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THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1891.
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CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Terrible Accident to a Party of Picnick-ers-The
Upper Deck of a Barge
Gives Way
Crashing to Death Twelve Excursion
ists and Wounding Several More
Terrific Wind Storm.
A DESPERATE IKKI).
j Mineola, L. I., Aug. 12. The em
ployes of Theodore Kaiser, Graham ave
nue, Brooklyn, went on an excursion to
Laurelton grove. Cold Spring harbor to
day, on the steamer Crystal Stream and
barge Republic. There were 800 people
crowded together on the upper -deck
of the barge. They were just . clear
ing the dock to return to Brooklyn when
the vessel was struck by a heavy squall
and dashed against the deck in the
midst of a a terrible thunder storm.
The boat hands, anticipating a shower,
let down the canvas curtains which are
attached to the hurricane deck of the
barge and fastened them down to the
port side. This prevented the wind
from blowing throagh, and as one
strong gust struck the barge it lifted the
starboard side of the deck from its fast
ening and forced the top over to the
port side. As it pushed over to the end
of the deck nearest the dock, to which
the barge was 'fastened, it dropped down
on hundreds of women and children,
who had crowded over to that side of
the barge in an effnrt to escape. In a
moment the air was rent with the
screams and agonizing cries of the vic
tims whose lives were being crushed and
their limbs broken.
The officers, deckhands and other men
on the steamer which had the barge in
tow lost no time in reaching the barge
and doing all in their power to rescue
all they .could from the wreck. It had
been hoped that none were killed, but
the lifeless bodies of fourteen were seen
lying near the gunwale. All had their
Uvea crashed out by being caught be
tween the edge of the fallen deck and
guard rails, women children, and even
strong men wept piteously as they
'. looked upou the dead or dying.
Of the dead bodies those recognized
were as follows : Lizzie Jchamant, Mrs.
Pauline Prinz, F. -Hoffman, Minnie
Goetz, Mrs. Lipenfinger, Kate Kautz,
Robert Scbuler, Amelia Landgraft,
Mary Schaff, Minnie Schaullein, Annie
Voltz, Amelia Wagner, Emma Weil and
Louis Krntz. The pilot of the barge,
whose name could not be ascertained,
- was also killed.
, Among the injured' are: Charles
Held, Mrs. Henry Issleniann, Mrs.
Zerman. The -wounded were carefully
carried aboard the steamer, which con
veyed them to Oyster Bay village, a dis
tance of six miles, where they were
attended by physicians. The bodies of
the dead were laid on the deck of the
barge to await the arrival of the ' cor
oner. The place where the accident
occurred is at the head of Cold Spring
harbor, and is a favorite picknicking
ground. Many of the excursionists can
ried home with them pieces of the cen
terposts, which show they were per
fectly rotten at the core, ana tne uarge
itself.it is said, is unsafe in other par
ticulars. -
New York, Aug. 13. The excitement
over yesterday's Tbarge disaster at Cold
springs grove still continues toaay in
A Prominent Memphis Citizen it t hlor
oformetl and Koblietl In a Hotel.
Memphis, Tenn., Aig. 13. R. M.
Fraysier, president of the Security and
Memphis city banks, secretary of the
Memphis City Railway and principal
owner of the Public Ledger, and one of
the most prominent and wealthy citizens
of Memphis, was this afternoon chloro
formed and robbed at the Gayoso hotel,
by a man asserting he was John A. Mor
ris, of New Orleans. Morris engaged a
reom at the hotel, sent for Fraysier, who
went to the hotel. After a talk regard
ing a matter on which Morris asked in
formation, the latter asked the other to
take a drink. Mr. Fraysier drained a
glass. Turning to face Morris, the latter
pulled two revolvers saying :
"1 am a desperate man. 1 have no
money and my family in New Orleans is
destitute. I must have cash. Yon in
dorse a check for $5000.
Fraysier argued the matter. " The par
ties finally compromised by Frayier
indorsing the check. Hoping the cash
ier at the bank would suspect something
wrong and refuse to cash it, he indorsed
the check P. D. Frauzier, an unusual
indorsement. His checks are usually
indorsed P. Dndley Fraysier. Morris
then chloroformed Fraysier and sent a
bell boy to the bank for the money.
This evening cries of "Murder, thieves,"
were beard issuing from the room. The
door was burst open and Fraysier was
found unconscious, his watch, $50 and
some valuables he had about him were
gone. The check was on the table, pay
ment at the bank having been refused.
Morris' whereabouts are unknown.
. t BIG PRICES FOR WHEAT
CHIC'AfiO ALT. EXCITE!.
A Wild Sccuc on the Chicago 'Change;
All Sorts of Prices are Offered
. and Accepted. :
An Extensive Operator of St. Louis
Fails. Had too Many Contracts
on Hand. Other Xews.
OOOIt RETURNS REPORTED.
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Harvesting and Mining: Flourishing
Central Point.
