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SATURDAY .' . FEBRUARY 22, 1896.

SOMETHING IS WRONG.

When the contract was let for the, construction and completion of thecanal and locks at the Cascades, it wasthe universal belief, in fact it was

' promised, that they would be openedin 1895; but the high water of 1894

necessitated a change in the plans of;J the work, and to comply with the new

plans, the date for the final completionwas extended to March 1,1896. Butnow we are confronted with the infor-mation that, even if the canal is openedfor the passage of a boat on March 1st,which is not probable, the gates willat once be closed, and that they will

. not again be opened for operation untilanother appropriation can be workedthrough congress to build walls be-

tween the first and second locks..' To say that this is disappointing tothose who have for years looked for''ward to.the time when we should have

1 an open river to. the sea, as an era ofprosperity to the Inland Empire, as a

' time when Eastern Oregon could util-ize the great waterway for floating her

' - products to market, is putting it mildlyi

hindeed. The people are not only dis-- -

..; appointed, but they are lead to believe. - that there is something decidedly

". wrong somewhere; that either the government engineers who prepared the

- plans and specifications when the con; tract was let were a set of incompetent

,' ninnies, or that undue influence is

' somewhere brought to bear upon theengineers now in charge of the works,

i i The encineero who prepared the-

. plans on which the contract was awarded considered the natural walls be--

tween the first, and second locks suff-icient to withstand the force of thewater when the locks should be oper-

ated, and made no provision for havingthem protected . by solid masonry or

. other artificial walls ; but now the' engineers in charge condemn them as

- being unsafe, and insist that they shallbe protected before the canal is opened

m' for traffic, necessitating an appropria-tion variously estimated from $8,000to 8400,000. '

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If this proposition is true, why havenot those learned engineers discovered

' the fact years ago,' bo that provisioncould have been made for this extra

' work while the other work was inprogress? Those banks of dirt, asthey call them, have been exposed to

- view for years, why, then.ihave the' engineers been so long discovering

that they would not withstand thewaves? Why have they waited untilthe other work is nearing completion

I , TefniiA-riA- T ask for . further money""v""1' with which to complete that particular

part of the canal? ,'

i The casual observer would naturally'. infer that the engineers have had an

', object In retarding the work. What

.this object may be, if there is any, wedo not pretend to say; but we do be--

lieve that under the state of affairsthat now exist, the people would bejustified in insisting that the war de-

partment cause an immediate investi-gation to be made, and ascertain ifsome of the engineers are not workingin the interest of some one else than

i the government and the people. Bet-ter still, a practical test of the locksshould be made as Soon as the channelsleading to the canal are opened andthe machinery for operating the gates

' is in place. The passage of a few boatsthrough the canal can do but little ifany damage. If a dozen boats do nodamage to those unprotected walls,then it would be safe to open the canalfor general traffic If, however, theyshould suffer material damage fromthe effects of the water, that will be

- abundant time to condemn the work,and order the canal closed for repairs.

The opinion, or rather the skill ofthe engineers who prepared the planson which the contract was let, is cer-tainly worth something, and it is butright that the work when completed inaccordance with those plans, be givena test. Nothing short of a practicaltest will satisfy the people that the

' engineers are honest in condemningthat portion of the work that is claimedto be unsafe

WHAT THE DALLES NEEDS

A spirit of prosperity and enterpriseprevadesThe Dalles, as is shown bythe amount of building that is now con-

templated this season. The city willassuredly enjoy more substantialgrowth the coming summer than it has

' at any time in the past five or six rears"An immense amount of money will beinvested in buildings, and a number ofnew mercantile establishments willlikely erigage in business here; butwith all 'this anticipated increase andgeneral thrift there is one thing lack-ing. No efforts, so far as we are in--

, formed, are being put forth to establishany class of manufacturing industrieshere. In this, we believe the peopleof The Dalles are short sighted.-- Wemay erect mammoth buildings, in--

; crease our facilities for transacting' the mercantile business of the country,and offer inducements for trade to cen-

ter here, but unless we can do some--' thing to increase the population, make' more mouths to feed and more persons

to clothe, our efforts toward advance-ment will fail to meet the reward to

. which they are entitled.The Dalles should, in two years, be-

come a city of 10,000 inhabitants, butthis it will never be unless industriesare built up that will giye employmentto more people. There are now all thepeqple here who can find profitable empiovment. THfere is nothing atpresent to Invite another wage-earn- er

to come to the city. But if we

had a wool-scouri- plant, anotherlarge flouring mill, a foundry, machine

' shop, wagon and carriage factory,woolen mills, etc., The Dalles wouldsoon become the most attractive pointon the coast for laborers. Withoutsome such industries the city may soonoutgrow its resources, as has nearlyevery other town on the coast. Seattle,Tacoma, Ellensburg and Spokane fur-

nish good examples of cities that havebeen built up expecting to live on theresources of the country and withoutattempting to create any resources inthe ' way of manufacturing. Todaythese are cities of immense brick blocksthat are tenantless, investments intheir real estate is no where near pay-

ing interest, and in many instances

not realizing enough to pay taxes.Let The Dalles profit by the ex-

perience of those cities and instead ofdepending solely upon the resources ofthe surrounding agricultural regions,create resources for itself.

HOW IT WORKS.

