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THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1891.
NUMBER 18.
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THE CHICAGO ELECTION
The Election Commission Finds a Judge
that Breaks Open Sealed Ballot
Boxes.
The Italian Government Building More
Cruisers Report that our Minister
has been Ordered from Rome.
FKKSIDKXT'8 WARNING.
All Sealer Most
Keep Oat
Sea.
of Bearing
IN THE COKE BKGIOX.
The
Chicago, April 11. The board of
election commissioners met today for
the purpose of taking np the canvass of
.votes cast at the city election Tuesday,
The board proceeded to hear evident
' in the matter of the alleged misconduct
of Dennis Sheehan one of the democratic
judges of election. Harris, one of the
republican judges, testified to Sheelan
breaking into the box after it had been
locked and sealed.
Sheehan ' testified that the whole
trouble arose from the fact of wanting to
' ran things to suit himself and did not
propone to let democratic judges have
any voice in the matter. He admitted
that he broke the box with a hammer
but he said it was with no intention of
fraud.
-The investigation was then laid over
until after the completion of the canvass.
In the meantime Sheehan was released
on bail.
The board then turwd its attention to
the canvass of votes, after going over the
first ward subject to revision of certian
precincts, which was objected to, the
board adjourned until Monday morning.
.The result in this was as canvassed
showed a loss of twenty by Cregier, of
five by Washburn, and two by Harrison.
- MOB LAW IN OHIO.
A. Gang- of Villain, take a Weak-Kinded
Stan from Jail and Han; Him.
' Kknton, Ohio. April 10. V mob of
about 100 men hanged William Bates
- this morning. The men - assembled
about 1 o'clock at the door of the county
. jail and battered it in and about 72 men
entered. The sheriff was overpowered
and Bates was taken from his cell He
. begged piteonsly for mercy but 4,he men
' jR-ere resolute.
jThe mob was an oredrlv one and did
no further damage.
Bates and two accomplices on the
night of March 3d, murdered W. Ward
. Harper a policeman who was trying to
arrest Bates. His accomplices Lake
and Noel were not molested. Bates was
not considered strong mentally.
;. ' . BAD FOB MISSOURI.
Hailstones a. Large as Hen' Eg-; Break
' Window and 1 Other Damage.
Springfield, Mo., April 10. The
severest hailstorm in ten years Taged
yesterday. Windows were broken by
the hundreds. Hailstones as big as
hen's eggs fell In large quantities.
Many persons have received severe
bruises.
A cyclone is reported to have passed
. 'over Nevada, Missouri, and Sandoval,
.Kansas, last night and several buildings
were blown down. Nobody has' been
reported killed.
46IV THE RAILROAD.
A Decision Which Take Half a Million
From the Railroad.
s Helsna, , April 10. In the United
States ' circuit court an opinion was
handed down by Judge Knowles in the
case of the Northern Pacific Railroad vs.
C. W. Cannon el al. involving title to land
. to the value of over half a million within
the city limits of Helena which the rail-
r d claimed as part of its' land grant.
The decision virtually determines the
rase in Cannon's favor.
BIST NOT STIR IT I'P.
l'araell' Private Secretary Sne a Paper
' for Libel.
: ?ork, April 10. Henry Campbell,
- private secretary to Parnell, has entered
' action for libel againBt R. S. Nagle, pro-
prietor of the Cork' Herald- and aWer
man John Hooper, lately editor of that
paper for charging that he procured
houses for the meeting of Parnell and
Mrs. O'Shea. "
A Bold Ruflh for Liberty.
Lebanon, Mo., :'April :10. A$ 2
o'clock this morning Wm. Skaggs an
United States prisoner en route to the
Columbus. Ohio, penitentiary escaped
'JxGia the car by jumping through a win
dow on the "cannon ball" train while
the train was moving at a rapid rate.
No trace of him has been discovered. "
Washington, April 8. The president
has issued the following proclamation :
The following provisions of the laws of
the United States are hereby published
for the information of all concerned:
Section 1956, revised statutes, chapter
33, title 23, enacts that no person shall
kill any otter, mink, marten, sable or
fur seal, or other fur-bearing animal
i within the limits of Alaska territory or
I within the waters thereof, and any per
I son guilty thereof, shall for each offense
be fined not less than $200 nor more than
$1000, or imprisonment not more than
six months, or both, and vessels, their
tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargo,
found engaged in violation of this sec
tion shall be forfeited, but the secretary
of the treasury shall have power to
authorize the killing of any such mink,
otter, marten, sable or other fur-bearing
animal except fur seals,, under such
regulations as he may prescribe, and it
shall be the duty of the secretary to pre
vent the killing of any fur seal and to
provide for the execution of the provis
ions of this section until it is otherwise
provided by law ; nor shall he grant any
special privilege under the section" '
Section 3, of the act entitled, "An act
to provide for the protection of salmon
and salmon fisheries of Alaska," ap
proved March 2, 1889, provides that sec- i
tion 1956 of the revised statutes is hereby !
