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THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1891.
NUMBER 19.
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THE FARMER IN LUCK.
Wheat Takes an Upward Turn in the
Chicago Market on Account of
Removal of Duty in France.
A Great Consumption Cure Discovered
in France A Prominent Seattle
Merchant Found Dead. .
Chicago, April 17. There was a boom
r in dieat today caused by a dispatch re
i ceivI yesterday stating that the French
government will probably be compelled
. before August next to ask the chamber
of deputies to suspend duties on cereals
and that the German government ex
pected to have to ask fhe reichstag to
take similiar action.
May option, which closed Inst night at
.-1.07 and opened at 1.09. The market
was weak, however, and for a time went
down to 1 .08. From there is rallied,
advancing to the highest prices yet re
ceived for this crop, 1.10?iJi. At the
close wheat was firmer cash 1.104
THE BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY.
To Beeoma In Time One of the Frat Im
portance to the Country.
San Francisco, April 15. At a meet
ing of the Alameda Sugar company the
president, Isaac Hecht, reported that the
books showed a profit for the year 1890
91 of $21,000, which, with the profit of
the year previous, makes the net balance
for two seasons $27,000. This money has
been applied in part payment for per
manent improvements, leaving the com
pany still in debt $35,000, against which
there is on hand $15,000 in seed, material
and molasses. To cover the indebted
ness and put the company on a solid
financial basis, an assessment of four
dollars a share has been ordered. On
account of the probable shortage in the
sugar beet crop the directors have ad
vanced the price of beets from $4.50 to
$5.00 per ton. The president also re
ferred to the probable necessity of re
mo vine the eompanv'8 works from Al-
varado. The beet sugar industry, said
Mr. Hecht in conclusion, must in time
become of first importance to the state
and country. The income last year
from 1320 acres in beets averaged about
$100 an acre, while $25 an acre for wheat
land is considered good.
GOODS IN BOND.
New
BLAINE INCENSED.
Be-
FOrSD DEAD.
. A Prominent Seattle Merchant Die on
. - the Way to His Home.
Jseattle, April 17. Chester C-leary, a
well-known merchant of this city and
Tacoma, was found dead in the street
about seventy yards from the door of his
own house, overlooking Lake Union, at
six o'clock- this morning. He left the
store at 11 o'clock, last night, went home
on a late electric car and complained to
the conductor that he was ill. The con
ductor helped him half way np the hill
toward his home. Cleary only walked a
few steps, fell with his head down hill,
and was found there dead this morning.
He was a remarkably successful business
man, having risen in a few years from a
clerkship to the proprietorship of two of
the largest dry goods houses on Puget
sound. He was 38 years old and un
married. .
HOPE FOR THE SICK.
At What He Terms the Indecent
havlor of Italy's Government.
New York, April 16. The Herald's
Washington special says: "Secretary
Blaine is known to be thoroughly in
censed at what he had not hesitated
privately to characterize as the con
temptible and indecent behavior of the
Italian government. His note indicates
his pen lias felt the numerous communi
cations received about himself and other
members of the cabinet since the diplo
matic controversy began. These com
munications are from leading men of all
parties and professions, and they uni
formly urge upon the administration the
firmest treatment of the offensive conduct
of the Italian government, consistent
with our national dignity and self-res
pect. It is confidently asserted and pre
dicted in authoritative circles here that
the publication of Blaine's note yester
day will lead to the downfall of the Ku
dini ministry."
Secretary Foster Will Formulate
Roles.
Washington, April 18. Secretary
Foster was asked today about the pro
posed changes which it is said is con
templated in the present system of
transportation through the territories of
the United States on goods shipped over
Canadian roads nnder consular seals.
The secretary replied that the depart
ment did not want to injure the busi
ness of the Canadian roads. The single
principle which the department wanted
to have established in the matter was
the protection of American revenues.
The department would treat these goods
precisely as though entered at New
York or another American port, des
tined for inland custom houses.
AT HEART A MURDERESS.
NOT SETTLED YET.
Strikers Attack the Deputy Sheriff's but
are Repulsed.
Scottdale, Pa., April 18. Hundreds
of coke strikers attacked the deputy
sheriffs at Leisingring last night. Shots
were exchanged and the guards finally
compelled the strikers to retreat, but
only after one of the deputies had been
shot and it is feared, fatally wounded.
Sheriff McCormick will now ask the
governor to call out the troops again.
Scottdale, April 18. A report is just
received that the strikers blew up the
water tank at the kyle works of Frick
& Co., early this morning. No guard
was about and nobody hurt.
WHEAT STILL HIGH.
SAN
FRANCISCO'S
YARDS.
NEW STOCK
A New Method of Treating Consumption
- Discovered.
P-is,J', April 18. The medical circles
of France are greatly interested in a new
system of treating tuberculous diseases.
The new" method was discovered by Prof.
