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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-09-22
Press Comment.

LONDON, Sept. 19-Commentipg on the
naval engagement, the Times will say to.
morrow: Unless the general result at
Yalu is wholly different from what it ap
pears to be, the troops which were hastily y
landed must be In helpless condition.
An alleged Chinese victory would not be
likely to favorably influence the course
of the war. The Chinese naval, like the
military leaders, appear to have formed
their plans without the smallest appre
citation of the elementary principles of
warfare. It is doubtful if they will ever
recover the advantages they have ior-
feited by the Inaptitude of their counsel
and their delay In executing.
The Post-The boast of Count Ito,
prime minister of Japan, that the Japs.
nese were the next strongest feet to that
of China 10 the Northern Pacific, and
was far more serviceable, hiss been amply
justified, but there ia no reason to sup
pose that China will not wipe out the
Yslu disaster in subsequent engagements.
The Standard speaks in high praise of
the tactics of the Japanese admiral in se-
curing a position of rare advantage and
expresses the opinion that it is exceeding
ly unlikely that China will recover her
position in Corea for a long tim. TO come,
If ever. and adds:
"Japan's arrangements of the campaign
contrasts stnkingly with the utter want
of definite and decided preparations on
the part of China. There is something
almost childish in the latter's conduct"
The article concludes by urging that
the moment is propitious for the powers
to intervene, In spite OF the failure of
their previous efforts to prevent the out
break.
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salvador1ans Are Angry.

SAN SALVADOR, Sept. 19-There is
considerable excitement oyer the news
from San Francisco that the steamer
San Bias arrived too late to allow of the
presentation of the evidence cent from
here, which 1t is believed would have in
sured the surrender of General Antonio
Ezeta. The refusal to accept testimony
is regarded here as an attempt to shield
Ezeta aud his companions. Ezeta's
friends here say they sent powerful tes-
timony In his behalf on the same steamer.
It is rumored the government is In
possession of proof that Antonio Ezeta
has secret arrangements with Vasquez to
IevolutloniZe all Central America, and
that Carlos Ezets and some rich Ameri-
cans are in 1t. The plan is to have An
tonic Ezets invade Guatemala, entering
from the north, where there is much dis.
content among the people, and thence
march south to be Joined by the Guate.
mala malcontents. General Cordora,
who arrived from Costa Rica few days
ago has been in consultation with pub
lie men and he denies that Vasquez is to
take part in general Central American
revelation. President Barrios ia said to
have proposed to President Gutierrez that
Salvador join Guatemala in resisting
Mexice's demands, aud that Gutierrez
refused.
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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
A Crushing Defeat.

