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THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1891.
VOL. 1.
NUMBER 37.
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A SMUGGLER ARRESTED
ladee Laneelv. of San Aotonio, Ar
rested for Running Horses From
Mexico into the United States.
The Dead at Martinique Will Number
About 250. Macon, Mo., Ruined
by Heavy Rains.
- 8an Antonio, Tex., Aug. 21. Judge
Roy Noan Lugley has been arrested for
smuggling from Mexico. It is alleged
he has been concerned in running horses
from Mexico Into the United States. He
ia one of the most celebrated characters
on the frontier and has been justice
the peace for many years. He stoutl
protests his innocence.
Two Hundred and Eighteen Killed
Pakis, - Aug. 21. The latest reports
from the Island of Martinique, state
218 people were killed by the recent
cyclone. This is in the coast towns ; the
interior has not been heard from yet,
and until reports are received from there
the total number of killed will not be
known It is thought the number of
dead in the interior towns will be equal
to or greater than in the coast towns.
A Destructive Rain.
Macon, Mo., Aug. 21. The heavy
jain the past few days caused the Chad'
ton river and the .Muscle fork running
through the western portion of Macon
county to overflow. Hay, wheat, oats.
stacks and shocks were washed away,
'Cornfields and fences were destroyed
and a laree amount of live stock drowned,
It is feared railroad and wagon bridges
will be washed out. It is impossible to
estimate the loss caused by high water
but it is tremendous.
- THI SAVIOB'B COAT.
Thousands of Pilgrim Gather to Look
at the Sacred Garment.
London,, Aug. 20. A" dispatch from
Treves says the public exhibition of the
holy coat said to have been worn by the
Savior was begun today. The exhib
ition was inaugurated by a pontifical
service conducted by the bishop, after
which the people of the parish of St.
' -Gangolphin, Trevesopened the series of
.Dilzrims' procession. The coat was in a
. glass case on the high marble staircase
behind the high altar. A largs cross, il
luminated by gas, has been erected over
; the place wnere tne renc is snown ana
Ave flags were hoisted on the roof of the
cathedral. A great multitude was in at'
tendance to see the holy coat,, and phy
- sicianS are overrun with . applications
jot certificates on the part ot tne pa
grims who wish to touch the garment
with the hope of being cured of disease.
Neither the diocesan authorities or the
great and increasing throng of pilgrims
... apparently pay any attention to the
charges affecting the authenticity of the
noiy coat.
AMONG THE RAILROADS.
1 Kate War Inaugurated Yesterday in Pas-
-" aenger Bates Chicago to New York
- "Cincinnati, Aug. 20. A big rate war
was inaugurated here today to New
York, caused by the Baltimore & Ohio
" making an excursion rate at $15.50 to
, Atlantic City, which is less than the rate
one way. The Erie notified the Balti
more & Ohio several days ago that if it
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Old not wunaraw lue rm unmeuiuieiy.
'; at rate of one fair would be made to New
York. The Baltimore & Ohio declined
." to withdraw the rate, and the Erie an
Mouced a one-fare round-trip rate to
. "New York: -effective August 25. The
"BizFonr." Chesapeake & Ohio, and
PtTnnsyivsnia, met the rate today. The
act'uon'of the Baltimore & Ohio, it is al
leged, is a direct violation of the trunk
line agreement. The demoralization of
ratee will probably extend to other
poin ta. The Western lines, it ?s reported
have demanded diflerenuai rates.
Switchmen on a Strike.
Pxoria, HI., Aug. 20. A strike la in
progress in this city by the switchmen
employed by the Peoria & Pekin Union,
a line which is the terminal for the Big
Four, the Jacksonville, Southeastern,
the Lake Erie & Western, the Peoria,
Deeator & Evansville, the Terre Haute
'& Erie, and the Peoria & Western roads,
all of them being involved, or rather be-
' . ing discommoded by this strike. The
grievance is the general yardmaster, Mr.
Bell, who has lately advanced a man in
preference to some of the extras who
have been working for the road. Only
-mail trains were allowed to leave, the
eity till noon today, when the passen
ger service was restored. . Freight busi
ness is at a standstill, no trains being
made up or going out of the yards.
There is a great deal of perishable
freight now on band. The probabilities
of a settlement are not good at present.
Chicago's People's Party.
Chicago, Aug. 20. At the Grand
Pacific were taken the first practical steps
towards the establishment in Chicago of
a people's party. The conference was a
secret one, held because of the presence
in the city of W. F. Wrightruire, secre
tary of the national citizens industrial al
liance, as well as of the board of organ
ization of that body. Preparatory work
' has been formed in nearly all of the
wards, while nearly 10,600 names have
been pledged to thesupportof principles
and the candidates of a third party.
The work of organization will continue
Jto be pushed.
.The Chine e Government Alarmed.
" SaANOHAi, Aug. 21- A strong Chi-
nese squadron has - been ordered to
Nankin and another is assembling north
ofaYang-tse-Kiang.
