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THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1891.
NUMBERS
BURNEDTO DEATH.
Ao Early Morning Fire at Seattle
Causes the Death of One Man and
Horrible Suffering of Others.
The End of a Vendetta Won an Opera
Singer A Schooner Run Down
Noble Has Xot Resigned.
-. Seattle, Wash., July 30. A fire early
this morning broke oat in the Montana
livery stables, completely destroying the
. ft tables together with a saloon and lodg
ing "house and three Chinese stores,
Many of the' occupants of the lodging
. house barely escaped with their lives
" .The-tdiarred remains of George Williams
a meat monger, was found in the ruins
of a lodging bouse.' He lay with his
face down.. A negro cook and his wife
ure at Providence hospital, probably
fatally burned. xiarly this morning
during the progress of the fire the negro
jumped head first from the building.
His form was covered with flames. As
ha fell his bones were heard to crack
The burned flesh hung in shreds from
his quivering form. The woman also
jumped and when she fell the blood
streamed .from her mouth, nose-and ears.
They were moved to the hospital and
are suffering the most intense agony.
Bunring the burning of one of the
Chinese stores an explosion of fire crack
era sounded like a war of artillery.
A fireman -came near loosing his life.
The horses that were turned loose from
the Montana stables . rushed madly
through the streets causing the crowd
to stampede frightfully.
.It required tremendous work to save
the surrounding buildings. There were
six buildings burned. The loss is $50,
000. Insurance less than $10,000.
THI OSLY ONI HANGED.
Te Lmsk Ob of m Noted Lot of MErder-
tnHMti Hla Death on the
Scaffold.
, Hocstos, Tex., July 31. Williams, a
colored man was hanged today at the
"TcQTjnty jail. The crime for which Will
was executed was the killing of Dr.
S. A. Shambler on the night of July 31st,
' 18&8. His was the first murder that be
came a notable vendetta between what
was here known as the " Joly Biry" and
"Woodpecker" factions in Fort Bend
county. The warfare existed two years
between .these, factions exterminating
whole families - and scores of men were
murdered during its reign. Williams
waa the only person who has met a judi
cial death. His" execution was on the
account of Dr. Shambler who was a
prominent "JojjJJird," or democratic
leader of the opposition to those who
were controlling the political destiny of
Fort Bend county at that time. Will
iams was "Woodpecker," or republi
can. On the night of the assassination
Dr. Shambler was holding family
prayer near Richmond, . Fort Bend
county, when he was shot to death.
Winding; Cp in - Insurance Association
Albast, N. Y.K July 31. Superin
tendent of Insurance Pierce, upon re
ceiving the report of the examination
made by his deputy in the affairs of the
Flour City Life Insurance association, of
Rochester requested the attorney-general
to take steps to dissolve the corporation
on the ground of fraud. The deputy
. nd several officers of the Flour City Life
Insurance association are already nnder
arrest and indicted for forgery and fraud,
, A Large Undertaking?"
Clxvlasd. O., July 31. Colonel S.
C. Reynolds, the millionaire grain mer
chant of Toledo, has just returned from
Knglacd, where he has succeeded inor
. ganizing a company with a capital of
2,500,0C0 to operate a line of steamers
direct from Toledo and other Lake Erie
porta to Liverpool. . '
Tn Xtasslan Edict Not Suspended.
Washington, July 31. Acting Secre
tary Wharton, 'asserts positively that
the department of state is without any
information respecting the alleged sus-
jienaion of the Russian edict against the
Jews.' "Private advices say that things
are worse than ever.
THE SALMON CATCH.
Fishermen Estimate That It Will Not
be as Light as Anticipated.
Astobia, July 29. The heavy shortage
in the 1891 salmon pack bids fair to lie
much less than has been predicted, and
if the August catch comes anywhere
near that of the past ten days the pack
will be about the same as last year.
Cannery men estimate the pack at the
present time at from 20,000 to 60,000
cases short of that of a corresponding
period last season, a majority of the can
ners stating that the shortage will not
exceed 30,000 cases. The light pack at
the Cascades has been the prime factor
in causing this shortage, as it is said to
be 05,000 cases short of last season. Last
week the run was very good, and some
of the gill net men reported as high as
US fish in a single night, but this run
has slacked away again and many boats
came in today with but three or four fish, i
the high boat for season, so far as
known has in but 1600 fish, and many
boats hare not 500. During the past
month the gill-oet men have been lish
ing well down toward the bar, but no
lives have been lost in this vicinity, and
but four fatal accidents have occurred
this season. The traps and stinec have
done well this season, a few of the trap-
men clearing neariv $10,000 apiece and
one seining outfit over $15,000. Ten ar
rests for illegal nshtng were made last
Saturday night and the lawbreakers fined
from ?50 to $100.
HIS SENTENCE COMMUTED.
WANT A MILLION DOLLARS.
