Entered at the Ptwtofllee at The Dalles, Oregon,
a second-class matter.
SUBSCRIPTION BATES.
BT 1UII. (POBTAGX r SIT AID) IX ADVANCK.
Weekly, 1 year. f 1 50
" 8 months. 0 75
S v. 0 50
Dally, 1 year. 6 00
" 6 months. S 00
" per " 0 50
" Address all eommnnleatlon to THE CHRON
ICLE," The Dalles, Oregon.
A BRIGHT FUTURE.
With the building of the portage rail
road between here and Celilo, the build
ing of the Hnnt road on the other side
of the river, and the completion of
the Farmers' Transportation company's
road from Columbus to a point opposite
here, there is going to be an abundance
of work, aiid consequent lively times
here during the coming summer. The
Dalles has had a period of business de
pression owing to the unprecedented
failure of crops summer before last, and
the tremendous loss of stock a year ago.
The country around her has suffered, and
of course she has suffered with it. The
. splendid crop last summer lifted a portion
fcrtf the load of debt which has oppressed
, ojir entire people, and blocked the prog
ress and development of the country.
The winter has been an exceptionally
. good one for stock and the sheep indus
try has largely recuperated. The wool
crop will be a good one and the staple
should be first class. This will yet fur
ther relieve the financial tightness and
if followed by the good crops which the
present ' weather gives promise of our
financial troubles will be over. The future
our city seems bright, and we can im
agine no combination of circumstances
which will prevent that rapid growth
which now seems certainly hers. She is
to take a step ahead and a long one, and
we predict that her growth will be both
. rapid and permanent. Her natural te-
sources will be developed, her surround
ing grain fields will double in area, the
sloping hills in which she is set like a
tewel will purple with grapes, and
Pomona will here establish her throne.
That we have abundant coal fields whose
- products must reach the Columbia at
this point cannot be longer doubted, and
when the 1 means of transporting it
hither have been provided, The Dalles
will become the principle manufac
turing city of the northeast. We have
all the elements necessary to make a
great city ; and with all this we have the
best position geographically of any
inland city on the coast. We may not
achieve greatness, but we cannot pre
vent it being thrust upon us.
me giua news Uaslieu over tne wires
that the Cascade railroad bill had passed
the house by a vote of 52 to 1. The bill
will have to go back to the senate to
have it concur in the amendment putting
Secretary McBride on the commission.
This will not take long and will assuredly
be done. The bill is to all intents a law
and the sun of prosperity has dawned for
Eastern Oregon. We congratulate our
selve on the passage of the bill, and we
lift our hats individually and collectively
to the legislature of the state of Oregon.
We have been disposed to find fault at
the seeming unnecessary delay but
twenty years of waiting on the general
government for the opening of the locks,
and the forfeiting of the railroad lands
has made us heartsick and hopeless. It
is a happy coincidence that the news of
the passage of the portage railroad bill
and the instructions to the land offices,
which make the forfeited lands available
to settlers, reached us, one from the east
and one from the west, this morning.
Once atrain we thank you gentlemen of
legislature and with one accord exclaim
"Well done thou good and faithful
servants."
With reciprocity established in the
past week with Brazil and Venezuela, it
is fair to presume that the balance of the
South America republics will be treated
on the same terms, and that the policy
of the administration will have under
gone a change from its radical protective
ideas to the adoption of free trade be
tween the favored countries as to the
ennumerated in the treaties. As these
articles are generally the principal pro
ducts of the countries and also about all
products and manufactures that could
be sold there at a profit, it amounts in
practice to free trade between this coun
try and South America. It is probable
also that both Canada and Mexico, will
join the recprocity band, and that as far
as this continent is concerned free trade
will have free sway. James G. Blaine
the sorcerer that has brought about this
result, and we fully believe that it will
prove of immense benefit to all the coun
tries concerned.
tnrnnj tnuirrtJiJ "" r iTtV
General Sherman Still in the Land -of
the Living with a Fighting Chance'
for Life,
The House at Salem Passes
Appropriating 50,000 for
World's Fair.
a Bill
the
GENERAL SHERMAN.
Bis Condition Much the Same as Was Re
ported Yesterday.
New York, Feb. 12. The flitting
lights and shadows in the death cham
ber of General W. T. Sherman were
eagerly watched last night. The Gen
eral was for the first tinie in life on re
treat. His last march was begun bat
tling with that grim warrior who knows
not defeat ; now retreating, now advanc
ing, with the courage of one wont to
conquer. The General never regained
the coign of vantage but is slowly being
driven back to the last trench, his base
of supplies, strength and vitality, cut
off, and annihilation is deferred but a
little while. At noon a bulletin was
issued9saying he is still alive, but no
encouraging symptoms.
