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THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1891.
VOL. 1.
NUMBER 19.
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STRIKES IN PROSPECT.
Ten Thousand Men Belonging to the
Building Trades at Pittsburg will
'Go Out May ist.
Jack the Ripper Does Some Work in
New York Rioters Drilling in
Pennsylvania.
PrrrsBUBQ, April 24. It is estimated
that 10,500 men belonging to the build
ing trades of this city will be either
locked out or will strike, May 1st.
St. Louis, April 24. Oyer two thous
and union carpenters of this city have
resolved to strike May 1st unless the
losses accede to their demands for 40
cents per hour. "
GUBERNATORIAL DIGNITY.
Pennoyer Will Stand on His Right, as
Goveraer of a Great State.
Portland, April 24. Governor Pen
noyer today said that although the opin
ion published yesterday as to the man
ner in which President Harrison should
be received by him was not intended for
publication yet he had nothing to retract
today. '
" The governor believes the opinion ex
pressed by him yesterday that he should
not meet the. president at the slate line
but that the presdent should call on
him at the state house, fully accorded
with the dignity of his position as gov
ernor of Oregon.
"JACK THE RIPPER."
A Horrible Murder in New York
Last
Night Laid to Him.
New York, April 24. Last night a
man and woman registered at a cheap
hotel as man and wife. They immedi
ately retired, anJ, as nothing was seen
of them this morning, the door of the
room was broken in. On the bed lay
the. woman covered with blood. Her
abdomen was ripped open with a dull,
broken table knife that lay in the blood.
The viscera had been cut and from ap
pearances part was missing. The man
had escaped. The police think he is
"Jack the Ripper."
AGAINST THE SCALPERS.
A Man
Sues the Southern'
Loses His Suit.
Pacifle but
Chicago, April 24. Peter Peterson
bought from a scalper at Sacramento,
Cal., a ticket over the Southern Pacific
; railroad to New Oreans. He was put off
i the train at Carter, Cal.,Mi the ground
i that the ticket which was not trans
ferable had been issued in the name of
E. Weinberg, that Weinberg's name had
been erased and Peterson's substituted.
Peterson brought suit here for $25,000
': damage against . the company. Judge
Briggs today decided in favor of the
" company.
SOME GLIMMERINGS OF SENSE.
The Poles and Slavs Want the Socialist
- Leaders Sent Away..
Scottdalk, Pa., April 24. Compara
tive quiet reigns in the coke regions" up
to noon. Evictions are being made st
several places, but thus far there has
been no trouble. The Poles and Slays
: are up in arms against the socialists and
- talk of giving the district officers notice
that unless Jonas and Delahor are sent
away they will withdraw from the
strike. '
The Detroit Street Car Strike.
? Detroit, April 24. No street cars are
"'running in this city today, the company
having decided to suspend operations
until the city authorities advised them
that they are in a position to afford
proper protection. The mayor has writ
ten a letter to the street car officials
' suggesting arbitration but no answer
has been received as yet. Four hundred
hostlers of the company . struck this
morning.
It Never Bains but It Pours.
Panama, April 24. Reports from Peru
state that between March 19th and 22d
eleven rainstorms have swept over Lam
bay eque. The rivers rose and flooded
the country all around for thirty miles.
Many villages were inundated ' and a
large number of buildings have fallen
down.. Crops on farms around the vil
Idged are all destroyed and not a rail of
the Chimbote & Suchiman railroad re
mains in place.
For Free Schools In England.
London, April 26. Free education
bill has been drafted and will probably
be r introduced before the Whit-Sunday
recess. It provides that fees be abolished
in schools. The Standard strongly at
. tacks free education. ', It says : ' "Free
education may not abolish church schools
but the process will only be delayed. It
will impose a heavy and uncalled for
burden upon the nation."
Crashed To Death.
Louisville, Col., April 24. Yesterday
while several men were working in the
Buena Vista tunnell 1,100 feet from the
entrance a mass of solid rock weighing
several hundred tons fell instantly kill
ing John Carlson and severely injuring
five others.
Not Pleasant Prospect.
Mount Pleasant, Pa., April 24. It is
said that foreigners at the Standard
works are drilling every night and trouble
is feared there, when evictions take place
next week. It is believed they have
arms concealed in the vicinity.
Strikers Return to Work.
Chicago, April 24. The strike at
Jackson park is over, for the present and
all the men needed are at work. They
'were advised to abandon the present
strike and make another attempt later on.
Germany Will be at the World's Fair.
Berlin, April 24. It is announced
that the German government will shortly
apply to the federal council for an appro
priation -to enable Germany to properly
- participate in the world's fair in Chicago.'
FAVA WILL GET THE BLAME.
