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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-12-22
TELEGRAPHIC.
Amending ,he Bill.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20-A conference
was held at the treasury department be
tween Secretary Carlisle and Chairman
Springer, Of the house committee on
banking and currency, relative to amend
ing the Carlisle currency bill now before
the house. The subject was gone over
fully, and, as result OF the talk, Spring
er will propose q number OF amendments
designed to remove some of the oliec-
tions advanced against the bill. One OBJ
lection is that under section z soma banks
may be permitted to take circulation OF
80 per cent of their capital while
the bill limits the circulation to 10 per
cent of the capital stock. This would be
remedied by requiring the excess to be
returned by deposit OF greenbscks under
the existing provisions of the law. The
time in which the banks be required to
comply with the new law will be extended
for two years. The house may fix by
amendment the time 10 a more remote
date. The bill will be made clear that
blll-holders of national bank notes will
be protected during the time tbe old
banks are conforming to the new law
Another amendment will provide that the
government will receive old notes for in
ternal taxes, cancel the;n and issue notes
under the new law. 1t is possible that
these and other amendments that the
Democratic majority of the banking com
mittee may agree upon may be embraced
in substitute which can be presented
before the five minutes debate begl Ds
Such substitute, embodyipg al the
amendments and improvements suggested
by debate is thought to be more desir-
able than having the original bill patched
from end 10 end with amendments. The
conference did not bring out anv coDsid-
| Grafton of the three important
amendments which have beer
urged on the floor Of house, viz
| The issue of bonds to retire outstanding
| greenbaeks the elimination Of state bankt
and the limiting of banks liabilities
tor losses to other banks to / per cen.
As to the bond issue to retire greenbacks
this probably will he offered by amend,
ments, but it is believed the feeling
against the bond issue will defeat thu
amendment. The elimination of The
state banks and the limit of liability vii
also be presented as independent amend.
ments.
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TELEGRAPHIO NEWS.
Debate on Currency.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19-As soon as the
regular routine had been disposed of to-
day, ON motion of Springer the house
went into executive session and the DE-
bate on the currency bill was resumed :.
johnson. of Indiana, one of the mem
bers of the minority of the banking aud
currency committee, opened with Wig
orous speech in opposition to the Carlisle
bill. Admitting the defects OF our cur
renry system, he said. perfection could
not be obtained by the passage of bill
along the line suggested by the banking
and currency committee. 1t was much
essier to attack the present system than
to offer q safe substitute. The present
system had given the country q green
back currency which enabled the govern
ment to carry ON the war, and produced
u market for our bonds IN the hour of
danger and peril. The currency it pro-
duced has never been questioned. This
was no time for experimental legislation !;
there was no need of indecent speed.
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TNDIANOLA TERRITORY.

The theory of the United States
government in regard to Indian Ter
ritory has always been that it was
nation, albeit peopled by "wards' of
the general government, says an ex-
change. That theory has led to many
evils. as well as incongruities. "The
nation" has long been catch basin for
outlaws and desperadoes. This state
of things is cruelty wrong on the In
dians, and serious menace to the
general public in all the region round
about.
The first step has just been taken
toward legislation which shall create
new territory our of the old one. THIS
bill provides territorial government,
properly so called, for thst portion of
Indian territory occupied by the five
civilized tribes, to be known as the
territory of Indianols. The exact
boundaries are given and then it is
provided, according to press report,
that "any portion of the new Territory
may at any time be added to any state
or territory without the consent of the
inhabitants involved, and the title of
Indians to land is not impaired. nor
are rights of the government over the
Indians interfered with"
This bill was introduced by Senator
Berry, of Arkansas, and it looks very
much as if its real name should be q
bill for an act to enable the state of
Arkansas to grab the five civilized
tribes and their lands without the
consent Of the inhabitants involved
If the bill has been herein reported
correctly, it should not receive any
favor. Whatever Mr. Berry's inten-
tions, the practical operation of the
change wovld be wrong.
If new territory should be created
out of the whole or part of Indian
territory it should never be liable to
absorption by any adjacent state
Texas, Arkansas, or Kansas. Its au-
tonomy should be sacred and invioiate.
The territory set apart to the Indians
should not be exposed to grab game.
Those tribes are improving in civiliza-
tion, and it is only question of time
when they will be entitled to Ameri-
can citizenship, and their territory to
representation in Congress; but the
safeguards against land sharks must
not be removed so long as really
needad
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I'm the House. :

