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VOL. 1.
THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1891.
NUMBER 39.
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OUR GENERAL BUDGET!,
THE ITAT.V CASE.
WORK OF FIRE BUGS.
robablllty That it Will be a Three-
Cornered Lawsuit.
owners, exeeyting only an insurance of
$600 on tlie buildings.
RIOTS IN NICARAGUA.
Los Axgei.es, Cal., Sept. 3. Tholibel
Emperor William and lung Leopold Ac- j cage aga;n8t the steamer Rata has ac
cused of Conspiracy De Frey- I suuied a new phase, and it is probable
I that it will now develop intoathrec-
cinct Warned.
Great Excitement in Oklahoma Suicide
Caused by Domestic Relations
and Drink.
They Try to Burn Down J. T. Peters
Planing Mill Four Horses
Burned to Death.
The t'itlxeus' Meeting.
The impression that the city has been Several Citizens Shot Down During
for the past few days almost completely at Granada. Nicaragua
-V MEMORIAM.
Paris, Sept. 3. Some newspapers of
this city recall portions of the late Em
peror Frederick's diary, which Prince
Bismarck tried to suppress, revealiug
King Leopold's congratulations to the
Emperor William on the victory at Se
dan, and later King Leopold's intrigne
with Bismarck and Thiers to get him
self made king of combined France apd
Belgium. The object of the reminder is
to persuade De ireycinet to keep a
strong force within easy distance of
Mense, on the ground that King Leopold
is still inclined to violate the neutrality
of Belgium in the interests of Germany.
Le Soir believes a secret intent to that
end exists between Emperor William
and King Leopold, but that the latter
has been com pel ted to be prndent since
the Geffaeken revolutions.
A If TT I. LET IX HIS IIEAKT.
cornered fight between the United
States, the quondam insurgents and the
actual owners of the vessel, and the
South American Steamship company,
represented by Flint & Co., of New j
York. United States Commissioner!
Owens, of this city, is iu receipt of aj
letter from a New York law firm stating A Mceting of citizens Called and
iiiut nicy uau uvn retained 10
At 3:00 O'clock this .Morning Fire Was
Started in the Rear of Dun
ham's Drug Store.
Com-
nppear 1
in the case for the owner of the vessel,
and defend her from confiscation. The j
letter states that W. W. Goodrich is j
about to leave Xew York for this city.
Heretofore, it has been supposed that
attorneys Page & Dennis, who were re
tained by the insurgents, were the only
representatsves of the owners of the ves
sel. The attorneys havo made answer
to the libel against the rifles, and were
preparing a similar document with re
gard to the vessel itself, which must be
tiled before the 14th. It is not known
among court officials here whom the
New York lawyers represent, bat it is
supposed they represent the South
American Steamship company, 'who
owned the Itata before she was seized
mittecs Appointed for the Protec
tion of Life and Property.
I'.r.AIN'E'S HEALTH.
Suicide Caused by Unhappy Domestic
Relations and Drink.
Syracuse, N. Y.f Sept. 3. Henry W.
Carberry, for the last ten years assistant
bookkeeper for the Gaslight company,
was found dead in his home this morning
with a bullet from a revolver in his own
hand in his heart. The deed was com
mitted yesterday morning, but the body
was not discovered until this morning
about 10 o clock. He had been married
for about five years, but had not been
happy with his wife. He drank con
siderable, and this was the main cause
of the trouble. On Friday his wife left
the house with their child, saying she
was going to the house of her sister and
would not return . until her husband
came after her.
The
FROM OKLAHOMA.
An Overlooked Section of Law Create
Consternation Among the Citizens.
Gctheie, Oklahoma, Sept. 4. A Sen
sation was caused by the publication
of a heretofore overlooked section of law
which makes it a misdemeanor for any
person or corporation to hire a man to
go into the Indian reservation and take
up a. claim and afterward turn it over
to those persons or company. Many
banks and mercantile houses and other
companies and hundreds of private per
sons engaged parties to do this very
thing and the discovery of this law
creates consternation on all sides.
A l'AKTY OF EXILES,
Secretary is Able to
Every Day.
Bab, Harbor, Me., Sept. 4. Mr.
Blaine has been out every day this week.
