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ent rate of increase in the consump-
tion of this beverage, it will be but a
short time until they will outrival the
Germans as consumers of malt liquors.
The brewers, who recently held their
national convention, directed atten.
tion to- the fact that they have a
quarter OF a billion dollars invested in
plants for manufacturing beer, and
that since 1875 their annual sales have
increased from So. 500. 900 to $50, 900, 900.
In further evidence of the magnitude
of the brewing business. the official re-
port of the treasury department shows
the consumption of malt liquors in
1875 was 3Os, 1885, 900 gallons; of 1885,
7l7,745, 900 gallons; of 1895. l,043, ,292, :
900 gallons.
Thus in three decades the annual
consumption of beer has tripled. Tho
present enormous output of athousand
million gallons annually gives a con-
sumption officially stated at 14.95 gal
Ions per head of population, against
only 6.s3 gallons per head in 1875.
Thus the consumption per head has a
little more than doubled in the same
time that the total consumption has
trippled.
1t is important to notice that during
this same period the annual cousump-
tion of distilled liquors has fallen from
1.33 gallons to LIP gallons head,
while that of wines has also fallen
from As to 25 per cent of a gallon per
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vision at the earliest practicable day,
not later than July |, 1895, while for
the year ending June 80, 1897, be
might expend on the present contract
schools not more than so per cent of
the amount SO used for the fiseel year
1895, and even then only "at places
where non-sectarian schools cannot be
provided"
1t is no more than fair to the con-
tract schools, which have hereto
fore done so useful service in In
dian education, and also only fair to
the Indian youth, and finally to the
Indian Office, which must make ex,
oensive preparations, that year
should be given for this change OF
system. We may probably expect at
least part of the religious schools to
keep on with their own funds; but the
upshot of this years. legislation is that.
after little more than twelve months,
the Government will cease to pay for
any of the Indian pupils educated in
thor,
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ON a FOOLS ERRAND.

The First regiment, Oregon Nation.
al Guards, has been ordered to Astor.
ia to protect the property of capnery'
men and the lives of fishermen from
the strikers. This has been done a,
the behest of the cannerymen despite
the protest of the sheriff of -Clatsor
county that he is prepared to protect
life and property without the assis.
tance of the militia. To a causnal OBJ
server it would appear that the calling
ont of the militia in this instance is
liable to perripitate troubles between
the cannerymen and fishermen, and
result In more damage than If the mat
ter were left to the civil authorities
for settlement. The striking fisher
men are wild, reckless class, who
hold the militia in contempt, and are
more likely to be aggravated by the
presence Of the soldiers to resort to
lawlessness than to be be scared into
submission. The topography of the
country along the lower river Is such
that the strikers can come to the river,
do whatever depredations they may
wish, and skulk away unobserved by.
the soldiers, hence the militia can be
OF little service In the protection of
life or property. IT would require q
thousand soldiers to patrol the river
sufficiently to afford any protection,
and the regiment that has been sent
there will simply tend to agravate the
strikers.
Public sentiment at Astoria seems
to be with the strikers, and so long
as this is the case the militia can do
little toward restoring order.
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EARTHQUAKES IN JAPAN.
Over One Thousand Lives Were Lost-The
Island of Yesso Devasted.


Over One Thousand Lives Were Lost-Ths
Island of Yesso Devasted.
YOKOHAMA, June 17.-(Copyrightee
1896, by the Associated Press. News
of terrible earthquake, involving the
loss of over thousand lives, has
reached here from the island of Yesso,
which contains the northern provinces
OF Japan, including Shirebesse,
Oskima, Furi, Hitaka, Tokachi, Ish-
kari, Kirschio, Teshiwo, Kilami and
Nemoro. All these sections of the
island seem to be in more or less
shaken condition.
The subterraneous disturbance
lasted about 20 hours, and during that
period the utmost terror prevailed.
Ground rumblings are descl ibe1 as
resembling the roar of distant cannon.
Shock followed shock almost in unin-
terrupted succession. In all it was es-
timated that 150 shocks occurred. 1t
is impossible at present to give ac-
curate details OF the disaster, as COM
munication between the mainland of
Japan and the island OF Yesso. from
which the former is separated by the
Straits of Tsugaru Saigarpi, is inter-
rupted, or more likely, in the hands #
the authorities.
The whole town OF Kumaishi, how
ever, is reported as destroyed by q
tidal wave, which accompanied the |
The island of Yesso has
in the past had several similar vista
tions, and contains number of active
and extinct volcanoes.
Rumor has it that the number Of !
ives lost and the damage is far In ex-
sss of the figures contained in the
irst dispatch. A full official report
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THE MARKETS we LOSE.

