SATURDAY JULY 9, 1898
ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY
BY
DOUTHIT, Fublihr.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
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DJSSER TING THE OLD SHIP
Evervtbine points to the fact that
the republican party leaders are pav
ing the way for abandoning the theory
of high protection, and to return to
the principle of lower taxation. Those
in 3ongres9 have little to say abou
protection, but devote their time to
ringing the praise of the gold stand
ard. In a recent issue of the Oregon
ian there appeared the following edi
torial which plainly indicates the way
the republican party is drifting on th
subject:
Civilization moves in a mysterious
way. Its goals are reached by devious
paths. We go to war to free Cuba,
and get a colonial empire and the Nic
aragua canal. We elect Cleveland for
the sake of a lower tariff, and we get
an anchor in the silver gale and the
Olney doctrine. We learn, not by re
. flection, but by hard knocks. We
never find out the road is going to be
rough till the wagon begins to jolt
over the stones.
The American manufacturer has
been trying all a!ong to keep himself
down to the home market. The task
was so difficult that he spent consider
able money to secure government aid
for his own suppression. He though
that if he could be insured the home
market, he would rather be content
with that than to contemplate a fair
field and no favor, with the home mar'
ket open to the foreigner.
But circumstances are forcing him
off the high protection track. It is to
be feared he leaves it with regret,' and
not from intellectual conviction. His
condition, not theories, have changed
Inventive genius has supplied him
with machinery, the gold standard
with 3heap money, aud the resultant
multiplicity of his wares is beyond the
capacity of tho home market. He
opens his eyes and covets the markets
of the world. And he is practical
enough to see that if he is to carry his
locomotives, bicycles, tools and ma'
chlnery abroad with easy access, some
compensatory breach must be made in
our own tariff wall. We cannot very
well object to paying toll on our neigh
bor's road, as long as we insist on col
lecting at our own gates.
A good place to study manufacturing
sentiment is in the Manufacturers
club, of Philadelphia. Its organ, the
Philadelphia Manufacturer, has just
announced its purpose of supporting a
movement for tariff concessions on
Canadian goods in return for similar
concessions by Canada on certain of
our goods. The Manufacturer's idea
is that "if Canada desires to send us
her wool and lumber, her wood pulp,
agricultural products and fish," then
we should be willing to "recieve them
: at rates lower than our regular rates
in return for concessions which we
hope to be able to secure from her in
respect to textile goods, Iron and steel
machinery and other lines ol mer
chandise which we can now send over
the border at a good profit."
The justification for this obvious
change of front in the citadel of high
protection is this: "Events supplant
theories. Facts present themselves:
we have got to face them, and the sit
uation today is such as to demand a
freer trade with Canada if this nation
is not to stand in the light of lt owu
commercial progress and advance
ment." Which means, evidently, a
grert deal more than the words imply
"Freer trade" is not a phrase of pro-
tectioniom.
The significance of this Philadelphia
announcement does not end with the
manufacturer's desire for tariff conces
sions from Canada. Notice the com
pensation offered the Dominion. The
manufacturers will cheerfully accord
low tariff on wood and lumber, agrl
cultural products, fish. Their enlarg
ed views of trade comprise that the
American lumberman, fisher and
farmer shall forego their benefit from
protection. The manufacturer will
' sacrifice all his wife's relations on the
altar of his country. He will bear
with heroic fortitude the corns on the
farmer's toe.
But what will the sacrificed lambs
say when they are consulted? The
farmer might say that the manufact-
- urera may go to pot with their tariff
that it has never benefited him any'
how, and that while he has Odtenta'
tiously been given a high tariff on
wheat, the boon is a hollow delusion
because the price of his wheat is the
export price, regardless of import
duties. Some of the farmers may say
this, but the farmers along our north
ern border, who are brought into di
rect competition with Canadian hay.
fruit, potatoes and grain, will not.
Neither will the lumber kings of the
northwest. ' who have influence at
Washington and know how to use it,
But this is not tho real significance
of the Philadelphia pronunclamento,
The main thing Is that a powerful bul
wark of high protection, perhaps the
most powerful of all, has crumbled
utterly away. When the gospel of
"freer trade" is preached by matters of
"textile goods, iron and steel, ma
chinery and other lines of merchan
dise which we can now send over the
border at a good profit," who is left to
sustain the cause of "the home mar
ket?" When our pleading infant in
dustries have taken on such size and
arrived at such maturity as to make
them no longer susceptible of benefits
from high duties, but clamorous for
lower duties on other products, how
shall the divided house of protected in
dustry stand? What patience will the
people have, with our tariff regime,
when it descends to a fight between
clashing interests, each of which
. wants "freer trade" for the others?
' Every industry that outgrows the need
of protection becomes the inevitable
champion of lower duties. - Their num
ber Is growing year by year, and the
minority still demanding protection
will be chided for seeking to tax the
whole people for their own selfish
ends." "
NAVY.
fleet without the loss of a man, and
his ships were in good trim for another
engagement when the battle was over.
