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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-25

on selby avenue. which of itself would be
great saving to the company, they prac-
tCally demand in addition the complete sur
render of University avenue and the privilege
of charging ten-cent fare on the interurban
line. All classes of people becoming
decidedly out of patience with the street
railway company.
HERE IS ANOTHER.
The Hamline Interurban in an edi-
tOrial says:
1t looks very much if the whole or
dnance was II complete surrender to the
railway company without any adequate bene-
fit or advantage to the public at large. The
street railway company have full possession
of our public streets. The fact that they con-
descendingly consent to relinquish the right
to put down tracks on Lexington avenue
south of University and north of Minnehaha.
and will remove the track between the two
points named at the direction Of the council.
looks very much though they had a right
in fee simple to our public highways. What
folly to surrender our streets to- any corpor-
alton, Yet we have done so, to the great
detriment of the public veal. Our city gov
eminent should have absolute control of our
public highways.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-25
PUMPING OUT THE BETHEL.

Use the Long Distance Telephone TO Mime
sofa. No. and So. Dakota cities and towns
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-25

Miss Gertrude Kirke, of AS Laurel
avenue, gave an informal company
last evening for Miss Alice Mathews,
of Scranton, Pa. The attractiveness
of the rooms was enhanced for the
evening by bouquets Of roses, asters,
DaStI1rtiI1r1lS and golden rod
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-25

Mrs. s. E. Mahan. Of 226 Virginia
avenue, gave a trolley party yesterday
afternoon. The party took in Harriet
Minnehaha and Como, where supper
was served.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-25

1nAd'c pills easy to buy, easy to take,
A"o" lilo easy in effect. 25c.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-25

Cold Boiled Ham and Corn Beef
Mothers Boiling"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-25

W. B. Hennessy, of F. G. Grady & Col
yes; ?. no; 3, no; 4, yes; 3, yes;
William schauer-1. yes; ?, no; 9, no; 4,
Herman Deebach-1. yes; 2, no; 8, no; L.
yes; ), yes.
Charles Michaud-1, yes; ,, no; g. no; L.
yes; 5, yes.
A. NIichaud-1, yes; ?, no; ), no; 4, yes;
), yes.
George TfchnOr-1, yes; ?, no; 3, no; 4, yes;
5, yes.
c, R. Pease-1, yes; 2, NOS, no; 4, yes;
3, yes.
H. E. Wedelstaedt-1, yes; ?, no; 3, no; 4,
yes; 5, yes.
j. Magill Smith,, yes; ., no; 3, no; 4
yes; 8, yes.
H. B. Farwell-1, yes; ?, no; 9, no; 4, yes;
5, yes. -
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-25

We have a shipment of fine Fresh
Dairy Butter, in small jars, at 10
cents per pound. It's a snap,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-11-20
To Staye of Action.

NEW YORK, Nov. ia special to
the Herald from Washington says:
1t is sad TO be the present intention
o. President Mckinley to incorporate
TIC recent Spanish correspondence in
his annual message to congress. He
does not deem it compatible with the
public service to publish the full text
of the notes, pending further cores
pondence and the carrying out of the
promises made by the Spanish govern
ment. The papers will be accessible
to members of the conpittees on for
eign affairs for their guidance in deal
ing with various resolutions which will
come before them.
1t is reported that Spain asked to
have the correspondence withheld for
the present for political reasons. The
new ministry fears that its conciliatory
attitude towards the United States, as
shown by it's note, may cause embar-
rassment at home, and thereby make
it impossible to carry out the proposed
reforms. On the other hand there is
the fear that jingo members of con-
gress who have been expecting so
much at the hands of Mr.. Mckinley
may not be satisfied with all that Spain
has promised and that another out
break in congress will tend to aggra-
yate the situation in Spain.
The presidents chief desire now is to
stave off action of any kind by con-
gress until it can be definitely known
whether Spain's new plan is to sue
ceed or fall,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-11-20
WORK ON GUNS.
The Government Wants New Armament in
Great Hurry,