The Committee of American mer-
chants who are about to visit South
America to inquire into its ira ae-t,0s-
sibil;tieaA-~va 81 vexatious problem un-
der consideration.
Why, for instance, says the New
York World. in average year
should the Argentine Republic
buy S7,4Oo.000 worth of American
goods aud nearly five times that
amount of English? Why should
Brazil take s25.O0O.OOO in English
goods and only sl4, 900, ,OOOin American?
Why should we be able to sell Prazil
only sl4,00O.00O year when We are
buying $4,000, 600 from her?
Our South American trade is in an
eminently Unsatisfactory condition.
We ought to sell at least two-thirds of
the manufactured goods consumed in
South America. Instead of doing so
we pay ready money for South Ameri-
can products, and the South
Americans spend this ready money of
ours for European manufactured goods.
Bad politics and bad business
methods ara equally responsible.
Wien we get wholly beyond the idea
that the American market is enough
for Americans we shall undoubtedly
do better,
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LOUISIANA DEMOCRATS.
Delegates to Chicago Pledged to Vote for
Free silver.

BATON ROUGE, La, June 16.-The
democratic state convention lite last
night adopted platform including the
following:
Resolved, We ara in favor of the
soundest and best money the ingenu-
ity of man can invent, and. as expert.
ence has demonstrated that this money
consists of both gold and silver with
equal rights of coinage and equal legal
tender power on basis of l6 ounces OF
silver to one of gold. delegates from
this convention to Chicago are hereby
Instructed to support plank in the
national platform declaring for the
free coinage of silver at said ratio with
full legal-tender power, and with no
reference to the action of other ma
tions, and to support the candidacy be-
before said conven lion OF only such
men as are in full sympathy with said
plank: and in order that our views may
be more effectually enforced said dele
gates are hereby instructed to vote as
q unit"
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TELEGRAPHIC.
PITCHED THEIR TENTS.
Militia in Comfortable Quarters Stationed
at Astoria.


