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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-10-05
SENSITIVE INDUSTRY.

Thursdays Oregonian gave some in
teresting figures concerning the sheep
industry of this state, showing that
the number in the state had increased
from 436, 1852 in 1893 to 1920 in 1895,
a total increase in two years of 141, 1858.
1t gives as reason, or at least as one
reason for this increase "the departure
Of the horse from the range" saying
among other things that "the fierce
battle for feed which has ragged over
the hills of Eastern Oregon between
the sheep and the cayuse, is now prac-
tically at an end. The cayuse is gone
and in its place the sheep is free to
grow and multiply" AS matter of
fact the cayuse is not gone, though 60
ing. Our great contemporary has
jumped at the conclusion that the cay
use has been tin-canned and run out
OF the country, because his flesh has
been placed in the markets, and the
Linnton abattoirs are using him. Such
is not the case. Most of the horses
that have been killed and canned as
Oregon Cayuses" are not true to the
brand on the cans, being another ex-
ample of the wholesale fraud we have
committed on our sister state to the
north Jade Switzler furnished most
of the cayuses for the slaughter pens,
and they came from Washington. At
the same time it exemplifes the deli
cate sensitiveness of the sheep indus
try. The killing of cayuses did not
begin until this summer, but the in
crease in the number of sheep was
made last spring, or, to be more exact,
last fall. 1t will be seen from this
that as an animal industry thermome-
ter the sheep may by long odds take
the premium for mercurial disposition
and characteristics. The increase of |
l41, 900 sheep in Oregon in the two
years past was caused by the killing of |
/ lot Of cayuses from Washington this
which increased the grass on
he range and settled the battle.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-10-05
THE SYNDICATES PROFITS

Probably no other act of President
Cleveland's administration has brought
him the censure, ranging from dissent
down to abuse, that did the negotia-
ton, last February, of the loan of $685.
100000 with the Morgan-Rothschild
syndicate. He was denounced for TAX
ing less rate than the prior loan
brought and, when the syndicate an
nounced the allotment of the bonds at
112f for which they paid 1O44, vocabu-
laries were exhausted of their vituper-
ative words in characterizing the folly,
the stupidity, the positive criminality
of the president and his secretary in
the transaction. When the bonds
reached 122 the food of criticism rose
still higher, and some senator stated
that impeachment proceedings should
follow. Here and there was some man
or paper that limited that the president
was sharer in the apparently enor-
nous profits of the syndicate. But re-
Gently, when the Ohio campaign re-
ceived its formal baptism, Senator
Sherman commented on the humilia-
tion of the country in having to be-
stow on foreign syndicate so profit
able piece of business.
The more intelligent and candid por-
tion OF the people, in and out of the
presidents party, SOON recognized this
loan and its conditions as the greatest
piece of financiering the country had
ever Witnessed. 1t broke the seals of
distrust and let loose the confidence of
the business interests of the country.
The revival that has been going on
constantly since then began the mo-
ment the terms Of the contract were
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-10-05
TELEGRAPHIC.
CHINESE ciNNIBALs.
Horrible Outcome of a Feud Betweer

Horrible Outcome of a Feud Between
Villagers.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1.-Two large
villages, Pien Cheng and Tang Cheng,
distant seven miles from Ty Sami, in
the Canton province, China, were re-
Gently the scenes of shocking deeds in
cannibalism and wanton destruction of
productive property.
The Swatow correspondent of the
China Mail on August 80 forwarded
the details of the fight between the
two communities, which was precip-
itated by row over water rights. By
a night attack the people of Tang
Cheng cut the sea embankment and
let in the water so as to destroy large
part of their enemies rice, then almost
ready for cutting. Reprisals followed,
and, though the villages are distant
only 20 miles from the two district
cities, Hao Hong and Loik Hong, the
fighting continued month, involving
many villages and causing large
number of deaths.
The worst feature, however, is this
By one side three, and by the other
four, prisoners were taken alive. These
men were killed and eaten-seven in
all. 1t was not in this case as others
an eating of the heart only. Every
eatable portion was consumed, most Of
it being given to the children of the
villages. Although not unprecedented
in that district, such an act is unusual,
and led to the appointment of special
deputy to inquire into the case.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-10-05
BELATED MR.. BRYAN.

