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...JULY 2, 1898
ACTUATED BY JEALOUSY.
, It is plain to all that the leading
spirit in France, Germany and
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and what sympathies they have in thb
present contest between the two coun
tries are with Spain. And it is not
" difficult to ascertain why they are
more friendly t their immediate
neighbor than they are to the great
republic on this side of the Atlantic.
They have nothing to fear from Spain
as a competitor . in the commercial
woild, hut in the United States they
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' stronger each year one that threatens
to ere long encroach upon their busi
ness and industries, and take from
them trade that has made them rich.
They are jealous of our advancement
as a, commercial, manufacturing and
producing nation,' hence they would
prefer to see us worsted in the present
controversy, not that they have any
particular love for Spain or Spanish
institution; but because the progress
of their greatest commercial rival
would be checked.
The grounds for their jealousy are
well forded. They see our artisans
building ships fot Russia and Japan;
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our rolling mills sending awwi
half the countries of the world; our
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' the hundreds to foreign countries; our
an-i.ir.nlt.nral machinerv superseding
theirs among'thehalf-oivilized nations;
they mark that even now with a war
, on hand, the industries of the country
are unchecked; our bread is feeding a
hungry world; our cotton is supplying
the world's looms.
They expect, too. that the exigents-.-
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great commercial fleets on all the
world's oceans; that henceforth our
nation's ships will carry the nation's
freights. They mark the balance in
our favor of 8600,000,000 for last year's
trade, and the figures appall them.
They measure in thought our agri-
I cultural possibilities; they note that
in metals and minerals, we about bal
. '. ance the rest of the world: how year
by year our artisans are encroaching
upon the fields that they thought were
their own, how in the production of
gold and silver and iron and steel, we
stand first among nations, and that
their several countries would be reck,
onedoa this side as merely states,
larger than some of ours and smaller
than others. They saw $50,000,000
voted for the president to use as he
might please to, and there was not a
dissenting vote, and the thought in
their minds is, what if this giant be
gins to assert itself in the outside
- every citizen has absolute peronal and
political liberty to do anything that
he pleases to do provided he does not
trench upon the rights of his fellow
men. They see an imperial power,
' and see it governed with the full Con
sent OI toe guverueu, auu uuoj '
worried.
DEMOCRACY ALL BIGHT.
The signs of the times point to a
great democratic victory next Novem
ber in the states east of the Rocky
mountains. ' T4e tidal wave on which
the republican party rode into power
. in Oregon will haye burst into bubble
in the next four or five months, for by
that time the real iniquities of repuu-
. lican legislation will have dawned
'., upon the people, and they will turn to
their old friend, the democratic party,
for relief. They will come to a realiza
tion of tha fact that the party that
pledges the greatest good to the great
est number is the one on which they
must pin their faith.
Republican legislation since March
4, 1897, has been disappointing to the
. people, and the more they see of it,
the more they will 'be convinced that
they erred in 1896 by placing that
party in power. The Dingley bill was
a very peaceful, quiet, exceedingly pa
cific spoliation of the earnings of labor
and the product of land for the benefit
of the clustered group ' of monopolies
who dictated its rates and schedules.
It afforded its beneficiaries unlimited
resources for pelf and pillage, but it
yielded a return of revenue so scant as
to be insufficient even in time of peace.
. Its authors, in their care for trusts,
forgot the treasury. Realizing the in
- efficiency of this measure as a revenue
producer, especially in the time of
war, the majority in congress enacted
the wawneasure, with its bond issue
o nnonda To f-.ha.f-. will iAftrimA ohnox-
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ious to the people ere many months,
and Is certain to be repudiated.
The unwise method resorted to by
the republican party to provide rev
enue we can and shall change-and re
form by an appeal to the justice, pru
dence and pride of the American peo
pie. All the political signs for the
times indicateUhat we shall elect, in
November next, a house of representa
' tives in favor of a measure that shall
..bring adequate revenue for all the
purposes of war and peace, and in fa
vor of a supply of currency that shall
add no interest or principal to our. na
tional bonded debt, and. in favor of a
coinage law that shall make no dis
crimination against either gold Or sil
ver as standard money of the United
.States:
OUR WAR OF MERCY.
When war was declared against
Spain two. month ago, it was not to
avenge the lives of the Maine victims,
or to collect damages sustained by
- Americans in Cuba, neither was it to
acquire Spanish territory, but simply
a war of mercy, to relieve the Cubans
from the galling yoke of Spain. The
object was a commendable one, but to
a layman it seems to be poorly execut
ed.and It is doubtful' if our "mercy" to
the Cubans is not more severe than
Spanish tyrany.
For two months we have blockaded
Havana, Matanzas and a number of
other principal Cuban ports, cutting
off not only the Spaniards but the
Cubans from supplies which they must
import or starve. Reports come from
Havana that our "mercy" to the Cu
bans is haying a telling effect, and
that women and children are dying for
-want of food. This is only the inevi
table result, for when there is a famine
the animal nature predominates in
jnaQj and conditions assume that of a
survival of the fittest. The soldiers,
of whom there are 120,000 in Havana,
are the stronger, hence they have con
fiscated all food supplies, and there is
nothing left for the weak but to starve,
unless our blockade Is raised. We are
killing the Cubans with our kindnes?,
and by the most tortuous methods. It
wonld be more merciful on our part If
we would bombard Havana, eyen
thoutrh we should, kill half the inhabi
tants with our shells, for death from
bullets is preferable to death from
starvation. When the history of this
war is written, it is doubtful If histor
ians will give us much credit for our
mercy to the Cuban sufferers.
