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THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1891.
NUMBER 44,
A COOL PROCEEDING.
Three Men Rob the National Bank
of Enterprise of Thirty-Five Hun
. dred Dollars This Week.
Today's Quota of Failures A Number
v. of Business Houses Suspend
;$ ' Business.
The Searles' Will Case
Again. Parnell's Death
Great Excitement
Adjourned
Causes
- La Gbandk, Or. Oct. 9. The news has
just reached hereof the daring robbery
which was perpetrated upon the Na
tional bank of Enterprise in Wallowa
county Wednesday afternoon. Cashier
Holmes was in the bank alone, when a
man entered and asked how much money
John Smith of Portland had on deposit,
upon the cashiers saying no such man
had any deposit there, the visitor drew
his pistol and covering the cashier .said:
"You are a damned liar." At this junct
ure two confederates came up horse back
and one of them sitting on his horse
with a pistol in each hand, warned the
people back. The other entered the
bank and poured into a sack all the
money on the counter about thirty-five
hundred dollars in-all. The three men
then escaped, to the' mountains in the
direction of Carmncopia. . A posse is
now in pursuit, bnt as the country is
sparsely settled their capture is doubt
ful. Four thousand dollars in the till,
under the counter was not found, by the
robbers. - - t ; ' ; :. i ' '.
TODAY'S FAILURES.
in Mi.son county, between a large mas
tiff weighing 100 pounds, and Daniel
Oliver, a wealthy farmer more than 60
years of age. For some time dogs have
been killing sheep in that neighborhood,
and hearing a commotion among his
sheep Mr. Oliver went out with a large
knife in his haud. He grappled with
the dog, which' was among the sheep.
After a terrific struggle he succeeded in
plunging his knife several times into the
dog's breast. Thinging he had fatally
wevnded the animal, he then threw it
off. The dog rallied, and, starting at
Mr. Oliver, grasped him by the throat
and threw him down Another strueele
occurred, in which Mr. Oliver was badly
bitten. At last by a dexterous thrust
he plunged his knife into the doe's
heart, and the animal fell over dead iust
as, tne oldman was about to succumb.
A GEORGIA DUEL.
HIGH NORTHERN WINDS
A Number of Vessels in the
Seas are Damaged by the
Rough Weather.
Poverty in the German Capitol The
Sultro Tunnel Contract Naval Of-
ficers Punished.
Business Suspensions From Different
Point. ,
PrrrsBUBG, Oct. 9. The Oliver & Rob
inson company, one of the largest con
cerns of its kind in this country made a
request of its creditors today for an ex
tension. Oliver said the company's as
sets were largely in excess of its liabili
ties, and lie expects the company to pay
dollar for dollar. . The Oliver Iron and
steel company is " not involved in the
embnrrasments. " ..' .
A Dry good Frm Fail.
Rochester, Ni Y., .Oct. 9. The As
man drygobds'hnnse failed for $100,000.
The firm was one of the oldest in. the
city and the failure is a great surprise.
The Searla Will Case Againi
Salem, Mass., Oct. 9. It was an
nounced this forenoon that further hear
ing in the Searles will contest was post
poned to October 20th by agreement of
the counsel. It is thought that this
. postponement is a . preliminary move-,
ment toward a settlement of the entire
matter out of court, and another object
it is thought is to gain more time to con
sider the negotiations which are said to
he pending in the case.'
3arnell'a Death . Cansea Great Exelte-
. ment. , . .
Come, -"Oct.'-9. A large number of
posters are placarded about the city hav
ing a deep mourning border and bear
ing in the center the words "Murder to
please Englishmen." There are also
verses denouncing the McCarthyites
and United Ireland, declaring that Par
nell was murdered, and imploring the
' people 'to" remain tranquil. The posters
' are stirring up much excitement. . ;
Lands Withdrawn From Sale.
- Washington,. Oct. 8. Commissioner
Carter, of the land oflice.haa telegraphed
the register and receiver of public lands
at Glenwood Springs, Colorado, to re
serve from disposal until further orders
1,200,000 acres of land in the White
iriver plateau at the headwaters of the
"White river. The object in- reserving
tthe land is to protect the water supply
of one. of the. rivers whose confluence
' lorms the Colorado river.-
Two Men Fight With Rerolrers at the
. ' Church Door.
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 9. A. S. Dorm
ing, one of the leading farmers of Irwin
county, died at his home today, the re
sult of an impromptu duel fought on
Sundav. For some time ill-feeling had
existed between W. B. Fussell and A. S.
Dorming, which grew out of the recent
murder by masked men of the deputy
sheriff of Irwin county. Dorming had
charged that Fussell was one of the as
sassins. On Sunday Fnssell was in at
tendance at the neighboring Methodist
church, of which he was a class leader.
In the midst of the services Dorming
drove up in his bnggy, Fussell went
out to meet him. The two men talked
for about five minutes, when simultane
ously the shooting began, breaking up
the congregation. Fussell was shot In
the arm and side. Dorming received a
bullet under the right eye, the bullet go
ing almost entirely through his head, re
sulting in his death today. Fussell's
wound is also believed to be fatal.
The Cigar Manufacturers Will Combine
A Council of Tin Plate Consum-
ers Other Sews.