Until Mr.. Bryan delivered his sill
YER speech last night our advocates OF
free silver coinage could scarcely have
realized the weakness of their propo-
sal-that it meant distinctly the SUBJ
.stitution of the silver standard for the
gold standard. Mr.. Bryan has made
a mistake in his endeavor to meet the
Oregonian before the people of of Ore
gon. He is an ephemeral public
speaker. The Oregonian is published
here through the ages. The difference
is great.
Mr.. Bryan will not be able to con-
vince the people of Oregon against
the Oregonian. that we of the United
States can make and maintain a value
for silver, or anything else, different
from that of the rest of the world. If
he could come to live with US, which
we fear he will not do, he would
quickly find that we cannot be carried
away by sophistries and humbugs.-
Oregon is in touch with the world. 1t
is not provincial, inland country,
like that in which Mr.. Bryan lives.
1t knows it's values and prices must
conform to those of the world at
large. and it cannot be carried away
by the appeals of sophistries and de-
Chalmers.
Mr.. Bryan has gained a name
through the telegraphic reports.
but heis not very formidable when he
appears in person before the people Of
Oregon to assure them that the United
States may not only be Independent of
the worlds values, but may make val
ues for the world. In Oregon, Mr..
Bryan would pass for a very shallow
man.
The people of Oregon do not wish to
substitute the silver standard for the
gold standard. They perfectly under
stand the question. They are not sill
yer monometalists: therefore they are
not with Mr.. Bryan, who doubtless is
a good man, but who is talking on a
subject which he does not at all COM
prehend.
The above from the Oregonian Of
yesterday we most cheerfully indorse.
We are pleased indeed to do SO, be-
cause it is not often that that paper is
so charmingly frank. If it would but
stick to that text it wonld not so often
be open to the charge Of Inconsistency.
But it will not do that. The moment
it begins to treat Of the tariff question
it will deny seriatim the whole of the
foregoing editorial. We do not
make this statement through "blind
partisanship" or to pose as critic, of
our contemporaries actions. When
the Oregonian says "We of the
United States cannot make and main
tain value for silver, or anything
else, different from the rest of
the world" and again that:
"Oregon is in touch with the world.
1t knows it's values and prices must
conform to those of the world at
large, and it cannot be carried away
by tA1c appeals of sophistries and de-
Chalmers" We wonder what spirit of
forgetfulness has touched its dreams,
but realize that those statements are
"for this occasion only" The assert
ions are profoundly true and we com
mend them to their author as being
worth defending.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-10-05
WIEN HARD TIMES BEGAN

In yesterdays Oregonian Judge
Bronaugh says there will be no better
times until "after the appalling crash
and crisis now impending over the
political world shall have expended it's
fury" Judge Bronaugh backs up his
position by referring to the "New Era
at Ham," a pamphlet written by Mr..
J. B. Dlmbleby, and indorsed by Rev.
Canon Marable, D. D., of England.
The article is too long for us to re-
print, but it contains a mass of figures
and an array of unknown quantities
expressed in the definitely indefinite
expressions "A Time Times and
HALF" 'The Times of the Gentiles"
and similar mathematical posers. Mr..
Dimbleby asserts that Nebo-polasser
was the "Head of Gold" mentioned
by Daniel. Should Mr.. Dimbleby's
contention prove true it would be
hard blow for our gold-bugs, for Nebo-
polasser was the father of that famous
Nebuchednezzar, who for seven years
depastured the hills around Babylon
and ruminated as royal persons seldom
do. One would think that Mr.. Bro.
naugh need not 60 into yet more re-
mote times than that to show the be-
ginning OF hard times. for a diet of
grass for the king was evidence
enough. 1t is really relief though,
after the grand Republican charge
that there never was hard times until
the Wilson bill became law, to have
called to date anterior to
that when times were equally hard.
We are prepared to go the good judge
one better though, and respectfully
suggest that nard times began the day
that our first parents were disposessed
of the Garden of Eden and the ground
was cursed for their sake. The day
Adam began to hunt mast for the fam
lily dinner, and Eve to do tatting and
patching to eke out the family ward
robe hard times began, the like
whereof had never been known before,
and have never been equaled since.
Since that date hard times have ex-
listed for someone, and they always will
exist for some. Industry and thrift
are sure panacea for hard times, but
that kind of medicine is too high
priced for great many people, and
times are and always will be hard for
tham
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-10-05
COWS FAR OFF.

