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SATURDAY.
.SEPT. 3, 1898
THE WHEAT OUTLOOK.
The following from the Portland
- Commercial Review is not encourag
Insr to the farmer, but the truth is no
one can foretell what the price of
wheat will be. The Review says:
The work of the wheat aphis io
Western Oregon has put a blight upon
. the excellent prospects by shortening
the yield, and the decline In price adds
still more to the depression. On the
: market question the feeling locally is
one of extreme . weakness, based upon
the depression existing; in the wheat
trade of Europe, where values are
almost daily dropping- and prices at
writing are largely nominal in charuc
ter. New wheat is being offered free-
. ly throughout Western Eurooe.- The
condition of affairs in our owu market
is extremely unsatisfactory. Sellers
generally have false ideas regarding
prices, and show little disposition to
meet the advances of buyers. This
position must in the end result disas
trously to the selling interest,although
at present having a temporary advant
age. For exporters, after providing
for urgent wants, will not make the
same prices later on. More wheat
, will be offered than can be placed on
the market, and the consequences will
be that values will probably go lower
than' the market level. Farmers and
' Bellers must bear in mind that prices
here are subject to' selling values in
England. It is well known that pres
ent bids put out by shippers are much
above a parity with selling prices
abroad, and unless a reaction should
set in, which at present is far from
promising, losses will be sustained on
earlier shipments. The movement of
wheat to tidewater is increasing, but
the amount received to date, present
season, is rather below receipts for the
same time during previous years. The
same is also true as to deliveries by
farmers at interior warehouses. The
Valley is selling considerable, and is
quite willing to sell at whatever prices
are made, while Eastern Oregon is
holding off, expecting that they will
. be able to regulate the market and
make their own prices. The market,
in the meantime, is going against them
daily. As to sehing prices, it is quite
difficult to give accurate figures; the
real market value is easily figured out.
Based on best cable bids for prompt
shipment, Valley is worth 60 cents,
bluestem 60 cents, and club 575c
per bushel. Bluestem this season will
command an unusual premium, on ac
count of the demand from California.
have been very liberal in their Jpna
tiocs to roads in the past. It s-rould
be repaired out of the general funds of
the county, because it would be of ben
efit to a majrity of the taxpayers.
We trust the county court will con
sider the matter at the September ses
sion of court, for it is now the time of
year when farmers demand good roads
on which to haul their grain to market.
WHERE THE BLAME LIES.
THEY CAN AFFORD IT.
- The Railway News Beaureau has
issued a circular on the decline in
freight rates on railroads during the
past 30 years acd shows it to have
been 58 per cent. This we presume
is about correct, yet when one
Into account the differenca-in the
cost of buildiDndrperating rail
feiTyWfipy'Cfiiftears ago and now, it
does not appear to be a very great
- reduction. , ... i' '
Thirty years ago railroading was al
most in its infancy. It cost twice as
much to build a mile of railroad then
- as it does now, and the operating ex
penses were very much greatei . Then
freight cars were built to carry from
15,000. to 25,000 pounds, now they
carry from 50,000 to 60,000 nounds.
An engine then would draw a train of
ten of those small cars, or 250,000
pounds; now an engine will haul 30 of
the larger cars or 1,800,000 pounds. By
the use of air brakes the number of
train hands has been reduced from
seven to five on a train. Owing to the
decline in the price of material and
the better facilities for manufacturing,
the cost of the large engines and cars
of today is no greater than the cost of
the small ones thirty years ago. Thus
with the same investment and with
two le9S hands a freight train of today
can handle over five times as much as
could one of thirty years ago. And
within thirty years the traffic has so
increased that there is more business
for the roads than there was in 1868.
Wages have also decreased and the
price of coal has fallen off so that it
cost no more to operate one of the big
engines of the present than it did to
operate one of the little engines of
thirty years ago.
Taking all these things into consid
eration, thtre is more money for the
railroad in hauling freight across the
continental one dollar per hundred
than there was at three dollars per
TTuffAced when the first transcontin
ental roadNras built. Then why
should there not be a decline of 58 per
cent? The declinesTTottreally have
been greater. Had it beeB-S-er
cent it would not be out of proportion'
The war being over it may not now
appear unpatriotic to criticise the
action of those whoaro responsible for
the unnecessary suffering that has
bien endured by the soldiers who
have been sent to the front and those
who have been mobilized at different
points of rendezvouse Even during
the civil war, when the nation's future
was held by a slender cord, and when
its credit was uncertain, there was not
suih shameful neglect of the army as
there has been during the war with
Spain, when mn were anxious to en
list and when ample means were at
the command of the government to
supply every necessity required for
the army aud to provide them with
comfortable quarters whenever they
wore mobilized.
