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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-07-16
WHO HOWLS FOR PEACE?

The Oregonian gives vent to anothe
of it's customary misrepresentation by
asserting that the democrats are be-
ginning to raise a premature cry OF
peace" because. it insists that they
"see the probability of the war being
popular and aiding the republicans in
carrying the November elections" 1t
fails however to mention the names OF
any democratic leaders or democratic
papers that are yelling" for peace.
In fact it could not, because there are
none.
Bailey, the democratic leader in
congress. forced the president to de-
clare war, and he has Dever retreated
from his position. Bryan offered his
services to help prosecute the war, and
with his regiment is ready to respond
to any call the government may make
and 60 where he is ordered whether it
be to Cuba, Porto Rico or the Philip
pines. General Wheeler, VINO resign.
ed his seat in congress to take the
field, is with General Shafter at San
tiago. General Lee is in command of
a division at Jacksonville, awaiting
orders to be sent to the front Do the
actions of these leaders indicate that
they are yelling for peace? Has a
single democratic senator or congress
man raised his vote against the prose-
cution OF the war? Have any of the
great democratic papers like the New
York Journal, St. Louis Republic,
Cincinnati Enquirer, Chicago Chron-
icle or San Fra ncisco Examiner pub.
lished single line that indicates that
they want the war terminated until
the Spanish are driven out of the
Western hemisphere? If not, then who
are the democrats that are "yelling
for peace?"
Nearly all democrats oppose this
government becoming a pirate and un-
dertaking to gobble up all the.terri-
tory heretofore held by Spain, just be-
cause we are the stronger nation.
They are believers in the Monroe doc
trine, literally construed. and hold
that it would apply were we to cross
either of the oceans and undertake to
sleze territory either in Europe or
Asia.
The charge that the democrats, for
party reasons, and on account of fear
that its successful prosecution might
put few more republicans in con-
gress, are opposing the war, is utterly
false and is a base vilification.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-07-16
MILITARY TACTICS IN SCHOOL.

The present war with Spain empha-
sizes the fact that America must ever
rely upon its citizen soldiers in time of
war. We cannot keep great stand
ing army as do the European nations,
for our people are required in active
business pursuits. We have no sur
PLUS population to be thrown into the
army, and besides it is not the policy
of this government to maintain any
great number of its citizens as non
producers or drones. But we ever
have powerful military reserve in
our citizen soldiers-the men who toll
in the fields, the factories, on the roads.
in offices and behind counters, yet
when called into service they enter
the army with little knowledge Of mill
tary tactics of the science of war.
In time they become the best soldiers
in the world, in fact it is true that the
American recruit of today becomes the
veteran of tomorrow, however, they
would more readily grasp the duties of
soldiers if they had military training
during their youth. They would be
schooled in the manual of arms and
field evolutions, and all they would be
required to learn would be TO execute
what they had learned. 1t is therefore
desirable that military tactics Should
be made one of the branches of study
q every public school. It should be
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-07-16
NO FIGHTING
At SANTIAGO
General Miles Waiting a Re-
ply From Toral.

WASHINGTON, July 13.-There has
been no fighting at Santiago since
Monday, when Admiral Sampson
eased his bombardment. after failing
to reach the city with his shot.
General Miles has demanded the
surrender of the city and will not re-
new hostilities until General Toral
has had sufficient time in which to
consider the matter OF an uncon-
ditional surrender.
1t is possible that Sampson will be
ordered to enter the harbor, when an
attack by land and sea will be made.
In case Toral refuses to surrender,
Toral asks to be permitted 10 evac-
uate with his army hearing
their side arms, but this wilt not
be considered by General Miles.
Nothing but an uncondit;1 Il surren-
der will be accepted. and ,.ules this is
acceded to within "a hours, tho battle
will be renewed.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-07-16
FATAL BOILER
EXPLOSION.
Eight Men Were Killed and Thirty
Wounded.

