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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-02-18
A Blow at Parkhurst.

New YORK, Feb. I4-Charles W. Gardi-
ner, chief detective of DR.: Parknurst's society,
convicted of attempting to extort money from
Lille Clifton, inmate of disorderly house,
was sentenced to two years at hard labor in
the states prison by Recorder Smith in gen.
eral sessions this morning. Btfore the SEN
tence was passed, Lawyer Golf made motion
for a new trial and that the verdict of the Jury
be set aside, on the grounds that they disre-
garded the law as it was laid down by the
court. Counsel also moved for the arrest oil
judgment, on the ground that in the whole
case nc crime had been established. Both
motions were denied. After Gardiner had
been led away there was dramatic scene en-
acted in the courtroom. Recorder Smith re-
quested Lawyers Golf and Jerome, who con-
Quoted GARDENERS defense, to be seated, as he
had something to say to them. He told them
that during the trial they were guilty of un.
becoming conduct, and he would proceed to
investigate what punishment should be in.
flicted on them. The recorder recited the
charges he would prefer against them from
typewriter affidavit, and dwelt upon the IN
solent remarks of counsel.
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Republicans Reinforced.
TOPEKA. Feb. 15-The only weap

TOPEKA, FEB. 15-Ihe only weapons
shown by the Poau!isis were one Win
chester and two revol gers in the hands of
mild Young man who made no attempt
to use them. They were captured by the
Republicans and will be preserved as tro
pbIes.
This morning the Sante Fe train from
Atchison AID other places brought 70
Republicans to act as sergeants. alarms,
and other trains are expected to bring
additional reinforcements.
The Republicans, anticipating trouble,
telegraphed for hep last night. Some
messages were late in being delivered,
bat the recipients got out Of bed at mid
night to respend to the call.
The Republican house passrd reeolu
ton reviewing the situation, and calling
on all citizens of Kansas for smorsl aid
and active support, to help resist these
forces of anarchy and revolution"
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PopuIists Retreat.

TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 16.-The Popuiisti
have practically abandoned the field
They met at noon in the basement of the
capitol and decided to make no further
attempt 20 gain an entrance to represen-
tative hall.
The action of the sheriff in swearing
In 1000 men made the odds 80 heavy
against the Populists th at they decided
not to attempt to meet them. They de-
cided to hire q hsll for meeting of the
Populists' house. The governor, as com-
mandcr-in-chIef of the state troops. re,
heyed colonel Hughes of the direct CON-
mand of the troops, but allowed him to
retain the colonelcy of the Third regi
ment. The governor himself assumed
command of the troops.
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The Cascade Locks.

WAsHINToN, D. c., Feb. r4-Senators
Dolph and Mitchell are prepared to at.
tack the cuts made in the sunday civil
bill for the IlYer and harbor improve.
ments, especially that portion relating
to the Cascades. The house aprropria.-
ted $1,416 $50, and the senate
has cut the cum to $S69, 900.
The bill was prepared and reported
by three men, the other members of
the appropriation committee having lit
die or nothing to do with it. Senator
Dolph thinks he will be able to have the
full amount restored. yet if it Is not,
there remains about $3.50 900 of the last
appropriations uaexpended, and with the
amount carried in this bill the work can
go ahead. The Oregon delegation are
anxious to have the amount necessary
for the completion of the work sppro :
priated at this session.
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TELEGRAPHIC.
The Treaty.