at Astoria.
ASTORIA, Or, June I6-The appear
ance of th7 First regiment, q. n. G.,
III this city today was not received
with unmixed satisfaction. Early in
the morning the news spread through
out the city that the military we're on
the way down the river, but in some
instances it was discredited. Many
asked what they would be doing here,
or for what reason had Governor Lord
been called upon TO send them down,
but few hours after their arrival the
novelty had worn off and the citizens
began to remark that no harm would
be done, and that the boys in blue,
would doubtless enjoy their picnic. AT
the dock they were met by large crowd
of citizens, principally fishermen, all OF
whom were good natured and orderly.
The military pitched their tents on the
customhouse and courthouse yards,
where their movements were source
of interest to many until late in the
evening. Their quarters will prove
comfortable, as long as the weather
continues fine.
About an hour after they had disem-
barked, the following petition was Cir
culated and extensively signed:
Your Excellency Governor Lord:
We. the business men, merchants.
taxpayers and peaceabls citizens of
Astoria, would beg that you Withdraw
the state militia from our orderly city,
as there is no trouble here"
Rumor5 OF attempts by the canuery-
men to bribe influential members
of the union to ASSIST in bringing
about compromise at A cents, were
plentiful during the day.
AS yet no boats have started out. but
it is asserted that 200 or 500 men will
begin operations tomorrow or Thurs
day. The union men, when inter-
viewed, stated that the presence of the
military would have no effect, and that
few, if any, of their, number desired to
fish. This statement was to some ex-
tent confirmed by the words "4s cents
militia; cents or no fish," written
with chalk al frequent intervals on
the sidewalks of several of the princi-
pal streets.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Oregonian seems anxious tt
know where Mitchell and Ellis will be
after the St. Louis convention has
adopted a gold platform. Those gen
tlemen were similarly solictious about
where the Oregonian and Judge North
up were after the recent election.
1t will take about all week to form.
muiate the platform at ST. Louis, and
the question naturally arises, will i,
be "gold bug," "silver bug" or a
"straddle bug?" Most likely the latter
| if it is worded to suit Major Mckinley =
views.
The late do-nothing congress did
nothing with the bill for the election
of senators by direct vote but to
smoother it, and the gentlemen who
performed the smothering act will
soon come up for reelection. Then it
will be the peoples turn to do a little
smothering.
The delegates to the St. Louis con-
vention would indeed have been un-
grateful had they refused to nominate
Mckinley. He has born the blame of
the error of 1890 the past six years,
and was entitled to the honors of the
nomination. Reed though wouldhaye
been an abler man in the White House
if elected.
Since the republican national con.
vention has declared for gold stand
ard. and it is a foregone conclusion
that the democrats at Chicago will
adopt free silver plank, if the popu-
lists and silver republicans will just
keep their hands off when they meet at
St. Louis on July %, the question of
finance can be settled once and for all
at the election next November.
The timber wealth of the United
States gives yearly product of over a
billion dollars, or more than twice tho
value OF the entire output of all the
mines. Yet nowhere on earth is the
wealth of the forests wasted more
wontonly than In this country. Trees
and forests are slashed down not only
without consideration, but with some.
thing akin to contempt.
The republican national plat.
form. which is given in full else
where in this issue, requires no ex-
tended comment. Except the money
plank and that condemning the pres
ent administration in the severest and
most uncalled for terms, it contains
little outside the ordinary platform on
which the republican party has gone J
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A VOICE FROM VIRGINIA.

George Washington, whose unselflsh
patriotism established the precedent
limiting the tenure of the presidential
Office to two terms in the case of any
individual, and Thomas Jefferson,
whose Incompatible political wisdom
and foresight accepted that precedent
as a principle necessary to the perma-
nence Of our free institutions, were
both sons of Virginia.
From the democrats of the state that
gave to this nation Washington and
Jefferson, the state in which nearly one
third Of all the presidents Of the
United States. have been born, comes
with peculiar appropriateness at the
present time this affirmation of the un.
written law that there shall be no
third term:
sit Is the unwritten law of this re-.
public, established by the custom and
usage of one hundred years and sane
toned by the example of the greatest
and wisestsof those who have founded
and maintained our government, that
no man should be- eligible for third
term of the presidential ofirs." :
The democratic convention. which
has set this example to the democrats of
every other state in the Union. was
made up of men fayoring the gold
standard and OF men favoring the In
dependent free coinage of silver at the
ratio OF l6 to l. The silver men OUT
numbered the gold men by about three
to one. There were differences of
opinion in the Stauntou convention as
10 the financial platform; but not a
single voice, SO far. as can be ascer-
tanned from the reports, was raised in
opposition to the resolution against
third terms.
Virginia leads. Let the Democracy
Of every state in which democratic
convention is yet to be held put itself
as squarely In the right on the third
term question, whether the majority
in its councils happens to be for gold
or for silver.
Now is the time for the democracy to
write in ineffaceable characters the
unwritten law; now, and not in some
future presidential year, when perhaps
q republican president, having held
two terms OF Office, shall be Intriguing
for q third term nomination, or
actually standing as candidate for a
third election, and it shall become the
patriotic duty of the democratic party
20 defeat and overthrow him.
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A MINIATURE JoHNsrowN.
Reservoir in the Mountains Near Baker
City Breaks.

