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SATURDAY UNE 17,1899
' LAWS AGatNST TRUSTS.
The legislatures of a number of
state the most notable among which
are Texas. Missouri and Arkansas-
have passed strict anti-trust laws,
which, if they stand the test of
higher courts, will go a Ion? way
regulating unwholesome com-
ationaior toe purpose ui huiihuk
orodncta ana coniroung prices. . out
In Arkansas a federal court has already
rendered a ruling that will very great
ly moiify the construction of the law
provided the decision is sustained by
the appelate courts. The Arkansas
law went so far as to prevent ratine
agreements between insurance com
panies, and some of the companies
' closed ud their business in the state,
but a federal judge has come to their
relief by holding that such, rating
could only be prohibited by law when
made within the state, therefore those
institutions will remain and evade the
law simDlv bv establishing rates at
their home offices in other states.
By this decision a question is raised
that will probably go to the supreme
court of the United States for final ad
judication. The point raised is, has
a state the constitutional right to
create such an office as superintendent
of insurance and clothe it with powers
to regulate the business of fire and life
inaur&nce within its borders, and then
have the powers of that office limited
in the execution of its prescribed
duties to such acts as the companies
mii ftcree UDOn within . the state?
More fully illustrated the question is,
can a company or a number of com
panies organized under the laws of
i several of the states agree upon a poli
cy of doing a thing that is prohibited
by law in another, and because of that
agreement not be amendable to the
laws of the state in which they seek to
do an unlawful act because the unlaw
ful act was agreed to outside of the
jurisdiction of that state.
It is an established rule that a Btate
cannot go beyond its own limits to
punish an individual or corporation
for the violation of its laws; but a state
should have the power to " punish
either for violation of law within its
borders though the primary violation
occurred without the state. It should
have the power to determine as to the
qualification of such criminal parties to
carry on business in the state, and
punish them or exclude them from
doing business therein, although the
parties doing the business are non
residents or have authority from other
states. But a federal judge of Ar
kansas has decided that illegal rates
'made by insurance companies outside
do not exclude them from doing busi
ness in Arkansas or make them
amendable to the laws of the state.
If this is a good law it can be applied
, to all manner of trusts, and anti-trust
legislation would be void. If it can
be applied to insurance companies it
can be : applied to money lenders, for
Instance, and would make all usurv
laws invalid, as for instance, money
lenders doing business in Oregou
could incorporate under the laws of
Washington, enter into a combination
to not loan money for less than 20
per cent in this state, and their re
ceiving greater rates of interest than
the law allows could not be held to be
usury. Combines in all other Indus
tries could be made, and states would
bo left powerless to regulate them. It
is not probable, however, that the su
preme court of the United states will
sustain the decision of the Arkansas
judge.
A WOMAN'S HOTEL,
i Chicago is to have a woman's hotel,
conducted by women and exclusively
for women. It is to be called the
Laurel Club hotel, and its patrons are
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women and women travelers who may
chance to sojourn in the city by the
lake. The management. lt.rlra.
servants and all attaches, aside from
those required to do heavy work, will
be from the gentler sex and, incident
ally, chaperones are to be furnished
' for theater parties and outings, as the
necessities of the guests may require,
says the Spokesman Review.
This is not a new plan. It has been
tried before in several of the large
cities, but so far as is known, has not
. been an unqualified success. As con-
' spicuous a failure as any was the Park
Avenue hotel of New York, put up in
the interest, if we are not mistaken,
of the A. T. Stewart estate. It was a
magnificent structure with modern
appointments, and was designed ex-
jOnaf itaIit fip fr.TiA nsa nt arnmAn T2ia mA
and lodgings were offered at a little
above cost, and It was thought it
1 -S 1 4t1 . il I t - i ;
wuuiu oe iuu wi uveruvwm? wita an
army of thankful guests, who would
hasten to take advantage of such a
scheme of semi-philanthropy.
Somehow or other it proved a failure
. almost from the start. It became
necessary to institute a set of rules
and regulations which offended the
dignity of the worthy and proved to
be unpleasantly irksome to the frivo-
. lous. For the good repute of the house
pervision not unlike that in vogue in
a young ladies' seminary, and troubles
and tribulations over the interference
with personel freedom brought on
. 6U. mulls ftmuDf iua Kucebe iuu a yrau
. 1 1 .i ... j
ual falling off of patronage. Finally
It was decided that the original plan
could not be carried out, and for
Years the Park Avenue has been a
hostlery open to all respectable comers
nd with nn rAatrintfonfl &a to aex.
.The Chicago venture may make a
better showing, but the chances are
not all in its fayor. Theoretically the
project is a worthy one, and it is to be
hoped, for the sake of womankind.
that through it some practical good
nay be done. The difficulties to be
encountered are innumerable, and in
the work of offering entertainment to
the transient woman public of the
present day in a city of the size of
Chicago there will be obstacles to
overcome which some may regard as
nearly insurmountable. There must
be an assurance that the guests are
highly respectable, and this may lead
Co affronts; the question will arise as
to whether in the course of social de
mands or matters of business the
threshold may be crossed by one of
(he sterner sex; this ma result io an (
r
uncomfortable system of espionage
which would cause women with a high
sense of honor to shun the new cara
vansary. In fact, it is a question as
to whether there will, be the comfort,
freedom and indepennence of hotel
life wbich will guarantee sufficient
patronage to keep the establishment
open. The project is worthily con
ceived, and the objects sought highly
desirable; the only doubt is as to
whether the scheme is practicable
THE OHIO FARCE.
Satan quoting Scripture or reb'ikin
sin is often suggested as an illustra
tion of the refinement of hypocrisy
and the perfection of all confidence
games, but his Satanic Majesty will
henceforth have to take a back seat
and allow McKinley and Hanna first
place.