Salt
Palled a
A Ketired Army Officer Who
Governor's Nose.
Capb Mat. N. J.. July 29. The presi
dent this morning acted on several par
don cases, one of which was that of Cap
tain George J. Armes. Ihe occurrence
which led to a trial by court-martial of
Armes, created considerable excitement
at the time. Armes at the inauguration
of President Harrison, was a retired
army officer, living in Washington. On
inauguration day Armes received a fan
cied grievance from some Pennsylvania
officials. A few evenings afterwards he
met Governor Bearer, of Pennsylvania.
in the lobby of a hotel, and publicly in
sulted him, even going so far as to "poll
his nose. Armes was tried by court
martial for couduct unbecoming an offi
cer and a gentleman, and was found
guilty and sentenced to dismissal from
the army. The president subsequently
commuted the sentence and ordered
Armes to be restricted within a limit of
fifty miles of the District of Columbia
for three Years. Unon recommendation
of the secretary of war, the president
has commuted this sentence, and Armes
in future can go where he pleases.
J. Klcrnan and Friends Begin a
Against Banker Ladd for that
Amount.
Portland, Aug. 1. A suit involving
over a million dollars was begun today
in the circuit court by J. Kiernan, et. al.,
against the Portland Flouring Mills
Company and W. S." Ladd.et. al. Plain
tiffs allege that they were stockholders
in the original corporation of the Port
land Flouring Mill Company which in
1883 became financially involved to W.
S. Ladd. The company passed a resolu
tion that Ladd, president, and James
Steel, secretary, secure a purchaser for
the property on which the mill stood as
well as the mill. They allege that Ladd
and Steel never .made any effort to se
cure purchasers, but conveyed the prop
erty without any consideration and that
Neal was simply Ladd's agent. After
wards it is claimed W. S. Ladd, W. M.
Ladd and C. A. Neal incorporated the
new company, calling it the Portland
Flouring Mills Co., and had t he property
conveyed to them by Neal. Plaintiffs
claim that the entire transaction was
fraudulent. They ask that the sale be
set aside and that they may recover the
profits made by the new corporation.
AN EXCITING EVENT.
Tenny
and Longstreet Doing
at Morris Park.
Battle
POSSIBLE AMALGAMATION.
Noble Has Not Resigned.
Washington, July 31. Acting Secre
tary Chandler of the interior department
stated .very positively that the report
which baa again been circulated that
Secretary .Noble had tendered his resig
nation was untifL. - "
Woman Saffrage .Defeated.
Sydjoxy, N. 8. W July 31 The mo
tion of Sir Henry Parkes in favor of
. granting the rights of suffrage to women
in New South Wales has been rejected
by a vote of 57 to 34 by the legislative
assembly. '
.. . . More Reciprocity.
Madrid, Aug. 1. The official Gazette
today publishes a decree promulgating
new treaty between the United States
"and Spain in regard to trade between
the United States and Cuba and 'Port
CEico. ' r - 7
The Prohibition Ticket In Iowa May be
Withdrawn.
Deb Moinks, la., July 29. Within the
past few davs facts have drifted to the
surface in Iowa politics which would
not render it surpassing if the prohibi
tion ticket was withdrawn from the
field. If the step is not' taken it will
be because of the 30,000 anti-prohiblt!on
republican votes the latter party will be
f : J I i it Sa. 1 U t 1;
airaiu ui luuiug 11 it auouiuerB uie proui-
bition burden outright. That negotia
tions have been pending for some time
between -- the republicans and the
prohibition leaders . looking to
ward amalgamation of the two
parties noue deny. A circular
has been issued by Thomas Orwig, the
acknowledged leader of the prohibition
ists, in which be attempts to feel the
public pulse by praising the republican
party, and hinting that in view of the
fact thnt the republicans have in tunes
psiKt assisted the prohibitio.nsts all in
their Dower, a return of the com rjliinent
would now be in order. His circular has
led the democratic press of the Btate to
make good the assertion that the repub
iicans sold their party to the cold water
men.
AN ANCIENT RELIC.
Mobbis Pabk, Aug. 1. Surging, jost
ling, pushing, thousands assembled here
today to see the battle for $12,000, and
the championship of the turf for Tenny
and Longstreet admitted the best horses
in training in America. A more perfect
day could not have been made. The
track was perfect. As the day wore on
the betting was spirited with slight odds
toward Tenny.
The other eyenta on the programme
which would have been interesting any
other day paled into insignificance, and
but one thought seemed to possess the
25,000 human beings present.
Frequent and anxious were the inqui
ries both as to the condition of the flyers
and each inquiry was met by the assur
ance that they were fit to run for a life.
Inquiries also extended to the jockles
and Hamilton who will ride Longstreet,
and Barnes who will mount Tenny, were
pronounced in better condition in keep
ing with the animals. Each jocky rode
at 126 pounds. -
Longstreet won by twelve lengths,
time, 2:07).
