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SATURDAY . , AUGUST 7, 1898
INTEREST ON PUBLIC DEBTS
The time is certainly ripe for a re
form in the Oregon statute that fixes
the rate of interest for public, debts
and the matter should be forcibly
brought before legislator before the
convening of the . next session
Evidence is not wanting to show that
the taxpayers under present systems
are paying entirely too high interest to
creditors who carry the floating debts
of counties, cities and school districts.
If all other evidence were lacking,
th fact that county warrants in many
places command a premium would be
anfflcient.' It is not the intention of
the law that anyone speculate off the
needs of the public. All that is just to
those who carry warrants of any kind
1 a fair compensation for their mooey
and whenever such warrants go beyond
par, the interest is too high somebody
Is speculating
Aside from the fact that some war
.rntsare in demand at a premium, we
find other similar securities sough tat
much less rate of interest than public
warrants draw in this state. or in
stance, citv and school district bonds
are sought as an investment at 5 and 6
uer cent. True, they are more aesira
ble in one respect that the interest
thereon is payable either annually or
semi-annually but on the other hand,
- taxaHln while warrants are
not, hence there is little difference be
tween warrants and bonds as an m
hath have the same
hh of interest, therefore if municipal
and school district bonds that draw 5
.nd a nr cent are sought, county ana
municipal warrants should be equally
desirable at the same rate of interest.
for the security of one of these evi
denoes of debt is equal to the security
on the other it is only the pledge of
the people.
The floating public debt in Oregon-
county, municipal and school district
,wt nntstjindino- in tne state
amount! something like $2,000,000,
Ware the interest on this reduced to
ft ner cent, what it should be, It would
mean a saving of $40,000 annually to
the taxpayers. The next legislature
could not do a more commendable act
than to make such a reduction in the
burdens of all the people.
THE FATHER OF GEBMANT.
Prince Bismarck is dead. His life
Rhortlv before 11 o'clock last
Saturday night- at Friedrichsruhe,
near Berlin. It may be well said that
in the death of Bismarck.Germany has
lost its greatest statesman, and tne
world one of the ablest minds of the
age. The history of Germany of today
was made by -Bismarck: in fact, he was
the father of the empire, and his life
has been closely interwoven with all
the important events of the kingdom
for nearly half a century. ao naa
seen kines rise and fall, nations creat
ed and destroyed, still Bismarkkept
n and on. the leading feature in the
nation, the man who dictated its poli
cies and moulded its destinies
Bismarck was truly a man of his own
kind and class. .He patterned after
nobodv: nobody could emulate him
The world n6ver knew and never will
know but one Bismarck. He possessed
will, and exercised it over
men and nations. Nothing ever frus
trated his plans, and nothing could re
sist his power. He overthrew oi
humiliated potentates who opposed
him and transformed the map of a con
tinent. He was a man whom all re
spected, but few loved. The purpose
of hia life was to unify the states of
Germany under one strong govern
ment, and he accomplished it against
the strongest opposition. He sur
mounted all difficulties, and at the end
of 83 vears closed a career such as the
world had never before known
Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck
Schoenhausen was born April 1, 1815,
of noble ancestry, and as a boy devel
oped but little talent that would indt
cate his after life. At school he was a
poor student, requiring five years to
complete a three years' course, but he
was a rolicsome youth, indulging in all
excesses that were known to college
life, drinking and gambling heavily
and was a terror to his fellow students
He entered public life at the age ot
30 as a member of the Prussian lanc-
tag and at the age of 46 was made pre
mier bv William I. From 1861 to the
time of his death Bismarck's name was
on every German's tongue and he was
looked to as the great ruling spirit of
the empire, and so long as history
hall last his name will not be for
gotten. -
THE PRESIDENT 18 RIGHT.
Some papers, especially republican
journals, are berating the president
for submitting terms of peace to Spain
that do not provide for the surrender
of the Philippine islands to the United
States. The memory of those papers
certainly is very short. The war
with Spain was not Instituted for
the purpose of acquiring title to
the Philippines or any other territory
occupied by Spain. The president
thus far has acted upon the directions
of the resolution of congress declaring
war against Spain, and has demanded
the freedom of Cuba, the surrender of
Porto Rico, and certain privileges in
the Pacific ocean.
It certainly is desirable that Spain
no longer hold sway in the Philip
pines. It would be better if those
islands were made a free and inde
pendent government, but it is not de
sirable that the United States absorb
them. They would never be worth
what they would cost to hold in sub
jection. There are 9,000,000 people,
the majority of whom are only semi-
civilized, residing on the islands. To
hold them in subjection would require
an' Immense standing army, that
would have to be maintained at an
enormous expense, and very little in
the way of revenue could be expeeted
from the islands for years to come.
The president may not be sufficiently
firm on this point; in fact he seems to
to be weak, and is courting public sen
timent before he acta definitely, but he
is certainly right in not Insisting on
holding the Philippine islands as
United States territory.
PUT OUT AS A FEELER.
A few days since Governor Lord al-
Jo .red himself to be interviewed on the I
question of an extra session of tne
legislature to be called this fall, and j
expressed the belief that when a U nited
States senator is to be elected, ana rail
road commissioners,etc., selected forty
days is not long enough time to trans
act the business. Further on m tne
interview the governor said -"it was
doubtful whether the legislature at its
regular session would haye time
enough in 40 days to dispose of all the
public business that would come betore
it, as a large part included transac
tions which belonged to the legislature
which failed to organize, and he was
desirous of turning over his adminis
tration with its affairs settled and dis
posed of."
