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SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1891.
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s r II O.V THE HOUND.
Seattir VIsitnl l.y tbe Heaviest Wind
Ever Known.
Seattle, Deo. 25. This .. city was
, struck Ly a veritable cyclone early this
. morning which continued with grailually
diminishing ' fury until evening. The
- wind was heralded by a steady down
ponrof rsia which set in about dusk
on Wednesday and continued into this
morning. At 2:!50 a. m. strong gusts of
wind began to blow and bv 3 :00 o'clock
the wind rose to the dignity of a gale,
It blew with increasing fury until about
- 6 :00 o'clock ; it was shaking every house,
wrecking many and lashing the Sound
into foam ; tearing vessels from their
anchorage and dashing them against
one another like bits of drift wood, lay
' ing low giant trees and appearing to
threaten to sweep all before it. Then it
slowly relaxed its fury until about sun
set it was no more than what mariners
call a fresh breeze.
Most of the damage seems to have
v been done from 4:00 to 6:00 o.clock in
;. the morning, and it was between these
hours that George Bell, a wood chopper
on Madison street, was crushed to death
in his tent by a falling tree.
The Baker's warehouse at the foot of
University street was blown down flat
with the wharf, and the steamers Henry
- Bailey and Bailey Gatzert, which were
lying at the wharf were much damaged.
Several vessels lying in the harbor
dragged their anchors and drifted ashore
at the same point.
Great damage was done to V. C. Hill
& Co's. brickyard in the southern part
of the city, on which about $20,00rt lias
been expended.
More landslides occnrred on. South
Twelfth street, greatly delaying Xorth-
- era Pacific traing.
Fallen trees at Maple valley delayed
. trains on the Columbia & Puget Sound
road until after night.
The trestle of the Lake Shore & Seat
. tie and Montana railroads was demol
ished at Stinipson's wharf by " a scow,
which broke away and trains were de-
.laved till after noon." Telegraph, tele-
' phone and electric wires were down in
many places and telegraphic communi-
' - cations were cut off until late to-night.
- . The smokestack of the Seattle ' Elec-
trie Railway company power house was
, blown down, and trees blown across the
track near Fremont tore down the wires
and blocked the track, and no curs ran
until noon on any of the electric roads.
Many honses were damaged and sev
eral demolished. Altogether, the storm
was one of the worst in the memory of
old residents. :
Tacoma, Dec.-" 25. The worst storm
ever known on the sound prevailed
between here and Seattle from an early
"hour this morning. The Greyhound,
which left Seattle early in the day, lost
a bucket when off Alki point, and was
forced to back into Seattle, the sea being
.so rough as to prevent her turning
"around. There was no damage dine to
vessels in Tacoma harbor. .
SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.
The Foul Murder- of a Young Yictorlaa
' on the Street. -
Victoria, B. C, Dec. 25. A few min
utes after 12 o'clock last night, a young
man named David F. Fee, well known
, and respected . here, was shot and in
stantly killed on View street, near
.. Blanchard. Fee, in company with a
. friend named Cartridge, was walking
.quietly along the street, when a man
' near, by said; "Yon challenged me,"
1 and raising a shotgun fired at Fee, the
' charge entering the latter's heart. . The
murderer escaped, but later a man
named Selk was arrested on suspicion,
and when taken to jail he said a man
- named Whelan had told him he had' just
shot a man. The police are now on the
track of Whelan.
-THE ASSESSMENT "ROLLS.
Return From All Countlea Except Mult
nomah. Salex, Dec. 2c. With one exception
that of Multnomah county the assess
mont rolls of all the counties of the state
have been returned to the secretary of
state.. Of thirty-one counties, sixteen
show an increase in the total assess
ment for 1890 over that of 1889, and the
' remaining fifteen . returned decreased
amounts. Estimating Multimomah at
$40,000,000, the total taxable property
for the state is $114,682,263, as against
$101,593,341 last year. It is estimated
. that tbe levy for state purposes will be
4 'i mills. ' Last year it was 5 23-25 mills.
' WE HAVE BEEN ROBBED.
Giant Sebeme by Which One Million
Dollar IlaTe Been Stolen.
New Yobkl, Dec. 27. Washington
. special says : Frauds by which the
government has been robbed of over one
million dollars within the past twelve
months has been brought to the know
ledge of . the treasury officials and a
searching iuqniry is in progress. The
frauds were committed by consuls and
.consular agents in the United States
and Canada and by the exports of Cana
dian goods to the United States. Some
twenty consuls and a larger numler
stationed in the province of Ontario are
' implicated in the charge. .;
More Paupers Dumped on 17s.
New York, Dec, 25. Four hundred
and six Italians who arrived to-day in
the steamship Hindostan were evidently
. : the output of Bomejpoorhouse officials of
which decided it would be much cheaper
." to pay their passage to the United
States than to keop them for years.
