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SATURDAY APRIL 29, 1899
THE GROWTH
OF TRUSTS.
Last week was a
bealtby time for
the Incubation of those gigantic com
binations known as trusts. Two were
' organized that will be far reaching' in
: - their effects, and will result in no good
to the masses. One which will con
trol practically all the large copper
'.mines in the United Spates, was organ
ized by ' London stockholders, and i
' among the most . gigantic combines
. ever made.. The captilization is
$400,000,000, and it is expected the
' concern will be able not only to con-
trol the copper products of America,
but will regulate the price of copper
'. throughout Europe, since it will give
the company a corner on the world's
.- supply of copper and will enable it to
; regulate prices, since it can place its
' product where it is in tbe greatest de
mand, aod lessen tbe output so as to
create a demand at whatever price it
, may put on that article of commerce. t
' - Another big concern that blossomed
forth last week is the Union Steel
Chain Co., incorporated under the
Jaws of Dele ware with a capital of
$60,000,000. The organization has
options on all the chain' plants and
: steel works in the country, and as tbe
present tariff gives it a complete
monopoly of the American market,
' there will be practically no limit to
the price which it mav put on tbe out
put of its mills. Consumers will be
' stood up and made pay this orgaoiza
' tion enormous profits, which will be
little less than robbery, and tbe suc-
cess it will meet with in its piracy will
:' serve to encourge other similar com
, bloations.
In addition to these two trusts ths
. were successfully launched tbe oast
week, another was contemplated, an
: started well on the way toward perfec
, tion. It is the combination of all the
safe and lock manufacturers of th
United States. Thirteen companies
engaged in tbis line of industry have
about consented to enter into th
combination, and when it is-completed
:.' there will be a sudden advance in th
price of safes, bo when the business
' man wants to protect bis money, books
and. papers from thieves and fire be
. will: be called upon to pay tribute to
, tbe safe trust.
With such a rapid growth of trusti
there seems to be no limit to the num
' ber that may organize except the
limit be gauged by the number of Indus
tries. When each undivided industry
Is thoroughly organized, then the naxt
move will be to combine the industries,
- and if a halt is not ca'led there is
nothing to prevent all tbe mannfac
turirg of the country being under tbe
management of ono mammoth concern,
Should this ever occur, individual
freedom in America will be at an end
, Tbe man who must earn a living by
'labor will have no voice in tbe price
he shall receive, for there will be no
1 competition in the labor market. He
' will lie ground down to a mere living,
and will be required to labor as long
; as bis employer shall d;ctate. When
be ceases to be of value to the em
plover he will be turned out upon cold
charity, penniless and aged, to either
starve or receive alms at the hands of
bis master.
, : Surely tbe growth of trusts is alarm
ing, and has a greater tendancy
to cause anarchry than all the
speeches a .million Herr Most
.could make in a lifetime. It
threatens the free institutions of tbe
nation already, for trusts have such
'grasp upon Bcials that the United
States, attorney-general tells us there
. is no law to regulate or prevent them,
and congressmen will not dare to pass
laws detrimental to the interests of
the combines.. The growth of trusts
"is certainly the gravest question with
which the American people are con'
fronted today, and certainly legisla-
tion to prevent their formation is
' timely, for if long delayed they will
' have so firm a grasp upon law making
bodies that revolution will be tbe
only remedy.'
STILL AFTER QUAY.
Ex-Postmaster-General John Wana
maker was most active in the en
; deavor to bring ex-Senator Quay to
justice by forcing him to trial on an
indictment for conspiring to defraud
the state, and the old merchant is not
,', discouraged, but will keep up the fight
until justice is done. In a recent in
' terview the Mr.' Wanaraaker said of
' the result of the trial which terminated
last week:
"Notwithstanding all this proof, em
; an a ting exclusively from "the lips and
pens of himself and his closest friends,
and in the face of bis own silence and
failure to testify to bis innocence, be
was acquitted. This is a new chapter
of shame for Pennsylvania, a new
record of failure in the administration
of justice, that will do much to encour
age corruption is ts and public plunder
ers generally throughout the country,
"The first shout of defiant exultation
n bis acquittal has proceeded from tbe
governor of the commonwealth, who
has promptly appointed him a United
States senator, without authority, aod
in vioiation of the law, and in defiance
of tbe will of the people as expressed
by the votes of the legislature. It is
fitting in every way that the capstoue
should thus have been put ou the edi
fice of boss rule and machine jobbery
by tbe Quay representative in the gov
ernor's chair.
"But fr'ends of good government
should not .despair. There are other
indictments to be disposed of still
banging over Quay. The contest
against -the degrading forces, prac
tices and principles which Quay and
bis machine represent will be carried
on until justice and right, morality
. and honesty. shall triumph.
' "Today's verdict settled nothing but
the fate of the single bill of Indict
ment upon which Quay was tried?"
STIRRING UP A BUMBLE BEE.
1 1 There is a report in the air that
General Miles will be court-martialed
for finding fault with Alger and Eagan.
