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OUR WATER BILL AGAIN.
We have heretofore taken occasion to
urge the passage of Senator Watkins' bill
. proposing amendments to the present
law relative to our city water works,
From statements which have come to us,
both the bill and our position in relation
to it have been grossly misrepresented
byita opponents. We regret that the
length of the bill is such that it is im
practicable to publish it in full, but we
re-affirm that the only material changes
proposed are to eliminate all that portion
of the old law which gives to the city
council any control over the city water
works and requires the city to account
for and turn over to the water commi ssdon
all monies received by it from the sale
of the water bonds and from the sale of
lands under the law of Oct. 19, 1878. It
will be remembered that the proceeds of
these lands were to be used, after paying
the expenses of surveying and selling,
only for- the construction of city water
, works. What has become of these funds
no one seems to know definitely ; in fair
ness to the city officers we assume that
the monev is where it oueht to be and
can be turned over to the water com
mission without doing any one an in
justice or exacting more than what is
right. In any event the city or its offi
cers is morally, and we believe legally
bound to account for these monies and
be required to put them into the water
fund. The bill further provides that the
treasurer, who is to have control of those
funds, shall give proper bonds and stand
ready at all times to account for them.
The commission are required to regularly
publish statements of their actions, re
ceipts and expenditures ; they are requir
ed to keep, all monies which otherwise
would be idle, loaned upon suoh securi
ties as shall be approved by the com
mission and city attorney. We believe
this whole water business should be in
the hands of men selected by reason of
their peculiar fitness for tnat purpose
alone. The water commission as at
present constituted is continued, and we
believe they are men whom all agree
will manage the business upon the most
careful business principles. They have the
expenditure of the money raised by the
special tax and the property taxpayers we
believe are the proper persons to select
them. To permit them to be chosen by
all the voters of the city would simply
place the matter under the control of
men who make ward politics a study,
and, in a measure, their profession.
The bill has been carefully examined by
many of the leading citizens and has
been approved by a majority of the
property taxpayers of the city. We
' believe that Jt should be thoroughly
examined, and criticized. No attempt
has been made to keep its provisions
from the public and no one interested
in the matter desires anything more
than fair treatment. '
Out special dispatches yesterday report
that this bill has been referred to
the Wasco and Sherman delegation, and
that a compromise would be effected
whereby the exclusive control of the
water works will be in the hands of the
water commission, the funds to remain
in the hands of the city treasurer, and
' the commission to have the power to
loan the funds: the matter of further
- bonding the city is referred to the tax
payers of the city." While we hoped to
see the bill passed as introduced, we
much prefer the compromise to nothing.
The bill was prepared after careful con-
. sideration and its strongest friends were
the heaviest taxpayers of the city. Gen
tlemen of the legislature, if you can't
give us what we want, don't fail to give
us the compromise.
MR.
HERMANN AT WORK ON THE
CASCADE LOCKS.
"The river and harbor bill had a hear
ing last Friday in the committee room,
through the effort of Mr. Hermann who
prevailed on the speaker to call the
committee on rivers and harbors together
lor the purpose 01 considering Jir. uoiph's
bill appropriating the total estimated
' amount necessary for the completing the
work at the mouth of the Columbia and
the Cascade locks and canal. The
limited time of the remaining congress
precludes the possibility of getting the
appropriation through, but in veiw of
this Mr. Hermann thought it more prac
ticable to submit a substitute authoriz
ing contracts to be made at once for the
entire, completion of . the work. Mr.
Hermann said' similar bills had been
reported on favorably by this committee,
and tor pass this by without favorable
recommendation would be a grave dis
courtesy to this senate bill and an unjust
treatment of one of the great waterways
of this country, and explained at length
uw uiipuruuiire ui uiiuieuiaiie ucuuu 111
this matter which does not directly make
ah appropriation but expedites the great
wotk inrougn me systems 01 contracting
for the material and entire- work.. Mr.
Hermann was authorized by the com
mittee to make a favorable report to the
house. The substitute provides that the
contracts shall not exceed $1,872,000 for
the mouth of the river, and $S15,0Q0 for
the Cascade locks and canal. ' The un
expended funds of the last appropriation,
together with the amount asked in Mr.