Central Point, Aug. 14. Harvesting
is progressing rapidly and headers are at
work on all sides. Five threshing ma
chines are running in this vicinity. The
returns show good yields with a big
average. The damage from rust and
smut is very small. Peaches are being
shipped to northern point at a lively
rate. The watermelon season was in
augurated by the shipment of one car on
the 7th by" George A. Jackson. Mr.
01 well made a small shipment on the
10th. The former has sixty acres in
melons and Mr. Olwell about fifteen.
A big enterprise is nearing completion
whereby the Rogue river will be turned
into a new channel for a distance of
several miles and the bed mined. - The
ground has been thoroughly prospected
and shows up in good shape. All the
mines of this section have taken a new
lease of life- since Dr. Breden's stamp
mill has been turning out so rich. A
number of new locations have been made
and development work is the order of
the dav.
The third annual district fair, to be
held here the week beginning September
21, promises to surpass all previous ef
forts. The fine crops of nil kinds will
greatly aid the directors. The races", are
to be the main feature and some horses
of note are being trained.
BIOWN TO PIECES.
Chicago, Aug. 15. December wheat
opened with a continuance of yester
day's wild scenes. Strong cables con
tinue to effect the market. Those" who
sold wheat around to 6 yesterday think
ing the culmination was reached, rushed
into the pit to cover at any terms. Or
ders from New York and St. Louis for
shorts came pouring in, and altogether
there was a wild scene and all sorts of
prices bid and accepted. In different
parts of the pit at the same time, within
two minutes after the bell tapped all the
way between 1.01Jg1.02Jg with some
trades possibly at 1.03 paid. A flood of
selling orders caused a break to 1.01?4".
There was a rally to 1 .02, another break
to 1.01k. and an advance to 1.02...
When at about l.OlJg another bull wave
swept over the wheat pit, and amid in
describable scenes of excitement the
price was put up by halves and quarters
to 1.05J-4 within three minutes. This
bulge was understood as the result of
buying in for account on shorts who
failed to respond to -;argin calls.
When these wants were satisfied there
was a quick reaction to 1.03?i and at
10 :30 the price was 1 .048'. After 10 :30
the furor subsided somewhat, at least
for a time, and fluctuations were narrow.
Then another advance set in and prices'
rose to 1.09 about 11 o'clock. Ten min
utes later it dropped to 1.08. Other
markets were lost sight of in the excite
ment in wheat.
The excitement today in wheat cannot
be ascribed to any one thing. It sympa
thizes with a world wide agitation on
the question of breadstuff's. Including
rye and wheat all foreign markets are
excitedly higher and America is the only
country which has full crops and
couuts on profiting by European and
Asiatic scarcity. This in brief seems to
be the sentiment prevalent on the board
nere. as the session drew toward a
close, traders were desirous of evening
up their trades and the consequence was
that from the extreme high point of
$1.09 the market broke off to $1.05?.
There was afterwards a slight rally and
wheat closed unsettled; cash ll.OTig
41.073a-; Sept., $1.04?$1.05; Dec.,
$1.06.
Both Ki.Je Satisfied the Price Are
Hlgn.
Chicago, Aug. 17. The exciting
scenes in wheat and corn which char-
' acterized trading the latter part of last
week was renewed at the opening of the
j board of trade this morning. Trading
! was just as wildly nervous as it was
j Saturday. The bull fever is still on this
i morning and trades inflamed with the
! prospect of higher prices, as a result of
excited higher cables, when the hell
tapped for the opening of business, at
once became a pandemouium from
which came these figures for December
wheat inside of ten minutes at 1.13.
This was the top figure on the early
bulge. Then prices began to weaken and
at 10 o'clock had declined to 1.073. A
bulge to 1.13 was accompanied by the
wildest excitement and some sales are
reported as high as 1.14. The succeed
ing period of weakness was the result of
free selling by both longs and shorts,
Conservative traders on both sides are
satisfied the prices are too high for safety
and far above the export basis, and they
must be brought together before a bene
fit on foreign shortage on which the
boom was founded can be realized. The
consequence of this was that prices
reacted until l.Oo was reached, that be
ing the lowest point this morning,
reacted to 1.07, sold off to 1.0G. At
o'clock it was comparatively quiet
1.00. Wheat continued weak and
12:15 December was quoted at 1.03.
THE WHEAT OUTLOOK.
MALICIOUSLY MISREPRESENTED, j over two years ago, bnt little importance
has hitherto been attached to this branch
of its work. The demand for trained
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The Promises or a Big Yield are More
Than Fulfilled.
St. Paul, Aug. 17. Harvesting
well under way all over the northwest
and the promises of a big yield are more
than fulfilled. Wheat averages from
twentv-five to thirty bushels to the
acre and the increased yield from in
creased acreages makes 150,000,000 bush
els minimum, the product of the two
Dakotas and Minnesota. Other grains
are close to wheat, oats especially turn
ing out. well. Great trouble is exper
ienced in procuring labor to handle the
immense crop, and the railroads are
hard at work preparing to handle the
grain. Lack of storage facilities will
compel the great majority of farmers to
dispose of their grain soon, and trans
portation facilities will be taxed to their
utmost. The weather for harvesting is
all that could be desired.
