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THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1891.
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O'BRIEN'S MANIFESTO.
He Claims That Parnell Was to Re
tire From the Leadership in
Favor of Himself.
A Heavy Attachment-fhey are Ready
to Testify. -Another Fatal Rail
road Accident
Verdict for the Railroad Company.
Will Meet at Eugene Next Year.
Lost Their Mutton.
London, Oct. 16. William O'Brien, a
member of parliament, today made a
public statement or manifesto in reply
, to the recent Parnellite defiances. He'
writes: "I have waited since the fu
neral, hoping the lato Parnell's leading
.supporters, knowing my relations with
Parnell at Boulogne, would have the
manliness to disassociate' themselves
from the diabolical charges that Dillon
and myself hounded their leader to
death. ' At the Boulogne conference
Parnell's four most influential lieuten
ants professed themselves as eager as
ourselves tosecure Parnell's withdrawal.
These same men are now silent while
their organ charges niewith plotting to
get rid of Parnell. They themselves
pressed me to consent to Parnell's first
proposition, which was that he should
retire in favor of mvself." I
A letter from Parnell 'to O'Brien is
then given in which the former ex
pressed his gratitude for the kindness
and gentleitianly spirit shown him by
O'Brien.
O'Brien concluded; "Thus closed the
Boulogne communication. With fnll
recognition we parted as honorable opponents."-
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A HEAVY SUIT.
says a Paris dispatch, that Milan, of
Servia should have gotten rid of 400,000
within the few months that have
elapsed since he drew that sum from the
Servian treasury. The money was paid
with the understanding that Milan
should cease to trouble Servia," but
should leave the country for years, if not
forever, and that Queen Natalie should
be made to follow his example. Milan
got a check for 600,000 francs, but as he
owed about 200,000 francs to the Vienna
bank, on which the check was drawn,
that amount was retained by the bank.
Now Milan is almost penniless and
ready to throw himself at the feet of
Russia or Austria, according to which
nation is" willing to pay the highest.
The probabilities are that Milan will be
come a pensioner of .Russia.
A BRUTAL MURDER.
An Unknown Assailant Attacks a
Woman and Murders Her for a
Small Sum of Money.
papers throughout Ohio keep the follow
ing paragraph standing in type : 'But
there is not a section or line in the Mc
Kinley bill that will open the market
for another bushel of wheat or another
barrel of pork. James G. Blaine to Sena
tor Fry, July 11, 1890.' This sentence is
garbled and taken lrom its proper con-
j nection, What I did say is the follow-
The Pope Thinks He is Pursued by f " . t , , tl 4 . M .
v J "I do not doubt that in many respects
itaiy. me 1-eopie laikeu aimhu i the tariff bill pending in congress is a
tne Kaiser. I just measure, and that most of its pro-
j visions are in accordance with tbeise
The Irish Protestants arc Oooosed to PrIlcy of protection, but there is not
Home Rule. Balmaceda's Last
letter. Other News.
HARRISON'S REMARKS
He Makes a Speech to the
cal Methodist Council at
ington, D. C.
Ecumeni-Wash-
Middltowx, X. Y., Oct. 15. An atro-
seclion or line in the entire bill that will
open a market for another bushel of
wheat or another pound of pork.' The
letter in which this paragraph occurs
wrs written to Senator Frye July 11,
AFFAIRS IN CHINA.
Over Half a Million Dollars Involved.
Naw Yohk, Oct. 16. The application
of Henry Sanford, president of the
, Adams Express Co., for attachment
against the property of John Hony, de
posited with the president of that com
pany, in a suit to recover over half a
million dollars was granted today. The
summons attached to the papers an
nounces to Hony that if he defaults in
appearing to answer the suit, judgment
will be taken against him for $712,950
with interest and costs.
They Will Testify.
San Francisco, Oct. 16. When the
case of Stephen T. Gage, cited to show
cause why he should not be punished
for contempt for not appearing before
.the grand jury when summoned, was
called into the superior court this morn
ing Gage stated he would purge him
self of contempt and in recognition of
the decision of the supreme court, both
he and Chute would appear before the
grand jury and testify. ..
Another Train Wrecked.
Pittsburg, .Oct. 16. The Panhandle
vestibule limited east bound train was
wrecked at Mingo Junction four miles
west of Steubenville this' morning.
William Marshall, a brakeinan, of Col
umbus, Ohio, and" Joseph Yeston, ex
press messenger, were killed. "Four
others were seriously injured.
The Rall-oad Ahead,
f A.RGO, X. D., Oct. 16. It is said the
decision of Judge Caldwell in the North
tern Pacific tax case yesterday is worth
from fifteen to twenty million dollars to
the isulroad, although on the main the
issue as to taxation of lands, the decis
ion is against the company.' The decis
ion gives ihem a clear title to all land
within'theSr grant not known to contain
minerals at the time of filing the maps
. of the definite location of the road.
Very Theatenlng" Attitude of the Chinese
Towards Foreign Residents.
