The Weekly Ghfoniele.
Kutered lit the Porto rfice at The Dalles, Oregon,
as second-class matter. .
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
T MAIL (TOHTAOI TRXrilD) IK ADVASCI. .
Weekly-, 1 year. 1 SO
months ,
3 "
Daily, 1 year.
months.
0 75
0 60
. . 6 00
. 3 00
. 0 SO
Address all ri.iomunicition to THE CHRON
ICLE," The Dalles, Oregon.
SFREAJ' - EAGLEISM
SEED.
GONE TO
The finest sample of unadulterated
spread-eagleism the country baa been
treated to for many a day ia the pub
lished speech of Jfon. Patrick H. Whint
ston, delivered :t Tacoma Last Thursday
at the opening of the industrial exposi
tion of that city, Here ia a feather from
thia eagle's wing: "The etpry of the
wars which we have waged, of the hard
ships we have endured and vtbe courage
we have displayed baa been told in
many languages and in many lands.
Bat to my mind the crowning glory of
the repuplic lies in the fact that no
American has ever raised his arm
against a fellow countryman, save in de
fense of the Union ; a Union whose flag
and honor for the hundred years that
stretch from Bunker Hill to Appomattox
U without a stain." This is very pretty
and misht contain a good deal of truth
were it not for the little disturbance
which began at Fort Sumpter and did
' uot end till a rood many arms that bad
been raised against fellow countrymen,
lor no other purpose than to destroy the
Union, had been leveled in the dust
Mr. Whinstbn's liver, however, seems
to have been in such fine condition that
he forgot all about the civil war and it is
ao wonder therefore, that he adds
"This is a theme upon which a man
can think and talk for all ages and all
time," Then the calamity orators came
.serosa the colonel's vision and he gave
vent to this thrilling specimen of opti
mistlc oratorv that ought to utterly para
lyze reffer and Bink Sockless Jerry into
the obscurity from which he sprang
"No class of men anywhere in the United
States is ofipressed by authority of law,
I here and now pronounce the declara
tion, by whomsoever made or wherever
made, that this government is oppress
ing any class of citizens, aa a libel on
the nation. Since Abraham Lincoln
pat aside the pen with which he signed
the proclamation of emancipation no
man, no matter what calling he follows,
no matter what faith he professes, no
matter what complexion the sun has
horned noon him, no man within the
limits of the stars and stripes has been
oppressed by American law." It is
-ery evident Mr. Winston never had his
family cow pat in the pound and it is
till more evident, as the Spokane Re
view suggests that Sockless Jerry sits on
onejend of the teeter board of extravagant
utterance while Colonel Winston has
cllmed astride the other.
FACTS OF THE FIRE.
How much our evening contemporary
knows about what rook place at the
commencement of the fire may be gath
ered from the fact that he eays: "We
ean get a dozen men to say that at the
East End, at the beginning of the fire,
the water soon gave out. Sunday night
at the Peter's lire, from some cause, the
- water was not sufficient on two occasions
for the hose to throw a stream." If the
gentleman refers to the cistern at the
intersection of Second and Madison, we
beg to inform him that . "at the begin
ning of the fire" the water did not soon
give out. It did not give out at all, for
the simple reason that there was noth
ing to pump it with. The pump gave
. out because f the criminal carelessness
of the man whose business it was to see
that it was kept in good repair. At the
Peter' fire the water gave out, not be
cause the main was not full, not because
there was not sufficient water, but be
cause of the criminal carelessness of the
. same official who allowed the pipe that
conducts the water from the main to the
cistern to become so filled up with rust
that when token out, as it was after the
-fir, it was found that the aperture was
scarcely large enough to admit a lead
pencil. Our contemporary knows this
If he knows anything, and he knows too
' wby he has never been manly enongh to
tell the truth about it. -
METHODS AND RESULTS.
The state of Washington has devel
oped much more rapidly than Oregon,
says an exchange, and the reason is not
far to seek. They never let an oppor-
lunitg to advertise their resources slip,
while we have lost our birthright as
leader of the Pacific coast states through
allowing each and every chance of mak
Ing our unparalleled advantages known
to the outside world pass heedlessly by.
An example of Washington enterprise
and Oregon apathy is to be found in the
museum at Dundee, Scotland, which is
econd to few in the world. In the
maseum, side by side, are the exhibits
of Oregon and Washington. The latter
is represented by a magnificent display
at corn, wheat, oats, plume, peaches,
Ajjplee, grapes, etc., besides a large cose
of native woods, and the former is repre
sented by nothing more nor less than
groap of Indian arrow heads. Which
exhibit is likely to be productive of the
beetresults? Washington invites people
from all parts of the civilized world to
ome and settle, and sow, and reap, and
betp unearth ber undeveloped treasures,
while Oregon slumbers. ' Small wonder
that we lag behind our younger, but
more fiery, ambitious and progressive
Muter.
The vaat destruction of property in
this city on September 2d ia not strictly
attributable to any one cause. After it
hod crqgsed Third street, it is doubtful
if all the waters of the ocean, with only
one fire engine, would1 have been able
to atop it. The wind waa, for a time, at
teset.blowing a hurricane.as ia evidenced
Jythe fact that cinders were carried
seven and a half miles from the city and !
tome, say, nearly twice that distance.)
Viewing the matter impartially, and j
with no disposition to criticise the man- j
asement of the fire department, we have!
always felt that that the first creat evil
lav in the fact tht t!, p..!n,. v ;
engine.., o ,
lorirom me piocewnere uie nre started,
oy mourn it got mere ano eoni- !
inftjwyvl to ilar iiAAnmirMi., a( ..!
menttxitojl.y uo one stream of water j
wo nt to stay the progress! tlieflntne . ;
jbr this delay we may well excuse the
fire department. We presume they
could not well have made the distance :
sooner; but what excuse can be offered i
for the fact that when the hand pump
was attached to the cistern, at the inter
section of Madison and Second.it was
found that the pump would not work by
reason of a broken suction. Aa it was, the
machine was absolutely useless. Had it
been in a condition to work the fire need
never have crossed Second street on the
north, and might, iu that case, with the
wind at the time blowing from the north,
been confined within much narrower
limits.