Governor Lord is a pretty siy oiu
it 1
fellow, and this interview was auoweu
in nrdr to ret an expression froai the
people of their approval or disapproval
of an extra session. It has probably
had the effect he desired, for a vigor
ous protest will go up from every ooay
who is not interested in booaie, agaioai.
the calliner of an extra session. There
could be no hope of any remedial legis
lation being enacted except the pas
sage of an appropriation bill for gen
eral expenses. This would save the
interest for a few months on warracts
now outstanding, but the saving would
be small in comparison witti toe ex
pense of tan extra session.. Had tne
governor aesirea. to bavo yu.-
nense bv reconvening tne legislature,
he would have done so early last year,
and not have waited until tne state
ha had all the burdens of interest
nild noon it. and then call a seesion
to increase the burden. The people
generally, regardless of party, win
nnnnoa tttlW IPtriRlHbUl t? UOlUK
prior to the regular session oi io.
. m nrvA
NICARAGUA CANAL.
A strictly American Nicaragua canal
may be set down as one of the mevio
ki nf the nresent war. The
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nrilous and long voyage of the Oregon
around the Horn, instead of across the
isthmus, ard the wonderful service
rendered'by that battle-ship in destroy
ing Cervera's fleet, will add erapnasis
to the popular demand for the con-
.......ti of that waterway, ana mtv-
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ins it under American control, vvnat'
diolomatie obstacles there may be in
t n,v will be swept aside. The cost
will be preat. yet small as compared
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with the advantages, naval and co
mercial.
t ! oafn to Bftv. however, that tne
1U - il i
noral nuhlio is giving very little
thought iust now to that vast project.
Rut there is at least one city of the
country which is already keenly alive
to the importance of this canal, ana
has already started in to arouse public
interest San Diego, Cal. Its move
ment would be of no consequence if it
stood out by itself, but by the time
congress convenes again there will be
a penei al feeling in favor ot pusning
the canal
There should be no delay in remov
ing all doubt about the abrogation of
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, wuicn
Timna a. Blaine insisted had been set
aside, but which the British govern
tnoiata ia still In force, There
UIUUV mww-
must be no partnership in that canal
as between nations. On that propo
sition the country is sure to be agreed
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
AN INSTITUTION WE
NEED.
Why there is not a hospital in The
Dalles is a question which no one here
could answer, and certainly no one
onld excuse the lack of such an in
stitution being here. livery year
there are thousauds of dollars sent
away from here for care of patients in
Portland hospitals, and whenever a
difficult operation is to be performed,
the patient is taken to Portland. Not
because of lack of competent surgeons,
but because of the lack of proper facil
ities for caring for the patient. The
Dalles has as able a corps of physicians
as are to be found anywhere on the
Pacific coast, but they will not attempt
difficult operations unless the patient
can be properly taken care of after
being operated upon, hence when pos
sible, they send their patients to the
hospitals in Portland.
Often the patient's life is endanger
ed by a ride of 88 miles on cars or boat,
and operations performed after having
taken such a long journey, are never
so satisfactory as they would be if per
forated here. Especially is this true
in cases of serious wounds, where the
patient requires immediate attention,
There is certainly a splendid field
here for a hospital, and if not taken
hold of by a corporation composed of
those most directly interested the
druggists and physicians should be
taken in hand as a private enterprise.
MUST BIDE THE TIME.
While the prospects are favorable for
a cessation of hostilities with Spain,
peace cannot be restored in a day. It
is easier to declare war than it la to
arrange peace after war has once been
begun. Spain today is perfectly help
less and cannot longer successfully
prosecute a war with this or any other
country, yet she can bicker a long
time on peace negotiations. She
claims rights that must be considered
before a settlement is reached. She
naturally will want to retain all the
territory possible, and will give it up
inch by inch. She may consent to the
independence of Cuba and relinquish
ing Porto Rico, but she will stubborn
ly resent the surrender of the Philip
pines either to the United States or to
the residents of the islands as an inde
pendent government. Were it not for
the Philippines, terms of peace might
be speedily arranged, but with tbem
as a bone of contention, it will be sev
er lmonths before all the details will
be arranged.
A Tampa correspondent tells about
two brothers from Georgia. One had
graduated at West Point, had seen 15
years' bard service with the colors,
and was still a lieutenant. The other
hud atavnd at home, attended to his
business and gone in for politics
Whnn the war broke out he volun
teered, and was created straightway an
nQoiat.ant. adiutant general with the
rank of captain, and his veteran sol
dier brother whenever he came to ask
some absurd question of elementary
soldiering had to salute him.
The Independence West Side under
the heading of "free advertising,"
sums up the Portland Exposition as
follows: "Advertising space in the
Oregonian, $800; same in 135 county
papers, $000; postage on sending
notices to county papers, $11.20; prints
Ing passes for 135 country editors, $5;
total, $816.20." Our neighbor is cor
rect on the proposition. The country
press is the means of Portia id reaping
several rich harvests annually whilt
the Oregonian receives a big rake-off
at their expense. When the paper
men from the 'cow counties' cease
being a lot of ''gulls" the metropoli
tan "push" will learn to respect tbem;
and not before.
