerlion, not otherwise disposed of be-
" Tears, idle tears.
ksiew. not what tue t
XJv a ears, jdle tears, 1
CV5 laew not what tuej
' 4f SAVfer mean," wrote the poet
KJ"lft -!,Tennysoij-.
V
tilTV-" V;1
7jM
something
mere are
tears of mel
ancholy, tears
ot joy. and of
despair, and
those saddc-M
most pathetic
tears of the
nervous over
wrought ro
man who ha3
been bearing
up as bravely
as sne mnv
under a dailv
b u r d p n nf
weakness ana drajgingr, tortunnsr pam
No wonder women weeD. The komIp-
that they are not oftener in tears for all they
have to bear and suffer ; and the raddent
wui u is now mile ineir sunemijrs
are understood. Even the doctor, nine
times in ten says : " Oh. a little nervous
ness, that's all " or "neuralgia," or "insom
nia," or "dyspepsia." If he suspects the
real cause he insist upon examinations ana
local treatment. about the verv worst thimr
possiDie to a nervous, overwrought woman.
Ihere is no need of these remiirnmit
methods. Anv woman mav insure health
and strength in a womanly wav by the use
of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It
cures the weaknesses and diseases of the
feminine organism absolutely and com
pletely. It was devised for this special
purpose by one of the most eminent and
experienced physicians in this country: an
expert specialist in women's diseases.
tor nearly v years Dr. Pierce has been
chief consulting physician of the Invalids'
Motel a-a surgical institute. Buffalo. N. Y.
Any woman may consult him by letter, free
of charge. Her letter will be answered not
by a mere nnrse or uneducated. cnscientiAc
person, but by the most competent medical
authority anywhere obtainable.
All womrt should read Dr. Pierce's thon-
saud-page illustrated book, "The People's
Lummon Sense Medical Adviser." It con
tains more clear and comprehensive advice
on medical subjects than any other book
ever published. A paper-bound copy sent
free for twenrv-mie one-cent stamps to pay
the cost of mailing only. ' Or cloth-bound
for thirty-one atampa. '
an American demand for a Maine in
demnity would surely be a indicated.
He reluctantly admitted that a blank
refusal 'o pay for the battle-ship would
not be backed by Europe, but he seem
ed assured of the fact that should
Spain offer to pay promptly, say $50,
0i0,000, f.r the Maine if the United
Stales would pay $11)0,000,000 for Span
ish losses through Cuban filiousteriug,
Austria and France would at lea-it en
deavor to make them thoirown affairs,
and thus give to Spain the thing she
has been clamoring for for the last
three years, and the only thing she
has gained, time.
Should the Spanish indemnity for
the Maine disaster became a question
fur an international board, aud should
its decision be the deciding point of
American intervention, either Ameri
ca will have to feud Cuba at least a
whole year more, or the Cubans will
become practically extinct. For de
lay after aelay will surely consume
tat much time. If the Cubans are to
live, tbe United States will have soent
by that time as mucr, for their food as
the cost of the Maine. If- they are to
die, the quicker their .misery is ended
the better.
Although hundreds of tons of food
have now been distributed to starving
Cubans and tbe bishop of Havana
bl 8?es America for its christian use,
the Spanish government in Cuba still
denies that there is misery in Cuba.
La Uuion Constitutional publishes a
strong editorial aninst Messers. Mor
gan. Call aud King, because of tbe
stand they have taken in connection
with reference to the Maine disaster.
It says the United States will forgive
the Iojs of life and money if the Span
iards baud over Cuba, although
through American filibustering and
sympathy thousands of Spaniards have
lost their lives in Cuba and the island
has been made a desert.
l'be Commercial, in an editorial on
the same lines, reproaches the Ameri
can newspaper correspondents for the
"ban feeling they display," and says
it does not know "which to admire the
more, iI-h m-n who write the lies ur
the fools who believe them."
umber
"We carry constantly on hand
a large stock of Rough and
Dressed Lumber of all kinds.
.S A S H A N D DO ORS.
to
Vrw ltaliwaymeu's Ord -r.
ST. LOUIS. March 23 The Inde
pendent Order of Railway Men has
been organized here This city has
been selected as the headquarters of
the grand lodge. Organizers will be
sent to all parts of tbe conn try. It is
announced - that the order will have
dealings with politicians, and this is
explained by mating that certain ob
jects in view cannot be obtained ex
cept through politics, and - for that
reason tne order bas decided upon cer
tain political moves.' ' " ,
Favors Autonomy for Cub.