They were the dirtiest and most ragged
lot that e,ye arrived in this port. They
carried . no baggage, vand ; had barely
sufficientHotniffg to cover themselves.
Nine of them were detained by Dr.
Guiteras oh amount" of sickness or old
age, two were lame, one . was blind in
one eye and one had a tumor on his fore
head. They will all be returned, as they
had but a few cents each and only one
box of clothes among the party,
THE DISCHARGED IT. P. LABORERS).
Larre Numbers of Them in Portland.
Tlie Situation Oniwlnf Serlmis.
Portland, Dec. 27. The situation of
the discharged laborers foroin the Union
Pacific Sound extension is growing ser
ious. At present there are about one
thousand of them in this city and the
number is ' increasing hourly. Large
numbers are being fed and lodged by
the city. Some who are sore pressed
are discounting their time checks at
fifty per cent.
J. H. Smith, the contractor, is now at
Omaha endeavoring to secure money-
from the Union Pacific company. Upon
his arrival there he telegrapned that the
company had promised him three hun
dred thousand dollars this week, and on
this assurance the men have been
quieted. To-day Mr. Smith telegraphed
that he will leave to-day for Portland
"money or not."
Speaking of the situation to-day' one
of the contracting firms said that all
depends on the action of the Union
Pacific. "If we obtain the money due 'us
we can pay off the men at once. . If not
it is difficult to forsee the outcome, as
the men are growing desperate."
MISSING EDITOR HEARD FROM.
The Proprietor of jtheEar;o,
N.- D.,
'Sun" Now at Salem.
Fabgo, X. D., Dec. 27. Editor Matt
eson, of the Fargo Sun, disappearedJNov-
ember 1 and until to-day his family has
failed to locate him. His wife this
morning had a letter from him written
at Salem, Or., where he is now located.
He says he does not know when he left
Fargo or where he went until he found,
him self in Victoria, B. C, without
money or any reason for his being there.
He pawned a ring he word to obtain
food, and soon was able to work his
way to Salem, Oregon, near ' where he
has a brother who is a phvsician. He
is now employed on a newspaper there.
and sent his family $20 for a Christmas
present, He says he will never return
to North Dakota, and wants his family
to sell out there and he will send them
money to join him in the West. His
eldest daughter, Miss Belle, is making a
success of the Sun, and has continued
its publictaion ever since her father
disappeared.
" ' THE STORM IN THE EAST.
Trains all Late No Damage Reported
So Far.
Concord, N. H., Dec. 27. Snow has
ceased lulling and trains are moving
again.
Coxagoiiarie, N. Y., Dec. 27. Trains
through the Mohawk valley are moving
at average of one hour late. Stages will
be unable to travel to-dav.
. Pittsbubg, Dec. 27. The passenger
trains on all roads are few and far
between. No efforts are being made on
any of theroads to move freight.
New York, Dec. 27. The incoming
mails have been delayed by storm. The
western mails via New York Central are
three hours behind time and all other
mails from two to three hours late.
THE INDIAN TROUBLE.
The Hostlles Growing BoldFears that
. Friendly Indians are Killed.
CbestonS. D. Dec. 27. The Indians
are still carrying on depredations- and
growing much bolder. A half breed
came into the camp on the Cheyenne
river and was interviewed about the
hostiles in the Bad Lands. He says he
left Pine Ridge agency a few days before
with 150 friendly Indians who went to
induce hostiles to return from the Bad
Lands. There are at the least calcula
tion 500 to 600 warriors among the hos
tiles, all well armed and all declare that
they would fight. He entertains great
fears as to the safety of the 150 friendlies,
as he feels almost certain that a ma
jority of them have been killed.
THE ALBANY BRIDGE.
"They'll Build, They'll Build, I Fell it
Yet, a Bridge Across the Willamette."
Washington, Dec. 27. The President
has approved an act to authorize build
ing a bridge at Albany, across the Will
amette river, Oregon.
Terrific Boiler Explosion.
Cincinnati, Dec. 27. The boiler on
the premises of Gub Lowenstein, butcher
and manufacturer of sausage, exploded
this morning. .There was a terrific
explosion and no less than seven dwell
ings wrecked and torn so that they have
to be taken down. ' Berlha Gray, aged
one and a-half vears was killed and Mrs.
Lowenstein had her back broken. She
cannot live. A number of others were
seriously injured. .
Southern Pacific Electa its Representa
tive. San. Francisco, Dec. 27. At a meet-,
ing of the board of directors of the
Southern Pacific Co. to ratify the plan
of the new western railway combination
C. P. Huntington and J. C. Stubbs were
chosen as representatives of the com
pany on advisory board of the new
combination. '
Killed by a Hairpin. .
New York, Dee. 25. A peculiar and
fatal accident occuredon Eleventh Street.
An elderly weman fell to the sidewalk,
and when picked up she was found to be
dead. An examination disclosed the
fact that a hairpin had been driven into
her brain when her heat! struck the
sidewalk.
