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The Portland daily press., 1897-09-08
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The Portland daily press., 1897-09-08

Gen. Ascarraga, the new Prime Minis
ter of Spain, has defined in advance what
his position will be if the United States
undertakes to interfere in Cuba, by
means of personal letter which has been
circulated among the leading Spaniartls
in Havana. In this letter he says.
'The Spanish patriots in Cuba ought
not to entertain the least apprehension
about the mission of Mr.. Woodford. Ac-
cording to the Governments information
from its representative in Washington,
the intentions of the United States are
probably much exaggerated, and besides
our position is SO clear and our determi-
nation to repel any unjust pretension Of
that nation SO emphatic that we are re-
solved before yielding to go to all ex-
uremes, even to war if necessary, in order
to defend our sacred rights in Cuba.
Nor, if we go to war, shall we be less
confide MT of the triumph of Spain. We
will be the champions of the great politi-
cal principle of European colonization in
America against that wrong idea that the
United States is the arbiter of national
life and property in the New World.
We will have the sympathies Of Europe,
no doubt about that, and Europe will not
consent to our expulsion from Cuba. The
day in which by the power of arms, or
y lSluInR U6lOI0 u W1tIllA0 DIcSSuI6
the United States, we shall give Cuba
up, that day would be the eve of Eng
lands loss of Canada and Jamaica, and
Frances departure from her American
colonies. No, Europe will not consent to
our failure and apart from the fact that
our arms will have better occasion to
display their strength in a contest against
a civilized country than in the guerrilla
fights in the maniguas of Cuba, we shall
ha if yUn fail hand tn lift Tie
up in the last moments.
Gen Woodford will be received and
even welcomed as our mOurned Don An
tonia (Canovas del Castillo) wished to
welcome him. If he brings only claims
of American citizens harmed in Cuba
attention will be paid to those claims as
far as they are just. In a friendly man
ner he will be notified also Of Spain S
right to claim other damages, and in
structions will be given for the purpose
to our Minister in Washington. But it
will be great mistake if he intends to
suggest any other kind of American in
reference in Cuba. Canovas did not an
swer the proposals for home rule made by
President Cleveland; but now, if the
United States persists, the answer will
have to be given. 1t will be straight and
firm. 1t will end forever all those vain
pretensions of the Americans to rule out
side of their land. Spain will say that
she does not admit in the least the right
of the United States to interfere in Cuba,
that the war between the Cuban rebels
and Spain is but civil war, contest of
family, and that foreigners ought to keep
hands off. And Spain will stand by her
answer whatever the consequences may
be-.
Undoubtedly Ascarraga's idea that
Europe would not stand silent and see
Cuba wrestod from Spain accounts to a
large extent for his defiant spirit. But
outside of Germany it is very doubtful
if he got any support, even of moral
kind. Certainly she would get none
from England, which will not offend the
United States if it can help it.
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-08

There was less formal celebration OF
Labor Day this year than in the past, and
it may be confidently anticipated that the
tendency to this kind of celebration will
continue to decline in the future, until
Labor Day becomes simply a holiday to be
observed in way that will give the most
pleasure to the workingmen to whom it
is specially dedicated, and 20 everybody
else. We do not believe that the working
men are long going TO devote this day to
toilsome marching or to listeing to lugu-
brious speeches by demagogues. They are
going to find it much more profitable to
devote it to pleasant recreations for
themselves and family and for the recup.
Grafton of their energies. Probably the
design of the originators of the day was
that it should be day for great demon
stration calculated to show the strength
of labor and harangues upon the future of
the laboring man, but the laboring men
themselves seem inclined to think they
can get more out Of it in some
other way, and we are inclined to think
that they are right, and that the growing
tendency to regard it as holiday for in
nocent recreation ought to be encouraged
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-08
CURRENT COMMENT.
BRYAN'S EXPLANATION.
New York Post.)