declared to include and apply to all
dominion of the United States and the
waters of Behring sea, and it shall be
the duty of the president at a timely
season in each year to issue his procla- j
mation ana cause the same to be pub
lished for one month at least in one
newspaper (if any such there be) pub- '
lished at each United States port of j
entry on the Pacific coast, warning all
persons against entering such waters for
the purpose of violating the provisions -M
oi saia section, anu ne snail cause one or
more vessels of the United States to dili
gently cruise said waters and surest all
persons and seize all vessels found to be
or to have been engaged in any violation
of the laws of the United States therein.
Now therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison,
president of the United States, pursuant
to the above revised statutes, hereby
warn all persons against entering the
waters of Behring sea within the domin
ion of the United States, for the purpose
of violating the provisions of said sec
tion 1956, revised statutes, and I hereby
proclaim all persons found to be or to
have been engaged in any violation of
the laws of the United States in said
waters, will be arrested and punished as
above provided, and that all vessels so
employed, their tackle, their apparel,
furniture and cargoes will be seized and
forfeited.
Convention Still In Selon lOOO
Men Want to Go to Work.
Mt. Pleasant. April 11. Much un
easiness prevails among the cokers today
It was expected that yesterday's convex
tion would settle the strike, but a resolu
tion to continue the fight had a depress
ing effect. The convention is still in
session and hopes are entertained that a
compromise will be efiected.
The Eighteenth regiment left for home
today leaving the Tenth regiment on
duty.
One thousand men are ready to return
to work next week.
The arrest of rioters is still going on.
At least 200 informations are out and
over 100 arrests made.
NOT GENERALLY BELIEVED.
Report that the Italian Government
Ha Ordered Our Minister Away.
Washington, April 11. It is impos
sible to secure any information that
tends to confirm the report from Rome
that the Italian government is abont to
A MEXICAN CYCLONE.
Hallatone
Batter a Railroad Train and
Kill a Mexican.
San Antonio. Tex.. April 13. Two
sleeping coaches running between the
city of Mexico, San Antonio and Wash
ington, D. C, via the Mexican National
road, reached here in a dilapidated con
dition. The tram to which they were
attached passed through a cyclone and
hail Btorm near Tavrone, Mexico, Satur
day night. So large were the hail stones
that the headlight of the engine and
every pane of glass on one side of the
train of cars was smashed. The roofs
were battered so hard that not a parti
cle of paint remained. Several persons
in the day coaches were injured and a
Mexican at Tavrone was killed. Pas
sengers say that the cyclone must have
created great havoc. ,
THE
BEST ROUTE
PORTAGE.
FOR THE
A SENSATION PROMISED.
Contract Laborer Being Brought to the
United State.
Chicago, April 13. Special immigra
tion agent Lester, of Springfield, arrived
here today. He is preparing a volumin
ous report for secretary Foster. "I have
just returned from Omaha," said he
"and I can promise you a big sensation
in the course of ten days. I have been
unaking investigations there and have
evidence that the contract alien labor
law has been, and is being grossly vio
lated. It will be a big sensation."
;.OT ORDERED HOME YET.
NEW YORK'S ITALIAN PAPER. 1
It
Comment Upon the Latest Dis
patches From Home.
New York, April 11. Le Cod Italia
has the following editorial :
"It is now nearly a month - since the
Italian government sent its first note to
the cabinet at Washington, asking for
equitable and immediate reparation for
the Italian citizens cowardly murdered
ia New Orleans. - Harrison and Blaine,
before our minister, who brought them
the formal and peremptory no'te of Mar
qnis di Rudini, shed, in an admirable
duet of Americanized buffoonery, tears
of sorrow on the poor victims ; but they
gave no other satisfaction than presi
dential and ministerial tears, lint the
treacherous tears, those of the American
minister, included, are not current in
the Italian market. The most cunning
Blaine, having once dried up his obli
gatory tears, thought that the facts of
the New Orleans affair conld be settled
in an easv and friendlv manner. But
the New Orleans ontrage could not be so
lightly put aside. The slaughter at New
Orleans and behavior of the YY ashington
government have raised in all European
cabinets an awful question. The United
States signed treaties with us, but when
occasion. came to put them into action
they said tbev were bound by private
engagements to their states. Can this
ambiguitv and violation of government
last? All Europe has backed the note
of Marquis di Rudini. A recent cable
dispatch has proved to the American
government that the Italian cabinet
is not joking, and that it is quite equal
to the occasion in this emergency. The
United State must learn that to hold a
position amongst civilized nations it is
not enough to nave millions of dollars,
but it is necessary as a first condition,
sine qua non, to be honest." .-
Hours.
