THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1891.
NUMBER 42.
VOL. 1.
THE CHINESE MUST GO. 1
A COOL PROCEEDING.
Secretary of Treasury Spalding Write a
Letter to a Special Agent in Tacoma
to That Effect
The Union Pacific Will be Bolstered up
for a Time Patrick Egan is Being
Investigated.
The Jury Disagreed He is Afraid of
the Farmers Alliance Other Brief
News Notes.
An English Society Says We Mum Take '
I llm Riiaalan JffvH. !
London, Sept. 24. The Jewish Colo
nizatiou Association, although formed
i but few days, has already taken hold
I vigorously, and the object of settling the
: poor Russian Jews in the United "States j
jis to be pursued as rapidly as possible.
I The association has come to the conclu
sion to send nearly all the Jewish exiles
to the United States, and to secure their j
landing by lawful means. The Jews '
will be settled as far aa possible in agri
cultural colonies, but it is not expected
that they will confine themselves to the
country: The right to go into any law
ful business will be vindicated, if neces
sary, through legal proceedings. It is
claimed that the United States has room
enough for all the Jews that will emi
grate from Kussia, and the opportunities
for profitable business are not equaled
in any country. The association will
therefore for the present, confine itself
wholly to sending Russian Jews to
MORE 0. P. MONEY.
The Union Pacific Creditors Held a
Meeting Today in Which Jay Gould
Was the Leading Figure.
To Settle the Searles Will Case A
Fiendish Act Reported in Indiana
Fatal Balloon Ascension.
Negro Rioters in Arkansas Drive out
Cotton Pickers and Burn Property
Other minor Mention.
I
rRAIKIK FIKKH IN DAKOTA.
THE CASCADE PORTAGE AS IT IS.
The editor of this journal made a fly-
Several Lives Lost and Thousands of
it-n 1V..11. ,.r p,An..t li 11 rnrd .
c 00 ; ing trip on the Regulator vesterday as
i Williamsi-obt. N. D.. Sept. 28. , , , - , ' .
Georce W. Johnson and his son, wlm
Washington, Sept. 25. Assistant
Secretary Spaulding has written a let
ter to a special agent at Tacoma in re
gard to a recent decision of the United
States court in the state of Washington,
wherein it was held that certain Chinese
laborers, sentenced to deportation to
China, were . legally domiciled in the America and supporting them there
U. S. The agent was informed notwith
standing this decision, that the inter
pretation of the treasury department of j The Turkish Government
the law relating to the immigration of pianatory Xote to th
Chinese, as requiring their return to
China if found at any time to be unlaw
fully within the United States, must
continue to guide his official action until
overruled by the supreme court.
THE DARDANELLES AFKAII!
Issues an
the Towers.
RELIEF FOR THE ITHIOV PACIFIC.
The Jay Gould Syndicate 18.SOO.O0O
for Its Creditors.
Boston, Sept. 25. The Union Pacific
officials have received dispatches from
New York, to tho effect that Drexel,
Morgan & Co. have agreed to turn their
$2,000,000 endorsed by Gould, Ames and
Dillon, and take collateral notes on the
same basis as all other creditors. This
has removed the only hitch and, makes
the total subscription of creditors $12,
500,000. There will be a meeting of
' creditors tomorrow, and if a further ex
tension of the plan is necessary it will be
granted.
EGAN TO BE SUPERSEDED.
He Acted as a Xewspaper Correspondent.
San Fbakcisco, Sept. 25. A Wash
ington special says that at the state de
partment meeting today it was virtually
admitted that Minister . Egan acted as
correspondent for a New York news
paper and that he was being investi
gated. An intimation was made that
he would soon be superseded. . It is said
that Blair is to succeed Egan as United
States minister to Chili- '
Constantinople, Sept. 24. The porte
has sent a circular to the powers' in re
gard to the passage through the Darda
nelles of vessels of the Russian volunteer
fleet. In this communication the porte
says : "For several years past vessels of
the Russian volunteer fleet have been
running between Odessa and Vladivo
stock. These ships, being under the
commercial flag of Russia, were granted
free passage of the straits. It was found,
however," . the porte's note continues,
"the vessels sometimes carried soldiers,
and these ships were detained, owing to.
a mistake as to their real character.'
The porte's instrnctions, the note adds,
were given to the officers on duty at the
Dardanelles, to prevent any further de
tection of vessels of the Russian volun
teer fleet, and were wrongly construed
bv the newspaper press to be a violation
of existing treaties. The note concludes
with the remark that no new measure
has been adopted, and that the old one
will continue in force.
