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HE MARRIED FOR A LIVING.
New Yorker Whose Known Wives Num-
ber Thirteen.

ber Thirteen.
NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-There is a
man serving one year in the peniten-
tiary for the larceny of sS, whose re-
cord as polgyamist gives him pre-
eminence in evil. Thirteen marriages
have been traced to him, and there
are more to come, the authorities say.
He married under the names of
George Mair, Joseph Maier, George
Muffler. Joseph Miller. and several
other aliases. 1t is believed his real
name is George Meyer.
Meyers object in forming this con.
nubial 13 club was to obtain money.
One of his wives is suing him for d.
vorce. This universal benedict was
not at all fastidious. He married any
woman he happened to become az
quainted with, no matter what her age
was, if she only had money. He al
lied himself to women varying in age
from 25 to As years, and it made no
difference to him whether they were
pretty or homely, attractive or repul-
sive. Nor did it matter how much or
how little money they had, provided
they had some. He married one wo.
man for Sl7. With others he got
dowers varying from S25 to $500.
He had no other occupation, and
simply married for living, not dis
daining as a side issue to steal what
ever money he could lay his hands on.
If the woman he married suited him,
he remained with her few days; if
not, he left as soon as he had secured
her money. As rule, however, he
did not marry on credit, as 1t were.
He generally obtained the money the
moment he married, under the pre-
tense of wanting to start in business.
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they are only trifing with a most SER
ious question whom they urge their
demands for free coinage at this time.
They are virtually clinging to forlorn
hope and at q most critical time too
for the nations credit. But the longer
this congress pursucs the present do
nothing policy, refusing to enact some
practical settlement of the financial
question, the more will people become
disgusted with the party in power and
the more emphatic will be their ex'
preston of disapproval next fall. The
people are fast learning where the
responsibility lies and will force those
who are responsible to carry the blame
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Tempest in a Teapot

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 14.-Recently
Rev. W. W. Case, pastor of the Hvw-
ard street Methodist Espicopal church.
took occasion. while addressing his
congregation, to say some very un-
complimentary things about some OF
the members of the board of supervi-
sors because they permitted the disrer-
putable houses on Morton street 10
exist. At the next session of the board
of supervisors they sid very un-
pleasant things about the preacher.
Supervisor King took the initiative in
the matter by introducing very
lengthy resolution which undertook
to show that Rev. DR.. Case had COM
mitted an error when he charged the
supervisors with neglect of duty in fail
ingsto legislate against certain evils.
Supervisor Hughes said Rev. Case de-
liberately lied, and others mem
bers made impassioned speeches, but
the resolution was defeated.
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FOR PACIFIC SETTLEMENTS.
Resolution to Create a Permanent Board
of Arbitration.

Resolution to Create Permanent Board
of Arbitration.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Represen-
tative Towne, of Minnesota has pre-
sented resolution directing the for
eign affairs committee to report upon
the advantage and practibility of the
establishment of a permanent court OF
international arbitration represent
ing the United States and the British
Empire, with jurisdiction extending
to all controversies between the two
governments except those involving
the honor or the autonomy of one OF
the parties. He also presented res
olution directing the president. if not
Incompatible with public interests, to
enter into Negotiations with Great Bri-
tain with view to the speedy and ami
cable adjustment of the definite loca-
tion of the boundary line between this
country and the possessions of Great
Britain from Lake Superior to the
Lake of the Woods. Both resolutions
were referred to the foreign affairs
committee.
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TELEGRAPHIC.
THE ROAR OF CANNON.
This Sound Was Heard Yesterday In Ea-
vana.

This Sound Was Heard Yesterday In Ea-
yana.
HAVANA, Jan. 14.-At noon today
continued artillery firing was heard
south of Rincon, not far from Bejucal.
The town was attacked by insurgent
yesterday, but they were forced to re-
treat after battle lasting, it is claim
ed, five hours, but, it is admitted that
the insurgents plundered stores in the
outlying street of Beincal, burned
many houses and destroyed the rail
road depot. Previously they had
burned the town of Salud. and partly
destroyed Quivican., They burned
freight trains and destroyed every
thing as they pushed northward to.
ward Havana.
This force of insurgents is the one
supposed to be commanded by Comes.
although it has been insisted upon
that he is still in the province Of Pinar
de Rio, and was in conflict with the
Spanish troops comm anded by Gener.
al Linarez. It is believed an impor-
tant engagement is taking place.
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Montgomery Not Yearnlng For Death.

ALBANY. Or, Jan. 15.-Lloyd Mont
gomery's attorneys visited him in Jail
today and conversed with him about
appealing his case to the supreme
court. In spite of Montgomery's for
mer statements that he wanted to die,
he told his attorneys he wished them
to do all they couid for him, and secure
q new trial, II possible. His lawyers
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Grow Objects to Criticism.