Already administration papers have
discovered a danger signal hoisted
- over such proceed ure, and are sound
fnr a. warninv. Thev known what a
, muss it would kick up if the admlois-
irauuu ww.w r 1
ha general for baying told the trutb.
ae OregODlaa u on of toe mtbfiu
and after receiving the evidence be
fore tbe court of inquiry, all of which
shows the truthfulness of General
Miles' accusations, says:
It is clear that Eagan lied when he
pretended that the -"embalmed" beef
charge was such a echocking calumny
he could not keep his temper, but over
flowed with obscene abuse of General
Miles before the army commission. He
was angry simply because he had been
detected and denounced by Mile, and
Easan's own testimony indicates that
somebody was behind him whose su
perior official authority was sufficient
to persuade him that it would be a
(rood thing to feed our troops upon
canned roast beef and embalmed beef
ic the tropics rather than upon beef
on the hoof. In face of all these facts,
if the board of inquiry attempts to
whitewash Eagan and Alger and
blacken Miles, its report will be greet
ed with derision.
Of oourse, the court of inquiry can
recommend that General Miles be
court-martialed for telling the truth
through non-military channels, but if
it goes farther and attempts to recom
mend that General Miles be discip
lined on the ground that he has told a
lie, or been guilty of deliberate mis
representation or exaggeration, then
the1 court of inquiry will "eboot their
granny," for while public opinion ad
mits that General Miles did not tell
the truth through the regular military
channels, it does not believe be told a
lie. There is "a nigger in the fence
in this beef scandal; it may be Alger
or Eagan or botb, but the public has
no doubt that rotten meat was fed to
our troops to fill tbe pockets of some
contractor wbo had a 4ipull" with eith
er Secretary Alger or General Eagan,
or both.
OUR NAUGHTY PARTNERS.
A steamer which has arrived at Vic
toria, B. C, from Australia, brings
news of the arrest of the captain of a
German warship at Apia, for supply
ing arms to M&taafa, the arrest being
made by the commander of the British
warships in Samoao waters. If the re
port is true some nice diplomatic work
will be required to avoid serious
trouble between Germany on one side
and Great Britain and tbe Uniied
States on the other. Those insignifi
cant little Islands with their semi
civilized population, which the three
nations have undertaken to extend a
joint protectorate over, hare been a
source of annoyance ever since the
partnership was entered into. Each
of our partners in the job are envious
of tbe other, and each -continually has
a chip on his shoulder that be invites
the other to knock off. They are spoil
ing for a fight and if it is ever started
Uncle Sam will be dravn into tbe fray.
It was an unholy alliance in the first
place, and tbe longer it is continued
tbe more troublesome it xill become,
Tbe only reasonable thing for the
three nations to do is to withdraw and
let tbe natives fight it out among
themselves. The trade witb the
islands doos not anywhere near justify
tbe expenditure necessary to maintain
a protectorate.
BRYAN ON TRUSTS.
W. J. Brjan. in hi? great speech at
Milwaukee, said many excellent things,
and said them in his excellent way.
He struck at the great trusts from
the shoulder. Whatever Mr. Bryan
touches upon, he does it in an original
way, and people love to read what be
says: Here is a short extract from bis
speech:
"The trusts are now absorbing an
increasing share of public attention
because of tbeir rapid growth during
tbe last two years. we bad a sugar
trust and an oil trust some years aao
We now have a bicycle trust and a
match .trust and a meat trust in
fact, a trust in almost everything
that is used. 'The milk trust
reaches the infant as he enters
the world, the ice trust, cools him in
tbe summer, the coal trust keeps bim
warm in the winter, while tbe coffin
trust waits to receive bim when life's
fitful dream is over. The people are
beginning to see what the principle of
monopoly really means, and yet the
principle of monopoly, eo plainly
illustrated by the industrial trusts,
does not differ at all from the
principle of monopoly which under
lies both the gold standard and the
paper money trust."
WHAT CAJV BE DONEf
Every vestige of tariff duties that
serves to erect trusts and monopolies
should be wiped from the federal
statute books. If these combinations
can be killed at all, it will be by these
means. Attorney General Griggs con
tends that nnder the constitution con
gress has no power to destroy such
gigantic trusts as the iron, steel.
cracker, oil and other trusts, that tbe
power to do so remains with tbe states,
And yet every attempt that has been
made in this direction his signally
failed. Can it be that every branch of
tbe government stands helpless
against these monopolies? It would
appear so. If so there is only one
remedy, and that is the one proposed
oy senator r-etiigrew whenever a
a trust is created on any article or any
product, let the president have power
to immediatly place that article or
product on tbe free list. If that plan
does not kill it, nothing else will.
It is unquestionably bad policy for
Americans to advise tbe volunteers in
the Philippines at this time to refuse
to observe tbe strictest military dis
cipline or demand their right of being
mustered out, and it is equally bad
policy for tbe officers in command at
Manila to attempt to exercise a cen
sorship oyer communications and dis
patches forwarded to the soldiers.
