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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-10-02
AS TIEWED IN EUROPE

The possibility of the United States
interfering with Spain's butchery of
Cubans, and calling a halt in it's So
called warfare against the patriots,
calls for considerable comment from
the European press. German papers
do not view the situation kindly. The
Kruse Zeitung, in an editorial on the
Forum article by ex-Secretary Her
bert, on the Cuban question, condemns
the policy outlined therein, aid con-
cludes:
"If more sober afterthought does
rot dam tho stream of American
chauvanism, we Germans shall not
feel sorry in the event that the Ameri-
cans finally reached a sounder judg-
ment relative to their power. i. E., if
they get drubbing to teach them
that nobody may disturb the peace
with impunity."
The Staatsberger Zeitung, another
leading organ, says:
"a coalition of all Europe is abso-
lutely necessary to repulse the schemes
of American patriotism and jingoism,
as both are becoming more and more
insolent."
The English press, however, views
the situation more literally, The
London Spectator accepting as fact
that the United States has admonished
Spain, thinks it impossible that war
can be ayerted, saying:
"Apart from pride and ignorance of
the consequences, if Spain deties the
United States, war is probably con-
sidered to be the best way out of the |
difficulty. Were another government |
10 propose the abandonment of Cuba
in cold blood it would simply mean
handing over. the country to Don
Carlos, so the government proposes to
employ America as the surgeon to do
the necessary amputation, which will
alone prevent the Cuban gangrene
from spreading to the rest of the body
politic.'
After detailing Spain's iniquities in
Cuba the Spectator continues:
"To prolong the war would be n
crime and if America chooses to stop
these hideous cruelties, all English
men should applaud and refuse to in
quire too narrowly into the reason
which influenced her statesmen in
putting pressure upon Spain"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-10-02
I'VE NEED THEM.

1t has never been the policy of the
United States to acquire territory away
from the main land, or territory not
adjacent to the original states, except
in the case of the purchase of Alaska;
but the time has come, or at least is
near at hand when for self protection,
and to keep out foreign countries, for
this policy to be changed. The time
has come when The United States
should secure possession of Hawaii.
and the time is not far distant when
Cuba also should become part of
Uncle Sans domain. We may have
rupture at any time with Spain, and
Japan and England might easily find
an excuse to help Spain do us great
damage. We are not yet strong o2
the sees, and would suffer severely in
a war with even old Spain alone. The
Hawaiian Islands might become q
coaling station, vantage point for an
enemy's ships, while in our possession
it would serve as point from which
to protect in some degree our whole
Pacific coast. So with Cuba. The
Cubans, when their freedom is gained,
are not fit for self-government. Left
to themselves. Cuba would be the scene
of frequent insurrections and revolu
tions. 1t needs strong, capable gov
ernment, such as the United States
alone could give it. Taking geo.
graphical and political considerations
together, the Unlt,d States needs
Cuba and Hawaii, and will eventually
possess them.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-10-02
LAME La us.

Unfortunately the U. S. statutes do
not provide any adequate penalty for
Furnishing such offenses as the at
tempted train robbery which took
place near Portland last Satur day
night, except fine OF 500 for delaying
the mails, therefore the weuldbe high
waymen Jackson and Williams will
not be prosecuted by the federal au-
thorities, but will be dealt with by the
state courts on the charges of highway
robbery and assault with intent TO kill.
1t is probably an oversight on the part
of our law makers that neither the
federal nor state laws fix punishment
for attempting to rob train carrying
passengers and the mails. Such an Of
fense is most descipable and should be
punished most severely, but the laws
are lame in this respect, aud it will
not be surprising if the two rascals are
let off with very short term of pun
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-10-02

only legitimate functions cf govern
ment are to collect revenues and pro-
tect life and property postal savings
bank must still be regarded as neces-
sity. The obligation TO project prop
erty Is sweeping in its extent. The
small accumulation of the poor man
must be safe from destruction as we'll
as The fortunes of the rich. No com
munity is fully civilized in which the
possessor of property must be in con-
stant apprehension as TO its safety,
whether from the violence of the high
waymau or the schemes of unscrupu-
lOus rascals who work by DETER
methods. That society is crude and
uncivilized in which every person
must be the constant guardian of his
own property. Yet how many persons
today keep their savings in stockings
and secret hiding places, under their
own watchfullness, because of the lack
of trustW orthy places of deposit. Not
until postal savings banks are estab-
lished will the property of the poor as
represented in their savings be fully
protected. The demand for postal
savings banks is a demand for the bet
ter protection of property, and as such
il should receive the support of every
citizen, regardless of the theories of
government which be holds.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-10-02
OREGON WOOLEN HILLS.

