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Relieving the Homeless.

ST. LOUIS, June 2.-The work of re-
lief and restoration goes on today in
the midst of rain. Contributions of
money, clothing, and provisions are
coming in literally, and all the desti-
tute are being cared for.
The losses caused indirectly by the
tornado are just beginning to reveal
themselves, and will be nearly as cruel
as the immediate effects. Because the
tornado ruined many mills and factor
les large number of men will be out
of employment for weeks and months.
How many men have been deprived of
an opportunity to earn livelihood can
not be stated with accuracy, but it
certainly runs into the hundreds and
is in excess of the mum Der employed to
repair the damages
Ten district assessors and Il clerks
left the office of A. II. Frederick, presi-
dent of the board of assessors, today to
make an official estimate of the losses.
These experts will make a house-to-
house canvass of the territory blasted
by the tornado. Frederick expects to
have complete report one week hence.
Nine burial permits were issued today
for interment of storm victims. In
East 81. Louis Oxen persons have
bAen kept busy handing out groceries,
shues, dresses and other needed arti-
cles, but so generous has been the re-
sponse in money and other gifts, that
for the time being there is no danger
of want.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-06-06

The choice of dele gates to the
national conventions of both parties
is now progressing towards close.
As usual, the declarations upon
the question of the monetary
standard take color from the localities
where the state con ventions are
held. In Iowa, for example, the
democratic state convention declared
in favor of the immel eliate repeal of all
laws by which silver was demonetized,
and demanded its unqualified restora-
tion to the right of free and unlimited
coinage in the mints OF the United
States as money of final redemption at
the old ratio of 16 to /. So the Wyom-
ing democrats declared in favor of the
free and unlimited coinage of silver at
the ratio Cf 16 to l without waiting for
the action CT any other govern ment.
In New Hampshire, on the other hand,
the democratic convention declared
that under present conditions there
can be but one standard OF value and
that every kind of currency should
rest upon gold basis SO long % gold
is the standard recognized by the great
nations of the world, while
In South Dakota no small surprise was
by the democratic conven-
tion declaring in favor of sound money
and electing aound money delegates.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-06-06
our MILITARY RESOURCES.
No Other Nation Can Muster So Large sz
Army as Uncle Sam.

No Other Nation Can Muster So Large IN
Army Uncle Sam.
The United States has been said to
be warlike nation without being o
military nation. Its war potentialities
are vast indeed, says the Boston Jour
nal. 1t showed that thirty years ago,
when with only little more than half
its present population it mustered more
than 100000 men under arms In the
union and confederate forces. There
is now in America the enormous total
of $780, 900 men of military age eligi-
ble for military service. No civilized
country in the world could place such
gigantic host of men in the field In an
emergency.
Of course, the actual number of or
ganized, drilled and uniformed citizen
soldiers is only small fraction Of this,
but the real available military strength
of the United States is only inadequate
ly appreciated by the average Ameri-
can. The military spirit which the
civil war engendered has not died out
among the American youth. On the
contrary, it has amply held its own, II
it has not increased. Never before
was the national guard of the several
statesso strong in numbers, so well
armed, so excellently disciplined.
There are 112. 100 of these volunteers
in all, representing infantry, cavalry
and artillery. Their efficiency widely
varies, being high as rule, in the old.
rich, and populous states. and less sat-
isfactory in the newer and sparsely-
settled communities.
New York heads the list In numbers
with well-equipped force of 12,s1o
officers and men-as large as a fighting
army corps of the rebellion. Pennsyl-
vania has force of s,614, whose mettle
was tried two years ago at Homestead;
Ohio has SIPS and Massachusetts 6,66oL.
AS it happens, the states in which the
present strike centers are well pre-
pared for such an emergency. Illinois
militia body musters Att men; Indi-
ana's, 1903; Iowa's, 1881; Missouri's,
2,415, and Michigan's, 2,so1. Illinois is
particularly fortunate in the character
of its fine city regiments.
The entire organized militia of the
United States is subject to the orders
of the president and can be moved and
concentrated wherever occasion for its
presence ariees. When to this great
army of 100000 men are added the 25,-
600 regulars and the 1000 or 5000 blue
jackets and marines of the warships on
the home station it is obvious that
there is something more than the po- =
liceman's club between the American
people and anarchy.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-06-06
AFTE6 THE BATTLE.