New Yobk, Sept. 26. The creditors'
committee of the Union Pacific railroad
met today and after an adjournment it
was annonnced that four-fifths of the
$5,500,000 collateral trust notes for the
extension of the floating debt have been
subscribed for. Jay Gould subscribed
4,000,000.
The Union Pacific troubles are now
considered out of the way. One credi
tor's committee said subscriptioas to
notes will probably close Monday.
He says Gould is now the firmest
friend the company possesses.
To Settle the Searles Will Case.
' New York, Sept. 26. A special from
Salem, Mass., says the rumored hearings
in the Searles will case may not be re
sumed and that negotiations for a settle
ment will be reopened before October
14th. The contestants have - learned
through the papers brought out in the
i hearings that even if they should win
! eventually the legal entrenchments of
the other side are so many that the liti
gations wonld be very long. This makes
it probable that a settlement will be
sought.
The Report Denied.
New York, Sept. 25. A special from
Washington says : -The state depart
ment has denied the report that ex-sen
ator Blair is to relieve Patrick Egan as
minister to Chili, and adds that Mr.
Blaine's support among the Irish voters
is not so large that he can afford to part
with any of it lightly. - Tho only thing
v that would be likely to injure Egan
would be for the government in Chili to
formally complain of him.
The Jury Disagreed.
San Francisco, Sept. 25. The jury in
' the case of Dr. Hall, charged with mal
- practice in connection with the death of
Miss Ida Shattuck, was discharged this
1 morning, after over swenty hours' delib
eration, being unable to agree. They
stood seven for conviction of murder in
the second degree, and five for acquittal.
Afraid of the Farmer's Alliance. .
Washington, Sept'. 25. Congressman
Herbert of Alabama, announced his
withdrawal from the contest for a place
ou the inter state commerce commission.
His friends are afraid that the farmer's
alliance might capture his seat in the
house in the event of his appointment
as a commissioner.
Missouri Pacific Holders Growing Anx
ious.
Xkw York, Sept. 24. It is expected
that a meeting of the directors of the
Missouri Pacific railroad will be held to
day for the purpose of taking some ac
tion relative to the quarterly dividend,
which, according to custom, should have
been declared a week ago. A story was
current in Wall street yesterday that
the dividend would be either passed or
reduced from the usual one per cent.,
owing to Jay Gould's ultra conservation.
One effect of this story was to let the
price of Missouri Pacific down one and a
half points. It is a long time since any
official statements of the earnings of
this road were issued, a fact which has
caused some comment. The Gould peo
ple, however, say that a statement will
be submitted to the directors, showing
that the net earnings for the last three
months were much larger than they
were a year ago.
Must Not Overlook Pennoycr.
Washington, Sept. 24. The Pennoyer
boom is apparently catching on in the
East. The Washington Post . says ed
i totally this morning.
In making up the books for next year's
event the democrats will make a grave
mistake if they overlook Governor Pen
noyer., A California Politician in Canada.
- Vancouver, B. C, Sept. 25. Christo
pher A. Buckley, a San Francisco poli
tician, who is wanted in. that city to
testify before the grand jury, has been
in British Columbia for a - week past.
He left yesterday on the train for
Montreal.
, An American Ship Lost.
London, Sept. 24. The American
-ship Charles Dennis, from New York for
- San Francisco, foundered near Cape
Horn. The American ship Kelle, of
- -Bath, from Tacoma for Havre, landed
the Dennis' crew at Rio Janeiro.
The Morphine Route Suited Him.
... Little Rock, Sept. ' 25. R. Lamar
committed suicide last night by taking
a dose of morphine. He is a nephew of
the associate-judge of the supreme
court, of that name.'
Four Callfornians Killed.
Panama, Sept 25, Advices received
from Pern report the murder by natives
of four Callfornians who were prospecting
for gold. . The natives took them for
spies. ' '
.Quick Work.
Ashville N. C, Sept. 25. Fred Tay
lor, a railroad engineer, was last night
ohot and fatally wounded by a negro
named Rankin. A- crowd of railroad
men caught Rankin and hung him.
Fourteen People Killed.
Madrid, Sept. 24. An express train
running from Dnyos and San Sabastein
-collided with a passenger train. Four-
Terrible Suffering: for Water.
- Gcthrie, O. T., Sept. 25. Every
courier from Chandler brings a thrill
ing tale of the sufferings for water.
