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SATURDAY:.-.
.SEPT 17, 1898
LIKE : CAESAR'S WIFE.
It ,1b a fortunate thing that we have
In public life some men possessed of so
many virtues hat,-in their own mtnds,
Lhev are above reproach: that what
ever is said in criticism of their official
acts fives them no concern, and falls
: offllka water from aduck's back.. - We
have suoh a one at the head of the war
.'. department,and according to his way
, pf thinking, all that has been said con
. !cerntng the management of the war
"-deoartment is merelv idle talK'tO
' "make political capital." He was in
Detroit the other day and when asked
to make -a statement relative to the
.': , charges against the administration of
V the war deDartment. Mr. Alger re
plied:
' ;" "Now what do vou want me to do?
,- Get down in the sewer with the sen'
. satlonal people? They are not worry
1 ing me. There's nothing in the
.-'charges excepting somebody's desire
to make political capital. The work
- the department has had to do in so
short a time has been a very great
task, the commissory and quarter
- master's department have bad the dis-
- tribution of more than 900 tons of pro-
. -visions, rations and forage daily, part
; of which has Involve! its transporta-
' .tion more than half around the world.
ll is not surprising that some-few slips
'have been made.'' .
' :'x Our secretary of war is so perfect
and possesses so many virtues that he
.'can't get down in the "sewer with sen-
, sational people" and discuss matters
in which 70,000,000 people are just now
deeply interested. The denunciations
of the entire press of the nation, charg
ing him "with gross incompetency in
conducting the war department and
charging him with starving our brave
soldiers, "are not worrying him," be
cause he is so virtuous his acts are
above reproach.
" " But the holy secretary of war talked
".. just a little too much for the people to
be convinced that the war department
- has been well administered. For in
. stance he says, "the commissary and
quarter-master's department hare had
the distribution of more than 900 tons
pf provisions, rations and forage daily,
and it is not surprising that some few
silos havo been made." This is the
exeuse he offers for the soldiers, hav
ing been supplied with condemned
proyinder; for their having been
mobilized in unhealthy and uncomfort
able quarters; for their having been
clothed with heavy woolen garments
in tropical Cuba; for an army having
been sent into the field of battle with
an inadequate number of surgeons
poorly 'supplied with medicines
to
treat the sick and wounded; for the
lack of conveyance to hospitals of the
disabled when brought back to Ameri
can soil. The excuse is too flimsey
It will not suffice to cover up the mis
management of the department.' - Nine
hundred tons of provision, rations and
forage is a considerable .'amount to
send out in one day, but had there
been a competent man at the head of
affairs it would have been forwarded
without a single mistake. On a week
notice any of our great wholesale
firms would have performed the task
perfectly, because they are managed
by competent men.' The war "depart
ment had more than a month's notice
that it would be called upon - to supply
these provisions, rations and forage.
But it was not under the management
of a competent man. At its head was
a scheming.politician and a business"
. man who sought to make money for
' himself and friends ' out of the needs
of the government, allowing the sol
dlers at the front and those cooped up
at- home awaiting orders to- suffer,
Yet he poses as one so virtuous that
he cannot make mistakes, and he
courts an investigation of his acts that
will be nothing but a "whitewashing'
process, for those who be seeks to
make the . investigation will In
measure be of his own appointing. .
ELECTION-, OF SENATORS.
The avowed necessity for the calling
of an extra session of the legislature
. is the election of a United States -sea
-. ator, that matter having prevented, the
- convening of the legislature in 1897
. "and has forced upon the people' of the
state the expense of an extra session
that will cost no less than $50,000. Tnis
'however, is not the only baneful re-
- suit of the system of electing senators.
were It the only inconvenience to
, whiph we are subjected we might not
' sb bitterly complain, but the senatorial
.contest -drags-' many- complicating
features into our state elections.
' . Men are not elected to the legisla
ture because of their fitness to become
'.lawmakers, but on the understanding
. that they will vote for this or that ma n
for senator. As a result the legisla
ture is not composed of patriotic. citi
"zena and statesmen, but as a general
':ruie of political hacks ' who lose sight
of their duty as legislators in te effort
to further the interests of their sena
torlal candidaSe.'hence needed iegis
lation is in a measure overlooked. ----- -
-.' .Were, the system changed, and the
people permitted to vote directly for
United States -Senator, 'these compli
cations would be averted." The sena-
-torialelection would be taken out of
local pol'tics, and legislators' would be
-chosen because of their' competency.