LONDON. Sept. 18-A dispatch from Ping
Yang, Corea, says: Every hour adds to
the crushing character of the Chinese
defeat. The total Chinese loss is now
said to be over 1900 killed, wounded
and prisoners. The Chinese prlsonars
not We unded number IA 500. 1, is prob
able the number will be increased the
next few days by prisoners being con-
stantly brought in by the Japanese
cavalry. Besides General Tao Fonk Fai,
commaoder-ln-chief of the Manchurians
who only surrendered when badly
wounded, the Japanese captured Generals
Tso Pack Woi. Wei Ink Wei, Nayu Kow
Eng and Sci Kin Ian, practically all the
effective Chinese staff. The Chinese
prisoners are to be sent to Japan in
patches of 1000 in Japanese transports.
A Shanghai correspondent states the
Japanese in the attack on Ping Yang
were enabled by brilliant moonlight dur
ing the night thr 1ughout which the bat
tie lasted to do great execution with their
teld guns. The Ping Yang garrison
numbered 10000. The japanese are sd
vaDcing on MoDkden. The correspon-
dent adds it is reported Ii Hung Chang
has been deposed. Another dispatch
says Chang has been deprived of his
three eyed peacock feather because of
Encouragement of the Corean campaign.
The secretary of the Chinese legation
says with reference to the reported sui
eide Of Ii Hung Chang, that be received
a message from Chang dated Hen-Tsin
today, in which be expressed fears the
Chinese would haye great dificuaty in
retaining Ping Yang,
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. attic ''ohange" was voted by tie
people; but the profits .ve not nearly
q, large as they were during protec-
ton times, and the laborer is forced to
work more hours than forme vly for the
same amount of money. Trere has
bee q horizontal reduction in ell de-
partments, and poverty has largely IN
creased. 1hls country has come down
more nearly to the level of Europe,
and, while free trade continues our
citizens will be no better paid than
the subjects of European monarchies.
Another delusivs argument made
by d ,mocrats ia that the amount OF
revenue which the treasury has lost
under the Wilson bill has been saved
to the people. This is not true
hardly in single instance. The price
of clothing will not be cheaper than it
was two years ago. and the decrease
in the revenue necessary for the sup
port of the government must be made
OF from other sources. One Demo-
cratic exchange exclsims: "More
honest wooleB wear and less of shoddy
will be one Of the results of the Will
soa bill. In the shape of broken CON-
bines it is estimated that American
cons u m.rs will save not lessfhan $l5,-
600, 900 on their purchases. The
woolen schedule is an item in tariff re.
vision of the greatest benefit, as the
average of the Mckinley tex on this
product was SO per cent, which the
new rate pares down to 49," This
sum of $l5, 100000, or any portion of
it, will not 60 into the pockets OF far
ners or shsepmen, or day shborers;
but will simply be q loss to the country,
and as foreign goods will replace home
manufacturers, many industries that
gave employment to citizens must
close down.
With the same tendency to boom
the times an .ffort is being made to
make the wool market brisk, and
quotations are given of 10 to II cents
a pound for this staple product. Un-
der the Mckinley law wool reached
frou, 1s TO 20 cents. and the highest
6gures under the Wilson bill are 8
cents lower. That is the difference
between protection and free-trade
prosperity.
The claims of q general revival of
trade are delusive. Business may be
steadier, and not subject to the same
fluctuations it was before the tariff
bill passed; but the volumeof trade
has been curtailed and prices have de-
creased. Capital is boarded and more
wary of investment, and the avenues
for employment are not as plentiful as
they were 9 few Years ago. Facts are
stubborn things, and cannot be CLOSED |
over and be made to appear different
from what they are. The country
must return to protection policy be-
fore there will be any marked i'm
provement in business. aud the peo-
pie will not be satisfied until the Re-
publican party is again placed in
,harge of national AFFAIRS.
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POLITICS AND BUSINESS.

An exchange says that sit is fortu-
nate for Oregon that We nave no poll
tics this fall" 1t may be 70 con-
sidered for some purposes, and for
others it is unfortunate. if Oregon
had been an October or November
state the Republican majority would
have been increased to 10000 or 40,-
600 instead of paltry 10000, as it
was, which now seems small since
Maine has voted. The exchange re-
ferred to saws our people can attend
to business, which is much more profit.
able. This may be true during some
epochs in our history, but not during
Democratic times. The greatest stim-
ulus that can be given to trade now is
for great protection tidal wave to
wash over the country. ohliterating
every vestige of the free trade curse
that has paralyzad our industries for
the past two years, and the sooner it
is started the better. Politics mean
business, and the greater the agitation
the quicker will trade revive and the
good old times be re-established.
Business men can afford to devote
time to politics, and to hold up to the
view of every voter the object lessons
which have been furnished in every
portion Of the nation during Demo-
cratic supremacy. November is ap-
preaching. and if the political gale
blows strongly enough in the direction
of protection, capital will regain con-
idence, factories will be re-established,
labor will receive proper remuneration,
and prosperity will again bless the
country.
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Driven out by Miners.