BAKER CITY, June l6.-Last night,
about midnight, the Goodrich reser-
voir, l5 miies- -frotn=b'iir- city hrUKe,
aud a great volumn of water rushed
down the gulch about four miles, where
it jumped from Goodrich creek to Pine
creek. About three miles further the
flood struck r. Freneh's house and
dashed it to pieces, drowning the
family, consisting of the parents and
FIVE children, ages ranging from to II
years. The bodies were found scat
tered along the creek distance of two
miles. The cloJhing was torn off and
the bodies maogled. Large pine trees
were carried lilies down the stream
and fences and bri iges were swept
away. Grain fields are badly damaged.
T he reservoir was constructed in
1863 by the Auburn Canal Company,
and had been used since for mining
nnrnOaes
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BAKER CITY, June 16.-Wbile on
the way 10 their future home on Snake
river, w. w Wheaton and bride, who
were married in this city last Wednes-
day, met with runaway accident
which resulted in the deathipf the
bride.
They were in q cart and the horse
ran away down grade, throwing the
occupants out. The lady's dress
caught in wheel aud she was dragged
25 yards. Her skull was crushed and
her body badly nangled. She ex-
pired last nj ght. Wheaton is prom
inent fruit grower on Snake river.
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Morton for Second Place.

ST. LOUIS, June l6.-At 1890 this
morning, as result Of much tele-
graphic negotiations between st. Louis
and Albany, it is definitely stated on
good authority that Governor Morton
has finally yielded to the solicitations
of his friends and has agreed to accept
the vice-presidency nomination, de-
spite the split in the New York dele
cation. He is now 20 be vigorously
pressed for the nomination.
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THE REPUBLICAN, NOMINEE
The St. Louis convention did just
what WAS exne ted. In fact all Ii. could

The St. Louis convention did just
what was expe ted; in fact. all it could
consistently do in the matter OF
selecting candidate fer presi.
dent. Mckinley, more than anyone
else in the nation, represents the hig
protective policy of the republican
party, and is by odds the most logical
candidate that party could have
| selected. His protective ideas are
| plainly illustrated in the tariff law of
| 1890, which was so prohibitive in its
provisions that it reduced the rev.
enues OF the government about
$40, ,C00,000 the first year after it was
/ adopted, and resulted in stagnatfng
| trade broad cast over the nation. to
the extent that in 1892 it was re-
pudiated by the people at the polls when
the election was held. in November of
1 that year.
On the money question. Mckinley,
though in the past wavered between
free coinage and a gold standard, now
stands with his party, and if elected,
could no doubt be relied upon to veto
any free coinage bill that might pass
congress. For this reason he can
| reasonably be expected to receive the
undivided support of what is termed
the sound money element in the re-
publican party, and would have re-
ceived many votes from the gold stand
ard democrats had not the st. Louis
convention INDUCED in such ultra con-
demnation of President Cleveland and
the democratic administration. But
with such declarations in the re-
publican national platform, and the
extreme protective policy it enunci-
ates, the gold democrats, who might
otherwise have supported the republi-
can nominee for president, cannot but
be alienated, and if they cannot sup
port the nominee of tie Chicago con-
vention. will simply hold aloof from
voting.
AS to Mckinley personally, if elected
to the presidency. while he is in touch
with the leaders of his party. his views,
and the influences that will control
his actions are at variance to the in
terests of the masses. In the past he
has been too closely allied to the
manufacturers and trust, to at this
time discard their influence, and
should he be successful at the
election, his administration must to
great extent be influenced by that
element.
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INDIAN SCHOOLS

