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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-03-19
SPAIN DOES NOT LIKE IT.
Warlike Preparations Making In America
Viewed With Disfayor at Madrid.

Warlike Preparations Making In America
Viewed With Disfavor at Madrid.
WASHINGTON, March 15.-The war
preparations being made by the
United States, the assem- bling of ships
at Key West, the purchase of cruiser
abroad and the emergency measures
in the war and navy departments have
come to the official attention of the
Spanish government, and the views of
the Spanish cabinet thereon have
been communicated to the state de-
partment here. This has not taken
the form of a protest, however, as it
does not appear that the Spanish gov
ernment claims or asserts the right to
question such measures as the United
States might adopt, even though they
be of character to indicate prep
aratiOns for war, 1t Is rather
by way of representations, conveyed
in friendly spirit and without
threats, as to the serious infiu-
ences which these preparations will
haye in encouraging the Cuban insur-
gents at a moment when the autonomy
plan is to have it's crucial test through
the Cuban elections, and in this way
defeat the reforms Premier Sagasta is
seeking to carry out.
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nominating conyentions to perform.
They should exercise the greatest care
in selecting candidates, and not choose
! them because of their popularity. but
because of their integrity and capabil-
ity. The popular man does not always
make the most efficient public servant,
for too often he gains his popularity
by prohigacy, and if rroHigate in his
own business he will be in conducting
the business of the people. There
fore let none but careful, conservative
| men be chosen for standard bearers.
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SPANS DISGRACE.

That the American people have re-
sponded generously to the appeal of
the starving Cubans for food and
clothing will ever rest to their credit,
but that Spain permitted the necessity
of such an appeal will ever brand it as
the most heartless nation in the world.
In dealing with Cuba, Spain has not
distinguished between the loyal sub
]ects and the rebels: all have been
treated alike SO far as being permitted
to supply themselves with food was
concerned. They have been herded
together in towns and cities without
means for supplying themselves with
the necessaries of life, and have been
prevented from going into the country
to provide themselves with anything
to eat. No matter if they have been
loyal to the crown, they have been
treated as if they were rebels. and have
been starved.
Deprived of the means of. f.supportiag
themselves, Spain has neglected to
feed and clothe them, so death would
have been the inevitable result had
not relief come from America. Aside
from its cruel modes of warfare, Spain 9
treatment of its loyal subjects in Cuba
is sufficient to forever condemn it, and
arouse such hatred among Christian
nations throughout the world as to
justify them in wiping it off the face of
the earth. Friendly Intervention -
check warfare between a moth
country and its colonies where IL
mother country has any of II.
characteristics OF civilization, is &,
sirable but when it is as barha: .
ious as Spain has shown itself,
but force will suffice. Rrutes |
can only be dealt with by brute force,
and the United States has now suff1-
,ient cause for applying such force to
Spain.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-03-19
AN UNPATRIOTIC PLUTUCRAI