LATEST.
New York, Feb. 12. 2:30 At 2
o'clock this afternoon Sherman showed
signs of improvement. He. has risen
from his bed and is walking across the
floor, and sat down in his chair. Phy
sicians regard this as a very hopeful
dication.
They do not now fear erysipilas so
much. Their chief fears are of pneumo
nia because of accumulation of mucus in
the general's lungs.
Ol'K LAW MAKERS.
The State Dlrided. To Fix Rates on
Grain and Wool.
Salest, Or., Feb. 10. In the House
this morning the speaker appointed Mc
Craken, Minto and Barnes a committee
on Minto's bill to fix rates on grain and
wool from points in Eastern Oregon.
Among the bills passed were the fol
lowing: Dividing the state into two
congressional districts and providing for
a judge in the first district; Moore's
bill, as amended, for $50,000 for the
World's fair; Holmes' bill allowing
drainage associations to condemn land
for ditches and Moore's bill for compul
education of the deaf and blind.
The senate at the forenoon passed the
following bills : Referring to boundary
of Gilliam county. Nerval's, Connor
creek and Eagle valley wagon road,
Aiding Eastern, Western and Southern
Oregon district agricultural societies and
Matlock's sale of perishable property
under execution.
The Portage Railway Bill Passed the
House Last Evening by a Vote
Fifty-Two to One.
THE SENATE HAS CONCURRED.
HAS PASSED THE SENATE.
VEATCITS SENSIBLE REMARKS.
Senator Veatch has acquired such a
reputation for kicking against all appro
priation bills, that his speech supporting
Saley's bill for a portage railroad around
The Dalles and Celilo rapids was a genu
ine surprise. It is full of good sound
sense, and we take pleasure in re-printing
it.
"One might suppose I would oppose
this bill bitterly. I have been charged
with opposing everything which would
appropriate a dollar. I have been called
a 'chronic kicker', a 'mossback' from
'way back, but I can stand it all. I feel
glad this matter has come up. It is of
vast importance. It is not for any par
ticular locality- It is not to throw money
away , or put it into the pockets of men
to build a road along a cow trail. It
allows the people to bring their products
to market and improve their homes. It
is worth more than all the capital domes,
' world's fairs and wagon-roads ever con
structed. I have been charged with
selfishnessbut if every member of this
legislature will be as selfish as I am to
day the people of Eastern Oregon will be
relieved. . vv e will give tnese people re
' lief who have been asking relief for many
years. I have opposed every appropria
- tion but one, that for the school of Cor
vallis, where every laboring boy may get
an education. We have been asked for
$125,000 for .wagon rods, $94,000 for a
capital dome and $250,000 for a world's
fair. I am in favor of laying aside all
these appropriations, and to let charity
begin at home. This is wise legislation.
A thing demanded by the whole of East
ern Oregon. I voted against the portage
at the Cascade, because it would benefit
only Wasco county. Not Wasco countv,
but the whole state should be consid
ered. A legislator should represent no
. faction, clique or locality, but aim to do
the greatest good for. the greatest num
ber. When a man takes the oath of
office prescribed in this chamber he
should rise above everything to fulfill
that oath. If this were done vicious
legislation would be a thing of the past."
It is said by an exchange that some
democratic politician grasps at the
Pennoyer boom because, he says that
is just now the lucky letter and cites the
fact that Pettigrew, Plumb and Paddock
voted against the McEinley bill, and
that Pfeffer defeated Ingalls. He might
have carried the argument much further,
Pattison a democrat was elected in Penn
sylvania, two P's, Peck was elected goy
ernor of Wisconsin, and Pennoyer, of
Portland, the principal port of the Paci
fic coast is certainly a winning combina
tion of the letter "P." When he
nominated for president by his party it
will add two more "P's" to his political
possibilities. Add to all these the gov
ernor's famous epigram "Pay your men'
and we think the Pennoyer pole will
knock the political persimmons, or any
possible combination of "P's" that may
be paraded against him.
A heavy storm followed by exceedingly
cold weather has swept over the middle
northwest, and reports from all sides
show blockaded trains, loss of stock and
such a general combination of storm and
cold that it is dangerous to go out of
doors. The Pacific northwest is pecu
liarly free from such combinations. Cold
weather we may have for short periods,
but it is generally calm, and the storms
never reach the dignity of a blizzard,
This winter the ground has not been
white with snow here, and at no time
has the thermometer been any where
near zero. No ice has been formed sum
cient for skating, and the hills are
covered with green grass, furnishing
fairly good pasture for stock. When one
compares the climate of the outside
world to that' of Oregon the desire to
spend the winter at home becomes sum
cientlystrong to be irresistable.