Fully 100 people are more or less seri
ously ill. Seventy horses have died for
lack of water, and hundreds more are
suffering terribly. L. D. Woods, of
this city, has been shot dead in the Sac
and Fox country. A number of men
from Stillwater have founded a town in
the Sac and Fox country, calling it
Saclahonia, nnd are already publishing
a newsaper. Tho law opening that res
ervation specifies that it shall be a
homestead entry, and the Saclahonia
men will be compelled to leave, as a
town cannot be legally laid out. -
The Fort Hall Military Reservation.
Washington, Sept. 25. An order was
today issued by the commissioner of the
general land office for the survey of the
Fort Hall military reservation at Poca
tello,' Idaho, upon the request of Senator
Dubois, who is in the city. The survey
is preparatory to the allotment of the
lands in severalties to the Indians on the
Umatilla reservation at Pocatello, which
have heretofore been in the way of the
development of that town. . It is said
the Union Pacific Railroad company is
considering the problem of building
shops at Pocatello.
Reported Capture in Oregon.
San Francisco, Sept. 25. A Sacra
mento special says that it is reported
.that the men who murdered Mrs. Green
field at Napa some months ago and dan
gerously wounded Captain Greenwood,
have been captured in Oregon or Wash
ington. Police Captain Lee, when asked
concerning the rumor, said that the
sheriff of Napa county told him the men
had been captured, but who they are, or
where they were captured, Lee would not
state.
No Settlement as Yet.
New York, Sept. 25. The reports re
cently sent out from Chicago to the ef
fect that the differences between the Un
ion Pacific and J. B. Haggin, owner of
the Anaconda copper mine, had been
adjusted, are authoritatively denied
here. It is understood the negotiations
to that end, opened some months ago,
are still pending, but no one in a posi
tion to know will venture an opinion as
to the outeome. '
A Fiendish Act.
Indianapolis, Sept. 26. A Birdseye,
Indiana, special says: "Mrs. Harmon,
a woman of loose character, living at
; Men ton was last night visited by a body
of thirty men, who tied her to a post and
applied fifty lashes to her .bare body.
Her body was cnt from head to foot as if
by a knife. There is a gash across her
abdomen twelve inches long and so deep
as to leave her bowels exposed. The
community is greatly enraged.
A Fatal Balloon Ascension.
Mount Pleasant, Mich., Sept. 26.
As a result of a balloon ascension late
yesterdav afternoon Lewis B. Earl of
Marshall, Mich., is dead and Frank
Thayer of this city is suffering from a
fractured arm and several internal in
juries. The accidents were caused by
the giving way of the trapeze ropes.
Negro Riots in Arkansas.
Maina, Sept. 26. Forty armed ne
groes in St. Frances township drove all
the cotton pickers from tho field and
burned the gin houses. They had
threatened to drive all the pickers ont
and burn all the gin houses before. The
sheriff is 011 the ground with warrants
for the arrest of the leaders. Much ex
citement prevails.
Xo More Applicants Wanted.
San Francisco, Sept. 26. Leland
Stanford, jr., says the university rolls
have been filling up at such a rate re
cently that there practically remains no
room for more applicants. Over 1000
applications have been received, and
many of them from the east. Three
hundred and twenty students have been
examined and accepted,, among these
being sixty young women.
: To Help the Farmers.
j Sr. Paul Sept. 25. Owing to a scar
j city of farm laborers in the Red river
valley, North Dakota, the Great North
ern is making special rates for thresh
ing outfits and carrying five men with
each. Without additional help, thou
sands of acres of wheat will not be
threshed before the snow flies. Hun
dreds of men can get work at from $2 to
$3 per day.
Caught on a Crossing.
' Indianapolis,' Sept. 26. The west
bound limited mail on the Panhandle
today struck a carriage at ' a crossing
near Centerville, Ind., in which were
Joseph Black, his wife and two daugh
ters. Black, his wife and. one daughter
were killed and the other daughter fa
tally injured. They were on thair way
to attend the races at Cambridge.
PhftiM RlAtii at It A
f- - -
Paris, Sept. 2o. The office missions
Catholiques, at Lyons, has received ad
vices from China to the effect that the
natives attacked three monks at North
ern Chunsi, and that nothing has been
heard from the vicar apostolic. Fear is
entertained for the safety of the monks
and ninety inmates of the "Chunsi or
phanage. Killed the Marshal.-
Tauleqcau, Sept. 26. United States
Deputy Marshal Wilson was shot and
instantly killed by Samuel Downing, a
Cherokee, whom the marshal had gone
to arrest on a charge of selling liquor.