GRASS VALLEY, Sept. 19- Four hun-
dred members of the miners union pro
ceeded to Osborne Hill mine this morning
and ordered Superintendent Adolph
Schnsbel to leave town Immediately. He
consented and the committee escorted
him to Buena Vista, four miles from
tewn, where he will take an outgoing
train this afternoon All the nonunion
men. numbering 40, were brought TO the
surface and consented to join the union.
The machinery Is ranning without in
terruption. The miners union are
adopting peaceable means. They say
the Osborne Hill Company has length
ened the days labor and In various ways
violated the rules in vogue here for many
years. The miners have been compelled
to board at the company's boarding.
house, and even sleep there In hunks.
Even men of large families living here
for years have been compelled to leave
:heir homes to keep their Jobs.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-09-22
The Fire Hero.

MINNEAP 1LIs, Sept. ia number OF
prominent citizens of Minnesota, iuclud-
Ing Senator Washburb, E. A Pillsbury,
Mayor Eustis. Rev. WayIand Hoyt and
the general manager of the St. Paul &
Duluth road, have presented James Root,
the engineer who saved 300 passengers
by rnnnlDg his train through fire at
Hinckley, with q handsome testimonial.
Senator Washburn, after brief speech,
handed to the now famous engineer
beautiful embossed page with handsome
leather covers, containing resume of
the deed of Root and eulogizing his act.
Root in accepting the gift replied briefly.
Mayor Eustis complimented Root on his
heroic action, and handed him $25 IN
gold, testimonial from a mem Der of the
Raymond excursion party which had
passed through recently. With a
trembling voice the engineer replied: 81
only did my duty, and one that any
Brotherhood engineer would have done.
I ask you to accept the money as my
for the relief OF the Hlnck.
ley fire sufferers.'
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A Falling Platform.

AKRON, o., Sept. 20-Twenty young
men we're more or less seriously injured
last night by the falling of large wood
en- platform, between Vagel block, South
Main street, and the building directly in
the rear. The most seriously hurt are: !:
Harvey nensple. leg broken; Walter
Perdue, back broken; Edward Swinson,
head and face cut. The announcement
that the excelsior Athletic Club would
give a free entertainment in its ball on
the third story of the rear building, had
attracted quite a crowd to the place.
The doors were not opened when the
crowd began to gather, and some were
obliged to stand on a wooden platform,
which connected the two structures.
This platform was 40 feet from the
ground, and the strain upon it proved too
great, and with crash that could be
heard blocks away, 1t fell, carrying 100
people with it. They were buried under
the heavy timbers and few were uncon
scious when taken out, but no one was
killed.
joseph Ryan, 1s, and Patrick Casey,
22, seriously injured BY. falling platform
at the Excelsior Athletic Club rooms last
evening, died this morning,
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DELUSiONS.

There is a gigantic effort being
made by Democratic papers to prove
that since the tariff bill passed busi-
ness has revived in all parts of the
country, and that an era Of prosperity
is beginning to dawn. This may
raise false hope. among a few; but
when comparison is made between
wages now and few years ago and
the absolute dsstitution prevailing
amone certain classes who were well
fed and we'll clothed in 1892, the false
ness of the claim will be easily proved
It may be thai trade is on firmer
basis than it has been since the Demo.
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Not a Candidate.

Albany N. Y, Sept. ls-Governor
Flower announced toosy that he is not 6
candidate for denomination. He made
known his determination after long in
t.rview with Senators Hill and Murphy.
Governor Flower said: II am convinced
my nomination would not be go likely to
command the full vote Of the party as
would the nomination of some other
Democrat, and am too desirous of party
success to be candidate under these
circumstances
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-09-22
A Battle with Gamblers.

CA1cAGo, Sept. 1S-A pitched battle
between Pipkerton men aud attaches of
Harry Varneil's gambling house, at Mad
isOn and Clark streets, was fought this
afternoon during raid on the place.
Varnell's was filled, when score of de.
tet t:ves. headed by Matt PInkerton. en-
tered. The occupants armed themselves
with chairs and other weapons and
charged the intruders. Drawing their
clubs, the officers resisted the attack 10
minutes. Many COM batants were knocked
down and pounded. The detectives
finally conquered, making numerous ar
rests. The Varnell people retallsted by
causing the arrest of Matt finkerton.
Varnell is ex-warden of the county poor
house, and has served term ln the
penitentiary for "boodliDg."
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-09-22
The vande,bllts Reconc,Ied.

