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other established that becomes entitled te

other established that becomes entitled to
recognition.
''The rebels in Cuba have no organized
government and not even an abiding
place which they can call their own. They
are merely guerrilla force which would
be speedily annihilated if it allowed itself
to be drawn into a general engagement
with the much superior Spanish army. 1t
preserves its existence by its dexterity in
avoiding such an engagement. 1t would
be absurd to say that such force con-
stitutes a government or that the Spanish
governments Cuba has been overthrow
or that any diplomatic relations could ex-
ist between the rebels and the Govern
ment of the United States.
I'll this country interferes by arms in
that contest, 1t must be by assisting the
rebellion in Cuba to dispiace the Spanish
Government and to set up another. This
would be declaration of war against
Spain, a country with which we are and
always have been at peace and from which
we have received no injury and no provo
cation. 1t would be gross and utterly
uniustifable violation of international
law which no country can afford 80 perpe-
trate in the eyes of the world. 1t would,
in my judgment, be fatal to the restora-
ton of business prosperity which is now
our most vital necessity, and which has
been so long postponed that it cannot be
much longer delayed without the most
serious consequences.
I'VE cannot afford to go to war with any
country at this time, unless war should
be forced upon us in selfdefense, which
would be grave calamity, OF which there
is happily no danger. We need, above all
things, rest and peace and opportunity to
attend to our own affairs without the
interruption of constant panic and alarm
set on foot by reckless congressional and
political agitators. The time has come, in
my opinion, when it needs to be deter
mined whether the interests of this
country are to be controlled by the raen
who make its name or by those who do
its work"
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sand of that desert rose city. In less
than two years there was a municipal cor
poration on that sandbank that num-
bered in it's limits 1000 inhabitants. 1t
was not city set upon hill, but 1t was
not one of the quiet, retiring kind that
hide their own light.
There were good times in the city of
Ainsworth. The granite for the great
piers of the bridge was quarried on the
river above and RATED down. The lowest
wage was 81 so per day, and the pay
ranged upward from that. Every one
had money and spent it. The general
merchandise business was not extensive,
and the company store enjoyed practical
monopoly. Ainsworth was not the center
of great trade, as was Umatilla in its
prosperous DAYS, but what fell short in the
more substantial things amended in re-
freshments. Sixteen saloons hourished
and dispensed whisky cocktails to its mot
ley population. The inference of casual
observer is that the nature of the country
was TO blame for this unequal condition
of affairs regarding liquids and more solid
articles. Perhaps the residents noted III at
Snake River rolled millions OF tons of good
water down toward the sea, while at dis
lance of ten feet from the shore the land
was parched and burning the whole year
round. Reasoning from this that water
was our of place there they swore off using
IL as q boTC1oeCg dhN, nav WOO ASLuoi n
able about swearing off, they almost uni
versaliy stuck to it.
One day the bridge was completed.
1t stretched 1541 feet over the stream, with
340-foot draw. April Is, 1884, it was COM
peted, and the old ferry boat Billings,
that had carried the cars across the river
so long. was "out of job" 1t had been
over two years building.
When the bridge was completed the in
habitapts began to move away. Some
took their houses down and away.
Others left them for the rest to take down,
which the remaining population prom pity
did for frewood. So many went that
there we're not enough left to fill the offices
OF the corporation. and so the place was
disincorporated. What is more remark
able, all the debts were paid. There was
no reputation. The dissolution was &C.
complished and left no liabilities. The
remaining asset was silver watch, and it
was presented to the Mayor without a
dissenting vote.
So departed the city of Ainsworth. 1t
was city built upon sand and could not
stand. 1t did not wash away, but it might
as Will have done SO. 1t has as COM
pletely disappeared as though it had.
To-day twenty acres of broken bottles
mark the site. From the mum Der it would
seem they had taken many bumper
to the success of the enterprise per-
manent record that lived up to the vow to
abstain from water.-Seattle Post Intelll-
gencer.
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MIS- TAKEN FOR
A PILOT BOAT
Schooner Carrie Walker
Run Down and Sunk
by a Steamer.
Flare.Up Lights on the Sailing
Vessel Cause a Disastrous
misunderstanding.
Rules of the Road at SEA Clearly
Violated by the Officers of the
Liner Scandinavian.

