ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY
DOUTHIT, Putolleher.
8T0B8CRIPTIOTf RATES.
DAILY
& y ami
Months
Msentb..
WEEKLY
' Mm Year, by nail.,
6ix months..... ...
$.00
8.00
1.60
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16
SATURDAY..
.APRIL, 1, 1899
'7 ' THAT ' BOAST BEEF.
The investigations of the court of
Inquiry have been carried far enough
to convince anyone that a terrible Jn
justice was done the soldiers by the in-
' auance of canned roast beef to them as
a ration, and the experiment that was
' made by the war department in issu
ing the stuff should forever damn every
man that had anything to do with the
purchasing of it. Evidence has been
taken at different points and witnesses
from officers of regiments down to men
in the ranks has been taken, yet not
one has testified that the canned roast
beef was wholesome. The witnessei
all agree that it wrs unfit for consump
tion.
Governor Roosevelt, . late colonel of
the Rough R ders, was before the
court at New York last Saturday, and
on being asked - when he first heard
complaints regarding the meat said
"Well, it was aboard ship at Tampa
I saw a man throwing away a can of
so-called roast beef. I asked what was
the matter, and he said he could not
eat it. I thought no more of the mat-
, ter until I heard complaints were be
ing made on all sides. Then I made
inquiries and was told that the roast
beef was part of the regular ration,
and that all the volunteers were com'
plaining. I spoke to Colonel Wood
abut it, and he said it was the regular
ration. . I tasted a mouthful or two
myself, but I could not eat it."
The governor further testified con
cerning the appearance of the meat
that "when cans were opened there
was a covering of slime. It was unat
tractive. The meat was stringy and
it did not agree with the men who ate
it." Governor Roosevelt's testimony
closed. with the statement:
"I wish to say unhesitatinely that it
was utterly unfit and unwholesome for
troops. My experience proves beyond
the shadow of a doubt or qnestion that
the canned roast beef was unpalatable
at its beet and at its worst uneatable
and unwholesome."
When such testimony is given and
when there is such universal condem-
' nation of the rations famished the
soldiers it will hardly be asserted by
anyone that the trooDs were properly
fed. That there was a fraud can not be
denied,; yet the chief perpetration of
the fraud is retained a the head pi
the war department, while his subor
dinates are being rewarded by being
kept in office or are released on full
oav. What adjust government wp
have! '
DESIRABLE , CITIZENS.
' Recently a considerable tract of land
was bought In Benton county by a
v colony, and the members of the com
pany are beginning 'to 'arrive from
Arkansas. Those who have coire, so
far, are. industrious, thrifty farmers
who are taking hold of their work in a
systematic and businesslike way.
They are working on a co-operative
plan, that is all their earnings are To
go into a common treasury, and the
profits will be divided pro rata among
. them after the year's crop has been
harvested.
By the plans which they hare
adopted it is proposed to subject the
oil to the highest possible state of cul
. tivation, and U is expected their tract
of land will support about five time a as
many people as it did . when owned in
farms of 160 to 320 acres each. The
: progress which this colony makes will
be closely watched by the people of the
entire state, and if they make a success
of co-operative labor, it will to some
extent solve the problem of develop'
lng the resources of the west.
Such people as compose this colony
. are what are needed in this country
" peoDle who are Industrious, thrifty and
frugal, people who will go into fields
cultivate the soil on scientific princio
les and make two blades of grass grow
where one is now produced. If we
could interest such people all over the
state, Oregon would soon take the
position aa a producing state that it9
climate and soil entitle it to. These
colonists seem to be the kind of citiz
ens we want and should be encouraged
to come and locate among us.
Globe-Democrat, a strong supporter
of the administration, a paper that
stood by the president during his first
year in office and justified him in not
attempting to bring to a termination
the war between Spain and Cuba; and
when the president turned imperialist
it followed in his wake like an obe
dient cur. It is not, therefore, to be
wondered that it would give expres
sion to sucb queer reasoning as it
does.
"The ratification of the treaty by
Spain makes the Filipinos, who are in
arms against America, rebels." How
and why does it? The Filipinos did
not recognize the sovereignty of Spain
and had about gained their freedom
from that government when we step
ped in as allies and helped them out of
their difficulty. Had Spain not rati
fied the peace treaty, then we presume
the Filipinos would still be patriots.
But the mere act which Spain could
not prevent doing has placed the
crime of rebellion upon the Filipinos.
Again, "Spain's acceptance of the
Paris settlement places American
sovereignty over the Philippines."
How could this be, when Spain had
lost her sovereignty over the islands?
Il would be like an individual giving a
deed to a piece of realty he had lost
title to in the courts. It would be as
reasonable to say that when Great
Britain recognized the independence
of the American colonies it conveyed
title thereto to the French govern
ment. But this kind of reasoning shows to
what extent the administration papers
will go to justify the imperialism of
the administration and to excuse the
unjust and unneces&sary war that is
being waged against the Filipinos.
EVILS OF BATE WARS.
There is every indication that the
great transcontinental railroad lines
are on the eve of a gigantic rate war,
which before the end comes will re
sult in the cheapest rate being made
for crossing the continent ever known.