Pbkin, Aug 21. The government is
alarmed at the threatened appeal to
force by the powers. The Chinese gov
ernment expedition to lay telegraph
lines was expelled by the people in
.Yuma. -
An Expiwaa Train Held Up.
. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 21. The night
express train from Macon last night was
held up at Collins' station by three
masked men and the express safe robbed
of $30,000. The express company
' officials sav only $2,500 was taken by the
Tobbers.
A -Split im The Alliance. '
Dallas, Tex., Aug. 21. The split be
tween the factions in the farmer's
alliance ou the snb-treasury scheme is
growing wider. The lantis have been
excluded iram the convention now in
session.
INVOLVING MILLIONS.
Heavy Damage Claimed A pa Inst a
corporation.
Milwaukee, Aug. 19. A suit involv
ing several millions of dollars has been
begun in the United States circuit court
by the American Loan and Trust com
pany against the Gogebic Development
company. The defendant in 1887 exe
cuted to plaintiff a trust deed of a large
amount of valuable mining property in
Ashland comity to secure the payment
of 2000 of its bonds ef $1000 each,
amounting in all to $2,000,000. This
mortgage provided for the payment at 9
per cent, interest semi-annually, and the
principal in 1907, and also in case of de
fault for six months in the payment of
any installment and on demand of the
owners of the bonds to the amount of at
least $190,000 a mortgage should be de
clared to the whole amount of principal
and interest due and payable, and pro
ceed to foreclosure. The complainant
alleges that the defendant sold the whole
$2,000,000 bonds at par, and that there
has been such default and demand. The
answer admits the execution of the bond
and mortgage, and that 500 of the bonds,
amounting to $500,000, wers sold and
negotiated by-defendent, but denies that
the rest of the bonds' were sold. The
latter, it alleges, were wrongfully and
fraudulently parceled out by the former
officers of "the company without any
value being paid therefor, and that the
present owners of them had full know
ledge of such fraud.
MORE EKCIPBOITY.
Still Better Arrangements Between Can,
ada and This Country.
Washington, Aug. 19. For some time
Sir Julian Pauncefote has been anxiously
endeavoring to arrange a basis of nego
tiation with Blaine with respect to the
reciprocity trade between Canada and
the United States, but with indifferent
sncceBS. Premier Abbott sent a secret
commission, a few weeks ago, to make
an effort to establish entente cordiale.
This agent, when at Washington, sub
mitted Sir Julian Pauncefote'8 memor
andum., to the effect that the present
dominion government was willing to
to have a reciprocity trade with euch
articles as are not imported into Canada
in large quantities from England.
Sir Julian now leeis in a position to
oner the United btates reciprocity in coal,
grain, meats, cattle and live" stock,
leather of all kinds, glassware, agncnl
tural impliments, flour and meal, paper
manufactres, kerosene oil, cars, car
nages, can, metal goods, vegetables,
fruits, hats and caps, rubber goods, fer-
tilizers, earthen and enmaware, and a
number of other important articles.
HAD UTS WIFE DISMISSED
Woman Official Dismissed on
her Hut-
' band's Complaint.
Washington, Ang. 19. Acting Secre
tary Nettleton has signed an order dis
pensing with the services of Mrs. Cath-
erine McGuire as assistant keeper of the
light station at Marquette, Mich. A
singular feature of this case is that the
woman's dismissal is based on complaints
made by her husband, who is keeper of
tne station. He cnarges ner witn mat
tention to duty. - In reporting on the
case, the inspector of tne district sug
gests that the appointment of a man as
assistant keeper would be best for the
interests of the service. .
Wreckers Capture a Tessel.
Key West, Fla., Aug. 21. Word has
been received here that as soon as the
revenue cutter McLane left the wrecked
steamer Eldorado, ashore off Bimim,
the Bahama wreckers, who claimed a
right to the salvage of the ship, made an
attack on her and as they - largely out
numbered the Americans, they had no
difficulty in securing possession of her.
Word of the action of the wreckers was
at once telegraphed to the secretary of
tne treasury, and telegraphic orders
were quickly received for the McLtrne
to proceed again to tne scene of tne
wreck, and protect American interests.
She left at once.
Twenty Teasels Lost.
Pakis, Aug. 20. Meagre reports from
Martinique Island, which was swept by
a cyclone yesterday state the number of
vessels lost to be over twenty.
Official advices received here this
afternoon announce the calamity to be
the most severe since the year 1817. So
far as can be learned there is nearly
if not quite sixty deaths l.s the result of
the hurricane's visit. Numerous sugar,
coffee, cotton and cocoa plantations
wnich nave undergone tne force oi tne
tornado seem to be entirely destroyed.
News From Peru.
San Francisco, Ang. 19. The steamer
George W. Elder, which left here last
month with a cargo of 1400 tons of
wheat for Peru, arrived this morning
after fifteen days, from Callao. Cap
tain Lewis stated that everything was
quiet at the latter port, but there was a
great demand for wheat and produce,
tneir Chilian supply being cut on.
American flour was selling at the rate of
$18 a sack and potatoes brought a high
figure. . '
Arrested After a Hard Battle.