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20-The house met
at II NJ. today. Bfeckinridge of Keu-
lucky reported the important urgency de-
ficiency bill appropriating 100000 for
the census. THIS appropriation included
the deficiency bill which passed the house
a few days ago. which is being held up
10 the senate. Breckenridge stated that
unless this supplementary bill was-Passed
Immediately the work of the census
would stop.
Cannon, OF Illinois, prevailed on Breck-
isridee 10 accept an amendment appro
priatinG $l25, 900 for fees OF jurors, also
Included In the former bill, and, as
amended, the bill was passed.
On motion of Sckles, of New York
the bill was passed to pension the widow
of the late Major General Nathaniel p
Banks at the rate of 800 per month.
Cultivate presented joint resolution
for the usual holiday adjournment, to be-
gin Saturday, Decem Der 22, aud end
Thursday, January 3. The resolution
was privileged
English, of New Jersey, arose with the
Intention OF onerlng an amendment to
adjourn tomorrow. when 0uthwsite cut
him of with the demand for the previous
question. The gentleman from New
Jersey gave notice he would demand q
quorum. The vote only developed the
presence of As members, and Cultivate
withdrew his resolution.
The house then went into committee OF
the whole and resumed consideration OF
the currency bill. Sperry. of Connecticut,
took the floor N support of the measure.
Sperry said, that while personally he did
not favor revival Of state banks, he was
willing to acquiesce under the conditions
imposed in order to secure the good fea-
lures of the. measure. He was believer
in the safety iund principle, he said, be
cause 1t insured the prompt redemption
of notes without expense to the holders
II made the notes practically national
currency.
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"BUSINESS ("

Rev. Henry Ramus. of Portland, no
doubt told great truth, when he said
in his sermon last Sunday: "What is
the key to the opposition of modern
society to every attempt to make men
better2 Is it in the cry of the Deme-
trian silversmith-'Sir, ye know that
by this craft we have our wealth.
This is practically the attitude of the
criminal classes today, and when say
criminal classes do not simply mean
those who sit within the shadow of
prison walls, but | mean the entire
circle of men who cater to the appe-
tites that lead them to make crimi-
nails. The reverend gentleman is
correct in this statement, and no one
will dispute the fact that money and
business are the two prime agencies
that actuate nearly all human efforts.
This is true of the editorial, legal and
medical professions, and We have some
times thought that ministers of the
gospel kept an anchor cast to Wind
ward hoping that some church, paying
a good salary, would ask them to be-
come its pastor. Editors, lawyers and
do,tors have to live and support their
families, and we presume ministers are
not exempt in this line either.
Sharpness and ability to save a client
from an unfortunate or embarrassing
condition often means good "fat'
fee to lawyer, and if doctor can re-
3 ore rich patient to health his
worldly possessions may become in
creased. Even editors may hope to
earn living by publishing the news,
and making a readable paper. These
matters may be considered "business''
with these professions, and there must
be something that should be classified
in the same list with preachers. Per-
haps, preachers, by strong denunclatio
'f vice in not very choice language,
nay increase their congregations and
'ause the collections on Sundays to
become larger. We do not make this
harge against any member of the
erical profession; but one might draw
hat Inference who had good eye to
'usinessl The world has been gov
rned that way for long time, and
re do not believe that the public
minds can be changed in another direc-
ION very raedily or easily. ii
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CanHIbaIs I'm Mexico