The result-will be a loss to the rail
road companies and no direct gain for
anybody, but an ultimate loss to the
traveling public in the future. For
when rates are low a great many peo
ple travel just for the pane of traveling
and thousands of people will come
we9t who have starved out in the east,
they will land here broke, and will not
be valuable acquisitions to the country.
Legitimate h meseekers, ' those who
come here to build up with the country
who are willing to work and earn a
living while building up comes are
always desireable, for in time they
become substantial citizens and prop-J
erty owners: but those wno come De
cause traveling is cheap are usually
adventurers who werea failure where
they came from and will become a
burden upon the thrifty who are al
ready here. - .
More than this, when- the railroad
companies shall have satisfied their
desire to cut rates, fares will go up to
an unreasonable price, and those who
are compelled to travel will have to
make good the losses of the companies
during the rate war. There is no
question but passenger rates have
been too high and "have been an un
reasonable tax upon the traveling
public but when a rate of lees than $23
for a ticket from the Atlantic to the
Pacific coast is made it is too low. It
is less than a reasonable profit for the
service the railroad renders, and some
body must be the sufferer. The rate
of 812 50 made by the Canadian Pacific
is out of all reason, and since it is
liable to go lower before the season
cloees it wiil have .the. effect of filling
this country with a lot of undesirable
people, and in the long run those who
are permanently located here will have
to pay the penalty of the folly of the
railroads.
A war on freight rates would be
hailed with pleasure, for it would
stimulate bueiness, in that, it would
bring the east and west in closer busi
ness relations. However, an extreme
ly low freight rate, that is one below
cost of carriage, is not desirable, for it
disturbs business. What is most
desirable as a steady rate for both pas
sengers and freight the year round
one that is reasonable and one that
customers of railroads can at all times
afford to cay and the industries of the
country can support. But spasmodic
cutting of rates either on passengers
or freights is not desirable, for it
eventually causes expense to the pa
trons of roads, and nobody is bene
fitted.
DALLES AND THE EDITOBS.
Every enterprising citizen of The
Dalles cannot but recognize the bene
fits the city would receive from a visit
of the National Press Association, and
the purse strings of the town will be
opened for the purpose of entertaining
the delegates as they should be enter
tained. At present no definite ar
rangements are possible, though it is
suggested that arrangements be made
to have the delegates arrive here at a
time that would give them two hours
in the city, and then take them down
the river on one of the D. P. & A. N
steamers, the use of which has been
generously offered by the company.
A visit of from 250 to 500 newspaper
men from all parts of the nation would
be of incalculable value to the city,
for if they were favorably impressed
they would give the place an adver
tisement that it could not get other
wise..
The delegates to the press associa
tion will pass through The Dalles on
morning of July 3d, and if satisfactory
arrangements can be made they can
have a couple of hours here. This
will be when the warehouses are full
of wool, when business will be boom
ing, and when a good impression may
be formed of the Importance of the
place aa a business point. The idea
gained by the editors will be reflected
in their papers after they shall have
returned heme,' and will be read by
hundreds of thousands of people. It
is therefore important that The Dalles
' begin at an early date to prepare to
give them a good reception.
POOR EXCUSES.
"The ratification of the treaty by
Spain makes the Filipinos, who are in
arms against America, rebels, while
the indications from their quarter are
that their appearance in this role is
Almost over. Spain's acceptance of
the Paris settlement places American
sovereignty over the Philippines. The
' inhabitant of the islands have lost I
' tbelr connection with Spain, and have
become -a dependency of the United
States."
jpt aboM is from tba St. Louis
According to the official statement
of tne adjutant-general of the army
since May 1, 1898, there were 5,731
deaths in the army: killed in action
329; died of wounds, 123; died of disease
5,277. , The official report of deaths in
the navy shows 18: killed in action
17; died of wounds, 1; died of disease,
none. These figures can jot be ex
plained away .or whitewashed out of
sight by investigation' commissions or
courts of icquiry. The navy was in
active service throughout the entire
war, and every officer atd man was
subjected-to severe and constant strain,
under the same climatic conditions as
the army, yet such was the efficiency
of the organizations, the complete
ness of the sanitary arrangements, and
the care of the heads of the depart
ment that not one man died of disease
i ne greater part oi tne army never
went out of this country and never saw
active campaigning, yet unhealthy
camp sites, poor food, lack of medical
attention, an J general mismanagement
resulted in the death of 5,277 men.
The navy has furnished an indictment
of "Algerism" more , sweeping and
damning than volumes of editorials,
a numoer or protection papers are
trying to explain the low price 'of wool
at present by stating that it is owing
to the heavy importations of wool dur
ing the working of the Wilson tariff
law, asserting that the warehouses are
filled with foreign wool at present,
hence the price of the American sta
ple must this year be governed b y
that brought in under free trade. . But
all that wool was here last year and
the price of wool in the greese on this
coast ranged from 10 to 14 cents. Dur
ing the past winter there has been a
heavy demand for woolens owing to
the severe weather, that has undoubt
edly used up considerable of the wool
brought in under free trade, and
under ordinary circumstances wool
should be a better price now than it
was a year ago. It is more likely that
the combination of wool buyers and an
agreement to not pay more than a
certain price ha? more to do with the
prices this year than does the law of
supply and demand. Either that or the
tariff is not such a great benefit as
some would pretend.