THE DALLES WILL BE REBUILT.
Any one who has any doubt that The
Dalles will be rebuilt has only to take a
walk through the burnt district and
take an inventory of what is going on.
In every quarter houses are already in
course of construction, foundations are
being laid, lots are beingcleared prepara
tory to building or lumber is being
hauled upon the ground. And yet this
ia nothing, so far as wejean learn, when
compared with the number who, from
various causes, have taken no steps
further than the determination to build
as soon aa arrangements can be made
for doing so. Our neighbors need not
be a whit surprised if they find The
Dalles rising from her ashes, a fairer
and handsomer city than she was be
fore. PORTLANDS GENEROSITY.
The people of The Dalles will not soon
forget the kindness and generosity of
Portland in contributing to the needs of
those who have suffered by the late fire.
$2500 will be raised, in addition to num
erous private contributions of various
kinds and the proceeds of the benefit at
Carday'e theatre tomorrow night, for
which tickets are said to be selling very
rapidly. Mayor Mason has been very
active in the cause of The Dalles people
and has even requested the police to sell
tickets, and as these gentlemen are said
to be possessed of good hnstling qualities
it is expected that very few will remain
unsold, of the great number placed in
their hands.
The press is seldom called upon to
record a neater piece of scoandrelism
than that perpetrated a short time ago
by E. A. Albertson on the Tacoma. Fidel
ity Trust and Loan company. Albert
son was the trusted servant of the com
pany and, taking advantage of his posi
tion, he robbed the bank of several
thousand dollars and then took $10,000
more and several hundred thousand
dollars worth of securities, changed the
combination of the bank safe and skip
ped. Then he seut the president a letter
telling him what he had done and offered
to return the securities under certain
conditions, the principal one of which
was that he should not be prosecuted.
The bank signed the conditions and ob
tained possession of the securities,
through the intervention of a third party
and now the authorities, after a hard
struggle, are reported to have caught
both Albertson and his accomplice,
Fred Chandler.
The East Oregonian says : The men re
sponsible for the good assessment in
Umatilla county lean toward the "single
tax, which The Chbonici.e does not be
lieve in because it is too dogmatic to
understand it. .
To the Chronicle this ia no commen
dation. The nearer an Oregon assessor
leans to the single tax the farther he
leans away from the law he has sworn to
follow. The nearer he leans to the
single tax the less will be the amount of
personal property assessed, and the
greater the tax on lands ; for the single
tax crank does not believe in tcing
money and bonds or anv other kind of
personal property. The nearer aa as
sessor leans to the single tax the higher
the tax on the farmer, and as a conse
quence the more unjust and unequal is
the assessment.
Our evening contemporary, after hav
ing published false and . misleading
statements on the water question for
nearly two years and having thua de
ceived certain exchanges, as the Albina
Couxier, the Eosebnrg Plaindealer, the
La Grande Gazette and others, which
have never had a chance to hear the
other side, and know nothing about the
controversy except what they have
learned from the Times-Mountaineer, now
amuses his leisure momenta by repub
lishing his own falsehoods as they have
been printed in these exchanges. It is
new style of arguing in a circle.
Census Superintendent Sorter says
the most prosperous sections of Kansas
are those in which there is the greatest
indebtedness. There is really nothing
incredible in the statement. A inort
gage indebtedness may be created to ex
tend the business of the borrower or to
supply lack of income. In the former
caga the debt represents an Investment
anfrmdicates enterprise; in the latter
case the debt indicates retrogression and
perhaps bankruptcy. The aggregate
sum of the mortgage indebtedness of the
farmers of the United States proves
nothing so long as this distinction is not
indicated.
A number of papers in the first Oregon
congressional district are booming Hon.
H. B. Miller for congressman in lieu of
Binger Hermann. The scheme won't
work, and there is no reason that it
should. Oregon has tried Binger Her
man and found him a faithful, honest
and devoted servant of the people, and
when the time comes she will show that
she is not going to set him aside to grat
ify the ambition of any untried aspirant
to congressional honor.
A number of our exchanges have it
fixed ap that Binger Hermann will not
be a candidate for congress at the next
election and that he has written to H.
B. Miller to that effect and that he is in
favor of the aspirations of Mr. Miller,
etc., all of which, it is safe to say, is
without the least bit of foundation in
the world. Mr. Hermann will be a can
didate next June just as sure as he is
alive, and it will be' very hard to beat
him'.
Tlie rl'nVrenra rtwn U'ptPrn nnrl
Eastern Oregon is well illustrated by the j
fact tnBt the portland Dispatch, like j
every other good paper that caters to
i j -nj
. , ,- , '. , .
jgcratohing community," a recipe, tad-j
hesive flv rmDer with a niece of fresh
a niece of fresh ,
. , , , , ' ,
meat n the celltfr of the sheet) for the;
destruction of fleas. Fleas an verv rare !
birds in Knstern Oregon.
upou to publWl ..or the 8abe of , longj3W itttoD ltoUi;
LOST IN THE HAD LANDS.
Montana TVoolg-rower Nine Day
Without Pood.
I Helena, Mont., Sept. 14. George
! Jackson, a prominent woolgrower of
Ubet, Fergus county, has had an exper
ience in the bad lands . of northern
Montana which be will never forget.