'TWAS EVER THUS.
From the earliest history of taxation
to the present, the burden of main
taining government has fallen heavi
est upon those least able to pay and
having the fewest favors to ask from
the state, and It will probably ever be
so, especially when revenues are created
by indirect, taxation. The first revenue
bill passed by the United States was a
tax on the poor while to a great ex
tent avoided the rich, and the last one,
just passed by congress a few days
since, known as the "War revenue
law," contains this objectionable
feature of indirect taxation. Louis F
Post, in a recent comment on the bill
gives the following clear criticism of
Its workings:
The war revenue bill, which has
now become a law, is what we expect
ed It would be a bill to pay for the
war by borrowing from the rich and
confiscating from the poor.
The details of the bill marshal them
selves in two grand divisions, which
mav be briefly entitled "taxes" and
"bonds." The bonds are for the rich
to Invest In; the taxes are for the poor
to pay. . True, the bonds are offered in
small amounts as a "popular" loan.
which is supposed to redeem them
from the charge of being altogether
for the benefit of the rich. But It is
well known that the masses of the
poor the working class which lives
by daily labor cannot invest in bonds.
They cannot invest in anything, be
ing already so plundered through
monopoly laws that they have little or
no surplus. And the middle ; class are
not much better off. Afterawhile,
therefore, we are likely to be told that
"popular loans" are unpopular, and to
see the bulk of the bonds turned over
to banks and millionaires in accord
ance with the original and unadulter
ated intention. As regards the tax
feature of the bill, the true purpose of
that, too, is thinly veiled, there is a
pretense that the taxes are to be paid
by the rich.
But all these taxes that amount to
anything worth consideration are In
direct. They are Imposed, for ex'
ample.on cigar manufacturers, to be col
lected of smokers In higher price or
poorer quality the cheaper the cigar
the higher the tax in proportion to its
price. They are Imposed upon the
manufacturers and importers of stim
ulants, to be collected of the users at
a high rate a dvalorem upon the poor
man'a beverage, and a low one upon
the rich man's. Thus the great bulk
of the taxation imposed is to come
from the poor.
As the bill was framed originally in
the lower house, the proportion of the
tax burdens imposed upon the con
sumption of the class that lives by
daily labor was, according to the esti
mate of Thomas G. Shearman, the
well known lawyer and statistician, as
high as 60 per cent. Thirty per cent
was apportioned to the laboring class
of small means, and only 10 per cent
to the rich. It is not likely that this
distribution has been changed for the
benefit of the poor. The probability
is that if there has been any material
change in that respect, it will be found
to have increased rather than dimin
ished the share which the poor are to
be assessed for supporting the war.
We know that those classes who love
money above all things in the heavens
above or the earth beneath or the
waters under the earth, do not like to
have It said, especially In the hearing
of the "lower classes," who might be
excited thereby, that tax laws are so
adjusted as to maka the poor pay the
taxes while appearing not to, and to
enable the rich while appearing to
Day them in reality to escape; but of
this war revenue bill that Is incon
testable true. It is a bill, we repeat,
to pay for the war by borrowing from
the rich and confiscating from the
poor.
HASHE CHANGED? .
In his inaugural address on March 4,
1897, President McKlnley said: "We
want no war of conquest; we must
avoid the temptation of territorial ag
gression " ' Within the brief space of
a year and a half there seems to have
been a radical change in th6 policy of
the president. "Arrangements are be
log made to set up a government in the
Philippines, which" can only be done
by a "war of conquest."
The president was right at the time
he was inaugurated when he spoke the
words above quoted, and If right then,
he is wrong now. The United States
cannot afford to be a pirate, and wage
war against another power for the "pur
pose of acquiring title to its territory.
1 here possibly can be no reasonable
objection raised to extending our ter
ritory on certain lines, but there is no
excuse for our extending it by con
quest. It is right to annex the
Hawaiian islands. They comprise an
independent government, and ask to
be permitted to enter the Union.
Should Cuba gain its independence,
and ask to be annexed, there would be
no reasonable excuse for not accept
ing the island. Should the insurgents,
of the Philippines after becoming free
people, knock at our door for ad mis-,
slon, the case would be different. But
when we pounce upon Spain and at
tempt to take her territory away from
her by main foros, we become pirates.
' The dispatching of Camera's fleet to
the Philippines need cause no alarm,
for Dewey will be reinforced before it
can arrive, and Will be able to take
care of the Spanish ships. However it
is not likely Camera's fleet will ever
reach Manila.' Spain has no desire to
have all her fleet wiped off the ocean.
When the present war is over, the
geography of the world will be some
what changed. The price of peace
which the United .States will demand
will be that Spain surrender Cuba,
Porto Rico and the Philippine islands.
If they are not annexed to this coun
try they will set up independent gov
ernments under the protectants of
America.
Hawaii would be a valuable acquisi
tion to the United 'States, but It Is not
absolutely a necessity, since Captain
Foster has offered to donate his posses
sions in (he Pacific, Marcus of Weeks
island, to thegoyernment for a coaling
and naval station. It is situated 2700 '
miles west of Honolulu and Uttle more
than 3000 miles east of the Philippines '
PRAISE FOR OUR ARMY.
