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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-01
Patent Leather Trust.

NEW YORK, June 29-Fourteer
patent and enameled leather firms, all
but one located in Newark, N. j., have
accepted the terms of consolidation OF
the industry, but the three largest
firms, S. Halsey & Sons, T. P. Howell
and Co. and P. Reilly & Sons, hold
out. There are about 80 factories in
the city and the smaller concerns will
be let in on some satisfactory basis.
The promoters propose to pay cash
for all the plants at fair valuation,
but as the amount required will be
about 0,0O0, 900, there is some scepti-
cism as to their ability to raise the
money. If they succeed In the under
taking the three large concerns will
enter the combination,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-01
TERRIBLE INSTRU.
MENT OF WAR
A She'll That Will Kill a
Battalion.

CHICAGO, June 27.-A special to the
Chronicle from Washington says: A
shell of terrific explosive power with
capacity to annhilate by bursting
fragments and shock as effective az
streak Of lightning, will be the
feature Of the fall campaign in the
in the Philippine islands. Tests of the
charge of this terrible engine of wal
are being made at Sandy Hook, the
government guarding closely its secre,
of manufacture.
A shell of this nature, charged with
an explosive equal to melinte or dyna'
mite, falling near a battalion Of the
enemy would kill or cripple very
large percentage Of the battalion.
The chances of escape from this tre-
mendous machine will be decreased
100 times, experts say as compared
with chrapnel discharged at the same
objects.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-01
WE WILL KEEP OUR GUNS

Were the peace conference at The
Hague TO result in anything out q
general love feast among the repre-.
sentatiyes of the different powers. it
would be great surprise to the world.
Nobody expected it to cause the dis
armament of the worlds armies, or
eyen TO result in an agreement among
the powers to disband their armies and
sip punch out of great, big peace
bowl. The most that could have
been hoped for was an agreement to
submit minor points to arbitration,
and thus Lesson the probability of war
between opposing powers. Even if
this much is accomplished the peace
conference will have been success.
No nation is expected to deprive it's
self of its means for defense and Of
Tense. The human race has not
reached that stage of perfect civiliza.
tion that it has thai implicate conf.
fidence in mankind that it would rely
solely on justice in the settlement of
its controversies with other countries.
Even the proposition to cease in
creasing navies and armies does not
meet the approval of the honorable
gentleman who constitute the com.
mission. The uations of the world are
not ready to cuddle up in a bed to
gether, consequently we will all keep
our guns in place with magazine of
powder and that close by. Warships
will continue to plow the sea, and
coast Notifications will bristle with
cannon. 1t will be several generations
yet before warfare is lost art, and it |
will require number of peace con-
ventions like the one held at The |
Hague before the armies will all be DIS
banded. That time will not come
until the people of the world refuse to
be taxed for the purpose of supplying
the munitions of war.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-01
MORE SOLDIERS
FOR OTIS
Additional Troops to Be
Enlisted at Once.

WASHINGTON. June 28.-Secretary
Alger, Adjutant Corbin and Colonel
Bird, assistant quartermaster general
in charge of transportation, had an
hours consultation with the president
today relating to the question OF rein.
forcements- for General Otis. A de-
Unite decision Uas reached to continue
recruiting men at all the recruiting
stations, and Secretary Alger said
after the conference that General
Otis would have 10000 men whea the
rainy season closed for resumption of
active operations.
The enlistments are to be for SER
vice in the regular army and recruits
are to be organized into regiments or
assigned to regiments already formed
after enlistment. No organizations
are to be accepted If sufficient recruits
can be obtained by regular enlistment
General Corbin said the enlistments
would be for three years. Arrange
ments are to be made at once for in
creasing the transportation necessary
to get these additional troops to the
Philippines.
The decision to reinforce General
Otis by the end of the rainy season is
Interpreted to mean that active
campaigning will cease until the bad
weather ends. By remaining quies-
cent under good shelter during the
rainy season it is hoped that the
health of our troops will be conserved
and the danger from climatic fevers
reduced to a minimum. General Otis
has cabled the war department that
he has the skeleton organizations OF
two or three regiments which he pro-
poses to raise in the Philippines.
At the war department this is said
to mean that General Otis has the
officers for these regiments selected
and that they are now to be filled with
enlisted men. The war department.
says that the recruits now being en-.
listed cannot be used for the volun-
teer army, although it would be an easy
matter to transfer these men with
their own consent to the volunteer
service if it should be determined to
raise the additional troops.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-01
THAT CIVIL SERVICE ORDER

