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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-30
ADMIRAL DEWEY.

| The hero of Manila is again on
American soil, and after an absence OF
nearly two years, during which time
| be has risen from a naval captain to
| the highest rank known ia the Ameri
can navy. he has returt ed to his native
country co receive the blessings and
| admiration of his fellow citizens.
When be left American shores twenty
three months agD, Dewey was known
only as an ordinary naval officer, one
who had always done his duty and
performed the acts devoiving upon his
rank whenever called upon. Outside
of his immediate circles his name
was scarcely heard of, except in the
ordinary way of his having been
transferred from one station to another
or haying been promoted along the
usual lines. But in that short time
he has risen in prominence, and today
his name is referred to 10 all civilized
cou untries.
His brilliant victory on May 1st,
1880, 1dS bfbu5lOTIuSti tHlS CUlu puTdUl'O-
ly unknown captain to the greatest
sea zig hter of the age.
That Dewey is possessed of two
qualities-sense and darring-nec-
ssary in a soldier, cannot be ques-
ioned, and that is why he is now the
foremost man of the nation. His
ability and genius is reeog nized by
all, and besides ne is one of those
true men who aspire to be nothing
more than faithful and worthy citizen
of the United States, a man foremos
in his chosen profession. While no
American should be hero worshiper,
all can do honor to the hero of Manila,
and if more honor can be bestowed
upon him, other than those he has
earned, the American people are ready
to bestow them. If Dewey wants Office
he can have it for the asking, and if he
Graves to be president, he has but to
make his wants known, and this high
est of honors will be conferred upon
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-30
THE GOLDEN WEDDING.
mr.. and Mrs. Mays Celebrate the FIftie'

mr.. and Mrs. Mays Celebrate the FIftieth
Anniversary of Married Life.
Yesterday being the fiftieth anniver-
sary of the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Mays, the same was fittingly
celebrated at their home In this city.
1t was attended by nearly ali the
children and grandchildren Of the old
couple and was an exceptionally happy
event.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mays were married ia
Illinois in 1S49, her maiden name be-
ing Lodenna Fowler, and three
years after their happy union they
came west to Oregon settling In the
Willamette Valley where hey re-
mained until 1858, when they moved to
Eastern Oregon and settled at Tygh
Valley.
They afterwards moved to lie Mays
ranch four miles south of Dufur and 20
years ago took up their residence in
The D.lles where they have since
made their home.
Nine children were born to them of
which eight, all but lola, are living
Those present at the wedding yester-
day being Benton, Polk, Franklin P,
Elnors, now Mrs. A. r. Thompson.
Unice, now Mrs. L. E. Grove, Grant,
Edwin and Robert Mays jr., who along
with the grandchildren made tRerty.
seven in all.
A splendid dinner was served at 3
P. M. after which the house was thrown
open to friends who desired to
call and express congratulations. At
O'Clock last evening the band turned
out and sere uade the old couple after
which they held a grand family re-
union.
Numerous beautiful presents were
given to both Mr.. and Mrs. Mays and |
,he event was throughout the happiest
If its kind ever celebrated In The
Dalles.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-30
The Wind Riyer hatchery.

The salmon hatchery at the mouth
OF Wind river, six miles above the
Cascade Locks, for which ,congress
appropriated $4,000, begins to pre-
sent very interesting and lively as
pect. The work is being superintend
ed by B. Fallert. Eight weeks ago
there was not stick of timber on the
ground. The hatchery, now is 40x6O
feet, and which will be extended In
1900 to 40xl00 feet, is completed. It's
present capacity is l0,000,000 eggs.
The first eggs were placed in the
hatchery September IA, and Mr..
Fallert has on hand at present about
100000. Salmon are very plentiful
at this point, and Mr.. Falleat is max
ing about three catches day. He
has already two leads or traps in Wind
river and contemplates putting in
another Immediately. The river is
well supplied with great boulders,
therefore making it very difficult to
use nets to the best advantage other
wise possible, but If Mr.. Fallert con-
tinues to crafty his propensity for ]
blasting he will ere long remove at !
least the greater of the many obstacles
row in the way.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-30

