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EXCESSIVE CHARGES.
The legislature of Oregon could pro-
tecfc the people of this state against the
outrageous charges of the express
companies for services between points
within the state. Particularly are
these charges excessive on smaller
' packages sent from Portland to poiuts
in Eastern Oregon. For carrying ana
fltHvrinr a Dackaee under eight
, pounds from! Portland to Pendleton
the charge is beyond reason, being
nearly as much as for a similar pack
1 age from Chicago to Pendleton. The
Portland merchants should use their
influenco with a view of lessening these
chaiges of the express companies, as
the discrimination against rortland
ha the effect of driving a consider
able business east, that belongs by
-lrrif. to Portland tradesmen. The
' express companies should be made to
reduce their rates on the smaller pain
tirpB tn HnmethinGT near the level of
rates charged for similar services by
the express companies in the east, and
the business men of Portland should
take the initiative in the matter, and
if necessary, correct the abuse by act
of the legislature. SlDce the express
companies take advantage of every op-
' portunity to cinch the public the least
they should expect is that ithe people
will make use of their powers to pro
tect themselves cagainst extrrtion.
.The charges of these companies con
cern every citizen of tbe state, as they
unnecessarily add to the cost of living
so that the big dividends may be paid
to stockholders who have no in'.erest
in' the country or the people, other
wise than to exact alT the traffic will
' bear. East Oregonian.
The above Is true and correct, only
it , does not go far enough. The ex
cessive charges within the state are
more unjust, and are a serious dis
crimination against business men,
' especially merchants, for the charges
" are greater for delivering small pack
ages anywhere in the state than they
are for delivering similar packages
from points east. A few days since
this paper received a package from
Chicago onjwhich the expressage was
15 cent3. About the same time a
pack of similar bulk and about the
same value was received from Port
land and the expressage was 23 cents,
' a discrimination of 10 cents in favor
' of Chicago. Such discrimination i3
decidedly unjust, and should be regu
lated by law. That the st .te has
authority to enact laws fixing express
rates within the state cannot be ques-
tioned, and the next legislature should
see to it that a law regulating them is
passed. . -
, THE MOTIVE OF PELF.
""Senator- Carterwiii douotieas De
- wrapped over the knuckles by some of
the Pharisaic organs of imperialism
for the undiplomatic candor . with
which he lately unbosomed himself
concerning the crowd that are howling
"copperhead" and "traitor" at every
one who opposes the violation of the
principles of our government involved
' in setting up satrapies in Asia by the
strong arm of conquest.
He indulges in no philanthropic
' platitudee to excuse or explain the
' conduct of the imperialistic adminis
tration. He does not plead the up
holding of the flag, the carrying of the
benefits of freedom and enlightenment
to the benighted people. There is no
, allusion in the breezy talk of the
Montana Senator to "benevolent
assimilation," or similar soft-solder
' processes.
" He uses language with the bak on
and makes the motive of retaining the
Philippines a plain, vulgar matter
of dollars and cents. He puts it in
this way: -'This is a practical age."
We are going to deal with the question
on the basis of dollars and cents.
Neither religion noi sentiment will
have much influence in determining
the verdict. Tha great question will
be, Will it pay? If we can show the
country that it will, as I think we can
the American flag will never come down
from the Philippines."
If the veneer of hypocrisy could be '
rubbed off the minds of nine-tenths of
the republican leaders who are urging
upon the country tne un-American
policy of Imperialism, "pelf" would be
found written across them as the un
derlying motlye. Not "Is it right?"
Is their gauge of its propriety, bu
"Will it pay?" St. Louis Republic.
high tariff has aided the trust to col- and the Philippine war will prove
lect more than the trust otherwise
could collect. But I do not believe
that you could destroy all trusts by put
ting all trust-made articles on the free
list. Why? Because, if an article
could be produced in this country as
cheaply as it could be produced abroad,
the trust could exist without the bene
fit of any tariff at all, although it could
not extort co much as it could with
the tariff, and while some reiief may
come with modifications of the tariff,
we cannot destroy monopoly until we
lay the axe at the root of the tree, and
make monopoly impossible by law.
"It has been t-uggested that discrim
ination by railroads has aided the
trusts. There is no question that dis
crimination and favoritism secured by
one corporation against another has
been largely instrumental in enabling
a desired monopoly to become prac
tically a complete monopoly. Now
that can be remedied by laws that will
prevent this discrimination, still
mocopoly may exist.
"The remedy must be complete
eoough to prevent the organization of
a monopoly. Now what can be done
to prevent this? We have a state
government, and, while this dual
form of government has its advantages
both the state and federal should have
concurrent remedies. In the first
place, every state has, or should have
the right to create any privute corpor
ation which, in the judgement of the
people of the state, is conducive to
the welfare of the people of that state.