About two weeks ago, in company with
his wife, he left Billings for his home at
Ubet, a distance of 175 miles. The sec-
ond day out they came to where the
roads forked, and Jackson, despite his
wife's protests, concluded to take a new
course, saving that, while it ran through
the bad landa and was rough country, j
yet it was much the shorter course. At J
nisht a small lake, the only water!
within thirty miles, was reached. Here '
a camp was made. About dark Jackson j sAUatoga, X. Y., Sept. 15. The
went to the lake for water. Not retnrn- j democratic state convention was called
ing, in a little while his wife went to 1 10 orrjer at noon today, and George
hunt him, but could cover ,n af Hains of, Rochester, was chosen tem
her husband. This was Thursday, a ,' . ' .
week ago. The following day, Friday, porary chairman and began his address,
and Saturday and Sunday Mrs. Jackson He said: "The campaign which
wandered about in the bad lands, with dawns upon us is to be fought upon the
but a scant supply oi ..mg for ncmiao.ihf. parties in state anininis
her husband, but her search was una-
;i;,t Mnndnv some neonle aided her ; tration. It will assure the confidence of
to hitch the team up and pnt her on the
road to the nearest ranch. Then a posse
waa organized to look for Jackson, and
after fiye days' search they gave it up,
concluding that he had been drowned in
the lake. Today news was received
from Ubet that the missing man had
been found by a party of home hunters
in what is known as Devil's Basin. He
had been without food or shelter for
nine days and was a pitiable object. He
was so weak he could not rise, and waa
entirely unconscious of his surroundings.
The first thing he said was "Give me
more bread and, meat." The place
where he tfas found was not more than
two miles from "the" spot where he and
his wife camped, and the presumption is
that when he left the lake he wandered
around in a circle. The doctors believe
that with careful nursfng he will
recover.
LOOKS LIKE TROUBLE.
The Political and Financial Circle of
France Greatly Excited by English
Manoeuvre.
Paris, Sept. 14. A decided feeling of
uneasiness is caused iu diplomatic and
financial circles here by the receipt of a
dispatch announcing that Sigri, on the
west coast of the Island of Mitylene, be
longing to Tnrkey, near the coast of
Asia Minor and within steaming distance
of Dardanells is occupied by a detach
ment of British troops. Under ordi
nary circumstances little or no credence
would be placed in this alarming rumor,
but coupled with the story broadly cir
culated Saturday, that Great Britain, in
view of Russia's practical coercion of
Turkey in regard to "passage through
Dardanelles of a vessel belonging to
England, her volunteer fleet intended to
occupy the island of Tenedos at the en
trance of Hellesport or Dardanelles,
The Situation in London.
Londox. Sept. 14. As soon as the re
port of occupation of Mitylene by British
forces was received here there was con
siderable excitement. Up to 5:30 p. m
there waa no official utterance upon the
subject. A dispatch was received from
Constantinople stating the occupation of
the island of Mitylene is an accomplished
fact and it has found echo on all conti
nental bourses today. '
More Cood Indians- Killed in a Dnel.
St. Louis, Sept. 14. A Guthrie, Okla
homa, dispatch says: A government
inspector just in from the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe Indian reservations reports
that for nearly a week the Indiana have
been holding dances. From result of
that and eating melons both green and
ripe fully fifty of them died and scores
more are very sick. '
Particulars of a bloody duel which
took place at Venice, 111., yesterday,
reached here thia morning. Two ne
groes, Grant Wood and Dick Oliver,
quarrelled over a woman and fought
with knives and pistols. Wood was cut
in the heart, dying soon afterwards.
While Oliver's wounds are serious he
will probably recover.- He and the
woman are under arrest. j
A TOI7THFITL MURDERER.
The Rash Deed of Six toen-Year-Old
Boy at San Jose.
Sax Jose, Sept. 14. James Holman
was shot and instantly killed this even
ing by Frank Adams. Tronble arose
between" a man known as Nig Bernal
and Adams, about some trifling matter,
when the latter drew a revolver and be
gan firing at "Nig." When Holman in
terfered Adams turned npon mm and
fired. The ball penetrated the breast a
little to the right of the center rib and
ranged downward through the heart.
Holman fell and expired. The murderer
was ranturrd and iailed. He is a bov.
only sixteen years old.
Getting Ready For War.
Ottowa, Sept. 14. A British army of
ficer on his way to inspect defenses of
British Columbia says bis government
intends to strengthen the defenses of
Canada on both oceans and along the
frontier on the St. Lawrence and Great
Lakes and that ships and armament of
the Atlantic and Pacific squadrons ' will
be greatly strengthened. At Halifax
the British government is building im
mense fortifications. He says the gen
eral belief in England is that tronble
with the United States is inevitable.
Canadian Town Almost Wiped Out.
Quebec, Sept. ' 14. A fire started
thia morning in a grocery store occupied
by Ouelett at Cape Blance and before
the flames were gotten under control
they had destroyed twenty-nine houses
and a portion of the Roman Catholic
church. A portion of Ouelett's place
was found saturated with coal oil.
When this fact got noised about, an in
furiated mob procured a rope. and. capr
turing Ouelett, were about to lynch him
when when the police rescued him. He
was safely lodged in the city prison.
SeTere Flood In Spain.
Madrid, Sept. 14. Serious floods and
storms reported in various parte of
Spain. Official information received
here from the scene of the floods now '
devastating the province of Toledo, ac
cording to news received, two thousand
people have perished and an immense i
amount of damage has been done.
A 300,000 Fire. V
Loxdox, Sept. 14. Salvages, a group
of islands near the Canaries, was le
cently the scene of an extensive confla
gration. The loss amounts to 200,000.
- Nex Year In Portland.
Seattle, Sept, 3.- The annual meet-
'ng of the German M. h, conference
to meet next year at Portland.
-
,..r. : -j
Salem, Sept. I4.-The thirtj -first an -
nual state fair opened here today. The
fair will continue during the ieek. - . j a
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
The Deniocrts have a Big Time in New
York. But can't Help Praising
Secretary Blaine.
j
j Bank Presidents discharged
t 0f Evidence A $400,000
for want
Fire in
:
j
j Shot for
New York.
Protecting a Woman Sixty
Drowned Other News
Notes.
People
the people in their actual leadership.
We are no longer left to conjecture as to
the republican leadership. Plattism
stalks about in mid-day for popular
view and judgment and the most con
scious plank in the republican platform
is the precise acknowledgment of reci
procity in trade with foreign people as
advantageous to all our industries."