"A GREEK BEARING GIFTS."
The Oregonian bears a strong resem
blance to the famous Irishman's flea, in
that when you put your finger on it, it is
elsewhere. Yesterday it advocated the
building of portage railways at the Cas
cades and The Dalles, by both Oregon
and Washington, one building at the
Cascades , and the other at The Dalles.
This is perfectly correct, but the trouble
lies in the fact that that paper while pre
: tending to the friendly to the measure
advocates the one thing which might
kill the Cascade railroad bill. It sug
gests that Oregon build the road at The
Dalles, and Washington at the Cascades,
and at the same time says that Washing
ton would not act in the matter for two
years. We believe the state should
vn:u ii n j 1 j ,.
uuiiu uio vBBvauc ruau, ana we ueiieve
that with this done, the general govern
ment will build the road at this place.
By trying to divert the legislature from
the Cascade road the Oregonian is doing
as a gross injustice, since with the por
tage built here it would do no good until
the Cascade road is built, and this it. is
conceded would take two years, It looks
a little suspicions that the Oregonian' m
editorial should be followed no bv the
rjajwflp of Senator Ralev'a hill Inr h
. senate the same afternoon. There can
be but little hope for Raley's bill, which
appropriates $400,000, when it seems im
possible to get the Cascade bill before
the house. It seems to be the accepted
plan to pass a bill through one house
and kill it in the other, with the under
standing that the favor is to be recipro
cated when required.
Friday evening, at the special session
of the senate, Mr. Fullerton, chairman
of the conference committee on the Aus
tralian ballot bill, reported ' that the
house and senate members of that com
mittee had failed to agree. Senator
Cogswell then moved that the senate
recede from its amendments to that bill
and in support of that motion began to
impugn the motives of the members of
the committee from the house, but this
was promptly checked by Senator Tongue
who had so nobly championed the peo
ple's rights. The motion to recede was
then agreed to unanimously.
Chicago union laborers are protesting
in strong terms against the employment
of non-union labor on the world's fair
grounds, and assert that scab laborers as
they call them, shall not under any cir
cumstances be employed. It is probable
the union laborers have, in vulgar par
lance bitten off more than they can chew,
It is possible for skilled labor to combine,
but for unskilled labor to do is one of the
impossibilities. Of course most of the
work is of the skilled variety but the
United States is large and in this work a
strike would not create any. public
sympathy, but would create such an
opposition to union labor societies that it
would impede their power, and hinder
their growth for years.
Prohibition has broken its record at
Bismarck, North Dakota and for once
prohibits. Saturday the dispatch says
every saloon was closed on account of a
decision by the supreme court that the
original package law would not protect
inem in selling liquor, ana that no
attempts will be made to violate the law
This is the proper way to fight such
law if it is obnoxious.
Senator Raley's Portage Bill to Be Con
sidered Next Tuesday.
Salem, Feb. 12. The senate this
morning passed a number of unimport
ant Dills. Among the bills passed was
house bill providing for a free bridge at
Portland, also a bill permitting the A
A. R. R. Co. to build a bridge at Albany
- In the house a number of senate bills
was received, read and referred to proper
committees.
Raley's bill appropriating $400,000 for
the portage railway was made a special
order for next Tuesday.
Tne Dill allowing lue Dalles to issue
$50,000 water bonds referred to committee
on pnblic buildings.
The apportionment bill is settled, and
Eastern Oregon is united with Multno
mah, Clatsop and Columbia as a con
gressional district. The union is one of
convenience, not love, but we sincerely
hope that we may get along with proper
regard for decency and neither party
kick over the traces. As Portland has
both the senators, it is possible the con
gressman may come from - Eastern
Oregon, though it is doubtful, for Port
land's affections naturally are extended
to the country west of her. She can rest
assured of one thing, and that is that
Eastern Oregon is decidedly off color in
politics just now and as 1892 is leap year
she had better prepare to do some vigor
ous wooing. The immediate passage of
the Cascade portage railroad bill would
give her favor in our eves, but if this
fails her case is hopeless.
MORE RECIPROCITY.
The President to Issue a Proclamation.
New Yobk. Feb. 11. A Washington
special to the Times says : The presi
dent is ready for the announcement of
the proclamation of reciprocity with
v enezuela similar in terms to that just
reached with Brazil, and it will take ef
fect about the same time.