And in the affair at Santiago our ships
sunk Spain's best fleet with tho loss of
only one man, while the damage to
our veesds was so slight that not one
of them will have to go into drydock
for repairs. On the Spanish side the
destruction was terrible and the loss
of life was very great. Nearly 1,000
men were killed or drowned and about
1,500 taken prisoners.
The story of these exploits reads
like fiction, but it is true, and evi
dences the superiority of American
officers and men. The Spanish sail
ors were not lacking iu courage or
discipline, and faced death with a
spirit that did them credit, though
tbey were lacking in the art of hand
ling machines of war and in leadership.
The ships they manned .at Santiago
were equal to the swiftest cruisers
afloat, and their armor and batteries
were not much inferior to those of the
best battle ships. They had the ad
vantage of choosing the time for the
battte, and every man was at his post
prepared to do his duty, while the
Americans were taken at a disadvan
tage of being surprised, though they
were not found napping. When "gen
eral quarters" were sounded the fleet
was at once in motion and the gunners
were at their posts. Scarcely had the
first Spanish vessel appeared until the
American guns were trained upon it
sending a shower of shell up
on its decks. The battleahip
Iowa was the first to see the enemy,
and it took no time for "Fighting"
Bob Evans to get bis ship in motion
and his fighting machines to work.
In a moment the entire fleet was in
action, and with the coolness which
has ever signalized the action of our
navy, the destruction of the enemy
was quick and decisive.
The brilliant achievements of our
uavy in the Manila and Santiago
battles, as well as In the past, cannot
be attributed to luck as some writers
would have it appear, but must be at
tributed to the superiority of our offi
cers and men. Our seamen are intelli
gent and high spirited; are dashing
and brave, and at the same time cool
and deliberate. They never lose their
heads when under fire, but go to their
work when in action with the same
precision and deliberation as when at
target practice or on dress parade.
Their single thought is to fight with
the most determined energy and to
do the greatest execution In the
briefest space of time. . They take a
pride in their profession, and strive to
attain the best results from the ap
pliances at their disposal. Such men,
when officered by commanders who are
equally brave,deliberateandintellgent,
will ever continue to achieve results
similar to 'those recorded at Manila
and Santiago. And our navy has ever
been oflieered by men of the highest
type. No American naval officer has
ever refused to take his ship Into action
where chances were even, and not one
has ever been guilty of rushing into
certain destruction and sacrificing his
men or ships in a foolhardy exploit
where odds were all on the other side.
The A merican navy .though not large,
has a prestige of over a hundred years
of great victories behind It, and with
out any of the braggant spirit, we may
speak of it, as the most remarkable
organization known to the world, one
that has never failed when called up
on to vanquish a foe.
CIVILIZATION AND MURDER.
While laws have been enacted to
prevent capital crime and every effort
seems to have been exerted in this
country to protect Its citizens against
the ylciousness of the redhanded
sassin, it seems that the effort has
proven less effectual here than In most
countries. While our laws are string'
ent and capital punishment is the
penalty Inflicted for murder in the
first degree, yet that crime Is by no
means kept down to the minimum.
' When we compare statistics on this
subject of other countries with our
own, we lied the percentage is greater
in the United States than in almost
any other country. In New South
Wales the precentage is the least.
During the past four years there have
been but thirteen murders in the
colony, and for these crimes eight per
sons have been hanged and five sen
tenced to life imprisonment. The
average time between the arrest and
conviction In New South Wales, in the
cases of murder is 65 days, and the
average time between conviction and
execution Is 45. In the past four years
in the colony the number of murders
has been at the rate of one to 400,000
Inhabitants each year, while in the
United States it has been one to 8,400
inhabitants. Out of 8,500 homicides
committed In the United States In one
year only 117 persons were executed.
These are statistics which put the
United States to the blush. It Is a
demonstrated fact that life is not as
safe, or punishment for the greatest of
crime so certain, In this country,
which boasts so much of its intelli
gence, its schools and its churches,
as in the British colony of New South
Wales, While we are at the job of
civilizing the distant corners of the
earth, which are now misgoverned by
other nations, we should not neglect
to put in a little time in civilizing our
selves in the matter of punishing our
murderers.
The American people are a wonder- j
ful people and have made gigantic
strides in civilizing a country which
a fr)w decades ago was a wilderness,
but they have not learned the proper
use of the judicial machinery which
they have set up. It is a solemn, un
controverted truth that crime goes
oftener unpunished in the United
States than it does in any other ad
vanced nation, and some day,
when we get time, we will hold a
grand national inquest to find out why
we are so backward in this, one of the
most necessary of all the arts of gov-
ernment.
BIG BOND SUBSCRIPTION.
The total subscriptions offered for
the war loan is showm to have been
$290,000,000 up to the first of J uly. As
the call was for only 8200,000.000, the
result shows unquestionably that the
people of America have implicit con
fidence in the stability of the govern
ment and are anxious to invest their
money in its securities.