The Italian Cabinet .Surprised That No
Fear Is Felt of Her Fleet.
London, April 23. According to Rome
advices the Italian premier gave Baron
Fava a cool welcome. Rudina appreciates
that he has made a fiasco, and is anxious
to throw the blame on Fava. It is re
ported in Rome that the only question
now affecting the cabinet is how to get
out of the American difficulty with the
least, disgrace. The latest dispatches
from Imperiali at Washington are said to
foreshadow that not even a money in
demnity will be paid to the families of
the maesacred Italians, the temper of
the American people being such that
congress would not dare to make an ap
propriation. Imperiali has forwarded
statements that have greatly surprised
the cabinet, showing as it does, that no
fear is felt whatever of Italy's fleet.
NO WAY OUT OP THE SITUATION.
Paris, April 23. A dispatch to Temps
from Rome says Baron Fava, in his re
port on the New Orleans affair, ex
pressed the belief that there is no way
out of the situation as the federal gov
ernment has no power to give Italy the
satisfaction demanded.
GENERAL SHERMAN'S FAMILY.
They Will Accept, Because It Is a Token
of Love of the Subscribers.
Philadelphia, April 22. Lieutenant
Thackeray says, while Miss Elizabeth
Sherman and her sister would accept
the $100,000 fund, because it was to be
given as a token of the subscribers' - love
for Sherman, the publication in the Sat
York papers that ueneralherman wif
an improvident man, has caused tl
family much annoyance. He "was ju
the reverse.
"At the lowest estimate," remarkef
Thackeray, "Miss Elizabeth Shermaj
and her sister and brother Tecumsel
have an income of $3000 a year. This
sufficient to live comfortable on. B
sides. General Sherman left a great ma
of war correspondence of historical valu
Many publishers recently asked accel
to them, in this way the estate will
very valuable. Then, too, there will
a good income from the general's mei4
oirs. Miss Elizabeth Sherman and sis
ter are sorry so large a fund as $100,000
should be raised. -
THE POSITION OF RUSSIA.
The Stand She Will Take in the Arbi
tration of the Behring Sea Question
New York, April 22. The Herald'1
St. Petersburg special says :
Secretary Blaine should make no mis
take about the position of Russia in the
com in e arbitration of the Behring sea
question. I know the views of the gov
ernment," although it would not be fair
to hold it responsible for my words, .in
the first place there is nothing on record
to show that Russia intended to convey
to the United States any special rights
in the open waters of Behring sea.
Alaska was the result of private negotia-
tions between Baron Edward DeStockf
and Secretary Seward. Russia DurDOslv
left the question of special jurisdiction or
special privileges in the sea out oi tne
bargain. . xne wnoie matter, so iar as i
can ascertain, was intentionally put side,
and any attempt to draw Russia out of
this vague and reserved position would
have been evaded or resisted.
A BURGLAR KILLED.
A Man Attempts to Rob a Gun
Store
and Is Shot to Death.
Portland, Or.. April 27. About five
o'clock this morning a man whose name
is at present unknown , . entered Stro w-
bridge's gun store by breaking in the
front window. Alfred Strowbridge an
employee who ow'ng to previous burg
laries was sleei : g in the store, and was
awakened by 1 je noise. Reaching for
his pistol he shot and instantly killed
the burelar. An . accomplice who was
on watch outside escaped. Strowbridge
gave himself up at once to the authori
ties. The coroners' inquest this after
noon will probably reveal the murdered
man's identity.
CALIFORNIA ENCAMPMENT.
The Order There Also Shows a Good
Condition of Affairs. .
Santa Cruz, April 22. The first bus
iness meeting of the annual encampment
of the G. A. R. was held today. Annual
reports of officers wete . received and
filed. The department commander's re
port shows the order to be in a prosper
ous condition, and seven new posts were
organized in the California department
and two disbanded. There were 121
deaths in the order in California during
the year. This evening an enthusiastic
reception was given by the citizens to
visiting comrades at the pavilion.
The Men Practically Paupers.
San Francisco, April 22. The German
tramp steamer Remus is still in trouble.
The surveyor of the port has allowed her
to dock, Dut collector rneips objects to
the landing of the Japanese. An exam
ination by Inspector Ruddell showed
that the men were practically paupers.
When asked if they had any money the
Japs all pointed to the man who was
designated as the financier of the com
pany. This man was applied to and
after ten minutes' search he produced
$1.05.
The Fool Killer Wanted.
San
Francisco, April 22. Professor
H. Dunlay, of Detroit, is in town making
arrangements for a seven days' contest of
will power vs. sleep. A number of per
sons have signified their willingness to
enter the contest against Morpheus.