Oermaine. According to his plan pa
tients Buffering from , tuberculous pass
four-ot five hours, daily, in a . close
- chamber where the air is saturated with
creosote. Several excellent and perma
nent results have been obtained.
THE ALTON BOYCOTT.
The Directors Decide to Commence
Work Upon the Improvements at Once.
Chicago, April 15. At a meetine of
the board of directors of the South San
Francisco Land and Improvement com
pany it was decided to commence 1m
provements on the property of the com
pany at South San Francisco at once.
The stock yards, abbatoir, packinghouses
and other important buildings will be
pushed forward to completion as rapidly
as possibly. A contract ft as already
been closed with Von Schmidt & Co.,
for the construction of a ship canal,
which will be made of sufficient capacity
to accommodate any class of vessels sail
ing on the Pacific ocean. Mr Smith,
vice-president of the company, wili
leave here in a few Jays for ' San Fran
cisco, where he intends to make his
headquarters to give special attention to
the company s interest at South San
Francisco.
Will
Tickets Taken Oft Sale Collapse
Come Soon.
. Bobton, April 17. The Boston and
Albany railroad company has been re
quested by the New York Central to
take Alton tickets off sale. The company
takfi their tickets . off nnder protest,
officials of both the Boston and Albany
and New York and New England roads
thinks it is only a matter of a few days
before the Alton boycott will collapse.
-' SOUTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
Gold at the Top Notch Army and Nary
at Variance.
' Buenos Ayrks, April 17. Uold closed
today at 252 per cent, premium. The
outlook today in political and financial
circles is no brighter than yesterday.
The army and navy are at variance in
regard to General Kocas' candidacy for
the office of president. Great uneasiness
' prevails everywhere.
The Northern Pacific Stocks.
New York, April 15. A broker in
Northern Pacific stocks is quoted as saying:
I here never was a time when North
ern Pacific matters were so free from
mystery as now. This very fact makes
everybody anxious to know what is put
ting down the stocks. There never was
a tune when Northern Pacihc stocks
were so scattered as today, consequently
it is harder to trace the selling than ever
before. It is true Germany has been
selling these stocks, and the public here
has been selling them, bnt there is no
apparent attack on them, nor any re
sistance offered by inside people to the
decline. They move naturally, and this
is all the better for them. There is ab
solutely no truth in the
there is friction between
his friends on the side."
The Market at Chicago Goes Wild Again.
Chicago, April 18. There was
another boom in wheat this morning
occasioned by higher prices abroad and
possible poor crops throughout Europe.
May option opened and within
one minute bad sold np to l.llj. From
there May continued to advance steadily
until quoted at 1.15 and July at 1.10.
By 11 o'clock the market bad fluctuated
downward again, May selling at 1.12.,
and July at 1.09.
BEAUTIES OF THE NOBILITY.
Capt.
Verney Arrested for Enticing;
Girl Into Immoral Life.
London, April 18. Captain Verney,
liberal member of parliament, against
whom a warrant was issued on the charge
of having procured a girl for immoral
purposes, was arrested today and ar
raigned in court. Miss Beckett was
present and detailed at length the tac
tacs adopted to inveigle her into wrong
doing.
Death of a Leper.
Sacramento, April 18. Fritz Harms,
a Yolo leper who have been quarantined
on an island in the overflow of several
miles below the town of Washington,
died a few days ago and was buried yes
terday. He has been afflicted with lep
rosy for years. His relatives are tax
payers of Yolo.
General Gibbon's Successor Appointed.
Washington, April 20. Col. August
Valentine Kantze, of the Eighth infan
try, was today appointed brigadier-gen
eral in place of General John Gibbon,
retired today. General Kantze is at
present president of the small arms
board which meets in New York soon.
The Wife of Judge Bettls of Spokane
Tries to Have Him Assassinated.
Spokane Falls, April 18. The start
ling disclosure has been made that the
wife of F. A. Bettis, a prominent citizen
and ex-official, had been plotting to
bring about his murder. For a long
time Bettis and his wife have been
separated, and Mrs. Bettis recently be
gan divorce proceedings, but afterward
withdrew them. A bitter fight has been
raging over the community property as
Bettis is a wealthy man. .Not long ago
police officers learned that Mrs. Bettis
was in consultation with a suspected
crook from the east. They contrived to
secrete themselves in the presence of the
conspirators and learn their plans. The
man agreed to murder Mr. Bettis, and
was to be paid five thousand dollars ;
two hundred and fiftv dollars cash,
seven hundred and fifty in ten day's,
and the remainder to be sent to him on
the Isthmus of Panama. The agree
ment between the parties was that the
man who was do the deed was to come
to the woman's home bringing the
victim's diamonds to show that the
work had been done, and the signal was
to be when he went to her house to give
three taps at the door at which she
would ask, "Who's there?" He was to
answer "96." Last night was the time
appointed to commit the deed, but the
would-be assassin played false. He
nevertheless called at " her home and
gave the required signal, at which the
woman became so nervous she could
not light the lamp, and told him to go
away and see him tomorrow and he
should have the $1000. The officers,
knowing of the plot, were on the scene,
and the man was arrested and made a
full confession.