WASHINGTON, Feb. I4-An outline OF the
annexation treaty that is likely to be submit
ted by the president shows that the secretary
of state, as well as the Hawiians, have thor
oughly considered all the objections to annex
alton, and have done their best TO meet them.
To begin with, the islands are not TO have
self government, but are to be governed by a
governor and board of commissioners to be
selected by the president by and with the adj
vice and agreement of the senate. No priv
iliges of citizenship are to be conferred in the
treaty, and all contract laborers now on the
islands, or who came to the islands as such,
are not to be considered as residents Of the
United States, nor entitled to the privileges OF
residents after annexation.
Special provisions are to be made for mu-
nicipal as well as territorial government, and
except in these particulars the territory is to
be put on the same footing as the United
States territories. These clauses are Of the
utmost importance, for they take the franchise
out of the hands of the natives, and
prevent Chinese, Japanese and Portuguese
contract laborers coming into the United
States.
The question Of a judiciary IS not yet set
tied, but the commissioners seem satisfied in
the belief that their own supreme judges, who
are all frst-class men, will be continued in
Office. The administration will send the
treaty to the senate and leave the next house
to carry out the details.
The provisional government is to remain
in power until that is done.
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As far as The DalIes and vicinity
are concerned an open river may be
considered a certainty in the next two
or three years. The contractors will
begin work as soon as the snow is off,
and the civil appropriation bill has
given them enough to fini h the work.
This last stroke of good fortune was
accomplished through the efforts of
Senators Dolph and Mitchell, who
fought for the full amount IN the bill
until they were successful. No state
in the union has more indefatiguable
workers for her interests than those
from Oregon, and our people can al
ways place implicit confidence in them.
If the Salem legislature ignores the
region east of the Cascades, it is kindly
remembered by the national one that
oonvenes in Washington City.
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The home-rule bill has been intro
duced in the British parliament by
Mr.. Gladstone, who, although over 80
years of age, presented its salient feat
ures in speech two hours in length.
In 1886 the government of which he
was premier went out Of rower on a
somewhat similar bill, and now, hav-
ing modified the measure, he is willing
to risk his ministry on the vote. There
is no denying the fact that any sever
ance of the close relationship which
now exists between the different mem-
bers of the empire will meet with bit
ter opposition from the more conserv-
ative element of the British people;
but for many years past there has been
u growth of sentiment in favor of con-
federation, and Indications are more
favorable now for self-government for
Ireland than at any time during her
history. Home-rule for that country
means in time the same privilege for
the different races which now send
their representatives to Westminster,
and this augurs death to monarchy
and to the nobility. The Saxons are
much slower in action than the Celts;
but they never make any backward
movements, and with the success of
this measure hereditary monarchy and
the class-rule will have received their
death blow. However much the grand
old man may expect a stronger empire
with this partial isolation of Ireland,
the growth of sentiment amcng the
democracy of England-and this is
very strong element to-day in all por-
tions of that country-will tend to up
root the institution of medieval mon
archy. With such results of leg
islation in this matter American
citizens ardently desire that home-r rule
for ireland will be successful, as they |
look forward to the day in the no
very distant future when kingly rule |
shall be relic of the past in all ma
lions, and when republics and univer-
sal freedom shall be the governments
and heritage of all peoples.
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The Statesman Libel Case.

WALLA WALLA, Wash, Feb, 15.-The
libel suit Reams VS.. Parker. of the Walla
Walla Statesman, for $4,000, was fin
ished today. The trial lasted four days.
The jury was out all last night, and
brought in verdict this morning of
1920. The libel was published August,
1890, at time when Colonel Parker was
lying Ill in bed 500 miles away. This
was not admitted as testimony, the court
refusing to allow the defendant to testify
In any way IN his own defense, on the
ground that his absence was no excuse,
and the suit beng for actual damages
such evidence was not admissible ID
mitigation. Blandford and Gose conduct
ed the case for the defense. -Four other
papers, which published the same Item
as the Statesman, are also sued.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-02-18
EDITORIAL NOTES