New Yohk, March 22. In his ad
dress at the meeting of the Methodist
preachers in tbe Methodist Book Con
cern building last night, Bishop J. M
Walden touched upon the Cuban que
tion. He said in part:
"I do not think that tbe Latin race
wi'.h its present ability can govern it'
self. We do not want Cuba; we wan
Hawaii, but we do not want Cuba
Suppose we discover that the Main
was blown up? Tbe question still re
mains whether that is sufficient
cause us to go to war.
"Autonomy for Cuba, I think, would
answer everv purpose, it would make
Spain responsible. Meanwhile Cuba
would learn how to govern herself."
A Ministerial CrUis Iu Chill.
New York, March 22. A .dispatch
to the Heruld from Valparaiso says:
Chili is confronted by another min
isterial crisis. Members of the cabi
net have been dismissed, and to Senor
Eulnjo Altimarina has been intrusted
tbe work of forming a new cabinet
The confidence of all political parties
is now. sought by the government in
view of tbe seriousness of internal and
foreign affairs.
In private circles one Hears nothing
but war talk. Genera ly it is believed
that a conflict is unavoidable, but
there is good reason to believe that
Chili will not declare war. Argentina
will not do so because she has too
much to lose.'
Blvers Upon the Rampage.
Dayton, O.. Ma-ch 23.-Dayton is
in worse danger than atany time since
18G6, when the central oart of the city
was flooded. North Dayton is com
pletely under water, and about 3i)0
houses are almost covered. There
were several narrow escapes, but no
lives are reported lost. Back-water is
doing great damage below tbe city.
Three trolley lines are blocked, and
steam railroads north of tbe city are
demoralized. The levies at Miami
and Kiverdale are in danger Toe
water is in cellars in tbe central por
tion of the city an.l large and valuable
stiM-ksof merchandise will undoubtedly
suffer.
Paints, Oils and Glass, Build
ing Paper, Cedar Shingles, and
Redwood Shingles. . . .
JOS. T. PETERS & CO
THE DALLES, OREGON
If LOOKS LIKE WiH,
The Beport Will Be Aralntt tbe Accident
Theory.
Miami, Fla , March 23. Lieutenant
Cemmander Marix, of the Maine court
of inquiry, with the following party,
arrived here this morning from Kej
West: Lieutenant John Hood, Lieuten
ant C. W. Janger, Passed Assistani
Engineer F. A. Bower, Cadets Bron
son and A F. Boyd, Assistant Engin
eer J. R. Morris and Carpenter G. M.
Helm. A few minutes later they left
by the E-ist Coast railway for Wash
ington.
Marix was very reticent, but when
your correspondent said: "It looks like
war," he replied: "It surely does "
Other3of the party in answer to tbe
same question were more emphatic i
their replies, one saying: "I cannot
see how it can be averted."
Another said: ' There win titar.
His face was as genial and bright as
sunshine, but suddenly a change came
over his countenance, his eyes flashed
fare, ana when asked when the report
would be made, the reply was: "As
soon as we reach Washington. There
will be no delay." A strong impres
sion left was that the board's repor
would be against tbe accident theory
train, which was held up. He at onco
gave the alarm and the sheriffs of
Tulare, Kern and Fresno counties
have organized posses which are now
on the trail of tbo robbers. It is re
ported that some passengers wa-e re
lieved of their valuables.
PERMISSION refused.
Captain Slfi-ibee Mot Allowed to Blew op
the Halne.
Madrid, March 24. A semi-official
note just Issued says:
At a cabinet meeting yesterday
Senor Sagasta, premier, read a tele
gram from Captain-General Blanco
saying that Captain Slgsbee, ol the
e'chool Paper Sued forLllwti.
Garfield, Wash.. March 23 --R. II.
Eaves, a vender of patent medicines, i Maine, requested permission to blow
began a fcuit for libel yesterdy before I up the wreck with dynamite, and that
Justice of tbe Peace Penn against he permission had been refuses.
ABSOLUTELY A FAILURE.
and
Negotiations Between Spaniard
Cnuana Coma to Naught.
Havana. March 22 It is known
positively that the negotiations be
tween General Pando. Delegates Rami
rez and Chervez aud General Ca!ixto
Garcia and other nrominent insurgents.
in which the radh-al autonomists made
what are said to be proffers of practical
independence, hare proved absolutely
a failure.