WHAT BATKS DON'T UNO li"
Charles Austin Bates who poses as
what is strangely termed an 'adamith
in a recent issue of Printer s Inn, as
serts that he never knew a man who
wore Douglas shoes, and then goes on
to say that Douglas could save $50,000
per year by limiting bis advertising
to the Youth's Companion, the Ladies
Home Journal and two or three simi-
- - .!
lar publications. Considering tue
fact that W. L. Douglas is one of the
most successful general advertisers in
the United States, Mr. Bates attempt
to enlighten him on the subject is
most unfortunate. Bates is one oi tne
men who would limit all general ad
vertising to a few journals of immense
circulation. He has been regum..
for years a reader of suuh papers, and
it is presumable that his acquaintances
have also been such readers. Yet
neither Mr. Bates' nor any ot nis
friends in all that time ever purcnaseu
a pair of Douglas shoes. This is a left
handed compliment to the Companion
,-.d the Home Journal and a wonder
ful testimonial to Mr. Douglas busi
ness judgment in advertising in tne
country papers among peopla who
read advertisements, weigh the claims
presented and more to the point, pur
chase the article advertised, and if it
is good become regular customers, it
Mr. Douglas were to follow tne auvioe
so cheerfully and freely given him by
Adsmith" Bates he would in a snort
time find that he had an admiring con
stituency o his artistic advertising
and no purchasers the same fate that
ha9 overtaken so many of the bicycie
manufacturers as is to be noted in fail
ures that have startled the financial
world.
THE ULTIMATE ISSUE.
An object lesson which the American
people should study is presented in
the fact that the Spanish mercnants oi
Santiago will only take the American
silver coin at the market value of the
metal. In other words, United States
gold dollar in Santiago will buy
twice as much as aUnited States silver
dollar. This fact is quoted in argu
ment by advocates by the single gold
standard and of free coinage of silver.
Each maintains that their respective
systems are upheld by the condition
quoted. Its true meaning is simple.
A metal that is rejected at home can
not hope for beUer treatment abroad..
To maintain a single gold standard,
silver coin must be restricted and
made actuallly only token money like
the nickel. Back of it must be gold
demanding, interest-bearing bonds.
This is. the final step yet to be takeo
by the American people to maintain a
alnfrleeold standard. The honest ad-
voiate of gold raonometalism looks for
ward to the time that silver will not
in any sense be regarded as a money
metal. He only regrets that the
ignorance of the people is such that
this statement cannot as yet be placed
in party platforms. And the repub
lican party is making rapid strides in
this direction. It has thrown off the
mask of international bimetalism, and
has no use for silver whatever. In the
end it must be plain that either silver
is to be restored to free coinage or its
"parity" maintained by making it
simply the token of money to be upheld
by bonds in which event each silver
coin might as well and better be so
much paper.
It seems to be a Philippine on us.
The way to get up an excursion is to
b -gin at the right end of the line.
General cussedness and unparalleled
stinginess is all that keeps Roseburg
from progressing in the eyes of the
Review of that burg.
The European residents of the
Philippines petition the United States
for annexation of the islands. They
are tired of Spanish misrule.
The Oregonian seems to be in favor
of the annexation of the Philippines
"without waiting for the aid or con
sent of any other nation."
Dr. Hoaglacd, the president of the
Cleveland Baking Powder Co. recent
ly deceased left an estate valued at
$5,000,000 ail due to judicious ad
vertising, Conditions are so near normal at
Santiago that the inhabitants are be
ginning to resume their afternoon
naps on the same basis that existed in
ante-Sbafter days.
Business men and capitalists of The
Dalles might with profit go to the
warehouses and view the tons of wool
stored there and then ask themselves
if we don't need a woolen mill.
The Ripans Chemical Co. claims to
be making a profit of $50,000 to $75,000
peranaum, the result of the most in
judicious and idiotic advertising ever
done on the American continent.
Those Mitchell federal appointments
of McK'mley's in Oregon makes hia
course in regard to the settlement of
the war, weak, cowardly and unsatis
factory in the eyes of the Oregonian,
McKinley, like the man who was
willing to teach the earth was round
or flat, is anxious to know what the
people want done with the Philippines.
A strong man like Cleveland or Blaine
would go ahead, hit or miss.
So far we are ahead one ship as the
result of the war. The Infanta Maria
Teresa will be Baved, and Lieutenant
Hobson will put her in fighting trim.
The Crystobal Colon will probably be
saved also.
Burglars are more numerous in Port
laud than ever before, and still the
associated dailies of the Metropolis
have nothing to say of the incom
petency of the Mason police.
The rumored disagreement between
Joe Simon and Major Mason may be
taken with a grain of salt. The little
boss never puts a man in office with
out having pledges in black and white.
The people of" the United States an
nually pay to foreigu ship owners the
enormous sum of $300,000,000 for trans
portation charges. This should be
remedied by more, liberal shipping
laws on the part of our government.
Reports from the war department
are sufficiently assuring to justify the
removal of the mines from Long
Island Sound. There are not enough
Spanish ships afloat to get up a re
spectable scare.
