GREAT NORTHERN Furniture Store..... if
mm
3
3
East'End, Opposite Fred Fishers Grocery Storo.
I THE EVENT OF THE WEEK
S5r?kw?5- i - ' - 'x
X
Here is our Bora Steel Range
for $27.50.
i
. ...The BoMSfeelfian...
Lead wnererer exhibited .- Medals
' end diplomas at the World's Colum
bian Exposition, 1P93: awarded the .
.first prize at the. Piedmont Exposi
tion, Atlanta. Ua., list. We have
them in different atyle and ilxea,
with and without reservoir, prices
' ...From $27.60 to $S0...
They an guaranteed or money re
funded'.'- ,
Best Steel Range, In Market.
We have the largest and beat
selected 9tock of
Ca9t Iroa Stoves and Rauges,
(yrockery, Gla99ware, .
a fine selection of all'
kinds of
Lamps, Graniteware, Tin
ware, Table Cutlery, &c, &e, &c.
Our prices we guarantee are
the same as any house in Portland.
4E
We are leaders in
...Air Tight Heaters...
Prices from 83 up.
.'...OUR....
Palace B!r Till Mil
Thi9 No. 8 Eaetern Make Reservoir Cook Stove, large oven, fine
baker, only f i 0.60. We have them as low as ftt.25.
is the beet constructed oJ any
on the market. Haa best iron
top and cast iron supported bot
toms, upir and lower draft,
nickel plated base, nickel plated
foot rest, nickel plated top rim.
The PALACE is the only
. Air Tight. . .
COUCH.
1 vrv
BOOK CASES
Oouch upholstered In damask,
good Japaned spring? only.S3.75
CHIFFONIER.
4
This ha dwood chiffonier.
6 drawers S)6.0O
Combination Book
Case Writing desk,
solid oak ... SM8.00
JN Wardrobe and
Combination Book
Cases we have a grand
selection to pick from
Great Northern Furniture Stora
IRON BEDS
The Palace Air Tight Heaters
WE CARRY EVERYTHING
In the line of Home Furnishing Goods. People wanting to
furnish their home with anything in the line of Furniture,
Carpets, Window Shades, Etc , will do well to visit our Mam
moth Store and look through the different lines we carry.
Do not forget that our place of business is on Second Street,
near the Obarr Hotel and Upp. Fred Fisher's Grocery Stored
Great Northern Furniture Store
No. 23, 21-inch wood.
No. 25, 23-inch wood,
$8.76
$iO.OO
Oak Bock'r.le'th'eseat.W.sa
Have them in great variety.
ROCKERS
Great varieties in Willow
Rattaned Rockers, Uphol
stered Seat Rockers, Cob
ler Rockers, Cane Seat
Rockt-rs, Cane Seat and
Back Rockers, Wood Seat
Rockers, Sewing Rockers
and Nurse Rockers
Upholstered silk, spring seat,
solid oak; ooly S4.0O
Onix Stand, for 2 wks
only; at. ..,.. 83.00
We take the lead in prices
and styles. They are
heavy enameled, well
made. We have them
from $4 tip.
CHIFFONIER
With
Class...
Solid Oak,
same as
this cut,
- 9IO.OO.
Just.
Received
Extension Table.
A carload from
Chicago markets,
of the finest line
of Bed Room Sets
ever shown in The
Dalles. We have
them in Hard
Wood from $11.25
up ; Solid Oak, in
French Plate Bev
el Glass, $20 up
Hardwood Extension Table
from 4.25 and up
Side Board.
Look, only 10.80
3
3
3
i ...SATURDAY'S SPECIAL... I
b Real Kid Gloves for 89 Cents
" a
E An Imported Real Kid Glove in Six Shades Tans, Browns,
r Modes, Reds, Greens and Blacks.
The Real Value of this Glove is $1.25
All Gloves sold by P. & M. carry the manufacturer's guarantee.
Ladies' and Misses' Jackets.
Ladies', Misses' and Children'9 Jackets in endless variety. Made in the latest styles in
Kerseys, Beavers, English Meltons and Fancy Cloths.
On allJacket9 sold Saturday we will allow
.A Discount of 15 per cent.
Our Stock is practically unbroken in sizes snd colors.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
ALL GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIQURES
PEASE & IT AYS I
pE 3
iililUliiiiUilUiUiiiUiilUiUliilUiiiiiiliilUiiiiiilUliiliiilUiiiiiiUlUiilliiiiiiiilHiiaiiUiiUilil.
ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY
4l. DOUTHIT, PubUatlior.
SUBSCRIPTION BATES.
DAILY
' c y mall.
Months.. . . ,
Moonlhi....
f 00
s.oa
1.60
WEEKLY ,
woe Yhi, by BaQ
Six month.
