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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-10-30
WATER TRANSPORTATION.

. .
The complaints that have been
raised by the San Francisco papers
against the o r. & N. Co. for charg-
ing what are termed excessive rates
on freight between San Francisco and
Portland, have brought to light some
interesting facts with reference to
water transportation. 1t is shown that
the minimum rate from San Francisco
to Portland by steamer is 81 a ton on
sugar and salt, 50 ton on the highest
priced merchandise and an average Of
$3.50 ton on all classes of freight.
The distance from San Francisco to
Portland by water ia about 800 miles,
and fiat rate of 50 80 q ton for that
distance does not appear excessive, es-
pecially to those who have to depend
upon railroads for transportation facili-
ties or even upon river steamers.
Water transportation, either by
ocean or by river, is unquestionably
the cheapest possible means, and can
ever be made lower than by rail, which
has been demonstrated wherever there
is competitions between water and
rail. For instance when The Dalles
depended solely upon the railroad its
freight rates to and from Portland
were about double what they are now.
But the fact that there is an average
rate of $3.50 ton between San Fran
cisco and Portland-a distance of 800
miles-and that the rate between
Portland and The Dalles-a distance
of 100 miles-is from $l.50 to S4.00 a
ton, would indicate that our great
rivers cannot compete with the ocean
as thoroughfarc for vessels. Never
theless all places situated on navigable
rivers are at q decided advantage
over those located on railroads. Only
compare for instance the freight be-
tween Portland and Roseburg with
the rates between Portland and The
Dalles. Roseburg has rate of S4.75
to 80 ton; The Dalles has a rate of
S1.50 to 81. Roseburg is 200 miles
from Portland, The Dalles 100.
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bered that sugar has declined in value
during the period from 1853 cents to
2.92 cents per pound and that our per
capita consumption is from two to
three times as much as that of other
sugar producing countries. OF the
1.739,313 tons imported into this
country over one-fourth, or 100000
tons, came here in the shape of brown
or raw German beat sugar. This, and
indeed all the important raw sugar,
whether from cane or beets, is pur-
chased by the American Sugar Rein
ing Company, and other firms of less
note, who refine it and put it on the
market as standard granulated sugar.
Of the two sources of sugar, sugar
cane and sugar beets, the former is the
older and better known. 1t is said
that it was the blockade of France
during the Nepoleouic wars that
turned the attention of the French
people to the culture of sugar beet,
and that to this emergency Europe
owes its present sugar beet industry.
Be that as it may, the growth of the
industry has been steady, and in re-
cent years truly phenomenal. Ger
many which in 1884 produced l ,l47, 600
tons of beet sugar, in 1894 produced
100000 tons, an increase of 81 per
cent. Austria-Hungary IN the same
decade raised her production from
SO, 600 tons to 1,050,0OO tons, and in
crease of 81 per cent, and in France
the increase has been from 303, 900 tons
to S14, 900 tons, gain of 1853 per cent
the increase for the whole of Europe
during the same period being IS per
cent, and the production reaching the
great total of 4, 1872, 900 tons.
With America consuming more
sugar per capita than any other coun-
try on earth, it is not to be wondered
that the industry should spring in
to prominence; and with the atten-
tion it is receiving and the encourag
ment given it by the government it
bids fair to grow until this country
shall produce all the sugar it consumes.
In this event the $100,0O0,0O0 now sent
abroad will be kept at home and a
good portion of it, at least one-third,
will be circulated among the pro-
iucars
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-10-30
Government Reconsiders.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-Indications
are that the government may yet re-
consider its decision to ask postpone
ment for the sale of the Union Pacific.
The reasons for belief are that the
government has received or is hourly
expecting to receive an additional
proposition from the reorganization
committee. This proposition is be-
lieyed to be for very material in
crease in the guarantee offer, provided
the sale is allowed to proceed on the
date originally fixed This in
crease, it is reported, will make the
committees guarantee equal to the
full amount of the government claim
against the Union Pacific proper, or
about S5S, 100000. In that event it is
probable the offer will be accepted and
the sale take place as originally agreed
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-10-30

