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SATURDAY... .FEBRUARY 18, 1899
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
: February 12th was the anniversary
of the birth of Lincoln, whom many
bow regard as the greatest of Ameri
can patriots, and the day is not far
distant when "Lincoln day" will be as
generally regarded as ""Vashinglon
day," for while Washington was the
father of his country. Lincoln will be
recognized as the savior of the nation
When the nation was threatened
with dismemberment by a civil war.
circumstances developed great char
acters, and Lincoln watt the greatest
of them all. His great debate with
Douglas had brought him into proml
nence as a man of master mind. With
the advent of the anti-slavery party he
readily became its most logical leader,
and was elected president at the begin
ning of the most trying time in the
history of the United States. He
proved equal to the occasion; he rose
above all other men of bis time. He
was a true patriot, a thorough Amerl
can, and a lover of that liberty vouch-
8 'fed by the declaration of indepen
dence and the federal cocstitutlon
None other could have filled the "posi
tion to which he had been called at
that time.
A quarter of a century ago the name
of Lincoln was hated by the ex-Confed
era teg. the men who had rebelled be-
- cause they believed their rights were
being encroached upon and honestly
thought they had supported a just
cause; but even in the South that bit
terness has vanished. The ex-Con fed
' erates recognize now that they were
wrong, and that Lincoln was right,
' therefore they honor the , man
more than do some of their North
era brothers who seek now to trample
pupotr the great principles of liberty
; and equal rights -which the war presl
I dent advocated. Abraham Lincoln
& was truly one of God's noblemen, and
; bis name may well -be idolized by the
; people of this united country.
some mismanagement during the war,
but fails to definitely fix the blame
upon any one, hence the labors it ha
been performing since September 28th
last are of little value to the govern
ment. It there was fault anywhere, it
was the duty of the commissioners to
have discovered where it was and to
haye fixed the blame squarely upon
the parties who were negligent of
of duty. Evidently they found tbe
blame to rest with the head of the war
department, but since it was their
mission to serene him aj much a pos
stole, they dealt very carefully With
him, about all the reference made to
him in the entire report being con
tained in the following three para'
graphs:
'The records of tbe war department.
which have been laid before us, show
that tbe secretary of war extended to
all chiefs of bureaus cordial and full
support, anu promptly responded to
every proper demand made upon him
by commanding officers
"No testimony has been presented
showing intentional neglect of duty
nor any attempt to serye personal
interests. The charges made that tbe
secretary of war was pecuniarily in
terested in contracts, purchases and
other transactions of the war depart
ment have been thoroughly examined
and found baseless.
In tbe judgement of the commis
sion thrre was lacking in tbe general
administration of the war department
during tbe continuance of tbe war with
Spain that complete grasp of the situ
ation which was eirsential to the high
est efficiency and . discipline oi tbe
army."
Throughout the report is shown
what was expected a review of the
recent war, dealing as generously as
was possible with those in high places,
and applying the whitewash biush
liberally to all dark spots.
Aif OBJECT LESSON.
A WISE LIMIT.
It was a wise' provision which the
formers of the Oregon constitution put
' into that document when they limited
,' the legislative session to 40 days. Had
there been no limit placed upon the
session, there is no telling what num
ber or what quality of laws would en-
encumber our statute books, especially
when tbe state is afflicted with a legis
lature like the present, that has
. such a law making craze. During tbe
; first five weeks of this session there
were 625 bills introduced, not one in
; tea of which had any merit, but simply
reflected the whim of some legislator.
.Fortunately the session will close by
limitation long before tbe bills can be
' considered, and little damage can re
sult from their having been, introduc
ed, " except' the expense of - printing
. them, and the time it has required to
" bear them read. But if tbe session
i were extended another 40 days, legis
lators would tire of introducing bills,
for there is a limit to the frivolous
imagination even for an Oregon legis-
- la tor,, and the members would cease
- introducing and begin pasting some
of-jthelr nonsensical measures. As a
- result our statute books would, after a
'; few, sessions, assume the magnitude
' oi the Encyclopaedia tin tanlca or
Bancroft's Pacific Coast History; we
would have laws specially regulating
every private act of a man's life, and
; nobody . world haye any knowledge
' wbateyer. of what the law is, for none
would have time to wade through the
' voluminous codes to inform them-
1 pivan-'. It ii indeed a fortunate pro
vision tnat legislatures must cease
some time," and it would not be an
unwise thing to amend the constitu
tion limiting the sessions to 20 or 30
days. Then legislators would get
down to work early in the session
and would confine their bills more to
praciticable measures, knowing that
only a short time could be given to
their consideration.
- THERE ARE OTHERS.
The people of Oregon are aroused to
a high pitch of indignation at tbe
prospect that the appropriation for the
so-called state fair may not be repealed
by the legislature during tbe present
session. Storms of protests are being
heard in all quarters at what Is
termed the flagrant Indifference of tbe
legislators to tbe interest of the tax
payers. The press of the whole state
is unanimous in condemning tbe in-
Inactivity of the lawmakers in this
matter. Scarcely a man loutslde of
Marion county can be found who favors
perpetuation of this flagrant graft upon
the people. That a legislature elected
on a strict pledge of economy and re
trenchment in public expenditures
should exhibit such indifference in ful
filling that pledge is deeply resented,
and threats of calling the various
members strictly to account are being
openly made. Portland Telegram.
The appropriation for the state fair
is not the only one of the many that
are proposed about which the people
of the state are indignant. : There are
a number of others that are just as un
just and uncalled for. I. aggregate
they amount to hundreds of thousands
of dollars, and we hope that before the
session closes, the better judgement of
tbe legislators will prevail, and that
the bills carrying heavy appropriations
f ir useless purposes will go to their
long grave. The members of the
legislature certainly cannot have so
fir ' forgotten their ante-electlon
pledges as to vote needless and un
justified burdens upon the people.