aid OF 133, 424 votes for Palmer in 1896,
out of a total vote of 13, 923, 1878, and If
they go back on him now what will he
do for frills on his majoritv?.
This fling at the gold democrats is
very much out of order. The Chron-
icle must know that when one gold
democrat voted for Palmer, many
voted directly for Mckinley. 1t was
30 all over the country. In spite Ut
McKinley's good sized majority in
Oregon, he could scarcely have carried
it if all the gold democrats who voted
for him lad voted for Palmer. The
gold democrats carried Kentucky,
Indiana, Delaware, Maryland, and the
Chronicles home state of California
for Mckinley. Without them he
could not.have been elected. 1t was
only here and there a scattering gold
democrat who voted for Palmer; the
most of them-and they were the men
of most brains and influence in the
democratic party--voted directly for
Mckinley electors, as the surest way
to beat Bryan. What the gold demo-
Gratis will do in 1900 cannot be accur-
ately predicted. Some will vote for
Mckinley again, and some will vote
for Bryan, but in what proportion is
problemetical. Telegram
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-30
Idaho Volunteers ReceptIon.

At 7:l5 yesterday evening the frs
section OF the train bearing the home
ward bound Idaho troops pulled into
the cit" with less than 150, of the boys
and stopped in trent of the Umatilla
house to give the returning heroes
time 10 take supper.
The D. G. and A. G. baud was wait
ing to receive them and played some
lively airs as the train slowly pulled in
and while the volunteers were par
taking OF their meal. A large mum.
Der of business men and their wives
as we'll as numerous young people
were at the hotel to aid in en-
tertaining the boys during their
short stay and everything that could
be thought of was done to make it
pleasant for the visitors.
The vast majority of the boys are
in good health and spirits and have
not great deal of fault to find with
the treatment they received by Uncle
Sam while in his services.
The first division pulled out shortly
after 8 o'clock and as the second did |
lot arrive until 11:l5 they boys who
passed through were too late to re-
.eive the hearty welcome that was
'ccorded to those on the first divisio 1.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-30
EARL SANDERS LECTURE.
A Large Crowd Listened to the Young
Soldiers Mastery Effort

A Large Crowd Listened to the Young
Soldiers Mastery Effort
The lecture by Earl Sanders at the
Congregational church last night was
listened to by large number of tie
leading people in the city and was
thoroughly appreciated by everyone.
Mr.. Sanders has splendid delivery
and good elocutionary powers so that
even if his subject were not one of
such universal interest as was the one
on which he spoke. 1.-THE Philippines
and the Filiplnos' his talk would on
account of its merits haye been duly
appreciated.
His comrades in Co. L, were out in
uniform and acted as doorkeepers and
ushers as we'll IS entertained the guests
by explaining the history of the large
collection of curios which were on ex-
hibition.
The speaker gave very fine des-
cription of the Oregon boys trip from
the time they left home until they re-
turned again after having spent year
in the Philippines. Interesting des
criptions of life on the transports, in
camp on the islands. and battle scenes,
held the audience spell bound and
revealed to them numerous facts of
they were heretofore in the dark.
The audience were also entertained
by the singing of Professors Lundell
and Mr.. Northup. The lecture was
closed by the rendition of America by
this popular quartette.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-30
A cablegram has been received at

A cablegram has been received at
the war department from Gen. Otis
relative to the American prisoners in
the hands of the insurgents, Otis says
that General Macarthur has been ap-
preached by prominent Filipino,
VINO asked if he we're willing to enter
into negotiations with Aguinaldo for
the release of prisoners held by the
latter. 1t is inferred that included
in the list of American prisoners to
whom the negotiations relate is Lieut..
Gilmore and the fifteen men from
the Yorktown who were captured by
the insurgents on the east coast of
Luzon, Major Rockefeller, who was
captured beyond the American lines
shortly after his arrival in the Philip
pines, and about half d dozen private
soldiers who have been reported as
missing.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-30

a. company Incorporated yesterday
with capital stock of S4S,O0O, the
purpose of which is to acquire title to
realty, build waterworks, electric
light plants, etc. The incorporators
are B. F. Laughlin, E. G. Pease, D.
M. French, W. Lord and j. W. French,
OF The Dalles, W. 81. and a. A.
Moore, of Moro.
The fact that these gentlemen have
interested themselves in these en- ter
prises is evidence that there is mon ey
back of the town of Shaniko, which is
one of the requisite things to put it
going. And the fact that such num-
Der of Dalles capitalists are taking
hold of 1t, is also evidence that they
are con vinced that the trade of the
country south of here is lost to The
Dalles. However, these gentlemen
while they are investing extensively in
ShanikO, have not lost interest in The
Dalles, but will put their energies to
move The Dalles along by creating
new industries so that it will not
suffer from the loss of the trade of the
country to the south.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-30
THE TOWN OF sHANIko.
1t Bids Fair to be a Booming Place Ere
Long