Mr. Bryan explains the breakdown of
his last years prophecies by making
some new ones When he said that wheat
would go lower, he did not think he
should live to see it go higher. Anyhow,
it establishes the cause of bimetallism be-
You'd all cavil. If high prices for one
crop are good thing, what country
we should have if all prices were only
doubled. If it is fine for the farmers to
have more money, how much finer it
would be for all classes to have all the
money they wanted. They would have it
if MIR. Bryan were President and were
allowed to issue fiat money in unlimited
quantity. He makes no concealment
now Of meaning just that by his chime
tallism." Mr.. Bryan is less dangerous
now only because he is more ridiculous
and reckless. He should see that, even
in his own interest, this is an excellent
time for him to be silent.
NEITHER COMPLIMENT NOR
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-08

Dick Croker prophecies that Tammany
will carry Greater New York by at least
81, 900 majority. Unless Tammany's op-
ponents get together better than now ap-
pears probably his prediction is likely to
be fulfilled.
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-08

Everything that happens, according to
Bryan, makes for the cause of bimetal-
lism. If silver and wheat go down togeth-
err that is the strongest proof of the cor
rectness of the bimetallic theory. if silver
goes down aad wheat goes up that too is
the strongest kind of proof of the same
theory
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-08
If the disease which exists at Ocean

IT the disease which exists at Ocean
Springs, Miss, is yellow fever the au-
thorlties have been good while finding
1t out. More than 600 cases have occurred,
ten of which have proved fatal, a rather
low death rate, by the way, for yellow
fever, yet the authorities have apparently
had their suspicious aroused but very re-
Gently. A sharp frost kills the fever
germ, and after that occurs there will be
no further trouble, but it will be some
considerable time yet before the tempera-
ture in the far South falls low enough for
a frost. Hence, if the fever be yellow
fever, there is some reason for anxiety,
especially as it has existed some time
without precautions being taken to pre-
vent its spread. The last serious outbreak
of yellow fever in this country occurred
in 1880. 1t broke out in the city of
Memphis, and happily was confined to
that city and immediate vicinity. The
first case appeared in July and on the
10th of August the disease was IA declared
epidemic. The disease ragged until
November when it was killed by a sharp
frost. There were ,5S2 cases in Memphis
and 4S5 deaths. A far more widespread
and serious outbreak was that of 1878.
The disease was. present in almost every
southern state, though Louisiana and
Mississippi suffered by far the most. The
nfinber of deaths that year from the dis
ease was 10, Oil, 1890 of them being in
Memphis and 3.977 in New Orleans.
Vicksburg also suffered severely. August
and September were the worst months,
but there We're a good many deaths in
appear from New Orleans until Decem-
Der.
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-08
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER s.

The New York Sun is stigmatizing the
New York Tribune and Press as Mug
wump" newspapers. Politics are getting
badly mixed in Gotham.
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-08

The misery of years has been cured in
a single night by the use Of Doan's ONT
ment, a positive, never-failing remedy for
Itching Piles and all similar diseases.
Your dealer keeps it, or can get it for you.
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-08

ExGov. Altgeld made very slight al
lusions to silver in his Labor Day speech
in Philadelphia. The chief problem of
the future, in his opinion, involves the
control of corporate wealth. As Altgeid
is the real leader of the forces that BRYAN
nominally led last fall his words are of
great significance. Bryan is still shout
ing about bimetallism, but Altgeld ap-
parently sees another issue, far more
potent than this. Altgeld is the brains
of the combination, and the way which
he points out Bryan and the rest will un
hesitatingly follow. 1t must be confessed
that the aggressions of corporate wealth
present far stronger issue than free and
unlimited coinage of silver. All parties
have committed themselves by their plat
forms and by participation in restrictive
legislation to the doctrine that the trust
is perilous, and must be in SOME way
suppressed. All parties are therefore to
an extent committed to the doctrine that
Altgeld esposues. But the trouble with
AltgeldEand his followers is that their cru
SADIE takes the form of raid on capital
with little discrimination. 1t is not the
aggression of capital simply that Altgeld
Eliminates against but capital itself. He
may not admit it but his plan of cam
paign contemplates the division of the
community into two classes-those who
have and those who have not-and the
arrayment of one class against the
other. q That was the real basis of the
Popocratic campaign of last year which
was directed by Altgeid more than by
anybody else.
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-08

