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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-09-10
TELEGRAPHIC.
Tkree Negroes Murdered,


DALLAS, Tex. Sept. GA special from
Paris says: At an early hour this morn
ing a message arrived in this city with
the intelligence that three negroes had
been found hanging to limb by the
roadside nine miles southeast of here.
| The officers repaired 10 the scene nf the
tragedy, and found the bodies of John
Ransom, Jack Walker and Bill Armer,
three negroes we'll known in the neigh
borhood, dangling from tree. Justice
| Hunt proceeded at once to hold an in
quest. The testimony showed that q
party OF 30 or 80 armed and masked men
went to the house OF Gilbert Daniels at
| midnight, seized Ransom, put q rope
| around his neck and told him that they
| wanted him 10 go with them and show
| them where the other negroes lived who
had been doing mischief in the neighbor
hood. At about 2 o'clock the mob
reached the house where Walker lived,
and forced an entrance and dra yged him
and Armer out. They placed rope abcu;
their necks, and. in company with Ran
som. marched them in the direction of
the woods. Walker made a desperate
resistance, and shot at the crowd, and il
is believed he hit one of the attacking
party, as one of the men had blood on
him. He was overpowered and taken
away. That was the last known of them
alive. The bodies were found at day
nght by negro boy. Armer and Walker
had their legs tied up, and their knees
almost TOUCHED the ground. All died of
strangulation. The work is doubtless
the ou'growth of the killing Of a notori-
Gus negro desperate named jarrett Burns
by John Ashley, July 80 last.
ANOTHER REPORTED TRAGEDY.
Late to night a rumor reached the city
that the bodies of three more negroes had
been found in the woods, not far from
the scene of the hanging. riddled with
bullets, but this cannot De verified. The
negroes are greatly agitated over the af
fair, and every one in the vicinity of the
trouble is said to have lett. 1t is report
I'd that they have been holding meeting
in the city tonight, but how they
viewed the situation cannot be learned,
as they will not talk. People here de-
plore the affair, and the authorities are
doing their utmost to ferret out the per
petrators of the crime. 1t is feared that
there will be still more serious trouble
before the end is reached.
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In q State OF Anarchy.

NEW YORK, Sept. S-The steamship
Venezuela, of the Red D line, which ar
rived at Brooklyn yesterday, brought a
contingent of Venezuelan refugees, ,includ
ing ex-P President Villages. General Ybaus
and General Lenpoldo Serriu, in her
cabin, and 10 Venezuelan refugees in
her steerage. That the refugees were
able to leave Venezuela was due to the
influence of war vessels of foreign pow
ers. Passengers on the vessel say that
the state of affairs 10 Venezuela is worse
than ever. 1t was formerly struggle
for supremacy between parties, they said,
but now war had degenerated into COLI
slant fighting between factions and brig
ands, SO that all of Venezuela is in state
bordering on anarchy.
Il am still president of Venezuela.
Nobody has anv right 10 the title, for l
have not resigned ofTce," said Guillermo
Tell Villages. 81 was neither imprisoned
nor was 1 exiled. General Mepdosa was
commander of portion of the govern :
ment army. He refused to obey the
order of Ybarra, who was my minister of
war, and suddenly and Unexpectedly re :
turned to Caracas with mis- command.
He sought me Immediately and urgently
counseled certain arbitrary acts. which I
refused to perform, having proper respect
and regard for the laws and constitution
of my country, which I was bound by
oath to uphold and maintain. There
upon he proclaimed himself dictator of
the republic. 1 was unable to perform
the functions Of my Office, and deemed it
best to retire from the country"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-09-10
AMhite Can outrage.