The Government Wants New Armament In
Great Hurry,
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 16.-For more
than two months people living in Tioga
and Nicetown have commented upon
the fact that the Midvale steel works
had not had shutdown even for Sun
day, and the jarring noise of the big
machinery has penetrated at midnight
or the early hours of the morning the
same as during the day.
All this excitement, it leaked out to-
day, is due to hurried order from the
government for an increase of arma-
ment. The order placed with the
Midvale steel works is for so 10.inch
disappearing guns and 10 Pinch NOR
tars.
While this work of constructing guns
has been pushed so assiduously at the
Midvale works, equal activity has been
waged at the big works of the South
wafk Foundry and Machine Company,
where the war department has con-
tract for 10 1O-inch disappearing gun
carriages and 10 Pinch mortar carri-
ages. The Southwark Company has
completed several of the carriages and
delivered them to the government.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-11-20

OF letters from New York suggested
John II. McCook. 1t is stated that
were it not for geographical considera-
tions. John S. Runnells, of Chicago,
would haYe been favorably considered.
1t was deemed impossible, however, to
have two cabinet officers from Illinois.
This same attention to political survey
ing has prevented the active consider
alton of Judge Nathan Goff, Of West
Virginia, who is too near Maryland to
receive consideration. 1t is believed
the president will not see his way
clear to leaving the Pacific slope out
of the cabinet, and in that event Judge
Waymire is likely to be the man.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-11-20
a STRONG ENDORSEMENT

Postmaster-General Gary strongly
approves the proposition for creating
poetal savings banks, and his reason
are undisputable. The endorsement
OF the head of the postal department is
indeed strong one, and should ap-
peal to the common sense of the people.
Mr. Gary's chief argument is based
upon the assumption that many mill
lions of dollars are secreted by people
who have been taught by example or
experience to have no confidence in
ordinary securities or monetary in
stitutions organized by private capital.
This money he pronounces dead
capital" and he believes that it's resur-
rection can be effected by inspiring its
owners with absolute confidence in the
security of an Investment. The postal
bank system will offer such security.
1t will be safe enough to draw forth
the most cherished hoard, and will be
right at hand in the most remote dis
tricts. The whole credit of the nation
will be back of it. The depositor's
money will be safe as long as the gov
ernment is safe, and depositers will
take an interest in seeing that the
government is not imperiled. Thus
the system will stimulate patriotism.
Further than this, the establishing of
system would encourage the saving of
small earnings, since it would be placed
within the reach of all, whereas pri-
vate savings banks do not reach the
masses. AS to the expense of maintain
ing the system, if there should be an
expense over and above the earnings,
Mr.. Gage assumes that this should
not he taken into consideration, for it
is thing demanded by a very large
majority of the people, and they are
the ones who must bear the burden
should it prove to be one to the govern
ment.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-11-20
PARTY OF THE PEOPLE.

There can be no denying the fact
that the republican party OF Oregon is
hopelessly divided, not on questions OF
principle, but upon the question OF
men, In the next convention to he
held in this state there will be no con-
tentioA as to platform, for the one
adopted at St. Louis will be reaffirmed
in toto. But there will be division
as TO men. John 81. Mitchell will be
much more of factor than either the
t,riff, the finance or any other ques-
tion of public policy. The question
will be. ..shall or shall not Mr.. Michel
control the party9"
when such state of affairs exists,
when one man becomes the sole factor
of contention, the scramble for spoils
. tales a most prominent part. With
snch fac or the campaign waged by
IAha repu olicans next year will be
scramble for Office, not for principle.
I when this is the case, honest govern
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-11-20