. Had such a method been in vogue in
1896, a senator would have been chosen
at the June election, and the. legisla
ture of 1897 would have had no diffi
culty in organizing. The result would
. have been" that "needed laws would
' bate been passed, obnoxious one would
: have been, repealed and there would
have been no excuse for forcing - the
'burdens of an extra sesrion upon the
people. Not until we elect senators
. by direct vote will we have- purely
democratic gove rnment.
IMPROVE THE RIVER.
: ' .
- The wrecking of two steamboats at
the enteranoe of the Cascade locks
within so short a time, is, or should be
sufficients evidence.., to government
officials that the lower approach to the
locks Is not safe, an4 that .further-im
provements are necessary,,. Therefore
anflrressmanelectf Moody shoula have
Ultle Sfftfoultlo' securing ' aff .appro-1
nation ior , tne improvement; oi tne
lowth ' kft. when he shall
utis necessary
possible to make the approach to the
canal safe, is not known, but certainly
engineers can devise some ' means
whereby boats will be protected from
the terrible current that forces them
Against the Qregqa shore when - at
tempting togetintotbe lower bay, Xh
matter should be investigated at once
by government engineers, and to has-
ten the investigation, the war depart
ment should be'petitioned'at" once" to
delegate a corps of competent engin
eers to examine the river at that
point and report as soon as practic
able what improvements can be made.
If this, were done now, the- engineers
co aid .have their report ready by the
convening of the next congress, an
then Mr. Moodv could go before th
rivers and harbors committee with
just claim for an appropriation.
Let those interested in the naviga-
tion of the river prepare and circulate
a petition to the department asking
.for an examination at once. Every
body in The Dalleswould sign such
petition, and urge the department to
act hastily, for all recognize the nec
essity of keeping the , river open to
navigation, and they also recognize
that this is uncertain so long as boats
are being wrecked every few months
BAD FIGURING.
- The Wool Record and Textile News
is usually accurate, but like all other
papers that undertake to show, with
vengeance, the necessitios for a pro
tective tariff to foster "infant indus
tries." when it gets into figures, it
gets mixed. Here is a sample of its
figuring in an article in which it- is
intended to make a plea for an in
crease of duty on imported wools:
'The amount of capital invested in
sheeo on January 1 last was estimated
at approximately $93,000,000;' number
of nocks ana nocK-masters, i.uw.uuu;
capital in farms and barns for Bheep,
$400,000,000; uumber of men employed
portion oi tne year, iuu.uw; wool
nroducts. pounds. 270.000.000, valued
at $65,000,000; number of sheep, 37,000,-
000: value of sheep sola lor pelt ana
food. $45,000,000: amount paid in wa
?es. $30,000,000; value of services of
flock masters, $45,000,000; cost of wash
ing and shearing sheep, 4.uuu,uuu.
Total amount paid in labor, $79,000,-
000. The above figures show the mag
nitude of the wool-growing industry.
The capital ic vested is over $500,000,
000. giving partial employment to over
1,000,000 hands. The product amounts
to $110,000,000 and value of services
$79,000,000."
If there is any reliability in these
figures," the wool farmer must have
more protection or he must soon go
out of business. That is, his wool will
have to go to one dollar a pound and
his mutton to five dollars a head be
fore he can make the business profits
ble. This would necessitate a consid
erable increase in the tariff duties,
and one cannot but agree with the
Record that, according to its calcula
tions, the duty is not nearly high
enough. But the figures are absurd.
There are not $40,000,000 invested in
farms and barns for the care of the
37,000,000 sheep in this country, nor
are there 1,000,000 flocks and flock
masters. If there were, each flock
master -would have only 37 sheep,
whereas the ordinary flock of sheep is
from 1500 to 1800. And if there were
$400,000,000 Invested in farms and
barns for the exclusive care of sheep,
and the value of sheep were $93,000,
000, the. total .investment in sheep
would be $493,000,000. Since the Rec
ord's figures that the cost of caring
for the sheep for a year has been $79,
000.000, and the total product was
worth only $110,000,000, it would leave
only $31,000,000 profit on an invest
ment of $493,000,000, which is entirely
too sma'.l, and the sheep raiser needs
more protection to make his business
profitable.-- According to these figures
it has cost $79,000,000 a year for the
care of the 37,000,000 sheep, or $2 5-37
per head, which is entirely too much.
The Record figures so wildly that even
the wool man is liable to be confused,
and become convinced that it is best
for him to get out of business for leg
islation can never save him from utter
L-rurn, if the. statements quoted above
are to be relied on.
SOME HISTORIC FACTS.