THE SAFE WOULD NOT OPEN.
Brooklyn. The corrected list places the
number of killed at twelve.
.. R18SELI. LOWELL'S DEATH-
It Cannes Much GrltfAmon; His Friends
and Associates
Boston, Aug. 13. Dr. Oliver Wendell
Holmes is much affected by the death of
his life long friend, James Russell
Lowell, although, as he says, he knew it
' was coming for a long time. He de-.-
clined to talk on the subject for publica
tion.
A Loss to the American Public:
Newbuky Pobt, Mass., Aug. 13. John
Greenleaf Whittier was much shocked to
hear of Lowell's death. "Too bad, too
had!" he said. "It is indeed a great
loss to American letters and to tne
world."
Tennyson's Tribute to Lowell.
London, Aug. 13. Many telegrams
from Englishmen prominent in litera
ture, dramatic and other walks of life,
have been received at this city, express
ing sorrow and deep regret at the death
of Lowell. Among the telegrams re
ceived this morning is one from Baron
Tennyson, the aged poet. The message
says : "England and America will mourn
Lowell's death. They loved him and he
loved them. Pray express for myself
:and mine our deepest sympathy witn
Lowells family."
To Unite Both Bides of the Party.
" 2&mw Yobk, Aug. 13. An interesting
' llt of political gosip In connection with
the meeting of the democratic committee
wm that Albany county democrats had
wiped out their anti-Hill county organ
ization. The nomination of D. Cady
Herick for the supreme court bench and
.his certain election will prevent him
from continuing in the party leadership,
and this fact is to be utilized to unite
both sides of the party under the leader
ship of Hugh Riley, whom Governor
Hill recently appointed to succeed the
late William L. Miller, as judge of the
court of claims. It is understood the
ticket arranged is as follows: For
governor, Roswell P.- Flower, for lieut
enant governor, William F. Sbeehan, of
Buffalo.
Found Dead In his Office.
Philadelphia, Aug. 13. Job Hans,
aged 60, a coal dealer, was found dead in
his office this morning with his skull
crushed. Colored men seen lurking in
the vicinity are suspected. The motive
for the crime is supposed to have been
robbery.
The Sltnation Greatly Changed.
Madbas, Aug. 13. Good rains have
fallen in the Chingleput and North
Arcot districts of this presidency and
the situation ia greatly, changed for the
better.
Ellsworth, Minn., Almost a Complete
Wreck Loss SfeS.OOO.
Ellswobth, Minn., :Aug. 14. The
most terrific windstorm that ever passed
over this section of Minnesota, struck
Ellsworth yesterday afternoon and left
the town a complete wreck. The Iowa,
Minnesota and Dakota . elevator was
completely blown to pieces. The Con
gregational church was partially blown
down. Dwellings and the Burlington
depot suffered great damage. Fortu
nately no lives were lost. There is not
a building in the village that is not dam
aged. The loss will reach $25,0U0.
HaU as Big as Goose Eggs.
Lake Benton, Minn., Aug. 14. This
place was visited yesterday by a destruc
tive hail storm in the country. Every
thing in the shape of uncut grain in the
path of the storm was annihilated. A
terrible rain and hail storm passed over
Fulda, Minn. Hail larger than goose
eggs poured down for half an hour,
breaking hundreds of windows and
stripping leaves and small branches from
trees. Farmers report corn and flax
badly damaged. Most of the wheat.
oats and barley had been cut ; what was
standing will not be one-third of the
crop.
The Nebraska Eiglit-Ilour Law.
Dexveb, Colo., Aug. District assem
bly No. 83, Knights of Labor, which
took in all the employes of the Union
Pacific system, has taken action regard
ing the Nebraska eight-hour law, which
at present is causing trouble in Omaha
and other cities. The following tele
gram has been sent to Omaha, Grand
Island, and North Plafte:
"becion lo ot the agreement is a con
tract as to working time. It is still in
force, having been made prior to the
eight-hour law, which, under the con
stitution, it cannot abrogate, The law
is thus inoperative on Union Pacific
shop employes, because of the contract.
In honor we are bound to recognize the
contract, unfortunate as ii appears,
until it can be modified by the parties
to it. The good faith of the organiza
tion - should be considered in this
matter."
GONE TO THE WALL.
OUR POSTAGE . RAILWAY.
In-
The Dalles Company's Proposition
favorably Beeelved.