Among them is a colored man from Vic
toria, who claims the honor of having
gone without sleep on several occasions
tor over 100 hours. The prizes will
amount to $400 in cash, and the contest
will begin Thursday, April 30.
The Decrease a .Surprise.
New York, April 22. The decrease in
the net earnings of the Union Pacific,
Denver & Gulf division, reported yester
day, was unexpected. A further rise in
Union Pacific is expected on the street,
if for no other reason than that the 29th
inst., the stockholders will be given a
plan for funding the floating debt, and
perhaps for a gigantic consolidated-mortgage
on the whole property to include
the government debt.
New Treasurer's Bond Filed.
Washington. April 24. Enos H.
Nebeckef of Indiana, recently appointed
United States treasurer filed his bond
today. He will not, however enter upon
his duties until next Monday.
Italians In Hard Luck
. Pittsburg, April 25. Two Italians
killed and three others injured by a col
lision of freight trains on the Lake Erie
road at Rock port, Pa., this morning.
Stand by their Bread and Butter.
New Orleans, April 27. The supreme
court decided the lottery mandamus
case in favor of the lottery company.
THE GREAT MARSHAL.
Germany's Greatest Soldier Dies In
Berlin.
Berlin, April 25. The will of Count
Von Moltke who died last night, states
that he desires his buriel to take place
at Croisean, where his wife and child
are buried. The funeral, if the counts
request is followed, will be strictly pri
vate, but it is thought that possibly the
emperor. will over rule the dead sol
diers wishes and that the funeral be
made the occasion for a grand military
display.
A great crowd of people, respectful
and sympathetic, surround the count's
residence and throng the streets. Many
stores and leading thoroughfares are
closed and the city throughout is com
mencing to display emblems of mourning.
Both houses of the Prussian Diet ad
journed until Monday morning next.
In a telegram of sympathy emperor
William said: "The field marshal's
death is a greater loss to Germany
than the loss of an army corps would
have been."
The emperor has summoned all the
princes and crowned heads of different
German states to the funeral which
takes blace Thursday and which will be
attended by military ceremonies.
The remains will be kept in state in
Tiy(I7pWieJ'Ty''a posse of oincers, and
citizens. Half a mile from town they
stopped and defied their pursuers. A
pitched battle with shot guns and revol
vers followed. J. S. Wilson, an alder
man, was fatally shot and William Bent-
ley, one of the robbers is dying. All the
gang were arrested except two. It is
believed they are persons who caused
the railway wreck near Springvilie re
cently.
SMOTHERED IN ROSES.
President Harrison Treated to a'Hhower
of Boquets at Fresno.
Fresno, Cal., April 25. The presi
dent and party arrived here at 8 :30 this
morning. The president received a cor
dial welcome. He was introduced to the
people by Judge A. R. Conkling and
was about to respond when he was as
sailed by showers of boquets. He was
forced to seek shelter in his car. Seeing
the president did not fancy this treat
ment the people desisted, whereupon
the president again advanced to the
front of the car platform and addressed
them.
An Ad Tan re of Passenger Rates.
Chicago, April 25. The commission
ers of the Western Traffic association is
sued an order advancing second class
passenger rates from the Pacific coast
points to eastern terminals on trans
continental lines. The second class rate
will be $5 and the excursion rates $10
higher.
Prise Fight Stopped by Police.
Boston, Mass., April 25. A fight be
tween Ike WTeir and John Griffin for the
feather-weight championship of America
and a purse of $1000 was stopped in the
fourth round by the police early this
morning. Griffin had the best of it at
the time.
Why Diaa Did not Meet the President.
City of Mexico, April 25. President
Diaz did not meet President Harrison at
El Paso because of the illness of Mrs.
Diaz. The speech which Harrison made
at El Paso was published by most of the
newspaper here and favorably com
mented upon.
A Tribute from a Great Man.
London, April 25. In an article in the
United Service Magazine Lord Wool Bey
says be highly appreciates tne late
General W.T. Sherman, as a man and a
soldier and that the name of Sherman
will always be honored wherever the
English language is spoken.
Quiet Among- the Cokers.
Scottdale, Penn., April 25. The con
dition in the coke region today is that of
quietness. No evictions have taken.
place but some may take place at Leis-
uignng this alter noon. ro trouDie is
anticipated.
Valuable Stock Burned to Death.
Philedelphia, April 25. One of the
stables belonging to the Belmont race
track, seven miles from here, burned
this morning and nine valuable trotting
horses perished in the flames.
Two Undesirable Emigrants.
New York, April 24. Frank Slavin
and Charles Mitchell, pugulists, arrived
today' on' the steamer Majestic from
Liverpool. '
Twenty-five Per Cent Dnty on Lottery
Tickets.