A volunteer army should be the
pride of any nation, for the men of
whom it is composed enter the service,
actuated soiely by patriotic principles,
and that spirit i3 always to be com
mended. The Uulted States has to
day a volunteer army in tuo field, of
which every loyal citizen is jus ly
proud, and it is pleasing to note that
the boys in blue are com pli mar. ted by
people of foreign countr ies. The fol
lowing complimentary article that ap
peared in the Hawaiian Star the day
after the first Manila expedition reach
ed Honolulu, is especially pleasing to
Oregonians, since nearly half of that
expedition was composed of Oregon
soldiers:
"Could anything be finer than the
conduct of Uncle Sam's boys yester
day? Cooped up as they had oeen in
the transports, given free shore leave,
In a town that they were strange to,
among people they did not Know,
there was every temptation to cut
loose and show the worst side of their
nature. But this to n saw what prob
ably no towu has ever seen, and that
is a couple of thousand men at liberty
and not a case which called tor police
Interference.
"Of course this comes from the pecu
liar material of which these troops is
composed. They are no riff-raff, no
sweepings of .the purlieus of a city.
They are the pick and choice of the
growing western states. Had not the
call of duty come, these youths would
one and ell be filling honorable posi
tions and laying the foundation of
their own prosperity and that of the
community in which they lived.
"At a moment like this when all is
enthusiasm, it is hard to contemplate
the future, but one cannot help feeling
sad to see such fine young men being
used for such a purpose. It is grand,
and their spirit is what all must ad
mire, but It does seem a terrible price
for a nation to pay when she sends the
very flower of her race to willingly die
for her cause.
"Other nations have sacrificed their
dearest and best, but it is very doubt
ful indeed whether any nation would
send forth to the grimest of war such
rank and file as are today marching in
our streets. It is inspiring, no doubt,
but it is also very depressing. As in
all cases in life, the bright colors are
made the brighter by the shadows,
and we must consider both. Still it is
our duty to consider the brighter side,
and' try to forget the shadows."
MUST HAVJS A LESSON.
Spain seems to haye not arrived at a
true realization of what an undertak
ing she has encountered In combatting
the United States, and it seems that
she must be taught a lesson that will
bring her to her senses. That this
lesson will be administered is now a
certainty.
The war and navy departments, by
their increase in activity, give great
evidence of the aggressive efforts to be
immediately exerted against Spain
growing out of the decision reached
by the departments that a termination
of the war can only be secured by
bringing home the discomforts as well
as the horrors of conflict to the great
est number of Spanish subjects in the
shortest length of time. The wide ex
tension of the Cuban blockade, the
announced intention of hurrying 25,
000 additional soldiers Into Cuba; the
proclaimed closure of San Juan de
Porto Rico, together with the decision
to dispatch Commodore Watson's fleet
to European waters, gave a new impe
tus to the energy displayed at military
and naval headquarters, resulting in
rush and bustle which had not been
equaled since the week in April that
was made historical by the president's
ultimatum, the proclamation of the
Cuban blockade, the first ca'.l for vol
unteers and the actual beginning of
hostilities.
When Santiago shall haye fallen,
Manila been bombarded and the prin
cipal ports of Spain blockaded by Com
modore Watson's vessels; then Spain
will have realized that she is not deal
ing with a lot of half starved, Illy
armed colonists, but with a power that
is invulnerable. But this lesson will
have to be administered, and probably
Havana reduced before the present
war will cease.
A PRESSING NEED.
With the assurance of an immense
crop that will be harvested throughout
the section that Is tributary to The
Dalles, we can cast about and discover.
many needs to increase our trade with
the surrounding country. Principal
among these needs are good roads
leading in every direction. Of course
the products from the immediate
vicinity of The Dalles will come here,
but there are places that do not neces
sarily have to come here to trade or to
market their products. One of these
sections is Klickitat county, and unr
less something is done to attract the
wheat of .that county to The Dalles
this fall, It is liable to go elsewhere as
It did a year ago. What is needed is a
good road to Goldendale, over which
the farmers can haul their wheat to
market. Such a road can be built at a
nominal cost, and now Is the accept
ed time in which to build it. We can
not afford to again lose the trade of
Klickitat -county, and since we now
have an excellent new ferry plying the
river between here and the Washing
ton side, It is time we begin building
a good road into Klickitat county, one
that will be an inducement to the
farmers to draw their products here to
market.
INDEPENDENCE DAY.
Next Monday is the 122d anniver
sary of American independence, a day
always dear to the American heart,
but especially dear this yeir because
of the fact that the nation is now en
gaged in mortal combat with a foreign
power, the purpose of 'which is to free
an oppressed people from the tyranny
of a cruel and vicious government.
When we shall assemble to celebrate
the birth of the nation, the events of
1776 will be brought . vividly . to our
minds, for conditions are existing now
that are similar to those that existed
122 years ago, when 3,000,000 brave
people in America asserted their in
dependence. Today 1,500,000 people
in Cuba and 9,000,000 In the Philippine
islands are struggling for independ
ence as did our fore-fathers In 1776.
The great American republic, actuat
ed by a spirit of justice and. love of
liberty, has gone to the relief of these
oppressed people, and on this anniver
sary of our national tnderendence, the
flower of our country, the youth and
vigor of the land, Is being offered as a
sacrifice on the altar of freedom.
Could a time be more auspicious for
displaying our'- patriotism? Could
thero be a time when we should cele
brate Independence Day with more
fervor and patriotism? July 4, 1776
marked the beginning of the ovtr-
j throw ot tyrants and the .abolition of
the divine right of kings that is being
carried into effect on July 4, 1S98.
The United Stales is becoming
more and more a commerical nation.