A few people of course, offered to
subscribe for the bonds from a purely
patriotic standpoint, believing they
were coming to the relief of the govern
ment in a time of need, but the major
ity of the subscribers looked at the
matter solely from a business stand
point, and sought the bonds as fan in
vestment for their capital They realize
that the securities of the government
are gilt-edged property, exempt from
taxation, and while the interest is
low compared with money Invested In
less certain securities, they are con
vinced -of the steady advance in the
purchasing price of money, and feel
assured that at the expiration of the
time the bonds are to run, their inter
est will have as great purchasing
power as a higher rate ha now. The
example of this response to the call
for a loan shows that the American
people are drifting toward a money
loaning comraunitr, and that they pre
fer to invest their money in securities
that insure a small income to putting
it into active business. The tendency
is not a good 'omen, for there roust be
some producers as well is a large body
of bankers.
TOO SOFT.
The dispatches give an account of
the farewell of Captain Merou, com
mander of the Cristobal Colon, of his
men at Portsmouth, when they were
placed in the military prison at that
place, that is really pathetic, but it
cannot touch the heart of a lover of
liberty to the extent that it would
bring tears to bis eyes. Captain Mer
ou was no doubt attached to his men,
but when it comes to a Spanish naval
officer kissing each of his men and
shedding great crockodile tears be
cause be and his crew have been taken
prisoners, the scene has a little too
much of the ridiculous in i to be
truly pathetic.
The Spanish officer no doubt felt his
position keenely, but he had no tears
to shed for the Cuban women and
children whom his government has
starved to death. The enunciated
forms of the concentrados did not
loom up as a mighty nightmare to
caise him sorrow: their sufferings
were as naught to him, but when as a
priosner of war, he was compalled to
bid farewell to the men who had ser
ved under him, the dispatches say his
grief was something terrible. He
like Weyler and Blanco, are dejected
when misfortune overtakes them and
can shed tears, but they have no sym
pathy for the people whom they have
persecuted for years. The tears of
Captian Merou are too seft at this
time to elicit much sympathy.
UNCLE SAM SUFFERS
All kinds of jobbery In army con
tracts are reported, from which It would
seem that the systematic robbery per
petrated during the civil war, in its
halcyon days, was thrown in the shade.
Regarding contracts let for the uni
forms which the U. S. soldiers wear
in Cuba or the Philippines, a well In
formed writer in a New York jourpal
says: A contract for brown linen
uniforms for the troops has been given
out. Thirty thousand suits are to be
made by Bierman, Heidelburg & Co..
of new York, at $3.82 a suit. The suit
consists of a blouse and trousers. This
firm's bid was the highest that was
submitted to the quartermaster
general. It Is claimed that other
manufacturers offered to furnish uni
forms made of identically the same
material about $1.50 less per suit.
Abner McKlnley is the agent and at
torney for Bierman, Heidelburg & Co.
Three weeks ago the same firm recived
a co u tract for 100,000 uniforms. A re
presentative of a large firm says that
he would have taken the contract for
$100,000 less. It was always thus.
When there is is an emergency, there
are always those who are ready to
filch the public treasury.
EXPLOITS OF THE
The achievements of the American
navy in the war with Spain are a
source of wonder to the world, and
hey surprise ou own people by the
moatnoaa nt t.hn rnault uomnarad with
gi v.uU' '
the small casuality list and the escape
of our ships with comparatively no
damage. Dewey destroyed the Manila
''Fighting" Bob Evans, captain of
the battleship Iowa, speaks lightly of
having an unexplodci shell lodged
near the water line of his ship, a trophy
that he got in the engagement off San
tiago on the 3d, and which he has not
yet been able to extricate. It may yet
prove no laughing matter, and may
prevent the gallant captain from
joining Watson in the advance on the
Spanish coast.
The horrors of civilized war are ter
rible, but are nothing to compare to
warfare of a few hundred years ago
when no quarters were given to the
vanquished. The pangs of defeat are
now smoothed over as best thoy can be, j
as was shown by our gallant officers
after Cervera was taken. prisoner. He
and his men were taken on board the
American fleet and cared for as if tbey
were guests of honor paying a friendly
visit.
IS NOT A CALAMITY.
Under ordinary circumstances the
resignation of the premier of a nation
in time of war would be a calamity,
but the resignation of Sagasta at this
time cannot be considered detrimental
to the Spanish government. Were it
possible for Spain to successfully wage
the present war much longer it
would be a serious matter for the
head of the government to step down,
but this is impossible. The ultimate
result of the war Is now settled. Spain
must soon sue lor peace, and negotia.
tious can better be arranged with a
new cabinet than an old one. Sagasta
and his cabinet have failed to accom
plish' what they promised, hence have
lost the confidence of the people. De
feat awaits them, and all they can now
do is to turn the government over to
others who may successfully negotiate
terms of peace. The new cabinet, if it
secures peace or anything like favor'
able terms to Spain, will have the
confidence of the masses, and the
crown may live, but any terms Sagasta
might have accepted would be distaste
ful to the people, and would most like
ly have resulted In the downfall of the
government. At this especial time,
Sagasta's resignation may be looked
upon as a blessing rather than a detri
ment to Spain.
