VOL. 1.
THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1891.
NUMBER 35.
A BOLD, BAD SCHEME.
MIXING AND JCBOPH.
TKUIT AND OKA1N.
Flan
Were
by Which Determined Men
to Rob the United States
Treasury Vaults.
nn California Orchard lt to i'retent
'Kin of the Tramps" Sends a Let
ter t the Department Which
Exposes the Plot
ii-
trlbutlon of Iafect.fi Ormnffe Trees.
Sax Fhancisco, Ang. 7. Southern
orchardiets hare evidently awakened to j
the danger from the infected orange
trees now in quarantine at San Pedro, ,
and will prevent their distribution at all .
hazard. Secretary Lelong, of the state ;
Washington, Aug. 7. The secretary
of the treasury has been advised of a
bold attempt to be made to rob the
treasury by a strong and determined j right on the grouud for smelting pnr
band of men organized for that purpose.
The plan is to start fires in various
parts of the city for the purpose of di
verting the attention of the police and
then overpower the treasary watchmen,
and loot the money vaults. The infor
mation was given in a letter signed by
"King of the Tramp.' who said he was
the leader of the band. The letter was
referred to the captain of the watch,
with the instruction t give the visitors
a proper reception.
tola of the O. A. K.
Dktkoit, Aug. 7. At the opening of the
G. A. R. encampment this morning the
first business was the report of the com
mittee on the Logan and Sherman mon
uments. The Logan monument fund
now reaches about $65,000 and is closed.
The Sheridan fund has $50,000. Post
Commander-in-chief Bnrdotte, of Wash
ington, presented reports on a variety of
subjects, depreciating in particular the
action of members in endeavoring to
secure the influence of the organization
toward any interference in matters be
longing to various departments of gov
ernment by the G. A. R. . The commit
tee reported adversely on the communi
cation from the eons of veterans desiring
closer connection with the G. A. R.
Grand officers were then installed.
Pendleton KeJolcInK In Valuable
and a O.mmI Wheat Tleld.
Pendleton. Aug. B. County Treas
urer Bobbins has jnst returned from the
galena mines on the John Day. He
brought down some new ore specimens
from the mine, one mammoth and benn-
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tUUI piWe UI luafU, H-ll auuu giinrua. Thf
Besides tne galena, caroonaie ana crys- j , .
irom prominent iruii-growers in me c-an ;
Gabriel valley, Redlands, National City, j
San Dieco and Riverside, assuring him i
that if the state needed money to prose
cute tha case, the orange-growers of that
section of California are ready to sub
scribe anv sum needed. One fruit
grower of Riverside stands ready to
telegraph at a moment's notice- any
money necessary.
A SECOND JESSE JAMES'
THE
PROFITS OF
BANKS.
NATIONAL ! OUGHT TO BE CONNECTED.
A corresiKMident iroui Hood River.
: j who signs himself "Alliance," and
Cashier Maple of the Exchange Bank whose communication is published in
at Columbus, 0., Shot and $1,500 ; another column, asks four questions
tallized lead abounds in the ore, whose
every character, in the opinion of
1 ir-i 1 e . 1 f . . nt.l
I vnaries Jimer, 01 inv jiuuuurcuwi
i mine, and other ex uerte mho examined
it, indicates a large depoeit. A piece of
lime rock was also brought in by Mr.
Robbing. Plentv of lime may be had
poses. William Turner and other Pen
dletoniana have some promising prop
erties in the vicinity of that of the com
pany. The indications are that a bo
nanza equalling in its rapid rise from ob
scurity into prominence the famous
mines of Colorado and Nevada will.be
developed on the middle fork of the
John Dav. Charles Miller, owner of the
Monumental mill, was in Pendleton
Tuesday evening on his way to Portland.
He goes there to make arrangements for
starting the mill in about a month.
Miller thinks enough quartz will lie re
ceived at the mill to keep it in oieration
night and day when once started.
The Brown brothers have finished
harvesting a field of blue-stein wheat
for Frank Brown on the Wild Horse,
which averaged thirty-one bushels to
the acre. li. A. Bostwick is busy
threshing at his farm near Helix. He
will have a better vield than anticipated.
The exhibition game of ball between
the Walla Walla and Pendleton nines
was plaved here todav and won by Pen
dleton by a score of 9 to 6. The bat
teries were Kmmerke and Mc ey for
Walla AValla ; Bailey ind Tully for Pendleton.
in Greenbacks Stolen.
Desperado in Leaving the Bank
Shouted. -I am a Second
Jesse James."