Hanoveb, N. H., Aug. 20. Frank C.
Almy, the murderer of Christie Wardon,
was discovered in Warden's barn this
morning. Almy fired fifteen shots at
his pursuers, slightly injuring one of
them. They are now' debating how to
dislodge the murderer, who probably
will be shot. The beseiged man finally
surrendered to the sheriff and was taken
to jail.
Had Better Go Slow.
Beklin, Aug. 20. The Tageblatt says :
'England's interest lies on our side.
Should Franca and Russia defeat the
dreibund the immediate consequence
would be the expulsion cf t,he English
from Egypt.
The French Government Warned.
Pabis, Aug. 20. The Journal Bet De
bate warns the Freftch government to be
satisfied with the friendship of Russia
and England and not to attempt the im
possible taeic ot tonping anotper drei
bund. Thousands of Acres ot Grain Destroyed.
Sanborn, N. D,ak., Aug. 20. The
hailstorm which swept over a wide
strip of country south of this place yes
terday aftetnoon Laid waste 7000 acres
I of gram. , i
Harycxt Prospects Gloomy.
Calcutta, Aug. 20. A dispatch from i
the capital of British JB.iy-.mah state that
the harvest prospects almost throughout
Burmah, are of the gloomiest d;scrip
tian, . .
BLOWN TO PIECES.
An Explosion in New York Causes the
Death ot Fully Fifty People No
Time to Escape.
Two Buildings Totally Demolished
The Ruins Burning Fiercely The
Work of Rescue.
New York, Aug. 22. One of the
worst disasters which ever happened in
this city occurred just after noon today.
From what can now be learned fully if
not more than fifty peaple lost their
lives. The accident came so suddenly
that not a single person in the two big
buildings at Nos. 70 and 72. Park Place,
escaped alive. A. A. Johnson, a janitor
in the building at No. 81 Park PJace,
who was directly across the street when
the accident occurred said he was stand
ing on the steps at No. 81 Park Place at
noon when he heard the sound of an
explosion from across the street, and
almost immediately the front of the
building collapsed, and the entire build
ing caved in with a deafening crash. It
came so suddenly that it was impossible
for a living being to escape from the
building. On the ground floor of one of
the numbers was a restaurant crowded
with people. The ruins are burning
fiercely and all efforts are being directed
toward getting the names under control
in order that the work of rescue and
recovering the bodies of the dead may be
begun, lbree children oi tranK iiag
gerty, the janitor, were playing in the
front when tne explosion occurred,
They were killed. The latest reports
say the explosion was caused by steam
which blew up the receiving boiler in
the basement belonging to the steam
heating company. .Roundsmen, tailor,
was passing along Park Place when he
heard the explosion. He ran to the
hardware store and secured a dozen axes
and distributed them- to the firemen,
who had already arrived on the scene,
The firemen and bystanders soon cut a
hole in the side wall of No. 70, out of
which seventeen persons crawled, all of
whom bore bruises, lne police estimate
the loss of life to be between forty and
seventy. ' .
EXPRESS CAR BOBBED.
Bold Exploit of Three Highwaymen who
Capture a Train.
Griffin, Ga., Aug. 22. An express car
in charge of J. E. Byrne was robbed by
three masked men just this side of Col
lins station last night. Conductor Reid,
of the train, says he stopped at Collins
to let on a colored woman, and when the
train pulled out he saw no one get on
but his engineer saw three men standing
on the eide of the train, and got on the
front of the express car. Messenger
Byrne says that as the train left the
station, one of the men entered his car
with a pistol in his hand, and he was
followed by the other two. They or
dered him to unlock his safe, which he
did at the point of three pistols. The
men were of medium size and wore as
masks, portions of black bats. They
also wore large black aprons. Immed
iately after robbing the car they rang
the bell, and when it was nearly at a
standstill they jumped and ran off
through a field. The messenger says he
does not know the amount taken, but
that in their hurry the men overlooked
some very large packages. It is rumored
the amount is $20,000, though the ex
press officials only acknowledge that
about $2500 was stolen. It is believed
the woman who got off the train was a
confederate.
Drowned at Hood River.
Hood Rives, Ogn., Aug. 22. At 1
o'clock this afternoon Mrs. I. J. Watson
came running into Hood River, crying,
"They are all drowned." She was fran
tic with excitement and but little infor
mation could be obtained from her ex
cept that a large party, including her
self, all Portland people, while bathing
in the lake one and a half miles west of
town had overturned the raft they were
using and all except herself had 'been
drowned. She, being able to swim, bad
succeeded in regaining the raft and had
paddled to shore. She states there were
several small children on the raft bnt as
yet no names are available. A large
number of men nave gone to the scene
of the accident to attempt to rescue the
unfortunates.
The latest report is that a little girl
named Curtis was the only one drowned.
AGAIN IT IS REPORTED.
That Harrison Is Not Looking
for
domination.
Boston, Aug. 21. A special to the
Herald from New York saysj It is
almost impossible that, after all that has
been said on the subject, President Har
rison is not looking for a second term.