The temporary chairman pointed with
pride to the growing commerce of our
country through reciprocity with our
American neighbors induced by the
matchless fore-sight of Secretary Blaine,
and the foresight so commended, dates
from February, 1890, and was very hate
ful to the republican congres He ar
raigned the republican party and their
nominee for governor (Fassett). Speak
ing of the last census the speaker said
that the state by it was robbed of its
equal right at the ballot box. In clos
ing he eulogized Hill and hoped Man
tell's succession in the high office of
governor would fall upon as brave and
skillful a leader, and as true a democrat
as Governor and Senator Voorbees, and
protested in behalf of New York dem
ocracy against Tammany delegations in
every assembly district .in Xew York.
Jackson presented a protest of county
democracy.
The usual committees were appointed
and the convention took a recess until
tomorrow morning.
TWENTY-THREE HURT.
Accident on the Union FaciAo Railroad
in Colorado.
Denver, Sept. 14. Passenger train
No. 314, bound for Denver, on the Gray
mount division of the Union Pacific,
was wrecked this morning, about 11
o'clock, near Beaver Brook station, and
twenty-three passengers were injured.
Five of them will probably die. The
train was late and running very rapidly.
When rounding a sharp curve the ex
press car Jeft the track, and rolled down
a fifteen-foot embankment. It was fol
lowed by the mail and two passenger
cars, one of which turned over twice
before reaching the bottom. . The train
was loaded with passengers, many of
whom were Knights of Pythias, who
were retuaning from the state conven
tion, which was held at Aspon last week.
When the news reached Golden a wreck
ing train waa ordered out, and was
starting when Robert Pruin, an employe
of the road' attempted to board the
engine. In doing so his revolver fell
from his hip pocket.- The hammer
struck a stone and the weapon was dis
charged. The ball took effect in his
body making a wound which will result
fatally. Those seriously injured in the
wreck were left at Golden in the bands
of physicians, while those not badly
hurt were Drought to tins city and taken
to their homes and the hospitals.
It is not known what caused the
wreck, but as the track was a narrow
gauge, and the coaches very topneavy.
It ia thought the train waa running too
rapidly for safety.
WON'T TALK.
The Prosecuting Attorney Will Hare to
Give np the Case.
'Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 15. Robert
Clendenin & Co., a banking and broker
age firm are held ' in $10,000 bonds to
appear in court to answer the charge of
criminal liability with ex-City Treas
urer Bardsley in unlawful conversion of
public money. Owing to the refusal of
Bardsley to testify, the district attorney
waa compelled for the present to
abandon his case against Auditor Gen
eral McCamant and State Cashier
Liversey. The court advised the dis
trict attorney to abandon the case
against the presidents of the different
national banks as there is not enough
evidence to warrant their arrest on the
charge of conspiracy in having paid
Bardsley interest on his deposits.
A S400.000 Fire in New York.
' New York, Sept. 15. Fire broke out
in the old Commercial Advertiser build
ing at 9 :15 this morning and in fifteen
minutes the flames were beyond control.
There were many people in the building
and some of them had to slide down the
fire eecape through dense - smoke.
It is believed all escaped.
The loss on the stock and building is
estimated at $400,000, most of which is
insured. Other estimates place losses
between $5000,000 or $750,000. A lot of
loose diamonds which were on tables in
the diamond workers in the building
were lost. They were valued at several
thousand dollars. ' -
An Unfeeling; Wife.
Sa-ta Barbara, Sept. 14. Three
weeks ago W. R. Nichols, an old resident
of Golete, was run into by a runaway
team and sustained injuries not necess
arily fatal. Yesterday morning he died.
Today two friends carne to the distript
attorney and wished to prefer charges of
murder against his wite, neglect and re
fusal to supply nourishment being al
leged as the cause, but poisoning was
darkly hinted at. The coroner's inquest
ia in progress and some facts have been
brought forth that show that the old
man was Grossly neglected and nncared
for. but as yet no support is given to the
poisoning theory. The physicians are
divided in their opinions, as to the caupe
of his death.
interfered In a Family Matter.
Poet Hcrox, Sept. 15. A painter
named ., Wesley McDonald interfered
with a man named Theo. Kyle, who was
beating his wife this morning. Kyle
seked a shotgun and killed McDonald,
He tflen fled to the woods. The sheriff
: Ann mnnt.ipn. a InrcrA nnvH nf rtAnnlA
7 t "m - r'-n
Bna 0 aeiocniuent oi tne- rort iinron
!guards have surrounded the woods in
the endeavor to rantnr. Kvle. wIkj is
denpurado.
WILL BE BACKED ' BT FORCE.
The British Navy Prepared to Assert It
Rights in the Mediterranean. .
London, Sept. 15. Notwithstanding
the qualified denial by government of-
nciais, oi me reported seizure oi a ion i
; on the island of Mitylene, public opinion "
is almost universally to the effect that j
the situation at the Dardanelles will be I
met by England with force. In public
places nothing else is talked of, although
it is not believed that either Turkey or
Russia will approve of any violent resist
ance to such steps as England may
choose to take. The British fleet is now
equal, in line of battle ships to the fleets
of any other two European powers,' and
would in the opinion of naval officers,
speedily clear the Dardanelles, into the
Black sea, of Russian crafts, and also give
a good account of the French if they
should interfere. A dispatch from
Portsmouth said that the naval authori
ties there had not beard officially of any
seizure of a Turkish port or island, bnt
one official who was interviewed said he
would not be surprised at any time to
hear of some critical action. Not that
he had heard from his superiors on the
sbject, but that the whole situation as
?ublicly known was highly threatening,
he recent visit of the French fleet to
Portsmouth and the fraternal greeting
and entnusiasm and great interest to the
sbject of a possible war. An English
man intimately connected with the
Turkish legation said today :
"Should war break out between Rus
sia and England, Turkey would, I think,
allow them to fight it out, simply taking
care of herself, if attacked. I do not
think that Turkey would construe the
seizure of Sigri as an act of war against
her, while at the same time she would
not recognize the right of England to
make the seizure, which, however, re
mains to be confirmed."
At the Russian legation all was diplo
matic reserve and silence, though the
secretaries looked as though something
grave had come to their knowledge.
MRS. LOGAN TALKS.
Republican S access Only Certain if the
Party is United.