While our commerce with Venezula is
not larger than with Brazil, the United
states nas lor several years enjoyed a
larger proportion of t he importing busi
ness than any other nation dealing with
Venezuela.
The proclamation of the president
would have been made a day or two ago,
as it was expected - the agreement of
Venezuela to the propositions ' of the
United States would be received by the
last steamer. Papers are on the way
however, and will arrive by steamer due
in New York, Feb. 18th or thereabouts.
IMPORTANT LEGISLATION.
The Forfeited LandNaval Dry Dork-
Chance for Portland.
Washington, Feb. 11. In the senate
this morning Morgan offered a resolution
which was agreed to calling on the sec
retary of the interior for copies of regula
tion for carrying into effect the land for
feiture act of Sept. 29, 1880, including all
instructions and decisions.
The consideration of the naval appro
priation bill was resumed, pending the
question being on an amendment in
reference to the site of the dry dock on
the Pacific coast whether on Puget sound
or on the Columbia river.
Senator Raley's Bill for the Celilo
Portage Road is well Started.
Salem, Feb. 9. Special to the Chron
icle Senator Raley's bill appropriating
$400,000 for a portage railroad between
The Dalles and Celilo passed the senate
today.
OIK LAW MAKERS.
living uveryxnina; Except Waking up
the Portaa-e Railway Bill.
Salem, Ogn., Feb. 11. In the house
this morning, a resolution that its fed
eral relations committee be requested to
report on resolution for conference of
Oregon and Washington, on portage
railroads was adopted:
The following bills were passed : Regu
luting salaries of county treasurers ; to
protect fieh. Also Welch's pilotage bill
with consent of the entire Multnomah
county delegation, but it was so amended
that the only change from the pilotage
law is that two commissioners shall re
side at Astoria.
A bill regarding the dipping of diseas
ed sheep, and a bill creating Santiam
County with Rcio, as county seat, was
passed.
The senate has passed the following
Confirming sale to state lands. Author
izing mother to appoint guardian by will
Raley's bill regulating interest charges,
BRUTAL ASSASSINATION.
A California Farmer and His Wife Ruth
lessly Treated.
Napa, Cal., Feb. 10. Last night Cap
tain J. O. Greenwood while on the way
to his house from the barn was met by
two well dressed strangers, who com
pelled him to' throw up his hands. They
took him to the kitchen, bound him
hand and foot, and made him swallow
liquid which rendered him unconscious
As his wife, - who had driven to
neignDors, came on tne porch the men
seized her and dragged her inlo the
kitchen, where she was bound and
drugged. Her body was found later on
the bed in the bed room near at hand.
It is presumed robbers took her there
and, finding she made resistance, killed
her.
Mr. Greenwood, later returned to com-
sciousness and after a great struggle
broke the cord from his legs, and made
his way to the bedroom to find his wife,
As he returned from the bedroom he
was again met by the robbers and thev
then shot him twice, both bullets enter
ing his left cheek. He will probably
recover. He laid on the floor until this
morning when he crawled out into the
road where a passing neighbor gave the
alarm and assistance was called.
The house had been ransacked from
top to bottom, but Mr. Greenwood says
there was only $4 in the house. JThe
only clue to the murderers is a pair of
bloody shoes left behind.
GENERAL SHERMAN ILL.
The Old Veteran Seriously Low in New
York City. , '
New York, Feb. 11, General Sher
man is very low today. His condition
has not changed 'for the better since last
night. The General suffered consider
able pain last night and is constantly
growing weaker.
New YoRK.Feb.ll. Later At 2:30
it is stated that there is no change in
the general's condition' which is ex
tremely critical. He is slowly dying and
only arouses when spoken to.
latest.
New York, Feb. 11., 4 p. m. General
snerman nas rained. ;rne doctors are
so much encouraged that thev have
hopes of, his recovery.
There's music in the air to-day.
It's coming 'cross the plains;
Unmindful of the blinding snow.
And heedless of the rains.
THE PORTAGE RAILROAD.
It Rosses the
House In
session.
Last Night's
Salem, Feb. 12. The house yesterday
passed Senator Watkins Portage Railway
bill, and Raley's irrigation bill. The
bills are now through both houses.
AGAIN. THE ROAD.
Confirmation of Its Passage The Tygh
Mountain Road Bill Passed.
Salem, Feb. 12. Special to the
Chronicle Senator Watkins' bill ap
propriating $60,000 for a portage railroad
at the Cascades passed the house last
night Jennings alone voted nay and
was concurred in by the senate this
morning.
Representative Johnston's bill for
$5000 for Tygh hill wagon road has passed
the senate and both go to the governor
for his approval.