A representative administration repub
lican made this startliag statement to
day: Not only is President Harrison
not looking for the nomination, but
when the time comes he will come out
for Mr. Blaine. The programme is for
Secretary Blaine to tender his resigna
tion, and at the same time offer himself
as a candidate for the presidency. Pres
ident Harrison will refuse to accept the
resignation of his secretary of state, and
will assure Mr. Blaine of his active and
earnest support and everything will be
plain sailing. With no presidential
aspirant in sight, except Mr. Blaine,
the lesser lights would be bidding for
honor of second place. This agreement
was brought about but a short time ago,
for up to last Sunday the president still
had the second-term bug in bis bonnet.
This determination of the president to
forego his attempt to securetre-election
is said to have been reached at the con
ference with Stephen B. Elkina and
Postmaster-General Wannamaker, at
his Cape May cattage Sunday last, ,
Must Stay at Home.
Rome, Aug. 21. The government or
gans assert if the next conclave is held
abroad, the government will occupy the
Vatican and exclude the new pope from
it.'
They pnaprjc the Fintforro,
Little Rock, Ark,, Ang..0.-Thj3
state farmers' alliance convention in
session here endorsed the. Ocala platform
i and sub-treasury scheme, 'V:'--""
An Imposing Ceremony
Milwaukee, Aug. 20. Cardinal 'Gib;
bons conferred the pallium on Arnh
Bishop Ketzer today with mostimpo:
ising !
I
ceremonies.
THE CAMPAIGN FUR1IALLT OPENED
Major McKinley Makes a Speech De
nouncing the Democrats.
Niles, O., Aug. 22. The campaign
was formerly opened in Ohio today, on
the part of the republican party; the
principal speaker was Major McKinley,
candidate for governor, who in his
speech said : "The democratic platform
declares for the free and unlimited coin
age of the silver of the world. The re
publican platform stands in opposition
to anything short of a full and complete
dollar. The free coinage demanded by
the democratic platform means that all
the silver of the world can be brought
to the mints of the United States and
coined at the expense of the government.
That the UnitedStatesmint must receive
412 grains of silver, worth eighty
cents, the world over. It does not take
a very wise man to see that the short
dollar will become in time the exclusive
circulating medium of the country.
Gold will be taken from circulation of
the country and hoarded, and the effect
will be that the circulating medium will
be reduced to the extent of the gold now
circulating, and we will be compelled to
do the business of the country with sil
ver dollars exclusively. Any interna
tional agreement of the nations which
are on a silver basis alone are the poor
est nations of the world and are in con
stant financial disturbance and mene
lerv disorder.
This he said had been pointed out by
ex-President Cleveland and Governor
CarmihelL even had declared he had
deubts about the wisdom of free coinage,
No class of people would suffer bo much
from eighty-cent dollars as the wage-
earner and agriculturalist. 1 am in
favor of double standard but not of free
and unlimited coinrge, until the nations
of the world join us in guaranteeing free
silver as a status which their laws now
accord to gold. Speaking of the tariff
the major eaid the reuenue tarm, sucn
as the democratic party advocates, was
well conceived to benefit every other na
tion but this. He said the failureof reve
nue tariff to supply the wants of the gov
ernment would result in direct taxation.
The speaker declared under protective
tariff the public debt was reovced nearly
two thirds and the state debts also have
been reduced. Reciprocity, Major Mc
Kinley said, is a provision which in no
way encroaches upon the protective
principle, nor can in any way destroy or
undermine protective tariff. The major
said there was much criticism about the
duty on tinpla'.e and fully as much mis
representation as criticism.
SELLING THEIR CHILDREN.
Parents Offering Their Children for
Sale in Order to Purchase Food.
London, Aug. 23. The stories of mis
ery received from Russia are almost in
credible. In Bessarabia parents are
actually offering their children for sale
in order to buy food, and dealers at
Constantinople, hearing of this, have
purchassd through agents in the Rus
sian villages a considerable number of
female children. Many deaths have
been caused through famine, and fami
lies may be found actually perishing from
hunger, and huddling together in their
common misery. J. he stewards oi crown
lands and forests have been instructed
to allow the peasantry to enjoy free pas
ture and freely to gather mushrooms,
which are largely consumed among the
lower classes of Russians, and to gather
wild fruits in the forests and woods of
the state. This, however, does not an
swer the demand for substantial food.
The famine cripples also the finances of
Russia, and it ia believed for this reason
there will be no war for many months.
The collection of state ond local taxes in
at least twenty provinces will fall con
siderably behind the usual amount.
Besides, large sums are required to pre
vent whole popnlotions from perishing
of starvation. The government authori
ties being now aroused, are exerting
themselves with energy and the distrib
ution of relief is going oh as rapidly as
possible. When a quantity of grain
reached Marinpol, in the province of
Yekaterinosia, Tuesday, the people were
weak with want. They gathered near
the place of distribution, presenting a
pitiful spectacle with their wan faces
and wasted forms. A force of police
were present to preserve order, but in
stead the police had, in several cases, to
keep the applicants from tailing through
sheer hunger and weakness. Nor is
misery confined to the lowest classes.