A City Treasurer Gone Wrong;.
Bbidgepobt, Conn.', Oct. 8. Town
Treasurer L. B. Booth, of Newton, is
missing aid there is a shortage of several
thousand dollars in his accounts 'with
the town, which his bondsmen will be
held responsible for. His pilfering,
however, did not stop there. He has
also improved the opportunity to rob the
Episcopal church, of that place, of
which he was a member of long stand
ing, he having full control of the funds
of the treasury. He was trusted by the
church people implicitly . until ugly re.
ports about his town affairs became
noised about. Booth, it is said, has
mania for speculating and it is alleged
that his money has all gone through
that sieve.
A Brutal Prise Fight.
" WilkeSbabke, Fa., Oct.. 8. Ed ward
Boone, a prizefighter, is lying in a hotel
in Berwick in a very precarious condi
tion from a beating received from Hud.
son Kline, another neuter. I he men
are well known as local bruisers in Ber
wick, and have had some trouole over a
girl which resulted in an agreement to
fieht four rounds for blood. The fight
was a terrific one while it lasted, Boone
being knocked out in the third round
His jaw is broken, his face badly cut
and there is a large swelling on his left
side near tne heart. Kline is in hiding
and the police are looking for him.
San Fbancisco, Oct. 8. The steamer
Jeanre arrived yesterday from Prince
William's sound with a cargo of 17,000
cases of salmon for J. N. Knowles. Cap
tain Porter reports the steamer Bertha
arrived at the Sound, September 25th,
and expected to leave on the 29th. The
steamer Sodlak left Copper river for
Puget sound August 25th, but off Ya-
kikit wbs caught in a heavy gale, that
blew away most of her sails and washed
the coal from her decks. : She was blown
back to Kayak island, where Captain
Shaw put her in winter quarters and
proceeded on the boats to Copper river
to the steam whaler Orca, and. from that
point to Kodiak to the steamer Elsie, en-
route to Sau Francisco. The Jeame
brought down eighty white men and 100
Chinese, who had" been employed in
canneries at Cook's inlet. -: - T
Poverty In the German Capital.
Berlix, Oct. 8. As the cold weather
approaches there is a marked, increase
in the want and misery among the work
ing classes in Berlin. In order to get
rid of the more dangerous and able-
arVja.tifi.'nrlih.
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More Rioting; In China.
London, Oct. 9. Dispatches dated
September 7th, received from the sea
port town of China on the island
of the same name, nearly oppo
site the center of the Island of Formosa,
announce there has been serious rioting
forty miles from the town of Amoy. The
population of Amoy, ' amounting to
about 300,000 - people, are in a state of
great excitement. The revolt was
caused by fiscal abuses. Several . man
darins and officials were killed. The
riots have been quelled.
Convicted of Manslaughte. .'-
San Diego, Oct 9. The jury in ;the
esse of Breedlove, charged with .the
' the murder -of Sailor Brown of the
Charleston Jast July, returned a. verdict
' ihiavorning -of -manslaughter. The
sentence was deferred. It is thought a
motion willije made for a new trial.
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t ,ramlla Mother, Seriously 111. .
Baboentown, N. J., Oct. 9. It is said
that Mrs. Parnell has .been prostrated
ever since Wednesday. . It is feared the
shock of her sons death has -been too
great for her,' and that she may lose her
reason."- . ' ' v ' .
Verdict for a Round Sum.
I , Fattebson, N. J Oct.. 9. Cornelius
Ackershock, a young grocer, was
struck by a passenger train on the Erie
road last summer while driving . over
the River-street crossing, and perma
nently - injured. - The wagon was
smashed. He sued today for $40,000 in
the circuit court. His injuries have re
suited in complete paralysis of one side.
The jury came in at 8 o'clock tonight
with a verdict of $10,000 for plaintiff.
Rrisk Blase in San Francisco.
Swt FKANCisccvOct. 8, Ixora hall, a
substantial brick block on Mission street,
was badly -, damaged and a row of build
ings ' adjoining occupied as stores . and
lodging-houses were destroyed by fire
last night. r The total loss exceeds $25.
'000 , partly insured. .
Drank Strychnine- Instead of Whisky.
BritGETT-STdwN,' Fa., Oct. 9. Three
"hostlers of the county fair grounds are
-dying from 'the effects of the contents of
-a, bottte containing strychnine, which
they drank,
- Chin cue Population on the Increase. -
Kingston, Oct. 9. It is estimated
that during the lost four weeks over. 200
-Chinamen ? have passed through here
into the' United States.
StUt Sending; Gold to This . Country.
London, . Oct. . 9. Bullion to the
mount of 50,000 pounds was , with
drawn from the bank of England . today
-for shipment to the United States,
His Creditors Are Anxlo.
City of Mexico, Oct. 8. Auxions
-creditors, whose claims aggregate over
$400,000, are seeking the whereabouts of
-Salvador Malo, a prominent contractor.
Tin-Plate Consumers In Council. .