BUFFALO, N. Y, July ia terrific
explosion occurred in the Niagara
Starch works here yesterday afternoon,
killing eight workmen and seriously
injuring 30 others.
Without any warning, the large
boiler in the engine room exploded,
demolishing the engine room and
wrecking a portion of the works. The
factory will resume operations as soon
as the damage can be repaired.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-07-16
WAS PROBABLY
THE SAGA.
Supposed Spanish Privateer Only a
Peaceful Merchantmen.

ST. PAUL, July 14,-It is believed
here that the steamer Saga, belonging
to syndicate of South Dakota capital
lists, was the mysterious craft which
gave rise few days ago to reports
from the Pacific coast that Spanish
privateer was in that part of the
world, lying in wait for treasure-laden
ships from the Klondike..
The Saga has just arrived at Van
couver, having been taken by its
owners from Central American traffic
to engage in the Alaska trade. The
vessel is of foreign build, and as it
carries the flag Of Holland, some timid
captain, seeing the Saga at distance
while on its way up the coast to Van
couver, doubtless took It for Spanish
privateer, and hastily carried the sem
sational news to the nearest port.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-07-16
A KLODIKE IN OREGON.
Our Mines are Good Enough for
Prospectors and Miners.

PORTLAND, Or, July l5.-The free
milling good quartz. exhibited at the
chamber of commerce in this city from
the Eastern Oregon mines are attract
ting considerable attention from min
ing men and returned Kloudy kers
Truly Oregon is Klondvke within
itself, where no man need ID fore going
going prospecting take out a life in
surance policy. for the benefit of the
loved ones ut home, for fear he will
starve or freeze to death while in
search of the golden treasure. Surely
nc enterprise at present seems to offer
greater opportunities than gold mln-
ing for the profitable investment of
capital and labor, and no section affords
better advantages to mining investors
or prospectors than the gold fields OF
Eastern Oregon.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-07-16
PEACE MEASURES
GAINING FAVOR
War Is Becoming Less Popular in
Madrid

LONDON, July 12.-The Madrid cor
respondent of the Mail telegraphs that
the current in favor of peace is run
ming stronger today. The government
will negotiate without the interven-
ton OF any foreign power. Foreign
diplomats observe that the tendency
In Madrid is to exclude the powers
altogether from the negotiations.
The premier's resignation was ex-
pected before peace negotiations OPEN
ed, so as to leave the crown absolutely
free to consult with the leading states
men. Should Sagasta's resignation be
accepted, efforts will be made to form
a military cabinet, whose acts would
inspire greater confidence in the army.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-07-16
WILLING TO LOSE CUBA.
Spain Would Consent to Cuban Inde-
pendence.

MADRID, July l2.-The possibility OF
peace with the United States is being
widely discussed in the newspapers
and by the public. Conservative
papers declare Spain will accept peace
providing it implies the loss only of
Cuba, but they assert that Spain would
prefer to continue the war if the
United States should claim Porto Rico,
the Philippines or an immense indem-
nifty which it would be impossible for
Spain to pay.
Correspondence asserts that General
Correa, minister of war, does not dis,
agree with the other cabinet ministers
go seriously as is generally supposed,
and in view of the gravity of the
cuban situation it is possible that he
will no longer oppose peace, providing
the conditions are not too onerous.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-07-16
BIG ARMY TO GO
TO PORTO RICO.
Probably %. 900 Men VIII Be Sent to
the Island