Officers, have gone to the scene
murder.
lived near Eeaver creek, was burned to
death in u prairie fire. Mr. Talwria, liv
ing near here, will probably die from the
effects of burns received. No further
news can be learned from the Holland
settlements Thirty-five miles south of
here. Three men are known to have per
ished there. The loss t.hero is estimated
at $50,000. At Winona, twenty miles
from here, one man lost forty-three head
of steers which were overtaken by fire
and burned to death.
The Compton Court-martial Case.
Washington, feept. 28. The president
passed upon the records of court-martial
in the case of Colonel Compton, of the
Fourth cavalry, who was charged with
failure while in command of the military
post at Walla Walla, to take steps to
prevent the lynching of a gambler named
Hunt, who was under arrest for killing
one of the soldiers under him. The
court found him guilty and sentenced
him to suspension from rank and com
mand for three years 011 half pay and to-
be confined to the limits of the military
post. The president approved the pro-
! ceedings of the court but mitigated the
sentence to suspension from rank and
command on half pay for two years.
Three Men Itreak Jail.
Vibalia, Cala., Sept. 28. Gralton
Dalton made his escape from the county
jail last night. He was to be sentenced
Monday next on a conviction of the
Alida train robbery. John Beck, await
ing trial for horse stealing, aiid W. B.
Smith, in for burglary, are also gone.
The delivery was made by opening an
iron window in the basement with a key
then opening the kitchen door with a
different key and the cell door with
another. As the men passed out the
doors were again locked, and nothing
was known of the escape until this
morning.
Dock Hands Fight.
Chicago, Sept. 28. At noon today
two gangs of dock laborers, "one white
and one colored, got into an altercation
on the Western Transit Company's
dock while waiting to be paid off.
James Kelly (white) was stabbed to
the heart and killed by Jasper Bales
(colored). Bales was pursued by the
! other white combatants who fired a
I number of shots after him, wounding
him in the arm. Two other persons
were- wounded by the bullets. Bales
was captured and locked up.
Rumored Trouble With Chili.
Washington, Sept. 28. For two hours
this, lnorningthe president . was in con
sultation with the representatives of the
state and naval departments. Since last
Friday cablegrams in cipher have been
passing between Washington and Val
paraiso but the officials refuse to make
their contents pnblic. It is gathered
however, that they relate to affairs in
Chili and that serious complications
have arisen between the Junta and the
United States representatives in that
country.
Sixteen Millions is all They Want..
New York, Sept. 2S. A Washington
special says about $16,000,000 is the sum
the navy department will ask for in its
annual estimate for continuing, work on
the new navy. . This does not include
anything for new vessels ; it is simply
the amount required for meeting the
payments under the existing contracts,
which will be due during the fiscal year
ending with 1893.
The Union Pacific Matter Settled.
New York, Sept. 28. Over $2,000,000
in subscriptions were received
today to the new Union Pacific notes,
this makes the total subscriptions $700,
000 more than was required. The sub
scription books are closed and the credi
tors committee was declared in opera
tions on a plan to relieve the Union Pa
cific of its floating debt.
Will Work for Peace.
Berlin, Sept. 28. Upon the occasion
of the jubilee of the seventy-eigth infan
try regiment at Osnaburg, Hanover,
Chancellor Yon Caprivi made a long ep
timist speech upon the political Situa
tion in Europe, . Von Caprivi -said all
the " emperor's efforts will be directed
towards the maintenance of peace.
Not a Serious Question.
Washington, Sept. 28. Secretary
Tracy while declining to make any state
ment relative to the conference at the
white house this morning, said he .did
not intend to send any more ships to
Chili and that he did not regard the sit
uation as serious.
Nobody Else's Business. .
Constantinople, Sept. 25. The Rus
sian minister had a long conference with
the sultan in regard to the circular to
! the powers relative to the passaged the
Dardanelles by Russian vessels. The
wording of the circular is said not to be
satisfactory to the Russians who claim
that the incident was a matter of settle-
A Railroad Official Dies.
Columbus, O., Sept. 27. General J. A.
Wilcox, general counsel of the Cincin
nati, Hooking Valley & Toledo railroad,
died here today. He was provost mar
shal of this district during the war,, and
a distinguished member of the Ohio bar.
Minnesota Fires About Over. ' " .
St Paul, Sept. 26. Reports from vari
ous parts of the state indicate that the
danger from fires is about over. In
some portions tho flames are still des
troying grass and timber. No loss of
lile is reported.
A Dakota Farmer in Luck.