Shanghai, Oct. 10. Many warships
have arrived at Shanghai. Kuniors are
abroad that the insurgents tire to set fire
to the European quarter. A British
subject Wined Mason, leagued with
Kolahue, will be tried at the assizes
next week on a charge of transporting
contraband arms and dynamite consigned
to and intended for the insurgents.
The situations remains serious. Ger
many has entered into the agreement of
the powers against China. Gross de
ception has been practiced in Pekin in
the hope that Germany would again re
fuse to enter the combination.. Recently-
the German minister, dean of the
diplomatic corps at Pekin, compromised
the dignity of his colleagues in the mat
ter of an audience . for the purpose of
securing Chinese favor and concessions
for public works and railways inaugu
rated at Kraiping, near Tientsin. He
appeared to act for the agency of the
iron-works, conducted by Krupps' con
cern at Essen, seeking for a monopoly in
furnishing rails and guns. It is reported
that the old-time official friendship be
tween Germany and China is a thing of
the past. Minister Brandt also de
mands indemnity of the outrages
againt foreigners," having realized the
colossal deception of the Chinese. A
Tiensin message says that the French
minister,-Lemair, has returned to his
post at Pekin, and confirms the unani-
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mous agreement oi ioreign powers.
j cious murder was prepetrated this after- 1890, and the McKinley bill did not be
I noon at a little distance from here, come a law until October 1, nearly three
j The victim was Mrs. Amelia Gregory, 40 months thereafter.
! vears old. wife of NaD. Gresorv. a well- i "In mv letter to Senator Frve I ,ob-
Taking Their Property by Force. :
Baltimore, - Oct. 16. United States
deputy marshals today, with a writ of
replevin, went to the Washington jity
& Point Lookout railroad and seized a
locomotive. They also took possession
of the engineer and fireman, ordered
them to get up steam, and started down
the road toward Washington to seize all
the rolling stock they could find, and,
making up a train with a locomotive at
each end, went back to Baltimore The
rolling stock of the road was leased from
Post, Martin & Co. in New York. The
lease money is in arrears about $10,000,
and they were determined thus to get
back their rolling stock. . - .
- Will Meet at Eugene. Contempt of
Court.
I Portland, Oct. 16. The Grand lodge,
IKritghts of. Pythias, today selected
lEagene as the place of tiie next meeting.
In (The case of Wo Chong re, Astoria
' .& South Coast Railroad Company Judge
hattuck today ordered Wm. Reid to
appear in court tomorrow and show
cause why he should not be punished
for contempt at court.
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Lost their Mutton.
Plymouth, Oct. 16. The British
Steamer Parrametta,. which arrived here
reports that the crank shaft of her
freezing - engine broke . : while she
was in the Gnlf Arden, causing its stop
page for twenty hours. The hot weather
caused the carcasses of 20,000 Australian
sheep in the freezing compartments to
spoil.
A Judicial Murder.
Redwood Falls, .Minn., Oct. 16. A
dreadful ecenei was enacted this morning
at the execution of William Rose. The
prisoner made speech in which he pro
tested his innocence and accused a man
named Stover of the murder. The trap
was sprung at 4:56 and the rope parted.
- The body was picked np and another
coose adjusted, when the trap was
sprang again, and the man was slowly
strangled to death.
Fast Horses Burned.
Sabina, Ohio, Oct. 16. The stable of
Wm. Morgan, a breeder of trotting
horses was burned yesterday, destroying
thirteen valuable trotting, and pacing
horses and mares. The total loss is esti
mated at $75,000. No insurance. The
fire is believed to 1 of incendiarv ori
gin- .
A Noted Man Dead.
Pittsbcbg, Ocfcrl6. Brother Andreus
Dicker, first and "oldest member of the
Benedietine. order of the Roman Cath
) Kc church in the United States, died
this morning, aged 6eventy-nine years.
A lUOfBLESOJIl! 'KING.
The Schemes of a Politician.
London, Oct. 16. The Right Hon.
Joseph Chamberlin evidently does not
mean that the liberal unionists shall re
turn1 to the liberal fold. He is devoting
considerable study to the question of
labor in politics both in England and
America, and he is said to intend, Vke
Sir John Gorst, to introduce, legislation
that will satisfy the legitimate aspira
tions of labor without alienating the
more moderate supporters of the union
ist cause.
Another Monument for Grant.
Philadelphia, Oct. 16. It is designed
by the Grand Army of the Republic to
erect: in Washington, P. C, a monu
ment to General Grant. The necessary
money to pay for the monument is being
raised by popular subscription among
the G. A. R. posts of the country.
Kailroad From Texas To Mexico.
Sax Axtoxio, Tex.; Oct. 16. Frank
Brittain-, in from the Mexican border,
says the last of the bonus of $150,000 for
the Pan-American railway is raised, and
the party of Boston capitalists accepting
it have put surveyors on the route with
a promise of beginning construction
from Pectpria, Tex., southward within
twejty days. , .
A German Vessel Condemned.
Berlin, Oct. 16. The cruiser corvette
Bismarck has been stricken from the
German warship list on the ground of
being unfit for naval us, as shown by
recent maneuvers. The emperor sanc
tions the dismissal of the Bismarck from
the navy. - -
895,000 Shortage.