- Portland, Aug. 14. The Evening
Telegram prints today a series of inter
views with individual members of the
chamber of commerce who express them
selves unfavorable to the proposition
made by The Dalles and DesChutes
Railway and Navigation . company to
construct a portage road on the Oregon
side of the Columbia. They think the
road should be built bv the chamber of
commerce and believe it can be built at
a less figure than $250,000. They also
think tliat if built by the chamber of
commerce there will not be so much
probability of the road ever coming un
der the control of competing lines.
No Trouble Getting Return Papers.
New Yobk, Aug. 13. The Herald
quotes a Chinaman as saying that many
of the Chinamen who are carried in bond
by the Southern Pacific from San Fran
cisco to New Orleans, on their way to
Cuba, find little trouble in returning to
the United States. To the Chinese con
sul at Havana they say they have lived
in the United States and wish to return.
He gives them -the proper papers and
the United States consul recognizes
them, having no means to disprove their
statements.
An Extensive Exchange Oderator of St.
Louts Fails. .
St. . Louis, Aug. 15. The failure of
John Thyson an extensive operator on
the exchange was announced after the
dose of the exchange today. "I do not
know how I stand," said Thyson, "the
trouble with me was I had too many
contracts on band and I fell in the gap,
When I find out how I stand the matter
will be straightened out." Thyson is
one of the most prominent traders on
the exchange and his failure rnd big
bulge in prices may pull down a few
others.
The German Grain Market.
Berlin, Aug. 15. The grain market
here is very excited. Rye for August
delivery which closed at 249 marks, is
quoted at 260 marks. August wheat ad
vanced 14 marks and 50 pfennings from
yesterday's closing price, now being 244
marks. The North German Gazette the
official organ of the government today,
says, the government will resolutely ad
here to its decision to make no reduc
tion in the duties levied upon grain im
ported into Germany. The government
is now held responsible for the advance
in prices in the grain market.
Worse Than at First Reported.
St. Clocd, Minn., Aug. 15. The
storm proves to have been more serious
than at first supposed. All corn and
standing grain in its path is utterly
ruined. In some places hail is fifteen to
twenty inches deep on a level. No con
servative estimate can be made of the
damage but it is heavy.
The Report Favorable.
St. Paul, Aug. 15. George Mulier,
who issued the alliance wheat circular
says; "Ve received replies from the
secretaries of the alliance in southern
Minnesota, South Dakota, AVisconsin
and Kansas all telling us the alliance
voted favorably on the suggestion. Not
an unfavorable answer was received."
The Journeymen Stonecutters.
Cleveland, Aug. 13. The National
Association of Journeymen Stonecutters
yesterday adopted resolutions emphati
cally protesting against the competition
of convict with free labor. The"conven-
New York's Hot Spell Over.
New Yobk, Au. 13. The hot wave
has entirely disappeared but the effects i
-of two days of excessive heat continues, i
jx deaths were reported today. ;
A Disastrous Cloudburst.
San Diego, Calif., Aug. 14. Informa
tion has just reached here of a disas
trous cloudburst at Campo, this county, j tion meets next year in Denver
ednesdav. Hie town is situated at !
the mouth of a ravine and a torrent of i A Murderer Hanged,
waters came down on the town, washing j St, Louis, Aug. 13. Henry Hensen
away everything moveable. Many head he n-if.. mnWWor na l, i,t,
morning. The condemned man refused
to have the death warrant read, and at
his request no religious services' were
read on the scaffold.
A Salem Bank Had Trouble In Getting
at Their Funds.
Salem, Or., Aug., 14. Two and a half
weeks ago the safe in Ladd & Bush's
bank here refused to open, and since
that time experts have been laboring
with it. Both the time lock gnd combi
nation refused to operate. After sixteen
days' steady drilling the safe was opened
today, over 100 drills having len
broken and a dozen worn out in the
operation. In the safe was over $125,-
000.
Wheat today moved up to seventy-five
cents, the best price 'paid here for some
time. The new crop is beginning to
come in lively and the second big mill
will be in operation next week.
This evening, at Turner, Ira Adams
started out on a ehort hunting expedi
tion, and as he was getting over a fence,
set his gun down on the ground, barrel
up. His foot slipped and struck the
hammer, discharging the weapon. He
received the load m his left wrist, which
will have to be amputated. .
The Artist and the Poodle.
A certain portrait painter in this city
who has acquired quite a reputation as
an artist, was complimented on his life
like work. "Yes," he said, "I suppose
it is creditable now, but was not always
so. I remember the first job I ever had,
A wealthy lady came to see me and
wanted her full length painted. I did
the best I could, but that was nothing
to brag of. When the lady came to look
at the picture she gave a cry of disap
pointment. " 'Why, that's not at all like me,' she
said ; 'I shall not' take it !'
"I '.ssured her it was a perfect like
ness, and declared that even her little
poodle would recognize it. 'I'm willing
to take that risk,' she said, 'I'll bring
my dog with me this afternoon, and if
he recognizes me I'll take the picture.'
Later in the day she brought in the
canine, and the sagacious little animal
after surveying the portrait for a mom
ent, ran up and licked the painted hand.