Dolph'sbill is believed to be sufficient
to complete this great work at the
Cascades if done by contract, at an early
day. Mf. Hermann is very confident if
he can get a recognition in the house for
the considering of the substitute it will
be favorably acted on as the river and
harbor bill is the only one that harmon
izes all sections and unites all rival
interests.
THE CELILO PORTAGE BILL.
The Ottgmian of yesterday ably urges
the passage of Senator Raley's bill appro
priating $400000 for a portage railroad
from Celilo to The Dalles. Whatever
may have been the attitude of the Ore
Ionian and Portland toward the opening
of the river in the past, we believe the
desire, from one end of the state to the ,
portant improvement. The time has j
arrived when the river must be rendered
serviceable to the commerce of the north
west ; the inability of railway companies
to move to market the products of the
past year emphasises the urgent demand
of the people. Eastern Washington is
alive to the importance of these imprpv
ments and Eastern Oregon, reinforced
by all the northern portion of Western
Oregon, appeal's to the legislature as
never before and the present legislature
will respond to our call. The legislature
of Washington will not be out done by
us and just as surely as Senator Raley's
bill becomes a law will the Washing
tonians relieve us of the burden of build
ing a portage at the Cascades? The rail
way companies have done and are doing
much to advertise and settle up the
country ; they will continue to be a great
convenience and a necessity but they are
now incapable of handling our products
and we must utilize the means nature
has given us.
OUR DEFEAT.
Senator Raley's Bill, upon which
Eastern Oregon was building its hope
for increased and cheaper transportation
facilities has apparently been defeated.
The responsibility of this action is laid
upon the democratic members of the
house; if this be true, Eastern Oregon
will forget its old time democratic pro
cliyities entirely and send to the next
legislature a unanimous republican rep
resentation. We are at loss to under
stand why the democratic members
should have taken this position when
the governor has from the beginning de
clared himself strongly in favor of the
measure. Is the party divided? or has
the governor taken the position favoring
the measure to increase his own popu
larity and then directed his political as
sociates to kill the measure? We sin
cerely hope there has been no treachery ;
to be defeated by an honest majority we
can stand it, but to be surrounded and
scalped through treachery, well we
hope for all concerned this is. not our
fate. The bill may possibly yet be
passed as returned from the senate,
without the amendment, but we ha v
little hope of this. Now, gentlemen of
Washington, we look to you. Let the
generous spirit, broad mindedness and
wise foresight which has brought your
state to its present greatness, once more
come to the front. Build the portage
between Celilo and The- Dalles and open
to the producers of your great and rich
territory east of the Cascades the only
economical avenue of trade within their
reach.
A sad and impressive incident oc
curred in our circuit court Satur
day evening; it was the passing of sen
tence upon four young men, all under
the age of 28 years. Three had been
convicted for grand larceny and one for
simple larceny. In -passing sentence
Judge Webster forcibly called attention
to the great need of some better means
of correcting such young offenders than
the rigorous and necessarily harsh dis-
ciDline of the penitentiary. One of the
criminals was only 18 years old and
another appeared very little older. To
place such offenders in the company of
and under the same kind of treatment
necessary for old criminals is simply to
thwart the ultimate purposes of law and
Dunishment. When graduated from
such a school they are only the more
dangerous to society. The disipline to
which they must necessarily be sub
jected there appears to them only a kind
of revenue, every officer becomes to
them an enemy and they come out im
Dressed with the idea " that society has
turned against them and that their only
safety is in preying upon society ; their
names are blackened, their pride, if they
had any, is gone and hope has fled. The
additional expense necessary to main
tain them in a reform school would not
be felt after the school was once estab
lished and the state can not afford to
sacrifice its youthful criminals for the
sake of what such an institution would
cost. In a properly conducted reform
school alone can the ultimate purposes
of the law punishment, protection to
society and reformation be accom
plished with such young people. We
believe the present legislature would
render the state and humanity a great
service by appointing a committee of the
holdover senators to investigate this
matter, to devise a plan to establish
such an institution and to report to the
next legislature.
There are said to be those who object
to The Dalles portage railway bill on the
ground that it will make taxes too high.
