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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-07-28
NOT a TAX.

The Dalles TINES -MoUNTAINEER il
still asserting that the Mckinley Law
keeps up the price of wool. Suppose
it does. What has legislation got tc
10 with keeping up the price of wheat,
of lead, of silver, of gold, of subscrip-
tions to newspapers, and thousands OF
other thingsi Prices kept up by legis-
lation means the enrichment of the
few-the manIpuatcrs-att the expense
of the many-the consumers. Let
every industry have fair show and a
free field and then there will be justice
and not special privileges.-East Ore
gonian.
The TINES MoUNTAINEER does not
advocate the doctrine of protection for
the benefit of wool producers only,
but believes it to be the better policy
for all American industries whose fab
RIGS come IN competition with foreign
articles. By this means labor receives
better prices in the market, and is
rendered more self-reliant. 1t does
not follow by any means that because
tariff is charged the importer of the
foreign fabric that this is added to the
cost of the article, and is therefore
tax on the consumer. In several in
stances in the history of tariff leglsla
tion in this country new industries
have been fostered into life by protec-
tion, and then competition among local
manufacturers and the introduction of
improved machinery have cheapened
the product below the price of the
foreign article at the time the duty
was levied This has been true of
steel rails, wire nails, tin plate, cotton
fabrics, etc. The doctrine of free
trade, that tariff is tax on the con-
sumer, is not true, as there are many
practical demonstrations to the Con.
trarv
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TELEGRAPHIC.
WIll HOLD a Conf.rence.

WASHINGTON, July 25-The senate will
accede to the request of the house for an
other conference on the tariff bill, and Its
conferrees will return to the meeting
with those of the house untramme!ed by
any specific instructions whatever. This
was the conclusion OF the Democratic sen
atorial caucus, which adjourned sine die
few minutes after O'clock today after
two days sitting. While the caucus
did not commit itself to any definite line
of policy in SO many words, the confer
Fees feel, with their Democratic COL
leagues, that they UNDERSTAND what a
majority of them desire, and they belleve
this Is to be that they shall stand sub
stantially for the senate bill This is not
the individual preference OF many of the
Democratic senators, but it represents
the opinion of most of them as expressed
In the caucus, as the only practical course
open to the Democrats who think the
present congress must pass tariff bill of
some kind, whether it be what is desired
or not. In other words, the result of the
caucus is the reascertaining of what was
known when the three days' caucus
closed last March-tbat II is lmpracti-
able to pass any tariff bill through the
senate which does not meet the demands
of the so-calIed conservative senators
and the Louisiana senators.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-07-28
rs SHE INNOCENT |?

The case Of Mrs May brick, who was
convicted of the crime of murder in
the first degree in an English court
and sentenced to be hanged, and after.
wards it was commuted to imprison-
ment for life, is creating considerable
sympathy among the American public
through the efforts of "Gaill Hamll-
ton"--Miss Dodge. Mrs. Maybrick
is an American lady. and Miss Dodge
thinks it is patriotic duty on the part
of Americans to procure new trial.
The evidence produced against the lady
was sufficient to convince an English
jury that she murdered her husband,
and they rendered verdict in accor-
dance with that conviction. After the
sentence of death was pronounced
against her there we're new develop
ment which have caused her sentence
to be commuted to the next lesser
punishment. This Is rot satisfactory
to her American friends, and they be-
lieve that new trial would prove her
guiltless. If she did not kill her
husband ,and the fact is true as alleged
that he vas in the habit of taking
poison and unintentionally took an
overdose from which he died, she ia
innocent of the crime. Under such
circumstances justice in any country
would demand that she be given the
opportunity to prove her innocence.
But new trials and change of venue
in this and other countries have
cheated the gallows Of many murder
ere. and it might do the same in her
casa For the purposes of humanity
and justice Mrs. Maybrick's nativity
should not DO considered. for murder
and nurderers are equally heinous in
any country and BY whoever COM
mitted.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-07-28
Fired on by Coreaas.

SHANGHAI, Jufy 24-A dispatch from
Nagasaki, on the southwest side of the
island of Kioo SIoo, Japan, says a detach-
ment of Corean troops, at the ins,lgation
of the Chinese residents, attacked the
japanese garrison and were defeated A
later telegram says a japanese cruiser
sank the transport Toe British consu
has received telegram from the British
charge d. .affaires at Toxic stating the jap
anese had undertaken to regard Shanghai
as outside the sphere of operations.
London, July 24-The japanese lega-
tiion of this city has received dispatch
confirming the news received by way of
Nagasakl of the attack of Corean troops
upon the japanese garrison at Seoul.
The dispatch states the police were
guards. 1t also states the Corean troops
at Seoul number G000, With several gat-
ling guns.
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DEA0oRAoY DIVIDED.