It has been contended by the gold
standard advocates that the free
coinage of silver would not enhance
tbe value of that metal in gold (the
standard money metal of the world)
because tbe "price of any money
metal cannot be regulated by tbe laws
of supply and demand." it "being
fixed by a higher power, the same as
the yard of 36 inches or tbe pound of
16 ounces."
Tbe fallacy of this contention is.
however, shown by every transaction
that shows a tendency to create a de
mand for silver, either coined or In
bullion. Tbe most recent exposition
of this fallacy is shown in tbe proposi
tion to pay tbe Cuban soldiers in
Spanish coin. The Spanish dollar,
like the Mexican dollar, not being
being backed by gold, as the Ameri
can sliver Is today, is worth little more
than one-half an American dollar, yet
when a proposition was made to create
a demand for 3,UUU,UUU oi this Span
ish money, when there is recognized
to be $9,000,000 dollars of It in clrcul
atlon in Cuba, "financiers" began
figuring how much such an incident
would raise the price of Spanish coin
If this slight demand for the de
preciated metal would enchance the
value of Spanish coin even one cent
an ounce in Cuba, when there are
hundreds of millions of dollars of
Spanish coin in circulation through'
out tbe wo'Id, and already $9,000,000
of it in Cuba, what would be the effect
if the mints of America should be
thrown open to unrestricted coinage,
and create a sudden demand for 40.000,-
000 ounces, tbe capacity of our mints?
Would it not cause bullion silver to
advance? And then suppose tbe
mints of India were throwu open to
free coinage, which would be tbe
natural consequence in case of free
coinage being adopted in the United
States? Would oot silver advance
rapidly until wltnln a very short
time it would be very nearly on a
parity with golu?
This circumstance in Cuba is only one
of the many that are seen in everyday
life. Whenever there is an increased
demand for silver, which now can
only be considered a commodity the
same as wheat or iron, since it is de
nied mintage priveleges, whether the
demand is real or fancied, there is a
sudden increase in its price Then
why would not free coin ige. which is
tha only way of making a permanent
demand for silver, increase the price
of that metal so that it would be
worth a dollar an ounce compared
with gold, and regulated by tbe
relative eupoly of eacb metal? These,
however, are conditions which the
goldite never considers He takes the
position that gold is the only standard
of values; that it alone can be recog-
oized as a money metal, never taking
into consideration that silver has been
ground down by legislation to the
value it now commands as a commodity.
LOOKS LIKE RETROGRESSION
The new senator from West Virginia
has an income of 940,000 per month.
Depew, just elected senator from New
York, has been for many years mana
ger of the Vanderbilt millions. Fos
ter, tbe newly elected senator from
Washington Is reputed to be worth
about ten million dollars. These are
He has won the title by bis valor, and
it is a graceful thing for a government
to thus reward actual merit.
The skeletons of tbe thousands of
horses that perished on the ranges of
the Inland Empire will stand as a
monument to the advent of the bicycle.
Had the bicycle not made its appear
ance the horse would have been suf
ficiently valuable to be worth feeding
through the winter.
Some of our "financiers," are plan
ning to pay of the Cuban army in
Spanish sliver, that is worth about
half price compared with our money
Thus they would rob the Cuban sol
diers, who fought for liberty, of half
their scanty pay, yet, no doubt, they
would charge the Cuban government
up with tbe full $3,000,000 advanced,
when final settlement la mide.
The Bates bill to create the office of
tax collector for Multnomah has been
put to sleep in the house by a vote to
reconsider, which sends it to the foot
of tbe calendar, from whence it will
hardly be resurrected. This is well.
for tbe people of Multnomah county
are sufficiently burdened with expen
sive officers, and another one would
have made the load just that much
greater for the taxpayers to c rry.
There is much ta'k of tbe legislative
session being continued another week,
owing to the fact that it will be imposi
ble to dispose of all important bust
ness by Saturday night. If this be
true, it will be well to have another
week of suspense rather than hazard
another extra session, for there is no
telling how many appropriation bills
would go through if the legislature
were given another twenty days.
It is a boodle senatorial fight that is
being waged in California and Pen
nsylvania, and should disgust all fair
minded people with the present system
of electing United States senators. In
future no legislature should vote for a
candidate for senator who will not
pledge himself in advance to support a
resolution for an amendment to tbe
constitution making senators elective
by direct vote.
There is no question but the Filip
inos will be perfectly chastised before
Otis, Miller and Dewey get through
shooting at them. But the question
of what we are to do with them after
they haye been licked, is becoming
serious. Tbe senate has shown a dia
inclination to anm x the Philippine is
lands, so if the Filipinos are neither to
become American citizens or allowed
to govern themselves, what Is to be
come of them? They will be some
thing like Topsy, fatherless ard
motherless, and won't hardly know
Sena,tors as a rule do not favor the
proposition to make themselves elec
tive by the people, for they know if
such were the rule a majority of them
would be relegated to private life. A
few days ago Senator Allen submitted
a resolution providing for the suboii
tlon to the legislatures of the several
states an amendment to the constitu
tion so that U. S. Senators could be
elected by direct vote, and the resolu
tion was laid on the tabie. Our "bouse
of lords," are notvanxlous to get near
the people in the manner of their elec
tion.