Washington, April 25. The treasury
department has ordered a duty of twenty
five per cent, on Mexican lottery tickets
sent through El Paso by express.
Will Not Strike.
Knoxville, Tenn., April 25. The coal
miners of this section, numbering 7,500,
have decided not to strike May 1st, hay
ing signed the scale for a year.
The Loss Will be S100,0O0.
Rome, April 25. The mayor today said
that losses, caused by the recent explo
sion of the powder magazine, will
amount to $100,000.
Have They Got "Jack the RIpperT"
New York, April 25. Two men are
under arrest in connection with the
murder of Carrie Brown in the hotel
Thursday night.
Big Crops Expected In Kansas.
Leavenworth, Kas., April 25. The
predicted wheat crop of Kansas will be
the. largest on record.
A NEW APPLICATION OF CIVIL
SERVICE PRINCIPLES.
The secretary of the navy has determ
ined on applvine a plan of civil service
reform in the appointment of foremen
and master mechanics in the various
navy yards under his control that will
meet with the approval of every man
who is not a politician merely for what
there is in it. He has made a beginning
with the yard at New York and ordered
that after June first all positions of fore
men and master mechanics shall be de
clared vacant. A board of examiners
has been appointed to test the practical
qualifications of candidates for the vacant
positions, enquire into their antecedent
reputation, character and habits and
certify to the secretary who are best
fitted to fill the vacancies. Other yards
will be dealt with in a similar manner
in the near futnre. This is surely a step
in the right direction. The doctrine
that "to the victor belongs the spoils" is
the curse of American politics. When
there is a change of administration the
first half of a president's term is em
ployed "turning the rascals out" and
putting a new set of rascals in. The
question of fitness, of character, of
capacity, is secondary to that of political
affiliations. In this respect there is
scarcely any preceptible difference be
tween the two great parties. With
either in power the janitor as well as the
postmaster must be of the same political
strip. The result Is a hungry horde of
office seekers who take interest in poli
tics not from motives of patriotism, but
for the spoils of office. Destroy this
latter incentive by a vigorous civil service
reform and the business of the mere
politician would be practically mined
and this is a calamity that the country
could possibly brook with great
eqninimity.
One night last week a soldier and a
gambler had some trouble in a low dive
in the city of Walla Walla, when the
gambler drew a pistol and shot the
soldier inflicting a fatal wound. The
gambler was promptly arrested. The
next night a number of soldiers broke in
to the jail and taking out the prisoner
filled hfm with bullets. No attempt had
been made to remove the gambler or
prevent a prompt trial or adequate pun
ishment, nor, it is alleged, was there the
slightest sentiment in the gambler's
favor among the respectable portion of
the community nor the semblance of an
attempt to screen the crime. The
gambler was simply detained to await
the result of the soldier's injury. Under
the circumstances the lynching .was
wholly unjustifiable and ought to be
severely punished.
The Wasco Observer, referring to an ar
ticle in the paper urging -the importance
of a railroad from this city to Grants'
which would not only serve as a portage
but would practically control the traffic
of Sherman county, says :
We are glad to copy the foregoing
words of good cheer from the Chron
icle and heartily endorse the ideas put
forth by the writer. The farmers and
business men of Sherman county will
hail with delight the building of a port
age road that will tap this section. All
will anxiously await the result of a sur
vey and should the road become an ac
complished fact we confidently predict
that it will be a financial success.
The beet-sugar industry on the Pacific
coast promises to become important to
both farmer and manufacturer. Isaac
Hicht, president of the Alameda sugar
company, reports an income of $100 per
acre from 1320 acres in beets, while $25
per acre is considered good for wheat
land.
A level-headed exchange well says:
Rudini, D'Arco and the remainder of
their compatriots who are demanding -a
change in American laws had better" not
be too insistent. We might oblige them
by framing an exclusion act which
would effectually prevent the further
entrance of the Mafia into this country.
Our minister to Liberia, in a late re
port, says that our . trade with that
country is improving. His statement of
exports thence to the United States for
the last quarter of 1890 is as follows : 150
monkeys, $150 ; parrots, $100 ; 25 snakes,
$31.25; 200 pounds of coffee, $38.00 : 7
jars preserved meat, $5.60; 1 piece of
native cloth, yd cents total $3Zd.oU. bo
far as heard from our exports to that
country were covered by the one item of
$4,000 for salary of minister.
In the city of New York there are over
150,000 people who earn' less than 60
cents a day. Thousands of this number
are poor girls who work from eleven to
sixteen hours a day. Last year there
were over 23,000 families forcibly evicted
in that city owing to their inability to
pay their rent. One person in every ten
who died in New York in 1889 was bur
ied in Potter's field. Astorian.