The exports for May were valued at
8110, 239,208
T'he expenses of Uncle Sam at pres
ent are about $3,000,000 a day, This
looks like a big pile of money but it is
less than five cents a day for every in
habitant of the uatiun.
Telegraph i rts f-.a-'ed Camara
to Phi ippins r. ...;ri, and iave him in
the Mediterranean now. Probably
when the truth is known be will still
be at Cadiz. Spain is not anxious to
send another fleet ov?r to Manillia for
Dewey to destroy.
The Pennsylvania democratic state
coayention was enthusiastic in its en
dorsement of William J. Bryan, though
its platform deals only with state mat
ters. Geo-ge J. Jenks, of Jefferson
county, was nominated for governor.
Georgia democrats are true patriots,
and in their convention, held at At
lanta Wednesday, Indorsed the war
policy of the president. The conven
tion declared ' for the free coinage of
silver, and commended the position
taseu by William J. Bryan on the
money question.
The way wheat is falling in price it
looks like the argument of those so
called "silver fools," that "under nor
mal conditions an ounce of silver and
a bushel of wheat are about of equal
value," is nearly correct. Wheat and
silver are getting mighty close to
gether. .
Our forces around Cuba have been
successful in cutting cables, and have
several times thought they had
all of them destroyed, but Blanco and
Cevera are still able to get dispatches
to Madrid. Maybe they have discov
ered a new plan for sending messages
through the water without the use of
wires.
The Spokane Chrouicle has changed
management and politics, and here
after will be issued as a republican
gold standard paper. The Chronicle
is a splendid newspaper, and in the
past has beeo an able advocate of the
peoples' interests. With its change
of front we fear it will fall into the
position of a party organ. .
Some of the gold papers are taking
time by the forelock and informing
farmers that the recent fall in wheat
is not on account of the endorsement
of the gold standard on June 6th in
this state. Certainly not. Nor was
the rise in wheat last fall owing to the
change of administratiou in the United
States, though those same papers tried
to make It appear so, prior to June 6th.
A copy of the L. A. W. Bulletin and
Good Roads has been received and is
an interesting publication. It treats
of subjects in which all are interested,
for good rords are things that are in
dispensible. Every producer and
every traveler is entitled to good
roads over which to haul his products,
or ride with pleasure. Good roads do
more to stimulate business than almost
any other one thing.
When In 1776 a new nation was born
Into the world, John Adams said its
birthday "ought to be solemnized with
pomp and parade, with shows, games
sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illumi
nations from one end'of the country to
the other from this time forward and
forever more." The Dalles will heed
Adams' admonition, and will solemn.
ize the nation's anniversary in a man
ner approved by that old father of the
republic.
Blanco's refusal to exchange Lieut
Hobson and bis com races was no more
than any other conservative general
would have done. Hobson and his
men know too much about Santiago
to allow them to go back into the
American army. All America can
now ask is that the Spaniards keep the
hero of the Merrlmac and his men out
of harm's way until Santiago shall
have fallen.
If the vote at the last election was as
nearly a full vote as was that cast
at the state election in 1896, it
would indicate a decrease in the poDu-
latioo of Oregon. The total vote for
congressman in 1896 was 89,554, this
year it was 82,884, a falling off of 6670
votes. However there has certainly
bien an increase in population, henco
there must have been some 7000 voters
who did not go to the polls.
Americans can certainly afford to be
generous to Spanish soldiers that are
taken prisoners by bringing them to
America, giving them a square meal,
a cigarette, and some friendly advice
to sin against Cuba no more. The
hired cutthroats are more to be
pitied than blamed. They have not
persecuted Cubans from choice, but
because tbey were slaves of Weyler
and Blanco.
The New York World, always demo?
cratlc, but of late opposed to some of
the tenets of the party, sees in Bryan
the coming leader of 1900. It says of
him that "he has It in him to become
the national Henry George, giving
eloquent expression to what Is slum
bering In the minds of the masses."
Bryan is indeed a leader of men, and
today comes nearer voicing the senti
ment of the people than any other man
in the United States.
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On the first day of July young Philip
H, Sheridan, the namesake of his
father, Gen. Phil Sheridan, will enter
West Point as a cadet. His entrance
has been fixed for that day as a celebra
tion of the golden anniversary of his
father's entrarce to the nation's train
ing school, for It will have been just
fifty years on that day since the father
stepped from the ferry boat at West
Point and began his school life at the
academy.
One of the outcomes of the present)
war with Spain will be the early build
ing oi tne .Nicaragua canai. oai
commerce has demanded for years,
has been recognized as a necessity to
national defense. Had there been a
canal across the isthmus, the Oregon
would not have had to travel 13,000
miles, and our fleet could virtually
protect both coasts. .When the eanal
is constructed, it will mars a new era
of prosperity for the Pacific coast, be
cause we will be thousands of miles
nearer the markets of the world.
The two tariff laws, the Wilson
free trade" bill and the Dingley "pro
tective tariff and revenue producer"
have had a trial, of their relative
revenue producing ieatures. xne
Dingley bill has been triod for
eleven months, and from June 30, 1897,
to May 31, 1898, the customs receipts
were $135,522,043. Under the Wilson
"deficiency bill" from June 30, 1894 to
May 31, . 1895, the customs collections
were $139,777,145, or $4,355,103 more
than the collections during a like
period under the Dingley "revenue
producing" bill. So it would seem
that improvement . has been made in
the wrong direction.
