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THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1891.
NUMBER 46.
VOL. 1.
A DEFAULTING TELLER.
He Gets Away With $100,000 of the
Bank's Money No Arrests
Have Been Made.
An
Entire Boat .Crew Drowned Land
Opened for Settlement -Information
on the Chilian Trouble.
Will
Put on a Line of Steamers
Another Stage Robbery A
Railroad Wreck.
New Orleans, Oct. 23. Everything
is quiet at the Louisiana National bank
this morning, and np to noon no arrests
bad been made, and there is soi 'o
doubt as to whether there will be any.
In an interview with Morns, presi-
dent.of the clearing house, this morning
regarding Garcia's defalcation, he said :
"Eugene F. Garcia,- paying teller of the
Louisiana National bank, is a defaulter
in the sum of $190,000. . It was first dis
covered on the 8th of October, but the
full extent of the defalcation was on ly
demonstrated on the 17th."
: An Entire Boat's Crew Drowned.
Pabis, Oct. 23. Advices from Brest
announce that the long boa of the Aus
terlitz, a French government training
ship, manned by twelve boys and two
quartermasters, was capsized today, in a
dangerous spot in- the entrance harbor.
It was blowing half a gale at the time,
and though efforts were made to rescue
the long boat's crew, the latter must
have sunk almost instantly, for not one
has been seen since.
Land Opened for Settlement.
Washington, Oct. 23. Commissioner
Carter of the General Land office sent
an order to the register and receiver of
the United States land office at Ashland,
Wisconsin, giving notice that Monday,
I November . 2nd next, all lands in that
district held for indemnity purposes,
for the benefit of the Chicago, St. Paul,
. Minneapolis AJOmaha railroad company
will be restored to settlement and entry.
Much of the land is said to be valuable
for its timber. .
Additional Information Received.
Washington,. Oct. 23. A cablegram
has been received at the navy depart
ment from Captain Schley, commanding
the United States steamer Baltimore, at
Valparaiso, Chili, giving additional de
tails of the fight between- the American
nd Chilian sailors in which one of the
former was killed. He asserts briefly
that the fight was caused totally by the
Chilians who made an attack upon the
American sailors without any provoca
tion. . '
Will Pat on a Line of Steamers.
.Victoria, B. O. Cct. 23. The Cana
dian Pacific Navigation company of Vic
toria is arranged' with the Canadian
Pacific railway to ran a line of steamers
an connection with that railway, to
Alaska and British ' Columbia points,
which will compete with the Northern
Pacific coast company's steamers ior
the tourist business.
. Another Stage Robbery.
Redding, Calif., Oct. ' 23. Another
stage robbery occurred last night, mak
ing the third one this week. The Bed
ding and Alturas stage was held up this
aide of Leighton, six miles from Bedding.
The Bobbers were masked and armed
' with shotguns and pistols. Wells,
Fargo & Co.'s box and the mail was
robbed of $200 was'taken from the box.
The driver was robbed of $5. -
Another Railroad Wreck.
"Lake City, Iowa, Oct. 23. A terrible
collision occurred last night between
two heavy freight trains on a branch
of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad.
Both trains were wrecked. Mr. Hoy
den and George Stein, brakemen, were
instantly killed, and Engineers Collins
nd McAllister are probably fatally in
jured. ' '.:'
Better Outlook for Russia.
St- Petersburg, Oct. 23. Plentiful
' rains are falling in the southern province
of Russia, which are completely chang
ing the prospects, for next year's crop.
The work of plowing and sowing is pro
reeding with vigor and the peasants no
longer despair of a good yield from their
.fields.
Out on Ball.
. Sacramento, . Oct.' 23. El wood
Breener of this city, who was indicted
by the San Francisco county grand jury,
charged with perjury and malfeasance
in office, was arrested today. Upon
furnishing the required bonds he was
released.
- A Supposed Great Northern Deal.
Omaha, Oct. 23. The' Pacific Short
Line was this morning sold to represen
tatives of tne Manhattan Trust company
for $2,000,000. It is understood the road
was purchased - in the interest of the
Great Northern. '
Will Have Another Chance.
Charleston, S. C, Oct. 23. Ten
negroes convicted of the murder of
Thornton Nance, and sentenced to be
hanged at Laureno today, were re
prieved, pending the appeal of the case
to the supreme court.
Got the Honor.
"Bebmn, Oct. 23. The committee of
k-the international exhibition of arts at
? Berlin for 1891, awarded a society of
American wood engravers of New York
City the great diploma of honor. .
ut at Train Bobbers Captured.
