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THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1891.
NUMBER 25.
VOL. 1.
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INDIAN DEPREDATIONS.
The Indians of Xew Mexico Killing
Settlers in that Locality -U. S.
Troops Taking the Field.
The Insurgents Ma, Bombard Valpar
aip--A rromineru Mining siau
Suicides in San Francisco.
Los Angeles, May 29. Information
has been received at army head-quarters
from military sources at Fort Bayard,
New Mexico, to the effect that rumors of
Indian hostilities are again rife in that
quarter. It is reported that a man
named Wbittan was killed on the Blue
River, Arizona, and . hat a family was
killed on Eagje Creek, also that there
was a man named Campbell killed on
the Whitewater. - "
Troops have therefore gone out, with
thirty days' supplies, while other detach
ments are already in the field.
AROSE IX THEIR WRATH.
Indians Deal Out Poetic Justice to a
- Picture Canvasser.
Atoka, I. T., May 29. W. J. Xew
comb, a picture canvasser who has just
arrived here, relates an adventure with
Indians at Boeev Depot, fifteen miles
from here. Kewcomb and his partner,
R. D. Stapleton were camped near the
Indians, and in some manner offended
them, whereupon the Indians ordered
them to leave. This the two men did.
but had traveled but a short distance
.when they found then, selves in an am
bascade. Newcoinb escaped a shower of
bullets fired by the .Indians, but his
partner was killed. Stapleton's body
was found later riddled with bullets.
JIWISH EXPULSION.
Gladstone Thinks the Whole Clvlltsed
World Should Appeal to the Csar.
London, May 29. In response to
letter from a member of parliament ask-
ing him to join in claiming for the Jews
in Rsswia ritrhts accorded Mohammedai
subj&u of the czar, Gladstone said his
personal action would have no weight
fie thought the pressure of opinion of
the civilized would based upon ascer
tained facts-would be the best mode of
proceeding. Gladstone expressed the
hope that the saltan of Turkey would
support the scheme for settling the Jews
in Palestine. "
TOO LATE. TOO LATE.
It Is the Opinion that the Bearing Sea
Close Season mil Will Not Pas.
Washington, May 29. Although it
is the belief of the officers of the state
and treasury departments that sufficient
time ye jr- in-adurU iu paaa tne
bill to beTiltroduced .into parliament
Monday to declare a close season in the
Behring sea. others ay that the effort
now being made was begun too late
This opinion is largely based on Can
adian opposition and the possibility
that Canadian influence may be strong
enough to delay parliament's actions.
MAT BOMBARD VALPARAISO.
The City la Being; Prepared for Defense
Against the Insurgents.
PABisy-May 29. A dispatch received
here from Chili states that the insur
gents, contrary to their promises, now
threaten to bombard Valparaiso. In fear
f these threats the defenses of that city
ore Deing Hurriedly strengthened. It is
1-elieved that the foreign powers will in
U-rvene should the insurgents carry out
their threats. ,
Punishment Has Krrnn. .
. Philadelphia-, May 29. John' Bards-
. ley, city treasurer of Philadelphia was
' Arraigned in court today to answer the
triple charge of misappropriating $39,
OuO of city money and the embezzlement
of $400,000 and upwards of state funds,
i- nd perjury in violating his oath of office
l y loaning the money out at interest.
The magistrate committed the prisoner
under $40,000 bail to answer on the three
charges.
The BUI far a Close Season for Seal Is
Introduced.
. . London, May 29. In the house of
commons today the bill prepared by the
government prohibiting British subjects
from catching seals in Behring sea for a
it-rtain period, was introduced. The
time daring which seals cannot be cap
tured is not; however, given in the bill.
. To "Bust" the Celluloid
Trust.
j AhwjNr; If. YV, May 29. Attorney-
leneraT Tabor has decided to begin an
fiction against the Celluloid Novelty Co.
snd the Celluloid Brush Co. for a viola
tion of their charters. This is a Mow at
the celluloid trust which was organized
on exactly the same lines as the sugar
trust. ' -
They Did a Killing- Business.
Omaha, May 29. Doctors McLaughlin,
Sinclair and Williams of the Omaha
Medical and Surgical Institute have been
' Treated, charged with the murder of
Isabella Beaver, a young girl on whom-
criminal operation was performed.
Dr. Hamilton's Resignation.
Washington, May 29 Dr. Hamilton
urgeon -general of the Marine hospital
service has resigned and accepted a posi
t ion as professor of surgery and surgical
pathology in Rush Medical College,
'hicago. He is to Le succeeded by Surg
eon Walter Wy man.
Crushed to Death.
Chicago. May 29. This morning the
(load bodies of two workmen, were found
in an excavation for a building. The
embankment caved last night before the
lenqnit work and unknown to any one
two men were crushed to death.
Wealthy Mining Man Suicides.
San Francisco, May 29. Morris Hoe
fiich, a well-known mining man and
capitalist,' shot himself to death at the
residence of S. Roen Roesner last night.
JTo cam Lt assigned for the act.