I believe that we can safely entruso to
the people of a state the settlement of
a question which concerns them. If
they create a corporation and it be
comes destructive of tneir best in
terests, they can destroy that corpora
tion, and we can safely trust tbem
both to create and to annihilate, if
conditions make annihilation neces
sary. In the second place, the state
has, or bhould have, the right to pro
hibit any foreign corporation from
doing busioezs in the state, and it
ousrht to have or ha, the right to im
pose such restrictions and limitations
as the people of the state may think j
necessary upon any foreign corpora
tion doing. business in the state.
"I believe, in addition to a state
factors in the eominr .Mmpaign. 1 he
Philippine w;ir will b! usade an issue
bj the deroociatii; party, but we have
nothing to fear. I would as soon have
so palled anti-expansion made an issue
as I would the silver question, for sil
ver is :tn old man of the sea. I am not
afraid of the outcome. I have reasoned
out that the sound judgement of the
people is that they do not want to
bring about a change. They will not,
I believe, by their own act change the
conditions of the country. The United
States has entered on an era of pros
perity. The promises of the republi
can party have been kept. The com
mercial conditions of the country are
sound, and this properly is based on
confidence I am confident of a repub
lican victory. I am of the belief that
there will be some difficulty in making
the trusts a political issue. The re
publican party is just as much opposed
to the emassing of wealth in a manner
to injure the public as is the demo
cratic party."
Mr. Hanna is probably reckoning
without firs, considering carefully the
situation. He has been over hobnob
bing with the Britishers some time,
and is not thoroughly conversant with
affairs at home. He has not heard the
murmurings of the people against the
wr policy of the president, or the
failure of the remihliean party to re
deem its 1806 plrriVes which he says
have beon fulfill d. He will not be so
boastful after the vote is counted in
Ohio this fall, for any falling off in t'de
repub'ifHn majority there will mean a
repudiation of the administration.
The cam pais: n there is beinar waged
on the plea that the admisistrKtion
must be sustained, the san;e as it was
in the eighth Missouri congressional
district, and if majorities are reduced
it will bode ill winds for the repub
licans in 1900
SHAKESPEAL'E WAS WRONG.
When Shakespeare spoke of the
North Star as one whose true fixed and
last-in? quality had no fellow in the
firmament, ho nil! not reckon with the
discuvoi i cf modern science ai d least
of all wi'h Link observatory. That
great wi -r'nr of the skies has made
emedy, there must baa federal remedy, j a discovery which is one of the most
and I believe that-congress has the
power to place su.'h restrictions and
limitations even to the point of pre
vention, upon any corporation organ
ized in one state that wants to do
business outside of the state.
"Now, I believe that these concur
rent remedies will reach the difficulty;
that the people of ' every state shall
first decide whether they want to
create a corporation; that they shall
secondly," decide whether they want
any outside corporation in the state,
and if so upon what conditions; and
thirdly, that congress shall exercise
the right to place upon every corpora
tion doing such business outside of
the state in which it is organized
similar restrictions, as may be needed
for the public good.''
MUST OF HAD A STAND IN
The Ohio democrats are being sev
erely criticised by administration
papers and orators for intimating that
the present administration is under
taking to form too close an alliance
with the British government, but that
they are excusable for making such ac
cusations is beyond 'question, if we
j judge from outward appearances and
BRYAN ON TRUSTS.
Among the speakers before the
Chicago trust conference last Saturday
was W. J. Bryan, and he suggested
some rather new ideas for controlling
the monopolies and industrial com
bines that are threatening the wel
fare of the country. Among other
things he said:
"The trust question has grown in
importance. Within the past two
: years more trusts have been organized,
when we come to consider tne capitali
zation and the magnitude of interests
involved, than were organized in all
the previous history of the country.
And people are now face to face with
these questions: 'Is the trust a bless
' ing or a curse; if a curse, what remedy
' can be applied to cure the curse?'
"I want to start with the declaration
that monopoly in private hands is in
defensible from any standpoint, and is
intolerable. The entire defense of
trusts rests upon the money argument.'
If trusts will soil an article for a dollar
less than the article will cost under
other conditions, then, in the opinion
of some, that proves the trust to be a
good thing. In the first place, I deny
that under monopoly that price will be
reduced. In the second place, if un
der monopoly the price is reduced, ob
jections to the monopoly from other
standpoints far outweigh any financial
Advantage that the trust would bring.
"Another thing that in my judg
ment has aided monopoly, is a high
tariff. Nobody can dispute that a
tariff law import duty enables a trust
to charge for its product the price of a
similar foreign product plus the tariff.
Now, some have suggested that to put
everything on the free list that trusts
make would destroy the trusts. I do
not agree with this statement, as it is
some recent events,
Only a short time ago a British army
officer was brought over here and given
all the secrets of our forts and coast
defenses, and now Major-General Miles
is issuing the following instructions to
the different governors, or at least has
issued them to the governor of this
state:
"By direction of the secretary of war
no written or pictoral description
tests by this government of arms and
munitions of war will be made for pub
lication without authority of the secre
tary of war, nor will any formation,
written or verbal, concerning tbem
which is not contained in the printed
reports and documents of the war de
partment be given to any unauthorized
person. Except by special authority
of .the secretary of war, no person
other than officers of the army and
navy of the United States and mem
bers of congress in their official cap
acity, and persons in the service of the
United States, employed in direct con
nection with such test3, will be al
lowed to witness the same.