-. Runaway In High Life.
Washington, Dec. 27. The wife and
daughter of Secretary Proctor went
shopping to-day in a sleigh, While the
ladies were in the' store the two horses
took fright and ran away smashing the
sleigh and badly wounding the colored
driver..
Bank Robbery In Chicago.
Chicago, Deo, 29. A telephone mes
sage from south Chicago says three men
entered the bank there to-dav, covered
the cashier with a revolver and robbed
the bank of all tbe money it contained.
They then made their escape. The
amount of money secured is unknown.
WHEAT VESSELS SCARCE.
This Year' Crop Will Have to Walt for
Shipping- Facilities.
Tacoma, Dec. 27. The wheat ware
houses and elevators are at present over
flowing, with no ships to take it away.
A large fleet is chartered and on the
way, but, as usual, the ships and the
wheat do not arrive at the same time.
Mr. J. Alexander Baillie, the local
representative of Balfour, Guthrie & Co.,
stated to-day that the wheat shipment
from this port and state would not be
as large this year as was anticipated.
The wheat here and in the warehouses
of the state is more than was expected,
but no ships can be had at any figure.
Mr. Baillie has just returned from San
Francisco, and states that the same state
of affairs exists there in shipping circles.
Charters are firm there at 42 shillings
per ton for Europe, while here the rate
is 45 shillings. The result will be that
wheat will be shipped from Tacoma all
next vear instead of for a few months.
MORE VICTIMS OF POISONING.
Another EugeneFamily Stricken Down
With a Mysterious Complaint.
Eugene, Dec. 27. Several parties in
this city have recently been the victims
of accidental poisoning, supposed to have
been from eating head cheese. Yester
day the family of J. H. Wilkinson were
all reported in a dangerous condition,
and today it is learned that Joel Ware,
formerly countv clerk, and his entire
family are sick with the same symptoms.
They ate some meat of the same kind
and from the same market as that which
was supposed to have poisoned tbe other
family. The symptoms are peculiar,
Some of the victims have been prostrate
for two days and are yet scarcely able to
rise in bed. The physicians seem to be
unable to tell what the poison is.
HOW THEY DO IT IN ARIZONA,
Prisoner Knives the Jailor and Escades
Toward the Mexican Border.
Tucson, Arizona, Dec. 27. This morn
ing Adolph Verdugo, under sentence of
death, struck Jailor Pellon three times in
the neck through the grating with a dirk
and then forced the door open, beat the
jailor, took the keys and escaped. An
tonio Yeppa Sanchez, awaiting trial for
murdering a Mexican at Rodero, four
years ago, and Juan Costello, committed
for grand larceny, also escaped. It is
thought the refugees are making toward
the border. A sheriff posse is in pur
suit. THE GRAND OLD MAN.
Celebration of Gladstone's Eighty First
Birthday at Hawarden Castle.
London, Dec, 29. At Hawarden
Castle to-day the 81st birthday of Glad
stone was celebrated with quiet rejoicing.
Telegrams, congratulations and numer
ous presents are arriving from all parts
of the world. The Castle and Village
was crowded with visitors. ' A memorial
fountain erected by the residents of
Hawarden in order to commemorate the
golden wedding of Mr. & Mrs Gladstone
was unveiled. Gladstone's health is
excellent.
HIGH TARIFF PROPOSED.
French '
Agricultural Members
Their Hands.
Show
Paris, Dec. 27. Notwithstanding the
protests of the ministry against augmen
tation by (lie tariff committee of the
basis proposed in the government bill,
the committee continued until adjourn
ment to raise tariffs to a prohibitive
rate. Representatives of the agricul
tural element will support the prohibi
tive duties on manufactures in expecta
tion that in return they will obtain a
close market for farm products. They
will wreck the bill unless their demands
are conceded.
Congressional Proceedings.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 29. The
senate met at noon and the vice presi
dent laid before that body a communi
cation from the governor of Idaho trans
mitting the credentials of senators elect
from that state, Gov. L. Shonp and Wm.
J. McConnell.
The credentials having been read, Hoar
asked that as Shoup wts present the
oath of office be administered him.
Vance remarked that the new state of
Idaho appeared to have elected more
than its share of senators and he thought
it should be referred to the committee
on privileges and elections.
Hoar's motion having been agreed to,
that senator escorted Shoup to the clerk's
desk where he took the oat h- of office. '.-
Discussion followed as to regularity of
election of the three senators by the
Idaho legislators.
Big Scheme to Plunder Diamond Mer
chant. New York, Dec. 29. A morning
paper says that one of the most deliber
ate and prearranged plans for plunder
ing wholesale diamond merchants on
Maiden Lane was unearthed late last
Saturday, when several deputy sheriffs
made a descent on the jewelry store at
889 Eighth Ave. and seized" -everything
of value in the place. The store
is owned by Albert John who has
disappeared with the entire stock of the
establishment valued at aliout $50,000.