DIR. Norvin Green, president of the
Western Union Telegraph Company
has been added to the death list oi
1898. He was a man of excellent
business qualifications, and was just tc
the thousands of men and women in
his employ.
Portland sent delegation to Salem
to influence Republicans In their eau.
Gus nomination of railroad commissions
ers last night; but matters were ire.
vocably "6xed" before their arrival,
and the journey was not productive of
the desired result.
The AlbIna free-bridge bill has
passed the house, and very likely will
be successful in the senate. Portland
should redeem her pledges made be-
fore consolidation, and the legislature
appears inclined to hold her to- the
faithful performance of them.
The terrible disaster in Albina
Wednesday was the result of careless
ness somewhere; but who blundered
will perhaps never be ascertained. 1t
might prevent future accidents to
know what caused the accident, but it
would not restore the dead to life.
If the Sandwich Islands are an
nexed the burden of providing suit
able forp of government will devolve
upon the next Democratic congress.
The present administration will SIM
ply set the machinery in operation, and
allow the Democrats the privilege of
its workings.
The editor of the London Times has
been summoned before the house of
commons to apologize for language
used regarding a member of parlia-
ment. In few smooth sentences the
editor will pour oil upon the troubled
waters, and the M. P. will smile COM
and forget all grievances.
Mr.. Carlisle, Mr.. Cleveland's sec.
'etary of the treasury, promises an
extra session of congress to repeal the
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-02-18
Death From Burning OIL.

BUDA- PEsTH, Feb. 16 During the
carnival dance in Pefeg. while over 10O
people were dancing, child playing 10
the basement dropped lighted taper
through the bunghole of cask full Of
petroleum. The child was killed by the
explosion, which also shattered the floor
above abd scattered burning petroleum
among the dancers. Ten persons fell
through to the basement and burned to
death. Seven of those over whom the oil
scattered died soou after reaching the
open air. Twelve Others will die
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-Bleed,ns Kansas,

TOPEKA, Feb. ia riot Is imminent
between the Republicans and Populisls
in the nall ofthe house of representatives.
There seems no way to avoid dangerous
clash.
When the Republicans went to the
hall this morning they found tine doors
barred by the Popul:sts.
After short consultation, the Repub--
licans resolved to force an entrance
Sledge hammers were brought into
play against one of the side entrances,
with such good effect that the doors
were soon demolished and the Republl :
cans quickly filed into the hall. Had
the Populists been in session conflict
would surely have resulted, but fortu
nately the PopulIsts house adjourned
yesterday till o'clock this afternoon.
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After The Indian Lands.

LEWISTON, Idaho Feb. 14-The com
missioners treating with the Nez
Perce Indians for $5O0,00 acres of un-
allotted land have been compelled to
cease labor, communication with distant
Indians being impossible. Two hundred
and four signatures are necessary, and of
that number 11S have been secured.
No trouble is anticipated In getting the
remainder.
The soliciting committee for bonus
of $4,000 to bring the Northern Pacific
to Lewiston has over baif the amount
promised,
The city council has donated 10 acres
of the CITY park to trustees OF the state
normal school for university purposes.
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some of the Cabinet

LAKEWOOD, N. j., Feb 14-Cleveiand
officially announced the names of four
members of the cabinet this evening.
They are: Walter @. Gresham, of III
Inois, secretary of state; JOHN G Carlisle,
OF Kentucky, secretary of finance;
Daniel s. Lamont, of New York, sec
retary of war; Wilson s. Blssell, of Buf-
falo, postmaster general. On making the
announcements, Cleveland said:
"There Is no need of any mystery in
regard to the cabinet, and 1t is useless
to speculate and indulge In guesswork. !.
1 shall make no secret of the matter, but
shall announce the names of the gentle
men aeiected to fill the positions as fast
as seceive their acceptances and per
mission to make the matter public"
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THE NEW SECRETARY.

The first place in President Cleve-
lano's cabinet will be given 10 Judge
Gresham, and it is very probable that
he will accept the position. Princi-
plies constitute the fabric of the Re-
publican organization, and not men.
The defeat of Mr.. Harrison last Nov
ember was not the defeat of the doc
trines that constitute the political
party. These will live On and on for
ever, and whoever occupies the execu-
tive chair will follow the precedents
laid down by Republican administra-
tions. Mr.. Gresham is a Republican,
and will 80 continue, Notwithstanding
the fact that he will be the chief ad-
visor of a Democratic president. 1t
may appear to some that his appoint-
ment is a reward of party treachery;
but Mr.. Cleveland. measured by the
rules laid down by Democratic leaders,
is very little in sympathy with the
foundation principles Of his party, and
undoubtedly he can act in harmony
with his secretary of state, even if he
is opposed to the Chicago platform.
The enunciations in that document
were intended simply to attract votes,
and not as rules Of administrative pol
ICY. Even the letter of acceptance
of Mr.. Cleveland was opposed to
the principles laid down by the ma
tional convention, and he will violate
no trust if he follows his own ideas on
finance and the tariff as contradistin-
guished from those of Mr.. Watterson
and Mr.. Hill. Democracy means
nothing to those acquainted with
American politics, except the most
available means of securing success
at the polls. 1t has never placed it
self on record in a single national
measure, except in equitable adjust
ment" Of the public debt and "hori-
zontal reduction" on the tariff The
Republican party has made the history
of the country for the past thirty
years, and will continue to do SO for
as many more. In the hands Of Nh.
Gresham the state department is safe,
and no innovation upon former poll
cies may be expected.
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TBE DEATH STRUGGLE.