If this is the rule of the war depart
ment, how was it that an English
officer should' have the privilege of
obtainicg all the secrets pertaining to
the country's means of defense? What
connection had he with this govern
ment and what official position did he
hold under it? His government must
have had a stand in with the adminis
tration that would indicate c. very close
alliance, or at least a disposition to
divulge secrets that no foreign repre
sentative should know,
sensational t.irx'e Hirniird 'in 1862,
standing on Mount Hamilton, found
the fifth satellite of Jupiter. The new
discovery is that the. pole st:ir in andi
t'.i n o tra cling th-ouuh 'be heu.v.-'
in some great orbit, as co-ci-lled fixed
stars do, has special movements of its
o.vn of a very intricate character; it is
I i fact, three stars in om hre- sur.s
so close together that even i he Licit
telescope will not seperate them and
only the spectroscope proves their
seperate existence; these three "una
revolve around one another, or two
around one, or something like that.
Similar discoveries have been made in
relation to"other stars,-but none so in
teresting as this because no other star
is so well known. For ages shepherds
have watched that star and mariners
have steered their ships by it, but it
remained for a California science
station a branch of the university of
California to tinform the shepherds
and the sailors that what looks like a
single ball of fire is really three balls
a gigantic pawnbroker's sign sus
pended in the Heavens something
which might justify no end of cynical
witticism. That the astronomical
discoveries made at Mt. Hamilton
California is often forgotten,, but the
latest one is a piece of news which the
European architects who came out
here the other day to choose a build
ing plan for a university which they
probably thought was a "long way out
in the woods," can carry back with
tbem when they eo home. It is some
thing like Franklins discovery of the
identity of lightning and electricity
coming out of the benighted America
oi tne eignteentn century and as
tonishing "Europe..
PARIS AND PROGRESS.
It is indeed unfortunate that the
trial of 'Dreyfus has wrought such a
feeling of bitterness throughout the
world against France that it will affect
the Paris exposition, and, in fact,
greatly retard its usefulness in bring
ing together the most progressive
minds of the age and a display of their
inventions. The bitterness eneendered
by this unfortunate event will hardly
cause a boycott upon the exposition,
but it cannot be denied that it will
greatly diminish both the attendance
and the exhibits.
Primarily the exposition is intended
as an epitome or reflestion of the ad
vancement of the world in art, science
and knowledge. Fixed iu point of
time at the close of the nintcenth cen
tury, it necessarily will exhibit the
contrast between conditions now and
one hundred years ago. The past cen
tury has brought remarkable changes
to the human race. One of the signs
of the time has been the creation or
organization of great expositions to
meet the demand for a summing up
eyery few years for the inspection and
instruction of the great masses of the
people of the progressive ideas of the
world. In other words, it has been
the aye of invention, and so rapid has
been the strides of development that
the nations require a bird's-eye view
of progress at short iuteryals.
The success of every great exposi
tion has depended upon the progress
shown in inventive skill. The expo
position is the exponent of the in
ventor, the place where the multitude
does homage to his genius. Exposi
tions would be impossible without the
in ve titor.
We believe the progress of the world
is largely in the hands of the inventor,
or, strictly speaking, is dependent up
on the inventive activity of the human
race. This inventive turn of mind is
not limited to any class of men. Every
person who has an idea is an t riven: or.
Few persons are willing to confess that
they are without ideas. Many a man,
however, with ideas, and good ideas,
too, has failed, through timidit , to
reap the pecuniary reward, or the laurel
wreath of fame to which be is entitled
for evolving an idea that is of value
and service to his fellowtnei.. Usually,
the iuvemor is an euthusia-t an ar
dent t-eliever in the success and the
practical value of his invention, but
many lack the opportunity or the
means of inikintr their ideas known in
a way tnat will interest capital in
tr .iisfuiniiug those ideas into a con
crete thing, placing it upon the market,
and brin ing it to the attention of the
public the fiic. tiat another proiiitm
of every day lift has been solved.
Sad the exposition at Paris not been
hampered by the prejudice that has
been wrought against France gener
ally, it would have resulted in the
gathering together of all recent in
ventions, where comparisons could
haye been made that wouid have
materially assisted inventors and aided
in the progress of the world toward
perfection.
CHINESE COMPETI1ION.
OUR RELATION WITH MEXICO
ttn th.