A reporter called upon Mr. Bettis in
company with Officer Volk. "At first,"
said he, "I could not believe what offi
cers and others told me about the plot
of that woman against my life, but I
now have indisputable evidence to that
effect, and I am fully convinced of the
fact, but I wish you would say that I
shall not nnder any circumstances enter
a prosecution against her, for it is a mat
ter I wish settled if possible quietly."
Mrs. Bettis was placed under arrest,
and is now under guard at her home.
It is susDected bv many that Mr. Bettis
set a trap to catch his wife and that he
succeeded.
THE
PROPER PLACE
PORTAGE.
FOR THE
THE COKE RIOTERS.
reports that
Villard and
THE INDIAN . SCARE OYER.
THKY DON'T WANT HIM TO GO.
It Is Officially Denied that Minister
Porter Will Leave Rome.
The Excitement Believed to Have Be.
Caused by Disguised Whites.
Boise, Ida., April 16. The Statesman
has the following special from Blackfoot :
liverything is qniet. No apprehen
sion is felt by citizens of immediate
danger, although ranchers are thorough
ly srmM Ann rpftslv fnr sknv pmprwiniv
Rome, April 17. It is officially denied They have returned to their usual pur-
1 hat there is any truth in the report sent suits. The opinion here is that the
from Rome to the Daily Chronicle, of parties who fired on the Challis stage
'"" I man by the name of Houston was ex-
minisier w imj, was upon me poiut 01 pected to come down that day with a
ieparting from Rome on three months' large sum of money, but he went by the
leave of absence.
PA8STNG AWAY.
way 01 netchum. Indians and squaws
are to be seen on the streets in large
numbers, which would not be the case if
an outbreak was imminent.
Prominent
Dying In
Callfornlan
Chicago-
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Chicago, April 17. J. W. Cook,
treasurer of the Southern California j
orange exposition, is dying at the Leland
hotel. He has been suffering from la
grippe ever since he came to Chicago and
this at last turned into pneumonia.
- Brings News of a Wreck.
. San Francisco, April 17. The steam
ship Monowai from Australia arrived
this morning. The Monowai brings the
intelligence, that the - British ship
Ktratharies was wrecked off the Caroline
islands and ninty persons drowned.
. ' JZnited States Consul Griffin, . of
Sydney, arrived on the Monowai.
Reciprocity With Cuba.
Madrid, April 17. A draft of the new
commercial treaty between Spain and
the United States looking toward a par
tial reciprocity trade with Cuba was con
cluded today. It is understood that the
treaty fixes very low duties on flour and
other articles imported from the United
States to the Antilles.
' The Presidential Trip.
; Memphis, Term., April 17. The presi
dential party arrived here from Birm
ingham at 8 o'clock this morning. At 9
o'clock the president held an informal
reception at the cotton exchange.
. May Have Small Pox on Board.
New York, April 17. The north
German Lloyd steamship Fulda, with
. 921 steerage passengers aboard arrived in
quarantine this morning but detained
off, in case of small pox on board.
A Wall Street Failure.
New York, April 17. The failure of
aM. Shaw & Co., of New York and
icago, is just announced on slock ex
change. The firm has been, mainly
- interested in grain.
San Francisco Market.
8am Francisco, April 20. Wheat
pajn '91, ..
THE OFFICIAL COUNT.
It Is Settled Beyond a Doubt That Chi
cago Will Have a Republican Mayor.
Chicago, April 16. The official can
vass of the election returns for mayor
was practically completed today in
twenty-nine of the thirty -four wards in
the city. Takintr the official count in
these wards and the city hall unofficial
returns for the remaining five, the result
is a plurality of 1034 votes for Hemp
stead Washburne, (Rep.), over the dem
ocratic incumbent, Gregier. . In the
official canvass the figures in several
precincts are still subject to revision,
but it is believed there will be little or
no change from the figures above given.
The Professors Chosen
Bi.oomington. Ind.. April 15. Dr.
Jordan has completed arrangements for
the appointment of the faculty of the
Stanford university, nnd has made the
following names public: Di. Andrew
White, ex-president of Cornell uni
versity, to be non-resident profesfor of
history; F.Stanford Lake, Forest uni
versity, associate jrofe89or of physics;
Horace B. Gale, W ashington university,
St. Louis, profeswr of mechanical
engineering; Prof. Joseph Swain, Indi
ana nnivert-ity, associate professor of
mathematics; Douglass H. Campbell,
Indiana university, associate professor
of botany.
Bismarck Probably Defeated.
Berlin, April 16. Forty districts at
Geestemunde gave Bismarck 3223;
Sohmalfield, socialist, 3264; Adolf Freis
innige. 1630 : Plate Guelph, 1391. There
will probably be a re-ballot between
Bismarck and Sohmaineid.
the result a surprise.