A notable illustration has recently
been given of the tendency to think
that what we have at home is not so
good as something Of the same kind
that we can gel from distance. The
new statehouse in Rhode Island is being
built Of Georgia marble while it is not,
however good enough for similar use
in Georgia as the new statehouse there
is to be built of stone from Indiana
Rural Northwest.
The fact shows however that legis-
lators are much the same in both
states. The trouble was not with the
quality OF the stone in either place,
but the jobbers who had the pull,
wanted the long haul on the material.
"Cows far off wear long horns" and
'Far fetched and dear bought pleases
the ladies'" as we'll as some others, who
have the spending Of the peoples
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rounded by the Spanish troops. De-
fenceless, he asked mercy. The Span.
ish Sub-Lieutenant, Ruizay Coca,
bravely shot him. Beside this twenty
five Cubans were killed in the province
Sugua and Col. Sanchez wounded with
a dynamite bomb thrown by the Span
iards. When we think that those men
treated as wild beasts" are fighting
for human cause, for liberty, and per-
sonal dignity, we cannot remain in
different to such atrocities. The least
we can do is to recognize Cuban
belligerency. We have reasons to do
it. A general state Of war prevails in
Cuba, and the Cubans army is strong
enough to resist hundred thousand
Spanish soldiers. Let us take this
step in the name Of civilization. Let
US hope that President Cleveland will
not lose the opportunity for such a
r1ocr'
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-10-05
A THIRD RECEIVER.
Andrew F. Burleigh Named by Judg

Andrew F. Burleigh Named by Judge
Hanford.
SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. I'm the
federal court this morning, and in the
presence of the largest aggregation of
lawyers that has ever assembled in this
city. Federal Judge c. H. Hanford,
with State Supreme Judge John P.
Hoyt, by his side, refused to accept the
resignation of Oakes, Rouse and Payne
as receivers of the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company, but removed them
because of their failure to comply with
an order made in the case few weeks
ago, and named Andrew F. Burleigh,
of this city, counsel for the Oregon
Improvement Company, as receiver Of
the Northern Pacific property in this
state. He directed Burleigh to give
bond in the sum of 100000, and to
take charge of the company's affairs at
once.
ford remarked that the old receivers
had been directed to file with this
court new bonds, to give an accounting
of their past acts, and to answer the
charges which had been preferred
against them by Brayton Ives, as presi-
dent of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company. The receivers had resigned
and therefore the bond was unnecessary
1t was the desire of the court to. know
whether or not the other conditions of
the order had been complied with.
Assistant-General Counsel Bum, of
st. Paul, arose and said that they had
not been, and he was authorized to say
that they would not be. The court
then said that he would not accept
their designations, but would remove
them and appoint Burleigh receiver.
President Brayton Ives filed new
and very sensational affidavit this
morning, charging that Henry Willard,
a month before the Northern Pacific
road was placed in the hands of a re
ceiver, had authorized his personal
counsel to take steps to place it in the
hands of the receivers, and had given
it out that Henry G. Payne would be
one of them.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-10-05
Is GEE HOP A CITIZEN?
Collector Wise at San Francisco Decides
He Is Not.