A bicycle stolen June 8th In Port
land has been recovered which gives
the Telegram an opportunity to score
the Pennoyer police and laud Mason's
inexperienced "detectives." flow
about the constant burglaries and no
arrests of the past few months?
Lea & Perrins, the manufacturers of
the world-famous Worcestershire sauce
sought to economize by cutting off
their advertising expenditure a mat
ter of $25,000 per year. One would
have thought that if any one could
rest upon the merit and celebrity ol
their product surely Lea & Perrins
could. After four years of abstaining
from advertising, their sales fell off so
greatly that they have been forced to
re-enter the advertising field and have
doubled their annual outlay in this
regard.
The Oregonian publishes an inter
view with ex-Senator Mitchell regard
ing the Philippines. It would be a
token of the millennium far more ex
pressive than anything the lion and
the lamb coald do, for Scott and
Mitchell to lie down together.
The Royal Baking Powder Co. has
refused $12,000,000 for its business.
This is a tremendous testimonial to
the value of advertising. The business
has been built o from a modest begin
ning to poeent gigantic proportions
by the judicious use of newspaper ad
vertising columns.
Senator Marcus A. Hanna is spend
ing his summer vacation in Yellow
Stone park. He probably thought it
might be too tropical for him in Ohio.
There might be charges loaded against
him for bribery that would be rather
embarrassing.
The Spanish garrison was surprised
when we landed at Guauica and still
more surprised when we occupied the
City of Ponce without a fight. stage
of the war has been reached when the
unexpected happens frequently on the
Spanish side.
With new subscribers and constant
ly increasing advertising patronage
the Times-Mountaineer will be im
proved and advanced all along the
line. The re-awakened life and energy
of the great inland empire of the
northwest demands a paper iuny
abreast of the new energy of the
times.
Aguinaldo is growing ugly and may
haye to be spanked by Uncle Sam; but
the better plan would be to withdraw
the American forces from the Philip
nines and let the insurgents settle
with the Spaniards as best they can
The insurgents are an unruly crowd,
and will have to be disciplined before
they will behave.
Four bunco men who bad robbed a
sailor of $74 in Portland have been ad
mittfid to bail in the sum of $2u0 for
the principal offender and $50 for each
of the assistants. The sailor was in
continentlv placed in jail in default of
$100 to be on band as a witness. The
administration of "reform" justice in
Portland is wonderf'il to behold.
The Dalles must have more water,
The present supply is entirely inad
eauate. Let the water commissioner
take steps at once to either lay
loneer supplv pipe from Mill creek to
the reservoir, or lay an additional
pipe. It will not do to let the matter
Lav over to another season. The
Dalles is growing, and - the water sys'
tern mu9t keep pace with it.
If for no other reason the Philippine
islands should not become a province
of the United States because of the
low standard of the inhabitants. They
are a mongrel race, and never could
stand as American citizens. When
they shall have been freed they may
not govern themselves well, but this
is of little concern to us. 1 hey had
better misgovern themselves than
contaminata our people.
There should be but little quibbling
over the terms on which peace shall
be restored between this country and
Spain. The United States should dic
tate not negotiate terms, and they
should be-the immediate withdrawal
of all Spanish troops from Cuba, Porio
Rico and the Philippines. What dis
position is to be made of those provin
ces can better be determined after the
Spanish soldiers have been removed.
Senator Hoar sizsd up the matter
of the settlement with Spain about
right when he said; "If the Amer
ican flig appears in the Eist it will be
as the emblem of their liberty and not
of our dominion. We will desire to
meet the great responsibilities which
the end of this war seems likely to
bring to the American people, solely
in the Interest of the provinces we
may deliver from Spain and not for
our own.",
An unique feature of nearly all homes
and buildings in Manila is the use of
tiny square panes of translucent oyster
shells instead of glass. The windows
measure on an average six feet long
and four feet wide and contain 260 of
these ovster shell panes, which temper
the fierce glare of the sun in the build?
ing. In a country where people go
bjind from constant sunshine, this is a
precaution very necessary to be taken
Congressman Tongue has telegraph
ed the president that the unanimous
sentiment in Oregon is in fayor of re
taining the Pbiliopines. It depends
unon what he means by "retaining" if
all of Oregon would favor the move,
Sentiment here is in favor of breaking
down Spanish rule in the islands, but
not of making tbem American domain
What is wanted is a strong govern
ment there that will benefit our trade
relations, but we have no business
with owning tbem.
A noted German scientist, Prof.
Robert Koch, . has discovered
that tropical malaria isnot caused
from climatic causes, but from the
bite of the mosquito. If Prof. Koch
theroies could be accepted, it would be
well for our soldiers down in Cuba to
train their guns on the mosquito iu
stead of the Spanish, but it will be
some time before the world generally
will a accept the theories of this learn
ed doctor. Too many people nave been
bitten by mosqnitos to make us believe
that they are the cause of malaria.
Some hidebound monsy-worshipers
are boastinz of the fact that the com
mon people, those of small wealth, are
carrying the debt of the government
caused by the recent bond issue, and
lauding it as a good thing because it
furnishes safe Investment for people
with small property. This is rot. It
is a debt just like any otbet obligation
and the people will have to pay the
interest. Besides, inside of two years
the bond9 will nearly all fall into the
hands of heavy capitalists. This pop
ular loan idea is all a myth.