The American constitution grants
every citizen the right of free speech
and free communication one with the
other, and does not contemplate a dic
tatorship.
Some of Mathew S. Quay's chickens
are liable to come home to roost when
congress convenes next winter. Gov
ernor Stone, of Pennsylvania, has been
foolish enough to appoint Quay as
senator, tbe legislature having ad
journed without electing. When the
question of seating Mr. Corbett, ap
pointed by Governor Lord under
similar circumstances, came up in tbe
senate, Quay voted against tbe
measure. Now he has a similar case
on his hands, and ho can not expect the
senate to go back on its record.
A court of inquiry has found ' that
tbe officers of tbe Seventy-first New
York regiment showed signs of coward
ice in the Santiago battle. If lying
down on tbe ground and allowing a
negro regiment to pass over it is any
sign, then the entire regiment is
guilty and tbe verdict is as tame as a
pet lamb. j
OUR YOU NO MEN,
What has the future in store for the
young men of the country? This is a
serious question and one that should
appeal to every father and mother in
this fair land. If parents can view
with indifference the changed con
dition that is coming upon the country,
a change that if left to be wrought out
by the money kings and monopolies
will condemn tbeir offspring to a life
of humble servitude with all .the
avenues to advancementclosed against
them, it is conclusive evidence 'of
mental weakness. Parental loye and
solicitude for the welfare of offspring
is not wanting among oui people, and
such insensibility as falls to cause
parents to entertain serious misgivings
concerning tbe future of her children
under the changes that are rapidly
taking place, can only be accounted
for through dullness of preception and
defective roasoning powers.
The self-made man who started in
life poor, and through his own efforts
acquired either fame or wealth has
been tbe pride and boast of tbe
country from tbe foundation ;Of the
government. We have admired such
men as Jackson, Lincoln and Garfild
who rose from obscurity to the highest
positions in the land, unaided by in
fluentiaWriends and with nothina but
their ability, industry and real mental
worth to advance them. And among
our greatest financiers are those wbo
started in life with nothing but
healthy bodies and active minds, yet
they won their way to fortune by the
practice of industry and frugality.
Such men, however, were surrounded
by different conditions than those sur
rounding the young men of today. In
tellect was not hampered because of
its poverty, nor was industry shackled
hv tru9ts.
Half a century ago a poor man with
abilitv could attain prominence in
politics, could secure high positions
without buying his way into office.
Now the youn? man who aspires to
be a United States senator must either
possess a fortune or ptultify himself by
forming alliances with c mcorns that
would own bim and control his actions
after be shall atta'o an official posi
tion. Half a century ago the commer
cial field was open to the young man
wbo bad business ability and energy.
Now it is controlled by trusts and com
blne3that may make him their servant,
on salary, oecause of his ability, but
exclude from him tbe opportunity
to branch out lo business for himself.
The population of this country is
less than seventy-five millions, while
it has room and resources sufficient for
three hundred million. ' Therefore
there is no necessary or natural reason
why the opportunities to advancement
should be closed against the young
men of this age. Tbe development of
our resources has out fairly besrun,and
with an open field and a fair chance
the opportunities of the young men
ought to be as favorable duning the
century to come as they bavt been
during tbe past century. But mon
opolies are usurping the rights of the
people and preparing an uninviting
future for those who are to follow us,
unless tbe people rise to the situation
and crush out tbe monsters tbat are
crushing them down to a
condition of
servitude. Those wbo sees to mon
opolize financial transactions not only
close tbe -avenues for financial ad.
vancement to the many by making
competition impossible, but seek, to
control tbe government through the
legislative branch, so that tbe oppor
tunities to the young man of moral
worth and high sense of honor are
closed.
Without a change of conditions, the
future of the young men of thiscountry
is a life of servitude, for combines and
trusts are taking from them tbe oppor
tunities to which they are justly en
titled. It is indeed bigh time people
awake to the gravity of tbe situa
tion, and check this advance of
monopoly by tbeir ballots before the
monopolists get such a firm grasp
upon the government tbat it will be
too late.
ONE SECRET OF PROSPERITY
The two past years have unqueotion
ably been prosperous generally speak
ing throughout the United States, and
the cause of tbe improvement in busi
ness is found in the immense increase
in our exports over imports as com
pared with former years. - Whenever
we seli more than we buy, money is
certain to become plentiful, aud when
there is a plentitude of money, if it is
properly distributed, times cannot but
be good and prosperity general. Dur
ing the past two years the distribution
has been in tbe proper channels for it
has gonelargely to the agriculturalists,
who have caused it to circulate among
all classes.
According to a comprehensive report
just prepared by Fraok M. Hitchcock,
chief of the section of foreign markets
of the agricultural department, the
total value of our domestic exports
for the twelve months of 1898
reached the enormous sum of $1,210,
291,913, exceeding tbe record breaking
figures of the preceding year by $178.-
284.310.- On tbe other hand, the im
ports during 1898 were the smallest
since 1885, their value being $616,049,
654, a decline of $148,685,586, of the
figures of 1897.