Of course the direct blame for select
ing unhealthy and uncomfortable
places for mobilizing the troops must
rest upon Secretary of War Alger, but
indirectly the blame rests with the ad
ministration. President McKinley
himself was responsible for
Alger's being in office and retaining a
place in th,e cabinet after his incom
petency was so vividly displayed.
But the real cause of this botch in con
ducting the war reaches back beyond
the beginning of hostilities. It dates
back to March 4, 1897, when President
McKinley chose his cabinet officers.
Instead of selecting statesmen as his
advisors, he gave out cabinet appoint
ments as political rewards. Ia the
first place Senator Sherman was in
duced to resign his place in the senate
and accept the office of secretary of
of state in order that M. A. Hanna
might be rewarded for his ser
vices in the campaign of 1S96 with a
seat in the senate. Sherman soon dis
played his incaoability, and had the
decency to resign.
General Alger was possessed of
great wealth, and had contributed
liberally to the campaign fund. 4s a
reward he was made secretary of war.
Early in his official career he began
exhibiting his "business" tact in es
tablishing a military reserve at the
mouth of the Yukon, where he and
his associates might realize 'millions
in their speculations at the expense of
the prospectors going to the Klon
dike. Although this scheme was ven
tilated, and it was evident he was in
offiice for the "graft" there was in it,
he was not removed but wat retained
in ffice until a time came last spring
when he could more fully display his
incapability and greed for gain at the
expense not only of tho government
but at the cost of thousands of valu
able lives. Had the president been a
usn like Lincoln, Alger would long
since been supplanted by some one of
competence, and today there would
not be the disgrace to the nation of
our soldiers having died from exposure
the lack of proper food and
from having been huddled together in
unwholesome quarters. When Simon
Cameron showed his unfitness for sec
retary of waxAirtfie cTose of 1861, Presi-
jjgg.LdAmrCfncoln held himself directly re-
sponsioie tor trie conduct ot nis cabinet
officers. Had McKinley Sone likewise,
there would be fewer graves filled to
day; by victims of Alder's incom
petency. r ' fcl
MARK HANNA ON THE WAR
"We nave spent $.100,000,000," said
Mark Hanna to a St. Paul Pioneer
Press reporter, last week. "We have
done ourselves a good turn while en
hancing the cause of humanity.''
Perhaps the senator from Ohio did
aot intend to be so frank in thus sum
ming up of the results of the war. says
tue Spokesmau-Review. "We have
done ourselves a good turn while en
hancing the cause of humanity," ho
chuckles, and he thinks of the yachts
sold the government at an enormous
profit, of the shoddy clothing and de
cayed and rotten food furnished the
soldiers, bv the contractors who were
"friends of the administration" and
of Mark Hanna; of the slits that had
been cut in the money bag of Uncle
Sam by the '-loyal" sharpjrs, big and
little, who took advautage of the
nation's need to despoil her;, but he
evidently lets his thoughts speud little
time on the fritrhtful mortality and
disease among the toldiers and the
awful hardships they had to undergo
as the result oi the incompetency, mis
management and inhumanity of the
Alger appointees in administrative
army office. Verily, Mark Hanna and
his friends have "done a good thing
for themselves," if his estimate of a
"good thing" is accepted an estimate
that measures everything, even
patriotism, in dollars and cents.
This interyiew of his, given to a gold
republican newspaper, is entirely
characteristic of the man. Uninten
tionally it betrays his sordid, selfish,
money grabbing, narrow nature.
Here is a sample sentence taken from
it:
"We will control Cuba. It makes
little difference now whether the in
surgents can maintain a stible gov
ernment. In less than 20 years the
United States will practically own the
islands. It will now require 50,000
men to hold Cuba, but we will get
good returns for our investment."
It is not a gratifying fact that a man
who should be a representative of
Americanism, who has the confidence
and ear of the president, who does so
much to shape the policy of the gov
ernment, should thus heartlessly class
an American army corps as cbattelf,
something that may be invested.
Carrying out his ideas the adjutant
general of the army should establish
his records on a new basis and have
on account for "profit and loss" where
in should be entered under that head
ing the number of wounded and killed
and the number who died for lack of
medical supplies and proper rations.
GOOD liOADS.
There is nothing more essential to
tho" people of a farming community
than goej roads over which to had
their products to market, nor is there
anything that tends more to build up
the trade of a city than good roads
leading into it. This is then a matter
in which the farmer in the country
and th? merchant in the city have a
common and direct interest. The
farmer wants' easy "facilities for getting
bis produce to market at the least pos
sible expense and it is to the interest
of .the merchant that his customers
have every convenience for reaching
bim. Therefore both should work in
unison to secure the best . roads
possible.