The political cloud that has lowered
over Oregon the past two months,
with its disturb ing in duence and bad ef-
ects, upsetting business and disturbing
general harmony among neighbors,
has through the lax of time, or rather
by the provisions fixed in the state
constitution, cleared away, and the
body polite of the community is at
liberty to once more settle down to
quiet envoirments of everyday life
eand return to normal conditions.
Whatever the result has been or will
be, the inevitable must be accepted,
and whether the verdict OF the people
has been for the best interests of the
state at large, there is no appeal. The
will of the majority must prevail. and
it ie becoming for the yanquished as
we'll as the victorious to put their
shoulders to the wheel, labor for the
righting of past wrongs, and once
more become patriotic citizens, re-
tiring from the station OF politicians.
In The Dalles especially have we
something that rises above politics and
party strifes, the upbuilding Of the
city and placing it in the position COM
mercially to which it, is by its location,
entitled, the chief commercial city Of
Inland Empire. And it behooves all
patriotic citizens of the place to now
lay aside past prejudices that have
arisen during heated campaign, and
exert every effort for the contamination
of our common cause, to increase every
line of business, and pull together for
The Dalles.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-06-06
THE NATIONS DEAD.

May 30 has appropriately been set
aside as day on which tribute shall be
| paid the brave defenders of the Union,
who in the days of the rebellion met
the enemy in the trenches, who stood
the brunt of battle, and offered their
lives as sacrifice at the shrine of the
nation; and it is well that all patriotic
citizens of this free and independent
nation lay aside business cares and
consecrate the day, not necessarily to
sorrow, but rather in a solemn tribute
to those who have passed to'the mystic
unknown. Decoration day was first
intended as period when we should
gather round the graves of the old
soldiers of the Union service who fell
in battle and who surrendered to the
call of the Mighty Reaper since peace
was declared; but recently it has been
made day when all shall meet at the
tomb and remember departed friends;
a day WHEN the blue aud the gray shall
be remembered alike; when kindly
offices shall simultaneously be ex-
tendeded to the civilian as we'll as the
soldier.
That this day should be officered by
the members of the G. A. r. is we'll,
for they are as a body the living re-
mainder of the once mighty army, who
deeds of valor and acts of braverty
said to the world America is inseper-
able, incapable of being rent asunder
by sectional prejudice and imaginary
wrongs. And while we devote the
day to decorating the graves of the
nations dead, it is appropriate that we
also remember those who have |
solved the problem of life, those who
have passed to the beyond in advance
of US who remain.
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AID FKnN FRANCE.
Spanish Government. looks for Help From
That Quarter.

Spanish Governmen. looks for Help From
That Quarter.
MADRID, June Among the rea-
sons that have encouraged the Span
iar1s to look to France for assistance.
Is the fact that il any and every stage
of their difficulties with the United
States and Cuba in the past II month
the French press has shown them
more sympathy than the press of any
other European nation. The Spun
iards argue that even if France an
Spa. n had not 80 many con non inter
ests in Morocco, in Mediterranean
questions their connexions alone
would justify close understanding
Three-quarters of all the shares and
bonds of the Spanish railways are il
the bands of Ere lch capitalists. who
also have invested several hundred
millions Of doll lrs in Spanish public
works, gas and electric compa lie,
mines, wine growing and muntcipL
loans. Last, but not least. French l..
vestors hold about $40 001,0J0 Of the
Spanish foreign per cent debt and
about the same amount of Cuban
bonds.
French bankers advanced last year
$10,00o,00 to the Spanish government
for the Cuban treasury, and then they
have made further advances on Cuban
bonds for war expenses.
Besides the financial connection,
Spain has a considerable commercial
connection with France, as 40 per cent
of the total imports into this kingdom
come from France, and about 36 per
cent of the total exports 'go to France.
The Spaniards believe that France
must assist them some day. because
her West India colonies, her interests
in the Panama canal schemes and her
trade with Porto Rico, which has
suffered much already from competi.
tion with America, will make her
desire to check Ameri san interference
in Cuban affairs.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-06-06
sUL VIsITATIONS