He had told his son to milk the cow.
feed the horses, slop the pigs, hunt up
the eggs, 'feed the calves, catch the colt
and put him in the stable, cut some
wood, split some kindling, stir the cream,
put some fresh water in the creamery
after supper and to be sure and study
his lessons before he went to bed. Then
he went to the farmer's club to discuss
the question "How to keep the boys on
the farm.".
Many mysteries have appalled many
minds. The authorship of the Junius
letters, the identity of the man in the
iron mask, and of he who struck Billy
Patterson, have been puzzlers to the
Eublic. The Bettes case is a worse jum
le than any of them. Whether twas
the lady or the tiger, the judge or Juno,
the detective or the hired man, is all a
mystery. Spokane Review.
W. L. Bradshaw attoney-at-law, of
The Dalles, is a candidate for the position
of circuit judge of this judicial district.
-retiuons in nw iavorare uemg circulated
and largely signed. Mr. Bradshaw is a
practitioner of abihty and a courteous
gentleman whom many in this district
will be pleased to see on the bench.-
Wasco Observer.
It was a Dakota editor who wrote :
"The orice of this paper has not increased
on account of the McKinley bill, but we
wish to correct the misapprehension of
some of the subscnoers who seem to
think it was placed on the free list."
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BUSINESS IS BUSINESS.
The Chronicle was not mistaken when
it intimated a few days ago that the
capitalists of Portland were treating with
coldness, if not indifference, the project
of raising $2,000,000 to open up the
Columbia river. ' The Oregonian of yes
terday referring to some remarks made
in these columns, very courteously and
at the same time very frankly tells us
why this is the case. "An undertaking
like this requiring a large amount of
money is purely a business matter. The
men who put in the money will insist on
a chance to make money out of it. But
the plan, they say. virtually forbids
them to make money and moreover,
would withhold from them the control of
the line. Capital, we are politely in
formed, hesitates to subscribe on these
conditions." The Oregonian protests
against being considered personally "in
different" and most earnestly avows its
desire that the situation were such that
it could "enthusiastically and courage-
ously shout for the proposition." There
cannot be a shadow of doubt that the
situation is precisely as the Oregonian
puts it. Men may bawl themselves
hoarse about mossbackism and lack of
enterprise, but when it comes to the
raising of a cool two million, human
nature asserts itself, and capitalists with
out whom so great an amount cannot be
be raised will refuse to risk their money
where they cannot have a voice in con
trolling it, or the hope of the best possi
ble returns. The building of an orphan
age or the endowment of a college will
relax the purse-strings of sentiment or
philanthropy but a portage railroad al
beit a beneficent institution is not a
benevolent one, and if built at all by
private subscription must be built on
the lines of a purely business transaction.
It is perfectly evident that without
Portland's help no scheme of half the
magnitude of that which the new corpo
ration contemplates can ever be accom
plished and it is the part of simple wis
dom that the company remove every
barrier that stands in the way of the free
investment of money in the enterprise.
If this is not done the Oregonian makes
it evident that the corporation in course
of formation will die from lack of means
to carry its object into effect.
THE SUGAR BEET.
The efforts now being made by the
state Agricultural College to test the
capacity of Oregon soils for the produc
tion of the sugar beet should meet with
a hearty response from the farmers of
this section. We have an impression
that some parts of Eastern Oregon are
specially adapted for the growth of this
plant, and if this impression should re
ceive confirmation after proper tests
have been made there is no telling the
benefits that might accrue to the people.
The very highest authority declares that
the growing of beets is "decidedly bene
ficial to the - soil and improves it for
cereals." A beet crop would therefore
be an excellent substitute for a summer
fallow, with all the advantage of baying
a crop of one kind or other each year in
stead allowing the land to lie fallow and
unprofitable every alternate one. The
supply of domestic sugar will never
equal the demand during the lifetime of
any person now living. ' In the year 1889
this country imported 2,762,202,967
pounds of sugar at an average cost per
pound, in the countries from whence it
was imported of 3.21 cents a pound.
The entire production of Louisiana
amounted to 324,526,781 pounds. The
duty alone on the imported sugar amoun
ted to $54,896,437. During the same
year we imported 27,024,551 gallons of
mollasses, while the domestic product
was o,347,9U gallons, in iau this
country sent to Germany in round num
bers 16 million dollars for sugar produ
ced from beets which might just as well
have been raised here and ' the money
kept at home. The last session of cong
ress took special action to encourage the
beet sugar industry by passing a law to
pay a bounty of two cents a pound to
the sugar manufacturers for an indefi
nite period of time. This bounty is es
timated to insure at least $4 an acre.
