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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-09
CORNISH SUSPECT FREE.
The Evidence Is Still Too Weak to
Warrant an Arrest.

Arrest.
NEW YORK, Jan. 8.-The police ap-
parently knew no more today about
the Adams poisoning case than they
did several days ago, and, in fact were
less likely to act decisively upon what
information they had than during the
earlier stages of the Investigation.
There We're no new developments. If
any additional evidence against the
one man under suspicion has been dis
covered, it is being guarded religiously
for not a fact of importance leaked OUT
at police headquarters Capt. Nc
Clusky has nearly twenty men follow
ing up clews, and he was in communi-
cation with all of these men, Unless
the evidence against the suspect is
strengthening, he says. he will not
assume the responsibility of placing
him under arrest on charge of muir
der
The talk of political influence
brought to bear on the police was still
heard today. The basis of this talk
seems to be the fact that the police
were apparently about to close in on
the man they have been shadowing
for days, and against whom circum-
stantial evidence had been found,
when they halted suddenly 1t has
been said that Capt. McClusky has
been ordered not to arrest the suspect.
Capt. McClusky has denounced the
whole story as a fabrication
Four detectives are now going over
the 100000 coupons sent in to Kutnow
Bros, the makers of the powder a
sample box of which was sent to Hen
ry Crassman Barnett, and which is al
legged to have contained cyanide of
mercury. For every sample box of
the powder sent out by the Kutnows
an application by coupon had to be
made. The police have samples of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-09
WOMAN WAR VETERAN.
Pension for Mrs. Williams, Who
Served With Her Husband.

SPRINGFIELD, o., Jan. S.-Mrs. Spencer
Williams, of this city, who carried musket
through the Civil war, will be given pen
sion; that is, she Will if the energetic efforts
of influential friends of this city avail any
thing. Mrs. Williams is so years old, and
Yesterday lost her husband, her companion
fer forty years, who was found dead in bed
from heart disease. He enlisted in the One
Hundred and Seventeenth United States col
cred infantry; his wife, who was devoted to
him. could not bear the Idea of separation,
so she donn5d mans clothes and enlisted in
the same company with him, and for months
shared his privations and dangers. These
facts were brought out here today by her
husbands death and are fully substantiated.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-09
Paid for Good work.

The Swedes have costum which might
proftably be copied by other nations In the
mines OF that country the workmen have
their tools sharpened by a special black
smiSl and he is paid, not by the number of
tools sharpened but by the number of yards
bored by the miners whose instruments he
has sharpened during the month Thus, when
the smith is skillful and does his best he
makes more money than he does when his
work is not well DONE and there is a decided
gain all around.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-09
Aged Annuftants.

Spain's investigation Of her accounts to see
where she can economfze is leading to queer
discoveries. In 1897 the government settled
the claims of number of nuns in various
converts by agreeing to pay them annuities
as long as they lived The youngest person
on the list was then II years of age, and the
eldest 66. but none OF them has apparently
died since, as the annuities, amounting in all
to $4,000 pesetas year, have been drawn
regularly. BY this time the ages of the an
nultants would range from IS to 1923 wears.
The treasury has asked the body of bishops
for an explanation and for some proof that
the nuns are still living failing which thew
shall be scheduled as dead.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-09
massacre Denied.

HONG KONG, JAN 8.-Accordng to the
statements of the people who have just ar
rived here from the island of Balabac, south
of the island of Palawan, there Is no truth
in the report that the Spaniards there have
been massacred by the Filpinos. They say
the story is an invention of priests to pre-
JUDGE the Filipino cause, declaring also that
there are not more than half dozen Span
iards In the island. and that all who have
been killed fell in warfare.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-09
Gift to Princeton.

PRINCETON, N. j.. Jan. SIT was an
nounced today that George Armour of the
class of IT, has given $4,000 to Princeton
university to found classical department in
the university library: For the next three
further support of the department. Mr.. Ar
mour came to Princeton from Chicago four
years ago,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-09
HOW ENGLAND RECRUITS.
Illustrated Lectures Used to Attrac,
Men to the Navy.