Columbus, 0.,vAug. 8. A special to
the Evening LUpatch from Lima, Ohio,
savs: ""One of the boldest bank rob
beries and murders ever perpetrated in
this section of the country occurred this
a comer on Kama. Wheat. j morning at Columbus Grove, a town of
Toi'eka, Aug. 7. J. B. French, secre- j abont 2,000 people twelve miles north of
tary of the state alliance, states that the here. Cashier Maple had just opened
alliance has completed arrangements by i the Exchange bank and laid ont $3,000
which it will handle three-mmrters of I near the cashier's w indow wheii a, man
the Kansas wheat crop of 50,000,000
bushels. Arrangements have been made
to store at least half of the crop in the
elevators in Kansas City, Chicago, St.
Louis, Cincinnati and Baltimore, and
other large'cities, for an indefinite period,
or until the owners desire to sell. Ar
rangements have also been made in the
east to secure an advance on wheat
stored, at 75 per cent, of the present
value of wheat. This new move has
practically cornered the Kansas crop.
CONCKBXING THE CHOI'S,
Fatal Pleat with Muskrata.
Lawrence, Ind., Aug. 6. Samuel
Loftus, a farmer, is dead from wounds
received in a fight with muakrats. He
went fishing Friday in Hogan creek and
discovered a lieet of muskrats in the
afternoon. The larger animals attacked
him, and their cries attracted other rats
from a dozen places. Before Loftus
- con Id realize his danger the fierce ani
mals were upon him, biting his face and
limbs until be was bleeding from a score
of wounds. Blood poisoning set in and
he died tonight.
Articles of Incorporation Filed.
Portland, Aug. 7. Articles of incor
poration of the Portland Southern Rail
way company were filed with the secre
tary of state today. The capital stock of
the" company is' fixed at 10,000,000. It
is not yet decided where the company
' will commence operations. Prospectors
have been traveling for some time
through Washington, Clackamas, Colum
bia and Clatsop counties. It is stated
that the company has four different
lines under consideration. The in
corporators are composed of Portland
capitalists. .
Shot Hl Krother.
St. Louis, Aug. 7. John Huff, an ex
tensive planter, who lives near Willis,
shot and instantly killed his crazy
brother who lived with him and mor
tally wounded his own wife. The in
sane man attacked Huff with a knife
and John in self defence shot him three
times with a Winchester, three bullets
passing through the man's bodv and
striking Huffs wife.
140,000 Gone Cp in Smoke.
Comanch, I. T.; Aug. 7. A fire last
night destroyed IT. W. Early's gristmill
aw mill, lumber yards, dry sheds, and
other buildings belonging to the firm,
with the residences ' and barns. Nine
million feet of lumber on which was
- $40,000 insurance was also burned. The
aggregate loss is $140,000. The fire
originated in the fire room of the grist
mill.
1' A Hlf Failure.
Cincinnati, Aug. 7. The Cincinnati
Ice Machine company made an assign'
ment for the lnefit of its creditors this
moraine. The com Dan v has an 'ex ten
sive trade all over the Lnited States and
South America. They have been givinz
long time on notes, but their own credit
ors became pressing, causing the failure,
uabiiities, $a2U,(iuu; asset, fow.uuu,
Engineer and Fireman Killed.
-Pittsburg, Aug. 7. The New York
And Chicago limited express on the Fort
Wayne road due here this morning was
wrecked near East Palistine, Ohio., by
running into an open switcn. ine en
' trineer and fireman was instantly killed
and one other man killed while working
in tne wreck. one ot tne passengers
were hurt.
The Kusaian Crops.
8t. Petersburg, Aug. 6. The South
Russian crop prospects are improving,
The general yield will be about 65 per
cent., and the wheat yield about 75 per
cent, ot an average. Kye will be a fail'
are, being over 50 per cent, below the
average. Crops in the "olga provinces
are Diigntea, ana a tamine is imminent,
Union Pacific's Floating; Debt.
New York, Ang. 7. It is announced
today that a syndicate is formed which
agrees to guarantee to provide the
. Union Pacific with all the money it
needs to take care of the floating debts
for the next three years. Messrs. Gould
gage, Dillen, Ames, Dexter, Atkins, and
Dodge comprise the syndicate.
j Oreat Apprehension Felt
1 Mexico. A Sad State of Affairs.
St. Loujs, Aug. 5. The latest advices
from the City of Mexico are to the ef
fect that great apprehension is felt there
regarding the crop prospects. An
alarming state of affair? exist in the
principal grain-producing districts ow
ing to the loug-continued droughts,
while in the state of Vera Cruz, where
large crops were expected to be har
vested, the heavy rains which have
fallen since the 15th ult., have caused
the Papalsapan and San Juan rivers to
rise, and extensive farming tracts along
their banks are under water,
in consequence are reported a failure,
and the situation in Vera Cruz is des
perate. Cotton is heaviiv damaged and
Lacotalpum is threatened by the rivers,
which are increasing in volume,
and the people residing there fear
total destruction of the place.