Pittsbukg, April 11. The proposed
strike for the adoption of an eight hour
day to be ordered three weeks hence is
the chief topic of discussion in industrial
circles. About 150,000 men will be affect
ed. There are not that number of men
engaged in mining coal, but that number
will take part in the demands. It is
threatened that the strike will more
directly-effect the states of Pennsylvania
and Ohio.
WILL DEFEND
THE
OLD FLAG.
Ulster County Veterans to Punish It
Detainers.
Kobdout, N. Y7, April 11. Pratt Post
G. A. R. today appointed a committee
to investigate the recent Italian outrage
at Le Severe Falls, where several Italians
employed at a cement quarry hoisted the
American flag and riddled it with bullets
in retaliation of the New Orleans tragedy.
Ulster county veterans are detremined if
possible to bring these men to justice.
MAY BE TROUBLE.
NEWS FROM ASTORIA.
Charged With Anon.
Dallas, Tex., April 10. Henry Kuhl
mah, proprietor of the Georgia hotel
which was burned a few days ago in
which James McCallister was burned to
death and several others seriously in
jured, was arrested today charged with
having fired the building. , -
Presidential Appointment.
Washington, April lOt The Presi
dent appointed Edward T. Hatch col
lector of customs for Alaska.
James P. , Bnshee was appointed
special agent to allot lands in severalty
to the confederated liands of the Cayuse,
Walla Walla and.Umatilla Indians.
Pot Calling Kettle Black.
Chicago, April 10. Owing to the
: absence of attorney Sugg the board of
election 'commissioners postponed the
canvass today nntil tomorrow morning.
Both republicans and democrats continue
to charge each other with fraud in more
or less definite ways.
Will YPnj the Governor' Bill.
Harbibburq, Pa., April 10. The
house this morning refused to concur in
the senate amendment to the bill to
reimburse " ex-governor Weaver for
money expended at Johnstown after the
flood. . . - .
Canada WU1 Reciprocate.
Ottawa-, April 10. A dispatch to the
governer -general has ' been . received
announcing that Secretary Blaine fixed
, Monday, Out. 12, as the date for the
reciprocity conference. ' This is accept'
able t? the Canadian government. ',
The Second Day' Salmon Catch In the
' Columbia.
Astoria, Or., April 11. The second
day of the fishing season showed up a
little better than the first day, but the
result was far from satisfactory to most
of the fishermen. The boats in the bay
below the city came in about empty-
handed, but those from up the river
sent in a very fair catch. The high boat
at Kinney's cannery had sixty-two fish.
but several of the boats came in without
a fish, and very few of them had more
tnan bve or six. At .Booth 8 high boat
they had forty-two fish, but the average
was less tnan five to tne boat. JMgnteen
and one-half salmon for high boat, with
one for low boat, was tne record at
George dc Rarker's, and the other can
ners reported much the same success.
A prominent member of the Fisherman's
Union said that the reason for good
catches on the Oregon side above Astoria
was that the men had started out two or
three days before the beginning of the
season and had a supply on hand when
it started. It was hoped that the catch
es would be no heavier up above than
they were in the bay in front of the city
and down below as soon as the surplus
fish caught illegally were sent in. The
traps in Baker's ly are not catching
many nsb, tind tiie present indications
are that the April pack will be a light
one. There was a big fleet of boats out
this morningand it looked like oid times
as they all came scudding for home after
low water slack. -' . ' "
Fear are Expressed that the Apache
May Go on the Warpath.
Santk Fe. N. M., April 11. A New
Mexican is in receipt of the news from
Southwestern Arizona that the White
Mountain Apaches are very uneasy. It
is feared they will go on the war path
They are having much trouble between
themselves.
iN'o Present Indication that , Minister
Porter Will be Sent Away From
Rome.'
Rome, April 13. Up to noon today it
has been impossible to learn anything
further concerning the report that the
Italian cabinet had decided to request.
United Stated minister Porter to leave
Rome in case no reply to premier Rudi
ni's last note was received from secretary
Blaine by tomorrow. In well informed
circles the prevailing opinion is that the
the premier will not proceed to extreme
ties at this juncture.
A MEXICAN STAMPEDE.
Three Hundred Kansas Settlers Go There
. to Locate.
Abdeke, Kan., April 13. Another
large party leaves for the west coast of
Mexico tonight. Others will join them
in western Kansas and 300 in all will
make the trip. They take their entire
possessions. A company of 300 that
went last fall are digging ditches in the
interior. They are still living on pro
visions taken with them.
FITZSIMMONS IN LUCK.
Foe
New Constitution for New South Wales,
Sydney, N. S. W., April 11. The
Australian . federation convention re
solved the draft of a new constitution
which it has been considering and which
is to be submitted to the convention in
each colony and if approved the imperial
government will be asked to take steps
for its establishment.