HERMosILLo, Mex, Dec. 1S-The
party of citizens who left here few
weeks ago to explore Tiburon island in
search of gold mines. which, according to
tradition, are TO be found there, have re-
turned, with one of their number miss
ing. The Seres Indians, the caunibal
tribe that occupies the island, made no
hostile demonstration toward the pros
pectors, but Eduardo Flores, young
member of the psrty, became separated
from bis companions, and, although a
long search was made for him, he could
not be found. 1t is feared that he was
kidnapped by the Indians, and killed and
eaten. These are the Indians who killed
and ale two California newspaper men.
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TELECRApHIG NEWS.
Currency IN the House.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S-Notwl,hstand-
ing the fact that debate on the currency
bill was scheduled to begin IN the house
today, less than 100 members were pres
ent when Speaker Crisp dropped the
gavel. The committee on rules had pre-
pared q special order, under which the
house should operate, but had decided,
in view of the Democratic opposition to
the measure. not TO offer IL at present. but
TO allow Springer to call up the bill ov
virtue of its privilege. Immediately after
the call of committees fer reports. there
fore. the chairman of the banking and
currency committee moved the house go
into committee OF the whole for consid-
Grafton of the measure. The motion pre-
vailed without discussion and Richardson
OF Tennessee took The chair.
Walker. of Massachusetts, IN Charge oil
the opposition TO the measure, gave no.
lice that at the proper time he would
offer substitute.
Springer, before entering upon his ar
gument, asked that the general debate
be considered closed Saturday next, when
the holiday recess is to be taken
Walker protested against any arrange
ment at this time. He SAID he felt con-
vlnced that no member would discuss
this measure in other than serious vein
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That Reundarx pispute.

CRY OF Mexico, Dec 20-Senor Em:lc
de Leon, envoy extraordinary and minis
ter plenipotentiary of Guatemala, arrIv ed
last night, accompanied by the secretaries
of the Guatemalan legation to be located
in Mexico. The minister will informally
present his compliments to the secretary
of foreign relations today, and at 3ome
convenient time dDring the present week
conference will be held. at which an
understanding will. it Is hoped, be arrived
st on the Mexico Guatemala boundary
question, which threatens grave Inteina
tonal complications between the two
republics at present. Senior de Leon be
Iieves the boundary question will be
amlcably settled, and says IN regard to
the dispute:
''The sole point in Guatemala holds
that it's boundary should extend more TO
the north to include what Mexico is lay
ing claim 10 as q part of the state of
Chiapas. This matter can, or ought 10
be, easily arranged to the satisfaction of
both countries. ;"
He denies that armed bands of Guate.-
malsns have Invaded Mexican territory
and destroyed logging camps as an In
centive to the paesent strained relations,
and says that there is no extraordisary
armed force on the Mexican frontier of
his country. Guatemala desires peace
and will take no other steps than diplo-
matte measures, for the present, at least.
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SHOULD BE RE. ELECTED.

If the people Of Eastern Oregon
were universally in favor of the un-
limited coinage of the white metal,
which large msjority of them are not,
Senator Dolph has done enough for
this portion of the state to entitle him
to the support of every member of
the legislature east of the Cascades
1t was through his efforts that work
at the Cascadee was changed to the
contract system, and that the bill
passed inaugurating the ship railway
above this city. He was instru mental
in securing the forfeiture Of the Wal
lula>Portland land grant, in settling
the title of wagon road lands, and also
in the payment by settlers of the min
imum price per acre for forfeited rail-
road grants. Mr. Dolph has been one
of the ablest and most untiring rep
resentatives of the interests of Oregon
on the floors of congress, and he has
never missed an opportunity of intro
duclng measures beneficial to the In
lend Empire. Eastern Oregon does
not want unlimited coinage of silver;
but she does want an open river from
Kettle Falls to the ocean, and Senator
Dolph's efforts in this direction are
kindly remembered by onr people.
He will be reelected to the senate for
the next six years, and we have reason
to expect earnest and effective work
from him in securing further appro-.
priations for the ship railway, and also
in pushing forward that grand project
in which the entire Pacific coast is in.
terested, the Nicaragua canal.
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EARNEST WORDS.