Joliet, Sept. 14. Mrs. John A. Logan
was here today. In the course of an in
terview she said :
Blaine is the popular man within the
ranks of the republiean party, but it is a
question whether he can placate or
coalesce, all the divisions of the repub
licans in the various states. He could
not do bo in the past, and it does not
seem probable, with the disintegration
now going on, he con do so a year hence.
The old leaders, who won a victory for
the party, have gone, and in their place
stand many whose ambition and avarice
overleap their patriotism and loyalty to
the party. Do I think the republicans
will win in the coming campaign? Cer
tainly, if united, but if they can't unite
in Illinois, a single state, how can vou
expect them to unite in all the states?
iney seem to De tailing to pieces of 'heiryDajery c light field pieces and several
nwn weight, and thrniitrh thfiir Hmeisnfr I J 6 l""w
own weight, and through their diversity
of opinions an efforts I can hardly fail to
see the signs of the times. Yes, I re
gard a democratic success as more pos
sible, unless the republican malcontents
put their shoulders to the wheel and
work for patriotic motives, aa was the
case under the old leaders.
FIRE AT SALEM.
Tiie Willamette University Partially
Destroyed by Fire.
Salem, Sept. 16. At half past nine
this morning the Willamette University
one of the oldest educational institu
tions on the coast, was discovered to be
on fire and before an alarm was sounded
the ceiling of the library room on the
fourth floor was wrapped in flames
while flames were coursing downward
The dome was burned off and the large
bell fell with a crash. By the strenuous
efforts of the fire department the fire
was checked in its downward course at
the fourth floor, which was slightly dam
aged. The fifth floor was entirely de
stroyed. The fire started at the roof
from a defective flue, just above the
chemical room. Many articles in the
museum" and library were destroyed
The total loss will reach ten thousand
dollars fully covered by insurance.
THET CANNOT LAND.
Chinese May Not Re-Enter the Country
Unless They are Merchants.
Sax Francisco, Sept. 15. Judge
Beatty rendered a decision in the habeas
corpus case of Fan Ow Bow this after
noon in the United States circuit court.
The case was a test of the recent decis
ion of Justice Field, of the United States
supreme court, declaring that the con
struction placed on the exclusion act by
the latter tribunal was that no Chinese
subjects could land in this country
unless he had a certificate from his
government to the effect that he was
merchant or had been a ' merchant of
cood standing in the United States.
Judge Beatty held that under the decis
ion the Chinese could not come into this
country without a certificate from the
government of which he was a subject
wnicn must be vised Dy the American
consul at the port of embarkation. The
case will be appealed to the United
States supreme court.
A .HUMAN FIEND.
A New York Sexton for Whom Hanging
Is too Good.
New York, Sept. 14. Robert Bell,
assistant sexton, of the Calvary church,
was arraigned in the police court today
charged with rape, abduction and revolt
ing crime, and six of his victims.
trirls. ransrinsr in aire from 14 to 16 vears.
confronted him. The stories of the girls
reveals a series of hemoua crimes extend
ing over a period of ten months. The
prisoner was held without bail for ex
amination. ' .
Southern Pacific Shops Burned.
Portland, Sept. 16. Fire broke out
in the Southern Pacific car shops a few
miles south of the city today. Particu
lars are not yet received, but it is
thought that the loss will not be large.
A later report intimates the fire is
more serious th.an at first supposed, and
that the loss will reach between forty
and fifty thousand dollars. The repair
shops and all the out-buildings have
been - destroyed. The machine shops
were saved, by a hard fight. Several
coaches were also consumed.
. Four Bald Bandits..
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 14. Four
men with drawn revolvers entered the
saloon of Alfred Crandall this morning,
held up ten loungers, relieved them of
their valuables and then ordered the
proprietor to turn over his cash. Cran
dall made a show of resistance' and
while three of the robbers held the loaf
ers at bav a fourth attacked Crandall
and knbeked him down. He then went
through the cash drawer and stole the
proprietor's watch and diamond pin.
The bandits made their escape. ' -.
Ex-Minister Loring Dead. .
Salem, Mass., Sept, 14; Hop, George
B, roring, esTjniniater to Portugal, and
former commissioner of ugricultnre,
died suddenly this morning of heart
trouble. He was 74 years old. I
FLOWER NOMINATED.
I
i The
Democratic Party of New York
Nominate a Governor Amid the
Wildest Excitement
Salem has a Small Fire The Southern
Pacific Car Shops Burned Other
News Notes.
Saratoga, Sept. 16. Promptly at 10
o'clock this morning the democratic
state convention was called to order,
after which the decision in regard to the
country democracy was presented. The
committee on resolutions reported a
platform. The platform pronounces
against silver coinage of a dollar not of
the same intrinsic value of every other
dollar of the United States. It also de
nounces the new Sherman silver dollar
bill as of false pretense and hindrance
to free bimetalic coinage, and as tending
only to produce a change from one kind
of non-metalism to another. This bill
was declared to be a fit appendix to the
subsidy and bounty swindle. The Mc
Kinley worse than war tariff, Blaine's
reciprocity humbug, the squandered
surplus, falsified representation, and
revolutianary procedure of the billion
dollar congress, ' were all -justly con
demned by the people's great uprising
last November.
The following resolutions were also
passed :
Resolved, That this convention
views with gratification the growing
friendly feeling toward the democratic
party, of our colored citizens in this
state, and they are welcomed to our
ranks with the assurance that within
our party discrimination on acconnt of
race or color is discountenanced.
Then a motion was made to proceed
with the nominations and Mayor Porter
nominated Roawell P. Flower for gov
ernor. The nomination was seconded
in behalf of Tammany by Col. Fellow.
Bourke Cochrane also seconded the
nomination of .Flower. Tbos. Deevitt,
of Kings placed Alfred Chapin in nomi
nation for governor. The first ballot re
sulted in Flower receiving 334 votes and
Chapin 43. The nomination of Flower
was made unanimous amid the wildest
exeitement.
In the Queen's Name.