Washington, Ind Oct. ' 16. The
alleged shortage of County Auditor
Lavelle in the school funds will . prob
ably amount to $95,000, as that sum is
not accounted for. ,
known farmer. The crime was com
mitted between 3 and 4 :15 o'clock. At
3 o'clock Mr. Gregory and his eldest son
left Mrs. Gregory alone in the house and
went to work in a distant field. At 4:15
the younger son Wilbur, returned from
school. On entering the house the boy
was horrified bv the sight of his mother
lying dead upon the kitchen floor, with
her head battered and crushed almost
beyond human semblance. The con
dition of the room showed that she had
made a brave struggle for life. It was
soon discovered that the crime, was an
outcome of robberv. The farmer and
his wife occupied a bedroom adjoining
the kitchen. There was a little closit in
this bedroom where they kept a little
store of ready money in an old cigar box.
This morning the bbi contained some
thing over $100 in bank bills. This fact
the murderer had evidently learned, and
het possibly was discovered by Mrs.
Gregory while in the act of thieving.
The police and detective force of this
city are now in pursuit of the murderer.
THE POPE'S FEELINGS.
Thinks He Is Pursued by the Govern
- ment of Italy.
London, Oct. 15. In a recent inter
view one of the cardinals, known to be
an intimate friend of the pope and one
of his advisors, ' said the Vatican was
convinced the late disorders in Rome
precipitated by the French pilgrims
were really instigated by the Italian
government, which had become jealous
of the growing influence of the pope and
the amicable relations existing between
France and the Vatican. The 'cardinal
declared All e Italian government would
prefer the assassination or expulsion of
the pope to the present situation. The
pope himself recently said: "I am no
longer a prisoner, but a hostage menaced
with expulsion or assassination unless I
capitulate before, the enemy." The
cardinal, continuing, said the pope
would never accept the present situation,
but nothing was yet decided upon in the
matter of his leaving Rome. It is said
in ecclesiastical circles the occupation of
Rome by Italy, would end like the finish
of the French'commune, by the massa
cre of the hostages. "
THE KAISER IS MAD.
And Will Make it Interesting for Some
One.
Berlin, Oct. 15. The police are anx,
iously hunting for the author of a scur
rilous leaflet, which has been myster
iously circulated, and which contains an
offensive attack on the kaiser, charging
him with dissipation and immorality.
and intimating that he is of unsound
mind. The writer also holds up to ridi
cule the kaiser s alleged idea ot ever
equaling his ancester, the great Fred
erick, and the article closes with advice
to the kaiser to be careful about starting
a conflagration to consume himself and
his bouse. Such bold words are seldom
heard in Germany, much less printed,
and the author would be sentenced to a
long term of imprisonment could he be
discovered. The kaiser is said to know
no forgiveness for peopie who offend his
pride and ambition, and the poliee know
that he appreciates and rewards the men
who make the desired arrests.
jected to the bill because it did not con
tain a reciprocity clause, which would
provide a market for wheat, pork, and
for the other products, of the' farm and
for various fabrics. Before the bill was
finally passed a reciprocity clanse was
inserted and a large addition made to
the free list. It will therefore be seen
from what I said,in my letter that the
objection, which I made to the McKin
ley bill, was entirely removed before the
bill became a law. Let me further say
the reciprocity) clause has given an
amply market for many barrels of flour
and many pounds of pork. Brazil some
months ago entered into a treaty by
which many American articles were ad
mitted free. Flour is made free and
pork is admitted at nominal duty. Cuba
and Porto Rico have reduced the duty
on flour from $5 80 a barrel to $1 (which
gives us the market) besides putting
nearly a hundred articles of American
production on the free list. San
Domingo has made a reciprocity treaty
with flour and pork on the free list, be
sides a large number of other articfes.
Other treaties for reciprocity are in
progress. Germany, without negotiating
a formal treaty, has removed the prohi
bition on pork, and our government, in
consideration thereof, has left her sugar
on the free list. This opens to us an en
tirely new market, and $15,000,000 to
$20,000,000 of American pork will be
consumed per annum, where nota pound
has been taken for ten years. The reci
procity provision is proving very success
ful, especially in faim products, and
more particularly in the case of the two
articles mentioned in the paragraph
quoted flour and pork. I am not,
therefore, an opponent of the McKinley
bill, as the democratic papers in Ohio
are constantly alleging. On the con
trary, I have cordially supported it ever
since it was pefected by the insertion of
the reciprocity clause. ,
THE CONTEST IN OHIO.
The Railroads of Missouri Have
Hard Time Gen. Miles Wants to
Exhibit the Militia at Chicago.
Twelve Carloads of Beans for Chi
cago. The Eight Hour Law De
' ' clared Constitutional.
Washington, Oct. 17. President Har
rison today attended the ecumenical
Methodist,, council, and in response to
repeated-, calls, the president made a
short address in which he said: "I
came here this morning to make an ex
pression of my respect and esteem for
this great body of delegates assembled
from all countries of the., world, and
muqh more to give manifestation of my
respect and love for that greater body of
Christian men and women for whom
you Btand."