But for what purpose can taxes better be
paid? 'When the object is considered,
an appropriation of $400,000 is but a
bagatelle for the state. -Isn't it high
time to crawl out of that old shell? A
fair assessment will raise the valuation of
the state to x250.000.000 and navment of
$400,000 on such valuation .will be easyi
enongh. Of course the state has no
monev to be wasted, but for a purpose
like this it should have money in ample
supply. Oregonian.
The amount of money saved to the
producer in Eastern Oregon in two years
would build the portage road and the
success of the farmers would be so great
that land would be taken up and culti
vated in so much larger quantities that
the taxable property of this section
would be more than doubled within the
same time. The tax for the building of
the road will never be felt so great
would be the increase of the products of
the farms. We believe, too, that as a
speculation, it would pay the state to
build the portage road, as the volume of
business done by the road would soon
make it a paying investment. The leg
islature of this state should not quibble
for co-operation with Washington, but
march straight up to the work and pass
the bill.- Do not let this long suffering
people wait two years longer for justice
and remain at the mercy of a robber
railroad corporation longer while relief
is so easv and so near at hand. The
legislature has done well in passing one
portage bill now let that body finish the
grand work and it will receive the
thanks of a people released from a worse
than Egyptian bondage.
A Washington, D. C, special says :
"Mitchell's boat railway bill, which was
amended by the house committee for a
portage railway, is on the calendar, but
as it comes to oyer $400,000 of an appropri
ation, can scarcely expect to get through
this session. Dolph's mouth of the Co
lumbia and Cascade improvement bills
may by some good fortune get through
the house this session, but it is only a
chance,
misriuitos'i:
The Funeral of General Sherman Tak-
ing Place With Much Pomp
Glory Today,
and
Governor Pennoyer Vetoes all the Wag
on Road Bills Other Important
Legislative Matters.
GENKKAL SHERMAN'S FUNERAL
Taking Flare W ith Great romp In Xt
York Today.
Xew Yobk, Feb. 19. New York is
today paying every possible tribute of
respect to the memory of General Sher
man. The dawn of his funeral day
opened bright and clear. General busi
ness was brought almost to a standstill,
from almost every house along the street
American flags floated at half mast.
There were few. visitors in the early
hours this morning. Only most intimate
friends and a few old soldier were ad'
mitted and the latter had to show cer
ti float es that they served in the army.
Rev. Thos. Sherman the late general's
son whose arrival was so anxiously
awaited arrived at the house at 1 :30
this morning.
A large floral shield was received at
the house from the West Point cadets.
The shield was six feet in height and
four feet broad and was made of white
and blue immortelles and calla lillies.
At 11 o'clock secretaries Bhiine, Proc
tor and Rusk and generals O'Brien,
Homer and Ewing arrived at the house.
President Harrison will not look upon
the remains of the dead General. He
preferred to keep within him the remem
brances of the General while alive. He
said he did not wish to see him in death
when their associations had been so
warm and genial.
At 12:25 a cassion draped in black
and drawn by four white horses was
drawn up in front of the Sherman house,.
The horses were mounted by regulars
and army officers and were in their
charge. Behind came the military
trappings of the General.
The services of prayer began at noon
and were over at 12 : 30. Prayers were
read by Rev. Father Sherman assisted
by Rev. Taylor and two other priests.
There were about 150 persons present at
the services, the greater nnmber of the
relates and among the friends were Mrs.
Grant and Senator Cameron.
The decorations along the route are
not so numerous or so elaborate as when
General Grant was buried but neverthe
less they were strikingly handsome and
are in great profusion.
About 2 p. m. six lieutenants appeared
in the doorway bearing on their should
ers the casket of the general, which they
placed upon the waiting caisson. Mem
bers of the family, friends, invited offi
cials and pall bearers then took their
places in the carriages and were followed
by members of Lafayette post, G. A. R.
formed on either side of the cassion.
The procession then commenced to move
but very slowly as both sides of the
street were crowded with hundreds of
carriages waiting to take their place in
the line.
At Washington square the parade
except the guard of honor and escort of
honor and escort of mounted police was
dismissed and Lafeyette post, having in
its center the caisson and black charger,
swung into Broadway and marched to
Desbrosses street ferry.
The carriages in which were the fam
ily, followed closely and all boarded the
ferry boat which was in waiting and
which took the remains across to Jersey
City.
There the body will be placed in
special car and the family and those who
are going will occupy another car.