If McKinley were not seeking a re
election, the action of the Ohio coq
vention in denouncing trusts as un
lawful combinations, inimical to the
interests of the people, congratulating
the republican party of the state upon
putting an anti-trust law upon the
statute books, demanding the en
forcement of the law and then turning
down the present attorney-general of
the state because he attempted to en
force that law, we would be forced to
conclude that the performance was
done as a joke for the purpose of sat'
irizing the anti-trust professions
the republican party. But the fact
that President McKinley under whose
administration the ti ust boom devel
oped, and who has used the power
the government in every way to foster
trusts, and who not only expects the
continued support of every trust in tb
land, but depends upon money contri
butions from them to buy his election
removes all suspicion that the action
of the Ohio convention was designed
to be a joke, and clothes it in all th
seriousness of a confidence game
of
such unblushing effrontery that we do
not believe Satan will dispute the
claim of the writers of the Ohio plat'
form to first place among confidence
men.
Senator Foraker was in that con
vention. It is well known that Sena
tor Foraker is a Forakerman and
writhes under being obliged to play
second fiddle to the Hanna-McKinley
combine in the politics of the Buckeye
state. But the senator is bound to be
a close second to McKinley and Hanna
in rendering service to the trusts. In
the senate of the Unised States be is
the father, wet nurse and chief pro
moter of what is known as tbe Foraker
pooling bill, designed to create
gigantic ' railroad trust as big as
all other trusts combined, except
the money trust, for which McKinley,
Hanna and Foraker pull together
Hanna secured an indorsement for
his infamous ship subsidy bill whicn
contemplates an ocean transportation
trust, backed by the United States
treasury.
So the Ohio republicans are against
trusts, McKinley, Hanna, foraker and
all dead against trusts. Well, why
don't they crush them then?. What
are they waiting for? . What excuse
have they for complaining? They are
in power in both state and nation. All
branches of the federal government
and all branches of the Ohio state
government are in the hands of
McKinley, Hanna and Foraker. If
they are opposed to trusts, who don
they crush them?
These questions are given added
force when we realize that McKinley,
Hanna & Co. do not consider tbe
United States large enough to exhaust
their energies in providing good gov
em men t for the people. So they have
assumed the responsibility of cont uct-
ing a war of conquest in the Philip
pine islands and spurn to ask advice
from Congress in the matter.
The Ohio Republicans in conven
tion, under tbe guidance of Hanna,
McKinley and Foraker declaring
against trusts is a sight for gods and
men. McKinley, tbe trust president.
Hanna with a bill before congress to
open tbe United States Treasury to
create and sustain a monster ocean
transportation trust, so ingeniously
contrived that it will rob the people
and destroy competitors at the same
time, ana Foraker the author of a
bill to organize the railroads of the
United States into one buge -trust.
these combined lead an Ohio conven
tion and denounce trusts. If tbe
republican party did not have so much
gall, the action of the Ohio convention
would have created a gall famiue in
tbe party. National Watchman.
There never before was greater need
for a firm man of will in the White
House than at present. What is re
quired is a man who, since he has
determined upon a policy of holding
tho Philippines, will either enlist
enough soldiers to wipe out the insur.
rection at once, or treat with tbe
Filipinos for an honorable settlement.
rhe war at present is run in the in
terest of contractors who furnish
government supplies, and it is to their
Interest to prolong it indefinitely.
This seems possible under the vacil-
ating policy of the president, for he
will neither crush out the insurrec
tion by pouring in 100.000 men nor
will be treat with the insurgents for
surrender on terms they will accept.
The war could be closed in a week by
treaty with the Filipinos on lines of
reason, or the insurrection could be
crushed in two months by an armv of
sufficient magnitude. If our preslden
were not too deeply interested in the
contractors, or if we had a president
with the back bone of Lincoln or
Cleveland, he would adopt one of the
two policies and brio? hostilities to
sudden termination.
The recent military campaign in the
Philippines is the monumental blunder
of tbe age viewed from a military
standpoint. Our troops were safe in
possession of the city of Manila under
cover of the guns of our fleet, asd
there was no occasion to press the
fighting until a sufficiently large army
was provided to move in such force
that the insureents could be crushed
without unnecessary loss of life on
our part. But for some unaccountable
reason our volunteers were rushed to
the front regardless of consequences
and our army practically disabled with
out accomplishing any permanent re
sult.
The men of tbe cruiser Brooklyn
are going to celebrate July 3, the an
niversary of the destruction of Cer
veras fleet, and as both Sampson and
Schley have been Invited to be present,
there may be . a clearing of matters
recently in dispute, and a final solution
of the query as to who won that
famous naval battle.
For the rood name of the state of
Wyoming it is to be hoped that tbe at
tempt to clean out the celebrated Hole-in-the-Wall
will meet with gratifying
success lathe shape of an abundant
harvest.
SUCCJSSS OF PENNY SAVINGS
Some time ago penny savings so
cieties were organized in a number of
the cities of the country, the aim of
which was to cultivate the habit of
saving among young people, and par
ticularly among school children. Tbe
scheme provided for camp cards, UDOn
which anybody could be given credit
for every small coin wbich he desired
to save. When a sufficient number of
these coins were accumulated, an ac
count could be opened at a regular
savings bank. The schema added a
total of 816,588.70 to the savings lank
deposits of Chicago in the first four
months of the current year. The
amount was made up of exceedingly
small sums. The average was about
8 cents apiece for the school children
of tbe city, though, of course, very
many of the 200,000 pupils of the
schools made no contribution to the
fund. Tbe manufacturers of chewing
gum. the purveyors of penny grab-bags
and dealers in catch-penny devices
generally are among thosb who are
opposed to tbe scheme as conducive
to juvenile parsimony. Oregooian.
In the above tbe Oregonlan has un
wittingly produced a most forcible
argument in favor of a proposition it
has ever declared impracticable ana
illogical tbe postal savings'' bank
system. What has been accomplished
by tbe savings societies of Chicago
would have been multiplied many
times bad there been a postal savings
bank system In that city. If the oper
ation of tbe savings society in Chi
cago, in the brief space of four months,
will encourage the school children of
that city to lay aside $16,588 70, or a
little more than 8 cents for each of
the 200,000 school children, many of
whom we are told made no deposits.
what would be the result if postal
savings banks were opened that
would receive on depoait the savings
of all?