The gold currency commission may
prepare all the bills that it pleases for
the benefit of the national banks, but
not one of them will get through the
present United States senate.
The campaign in New York City is
hot, The chances favor the election
of Van Wyck, the Tammany candidate.
George is talking too much and is los
ing ground.
A Kansas City jury has emphatically
said the despoiler of the home may be
punished by an agrieved husband.
John Schlegel. the slayer of DR.. Ber-
ger who assaulted Schlegel's wife, has
just been acquitted.
Another of Spain's refractory chill
dren is about to turn itself up to be
spanked by the maternal slipper.
Costa Rico is about to rebel, and with
the PHILIPPINES, Cuba and Costa Rico
all on her hands at once, the poor old
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-10-30
UNJUST CRITICISM.

The Crook County Journal COM
menting on the recent district fair
held in The Dalles says:
1.-THE district fair held at The Dalles
last week was not success. Both the
attendance and exhibits were smaller
than usual. If the truth must be told
the whole thing always was a farce.
The $500 appropriated by the legis-
lature is wanton waste. The farm
ers take no interest in the fair, and
The Dalles merchants less. The ex-
hibits are so small that anyone can
get premium for anything without
respect to its merits, while the atten-
dance would not amount to corporal's'
guard if it were not for the horse
races"
This is, to say the least, an unjust
criticism. While the fair was not the
success the people of The Dalles hoped
it would be, it was not a failure by any
means, nor was the horseracing the
principal attraction. True, extra ef-
forts were put forth to get good horses,
and as result some of the best horses
on the coast came and the trials of
speed were witnessed and enjoyed by
a great many people. But the exhibits
at the pavilion were equally as attrac-
tive; there were displayed there pro-
ducts of the farm, orchard and garden
that would have compared favorably
with the product of any country, and
the works of art were indeed creditable.
Farmers possibly do not take the
greatest interest in the fair, not so
much perhaps as they should, for the
fair furnishes an excellent means of |
the resources of the |
country and the products of their
farms, still they take sufficient interest
to bring in most excellent exhibits and
are awarded liberal premiums on the
same. 1t is to be regretted that greater
interest is not taken, but interest can
not be created by such criticism as
hat coming from the Journal.
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will be made by the next congress. A
majority of the members consider their
only duty to aid in the looting of
the treasury by getting fat appropria-
tions for their respective states, and if
deficiency occurs they do not hesi-
tate to pile the taxes on little higher.
And If taxation does not avail they
are ever ready to resort to the sale of
bonds whereby future generations
may be made to pay for present ex-
travagances.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-10-30
WAR ON THE MERIT SYSTEM