As least a dozen diamond brokers and
jewelers have been victimized.
PostotBce Robbery Frustrated.
Los Angeles, Dec. 27. This after
noon abont 4 o'clock, C. M. Hawthorne
entered the postoffice at Station A, in
East Los Angeles, and presenting a
revolver at the head of Clerk Claud
Floyd, he ordered him to turn over what
money he had. At this juncture a
party entered the office, and Hawthorne
becoming frightened, fled. This eve
ning he was arrested and locked up in
the city prison. Hawthorne was for
merly a letter carrier, but was dis
charged. He has been mixed up in sev
eral rather disreputable rows lately.
The Laborers Still Unpaid.
Portland, Dec. 29. -The situation of
the discharged laborers remains un
changed to-day, about 100 were fed by
the city this morning.
DESPERATE MEASURES.
The Union Pacific Locks up its Bridge
' at Omaha.
Omaha, Neb.. Dec. 28. Last July the
Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul road
IwgHn to run it, freight trains into
Omaha over the Union Pacific bridge.
Early in the year the Union Pacific had
made a contract with the Rock Island
and Milwaukee, giving these roads equal
privileges over the Union Pacific tracks
between Council Bluffs transfer, and
South Omaha. Last week the Milwau
kee made arrangements with the Union
Depot Company to run its passenger
trains into the Omaha Union depot.
This service was to begin today. Late
last night, however, the Union Pacific
sent word to the Milwaukee that it could
no longer use the bridge. When a Mil
waukee freight undertook to cross about
midnight, the crew found the switches
double locked. Formal demands and
refusals were made. This morning the
Milwaukee undertook to get a passenger
train across, but the Union Pacific
blocked the track with an engine. S. H
Clark and other Union Pacific men hav
been in conference all the afternoon, and
will not talk to 'newspaper men.
A REM ARK A ALE WINTER.
The Country of Bliszards Is Enjoying
June Weather.
Bismark, N. D., Dec. 29. Thus- far
this winter the mercury has not dropped
to the zero mark, the farmers plowing
in their fields all winter. This morning
opened up balmy as a June day. -Men
wear straw hats and linen coats without
feeling uncomfortable and ladies on the
street find use. for their parasols.
Steamship Given up for Lost. .
Baltimore, Dec. 27. The agents of
the Johnstone line have given up for
lost the steamship Thanemere, which
left here November 20 for London, ith
a general cargo, valued at $175,000, .and
450 head of cattle. Beside the thirty-
tour, othcers anu crew, there were
twelve cattlemen on board.
The Indian Situation.
Dickinson, N. D. 27. As far as the
military authorities here are aware not
a shot has been exchanged between the
Indians and troops. A general eunuii-
ary of the disposition of the troops shows
that the entire reservation is hemmed
by troops readv for the field, and
fears of an outbreak iu
the spring are
groundless.
i Danger of Ice Skating.
London. Dec. 27. The ice on the river
Avon at Warwick broke while thousands
of skaters were on the surface. Many
persons broke through and were rescued
with difficultv. Several were drowned.
The latest reports state tliat seventeen
bodies have been recovered.. Man-r'are
still missing. -
, Schooner's' Crew Lost.
Laurel, Del. Dec. 27. The schooner
Mar Ellen left ten days ago for Balti
more with a cargo of lumber. To-day
she was found floating bottom up, and
the, crew, consisting of Captain Wheatly,
his son and three others undoubtedly
perished.
A Father's Fatal Mistake.
Cincinnatti, Dec, 29. Louis Schwing,
worn out with watching by the bedside
of his daughter, ill with dyphtheria,
gave her by mistake a dose of carbolic
acid. The child died in two hours, and
the father had to be restrained from
taking his own life.
Irish Bishop Made a Target.
Dublin, Dev 27. Information has
been received here that Right Reverend
John Sealv, bishop of Clonfort, was last
evening shot at while sitting in the resi
dence of a priest whenji he was visiting.
The shot which missed him, was fired
at the biship through the window.
New Tin Mines Discovered.
San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 27. Louis
Giraud, a prominent citizen, has just
come in from Liana with specimens of
tin from the newly discovered mines,
which are creating much excitement
New discoveries are being made daily and
sixty deposits are already located.
The Blggert Feat of the Season.
Chicago, 111., Dec. 29. Col. Corbin
of the army headquarters here, this
morning received a telegrtm from Gen
eral Miles from Rapid City, South Da
kota, confirming Associated Press dis
patches last night about the capture of
Big Foot and his band.
Suicide of Composer Griinshaw.
London, Dec. 27. A telegram from
Whitby, Yorkshire, announces the
suicide of Walter Grimshaw, the chess
player and composer. ' He cut his throat
this morning with a razor. No reason is
assigned for this deed.
Barn Burned.
