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.GTOBER 21, 1899
THE PHILIPPINE WAR.
That the war in the Philippines will
be prosecuted, whether right or wrong,
19 a foregone conclusion, unless con
gress shall, at the next session, call a
halt, and this is altogether unlikely,
since congress will be under the same
influence that controls the administra
tion. Nevertheless the fact that it
will be prosecuted does not remove
from it the stigma of being unjust, for
It is waged simply upon the excuse of
might, to subjgate a people who have
a right to govern themselves. There
are but two reasons advanced, except
. that of gain to trade, why the war
should be prosecuted. They are that,
whatever might have been or should
be, the Philippine islands- are in fact
a part of the United States, and as
' such, are subject to national control,
therefore any of the people who resist
' are in rebellion as much as were the
people of the South during the civil
war; and that we have assumed a re
sponsibility and by reason of the Paris
treaty we are bound by international
obligations to establish and maintain
. a government on the islands.
The validity of the first contention
is obscure indeed. What title did we
get from Spam by the terms of the
Paris treaty? And what title did
Spain hold to the islands then or at
any time in the near past? It does
not appear that Spain had at the time
of the treaty or when war between the
United States and that country was de
clared any very clear title to or posses-
. sed any yery great portion of the ter
ritory of the islands, notwithstanding
she had claimed possession of the
islands for centuries and had maiu-
tained an armed force on Luzon for a
great many years, and bad collected
, certain taxes from the people of dif-
. ferent islands of the archipelago. But
when our fleet entered the harbor of
Manila, the Tagals were in a state of
insurrection and had about gained
their independence from Spain.
' Therefore Spain was not In a position
to convey title either to the islands or
the inhabitants, hence if we gained
title from her it was of such a nature
that it was at least not one on which
we could base a valid claim. Then the
Philippine islands could not well have
become a portion of the United States
through purchase. And if not by pur-
. chase, then they could not become
United states territory except by con
quest or through the consent of the
people That we have not gained pos
session to them through the latter
source is evident from the fact that
the people of the islands still object to
our domination, hence the only shadow
of title we have is through the war of
conquest that we are now waging.
- However this is in direct conflict
with the declaration of the administra
tion when war was made in behalf of
Cuba, when it was distinctly promised
to the world that it should not be a
war for territorial acquisition. Viewed
from all points, therefore, this govern
ment has no vested or acquired rights
. to the islands, and its war against the
Filipinos finds no excuse of being an
attempt, to put down rebellion upon
United States territory.
- The second contention, that we are
under obligations to establish and
maintain a government upon the is
lands is alke devoid of fact Where
and to whom were these obligations,
made? Certainly not to Spain, for she
bad no right to demand, and not to the
Filipinos, for they did not ask it.
When our fleet and army entered their
harbor and territory it was for the
purpose of driving out a common foe.
We found them at peace with each
other, and having in reality governed
themselves for centuries, for Spain
had only extended a nominal control
over them, and had occupied less than
one-hundredth part of the territory.
They were and bad been for years
conducting their civil affairs, and
ninety-nine out of one hundred of their
civil offices were held by natives. They
had demonstrated beyond question
their ability to take care of their af
fairs without even the protention of
the country that claimed them, and
with only slight supervision from the
head of that government. Then how
is it that this nation is under obliga
tions to establish and maintain a gov
ernment in the Islands?
. The facts are that the war in the
Philippines is wholly without excuse.
We brought a shady title to the islands
from Spain, the price of which would
have gladly been paid back to us by
the Filipinos if we would have let them
alone, and to make the title good and
satisfy the greed of a few ambitious
people, who want to hold office or
make fortunes out of furnishing army
supplies, our government is waging a
- relentless and unjust war againts a
people who have as good rights to be
free and independent and govern
themselves as we haye.
The war is unjust because it is un
American and contrary to the prin
ciples we have always held dear and
which have made us the greatest
nation on earth. - It was uncalled for,
because it was the result of a blunder
made by President McKinley when
last January he ordered General Otis
to issue that fatal proclamation declar
ing that military rule of the United
States should be extended over the
islands, and that the mission of the
United States was one of "benevolent
assimilation" which meant to the
Filipinos the blighting of all hopes for
independence.
lous yankees will be repudiated by
their own government the moment
that Mr. Chamberlain calls the at
tention of our noble executive to the
iniquity. Our noble executive is im
mediately and eompletly responsive
to the wishes of the senior member of
the Anglo-Saxon alliance, and he will
at once issue a bill of excommunication
against all and singular the unscru
pulous yankees who have ranged them
selves on the side of Mr. Kruger in
opposition to benevolent assimilation
by the Lee-Metford route. We may
permit ourselves to doubt, however,
whether this proceeding upon the part
of our coble executive will produce in
the unscrupulous yankees permanent
insomnia. They are probably case
hardened wretches, who are imperv
ious to moral considerations.