Constantinople, Sept. 15. A detach
ment of bluejackets and marines from a
Kritmh lmnnlflrf. amnmnftnifiri hv n.
gatling guns, landed yesterday morning
at Sigri, on the island of Mitylene, for
mally occupying that place in the name
of the queen of England. There is a
good harbor at Sigri, and it is supposed
the British naval officers at Mitylene in
tend to fortify the island to make it a
coaling station and rendezvous for the
British Mediterranean fleets. Sigri is
on the coast of Mitylene, and is about
sixty miles from the mouthjof the Dar
danelles. Late this evening another and more
startling dispatch comes by telegraph
from Athens. It is that the Greek con
suls at Mitylene and Smyrna have wired
the Greek government that thirteen
British men-of-war landed troops' and
guns at Sigri, Friday,' and that they
nave already strongly" fortified the posi
tion. Lord Salisbury's chief private
secretary has returned unexpectedly to
London and is busy at the foreign office.
THE BONDS ALL SOLD.
Albany Will Now Have a New Bridge
and Sewerage System.
Albany, Sept. 14. The remaining
$35,000 of the $75,000 city bonds, for a
wagon bridge across the Willamette
from this city and sewerage purposes,
were sold today to I. Stein hart, of San
Francisco, at par and 6 per cent, inter
est. The bonds are due twenty years
hence. ;
Benjamin Bros., proprietors of a small
store at Lebanon, quarreled yesterday
and one drew a revolver and fired at his
brother several times, inflicting no
wounds. Both were arrested.
Another Receiver Wanted.
" Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 17. An ap
plication for a receiver for the James
Vick Seedsman corporation has been
made this afternoon and the corporation
will be dissolved. The liabilities will
amount to between $175,000 and $200,
000, and assets, if &n advantageous sale
of the plant can be made, will be more
than sufficient to cover the liabilities.
James Vick will continue business on a
smaller scale.
To Furnish Change.
Washington, Sept. 16. Owing to nu
merous inquiries coming from different
parts of the country for fractional silver
coin, the United btates treasurer pre
pared a circular stating in substance
that new halves and dollars will be fur
nished in sums of $20.00 or more by ex
press free of charge or by registered
mail in sums or multiples of $50.00, reg
istration charges paid to any point in
the United states. I
The Campbell-McKinley Debate.
Columbus, O., Sept. 15. The chair
men of the republican and democratic
committees have agreed upon the time
for the joint debate between Governor
Campbell and Maior McKinlev. The
details as to the opening and closing of
the deDate and the time to De occupied
have not yet been decided upon, but the
time and place of the meeting will be
uctooer 3U, at Ada.
Mexican Congress tn Session.
City of Mexico, Sept. 16. President
tnoz opened congress lost night. In his
speech he said : "Our foreign relations
are excellent. I have named a commis
sion to arrange a treaty of reciprocity
with the United States. Chilian Junta
asks for recognition but we have de-.
manded time for investigation as we
wish to be neutral."
Canght the Secretary.
Mahshfiei-d, Sept. 17. From Gar
diner, Ore., word was received here of
the capture of Edward Albertson, the
defaulting secretary of the Fidelity
Trust company, of Tacoma. Fred
Chandler, his accomplice, was also cap
tured. ,
Damp, aa Usual.
Salem, Sept. 16. A large attendance
was present at the third day of the state
fair. This morning there was a parade
of premium cattle. A drizzling rain has
set in, which threatens to Interfere with
the day's races,
Russian Troops Morlna-.
London, Sept. 15. The . Standard's
Odessa correspondent says during the
coming five weeks 10,000 troops will be
conveyed by the Russian volunteer fleet ,
from featoune to Sebastopol aud Odessa, j
i
BRIEF STATE NEWS.
J The students ore arriving in large
j numbers for the beginning of the Nor-
! mai at Alanmouth.
Portland and Astoria marxetmen are
now on Shoal water bay contracting for
their oyster Bupply for the winter.
Marion Harris, of Oakland, Or., who
was crushed in a horse-power on the 1st
inst., making amputation of the leg nec
essary, has since died from the effects
As J. Wilsey, of Camas valley, was on
his way home from Roseburg his team
ran off a steep grade. The horses were
crippled, the wagon demolished, ond Mr.
w usey badly hnrt.
lwo hundred and eighty pupils were
reported at the opening of the Pendleton
public schools. It is expected that this
number will be increased to 300 during
tne present week.
The corner stone of the new Masonic
temple was laid Friday at Hillsboro with
imposing ceremonies. The royal craft
is doing considerable building through
out the jurisdiction this year.
Peter Hume, a farmer southwest of
Brownsville, was thrown from the high
seat of a grain wagon, receiving a severe
injury to his spine. He was insensible
for a long time after the accident.
The cars of the Oregonian Railway
Company commenced running to Spring
field Tuesday. The telegraph line has
not yet been strung, nor the depot com
pleted, but work is being pushed on the
same. ' . .
Work has been begun on the bridge
across the Willamette at Albany. The
cantilever idea has been abandoned, and
the old plan of circular piers will be car
ried out. It is expected the bridge will
De completed by Uecember 1.
Mr. Sam Baisley, one of the owners of
the White Swan mine, the recently-discovered
rich strike near the Virtue, will
leaye for Portland next Saturday for the
purpose of purchasing a mill plant, and
inside of the next two weeks the stamps
will be dropping.
The State Agricultural college at Cor
vollis will open for the fall term next
Friday. Many important additions have
been made to this institution of learning
since the closing ot the school last
spring, and it now stands second to none
as an agricultural college.
Apples along the Applegate river are
bigger and freer from worms this year
than ever before, and they are also more
plentiful. That is invariably the best
apple producing section of Jackson
countv and it seems that its reputation
is to oe upneio lor the year 1891.
Bert Jennings,' a son of Hon. A
Jennings, aged 18 years, met with a se
vere accident at the farm of his parents,
near Irving. He was riding a horse
when it stumbled and fell on him, break
ing both of his arms, the left arm be
tween the wrist and elbow and the other
one at the wrist.
