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VOL. 1.
FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1891.
NUMBER H.
HE IS AVENGED.
The Citizens of New Orleans Rise in
. their Wrath and Slaughter Chief
Hennessy's -Assassins.
The Tennessee Insane Asylum Burned
Disastrous Fire at Syracuse New
R. R. Line to the Pacific Coast
New Orleans, March 14. The scenes
about Clay statue this morning brought
. to mind very forcibly the peculiar and
- ominous uprising of a September day
Jt nome sixteen years ago. Ten o'clock
xd not yet struck -and a vast multitude
; had already congregated on Canal street,
filling the space from curb to curb on
each side of the boulevard.
" Just on the stroke of 10 o'clock a shout
went up from the people stationed at
St. Charles street and a number of gen
tlemen among 'whom were W. T. Par
kerson, J. C. Wickliffe and others who
signed the call, came 3000 Mople within
earshot and more could be seen
struggling pushing and running here
and there on neutral ground.
Street cars were unable to pass
through and vehicles of all descriptions
' were halted.
. Parkerson spoke first. He said that
once before he had appeared before the
people in a grand mass meeting as
sembled to discuss matters of vital inter
est to the community and again he faced
the people of New Orleans to denounce
the infamous act which is consequent
upon the most revolting crime in the
criminal ' annals of any community.
That was the finding of the jury in the
murder trial yesterday and that crime
was as everybody knows ths assassin
ation of Chief Hennessy.
After the speeches an indignant
crowd of about 2000 people started for
. the parish prison.
After a slight resistance the jail was
surrendered and the citizens rushed in
and killed eleven of the nineteen men
who were indicted for the assassination
of Chief Henessy. Those killed were
Manuel Politz, Pietro Monastro, Antonio
Marcheai, Antonio Bagnetto, Frank
Romeo, Jim' Carnso, Rocco, Ceranchi,
rles Trahine and Comiteze.
Lfter the assassins had been put to
death Parkerson addressed the crowd
urging them to return to their homes or
respective places of business, without
demonstration. .
Joe Macheca had a pistol and shot
Sergeant Herron in the neck, inflicting a
slight wound. - . '
' Politz is hanging to a lamp post at the
- comer of Irene and Starr streets, Baf
fento to a tree in front of the prison.
Others were shot in their cells:
' .When the citizens' committee had
completed its work at the parish prison
it disbanded for the day. . . j . . j
" '.' A meeting be held tonight to considrr
what further action if any, shall be
taken.
The committee . is composed of the
better class of people ; business men are
also satisfied. -
MADNESS AND DESPAIR.
The Tennessee Insane Asylum Burned
With Fart of its Inmates;
Nashville, " Tenn., March 14. The
beautiful insane asylum seven miles
' from this city, is almost a mass of flames.
Beneath ' it : are the charred bodies of
half a dozen unfortunate inmates. In
an out house are huddled the poor de
mented creatures, formerly, inmates.
The fire was discovered at 10 :15 last
night. ' It started ' from some unknown
cause in - the' west main wing. In a
moment the alarm was given and the
400 inmates thrown . into wild com
motion. ' '
There were twenty-eight men in the
ward where the fire caught. Twenty
two were quickly removed to the main
hall, the other six being left to their fate
behind an impassible wall of flames.
At 3:10 the inmates who had been
'.huddled together for several hours in the
yards were returned to the east wing.
About twenty-five escaped, the majority
of whom are harmless.
At this moment the west wing is en
tirely demolished and about half of the
. main building.. . .
Dangerous lunatics are kept locked in
the east wing.
At 1 :30 the fire is under control. It is
impossible to estimate ' the loss which
ts fullv insured.
A TWO MILLION BLAZE.
A New York City Being; Destroyed.,
Syracuse, March 14. Two large fires
are now raging in different portions of
this city. It is feared that the business
. portion of the city will be destroyed.
Assistance has been asked from Utica,
Oswego, Baldwinsville and Fulton.
The Fire I'nder Control:
Syracuse, (11 a. m.) March 14. The
"LMojstgomery street fire is now practically
lunder control.
The fire is under control at 2:30 p. m.
.bat the department is still hard at work
putting ont the last fire. 'Total estimate
is over $2,000,000 and the insurance will
. not cover half that amount.
The Rio Grande and Western Coming
'to Oregon.
