il
W A S H IN G T O N
murder
th e
charge .
an
« » l e s S o p e r , A H », H o ,,,., ,
I 1,1
» * » » »Ii
i luti«|.
T
'
A ,,»H ed
jje committee Proposes
L-Check Stamp Tax.
JUGAR
debate
degree.
I
—0 r ijrinHl S o n a t e C’o m i i i i t t e e
IN
k
ler 1,1 the «™t
It is alleged that six years &g0 |,H.
L | --- W ere W l W W » *
issouri, bv
her itelv cnopDimr
.1
• tlipm
, 111
/ deli
*«<jiiixraieiy
[„»ton, June 12 . — The long-de-
to pieces with a hand ax. ^ g
m
llai,' .'ii tli.' fti-or Hoheilulo of
«"per,
according
to
his
own
story
¡ 11,111 «•¡line on abruptly at 1
pa.ne away from Miss„uri i„ , S9I. an\i
lo'l.i.v. after the senate bad «Ha-
Washington two momhl
K ,^,’v,v:ils in the agricultural was over
I Jones of Arkansas opened i o then came ,0 Oregon, and lived in
|tet0 some extent, answering h- U.llamette valley, above Oregon
I, statement on
the sugar w e n t’ f
p ' T
* U ,,a
H e th e n
I Vest severely criticised the «ent to Portland, he says, and lived
there four years, being known as Saudv
lit, ami argued that the rates
L rt|ier tribute to its vast re- Soper, and having employment most of
the time with the Pullman Car Com-
Qiffet v of Louisiana also <>p-
i
pa" y
,l|e*niug and such work in the
e schedule as a whole.
rai roud yards fle was married in
1,1 action was taken on any
1 ortland, and Ins wife is there now,
L tli" schedule, further than
, ‘ hough he refused to L*ive her address.
Llrawal of the original senate
L „in Midments. This leaves V\ hen Soper left Portland, it is claimed
I, provisions of the hill, with he had a 2-year-old child with him, and
it is Huspeete.1 that he made wav with
l,liin'i]i iiinreasing the house
tins child, too, after leaving Portland
l il from 875-1000 to 05-100
Sop.*,- left Portland last Anril, and
Ipound.
passed through here to Sissons, where
^visions relating to the B a­
he remained a week, and then came
ll, ulia went over by mutual
hack to Ashland, April 28, where he
has been working since in farming and
lui the day Tillman made a
orchard work. He had leased an or­
eh in favor o f tb e entend-
chard tract here, and, at the time of
ling an export duty on agricul-
liis arrest, was working on the Owen
„hicts. The bounty amend*
farm, south of town. Those who have
I defeated, 10 to 60.
known him say that lie was an exceed-
I 'ngly quiet and inoffensive man, and
toraniitl«*«* \ n n - m i n u ' i i t « .
was uu unusually good worker, lie
in. .Tune 12.— The Repub- was known here as Homer Lee.
¡mocrs of the finance Commit-
When arrested lie did not deny being
■with flaw the amendments for Bates Soper, the man wanted, though
lional tax on beer and for a he does not admit the crime charged
mcents per pound on tee. Tbe against him.
(of revenue is giving the ooin-
Lowe, the young detective who cap­
lousidera file concern. If tli ere tured him, claims to have spent a year
pa withdrawal of the increase and a half in searching for Soper, and
later I L, the hill would not meet the to have been on the ease off and on for
Ia ,'fveiyii1 producer. For this six years, locating his man in Portland
|t has been practically deter- last December.