The fight between hereditary mon
archy and the rule of the people was
inaugurated in the house of commons
yesterday by the speech of Mr.. Bal
four in opposition to the Irish home-
rule bill. He is a fair representative
of that class of Englishmen who "came
in with the Conqueror," and who have
been guilty of nearly every wrong that
has blackened English legislation from
the time of William to the present.
They have fought every advancement
made for the past fifty years, from the
disestablishment of the Irish church
to the extension of the franchise, and
will fight to the bitter end self gov
ernment for ireland or any other
member of the British empire; but,
like the old castles en- their estates
the monuments of their tyranny and
arbitrary sway-their power is rapidly
diminishing and crumbling to ruin,
and, like the ivy. the only evidence of
life or growth is that which betokens
decay and disintegration. The hard
headed and phlegmatic Saxons have
always been the friends of progress
and freedom, and the fiery Normans
have been cruel, unjust and tyran-
nical, from their first landing at Hast
ings to the passage of the coercion bill
for Ireland in 1886. But it is fact
over which every philanthropist should
rejoice that the Anglg- Saxons have
eventually trlumphed in every strug- |
gle with their oppressors from Runny
mede to Yorktown, and this element
will yet be victorious in so remodel
ing the British constitution that every |
race in the empire will have home rule
in local affairs. This will be the pre-
Jude to the complete destruction of |
hereditary monarchy and the utter OBJ
liberation of the Norman house of !
lords. When this is accomplished, all |
English speaking people will rejoice,
for the soil in which the germs Of free
government have been nurtured for
centuries will have purged itself of
every obnoxious and poisonous growth.
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What Burns Thinks.

LonDoN, Feb. 14-John Burns, the
labor member fer Battersea, said he is
greatly pleased with the bill, although
from q Democratic point OF view 1t is
not an ideal measure. He objected to
the veto power reserved to the crown; to
the second chamber, and especially to
franchise. Burns added that, notwith..
standing these objections, he would Ger
talnly support the measure.
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As soon as the Populists learned what
had been done, Governor Lewelling was
notified.
CALLED OUT THE TROOPS.

As soon as the Populists learned what
had been done, Governor Lewelling was
notified.
CALLED OUT TIE TROOPS.
The governor promptly called out the
militia and instructed them to proceed
to the hall to eject the Republicans from
the floor.
The soldiers started cn their mission
The Republicans, learning of the gov
ernor's action, held a hurried consulta-
tion as to the course to pursue. No
definite plan was decided on, but lndi-
vidual Republicans are trying to induce
the Santa Fe railroad 10 call out their
shopmen to oppose the militia.
A resolution was passed citing Chief
Clerk Rich of the PJpulist house,
Howard, Breidenthal and Scott to ap
pear before the house for contempt for
resisting the process of the house yester-
day when an attempt was made to arrest
Rich
There we're "a assistant sergeants at
arms in the house when the Republicans
forced their way in, but they did nothing
to prevent it, except to warn the Repub-
iicans that they were destroying state
property, and would be held accountable
for it.
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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Won Their Fight