WASHINGTON, jar. 16.-There wa:
an interesting epis ode in the house to
dsy, inspired by Gror, Republican, O.
Pennsylvania, who declared that the
New York chamber of commerce, in 6
pamphlet widely circulated, cast reHec
tions on the good faith OF tls house.
The pamphlet criticised the house fol
paying the Canadian sealers S400, 900
viii n it was asserted had been arbitra
ted and awarded to the owners Of seizet
vessels.
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Masked Men Rob a Station.

FORT SCOTT, Kan, Jan. 1e.-Two
masked men, early this morning, held
up the night agent of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas road in this city, G
S. Knox, together with two passengers,
c. j. Kidney, of HarU ood, Mo-, and
Carl Fortner, of Olatbe, Kan. After
securing what jewelry and cash they
had. one of the robbers covered the
three men with two revolvers while
the other ransacked the company's safe.
The robbers accomplished their work
in twenty minutes. when they backed
from the depot aud escaped. The
agent says only s34 was taken from the
safe and a similar amount from the
man.
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say they will file q bill of exceptions
on or before January 20, and appeal
the case to the supreme court
AN Ex-rKEAsUKER's SHORTAGE.
1t is Placed at s3o.51e by an Examining
Committee.


LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. '16.-From in.
formation received at the capital, it
appears that the shortage of eX-treas-
urer Lynch, of Platt county, amounts
to S30,5l2. The ex-tre surer has put into
the hands of the committee Of his
bondsmen securities which are esti-
mated at s27, 900, and relatives of his
have put up securities amounting to
$500. The bondsmen are said to be
amply secured by this, and the county
has refused to accept payment from
them of anything less than the full
amount of the shortage. The failure
of the Platte Center Bank has caused
the demand made by d report OF the
bondsmen for the amount of money
which Lynch had on deposit in that in
stitution. J. w. Lynch was president
of the Platte Center Bank. The short
age, as reported, is what is shown from
the examination made by the commit
tee appointed by the county hoard and
treasurer elect. No report has been
made to the auditors Office from Co.
lumbus.
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tween this city and the interior except
by a short railroad from Havana to
Marianao, in the province of Havana,
AMI over still shorter railroad be.
tween Pagla and Munaoacia, suburbs
OF that city. Consequently steamship:
a"e the only means of communication
between the cal iatl and the provinces
which remain at the dispo jal OF the
authorities,
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LEGISLATIVE ABUSES.

So adriot have members OF legisla.
tive bodies become in the art Of de-
feating or delaying legislation by
amending bills in one house after they
have been passed by another. that it
would seem there was q necessity for
rule being adopted in all legislative
bodies requiring each house to vote
upon the bills passed by the other,
without amendment. Were such .
rule In vogue In congress today, the
senate would have been powerless to
hold up the bond and tariff bills that
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Governor brakes Inauguration.

DEs MONIES, Iowa, Jan. l6.-The
Inauguration of Governor Drake took
place at 2:3O today in the presence OF
several thousand people. The COVER
nor in his inaugural said that the
stand taken by the president in favor
OF the enforcement of the Monroe doc
trine has received the most uhhesitat-
ing and cordial approval of patriotic
people and parties.
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Fell Into a Deep sflns

HoueHToN, Mich, Jan. 16.-The
miners at the bottom of the new No.
Tamarack shaft were startled by man
falling past them. 1t proved to be
William Beesley. miner who lad ac'
cidentlly stepped IL to the n outh o.
the shaft at the surface and had falle~
l75 feet. The miners who picked him
up were surprised to find him alive
Both legs were broken. all the ribs on
his right side fractured and he had g
severe scalp wound. The mine sur
geon says he will recover.
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1t is pleasing to note that the gen.
eral demand for retrenchment and re.
form has been needed by the city coun-
Gil of Portland, and that the expenses
of he city will be SO reduced that a
levy of only mills is necessary.
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TOO MUCH FOR LIGHT.

Evidently some of the state instiu-
tions located at Salem are getting too
much light, or at least the people OF Ore
gon are paying somebody pretty dearly
for the light. In the meantime the tax
payers of the state are getting some
light on the subject, and will insist
that the electric light expenses be
lightened. The state board estimates
that it will cost s25, 100 to furnish
electric light for six OF the state insti-
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No Camp This Year.