The election of a senator in Penn
sylvania is now possible, since the op
position to Quay has consolidated on
one candidate. It would be a credit
to defeat Quay by any means.
THEIR SKIBMISh LINE.
The truHts have started their "edu
tional movement" preliminary to the
presidential campaign of 1900. As
predicted by the Spokesman-Review,
the recent address of Professor Ashley
before the British Economic Associa
tion, defending these gigantic trade
combinations in the United States,
wa intended as an "opening gun."
taking his cue from that signal, Hen
ry Clews, the well-known New York
banker and writer, announces his
conversion. A few weeks ago Mr.
Clews was writing ar'lcle9 condemna
tory of the trusts. His latest weekly
financial reviews defends them.
It is apparent that Mi . Clews has
been coached by the bold organizing
spirits, at the head of these combina
tion9,aud bis line of reasoning is
therefore of especial interest. " From
thiB it appears that effort will be made
to discard the offensive name "trust"
for the less odious expression ."trade
combinations." And further effort
will be made to shew that these com
binations are capturing foreign mar
kets, and therefore are a good thing
for the wage-earners of the United
States. n this point Mr. Clews says:
"To state the case of these combina
tions in plain and simple terms, the
object sought to be attained is to put
various interests belonging to differ
ent parties together so as to form a
large concern represented by stock
capital without personal liability, hav
ing in view a reduction in expenses,
great efficiency, and production on a
larger scale, and the realization of
greater profits without advancing
prices. When a number of small In
dividual plants are thus united for a
common object under efficient official
management the expenses are materi
ally cut down. With the increased
capital which this method admits of,
better machinery is secured, with
better results in meeting foreign com
petition, which adds largely to the
country's exports. In this way this
country has, during the past 10 years,
increased its ability to compete sue
cessfully with Great Britain and other
European countries; thus, In the seven
months ending February 1,-our exports
of maonfactures increased 14 3 per cent
while the total exports, including
manufactures, increased only 4 3 per
cent and the exports of all articles
excepting manufnetures but 3.3 per
cent."
It is further asserted that these
combinations, make everything which
they produce cheaper to the consumer
than it possibly could be without their
existence; and the larger the combina
tion as a rule, the better and cheaper
is the consumer served.'
This is, of course, the sheerest,
rankest sort of fallacy. Prices are
lower in spite of the trusts, not be
cause of their existence. Every eco
nomic writer whose opinion is worth
a rap admits that the past quarter cen
tury has brought a remarkable and
persistent fall in prices. Some attrib
ute this to the single gold standard;
others ascribe it to changing condi
tions of oroduction and manufacture.'
But whatever the reason, the decline is
in evidence, and the fundamental pur
pose of the trust is to arrest this decline
in the article it seeks to control. Its
managers calculate that they can lake
advantage of the decline in the raw
product, aud by controlling the manu
factured output, arrest or diminish
the fall in the price of"thatWhtctrfchey
control and sell to the consuming pub
lic. . '
Their trump cards the trusts' will
play later. When the presidential
campaigh is in full swing, they will
threaten the country , with another
panic. "We are here" they will say.
"Conditions are adjusted to our oper
ations. Strike us, and you -disturb
industry, demoralize commerce and
alarm finance. If you crush. -us, you
will crush yourselves. Confidence
will be destroyed, banks will" break,
capital will be withdrawn from invest
ment, factories will close, and millions
of wage earners will be thrown out of
employment."
: This line of "argument" was effec
tive in 1-S96, when employed in sup
port of the single gold standard. It
will have great force in 1900. Spokes
man Review.
rule are uneducated, and this is to be
expected. In the schools the youth is
given both mural and literary training.
He is tautrht to do right for the sake
of right, and is encouraged to recog
nize the authority of the law. From
the day he enters the school room un
til he leaves he is taught obedience
to the authority of the teacher, and
this instills into him a regard for the
laws of bis country, which be more
readily obeys than the youth deprived
of such training. More than this, the
educated youth is put in a position to
combat with the world and earn a
livelihood without resorting to
criminal practices, hence there are not
the incentives to rob and swindle that
there are if he is uneducated. The
public schools of the county are doing
more than any other agency toward
increasing the moral standard of com
munities, therefore they are good in
vestments. Money spent in' education
is always well spent. It pays to edu
cate the youth of the land.
DEPEW AND THE TBUSTS.
Probably no man in the United
States is more capable of fortelling
what the fate of trusts will be than
Chauncey M. Depew, the New York
politician, orator and financier, for he
has been engaged in making trusts a
cood many years. And in an article
written for one of the Eastern maga
zines he admits that they are bad
things; that they are more numerous
and dangerous to individual enterprise
just now than ever before, and that
there must Inevitably be a reckoning
soon. Mr. Depew says there must
come a time when these enormous con
cerns will kO to pieces, and give the
smaller concerns, those not in the com
binations, a chance. Depew has con
fidence in the ability of the Amsrican
Deople to contend with any monster
that threatens their interests, and
while he makes no suggestions as to
how trusts shall he dealt with, that
thei" bad effects will be overcome, yet
be feels confident that there will be a
reaction within the next decade, and
that trusts must fall either of their
own corruption or by laws passed to
regulate them.