Tbe institution of the savings so
ciety In Chicago has roused the op
position of chewing gum manufac
turers and other eaten-penny pur
veyors, because it instills into the
children a desire to save and to put
their odd pennies away where they
will accumulate. The proposition to
establish postal savings banks meets
the opposition not only of the same
class of people, but also that of the
more dangerous class, the usurers and
the people who live off the govern
ment those who speculate in govern
ment bonds and who control the
finances of tbe nation through the
leverage which the improvidence of
tbe masses makes possible.
This class well knows that when
ever a thorough postal savings banks
system is Instituted tbelr trade will
be gone, for the credits of tbe nation
will no longer be carried by tbe mil
lionaires, but by the wage earners and
thee hildren of tbe country. Wnenever
means are afforded for receiving small
deposits where tbe security is abso
lutely safe, the wage earner, when he
receives his salary, will, after deduct
ing his expenses, deposit the re
mainder with the government banks.
and the little children will, instead of
spending tbe few cents occasionally
bestowed upon them for useless trifles,
take them to the postoffice and receive
their certificates of deposit. The
government being compelled to pay
interest upon such deposits will flod
it necessory to invest tbem in some
thing earning an interest, and being
an Interest payer will take up its own
credits the outstanding interest
bearing bonds retaining of the de
posits only, enough to constitute a
reasonable reserve sufficient to meet
liable immediate demaqda. - -
With such a prospect in sight, it is
little wonder that the bond buyers and
usurers, also the press which repre
sents them, should denounce tbe postal
savings banks proposition as a heresy,
an illogical scheme of fanatics. For
they well know that the 75,000,000
people of tbe United States would in
one year deposit enough of their
savings to take up all of the outstand
ing interest bearing debt of tbe na
tion. When this were done, the
speculators in government necessities
would haye to seek a market for their
money, and would come in competl
tion with the usurer who speculates
off tbe needs of the common people
More than this, tbe ueurer views the
situation with alarm, because he
knows if a spirit of economy Is instilled
into the mat sea, they will, instead of
wasting their surplus, lay it away for
future use, hence in times of .depres
sion no longer need to borrow, bis
money- will go begging, or will com
mand a greatly reduced rate of in
tesest.
Statisticians estimate that each
year wage earners spend dtuble the
amount of the national debt for drink
VVere.they encouragec by institution
of postal savings banks to deposit half
this amount, there would be less want
in the country, and in times of de
pressioo there would be little need of
borrowing to bridge over until times
Improve. The ordinary wage earner
not naturally profligate, but be
acquires wasteful habits from force of
circumstances. When at tbe end of
tbe week or month he receives his
salary, after paying his expenses, there
little surplus left, so little tbat he
considers it of small value, and know
ing the ud stability of private savings
banks, he feels little encouragement
to deposit his surplus there, possibly
to be squandered by dishonest bank
officials, hence he squanders the lim
ited surplus himself. Then the sav
ings bank is not within reach of all
wage earners. There being business
for tbem only in the larger cities,
there they are only to be found; but
with a system of postal savings banks,
they would be opened in every hamlet
and country postoffice to receive the
deposits of all. They too would have
tbe confidence of the people, for no
body ever, lost a cent by loaning
money to the United States and tbe
fact tbat government is tbe creditor,
would serve as an incentive to place
savings in its keeping.
Since the penny savings societies
have proven such a success, as tbe re
port from Chicago indicates, why
should not the postal savings bank
prove much more successful? Why
should not the government do some
thing for the people, and give tbem an
opportunity not only to deposit their
limited savings In tbe nations strong:
box, but also to carry the national
debt?
BOUGHT A "GOLD BRICK."
Germaay purchased the Carolines
from Spain for $5,000,000. The money
has been paid and tbe goods delivered,
it is different in the case of the
purchase of the Philippines. Uncle
Sam bas parted with bis money but
the goods are not yet delivered. It
does look as if our Uncle bas pur
chased a "gold brick" with tbe usual
result. The Carolines, which Ger
man has purchased, are tbe remain
ing islands in tbe Pacific owned by
Spain. Guam, one of tbe Caroline
group, was taken by the cruiser Char
leston, with the aid of tbe Oregon
volunteers as she was proceeding to
Manila last year. Since then it bas
been the property of the United States.
Quam is said to be the principal island
in the group. It possesses a fine har
bor, and will be valuable as a naval
ajd coaling station. Guam, in truth,
is one of the Ladrone group, but both
the Lad rones and the Falaos islands
are frequently included under the
term Carolines. Germany's purchase
covers the Caroline islands, Palaos
and Ladrone islands, with the excep
tion of Guam. East Oregonian.
FIGHT ON BANKRUPTCY LA W.
It is said tbat a strong movement is
un foot to repeal tbe national bank
ruptcy law, those especially desirous
of bringing about this repeal being
the wholesalers and jobbers in Chi
cago. They claim that under the law
it is too easy to avoid paying honest
debts and tbat lenient privileges are
being taken advantage of to get free
from old obligations only to contract
new and larger ones.
Since tbe federal law went into effect
people in every state and territoty
have availed themselves of its provi
sions. Up to tbe present time it is
estimated that over $60,000,000 in old
debts have been wiped out through
bankruptcy proceedings. In New
York city 575 persons have been dis
charged of an indebtedness of $19,000.
000; Chicago reports 400, with $6,000,
000 debts: Minneapolis 260, with
$4.0o0.000 debts; Omaba 237, with
$600,000 debts; Pittsburg 100, with 86,
000.000 debt3; Louisville 184, with
$1,500,000 debts; San Francisco 70,
with $870,000 debts; Seattle 35, with
$1 ,200,000 debts.
From nearly all the federal court
dis'.ric'.s which have jurisdiction there
are favorable reports as to the opera
tion of the law, and it has generally
given satisfaction. There is little
evidence that an undue advantage is
being taken of It by Insolvents, and
while the amount of liabilities wiped
out is said to be large, it is explained
tbat tbe greater part-of it is made up
of old debts tbat would never have
been collected anyway.
It Is not very probable that the law
will be repealed. Its enactment came
about only after many years of stub
born effort and tbe consideration of
many bills, and it is not unlikely tbat
It will be as difficult to get a repeal as
it was to secure tbe original passage
of the law. Until it has had a fair
trial and can be shown to be harmful
until it i3 used as a means to practice
gross fraud the demand will be tbat it
remain on the statute book.
