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THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1891.
NUMBER 43.
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MORE WAR NEWS.
A Report of au Engagement Between
GovernmeatTtoops and the Insurg
ents the Latter Victorious.
The Revenue Cutter Richard Rush Re
ports &t San Francisco and Reports
One Sealer Seized.
Rained by Speculation Farmers to be
Advised to frold Their Corn for
Foreign Market.
Borro.v, Maes., Oct. 2. A City of,
Mexico dispatch says: "The revolution
in Guatemala finally succeeded Wednes
day in drawing Barrilas' army into a
light and the government troops were
badly need dp and are retreating to
Guatemala City, forty miles away from
.1 t t. Tt
rejoicing in the citv when tho news
reached there of the defeat of the gov
rnment troops. President Ezeta de
plan of consolidating all of Central
America in one republic, and he will
not lost the opportunity to bring about
this resnlt."-
i been at work since Tuesday, have al-
ready found that $403,000 has been
j stolen by Treasurer Ostrander and Mat-
; thew T. Trumpbonr, assistant treasurer, i
i It is feared the stealings will reach over j Three
: that amount. At midnight last night !
Superintendent Preston swore to a com- i
: plaint charging Trumpbour with perjury
; in swearing to false statements contained
, in t ie July report of the bank to the
I banking department, and Trumpbour j
; was arrested as he was just preparing to
flee from the town. Ostrander was ar
; rested about two weeks ago for embezz
ling $75,000, and was under bonds of
120,000.
His bondsmen last night turned him
over to Sheriff Dill, and he was locked in
i jail. The system adopted by Ostrander
and Trumpbonf was most ingenious, and
for 20 years has baffled the skill of the !
expert examiners in the employ of the !
state. Carrying it' out, deceit and per
jury were frequently and effectually em- !
ployed. The statement of the bank
showed their resources to be. $2,135,000;
due depositors, $1,888,000; surplus,
I $247,000. It is impossible to tell or even
A TENEMENT BURNED. !
Persons Burned to Death
Two More Fatally injured in
Burning Tenement.
Mexican Indians on the War Path
Two Hundred People Killed
Professor Brigrjs' Case.
A Woman's Mysterious Death A Brit
ish Vessel Lost in the Late Rough
Weather.
leading article on the Chicago fair, says;
the report are true, that the Amen- j
can exhihits are to lie ticKcieu wun in-
jscriptions showing the amount paid
and 1 workmen for producinp; the same, for
j the purpose of making a contrast with
'' the pay given Europeans for similar
work, it fears that English firms will
hold aloof nnd demand an explanation
as to exactly how the exhibition author
ities intend to treat foreigners. It adds
that Sir Henry Woods, who wifl soon re-
j turn from Chicago, may be able to throw
light on the conflict between his recent
statements, and the view apparently
widely held in Chicago and the Eastern
etates, as to the uses to which the fair is
to be put.
and j
WILL HE DECLINE! . At the last session of the legislature
: some of our law makers seemed sreatlv
Referring to an interview with Binger j enamored with the Washington system
Hermann which appeared in the Oregon- j 0f taxation that exempts notes andothcr
tan of last Friday, wherein that gentle- evidences of debt from assessment, and
man.inanswerto thequestion, "Is there ; wjthout for a moment, consulting the
any truth in the alleged agreement be- j wishes of tho great farming class worked
tweenyou and Harry Miller, whereby I w;tj, a determination to place a similar
you draw out of the race in his favor?" j :lw on the statute books of Oregon, and
and Mr. Hermann is reported to have ; i fact, when they could not carry their
answeied, "It may become improper for j point, spitefully defeated all legislation
conjecture the effect the closing of the
have on the people of Ulster
The majority of the depositors
hnlr trill hovp nn tho nonnlA nf TTlstPr lu
Tbe Ram or if Denounced False.
Niw Yobk, Oct. 2. The Guatamala
consul general here today received the
following cablegram from President Bar
illai, dated Guatamala, Oct. 1 : "Abso
lute peace reigns in all Guatamala.
Deny all rumors of a. revolution, which
are false and malicious."
A BKTBNTE CCTTKK REPORT.
Tt Cotter Rash From Alaska to Han
FraDdsco.
Has Fbanx-isco, Oct. 2. The revenue
cutter Kichard Rush, arrived hero from
the Behring Sea this morning. The
Rnsh left Onalaska Sept. 22nd, among
those whom the cutter brought
down were special agent J. Stanley j
Brown, from Seal Island, Dr. Sheldon
Jackson, government agent for educa
tion in Alaska, and the McGrath party
who have been two years in upper Al
aska about Fort Yukon, surveying the
United States boundary line, sealing
achooners have been seen in Behring
ea tor some time before the Kueh left,
many had been warned during the sea
. eon but only the British schooner E. B.
Marvin was seized by the Rush. "
Ruined by Speculation.