It is announced that a brief burial
service of the Catholic church will he
conducted at the grave.
The people of Sherman county are
again agitating the subject of a local or
branch railroad and are very anxious to
assist in its constrnction. With ordin
arily favorable weather there will be
harvested from eight hundred thousand
to a million bushels of grain in that
county next fall ; and a railroad con
structed through the central or southern
portions of the county would nearly
double the grain acreage of the county a
year hence. A road connecting with or
furnishing a part of the proposed road to
the Fossil mines would bring all this
grain to our market and the producers
would thereby reap the benefit of the ad
ditional transportation facilities which
will innnre to the benefit of traders Jin
our market by reason of the portage
railroad at the Cascades. Without the
opinion of a practical railroad man, we
venture the suggestion that a narrow
guage railroad would do this work and
could be constructed at comparatively
small expense. Where is the railroad
man to undertake this enterprise?
One of the speakers at the mass meet
ing Saturday evening rejoiced over the
passage of the portage railway bi 11 because
we are "all in it;" and the sentiment
was expressed by others that The Dalles
was in greater need of unity than of any
other single commodity. If this has been
true in the past it cannot be changed too
quickly for our own good. No man can
succeed alone in any community ; is
success is limited only by his readiness
to aid and to be aided by his fellow citi
zens. Every citizen, when matters of
public interest are at stake, owes much
to his fellow citizens and if he is willing
to stand by the community then his
reward is certain in matters of personal
interest. .The man or set of men who
are ever seeking personal gain at the ex
pense of the public interests ought to
move where communities don't exist
av Nevada.
One of the most important events in
the political history of Oregon is the
passage of the Australian ballot law,
which has passed both houses and been
signed by the governor. This is a long
leap in the right, direction. We may
lose a portion of our population, the
professional ward strikers, who will be
forced to seek employment elsewhere,
but we will hope to make up the loss
before the next census farce is put on the
stage and we believe the loss will not
seriously effect the money market. , "
Stock Man Killed.
Tbmpleton, Cal., Feb. 19. Last night
a young man named Anderson enroute
to Oregon with, stock was accidently shot
and killed while in a scuffle with his
wife for the possession of a pistol.
nvr e."i.r ir." currcsgicj
For (rt)d and Home and Native Land. !
EDITED BY
DALLES w. c.
T. I'NION.
KEEP YOUTH'S SCCTCHKON
WHITE.
LILY-
rt itp.r. 1. EA.NKl.
Keep youth's scutcheon lily-white.
Let no folly 8tnin it;
Tf life's freshness sin should blight.
You can ne'er regain it;
Keep pure speech upon your tongue.
In your eye, truth s lustre;
WnUc at though angels among
Around your steps cluster.
Take your sanduls off your feet.
Life is always holy;
Everywhere you walk, you meet
Him, the meek and lowlv;
God, your Father, in the sty,
You a son forgiven,
lxnik the futurein theeye.
Face lit up with heaven.
You shHll have the morning-star
'Mid the saints in glory.
In that land that is afar.
Where they've gone before you.
Keep youth's scutcheon lily-white:
True to those that love you ;
Bought with blood, and child of light.
True to i.od above you.
TO THE PFBLIC,
The principle object of temperance
workers is to create a public sentiment
which will lead to better social and legal
conditions. The public conscience must
be reached and molded before success
can be attained.
This must be done by planting the
truth. The question is how is the best
way to reach the people. Do everything
that helps to make people better.
Do everything that in a greater or less
degree enlightens the multitudes. Not
least among the instrumentalities for
good is the family newspaper. "As a
man readeth so is he."
In this busy pushing latter-end of the
nineteenth century every one must take
time to look ihto the paper. Everyone
wants to know what the world is doing.
We want to use this medium in a very
condensed way to tell the world why we
are an organization. What we are do
ing, and what we want the people to do,
and so we make our bow.
What Has the W. C. T. V. Donn for Great
Reforms.
By Miss Francis E. Willard.
Its mightiest work has been to nnsecu
larize the temperance reform and illus
trate its unmixed religiousness. In the
crusade it was baptized at the altars of
God and received into the church. The
translation of womanhood out of the
passive and into the active voice is the
next greatest result of this movement.