MILITARY TACTICS IN SCHOOL.
The present .war with Spain empha
sizes the fact that America must ever
rely upon its citizen soldiers in time of
war. We cannot keep a great stand
ing army as do the European nations,
for our people are required in active
business pursuits. We have'' no sur
plus population to be thrown into the
army, and besides it is not the policy
of this government to maintain any
great number of Its citizens as n.on
producers or drones. But we ever
have a powerful military reserve in
pur citizen soldiers the men who toil
in the fields, the factories, on the roads,
in offices and behind counters, yet
when called Into service tbey enter
the army with little knowledge of mill
tary tactics of the science of war.
In time they become the best soldiers
in the world, in lact it is true that the
American recruit of today becomes the
veteran of tomorrow, however, they
would more readily grasp the duties of
soldiers if they had military training
during their youth. Tbey would be
schooled in the manual of arms and
field'evolutions. and all they would be
required to learn would be to execute
what they bad learned. It is therefore
desirable that military tactics should
be made one of the branches of study
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The prices we made in the beginning of OUR GREAT CLEARANCE SALE seemed to strike the
the popular fancy. This encourages us to try again. This time it's . . ....
Clearance Prices on Dry Goods, Mens Furnishings, Mens and Boys Clothing and Straw Hats.
All prices quoted during this sale hold good until the end of the sale unless the supply should become exhausted.
Dry Goods Department
DRESS GOODS
Here';
a bargain. Ail wool fanny dress goods. 34
inces wide; 30c, 35c and" 40c values. We'll let
them go for 20c per yard. . , . .
Here's another. All of our 50c, 00c, 65c and 75c
FANCY WOOL CHEVIOTS it's not cost but
we're willing to let you own them it 38c per yard:
EMBROIDERIES
We've got too many. There are great values in
our 5c to 35c goods. They're from one to four
inches wide and we're going to sell them to you
during this sale . . - .
FOR JUST
:
HALF
PRICE
Mens Furnishings . . .
SHIRTS
Mens laundered Colored Shirts, attached collars.
You'll hardly believe it but we're going to sell the
50c, 75c and $1.00 lines for 35c
Mens Laundered Colored Shirts, detached collars
and cuiffc, (you don't have to buy the collars and
cuffs, they go with the shirt), which we thought
good values at $1 and $1.25, sell in this sale at 65c.
Here's a daisy. Laundered VIIITE SHIRT?!,
they're broken lots but that doesn't change the
value of the goods. We've always sold them for
$1, $1.25 and $1.50. Now we'll sell them for 65c.
STRAW HATS
It's a pretty good time right now to wear a straw
hat, and we'll tell you, confidentially, that you'll
never wear one for less money than we'll take for
ours. Look at this: 50c hats for 35c; 75c hats for
50c; $1.00 hats for 65c; $1.25 hats for 85c, and
$1.50 hats for $1.10.
I flens and Boys Clothing .
MENS CLOTHING
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Don't overlook ibis. We'll sell you a mans suit,
sizes 36 to 42 it's a good suit too for lour dol
lars and thirty-five cents, $4 35.
Here's something though. Just think of buying
an $ or $9 suit of clothes, wool too, for $6.15.
Well, that's what we'll s -11 them for.
You want something better; all right, here you
are. We will throw open that handsome line of
mens $10 suits and close them out at $7.85.
We're trying to make a elea.) up and if low prices
will tempt you we're going to do it. Doesn't this
look like it? $12 and $13 Mens Suits for $9.35, and
they're the-H. S. & M. Guaranteed uits at that.
BOYS CLOTHING
We're not going to make a long talk on boys cloth
ing. We'll only say that we have the clothing,
the marked price has always given good value to
the purchaser, but we want you to buy it. We'll
sell it lo you
For Just One-half the Marked Price
ALL GOODS MARKED
IN PLAIN FIGURES.
EASTERN OREGON'S GREATEST DEPARTMENT STORE
Wit'.'-.
taught from one end of the country to
the other. Every boy, and also every
girl, would be none the worse by hav
ing a drill say three times a week in
military tactics. Nothing is more
graceful than the execution of the
manual of arms and ordinary field
drill. If every youth in the land were
given instructions in these exercises,
he would have a more stately bearing,
and would be schooled in discipline as
he Is not now. The school board of every
state ourht to add military tactics to
the course of study and enforce its be
ing taught. If it were, the entire pop
ulation would be trained soldiers when
ever their services should be required.
WHO HOtVLS FOR PEACE?
The Oregonian gives vent to anothe
of its customary misrepresentations by
asserting that the "'democrats are be
ginning to raise a premature cry of
peace," because, it insists that they
"see the probability of the war being
popular and aiding the republicans in
carrying the November elections." It
fails however to mention the names of
any democratic leaders or democratic
papers that are "yelling" for peace.