SEALED PROPOSALS will be received until
- ~ eleven o'clock, September thirteenth. 1897,
Ior material and labor necessary to complete a
system OF heating and ventilation for the Ener-
specifications. copies of which may be seen at
the oirlce Of Frederick A. Tompson, Architect,
l22 IL Exchange Street.
The Committee on Public Buildings reserve
the right to reject any or all bids.
JOHN L. COREY, Clerk,
sept3dtd Public Buildings COMMITTEES
The herald., 1897-08-08
Sensations of Drowning Man

l was swimming a t some distance from
the shore in the tropics, and when
turned in a homa warCs direction fouaG c
that the current was too strong for me
and that, do what l could, was being
swept in an easterly direction; and as
the coast Ene tren6ed northward this
was equivalent to being taken out to sea.
The sense of being once more in the
clutch of or omripotent ard rexora bic
force Of the sea overwhelmed me with
olscnay / rene emDsred with horror ali
the sensations that had attended my
earlier experience of Drowning, and to
this apprehension was added the, knowl-
edge that there was some, though not a
great, danger from sharks / locke j
e'horewards aEd ssawardg, and saw to
my joy that small coral islet or rock,
few feet square, lay in an eas.erly di-
rection, and that by outstanding MY
strength II might be practicable t.
reach it. Alternately swimming ard
floating l was overcome by ii terrible
fatigue, and as my strength failed be-
cams conscious of the fact that gre at
disaster was It hand. Almost abandon
ing hope wac involntarily interested
The herald., 1897-08-08
A THREE DOLLAR SEOKE
It Occurred When the' srum;' Of q Cigar
and an Umbrella Got in Touch

He carefully placed the echo of a cigar
on the end Of a toothpick.
See that remnant" said he, reflect
lively, to friend. This smoke has cost
me SO. I'm going to get all there is in
It. The original cost price of that cigar
was five cents, but the total cost now
foots up just about sixty timee' five
cents"
"How's that?" asked the friend, alb
sently.
We'll" and, the man pulled at the
stub on the toothpick. II got on yellow
in my hand Somehow that umbrella
and my cigar got in touch, and the first
thing 1 knew that umbrella was afire.
think spark must have fallen on the
inside CT the cover. Anyway, the fire
was there. 1 was standing on the rear
end of the grip car and l tried to keep
| the thing down, but coon the smoke
rolled up and the passengers in the
| coach stod up to see what was wrong.
| Then somebody 'tumbled' and started
| the laugh. Gave me the ha, ha. l knew
| it was no lnger any use to try and hide
the thing, so I. swung the burning UNI
brella as hard as 1 could through the
air to put the fire out, but it only bazel
the harder The fiercer it burned the
harder the unsympathetic crowd
| laughed. We swung past the new Gus
| tom house and the old umbrella smoked
and blazed like house afire. l got off
at Ninth and Walnut and tried to rub off
| the blazing cover, but it was no use |
had to let the thing burn out, and, then
walked off triumphantly with the
smoking stick and frame. Now a cove.
as good as the old one will cost me
just ST."
What the man said was true, but his
remarks in no way expressed the grim
tenacity with which he clung to that
blazing stick. Nor did he loosen his hold
on the echo of his cigar.-Kansas City
Star.
The herald., 1897-08-08
Hotchkiss Automatic Machine Gun