The result of the poll at Geestemunde
has been a great surprise to Bismarck's
friends and was received with consider
able satisfaction in high quarters, where
the hope has been entertained, and is
not yet given np, that Bismarck will not
get into the Reichstag.
An Insane Woman's Deed.
Fort Watne, April 18. The wife of
George Murphy this morning shot her
five year old daughter through the head
with a revolver, killing her instantly.
The woman is insane.
Killing Off the Italians.
Morristown, Penn., April 20. Yes
terday while the workmen were remov
ing rock, an unexpected cartridge in a
stone quarry below thia city, exploded,
killing two Italians, and dangerously
wounding another.
A Yale University Professor Dead.
New Haven, Conn., April 20. Dr.
James K. Thatcher, Professor of Physi
ology of Yale university, died suddenly
this morning of pneumonia ; aged forty
three years.
The Presidential Party.
San Antonio, April 20. The presi
dential party arrived here at 9 o'clock
this morning and was met with an en
thusiastic reception. They left at noon
for El Paso.
The Trouble Still Continues Among the
Men.
Scottdale, Penn., April 20. The
rioting of the strikers continues in the
coke regions. .The Leisingring plant of
the Frick coke company has been kept
in an uproar since Saturday night. The
works are surrounded by a mob day and
night and the explosions of bombs an
firing of guns can be heard at all hours
The coke company have sworn out an in'
junction against thirty-three leaders and
also instituted criminal charges against
them. The injunction papers and war
rants have been placed in the hands of
the sheriff and constables but they claim
they cannot serve them without the as
sistance of troops. A number of coke
plants are running in full force while
others have started up again.
FATA HEARD FROM.
The Doughty Baron Unbosoms Himself
to a Paris Newspaper Man.
Paris, April 20. Baron Fava, Italian
minister at Washington, who recently
left the United States on leave of ab
sence, has arrived here on his way to
Rome. The Sokil declares that the
Baron is much annoyed at the action of
the United States in regard to the New
Orleans anair. According to that paper
the Baron stated that marquis Imperial!.
Italian charge d'affairs at Washington
will be recalled. "Italy," the Baron
added, "is not to have a diplomatic
representative at Washington until the
New Orleans affair is finally settled."
TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT.
Burglars Resort to Sharp Practice.
- Norwalk, Conn., April 18. Burglars
fired a small barn in the outskirts of the
city last night. While the police and
others were watching the blaze they en
tered Jackson's jewelry store and secured
$15,000 worth of jewelry and diamonds.
Three Hundred Allowed to Land.
New York, April 18. Three hundred
of the 985 steerage passengers of the
steamer Fulda, detained at quarantine
on account of small pox, were taken off
and landed at the barge office. The
others will be sent to Hoffman island.
the
The Telegram of Portland Charges
' Mayor With Partisanship.
Portland, April 20. The Evening
Telegram will this afternoon publish an
article accusing Mayor Van B. DeLasb
mutt of partisanship in the appointment
of the committees to prepare for Presi
dent Harrison's coming reception. The
article alleges a large majority of the
committees are republicans.
OUR ITALIAN PETS.
Terrible Suffering.
St. John, N. B., April 18. A dispatch
from Tickle cove, says that terrible des
titution prevails there and that a nuin-
lier of families are actually starving.
Unless speedy relief is aSorded, death
from starvation will result in many
cases.
Denies the Charge.
Tallahassee, April 18. McClellan,
charged in democratic caucus last night
with having attempted vto bribe repre
sentative Whitebust to vote for Call, has
published a card today denouncing the
statement as false.
Still Moving the Way.
Palestine, Tex., April 18. The pres
ident arrived here at eight this morning,
and was greeted by a large crowd who
assembled at the station. He made a
speech and held a short reception.
Still Draining the Gold Away.
New York, April 18. Lazard Freeres
has ordered $1,150,000 gold coin for ex
port. The total of this week is $3,250,-000.
Diseased Cattle Shipped. '
London, April 18. A case of pleuro
pneumonia is found among the cattle
imported from the United States.
Maud George told me last night I was
his little duck ! Ethel He probably dis
covered you wern't a chicken.
Some of King Humberts Subjects do
. Wholesale Murdering.
New York, April 20. In Hoboken
early this morning Angelo Gaboth mur
dered his mother-in-law, and danger
ously stabbed his father-in-law and was
then shot and killed by Conoquito Chin
chella, son of the murdered woman. A
general fight followed in which Gaboth's
wife was stabbed and alro' her brother.
Robbery was evidently the reason for
the attempted wholesale butchery. "
THE PORTLAND STRIKE.
Fifty Bakers from the East Arrive
' take the Places of the Strikers.
Portland, April 20. About fifty
bakers arrived from the east today to
take the place of the bakers here who
struck several days ago. About a dozen
of the striking bakers were at the depot
when the train arrived but they caused
no disturbance.