WELL HAW.
A Tacoma physician in the habit of
sleeping with his pistol under his
pillow, shot his wife and killed her
while asleep Sunday night. He Im
agined some one was about to kill her
and he shot to save his wife, instead
be awoke to find her a victim of his
nightmare. When will men cease to
use the pistol as a protection? For
every life it protects it sacrifices
thousands. It is of little use in any
connection and a dangerous, useless
weapon at nearly all times. Among
civilized people it has no value and
those who persist in making dally use
of It by carrying on their persons
should be severely dealt with. They
ate law breakers, aud should not be
allowed to indulged in a senseless,
murderous practice at the risk of
other more valuable lives. East Ore
ONE OF OUR NEEDS.
W. S. Byars, of the Pendleton roller
mills, in negotiating with representa
tives of the Siberiau railway con
tractors for the shipment of large
quantities of flour to be used by the
construction force. Be figures that
the contract will call for about $1,000,
000 worth of flour the first year.
Mr. Byars proposes to at once in
crease the capacity of his mill from
500 barrels to 1000 barrels a day. He
estimates that with this increase in
capacity bis mill will be able to con
sume about 2,000.000 bushels of wheat
annually or about half the ' usual mar
ket surplus of the Inlaud Empire.
The above la from the Portland
Telegram, and should put Dalles
people thinking if another bie flour
ing mill would not be a valuable ad
dition to the business industries of
the city. In the Diamond mills we
have one of the best flouring plants on
the coast, and Its output is recognized
everywhere as being the best, for the
Diamond flour always commands the
top price in outside markets, which is
undisputable evidence that as good
flour can be made here as 1 ft" made at
any place in the world. But this mill
is not of sufficient capacity to consume
the wheat raised here. Every year
hundreds of thousands of bushels are
shipped away to be ground into flour at
other mills.
since Mr. Byars has found such ex
tensive market for his flour in Russia,
might not a like establishment in The
Dalles also find market for its output?
And besides, China, Japan and the
Philippine Islands will continue to in
crease their demand for American
flour, and The Dalles should be in a
position to furnish at least a portion
of it. The Dalles offers more natural
advantages for milling than does al
most any other point in the interior
from the fact that fuel Is cheaper here
than at almost any ' other point,
hence power can be had at less expense
than at most any other place. This
certainly is a good location for an ex
tensive flouring mill because of the
cheapness of power, the close proxim
ity to the wheat fields and the excel
lent freight rates that are to be had on
the output of the mill.
EDUCATION PATS.
Each scholar in a high school in this
county costs the taxpayers $4 50 a
year and each criminal costs them
$150. Astoria Herald.
Here is a little food for reflection.
In Clatsop county it costs the tax
payers only $4.50 a year to educate the
youth of the county, and it costs tbem
on an average $1.50 to convict a
criminal. Statistics might further be
applied to show that the criminals as a
EDITORIAL NOTES.
"All Oregouians take pride in the
brilliant achievements of the Oregon
regiment in the Philippines, still they
cannot but regret that they are forced
to do deeds of valor in such an unjust
cause. -.; . '
President McKinley is T))SS!tfrin
Washington after an outing of two
weeks 'down South, where he has been
enjoying Southern hospitality, and
business at the White House once
more goes on as of old.
With the end of Alger's junketing
trip to Cuba may also end his official
life. The embalmed and roast beef
investigations have unearthed so much
rottenness that the president is al
most persuaded to dispense with his
secretary of war.
General Eagan's name still appears
on the army register as commissary
geoeaal. It should be on the pension
list since the president bas made him
a ward of the government by retiring
him on full pay for having vilified
General Miles.
The Dalles wants a woolen mill, a
scouring plant, a soap factory, a fruit
cannery and an iron foundry this year.
Will it get them? It will if the
citizens who have capital to invest
in fuch enterprises will get together
and give their money a chance.
The expense of the Washington
legislature for milage and per diem of
members was $62,782. This is, how
ever, ooly a slight portion of the ex
pense of the session. The appropria
tions were a considerably more than
a million dollars.
Silver mine owners have been seized
with the trust fever and are preparing
to form a combine backed by a capital
of $65,000,000, Their first move will be
to raise the price of silver 10 per cent,
says John T. Graham, a wealthy mine
owner of Colorado, and one of the
the movers in the trust scheme.
James Hamilton Lewis, ex congress
man from wasniogion, tninKS tne
two national tickets in 1900 will be
McKinley and Roosevelt for the re
publicans and Bryan and Schley for
the democrats. His predictions are
at least within the range of possibili
ties.
Count Esterhazy, the. man responsi
ble for much of the trouble heaped
upon Captain Dreyfus, announces that
he would like to go and fight Aguinal
do. He no doubt could" obtain the
consent of Dreyfus and his friends,
and they would contribute something
to the Filipino who would knock the
count out- '
the faculty of gaining a following
among bis people. Should he escape
into the interior he can keep up a
guerilla warfare almost indefinitely,
and can cause- no end of worry, but
should he be captured the Filipinos
will be deprived of a leader, and they
will give up the fight
The strong cards which President
McKinley is playing for renomlnation
are expansion and retention of the
Philippines.-. However, they are liable
to burst like bubbles. When the cost
of these two pet theories are counted
the people are liable to conclude that
they want no more of the president
who saddled such burdens upon them.