A9 to the execration of their fellow
countrymen we entertain some slight
doubts. From all the data at band we
are led to believe that in addition to
the unscrupulous yankees now in the
1 ransvaal there are a good many at
home who would be glad enough to go
there for the sake of taking a crack at
our elder brethern of the sentimental
alliance. The unscrupulous yankee is
an irreverent person, and not even
the admonitions of our noole execu
tive and of the White Rose club of
Bos con have yet inspired in bim
proper affection and respect for our
elder bretheren who once energetical
ly sought to assimilate the Boers.
All things considered, therefore, we
are inclined to believe that the Gazette
will have, to content itself with our
noble executive's seething repudiation
of the unscrupulous yankees. The
execration part of the program will
haye to be carried out in London. If
t be attempted in the '.Transvaal we
should advise the execrators to keep
behind trees during the performance
Astoria Budget.
IT TAKES MONEY 10 MINE.
In the eooa old days of placer min
ing a man with a pick, pan, shovel and
a rocker or a single sluice box was
fully equipped to tackle any "from
grass roots to bed-rock" pay dirt
where water was handy, A few dollars
secured the outfit and with a little
grub and a dirt-roofed log cabin the
old time miner was as much at home
in his surroundings as the manager of
a heavily capitalized quartz mine is to
day in his expensive and, in some in
stances, luxuriously furnished apart
ments. But conditions have greatly
changed since the early day mining.
Tt takes money to carry on any-mining
proposition now, says the Western
Mining World.
The first cost of a mine, that ii a
thoroughly developed gold or copper
or lead proposition, is nothing; out a
mere bagatelle to the expenditures
which necessarily follow to put it upon
a producing basis. A shaft house,
blacksmith shop, engine and boiler
rooms must be built; hoisting and
stationary pumps, machinery and many
other costly appliances must be pro
vided, and they will cost money big
money, so much indeed that a poor
man can not think of opening the
property. A combine of capital and a
syndicate of capitalists seem to be the
prerequisite to success in mining Down-days,
for it takes mom y to mine.
Mining has been carried on in Cali
fornia for half a century. In that time
the state has produced nearly one bil
lion, five hundred million dollars. The
estimated figures are $1.300,000,000,but
no account is taken of gold . carried
away by owners in belts, packs, drafts
and inside pockets. The aggregate
thus "taken . from the state will easily
bring the total up to the billion and a
half mark. Yet notwithstanding the
enormous quantity of gold California
has thrown into the chances of the
world's commerce, it is estimated that
the state has 17,000 good mining prop
ositions in an undeveloped condition
for want of capital to work them. It ife
not that. capital is afraid of them, but
because about all the speculating
money in the state is already employed
and caanot be used in other directions,
Colorado is credited with 15,000 un
developed mining propositions which
cannot be touched for want of capital,
still no one can thruthfully charge the
monied men of that state with want of
faith in its mines. Their money is
tied up in other mining properties and
tne otners must remain idle until a
more convenient season. Montana,
Utah, Idaho, Washington and Oregon
each has its thousands Of undeveloped
mines, for the reason that capital can
not oe naa to worn tnem. it takes a
pretty penny to put the best of mines
on a dividend paying basis and those
peonies are scarce and hard to get
hold of when so many of them are in
vested, already, in good payiner
propositions. But it goes without
saying that as fast as owners of paying
mines can earn and command "the
price"- they take their chances in other
mining properties. But it takes money
to mine in this day and generation
The Oregonian insists that we must
have the Nicaragua canal, with which
statement we fully agree, but it is
difficult to see how we are going to
pay for it and at the same time pay the
expenses of keeping up an army on the
Philippines at an annual cost of $100,
000,000. -' ' ' : '
Farmer Geer was in Washington
last Saturday, and as usual got him
self interviewed by press correspond
ents. Among other things he said:
"The people of my state are over
whelming for expansion. Not only do
the people fayor the program of the
administration, but they want to see
the Philippine islands retained,
There will be an election held in Ore
gon next June, when the question of
endorsing the "program of the ad'
ministration" will be made an issue,
and then Governor Geer will learn
how badly he is mistaken about tne
people in "my state" being "over
whelmingly for expansion."
GOOD WAGES WISEJ1.
Capitalists who insist on having
every thing their own way haye been
acquiring a little education of late in
dealing with their workmen. If they
could save 25 cents a day on every man
they hired, they reasoned that it would
be a small matter to each man but a
big saving in the aggregate. They
would count- just that much ahead.
Some recent incidents have upset this
apparently reasonable and comfortable
theory.
For instance, after the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company had got rid
of most of its experienced men and put
strangers in their places it began to
suffer from accidents, delays and com
plaints of patrons. It also found its
receipts diminishing.
The other day the Campania came
into port at New York with Lord
Charles Beresford and a lot of other
disappointed passengers just too late
to see the Dewey celebration. She
had been delayed by a set of green
fireman.
Recently the British merchant
marice was disgraced by a repetition
of the Bureogne horror under the
British flag. The steamer Scotsman
was wrecked in the Straits of Belle
Isle and a number of women perished
through the ruffianism of the coward
ly crew. ' When so-ne of tho men wero
arrested at Montreal they were found
to be loaded with valuables, stolen
from the women they had left to per
ish.. In all these eases cheap men came
dear. The cheapest labor In the long
ran, is the best, and of course it comes
higher. Experience 1 employers know
this and act on it. They will stand
a good deal beforothey will lot their
tried men go. Machinery is better
cared for, there are fewer accidents
and more honest work i turned out.