Chicago, Oct. 2. Detectives here are j
on the look out for A. M. Standiford, an
absconding banker of Christinan, Illi-!
nois. Inquiry has developed the fact
that for the paet two years heavy spec
ulation on the board of trade has been
going on through the Christman bank,
.with varying success. The bankers
pretended to. be trading on orders sent
by tbem, given in behalf of a syndicate
of depositors, in the Christman bank,
but their suspicious are that the Stand
ifords themselves are the real traders.
Their dealings were heavy, amount
ing sometimes to about a million bushels
of grain per day.
county
poor people. iiie Ulster county
! banking institution was incorporated by
an act of the legislature of April 12,
1851.
The people had great confidence jn the
institution. It is said the number of
bonds mentioned in the statement
of the trustees were hypothe-.
cated in New York by Ostrander and
Trumpbour. Another method men
tioned was that deposits in many cases
were entered on the bank register for
only a half and a third of the amount
received, while the entries in depositors'
j books were for the fall amount, the diff
erence leing taken by the thieves. The
afreets of Kingston are filled with peo
ple, and depositors are aniving on every
train nnd by all manner of vehicles.
Occasionally some of the excited farmers
threaten to break into the bank build
ing and get their money, while others j
Buggest lynching.
Business is virtually suspended. One
man who had $700 on deposit has devel
oped symptoms of insanity and it is
feared it will be necessary to take him
to the asylum. The city officials, fear
ing the threats to bnrn the jail where
Ostrander and Trumpbour are confined
would be carried into execution, sum
moned the fire department, the members
of which are now watching the bank
building, court house and jail opposite.
. The prisoners were arraigned 'this af
ternoon. It is stated on the street today
that after the affairs are wound np, the
bank will pay depositors 75 cents on the
dollar.
Xew Yokk, Oct. 5. Three persons
were burned to death early this morning
! in a fire in u five story brick tenement
house in this city and two others aie
fatally burned. The dead are Josephine
Ryan, aged 5, Mrs. Murphy and Katie
Dunn. When the fire was discovered
the only stairway in the house was on
fire and it was impossible for the in-
Nine families
I raairtoif in tliA lintiBn o n1 oni-.li f.iiYiili.
had an average of three boarders, aggre
gating fifty persons. Policemen hastened
to the fire escapes on the front of the
j building and aided men, women and
! children to descend. In thiathey were
assisted by the firemenAwbo quickly
answered the alarm. The firemen res
cued Matthew Ryan nnd his three yonng
children, who were almost overpowered
by smoke and were unable to help them
selves. One of the firemen on duty was
Matthew Murphy, husband of tho
woman burned to death. He found his
wife burned beyond recognition. Little
Josephine Ryan, the dead woman's niece
died soon after being removed from the
house. Miss Katie Dunn was overcome
by smoke and was burned to death.
The fire broke out in on unoccupied
house in the alley and tie police believe
it was of incendiary origin.
An American Trlncess.
Xew Yokk, Oct. 4. Mrs. Grover Cleve
land has become a mother, and the new
comer in the ex-president?s famiiy is a
daughter. The mother and child are
doing well. The important news was
not made known until nearly noon yes
terday, then it spread- with the utmost
rapidity, both in the city and other
parts of the country. During the after
noon many flowers were sent to Mrs.
Cleveland! and both the father and
mother received heartv congratulations.
Then messenger boys began to move ' up
with telegrams from au parts
country. The ex-president
me to decline the nomination, if thought
for the best interest of the state for me
to accept;" the Ashland Tidings comes
out squarely and says: "Mr. Hermann
did certainly state to H. B. Miller prior
to the nomination of 1890, that if his
friends came to his rescue at that time
he would not ask their support again,
but at the end of his next term would
step down and out. This pledge,'' con-
save only that which created a state
board of equalization. Will the farmers
please remember that they will have the
making of the members of the next leg
islature, and to them belongs more than
to any other clase, the responsibility of
electing only such men as will pledge
themselves to carry out their wishes.
That the Washington law is not satis-
of tbe
The ex-president bears his
new honors modestlv. He said today :
"I don't want to brag any, but this
baby now is as stout and good as most
babies are when they are when they are
three or four davs old."
factory to the farmers of that state is
tinues tbe Tiding, "is in a letter over . evident from the fact that some of the
the congressman's own signature, and farmers' papers are demanding, in no
the statement in the press recently, that ! uncertain tones its repeal. Its framers
Mr. Hermann would not be a candidate j are denounced as dishonest, contempt
for renomination was made, therefore, j ible, black-hearted statesmen, and the
upon authority which ought to be con- farmers of the state are urged to sup
sidered good that of Mr. Hermann him-j port no man at the next election who
self." The Tiding has not a word to wiH not pledge himself to work for its
say against Mr. Hermann, but that pa-! repeal.
Atchisox, Kas., Oct. 4. The demo
cratic county convention yesterday after
noon sent a telegram to Mr. and Mrs.