Senator Stephen B. Elkins, the man
whose posteffice address is Elkins,
Ohio. who has no fixed abode, yet has
for several years misrepresented West
Virginia in the United States senate,
now seeks to misrepresent the
American people by the following
statement to the New York World:
THE American people should treat
Spain in the present state OF affairs
just as thcy would treat any other
nation.
Conscious OF her strength and de-
string to be just, the United States
cannot afford to be other than fair in
her conduct toward Spain. She has
no difficulty with Spain, and seeks
none. Up to this moment the United
States has no cause for war with Spain.
0"Spain Is simply trying to hold
what belongs to her, and which has
been hers for the past century or more.
just as any other nation would do, and
Just as the United States did in the
civil war. The United States did all
it could then to prevent the indepen-
dence of the Southern states. Cuba
has foug bit for three years for indepen-
dence. The South with more claims
for indepeddenc, with a capital.
congress, postal facilities and the like,
possessed of one third of the republic,
with an army equal to any that the
world has ever seen. fought four years,
and the United States steadily resented
and resisted any idea of intervention
or recognition"
Were Steve Elkins a true patriot,
and had he the true spirit of independ-
ence in him he would not express such
sentiment as this. But Elkins is not a
patriot; he Is the subservient tool of
the plutocrats, and worshiper OF So
called aristocracy. The divine right
of kings is dearer to him than free
American citizenship, hence he be-
Iieves America should not intervene
to stop the starvation and murder of
struggling people. And why? Be-
cause the bond holders and money
devils see in a possible war with Spain
a danger of losing their present grasp
on American people, because it is
stroke for freedom, and the breaking
of the fetters held not only by kings
but those held by bond owners.
According to this trancient states
man the United States has no cause
for war with Spain, even though 300
American sailors were hurled into
eternity by Spanish treachery, and
the finest warship in the world was
blown to atoms. The parallel he at.
tempts to draw between Spain at pres
ent and that of the United States in
the time of the civil war is entirely
foreign. During that war the United
States conducted q warfare as far as
possible on principles of civilization.
whereas Spain's treatment of Cuba is
such as was accorded the uncivilized
races during the dark ages.
The confederate states were por-
tion of the federal compact, and had
little cause for seeding, while Cuba is
only colony, and on account of ex-
orbitant taxation had just cuase
for rebelling against the home govern
ment. But justice does not enter into
the ideas of such plutocrats as Elkins.
They are actuated with a spirit of SUBJ
jugating the masses instead of promul-
eating universal independence.
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SAN FRANCISCO Is SAFE.
Land Defenses are Ample to Protect the
Harbor.

Lanu De1enses are ample 20 frOtect the
Harbor.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 15.-The
land defenses of San Francisco harbor
have been greatly strengthened OF
late, and military and naval author
tiles agree that the presence of the
battleship Oregon is not essential for
the protection of the port. The 10
inch battery at Fort Point has been
reinforced by the addition of two guns.
so there are now FIVE 10-inch rifles in
position.
Five 12-iuch guns, commanding q
fine sweep of the ocean, can be de-
pressed to bring under fire ship at
tempting to pass through the narrow
channel between Lime point and Fort
point. Three more Pinch guns at
Fort Baker, together with the ID NOR
tars and three dynamite guns on the
peninsula can also be brought into
use at long or short range.
The great guns on Lime point near
ly 500 feet above the water are so high
that plunging fire against the deck
of ship may be maintained. All
these formidable weapons are SO stu
ated that their fire may be concen-
trated on any hostile feet attempting
to enter the Golden Gate.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-03-19
A DESTRUCTIVE BLAZE.


A Great Number ofLLives ost in a Chicago
CHICAGO, March I6.-The worst fire
that has occurred in Chicago since tn e
cold storage warehouse holocaust at
the worlds fair, broke out in six
story building at the corner of Wabash
avenue and Jackson boulevard today.
The death list will probably reach 10,
and may exceed that figure. The in
Jured number about 30.
The Emerson Piano Company occu-
pied the first, second and third stories
of the building. Among the other
tenants were tho Presbyterian board
of publications and the Sweet & Wal
lace Company, dealers in Photographic
supplies, the latter on the sixth floor.
1t was here that the fire broke out.
The floor was stored with chemicals
and materials used in the manufacture
of Photographic supplies, and accord
ing to some who escaped. the entire
floor was swept with flames in five
minutes after the fire broke out.
Three hundred girls were employed
by this firm, and when the fire broke
out panic ensued, many of the un-
fortunate women being trampled under
the feet of their comrades, in their
frantic effort to escape. Cut off from
escape by the elevators and stairways,
the people penned in the burning
building began jumping from windows
and though the fremen and others
held canvass many were crushed on
the stone sidewalks. According to an
eyewitness as many as l9 jumped at
once from the top floor, and others
were seen shortly after to fall back
into the flames.
The flames quickly spread to the
floors beneath. The fremen were
badly handicapped by the terrific heat.
For radious of block the heat was
intense. The hercest fire was in the
rear of the Conover Csmpany's store.
Thirty-fiye minutes after the fire
broke out the floors had fallen, and
moment later the walls fell. Shortly
after the front wall fell the outward
tracks of the Union Elevated loop was
completely covered with debris and
blocked the whole elevated system.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-03-19
Taps Was Sounded.