New Yobk, Oct. 8. Three hundred
firms in the tin-plate trade, manufac
turers and consumers, were represented
yesterday, at a meeting, when an asso
ciation of tin-plate consumers ' of the
United States was organized. The ob
ject of the .organization is the acquire.
ment of reliable information respecting
the progress and development of the
manufacturers of tin plate, and to watch
legislation , affecting the interests of con-
preparatory to rifling the contents of
of the mailbags, when a driving party
came up and surprised the robbers at
their work. A conflict ensued between
Northern the newcomers and the outlaws, which
I raanUarl i,l fl,o vanlllaA rtf l.hp lat.t.Pr And
Severe the release of the custodians of the mail.
The distress caused by the shortage of
the crops has increased the lawlessness
in the region where the atiair occurreu.
London Gossip A Crazy Canon-.
London, Oct. 10. The afternoon
papers all moralized more or less on the
contrast between the funerals of Mr.
Parnell and Mr. William Henry Smith,
the one quiet and full of respect and
peace, and the other a scene of rage and
bitterness. The Spectator has an article
full of its usual acridity, in which it
savs :
England survives all other foes, even
those of her blood. It would be a mere
affectation to mourn the - death of Par
nell. ' He is entitled, it is true, to the
rank of a statesman of unusual force.
His greatest feat was the convincing of a
great English party that he, who had
sworn to never rest until Ireland should
be free, was not an enemy of England.
He had been a patriot, but he was not
affected by the feeling which has moved
many colonists of English blood to an
incurable hatred of England. . We doubt
if his death will assist Gladstone. The
Catholic sway in Ireland is now greater
than ever and sure to hamper the lib
erals. There will not be an honest co
hesion between the ultramontanes of
Ireland and modern radicalism in Eng
land. The lion and the lamb may lie
down together in the millennium, but
Christians are not bound to believe
Archbishop Walsh and John Morley will
ever dwell in peace together. Mr. uiaa
stone will not find the archbishop so
easy to manago as the cool skeptic who
has iust died
Canon Doyle, the first priest who de
nounced Parnell, and who has assisted
the anti-Parnelities in all their recent
ieetions, published in the Wexford
wsDRDers a letter, which bids fair to
t all Ireland by the ears. He throws
e blame for the scandal, which marred
lrnell's career, upon the entire Irish
rty with bnt few exceptions. He
arges that they will luny condone
STARVING TO DEATH.
Millions of Poor People in Russia Will
Have to be Provided for by the
Government
A Frightful Accident Sentensed to the
Penitentiary A U. S. Steamer
wrecked.
Hard Times in Mexico A Large Crowd
to View Parnell's Remains A
Railroad Accident.
cars, one baggage and two mail cars.
One sleeper broke from the train and
rolled down an embankment about fifty I
faet. The porter of this car was badly
injured. The train had between eighty
and one .hundred passengers many of
of whom were scratched and bruised but
no fatalities are thus far reported. The
cause of the accident was the loosening
of a rail on a curve which is believed to
be the work of unknown pal-ties.
It is supposed the Dalton gang caused
tho wreck for the purpose of robbery.
BAKER CITY TIRED OF THE
PUMPISd SYSTEM.
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5ry jrf"llllllllurHlHE"K'
Virginia, Savage, anayiuale & Norcross
Mining companies Jjis gone on to New
York for the- signature of the Sutro
Tunnel company. It provides for the
removal of waste rock from the lower
levels of these well-known Nevada mines
by way of the Coin stock tnnnel, at the
rate of forty cents per ton, all waste to
be dumped outside the tunnel. The
tunnel company will put engines in to
take the place ot the mules now em-
ployed, and will thus effect a great sav
ing to the mines. Other companies
along the line of the tunnel will be al
lowed to enter on similar terms.
The Alleged Crooked Baseball Players.
' New Yobk, Oct. 8. The executive
committee of the New York ball club
met this morning to investigate the
charges of crooked playing on the part
of the New York club in the recent
games with Boston. Richardson, Eff
ing, Connor. Clark, Kuseie and Buckley
all made affidavits that they played
honest ball, denying the allegations of
crookedness made by Manager Hart, of
the Chicago club. The committee will
report Monday.
Gladstone la Disappointed.
London, Oct. 9. Mr. Gladstone was
greatly disappointed by the result of the
Manchester election. He had taken a
deep interest in the struggle and jVoped
Mr. Scott,, the liberal candidate, would
pull through. Had be done so, Mr.
Gladstone was prepared to welcome his
election as a harbinger of triumphs in
the general contest whenever itcomes.
A Valuable Race Horse Killed.
Lorisvn.LE, Ky..Oct. 9. The $4000
filly, Alley W., 2 years old, owned by
McKeever Brcs., died yesterday at the
Louisvill Jockey Club grounds. She fell
in a race Wednesday,- and a post-mortem
revealed the fact that she- literally broke
herself in two. -'. -V
A Lot of Naval Officers Punished.
Philadlphia, Oct. 8. There has been
a shake-up among the officials of the
revenue cutter Kanier Hamilton, sta
tioned at this port. Third 'Assistant
Engineer Thomas B. Brown has ' been
dismissed from the service, Captain M.
H. Blake has been placed waiting orders
with thee-qnarter pay, Second Lieuten
ant A. A. Lowe has been transferred to
the revenue cutter Woodbury, stationed
at Castine, Me., and Third Lieutenant
W. H. O. Hay has been transferred to
the Gallatin, at Boston. . The changes
are the result of a charge of too free in
dulgence in stimulants preferred against
Engineer Brown. (Jap tain ijiake is
punished for leniency toward Brown.