Secretary of the Treasury Gage at.
tempts to defend the presidents over
riding of the civil service rules, by
announcing that the change has not
been detrimental to the service In his
department, and few puny, hide.
hound journals like the American
Economist seek to offer excuses for the
presidents action On the ground that
needs and requirements of the civil
service are such that it is impracticable
to resort to competitive tests in the
selection of applicants, but there are
few self respecting papers or individ-
uals who will undertake to defend the
president for making the extraor-
binary order. Those few who yet
hold to the President should be-
fore they get to deep into the mire
in their efforts to offend Mr.. McKin
ley, see if they can answer few of the
following questions propounded by
the Chicago Trioune. one of the
staunch republican papers of the
country and usually firm supporter
of the president:
If the defenders of the order wish to
convince the people, let them give
some proof that it is going to lead to
she good of the service. Let them
demonstrate that we are about to have
some great improvement in admins
traGive methods. Let them show
wherein any class of citizens except
ravenous office-seekers are to be bene
flied by the order. Let them show
also that an equal number of deserv-
ing men are not ultimately to be hurt
by it. Let them show what call there
was for exempting the officials of
Alaska from the civil service tests. 1t
is TO be supposed that broken down
hack politicians will give better SER
vice 5000 miles from Washington than
men appointed by competitive examina-
tion? Again, what demand was there
for the exemption of $500 experts of
various kinds on the engineer corps?
Can the intuition of political bosses
appoint better deputy inspectors.
ighthouse-keepers, canal custodians,
gaugers and weighers than the methods
Of the merit system? What demand |
was there for the exemption of skilled |
in the arsenals and in the |
ordance department? Mr.. Gage at
,empts to excuse the mption of the /
deputy collectors of internal revenue,
put he gives DO proof that they were
q need of being Withdrawn from the
of the classified service.
rhe deputy collectors are supposed to
,e in the working force. The collec-
ors are the politicians and the depu-
les do the work. Why should both
,e put under the thumb of the ruling
jobmaster?
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-01
Profitable Fruit Season

SAN FRANCISCO, June 28.-Decidu
Gus fruit shipments are being rushed
to the East over the Central Pacific
at the rate OF so carloads q day, and
extra trains are being used in the
accommodation of the traffic. Up to
last Saturday night the shipments for
the season amounted to $50 carloads
OF "a 900 pounds each. Peaches, plums
and table prunes are principal green
fruits now being sent to Eastern mar
ket. Prices continue firm, and as a
result the California orchardists are
having a most profitable season.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-01
REPAID FoK SUFFERING.
Miners Live on Two Pancakes a Day but
Get Plenty of Gold.

Ihh1 A1D run 6oT y DAsATNo.
Miners Live on Two Pancakes Day but
Get Plenty of Gold.
SEATTLE, June 27.-The latest ad-
vices from the newly discovered gold
fields at Cape Nome, Alaska, are con-
tained in letter from Major E. S.
Ingraham, of Seattle, who writes un-
ter cate of February 2, 1899. Major
Ingraham is the leader of a party OF
IA who were fitted out by Prince Luigi,
of Italy, and local business men. He
went first to Kotzebuo sound, but find
ing nothing there, crossed overland to
Cape Nome, with portion of the
party, enduring considerable hardship.
Part of the men had but two pancakes
a day. After relating the discovery OF
the district which has been already
published. Major Ingraham writes:
son September 25, six men went to
work to test their claims. some on
Snow creek and the rest on Anvil creek.
1t must be remem bered that the water
was ice-cold aud successful results
difficult to obtain. On the frat day
s25 waspanned out and $3.50 the second.
The best pan was obtained on Snow
Creek and amounted to $3.50. The
aggregate of four days work was few
dollars less than 81 300. The gold was
OF good quality and sold at St. Michaels
without assay for S16.S5 per ounce.
"The dirt washed was shoveled
from the creek, and none taken from
a depth of over two feet. On account
of the lateness of the season and lack
of supplies no attempt to recah bedrock
was made. The news soon spread to
St. Michaels and elsewhere, and there
has been a constant arrival Of pros
pectors from Unalaska, St. Michaels
and as far south. as Kuskuoquim.
Fully 500 locations have been made to
date -
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-01
INGALLS, GOLDEN TREASURE.
Cubans Now Accepting Money and En-
gaging In Agriculture.

