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To save Carlyle Harris.

ALBANY, n. Y, April II-William F.
Howe, of New York, counsel for c. w Har.
ris, was given private audience by Cover
nor Flower this morning. At its conclusion,
Howe said the governor listened intently
while he gave brief review of the case and
the points on which he thought clemency
should be granted to Harris. Howe argued
that the testimony Of Miss Potts was unrelia-
BILE, and that sufficient evidence had been pro-
dlced to show that Mrs. Carlyle w. Harris
was an opium, eater. He also called the gov
ernor's attention to petition filed, which he
said contained $4,000 signatures, among them
the names of Clarence Seward, Judge Rock,
Judge Fish, Edgar johnson, Robert L. Cut.
ting and the district attorneys of Erie and
Saratoga counties. Howe also left II letters
from prominent people, favoring commuta-
ton of sentence He called the governors
attention to the complete analysis OF the case
made by John N Hunt, ex-pres;dent of the
New York city board of education, himself an
eminent chemist. After Howe left, Cover
nor Flower said he wonld carefully consider
the case as presented by Howe today, but
conld not tell how soon he would be able to
reach decision.
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A Mania for suieide.

ASTORIA, April II.-When Mrs. Bobbs
came down stairs from her room this morn
ing she discovered, hanging at the end of a
small rope in the stairway in lifeless condi-
ton, her husband, William Johan Bobbs. The
frightened woman at once made the fact
known, and Coroner Pohl was notified and
Immediately cut the lifeless man down and
had him taken to the morgue. 1t was evil
dent from the limp condition of the body that
life had not long left it. Mrs. Bobbs states
that OF late her husband had been drinking
very hard and at times became very violent
and noisy. Last night he had oEeof his spells
and was talking loud and angrily threatened
to cut her throat if she came downstairs
Very late in the nigh she dropped off to sleep
and probably slept three or four hours, when
she awoke and started downstairs, and beheld
the ghastly spectacle.
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The Flag Is Furled.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 13-The steamer
AarsposG arrived tonight, with the fol
lowing correspondence of the Associated
Press from Honolulu. under date OF
April g.: The stars and stripes, which
for two months have fioated from above
the. government building, have been
hauled down, and the remaining forces
from the United States cruiser Boston
have been sent aboard that vessel. Moth
Ing indicative of American authority re.
mans ln Honolulu, save Minister Stew
ems and Commissioner James a. Blount.
of Georgia. The latter sits in his easy
chair at his cottage at the Hawaiian hotel
cogitating no one knows what. Prob
ably no more dIstasteful task ever fell TO
the lot of gallant American sea man than
was imposed upon Lieutenant Draper, of
the United States. marine corps of the
Boston, who has been stationed at the
government house since the prOvfsionai
government assumed power, when. April
l, in the presence Of a crowd numbering
probably 1000 persons, he blew the notes
of retreat from his bugle and "Oid
Glory" sank from the sight of the throng.
and was replaced by the hybrid colors OF
the Hawaiian monarchy, which still re-
mains the flag of this land. The report
that Commissioner Blount would order
the American flag down and the protect
crate abolished reached the streets the
night of March 81, preceding the day of
the occurrence, but did not become gen.
eral. 1t created, at first, among the
American party a feeling of consterna-
tIor, not altogether unmixed with indig-
nation. This was due TO the fact, per
haps, that Blount has maintained Chi
nese wall about the purposes of his mis-
sion here, and has satisfied neither side as
to whether he came as an envoy to inves
tigate or as minister to negotiate In a
natter Of vital importance to them.
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Political Riots IN Peru.