The ability to be relieved from debts
contracted through tbe demoralizing
period of boom aod the subsequent era
of depression will be the making of
many a man. Loaded down with a
mountain of obligation from which
there is no release, the average per
son cau see nothing but an unequal
struggle with slight chance of victory.
There is no hope, no encouragement,
no faith in once more becoming a free
man. it is a future black aod cheer
less with shattered ambitions, de
spondency and a broken spirit.
Bankruptcy gives a man a fighting
chance; puts blm on his feet without
debts, even if be bas no capital, and
equips him with a clean slate and some
hopes for the future. His creditors
are, no doubt losers, but they would
probably get nothing in any event.
Little can be gained by holding an
eternal mortgage over an unfortunate
who, debt ridden, find all progress
barred, but relieved of the burden,
gets new courage and bas a chance to
accomplish something.
Tbe present law may possibly need
amendment in some particulars, but
tbe operation of its general principles
will be for good. The number of cases
n bankruptcy will grow less and less,
and the law will undoubtedly have a
good effect in putting a stop to tbe
reckless extension of credit which
characterized business dealings during
the past decade and to which in no
small degree present heavy insolvency
is due. It should be recollected that
the country bas gone through one of
the roost serious financial periods in
its history, and tbat unusual leniency
was necessary to bring about relief and
a return to normal coonltions. With
an opportunity to start ouo anew, wild
better prospects, more careful methods
of business, a sharper scrutiny of
2redltsand less wild speculation there
will be a healthier state of affairs in
the business world, and the passage
of tbe bankruptcy law will be one
reason for it. Spokesman-Review.
THE OREGON PIONEERS.
This has been pioneer week in the
state. The sturdy old fathers and
mothers of Oregon have congregated
at various placas to rsceraeut their
friendship and talk over the trying
scenes that surrounded tbe first settle
ment of the west. The principal re
union' assembled in Portland on
Wednesday aod Thursday, where
some 600 gray-haired men and women
congress ted to attend the meeting of
the Oregon Pioneers Association.
When one views those old men and
women, whose numbers are gradually
being thinned, he cannot but
admire tbelr grandure and reflect
upon what a noble and daring class
of people they have been. Fifty years
ago, when the emigrant reached
the Mississippi rlyer with his face
turned toward the setting sun he
looked Into a wilderness beyond,
fraught with danger, deprivation and
suffering. Behind he left tbe home
and friends of his childhood, civiliza
tion, comfort. Ahead he could not
read the future or fortell whether life
or death awaited him. It took stout
hearts and sterling characters to go
boldly forth into such a wilderness and
embark upon a journey into an unknown-world.
The weak and timid
faltered tbey turned back to civili
zation, while the more courageous
forged ahead and brought civilization
with tbem.
Such were the men and women who
crossed the "plains," drove the wild
men out of Oregoo,and laid the corner
stone on which this great common'
wealth was founded. They were men
and women possessing every quality
required of home builders a grand
race of neople who toiled that we
might enjoy the fruits of their labor.
Tbey are men and women whom we
may all honor, and whom we should
assist to make their declining years
pleasant.
Democracy bas lost one of its great
leaders. Richard Parks Bland,
"Silver Dick" as he was called, bas
passed away. Mr. Bland was a great
and good man; he was a representative
of the people; a true American citizen.
His death Is a loss to the nation as
well as to bis part.
SHARKS AND GRAFTERS.
So many opportunities are held out
in this government for grafts -that
around the national capital has con
gregated a class of attorneys known
as claim agents, who live off those
having claims against the government
and thisclass is becoming so numerous
and so persistent are there efforts, that
it is next to impossible to get a claim
allowed without giving tbem a fee.
The old soldier who has served bis
country in the past and is entitled to a
pension, must first fee one of these
sharks to get it, and even the brave
sillor who served under Dewey and
Sampson must give them a tip, before
they can receive the bounties they
earned at Manila and Santiago. A
recent Washington dispatch says:
"Tbe court of claims has decided
to make special cases for bounty of
the sailors of Dewey's and Sampson's
fleets, and there is every prospect tbat
the men will succeed in getting their
money at the present term of court.
After consultation with the attorneys
and with the judge advocate-general's
office of tbe navv department, tbe
court has arranged a set of rules
which will greatly facilitate the set
tlement of these claims. The at'
torneys for tbe claimants have notified
the court officers and tbe navy depart
ment tbat they have arrauged to
collect the claims for a commission of
not more than 10 to 15 per cent instead
of the 50 per cent commission that
was at first demanded in some cases.
This bit of information illustrates
that there Is a cog loose somewhere
in our governmental affairs. The law
is plain that provides the payment of
certain bead bounties to the officers
and sailors of the navy for the capture
of prisoners or vessels during en
gagements, and the services of at
torneys should not he required for the
collection tbereof. Tbe court of claims
is or should be in possession of all tbe
facts in as concise a form as any at
torney could present them, and to
subject to parties holding the claims
to tbe necessity of feeing attorneys in
such cases is abominable; a clean rob
bery of the officers and sailors. They
have earned certain bounties by their
valor, the court of claims is cognizant
of the facts, and thorn should be no
need of an attorney to present the
claims, and if there is need of such a
functionary bis fee ought not be taken
from the amounts due the men but be
paid by tbe government. But there is
a lot of sharks around tbe capital who
must be fed, and tbey are sustained by
those who have earned pay from the
government should be paid without
feeing the grafters. If they are per
mitted to pursue their calling in the
future as in the past, it will be only a
question of time when everyemployein
the service of the government will
have to pay one of these grafters a fee
before he can collect his wages.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Just, now it is a question what the
state of Kentucky is most celebrated
for her fine horses, beautiful women,
good whisky or family feuds.
Poultney ' Bigelow is telling the
people something about Algerism, and
tbe unfortunate part of it is that what
he bas been uttering are cold, hard,
unvarnished chunks of truth'.