A practical illustration of how theendless chain of greenbackism is enriching British usury at this country'sexpense was unexpectedly developedthe other day in New York. Whenthe steamer St. Paul ran ashore on theJersey coast, 6ays the Portland Tele-gram, she had in her .hold $1,300,000in gold. This guld was taken out andreturned to the ry at NewYork, where it was found, upon ex-

amination, to be the identical metal thathad been taken out of the same sub- -

treasury for export a short time before.It had been sent to Europe and shippedback again immediately, bearing allthe costs of freight and insurance anddangers of shipwreck.

Thus was inadvertently exposed thegame of bide and seek ' by which thebond subscribers, foreign and domestic,have been attempting to cover theirtracks. That cold had been drawnfrom the United States treasury andshipped to London for the osten-sible purpose of meeting the ordinaryrequirements of exchange, but in reality it was taken out to precipitate .another call for a loan by this government and to be returned to thetreasury in payment for its equivalentin bonds. Ere now it probably hasbeen restored to the treasury reserve,but only to be drawn out again via thegreenback route just as soon as therequisite amount of currency can bescraped up and presended for re-

demption. The moat grevious featureof this expose is that it shows the newloan like all that have preceded it, ispaid'ultimately, except an inconsider-able fraction, with gold withdrawnfrom the treasury itself, j It also em-

phasizes the fact that so long as thegreenback redemption system makesthe periodical issue of bonds necessary,just so long will it be impossible for usto prevent the money-maker- s of Lon-don from profiting by It. Englishmenmay, through their financial agentshere, maintain a run upon our treasuryif they please, and we cannot put anend to it so long as the legal tendersare outstanding.

It is rather a costly price we are pay-

ing for the poor privilege of seeing a.

clownish congress do nothing.

NO DANGER OF COMPETITION.

In a recent editorial on the- - possibil-ity of competition with Japanese man-ufacturers resulting disastrously to theAmerican manufacturers the Oregon-ia- n

said: "This consideration is ofspecial interest when we turn it to-

ward the field of our greatest indus-tries iron and steel, wool and cottonmanufactures. With ocean freightsto pay each way, and , with anincreasing wage scale, Japanese com-

petition is scarcely to be considered inthese lines. Considerable attentionhas been paid to an order from a Japan.ese syndicate of spinners lor iu,uuobales of American cotton. But as ourannual crop ia between 6,500,000 and9,500,000 bales the goods made fromthis order or from others like it aremore apt to be consumed in Japan thancross the ocean again in manufacturedform. ' The great staple raw materialsare our own.. Under wise policy weshall manufacture - them ourselves.We shall be excelled and undersoldfor a time in ornamental articles andfabrics. ; But the gains as time goeson should be all on our side."

This admission on the part of theOregonian is not compatible with thesongs that great daily has been sing-ing in the past. It has always heldthat the manufactures of Americacould not successfully compete withthose of Europe because of the differ-ence of wages in the two countries,and has ever held that a protectiveduty in favor of the American ' manu-facturer was necessary. . Now it seesno danger of competition with a country that pays lower wages than anyother in the world except China. Ifit is true that we need no protectionagainst the "pauper" labor of Japan,how then is it that we need protectionagainst those European "paupers"who command twice the wages of theJaps? '

AN OBJECT LESSON.

The deadlock that exists in the Ken-tucky legislature In the senatorial con-

test is an excellent object lesson ofthat clumsy process we adopt for elect-- ,ing United States senators. One ofthe duties of tho legislature is to electa senator, but owing to a division onparty lines, no election can be effectedwithout the vote of the populist mem-

bers, and virtually those two men havein their power to decide for the peopleof the entire commonwealth of Ken-tucky who shall represent them in theUnited States Senate. ' That istwo men can cast the vote of the entirestate.

Thij state cf affairs should be a suf-

ficient argument in favor of electingsenators by direct vote. Speaking ofthe deadlock in Kentucky the otherday Senator Turpie, of Indiana, in aspeech before the senate, said:

"But whatever else may result fromthis deadlock in the Kentucky legisla-ture, it should teach the People of theUnited States that the time has comewhen there should be adopted anamendment to our . national constitu-tion giving into the bands of the peo-

ple the election of United States sen-

ators, that the 'ballot of opinion,' ht

and unawed, may settle thequestion of election to the. UnitedStates senator " " -

FAIR TRADE A.ND THE TRUSTS

Every man who is engaged in legit-imate trade is endeavoring to supplythe largest possible number of peoplewith all they can possibly use of thearticle in which he deals. Profits thusacquired are fair profits because theyresult from work which has benefitedeverybody.

The principle involved is at all timesa touchstone of trade. All commercethat complies with it is fair, useful andprofitable to all who do not forfeit byincompetency.

As trade departs from or defies thisprinciple it becomes unfair, because itendeavors to take advantage of thewants and necessities of the largestpossible number of people to extortfrom them the largest possible profitby supplying them the least possiblequantity of what they need and payfor.

This is exactly what the members ofthe-coa- l "combine" are doing. This iswhy their undertaking is dishonestand criminal. This is why every manof them is damaging the communityand demoralizing trade.

They are conspirators and lawbreakers. Why should not the lawsbe enforced against the lawless? N.Y. World.

A REPUBLICAN HERESY.