NEW YORK, April ia special cable
dispatch says Grave political troubles
are reported from all parts of Peru. The
most serious disorder SO far reported oc-
CURED at the towns of Cuterne and Chole.
An armed body of men, headed by Gen
eral Rivera and inan named Guerr, at
tackled the governors palace. viva
Porok" was their cry. The attack upon
the palace began at 8 o'clock in the af-
ternoon, and the siege lasted until 2
O'Clock on the following day. While one
portion of the mob held the towns, an
other body besieged the governor 3 place,
and many volIeys were fred at the Off
cial's residence Rosalo Pilla, one of the
defenders of the house, was killed. Just
as the mob was about to batter down the
doors of the palace, while their leaders
were shouting Kill the governor" the
troops who bad been sent for appeared.
The soldiers charged upon the rioters.
Rivera, the real leader was killed. With
the loss of their leader. the rioters became
disheartened. They ceased firing and
fled IN all directions, out they carefully
retained all their arms, which will NO
doubt be used on another occasion. Be-
sides the leader. Rivera, three other riot
ers and child were killed. More than
90 persons were wounded during the
fight. An incident similar to this, less
bloody in its results, occurred in Lima a
few nights ago. While band was play
ing on the plaza in front of the presidents
palace, crowd gathered. Some one
raised the cry, "Viva Porok," which was
cheered By nearly all the persons in the
crowd. The guards around the palace
were about to fire, when the crowd fled
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Death in the storm.

ST. LOUIS April 13-Though two nights
and days have passed since the cyclone
tore through the small towns IN the
southwestern part of the state, reports of
damage and loss of life are still coming
in: Southwest of the territory heard
from the communication is slow, and it
is feared much further loss of life has
taken pace there. The casualties SO far
reported are as follows:
At Hswkinsbank Dead: William
Asher with baby in his arms, Anderw
Lay, Mrs. James Wilson, Mrs. William
Asher, John d. Lay, John Dill and an
unknown babe. There are SIX fatally
and 25 seriously hurt.
At Lexington-Dead: Anna Walker,
Mrs. John Luke, her brother Farris
Walker and negro boy. Three fatally
injured.
At Stanbury-Mrs. Ward and two uD
known women are dead and two fatally
hurt.
At SteeIville-Dead: Charles Adair,
D NJ. Green and FIVE unknown.
At Page City-Dsisy Stanley, colored,
dead. Three fatally. and three seriously
hurt.
At Higginsville-Eight persons were
killed, and three more will probably die.
There are 25 wounded. Killed: Mrs.
Mary Lake and two brothers, two chill
dren of William Walker, Hugh McEroy,
Mrs. A. 81. Kelly, Joseph Breuggeu,
Mrs. John Breuggen is reported killed,
but the report Is not confirmed. Fatally
injured; Mrs. William Walker, Daisy
Stanford, colored. Mrs William Williams.
Much damage and loss OF several lives
are reported from Texas county. Doctors
have gone to Hawkinsbank and other
points to look after the wounded. Many
were without food for "a hours, the storm
having swept away all food supplies.
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LABOR VICTORIOUS.