Cigar Manufacturers to Combine.
New Yobk, Oct. 8. The leading
cigar manufacturers of this city held a
meeting yesterday for the formation of a
gigantic cigar trust, ' to include all the
prominent cigar manufacturers of the
United States. It is proposed to organ.
ize on the same basis as the consoloda
tion of leading cigarette men. The com
bination will include 25,000 manufac
turers, which aggregate a capital of $25,
000,000. A committee was appointed,
and arrangements are well under -way.
It is proposed for the combine to buy
leaf tobacco direct from the planters
and save the middlemen's profits.
that they will
Lrnell's immorality for years, and adds
at the reason they scorned to notice
e moral aspect of the leader's life, was
ey themselves were steeped to the lips
I the same cesspool. He continues in
is remarkable language
Mind what I say and know that I can
love, that Ireland is disgraced in Lxn
In bv a filthv can? of Irish blackguards
TTiis Augean stable must be cleared out.
The Irish wolf must not be displaced in
tho esteem of our representatives by the
lapdog of London actresses.
The canon threatens to expose the
man his diatribe is aimed at if they do
not reform.
The Wounded Detective Worse.
San Francisco, Oct. 8. Len Harris,
the railroad detective wounded by train
robbers at Ceres, had a change for the
worse yesterday, and his condition is
such as to excite much apprehenston
with his relatives.
CRIME AND CASUALTY NOTES.
Expensive Mistake of an Expressman.
Pueblo, N. M., Oct. 9. I. J. Hunter
son, a traveling man in the employ of
the Spencer Optical Manufacturing com
pany, of New York, has been showing
his wares In the city for several days and
last evening, ordered his two trunks
taken to the Santa Fe. depot, prepara
tory to going east. '" By. a, mistake one of
the trunks, containing $8000 worth of
gold watches, was taken" to tho Union
depot, but the other was delivered at the
Santa Fe depot. The expressman was
in a hurry, and thinking - the trunk
would be safe enough, dumped it on the
platform and left it. The 'trunk was
found in the morning in an alley, rifled
of its contents.
; CRIME AND ACCIDENT,
and an
' Battle Between an Old Farmer
- . . Enraged Dos;. . .
Paikbbsbdbo, W.. Vs.; Oct. 8. A ter
ribl fight Is rporti from Eoek Citl,
Dropped Dead in Wall Street.
; JTrw Yobk, Cct. 9. Howard T. Coffin,
treasurer of the Iowa Loan and Trust
Company, of Philadelphia, dropped dead
in Wall street, near Brotdway, about 11
'lock this morning.
Bardaley's Employment in Prison.
Philadelphia, Oct. 9. John ( Bard-
sley has found an occupation in prison
that seems to agree with him and of
which he has made a success.' It is that
of boxmaking, and the ex-city treasurer
has shown a degree of skill in the work
that has surprised those who fail to re-'
member that in his younger days he was
a blacksmith, and supported himself for
maay years by hard labor, ihe long
stain upon XSardsley, his disgrace and
prison confinement are beginning to tell
upon his health, add deafness is coming
upon him. He lives in the hope of a
pardon, through political influence, after
a few year's confinement.
Discharged for Being; Anarchists
Bbffalo, N. Oct. 10. During the
past week about forty men have been
discharged from the employ of the Wag
ner Palace Car company, at East Buffalo,
because they were members of an or
ganization of anarchists. A short time
ago a number of men who were em
ployed on piece' work had arranged to
strike on a certain day, but on arriving
at the works found a force of men ready
to take their places. Six men were dis
charged tonight. They mixed lye with
the paint used in finishing cars. Trouble
nteiy to follow. -
Trusted Her Once too Often.
New Yobk, . Oct. 9. An afternoon
paper says the police are , looking for a
Mrs. Yandey, who is accused by a Chi
cago diamond-importing firm of abscond
ing with $30,000 worth of. diamonds
which she smuggled into the country
for them. It is said that in her career
as a smuggler she had defrauded the
government of duties on $1,000,000 worth
of diamonds. The diamonds aretgaid to
have been concealed in the mouth or
pouch of a pelican, which the woman
always had with her, ostensibly as
a pet. . .
. A Murderer Held for Trial.
San Luis Osispo, Cak, . Oct. 9. A
special from Latunza says that Gnlarte,
the alleged murderer of Martin Heimes,
has been held oyer without bail. The
evidence went to show that Heimes had
disappeared ; that portions of a human
body had been found on John Gularte's
ranch ; that the flesh had beeu salted,
and the hands thought it had been fed
to them. -
Alvia R. Dunton, Professor.