The crops between Tuxtipeca and
Omattan were swept away, and
these two towns are under water,
as also are four other towns. The corn
crop of Satovento.- which promised a
large yield this season, will be a total
loss and the country innndated for miles.
Hnndredsof cattle nave been drowned.
The fruit crop is a partial loss, and if the
flood continues every tree will be killed.
Unless a good drenching -rain falls in
the drouth-stricken districts within the
next three or four days, a complete fail
ure will result, and famine stares the
people in the face.
The Situation in India.
'.-Madras, Aug. C. Though the mon
soon set in some time ago, in some parts
of India, dispelling all fears of a failure
of the crops in that portion of the coun
try where rains have fallen, there has
been no rainfall in the Chingle Put and
North Areot districts, in this presidency,
and all hopes of averting a famine have
j been abandoned. The heat is nnpre
; eedented. The standing grain and
i other crops have succumbed to the long
Throughout drought and all are withered and burned.
Already the effects of the scarcity of
food are being felt and there is great
suffering among the inhabitants of the
districts. Many deaths from starvation
have been reported, it is also impossi
ble to get food for cattle, horses, cows,
donkeys and other live stock. As a con
sequence, they are dying in large num
bers everywhere in the districts. j
BRIEF STATE MAS.
MINKKH BLACKLISTKIl.
Argentine Finances.
Buenos Aybks, Aug. 6. The com
mittee of the senate has approved a bill
introduced by the government authoriz
ing a provincial issue of $50,000,000 and
the establishment of an Argentine Na
tional bank, which will take charge of
and liquidate the affairs of the present
National bank.
Some of the Ktrlklnn Men
front Working in Other Districts.
Tacova, Ang. 6. An afternoon paper
says that nearly 100 miners are said to
have been discharged by the company
owning the Wilkeson mine for no other
reason than that they were among the
striking miners at Franklin and New
castle, whose places were filled with
negroes months ago by the Oregon Im
provement company. Thconly direct
confirmation of the story which could be
secured today, is a statement made by
County Commissioner Johns, who came
through Wilkeson on the train this
morning. He says that he saw in that
vicinity a dozen or more miners who
were leaving Wilkeson with their fami
lies. They told him that through the
influence of Superintendent Corey of the
Oregon Improvement company, they
bad been blacklisted, discharged, and
given to understand that no more work
would be given them in the King or
Pierce county coal mines. For this rea
son they were leaving the country with
tneir families. A. j. fcsmitli. presiaent
of the Tacoma Coal and Coke company
said their mine at Wilkeson employed
100 men. but that none of them had
been discharged or could be without his
knowledge. Mr. Smith said he under-
stood that the Carbonado mines had
just been shut down for several weeks
and thought the traveling miners seen
by Mr. Johns might be going from that
mine to get work while it closed down.
MESSAGE OF VICTORIA.
The Queen
Reviews the Work of Par
liament.
London, Aug. 6. Parliament I""
s 1 1 Mi m e
prorogueu mis afternoon, lue qu
in her speech closing the session,
ferred to the proposition made to
United States government to su
the differences regarding the BebJ
sea fisheries to arbitration, but said
regulations between the two gov
ments looking to that object had
yet been completed. ine . qua
speech also reviewed the work
commons. Her majesty said:
various measures wnicn vou iftrrr
adopted in recent years to secure the
The Medford distillery people talk of
working up the small peaches of next
year's crop. into peach brandy. This
will make a market for cnlls which are
All crops ! "sna'ly. dead loss.
Walter Jones, of Pilot Rock, was
thrown from his horse and his leg being
broken was nuable to help himself and
laid out on the prairie all night before
his accident was known.
The Ochoco Review thinks that the
growing of hops could he made a success
in that county, owing to the magnificent
growth of some vines planted for or
nament by residents at Prineville.
j Uiiring a quarrel between George
Williams and Gus Hulbert, of Silver
Creek, Harney county, the latter stabbed
the former eleven times with a small,
sharp-pointed tile. The wounds are
serions.
Over 100 men are now employed at
the Myrtle creek mines, and about fifty
more will be sent out in a day or two.
Work 011 the big ditch is being pushed
rapidlv. and will be completed about
Prerented j October 1st.
"Uncle Peter" Blanchoux, who lives
on Jack Canyon, eighteen miles south
west of Pendleton, tells the East Or
egonian that the grasshoppers there
have absolutelv cleared the country of
every blade of grass, leaving it as bare
as a brickyard. -
Milton taxpayers are considering the
advisability of holding a special election
to vote on the question of bonding the
city in the sum of $10,000, to be used in
extending tne water works, thus afford
ing better protection against nre.
Farmers from many - sections report
wild oats more abundant in their grain
field this . year- than common.- Some
think that on account of the dry season
many laid in the ground all summer last
year and then came out full force this
spring.