Denver, March 14. It is said, on good
authority, that the R. G. & W., in order
to secure a shorter line to the Paci
fic coast, is- negotiating for pnr
- cbaee of the ' Oregon Pacific road
which has been projected from
Yaqnina Bay on the Oregon coast to
Boise City, Idaho, and : will bnild the
railroad from Ogden, Utah to connect
with it. hich would give them a first
.class transcontinental route.
At a secret meeting held by the Col
orado and Utah lines, steps were taken
4o ijserease the freight fores from the
. Missouri river to Salt Lake,
- IVsrer Has No Mayor.
Denver, March 13. This city is with
.aai a mayor. The supreme "court this
morning denied a rehearing in the may-
-oralty case. The present mayor, Lo -,
duni, was a few days ago declared illigal
ly elected after holding hie office nearly
one year. D. C. Parkard, president of
the board of snpervisors will probably
act aa mayor untill after the next city
election.
THE SUGAR MARKKT.
No Famine TliU Month But a Reduction
In the Vant Next Mouth.
New York, March 11. Prominent
merchants were interviewed here Unlay
regarding the reported threatened sugar
famine. Many retail dealers have taken
advantage of the scare and advance prices
1 cent ter pound on the stock in store,
which did not cost an extra price from
the wholesalers. One un -named grocer
frankly admitted that he did it simply to
make a little money. Hector O. Have
myer, president of the sugar trust, savs
no famine need be feared during March.
Merrill, of Merrill, Acker & Condi t, says
all the dealers who have any stock on
hand April 1st will suffer a loss of from
$6 t $7 per barrel. The producer is
receiving the benefit of the present situa
tion, ana the law of supply ana aeinanu
will govern the business as it stands to
day. F. B. Thurber, of Thurber, Why
land & Co., says:
"After the 1st of April sugar ought to
be at least 2 cents per pound lower than
now. The increased demand may tem
porarily advance prices somewhat, but
they will soon reach the proper level and
sugars will be nearly one-third cheaper
than thev have been."
WHKKE STORMS ARE NEEDED.
The Island of Cuba Suffering
Severely
From Irouth.
Havana, March 11. The droufh still
prevailes. Its effects are most severely
felt in the department of Santiago de
Cuba. Small rivers are dried up and
heavy losses in . cattle has been sus
tained, owing to the fact, that it is im
possible for the cattle to get food or
water. The dronth will naturally inter
fere with the sugar crop, the yield, of
course, being much reduced throtigh
lack of rain. The loss ot cattle, too,
will effect the crop, oxen for labor in the
held being very scarce.
Fran That Storm Have Ruined the
Fruit Crop.
St. Locib, Mo., March 13. Special
dispatches from a dozen different points
in Texas and from the Indian Territory
and Arkansas show the snow storms of
yesterday to have been the heaviest for
years. Trains are delayed and fears are
entertained that the fruit trees have
been damaged and the entire crop des
troyed.
THE FORFEITED LAND.
Rub of .Settlers at Tancouier to Make
Their Entries.
Vaxcouver, Wash., March 13. The
forfeited Northern Pacific railroad lands
were opened for entry at the United
State land office this morning. Large
crowds of settlers were camped in the
street last night in front of the land of
fice in order to gain priority of eutry.
A Farmers'
Alliance Victory.
Columbus. O.. March 11. The Row
limr's bill, amending the tax laws of
Ohio so far that manufacturers cannot
enjoy exemption from taxation on their
Eroduct for one year atter prouuction as
eretofore, passed the senate this after
noon and now is a law. The bill met
the combined opposition of the manu
facturers. It was a farmers' alliance
measure and is a great victory for that
organization.
Railroad Lands Reverted to the State.
Little Rock, Ark., March 13. The
supreme court decision reverts back to
the state over 275,000 acres of land orig
inally donated under the act of congress
to different railroads in this, state and is
creating much excitement. Most of the
lands have since been sold by the rail
roads and extensive improvements made
on them by the owners.
" Murderers Given a New Trial. '
Portand Or., March 14. Private dis
patch received form Olympia this morn
ing states that the supreme court of
Washington has reversed the decision
of the lower court in the case of John B.
Rose and John Edwards convicted of
murder of the Frederickson family at
Ovsterville and ordered a new trial.