Grover Cleveland, congratulating them
upon the birth of their daughter.
INDIAN TROUBLES.
Mexican Indian Murder Five Hundred
Men, Women and Children.
WANT TESTISIONY.
Ad Tided to Hold Their Corn.
" Chicago, Oct. 2. The morning Xew
!Eys a rough draft of the article advising
-. the farmers of the country to hold their
u- corn for higher prices has been made
;and is expected to appear in full in the
next issue of the Farmers' Voice. It ad
' -vises the sale of only so much of the
crop as is actually necessary for home
consumption until foreign demand puts
fo-ices np, then sell only so much as is
rwcessary to supply that demand and
again lock up cribs till prices go up
again. " ; '
Pushing the Road.
St. Pacl, Oct. 3. It is announced
that the Canadian and the "800" line is
hurrying to completion, the" Pacific
branch of the "Soo" from Hankinson,
.X. D., northwest to Regina, on the main
of the Canadian Pacific. This is done,
it Je laid, in anticipation of the comple
tion .of the great northern to the coast.
gakota In Hard Luok.
St. Tati, Oct, 2. The advices show
that rain is falling all over North Da
kota, with eaosv in the eastern portions
and ft cold wave coming from Montana.
There are fully 6000 bushels of wheat
unthreshed which are in danger of being
-destroyed by the wet weather.
Broke Vp Their Business.
.Portland, Or., Oct. 2. Warrants
"were issued today for the arrest of G. W.
-Crowdell,.W. St. Clair Ross, J. H. Tom
3Inson and John McVeigh, who are ac
cused of fraud in conducting a swindling
".operation under the guise of an employ
ment agency.
Plant of Snow.
Rkd Xodgk, Mont., Oct. 2. It has
been snowing and drifting incessantly
for the past forty-eight hours and now
there is three feet of snow on tbe level.
Business is practically at a standstill. -
Another Bank Broke.
Boston, Oct. 2. A. B. Turner A Bros.,
Tinkers, have failed.
At the office of the firm no information
-as to the cause of the failure, or amount j
.of liabilities could be ascertained.
More British Money. "
..London, Oct. .2, Bullion to tbe
-amount of 103,000 was withdrawn from
the ank of England today for shipment
-to the United States.
The Harvest In France.
Pabik, Oct. 2. The official estimate
of tbe yield of ihe harvest for 1891 is as
follows: Wheat 81,859,000 hectolitres,
I hertol it re 234 bushels. )
.. . Another Bank Robbery.
Kingston, Oct. 3. The Ulster county
-'savings institution has closed its door
nnd is in charge cf Bank Superintendent
.'Pretten. The- examiners, who have
A Number of Senators Will Be Exam
ined In the Matter.
Sax Francisco, Oct. 3. Attorney
General Iluit today prepared his petition
for a writ of review in the matter of em
pnnellment of the present grand jury in
order to enable the supreme court to
pass upon the legality of. that body. It
is understood that Judge Wallace has
signed an order for the issuance of a
subpoena for Lieutenant-Governor Red
dick and for the' following state senators,
and they are now being served: R. H.
Campbell, Salauo; Geo. J. Campbell,
Siskiyou ; Thos. Frazier, Eldorado ; F.
S. Sprague. Yolo ; J. W. Ragsdale, So
noma; Eli Denison, W. E. Dargie a .id
W. E. Simpson, Alameda; G.' G.
Goucher, Fresno, -and W. C. Bailey,
Santa Clara. These will be called upon
to testify before the grand jury October
9th. " ."
fien. Boulanger'A Funeral.
Brussels, Oct. 3. The funeral of Gen.
Boulanger took place today. As a large
crowd of people was expected, the local
authorities had taken the precaution to
provide an imposing police force for the
emergency. The number of policemen
present, however, wm unequal to the
tpak of keeping the excited throng in
anything like decent order. Several ar
rests were made. The coffin of the gen
eral was covered with hundreds of floral
wreaths tied with tri-colored ribbons,
mostly sent from France.
Bounty on Beet Sugar.
Washington, Oct. 3. The first pay
ment of a bounty under the law giving a
bounty of two cents a pound on all
sugar produced in the United States
was made at tho treasury department
today. They were both in favor of the
Chino Valley Sugar Co., Chino, Cal.,
on two claims for the production of 340,
000 pounds of beet sugar, which
amounted to $8,800.
Notable Arrivals.
London, Oct. 3. Princess Beatrice,
ninth and youngest daughter of Queen
Victoria, wife of Prince Henry Batten
berg, has been delivered of a eon today.
New York, Oct. 3. A daughter was
born to Mr. and Mrs. Grover Cleveland
this morning. Mother and daughter
doing well. Child weighed eight pounds.
The Treasury Report.