SALEM, Or. Jan. A.-The regular
quartely meeting of the state military
board completed its session at an early
hour this morning. After hearing
from the committee appointed to ascer-
tain the cost of holding an encamp.
ment, the members of the board ex-
pressed themselves as averse to so
large an expenditure at this time. By
vote this morning it was decided there
will be no encampment of the Oregon
National Guard this year. The ex-
pense would have been about $40, 900
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Ex-President to Marry.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE World
will say tomorrow:
The statement was given out last
night by close friend of General Har.
rison that it was trne the ex-president
was to marry Mrs. Dimmick, but that
the marriage would not take place be-
fore Lent, and that formal announce
ment of the engagement will be made
before that time.
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Decidedly Frigid.

ST. PAUL, Jan. 15.-The second
great frigid wave of the month is sweep.
ing down from the Northwest Terri.
tory. Att o'clock it was 30 deg. below
at Calgary. and at m ny points in Man.
itoba it was 20 below. The coolest
poi 1T in Minnesota was ST. Vincent.
where it was 32 deg. below.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-01-18
A s5oo,ooO Failure.

NEW YORK, Jan. l6.-Perkins and
Welcb, sugar nporters and exporters,
have assigned to Benjamin Perkins.
The total Liabilities are put at half a
million dollars. Mr.. Arnold, counsel
for assignee, said the cause of the fail
ure was the Cuban war. The firm has
been making large advances on the
strength of consignments to be re-
ceived. The condition il Cuba has
p evented the shipping of sugar.
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The Way They do in Germany.

BERLIN, Jan 1.-THE trial of r. F.
Kneebs, an Amer ican horseman,
charged with fradulently entering the
mare Bothel in race as Nellie Kneebs,
resulted today in verdict of guilty.
Kneebs was sentenced to nine months
Imprisonment, TO pay fine of 1000
marks and three years loss of civil
rights. In addition the mare was con-
fiscated.
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roraker Elected Senator From ohio.

COLUMBUS, Jan. 15.-The two houses
of the legislature today, in joint ses
sion. at u o'clock, confirmed their re.
speciive acts of yesterday by electing j.
Foraker United States senator. his
term to begin March 4. 1897. The
senator-elect addressed the general as
sembly briefly.
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1t is now in order for the oregonian

IL - uOW III Oru6r IOf IIie OTeSOuidu
to get out its sralper and go for the
wavy locks of Senator Mitchell. He
has announced that he will join the
silver forces in an effort to secure the
adoption of free-coinage substitute
for the house bond bill.
If a few hundred wealthy men of
America would display the patriotism
shown by the New York World in ref
erence to the bond loan, the United
States would soon be free from the
clutches of bond syndicates and Wall
street brokers. If there is any love of
country left in our millionaires. they
can now show it by subscribing to the
popular loan.
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DEMOCRATIC CoNvENrtoN.
The Committee Decided ON July as the
Time.

Inc committee Deciueu on July as tne
Time.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-The demo-
: cratic national convention will be held
July 7. The national committee de-
cided today on this date. The opposi-
tiou favored June 2.
The vote was 32 to IS in favor of July
Z. The resolution of Patrick Collins, of
Massachusetts. offered in the conven-
tion of 1892, that the next convention
be held behind closed doors, was re-
ported adversely by subcommittee.
to which it was referred, and his re-
port was adopted unanimously. 1t was
decided to give each city thirty min
utes to present its claims this afternoon.
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BERLIN, Jan. l5.-The Prussian diet
was opened at noon today. The speech
from the throne was devoted to domes.
tic affairs. 1t is estimated the budget
to 1896 will show a smaller deficit than
that of 1895, owing to increased receipts
due to improving trade.
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Mrs. Goddard Is Free.

LEWISTON, Idaho, Jan. 14.-Not
guilty is the verdict in the ease against
Mrs. Goddard, accused of the murder
OF John Siers. This is the end of the
most bitterly fought murder trial in
Northern Idaho. After being out
Is hours. tho jury reached an agree
ment at l0:45 this morning. Mrs. Cod
dard Is declared innocent of the MUIR
der of her neighbor "Buena," as he
was called. The arguments were elo-
quent appeals to the jury.
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Special Session in Wisconsin.

MADISON, Wis, Jan. 15.-Governol
Upham has issued call for the legisla
ture to meet in sDecial session Tues
day. February Is, to apportion the
state into new senatorial and assembly
districts under the census of 1895.
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A RESOLUTION BY sEwELL.
Fears the Effects of the Presidents vene.
zueian Message.

zuelan Message.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Sewell, re.
publican. of New Jersey. introduced a
resolution on the Monroe doctrine in
the senate today. The resolution de-
clares that the president has pressed
the Monroe doctrine beyond what was
intended and his Interpretation will
involve the United States in foreign
complications and virtually extend a
protectorate over Mexico and the
South American states.
Senator Call gave notice today that
he would soon move to discharge the
foreign relations committee from con-
sideration Of the resolution for recogni.
tion of the Cubins as belligerents, in
order to have the senate vote directly
on the question without further delay.
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DEs MONIES, Ia, Jan. 15.-The dem.
ocratic legislative joint caucus today
nominated W. l. Babb for the United
States senator.
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Charged With Treason.