JELLIco. Tenn, Sept. s.-Since the re
cent miners war, lawlessness has run
riot in the mountains here. A white CAP
organization that came into existence
some two months before the outbreak has
been especially aclIve, and scores of men
in the mountains who did not come tn
the assistance of the miners have been
horrible beaten. The white caps do no,
confine their work to rural districts alone,
and this place has large chapter of the
order. On Monday night they gave a
shocking display of their brutality. They
made raid and captured seven women
of the town and several of their male
companions. They we,e dragged by
about 90 white caps to grove near by.
After stripping every stitch of clothing
off their screaming victims, they threw
the shivering wretches over fallen log
and laahed them until the blood dripped
from the wounds inflicted by cowhide
whips.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-09-10

The great issue now being discussed
by the two great political parties is
the tariff, and the Democrats attempt
by every kind of subterfuge to prove
that British free-trade is better than
American protection, and that the la
borers of Englsnd are in better con-
dition than those of the United States.
This may seem unpatriotic to one un-
acquainted With Democratic tactics;
but any person who has watched the
actions of that party FOR quarter of
a century past will not be surprised at
any position assumed by these hungry
partisans, whose greatest anxiety is to
occupy place at the public crib. The
party platforms have been all things
to all men, and instead of studying
national policies to present to the peo-
pie, Democrats have used the greatest
efforts to pander to public prejudice.
If they can secure votes by condemn
ing Carnegie, they will do it: and If.
by cajoling Jay Gould and Vanderbilt
will accomplish the same purpose it
will be done. "Anything to beat
Grant" was former rallying cry, and
this Is as potent as ever with the in
sertion of the name of Harrison in
stead of chat of the great general. The
public pulse is carefully felt, and Dem
ocracy never fails to administer a
soothing cordial.
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greatest sufferers. Eight of the crew of
that vessel were transferred yesterday
afternoon to Swinburne island. These
men had only the day before been taken
back to the sh'p after IL hours' stay on
Hoffman island, where they had been
disinfected with all possible thorough
ness. Along with 800 others they wer-
taken back to the ship, apparently ex
cellent health. The doctors will not ad-
NIT positively that these eight patients
have cholera, nor will they deny 1t.
Secretary Foster says DR.. Hamilton and
DR.. Jenkins will inspect Sandy Hook to-
morrow with view to selecting site
for a camp of refuge for the cooped-up
cabin passengers Of the steamships now
detained at quarantine. If the doctor.
fod the ground satisfactory, the secretary
says the barracks will be in shape to re-
ceive passengers by Friday night. The
Reading railway will extend its track to
the camp to facilitate the transportation
OF supplies. The secretary says wealthy
gentlemen has offered to undertake the
construction of the camp and meet all
the expense, taking his chances of getting
his money back from the party liable
therefor.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-09-10
THE 500 CANAL.

In late issue of Harper's Weekly
are illustrations of the Sault Ste Marie
canal, and an exhaustive article on the
same subject. This is pertinent mat
ter to the people of Eastern Oregon at
this time, because the great $500
canal was improved to its present ca
pacity under the contract system, and
it may be expected that the work at
the Cascades can be completed in
equally as quick time. There is no
doubt that letting tie work by con-
tract was successful in constructing
the canal and locks in this waterway
between the great lakes, and from this
it is reasonable to expect that it will
have the same result in improving the
navigation of the Columbia river.
Another fact in connection with the
$500" canal of great interest to our
shippers and producers is that whale
backs pass through this waterway and
land their cargoes in European mar
kets- With the locks completed at
the Cascades, these ocean freighters7
can pass down the Columbia and un-
load wool and wheat in Boston and in
Liverpool without breaking cargo.
These will revolutionize the carrying
trade of the northwest, and will make
towns on the river in Eastern Oregon
ocean-competitlve points. This is es-
pecially true of The Dalles, with an
open river to the sea. The two les
sons taught by the Michigan canal
are, that the contract system Is the
quicker plan of completing public
works, and the whaleback is the more
available craft for interior points.
Both of these should induce our citi-
zens to view the future hopefully, and |
to welcome all factors of development |
by the exhibition of spirit of public
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THE POCKET-ARGUMENT.