Henry Blackwell has purchased an
interest in Wallace Shepherd's quartz
ledge, which is located in the neighbor
hood of the famous Black Butte quartz
ledge of the Fox mining district. The
lode consists of a large body of decom
posed quartz, and is rich in gold.
Mr. Thomas, a Linn county farmer,
was thrown from his. wagon by his team
rnnning away, and the lines becoming
twisted about his less he was draraed
over a hundred feet, but was then fortu
nately untangled and escaped what
seemed almost certain death.
. On Wednesday, as the tug Katie Cook
was approaching the schooner Del Norte,
off the bar, for the purpose of towing
)m. in.msini lli iiT nl 1 T ,,L li i.fW,,-Kn.
appeared in the door with a revolver in
each hand and immediately began"
shooting. . Cashier Maple was struck
twice, once in the arm and once in the
right side. Ah he fell to the floor
an old farmer, Wm. Standebrake
aged 60 years, entered the door and
the robber turned and shot him dead.
Another man sat in the lobby of the
bank paralyzed with fear. He was not
molested. The desperado then grabbed
$1500 in greenbacks, shoved them into
the pocket of his coat and darted out the
door shouting "I'm a second Jesse
James." The crowd had been attracted
by the shooting but there was a scatter
ing when the wild-eyed murderer ap
peared on ' the street having a gun in
each hand and shooting indiscrimi
nately. One bystander, Henry Huck,
was shot down by a bullet from his re
volver. The fellow ran to the outskirts
of the town and disappeared. The des
perado appeared to be. about thirty or
thirty-live years old. A posse was
quickly organized and started In pursuit.
It is though the wounds of Maple and
Huck are not fatal. Vanderbark, who
was killed, was a prosperous farmer in
Union township. He leaves a large
family. A special from Wapakanet,
Ohio, says word reached here that the
robber was overtaken in the woods and
shot to death.
BANKER
He Is
MAItSH.
Sojourning;
In
Believed to Be
Honduras.
. Philadelphia, Aug. 7. A neighbor
of Gideon W. Marsh, the ' absconding
president of the defunct Keystone Na
tional bank, says he has good reason to
believe that Marsh is now at Tegucigal
pa, the capital of old Spanish Honduras,
in Central America. The town is locat
ed near the western end of Spanish Hon
duras and is without railway com muni
i- !
! which, reduced down into one, may be
f put in this form : What profits do our
I national banks derive from our banking
system which compels them to "deposit
j United States bonds, on which the gov
1 eminent pays interest, to secure circu
lating notes which the banks loan out at
another interest? Or to put it in the
fashion of our correspondent : Is it true
that national banks make five per cent,
interest on their bonds and ten per
cent, on the money loaned, which is
fifteen per cent? We answer emphati
cally it is not true, and if the question
were made to apply to banks like those
in The Dalles, which have deposited
j four per cent, bonds to secure circulation
j in a countrv where the current rate of
1 .
interest is ten per cent., we answer that
it is so far untrue that national bunks
make any direct profit by the system.
that tne money necessary for the pur
chase of the bonds, if loaned directly to
the people at ten ier cent, would bring
a greater profit to the banker than if
loaned out under the national banking
system of circulation. To make this
plain we invite attention to a circular
which now lies before us, issued by
Harvey Fisk & Sons, dealers in United
States bonds, New York, tinder date of
July 21, 1891. The circular is addressed
to "National Banks in the West and
South in answer to inquiries about cir
culation." It proves that witn money
at ten per cent., a circulation based on
$100,000 four per cent, bonds, costing
fll8,000, will produce $11,500 net, while
$100,000, loaned directly at ten percent.,
will produce $11,800. Thus a private
banker, loaning $100,000, directly to the
people, would, other things being equal,
make a profit of $300 per annum more
than if he invested his money in United
States bonds and loaned the circulation
based on them, at the same interest.