The Scientific American SAYS "a
test was quite recently made of a new
machine gun which is manufactured by
the Hotchkiss Ordnance company of
London. The weapon is an automatic
firing gun; that is to say, il will continue
to discharge bullets as long as, the trig-
ger is held back and cartridges are fed
to the machine. The cartridges are
placed in brass rack or slide. which
holds a given number of rounds; the
slide takes the place of the belt in other
guns of this nature. Automatic firing
is not caused by the recoil of the barrel.
but by an escape of powder gases into a
long cylinder or barrel lying parallel with
the under firing barrel. There is a COM
municating passsg between the two
barrels within few inches of the muz-
zle, and the pressure caused by the eX-
plosion of the cartridge passes through
this part and presses en- piston or ram
which fits into the cylinder. There Isl
stout spiral spring al the back of the
ram and this is compressed by the pres
sure of the powder gases When the
bullet has passed out the gas pressure Is
released, and the spring, by its reaction,
carries the ram back to its original po-
sition. a reciprocatory motion is thus
obtained, the range of motion being
about six inches. By series of cams
and catches attached to a prolongation
of the ram, the various movements need
full for drawing the Slide forward, put
ting the cartridge into position, firing it
and then ejecting the spent cartridge
are performed. II is said that the rate
at which the gun is fired has been as high
as 600 to 700 rounds per minute. The
chief claim to favorable attention made
for this gun appears to be its simplicity
and the fewness of parts, there being
but thirty-one pieces in the weapon IL
self. Another advantage is the absence
OF a water jacket for keeping the barrel
cool. lust how long the gun can be fired
without the barrel becoming unduly hot,
and how long the life Of the barrel is
shortened by the higher temperature, is
a question that experience alone can
determine.'
The herald., 1897-08-08
Straw Derby for the Bicycle Girl

1t is in imitation, doubtless, of the trig-
looking horse-woman that the bicycle
girl has designed the hat which she is
wearing on all her long summer rides. The
girl who rides horseback has always look ed
charming in her little felt derby, neatly
drawn down over her brads or coils. The
wheelwcman has decided that she will ap-
pear no less chic.
Her new hat is a derby of coarse straw
with its narrow upturning rim and plain
black band. 1t is pinned down so tightly
on the head that the veriest hurricane
will not suffice to d:slodge it. and it makes
the wearer appear beth more stylish and
more becomingly dressed than any pre-
vious bicycle headdress has been able to
DO.
The new straw derby is usually white
straw. although some faddish young wo-
men have it of the same color as the BIZ
cycle suit and worn with a colored hat
band. The new bicycle hat seems very ap-
propriate to the short waist with which
it is usually worn, and a distinct advance
upon the bicycle hats heretofore DEVISED
New York World,
The herald., 1897-08-08
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP CO.


The companys elegant steamers SANTA
ROSA and CORONA leave REDONDO at
II a. m. and PORT LOS ANGELES at 2:3o
p. m. for San Francisco via Santa Barbara
and Port Hartford, Aug. 4, s. 12, 16. 20. ~
2S. Sept. l, 5, 9, 1S, II, 81, 25, 49, Oct. 8, z.
IL, 15 10, 90, 27. Leave PORT LOS AN
GELES at a. m. and REDONDO at II a.
m. for San Diego, Aug. 2, 6, 10. IA, IS, %.
rs, 30, Sept 3, 7, II, 10. 10, 20. q, Oct. !, s.
O. 13, II, 81 25, 20. The Corona calls also at
Newport Cars connect via Redondo leave
Santa Fe depot at 9:45 a. m. or from Re-
dondo railway depot at $3.50 a. m. ass
Cars connect via Port Los Angeles leave
S. p R. R. depot at 1:35 p. m. for steamers
north bound.
The steamers EUREKA and COOS BAY
leave SAN PEDRO AND EAST SAN Pc
DRO for San Francisco via Ventura, Car
penteria, Santa Barbara, Gaviota, Port
Hartford, Cayucos, San Simeon, Monterrey.
and Santa Cruz at $50 p. M, Aug. 1, & g.
1S, II, 81, 25. 20, Sept. g. g. 10, IA. Is. 20.
26, 80, Oct 4, s, IL, 16, 90 "a, 2S. Cars connect
with steamers via San Pedro leave s. P. r.
r. (Arcade depot at sos p. m. and Ter.
minal railway depot at 5:15 p m. The COM
pany reserves the right to change without
previous notice steamers, sailing dates and
hours of sailing.
w. PARRIS, Agt., 124 W. Second st. .
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., General (
Agents, San Francisco.
The herald., 1897-08-08