PUEE DEM1GOGY
"UNSCBVPVLOUS" YANKEES
It is with unmixed sadness that the
St. James's Gazette calls attention to
another heavy wrench upon the Anglo
Saxon alliance. Quite a number of
American citizen, whom the Gazette
somewhat discourteously refers to as'
"unscrupulous yankees," have taken
service, in one capacity or another,
under the Transvaal government. The
Gazette expresses justifiable regret and
reprehension at the fact and predicts
that the unscrupulous yankees will
incur "the repudiation of their own
government and the execration of their
fellow countrymen.
Possibly the uazette is justined in
its prediction. We do not, however
go all the way with it. That Is to say
jre make jip doubt that the ' unscrnpii-
England has a way of doing things a
little differently than other nations,
When she sends a general to conquer
a country she gives him full authority
to do as be pleases. General Buller
has been sent to South Africa to whip
the Boers and take charge of 1 rans
vaal republic. His authority there is
absolute. Be will not only be a mili
tary dictator, but will haye authority
to make terms of peace as he sees fit.
Buller will not be hampered by any in
struction from the war office, but will
be able to carry on the' conquest as
he sees fit. America might profit by
England's methods. If it is going to
carry on its wars of conquest and ex
tend its domain over the globe, it
wants to send ou a good, strong gen
eral, give him plenty of soldiers, and
authorize him to carry on his slaughter
until the last opponent has bitten the
dust. There is but one way to con
duct war successfully and that is to
place the management . under one
man's control.
The following appeared in a recen
issue of the San Francisco Chronicle:
'Whilt Mr. Bryan is doing his best
to convince the farmers that tbei
prosperity is more apparent than real
the farmers themselves are finding n
fault with its substantial character
We lately printed a dispatch from
Chtcasro about the increased prices
their beef cattle are bringing! which
in part account for their satisfaction
in the way economic things are mov
ing. JLtappearg t bat the selling price
of beef on the hoof has only been ex
ceeded once since IssO, when It was
five cents higher. That price is $6 4:
as against fo.iO in 1892, So.33 in 1S93
and $5.85 in 1894. Pork and muttoo
have also moved up, the difference be
ing hundreds of thousands of dollars
to the growers. No wonder the freight
lines are overloaded with pianos, par
lor organs and other items of luxury
consigned to the farming communities
of the Middle West.
"tt is noticeable in connection with
the prices mentioned that the value of
all live stock is greater than it was last
year, without regard to the edible
worth of the animals. Thus farm,
horses increased in aggregate value
during the year ending December ,31,
1898, in no less a sum than f25,7!3,011,
and this notwr ! standiDsr a decline in
their number Mules increased in
value 36,729,972 As for animals used
in one way or- mother for food,, the
value of milch cows increased $65,573,-
833; oxen and other cattle, $104,367,
213; sheep, $25,700,191, and swine, $8,-
078,639.' " ; ; '.
"When to thoe values are added the
enormous profirs from wheat in 1897-
98, from the increase of the home mar
ket for all kinds of farm products and
from exports, the phrase 'poor farmers'
becomes a misnomer."
When such effusions as this ' are
analyzed they show up in their true
light as being demigogical and devoid
of sense, for there is not a single item
mentioned in it, except perhaps mut
ton, the price of which is affected by
the change of national policies. It is
not the home markets that have
brought up the price of meats, but the
heavy shipments that have been made
abroad in an endeavor of certain
packers to control the markets of
Liverpool and London, and also be
cause of the famines in other meat
producing countries which haye caused
a shortage in the world's supply,
As to the advance in the price of
horses and mules, it was not brought
about by a protection tariff being
placed upon the animels, but because
of a decrease in the supply. During
the past ten years horses have been at
a low price, consequently fewer have
been raised, while hundreds of thous
ands of them have been butchered and
canned, hence an appreciation in their
value was only tho natural result of a
shortage in the supply, or rather a re
duction of the supply to a nearer equal
ity with the demand. Possibly the
price of mutton ba9 been advanced by
the change of national policy, for a
duty put on wool has caused sheep
raisers to keep more of their flocks for
shearing purposes and put fewer on
the market for meat. But of all the
farm products sheep and wool are the
only ones advanced by a change of ad
ministration. Wheat was rot advanc
ed in price because of a change in the
tariff laws, but. on account of the j
shortage abroad caused by drought in
the: other great , wheat producing
countries.
And what has the farmer received
in return for this seeming advance i
his products which was due only
accident. If be buys a pound of nails
a bail of wire, an ax, oi anything made
of iron he pays ordinarily twice as
much as he did two years ago. If a
suit of clothes, a carpet, a dresss for
his wife or daughter is needed, he pays
from 25 to 33 i per cent more than he
did before the "wave of prosperity
rolled over the countrv. And so l1
goes through the entire list of what he
is compelled to buy. While what he
produces has advanced in price
through the misfortunes of other
countries and other peoples, what he
requires to purchase has advanced
correspondingly. But what would
have been the' condition of the farmer
had there been no famines abroad?