1t Bids Fair to be Booming Place Ere
Long.
There is no longer any doubt that the
Columbia Southern will be pushed on
south from Moro to the town of Shaniko
Gross Hollows) as rapidly as possible,
and that the latter place will for years
to come, the terminus of the road, for
when the road is completed to that
place there will be little reason for
building il futher, as it will be in
position to handle all the freight tarffic
for many miles south. And so long
as Shaniko is the southern terminus
of the road, it will be lively and thriv-
ing place.
Recognizing this fact, number of
Dalles people have interested them
selves in the place and will endeavor
to make what they can out of it.
Messrs. Lord and Laughlin have taken
stock in JhesShaniko Warehouse Co., |
which proposes to erect large wool
and grain warehouse at that place and |
10 general forwarding, storage and |
commission business They have also,
With other Dalles people taken an In
crest in the Shaniko Townsite Co.,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-30
MRS. eUYToN's SUICIDE.
The Crime Was Committed While in a Fit
of Insanity.

The Crime Was Committed. While in a Fit
of Insanity.
Futher particulars about Mrs. ". F.
Guyton drowning herself and two
children in the Deschutes river would
indicate that the woman was insane
when she committed the horrible crime
spoken of in yesterdays Mountaineer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guyton we're on their
way to The Dslles from their home at
Kent, in Sherman Co., and stopped at
Mr.. Harris house near the free bridge.
On the morning of the day on which
the crime was committed, Mrs. Guyton,
without any particular cause, fell to
beating the youngest child very
brutally and was stopped by her hus-
band who took the little one away
from her and kept 1t until her Lnpro-
voked wrath, which most probably
was temporary attack of insanity,
had abated.
Later in the day the children were
left alone with their mother while, the
father was away attending to some
business. At about noon the Harris
children heard child crying in the
direction of the river and ran dowr to |
,he water edge to find that the un-
ortunate mother had drowned the
little girl about four years old and be-
ore aid could be summoned she sue
,eeded in taking her own life and that
,f her infant son who was still in her
rms when the body was removed from
he stream.
AS far as could be learned the coron-
RS jury, (which held an inquest yes
erday morning found nothing that
'ould throw any blame on any one or
onnect them in any way with the sad
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-30
BRYANS EARNESTNESS.

The New York World is not very
friendly to Bryan. 1t helped to defeat
him in 1885, and is just as much op-
posed to his financial theory and to
the Chicago platform as it ever was
But the World paws tribute to the
genius of the great leader and does
him the justice to compare his serious
ness, his Integrity to the duplicity of
the trust attorneys who visited the
Chicago antitrust conference.
The World says: ''Mr. Bryan's
second speech on trusts, made at the
Chicago conference. in reply to Mr.
Cochran and to Mr.. Foulke. displayed
even more fully than his set speech in
the morning his unequailed capacity
for popular leadership in the move
ment against MONOPOLY"
1t goes on to show wherein lies
Bryan's advantage over his opponents
and oyer all trust defenders: "He be- |
lieves that they are monopolies; that
they are evils: that they can be reme-
died; and he has remedies to propose.
"The people see the power of mon
opolies; they Feel the weight of their
they read with alarm of /
the marvellous growth of trusts during
the last two years; they Sote that.
while there is law for their control
no effort is made to enforce it; they
.ecall that the president went to the
,anner trust state of the Union for
lis attorney-general; they know these
hings and little do they care aport
he technicallties raised and tie
vasions pleaded by the paid repre-
eutatlves of unlawful monopoly"
Mr.. Bryan is in earnest. He says
hat "if the people are in earnest they
an break up monopoly" The people
ugnt to be in earnest and we believe I
hey are. 1t is feature of the same
ID fight. 1t is the spirit of avarice
utching at the throat of the republic.
controls the monetary standard; IL I
about to take control of the issuance =
I'd circulation of paper money; it is =
wing to control the Industrial enter.
ises of the country. ai
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-30
Exposition Rates.