ITALY MAY FIGHT YET.
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Construction Began on Four First Class
Cruisers. '
Rome, April 11. Notwithstanding the
enormous deficit in the Italian treasury
the government has begun the construc
tion of four first class cruisers, and the
work will be pushed to completion with
all possible expedition.
Insurgents Meeting
.. In Chill.
With Success
Iqciqui, April 11. News has just
been received here that Arica and Tacna
have been captured by insurgents who
now control all of Northern Chili, as far
south as Copiapo. No fighting occurred,
the government forces fleeing towards
the frontier of Bolivia.
NOT A WHEEL TURNS.
Heavy Damage Asked-
Seattle, April 8. W. W. Beck,, who
gave sixteen Seattle'lots and $1715 in
cash toward subsiding a flouring mill
for Ravenna Park station, north of this
city, brought suit in the superior court
today for $10,000 damages against the
Revenna Milling Company, charging it
with fraud and false representation.
The mill company agreed to erect a mill
within thirty davs from November 2,
with a capacity of grinding 200 parrels
of flour daily. Beck says he was basely
swindled, and gave his "money and lots
believing the representation made him
by the Ravenna Mill Companv were
true, but no mill has yet been built, and
all is a myth. -
It Mall are Assorted.
New York, April 9. The German
steamer Havel arrived this morning with
mail numbering 52,500 pieces already
assorted and ready to be sent out by ear
ners, lne mail was assorted on tne wav
over by the ocean postal clerk, assisted
by the German postoffice man. The
Havel is the first steamer to bring mail
Innder the recent postal agreements be
tween this country and Germany.
A Strike at Denver Stops all Railroad
T raffle.
Denver, April 11. The switchmen of
both passenger and freight trains of the
Chicago Burlington Sc Quincy struck
this morning at Lincoln and Omaha.
Not a . wheel is moving. The officials
say they will fill the strikers places.
Northern Pacific Offers to Sell.
Winnipeg, Man., April 10. It is
stated here that the Northern Pacific
has offered to sell its whole system' in
Manitoba to the Canadian . Pacific rail
road. It is probable the offer will be
accepted.
Defeat of the Government.
Halifax;' April 10. The liberals won
sweeping victory in .Prince inwards
Island vesterdav. . This defeats the gov
ernment and will compel them to resign
or dissolve and make a general appeal to
our country.
Wife Murderer Escapes From Jail.
St. Joseph, Mo., April 10. Louis
Bulling, was sentenced to hang on the
17th of this month, for wife murder
escaped the jail at Savannah Mo., last
night by cutting the bars of his cell.
New Assistant Secretary Appointed.
Washington, April 10. The president
today appointed Lorenzo Crounz of Neb
raska, assistant secretary of thetreasnry.
Vice General Batcheeder, resigned.
Baron FavaOone Home.
New York, April 11. Baron Fava,
the Italian minister of Washington sail
ed for Europe this morning.
Chicago Wheat Market.
Chicago, HI., April 13. Wheat,
steady; cash, 1.051.05?i'.
'. San Francisco Market. -
San Francisco, April 13. Wheat,
buyer '91, 1.62.
Solomon Houser, a native of Switzer
land, was admitted to full citizenship by
the county court today.
Harris, the Backer of Hall, With
draws His Challenge. - .
Denver, April 13. The following tel
egram was received-here last night from
from San Francisco :
"I withdraw, my offer to Imek Hall
against Fitzsimmons as Hall has proved
unreliable. Leave for Australia by the
next steamer. - (Mgned) job Harris.
Curtis May Have Been Murdered.
Portland, Or., April Considera
ble mysterv surrounds the death of
John Curtis, the bar-keeper who was
found dead In his room in East Port
land. At first they thought Curtis had
committed suicide but later develop
ments indicated that he was foully - dealt
with. A coroner's jury is now in session.
A Railroad Accident.
Pittsburg, Penn., April 13. The
westbound passenger train for Cleve
land, Ohio, ran into a landslide at Van-
port, .Penn., twenty-five miles west of
here early this morning derailing the
locomotive, baggage and mail cars. . The
engineer and nremeu were so badly
scalded that they will die. Others are
only slightly hurt. .
A Pioneer Gold Hunter Gone to Rest.
Salem, April 13. Wm. J. Herron.one
of Marion county's pioneers, died of la
grippe this morning at 9 o'clock at bis
home in this city, aged sixty-seven
years. He came to Oregon in 1845. ' He
was the finder of gold in Eastern Oregon
in 1845 which -created such a great min
ing excitement.
The ChicagoElection.
Chicago, April 13. The board of elec.
tion commissioners resumed the canvass
of votes of the last city election. Sec
ond ward showed a gain of four for Creg
ier, and a loss of seventeen for ' Wash-
burne (republican) ; no material change
in third and fourth wards.