The Dingley law would have been en
acted just the same, trusts wonld have
been formed, prices would have gone
up on everything except his wheat and
meats. Would he then have been
satisfied with the "way in which
economic things are moving?"
to
EDITOEIAli NO TES.
It is rather hard on the imperialistic
press to express sympathy for the
Boers and to urge the annihilation of
the Filippinos at one and the same
time.
James D. Phelan has given San
Francisco such a good- administration
as mayor tjathis opponents have been
forced to nominate a man of as eqally
high characbyr against him in the per
son of Horace Davis. Thus it is that
the participation la active politics of
one nign-minded, progressive and
honest man elevates the standard of
men to be chosen to official place. Mr.
Phelan has done so much for San
Francisco that he deserves a re-election
but if defeated, it will be by the best
tnaa his opponents could select.
What has become of the manufac
turing boom that was to be startet in
The Dalles this season? Certainly the
"prosperity" committee has not gone
to sleep.
Otis has sternly called upon Aguin
aldo to surrender or take the conse
quences of active and horrible war.
Up to date Aguicaldo is taking tho
consequences without apparent difti
culty.
We paid $20,000,000 for 9,000,000
Filipinos, or a little more than two
dollars a head, and are now paying
about $1,000 a bead to have them killed
This a sample of the business methods
of the present administration.
Senator Hoar has swallowed the
little pill dished out to him, and now
comes out in favor of the Massachusetts
state republican platform which en
dorses McKinlcy's administration.
imperialism and all. He has probably
seen Hanca.
John R. McLean, the Ohio demo
cratic gubenatorial candidate, is said
to bo without a peer a; a sinKlt-handtd
campaigner. He posses the hand'
shaking faculty to a degree that would
make even Oregon's genial Binder
Hermann envious.
The contest between the Columbia
and Shamrock for the American cup
has thus far displayed the American
supremacy in yacht building and sea
manship over the English. This was
to be expected siucj the Yankees have
ever outdone the British in ail things.
The Boers are not meeting with the
success expected at the outset of the
war with England. If they cannot
whip what few Britishers there are in
South Africa now, there will be but
little show for them when General
Buller gets down there with his vast
army.
The men and the party that would
hoist the American flag over the slave
pens and harems of the Sulu Islands
are not to be trusted as guardians of
the lives and liberties of the people
here or anywhere else. Their prin
ciples, morals and religion can be ex
pressed with a dollar mark.
The New York World regrets that
it did not energetically work for the
election of Bryan. The Hanta-Mc-Kinley-Alger
Eagan-Carter-embalmed
beef administration has disgusted the
World as well as tens of thousands of
other democrats who were hoodwinked
into the support of McKinley.
Some of the misguided but exceed-
ingly active Filipino insurgents in
vaded the territory wHch General Otis
has thoroughly "paciiied" the other
day and cut all the telegraph wires.
A scarcity of news from Manila at any
future time may not necessarily be due
to Otis's censorship. It may mean
that the insurgents have cut the
cable.
Governor Geer left Tuesday for
Chicago to attend the laying of the
corner stone of the new government
building in Chicago, which will, be
conducted by President McKinley.
Many governors will be present and
all will be quartered at the same hotel.
This leads the Sal. no Journal to say
that it believes the governor went at
his own expense, which it appears to
think is an uncommon thing for his'
excellency to do.
Good old Queen Victoria does not
favor the war against the Boers, be
cause she knows it is unjust, but her
ministers covet the gold fields of the
Transvaal, and she cannot stay their
greed. They know the outcome of the
wf means theoverlhrowof the Trans
vaal republic and the transfer of the
territory to British domain, hence
th y will :ot listen to her pleas for
peac6. Victoria nas some "expansion
ists" of her own to deal with.
The war in Africa arose over the fol-
lowing proposition: England demand
ed that the English in the Transvaal
be given the right of suffrage after five
year's residence without taking an oath
of allegiance to Oom Paul's govern
ment. The Boers offered to confer
the privilege after seven years' resi
dence and representatives of the two
governments to meet at Cape Town to
prepare and agree upon the wording
of the. proposed law. England's claim
can have no other foundation than
that of might. ,
The New York democratic state cen
tral committee refers to W. J. Bryan
as "the rational and approved leader
of the democratic party of the nation."
This means that the New York delega
tion in the national convention
will favor his renomioation, and
also that Bryan's popularity. is grow
ing in the far east. Bryan has had
very opportunity to ruin ' himself
politically by talking, but he appears
to have gained strength in the past
three years. Few public men could
have been so outspoken at all times
nd on all subjects and not closed their
careers, but Jbsryrn is an exception.
