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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-12-14
TELEGRAPHIC.
NEW ALLY FOR CUBA
Revolt Reported Brewing In the Islan'
of Porto Rico.

Revolt Reported Brewing In the island
of Porto Rico.
NEW YORK, Dec ia local paper
says:
In her struggle for independence,
Cuba has found powerful ally in the
island of Porto Rico. According to
the latest intelligence, Spain has now
two instructions on her hands, or will
have If the plans maturing are carried
out. Porto Rico has gone so far, it is
said, as to issue declaration of inde-
pendence, and will soon join her sister
island in the active struggle for liberty.
An army is being formed by the separ-
atist party of Porto Rico, and as soon
as the leaders are chosen the new
campaign will open. AS in the Vene-
zuela affairs, the revolutionists are Gu
ban compatriots, residing in this city,
and the same secrecy attended their
movement. At meeting held at the
hone of DR.. ]. julio Hanna, business
the Spanish government was trans
acted. 1t was there that the initial
steps were taken in this country to-
ward revolution In Porto Rico. If
these plans, and those formed by the
leaders on the island, are carried out,
the first blow against Spain will be
struck in very short time.
1t may be but few days before the
people of Porto Rico, The only Spanish
province in the West Indians which is
not revolving against the mother coun-
try, will be in arms against Spain.
The leaders here claim that vigor-
Gus declaration OF independence has
been prepared by the leaders Of the
Porto Rican separatist party. and that
it is their intention to issue this as soon
as they feel sure that they can defend
themselves against any action Spain
may take.
A Porto Rican in New York declared
this may be in less than. week. The
declaration of independence was pre-
pared on the island. and at least one
copy was sent to this city for the leaders
to pass upon. They have given it their
approval, and have so informed the sep
aratist party in Porto Rico.
In starting this revolution in Porto
Rico, the leaders are fully carrying
out the original'pl of General Jose
Marti, the late leader of Cuban revolu
tion, which was to first get the Cuban
insurrection we'll under way, and then
to encourage. or rather create, a SINH
lar uprising in Porto Rico.
There were TO be two separate revo-
lutions, the army of each of the two
provinces acting Independent as far
as possible, but necessarily in conjunc-
tion when crisis was reached, but =,
each striving for the same object-the
defeat of Spain. If victory should be
won: it was arranged that the sister
islands should form entirely separate
governments, the republic OF Cuba and
the republic of Porto Rico.
In formulating this plan, General
Marti consulted prominent Porto Ri
cans who are now in this city, one of
whom corroborated the above state
ment last night. These men are among
those who are arranging the present
proposed coup, and Cuba's cause and
Porto Rico's cause they say, are identi-
cal.
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that should govern his successors.

that should govern his successors.
Senator John Sherman, as we'll as
Cleveland, is of the opinion that we
need no more territory at present, and
recently expressed himself as follows
on this subject
81 hope our people will be content
with internal growth, and avoid the
complication of foreign acquisitions.
Our family of states is already large
enough to create embarrassments in
the senate, and a republic should not
hold dependent provinces or posses
sions. Every new acquisition will
create embarrassments. Canada and
Mexico as independent republics will
be more valuable to the United States
than if carved into additional states.
The union already embraces discordant
elements enough without adding 9th
ers. If my life is prolongued will do
all can to add to the strength and
prosperity OF the United States, but
nothing to extend its limits, or to add
new dangers by acquisition OF foreign
territory .
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-12-14
THE SIXTEENTH AMENDMENT