My lady took the picture without any
further objections.
"But the likeness must have been strik
ing," I said, "to deceive the dog."
"Not necessarily," said the artist;
"I took the precaution of rubbing a
piece of bologna sausage over the hand
before the dog arrived." Welcome.
Accidentally Drowned.
Fbesno, Cal., Aug. 16. News has been
received here this evening of the acci
dental death by drowning of W. J.
Simpson, well and favorably known
here. Simpson, in company with his
brother-in-law, W. J. Perry, left Sanger
this afternoon on the way to their homes
at Big Dry creek, where Simpson is pro
prietor of the wayside store. . After leav
ing Sanger they s'topped at Church canal
to take a bath. The water was running
full head, and while bathing Simpson
was taken with cramps and disappeared
before Perry could render any assistance.
A messenger was dispatched to shut off
the water at the headgate, as the body
has not yet been recovered. Simpson
was about 28 years of age and leaves a
widow and two children.
Tool In rll Uru'linsror 7C " 1'nat. !' rn.-esm
and Union f- Advertiser of late date there
appeared a series of interviews which re
porters of these journals had with one
J. M. McMasters, who lately owned a
half interest in the Dufur rolling mills
and who is not unknown to several peo
ple in The Dalles. The interviews are
the product of a seemingly bitter and
disappointed man. They abound in reck
less statements about the resources of
the three states of Oregon, Washington
and Idaho, which, coming from one who
professes to know every foot of the
northwest are calculated to make a false
impression especially when published in
journals of established reputation. .The
attention of Major G. W. Ingalls,,. who
has for some time been engaged on this
coast as a special correspondent of sev
eral papers in California and the east,
having been called to these misrepre
sentations, he has volunteered to give
them a partial contradiction, in a letter
addressed to a personal friend, in the
city of Rochester, who will doubtless see
that it is published where it will do most
good. Major Ingalls has kindly placed
a copy of the letter at our disposal which
reads as follows :
The Dalles, Ob., August 11th, 1891.
Geo. Burlingame, Esq., Rochester, N. Y.
Dear Sib : My attention was this day
called to the articles published in the
Post Express, of your city, regarding
Seufert Bros.' vineyard and orchard of
this place. I showed these articles to
Mr. F. A. Seufert who read the same
and he authorized me to make the fol
lowing statement: The Seufert Bros.
have been at The Dalles for the past
eleven years. The first four years they
were successfully engaged in buying and
shipping fruit, and sold out their good
will for $1,600. Since selling out the
fruit buying and shipping business they
have continuously engaged in the rais
ing and shipping of fruit, generally to
eastern markets. Their fruits have
frequently come in competition with
California fruits and yet have never
suffered from such competition; but
often their fruits have commanded
higher prices than those of California,
Montana, Idaho and Dakota when
laid side bv side.
Onecase in point : Messrs. Seufert Bros.
had expressed 200 boxes of Bartlct Pears
to Butte, Montana; the charges and box
ing costing $1.75 each. They telegraphed
buyers there to bid on the lot. $3.50 per
box was offered. Refused and wired
back that they would take $4.25 per box
and their offer was taken. California
pears were in that market then. The
Fish statement of Mr. McMasters, Mr.
Seufert said was entirely false and that
part of their business had always been
very profitable.' They further said they
knew of the defunct Tenino Packing com
pany, and that it had little or no capital
when it began business, and the mana
ger wasted by dissolute habits a little
money put into it by a worthy citizen
here. That because of his vile habits
he lost the confidence of all who did
business with him, and which finally
compelled him to run away from here.
The vacant Tenino rooms have been
occupied for over twelve months by a
successful fruit and vegetable dealer and
who has been making money.
Messrs. Seufert have 30 acres in peach
trees from two to six years old, and will
sell this season nearly 20,000 boxes,
mostly to go east. They send you
sample box ot peaches by express, one
of a lot of 50 boxes being shipped today.
It is too far to ship peaches and I fear
these may not arrive in good condition
will send you a box of liartiet pears
later. The peaches will net Messrs,
Seufert $1.25 per box. The crop last
year realized $1.00 per box. 700 four
year old cherry trees have netted $1,400
this season, and when three years older
should realize double this- amount.
They have 50 acres in grapes and will
put out 50 acres more next spring, besides
putting out 60 acres more in apricots,
which is evidence of their faith in the
future of the fruit business in this sec
tion. When they started in fruit culture,
all their capital was $1,200, and that was
invested in drifting sand refered to by
Mr McMasters, and some of which, he
says, was in danger ot blowing on to
North Dalles. Today this orchard and
vineyard cannot be bought for $50,000,
and all of it has been made out of the
fruit business, and right on the present
orchard tract, besides giving them capi
tal to start an immense fishing business.