MORE TRADE FOR THE V. S.
TERRIBLE MASSACRE.
One Hundred and Fifty Men, Women
and Children Were Slaughtered in
a Small Village in Paraguay.
The Blood Thirsty Brutes Celebrate the
Occasion by Wild Orgies Bandit
Bentz at the Head of it all.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
New Yobk, Aug. 3. fhe morning
papers says, "HarrowiDg details of a ter
rible massacre of inoffensive residents of
an Isolated village in Paraguay, by half
savage natives reached this city by mail
According to advices 150 men, women
and children were slaughtered, and then
the butchers celebrated their victory In
wild orgies. The affair occurred on the
night of March 10th, and the news was
delayed in reaching here bv the lack of
facilities for communication. The at-
tacting band was headed by the notor
ions Bandit Bents and numbered about
fifty men.'
SUMMONED TO 'ARMS.
An
The Garment Supposed to Have Been
Worn by the Savior to be Exhibited.
Tbibb, Aug. 1. The holy coat of Trier,
the garment supposed to have been
worn by our Savior, will be exhibited at
the cathedral here for six weeks, com
mencing August 18. Fully 2,000,000 pil
grims are expected to visit Trier during
that time. The relic is said to have
been given as a present to the bishopric
of Trier by St. Helen, mother of the
emperor Constantine, upon the latter's
conversion to Christianity. The robe
itself is tunic, about five feet long, cut
narrow at the shoulder, and gradually
widening toward the knees. It is woven
out of one piece without any seam. The
material is supposed to have been linen.
but great age prevents an exact exami
nation. It is enclosed in an outcasing
of purple and gold cloth, supposed to
have been added some time in the sev
enth century in order to preserve the
relic.
Forcibly Abd acted.
Cincinnati. Julv 29. Two years aeo
Minnie Allen, a former member of the
Kosino Yokes company, married J.
Clarence Harvey, of the Wilbur Opera
Company. Recently she discovered that
uarvey, or Dotty, which is his real
name, had a wife in Saratoga and an
other in Washington. She then left
him. Duffy made several attempts to
see her, but failed until today, when he
met her on the street. With a revolver
he forced her into a carriage and she has
not been seen since.
Washington's Most Direct Descendant.
Dennison, Tex., July 29. Martha D.
Washington, of this city, and widow of
the late Dr.. Washington, died here to
day, aged seventy-one. The deceased
was the wife of the grandson of the il
lustrious father of his country, and per
haps the most direct descendant, as the
home in this city contains a sword, sev
eral letters and other articles belonging
to (jeneral Washington.
Kan Down a Schooner.
Losbon, July 31. The British steamer
Godnunding was in a collision with the
Norwegian schooner Lorma of Dover last
night. .The schooner was sunk and
right of her crew drowned.
' Captared an Opera Singer.
London, July 31. Miss Emma Earn
est, an operatic artist, was married to
iay at the registrate's office to a son of
W. W. Story, the well known sculptor.
The Fsaal Failure.
. - Wokcbhteb, Jnly 31. E. Holland &
Co, heavy manufacturers of ladies'
fhoes b y assigned. Assets and liabili
ties noVwfated.
Killed ' by an Explosion.
Cob ex a, Aug. 1. An explosion
day in the fireworks factory killed
people and injured many more. .
to-six
The Cost of Benntng Sngar.
Boston, July 26. A former refiner of
sugar in Boston estimates that the Amer
ican Sugar Refining company is today
conducting operations upon such an ex
tensive scale and with such an economy,
impossible under the old system of in
dividual refineries, that the cost of re
fining of sugar is not above .40 of a cent
per pound.
Steamer Reaches Port on Fire.
London, Aug. 1. The British steamer
Angelica from Cardiff for the Mediter
ranean, returned to the port from whence
she sailed on fire. Three of her crew
were bnrned to death.
President Harrison Announces Recipro
cal Relations with San Domingo "
on Many Articles.
Washington, Aug. 1. The president
today issued a proclamation mnouncing
reciprocity with San Domingo, under
the act of last October which with view
to securing reciprocal trade exempt from
duty, as sugar, molasses, coffee KHd
hides are imported into the United
States. By this treaty the following ar
ticles manufactured in the United States
will be admitted free of duty in the Do?
mingo Republic after Sept. 1st, 1891:
live animal meats of all kinds except
ing smoked; various kinds of cereals
and their flour; hay plants and seeds;
cotton seed oil and cake, coal, turpen
tine, etc; mining, manufacturing and
gricultural machinery ; railway mater
ial and hardware of various sorts ; cine,
lead, tin and copper in various forms;
building and ship material ; paper print
ed matter ; inks, etc ; gold and silver,
coin and bullion.
Attempt by Speculators to Bring
About a Decline In Securities.