SATURDAY .... .OCTOBER 22, 1898
MADE A BAD BEOIUNING.
, If Senator 3imoa la quotetd correctly
by the Oregon lan's Salem correspon
, dent, he is starting In the wrontf way
to become an" economical and careful
representative of the people in the na
tional congress. The question of alio w
lng full pay to the members who heK
- up the last house was under considera
tion. The report given the Oregon! an
la: .' - :. -. 'L , '
" "The up-shot of the whole proceeding
was that the appropriation bill, was
Agreed to as It came from the com-
i- mliee, allowing pay for only five 'days
for the members of the house that
. failed to organize. The House had
amended the bill so as to allow pay for
the full 40 days, raising the appropria
Hon from 831,000 to $38,000. ' "
"Senator Simon started the discus-
slon by offering an amencftnept appro
priating $40,000 and authorkin the
full payment of all the members of the
house of 1897. Dufur would not toler-
' ate that, and he made his most em
phatic speech of the session in op-
. position to it. Fulton followed with a
denunciation of the hold up and a con-
- demoatlon of the present attempt as
Inviting a repetition of that disgrace
ful performance and giving recog
nition to a direct vlolation'pf the cod-
. atitution. Driver followed and pro-
' bounced the contemplated act clearly
. unconstitutional. Several' others ex
pressed themselves briefly; Simon
then replied to the criticism that had
been directed to his amendment, going !
. quite frankly into the question nd
' urging his amendment as the best way
to get rid of the difficulties fnltowiug
that legislature. He said he thought'
all the members of that' houe in
tended to act for the best, and as there
were differences of opinion as to the
merits of the contest, he deemed it
' best to pay all claims in full and cjose
- 'Without entering into a discussion
of the eauses that led to the hold-up of
1807, it is sufficient to say - that the
members who participated in the dis
graceful affair rendered no. service
whatever to the state, but on the con
trary, by their rebellious action, cost
' the taxpayers of Oregon over $100,000,
and--at the time of the so-called
session and ever since were denounced
as rebels. To pay them now-would
have been an endorsement of their
acta, saying that the Oregon legisla
ture approved of the rebellion..:'
-.- The position taken by Mr.. Simon
was the worst of all. Because he be
lieved the members of that house "in
tended to act for the best," he deemed
It "best to pay all claims in full aud
dose the matter up." .That is, he
would vote away, $7,000 of the peo
pie's money, and endorse a wrong,
imply because be thought those ob
' strucUonlsts "Intended to act for the
best." Will Mr. Simon carry, tbl.
rule with him to the national Bepate?
If so he will make a most dangerous
representative. Suppose, for Instance,
a bill were being considered to pay
the Confederate war debt, would - Mr.
Simon, in orde." to "settle the matter
up and smooth over old sores," vote
millions odollars, out ot tbs nationa
. .. weasary to pay the debts incurred by
" the Confederate congress,! "simply be
4use the members 'of that - body 'in
tended to act for - what .they thought
the best?" ..To.be consistent with his
-mew 14 the Oregon legislature, he would
' have to do so7 Indeed, Mr, Simot has
madeabad srr. -. . '
' MBBaaaaawpaMas
TEE MOXET. ISSUE.
: A free silver npaper asks: "D.
the people understand that silver is to
be abandoned as a money metal?" tbd
says: "This is the ultimate aim of th
bankers, money owners and news
papers that advocate what thev arr
lfapod to term the gold itandurd
soand monsy,"
' Thoro is no authority to be founa
the advocates of a gold stand
ara iromiwuiuu iu um , :
ncs)jBt wioiM
gold standard does not mean that sil-(
ver as money will be abandoned, nor)
does any one contemplate its disuse as
a money for general circulation, la
fact as a subsidiary coin to a cold
standard, it Is absolutely necessary as
a money of exchange in smal trans
actions, and will never be aoandonea
unless a metal shall hereafter be found
better adapted to such use. A limited
quantity of silver coin to an extent
tbat will meet the demands of business,
can be maintained in circulation,
though the commercial value of the
metal may be much less than the nomi-
ii.M nal value of tbe coin, lust as. the
' ! nickel and coDDer coins are now. and
as silver fractional coin has been
used since 1853. The time was when
tbe production of silver and gold was
limited, when it varied Dut tittle in
the annual output, but the discovery
of gold in California was the beginning
of a new golden era, wnicn nas oeen
remarkable for the enormous produc
tion of tbat metal, tnrougn subsequent
discoveries in all quarters of tbe world
Gold had several years before 1 SCO' be
come tbe money standard ol tnis-gov
eminent in its own transactions', u Its
payments wre made principally- in
gold, silver being used in the smaller
payments. Even at that time...: tbe
sentiment in tbe commercial world
elsewhem, was tending toward a single
money standard. Witb the eaovmuan
increase in silver production, it is dot
probable that any nation which ha
abandoned it as a money standard will
again open its mints to a free coinage
of that metal. It is folly to say that
"unless the policy of our government
is changed there will never be an
ounce of newly mined silver
coined." The business necessity of all
countries demands the coinage"- Of
silver for use in general daily business
transactions where small sums are in
volved. And thtd government as well
as all other gold standard nations, will
continue to coin silver as subsidiary
to gold, limited to the demands of
business of the nation. None need , be
distressed irom toe Tact tnat silver will
disappear as a mouey coin for circular
tion. walla walla ynlon.