Washington, D. C, Oct. 3. A state
ment which was prepared at the treas
ury department shows there was a' net
increase af $24,551,000 in circulation
daring September and a net decrease of
$11,506,000 in money and bullion in the
treasury during the same same period.
A Test Case.
Knoxville, Tenu., Oct. 3. Judge
Sneed, of the Knox company criminal
court, rendered a decision on a writ of
habeas corpus, brought by a convict, to
test the law regarding convicts, which if
' San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 5. John H.
Parton, an American who for the past
two years has been engaged in the min
ing business near Metztillian situated in
state of Hidalgo, Mexico, arrived today.
He brings information of a bloody In
dian outbreak which has for some time
been in progress in the district of Tula
mengo in that state. The trouble is the
outgrowth of a dispute between the sev
eral colonies' of Spaniards, Germans,
and Indians, the new settlers attempting
to settle on lands of the natives. Parton
says that a few days before his depar
ture a settlement of whites was attacked
bv the Indians and near! v 200 people
murdered, including men, women and
children. The colonists have appealed
to tho government for protection and
several battalions of troops are on the
wav to the scene of the trouble.
A Disbeliever.
New Yokk, Oct. 5. At the semi-anr
nual meeting of the Xew York Presby
tery today, the prosecuting committee,
who were appointed to prepare papers
in the trial of Professor Briggs, pre
sented this report, embodying a charge
against him. The charge in brief is as
follows : "Disbelief in the bible as the
only trne source of Divine authority,
disbelief in verbal inspiration, and in
accuracy of the scripture. Disbelief in
immediate sanctification at death saves
those dying in faith." Professor Briggs
moved that his case be taken np the first
thing in the afternoon, but the motion
was defeated.
A Mysterious Denth.
Union, Or. Oct. 5. The people of this
city are dumbfounded at the news of the
death of Mrs. J. C. Summers, a promi
nent and well-known lady merchant of
Union. Her body was found at about
6 o'clock this morning lying face down
ward with her bands tied .behind her
b.ick in a ditch of running water on C
street. Life was extinct when she was
discovered. Whether it is murder or
suicide is yet a matter of doubt. . A jury
has been impanneled and a coroner's
inquest is now being held.
.A British Vessel Lost.
Xew York, Oct. 5. The news of the
first disaster of yesterday's gale, came in
a dispatch this morning from St. John,
N. B., It was to the effect that the
British barkentine Minnie C. Etken
wss wrecked and that her crew was un
doubtedly loet. The barkentine had on
board about twenty people inclusive of
her officers and tho captain's wife and
babv. On August 19th she left St.
Johns and that was the last ever seen of
her. .
Receiver Appointed.
Tboy, X. Y., Oct. 5. Xicholas E.
B rod head, of Kingston, was today ap
pointed temporary receiver of the Ulster
County Savings Bank, at Kingston.
The receiver's bonds are $250,000. An
injunction restraining the creditors "and
depositors from bringing attachments
against the bank assets was granted by
the court. '
Will Work Together. -
Chicago, Oct. 5. At a meeting of the
executive board of the Irish National
league yesterday it was decided in every-
.t- i - i . i 1 1 i i
lumg penaiuing iJ auvunce me national i
opinion and to succoring the evicted
tenants, the league will work with the j
Irish federation and the McCarthy or- j
gnmzation. .
Hacked to Death.
San Fbancisco. Oct. 3. John Skala,
employed at Sprecekles' sugar refinery,
went down into a vat tonight to set a
broken knife on a machine used for
chopping up crude sugar. Through a
miscalculation, the huge knife caught
his left foot as it came down and severed
that member at the ankle. Then Skala
was drawn into the machine, and the
knife continued moving up and down,
each stroke chopping off a section ot his
leg. Before he could be reached his leg had
been chopped entirely off, and the knife
was hacking at his body. At this stage
he was released, but the terrible shock
had killed him. He was fifty-two years
of age and a native of Austria. He
leaves a widow and two eons, one of
whom witnessed the terrible accident.
Dastardly Attempt to Wreck a Train.
Mattoon, III., Oct. 4. About eleven
o'clock last night a farmer hearing an
unusual noise on theback(?)of the track
of the Big Four road, between this city
and Windsor, discovered several men
wedging ties in a culvert in an attempt
to wreck the heavy east bound passen
ger train, which was nearly due. He
hurried touard tiie approaching -4rain
and finally succeeded in attracting the
attention of Engineer Huffman by wav
ing his coat in lieu of a flag. The train
was stopped just in time, but the cul
prits had fled. After -twenty minutes'
delay in removing the ties, the train
proceeded to the city, and the authori
ties were notified. . Xo arrests have yet
been made. .
per seems desirous of getting him out of
the way to make room for Harry Milder,
and from what the Chbonici.e knows of
both of these gentlemen it seriously
questions the wisdom of the Tidings'
choice. However, as Mr. Hermann him
self says, it will be time enough to pass
judgment upon this subject when the
nominating convention meets. Mean
while it is interesting to note that the
only opposition to Hermann's renomi
nation that we hear of comes from re
publican papers, and these chiefly of his
own neighborhood. In marked contrast
with their evident desire to shelve Her
mann for some other man is the lan
guage of the West .Side, democratic
paper published at Independence,' Polk
county. The editor of that journal takes
occasion to say, "If a republican is to be
elected from the first district to the next
congress, Binger Hermann is the man.