We have received copy of the Bis
Bend Empire, published at Watervillt
IN Douglas county, nearly the most
northern region in Washington. In il
was marked editorial article, the
first paragraph of which is as follows
''The editorial management of this
paper is determined upon the vigorous
and nDrelenting advocacy Of two PROPOSE
tions. One is for an open river to the sea,
aud the other the election of United States
senators by direct vote of the people"
Mr.. Fred. McDermott has lately as
sumed editorial charge of the Empire.
and from all Indications he will make
it forcible exponent of the best in
terests of that portion of the north
west He cannot pursue course that
will tend more to the early develop
ment of the resources of the vast
country bordering on the Oolumbia
than by advocating the opening of this
great river to the commerce of the
people from Kettle Falls to Astoria.
The TINES MoUNTAINEER has unceas-~
ingly advocated an open river for the
past twelve years, and it Is now Begin
nlng to see the fulfillment of its hopes.
In two years boats will leave the
whsryes at The Dalles and land their
goods or produce at Portland or Asto-
ria without breaking cargo, and the
ship railway between this city and
Cello, when completed, will make the
upper Columbia the great artery of
commerce for the producers of the In
land Empire. There is every prospect
of the great river of the west being
freed from all distractions in the mex.
few years. and then the vast Inland
Empire will be the most desirable place |
for builders of any on The Pa
nifc coast.
Our friend of the Empire is in earn
sst in the position he has taken, and
'ays "the ehIp-rsilway at Cello must
's taken to heart by every country
,ditor in Eastern Oregon and Wash
ngton, and over into Idaho, and the
.ction of the government demanded,
lntil either the work is undertaken, or
I'D Mount Hood shall have been
aught up into the heavens and made
gem in the milky way" Nothing
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Iapanese Cap1ure r.a.Cnenx.

LONDON, Dec. 1S--A Toxic dispatch
says japanese Lleutenant-G General Kat
sira captured Hal Chene, December 10.
TIE Chinese garrison numbered 5000,
while the Japanese numbered only 1900.
The Chinese retreated toward Lao Wang.
The losses were trif ng
A Che Foo dispatch says great uneasi-
ness continues among the residents OF that
place, who fear outrages at the hands of
the Chinese soldiers. Four foreign war
ships are now at Che Foo. A nephew of
Colonel Won Hannecken has left Sbang-
hal to take command of the Chinese
troops at Tlen-Tsin. A French engineer
is constructing forts at PekiDg. Tho re,
msinder of the Chinese transports have
been turned over 10 the protection OF the
British flag.
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No Need eta scare.

MONTICELLO, Utah, Dec, 19-When
Colonel Lqwton. of General McCook's
staff, and Indian Agent Day, arrived here
from Denver to investigate the reported
invasion and threatened outbreak of the
Utes, from Colorado. they had no diff.
ficulty in persuading Chief Igpaclo to
obey orders to return TO the Co dorado
reservation. Colonel Lawton says there
was never any cause for alarm, an d that
the actions of Governor West were no,
warranted by the situation, as the In
dians were peaceable all the time. He
also blames the cowboys The Ute chief
is much inceused against the Mormon
Liars ~
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Pocket Edition Of He'll"

CHICAGO, Dec. l9-Tbe English agita-
tor Burns arrived this morning. He ad-
mitted 10 reporters that he had referred
TO Chicago az "a pocket edition 10 he'll,
and declared his remark about Chicago
was based on what he cav and :nforma.
ton given by labor sgitators. With re-
gard to criticisms IN Denver of the Amer
lean constitution he stated the constitu-
ton was a good one, but could be im-
proved on. Burns will sisy in Chicago
uutil Friday. Tonight he will speak on
1.-The Labor Union from a Political and
Social Point of View" He characterized
the action in the Deos case as im proper.
and predicted it would result in a revut-
sion or feeling of all classes.
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Cool HUMANS.