Grand Fork. N. D., Sept. 28. James
I S.. Sinclair, a farmor of Dakota, nnd a
of the distant relative of the earl of Caithness,
received word from England that he had
succeeded to the title and estate of that
Englishman. .
A Liverpool Theater Burned.
Liverpool, "Sept. 25. The Gaiety
theater burned this morning. The first
alarm sounded at 8 a.' in., and two -hours
ment between Russia and Turkey alone, j later, but tho bare walla and iron col-
A Minnesota State Senator Dead.
. Duluth, Sept. 27. Hon. J. D. How
ard, a millionaire pioneer and state sen
ator, died today.
Chicago Wheat Market.
Chicago, Sept. 28. Close, wheat
steady, cash 94; December
teen oeoole were killed. Bnd twentv-fonr i , , .
,Hf . 5lmuuuii.
and that neither country owes anybody
wCXin
Consul Appointed.
iinotos, Sept. 25. The president
ha appointed Charles Wardman, of
Kentucky, United States consul
Stockholm. .
Will Have to Pay Damages.
Ottawa, Sept. 25. It is ascertained
the British government will have to pay
the Canadian sealers, damaged on ac-
i count of the modus viveudi, $500,000 and
may be as high aa $700,000.
umns of tho building, were standing.
An Elevator and Mill Burned.
Greenville, 111., Sept, 26. A
fire
this morning consumed the Cole elevator
and export mill. The flames are beyond
control. The loss will amount to $125,
000 with an iusurance'of $70,000. .
1.55
Portland Wheat Market.
Portland, Sept. 28. Wheat,' valley,
Walla Walla, 1.45. " "
Weather Forecast.
San Francisco, Sept. 28. Forecast
for Oregon and Washington : - Light
rains except in Southern Oregon.
San Francisco Wheat Market.
Sax Francisco, Sept.'. 28. Wheat
buyer '91, l.?3; Mason, 1.81 Ji.
far as the Cascade Locks, in order that
he might bo able to present the readers
of the Chronicle with a statement of
tho present condition of the state port
age road, and as far as he could obtain
information of the manner in which tho
$60,000 appropriated by the legislature
has been spent. Arriving at the Cas
cades he was pleased to find that Gover
nor Pennoyer and State Treasurer Phil.
Metchan had come up from Salem that
morning, presumably on the same busi
ness. The governor and Mr. Metchan
spent the entire time from their arrival
till their departvre on the afternoon pas
senger, examining the works, and at the
close were perfectly free in expressing
their opinion that the road was built
substantially and economically ; and the
governor, in answer to the question,
"What is your opinion of the efficiency
and general management of the superin
tendent of construction?" speaking for
both promptly replied, "We are well
satisfied with Mr. Farley's work, and we
don't know where, in the world, we
could have got any other person who
would have done as well. It is a rare
thing when a work of this character is
finished within the means appropriated
tor it. In this case the appropriation
will finish the work. That alone speaks
volumes for the superintendent,
The entire road, with the exception of
a few bents of wharfage at each end, is
finished and ballasted. At the east in
cline the piles are all in place, ready to
be cut the proper length as soon as the
river reaches its lowest stage, which will
give a depth of eight feet of water at the
extreme end of the incline. The boat at
present lands in twelve feet of water,
and the incline extends more than suffi
ciently far into the river to give the pro
per hight of wharfage. At the end of
the western incline four more bents will
bring the wharf low enough for the
wharf boat, ami these are expected to be
in place by next Monday. Here very
great difficulty has been experienced in
driving piles, as the river bottom is filled
with boulders of all conceivable sizes,
encased in a gravely cement. So hope
less did the task seem of driving piles
through this conglomerate that the offi
cer in charge of the locks construction
pronounced it impossible to be done.
Notwithstanding this, Mr. Walsh, the
foreman of the bridge - carpenters, has
succeeded in driving huge piles from
seven to ten feet through this stuff, and
is hopeful that he will be able to drive
all that are needed to com
plete the incline. The work here
seems in every way sufficiently substan
tial to stand any conceivable current.
-In addition to the main track there is a
switch that runs parallel with the river
for two or three hundred yards, intended
for convenience in loading wood. From
this track a switch leads to the ronnd
house and still another runs along a
piere of leveled ground, over which it is
intended to build a shed sufficiently
long to cover all the cars - used on the
poitage. The shed is expected to cost,
abont $2700. The main line and all are
laid with fortv-pound steel rails, upon
which is stamped the name of the mak
ers, the Belville Steel Company, of
Illinois. The timbers used in the in
clines are heavy and substantial and
competent judges pronounce the road as
a whole, and in every part, well and sub
stantially built.