To make this clearly understood it will
be necessary to give the following par
ticulars : Suppose a bank with $100,000
capital should invest its whole capital
in United States four per cent, bonds,
and deposit them in the treasury. These
bonds would yield an income of $4000
per annum. The bank would get $00,
000 worth of bank notes which it would
loan, let us say at ten per cent. The in
come from the circulating notes would
be $9000 and the interest on the bonds
added would make a total gross yield of
$13,000. But the bonds would cost, or
would have cost a couple of weeks ago,
$118,000 for the $100,000 worth. As the
. - 1 c . 1 1
I ume approacnes ior uiu reuempuoa
The people of Sherman county are in
tensely interested in the question of
railroad connection with this city and
they ought to have Tt: Our interests
point that way as well as theirs. They
are raising a subsidy which they will
give to any person or company that will
give them a ten mile narrow gauge road
from Wasco to the river ; but they want
the river terminus of that road to be
connected with a road leading to this
city. A portage terminus on this side
the river, at Celilo, would require so
many extra handlings of their grain and
so much consequent additional cost that
they do not look up on it as of much ad
vantage to them. A county that pro
duces a million bushels of grain and
could possibly produce twice that
amount, with proper facilities for ship
ment to the river, is not to be despised
when an appeal is made for railroad con
nection. A road from the river to some
interior or southern point in the county
they will have, for they mean to have it
and are willing to put up a liberal
subsidy. A road with a terminus at
Grass Valley or Moro or even Wasco
would undoubtedly attract a great deal
of the heavy freights that now come to
this city by Sherar's bridge. The shorter
distance and cheaper freight and absence
of toll would make the chance. "When
such a change is made The Dalles may
not lose all of this trade but it will un
doubtedly lose a great deal of it, that is,
if theie is not railroad connection with
Sherman county ; and The Dalles cannot
afford to lose any trade. Every interest
of this city as well as of Sherman county
demands that if a portage road is to be
built at all on this side the river, as we
are confident it will be in the near
future, its eastern terminus should be
some good shipping point above the
month of the Deschutes.
PROFESSIONAL, CARDS.
WMS
SAUXPERS Architect. Plans and
spool limtions furnished for duellines.
churches, business Morkg, gehools and factories.
cnarRes moueriiie. wmsinctlon ptitiranteed. Of
fice over Ircneh s bank. The Italics, Oregon.
DR. J.
SUTHERLAND Fellow of Trinity
Medical Collre. and member of the t'ol-
lefre 01 Physicians and burgeons, Ontario, Phy
sician and Surgeon, oflice; rooms 8 and 4 Chap
man block. Residence; Judge.Thoraburv's Sec
ond street. Otticc hours: lo to l'i a. m.", 'to!
and 7 to S p. m.
DR. O.
OKOfJ
DO AXE PHYSICIAN AND SUR
GEON. Office: morns 5 and R I'hanman
Block. Residence over McFarland 4 French's
store. Office hours 9 to U A. M.. 2 to a and 7 to
8 P.M.
J. M. HUNTINGTON & CO
jflbstraeters,
Heal Estate and
Insurance Agents.
Abstracts of. and Information Concern
ing IjiikI Titles on Short Notice.
AS. BENNETT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
tice In rlchanno'8 building, up stairs.
Dalles, Oregon.
The!
TV S1DDALI Dentist. Gas given lor the
M-rm uaimcss extraction oi teetn. Also teeth
owed alnminnm
the Golden Tooth, tiecom
Slab
tit
R. THOMPSON ATTORNKT-AT-LiW. Office I
in Opera House Klock, Washington Mreet, i
rhe Dalles, Oregon J
for Sale and Houses to Rent-
Parties lxxking for Monies in
sign of! COUNTRY OR CITY.
OR IN SEARCH OF
F. r. MAYS. B. 8. HUNTINGTON. H. 8. WILSON.
AYS, HUNTINGTON & WILSON ATTOH-nkys-at-law.
Offices. French's block nrar
First National Bank, The Dalles, Oregon.
E.B.DUrUR. CEO. WATKIN8. FRANK MENEFEE.
DCFDR, W ATKINS & MENEFEE Attor-neys-at-law
Rooms Nos. 71, 73, 75 and 77,
Vogt Block, Second Street, The Dalles, Oregon.
WILSON ATTORNE Y-AT-LAW Rooms !
52 and 53. New Vocrt Block. Kwonri tnt i
The Dalles, Oregon.
S. L. YOUNG,
(HumtuarloE. KECK.,
THE WEALTH PFR CAPITA.
cation. It takes five or six days to reach
the place from the coast and then one
has to travel by mules over a very rough
country. This is also the abiding place
of the messenger of the New York Bank
who was sent to the office of Adams' Ex
press Company to ship a package, con
taining $60,000. The fellow stole the
money. Not long ago several Pinkerton
men went there and arrested him, but
he escaped with the aid of the natives,
who welcome American defaulters be
cause they spend their money freely.
thes bonds they depreciate in value, so
The statement prepared by the treas
ury department in regard to the amounts
of money in circulation on the first of
July of the years 1860, 1865, 1885, 1889,
and 1S91 would seem to completely con
tradict the constantly reiterated state
ments of a class of financiers and poli
ticians who allege that the present
stringency in the money market and
depression of business are caused by a
scarcity of the circulating medium.
"All the statements are made up on
precisely the same basis the amount
of each kind of money in the treasury
and the remainder is given as the
amount in circulation. The amount of
money in circulation in 1860 was about
A or fn aaa i xi r i
of j was $13.85. In 1865 there was $723,000,-
TO STRAIGHTEN MATTERS.
