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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-03-23

this country; but peace on this eide of
the Atlantic is more desirable than
| war.
Spain for purposes of supremacy,
has been very anxious to give the
world to understand that the Cuban
insurrection was of the dimensions of a
"tempest in TEAPOT" hut this is not
generally credited, and those who are
well acquainted with the progress
of the revolution say 1t is wide
spread with bright promises of being
successful Il cannot bp, in the very
pature of things, ,hst peace and good
feeling should prevail in Cuba while
Havana is governed by the cortes at
M adrid. The world is in the last
decade of the nineteenth century, and
the advancement of the age demands
that local self governments should pre-.
vail universally. 1t was we'll enough
in Shakespeare time to talk of the
"diviniry that doth hedge arouud a
kin.;" but modern conditions are such
that such language is not only obso-
letr, but is an insult to the intelli-
eence OF mankind. Republics are
the highest development of national
growth, and monarchies must submit
to this universal decree or exist sim
ply in name and be respe cted only as
venerable monuments Of antiquity.
like the presen head of the British
empire.
Charles A. Dana, of the New York
Snn, has been indiced for criminal
libel by court in Washington C.ty.
aod be has been served with process
to answer at the national capital.
Freedom of the press-that great
palladium of human liberty-is farc''
in this country, aud when q publisher
is liable to be summoned to answer
charge of libel in any distant place in
which his paper circuIates 1t can be
called by no milder term than an out
rage. The 6otion of Law is that the
ID llous article Is published wherever
the paper is read, and this af1rds an
opportunity forlitigatlou to become
burd-nsome and oppressive on th-.s
coLserva-o.s of the public veal. Mr..
Dana has sufficient lndepe dence and
tirmness to maintain his constitutional
rights, and not TO be dragged to dis
tant city to be tried for aH of nse
which could be adjudrcated with equal
justice to all parties il New York
city. This fiction In relation to the
law Of libel has been on the statute
hooks long enough, and should be ex-
plunged by some judge who is possessed
Of sufficiently broad-mlnd-d discern
ment not to he governed by obsolete
rules. which are disgrace to the pres
ent advanced stage of civilization and
free government.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-03-23

In Inc Dalles, and has been q great
factor In reducing freight rates and
making this place the great shipping
point of E,stern Oregon. 1t has been
OF inestimable benefit to the merchants
of this city and to those of interior
towns dependant on The DalIes for
shipping facilities and has proved a
competitor which practically demon
strated the advantage of an open river
to the produces of the northwest. The
stock was subscr' bed byathe people
merchants, farmers and mechanics
with the distinct understanding that the
company thus formed should be regu
lator of the rates of transportation to
seaboard for the benefit of the commu
mites tributary to The Dalles in COM
parison with the high prices chars ed
by the railroad monopoly. Il was to
be solution of the problem Of water
transportation as contradlstingulshed
with rail carriage; and this it has been,
until not only the business men and
farmers Of this county, but those of
interior towns in Sherman, Gillian
Crook and Grant counties have been
greatly benefited and have realized
cheaper freights than ever before en-.
joyed. Although forced to overcome
many obstao es, the D. P. & A. N %.
has proved successful in the mission
that was to be accom- plished, and the
most sanguine hopes of it's friends have
been realized. In this hour Of Its trl-
umph, when the merchant and farmer
have been relieved from the oppression
of the railroad corporation, for stock
holders to attempt to sell out their
interests to the monopoly and replace
the shippers again in its meshes, can
be truthfully called by no other name
than per6dy Of the blackest kind, and
should receive the severest condemna
tion of every one concerned in the de-
ve!opment of the resources Of this por-
ton of the state. The Regulator line
must and will continue as practical
solution of the desirability of water
communication with seaboard, and
those who depend upon our citizens for
support and are opposing it. should be
known and receive the treatment due
to enemies of tie best interests of the
community. In the approaching elec-
ton of directors of the D. P. & A. N.
o., every shareholder ia concerned in
the result. All votes should be given
TO those men who will be true to the
object for which the company was
formed, and not to those who would
willingly barter away the advantages
already gained and place The Dalles
and the country tributary under oen-
troll of the O. R. & N. Co. for their own
selfish and personal aggrand,zement.
We are satisfied the majority Of the
shareholders will support the interests
of this community In an open river to
the sea, and not allow themselves to be
hound hand and foot again by the rail
road monopoly, simply to serve the
purpose of few par.ies who are
working only for selfish gains.
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Claimed Eighty Victims.