Ground was needed for a round house,
sheds for cars, office of permanent agent
or superintendent, a work shop a store
room and other like purposes. Mr. Far
ley selected about abont three acres ly
ing along the river front and not being
able to agree with the owner as to the
price, suit was entered to have it con
demned for tho use of the state, under
the law of eminent domain, Of course
there is no question about the state get
ting a title to the land. The only ques
tion is the price and even that may yet
be settled outside the courts. On this
piece of land stood three houses, one a
finely finished building that had been
used as an office and dwelling by Borth
wick & Fraine. -This building was in
good condition and easily cost when new
over $1000. The other buildings, while
much inferior, were by a small expense
fitted up to serve the purposes of a round
house, store ropm and shop. The better
building will serve for an offi se and resi
dence, if need be, for the conductor or
agent. These three buildings cost $750
which is not more than the worth of the
best one. The buildings are furnished
with an abundance of water brought
from a fifty-foot level, a distance of
1800 feet, The svstem cost," with bose
and equipments complete about $1200,
A wharf boat has been built for the
western terminus. It is 30x130 feet. It
was built by contract by the Portland
Bridge & Building Company, under the
superin tendance of Mr. T. W. W alsh
The price was $5350. According to the
estimate of Lieut. Burr, the boat weighed
when launched about 110 tons. Her ex
terior gunwales are mad of 6x16 and
6x14 timbers, six feet deep, bolted
through and through every four feet.
The bottom planking is 3x12, the kielson
6x16, bulk-heads .4x12 bolted through
and through every four feet. The floor
timbers are 6x6 and 6x10. The deck
planks are 2x6 and 1x4. on top with
tarred paper between..
There are twelve flat and four box
cars of fifteen tons capacity, all oak sills
and trussbearings and furnished with
Westinghonse automatic air . brakes on
every wheel.. The cars are as good as
are made for the gauge. They cost at
the factory $6200, including extras of all
kinds. The locomotive cost at the lac-
tory $4480 and issaid to be the very best
built by the Baldwin Locomotive Com
pany. . It has'tbe best modern improve
ments. It is expected to arrive any
moment after tomorrow. . Meanwhile
Major Handbnry has kindly given the
use, when not needed on the govern
ment works, of one of the government
siderable amount of freight has been
transferred during the past three dnys.
It may be mentioned that besides the
switch tracks already referred to each
terminal has a double track, one nearly
151)0 feet in length and the other about
500 feet. These double tracks and
switches are intended to facilitate the
handling of freight and enable loading
and unloading to go on at the same
time. Taken as a whole there is abun-
The school book question is uow re
ceiving considerable attention through
out the state and the dissatisfaction so
frequently expressed at teacher's insti
tutes and other places with our present
series of text books and the manner of
selecting them indicates that a strong de
mand will be made to induce fhe next
legislature to abolish the law that places
their selection in the hands of a number
01 poorly paid county sohool superin
dant evidence that the state appropria- tendents and place the furnishing of
PES k KipiX
WloMe and' Retail Dninis!!'.
-DKAI.ER3 IX-
tion has been jndiciouslv and economi
cally expended.
We publish in another column the
answer of G. J. Farley to the scurrilous
attack that waa made on him by an
anonymous correspondent in . the pages
of the Oregoniau, a couple of days ago
We also publish an accurate and truth
ful description of the progress of the
work on the portage road, under the
management of Superintendent Farley
as seen yesterday with our own eyes,
Enough is said by way of answer to the
Oregonian correspondent when it is
known that the work will be finished
the road constructed and equipped in
good style within the means appro
pnated by the legislature. But the
Chronicue is in possession of some facts
mat uo not appear in Air. Parley's ans
wer. The name sent in to the Oregonian
as the ostensible author of the letter in
question is that of a man who was dis
charged twice from the works by two
different foreman ; beyond this we care
to say nothing at present, further than
that the friends of this person, in his
absence deny the writing is in his hand,
and express the belief that, while he
may have allowed his name to be used,
the real author is some other person who
wished to stab Mr. Farley in the back.