Among the applicants at Marinpol are
noblemen and tradesmen, the latter
ruined in business through lack of cus
tom on account of famine, and the for
mer deprived of the margin between
their debts and their income, on which
thev had depended. The prohibition of
the export of rye was none too soon if
the more frightful results of famine were
to be avoided.
CANADIAN WHEAT.
The
Yield This Tear Will
he Larger
Than Ever Before.
Toronto, Ont., Aug. 21. More wheat
will be exported from Canada this year
than ever before. The yield in Ontario
will be 30,500,000 bushels, or nearly 10,-
000 more than last year. The Northwest
and Manitoba will yield, it is estimated,
about 63,000,000 bushels. Deducting for
seed and consumption 30, 000.0(H) bushels,
this will leave 33,000,000 bushels for ex
port. Of this amount, Manitoba expects
to export 25,000,000 bushels of hard
wheat, the finest Canada produces. Last
year the total export of wheat from Can
ada was a little over 25,000,000 bushels.
The crop of wheat in Canada this year
exceeds anything in the history of the
country. The average yield of fall wheat
per acre this year will lie 24.4 bushels,
or five bushels above the average in- the
year past. In Western Ontario some
yields produced as high as 35 bushels an
acre and 63.64 and 65 pounds to the
bushel.
ROBBED A TRAIN.
Tlllians Rob
a Conductor
Brakeman.
and Kill a
Kassas City, Aug. 21. Freight train
No. 18, on the Kansas City, St. Joe &
Council Bluffs road, was held up by two
masked men and robbed at Murray,
switch outside of Harlem. The robbers
took the conductor's watch, and told the
rear brakeman, Ed. White, to get off hia
car. As hp stepped; toward the ladder
the revolver of pne-o the robbera was
discharged, and White dropped dead,
the baU entering his temple. The two
robbera ran into a thicket. The author
ities have been,nbtified, and every effort
is being- made, to catch the desperadoes.
White was thirty-six years of . age,-and
leaves a widow who lives in St. Joseph.
OF HIGH
WOOL.
An exchange asks : "We wonder what
the McKinley bill has to do with the
rise in the price of wheat and the fall in
the price of wool?" The Chronicle
may be wrong but it is of the opinion
that the McKinley bill has nothing to do
with either the one or the other. The pres
ent rise in wheat is simply the result of
an anticipated shortage in the aggregate
wheat supply of the world. Had the
products of the great wheat countries of
the eastern hemisphere been equal, this
year, to what they have been in some
years that are past, wheat, today, would
likely be selling in a dull market
Chicago at eighty cents, instead of in
highly excited market, at $1.05 to $1.15
And this would have been true if the
name of McKinley had never been heard
of. The very best that protection can
do, in this regard, is to create a home
market, by creating an army of consum
ers who are not producers of bread stuffs.
and thus indirectly effect the foreign
market, by the shortage of our surplus
for export. This seems so plain that
requires no argument. The law of sup
ply and demand fixes the price abroad
as well as at home. Even where pro
tection creates a home demand the law
continues to rule and fix the price. And
the same law applies equally to the wool
market. Shut out foreign wools that
comes in competition with our home pro
duct and the price must inevitably rise,
in the long run. It cannot be otherwise.
never was and never will be. Supply
and demand fix the price. Limit the
supply by protective restriction, and the
demand being equal the price must rise,
ihis is history, not theory, fact, nor
fancy. Whence then the low price of
wool ? For the simple reason that the de
mand is not equal to the supply and m
a much lesser degree because 61 the
stringency in the money market' that
shuts off speculation in wool and limits
the purchase of that commodity to the
actual requirements of the manufactur
ing trade. One consideration alone, that
seems to have been very generally for-
gotted by writers on this subject, fully
accounts for the depression and lower
prices that have ruled in the wool mar
ket during the present season. It is the
well known fact that immense quantities
of foreign wools and woolen mannfac
tures were imported last fall, in antici
pation of the passage of the McKinley
bill. These importations have been es
timated by conservative' judges to be
nearly equal to a full year's supply and
they are still an important factor in the
wool situation. . Till this supply is used
up and passes into the hands of the con
sumer it is unreasonable to' expect the
full effect of an increased tariff restric
tion. The large demand for wool in the
Boston market, during the past thirty
days, gives assurance that manufactur
ers believe that prices are not likely to
recede and better prices will surely come
when the immense exportations of gold,
that have been sent out of the country
in payment for goods purchased in an
ticipation' of the passage of the McKin
ley bill return in payment of our exports
of wheat and other bread stuffs.
TRAMPS.
A so-called reform journal has this to
say about tramps: "The restless pro
duct of American institutions, the tramp,
was practically nnknown until we in
dulged in the luxury of millionaires,
If the tramp ia an American institution,
which we question, he is only so be
cause there ia no great country on earth
save the United States where a man can
get along with so little work and yet
manage to live. There were no tramps
in the early days of the republic, because
men in those days had to work or starve.