The Beantiful Blue Danube Overflows.
Buda Pesht, March 14. There have
been double overflow-, of the Danube.
The town of Duna Foldvar is enundated
together with the neighboring country
and houses is submerged. A number of
people have been drowned and a large
quatnity of cattle have perished. ..
The Bad Weather Still Continues.
London, March 13. There is no sign
of moderation in the severity of the
weather in Southwest England. The
heavy snow storm which prevailed last
night in Devonshire and Cornwall is
unprecedented in severity.
IT WAS JAKE'S BATTLE.
Jake K II rain Knocks Godfrey Out at
' Frisco Last Night.
San Francisco, March 14. Jake Kil
rain knocked George Godfrey .(colored)
out last night, in the forty-fourth round.
The President Can Appoint Judges.
Washington, March 13. Attorney
General Miller has rendered an opinion
that the president has power to appoint
nine circuit judges, created by last
congress during the recess of congress.
A Catholic Leader Dead.
Berlin, March 14. Dr. Lud wig Wind
thorst, parliamentary leader of the
Catholic party in Russia died at 8:15
this morning. He was born January 17,
1812. '
An Overdue Steamer Arrives.
Plymouth, March 14. The steamer
Sueria, concerning whose whereabouts
considerable anxiety has beeu felt, ar
rived this morning.
That Tedious Voting;.
Sacramento, March 14. There is but
little change in the voting today. The
democrats voted for W. D. English.
Feels Slighted of Course.
Ottawa, March 13. Canada has not
yet received an invitation to take part
in the world's fair.
Silver Purchase.
Washington, March 13.-303,000
ounces oi silver were purchased at prices
anging from 99.39 to .99 .SO,
McCOY'S APOLOGY.
In the Times-Mountaineer of last Fri
day Representative McCoy commumea
tes over three columns of closely printed
matter, containing his apolotrv for the
course he adopted during the last legis
lature, which resulted in the defeat of
what is known as the Ralev bill. He
submits a report, signed by himself, II.
B. Miller and J. F. Henry, the three
representatives who were members of
the joint committee, who, together with
Senators Watkins and Moore were ap
pointed by the Oregon legislature to
confer with a like committee from Wash
ington as to "the feasibility, advisabil
ity, propriety and probability of joint
action between the two states in build
ing a portage railway around the Dalles
of the Columbia." The report so sub
mitted Mr. McCoy presents as the
ground upon which he seeks to justify
his action. But he expects more than
mere justification. He thinks that after
his constituents have read this leport
they will nnaimonsly conclude that the
Raley bill would have "doubled the tax
es of the state, produced no benefit or
relief to the people but would rather
complicate, retard and delay the open-
ing of the river." In fact Mr. McCoy
expects to convince "any person of can
did mind" that if the Raley bill was not
framed in the interest of railroads "the
facts in the case are that all the known
representatives of the railroad company,
in both houses, were in favor of and
voted and worked for the Raley bill ;"
(which is hard on Senator Hilton, by
the way ; very.)
Mr. McCoy's rajHsctations put .our
credulity to a severe test. If he can
make us believe that he has outwitted
the railroad men we will send him back
to the next legislature 'f we have to
transport him on one of his own "scows."
If he can make us believe that he has
fooled Jay Gould, by defeating the Ra
ley bill, we will never more . complain
lecause the legislature made no appro
priation for the world's fair. Oregon
will send Mr. McCoy. She needs no
other exhibit to proclaim here the great
est state on earth.
To put it mildly, Mr. McCoy's apology
is disingennous. He speeks of Only one
report from the joint committee. There
were two. The first in the order of time
was made by Senator Watkins, was
signed by that gentleman and Senator
Moore, and was handed to Mr. McCoy
by Senator Watkins, in person. It did
not suit Mr. AIcCoy.it is to lie presumed.
It merely recited the fact that the joint
committee had been instructed "to con
fer with a like committee from Washing
ton as to the feasibility advisability,
propriety and probability of joint action
between the two states" and stated that
after such conference, joint action was
found to be impracticable owning to a
clause in the constitution of Washington
which prohibits that state from assisting
financially any public highway not en
tering or traversing t woor more counties
This report was never heard of after it
was handed to Mr. McCoy ; and what
became of it that gentleman can best
tell. Had it beeu adopted by the house
members of the joint committee it
would not have affected the Raley bill.