That was a very pathetic statement
of the president of the Orange Free
States in casting the lot of his republic
with : that of the Transvaal in which
he said, that as 60on as' rich gold
mines were discovered in Orange the
British would make a pretext to over
throw the republic and seize the terri
tory. It is indeed a sad commentary
on the inhumanity of tho English gov
ernment that free and independent
people are forced to pray that their
'ands may be barren of the precious
oetals. "Thou shalt not covet" was
ueant for nations as well as for in-
lividuals.
The money expended in the war in
the Philippines would have turned in
to a veritable garden spot all the half-
desert lands of the great arid region of
the United States and "expanded" the
American continent so as to mak
homes within our own boaders for
many milliocs of Uncle Sam's citizens
and yet it is solely from a materially
tic standpoint that Asiatic expansion
is advocated. The cost of the Philip.
pine war for a single day would build
that portage railroad around the
dalles of the Columbia river, and net
tho grain growers of Eastern Oregon
Wasnington and Idaho a million dol
lars annually in freight rates. "Ex
pansion" comes high and the road of
imperialism is an expensive one to
to follow.
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i d tbe Lead
A stove that has outlived 50
years of competition and of
which more and more are sold
every year must have special
merrit. The Charter Oak is
the stove. Where is there
another cooking Apparatus
with such a record.
CHARTER OAK
Steel Ranges.
In the construction of these
ranges we use the best quality
of cold-rolled heavy and perfect
steel. The best Norway iron
rivets and plenty of them. For
the ast parts high-gradeselect-ed
and analyzed pig iron. The
Asbes'o Mill Board lining are
one-eighth-inch thick, made
of pure material and contains
no wood pith with earth.
Only the most experienced
workman are employed. The
Japan finish is the ben. The
nickel plated parts are double
coated and finished in the best
possible manner. Send for
circular. Prices range from
.50 Dp.
Cast iron stoves
ranges $10.00 up.
and
CHRPETS
Higgins Tapestry Brussels
Higgins Double Wire
High Rock Brussels
Royal Scott Wilton Velvet ,
Ingrains, Light Wool ,
Ingrains, Half Wool 50c
Ingrains, Extra Heavy All Wool... 65c
Ingrains, Extra Super.. 75c
50c
60c
70c
90c
35c
Iron Beds
We take the lead in
prices and styles.
They are ve:y heavy
enameled and well
made. We have
them at $3.50 and
upward.
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Hard-wood
bed-room suits,
20x24 German
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SI2.60.
$100,000,000, a year' to get a six-bit
trade in tne Philippines, and we pre
sume Mr. Simon and his ilk would
have us spend a like amount to keep
from being driven out of the China
trade in order that a few jobbers and
contractors can make a few paltry
dollars. 1
Mr.. Mckinley has completed his
campaign , tour of the Dakotas, Min
nesota and Michigan, where he went
to work up popularity and sentiment
among the returning volunteers and is
speeding back to Washington, to take
up the dull routine of attending to the
business with which the people en
trusted him. :
Secretary Boot insists that our title
to the Philippine islands is perfect, but
as a lawyer acting- for a client. he
would, certainly ot have considered
Spain in A position to give aclear deed
to the property and people at a time
when the natives were about to drive
her armies into the ocean and banish
them from the islands.
Senator' Han na says the offering of
a presidential nomination to Dewey
would be an insult to the man. Well,
after the presidency has been conduct
ed as it has for nearly three years past
we quite agree with the senator. But
there are men who would honor, in
there should be one university left in
the possession of men. Wendell
ought, when he comes to die, to go to
tbe kind of a hell an early Oregon sen
ator dreamed about. That is, a place
without any women in it.
The political situation in Ohio was
so critical for the republicans that
President McKinley had to visit tbe
state and make a few speeches. It is a
sad commentary on the popularity of
his administration when he is alarmed
about tbe success of his party in his
own state, which is at least- .80,000 re
publicans, when the declarations of the
party platform -are nothing but en
dorsements ot his acts. Evidently he
realizes that he has been a failure as a
president,
We are told that the Philippine is
lands are American territory by right
of purchase from Spain. If this is
true, why should exports from the
United States be made to pay duty
before they - can be admitted to the
ports of entry? The constitution pro
vides that there shall be no duties
levied on inter-state commerce. YeS
General Beebe, of Portland, has been
forced to call upon Secretary Root and
urge that existing duties now placed
upon American food products,
ed into, the Philippines, be either re-
stead of disgrace the office, and. Dewey duced or abandoned. The moment
it
Senator Simon had been interviewed
by the -Oregonian since he returned
from Washington and said"the Amer
ican people are not going to be turned
out of China any more than they were
out of Oreeon fifty years ago." This
is refreshing, but who Js to be bene
fitted' by our not being turned out of
any port of Asia where labor works
for a mere pittance, and cannot even
eat wheat bread because it is too dear?
We are ispendiDg at tbe rate of over
appears to be that kind of a man
Clackamas county has some citizen
or citizens who would grace a felon's
cell in the penitentiary. We refer to
the party or parties who last Sunday
studded the bicycle path between Ore
gon City and Gladstone with shingle
nails drivon sharp end up. A person
who will thus seek to destroy property
or interfere with other people's pleas
ure has no business at large.