Broadly stated, for eyery dollar's
worth of foreign merchandise brought
Into the United States, two dollar's
worth of our products found a market
abroad.
Our domestic exports as compared
with our imports showed an excess of
$594,242,258. or more than twice the
excess for 1897, which was the largest
previously reported.
An interesting fact developed by the
report of Mr. Hitchcock, is in tbe in
crease in tbe exports of agricultural
products being 70.93 per cent of tbe
total or $858,507:942, a gain of nearly
26 per cent over 1897.
Exports of this class also show a
greater gain proportionately than non-
agricultural exprots.
Our purchases of foreign agricult
ural products in 1898 amounted to
only $314,291,796, as compared with
$400,871,468 in 1897, a decrease of $86,
579.672, or about 22 per cent.
Tbe value of tbe American farm pro
ducts sent abroad during 1898 was
much more than double that of our
agricultural imports, the excess on tbe
former over the latter amounting to
$544,216,146. In 1897,the excess on tbe
side of agricultural exports was only
$288,883,725, and in the years immedi
ately preceding still smaller.
The increase in the volume of ex
ports cannot be attributed to any
system of legislation that has been
enacted recently, but is the result of
shortages abroad and abundance at
borne. We bad immense crops of cer
eals, while there was a shortage in
other countries. They required our
surplus to make good their deficiency,
and were com pelted to pay good prices
lor it. This is (be whole secret of ear
prosperity, and so long as such condi
tions exist money will be plentiful and
times good in tbis country, but should
tbe conditions be reversed, aod we be
compelled to import more than we
export, our money will go abroad, aod
bard times will acain be upon us.
ANOTHER WHITEWASH,
The court of inquiry has about fin
ished its labors, and has made up its
findings in the beef investigation.
What the report will be has already
been forestalled. It will sustain the
administration, and bold that tbe beef
was all right, regardless of the testi
mony that was submitted. But Alger
bad to be whitewashed and be will be.
Though the report of the stool pigeons
who served as members of the court
will not suffice to overcome the testi
mony of reliable soldiers, nor will it
convince tbe people tbat there was no
blame to be attached to the adminis
tration of tbe war department for
furnishing such stuff to the army.
Even the most loyal republican jour
nals condemn tbe court in advance of
the report which it will make, and the
Oresronian is forced to say editorially:
"Half of the evidence giyen in sup
port of the charge that the reft igerated
beef of the army was treated to chemi
cals which made the term 'embalmed,'
as applied to it, appropriate as a desig
nation of its condition, satisfied tbe
country tbat the charge was true,
the beef court, however, does not find
the entire volume of proof sufficient.
It admits, though somewhat guardedly
and witb apparent reluctance at being
compelled to imply censure of so high
minded and capable an army officer as
General Eagan, and so honorable and
painstaking a cabinet officer as Sec
retary Alger, that the canned roast
beef furnished the war department
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unpalatable. As to the rest,
General Miles is to bs reprimanded
for not filing his objections to the 'un
palatable' ration with the secretary of
war though as everybody knows, he
would Lave been snubbed for bis pains
Lad he done so. However, tba beef
court has done all tbat a commission
appointed to whitewash the secretary
of war and bis chief commissary could
reasonably be expected to do. If the
findings do oot tally with the facts as
brought out over and over again in
evidence, no one need be surprised.
It may be added, however, that there
is no doubt about the conclusions the
people have reached in tbe case.
Canned maggots are something more
than 'unpalatable' in their estimation,
and 'embalmed' beef something more
than repugnant as an army ration."
A traveling1 man, representing one
of the leading factories in the United
States, and wbo has voted tbe repub
lican ticket all his life, visited Tbe
Dalles a few days ago, and in discus
sing currentevents. stated tbat be bad
voted for a republican candidate for
president the last time, "because," he
stated, "trusts are tbe offspring of
republican principles; they have been
fostered by republican legislation and
grown into dangerous monsters under
tbat party. Trusts are detrimental to
the welfare of the masses and a men
ace to American liberty, therefore I
am done with the party tbat isrespon
sible for tbeir creation." He further
ventured ' the assertiou that W. J.
Bryan would be nominated on an anti
trust platform and would be elected,
even if he was wedded to the 16 to 1
"heresy." . There are thousands of
others who have come to the conclu
sion arrived at by tbis ''drummer,
tbat no relief from the encroaebmen
of trusts can be -expected so long
the republican party is in power.
.Eastern Oregon wool growers are
getting a little 16 to 1 experience tbat
they were not looking for when they
supported McKinley in 1896. It now
takes about 16 pounds of tbeir wool
bring one dollar profit, whereas they
were promised 16 cents a pound for
in tbe last presidential campaign if
tbey would vote for "protection to
American industries." .They voted
that way, aod as a result they voted to
protect the woolen manufacturers to
the extent tbat be has such a monoply
on the American market tbat he cau
palm off goods one-third shoddy, one-
third cotton and the rest wool, and
give the wool grower just what he can
get in free trade in England less
freight, comm ssion and .insurance,
Next election they will cast about 16
votes for themselves and one for the
manufacturer.