In the Dewey parade in Chicago
next' month, when that city will cele
brate the victory of this country over
Spain, President Diaz will, ride in the
same carriage with President McKin
ley, he having accepted the invitation
of Chicago to j attend the celebration
aud be the guest of the nation. This
event emphasizes the friendly rela
tions that exist between the two gov
ernments, and that the ties of Mexico
are closer to this nation, that but half
a century ago was engaged in a
vigorous war against it, than they are
to Spam its former ruler.
ine Mexicans haye not forgotten
the war of 1846-48, but they have long
since accepted tne result, and no
longer hold a grudge against this na
tion for the part it acted. Commer
cial interests of the two countries are
so closely allied that the people are
brought together in a business wa
that has healed all past animosities,
and relations are most cordiai. In fact
they could not well be otherwise, for
the people of one country require the
trade of the other, and these needs are
growing continually, the commerce
between the two countries showing a
marked increase each year. The visit
of President Diaz to this country will
more closely cement the ties of friend
ship, and also bring the people of the
two republics into closer relations
commercially.
When railways intersect China and
factories equipped with labor-saving
machinery, are introduced into this
country, it will only be a question of a
short time uutil the machine shops
and factories of Europe and America
will be forced to close down fo-ever.
The Chinese haye no superior in any
line of woi k that they have undertaken.
They are the most industrious people
kuown. -They have greater endurance
than any other people and ten of tbem
can subsist, in the manner they are
accustomed to, on the Wage that will
support one European or American
workiDgmao. The American -army
and navy are now in the Philippines
engaged in the work of criuiinal ag
eression because the American capital
ists who constitute the American end
of the Anglo-American China Develop-
mentCompany bave.sutlieieot iofluence
oyer the administration at Washington
to control its action. Our army and
navy are at the Philippines, not be
cause tne American people want to
make a conquest of those islands, but
because it is necessary for the Anglo-
American China Development Com
pany to have the forces of the United
States at a convenient distance from
China so that they can be used in con
nectio with the naval forces of Great
Britain to bluff the European combin
ation to force concessions from the
Chinese government. Some repub
lican workingman will reply that the
product of Chinese cheap labor can be
kept out of our markets by the means
of a high tariff. In reply we point to
President- McKinley, known in the
past as the high priest of protection,
now at the head of the government,
acting as the agent for the American
China Development Company and
using the power of the United States
to advance their scheme. National
Watchman.
HANNA IS BOASTFUL.
Senator Mark Hanna is back from
England, and hag put on his fighting
harness to enter into the Ohio cam
paign and make preparations for the
battle of 1900 Hanna is one of those
politicians who ever look at the favor
able side of the case, and expects to
win no matter what the odds are
against him. On his arrival in New
York be submitted to an interview
and among other things said:
' "T thin ktb atlcdustrial conditions
Current rumor has it that Hon
joon M. inurston is again souintin?
with a sort of friendly eye in the
direction of bimetallism. In 1896,
6,500,000 men voted for the free coin
age of both gold and silver at the ratio
of 16 to 1, 7,000,000 voted for the use of
both, by ioter-ational agreement,
while only 134,000 voted for the gold
standard. In spite of predictions and
innumerable obituaries, the question
ia still alarmingly alive, and Mr.
Thurston thinks it advisable to hedge.
That means the republican politicians
will not have the courage to force the
uage plan of greenback destruction
until after the presidential campaign
has been fought.
The great French military trial, the
Transvaal situation and events associ
ated with expansion of United States
territory are the three great incidents
of the times. The last named is the
one of paramount interest to Ameri
cans, and political alignment on the
question of expansion will soon be
come closely drawn and will be
watched by the people with deepest
interest.
CENSOR THE REPORTS.
The people who get up the Washing
ton dispatches are certainly great
jokers or some papers are awful dema
gogues.' The gold press of the country
insists that money is plentiful more
plentiful than ever before and easy
to obtain. Also that backs are in fine
-ewdtttonr wtth millions in their vaults
and solid as the "Rock Of Ages."
Then up cornea an Associated Press re
porter in Washington and sends out
the following dispatch under date of
September 20.
"A special to the Herald from Wash
ington says: Checks fur the pay
ment of the anticipated October inter
est on government bonds were mailed
from the treasury department this
morning., These checks which aggre
gate more than $5,000,000 will be
cashed within the next few days, and
will, in a measure, relieve the present
demand for money that is being made
upon the banks in all parts of the
country.
"It is not proposed by the authorit
ies to take any further steps at this
time toward relieving the New York
situation. It is believed that the New
York bankers can get out of the pres
ent difficulty without government as
sistance.
"The deposits of the government in
national banks are already large,
amounting to nearly $81,000,030 The
item of disbursing officers' balances is
also unusually large, amounting to
more than $60,000,000. If there should
be danger of a monetary famine, which
the bankers would be powerless to
withstand without assistance, the de
posits migbtbe considerably increased,
but there is no present intention of
doing anything of the kind.