Yesterday he drove out twice, He
drove into the village, left his carriage
and went into several of the shops and
dropped into Dr. Taylor's. He walks
out with the doctor every day. Mr,
Dent attends to much of Secretary
Blaine's business outside as well as in.
When there is anybody to be seen that
the secretary don't want to talk with, he
sends his private secretary to transact
the bnsiness.' Mr. Blaine's friends here
laugh at the latest current report that
President Harrison has ordered a mes
senger to come here and get Secretary
Blaine's ves or no in regard to being a
candidate. They doubt Mr. Harrison's
great readiness to resign his own pros
pects in Mr. Blaine's favor, and they
doubt even more Mr. Blaine's giving
any definite answer as to his future in
tentions. Everybody believes Mr.
Blaine quite enjoys the uncertainty re
garding his intentions that pervades the
public mind just now.
TO SECURE THE STATE'S FCXDS.
Prominent
Citizens Driven From Their
Native Land.
Coeixto, Nicaragua, Sept. 3. Among
the passengers who left ljre August 23
on the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany's steamer Colima, were six of, the
most prominent men in the republic of
Nicaragua, who were sent to Costa Rica
as exiles by order of President Sarcasa.
The party included thre3 members of
IbeXicaraguan senate General Falvala.
formerly president of the republic ; J. D.
Rodriguez, and S. Chamarro.' The
others are A. H. Rivas, E. Guzmau and
Pedro Oritz. They were made prisoners
during the recent riot in the city of
Grenada. As- Sarcasa wished to be rid
of his most prominent opponents, he
determined to send them out of the
country, and though he succeeded in do
ing to his action led to open revolt,
which resulted in bloodshed. The mob
which gathered returned the fire of the
troot9 enardins the oartv of exiles, kill
ing seven people, among them being the
governor of the district, four soldiers
and two bystanders. More troops were
brought to the scene and the mob was
dispersed without any further loss of
life. T ne prisoners were taken to Punta
Aremas.' There is a very uneasy feeling
in Nicaragua at the present time, owing
i;ot onlv to dissensions within the eoun-
"try, but also to the possibility of trouble
with Honduras. Both Nicaragua and
Honduras have troops stationed on the
frontier, and it is the belief that open
hostilities may occnr at any time.
The Federal Government System the
Most Perfect Safeguard.
Philadelphia, Sept. 4. The legis
lative committee appointed to investi
gate the state treasurer's office met here
this morning. Governor Pattison ap
peared before the committee. He was
asked if he could suggest any better
method than the present system of aud
iting state accounts. In reply the gov
ernor said in -his opinion the present
system was all wrong. Under it the
state treasurer has absolute control of
about $8,000,000, for which the state
onlv has security to the amount of $500,-
000. Governor Pattison also said he
thought the system of depositing the
state money "was wrong.' Security
should be required by the state for
money deposited, about $125,000 for
every "$100,000. The most perfect safe
guard for security to the state against
loss is the system employed by the
federal government.
SIXTEEN MEN KILLED.
GREAT EXCITEMENT.
Traijft Kobbers Pursued by
Crowd of citizens.
an Angry
Mebced, Cal.
aJ-M&li:
Sept. 4. Much excite-
ight'
large
Tied in
with
The
Ires at
n to
that
houn-
Blown I'p by Dynamite and no Trace of
Them to be Found.
White Pigeon, Mich.. Sept. 4. The
dynamite factory of F. A. Reynolds &
Co., near this place, exploded last even
ing. Sixteen workmen, mostly Swedes
and Norwegians, were completely anni
hilated and not a trace of them can be
found. It is estimated twenty tons of
dynamite exploded. The concussion
here was terrbile, buildings being badly
damaged and people frightened.
End of a Stabbing Affray. I
Merced, Cal., Sept. 3. George Mc
Farland had a preliminary examination
yesterday for etabbling Will Olsen, on
Sunday last, at Ivett ranch, and was dis
charged. Olsen, who was likewise un
der arrest, was also discharged. Olsen
was a brother-in-law of Ivett, who was
murdered by an unknown assassin last
fall, and the stabbing took place within
twenty feet of where the murdered man's
body was found.
Tbe Eiffel tbe Cause.
Pa bis: In tbe recent storm terrible
damage to markets, gardens and vine
yards in envirions of this city was
caused. At Stains a farmer and laborer
were killed by a thunder, bolt. At
Ulamart u peasant and his wife was
killed. Scientists assert the Eiffel Tower
caused electrical disturbances and the
climate here has been much worse since
the tower was built.