REPORT ON THE VESUVIUS.
j Appliance. About the Guns Crude, and
Improvement Necessary.
Washington', May 27. The report of
the naval board on the test of the Vesu-
: ...i.i: wi.
t V1U3 gUHB IB Uiauc puvui;. , ucii inc r
I Kmrrl met nv 14. it found the cruns !
; would not be ranged and no Appliances
i for sighting were fitted. Temporary
i sights were rigged. Accuracy of fire of
.SSelWtal t he 'SSSTS
the middle and port guns were not in
: good working order. The effect of a
I moderate sea and wind upon the effic
iency of the guns and their range was
very slight. Generally speaking, the
vessel, as a gun platform, behaved very
satifactorily. Many details concerning
steering gear and conning the tower
could be much improved.
As to the natural efficiency of the ves
sel for offensive purposes the board has
little data on which to base an opinion.
On May 20, three shots were fired at a
target towed by the dishing, at a speed
of ten knots across the line of fire, the
Vesuvius steaming, seventeen knots.
One of these would undoubtedly have
struck the vessel. This is considered a
favorable showing under the circum
stances. The board considered the
littiners and appliances for loading and
firing the guns very crude and capable
of great improvement. Ihe ooard
recommends that the guns should be
carefully ranged ; also various modifica
tions of defects found, and the depart
ment has directed the board to recon
vene and submit a detailed programme
for further tests. '
LOTTERY LAW EVASION.
Treasury Department Puts a Stopper In
Another Loophole.
Washington, May 27. The treasury
department is still struggling to prevent
the sale of lottery tickets in the United
States. The law passed by congress pre
vented the use of the United States mails
in distributing them, and then the lot
tery people went to Mexico and sought,
under the custom law, to import them
into this country as reading matter, at a
light dutv. Assistant Secretary Spauld-
ing put a stop to this by assessing duty
on the face value of the tickets, the duty
being placed at f 2.50 on a ten dollar
ticket. This was thought to be a final
stoppage on their importation. The lot
tery people, fertile in resource, have had
the- tickets printed in the United States,
exported into Mexico and reiinported
into the United States, and now claim
that they are exempt from duty, as
American manufacture, returned with
out being advanced in value or improved
in condition. Assistant Secretary
Spaulding, however, has instructed col
lectors of customs, along the Mexican
border to assume that all lottery tickets
entered are of foreign, manufacture, and
to assess duty accordingly.
W ANA MAKER OUR FRIEND.
r Dally Grows More Enthusiastic Over
the Great and Growing West.
Washington, Mav 27. Although
Postmaster-General Wanamaker will
not discuss the San Francisco -postoffice
site he is always anxious to talk about
his Pacific coast trip. In an interview
he said :
"I thought I knew eoinetuliiir of the
erowine countries before I set my face
TOWaTa the setting sun, but I found be
fore I got to San Diego that the west was
doing more than I conceived. Before we
got on the Union Pacific road to return
and after we bad spun around Washing
ton state I was amazed. The west must
have better mail facilities, faster mails,
more of them and better postoffice facili
ties. How quickly they make a big city
in the west, with - fine buildings, large
factories and beautiful streets and all
that pertains to a metropolis ! There
are no signs of hard times out there.
Everything is progress and enterprise:
What nerve the people show, what profit
their real estate yields."
Mr.- Wanamaker has-been booming the
west and the Pacific coast in this manner
every day since his return.
THE ELUSIVE ITATA.
Charleston at Callao, hut the Other
Vessel Was Not Seen. . , '
Washington, May 28. The navv de
partment today received the first news
from the Charleston since she left Aca-
pulco, the first of last week, in continued
pursuit of the Itata. When the vessel
ailed to touch at Panama within the
time expected, the department said it
was very probable it had been decided
to keep straight on down the coast, and
that the Charleston wovld be heard from
at some Peruvian port. This prediction
is fultillej, for the port at which the
Charleston announced her arrival is Cal
lao. The whereabouts of the Itata are
as far from being known as before, for
Captain Remy reported he had seen
nothing of the Itata in the cruise down
the coast. The Charleston will join the
squadron under Admiral McCann in
Chilian waters, and it is surmised a re
port will at no very distant date come
thence, announcing the peaceful surrend
er by the insurgents of the elusive craft,
which the United States government will
libel and perhaps forfeit for violation of
neutrality laws.
. Chinese Dens Raided.
Washington, May 27. When China
town was . raided here last night
Californians in Washington were vividlv
reminded of scenes on the Pacific coast.
It is not generally known, but it is a fact
that Washington citv itself, the Athens
of America, has a Chinese quarter that
exists under the very shadow of the
capitol. It is only five or six squares
from the capitol building, south of Penn-
ylvania avenue, in that quarter ot town
frequented by all kinds of low people,
and some sights are quite as disgusting
as any to be seen in Chinatown in San
Franciscc. There are nearly 100 Chinese
here, according to the i -lice census.