When we were in Washington City in
1890, we found that Mr. Hermann
wielded an influence in behalf of this
state second to no men that ever repre
sented us since Gen. Joe Lane nnd Col.
Xesmitli represented Oregon. To set
Herman aside for men who are aspiring
to his piace is simply political meanness.
We have not seen a name yet suggested
wno is ins equal in anv particular, or i
who can do for the state of Oregon as
much good as he." And referring to the
statement in the Salem Journal (which
has been attacking Hermann) that that
paper "does not joiu in the democratic
attacks on Hermann," the West Side in
dignantly asks, "Please tell ns by whom
any democratic attack has been made
on Hermann? Xone has been made.
Xo, the Journal must make its ' own
fight. The democrats will cheerfully
bear their part of the ' responsibility
when Mr. Hermann shall bo a candidate
again."
The Dalle Fine Fire.
Klamath Star;
There is a fine fire in The Dalles that
is not easily extinguished, ai;d that fire
is the capacity of that town for ardor
and zeal in the matter of unlocking the
Columbia river to commerce. Thi!re
seems to have been undying determina
tion there- to make the ''Oregon'' hear
thousands) of sounds other than its own
dashing, and now that city has gained
the first decided advantage over the
dreary obstacles to an open river, and
she don't thank Portland a great many
cent' worth either. The state .has built
the road, but The Dalles has built the
boats herself, and The Dalles Citv is
now making trips. The Chester is also
running between The thilles and the
Upper Cascades, and the completion of I
the portage road and the arrival of the
cars will be in a short time eive the
lively little city through freight. While !
we have said but little alout it, we have j
Deen altogether disgusted with the hee
haw, ziz-zag manner in which other par
ties have taken hold of the great work;
but with The Dalles we are pleased.
Bully for The Dalles and herwide-awake
editors! Mav the fire of their ardor
never quench until Doomsday!
Wholesale and Retail Biinsis
-DEALKRS IX-
Fine Imported, Key West and
CIGARS.
Lffe is too short to spend it discussing
a theory that can neve become a law so
long as society is constituted as it is and
a particle of respect for vested rights re
mains in the human mind. Under the
laws of this state there can be no single
tax assessors. Our taxation laws re
quire all property, both real and per
sonal, to be taxed at a uniform rate.
The assessor has no right to make any
discrimination between improved and
unimproved property other than the de
termination of their market value. It is
the price that either would bring at a
fair voluntary sale that fixes the assess-
in en t.
laws, bad as they are, if unimproved
lands, held for speculation, have not
borne their share of the public burden's.
The law requires them to be taxed
equally, according to their market value,
witn improved lands,, and the assessor
who does his duty knows no other rule.
It is the apotheosis of irony to point to
the Oregonian as an exponent of the sin
gle tax system. That paper has ever
been its persistent opponent and its op
position has always reminded us of the
man who would use a trip hammer to
kill a midgu.
A subscriber writes : "Your dun just
received. Children have trot the mea
sles; but will call and settle in a day or
two." We now see that our dun was a
measure taken without due deliberation,
and therefore rash. But that's all the
rash we'll need this seaeon. Please
don't remit. Klamath Star.
The parties who were boring for oil at
Hubbard in this county, and lost their
anger at a depth of 360 feet, have begun
operations again. They are Pennsyl
vania oil men and are confident, there is
oil in Oregon.
PAINT
Xow is the time to paint your kKa
and if you wish to get the beet .till-v
and a fine color use the
Slicrwin, Williams Co. s Ptiat.
For those wishing to see the qua! fry
and color of the above paint we call thc
attention to the residence of 9. L. Brook. ,
Judge Bennett, Smith French and attara
painted by Paul Kreft.
Snipes A Kineraly are agent fur LWa
above paint for The Dalles. Or.
Health is Wealth !
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
SAUXDERS Auchitbct. Plans and
SDeciflcatlons furnished for dwelllnira.
It is not the fault of our taxation f.'A..l"1 "3i.00.1",i?d.?Stor1'
fice over French's bank, Tbe talle, Oregon.
DR. J. SUTHKItLAND Fhllow of Trinity
Medical College, and member of the Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, Ontario, Phy
licinn and Surgeon. Office; rooms 3 and 4 Cbap
omn blixk. Residence; Judge Thornbury 'a Sec
ond street. Office hours; 10 to 12 a. m.t 2 to 4
nd 7 to 8 p. in.