In the settlement of tbe great ques
tion now before the ' people of tbis
country the writings and sayings of
Lincoln and Jefferson can be drawn
upon with great profit. Both of these
great men understood the principles
on which this government of the peo
ple was founded and in their public
lives gaye expression to wisdom tbat
is of service to the plain people of tbe
land in forming their conclusions
necessary to the performance of their
duty as citizens and patriots of the
"greatest republic that the sun ever
shone on." Botb Lincoln and Jeffer
son stood for human liberty and de
clared against tbe false Joctrlne tbat
"only rich men or only white men or
only Anglo-Saxon white meu are enti
tied to the privileges and benefits of
self-government" those blessings
enumerated in the chart of the coun
try's liberty the Declaration of In
dependence " East Oregonian.
Our gallant Pacific coast volunteers
are coming borne, but in the way they
want to come, and as their people de
sire their return. They will remain at
the front and perform tbeir stern
duties until other troops arrive to re
lieve them. Then their rest will be
well-earned, and they can return with
the highest honors witb banners fly
ing and with no apologies to offer to
the states that sent them, or to tbe
nation whloh bas armed and main
tained them. Although having been
forced to engage in a disagreeable war
against liberty when tbey enlisted to
battle for liberty's cause, they have ac
quitted themselves like real soldiers
and all honor is due them.
The sentimental claim tbat "where
the stars and stripes have once been
raised tbey should never be hauled
down," so frequently made use of by
imperialist papers, is the worst kind ot
rot. Wherever they have been raised
in opposition to freedom or for thn
userpation of the rights of any people,
they have been raised dishonorably,
and it is not a disgrace but an honor
to bring them down. The emblem of
liberty, tbe proudest flag of the world,
was never made to float over the heads
of any people without their consent.
Another lot of brave American
soldiers have been sacrificed on the
altar of imperialism in the Philippines,
but this counts but little with the man
in the 'White house. He is out for
expansion regardless of the blood it j
wtt.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
It's now in order for the governors
of Deleware and Utah .to appoint sen
ators to fill the vacancies the legisla
tures left. The senate won't have
much to do for a while next winter
but pas's on such fool appointments.
Commissary-General Eagan said be
made a contract with tbe beef trust
because it was Secretary Alger's wish
that he should. Who stood behind
Alger and demanded that tbe donors
of campaign funds should be rewarded?
What is Tbe Dalles going to do tbis
year regarding the encouragement of
manufacturing industries locating
bere? These are dull times when
merchants aod other business men can
devote a little time to discussing mat
ters for tbe upbuilding of tbe place,
and such matters should be of frequent
consideration..
Keeping everlastingly at it is what
accomplishes any end, and tbe people
of Tbe Dalles should practice the policy
of hammering away until tbe wheels
of manufacturing industries are hum'
mlng in every corner of tbe town. We
will never have good, old time prosper
ity here until this becomes a manu'
facturing center.
The Philippine war bas only just
commenced. An army of 50,000 men
will only be able to keep up a little
fighting here and there. It will re
quire an army double this size to eS'
tablish the semblance of authority
over the islands. - Tbe gritty Filipinos
have fought -one hundred years for
their freedom, and will continue the
fighting.
- Although tbe volunteers in tbe
Philippines who re-enlist will be given
a bonus of $500 cash, there is not more
than seven in a hundred wbo are
desirous of going into tbe regular
service there. This shows how anx
ious tbe volunteers are to risk their
lives in the unholy war against free
dom which the administration is
mercilessly waging."
Shall we continue to select out the
physically perfect young men of tbe
nation and send them to the opposite
side of tbe earth to either meet death
or contract physical and moral disease,
under the mistaken notion that it is
our dutv to continue the work of mur
dering an unoffending people who
were our allies in the late war with
Spain, and whose only crime is tbat
they have accepted tbe teachings of
Washington and the revolutionary
fathers.
The suspense of , Californians and
Pennsylvanians, concerning the dan
ger of extra sessions of their respec
tive legislatures, is ended for the time
being, the governors of the two states
having made appointments, and as
now-a-days the principal duty of
legislatures, in the eyes of politicians,
is to elect senators, the two politicians
who hold down the gubernatorial
chairs in California and Pennsylvania
will see no need of convening the
legislature until the senate sbail re
fuse to seat tbeir appointees.
As was to be expected, Alger has
decided tbat tbe firm of Swift & Co.
were not responsible for the loss of
300,000 pounds of ' refrigerated beef
shipped to Porto Rico laft summer
and condemned, and has directed that
they be paid for it. Alger can be
relied upon to, see that bis favorites
do not .lose anything on their --contracts,
no matter bow- neglectful tbey
are . in - filling thorn. With Alger at
tbe head of tbe war , department any
thing can be furnished tbe army by a
rich corporation and it will be paid
ior.