That .the roads leading into The
Dalles are not as good as they might
be made, is beyond question, and that
they should be improved is a matter on
which all are agreed, though how this
is to be accomplished has not been de
termined. True, the surrounding
country is not an easy one to build
roads over, but that they can be built
is demonstrated by the few good roads
in the country. All that is required is
sufficient laoor judiciously anplied
The road most in need of improve
ment, because it is more traveled than
any other in the county, is the one
leading from here to Tygh ridge, con
necting with the Shearer toll road,
and it is said it can be put in perfect
repair for 92000. Since this road is
traveled by a great number of tax
payers, it caocot be expected that it
will be put in repair by the individual
donations of the merchants and bus!
ness men of The Dalles, although they
TRADE RELATIONS
It is now claimed that Cuba and
Porto Rico within four years of peace
and under the new trade relations that
will be established will furnish the
United States with all the sugar need
ed annually. Some people think this
will be a blow at the supar beet in-
dusfy. And so it may be. But a
matter of still greater financial impor
tance is what is to become of the
tobacco, cigar and cigarette business
nnder the new relations that are to
be etsablished in the islands mention
ed and in the Philippines. . With a
trade protectorato over the Phil
ippine islands good cigars of Manila
manufacture can be sold in this coun
try for one cent apiece. Of course
the destiny of the world decrees the
right of man to sell in the dearest
market and buy in the lowest, and in
any event we cannot deny to the is
lands to which we dictate those rights
which our forefathers demanded when
they therw the tea into Boston harbor.
Taxation without representation is as
unjust and indefensible ia 1898 ad in
1776.
INTERNAL REVENUE TAX
It will undoubtedly be years ere the
people of this country are free of the
extra tax burdens that have been im
posed on them since war was declared
with Spain. Of course, they wero
ostensibly created to pay the expenses
of conducting the war but as it is a
well known fact that the Dingley bill
is a failure so far as producing suffi
cient revenue to meet the current ex
penses of the government, evi.-n in.
trse of peace, it is not at all likely
that we-ftball be free from the extra
burdens im posed "a3 "special taxes since
the breaking out of the wav-,-for years j
to come, if ever.
' A considerable portion of the gov
ernment revenues will doubtless here.
THE SPECIAL BESSION.
There is now scarcely a doubt that
the governor will call a special ses
sion of the legislature next, month to
wind up the business that should have
been transacted at the session of 1897,
which never met. Of course the ses--sion
will last twenty days and will
cost in the neighborhood of $50,000, as
a session cannot be conducted on
much less than $2,500 a day. As an in
vestment for the already over-burdened
taxpayers, the session will be
a failure, but for the politicians and
"grafters" it will be a howling success.
There will be . no less than ninety
clerks appointed, or rather they will
be rewarded at the rate of five dollars
per day for the services they rendered
in the June election, and besides there
will be the usual number of small jobs
to be worked that will satisfy the long
ing of the professional politicians,
those who are in politics for revenue,
and they will all declare the special
session a brilliant achievement. Then
there will no doubt be a United States
senator elected, and the great state of
Oregon will have her full representa
tion in coogres. This of course can
require but little time, since tho re
publican party has an overwhelming
majority in both houses, and the mem- ,
bers should be able to elect some good !
gold standard senator on the first
ballot, one who will stand in with the '
administration and Mr. Hanna. j
But where are the taxpayers going j
to pet off? Where will thev cnt even I
on the expenses of the legislature? It ' shing a ha hot d clJ water.
will Drobablv be argued that an in. I
Dronriation bill will ba iassd that. ! that only the
1 ' . i , r , . i i i
the present 'uemseives, lor less iuuu iuei aione
would cost at borne.
men and who would have made just as
brave a record as any, if they had been
given a chance at the front. They
acted their whole duty where thoy
were placed, which is all that could
be asked of soldiers.
The little friction between Secretary
Aljrer and General Miles cannot but
result beneficially to the army. There
will be a shaking upof the organize
tion. and when the fray is over a lot of
incompetent hangers on will fall out
Then the army will be placed on
more business like footing.
Stranga to 6uy, right here in th
country of the gold standard and pro
lection to home industries an ounce of
silver is worth more than a bushel of
wheat. It begins to look like some
of the arguments heard iu 1896 about
the pairtv ol silver and wheat was
more truthful than poetical.
When an investigation is made of
the manner in which Secretary Alger
has conducted the war there
should ba no w'jite washing. Every fact
should be brought forth. The starv
iug of soldiers on our own soil at
surroundtd with plenty is a thing that
cannot be passed bv without some
one being n ide to suffer. Anderso
villo had its horrors, but they cou
not ba prevented. The sufferings ai
the different camps thia year could
have been averted and somebody mu
explain why they were not.