There are many ways in which the
benefits of protection have been tested
by the American people, but none that
appeals more forcibly to the wage
Garner than the purchasing power of a
dollar during the years when protec-
tion was the national policy, and dur
ing the periods that the government
adopted tariff reform or free-trade.
When it is clearly demonstrated that
wages are higher under the Mckinley
law than before it passed, and that
money can purchase more of the con-
veniences and necessities of life, it is
an appeal to every mans pocket, which
will be needed. This was fairly shown
in the article published Thursday, and
the following comparisons between the
purchasing power of his wages in
1872, before the demonetization Of
silver, and 1892, are made by a work.
ingman, writing in the Boston Jour
nal, viz:
The days work would purchase of -four IN
1872 one quarter of a barrel; 1892, one-half
of barrel; salt pork in 1872, II pounds;
1892, "a pounds; sugar, in 1872, % pounds;
1892. 55 pounds; lard, in 1872. 20 pounds;
1892, 81 pounds; cheese, in 1872. II pounds;
1892. % pounds; beans, In 1872, % quarts;
1892, "a quarts; print, in 1872, 20 yards;
1892, 45 yards; cotton cloth, in 1872, "a
yards; 1892, 35 yards; coal, IN 1872. one
fifth of ton; 1892, one-half of ton.
Such men desire no change IN the
financial or economic policy of the ma
tion, because they are satisfied with
the steady progress made in their af-
fairs which enables them to earn more
money. and places them in better
position to support their families. Tie
pocket-argument which protectionists
are using in every part of the country
is unanswerable, and wild Democratic
cries CT plutocracy, robber tariff, etc.,
will receive little attention.
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su,phurous Gas in a Wei.

McMINvILLE, Or, Sept. Tan arte-
sian well, being bored at the residence of
Ed Tyler, near the depot, has been send
ing up vclley of suIphurous air since 2
o'clock this afternoon. The drill passed
through 10 foot strata of sandstone at
a depth of 100 feet, when the mud and
water was struck. This was thrown into
the air, bespatteriDg the surrounding
buildings. Then followed the dry air.
A steam gauge gave the. pressure at 35
POUNDS per square inch. The tempers.
ture is 56 degrees Fahrenheit. 1t flows
through an inch and halt iron pipe, and
has flowed unabated for five hours. The
we'll has been visited by hundreds.
Water Is expected when the air is ex-
hausted, and il the pressure is kept up it
will raise the water nearly 100 feet.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

A Democratic exchange says: "Oul
business men should have all theil
commercial printing done at home. ,
Brother, he honest and consistent, and
allow them to seek the cheapest place.
That is free trade.
Our friends the enemy are doing
earnest work in Oregon; but the gen.
eral who is the last to leave the field
always wins the battle, and the party
who has the larger number of votes
when counted is successful in politi-
cal campaign.
There is no doubt that the Asiatic
cholera is marching westward, and
will undou btedly rage in the United
States. Good sewerage in cities and
individual cleanliness are great pre-
ventives of the plague. These should
be inaugurated Immediately, and the
ravages of the dread scourge will be
mitigated.
The Peoples party claim to be the
only friends to the laborlng man in
any political organization, and If the
theories of General Weaver could be
reduced to practice, any schoolboy
could administer the affairs of a ma
ton. He presents an easy solution OF
the intricate questions which have
puzzled the ightest minds of all
ages, and the poetical dream of utopia
is now dawning on the country if there
is truth in his well-rounded sentences;
but practice and theory are not always
harmonious, aud often carefully ma
tured methods Of politics and philoso-
phy are most difficult of demonstra-
tion.
There is not Democratic paper in
the state that does not desire the de-
velopment of local industries, and yet,
when the same principle is applied to
the nation they howl for British free
trade and advocate crippling Amerl-
can manufactures. They should know
that the doctrine of protection applies
to the home as well as the com immunity,
and to the country as we'll as the state.
1t is broad and deep, benefits the IN
dlvldual as we'll as the city, and il sp'
plicable to all classes and conditions of
people, who desire to reap the benefits.
of economy, and who think more of
home and family than of strangers
from foreign lands.
We received letter Sept. 7th from
Mr.. A. Fl. Jewett. of White Salmon,
Wash, in relation to the article pub
llshed from the Chicago Inter Ocean in
regard to the circulating medium at
the close of the war and now and a
former statement of the same paper in
July, 1878. We believe the Inter
Ocean answered this comprehensively
in the excerpt printed in these col
umns, and no possible good can re-
suit from the republication of the CIR
cular which appeared over fourteen
years ago. There were eminent states
men at the head of financial affairs
during the years of the war, and they
acted honestly; but that they may have
been mistaken in some matters no one
will doubt.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-09-10
MANUFACTURES NECESSARY