CHICAGO SEOBOB8 TO PROTEST.
Antl- Lynching Service Will Be Held Next
Sunday.
Chicago, April 26. In behalf of the
30,000 colored residents of Chicago tbe
local auxiliary of the national Afro-
American council is arranging for a
series of meetings to be held in the
churches next Sunday night to protest
against the lynching of tbe Rev. Lige
Strictland at Palmetto,' Ga. by a mob
of white men. '.'
President L. F. Barnett, of the local
organization, and bis wife Ida Wells
Barnett, secretary of the national
council, have arrangements in charge.
In the five African churches sermons
will be preached witb'special reference
to the lynching, and addresses by
other speakers will follow. Resolu
tions appropriate to the occasion will
be offered at all of these meetings for
adoption. , '
Wheeler Stays at Home.
NEW YORK, April zU. A special to
tbe Herald from Washington says: It
is understood that tbe cabinet has de
cided not to send' Major-General
Wheeler to tbe Philippines'. The
general officers who will be assigned
to duty under ' general Otis will be
Brigadier-Generals Young, Grant aod
Bates.
-it is proposed, however,' to place
General Wheeler on -active duty, and
to this end the organization of a new
department to-be knowh as tbe de
partment of Texas, is contemplated.
General Wheeler will be- assigned to
that command until next November,
when he will be relieved and come' to
Washington to assume his congres
sional duties.
five Were Murdered.
St. Louis, April, 26. A special to
tbe Post-Dispatch from Dexter, Mo.
says: (Joe or the most fiendish crimes
ever committed in . Southeastern Mis
souri, was the murder last night of
Mrs. Jane Tuttleton, widow of Wash,
Tuttleton, a prominent man of that
section, and ber four children, whose
remains were partly incinerated by
tbe burning of their borne, 17 miles
south of Madden. J. H. Tuttleton, son
of Wash . Tuttleton by his first wife, is
under arrest for the crime, and all tbe
circumstances seem to point to his
guilt.
Crocker Was the Star.
New Yohk, April 26. Richard
Crocker sailed for Europe today on tbe
American liner New York. Hundreds
of enthusiastic friends were at the
steamer to wish bim a safe voyage.
Sir Julian Pauocefpte and Speaker
Reed were passengers by the same
steamer, but were ecarcely recognized
the excitement and enthusiasm
which attended the departure of the
Tammany leader. Reed said he was
going abroad for a vacation of three
months, and upon his return would
settle in New York. : He refused to
discuss tbe political outlook.
Engineers for Manila.
New Yohk, April 25. Major J. K.
Knight, of Fort Totten, "Villets Point,
has received orders from the war de-
partment to make preparations to sond
90 engineers to the Philippines. The
men will be selected from companies
b. and D; those desiring to go will be I
1 given tba prefereuce.
THE BATTLE OF
CALUMPIT
Agninaldo's Army De
fends the Plaee Ener
getically. Manil, April 26. Aguinaldo'sarmy
today is defending Calumpit energeti
cally, which is said to indicate tbat
the rebels are finally making that
place the last ditch or stand, which
tbe Americans expected them to make
at Malolos.
For the first time the Filipinos are
employing artillery. They brought
two guns into action in the trenches
today before Calumpit, firing modern
shrapnel, which burst over the heads
of General Wheaton's brigades without
effect.
The fighting was resumed at 6
o'clock tbis morning; During the
night the engineers repaired Bagbag
bridge,' thus enabling our troops to
cross the river. General Wheaton's
brigade advanced in extended order
with the Kansas regiment to the west
of the railroad and the Montana to the
east of it, and took up a position cover
ing one and one half miles on the
south bank of the Rio Grnade. On
tbe opposite bank were fortified
trenches from which a few American
soldiers would have been able to defy
thousands so strongly were tbey con
structed. The Americans found tbe
treuches on the south oank of the
river deserted, which furnisbed tbe
men with cover from which they
could pick off the Filipinos whenever
one of them showed his head.
When the rebels began firing, two
puffs of smoke simultaneously from
tbe trenches on each side of the rail
road track showed they were using
cannons, which was a genuine surprise
to the Americans, several shells
burst close to General Wheaton's
staff, but it seemed the Filipinos failed
to master the machinery of the modern
sbells, and they were unable to get
the right range.
Young's Utah battery was ordered
into position iu the center of tbe Kan
sas regiment to silence the rebel guns,
and at 11 o' clock tbe rapid fire guns
bad been ferried across the river and
came into line.
At noon the rebels were still pour
ing a heavy fire in the direction of the
Americans, wbo returned it spiritedly.
Two Americans were killed and seven
wounded. ,
At about this time General Hale's
brigade was. advancing east of the
line, apparently to cross tbe river and
attack the rebel trenches in tbe flank
as did tbe A mericans yesterday.