For the Oregon industrial exposi.
tion to be held at Portland, Oregon,
Sept. 18th to Oct. 26. the Oregon Rail-
road & Navigation Co. will make q
round trip rate of 1925 which will al
so include two admission coupons to
the exposition. Tickets will be good
going on train No. l ON Wednesday,
September q and every Wednesday
thereafter and for train No. on
Thursday, September 18th and every
Thursday thereafter to and including
Thursday, Oct 26th. Tickets will be
limited for return passage TO expire
the Sunday night following the We'd
nescay or Thursday on which ticket
Is sold. oct 26
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-30
THE FHIPINOS.

Our imperialistic friends offer as an
excuse for waging war against the
Filipinos that they are incapable of
self-government, therefore it is an act
of humanity on the part of the United
States to kill off few thousand of
them while teaching the art of self
government and obedience. This is
probably humane way of looking at
it, but it is severe lesson, especially
for those who ia in battle.
However those who insist most
strongly that the Filipinos are an in
ferior race and incapable of governing
themselves know little about them and
go to no trouble whatever to inform
themselves. Dewey has said that the
Filipinos was more capable of self gov
ernment than the Cubans, and soldiers
who have returned from the islands
state that the natives are more intel
ligent and thrifty than the Chinese,
who have been able to maintain a
government for GER turtles. An Idaho
volunteer. who was here Wednesday
evening, said from his observations of
the Filipiuos he considered them equal
to any Asiatic races, people who haye
the ordinary amount of understanding,
and though illiterate as rule, there
are many we'll educated people among
them. And the masses, if given the
opportunity, would in short time
be intelligent citizens. Some of the
Filipinos have accumulated largo pro-
perty interests, and are shrewd business
men, anything but the degraded. nom-
adic people whom the imperialists
paint them to be. From all reliable
Information obtained the Filipinos are
ls capable of self governemnt as are
ome them who are undertaking to
,overn them, as they will demonstrate
ever given the opportunity.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-30
is THIS ALL?

Abuse and ridicule, backed up by
an unlimited campaign fund in the
hands OF the shre@d politician won the
election for Mckinley in 1896, and the
same means are being resorted TO by
the republican press in preparing for
the campaign of 1900. They do not re-
sort to argument to support their
principle, but to abuse. Recognizing
that Bryan is almost certain to be the
democratic nominee they haye turned
their batteries of abuse on him. The
Oregonian, which never was able to
back up its positions with argument
unless it called its opponents fools,
knaves and cranks, opens up its thun-
der for 1900 as follows:
Robert Treat Paine, who has been
nominated by Bryanite democracy for
governor of Massachusetts, is a rich
man. lineal descendant of one of old
Boston's famous families. He has
blood, breeding wealth and Harvard
college e1u cation; and yet he was one
of the very few democrats OF large
wealth and liberal scholastic education
who threw up his hat for Bryan, free
silver and free riot in 1896. The ex-
planation of Mr.. Payne's Organism is
that he is not what Bryan is-a cons
cious political quack, but a scholastic
crank. He is of the same breed of
political closet naturalists to which be-
long, Professor Norton, Moorfeld
Storey, Erving Winslow, Carl Schurz,
Edward Atkinson, William Lloyd Gar
rison and other evangelists of the
gospel of "anti,imperialism There
are Others, like ex governor Boutwell,
and George +. Eimunds, whose opiu-
ions are explained rs part OF the in
tiruIise,s ur ul,t age. Buutwel. Is old,
measured u; hi7 prenatars uesicca'ion
OF spi it,"
These nen are all fools" and
"crauks" IN the eyes OF the great
Scott, yet be fails TO disproye treir
theories, and for lack of argument,
heaps aousr upon their heads. Again
il goes on IN the same strain:
'Bryan % noihlug out a political
ancient fallacies aud pain them off
upon bis followers us new truths by
clothing them ia u dress OF superficial
ri uricai piaueihili5y sufficient to
make them circulate rapidly among
woucer loving folk, who ero| raptur. |
ous in their bii<Sfui ignorance over :
curables from oceslH |" "cean and sell !
you sure =: NJ Dis fnr tuberculosis ana !
S"ight's d!s":=,. out III the same box
o pill. or f.otIie of ELIXIR vitae SO
much for IN political quack Bryan,
whose head reminds you of Chinese |
which mas plenty of color,
certain quality Of light, and yet is
nothing but gaudy, thin, paper phan-
tom luminary after ALL
Is this all the argument the imperial
istic gol1.rimmed Oregonian has to Of
ter? Can it not find something in the
statements of the silverites and anti
i'm perialists to refute? 1t seems not,
else it would desist from abuse and re-
sort to statement of facts. 1t is in the
position of many other frail minded
people who have undertaken to sus-
tain an untenable propositiOn-that is
to say to the adversary: "You are
liar and fool while am the embodi-
ment of truth aud wisdom"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-30