The act of appropriating state money
to maintain the state fair was never
justified, yet it was done first at a
time when legislators were running
wild over appropriating tbe people's
money, but since better judgement is
CAPTURED WITH
OUT LOSS
Ilo Ilo Falls Into the
Hands of the Ameri-
TO CHECKMATE WASHINGTON
Representative Reeder's bill to re
gulate tbe removal of sheep from one
county to another, which has passed
the house, is a retaliatory measure
agaioi-t tbe state of Washington, and
is Intended to at least make a stand off
to the law now in force in that state,
by protecting the ranges of Oregon
against the encroachment of Washing
ton sheep. Washington has a law re
quiring that all sheep brought into the
state for the purpose of grazing or
otherwise be quarantined for a period
of 60 days. Oregon having no such
law, tbe grazing advantages have been
entirely with tbe Washington sheep
men, who have brought tbeir sheep
oyer to the Oregon side whenever tbe
grass got short at home Tbe Reeder
bill is similar In every respect to tbe
Washington law, with the exception
that the quarantine period is extended
to 90 days. Oregon sheepmen want to
go tbeir Washington friends one bet
ter.
all republicans, and by way f variety,
Montana sends along a democrat I beginning to prevail among lawmakers
1 wbose i ncome last year is- declared to
have been $8,000,000. So many other
j" millionaires are in this year's crop of
j new senators that tbe Hanna school of
statesmanship seems wedded to public
&
1
2'
r ONLY HALF A LOAF.
When the legislature convened the
people of Drain asked that their little
; college be made a state normal school
and that it begiven tbe modest sum of
$15,000 a .years for support, but they
found tbe sum more than tbey could
get, and cut down their demand to
- $7,500 which the liberal members of
the house generously donated. This
of course is satisfactory with tbe Drain
" people, aa tbey believe there is truth
in the old saying that half a loaf a day
is better than nothing.
,. Now the senate should be as liberal
as the people of Drain and just out off
: that half loaf, for there is neither
justice nor common sense in tbe state
attempting to support any more nor
mal schools. The fact is, we have too
many already. In fact, there is no
justice in the state maintaining nor-
, mal schools at all, for the people are
not in duty, bound required to educate
teachers . any more than to educate
blacksmiths or carpenters But if we
are to haye a normal school at all we
should have one good one, a school
that would take rank with the best
school of the nation, one where the
. best of facilities for faining teachers
are obtainable. One normal school
is enough for Oregon, and it makes
little difference where it is located
jus so it Is made first class, for any
. point in the state is accessible to tbe
. student wbo realy desires to fit him
self for an educator.
t u1a t,.t AmawA ai;nno
I for tbeir surpport. and then are satis
I fled with half tbe amount are liable to
"""f radaate "half loaf" teachers who
Jvould be more detrimental than bene
ficial to the cause of education
PRINCIPALLY WHITEWASH.
The report of tbe war investigation
commission has at last been made
public, and while it does not entirely
clean the skirts of Secretary Alger,
yet it relieves him of as much responsi
bility as possible for tbe mismanage
ment of the war department. It is a vol
uminous affair,containing65,000, words
and is confined principally to relating
facts that were already known to the
public. However, it makes a few dis
1 nan re that mav be of value to the
V rnvArnmnnt in the future conduct of
"'-"
tbe war department.
Jb report bpwi (bat ther w
A MORAL REFORM.
The Hill bill, that passed the house.
to abolish serving intoxicating liquors
in private boxes of restaurants, ought
to pass the senate without a dissenting
voice. It is a bill in the interest of
common morality and would work a
reform in larg? cities especially.
More young women are ruined and
initiated in viee in the private boxes
of restaurants than in any other way.
Let the sale Of liquors be absolutely
prohibited except in open public res
taurants and . barrooms. Close the
doors to secret vices and remove the
veiled enclosures of dissipation.
This bill does not infringe on the
rights of restaurants to serve tbeir
guests with liquors. But it is aimei
squarely at the door of prostitution
ana win accomplish mucu to save
young women being dragged down tbe
slippery toboggan of the social evil
Salem Journal.
Now that the winter is about over
and we are pretty well assured of a
prosperous season, property owners
and business men of Tbe Dalles should
begin looking about to see what can
be done for the upbuilding and im
provement of tbe city during the'
coming season. ' More business can be
attracted fo Tbe Dalles aid new en
terprises instituted if tbe people here
will only work in unison to that end.
Let every resident of the city see what
effort he can put forth to tttter the
condition of trade here this year, and
the result will certainly be satisfactory.
favor, says the Corvallls Times.
It is a sweeping change from a few
decades ago when Thud Stevens, Wen
dall Philips, Stephen A. Douglas,
Alexander Stevens. James 6. Blaine
and other eminent statesman were the
true type of Americansenator. Where
Chas Sumner tat, there sits Hanna.
Genius and broad, pure conception has
given placu to craft and money-bags.
Lofty intelect and love of countrymen
has been crowded out by mental medi
ocrity and even imbecility, save in
the power to acquire. For tbe bril
liant glance of tbe statesman there is
substituted the blinking eyes of tbe
schemer. In thn chamber sanctified
by tbe memory of Benton, . Webster,
Clay and Calhorn, and iu which the
desire to better fellow countrymen and
to glorify a common country was tbe
ruling ambition, there site a score of
antique old patriots wbo figure mostly
on the price of stocks and bow to turn
an honest penny. The condition is
not portentious, for the house will
continue to be, as it has always been, a
representative body and the nation's
safety valve. Tbe coming senate is
not to be feared so much as to be regretted.
Tbe commission appointed to inves
tigate tbe. administration of tbe war
department during tbe recent war
with Spain has concluded its investi
gations and submitted its report to
the president. One of tbe members
has given out the statement that the
Investigation was not a whitewashing
scheme, but since he has begun mak
ing excuses before there has been any
accusations, it is to be judged tbe re
port of the committee is wholly in fa
yor of Alger. Innocent men never be
gin to condemn themselves first, as
this worthy commissioner has done.