The Slar tonight devotes a column to the
scenes in Chinese quarters at last night's
raid, and,, strangely enough, everyhodv
seems to be as greatly interested as if
the fact of such dens lwing among them
was not known before. Altogether, the
Chinese raid may have a rather salutary
effect on next winter's legislation in
congress.
New York Recorder" to Suspend.
Aiv iohk, jiay zi. Kumors are cur-1
rent in newspaper circles that the Re
corder, the new morning paper which
was started with flying colors, paying
large salaries and spending large amounts
in lavish advertising, is a bout to suspend
publication. It is said that the million
aire cigarette inen who have been back
ing the pa per are sick of the experiment,
which, it is alleged, was a losing venture
from the start. The failure of John H.
Statin, another big backer, to furnish
help is given as the real cause of the
suspension. It is even said the Recorder
will not appear after next Saturday.
Plains Alive With Grasshoppers.
Miltos, Cal., May 27. It commenced
showering this afternoon and has rained
considerable so far, with indications of
continuing throughout the night. The
damage to hay, feed, and grain will be
large. The plains aae alive with grass
hoppers. 'They are traveling toward the
northwest.
PORTLAND'S ELECTION.
j
Strong Prospect
that "Boss
Lota a
Con-
Has
Been Downed and that
solidation Has Carried.
A Livelv Fire at Huntington in this
StateSir John's Condition Xo
Better Blaine Goes to Maine.
Portland, June 1. An election is be'
ini? held here todav fu; the purioee of
determining whether the three munici
palities of Portland, East Portland and
Albina, shall be consolidated into one
city or not. A strong fight is being
made both by consolidationists andanti
consolidationists. The polls do not
close till Bix o'clock and the result will
not be known till late tonight.
An unusual heavy vote was polled
during the forenoon. The indications at
noon were that consolidation will carry.
Three arrests have been made, two for
selling liquor and one for illegal voting.
Reports from East Portland and Al
bina indicates that consolidation will
also have a majority in each city.
It is reported that the anti-consolidation
is ts are concentrating their strength
in East Portland this afternoon, having
given up the fight in Portland.
At 2 :30 this afternoon the indications
are that consolidation will carry in Port
land and East Portland by good ma
jorities, also that the vote in Albina is
favorable to consolidation.
HAS A HARD TASK.
Mil
John's Organ Discusses the
of His Possible Successor.
Work
Tokonto, June 1. Discussing the
question what will follow in the event
of Sir John MacDonald's ' death, the
Globe, the principal organ of the liberal
party, says: "Hints which have been
thrown out about coaiation are out of
the question. The liberals would not
coalesce except upon a clear understand
ing that the national policy should be
abandoned in favor of free trade with
the United States. Whoever Sir John's
successor may be the task before him is
one extraordinarily difficult. The lib
erals are prepared for putting public
consolidation first, to do everything that
is fair and reasonable, but they cannot
be expected to condone things which
they have condemned or to support a
fiscal policy which they know to be
wrong." .
A HUNTINGTON BLAZE.
A Fire Today Does Ten Thousand Dol-
lars Damage.
Pohtland, June 1. A special from
Huntington, Oregon, to the Evening
Telegram says that shortly after noon
today a fire started in the barn of Isen
hoffer & Cropper, butchers, consuming
the barn and meat market, the Chinese
store of Chung Lon, the dwelling house
of Geo. Dunlap, and the New Commer
cial hotel. Three head of horses belong
ing to Isenhoffer & Cropper were burnt.
The total loss is estimated at $10,000.
There is some insurance. The cause of
the fire is unknown.
The Proceeds of Land Sales.
New York, May 27. Kiernan's News
Agency says : Colonel James McNaught,
general counsel of the Northern Pacific,
says there is no trnth in the report
emanating from Philadelphia that the
couioanv is buying preferred stjck with
the proceeds of land sales awarded to the
company by the Manitoba decision.
Until a mandate from the United States
supreme court is handed down he does
not see how the company can be buying
its stock. Vice-President WilliamB says
it will be time enough when the com
pany has a land fund in hand for it to
buy stock, and when it is in such posi
tion it will not be necessary to announce
it from the house tops.
The Great Scandal Case on Trial.
London, June 1. The famous Baccarat
scandal trial, otherwise the action of
Sir William Gordon Cummings against
Mr. and Mrs. Lycett Green, Mrs. Authur
Wilson and Berkelay Lavett for slander
was commenced before Lord Chief Just
ice Coleridge today.
After the Prince of Wales had entered
the court room tho jury was sworn and
the case was opened.
Who Will Handle the Money.
Philadelphia, June 1. Richard G.
Oellers the choice of county commis
sioners and city council for city treasurer
to succeed BardSley, took possession of
the city treasury this morning. The
qnestion as to whether Oellers or Wright
appointed by George Pattison has the
right to fill the vacancy, will be brought
before the court today. A decision is
expected by the supreme court by next
Saturday.
The United States Wants a Coaling Sta
tion.
. Chicago, June 1. A dispatch from
Washington says that an offer be made
to lease Pt. Santa Barbara for a coaling
station and in case of acceptance by the
Dominion Republic possession, will be
token at once and congress will be asked
to appropriate the necessary sums to
erect a dry dock, coaling wharves and
fortifications.