There would be fewer tramps now if
there were fewer kind-hearted fools to
give tramps bread and clothing which
they never earned. The Pacific coast is
infested with tramps, not because there
is no work for them to do. The genuine
tramp don't want work won't work, in
fact. Reduce the masses to a state of
poverty so that they would not he able
to feed tramps, or let them solidly de-
determine that they won't feed them
and the tramp nuisance will end. Re
form journals are wasting a heap of use
less sympathy on tramps. Every town
on the Pacific coast is full of tramps and
yet the farmers are crying for men to
help them harvest their crops and of
fering good wages. Jt is natural born
laziness that begets tramps anc) a foolish
and almost criminal sympathy that
nourishes them. They are not the fruit
of our economic system except in so far
as the tramp, as we know him, could not
exist in a country blighted with poverty.
He would have to work or starve, and, in
either case wopld pass out of existence.
A NATURAL RESULT.
There is abundant evidence that Eng
lish workmen are feeling the effects of
the McKinley tariff law in all branches
of trade effected by it. No protectionist
ever doubted that this would be the' re
sult and however much he may deplore
it, he ia not surprised at it.
English workmen cannot make our
goods for us if we manufacture them our
selves. - They cannot be shut - out from
onr markets by a restrictive tariff and
have the benefit of these markets at the
the same time. If through reciprocity
arrangements with onr southern neigh
bors we are to Bupply tbem with some
manufactures they used to purchase
from England, England must suffer to
that extent. Right or wrong it is a part
and parcel of the world's competitive
system of trade, and the same results
will follow from similar causes, jri a1,! it
branches, so long as the )for.l4 ia. consti
tuted 83 it ia. Epgland, likeeyery other
nation on earth adopts such policy as
she ponsiders conducive to her own inter-!
ests. If, she had the nq.er -v manu-r
facture everythipg we needed, from a
needle to a steam engine, she would use
it, and in this Tespect ehe Is little differ
THE TRUE CAUSE
WHEAT AND LOW
ent from other nations. It may be all
wrong for Germauy and France to shut
out American hog products, but they do
it, and however much we may kick and
squirm we cannot prevent it. The same
principle actuates individuals as well
nations. . Not a man of those who are
writing socialistic and sentimental plati
tudes about the iniquity of monopolies
whether in nations or individuals, but
would control every cent of trade withi
their reach, if they had it in their power
to do so. Human nature is built that
way and to change it a new race of be
ings must be created.
AN
ARGUMENT FOR
RIVER.
AN OPEN
From the Buffalo Courier of the 16th
inst we find that 328,698 bushels of
wheat were shipped the day before from
Buffalo to New York bv the Erie Canal,
The bulk of this wheat came from Du
luth and Chicago, and the charge from
these two cities to Buffalo by water
three cents" a bushel, and the charge
from Buffalo to New York is 3 cents.
the whole cost from Duluth to. New
York 1750 miles of water transporta
tion, ia 6 cents a bushel. The first
week of this month three steamships
sailed for New Orleans bound for France,
Belgium and England respectively, with
cargoes of Missouri wheat, amounting to
170,000 bushels. This wheat was car
ried from bt. Louis to JNew Orleans on
barges at a cost of three cents a bushel,
The distance is about 1100 miles and the
distance from New Orleans to Liverpool
is 4700 miles, making a total of 5700
miles at a total cost of ten cents, less
than the price charged by the Union
Pacific for carrying wheat from The
Dalles to Portland a distance of 88 miles
If this is not an argument for an open
river there never was one penned.
SOOTHING SIRUP FOR ONE.
The Eatt-Oregonian is greatly excited
and very mad at United States citizens
who go to Europe for a summer ' tour,
It calls them "idlers," "snobs," "para
sites," "slave owners," etc., and in the
intensity of its madness it has created
several new comparatives that will
henceforth take rank in English' litera
ture with the productions of Josiah
Allen's Wife as, for example, "the self-
isher ignoranter, knavisher many
The remedy that Mr. Jackson proposes
for the cure of the evil is free trade and
the single tax system. The Chronicle
suggests that the people of Pendleton
give Mr. Jackson a dose of Mrs. Wins-
low's soothing sirup.
THE AMERICAN OUTLOOK.
According to the statements of rail
road authorities in New York Jay Gould
controls 80,000 miles of railroad. If his
plans should be carried out Gould will
hold the control of something like $800,-
000,000 worth of railroad property. That
is too much for any man on earth to
have the unrestricted control of, it mat
ters not how . he got that control. It
wonld be an empire and Gonld its auto
crat, and if such an event should ever
transpire another must follow in its
wake that will put the autocrat under
greater legal restriction. If we must
have an iwverum in imverio let it be a
constitutional monarchy.
The Walla Walla Journal advocates
the free use of straw for repairing streets
and roads and contends that where this
plan is presisted in, it ultimately results
in the finest roads in the world, solid,
yet springy, furnishing the horses fine
footing and being completely free of dust.