The Williamson apportionment bill,
framed atd passed for the purpose of
perpetuating the republican party in
power in tbe leglslatuae, was eyen too
radical a measure for Governor Geer,
and be would not approve it, though
be 1st tt bteotae a law by limitation.
WHEAT AND SHIPPING.
The total value of the wheat crop of
the United States ir 18896 was no
ereater that tbe sum of money annually
paid to foreigo shipowners for doing
the foreign carrying of the United
States, based upon the estimate of the
outlay for foreigo freights made by
such eminent shipbuilders as Charles
H. Cramp, of Philadelphia, and Mavor
William T. Malster, of Baltimore The
wheat crop of 1806 was valued at $310,
uuu.uuu. i nere are men such as we
have quoted, wbo assert that we an
nuallypayto foreign shipowners, un
derwriters, bankers, and others con
nected with shipping as large a sum as
we have named. It may surprise the
farmers of the United States to be in
formed that every bushel of wheat
raised in the United States is required
to defray the single cost of, foreign
freight on American imports and exports.
Senator Hanna has a bill in the sen
ate, and Representative Payne in tbe
house, the object of which is to give
American ships a larger share of
American foreign carrying, so that in
time the value of the wheat crop for
one year may suffice to pay foreign
ships for the service they perform for
our people during two years, the re
mainder going to American sbipowr
ers, and remaining in tbe United
Htates, to employ and re-employ, over
and over again, endlessly, the people
of this country. Instead of going abroad
to employ, over and over again end
lessly, aliens.
There can not be an Intelligent
farmer, or, for that matter, an intelli
gent American in any line of business,
who will not admit that the drain on
the United States of eyen paying half
the value of our wheat crop annually
to foreign shipping is enormous and
deserving of the most drastic national
legislation for the substitution of
American goods for a goodly portion
of the foreign shipping our foreign
commerce now employs. .
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Thanks to the United States senate.
w may sow truly nj Adalral Dewey.
it should cease. And the appropri
ation would i.robably have been cut
off bad it not been for tbe active war
fare waged against it by Portland.
Country members began to look at It
as a war waged by Portland against
Salem, and the grafters of the latter
place appealed most to tbeir sym
pathy. Congress h as con ferred a great honor
upon Helen Gould for ber patriotic ser
vices during the war, by voting her a
gold medal, to be presented to ber by
tbe president in person. Miss Gould
certainly Is worthy of this rare, and,
perhaps, unprecedented distinction.
She not only generously opened her
purse for the benefit of the army, but
she accompanied the soldiers to Cuba, j
where she nursed the sick and wound
ed with tbe spirit of a Florence Night
ingale. . She-is the only one of her
class who ever in tbe history of this
country abandoned th regal luxuries
of a palatial home that she might care j
for the sick in camp and the wounded ;
on tbe battle neld. -
Representative Flagg, in advocating
his bill prohibiting public exhibitions
of hypnotism, mesmerism and arti
ficial sonambulism, before the legisla
ture did so, it is reported, "from the
high plane of public decency and mor
ality," and in tbe course of his re
marks asked the members "to put
tbeir wives and daughters in tbe posi
tion of the subjects of the quack pro
fessors." It will occur to the average
mind that tbe ''wives add daughters"
would be as safe' unde- the influence
and control of the hypnotists as under
the influence and pay of the legisla
tors as "lady clerks, as many of
them are. Mr. Flagg appears to be
straining at a gnat while swallowing
a full grown yellow dog. East Ore
gon ian.
In the Feoruary number of Money
are several long articles answering the
question"Sbould greenbacks or bonds
be paid first?" It woild seem that little
space should be required to answer
this question. If it were the case of a
conservative and successful business
man be could answer it very readily.
Any one wbo had interest bearing and
non-interest bearing obligations out
standing would certainly take up
those that were bearing interest first,
for by so doing be would lessen bis
expenses. Some rules that are are
applied to business should be applicable
to the government. So long as green
backs circulate at par with other
money they are no expense to the
government or tbe people wbo require
them for use as a circulating medium,
while the bonds ar? a continual ex
pense, therefore the latter should enr
tatnly be redeemed first.
What to do with tbe Pbilipoines is ;
daily becoming a more serious que- '
we are to pay $20,000,000is liable to be
come more troublesome than anything
with wbioh the United States has ever
had to deal. Tbe first payment of
twenty millions is tbe least expense
we will have to meet, for it will be
followed by an outlay of some $200,
000,000 a year in the future to govern
tbe islands. Besides expense, we are
adopting some 9,000,000 mongrels wbo
know no law nor system of govern
ment except that administered at the
point of the bayonet. This pandi
monlum.of Malay's added to the 7,
000,000 negroes In tbe United States,
over 250,000 Indians, 900.000 Porto
Ricans and 100.000 mixed bloods in
Hawaii will give us a contingent of
tbe . inferior races that will ever be
troublesome to handle. It is a con
glomeration that even benevolent
Uncle San will flat difficult to
bandit.
cans.
Manila, Feb. 14.-11:50 a. m. Par
ticulars of the cip'ure of Ilo Ilo by
the United Stares forces under Gener
al Miller last .Saturday have been re
ceived here. "
On the morning of Friday, February
10, Miller sent an ultimatum to the
commander of the rebe.s on shore,
notifying him that it was his intention
to take Ilo Ilo by force if necessary.