Los ANGELES, CAL, March 16.-Tbe
funeral of General Rosecrans took
place in this city today. 1t was one of
the most impressive and elaborate the
city ever witnessed. Business was
suspended during the ceremony, and
thousands assembled TO honor the
dead warrior. At l o'clock requiem
high mass was celebrated at the cathe-
dral, Bishop Montgomery officiating,
assisted by the clergy from all parts
of the diocese. After the service the
military took charge Of the funeral
services. The ceremony was brief and
at it's conclusion an infantry company
fired salute of three volleys over the
tomb, taps were sounded and the war
rior was left to his rest.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-03-19
TRAITORS WERE SHOT
Three Insurgents Officers
Meet a Deserved Fate.
THE BAY CITY is SAFE
San Francisco Well Protected by
Land Batteries From Attack bv
War Vessels.
The Union Iron Works Ready to Build
Ships and Guns on Short
Notice IL Necessity
Requires.
THE BAY CITY is SAFE

NEW YORK, March l5.-The Herald g
Havana CORES pondent says the kill
ing of Colonel Alvarez, Lieu.enant-
Colonel Vicente Nunez and Major
Espinosa was by order of General
Roberto Bermudez, commanding the
insurgent forces in Santa Clara prov
ince. They had decided to surrender
and accept autonomy. Members of
their forces were ready to surrender.
This was learned by Bermudez, who
held secret court-martial and it was
decided to shoot the trio. As the Of
ficers left camp to ride to the town of
La Esperanza they were fired on by
the insurgents and we're fairly riddled
with bullets.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-03-19

encouraged cotton manufacturing in
the South were the demands of the
times. Cotton was raised in that
locality and cotton cloths were used
more universally there than in the
North. 1t was found more economical
to manufacture the raw material into
merchantable goods at the source of
supply and in the vicinity of the mar
ket, just as it will be found with refer
ence to wooden manufacturing in the
West so soon as the demand for woolen
goods shall increase through an in.
crease in population.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-03-19
California Fruit outlook.

Los ANGELES, March l7.-In order
to determine as far as possible the ex-
tent of the damage to fruit in South
ern California caused by the heavy
frosts of last December. the Times
secured the services of Conservative
man, familiar with horticultural inter-
ests to make a thorough investigation
of the matter, as the estimates of the
loss were greatly at variance.
AS result it is eonservatively esti-
mated that one.third of the fruit of
Southern California was more or less
affected, the heaviest burden of the
damage falling upon the lowIands of
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-03-19
A WAY TO SUCCEED.

Whether the gold standard shall be
endorsed by the voters of Wasco
county next June, or wherher they
shall register themselves in favor of
bimetalism depends largely upon the
action of the three conventions that
meet here next Saturday. 1.-THE depo-
cratic. populist aSd silver republican
conventions enter into a scramble for
Office and set personal interest above
principle and the welfare OF the pub
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-03-19
AN EMERGENCY PROPOSITION.
San Francisco Firm Ready to Build War
ships on Short Notice.

shipS on snort NOTICE.
WASHINGTON, March 15.-Henry s..
Scott, of San Francisco, has made the
following emergency proposition to
the navy department: The Union iron
works will duplicate the Monterey in
nine mon6hs, or build two vessels of
that type in months, or four in II,
and if the government will let con-
tract for 100 big guns will erect a
modern gun foundry and turn out
ordnance for the vessels and battle-
ships now building as we'll as for COM
pleting the defenses at Pacific coast
points.
The offer was taken under advise.
ment by Secretary Long, who will sub
NIT it to the cabinet, and it is the
opinion among some that the presi-
dent may order the work inaugurated
under his defense approximation. In
case such decision is made, Mr.. Scott
will carry back with him contracts
when he leaves on Friday, and the
work will begin at once.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-03-19
RoIina RAaieDed.