An open river is of great import
ance to The Dalles and vicinity, be-
cause 1t furnishes cheap means OF
transportation to seaboard and makes
the city desirable trading point. 1t
is great factor of development, and
opens the way for others. With avail
able water communication to seaboard
the products of the Inland Empire
can seek the markets of the world at
an equal advantage with other por-
tions of the country, and raw material
can be turned into fabrics with profit.
There is no denying the fact that man
ufacturing industries are necessary to
support large population, and The
Dalles must learn this lesson before
she receives much benefit from i'm
provement in the navigation Of the
Columbia. There is cheap water
power IN the Columbia above this city,
Z
and, by reason of the gradual slope of
the soil to the river level, every foot
of fall can be utilized. With the GER
tainty that the locks at the Cascades
will be finished in few years our
citizens should be prepared for the
commercial opportunities then offered
by inaugurating industries which would
make The Dalles capable of furnishing
employment and liberal wages to ten
times the number of inhabitants 1t
now has. There is no point on the
river that possesses the same natural
advantages as The Dalles, and if the
business men only properly realize the
situation, in less than ten years this
city will be the Lowell of the north
west. and her wooden goods, fruits and
canned goods will be eagerly sought.
This fact should be known and capital
lsts should act accordingly. The
DaIles, situated at the gateway of the
Inland Empire, possesses natural ad-
yantages for a great manufacturing
and shipping point, and offers better
inducements for the investment of
money than any city in the northwest.
If our own citizens do not reap the
advantage of this by the exercise of
enterprise, others will, and that be
fore many years elapse. There is a
future growth and prosperity for this
region, and mossbackism cannot stop
it; for if home capital will not invest
In industries foreign will, and fogy-
ism will be trodden under foot and
left in the background.
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Notwithstanding the anxiety of
free-trade Democrats to place Ameri-
can laborers on an equality with Euro
pean wage-earners, they discriminate
in favor of the factors, and passed the
Springer bill yin the lower house of
congress before the Rhode Island state
election to please the New England
manufacturer. In this the corpora
tions were favored by duties on their
articles, butsthe wool-growers of the
west were forced to compete with
peone laber in South America and the
favorable conditions for the product in
Australia. But then the occasion was
one of great Importance In a presiden-
tial year, and the prestige of New
England manufacturing state wheeling
into Democratic lines of greater i'm
portanee than party honesty or con-
slstencv.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-09-10
FREE TRADE HYPOCRISY.

The free-trader, when vigorously at
tackled, perches himself upon high
pinnacle of moral principle, and says
he is IN favor of the fraternity of man
and an unseifish regard for the vel
fare of all nations; that protection is
a selfish and contracted view of affairs,
and advocates love of home and coun-
try before bestow,ng affection on for
elgn people or foreign national poll
cies. Such language was very becom-
ing in John Stuart Mill, Charles Dar-
win and Spinoza, who wrote on philo
sophical distractions, scientific deduc-
tions, and on questions by which the
welfare of their countries or the pres
ent generation were not directly at
fected; but in political campaign in
which national affairs are the subjects
Of discussion such position cannot be
assumed 10y any organization. AS
citizens of the United States we are
concerned in the national policy that
will benefit our own people, and the
election of either Harrison or Cleve-
land should not be considered in its
relation to the subjects of Great Brit
ain, Germany or Russia. We cannot
abstract ourselves from the veal and
woes of our own country, and, follow
ing the footsteps of scientists and
philosophers, consider ourselves segre-
gated from all races and nations.
Patriotism is selfish love of the indi-
vidual for the peculiar commonwealth
in which he was born or which he has
adopted as residence, and political
parties rest on the same narrow, con-
tracted, selfish foundation. 1t may be
be phllanthropic to say that "the world
is growing nearer akin every day, and
simpler laws and greater freedom are
necessary in order to insure continued
existence and progression" and is un-
doubtedly true in the realm of science
and religion; but not in the admins
tration of national affairs. As a be-
lever in the doctrine of protection we
are more interested in the condition of
American wage-earners than in max
ing the world "kin,' and the laborers
of the United States receive our sym
pathy rather than those of foreign
countries. We cannot conceive of any
patriotic policy worthy the endorse
ment of American citizens that does
not aim to better the condition of
American wage-earners, irrespective of
its effect upon the laborers in England,
Germany or France The motto of all
patriots should be the greater good to
our people, however selfish or con-
tracted it may appear to abstract ideal
lists
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life Whittier was respected for his
spotless character, admired for his
verse and loved because of his friend
illness to the a.uan family, Although,
perhaps, not occupying the first rank
as a poet, yet his songs were so sweet
and made such earnest appeals 10 the
heart that they will live on and on
forever, and will be more attractive as
time grows gray with the lapse of ages.
His life was gentle; and the elements
So mix'd in him, that Nature might stand
up
And say to all the world. This was mani
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-09-10
Crespo Has rriumphed.