Still another fire started last night
at about G:50 o'clock in the barn of J. T.
"Peters' & Co., on the river front, about
200 yards from the U. P. passenger de
pot. Among the first to observe it were
the men belonging to the Forcpaugh
circus and from that moment till the fire
was hopefully- conquered, these men,
tired and weary as they must have been
with their own labors, fought like heroes
to subdue the flames and save the
threatened property. For a time it
seemed as if the planing mill, belonging
to the same establishment, must snc
cumb to the flames and it was only by
the hardest kind of work that it was
saved. In the barn were three work
horses, a lot of hay and grain, sash ma-
terial, tools, oil, etc., and everything
went up in the flames ; besides several
thousand feet of lumber, the whole in
volving a loss of about $1500, partially
insured. The circus boys broke in the
doors of the building, which were se
curely locked, only to find that the fire
had taken possession to such an extent
that it was impossible to reach them.
It is impossible to account for the
origin of the fire also. No one had been
in the building, so far as we have been
able to learn, for hours before, and if it
was the work of an incendiary and it
was his intention to destroy all that is
left of the East End, he certainly showed
good judgment in his t"le;tion of the
place to start the fire. As it was, had
the wind blown in the prevailiug di
rection it would have been impossible to
have saved the planing mill, and with it
would have gone the passenger and
freight .depots, the Moody warehouse,
the Curtis flouring mills, and everytning
left of Wednesday's fire in the East End.
Scarcely had the weary citizens of The
Dalles laid themselves down to snatch a
little well earned rest from labor and
anxiety, when a fourth alarm broke the
stillness of the night. It was a little
before three o'clock this morning and
this time the fire was located in tbe
west end, at the rear of the Michael-
bach building, corner of Second and
Union. The fire started in a large
wooden porch and caused great excite
ment among the lodgers in the building,
nearly all of whom had been victims of
last Wednesday's fire. Charley Graham
promptly closed the iron shutters at the
back of the building and to this as well
as to the prompt action of the fire
department, assisted by the company's
hose is due to the fact that the building
is not now a mass of ruins. Again
, in the hand of thieves and incendiaries
i has taken such a deep hold on our
j citizens that they called a mass meeting
at ten o'clock for the purpose of devising
means and ways of driving them out of
town. Upwards of two hundred of the
leading citizens responed and the meet
ing organized by appointing G. J. Farley
chairman, and George P. Morgan
secretary. Emil Schutz moved that a
committee of five property owners be
appointed to draught rules and make
suggestions for future conduct in the
present emergency. The following gen
tlemen were appointed as a committee :
Emil Schutz, George Liebe, J. O. Mack,
D. M. French. The name of Mayor
Mays was afterwards added under pro
test who, however, consented to act in
an advisory way. The committee sub
mitted the following report : We your
committee appointed to adopt some
measures to protest the city from loss of
life and property, do hereby recommend
that
1st. We have the utmost confidence
in our mayor and city council in con
junction with the county and city officers
and do suggest the following :
2nd. That there be a police force
appointed immediately sufficient to pro
tect our property. And that an ordi
nance be passed to close all places of
business except eating bouses on 'the
first alarm of fire, and that no intoxicat
ing drinks be dispensed, either in public
or private during said conflagration, be
it large or small. That any dealer vio
lating the ordinance shall forfeit his
license. . That all business houses be
closed at twelve o'clock midnight, each
night hereafter and remain closed nntil
five o'clock a. m. We further recom
mend that the extra police force at once
proceed to clear this town of all persons
who cannot give good and sufficient
account of themselves and theirbusiness
here.
E. Schutz,
G. A. Liebe,
D. M. French,
S. L. Brooks,
J. O. Mack,
Committee.
The resolutions were unanimously
adopted. A resolution offered by B. S
Huntington was passed authoring the
meeting the meeting to appoint a com
mittee who shall inquire into the causes
which led to the late fires and the truth
and falsity of certain rumors concerning
their origin and their findings be pub
lished in the city papers. A motion by
Col. Land was carried constituting each
citizen a committee of one to report a
committee of three any matters coming
under their observation in any way con
nected with danger to the city. The
chair appointed B. S. Huntington,
George Watkins and Col. Lang. A
resolution by C. L. Phillips was also
carried requesting tbe mayor to call a
special meeting of the council this after
noon in order to take proper steps to
carry out the purposes of this meeting,
The meeting then adjourned.