The W. C. T. U. is the Woman Move
ment under church auspicies, and this
is at once its safeguard and its glory.
Its departments include evangelistic
work ; bringing into the great system of
our public schools direct and well-seasoned
temperance education, training
the children to habits of total abstinence
from alcoholics, tobacco and bad lan
guage ; teaching teachers how to teach
the science of temperance and the basis
of physiology, hvgiene and chemistry :
promoting dress reform ; indroducing
temperance habits and education at all
fairs and expositions, and other holidays
of the people; visiting all institutions
for the defective, dependent and delin
quent classes; organizing special work
among railroad employees, soldiers, sail
ors, miners, lumbermen and ranchmen ;
holding mothers' meetings in the inter
est of White Cross work; circulating
temperance literature and building np a
great publishing honse with headquar
ters in Chicago ; studying the relations
of the temberance and labor movement ;
working for peace and international ar
bitration. Theeffor'.s of the Young Women's
Christian Temperance Unions are di
rected rather towards formation than re
formation, towards prevention rather
than cure. Thev seek to teach the child
ren the iuiunous effects of alcholic
drinks, and to lead them, . by their in
structions, to be good home-makers. By
free reading-rooms they endeavor 'to
keep working boys away from saloons
and improper places of amusement dur
ing their leisure hours. They strive by
social influence to raise the standard of
total abstinence among their own associ
ates, and by the distribution of litera
ture, they seek -to create an intelligent
temperance sentiment among alf classes.
On September 29, 1892, the order of
Sons of Temperance will be fifty years
old. In connection with the four hun
dredth anniversary of the discovery of
America by Columbus an effort will be
made to increase the membership of the
Eastern New York division to 20,000. If
this is accomplished, the order will num
ber on this continent over one hundred
thousand.
Words faom am Old Teacher.
' Here is some good advice which forms
not a little of the basis of the temper
ance propaganda. It comes to us in the
form of four proverbs from Confucius,
namely :
1. "The man that knows and knows
not that he knows, he is asleep ; wake
him."
2. "The man that knows not and
knows not that he knows not, he is a
fool: leave him.
3. "The man that knows not and
knows that he knows not, he is an open-
minded man; reach him."
4. "The man that knows and knows
he knows, he is a sage ; heed him."
We have heard it suggested, that the
board of trade of this city is not repre
sentative of the business interests of the
city and as at present constituted can
not speak for the people of )ue commu
nity. If this be the fact we sincerely
deplore it. We suggest to those whose
interests are not there represented that
it is high time they should be. We
never knew the board to refuse the right
of membership to any business man of
the city, who was willing to pay his dues.
There is in every community people
who are unwilling to bear their share
of the public burdens, who shirk
the work necessary to advance matters
of general interest, who, with their
purses in their clinched hands and their
hands in their pockets go about abusing
those who give their time and money to
the public because what is done is not
done as they believe their individual
and selfish interests demand. If a
church or school is to be built or sup
ported they keep out of sight or suggest
unreasonable reasons for Withholding
their aid. If a board of trade exists they
avoid sharing the expense, labor and
valuable time necessary to make it of
any value, and growl and snarl from the
outside and declare that it is a clique
trying to run things to suit themselves.
Our board of trade is composed of the
leading business men of the city; it has
a large, membership and has done and is
doing a valuable service to this commu
nity. If it does not represent your senti
ments we suggest that you put yourself
in a situation to induce it to do so. You
can't do this by growling from the out
side. Pendleton saloon keepers propose to
boycott the East Oregonian for having
sanctioned the action of the recent grand
jury in indicting so many of them.
Their boycott cannot affect the East Or
egonian seriously. It is too valuable a
paper and too necessary to its patrons
for anv one faction to hurt It very much.
T1IFHJK1AI.E KUAtn:
' '
The House Passes Raley's $400,000
Bill with an $125,000 Amendment
Tacked to It.
Then Turns
i " Over bv
Around and Kicks it
a Vote of 29 to 20.
all
I WE'LL GET THERE.
j The House Does Vu Jnstlcx by Forty to
j Nineteen.
i Salrm, Or., Feb. 18. Iu the house
this morning the rejort of the commit
tee on railways and transportation on
Raley's $400,000 bill with amended bill
for $125,000 for a transfer boat in ease
the government builds the portage road
was adopted by a vote of 40 to 19. The
bill as amended was re-referred with in
structions to prepare house bill covering
the subject at once, which bill will no
doubt pass the house this afternoon.
lateh.J
The Amendment Has Failed to 1'ass.