In view of these facts the . remarks of
Consul H. F. Merrit, writing from Che
mnitz, nnder date of October 1890 are
very pertinent. It does not seem proper
nor consistent that an agricultural coun
try like the United States should be de
pendent for any article of a purely agri
cultural character on foreign countries,
especially when the United States has
fully one hundred times as much land
adapted to the production of that article
as is available in the country from
whence tne article comes. As a closing
remark we would again remind our read
ers that the Chronicle office has receiv
ed a fresh supply of sugar beet seed
which it will be pleased to hand to all
who may apply, as long as it lasts. '
THE CHRONICLE "RAISES"
THE
GOVERNOR.
A Telegram reporter interviewed Gov
ernor Pennoyer about the contemplated
appropriation for the world's fair and
received the following answer :
He was not in favor of any appropria
tion, and be would not contribute one
cent for an exhibit at Chicago ; but if the
people who wanted to do something for
Oregon would raise $50,000 for the aid of
poor and strugglingemigrants, who come
here seeking homes, he would contribute
$1000 for that purpose.
The answer is a sample of genuine
mossbackism and inadulterated dema-
gogry. ' The governor is consistent how
ever. What he would not allow the
state to do he would not do himself. He
would spend $90,000 for a useless orna
mentation of the capitol that will never
benefit the state a quarter of a dollar but
not a penny for advertising our resources
where every dollar judiciously spent
would give a thousand fold return. His
offer to give a thousand dollars to "poor
struggling emigrants" is a very safe one.
The Chronicle, ' will go him "five
thousand better" and be dead certain
the amount will never be called for.
Oregon emigrants don't come here a
begging. Many of them may be poor
but they are not posing as subjects of
charity, and the governor's offer to head
a subscription list on their behalf is an
extravagant and prodigal waste of guber
natorial sympathy.
DON'T LET HIM SEE THEM.
If the telegrams are correct the presi
dential schedule does not allow a minute
of time for the examination of one of the
most important sights for the eyes of the
ruler of this nation on the whole
American continent today. We refer to
the Cascade Locks. It is perfectly safe
to say that much as we would like to see
the face of the president there is not
man in eastern Oregon but would gladly
forego that pleasure if he were assured
that the time was occupied in examin
ing the progress of a work of so much
vital interest to the people of the Inland
Empire. While the president is mak
ing himself personally acquainted with
the country and its resources much
might be expected from an inspection of
the greatest barrier that lies in the way
of our prosperity. The time is not far
distant when prominent officials, influ
ential in the concils of the nation, were
hustled past the locks with blinds
drawn on the north side of the cars or
assiduously pointed to the scenic beauties
of the mountains on the south side of
the river as the train passed the Cascade
Locks. Is it possible the same influence
still prevails? We hope not. And yet
the feeling creeps over us like the recol
ection of a distempered dream that it
might be so.
OREGON MUST BE IN THE SHOW.
On June 10th next a meeting will be
held in Portland to devise ways and
means to raise funds to enable Oregon
to make a suitable exhibit at the world's
fair. Each county in the state is invited
to send from one to five delegates. As
Oregon cannot afford to sit like a bump
on a log or become a laughing stock for
the whole country we fondly hope the
meeting will be a success and that
Wasco will not be behind in the county
procession. We have little doubt after
all that if $50,000 were raised by the
coming meeting in whatever way it
would go as far as double that sum
would have done if it had leen appro
priated .by the state and the method of
expenditure left in the hands of a com
mission appointed by the politicians.
When we read that Washington, . Colo
rado, West Virginia and Ohio have -appropriated
$100,000 each ; that Missouri
has appropriated $150,000 and expects
to double that sum ; that California will
give $300,000 and Illinois a round million
we feel our cheeks burning with very
shame at the thought that Oregon should
not be represented. We have have no
desire to see the show if Oregon is not in
it.
A WOOLEN MILL.
Our readers are aware that the board
of trade of The Dalles is in communica
tion with a gentleman from Oregon City
who is seeking a location for a woolen
mill. They may also know that in pur
chasing the old Dalles Mill and Water
company's plant the city comes into
possession of the valuable water power
connected with the city flouring mill. A
woolen mill at this point would be of
great benefit to the city and if the gen
tleman referred to means business, as
we hope he does, we are assured the city
is disposed to deal generously with
him.
THE FESTIVITIES WILL GO ON.
The Presldent's'Blster Is Better and the
Exercises Will Be Carried Out.
San Francisco, April 27. On receipt
of a dispatch from Cincinnati this morn
ing conveying the intelligence of the im
provement in the condition of Mrs.
Eaton, sister of President Harrison, it
was announced on behalf of the presi
dent that the programme of entertain
ment arrangements for today and the
remainder of the week will be observed
unless other and less favored news of
Mrs. Eaton's condition should be re
ceived. -
A Chicago Cattle Rumpus.