A BRA YE MAN TO THE HEAR.
General John Gibbon Placed on the Re-
; tired List.
San Francisco, April 20. General
John Gibbon, commanding the division
of the Pacific will be placed on the re
tired list of the army today, having at
tained the age of 64 years.. The general 's
military career covers a period of fortv?
1 . , v-i i 1 1 7
eigm yearn, uunrig wuiui tune lie nag
served in nearly every military capacity
in the army.
Found a True Bill.
Chicago, April 20. The federal grand
jury returned a true bill this morning
against Geo. J. Gibson former secretary
of the whisky trust, on a charge of at
tempting to bribe a government agent
to blow np Shufeldt's distillery.
The Market Still Excited.'
Chicago, April 20. The excitement
in the wheat pit continued today though
it was not so wild as during the early
hours of Saturday.
Chicago Wheat Market.
Chicago, ni., - April - 20. Wheat.
May, 1.14; July, 1.12tf .
There is no good reason why the port
age road around the Celilo Falls should
not be built on the Oregon side. We are
credibly informed that more than five
miles of the ground over which the Paul
Mohr company has the right of way is
a sand drift and that miles of the road
through which was graded a year or so ago
is so filled np with drifting sand that not
a trace of the grade is to be seen. Exper
ience has shown that a road built over
such a place is dear at any price, because
of the expense and danger of operating
it. But this is not all. The Washing
ton legislature, because of the preponder
ating influence of the Sound cities has
proved itself adverse to any movement
tending to open the Columbia. The
excellent bill of representative Hunsa
ker, which. was intended to compel the I
present portage at the Cascades to carry
all freights offered to it from any source,
was quietly put to sleep notwithstanding
it was a thoroughly fair measure as ever
came before any legislative body. The
influence of the Sound will predominate,
it is safe to say, for many a year in the
councils of Washington and this influ
ence will be opposed to any measure
that will tend to draw traffic to Portland
or Astoria instead of to Seattle and Ta
coma. Oregonians would have little
reason for putting their money in a road
which their legislature could not control
and which might at any time be subject
to such adverse legislation as would ren
der a portage ineffective for any substan
tial relief. The only part of the state of
Washingtonthat would be benefitted by
a road on the north side of the Columbia
would be Klickitat county and the
people of that county have long looked
for relief through a road that would con
nect them with Seattle. The people of
Sherman, Wasco, Gilliam, Crook and
parts of other counties south have no
outlet and the greater portion of these
never will have any except by way of the
Columbia, and it is safe to say very little
money could be raised in these counties
for a road in Washington. It is a dead
certainty nothing could be raised in
Wasco county. We have no use for a
road there ; and if Paul Mohr wants to
make anything out of his right of way
through the sand and rocks on the other
side let him build the road and opeYate
it himself.
DIAPHANOUS BOSH.
Is Disease a Punishment?
T f 1 T ;.. .) i r 11-1
The organ of the ten mossbacks who bv a prominent western ntnV.i;,.;
voted "No" a week ago today, was in his house would indicate that they regard
happiest mood last Saturday evening, disease as a punishment for sin :
He poured forth a perfect torrent of his- yu wieh to w JJ18 quickest
, , ... , , way to cure a sever cold? We will tell
torical, literary, scientific, legal, etymo- you. To cure a cold qickly, it must be
logical, hydraulic, antequarian, geo- treated before the cold has become set-
graphical, riparian. Partingtonian wit tled ln tne system. This can always be
and humor, so completely overwhelming ??n? if -vou choo8e to, as nature in her
that we hv nnt WMpH w fr .3 "DJu"8,l m?,n Pves timely warning
J. M. HUNTINGTON & CO
Agents.
twenty hours to bestow our benisons on
a merciful providence that has reduced
the price of Webster's dictionary to three
dollars and a half. Referring to the ar
gument of the Chronicle on the charter
bill, Mr. Michell gives us the following
sample of Times-Mountaineer rhetoric :
natnre'n wnv
that as a punishment for some indiscre
tion, you are to be afflicted with a cold
unless you choose to ward it off by
prompt action. The first svnintoms of a
coiu, in most cases, is a dry, loud cough
and sneezing. The cough is soon followed
Dy a protuse watery expectoration and
the sneezing by a prosuse watery dis-
cuurge irom me nose, in severe cases
there is a thin white coatine on the
The arguments in its favor were pt.
iremeiy oiapnanous and did not follow tongue. What to do? It is only necessary
the simplest rule of ogic or contain the to take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in
oounie doses every hour. That will greatly
least element of analytical or synthetical
reasoning.
Heaven help the readers of the Times-
Moixntaineer. How thankful the public
should be that the "manuscripts" were
burned, when without them the gentle
man is able to turn himself loose in that
style.
lessen the severity of the cold and in
most cases will effectually counteract it.
and cure what would have been a severe
cold within one or two davs time. Try it
and be convinced." Fifty cent bottles for
saie by snipea & iLmersley, druggists
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
WAGON
ROAD GRANTS
STITVTIONAL.