Manager Host; of the O. P. Railway
Hskei a Statement.
San'. Fkancisco, Aug. 8. Manager
William M. Iloag, of the Oregon Pacific
railway is getting ready to go to Corval-
Us, Uregon, neauquarters of his com
pany. 'Regarding the statement that
the employes of the road were anxious
for their money and were solicitous as to
when he would arrive, Manager Hoag
said the matter was greatly exaggerated
and the indebtedness was not near so
great as claimed. The . total operating
expenses were less than $10,000 ' per
month. The affairs ' of the road, he
added, will soon be straightened ont all
right. -
Almost Unknown to Science.
San Francisco, Aug. 9. Francisco
Solfonni, who was suffering from en
largement of the bones, died yesterday.
The disease from which he suffered is al
most unknown to science, . and bnt
about a dozen cases of it are recorded.
The name given to it in recent treatises
is "acromegaly.'" The outward symp
toms are enlarged bones, the body and
head growing to enormous proportions.
The dictionaries, as late as 1889, do not
give the name of the disease. Solforini
was burned in Potter's held. Some of
the doctors are thinking of dieeinc him
up and investigating his ailment.
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1-ONDOS, Ang. 7. Early this morning
one of the denizens of White Chappel,
an old woman named AVolfe was seized
- by an unknown man who cut her throat
and stabbed her repeatedly in the body.
The police, as nsual, are unable to And
the murderer.
The Kvarnation t Egypt.
London, Aug. 6. The Standard'i cor
respondent at Constantinople eays Lord
SaliiLiT- declined to grant the porte's
rejuL)to reopen negotiations for the
evacuation of Egypt, on the ground it is
juvpjjurimie w uu su at
moment.
observation of law in Ireland and to im
prove the condition x the country have
resulted in a marked abatement "of
agrarian offenses and a considerable ad
vance in prosperity. The steps taken
to cope with the distress threatened in
Ireland have been effectual in averting
famine. Vou have also passed a benefi
cent measure, dealing permanently with
the congested districts of Ireland, which,
it is hoped, will, bv fostering agricultnre
and stimulating the fishing industry,
contribute largely to the prevention of
similar dangers in future.
Found Things Farwrablr.
Toi kkj, Aug.. 7. AIod.o Wardell of
South Dakota, a member of the National
executive committee of the farmers'
alliance said he found Dakota, Wiscon
sin, Oregon, California and Washington
in favor of the sub-treasury scheme.
Two Cases of Hnnntruke.
Minneapolis, Aug. 8. The heat today
was excessive there being two cases of
the present sunstroke reported, one of which wil
' probably result fatally. 1
Xhe escaped trusty convict, Edward
Whitlock, who got away from the state
penetentiary Tuesday night, has not
been recaptured. He was last seen
down below Kaiser's bottom, on the
river. He had exchanged his stripes
for a suit of citizens' clothing and was
making for a brush patch. The officers
were close on his trail when he struck
the brush and they entertained hopes of
catching him.
Nellie Boise's Body Found.
. Portland, Ang. 8. A private letter
from Sea view this morning says the
body of Nellie Boise, who was drowned
whilo bathing in the surf last Wednes
day was found this morning at low tide
some distance below tho point where
the drowning occurred.
Knglneer and Brakeman Arrested.
SYracciik, N. Y., Aug. 9. Thomas
Tobin, conductor, and Edwin Connolly,
flagman, of the freight train which col
lided with the express at Montesama
Thursday, were arrested 'today upon a
telegram from the coroner of Cayuga
county.
In tha Hands of Ilia Friends.
Washington, , Aug. 10. A special
says : "A man who talked with Congar
of Ohio, a member of the national re
publican committee, is authority for the
statement that Elaine's health permit
ting, he will be in the hands of his
of his friends when the nominating con
vent ion meet in 1892.
Killed While Doing His Doty.
Chillicothk, O., Aug. 10. While
Officers Hall and Von Eenuell were at
attempting to arrest George Duhlmey
who was trying to kill his wife, Duhlmey
shot and killed Hal and slightly
wounded Von Kennell. Von Ken n ell re
tained fire and fatally wounded
Duhlmey.
Whisky the Cause.
Atxantvs, Mo Aug, 10. Last even
ing Frank Coffey and several others
quarreled over a pint of whisky and a
fight took place in which Homer, son of
Hon. J. L. McCullough, was shot in the
wrist, Frank Coffey killed and Bobert
btanley cut bo bad he will die.
- Drowned at the Beach.
t Astoria, Aug. 10. The cruel waves at
Clatsop Beach claimed another victim
yesterday in the person of Mrs. P. W.
Parker, the wife of the proprietor of the
Astorian, who was drowned while bath
ing at a treacherous place on the beach.