Kb. E. C. Wbst's Xbmve mt b&aim Iiui
kkxt, a guaranteed speelrlo for iirsteris, litrjl-
nis.
.5 vuuvuiBiuua, riiMj nwruui rtearajgi.
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O. I. DO AXE PHTRICIAK AND 8CH-
gxon. Office: rooms 5 and 6 Chsnman
tuocK. Kesmence .no. -j.i, fonrtn street, one
.lock south of Conrt House. Office hours 9 to 12
A. M., a to 5 and 7 to 1 r. M.
VS. BENNETT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Of-
flee lu Schanno's building, up ptairs. Tbe
Dalles, Oregon.
-LV EXPLANATION.
promi-plnced
The Trade In American Fork.
Beblix, Oct. 3. The replies to in
quiries of leading wholesale dealers, here
and in Hamburg, regarding the trade in
American pork, show that it is still very
limited. The cost of inspection in
America, combined with the duty still
imposed, prevents the popular sale of
American hog products. The price of
salted American pork rules, about 54
marks per 100 weight, while cured Ger
man bacon sells at ofj marks. Dealers
are combining in an attempt to get the
government to redace the duty, which is
now 10 marks per 100. Until this is
done no marked impetus will lie given
to the trade in American pork.
The Swedish Counterfeiter.
Seattle, Oct. 4. Olaff Sjodin,
the
Anacortes saloon keeper, who is charged
with manufacturing Swedish 1000 kroner
hank notes and sending the same to his
brother in Stockholm, was today bound
over to the United States grand jury by
Commissioner Emery in the sum of $2,
500. United States District Attorney
Patrick Henry Winston will have several
Swedish officers, who aided in the arrest
of the defendent's brother at Stockholm,
in Seattle to give their evidence whe;n
the grand jury meets in six weeks.
Dancing Hall Burned.
Seattle, Oct. 4. A three story build
ing on depot street, owned by W. A.
Flindall, was destroyed by fire between
1 and 2 o'clock this morning. The upper
floor was a dancing hall, and the fire was
caused by the explosion of a lamp left
lighted a'fter the dance, which closed at
midnight, Loss, f 3,000; insured in the
Rhode Island Insurance Company for
$2000.
In the Cherokee Strip.
Gctheie, Oct. 4. A man coming from
the Cherokee strip says hundreds of fam
ilies, who failed to get claims in the land
opened last week? are settling on the
strip. They are constructing dwellings
and making preparations to spend the
winter. Boomers are barning grass, hop
ing to drive the cattle out, and thus has
ten the opening of the strip.
A Well Known Oregon rioneer.
Albany, Oct. 4. Ephriam Turner, a
well known Oregon pioneer, died at his
borne near this city yesterday, aged 70.
He was the father'of thirteen children,
eleven of whom are living. .
A short time after the tire 'a
nent insurance agent of this city
a risk in a San Francisco com pan v for
which he is agent and was surprised
shortly after to receive notice that the i
policy must he cancelled. Writing to
headquarters for information -as to the
cause of this action, he received the fol
lowing reply : "For several days after
the big fire there were telegrophic re
ports in the San Francisco papers, sent
from The Dalles, asserting that there
was an evident concerted plan on the
part of unknown incendiaries to burn
the balance of the city. Coining as
these did right from your town, you can
easily understand what led to the can
cellation of the policy."' Thus we have
another illustration of the truth that a
newspaper or correspondent who never
misses an opportunity of giving his own ,
citv a black eve cau do more to pull a
town down than ten good papers can ef
fect in an effort to build it up. The
committee selected by the mayor to in
vestigate tjie origin of the various fires
have, as our readers may remember,
given in an elaborate report, the fruit of
much patient labor, and they were not
able to trace any one of the four fires to
incendiarism. -And this opinion the
whole city, with few exceptions, fully
endorses.
The farmer is the most important man
on the American continent today. If
one is to believe the platforms of either
of the two great parties all legislation is
aimed for his benefit. Democrats are
screeching themselves hoarse in the en
deavor to prove that a protective tariti
is the farmers curse while republicans
are scarcely less zealous in the effort to
convince him that protection is the pan
acea for all his .ills. All the arts of
demagogy are resorted to catch the
farmer's vote, for after all, that is the
most important thing that all parties I
are fookingaftcr. Meanwhile the farmer j
is doing a heap of solid thinking on his j
own account and the old parties would
give barrels of money to know just
what he is going to do.
DSIDDALL Df.ntist. Gas given for tbe
painless extraction of teeth. Also teeth
et on flowed aluminum plate, llornns: Sim nf
Jie Golden Tooth, Second Street
VR. THOMPSON Attorney-at-law. Office
in Opera House Block, Washington Street,
f he Dalles, Oregon
r. r. MAYS. B. 5. HUNTINGTON a. S. WllSOJf.
MAYS, HUNTINGTON WIL80.V Attor-xbys-at-iaw.