There are so many applicants for
commission; in the army, that it is
doubtful if the-negro volunteers, num
bering between 8000 and 10,000, will be
officered to any extent by men of their
own race. .This would seem unjust.
If the colored people are good enough
for privates, there are among them
those who are good enough for officers.
There was a bloody war a few years
ago to give the colored people their
rights, and if they had rights then,
tbey still possess them, and one of
these rights is, that every colored
company be officered with colored
captains and' lievtenants. There are
plenty of bright and brave colored men
who will make as good officers as those
"sons of their fathers" recently ap
pointed color.els.
ONE LAST
DESPERATE STAND.
Spaniards Have Abandoned Morro
to Combine Forces at Santiago.
Washington. June 29. Morro cas
tle, the most formidable defense about
Santiago harbor, it is reported on ex
cellent authority, has been abandoned
by t'.ie Spaniards. -
If this be true, It will now be the
st'nple-t tank for Admiral Sampson,
with such vessels in bis fleet as he
dems necessart for the work, to enter
the harbor, attack Admiral Cervera's
fleet, and assist General Shafter in
the capture or destruction of the city
of Santiago.
Admiral Sampson has been ready for
a week to smash this last remaining
fortification at the entrance to the
harbor.
Playing to the Gallarieg.
New YORK, June 29. A Tribune
dispatch from Loudon says:
Admiral camara's voyage to Port
Said has been regarded py nayal ex
perts here as a theatrical device for in
ducing the Spanish people to believe
that the Madrid government is not tor
pid, but capable of doing something.
They have considered it incredible
that he should hava intentions of go
ing to Manila, where he could only
arrive without coal and unprepared to
meet Dewey with a fleet well supplied
and heavily reinforced from San
Francisco.
May Invest In Eastern Oregon.
Portland, June 29. Luther P.
Robertson, a Los Angeles capitalist,
is in this city, en route to Eastern Ore
gon, where he goes to look over some
mijing properties with a view of in
vesting. He states that crops in his
state will be almost a complete failure
on account of the draught. Politically
he predicts the nomination of Con
gressman McGuire for governor of
jCaliforniaJ by the democrats. The re
publican nomination he regards as a
matter of extreme doubt.
More Troops at Jaragna.
Juragua Monday, via Kingston,
June 28 The cruiser Yale arrived
with some Michigan companies, com.
manded by Colonels Pete-man and
Boynton, and the Harvard Is expected
today with more Michigan troops and
the Ninth Massachusetts. All the
roads over the hills to Santiago are
chocked with American and Cuban In
fantry, and calvary pack trains and
battrles of - artlllary moving to the
front,
- Pennsylvania Democrats.
Altoona, Pa., June 29. The state
democratic convention assembled to
nominate a full state ticket for the fall
campaign was called to order this after
noon by Chairman Garran. The hall
was packed to the doors. Mentlou of
the name of Bryan evoked tremendous
applaus. The silver delegates insist
upon a strong declaration in favor of
silver In the platform but the conserv
atives demand a platform confined
strictly to state issues.
Seaere storm at Japan.
Victoria, B. C., June 30. A
steamer just arrived from Yokahama,
Japan, reports a severe storm along
the Japanese coast, causing a fearful
loss of life and the destruction of a
large amount of property. When the
steamer left Yokahama It was impos
sible to get the exact number of lives
lost or the amount of property de
stroyed. ,
Change at the Customs Office.
Portland una 29. Hon. Isaac
Patterson is expected to assume the
duties of collector of customs some
time during the month of July. Hon.
T. J. Black, the retaining official, will
reraaia in Portland engaging in the
grain business. He now has in oper
tion three elevatiors in different sec
tions of the Willamette valley.'
For the Fans exposition.
Washington, June 29. The In
dicatione now are that the president
will appoint Sylvester Everett, of
Cleveland, commissioner general, and
M. H. DeYouog, of San Francisco, as
sistant commissioner general to repre
sent the United States at the Paris
exposition. .
Will Sail in Fifteen Days.
Washington? June 30. It has been
determined that the fourth Manila ex
pedition under General Otis will sail
from San Francisco about the middle
ofJgly. The expedition will comprise
the troops now at the Presidio, and
those to arrive from New York.
Can Pass- Through Snea- -, -
Madrid, June 28 Spanish gover
nment officials assert that Admiral
Camara's squadron will have no dif
ficulty in traversing the Suez canal,
as the accompanying transports have
all the coal the squadron will require,
It is announced here that the Spanish
ships will enter the canal today.
Prof. Gatcbr Be-elected,
CORVALLIS, June 30. At a meeting
of the board of regents of the State
Agricultural College yesterday, Prof.
Gatch was re-elected president of the
faculty for the ensuing year.
Wrecked off the Columbia.
Astoria, Or., June 30, Vessels
that came In over the bar this morn?
ing report the wreaking of an unknown
vessel just outside the mouth of the
river. It probably went on the reefs
in the dark last night.
In Sight of Santiago.
Washington, June 28. Shafter re
ports that at 9 o'clock las night the
arjay was witnin tnree mues or
Santiago, and In pla'n sight of the
city, His position had. just been ab-
andonedrby the enemy. All was pro
gressing well.
Martial Law Proclaimed. .
' Vienna, June 28 Martial law has
been proclaimed in the district of Lei.
manovaand Nuebandeo, in Austrian
Gallcla. owing to frequent murders,
riots and incendiarism.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All Druggists refund the money
if it falls to Cum. 25c. Fcr sale by
Blakeley A Houghton.
HAS UNLOADED
HER CARGO
Large Amount of Grain Bags
Dumped in Portland.