Hanna is the choice of majority OF
the republicans. and if Bushnell and
Foraker cannot defeat him without
democratic aid tney should fail.
Even in staid old Massachusetts,
where the gold standard was supposed
to haYe been as firmly rooted as a rock,
the gold democrats polled only IA per
cent of the vote cast at the recent
election. And it was worse still in
Kentucky. There they were simply
wiped off the earth, or better still,
went over with the true democracy of
the state and ceased to follow after
false goods. And this will be the case
all over the nation next year. Real
democrats will come back into the fold,
while the wavering will fall into the
republican party, where they justly be-
long when it comes to dividing on the
money question.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-11-20

ment cannot be hoped for. should that
party succeed at the polls next June.
1t then behooves all who have not an
interest directly in the spoils to rally
to the standard of party that holds
principles above office, a party that
will give honest and economical ad-
ministration. Where then is the
element seeking relief from the
ravages of tax eaters to look? Certain
ly to the old democratic party whose
motto has always been: Equality to
all, special privileges to none." 1t has
ever been the party of the people, and
will ever be unless, like the republican
party of Oregon today, it shall some
time recognize that the interests OF
one man are above principles; but since
this is not democratic, since it is con-
trary to majority rule, it is improbable
that such time shall ever come.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-11-20
Sovereign is Ambitious.

LOUISVILLE, Nov. 1s.-J. r. Sover.
eign, retiring general master workman
of the knights of Labor, resigned his
position in order that he might push
his candidacy for president of the
United States in 1900. Delegates to
the general assembly openly acknowl-
edge this to be true and the movement
to make him 'ield worker is the in
itial step taken by the general assembly
of the Knights of Labor to launch
Sovereign's boom. Mr.. Sovereign will
spend all his time in disseminating his
views, and in the general agitation OF
all the principles which the Knights
of Labor advocate. 80
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-11-20
BASELY FALSE.

An exchange, which has no more
regard for the truth than it has for a
claim to decency remarks that papers
which.supported Bryan year age are
bewailing the fact that wheat has risen
to dollar bushel and thatprosperity
has come under the workings OF the
/ gold standard"
We have not had access to all the
(papers that supported Bryan in the last
National campaign, but we receive
Mite a number of them from different
llfts of the country. and have not seen
an expression in one OF them that
would lead anybody to believe that
they were not rejoicing over the re-
turn of prosperity
The fact is, the papers that supported
Bryan last year have no objection to
prosperity, no matter how it may be
brought about. They believed it could
not be brought about, that is per-
manenrly, while the gold standard
should prevail. They based this be-
lief upon history, and not upon the ac-
cidental failure of crops in the other
great wheat producing countries.
Whether their position shall prove to
be true or fallacious remains yet to be
seem. If prosperity shall continue an
other year, under nominal conditions,
with good crops and no 'famines
througout the world, the "Bryanites"
will concede that an increase in the
circulating medium of the country is
not necessary to create prosperity.
:, = are not narrow-mindei bigots
WHO will not learn by experience, or
who will not accept reason. They are
progressive, and ever ready to float on
the wave of prosperity, whether it
comes under the gold standard or
To say that they gloat up
ON adversely or shed tears of regret be.
cause good times have come under am
opposing administration is base
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-11-20
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY

Brisk trade in the necessities of life
are not always the best gauges of thrift,
for people must be clothed and fed, re-
gardless of times. But the trade of
the fakir is always an index of the
scarcity or plentifulness of money.
When the fakir can sell his wares
readily-it is always a pretty good in
dicatioa that people have money not
required in everyday business; in
other words, that they have money to
throw at the birds. Taking this as an
index, we must conclude that people
in The Dalles are not in Strengthened
circumstances. Only short time
ago a bankrupt stock of watches,
jewelry and trash was sold here at
auction and the bidding was brisk,
nearly everybody seeming anxious to
part with a little surplus cash and be
humbugged. Then another fakir came
along who was making cheap orna-
ments worth from five to fifty cents,
and sold them off like shot cakes" at
from one to three dollars. These are
only few of the evidenc ces that Wasco
county's big crop has put new life in
to the community and has driven hard
times from the doors of The Dalles.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-11-20
THE QUESTION OF SALARIES