A BAD MAN.
Tries to Bribe an Officer and Blow np a
Distillery.
Chicago, Feb. 11. George J. Gibson
secretary of the whiskey trust was ar
rested here today. He is charged with
an attempt to bribe agovemment official.
When the facts of the case are developed
it is claimed they will be of a most sen
sational character. The name of the
revenuo officer to whom the bribe has
been offered is Dewar. It is rumored
that Gilson has made a confession.
Among other rumors in connection
with the arrest of Gibson as stated is a
plot to blow np the Chicago distillery,
which is not in the whiskey tmt is un
earthed. Gibson was taken before the
United States commissioner and waiving
examination was held in bonds of $20,-
000.
Secretary Tracy Thinks of Repairing the
Wooden Vessels.
" Washington, Feb. 9. Secretary Tracy
is seriously considering the problem of
whether or not it is worth while to re
pair the old wooden ships of the navy.
Many of them are quite rotten, and the
expense of repairing them will be con
siderable. At the same time the old
wooden ships have many point in their
favor that the new ships do not possess.
Nearly all of them are full ' rigged and
tne expenses incident to voyages are
much less than those of new ships. The
Swarata, full-rigged made the trip from
from China by sail and did not have to
use coal on her way over. The Pensa-
cola, which has just left south Atlantic
waters for Chili, is proceeding by sail.
and when last heard from was making
as good time as 11 sne was propelled by
steam. Both classes of vessels have
their advocates among naval officers, and
tne pressuie Drought to Dear on Secre
tary Tracy to abandon all wooden vessels
lor new ships propel led by steam is great,
He is still undecided as to any general
poliey, but is probable that the Swarata,
about which the present hitch has
arisen, will be repaired, although to do
so will cost about $75,000. This will not
be done, however, until next June or
July. She is now at Mare island naw
yard.
ON THE ALERT.
CLEVELAND TALKS.
Says he and Hill are the Best of Friends.
New York, Feb.- 12. Ex-president
Cleveland, in an interview with a Her
ald, reported in regard to the meeting
between Hill and himself, recently said
"Governor Hill and I are on the best of
terms, and always have been. W had
no private conversation the evening of
the dinner. I did remark, however,
that notwithstanding the recent demo
cratic cyclone in the country. The dem
ocratic party would have to do a good
deal to beat the republican party."
A TENNEESEE BOOM."
The Tenneesee River Outside its Banks
and Still Rising.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 12. The
Tenneesee river has passed the danger
line of thirty-three feet and is still rising
steady. Thousands of logs have drifted
past from the wreck of the boom at
London, entailing a loss of $40,000. . The
stream is out of the bank. People in
the low places on the north side are tak
ing shelter elsewhere. A big rise coming
down from headwaters.
IN THE PRIZE RING.
Kan
Goddard the Australian Puts th
Francisco Wonder to Sleep.
Sydney, N. S. W., Feb. 7. A fight
for five hundred pounds took place here
yesterday between Goddard the Aus
tralian man and Choynski of San Fran
cisco. At the end four rounds, the ref
eree declared Goddard. the victor,
CLAGGETT ELECTED.
Newfoundland is justly indignant at
England for breaking off the negotiations
between that country and the United
States tending toward reciprocity and it
would be an easy matter to get that
province to declare in favor of annexa
tion to the United States.
Now that the Cascade bill is passed we
desire to add our voice to the demand
for continuing the good work and assist
ing our brethren further last, by asking
the passage of Senator Raley's bill for a
portage railroad from here to Celilo.
This would certainly not be of benefit to
"Wasco alone" and would extend the
benefits of the Cascade road to all. Let
the bill be passed. .
Senator Veatch's bill to repeal the act
creating a railroad commission came
within two votes of passing, but it is a
hard game to abolish an office let alone
four of them at once, and those with sal
aries of $3,000 a year and "perquisites.
The Australian ballot bill without
amendment has passed both housesand
will become a law as soon as it receives
the governor's signature.
- To be great in life, is to be ready to do
its work ; to be great in death is to be J
ready to die. Be also ready not only to
die, but to live.
Idaho, as far as senators are concerned,
seems to have drawn a bobtail flush, not
even good to bluff with.
The Idaho Legislature Elect - him to
Succeed MeConnell.
Boise City, Idaho., Feb. 11. The
legislature met in joint session today for
the purpose of balloting on a United
States senator to succeed Senator Me
Connell. The ballots resulted as follows :
H. Claggett 28, Mayhew 2, Finch 1,
Barton 1. Eighteen members declined
to vote and four were absent. Claggett
was declared elected, he will contest the
seat of Senator Dubois elect, - and the
fight will be transferred to the U. S
Senate.