He was not entirely
imakc a hank check stamp tax. satisfied, so returned for further instruc­
bmtnittee has agreed njMin a tions, to come back and follow his trail
Inf additional amendments to from Portland this way. He claims to
lultural schedule, the most im- have spent months in following a clew
Lf them relating to fish.
at Cripple Creek, and then returned
Iteon chicory root was fixed at East with the wrong man.
i per pound, the present rate
C A N N O N BLOW N TO A T O M S .
leuts and the original finance
i rate of 2 cents.
|ming the Hawaiian treaty, E x p l o s i o n o f a Gu n C ott on S h e l l a t t h e
I n d i a n H e a d 1’ r o v i n g G r o u n d s .
several propositions under
Jatiim by the committee. They
Washington, June 14.—The state of
(the indorsement o f the Davis Maryland trembled last evening as the
lent and continuing the pres- result of an explosion of 330 jiouiids of
¡y in force witliout reservation, gun cotton at the government proving
Itioii to the president that a grounds at Indian Head.
A 12-inch
My should he negotiated, modi- breech-loading rifle weighing 101,000
ptermsof the existing agree- pounds and worth <25,000, was blown
to render tliem less partial to pieces.
The ariuor-covered “ bomb­
ii, and a proposition looking proof” in which the spectators take
¡ring of a year’s not ice to the refuge while tests are made was wrecked
Pi government of the nbroga- and a dozen naval officers and ordnance
I m present treaty.
Thitf latter experts narrowly escaped with their
■on is understood to originate lives.
Jutor Aldrich, nnd is antagim-
The final test was being made of a
*h« special champions of Hu­ gun cotton shell invented by a Chicago
ns opinion is freely expressed man, And through some unaccountable
i that the question of annex- accident the shell exploded in the gun,
1 be taken up by the adininis- wrecking the monster and its carriage
soon as the tariff bill is nnd throwing some of the pieces more
than a mile down the Potomac.
Colonel O’Neill, the chief of ord­
¡ANNER IS M I S S I N G .
nance for the navy, and several l nited
States naval officers and naval attaches
from the various foreign legations had
prance o f t h e rr«**f<I© nt o f t h e
Forest G r o v e H a n k .
fortunately taken refuge on a navy-
Grove, Or., June 14.— The yard tug iiixmt a mile from shore.
Prove hank closed its doors at Lieutenant Anderson, who had been
lay, because of an order to tiiat directed to fire the gun by electricity
vive,) by Cashier F. T. Kane when the signal was given from the
¡ton Pfanner, the president of tug, had gone behind a big earth bank
or “ butt” about 300 yards from the
gun. He and other spectators were
Ger came in a registered letter unhurt, though a massive piece of the
¡ane, from Portland, in which gun weighing many tons, flew through
i also an assignment to S. the air with frightful velocity and
land A. llimnan, made by Mr. struck the water within 100 feet of the
¡for the benefit o f all his cred- tug.
If the spectators had gone into the
Jdetter, Mr. Pfanner said that “ bombproof,” as they usually .!«> wli«*n
the had reached the point such tests are made, they would all
pfeared to go on with iiia bus- have been killed,for a big piece of steel
¡•its, as he did not feel that lie s t r u c k it and ripped through the 12-
able to stand the mental inch armor as if it had t>een so mm
lathe intended to go off among paper. A g r e a t hole was torn in the
Phr quiet, and If he got well, around where the gun stood and tl.e
“ return; if not, tie would die buildings at the proving grounds were
‘rangers.
badly shaken. Not a particle of the
ed here by many that he lias massive gun or its carnage remaim-L
This was the largest charge o gun
1 roicide.
¡ ‘I*ee months ago Mr. Pfanner cotton ever fired or attempted to Ire
™u* illness, and had not fu lly
He liad for the last few ment paid about *25,000 for the gun
monition that he would have blown up. and it was built especially
iu>re of the trouble, and feared for these tests. A shell shot horn thi«
gun was expected to perforate 21 in ch «
"'old result fatally,
lanner was considered one of
[••lest men in the county, and to travel from s.x to ten miles before
“the had plenty to pay all losing its momentum.______
\ C y c l o n e in l o w » .
Watt him.