Nothing could be palmer than that
the Democrats in Congress are divided
on the tariff question One faction
wants to pass the house bill, the other
the senate bill. On one side Is the
president with bag full of Offices to
give or take away, and on the other
side the leadership is in the hands of
Senator German, the Samuel J. Ran:
dali of the period. All preliminary
skirmishing is now over, and the tug
of war is on.
President Cleveland and his follow
ing have upon their side the argument
that they are only carrying out the
pledges of the party, while the German
following can truthfully say that
where the menace Is both death to the
party and poverty to the country it is
madness to be consistant, as an ex-
change remarks They can point to
the effect the apprehension of free
trade has had upon the country and
upon the party.
It is Balaklava over again. Even
chairman Wilson must see by this time
that an egregious blunder was made at
the national Democratic convention.
It was never known who sent the Light
Brigade into the jaws of death, at least
no one ever boasted of the authorship
of the order, but last year an Ohio
Democrat demanded the nomination
for governor because he had furnished
to the Chicago convention of the year
before its free-trade plank, and he got |
it. Everybody knows the result. He
was buried beneath snowdrift SO deep
that "all the kings oxen" could not
plow him out. Mr.. German and his
conferees insist that it is better for the |
Democracy and for the country to stop |
where they are than to plunge down
the throat Of those open jaws of death.
No doubt Mr.. German Is right. 1t
would be incalcuably better to pass no
bill at all at this session than to carry
out the Wilson-Cleyeland programme.
The Republican party might gain some
strictly partisan advantage by such a
terrible blunder, but the country would
suffer beyond computation. If the
senator from Maryland will only res
cue the country from its impending
calamity he will merit approval from
every friend of American industry.
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platform; but the condition of the
country was so very distressful as re-
gsrds business and finances that they
did not deem it wisdom or statesman
ship to inaugurate complete change
in the tariff at this time. Absolute
free trade would have been a death
blow to all American industries, and
at the apprehension of such result
they we're trembling with fear all over
the nation. Besides, 1t was imperi-
lively necessary to keep the south solid,
and this conld not be done without the
fostering care Of the government were
given southern industries. These con-
sideratlons actuated such men as Cor
man and VOORHEES, in changing the
measure that came from the house
suitable to these ends. This has not
met with the approval of the president,
and he has not hesitated to tell them
so. Of course he has no further polit.
ical aspirations, and does not fear
rebuke at the ballot box. The Demo
cratic senators are not so situated.
They expect favors from the people
hereafter, and must advise such meas
ures as will keep them in sympathy
with the trean OF public opinion. If
the bill does pass in the present shape
it will undoubtedly be vetoed by the
president, and in his message it would
have been in order to have admins
tered sound rebuks to his political
friends for their cowardice on the tariff.
Until that time he is treading new
path in marking out the line of duty
to congressman, who are responsible
only to their constituencies for their
actions.
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Amrm d by smith.

WASHINGTON, July 25-The secretary
OF the interior today rendered decision
on motion for review In the case of
the Northern Pacific Railway Com PAW
VS.. Jennie L Davis, involving the oues
ton decided by Secretary Villas in the
case of said company VS.. Guiitord Miller
In the case of Miller it was held by Sec
retary Villas that under the grant of the
NortherB Pacific Railway Company there
was no authority vested in the secretary
oil the interior 10 make withdrawal OF
inoemnity lands for the benefit vf said
company. the decision today rendered
by Secretary Smith sustains the ruling
laid down by Secretary Villas. rhis de-
cislon will affect titles to the homes of
many hundreds of settlers in the Pacific
states.
WASHINGTON, july 25 The secretary
OF the interior has affirmed the decision
of the commissioner of the land office in
the cases of the Northern Pacific Rail-
way Company against Edward II. He'll
man, Alex tnder Duvsl and Richard Coad,
of Montana, and S. L. L4nham, of WASH
ington.
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Ens,. ee.. d {. rire.

SHANGHAI, July 25-It Is reported
that the $4,000 Chinese troops which left
Taku, July 90 for Cores, conveyed by
eight gunboats, have landed in Corea
The gunboats escorting the transports
ad instructions to fire upon the Japanese
if the latter obstructed the landing of
this army. The other troops which left
Foo Chow for the Loo Choo islands, are
also said to have reached their destination
safely. 1t is stated If the report OF the
landing of the Chinese troops unopposed
is correct the prospects Of peacefu! so.
luton of the disputes between Caina and
japan are i'm proved, as the Chinese feet
of transports and gunboats could scarcely
have escaped the vigilance of Japanese
war vessels, if the latter had been pre-.
pairing to oppose the landing of the
Chinese forces. This is said to show
that Japan is now more amenable TO the
counsels of the treaty powers.
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Our Forces at Corea.