Isaac London and Charles Hull, South
ern Pacific section hands at Twin
Buttes, received some painful but not
fatal injuries from a plank thrown from
a passing train. Both men were struck
in the face by the flying missile, London
receiving a severe cut on tne cheek and
Hull a deep gash upon the nose.
Cattlemen of Crook county feel a little
uneasiness regarding the demand for
beef this fall. The supply of beef bein;
greater than was expected, there is no
certainily that there will be a market
for all the beef in Crook county this
season, and cattle taisers may have to
carry their steers over another year.
Fish lake, up in the Cascade moun
tains, has been visited this year by more
campers than ever before. Messrs. Far
low and Wright, of Upper Butte creek.
have made a good dugout canoe and ore
spearing the lake trout at night. There
are some fine fish in the lake, but they
are very sny and nard to get.
A myrtle log shipped from Coos bay to
Portland, sold for $50. Of this $18 went
for freight, but even at this rate, says the
Coos Bay Sun, the Coquille river can
ship'-enough timber of thai kind
to
moke half it citizens and fourteen
steamer lines rich. The timber des
troyed there in the past would bring
mints of money, and it is to be hoped
that such destruction will cease
A most frightful accident occurred
Tuesday morning at Pleasant valley saw
mill, fifteen miles from Baker City.
Dingo Wokircicch , an Italian, fell against
the gang saw and his right arm was torn
in shreds from the finger tips to the
shoulder. The man's sufferings were
something terrible, and he begged those
near to kill him and put him out of his
misery,
Residents in the timpered districts of
Clatsop and Tillamook counties say that
large gray wolves are becoming more
numerous, and that they are rapidly des
troying the elk, as they kill the young
calves in the spring, and even the old
ones when they catch them alone. A
bounty on wolf scalps would, in their
opinion, do more to protect the elk than
the rigid enforcement on game laws.
The Coos bay steamer Express caught
fire while lying at the Marsh field mill
wharf early Monday morning. She was
beeched on the mud flat opposite, where
she burned to the water's edge. The
hulk lies near the wreck of the old Mes
senger, which met a similar fate many
years ago, where a small portion of her
hull and her machinery are now visable
at low water. It is not known how the
fire originated.
A soda water deposit has been discov
ered in the Kehalem valley, near Ver
nonia. A soap mine has been fonnd
near Caldwell, on Lewis and Clarke's;
crystal springs of the purest water are
bubbling up on the hillside in Astoria;
orold is being dug out on Genevieve street.
and coal on West Eighth street in the
same city. This is the record of the
week witn forty-eight hours more to go
on, says the Aslorian.
Mr. Jerry Deasy and William Burnani,
miners of the Greenhorn country, ar
rived in Long Creek Friday, being en-
route to the mines of Fox valley. Both
are miners ot years . experience, Mr.
Burnam, having followed the business for
the last forty years, and having worked
in every mining district on the Pacific
coast. 'Mr. Burnam was the original lo
cator of the Monumental mine in Green
horn, which is today the most valuable
mining property in that entire district.
The government snag boat is still at
work below Weston. The wingdam
there, which has just been completed, is
400 feet in length. Captain Rappe, who
has the work in charge, is doing the work
faithfully and well, says the Dayton Her
ald. The Three Sisters went up to Lam
bert's landing, above Weston, on Mon
day and took down a load of wheat with
out any trouble. Workis now progres
sing on the dam just below Weston,
which is to be 175 feet in length. The
wingdam at Candana, just below where
the boat is now at work, will be extend
ed, and will be 100 feet in length. The
snaeboat went up the river as far as
Harrisburg. On the trip up and down i
tne river irom rortiana tne Doat pulled i
419 snags. Captain Rappe has orders to
take his boat to Portland, oa the 20th of
September.
THE SECOND EASTERN OREGON
DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL,
SOCIETY. .
SPEED PROGRAMME FOR FAIR OF 1W1.
TOKRDAY, SEPT. 22, 1891. "
Rack No. 1. Running Saddle hone, stake 1
enterance. $50 added. Five to enter, three tn
start; catch weights. The officers of the society
to have the right to reject any entry that in their
i'udgmcnt does not strictly constitute a saddle
lorse. Half mile dash.
Race No. 2. Trotting Yearling stake, 110
entrance, and $00 added ; $o payable July 1, 18m,
when stake closes and entries must be made
balance of entry due Sept. 21, 1891. Halt mile
dash.
Race No. 3. Trotting Two-year-old clnss,
mile heats, best two in three, purse of J7i
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23, 1S9L
Race No. 4. Running Inland Empire stake
for two-yenr-olds, 20 entnmoe 175 added; 10 pay
able Sept. 1, 1891, when stake, class and entries
must be mode, balance of entry due Sept. 21, 1891.
Colts to carry 110 pounds, fillies and geldings 107
pounds, non-thoroughbreds allowed ten pounds.
Half mile dash.
Race No. 5. Running Three-eights of a mile
and repeat. Purse of 100.
Race No. 6. Trotting Gentleman's roadsters
stake, $5 entrance, 50 added ; five to enter, three
to start. To be driven by the owner to road cart,
half mile beats, three in five.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 24, 1891.
Race No. 7. Running Half mile dssb, purse
of 100.
Race No. 8. Trotting Three minute class,
mile heats, three in five, purse of flflO.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 25, 1891.
Race No. 9. Running Half mile and repeat,
purse of 1150.
Race No. 10. Trotting 2:40 class, mile heats,,
two best in five, purse of 125.
Saturday, sept. 26, 1891. '
Race No. 11. Running Three quarters of a
mile, handicap Entries close Sept 24, 1891, with
payment of to. Weights announced 2:00 p. tn.
Sept 25. Acceptance of weight and balance of
entrance money due by 9:uu p. m. same day,
purse of 1125.
Race No. 12. Trotting Free for all, mile heats
best three in live, purse of 175
Race No. 13. Trotting Three-yenr-old class,
mile heats, best three in five, purse of f 100.
Conditions.
Eligible only to horses owned and located in
the Second District, Oregon, and Klickitat county
Washington, prior to April 1, 1891.