It had no suggestion about building
a scow. It said nothing about the
portage road costing a million dollars
and an interminable law suit. It gave
no lessons about losses of wheat, bv
frequent handlings, increasing - in
geometrical progression." Jay Gould
and Mr. McCoy had therefore no use for
it and Mr. McCoy quietly consigned it
to an early grave.
Mr. McCoy tells us his report was the
"unanimous conclusion of twelve men"
of which he was one. Why then did not
these men all sign it? Senator Wat
kins did not sign it. Senator Moore did
not sign it, and it goes without saying
that the Whshington. members of com
mittee did not sign it. Yet it was the
"unanimous conclusion" of twelve men
and only three, McCoy, Miller and
Henry had the courage of thir convic
tions. In short, Watkins, Moore and
Nevins, would not sign it. They saw
through the thin iruise of its design and
refused to sign it.
But they had no business to sign it.
The report contained a mass of matter
wholly irrevelant to the object of the
joint committee. What business had a
committee, appointed to enquire as to
the practicability of concurrent action
of two states, in the matter of building
a portage road between The Dalles and
Celilo to report a long winded speech of
a crack brained steamboat captain about
the impossibility of bringing heavily
laden boats up to the lower locks at the
at the Cascades? Or a desertation by
Major Handbury about the fatality of
finishing the work by contract or the
amount of his latest estimate for their
completion? Or the opinion of an im
practicable visionary about the cost of a
scow? Or a lecture on "geometrical
progression" by a railroad mathematic
ian? Interesting as all this might be as
a matter of information, it had no place
in the committee's report.
But the .Raley bill must be killed
and if "official" estimates are not suf
ficient, unofficial ones must lie resorted
to. One estimate, (the report does not
say clearly by whom it was made,) fixes
the cost of a portage railroad at Celilo,
we presume on the Washington side, at
$300,000. Another was presented by
Major Handbury for the same side,
made three years ago which places the
cost at f 431 ,500. 1 he remarks of Major
Handbury, in another connection
would lead us to infer that his estimate
was made purposely high, to allow for
the notoriously slow and costly manage
ment of any work prosecuted under
government control. Major Handbury
stated that three years ago, "a survey
was commenced on the Oregon side
but was found so much more costly that
it was abandoned." Commenting on
this in his opology Mr. McCoy reports
the major to have said "that it was
found o costly that it was abandoned."
! This is not what Major Handbury said.
He simply compares the cost of con
straction on the Oregon side with that
on Washini?ton and declares it to lie
"much more costlv." The effort of Mr.
McCoy is to make it appear that the
road conld not be built on this side
without an expense that would ."double
the taxes of the state :" and that would
be awful, vou know, on the dear people.
But to make his case still stronger Mr,
McCoy goes outside the report and takes
the unofficial statement of a man, who
bv his own confession, never surveyed
the road, that it would cost a million.
And as if this was not sufficient to kill the
Raley bill beyond hope of resurrection,
he invokes the spirit of prophesy and
assures us that the building of a road
-. . , ii : i -
on the Oregon siae wouiu mvoive a
law suit with the Union Pacific
that would last "ten or twenty years,"
and to crown all he avows that
some steamljoat captain told him that
without a scow, a portage road would be
of no account anyhow. Assuming the
honesty of Mr. McCoy what shall we
say of his credulity? If he retains his
honor where is his judgement?
The cost of the road a million dollars,
when a of the same committee had an
i offer in his pocket from a thoroughly
responsible person offering to build the
load for the sum appropriated in the
Raley bill ! Losses on wheat by frequent
handling increasing in geometrical pro
gression, as if nothing else than wheat
was to be shipped over the. road! And
a twenty years lawsuit with the Union
Pacific ! Bah ! Jay Gould has pulled
the wool over somebody's eves; that's
all.
CURSE J) WITH POLITICS.
t
The country is cursed with politics,
we mean politics of the partisan stripe,
We suppose it is treason to say so,
but we know of no good reason un
der heaven whv a man should be
elected to a county or muncipal office
merely because he belongs to some one
political party. Yet all over this broad
land, things have come to such a pass
that a city policeman cannot be appoint
ed or a precinct constable elected unless
politics have something to do with it.