An organization has been estab-
lished. or is trying to establish itself,
with its headquarters in Washington,
which takes the name of "Natiopal Re-
publican Anti-Civil Service League"
Its object, as stated in commuuica-
tion sent out to solicit contributions,
is to "enlist all republicans through
out the United States who are opposed
to the civil service law in movement
to secure its modification or repeal by
congress at it's session in December
next" 1t is proposed to get up pc
tition on this line and it is intimated
that it will require the expenditure of
some money and great deal OF work.
The civil service law is republican
measure. 1t was passed by republi-
can congress and approved by repub-
hcan president. The powerful public
opinion which demanded it found re-
iterated expressions in the political
platforms of both the great parties.
and the policy inaugurated by repub-
1ican administrations was adopted and
carried out by President Cleveland.
But Notwithstanding all that it ought
not to be difficult for the National Re-
publican Anti-Civil Service League to
secure a large number of republican
and democratic signatures to its petit
tion for the repeal of the law. 1t will
be signed by all the political heelers |
and FOUNDERS who demand places at |
the public crib as the reward of party |
services for which they have already |
been paid more than they were worth.
1t will be signed by the-whole army OF
Incompetent mendicants who are
Incompetent and are incapcapable
of earning living and want to be
taken care of at the public expense.
1t will be signed by Office seekers of
every grade who have no hope of OBJ
tanning places in the public service
through merit and depend wholly upon
their political pull for getting some
thing good. Politicians and political
and bosses, whose only
means of political success is in the pur-
chased support they obtain through
the distribution, will sign the petition
and support it with speeches on the
floor of congress.
But all these petitions from. the ar
mics of partisan mercenaries will avail
nothing against the mighty force of
public opinion which extorted the
civil service law from a reluctant con-
gress and has fostered and expanded it
during the last quarter of century in
spite of all the efforts of the spoilsmen,
in and out of congress, to defeat and
nulify it. The ST. Louis convention ;
made the maintenance and extension I
If the merit system the subject of one :
If its most emphatic declarations, and {
President Mckinley, in his letter of {
heartily approved this
and announced that the {
party would take no step backward on
ibis question.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-10-30
FIVE BRAVES SLAIN
Colorado Game Protector Meets
Indian Braves.
TWO WERE DROWNED
Distressing Accident Caused by the
Breaking Of Bulkhead at
Oregon City,
Cold Wave Sweeps Over Nebraska and
South Dakota-Union Pacific Reor-
gmnization Committee Sub
mits Another Bill.

RIFLE, Colo, Oct. 26.-Reports from
Snake river are to the effect that Game
Warden Wilcox attempted to arrest
some Indians near Lily Park for violat-
ing the Colorado game laws, and was
fired upon by the Utes. The officers
returned the fire, killing five Utes.
| Game Warden Wilcox with several
posses of deputies and ranchmen are
after the Indians, and further con-
fiict seems inevitable. The excitement
here is intense. and parties are organ
i2ing to go to Wilcox's s assistance, fear
ing general uprising of the Indians.
The trouble commenced last week,
when the White River, Uncompahgre
and Uintah Utes began pouring over
the line from Utah on their annual fall
hunt. The White River Utes are ex-
ceptionally ugly, and have apparently
been anxious to pick trouble with
parties of whites with whom they have
come in contact. The Utes were in
the Meeker massacre and have never
been anything but ugly and waiting
for an opportunity TO do mischief.
There are several hundred of them
now in the state.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-10-30

A Fatal Accident Occurred In Astoria
HarbOr.
ASTORIA, Or, Oct. PA most dis
tressing accident, resulting in the
drowning of Edward F. Bradford,
health officers boatman, and the mar
row escape from drowning of four
other men, occurred yesterday morn
ing about 10 o. o'clock, when the unlucky
German ship Flottbek was making
ready to proceed to sea.
Bradford started down the river in
his Whitehall to put Pilot Doig on
board the Flottbek. Besides the boat
man and pilot, there were also in the
boat Captain Schumacher, of the
Flottbek, and J. M. Gillette and son.
The sail was hoisted at Flavel's dock,
and in few minutes the party were
alongside the ship. Bradford then
stepped on the gunwale to unstep the
mast, when the frail and overloaded
craft upset, turning bottom uppermost.
All five of the struggling men grasped
the keel of the upturned boat, only to
cause it again to turn over. The strug-
gle continued for several minutes, the
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-10-30
Home Rule the Basis.