There does not
MJ* any reason why any one
J ‘T
have claims against
I ” inventory of his real estate
T* rn*'ip today, and his per-
r “ will Is* inventoried tomor- lrillpd and injured. t‘ie
*His is complete, it will
°*a what his liabilities and
z a mile*in
s r i&
S ” All ' •
r T i line«
K
width.
telegraph
WEEKLY
•
‘ 'ilma announces serious trouble on the
northern frontier, and the massacre of
a number uf British officers and native
soldiers in the government employ.
troni particulars obtainable it seems
that two guns belonging to the Bombay
mounted battery, escorted by 300 men
belonging to the First regiment of
>ikhs and the First Punjab infantry,
were treacherously attacked in Tociii
valley by a large force of hostile na­
tives. The first reports said Colonel
Bunny, two officers and 26 privates bad
been killed, and three officers and 24
men injured. Indications are that the
affair is more than a conflict with war­
like natives, ami that the notorious
Mullah of Picwindah is at the bottom
of the trouble.
The latest advices, however, are that
a political officer, Mr. Gee, was visit­
ing Shirani with an escort of troops,
when he was attacked at Manza by su­
perior forces. The Britsh troops weri
compelled to retreat and were followed
several miles by overwhelming numbers
of the enemy. The fighting was des­
perate. • All the British officers were
severely wounded. Cuptuin Browne,
of the First Sikhs, son of the late Sir
James Browne, and Lieutenant Crook-
shank, of the royal artillery, were
killed and Surgeon Higginson, Lieuten­
ant Higginson, of tho-First Sikhs, and
Lieutenant Seaton Browne, of the Pun­
jab infantry were wounded.
A second dispatch says Colonel Gray
has taken command of the British
troops, and it is inferred that Colonel
Bunny is among the dead, as at first
announced.
Tochi valley* lies north of Gnmala,
and on the road to Ghiiznl and Wazir-
islam. It has been controlled by the
British since the elimination of the
Hindoo-Afligan frontier, hut the tribes
have always been turbulent. The mu-
lab of Piewindah is a notorious fanati­
cal priest, and lias always lieen hostile
to the British.
PROPOSED
F O R T IF IC A T IO N S
Contractor« L o o k in g O ver th e
M a rr o w s to n e l'o in t .
.Site
at
Port Townsend, Wash., June 14.—
The advertisement by the government
for hills to prepare the site for the erec­
tion of Puget sound fortifications here
has brought to inspect the ‘ site con­
tractors from all over Washington, Or­
egon and California.
Marrowstone
point is a rough steep, high promon­
tory, and tlie first work will necessarily
lie the providing oi a source of fresh
water. Prospective contractors think
it will be necessary to dig a well 80 to
100 feet deep to obtain it. The con­
tract for tbe Marrowstone point work
will be let June 30.
Condemnation
proceedings for title to 1,000 acres for
the fortification site on Point Wilson
are under way and bids for contracts
for preparing the site will appear in a
short time. Fifteen hundred acres of
land are included in the Point Wilson
fortification reserve.
The advertise­
ment for bids stipulates that work
must begin within 10 days after the
contract is awarded.
CHEYENNE
W AR
SCARE
OVER.
Y e llo w H »lr ami Sam C row A rre*ted
an d W h it e H ull W i ll S u rre n d e r.
Denver, Oolo., June 14.— A special
to the Rocky Mountain News from
Miles CItv, Mont,, says: S?ieriff Gibbs
and Stock Inspector Smith reached this
city this evening, having in custody
Yellow Hair and Sam Crow, the two
Cheyenne Indians implicated in the
Hoover mu**dcr. Agent Stouch called
the Indians all in and the arrests were
made by the Sheriff, no resistance be­
ing offered. Chief White Bull is still
at liberty, but can be arrested at any
time, having expressed himself as w ill­
ing to appear in court when wanted.
The sheriff did not think it advisable
to arrest him until matters had subsid­
ed a little.
Washington, June 14.— A telegram
received at the war department from
headquarters at St. Paul states that all
is now quiet among the Indians in
Southern Montana, and that it is safe
to withdraw the troops sent from Forts
Custer and Keogh, which will be done.