NEW YORK, March 16.-A Herald
dispatch from Manila says:
The Philippine rebels surrounded
the cable station at Bolina on March
Z, and 33 Spanish soldiers were killed.
A steamer which was sent on March 8,
to relieve the garrison was obliged to
return, owing to renewal OF the fusil-
lade. Four priests at the garrison
from neighboring towns were MASSACRE
ed. Bolina was subsequently relieved
by General Moret. The insurgent loss
was heavy.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-03-19
rhe spanish Torpedo Boats.

MADRID, March 15.-The Spanish
torpedo fotilla, which sailed from
Cadiz Sunday, ostensibly for Porto
Rico, will only call there for provisions,
etc., and will afterwards leave for Ha-
vaua. A second Spanish fotilla will
soon start for Cuban waters and will
probably ha stationed at Porto Rico.
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Will Not Sell Cuba.

MADRID, March 16-A semi-official
agency today publishes the following
announcement.
SIT is useless to talk of the sale of
Cuba. The sale could not be arrang.
ed, except by parliament, and it is i'm
possible that any Spanish chamber
would agree 20 sell the island at any
price"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-03-19
Mine Under the Maine.

NEW YORK, March ia Press dis
patch from Key West says:
A shattered section of a submarine
cable containing seven conductors for
setting off mines is in possession of
the board of inquiry. The cable led
to mine under the Maine. The dis.
covery was made by divers at the
Maine wreck. This proves that the
mine which blew up the Maine was
connected with the switchboard ashore,
which was in charge Of trusted and
agent.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-03-19
A Kansas Prairie Fire.

CIMARRoN, Kan, March 15.-With
the wind blowing 40 miles an hour,
a prairie fire has been raging within
sight of this place, sweeping every
thing before it. Thousands of acres
of pasture land haye been burned of,
aid reports are coming in of the loss
of livestock and buildings, but so far no
loss of human life has been heard OF.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-03-19
DID PROTECTION DO ITY

The Portland Tribune has discovered
why it is that cotton manufacturing
has made such rapid advance in the
South during the last 10 years, and
attributes it all to the tariff. Here is
its argument. and a table prepared to
prove its position:
"Hsre are few figures which relate
to the growth of cotton manufacturing
in the South. which has been subject
to precisely the same protective sys-
tenn which has applied in other parts
of the country, and under which, it
will be seen, the development of the
manufacturing industry in that section
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-03-19

lation in open session, and agreed up
on joint resolution for the accom-
plishment of this purpose, which Sena-
tor Davis was authorized to report to
the senate.
Later, in the senate, Chairman
Davis reported a joint resolution pro-
viding for annexation of the Hawaiian
islands. The joint resolution went to
the calender. Senator Davis did not
give any notice of calling it up.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-03-19
Gold Coming from Australia.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 1.-THE
Oceanic Steamship Company steamer
Alameda, now on her way from Aus
tralia to San Francisco, has on board
50, SOC, 900 in gold. This is the largest
amount of treasure ever brought into
this port by q single vessel.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-03-19
Gold In the Street.

SAN FRANCISCO, March ia ledge
of gold-bearing quartz has been found
by men engaged in grading Seven
teenth street, in this city. The street
is being cut through bluff varying
from 40 to So feet high, and about 300
feet long. Three years ago tunnel
was sunk through the hill to allow the
laying of large water main to the
reservoir on Clarendon Heights, and
ow-grade quartz was then uncovered.
The quartz which is now declared to
show traces of gold was uncovered by
q blast
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-03-19
ProiectiIes for Spain

BIRMINGHAM, England. March Is
The Kynochs Company has already
dispatched part of the large Spanish
order for special proiectiles standing
At feet high, the largest ever made by
the KyRochs.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-03-19
Hawaiian Annexation.