Some of the charges are sd radiculous
that they carry their own refutation. All
the lumber used, cost laid down on the
ground $9.87). a thousand. There could
be no room for a commission to tho pur
chasing agent at that price. The same
is true of the steel rails. They cost at
the rolling mills $51.60 a ton. " The ties
cost 22 cents each, laid 'down. The price
of thecal, and locomotive is given' in
another place. But enough. The port
age commissioners are thoroughly fam
iliar with the work done ns well as with
the animus of this attack on Mr. Far
ley. They have no hesitation in pro
nouncing the charges as false in every
particular. If the author of them will
only acknowledge them as his, he will
get all the chances he may desire, nnd
several more to prove them.
i these books entirely under state control
! A Ilfl ftlfd ll!ai,a 10 irltAf mink lui
done. There is no sufficient reason in
the world for giving the contract for
supplying these books into the hands of
an outside book publisher, when the
state itself could undoubtedly furnish
them at much less cost to the people and
keep the money at home. We have not
a doubt in the world that the state could
easily furnish aset of books, in every
way more satisfactory to the teachers of
the state, at a cost of hilly one third lees
than what is paid for the present series
Fine Imported, Key West and l)o!aesf .r
OIGhAJRS.
The esteemed Dalles' Timen-Mountain
ris happy because Lieutenant Gov
ernor Jones of New York howled a little
when Flower was nominated for eov
ernor. When Editor Jones bucked Jim
.Blame tne term "inuewumD was
coined for him nnd the T. M. man
squawked at the great journalist like an
angry goose. Mr. Micheli will not feel
so joyons after Flower's . maioritv is
footed up. Sunday Welcome. .
The Welcome deeply wrongs Brother
Micheli. At the time referred to our
esteemed contemporary was a mugwump
himself and he has been one bv fits nnd
starts, ever since.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
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it. SAUNDERS Abchiibct. Plans and
nMlflMHnna f .t..t.w, r.. .1 OH
hurcbes, business blocks, schools and faetork-s.
ensrges moderate, satisfaction guaranteed. Of-
nee over rrencn s Dan, mo Dalles, Oregon.
DR. J. SUTHERLAND Fellow of Tbixity
McdiCHl Colieerc. nnd member of thA Pol.
leze of Physicians and Sureeons. Ontario. Phv-
sj.iuu nuu aurgeun. iruice; rooms a ana 4 inap
man block. Residence: Jiidra Thnrnhnrv'B Kw-
ond street. ' Office hours; 10 to 12 n. in., 2 to 4
aa i 10 o p. m.
r R. O. D. DO AXE phyhiciak axd scr.
J GEON. Office: rooms & And fi Chjmmnn
biock. itesaence No. "li. h mirth street, one
Mock south of Conrt House. Office hours 9 to 12
A. -M., 2 to 4 ana 7 to Pl.
VS. BENNETT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
flee in Schnnuo's buiUltnir. nu Etnira.
Pallet, Orearon.
Of-
Tbe
v 8IDDALL Dentist. Gaa given for the
Mr painless extraction oi teetn. Also teeth
set on
the Golden Tooth, Secom
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d Street.
Rooms: Sign of
An item has been published lately in
a newspaper of this city commenting
very severly on "J. V. Gilman and
others" for cruelly depriving a certain
poor settler named Swift, of land in
Grant county, on which Swift had been
living for years. We do not pretend to
account for the animus of the comment
but we do know that if certain news
papers in this citv are not a little more
careful about publishing libellous articles
about their neighbors they may get in
trouble muchvmore easily than they will
be able to get out of. The following let
ter from the Fossil Journal would seem
to furnish a complete contradiction of
the criticism referred to :
Dutch Flat, Or., Sept. 10th, 1891.
Ed. Journal : You have doubtless
noticed an item going the rounds of tbe
papers, headed "One of Many Cases,"
which makes statements derogatory to
the reputation of J. W. Gilman and
others. Now these are the facts, as I
know them from personal knowledge
and current report :
Some time in the year of '85 Mr. Swift
moved on to the land in question, and
has been living there ever since ; he him
self says that he then had no right to a
homestead, as he had filed on another
place several years before bnt never
made final proof. He (Swift) has never
been molested in the- possession of the
land in any way whatsoever, and within
the last few weeks has filed on the place
as a homestead, which he had a right to
do under a recent act of congress which
secures to every man the benefit of the
right of homestead.
The fact that Mr. Swift has lived on
the place for nearlv 'six years without
filing or trying to file is certainly good
proof that no attempt was or has been
made to deprive him of his rights.
Trusting that this explanation will set
right a most abominable "fake" or else
malicious falsehood, I remain
Very truly,
Z.J. Mabtin.