M ay S earch th e E lb e .
Milwaukee, June 14.— It the wreck­
ing company which lias discovered the
long-lost Pewabic is successful with its
new diving apparatus in this venture,
a contract will lie closed with the North
German Lloyd to recover the ocean
steamer Elbe and its treasure of #500,-
000 in gold.
The Elbe lies in 250 feet o f water, a
depth *t which diving bells heretofore
constructed have been useless, and
from observations and soundings taken,
is in good condition. The Elbe was
sunk in collision in the North sea on
the night of January 30, 1896, and 300
lives were lost. The officers of the
wrecking company have been negotiat­
ing with the German Lloyd Company
for some months and the result of th«
Pewabic will decide the outcome.
n n lh
on th e W ave*.
k ^ i r 0, June H *— Captain
|J m chatterov
£ me steamship Hanta Rosa, erson, an old res
j to<Uy by
* h ile o f f the entrance to formerly manag
. ^ ^ e,,erday, A. K. Rogers, Lumber Company, W ;P ^ ¡ fl ^ <>( ,
»treeU.
i j . 1—,gprs. jumped overboard the collapsing of
ned.
Rogers waa for budding at
destroyed by
#n<i
K
r
of the steamship Tbe building was part
<D(1 wrre
j be«*n ill for some time, fire several w.*eks g
tt *o have been tempora- his partner h®d
m„er.a l.- Two
■ ^1°* ‘ ‘ me o f hia tragic
Kiel«™ »..
8p"k” -¿ Z * « « K a*
• widow and on«
s s ïw fc U - -**
Boston, June 14.— After a day of
good weather following the excessive
rains of Wednesday and Thursday, the
reports from the northern, eastern and
central section« of New England to­
night show flooded rivers and lake«.
The two days’ record w ill include
nearly a dnaen livee lost and great
damage to railorad and mill property,
aggregating at least #600,000, distrib­
uted over a «—
^It« equal
M ARKET
LETTER.
THE ADMINISTRATION"
O o w n in fr , H o p k i n s A C o m p a n y '« R e v i e w
o f ïr tü e .
N u m b e r o f O m c c r . IC«*|>orlt*<l K i l l e d '
b y t h e N a tive**.
Fan Francisco, June 14.— The brig
'W d id a large real estate
. l,s,ness, and enjoyed the northa're down, and box-ears on s.d- Geneva, which sailed from Fydney «>n
March 23, has arrived. Captain Panl-
“noe Ho was at the front ings were " ^
“ ^ ' “the town of son reports that First Officer W. E.
LJnll,res of a public nature,
L a i d e e k had been loat overboard, anil
Itew'iT W' " ’
1 recently a
that one of tbe sailors had been crippled
|*i*pbone line from here to
on the voyage.
the farm of John B*“rq
r » « (.r a D row n ed.
H A T C H E T .
INDIA.
Bombay, Jane 14.— A dispatch fro m I
here on thi. - . . . S ” * * ’7 » ’ '*•<>
I land, en route Z n L u,n S '" *>” ■
:
alias Homer U . '
him near Ashland late last
''y
opened
. •
from £ ¿ Z Z T C
1 "ouri, on a charge uf m l t
1
I ,1 >ixl < » flV r y A r e f o r t h e O p -
A
UPRISING
C O IT N T Y
A Resume o f Events in the
Northwest.
E V ID E N C E
N fw i
Our
OF STEADY GROWTH
G n tti.rr d
in
N el^h horliif*
A ll
the
Town»
of
S t a t e * —I m p r o v e ­
m e n t N o t e d lit All I n d u s t r i e * —O r o a o n .
A Mefcav creek ranch, shipped 430
sheep from Pendleton to Seattle re­
cently’ . He received 2 cents a pound
for the sheep, and they averaged 90
pounds.
Fishermen along the river at The
Dalles report a good many salmon in
the river, and if the water continues
falling expect a large catch soon.