The majority of the republicans fromthe west say that, during the veryhard times, when democratic politicshave thrown so many people out of em-

ployment, is the time when the government should push the government workauthorized, and expend all the moneypossible, so that there may be morework for the people and money kept incirculation. This has been claimed asthe true policy, and democrats havebeen arraigned for not doing this inthe past. Oregon ian's WashingtonCorrespondents

Is indeed the democratic party beingarraigned for not having spent moneyextravagantly? Do the republicansdesire to make this question an issuein the coming campaign? Will theyadvance as their policy that the "governmentexpend all the money possible,so that there mav be more work forthe people?" If they do, they had aswell adopt the free silver policy of thepopulists, join hand and glove withCoxey in his demand that the government supply the populace with meansof earning a living, surrender partyidentity, and become out-and-o-ut com'munists.

The idea of the government furnishing employment to the people soundswell; it is a nice theory, but in practice it is a failure. The people are thegovernment; it has no Jmeans of ob-

taining money except by imposingtaxes upon the people, then when itfurnishes work for the people it simplytakes money from them to give it back,less the cost of collection.

The idea of creating good times by tax'ing one class of people to give work toanother is a heresy that none but hair- -

brained communists will accept, for itresults in placing unnecessary burdensupon the farmers, the actual producersof the country, to give employment toa lot of poorly-pai- d laborers and wellpaid officials. It is a heaesy that willnot be accepted by the masses, and ifthe republicans adopt it as a partyprinciple, they do so at their peril.

TIRED OF WAITING.

Patience is indeed a commendablevirtua under ordinary circumstances.but thero are times when this virtuebecomes unbearable. This is now thecase with those who have patientlywaited for years hoping to see theColumbia river opened to navigationThey have waited and waited thesemany years since the first ground wasbroken at the Cascade Locks, expecting every year that it would be thelast until their exports and importsshould float unimpeded up and downthe great waterway of the Northwest.They have seen over $3,000,000 expended on this work, and probably$1,000,000 squandered, and still havepatiently waited without entering anyvigorous complaints. But their patience has been sorely taxed,' andunless the locks are opened at an earlydate, they will no longer remain quiet.

The prospect of the locks not beingopened ' for traffic for another year,and possibly two or three years, causesevery person directly interested to askfor an explanation of the cause of thedelay. They want to know if it isreally true that the canal and lockscannot be operated when the work ofthe present contractors is finished.This can only be determined by a prac-

tical demonstration, and the people ofthe entire upper country demand oftheir representatives in congress .thatthey insist upon the war departmentallowing a practical 'test made.- - Letthe locks be thrown .open, and if theyprove to be unsafe, then let them becondemned, and speedy action takento secure an appropriation for theirultimate completion.

IS NOT DEMOCRATIC.

Hon. .Napoleon Davis has lust returned from Washington, and is quotedin the Oregonian as saying in reference to the appointment of receiver ofpublic moneys at the Oregon City landoffice:

" I think the president was a triflesorry that he had only one position for35 men so highly recommended, as hewill necessarily lose the opportunityof making 34 good and loyal friendswho would stand by him through goodand ill report. The drawing capacityof a federal office is simply wonderful,and, to the dispenser of patronage, agreat source of strength."

If Mr. Davis is correctly quoted, it isnot probable that he came any waynear expressing President Cleveland'sfeelings- - in the matter. Cleveland isnot the kind of a man who would feelany regret at being unable to furnishplaces for thirty-fou- r men to performthe services of one. Such an idea isforeign to democratic principleaWhatever else democracy may befaulted for having done, it has neverbeen accused of creating offices as re-

wards for loyalty to the party. Demo-crats have 'ever favored a governmentsimple and pure, a government for thepeople, not for officials, and it is notlikely that Cleveland has so farwandered from these time honoredprinciples that he would desire to bur-den the people simply to make a 'few'solid friends.

MARTIAL LAW IN CUBA.

As was expected, General Weylerhas issued a number of proclamationsdeclaring . himself supreme ruler ofCuba, and announcing the island undermartial law, threatening the direstvengeance uppn all supporters of therebellion, and giving authority to sub-

ordinate officers to cause the deathpenalty to be inflicted for offenses oftreason, etc. ' General Weyler is a mostbrutal official, and a Cuban patriotwho falls under his displeasure cane,xpect no mercy at his hands. Nothingshort of death will appease the wrathof this unjust and barbarous soldier,and crimes against all laws of civilizedwarfare may be looked for underhis rule. With such a tyrant in com- -

mandiof the Spanish forces in Cuba,and in the absence of intervention of I

foreign power, to prevent his crueltiesto unfortunate rebels who may fall into his power, there is but one courseopen to the patriots, that is to assasin- -ate Weyler. which will undoubtedly bethe result if he persists in carryingout the terms of his proclamations.

Ordinarily it has not been thepolicy of the government to allowinternal improvements once be-

gun or completed to suffer for want ofappropriations with which to prosecutework or keep them in repair, hencethere is little need of uneasiness aboutwhat action congress will take in refer-ence to appropriating more moneywith which to perfect the canal andlocks at the Cascades. But it is oftendifficult to get appropriations for thecommencement of new works, therefore the energy of all is required in aneffort to get an appropriation for theboat-railw- project.

A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.