Cavucos, Cal., Dec. 29. The barn of
Asa Wallace was burned with five horses
and a large quantity of hay, harness and
other property. Loss over two thousand
dollars, uninsured. The cause M as tbe
upsetting of a lighted lantern.
Portland Contractor Killed.
Portland, Dec. 30. J. M. Babcock,
contractor, was struck by the motor on
Portland & Vancouver Ry., this morn
ing and received injuries which termi
nated fatally.
The Regular Parnell Item.
Dublin, Dec. 29. The Freeman't Jour
nal to-day announces that a conference
between Parnell and Willism O'Brien
will take place to-morrow at Boulogne.
Fire at Halsey.
Albany, Or. Dec. 27. The general
merchandise store of O, Howell's at
Halsey burned this morning. Loss
about $1,800. Uninsured. -
San Francisco Market.
San Francisco, Cal. Dec. 30. Wheat
buyer 90$1.30. Season $1 .42.
Chicago Wheat Market. '
Chicago, 111. Dec. 30. Wheat steady.
Cash 89895, Jan. 89, Mav 97t
A FIGHT AT LAST.
Three Hundred Hostiles Made Good
Indians by V. S. Soldiers.
Washington, Dec. 30. The coin
missioner of Indian affairs this morning
received the following confirmatory dis
patch from Agent D. F. Rover, dated
Pine Ridge Indian Agency, Dec. 29th
On Wounded Knee creek this morning
while soldiers disarming Big Foot's band
after surrender, a fight took place which
resulted in killing about 300 Indians and
several soldiers, including Captain
Wallace, with a number of wounded.
Two Strike and his party, who were
camped on White Clay creek, just below
Red Cloud's house, opened fire on the
agency from the hill tops opposite the
boarding school, wounding two soldiers.
The police relumed the fire killing two
of Two Strike's Indians and wounded
two others.
Two Strike and band have retreated
in a northwesterly direction from the
agency and is supposed to be trying to
make his way back to the Bad Lands.
Thus far the Pine Ridge Indians have
taken no active part in the war, but Bfg
Foot, Slow Bear, Kicking Bear and Two
Strike's band have been and are very
active in creating disturbances.
A special from Rushville says : " At day
break this" morning thirty Indians be
longing to Two Strikes band tried to
capture a provision train of the Ninth
cavalry two miles from Pine Ridge. The
Indians were all killed. People are
flocking into town by hundreds from the
territory bordering the reservation.
DISASTROUS CONFLAGRATION.
A Big Fire Is Sweeping Over London.
Large Portion in Ruins. - i
London, Dec. 30. A terrific cont.
gration is now (2 o'clock p. m.) raging in
this city. The scene of the fire is Queen
Victoria and Thames streets near Black
Friars bridge. Numerous warehouses
are biazing. The firemen are unable to
check the course of the flames as a high
wind is blowing.
At 4 p. m. the fire is rapidly spreading
in all directions. All the buildings from
the corner of Bennett's Hill to No. 135
Queen Victoria street are either blazing
or else in ruins.
At the fire this afternoon St. Ben
nett's church was completely consumed
The fire is now under control. Two
millions of dollars it is estimated will
cover the loss.
Commodore Benham to Relieve Klm-
- berly.
Washington, Dec. 28. At the navy
department it is stated that Commo
dore Benham, in charge of the Mare
Island navy yard, San Francisco, is very
desirous of being sent to China, and it is
probable that he will be transferred
there at the expiration of the term of
service . of Rear Admiral Kimberly,
which' will expire in about one year.
Commodore Brown was first mentioned
for the China post, but it is understood
that he prefers to remain on the Pacific
station.
Reservation -
Indians
Sioux.
Will Fight the
San Francisco, Dec. 30. A letter has
been recieved in this city from Sarah
Winnemucca, Princess of the Piutes,
Nevada, in which she says, "two In
dians who came to our. house say the
Fort Hall reservation Indians have aj
ready promised to fight the Sioux, in
fact, some have already gone. They say
they have sent to Columbia river Indians
to Umatilla's and Yakimas for support.
Is He a Portland Boy.
Seattle, ;Dec. 28. Eddie Mines, a 9-
year-old boy who claims to hail from
Portland, is at the police station tonight.
He says that his father is dead and that
his mother lives in Portland where he
had been in an orphans asylum. Abont
four weeks ago his mother brought him
here and placed him with a family named
Pratt, and lie told the police that Pratt
had driven him away today.
No Kissing In School.
It was reported at the meeting of the
school board that Ray Brown, a pupil in
the Lincoln school, had received corporal.
1 A 9 LI 1 1 1 '
punisnmem irom a oiacKHiiaxe wnip in
the hands of C. E. Munson, principal of
Lincoln school, and that his parents had
threatened to have him arrested.
The bov says that one of the tnrls dis
turbed him while he was busy studying
and that he kissed her. Mie told the
teacher, and his punishment, he and his
parents think, was more than the kiss
was worth. He claims .that his body
and bands were bruised by the butt end
of the whip, and that he was obliged to
seek medical aid ot ur. Latham. po-
tane falls Kevuw.