Others Exiled
Poles Displeased at the Appointment
of a Russian Tyrant Turk
ish Brigands.
It is with feelings of more than ordi
nary sorrow that we chronicle the death
of Joseph P. FitzGerald, son of our es
teemed fellow townsman E. P. FitzGer
ald; the only death victim, as we fondly
hope, of the destructive fire that has left
our fair city in ashes. Scarcely twentv-
all the while it is a matter of grave
doubt in the minds of many if lie can
boast of the honor of American citizen
ship. WILL THE DALLES HE REBUILT.
: suns k mma
I WtulesalB ail Retail Diuist?.
"Will The Dalles ever be rebuilt?" is
a question asked by many and to which
eight hours elapsed from the time that j ,liere'an onlyoneanswer and that is'
the deceased rushed through the flames Tt certainly Yesterday morning
! of his father's hurninv .lupllinr ,n n,o I vime tne rums were still burning aroln-
. 0 - -."v
j heroic but hopeless efforts to
of the doomed property, till
-DEALERS IX-
tects and
New York, Sept 5. Ramon Velez,
of Revista, popular in this city, received
a letter from his agent fn Granada, Nic
aragua, which states that the chief of
police and a number of bis soldiers were
shot during the riots in that city August
23rd, and that more than fifty citizen
rioters were either killed or wounded.
"He says five persons, supporters
of the movement against the govern
ment of ex-President Chamarro. ex-
President Lavala Auselmo Riva, Director
Nicaragucnce and Senors Enrigue Gaz-
nian and J. D. Rodriguez were appre
hended and imprisoned. The rioters in
cluded a number of prominent citizens
They were armed with rifles and attacked
the barracks, firing on the garrison. It
required a supreme effort on the part of
the soldiers a number of whom were
killed to repel the attack. On August
25th the suspected revolutionists were
tried, found guilty and condemned to
perpetual exile with the warning they
would be immediately shot if found on
Nicaraguan soil.
OOYEItNOtt OF WARSAW.
of
HE BEAT THE BULLET.
fortune favored us with still air, and the A BanKor Man8 EemarkBl)le Race wah
fire was soon under control. The loss
this time is only trifling, but it might
have been the complete ruin of the west-
end of the city and all the business
houses that are left. We do not wish to
anticipate tke results of the investaga-
tion which the council proposes to make
as to the origin of this last fire, but if
the statement of Mrs. Brittain is true,
and we have no reason to doubt it, it
was certainly started by two unknown
men whom she alleges she saw, with
her own eyes do the deed, and then in
their efforts to escape dash past her so
closely that they almost touched her.
Mrs. Brittian had seen them three or
four hours before the fire was started
and. suspecting their intentions was
dillegently on the watch, but in spite of
everything, they made their way over
tbe yard fence and the first thing she
heard was the noise of their fleeing feet
accompanied by the hissing of the fire.
But she saw the men so distinctly that
she was able to see that one bad no
shirt collar while the other wore a dark
neck tie, and she believes she wuold
know the men if she saw them again.
Mrs. Brittian immediately screamed an
alarm and the men hastened to search
for the criminals but without avaiL
Will be Called Upon to Drake lteparatlon,
New York, Sept. 4. There is a strong
possibility that the British government
will be called upon to make good the
damage done to a portion of valued cargo
of the steamship Eldorado, of the Mor
gan line, which was pirated recently hv
wreckers at Bahama Islands.
lonel
au'-sbi t, nominee lor governor on the
republican ticket, addressed a letter to
Charles T. Westcott, stating that he
cannot, with self respect, remain at the
head of the ticket if Westcott accepts
the appointment as chairman of the
state committee. This remit is the ac
tion of the republican state committee
yesterday in refusing to permit Col. Van
Nort to name the chairman of the state
committee, according to established
usage, and of the election to the chair
manship of the committee of Charles T.
Westcott.
A New Ocean Freight Line.
Baltimore, Sept. 4. Tho Baltimore
Storage and Lighterage company of this
city, which contrails the Atlantic trans
portation between Baltimore, Philadel
phia ana London, are about to estamisn nal Bpecial from Neillsviile, Wis
York and London.