Is larkspur a plant so fatal to stock
as is the general belief? That is the
question that Dr, Nelson, veterinarian
of Washington state disputes, To
prove that it is a big bugbear, he re
cently fed 23 pounds of larkspur to
three sheep in three dayp that belonged
to the state experiment station and
they did not die. He tethered another
one in a field where larkspur vas
growing thickly and it failed to perish.
So the doctor feels satisfied that the
pretty prairie flower is not deadly, and
as the proof of the poison Is in the eat
ing thereof, he must be right.
It Is reported that the son of Ad
miral Dewey, who occupies a cler
ical position with a salery of sixty
five dollars per month, was recently
offered a salary of five thousand dol
lar a year- and expenses paid if he
wotld enter the employment of a cer
tain yellow journal. He was told that
no experience would be necessary, as
he would have merely to attach bit '
-idn il.ira "RonnrA DeweV. J T, t
,
to .. - - . , - - -
articles prepared for him by others.
but be indignantly declined the offer,
We are frequently told the state of
Washington has gone to the uem
nation bow-wows under the adminis
tration of union ticket orhcials. But
figures do not prove this assertion.
Financially the state is better off thsn
in former years, .and in a number of
counties the administration of the
union officers has effected a consider
able saving. In Yakima county, for
instaDce.during the republican admin
istration for the year ending June 30,
1896, the expenses were $20,824,88,
under the union administration for
year ending June 30,1898, the expenses
were $14,135,73, a saving of Sb.689,1.
Three months ago the gallant Dewey
ntered Manila harbor and won the
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greatest naval victory ever recorueu
in history. He at once asked the gov
ernment to send him land forces to
hold what he had gained. Twenty
thousand troops sent then would have
easily occupied Manila and held tne
Philippine islands, but they were not
sent. Instead, thousands oi men were
mobilized on the Atlantic coast in per
fect inactivity. Because of the gov
en ment's failure to act promptly.
Aguinaldo has assumed control in the
Philippines, and will cause
more
trouble than all the Spaniards.
This
war looks like a farce.
MADRID IS
TIRED OF WAR
Public Seniment in Favor of
Peace at Once.
New York, Aug. 4. A Madrid dis
patch to the Tribune says:
Not only the court, cabinet and po
litical men of the capital, but the Mad
rid public as well are unmistakably in
favor of peace at any price. It is be
lieved that any apparent opposition to
the terms arranged at Washington
will be merely for the sake of appear
ances, nothing more. Grave anxiety
ia felt, however, as to ' the attitude of
the army and the feeling in the prov
inces. Several regiments in the Mad
rid garrison are Known to be hostile
to the government and to the dynasty,
but it is hoped that any open action
can bo restrained until after the con
clusion of peace.
General Polavieja has so far suc
ceeded in curbing military jingoism
tin hia atponc oersonal influence, bu'
that peace may be the signal for ia
tnrnal disorders is a peril which Sa-
gasta is now trying to avert.
Arrests Are Hade.
Portland, Aug. 3. The police
have at last woke up and have pulled a
few of the sure thing men and bunco
steerers who are operating on Third
street, under the cloak of a city license
granted them for show purposes, and
whose uncouth voices can be heard at
all houis of the,day and night, in their
attempt to decoy the unsuspecting
into their lair.
Colonel's Wife a Stowaway.
San Francisco, Aug. . 2. The
E)oric brings a report that Mrs. Reeves,
wife of Colonel Reeves, of the Thir
teenth Minnesota regiment, managed
to secrete herself on the transport City
of Para and accompanied her husband
as far as Honolulu, but whether she
was permitted to continue her voyage
to Manila is not made clear.
A Wbole Crop Burned.
Eugene, Lr., Ang. 4. Some evil
minded person last night set fire to
some wheat on the farm of W. I?.,
Scarborough, near Eugen6. Mr. Scar
borough had just finished stacking
his grain and expected to thresh to
day. His entire crop of about 1000
bushels was destroyed.
Liquor T. us t Formed.
Peoria, 111., Aug. 3. The United
States Spirit Association was organiz
ed in Cincinnati today for the purpose
of ooiitFelling the entire manufacture
and sale of the output of the distiller
ies of the country. It will be one of
the most gigantic trusts ever formed.
rprlslng lu Spain.
Madrid, Aug. 3. There is pro
nounced Carlist uprising in the south
ern part of Spain. The denunciations
against the administration is on
among the populace.
' Populists Uot Everything.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 3. In the
joint convention held here today the
populist claimed everything and were
given all the offices except attorney
geueral which went to the democrats.
Texas Democrats.
Galveston, Aug. 3. The state
democratic convention today nom
inated Joseph D. Sayers for governor
and Thomas, drowa foV justice of the
supreme court.
Convention in Wjomiof.
Casper, Wy., Aug 3. The fusion
1st convention held here today nomin
ated H. C. Alger for governor. The
remainder "of the ticket will be com
pleted this afternoon.
For the Front.
Chicamattga, Aug. 3. The Fifth
Illinois infantry left Camp Thomas for
Porto Rico via Newport News this
morning.
Will Sail Tuesday.
San Francisco. Aug. 3, The
Washington volunteers will sail from
here for the Philippines next Tuesday.
Weaver for Congress.