WASHINGTON. July 24-Hostilities be-
tween China and japan will require an
immediate reinforcement of the United
States naval forces on the China station
At present, 1t consists of only two vessels,
the cruiser Baltimore and the antIquated
Monocacy. They are both at Cbemulpo,
Corea, and 1t would be Impossible for
them to properly cover the enormous ex-
tent of sea coast that must be watched.
Owning to the demands of the sea patrol
service, there is only one vessel at pres
ent available for the China station and
that is the Charleston, now at Mare
island. When the close season 10 the
seal waters expires, it is probable that
some of the vessels OF the patrol fleet can
be spared and ordered to proceed to
China. In this case, the Yorktown. the
Concord and the Petrel would be chosen
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Two Towns Destroyed.

NELSON B c., July 25-Repoits from
the SLOGAN country, just rec. ivei, state
tha, the forest fires which have been rag
ing for the past fortnight 10 that region
were famed to uncomfortable fury b. q
heavy gale yesterday noon, AMI swept
eastward from New Denver. The towns
of Three FoIks and Watson we're COM
pletely destroyed, not single building
being left The losses cannot yer be as
certained, but as estimated will reach in
10 large figures. The Gslena Trading
Company and L-mon's store, at Three
Forks. saved nothing. even the books be.
ing destroyed. George v. Hughes. the
well-known mine owner. lost about $40,
900, all of his horses, wagons, stables. ETC..
being burned up. As far as known from
The meager details received, there has
been no Toss OF life. hut very msnv mi
raculous escapes, The inhabitants OF
Watson were saved By taking refuge In
tunnel.
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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
That New Organization.

KANSAS CITY, July 22-J 5 McFadden,
secretary OF the local American Railway
Union In Argentine, and peronal friend
of Debs, returned to the city today after
weeks visit with Debs in Chicago.
McFadden stated that Dsbs and his co.
workers, now in Jail under federal Indict-
ment, were bus,ly engaged in perfectlng
plans for the organization of new So
clety, namely. the American Labor Union
1t IS their intention, he said, to include
in this organization all labor of Whist
ever kind not merged under the head of
railroading. It will be sfiliat with
the American Railway Union and doubt
less be controlled by the same officials.
There is to be no class of labor, no matter
how insignificant, that cannot find place
In this new union, and when the aims of
its projectors have been fnlfilled there
will be formed an organized body whose
powers will apparently be iimltless.
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E..c snc -.

CHICAGO, July ga fire at Oakley
avenue and Van Horn street this after
noon destroyed 10 cottages. It is said
that four children, who were tied in the
houses by their parents, who had gone
out. were burned to death. but the police
claim the children we're rescued. Mer-
itz Arika, whose body was found under
pile of debris, wss burned to crisp.
Frank Street was baby burned on the
head and face, but will recover.
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shots Were FIRED.


SACRAMENTO, July 24-The only Incl
dent that occurred in this vicinity today
worthy of Lote. in connection with the
late strike, was an attempt, made about
P. NJ, to tear up the track at Arcade
creeK, on the Rancho del Paso, about Eve
miles from the city. At that hour the
sentry nearest the point named heard a
sharp noise, as of a rail being struck with
sledge. fastening to the place, he saw
man on the track and called to know
what be was dong. thinking possibly be
might be track walker. The man re-
sponded with pistol SHIT, the bullet
wbizzIng close TO the soldiers head.
Several more shots came from the same
locality, and when the other guards came
up they all opened fire. Several men,
the soldiers claim, wire seen to run to
some bushes close by, whence more piss
toi shots were fired at the guards the lat
ter directing their fire at the spots where
the flashes were seen.
Just then the Oregon train came along
and WAS halted. The train guard got off
and poured several rounds of shot into
the bushes and secured the vicinity, but
could not find any one. The track was
examined and one fishbolt was found
broken. Word was brought to town by
the trainmen, and Lieutenant Draper and
a detachment of regulars were cent out.
AS soon as it was daylight, they oiscov
cred tracks IN the vicinity OF where the
Il A.
body having been dragged. or possibly
bag containing tools. Colonel Graham
has issued very strict orders to the guards
along the railroad to shoot any persons
found along the road who act In sus-
picious maDner. Tue crowds that for |
mrrly gathered about the streets and at
the strikers headquarters have disap |
peared, and it is thouht many of them
have struck out for the woods to escape
arrest.
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Three Bows Drowned.