Noncombatants and foreigners were
warned to leave the town within 24
hours. The rebels were also warned
that they must attempt no further bel
ligerent operations. Tbe gunboat
Petrel was then moved to a position
close in shore, and near the rebel fort,
while the cruiser Boston took up her
station at the other end of the town.
Friday passed quietly. During tbe
day many refugees left town. At 3
o'clock on the morning of Saturday,
February 11, the Petrel signaled to
the Boston that the rebels were work
ing in tbeir trenches. In return tbe
Petrel was ordered to fire warning
shots upon the town from her three
pounders. This was done, and the
rebels replied with a harmless fusil
lade. The Boston and Petrel then
bombarded tb-i rebel trenches, com
pletely clearing them of tbeir occu
pants.
Within a very short time after the
bombardment began flames broke out
simultaneously in various parts of the
town, whereupon the marines, acting
as infantry and artillery, were landed
from the cruUer Boston, and a com
pany wa sent ashore from the gunboat
Petrel. These detachments marched
straight into Ilo Ilo, and. hoisting the
stars and stripes over the fort, took
possession of the place in the name of
the United States.
The capture of the town and Its de
fenses having been accomplished, the
marines and soldiers who had been
sent ashore proceeded to the ta-k of
saving the American 'English and
German consulates from destruction
by fire, which was raging among the
frailand inflammable b'lild'ngs of the
town. The Swiss consul's residence,
whiih was in the same row as the con
sulates named, was burned. Tbe entire
Chinese and native sections of the
town were destroyed, hnt foreign mer
cantile property escaped wltb slight
damage. There was some desultory
firing by tbe enemy in the outskirts of
Ilo vIlo, but not
was injured.
occupying both sides of the road, wbo
met the advance of the American
troops with a severe and well directed
fire. Tbe Americans deployed and re
turned the fire wltb a number of vol
lays. The troops advanced steadily.
S Jpportsd by the Hotchklss and Gat
lingguns, and drove the enemy past
Jaro to the open country beyo d. Tbe
town of Jaro was found. to be deserted,
and all portable property had been re
moved. When the Americans entered
the place there were only a few Cbt
nese tbere. Captain Griffiths raised
tbe American flag over the presidency.
During the fighting outside of tbe
town. Lieutenant Frank Bowles, of
the Eighteenth infaDtry, was shot In
the leg. In addition one private was
seriously wounded and two slightly In
jured. THE BOOK
TRUST BEATEN
Daly
Text-Book Bill Passes
the House.
Salem, Feb. 15. After a most ex
siting and dramatic half day of the
session the house shortly before 1
o'clock this afternoon passed tbe Daly
text-book bill by a vote of 33 to 26,
only one member being absent. The
bill, which Lad been made a special
order of business for 10 a. m., did not
come to a vote without sensational in
cidents. The lie was passed from Editor Hot
er, of tbe Journal, on the floor of tbe
house to What ley, and a vote of Ren
sure was passed upon tbe former.
Charges of corruption and bribery
were ' freely made, and only the ap
proach of tbe close of the session pre
vented wbat would perhaps prove
highly sensational developments in
counection with this bill.
Youug, McQueen, Stewart, Flagg,
Muody and Stillman spoke in fi vor of
thjblll, while Morton, Hawson, Ford
ney, Reeder, Hill, Curtis and Whalley
poke agaibst it.
UTAIK FA1H GBAFT WINS.
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offer this week a few specialties in good sea onable footwear which
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AGAINST ANNEXATION.
Majority of
oeneta.
Salem, Feb. 15. Selling's bill to re
peal tue appropriation for the state
fair was lost in tb.i Senate this morn
ing by a vote of 12 to 16, two being
absent, though s Uing thoed about
$22,000 would be required of ibis legis
lature to settle tue expenses of tbe
fair.
l'be vote by wnich the bill to repeal
the state lair appropriation was de
feated was as follows:
Ayes Bates, Daly of Benton,
Halues, Haseltine, Joephi, Mackay,
, w. , . j r . . . o i . I
. i it. ii.ii. i .. .iiiirniw. i Hi.i.rHi.i. l i.i.i .
a single American ... . ', , . '
KJVJ&AAUg, Mil. A. ICBIUCUI) 1
Nays Browntsll, Cauldron, Clem,
Daly if Lake, Driver, Dufur, Fulton,
Harmon, Kelly, Kuykendall, Looney,
Mulkey, Porter, rtaed, Smith, Wade
16.
Aosent Adams, Howe 2.
In explaining bis vote, Mulkey said
he yoted aye with the understanding
that there would be a complete change
in tbe management of tbe state fair,
as provided in another bill.
Oil Trust Bays Smelters,
JOPLIN, Mo. Feb. 16 At iliola, the
copter of the natural gas belt of Kan-
' sas, a deal will be closed this week,
' probably today, by which the big zinc
smelters of W. & 'J. Lanyon and of !
Rooe-t Eauyon & Sons will be so,d to
the Palmyra Oil Company, which is
tbe Kansas brancn of the Standard '
Oil Company. Tbe price will not be j
less than $2,000,000, These are the
largest natural gas smelters in tbe
world.
tTnltea States Reoate Vote Against Hold
Inf the Philippines Permanently.
Wasaington, Feb. 14. The Mc-
Enery resolution was adopted in the
senate today by a vote of 26 to 22 The
text of the resolution follows:
"That by tbe ratification of the
treaty of peace, with Spain it is not in
tended to incorporate the inhabitants
of the Pbil pinea into citizenship of
the United States, nor is It Intended
to permanently annex said islands as
an integral part of tbe territory of tbe
United States, but it is tbe intention
of the United states to establish on
said island a governmont suitable to
the wants and condition of the Inhab
itants of the said Islands, to prepare
them for self government, and in due
time to make such disposition' of said
islands as will best promote the in-
in teres ts of the citizens of the United
States and the inhabitants of said
islands.'' .