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16-It was impos
sible ior the senate committee on appro-
p:iatlons to hold Its own against the
river and harbor combustion today, and
in every cut made 10 the amounts appro
priated, over which there was any dispute,
tie CT mmittee was beaten. 1t was SO
with the appropriation for the Cascades
of the Columbia, where Senators Mitch
ell and Dolph made their fight In this
Instance Senator Squire took a stand
which showed that he was also alive 10
the interests of bis constituents in the ap
propristions for the improvement of the
Columb bia In addition to what was said
yesterday by the ten Pacific senators,
they all made speeches today In favor of
the larger appropriation. In the house
bill the appropriation was $1.419,250,
more than 100000 above the amount
for which the contract was actually let
This gave the committee chance 10
make the GU, which was fixed at $3.50,
600 in the senate. Senator Mitchell
offered an amendment today fixing the
amount at 81, ,239, ,653. and on this propo-.
sltion the fight was made and won on a
aye and no vote of "a 10 20. Attention
was called by the opponents of the ap-
preparation to the fact that Senator
MltcheIl's amendment called for $50, ,OOO
more than the contract, and here the
Oregonlan explained that something had
to be allowed for the supervision OF gov
ernmept engineers. After It was over
there was no further doubt that the
power OF the Oregon senators was as
great as ever.
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INQUEST ON a Negro.

NEW YORK, Feb. 16-A special to the
Times from Chattanooga, Tenn., says.
The coroner today held an inquest on the
body of the negro lynched last night.
The verdict was that the deceased came
to his death at the hands oil some persons
unknown to the jury. At the itquesi
persons standing sbnut the body took
their knives out and hacked the bullets
from the msn's body to keep as souvenirs.
Among the negroes there is some excite
ment.
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FRANCE AND DE LEssEPs.
When scipio. the conaueror of Han

When Scipio, the conqueror of Han
nibal, was arraigned before Roman
court, says an eastern exchange, the
only reply he deigned to make to the
charge against him was to remind the
court and his Roman judges that the
day on which he was asked to defend
himself was the anniversary of the
battle of Zama. Scipio's defense may
not have been good in law, but it was
one that appealed to the generosity of a
nation which owed debt greater than
it could ever pay to the man who van
qui>hed the great Hannibal.
In French court the other day a
man SO years old, who for years has
worn the grand cross of the Legion of
Honor, with its motto, "Honewr ct
Patrie"-a man who had the genius
to conceive, the ability to plan, and
the hope and energy and intellectual
resources to carry to successful com
pletion the grandest engineering feat
of the century, was condemned to five
years Imprisonment and to pay the
highest fine the court could impose.
That Count Ferdinand de Lesseps is
guilty as charged scarcely any one out
side of France believes. He was a
man past 80 when the great Panama
enterprise was inaugurated, and his
connection with it in its later stages
was chiefly nominal one. His great
fame and name were used by the Pan
anna directors to conjure with, and
with a success which shows what un-
bounded confidence his country had in
a man who had made France proud in
the glory of a great achievement. But,
like most great. inventors and gen.
fuses, De Lesseps, with his head in The
clouds and with an inextingulshable
optimism and faith IN himself, became
an easy prey to the harpies and plum
derers who fastened upon the great
Panama enterprise, and the sickening
scandal that has disgraced nation is
the result
But the huge Panama scandal can
not be .expiated by the sacrifice OF
ferdinand de Lesseps. The press of
the United States, almost without ex-
ception, while the news was yet hot
from the wires, denounced the unjust
sentence against De Lesseps as an out.
rage, and are now glad to add that
France herself has been scarcely less
swift to voice her indignation at the
attempt to appease the public anger
against the Panama plunderers by an
Infamous sentence against the illustri-
GUS De Lesseps, now nearly four score
and ten years old. The revulsion of
the popular feeling Is so great over the
shame and unmerited disgrace laid
upon a man that France honors and
will ever honor, that swift pardon is
asked from the president of the repub
lie for a man whose chief crime was
his too great optimism and ready be-
lief in human nature The humilia-
tion of De Lesseps is the crowning
folly of scandal that has wrecked
ministers, threatened the overthrow of
the republic, and has still depths of
infamy to disclose.