During an "off year" when there is
no campaign on, and no party looking
for PRECEDENT, is a time when people
and taxpayers in particular, should
consider and think over legislation
that will be beneficial to them. They
can more calmly judge of beneficial
legislation measures that will relieve
them of burdensome taxation, than
when q campaign is raging and per
chance some friend or neighbor is
seeking an official position. And at
such time it is we'll that they consider
the matter of salaries paid their official
servants and discover if they are COM
mensurate with the service rendered.
No office should be sinecure, that
is no official should receive pay simply
for the honor that has been conferred
upon him by his fellow men in elevat-
ing him to an official positlon. All he
should receive is fair wages for the
services he renders and reasonable
compensation for the responsibility he
assumes as custodian of public funds
or records, His salary should be such
as he could earn as private citizen
together with pay for his RESPONSE
bilities. For instance. person fitted
for the office of county clerk, sheriff,
assessor, treasurer, school superintend-
ent, ETC., performs no more arduous
l,Lo,, tbon do ,,orsopo on nnanad in lika
pursuits in the employ of private in
dividuals, and their pay should be
similar, though not double that which
could be earned outside of office.
Were the salaries of such officers
pruned down to what would be a
reasonable compensation for the work
they do, taxpayers would be saved
thousands of dollars throughout the
state, and public service would not
suffer, for just as competent men would
seek the offices as do under the present
constitution that the salary of an
officer cannot be changed during the
time for which he has been elected
and has qualified, and it is alike just
that the legislature may from time to
time regulate salaries, to take effect at
future dates, so that persons seeking
office may know in advance what salary
they are to expect if successful. And
it would be we'll if each of the parties
in the campaign of next year should
pledge its nominees for the legislature
to pledge themselves in advance to re-
duce public salaries to an equality
with the wages earned by private in
diyiduals.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-11-20
WOULD BE UNSAFE.

From time to time it is announced
that Gov. Lord is on the eve of issuing
| proclamation convening the legisla-
ture in extra session. While these
rumors often come from persons close
to the throne, we cannot give them
| much credepce. Gov. Lord has too keen
| business sense. to incur the expense
of an extra session upon the state with
out an assurance that much remedial
legislation would be enacted, and this
is impossible to obtain.
1t is urged by those who are anxious
for an extra session that the state will
be called upon to pay interest upon
$500, 900 of obligations while the money
to cancel them is lying idle in the
vaults of the state treasurer, and that
a special session that would pass gen.
eral appropriation bill would stop this
interest. which for year will amount
to s48, 900. If a special session would do
s,this and nothing more. the state would
5he the gamer, as the session would
likely not cost to exceed $4,000. But
there are grave doubts that legislation
would cease at the passage of the ap-
preparation bill. All manner of
schemes would come up for appropriat-
ing public moneys, and fortunate in
deed would the state be if 100000 or
5000, 600 were not squandered upon
useless expenditures and appropria-
tions. A special session at this time
or in the near future would be unsafe.
"Here we are.again with whole lot
of prosperity wind knocked out of our
sails" might we'll lament some of the
papers that have been pointing with
pride to dollar wheat as result of
McKinley's administration. Wheat
we regret to say has fallen below what
it was a year ago, Notwithstanding the
sshome market" that was to be, and
despite the shortage abroad.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-11-20
REFORMS IN NAME ALONE.
Cuba Not Benefited by spaln's Change OF
POLICY


Policy.
NEW YORK, Nov. ia dispatch u
the Herald from Havana says:
There is no sign of the appearance
of the full text of the promised reforms
and in consequence the hopes of the
most optimistic autonomists are
dwindling. The fault lies not will
General Blanco. There is every rea
son to believe that his promises on ar
rival were made in good faith. He is
| evidently deeply incensed at the false
position in which he is placed. He
cabled day or two ago to Madrid, say
ing General Weyler had deceived him
as to the condition of the ermy and the
government, and misled him regarding
it's sincerity in promising autonomy,
and broadly hinted that he faltinclined
to ask to be relieved.
In addition to SPANS delay Spanish
officers here have thrown obstacles in
the way of autonomy by procrastina-
ton in carrying out instructions TO
adopt less harsh methods of warfare
and endeavor to destroy the suspicion
of the rebels.
The Herald correspondent has just
returned from two days. trip through
Havana to Artemisa. Every military
commander of town who was met
said he had not yet received any orders
regarding the extension of the zones
of cultivation.
The condition of the reconcentrados
is unaltered. Their sufferings are APP
pall:ng. To put any one sugar estate
into condition to grind would cost,
considerable sum, which neither plant
ers nor the Spanish government can
at present afford. These delays, it Is
believed, have killed the chances OF
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-11-20
The Chinese Rebellion.