UNCON-
In the supreme court last Wednesday
a case was decided on appeal which in
volves the constitutionality of the wagon
road appropriations made by the last
legislature and is a practical endorse
ment of the views presented by Governor
Pennoyer as the ground upon which he
vetoed these bills. The decision will rob
future legislatures of what was a fruitful
source of jobbery and corruption. While
many of the wagon road appropriations
such as that for the road over Tygh Hill
were in every way meritorious it must
be confessed that many others were the
very opposite. No road was treated on
its merits. To get sufficient support to
pass a road bill the legislator interested
was compelled to vote for all the rest.
It was a question of "scratch my back
and I'll scratch yours" all round, and
we are truly glad that this fruitful source
of corrupt legislation is taken out of the
way for the future. ' The opinion was
rendered by Judge Lord and is as fol
lows :
The act entitled "an act to appropri
ate $10,000 to aid Tillamook county in
the construction of a wagon road from
Nehalem river in the north end of said
county to Fuqua tollroad in the south
end of the county, and to use $1000 of
said appropriation in a branch road from
bouth Prairie to JNetart s bay, and to cre
ate a board of commissioners to con
struct said work," approved . February
in innr ' l "n i " 1 . i
jo, ioo, is in counici wiui article , sec
tion 23, subdivision 7 of the constitution,
which declares that the legislative as
sembly shall not pass special or local
laws in any of the following enumerated
cases ; that is to say, lor laying, opening
and working on highways, and for the
election or appointment of supervisors.
The said act is not a general law, but
special and local Jaw, within the mean
ing of that clause of the constitution.
From the Portland Telegram we learn
that there is quite a little tempest among
the grocers of Portland because, as they
allege the sugar refineries of San Fran
cisco are discriminating against Port
land by selling sugar to interior towns
in Oregon and Washington cheaper than
they do to Portland. It is claimed to be
an "undeniable fact" that Clans Spreck
els sells sugar a cent a pound cheaper
to Dalles merchants
ones." If this is true
and no wonder these Portland merchants
have sent a committee of two to San
Francisco to spend with Clans Speckels
to have mercy on them lest The Dalles
get away with the whole Portland sugar
trade. The truth is, only one or two
Dalles merchants buy any sugar in San
Francisco, and they emphatically deny
that they get any favor from Claus
Spreckels over Portland merchants,
They say that by buying their sugars in
car lots they can wholesale it cheaper,
with freight added than the Portland
merchants do to persons who ship in
small quantities. In other words they
claim that they pay as much as the Port
land merchants do but are willing to sell
for a smaller profit. The difference in
freight between car lots and smaller
quantities is all the advantage they
have. .
D
R. O. D. DOANE physiciah and sur
geon. Omce: rooms A and ft chunm.n
Block. Residence over McFarland & Frennh'a
store. Office hours 9 to 12 A. M . tins nri 7 tn
o r. ML.
AS. BENNETT, ATTORXEY-AT-LAW.
flee ln Scbanno's building, up stairs.
Dalles, Oregon.
Of-
The
D
R. G. C. E8HELMAN Homeopathic Pht
SICIAN AND bURQEON. Office Honrs? 9
to 12 a. M ; 1 to 4, and 7 to 8 P' M. Calls answered
promptly dsy or night' Office; upstairs ln Chap
man Block'
than t Pan T". 8IDDALL Dentist. Gas given for the
than to Portland 17. painless extraction of teeth. Also teeth
it is real v awful et on flowed aluminum plate. Rooms: Sign of
! 11, is realty awrui, Qaiaen Tooth. SeconrY Str.t
AR. THOMPSON Attorniy-at-law. Office
In Opera House Block, Washington Street.
The Dalles, Oregon
F. P. MATS. . B. B. HUNTINGTON. H. 8. WILSON.
AYS, HUNTINGTON & WILSON Attoe-
NKT8-AT-LAW. Oftlceft. Frenf.h'a hlnolr iwap
First National Bank, The Dalles, Oregon.
w
Abstracters,
Heal Estate and
Abstracts of. and Information Cohew.
. ingJLand Titles on Short Notlew.
Land for Sale and Houses to Rd.
Parties Looking for Homes la
COUNTRY OR CITY,
OR IN SEARCH OF
Bi$ie$
B.B.DUFUB. GSO.WATKIN8. PRANK MENSPU.
nUFUR, WATKINS St MENEFEE ATTOB-
U NEYS-AT-LAW Rooms Nos. 71, 73, 76 and 77,
"ft . D1UU, DCCU11U OLIWl, 1 MS XIBJLieB, URgOn.
WILSON Attobnet-atlaw Rooms
SI and 53. New Voa-t Block. Second Rtrmt.
1UC UOUGB, iiqjuu.