The bard and continuous service of
the battle-ships and cruisers of th
Eastern Squadron has not rendered
them lessefiicientas fighting machines
since the men behind the guns are th
same; yet the armistice will afford th
government a formidable opportunit
of putting these valuable war ships in
perfect condition. There is no tellin
when the dogs of war will ba let loose
again, and our navy should be ready for
any emergency.
Some alleged friends of Hon. T. T,
Geer are. "booming" bim for United
States senator. Whether Mr. Geer
sanctions this move or not is ro
known, but certain it ij he should not,
He was elected governor; the peopl
of the state want him for that place
and will not view with favor any effort
to put him in the senate. If be shall
serve the people well and faithfully as
governor; and his party should be i
power at the expiration of his term
then it will be time for him to aspire
to hi United States senator, but at this
time such aspirations are unbecoming,
Military government in Santiago is
proviug very successful. The officials
in charge report that after paying all
salaries and expenses of .the city there
is $90,000 in cash iu the treasury.
thorough street cleaning system has
been inaugurated in Santiago and the
health of the city is improving in con
sequence. All kinds of business is be
ing pushed and there is a boom on i
that part of Cuba. If government by
the military gives 'the people of Cuba
such advantages what will be the re
suit when government with the con
sent of the governed is organized
there?
In his paper on "The Possibilities
of Cuba." read before the American
Association for the advancement of
science. Professor Robert T. Hill, of
the United States geological survey,
said that altbough -it was the solemn
duty of the declaration of congress to
establish Cuban independence, there
is a strong feeling on the part of the
i American and foreign res'dents of Cu
ba that .the ultimate destiny of this
island will be absorption into the
American union. That it can be
ultimately brought about by natural
and friendly means there is no doubt,
In city enterprise, Giascow. Scot
land, is far ahead of ail other cities.
She has not levied any city tax at all
for two years. Profits on business
owned and operated by the city pay all
expenses. It has owned its gas and
water works for many years. In 1894
it bought the street railways and is
now about to establish a city bank
The city provides swimming baths at
4 cents a swim, and city washhouses
where housewives can take their week's
fixed with bath tubs and conveniences
wealthy can afford for
will stop the interest on the present
outstanding state warrants, which
amount to something like $590,000,the
interest on which is $4,000 a month.
This is very true, but at best only
three months' interest, or $12,000
could be saved, and it will ba an ex
penditure of $50,000 to save $12,000.
This, of course, will be good "fia anoier
ing" "for tfce grafters.''
There may be some remedial legisla
tion enacted a this special session,
for every legislator elect is pledged to
reform, and they cannot afford to ig
nore their pledges. Besides the new
lawmakers will have an opportunity to
practice up, so that they can get right
down to actual business when the
regular session is convened next Janu
ary, and may be able to so acquit them
selves that their constituents will wit?h
they never had been born, or at least
elected.
Verily, this special session that we
seem certain to have thrust upon us
will be a big thing, but it will be ex
pensive to . the taxpayers. Governor
Loid could better crown the last davs
of his administration with glory by
lotting it close without a special ses
sion of the legislature.
after have to be raised by special taxes,
as it is not at all probable any tariff
bili that stands any show of becoming
a law, will ever be framed that would
produce enough revenue. Whether
that special tax will be in the shape of
an income tax or be placed on articles
of every-day use, is a question that
will be settled by the dominant politi
cal party; however the method, special
taxes are with us and the end thereof
no man can eifely foretell.
THE SPANISH VERSION
The written address to the Ameri
can soldiery by a Spanish private is
being much made over by the Asso
ciated Press. After years of robbery
and rotteness Spain has lost Cuba and
Spanish soldiers and government alike
would rather see the Cubans governed
than to govern themselves. It will be
well to pay no attention to the gar
rulous Spanish. They have murdered
nd pillaged, outraged and burned,
and, after being whipped . by the
United States, seek to load us with
gallantry at the expense of the Cubans
whom they claim shot at them and
then ran away to the busb. The Cu
ins were pr.viledged to shoot and
run. It was their only method of war
fare. They were weak and could get
ammunition and aid only through
charity. The Spanish version of the
Cubaus should not and will not carry
much water with the Americans.
Every vote for H. W. Corbett for U.
S. Senator is a vote to make money
-kJeaaatvejfyibAo else itie slave.
Corbett could not be elected by the
votes of the people, yet bis election is
claimed as a certainty.
The gold-bug press cackles in glee
over the statement that the production
of gold in the United States now equals
the production of both gold and silver
in 1873. This means that while there
has .been tremendous progress in all
other branches the money kings have
kept the money supply more and more
limited.