The above is the Walla Walla
Union's reply to an editorial in the-
Times-Mountaineer. It is pitiful to
behold the blindness of those who will
not see. In the article quoted it is
plain that in the opinion of the Union
the very thing has happened that' It.
denies. According to it, silver is to
be a money metal like ' copper and
nickel. No one ever thinks of copper
and nickel as money metals. In class
ing silver with them, the Union con
fesses what it attempts to dony.
We are firmly of the opinion that
tbe restoration of silver as a money
metal with free mintage privileges is
a matter of the gravest importance to
the Amerlcu people. We are further
more of the opinion that tbe people'
are hoodwinked by the high-sounding.
phrases of the advocates of the single
gold theory. The Union advocate
the single gold money, but sbows by
the above clipping that It la afraid to
face tbe issue and its. inevitable result
Here are just two propositions for (be
Union's consideration.
"' Copper and nickel are not mouej
metals. Their use as money is infinit-
esmal.
, If silver is to be used as copper and
sliver coins are used solely as token
money then its use must logically o.
abandoned altogether. For wbai
sane man will advocate that the gov
ernmentof the United States shall paj
45 cents for a piece of metal to stan.;
upon it what in effect says. "This h
not a dollar; it circulates as a dollai
because back of it is gold:" when a
piece of paper can fill the require
oients.
The advocates of free coinage of sil
ver believe that free coinage will make
t silver -dollar worth a gold dollar.
l'hy do not believe there is any in
trinsic value in either gold or silver;
'.hey believe that the dollar is a crea
.ion. of legislation and that silver bat
oeen the victim of adverse legislation:
they nelieve tbat gold could have been
lepreclated by adverse legislation as
ellas silver; they believe that the
restoration of silver as a free coinage
noney metal would bring prosperity
and happiness to our people. In al.
chese things they may be mistaken,
but it is a belief entertained by some
of the mo3t sincere and disinterested
of our' statesmen. One thing they do
know and that Is tbat the ultimate
aim of the bankers and plutocrats is to
absolutely destroy silver at a money
metal.- , v
ELECTION OF . SENATORS.
con'.est in Oregon
t it) minds of the
The senatorial
that has agitated
people for more than two years past,
and finally terminating in the election
of Mr. Simon, furnishes numerous
arguments for the election of the sena
tors by direct vote of tbe people. thaU
should be convincing to all that the
interest of the United States sena
would be safer if the people were per
mitted to elect their senators than to
delegate tbat power to tbe legislature.
For two years we have been deprived
of a full representation in tbe senate,
and if two senators are needed to. look
after our interests in the upper house
of congress, we have suffered to the
extent of only having one. Besides
two elections have hinged more or
less upon the senatorial' question, and
it has only entered into the choice of
legislators, but almost every office for
gift of the people. One legislature
was prevented from perfecting an or
ganization, needed legislation was
neglected, enormous unnecessary' ex
pense was .'orced upon the taxpayers,
amounting to over $100,000, and an ex
tra session of the. legislature was re
quired to adjust matters.,. More than
this, a senator has been elected who
could not have succeeded in an elec
tion before the people, one who is by
no .means the choice of a majority of
the voters of- Oregon.
What is experienced in Oregon pre
vails In every state in the union. to a
greater or less extent. National poli
tics are drawn into tbe selection of
legisla'ors, and the' interests of the
state are made secondary to the am
bitions of some aspirant to senatorial
honors. Th time is certainly, ap
proaching when tbe old, bucgleaome
method of electing senators wiR-be
abolished.
more good than the same millions
could do if invested in manufacturing
and commercial enterprises or devoted
to the development of our agricultural
anu mineral resources, according to
the republican idea. But the party
that will issue bonds and then point to
the proceeds as a surplus derived from
wise financial management mistakes
the good sense of the American peo
ple for rank idiocy.
Tbe surplus $300,000,000 now in tbe
treasury Is not due in any manner to
tbe republican partv's wisdom in deal
ing with tbe finances. The republican
Dingley law has created a deficit. That
deficit has been made good by a V7ar
-tax that is not now needed and by a
bond issue that was never needed. If
"prosperity depends upon a surplus se- j
cured by bond Issues and war taxes
then Jssue ten times $200,000,000 in
bonds and treble or quadruple the war
tax. 'That is the republican idea of
finance.