The report which appeared in yester
day's Oregonian of the several possible
routes for a portage road between The
Dalles and Celilo which seems to have
been considered by the open river con
vention which has just met in Portland
has been read by the Chronicle with
very great pleasure. If the calculations
made of the cost of these several routes
are to be depended on ; if they are based
on any competent authority, as the Ore
gonian affirms them to be, then they
but confirm what we ha e said all along,
namely, that the cost of a road on the
Oregon side of the rive with its thous
and advantages, will not exceed by any
great amount the cost of one on the
.Washington side. The report says :
The cost of. a railroad over,- under
and alongside the existing line from the
navigable waters at, or a little east of
Dalles Citv to Celilo. from which point
the river is navigable for 300 miles to
Lew ig ton, and 200 miles to Priest rapids,
would be, according to various careful
examinations, $500,000."
There is a wide difference between this
estimate, based on "various careful ex
aminations," and that which roused the
dormant sympathy of Mr. McCoy for
the taxpayers of the state forsooth when
he entered into the railroad combina
tion that defeated the Raley bill. Nor
will the Chronicle be surprised if ex
aminations, still more carefully made
result in proving that a road can be
built on the Oregon side at a cost, every
thing considered, lower than- that .by
any other way.
The road from Columbus ' to
Crate's Point which Paul Mohr
would like to sell, is estimated
to cost $500,000. But the eight miles of
track between Columbus and Celilo, on
on which the Paul Mohr company have
spent all their labor of construction and
which they now desire to sell, is of no
more use to the new corporation than is
a fifth wheel to a wagon. A road from
Celilo to. Crate's point is estimated to
cost $350,000; but Paul Mohr already
owns the right of way and it is now said
that the price he would certainly de
mand for this right is included in the
estimate. Be this as it may' there is
something ominous in the announce
inent that the estimate of $350,000 for
road from ueiuo to urate s rant was
made by "experienced railroad men
VY e have not a doubt ot it. A . road on
the Washington side that . would have
its western terminal at Crate's Point,
road that would leave out in the cold
city that handles an annual freightage
of 153,000 tons, a road that would re
quire cost of ferriage for perhaps double
that amount would., suit "experienced
railroad men amazingly. Every con
sideration calls for the portage' on the
Oregon side.. The freight handled by
the countries adjacent to the Washing
ton side is now and ever wilt be a mere
trifle compared with that of the Oregon
side. -This consideration alone, even
the road should cost $1dO,OU() more
should settle the matter of. its location
The country adjacent to the Oregon side
and for which the Columbia river is the
natural outlet extends from one to . two
hundred miles intothe interior, and
the producing capacity of this vast ter
ritory is bnt in its infancy. The Dalles
has an easy grade to water . level and
wharfage and all other facilities to which
those of no other possible terminus bear
any comparison.
each. - As at present outlined it will be
emphatically a people's transportation
company and the fact that the shares
are placed at so low a price will place
them within the reach of men of limited
means. Thus what Eastern Oregon has
so long prayed for seems at last within
our reach. When hopes deferred made
the heart sick with impatience how often
was it said: "When Portland wants an
open river we shall have it and not till
then." Portland wants it now beyond a
question, and we shall have it beyond a
reasonable doubt. It is no time for re
crimination but for congratulation and
an open river is none the less welcome
because Portland's necessity has become
our opportunity. Henceforth Portland's
interests will be ours and her commercial
supremacy our glory and her success our
pride.
J. M. HUNTINGTON & CO.
CULPABLE IGNORANCE.
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' . A S400.000 New Jersey Fire.
Elizabeth, N. J., April 13. The
principal business block of this city.
the Arcade building, owned by Amor
Clark and occupied by the Post Office.
First National Bank and a number of
stores was burned today. The loss is
estimated at $400,000.
Manager Holcomb Resigns.
Omaha, Neb., April 13. Assistant
General Manager Holcomb of the Union
Pacific has resigned and will be succeed.
ed by E. Dickinson, recently with the
B. & O., at once.
That Momentous Letter Has Not Been
Sent.
New York, April 13. A- Washington
special says : ' 'The letter from secretary
Blaine to Premier Rudini has not yet
been sent, according to the best advices,
from the department of state."
A Lynching by the F. F. V.'s.
Roanoke, Va., April 13. Alexander
Foote, a negro who murdered J. J.
Meadows at Bluefield, W. Virginia Tues
day morning. He was taken from the
jail at Princeter, Mercer county, Virginia
and was hanged to a tree.
A Crasy Woman's Deed.
. Birmingham, Ala., April 13. A crazy
negro woman last night set fire to the
Green shaw County , poor house, which
burned to the ground. An old bed-ridden
man named William Johnson was
consumed with it.
A Great Chief Dies.
Wallula, April 10 Chief Homely
died today of apoplexy at the age
seventy.'