ANOTHER SENATOR.
The
Hill Gets Money to Build His Road.
Chicago, Feb. 11. A morning paper
says that President Hill of the Great
Northern who went to Europe recently
has secured from the English capitalists
their controlling interest in the Chicago
St. Paul and Kansas City road, and
enough money to make the extension of
his road from Helena, Mont., to the
Pacific coast.
Idaho Legislature will Send Their
Fourth Senator.
Boise, Idaho, Feb. 10. The legisla
ture at noon today, balloted for U. S,
senator in separate session. In the
house Claggett received 19 votes. The
Duboise men declined to vote, and
Jones, (Dem.) cast his ballot for a well
known character about town.
In the senate Claggett had nine and
me outer nine were . distriDu ted among
as many more, senators amusing -them
selves by voting for each other. In joint
session tomorrow, Claggett will have 28
votes which gives nine for majority.
An Election Injunction.
Oklahoma City, O. T. Feb. 10. The
republicans have applied for an injunc
tion to enjoin the county commissioners
from counting the returns to the elec
tion on the ground that no legal votes
were cast, because there is no act of con
gress on territorial legislature conferring
the right to vote on any one, if this is
successful, similar proceedings will be
Jackson Will Challenge Sullivan.
Van Dalia, 111., Feb. 10. Jackson,
the colored pugilist on his way to New
Orleans, stopped here. He says he does
not like prize fighting and intends to
quit it, but that before doing so he in
tends to challenge Sullivan for the cham
pionship and that the Boston slugger
must fight or surrender the belt.
To Tackle the Intangible.
Boston, Feb. 10. Rev. Edward Ever
ett Hale, Mary A. Livermore, . Rev.
Minott J. Savage, Rev. Edward A. Hor
ton, B. O. Flower, editor of the Arenan
and other well-known persons have
signed an agreement to form a society
for the investigation of spiritualism. ..
Military Post at San Diego.
Washington, Feb. 11. The " house
today passed the senate bill to establish
a record and pension office in the war
department. Also senate bill providing
for the selection of a site for a military
post at San Diego, California.
No Understanding at Presant.
Dublin, Feb. 11. The Freettian'i Jour
nal says McCarthy has been- notified
that Parnell and bis supporters have
abandoned any present hope of coming
to an understanding with the McCarthy
ites. .
Davis Will Contestants Making All Sorts
of Moves.
Helena, Feb. 9. Although proceed
ings in the contest over the estate of
Millionaire Davis are temporarily
stopped, the contestants are on the alert.
The Root faction, which alleges that the
will is a forgery, made a move today, the
object of which is to establish the fact
that the conspiracy was entered into on
the part of John A. Davis, the sole
legatee by the will, and Erwin Davis, of
iNew lork, both brothers of deceased.
The manager of the Western Union tele
graph omce ot this city was called upon
to produce certain telegrams sent and
received by Erwin Davis, who, it is said,
is in debt to the estate about $HX),000.
Certain telegrams were shown the court
commissioners' but the one most par
ticularly desn-ed by tne itoot taction was
one alleged to have been sent to or re
ceived from the only living witness to
the will. Fully six weeks will elapse
before the probating of the will can be
resumed, in view of the decision of the
supreme court ordertng the appointment
ot a jury commission.
The Co-operative Kitchen a Failure,
Chicago, Feb. 8. Another colony of
Bellamyites is following in the wake of
the Evanston co-operative kitchen. The
South Evanston Co-operative, Club was
organized last summer, its membership
including eleven tamiiiesor nlty persons.
Two cooks, several servants and a house
with the necessary accoutrements were
procured. The plan attempted was to
furnish the members the necessaries of
the stomach at the rate of $3 25 for adults
and $1 75 for children per week. Each
family was to eat at separate tables in
the dining-room. But the meals were
found to cost nearer $4 than $3 25 per
weeic at tne start, and atterward still
more. This necessitated continual
assessments, and the co-operators have
finally come to the conclusion that the
co-operative house-keeping "is no go,"
and have called a halt. Today the cooks
have served the final dishes and will be
off on a vacation until other positions
can be secured. Ths debts of the con
cern will be paid by a general assess
ment and the affairs of the colony wound
up at once.
A NEW GUN.
Ltynamlte Shells to be Thrown a Dis
tance of Five Miles.