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Misses' Kangaroo Calf Button Sizes 11-12 to 2. 1
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CEBU MOST
FALL NEXT
General Miller Will Turn
His Attention to It.
MTILL AFTER THE MLIPINOS.
They Are
Away From
xkrlven Farther
Manila.
Manila, Frb. 15, "i:20 p. M. Sey.
eral rebels yesterday afternoon having
Bred from houses bearing white flags,
on tbe American outposts. Colonel
Smith, with companies L. D. and K.
of the California volunteers, proceeded
to clean out tbe enemy along bis front
Tbe rebels opposed htm from tbe brush.
and several skirmishes occurred, dur
ing which nine of the Californians
were slightly wounded before the reb
els were driven out.
The work proceeded today in a sys
tematic manner, tbe eun boats sbelllner
the villages and working .the rapid
fire guns very effectively on tbe jungle.
Tbe entire California regiment,
with the exception of two companies,
the Washington regiment, two com
panies of the Idaho regiment and a
battery of the sixth artillery were en
gaged. The rebels held tbeir fire, ap
parently being short of ammunition,
but tbey fought desperately.
The American outposts in this direc
tion are now fully 12 miles out.
Passed the House.
Salem, Feb 15. In the bouse today
the following hills were paosed: By
Fultoii, to provide for the printing of
800 cooies of tbe supreme court re
ports; to regulate tbe Insp ctioo and
scalintr of saw-loirs; by Kuykadall, to
extend tbe fraucbi.-e of the Siuslaw &
Eastern Railway & Navigation Com
pany 10 years, except where it wjuld
interfere with other vested rights; by
Patterson, to amend the law providing
for the laying out and imorovinu of
county roads so as to permit planking
and corduroying; by Blackaby, to
change the time of holding court In
the ninth judicial district; by Beach,
to prevent the adulteration of candy.
Reel's bill to change tbe manage
ment of the Soldiers' Home by doing
away with the present board of trus
tees and putting the institution under
control of the governor was pending
when noon adjournment came,
t.o Authority Over the Pullmans.
San Francisco, Feb. 16. Attorney
Geceral Ford bas filed an opinion with
the railway commissioners, In which
he states that they haye no authority
over the Pullman Palace Car Com
pany. Ford contends that the com
pany simply rents and furnishes cars
to railway companies, and the board
has not the power to regulate tbe
charges of baggage, express or coach
companies. '
An Kxchang of Volleys.
Manila, Feb. 16. A large body of
the enemy, presumably reconnoiter
Ing, was discovered on the right of
Brigadier General King's position near
San Pedro Macati this morning. The
entire brigade turned out, and after
an exchange of volleys, tbe rebels
retreated into the jungle and dis
appeared.
Floods In Jamaica.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb. 16. A
terrific norther, accompanied by an
incessant rain storm, has been caus
ing numerous local floods. The storm
swept the north of the l-land from An
neto bay to Montego bay. from Mon
day to Wednesday, doing widespread
damage to shipping, wharves, rail
roads, cattle and cultivation, etc.
Dead at One Hundred Tears.
Chippewa Falls, Wis., Feb. 16.
Sevier Forcier, 100 years of age, and
the pioneer settler of Northern Wis
consin, is dead. Mr. Forcier came
here 70 years apo, ' was engaged in
lumbering for a number of years in
the Chippewa and Wisconsin rivers,
and coed uctea tbe first botel rectea
in the northern half of the tate. He
was born in Montreal In 1799.
New York, Feb. 16. A dispatch to
the Tribune from Washington says
Tbe au horities at the war department
expect a dispatch from General Otis
by the end of this week, announcing
the occupation by an American force
of Cebu, third city of importance i
thr Philippines. When General Mil
ler started for Ilo Ilo bis instructions
were, after establishing American au
thority at that port, to proceed to C'e-
bu and occupy that place. For this
purpose the Fifty-First Iowa volunteer
regiment was sent after him, but on
account of unexpected opposition to
'the landing of General Miller's troops
at Ilo Ilo, compelling a tedious delay
for the forces on 'shipboard, the Iowa
regiment was returned te Manila last
week, and the First Tennessee sent to
take its place for the purpose of gar
risonlng Cebu.
It appears that that regiment was
landed with the other troops at Ilo Tlo
on Saturday and Sunday , but in view
of the ease with which Ilo Ilo can be
guarded against attack by the natives,
it is tbougbt that by this time General
Miller has found it possible to re-embark
a portion of his forces to carry
out the original programme of secur
ing Cebu.
This place Is the cspltol of the is
land of the same name, and is the most
ancient town in the Philippines, being
formerly tbe seat of government of
the Vlscayas group, which includes
Bohol, Panay, Negros and Leyte.
TUB AGONY A BOOT OVEK.
Legislative
To Go to Manila.
Washington, Fb. IS. Secretary
Alger bas ordered tbe Ninth regiment
of regulars, now at Madison barracks,
N. Y., to go to San Francisco, and to
be held in readiness t go to Manila.
THE SITUATION AT ILO ILO.
The
Waves Over
American Flac Now
That City.
Manila, Feb. 15. Colonel Potter
and Lieutenant C. L. Pooster, of the
signal corps, arrived from Ilo Ilo yes
terdar evening with dispatches from
Miller to Otis.
On Sunday afternoon Miller ordered
a reconnaizance in force to ascertain
the enemy's position. Major Cheat
ham's battalllon of the Tennessee vol
unteer regiment marched beyond Molo
without finding the enemy, and re
turned to Ilo Ilo.