Ever since the decision of the su-
preme court declaring the income tax
unconstitutional, there has been q
growing sentiment among the masses
that the Federal constitution should
be amended so that such tax could be
legalized, and so strong has that sem
timent become that it is not improb-
able the amendment introduced by
Representative Hill, to be known as
the sixteenth amendment, will at least
pass the lower house. of congress. It
cannot be expected, however, the
amendment will meet with much favor
in the senate, that body being largely
composed of members who are repre-
sentatiyes more of large corporations
than Of the people, who may be ex-
pected to antagonize any measure that
would tax the corporations to whom
they are indebted for their tenure of
Office.
The oft-asserted proposition that an
income tax is penalty for prosperity
has long since been exploded, and it is
now looked upon, by the masses es-
pecially, as the most just system for
raising revenues. 1t has not only the
commendable feature of requiring
those who are best able to. do,;so, to
bear the burdens Of supporting the
government, but it places the burden
upon the class that derives the great
est benefit from taxation. The mil
lionaire has more interest in maintain |
ing armies and building up navies to |
protect his property than has the wage
Garner whose only capital is his mind
and muscle. The railroad corporation
and the merchant prince have more
need Of protection from the govern
ment than has the humble citizen with
small belongings, and justice would
demand that they pay for that protec-
ton according to the amount of their
possessions. AT least this is the view
taken by the masses, regardless of
political affiliation; and the represen-
sative in congress, whether he be DEM
ocrat, Republican or Populist, who op-
poses the enactment of measure
tending to equalize the burdens of
the government, as an in
come tax would do, will not voice the
sentiment of his constituents; hence
t is that we have hopes of the six
.eenth amendment meeting with favor
n the lower house.
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YAGARLES OF ASSESSMENT,

One of the vexed questions with
which the Oregon legislature has ever
had to contend is that of assessment
and taxation. The brightest minds in
that body have been sorely taxed in
| efforts to frame a law that would be
applicable to all sections, and that
would result in an uniform valuation
of property in every county in the
state, but 30 far their efforts have not
been crowned with that degree of sue
cess which might have been expected.
The state board of equalization was
created with the view of equalizing
values throughout the state, but this
will be an impossible undertaking so
long as county assessors DO not confine
themselves to strjcter rules in placing
valuations on property.
The state board, now in session at
Salem, has made inquiry Of the differ
ent assessors regarding the basis Of
valuation upon which they made the
assessment of 1895, and some of the
answers received show such wide differ
ences that to equalize valuations will
be next to impossible. For instance,
the assessor of Wasco county made his
assessment on basis Of rs per cent
valuation. In Lane county notes were
assessed at full value and other prop
erty on basis Of 80 per cent. The
Union and Morrow county assessors
assessed everything at actual cash
value, while in Jackson the assess
ment was made on a valuation of 70
per cent. The assessor of Multnomah
county has not yet completed his roll,
but from the incomplete return that Is
made, it would appear that his assess
ment was made on basis OF about 20
per cent.
When such difference in valuations
is shown, it will be extremely difficult
for the state board to strike mean
whereby injustice will not be done
some locality, and since they are re-
stricted in their power to raise valua-
tions, there is little left for them to do
except to lower the basis OF assessment
in all counties and on every class Of
property to level with the valuation
that is the lowest. In order to deal
justly with all the board would find it
necessary perhaps to reduce the valua-
tion on all classes of property to a
basis of rs per cent, that being the
lowest value yetreported. This would
appear to be the only equitable method
of procedure, still it would not in all in
stances make taxation equal. Assess
ment upon basis of full cash value
the state would be the
most equitable system, and until it Is
adopted by assessors everywhere, some
sections are certain to be overtaxed.
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An OPEN RIVER.