' Camden, Me., Oct, 8. Alvin R. Dnn
ton, professor of penmanship, died here
today, aged 79 years. Mr.. Dunton was
the author of the Dunton system of pen
manship. He was the champion of the
world at his middle age, and bad few
equals with the pen even at an advanced
age. tie has taught 'in nearly every
state in the union. -
St. Petebsbubg, Oct.'10. Senator
Baranoff estimated that no fewer than
dz,uuu,uuu peasants in JKussia are now
destitute and must be provided for for
tho next ten months. It will require
320,000,000 pounds of grain to feed them
Owing to the difficulty in obtaining fod
der for the cattle, the export of linseed
cake from Russia is prohibited. The
famine in the Volga valley has caused
widespread sickness and thousands of
the unfortunate peasants are already
prostrated by typhus fever.
A Frightful Accident. Sentenced to
the Penitentiary. .
McMinnville, Or., Oct. 10. O. Mc
Quilkin,' a farm hand eighteen years
old, was tangled up with a team while
plowing, three miles south of here today.
The horses fell on him crushing him
severely, breaking bis legs and thrusting
the bones through the flesh at the
knees.
George M. McCullough was sentenced
to the penitentiary for five years for
burning a house near Newberg, and
John B. Brooks was sentenced for five
years for shooting at Smith on Sawyer's
place near Wheatland, in a row about
Smith's wife.
The
V. S. Steamer Dispatch Wrecked.
Baltimore, Oct. 10. The United
States steamer Dispatch went ashore
last night in a heavy gale on Assateague
shoals on the east coast of Viiginia,
about sixty miles northeast of Cape
Charles. It. is not known exactly in
how great peril she and her crew are
now. It is impossible to reach the ship
from the shore at present. The Dis
patch left New York yesterday and was
on her way to Washington . when she
went aground.. . The Yantic will be hur
ried down to the scene of the accident
from the Brooklyn navy yard as soon as
she can be got under way.
Mexicans Suffering for Food.
St. Louis, Oct. 10. A despatch from
San Antonio, Texas, says there is great
destitution among the lower classes of
Mexicans in the states of Caihuhua and
Durango.
There are about .4000 people seeking
employment these men and their fam
ilies are half starved and are in utter
want.
Hundreds of the unfortunates subsist
entirely on the maguy plant. The
drought has broken and there is indica
tions of better times.
WONDERS OF NATURE.
Latest Advices Say tho Salton Sea May
Form a New Channel.
Los Angeles. Cal, Oct. 10. Dr. P. G.
Cotter, of Yuma, is in this city. He
says it is estimated that nine-tenths of
the Colorado river is flowing into Salton.
Nevertheless the sea has not increased,
but has lowered about three inches. It
is now from four to seven feet in depth
in various places. - The Colorado river
is very heavily charged with solids and
will precipitate half an inch of alluvium
to every six feet of water. The matter
is being constantly washed down the
river, and is forming a bank in the
river bed just beyond the break so that
shortly the entire body of the river will
be turned into the Salton sea. The win
ter floods, he ' thinks, will raise the
Salton sea until it becomes a lake 300
feet in depth and 150 miles long and
find its outlet through the bed of tho
new nver into the dnlf of Mexico,
Southern Pacific engineers have exam
ined the river break with a view to find
ing a way to turn the river back. They
reported that such could be done by
piling, but that it would be too expen
sive a job for the company to undertake.
Dr. Ootter says the people.of Ynpia are
glad of the chance. The uewiea will be
a benefit to the climate, as well as pro
vide them with a new method of trans
portation, since vessels could come into
the sea from the Gulf of California.
tsaKer iity, a town that has a popu
lation somewhat like The Dalles in num
ber, some years ago adopted the pump
ing 8y stem for her water works. .It may
be interesting to the readers of the
Ciikonicle to know that the citizens
have, found it an expensive luxury and
from paragraphs that have been printed
from time to time in the newspapers of
that city it would appear that, some of
them are heartily . sick of it. The an
nual election for city, officers will take
place on November 2nd and S. A. Heil
ner has announced himself a candidate
to succeed Mayor McCord on the follow
ing platform given in his own words in
the pages of the Democrat. "The peo
pie of Baker City, I think, fully under
stand my position on the water question
1 nave an siong advocated doing away
with the pumping system at the water
works. ( it ruinoui to the treasury if the
city. It is extravagant and the city can
not bear the expense . I would urge the
securing of water southwest of the city
at an altitude to supply the city from
mammoth reservoir and with adequate
lorce through pipes for fire protection
This would prove a great saving to the
city."v Commenting on this statement
of Mr. Heilner, the Democrat gays: "It
must be admitted that the pumping
system is expensive." Here is a city
that has tried a system, that about ten
per cent, oi the taxpayers of The Dalles
wanted us to adopt and roundly abused
the other ninety per ceut. because they
could not have their wav. Now some of
the Bakerites are willing to incur the
necessary cost of rectifying their former
blunder and establishing the very sys
tem that The Dalles has . adopted
Should Baker City conclude to make
this a test question the election on No
vember 2nd will
of peculiar interest
The Dalles.
have a feature
for the people of
BUTCHER'S ASSOCIATION.
Wheat Crop of North Dakota.
St. Paul, Oct. 9. Reports from the
wheat fields of North Dakota and north
western Minnesota today are more
encouraging. The weather is fine, and
threshing is in progress in a number of
places. Less than half the crop is
threshed, and fears are entertained that
much is to be lost.