The standing of Seufert Brothers with
the banks here is equal to that of any
successful merchant of Eastern Oregon or
Washington. I will, m a few days,
answer other portions of Mr. McMaster's
articles with official authorities support
ing my statements. I don't own a
dollar's worth of property in Washington
or Oregon, today, nor do I know that I
ever will. I write this without any
pecuniary consideration whatever, and
because I feel a great injustice has been
done to these states and their thousands
of fruit and other business men here, by
the high standing of the paper publish
ing Mr. McMasters communications.
Truly your, '
G. W. Ingalls.
teachers in all departments of school
work has been growing very rapidly of
late. A suitable normal course, such as
is outliued in the catalogue, gives both
theoretical and practical training. The
state recognizes the merit of normal
work by giving to graduates of the nor
mal school's certificates, good for six
years in any part of the state, and often
honored to adjoining states. Another
excellent feature is the provision for an
additional year's work in the different
courses. With the training of the mind
the development of true manhood and
womanhood goes hand in hand. The
discipline employed is such as to stimu
late truth and honor in all. On the
whole it is safe to say that no better
school is to be found in the state. The
people of Eastern Oregon should give
it their unanimous support.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
TIT'S!. SAUNDERS Aechitect. Plans nd
vv specifications furnished for dwellings,
churches, business Works, schools and factories.
Charges moderate, satisfaction guaranteed. Of
fice over French's bank. The Dalles, Oregon.
RAILROAD MATTERS.
of livestock were killed,
post.
Xo lives were
. Another I kaoe.
St. 1'etebsbubg, Aug. 14. A ukase
has been issued directing railroad offi
cials throughout the country to give
precedence over all other trains, passen-
An Old Man's Crime.
Gavlobd, Mich., Aug. 30. A. W.
Wilcox, living two miles east of here,
aged 70, this afternoon split open the
skull oi his granddaughter, Mrs. West,
and then committed suicide by shooting
him&elf with a revolver. Before shoot
ing himself he took a dose of Paris green.
lie was angered at ins granddaughter,
because she, who had been keeping
house for him, was going away.
Canada's Rights.
THE
WASCO INDEPENDENT
ACADEMY.
The last issue of the Wasco News says :
"The construction of a railroad through
Sherman county or into the interior of
it, is a matter that our people should
not let rest until the question is finally
settled and we have a road into the
county. Just now the Portland chamber
of commerce has two propositions on its
hands, either of which, if accepted
would result beneficially for Sherman
county.
If The Dalles portage projectors con
struct their road into Sherman county
up Spanish Hollow, or bring their influ
ence to bear to get a road into the county
it matters not who builds it The
Dalles road is the one we want. The
silly twaddelthat the Spanish
Hollow route is an impracticable one, is
rot of the rankest sort. Any man who
has ever been over a railroad through a
rolling or mountainous country and has
ever been up Spanish Hollow, knows
that no doubt exists as to its practicabil
ity.
Sherman county is ready to join hands
with The Dalles in securing the construc
tion of this line, providing the matter
does not end in all talk and on paper,
Sherman county wants a railroad and if
there is a shaddow of a chance we will
have it this fall, and if not this fall by
this time next year at the fartherest. If
The Dalles people will put their shoulder
to the wheel, Sherman will endeavor to
get in a push occassionally and help the
entjrprise along. We have started in to
get "a railroad and if The Dalles wants
the wheat trade of this county she must
help ns get it.
This railroad question is one that
should interest every one in the county ;
it is a question for which bickerings and
strife should be laid aside. Sherman
county needs more development, and we
cannot afford to let petty differences
come between us and this one great ob
ject. There ia a large area of country in
the southern part of the county that
stands only in need of a railroad to help
it on to development. The farmers in
that section cannot afford to raise large
crops for the reason that they are too
far from railway trrnsportation. With
a railroad in their midst more grain
would .be produced. Grass Valley is one
of the rich sections of Sherman county
that stands in need of a railroad, and we j
hope before the days of another August
comes it will have it. It is a cause for
which all should labor and encourage,
DR. J. SUTHER1.AND Keixow op Trinity
Medical College, and member of the Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, Ontario. Phy
sician and burgeon. Oilice; rooifts 8 and 4 Chap
man block. Residence; Judge Thombury's bec
ond street. OHice hours; 10 to 12 a. in-., a to 4
ana i io p. m.
D
R. O. D. DOANE physician and bcb-
GEON. Office: rooms A nrt A f'htmmnn
Block. Residence over McFarland & French's
store. Oflice hours 9 to 12 A. M 2 to 5 and I to
S P. M.
,t S. BENNETT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
lice in Schanuo's building, up stairs.
Dalles, Oregon.
Of-The
DSIDDALL Dentist. Gas given for the
painless extraction of teeth. Also teeth
set on Honed aluminum plate. Rooms: Sign of
the Golden Tooth, Second Street.
A R. THOMPSON ATTORNEY-AT-Liw. Office
rV in Ojiera House Block, Washington Street.