The rights of labor should be re-
spected equally by the courts as those
of capital, and we are glad to note the
fact that such is the rule IN this coun-
try. There are certain equities per-
tanning to each which demand consid-
GRAFTON, and even-handed justice will
see that these are protected. The con-
sequent loss to capital when its rights
are abridged are few dollars, but to
labor it may mean starvation to the
man and those dependent upon him
for support. While we do not believe
in sentimental or sympathetic JUS
tice, not based on matters within
the purview of law, yet human
nature will extend its regrets
to the losing side where the greater
suffering results. For this reason,
those who work and toll for the
merest pittance-and they constitute
the larger portion of mankind-will
rejoice that wage-earners have secured
another victory. A few days ago we
noticed the fact that union workmen
in Chicago were upheld in distributing
circulars persuading persons against
purchasing goods from firm that had
"locked" nine hundred of them out of
employment, and now we are glad that
Georgia court has decided in favor
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-.
gineers, where the receiver appointed
had attempted to reduce wages. The
case stood thus: The Georgia Central
Railroad had been placed in the hands
of receiver by order Of the United
States court; upon plea of necessary
economy be sought to reduce the scale
of wages paid to the engineers. When
this became known the brotherhood
petitioned the court to direct the re-
ceiver to carry out the contract that
was in force between the men and the
management of the road. The court
granted the prayer of the petition, as.
signing its reasons in the following
words:
"The power of the court has always
on proper occasions been exercised to
protect the properties under its con-
troll from the damaging and unlawful
results of strike of the laborers In its
employ. Certainly it follows, then,
that it is in the power of the court in
the interest of public order and for the
protection of property under its con-
troll to direct suitable arrangement
with its employees or officers, to pro-
vide compensation and conditions for
their employment and to avoid, if pos
sible, an interruption of their labor
and duty which will be disastrous to
the road and injurious to .he public"
When laborers have such indisputa-
BILE evidence that their rights will re-
ceive the same confederation in judi
cial tribunals as capitalists there can
be no excuse for riots or disturbances
of the public peace. Labor ls depend.
ent upon capital for employment, and
enterprise could not be carried forward
without laborers. One is dependent
upon the other, and where this mutu-
ality exists there should be perfect
harmony.
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KANSAS CITY, April 10 Eastern Kan-
sas and western Missouri were visited by
terrible cyclone last night. The storm
prostrated the wires in every direction
and little definite news is obtainable.
In Kansas the storm area covered three
tiers of counties on the east, nearly all
suffering more or less. Parker was al
most totally demolished Many houses
were demolished and scores badly
wrecked. The loss of life Is believed to
have been great. Walnut suffered severe
ly in wrecked houses, but without loss OF
life. In the adjacent country it is re-
ported great havoc was created. In
Brown county, in the northeastern part
of the state, it is said many towns
were damaged and many lives lost.
There was much damage in Missouri al
so. AT Mayview many houses were
blown down, and it is believed a number
were injured and few killed. Tie
damage to crops in both states is very
great.
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PARTY PLEDGES.

The Populist Voice rails at Cleve-
land because, as 1t alleges, he now
shakes his head when the proposition
is made to reform the tariff, and hints
broadly that he has surrendered to the
manufacturers. Now the Voice and
many Republican papers that have
been indulging in similar hog wallow
should bear in mind that the new
Democratic congress elected last fall
has not convened. We opine that
these captionists will be much disap-
pointed when they read in detail the
provisions of the tariff bill to be
passed by the next congress.-Albany
Democrat.
In the Chicago platform, upon which
Mr.. Cleveland was elected, the Demo
cratic party proclaimed that taxes for
any other purpose except for revenue
was unconstitutional and promised a
revision of the tariff if entrusted with
the reins of government. and the coun-
try Is anxious to see it redeem its
pledges. Our cotemporary denomi-
mates this demand for the ful6llment
of the pledge as regards the tariff
''hog- -wallow." and this may suit its
conception of the matter; but the term
is not at all elegant. The people, in
whom the sovereignty rests, have
right to expect party platforms to be
respected by those endorsing them,
for these are the only public express
slons of principles that organizations
make before the country. Standing
upon the declaration of principles
enunclated by the national Democracy
in convention at Chicago, from every
platform in the country, Democratic
orators denounced the Mckinley bill,
and said the Republican policy of pro-
lection was impoverishing the country
and degrading labor. The result of
the election showed that people were
ard now that free-traders
have the executive and both houses of
they should do something in
regard to the "robber tariff to make
themselves appear honest before the
American people.
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Rotten and Corrupt.

ST. PAUL, April 1.-THE senate committee,
which for some weeks has been making an
investigation on rumored frauds in assessment
and collection of taxes in the northern part of
the state, and incidentally charges of corruP-
ton in the methods of appraising and selling
state swamp lands for school, university, rail-
road and other state uses, will report today.
1t is the most sensational report ever pre-.
pared by Legislative committee and is all
based on sworn testimony. Frauds and con-
spiracies the most gigantic and far reaching
are said to have been unesrthed. 1t is claimed
the state has been defrauded directly
and indirectly out of hundreds Of
thousands of dollars. Many persons hitherto
above suspicion are said to- be involved, and
besmirched by the committees findings. In
Vulnerable false homestead entries, soldiers
pre-emptions and Indian allotments, all made
on powers of attorney by men of straw, in the
interests Of corporations, are said to have been
disclosed.
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sa,ishurx,s Eyaslons.