"Controller of the Currency Dawes
declined to discuss the question of
these New York banks which had al
lowed their reserves to fall below the
legal limit, or to say what action, if any,
he had taken or contemplated. It can
be said, however, that there is no dis
position on the part of aay of the army
officials to increase the difficulties of
the banks in any way. "
The gold standard party ought to
get hold of that reporter and lynch
him, for if they permit such reports to
go out, the people will be conyinced
after a while that there is actually a
scarcity of money in the country.
And they ought to censor the treasury
reports and prevent the statement
being made that the government will
relieve the banks if necessary by in
creasing its deposits (loaning them
money without interest or security) if
necessity demands. If such reports
are allowed to go before the people
there will be a reckoning a y0ar from
next November that will be astonish
Ing. If the administration and the
goldi'.es would save themselves they
will have to kill a lot of ' Associated
Press correspondents, and censor un
favorable reports coming from the
various departments.
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the points mentioned to be changed
so that there will be ample room for
the boat railway. An agreement was
recently drawn up and signed on one
part by the rail wav, and on behalf of
the erovernment by Captain W. W.
Harts, in charge of the proposed im
provement. It only remains for the
approval of the contract by the secre
tary of war to give the government a
clear right of way for a boat railway
for the entire distance of seven miles
"In the last survey, made in 1893, for
a boat railway, the line crosses the O.
R. & N. track between The Dalles and
Celilo six times. Of course, it would
be impossible under such conditions to
operate the railroad and the boat rail
way without great danger and much
confusion. To avoid this, it Is neces
sary that the line of the O. R. & N. be
changed in the six places mentioned
The railroad company recently con
sented in writing that thegovernment,
at its expense, could make the changes.
There is an unappropriated balance in
the bands of Oapiain Harts of about
$200,000, and this sum. it is thought,
will be sufficient to make the neces
sary changes iu the grade.
"If the agreement recently signed
shall be approved by the secretary of
war and there is no reason to be
lieve that he will not give it his ap
proval the government will at once
undertake the work of changing the
railroad iine. Theoretically, the gov
ernment will do this work, but in or
der to avoid any complications in the
movement of traffic while the work is
in progress, the O. R. & N. Co. will do
the work under government super
vision." This is a nice little scheme both to
delay the opening of the river and get
the O. R. & N. line improved. If the
agreement is accepted by the eecretary
of war, the "government will at once
undertake the work of changing the
railroad line,'' says the Oregonian
That is the government will pay for
the job, and after it is done the boat
railway scheme will be abandoned an
some years heoc9 the engineers will
begin figuring on canal and locks.
This dilatory scheme should be seen
through by officials and ought to be
opposed by the delegations from Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho if they
have any interest in opening the river,
was for a man of common sense in the
war department.
Ooe of the handsomest publications
ever issued in the Northwest Is the
Spokesman-Review Quarterly, a maga
zine of 48 pages, elegantly illustrated
with halftones and printed on fine
book paper. It is a publication that
should be widly circulated and lib
erally patronized.
THE SMALLEST
Major Gants,
LIVING MAN
EDITORIAL NOTES.
BOAT RAILWAY AGAIN.
For some time there has been an
impression that the proposed boat
railroad scheme around the dalles of
the Columbia had been abandoned by
the engineers of the war department,
but it seems to have been revived by
the action of the O. R. & N. Co., in
offering to the government the right
of way over certain lands held by the
company in this county, and this
action will probably delay for several
years any action by congress In un
dertaking the only practical method
of opening the river by canal and
locks. The Oregonian has this to say
of the donation by the company:
"The Oregon Railroad & Navigation
Company has given the government a
igbt of way for the boas railway Be
tween The Dalles and Celilo, That is
to 6ay,the railroad company has agreed
in writing: to allow its track between
The San Francisco Bulletin states
that the circulation of San Francisco
paper is as follows, Examiner, 79,000:
Bulletin, 38,000; Chronicle, 36,000:
Call, 34,000.
There hat been a supplementary re
port of The Hague conference filed
with the state department, and it is
safe to say that the rush for printed
copies of it will be something terrible.
Public sentiment vas too much for
France, and Dreyfus had to be par
doned. It is virtually an admission on
the part of the government that he
was convicted without grounds, and it
has acknowledged its fault.
Seattle has been joking Tacoma over
the fact that the government shipped
its mules from the latter place, and it s
not improbable that Tacoma may now
langh in its sleeve because J. J. Hill
intimates that there are some asses in
the Queen City.
It is now generally conceded that
the only way the election of Mr. Goe
bel as governor of Kentucky can be
prevented is by killing him. Hence
these slanderous attacks on his per-,
sooal character in the hope that he
can be goaded into resenting them.
The mutiny on the United States
Transport, Senator, brought about by
the attempted introduction of canned
roast beef as a ration calls to mind the
fact that this ''beef question" was
not the wbitewasning committees
appointed by McKinley, and that the
real truth will not be known until
Congress has thoroughly ventilated
the matter this winter.