Tbe Pope's Condition Serious.
Rome, Sept. 4. It is announced today
that the pope on Wednesday last was
attacked by acute visceral derangement.
Tho condition of the pope, according to
the same authority is causing his physi
cians and aitendants considerable appre
hension. Don't Want the Chinese.
Quebec, Sept. 4. At a meeting of
tho Trades and Labor council of the
Dominion of Canada, a resolution was
adopted asking for the prohibition of
, Chinese.
They Join Forces.
Sax Francisco, Sept. 4. Wells,
Fargo & Co. join the Southern Pacific
Company in offering a reward of $2000
for the arrest and conviction of each of
the men concerned in the attack on the
the south-bound express near Modesto
iast night.
The Corn Crop Bulned.
Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 4. XJour-
says
the corn crop is a total loss in that
county. A special from White Hall,
Wis.," says 20,000 acres of corn were
ruined by" the frost last night.
SI 5.000 Taken.
San Francisco, Sept. 4. The amount
taken by tho men who robbed the
Southern Pacific express train at Sam
uels is said to be about $15,000 instead
of the small amount at first reported,
A Plan Agreed I'prn.'
New York, Sept. 4. The Post says
three-fourths of the Union Pacific float
ing debt creditors have agreed to a plan
for extending the trip.
Fire at the Fair Grounds
Another fire broke out in the stables
at the south east corner of the fair
grounds, on Saturday evening last,
about 8 o'clock which resulted in the de
struction of thirty-four speed stables,
four of which had to be wrecked to save
the fifteen that are left, and consider
able harness, blankets, hay, clothing,
etc., the property of the owners of the
numerous horses" that are in training for
the coming fair. Three horses perished
in the flames. One of these was the
promising three year old trotter owned
by McDonald Bros, of this city and
valued at $500. Another was. a spotted
mare worth about $75 and tbe third was
the horse Smoke owned byJChas. Stone
and valued at $150. The only persons
near the fire at its cammencement were
A. J. Swift, Tom Strickland and. E. L.
Boynton. These gentlemen did every
thing in their power to save the horses
which were confined in the stables and
deserve very great credit for their work
but they were all uuder the impression
tha Rexford was the last horse on the
east else they might have been able to
save them also. As there was no water
it was only by hard work that the entire
row of buildings and cheds on the south
side of the grounds were saved. There
is a very strong impression that this fire-
was the work of an incendiary and a
man has been arrested wh'o has, by all
accounts none too good a record to
exempt him from the crime. All the
property destroyed, amounting in value
ts perhaps $2500 was a total loss to the
a Confederate Soldier.
It was in a well-known hotel in Ban
gor. A party of gentlemen were con
versing on one subject and another, says
the Bangor Ntws. During a lull in the
conversation one gentleman noticed a
scar on the hand of another and interro
gated him as to the cause. The other
answered that he received it in a very
curious way, and told the following
story in regard to it :
I got that wound in the battle of Get
tysburg. I had been fighting nil day
and felt very tired, and so sat down on a
rock and shot from there.
I was just loading up my gun when a
long, lean, lank fellow darted by me,
making for the woods like a streak of
greased lightning. I up with my gun
and let drive at him, but he didn't-drop,
and, as I had just shot 999 and didn't
want to lose the thousandth. I started
after him.
I never saw a man run so fast in all
my adventurous life, and I could see I
was gaining on him, but every once in a
while I lost sight of him behind a tree
or rock. .
I noticed a lull in the fight, and glanc
ing aside I saw both armies had stopped
fighting and were straining their eyes to
see the race.
That raised my courage, and I forgot
all about being tired. Just then I made
a spurt of speed, and as I did so I felt
something strike my hand, which spread
out like the fan of a windmill.
Well, to make a long story short, I
caught up with him and was about to
collar him when he turned about and
tried to stab me. I dodged his blow,
and just then something hit him and he
fell over dead.
I sat down beside him to rest, and as
I did so I noticed blood trickling down
my hand. On closer investigation I
found that there was a bullet hole in the
balm of my hand.
The dead man bad a bullet in bis
breast, and I am positive in my belief
that both wounds were made by the
same bullet, and that it was the' same
bullet that I had fired at the Confed
erate. The race was so hot that I caught up
with and passed it some time during my
chase. That is why I now wear that
scar.