The Dalles, Oregon
P. P. MATS. fe. S. HUNTINGTON. II. 8. WILSON.
MAYS, HUNTINGTON & WILSON Attok-seys-ai
law. Offices, French's block over
First National Bank, The Dalles, Oregon.
I.B.DOFCR, GSO.WATKINS. FRANK HENEFEE.
DUFUR, W ATKINS & MENEFEE Attob-keys-at-law
Rooms Nos. 71. 73, 75 and 77,
Vogt Block, Second Street, The Dalles, Oregon.
TT H. WILSON Attobney-at-law Rooms
52 and 53, New Vogt Block, Second Street,
The Dalles, Oregon.
S. L. YOUNG,
(Successor to E. liECK.,
DEALER IN
WATCHES, CLOCKS,
J. M. HUNTINGTON & CO
Abstracters,
Heal Estate and
Iosor anee Agents.
Abstracts of. and Information Concern
ing Land Titles on Short Notice.
Land for Sale and Bouses to Rent
Parties Looking for Homes in
COUNTRY OR CITY,
OR IN SEARCH OF
BuqB Location?,;
Should Call on or Write to ns.
Agents for a Full Line of
Leailni Fire Insnrance Companies
And Will Write Insurance for
on all
DESIRABLE EISKS.
Correspondence Solicited. All Letters
Promptly Answered. Call on or
Address,
J. M. HUNTINGTON & CO.
Opera House Block, The Dalles, Or
C. N. THORNBURY,
Late Kec. U. S. Land Office.
T.-A. HTJD90H,
Notary Pabliu
Jewelry, Diamonds,
SMERWflHE, :-: ETC
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
Repaired and Warranted.
165 Kecon-.l St.. The Dalles.Or.
Fop 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 or easy terms
W. L. WARD,
The Dalles, Or,
TKByRUWOjl,
U. S. Land Office Attorneys,
Rooms 7 and 8, U. S. Land .
Office Building,
THE DALLES, - - OREGON.
Filings, Contests,
And Easiness of all Kinds Before the Lteal
and General Land Office
Promptly Attended to.
Over Sixteen Years Experience.
-WE ALSO do A-
General Real Estate Business.
All Correspondence Promptly Annrcrcd.
SJOPES & HHEaSLT,
flolesale and Hetail Dimjsti
-DEALERS IN-
A NEW
FRUIT DRYING.
Why would not the business of fruit
drying pay in The Dalles? An enter
prising fruit shipper in Walla Walla is
making arrangements for putting up an
evaporator that will have a drying; ca
pacity of four tons a day. Surely an
evaporator with a capacity suited to this
market would put money in the pocket
of the investor. It would prove a great
benefit to the people by creating a
market for all kinds of fruit that can be
preserved by the drying process. The
business of fruit raising is constantly in
creasing while the home market is lim
ited and many inferior qualities of fruit
that are allowed to go to -waste, when
fruit products are abundant, could be
turned to profitable account by drying.
As it is, small orcbardists, who cannot
well afford to put up dryers of their own
and who have not good shipping facili
ties find little profit in fruit raising in a'
year when fruit is abundant. A market
for dried frnit can always be found, at
all seasons of the year and a fruit dryer
with sufficient capacity to dry all the
fruits that might be brought to it, on
the shares or any other way, would keep
many a dollar at home that is now sent
abroad for dried fruit.
WILL NOT STAND. IN THE WAY.
. The catalogue of the Wasco Independ
ent Academy and State Normal school
for 1891-92 is before us. A careful ex
amination showsthat the various courses
are admirably adapted to the purpose j
they are intended to serve. One espec- !
ially pleasing feature is the fact that the
courses' are not inflexible, but admit of
The Chronicle has intervied Messrs.
Liebe, Dufur and Johnston, three of the
directors of the Dalles and Deschutes
Portage Railway and Navigation com
pany and they all express themselves
freely as beingg perfectly willing that
the Portland chamber of commerce
should build the proposed portage.
What they want is a portage on this
side the river, where, it is believed it
can be built cheapest and where it will
do the most good, and any prospect of
personal profit is a secondary considera
tion. If Portland or the chamber of
commerce want to build the road let
them get in and do it. The directors of
the portage company will not stand in
the way.
A FAIR OFFER.
PRINZ & NITSCHKE.
DEALERS IN
Furniture jind Carpets.
we nave 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.
Phil Willig,
124 UNION ST., THE DALLES, OR.
Keeps on hand a full line of
MEN'S AND YOUTH'S
Ready -Made Clothing.
Pants and Suits
MADE TO ORDER
On Reasonable 7rms.
Call and see my Goods before
purchasing elsewhere.
Th Grain Market In Berlin.
Berlin, Aug. 14. The grain market j geror freight, to trains conveying grain
iiere still shows an upward tendency. supplies to distressed provinces.
A Well Known Dlvino Iteari.