"Every ecumenical conference is a dis
tinct step in the direction not only of
unification of church, but unification of
humanity. You have today as a theme
of discussion the' subject "International
Arbitration," and this being public and
an enlarged use of word, perhaps makes
my presence here as an officer of the
United States especially appropriate.
(applause).' The subject is one which
has lone attracted the adherence of the
United States - as well as that of any
other Christian power in the world."
- Another Kailroad Suit.
St. Louis, Oct. 17. The morning
paper's says the United States Duputy
Marshal served a subpoenas upon the
officials of the Missouri Pacific, Wabash,
Alton and other roads to appear before
the general grand jury the coming week.
The complaints, it is said, are founded
upon the allegations of the payment of
rebates by commissions, etc., to secure
business.
It has a daily capacity equivalent to 200
ooxes, says tne Toledo made, it man
ufactures milk cans and lanterns, and
supplies the trade with milk-can stock
I in sizes to suit. It annually uses large
j quantities of tin-plate, most of which,
since the new tariff law went into effect.
! has been tinned in its own factory. The
j black plates of steel ready for tinning
j are manufactured in Pittsburg, shipped
to Detroit by the car load, and picked,
I cleaned, dipped and finished in their
I factory.
This is American tin plate, and that,
too, of a superior quality. The plate is
not put upon the market, the company
using all it manufactures in its own
work. In its tin plate department ithaa
now five "stacks" of three pots each,
with a total daily capacity of 200 boxes
of ordinary tin plate. A Bixth stack is j
in process cf erection. This is American
tin plate, made in an American factory.
It is not necessary that the steel be rolled
in the same establishment in which it is
tinned, any more than it is necessary for
a tailor to run a woolen mill to make the
cloth he manufactures into clothing, or
a shoe maker to run a tannery to furnish
him leather. Every part of the tin
plate manufactured by this company is
American. The steel sheets are made of
American metal by American workmen
in Pi ttsbnrg. They are hauled on Amer
ican railroads to Detroit and there coated
with tin bv American workmen, and the
product is sold to the American people.
A HARMLESS VOTE.
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When the Chronicle first learned
that Mr. Bogue was appointed to advise
the Portland chamber of commerce as to
the best route for a portage railroad
around the Dalles we antipated nothing
different from what has happened. The
simple fact that all Mr. Bogue's reputed
interests lie in another direction ren
dered lum about as fit to pass an impar
tial judgment on an effective measure
for opening the Columbia river as Jav
Gould himself. We have no desire to
impeach the honesty of a gentleman we
have never seen, but can anyone blame
ua for expecting no good advice in regard
to a measure that would seriously affect
the interests of the Union Pacific when
we learned that report had it that the
' 1891 the exports of domestic merchan
dise were increased by over $34,000,000
beyond those of the corresponding seven
months in 1890 under the -operations of
the old law. None can dispute these
figures. They prove that the McKinley
bill has not injured American trade
with foreign countries. On the other -hand,
a little more than half a year's
experience with the McKinley bill has
increased our foreign trade nearly fortv-
three and a half million dollars over
what it was during the corresponding
period while the old tarifT law was in
operation. We have said before that
partisanship should not be mixed up
with the discussion of the tariff ques
tion. We . should 8,11 be good enough
Americans to support any policy which
helps our business interests, no matter
company furnished the adviser with a whether or not there is a partisan out-
HALMACEDA ALIV
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Report of Balmaceda's suicide
Claimed to be False.
Is
OPPOSED TO HOME RI LE.
Protectant Irish of the North Preparing
to Defeat Home Rule.
Dcblin, Oct. 15. According to advices
from Londonderry aud other places in
the north of Ireland the Protestent pop
ulation of the north is very much roused
on the subject of Irish home rule, in
.view of the liberal confidence of success
in the general election. lne Orange
lodges are thronged with candidates for
admission, and the amount of drill
ing that is going on is greater- than in
many years belore. it is said that
Protestant opponents ot home rule are
organizing, associations numbering at
least 80,000 capable ot carrying arms.
There is no concealment of their inten
tion to offer violent resistance to the rule
of an Irish parliment dominated, as
they claim it would be, by the Roman
Catholic hierarchy.
Hung: by a Mob.
Norfolk, W. V., Oct. 16. George
Dyer is under" arrest in Eastville for the
murder of Mrs. Fannie Tadden, of Cape
Charles City, has, been taken from
jail and Iranged by a mob.
Silk Doty to be Abolished.
Rome, Oct. 16. The report is con
firmed that the government at the open
ing of the cnamDer proposes
the duty on raw sllk.-
to abolish
The Storm Over.
' London, Oct. 16. Several -yjssal
which have arrived at English, ports
seeking shelter from the storm, are in a
pitable condition. The storm is now
over.
,A Schooner
Boston, ;Oct. 16. The schooner Ke
; becca Tulane, of Boston, carrying a crew
j of seven men is doubtless lost with all
on board.
j The Methodist Council.
j Wasihxgtox, Oct. 16. The Ecumen
j ical council today adopted the resolu
jtion in relation to Methodists federa
: tion. "
. Balmaceda's Last Letter.