The government of American cities has
tlirongh this means become a disgrace to
civilization. The rottenness and corrup
tion of such large centers of population
as New York, Chicago, and to come nearer
home, San Francisco and Portland call
to heaven for vengence and reformation.
No cities on earth are so badly governed
as American cities. This is so true that
it has passed into a proverb. The larger
the population the worse the govern
ment and etc rerxa. We know of no
remedv but a moral reformation of the
people themselves, and a thorough
divorcement of politics and municipal
government.
TlfKYA GETA MADAI
The Italians ttt Rome Will Demand
Reprisals from America.
Boston, March 16. A cablegram from
Rome says that the news of the massacre
of Italian prisoners at New Orleans was
not generally known till tliis morning.
The general feeling is one of indignation
and thirst for reprisal in some ' form.
An English visitor, mistaken for an
American, barely excaped from being
mobbed on the streets today.
ANOTHER ARREST.
In Connection With the Southern Pacific
Train Robbery.
Paso Robles, Cal., March 12. Sher
iffs O'Neil and Kav and Detective Smith
today arrested William Dalton for con
nection with . the Alila train robbiry
February 1, in which Fireman Radcliffe
was killled. Dalton admitted to the of
ficers that he had hidden the "bovs,"
and had piloted them to a place of safety.
He had done this, not on account of the
train robbery, but because they were
wanted in the East for murder. Dalton
offered, if the officers would promise that
the "boys" would not be turned over to
the Eastern authorities, to go to the hid
ing place of the fugitives and notify
them to come in, which they would do.
The officers offered to send an unarmed
man with Dalton, but he said the "boys"
would kill any one who went with him.
They have 800 rounds of ammunition
and are good shots. Dalton will be taken
to Nisalia tomorrow. The officers claim
that they have cleared up the Pixley,
Goshen and Alila robberies, and that a
number of other arrests will soon be
made.
Suit Aicainst a Newspaper.
Snohomish, Wash., March 12. A com
plaint was filed today in the superior
court by G. Krueger and the Sun Pub
lishing & Printing Company for libel
and $15,000 damages. The case arises
out of some articles which appeared in
the Sun, intimating that a certain real
estate agent had been run down by a
United States detective and made to dis
gorge $1500 which was obtained in Wis
consin some years ago under peculiar
circumstances. Krueger applied the in
sinuation to himself, hence the suit. The
Sun has also been fighting disreputable
land agents of late, which Krueger has
also taken exception to.
'A Valuable Find.
Victoria, B. C, March 12. E.
Bel-
lone, bne of the owners of the Bonanza
mine, Uayoosh creek, Lilloet district.
arrived from Oil n ton Wednesday night,
unugiiJg uewsui a very ncn striKcm
the Bonanza. He brought in several
pieces of ore which were literally
studded with gold. The samples,
assayed today, showed as a result, No.
1, solid vein, of 9.50 ounces, equal to
$193,471 per ton ; No. 2, broken rock and
dust from drill-holes, 640 ounces, $13,235
per ton. lbe fortunate owner has re
fused an offer to bond the mine for
$30,000.
Fighters to Visit Portland.
San Fbancisco, March 12. Jim Hall,
Maber and Willis will leave for the east
next Mondav by the Northern route.
They will exhibit in Portland, Or.
w hen thev reach ftew York, irJall will
bet Fitzsimmon8 that he will stop him
in ten rounds.
In Interest of a Pure Ballot,
Phoenix, Ariz., March 14. The legis
lature has passed the bill establishing
the Australian ballot system In this
territory.
Chicago Wheat Market.
Chicago, 111., March. 16. Wheat,
steady; cash, 9!99'; May, LOl
1.01 Ji; July, 97.
Han Francisco Market;
Sax Francisco, , March 16. Wheat,
buyer season, l.dOj.
GOVERNOR AND
WAGON ROADS. .
THE
The press of the state is very much,
divided on the question of the governor's
veto of the wagon road bills. We notice
that the bed rock democratic papers gen
erally stand in with the governor, but
not always, and geographical location
has more to do with opinions on this
question than political partisanship. In
the old valley counties, the native home
of the Silurian, where roads are easily
built, and where the people have had,
for many years, all the roads they want,
they all pat the governor on the back.