Cubans Now Accepting Money and En-
gaging In Agriculture.
PORT ANTINO, Jamaica, June % =
What is perhaps the most valuable
cargo that ever entered this port is
now afoat in the habor in the shape o!
nearly $4,000, 900 in gold, which is in
the hold of the United States trans
port Ingalls,. The Ingalls, arriveG
here from Neuvitas this morning for
coal, fresh water and stores, being on
her way to Santiago to offer the bal
ance OF the United States grant to
Cuban soldiers there. A strong mill
tary guard is posted on the vessel.
1t was stated by those on board the
Ingalls, that there was no fever in
Neuyitis. The soldiers there gladly
accepted S75 each in exchange for their
arms, and many of them are taking to
pursuits. Very little dis
content is evident.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-01
Two Years Cleanup.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 27.-Eighl
miners have just reached here from
Alaska with 5000, 900, the result of two
years digging within 20 miles of Daw.
son. One of them, named W. q.
Armstrong, has nugget worth $3.50.
1.-THE country is full Of idle men,"
said Armstrong, land every steamer
brings a lot more to swell the list.
There will be fairly good cleanup
this year around Dawson, but it will
belong to 10 times as many men as last
years output"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-01
New sugar Company

SAN FRANCISCO, June 27.-Tht
Makawell Sugar Company has beer
incorporated with capital of $1,000,
900, OF which 81, 500, 900 has been sub
cribed The directors are: Henry
P. Baldwin, Samuel T. Alexander,
Henry F. Allen, ]. Strassburger, W.
81. Chickering. Wallace Alexandria.
The company will do business in the
Hawaiian islands.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-01
"DRUMMERS" AND POLITICS.

P. E. Dave, president of the Com
mercial Travellers National League,
has issued statement that thousands
of travelling statesmen had been dis
charged by trust-controlled manufac-
lures, and also that there are $50, 900
men following this vocation in the
United States. He further alleges
that these institutions have reduced
the salaries Of the sslesmen whom they
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-01
An exchange suggests that rail

An exchange suggests that railroad
companies should be compelled by law
to carry a medicine chest on every
train to consist of the appliances first
needed to care for the injured after q
wreck. The idea is agood, one but
railroad companies ought not wait to
be compelled to do it. They should
carry such appliances of their own free
viii,
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SOUTHERN IS
LANDS ARMED
Insurreetion Not Con-
fined to Luzon.

VICTORIA, B. c. June 29.-Advices
from Hakokate state that CAPITAL,
Sakichi, of the steamer Hokoku Maru
just returned from the Philippines, re
ports that in the southern islands tho
young Filipinos are constructing
fortification against emergencies.
Every port is garrisoned by thous-
and or so volunteers, whose weapons.
however are very crude, only about 20
per cent being armed with rifles
Remingtons.)
They are however full of patriotism
and state that they will not yield to
the Americans though the whole of
the islands are destroyed. The Ho-
koku Maru was warmly welcomed by
the Fiipinos who consider the jar.
auese to be Of kindred race and hope
for assistance from them.
The Filipinos were prepared to paw
for srms and ammunition and thar
Japanese vessels visiting the ISLANDS
could take return cargoes OF hemp.
Coptain Sakichi Gays that he only sold
the insurgents two revolvers and the
cooks knives.
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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-01

Some of the faithful are urging that
trusts are not the outcome of pro.
tective tariff because there are trusts
in "free trade" Germany and France.
Before making such statements they
ought to study the tariff laws of those
countries, and they would learn that
the import duties in Germany and
France are almost'prohibititive. giving
the trusts an absolute monopoly of the
markets. The same agent that fosters
trusts in America fosters them in the
European counties.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-01
A CLEVER CHINESE TRICK.
A Device for Forging Certificates of Ad'
mission.