Valparaiso,. Chili, Oct. 15. A Jetter
of Balmaceda to his mother, written
only a few hours before he committed
suicide, has just been made public. It
is as follows: "Dear Mother: I go on
along journey. No time iemains'iri
which to bid you farewell. My impla
cable enemies will not now succeed in
condemning me. The only thing I re
commend is that you maintain your
religious faith. Your son, Manuel."
Procurator Faz, who was supposed to
have been shot on the day the junta cap
tured Valparaiso, is alive after all. . He
is now in jail. With Other political
prisoners of prominence, he will pe tried
bv the tribunals-
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- What a Democratic Victory Means.
Columbus, O., Oct. 17. A democratic
success in the legislative elections this
fall, it is generally conceded, would
mean the enactment of a law providing
for the choosing of presidential electors
by congressional districts. This would
practically throw Ohio into tKe demo
cratic column in the electorial college, as
by the present system of districts, which
would, of course, be retained, fiteen of
the twenty-one districts are democratic.
So it is plain that there is more in the
Ohio campaign than the election of gov-
Demccrats Apparently Concede McKin
ley' Election.
A special telegram from Columbus,
October 12, to the Chicago Inler-Oeean,
gives this statement :
' The impression that has prevailed to a
marked degree during the past few days
that the democratic managers have given
up all hopes of carrying Governor Cam
pbell through has now grown to a posi
tive belief. This belief ha already be
come general, distinctively upon the
boards in the pool rooms. Last week
propositions were posted, "$100 to $80
that McKinley is elected." The propo
sition today read, v'$100 to $70 that Mc
Kinley is a winner." ,
It is learned tonight that no takers have
put'in an appearance, at these figures
and none are expected, although certain
sporting men have offered premiums- at
these figures and want to put up a few
thousand. One gentleman received
$1000 from Chicago to bank on McKinley
at the beet figures. "But," added the
Chicago man, "bank regardless."
A dispatch from Cincinnati tonight
gives quotations as follows: "McKin
ley, $100 ; Campbell, $50, and business
decidedly dull. Democrats refuse to bid
except on majority."
There is an air of depression about
the democratic headquarters, and there
is every indication that the heavyweights
of the democracy are at the present
moment conducting a secret gum-shoe
campaign in the sagebusb in the hope of
capturing legislative and -senatorial dis
tricts from under the noses of republi
cans. This scheme came nigh, succeed
ing six years ago, and it is not probable
that they will be surprised this year.
The campaign of McKinley, Sherman
and Foraker, to say nothing of ether
campaigners, nas Deen -too spirited
admit ot surprises.
To Exhibit the Militia.
Washington, Oct'. 17. General Miles
in his annual report recommends that
the national guard of the country be
mobilized or assembled at the World's
Columbian Exposition in 1803, and that
congress be requested to make an
appropriation to pay the cost of trans
portation. A Big- Snap for Chicago.
Saticoy, Calf., Oct. 17. The first sol id
bean train, consisting of twelve cars,
leaves Saticoy today, consigned to
Porter Bros, company, Chicago. It was
shipped by the Farmers Alliance of
Ventura county. This train runs
through to its destination- as a f pecial
train.
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BLAINE AND THE U'KINLEY HILL.
He .Is.
He Writes an Ohio Editor That
- In Full Smpathy With It.
New Yobk, Oct. 16. An Ohio editor
having . written Mr. . Blaine that the
democratic papers were parading him as
an opponent of the . McKinley bill, he
replies under date of Augusta, Me., Oct.
14, to John Hopy, editor of the Journal
' An Earthquake Shock. '
Kx-Kln Milan of Serrla Has Spent all NASHVILLE. Oct. 16. A slight shock ! of Bllcyrus, O., BS follows :
His Money Again. .- . j of earthquake was felt in the eastern j "You inform me the democratic paper
Loxdox,OcL 15. It seems impossible part of this city last evening. ' , n yoar town and many democratic
A Burtal Negro Who Assaulted Two
Women Captured and Lynched. .
MaCox, Ga., Oct. 15. Samuel
Wright, colored, was lynched on the
public road, near Helena, early this
morning, near tne place where .Mrs.
Beck and her two daughters live. One
of the girls went on a visit yesterday.
About midnight Samuel Wright broke
into the house, . knocked Mrs. Beck in
sensible, and after a desperate struggle
with Miss Ada Beck, in which" one of
her arms was broken, assaulted her. . In
jthe meantime the alarm had been spread
and nfty men pursued v right. They
found him cowering in the swamps. He
was marched back, identified by Miss
Beck, and placed under a limb, . where
he was to be hanged. He con
fessed the crime, after which he wa.s
drawn up to the noise of firing pistols.
Fully a hundred bullets were sent into
his body. When a body ot negroes un
dertook to cut the body" down today for
burial, they were notified that if -they
removed it they would share the same
fate. .- --
Only One Vote, Against It.