Another Railroad Collision.
New Haven, Aug. 10. Nine Italian
laborers were seriously injured, two
fatally, in a railroad collision near Bran
ford on the New York, New Haven and
Hartford railway this morning.
Saa Francisco htarket.
" San FrAncisco, Aug. 10. Wheat,
buyer '91, 1.63; season, 1.68X.
that what were worth $118,000 a few
weeks ago, will be reduced to par, six
teen years from nOw at the time of
their redemption. This depreciation
must, therefore, be deducted from
the $13,000 already mentioned.
Harvey, Fisk & Sons estimate it as
equal to $500 per annum a very conser
vative estimate as we shall see hereafter.
Then there is a direct tax of one per
cent, which the national banker must
pay -to the United States government,
on his circulation, which, in this case,
would amount to $900. There is also
cost of printing notes and other inci
dentals which amount to $100 per an
num, making a total to be deducted from
the 13,000 of $1,500 and leaving a bal
ance of $11,500. Remember this $11,500
is the net interest of the bonds and cir
culating notes. But we have seen that
the bonds cost $118,000 and the interest
on that 8um,-at ten per cent, is $11,800
or $300 more than the yield of the bonds
and circulating notes, under the national
banking system. That this is a care
fullv made and conservative estimate
may be gathered from the fact that only
$500 per annum is deducted against the
depreciation of the bonds. Four per
cent, bonds are, today, quoted at seven
teen cents premium. They have sixteen
years to run. There would therefore be
a drop of $17,000 in the market value of
the bonds at the time of maturity. This
sum divided by sixteen - would indicate
an average annual depreciation of over
$1060 per annum, instead of $500. The
circular supports its method of calcula
tion by calling attention to the fact that
the sinking fund, for the purpose of re
tiring the premium, is loaned out by the
banks at the same rate the bank receives
for the rest of its money. These figures
are a sufficient answer to the numerous
attacks made on our national banking
system on the ground that the banker
receives double interest, first on the
bonds deposited to secure circulation
and then on the circulation itself.
True enough this is the ease, but
the table clearly shows that when the
premium and taxes and other costs in
cident to national banks is deducted
from the gross yield of interest on bonds
and circulating notes, the interest on
the bonds vanishes into thin air. " Where
money can be loaned at a high rate of
interest there is nothing left of the in
terest of the bonds but a deficit, and,
strange te say, the higher the interest
the greater the deficit and vice verta.
000 in circulation and the per capita
amount was $23.02 while on the first of
January last the amount was $1,529,000,
000 with $24.10 as the per capita allow
ance, the highest in the history of the
United States. Owing to the shipments
of gold to foreign countries there has
been a decline since January 1891, not
only in the per capita amount but in
the total, also : but the total circulation
on the first inst., notwithstanding .the
outflow of gold, was about $1,500,000
000 and the amount per capita was
$23.27." ' --
DEALER IN
WflTCIIES. CLOCKS,
Bi$qe$ Location,
Should Call on or Write to us.
Agents for a Fall Line of
Leaiins Fire taraiice Companies,
And Will Write Insurance for
on all
BESIEABLB EI3KB.
Correspondence Solicited. All Letteis
. Promptly Answered. Call on or
Address,
3. M. HUNTINGTON & CO.
Opera House Block, The Dalles, Or-
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r
j Wholesale aid Retail Dmiists.
-DEALERS IN-
Jewelry, Diamonds,
SMERWflRE,::ETG.
Fine Imported, Key West and Domestic
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
Repaired and Warranted.
165 Second St.. The Dalles.Or.
Foi? Sale at a Bargain.
A GOOD
Traction Engine
Has only been run sixty days.
Buffalo 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.
In Sherman county folks claim that a
railroad from this city, that would have
its eastern terminus at Celilo, would be
of little benefit to them, and their claim
is based on these grounds: Between
any shipping point in Sherman county
and Celilo t lere is the Hell Gate nar
rows, a place in the Columbia, on the
Washington side, opposite the mouth of
Deschutes, where the river narrows to
about 80 feet between banks. Here the
current is so swift that barges cannot be
brought up the river without the help of
steam. They could freight their grain
down, well enough, but to get their
barges back would involve the expense
of a steamboat, and they are of opinion
that this cost and the cost of handling
the grain twice, before it is in a position
to ship west, would involve so much ex
pense that it would be cheaper to ship
by the Northern Pacific to the Sound, if
they could not make terms with the
Union Pacific.
A NEW
Undertaking Establishment !
PAINT
Now is the time to paint your house
and if you wish to get the best quality
and a fine color use the -
Sherwin, 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 8. L". Brooks... ;
Judge Bennett, Smith French and others
painted by Paul Zreft. '
Snipes & Kinersly are agents fqr the
above paint for The Dalles, Or.