Oskaloosa, Iowa, Ang. 3. The
fusionlsts of the sixth congressioaal
district nominated General Weayer for
member of congress.
Alabama Democratic.
Montgomery, Aug, 3. Complete
election returns show that the demo
crats have carried 33 counties and the
populists 12-
Big Blase In France.
Dunkirk, France, Aug. 3. A fire Is
raging in the reservoirs of petroleum
factories and many buildings are being
destroyed. -
sickness at 8ntim(ro.
Santiago, Aug. 3. At present
there are over iuw auichwu auu
Spanish soldiers sick and iu the hot
pital.
SPAIN ACCEPTS
OCR TERMS
Speedy Termination
of Hostilities
LONDON, Aug. 3. The Madrid cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says:
The government has accepted the
principal of the American conditions,
but the acceptance will not be made
public until inquiries to Washington
on matters of detail nave oeen an
swered, thus rounding off the prelim
inary basis.
Th Madrid correspondent of the
Daily News says:
The government's reply to the
American peace terms left here Mon
day evening. The government be-
'ieves that the nature of the negotia
tions requires the greatest secrecy,
and that their success will depend
unnn the observance of the most
i
absolute reserve here. Official silence
therefore, Is complete.
The Rome correspondent of the
Daily Chronicle says:
Spain, it is asserted here, haa ac
cepfed the American terms, with un
important reseryations, and the peace
nreliminaries will be signed before
Saturday.
The Madrid correspondent of the
Standard says:
The government's reply to the Amer
ican terms was forwarded yesterday
evening, through M. Cambon, and
there is a strong prospect that peace
will be concluded.
AGUINALDO'S UN
RULY FORCES
Conflict With the Insurgents is Antici
pated.
Washington, Aug. 2. The officials
here make no concealment of their
apprehension of serious trouble to fol
low the execution of our programme
in regard to the Philippines. The re
ports of the military and naval com"
manders of late have contained warn
ings of expected conflicts with the in
surgents, and no -surprise will be felt
at the receipt of news of an outbreak
at almost any moment.
The United States government feels
that it has at.su med a moral obligation
toward not only the foreign residents
at Manilla, but toward the unprotected
classes.of the Spanish community
women, children, nuns and priests.
Therefore, when intimation came that
the insurgents were threatening the
lives of some helpless monks, orders
were sent to the American military
commander to look into the matter,
and to act in the. interest of civiliza
tion and humanity.
"As according to reports the insur
gents have shown particular hostility
towards the monks, it is a reasonable
expectation that before long a collision
will have occurred with the Ameri
can troops, if the latter undertake to
interfere in the .execution of the ven
geance of the insurgents.
PEACE NEGOTIA
TIONS ai?e siqw
Reply of Spain Has Not Been Made
Public.
Washington, Aug. 4. Yesterday
the president, secretary of state and
M. Cambon, acting' as representative
of Spain, bad along conference, but
the matters atrreed to were not made
public
It is said to be not at all improbable
that the preliminaries leading up to
the signature of the treaty of peace
may consume fully three months, so
that it may be well along toward the
legal assembly of congress before the
will be prepared to submit a peace
treaty to the senate, it is expected,
however, that the Spanish pledge to
accept the broad conditions laid down
by the United States will take the
fprm of a written agreement, some,
thing'in the nature of a protocol.which
while a very necessary step in nego
tlations of a treaty, is not always a
nart of that document. Under tha
terms of the presldebt's note, If they
shall be accepted by Spain, the Span
ish government Is bound to evacuate
Cuba and Porto Rico immediately.
CAMAEA'S
FLEET
IS USELESS,
Not a Ship in It Is Fit For Active
Service.
New YORK, Aug. 4. A- Cadiz cor
respondent writes to the Tribune that
there is not a single ship in Admiral
Camara's squadron that is in condition
to go into action. The Pelago's boilers
have given out, and the turrets of the
Carlos V are unmanageable. The
Audoz was badly used up by tbeiecent
vova"e to Suez and the armament of
the auxiliary cruisers are terribly de
fective. Not a veseel in the whole
souadron is in fighting trim, and in
case of an engagement would be utter
ly useless.
Bob Bolman Gets a Job.
Portland, Aug. 3. A compromise
has at last been affected, whereby the
political soreness of Robert Holman,
who was promised the position of chief
of the fire department, and was turned
down in the interest of ex-PugilUt
Dave Campbell, has at last been heal
ed by the appointment of Holman to a
police captaincy at $7 per month,
while the position of chief pays $150
per month. It seems quite strange
that under this reform administration
that a leading citUen like Mr. Bolman
should be given a subordinate position
but then again it may be accounted
for that Mr. Holman probably never
graduated from a pugilistic college,
and was therefore not qualified for the
position of chief of the fire department.
Mr. Holman takes the captaincy form
erly held by John Stapleton. The
services of Mrs. M. J. McKinney, the
city matron, were also dispenced with,
in spite of a large petition presented
by the W. C. T. U. of this city, for her
retention, the place has been supplied
by the appointment of Mrs. Woods.
Would sot Aeeept the Cat.
Cleveland, Aug. 3. A strike was
formally declared on today by the
federated Wire Trades at the works of
the H. P.- Nail Company, and the
American Wire Company, both of
which are now under control of the
recently formed wire and nail trust.