Attacked by Bandlta. -Berlin,
Oct. 9 Bandits attacked a
mailcoach on the road near Mew, East
Prussia, night before last. They over
powered and stunned the driver and
guard, and wsre about binding them
The Last Chance Injunction Dissolved.
Boise City, Idaho, Oct. 9. The in
junction of the Tyler Milling. Company
against the Last Chance Milling Com
pany of Wardner, Idaho, resulted in
dissolving the injunction against the
Last (Jhance Company. The mine will
be started up immediately - with full
force.
Killed by a Falling Elevator.
ShelbSvillk, Ind Oct. 9. At the
Shelby Cabinet Company's furnishing
rooms "this ' morning, Joseph Scott,
foreman, Clint Nelly and H. Thayer,
were fatally crushed by the falling of an
elevator.
Persia's Exhibit at the World's Fair.
Wasaington, Oct. 9. The depart
ment of state is informed that the Per
sian government exhibit at the Colum
bian exposition, Chicago, will probably
aggregate $200,000.
Prices of Food Going Up.
St. Petebsbubg, Oct. 9. Prices of food
are rapidly rising throughout the empire.
Reports received here from Warsaw say
the cost of provisions of late has been
doubled. . ,
A Murderer Hanged.
Omaha, Oct. 9. Edward A.. Neal.
murderer of Allan and Dorthy Jones,
was hanged at noon today. The mur
derer confessed his crime.
A Large Crowd View Parnell's Remains'
London,' Oct. 10. An enormous con
course or people surrounded Walsing
ham terrace this morning to view the
open casket containing' the remains of
the late Charles Stuart Parnell. The
route of the funeral processfon to the
railroad station was lined with masses
of people who Bilently and respectfully
watched its passage. Mrs. Parnell was
utterly unable to accompany the re.
mains to Dublin, she being too ill to
undertake the journey. ,;
A Railroad Accident.
Pougiikeepsie, N. Y., Oct. 10. Early
this morning a freight train broke in
two near Hyde Park and the way freight
following crashed into, the latter half.
Joe Muarger, engineer of the way freight
and A. Small, fireman, jumped before
the collision occurred. Small was in
stantly killed and Munger badly hurt
but not fatally. Daniel C. Rockwell, a
brakeman on tho way freight was killed
and a brakeman on the heavy freight
was also killed. .
A Wrecked Bark off the Coast of N. S.
Halifax, N. S. Oct. 10. A Dispatch
from Lock port says fishing schooner Dai
passed a wreck of a bark Monday. 'No
sign of a crew was seen. The wreck
was probably that of the bark Mar son,
which was reported recently as aband
oned and. water logged. The crew is
believed to have perished.
A Number of People Killed in a Riot.
Rio Janebio, Oct. 10. The rioting
which began at the Italian theatre
Thursday evening continued during the
night. Troops were called out and pa
trolled the city until this morning, A
number of persons, it is said have been
killed. Further trouble is apprehended.
. An Attempted Mall Robbery.
Pabis, Texas, Oct. 10. An attempt
was made to hold up the south bound
passenger train at three o'ciock this
morning. Several shots were fired.
The conductor knocked one of the rob
bers down with his lamp just as he was
to fire at the conductor's breast. . ,
The Railroad Ahead.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 10. The state
senate has effectually killed extreme
anli- railroad legislation at Georgia by
defeating the bill known as the Berner
bill which passed the houBe last week.
This bill, if passed would have involved
the railroads in a large amount of Jitiga-:
tlon.
An Express Train Wrecked.
Colfax,- Calif., Oct. 12. The west
bound fast mail train on the Central Pa
cific, left the track three miles west of
Colfax at three o'clock this morning.
Wires are down and the extent of the
damage at present is unknown. .
The train eeusiited of four sleeping
A Plant to be Established in The South
in Opposition to Armour and Swift.
Pittsbubci, Oct. 10. Next Thursday
the executive committee of the National
Butchers Association wfll meet at St.
Louis to perfect a scheme that is likely
to be far-reaching in its effects. It will
be the organization of a supply plant at
Dallas, Tex., which will furnish the 50,
000 members of the association with all
the beef, live or dressed, that they may
require. -The project is in opposition to
the Armour and Hwift concerns, and
was formulated at the' meeting of the
association held in Pittsburg some
Lmonths ago. The committee had been
ogered $360,000 to locate the plant at
Dallas. Of this sum $200,000 has been
subscribed by the Dallas Board of Trade,
and the other $150,000 by the city coun
cil. President Charles James, of St.
Louis, is at the head of the committee,
and J. F. Beilstein and William Hack
enberger are the Pittsburg members.
The entire committee will go to Dallas
to formally accept the city's terms.
Wouldn't Give up the Office.
Habtfobd, Conn., Oct.- 12. The
treasurer and comptroller are. required
by law to meet today in the treasurer's
office' to fix the value on non-resident
stock in banks and insurance companies
for taxation, his morning Comptroller
Snub (dem.) appeared " accompanied
by M. H. Sanger, (democratic candidate
for treasurer at the-state election. The
treasurer's office is still occupied by
Henry (republican). Savger. was re
fused, admission as treasurer, but was
told he could enter as a citizen. He and
the comptroller then met as a board out
side of the treasurer's office and ad
journed until 2 o'clock, to meet at the
comptroller's office. This action is
likely to complicate the collection of
the yearly state taxes.