Chicago. Feb. 9. The United States
government has authorized a test at Fort
Sheridan of a new gun 9)4 feet long,
said to be capable of throwing dynamite
or other high explosive shells a distance
of five miles thousands of times in suc
cession without becoming overheated.
The inventor is Louis Gathmann, of
Chicago. The chief novel feature of the
use of liquidified carbonic acid gas deliv
ered automatically along the entire
length of the bore at the instant of dis
charge, not only as an absorbent of heat
generated, but as a "cooler" after the
charge has left the gun. By another de
vice pneumatic pressure is produced
with powder. Should this invention
prove a success, Gethmann expects
that the existing systems of coast de
fense particularly would be revolution
ized.
Gibonsllaeailisterto.
Dealers in
GROCERIES, HARDWARE,'
-AND
FARM IMPLEMENTS.
WALTER A. WOOD'S
REAPERS and MOWERS.
Hodge and Benica Headers, Farm Wagons, Hacks, Buggies, Road Carts. Gang
and Sulky Plows, Harrows, Grappling Hay Forks, Fan Mills, Seat Cush
ions, Express and Buggy Tops, Wagon Materials, Iron and Coal,
etc. etc. .
Agents for Little's Sheep Dips.
lime and Sulphur, te.
A Complete Line of OILS. GRASS and GARDEN SEECS.
The Dalles, - - ... Oregon.
The Dalles Mercantile Cc
(Successors to BROOKS & BEERS.)
The Dalles, Or. :
JOBBERS AlsTD DEALEEs"llT
STflPliE and FflflGY GROGERIES,
Hardware, Flour, Bacon, Etc.
- - .
Headquarters for T:as, Coffees, Dried Fruits,
Canned Goods Etc. New Brands of Choice Gro
ceries Arriving Daily. . ;
Hay Grain and Produce.
Of all Kinds Bought, and Sold at Retail or in Car
Load Lots, at Lowest Market Rates. Free liv
ery to Boats and Cars and all Farts of the City.
3SO AND 39-4 SECOND STREET. '
Harry C lough.
Andrew Larsen.
Pacific
Fence
Corner of Second and Laughlin Streets, The Dalles, Or.
' Manufacturers of Comtination Fences, ..'.
t Stock, Chicken and Rabbit Fence
The Besl
Me.
Also Manufacturers of .,
LOOKS WILL ON PAPER.
But It Will Hardly Ever Come to Pas.
New York, Feb. 9. Another gigantic
consolidation was outlined today to a re
porter by "one 01 tne prime movers m
the Western Traffic Association." He
asserts before the end of this year all the
roads in the northwest would' be under
one management. This would include
the Northern Pacific, Canadian Pacific,
Burlington, St. Paul, Northwestern and
Great Northern. This means an aggre
gate of 25,000 miles of road. . Exactly
how the consolidation will be accom
plished the gentleman would not state,
but savs the plan is now being worked
out, and has met the approval of manv
of the roads.
Killed in a Collision. '
8t. Louis, Feb. 11. The west bound
Wabash train, and St. Louis, Keokuk and
North-western freigh-train collided at
Ingleside near here today. Two brake
men were killed.
taken to other counties.
Killed by Hi Own Son.
Pine Ville, Ky.,' Feb. 12. Judge
Wilson Lewis who has been active in
the prosecution of desperados of this
region was shot and killed last night by
his own son, Sidney Lewis. The Judge
had put his son under bonds as one of
the unlawful gang. '
. . A SIOO.OOO Blase.
Aiboka, m., Feb. 12. Early' this
morning the Merchantue diock, tne
largest business building in the city,
occupied by about 25 tenants, was almost
entirely burned. Loss fully $100,000,!
partly insured. ' . ,
She Is Already Well Bred.
Pittsburg, Feb. 10. Robert Bonner
says : Maud S will be bred the coming
season for the first time. She will never
be driven against her record again
fcunol will be given three trials next
summer to break the worlds record, 208'
claimed by Marvin, her driver, she can
trot one mile in 204, and a quarter of a
mile in 29 seconds, 156 gait.
Chicago Wheat Market.
Chicago, 111., Feb. 12. Wheat,
steady; cash, 944; May 97, July 93
93.
San Francisco Market.
Sajj Francisco, Cal. Feb. 12. Wheat
buyer 9i; 1.47 ; season, 1.41 . j
' Portland Consolidation Bill Passed.
Salem, Or., Feb, 12. The Portland
consolidation bill has passed the House
An Engineer Killed.
Omaha, Feb. 11. A Union Pacific en
gine jumped the track in the yard today
and overturned. Jacob Lenzen, the en
gineer was killed, and two switchmen
terribly injured.
Two Banks Fail.