Within less than four months thepeople of every county in the state ofOregon will be called upon to selecttheir public servants for the comingtwo years, and it behoves them to be-

gin exercising their judgment as towho will best serve them in the different official capacities. And is thereany reason why business methods andcommon sence should not govern themin making these selections? Whyshould honest men, men successful inbusiness, shrewd merchants and successful farmers think of placing civicpower in the hands of professionalpoliticians, who use such power to de-

stroy the credit of the county and stateby incurring needless expenses, andwhose sole regard is for the emoluments of the offices to which they maybe elected? Why should such men be'allowed to maniptlate conventions andname tickets which the voters of therespective parties are expected tomarch to the polls and blindly support,simply on party grounds, regardless offitness, honesty or claims to publicsupport? Why should not the busi-ness men of the state take themanagement of conventions out of thehands of professional politicianss andsee to it that only honest, capable menare named for the different offices?Public affairs can . be conductedon business principles if businessmen are elected to all offices, fromconstable to governor, but this willnever be if professional politiciansare allowed to name themselves andtheir underlings for office. It is nowtime that the business men of the statebestir themselves, and by attendingprimary meetings take a hand in choos-ing who shall be named by conventions to ask public suffrage in elevat-ing them to office. Politicians, who arein politics for revenue only, have runthe affairs of Oregoo long enough,It is time that those who pay the '.axestake a hand. Let them consider thechoice of officers as a plain businessproposition, and the system of organized piracy that has prevailed inthe state in the past will disappear.

A DANGEROUS CURRENCY.

Mr. Charles C. Jackson recently contributed and article to sound currencythat is a timely and interesting dis-

cussion of the need of retiring ourcredit currency. In a most convincingway the article shows that we are usingan ancient and discredited method ofcurrency and heeding not the clearestand most convincing warning fromexperience of the danger that this formof paper money leads to.

Mr Jackson thinks' that the gold hasbeen flowing away from this countryduring the past eight years because wehave had an excess of currency, andbecause our government has bo abusedits power to issue paper currency thatboth our own and foreign, investorsare doubtful whether that currencywill always be redeemable in gold.This doubt has been growing with thedecline in value of our large stock ofsilver, all of which is practically redeemable in gold, with no adequategold reserve to meet such an obligation. Certain it is that for morethan three years there has been suchanxiety, about the maintenance of theredemption of our currency in gold asto greatly harass all business men' andseriously check investment and enterprise here on the part of our o wn andforeign capitalists. This anxiety wouldhave no existence were it. not for thegovernment notes which we have incirculation. . . Maintaining- - constantprompt redemption of these notes is atask for which the treasury is utterlyunfit. Our banks, with $5,000,000,000banking assets, are much better fittedto issue currency than is our government, which has practically no assets,and which in times of stringency oremergency, can borrow gold only byselling its own promises to pay. Theresources of this country are so greatthat it has succeeded thus far in keeping Its legal tender notes at par withgold. Similar experiments have failedin every other country. No such paperexcept ours is at par today in thewhole world. All other intelligentnations have abandoned the effort andsubstituted metal ap the only legaltender and now have all this paper issued by banks.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

The senate don't want any tarifftinkering and the house won't havefree silver. So there you have .it, adead-loc- k in the great legislative bodyof the nation. '

One of Oregon's greatest ; needs ismore employment for laborers and lessemployment for politicians. More farmers, mechanics and day laborers andfewer office holders would mean prosperity. .

The democratic party is by no meansshort of presidential timber. It hasOlney, Morrison, Pattison and Whitney, any one of whom would be acceptable to the masses of the people.

The house very promptly sat downon free silver, defeating the substituteby an overwhelming majority. Whilethe senate has a sort of silver liringthe house still remains true to soundmoney.

If to secure office is the only objectto be gained in politics, then fusionwith any and all parties is desirable;ut if we have a principle to contend

for, the democratic party cannot affordto unite with any other at this time,

John Burns, the English labor leaderand socialist, recently coined this epigram anent the Venezuela dispute: "IfEngland is wrong, fighting won't makeit any better; if England is right, arbitration will not make it any worse.

The present congress is making agrand success at doing nothing, andunless the members begin to get amove on themselves this session willgo down to history as the greatest failure on record. Appropriation billsare about all thatreceive consideration'They seem to have the right-of-wa- y.

Ex --Gov. R. E. Pattison, of Pennsylvania, is being urged for the democratic nomination for president. Hisrecord while governor of the Keystonestate showed him to be well fitted foran executive officer, and a man of thepeopie, one in whose hands theiroffices are safe.

Senator Sherman cannot be classedamong those Western republicans whoare berating the administration fornot spending more money on unnecessary public works "to give employ-ment to the people." He says President Cleveland would be be justified insuspending all public works that arenot absolutely necessary. By so doinghe would stop the deficit and place thetreasury balance on the other Bide.Not only unnecessary public works,but a whole lot of unnecessary publicofficials could well be suspended, andthe country would get along' just as ofroll .. ...

TELEGRAPHIC.

BOLD BANK BOBBERY.

The Cashier and Book-Keep- er Shut in theVault.

San Francisco, Feb. 18. Threemasked men entered the Market-stre- et

bank, a small institution in theSpreckles building, shortly after 10

o'clock this morning and orderedcashier Hopkins and book-keep- er Hay-hur- st

to throw up their hands Hop-

kins, who was at the counter, refused,and one robber fired a bullet pst hishead, but which struck neither official.