Babcklona, Aug. 3. Great excite
ment was caused in this city last "night
by what was for a time believed to be a
revolutionary movement by the repub
lican party, but which subsequently
proved to be a desperate attempt upon
the party of certain speculators on the
bourse to bring about a decline in the
prices of securities. A band of 160 men
armed with rifles and revolvers, slyly
approached the buildings and attempted
to surprise the guards, it being their in
tention to force their war into the bar
racks. For a short time a regular battle
was fought and a number on both sides
wounded. In the meantime the officers
stationed at the barracks snmmoned the
troops to arms and in a very short time
the attacking party surrendered and the
whole party placed under arrest. They
will be tried by court martial and the
chances are they all will be shot.
1,000,000 IN SMOKE.
Twenty-Fifth Reunion of the Vet-
Dbtboit, Aug. 1. The city is already
eleborately'decor-kted for the twenty-
fifth reunion of the G. A. R. The regis-
istration committee have received rotice
from over 300 regimental organizations
representing forty-five of the states and
territories. Over 30,000 individuals are
assigned to accommodations. It is ex
pected that by Monday morning over
40,000 veterans will be provided for
while fully half as many more .will be
guests of citizens.
Wheat Harvest In Progress.
Portland, Aug. 1. The crop bulletin
issued today by the Oregon weather bur
eau says that the wheat harvest is in
progress in every section of the state.
Wheat is yielding from 20 to 40 bushels
per acre. The berry is large and plump.
The surplus wheat in Oregon and Wash
ington will be from seventeen to twenty
millions of bushels:. - -
Omaha's New Labor Law.
Omaha, Aug. 1. The eight hour law,
passed by the last legislature, went into
effect today. Employing job printers of
the city refused to comply with it this
morning and locked out all of their em
ployes. -
Foreign World Fair Committee.
Berlin, Aug. 3. The foreign com
mittee on Chicago World's fair arrived
here today from Paris.
Must Pay 85 Per Cent, on Fishing Twine.
Washington, Aug. 1. The treasury
department has acquiesced in the decis
ion of the circuit court for the northern
district of California in the suit of Lee
son against Ex-Collector Sullivan. The
decision is to - the effect that salmon
seine and gilling twine is dutiable at the
rate of 25 per cent, ad valorem.
Paymaster Canby Given a New Position.
Washington, Aug. 1. Major Jas. P.
Canby; paymaster, has been' relieved
from duty as chief paymaster of the
department of the Columbia and will
proceed to Los Angeles to report to the
commanding general of phe department
for Arizona for duty as chief paymaster'
of that department.
Bank of Rome In Financial Straits.
New York, Aug. 1. A London special
says: "Considerable alarm is felt in
Rome over rumors of the impending
closing of the hank of Rome. The bank
is an old Catholic institution and it is
said that Pope Leo has advanced 2,000,
000 francs and thus averted the threat
ened disaster.
Lock Out of Printers.
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 1. The eight hour
law passed by the last legislature went
into effect today. The employing job
printers of the city refused to comply
with it this morning and locked out all
of their employees.
The Weather. -
San Fbancisco, Aug. 3. Forecast for
Oregon and Washington, light rains
Northeasterly Oregon and Northern
Washington. .
A Chicago Dry Goods Store Destroyed
by Fire Covered by Insurance.
Chicago, Aug. 3. A fire involving
losses estimated to be at least $1,000,000,
broke out this morning in the large re
tail dry goods store of Siegle, Cooper &
Co. Alxut twenty-five employes were
in the building at the time, bnt all of
them, as far as known, managed to es
cape uninjured, except one cash boy
who was on the third floor. He started
to come down the fire escape but fell
receiving severe injuries. There were
three watehmen in the building who
have not been accounted for. The
building was entirely gutted and the
north wall fell in after the interior of
the iron works softened by the heat,
The firm carried a stock worth $500,000,
The loss is believed to be covered bv in
surance.
An Important Gathering.
Chicago. Aug. .3. The officers and
directors of the Pan-American Trans
portation .company, an organization
formed for the purpose of putting on
line of steamers between the Southern
part of the United States and the prin
cipal ports of South America, to Central
America and the West Indies," are in
session in this city today. The purpose
of the meeting is to map out work more
completely and perfect arraugements for
floating additional securities to carry it
on to the amount of $1,000,000.
To Test the Eight-Hour Law.
Omaha, Aug. 3. There has been no
fresh trouble at the Omaha & Grant
smelter. At the hour for the day shift
to go on duty about 400 men gathered at
the gate. No one went to work except a
half dozen men who emptied the silver
furnaces. As soon as this was done the
smelter closed. A number of manufact
urers have clubbed together and will
test the eight-hour law in court.
Chief Justice Fuller In Portland.
Pobtland, Aug. 8. Mellville W. Ful
ler, chief-justice of the United States
supreme court, arrived in this city this
morning from Tacoma. This forenoon
be sat on the bench with District Judge
Deady. This afternoon a reception will
be tendered him by the Portland bar
association. Justice Fuller .leaves to
night for the east.