So far as strikes are concerned,
Cleveland seems to be about as sorely
harrassed by these unfortunate troubles
as any other city in the country. It is
an extraordinary year when she
doesn't have to wrestle with a lockout
of some kind.
The assassination of General Luna
will make Aguinaldo's road a much
harder one to travel than ever. If he
is not very careful of himself as, bow
ever, he seems to be he may soon
meet tbe same fate at the hands of
Luna's partisans.
Count Christiani has been sentenced
to four years' imprisonment for
smashing President Loubet's hat.
At that rate, it be bad smashed the
president's head, be would have "gone
up" for life. Perhaps the next ram
pant royalist will let Mr. Loubet's hat
alone.
Dewey cables that the money col
lected to buy him a house should be
used for establishing a home for sailors,
In matters of this sort it seems tbat it
is as easy for Dewey to decide what is
tbe proper thing to do as it was to pass
batteries at night, destroy a Spanish
fleet or send a German admiral about
bis business.
fittsourg would nave been a way
station, and Lowell a country village
had it not been for manufacturing
Industries that were instituted there
Neither of those great cities have the
natural advantages for manufacturing
that are possessed by The Dalles. If
we would be like those great cities we
will start factories going here, even if
we haye to do it with local capital.
Tacoma and Seattle people know
which side of their bread is buttered,
or at least which side may be buttered.
Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana, one of
the most influential members of tbe
senate, is visiting tbe sound cities, and
they haye started a Fairbanks' presi
dential boom. They have taffied him
all right, and as a result Tacoma and
Seattle get anything tbey want in the
senate that Mr. Fairbanks can give.
The Nicaragua canal commission
has made its final report, and the es
timated cost of constructing canal and
locks from Brito, on the Pacific coast,
to Lake Nicaragua, and from the lake
toGreytown, and the Atlantic coast,
is $11,113,790. At the next session of
congress, an effort will be made to get
an appropriation for that amount, and
if it is not passed, there will be i
warming up of Pacific coast represen
tatlves and senators.
The dream of universal peace van
isbes more into tbe distance the longer
the conference at The Hague continues
to sit. Germany refuses to consider
the arbitration proposition and Eng
land Is by no means ready to spike her
cannons. Evidently the nations of
tbe world are not ready to say tbat
difierences will be settled without a
resort to arms. There is yet too
much humanity in the world to expect
universal peace to prevail.
What might have been expected is
occurring in Cuba. Having been op
pressed for years by Spain, the Cubans
are naturally suspicious of alt man
kind, hence they have little confidence
In tbe promises of good government
offered tbem by representatives of the
United States. As a result, whenever
a Cubrn soldier comes in and gives up
his arms and receives his $75, he goes
straight away and buys another gun,
putting himself in a position that he
can ogbt 11 tnings ao not go to suit
him.
General Corbln bas endeavored to
create the impression tbat the volun- ,
teer army in tbe Philippines was
heartily in sympathy with the war and
was anxious to remain in the islands;
but it appears that tbe enthusiasm of
the volunteers is not so great as it
might be, for not a singlo regiment
that has been given an opportunity to
come home has refused. Even tbe
regulars, we are told on good au
thority, are tiring of their job and are
looking forward hopefully to the time
when their enlistment shall expire.
They have lerrned that the Philippine
islands is not a paradise.
BOOTED Tan IN8CKUKNT8.
Captain Cable Maue a Brilliant Move
Against tha Bnemjr.
Manila, June 15.--Captain Cable,
of General Whtaton's staff, with three
companies of the Twenty-first regi
ment, reconnoitered in tbe direction
of ItaUB. The rebels, who' were ap
parently expecting an attack, retired,
leaving behind them 20 Spanish
prisoners, who joined the Americans.
The rebels have probably gone to tbe
mountains along tbe lake. According
to tbe native stories, they carried 100
dead and 300 wounded through Bacoor
after tbe recent battle. Tbe natives
are now flocking into Bacoor. and it is
probable there are many soldiers in
plain clothes among them. Tbe whole
section is practically without food,
and General Otis has ordered the dis
tributlon of rice and beef to the Inhab
itants. Many people still refuse to
credit the stories of assassination of
General Luna by a guard at Aguin
aldo's headquarters.
THE COLORADO STRIKE.
Thirty Thonsond Men Will Be Thrown
Out of Employment.
Denver, June 15. Thirty thousand
men in Colorado will be out of work
within the next three days unless
steps are taken to end the strike of
tbe smelter employes. The Omaba
& Grant, and the Globe in Denver, the
Bimettallio and the Arkansas Valley
at Leadyllle, and the Eilers and
tbe Colorado smelters at Pueblo are
closed. Tbe Argo smelter in Denver
has complied with the eight-hour law
and is still running. TbeGuggenbelm
smelter, at Pueblo, also is running.
Tbe closed works are under guard,
but nowhere have they made any dem
onstration. At Central City the men
employed in the stamp mills are ex
peeled to strike today. The Porter
Fuel Company at- Durango has closed
throwing 150 men out of work.
Should tbe mines close all over the
state, 5000 railroad men would be
thrown out of employmeot.
NO IfOBE AUTOMOBILES.
Tbey Cannot Travel on the Chicago
Boulevards.
Chicago, June 15. Tbe South Park
commissioners have issued an order
excluding from tbe driveways and
boulevards all vehicles propelled by
electricity. Tbis rule applies to pleas
ure automobiles as well as to those
used by mercantile concerns.
Tbe main reason for tbe action of
the commission was the alleged effect
of tbe machines upon the horses, the
animals, it is claimed, becomlug fright
ened at tbe sight of the automobiles
and threatening tbe lives of the occu
pants of other carriages as well as pe
destrians and cyclists.
On the south aide, the number of
automobiles run into tbe hundreds,
and tbe owners are making vigorous
objections to giving up the pastime.
Asked For Cessation.
San Francisco, June 15. At a
mass meeting held in the Metropolitan
temple under the auspices of the labor
council building, trades council and
affiliated unions, a srtong protest was
made against the maintenance of
military rule at Wardner. Idaho.
Addresses were made by ex-Congress
man Maguire, Judge Higbton, P. H.