Men to the Navy.
From the Army and Navy Journal.
The English have always been enterprisng
in their methods of recruiting and keep
themselves up to date. Capt. Eardley Will
mot. of the British navy, is giving lectures
on the development of that service. They are
popular lectures, illustrated with lantern
the navy to the public in an attractive and
honorable light. In his lecture Capt. Wilmot
dealt with the seamen and marines, explain
ing their duties and manner of living on
board ship Together these two lectures have
been great success. A similar course would
be valuable in this country. When recruits
are wanted In the navy the government could
well afford to try this system a method of
recruiting. Much could be done with lantern
lectures, and If the vitascope were used there
would be no doubt Of the extreme popularity
of the measure
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-09
Dogs in the German Army.

The German army dogs are SO trained that
when they find dead body they set up
prolonged bowling. If no one comes they
take the dead man s cap or some small arti-
Gle, and with this in their teeth go on hunt
for their trainer, whom they lead to the spot.
If the man is wounded he gives Is cap to
the dog, and the same object is accom-
plished.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-09

nifty was likely at any moment to ex-
plode.
The flames We're finding fuel to their
liking-matches. celluloid and oil.
The two officers returned to their
task. and after twenty minutes of
nerve-ra cking labor they succeeded in
hauling the chest to the sidewalk. To
do 1T they were compelled to cut away
the entire front of the window.
The hosemen played water on the
chest until it had been cooled off. It
was then removed to place of safety.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-09
Insurgents Praised.

MADRID, Jan. S.-Advices were received
today from leading merchant >at Iloilo, to
the effect that agricultural operations in the
vicinity of 1loilo have not been interrupted
and that all the insurgents respect the Euro-
peans both at noilo and on the island Of
Negroes
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-09
Fifield Is Coy.

MONTPELIER, VT. JAM S.-B F. Fifeld,
In an interview today, said ne had not &C
cepted the appointment senator and would
not give his answer to Gov. Smiths offer
until he has fully considered it. He also
declines to express an opinion on any ma
tiOnal tonic.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-09
Kansas, New Governor.

Topeka, Kan. Jan. S-William E. STAN
ley, Republican, will be inaugurated gov
ernor of Kansas tomorrow. and the new leg
islature, controlled by Republicans, will meet
at noon Tuesday. The Populist extra ses-
sion, called by Gov. Leedy, will adjourn to-
morrow
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-09

the handwriting Of all the persons that
have been mentioned in the case. and
are endeavoring to find coupon that
will provide clew. Capt. McClusky
said today that the task might not be
finished until Monday night.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-09
win Re Mustered Ont

WASHINGTON, Jan. !, S.-The sixty-nipth
regiment Of New York volunteers will be
mustered out CT the service of the United
States, in accordance with decision reached
by Secretary Alger today. -.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-09
Drink and the Voice.

physician who has been studying the ef-
fect OF liquors on the voice, states that none
of the great singers 1 ever been teeto,al-
ers. Wine taken in moderation, he believes
IS useful for the voice, but beer thickens it
and makes it cultural. ~
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-09
DEATHS OF A DAY.

NEW YORK, Jan. S.-Alexander b. Tilford
Upshaw is dead at his home in this city, aged
As years. He was native of Holly Springs,
Miss, had been connected with the Nashville
American, and was appointed commissioner Of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-09
Artisan in Westminster Abbey.

abbey is George Graham, the Instrument
maker, who invented an improved clockwork
in the year 100. q
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-09
spaniards at Home.