Salem, Feb. 18. Senator Raley's bill
as amended for $125,000 for a transfer
boat in ease congress builds the portage
railroad, has just failed to pass by a vote
of 26 to 29. The democrats nearly all
voted against it.
OREGON LEGISLATURE,
Welche'a Pilotage Bill Gets Through
Other Matters.
Salkm, Feb. 17. In the senate this
morning Welche's pilotage bill on the
Columbia and Willamette rivers, was
read the third time and failed to pass.
The bill was afterwards reconsidered and
passed, 21 to 6.
Welch, Olaa, fireenville and Fox's
seaside road bills were advanced to the
third reading as was also the world's fair
appropriation bill.
The house passed the bill increasing;
the powers of the state horticultural
commission. The bill regulatingsiilaries
of stock inspectors and a bill repealing
the mortgages tax law wan laid on the
table.
OK KG ON LEGISLATI'UE.
Bill or The laile f50.mli Indebt
Til
edness Is Referred.
Sai.em, Feb. IS. In the Senate this
morning a bill regulating salaries and
fees of stock inspectors of Gilliam, Har
ney, Sherman and Polk counties, passed.
The House bill allowing The Dalles to
incur $50,000 indebtedness was read first
and second time and referred to judic
iary committee. ,
The House concurred in the resolution
regarding the publication of 50,000 pam-r
phlets relative to Oregon for distribution
at the World's fair.
The houstuconenrrnt resolution that
congress be appealed to for appropria
tion for the completion of the portage
and boat railway at The Dalles and Cas
cade of the Columbia was concurred in.
The assessment committee reported
on the honse bill 248 by McCoy, known
as the assessment and taxation bill.
The Governor Vetoes
Bills other
the "Wajjon Road
Matters.
Salem, Ogn., Feb. 19. In the house
thiii morning Veatch's bill repealing the
lailroad commission was indefinitely
postponed. .
In the senate the assessment and taxa
tion bill failed to pass.
The governor has vetoed all wagon
road appropriations. The house can
pass the bills over his veto but it is likely
the senate cannot do so. If not, this
will reduce the appropriation of the
session about $130,000.
The Senate has defeated the big assess
ment and taxation bill. There will
hadly be any legislation on th s subject
at this session.
SHERMAN'S RELIGION BELIEF.
His Son Says the General Has Always
Been a Roman Catholic.
Nkw Yobk; Feb. 19. The Rev. Thos.
Ewing Sherman was seen by a reporter
today touching the subject of General
Sherman's religious belief. He said in
a positive way : "My father was baptised
in the Catholic church, was married in
the Catholic church and attended the
Catholic church until the outbreak of the
Civil war. Since then my father has
not been a communicant, but always
said. 'If there's any true religion it is the
Catholic religion.' "
Run on a New York Bank.
New York, Feb. 17. A run on the
American. loan and trust continues this
morning. President Baldwin refused to
.make a statement but says this company
is solvent.
Bad Bank Failure.
New Yobk, Feb. 18. The American
Loan and Trust company has just closed
its doors.
The immediate cause of the failure
was a demand for a large amount of
money by the savings bank of this city
which the Trust company could not
meet. The general feeling is that the
company will pay depositors in full and
have a balance left.
Murder By the Cuban Government.
New Yobk, Feb. 18. A letter from
Havana, Cuba, gives an account of a cold
blooded murder by the Cuban govern
ment on the 7th instant. Four prisoners
it is said were shot down in cold blood,
and a young wife who was attending to
her baby was mortallv wounded.
Kallwajr ConHoliclation,
Omaha, Neb., Feb.18. It is semi offic
ially reported that the purchasing de
partment of the TT. P. & Missouri Pacific
railways will be consolidated with Abra
nam uouldbratn and Jay boulu as pur
chasing agents.
Kansas May Han a Crop This Year.
Topeka, Kan., Feb. 18. Secretary
Mohler, of the state board of agriculture
has received encouraging reports as to
the condition of winter wheat. From
present indications the crop of Kansas
for '91 will be an unusually large one.