NEWPORT. r l., Sept. 1s-A corps of
servants arrived here yesterday and went
to work at once. getting Marblehouse,
the residence of W. K. Vanderbuilt,
ready for use. Nobody seems to know
what the sudden change means. but ru-
mora of reconciliation between Mr.. and
Mrs. Vanderbilt are rife, and they are
well founded. In fact, what circum-
stantial evidence there is, leaves 10 doubt
as to 1t. 1t is said here that fast
steamer will bring husband, wife and
children to New York today, and that
they will be taken directly to F. W.
Vanderbilt's steam yacht, now lying IN
New York harbor. and they will be
brought directly to this place and live
together again In Marblehouse. 1t is
hardly probable that W. K. Vanderbilt
is coming up alone, for without the con-
sent of Mrs. Vanderbilt he could not
occupy Marblehouse.
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Geronima and his Braves.

CHICAGO, Sept. 49, General Miles has
been notified from Washington that the
Apache Indians captured with Geionimo
are to be transferred to Fort Sill, Indian
territory. Geronimo and his braves were
captured in Arizona and taken to Mount
Vernon, Ala. Geronimo has become a
justice of the peace and deacon in a
church In the Indian settlement at Mount
Vernon, and will remain there, but a
large portion of bis followers will go to
the territory to be placed on farms.
Thursday Captain Muas will 60 to In
dean territory to take charge of the
prisoners on their arrival there, and see
that they are placed In proper quarters.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-09-22
Five Warships Lost.

SHANGHAI, Sept lS-A naval engage
ment has taken place off the mouth of
Yulu river, where Chinese squadron
was covering the landing of large force.
The landing was effected, but in the
meantime the Japanese feet attacked the
squadron. In the fighting that followed
the Chinese lronclad Chin Yuen was sunk
by the fire of the attacking feet. The
Tnng Wei, belonging to the Chinese
squadron, in attempting to get out of the
range of fire, and in msneuvering for a
position run aground. Another Chinese
sbipis also reported to have been sunk I.
The Japanese are also reported TO have
sustained heavy loss, three of their
vessels having been sunk by the tre
from the Chinese. Admiral Ting, Colonel
Won Hanneken and other foreigners are
reported as having been killed during
the attack. No estimates are made of
the losses by either side.
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South Carolina democrats.

COLUMBIA, s. c., Sept. 19-The state
Democratic convention met today. The
platform decided upon reaffirming the
state platforms of $780, 90; 1t also in
dorses the national platform, bu: de-
nounces Cleveland as follows: "We
denouDce the action nf President Cleve
land in appointing Republicans to office,
joining forces with the Republican
leaders against the majority of bis party
in the decentralization OF silver; his veto
of The seignioroge bill; his invasion of
state rights aud efforts to improperly
control the house of representatives. and
senete by the use of patronage as an un-
worthy successor OF Jefferson, Jackson
and Madison, and the betrayal of the
platform on which he was elected"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-09-22
DEMOCRATIC HARMONY.