Poles Displeased at tha Appointment
a Kussian Tyrant.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 4. The ap
pointment of General Komeraff as gov
ernor ot Warsaw has been coldly re
ceived by the Russian Poles, as the gen
eral has a high reputation for severity
in puttingdown disaffection. Whilegov-ernor-general
of the Transcapian he had
an execution nearly every day of nomad
natives who had violated some trivial
regulation of which they were ignorant.
Among KomerafFs victims was the wife
of a Russian army officer. The wife, a
young woman not long married, was ac
cused of nihilism. Komeraff, who knew
no higher law than the will of the czar,
held a one-sided trial, and sentenced tbe
lady to Siberia. Her husband, a capt
ain, committed suicide. Komeraff is ac
knowledged to be an able commander,
and his appointment to Warsaw may
mean tbat He is wanted where his mili
tary services will be needed.
corpse. And this all there is to tell. As
we had it from his own lips after the
sad accident which has consigned him to
a premature rave, without a thought of
personal danger, he had simply tried to
save some of his father's clothing, when
the flames cut him ofTandin theattempt
to reach the outer air his arms and
hands were reduced to a crisp, while the
upper portion of his body and neck and
face were severely burned, and as the
sequel proveu, nis lungs must nave in
haled a portion of the deadlv flame.
Everything that human skill could effect
was done, but without avail and at eight
o'clock last evening, the spirit of Joseph
P. FitzGerald forsook its fire scarred ten
ement and winged its way to the God
who gave it. To the bereaved father,
this is more than an ordinary sorrow.
The same blow that scattered from bis
grasp the fruit of the labors of a long
and arduous life has stricken down, in
the prime of bis young and hopeful
manhood, a beloved and devoted son.
Beside this greater loss, the other, terri
ble and distressing as it is, pales into
nothingness. In the presence of this
sorrow, almost the greatest the human
heart can know, how poor and meaning
less are words of sympathy. Our heart
the hearts of all the community go
out toward the bereaved family, while
our prayer is that the God of all comfort
may be their stay and consoler. Poor
Joe FitzGerald! Honest, manly, gener
ous boy, farewell.
ave POIlie i Luiuicia were ut-ing coil- 1
; I.. , i . , . . . !
he was a eultet auoui new unnuings ana long be- j
fore noon some had gone to work to pre-
pare the timbers. Neither the residents !
nor the trade of The Dalles are transient
things and men who have lived here for
years and built up a business and made
friends are not going to leava the pros
pects that still remain here and begin
life anew in other places. No fire can
destroy a live town and no flames that
ever burned can kill The Dalles. The
city will rise from her ashes and be all
the more enterprising and energetic be
cause of her baptism of fire.
Fine Imported, Key West and Doiuesliis
OIQ-ARs!
GLOOMY KEFOBTS FROM IRELAND.
II ANQING
HIMSELF WITH
OWN ROPE.
IIIS
THE WORLD'S FA I It.
A Proposition to Borrow S3, 000,000
From the National Treasury.
Chicago, Sept. 4. At the opening of
the national Columbian commission this
morning a communication from Presi
dent Baker, of the local world's fair cor
poration, asking the co-operation of the
national commission in securing a loan
of $5,000,000 from the government for
the use of the fair, to be repaid out of
the first receipts, and a resolution of the
executive committee commission endors
ing the request, was read and referred
to the committee on judiciary.
A resolution was presented to recon
sider and expunge from the records the
resolution heretofore passed for the ap
pointment of a committee to recommend
certain modifications of tho tariff law in
the interest of the exposition.- After
long discussion, the resolution - for the
appointment of the committee was re
considered, and tho matter referred to
the committee on legislation.
A resolution pledging the commission
to take up and consider the Sunday-
closing question as soon as it should
properly come before that body, was
unanimously passed.
ine auditing committee presented its
report, showing an excess of expenses
by the commission for the year ending
July 1, next over the appropriation of
$23,000. In order to avoid this the com
mittee recommended the April meeting
ot tne committee be postponed till July,
and that the payroll be reduced. The
report was referred to the committee on
by-laws, and the commission adjourned
till i o clock this afternoon.
WAR PREPARATIONS.
Claim He is a Victim.