An Old Land Mark Burned.
Paxmsr, Mass., Aug. 3. The Weeks
house, an old land mark, burned this
morning. Rev. Mr. Williams, a retired
Congregational minister, was burned to
death. Other guests, who had a narrow
escape, lost all of their enects. Loss
$30,000.
The G. A. R. Veterans Assemble.
Detroit, Aug. 3. The veterans of the
G. A. R. are arriving by thousands,
every incoming train bringing another
throng to mingle with the . multitude
already here. General Veagie, of Ver
mont, commander-in-chief, arrived this
morning. -
Shot by a Gambler.
Seattle, Aug 3. John Donahue, an
old miner, was shot through the right
leg today in the Bijou saloon by John
Boyle, a gambler. Little can be learned
of the cause of the shooting but it is sup
posed to have been over cards.
Election at Cherokee.
Tahlequah, I. T., Aug. 3. The gen
eral election of the Cherokee nations
takes place today. ' There are three
candidates in the field for chief.
Assignment of a Real Estate Operator.
Boston, Aug. 3. Lemanal Hans, real
estate operator at Allston, ' Mass., as
signed; liabilities $500,000 and assets
$100,000. '
Ch lea go Wheat Market.
Chicago, III., Aug. 3. Close;
wheat, firm, cash &843ii September,
XK.
San Franelseo Market.
San : Fbancisco, Aug. ' 8. . W heat
buyer 1, 1.63; season, l.87J.
ine aiversLUed opinions or the press
of the country on the renomination of
Governor Campbell by the Ohio demo
crats and the adoption of a platform
favoring a revenue tariff, free coinage of
of silver and a graduated income tax
ought to make a very interesting chapter
for the readers of the Chronicle. The
Philadelphia Pres (rep.) says: "The
Ohio platform brings the country face
to face with silver inflation on the old
battle field of sound currency Ohio.
The republican party, in the act of July
14, 1890" planted itself, on the sound
economic policy of using silver at its
market price to the full amount of the
American product as a basis of currency.
Any .currency based on metal valued
above its market price is by that extra
price a phautom currency. The one
safe basis for currency is a metal taken
nt its market price in the world's market,
Democratic success will mean free silver
just as democratic success would have
meant, fifteen years ago, the repeal of
the resumption act and free ereen
backs." The Baltimore Sun (dem.)
says: "The free silver plank in
the Ohio platform was adopted
against the protest of nearly balf the
convention and as public sentiment is
developed it will be fonnd that even in
those sections in which free coinage is
strongest the party is divided in a way
that forbids the idea of unanimity. A
declaration of doctrine made by so slight
a majority as in Ohio. practically
amounts to very little as an expression
of party principle and is calculated to
do far more harm than good. Those
whom it is intended to court are not
likely to be fully satisfied with a pro
nunciamento that virtually comes from
but one-half the party and which they
may be inclined to think, is made only
for political effect, while many inde
pendents who would vote with the dem
ocrats on all other issues will be likely
to be frightened off by one which they
consider pregnant with menace." The
New York Press (rep.) says: "As a
matter of fact the adoption of a
plank in favor of free coinage of silver
was effected by a bargain between the
silver men and the democrats of Ohio.
At the meeting of the National Silver
Executive committee held in this city a
week or ten days before the 'Ohio demo
cratic convention, it was agreed that a
large sum of money, at least half a mill
ion dollars, should be raised and poured
into Ohio for the democrats if they
would adopts free coinage plank and
make that one of the leading issues of
the campaign. Agents from the com
mittee went direct to Ohio and were
in attendance on the democratic
convention, and the free silver plank
was, the "result." The Denver. Newt,
(dem.) says: "In dealing with the silver
question the Ohio democracy rises to an
attitude of moral and intellectual
grandeur. There is no evasion. It
scorns the sneaking pusillanimous atti
tude of its republican predecessor which
nominated McKinley, and extolled the
virtues of the present law impotent for
everything except injury to the silver
cause and injustice to miners every
where. If Campbell wins, the national
conventions of both parties will be forced
to approve free coinage and President
Harrison will not dare to veto such a
measure when passed by the coming
congress. Three cheers for Campbell
and the free and unlimited coinage of
silver !"
lines upon it." The Pittsburg Dispatch,
(ind.) says the graded income tax plank
is a "tub to the farmers' alliance whale.
The New York Sun, (dem.) calls an in
come tax, "class legislation of the worst
sort." It shows that in 1870, when the
tax was still in force as a war measure
it was paid by only one adult male out
of every thirty. The New York Trib
une, (rep.) says : "Not only have they
(the Ohio democrats) committed them
selves to class legislation on a tremend
ous scale but ihey have invited unpopu
larity by demanding a revival of the
most odious methods of war taxation
which cann it be enforced without the
establishment of a system of inquisition
and espionage repugnant to American
ideas and abhorrent to the free citizen
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
WM. SAUNDERS Abchitkct. Plns and
specifications furnished for dwelling,
cnurches, business blocks, schools and factories.