PARIS, April 13--Upon the resumption
of the sitting of the Behrlng sea court ol
arbitration today james G. Carter contin
ued. In behalf of the United States, the
presentation of the American side of the
as e. commenced yesterday. He read
letters bearing upon the question at issue
sent by James G Blaine when secretary
of state to Sir Julian Paunceforte, then
British minister at Washington. After
reading these letters, Carter lengthily
commented on them. He conteoded
that Biaine's communication to the Brit
ish representative showed that the basis
of negotiations for the regulation of the
sealing industry was to preserve the spe-
cies. and this was apart from the ques..
tion of rights Lord Salisbury, Carter
further contended, in mis- dispatches to
Paunceforte in response to Blaine's letters,
had ably aud ingeniously evaded rather
than answered Blaine's argument, thar
pelsgic fishing was contra bono. At this
point Senator John T Morgan, one of
the arbitrators on the part of the united
States, inquired whether Canada had ap-
proved the draft of the convention before
Salisbury had made bis suggestion rel
ative to the 10-mile limit. This question
led 10 a discussion, in which Carter. Sir
Charles Russell Counsel for Great Brit
taiD), SIR John Thompson, of Canada
Zone of the British arbitrstors), and Sen
stor Morgan took part.
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and catch blue fish in the waters of
Maine. When he comes back recuper-
ated he may remember Oregon.
The news from the east of the hot
wave in Chicago is supplemented by a
dispatch from Deadwood that snow
storms blockaded trains there on the
same day. Our people may still rest
contented with the equable climate of
the northwest, knowing that "the sea
sons come and go, spring with its
flowers and winter with its SHOWS"
The Washington correspondent of
the Oregoniam has chastity retracted"
the assertion that II. Gray and Eman-
gel Meyer were "working together" P"
If the dispatch he sent stating that
these men had formed combination
to further each others desire after ap-
pointment to Office, his retraction is
simply what is due from one gentle
man to another.
The American flag that foated so
triumphantly over the land of the
Kanakas has been hauled down,
and the ensign of the Sandwich
islands flies at the masthead instead.
If this is the international policy that
Mr. Cleveland intends to Inaugura' e
it will not be a strong one, and the
country will regret that Mr.. Harrison
gave up the reins of government.
The strike of the mechanics on the
worlds fair buildings ended peaceably
by arbitration, concessions being made
by both sides. 1t would have been
very disastrous to the opening of the
exposition on May 1st if the strike
had continued; but work will 80 on
the same as formerly, and visitors
from all portions of the world will be
allowed to look at the great exhibition
on the day named.
Col. R. A. Miller, who was nomi-
mated presidential elector on the
Democratic ticket last year, and re-
signed because of ineligibllity (D, Ma
than Pierce, the Populist, being put in
his place, did not receive the appoint
ment of minister to Turkey. A man
from Texas was appointed to the posi-
ton, and, p -rhaps, Mr.. Cleveland con-
sidered the climate of Turkey not
suited to the health of Mr.. Miller.
Chairman Murphy, of the Demo-
caatlc state central committee, is in
Washington City, and it will be seen
whether he can direct the optics of
Mr.. Cleveland toward the great state
of the northwest that elected one Pop
ulist elector last November by Bour-
bon votes. The president should for
get the fact that the Democrats re-
fused to fuse with the Peoples party
at the eleventh hour at the behest of
Mr. Murphy.
A Democratic cotemporary exult-
ingly says that little over a month
has passed since Cleveland took the
administration of affairs, and the pres
ident has made good beginning. This
may be true, but good beginning does
not always make good ending. The
country should wait until four years
elapse, and the Democracy has at
tempted to inaugurate the principles
advocated In the Chicago platform, be-
fore Judgment is passed. Then, if the
country is prosperous and the people
happy, Democracy will be triumphant.
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rELEGRAPHIo NEWS.
A Coal Mine Horrer.