Entrance in all purse races 10 per cent of the
amount of the purse; four or more to enter, three
to start.
All entries in trotting races, not otherwise
specified, to close with the secretary, at The
Dalles, on Sept 1, 1891. All entries in runniue
races, not otherwise specified, close with the
secretary, at The Dalles 6:00 p. m. the night be
fore the race takes place. No money given
for a walk over. Entries not accompanied by the
money-will not be recognized. Nominations to -be
made in writing, giving the name, age, color,
sex, sire and dam (if known, and when not
kaown that fact should be stated,) and colors of
the owner. This rale will be strictly enforced. '
In case the nurses above siven do not fill with
four complete entries, the board has the power to
reduce the amounts of the purses as in their '
judgment seems proper.
i lie Doara nss ana reserves ine ngni to post- .
pone races in case of inclement weather.
Any norse aistancing tne neia snail nc entitled
to first and third moneys only.
in au races, not otnerwise specuicd, money to
be divided
0, 20, and 10 per cent of the purse.
AU running races to be
ne races to be governed bv tbi
iverned by the rules
brse Association.
of the Pacific Coast Blood Hi
All trotting races to be governed bv the rules of
the National Trotting Asxociatlon.
CSV Otnd to J. O. Mack, Secretary, The Dalle;
Oregon, and obtain blank upon vthicn to make your
entries.
JAS. A. VAUNEY, .
J. O. MACK, Pretident.
Secretary. .
ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given that A. A. Bonney
has duly assigned to the undersigned, for
the benefit of all his creditors in proportion to
the amount of their respective claims all bis
property, both real and personal. All persons
having claims against said assignor are hereby
notified to present the same with the proper ,
vouchers therefor to me at the office of Mays,
Huntington St Wilson within three months
from the (late of this notice.
The Dalles, Oregon, June 12, 1891.
ROBERT MAYS Assignee.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
undersigned has been appointed adminis
trator of the estate of Theodore VonBrostel,
deceased. All persons having claims against
said estate are hereby notified to present the
same to me with the proper vouchers at Bake
Oven, Oregon, within six months from the date
of this notice. GEORGE VON BROSTKL,
Administrates of the estate of Theo. Von Brostcl.
. Dated September 1st, 1891. sep&-oct2
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office, The Dalles, Or., July 21, 1S9I. :
Notice is hereby given that the following-,
named settler has filed notice of her intention to
make final proof in support of her claim, and that
saldjproof will be made before the register and
receiver at The Dalles, Or., on September If.
1891, vii: '
Mary J. Griffin,
H. D. No. 3570, for the N W i Sec. 23, Tp 2 8, R
13KWM. -
She names the following witnesses to Drove her
continuous residence upon and cultivation of.
said land, viz: Joseph fieezley and Robert Mays,
of The Dalles, Or., and Thomas Glavey and John
Bolton of Dufur, Or.
jly30-sep8 . JOHN W. LEWIS, Register.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office. The Dalles, Or., Aug. 10, 1891
Notice is hereby given that the following-
named settler has riled notice of bis intention to
moke final proof in support of his claim, and
that said Droof will be made before the mrisur
and receiver of the U. 8. Land office, The Dalles.
Or., on September 22, 1891, vix. :
George W. Robertson.
Hd. No. 3998, for the WW BEJi, and EJ4 SWV.
Sec. 5, Tp. 2 8, R 14 E W. Sf.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of,
said land, viz. : Tooraas H. Ward, A. P. Fergu
son and R. G. Closter of The Dalles, Or. and Mar-
an nenman, oi r.onnene, or.
sugll-seplS JOHN W. LEWIS, Register. .
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
U. 8. Land Office, The Dalles, Or., Aug. 17, 1891
Notice is hereby (riven that the followinr-
named settler has filed notice of bis intention to
muke final proof in support of his claim, and.
that sold proof will be made beforo the rearister-
and receiver of the U. 8. land office at The-
Dalles, Oregon, on September 28, 1891, viz
Abraham Mowery.
Hd. No. 3",36, for the SW Bee. 25, Tp. 1 S, JtU K.
W. M. '
He names the following witnesses to meove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land, viz: James Boston 1r.. of Dufnr. Or..
and James Underbill, P. P. Underwood and .
w,h 1411 oil r-
aug21-Bep2S JOHN W. LEWI3, Register. V
SUMMONS.
In the Circuit Court of the, Stat of Oregon for the-
voumy oj natco:
Adelia C. Freeman, plaintiff, vs. Marvin W.
Freeman, Defendant.
To Marvin W. Freeman, the above named defen-
aant: f
N the name of the state of Oregon: You are
herebv commanded to aorjear and answer the .
complaint of the above named plaintiff, filed
against vou in the above entitled court and
cause, on or before the 9th day of November 1891 ,
said day being the first day of the next regular
term of said circuit conrt; and you are hereby
noti fled that if you fail to so appear and answer,! or
want thereof the plaintiff will sotilv to said court
for the relief prayed for in her complaint, that is
tossy: for a decree forever annulling and dissolv
ing the marriage contract now existing between
plaintiff and defendant, upon the ground of -
cruel and inhuman treatment, rendering tho life
of plaintiff burdensome and intolerable, and lor .
ilalntifTs costs and disbursements in this suit
and for such other and further relief as shall be
equitable and just.
This summons is ordered served npon you by
publication thereof, by order of Hon. W. L.
Brodshaw, judge of the 7th judicial district in
Oregon, which order is dated the 17th aaj of
September, 1891.
liUFUB, VT ATKINS OEJiaKKFBE,
17-7t Attorneys for Plaintiff:
Chrisman Bros.,
(Successors to F. Taylor.J - .
: PROPRIETORS OF TH.S : - ' ,
A
ITY PHPT
UNION STREET.
Dealersin allkinds of Meats.
HAMS, BAGON and SAUSAGE
ALWAYS ON HAND.
DIAMOND - ROLLER - MILL
A. H. CURTIS, Prop.
Flour of the Best Qual
ity Always on Hand.
THE DALLES,
OREGON,.
. Z
f