Sir John MacDonald Reported Dying.
New Yohk, May 28. The Timet' Mon
treal special says: A private dispatch
received from authentic sources at Otta
wa at 11:15 tonight says Sir John Mac
Donald, the premier, is dying. Htf was
attacked with congestion of the lungs
tonight, and the dispatch says the doc
tors have very little hopes of his recov
ery. Sir John is 76 years old.
' Canada Needing Rain.
Toronto, June'l. Reports from the
various parts of the country state that
crops are suffering greatly from the long
continued drought. If rain does not fall
within a week, the consequences, it is
said will be serious.
The Drain Contt lues. .
New York, May 29. Gold
amounting to $2,850,000 Trill be
for export tomorrow.
coin
taken
HARRISON FOR PRESIDENT.
Senator Mitchell Thinks he Will be Re
nomlnatedBIalne Out of the Race.
San Fban-cisco. Mav 30. Senator
Mitchell, of Oregon, who is in the city,
when asked, " Do you think that Presi
dent Harrison will le renominated?"
declined at first to say. In response to
the question, " Is Mr. Blaine out of, the
race, and is he as sick as reported?" he
said :
The reports of Mr. Blaine's illness are
undoubtedly exaggerated. I saw him
near the White house just before he left
for New York. He was pleasant and
genial, as he always is, but his face had
a peculiar ashen color and wearied look
which undoubtedly came from hard
work. He is sick, but he has no portal
malady. I am convinced of that just as
I am satisfied that he has no presidential
aspirations. He has given them up.
There is practically nothing to stop the
president's nomination. To be candid,
under these circumstances, I think that
he will be the man. I agree with the
opinion of Senator Ingalls, expressed in
his letter to the republican editors of
Kansas, that Harrison will again be the
standard bearer. Who the democrats
will nominate I am not in a position to
express a sound opinion upon, but it
looks like Cleveland.
When asked what figure the third
partv movement, the farmers' alliance,
woufd cut in the campaign, the senator
remarked :
From a republican standpoint it is a
menace to success. There is danger that
they may carrv Nebraska, Kansas and
perhaps one other western state hereto
fore republican, and possibly one South
ern state, which, of course, would throw
the election into the house. I have no
faith, however, that any Southern state
will go for the alliance electors.
E1S CAREER CUT SHORT.
Downfall of a Young Man With Very
Expensive Tastes.
New York, May 30. A remarkable
career of crime ends today with the
sending of Dav d Waldo Pierce to Sing
Sing, sentenced to hard iaoor ior three
years for stealing a diamond scaripin
valued at $250. Pierce is good looking,
well educated, 19 years old, and from an
excellent Boston family. Enough in
dictments are hanging over him to keep
bim in lail the rest of his natural life
He came here, entered a course oi wild
dissipation with rich young men, and
soon acquired expensive tastes. He
then began a system of petty swindles
to keen up with "the fellows.". About
one month ago he was arrested by the
police as wanted by a man to whom he
sold a valuable ring for a large amount,
and by a young woman from whom lie
stole a valuable scarfpin. He pleaded
guilty to the latter charge and was sen
tenced as told above. Among otner ex
ploits, he married a young girl, and de
serted her the next day after stealing
her sayings.
Movements of the Charleston.
Washington, May 30. No advices
from the Charleston were receivsd at the
navy department today, and she is prob
ably still at Callao coaling. No inform
ation can be obtained at the department
as to what instructions have been sent
her, but the opinion is that she has re
ceived orders to discontinue her efforts
to capture the Itata, and it is believed
that an arrangement for the peaceful sur
render of the Itata' has been made, and
that she will be turned over to this gov
ernment for trial. The Charleston
should finish coaling today, and if her
machinery is in order, proceed on her
voyage, but to what point cannot be
learned here. Some think she will pro
ceed to Iquique,' while others express the
opinion that she will return to San Fran
cisco and be held in readiness for duty
in Behring sea, shou.d her services be re
quired there. , ,
. Crops In California.
Sacramento, May 30. The crop report
by the state Agricultural fcociety says:
Northern Caiifornia hay, strawberries
and cherries were slightly damaged by
rain but the benefit to grain more, than
offsets the damage to hay that was down
and fruits that were ripe. Southern
California fruit trees show up better
than several weeks ago, especially apri
cots and peaches, but the ripening of
fruits is still retarded by the cool cloudy
weather. - Warmth and suhsbine are
needed to more rapidly advance fruit
ripening. Grapes are beginning to
bloom. '
A Letter From Our Mary. .
New York, May 30. Mary Anderson
De Navarro writes to a friend in this
city denying the report piblished re
cently to the effect that she is in abject
misery, etc. The letter concludes as fol
lows: - -
"We have taken a delightful house
here in Kent, where we expect to. live
for a long time to come. I am also
happy in thinking . I am done forever
with the glare and duplicitv of the stage
life." '
Sad Day at Johnstown.