PRIMARY FACTS.
WANT ARBITRATION.
ENGLAND'S BRAVE TARS.
: Probably no citizen of Oregon finds
tiultwith tbe late extraordinary ses
sion. Tit hired many, a clerk that it
bad no use for, and the wanton waste
of money resulted. But, lt: elected a
senator, It abolished -the state board of
equalisation t.nd the railroad commis
sion and passed an appropriation bill.
It did all this la twenty abort days,
and that too In spite of the fact tbat it
was a republican legislature. - " ,
Following , so closely the frightful
wreck and loss of life and terrible
scenes on the French steamer La Bour
gogne comes the loss of the British
steamer Mohegan, and with it a start
ling contrast In the conduct of the
crews, says tbe Spokesman-Review.
On the - French steamer the sailors.
According to the stories of passengers,
deserted their posts and fought like
demons to secure a place in the life
boats, Although the sea was calm and
the safety of every passenger assured
if cool heed had directed the launch
ing of rafts and small boat9. Women
were displaced by burly ruffians who
forgot all Instincts of manhood and
few helping hands were lifted to res
cue those unfortunates who were not
drawn down in be whirlpool follow
ing the sinning of the ship.
-The English steamer met disaster
when the storm was at its height'. .The
fury of tbe elements prevented life
boats approaching the ship to take off
many of the passengers, and It was
certain death to remain on the ship.
Yet the English sailors remained on
i he doomed vessel arid saw .that the
women and children had places on tbe
rafts and lifeboats. " ith few excep
inns tbe officers aad common seamen
lost their lives, the remnant which
escaped being those necessary to man
the only means of escape for the pas-
senjterB. ;
Americans have learned to expect
heroism of this order from the Eng
lish tar. .With him duty is first, per
sonal safety an after consideration. It
adds one more branch to the imperish
able laurel wreath of glory which is
the heritage of Anglo-Saxon manhood.
A Madrid conservative organ, re
news tbe suggestion regarding arbi
tration between the United States and
Spain. It says:
"The negotiations at present are
going out without touching the ques
tion of the Phillippines which is most
obscure, and which lends itself to tbe
gravest dissensions. Owing to the
Vagueness and lack of clearness of tbe
protocol, the commissioners are meet
ing with serious difficulties It baa
been said that, if our adversaries are
obstinate in their exaggerated de-
demand, Senor Sagasta should address
the European governments,! asking
arbitration, at least upon the points to
which an agreement could not be
reached; but, in view of tne electoral
struggle bow in full vigor in the
United States add to the declamation
of the jingo press, which affirms with
out limits the rights of the conqueror,
it'is safe to assume that request for
arbitration would be without avail, i
and serve no other purpose than loss
of time."
,A MATTER OF JUSTICE.
' ft is not to be wondered at tbat some
taxpayers object to paying taxes un
less all are made to pay on or before a
certain - date, hence the protest en
tered by a Hood River taxpayer, pub
lished yesterday, cannot be considered
unreasonable. If, as the gentlemen
stages, certain taxpayers are allowed j
to let their taxes go delinquent in or- (
der that they may invest their money
in 'county warrants and draw interest
thereon, an injustice is done those
who pay up promptly, for they are com
pelled to help pay Interest- on the debt
of the county while tbe delinquent has
no penalty imposed upon him. Itia
only just that all taxes be collected
when they fall due, and if not, the de
linquent, be made pay a penalty equal
at least to the interest on outstanding
w -.rrnts to the amount of thoirde-
liiiqueacf . Taxation will never be
just until officials insist noon the
prompt payment of taxes when they
become due.
The.Roseburg Plaindealer joins the
Walla Wall Union In denying the
assertion of tbe Times-Mountaineer
.that the ultimate aim of the single
gold standarc advocates is the abso
lute abandonment of silver as a money
metal., These journals are not willing
to face the logic of events. Both the
.Union-arid the Plaindealer have been
carried far beyond their original in
tentions just as have a majority of the
.voters who have been hoodwinked by
.the manipulators of the republican
program. Both the Union and the
Plaindealer were dishonest with their
readers in advocating McKinley's elec
tion on the pledge of an international
'monetary agreement. There was not
a leader of thought (and in this cate
gory we class newspapermen who are
supposed to think) tbat did not know
'that a monetary conferc nee would be a
farce. ;The whole upshot of tbe mat
ter is that under. 23 years of adverse
legislation' silver has been abandoned
as a money metal.- It enjoys no mint
age privileges whatsoever save" as to
the bullion now on hand. It is oot the
intention of Mr. Hanna and bis co
conspirators that silver shall . eyer
again assume its place as a money
metal with the same privileges of
mintage as gold. - For tu'-raldiary pur
poses its-use is too expensive and must
be' abandoned. Tbe least grain of
commor sense will show any man that
to pay 45 cents for a piece of metal to
pass as a dollar by being backed up by
gold is an extravasrant waste. Paper
will fulfill all the purposes of token
money.
along with a little over 100 clerks, and
sofar a is known there are noscandals
about bribery. Besides this there
were some good acts done, prominent
among which was the abolishing of
the railroad commission.