Elle'xsbcrg, Wash., Oct. -17, The
proposition to bond the middle irrigation
district was voted on yesterday, .and
there was pnly one vote against it in the.
entire district. . Most of the right of way
has already been - secured, and bids will
be called for as soon as the vote is can
vassed. One of the directors waited on
the Northern Pacific land officials at Ta
coma, and they readily granted the right
of way on all their lands through which
the ditch runs. Contractors are now on
the ground anxious' to bid on the work
and take the bonds in payment.
In Faror of the Eight Hour Law.
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 17. The eight
hour law was today declared constitu
tional by the judge of the district court.
A test case was made by the Central
Labor Union and it will at once be ap
pealed to the Bupreme court.
Detectives Arrested.
Charleston, W. Va., Oct. 17. Coal
miners had seventeen dectectives, on
guard at the Eaymond City mines, ar
rested, charged with being members of
any armed body, invading the state in
violation of the law, and on the charge
of carrying concealed weapons.
They are All in it.
Bridgeport, Conn., Oct. 17. All the
property in this city belonging to Clapp
Spooner, ex -vice president of the Adams
Express Company, has been attached
$750,000 in a suit brought by the express
comany. v
Could Do Without Him.
New York, Oct. 17. Holy, the de
posed president of the Adams express
company, this morning tendered his re
signation as manager of the company
which was promptly accepted. - -
Reserved the Timber".
Washington, Oct, 17. The president
today issued a proclamation reserving
from entry and settlement the tracts of
timber in Colorado known as the White
river plateau
win Take Our Meats.
Rome, Oct. 17. It is semi-officially
announced that the goyernment ' will
raise the prohibition placed upon the
importation into Italy of American
salted meats. .
Declared a Dividend.
Boston, Oct. 17. The regular month
ly dividend of two cents per share, was
declared by the Cceur d'Alene Silver
Lead Mining company, payable Novem
ber 10th. - '
A Heavy Fire.
Kingston," .N.' Y., Oct. 17. The
building of the Lawrence Cement -com
pany at Bonnewater was totally burned
last night. The loss is $300,000. Insur
ance $100,000.
Will Prohibit Wheat Exportation.
Loxdox, Oct. 17. Special to the Times
from Miplowitz, in Prussian Silesia, says
the Russian authorities will prohibit the
exportation of wheat at the end of the
month,., -: -.
Killed by a Boiler Explosion.
Jackson, Miss., Oct. 17, At. Clarksburg-,
a saw mill boiler exploded, killing
Sam Harold and Ephriam Bailey, and
mortally, woundipg Allen Lindsley.
A. Weil-Known Author' Dead.
-Nbwbvbv Port, Mass., Orti 17.
James Parton, a well-known author,
died this morning. - '--
DETROIT TIN PLATE.
The Steel Plates are Made la Pittsburg
and Finished In Michigan.
. Detroit has a tin plate factory which
has bean in operation for the pas? year.
Cixcisxati, Ohio, Oct. 19. Dr. Fran
cis Rivers and Signor Carlos del Rio,
late of the military staff of President
Balmaceda in Chili, arrived here yester
day, enroute for New York.
They said that Balmaceda ia not dead,
all reports of suicide to the contrary
notwithstanding, and they expected to
meet him in New York or in Europe.
Want a Free Delivery.
New York. Oct. 19. An organized
effort ia under way among the farmers
to secure a free mail delivery in country
towns. The farmers alii ance, patrons of
industry and other orders are canvassing
the matter. Letters are being written
to congressmen in favor of the project
and petitions to congress are being circu
lated in different parts of the country,
The farmers assert that daily mail de
livery at their doors, will increase the
money value of their farms and still
more because it will keep them in reach
with the the markets and the outside
world.
The Effect of the Late Storm In Ireland
London, Oct. 19. The hurricane
which prevailed on the west coast of
Ireland for several days past is pro
nounced to be the worst storm known in
that part of the country in twenty years.
The river Shannon overflowed its banks
and submerged the large quantities of
land in its vicinity, drowning a consider
able number . of cattle and sheep, and
destroying several houses and many
barns and other buildings. '
The Farmers' Alliance on the Decline.
Baltimore, Oct. 19. Ex-LTnited
States Senator Wade Hampton, who ia
visiting here, in an interview with a
Sun reporter says the farmers' alliance
ib rapidly disintegrating in the south,
and that within the next four years it
will entirely disappear. The people, he
says, are rapidly awakening to the ab
surdity of the demands the organization
has promulgated.
Accidental Death.
Portland, Oct. 19w The dead body
of N. S. G rover was found lying on some
logs this morning. There was a severe
wound on his head. . It is supposed that
Groves while intoxicated fell from the
wharf and struck on the log below on
his head. Groves was a young man un
married and was connected with the
Oregon 'Exprest and Weekly Alliance. "
Want Tha American Hog. .
Chicago, Oct.' 19. A Washington
special says : Secretary Rusk received a
dispatch from President Cantencin, of
the Italian chamber of commerce of
New York, announcing that he had re
ceived advices from Rome that the min
istry had unanimously decided to abolish
the decree shutting out the American
pork. -
The. Methodist Increase.