CoLFAx, July 23--Word reached this
city today OF the drowning of three boys
in the Snake river Saturday night, while
bathing, three miles below Penewawa.
They were Jesse Plntler, Bert and More
man Wills. The first two were 10 years
OF age, and the latter Is. Norman sud
denly called for help, and the two others
swan to bis assistance, Lynn Wills, a
brother of two of the drowned boys, who
remained ashore, saw all three graphing
and struggling in the water. He ran for
help. but 10 the meantime the three boys
sank to the bottom, only 10 feet from
shore. The families of the boys live at
Offield, on Snake river.
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EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION

It is said that the ocean steamers
are carrying more emigrants than i'm
migrants this summer, says an eastern
exchange 1t may well be doubted if
this was ever true before in the entire
history of our ns-Atlantic passen-
ger business. We are not speaking Of
cabin passengers, who are supposed to
belong to the business or wealthy
class. and to be travelling for pleasure
or trade, but of the steerage passen-
gers, who belong to the laboring class.
Some of these emigrants will return,
no doubt. but many of them 60 to get
away from our hard times. The low
wages of their native land is better
than walking the streets, and they go
back while they can, taking, in the
aggregate, a great deal of money with
them.
The steamship companies seem to
be entirely Indifferent to which way
the tide of steerage travel flows. If
they can only get business that is all
they want. Just now these compa-
nies are engaged in discreditable at
tempt to break down, or ct least
weaken, the laws of congress designed
to keep out of the country, paupers
and criminals.
The immigration bureau at New
York was materially strengthened By
legislation during the first half of
President Harrison's administration,
and is now able to hold suspects for
investigation, and if they ought to be
sent back to send them. The commits
sioner has large authority. the great
difficulty being the arrogance and law.
lessness of the agents of the steam
ships. Resort to the United States
courts seems to be necessary, and if SO
there should be no hesitation in max
ing such resort. The companies should
be made to pay the expenses of de-
tanned immigrants, as the law con-
templated, and if they are they will
discourage, instead of conniving at,
making this country o dumping ground
for foreign poorhouses, jal;s and pris-
ons.
Immigration Is not as great an evil
in this country as naturalization, and
the honest, industrious laborer may do
little mischief if he is not allowed the
privilege of the elective franchise un-
til he thoroughly understands the in
stitutions Of the country. Soon after
landing on our shores for an ignorant
foreigner to become an elector gives
trained politicians an easy opportu-
nifty to accomplish their selfish and ne
farious designs, and this has been
productive of the greatest evil to
American politics. The immigration
laws are very salutafy in effect if en-
forced; but the sanctity of the ballot
and the purity and peruanency Of free
institutions demand that safeguards
be thrown around it, and legislation
requiring 3 longer residence and other
qualifications before naturalization is
imperative as matter of self-pro-
teotion. American citizenship should
be considered a privilege, and tuition
should be necessary before any one
born under different institutions should
exercise suffrage.
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spokane suffered From FIRE.

SPOKANE. July 25- Fire early this
morning destroyed almost the entire
block owned by All Saints parish of the
Episcopal church, including the new rec
tory and number of tenements. Mrs.
Holman. who conducted lodging house,
jumped through window, breaking her
breast bone and receiving internal in-
juries. Others mad narrow escapes. The
total loss is 100000; insurance about
$4,000.
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Other Strike News.

BUTTE, Mont, July 23-The employees
of the Montana Union today declared the
strike off and will report for work tomor
row. Superintendent Burns says that all
except those who have made themselves
particularly obnoxious will be reinstated.
The strike Is now confined TO the en-
poyes of the Union Pacific. Passenger
trains are moving under guard of regu-
lars. No resistance has been offered or
violence threatened by :he strikers. The
crews operating the trains we're brought
from distant divisions of the Union Pa
cIic. the Northern Pacific employees
reported for work yesterday about 25 per
cent being reinstated.
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THE DEAooRAT1o DILEMMA.

Mr.. Cleveland is undoubtedly correct
in his conclusions regarding the course
followed by the Democratic party in
congress, and very many Democrats
will support his position; but, whether
it is proper for him to exercise the
functions of q censor of the political
organization that elected him to the
executive chair is question that has
not been fully determined yet. There
is not the least doubt that Democratic
senators, in amending the Wilson bill.
did not display the least loyalty to the
principles epnnciated' in the Chicago