The strike, when rod mill men and
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to get. How important it is, therefore, that in spending your . 3
money you get the best value obtainable. Hence we say, don't ;
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Our Grand Clearance Sale is Still On 1
ALL GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES
During the month of
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yard men of the Amerioan company
join it, will throw about 2100 men out
of employment. The cause of the
strike is an alleged general cut of 33 1-3
per cent in wages and a threatened
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Apples for China.
Portland, Aug. 5. A syndicate of
local Chinese merchants of this city
are contemplating the shipment of
Oregon winter apples to China this
fall, providing apples can be secured
that are free from worms This is no
new experiment as apples have hereto
fore been shipped to China from this
part, and disposed of at fair prices,
considering the bad conditions of some
of the fruit. It is therefore incumbent
on the orchardist to see that none but
the best of apples that -are free from
worms are shipped for market.
PORTLAND NOTES.
Portland, Aug. 3 The O. R. &
N. Co. have a large force of men em
ployed in the yards and docks, clean
ing up and making room for the large
crop of grain-they expect to handle
this season.
The steamer State of Callforniacame
in last night with a large cargo of
tropical fruits for the Oregon market.
Cannery men report the salmon, rua
as very light on the lower Columbia.
PORTLAND KWg NOTES.
Portland, Aug. 5. It is reported
that Southern Oregon will have the
largest and best corn crop for several
years past.
Rogue River water mslons are be-,
glning to arrive in car-load lots.
Several Labor Bureau's of this city
havealready begun making arrange
ments for handling bop pickers.
Fboenixx Mine Bold.
Baker City, Aug. 4. G. W. Mc
Cormick, in bebalf of Eastern capital
ists, has purchased the Phoenix mine,
in the Bonanza district, next to the
Don Juan mine, in Baker county. A
small payment was made on the spot.
A larger payment will be made in 30
days. The purchase price is said to be
$35,000. The new owners propose to
spend $15,000 in fully developing the
property before erecting a milling
plant.
Soldier Bojra Heard From.
Portland, Aug, 4. Two thousand
letters from the eoldier boys at Manila
have been received at the poatofflce
here, and are being distributed. They
will be sent to their several destina
tions on the mails that leave here to
night.
The Commission Leaves.
Washington, Aug. 4. Senators
Cullum and Morgan and Represent
tiye Hilt, who comprise the Hawiian
commission, leave tonight for San
Francisco, from whence they sail for
Honolulu.
Took a Shot at San Joan.
Washington, Aug. 4. Advices
have been received that Saturday the
cruiser Dixie took a few shots at Morro
Castle at the entrance of San Juan
harbor and caused general consterna
tion in the city. .
Dropped Dead in Ber House.
Heppner, Or., Aug. 2. Mrs. R. A
Ford, wife of R. A. Ford, a painter
and paper-hanger, dropped dead yes
terday evening while engaged in
household duties. She left a husband
who is almost blind, and two children
Bis; Fire at Darton.
Dayton, Wash., Aug. 4. A dis
astrous tire occurred here yesterday,
and six warehouses containing 40,000
bushels of grain were destroyed. The
origin ot the fire is unknown.
General Grant's Troops Knibarked.
Newport News, Va.t Aug. 4. The
first detaebmentof the brigade in com
mand of Brigadier-General Fred D,
Grant embarked late last night on the
transport Hudson for Porto Rico.
Hospital Ship Leaves.
New York, Aug. 4. Th6 hoapltal
ship Relief sailed today or Porto Rico,
supplied with a full corps of surgeons
and nurses.
Left for Porto Blco.
New Port News. Aug. 4. Gen
eral Fred Grant's brigade sailed this
afternoon for Porto Rico to join Gen
eral Miles.
The Tscoms Sails.
San Francisco, Aug. 4. The
transport Tacoma sailed this morning
for Manila with reinforcements for
eneral Merritt's army
Vigilance
Price of Liberty.
PEASE
August our store will close promptly at 8 'o'clock P. M.
WILL BE
BROUGHT HOME
General Shatter's Army to Be
Taken to Long Island.
Washington, Aug. 5. Yesterday
the president had a conference with
the secretaries of war and navy, at
which it was agreed that General Shat
ter's army be brought home from
Cuba, and will be stationed atMontauk
point, Long Island. The moving of
the troops home will be commenced at
once, and as there are sufficient trans
port vessels lying off the coast of
Cuba to bring tbem over there need be
little delay in getting them back to
American soil.
As far as the questien of removing
the troops back into the mountains
was concerned (the question which
seems to have precipitated the indig
nation meeting among the American
commanders at Santiago), it is learned
that the medical department made no
such recommendation. All that it had
.to say on this subject was that, if the
troops- must be near Santiago, an
effort snould be made to remove them
at once to some healthier camping
ground.
Surgeon-General Sternberg agrees
thoroughly with the opinion expressed
by the signers ot the "round robin" at
Santiago, that men who have suffered
from the severe malarial fevers of the
south coast of Cuba, so far from being
immune against attacks of yellow
fever, as has been asserted in some
quarters, are actually in very mash
greater danger than those who have
escaped the malaria.
GOT OFF OF HIS
HIGH HORSE
Aguinaldo Changed His Attitude To
ward the Americans.