LISBON, JAM S.-Three steamers arrived
today from Cuba. bringing $500 repatriated
Spanish troops.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-09

las, daughter of George NJ. Dallas, who was
vice president of the United states under
President Polk, is dead, in her 18th year.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-09

CLEVELAND. O., Jan. S.-Col Richard c.
Parsons, former speaker of the Ohio house,
died today, aged " years. He was consul TO
Rio Janeiro under President Lincoln, and sub
seQuently was marshal of the United States
supreme court. He served one term in con-
gress.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-09

CLEVELAND, O., Jan. S.-Frederick Sill
berg, one of the famous Knights of Pythias
in the country, died at his home here today.
Silberg was feet 5 inches tall and weighed
$40 pounds. He was one of the axmen
known as the big Five and he had for
ment.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-09

BEVERLY, Mass, Jan. S-William Endi-
cott aged 100, died today. He was an eye
witness to the engagement between the frig-
ates Chesapeake and Shannon, June 1, 1913,
and was of the sixth generation from Gov.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-09

EASTON, Pa, Jan. s.-Col. A. W. Dickin-
son, of Hackensack, died today. He was prom
inently identified with financial affairs, and
during the Harrison administration was col
lector of the port of Jersey City. He was a
member of the staff of Gov. Werts, of New
Jersey
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-09

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich, Jan. s.-Hon.
Reuben Goodrich died here today, aged TO- In
addition to having been prominent in state
ceiver of the United States land office. He
was removed by President Johnson, but was
reappointed by President Grant, when he
served eiyht vears =.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-06-24
WORKS AN INJURY.

The labor unions and confederated
women's clubs of Nebraska have se-
cured legis lation that possibly may
result in hardship to women em.
ployes. At the last session OF the
Nebraska legislature they got law
enacted limiting the hours of females
in manufacturing, mecha nical and
mercantile establishments, hotels and
restaurants. By the provisions of the
law every employer of female help lie
subject to fine if he permits them
TO work over time, and now they are
considering the proposition of dis
charging their female help in order to
evade the fines, for they claim they
cannot conduct their establishments
successfully during the short hours
prescribed by the law, which goes
into effect July lst.
While the intent of this law is
good. for ten hours is sufficient time
for any laborer, either male or female,
to work, still like most laws intended
to benefit labor, there are always way 3
of evading. In this instance many
women will likely lose their situations,
because their employers, rather than
submit to shorter hours of business,
will fill their places with male help.
This. however, may result in an in
crease of wages for limited time, but
it will be of short duration; and the
result will be that those whom the law
sought to benefit will be iegislated out
of work, while the male help will soon
be reduced to the same wages that
those they supplant are now receiv-
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-06-24
IT IS INDEFENSIBLE.

When the civil service law was en-
acted, placing large list of officers
upon the merit system for places or
promotion, it was believed that an era
had been reached There the spo'ls
system would no longer prevail. and
under the execution of a conscientious
head the law would have been executed
in way that would haye been bene-
fetal to public service. But the Law
never met the approval of professional
politicians, those who award their
henchn en- with appointments regard
less of qualification. The operation of
the law, however, was satisfactory to
the people generally, for it gave
better service than had ever been
known under the system of awarding
politicians. But President Mckinley
has seen fit to suspend the operation of
turned to the plan of awarding political
strikers with public offices. His
action in this matter cannot be de-
Tended, for there is no defense possible.
The Philadelpbla Record commenting
upon this subject says:
Hard pressed in their efforts to de-
fend President McKinley's "modifi-
cation" of the civil service rules,
which will reopen nearly 10000 places
to the spoilsmongers, and the thick
and thin defenders of the administra-
tion insist that the modification was
made necessary by the indefenslble
action of ex-President Cleveland, who
just as he was going out of Office, add.
d.3O, 900 places to the number before
covered By the civil service regula-
tions. 1t is perhaps, sufficient ans
wer 20 this line of defense that Presi-
deIt Clevelsnd;s order was issued be-
fore McKinlev's nomination for the
presidency. Civil service reform,
with Cleveland amplifications, was
practically indorsed in the republican
platform, and in substance assented to
by Mckinley himself by his re-
peated declarations both before and
after his nomination. 1t is useless to
deny that MIR. Mckinley has gone
back on himself and his party in his
surrender to the bosses. :
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-06-24
THE NEW CITY GOVERNMENT