Now that a portage road around the
obstructions at The Dalles seems assured
it behooves the people of this city to
bend every effort to have it placed on'
the Oregon aide of the- river. - The ad
vantages that The Dalles would reap by
having this city, the western terminus of
the road are too apparent ' to requ
mention.' The - managers of the new
corporation will, however look upon the
place of location in a purely ''business
light, and the mere question of a little
extra cost will not likely cut my im
portant figure. We are by no. means
satisfied that a road could not be built
as cheaply or nearly bo on this side of
the Columbia as on the Washington
side. Be this as it may we must not
quietly acquiese in its location on the
other side till we have satisfied ourselves
that its location in Oregon' is impracti
cable. Apart however from any advan
tage The Dalles mighA receive from its
location here there are many other con
siderauons that might be urged. It is
essentially an Oregon, scheme. ... It will
be built largely by Oregon money and
Eastern Oregon will alwavs contribute
more to its support than Washington,
because it has more to contribute. As
we have before suggested a branch line
running to Wasco in Sherman county or
to a point still farther south would ab
solutelv control the entire traffic of the
magnificent agricultural county of Sher
man, while the road now being surveyed
from this city to the Fossil coal fields
will tap a timber, agricultural and stock
country of immense - territory and re
sources. These two roads together with
the portage from this city to' Biggs or
Grant's as might be found most conven
ient would make a system ,. that would
undoubtedly pay from the moment of its
existence and would itself warrant the
whole proposed outlay of two millions if
no other territory ever contributed a
pound of freight. .
Five objections are urged against
defunct charter bill. The first is, "
curtailed the power of the mayor.
Well, if that power ought to be curtailed
the bill was so far right. The city has
a lively recollection of a fight in which
the mayor stood out against the whole
council, with disasterous and expensive
results. Just now there is a dead lock
in tne city of Spokane. The mayor
wants to nominate his pets and the
council refuses to confirm, and they are
having a repitition of the "monkey and
parrot" time we had here. " Has nobody
on earth any rights except a mayor?
Has the council no rights? Have the
people none? Are not the peoples' in
terests as safe in the hands of five men
as they are in one?
The second objection is, "It (the bill)
gave power to tne council to incur any
indeptedness without submitting the
question to tax payers." The statement
is false and only proves that Mr. Michell
does not understand what he is talking
about. The bill did not give the council
the power to incur any indebtedness. .. A
maximum amount was named beyond
which the council could not go and the
water bill provided that a careful esti
mate should be made and only such in
debtedness incurred as would be actually
required to finish, the work. The ques
tion of submitting the required amount
to the approval of the tax payers was an
expensive and useless farce. Tne city
owed the water fund the greater portion
of the money required. The water com
missioners could have recovered the
amount due the water fund by an action
at law. Under the circumstances there
wasas much propriety in submitting the
question to a vote of the taxpayers as
there would be in asking them, to vote
on a question of : paying their lawful
debts. In fact such is the vote taken in
this city today. ' The question really is,
not shall we bond the city to raise a fund
to finish the water works, but shall we
bond the city to pay a debt the city; al
ready owes to the water fund. Under
these circumstances the vote was a use
less waste of time and money.
The third objection is ; "the bill gave
power to remove any officer elected or
appointed by the body,- without the
privilege of trial or being heard in his
own defense. Section 38 reads thus:
V Any officer elected or appointed by the
councilmen may at any time be prempt-
orily removed" etc. This has no refer
ence to the mayor, councilmen, recorder
or city marshal. These officers could
only be removed by proceedings substan
tially the same "as in any civil action in
the circuit court- of this state." But
officers appointed by the council might
be removed by the council. The power
that made ' could unmake. This is a
principle of common law, and is recog
nized everywhere.. . The Times-Mountain-
eer would give out the impression, and
it is so believed by many, that the mayor
was in danger ; that the council could
summarily dispose him without prefer
ring charges. Such is ' not the case.
The powers of the council in matters of
removal from office were defined,., and
had the bill become a law the city would
never again be placed in the predica
ment of having entered on an impeach
ment of its mayor without, as the mayor
himself pleaded, any authority in the
charter by which to impeach.
The fourth objection we have refeirei
to already. There is not a fair-minded
man living capable of believing that the
present ward division of the city is a fair
one. The objection to the division sug
gested by the bill is the objection of a
damagogue or a fourth rate ward politic
The last objection is that "the bill
would have became a law without being
submitted to the will of the people,"
This would have been bad indeed. The
waterworks would in that case have
been finished in double quick, and this
would never do. The writer enrolled
and read quite a number of charter bills
when he was a "cheap committee clerk"
and he does not remember any that had
to be submitted to the people before it
could become a law, unless a question of
indebtedness was involved, and we have
already shown the absurdity of voting
on a question of paying a debt already
contracted. . ', ' '
AN IMPORTANT MEETING.