EVANSTON, Wyo., March 21-It is
expected it will take a few days before
the bodies In the Central Pac &c mIne a
the Canyon, will be reached. The ex.
poison wrecked the power. plant and
several buildings, entail Ing beavy loss
The best Information ootslpsb +
places the number of victims at 80,
Two bodies have been taken out of be
ope by rescuers who claim further
progress Is lm peded by caves.
The explosion Is believed to have beer
csused by sparks from blast setting fire
10 the dust. 1t Is said the mine wa
wholly Tree from gas.
Iu addition to the 80 mentioned, IL is
believed 10 lost their lives in the power
house A searching party is now explor.
ing the slopes of the mines Genera
mourning prevalls throughout the plsc.
and nearly all The women and children
are assembled at the scene of the ds4ster
awaiting the news of dear ONES Halt q
dozen bodies are already lying in the i'm
prnvlsed desdhouee.
The bodies of the following have neen
recovered: Willsrd Brows, Bsptlst Ju-
'isn. James LIMB. Aogel Dermodi, all
married. having big families. and wo
hevs, William GrIeves and son of ] R
Say.
The following married men with large
families are Known to have been is the
mine: Henry Burton, Samuel Holston.
George Hardy, David Lovd. William
Sellers. sr., William L4sedon, ar
Thomas Hutchlnsen, Samuel Bste,
Walter Miller, Henry Sco,chren, Aaron
Butt, George Urichet, Hugh Sloan.
William Morris end the following Young
men: John Morris. William Granam. jr
Marshall Lsngdon, Georee Hvmes. John
g Locke. Albert Ozark, David Lpwey, jr
The greater part of the men who perished
are covered aitb deoris at the seventh
level. where they were gathered awaiting
man trap. WORK is being pushed with
sll possible speed to uncover the dead i.
There Is no fire in the NINE.
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Tornado In Augusta

AUGUSTA. Ga, March s0-At 9 O'Clock
this morning windstorm struck
Augusta. The first house struck, back
Of the old L,fayett6 race course, wal
hurled acroas MoKinnle street and
thrown against q house Oh the opposite
side. rs sole occupant, colored
woman, yas badly hurt. A negro
woman and Eve children were buried
under the wreck of another house, but
were extricsted alive.
In the central and southern part of the
city q dozen houses we're wrecked TIE
Central railroad roundhouse and paint
shop were badly damaged, and une
engine WAS smashed under the debris
The entire po ice and fire forces,
reinforced bs large number of Gig ns,
are at work On ruioed houses. and those
burt are being cared for at the hospitals.
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Afik taken Identity,

NEW YORK, March 81 William Tay
lor, of Laurel Hill, L l.. who arrived
from Havana yesterday morning on the
Ward line steamer Saratoga. said he wa.
held prisoner on board the steamer
Orisaba tv the Spanish government q,
Havana, ana NOT allowed to laud TO 1e
hours. Taylor was suspected by the
Pinkerton detectives at Havana of being
State Treasurer W W TAYLOR of South
u kota, who is q fugitive from jus'lce
Accordingly the Spanish officers held
him for examination. The detective.
made an examination and found he was
not the man Then be was suspected OF
being the Taylor who is supposed by the
Spsnish fhcials to be irving to smuggle
into Cuba, srms and ammulition tor the
rrvoiutionists They made Taylor q
prisoner in the purser's cabin OF the
vessel. and although they could not find
evidence aga nat him, they refused to
land uLtil bis release was obtsined from
the captain general CT Cnba.
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Diplomacy REQUIRE d,