A Device for Forging Certificates of Ad
mission.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 27.-It hal
been discovered that two dies, similar
to those used by the United States anc
British officials at Hong Kong in
stamping the certificates of identified
tion given to Chinese merchants and
students, 30 they may enter American
ports, haye been made In this city.
The order for their execution was
given to an engraver by two Chinese.
1t is presumed the dies are to be used
by Chinese not of the privileged clases.
Collector Jackson says that no action
can be taken in the matter until for.
gerry is actually committed.
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A little hide. e.hound paper called

A little hide hound paper called the
Milton Eagle wants to know show the
election of Bryan would have prevent
ed the formation of trusts" The
answer is so plain to all that even so
stupid creature as the editor of the
Eagle ought to have seen it, and not
made himself ridiculous by asking.
Had Bryan been elected the unjust
Dingley tariff law would not have
been enacted. Without such protec-
tion as is given by such law trusts
cannot thrive. By the operation of
the law trusts are given a monopoly
of American markets, hence can regu
late prices 20 suit themselves.
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General Miles is the man who should
be in command of the army in the
Philippines, for he is acknowledged 10
be the ablest military man in the ma
tion, but unfortunately he has presi.
Dental aspirations, and Mr.. Mckinley
will see to it that he will not be given
an opportunity to develope them by
making record at the head of the
army. Thus the country must be de.
prived of the services of its best gen.
eral because he might become a dan
gerous opponent to another who as
pires to retain high Office.
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ice ust
NEGRO RECRUITS.
Chicago once Asks Permission to Enlist
n the Black Man.

Chicago ONCE Asks Permission to Enlist
~ the Black Man
n CHICAGO, June 29.-Captain P. S.
Bonus, in charge of the United States
army recruiting station, has tele.
grapned Adjutant General Corbin,
asking permission to enlist colored
recruits and to restore the lenient
physical examinations which were in
use during the war with Spain.
Recruiting Sergeant Jones says If
the station is given permission to en-
list colored men, practi :ally all OF the
mustered out Eighth Illinois volun-
teers will be sent to the Philippines.
Under the present physical examina-
tion but one man out of 10 is found
qualified. Fifty applicants day are
examined.
Under instructions expected, Cap.
tain Bonus thinks that within the
next two weeks over 200 recruits be-
sides volunteer bodies will be sent
from Chicago.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-01

The miners of Wallace and their
families seem to have few rights left.
The miners are denied the right to
work unless they denounce their union,
and now the women are refused the
privilege of observing July 18th, the
anniversary of the Gem riot in which
many people were killed, and which,
since that unfortunate'occuranc has
been observed as memorial cay. We
presume the next order of General
Merriam will be to deny the people
the right to attend church except such
as he may designate. just such usur-
patton of authority as Merriam prac.
tices is what sows the seeds of anarchy
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-01
PARITY BY "INJUNC1ION."

Goyernor-General Davis, of Porto
Rico, has solved problem that knocks
silly the theories of those able finan-
ciers who have been worrying their
heads about keeping different cur
repcies st Q parity by the laws OF trsde
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-01

Reports of the suffering of prospec-
tors in Alaska continue 10 come. The
latest is that of 1900 men who were in
duced to Katzsmbue sound, and are
now destitute and have no means of
subsistence or getting out to civiliza-
tion. These reports should encourage
the enthusiastic prospector to devote
his attention to developing mines
nearer home, where dangers are less
and the probability of reward greater,
the miners of Eastern Oregon for in
stance.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-01
Pushing the Railroad.