BOSTON, MASS, Dec. 25.-The overdue
Allen line steamer Scandinavian from
Glasgow arrived to-day, six days late,
owing to bad weather, poor coal and green
firemen.
On Christmas eve she collided off Cape
Cod with the undertaken schooner Carrie
Walker, which vessel became a total
wreck, as the result of the collision, her
crew of six men being brought here on
the steamer. The accident was due to the
steam ship captain mistaking the
schooner for the pilot-boat on the Cape
Cod station as she burned fare-up lights
used aboard the pilot feet as signal
Chief Mate Aitken answered what he
thought TO be pilot-boat's signal. The
wind was blowing from the north north
aest, which being fair wind for the sail
ing craft, the latter commenced to draw
nearer the steamer, and the steamer kept
her course at moderate rate of speed,
naturally thinking that the supposed pilot
boat. would come about and launch a boat,
instead of which the schooner crashed
into the steamer with terrific force, strik-
ing her on the starboard bow and doing
considerable damage. The schooner's
yawlboat brought the crew to the steamer.
The Scandinavian has two holes in her
starboard bow, one about two feet square
just above the load-line, while the other is
on the bluff of the bow. where a large
piece of the schooner's iibboom and por-
tion of her jib had lodged.
The schooner Carrie Walker was COM
manded by Captain Starkey, owned by
Charles w. King of Eastport, Maine, and
left st. Johns, N. B., December Is, with
laths and shingles for New London, Conn.
Captain Starkey says: when the col
lision occurred the vessels bows opened
and filled rapidly with water and she
must have capsized, az she was nowhere
to be seen shortly afterward. Flare-up
light was used simply to warn the APP
preaching steamer, which should have
given US the right of way, according to
the rules Of the road at sea. The crew
had barely time to gather their trunks
and personal effects and stow them aboard
the yawl before leaving the wreck"
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Chester r. Faulhner,s Death.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 25.-
Chester R. Faulkner. for some years a
prominent politician of Indiana, and OF
recent years private secretary of Senator
Voorhees,, died at Providence Hospital
this afternoon of injuries received last
night by being run over by a streetcar.
He fell under the car, which ran over
and crushed his right leg above the knee.
Amputation was resorted to, but the
victim slowly sank under the shock and
the operation. Mr.. Faulkner was resi-
dent o. Holton, Ripley County, Ind.
where he had wife and two daughters.
Two sons were killed in the War of the
Rebellion. He was rs years of age.
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NOT FoA REcOGNITIoN.
Hon. e. j. Phelps Eridr,tJy Has N,
&ftxuuafLu fa1. the Ca1hnns

Hon. IL. y. Phelps EridrntJy Has No
Sympathy for The Cu6ans.
BURLINGTON, VI, Dec. 25.-Hon. E..
]. Phelps expressed himself tonight on
the Cuban question as follows:
"I have no doubt that the position OF
Secretary Olney as recently published is
entirely correct. The question that Gov
ernments shall be recognized IN country
where an attempt at revolution is in prog
ress is certainly for the executive to de-
termine, and not Cor Congress. No legisla-
ton by that body can under any constitu-
ton decide it. The Congressman can, OF
course, pass resolutions upon the subject
if they please. But they in no respect
control the discretion of the President.
"Besides, no government can be recog-
nized until it exists. The government re-
cognized by other governments wnen a
dispute in regard to it exists is always the
de facto government. The recognition by
other nations of government once in ex-
istence must always continue until it is
actually subverted and new one put in
its place. When it is overthrown and an
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Made III hu The Dance.

KANSAS CITY, No., Dec. 25.-Miss
Marie Dressler of the Lady Slavey Com
pany is i'll at the Coates House here, the
result of the famous "catch-as-catch.can
cRchuca dance performed by herself and
Mr. Daily. and which has been the feature
of the Lady Slavey" since the piece was
put before the footlights, and she will never
again, without the greatest risk to herself,
be able to attempt the famous knock-about
dance, one of the greatest rough and
tumbles ever INDUCED in by any woman
not professional athlete.
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MONEY! WILL 90 TO CUBA.
Determined to Make a Personal Inrest
cation of the Strife.