The Dalles has indeed made good
selections of city officers at the annual
election held Monday, for every man
chosen is we'll qualified for the posi-
rion to which he has been called, and
it is universally believed the city gov
ernment will be placed In the best OF
hands. Mayor-elect Kuck brings to
the office both experience and business
ability. The four years he has served
on the council, during which time he
was chairman of the finance committee,
has we'll qualified him for the chief
executive of the city. OF the council.
men elected all except Mr.. Kelly have
seen service lin that body, and their
services have been so acceptable to
to the public that they have been
recalled to public duties. Mr.. Kelly
possesses keen business tact, and no
doubt at the expiration of his term
be will have served the city so accept
ably that he will again be invited to
remain another term. OF the water
commission Messrs. Moore and
Buchler are the only new members,
Messrs. Bolton and Phirman both
having served term as commission
ers.
The newly elected officers assume
their duties on the first Monday In
July, and upon their management OF
affairs very much depends. Matt .
of more than ordinary Importance will
be up for consideration before the
council and the water commission.
Probably the question of greatest i'm
portance that will como before the
council during the year is the sewer
age syste N that has been under con-
sideration for some time past. That
new sewerage system is needed all
agree, but whether it is an improve
ment the city is able to make Is
question for the council to determine.
To establish it will require the expen-
diture of many thousands of dollars.
more indeed than large number OF
property owners believe they can af-
ford. In the water commission the
matter of improving the water works
and securing clear title to the prop
erty will be considered. This too will
require vast expenditure Of money if
undertaken. But the people have the
utmost confidence in the ability of the
men whom they have elected to sue.
cessfLlly handle these matters, and
there is no doubt that whatever dis.
position is made of them will be for
the best interests of the city.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-06-24

secret foes in the most trying circum
stances; and then it WAS advanced to
the battle line, where It won praises
from every quarter by its steadiness,
endurance and valor. Its death roll
shows what stuff it is made of. From
no duty has it ever flinched. To the
regiment was committed the honor OF
the state, and worthily has the regi-
meut borne it.
And now, in recognition of this SER
vice, let US erect this monument at
Portland to the regiment dead. II is
due to patriotism: it is due to our
history. A good beginning has been
made. Let US have speedy subscrip-
tion of money enough for monument
that will become the dead to whom it
is to be erected, and the state that is
so fortunate as to have sons on whom
it may call for such service and such
sacrifice.
Do not postpone. Send in the money.
The masses of the people can contrib
ute only small sums; but let none hold
back. A great many small sums will
make large sum. Have we not hum
dreds and even thousands of persons in
Oregon who will send in sums from 81
upward? Do not watt!
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-06-24
TWO LMPOS1ORs.

Much credit is due to Mrs. Runcie
and the ladies of our town for giving
such clever minstrel performance on
such short preparation. The proceeds
will be of material aid to the public
library. They are indebted to the
business people in general for their
liberal financial assistance, as we'll as
to the public for their generous patron
age. The single instance of impos.
ition was in the case of two young
men, Sargent and Rohrbacher, who
obtained four entrance tickets BY
falsely representing themselves as re.
porters from The Dalles Chronicle and
the Oregonian. These are the men
who are working the town for the pro-
posed Trade number of The Dalles
Chronicle.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-06-24
APPLY THE LASH.