Portland is beginning to demonstrate
an interest in the opening of the Col
umbia river thai is encouraging. For
some time past the Oregonian has agi-
tated the question of opening the river
from The Dalles to Cello, and has ad-
vocated an appropriation by congress
for this purpose. Now the Dispatch
has taken the matter up, and in re-
cent article said:
..The Travellers Protective Associa-
ton which met in this city last week,
adopted resolution favoring the con-
struction of the ship railway at the
Upper Cascades, and as an aid to the
enterprise, local subscriptions. This
is an important matter and effects the
greatest part of our own state, Wash
ington and Idaho, adapted for wheat
raising and other products. We are
not among those who have desire to
await the slow process OF the govern
ment. 1t took private corporation
less than two years to build the locks
at Oregon City, and the government
has been twenty-five years at work on
the Lower Cascades. The first esti-
mates on this work were about twelve
hundred thousand dollars. Three
times this amount mas been expended
and the work not yet completed. The
government is too slow and spends too
much of the appropriations for prelim-
inaries. If this association is in earn
est and has business proposition to
offer to the wheat producers OF that
section, based on subscription OF
wheat, we do not think there would be
any trouble to raise subsidy OF two
millions of bushels within the territory
to be benefited by this project. But
the farmers'want immediate relief and
cannot wait half century to realize
the benefit of an open river.
"If the government secures the right
of way and will allow the state or pri-
yate corporation the right to use such
portions as may be necessary, port
age road could be constructed in six
months, at cost not to exceed two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
This road, having been built with the
farmers subsidy, should be operated
in his interest and the freight passed
over it at the expense of the handling
and maintaining the road. There
would be plenty Of competition on the
river to make low rates. and the river
would be virtually open above The
Dalles, and the farmers in that section
would receive some of the benefits of |
the locks Of the Lower Cascades. The
Protective Association has made q
move in the right direction and we
hope some one will take the lead in
pushing the matter to practical results.
1t is q project on which depends the.
pros perity OF a large portion of the en-
tire northwest. We have no hope for
the present generation II the general
government Is relied upon with its
ship railway. 1t may be completed in
time to be Of use TO the next genera
ton. We,need this improvement for
The present and it cannot be completed
any too soon for the good of the farm
srs who now have to sell their wheat
at 35 cents bushel. We might also
add that there 10 no enterprise in
which Portland has more direct in
terest. The prosperity Of the pro-
ducers and farmers tributary to the
Columbia river is one of the necessi-
ties to add wealth and prosperity to
the metropolis"
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PROTECTION RUN WILD.

Senator William P. Fry, of Maine,
in telling how the Republican party is
going to manage affairs "when it gets
complete control in 1897" says that
sit will run this government on the
receipts from protective tariff"
dropping the internal taxes altogether.
Commenting on this statement that
very able projection journal, the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat, says:
"How does the Maine statesman sup
pose that 1856, ,O00, 900, or thereabouts,
the amount of the governments ex-
penditures in the fiscal year which
ended four or five months ago, can be
obtained from customs alone? 1t the
i thermal taxes-the taxes on whisky:
beer and tobacco, which yield from
$50, ,OOO. 600 to $3.50, 1000, 900 year-are
to be abolished, and he evidently
thinks they ought to be and will be,
the entire expenses OF the government,
except s1s,OOO,OOO or s20,0OO,O 900 OBJ
tanned from miscellaneous sources,
must come from the tariff. The larg-
est receipts from the Mckinley tariff
were s2O3, ,OOO, 900 in the fiscal year 1893,
for that act was not in operation
throughout the whole OF the fiscal year
1891, when the customs amounted to
s2l9, 100000. The highest point ever
reached by the customs was in 1890,
when they touched 1926, 200, 900. Ac-
cording to the Frye idea the Repubh-
can party is going to raise over lOO,-
OOO, 900 year more from the tariff than
was ever raised from that source be.
fore-for at least 1886, ,O0o, 900 would be
needed, in addition to the $40. .OOO, 600
obtained from all other sources outside
OF the whisky. beer and tobacco taxes,
to meet the expenses OF the govern
ment."
The Globe-Democrat might with
profit have carried its comparisons
further, and shown the fallacies OF the
proposition that high tariff produces
greater revenue than low. For In
stance the Mckinley schedules raising
the duties an average of 25 per cent
were avowedly intended to decrease
revenue by crippling trade. And they
did so, reducing receipts from about
s23O, 900, 900 year to s131 100000. The
Wilson tariff was intended to increase
revenue and it has done so. The last
fiscal year under the Mckinley tarih
ended June 80, 1894. The first under
the Wilson tariff ended June 80, 1895.
The customs receipts under the Nc
Kinley law during the last year
amounted only to S13l, ,s15, ,53O.62.
During the first year land naturally
the worst one) under the Wilson tariff
the customs receipts increased to $751;
749, ,4O5.53, and they have been increas-
ing ever since.
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ALLEN THURMAN DEAD.
The "Oed Roman" Expired at Columb