WASHINGTON, Sept. s.-Secretary oi
State Foster received private telegram
to day dated September 8, stating that
Crespo had triumphed and that the die
tatorship has been overthrown in Venez
uela. Mr.. Foster stated that this is the
only information that had been received.
General Crespo has, 1t is said, been
called to Caracas to assume the reins of
government, and there are now bright
prospects for restoration of peace in
the distracted country.
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mill in Kearney are working and paid
under the influences of government
protection, and cleaner, healthier,
happier body of men, women and chill
dren as operatives we have never seen
pictured. The comparison is con-
vincing homily in favor of the protec-
tion of our own homes and our own
nennle
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several New Cas- -

NEW YORK, Sept. a.-The Normania
aud Rngia have hoisted the yellow flag
again, and the same signal Is flying at
Hoffman island, indicating the discovery
of additional cholera cases this morning.
Up to yesterday evening there had been
81 cases of sickness and disease; and eight
deaths at this port The stokers on the
Normania this morning seem to be the
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-09-10

The letter of acceptance of Presi-
dent Harrison of the Republican
nomination is document that will
bear careful reading. Unlike the
speech made by Mr.. Cleveland. ac-
cepting the Democratic nomination,
it does not theorize, but deals with
facts as they exist in our nation. In
clear, plain language, it tells the peo-
pie of the United what the Republi-
can party has done for the country in
its financial and economic policies; how
it has dealt with other nations; shows
the benefit of the existing tariff, dis
cusses the questions of labor and cap
ital, metallism, free ballot and fair
count, and civil service and the schools.
On all these matters Republicans have
taken a determined stand, and their
action IN congress has become part
of the history of the country. The
party should feel honored that for its
standard bearer it has a statesman
who can present its policy before the
American people in such compre-
hensive light, and in this campaign it
will have clear path marked out for
it to follow by one who has ably occu-
pied the executive chair for the past
four years. This document is an able
defense of Republican principles, and
cannot but convince any candid man
that any innovation in these doctrines
would be dangerous to the prosperity
of the country. On more than one oc.
casion Mr.. Harrison has displayed
craftsmanship that has resulted In saw
ing the United States from interna-
tional entanglements, and it would be
suicidal to the best interests of the ma
ton to change the administration of
affairs from one of economy, industrial
development and of financial success
to that of untried theories and expert
ments in notions of reform.
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PacIfic Coast FaiIures.

SAN Francisco, Sept. s-The Brad
street Mercantile Agency reports 10 fail.
ures in the Pacific Coast states and terri
tories for the month Of August, with
assets at $22S, 900 and liabilities $322,
391, Ms compared with IS for the previous
month. with assets $494,03I and liza biii-
ties $1.034 594, and 10l Tor June with
assets $335.666 and liabilities $6O1. .4S1
The following are the causes assigned
for the failures: Incomp mpetency, 90; mex
perieuce, 10; inadequate capital for the
business undertaken, "a; injudicious
credIting, Q; neglect of business, and
bad habits. 3; unfayorable circumstances,
z; fraud, 4.