Collector Wise at San Francisco Decides
He is Not.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3.--Among the
passengers on the last trip of the Rio
Janeiro was coolie named Gee Hop,
who was returning from long visit
to China. Gee Hop claims to be cit
izen of the United States, and pro-
duces documents to prove it, among
other things passport issued by the
department of state bearing the sigma
ture of James G. Blaine. Collector
Wise, however, says he is the sole
judge as to the landing of Chinese,
and he refuses to recognize Gee Hops
credentials. The matter will be taken
to the United States courts and a de-
cision will be watched for with inter
est.
The coolie is a bright, intelligent
fellow, and his answers regarding his
voting show he is familiar with the af-
fairs of this country. He furnished
the collector his original naturaliza-
tion certificate. 1t was issued by the
court of common pleas at Camden, N.
j., on May 8, 1890. The testimony
upon which the certificate was granted
was furnished by Mrs. F. E. Nash, who
testified that Gee Hop had arrived in
this country before his 18th year, was
of full age and bad resided in this
country altogether five years. Gee
Hop took the usual oath to support the
constitution and renounced all alle-
glance to the emperor of China.
Gee Hop also presented to the col
lector his passport issued by the de-
partment of state. 1t bears date of
May II, 1890, and is signed by the late
James G. Blaine. 1t is in regular
form, requesting on the part of the
government, 'to permit Gee Hop. a
citizen of the United States, safely and
freely to pass, and in case of need, to
give him all lawful aid and protec-
tion."
A description of Gee hop forms a
part of the passport, together with his
own signature.
Collector Wise, in ruling on Gee
Hops case, decided that certificate
OF naturalization or passport from
the secretary of state does not make
a coolie citizen of this country or en-
title him to reside here under the pres
ent exclusion act Under authority
conferred by the last congress the col
lectors of ports of entry are made the
sole judges of the rights of coolies to
land who claim to be merchants or set
up claims of residence other than that
of being native born. In this case it
will be alleged by the attorney for Gee
that the certificate of naturalization is
evidence of judgment of record, and
the only way to prevent the applicant
from landing is to set aside that judg-
ment. Whether this can be done re-
mains to be determined.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-10-05
GIFTED WITH CAB.

Rev. Edward Davis, of California,
preached sermon in Salem yesterday.
Mr.. Davis is the preacher who recently
gained considerable notoriety by
waltzing in his pulpit to illustrate the
harmlessness of dancing. He has the
reputation of being a very forid and
picturesque speaker, and we judge by
the alliterative sound and fury of his
sermon, that his reputation is well
earned. A close perusal of said SER
mon fails to disclose any reasoning
power but suggests that some sur
charged onomasticon blew up in Mr..
Davis vicinity, and large portion of
the disseminated lexicon penetrated
his brain pan. Here is specimen of
his gilded nonsense: "a political
communism that does not affect social
morals, is in theory an illusive day.
dream, in practice vexatious night
mare. An ideal conception of an i'm
perial democracy can be ungoverned
by the despotic hand of an insidious,
but inimical traitor. Cursed be the
self-damnable deductions of the dema-
gogue; and heavens anathema against
the extortions of the Simoniac."
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Judge Fees Resignation.

PENDLEToN, Or, Oct. 1.-The an
nouncement that the resignation of
Circuit Court Judge James A. Fee, of
this district, has been rendered to
Governor Lord, is made. The resig-
nation created great surprise here,
even to the judges intimate friends,
who had been given no intimation of
his intention of leaving the bench.
Judge Fee served one full six-year
term and one year on the second. He
was elected first in 1888 as Republi
can over Judge Ramsey, now resi-
dent of the Willamette valley. His
occupancy of the bench brought him
the highest respect of the people of
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-10-05
EDITORIAL NOTES.