What does the U. S. want with
the Pbillipine islands aud their 9,000,
000 semi-civilize d inhabitants? The
islands, no doubt, are productive and
full of resources, but the inhabitants
are undesirable. They would never
become desirable citizens. We might
as well talk of annexing China as the
Phillipines.
The campaign for the fall eleceion
is warming up in the state of Wash
ington. Senator Wilson is posing as
a political boss, and from appearances
wants to make a one-man campaign
of it, placing his interests above
that, of his party and his state.
He might well take warning from the
fate of a gentleman in Oregon who
tried to do the same thingin 1896.
Wise men learn from the experience
of others.
The Oregon batteries will be among
the first to be mustered out. Notwith
standing this fact they are entitled to
all ci edit, for they evinced that they
were made up of capable and patriotic '
Poor Alger is again in a fix. When
General Miles went to Cuba he was
. recognized by the war department and
j-in fact is the ranking general of the
' army and was given explicit instruct
; ions regarding the management of
the campaign; then Alger sent a dis
patch to Sh after that Miles was not
sent to supersede him. "f course
these discordant instruclicns would
have brought about a clash had it not
been lor the good judgment exer
cised by the two generals. Shafter is
entitled to all tho praise deserved for
the management of the Santiago
campaign and no one would seek less
to withhold it than General Miles.
The cross purpose instructions ot
the war department alone giva cause
for any friction.
The treatment given our volunteer
soldiers at San Francisco, and in fact
at almost every point of rendezvous is
disgraceful.. Men who volunteer their
services in defense of the nation are
entitled to every comfort that is pos
sible wholesome food and comfortably
clothing. This they hio nut been
given. They ha.-e been treated almost
as sbabi'-3 as Spanish soldiers, and
moro-oT them will die from the effects
ot poor treatment t han from the wounds
received in war. For this there is no
exJuse. And the fellows who 8 re
bawling about the soldiers being paid
in the best money to be bad, are re
sponsible for their mistreatment. No
doubt the soTliers would prefer being
paid in 50-cent dollars and be well fed,
than be paid in gold while they are
kept on unwholesome. rations.
The Germans are thrifty people who
are watching out for the main chance,
and just now want to get in on the
Samoa island territory. They expect
to extend their one third interest over
the entire island, but probably will
find Uncle Sam has a prior claim which
cannot be set aside. The San Fran
cisco Chronicle thinks that Germany
is not likely to succeed io the effort to
cut up Samoa, but may be able, later
on, to get a good price for her undiyid
ed third from the United Sates
When the Nicaragua canal is built we
shall need the group as a whole and by
that time American interests, center
ing at Page Pago, will be so predom
inant as to make the titles of Gurmany
and England cf little value to them
except as political merchandise.
Honolulu is glad to be favored with
thepresence of a military garrison,
and probably the soldiers whom Gene
ral Merrlara took with him when hf
sailed for the Hawaiian capital, the
other day, were glad to go. So far the
pleasure is mutual. But bow long will
Honolulu continue to regard the pres
ence of 2,000 troops as an unmixed
blessing? Not very long, we venture
to say, A oity of 20,000 people cannot
become the headquarters of two regi
ments without soon becoming aware
that their coming has introduced a
change in the social conditions previ
ously existing, and generally not for
the better. It may, also, be doubted
whether Honolulu, will be found to be
a good place in which to preset ve the
health of a large body of troops.
When peace comes it will be seriouply
questioned whether it is wise to keep
more thon 500 soldiers io the Hawaiian
Islands.
Americans take just pride in their
patriotism. No ether country on earth
can display its parallel. It is an in
telligent patriotism, founded upon
widespread knowledge and constant
study of the plans and purposes evolv
ed from giant mentalities, both in the
past and present, which have gone to
make this glorious country what it is
today the peer of nations. . Patriot
ism stands for something when it im-.
pels men voluntarily to give up luxury
for privation, commercial leadership
for a position in tho ranks, or social
prominence for the doubtful pleasure
of becoming a target for the enemy's
guns ven though they are notorious
ly poor marksmen. Patriotism which
causes wife or sweetheart to smile a
farewell through her tears is closely
akin to that God-given attribute,
mother '.ove than which notbiug
under the canopy of heaven is higher
purer, or more sublime. All honor to
such patriotism, for in it is the very
estenceof trie nobility.