Offices, French's block over
First National Bunk, The Dalles, Oregon. '
a.B.Durcit. gho. watkins. fkakk mkkefxk. .
UFTK, WATKINS 4- MENEFEE Attob-
SJTS-iT-UT-Koom Nfi. . over Post
Office Uuildlng, Entrance on Washington Street
The Dalles, Oregon.
UT.L-.k.lnu. VJ . i .
pressiou, sonening oi ihe Brain, resulont In la
sanity and leading to misery, decay and aea4
Premature Old Age, Itarreaness, Loss of Pawvi
In either sex, Involuntary Losses and ripenas
orrhoea caused by overexertion of tbe brain, sell '
abuse or oyer indulgence. Each box eonUib
one month's treatment 11.00 a box, or six box .
for 5.00, sent by mail prepaid on receipt of prw.
WE GI7ARAKTBK SIX BOXII
To cure any case.' With each order reeelYaa' u
ns for six boxes, accompanied by fA.OO, we W
send the purchaser oar written guarantee .
fund the money if the treatment does aet eSui.'
a enre. Guarantees Issued only by
BLAKKLII ft HOUGHTON,
' Prescription Drngrist.
175 Second St. The nation. ?.
A NEW
lent!
1T IT. WILSON Attorney-at -law Rooms
. 52 mid 53, New Vogt Block, Second Street,
!"he Dalles, Oregon.
S. L. YOUNG,
(Successor to K. ItKCK.
The stories of the great distress and
suffering in Russia, for lack of bread,
may be all very true, and it is quite
likely that they are, but the Press dis
patches grow so pathetic while relating
them and they come eo frequently and
with such affecting detail that one can
scarcely avoid the suspicion that some
gigantic scheme is being hatched for the
purpose of "bulling" the grain market.
Whether this suspicion should be well 1
founded or not it remains true, and past
experience proves it, that the grain gam
blers are up to anything so they may
skin one another.
A THOUGHTFUL SUGGESTION.
How that Mr. Farley has signified his
intention of resigning'the superintend
ency of the portage road, on or before
Nov. 1st, it is in order for Mr. "Hugh
Gourlay to present his name for the va
cant position. He should present a
petition for signatures ; for petitions are
wonderful things both as regards unan
imous expression, and the manner of
manipulating the names on them by ex
perts. Times-Mountaineer.
Good! Xow will Mr. Michell please
draw up that petition and sign his name
to it. It will be as certain of success as
was his request of the Oregon delegation
to get a job in the land office or his elec
tion contest for water commissioner for
Dalles city, or his petition to the Oregon
legislature to be appointed railroad com
missioner. But no. Come to think of
it, Fatley won't resign. - Tbe board
A private letter received this morning
from Major G. W, Ingalls commences
thus: "Hurrah! Wasco county gets
first premium on fruits over
of the facihe .Northwest. ihe major
had entered all the fruits he had re
ceived from this county as a "County Ex
hibit." The judges chosen were "three
of the oldest and most experienced
wholesale fruU dealers in Portland,"
and the result was as stated above. This
is no surprise to any old settler here.
We knew we could lick creation on
fruits. Now other folks are beginning
to see it too.
I
I
Ut.Al.tIt IK
won jims,
Jewelry, Diamonds,
iSIIiVERWflIE1:-:ETG.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
Repaired and Warranted.
165 Second St.. The Dallea.Or.
wasco warehouse Co.,
PRINZ & NITSCHKK.
DEALERS IN
Furniture and Carpets.
We have added to our buslneu a
complete Undertaking Establishment,
and as. we are in no way connected wlta
the Undertakers' Trust onr pricet wilt
be low accordingly.
Remember our place on Second street ,
next to Moody's bank.
G'.fN. TITORNBCRY,
Uto Kec. U. S. Land Office.
T. A. HUDiO.-t
Notary FakU
U. S. Lad Office Attor ; tjt.
Rooms 7 and 8, U. 8. Land
Office Building,
THE DALLES, - - - OttEiiOX
Filings, Contests,
hi Business of &U Kinds Before (lie Loed
and General Land Office
Promptly Attended to. .
Over Sixteen Years Experieacn.
-WE ALSO SO A-
General Real Estate Mm.
All Correspondence Promptly Anrws
Receives Goods on Stor
age, and Forwards sme to
their destination.
An exchange says : "The simplicity j
of the single tax will commend it to
those who see an injustice in the tax -everything
system we now have." Oh, it's
simple enough. There's no trouble on
that score. Confiscate to the state the
rental value of all real esate, which ;
means the destruction of all private IPor Sale on Commission,
ownership in land, and you have got all j
the taxes you need. Then the bankers
and capitalists will get on scot free, and
the next thing will be the millenium.
The world's fair will have to manuge
to get along without the official patron
age of the Italian government. The an
nouncement is made that "In pursuance
of a principle long adopted the Italian
government declines to officially partie-
we'll continue in the business of making
the best paper in Eastern Oregon till
deceives Consignments
fates treasonable.