It is a -decidedly dangerous game the
president is playing, and is more than
likely he is digging his political
grave in fostering these theories.
General Miles had the honesty and
courage to tell the truth about the
beef Alger's subordinates furnished
the armv, and what he said Is being
substantiated by the evidence produced
before the court of inquiry, but Alger
is in a position to retaliate. He bas
aboro the old general of all authority,
by Issuing an order that nobody bu
the secretary of war shall assign of
ficers to duty. Be had as well have
removed Miles from the command of
the army.
If all the silver mines in the Rocky
mountains, from British Columbia to
.Mexico, wore in operation,-employing
from ,100,000 to 200,000 men, probably
wheat?: would be worth more than 50
cents a bushel, and wool would com
mand some sort of a paice. By legls
lation- and by our votes, we have
closed; these mines, and as a result
we have destroyed one of our great
home markets. We may learn to do
differently In the future.
We ire In receiptof the 20th biennial
report of the secretary of state. It is
an elaborate report full of statistics
and good information, but a glance at
the $Opk will indicate to the ordinary
tulaB vby our state taxes are high. It
is a vo'ume elaborate enough to be an
ornamant to any library or drawing
room table, being bound In flexible mo
roco covers and elegantly put together.
There is neither sense nor justice in
the extravagance shown in getting up
Vaio"wport.
Sotre politicians in California are
insisting upon the governor convening
the legislature in special session for
the purpose of electing a United States
senator. After having spent 70 days
voting for senator, it would hardly
seem possible that the same crowd
could' agree on an election, and it
would be useless to reconvene the
same members. It would be an un
lucky day for California if the gover
nor fere to call a special session.
Pejidletonians don't hardly know
"whre thev are at." They had two
smart representatives in the legisla
ture who thought they knew more
thai their constituents, and amended
Pendleton's charter so as to leave
part of the city out In the cold. Pen
dleton will know better than to send
thos-3 smart boys back to the legisla
ture next time, but il wili prove dear
experience to the city before it gets
the muddle they caused straightened
Ojit. .
The Dalles will hardly have a boom
the .coming season, but there will be
a steady and substantial growth, and
possibly greater activity than bas ever
efore been known, for the coal pros
pfeeta below town are rather encourag-
ing.'&nd if such a vein is found as the
prospectors anticipate there will be
shaking up of dry bones. Atall events
The" Dalies is a safe place for capi
talists to invest, for it has resources
and advantages possessed by no other
town on the coast.
IN FRONT OF
Otis' Report of the Battle.
WASHINGTON, March 29. The fol
lowing from Otis has reached the war
department: .
Manila, March 29. McArthur ad
vanced ytstereay to the outskirts of
Macilao. as it took until late In the
afternoon to repair the road and rail
road bridges and send cars through
with supplies. The march was re
sumed at 6 o'clock this morning, the
troops moving rtpidly.. on Bocava,
from where they will continue to Bi
gaa, seven miles frofl Malolos.
The enemy has dMroyed the rail
way and telegraph Una. . A construc
tion train is following our forces. The
enemy's resistance is not so vigorous
today. Our loss thug far is slight.
Tne towns In front of our advances
are being destroyed by fire. The
troops are in excellent spirits.
, . Otis.
New Departure-By Sfrecfcles.
San Francisco, Marck 29. The
Call says that Claus Spreckles has de
cided to establish in this city an elec
tric plant that will be without a rival
in the world, and which will furnish
to the people of San Francisco light,
heat and power almost at cost. :
In accordance with his plans erticles
of incorporation of the Independent
Electric Light & Power Company,
with a capital of $10,000,000 have been
filed with the county clerk.
Murderer Lynched.
Hilton, Kan., March 28. Henry
Sanderson, the young farmer who at
tempted to murder his sweetheart,
Myrtle Fleischer, near Mayetta Sun
day, .but instead wounded her aunt,
Mrs. John Flaischer so that she died
at 2 o'clock this morning, was lynched
this morning by a mob from' Mayetta.
BULACAN
General McArthur Pre
paring an Attack.
Manila, March 28. General
McArthur's division advanced nearly
two miles without encounter
ing- opbosition this morning. On
approaching Bulacan, a town of 25,
000 people, it halted prepatory to
attacking it.
The heat was intense, being 90 de
grees on .the coast, and fully 100 de
grees In the Interior. It made the
Americans suffer a great deal. In
spite of the heat however, everyone
was eager to proceed toward the enemy.
A detatchment of 96 Filipino prls
oners was escorted into Manila today.
Their appearance aroused great, in
terest. The rebels unloaded about
500 men from a train, half a mile In
front of General McArthur's forces,
with the object of reinforcing the
Filipino garrisons at Bulacan and
Guganto, on either side of the railroad
leading to Malolos. '
The fact that the rallread is in oper
ation from here to our front facilitates
the transportation of supplies to the1
troops. Before the break in the road
was repaired the -transportation of
supplies was very uncertain.
All is quiet in front of the lines of
Overshine and Hall.