FORT SMITH, Ark, Dec, 19-B Cook
and four of his gang had an enjoyable
time at Fort Gibson last night. They
rode into town ABOUT dusk and took sup.
per at Mrs. Browns, the regular stopping
place for travellers. Bill Cook, "Chero-
kee Bili' and Jun French were in the
party. They made no effort at disguise,
and talked freely with the people.
"Cherokee Bill" Is rapidly recovering
from his wounds, and expires sed himself
anxious for another fight. A strong force
was made up at Muskogee and went
after the outlaws.
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Under NIraragua's Control.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S-The depart
ment of state has received adispatch from
Minis,er Baker, at Managua, saying that
the Mosquito Indians have surrendered
their rights under ibe treaty of Managua,
and have become incorporated with Mic
aragua. This surrender, it Is understood
disposes of the last vestige of the
claim of sovereignty by the Mosquito
reserve, set apart by the Managua treaty
of 1860, and the award of the emperor OF
Austria Hereunder. 1t also terminates
any ground for continued pretexi of a
British "protectorate" oyer the Mosquito
reservation, and generally slmpli6es the
right of transit across the isthmus.
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Hnw steyenson Dred.

LoND1N, Dec. 1s-An Auckland dis
patch contains few details of the death
of Novelist Stevenson on the evening ol
December 8. Stevenson remarked to his
wife that he feit a strange pain in bis
head, and almost Immediately afterwards
be fell back senseless, and never regalned
consciouf ness. He died TWO hours later.
The cause of his death was paralysis OF
The brain.
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Proposa1s 90 DIvlae Egrnt

PARIS, Dec. 20--Le Journal prints the
text of an alleged Anglo Italian agree.
ment in regard to the Soudan and Moroc
co by which Italy is to occupy Khartoum.
and support England in her occupation
of Egypt. Italy will also take possession
of Morocco. with the exception of Tan
ger, which is 70 be the British possession.
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One Of Ga,zin,s Revolu,,onists.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Dec. 1S-Giraldo
Saiz, whoewas captain of one of the bands
of so. called Ga zia revolutionists, who
made raid on San Igoacio, Mexico, two
years ago, and msssscred and burned the
bodies of the garrison of Mexican troops
at that place and escaped into Texas, was
Yesterday delivered 10 the Mexican au-
thoritIes by the United States Marshal
Ware. The delivery was made on the
authority of an extradition order issued
by Acupg Secretary Uni, of the state de-.
pariment at Washington.
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k,l,ea by a PASSENGER Tra,n.

TACOMA, Dec. 16 George Fl Bray ton,
who has brother and nephew living at
Point Arena. CAL, was killed today by
the overland passenger train one mile
west OF Or,ing. He was walking toward
Tacoma, and did not beed the engineers
whistle. His body was mangled and bis
head crushed. Papers 10 his pockets re.
vealed his identity. There will be no in
quest.
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Defeated the Natives.

RoMF, Dec. 2o-A dispatch from Mas
sowah, Egypt, announces that six CON-
panies OF Italian troops, under cnmmsnC
of MAJOR Tesse.i, defeated the Arabs yes
,erday near Halai. A large number oi
natives were killed The ITALIAN force
los, 10 killed and % wounded IL Wa,
composed entirely of native soldiers,
drilled aed officered by ItaIisns. 1t !;
believed this victory will prevent any
further intrigues on the part of Abvssin-
ians The Italian copmander in. chief
reports everything quiet 10 The direction
of Soudan.
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rown seized by a sher,r:

MILLvILLE. N. j., Dec. 19-The settle
ment of Halberton, In the lower part OF
Cumberland county. was seized by Sheriff
Shinn yesterday, when he made levy IN
foreclosure proceeding upon large part
of the property. The town is nearly de-
serted, only few families living there
The clock factory, which has been the
chief support OF the town, has been closed.
Nearly all the Inhabitants have moved to
New York. About two years ago the
place was started by Hebrew syndicate
aud ebout so houses were erected, The
failure ls attributed to hard times.
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Miners Are s.,nIundeclded

PIPTsBURe, Dec. 19-The miners of
this district are stil undecided whether 10
make a fight against the 90 per cent re-
ouction in wages. At the convention to.
day motion prevailed that the cut be
resisted, but later this action was re-
scinded. It was decided to hold another
meeting Friday 10 take final action.