Washington, Oct. 19, At today'a ses
sion of the ecumenical Methodist counsel
the committee on Methodist statistics
reported that since the London ecumen
ical council there has been an increase
of thirty per cent, in Methodist believers.
The report shows: ministers, 42,695;
members, 6,495,399 ; and adherents, 25,-
387.
Foreign Notes.
New York, Oct. 19. Steamers arriv
ing from Europe today and yesterday
brought in $550,000 in gold.
Dispatches from Bermuda to the Sig
nal officer of this city announces that a
severe cyclone storm, dangerous to ship
ping is raging at Bermuda. .
More World's Fair Agitation.
Buffalo, Oct. 19. At this morning's
session of the general Lutheran church
a resolution calling on the United States
commission of the world's fair to close
the great exposition Sunday was unani
mously adopted.
Weather Forecast.
Sax Fbaxcisco, Oct. 19. Forecast
for Oregon and Washington: Light
rains in extreme northwestern Washing
ton. an Francisco Wheat Market. -
San Francisco, October 19. Wheat,
buyer, '91, 1.72,4', season 1.80. .
Portland Wheat Market.
PoBTLASD.October 19.Wheat .valley,
1.50; Walla Walla. L40(31.42J.
special car for the trip to The Dalles?
The report of Mr. Bogue dismisses the
line on the south side as. unworthy of
serious consideration, alleging that for
much of the distance it would be within
the "limits of the Union Pacific road
and at several points would practically
parallel that line." And what if it
should? Admitting that the Un ion Pa
cine nave oeen granted a right ot way
200 feet broad does it follow that they
could not be compelled to surrender as
much as would be needed to build
another road when it could be proved
that the part needed is going to be put
to a greater public benefit than the
Union Pacific is going to put it to? Be
sides the same objection applies with
equal if not greater force to the line
recommended by Mr. Bogue. The Paul
Mohr company owns the right of way
over the whole nine miles from the big
eddy to a point opposite Celilo, and
portage built there would necessarily
occupy, according to Mr. Bogue himself
at least half the distance of this right of
way. Honors are therefore easy no mat
ter which of these two lines should be
adopted, while the Paul Mohr company,
anxious to sell its elephant to the cham
ber of commerce says, "Yon have got to
accept our proposition or face a lawsuit
for right of way." Then as to the cost
of the several lines. Leaving out the
Paul Mohr line and that surveyed by
Lieut. Norton, Mr. Bogue estimates the
line from Big Eddy. to a point opposite
Celilo at $347,000, and the line on the
Oregon side from a point below Three
Mile rapids to Celilo at $400,000, or $53,
000 more. The majority report referring
to the estimated cost of the road on the
Washington side says, "This estimate is
made on a basis of $18,000 per mile, cost
of construction, while the sa ue engineer
for a piece of road, on the Oregon side,
which, we are informed, ia not much if
any more difficult of construction, esti
mate the cost at $25,000 psr viiU." This
is a curious admission; . very. Why
should a road on the Oregon side, "not
more difficult of construction" than on
the Washington side, be estimated' at
$7,000 a mile more? If the one on this
side is no more difficult of construction
than the other, let the estimate be the
same and this would reduce the Oregon
road to $323,000, or $24,000 cheaper than
any of the four proposed routes, and yet
the chamber of enmmerce voted an ap
proval of the Paul Mohr scheme that is
estimated to cost $640,000 and be built
in Washington largely by Oregon money.
After all, however, a vote is a harmless
thing and this particular vote especially
so. Portland capitalists are still too
much interested in the Union Pacific to
be very anxious for a formidable opposi
tion. Portland would like an open river,
that ts, if somebody else would put up
the money to open it. The only hope
the Chronicle sees ahead is in the next
legislature. Let Eastern Oregon make
the question of an appropriation - the
burning question of the next campaign
without respect to party and we'll get:
it, for all the rest of Oregon will help ua.
THE M'KINLEY BILL.
When the McKinley bill was being
cry against it.' The results of the Mc
Kinley bill justify the arguments in its
favor. If they had beeu otherwise we
should not have hesitated to say so.
Frank Leslie's.
A FACT AND A PROPHECY.
According to a report from Washing-.
ton the $435,000 appropriated by last
congress for the construction of the the
Cascade locks will be exhausted by the
1st of January next. Then the little
army of laborers will lay down their
picks and shovels and disappear amidst
the winters shadows and the array of
clerks will lay down their fabers and the
cots will be folded up in the bunk house,
and the donkey engine will be put in
his little crib and Major Handbury will
write a long report to Washington tell
ing the authorities that ten thousand
million feet of concrete has been laid
and twenty thousand million cubic . feeiacj '
of rock has been built and that if conV
gress will only give him enough moiq
the canal will be open to Priest rapids
by next fall. And then the dispatches
will fairly shriek about the" big appro-
priation that is just going to be made in
a week or two and congress will jaw and
-1.1 il 1 r .