Chicago, April 27. The fight against
yardage charged on cattle of the Union
Stock Yards company by Nelson Morris,
in behalf of himself, Armour Co., and
Swift was began this morning. The
first lot of cattle consigned to private
yards built by Morris, arrived this morn
ing. In order to reach the yards it was
necessary for the cars to be run over the
tracks owned and operated by the Stock
Yards company. The company refused
to allow their use, splitting switches and
putting guards over them. Morris will
apply to the court.
Farmers' and Traders' Bank Closed.
Montgomery City, Mo., April 27.
The Farmers' and Traders' Bank has
closed owing to uncertainty as to its con
dition. Capt. Covington, cashier, has
disappeared and people are at a loss to
know whether he is responsible for a
shortage of $9,300 in the bank's account
or whether the loss of money so preyed
upon him that it unbalanced his mind.
The money is thought to have been tak
en by burglars who entered the bank in
the absence of the cashier.
' The Strikers In Detroit.
Detroit, April 27. The result of the
meeting of the board of arbitration ap
pointed to settle the differences between
the city railway company and its em
ployees, resulted in a complete victory
for the latter, the company promising to
take back all strikers and give them
employment during good' behavior.
Hereafter all grievances are to be ar
bitrated. Jerrv Simpson's prediction that the
alliance will carry at least seven southern
states next year isn't pleasing the demo
crats half so much as the carrying of
Kansas did. Review.
Baby is sick. The woeful expression
of a Des Moines teamster s countenance
showed his deep anxiety was not entire
ly without cause, when he inquired of a
druggist ot the same city what was best
to give a baby for a cold It was not ne
ceesary for him to say more, his counte
nance showed that the pet of the family,
if not the idol of his life was in distress.
"We give our baby Chamberlain's Cough
Kemedy, was the druggist 8 answer.
"I don't like to give the baby such strong
medicine," said the teamster. You know
John Oleson, of the Watters-Talbot Print
ing Co., don't you? inquired the drug
gist. "His baby, when eighteen months
old, got hold of a bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and drank the whole of
it. Of course it made the baby vomit
very freely but did not injure it in the
least, and what is more, it cured the ba
by s cold. Ihe teamster already knew
the value of the Remedy, haying used it
himself, and was now satisfied that there
was no danger in giving it even to a
baby. For sale by Snipes & Kinersly.
A Small Blase in Corvallls.
CorVallis, April 27. A fire last night
destroyed an old foundry building which
was used as a stable and hay shed
Several tons of hay were also consumed.
The loss is about $1 ,500. The fire was of
incendiary origin.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
rv R. O. D. DO A N physician and sur-
lv okon. Office: rooms 5 and 6 Chapman
Block. Residence over McFarland St French's
atore. Office hours 9 to 12 A. 11., 2 to 5 and 7 to
a r. i.
A S. BENNETT. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Of-
A, lice in Schanno's building, up stairs. The
DR. G. C. E8HELMAN Homoeopathic Phy
sician and Burgeon. Office Hours: 9
to 12 A. M' ; 1 to 4, and 7 to 8 P' M. Calls answered
promptly dsy or night' Office; upstairs In Chap
man HM1CJL
D8IDDALL Dentist. Gas given for the
painless extraction of teeth. Also teeth
net on flowed aluminum plate. Rooms: Sign of
we uoiaen room, secoua btreec
R. THOMPSON Attorns y-at-law. Office
XX. In Opera House Block, Washington Street,
i ne Danes, uregon
P. r. MAYS. B. 8. HUNTINGTON. H. 8. WILSON.
1 r AY8. HUNTINGTON & WILSON ATTOR-
Bl neys-at-law. Offices, French's block over
nrat National Bank, The Dalles, uregon.
x.B.DuruB. oco.watkins. prank menxpkb.
TUFUR. WATKIN8 & MENEFEE ATTOR
U neys-at-law Rooms Nos. 71, 73, 75 and 77,
vogt Block, second street, Tne Dalles, Oregon
Y17 H. WILSON Attorney-at-law Rooms
H 52 and 53, New Vogt Block, Second Street,
The Dalles, Oregon.
S. L. YOUNG,
(Successor to E. BECK)
-DEALER IN-
Jewelry, Diamonds,
SILVElWflE,:-:ETG.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
Repaired and Warranted.
165 Second St., The Dalles, Or.
John Pashek,
(taw Tailor.
Third Street, Opera Block.
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
Letters of Credit issued available in the
Eastern States.
Sitrht Exchange- and Teleeranhic
Transfers sold on New York, Chicago, St.
Louis, San Francisco, Portland Oregon,
Seattle Wash., and various points in Or
egon and Washington.
Collections made at all points on fav
orable terms.