. The Oregon ian is harking back to
the 'threadbare assertion that "free
coinage would immediately drive gold
out of circulation." The Country
heard that threat when the Bland bill
was before congress. John Sherman
then made the flat assertion that the
passage of that measure would drive
all the gold out of circulation. It had
the converse effect. When the Bland
law was enacted, the gold stock of the
United States was down to $165,000,000.
When the Bland law was repealed in
1890, the gold stock had risen to $695,
000,000, and long before that time Mr.
Sherman bad to confess that he had
been mistaken. At a conference held
March 19, 1878, of the ' house com
mittee on banking and currency and
the senate committee on finance, the
chairman asked Mr. Sherman:
"What effect has the silver bill had.
or is likely to have upon resumption?"
and Mr. Sherman replied:
. "I do not want to tread on delicate
ground' in answering that question;
Mr. chairman.-: I shall have to confess
that have been .mistaken myself., I
think the silver bill has had some ad
verse effects, and it has had some
favorable effects. In the' first place
the sliver bill satisfied a strong public
demand for bimetallic money. In a
government like ours, it is always
good to obey the popular current, and
that has been done, I think, by the
.passage of the silver bill. Resumption
can be maintained more easily upon a
double standard than a single standard'-'
- '
.Senator Bayard You are speaking
of resumption on the basis of silver,
or of silver and gold.?
Secretary Sherman Yes,sir; I think
it can - pe maintained: better upon a
bimetalic, or alternative standard,
than upon a single one, and with less
accumulation of gold. In this way, re
monetization of silver would rather
aid resumption.
The Oregonian is also harking back
to the eld cry that free coinage would
give the country "cheap money." In
one breath It asserts that free coinage
would make money so - scarce and dear
that few eould . get it; in the next
breath it claims thai, under free coin
age money would be so cheap that no
body would want it. It even goes to
the absurd length of intimating that
under free coinage dollars would have
po greater value than bad the French
assignats after the crash, or confeder
ate paper currency when the lost
cause was on its last legs. ..This is in
consistent, and it Is absurd. Even if
the Oregonian were right in its con
tention that free coinage would -not
raise hy one peg the commercial value
of silver, the fact would in no wise be
altered that an ounce of silver would
buy substantially as much as it bought
In the days when confederate ' paper
was wortniess. - Jvo,
It was hard, sound money, and every
body was glad to have it.
The Oregonian must know that its
logic Is false and its assertions ridicu
lous. It must know that it is absurd
to compare the cheap depreciated
paper issues of history even with the
silver money of Mexico. It mu9t know
that danger lies in the extreme of
dear money as well as in the extreme
of cheap money. Spokesman-Review,
LETS WAIT AWHILE
Some of the papers are advocating
holding a big "peace jubilee" all over
the country to celebrate the cessation
of hostilities with Spain, and the re
turn to a time when peace reigns su
preme all over the land. They are
hasty. This is not the time for
jubilee, while such revolting condit
ions exist. It would be a mockery and
reproach to the nation's conscience. If
there must be any kind of celebration
in honor of our great victory, let it be
in the form of concerted move to res
cue the surviving soldiers from the
perils that surround them in the feve:
stricken camps. It will be time for a
"peace jubilee" when the nation can
wash its bands of the sufferings of its
soldiers, and survey the condition of
its returning defenders without blu9h
log in shame.
The people should not be too hard on
that New York colonel who flunked at
Santiago. He was simply making a
record to become a future republican
secretary of war. t
The Salt Lake
fribune gravely
stated that the late
President Wood-
ruff of the Mormon church personally
knew and could call by name each of
his one hundred and thirty-two grand
children.
The goldbugs in Colorado tried hard
to capture the sliver republican con
vention and prevent fusion, but failed
although they had a man killed and
several wounded. Teller and the sil-
verites won out.
All possible honors will be conferred
on Rear-Admiral Dewey, the greatest
hero of them all, and an effort will be
made to get congress to create the
grade of vice-admiral, .which will be
conferred upon the daring commander
of the Pacific squadron.
Ihe republicans will elect a majority
in the next congress, but from present
indicationsitwillnot.be as large as
in the present house. - The result in
Maine would indicate the beginning
of the disruption of the republican
party that will terminate in 1900.
There is scarcely a doubt that Joe
Simon will be elected president of the
senate when the special session con
venes at Salem on the 26th, and it
would not be a very great surprise if
he were elected United States senator.
Simon has a lot of strings to his bow,
and knows how to pull them.
There was something out of joint
with the republicans in Maine. Their
majority decreased 20 per cent in the
election held on Tuesday. This is not
a very strong endorsement of the ad
ministration. Probably "the wave of
prosperity" has not struck the people
of Maine yet.