Charges moderate, satisfaction guaranteed. Of
fice over French's bank. The Dalles, Oregon.
D
R. J. SUTHERLAND Faixow of Trinity
Medical College, and member of the Cal.
lege ot fiiysicisns ana Surgeons, Ontario, Phy
sician and Surgeon. Ollioe; rooms 8 and 4 Chap
man block. Residence; Judge Thornbury's Sec
ond street. Office hours; 10 to 12 a. m., 2 to -4
and 7 to 8 p. m.
D
R. O. D. DOANE physician and bub
OKOK. Office: mnmn .1 nntl A rhanmin
Block. Residence over McFarland & French's
store. Office hours to 12 A. M., 2 to 5 and 7 to
8 P.M.
AS. BENNETT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
flee in Schanno'a building, up stain.
Dalles, Oregon.
Of-The
ROAD ITSFLF THE IMPORTANT
THING.
The Portland Telegram, puts the case
fairly and well when it says that, "It is
natural for the people and papers of The
Dalles to desire the portage road built on
the Oregon side of the river, but this is
not the important feature of the ques
tion. Other things being equal, all the
people of Oregon would prefer the road
to be built on the Oregon side. Yet the
important thing is the road itself, not
the question whether it is on one side of
the river or the other. That is a matter
for honest, capable, unprejudiced engi
neers to determine. We hope their de
cision may favor the Oregon side ; but if
the other side is the best there it must
go." So far as this journal is concerned
it has never asked more than this. A
portage road around The Dalles and
Celilo is for the benefit of the country
east of here and not specially for this
city. So far as we are concerned we
will have an outlet to Portland and As
toria even if the road in question should
never be built. While not ignoring the
fact that a road on this side would
greatly benefit this city we hope we are
more anxious for an open river than for
any special benefit that might accrue
from its location in Oregon. At the
same time a portage on this side that
would tap Sherman county would be a
paying investment if they had a hundred
roads on the other side, and, believing
that such a road can be built and oper
ated for nearly half the cost of one in
Washington we believe that in the long
run it will be built here.
D8IDDALL Dentist. Gas given for the
painless extraction of teeth. Also teeth
et on flowed aluminum plate. Rooms: 81gn of
uxb uoiaen loom, becona street.
AH. THOMPSON A ttornkt-at-law. Office
in Opera House Block, Washington Street,
T. T. MATS. B. 8. HUNTINGTON. H. S. WILSON.
VTAYS, HUNTINGTON WILSON attor.
.M nbts-at-law. Offices, French's block over
riro national uaiuc, me Dalles, Oregon.
I.B.DCnjB, OKO. WATKINS. FRANK HKKKFKZ.
DUFUR, WATKIN8 & MENEFEE ATTOB-nevs-at-law
Rooms Nos. 71, 78, 75 and 77,
Vogt Block, Second Street, The Dalies, Oregon.
WILSON ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Rmmi
52 and 53. New Voet Hlnrk. anwnil Kfroot
The Dalles, Oregon.
S. L. YOUNG,
(Snocessor to B. RECK.)
THE. TYGH HILL ROAD.
The St. Paul Pre (rep.) says: "In
declaring for the complete abolishment of
the protective system, the question which
the voters of Ohio have to decide is not
whether the particular measure fathered
by McKinley was wise or right but
whether any sort of protection shall be
afforded to American industries. And
on the silver question they have to de
cide, not whether the silver bill which
passed the last congress was a wise and
judicious measure but whether they
want to drive all gold out of the country
with the depreciated silver dollar as the
standard of value." The Richmond
State (dem.) Bays: "The platform is
manly throughout. Even the silver
plank, mistaken we believe, is outspoken
and to the point, free from so many of the
demigogical suggestions generally lugged
in by silveritea on all occasions. - The
tariff is the real issue and is ho experi
ment like silver legislation. It has been
tried. The depressed condition of the
country . nnder McKinleyism proves
what the republican party has done.'
The Minneapolis Journal, (ind.) says
The silver plank was carried but it
struck upon rocks, going through.
When 300 democrats out of 700 de
clare for honest money, in a state
like Ohio, where there has been so
much leaning to inflation in the
past, there is some encouragement to
believe that a reaction will set
in against the free coinage fad which
will save the country from the bitter ex
perience its effectuation would entail.'