In fact it could not, because there are
none.
4 Bailey, the democratic leader in
congress, forced the pres Ident to de
clare war, and he has never retreated
from his position. Bryan offered his
services to help prosecute the war, and
with his regiment is ready to respond
to any call tha government may make
and go where he is ordered whether it
be to Cuba, Porto Rico or the Philip
ninea. General Wheeler, who resign
ed his seat in cons-ress to lake the ; and General Toral's splendid army are
field, is with General Shafter at San- prisoner of war, what will Spain do
r.anMi r.. ia in command of i next? Will sh 9 heed the advice cf
Our soldiers in Cuba have been at
tacked by yellow fever, which Is more
dangerous than Spanish bullets, yet
they face that dread disease unflinch
ingly as they do all dangers, and It is
to be hoped that they will overcome it
as they did Toral's army.
The Capital Journal, published at
Salem, is rapidly coming to the front
as the leading paper of Marion county.
It takes a splendid day telegraphic
service, and continues to stand for the
rights of the people. Defending such
principles, it is bound to succeed.
A move is on foot among the Ger
man Americans to purchase a battle
ship and present it to the United
States gover,ment, the ship to be named
the Teutonic. Such an act would be a
splendid exhibit of the patriotism of
our adopted citizens.
1 he appointment of W. J. Riley, of
Portland, to be captain of battery B is
probably a gpod selection, but It Is not
very pleasant for the many capable
men in Eastern Oregon to realize that
they must foreyer be ignored. So far
the gcvernor seems to have forgotten
that there was anybody east of Port
land exceptmen suitable for privates.
General Shafter's last report to
Adjutant-General Corbin of th? killed
and wounded in the battle before San
tiago, July 1, 2 and 3 shows that 1595
men were sacrificed. The list is as
follows: Killed officers, 28; men, 208.
Wounded officers, 80; men, 1023.
Missing, 81. This is what we have
sacrificed to free the struggling
Cubans.'.
Now that Santiago has surrendered
a division at Jacksonville, awaiting
orders to be sent to the front. Do the
actions of these leaders indicate that
they are "yelling for peace?" Has a
single democratic senator or congress
man raised his vote ' against the prose
cution of the war? .Have any of the
great democratic papers like the New
York Journal, St. Louis Republic,
Cincinnati Enquirer, Chicago Chron
icle or San Francisco Examiner pub
lished a single line that indicates that
they want the war terminated nnt'l
the Spanish are driven out of the
the European powers and sue for peace,
or will she continue the hopeless war?
In the interest of humanity and to end
the sufferings of the starving Cubans
as well as the deprivations of her half
starved soldiers, it is to be hoped she
will ask for peace.
The fall of Santiago was a glorious
victory, for by surrendering, General
Toral saved thousands of lives, and
averted one of the bloodiest battles the
world would ever have known. Honor
Is due him for giving up when be
knew resistance was useless,' and too
pursue their ordinary avocations and
provide food for themselves, Instead of
aiding the Spaniards to starve them to
death.
Internal Revenue Collector Dun no
of Portland has given an opinion that
the revenue law is retroactive in that
it requires I'eeds, mortgages and other
Instruments executed prior to July 1,
but presented for record - after that
date, to bear a stamp, the same as
those executed after that date. The
law applies to all Instruments subject
ti a stamp tax, recorded from and
aftar Julyl, without reuard to date.
Of late Uucle Sam has filed a pre
emption on a considerable amonnt of
territory. The Hawaiian islands have
been pre-empted, and final proof will
be perfected in a short time; the
Philippines and Ladrone islands have
been filed on, and Cuba and Porto
Rico will soon be numbered among
the acquisitions, but the title to them
is not clear. However, Uncle Sam
can be depended upon to adjust these
cases equitably, and it is only a ques
tion of time when they will become
states, though there should be no
haste in the matter. The people of
these islands should be given a choice
to decide whether they want an in
dependent government or whether
they will be annexed to the land of
the free.
THE SEAT OF
WAR WILL MOVF
Oregon and Washington. There 1
hi so quite an imiux or laboring men
from the drouth stricken districts of
California arriving in this city bound
' r th harvest fields of Oregon, where
ndoubtediy all will sec urn steady em
ployment until the buo y flies, at good
vra 'es.
REFORM IN PORTLAND.
Western hemispnere? If not, then who much honor cannot be bestowed upon
are the democrats that are "yelling General Shafter for having surrounded
for peace?" J Toral so that he was forced to give up.
Nearly all democrats oppose this Now that we have Havana It will be
governmeut becoming a pirate and un- come neccessary ' for the commission
dertakingto gobble up all the.terrl- appointed to establish a form of gover
tory heretofore held by Spain, just be- meDt for the islands to use the greatest
cause we are the strongor nation, j precaution In recommending officers
They are believers in the Monroe doc- J wno ,8nal2 admingt,er the law, and It i,
trine, liberally construed, and hold i to be oped. that men will be selected
that it would apply
of their allegiance to any party or sect.
were we to cross
either of the oceans and undertake to
sieze territory either in Europe or
Asia.