Kellar's battalion of Eighteenth
United States infantry, with two
Hotchklss guns and one Gatling, wbo
marcbea ' towards Jaro. Midway be
tween Ilo Ilo and Jara this battallioo
noounterad large body of tbt tom 1
Tbe senate got in a generous mood
Tuesday night, and passed the I ill
making the Ashland and Drain normal
schools state institutions, ai.d appru
pri tting $7,500 for tbe support of each.
This was rather unexpected, as tbe
senate was considered more conserva
tive than tbe hous and more opposed
to squandering state funds, but since
it has passed this appropriation of
$15,000 and refus' d to cut off rbe stai e
fair appropriation, all hope of its. keep.
ing down expenditurts might as well
be abandoned. -
W. W. Baker, tbe veteran dairy and
food commissioner, bas been shelved,
and J. W. Bally bas been put in his
place. . J. B. Putnam has been ap
pointed state librarian, and Domingo
Blasrvich state boatman at Astoria.
Tbe appointments were confirmed by
tbe legislature Tuesday night.
The sugar beet u rafters of La Grande
have cut down tbeir demand from
$50,0. 0 to $30,000 and will probably get
it. Probably it they were offered six
bits to withdraw their elaims tbey
would take it.
Work Is Nearly All Finished
IP-
Salem, Feb. 16. The closing days
of tbe session find both bouses of tbe
legislature up to their necks in work
Tbe hour of adjournment has been set
for noon Saturday so that but little
time remains in which to do anything.
In fact tomorrow night closes . tbe
session, as far as the work of lawmak
ing is concerned, as Saturday forenoon
will be. devoted only to tbe enrolling
and signing of bills.
. All the house bills that can be pass
ed have been passed, as under the
rules adopted only senate bills will be I
considered the last two working days
of the session. Tbe members of the
house having bills of special import
either to themselves or to the public
were Instrumental In keeping tbe
legislative wheel going until II o'clock
last right an' succeeded in reaching
and dispo-ing of 15 bills in adiition to
tbe three -appropriation bills and one
senate oill. Some were willing to
keep at work longer, but as tbe
majority were weary and the working
force kept dwindling down it was
useless to attempt to prolong tbe ses
sion. The senate kept at work even oner
it being 11:30 o'clock when an ad
journment wis taken in this side of
the house.
What time tbere yet remains will be
largely devoted to the clearing up of
unfinished business, and to concurrent
action upon the bills sent from one
house to' the other. Even this work
will keep botb houses bu-y up to the
last minute.
CATARRH OF STOMACH.
A Pleasant, Simple, But Sfe and Effectual
Cure for It.
Catarrh of the stomach has long
bean considered the next thing to in
curable. Tbe usual systems are a full
or bloating sensation after eating
aco mpanied some'-ime wltb sour or
watery risings, a formation of gasses,
causing pressure on the the heart and
lungs and difficult breathing; head
aches, fickle appetite, nervousness and
a general played out, languid feeling.
There is often a foul taste in the
mouth, coated tongue and if the in
terior of tbe stomach could be seen it
would show allmy,inflamed condition.
Tbe cure of this common and obsti
.... . .
nate trouble is found in a treatment
which eauss tbe food to be readily,
thoroughly digested before it has time
to ferment and irritate tbe delicate
mocus surfaces of tbe stomach. To
secure a prompt and healthy digestion
is tbe one necessary thing to do and
when normal digestion is secured tbe
catarrhal condition will have disap
peared. '
According to Dr. Harlacson the
safest and best treatment is to use
after each meal a tablet, composed of
disuse, aspeptio pepsin, a little nux,
golden seal and fruit acids. These
tablets can now be found at all drug
stores under the name of Stuart's Dys
pepsia Tablets and not heing a patent
medicine can be used with perfect
safety and assurance that healthy ap
petite and thorough digestion will fol
low tbeir regular use aftnr meals.
Mr. N. J. Boober of 2710 Dearborn
Street; Chicago, 111., writes: "Catarrh
Is a local condition resulting from a
neglected cold in tbe head, whereby
the membrane of the nose becomes in
flamed and tbe poisonous discbarge
therefrom passing backward into the
throat reaches the stomach, thus pro
ducing catarrh of the stomach. Medi
cal authorities prescribed for me for
three years for catarrh of the stomach
without cure, but today I am the hap
piest of m-n after using only one box
of Stuart's Dysoepsla Tablets. 1 cati-
n t find appropriate words to express
my good feeling. I bave found flesh,
appetite and sound rest from their use."
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is the
safest preparation as well as the simp
lest and most convenient remedy for
any form of indigestion, catarrh of tbe
stomach, billiousness, sour stomach,
heartburn and bloating after meals. .
Send for little book mailed free, on
stomach troubles, by addressing Stuart
Co., Marshall. Mich. The tablets can
be found at all drug stores.
THE HUMAN HEAD.
Progress in Knowledge Inoreaa'os
Its Sixa.
Story of a Slav.
To be bound band and foot tor years
by the chains of disease is the worst
form of slavery. George D. Williams,
of Manchestes, Mich, tells how such a
slave was made free He says: "My
wife bas been so helpless for five years
that she could not turn over in bed
alone. After using two bottles of
Electric Bitters, she is wonderfully
Improved and able to do ber own work."
This supreme remedy for female dis
eases quickly cures nervousness, sleep
lessness, melancholy, headache, back
ache, fainting and dizzy spells. This
miracle working1 medicine is a god
send to weak, sickly, run down people.
Every bottle guaranteed. Only 50
cents. Sold by Blakeley & Houghton,
druggists.
The $5,00 Vivi camera take the
largest picture of any $5,00 on the
mat kat, for sale by Clarke & Falk.