McCarthy and others. Mayor Phelan
and C. L. Patton sent letters of regret,
expressing sympathy with' the object
of tbe meeting.
Resolutions were adopted protesting
against the acts of Governor Steunen
berg and General Merrlam, calling on
President McKinley "to order the ces
sation of the usurpation of power by
the military," and requesting con
gress to ask for a congressonal investi
gation. .
The Venesnela Commission.
Paris, June 15. Tbe first formal
meeting of the Venezuela arbitration
commission convened this morning.
The arbitrator's counsel and others
began assembling at tbe foreign office
shortly before 11. Tbey were received
by tbe minister of foreign affairs, M
Deliesse. Their rooms are the same
used by the Spanish-American peace
commiselon. Tbe arbitrators took
their seats soon after 11 o'clock
Chief Justice Fuller and Richard Henn
Collins, lord justice of appeals, sitting
on the right of Professor Demartins,
umpire, and Baron Russell, of Kilowen,
lord chief justice of England, and
Justice David J. Brewer sitting at his
left hand.
Otla Organ Ulna- Regiment.
Washington, June 15. Pursuing a
policy determined upon some months
ago, General Otis is organizing three
regiments in the Philippines composed
of officers and men of the state volun
teers who desire to remain in the
service. The army bill authorized
this kind of enlistment in the Philip
pines. General Otis and tbe volun
teer officeas in the Philippines have
been consulting to see how many men
will enlist.
The number has not been very large
as there seerrs to be a desire on the
part of the volunteers to return to the
United States with tbelr organizations.
Blchard Bland la Dead.
St. Louis, June 15. A . Post-Dis
patch special from Lebanon, Mo., says
tbat Hon. Richard Parks Bland died
at his home near Lebanon at 4:30 A.
M. peacefully and without apparent
suffering.
Mr. Bland returned borne when con
gress adjourned in March, and soon
suffered a relapse from an attack of la
grippe. For more than two months
he has been confined to bis borne, aod
bis health, has gradually declined.
His family Is prostrate with grief and
all tbe community is bereaved. Tbe
funeral will take place Saturday,
services being conducted by the Ma
sonic order.
Panama Canal Commission.
Washington, June 15. The mem
bers of the commission appointed by
tbe president to examine into tbe
question of the most feasible route
across the Isthmus of Panama mot
this morning in the Corcoran build
ing. Admiral Walker was elected
president, after which tbe commission
called upon tbe president in a body to
pay their respects. Later they went
to the state department and called up
do.
on Secretary Hay, with whom they
discussed some of the details and plans
of the work before tbem.
LIFE AND PROP
ERTY DESTROYED
Several Wisconsin Towns
Almost Wiped Out
of Existence By
the Storm.
St. Paul,, June 13. Scores of per
sons were killed the number may
reach into the hundreds and hundreds
of thousands of dollars worth of prop
erty were destroyed by a cyclone that
swept across the Mississippi valley
east and slightly north of this city
last night, practically annihilating
the village of New Richmond and
causing great property loss at Hudson,
Wis., and at Hastings, Minn., aod in
tbe section of country lying between.
How great bas been the loss of life,
it is impossible to tell, for the storm
has Interrupted communication with
Hudson and New Richmond and re
ports have come in a roundabout way.
One man wbo was at New Richmond
when the storm struck, however, J.
D. Carrol, has reached Stillwater,
Mipn., and from there has given Out a
graphic description of the destruction
of tbe Wisconsin town.
New Richmond, a village of 2,000
inhabitants, according to hU story
was razed by the storm and soon after
in flames, the injured persons pinned
in the wreckaga being likely to die by
fire. The town was crowded with
people who had come from the sur
rounding country to see a circus show
log there, and this fact added to the
dastruction of life caused by the storm.
All tbe botols ol the village were
filled with guests.
Damage to railroads and telegraph
and telephone lines is widespread.
Tbe running of trains has been inter
fered with and communication with
points In the path of the storm cut
off. Latest reports estimate the loss
of life at New Richmond at 250, and
some put tbe figures as high as 500.
Throughout the region of the storm,
crops have been destroyed. Grain
bas been torn out by the roots or
beaten into the soil. Trees have
been uprooted or snapped off like
straws. Fields and roads have been
flooded and sections of railroads on all
lines passing through the storm sec
tion wasbed out.
MANILA rLEKI ENGAGED.
Seven Warships tteqnlred to Silence
Enemies Unas.
Manila, June 13. At daylight today-
rebels at Cavite Viejo dropped
two shells from a big smooth bore gun
mounted in front of the church in
the navy yard. The only damage done
was splintering the top of the huge
shears on the Mole. The gunboats
Callao, Manila and Moquito then pro
ceeded to dismount the guns. After
sllenclog tbe big guns at Cavite Viejo
tbe gunboats ran close along the shore
bombarding the rebel position. The
rebels replied with rifle fire and with
the fire of some small pieces of artil
lery. . So vigorous was the enemy's fire at
9:20 A. M., that the gunboat Helena
joined the small gunboat already
named and tbe Princeton, Monterey
and Monadnock, from their anchor
ages, dropped occasional big shells
among the rebels. This apparently
only served to incite the rebels as tbey
kept up an Incessant fire of musketry
and artillery near tbe mouth of Zapote
river, two miles north of Bakoor.
Tbe fire of all seven warships was
concentrated on this point shortly
after noon, when tbe upper bay pre
sented tbe appearance of being the
scene of a great nayal battle. Tbe in
surgents were eventually forced to
abandon their guns, after holding out
for four hours, only to be confronted
by General Lawtoo's force on land and
in their rear where there was heavy
fighting. Beyond the destruction
of several buildings along the
water front, the effect of the bombard
ment is not known.
JAPAH BECOMES AN ALLY TO CHINA
Will Give Back Men-of-War Captured Hot
Long Ago.
San Francisco, June 13. A Seattle
special says: A well-authenticated story
comes from Japan to the effect that
all of tbe men-of-war captured from the
Chinese in the late war between tbe
two countries are to be returned to tbe
Chinese government. . This is part of
the policy decided on by Japan to pro
tect her neighbor from the inroads of
tbe powers. It is said that the only
requirement to be made is that China
invest so many millions in new war
vessels, to be built under Japanese
direction.