Tbe bones of Columbus have been
taken up at Havana, to be Conveyed
to Spain, making tbe fourth time
his remains have been removed.
Columbus was first buried atVallado
lid where the Spanish government per
mitted hitn to die after a period of
neglect which embittered bis last days.
From here his remains were removed
successively to Seville ia 1513, to San
Domingo in 1536 and to Havana in
1795. It is to be hoped they will find
a renting place where they may -be
forever undisturbed.
Modern Germany was established on
the basis of tbe idea that a great army
ia tbe foundation of strength. Russia
has for a lentury rested on the same
baiis of force, . but a change has en
tered into such views. Germany and
France each year vote bigger naval
credits. Russia, without colonies or
a aeacoast, contemplates speeding
$225,000,000 in the next seven years on
ten ships, bea power is looming up
as the ruling factor in international
rivalry. .
Republican journals are attempting
to forestall tbe certain adversity that
Is coming to tbe nation by announcing
tbat if a democratic majority is elected
to the lower house of congress it will
cause a panic, because a free coinage
bill will be passed. It is fortunate for
them that they can thus lay tbe blame
of adversity that is certain to follow
BIG CONCESSIONS
ARE MADE
America to Assume Cuban
Municipal Debts.
the single gold standard is the retire
ment of silver, silver certificates and
treasury notes, and the issue of bonds
to form the basis of a banking cur
rency. Tbe Uuion and tbe Plain-
dealer know this, If they have given
the question thought. F. iher silver
must be restored as a money of ulti
mate redemption or else we must have
a banking currency based upon gold
demanding, interest-bearing bonds.
THAT SURPLUS.
The administration organs are point
ing with pride to the surplus of $300,
000,000 In the treasury and declare
tnat it is anotner evidence tnat pros-,!
perlty always comes with a republican
administration. The mere idea of
pointing to this surplus as In indica
tion of republican business methods
la an lokjlt to the intelligence of the
American people. The surplus "'could
be $1,000,000,000 just as easy as Ir is
$300,000,000. Of the surplus to wnlch
the administration organs point with
pride $200,000,000 was secured by the
sale of bonds, and it would be easy to
ell $700,000,000 more bonds and make
the surplus an even billion. That,
according to the republican idea,:
would be prosperity. The more money
there ia locked up in bank vaults .and
treasury vaults .the greater the na
tion's prosperity, according to repub
lican ideas of finance and trade.
The. millions invested la bonds do
THE STEAL WON.
After haggling for several hours last
Saturday over the proposition to allow
the members of the hold-up bouse of
1897 their full per diem, the legislature
finally apopted the report of tbe con
ference committee aud alio we i the
obstructionists of 1897 their full pay
or the 40 days they spent at Salem a
year ago last January and February.
Allowing those men their pay was a
flagrant Injusitce, because it was pay-
ing them for a service they never!
rendered, a want of action that cost
the taxpayers of Oregon more than a
hundred thousand dollars, and was an
endorsement of tbeir disregard for the
constitution of the state, tbeir total
disregard for the will, of the people,
and Is only an encouragement to future
legislatures to pursue the methods of
that so-called seoflion of 1897.
HE 'FILLS THE BILL.
The position of U, S. senator is one
that bas been honored and reflected
honor upon such men as Webster,Clay,
Calboun and Benton. '
The position of U. S. Senator is one
that bas been disgraced by such men
as Mark Hanna, M. C. Quay and
Thomas C. Piatt.
Joe. Simon fills the senatorial meas
ure. ' : .
Which?
It is doubtful
The ultimate aim of the advocates of ! low prist's of wheat upon the agitation
i of the money question. Tbeir resources
for excuses seem to have no limit.
Gov. Pingree is openly making his
fight against the re-election of Sen
ater Burrows, attacking him by name
at republican meetings. This is. In
teresting, but not of much importance
as a majority of . the Miclgan legis
lature Is likely to be anti-republican
and the successor to Burrows a demo
crat. .