A R. THOMPSON ATTORKKT-AT-LAW. Office
in upera House Block, Washington Street,
P. r. MAYS. B. 8. HUNTINGTON H. S. WILSON.
AYS, HUNTINGTON WILSON Alton
NBTS-AT-LAW. Offices, lreneh's Mock over
First aaaonai uailE, ine Dalles, Oregon.
B.DCFVB. Q0. WATKLK8. FRANK M RNKFBX.
DC FUR, W ATKINS & "MENEFEK ATTORNEYS-at-law
Room No. -18, over Post
Ofliee Building, Entrance on Washington Street
Tho Dalles, Oregon.
T II. WILSON Attornky-at-law Rooms
T S2 and 53, New Vogt Block, Second Street,
Hie Dalles, Oregon.
S. L. YOUNG,
( Kiiccfmnor to K. BF.CK.j
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For those wishing to soe th quail?
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attention to the residence of S. L. Brook.
Judge Bennett, Smith French and othw
painted by Paul Kreft.
Snipes & Kinersly nre agents for ti .
above paint for The Dalles. Or.
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We have added to our business n
complete Undertaking Establishment.
and as -we are in no wav connected with
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Remember our place on Second street,
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Late Rec. U. H. Land Ofliee.
T. A. HUDSON,'
Notary Public
donkey locomotive and with this a con- ; one was shown
When a newspaper descends from
legitimate journalism to become a black
mailing sheet, it is time for all decent
men to repudiate it, When our evening
contemporary says that the appointment
of Mr. Farley to be superintendent of
construction of the portage road was
"supposed to . have been procured
through the influence of Hon.; D. P.
Thompson" he states what be Inowi to
be utterly false. No man in The Dalles,
not even the editor of the Times-Mountain
er, believes it. There is not a man
in Oregon, ontside the state lunatic asy
lum capable of believing it. D. P.
Thompson entreating Governor. - Pen
noyer, after the close of a bitter personal
political campaign, mi which Thompson
was badly worsted, in behalf of the ap
pointment of G. S, Farley 1 Bah!" The
man who could stoop to use, tbe paper
wbich an . inscrutable providence has
placed in his hands to thus stab a fellow-citizen
because the fellow-citizen
licked him in a municipal , and political
contest is low enongh to stoop to anything-
v ' ' ''''
The district fair that closes today was,
perhaps, taking everything into account
as much of a success as we could reason
ably have expected. The dry season
undoubtedly limited the capacity ylor a
good exhibit in general farm products
and nothing very flattering could -therefore
be hoped for, in cereals. The fruit
exhibit was in every way excellent one as
was that of vegetables what there was
of it, but where there was one exhibitor,
in this line, there ought to have been ton
and the same remark will apply to every
thing else. The borso and cattle exhibits j
would'have done credit to any country, f
so far as quality is concerned but all the:
cattle on the ground were owned by;
about half a dozen persons and
ought to have Ijeen twenty horses where
1 Jewelry, Diamonds,
SmVErWflHE,7-:ETG.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
Repaired and Warranted.
1658econd St.. The Dalles.Or.
wasco Wareionse Co.,
Receives Goods on Stor
age, and Forwards same to
their destination. t.
Receives Consignments;
For Sale on Commission.
TiPIY&PDSOli
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. Rooms 7 and 8, U. S. Land
Office Bnilding, :
THE DALLES, - - - OREGON.
pilings, Contests,
- Aud Busiuess of all Kiods Before the Leed
. and General Land Office -.
Promptly Attended to.
Over Sixteen Years Expcrienee."
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' All Correspondence Promptly Aniwored.
fatas treasonable.
MARK GOODS
W . vv . Oo. '
TBI DALLES. OBEGOX.
pof Sale at a Bargain.
- , A GOOD- .". -
, Traction Engine '
Has only been ran sixty days.
Buffalo Pitts Thresher
Only'used two months.
. , ' Chopping Mill,
Capable of 16 to 20 tons per day ; cost
$31. -
The above will be sold on easy tortus.
W. L. WARD,
- ' The Dalles, O.
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We will pay the abore reward foraii) enteoi
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digestion, Constipation or Coatlveness we cannot
cure with Weat'a Vegetable Liver Pllla, when the
direction are itrietly eomplied with. They are
purely vegetable, and never fall to give satisfac
tion. Sugar Coated. Large boxes containing SO
Pills, 2S cents. Beware of counterfeit and imi
tationa. Tbe guanine manufactured only br
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House Painting and Decorating a apeoiaitr
Ko inferior and cheap work done ; but good laV :
(ng work at the loweat prices.
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THII1D STREET. .
tn sb4 t-
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