The Pioneer Mill Company, of Island
City, in Union comity, lias received
orders for 5,000 sacks or ten carloads of
Hour for direct shipment to China.
Nineteen double-decked ears went out
of The Dulles recently’ loaded with
sheep. They go to the new ranges in
North Dakota, on the line of the Great
Northern.
The firemen’s tournament for vol­
unteer firemen of Eastern Oregon and
Southwestern Washington, was held in
Baker City last week and waa largely
attended.
The new postofflee in 8nlem wns in-
ipected by Chief Postal Inspector Munro
»nd Inspector Thrall, and a favorable
report is said to have been forwarded to
Washington.
W ool is coming into the warehouses
tn The Dalles at the rate of about 250.-
>00 pounds a day, and the warehouses
ire being rapidly tilled, says tiie Tmes-
Mountaineer.
Tho track at the coa’ mine, near Co-
quille, connecting the new opening
with the main track, about 1,100 feet,
is nearly completed. The work lias
been done rapidly, many citizens lend­
ing a helping band and putting in sev­
eral days of work. There were two or
three pretty heavy cuts, but they were
bravely tackled and finished.
Superintendent Shields, of Astoria,
bad the new reservoir cleaned out, and
when the water had nearly all been
taken out of the big tank, the bottom
was found to be filled with beautiful
mountain trout, of all sizes and colors.
Mr. Shields had all tbe fish carefully
preserved, and will replace them in the
tank after the water is turned in agian,
says the Astorisn.
Tbe Light & Water Company, of
Hillsboro, has commenced a new tank
that will have a capacity of 100,000
gallons. The tank on the tower in
Hillsboro holds 70,000 gallong, and
wiUi the new tank the reserve supply
w ill be 170,000 gallons, enough to keep
four streams flowing for three and a
half or four hours. The new tank will
be set in the rear of tbe station and on
top o f the ground.
There was not much trade in wheat
last week but prices were firmer and
the close was 2 cents higher than tbe
preceding Saturday. It is safe to say
that with the statistical situation so
strong as at present, tho volume of gen­
eral trade never was lighter. Specula­
tion is confined to professional traders
' who have been educated up to see
nothing but the short side. However,
there is another side to the market.
The Grange Judd Farmer makes an
estimate of the prospective yield of
winter and spring wheat, placing it at
515,000,000 bushels, somewhat lower
than the former estimates frou> other
sources. The real stimulus to the nfar-
ket at present is the unseasonable
weather that has prevailed in the
Northwest for the past two weeks,
and if the wheat crop has recently been
as badly damaged by frost as it is
claimed, we will see a sharp advance
as soon a this fact is fully determined.
We are inclined to Imik for furthty ad­
vance under the prevailing conditions.
Receipts of wheat for eastern shipment
at Duluth have been light, most of the
spring now going to Minneapolis where
there is an extraordinary m illing de­
mand.
Bccrliohm’s report estimated
the world’s shipments for the week at
only 5,600,000 bushels. The exports
from both coasts of North America were
reported at 1,890,000 bushels, compared
with 2,620,000 bushels last week, and
2.922.000 bushels the corresponding
week of last year. The amount on pas­
sage to importing countries decreased
in the seven days 1,100,000 bushels.
The American visible supply decreased
1.764.000 bushels and now totals 22,-
686.000 bushels. A year ago the visi­
ble decreased only 6730,00 bushels, and
totaled 494,800.000 bushels.
The long expected advance in stocks
is now under full headway, and values
have advanced stehdilv all week, with
scarcely any reaction to speak of.
P ortla n d M arkets.
Flour— Portland, Salem, Cascadia
usl Dayton, #3.75; Benton county and
White Lily, #3.75; graham, #3.40; su­
perfine, #2.60 per barrel.
Wheat— Walla Walla, 74@ 75c; Val­
ley, 76c per bushel.
Oats— Choice white, 38@40o per
bushel; choice gray, 87@89c.
Hay— Timothy, #13.00@ 14.00 per
ton; clover, #11.60@ 12.60; wheat and
jut, #10.00@ 11.00 per ton.