Law ton is meeting with tbe great
set obstacles in the character of the
country. His troops have only had a
few skirmishes thus far, resulting in
five of his men being wounded. But
be bas bien forced to put bis men at
wnrlr hiiHriincr rnsirin. And thA tram.
port service is giving 'm'uohArbuble,
. . , J
son i ninamon Having to do empiuyeu
in pulling some of the . carts. There
fore, tbe general has been unable to
cover tbe ground he had hoped to
cover
The natives flee before tbe expedi
tion, but they swarm back to their
houses as soon as the American troops
have passed. A few Filipino sharp
shooters are harassing the American
flanks.
BALK'S BRIUADB
ENGAGED.
They Did Some
Hard Flghtlnr Before
Colamplt
Manila, April 25. General Hale's
brigade, consisting of the Nebraska,
Iowa and South Dakota regiments,
with three guns, which left Malolos
Monday, followed tbe west bank of the
Rio Grande river to a ford. Many
small bands of rebels were encountered,
and during the afternoon tbe Ameri
cans discovered several hundred of the
enemy entreuched near Pulitan, north
of Quingango. Our troops attacked
the rebels, losing six men killed and
II wounded.
General Hale's troops claim that
nearly 200 dead natives were counted
along tbe country traversed. Among
the dead was a Spanish captain. - -
The South Dakota regiment bore the
brunt of the fighting, and had five men
killed and nine wounded.
Tbe country traversed by our troops
is thickly wooded and hardest for fight
ing. Tbe rebels along Bagbag river
reinforced from Calumpit as the troops
under Hale approached. During the
day the Americans captured 35 prison'
ers.'
As this dispatch is sent tbe rebels
are retreating in tbe direction of Cal
umpit. The Filipino troops engaged
were well uniformed and well drilled.
As the campaign progresses the work
of the rebel troops is improving. . They
are adopting American methods, and
tbe accuracy of tbeir shooting is evinc
ed by the fact that five Americans
were shot in the head. ,
MADE COINS I! FB1SOR.
Clerer Counterfeiters Among the Colorado
Convicts.
Canyon City, Colo., April 38 The
discovery has been made that some
very svccessful coiners have been oper
ating inside the state penitentiary
here. The counterfeits are silver
dollars, and it is believed they are of a
combination principally of babbit met
al, which was used setting the grat
ings daring the construction of the
prison. It is supposed the coins were
made in plaster of parts molds.
The coins were first detected by
merchants who sold delicacies to the
prisoners. This led to an investiga
tion, ana zs or the bogus dollars were
found in the possession of tbe prisoners
though no clew was obtained as to tbe
identity of the coiners, The coins are
so well executed as to deceive any
one.
BATHES BOHANT1C.
How
Alger Saved the Life of
a Porto
Rlean Mnrderer.
Washington, April 25. President
McKinley bas commuted the death
sentenee of Rafael Ortiz, of Cazuas.
Porto Rico, who murdared private
Burke, of tbe Forty-seventh New York
infantry, to life imprisonment. Sec
retary Alger was instrumental in
securing this act of clemency, as the
case was brought to his attention
when he was in Porto Rico.
Ortiz was in love witb a Porto Rican
girl before the arrival of the American
soldiers in that island, and was loved
in return. Burke won the heart of tbe
dusky maiden; and
ben Ortiz pro-
tested tba American ;lappad bit face
in tbe presence of bis former sweet
heart. -
The Porto Ricau swore vengeance,
and one night finding Burke drinking
with several companions, rushed up
behind him and cut his throat.
Ortiz was seized, convicted and sen
tenced to be shot. He was to have
been executed at San Juan the day
Secretary Alger reached Caguas on
his tour of inspection. The mother
and sister of the condemned man and
several other natives lined up on each
side of the road and stopped the pro
gress of the secretary. The mother
and daughter knelt and pleaded for
his life.
Secretary Alger suspended execu
tion of the sentence until the case
could be looked into by tbe president,
who today commuted tbe sentence to
life imprisonment.
CALUMPIT HAS
V BEEN TAKEN
MeArthur Invested the
Plaee After a Hard
Fight,
Washington, April 25. The fol
lowing has been received -at the war
department from General Otis:
"Manila, April 25. Hale's brigade
McArthur's division, moved down the
right bank of the Quinqua river yes
terday to the vicinity of Calumpit, and
was joined by Wheaton's brigade on
tbe left bank. Hale encountered fierce
opposition driving the enemy with
heavy losses aod taking his entrench
ments in tbe flank. Hale's casualties
were six killed and 12 wounded.
"The division has now invested
Calumpit, which will be taken today.
Lawton with part of his command,
will 'reach Norzagaray this evening,
where he will be joined by the center
column from Bocave.
"Extreme heat, rain, high streams
and . bad roads made the march very
difficult. He bas oot met opposition
since-. leaving Novaliches. tbe enemy
retreating in his front south of and
near Manila. The enemy has a force
of 4,000, making demonstrations daily,
so can be easily taken care of.
It cannot communicate with tbe north.
Otis.'
MU MARKS OS VIOLKMCE.
Rmdir and
HelKmaa Died
of Ptomaine
Poisoning.