Johnstown, Pa., May 30. The day
here was doubly sad, being observed
both in honor of dead soldiers and in
mourning for the thousands of lost in the
flood of two years ago tomorrow. Many
newspapers correspondents were here.
They formed a general flood association,
and next vear a memorial service and
dinner will be held in Pittsburg.
The Countess Must Act.
London, May 30. In an interview to
day Mr. Harris, manager, said Belle
Billon, who married Viscount Dunlo,
and who, bv the death yesterday of the
Earl of Clancarty, became Countess
Clancarty, is under contract with him to
play for a year. The terms of the con
tract, Harris declares, will be enforced.
If Belle Billon breaks the contract she
will have to pay a heavy forfeit.
The Rebellion at an End.
New York, June 1. Minister Price,
of Hayti, has received a dispatch from
Port An Prince, stating that the rebellion
which broke out there recently, has been
suppressed and forty rebels were execu
ted. Why do They Want Him?
St. John, N. B., June l.Sn- Leonard
Tilly, lieutenant governor of thisprov-j
ince, has been hastily snmmoned to
Ottawa. ' Nothing definite can be
learned as to the object of his mission. -
Blaine Is Better. ' :
New York, JuneSecretary Blaine,
accompanied by Mrs. Blaine and Mrs.
Damrosch, left this morning for Bar
Harbor, Maine. ".
Canada'. G. O. M. Rapidly Sinking.
Ottawa,' Ont, June I. At 1 -p. m.
Sir John is gradually growing weaker and
it is thought that he cannot last much
longer. -
Weather Forecast.
San Francisco, June 1. Forecast
for Oregon and Washington. Light
rains. .:
- San Francisco' Market. . '
Sam Francisco, June' ' 1. Wheat,
buyer '91, 1.75.
THEY SHOULD RESIGN.
The spectacle of Dr. Briggs and Heber
Newton holding on to membership, not
to say official positions, in churches to
whose teaching they are diametrically
opposed is neither edifying to the public
nor honorable to the gentlemen them
selves. When a preacher can no longer
teach the doctrines of a church he has
sworn to defend common honesty sug
gests his resignation. ' He has no busi
ness to rend a communion which has re
ceived him into its embrace. The world
is wide enongh and there is ample room
for his talents elsewhere. If Dr. Briggs
cannot believe in the inspiration of the
scriptures and the doctrine of the incar
nation and the resurrection, every
.principle of manhood demands that he
should sever his connection with a
church to which these are cardinal
truths.
A short time ago Dr. Bridgman, pastor
of a a Baptist church in New York city
embraced views, on the nature of future
punishment, at variance with those gen
erally held by that denomination, when
he quietly resigned despite the argent
entreaty of members of his church to re
main. No man. thinks, anything- the
less of Dr. Bridgman for having changed
his opinions and "he went out from the
church which he had so nobly served
with the respect of every man . in it,
whose love and respect are worth the
having." The future influence of such a
man, other things being equal, will be
tenfold greater than that of a cowardly
polemic who remains to distract and
rend a church with whose teaching he
has no sympathy.
WE MEAN BUSINESS.
We learn from the Goldendale Sentinel
that the Columbia River Navigation Co.,
have given a mortgage on the New York
Trust Co., for one million dollars, and
that the bond has been filed with the
county auditor at Goldendale. The same
paper informs us that Mr. Seabrook, the
civil engineer of the company has made
the statement that a large number of
men will soon be at work on the portage
on the Washington side of the dalles of
the Columbia. Mr. Seabrook informed
the Sentinel that the route will go about
two and a half miles north of Dalles City
but he gave it as his opinion that " the
ideas advanced by parties at The Dalles,
in regard to a portage being built on that
side of the river are somewhat vision
ary." We 'may not know exactly what
Mr. Seabrook means but if he intends to
say that the men who have incorporated
to build a portage on this side are not in
earnest, the gentleman was never more
mistaken in his life. If by " visionary"
Mr. Seabrook means that a road on this
side is impracticable, we answer, that is
a matter that has never been proved.
The incorporators of the TJregon portage
pat a surveying party in the field two
weeks ago and but for an accident that
caused the distraction of an important
surveying instrument, that cannot be re
placed without some delay, the survey
would, by this time, have been nearly
finished. As soon as the broken instru
ment can be replaced the survey will be
renewed. Till then and until the proof of
the practicability of the road has been
tested we mast content ourselves with
saying that we are dead in earnest about
having a portage on this side and fully
hope to accomplish our purpose.