Governor Lord has been to San
Francisco, and as might have been ex
pected after he was "entertained" by
the army officers, telegraphs back that
the Oregon recruits there are all right.
It is wonderful what effect a little
whitewashing will have upon a high
official, i :
After the coming election the votes
cast by women will grow less with
each campaign. Hundreds of women
in the state will not vote this fall. This
reason why but few of the gentler sex
will eventually take part in politics
and vote will become more apparent
later on. Boise Democrat.
In another column we print a letter
from Col. Enos to the Oregonian
which he takes that paper to task for
misrepresenting facts concerning the
acquiring of title to territory. Mr
Enos is beyond question correct In his
statements, and history will back him
np in what he says.
Low freight rates are vastly more
beneficial to the country than cheap
passenger fare. It Is therefore impor
tant to this section that the Columbia
river be kept open to navigation, and
we shonld bestir ourselves to get the
departmeut at Washington to remove
all obstacles to the entrance of the
locks from below.
The editors of the United States will
meet in Portland in 1&98. This will
bring to the Northwest as fine a body
of men as were ever here, men who
while they will not boast of themselves
win, tell about the country. We
should begin fixing things up so that
when they come we will be ready tor
them.
L. B. Reeder, representative elect
for " Umatilla county, aspires to De
speaker of the house, and why should
he not be? Eastern Oregon might as
well have this empty honor thrust up
on it. Mr. Reeder is a republican, but
is not of the Simon contingency, and
his election would to a certain degree
break the state of the Portland loss,
Ic the death of Prof. John W. John
son, of the state university, Oregon
has lost one of her brightest men and
ablest educators. Prof. Johnson was
self-made man, haying started in life
as a farmer boy, working his way
through' the public schools, and finallv
raid hie own expenses to Yale. His
life furnishes a splendid example for
the youth of Oregon to follow,
Regardless of the almost unanimous
protest of the people there will be as
many appointments to clerkship at the
coming special session of the legisla'
ture f8 ever or our figures are wrong,
i The members have to reward their
friends and this is one way they can
doit. - It is a rotten system,, and the
member who favors it should be given
a black mark as long as a Klondike
day in summer.!
The.next senator elected ought to be
Binger Hermann, but he will not get
there. The senator chosen will be
some one who has more capital to in
vest in the senatorial fight than Mr,
Hermann is able to control. Besides
he dont suit the Oregonian, and that
settles his case. The Oregonian's in
fluence will be largely felt in the sen
atorial contest this time. .
V
. Notwithstanding there is a decline
in the price of wheat in Chicago, there
are. more reasons to believing it will
rise rather than fall. The visible
supply pf wheat throughout the world
is not increasing very " rapidly, and
as there, is no surplus left over from
last year, the demand must be tolera
bly brisk. Even wheat gamblers will
forces prices up when they see a specu
lation in laying in supplies for future
demands-
Secretary Alger would like to have
General Miles court-martialed for
talking too much (telling few truths
rptteness of the war depart-
pouldJJJe to J?
11 an rfW
! . Al .1 tMMnM
tency. General Alger is more likely
to get his wish than are the people.
He has a very strong friend in the pre
sident, and that gives him the best of
the play.
- Incompetence, insensibility and
criminality in the conduct of the war
has made physical wrecks of a large
portion of the grandest volunteer
army ever enrolled. The facts are
palpable to all the world. . But as an
investigation that would fix the re
sponsibility for the same would not be
conducive to republican success in
the coming congressional elections,
no investigation excepting a white
washing one will be made.
The rebellious spirit exhibited by
the insurgent leaders in the Philip
pines shows plainly the nature of the
9,000,000 people there with whom this
government must deal in case of an
nexation. Generals Aguinalds and
Pilar oppose American rule, and they
are certain to sow seeds of discord
among the populace. Nothing but a
large standing army can keep rebel
lion down in such a community. They
must be governed by force if governed
at all.
The Dalles has been in darkness
about long enough. During dull times
it was necessary for the city govern
ment to cut down expenses in order
to keep taxes within reasonable
bounds, and cutting off of the street
lights was probably the best way to
economize. But times are improving
and we can afford lights. If we can
not endure greater taxation for lights
let economy strike in some other direc
tion. We have plodded around in the
dark long enough.
What an annoying thing it must be
sometimes to oe a great man. There
is poor Charlie Fulton, the sage of
Clatsop, who is forced to come out in
print and declare he is not a candidate
for United States senator. It is really
cruel to forco such a great man as this
to make the sacrifice .of declining to
be a candidate. "Some men are born
great, some achieve greatness and
others have greatness thrust upon
them?" How did Fulton get his?