But it is very different in the newer
regions, as for example the sparsely set
tled counties of Eastern Oregon, where
roads from many important points are
little better than trails, and the people
wholly unable to improve them. Here,
in this county we asked a small appro
priation to build a road overTygh moun
tain. The road has lone been one of the
most important ones in Eastern Oregon
It is the direct way from The Dalles to
the Warm Spring reservation. It is also
the old direct route from Walla Walla or
The Dalles to Barlow's Gate, and the
Barlow route over the mountains.
United States mail passes over it
six days in the week. The present mule
trail, for it not a road has an acclivitv,
in several places, of nearly four feet to
the rod. It is an outrage on civilization.
It is a barbarity, a murderer of horse
flesh. Yet the people living in its
neighborhood can scarcely be said to be
able to build a new road without outside
help, and when the legislature twice
made provision for building it the gov
ernor interposed each time with his
veto.
An appropriation was asked for
another road, partly in this county and
partly in Gilliam. It is over a long
stretch of country between two import
ant points, where immense freights of
wool and hides and supplies require to
be transported. The country between
its two termini is not settled and what is
more it never will be settled. It is a
rough, broken sheep range, abounding
in deep ravines and precipitous moun
tains. The people need the road. They
cannot possibly build it themselves, and
the governor by his veto says : "Then
you must do without it."
But this is not the worst of it. When
this state was admitted into the Union
the general government made a dona
tion to the new state of $500,000 for
"roads", and other internal improve
ments. Years ago the legislature granted
an appropriation of $200,000 out of this
fund for building the locks at Oregon
City. The Silurians of the valley have
fattened on the fruits of this donation.
There is not an acre of land in the Wil
lamette valley, from the head of naviga
tion ou the river to its mouth, that has
not. enhanced in value by reason of this
appropriation. There is not a' farmer in
the valley who is not bettered by its
having been made, yet when we, over
here in Eastern Oregon, who have never
benefited a picayune by this outlay,
asked a little from the same fund, for
improvements, relatively as important
tq us as the opening of the locks at Ore
gon City was to them, the members
from the old, rich valley counties bv
their vote, and the governor by his veto
say, "You cannot have any of it.
Two years ago Governor Pennoyer al
lowed & lot of wagon road bills to be
come a law. If it was right for him to
do so then it would have been equally so
now. As it is he has only succeeded in
riveting a hopeless ' inconvenience on
many sections of the country, and contri
buted to the retardment of the progress
of the state.
To allow the wagon road bills to be
come a law, would be "looting" the
treasury, the governor says, but it was
the correct thing for this same governor
to approve a bill for an appropriation of
over $90,000 for improving the capitol
building, the greatest portion of which
is to be spent in a dome, which is noth-
else than a useless and expensive orna
ment. We wish his excellency no ill
but if by any change of fortune he should
lose his job as governor and be reduced
to the rank of a farmer or stage driver it
would give us peculiar satisfaction to see
him compelled to drive a six mule team
with a load of wool, from Mitchell to
Antelope, or a span of balky horses,
hitched to a loaded wagon, up the Tygh
hill.
HILTON GETS HIMSELF
IN-
TERV1EWED.
The "interview with Senator Hilton,
published in the Times Mountaineer of
yesterday, whatever may have been its
object, leaves unimpeached every state
ment made by the editor of this journal,
concerning the senator's action, during
the meeting of the legislature. The fact
is we related only what we saw with our
own eyes and knew to be true, and the
senator's statement is a tacit confession
that it is so. We charged him with hav
ing tried to pass the water bill, during
the absence of Senator Watkins, and he
practically admits that he did so, and
this same senator, who could so far - for
get his manhood, plays the coward and
lays the whole blame of Mr. Moody's
name being placed on the portage bill,
which if it had been retained would un
doubtedly have secured its defeat, upon
the shoulders of Representative Johns
ton. It may be true that Mr. Johnson was
wholly to blame, we have no means of
knowing ; but we are free to confess we
don't believe a word of it, Mr. Johnston
was used as a catspaw," and now he is
made a scapegoat.
Much that the senator says is beyond
our personal knowledge, and is of very
little importance to us or our readers, one
way or other. - Facts that transpired in
the' sunlight can never" be contradicted '
by anything alleged, to have happened
in-the darkness of a committee room or
the obscurity of a private conference.