S. L. YOUNG,
(Successor to K. BECK.
vi.. - : . ,i .
Should Call on or Write to us.
Agents for a Full Line of
LeaJiif Fire ta irancrCompaidsi
And Will Write Insurmne for
Airy jL2&oxnsTrrt
on all . . . .
Correspondence 6ollcited.': ' AH r Letter
Promptly Answered.' Call on or
Address, ..
J. M. HTJimNGTON A CO.
Opera House Block, The Dalles. Or.
Wholesale aM BeiaU-DruoJsti
-DEALERS IN-
ASSESSORS COLLECTING
SCRIPTIONS.
SUB
The Spokane Review is the authority
for saying that there is not a republican
paper in the state, barring those upon
which the acting governor has strings
that does not favor the calling of an extra
session of the legislature for the purpose
of passing some needed measures of relief
from railroad oppression. Here in Ore
gon the people are' not asking for an ex
tra session because we know we would
not get it; and "yet we need some good
legislation on taxation more than ever
Washington needed it on railroads. The
assessors are now traversing the state
and visiting the tax-payers scarcely so
much to assess property as to ask the
tax-payers how much they are willing to
contribute towards the support of the
state and county government during the
current year. We have got so familiar
with the ways by which, under our vil
lainous assessment laws, a man can
legally evade a just taxation, that ad
vantage is taken of them by honest men
as a matter of self protection. Tax eva
sion is almost reduced to an exact science,
and the state will never have relief till
we make it the burning question of an
election campaign.
A representative of the Chronicli
took a trip last Saturday out as far as the
Tygh ridge country. . Fall grain was
noticed everywhere as being in fine con
dition. : The season is backward and in
the higher regions the grass has made
but little growth. Seeding is well
through, and will be practically ended
this week. Young grain where it is
above the ground looks a good, healthy
color. A larger area than usual will be
turned under for summer fallow. The
ground is now eo dry on top that fears
are entertained that Late sown grain may
not sprout without rain, hut if it rains
anv time during this month, these fears
will be dissipated.
Our local column on the last page con
tains the intelligence that a new com
pany had been incorporated in this city
for the purpose of building a portage road
between this city and a point "above
H'll Gate in Sherman countv." The in
corporators are D. M. French, Robert
Mays, Max Vogt, A. S. Macalister, Hugh
Glenn, Joseph T. Peters and B. F.
Laugh lin ; all leading business men and
capitalists of this city. The movement
is exceedingly timely and in the right
direction. A portage road that will
cross the Deschutes and tap Sherman
county is just the thing we want. It
will be in order to have a survey made
of the best possible route and an esti
mate of the cost. When this is done
we shall be disappointed if we are not
able to show that the Oregon side is,
after all as cheap and far more feasible
than the Washington side. It will be a
proud day tor the Chronicle when it
sees Sherman and Wasco counties unit
ed by bands of steel. May that day be
rapidly hastened.
-DEALER IN-
Ml
CLOCKS
Jewelry, Diamonds,
SmyErJWflRE,:-:ETG.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
Repaired and Warranted.
Fine Imported, Key-West ifastie
PAINT
Now; is the time to paint your. house
and if you wish to get the best quality
and a fine color use the
. Sherwin, Wil Iiams Co. 's Paint
For those wishing to see the quality
and color of the above paint we call' their
attention to the residence of S. V. Brooks,
Judge Bennett, Smith French and other
painted by Paul Kreft. .'
Snipes & Kinersly are agent for the
above paint for The Dalles, Or.
C. N. THORNBCRY, T. A; HUDSON.
Late Rec. U. 8. Land Office. Notary PuaU.
u: . i t:
The Review makes the following plea
for the farmers' alliance movement :
"The farmers' alliance simplv breathes
the spirit that is in the air. The western
farmers know Jhat things are somehow
wrong. They have been trying to solve
the puzzle. Doubtless their diagnosis of
society's diseases, and still more their
remedial formulas, are at some points
absurd. But tbev are honest and ear'
nest, and in many of their views they
are clear headed and right. ..They have
at least made one grand discovery ;
namely, that thev have been deleeatine
the business of government to politicians
and lawyers, and that if the interests of
the masses are jeopardized by the syndi
cates and monopolies and irrowincrlv
dominant corporations, it is high time for
the people to cease electing to legislative
and executive posts the classes of men
most amenable to the influences of cor
porate wealth and power.
me western tanners Deiieve that the
money powers has been robbing them
through ah actual or relative contraction
of the circulating medium ; and they be
lieve in free silver, if not in limit
less . issues of irredeemable paper.
Far from, wishing dishonestly , to
scale down the - mortgages on
their farms - they desire . only that
money should have a normal purchasing
power. ' It is so easy to criticise the ex
travagance of the accusations that these
reformers often make, and to point ont
fallacies and heresies in their economic
creeds, that there is danger least the
165 Second St., The Dalles, Or.
BOOMS 8 ud 9 LLM) OFFICE EL1LDLX3,
. - rostome box b.
prow Tailor.