Barley— Feed barley, #16.50 per ton;
brewing, #18@19.
M illstuffs— Bran, #14.50, shorts,
#16.50; middlings, #23.50.
Butter— Creamery, 30c; dairy, 20@
25c; store, 17 “^@ 800 per roll.
Potatoes— Oregon Burbanks,40® 60c;
Garnet Chilies,, 55@ 65c; Early Rose,
85®40o per sack; sweets, #2.75 per
cental for Merced; new potatoes, 1 @
P*“1- pound.
Poultry— Chickens, mixed, #3.00®
3.25; ge«*se, $4.00@ 6.00; turkeys, live,
10c; ducks, #2.50®3.50 per dozen.
Eggs— Oregon, 11 @ 12c per dozen.
Cheese— Oregon,
11'^c;
Y’ oung
America, 12!^c per pound.
W a s h in « ; t o n .
Wool— Valley, 12c per pound; East­
Good crops of gooseberries wero raided ern Oregon, 6@ 8o.
on a number of ranches in Thurston
Hops— 7c per pound.
county this year. The berries were ull
Beef — Gross,
top steers, #3.50;
sold in the Sound markets.
cows, #2.60® 3.00; dressed beef, 5®
The lieu-land settlers in Eastern 6 jgc per pound.
Washington are preparing to organize
Mutton— Gross, best sheep, wethers
to fight the Northern Pacllic Railroad and ewes, 2 ** 0 ; dressed m u tto n ,# ^
Company for titles to their lands.
® 6c per pound.
Hogs— Gross, choice, heavy, #4.00®
The plat of township 24 north, range
11 west, has been tiled in the Olympia 4.50; light and feeders, #2.60® 3.00;
land office and applications for land in dressed #3.00@ 5.60 per cwL
Veal— Large, 8 @4o; small,
this township are now being received.
There are about 1,000 shingle bolts 5c per pound. ________
, S eattle M a rk et*.
in the Toutle river, between the mouth
and Tower, in Cowlitz county. Tin*
Wheat — Chicken feed, #26 pee
river is low, and the drivers are hav­ ton.
Oats— Choice, #21 @22 per ton.
ing a hard time getting the bolts out.
Flour— (Jobbing)— Patent excellent,
A number of wheat sacks have been
stolen from the warehouses in Alto. #4.60; Novelty A , #4.80; California
Walla Walla county, lately. ‘ In one brands, #4. 75; Dakota, #5.65; patent,
night more than 2,000 sacks were #6.40.
Barley— Rolled or ground, #20 per
stolen. There is no clew to the thieves.
ton; whole, #19.
The commissioners of Choiialis county
Corn— Whole, #20 per ton; cracked,
have granted a petition for a six-foot #20; fee<l meal, #20.
right-of-way from Aberdeen to Monte-
Millstuffs— Bran, #15.00 per ton;
sano, along the old country road, for a shorts, #18.
bicycle path. The road is to be bnilt
Hay— Puget sound, per ton, #12.00;
by private subscription, and a portion Eastern Washington, #17; California,
o f the necessary funds has already I mhih #13@ 14.
collected.
Feed—Chopped feed, #18.00 per ton;
The governor and secretary of state middlings, #22; oilcake meal, #80.
have issued a deed to the Unite«] States
Poultry— Chickens, live, per pound,
government, conveying the tidelamls hens, 11c; spring chickens, #2.60@ 8.50;
fronting the Magnolia bluff property, ducks, #5@ 6.
Butter — Fancy native creamery,
at Seattle, for a military site. It is
the first deed of the kind issued un«Ier brick, *6c; ranch, 10® 12.
the law passed in 1880 by the state of
Ch««eee— Native Washington, 10®
Washington.
lie ; Eastern, 1 lo; California, 9 ^ c .