Secretary Root has found one means
of helping the Porto Ricans by buying
their coffee for the use of the army.
The fact that hitherto the United
States have actually been sending
coffee to Poro Rico for the soldiers
stationed thare and distributing alms
to Porto Ricans left helpless for lack of
market shows bow great need there
the Merry Uttle Mldglt ia
In the City.
The Dalles people have a curiosity at
present in the person of the smallest
man alive at the present day. Major
Gantz is the name of the little fellow
and he struck town this morning from
Dayton, Washington, where be has
been visiting "his 1 big brother."
Major Uaotz is 34 years of age is 18
inches high and weighs 30 pounds.
His head is almost as large as an or
dinary man while his body is very
small. He wears a No. 7 hat and No.
0i cbildrens shoes. His parents, also
bis sisters and brother were as large
as ordinary people, but the major has
failed to grow larger than a two year
old child.
He has a good education and is an
intelligent and interesting conver
sationalist. Also somewhat of a
singer and elocutionist and entertains
his visitors by singing songs and giv
ing recitations. He is on his way to
the Portland exposition where he will
be ooe of the leading attractions.
His quarters are next door to the
Roseleaf cigar store where he can
be seen on the payment of ten
cents admission. It ia indeed a
remarkable thing to see so small a
man hale and hearty and as merry as
the day is long and that the little folks '
will be delighted to interyiew him it
is unnecessary to state.
CUBA NOT
RESPONSIBLE
Cannot Be 'Held
Spain's Debts.
For
legislative honors who asks Arlington
citizens for votes must deolare himself
in favor of the enabling act.
Condon, which is 40 miles south of
Arlington, was very near the geograph-
ial center of Gilliam county, until
Wheeler county was cut off the south
end last winter,takingthe Fossil county
along with it, and as Arlington has
Rupture.
W. T. Houser, M. D., of Portland,
Specialist in Hernia or Rupture, Vari
cocele and Hydrocele will visit The
Dalles and can be consulted at the
Umatilla House from Sept. 25th. to
Sept. 30th. We cure by Electricity
without laying pationta up or deten
tion from business, and absolutely
without danger. Would refer those
interested In being cured to C. J.
Stubling, of The Dalles, who knows
of our method. de2ow23.
It is a calamity, but nevertheless a
fact, that the prairie chickens, which
are by far the finest native game bird
in this state are almost exterminated
Hunters who have gone over certain
sections during past years and raised
flock after flock, traveled over the same
ground this season to find but
few stragglers where thousands were
before. Unless something is done by
the people throughout the country to
keep hunters from killing the few
that are left, prairie chickens will be
totally exterminated. The farmers
can do this by posting notices and
keeping hunters off, and such a meas
ure for a few years, until the birds in
crease, would indeed be commendable-
Deacon Caleb Brooks an old pioneer
who came to Oregon in the early sixties
died at his home on upper Three-mile,
this forenoon. Mr. Brooks was an
active member of the Baptist church
all bis life and had the reputation of
being an honest, uprig'it christian
He was oer 76 years of at') and leaves
one son, who lives about iz miles east
The Dalles. As the news of his
death did not reach town until this
afternoon there was not sufficient
time to learn any thing about his earlry
life or of his family.
Today the neat little dwelling built
by Contractor Anderson on Fourth
street was accepted and turned over. to
Marry Maheur. Mr. Anderson has a
contract to erect a new dwellinf .for
Willard Gushert on the hill near
Deputy Sheriff Sexton's residence and
will begin worn on the same in a few
days.
Mrs. Julius Wiley who has been
visiting Dalles friends for a few days
will leave on the Spokane Flyer for
her home in Moro. It was her inten
tion to remain longer but Julius grew
tired of single blessedness sooner than
be expected and telephoned her to
come home at once. ' ,
GILLIAM'S COUNTY SEAT.
Arlington Will Try to Uet It Back From
Condon.
Condon, the county seat of Gilliam
County, will have to look to its
laurels, according to Representative
S. G. Hawsoo, who hails from Arling
ton, the orginal county seat of Gilliam,
and an important railroad town, whose
citizens have never lost faith in ooe
day regaining the seat of the county
government says the Oregonion. Mr.
Hawson, who was seen at the Perkins
yesterday, said that Arlington business
men DroDOse to ask the next lefrtalatura
to pass an act enabling Gilliam county New York, Sept. 21. A spec'al to
citizens to reconsider the question oftne Journal and Advertiser from
county seat, and the candidate for J Washing ton says: The decision by the
Spanish cabinet that the interest on
the Cuban bonds must be paid bv the
Cuban eovernmer., U a virtual au
nounceinent tnat Spain win not pay
the interest, and that the bonds are
valueless. Involved in this announce'
ment is tne condition tnat there may
be an attempt to entangle congress in
a discussion of the responsibility of
the United States for the interest dur
ing the American occupation of the
island. The action of the Spanish
cabinet was referred to the state de
partment, from which the following
authoritative statement was obtained
"The United States commissioners
at Paris never at any time or ia any
degree agreed that the United State?
should be responsible for Spain's
Cuban debt. There never was any
understanding that any other party
9hould be responsible for that debt
than Spain herself. The rearon the
United States did not assume the debt
or any part of it was that the debt was
incurred almost wholly by Spain to
crush the several insurrections. The
United States might haye assumed to
guarantee this debt if the fund named
bad been expended in internal im
provement in Cuba. This govern
ment, as is well known, consented to
pay Spain $20,000,000 in the case of the
Philippine islands, solely on the
ground that approximately thataraount
had been expended by Spain ia im
provements in the islands.