The three robbers then climbedthrough a hole in the wire screen atthe cashier's window and seized thetwo bank officials and hustled theminto the vault. A piece of carpetcaught in the door of the vault, andthe robbers did not take time to fastenthe vault door. Hastily dumping thepile of gold on the cashier's counterInto the sack they escaped.

Although Market street was crowdedwith passing people the robbers madegood their escape. It Is supposed theysecured only $800.

CONFESSED XO HCBDEB.

An Unusual Scene at a Revival Meeelng--.

Cedar Falls, Feb. 18. When MortTruesdell, of Kenosha, Wis., confessedat a revival meeting to the murder of aman named Sheldon, at Leadville,Colo., September 10, 1890. he said:

"I have been trying to lead a Chris-tian life for several years, but havebeen conscious all the time that I wasa great sinner. I am guilty of murderand ready to surrender myself to theofficers. I want to serve the Lord,and cannot do it without leaving offthis awful burden."

To a reporter Truesdell afterwardmade the following confession:

"I first met the man I murdered atSpringfield, 111., the 28th day of July,1890. He and I traveled from thereto Colorado together. I had been aprivate detective in Wisconsin. I wasstill a detective, but had no authorityoutside of that state. The fellowname was Bill Sheldon or Shelton,don't know which. At Tennessee PassI was taken sick with mountain feverI was sick only one night. Sheldonwas then with me, and while I was inbed he rifled my pockets, taking someprivate letters which contained mattershowing I was a detective.. I did notKnow ne toott the letters until wehad trouble the next day. In themorning we started afoot for Leadville,When within a few miles of that citygave out and could ' go no further.Sheldon began swearing at me andspoke of the letters he had taken frommy pockets.. He said he had found out that I wasa detective,- - and would give him theworst of it for the crooked cases he hadtold me of. He became enraged, andas he came in front of me with a knife,I pulled a revolver and shot him inthe head I fired two shots. Thefirst bullet struck him in the temple,The other took effect in the back ofthe head. After the., shooting, I laiddown the revolver by Sheldon's side.and took the knife and a watch androde into Leadville with a farmer.do not know whether the body wasever found or not."

- Little Girl Badly Burned.Jacksonville: Or., Feb. 18. Little

Ruth Peter, 4 years Old, who resides inJacksonville with her grandmother,Mrs. Newbery; met with a painful accident this evening.. While her grand'mother was absent from the housefew moments she' opened the stovedoor and, in attempting to burn somepaper, her clothing caught fire. Be-

fore it could be extinguished, her faceand one hand were badly burned. Thechild called to her grandmothernumber of times to come quickly andhad the presence of mind to lie downandrolL But for this no doubt shewould have been burned to death, asthe fire burned entirely through herclothing. The child is a niece ofSchool Superintendent Newbery. Hermother, whose husband died a fewyears ago, is absent teaching school,

House Proceeding;. .

Washington, Feb. 18. In thehouse today Newlands of Nevada presented a resolution instructing theways and means committee to inquirewhat effect the difference in exchangebetween gold standard countries hasupon the manufacturing industries ofthe United States.

"The Pacific coast, "he said, "wasnow threatened with the invasion ofproducts of cheap labor of the orientalcountries, especially Japan, and an Increase in the price of silver would takefrom the oriental countries the advan-tages they now possessed."

The house resumed consideration ofthe agricultural appropriation bill..

Preacher Threatened With Death.

Indianapolis, Feb. 18. Rev. R. GHammond, pastor of the M. E. Churchat Ambria, who has been very determined in his opposition to the saloon,is said to have received an anonymousletter threatening both his life andthat of his family unless he stopped hiswarfare against ' the saloon. Thepreacher is not to be intimidated.Some weeks ago Constgble CharlesHaver, a leader of the anti-saloo- n faction of Fowler, was waylaid and terrible beaten, it is claimed, by friends ofthe saloon.'"

Mies Barton In Turkey.Constantinople, Feb. 18. Miss

Clara Barton, president of the American Red Cross Society, has arrivedhere, and is organizing a system forthe distribution of relief to the suffering Armenians. ....'""

It has been ' arranged that Rev,izeorge f. unapp, the American missionary of Bltlls, accompanied by hisfamily, is to come to this city to beexamined by United States MinisterTerrell regarding the charge of sedi-tion brought against him by the au-

thorities.

Authoress Marries a Nobleman.

Charlottevtlle, Va., Feb. 18.

Amelia Rives Chandler and, PrinceHierre Teroubetzkoy, a Russian noble-man, were married this afternoon atCastle Hill, the home of Colonel AlfredR ves, father of the authoress.

' i, Attempted Train-Wreckin-

Stahbuck, Wash., Feb. 18 Somemiscreant made an attempt to wreckthe train . on - tbePomeroy branch.Only the vigilance of the engineer prevented a serious disaster. The wretchopened the switch at Chard, and lockedit with a key. Had the train attemptedto go over the switch, it would certainlyhave been ditched. The engine wasstopped within a few feet of the switch.

Will Be From Eastern Oregon.

Salem, Or., Feb. 18. GovernorLord expects to fill the vacancies onthe board of regents of the university

Oregon and the state agriculturalcollege, in few days. He says both

appointments will be made from East-ern Oregon, as that part of the statois without representation on eitherboard since the death of Mr. Sturgisand the resignation of Mr. French.