Herious Railroad Accident.
St. Louis, Feb. 18. The Post dispatch
was the announcement of a fearful ac
cident occurred today on the Illinois
Central near Jackson, Tenn. Several
persons were killed and a number badly
wounded.
The Dance of Death."
Union-, Or., Feb. 18. Miss Nellie
Welch, a young lady who has been suffer
ing since New Years with spinal menegi
tis died this morning. Excessive danc
ing is assigned as the cause of her trouble.
.ald to Kent n-ltu NutbI Honor at
J M'fcgrtinipton Today. -
: Washington, Feb. 17. With military
i honors and all ceremony due his high
.Porter, admiral of the navv, was this
afternoon laid to rest in Arlington ceiuj
tery. Not since the burial of Sheridim
has ashington witnessed such a un-
! pressive funeral.
j Every branch of. the military and
I naval service was represented. The ser
I vives were held at the house and were
conducted by Dr. Douglass, rector of St.
James.
The body of the late admiral lay iu
state at the family residence all the fore
noon and was viewed by a constant
stream of people. The remains was
dressed in full uniform encased in a
casket covered with purple velvet lined
with white satin and heavy silver han
dles and plate appropriately inscribed.
A large flag was wrapped around the
casket and sword and chaplet placed on
the lid.
President and Mrs. Harrison and
members of the cabinet, justices of the
supreme court and members of the
diplomatic corps were present at the
service.
1STG STOKMS EAST.
i Rivera Overflowing Their Banks
and
Stopping; Trains.
! Pittsburg, Feb. 17. At 11 o'clock
t thia nmrii!na rmtli A-i vera vrart at fi fAt
and rising at the rate of seven inches
per hour. All the morning families !
have been moving from houses along
the lower Allegheny.
Travel on the Pittsburg and Western
road is stopped while many mills along
the river have been forced to close.
Reports from headwaters show steady
rains with rivers all rising and lower
towns flooded. Bridges are being carried
away in every direction and the loss is
great.
Joiixstowx, Pa., Feb, 17. The water
receded some during the night but is
again within six inches of the highest
point of yesterday. All Cambria and
the lower part of this city from Windsor
hotel are under water.
Helena, Ark., 17. The continued
Jise in the river at this place has caused
considerable anxiety along the levee.
CASCADE PORTAGE BILL A LAW.
The Governor has Affixed his Signature
to the Bill.
Sai.em, Feb. 17. Special to the
Chronicle. The governor signed the
Cascade railway bill yesterday.
Governor Pennoyer is fighting the
clause for the charter bill. The water
bill was referred to the Wasco and Sher
man delegation, and a compromise effec
ted. The funds remain with the city treas
urer. Commissioners are to be elected
by the tax-payers and have the hand
ling and loaning of the funds.
A provision to bond the city for
twenty-five thousand dollars to pay
borrowed money etc., is to be submitted
to the tax payers. The passage is
doubtful. "
A BIG LIBEL NVIT.
Ingnatiua Donnelly Sue for SIOO.OOO.
St. Paul, Feb. 17. Ignatus Donnelly,
author of the "Cryptogram" member of
the state senate, has brought suit for
libel against Ex-Congressman William
King and the St. Paul Pioneer Pre for
$100,000 each.
The newspaper is charged with print
ing letters written by King in which it
is charged that Donnelly received large
sums of money for his vote and influ
ence both in the United States congress
and in the Minnesota legislature.
THE DEAD HERO.
Comrades who Fought With Sherman to
View the Remain..
New Yobk, Feb. 17. The family of
Gen. Sherman today decided to allow
the friends of the old hero and t old war
veterans who fought with him an oppor
tunity to view the body. or this pur
I se they set apart today and tomorrow
from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. The regular
military guard remains on duty. A po'
liceman keeps people in line. A cast
face of the General has been taken .which
is pronounced a success.
Trainman Killed at Albina.
Portland, Feb. 17. Emmett Robb, a
switchman in the employ of the, Union
Pacific, was killed today in the: Albina
yard. He was coupling cars and was
caught between them and fearfully
crushed. He leaves a wife and one child
Gibnon Gives Hall.