Some of tho state papers are throw
ing cold water on- the aspirations of
Dinger Hermann to he United States
senator on the gro.inds that ho is an
inveterate offk:e seeker, and has been
feediDg at the public trough all his
life. This cannot be denied, but in
this he is in the sme boat with near
ly every other aspirant. However
it does not detract from bis capabili
ties to be a faithful representatives of
the state in the senate chamber. He
is a professional politician, so are
most of his competitors, though he
has had experience in congress , that
thev have not. Ha has shown him
self capable, while they are untried
We would prefer to see a democrat re
present the state in the senate, but
this is impossible, and among the re
publicaus who aspire to this honor,
Mr. Hermann seems to be the most
avilable man.-
PARTITION
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OF SAMOA
Likely Soon to Follow the
Death of Malietoa
HOSPITALS ARE
' ALL RIGHT
General Boynton's Official Re
port on
Chickamag-ua.
Washington, Aug. 31. Secretary
Alger today received the report of
General H. V. Boyoton upoa the
state of affairs in the hospitals at Camp
Thomas. Tee report is dated August
29.
The general reports that he visited
all the hospitals in 'the camp without
giving notice of bis purpose, and adds:
"Believing the death list of this
camp to afford, an excellent standard
by which to measure its conditions as
to health and hospital service, a full
report was obtained of all the deaths
in the camp aud its hospital since its
establishment in the middle of April
last. The result shows a total death
ist of 198 uo to the 22d of this month,
when the breaking up of this camp be
gan. Between tbes9 dates including
regulars and volunteers, fully 75,000
troops have been in camp in Ihe
Chickamagua Park." -
The report takes up in detail first
the two permanent hospitals Leiter
and Stern burg, and then states with
the greatest minuteness, the exact
accommodations offerdaJ by each.
The firitis atC.-awfish Springs under
charge of Major Carter, and was eon
verted from a large summer resort
hotel into a hospitil receiving the
worst typhoid cases from the camp.
Each patient has abundant room, woven
wire and hair mattresses, and abun
dant bed-clothing. The ventilation
is perfect, plumbing entirely new and
bathing facilities ample. The num j
ber of attendants, when all are well,
is entirely satisfactory, and attanl
asts are on the way to take the places
of those who are broken down.
Washington, Aug. 30. The state
department has not yet been officially
advised of the reported death of King
Malietoa, of Samoa, and in all likeli
hood must remain in official ignorance
of the event for some time to come,
owing to the slow means of communi
cation at the disposal of the depart
ment. It 5s the general impression here
that the death of the kintr will result
in the overthrow of the present form
of government of the islands, main
tained as it is by the joint action of
the United States, Great Britain and
Germany.
Official reports to. the state depart
ment chow that this government is the
most expensive and unsatisfactory of
any in the world, having regard to the
population of the Samoan group. In
the capital city, Apia, there is main
tained a tripartite municipal govern
ment of vast proportionate expense,
while the reports show that 32 rate
payers are obliged to bear the entire
cost.
For years the existing arrangements
for the government of the Samoan
group has been satisfactory to none of
the three governments, yet it has
been continued for the reason that
nothing better could be suggested that
would be acceptible to the nations.
CLASH THREATENED AT MANILA
.London, Aug. 30L-The Hong Kong
correspondent of the Daily Mail says:
The relations between the Ameri
cans und the Filipinos are much strain
ed in consequence of the collision at
Cavite last Wednesday. The insurg
ent general at Cavite has been order
ed to evacuate the place and remove
his troops two miles into the country,
in order to prevent further disturbances.
General Aguinaldo said his chief
purpose in maintaining bis army. near
the city was to be prepared to copo
with the Spaniards in case the Unitod
States left Manila to Spanish control.
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Terrible Fate of Three Spanish Fugitive at
the Philippines.
Tacoma, Aug. 30. The Hong Kong
Daily Press is authority for the state
ment that 300 Spaniards, including 16
priests, lost their lives several weeks
ago, when the Spanish gunboat Ley to
was captured by a vessel belonging to
Admiral Dewey's squadron. ' The
Leyte has been stationed near an ad
joining island, where the insurgents
were numerous and aggressive. The
latter were gaining ground rapidly,
causing 900 Spaniards to board three
sailing vessels, - iu an endeavor to
escape from the natives, whom they
feared would massacre them.
The gunboat Leyte undertook to
tow these three transports to Manila
bay, where the Spaniards aboard them
were to surrender to Admiral Dewey
if they did not succeed in landing
somewhere and reaching Manila under
cover of darkness.
After the Leyte bad towed tbem
down Pampangas river and some dis
tance along the coast a heavy storm
came up, malting it necessary for the
gunboat to cut her tows loose and
proceed to Manila for aasistmce. Be
fore ge ting there she was captured
by the-Americans.