THE DEADLY DYNAMITE.

Great Lost ofLife and Destruction of Prop-

erty.Johannesburg, Feb. 19. An explo-

sion of dynamite has occurred at Vien-dendor- p,

and the poor quarter of thetown has been blown to pieces. Hun-dreds of houses are in ruin, and thehavoc wrought is fearful. A numberof persons have been killed and thepopulace has turned out en masse, andis working to rescue those who maybe buried in the ruins. The windowsof every house in Johannesburg werebroken by the explosion.

The dynamite that caused the catas-trophe filled eight trucks, which werebeing shunted. The explosion causedan immense hole 30 fet deep. Everybouse within a radius of half a mileof the explosion was razed to theground. Forty dead, nearly all ofthem terribly mutilated, have alreadybeen taken from the ruirs, but thework of searching the debris hasscarcely begun. Two hundred of themost severely injured were admittedto the hospital, where several died. Itis believed only a few white personswere killed.

A TEXAN'S REPORT.

The Cubans, He Says, Have the SpaniardsWhipped.

Houston, Tex., Feb. 19. Captain J.H. MeGarvey, an old Texas veteran,has just returned from Cuba. October16 last he left Key West for Cuba, incharge of the Viesta, with a crew ofeight men. At Key West the Viestawas loaded with arms and ammunition

j branded as lard, bacon, etc., and hewas instructed to turn the cargo overto an insurgent commander. Onreaching the Cuban coast he was chasedby a Spanish man-of-w- ar and was com-

pelled to beach his vessel, which hedid and then burned her in order tokeep the Spar.ish from getting her.He and his crew struck out from theirlanding place, near Matanzas, for theinterior and joined the insurgents.

Captain MeGarvey says the Cubanshave at least 45,000 men under arms;that they are supplied with guns andammunition and also receive suppliesof money regularly from the UnitedStates. He remained with the troopsuntil a fortnight ago and says hetraversed nearly the entire westernportion of the Island. He says theCubans have the Spaniards completelywhipped, and at their mercy, but hecannot understand why they do nottake Havana and bring hostilities to aclose. This he claims they can do atany time they see fit. The reports ofSpanish victories, he characterizes, astissues of lies.

The Syndicate's Share.Washington, Feb. 19. The follow-

ing announcement was made at thetreasury' department today: J.

& Co., and associates, undertheir bids for $100,000,000 UnitedStates bonds, of 1925, madein accordance with the recent'clrcularof the secretary of the treasury, areentitled to receive bonds of the facevalue of about $40,000,000, $7,00,000 inaddition to those of which they havealready been notified. The exectfigures cannot be stated until returnsfrom the various subtreasuries arefully verified. '

i'

'-- '. Killed His Partner. ,' Great Falls, Mont, Feb. 19. Re-

ports have reached here of a fatalshooting in Cherry county, fifty milesnorth of this place. Mike Clancywent to Fort Benton and told that he 1had shot and killed T. J. Hanagan,his partner in the sheep business.Clancy claimed that Hanagan shot athim with a rifle and missed, where-upon he (Clancy) seized a shotgun andfired, the charge entering his oppo-

nent's breast and causing almost in-

stant death. The coroner's jury re-

turned a verdict that the deceasedcame to his death by a gunshot woundat the hands of Clancy.

Barely Escaped Burial Alive.

Forsyth, Ga., Feb. 19. Mrs. JeffMapp, a middle-age- d woman livingseveral miles north of here, has beenvery ill, and day before yesterdayafternoon she was supposed to haveexpiredr To all appearances life wasentirely extinct and the body was prepared for burial. While being placedin the casket the body was seen tomove.. In another instant . thosearound Mrs. Mapp were startled to seeher open her eyes. The casket washastily carried from the room andphysician . summoned. Mri. Mapp,though very ill, is still alive and thereare indications of her recovery.

They May Fight on a Barge.

Galveston, Tex., Feb.19. A rumoris current here this morning thatMaher and Fitzsimmons will leaveEl Paso tonight and arrive in Galveston Friday afternoon. They will takea steam tug with a barge attached, gothree or four miles into the Gulf ofMexico and fight for the champion'ship' before a kiutoscope and a fewwitnesses, it is said tne Kintoscopepeople are willing topav the purse andan expenses, ana stuarc wiu ao any'thing that will let him out of the deal.

Wo Clew to the Thieves.'

BAN fRANCISCO. i'eb. i. The police have no clew to the identity of themasked trio who robbed the Market-stre- et

bank of $3,000 yesterday. Thedetectives working on the case insiston the genuineness of the robbery, buthave small hope of capturing thethieves, although the bank officialshave furnished descriptions of themen.

on. Will Reconsider the Tote.

Washington, Feb. 19. The housecommittee on territories voted todayto reconsider the former vote againstthe Arizona and New Mexico state-hood bill, thus leaving them still before the committee.

To Exterminate the Seals.Washington, Feb. 19. The house

committee on ways and means todayvoted to report a bill for killing all of

the seals in Behring sea unless an ef-

fective agreement for their protectioncan be reached.

Great Loss of Life. ofLisbon, Feb. 19. Great loss of life

attended a fire In Santaren last night.whiie the Artists' Club masked ballwas in progress. Thirty-fou- r bodies thehave been recovered. Many were inured by jumping from the windows.

meCompromise Kejected.