The Japanese government sends out
notification tbat the government naval
yards will no longer do repair work on
foreign or native merchantmen, ex
cept In case of emergency. It Is pointed
out tbat private docks have been con
structed .sufficient , to do the work.
Tbe Hong Kong papers see trouble
ahead if the dowager empress and
Generalissimo Junglu insist upon hold
ing tbe proposed review of 200,000
Chinese braves at Peking. Various
legations have advised against the re
view, as calculated to endanger foreign
interests
Most discouraging reports are reach
ing Japan from the plague-stricken
districts of Formosa. Tbe island is
being depopulated to a great extent by
the terrible disease.
Otla Reports the Battle.
Washington, June 13. The fol
lowing cablegram has been received
from General Otis:
''Manila, June 13. Adjntant-Gen-
eral, Washington:
"Lawton's troops had a severe en
gagement today with tbe enemy in a
strongentrenchment at the crossing of
Zapote river., near Bacor, Cavite
province. Has driven tbe enemy
back with a heavy loss. Our casualties
are some du. insurgents In this
southern section were not molested
until they threatened an attack in
strojg force on Manila. They are
now scattered and in retreat. It is
doubtful if they make further stand."
Assassination of General Luna.
Manila, June 13. Information ba-
lieved to be reliable bas reached here
of the assassination of General Luna
and his aide-de-camp, Lieutenant
Pasco Ramon, June 8, by Aguinaldo's
guard at the headquarters of Aguinal
Luna and Ramon, it appears, went
to tbe Filipino headquarters to confer
with Aguinaldo, got into analterca-J
tion with tbe captain of the guard and
one of them drew a revolver. The
guard then killed Luna and Ramon
with their bayonets.
THE DEAD NOT RECOVERED.
An Organised search (Soon to Begin Sup
plies to be Distributed.
New Richmond, Wis., June 14. No
bodies were recovered from tbe tornado
ruins last night. Tbe work is being
abandoned on account of a heavy rain
and exhaustion of the working parties.
No organized movement looking to
the recovery of the dead or the dis
tribution of supplies has been inaugu
rated as yet, but order is finally be
ginning to show amid tbe chaos and
demoralization, which bas prevailed
since tbe storm. Tbe militia Is patrol
ling the business section of 'the town,
and nobody is pertnitted inside the
lines.
It is expected the task of looking for
tbe dead will proceed with greater suc
cess than yesterday. Tbe number still
in the ruins is variously estimated
from 50 to 100.
All morning long lunerals were
passing through the town. There
were no hearses and the dead were
carrlsd to the graves In grocery wagons.
No more bodies have been recovered'
up to noon.
LAWTON'sliCTORY
AT CAVITE
Fifteen Hundred Were
Killed and Captured.
Washington, June 15 General
Otis cabled today the following:
Manila, June 15. Adjutant Gen
eral, Washington; The success of
Lawton's troops in Cavite province
was greater than reported yesterday.
Tbe enemy numbered over 4,000. Tbe
killed, wounded and captured are
more than one-third, and the remain
der are much scattered, having re
treated south to Imus, their arsenal
or nve pieces ol artillery, inree were
captured. The navy aided greatly on
the shore of tbe bay, landing forces
occasionally. Tbe inhabitants in that
country rejoice at the deliverance and
welcome with enthusiastic demonstra
tions the arrival of our troops."
Tbe war department bulletins the
following:
"Manila, June 15. Adjutant-Gen-ertl,
Washington: A prominent
Filipino, friendly to the Americans,
bas been assassinated at Cebu. Tbe
inhabitants of that locality are urgent
ly requesting Amerlcau protection in
stronger force. Have sent a battalion
of Tennesseeans and two guns from
UIo'Ulo which insures peace. Hughes
is now In charge of affairs in tbat
section. Otis."
Jeffries Wants Bla Boy Licked.
Los Angeles. Cal., June 14. Mr.
Jeffries, father of the world's champion
pugilist, in an address to a. crowd on a
street corner in this city from a rickety
old wagon, said:
"I'm opposed to prizefighting. I
don't believe in it. But Jim will keep
it up until be gets thrashed. Then
he'll quit. He'll keep it up long
enough but he'll get licked. He'll
keep up his devllmeot until he gets
licked and then he quit and come to
salvation. I'1 wish him to get licked
if be was going to fight three minutes
from now."
Colombia's Trial Trip.
Bristol, R. I., June 14. The work
of stepping the masts of the Colunbla
has been suocessfuly accomplished,
and tbe force of riggers have done
their work. The Defender bas been
pulled out on the railway from which
tbe Columbia was launched, and men
are clearing her underbody. Tbe
Oregon mast of tbe Columbia is not as
large but is more graceful than tbe
steel mast of the Defender, and appears
to be fully four feet taller than the
latter.
A Stubborn Ight.
Manila, June 13. Fighting at Las
Pin as continued hotly all day long.
Law ton called out the whole force of
3000 men and at 5 o'clock he was only
able to push the Insurgents back 500
yards to tbe Zapote river, where tbey
are entrenched. The insurgents re
sisted desperately and aggressively.
Tbey attempted to turn the left flank
of the American troops. American
loss conservatively estimated at 60.
Tbe battle continues.
. Dewey at Singapore.
Singapore, Straits Settlement,
Juno 14. admiral Dewey landed. here
this afternoon from the Olympia,
which arrived here June 11, and bade
farewell to Governor Mitchell. Tbe
admiral sails tomorrow for Columbia,
Ceylon. He will probably visit tbe
hilW of Ceylon for the benefit of bis
health. The officers Of tbe Olympia
were entertained at dinner last even
ing by the officers of the garrison here.
General King Sick.
Tacoma, June 13. Brigadier-Gen
eral Charles King, recently returned
from Manila, is suffering from malarial
fever contracted in the Philippines.
He Is is ill in this city at tbe borne of
his cousin, Mrs. Philip Kershaw, and
bas canceled bis engagements to lec
ture in this and other neighboring
cities.
Deyfna' farewell to Devil's Island.