An administration paper attempts to
account for the great loss of life in the
volunteer army by citing the fact thjt
it is no greater per capita than it is in
large cities. Such a statement has no
weight. The volunteer soldiers, when
they went into the service, were fresh
from the hands of examining physi
cians and were in perfect health, while
the population of cities is composed at
all times of those in whose systems
are continually lurking the germs of
disease.
The Utah republicans in their state
convention sprung a surprise on
the people. After endorsing Presi
dent McKinley's administration a
platform was adopted that says: "In
dependent of the action of another
nation, we favor the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1."
That plank in the platform was in
tended to fool the people, like the
plank about international agreement
in the national platform of 1896.
County script is selling at or above
par in nearly all the counties in the
state. This is because the script is
non-taxable and bears 8 per cent in
terest. If the interest were reduced to
6 percent, county warrants would still
go at par or with only bank rate dis
count, and thus thousands of dollars
would be saved the people every, year,
If the special session of the legisla
ture would reduce the interest rate on
public debts, a good turn would be
done the people.
The administration of the war de;
partment during the late unpleasant
ness with Spain will be "thoroughly'
investigated by a commission appoln
ted by the same power that appointed
the head of the department. The in
vestigatlon will simply be a "white
washing" of Alger. The administra
tion cannot afford to have Alger cen
sured at this very critical moment.
when a new congress is to be elected
The commission will endorse Alger's
methods, but there will ever be a lot of
graves of brave men to haunt his after
life.
"There is a God in Heavon," ex
claims Captain Sage of the Thirty-
third Michigan, who sees his men
dying af Camp Wilkoff. "There is a
president of the United States, and
there is a secretary of war, himself a
Michigan man. This must stop,
We hope it will stop, but we advise
Mr. Sage to base his hopes on the Al
mighty alone. The president and the
Michigan secretary of war won't help
him. The president appaoves of the
secretary and the secretrry declares
that his record is clean and his con
science clear. Captain Sage will have
to rely upon Providence.
. Many of the corporations, are en
-deavoring to elude the war tax; and
we are not surprised at their lack of
patriotism when we consider how they
embrace every opportunity to cinch
the people. . Among them is Wells-
Fargo Express Co., which has issued a
circular setting forth its reasons foH
not paying its share of the burden
imposed by congress. We have, care
fully perused it, and find that the true
rea3on is that the corporation is
averse to spending any money that
way. It Bays .that it is not certain
that the government intends that it
should pay this tax. It is sure, of one
thing, however, it does not intend, to
pay it unless compelled to. Exchange.
Major Ruth, brigade surgeon ' and a
professor in ana lowa college. - has re
signed from the army in order that be
might tell the truth about Camp
Thomas. As an 'army officer he was
debarred from speaking as plainly as
he wished. He has sent a report to
Gov. Shaw, of Iowa, in which he says
the accommodations are not adequate
for one-third of the sick, but that all
are crowded into hospitals in a shock
ing way. Typhoid-fever patients are
allowed to lie in their own filth so
long that in some cases they were
found covered with maggots- when
the nurses, fit ally reached them.
Many nurses are incapacitated.' He
had known cases where they used
linen soiled by patients to wipe out
drinking vessels for the sick. Ruth
also declares that -official reports have
falsified, the sick reported being less
than one-half the actual number.
Another "son of his father" has
gone wrong, and has been dishonor
ably discharged from the army. The
unfortunate is James G. Blaine, son ot
the illustrious Maine statesman. He
held the rank of captain and was assis
tant adjutant-general, U. S. V., being
attached-to the staff of General Charles
King. His first escapade after joining
the army was at San Francisco, where
he got into unpleasant encounter at a
supper in a tenderloin cafe in a quarrel
over a variety actress, few evenings
before sailing for- Manila. Then at
Honolulu, when attending ft ; party
given In - honor of the- American
ir .
Bialne got ifVed Tfirrwita ae
Kanaka because of having been too
free with his wife, and caused the
breaking up of the party. So many
complaints were lodged against the
'gallant "young captain that it be
came necessary to remove him in or
der to protect the honor of the army.
Blaine however should not be discour
aged. He may get to be secretary of
war.
,To pity the natives of Hawaii, one
must forget for a season that the re
sistless march of events -takes, no ac
count of human feeling. As a na
tional entity their country has ceased
to be; its existence ha9 been mergeo
into that of a mighty power, in obedi
ence to an impelling force which reeks
not of individuals, tbeir joy or their
sorrow.' Yet when the Hawaiian flag
fluttered down to give place for ail
time to the stars and stripes, men who
had been prominent in the annexation
movement were as little inclined to
show tbeir joy by making a loud noise
as we: e the natives. Unlike the lat
ter they had no sentimental interest
in the saddle-colored ex-queen, whose
hope? fell with her country's banner,
but they did realize that the cere
mony marked the passing of an inde
pendent nation, which was a more
solemn thing than they had ever
dreamed.