During the last year the state of
New Jersey, has received a million
dollars in fees paid by incorporating
companies trusts that have been in
corporated under its laws. New
Jersey may be said to be tbe only stale
that has made any money. out of trusts
or will be able to keep even with them.
In tbe future the rest of the United
States will help pay the fees that have
gone into New Jersey's treasury.
Dewey is coming west, and the Han-
na-McKinley combine begins to feel
uneasy lest be shall work up a popu
larity that will make him president de
spite their ciDCh on the country. If
their administration were satisfactory
to the people or even to a majority of
their party, it does not seem that they
should be afraid of Dewey or anybody
else, but they know of their short
comings, and tear tne consequence
wnen . toey snail oe canea to an ac
counting a year Hence.
Brother. Abner and party have been
heard from. .They passed through
Ashland Saturday in their private car
Lucania. Mr. McKinley had been in
California and was en route dome via
Portland and Seattle. It was feared
they had fallen into tbe yawning
chasm of "innocuous desuetude" pre
pared for the devils and bis angels,
Kussel Harrison and others of the
eraod father's hat contingent. But
Abner and his chosen friends will
doubtless not be found entirely "in
nocuous." They are threshing alfalfa
while the sun shines.
There is considerable speculation as
to whether Dewey is a democrat or re
publican, and as to wether tbe public
demand that is made for him as a
presidential candidate will affect Mr.
McKinley or Mr. Bryan. Those on
the anxious seat should withhold their
anxiety for a time, and give the ad
miral a show to express himself.. If he
is the man he i- believed to be, and
desires a presidential nomination, in j jor tQQ
fact u tie is nt to oe president, ne win
let the world know where he stands on
the issues that will come before the
people next year, and all will be con
vinced whether he is a democrat or
republican. If he does not do this he
is unworthy of nomination by either
party. The people do not want and
will not buy any more "pigs in a
poke "
It is said that Prof. Barret ' Wendell,
the distinguished Massachusetts novel
ist, is alarmed by what he conceives
to be tbe prospect of co-education at
Harvard. He is afraid that in
stitution is losing something of its
manly qualities, and be believes that
, the islands became United States ter
ritory, if in fact they ever have, trade
between them and the states should
be made free else the, constitution is
violated. But the constitution does
not cut much figure with the present
administration.
THE NEW ROAD LAW.
Confused
Leaves Blatters Somewhat
Regai ding Koads.
It comes to light that the last legis
lature adopted a measure calculated to
affect the administration of road mat
ters in all the counties of the state.
Although the new law noes not repeal
any of the laws already on tbe statute
books, that is, in so many words by
specific repealing clause, it practically
repeals the others or parts of them,
The statutory provisions of this state
for road business appears io be some
what mixed. At the present time
there are three road laws upon the
statute books. One provides for the
old system of road supervision by road
district supervisors appointed by the
county court, and each one absolutely
independent of every other one
Then another law was enacted, em
powering the county court to appoint
a county superintendent over all the
public roads of the county, and to Im
pose a cash road tax for the mainten
ance of the highways, in place of the
oil of labor with . which formerly it
hKe been the custom under warrant o
the statute to permit the payment of
the annual road assessment.
Then, later still, at the last session
of the legislature, a third law was en
acted, making these provisions:
The county court "must" divide the
county into districts,' according to its
discretion, and at the general
state election of 1900, and annually
thereafter, a supervisor must be - elect-
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IWt wife had pimples on ber face, but
bus nas Deen tatcm? (jasl-akjts ana mey
nave all disappeared. I bad been troubled
with constipation for some time, but after tak
ing the first Cascaret I bave bad no trouble
with this ailment. We cannot speak too high
ly oi tascarets. r kkd wiutmar,
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REPORTS FROM HarEKlNO.
Early Reports JNot Yet Confirmed Bas-
ntos Complain of Boers Abuses.
Cape Town, Oct. 19. A dispatch
from Kimberley, dated October 17,
says: "All is well here. Colonel
Hore engaged the Boers at Mafeking
October 14 with great sucess Mafe
king was still safe on Oetooer 15."
A special dispatch to tbe Cape Argus
reiterates the statement that in the
fighting in Mateking Colonel Hore
repulsed the Boers, inflicting a loss of
300 men. The Cape Times published
the following dispatch from Kimber
ley: "Reliable information from
Mafeking says that an armored train,
while reconnoitering north of the town
last Saturday, engaged 500 Boers, who
suffered heavily. Colonel Fitzclaur
fences column louowed tne tsoers,
inflicting severe loss. British casual
ties were two killed and 13 wounded,
Two severely."
. Complaints of Boers outrages upon
natives continue to arrive. These
serve further to inflame the Basutos
and Zulus. Yesterday 150 Basutos
from Johnnesburg arrived at Burgher
shorp. Cape Colony, and alleged that
the Boers bad robbed them whole
sale and flogged them with black
snakes. The party, which included a
son of Chief Earothodi, was supplied
with provision, and the Basutos then
started homeward, cheering for the
queen and chanting war songs. '
BOKR8 GOOD GENERALSHIP.