Probably % 900 Men VIII Be Sent Il
the Island.
NEW YORK, July PA special tt
the Times from Washington says:
The movement of the American
army on Porto Rico may be said to
have begun. No troops have yet left
these shores openly consigned to the
island, but the continued forwarding
of additional troops to Santiago, when
it is recognized that Shafter has as
large an army as he needs to take that
town, is in reality the laying of the
foundation of the Porto Rican expedi.
tionary force.
The determination of the war deQart.
ment to send formidable force to cap.
ture Porto Rico has been strenthened
by the resistance made by the Span
iards in Santiago. An effort will be
made to avoid the mistake of the San
tiago campaign. The expedition to go
against Porto Rico will consist of be-
tween q, 900 and 10000 men.
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taught from one end of the country TO
the other. Every boy, and also every
girl, would be none the worse by hay-
ing drill say three times a week in
military tactics. Nothing is more
graceful than the execution of the
manual of arms and ordinary field
drill. If every youth in the land were
given instructions in these exercises,
he would have a more stately bearing,
and would be schooled iu discipline as
he is not now. The school board of every
state ought to add military tactics to
the course of study and enforce its be-
ing taught. If it were, the entire pop
ulation would be trained soldiers when
ever their services should be required.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-07-16
The AMERICAN HEN.

We are given to boasting of our
wheat, cotton and hog products, which
are all immense, but there is one agent
on the farm that is looked upon as
insignificant, yet as a producer of
wealth it outrivals all others. 1t is
the American hen, and while she goes
modestly along in an unobserved way
she is producing big amount of
wealth and is adding grealy to the
comforts ot the human race. II. w.
Collinwood, of the Rural New Yorker,
has complied some statistics concer-
ming the hen that are interesting. He
says there are $50, 100000 chickens In
the United States and they will lay
13, $50, 100000 eggs during the year,
which are easily worth sl65, 200, 900, and
the poultry meat sold during the year
will amount to Sl25, 100000 making
100000, 600 welth produced by the hen.
When these big figures are compared
with the value of other farm products
it will be seen that the hen leads them
all. The cotton crops last year was
valued at 1853, 900; the wheat crop
at 23S, 900, 900. the wool clip at s38. .000,-
600, and the hog products at Si50,000,
600. the hen has produced more
wealth than any other single con-
tingent of the farm. She has produced
S31 ,O00. 900 more than the cotton planta-
tions, s52, 100000 more than the wheat
fields s252, 900, 900 more than tbs sheep.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-07-16
REFORM IN PORTLAND.
Mason's Administration is Getting in
its Work on Saloons and
Dance Halls.

|
PORTLAND, July l5.-Portland is no
longer an open town. Last night
every saloon in town closed not only
its front doors but the side entrance
as well promptly closed at l A. M, and
] the concert and dance halls were COM
PEELED to stop their music at midnight.
No fallen women were to be seen on
| the streets during the entire evening.
No Chinese lottery was being played
and even the gambling houses con.
Quoted by the white gamblers made no
attempt to open their games. No one
J seems to know how long this is going
( to continue, but the sporting element
when approached smile and looks wise,
and seem in no way dissatisfied. While
the moral party on the other hand
pretend to have definite information
that the reformation has come to stay.
1t looks to disinLerested outsider as
if the present city government were
having considerable difficulty in max
WIG hla ldii dlihO Oit uuO yuoV anu I'LL
just.
x-Mayor E. B. Pond and wife, of
San Francisco, is in the city looking
after his mining and property interests,
of which he has large holdings in the
state and which he calculates to
greatly extend.
In spite of the fact that the bottom
seems to have dropped out of the
klondike boom, all the ship yards
around Portland are displaying con-
siderable activity. each one having
from one to three new boats on the
ways. All the craft that has for so
long a time been tied u2 at the levee
aud along the river front are at work |
and there is more demand for river !
men than there has been for many |
I1
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-07-16

CHARLESTON, S. c., July 15.-The
soldiers that began going on board
transports yesterday have returned to
land, and the expedition is under in
structions TO not proceed to Cuba un-
til further orders
1t is the belief here that there will
not be another expedition fitted out to
go south at present, and possibly not
until it is determined to attack Ha-
vana.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-07-16
THE SEAT OF
WAR WILL MOVE
Army to Be Withdrawn
From Cuba.