LONDON, April LA spark from an
engine ignited gas IN coal pit near
Pontey Prldds, Wales, and caused a
frightful explosion. Three hundred min
ers were entombed. Seventy men sue
ceeded in reaching the. surface through
the main dip. led by miner who knew
the roads. They had a terrible struggle
to get out, forcing their way through fire
and smoke. At 9:45 O'Clock this evening
1t is still impossible to obtain more than
meagre details of the accident. The men
who saved themselves are too confused
and frightened to observe the positions
of their fellow workingmen. They are
unable to give any clear account of the
distribution of the miners and the work
of rescue must therefore proceed under
the difficulties of uncertainty. At pres
ent the flames and smoke would render
any attempt at rescue vain, if not fatal to
the party making the descent. There is
little doubt. moreover, but most, If not all
of the men below are suffocated or
burned to death. A second attempt to
enter the seam In which the fire started
proved resultless. Although the rescuing
party saw SIX dead bodies, they were pre-
vented by smoke and heat from reaching
them.
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The lecture of Mrs. Katie Kehu

The lecture of Mrs. Katie Kehm
Smith in Portland Sunday evening"
synopsis of which was published in Mon
days Oregonia,s-on "Some Mistakes
of the Christian Savior" contains some
ideas that will be endorsed by but
few people anywhere. 1t may be true
that the subtleties of priestcraft have
added many doctrines to the simple
creed of the Savior which merit criti-
cism; but very rarely has the character
and life of Christ been censured. His
sincerity of purpose, the entire alb
sence of self in all his actions, and his
earthly mission of doing good to all
classes has won the admiration of all
in every age of the world. With this
fact before the mind it is somewhat
startling that woman should state
that sin almost any community can be
found better model for both young
and old than is Jesus Christ" and this
is credited to Mrs. Smith in her lee
ture last evening.
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April 7th closed the fourth year of
the DAILY Observation-Disclosures. 1t
was started with the expectation that
it would be factor in the develop
meDJ of The Dalles, and it has pur-
sued its course with this object in
view. If it has not accomplished its
purpose, the effort has been wasted;
but the editor believes that The Dalles
Is destined by natural facilities to be
the great inland city of Eastern Ore
gon. This is apparent from its situa-
tioh, and the fertile country tributary.
There is only one element lacking, and
that Is proper appreciation of these
natural advantages. The Daily can
no longer be considered an infant In
journalism. 1t possesses the vitality
and ambition necessary for growth,
and undoubtedly will witness many
anniversaries of its birthday. During'
its four years of life ir retains the con-
sciousness of advocating only what the
editor deemed for the Ibest interests of
the community, and this course it will
always pursue, unswerved by any ex-
ternal influence. Believing that event
ually the city Of its birth will attain
her destined position, it will 60 for
ward buoyant with hope and stimu-
lated by the ambition to furnish its
readers daily journal complete in
every department.
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The appointment of Hon. G. B. Bel.
linger to the district judgeship made
vacant by the death Of Hon. NJ. P.
Deady, will meet with the hearty en-
dorsement of all citizens of Oregon, ir-
respective of party affiliations. Very
many expected Judge Macarthur
would receive the appointment, and
his friends in the state may feel
shade Of disappointment; but Mr..
Belllnger will ell the position very &C.
ceptably, and brings 20 the ful6llment
of the burdensome duties we'll cult
ured mind and character for honesty
and judicial integrity. He is "a years
old, came to Oregon when he was
eight years Of age. and has been iden-
tilted with the growth and develop
ment of the state.
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A Chance for a Row.

MADRID, April II-Much excitement is
caused here by dispatch to the effect that
Japan has seized the Pellew islands. This
group of islands Is in the North Pacific, and IS
claimed to belong to Spain. They are45
miles east of the Philippine islands, at the
western extremity of the Caroline archipelago.
The islands are claimed by the Spaniards by
right of discovery. The governor of the
Philippine Islands has sent cable dispatch
asking for reinforcements, whether with the
object of attacking the japanese or not is not
stated. The Pellew islands have about Io,-
900 inhabitants, and are very fertile. Their
situation Is between the Philippine island and
the Caroline islands, both Spanish colonies.
This 81 regarded as sign that Japan intends
to encroach on the Spanish possessions in the
Pacific. The affair may lead to grave Difficult
ties between the powers.