ARE PUSHING
THE CAMPAIGN
notice of final set-
v TLEMENT.
Lawton and Young" Start-
ed on Expeditions
to Tarlac.
ed by the voters of each district. One today
provision oi tne law is that no voting
precinct may be partly in one district
and partly in another. Another pro
vision of the law is that when a candi
date is elected to the position of road
upervisor, and refuses to serve in that
capacity, he shall be fined $25 by the
justice court in his district, the fine
money going into the funds for 'the
maintenance of the roads of that lo
cality.
i All these various laws leave matters
I somewhat confused. The provisions
election of supervisors next
year is mandatory, but what is to be
done between now and the next gen
eral election is a question. In the
mean time our public roads are being
neglected, and the traveling public is
entering complaints continually of the
unsatisfactory condition of highways.
Credited With Contemplating Movement
Of Great Complexity.
New Yokk, Oct. 19. A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says: The
latest intelligence from the seat of war
indicates that fighting of a serious
nature ha commencad In Natal. Do-
tails are very scant at present, but
hoetilites were evidently started by the
Free State troops, who advanced from
Tintwa pass and engaged the British
cavalry patrols in a long-range artil
lery duel. Firing continued for the
greater part of yesterday, but it is not
known with what resultb, although it
is admitted there are several casualties
on the British side. Sir oeorge
White has pushed up his supports, and
everything points to a big engagement
Manila, Oct. 19. General Lawton
and General Young are at Arayat with
a force of nearly 3000 men. The gun
boats Florida and Oeste are preparing
to mova along the river to San Isidro,
which will be held as a base for opera
tions to the north. Extensive prepa
rations have been progressing for sev
sral days and the expedition, whose
objective point is Tarlack, is expected
to start today. Supplies will be taken
on cascoes.
General Lawton'e .force consists of
eight companies of the Twenty-fourth
infantry, under Colonel Kellar; eight
companies of the Twenty-secont in
fantry, under Major Baldwin; cine
troops of the Fourth cavalry, mounted,
under Colonel Hays; a mixed retrlment,
consisting of one company of the
thirty-seventh infantry, six guns, com
manded by Captain Scott, one com
paoy of cavalry and Captain Batson's
Maccabee scouts.
The Third cayalry Is equipping at
San Fernando to join the expedition.
Heavy rains, the first in weeks, began
last night and have continued steadily,
Want Thousands of Houses.
Cincinnati, O., Oct. 19. The En-
ouirersays: The publisher of a local
trade paper has just received an in
qulry from Smyrna, Turkey, for ready-
made frame houses or cottages of two
stories, with veranda on first floor,
shingled roof, either painted or not,
complete in every detail, excepting
the wludow panes. They must have
from 3 to 5 rooms, not counting the
servent's quarters, and range in price
from 8200 to $1000 and upward.
They must be shipped "knock down."
From 1000 to 2000 houses a year will be
ordered. -
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned.
administrator of the partnership est ate of John
Brookhouse, deceased, and J J. Brooknouse,
ha filed in the county court of Wasco county,
state of Oregon, his final account as such ad
ministrator of said estate, and tbat Monday,
the 6th day of November, A. D. 1899, at the hour
of 2 p. m., has been fixed by said court as the
time for nearinu obieotlons to said report.
and the settlement thereof -
B. J, GORMAN,
Administrator of the partnership estate of
John Brookhouse. deceased and J. J. Brook
bouse, wot
1 i
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Notice Is hereby given tbat the undersigned
s been duly appointed by tbe Hon. County
ourt of the State of Oreeon for Wasoo County.
administrator of the Estate of Antone Jerome,
deceased. All persons having claims against
aid deceased or his estate are hereby notified
to present the same, properly verified, to me at
my office In Dalles -City, Oregon, within six
months from the date of this notice.
Dated this Slst day oi August, I WW.
B. F. GIBBONS,
Administrator of the estate of Antone Jerome,
aeceaaea.
NOTICE.
Notice Is hereby given that the following pe.
tltion for a retail liquor license will be pre
sented to the County Court of Wrsoo county,
Oregon on the 8th day of November, 18W, at 10
o'clock a. m. of said day
PETITION.
To the Honorable County Court of Wasco
County, Oregon:
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, ilnous,
and malt liauors In less Quantity than one
gallon, for the term of one year, at the Cas
cade Locks, Oregon:
J Totton
Wm M Ash
L L Catea
C Vasoorl
H O Hansen
H Llllegard
A Flelschner
A K Trast
John Wes'iman"
Joe Schmidt Jr
W D MoCrary
Ben Dope
John F Trana
C Voorhees
A G Hall
AtVetsoa
R Black
C A McCrory
N Nelson
F H Douglas
FRoffers
A B Olazler
H A Leavens
E Martin
C J Carlson
John Bass
J Johnson
Oregon Washburn
Osnur .- korg
II C 'I raxk
Wm Trizzell
JatrTO Gorton
CE Vettlck
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
A urea C'Dllls
J F Stoat
D A Cbeyner
Joe Scbmid
A W King
Andrew Traverro
G Syring
E Leavens .