Mr. William Holder, state lecturer for
the grange, returned yesterday from at
tending the meeting of the state grange
just held at Hillsboro. He says it was
the largest and most enthusiastic meet
ing the grange has had for many years,
Reports from all quarters showed that
the order was . never id a more prosper
ous condition : He attributes this largely
to the fact that the grange continues to
keep, aloof from all political entangle
ments. In common with many others
Mr. Holder believes that' no secret so
ciety should go into partisan politics.
steadfast adherence to this policy will
canse the grange to continue in vigorous
existence when other political farmers1
organizations shall have passed away
As an order, therefore, the grange will
not affiliate with any third party move
ment, while individual members are left
free to do as they please. Such a course
make the grange a poor field for the tal
ents of the chronic office-seeker or the
disgruntled politician, bat the order will
suffer nothing on this account. A vote
was taken on Wednesday on the question,
Where shall we "hold our next annual
meeting? and The Dalles lost it by only
one ballot. Salem was the place chosen,
A committee was appointed to draft (
new assessment law which would be
satisfactory to the grangers. The mem
bers of this committee are Judge Boise,
R. A. Irvine of Albany and J. Voofhees,
of Woodburn. Printed copies of the
bill will, in doe time, be distributed
among the grangers, so that its provis
ions may be thoroughly discussed before.
the next election, and those only sup
ported for office who will pledge them
selves in its favor. If the bill should
prove satisfactory to the grangers it may
cut no important figure in the next elec
tion. .If. the grange shall succeed in
framing and passing a good assessment
law they will have done no small service
to the country.- We are pleased to find
them engaged in this work and wish
them abundant success.
' The Eatt Oregonian says : "The pros
perity of a free people can never depend
upon 'putting money in circulation,' or
'liberal appropriations wisely made.' "
This may be a very sound maxim of
political economy for aught we know,
but ' the philosopher of the . Eatt Ore
gonian will have a heap of trouble in
convincing the people of these parts that
an appropriation, sufficiently "liberal'.'
to finish the. Cascade Locks and open the
Columbia river to. navigation and . so
"wisely made" that Jie "appropriation"
shall be contingent upon the . works . be
ing finished by contract, would not be a
very great stimulus to the prosperity of
the people of thelnland Empire.
LET VS BE FAIR.
What is one man's meat is another
man's poison is a very trite and homely
proverb but it applies with peculiar
force to the question of a protective
tariff. From a strictly non-partisan
stand-point it seems hardly fair to find
fault with the McKinley bill because, as
the New York Evening Post alleges, it
ha3 raised the price of such household
necessities as meats, flour, potatoes,
butter and other domestic products
about fifteen per cent. During the pas
sage of the bill both its friends and foes
protested they were fighting- in the
interest of the producers. If, as the
Post insinuates, higher prices for farm
products have resulted through the suc
cess of the protectionists, we submit,
that in all fairness, low tariff men should
be the last to complain. If these latter
really had the interest of the farmer at
heart when they fought for a low tariff
or a tariff for revenue only, they will
now rejoice at better prices and the
prospect of still better for farm products,
no matter by what means these prices
were brought about. It is nothing but
demagogy and the most contemptible
form of partisanship to appeal to the
working classes who are not farmers and
pointing to higher prices for such articles
as we have named say "Behold the effect
of a high tariff." The fact is, apart
from all politics, nothing gives us greater
hope for the prosperity of the whole
country in times to come than the pros
prospect of better prices for everything
the farmer has to sell. When the
farmer is prosperous, the whole country
is prosperous, and the man who loves
his country's prosperity better than
his party will rejoice in any honorable
measure that will accomplish this
result.
The Goldendale Seatinel facetiously re
fers to a class of farmers who " farm with
their mouth." They own no land, never
plowed a furrow in their lives, know
nothing of the art of tilling the soil, but
are ever ready to give the farmer lots of
advice as to what he should do and how
he should vote. The only thing that
this class produces is taffy which they
administer to the real farmers at cost.
Taffy, however, is poor stuff for steady
diet.
An exchange calls attention to the fact
that democratic papers all over the state
are waging a vigorous warfare against
protection principles as earnestly as if
an election was at hand while it is well
known that free trade is a question on
which that party is by no means unani-
Dighton, Mass., is the strawberry
growing center upon which Boston, and
New England in general, depends for its
luscious fruit; and j list now it is figuring
out that it lost $25,000 by the late cold
snap. ' -- -
Remember that you are not game just
because some Dig man makes you quail.
Of course the landlady expects yon to
plank down your Doard money.
Short Shrift.
One of the leading banking firms in
Paris, on the recommendation of a Lon
don correspondent, engaged an English
clerk of the name of Stephenson. For
about three years the man's punctuality
Was altogether unprecedented. He came
to his work at 9 in the morning and did
bot leave the office before the last stroke
of 5. He was not a man, he was a clock.
Besides, daring the whole time he never
asked for a holiday. One fine morning,
however, to the great surprise of his su
perior, -Stephenson blush5 ngly craved
permission to absent himself for an hour
on the following day.
Next day at 13 he left the office. It
was observed that a carriage stood wait-'
ing for him at the door. At 1 o'clock he
drove up again in the same carriage and
resumed his calculations as cool and self
possessed as if nothing had happened.
This short absence puzzled the brains of
all the employes in the bank. The prin
cipal himself, eager to obtain the solu
tion of the enigma, invited this paragon
of clerks to dinner. Between two glasses
of Chambertin the banker said, "You
will not think me indiscreet if I ask yon
what yon did with yourself in that hour's
leave of absence yon applied for last
Tuesday?"