The actual expenditures of tbe lace
war have been about $10i,00u,000, with
a possibility of reaching $150,000,000
before all . the obligations will h8 ve
been liquidated. Our net gains have
not yet been totled up in the geoer.il
pruht aud loss account. It will take
a good while to make tbe trial balance,
When tbe lower house of the legis
lature pinned on that clause to pay tbe
hold-up members of tbe last so-called
house tbeir per diem in full, it was
cold blooded steal of the ieoplo's
money. Those sixty obstructionists
never rendered any service to tbe state,
and were not entitled to pay,
Our present financial system is all
right for the bond buyers aid money
loaners, and they all work for and sup
port it. It is the worst kind of a sys
tern for tbe poor man and the laborers
but they don't know it and year
after year, they vote with the people
tbat are skinning them,
The present order of society is made
from a human stand point for the pro
tection of property rights. There is
an inalienable law made by God Al
mighty for the right of man to live
They sometimes conflict and hell pops
as it did at Virden, Illinois, this week.
The Oregonian states that the oath
which Joe Simon took as state senator
not to accept any office within tl e gift
of the legislature was not worth tbe
paper upon which it was written A We
though the Oregonian was a fbnd
of -Simon. ' . . 1
Jerry Simpson once made a sucoeer
t al campaign by claiming not to wear
socks, but it Is dollars to any old thing
that "Teddy" Roosevelt won't try to
win by wearing those red, white and
blue socks given him by a Connecticut
woman, although they' would be
strictly appropriate for the style of
campaign he Is making.
From reading the editorial columns
of the Portland .Dispatch, one would
e include Senator-elect Simon was a
satfet. r The Dispatch is : -retting its
aecfcitito the boss' collar pretty fast.
whether the closing
scenes of the legislature which ended
Saturday nicrht have ever been paral
eled a the history of Oregon legisla
tures.' Although composed of mem
bers pledged to economy, the way the
assembly balls were denuded of every
thing portable as a caution, and leads
one to wonder if the gentlemen who
composed . the lower bouse were
pledged to a sort of economy that
dealt very sparingly with tbeir honor.
If a few of them were indicted for
larceny from a public building and
sent to tbe penitentiary it would be a
credit to the state. This thing of con
veying off everything movable at the
close of each session ha9 become such
a disgrace tbat it should be stopped.
It should be borne in mind tbat In
the caucus which chose Joe Simon for
the U. S. senatorship the ballot was a
secret one and that be received seven
more votes than had been given to
Mr. Corbettin open session.. We do
not blame the seven legislators for
desiring tbeir act to be secret, but it
is a reflection upon tbe honestv,
courage and ' manliness of every op
ponent to the last of Corbett and
bossism. The people have a right to
know who voted for Mr. Simon and
who against him, so as to commend or
condemn ag they see fit.
Certainly tfo private oitiaen should
suffer, by-.he fact that the state of Ore
gon purchased land in Eastern Oregon
for an insane asylum the authoriza
tion for such act having afterwards
been declared Illegal. If Mr. W. T.
Wright, of Union county .advanced the
purchase money under such circum
stances he should be reimbursed and
the state succeed to his equities in the
matter. This is a matter of simple jus
tice and one upoa which thei e should
be no difference of opinion..
The special session of the legislature
has done fairly good work, in fact has
been the most depentof any legislature
for many years. Tbe .members got
Tbe regular session of tbe legislature
which convenes Jin January may place
itself or record a 'following in the
economical footsteps of the extra see
sion by abolishing the office of attor
ney-general.
Tbe next time St. Matthew Quay has
financial correspondence with a bank
cashier, be will insist upon having all
letters burned.
Fourteen Uvea Loat.
LONDON, Oct. 20. News was re
ceived here today of the loss of tbe
British freight ship Blenfeld near
the month of the Thames. The ship
was from New York and bad rounded
the North Foreland, when fire, which
hid evidently been smouldering in her
cargo, broke forth with great fury and
drove tbe crew to the boats. The ship
-was entirely destroyed and 14 of those
on boa-d lost .tbeir lives. The can
tain's wife and two children were
among those woo perished. .
New York, Oct. 19 A dispatch to
the World from Washington says:
The United States will ass n me the
indebtedness of the Cuban muncip
alities, but will not agree to pay or
guarantee any portion of tbe general
Cuban debt.
This statement was made to the
World correspondent by the highest
authority in Washington at this time.
There can he nodoubt .as . to . .its jsor.
rectness.
By this recession from tbe original
instructions to the American com
mission, the Spanish commission hat
won a victory. Tbe instructions to
the American commission were that
they were not to consider or discuss
the question of the Cuban or Porto
Rlcan debt.
The debt of the municipalities of
Cuba will be assumed by tbe United
States aod pro rated among the mo
nlcepal'ties when a permanent govern
ment is established. .In making tbi
coDoeosion the Americans were actu
ated by a desiro to protect American
interests. The water works, electric
lighting plants and other muncipii
improvements were largely construct
ed by American capital, the bonus
being guaranteed by the Spanish
government.