Portland, June 29. The bark
Gle.ibank, ef Glasgow, has finished
unlotding a cargo of 4,466 bales of
1000 grain bags each, 150 baies jute,
130 bales H-ssian bagging, 48 bales
hop cloth. The vessel halls from Cal
cutta and the value of toe cargo as in
voiced at that port Is $211,098.34 upon
which Uncle Sam collected a duty of
$63,051.08. This is the only vessel ex
pected this season from the far east
loaded with bags and bag ing. The
expected failure of crops in California
h is caused a large surplus -of bags in
the San Francisco market a id thous
ands of bales are being shipped to thh
city from that port. The Glenbank
will be loaded with flour, and sail for
Faluioutb, Ireland, for orders.
FUN AT
THE CAPITAL
Contest Over a Judgeship Causes
Serious Trouble.
Salem, Or.. June 29. Last night
Judge Boise caused the arrest of At
torneys Richardson and Corson, at
torneys for P. H. D'Arcy, in his con
test for the judgeship in the third ju
dicial district. One witness testified
that he saw Richardson and Carson
tampering with the election returns,
and developments have caused a con
siderable scandal.
The election returns gave Judge
Boise a slight majority over D'Arcy,
and on a recount iu Marion county
being made errors were Jound in the
tally sheets that were in D'Arcy's. fa
vor, and he instituted contest pro
ceedings that are to be heard before
Judge Burnett on July 11th.
MANILA IS TER
ROR STRICKEN.
Inhabitants Offer Fabulous Prices to
Get Away.
Port Townsend, June 29. Accord
ing to advices brought from Japan by
by the steamship Columbia, which ar
rived here last night, considerable in
dignation prevails among American
sailors and officers of the fleet at
Manila over the treatment of the cap
tlan of the Spanish guuboat Callao,
which sailed into Manila bay about a
week after the battle and was captured
by Dewey's fleet. The Spaniards claim
he showed cowardice in not returning
the fire of the Americans. After giv
ing him a Spanish court-martial he
was sentenced to be shot, but Com mo
dore Dewey came to his rescue and
tooK him under the protection of the
American government.
tiunareas oi people in Manila are
using every effort to leave, and are off
ering from $500 to $600 each for trans
portation out. As tne time draws
near for' the arrival of the United
States soldiers-they are becoming rest
less.
Another source of anxiety is in the
case of the bombardment of Manila
what the Sprniards will do with their
women and children. Theyconnotbe
sent to the interior,, as they would be-
co me the prey of the rebels. It
stated that an appeal will be made to
the British consul to make arrange
ments for their removal in case of
bombardment.
DEPABTmENT STORES IN PORTLAND
They Crowd the Little Dealers to the
Wall.
Portland, June 29. There is
great deal of dissatisfaction among the
smaller business men of Portland with
the growing greediness of the big de
partment stores, One of these mam
moth institutions this week has a dis
play of books, watch es, bicycle suppl i es
washing soaps and compounds, patent
mepicinee, tinware and all sorts of
notions which are sold at absolute cost,
ui course tney make tnelr profits on
thoir regular dry goods lines, but the
small specialty dealers are asking
themselves, "Where are we at?
Legislation will probably be petitioned
for in the matter.
General Shafter Attacks San
tiago at Sunrise.
WASHINGTON, July 1. The war de
partment Is In receipt of a dispatch
from General Shafter that he opened
on Santiago at sunrise this morning,
The artillery was brought to bear on
the Spanish outposts and drove the
enemy back from bis trenches. The
outposts were driven in, and at the
time the dispatch was forwarded i
desperate battle was In progress.
General Shafter has 16,000 men be
fore Santiago and it is expected he
will reduce the city within 48 hours,
It is thought that Admiral Sampson
will also attempt to force an entrance
into the harbor with some of his most
powerful vessels and force Carvera to
fight or surrender.
A HINT
TO
OTHER
POWERS.
Salisbury Says It Is Clearly England's
Duty to Remain Neutral.
London, June 30. Lord Salisbury,
adressing the Unity Clqblast evening,
said;
"There is a black cloud upon the
horizon. It is a war of two nations, to
one which we are bound by every tie
of kindred, similarity of institution
and religion. The other is the state
that fought on our aide when we strug
gled with the tyranny of the first
Napoleon. We are bound to abstain
from expressing preference or judg
ment on either side. We know that
in both cases the motives are of the
higbtest charaoter. I can only say I
wish the day may speedily arrive when
the terrible slaughter between two
nations will cease and the world be re
stored to peace,"
It is said Salisbury's speech was in
tended as a hint to the powers that
Great Britain is la sympathy with the
United States, and it was called forth
by Germany's attitude a the Phil
ippines. NO TIME IS FIXED.
Shafter $ Orders Are
to Taks
Santiago.
New Yohk, June 30. A Times
Washington special says:
Santiago is to be taken at once, not
E ShirtWaists Toe 3
Our celebrated 2 clasp Handy Glove 95c 3
The special prices on Ladies Tailor-Made Suits and Skirts will be continued fS
j for the balance of this week. 3
f -3
I Clothing for Those Who Wish
To Be Well Dressed
Our H. S. & M. line of GUARANTEED CLOTHING is
EE too well known to require any extended notice and we
will simply make this announcement
For this week we will sell any Ten Dollar
Suit in our stock for $7
This does not represent cost to us.'but as our loss is
your gain the benefit is all yours. Come early and
j make your selection before the line is broken. A full
Z line to select from now.
all goods marked in
plain figures
iiiiiiiiiiuuuiiiiiiumiuimiiimiuiiiiiimiiiiiUiiuiuiuiiiiimiuuuiiuimuiiiiiiiir;'u)uiK
in 48 hours, or in three days, or in any
prescribed time giveu to General
Shafter by the war department or by
the president. The administration is
satisfied with Shafter's performance
of his duty. It is depending on biro
to exercise his judgment and his ab
ility to the best advantage, and the
reports he has sent indicate that he if
about to act in such a way as to crush
the Spanish troops now in Cuba.