The charge that the democrats, for
party reasons, and on account of a fear
that its successful prosecution might
put a few more republicans in con
gress, are opposing the war, is utterly
fal.se and Is a base vilification. "
THE AMERICAN HEN.
We are given to boasting"1 of our
wheat, cotton and bog products, which
are all immense, but there is one agent
on'the farm that is looked upon as
insignificant, yet as a producer of
wealth it outrivals all others. It is
the American hen, and while she goes
modestly along in an unobserved way
she Is producing a big amount of
wealth and Is adding grealy to the
comforts of the human race. H. W.
Collinwood, of the Rural New Yorker,
has compiled some statistics concer
ning the'hen that are interesting. He
says there are 350,000,000 chickens in
the United States and they will lay
13,750,000,000 eggs during the year,
which are easly worth $165,000,000, and
the poultry meat sold during the year
will amount to $125,000,000 making
$290,000,000 welth produced by the hen.
When these big figures are compared
with the value of other farm products
it will be seen that the ben leads tnem
all, The cotton crops last year was
valued at $259,000,000; the wheat crop
at 238,000,000, the wool clip at $38,000,-
000, and the hog probuot.s at $150,000,
000, the hen has produced more
The war stamp tax is not falling
very heavy on corporations but is
being borne by those who patronize
them. You send a package by express
and you pay for the one cent attached
to the bill of lading, you send a tele
graph or telephone message and the
same charge Is made. So the masses
will pay the bulk, of the war tax after
all.
It is not true that the Vesuvius has
been disabled, . but it has a severe
cough that is terrible for the old fogies
of the navy department to hear, for
tbey recognize that it is destined to
revolutionize navy building in the
future. A vessel that can cough up
200 pounds of dynamite and burl it
into the enemy's camp every 15 sec
ondd cannot be overlooked.
It is reported that when Captain-
General Blanco heard of Cervera's de
feat, he attempted to commit suicide,
but was . prevented by hie associates.
What a pity. . It would have been a
fitting termination for him to have
taken his own life. It would also have
been a relief to the Cubans to have
known that the cruel old tyrant had
sought a more tropical climate than
Havana.
And now it is determined to not at:
tack Havana, but to let Blanco go
ahead and starve the concentrados, in
whose cause this war was instituted.
Every day our "mercy" to the Cubans
seems to be about aa detrimental ab
Spanish .tyranny. The army at Ha
vana will be fed because they are
Mason's Administration is Getting in
its Work on Saloons and
Dance Halls,
Portland, July 15. Portland is no
longer an open town. Last night
every saloon in town closed not only
Its front doors but the side entrance
I as well promptly closed at 1 A. M., and
i the concert and dance halls were com
pelled to stop their music at midnight.
No fallen women were to be seen on
the streets during the entire evening.
No Chinese lottery wan being played
and even the gambling houses con
ducted by the white gamblers made no
attempt to open their games. No one
seems to know how long this is going
to continue, but the sporting element
when approached smile and looks wise,
and seem in no way disatisfied. While
the moral party on the other hand
pretend to have definite Information
that the reformation has come to stay.
It looks to a disinterested outsider as
if the present city government were
having considerable difficulty in mak
the rain fall alike on the just and un
just. Ex-Mayor E. B. Pond and wife, of
San Franciosco, is in the city looking
after his mining and property Interests,
of which he has large holdings in the
state and which he calculates to
greatly extend.
In spite of the fact that the bottom
seems to have dropped out of the
Klondike boom, all the ship yards
around Portland are displaying con
siderable activity, each one having
from one to three new boats on the
ways. All the craft that has for so
long a time been tied up at the levee
and along the river front are at work
and there is more demand for river
men than there has been for many
months.
WILLING TO LOSE CUBA.
Army to Be Withdrawn
From Cuba.
A KLOOIKE
Our
IN
are
OREGON
Good Enough for
Washington, July 15. The fill of
Santiago has thrown an entirely differ
ens phase upon the war situation. The
seat of war will now be changed from
Cuba to Porto Rico, and the first move
will be to invest San Juan.
General Shafter's army, with the ex
ception perhaps of one brigade, will
be withdrawn from Santiago within a
week and embark for Porto Rico.
Troops will be landed as soon as
possible on Porto Rico, and the forti
fied ports will be attacked by land and
from the sea.
WAS PROBABLY
THE SAGA.
Supposed Spanish Privateer Only a
Peaceful Merchantman.
St. Paul, July 14. It is believed
here that the steamer Saga, belonging
to a syndicate of South Dakota capital
ists, was the mysterious craft which
gave rise a few days ago to reports
from the Pacific coast that a Spanish
privateer was In that part of the
world, lying In wait for treasure-laden
ships from the Klondike..