Vegetables— Potatoes, per ton, #12.00
The Medical Lake Granite Company
@ 14; parsnips, per sack, #1; beets,
has secured the oontraot for supplying
per sack, #1.00; turnips, per sack,#1.00;
the granite for the army post at S|si-
rutabagas, per sack, 50c; carrots, per
kane, and has put on a large foroe of
sack,
75<c;
cabbage, per 100 lb«,
cutters, blasters and general quarry-
#1.75; onions, per 100 lbs, #1.60.
men, all of whom are busy. It is esti­
Sweet potatoes— Per 100 lb«, #3.50;
mated that the filling of the contract
new p*»tat«jes, l% c per lb.
w ill require three months of steady
Eggs— Fresh ranch, 14@16e.
work.
Fresh Meat«— Choice dressed beef,
The Indians at Kettle Falls claim the steers, 7c; cows, 6 !* c ; mutton, sheep,
white men’s fish wheels are robbing 6)^o per pound; lamb, 5c; pork, 6)^c per
them of their rights, as no salmon pound; veal, small, 6@ 7c.
have fonnd their way up the river for
Fresh
Fish — Halibut,
4 ® 5c;
three years— at least not enough to salmon, 6® 8o; salmon trout, 7<§10c;
give even "on e fish tn one Indian,’ ’ an«l flounders and soles, 8@ 4c.
it waa reporte<i in the spring that In­
Provisions— Hams, large, 11c; hams,
dians were suffering on the reservation small, l l ^ c ; breakfast bacon, lOo; dry
for want of food. This was among salt sides, 6 ‘4c per pound.
those who have not yet learned to raise
Fruits— Lemons, California, fancy,
enough to last through winter, and for­ #8.00®S.50; choice, #3.50; Cal fornia
merly depended upon dried salmon.
fancy navala, #3 @ 3.50.
The money order business at Olym ­
pia has increased #4,000 a month, be­
cause o f the refusal of the secretary of
state and commissioner o f publie lands
to aooept bank checks in payment of
remittance« to their department«.
Registration for the school election
etamd in Whateoa with 1,138 name«
on the book«, «bowl 600 being women,
■vidsatly there urs «ever»I hundred
Ml
WANTS INFORM ATION B E F O R E
ACTION IS TAK EN .
G ood
I>11 «’ » i i O r g a n i z a t i o n l a
ate, W h l l o
S ««»
D em ot'i-a t« A r c . l u « t
th«
O p p o s i t e —K c f t i i o n R i b l l l t y o f A n y
On­
l a y In K i l l W i l t LI© W i t h l > © n i o « r » U .
K. F. P arsons , Special Tor respondent.
Washington, D. C. — Much interest
is felt here in the course of the house
of representatives upon the senate reso­
lution recognizing tho Cubans as bel­
ligerents.
Whatever delay occurs in
this matter will tie because tho admin­
istration is not yet ready to act in the
matter. It is absolutely necessary that
a new administration, which found on
coming into |>owcr its only sources of
information those created by a party
adverse to its interests and methods,
should have time not only to study the
situation, but to study it through men
seleoted by itself.
Any step looking
to the recognition of the Cubans, either
as belligerents or as an inde|H*ndent
nation, must be a grave one, and is
likely to bring about serious roinpli<n»-
tions with one or more European na­
tions.
It is easy for men who have
not this responsibility ujton their
shoulders to insist upon immediate
action and to talk glibly about the abil­
ity of tho United States to whip any
nation, hut the man who recognizes
that his action, unless carefully «x»n-
sidored, is likely to plunge nations into
war, sacrifice not alone millions o f
money but perhaps thousands of lives,
must feel that the res|<ousibility is a
very grave one. Human life, whether
in Cuba or in the United States or npon
the high seas is sacred, and a president
who could or would take action likely
to create such complication as to endan­
ger tiie lives of his own people or the
people of < ther nations, without the
most careful consideration, would he
unworthy of the confidence of his coun­
try*
T h e T illin ' H ill.