The "Oed Roman" Expired at Columbus
Yesterday,
COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 12.-Allen G.
Thurman died at 1:15 today. The
death OF Thurman was painful shock
to the general public here. The last
reports from him before today were to
the effect that he was doing finely.
The Thurman residence is about a
mile from the center of town. Abso-
lutely no other information came with
the announcement of his death save
that it occurred at lis P. NJ.
The immediate cause of death was a
fall he sustained some weeks ago, from
effects of which it was thought he had
partially. at least, recovered. He was
81 years old on the 13 of last Novem-
ber, and had it not been for the acci-
dent month ago he might have lived
number of years. He has not been
able to leave home for over a year,
but he could walk about the house
without assistance, could read, and re-
tain much of the power of his once
vigorous mind. The shock Of the ac-
cident more than the actual physical
injuries, seemed to impair his. hold
upon life.
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IN soUTHEAsTER EUROPE.

Outcome of the Present Situation Can
not be Guessed.
New YORK, Dec. PA dispatch to
the Herald from Vienna says:
General Nigra, Italy's ambassador
in Vienna, says that it was impossible
to say what would be the outcome OF
the present situation in southeastern
Europe. The fear of war, however.
would probably prevent collision be-
tween the powers.
The semi-official Pesther Lloyds says
the sultan's just suspicious of the 10y
atty of the triple alliance and the
powers have given deep offense.
Count Goluchowsky's object is to pre-
serve, not to destroy, the Ottoman en-
pire. He refused to sanction proposed
coercion measures. This situation
will remain serious until the reforms
are realized.
Tageblatt says improvement is. i'm
possible under the reign Of the sultan.
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SPEAKER REEDS PLAN.

| 1t is no open secret that it is the in
tention of Speaker Reed to force meas
lures along through congress rapidly,
so that, the revival of business pros
perity may be attributed to legislation
enacted by the present congress, and
that none of the credit may be given to
the laws passed at the last regular and
special sessions. Mr.. Reed is far
seeing and shrewd politician, and rec
ognizes that something heroic must be
done lest his party may be deprived OF
some of the glory he hopes to clothe 1t
with between now and the close of this
session. But unfortunately for him,
the good times which he wishes to
attribute to the acts of the fifty-fourth
congress are already here, and the
people throughout the east, where
general prosperity prevails, are thor
oughly aware of the fact. The prices
of many agricultural products have
advanced. Imports are enormously in
creased to supply the demands of a
prosperous people. Manufacturers are
buster than they have been for years.
Railroad earnings are rapidly growing
in amount and laborers of every kind
are employed at increased and increas-
ing wages. Of this latter fact we have
just had proof in the failure of the en-
ployers of all the different kinds of
labor engaged in building operations
to secure unemployed workmen to take
the places of their striking workmen.
All this has occurred under Demo-
cratic administration, and under legis-
lation enacted by Democratic con-
gress. 1t will be difficult to persuade
people to believe that the steady re-
vival of prosperity which began six
months ago and has continued ever
since is the result of legislation yet to
be enacted, especially when such acts
must be under the restraining influence
of Democratic presidents veto power.
The distress through which this
country has recently passed cannot be
attributed to any recent legislation in
the United States, but was clearly the
result of two other great causes. One
was the general depression that pre-
vailed throughout the entire civilized
world, brought on by over speculation,
and reflected in our own country. The
other was the foreign distrust in our
currency and securities, created by
the great blunder of 1890, the Sherman
silver purchase act, which but for DEM
ocratic intervention in repeating the
act would have deprecated our cur
rency to the lowest level, and discred-
tied every American security. To de-
prive q Democratic administration of
credit for what has been accomplished,
Mr.. Reed and his co-partisans will find
a most difficult task, for they are al
ready matters of history, yet they
should be encouraged and commended
for every honest effort to devise means
to relieve the treasury. even though |
such efforts should result in credit to |
the Republican party.
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WANT TO REPUDIATE,

A suit has been commenced in the
circuit court for Baker county whereby
certain taxpayers ask the court to en-
Join the county treasurer from paying
the debts of the county in excess of
the constitutional limit. Outstanding
warrants of the county with accrued
interest thereon amount to over $685.
600, and the plaintiffs in the suit ask
that all but 5000 of this be repudiated.
The plaintiffs allege that the in
debtedness was "illegally, wrong
fully, unlawfully and fraudulently cre-
ated by the defendant and that no part
thereof was SO created for the purpose
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Appeal From Armenians.