PORTLAND, June 29.-J. G. Maddox
OF Goldendale, better known to his
Portland journalistic friends as the
"Bret Harte of Klickitat," is in the
city visiting. Mr.. Maddox reports
the outlook for wheat crops in the
Klickitat has. no precedent in the
country's history. He says the much
talked of railway into Klicktat valley
is now in course of construction, and
President E. E. Lytle of the Columbia
& Klickitat railroad yesterday in
creased the number of axmen clearing
the right of way up the Klickitat river.
The heaviest clearing will begin at a
point east OF Klickitat Falls, three
miles from Klickitat landing at Lyle.
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Senator Blair, of New Hampshire

Senator Blair, of New Hampshire,
In regard to trusts: at Is the
Isiness of the republican party to in.
estigate and deal with this new as.
Tpect of our business and national af.
fairs and find the true solution" But
will it do this? The opportunity will
be offered when congress convenes
next December. From that time on
the republican party will be held &C.
couutacle for the existence or suppress.
sion of trusts. 1t must act during the
fifty-sixth congress or such fine words
as Mr.. Blair utters will float on the
breezes UNDECIDED in 1900.
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May Usurp the Chinese Throne.

PORT TOWNSEND. June 29.-Accord-
ing to advices brought from the Orient
by steamship Glenogle, China still
continues in state of uncertainty
which borders on revolution. The
China discussion says the empress
dowager has pinned her faith in Jung
Lu, who for many years has had his
mind centered on usurping the throne.
He has friend at court in the person
age of one of the chief eunuchs,
through whom he has succeeded in
f1attering the empress dowager to such
an extent that troops have been in
creased. and he has been placed in
command. He now believes himself
invulneraole.
The empress dowager has been his
tool, and the general feeling now pre-
walls that his next moye will be to
cast her aside and place himself on the
thr0na
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A farm of 100 acres, partially i'm.
proved, located seven miles from The
Dalles, price $500, on easy terms. In.
quire of proprietor Of Columbia hotel.
april 2s-lm
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NEW HAVEN, Conn.,. June 2S.-The
annual commencement of Yale univer-
sity was celebrated today. The
weather was rainy. The events of the
day were the conferrIng of degrees to
the number of 615, including those
awarded to the members Of the gradu-
ating classes of all departments of the
university, and honorary degrees, the
announcement of prizes and the awards
of prizes, scholarships and fellowships.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-01

The following from the Portland
Welcome would indicate that the edi-
tor thereof has awakened to the fact
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)yhe present law there Is a
one-elght per cent differential
zen raw and refined sugar for the
ht of the refiner. This Mr.. Have
er contends is only one-half as
gh as it ought to be. The business
6f the sugar trust is refining sugar.
They favor the admission of raw sugar
zee of duty. This would deprive the
growers of sugar cane and sugar beets
of any protection whatever, and would
by closing the factories that now pro.
duce refined sugar from cane and
bsets, put the entire business into the
hands of the Havemeyer trust. Again,
Mr.. Havemeyer is now paying twelve
per cent dividend on a Capitalization
of S75, 1000. 900, and he complains that
the tariff is not high enough. The
fact is that the present differential
duty is probably a protection to the
trust of fifty per Cent or more on the
actual cost OF refining, which is the
only interest the trust has in having
any tariff upon sugar at all.-National
Watchman.
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fn9 is, however, one gratifying
feature about Alger's candidacy. The
dispatches state that it is giving
presidant Mckinley much worry, and
may furnish grounds for removing him
from the cabinet. If this shall occur,
Alger will be entitled to the good
wishes OF the entire nation, for his
candidacy will be the first valuable
service he has ever rendered the
nation, since it will remove from the
war Office its most incompetent incum-
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e crooked work"
city government:
in the footsteps of

We an investigation
ives and boodlers.
'ort of thing will be-
b and finally all the
reat American ring
Z will be overhauling
But Portland is so con-
the fashion is bound to
reaches here. but it will
|e! And then-well, it will
5r some people that Canada