Judge Baldwin, of Connecticut, has
declared himself In favor of the whip
ping post for wife-beaters, children
aorturers and other cases of cowardls
cruelty in minor offenses. He asserty
tnat when such punishment was in op.
Grafton in his state there was abundant
and convincing proof of its efficacy.
"Governor Buckingham, of Connecti-
CUT" be declares. 'once stated that
no white man had ever been whipped
twice under judicial sentence in that
state, while many have gone back to
Jail ten and twenty times" The in
ference is that whipping is not only
righteous and suitable retributiOn for
q certain class of crimes, but that
when administered under the law OF
Connecticut, it effectually prevented
the repetition of the acts it punished.
Even those who are prone to forget
the sufferings of the victims of crime
when it comes to the infliction of pen
atty are at times fain to accept the
doctrine of the whipping post as set
forth upon this basis, yet civilized
people in their calmer moments re-
pudiate it as derrogatory to the dig
nifty of mankind as represented in the
law.msking power, and shrink from
the backward step in community
methods of protection and penalty
which it Enthusiastically indicates.-Or-
egonian.
Yet civilized people sometimes err
in shrinking from the backward steps
that might be taken for the punish.
ment of offenders. The mad dog is
killed to prevent his depreciation. The
murderer is hanged both as punish
ment and a prevention of crime. 1t
appears cruel to kill a mad dog be-
cause it is deranged and is dangerous to
human life, yet no sane man would
plead for it's life. Hanging is a relic
of barbarism-a fulfillment Of the old
law IAN eye for an eye"-still it is
recognized as a necessity, and is be-
lieved to be the most efectual method
for preventing murder. Then why
should our boasted civilization shudder
at the idea of establishing the whip
ping post as punishment for crimes
that present methods of punishment
do not prevent?
The wife beater or the torturer of
children incapable of self-protection
is the most detestable offender. He
rides over defenseless beings by brute
force because term in jail-the PEN
atty fixed by law-has no terror for
him. He is devoid of self respect and
his hellish depravity can only be
curbed by the inflietlon Of personal
punishment. For such beings public
fiogging would be just and effective
punishment.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-06-24
THE SOLDLER'S MONUMENT.

The Oregonian makes the following
appeal in behalf of the monument to
our dead soldiers, and it should reach
tie hearts and purces of the people,
for certainly we owe it to those who
fell in battle to commemorate their
names:
The appeal for monument at Port
land to the dead of the Second Oregon
is meeting with gratifying response.
The proposal is one that goes to the
hearts of the people.
Let the subscriptions be hurried in.
The regiment will soon be home. Let
it oe met on its return with this testi-
monial to its dead, and this tribute to
the patriotic arder of the living.
The regiment has been through the
fiery funace; it has been tried in the
severest difficulties of privation and
hardship; 1t stood to its arms in and
around Manila, on guard against
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-06-24
CHASING AFTER MYTHS.

Every mining camp in the Klondike
region is filled with able bodied. cour-
ageous prospectors who have spent
their little ''grub stake" in search OF
the hidden treasures of the frozen
north, and now find themselves
stranded, unable to get work. and in
position where stai vation or the
acceptance of charity contronts them.
Thousands of them spent all their be-
longings getting to the mines, ex-
pecting when once there to find claims
where they could dig out gold for
themselves or work at fabulous wages.
They have been sorely disappointed,
and now the question most important
to them is how to get back to civiliza-
tion. That this would be the result
almost everybody knew when the mad
rush to Alaska began nearly two years
ago. But glowing reports OF rich
mines came from the north during the
summer of 1897. and nothing would
check the tide that began moving
thither. It was case where distance
lent enchantment, where the adven-
turer became intoxicated with the de-
sire to suddenly become rich, and
would face any danger to reach the
place that was apparently so full OF
promise.
At the very time when the rush to
Alaska began, the hills and gulches OF
the Blue mountains in this state Of
fered as. great inducements to the
prospector as did Alaska. But these
were too near at hand, too easily
reached, not surrounded with sufficient
peril. All that was needed to unearth
the hidden treasures OF the Blue
mountains was energy and determine
ton: no dangers need be encountered
in reaceing them. yet they were not
seductive enough to attract the ct
tention OF the enthusiastic gold hunter.
Had half the capital and men who
have gone from Oregon to the Klon-
dixie been engaged in developing the
mineral deposits of Eastern Oregon, it
is cereain better results would have
been obtained. There would have
been no suffering on the part of the
prospectors, and 70 tales of starvation
to record. But our prospectors have
gone north to search treasures, and
have found the bitterest suffering,
while our own mines nave laid unde-
yeloped, because they were not far
enough away from home.