within the recollection OF
khen has this country been
ID with 80 many cyclones as it has
Zen this season. Why this is so 1t is
impossible to tell; but one thing is
sure, they are really startling in their
frequency. The loss of life so far has
been appalling. The suffering and
misery produced must be dreadful. A
person who has never seen city after
the dreaded cyclone has done its awful
work, can not have any idea of the
horror, suffering and devastation
which is every where seen.
The dreaded cyclone has this year
largely confined itself to Iowa, Kansas,
Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. One
day as many as six cyclones visited the
state of Iowa carrying away as many
| small towns, and everywhere leaving
disaster and death in its trail. We
can only sympathize with the poor
people who suffer from their death
ravages and render thanks to the
Giver of all good that we live in
country where we are happily free
from such visitations.
We feel called upon to protest against
the fippant manner in which some of
the humorists of eastern newspapers
discuss the frightful transforms which
have resulted in such unprecedented
loss of life in southern and western
states.
Right thinking eastern people would
have been Indignant had any journal
in the United States forced its unfeel-
ing witticisms on the public at the
time of Johnstown food. or the dis
astrous fires in the Pennsylvania oil |
region. There is no humor in a rail |
road wr1ck or an explosion. But let |
disastrous windstorms be followed by |
loss of life and property and some of |
the humorous writer's seem to be un-
able to contain themselves. To speak
lightly of such catastrophes such as
have devastated Sherman, Texas, St.
Louis, and number of other smaller
towns in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and
Kentucky. is not only indecent, but
positively heartless and brutal.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-06-06
WILL WITH A TIME LOCK,
Odd Testamentary Freak of an Eccentric
Polish Land Owner.

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Polish Land Owner.
The contents of most eccentric will,
left by M. zalesky, rich Polish landed
proprietor, who died in the province of
Taurida in March, 1889, were recently
published, says the London Telegraph
The property left by the deceased
was valued at seventy-fve thousand
dollars, and his will was inclosed in an
envelope bearing the words: ITO be
opened after my death" On this en-
velope being opened, the executor
found sealed envelope, on which was
written: ITO be opened six weeks
after my death" The stipulated time
having elapsed, the second envelope
was opened and a third was found
with the words: "To be opened year
after my death" At the end of the
year fourth envelope was discovered
which was to be opened two years after
the death of the deceased.
This continued for five years, and
when, at length, ia 1904, the actual will
was read, it was found to be as eccen-
trio in its dispositions as in the direc-
tions attaching to its opening. The
testator bequeathed half Of his fortune
to such one Of his heirs as has the
greatest number of children. The rest
of his money he directed to be placed
in bank, and at the end of one hun
dred years, distributed, with the ac-
cuaulated interest, among the de-
scendants Of the testator.
The heirs of the deceased, however,
have taken proceedings to test the
legality of the will, on the ground that
M. ZaleslSy was not in . sound ap
in0 mind ~ -.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-06-06
STILL UNCERTAIN.
The Result in Both Congressional Dis
tricts in Doubt

PORTLAND, Or. June 5.-It is now a
neck-and-neck race for congress be-
tween the republican and.populist can
didates in both districLs in Greg on,
and only the Off :ial count will deter
mine the winners.
In the first district Tongues very
bare chance has become good fight
ing one, due not so much 10 the news
from Curry county of 102 majority
there, as to the fact that an error of
200 was made in footing up Wander
burg's vote in Yamhill. Without
Curry, the vote by the returns SO far
received, stands: Vanderburg, 19,072,
Tongue, 1854.
The seven precincts yet to hear
from in Multnomah county will prob
ably decide between Ellis and Quinn.
Without Grant county, the figures so
fur received give: Quinn, II ,069; Ellis.
Hop. But the news from Grant is
that Ellis plurality there is 100, leav-
ing Quinn 73 in the rear. However.
the unheard-from Multnomah pre-
cincts, which will cast about 500 votes,
are apt to give Quinn from 80 to 100
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-06-06
PURIFY THE BALLOT.