The Birmington, Ala.,. Age-Herald
(dem.) says: "There is no longer any
room to question that free cofnage is a
cardinal doctrine of the democratic faith
and that it will be made a plank of the
next National platform." . The New
York Time (dem.) says : "Free coinage
is in no sense a state issue and the Ohio
democrats have blundered badly regard
ing it." The Atlanta Conttitution (dem.)
says : "Some of the Wall street organs
are making an' effort to show that there
was a division of sentiment in the con
vention on the silver question.' There
was really no difference of opinion on
the silver questiqnbhT a minority
thought that, the best policy would be to
make something of a compromise by
using ambiguous language."- The Chi
cago Herald (dem.) says: "The one
issue in Ohio is the McKinley
bill. It was . bad generalship in
leaders of the democracy, after accepting
that issue, to add a subsidiary one to it.
The silver question is not yet a party
question and neither democrats nor re
publican! are prepared to draw party
Mr. William McCorkle.theTygh Vall
ey miller, is in the city. From him we
learn with regret that nothing has been
done for a long time regarding the open
ing of the Tygh Mountain road. The
people whose interests are most deeply
concerned are those who treat the matter
with the greatest indifference. Subscrip
tion lists sent to prominent points in
and around Tygh Valley brought little
or no response. Mayor Mays put down
his name for $150, A. J. Dufur $100 and
Mr. McCorkle $75, and a few others
smaller sums and then the matter came
to a dead stop. We ars sorry for this
indifference and still think a better or
ganized effort might have done better,
The getting of subscriptions was left oo
much to that shiftless personage known
as "everybody." A mass meeting ought
to be held and a committee appointed,
of enterprising and active citizens, who
would be willing to sacrifice a little time
on a work of such importance. There
is not a doubt in the world that The
Dalles would help liberally and just as
little that the county court would do the
same. But really the people directly in
teres ted must do some rustling them
.selves or they will never get the road
opened. "God helps those who help
themselves." The road is needed as
everyone knows. Mr. McCorkle says : "I
have traveled on foot from the Columbia
river to the isthmus of Panama and on
nearly every road from the Pacific Ocean
to the Rocky Mountains and there is no
road in America as bad as the road over
Tygh Hill." .
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DEALER IN
WflTCR CLOCKS,
J. M. HUNTINGTON & CO
flbstraeters,
Heal Estate and
. Instance flgetits.
Abstracts of. and Information Concern
ing Land Titles on Short Notice.
Land for Sale and Houses to Rest -
Parties Looking for Homes in
COUNTRY OR CITY,
OB IN SEARCH OF
Bngiqe Locaiion?,
Should Call on or Write to uj.
. Agents for a Full Line of
leaiiBi Fire taraice Comp'aula
And Will Write Insurance for
on all
Correspondence Solicited. All ! Letter
Promptly Answered. Call od or
Address, :
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Opera House Block, The Dalles, Or.
Jewelry, Diamonds,
SMERWAHE,:-:ETG.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
Repaired and Warranted.
165 Second St.. The Dalles, Or.
Phil Willig,
124 UNION ST., THE DALLES, OR
OREGON
OUGHT TO
PORTAGE.
HAVE A
One thing is certain, if the present
agitation for a portage around the Dalles
should result in nothing being done till
the next meeting of the legislature we
can, without a question, obtain an ap
propriation from the legislature to build
one on the Oregon side. If the question
were carried into the next campaign not
a man could go to the legislature from
any county in Eastern Oregon .bordering
onor near the Columbia river who would
not pledge himself to vote for an appro
priation. More than this, if the state
portage at the Cascades is a success, as
we fully expect it to be, and another
around the Dalles can be built and
equipped for anything like the sum of
Engineer Norton't estimate, we see no
reason in the world why the legislature
would not make an appropriation of a
quarter of a - million so. that Oregon
could have a portage of her own. If a
competent survey had been made before
the meeting of the last legislature, we
have not a doubt in the world that an
appropriation would have been made
ana the road would now be in process of
construction.
Keeps on hand a full line of
MEN'S AND YOUTH'S
Ready Made Clothing.
Pants and Suits
MADE TO ORDER
On Reasonable Terms.
Call and see my Goods before
Durchasing elsewhere.
A NEW
UBdertaMag Esteblishment !
PRINZ & NITSCHKE.
DEALERS IN
Furniture and Carpets.
We have added to our business a
complete Undertaking . Establishment,
and as we are in no way connected with
the Undertakers' Trust our prices will
be low accordingly.
Remember our place on Second street,
next to Moody's bank. .
FRENCH St CO.,
BANKERS.
TRANSACT A GENERAL BAKRINU BUSINESS
SSIPES k fflllSE
WMesals and Hetafl DrStfstl
-DEALERS IN-
mnrhm
Fine imported, Key West and Be:
PAINT
Now is the time to paint your , houM
and if you wish to get the beat quality
and a fine color use the
-Shenvin, Williams Cos Piiiit
. .
For those wishing to see the quality
and color of the above paint we call their'
attention to the residence of S. L. Brooka
Judge Bennett, Smith French and othera
painted by Paul Kreft.