Every wooden mill in the state of
Oregon is running full time, on orders,
and seYeral-of them are running day
night. The number of wooden mills 10
this state is nine, and another one is
under construction at Union, the
county seat of Union county. They
employ about 1000 hands. Oregon af-
fOrds more advantages for the manu-
facture of blankets and wooden goods
than any other place. The climate is
au ideal one for producing good woods.
and manufacturers here are able to Sc
cure the pick of the clip. Water power
is available for operating mills nearly
everywhere, and the best and purest of
water is to he had for dyeing, so tha.
manufacturers can guarantee their
colors to stand perfect. With all these
advantages, there is bright prospect
ahead for the wooden manufacturing
business in Oregon, and, with the best
and cheapest OF woods. unlimited water
power, and the purest of water for dye
ing and cleansing purposes, there il
no reason why it should not become
the greatest wooden manufacturing
state in the Union, and before long
ought to have mills enough in opera
tion to furnish employment for 10000
people instead of 1000. 00.-Oregonian.
Indeed Oregon should manufacture
woolers on an extensive scale. 1t is
contrary to all business principles for
a state that raises 20,G00,000 pounds
to ship the bulk of it across
the continent to have it manufactured
into articles of commerce. The freight
on the dirt that is in the wool would
all difference in wages
that exist between the Pacific and the
Atlantic coasts. And there is not a
location in the state that is better
adapted for wooden mills than The
Dalles. Every year there are from
J 200, 900 to 100000 pounds of wool |
brought here for shipment. This wool |
,hrinks on an average about 40 per
cent by securing, so the wool raiser
pays freight on 20 pounds of dirt in
,rder to get 30 pounds of clean wool
Icrcss the continent to the woolep
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-10-02
MOTHER CONFLICT
Miners Punished by Strikers
at EdWardsville, Ill.
ALL QUIET ON YUKON
Miners at St. Michaeis Are Not Dis
eouraged and Are not Anxious
to Leave Alaska.
A Five Million Dollar Mining Deal-Ths
LIE Roi to Be Sold Storms Have
Put Stop to Campaigns
In Cuba.

ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. 30.-Elrly to-
lay the miners in the employ of the
Madison Coal Company at Edwards
vile. H.. while going to work were at
lacked by strikers, including 30 or
more women sympathizers. The strik-
ers threw stones and red pepper and
beat their opponents with clubs.
''ScoJty" McAllison had his skull
crushed, aud numerous others werc cut
and bruised.
The miners fought as best they could
with their tin dinner pals, and were
finally allowed to GO to work. After
the attack the strikers and women
formed in line and marched through
the streets of Edwardsville shouting
and singing. No arrests were made.
The strikers, more than 800, with the
women, far outnumberei the workers,
who were guarded by a force of deputy
sheriffs on the way 10 the mine. L.
w. McCune, deputy sheriff, in the
escoriing posse, was disarmed and
dragged to one side, whers u crowd of
irate strikers beat him until he was al
most unconscious. Though heavily
armel the sheritf's officers TOOK their
drubbing without making any attemp5
to use their arms. They We're oatnum-
bered ten tu one, but they fought with
their fists.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-10-02
TIMES CHANGE.
She Thought the Case Required Heroic
Treatment.


They had been married less than n
year when she noticed that her husband
stayed oat late at nights and when he
did come home was apt to be noisy an!
demonstrative, says the Detroit Free
Press. On his part William observed
that he could never find a, knife to cut
q bite to eat, and that even the family
shears were out of reach. while his raZ-
ors at such times were locked up and
the key hidden.
He did not say much, because he was
not in condition to talk, and when he
was sober he did rot care to refer to the
past.
But he grew worse instead of better,
and one night he went home at late
hour and found the hall brilliantly
lighted and on the table under the gas
an assortment of all the cutlery in the
house. Knives, scissors and razors al
luringly open met his unsteady gaze.
''M-M-Mary," he called, ''w-w-what
d-does t-this mean?"
1T means" she answered. from the
top of the staircase, that ever since
you've been cutting up in this manner
I've been afraid you would do as you
threatened to do-kill yourself with
some of those things"
"Y-y-yes, Mary"
Now I'm beginning to be more
afraid that you won't, So I thought I'G
give you every possible chance"
There was sound of cutlery by
night, mingled with forcible though
unsteady words, and William has re-
Ipained at home every evening up to
date.
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TO FORCE DOWN PRICES.