Ayeb, Mass., Feb 11. The First
National and North Middlesex banks
closed their doors today and ugly rumors
are afloat concerning them.
Bis; Steamer Topples 0er.
Nkw.Yobk, Feb, 11. It is just report
ed that a large iron steamer while being
towed from Jersey City toppled over on
to two tugs and sunk them. Ten men
were drowned.
Confessed Too Soon.
Umaha, ten. 8. a young insurance
agent, H. M. Rogers, who came here
from Chicago last week, attempted to
commit suicide yesterday, after writing
a letter addressed to the United estates
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New
York confessing the murder of his sweet
heart last summer near Mercer. Pa.
He did not mention any, but admitted
having assumed the name by which he
was known. When he realized that he
would live he made an effort to secure
the letter, but the authorities had been
appeised and secured the confession and
took charge of Rogers. - The Mercer
authorities have been wired. -
Strong and Durable Wire Mattresses, v '
CLOUGH & LARSEN, PROPRIETORS.
Snipes & Kinersly,
L eading Druggists
Dealers In
Paints, Oils and Ulindooi Glass,
COAL and PINE TAR,
Artists Material,
Imported I(eiJ Wegli and Domeic (Jigai?.
129 Second Street,
The Dalles, Oregon.
CHAS. STUBLING,
-PBOPMETOB OF THK-
A Philanthropic Jew.
Nevr Vogt Block, Second Street.
New Yobk, Feb. 9. Baron Hirsch
has cabled to Jesse Seligman. as reDre-
senting the trustees of the Hirsch fund
for the benefit of Hebrew immigration
to this country, that the trustees mav
draw on him for 12,000,000 francs ($2,"-
oOO.OdO) to use in carrying out work un
dertaken. If the income is not sufficient
to do all it is intended for, the trustees
are authorized to use part of the princi-
1 1 t Ti: 1 in .1 . l
ffi? aounT FriT a bSSS THE DALLES LUMBERING CO
Hirsch has furnished S10.000 a month X X1 XJ liXikJ U U IT-liJiiXMl VJ VVy.,
for work among the poor Hebrews in
WHOLtESflLiE and fETAILi LtlQUOf? DEflLtEFj.
Milwaukee Beer on Draught.
the United States.
INCORPORATED 188a.
No. 67 Washington Street.
The Dalles.
Sheep Freezing- in New Mexico.
Desveb, Feb. 8. The weather
throughout Colorado and New Mexico
turned very cold last night, and by this
morning the mercury dropped from
eight to twelve degrees,' and today has
been pronounced the coldest of the sea
son. A dispatch from Albuquerque, N.
M., reports great distress among stock.
especially sheep, which are freezing to
death.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers and Manufacturers of
Building Material and Dimension Timber, Doors, Windows, Moldings, House Farnishings, El.
Special Attention given to the Manufacture of Fruit and Fish
Boxes and Packing Cases.
TEUtotoxry M.X3.C3. Ijtimtser "3T.i-ci .t Old. Xt. X3a.llesa.
Famous Iristi Journalist Dead.
New Yobk, Feb. 10. James Redpath
the famous Irish nationalist journalist
and lecturer who was recently injured
by a horse car, died here today from the
effects of his injurers.
Inereaslna; Mr. Caster's Pension.
Washingtox, Feb. 10. The house to
day passed a bill increasing to $100 per
month the pension to the widow of Gen.
Custer.
People Dare Not g-o Out. '
Omaha, Feb. 8. There was a heaw
snow storm here today, nearly blockad
ing street car traffic. Reports from all
portions 01 tne state snow tne storm is
very severe. In the northwestern part
a blizzard has been raging twelve hours,
people dare not venture awav from
houses. In the southern part the snow
drifted from four to ten feet deep.
The Labor to be Employed.
Chicago, Feb. 9. Referring to the de
mands of union labor made at yester
day's meeting, President Gage, "of the
local world's fair directors, said today
that there is no intention to treat the
trades unions unfairly, and that Tie has j
no doubt a satisfactory arrangement will
he arrived at. The matter will be taken
up at the next meeting of the directorv.
DRY Pine, Fir, Oak and Slab WOOD Delivered ta
any part of the city,
New - Umatilla- House,.
THE DALLFS, OREGON.
HANDLEY& SINNOTT, PROP'S.
LARGEST : AND : FINEST : HOTEL : IN : OREGON.
Ticket and Baggage Office of the O. R. & N. Company, and offie ot the Wtr
- ' . . Union Telegraph Office are in the Hotel.
Fire-Proof Safe for the Safety of all Valuables