NEW YORK, Oct. PA dispatch to
the Herald from Madrid says:
Senior Morely Prendergast, the new
| colonial minister, has outlined for the
Herald his plan for Cuban reform as
| follows:
Tte autonomy which the cabinet of
Senior Sagasta proposes to bestow on
the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico in
fulfillment of the manifesto of June IA,
is special autonomy founded on the
aspirations adopted in the platform of
the Autillian autonomists and not
identical with the other colonial con-
stitutions. 1t is clear that in their es
sent1al principles the future constitu-
tions of Cuba and Porto Rico agree
with those colonial constitutions that
start from self-governmenta as the capi-
tai ideal self-legisIation, responsible to
the government; supremacy of the gov
ernor who, either under that name or
that of viceroy, shall represent the
mother country, and who shall choose
the ministers who shall be the execu-
tive in that colony.
Starting from the above basis, the
project of the Spanish government
contains the first partition of those
matters and concerns that belong to
the colon ial parliament and to the i'm
perial parliament, that is to the nation
al cortes. The partition is founded on
q careful discrimination between what |
interests the islands themselves nave
in local sense and what is of national
Importance.
The project in operation will inter-
pref in the most generous manner the |
phrase "local interests" since it will !
not only grant to the colonies COM
plete control of all that relates to edu-
cation, charity, etc., but it also in
trusts to representatives of the local
government the right of drawing upon
their customs tariff without any limita-
tions beyond those mutually arranged.
OF these ministerial functions re-
served to the metropolis are:
First those, that concern inter-
national relations; second, military
and naval matters; third, organization
of the law courts; fourth, those deposit
tions that under the name of patronage
really regulate relations between the
church and state.
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Governor Not Apprehensive.

DENVER, Oct. 26.-Governor Adams
has received the following from Deputy
Sheriff Watson at Rifle, Colo:
"Game Warden Wilcox tried to ar
rest some Utes on Snake river. five
miles from Lily Park. They resisted
and fired on the Wilcox party. No
whites were injured, but several In
dians were killed and wounded. Cen
eral Otis should order the Duchesne
troops out at once to corral the Indians
and save further trouble, as there is
much alarm here"
The governor said he did not ap-
prehend serious trouble, and would not
at present order out the state troops.
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NO COMPROMISE POSSIBLE.
Cubans Reassert Their Determination Not
to Accept Autonomy.

Cubans Reassert Their Determination Not
to Accept Autonomy.
NEW YORK, Oct. 27.-Tnomas Es-
trada Palma, the Cuban delegate to the
United States, when asked his opinion
of the Cuban reforms proposed by the
Spanish ministry, said:
''As the representative of the Cuban
provisional government, am in a
position to state most emphatically
that the Cubans in arms will enteI in
to no compromise with Spain. The
Cubans are fighting for absolute ..inde-
pendence, and they will entertain no
peace proposals from the Spanish gov
ernment based on anything but abso-
lutte independence. The Cubans are
firmly determined to carry on the
struggle until their purpose is accom-
plished, and they will listen to no
proposition acknowledging Spanish
over Cuba. Cubans will
never accept autonomy, no matter how
ample, as solution of their struggle
for independence. The Cuban problem
must be settled this time once for ALL"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-10-30
From Summer to Winter.

OMAHA, Oct. 26.-The warmest Octo-
Der ever experienced by white men in
this region is closing in blizzard.
Rain began falling in western Ne
braska and southern Dakota last night,
turning to snow, which continued all
night. Dispatches have been received
from Valentine to the effect that a
heavy snow has fallen there, while in
the western part of the state the rail-
ways are having trouble moving their
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-10-30
THE BULKHEaD BROKE.
Two Men Drowned and Five Injured at
Oregon City.