LONDON, Dec. ia dispatch ad.
dressed to the Associated Press and
signed by Armenians of Constantinople
has been received here. 1t says: Ar
menia is at her last gasp. The num-
Der of people massacred reaches 100,-
900, and the half million survivors
have taken refuge in the forests and
mountains, where they are feeding on
herbs and roots. Hunger and cold
have begun to make great ravages
among them. In the name of human-
ity and Christianity, save us!'
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A STRANGE CONDITION.
Policemen Guard a Chicago Church t
Prevent Card-Playing In 1t.

Policemen Guard q Chicago Church to
Prevent Card-Piaying In 1t.
CHICAGO, Dec. 12.-Policemen are
on guard at the Campbell Park Pres.
byterian church to prevent card-play-
ing within the sacred edifce. The
card parties were given in the church
every time the janitor was away, and
were participated in by number OF
the residents in the vicinity. They
began playing in the church at the be-
ginning of the cold season, when it
was necessary to keep the house warm
two or three days preceding each Sun
day. The games were spirited affairs.
Select poker sittings were had every
night until the janitor came into the
game. The ianitor took hand and
dealt club to each player. They re-
fused at first to leave the church, but
he gave them several more deals play
ing climbs every time.
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Blizzard at Detroit.

DETROIT, Dec. 12.-Snow has been
falling in this section for Is hours, and
the ground is now covered to depth
of from six to ten inches The storm
Is still in progress, and the wind is
blowing violent gale from the north
west. Trains have been behind time,
and street-car traffic is seriously inter-
fered with. Reports from all sections
of the state are of similar import.
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Pacific Roads Debts.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-Senato,
Thurston, of Nebraska, today introduc.
ed bill for the settlement of the Pac-
inc railroad debts. 1t provides for the
sale of the government interest in both
the Union and Central railroads July 1,
1895, to the highest bidder, but there
shall be no sale unless the bid shall be
at least 80 per cent of the government
interest. The bill is very long, and
devoted mainly to details of the trans
fer and the manner of sale.
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E.-county Clerk Downing Sentenced.

SPOKANE, Dec. 9.-Ex-County Clerk
c. o. Downing, convicted of embezzling
funds, was sentenced by Judge Buck to-
day to three years in the penitentiary.
Downing's attorney at once gave nc
tice of appeal to the supreme court.
The court fixed the appeal bond at
$500. Downing is still out on the
former bond, given for his appearance
for trial. He will be required to fur
nish a new bond.
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Preferred Death to a Husband.

ALBANY, Or, Dec. 12.-News has
been received from Jefferson that Miss
Lille Weddle, aged 16, drank carbolic
acid yesterday with suicidal intent and
will die. Her parents refused to allow
her to marry the young man of her
choice, and wished her to marry an.
other. On the way to school she drank
the acid, and was found by the road
side in great agony. She was taken
to her home and physician at once
called. This afternoon he said she
could not recover.
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Turret Plates for the Oregon.

BETHLEHEM, Pa, Dec 12.-The
Bethlehem Iron Company shipped tur.
ret plates, sighting hoods and acces.
sores for the battleship Oregon and
the armored cruiser Brooklyn to San
Francisco today, where the ships are
in course of construction.
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Burton, in the presence of Dispatch
reporter how he concocted the plot for
the murder of Kitty Cling. During
the revolving narrative the smile never
left his face.
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BIG ENOUGH ALREADY.

That the United States contains all
the territory 1t needs, and that further
acquisition would be unadyisable are
the principle which actuated President
Cleveland in disfavoring the annexa-
tion Of Hawaii, and it is principle