But the senator would make the
"Dalles lobby"'ridiculous and in this
attempt he has not only -falsified the
i facts but dragged in, at least one matter,
THE
he had better have left out. When the
news was first brought to The Dalles, on
a memorable Saturday, that our delega
tion had endangered the passage of the
portage bill, by placing the name of
Mayor Moody in the bill, as one of the
commissioners: when it was learned that
Governor Pennoyer distinctly and em
plmtieallv swore that he would veto the
bill if the name of any private citizen
was in it, there was but one thought
and one purpose (we speak for ourselves
and we believe for many others,) that
took possession of us. It was to do the
only thing within our power to save the
bill, as we supposed namely, petition
the legislature to insist "that the
name of secretary McBride be put
in the bill and the name of
no private person whatever be placed
there." The name of Mr. Moody was
not mentioned. Was there anything
wrong in this? If so Mr. Moody has no
truer friends in the Dalles than are some
of those who perpetrated the wrong,
Two hundred and ten persons quickly
signed the petition, and had time per
mitted, ten times that number could
easily have been obtained. Why should1
this action of the people of The Dalles be
turned into ridicule by Senator Hilton?
Mr. Moody's name had been put in the
biil. The Wasco delegation and their
abettors had, on the floor of the house
indignantly resented its being taken out,
The governor had vowed he would veto
the bill if the name was retained. The
Dalles lobby could not and did not
know anything further. They acted as
they did on the knowledge they had and
they would have been traitors to the
people's interests and their own bad
they acted otherwise. If it was
"panic" it was a panic in a noble cause
and no man who signed the petition.
under the circumstances has anyting to
be ashamed of his action.
Moreover The Dalles lobby had tried
to get a hearing before the committee
on railroads, before they would leave for
home. They were refused. Senator
Watkins made a special effort to have
hearing. He also was refused. This
was Thursday. The house would ad
journ next day, noon, until Monday at
two o'clock. By that time, the three
days during which a reconsideration
could be had would have passed. Next
morning (Friday) Mr. Farley went to
Representative Johnston, and asked him
to move a reconsideration, so that the
secretary of state might be substituted
for the name of Mr. Moody. Mr. Johns
ton said, "Mr. Farley, Mr. Moody's
name remains there or nothing." There
was nothing left, but for the "lobby" to
seek an ontsider to niaTte the motion
Our own representative would do noth
ing. Senator Watkins went to Paquet
of Clackamus. The motion was made.
and McCoy and Johnston fought it with
all their might, saying that the commit
tee was amply able to take care of the
bill. The statement that "Mr. Moody
had been before the committee ana re
quested that his name betaken from the
bill" was not made, nor was anything
said that might be construed that way.
Had such a statement been made the
"lobby" would never have come back to
The Dalles to make fools of themselves.
When Senator Hilton says . this state
ment was made, on the floor of the
house, at that time, he states what a
false. It was under these circumstances
the lobby came back from Salem and
circulated the petition, before referred
to.
One thing more and we leave this mat
ter for the present. Mayor Moody never
appeared, that is to say, voluntarily, be
fore the committee at all, to have his
name stricken out of the bill. He was
sent for and sent for by a member of the
committee who is our informant, and in
stead of demanding that hjs name be
stricken off he insisted that it be retained.-
CHEAP SUGAR.
Less than three weeks from now, on
the first of April, the section of the Mc-
Kinley hill relating to the duties on
sugar goes into effect. Heretofore the
duty on raw sugar from which our refi
ned sugars are made has been 2.H to 2
cents a pound and 1 cents on the
lower grades. The sugar refiners have
had to pay these duties and of course
they charged them to the merchants who
in turn charged them to the consumer.
The new tariff law abolishes all duty on
raw sugar. Under the old law the duty
on refined sugar was 3 to 3)4 cents a
pound. The new law reduces it to J a
cent and wipes out a sugar tax of over
sixty millions a year, which came out of
the pockets of the people, for in this in
stance "the .tariff was a tax." The
McKinley law provided also that sugar
might be imported, refined and placed
in bond against the first of April, with
out the payment of duty. At that date,
therefore the full benefit of the reduc
tion, amounting to 33 to 40 per cent ad
valorem, or 2 to 2 cents a -pound,
should be realized by' the consumer.