London, June 14. Tbe correspond
ent of tbe Daily Telegraph at Cayenne,
French Guiana, says: "Last Friday
when Dreyfus was embarking, he cast
a long, tearful look upon the prison
and said: 'Excuse my natural emotion.
I bave long been accustomed to tbat
little piece of land, and I have very
much loved its good and affable popu
lation." Peaee Conference.
The Hague, June 14. It is now ex
pected tbe peace conference will not
adjourn before tbe middle of July, as
itis'tbought the labors of the dele
gates will not be finished before that
time, and there is tbe additional
question of tbeacceptance of decisions
adopted by tbe conference.
Another Town Btrnek.
Omaha, Neb., June 14. Tbe tornado
wbich struck Herman also wrecked
several bouses at Dane Hollow. Two
persons were killed and ten are re
ported severely injured. Dead: Peter
son, boy; Mrs. Hans.
Notice to Farmers.
The Daisy McCormack reaper and
McCormack mower will be handled
this season by Jos. T. Peters & Co., at
The Dalles, where extras can also be
found.
The McCobmack Machine Co.
mU 2m
ALL BUT LUZON ,
PEACEFUL
Aguinaldo the Only Dis
quieting Factor Lacks
Influence Except
in Luzon.
New York, June, 14. President
Schurman, of '.he Philippine commis
sion, is expected to gather (some valu
able information In his proposed visit
to the several islands of tha Philippine
archipelago, says a Washington cor
respondent of the Tribune.
In the bushwhacking of Aguinaldo
and bis followers around Manila,
which makes American military opera
tlons necessary, the fact is generally
overlooked that other parts of the
archipelago have accepted American
authority unreservedly, and that no
trouble Is anticipated establishing an
American government there. It is a
curious circumstance tbat Ihe most
favorable conditions are reported to
exist in the Sulu group. - President
Scburman has not indicated definitely
whether It Is bis Intention to visit the
group, but the supposition Is tbat be
desire to learn tbe situation there.
In March General Otis reported tbat
the Spanish garrison was still main
tained in tbe group, but this was a
temporary arrangement, and tbe gar
rison was expected to retire later. The
Sulus are Mahometans, but they are
said to be most favorable to American
authority, and with proper encourage
ment r.hv are likely to prove tract
able. Those naval and military
officials In the Philippines have
written interestedly of the prospects
in this part of th e archipelago. Tbey
have been almost unanimous In their
opinion that although the people were
Mohametana there were few difficulties
in the way of assimilating them to
American Institutions.
Professor Worcester, during his
residence in the Philippines, spent
some time among the Sulus, but the
members of tbe civil commission -have
had no opportunity to learn by person
al investigation what the prospects
are. Tbe reports have been uniform
in saying tbat the saltan was anxious
for American protection. Spanish
authority, while never established
throughout the Islands, was nominally
acknowledged.
The sultan is said to bave some ad
vanced notions of civilization.
The inhabitants of the Suluj are
said to be industrious, but they are
widely scattered, aod the native chiefs
demand and receive too large a pro
portion of the fruits of tbelr labor.
Oregon Boys a tart Borne.
Manila, June 14, il:45 a. m The
first American volunteers started for
home today, tbe transports Newport
and Ohio carrying the Oregon regi
ment and tbe First volunteer signal
corps . 1 hey sail for San Francisco by
way of Nagasaki Japan, and are ex
pected to arrive at tbelr destination
July 12.
The Oregon regiment left here 62
dead being the total of its . men . killod
in battle and dead from disease as a
result of tbe year's campaign. The
troops were cheered as the transports
steamed out of the harbor.
THE NEW MINING COMPANY.
Three
Prominent Dalles
Men the Ineor-
pnrators. .
Articles of incorporation wore filed
in the county clerk's office yesterday
for the Antelope Gold and Silver
Mining Co. with a capital stock of
$150,000.00 divided into one million
five hundred thousand ; (1,500,000)
shares valued at 10 cents each. The
incorporators were W. N. Wiley, R.
E. Saltmarabe and J. B. Crossen and
tbe principal office of the compaoy
wlil be located at Tbe Dalles, Oregon.
It is tbe Intention of the incorporat
ors to sell enough stock for developing
the valuable mines near Antelope and
putting In a large stamp mill.
There is no reason to doubt the
richness of these mines as will
demonstrated when they are more
fully developed and there is an elegant
opportunity for Wasco county men to
Invest their money safely with a bomi
companv and profit by tbe gains. H
Is sin oerely hoped tbat tbey will selz
tbe opportunity and thus prevent out
siders from carrying away the spoIN
tbat tbey can and should bave, aod
not one single share should ever bu
sold outside of our own county. Two
books of stock have been made out oat
being in tbe possession of N. Wheal -doo,
tbe well known real estate man
of this city, while Mr. Wiley will tak.
the other with blm to Antelope.
The company at present owns fiv
mines in that section and all will b
developed as rapidly as money can b
secured to pay the expense of so
doing.
It is the desire of every good citizen
of Wasco county to see the resource
of our county developed and it is bar.i
to imagine anyone refusing to supper;
a venture on wbi:b so much depend.
Notice to Water Consumers.
Owing to tbe great amount of water
consumed in irrigation and otherwise,
it is absolutely necessary that all con
sumers comply strictly with tbe regu
lations laid down by the commission,
which have been published and posted
on the premises of each bouse holder.
A failure to comply with said rule
ill subject tbe offender to having tb
water shut off without further notice.
and it will cost II for turning water
on. A word to the wUe Is sufficient.
By order of the water commission.
J. B. Crossen,
Superintendent.
How is Soar WlfeT
Has she lost her beauty? If so. cod
stipatlon, indigestion, rick headacbi
are the principal causes. Karl's Clover
Root Tea has cured these ills for hall
a century. Price 25 cts. and 50 ot.
Money refunded u results are not
satisfactory. Blakeley & Houghton
druggists.
Baldwin
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Restaurant....
74 Front St., The Dalles.
Tables supplied with the beet in T
toe market. e
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X Parties served and lunches for X.
picnics ana excursions
prepared,
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Oysters in every style,
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W. W. WILSON, - Manager.
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