"Oh! dear nor replied Stephenson, "1
went and got married!" Measager
Boiteox.
Insulted by a Woman.
"Oh, yes, m remember Detroit; no
fear about that," said sweet voiced Dora
Wiley as she rocked to and fro in an easy
chair in the Russell House. "I shall re
member it as the first place in which I
was really insulted, and by a woman
too."
"How and when did all this happen?"
asked the reporter.
"One night this week," continued Miss
Wiley in reply. "A woman satin one
of the boxes with her back to the stage.
One could bear that sort of thing for a
little while, but when an auditor turns
his or her back squarely on yon for a
whole evening yon cannot drive from
your mind the impression that an insult
is intended. Well, that was the feeling
that came to mind as scene after scene
of the play went by, and still that wom
an sat there.
"I became so annoyed exasperated, 1
might say that I could hardly sing at
all. It affected others on the stage the
same, but perhaps to a less extent. The
legitimate result, of coarse, was to take
onr minds off our work to a certain ex
tent, and to a measure the audience suf
fered by the acta of that one woman, al-1
though, perhaps, they may not have no- j
need it" Detroit Journal,
What an "Inch,r of Bain Means.
Few people can form a definite idea of
what is involved in the expression, "An
inch of rain." It may aid such to follow
this curious calculation: An acre is equal
to 6,272,640 square inches; an inch deep
of water on this area will be as many
cubic inches of water, which, at 227 to
tbe gallon, is 22,000 gallons. This im
mense quantity of water will weigh 220,-
000 pounds, or 100 tons. , One-hundredth
of an inch (0.01) alone is equal to one ton
of water to the acre. St. Lonis Bepublio.
- As Appropriate Costume.
"What was the idea of dressing the
little page at the Revere wedding like a
desperado?" .. . . ..
"Oh, he was to hold np the train, yon
knowf Puck.
WHEN MAN IS A FOOL.
When Ka M m Klaa
When he thinks he is a ' masher."
When he won't pay his honest debts.
Tt'I 1 1 1 ,
vt neu xic piuysaLtiuuLueriiian s game.
When he imagines himself a Jay
VjrOUld.
When he imagines himself an encyclo
peaia.
When lie thinks he is a better man
than anv one else.
.... -. ...
vv nen ne can put his name to an un
known man's note.
When he laughs and jeers at another
man s tailings.
When he talks politics to the detri
ment of his business.
When he tries to be a dude on a salary
of $11 a month.
When he thinks he is the only Christ
ian piaar in town.
w nen no tries to tell what mean peo
ple nis neign Dors are.
When he uses profane language to
emphasize an ordinary remark.
When he thinks the world is a hard,
mean, bad place, just because he has the
toothache.
When he savs another man is a fool
and scoundrel before analyzing his own
doubttul record.
When he attempts to pass himself off
as a single man and has a wife and six
children at home.
When be thinks he can keep a family
of nine children and three saloons on
one dollar a day,
When he pays ten dollars for soap to a
man on the streets.
When he tries to cut ice and drink
whiskey at the same time.
VV nen he takes another man to be a
bigger fool than himself.
W hen he thinks he can spend as much
monev as a man who makes ten times
his salary
When be keeps his children from
school because their clothes are a little
ragged.
V hen he thinks others will do more
for him than they can do for themselves.
When he does not take his home paper
because he has some little dislike for the
editor.
When he thinks that Major Handbury
is a friend ot the portage road. -
When he thinks he can get as much
news in any other paper as he can in
the Chronicle.
When he thinks he can do a succesful
business without advertising.
When he thinks his life is safe in rid
ing on the Union Pacific railroad.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DRoi
O. D. DOANE PHYSICIAN AND SUR
GEON. Office: rooms 5 and 6 ChaDman
Block. Residence over MeFarland & French's
store. - Office hours 9 to 12 A. M.t 2 to 5 and 7 to
8 P. M.
AS. BENNETT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Of-
flee in Schanno'a building, up stairs. The
Dalles, Oregon.
R. O. C. ESHELMAN Homoeopathic Phy
sician and buROEON. Office Hours : 9 1
to 12 a. u' ; 1 to 4, and 7 to 8 P' M. Calls answered
promptly dey or night' Office; upstairs In Chap-1
man uiock
D8IDDALL Dentist. Gas given for the
painless extraction of teeth. Also teeth
set on flowed aluminum plate. Rooms: Sign of
tne uoiaen room, econa street.
A R. THOMPSON Attoiinet-at-law. Office
In Opera House Block, n ashington street,
l oe uaiies, uregon
P. P. MAYS. B. B. HUNTINGTON. H. B. WILSON.
AYS. HUNTINGTON i WILSON Attok-
nkys-at-law. unices, vrencn s Diociover
First National Bank, 1 he Dalles, Oregon.
C.B.DUFOB. GEO. WATKINS. PBANK MENEFEX.
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CFUR, WATKINS A: MENEFEE ATTOB-
usauu am x . nr.XJrwimu XTasj "71 TO 7K unl TT
A C I OA 1 ilA tf JYtlMJin iUll, I L I iff I U OH 11 f f
Vogt Block. Second Street, Tbe Dalles. Oregon.