The people should not have to wait till
old stocks of sugar on which the duty
was paid are worked off. Whatever
men may think . about other features
of the McKinley law, the repeal of the
duty on sugar is sure to be generally
popular. '
HAVE NOT SENT AN IKON-CLAD.
Italy Relies on the Good Sense of the
American Authorities Comments.
Rome, Italy, March 16. Papolo
Romano, referring to the New Orleans
tragedy says: "Relying on the foresight
of the American authorities and out of
regard for the sincerely friendly, power,
Italy has refrained from sending an iron
clad to the mouth of the Mississippi
river."
The Bon Chisciotte dela mancia re
marked : "Italy ought to demand that
measures be taken to protect the Italian
colony in New Orleans," adding however
"its just also to recognize the fact that a
similar incident would not occur if towns
on the Atlantic shore were not infested
with many of the ex -galley slaves ' of
Europe." ,
FRUGAL USE
TRUTH.
OF THE
Senator Hilton tries to make The
Dalles "lobby" ridiculous, by alleging
that when they went down to Salem
with their petitions and appeared before
the house committee on railroads, the
chairman informed them that Mr.
Moody's name had been withdrawn, at
his own request on the previous Thurs
day. The statement is not true. The
writer was present, and Senator Hilton
was not. The petition was never pre
sented. There was no need for it then.
The Dalles "lobby" were not fools.
They soon learned when they got back
to Salem that the Wasco delegation had
got scared, They knew it would not do
to have Mr. Moody's name on the bill,
and they knew they need never come
back to Wasco county, if by any act of
theirs the portage bill was- defeated.
Besides if the chairman of the committee
had made the statement the senator
says he made, he would have simply lied,
It is on record that there was a fight
over the retention of Mr. Moody's name
the very next day. on the floor of the
house, and on that same day Represen
tative Johnston informed a member of
the lobby that "Mr. Moody's name re
mained there or nothing.
The trouble with most of our gifts to
the poor is that we check them up as
loans to the lord.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
D
R. O. D. DO AN E physician and sue
gkon. Office: rooms 5 and 6 Chapman
Block. Residence over McFarbtnd it French's
store. Office hours 9 to 12 A. M.. 2 to & and 7 to
5 Mr. jn.
A 8. BENNETT. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Of-
X V flee in Schanno's building, up stairs. The
Dalles, Oregon.
R. G. C. ESHEI.MAN HoMoiorATHic Phy
sician and &UKGEON. Othoe Hours : 9
to 12 A. M' ; 1 to 4, and 7 to S p' M. Calls answered
promptly day or night' OHiee; upstairs in Chap
man Block'
D.8
SIDDALL Dentist. Gas given for the
Him lens extraction oi teetn. Also teem
set on flowed aluminum plate. Rooms: Sign of
the Golden Tooth, Second Street.
AR. THOMPSON Attorney-at-law. Office
in Opera Uouae Block, Washington Street.
The Dalles, Oregon
r. r. mats. b. s. huntington. h. s. wilson.
MAYS, HUNTINGTON & WILSON Attob-NKYK-AT-T.AW.
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Vogt Block, Second Street, The Dalles, Oregon.
Tir H. WILSON ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Rooms
V V . 52 and 53. New Voirt Block. Second Street.
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SmVERWARE.xETG.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
Repaired and Warranted.
165 Second St., The Dalles, Or.
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Third Street, Opera Block.
Madison's Latest System,
Used in cutting garments, and a lit
guaranteed each time.
Repairing and Cleaning
Neatly and Quickly Done.
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Letters of Credit issued available in the
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Transfers sold on New York, Chicago, St.
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Seattle Wash., and various points in Or
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Collections made at all points on fav
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$500 Reward!
We will pay the above reward for any case of
Liver Complaint, Dvspepsia, Sick Headache, In
digestion, Constipation or Costiveness we cannot
cure with West's Vegetable Liver Pills, when the
directions are strictly complied with. They are
purely vegetaDie, ana never iaii 10 give sansiac
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Pills, 25 cents. Beware of counterfeits and imi
tations. The rennine manufactured only by
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leading to the conviction of parties cutting
the ropes or in any way interfering with the
wires, poles or lamps of Thk Elbctric Light
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' Manager.
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HAVING BOUGHT THE LOGAN STABLE&
in East Portland, we now offer our Liverv
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Parties Looking for Homes in
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