The Journal may be a little over enthui
astic but there is not a doubt in the
world that straw could be used to very
great advantage on roads leading to this
city that in the fall of the year and dur
ing grain hauling become almost impas
sible.
The TimefMountaineer says: "We
do not wish to criticise the'appointments
of Governor Pennoyer on the arid land
commision." Of course not. We are
all right now since the editor of that
journal, himself has been appointed,
but before that.event we were lacking in
brains, and were not - representative
men. Now, howeverjt is with the rep
resentative part we are solid on brains.
You bet!
FARM MORTGAGES IN THE WEST.
The figures that the census bureau
gives to indicate the number of farm
mortgages in the west and northwest,
anpalling as they are at first sight, are
not necessarily indicative of bankruptcy
among the farmers any more than the
immense debts of railroad companies are
Indicative of the bankruptcy of these
corporations. A railroad wholly con
structed of borrowed capital, if .built to
meet a real necessity, would be a sign of
prosperity althongh it might add mater
ially to the aggregate of railroad indebt
edness. The farmer who mortgages his
land to obtain money absolutely needed
to conduct his business is not necessarily
poorer than he waq before, although he
has added another to the list of . farm
mortgages. In both cases the mortgages
may be a sign of enterprise and pros
perity. The pre-emptoij who mortgages
his claim to obtain the money needed to
pay for it, and the man who buys a farm
on time and gives a mortgage to secure
the payment are not necessarily poorer
than they were before. They may in
fact be richer or in the fair way of be
coming so. They have in fact changed
their position from that of a mere .hire-.
ling or renter to that of conditional own-
rship ot the land, they. . cultivate. A
million such mortgages would, of them
selves give no proper indication of the
jroepency or aaverguy oi me mortgage-i
ors. Uther things .WQUlu have to be
taken into account, Yet there are hun
dreds of thousands of just such mort
gages in the United States and specially
in the west and north-west.. All such
mortgages are really prima facie evi
dences of present prosperity and pledges
of greater in the time to come. Neither
idle capital nor idle land is productive of
wealth to anybody, but, unite both by
judicious mortgage Dona, when there is
lack of suSicient capital on the part of
the land owner, and a chance ia given to
make both productive. Thousands of
the most prosperous enterprises in the
world were started on borrowed capital.
When Chicago was rebuilt after the
great fire that destroyed $300,000,000
worth of property, it was largely rebuilt
by borrowed capital, secured by mort
gages on its real estate. These mort
gages were at once the proof of Chicago's
enterprise and the foundation of her
prosperity. We do not by any means
say that this is the case with all the
farm mortgages of the United States but
until the census shall prove that the ma
jority of this indebtedness has been in
curred because of the inability of the
mortgageors to live on the income of
their property we shall regard the fig
ures as proving nothing for those who
use them so freely to prove the calamit
ous condition oi the American farmer.
PROFESSIONAL, CARDS.
T7M. SAUNDERS Architect. Pliins and
t T tieclncaUons furnished for dwellinirs.
uuuivura, uuiiius diocks, scnoois ana lactones,
Charges moderate, satisfaction guaranteed. Of-
ace over t rencn s DanK, i ne Dalles, Oregon.
rR. J. SUTHERLAND Fellow or Trinity
JlMical College, and member of the Col-
.eee Of Phvsirf hhr Ann ii rowins ftntnrlrt Pht.
jlcian and Surgeon. Office; rooms S and 4 Chap
man block. Residence: Judee Thornburv'M sen
ium Bireeu uuce nours; iu co Li a. m., to
and 7 to 8 p. m.
II A. O. II. DOAft E PHTSICIAK AND SUH-
u gkon. Office; rooms 5 and 6 Chapman
Block.
Residence over McFarland Sc French's
Office hours 8 to 12 A. II., 2 to 5 and 7 to
itore.
J P.M.
8. BENNETT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
fice in Schauno'8 building, up stairs.
Dalles, Oregon.
Of
The rv 8IDDALL Dentist. Gas given for the
painless extraction ot teem. Also teeth
et on flowed aluminum Dlate. Rooms! R(im nf
-1 1 .; m . L , 5 r. . .
A . K. THOMPSON Attorket-at-LAW. Office
fx in opera House mocc, Washington Street,
r. P. HAT8. B. B. HCNTINQTON. H. 8. WILSON,
AYS, HUNTINGTON 4 WILSON ATTOB-NBTS-at-law.
Offices. French's block over
r irat Aauuuiu dohml, iue jjaues, uregon.
K.B.DUrUR. GEO.WATKIKS. TBAKK KKNKFKE.
rvUFUR. WAT1UNS 4 MENEFEE Attob,
i pii trAi iii w x.uoiiib nus, vi. 3, to ana ,
ujfi xixucit, oecuna street, ine Jjaties, uregon,
w
H. WILSON Attobnet-at-law Rooms
52 and 53. New V oet Block. Second Street.
i ne u&iies, uregon.
A NEW
PRINZ & NITSCHKE.
DEALERS IN
urniture and Carpels.
we nave added to our business a
complete Undertaking Establishment,
and aa 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 Terms.