That the senate of the United States
is not a Republican laxly eveiylaxly
knows. That tho ability of the Repub­
licans to pais a tariff hill depends upon
the strength of the protective sentiment
among the Democrats nnd Populists ia
oonceded. The Republioans are in the
minority in the Senate. To pass the
tariff bill they must either have the
active support of one or more Demo­
crats or one or more members o f the
Democratic and Populist parties mu9t
omit to vote against it. There iB rea­
son to believe that tho bill will receive
the support of at least one Democrat
and probably two Populists, if Senator
Kyle is to l>e classed as a Populist.
Hu is put down in the Congressional
Directory as an Independent
Senator
Jones, of Nevada, who lias been classeif
as a Populist for the past two ygars,
will, it is understood, support the b ill,
ami it is probable that Senator K yi«
will do bo , or least not vote against i t
Senator McEnery, of Louisiana, Dem o­
crat, lias indicated clearly his inten­
tion to support a protective tariff. Tb«
Republicans, in tlieir caucus, <leter-
mined to put aside personal preferences
in regard to the various items of the
hill, each man submitting his proposed
amendments to tiie finance committee,
and afterwards, if necessary, to the
caucus committee, iqatn this subject.
They further ngreed, much as they
might desire to enter u|X>n a general
discussion of the tariff, to forego that
undertaking for the sake of economy o f
time, and to press at every turn for
active, energetic work upon tiie sched­
ules of the b illlayith the pnr|>ose o f
getting final action upon it at the earli­
est possible moment. , Not a speech,
aside from the explanation which Sen­
ator Aldrich offereil in the opening day
i of tiie debate, is made by tiie Repub­
licans, other than the brief res|s>nse«
i made m’cessary in reply to the attack«
which the Democrats make npon tlm
schedules of the bill, as the dismission
! progresses. Thus the public may un­
derstand that for the delay in the pass­
age o f tiie hill through tiie senate, tho
responsibility rests with the Dem o­
cratic party, who recognize the fact
that every «lay’ s delay is u jxmtpone-
ment of business activity and pros­
perity, and that by this precess o n ly
are they able to create the dissatisfac-
' tion which they hope may result to
their a«lvantage in the coming election«.
On© H u n d r e d M i l l i o n « S e e k In v © « tn » © » t.
The people who have been insisting
that the Unit«*! States needs “ more
money” are puzzled to know how to
explain the fact that a great railway ot
this country recently refumled mors
than 100 million dollars of bond« at
three and a half per cent interest, and
found plenty of money to take them at
that price. If the country really need­
ed more money for general btisinesa
purjHiHes, that which it lias would not
be looking for investment to three and
a half per cent per annum.
Wo H a ir -W a y P o l l r j .
Pern’ s abandonment o f the silver
standard proves to be of the most rad­
ical type. Detaile«! statements o f hep
action on this subject which hsvw
reaced Washington show that not only
does she make gol«l the standard of
value but the act goes so far as to pro­
hibit tiie importation of silver coin.
Even the prixiuot of her own mint*
which have gone out of the eonntry
cannot be returned, except at one port,
where it mast l«e melted into liars.
The gol«l production continue« to in­
S a a P r a a e l . e o M a r k . ta.
crease
both in the regions where mine#
Potatoes— Oregon Burbanks,60® 75c;
were in operation last year ami through
Early R o m , 6 0 ® 7 0 c ;
River Bur­
the development o f new gold fields.
banks, 6 0 ® 65c;
sweets, #1.26 per
Mr. Otis 8. Gage, formerly of Washing­
cental.
ton, D. C., who has spent the past t s s
Onions— New, #6®60e.
years in Ecuador, reports lbs gold fisidn
Egg»— Ranch, 12® 14c perdonan.
Butter— Fancy creamery, 1 8 « 19o; do of that country “ surpassing in riehnean
•eoonde. 1 6 * « 1 7 * e ; fancy dairy, and extent the famous mines of tenth
Africa.” Reports from Mexico reprw-
l # X « l 7 o ; second«, 16© Ite.
fair ta i
V