Winnipeg, Feb. 19. The proposalof the Greenway government to settlethe school question by making theschools absolutely secular and eliml- - justnating all religious exercises, hasaroused a storm among the clergy. I byBoth Protestant and Roman Catholic a

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would ordinarily use gilene as von- . . , , . i 3ot lard or Duiter, Deing amuic iuproduce the most desirable re--1

suits. The saving in a year rep- - iresents a considerable item.There are many imitations ofCottolene; you should therefore

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clergymen bitterly oppose the estab-lishment of what they term Godlessschools. Roman Catholic clergymensay they would rather submit to thepresent system, while Protestantclergymen say they would prefer thatthe Roman Catholics have their ownschools.

BURGLAR AT H1LLSBORO.

Safe at the Depot Blown Open andThirty-Eig- ht Dollars Taken.

HrLLSBORO, Or., Feb. 20. The de-

pot of the Southern Pacific RailroadCompany, located in the southern por-

tion of town, was entered this morn-ing about 2 o'clock, the safe blownopen and its contents, $38, taken.Twenty-fiv- e dollars was in gold and therest in silver. Entrance to the waiting-

-room of the depot was effected bybreaking the glaB, thea unlocking thecatch, after which the window waseasily raised. Once in the waiting-roo-

the bolt of the night-latc- h onthe office door was broken by pryingthe door open with a chisel. A holewas drilled in the safe door and filledwith explosives. In the safe were agold watch and. pin, aud other val-

uables that were left untouched.

sentenced to death.April 10 Fixed as the Time for Hanging;

Kelsay Porter- -,

Union. Or., Feb. 20. At 1:30 o'clockthis afternoon i the time fixsd for pass-

ing sentonr3 upon Kelsay Porter, con-

victed c' in the first degree forkilling l.ijainin Mache, sr., the at-

torneys for the defense filed a motionfor an order to set aside the verdict ofthe the jury, and for arrest of judge-ment. Both motions were denied, andJudge Eaklns passed the followingsentence upon the defendant.

"That he be confined in i the countyjail until April 10, when ho be takenfrom thence, between the hours of 6A. M. and 6 P. M., and, within the en-

close of the jail, be hanged by theneck until dead." .

The defense was allowed until Aprilto prepare the bills of exception for

an appeal to the supreme court.

THE HIGH SCHOOL BURNED.

Terrible Calamity Narrowly Averted inan Iowa Town.

Muscatine, la.,' Feb. 20. The pres-ence of mind of the teachers in thehigh school, averted a horror yester-day. Flames were discovered in thebuilding and at once the teachers directed the pupils to arrange themselvesin marching order. This timely advicewas acted upon and the pupils begantheir march ' from the building.While they were descending the stairway the smoke became extremelydense , which created a small panic.Some rushed from their places withthe result that for a time considerableconfusion prevailed. All, however escaped uninjured from the buildingwhich, with its contents speedily became a heap of smoking ruins.

The Chicago Strike.Chicago, Feb. 20. Following the

action of the meeting of the Cloth inCu tar's & Trimmers' Association lastnight, 400 or 500 cutters quit work today. The strike will be long andbitterly contested, and 10,000 or 15,000people are likely to be thrown out ofwork.

The issue seems practically whetherthe cutters shall work on the piecesystem. Cutters- - are paid a minimumsalary oi zu a weet tor the maximumcutting of 14 suits per day. The manufacturers object, saying they are willing to pay the minimum salary of $20but cutters should be unlimited in theamount of work.

- Coldest of the Season.

Chicago, r'eb. 20. Chicago is experiencing the coldest weather of theseason. Since yesterday morning thethermometer has not risen above zero,and with a bitter north wind blowing.much suffering has ensued. Ado'clock this morning 9 deg. belowzero was reached, but some thermometers in the suburbs indicated 14below.

Michael Hughes was frozen to deathhis way to work, and John Bradley

was overcome by the cold and fell intothe river.

Scores of people compelled to re'main out of doors have been severelyfrost bitten. The cold snap is generalover the Northwest.

. Will Not Interfere.Washington, Feb. 20. The presi

aent nas refused a pardon in the caseF. M. Ohalston, sentenced in Ore

gon to ten years at hard labor, for forgery. The president, in his indorse-ment, says: "I am decidedly in favor ofhe strict punishment of persons guilty

crimes for whi h this prisoner isnow suffering imprisonment. An offense Involving forgery, swindling thepoor and needy veteran soldiers, and

prostitution of the benevolent conditions of the government, as em-

bodied in the slightest degree moveto clemency.

Berrlne's Comet.

Oakland, Cal., Feb. 20. ProfessorLenschner, of the state uriversity, has

completed his 'calculi, tion of theorbit of the new comet discovered

Berrine, of the Lick observatory,few days ago. The stranger, in the

heavens was only 40,000,000 milesaway from the earth yesterday and isnow coming toward the earth at therate of 1,600,000 miles a day. Profes-sor Lenschner says there is no causefor alarm. He has figured it out thatthe comet will take a new tack onMarch 1 and sheer off from the earth.The calculations made at the state uni-

versity are the official figures.

The Rope broke.