Tons of literature regarding the war
and the revenne law are already be
ing sent out from Washington by re
publican leaders, who are anxious to
forestall the effect of the war depart
ment scandal and to prepare the way
for a further apology, for the Dlngley
law. The masses of the republican
party "want to know." They are de
manding a statement from their
managers, whom they have been
made to follow blindly. The charges
made and sustained against the war
department are too strong. The faith
ful in less favored localities want
some assurance that Ohio and Michi
gan are not the only states in the Un
ion. Representative Hill, of Iowa,
chairman of the executive committee
of the republican congressional com
mittee, and also chairman of the
house committee on military affairs,
says there is a remarkable demand for
war literature from r epublicans all
over the country. Information about
tariff and revenue laws is next in de
mand. There is a feel'ng of unrest
and widespread dissatisfaction in that
party. This unusual thirst for infor
mation is mystifying the bosses, who
are not accustomed no oeing cross
questioned by tbeir docile dependents.
- NICARAGUA CANAL.
Commsiwion Will be Keady to Keport to
Congress Next Session.
Washington, Sept. 14. Admiral
Walker, president of the Nicarague
canal commission has returned to
Washington. The admiral says that
about 250 men are at work along the
line o' the proposed canal, and they
will stay there throughout the rainy
season. They are .making borings
and ascertening the character of the
soil at every point where it is proposed
to locate dams, locks or other heavy
masonry structures. Field parties are
tak'ng accurate measurements of the
rainfall, and the flow of the various
streams lying within the limits of the
canal concession, information desired
because all the calculations ' hitherto
made have been based upon the con
ditions as existing in the dry season.
Admiral Walker, is confident that
the commission Will be able to report
to congress at the approaching session.
He thinks the project will be shown to
be entirely practicable and worthy of
execution.
Deadly Measles
Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 14. Four
Indians from the Quillipute agency,
Straits of Fuca, have died in (Puyallup
valley, near this city, within a few
days, of black measles, and 60 mem
bers of the tribe are now closely
quarantined on the Gardellas ranch,
near Sumner. They came to pick
hops. They tried to conceal the deaths
and'endeavored to move away. There
is much excitement .among the other
pickers with whom they have mingled.
Wants a Pension.
Salem, Or., Sept. 14. George M.
Hunter, compauy H. First Washington
volunteers, has applied for a pension
for disability incurred while in the ser
vice in the war with Spain. Mr. Hun-
te" recently returned on a furlough,
and is staying in Salem. -His applica
tion was made through Pension Agent
D. C. Sb-erman. . It is probably the
first one growing out of the. Spanish
war. ::
tiold Democrats Confer.
Chichago, Sept. 14. W. D. Bynum
chairman of the democratic national
gold committee, was in Chicago today
and held a conference - with other
leaders of the Palmer-Buokner party.
The gold men believe the regular
democratic organization intends press
ing the silver issue again this fall,
and they intend to do what they can
to defeat it. -.
Bedueed to a Skeleton.
Pendleton, Sept. 14. Grant D.
William, en route from Dawson City
to his home in Chicago, was taken
from an O. R. 4 N. train here today in
ajcat&lepeic condition. He had beeii
in the Klondike la montns, and was
reduced to a mere skeleton, evidently
by restricted diet and hardships. ..
Storm-Swept Island.
London, sept. 14. Advices were
received here late tonight, saying that
terrible hurricane' has-swept over
Barbadoes, in the Windward group
of the Lesser Antilles. Two hundred
persons have been woundedjand 4,000
have been rendered homeless.
AgninaMo's Mrm JCvacnated..
Manila, Sept. H The insurgents
evacuated the suburbs pf Manila today.
They did so la a grand march in which
nearly 3000 mea took part, carrying
rifles, with color, waving, bands . play
ing, and shouting vVlva Americanos"
and "Viva Filippinoe Ubre!'
Professor Johnson Qee.
Eugene,' Or. Sept. 14 Professor
John W Johnson, the first president of
the university of Oregon, also princi
pal of the Portland high school from
1869 ti' 1876, died last night after a
short illness. His wife and sis child
ren survive him. ' '
To be Buried by Her Son's Onvva.
Vienna, Sept. 14. In accordance
with the emperor's wishes, the remains
of the late Empress Elizabeth wilt fee
interred beside those of Crown Prince
RudolphV- The interment on Saturday
therefore will be only temporary.