MADK A RICH HAUL
Southern Pacific Train field np in Cat
ifurnia.
TRAVER, Cal., March 23 North
bound passenger train No. 13 was held
up at Cross creek bridge, four roue'
south of Traver last night about 10:55,
by two trainrobbers. The men bjard
ed the train at Goshen, and soon after
puliing out climbed into the engine
nd compelled the fireman to cease
firing. When the train reached Cross
creek the steam gave out and the train
stopped. Tbe express car was then
blown up with dynamita. It was com
pletely demolished. The mail car was
ntered and tbe mail pouch containing
through San Francisco letters was cut
open and all its contenU taken. No
one was injured.
The robbers had a buggy in readi
ness nfr the scene, and they left in
this, going north. Tbey went past
H irry Burke's saloon, in Traver, ut a
lively pace. It is not known how
much was taken by the robbers from
the express box. The train was trit
iceal from Los Angeles, and as a rule
does no'- carry a great deal of treasure.
An officer named Meade was on the
editor of Tbe Truth, published by the
students of the public school. A purse
of $15 was quickly made up by the
citizens with which to secure an at
torney for the boys.
For three winters Tbe Truth has
been issued under the supervision of
E!zy Thornhill, who Is a printer as
well as a student of the school. It is
printtd in the office of the local paper,
and has always dealt in keen person
alities, but heretofore its shafts have
ben received with good humor. It
has become quite popular.
An Omluoua si-n.
New I'ork, March 23. The Even
ing World says: "An ominous sign
that the strained rela'ions between the
United States and Spain will result in
war is furnished by the English ship
owners, wno cabled to tneir agents
that all charters must contain a war
clause. This clause, which is posted
in the maritime exchange, is as follows:
"It is understood this steamer is to
be employed in strictly uuutrai trades,
is not to carry contraband cargo or
trade with ports declared under block
ade; also in eveot of war being dedar-
by or against Great Britain by a mar- i
itime power this charier is to be null
and void ut the end of the current voy
age."
Richmond, Ind., March 23. Heavy
floods are doing incalculable damage.
A large bridge over White-water river
has been destroyed by fire and water
Ihe city electric light plant is drown
ed out. The Starr piano factory and
the Nixon paper mills suffered a heavy
loss. Many people have been driven
from tneir nomes. ine streets are
badly damaged.
George Horaepool.
Union, Or. March 22 George
Horse pool, an old i neer of Etstern
Oregon, died at 'tie borne of County
Recorder Richardson, in this city, this i I,0"T?0 ttr5'"r c"cfc
afternoon' -.. I ceaairoo, blood pure. t0o,i. 4U4reaiii
The cabinet has empowered tbe min
ister of foreign affairs, SeoorGulloo,
to watch tbe situation with a view to
seeing justice done and defending the
rights of Spain.
Tho minister of finance, Senor Pulg
oerver, has declared Spain's present
resources snfflcitiet for all war ex
penses until the new chamber rreef
In case of a demand being made
upon Spain by the United States for
payment of an indemnity for the de
struction of tbe battle-ship Maine in
Havana harbor,' the latest plan of the
Madrid government is to put In a
counter cluiru for alleged damages
caused by American filibustering ex
peditions to Cuba. Thiii demand, it is
said, will not be made lo the hope that
it will be granted, but as a possible
means of exciting tbe sympathy of the
Eurooeiin powers and forcing the
United States to accept arbitration of
the dispute.
China Ilaa Awakened.
Peking, March 24 During the last
f-w days the consultations between
tbe emperor and bitfh officers of state
have s own that China is finally
awake to tbe seriousness f her situa
tion. One night the emperor actual 'y
decided to resist Russia by force of
arms, imt lack of money and the coun
sels of Li Huag Chang prevailed upon
bim to stop. Nevertheless, tbe eyes
of tbe tsung-li-yamen have been open
ed t the full extent of tbe value of
Russia's promises of friendship, and
during recent discussion tbe em
peror exclaimed:
"Why did I not secede to the open-
log of Tallen Wan when England pro
posed it?" ;
Germany is beginning to experience
tome difficulty In the province of Shan
Tung, where the natives declare that
in spite of tbe emperor's proclamatir n
they will oppose with violence tl a
construction of the projected rallroaf.
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