Command of the islands of Negros
has been formally transferred from
Goneral Miller to Colonel von Volzat,
Eighteenth infantry.
ty on band. The reports from the in
terior show that the prospects are of a
splendid character. It is not unlikely
that the whole couutry except Oregon
and Washington, wili look to Califor
nia for the greatest amount of Its fruit.
Florida has suffered disastrously from
frost. Georgia, which shipped 2000
carloads of peaches last year, has
scarcely anything to show this season,
and New Jersey and Delaware foremost
peach states of the east are in sad
straits. Even Michigan has had a
hard time, and so have other states
from which a large supply was expect
ed. It is rather too early to say with
any approach to accuracy what the
California fruits may bring in the
market. The local firms have not yet
made up their selling1 lists."
THE ADVANCE
ON MALOLOS
Filibinos Forced to Fall
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Baek.
HEAVY TAXSS IN JAMAICA.
They Are Breeding Anarchism and Re
bellion. New York, March 28. A dispatch
to the Herald from Port Antonio,
Jamaica, says: this island is passing
through a severe crisis. The gov
ernor is afraid to occupy his residence,
and if anarchism does not break out it
will be entirely due to the unequaied
loyalty of the people.
Though the island is taxed to its ut
most capacity with a tariff of 60 per
cent on necessities, a weak govern
ment, in order to provide funds to pre
vent the .reduction of its members'
salaries, bas actually introduced a
higher tariff. The salaries of the
Jamai:a officials amount to nearly 50
per cent of the revenue collectable.
The people while willing to support
these officials, have not the means to
do it. The borne government will not
permit contervaling duties, and thus
the sugar Industry is crippled.
Coffee can find no market owing to
the enormous output of the world, and
banana growing Is the only industry to
which the people can look as a means
of support. Dependence upon this
article will soon be impossible.
Jamacla then will be driven by the
British government to anarchism or,
perhaps worserebelllon-.,.
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Manila, March 29. At daylight
McArthur's division advanced from
Marilao along the railroad to Blgaa,
five miles distant, with the Nebraska,
South Dakota and Pennsylvania regi
ments on the right and Kansas and
Montana regiments and the Third ar
tillery on the left. Wheaton's brigade
Is In reserve.
The American fogces mot -strong
opposition in the jungle. First one
Nebraskan, then one Pennsylvanian,
and afterwards two men of the Mon
tana regiment were -killed. Thirty
five were wounded, including one of
ficer of the Kansas regiment.
The rebels burned the villages as
they retreated in bad order toward
Malolos. The enemy also tore up sec
tions of the railroad in many places,
and attempted, to burn the bridge at
Bigaa, but the fire was extinguished
owing to the timely arrival of the
Americans.
The rebels had not finished the
trenches . along the line of today's
march, showing they were not prepared
for our advance. It is believed, bow
ever, that there is to be bard. fighting
before Malolos is taken. The Minne
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GENEKAL OTU' REPORT.
A copy of a special edition of the
Walla Walla statesman has been re
ceived. It contains 24 pages 10x14
Inches with a coyer printed in two
colors. It ia handsomely illustrated
thought and is filled with valuable in
formation concerning Walla Walla
and vicinity. The publication is a
credit both to the publisher and the
city of Walla Walla.
The West is attracting more atten
tion than common this Spring, people
from the East and Middle Weet hav
ing begun to iook to tne coast as a
place to escape the rigors of severe
winter. Thousands are coming west
to look for homes, and some of them
should find locations in Wasco county
for it offers both good climate and
good soli to the home hunter.
Reports of the war in the Philip
pines would indicate that Aguinaldo
is preparing to make a last bold stand
at bis capltol. If he is taken prisoner
there, the conflict will come to an end,
but if he is not, or if he escapes into
the interior there is no telling when
the war will terminate. Whatever
may be said of bis being a scoundrel,
it must be recognized that Aguinaldo
is a genius, and possesses not only the
qualities of a military leader, but that
he i a great organizer, and posse t
A Break at Harriaburg-.
HARRISBTTBG, March 28. The first
important breale in the balloting for
United States senator took place to
day, when all thei anti-Quay republi
cans deserted ''Favorite Sons" and
cast their ballots solidly for Congress
man John Dalzeil, The ballot re
sulted as follows; Quay 87, Jenks 69,
Dalzeil 51, necessary, 104, absent 46.
AU Quiet mt llo Ilo.
New Yohk, March 28. A Herald
special from Ilo Ilo says: ' The situa
tion here is unchanged. There is a
movement among the natives for an
other peaceful settlement. It is hoped
to emancipate the Visayas from the in
fluence of the Tagalo element, which
is responsible for the continuation of
hostilities. '
Sampson' fleet at Hlagvton.
New York, March 29. A Herald
Kingston, Jamacla,dlspatch announces
that the United States cruiser Essex
arrived at noon Thursday, and that the
New York, Brooklyn, Indiana, Texas,
Marblehead, Detroit, and (Supply ar
rived on Sunday. The ships are to sail
south on Thursday, with the exception
of the Supply, which will go nortn.
Amnesty and 8lf Rale . .
New York March 29. A dispatch
to the Herald from Washington says:
As soon as General Otis achieves a
decisive victory over Aguinaldo. the
Philippine' commission will issue a
proclamation promising amnestry to
all natives who lay down their arms,
and self rule to thos ewho recognize
the sovereignty of the Unitod States.