WASHINGTON, July 15.-The fall OF
Santiago has thrown an entirely differ
ems phase upon the war situation. The
seat of war will now be changed from
Cuba to Porto Rico, and the first move
will be to invest San Juan.
General Skaters army, with the ex-
ception perhaps of one brigade, will
be Withdrawn from Santiago within a
week and embark for Porto Rico.
Troops will be landed as soon as
possible on Porto Rico, and the forti-
fed ports will be attacked by land and
from the sea.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-07-16
PORTO RICO is
TO BE NEXT.
Entire Army In Cuba Will Be Sent
There.

WASHINGTON, July 13.-The war
department has announced that when
Santiago shall have surrendered, the,
entire army there will be sent to Porto
Rico to take charge of that island.
General Miles has taken command
OF the army before Santiago, having
relieved General Shafter on his ar
rival at the front. General Miles has
renewed the demand for the surrender
OF Santiago which is expected at any
time. 1t is not believed the Spanish
general will hold out much longer.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-07-16

"Fighting" Bob Evans, captain OF
the batUleship Iowa. speaks lightly OF
having an unexplodei she'll lodged
near the water line OF his ship, a trophy
that he got in the engagement off San
tiago on the Sd, and which he has not
yet been able to extricate. 1t may yet
prove no laughing matter. and may
prevent the gallant captain from
joining Watson in the advance on the
Spanish coast.
The horrors of civilized war are ter
rible, but are nothing to compare to
warfare of few hundred years ago
when no quarters were given to the
yanquished. The pangs of defeat are
now smoothed over as best they can be,
as was shown by our gallant officers
after Cervera was taken prisoner. He
and his men were taken on board the
American feet and cared for as If they
were guests of honor paying friendly
visit.
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more Oregon Volunteers.

RoSEBURG. July 13.- Twenty re.
cruits for the Second Oregon left here
this morning for San Francisco. The
men were recently examined by re-
cruiting officers, and sworn into the
service. They expect to get away for
Mania on the Goth.
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WILL BE OFF
IN A WEEK.
Fourth Manila Expedition to Leave on
the goth.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 13,-General
Otis, in charge of the fourth Manila
expedition, has issued an order that
the men who have been designated to
60 to the Philippines hold themselves
in readiness to embark on the 10Th,
July 10Th having been designated as
the date of sailing.
General Otis will probably sail at an
early date for Honolulu, where he will
await the arrival of the troops, and
will accompany them to Manila, and
on his arrival will assume command Of
the army.
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California Populists.

SACRAMENTO, July 13.--rhe popu.
list convention convened here today,
with full delegation. The indica
tions are that the populists will
nominate Congressman Mcclure for.
Governor. Mr.. Mcclure is a democrat t,
and will very likely be the choice OF
tuat party for gubernatorial honors.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-07-16
EXPLOITS OF THE NAVY.

The achievements of the American
navy in the war with Spain are a
source of wonder to the world, and
they surprise our own people by the
greatness of the result compared with
the small casualty list and the escape
of our ships with comparatively no
damage. Dewey destroyed the Manila
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-07-16
CIVILIZATION AND MURDER.