81icnedby tne Resent. - "
Madrid, Sept. 14. Sagasta has ob
tained the . queen's signature to the
decree proroguing the cortes and with
it ended a 'stormy session of the
nate. '
VOLUNTEERS
MOST STAY
There Will Be no More Mus
tered Out
Washington, Sept. 13 Tremend
ous pressure is still being brought t
bear on the war department to have
more troops mustered out of the ser
vice. Efforts in this direction, how
ever, are of no avail. It is announced
today with much emphasis that there
will be no more troops mustered out.
The situation does not admit , of any
further reduction in the army, and
efforts are being made to put those
volunteers who are retained in the
service as near as possible on the foot.
ing of the regulars in the matter of
drill and discipline. An effort is being
made to eradicate the amateurish idea
of independence among the troops,
and to bring them down to the strict
est discipline. The purpose at the
outset, when the muster out began
was to muster out 100,000 volunteers.
A little over 96,000 have already been
mustered out, and it is annoanced
positively that there, will be no more
mustered out, no matter what influ
ence is brought to bear.
The retention of volunteers now in
the service and the effoats to improve
the morals of the army has in view
the Philippine situation more than
that of Cuba or Porto Rico, though
there is a great deal of vagueness as to
the danger apprehended there.
WOBSE THAN DEATH.
The Fate That Awaits the Assauln of the
Austrian Empress.
New York, Sept. 13. A dispatch to
the World from Geneva says:
The life imprisonment with solitary
confinement is in store for the Aus
trian empress' assassin, is declared by
those acquainted with Swiss prisons to
be vastly worse than death.
A correspondent who recently visit
ed the chief prison of the canton of
Vaud, where the assassi n will be eon-
fined, describes as sad indeed the re
sult of solitary life imprisonment.
One man he saw, the perpetrator of a
series of murders in the mountains,
had been in the cell for 15 years, with
the result that he completely lost his
reason. The governor of the prison
confessed that in view of this and
other similar cases, his views of capital
punishment had undergone a complete
change, and. that he was now strongly
in favor of the death penalty.
Upon a sentence of life imprison
ment the assassin will be placed in a
small, dark cell, from which he will
tiever emerge and will be fed just
enough to enable him to support life.
FORTY FEB CENT ABB SICK.
Serious Condition of the Army at 8
. tiago.
New Yobk, Sept. 13. A dippatch
to the Herald from Santiago says:
Five men.of the Fifth regulars have
died since their arrival here, 40 per
cent of the regiment being on the
sick report from malarial fever. Ill
ness among all the troops . is increas
ing.
Colonel Crane's Immunes are in 1
camp on the banks of the San Juan
iver. This has had a fatal effect.
There are now more than 800 men in
the hospital or on the sick report.
The illness is attributed to the effect
of the rains on a country full shallov
graves, and to miasma from the
swampy surroundings.
THE EXTKA SESSION.
Speculation as to What It Will Accom
plish.
Salem, Or., Sept. 13.' The contract
for furnishing stationary supplies for
the special session of the legislature
was today awarded to C. H. Crocker &
Co., of San Francisco, whose bidwas
9728.60. F. S. Dearhorn, of Salem,
made a bid of $643.78, but it was for
supplies inferior in quality to those
specified in . the advertisement.
Crocker & Co.'s bid was the lowest of
those that agreed to furnish goods of
the quality asked for.
A great deal ' of speculation as to
what will be accomplished by the
special session is indulged in around
the capital. Tbeie is any amount of
guessing, and but few prophecies are
hazarded as to who will be elected
United States senator. One who has
observed the trend of opinion figures
it out that Carter will be speaker of
the hjuse; Simon, president of the
senate, and Corbett United States
Senator. " Another realizes the re-
sourcefullness of the present com
missioner of the land office as s .can
didate before the Oregon people.''
MAKisu haste slowly.
Spaniards la No Harry to Get Oat of
" .-- Cube. ' . '
New Yobk, Sept. 13. A special to
the Times from Washington says:
The Spaniards, are not evacuating
Cuba as fast as many people in this
country wish them to. It is claimed
by those who are urging the govern
ment to take vigorous steps towards
accelerating the retirement of the
Spaniards from 'the island that the
government at Madrid Is trying to
hold on to the Cuban customs duties
as long as possible.
If this be true, it Is a reason that all
thrifty merchants can understand and
appreciate. Spain has had nothing to
consider but debts and outlay for
months. It is gratifying to hope to
be able to take in some thousands of
dollars of revenue froovCuban custom
houses which many persons in this
country think should be alrealy open
and free to goods from America. '
-GLOOMY DAYS IN FBAMCB.