The next day an American vessel
was dispatched to find the three trans
ports but failed to discover any trace
of them, i he natives on the adjoining
coast say they saw nothing of any ves
sels. The Hong Kong Press finally
reached the conclusion that the vessels
foundered with all on board.
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WORSE THAN SPANISH BULLETS
One Ta-iaHand American Soldiers Sick In
Porto Rico.
Th Dieyfns Case Once More.
Paris, Aug. 31. The arrest of
Lieutenant-Col nel Henry, on the
discovery that be is the author of an
important letter which figured in the
Dreyfus case, is oue .oiv- "jvit saa
sational deve'"; ui9ats in the whole
. - .u.a exttviojiuary affair, Henry
bad been throughout the champion of
the army against Colonel Picquart,
with whom lie fough ; a dual.
This new development appears to
alter tne aspect of both- the "Dreyfus
and Zila cas, ' and to '"practically
nullify tha evidence of Gdoerals-Ap-pelleaux
and Boisdeffere arid the dec
larations of the minister f jr war, M.
Cavignac, in the chitntnr of deputies.
In fact some people believe the. real
turning point in the Dreyfus case has
been reached, and the arrest of Henry
will lead to a revision of the trial of
the prisoner of Devil's island.
Money From Klondike.
Seattle, Aug. 30. The steamer
Roanoke arrived here today from St.
Michaels with 453 passengers, and
golddust which an estimate places at
$1,600,000. The bulk of it was the prop
erty of the Canadian Bank cf Com
erce and the North American Trad
ing & Transportation Company. The
amount credited to the Canadian Bank
of Commerce is $600,000. A majority
of the passengers were men who went
to Dawson in last year's rusn.' They
have no gold, but lots of experience.
The fortunate passengers numbered
about 75. Of these probably 25 bad
over $10,000 each. The amounts held
by the remaining 50 ran from $500 to
$5000.
Health at Camp Merrlam.
San Francisco, Aug. 30 Major
Matthews, surgeon in charge of the
division hospital at the Presidio, says
that since the removal of the troops to
Camp Merrlam the health of the men
has steadily improved. He denies that
tjphoid fever ia epidemic, the cases be
ing confined to a few companies.
Philadelphia,. Aug. 30. The yacht
I Ma whicn took to Porto Rico sup
! .'l:es for the army sent by the National
Keiief Committee, has arrived here,
bringing a report to representatives of
the committee. This document says
in part:
There are aSout 16.000 American
soldiers io Porto Rico, and on the day
of our departure, August 22, there
were over 1000 men on the nick list.
There was a large number of typhoid
cases, but on the 22d instant, this
du-was not on -the increase, a fact
whicTr-.TaiCTrthat tne rD4lttv bad
been carried from the camps at V-ie
and is not indigenous to Porto Picc
Howeyer, there is a very large increase
in dysentery, backbone fever and
m ilsrial diseases,' due to " the rainy
season, just commenced.
Medical authorities in the army in
Porto Rico agree that the sick- list is
increasing, and an alarming condition
may be expected unless the war de
partment promptly arranges barracks
for the army and immediately provides
additional transports to relieve such
sick men as can be safely transferred
home.
Co'Jislon at Boscbnrjr.
RoSEBURG, Or., Aug.30. At 1:30
o'clock this morning half an hour
after the north bound overland train
bid passed, Engineer S-roud with a
lijht engine stai ted north from the
roundhouse and having attained gooJ
heal way, ran into a Oat car partly
lotded with lumber at the intersection
or a spur at the north end of the yard,
smashing the car and seriously wreck
ing the forward part of the locomotiye.
The engineer jumped, escaping' with a
BDrained ankle.
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at the commencement of the war the
Cuban officers were ordered to put
themselves unders of the American
commander, and therefore the letter
from Garcia to Shafter is looked upon
as a breach of discipline.
Garoia's resignation is not accepted,
but he is .relieved cf bis command.
General Rodriguez, commanding in
the east under Gomez, will succeed
bim.
Blue and Gray in Peace Jubilee
Philadelphia, Aug. 31. The ex
ecutive council of the National Asso
ciation of Naval Veterans of the United
States has issued an. invitation to the
survivors of the confederate army and
navy to fraterniza and parade with the
association veterans in Cincinnati
September 6. li U the purpose of the
association to in ike the i-euuion in the
nature of a pcacd jubilee.
GARCIA KE WARDED.
General
Uomes Kellves Him of His
Command. '
NEW YORK, Aug. 31. A dispatch
to the Herald from Santiago says:
General Garcia has been relieved of
his command by General Gomez, act
ing under instructions from the prov
isional government. This is owiDg to
disapproval of his action during the
Shafter Incident, and in view cf the
fact that Garcia is persona noo grata
to the American government, and that
BID TREATMENT
OF OUR SOLDIERS
Methods of the War De
partment Should Be
Investigated.