More Reciprocity in Prospect.
Washington, u. U., . Uct. 12. A re
port was published this morning to the
effect that a convention had been con
eluded with Germany by which the
cereal products of the United States will
be admitted free of duty, etc., in consid
eration of the contained free . admission
of German sugar into this country is
stated to be premature. Negotiations
are still in an uncompleted stage of
progress, but with good'prospects of be'
ing brought to a satisfactory conclusion
before the first of next January. ; - .
Will Carry Ont Parnell's. Plans.
Dublin, Oct. 12. It is reported here
that an informal meeting of Parnellite
members of the bouse of commons were
held this morning and it was decided
not to accept any overtures for coalition
with the McCarthyites, but to continue
the strugggle for the leadership of the
Irish parliamentary party on the lines
laid down by Parnell in his efforts to re
gain the position from which he had
been deposed by the majority of his
former followers. '..'
Portland Bonds go High.
Pobtland, Or., Oct. 12. The bids for
the free bridge bonds to amount to five
hundred thousand dollars, were opened
today by the city officials. The nighest
bid was that of N. W. Harrig & Co., of
Chicago, who offer a premium of .12.2-5.
The bids will be referred to the city
council.
Could not Open tho Knife.
Pobtland, Or., Oct. 10. L. D. Beach
a resident of Grants was buncoed out of
six hundred dollars yesterday on the
train while coming to this city. The
device by which he was swindled was a
closed pocket knife. The swindlers have
not yet been arrested.
The death of Farnell has called out,
in a remarkable way, that characteristic
of our common humanity that prompts
ns to speak nothing of the dead but
what is good. The storm that has raged,
around his name for many months his
death has reduced to a calm. The bit
terness formeqted by the thousands who
regarded his late conduct as the chief
barrier in the way of that home govern
ment, for which be bad struggled so
heroically in former years, has subsided,
and now with rare Receptions, he is
everywhere spoken; of with. : charity and
kindness, as men remember what he has
accomplished and what he might still
have been. The Catholic Sentinel voices
the sentiments of a large majority of
Parnell's countrymen when it says:
"We do not wish to scatter thistles on
the grave that should bo crowned with
wreaths of shamrocks, and moist with
the tears of a patriotic and long-suffering
people. Perfection is not made for
any of the children of hnmanity, Peter
denied the Savior; Judas betrayed him ;
Solomon, ' endowed with more than
human wisdom ' fell. And if Parnell,
infatuated by an Irish Cleopatra, reck
lessly trampled upon his crown and
character, he suffered in the knowledge
of his fall. May God grant him that
forgiveness in the next world that the
Irish people accord him in this."
of this kind would be very popular in
Eabtern Oregon, and that the legislature,
if convened, would pass . such a law or
rather make sufficient appropriation to
put the law we have into effect. For it
will hot be forgotten that the Watkln's
bill gave the state authority to build
both portages, but only appropriated
sufficient money to build one. The Nor
ton survey has demonstrated that the
portage in question can be built ior
much less 'than the last legislature
seemed more than half inclined to give,
had the measurenot been killed by those
who ought to have been its best friends.
If a special session were called and the
bill passed the road could be easily built
and in operation before next harvest.
We believe this matter is worthy of ser
ious consideration and would like to hear
what onr Eastern Oregon exchanges have
to eay about it.
The state of Louisiana mnBt be in a -bad
way, morally, when all the otbw
issues of the political campaign now i
progress are forgotten in the presence of
the question of amending the constltu--
tion so as to rec barter the nefarious
Louisiana lottery swindle. It is a -ques
tion that should not be entertained for a
moment yet leading papers of the statfl
are urging the acceptance of the lottery
company's offer of an annual bonus of
$1,250,000 in consideration ofa recti arte r -that
shall lost twenty-five years. One
is less su prised at this moral obliquity
whep it is -remembered that Louisiana
has 127,444 voters that can neither read11
nor write. - -
Major Ingalls .again requests us to
urge the fruit growers of this section to
send hiin some more samples, within th
next two days, so that Wasco' exhibit
at the exposition may be kept. up ia at
good condition as possible to the last,
Every day more or less decayed fruit be
longing to the exhibit has to be thrown
away, hence the necessity of renewals.
It is undoubtedly a cheap and effective
way of advertising the resources" of this
neighborhood and we hope a suitable re
sponse will be made to this last request.
Anything left at the Chbonicli offic
will be duly forwarded. .. .
A rumor has gained currency In Wash- .
ngton that V. G. Bogue is interested in
syndicate that has purchased the Hunt '
road, i Is not this the .Mr. Bogue that
the Portland chamber of commerce sent
up to examine the two .proposed routes,
for a portage road around thei dalles of
the Columbia? And if bo, is not the se
lection of Mr. Bogue a little peculiar? .
If half the reports are true concerning
Mr. Bogue's interest in roads that are
reaching out for the trade of the Sound1'
he would be the last man in the world
who would want to see an open river.
Denmark has followed Germany in de
ciding to receive all American pork that
bears the United States certificate of in-,
spection. No law recently enacted has
been productive of so much immediate
bonefit as that requiring a government
inspection of moats. It has given our
meat and meat products a standing in
Europe which they never ' have had
without it.