State department offi rials say that
the assumption of tbe Cuban munctpa
debt was contemplated from tbe out
set in the event of Spain - making th
plea that the indebtedness was Incur
red to Improving the conditions of
the island. This view Is indorsed by
international lawyers. As Spain did
not derive any benefit from tbe monev
expended in improvements in Cuba
aod will not in future, jurists say it ' is
only proper tbat the United States as'
sume the indebtedness for muncipal
works.
PLOT TO KIDNAP AN HEIBESS.
Bandit Meant to Hold Her for Banaom
of 8500,000.
Rome, Oct. 10. News bas reached
here from Palermo of the arrest of a
bold bandit named Antonio Ferrara.
who had planned to kidnap in broad
daylight Stgnora Maria Cupant, the
beautiful 13-year-old daughter of Baron
Cupam, a Sicilian milllonare.
Seven men were implicated in the
plot. Tbe girl was to be intercepted
In her daily promenade ia the public
park of Palermo and forced Into a lan
dau. She was to be kept imprisoned
o the house of Ferrara until a ransom
of half a million dollars should be se
cured from tbe baron.
The plot was betrayed and detectives
stationed In and around tbe park.
They succeeded in arresting Ferrera,
the leader of the kidnaping band.
riVS WKEE MURDERKD
Tarnbla Tragedy at tne Uallelaa Settle-
cent at etaartbara.
Winnepeg.' Oct. 19. A terrible
trajedy occurred at theGalician settle
ment at Stuartburn. It appears tbat
a neighboring farmer, also a Galician,
went on Saturday to tbe bouse or one
Wasyl Bocehko, about 2 o'clock in the
afternoon, and getting no reply to bis
knocks upon tbe door, opened it and
went in.
He met the horrifying sight Of the
dead bodies of Bocheko and his four
..hiidrBn. hacked and bruised in a
frightful manner. The floor and walls
were spattered with blood, looking
like those of a slaughter-house.
Suspicion at first rested upon tbe
wife and mother of the victims, but it
la now believed that tne crime was
committed by other parties.
Bocheko was about 40 years tfld.,
Tbe four dead children are two bos
and two girls, ranging from three to
ten years.
GENERAL, oris' REPORT.
Mo Promises Bave Been Made to the
In.argt-nt.
Washington, Oct. 20 The war
department today posted the following
bulletin under date of yesterday
cabled by Otis to the department:
"The situation in Luzon is somewhat
Improved. . Tbe ioflueuce of tbe Fillip
plnos on education and property not
desiring independence, but hostile to
Spain is gaining ascendency In tbe
revolutionary councils. . I am promis
ing nothing but enforcing the law.
Affairs are progressing favorably,
though sickness Is increasing, mostly
due to tbe carelessness of the enlisted
men. The health of the officers Is
good. The condition of the city and
faciltles for quarter' ng troops ara im
proving. During the moth 23 deaths
occured."
. AU Quiet In Porto Rice.
San Juan. Oct. 20. The city ro
mains orderly, and all is quiet else
where. Major General Brooke Is In
stalled in, tbe palace, and Brigadier
General Henry remains in command
of tbe district of Ponce. Bregadier
General Grant has been appointed
commander ot the district of San Juan.
Apostofficeunder American auspices
Is being established wltb all possible
bapte. -
United States commissioner Carroll
arrived here yesterday on board the
steamer ' Panama.
Gold Oo'pnt of the Klondike.
Seattle, O-st. 19. R ms 'Ipw of the
Seattle assay office aod the San Fran
cisco mint of the clean-up of this sea
-ton's output of Klondike gold are $3,
1100,000. Superintendent Wing, of thf
former, said his office bad taken In $4.-
100,000. and tne San Francisco mint
$3,600,000. Besides this it U estimated
that dust amounting to 8500.000 was
sent to Puiladelphla, Denver and
Selena. The local assay ufflt e ba4 ad
vic?s of a single consignment of $663.
000 now en. route here.
Warlike oreparat'ona.
Paris, Oct, 19. In aplte of the
semi official denial, tne Echo de Paris
says today tbat the' embarkation of
war material and supplies continue
at Toulon, adding that extraordinary
activity reigns at tbe arsenal there.
Four Iron-clad aud toree cruisers are
embarking ammunition and war ma
terial. Two transports are almoat
ready for sea. All Frencn naral offi
cers on leave of absence bave been re
called Naval authorities at Toulon
are very reticent
Three Veaaela Wrecked.
London, Oct. 19. The Norwegian
bar Frivold stranded last night off
Spurnbead. Two members of tbe
crew were drowned. The Norwegian
origantine Augwald bas been wrecked
off Goudon harbor. Seven of the
crew were drowned ihe Kuseian
schooner Wilhelm bus been wrecked
off St. Andrews. Five of tbe crew
were saved, and one was drowned.