Almost every session of the legisla-
ture since the adoption of the state
constitution has attempted to amend
the laws governing elections, and some
marked improvements have been made
in the system of voting. The at
tempt to prevent fraud at elections, by
cuanging from an open vote to secret
ballot, has resulted in some good, and
has no doubt to some extent prevented
the purchasing Of votes, by making it
more difficult for the purchaser to dis
cover if the vote he has bought has
been cast as promised, but it has by
no means done away with vote buying,
nor does it prevent illegal votes being
cast. These attempts to purify elec-
tions are steps in the right direction,
but they fall short of the demanded
reforms. What Oregon really needs
and what it must have before full ex-
preston of the qualified voters of the
state can be had Is rigid registration
law.
At the election held last Monday
thousands of illegal votes were cast.
Men who had no fixed residence, and
no interest whatever in the welfare of
the state, were ano we'd to walk up to
the polls by the side of qualified voters,
and virtually disfranchise them, for
every nonresident who voted in OPP
position to the will of resident voter
killed the effect of the latter's fran
chise.
With the Australian ballot system
and strict registration law Oregon's
systems of conducting elections would
be about as nearly perfect as it is pos
sible TO make them, but without the
latter the former is Intellectual in en-
forcing pure elections. The secret
ballot and registration are inseparable
companions and should never be
made to go single handed. One of the
first acts of the next leg islature should
be to pass registration law so care.
fully dray yn that the supreme court
will not be able to find in it sufficient
flaws on which to declare it unconsti-
tutional
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-06-06
NAMES OF CHILDREN,
Custom of Baptismal Christening and O6
Results of 1TistasSes

Custom of Baptismal Christening and Odd
Results OF Mistakes.
Down to the early p TT of the present
century it was usual to name a child
after the saint on whose day he hap
pened to be born. A writer to Notes
and Queries in 1853 states that he had
recently baptized child by the name
OF benjamin Simon Jude. On his ex-
pressing some surprise at this some
what singular conjunction of names,
he was informed that the birth had
taken place on the festival of SIS.
Simon and Jude, and that it was al.
ways considered very unlucky to tako
the day from child.
The custom of naming children after
any particular saint has fallen into
general di5use, except in those coun-
tries where the population is composed
almost entirely of Roman Catholics.
The giving of a name in baptism Is
really no essential part of the rite, but
is merely a custom derived apparently
from the Jews, and which through
long practice has become an important
element in the ceremony.
Many instances might be furnished
of children who have inadvertently re-
ceived wrong names. The registers in
Warminster church contain the follow
ing entries:
''1790. January II, Charles, daughter
Of John and Betty Haines. This child
ought to have been christened Char
lotte, but owing to mistake of the
sponsors. It was wrong named"
'1791, July 81, William, daughter of
William and Sarah Wciddicl. N. B.
1t was intended that this child, being a
girl, should have been christened
Maria, but through mistake of the
godfather it was named William"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-06-06
LET THE YORK BE WATCHED