Determined to Make a Personal Inrests-
cation of the Strife.
NEW YORK, N. Y, Dec. 25.-A Sun
special from Washington says: Senator
elect Money of Mississippi, whose term in
the House does not expire until March
and who is one of the Democratic menu ers
of the House Foreign Affairs Com mittee,
has determined to visit Cuba and find out
for himself the true situation of affairs in
the island. According to letter received
from him yesterday by one of his friends,
he will leave Tampa next Saturday m orn-
ing for Havana, and calculates to remain
week or ten days in Cuba. Colonel
Money has provided himself with all
necessary passports. 1t is his purpose to
seek an audience with Captain General
Weyler as soon as possible after arriving
at Havana.
Colonel Money proposes to request the
captain general to provide him with an
escort and flag of truce, so that he can
go into the heart of the territory occupied
by the insurgents, with view of finding
out what is going on. Colonel Money
says he is determined to make as lengthy
journey into the interior of Cuba as his
time will permit and it is understood
that he will also endeavor to communi-
cate with the insurgents, whether Captain
General Weyler grants his permission OF
not. Colonel Money realizes that it will
be risky thing for him to proceed on his
own account if permit is refused. How
ever, he is so anxious to get at the truth
that he will take his chances.
1t ia his intention to state frankly to the
captain-general that he visits the island
because it is impossible to procure from
President Cleveland or Secretary Olney
any official information regarding the con-
dition OF affairs in Cuba. and as a member
of Congress and of the House Committee
on Foreign Affairs, ne wishes to know
what he is doing before he casts vote for
or against any one of the several resoIu-
tions pending.
Colonel Money was an officer in the
Confederate army during the war under
General Forrest, and his service in the
field whetted his interest in military OPP
erations. He thinks his visit will at least
enable him tolearn more than he could by
depending on the State Department for
informatiOn
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DOUGLAS AND THE LANDLADY.
How the Little Giant Posed as a Sow
ereign.

How the Little Giant Posed as Sow
ereign.
To-day Knox College is celebrating with
flags and crowds and oratory the thirty
eighth anniversary of the joint debate be-
tween Lincoln and Douglas. Stimulated
by the preparations for this festival,
Judge x, friend and follower of Doug
las was moved to tell the following story
about him:
II shall never forget sitting up all night
at that cottage in the grove where Doug
las lived, and near the site OF which now
rises his monument. He had just re-
turned from ! IS foreign tour, and for
hours he told of his adventures.
"One story of London landlady
amused him especially. Her hotel had
been recommended to him for comfort
and quiet, so he went there, travel-stained
and unattended, ordering his baggage to
follow.
THE landlady, barrel-shaped and
rigid-minded English woman, took his
measure and showed him rather meager
rooms. Have you anything better,
madam? he asked. The next were but
little better, and the next. At last Doug
las demanded the best she had. and the
woman confessed to certain rooms on the
first floor which were usually occupied
by mem bers of the nobility. Reluctantly
she led her questionable guest to cheer
full suite overlooking parks and gardens,
and there Douglas installed himself and
sat down to write and smoke.
"Soon lackey observing him from the
hall entered to tell him that smoking was
not permitted in these apartments. The
Senator, detecting impertinence in the
mans manner. smoked on. Another
came, and still he smoked. Then a man
in tall coat and white gloves entered
and was very peremptory. Douglass
looked at him and pulled away Then
the stout little landlady appeared with all
her feathers flying and began to lay down
the law.
This time Douglas rose and faced the
intruder Summoning all the grandeur of
manner which had captured audiences and
quelled conventions, he bowed pro oundly
and said, with resonant voice and solemn
pause, Madame, perhaps you do not know
who l amp
1.-The lady confessed her ignorance.
...Madame, said Douglas-and no one
could do it better-'I am an American
sovereign
1.-The round little lady courtesied and
backed ont of the room. And when Sir
Robert Peel called the next day. and car
riages of lords and notables blocked the
way, she decided that she was harborin g
sovereign, indeed, and that there were
not lackeys enough under her roof to do
him honor" Times-Herald.
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4 rIcrIm OF rne MAF1A.
AntOtone Zanone Fatally Stabbed by
Luigi Catatone at NetU York.