Tboy, X. Y., Aug. 15. Rev. Dr. Hop
kins one of the most distinguished cler
gymen of the Protestant . Episcopal
church is dead, aged 91 years.
the board of trade todav received from !
Sir Charles Tupper a cablegram stating
that the British colonial office authori-
i ties are of the opinion that the treatv
VAirbtiij, utlYlCCII UldllU IIU OfJlUU K 11 -
titles Canada to any reduction extended
to the United States by Cuba and Porto
Rico till Juno 1 next," when the treaty
expires. .
Our evenining contemptible objects to
the appointees of Governor Pennoyer
to attend the Salt Lake City convention,
on the ground that they are not repre
sentative men and don't understand
their business. Well, now, so far as the
editor of the Chronicle is concerned,
he will gladly resign in favor of Mr. i
Michell if that gentleman will promise !
Tim ....... . 1 . . . . . i ! ir. r-a 'i rl tn t )i n (vmrpntlan ilia fn mmia pfi. '
. .Lutr iiwi tiiai tjuuj at; utracrvva mure I II tin i v ' " v - ... - j
passing mention. Although the acad- i Ea' ou t,ie destructive ellects ol the Hes
emy was made a State Normal school ' sian fl.v on the orchards of Oregon.
t modifiRAtimi tct firfant. tlipin tct tho nprlq
Halifax, Aug. lO.-The secretary of!of individuals: It is no lonr i.,Hl
essential that all students pursue exactly
the same line of study in order to be
come liberally edueated. Minds vary,
and the studies which will train - them
best, vary also
FRENCH & CO.,
BANKERS.
TRANSACT A GENERALBANKINO BUSINESS
Fine Imported, Key West and Domestic
PAINT
Now is the time to paint your houw
and if you wish to get the best quality
and a fine color use the
Shenvin, Williams Co.'s Paint
For those wishing to see the quality
and color of the above paint we call thtir
attention to the residence of 8. L. Brooks,
Judge Bennett, Smith French and other
painted by Paul Xreft.
Snipes & Klnersly are agents for th
above paint for The Dalles. Or.
Health is Wealth!
Dr. E. C. Wert's Nkv ih Baik Tat-
MENT, 8 guaranteed speciflo for Hyaterla, DUst
nesa. Convulsions, Fits, - Nervous Nenralfia,
Headache. Nervous Prostration caused bv the as
of alcohol or tobacco, Wakefulness, Mental D.
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sanity and leading to misery, decay and death.
Premature Old Age, Barrenness, Loss of Power
In either sex, Involuntary Losses and Spermat
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one month's treatment. 11.00 a box, or six boxes
for 15.00, sent by mail prepaid on receipt ol prlc.
WK GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
To cure any case. With each order received by
us for six boxes, accompanied by $6.00, w will
send the purchaser our written guarantee to re
fund the money If the treatment does not ffsct
cure, unarantees issued only oy
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Prescription Drugg-lsta,
175 Second St. The Dalle, Or.
Letters of Credit issued available in the
Eastern States.
Sight Exchange and Telegraphic
Transfers sol don New York, Chicago, St.
Louis, San Francisco, Portland Oregon,
Seattle Wash., and various points in Or
egon and Washington.
Collections made at all points on fav
orable terms.
. $500 Reward!
We will pay the above reward for any case oi
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, .Sick Headache, In
digestion, Constipation or Costiveness wc cannot
cure with West's Vegetable Liver Pills, when the
directions are strictly complied with. Tlioy are
purely vegetable, and never fail to give satislac
tion. Sugar Coated. Large boxes containing oO
Pills, 25 cents. Hewn re ol counterfeits and imi
tations. The genuine manufactured oulv by
THE JOHN C. WFST COMPANY, CHICAGO,
ILLINOIS.
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175 SWoml SI. The Ih1!, Or.
20 REWARD.
TILL BE i'Aiu FOR ANY INFORMATION
leading to the conviction of parties cutting
e r"reB or in anv. wnv interferinff with the
I ir- po!cs of Tu Ku;cTi!!: I.I01IT
Co H. GLENN.
Mnnager
D. P. Thompson' J. 8. Bchxnck, H. If. Beau,
President. Vice-President Cashier.
First lialiop.ai Bant
THE DALLES. -
- OOOREN
A General Banking Business transacted
Deposits received, subject to Sight
Draft or Check.
Collections made and proceeds promptly
remitted on dav of collection.
Sight and Telegraphic Exchange sold om
New York, San Francisco- and Port
land. .
DIRECTORS.
P. Thompson. Jno. S. Schbvck.
W. Spabks. Gko. A. Lizas.
H. M. Eiall.
W. H. NEABEACK, :
PROPRIETOR OF TBS
Granger Feed Yard,
THIRD STREET.
I At Grimes' old place of business.)
Horses fed to Hay or Oats at the lowest peael-
ble prices. Good care given to animals left ia
in y charge, as I have ample stable room. Give
me a call, and I will guarantee satisfaction.
W. H. NAACX.