Be Telle of the Fight Beyond
' Marilao.
Washington, March 28. The fol
lowing dispatch bas been received
from General Gtis:
Manila, March . 28. Severe fight
ing occurred yesterday afternoon be
yond Marilao. A brilliant charge was
made oy the South Dakota regiment,
led by Frost, against the famed troops
of Aguinaldo,. brought from Malolos.
He repulsed the enemy with slaughter.
Adjutant Lien and Lieutenants Adams
and , Morrison and four enlisted men
of the regiment were killed, and Lieu
tenaet McCleland and 22 enlisted men
were wouuded. The loss yesterday
was mostly confined to this regiment.
Partial destruction of the railroad,
which is being rapidly repaired, im
pedes McArthur's progress. Supply
relay trains have now reached Marilao
and McArthur Is pushing on. Our
small gunboats are In Bulaca river,
where great execution was done yes
terday. They will relieve pressure on
McArthur's front materially. The
troops are in excellent condition and
spirits.
A proclamation, signed by Luna,
general-in-chief of the insurgent
forces, directs that all towns aband
oned be . burned. In consequence
thereof the country north is in
flames. Otis.
VOLUNTEERS TO STAY.
They Will Not Be Ordered Borne OntU
the War In the Philippine End.
Chicago. March 28. A special dis
patch to the Record from Washington
says:
Adjutant General Corbln says noth
ing has occurred in the history of the
country to endear the volunteer troops
to the regular organization as their
conduct at Manila during the present
movement on Malolas. - Not only have
they shown excellent discipline, but
they have eagerly sought duty on the
firing line, and have never faltered in
in advance on the enemy. There has
been no shirking in their regiments
and, no complaint when called., upon
to biear the burnt of an assault.' -
Their record from the moment they
emba"ked to the present time has
been 'excellent, and the reports re
ceived at the war department, General
Corbis says, indicate that any at
tempt at sending them home for
muster out before the campaign is
completed would excite a riot They
desire to remain as long as there is
any fighting to be done, and the de
partment In recognition of tbelr ex
cellent service, will not order them
home until the military problem in the
Philippines Is solved, or the volunteers
formally request to be relieved.
INTO ANOTHER WAR.
American and BrltUU Boat Bombard
ing; Samoan Town.
Berlin, Narch 30. A brief official
dispatch from Apia, Samoa, dated
March 30, says: The bombardment of
tbe coast villages by British and
American warships continues. In
pursuance of military orders, white
residents have evacuated many bouses.
. The chiefs of the Malletoa- Tanus
partv, who were exiled to tbe other
Islands, have been brought back from
Upola. The firearms and ammunition
taken from Tanus January 2, have
been returned.
Washington, March 30. The state
department has not received detailed
official advices relating to occurrences
in Samoa. The demonstration Is re
gretted, but the opinion i expressed
that Kautz acted on what was his best
judgment and information.
Washington, March 30. First
news of tbe bombardment of tbe coast
towns of Samoa was contained in an
Associated Press dispatch sent ' out
last night, which said that the troubles
growing out of the election of a king
had taken a more serious turn and re
sulted in the shelling of the coast vil
lages by the United States cruiser
Philadelphia. Admiral Kautz com
manding, and the British cruisers
Porpoise and Royalist. The bombard
ment has continued intermittently for
eight days. Several villages have been
burned, and tbere have been a number
of casualties among the American and
British sailors and Marines. As yet
It Is impossible to estimate tbe number
of natives killed or wounded..
As Mataafa and his chiefs, constitu
ting the provisional government, con
tinued to defy the treaty after the
arrival of the Philadelphia. Admiral
Kautz summoned the various consuls
and the senior naval officers to a con
ference on board tbe Philadelphia,
when the whole situation was carefully
canvassed. The upshot was a resolu
tion to dismiss tbe provisional govern
ment, ana Admiral nautz issued a
proclamation calling on Mataafa and
his chiefs to return to their homes. Ma
taafa evacuated Mullsuu, the town he
had made bis headquarters, and went
into tbe Interior. 1
Herr Rose, the German consul at
Apia, issued a proclamation supple
menting the one he had issued several
weeks before, upholding the provision
al government. As a result of this,
the Mataafans assembled in large force
and hemmed in the bouse.
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London, March"29. The Birming
ham Post today pubiisiies a report
'emanatlncr from a usually very well
informed source," to toe effect that
the United States at thebeglnlng of
February proposed to 5'r Julian
Pauncefote that Great Britain take
over tbe Philippine islands 'upon cer
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feeling has altered greatly si see tbe
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lmmlgranta From Abroad.
New York. March 29. Two thous
and . five hundred immigrants, mostly
Italians, who landed Tuesday, wore
passed through the barge office, and
the inadequacy of accommodations
provided for thm -was painfully ap
parent. Commissioner Fitcnle and
his subordinates do everything tbey
can under the circumstances, but the
plaoe is far too small for the handling
of such crowds. ' -
The spring tide of immigration has
now fairly set in, and since tbe be
ginning of this week, the record has
been about 2000 a day.
One- Orrgonlan Killed.