It is no exaggeration to say that the
meeting which closed its proceedings
yesterday at Portland was the most im
portant event that ever happened in the
history of that city and the whole Inland
Empire. The business men and capital
ists of Portland have at last awakened to
the realization of the fact that Portland's
commercial supremacy depends upon an
open river to the sea; and that city has
volunteered to contribute a million and
a half to accomplish this object. A trans
portation company has already been in
corporated with a capital stock of two
of million --dollars divided into eighty
1 thousand shares at twenty-five dollars
George P. Morgan and Colonel E. W
Nevius, who are doing business together
at Garretson's old stand on Second street,
as land office attorneys, desire to state
to their clients and to the general pub- nfr'ftlvvv
lie as well, that it is now definitely HvSLFqGKJFS
known that BDecific written instructions '
as to filings on the forfeited railroad
lands will be received bv the land office,
by the first of next week. Thirty days'
notice by publication is required" before
filings will be accepted at this land
office. After such instructions are re
ceived it will be well for all those who
intend to enter this land to come in at
once to have their papers made out and
all the preliminaries settled, thus avoid
ing the inevitable rush and securing the
first chances at the land office by being
reaoy.
HealBtateSd'
ents.
Abstracts of. and Information Coaeera
ingjind Titles on Short Notice.
How the French Preas Stands.
Paris, April 11. In spite of the fact
that the French press for a few days dur
ing Italy-Americai imbroglio placed it
self under the suspicion of favoring the
Land for ' Sale and Houses J Jeat i
Parties Looking for Homes is '
. v- :r.
side of Italy in the hope that the Rome P,fYTTlVvTvF? V ' VIT?' fTT'V' '
government wonld injure itself and v;V IJ ll J. ii I L'Y-V -li 9
OR IN SEARCH OF
Buiqe : Location ;
weaken the military and naval strength
of the country by going to war with the
United States, Figaro prints a violent
article against England from the opposite
point of view. The article accuses Eng
land of being master of the art of egotist.
ical and brutal policy in that she is now
covertly inciting Italy to war with
America in order that she may ascertain
tne capacity ot tne Italian ironclads.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
D1
R. O. D. DOANE PHYSICIAN AND sur
geon. Office: rooms S and 6 ChsDman
Block. Residence over McFarland & French's
tore. Office hours 9 to 12 A. M.. 2 to 5 and 7 to
AS. BENNETT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
See In Schanno's building, up stairs.
Dalles, Oregon.
Of-
The
R. G. C. E8HELMAN Homoeopathic Pht-
ucian and Burgeon. Office Hours: 9
to 12 A. M' ; 1 to 4, and 7 to 8 P' M. Calls answered
promptly day or night' Office; upstairs in Chap
man .DIUCJt.
D8IDD ALL Dentist. Gas given for the
painless extraction of teeth. Also teeth
set on flowed aluminum plate. Rooms: Sign of I
tne uoiaen loom, becona street.
Should Call on or Write to us.
Agents for a Full Line of
Leaiini Fire Insirance CompaniK,
And Will Write Insurance for
','" on all ' v. --; v, :'...
Correspondence Solicited. AIL Letters
Promptly Answered. Call on or - ?
Address, ' '" '
J. M. HUNTINGTON di CO. '
Opera House Block, The Dalles. Or.
A R- THOMPSON Attobney-at-law. Office
A in Opera House Block. Washington Street.
P. P. MATS.- B. 8. HUNTINGTON. H. 8. WILSON.
1 f AYS. HUNTINGTON & WILSON ATTOB-
Jf 1 kiyb-at-law. Oitices, French's block over
First National Bank, The Dalles, Oregon.
' SNIPES tfc KINERSLEY,
Wholesale anl: EetaU; :priiBsti
B.B.DUFUB. GEO. W ATKINS. PKANK MKNEFKB.
TJFUR, W ATKINS & MENEFEE ATTOa-
j.n i n .1 u . duuuid him. ri, fo, iirsuu if,
vogt jjiock, secona street, i ne Dalies, uregon.
WILSON Attobnk y-at-la w Rooms
52 and 53. New Vogt Block. Second Street.
I ne Danes, Oregon.
W.H5
S. L. YOUNG,
(Successor to E. BECE.i
Fine Importea, Key West tmi Domestic
.
OIG-JLiRS.
-DEALER IN-
aUlVlUs
mm
I (AGENTS FORI
ly;, :' 4j?i!Jf.-.,'l
UKVWUWl I C.N. THORNBURY,
Jewelry, Diamonds,
T. Ai HUDSON.
Late Bee. U. 8. Land Office. iNotar Public,
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
Repaired and Warranted.
165 Second St.. The Dalles, Or.
John Pashek,
jnercfiaixt Tailor.
Third 8treet, Opera Block.