1t is stated that gigantic trust has
been organized to be known as the
American Mailing Company with a
sufficient capital to control the malt
output of tho United States. The OBJ
jects of this concern are two-fold.
They propose to limit the output of
malt so as TO control the price, and
also to corral the barley market in a
way to force farmers to accept what
eyer price the trust may be willing to
Offer. The product of the company
will be about p. 600, 600 bushels of malt
annually, which will consume the
bulk of the barley raised in this
country, SO the concern will virtually
have control of the barley market.
The promoters of the scheme claim
that through this combination COM
petitive buying will be prevented,
and farmers will thereby be induced
to accept lower prices, which virtually
means whatever the trust is willing to
offer.
The manufacture of malt will be con-
fined to four cities, Chicago, .Gilwau-
kee, St. Louis and Philadelphia and all
other malting-houses the trust has
absorbed will be closed. By this ar
rangement, if the company does not
fall under the ban of the antitrust
laws, there will be- but one extensive
concern in the United States that is
consumer of barley. The result will
bs disastrous for barley raisers,
since supply and demand will cut no
figure in prices, as they will be gov
erned exclusively by the trust, which
will have the farmers more completely
in its grasp than any combination
that has yet been formed.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-10-02

speeches and incite riot and overthrow
of government. They will have to he
checked here 'as they have been in
Europe.
German newspapers are somewhat
outspoaen regarding the possible
trouble between the United States and
Spain, and by their expressions irdl-
cate that the German government
might take the side of Spain in case of
war between the two countries. 1t is
hardly probable the papers voice the
sentiment OF the government. for Ger
many is not anxious To take UP the
quarrels of other nations. She likely
would cooperate with other powers to
maintain peace, but she will hardly
lake up the cause of Spain to the ex-
tent of lending her aid.
When the assassin who attempted
the life of President DiaZ was killed
it was thought to have been an out
burst of public condemnation and an
evidence of the esteem in which the
president is held by the Mexican peo-
pie. But it now appears to have been
plot on the part of agitators who
seek to overthrow the government, by
creating riots. The men at the bot
tom OF the plot are police in the City
of Mexico, and it is possible will for
felt their lives for inciting conspiracy
against the government.
The request of a member of the Com
,nercial club for report from the COM
mittee appointed to inquire into the
feasibility of railroad from The
Dalles to the free bridge on Deschutes
is indeed timely. In justice to the
city, if it is practicable to build a road
from here leading into the interior, it
should be known. The building of the
Coldmbia Southern from Biggs to
Wasco will detract considerable
amount of trade f"om here, that will
forever be lost unless some better
means for transportation can be of
fered the people OF Sherman county
and those in the southern part of
Wasco. Should the Columbia South
ern be extended 30 miles into the in
terror, it will command all the trade
south and east of Deschutes river. If
the building of road to the free
bridge will bring that trade here that
iS what is needed. Let the commit tee
report.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-10-02
THE BED OF BEDS.
Pleasures of the Couch Made of Boughs
In Camps In the Woods.

Pleasures of the Couch Made of Bougha
In Camps In the Woods.
There are beds and beds, but none
is SO comfortable, so restful, or so in
teresting as that which the hunter,
fisherman, OF plain camper-out makes
for himself from the boughs of ever
green trees in the forests of Maine,
Canada, or any of the other great hunt
ing regions along the northern border
This bed, made of short trimmings
of twigs form the spruce, cedar, hem
lock or balsaIr, or all four together,
consists entirely of the feathers" OF
the trees, the siX-inch outshoots from
branches, with the plume end up, laid
against PROSTATE two-inch sappling,
so that the head may have a pillow.
As the twigs stand nearly erect the
bed is four or five inches deep, and Il
blanket spread over it yields and
springs back as one rolls over it. The
bed, wide in proportion to the number
of persons to use it, and seven feet long,
is as fluffy as haymow, and gives
forth scent that sooothes and heals
ones senses and body.
But the bough bed is getting less and
less used. Hotels and fancy cottage
camps with spring beds and linen
sheets are slowly superseding the old
style hunters bed because of the diff
ficulty and bother of getting a new bed
every trip. 1t will be long time, how
ever, before halsam bough pillows cease
to be used m even the most aristocratic
of hunters lodges.
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mills on the Atlantic coast. If the
wool were manufactured here all this
would be saved. The Dalles being the
great wool center of Eastern Oregon
would give the manufacturer wide
range of staples to select from, so that
he would be able to make any class Of
cloths demanded. Besides there is
abundant water power here, and even
if steam power should be required,
there are few places in the State where
fuel for producing steam is cheaper
than here. Whenever matters adjust
themselves as natural facilities would
dictate, The Dalles will have wooden
mills that will cansume 10000 pounds
of wool daily and will employ from 300
to 800 operatives. Here is where the
wool OF Eastern Oregon should and
some day will he manufactured
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-10-02