The Saga has just arrived at Van
couver, having been taken by its
owners from Central American traffic
to engage in the Alaska trade. The
vessel is of foreign build, and as it
carries the flag of Holland, some timid
captain, seeing the Saga at a distance
while on its way up the coast to Van
couver, doubtless took it for a Spanish
privateer, and hastily carried the sen
sation il news to the nearest port.
ACTIVITIES HAVE CEASED
No
More Troops Will be Sent
Cuba at Present.
to
Mines
Prospectors and Miners.
Portland, Or.. July 15. The free
milling good quartz-exhibited at the
chamber of commerce In this city,froin
the Eastern Oregon mines are attrac
ting considerable attention from mln -ing
men and returned Klondykers.
Truly Oregon Is a Klondvke within
itself, where no man need i) fore going
going prospecting take out a life in
surance policy, for the benefit of the
loved ones at home, for fear he will
starve or freeze to death while in
search of the golden treasure. Surely
no enterprise at present seems to offer
greater opportunities than gold min
ing for the profitable investment of
capital and labor, and no section affords
better advantages to mining investors
or prospectors than the gold fields ol
Eastern Oregon.
FATAL BOILER
EXPLOSION.
Eight Men Were Killed and Thirty
Wounded.
Buffalo, N. Y., July 15. A terrific
explosion occurred In the Niagara
Starch works here yesterday afternoon,
killing eight worUiuen and seriously
Injuring 30 others.
Without any warning, the large
boiler In the engine room exploded,
demolishing the engine room and
wrecking a portion of the works. The
factory will resume operations as soon
as the damage can be repaired.
MIDDLE-ROADERS
BOLTED.
wealth than any other single con
tlngent of the farm. She has produced ! stronger than the citfzens, while we
$31,000,000 more than the cotton planta- l have blockaded the ports, and forced
tions, $52,000,000 more than the wheat j the Cubans to starve.
fields $252,000,000 more than ths sheep. What.ftr(, ,Ma a,..
It is really too bad that Camara has ! ny way? Is it to pile up an enormous
hn called back from Suez. Life is a debt and acquire more territory? Or
little dull at Manila, and Dewey would! i9 it to right the wrongs of the oppress-
All I"1 ii Via noQ ft aAAma lu. UA
If it were tne latter.
have enjoyed a bout with Camera just
for diversification. He would have
enjoyed sending another Spanish flee1,
to the bottom of the ocean-
we would center
our fire on Havana, drive the Spanish
out of Cuba, and permit the Cubans to
Spain Would Consent to Cuban Inde
pendence.
Madrid, July 12. The possibility of
peace with the United States is being
widely discussed in the newspapers
and by the ' public. Conservative
papers declare Spain will accept peace
providing it implies the loss only of
Cuba, but they assert that Spain would
prefer to continue the war if the
United States should claim Porto Rico,
the Philippines or an immense Indem
nity which it would be impossible for
Spain to pay.
Correspondent asserts that General
Correa, minister of war, does not dig.
agree with the other cabinet ministers
ro seriously as is generally supposed,
and in view of the gravity of the
Cuban situation it is possible that he
will no longer oppose peace, providing
the conditions are not too onerous.
Tampa, Fla., July 15. When the
word was received here of the sur
render of Santiago, It was accompanied
by an order from Washington stop
ping all troops that had em barked, and
instructing the officers in charge to
return their men to camp and await
further orders. Tn consequence tho
troopships were unloaded and the
soldiers returned to their quarters on
land.
Charlseton. S. C July 15. The
soldiers that began grfng on board
transports yesterday have returned to
land, and the expedition Is under In
structions to not proceed to Uuba un
til further orders
It is the belief here that there will
not be another expedition fitted out to
go south at Dreseot, and possibly not
until it is determined to attack Ha'
vana.
They Refused to Ratify the Nomina
tion of Maguire.
Sacramento, July 15. The middle
roaders in the populist state conven
tion, after the nomination of Msguire
for govercor walked out of the
hall, and organized an Independent
convention. There were 135 delegates
waiked out, and after organizing yes. ,
terday afternoon . nominaU-d a full
ticket with T. W. E. Shanahan at the i
head.
NO FIGHTING
AT SANTIAGO
General Miles Waiting1 a Re
ply From Toral.
Washington, July 13. There has
been no fighting at Santiago since
MonJay, wheo Admiral Sampson
eased his bombardment, after failing
to reach the city with bis shot.
General Miles has demanded the
surrender of the city and will not re
new hostilities until General Toral
has had sufficient time In which to
consider the matter of an uncon
ditional surrender.
It is possible that Sampson will be
ordered to enter the harbor, when an
attack by land and sea will be made.
In case , Toral refuses to surrender,
iuioi BBB.B wj do permitteu to evac
uate with his army ' be-ring
their side arms, but tnis wilt not
be considered by Gn -i al Miles.