POKTLAND, Sept. 2. The Evening
Telegram yesterday published the fol
The Women's Emergency Corps
Bascbs Bajk on Bismarck.
Berlin, Au. 31 Harr Moriiz
Buitv.k on. Bttim irck, just' pub-
- I . . . IntAann . Ln J. . 1 ... . I ,.f
usnea, ooniar- a severe attack upon uscjui m mu soiuinrs
the -late Emperor P-derick. Kefei arving and dying in camp.
ing to Bismarck's memuiea, the author j The condition of the boys at San
tory, but he lacks the quality nec89ary
the soldiers themselves do not com
plain; some of them are past power of
mental suffering; some of them have
reached that condition of portentous
lassitude and indifference which it
only a step from 'unconsciousness and
and death. Many of them appear to
be in fairly good health, and
yet they talk like person who are in
dreams. They eem not to know what
they ay. Their condition is almost
that of a hypnotic person.
"The phyBlcia.ni who have been per
mitted to goin to camp agree in the
opinion that a majority of these men
ara suffering chiefly from starvation;
not that there is not bread and meat
in the camp, but that some of it is of
such quality that weakened and naut-
soldiers cannot 'look upon, it -
to write it. Thesa defects were suppitoi
by Lothar Buscher, but, as be died be
fore the work could be finished, it re
mains a terse work, though one of
many-sided interest and value. "
Wisconsin Democrats.
Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 30.-
-The
in ' eated
- -i -
hhrcmU endeavoring to find ways and without disgust, and their stomachs
refuse to receive it. . ,
'"It made an old veteran physician so.
angry that be almost forgot himself
and spoke in passion to some -of those
in authority at the camp, to learn tbair
commissaries were not permitted to
grans reqwtno8 for new and healthy
rations simply Vecauso the old rations
Francisco has been bad enough, but it
is questionable whether it is as bad as
the conl',"- Koa I iiT;sjjero
camps.
The effect of the war has been more
disastrous to soldiers at horn i than to
those who battled in the thi.'k of the
flht at the front The death rate of'
democratic stats conventio. meets in j various campi in the East is startling.
wis ciry tomorrow, io nominate a iun it Isscarcelv Dossible to credit ih
-
had not been ex',austeJ. It was sen
when examined that some of hese
never would be ehausted iwtil cor-
had finished the work of de-
state ticket. All interest so far
been confined to the head of the ticket.
Judge Hiram W. Sawyer, of Hartford,
and Timothy Ryan, of Waukesha, are
tbe most active aspirants for the gov
ernorship nomination. Tbe platform
will declare for free coinage of silver.
C, irvera (jolng Home.
ANNAPOLIS, Aug. 31. Orders have
been received here from tbo president
directing Cervera to make arrange
ments to proceed with his officers and
men back: to Spain immediately, in
accordance with instructions issued by
the Spanish minister of marine. The
officers were very enthusiastic when
they received the news.
re-
l port. Between August 1 and 21 there
were 92 deaths in Camp Thomas, and
2204 soldiers in the hospital.
In the first division hospital corps in
Camp Cuba Libre, Jacksonville, Fla,
173 patients; in the Second division,
478; in the Third, 147, - makinsr a total
of 798. The death rate during two
weeks averaged four a day.
Camp Alger, near Washington, was
in a much worse condition. The
place bad to be abandoned. The
I records show that there were 250
! deaths in three months among 20,000
I
Merrltt On the Way.
Manila. Aug. 30. Th'
Phi no. left todllV.
Merritt and staff. Tha general is witn
bound for Paris. He wtfl take part in
k C.nlah.Amap1in itAAM f'fl It ftf-
ence. Major-General D.U is acting , thttn 'd h a PJslciao who
governor of ManiU. Generals Greene was at Camp Wikoff when he said
and Babcock, with f.belr
bound for Wasningto,
transport
having on board
staffs
soldiers.
These figure are light compared-
the mortality of other camps
Can any one realize a more harrowing
ruption
cay." ,
Piteous, heartrending incidents
could bo cited of thra cruel improvi
dence which is begioing to arouse the
American nation. -"-"""
"At first only a fow complaints were
heard from the boys,'" said an officer
in the Emergency Corps. "Thesa
wore paid no attention tb, as it was
supposed they were borne of dissatis
faction. Thereare always discontent- -
ed persons in an army. But the death
rate in the various campj has toll a
tale of its own. The few skirmish
shots of individual expressions have
broaen into the mighty roar of aroused
public opinion. To think that brave'
boys starved for the want of the nec- -
essaries of life with abundano all
around them breaks our hearts."
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