MARK GOODS
W - W- Oo.
THE DAI.LKS. OltKClO-V.
Sale at a Bat-gain.
A GOOD
Traction Engine .
lias only been run sixty day.
Buffalo Pitts Thresher
Only used two months. .
Chopping Mill,
Capable of 16 to 20 tons per day ; otxt
Tha above will be sold on easy term.
W. L. WARD,
The Dalles, Or,
PAUL KREFT,
Artistic Fainter House Deceraliir.
THE DALLES, OB.
better job turns up.
affirmed by the supreme court will
cause all convicts in East Tennessee to
be removed to the state penitentiary.
A Very Foor Specimen.
Lick Observatory, Oct. 3. A new
comet was discovered by Prof. E. Bar
nard at the Lick observatory. It is not
j Took Bis Seat. '
j San Fuaxcisco, Oct. 3. Ex-Congress-j
man William AY. Morrow, who was re
, cently appointed by President Harrison
'. to succeed Ogden Hoffman (deceased; as
judge of the United States district
: court for this district, took his seat , on
i the bench this morning. -
Not Yet Recovered.
j Pattsville, Oct. 5. The work of res
; cuing the miners who were entombed at
j Richardson's Saturday night is still be
I ing vigorusly pushed. No hope of find
ing them alive is entertained.
Slay Affect Englliih Exhibits.
Mora Knropean Cold.
Xew York, Oct. 5. Steamer Latour
arine from Havre brought $2,488,000 in
gold and Steamer Kaiser Wilhelm
brought anotner million in gold.
Captured the Flag. -
Portland, dr., Oct. 5. At a meeting
The Washington Independent charges
the republican party with a deep laid
scheme, in sending out tbe cnts of the
prominent democrats that have appear
ed in a large number of papers in Oregon
and Washington. The ' Independent
I thinks that r.o stranger could be induced
' to vote for men with such horrible vis-
ages. The pictures make them a hard
j looking set, for a fact.
I A AVashington paper has been showu
; some potatoes that weigh three pounds
each, and ihe editor says they are a enr
iosity to look opon. Wasco county has
raised tmtatoes' that weighed over six
i pounds ejieh and never said a word
j about ita
vsrv bright and has not a tail or nuclaus. ! London, Oct. 3. Tho Manchester of the Northwest boss ball lwgua todav
It is moving rapidjr toward thu south- ! Guardian, which hits a powerful infill- the panant for the Mason of '91 was j paralyrel the whole Xorthweat at the
cast. - - - ; esse ataong the
Here is a capital suggestion from the
Sunday Welcome, only it comes too late
to be of practical service. Farley dimply
won't resign, and the work ha been
"performed" anvhow : !
" " i The Dalles Times-Mountaineer i not ;
For fruit raising the T'nited States is j satisfied with the governor's and state ,
the greatest country in the world, Ore- treasurer's report on the portage rail-i
gon its greatest state and Waso countv wa' and wants that work performed by
$500 Reward!
We will pay the above reward forauj cat-eel
Liver Complaint, Dvspepsla, Sick Headache, lu
dlgeftloD, Constipation or CoatlveneHB we cuitnot
care with West' vegetable Liver Pills, wbrn the
directions are strictly complied with. Tboy arc
purely vegetable, and never fall to give anafac
Uon. Busar Coated. Ijitkc boxes contalnliic flr
I'ills, ' cent, llcwareof counterfeit and luil
tfitlon. Tbe genuine luiinufncttirel only bj
THK JOHN C W-FUT t:i.M I'AS V, CHUiAhl).
ILLINOIS.
BLAKELBT & HOUGHTON,
Prescription
Paintlnc and Decorating a swelalrr
I No inferior and cheap work dona ; but goad lam-.
House
o infer!
ng work at the lowest prices.
HIRD STREET.
SHOP Adjoining Red Front Greaary.
Phil Willig,
124 VNIOX ST., THK DALLKB, U.
Keeps on hand a full line of
MEN'S AND YOUTH'S
17. irr..ml St.
"..Ready Made QothinR.
imftuufattarwt , in a ' awarded to tha Portland alab.
n .. a lit ' i j
the greatest county io tb. slate. We XS i". "2?
as if he knew all about building portage
PertlaaJ ax position.
t railroad.
$20 REWARD.
rMLLBl .'Aiu t'OK ANV INKORlIATI(i
V f .loading to thci.'otivlrtl.ia .if t.o:tJiJctitllti:
lha r.jteB .,r n n? tr tti!c?t!nir ulth iM.
olM - ' itiir Tiik s.t-iciT:i, lt
. if. sll.r.N,
'Pa h4s and Suits
MADE TO ORDER
On Reasonable Terms.
U and see my Good before
tmrcJiasing elsewhere.