"The United States therefore has
assumed no obligations for and has no
in teres'- whatever in the declarations
of the Spanish cabinet on the debts of
Spain, or how they shall be paid. The
present declaration looks like a re
pudiation of the debt.'principal and in
terest. The state department argues that
when Spain relinquished her sove
reignty in Cuba she relieved that Is
land of debts contracted to keep her
in bondage. This construction, it Is
held, is affirmed in the notes which
passed between the two disputing
commissions when the t.-ea'.y was un
der discussion in Paris.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
larger population than Condon, its
citizens now see their chance to bring
the courthouse records back again to
the town on the O R. N.
Condon, Mr. Hawson says, is situated
nign up on tne opened prairie, in a
rich agricultural and stock country.
but the railroads penetrating that por
tion of Eastern Oregon have thus far
left Condon to one side. No courthouse
has yet been built at Condon, on ac
count of the opposition in the northern
end of the county, and so the seat of
county government has not been an
chored at Condon in any way.
Under the recent appointments,
Gilliam county has now but a fraction
of a member in the legislature, and
there is no telling whether her next
joint representative shall come from
Gilliam, Grant, Sherman or Wasco
county, which now constitutes tbe28tb
representative district, as they also
combine to form the 21 senatorial district.
Arlington citizens have always dis
liked the 40-mile stage road into the
interior of Gilliam county when official
business compelled their presence at
the county seat. Lately a telephone
line nas snown itself quite a convent
ience between Arlington and Condon,
but still the Arlingtonians continue to
yearn for the presence of the sheriff,
the treasurer and the semiannual visit
of the circuit judge, with its train of
witnesses, jurors, and litigants, who
fill the hotels and d-op lots of silver in
the retail stores. It is only natural
Mr. Hawaoo says, that Condon people
should oppose the passage of the pro
posed enabling act.
Notice is hereby (riven that tbe undersigned,
administrator of the partnership egtate of John
Brookbouse, deceased, and J J. BrookhouHe,
ban filed in the county oourt of Wasco county,
state of Oregon, bis final account as such ad
ministrator of said estate, and that Monday, ,
the 6th day of November. A. D. 1HW. at the hour
of 8 P. M., has been fixed by said court as the
time for hearing objections to said report,
uud the settlement thereof
K. J. GORMAN. '
AdQilnbtrator of the partnership estate of
Jobu Brookbouse, deceased aud 1. J. Brook
house. w6t
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Notice ts hereby given that the undersigned
h been duly appointed by tne Bon. County
ourt or the Stale of Oregon for Wasco County,
administrator of tbe Estate of An tone Jerome,
deceased. All person having claims against
nla deceased or bis estate are hereby notified
ti present tbe same, properly verified, to me at
my olllce In Uailes -City. Oregon, within six
months from the date of this notice.
Dated this 81st day of August, 110.
B. F. GIBBONS,
Administrator of the estate of Antone Jerome,
deceased.
PETITION.
To the Honorable County Court of Wasco
County, regon:
We, the undersigned legal voters of Falls
Precinct. Wasco County, Oregon, respectfully
petition your honorable board to grant to Wm.
Lahkt a license to sell spirituous, inous
and malt liquors in less quantity than one
gallon, for the term of one year, at the Cas
cade Locks, Oregon :
J Tot ton
Wm M Ash
LL. Gates
C Vasoori
H O Hansen
H Liliegard
A Flelschner
A E Trast
John Wes 'lman .
Joe Schmidt Jr
W D MoCrary
Ben Dope
John F Trana
C Voorhees
A G Hall
A Wetson
B Black
C A McCrory
N Nelson
F H Douglas
F Rogers
A B Glazier
H A Leavens
E Martin )
C J Carlson
Jobn Bass
J Johnson
Oregon Washburn
Oscar korg
H C Trask
Wm TrlMell
James Gorton
OEYettick
C Haggblom
Erik Haggblom
G Wilson
John Thelson
John Anderson
B E Woods
Louey Lunyo
F Anderson
H Ten sen
T W Badder
J J Coyle
Alfred Coins
J F Stoat
D A Cheynev
Joe Schmld
A W King
Andrew Traverro
G Syring
r. Leavens
M C Martin
R G Connor
Thud Glazier
Wm Nesller
H r Haroham
Pa. Lahev
G L Hurpham
H H Weston -
Otto OUn
S Malm
E P Ash
H Fitzmons
wanted several bright and
-HONEST persons to represent us as
managers in tbix and close by counties
balary jyuo a year and expenses
Straight, bon a-tide, no more, oo less
salary. Position permanent. Our
references, any bank in any town. It
is mainly office work conducted at
home. Reference. Enclose self-addressed
stamped envelope. The Dom
inion Company, Dept. 2, Chicago
Yesterday, Louie the Chinaman who
has distinguished himself on various
occasions by speaking to strange
ladies and acting queer was examined
Galllfet Addrtsaes the Arm:.