A good many years ago a lawyer named
J. B. Potter used to be located . iu Van
couver, Washington. He was a bright
fellow, somewhat unscrupulous, quick to
catch a point and sure to take advantage
of it. On one occasion he was employed
to defend a resident of the Flat-woods
preclnot, back on Lewis river, who was
charged whh some petty criminal
offense. The trial was to come off before
a little hatchet-faced Justice of the Peace,
who was a rabid democrat and whose
knowledge of jurisprudence consisted of
what he had picked up around the county
conventions. . On the morning of the trial
Potter, the defendant, and another Van
couver attorney, since dead, who was to
appear for the proseeution, were on hand.
For some reason the prosecuting witness
was late, and after waiting a little while
Potte made a brief speech closing with
a motion to dismiss. The attorney on
the other side rose to reply, but the
justice surprised him by saying, "one
minute, Mr. ; does the chair hear a
second to the motion?" Potter dug his
elbow into his clients ribs and he rose to
the occasion with "I second the motion.'"
The justice put the motion and Potter
and his client both voted "aye." "The
ayes seem to have it, the ayes have it"
said the learned jurist and the case was
dismissed.
We are in receipt of The Dalles Daily
Chronicle, a new paper just started at
that place. It presents a neat typo
graphical appearance, well filled with
advertisements and looks as if the people
intend to support the new enterprise
liberally. It is independent and pub
lished by a joint stock company. Fort'
land World.
THE LONG AND SHOUT HAUL.
The rate on grain from the Palouse
country to Portland is 19 cents per
bushel, the distance about 300 miles.
The rate on grain from the same section
to Duluth or St. Paul is 30 cents per
bushel, distance 1500 miles. At the
same rate per mile from Palouse to
Portland, as from Palouse to St. Paul
the rate to Portland would be 6 cents
per bushel. Can the railroad company
afford to haul.it for that? If they can why
does it charge 19 cents? If they cannot
why do they haul it to St. Paul at a loss
ve unuerstanu that this will be an
swered bv that in-sterious juggling of
long haul and short haul statements
but that answers nothing. Where does
a short haul end and a long haul begin?
If a road was only ten miles long the
mysterious operation of the long and
short haul theories would be made to
apply. The long and short haul as we
have observed them are not meas
ured by distance. The haul from
St. Paul to Portland is
"long haul" at low rates. The haul
from St. Paul to The Dalles is a short
haul at higher rates than; Portland, and
the haul from St. Paul to Pendleton is
yet shorter haul at vet higher rates. If
the principle could be carried to its legit
imate conclusion, a shipper sending
freight but a mile would Jfind it good
economy to buy the road. The long
haul is that where the company is com
pelled by circumstances to give the pub
lic low rates ; the short haul is where
it adopts the methods of the foot-pad
and makes a long haul on a fellow'i
pocket-book, and earns its money with
out labor. It is high time the govern
ment iook charge ot the railroads es
pecially those 1t has built, and
operate them in the interests of
the entire people. President Oakes
stated soon after the forfeiture bill
passed that this act confirmed to
the road, lands valued at $1,000,000,000
the interest on which at 4 per cent,
wouia oe $-ki,ouu,iju annually or an
amount equal to one-third of the entire
taxable property of Oregon. This was a
longhaul for the company. The interest
taking Mr. Oakes figures for it, on the
property value given by the government
to the Northern Pacific alone, would
operate every transcontinental road
keep up their rolling stock, furnish an
abundance of cars, give the public good
service, keep np the road beds and roll
ing stock, and give the entire country
free transportation. And this company
juggles about long and short hauls and
makes the man who ships the shortest
distance pay the biggest price. The
government cannot take charge of these
roads too quick.
IT IS ALMOST A CRIME. ,
"
The Baker s still lies at her winter
quarters, regardless of the fact that the
people who are dependent on her for
their supplies, M-ere not notified when
she was to be drawn off the route. The
management ought to be ashamed of
themselves, and the state of Oregon
ought to be ashamed of its laws, that
will allow a great transportation route to
tie up, without .cause or .reason. The
Union Pacific might as easily tie np
their trains and leave the whole country
without means of transportation. If
they can stop traffic on the portage road
they can on the main line. It has
always been supposed that transporta
tion corporations -were given special
privileges for the reason that the
exigencies of the trade and travel com
pelled it.- They can condemn private
lands to their use for right of way, and
take the property of our citizens whether
hey like it or not. If after condemning
the property they can tie np the. road
and discontinue traffic then they can
simply take the private property of the
citizen for their own use, without giving
any corresponding public benefit there
for. , The withdrawing of the Baker from
service while tbe river is open and the
weather like spring, without a day's
notice, and leaving the entire Middle
Columbia portion of the state of Wash
ington without means of communication
with the outside world, is an outrage
that should be made a crime. V e sug
gest to. the legislature of Washington
that it pass an act compelling the com
pany to operate the road at the Cascades
and boats in connection therewith when
the river is open, or else forfeit their
charter. If this case is a specimen of
Jay Gouldism we advise him, if he ever
visits this country, to ride inside a
boiler iron car for some one will take a
shot at him sure. -
A dispatch from Portland Friday in
forms us that a Mrs. M. Collier has
brought suit against bis Honor Mayor
Van B. De Lashmett of Portland for
the sum of $10,400 big fat Amerloan
dollars. It is promised that the suit
will be decidedly sensational and that
the lady will be able to prove that Van
B. Is considerably faster thai) his horses,
and they can go in the 2.20. The coun
try has hardly got its breath since the
Parnell O'Slvea scandal, and now our
metropolitan niayer comes up as .the
victim of dislocated affection. Van B.