NEW YORK, March 21-Ths Hrslds
Washington correspondent. telegra phs
"Only the most skillful diplomacy and
concessions on both sides can avert the
threatened war between Mexico and
Guatemala. The Mexican minister in
Washington, Senor Romero, and the
Guatemalan minister. Senior Arriaga, are
doing all in .heIr power to briog about q
peaceful solution of the difficulty, but
there is danger thar they will not sue.
ceed. On the part of Mexico it is said
that the Mexican congress will declare
war unless Guaremaia apo ogizss, and on
the part of Guatemala It 10 asserted that
no apo ogV will be made. The Mexican
minister, Senior Romero, is solicious re.
gardiDg the alarming outlook. aud he
cannot see how trouble is to be averted
l. is known that Mexico has made her
oltimatum to Guatemals, demanding an
apo ogy and an indemnity for the raids
made upon Mexican territory, the burn .
ing of Mexican homes and the arrest Of
NJ xicsp citizens engaged in cutting
timber. The situation has reached this
stage where nothing less than this
apology and indemnity will be accepted
The boundary ques Ion IN itself is hardly
a poiat ct issue"
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A Horrible Death.

DRAIN. Ore, March ia coIored man
Known as Reuben was burned to dea, b
esterday morning on a ranch few
miles from this place. He vas living
. one in a small cabin. He awoke about
4 O'Clock and found his cabin and bed in
danes While trying to unfasten the
door hls clothing IVES burned from bis
booy. he was found soon after daylight
wing on q blanket near the site of hie
.apIn. After being burned. he had gone
20 a stream near by and thrown water on
nss body, his path be,pg marked bv pieces
'r-r.d n fl-sh He lived six hours after
being found.
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Co,d. Iaho.p,,able Al.ska.

SAN FRANcI, CO, March 2l--Josepn
L4due, for Is years engaged IL god
mining on the upper Yukon river,
Alaska. has just returned here. after
several months absence in the east, and
sailed today on the Umatilsa, for Alaska
L4due lives far up at the new camp of
Og.Ivie, which 10 hut 40 miles from the
British line II am afraid too msny men
are gong into the Yukon country this
year." ga Lsdue. There are indica-
tions that there may be as many as 5000. /.
It there should be, there will be suffr ring,
for there is no way to get IN .ufiicient
supplies There are not boats enough.
A thousand men would be good many,
and all that could we'll be cared for :.
Besides this, understand many men are
going there with no means to fall back
ON. ALI they have Is just sbont enough
to get them there thick that men
ought to be warned that they will prob.
ably have rough experience"
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THE HARVEST.

Circulars have been sfnt out b,
Secretary H. L. Wells, of the state
Repu bllcan clubs, for a convention oi
delegates to be held in Portland or
May 22d. The campaign clubs of last
year are expected to take the initiative
IN bringing about a reorganiza alton this
year, and at the meeting in Portland it
is expected plans will be matured for
the canvass next year. Nothing can
be accomplished without organization,
and it is time that something should
be done.
The campaign next year will be a
much more difficult one to engineer
than that of last June. Then strong
hopes were entertained that with Re.
publican success many needed reforms
would be inaugurated, and when the
returns showed that the parry had such
an overwhelming majority, strong
hopes were entertained that Oregon
would be relieved of many useless com
missions, which had been draining the
treasury for years past. The leglsla-
ture met, and spent the forty days at
the capital. From every part of the
state came demands for legislation, and
the time was wasted with little or
nothing having been accomplished. II
is very easy to ascertain what the leg
islature did not do, but what it did do
that was beneficial to the state at large
is known to very few. if at all. The
worthless commissions still remain, and
not one reformatory measure was
passed. A stubborn, perverse minor.
,ty. sufficiently strong to o,struct leg
caused the pledges given last
June to be ruthlessly ignored and
trodden under foot, and the recent bi-
rnnial session will be subject of ridi-
Guile for all time to come.
However well the party may be or
2snIz-d for the cam paign in 1896,
every REPUBLICAN paper and orator will
lie handicapped ny the burden of the
asst legislature. From the press and
The forum the people will demand the
'eason why the Republican party did
not redeem its promises made last
June, and this cannot be given. The
may as we'll be looked
'quarely in the face, and not hidden by
'quivocation and evasion. In 1896 the |
Rspu blican clubs of this state will have
he hardest fight they have experienced
or many years, ard the blame must be
aid where it belongs-to the hoIters
Who sacrificed party prestige and party
pledges for the purpose of defeating
he peoples candidate for United
states senator.
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DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP.