$500 Reward!
We will naY the above reward for any case ef
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, In
digestion, Constipation or Costlveiiess we cannot
cure with West's Vegetable Liver Pills, when the
directions are strictly complied with. They are
Surely vegetable, and never fail to give satisfac.
on. Sugar Coated. Large boxes containing 39
Pills, 25 cents. Beware of counterfeits and imi
tations. 'The genuine manufactured only by
THE JOHN C. WFST COMPANY, CHIGAGO,
ILLINOIS.
BLAKELKl tt HOVUHTUS,
Prescription Drareista.
175 Second St. . The Dalles, Or.
$20 REWARD.
WILL BE PAID FOR ANY INFORMATION
leadin? to the conviction of narties cutting
the ropes or in any way interfering with the
wires, poles or lamps of The Electric Lioht
Co. H. GLENN.
Manager.
FOR SALE.
HAVING BOUGHT THE LOGAN STABLES
in East Portland, we now offer our Livery
Stable business in this city for sale at a bargain.
uriDn jr. fpd eo
F.TAYLOR,
PROPRIETOR OF THE
City Market
WMFR
JlllilKS
11 AA R Ullls
J. M. HUNTINGTON fe CO.
Instance Agents.
Heal Estate and
Abstracters,
Abstracts of. and Information Concera
ing Land Titles on Short Notiee.
Land for Sale and Houses to Rent
i- .i
Parties Looking for Home ia
COUNTRY OR CITY,
OR IN SEARCH OF
Bugiqe Location?,
Should Call on or Write to us.
Agents for a Full Line of
LeaSini Fire Insurance Companig
And Will Write Insurance far '
on all
X)E!b3XJbA A RT.TTI
Correspondence Solicited.; All : Letters
Promptly Answered. Call on or
Address,
J. M. HUNTINGTON fc CO.
Opera House Block, The Dalles, Or.
Mesale and Retail .Dnmiists.
-DEALERS IN-
Fine Imported, Kej West and Domestic
PAINT
Nov is the time to naint vour hons
and if you wish-to get. the... beat quality
and a fine color use the 1 ' '
Sherwin, Williams 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. L'. Brooks,
Judge Bennett, Smith French and other
painted by Paul Kreft. V .,'
Snipes & Kinersly are agents for th
above paint for The Dalles, Or.
C. N. THORNBURY, T. A. HUDSON,
Late Keo. u. s. Land umce. , - notary i-du.
ROOMS 8 and 9 LAND OFFICE EUHDIN9,
: FostolBe Sox jo' ! -
THE DALLES, OR.
pilings, Contests,
And all other Business in the 0. S. Land OSm
.Promptly' Attended to. ' .'
lirA i I m
Entries and the: purchase: of Railroad
Lands under the recent Forfeitmre-Act.
which we will have, and advise the pub
lic at the earliest date when such entries
can be made. Look for dvertpeateiit
in this paper..' i-r. -
ihornDurv & n'jssca.
Health is Wealth !
STWJATMgtn,
rm k r.. Wsht's Nnvt iii Ss.uMTnA-
hknt, a guaranteed specific tor Hyjterla, Olxal-
ness, Convulsions, lts, wervous inearaigis.
Headache, Nervons Prostration ause4 by hs us
of alcohol or tobacco. Wakefulness, Mental De
pression, Softening of tb BrainTesultlng la la
sanity and leading to misery, decay and death.
Premature Old Age, Barrenness, Loss of Power
In either sex. Involuntary Losses sod pparaiat-
orrhoaa caused by over exertion of the Drain, seix
sbuse or over Indulgence; Each box contain
one month's treatment. 11.00 a box, or six boxes
for (5.00, sent by man prepaid on receipi oi pram.
VI O U AB ANTS K BIX BOIM;
To cure any case. With each order received BY
ns for six boxes, accompanied by 1&JX wa will
send the purchaser our. written guarantee to ra.
luna tne money u sne hwubwi -
cure, .uuarantees usuea oiuy.oj
BLAKELEY HOCGHIOH,
Prescription Druggist.
176 Second St. Tfe Dallas, Or.
D. P. Thompsok'
J. 8. 8CHIHCK, H. at.
Vice-President.
BlALL,
President.
Hrst Hatlonal Ean.
THE DALLES,
- OREOON
A General Banking Business transacted
IJepoeits received, subject to bigni
Draft or Check.
Collections made and proceeds promptly
remuiea on any oi cuiiw;uuu.
Sight and Telegraphic Exchange sold o
New York, Han Francisco and Port
land. :
DIREOTOR3.
D. P. Thompson. Jno. S. Bchbhck.
T. W. Sparks. Gbo. A. Lim,
H. M. Bkall.
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