says it is an attempt to extort money,
and it really looks that way. If Mrs.
Collier did not begin snit to extort
money, what did she begin for? Most
law suits are begun for that purpose, to
extort money from some fellow who
wont let go of it until it is extorted. No
one, not even the aeienuant wouiu ior a
moment suppose that they brought suit
for this purpose of extorting love, or cul
ture or dried apples. It is therefore fair
to presume that Van B. is correct, and
that the sole object of the lady is to ex
tort his hard earned coin. V nether
she has any sufficient grounds to base
her extort on, we know not, but we do
know that Parnell talked just as Van B,
does.
New York has a population of nearly
6,000,000, or almost one-tenth of the en
tire population of the United States,
Pennsylvania comes next with a popula
tion of over 5,000,000.
TIMBER LAND LOCATIONS.
The cases of E. J. Hyde
Stone, the latter indicted
name of C. F. Stone were
and Frank
under the
up in the
United States court at Portland
Satur-
day, the prisoners being arraigned and
pleading not guilty. They are charged
with conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment, and Stone has nine counts in the
indictment against him. One of these
is subornation of ierjury. As there is
considerable land being taken under the
timber and stone act, we mention the
gist of Judge Deady's charge to the
grand jury on this point, and that" is,
that while a person had an undoubted
right to engage in the business of dis
covering land for would be locators,
inai tne matter must be performed m
good faith, and the locators not induced
to take the claim by representations
tiiat the locator would find a purchaser
for the land as soon as title was acquired
In making final proof on such claims the
applicant must swear that he takes the
land in good faith, and has not arranged,
or bargained for the sale of the land.
is presumed that being induced to locate
under promise of speedy and profitable
sales, and having paid the locator his
fees, and the necessory expenses of pub
lication etc., that the locator would play
tag with his conscience,' and'that thus
the timber agent is guilty of suborna
tion of perjury. If as a matter of fact
the locator under such a condition
affairs makes final proof, there can be
no doubt hut that the offence ia com
plete. This is the first case of the kind
ever brought into the courts, and it may
be possible, there being no precedent,
that the indictments may fail, but this
does not alter the fact that he who lo
cates timber land except in perfect good
faith, is placing i halter on his freedom
by which it may be led to the pen.
CLASS LEGISLATION.
Class legislation is one of the unmixed
and unmitigated evils of this country
The efforts of congress, and of the state
legislatures all tend towards this evil
The scheming politician the conscience
less speculator besiege the law making
bodies with bill after bill, most of them
fair and plausible enough on their face
but carrying somewhere in their bewil
denng verbiage, a clause that may be
construed by the technical hairsplitting
judges for the benefit of one class and to
the detriment of another. Just now
vigorous warfare is being waged upon
the poor devils who are locating .timber
lands, and they are beld and bound
down to the strictest letter of the law!
Class legislation has made it a crime to
acquire by doubtful means 160 acres of
timber land. Class legislation has made
it possible at the same time for a corpo
ration, like the Northern Pacific to ac
quire by failure to comply with the laws,
lands valued at $1 ,000,000,000. The citi
zen is examined, sworn, watched,
doubted and questioned as to his future
intention concerning his little plot of
ground. The great corporation fails to
comply with its contract,- tells the gov
ernment to go to the devil, holds out
millions of acres along the Columbia
which it had not earned and did not
intend to earn, for nearly twenty years
and finally only allows the peoples rep
resentatives in congress to forfeit this
land on its own terms, that is to confirm
title to what it had already taken with
out earning. Class legislation of the
rankest kind, yet we the people accept
it, close our eyes and in most cases swear
we like it. , , We have silver legislation
tariff legislation, one class of laws for the
poor to obey another class of laws which
the rich are to ignore. It is time that
these evils be corrected if our govern
ment is to endure and it looks very much
as if the party and the men who will
compel the clearing away of this evil
were at hand.
AND THAT'S THE END ON'T.