WASHINGTON, March 16.-The sem
ate committee on foreign relations to-
day agreed to recommend that the
Hawaiian islands be annexed by legis-
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has been phenominal:

has been phenom1nal:
Number of mills in 1880. ...... $50
Numbe mills in 1890, ,............ 254
Number of mills in 1898. ...... 400
Number of looms IN 1880. 49,. 14,000
Mum ber of looms in 1890. ... $4,000
Number of looms in 1898 ..... $4,000
Number of spindles in 1885,. 667, 900
Number of spindles in $780,. 1.712,OOO
Number of spindles Ia 1898.. 4.100.00
Capital employed in 1880. s21 10000
Capital employed in 1890. 81, 1000 600
Capital employed in lS9S.. 125,OOO,OO0
"No wonder that protection senti-
ment is growing apace in the South
and that numbers of leading democrats
of that section have found it necessary.
as they recently have, to declare them
selves for protection in order to retain
their grip upon public office"
Such showing as this coupled with
the table would probably be convincing
that the protective policy had been the
only agent that acted to increase cot
ton manufacturing in the South, were
it not for the fact that an investigation
of the tariff laws in forces during the
period from 1880 to 1898 reveals the
fact that the period when the greatest
advance was made was during the time
when the Wilson law was in operation.
From 1880 to 1890 there was high
protective duty on all manufactured
cotton. still there was an increase OF
only "a mills, and from 1890 to 1898,
three and one-half years of which time
the Wilson law THAT "free trade"
measure) was in force, there was an in
crease of 246 in the number Of mills,
and as matter of fact there were more
mills built from 1894 to 1897 than dur
ing any other time. Since the Dingley
law was enacted last year, there has
not besn single new cotton mill built
in the South, so we must conclude the
Tribune has erred in attributing every
thing to protection.
As q matter OF fact, the factors that
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-03-19

When a
man falls out
of a ten story
W i n d o W
you'd natu.
rally say he
is a de ad
man. Well,
perhaps he
IS and then
again, per-
b aps OF.
Sonnet hi ng
m a y S We
him. There
. ay be a
friendly avn
ing that will
let him down
easy, so he
may be sound
and well to-
.OrrOw Won
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-09-29
Simpsons Success.

The Pulpit HMbor correspondent of
the Rockland Courier Gazette says
Mrs. Isaac Brown lately received news
from her brother, Alfred Simpson, who
left here about 26 years ago, that he has
been in the Klondike regions for the past
year or so and has been one Of the fortunate
ones, having realized the snug sum of
about 50, 600 for his years work. This is
clear Of his expenses which must have
been no small item, as he writes that he
paid 81 a pound for beef, beans and
bacon; flour SIS per sack candles 81 each,
and everything else in proportion. To
those who know Mr. Simpson the follow
ing will prove interesting: He first went
with his fathers family to Range River
Valley, Ore, where Mr. Simpson, ST.,
still resides. He afterwards went to the
coast and for number of years was over
seer in a saw mill at salary of 500 per
month. The hard times If a year or two
ago affected this business to such an ex
tent that he determined to leave it and
Try his fortunes in the klondike, with the
above results. He married lady OF Bay
side, Calf, where his home is at present
They have one daughter.
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The Black Oxen OF Bailey of Brooks

The Turf, Farm and Home says that
the most interesting event Of "Wednesday
forenoon at the Monroe fair, apparently,
was the trial of strength between the
oxen entered for the premiums offered in
that class. Several pairs were alternate
ly hitched TO the dragload of granite pre-
pared for the occasion, each piece having
its weight plainly marked upon it. The
load prepared weighed 6, $50 pounds, and
was, as everyone knows, heavy load to
move on drag, or a stone boat, with one
pair of oxen. Most Of them, however,
succeeded, with good deal of having
and geeing, in moving the load ahead
It ore or less, and the general impression
among the spectators was, that the load
was unreasonably heavy; but when Mr..
Riley Bailey of Brooks hitched his pair OF
olack oxen, measuring less than I feet .
inches, to the load, and in minutes, the
prescribed time moved it 307 feet, this
conclusion was somewhat modified and it
was decided that the load was not too
much for some oxen, for these walked
right off with it.