If the majority OF the shares of
stock of the D. P. A. d N. Go. pass
into the hands of the men who are
desirous of selling the boats to the
railroad company, it will he Ole of
the greatest dra backs The Dalles and
the country tributary to it has ever
received. The company was formed
for the purpose of practically testing
the cbeapuess of water transportation
in comparison with rail carriage, and
this it has demonstrated to the satis-
faction of shippers. This city and
vicinity have enjoyed cheaper freight
rates for the past few years than ever
before, and the country has reaped
great advantages in consequence. At.
ter our citlzens have subscribed to this
enterprise, and have seen it in success
full operation, for the largest share
holders to sell out the stock to the
railroad company, thus placing small
holders under the control of the mo-
nopoly, is an outrage of the worst kind.
II the Regulator is sold to the O. R.
& n. Co. as a result of the election on
April 9th, all efforts of our people In
the future to relieve themselves from
corporation control will be futile, as
the men of capital in this city will
eventually control all such endeavors
and use them for their own personal
gain. The sum saved annually
to shippers at The Dalles and in the
interior, by reason of the reduction of
freight since the opposition boats have
been running on the river has been
double the amount of the capital stock
subscribed. They should continue as
the boats of the peoples transportation
company, and any effort to change the
ownership should meet with the last
ing condemnation of every citizen IN
terested in the growth and prosperity
of The Dalles.
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Eugene V. Dehs is now paying q

Eugene V. Dehs is now paying a
visit to the northwest, md delivered
an address liz Portland last p1ght. As
a manager of organized labor he has
baen verv successful, and the contest
last summer with Mr.. Pullman and
the Railway Managers would have
BEEN succe sful if the Uni.ed 8 a,es
government bad not come to the aid
Of the later H. is hetter oryani
ger than NJ. Pullman or any member
of the railway magnstes; hut he was
opposed last summer by the United
States courts and the business inter-
ests of the country. and this forced
him 20 give up the contest.
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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Refna Regente Found.

CAD1z. March 19-The Spanish cruiser
A p1onso XIII reports having found the
nls,lug cruiser Rsina Rsgsnts. sunk near
r ] g Aceltsnos, not far from the Straits
of Gibralter. Ooly 20 inches of her
masts were above water. The Atphonso
XIII returned to the scene OF the
wreck with divers to recover the bodies
The Reina Regente carried a crew Of
420 officers and men, and all are believed
to have perished, as not single su 'viv"r
has been reported as having arrived at
any port. nor has single body beeo
found that could be identified as that of
the off ,ers o. crew of the lost ship.
Deputy Diaz Moreau, formerly an
"ficer in the Spanish navy, In the
chamber of deputies, March IA. read a
statement of the former commapdsf o.
he Reian Rsgsnts. in which she writer
descriued Ire cruiser as vessel unable
10 weather heavy storm, owing TO the
increased weight of armament. Admiral
Beranger said the overweight of the
cruisers deck guns was rectlfed TWO
years ago by his orders, when be was
N MISTER of marine.
10 Csdiz and C,rtsRens, where most of
the crew belonged, there has been gresf
anxiety and excitement from the moment
the cruiser wns reported missing.
The Rsina Regsnte about TWO years
ago, went to New York as one of the
Spanish squadron which escorted across
the Atlantic the C,lumbus csravels.
rhs Vessel Was launched in 1887, aud was
one OF the three second class deck
protecred crues.rs of the same hui'd, her
sistrr ships being the Alphoaso XIII ard
Leqants, all Of $500 tous. IL 600 horse.
power, and exDecred to steam 30 knots
The wrecked cruiser Wa. $40 feet long,
40 feet inches Desm, and q drsught of
80 fee' inches. She was propelled nv
twin screws. Her protected deck wss 4 e
inches thick on the slopes. her coming
tuwer had inches of armnr and her fun
nel shields were 8 inches thick. Her ar.
msment consisted of four 91-inch Hon.
toria guns, one on each s.de forward OF
the central superstructure and one on
each side aft; six ~ HoDotorls guns in
the brUadssde for ard ind att. PAIR IN
sponsnus. a middle par In recess por's
and Is rapio firing machine guns. She
was also fitted with five torpedo tubes.
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Demands His Recall.