Coll and see my Goods before
ourchnsing elsewhere. -
BANKERS.
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
Letters of Credit issued available in the
Eastern States.
Sicht . Exchange and Teletrranhic
Transfers sold on New York, Chicago, St.
Louis, can rrancisco, Portland uregon,
Seattle Wash., and various points ia Or
egon and Washington.
Collections made at all points on fav
orable term. -
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ABSTRACTERS,
Heal Estate and .
Insafanee Agents.
Complete Abstract of Titles for
Wasco County.
pera House Block, The. Dalles, Or.
fop sale at a Barqain.
A good
Traction Engine?
Has only been run sixty daj.
Buffalo Pitts Thresher
Only nsed two months.
Chopping Mill
Capable of 15 to 20 tons per day ; cost
$31. -
The aboye will be sold on easy terms.
W. L. WARD,
The Dalles, Or.
$20 REWARD.
WILL BK i Aiu FOR AXV INFORMATION
leading to tbeconvintion of parties cutting
o rope or "n .ray way interfering with the
wlr ' ' mj of Tn Elkctrio I.ioiit
' . . ' . K. GLENN. .
ilnnafcr
u ndertaking Establishmeiit !
& KIKER8LY;
Wlotale and Betail Eniisti
-DEALERS IN-
Fine Imported, Key West and Oumest
CIGARS.
PAINT
Now is the time to paint vour houM
and if you wish to get the best quality
and a fine color use the
Shenvin, Williams Cos Paint ,
For those wishing to see the Quality
and color of the above paint we call their
attention to the residence of S. L. Brooks,
Judge Bennett, Smith French and other!
painted by Paul Kreft.
Snipes & Kinersly are agents for th
above paint for The Dalles. Or.
S. L. YOUNG,
(Snc8oTto E. BKCK.j
Jewelry, Diamonds,
SIItVEHWfiltE, :-: ETG.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
Repaired and Warranted.
165 Second St.. The Dalles.Or.
C. N. THORNBCKY,.
T. A. HCDSO
Notary Pui'
Late Kec U. S. Land Offloe.
iOWM&PBSOli,
C.S.
Rooms 7 and 8, U. S. Land '
Office Building,
THE DALLES, OREGO.
Filings, Contests,
And Business of all Kinds Before iho Local
and General Land Office
Promptly Attended to.
Over Sixteen Years Experience,
WK ALSO DO A
ieneral Real Estate Business.
All Correspondence Promptly Answered.
Health is Wealth I
Cm. B. C. West! Kkkvb abb Bftim Tei
kbmt, guaranteed specific for Hysteria, LMwt.
l convulsions, riis, itervona iNeunuiria,
a ache. Nervous Prostration caused bv the um
of alcohol or tobacco, Wakefulness, Mental De
pression, Softening of the Brain, resulting iu In
sanity and leading to misery, decay and death.
Premature Old Age, Barrenness, Loss of Power
in either sez. Involuntary Losses and Spermat
orrhoea caused by over exertion of the brain, sell
abuse or over Indulgence. Each box contain
one month's treatment, t LOO a box, or six boxen
for 15.00, sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price.
TV1C GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
To core any case. With each order received by
us for six boxes, accompanied by f&OO, w wiu
send the purchaser our written guarantee to re
fund the money if the treatment does not effaut
cure, uuarantees israea only by
BLAKKLEY & HOUGHTON,
Prescription Drsggista,
175 Seeoad St. The Dalles, Or.
p. p. Thompson'
J. 6. SCHiitcx, H. M. Beau,
Vice-President. Cashier.
jreaiueat.
First national EauK.
THE DALLES,
OREGON
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 oa
New York, San Francisco and Port
land. DIRBOTORS.
D. P. Thompson. Jno. S. Schzsck.
T. W. Sparks. Gxo. A. Liebi.
H. M. Bxall.
W. H. NEABEACE",
PROPRIETOK OP THE
Granger Feed Yard,
THIRD STREET.
(At Grimes' old place of business.)
Horses fed to Uar or Oats at the lowft posaf.
We prices. Good care given to animuls left in
my charge, an I have ample stable room, tilve
me a coll, and I will guarantee sntisfnctlon.
. W. H. NEABEaC'K.
$500 Reward!
We will pay the above reward for tn ease of :
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia. Sick Heada-be, In
digestion, Coustiimtion or Costiveuevi we cannot
cure with West's'Vcgetable Liver Pills, when th
directions are strictly complied wiUi. They are
purely vegetable, and never fall tt jjive satufae
tion. Sugar Coated. Large Uorea coatainina- 80
Pills, 26 cents. Beware of ooauEeKeiLs and imi
tations. The eenuine roaiiujaftuj'el only by
THE JOHN O. VFS COJsil'AliY. CHICAGO.
ILLINOIS.
KLARlflKX A. OloniOS.
I'r'T-riijtion Iti-nrct,
i:v!l,- The JnU.,T..
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WHTGHEe, OLQOKB,
Land Office Attorneys.