Antotone ZanOns Fatally Stabbed by
Luigi Catatone at NetU York.
NEW YORK. N. Y, Dec. 25.-Antoione
zancne, All Italian barber, supposed to be
victim of the Malta, is dying at st. Vim
cents Hospital, with two stab wounds in
his left breast, and the police are looking
for Luigi Catalone, who is accused OF at
lacking him without provocation.
Zanone was drinking at midnight
Thursday with julius NaeIone, Salvador
Galine and Simoneo Calejoir, who live
above the saloon, 237 Elizabeth street,
Catalone Knocked at the hall door and
called him out. moment later his
friends heard him fall and found him
lying in the hallway, bleeding. An am
bulance surgeon said that his hurts were
mortal, and took him to the hospital.
Zanone told the police that Catalone was
his assailant, and that he was stabbed as
soon as he stepped into the hall and be-
fore ne had time to speak.
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CLEVELAND. OHIO, Dec. 25.-M. A.
Hanna is suffering from insomnia, the re-
suit of severe headache, the pain being
at times almost continuous. The National
charm an is in highly nervous state. He
intends to go to his winter home at
Thomasville, Ca, early in January, and
hopes that the rest bus obtained will put
him in perfect health again. MIR. Hanna
closest friends here still insist that he will
be in the Cabinet, probably as Secretary OF
the Treasury.
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ThoMsands Dying From Starvation.

CALCUTTA, INDIA, Dec. 25.-Ex-Judge
Goodridge has written letter to the Eng
lishman, a newspaper of this city, stating
that every day thousands of persons are
dying from starvation in the Central
provinces of India. He declares that the
Government arrangements to cope with
the situation are entirely inadequate and
that the famine is now beyond control
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Armensans Dissatf,hed.

LONDON, ENG, Dec. 25.-The Constan-
tinople correspondent of the Morning
Post telegraphs that the Armenians are
dissatisfied with the terms of the amnesty
granted few days ago by the Sultan, as
comparatively few will benefit from it in
the provinces. Armenians who have been
convicted of disorder will be confined in
fortresses, while Mussulmans will be re-
leased.
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GIVES cANovAs ooUKAGE.
Thinks the Potvers WiH Not let Congress
Orersfep Cleveland.

MADRID, SPAIN. Dec. 25.-Senor Cano-
vas del Castillo, the Prime Minister has
again affirmed in the presence of his Cab
int that he is determined to introduce
reforms in Cuba, dating their application
from the conclusion of the negotiations
already tending in a direction favora BILE to
Spain. 1t is understood that Senior Cano-
vas referred to the attitude of France,
Germany, Austria and Great Britain, the
Cover nments of which countries, it is
stated here, are OF the opinion that the
United States cannot overstep President
Cleveland message to Congress.
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was descended from General Nathaniel
Terry and General jeremiah Wadsworth
of revolutionary fame. She was cousin
of the late Major-General Alfred Terry of
the United States army. Her sister is the
wife of Colonel Henry W. Glosson, U. s. A.,
retired, of Washington. D. G.
Mrs. Johnson, then Miss Terry, was
treasurer of the Western Reserve branch
of the United States Sanitary Commission
during the war. and was afterward secre-
tary OF the New Y ork Charity Aid Associ-
alton. Her husband and two stepsons
survive her
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Biz Brsnoh OF Promise sui.

BOSTON. MASS, Dec. 25--An attach
ment was recorded to-day in the Office OF
the Middiesex County registry of deeds at
Cambridge on the property of John F..
O'Brien of Cambridge ana William
McKenny, of Boston, 10 the amount of
$1,000 1t is alleged that the attach
ment is made in the interests of Miss
Josephine de Rosay of Cambridge, who
sues Mr.. O'Brien to recover 500. 900 in a
breach of promise suit.
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~ ArrAcK ZION KEeIA.
1s.suroents Operating IN the Vtcintty of
Hdrdud.