Caicago, Feb. 18. Ex-secretary Gib'
son of the Whiskey Trust who arrived
from Peora last night walked into Judge
Shepard's court today and gave $25,000
bail.
Burned to Death.
New Yobk, Feb. 18. A woman and
four children were suffocated and a man
probably burned to death in a fire that
occurred in a three storv frame structure
this morning.
Portland Consolldatlan Bill Passed.
bALEM, tub. 18. rhe house has con
curred in the senate amendments to the
Portland consolidation bill. This passes
the bill.
A, Boston Man In Disgrace.
Boston, Mass., Feb. 18. Jas. A. Kins
ley, a wool commission merchant is un
der arrest charged with embezzlement
of (94,000. -
Heaviest Snow for Fifteen Tears.
Bozeman, Mont., Feb. 17. The snow
is still falling and ia now 30 inches deep.
Old timers say it is the heaviest in fif
teen years. " , -
An Inspector Coming.
Ottaw, Ont., Feb. 17. General Her
bert, commander of militia left "for the
Pacific coast where he will inspect the
coast defenses.
A Bad Negro Lynched.
Douglas, Tex., Feb. 17. A negro
named Tom Robin was lynched today
on general principles. He wasja notor
ious character and guilty of many enmes.
It Is High Time.
Washington, Feb. 17. The house to
day agreed to the conference report of
the fortification bill.
Minnesota's First Governor Dead.
St. Paul, Feb. 18. General Sibley
the first governor of Minnesota died at
his home in this city morning.
Marriage In High Life.
Philadelphia, Feb. 17. Miss . Ava
Lawle Willing of this city. waB married
to John Jacob Astor. - "
Gibons, laeallistei
Dealers in
GROCERIES,
-AND-
FAR! 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 Cusb
ions. Express and Buggy Tope, Wagon Materials, Iron and Coal,
etc. etc.
Agents for Little's Sheep Dips.
A Complete Line of OILS, GRASS and GARDEN SEEDS.
The Dalles, - - - - - Oregon.
The Dalles Mercantile Co.,
(Successors to BROOKS A BEERS.)
The Dalles, Or.
JOBBERS JJSTJD DEALERS IlfcT
STflPkE and F Y GROGERIES,
Hardware, Flour, Bacon, Etc.
x
Headquarters for T:as, Coffees, Dried Fruits.
Canned Goods Etc. New Brands of Choice Gro
ceries Arriving Daily.
Hay Grain and Produced '
Of all Kinds Bought, and Sold at Retail or in Car
Load Lots, at Lo-west Market Rates. Free deliv-O
ery to Boats and Cars and all Parts of the City.
R90AND304 SECOND STREET.
Harry Clough.
Pacific
Corner of Second and Laughlin Streets, The Dalles, Or.
Mactnrers of Cflmliination Fences, .
The Best Stock, Chicken and Rabbit Fence Maie.
Also Manufacturers of
Strong and Durable Wire Mattresses.
CLOUGH & LARSEN, Proprietors.
Snipes & Kinersly,
LeadingPruggists
Dealers In
Paints, Oils and (Uindom Glass,
VSTctll Paper,
COAL and PINE TAR,
Artists Material,
Imported We1 and Domestic (Jigai.
12 Q Second Street,
CHAS. STUBLING,
-PROPK1ETOB
4r GERMAN IM, &
New Vogt Block, Second Street. ; .
WHOliESflliE and ETAILl LtlQUOf? DEAliEl.
Milwaukee Beer on Draught.
THE DALLES LUMBERING CO.,
INCORPORATED 1 886.
No. 67 Washington Street. . . The Dalles.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers and Manufacturers of
Building Material and Dimension Timber, Doors, Windows. Moldings, Honse Furnishings, Ele.
Special Attention given to the
Boxes and Packing Cases.
Factory Xrumber
DRY Pine, Fir, Oak and
any part of
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 oflice of the Wwtern
' - Union Telegraph Office are in the Hotel.
Fire-Proof Safe for the Safety of all Valuables.
HARDWARE,
Lime and Sulphur, etc
Andrew Larskn.
The Dalles, Oregon.
OF THE-
Manufacture of Fruit and Fish
Tard At Old Xt. Dallea. -
Slab WOOD Delivered to
the city,
Fence WorkSn