Chicago, Sept. 5. Abram P. Elder
and H. L. Barber, president and vice
president of the Elder Publishing com
pany, which has been closed by govern
ment officials for violating the postal
laws, were up for preliminary hearing
today, but their attorney "not being
ready, the case was continued until
Monday. Elder declares that he is the
victim of a forger, who embezzled large
sums from him, and to cover up his vil
liany caused the arrest. He denies all
the charges against him.
They Celebrate at St. Paul.
St. Paul, Sept. 7. Labor day was ob
served as usual today, many houses be
ing closed. There was a parade in the I pie of Mexico were about to inaugurate
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ujui luug iuuuwcu in iuv uiicrnuuu iiv t&
picnic and games.
Russia Strengthening Her Defenses
Along the Austrian Frontier.
Berlin, Sept. 4. A Vienna dispatch
says that the Russian villages near the
Russo-Austrian frontier are thronged
with soldiers. The frontier guards, who
used to be merely gend'armes to prevent
smuggling, have given'a place to whole
regiments permanently quartered at
every available point, and ready to act
as a strong advance guard in pouring in
to the Austrian empire in the event of
war. Observation towers are being
built close tojthe frontier, and the Rus
sians are also planning the like erection
of three or four large forts to form bases
for an invading army. The Russians
are also constructing pontoons at Roni
that can be used in crossing the Danube.
Some of the pontoons are ninety-six
feet long and eighteen feet wide," and
others are 150 feet long. They are
forwarded as rapidly as possible to the
various places where pontoons might be
required.
To Exhibit at the World's Fair.
New York, Sept. 4. The Earl and
Countess of Aberdeen arrived here to
day. While here Lady Aberdeen will
make arrangements for an exhibit of
Irish home industries in the form of lace
manufacturing and home-spun clothing,
together with the famous Irish linen, in
the woman's section of ' the coming
World's fair at Chicago.
Large Exports of Wheat.
San Francisco, Sept. 4. There was a
large export movement in wheat during
the past month, the number of cargoes
cleared being twentv-seven, aggregating
1,499,000 centals, valued at (2,476,000.
In August, 1890,- the exports were 1,06(5,
000 centals, valued at $1,470,000.
No Revolution in Mexico.
St. Lovis, Sept- 4. A dispatch from
the City of Mexico says much indigna
tion been caused thereby the publication
of the reports in the papers of the
United States to tho effect that the peo
A short time ago the East Oregonian
commented, in its usual reckless and in
sulting manner, on a paragraph which it
had credited to the Chronicle hut of
which not a word ever appeared in this
journal. In fact the paragraph was
written by Mr. Morgan of the Sun and
as it was first wrongfully credited by the
Portland Telegram, Mr. Morgan himself
called attention editorially to the error,
Last night the Times-Mountaineer dished
up to its readers the lying comment of
the Pendleton paper, when Mr. Michell
must have known well that tne para
graph never appeared in this journal.
The statement is made and copied, of
course from the stock lies of the Times-
Mountaineer, tiiat -tnis journal was
started to kill off the Times-Mountaineer.
Everybody here knows, of course, how
utterly false the charge is. There is no
need for any outside effort to kill the
paper. Its brainless and insane editor
is killing it off as fast as be can by filling
it with matter not fit to appear in any
sheet claiming to be respectable. Instead
of devoting its colums to giving the news,
it is filled, half tbe time, with in
sane ravings about the Chronicle.
as if any one cared to read the twaddle,
and pulling the Chronicle down would
build the Times-Mountaineer up. The re
sult is as might be expected. Before
the Chronicle was seven months old it
came within 14 names of having as
many subscribers in the county as its
contemporary that has seen un existence
of over thirty years and as hundreds of
new names have been added since, we
claim that our weekly circulation is the
largest of any paper in the county and
our dailv circulation is not less than
three times greater than that of our con
temporary. This result has been eached
by minding our own businss, and only
noticing the Times-Mountaineer when
necessity compels us to do so a course
we intend to continue to pursue.
Relief .Honey Exhausted--At the End of
Their Supplies.
London, Sept. 4. Right Hon. W. L.