Improved 1 rain Service.
Elegant new Pullman palace sleep
ers between Portland and Chicago
have been pieced in service via the O.
R. & N., Oregon Short Line, Union
Pacific and .Chicago & Northwestern
Railways daily every day in the year.
Cars are of the very latest pattern, in
fact being tbe most improved up-to-date
sleeping Jcars turned out by tbe
Pullman Company.
These new palaces will leave Port
land on the evening fast train of the
O. R. & N. arriving at Chicago the
morning of tbe fourth day and run
ning through without change via
Granger and Omaha, 19 tf j
Generals Honorably UlKChnrged. '
Washington, Feb. 16. I he war
department has honorably discharged
Major-Generals Butler and Sumner
and Brigadier-Generals Kline, McKee,
Wiley, Lincoln and Coiuba, all of the ,
volunteer army.
Comparative Dimensions of Cra
mlams of Famona Mem of
Ancient and Moderm
Tlmea.
According to Prof. John H. Free Jjt,
of New England Terrace, Orange, N. J-
ethnological statistician, ea the world
progresses in knowledge the huuan
grows larger and larger. As a cense
- quence the men of to-day carry on t .;eir
shoulders a "dome of thought", bolide
which the occiputs of the ancient he
roes were small almost to insignifi
cance. In a reccut interview he sai- :
"A civilization increases educr.;lon
becomes more and more general among
men. The brain begins its trailing
at an earlier age than ever before, and
as our modern intelligence is subjf ted
to greater activity the brain devevips
accordingly. Consequently the :: . Of
the head expands. This is thoroi: My
consistent with Darwin's theory of . vo
lution, as well as. with every print pie
of science that I know of.
"Such men as Caesar and Shu! es
peare were prodigies, and must be oo
sidered apart by their very gci.iu.
While admitting that the size of the
brain among ancients must have 1. .n
much less than that of a man In ing
to-day, I am forced to this double i (in
clusion with respect to such a mca aa
Caesar namely, that what brain he
had must have been of tbe higheast )ios
sible quality, and moreover, that ii'bv
lived to-day, with a brain of such 1 are
quality added to the enlarged size c fit.
such as nature equips men with i.ow,
his genius would have been propor
tionately magnified.
"Julius Caesar was a mighty mao
for hi times. If he lived to-day I doubt
if he would be much larger than Tom
Thumb. By a careful system of cal
culation I figure out that the p. eat
Caesar would have worn a 51, hat, ind
as for Shakespeare, colossal, figun. ire
ly speaking, as was his brain, I haw not
tbe slightest doubt that he earrli .1 it
about without crowding in a 6 h it
and that's figuring on him generouly,
too.
"I have been told that Napoleon v ore
a 6 hat in tbe latter years of his iifo,
and from one to two sizes smaller v lien
he was simply an officer in, the a- ny.
If Napoleon- Bonaparte had ever i een
able to put on the hat of Oen, G . ant
it would have hidden him from f'jht
from the crown to the shoulders.
"Washington was a good-sized r-.in,
yet he wore a hat 24 sizes smaller t urn
McKinley'a, whone immediate prt de
cessora, Presidents Harrison and C..:vc
land, wore still larger hate 7. Let
Made uit New County.
Salem, Feb. 16. Tbe senate this
morning passed Donelly's bill to create
Wheeler county, though only one of
three senators representing people af
fected by it Dufur voted for it.
Spanish Gratitude.
Madrid, Feb. 1. Ail tbe surviv
ing captains of tbe Spanish warships
d -siroyed in tbe naval battle of San
tiago nnd in Manila l ay by tbe Ameri
can fleets will be court-martialed.
me give you a further illustration. .A
census of the United States eongTi,
taken in the time of President Tti; '.or.
50 years ago, shows that our legislators -of
that time only wore on the aver:igf
a 6y, hat. I doubt if there in a sr. gle
I man in either house to-day who i ars
so small a size.
"Webster, of course, had a phenom
enally big head. Of his colleagues -itari
' predecessors, however, there was noi
one who wore a size as large as fiat
of the present secretary of state. .1 hu
Sherman wears a 7 hai. Foster v. are
a 7, Blaine 7 large size, and Ba m
7 close.
"Let me conclude with a further il
lustration of my theory. Old Con- no
dore Vanderbilt wore 6. His : on,
William H took a hat a shade la r rer,
which the hatters mark at 6 and 1 -10.
Willie K. Vanderbilt and his brol&ef
Cornelius wear 7, and one of the Liys
of the fourth generation takes a ha t
still larger than his father, uncle, grr. nfl
father or great-grandfather wl.lrh
doesn't necessarily prove that the
youngest scion1 is the brainiest.
"It is the same way with the Gould.
Jay Gould wore a 6 hat, while his
sons, George and Eddie, each require a
6. The probability is that the i et
generation of boys will go their illus
trious progenitor at least three full
sizes better." N. Y. Journal.
SS.OO Reward.
Lost between the postofflce and West
Second Street, a gold watch. Full
name Emma Janet Fisher engraved
in6ide. Finder will receive reward by
leaving same at thU office, or return
ing to Mrs. Emma Rees.
L. M. Wilson has bought Fred
Archer's livery sta'die in the Cast End,
and is prepared to do a general livery
business. Good treatment to all
patrons.
Public Bawling Alky
Next toor to Columbia Hotel.
Open Day and Ni'Iit
Courteous Treatment
to all Bowlers.
Special Attractions
ror sowiinn ranisi,
Patronage of the publlo respeot'ully
soucitea
Ladle
Dara Monday mornings and
Taursday evtulnga.
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