M C Martin
K G Connor
Toad Glazier
Wm Nestler
H P Haroham
Pat Lahev
G L Harpham
H H Weston
Otto Olin
S Malm
E P Ash
H Fltzm ons
Ladysmith has fully 3000 troops, and
at Glencoe, on the other flank of the
British defensive Hue, there are 4000.
The very risky and daring movement
of the Boers is directed toward this
line, two columns advancing against
Ladysmith, General Joubert directing
the forces in the neighborhood of Dun
dee. Should the attack be directed
A Box Factory For Salem.
SALEM, Oct , 19. Negotiations have
been completed for tbe building of a
box factory -at Salem. It will be built
by private so ter prise and will not be
assisted by subsidy. Messrs. Kentz &
Son, the prune growers and curers
will operate tbe factory, probably giv
ing tbe greatest attention to the uianu
facture of fruit boxes. Heretofore
large quantities of boxes have been
shipped to Salem from outside points
for fruit packing purposes.
WUl Visit Philadelphia.
Washington. Oct. 19. Admiral
Dewey last night met a seclected com
mittee of tbe municipality of Philadel
phia, headed by Mayor Ashbridge, who
tendered him the hospitality of Phila
delphia during the latter part of the
month. Admiral Dewey accepted tbe
invitation, naming October 31 as the
date of bis arrival, returning on the
night of November 1. '
Big- tlonr Plant.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Oct. 19. It is
announced that in addition to other
simultaneously at both places, it willmill8 wnich the American Cereal Com-
prove the uoers nave carnea ous panyiB D0W building in this
nlana nt considerable complexity) .
with a precision which might excite
Jt tests with you whether you eontmae the.
rcBHi me aesirv lor wdkco, wit
tine, purifies the blood, re
mannooa. J-sST Alll PLsww
nerre s- mm iiiii mn
sf-WIrlW
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stores loss
yoa strong
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in nealtl
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book.
boxes
wyvlwv
UTO-TO-BAC from
own draeirist. who
will vouch forns. Take it with
wlU, patiently, persistently. One
gTWranteedonrer we refund money.
the envy of any soiaiers in tne
world.
Should thev succeed at tne same
time in thrusting their column between
Lftdvamith and Dundee, they will
practically isolate the latter place
and mav be able to mash the iiritish
garrisons at that point ana Lady
smith while the concentration de
scribed as having Greytown as its ob
jective advances unopposed to Pieter
marltzburg. To Core La Grippe in Two Days
Take Laxitive Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
if It fails to cure. E. W. Grove's sig
nature Is on each box. 25c.
city at a
cost of over $2,0000,000, it will soon
commence work on a wheat flouring
plant with a capacity of 3,000 barrels
per day.
"A Breezy Time."
For the last few years, it would
seem as if the public has been seeking
that class of ploys having as their
fundamental prinr lle, the creation of
merriment.
Working for thU idea, the author of
"A Breezy Time" has given an amus
ing and well told story tout FItz and
Webster's clever company of comedy
players haye succec-ded in elaborating
Into an ecjoyab'o entertainment.
Meritorious from tbe fact that it not
only has all the elements of music and
fun, but its story Is coherent and fulj
of veil sustained interest.
The three acts of "A Breezy Time"
have been happily impregnated with
music, songs, dances and amusing
specialty features, all of which are In
troduced in an eay and perfectly legt-
imate manner, and the presentation
gives a bright and crUp entertainment.
The finale of the last act was ar
ranged by Fltz and Webster In which
they introduce a niraber of "Rag
Time" airs, closing the show with a
grand cake walk by the entire com
pany.
A Breezy Time" will be at (00
Vogt next Monday evening.
The Trial of Mlms.
Pendleton, Or., Oct. 19. The
trial of Edward L. Mims for tne mur
der of J. Henry Miller, began this
afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, having been
postponed from the morning session.
Tbe afternoon was consumed in select
ing a jury.
Boslyn coal $8.50 per ton, delivered,
at Stadleman Commission Co. Pboue
235. olltf .
Ask your grocer for Clark & Falk's
flavoring extracts.
i
It Was a Mnceess.
The first party given bv the Colum
bia Dancing Club at the Baldwin las
evening was a success in every respect
and the managers that club, as well
as the membership, may well .con
gratulate them.-e' in having a,
tablished an organ'z.tion that will
furnish abundant amusement during
the winter. At th- pirty last night
there were about -i:) couples in attend
ance, and all pronounced it an enjoy
able affair. It is '. ;.e purpose of the
club to give two danct-s a month dur
ing tbe winter, and n 'he membership
comprises the best votm? people of tbe
city, the parties cannot but be first
class.
Doa1 Tobaee Spit as4 Sssok Tsar Lift wy,
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be au,
netlo. lull of life, nerve and visor, take No-Tm
Bae, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. AU druggists, (Oe or II. Cure guaran
teed Booklet and aamnls frea. A11a
Sterling itemed Co., Chicago or Vtw Yorfc