The river and harbor till which has
been passed over the presidents veto,
as is shown Ivy dispatch from Senator
Mcbride, published in another
column, carries with it an appropria-
tion of S20,0U0 that is Immediately
available for completing the walls of
the canal between the middle and
lower gates. This amount is sufficient
to complete the walls and place the
looks in working order If properly ex.
pended; but will this be done and
when? are two questions which agitate
the public mind at present. From the
wording of the dispatch it appears
that the contractors Will have no voice
in the construction of the walls, and
the work will probably be done under
the supervision of the government
engineers. If it is and no outside in.
fuence is brought to bear to retard
the work, two months will be
sufficient time in which to put
the locks in operation, and they can
be made available for handling the
wheat crop this fall. Since there have
been so many delays in the past with
regard to the work at the Cascades,
and since such bitter complaints have
been made regarding the manner in |
which the work has been prosecuted.
it is to be expected that the govern
ment engineers will be more dilligent
in prosecuting work that is directly
under their supervision than they have
been with reference to the work that
was done by the contractors. But it
Is unsafe for The Dalles to rest on it's
oars and ALLOW this matter to drag
along until after the wheat-shipping
season. Let US get our eyes open, and
ook out for our own interests. If
needs be, let committee be appointed
md paid to look after the work, and if
evidences of delay are discovered, re-
port it at ance to the war department
Ind insist that the work be prosecuted
.s expeditiously as men and money can
accomplish it.
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district the vote is close, with more
counties to hear from. Ellis is trif1e
anead, but the counties unreported
are showing falling off of the republi-
can and Increase OF the populists vote
OF Two years ago. 1t is impossible to
guess yet whom the unofficial returns
may elect, and their result, whatever
IL may be, may be changed by the of
fetal count.
IL Is an uncommon thing for railroad
corporations to ever forgive anybody
whom they have grievance against,
hence we are surprised at the Southern
Pacific, which is one of the most re-
vengeiul corporations in the country,
laying aside its blacklist of the
strikers of 1893, and announcing that
the men will be taken back without
prejudice.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-06-06
INHUMAN wRETchEs.


Dastardly Deeds of Spanish Soldiers In
Cuba.
NEW YORK, June 3.-The World
publishes the following special cores
pondance from Macagua, province of
Matanzas, Cuba, dated May 10:
Reports have reached here of num-
Der of unwarranted murders and out
RACES by bands of Spanish guerrilras
under Colonel Luis de Oliveras.
Beliasdrio Nudarizo, of this town, re-
lates the particulars of a fendish at
tack upon Cuban woman.
"1he guerillas of Colon" Mr.. Nodar-
izo says, while on their way to Cah-
mite, stopped at the house of Matto
Martinez, who had been forced to en-
list in body of insurgents under the
command of Juan Pablo Jabo. The
officer in command inquired from SEN
ora Martinez the Whereabouts of her
husband.
''Indeed, cannot tell, she replied.
''I'll make you, said the Spanard,
and he proceeded to tear off her cloth
ing. He then questioned her anew,
an rec4iving no answer from the
women, who was crying Historically.
he unsheathed his sword and fell to
cutting and slashing his victim until
her blood covered the floor and sic
tainted in corner. Her shrieks and
entreaties only served to provoke the
brutal laughter of soldiery."
Mr.. Nodarizo said he laid the facts
chief replied ~ Sc iding Il squad to ar
rest and shoot the complai Iaut. His
brother, Bruno, tobacconist heard of
the order in time to notify Beliasdrio.
The brothers fed and joined the rebel !
forces of Teoltide Garcia.
Colonel Moliua's force few days
afterward stopped at the home of
farmer. Only u woman and baby we're
in the house. Molina demanded that
she tell where the men were. She
protested she did not know. He called
or platoon of soldiers. As the
platoon entered the cabin Molina
pointed to her and said:
Pull out that rebel hag and shoot
,er"
The mother and child were dragged
ome 25 feet from the hut and squad
moved away few PAGES.
"Will you speak now?" the colonel
demanded.
"For Gods sake, I don't know"
ried the woman.
."Then fire." ordered Molina.
The woman tried to shield her child
nth her body, but the merciless
ullets did their work. The baby was
ot killed outright, and one of the
oldiers, moved by sort of barbarcus
ity, crushed the little ones skull with
he butt of his rifle. The bugle
ounded "fall in" Molina after setting
re to the house coolly mounted his
orse and gave the word march,"