THE JOKE OF THECENTVRY.
The Portland Dispatch publishes the
following which many up this way will
regard as the most original effort at
newspaper wit that - Tony Noltner has
perpetrated on a long-suffering public
for many day. We give it a permanent
place in the pages of the Chronicle that
future generations may see what thor
oughbred asses inhabited the globe dur
ing the last decade of the nineteenth
century : . :
The Oregonian has another "second
fiddler" something like Moffet, manag
ing for it The Dalles .Daily Chbonicle.
But his task is comparatively an easy
one, all he is required to .do is to say
editoriall "amen" to everything pub
lished by the Oregonian. ' He gets
weekly instructions what to do in ad
vance and all that be is required to do is
to carry them out. As , proof of this
statement we simply desire to' introduce
any copy of that papers for - reading.
The Dalles Daily Chronicle is not the
only outside paper owned by the Oregon
tan. r " . -
Hon. H. B." Miller, of Grant's Pass,
said to an Oregontan reporter last
Wednesday : "I am a candidate," mean
ing for congress in the room of Binger
Hermann, "and when I say thqfr, I do
not mean that, I am ia the hands of the
dear people. I want the nomination if
I can get it." Mr. Miller showed a letter
from Mr. Hermann in which the latter
gentleman says : "Should I be honored
with another term I shall step down
and out and give way, I hope, to some
friend, earnest and energetic like your
self." Mr. Miller gives it as his,opinion
that "Mr, Hermann will see that the
proper course for him is to follow the
course laid down ih the letter," which of
course would be very nice for Mr. Miller
but it seems very much like as if it were
just the course that Mr, Hermann won't
take. .
They have a test method over in Can
ada of discovering whether a man is
drunk or not. When he can pronounce '
"reciprocity" without tripping, the po
lice let him go. That's a serious inno
vation on tho Irish method. In the
Emerald Isle a man is considered sober
as long as he can lie on the ground with
out a hold. .'
The same judge who sentenced Sandy
Olds to one year in tho penitentiary for
the deliberate murder of a human beitij
gave a man three years the other day in
the same place of punishment, for steal
ing two salmon. Is it any . wonder the
farmers' alliance want to run the go vern
ment machine for a little while?
The country ought to he" satisfied now
1 that Mr. 'Blaine is a sick man when we
find & statement to that effect in an Of- -ficial
communication of the president to
the Canadian government. ' '
' The Portland Chamber of Commerc
has made a new move in the matter- of - J
raising money to enable Oregon to be'
suitably represented at the World's FaiK -
The Cnlted States Supreme Court Meets.
Washington, Oct. 12. The supreme
court of the United States met for' the
October term today
absent from court. Chief Justice Fuller
is in Chicago where his daughter is very
ill. Justices Bradley and dray have
both bson ill, but are now recovering.
C. P. Scott, editor of the Manchester
Guardian and liberal candidate for mem
ber of parliament from that city was de
feated on the 8th inst., by about 150
votes by Sir James Fugusson the con
servative candidate. The liberals had
fully counted on success and are much
disappointed because . a triumph for
them would have been a severe blow to
Lord Salisbury's cabinet. The defeat is
all the more ominous because the cons
tituency is largely one of working men
and it is taken to show that they , have
not yet become converted to Gladstone's
home rule doctrines.
Reopening of Wesley's Chapel.
The arrangements for the formal re
opening cf Wesley's chapel have finally
been made. The re-opening is not to
take place until the return of the presi
dent of the conference and others from
the United States. It will extend over
the first fortnight in November. The
new superintendent is resolved to make
JohnWesley'8 pulpit a center of light
and influence in London and contem
plates inviting the leading - preachers of "
the day in Connection with all tbs
churches nnd to deliver sets of sermons
on consecutive Sunday mornings. The
. . r . i ' 1 - 1 : 1- T .
musical part oi tne services jo hi
be one of the chief attractions of London.
Just now the chapel is the rendezvous of
American Metbodiets who are being at
tracted to it in large numbers.
The Enclosure of School Lands.
Washington, pet. 10. The suprem
court of the territory of Utah ,in a re
cent opinion held the act of congress of
February 25, 1885, prohibiting the en
closure of public lands did not apply to
sections sixteen and thirty-six 'school
sections) in Utah. ' This construction of
the law was not satisfactory - to the in
terior department officials, 'and Acting
Secretary Chandler has requested the
attorney-general, if the request be ap
proved by him, to instruct the United
States district-attorney for Utah to take
an appeal, if it can be done, and also to
commence proceedings in every case of
enclosure of school sections by persons
not entitled to them.
Austria's Appropriations.
Vienxa, Oct. 10. At a meeting Of the
cabinet ministere, summoned to discuss
the proper course to be taken by Austria
at the Columbia fair In Chicago, it was
decided the state would-, furnish 15,000
AnMnn niA I mmV.,....'.. ..I.I l ! .
I dallss tapids. We believe a movement .there.
State Senator Henry Blackmail is in
Three justices are ! favor of petitioning Governor Pennoyer
to call an extra session of the legislature
for the purpose of making an appropria
tion for a portage railroad around the