Astoria, April 27. The bodies of
W. T. Radir and P. C. Heikman were
brought from Seaside yesterday, and
an inquest was held this afternoon.
No new facts were learned, except the
testimony of Dr. J. A Fulton, who
made a post-mortem examination of
tbe bodies tbis morninir. He said
tbat he had found in each case severe
inflammation of the stomach, and that
the stomach of each was com-paritative-ly
empty, with the exception of a small
quantity of domestic onion in eaob.
No undigested food was found. - The
bodies were well
preserved and there
were no marks of violence or Injury,
Death, in his opinion, resulted from
an irritant poison that had been in
troduced into tbe stomach. Tbe kind
of poison was undoubtedly ptomaine.
which is caused by tbe putrefaction of
animal or vegetable matter. - Dr. Ful
ton was positive tbat the poison was
not arsenic or strychine, as the sym-
toms that accompany these poisons
were hot observed in the bodies. A
death resulting from a poison of this
kind, he said, was always preceded by
acute pain for several hours. While
the bodies were in a good state of
preservation, he believed that the men
had been dead for some time. The
jury did not arrive at a verdict, but
took an adjournment until the body
of A. J. Cloutrie, the fourth member
of the party, is found.
H. A. Smith, of Portland, who came
bere to take charge of W. T. Radtr's
body, returned witb It on the evening
train. In speaking of the party being
in tbe woods, Mr. Smith said tbat Mr.
Radir bad interested a party of Penn
sylvania capitalists in a large tract of
timber land comprising over 25,000
acres, principally in range 3 north,
townships 6, 7 and 8; that tbe purchase
would aggregate 1300.000. The men
who met tbeir death were in search of
a feasible grade to build a railroad
from this timber land to tide water, or
to connect witb tbe Astoria & Colum
bia River railroad .
MALOLOT TO BE EVACUATED.
Americans Will Make No Attempt to Hold
the City.
New Yohk, April 21. A dispatch
to the Herald from Manila says: ' The
movement of tbe American forces on
Calumpit has begun. General Hale's
brigade crossed the river at Quingua
and moved down the bank toward
uaiumpit. many insurgents were
driven from in front Of tbe line of I
march. Fifty of tbe enemy were killed
where the American loss was only one
killed.
It is reported that General MeAr
thur, with Wheaton's brigade and an
armored train, is waiting at Malolos
for tbe strategio moment for an ad
vance on Calumpit. This advance
from Malolos is momentarily expected
to begin. . .
Tbe town of Malolos will be evacu
ated, only the railway station being
held. ' The natives are returning
there in great numbers. All are pro
fessed n on combatants.
Tbe army gunboats being unable to
ascend the river and oo operate in the
movement on Calumpit have returned
to Manila. '
Copper Bias Plays Havoc
Birmingham, England, April 26.
The enormous rise in price of copper
is playing havoc with leading indus
tries in the Midlands. At Kynochs
batches of hundreds of men have been
discharged since th3 rise in tbe price
of tbe metal began, and now, instead
of 4000 men, only 2000 are at work
there. - The government has decided
not to give anv more orders for cart
ridge shells while present prices pre
vail, and orders have been issued
stopping all the work possible.
Strike at Coenr d'AIene,
Spokane, April 25. Miners in tbe
Coeur d'AIene country sturok today.
Tbe miners' union called out the
employes of Bunker Hill and Sullivan
mines at Wardner, and tbe miners of
the Last Chance mines also walked
out. Tbe men demand 83.50 per day
all around, and recognition of tbe
union.
Ask your grocer for Clark ftlFalk'a
flavoring eztract
Friday and Saturday in
g Ell
SILKS.
SILKS.
These two days will
to the sale of Piece
At : Low : Tide : Prices J
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Plain and Changeable Taffetlas at. ....73c 2
24-in. Check and Stripe Taffettas at... .93o
ST 28-in. Foulards.... 69c 3
E 20-in. Foulards.... .......33c 3
j Plaids, Stripes and Figured Taffettas. . 93c 3
SZ. High Novelties for
All remnants of Silks
Ladies' Silk Waists.
ALL GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES
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For uniformity in baking, per
fection in roastingimmensity
in water heating, greatness in
fuel saving, simplicity of con
struction, ease of management,
cleanliness in use, strength in
parts, certainty of no repair
bills, makes the best authorities
unanimous in their declara
tions that the
Majestic Steel Range
is the very best
exclusively by
Mays &
"Notice."
There will be a meeting of the
Wasco County People's Forest Pro
tective Association, held in Dufur on
Saturday, May 6th, at 1 o'clock P. U.,
to which all who feel interested in tbe
protection of tbe timber and water sup
ply ot Wasco county, are invited. .
I. D. Driver,
President.
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WUl Her Caw.
We are prepared to herd milch cowf
during the spring, summer and fall,
beginning April 1st, at II per month
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Furnished rooms to rent, also suits
of rooms suitable for housekeeping.
Apply to rooms 19 and 20, Chapman
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