CHICAGO. March ia special from
Washington says: Secretary Gresham
has demanded the recall of L A Thurston.
Hawaiian minister at Washington. At
the same time the doors of the state
department have been closed against the
representative OF the new republic. and
he has been told he must communicate
10 writing with the secretary. Gresham
requested Minis'er Willis to formally
communIca' to the Hawaiian minister of
foreign affairs the fact tha' Munster
Thurs'op was persona non grata. The
communication was sent by mail, and the
news regarding ITS reception NAV now be
on the American steamer on the way to
San Francisco
6ossips are conjuring with the rumor
la'e this afternoon that the Spanish min
ister's recall will be dem 4uded. His of.
tense is alleged to be similar to Thurs
tons. He gave an interview to the
newspaper reporters a few days ago
critlclsing Secretary Gresham,
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SOUND FINANCIAL VIEWS

IT Senator David B. Hill is ar
oracle of Democracy, that party vii
not enter the campaign Of 1895 in
favor of unlisted coinage. In an
address before the Mills club of Al
bany, N. r, yesterday, he used the
following significant language:
"The Democratic party does not be
lieve in gold monometalism on the
one hand, nor in silver mono metalism
on the other, but In bimetalism-the
free bimstallio coinage (aside from ra-.
tio) provided for BY coinage act of 1873
This safe, sound and conservative posi-
ton is in accordance with our tradi-
tions, the uttsrances of our leading
public men for three quarters of a GEN.
tury, and With the provisionas Of our
national platforms We must not
abandon it; We must net surrender it
we must not be ceaxed away from 1t;
we must not be driven from it. We
can safely stand upon it in every part
OF the country"
Republicans cannot object to this
position on the money question, and IL
the same that has been pursued by the
party during the long time it con-
trolled national affairs. Bimetalism
is the correct theory of finance, and
this can only be maintained by thu
plan followed at the public treasury in
redeeming securities in either gold or
silver at the option Of the holder
This is the reason that the American
dollar today is on such substantial
basis in comparison with the coins of
Mexico and the South American re
publics. 1t is solid and safe currenc,
because it has Q solid and safe gold prop
behind it to afford support in an,
emergency. Unlimited coinage would
cause silver monometalism, and this
would be the greatest financial disaster
that could happen the nation. If thu
Democratic party adopts Mr.. Hilp>
views In the national platform of 1896.
and the Republican organization Ii
true to its traditions, there will be no
distinctive financial issues between
them in the next presidential canvass.
Under such circumstances the Pop
ulists could expect little help for their
favorits and illusory ideas on the coin
age question, and it is very likely shar
neither Of the leading parties viii!
adopt any OF these fallaeious schemes.
The finascisl system Of the world is
governed by we'll regulated rules, and
these have been demonstrated BY
years of practical experience. Theor-
les on such matters are usually very
unsafe for nations to follow.
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A Entail Ere.

New YeRK. March 20-At fire this
morning in the four. story house at West
Twentv- fifth street, John Kurz was
burned to death. Tony K-tchnm
jun ped from third-story window.
receiving injuries from which be die d
soon after.
S.loop Keepsr Kurrz arrived shortly
after the fire waa discnv. red and
proceeded to arouse his family and the
other tenants. He was seen running mp
stairway through the f4me. The
Kurtz family. on the serend Honr,
escaped. the TWO youngest children beine
dropped from q window, and Mrs Kurlz
spd her eldest son escaped bv way of the
roof. MISS r 8 Schamp was severely
burned by at'emoting to descend BY q
ladder jTem the thlrd story.
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Rne,and,s ur,ima,um.

WASHINGTON. March 10 The Briti,h
embassy has received no Information get
~ 70 the t'ma'um of Greet Britain tn
Nlcaragus. for the payment of $4,000
within ssven weeks in redress for The
expulsion Of Hatch. its consular agent.
rom B ueHeIds, and of dispatch to the
British wsrship to back up the u,tImafum.
Under THESE circumstances II 10 thought
in official circles thar the subject may be
handled through British authorities In
Nicaragua, although it is usu-l to advise
tps am mbasssdor here of such movements.