General shefter telegrDhs In such
confident terms that no room is left
for doubt that he feels perfectly able
to overthrow any force the Spanish
commander may throw In his wuy.
SIEGE
GUNS
IX
THE HILLS
They Will Reduce Santiago's Defense
and Bombard the City.
Washingon, June 30. Hidden in
the hill tops near Santiago are the
American siege guns the finest in the
world. They will throw a storm of ex
plosives Into the city's defense!. When
the Spanish guns are silenced the In
fantry have only to march down and
take possesion. After the bombard
ment the Americans will leave their
entrenchments and engage In hand to-
hand fighting with the Spanish in
their block bouses. ?The earthworks
will be killed and will have scarcely a
chance to answer back.
ARE NOW IN SESSION.
Christian
Endeavors Met
Walla.
at Walla
Walla Walla, July 1. The ninth
annual convention of the Christian
Endeavor met he-e this morning with
a large attendance. The convention
will be in session over Sunday.
FIGHTING
IS HARD
AND FURIOUS
Our Forces are Punishing the Span,
iards Severely.
Washington, July 1. 3:30 p. m.
Dispatches just received from Santiago
state that the battle has been hard
fought all day, and the Americans are
gaining ground on the Spaniards.
The Vesuvius was brought Into ser
vice and, outside the haroor did
terrible execution with Its dynamite
guns,
AT MANILA'S DOOR.
Insurgents are Within a Mile of the
City.
Hong Kong, July 1. Manila ad
vices dated June 27, state that the In
surgents under Aguinaldo are camped
within a mile of the city, and that the
residents are terror stricken. . Peo
ple are fleeing from the city by hund
reds. WE WILL
OCCUPY
PORTO
RICO.
The Expedition Ordered to Embark
Immediately.
Washington, July 1. The report
that the administration had abandoned
the occupation of Porto Rico, is now
denied on good authority,
rhe department bas issued an order
that an expedition be started immedi
acely for Porto Rico for the purpose of
occupying the island.
No time will be wasted in getting
the expedition started, as sufficient
transports have been secured to con
vey the troops. The expedition will
comprise no less than 10,000 soldiers.
Dolphin Buffered Heavily.
Washington. June 30. Report re
ceived At the navy department of the
collision between the Dolphin and
Newark indicate that It took place
near Key West. The Dolphin smash
ed her stem, filling the forward com
partment to the collision bulkhead, it
Is expected three weeks will be con
sumed in making repairs.
Hpanlih Paper Claim a Victory.
Madrid, July 1. Spanish papers
have been informed of the fight now
n progress at Satnlago, and the bulle
tins they have Issued claim the Span
lards have repulsed the Americans,
and state that a vlotory has been won
over the Invading army.
Portland CityJOAcen.
Portland, July 1. Mayor Mason
and the aldermen elect were installed
into office today. There were a num
ber of surprising changes in the fire
and police departments.
c Shall Mint II I
of
By a Gift to Each Lady Customer in g
Our Dry Goods Department 3
Each and every lady making a purchase in our Dry j
Goods Department on Saturday, July 2d, will be pre- 2
sented with one Child's Parasol. The parasols will be
given away from 10 o'clock a. m., and as long as they
last. They positively will not be given to children un- j3
accompanied. We have lots of them but it's just as
well to make your purchases early in the day. 2
SPECIALS FOR THE FOURTH 1
PEASE
Vamara at Port Bald.
Port Said, July 1. Admiral
Camara is still here and is taking on
coal for his vessel. He has made
applications to be passed through the
eanal, imd will be In readiness to sail
as soon as his vessels shall have taken
on wuiit coal they can carry.
The French MlnlHtry.
Paris, June 30. The new ministry
announces that it will govern with the
republican deputies only and against
the radicals and clericals. It Intends
to institute an income tax, old age
pensions and continue the Russian
alliance.
Output of San Franclnco Mint
SAn Francisco, June 30-- jjring
the past fiscal year of It ni fit-is' work
tb.9 United States mint :n nus city has
coined in gold S43,931,ouJ and in silver
$ 4,889,441 a total of $53,820,441. This
Is the largest year's coinage in the
hlstoiy of the mint.
Copplngrer Preparing- to Leave Tampa.
Tampa, June 30, Three more tran
sports left this morning for Santiago.
It is expected that General Coppinger
will go with the next expedition, which
is expected to leave within a day or
two.
COINCIDENTAL CAREERS.
the Qneer Story Itnlared of Two Con
cresHniirn. Hon. Joseph C. Ilemlrix, representa
tive in congress from New York, and
Uon. Richard Iiartholdt, representa
tive from Missouri, used to be fellow
reporters in lirooklyn years ago. lien
drix represeuted the New York. Sun
and Bartlioldt tha Brooklyn Freie
l'resse.