JOHANNESBURG. Jan. AT. h.
King, an American engineer, and one
of the members of the reform union,
arrested upon charges of high treason,
has been escorted to Pretoria, but it is
expected he will be liberated In few
dava.
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MADRID, Jan. l6.-0;slatches from
Havana say the sur gents have cut off
all means OF ltnd commnri. tio hr-
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ications on the Transvaal question of
an apologetic character have been sent
to London from an authoritative source
in Germany.
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DR.. Prices Cream Baking. Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Award.
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BERLIN, Jan. 14.-The North Ger
man Gazette declares that no commune
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movement throughout Congress. He
said the governments interests in
these railroads constituted n debt for
which the stockholders were indi.
vidually liable under the terms Of the
contract. Nothing could be taken
against tho United States by Intend
ment, but where there was silence that
silence mutt be construed for the gov
eminent He dwelt upon the fact that
the government grBnt was made AMI
the money advanced upon the condition
that the debt was 10 be paid upon ms
tufity nnd these conditions could not
ho construed a. otherwise than binding
upon all the parties to the contract
Mr.. ChoAte followed In Mft. Stan.
ford's behalf
Mr.. Choate's argu ment was largely
technical, possessing very little OF the
character OF a personal appeal. He con-
tended that the sucoUsslvs acts VI Con-
gfoss relating to the Central Pacific
and Union Pacific roads should DO read
together, and tnid that, being 20 read,
they demonstrate that Congress In
tended them TO cover the entire rela.
lions Of the government to all Of tho
companies with fetpeoi to subsidy
bonds. without reference 10 the laws
OF tue states through which the roads
passed, TO which they were superior;
that the roads were inatlonal insiltu.
lions, military highways and mail
routes; that the functions and Habit.
ties VI all the Pacific roads were the
same, and that Il was not intended to
impose n burden upon the stocknoldOrs
ia one company which was not imposed
upon the stockholders 10 the snlife com-
paBy; anu that as 10 both companies
the government looked to the CONF
panies alone for tho performance OF all
that ths acts imposed. These acts did
not contemplate tho personal liability
of tho stockholders OF either road hut
on the contrary lid intend that there
should be no peruonal liability Of the
6tOckholdofB for tho bougs. He demon.
strated that no euch liability was im-
posed upon the Union Pacific stock
holders, and coutendod that II was tue
purpose OF the United States 10 place
oil the subsidized roads on an equal
footing. Hence tho Central Pacific
stockholders should DO relieved Of all
personal liability, Notwithstanding any
laws OF the state oI California " tue
contrary.
Tue argument will be concluded to-
morrow.
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It Is likely that the Great Western
after going through the preliminary
called for the association agreement,
win give n time limit OF st least twenty
days on all tickets sold over its line.
fhe other roads will not, however,
meet this rate, certsinly not fof some
months, and the officers Of tue q. a. IL
say that they cannot depend upon one
road.
The refusal Of tho roads to grant the
extension was on account OF tho de-
moralizatlon which they olalm woul w.
result to their business n they issuel
tickets with 20 extended return limit.
CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-C0mmandot-in'
Chief Walker. after ho had been In
formed that the Western Passenger
association would not grant tue desired
tension, tsid. "rhat simply lets b.
Paul out Of It. That Ia oil tuere is to
that. The entire matter will now be
reDpened ana another city selected fof
the encampment."
When informed that the other roads
OF the Joint Traffic association had de-
clatod that they wouli not grant terms
more favorable than those already
made by tho Western linas, Com
maudor Walksr replied. when there
will be no q. A. II. encampment this
year. We must have thirty day tic
kets or We will not have any enoamp'
mont.D
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A. Gsn. aiiIe. ns,n It.

WAsiuSoTON, Jan. N.-..Major Cen.
oral NslsOn A. Milee, commanding the
army, before the eommllteo on coaet
doienses today madea statement OF the
condition Of tne coast dsientes on both
this Atlantic aud Pacific coasts aud the
Gull OF Mexico. Ho stated that the
guns now mounted at Savannah,
Charleston and other ports are smooth
botes OF obsolete pattern and useless, ami
are mounted on rotten carriages.
The only places where provlaion has
bton made for any Considerable defense
are New York, San Francisco and Bos'
ton, and uofonses at these placer are
entirely Inadequate and Insufficient
lie said that our cities are open to at
tack by any country having n large
navy, and that II would take years u
create the necessary armament.