There will be no more prize-fghting
in Texas. The governor of that state,
so far has risen TO the occasion, like
trout to grizzly king, and will prob
ably continue to do so. Recently in a
test case, the Texas courts decided that
there was no law against prize-fighting
in that state, and the short-haired fra
ternity grew enthusiastic therefor.
Governor Culberson held that if there
was no such law there should be, and
so convened the legislature for the
purpose OF passing such law, with an
emergency clause putting the law in
effect at once. The legislature met
Tuesday, and though the sporting ele-
ment boasted that it could control the
legislature its boasts proved idle. Yes
terday the bill passed making it fell
ony to participate in prize-fght, and
it passed with only six dissenting
votes. There is only one bad feature
about the matter, and that is that the
fight will have to be finished in the
newspapers.
The defense of Durrant SO far has
been pyrotechnical display of soar
ing promises and falling sticks. His
attorneys have managed his case with
a skillfulness that looked at from the
defendants side is almost criminal.
There is not thing they could have
done to assist the prosecution, that
they have neglected, and few if any
moves that could have been made to
aid the defense that they have not
neglected. Their confident assertions
as to what they could and would prove
have turned out to be the emptiest of
boasts. By leading the public to be-
lieye they could prove 80 much, when
in fact they could prove not one of
their assertions, has caused what before
in many minds was doubt to become
fixed certainty, and the general belief
is that Durrant is guilty. The fact is
evident though that he has not had an
attorney to defend him.
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known. 1t is conceded that the treas
ury was within few hours of suspen-
sion OF specie payments before the
loan was made. What that would
have meant to the country no man can
contemplate without shudder. Con-
ceding to the syndicate all the profits
that the most rabid critic ever gave
them in handling the loan, the price
would have been a mere bagatelle
compared with the benefits.
Now, however, the profits of the
syndicate are known. The members
have made their mutual settlements,
the expenses and losses deducted from
the margin between price paid and
price received, and the net profits of
the syndicate are found 70 be $3,973,-
1926, or 40 per cent. OF this sum Sl74,-
33S is from gains made in selling the
foreign bills of exchange, supplied to
prevent gold exports, estimated at not
less than $500, 900, 600, the agreement
with the treasury obliging them to do
their utmost to prevent the gold out
flow. The four leading houses, princi-
pals in the enterprise, assumed the
risk of placing So, ,000, 900 of bonds not
specifically payable in gold, on a
market timid of all American securi-
ties, selling, not an investing mar
ket, so far as our securities were con-
cerned; succeeded, turned the current
of adversely into one of prosperity,
for commissions amounting to less than
81 ZOO. 600.
When we consider the utter help
lessness of the treasury. under the
vicious legislation that retained the
greenbacks, to prevent raids on the
gold reserve; the calamity that would
have ensued to all business and other
interests from suspension of specie
payments; and then compare this with
the industrial results that followed the
placing of the loan, the profits of the
syndicate, generous as they are, are a
small price to pay for the dangers and
losses avoided. In any consideration
of the case it should not be forgotten
that had there been no greenbacks
there would have been no gold reserve,
and no loans to protect it; and whether
gold went in or out would have been a
matter of commercial and not of gov
ernmental significance. Every criti-
cism of the loans is severer criticism
of the cause of them, the greenbacks.-
St. Paul Globe.
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TELEGRAPHIC.
THE STORM ON THE LAKE
Reports of Casualties Continue to Come

Reports of Casualties Continue to Come
CHICAGO, Oct. MANY reports of
damage to property and the loss OF a
number of lives on the lakes in the
storm of Saturday and Sunday were
reported here last night. One local
fatality is reported, that of Captain
Andrew Johnson, ,of the schooner John
Raber, who was drowned off Dale
Park while endeavoring to reach land
to secure tug to save his vessel.
Leaking like sieve, with the sailors
worn out with an all days work at the
pumps, and with its rotten sails blown
to ribbons and it's halyards streaming
in the wind, the old schooner John
Raber drove close to shore off Dale
Park, Indiana, and cast anchor.
Andrew johnson, the owner, wanted
to save his vessel-it was built in l84S-
and ordered out small boat, manned
by three sailors, tried to reach shore
to secure tug. A huge breaker over
from shore. Johnson failed to reach
the boat, and last night his body lay
alone and unattended on the sands,
waiting coroner's verdict.
The three men stuck to the boat and
reached shore. Captain Weed stood
by the ship with two sailors. They
were rescued by the South Chicago life
savers after midnight, after four hours
hard work
The following are additions during
the past "a hours to the list of boats
missing or lost.
John Raber, ash ore at Whiting. Ind;
several reported lost. George Nagan,
waterlogged; taken in at ST. Joseph;
probably total loss. Lily May, barge,
wrecked at East Whitefsh point; barge
gone to pieces. City of Paris, on
shore on Flat rock, in Cooper harbor,
Elma, schooner, reported to have
foundered in Munising bay. The crew
and John Thurston, wife and child
were lost. Bliss, towed barge: two
masts gone and deckload; towed into
Chicago harbor. c. B. Jones, schooner
foundered off Whitefish point; crew
supposed to have been lost. Two un-
known schooners ashore at Grand
island, Lake Superior. Steamer Ma
toa and Massabuck, of the Minnesota
line, thought to be ashore at Keweenaw
point, Lake Superior.