ugiii uu me closing nours oi tne session X
and maybe it will give something and
maybe it wont. But in case it grants an
appropriation the army of government ;
clerks will, resume their fabers and the
engineers will squint through their in
struments and write something in a little
book. Then a big new map will be
made showing the changes from all
previous plans, rendered necessary by
unforeseen difficulties and new estimates
will be made to meet these difficulties,
and the cots in the bunk house will lie
unfolded and the distant hills will echo
back the bray of the donkey engine and t
the water will be pumped-out of the
canal, the laborers will resume their
pick and shovels and a little more
cement will be put in the bottom of the
canal and a few rocks will be taken out
and a few put in and then the appropri
ation will be exhausted and a new ap
propriation called for, and the solons of
Washington will answer the suckers of
Oregon that it's coming right away, con
gress will jaw and fight and maybe we'll
get it and maybe we wont, and likely
nough we'll be dead before it comes and
then we wont care whether it comes or
not. Thus it will go on and on ad
uauseam, ad infinitum, in tecum secu
lonim. Amen.
REVISION. NEEDED.
-Chicago Wheat Market.
Chicago, October 19. Close,
steady; cash, S4J,.
discussed last year, the main argument
against it was that it would restrict our
foreign trade; that the levying of in
creased protective duties would keep out
foreign goods and that, as a result, for
eigners would buy leas of ouragircnltural
and manufactured products. This was
the argument and the public was asked
to wait and see if results did not justify
it. Now, as to the results : The official
statement issued by the bureau of statis
tics at Washington, comparing exports
and impra for the seven months ended
July ' 31, I891.nnder the operations of
the McKinley biHr with the corresnpnd
ing seven months of 1890 under the
operations of the old tariff law, baa just
been printed. Figures are dry reading
bnt it is necessary to understand them
in order to comfcjrehend results and we
ask our readers impartially to review
the figures and base their own judgment
upon them. Tbey show that during the
seven months ended July 31, 1891, under
the McKinley bill, this country imported
$11,000,000 more of merchandise than
during the corresponding eeven months
of the preceding year under the opera
tions of the old tariff law. During the
seven months of this year fifty per cent,
or one half of the merchandise imported
was admitted free of duty ; while during
the corresponding seven months of 1890,
under the tariff law, only thirty-three
per cent, of the total imports was ad
mitted free of duty. So that the Mc
Kinley bill, during the seven months of
its operation for which we have official,
statistics, resulted in increasing the vol
ume of imports by $11,000,000 and ad
mitting seventeen per cent, more of for
eign imports free of duty than were ad
mitted under the operations of the
former tariff bill. Are these statements
denied? Foreign trade, so far aa im-
The assessment rolls of several coun
ties in the state of Washington, some of
which have tiro and three .national
banks aud numerous rich men, fail to
return a dollar of money, while others
return the pitiful sum of a thousand dol
lars or so. Newspapers of the calamity
stripe attribute all this to the settled de
termination of the rich to make the poor
pay all the taxes aud one of them vigor
ously calls on his countrymen to "Arise
and cast them down to hell!" But the
remedy proposed is too drastic and be
sides it is not certain that the region re
ferred to would not need considerable
enlargement, if all who are disposed to
evade the payment of taxes were sent
there at the same time. There is a bet
ter way and one more in harmony with
the charity that suffereth long and is
kind. However right it may be for the
law in general to assume all men to be
honest till they are proved guilty an
assessor must act on an entirely opposite
assumption and all taxation laws must
be based on the same principle. Not by
any irieans that all men are dishonest,
but when an assessment law is so framed
as to leave the discovery of property
that can be concealed to the honesty of
the taxpayer, dishonest men take ad
vantage of it and the honest ones pay
the taxes. This is how it is in Washing
ton. They will hot allow a man to have
his debts deducted from bis assessment
and thus the creditor escapes detection,
and can. conceal his credits with im
punity. In this regard the Oregon law
is fairer and better in every way. The
taxpayer is all jwed to deduct his bona
fide debts within the state by submitting
to the assessor the names of the credit-
. .... .
ors.. Througp this means tens oi vnous- -ands
of dollars, under the head of
money, notes and accounts," are
yearly added to the assessment roll that -
would undoubtedly be concealed but for
the fear of detection. No such fear ex
ists in Washington and the adoption of
the Oregon system, bad as it is in many .
other respects, would, to a large- extent,
remedy the evil complained of. What
Oregon needs is a law compelling the as
sors to account, on the assessment roll,
for everv dollar so deducted and, when
it is within the state, never leave the
trace of it till it is assessed to the proper
person.. -
: The Astorian savs The Dalles, Portland
& Astoria Navigation company is con-
noels were concerned, was increased. tcmplating the purchase of the WilminB
How was it with our export trade? The
passage of the SIcKiirlej bill, it was said
would not only cut down our imports,
but would .also cut down our exports,
because foreign nation8would only buy
from us if we bought from them? Offi-
wheati j cinl figures for the seven months men
' tioned show that during that period in
ton and placing her on the route be
tween Portland and San Francisco.
That's nothing. According to the Tele
gram Portland is going to submit to a
committee of. Dalles school boys the
question of opening the Columbia river
and it ia reported here that the D. P. &
A. N. company is going to put a steamer
on the Willamette to relieve the nccessi.
ties of the poor people of that valley.
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