Oregon City.
OREGON CITY, Oct. pa terrible
accident occurred here at noon today,
causing the death of two men, and in
juring FIVE others.
A gang of men had been working
night and day for week to remove u
bulkhead, expecting to finish the work
this afternoon. The bulkhead was go
feet long, aad extended from the power
station on the east to the east wall of
the boat canal on the west. At the
lower end of the new extention of the
power-house another bulkhead had
been constructed, and it was the in
tention to take out the old one, IN
order to let the water into the new
section for the turbines.
The workmen had removed con-
siderable portion of the foundation of
the old bulkhead, and today were en-
gagged in taking off the nuts and cut
ting the bolts. intending to remove the
entire wall tonight.
The work gave way and a flood of
water rushed in upon the workmen,
filling the section. At first it was sup
posed that every man was drowned.
An alarm was given and the water was
drawn from the canal as soon as pos
sible. After this was done q count of
the men in the gang was mado, and it
was found that two men-George
Stouch and Jacob Macomb-were mis-
sing.
Among the five injured men, the
most seriously hurt are Carl Newberg,
whose head was severely cut and
bruised, and Harvey Little, whose left
arm was bruised and whose head and
face were badly cut.
Thomas Smith had his spine hurt
and William w. Smith had one bone
of his right leg broken.
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BAKER CITY, Oct 25.-S. A. He'll
ner's stone and frame warehouse op-
posite the o. r. & N. depot was burned
early this morning. There were stored
there large quantity of seed wheat,
some wool, hides and several carloads
of flour, salt, furniture and missel-
laneous articles. The loss is $4,000,
with 81, 800 insurance. The origin Of
the fire is unknown.
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an OUTRAGEOUS VERDICT.

In the case of Richard Hinkle, ac-
cused of numbering Scott, a book
agent for the J. X. Gill Company, Of
Portland, about two years ago, for his
money, and burning his body. jury
in the circuit court at Canyon Citv on
the 23d inst. returned verdict of
Granddaughter" and the accused was
sentenced to fifteen years in the peni-
tentiary. The verdict of manslaughter
was utterly absurd. If Hinkle was
guilty, he was guilty of murder, and if
there was not evidence enough 10 con-
vict him of murder there certainly was
no evidence to convict him of man
slaughter, for killing a man for money
and burning the body to conceal the
crime do not stand for any form of
manslaughter. In the case of Profess
or Webster, of Harvard college, who
was hanged in 1850 for the murder of
DR.. Parkman, while there was a gen.
eral conviction that Webster had
struck Parkman a fatal blow while in
a fit of anger. nevertheless the proof
that he had deliberately tried to de-
stroy the body Of his victim was
deemed proof of murder. and of murder
he was justly convicted and justly ex-
ecuted. But in the case of Hinkle the
charge was that he and one Bare
murdered Scott for his money and
burned the body to conceal the crime.
There was no suspicion of quarrel;
the accused was either absolutely in
nocent or absolutely guilty of murder;
and not at all of manslaughter. There
fore Bare, who is serving life sem
tence for his part in the crime, and
Hinkle, who gets off with Is years, as
guilty of manslaughuer, represent
very gross miscarriage of justice, for
if there was evidence beyond a doubt
that those two men murdered Scott for
his money, they were guilty of a most
barbarous murder and deserved
death; and if there was not sufficient |
evidence to show beyond reasonable
QOuDU OuCy Gu SCOUu3 luOy
should have been acquitted.
This verdict either means that the |
state has suffered a great wrong done |
by the jury in convicting of man
slaughter a man accused of cold |
blooded murder for the purpose of |
theft, or it means that the accused |
have been grossly wronged by being
found guilty of crime of which they
were not accused and of which they |
could not have been guilty, since the
evidence was not sufficient to satisfy
the jury that murder had been COM
mitted. Yet man accused of killing
his victim for money and burning the
body is either innocent of murder or
guilty of murder: he is not guilty of
acknowledgements.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 26.-Specials
from many points in Central nd East
ern South Dakota are to the effect that
heavy rain has changed to snow and
sleet, and the temperature is rapidly
falling under the influence of strong
north wind
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boat turning over repeatedly, until
Bradford was struck on the head by
the gunwale. He at once sank and
did not reappear. The others man.
aged to cling to the boat until it had
drifted as far as Kinney's cannery,
where they were picked up by two
fishermen, named George Nichols and
John Enquist.
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For Sale.

Mrs. C. Nelson & Co.'S. restaurant
on Court street, between Second and
Third,i is offered for sale at a reasonable
price. This is bargain for anybody
desiring to engage in the restaurant
business. Call early aud get terms.