The little unpleasantness that oe-
CURED in the last congress between
the president and the senate, let
streaks Of daylight shine into the in
ner, hidden chambers of Democracy,
that revealed some things which will
make interesting campaign literature
for Republicans. and which will be
undoubtedly used during future cam
paigns. In this connection the speech
Of Mr.. Gormau, When he arralgued
President Cleveland for breach OF faith
with his partisans will be valuable
document in 1896, and no doubt sey-
eral copies will be scattered through
the country at that time. In the can
vass in Maine before the recent cleo
ton Hon. Thos. B. Reed made good
use Of the disagreement between the
executive and the leaders Of the party,
and in one of hisspeeches said:
"If we were to comment upon the
president and his action we could not
use language half SO damaging as
Democratic senators used in open sep
ate with uplifted hands, asseveratlng
the truth of personal betrayal and
personal bad faith. If We were to
coumet upon the house of repre-
sentatives and its leaders we should be
deemed guilty of gross partisanship if
we used even their own words in
their own actions. What
a condition for a partisan critic to be
In; to he Obliged in common decency
to use softer words about his enemies
than they use about themselves. And
the enemies are not saints IN embryo,
beating their breasts aod confessing
their transgessions to reach the heights
Of sainthood through the depths of
ain. On, no! They are simply earn
est men standing by the broken bust
ness of whole country and trying to
:sll who destroyed it, and having met
success we obviously cannot use any
language of reproach or of harshness.
Earlier and (for that purpose) worth
Ter hands have gathered all those
Iaurels. All we can say is that all the
three sides are probably right. The
president aud senate have told the
ruth about each other and the house
about itself"
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A Millionaire Murderer.

UNION, Mo-, Sept. 18-Arguments for
the further postponement of the trial of
DR.. Arthur Duestrow, the St. Louis mil
lionaire, who brutally murdered bis wife
and child last February, began here be.
fore Judge Rudolph today. Deuslrow's
attorneys asked for continuance of four
months, in order to gather evidence
which, they say, will show their client ls
insane, and that bis insaLi,y is hereditary
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KILLED by BrIRands.

ATHENS, Sept. 30 Near Limai. on the
Turkish frontier, and head of the Gulf of
VoIo, procureur du roi, judge and two
secretaries, returning In a carriage, &C
companied by two gendarmes, from
villages where they had been collecting
Information in regsrd to the brigsndage,
were surrounded by brigands, who car
ried off the procureur du roi and judge
to stronghold on Mount OthIys. Later
the prisoners were allowed to send word
to friends. The brigsnds demanded that
no pursuit be made until ransom Is
paid. A detachment of 100 soldiers was
sent to attack the brlgands. The
brigands were extermiuated, but the
procureur du roi was killed and the Judge
mortally wounded.
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Even Match.

LONDON, Sept. 20-Dispatches received
today from Shanghai say that the Chi
nese fleet engaged in the battle fought
eff the mouth of the Yalu river cansls.ed
of 12 warshIps and four torpedo boats.
The Japanese fleet was composed of II
ships, some of which we're small vessels.
The Chinese claim to have sunk the Japa
nese warships Abushima and Yossina. and
the japanese transport which had been
converted into a cruiser and named
SdiOka. A private report from Shanghai
declares these vessels were not sunk, as
the Chinese claim, but retired from
action disabled. II Ia reported the Chi
nese transport TOonGn was sunk after she
landed troops, but this Is thought to be
incorrect. The report that admiral Ting
and Colonel Won Hannekin were severely
wounded seems incorrect, for they both
returned to duty,
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Rurned by Had Roxs.

REDLANBs, Cal, Sept. 1S-L,st even
ing the resldence of William Rsiss was
burned. Three beys-Clement Meyer,
aged 16. John Sewer, aged 16, and James
MAYER, aged 17-are under arrest charged
with setting the fire. Mayer coufesses to
setting the fire and giving the alarm
All acknowledge robbing the house
before burning. The object was to get
$5 for giving the alarm. The house was
was not occupied. Loss. $500.
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RnE,.eer. and Firemen.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2O-The Western So
ciety of Engineers has finally decided to
withdraw from the membership of the
Association of Engineers. By unsni-
nous vote, notice of the intention to
withdraw was ordered sent TO the asso-
citation, but the final vote on the question
will be by letter ballot, Sc as to give an
declare Themselves. The Association of
Engineers comprises seven or eight differ
ent organizations, of which by far the
largest ana most influential In the vest
ern society. After the withdrawal is for
mnlly completed, it is tho purpose of the
western society to build itself up until it
becomes one of the leading engineering
societies.