As we made editorial mention of the
fact that Mrs. Collier had commenced
suit against the mayor of the biggest city
in the Northwest, Mr. Van B. D Lash-
mut, it is eminently proper that we note
the suhsequent fact that the lady denies
any intention of suing him, and says that
only through the urgent and incisive
pleadings of one lawyer Jones was she
induced to sign the complaint at all,
and then only with th understanding
that it was only to be used in a quiet
way to obtain 'a portion of Van B'a.
wealth,. This is bad for the plaintiff,
a.nd places her in anything but an envi
able light. The Oregonian of Saturday in
speaking of this case says :
"It mav well be supposed that there
are matters involved in a case of this
kind which a man would prefer should
not obtain notoriety. Nevertheless it is
right to resist efforts to extort money in
such cases, than which nothing is more
despicable or immoral. Portland has
witnessed enough oi this sort ot thing,
and the man who resists it deserves
public commendation for the act. It is
understood that if this case is pushed to
trial the defendent will meet it fully
Persons who have no moral injuries to
lie redressed, and whose onlv Durnose is
to blacken others or make them pay for
secrecy, too often have their way.
It would appear troin this that our
distinguished contemporay considered
the immorality of dancing to consist in
paying the fiddler, and the despicable
portion of the transaction to be repre
sented by the bill. Remarkable prem
ises, worthy of a Dogberry, and a neces
sory condutfion admirably stated.
THE NEWSPAPER'S FOOD.
The printing office is a mill, the news
paper its grist. hat an immensity of
that ubiquitous article known as copy,
goes into its capacious hopper to come
out ground down, seperated and labeled.
The editors grind cop', the nimble and
energetic reporter in highways and by-
ays gathers np that which . in itself is
nameless and from all the actions of men
and the processes of nature he makes
copy, the telegraph ana the cable,
from all parts of the world seod-ior the
mill their additions ta the mill's raw
material,' copy. The compositors swear
! at it, the proof reader cusses it flat
footed, the devil pursues it an he does
virtue, and like virtue once lost the devil
himself could not find it. It goes Into
the office a conglomorate mess, joy and
sorrow, births and . deaths, marriages
and divorces, successes and failures,
floods and fires, heroism and crime, the
daily happening on land and sea and
air, the ponderous debate of the anti
quated senator, the arriest jest, the pro
found statement of the head of the na
tion, and the infantile gurgle of baby
McKee, the tragic death, the sei ic comic
ghost dance, all these things and tbons
ands more, are comprised in the word
copy, and go to make up the daily feed of
the omnivorious newspaper cfiU'S..
'A FEW NEEDED LAWS,
We believe in a fair election and an
nonest count, that every citizenof tbe
United states should be entitled to cast
his ballot once and no more, and that in
exercising this privilege he be i rotected
from the pleading, intimidat'oa and
undue influence of his employer and the
political striker. We believe the Aus
tralian ballot system will, if it does not
accomplish this result, at least be a
great improvement on the present man
ner of conducting elections, and there
fore add our voice to the rapidly increas
ing demand for the adoption of this sys
tem. With a good assessment law and .
the Australian ballot : system. Oregon
will be infused with new blood and
vigor. The legislature will have done
well if both these ideas are enactod Into
laws. As a minor issue a general
incorporation act should be pnwed BO
that our rapidly growing towns can
incorporate without waiting for a session
of the legislature. ,
Senator Manderson has presented
petition which offers a solution to the
Indian problem. The senator's idea Is to
take the Indians horses away from them
and issue work oxen in their stead. He
suggests that an Indian deprived of his
horse is harmless and this la in a
measure true. Recent happenings show
that the state of the weather has a great
deal to do with the state of the Indiana'
disposition, and Senator Manilerson's
equine-ox wonld, no doubt, make them
take more kindly to government rations:
and blankets.
Wasco wareDSB so.,
Receives Goods on Stor
age, and Forwards same to
their destination.
Receives Consignments
for Sale on Commission.
fates treasonable.
; - MARK GOODS
- THE DALLES, OREGON.
BIAIIONB . ROLLER - HLLL
A. H. CURTIS, Prop.
Flour of the Best Qual
ity Always on Hand.
Tie Dalles,
Oresm.
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(ESTABLISHED 1857.)
liivepy, feed and Sale Stable.
Horses BoiijM and Soli a Comaisslci
OFFICE OF-
he Dalles & Gofdendale Stage Una
Trucking and Draylng. Bag-.
gage transferred to any part
of the City.
OAK AND FIR WOOD FOB BALK.
J AS. FERGUSEN, .
EXPRESS - WAGON.
arniture Roving a Specialty.
,eave Orders at Fish i B&rdon's, TSe Mai
PAUL KREFT,
rMc Painter House Decorator.
THE DALLES. OA.
House Palntlnz and Decnrstlnv imkUM.
o inferior and rbeD work done : but p.nd lut.
lug work at the lowest prices.
SHOP Adjoining Rd Front GfLOSrr.
IHIBI) 8IKIET. .
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