Paris, Sept. 21. The minister of
war, General de Gallifet, has addressed
tne following orders to corps com-
naodera:
"The incident is closed. The mili
tary judges enjoying the respects of
all have rendered their verdict with
complete independence. We all. with
out harboring afterthought, bend to
their decision. We shall, in the same
manner, accept tbe action that a feel
i iuk ui uruiuuuu uttv uiutateu tu lob
by Dr. Logan, adjudged insane and president of the republic. There can
committed to the asylum in Salem hAnnfiii.hprnnpat.innnfi.anpionianf.nir
Deputy Sheriff Sexton and Constable
Frank Hill left with the celestial on
the early morning train, today.
lror Over Fi'ty fears.
An Old and Well-Tried Rem
edy. Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup
has been used for over fifty years by
millions of mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect success
It soothes the child, softens the gums
allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is
tbe best remedy lor diarrhoea. Is
pleasant to the taste. Sold by drug
gists in every part of the world
Thenty-five cents a bottle. Its yalue
is uncalculable. Be sure and ask for
Mrs. Winsiow's.
kind. Hence, I repeat it, tbe incident
is closed. I ask you, and if it were
necessary, I should command you, to
forget the past in order that you can
think solely of the future. With you
and all my comrades, I proclaim vlve
l'armee, which belongs to no party,
but to France alone.
Gallifet."
The order will be read to tbe troops
throughout the French army.
A Young Girl la ordered-
Tillamook, Or., Sept 21. Word
was received in Tillamook this morn
ing that Delta, the 12-year-old daugh
ter of E. K. Scovell, bad been missing
from her borne, at Nehalem, since
Tuesday eveoiDg. Searching parties
were organived and (his morning her
body was found at low tide in the-
north fork of the Neha!em river with a
8one tied to a rope around her neck.
Coroner Tuttle will leave this after-
I ooon to hold an inquest.
ulark & Fa lk ' flavoring extracts are
-esh and pure Ak yoar grocer for '
t leiti,
tftoves, Stoves, Stoves.
Before purchasing your stoves and
ranges call and examine our line. As
we have tbe most i ouj(ilHte line In The
Dalles. Our Brtdge-Beach superior
line consists of Id different slee: in
the Universal hue we h iv 12 sizes.
As we Durchi red our khwm hpfnia
the advance, we -vdl start vou on new
cook stoves at $6 0.A fr Tights at $2. 75.
tied room set m tii o0. $11.00. S13.00
and $14.00. We have a big stock and
little prices.
DoBoise Tcrniture Co.
l."i:i S-vond street,
Jd-wtf The Dalles.
Beauty la Blood Deep.
Clean blood menus a clean akin. Vn
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tin iImii vmiv- hlw,rl nml Lumi it aImh K.
i stirring up the lazy liver and driving all' im
purities irora tne ootry. jtfegin to-day to
banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets, beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c.
October
& Mays.
Clark AFalk's re
fresh and pure,
them.
Stand.. J utterus at Pease
"i i ' extracts are
l -iar grocer for
To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c
ii u. u. yj. lau to cure, aruggists refund money.
Harmony Whiskey,
and medicinal use. Sold
Wilson, The Dalles,
j Not too hot and not too cold
. Just the days for paint we're told.
Iur i The Butler Drug Co. have the best in
oy cen
! town. It dosen't pay to use anything
else. W.
Ninteen and 29c each for ladle's and
children's hats and caps now on sale
at Pease & Mays,
To Cure La Grippe in Two Days
Take Laxitive Bromo Quinine Tab-
lpf.a All rlriicTfriara wfnnrl fclip. mnnan
Ask your grocer for Clark & Falk's 1 if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's sig
flavoring extracts, ' nature is on each box. 25c.
Lost In l w r.-ck.
Washington, . 21. General
Otis has Informed :Uj '-- department
that six or eight b s of -nail, sent by
the transport Mcr.a , ' . was lost la
the wreck of tbe -sul.
Do you need u u rapper for home
wear? Pease & Mays are selling 75o,
86c, and $1.00 wrappers at 59 cents.
Five thoroughbred pointer puppies.
three months old, for sale cheap. See
Fred Lemke. a51m