The social doirgs of the week may be
briefly summed up thus: Monday, DR..
and Mrs. F. Lee Fuller gave a salma-
gundi party in honor of the 18th birth
day of their son Ernest in the evening,
and in the afternoon Mrs. l.. A. McDon-
aid gave a chilGmen's party to celebrate
the Sth birthday of her daughter Edith.
Tuesday the Misses johnson entertain
ed with a luncheon in honor of Mrs. Hell
en- Widney Watson, ano in the evening &
Miss Julia Kramer gave a progressive
high five party in honor of Miss Hedwig
Mittenberg Of Terre Haute, Ind. On
Wednesday jolly tallyho party to the
Baldwin ranch was given in honor OF
Miss Rose Broderick of San Francisco,
aud Mrs. A. M. Wilcox entertained with
a dinner in honor of Mr.. ard Mrs w. E.
Morgan of San Francisco. Thursday
Mrs. Ben Goodrich entertained with a
luncheon in honor of Mrs. j. X. Speed Of
Memphis, Tenn. Friday Mrs. C. N.
Sterry entertain ed with luncheon and
also with dinner in honor of Mrs and
Miss Perley, who are her guests for the
summer; and yesterday delightful af-
ternoon was enjoyed by dozen or so
ladies in the studio of Miss Regina
O'Kane with the translations ano Illus
tratiors Of the Rubaiyat.
The herald., 1897-08-08
Here and There

Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. Baldwin are at
Lake Tahoe.
Mrs. George L. Arnold is visiting at
Sacramento.
Mr. and Mrs, E. W. Workman and
family are at Long Beach
Mrs. Frank Aushultz of Iowa is the.
guest of Mrs. z. D. Mathuss.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Campbell are visiting
friends in Nevada City, Cal.
Mrs. A. F. M. Strong and family have
gone to Redondo for few days.
F. w. Edelste returned Thursday eve
ming from an extended eastern trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. w F. BosbysheI and
family are staying at Terminal Island,
Mrs. N. Harrington is visiting her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Ray, at Tulare,
Cal
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lawrence went
to Catalina last week for a months
stay.
Wilbur Parker has just returned from
an extended hunting trip in the noun
tains.
Mr. and Mrs. J. c. Drake and Mrs
Longstreet are at Lake Tahoe for the
summer.
DR.. Edelman and his neice Miss Eta
Jacoby, left yesterday for weeks stay
at Catalina
DR.. w. II. Fales returned Saturday
of last week from stay of several weeks
at his mines.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Furrey and Miss
Edith Furrey are at the Portland hotel,
Portland, Or.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kempton are now stay
ing at Hotel Redondo, but will soon leave
for Lake Tahoe.
Mrs. T. S. Casey and the Misses Casey
are at Santa Monica. where they will
remain a month.
Mrs. W. A. Hunter of West Twelfth
street has gone east with friends, to re-
main a few months.
The Rev B. w. r. Tayler and Mrs.
Tayler left Friday afternoon for San Di-
eg, to be gone two weeks.
Mrs. e. l.. Farnsworth, her daughter
Grace, and Miss Harriet Cushman of
Wilbur, Wash. are in the city.
Mrs. ]. E. Platter and Miss Waddilove
left yesterday for Redondo. where they
will spend part of the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. B. Thompson left
Tuesday for Chicago They will also
visit st. Louis and Washington.
Mrs. j. w. Scott has arrived from
Japan. Mrs. Scott will spend the sommer
with Mrs. j. P. Moore of West Adams
street.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward Malim have is
sued cards announcing the marriage of
their daughter, Miss Renee Malin, and
Thomas A. Blakely Thursday, August