TTT H. WILSON Attobney-at-law Rooms
V . 52 and 53, New Vogt Block, Second Street,
The Dalles, Oregon.
S. L. YOUNG,
(Saeeessor to R. BECK.)
-DEALER IN-
Jewelry, Diamonds,
SMERWJUE):ETG.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
Repaired and Warranted.
ieS Secon l St.. The Dalles, Or.
FHEHCH St co.,
BANKERS.
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
Letters of Credit issued available in the
Eastern States.
Sight Exchange and Telegraphic
Transfers sold on jew i orx, (Jnicago, Jst.
Louis, San Francisco, Portland Oregon,
Seattle Wash., and various points in Or
egon and Washington.
Collections made at all points on fav
orable terms. . - . .
Notice to Taxpayers.
XTOTfCE IS HEREBY GIVE.V THAT THE
assessment roll for IS91, in bchool District
No. VI, Whsoo county, Oregon, is now in the
hands of the school clerk and open-for inspec
tion. All persons desiring a change fn their
aiuessinents are hereby required to appear before
the directors who will sit as a board of equaliza
tion on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the
1st, 2d and 3d dnys of June, 1891, and show cause
why their asxessment xhould be changed. Posi
tively no reductions will be allowed after
Wednesday, Jnne 3d.
By Order of the Directors.
J. M. HCNTINGTON,
ml5-jun3 School Clerk
$500 Re-ward!
We will psy tbe above reward for any ease of
Liver Complaint, liyspepsla. Sick Headacbe, in
digestion, Constipation or CrativencM we cannot
cure with West's Vegetable Liver Pills, when the
directions are strictly complied with. They are
purely vegetable, and never fail to give satisfac
tion. Sugar Coated. Large boxes containing 30
Pills, 26 cent. Beware of counterfeits and imi
tations. The genuine manufactured only by
THE JOHN V. WFST COMPANY, CHICAGO.
ILLINOIS."
BLAKKIEY HOUGHTON,
Prescription Druggists,
i 176 Beeoad St. The Dalles, Or,
WOT HE
CLOCKS
J. M. HUNTINGTON fe CO.
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Heal Estate and
Insoranee-fltili
Abstracts of, and Information Concera
ing Land Titles oh Short Notice.
Land for Sale ' and.'flotises ty - Rest
Parties Looking for Homes in
COUNTRY OR 1 CITY,
OR IN SEARCH "OF ""
Buiqe$ .Location
Should Call on or Write to a.
Agents for a Full Line of
Leaiii Fire fiMce Companies
And Will Write Insurance for '
",m;aB,";','.iuo-v
Correspondence SoliRiteoL1 'JsJT' fettefli-
Promptljr Answered. Call on or ' ;
' Address, ..
J.. HUiraEGTON'cp,i
Opera House Block, The, Dalles, Or.
SJUPES&HJ
Wlclesale and
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Fine Imported, Key West" &nj Doissstie
PAINT
Now is the time to paint your hooM
and if you wish to get the best quality
and a fine color use the . . -
Sherwin, Wflliams o.'s Paint
For those wishing to ses'the quality
and color of the above paint we tall their
attention to the residence of 8; Li Brooks,
Judge Bennett, Smith French and others
painted by Paul Ereft. ' ''-':
Snipes Sc Kinersly are agent for the
above paint for The Dalles. Or.
' , . '.' H!. .. ".
C. N. THORNBURY, . . T. A. HUDSON:
Latruec U.S. Land umce. Rotary rubiu
loaiiilDSI::
ROOMS 8 and 9i"0FFlGE BCODii,
- Postofflcs Box SSS, . r . . .
THE DALLES, OR.
Filings; Contests;
And all other Business in tire U. S. Laid OEc '
Promptly. Attended to. . :
Entries and the purchase ,Jof 'Railroad
Lands under the recent Forfeiture Att,
which we will have, and advise the pub
lic at the earliest date when such entries)
can be made. Look for advertisement
in this paper. - '
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sanity and leading to misery, dees; and daU,
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Prescription Drarrt,
175 Second St.
Tbe rjslles. Or.
D. P. Thompson' J. 6. bchiwck, H. M. Beau,
President. . Vlce-rresiaeni. . vwuusr.
THE DALLES. -
ORBQON
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A General Banking Business transacted
Deposits received, subject to bight
Draft or Check. '
Collections rnaae and proceeds promptly
remitted on day of collection. ..
Sight and Telegraphic Exchange sold oa
New York, San Francisco and Port
land.
DIRECTORS.
Thompson. Juo. S. Scmifc.
. Sparks. - Gio. A. IaxBs. '
. H. M. Biall. ,
20 REWARD.
WILL BE PAiO FOR Ali Y IKFORSIATIOK'
leading to the oouviction of parties cutting
he ropes or In any way interfering with the
wires, poles or lamps of The Elbctbic Lioa
Co. . , H.GLENN.
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