L
| NEW YORK, Sept. pa Herald
special from Washington says:
An official announcement of the de-
parture of the japanese cruiser Naniwa
from Honolulu for Y Yokohama, with the
statement that the immigration ques-
tion between Japan ana Hawaii is like
| ly to be shortly settled without arbitra-
| tion, has thrown peaceful aspect
around American questions in the
Pacific. This cheering news has been
communicated to the state department
by Minister Sewail at Honolulu. whose
mail report has just reached the de-
partment.
The most important statement by
Mr.. Sewall is that the Hawaiian-Japan
ese authorities have estimated that
SO. 900 in gold will settle the claims
of the latter against the Dole govern
ment, for the rejection of immigrants
who came to the island last spring
Heretofore Japan has sheltered her.
self behind the statement that Hawaii
must admit first the principle of
monetary liability" and when this ad-
mission has been made, she would be
willing to discuss the amount that
should be paid to salve the wound her
dignity has suffered
The fact that the mikado is now will |
ing to discuss the amount that she |
claims is due her instead of the princi
pie means in the opinion of the state |
department officials that, if necessary,
the Dole authorities can rid themselves
of troublesome question before con-
gress convenes SO that Hawaii may
present herself for admission to the
union free from foreign questions
which might be a STUN bling block in
her way to coalition with the United
States. OF course, it is optional with
Hawaii to pay this amount, and, as
President Dole has never admitted
liability to pay monetary
Indemnity as result of the exclusion
If the Japanese immigrants, they may
eel that if they pay 500, 900 in gold to
Japan such actijn may make them
liable to further payments should in
he future other immigrants be re-
ected. This would >be il especially
erious matter in case union with the
United States were not accomplished.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-10-02
AFFAIRS IN rHG NORTH.
GoIdseekers at ST. Michaels by no Mea
Di,couryl

GoIdseekers at ST. MichaeIs by no Means
discouraged.
PORT TOWNSEND, Sept. 30.-Captain
Cliuger, of the tug Holyoke, which
left St. Michaels September IL, says:
II judge there are from $50 to 400
men at 81. Micnael5 waile we were
there. All were cheerful. There
were none l ran across who talked of
coming back, and not ole asked tor
passage with me. 1 did not see any
miners from Klondike at st. Michaels,
and do not beIieyo there were any
there, for no steamer had come dowu
lately, though one was expected any
day. 1t was cold and hailing while We
were there, and snow fell the day
after we left"
The Alaska Commercial Company's
steamer Bertha brought TO Unalaska
news from st. Michaels up to the 18th
inst. There were over 100 men on the
Upper Yukon waiting to come down
On the Portland, and, according To
sailor gossip, tIey had ''all kinds of
gold" But the officers of the GranJ
'ay that according to their best infor-
nation no vast Amount Of treasure will |
D. brought down.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-10-02
TRUE TO PRINCIPLE
Democrats Speak in Plain
Terms in Massachusetts.
A LEGACY OF DEBT
Brooklyn Brings Nothing But an
Enormous Debt to Saddle Upon
Greater New York.
Creek Indians Consent to allotment of
Lands-An Amorous Miner Shot to
Death-Indian aIints Not Opened
to Silver
A LEGACY OF DEBT

WORCESTER, Mass, Sept. 2S.-The
Massachusetts democratic state con-
vention assembled in this city today to
nominate candidates for the various
state Offices, from the goverporship
down. A motion 'ithat the demOrra-
tic party of Massachusetts iudorses the
platform adopted at the last conyen-
tion OF the party held at Chicago. and
will welcome to its ranks all support
ers of that platform, and will have no
political fellowship with those who do
not support it," was passed unani-
nously.
The platform, which is lengthy
document, opens with Il reatiirmation
OF allegiance to the principles enun
ciated by the democratic national con-
vention at Chicago in 1896, and ex-
presses appreciation of the campaign
waged by Mr.. Bryan. 1t says:
whether it is judicious to abandon
half of the money in the world is the
supreme question. The demonetiza-
tion of silver has been potent and in
creasing factor in the disastrous de-
preston OF the last 20 years. Cold has
appreciated in purchasing power more
than 3 per cent a year, demoraliziug
the producing class with paralysis of
trade through falling prices and caus-
ing cruel unemployment of labor and
L,
ready in process will. if completed,
have doubled the demand for gold, its
price and its purchasing power, while
all other prices will have suffered an
enormous decrease, with the burden of
debts doubled, debtors bankrupt and a
vast share of the worlds wealth trans
ferred from debtors to creditors by the
malignant appreciation OF the standard
of values.
"The democratic party opposes the
attempt to fasten on the country gold
mOnometalism, and demands the re-
mouetization of silver at the ratio to
gold of I6 to /. The demand for silver
wo lla be so enormous and the demand
for gold so reduced that the two would
me at and remain at a partly, and the
paralyzing battle of the standards
cease and the world enter upon a period
of assured prosperity"