Jackson, member of parliament for
Leeds, financial secretory of the treas
ury, and Sir H. E. Maxwell, member of
parliament, a junior lord of the treasury,
both conservatives, who have returned
to London, after a tour of Ireland, un
dertaken on behalf of the treasury for
the purpose of inquiring into the relief
works, such as railways, etc., carried on
j under the auspices of the government,
state the fund raised by Lord Zetland
and Mr. Balfour for the relief of the
people in the famine districts has been
exhausted, and that it is probable that
an additional appeal for aid will be
issued. The nationalists declare that
the money has in many cases been
wasted, and in some instances been di
verted from tho purposes for which its
donors intended it. They take issue in
this respect with Messrs. Jackson and
Maxwell, who report that the fund has
been carefully administered. That ad
ditional appeals will have to be made to
the charitable on behalf of the Irish peo
ple, at an events, is only too certain.
The most gloomy reports come from all
Earts of the country. The recent storms
ave ruined the hopes of the farmers for
a good yield of crops. Cereals are
beaten into muddy soil, and, though
some farmers will reap the wet grain to
save it from rotting in the fields, the I
yields will be practically nothing. Po-
tatoes in many districts are wofully
blighted, and the shortage of that staple
crop will cause much distress.
Dr. Gray, th3 Afghan ameer's physic
ian, reports that forty feet of snow fell
at Cabul last winter."
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For those wishing to see the qualiir
and color of the above paint we call the) r
attention to the residence of S.L. Brookt-.
Judge Bennett, Smith French and other
painted by Paul Kreft.
Snipes & Kinersly are agents for the
above paint for The Dalles. Or.
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Charges moderate, satisfaction iruuraiitced. Of-
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DK. J. SCTHKRUXD Fellow of Trinity
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ikimi and burgeon. Oflicc: rooms 3 and 4 Chap
man block. Residence: Judzc Thornburv's Sec
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Clock. Residence over JIcFarland 6s French's
store. OH'ico hours 9 to VI A. M., 2 to 5 and 7 to
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Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
Repaired and Warranted.
165 Second St.. The Dalles.Or.
C. N. TIIORXBURY,
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i S. BENNETT. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Of-
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DSIDDALL Dentist. Gas given for the
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the Golden Tooth, Second Street
i R. THOMPSON Attorset-at-law. Office'
t m in Opera House Block. Washington Street.
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.iJL NRVS-AT-LAW. Oflices. French's block over
First National Rank, The Dalles, Oregon.
E.B.DUFU1S. GEO. WATKINS. FRANE MEKKFEE.
DUFUR, W ATKINS .V MENEFEE ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Room No. -1.1. over Post
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Tho Dalies, Oregon.
WH. WILSON Attornet-at-law Rooms
52 and M, New Vogt iilock, Second Street,
Che Dalles, Oregon.
THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE.
Like the Chicago fire whose origin was
perhaps never determined, notwith
standing the tradition about Mrs.
O'Leary's cow, the origin of The Dalles
fire is involved in mystery. At least
this much is true; the testimony con
cerning it is contradictory. One thing
alone is certain, it began in one of two
dwellings which stood side by side. One
of these was the residence of Mr. F. W.
L. Skibbe and the other of Mr. John H.
Larsen. We have heard men assert
positively that it begun in the former
and others as positively that it originated
in the latter. We thought the prepon
derance of testimony was for the Larsen
residence and so said yesterday, but are
willing to admit that we have no proof
from personal knowledge for either hy
pothesis, although we were at the fire a
few minutes after it flret broke out.
Nor does it matter where it started since
there is not the shadow of a reflection
resting on any one on account of its ori
gin. 3ir. skid De lias lost everytning
and is without a dollar of insurance
while Mr. Larsen though insured for
$300 had fully $1300 worth of property
destroyed.
a revolution against ine Diaz regime.
President Diaz denies the rumors.
A COWARDLY INSULT
IRISH RACE.
TO THE
When our evening contemptible quotes
a paragraph from the East Oreijonian
which was part and parcel of an attack
on the Irish race in general and the edi
tor of the Ciihonicxk in particular, the
Anglomaniacal Cornisliman shows the
the spirit tbat is in him. The man who
will characterize the Irish peopleas a de
graded race, sunk in ignorance and bar
barism and the man who quotes part of
it is a lying, dirty dog, but
in the latter case, is the same
man who could propose and drink,
and thereby insult American citizenship,
the toast "England, She rules the
world" and then prate ad nauseam about i
the glory of his Anglo
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