Porto Rico Wholly Oar
Washington, Oot. 13. The United
States is now formally In possesslou of
the island of Porto Rico as a sovereign.
Tbe war department nas received the
following.
'San Juan, Porto Rioo, Oct.18
American flags .have been raised 6a
the public buildings and forts in this
city, aod saluted with national salutes.
The occupation of the island is now
complete. BROOK."
Trouble la tended.
Washington, Oct. 18. The fol
lowing from Indian Commissioner
Jones was received this morning:
I held a final council with tbe In
dians at Bear camp yesterday. All
but one will surrender' Wednesday.
Tbey will assist tbe marshal in captur
ing this renegade. I belieye that the
trouble is all over."
SOUNDS LIKE A POPULIST.
Under encouragement ' given by
money sharks, of the Morris Sc White
head variety, counties and municipal
ities throughout the state have made a
vast body of illegal debts. A bill is
now pending to validate these debts
and to direct the counties to fund the
war-ants at 6 percent, after compound
ing the int. rest. This measure never
should become a law. It is amazing
that it should bave been Introduced.
Undoubtedly certain bond sharks are
behind it. These persons who have
oeen so forward to encourage tbe issue
of warrants, In vlolatlo i of tbo funda
mental law, should be allowed to sweat
t while. So long as they understand
tbat their "Investments" already made
tre in peril, they will be less Inclined
to seek more of the same kind. -, War
rants should not bear interest at all.
There is no law fer. it. Nor are
tbey negotiable paper. There has
been too much of this business, the
product of greed on the part of warrant-buyers
and of recklessness on the
part of officials. Oregonian. '
This sounds very muoi like things '
we have read In populist papers, only
It is a Utile more radical. . We had
hardly expected the great organ ot tbe
gold standard and corporation inter
ests would "flonV so suddenly.
Maaaacra la China,
Paris, Oct. 20. The minister of for
eign affairs has received a dispatch
from tbe French - mlseiona-y and
several Chinese Cathollua haye been
massacred or burned to death in a
chapel at Palclug b a mob. France
has demanded reparation.
The Da.la Ulaabtod.
ASTORIA, Oct. 20. The torpedo
boat Davis at Skamokawa, Wash., has
been disabled by tbe bursting of some
boiler tu res Six o- eight men were
badly scalded. She a ill return to
Portland. Doctors bave left on a
pedal boat for here.
rorSale.
Tbe entire fruit orop(oot yet gather
ed) in our orchard ou Fifteen Mile,
about 12 ml.es from The Dalles, coo
Isitog of fine varieties of apples and
and other fruits, for sale. Apply im
mediately to.
Max Vogt & Co.
Tbe Dalles. dawtf.
Notloe.
Charles Burchtorf bas opened a shop
In the building formerly occupied by
tbe steam laundry on Third street,
where be Is prepared to do all classes
of machine work, bicycle, lock and
gun repairing. He also deals in bicy
cle goods, Pbone 49.
Onr Prleis.
18-Inch air tight heaters $2 CO
P loch air tlgnt heaters 3 00
24 loch air tight beaters...... 8 60
Also a fine line of tbe celebrated
Wilson" beaters at
tf Mats & Crows
C0ALC0AL
36.60 Per Ton
DELIVERED.
For car lot rates call on
E. KURTZ, Agt.
In Business Again.
B. B. HOOD
e
rBu OfftDOd sV
Second Hand Store
la HI New Buildlaf oa
....SECOND STREET....
Monument to Washington.
London, Oct. 19. In resoonse to the
suggestion of Mr. David Christie Mur
ray, tbe novelist and playwright, that
a statue to Washington should be
erected in London by public subscrip
tion, Dr. Conan Doyle,, the novelist.
offers the first subscription tbe sum
of 10 guineas.
Ha oarrles a full .lock of aew aod sseond hial
furniture . and la prepared to boy furniture .
of taoae who desire to leave theoltv. pay. ....
to? a reasonable prlos tor the saae
Wanted to Kent
One hundrdd acres or more, 25 or 30
nriles from Tbe Dalles. Address
Are You Interests?
I . 0
The 0. B. A N. Co New Book on the
Resources of Oregon, Washing-,
ton and Idaho is being distributed.
Our readers are requested to forward
the addresses of their Eastern friends
and acquaintances, and a copy of the
work will be sent them free. This is a
matter ALL should be interested in, ,
and we would ask tbat everyone take
an interest and forward such addresses.
to W. H. Hurlburt, uenerai fnsson-
"O." this office, ger Agent, O. B. A N. Co., Portland.
l