Third Street, Opera Block.
John Pashek, the dalies,' or.
Filings, Contests,
ind ait ether Business in tte D. S. Lud 02
' 11 Promptly "Attended to.
Wa Viand' rtwf PlainVfl IrVw" W HWm
Entries, and the purchase of Railroad
Lands nnder 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 advertisement
in this paper. J : - -i d.i-.. i ;
fTliornDtinr & K23SC3.
Madison's Latest System,
Used in cutting garments, and a fit
guaranteed each time.
Repairing and Cleaning
. Neatly and Quickly Done.
FRENCH & CO.,
BANKERS.
TRANSACT A GENERALBANKINO BUSINESS
Health islVdihl
Letters of Credit issued available in the
Eastern States.
Sight Exchange and Telegraphic
east m y forget to note the advantage to Louis, San Francisco, Portland Oregon,
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SMia
in'rJ
:ATjirVi
the country that can but accrue from
the aroused mental political and social
activity of the western farmers."
"The city will not be able to inaugu
rate a purely gravity system until it has
from 20,000 to 25,000 population, and
even then this will depend upon the de
cission of the council and water commis
sion." Times-Mountaineer.
This . is another specimen of "dia-
phonous" nonsense. Why we have a
gravity system now always had a grav
ity system since the water of Mill creek
were first piped into the city. The
Chbonicle wonders if Mr. Michel is as
much off on the meaning of the word
gravity" as he is on the word "dia-
phonous." Will it require a decision of
the city conncil to make water run down
hill?
Owing to the great amount of snow
there is in the mountains, it is not ex
pected that travel across the Cascades
will begin until the middle or last of
May. Ochoco Review. ,
Burns, since it was incorporated, has
been assuming city airs, and now pro
poses to have a daily paper, edited and
published by Mrs. D. L. Grace. Suc
cess to both the town and its daily paper.
A good man or a good woman without
tact becomes a terror.
Seattle Wash., and various points in Or
egon and Washington.
Collections made at all points on fav
orable terms. -
$500 Reward!
We will pay the above reward for any ease of
uver complaint, Liyspepsia, hick ueaascne. ia-
digestlon, Constipaion or Costlveness we cannot
cure with West's Vegetable Liver Pills, wben the
directions are strictly complied with. They are
purely vegetable, and never fall to give satisfac
tion. Sugar Coated. Large boxes containing a
nils, cents. Beware oi connteneita ana imi
tations. The genuine manufactured only by
THE JOHN C. WFdT COMPANY, CHIGAGO,
BLAKEIET A HOUGHTON,
Prescription Dragg-lsts,
17S Second 8t. The Dalles, Or.
$20 REWARD.
TTTILL BE PAID FOR ANY INFORMATION
TV leading to the conviction of parties cutting I
we ropes or m any way mienenng wim ine
poles or lamps oi t urn cuctbic light
Dr. E. C. West's Nikve. am Braix Tssat-
btkmt, a guaranteed specific for Hy uteris. Dull
ness, convulsions, -iis,' rereos' neuralgia.
Headache, Nervous Prostration caused by the use
of alcohol or tobacco, -Wakefulness, Mental De
pression, Softening of the Brain, resulting In In
sanity and leading to misery, deoay and death.
Premature Old Axe. Barrenness Loss of Power
in either sex. Involuntary Losses and Spermat
orrhoea caused by over exertion of the brain, self
abuse or over indulgence.' Each box: contains
one month's treatment, 11.00 a box, or six boxes
for 15.00, sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price.
WK OVABANTII SIX' BOXKS
To cure any case. With each order received by
us for six boxes, accompanied bv 16.00, we will
send the purchaser our written guarantee to re
fund the money If the treatment doss not afreet
a cure. , Guarantees issued only by .
BLAKILSI HOUGHTON, .
Prescription Drnggists,
17S Second St. The Dallas, Or.
D. P. THOMrsOH'
President
J. 8. Schxkcx'H. M. Bliu.
Vice-President Cashier.
First ialioii:Eaii.
wires.
Co.
H. GLENN.
Manager.
THE DALLES. -
- OREQON
FOR SALE.
J. H. McDonough of Portland is in the
city.
AVING BOUGHT THE LOGAN 8TABLE8
in East Portland, we now offer our Livery
Stable business in this city for sale at a Dargain.
WARDAKERSd.
IF
F. TAYLOR,
PROPRIETOR OF THE
City Market, t t
A General Banking Business transacted
1 deposits received, subject to Sight
Draft or Check.
Collections made and proceeds promptly .
rciiiuicu kiu uay ut cuuecuon.
Sight and Telegraphic Exchange sold oa
.Mew Xork, ban rranciaco and Port
land.
DIRECTORS.
P. Thompson. Jmo. S. 8chzxck.
- " Go. A. Lxmk.
H. M, Biau,