VICTORIA, Nov. 18.AThe Empress of
China brings these Oriental advices:
The rebellion in northern China is
spreading, and fears! are expressed
that the insurgents will advance on
Tien-Tsin. The imperial troops have
been defeated in several engagements
and the number of insurgents is
steadily increasing. The insurgents
also expect to be Joined by members
of secret societies who revolted un-
successfully just before the war with
Japan. They are we'll supplied with
arms and ammunition abandoned by
Chinesen "bravos" in the recent war.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-11-20
IN Il BAD BOX.

When congress convenes next month
it will be confronted with that same
question of raising revenue sufficient to
meet the demands made on the treasury
which has confronted every session
the past five or six years. At present
the revenues of the nation are running
behind the expenditures at the rate of
about S5,0O0,O00 a month. The law
now in force is totally inadequate to
the demands. Imports are lessened by
increased duties so that the receipts
from this source are diminishing, and
the collections from internal revenues
also show decrease.
This will leave congress with but
two alternatives-to lower expenses
or increase revenues from some source.
That the former is not probable, though
possible, is certain. Congress has not
yet learned to economize. There is no
place where five millions of dollars can
be sayed a month without injuring the
prospects of a large number of senators
and representatives for reelection,
hence reliet from this source cannot
be expected. Therefore the only way
out of the dilema is to increase tax
alton in some form or another. Pos
sibly reduction in the duties on some
articles that are now prohibited could
be made so as to increase imports to
an extent that the revenues arising
therefrom would afford the desired re-
lief, but this would be contrary to the
principles of protection. So about all
thati left for congress to do is to re-
wise the income tax or increase the
revenue on spirituous and malt liquors.
Either of these methods would be
hazardous from political standpoint,
as an awful objection would be raised
by the holders of large properties
against an income tax, and the dis
tillers and brewers would rise up in
full force against any political party
that dared to increase the tax on liquors
and beer.
But unless something is done to
bring the expenditures within the
limits of the receipts, the issuance of
bonds to pay running expenses of the
government is inevitable, and this
would raise such a commotion among
the masses as to eyerlastingly swamp
the party now in power. Hence it is
that the leaders in the next congress
will find themselves confronted with
propositions that are more serious to
contend with than any that have
arisen in many years past. They de-
nounced Cleveland for increasing the
public debt in times of peace, and in
the same voice pledged, if trusted with
the reins of government, to enact
revenue measure that would place the
nation on a paying basis. On the
other hand, they are under obligations
to those they must now tax, in order
to keep good their pledges to the
people, for being placed in power. In
deed they are in a serious dilema, being
between two fires-the people and the
classes that put them in power it
issnot likely they will receive much
aid from their opponents to get them
out of their uncomfortable situation.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-11-20
Death is the Penalty.

LIBERTY, Mo-, Nov. William
Carr, the felicide, was this morning
sentenced to hang December II. Carr
drowned his 3-year-old daughter in the
Missouri river. weighing the body
down with stones. He received the
sentence with a smile of satisfaction.
On October 10 last, Carr carried his
child from Liberty to point near
Kansas City. He tied her arms and
legs securely with cord, paid no at.
tention to the little ones query,
"What are you going to do, paDa?''
and threw her into the river. Carr
was soon arrested. and in his confession
admitted that he had ''too many chill
drap ,,