Washington, March, 30. General
Otis reports the following casualties
In tbe Second Oregon on March 28:
Killed company A, Private Bert I.
Clark.
Wounded Company L, Captain
Harry L. Wells, stomach, slight; Ser
geant W. W. Wilson, hand, slight:
Private Charles R. Roberts, leg, slight;
Frank E. E. Adams, side, severe; Ben
jamin F. Smith, jr., legs, severe.
Captain Wells is captain of the com
pany in which a majority of the men
from The Dalles are enlisted.! '
Tbe Crook Arrive.
New York. March 29. Tbe trans-
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the water works yesterday to strength-'
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STABBED JBY A CHI A HAH.
yond doubt the United States would at Prt Crook arrived this morning from
one time have been very glad to ax- Porto Rico and Santiago with 398 pas-
change or otherwise disburden them
selves of the permanent charge of the
islands. "
California Fruit Ontloos.
San Francisco, March 29. Secre
tary Filcher, oi tne state Doara oi
trade, said today: 1 :
"The demand for California fruit
thisysar, will overmeaeure the quanti-
sengers and the bodies of 682 soldiers
who were killed in battle or died from
disease in Cuba and Porto Rico.
faaurs-ent Capital Moved.
New York, March 29. A dispatch
to the Herald from Manila says: In
formation reaches here indicating that
the Insurgent capital has been moved
rom Maloloe to San Fernando.
Washington, March, 20. With
the American forces within 34 miles
of the insurgent capital, interest in
the military movements north of
Manila bas about reached the culml
nating point. It was state1) at the war
department that the march of 3 miles
might take all of today, in view of tbe
successive line, of entrenchment and
strong earth works which it is be
lieved the rebels have thrown up
immediately around the city. In that
event the storming of the city Itself
would not begin - until ; tomorrow.
There is no certainty, however, that
the short distance may not be compas
sed today, so as to permit tho assault
late today or during the night. Ad'
jutant-General Corbln was of the
opinion that the attack would begin
today.
Major Simpson, of tbe military in
formation bureau, has made a final
readjustment of tbe American position
showing just bow the approach to the
insurgent capital will be executed. It
shows the brigade of Hale stretched
on the right, and that of Otis on the
left. Each brigade in this advance is
mad? up of seasoned volunteers with
four batteries of the Third artillery,
these being the only regulars. . But
just back of them and midway between
tbe two advance brigades is the strong
force of Wheaton, which. bas been
kept from tbe arduous work of the last
few days and held as a sort of battering
ram. It is made up mainly of regu
lars, the Twenty-second infantry and
Third infantry, as well as one regi
ment of volunteer, the Second Oregon,
which has seen some of the hardest
fighting of the war. It is said this
reserve force of Wheaton's will be
heard from when the mala assault
begins.
Hale's advance column on tbe right
Is made up of tbe First Nebrasira,
First South Dakota, First Colorado
and First Wyoming, Otis' advanced
column on the left is made up of tbe
Twentieth Kansas, First Montana,
four batteries of the Third artillery.
the Thirteenth Minnesota and tbe
Tenth Pennsylvanlans. The Minne
sota regiment was sent forward from'
A Portland Woaaaa Bas aa El
With Cblcfcea Thief.
POBTLALD, March '30. A' Chinese
chicken-thief with a dagger severely
slashed Mrs. C. McAllister of 389 North
Twenty-Fourth street, last evening.
He made several ugly outs in her right
wrist, severed a couple of veins in bo?
left wrist, and then effected his escape.
Mrs. McAllister was In the house
when she heard the chickens cackllog.
She ran to tbe chicken house. , A
Chinaman, startled by her approach,
rushed out. Without a moment's heni
tation she grabbed him around the)
neck and shouted for assistance.
The Mongolian slashed savagy
her with a dagger and feo lacerated her
wrists that ber hands dropped ponti
les. Just as 5 wo men made their ap
pearance in answer to tbe brave
woman's calls for help, the Chinaman
darted away and leaped the back fence.
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Harrisonville, Mo.. March 30. '
E. Bates So per was hanged here this
morning. His crime was the murder
of bis nlfe and two daughters. .
One day In April, 1891, Soper an
nounced that there was a "blind tiger" .
or illicit saloon ia tows at Archie.
near here, where he lived, aad saying
he oould not live la a place so wicked, ,
he Bold his shoo and disappeared...
Four days later his wife and two .
children were discovered murdertd.
Soper went to Portland, Or., and
married a respectable widow. He took .
the name of Prentice. In 1897 he de-
terted his second wife, taking their 2-
y ear-old child. Which be after
wards killed. Then he ran a fruit
farm near Ashland. Or., where he was
captured June 11, 1897.
After his arrest, soper confessed, all .
the murders as detailed la the fore
going.
Heavy March Snow Storm.
ST. Louis, March .28. Missouri,
Illinois and Oklahoma are experience- 1
ing the heaviest March snow fall In
years, uoia w eat tier in Oklahoma has
killed practically all the fruit.
S. U. AraUar Dead. '
Kansas Crrr, March 29. S. B.
Armour, head of the local packing
house of Armour & Co., aad brother
of P. D. Armour, of Chicago, died
here this morala? of pneumonia. '