C. N. THORNBURY,
Late Rec. U. 8. Land Office.
T. A. HUDSON,
Notary Pnblle
PRINZ k NITSCHKE.
DEALERS IN
Furniture and Carpets.
We have added to our business
complete Undertaking Establishment,
and as we are in no way connected with
tne undertakers irnst our prices will
be low accordingly.
Bemember our place on Second street,
next to Moody's oanfc.
THE ALLIANCE CIRCLUAR.
The farmers' alliance have issued a
a circular advising the farmers to hold
on to their wheat a few weeks and de
mand what they should get instead of
asking. What will -yon give? No man
can reasonably find fault with this. If
half the reports that come from abroad
are true the prospects for good prices for
grain were never brighter and no men in
America have a better right to try and
get all they can for their products than
the farmers. The price of wheat has
been too long manipulated by such men
as "Old Hutch", of Chicago and we shall
heartily rejoice in any movement that
would result in the farmers beating these
parasites at their own game.
John W. Bookwalter, who owns 60,000
acres of land in Nebraska, proposes to
initiate a great reform in farm life, at an
expense of $75,000 or $100,000, to be met
out of his own purse. His idea, says
the Albany Evening Journal, is to over
come the farmers' discontent, which he
believes to be due mainly to social isola
tion, by bringing the homes together into
a tastefully arranged village near each
one's land, instead of having them on
the individual farms. He has already
started the experiment on a small scale,
and says : "I am going .to build a town
hall and establish a free circulating
library. The scheme is in vogue among
the farmers of France, Spain, Italy and
Switzerland, and is a great success."
RAINDROPS
Frightful
THXIR OMI DRINK.
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BANKERS.
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
Letters of Credit issued available in the
Eastern States.
Sight ' Exchange and - Telegraphic
rransiers sola on jn ew i ork, umcago, av.
Louis, San Francisco, Portland Oregon,
beanie wash., and various points in Ur
egon and Washington.
Collections made at all points on fav
orable terms.
$500 He-ward! .
We will pay the above reward for any ease of
Iyer Comrjlaint. DTsnensla. Sick Headache. In
digestion, Constipation or Costlveness we cannot
cure with West's Voce table Lirer Pills, when the
directions are strictly complied with. They are
purely vegetable, sad never fail to give satis fac
tion. Sugar Coated. Large boxes containing 30
Pills, 25 cents. Bewkreoi counterfeits .and imi
tations. The eenutne manufactured onlv bv
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Two Bailor
Experience of
Lost at Sea. .
Boston, Aug. 9. July 31 the British
schooner - George and Mary . rescued
James Chisholm and Thomas Mackay,
who . were lost , from their fishing
schooner, the Willie M. Stevens, off
Sable island, and landed them at Cara
queta. Consul Benedict forwarded them
to Rlnnceflter. The men arrived here
yesterday and related their experielJWj
during the six days they were floating
about in the sea. lney were witnout
food or water except raindrops that fell
during the six days. They had aban
doned all hope of being saved and weref
saifering terribly from want of food and
water, and were completely exhaus
when they sighted the George and Maryi
and were rescued.
Jl
U. S. Laud Oflice Attorneys,
Tioouis 7 and 8, U. S. Land
Office Building,
THE DALLES, - - - OREGON.
Filings, Contests,
hi Business of all Kinds Before the Local
and General Land Office
Promptly Attended to.
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il6 Second St. . The) Dalles, Or.
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President.
J. S. BCHINCK, H. If. BlAXX,
. Vice-President. Cashier.
First jlatlonal-BanX.
THE DALLES.
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A General Banking Business transact e4
iJeposits received, subject to bight
Draft or Check.
Collections made and proceeds promptly
reiuitwu uu uv w. collection.
Sight and Telegraphic Exchange sold on
aew.xorK, ban i ran Cisco and Port
land. .
DIRECTORS,
P. Thompson. Jno. 8. Schbsck.
W. Sparks Go. A. Likbb.
Li. M. Bkall.
Chicago Wheat Market.
Chicago, 111., Aug. 10. Cioee,
wheat firm.; cash, 90; Sept., 89.
The Pauper Allen Question.
London, Aug. 6. The Chronicle com
menting on the , panper alien question
says:
It behooves European statesmen not
to delay considering what they will da
when America refuses to help'them solve
their problems by reducing the numbers
of their discontented classes.
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W. H. NEABEACK,
PROPRIETOR OP THE
Granger Feed Yard,
THIRD STREET.
' -' . fAt Grimes' old place of business.) "
Hones fed to Hay or Osts at the lowest posol
ble prices. Good care given to animals left In
my charge, as I have ample stable room. Give
me a call, and I will guarantee satisfaction.
W. II. NEABEACK.