New York, Aug.5. World
special cablegram from Manila bay
July 30, via Hong Kong says:
Owing to the firm attitude of Gen
eral Merritt, the insurgent general
Aguinaldo has changed his front, and
seems to have come to a realization
that his hostile attitude towards
Americans might result disastrously
to the insurgents of the Philippines
Aguinaldo is becoming more friendly
to the Americans.
He has made two propositions to
General Merritt which may solve the
insurgent problem in a manner highly
advantageous to the United States.
In the first place he asks tne com
mander-in-chief of the American land
forces to permit the rebel troops to
march through the streets of Manila
when the city surrender s.
In the second place, Aguinaldo sug
gests the formation of Philippine
regiments with American officers
This is considered a highly important
nronosition a possible key to the
whole situation throughout the isl
ands. The native troops would thus
be constantly under the eyes and
direct orders of our men.
WILL BE
THE
BANNER
YEAR
Oregon's Yield Will Break All For
mer Records,
Portland, Aug. 5. The Oregonian
this morning published the following
concerning the products of the state
for the present year. The data has
been secured from trustworthy sources,
and is authentic:
The season has advanced so far that
the wheat yield may be spoken of with
certainty. Last year's actual product
was 41,26,000 bushels. Best informed
men put the average this year at 5 per
cent greater tnan ioy. so penect
has been the weather ever since seed
ing time that an average increase in
the yield per acre over 1897 will be
more than S per cent in the Columbia
river basin and Western Oregon. This
will bring the total wheat product up
to 45,000,000 bushels or over. Based
on last year's figures, the surplus for
export will exceed 36,000,000 bushels,
and may reach 38.000.00 busheU.
Of Oregon's industries, outside of
grain, the one at present most active
is lumber. The demand, while sot ex-
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ceeding that of last year, is vary heavy.
The wool clip equals the yield of
last year, which was about 18,030,000
pounds. That Is conoeded by some of
the best authorities in the city. But
the prices will be far higher.
1 he-yield of bops is variously esti
mated at from 12,000,000 to 14,000,000
pounds. Prices, the dealers say, 111
range about the same as last year, but
at this early day they cannot give any.
thing like exact figures.
In the orchards everything points to
fine crop of prunes and apples, while
there will be a falling off of N per
cent in the yield of Bartlett pears.
HUNGRY FOR OFFICE.
Portlanders Are Looking for Places as
Forest Rangers.
Portland, Aug. -5. Over 600 ap
plications for positions of forest
rangers have been, filed in the inter
ior department from this city alone.
The wave of prosperity in Oregon is
so great that everybody it seems, is :
willing to accept a position as watch
man for Uncle Sam's forest reserve, at
a salary of $50 a month. The commis
sioner of the general . land office
Binger Hermann has the appointing
of the ranger, and therefore, the
political friends of the ex-congressman
are generally the ones wbvi secures the
plum, and in keeping with the opon
hearted generosity of tW republican
party the commissioner i making ap
pointments by the score through dif
ferent parts of the state. The forest
reserve will undoubtedly become quite
an expensive luxury under the present
administration.
Fruit JUUtUllnc.
Portland, Aug. 5. An attempt was
made last week , in the Willamette
Valley to start a co-operative fruit
distillery to take care of the . large
crop of prunes, fhat are now on band
by distilling them into brandy. But
the attempted enterprise was a failure
on account of the religious tendenoy
of a -large number of the growers.
There are several fruit distilleries ia '
Southern Oregon which furnishes,
quite a market for fruit of all kinds.
It would be considerable better to
find a market for our large surplus '
fruit crop by distilling it here and
stoo the importation of brandies
from the east.
For Bala. .
A choice stock ranch of 360 acres all
deeded, 300 acres under good three-wire
fence, with plenty of wood and water,
about 50 acres In cultivation, and eight
acres in orchard and vineyard, two
barns and some outbuildings. This
ranch is equally as good for darying as
for raising stock. Located 4i miles
from The Dalles on Chenoweth creek.
Price $2200. Apply at this offioo'or at
the farm of J. A. Fleck
Notice to Delinquent Taxpayers.
The delinquent taxes of Wasco
county, as shown on the rolls now in
the hands of the sheriff, are $60,000, an
amount almost equal to the indebted
ness of the county. Every citizen will
doubtless admit that this state of
affairs should not exist, and that all
taxes should be collected. On account
of hard times in the past the county
court has shown leniency to taxpayers,
but that leniency has reached the
limit, and the court cannot wait longer
on delinquents to make settlement.
For this reason a warrant has been at
tached to each delinquent roll com
manding the sheriff to collect all taxes
by seizure and sale of property. With
the bountiful crops now In sight, there,
can do longer be any reasonable ex-.
cuse for the non-payment of taxes..
The eherlff Is bound under oath to
comply with the terms of the warrants.
attached to the tax rolls for the collec
tion thereof, and has no option in the
matter. Delinquent taxpayers can
save the cost of seizure and sale of
property by settling their taxes
once. Robert Kelly,
Sheriff and Tax Collector for Wasoo County.
Dated August 4, 1898.
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millions of mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect success
It soothes the child, softens the gum,
allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is
the best remedy for diarrhoea. Is
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Twenty-five cents a bottle. Its value
is unca'lculable. Be sure and ask for
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