The latter, in the course of
time, united west ana rose to be a
prominent figure in local politics in
St. Louis, where he now edits an influ
ential German paper. Ilendrix stayed
in New York, but in a general way ex
perienced the same disposition of a
benevolent providence as his former
colleague of the press. They turned up
in Washington about the same time,
and there was a cordial greeting as
they shook hands.
"What are you doing in Washing
ton?" asked Hendrix.
"That's a fair question," said Bar
tholdt, "but suppose you tell me what
you are doing here?"
"Why, I'm a member of congress,"
said Ilendrix.
"So am I," said Bartholdt. "How did
yon get into politics?"
"Oh," said Hendrix. "I was elected a
member of the school board."
"So was I," said Bartholdt.
"Then I was elected president of the
school board," said Hendrix.
"So was I." said Bartholdt.
"Then I was elected to congress,"
continued Ilendrix.
"And so was I," exclaimed Bar
tholdt. "Well," said Hendrix, "you and I
must have been born under the same
conjunction of planets."
Both had reached congress by pre
cisely parallel lines, after separating
in the reporters' room in the Brooklyn
city hall building, and met after a term
of years in which thcy'had completely
lost trace of each other.
THE SPANISH BULL.
How the Animal Is T)eTlopd Into
Fighter for the Fulillo Arena.
The bulls used for fighting purposes
are a specially -selected, specially-eared-for
class. They are all pedi
greed. Andalusia is especially the
district of the bull. Here, at the age
ot one year, the young bulls are
separated from the heifers, branded
with the owner's mark and turned out
loose on the plains to grae with oUfers
of their own age.
When a year older the young bulls
are gathered together 'n order that
their mettle and lighting qualities may
be tested. One of them is separated
from the herd and chased by a man on
horseback, who, by the skUlfjl use of
a blunted lance, overthrows the escap
ing bull, whereupon another rider
comes iq fiont of the animal with a
sharper lance' to withstand the ex
pected attack. If the bull, on regain
ing his feet, attaeks the rider twice it
is passed as a fighting animal; but if
he turns tail and runs off then it is set
aside to be killed or to be used in agri
cultural work. And so with each ani
mal, until the whole herd of two-year-olds
has been tested.
Each bull that has stood the tent
successfully is then entered in the
herd book with a description of Its ap
pearance and receives a name such as
Espartero, Hamencoand the like. This
process of careful selection goes on
from year to year until the bull ts five
years old, when, should its mettle still
prove true, it isfready for the arena,
and flaming posters appear on the
walls of Madrid or Seville announcing
that Espartero (or whatever his name
is) will, on such and such a date, make
his first and final appearance.
A gooa "warrantable" nve-vear-old
bull for the fighting ring costs f-om
70 to 80.
To Core Ooaetlpstloa Voreve.
Take riaaoarets CaodT Cathartto. 10c or?V!
UC.Q.& iall MCure.druMiaU refiuul m
& HAYS I
Headquarter for the Fourth.
In addition to our other business
we are manufacturing light carbonated
beverages, and we apply the very best
systems and machinery in our bottling
shop. We guarantee our goods to be
the cfeanest because we use no wii-j ot
metalic stoppers, but a new crown for
every bottle (the only crown stopper
used in The Dalles.) We guarantee
our goods to be the best because we
make our soda or carbonated water
with natural gas and use no sulphuric
acid (the only sodajoiade by this system
In the Dalles.) All we ask of custom
ers In to make an investigation and
ca ., jjre our gooas with other brands..
I he Dalles Crystal Ice Co.
Joe Foloo,
2w. Manager;.
Regulator Line.
Fourth of July rates, round trip.
The D. P. & A. N. Co. will sell tickets
on Saturday, July 2d as follows:
Bet. Portland and The Dalles. ...92 00
Bet. The Dalles, White Salmon
and Hood River 50
Tickets between Portland and The
Dalles will be limited from date of sale
(Saturday, July 2d) until Wudue
July 6th; between The Dallas, White
Salmon and intermediat3 pointK from,
date of sale until Tuesday. ily 5. h.
W. C. :. Wat,.
u Agent..
On Sunday July 3d '& N.Coi.
will sell round trip excui ., ticaets.
at the depot or Umatilla L :im ticket
offices from The Dalles to Hood River,
Cascade Locks, Bonneville and Mult
nomah Falls for $1.00. Light refresh-
men ts will be served at Bonneville at
popular prices. This will bean excel-
, ient opportunity for small excursion
, parties to visit any of the above places.
Tickets will be sold for train N6. 1
leaving at 3 20 A. M. and No. 3 at e.K.
A. M. and will be honored for return
passage on trains Nos. 4 and 2 on date
of sale.
Have
You Seen
Car lady's iVAfiflOE?"
Up-to-date in every re
spect. Adjustable Steel1
Handle Bars, Celebrat
ed G. & J. Detachable
Tires. A beauty and the
price only $35.00.
It's a CORKER. Take a
look at it.
We haye again opened
our Renting Department
with aline of New Wheels
MAYS & CROWE
R. E. Saltmarshe
-49 tlH
East End stock l
5,
WILL PAY THE
HighestCashPrice for
Hay and Grain.
DEALER IN LIVE STOCK
What lr. K. A. Salter May.
Buffalo, N. Y. Gents: From my
nerson&l knowltdi7A- cainnd In nhaarv.
Dg the effect of your Shiloh's Cure In
cases of advanced Consumption, I am
prepared to say it Is the most remark
able remedy that has ever been
brought to my attention. It has
certain ly saved many from consump
tion. Sold by Blakeley & Houghton, .
The Dalles, Or.