While laws have been enacted to
prevent capital crime and every effort
seems to have been exerted in this
country to protect its citizens against
the yiciousness of the redhauded as
sassin, it seems that the effort has
proven less effectual here than in most
countries. While our la vs. are string
ent and capital punishment is the
penalty inflicted for murder in the
first degree, yet that crime is by no
means kept down to the minimum.
When we compare statistics on this
subject of other countries with our
own, we tiud the percentage is greater
in the United States than in almost
any other country. In New South
Wales the PERCENTAGE is the least.
During the past four years there have
been but thirteen murders in the
colony, and for these crimes eight per-
sons have been hanged and FIVE sem
fenced to life imprisonment. The
average time between the arrest and
conviction in New South Wales, in the
cases OF murder is 65 days, and the
average time between conviction and
execution is 45. In the past four years
in the colony the number of murders
has been at the rate of one to 10000
inhabitants each year, while in the
United States it has been one to S,40O
inhabitants. Out of $500 homicides
committed in the United States in one
year only III persons were executed.
These are statistics which put the
United States to the blush. 1t is
demonstrated fact that life is not as
safe, or punishment for the greatest of
crimes so certain, in this country,
which boasts so much of its intelli-
gence, its schools and its churches,
as in the British colony of New South
Wales. While we are at the job of
civilizing the distant corners of the
earth, which are now misgoverned by
other nations, we should not neglect
to put in little time in civilizing our
selves in the matter of furnishing our
murderers.
The American people are wonder |
full people and have made gigantic |
strides in civilizing a country which |
a few decades ago was a wilderness,
but they have not learned the proper
use of the judicial machinery which
they have set up. 1t is solemn, un-
truth that crime goes
oftener unpunished in the United
States than it does in any other ad-
vanced nation, and some day,
when we get time. we will hold
grand national inquest TO find out why
we are so backward in this, one of the
most necessary of all the arts of gov
arnmapt |
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OMAHA, July l3.-Six hundred meat
handlers in the large packing houses
have struk for higher wages. and bus
iness about the packing houses aas
about suspended. Indications are that
the employers will be forced to con
cede to the demand of the man.
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Oregon and Washington. There is
also quite an inaux of laboring men
from the drouth stricken districts of
'alifornia arriving in this city bound
''r The harvest fields of Oregon, where
Undoubtedly all will secure steady EN-
ploymert until the snow flies, at good
wages.
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Porto Rico Next on the List.

WASHINGTON, July H.-Maior-Gen-
eraI Brooke has been ordered from
Chickamauga to Washington immed-
lately for consultation regarding the
Porto Rican expedition. No troops
will be sent to Cuba, save two regi-
ments of immunes from New Orleans
and Galveston. A large majority of
our troops in Cuba viii be withdr avn
at once.
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Sailed for I,ouolnin.

SAN FIR ANCIsCo, July 15.-Trans-
ports Pueblo and Peru sailed this after.
noon for Honolulu with troops to be
stationed there and with portion of
the soldiers intended for the Philip
pines,
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woman sentenced TO Death.

New YORK. July l2.-Mrs. Martha
M. Place, convicted of the muder of
her stepdaughter, Ida Place, was to-
day sentenced to die by electriciay at
Sing Sing prison during the week
beginning August 20.
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Going to tha Haryest Flelds.

PORTLAND, July 15.-Large num-
bers of the unemployed labor of this
city are leaving daily on every train
and boat for the grain fields Of Eastern
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ACTIVITIES HAVE CEASED
No More Troops Will be Sent to
Cuba at Present.

TAMPA. Fla, July 15.-When the
word was received here of the sur
render of Santiago, it was accompanied
by an order from Washington stop
ping all troops that had em barked, aud
instructing the officers in charge to
return their men to camp and await
further orders. In consequence the
troopships were unloaded and the
soldiers returned to their quarters on
land.
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sprnish omcers to Annapolis.

PORTSMOUTH, N. H, July 14.-The
auxiliary cruiser St. Louis sailed for
Annapolis at 6 o'clock this morning,
having on board Admiral Cervera and
the other Spanish officers.
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MIDDLE-ROADERS
BOLTED.
They Refused to Ratify the Nomina-
ton of Mcguire.

SACRAMENTO, July 15.-The middle
readers in the populist state conven-
tion, after the nomination of Mcguire
for governor walked out of the
hall, and orgarized an Independent
convention. There were 135 delegates
walked out, and after organizing yes
terday afternoon nominated a full
ticket with T. W. E. Shanahan at the
haad
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1t is really TOO bad that Camara has
been called back from Suez. Life is
little dull at Manila, and Dewey would
have enjoyed a bout with Camera just
for diversification. He would have
enjoyed sendirg another Spanish feet
10 the bottom of the ocean.
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PEACE is IN SIGHT.
Negotiations to Terminate the Wa,
Probably Begun.

MADRID, July ia decree has been
issued by the crown suspending ci,iz-
ems rights which is taken to mean
that peace negotiations are pending.
The peace sentiments gaining ground
all over Spain, and the war is losing
in public favor everywhere.