15sWT0eflts OpeFdttng IA He Ftctntty 81
HGr0nd.
NEW YORK, N. Y, Dec Pa Times
special from Key West says: Passengers
from Havana last night report that an
other attack was made Wednesday night
upon Regia, almost under the guns of the
fortress. This and other fights near there
greatly alarmed the people of Havana.
The troop of the night watch has been
doubled. News from Pinar del Rio shows
that General Weyler is keeping his word
to make that section DESERT A battle
was fought in Santa Clara Province be-
tween guerrilla bands, the Cubans forcing
the Spaniards TO retire into Remedies with
q heavy loss.
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BARBOURsYILLE, KY, Dec. 25-
Several members of the Bradley Guards,
newly organized military company, got
drunk last night and marched through the
streets with their guns, firing ball car
tridges and terrorizing the citizens. The
merchants closed their stores and the
militiamen Tor while had possession of
the town. Governor Bradley will be
asked to disband the company.
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Mrs. Euem Terry Johnsom Dead.

HARTFORD, CONN. Dec. 25. = Mrs.
Ellen Terry Johnson, the wife of Professor
Charles f. Johnson of Trinity College,
died suddenly of heart disease this after
noon. She was the daughter of the late
DR.. Charles Terry of Cleveland, Ohio, and
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Nhot and FataEIu KiIled.

GREAT FALLS. MoNr.. Dec. 25.-A
dispatch from Butte, Mont, states that
David Riley, prominent mine-owner,
was shot and instantly killed in shoot
ing scrape by Jack Mintyre. Mcintyre
claims he shot Riley In self-defense.
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scArrER1xe EnG4enMBsas.

Little Ne90s Gtreil ia BWttetsIlS 1SSE6" "
WrYJer.
NEW YORK. N. Y, Dec. ga special
cable dispatch to the Herald from Ha-
Havana says: War bulletins issued from
the palace yesterday reported only scat
tering engagements between rebels and
Spanish troops. with trlhing losses on
both sides. The authorities are taking
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-11-06
AN ANXIOUS WIFE.
MoNEY-MAKE IT YOURSELF.

nave never seen anything in the
papers about the Peoples Wind Mill:
we call II the tPeople's" because the
inventor never patented II. but let ev-
erybody use II free. Any farmer can
make a mill himself. and all the ma
teriai complete will not cost over $40.
II IL a splendid mill, viii pump the
deepest wells. and will last longer than
any mill ever had. Any person can
get diagrams and complete instruc-
tlons free. as I did. by sending IS J.
cent stamps 10 pay postage. etc. to
H. d. Wilson & Co. Allegheny. Pa.
Wilson n Co. sell pumps, and when
you get your windmill going would be
glad TO sell you pump II you need II.
II is certainly useless to pay $50 or $50
for a windmill. when you can make
one Just as good for $40. think there
could be big money made putting these
mills up through the country. as ey-
erybody would like them.
A READER.
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TELL IT OUT.

Don't sit down and wait for trade,
'Taint the way.
Get hustle, make her show.
Push your buslness-make her go,
Don't sit down Lnd wait for trade.
'Taint the way.
'Taint the way.
II you've got something to sell,
Tell It about.
Let your neighbors see you're "fiy."
Get up bargains" don't say die.
II you've anything to sell.
Tell It out,
Tell It out,
Folks don't know you II you don't
Advertise,
Keep things movin' every day,
Talk about It; that's the way,
Folks won't know you II you don't
Advertise,
Advertise.
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sMARr WOMAN.


Ny husband Is I,OJI but proud, and
scll's experience selling self-heating
he does not want me 10 work, as !
have nothing 10 do / get restless, and
after reading In your paper Mrs. Rus
nat-irons concluded totry II. wrote
70 J. r. Casey & Co.. st. Louis. NO.,
and they treated Inc no nicely that I
felt very much encouraged. As poon
as | got my cAmpls iron started out,
and sold irons the ilfst day. clearing
tl2. / have not sold less than any
day since, ana one day sold II. now
have i22e clear money and my hus-
band does not know I have been work.
ing at all. but an afraid he viii be
mad when I tell him. Have done
right. or should quit work and leave
him 10 struggle aione7
AN ANXIOUS WIFE.
You are doing just right. and your
husband should be proud OF you. Go
ahead and show the world what an en-
ergetic woman can do. That self-heat-
ing iron must be n wonderful seller.
an we hear OF 90 many that are sue
ceeding selling II.