The great boom in German indus.
tries continues, and, apparently, that
country has recovered for the time
being from the effects of the financial
stringency which were manifest last
spring. A commercial report just re-
ceived from Germaoy enumerates six
teen hundred different projects which
were started in the country during the
month of June. OF those three hun.
dred we're new railroad projects; sew
electric roads, and two
hundred and twelve factories. OF
these factories forty three were for
railroad supplies; twenty for stone
works; fourteen for textile branches
and ten for building industries.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-30
VALUE IN MONEY.

The East Oregonian expresses it's
views on money, and the legislating of
value into money in the following
manner:
Many papers are trying to ''point a
moral and adorn tale" by stating
that "paper money down in San Do
mingo is worth two cents on The dol
lar" Paper money is money that re-
pl esents wealth. Where there is no
wealth there is no value to paper
money. A government that has no
title to wealth, no standing, cannot is
sue paper money of value. But gold
at times is without value also. There
is case recorded where $4,000 in
gold was offered for dead rat and re-
fused. A ship was wrecked and two
men found themselves afloat on part
of the wrecked vessel. Starvation was
before them. One man was possessed
of a large sum in gold. The other di.-
covered drowned rat. The time
came when the man with the gold of.
fered it all for the rat. The offer was
refused. Gold was without value at
the time, and it's value at all times is
to the extent that men can exchange it
for other things. If the governments
of the civilized world would stop certi-
flying to the value of gold, by ceasing
to stamp il as money. The metal
would lose much of its present value,
to the advancement of the interests of
mankind. Only the interests of the
privileged, the potentates, the poll
ticians, those in position and authority
and many of the professional classes.
are benefited by a dollar whose pur-
chasing power goes on steadily in
creasing from decade to decade. If a |
paper dollar was never issued, and a |
promise to paF was never made, and |
gold continued to have its present
favOrs from the government, condi-
lions for the mass of men would be
worse than they are at the present
lime. But, if gold were not coined in
20 money, simply stamped as to weight
and ineness, leaving it to stand on its
OWN hind legs and thereby to establish
! value for itself, there would be fewer
promises to pay issued and fewer still
lot redeemed, and paper money. the
'nly scientific money, would be issued
.s required, to the multiplying of ex-
ha uoa Of prodnofa botuoan NAV o,5 |
nan. Progress and happiness among
he mass OF men are very much cur
allied by governments undertaking to
eclare that one metal or two metals,
7hich are only products, have values
'hich the governments see fit to create
y their action. In thus giving to
ertain metal this favor, privileges
nd powers are transferred to a COM
aratively few men at the expense and .
acrifce of the many, which in time,
as the re esult of creating classes in :
ociety, which afford evidences that !,
ne equalities that the laws of nature !.
stablish are being interfered with, to .
,e overthrow of orderly government q
nOng men. The first paternal act of :,
,e government was when gold and !.
liver was stamped as money aud given
alue that the producers of other pro-
lcts had to accept as measures of S
llue for their labor. A robbery of in d
,stry and enterprise under govern OF
ent supervision for the privileged rt
I'd the idle started then and is still C,
yes on unabated and unchecked. nj
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-30

The enemies of the people are
attending to their business.
The trusts are advancing prices all
along the line, and the bankers are
organized to hold up congress at the
next session, and secure the passage
Of measure that will enable them to
perfect a<gigantic paper money trust.