Madison's Latest System,
Used in cutting garments, and a fit
guaranteed each time.
hi all other Business in the U. S. Unit CIe
, Promptly" Attended to." ' . .
We have ordered Blanks tor Flllniirs.
Entries and the purchase of Railroad '
Lands under the recent Forfeiture Act, -which
we will have, and advise the pub-
lie at the earliest date when such entries
can be made. ' Look for' advertisement1
in this paper.- i ti '-i' vir-f Mt rf,"' '
Thorncunf & Hiiasca.;
Repairing arid Cleaning
, Neatly and Quickly Done.
FRENCH & CO.,
BANKERS.
TRANSACT A GENEEALBANKINU BUSINESS
Hraliisleilth 1:
Sn ' .TT:m j.TRfATsiewr'-'-r.
The man McCormick, who- lately
figured inthe shooting scrape at the
Cascades, has skipped out the very best
thing he could have done next to taking
his own worthless life. The Cascadians
were kind enough to raise a little sub
scription for him last Wednesday and
next morning he was tion est. The only
person on earth that regrets his depart
ure is Dr. Candiana, and he would have
been glad too if McCormick had not for
gotten to pay his doctor bill. The people
of Wasco county extend their congratu
lations and thanks to the people of the
Cascades.
.- Under date of April 12th on the regis
ter at the Umatilla House appears the
following entry "Miss Umatilla Morris,
born today, see Dalles Evening Chboni
clk." '
Letters of Credit issued available in the
Eastern States. '
Sight Exchange and Telegraphic
Transfers sold on New York, Chicago, 1st.
Louis, San Francisco, Portland Oregon,
Seattle Wash., and various points in Or
egon and Washington.
Collections made at all points on fav
orable terms.
Dr. E. C. West's 'Nerve anb- 'Bajiiit! Treat
ment, a guaranteed epeclflo for Hysteria, JU1-
ness, Convulsions, Fits, 1 Nervous Neuralgia,
Headache, Nervous Prostration caused by the us
of alcohol or tobacco. Wakefulness Mental. De
pression, Softening of the Brain, resulting in in- '
sanity and leading to misery, decay and death, r
Premature Old Age, Barrenness, Loss of Power
in either sex, Involuntary Xosse and Spsrmat--orrhoea
caused by over exertion of the brain, elf-.
abuse or over indulgence. Each box contains x
one month's treatment. ' $1.00 a box,or six boxes
for f5.00, sent by mall prepaid on receipt ol price, . .
$500 Reward!
We will pay the above reward for any ease of
tver uompiaint.
digestion, Consti
strictly complied with. They are
Liver ComDlaint. DysDeoeia, Sick Headache. In-
nauon or ixwuveness we cannot
cure with West's vegetable Liver Pills, when the
directions are strictly eompnea witn. i ney are
nurelv vegetable, and never fail to give satisfac
tion. Sugar Coated. Large boxes containing 80
Pills, 25 cents. Beware of counterfeits ana Imi
tations. - The genuine manufactured only by
THE JOHN C. WtST UOMPAJK , UHIUABO,
ILLINOIS.
BLAKEtST HOUGHTON,
Prescription lrngpist,
175 Second St. The Dalles, Or.
WK GUARANTEE SIX BOXKS
To cure any case, i With each order received by ,
us for six boxes, accompanied by f5.00, we will .
send the purchaser our written, guarantee to ra
fund the money if the treatment doe not, effect
a cure. Guarantees Issued only ey -. . '
BLAKELZT Jt HOUGHTON,
Prescription Drucciat, ,
175 Second St. The Dalle. Or.
D. P. Thompson J. S. Bchinck, H. U. SbaIX .
President. . Vice-President.. Cashier.
first lauoiiH:
THE DALLES, - '
OREabN
$20 REWARD.
WILL BE PAID FOB ANY IN FORMAT
leadino: to the conviction of nartiescutl
the ropes or in anywav interfering with the Collections made and proceeds promptly
wires, poles or lamps of Th Elect eic Liqht . . ,
Co, h. glenn. remitted on day of collection.
A General Bulking Business transacted '
iJepositsreceived, sub;3ct to bigot
Draft or Check. -:
Manager.
FOR SALE.
Sight and Telegraphic Exchange sold on
Siew York, ban irancisco ana fort- ,
lana. .
HAVING BOUGHT THE LOGAN STABLE9
in East Portland, we now offer our Liverv
Stable business in this city for sale at a bargain.
. ivakii at
DIRECTORS. -
D. P. Thompson. Jno. S. Schbmck.
T. W. Spabks. Geo, A. Limi. :
H. M, Bkall.
SIllVEfiWflfiE, XETC. ROOMS 8 and 9 LANT) OFFICE BCllDIXa,1
' ' - I'uatofflna Rot S9K n- .OIL''.
THE DALLES OR.
Filings, Contests;
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