Snipes & Kinersly are agents for the
above paint for The Dalles, Or, :.
C. N. THORNBURY, "
urn aec. u. d. Lena vmoe.
t. a; Hudson;
, Notary Public
H0P1T
U. S. Land Office Attopneysy
Rooms 7 and 8, U. & Land -Office
Building, .
THE DALLES, - - - OREGON.
Filings, Contests,
And Business of ail Kinds Before the local"
and General Land Office ; .
Promptly Attended to. '
Over Sixteen Tears Experience.
-wa ALSO DO A-
eneral Real Estate Easiness;1
All Correspondence Promptly Antwered. "
Health is Wealth !
AVE-
fit H
A TOUGH STORY.
A paragraph is going the rounds of the
Oregon press that contains some very
interesting figures on the sheep industry
of Eastern Oregon. These figures are
the same in every instance and we have
met them in fully half a dozen exchanges
else we should have supposed that
some printer had blundered. The num
ber of sheep in Eastern Oregon is given
every time as 150,000 and the number
of pounds of wool produced by these
same 150,000 sheep is 8,978,123 pounds.
The amount is an average of very nearly
sixty pounds of wool to each sheep. The
story is a little tough, but then the edi
tors, some of whom employ the passing
moments in writing learned essays on
the destructive effects of the Hessian flv
on the orchards of the country, have said
it and it must be true. Still it's tough
as we remarked before.
Letters of Credit issued available in he
Eastern States. -
Sight Exchange and Telegraphic
musters sola on JNew I orx, Unicago, St.
Louis, ban franci sco, Portland Oregon,
Seattle Wash., and various points in Or
egon and Washington.
Collections made at all points on fav
orable termi".
pop Sale at a Bargain.
A GOOD
Traction ' Engine ,
Has only been run sixty days.
Buflalo Pitts Thresher
Only used two months.
Chopping Mill,
Capable of 15 to 20 tons per day; cost
$31.
The above will be sold on easy terms.
W. L. WARD,
The Dalles, Or.
Da. E.C. West's Nibvs am Bii TMatV
hint, a guaranteed specific for Hysteria, Liu(r;
i, uonvnuion, nu, nervous isennugia-.
of alcohol or tobacco, Wakefulness, .Mental, De-,
prcssion. Softening; of the Brain, resulting ln1n
snnity and leading to mifcei, decayand death
Premature Old Age, Barrenness, Loss of Power"
in either sex. Involuntary Looses and SnerwaM
nrrhnu pjiiifinrf hv nvpr exertion of th. hniln. e)f. -
abuse or over Indulgence. Each box contains
one month's treatment. 11.00 a box, or six boMa;
for 16.00, sent by mall prepaid on receipt of price.
WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES l"
To cure any case. With each order recelVedT1
us for six boxes, accompanied by VbSf, r wlib
send the purchaser our written guarantee to rv
fund the money If the treatment does not effect
a cure. Guarantees Issued only, byn; . .
BLAKIIKT B HOCOttTOlf,.,,. ..
Prescription Srmcclft,, ,,,
175 Second St. The.DsJles, Q
, P. Thompsou"
President.
THE DALLES. -
J. 8. Schkccx,'- fr.Hi BiaiL,
use-tmtuum.
First jlatioaal
- OQOREN
. $500 Beward!
We will pay the above reward for any case of
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, In
digestion, Constipation or Costiveness we cannol
cure with West's Vegetable Liver Pills, when thi
directions are strictly compiled with. They are
purely vegetable, and never fail to give satisfac
tion. Sugar Coated. Large boxes containing 30
Pills, 2S cents. Beware of counterfeits and imi
tations. The genuine manufacture! only br
THE JOHN V. WKBT COMPANY, CHIGAGd.
ILLINOIS.
BLAKKIET HOUGHTON,
Prescription Druggists,
ITS Second St. - The Dal lea. Or.
20 REWARD.
WILL BE PAil FOR ANY INFORMATION
- leading to the conviction of parties cutting
e rpes or in any way interfering with tbe
wir" poles or lam Da of Th Eliciuc Lioht
Co. H. GLENN.
Manager
A General Banking Business transacted
Deposits received, subject to Sight
Draft or Check. ., .
Collections made and proceeds promptly
remitted on day of collection. . , .
Sight and Telegraphic Exchange sold os
New York, San Francisco and Port -land.
DIRECTORS.
P. Thompson Jno. S. Schbvcx.
W. Spabks. . Geo. A. Lu.
H. M. Bkaix.
W. H. NEABEACK,
PROPRIETOR OF THE
Granger FeedYard;
THIRD STREET.
(At Grimes' old place of business.) '
Horses fed to Hay or Oats at the lowest posat.
ble prices. Good care given to animal left la
my charge, as I have ample stable room. Give
me a Call, and I will guarantee satisf action.
..." W. H. KKASJUCX,