After several months of controversy
the senate and house settled the ques-
tiou of UNCONVENTIONAL schools for
Indians by making July l, 1897, the
date on which these schools shall give
up government aid.
For many years it has been recog-
nized that government schools should,
|-as soon as practicable, supplant the
religious institutions in which pupils
are placed for education by the Indian
bureau, and paying for them so much
per capita. But the task of building
reservstion schoolhouses and equip
ping them has progressed slowly, and
it was out of the question to cease
using denominational schools until
the government had provided adequate
substitutes.
Over year ago congress determined
to institute the new system, and ac-
cordingly cut down appropriations for
contract schools to 80 per cent of what
had been given them in previous years.
This year the Indian bill, as originally
reported, further reduced the amount
to 80 per cent, intending possibly the
next year 40 per cent should be voted
and 20 per cent the following year,
after which all such appropriations
should cease. But the house concluded
to shut down the contract appropria-
tions absolutely and forthwith. 1t
amended its bill by forbidding Secre-
tary Hoke Smith to. pay dollar to
contract schools after the coming
June 30.
This action was considered too radi-
cal by the senate. 1t was believed in
that body that the gradual reduction
of 20 per cent year was more just,
especially as some of the contract
schools had expended large sums in
erecting buildings on the faith of
government aid that had been extended
In the past, so that it would be an in
] lstice to cut off that aid without
notice. Further, there were not
enough government schools to take
the place OF those under religious
supervision. Commissioner Brown
ing, In communication to Congress.
man Gamble of Feb. Is, 1896, had de. |
clared that ''if the contract school |
system were abolished. and the gov
ernment forced to care for the 1000 |
children now being educated therein,
it would require at least twenty board
ing-school plants, with capacity of
200 pupils each. To construct and
equip these plants would cost not less
than 1000 each, or total of $780,
100." As to the time required for
making these Preparations, "by put
ting forth special effort it would take
from two to three years." But the
bill as it came from the house only
proposed small fraction of the
amount required for these new school
houses, and, besides there was the
question of the time for construction.
After much discussion between the
iwo houses, conference committee
lgreed on a formal declaration that it
$ the settled policy of the govern
nent 20 make no appropriation what.
yer for the education Of Indian chill.
ren In any sectarian school just as
DON as it is possible for provision to
70 made for their education other
1ise." Secretary Hoke Smith was
arther directed to 'smake such pro-
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Puml 4->~.s Burned.

TACOMA, Wash. June 16.-The
pun p house OF the North Fad Water
WORKS burned at o'clock this MORN
ing, leaving that entire section Of the
ci without wter tJIdy.
H. is exnected 10 nave the pumping
machinery IN working order by to-
morrow. Ac-u,l money 'ss, S60J.
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Deputy Sheriff Sam Goodman was q
little too Jealous for the success Of his
superior at the polls in Portland, and
brought out the inmates OF the Jail,
including an indicted murderer, to vote
for Sears. As q result he is now an
swering to charge Of violating the
election laws. It is little wonder the
decent voters of Multnomah sat down
on Sears, who in order to secure his
reelection allowed the thugs and muir
derers in the county Jail to be taken
out and voted for him.
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whitney's Statement.

NEW YORK, June 17.-William g.
Whitney has prepared statement
which may be submitted for publica-
tion before he sails for Europe today.
He will say That he is not TO be con.
sidered candidate for the democratic
no nination for president, and that he
will not accept under any conditions.
He will declare 10 favor Of gold stan
dari platform at Chicago, but will
counsel harmony within the party at
all hazards.
Senator David B Hill spent several
hours with Nr. Whitney yesterday.
The ex.secretary OF the navy prepared
his st t5ement after consultation with
Mr.. Hill. Thus was adduced further
proof that the Cleveland-Hill factions
in this STATE have been amalgamated.
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She Refused to Marry Him.

PEORIA. Ill. June l7.-John Connors
shot Mamie Mulligan three times In
the head this morning, and then shot
himself through the right temnle.
He is dead. The girl is NOT expected to
live. rne deed was committed becau use
the girl would not marry him. Con-
nois is 45 years old. Miss Mulllgan
10 Ia
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A STEAMER WRECKED.
Drummond Castle Goes Down with All
on Board.


on Board.
BREsT, France, June 1.-THE Brit
ish steamer Drummond Castle, Captain
N. NJ. Pierre, from Cape Town, for
London, collided at midnight with an
unknown steamer and sank three min.
utes later with IA passengers and LOB
officers and crew on board.
Two men we're picked up floating on
small wreckage, by fishermen of
Ushant, at which point the steamer
went down. 1t Is hoped that some of
the passengers and the crew escaped
in boats. The Drummond Castle be-
longed to the famous Castle line OF
steamships running between South
Africa and London. She was about
1850 tons register, and last heard Of at
Las Palmas, Canary islands, June IL.
Tugs have been sent out from this port
to the scene of the disaster in the hope
of picking Up some of the survivors.
The fate of the steamer with which
she collided is not known.