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Internal Bevolutlon Threatened la
tne Kepublle.
New York, Sept 15. A dispatch
to the World from Paris says:
France Is on thebrink of the srravest
crisis slpce the birth of the third re
public. The situation is briefly this:
Premier Brisson and all the ' other
members of .the cabinet, with the ex
ception of Zurlinden, the minister of
war, and possibly Lockrpy, are con
vinced of the absol
slty of a
revision of the
General
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a revision. At Saturday's meeting of
the cabinet a decision will' be taken
and it is certain a revision will be
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All Qnlet at Manila.
Washington, Sept. 15. General
Otis has cabled the war department as
follows:
"Manila, Sept. 15. Affairs are more
satisfactory. Oar ' demand for the
Withdrawal of the insurgent forces
were compiled with, and all were with
drawn or are withdrawing today ex
cept small forces in the outlying dis
tricts which are not obeying the insur
gent leader. -
'Manila is-juiet and business pro
gressing favorably. No difficulty is
anticipated. We have been compelled
to confine Spanish prisoners temporar
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Narses Deserted.
Lexington, Ky., Sept. 13. Thirty
three nurses deserted from the division
hospital last night and failed to report
this morning. They were privates de
tailed from various regiments, and
they went back to their regiments.
They will be put under arrests as de
serters and tried by court-martial
One of General banger's staff said to
the Associated Press correspondent
tonight that the men will be dealt
with severely. "
The Contract - Awarded.
Washington, Sept. 14 Contracts
for three new battle-ships haye been
awarded. One goes to the Cramps,
another to the Newport News Ship
building Company and a third to the
Union, iron works, of San Francisco.
They are to he of 12,500 tons displace
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tons and a speed of 18i knots.
Hew OOTernment For Chicago.
Chicago, Sept. 13. The city coun
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mission of nine members to prepare an
entirely new form ot government for
the city pf . Chicago. It is the initial
step for a consolidation of the town,
eounty gowernments.
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Spain Must Not Monkey With
The Band Wagon.
. Washington, Sept. 14. Two mem
bers of the peace commission saw the
president this morning and later spent
two hours in conference at the state
department. They were Senator
Davis ana Whitelaw Reid. The
greatest reticence Is observed by the
commissioners, who- have agreed to
authorize no statement of' their views
as a body or as individuals.
There is little doubt that a general
line of policy was agreed upon between
the presideut and his cabinet at their
meeting late yesterday, out there is
good reasons for believeing that the
assertion that the decision was de
finitely in favor of not permitting
Spain under any conditions to retain
sovereignty in any part of the Phil
ippine islands is based on a miscon
ception, as the members oi the cabinet
and the members of the 'peace com
mission refuse absolutely to discuss
the subject with newspaper mec, and,
therefore whatever is said is based
more or less on inference' or round
about information.
MOST MlKt A LONG CRDISK.
Battle-Ships Oregon and Iowa Ordered to
Manila.
Nfw York' Sept, 15. A special to
the Herald from Washington says:
Secretary of the Navy Long stated
last night that the battle -ships Oregon
and Iowa are under orders ' to proceed
to Manila, via Honolulu, to reinforce
Rear-Admiral Dewey's commend. In
directing them to touch at . Honolulu,
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Bear-Admiral Dewey before the arm
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-. It is expected in official circles'that
the battle-ships and the. five colliers
which will accompany them will be
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ships will not waste any time In making '
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; Belief Forrire Victims. :
Vancouver, B. C. Sept.' 15. Relief
still comes to the fire-stricken New
Westminister. Rossland ' has . con
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tories $1000: Nelson City, 1500; Hiram .
Walker & Co., $550; Kamloops,500.
The Vancouyer board of trade fund is
nearly' $3000. The ban k 1 n the -city
are obtaining instructions from head
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Women's Council has 'collected-! $448;
Nanaimo, $500. - -... s
.' Examination of Lalcrlnl. - ,r
Geneva, - Sept. 15. LuigUi. or
Luchesi the assassin - of Empress
Elitabetb, appeared today before the
correctional chamber. He entered
the court smiling, saluted the public
with a wave of the hand, and asked the
president of the tribunal, .in; good
French, to allow bim an interpreter.
The examination appeared to show a
plot involving other Italian an
archists.
Burglary In Waseo.
Wasoc, Or. 13. Marsh & Meddler's
drug store was entered by burglars
last night, and the contents of the til.
were taken. The burglars effected aa
entrance through a rear window
They secured less than $5. Nothing
besides the till was molested. .
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