St. Louis, Feb., 20. James Fitz-gerald was hanued at 10 this morningfor the murder of his sweetheart,Annie Nessens, on the night of Nov-

ember 24, 1893. The rope broke andthe victim lay struggling on theground beneath the gallows. Thedoctors found Fitzgerald still conscious.Stimulants were given and he revived.A new rope was sent for, and at 11

o'clock the sick and trembling, butnervy victim, was again taken to thescaffold. This time there was no hitch.

Lost on the Ice.Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 20. The re-

port is current that ten or twelve menwere lost on the .ice outside the har-bor during last night's storm. Theywent out yesterday afternoon to fishthrough the ice, and were blinded bythe squall that arose afterwards. It ispossible they have landed somewherealong the shore.

Waller Pardoned.Washington, Feb. 20. Secretary

Olney this morning received the fol-

lowing cablegram from MinisterEustis, at Paris: .

"The president signed this morningWaller's pardon. ' Orders are beingissued for his release."

Bill Nye's Serious Condition.

Asheville, N. C, Feb. 20. Theconditiou of Bill Nye shows no mate-rial charge tonight. He remains In anunconscious condition and appears tobe fciukiug.

Daughters of American Revolution.

Washington, Feb. 20. The Daugh-ters of the American Revolutions to-

day unanimously elected Mrs. Steven-son, wife of the aspresident-gener- al.

Speaking of the wheat market out-

look, the Liverpool Corn Trade Newssays that the combined stocks inEurope and afloat have decreased dur-Janua- ry

16,000,000 bushels, and a stillfurther decrease is looked for. Europeis eating up all its stock of wheat, andis not getting enough to supply itsplace. The shortage cannot be madeup until supplies begin to come fromRussia. And if there should be anychance w have a failure there too, weshould get back to the old prices. Theoutlook for wheat, therefore, lookshighly encouraging.

The Portland University has foundit impossible to pay interest on itsbonded debt, and a receiver for theinstitution is asked for. Educationalinstitutions like the State university,Monmouth normal school and othersthat haye a "pull" and are feeding atthe public crib, are able to raiseteachers' salaries and indulging inother extravagances. No wonder suchinstitutions object to being choked offfrom the public teat.

Baxter, the Portlandwho attempted to commit suicide aftercutting bis wife's throat, is beingnursed back to life by the physicians, tofinally be tried by a court, convicted ofmurder and hung by.the sheriff. , Whydon't the fool doctors let him die with-

out heaping up expense on the taxpayers, and forcing the brute to undergomore suffering?

The Roseburg Plaindealer is raisinga great howl in opposition to the fusionof the democratic and populist partiesin Douglas county, evidently fearingthe combine, if effected, would' capturethe county offices. Hapily, though,the Plaindealer has not been calledupon to dictate what policies thoseparties shall pursue. They have notburdened it wi:h such a responsibility.

The aspirations of Senator Quaycjrtalnly cannot be seriously con-

sidered by the republican party of thenation. Whatever other sins the re-

publicans may have to answer for,they cannot afford to add to them bygiving this old reprobate the nomina-tion for the highest office in the gift ofthe people.

Mrs. Lease has given up politics andentered the minietry. After wastingher eloquence for years in an effort toconvert people to populism, she hasdiscovered her mistake, and will enterthe field in a higher calling. It is tobe hoped that she will meet with bettersuccess converting sinners than shedid converting voters.

$1,000.00GIVEN AWAY

Saturday, Feb. 22'lhe assignee's auction sale of last

Saturday beat the record. All articles were sacrificed without exceptionand the bargains realized were ridlculously cheap.

Although the. sale was continuedunuil 10 P. M., only one-hal- f of thesuck was disposed of. The balancewill be absolutely .

CLEHNED OUT,On next Saturday. Be there at 10 A

M. and if you don't bid, the auctioneerwill load you up lor nothing.

"Tk Regulator Line"

The Dalies, PortlEnd and Astoria

Nav'gation Co.

THROUGH .

Fieigfyt awl Passener Line

Through Daily trips (Sundays excepted) between The Dalles and Portland, bteamer Regulator leaves TneDalles at 8 a. m., connecting at theCascades Lo ks with Steamer DallesCity. Steamer Dalles City leavesPortland (Oak street dock) at 7 a. m.,connecting with Steamer Regulatorlor The Uaiies.

PASSENGER. KATESOne way.. 82 00Hound trip 3 00

Freight Rates ReducedShipments for Portland received at

any time, day or night. Shipments forway landings must be delivered before5 p. m. Live stock shipments solio--ited. caii on or address,

M' C' HLLHJnZTIY.

Iikkebal Agent

TH - DALLES - OREGON.

SEEDSSeed Wheat, Seed Oats,e Seed Rye, Seed Corn . eGrass aud Garden Seeds

Northern Grown Seeds. EarlyMinnesota Corn. Dakota Yel-low Deut Cora. Cootoe Mealye Burbank Potatoes. Onion Sets, ePoultry and eggs bought and sold,Choice assortment of O rooertes.sold cheap. Terms positivelycash or produoe, atd J. H. CROSS, dFeed and Grocery Store

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National Bank.OP DALLES CITY, OR.

President.. .Z. F. Moody

Vice President. .Chas. HiltonCashier .M. A. Moody

General Banking Business Transacted.

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ALL KINDS OF BOTTLED BEES.

Columbia Brewery Beer on Draught

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Fresh Oysters ' Served inEvery Style.

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