Nothing but an uncondUio il surren
der will be accepted, and uules this is
acceded to within 24 hours, tho battle
Will hA rAflAWAli
PORTO RICO IS
TO BE NEXT.-
Entire Army
In Cuba
There.
Will Be Sent
W 1 CCTTMnmAW T il 1 r. 10 Tl. wnM
department has announced that when
Santiago shall have surrendered, the
entire army there will be sent to Porto
Rico to take Charge of that island.
General Miles has taken command
of the army before Santiago, havlug
relieved General Shuftor on his ar
rival at the front. Geueral Miles has
renewed the demand for the surrender
of Santiago which is expected at any
time. It is not believed the Spanish
general will hold out much longer.
WILL BE
OFF
IN
A WEEK.
PEACE IS IN SIGHT.
BIG
ARMY
TO
TO GO
PORTO
RICO.
Porto Rico Next on the List.
Washington, July 14. Major-General
Brooke has been ordered Irom
Chlckamauga to Washington immed
iately for couaultatlon regarding the
Porto Rlcan expedition. No troops
will be sent to Cuba, save two regi
ments of immunes from New Orleans
and Galveston. A large majjrity of
our troops in Cuba will be withdrawn
at once.
Probably 25,000 Men Will Be Sent to
the Island. -
New York, July 12. A special to
the Times from Washington says:
The movement of the American
army on Porto Rico may he said to
have begun. No troops have yet left
these shores openly consigned to the
island, but the continued forwarding
of additional troops to Santiago, when
it is recognized that Shafter has as
large an army as he needs to take that
town, Is In reality the laying of the
foundation of the Porto Rican expedi
tionary force.
The determination of the war deqart
ment to send a formidable force to cap
ture Porto Rico has been strentbened
by the resistance made by the Span
iards in Santiago. An effort will be
made to avoid the mistake of the San
tiago campaign. The expedition to go
against Porto Rico will consist of be
tween 25,000 and 30,000 men,
Negotiations to Terminate the Wa
Probably Begun.
Madrid, July 15. A decree has been
Issued by the crown suspending citiz
ens rights which is taken to mean
that peace negotiations are pending.
The peace sentiraeutis gainingground
all over Spain, and the war is losing
In public favor everywhere.
ore Oregon Volunteers.
Roseburg, July 13. Twenty re
cruits for the Second Oregon left here
this morning for San Fi anclsco. The
men were recently examined by re
cruiting officers, and sworn into the
service. They expect to get away for
Manila on the 20tb.
Woman Sentenced to Death.
New York. July 12. Mrs. Martha
M. Place, convicted of the muder of
her stepdaughter, Ida Place, was to
day sentenced to die by electriclay at
Sing Sing prison during the week
begining August 20.
Meat Handler Ilare Mrork.
Omaha, July 13. Six huidred meat
handlers in the large packing houses
have struk for higher wages, and bus
iness about -the packing homes has
about suspended. Indications are that
the employers will be forced to con
cede to tne djinni of the ra n.
Fourth Manila Expedition to Leave on
the 20th.
San Francisco, July 13. General
Otis, in charge of the fourth Manila
expedition, has issued an order that
the men who have been designated to
go to the Philippines bold themselves
In readiness to embark on the 19th,
July 20th having been designated as
the (late of sailing.
General Otis will probably sail at an
early date for Honolulu, where be will
await the arrival of the troops, and
will accompany them to Manila, and .
on his arrival will assume command o
the army.
PEACE MEASURES
GAINING FAVOR
War
Popular fn
California Populist.
Sacramento, July 13. The popu
list coynention convened here today,
with a full delegation. The indioa
tions are that the populUta will
nominate Congressman M -'Quire for
Governor. Mr. McGuire is a democrat,
and will very likely be the ohoice of
tnat party for gubernatorial honors.
Sailed for Houolnlu.
San Frxncisco, July 15. Trans-
qoinc to tha. Barrett Fields. ports Pueblo and Peru tailed this after-
PORTL.ANP, July 15. Large num-. noon for Honolulu with troops to be
bers of the unemployed labor of this j stationed there and with a portion of
t-ity are leaving daily on every train I the soldiers intended for the Philip-1
and boat for the grain fields of Eastern pines.
Is Becoming Less
Madrid.
London, July 12. The Madrid cor
respondent of the Mail telegraphs that
the current in favor, of peace is run
ning stronger today. The government
will negotiate without the interven
tion of any foreign nowdr. Foreign
diplomats observe that the tendency
iu Madrid is to exclude the powers
altogether from the negotiations.
The premier's resignation was ex
pected before peace negotiations open
ed, so as to leave the crown absolutely
free to consult with the leading states
men. Should Sagasta's reMtgnatloo be
aocepted, efforts will be made to form
a military cabinet, whose acts would
inspire greater confidence in tne army.
Rprnlsh O Ulcers to Annapolis.
Portsmouth, N. H , July 14. The
auxiliary cruiser St. Louis sailed for
Annapolis at 6 o'clock this morning,
having on board Admiral Ccrvera and
the other Spanish officers.
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