San Antonio, Tex.j Oct, 22. D. Lud
low, Pacific express agent in this city,
received a dispatch last night from the
agent at Langley's announcing that the
capture of four of the Southern Pacific
train robbers took place at the "7 D"
ranch on the line of Oak creek, about 100
miles north of Langley, Friday last.
The capture was made by Captain Jones
and a posse. None of the robbers of
fered resistance except John Flint, who,
after a running fight of several miles,
committed suicide in preference to sur
render. The other three robbers are
James Langstein, Jack Wellington and a
man whose name is not known. The
robbers had (800 when captured.
Fought for a Saw Hill.
Johnstown, Pa., Oct. 22. The Childs
and Lehman factions' dispute over the
right to operate a saw mill on a tract of
timber land resulted in what, for a time,
threatened to be a serious' riot. The
sheriff of Cambria county, who was en
gaged by Childs, proceeded to the dis
puted property yesterday, and ordered
his deputies to take possession of tjie
mill. He was met by forty farmers
armed with revolvers, guns, pitchforks,
and every conceivable- weapon. The
first man to cross the line was knocked
senseless, and the order was then given
to the farmers to fire. Before this move,
however, the shentTB little party re-
treated, and tne farmers are now in
possession. The Childs faction will now
have recourse to law. In the meantime
the farmers will guard the property, and
threaten bloodshed if interfered with.
An Insane Woman Drowned.
San Francisco, Oct. 22. At Olema,
Mrs. Pendergast, wife of James Pender-
gast, was drowned in Tomales bay yes
terday afternoon. Mrs. Pendergast' has
been for many years subject to spells of
insanity, and at times would get beyond
control. In the afternoon yesterday she
and her nurse, who was her constant
companion, took a drive. On the way
sho was taken with one of these spells,
grabbed the lines from ber attendant,
applied the whip to the horses, and
drove down a steep declivity into the
bay. Mrs. Pendergast was drowned,
hat the nurse was rescued. She is in a
critical condition, however, having been
injured in the descent.
Wine Merchants Indicted.
San Francisco, Oct. 22. Bamberger
& Keinpfor, wine merchants, were ar
raigned before Judgh Wallace this morn
ing on an inditement found some days
ago by the grand jury, charging, them
with having obtained money by false
pretenses. Their counsel asked for
further time in which to plead, as he
wished to fully inform himself concern
ing the allegations set forth in the in
dictments, On motion of the district
attorney they were allowed to plead not
guilty with the right to withdraw, the
plea and make another within a week.
Death Caused by Carelessness.
New York, Oct. 22. Isaac William
Lore, 43 years old, formerly a broker and
member of the Seventh regiment, met'
with a horrible death at the Blooming
dale asylum last Saturday. It is alleged
that Mr. Lore, during the temporary ab
sence of his attendant, plunged into a
bathtub filled with boiling water, and re
ceived injuries which caused his death.
The asylum authorities, with the aid of
the coroner, tried to keep the matter
secret even failing to inform the dead
man's family of the cause of death.
A Mining; Secretary Arrested.
- London, Oct. 22. At an examination
in bankruptcy proceedings today of the
directors and other officials of the Gold
Queen Mining company, organized to
acquire mining land in the state of Col-
orads, United States, Thomas Gilbert,
secretary of the company, gave evidence
before- the court. Immediately after
taking Gilbert' testimony he was ar
rested upon the charge of misappropria
ting the company's funds.
Got Oft Very Luck j. '
San Diego, Cal., Oct. 22. The trial of
Wilson, another of the alleged deputy
United States marshals concerned in the
killing of Sailor Brown of the Charles
ton, during the riot in the streets of this
city several months ago, has resulted in
the jurv bringing in a verdict of acquit-
1 1 f." . T A A A " .
uu, alter Demg out twenty minutes.
P.rppH love wan found imiltv of man
slaughter a few days ago, and a similar
verdict was looked for by many people
in this case.
An Insurgent Leader In JalK '
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 22. A special
dispatch from St. Joseph, Mo., says:
Garzia. the Mexican insurgent leader, is
thought to be in jail at the little town of
Marysville, Nodaway county, Mo.
What he is imprisoned there for cannot
be learned. Colonel Bailey, an attorney
of Victoria, Tex., who is in St. Joseph,
said be was going to Marysville to hare
his client released, 11 possible, on a writ
of habeas corpus.
To Resist the Russian Adrance.
Vienna, Oct! 22. The Roumanian war
office has caused to be detailed small
bodies of infantry with an . occasional
battery of artillery at intervals along the
banks of the Fruth, and the Roumanian
side of the stream is closely patrolled by
sentinels. The object is not so much to
prevent Russia's crossing as to uphold
the rights of Roumania by" offering at
least a firm resistance to the Russian
advance.
A California Assmblyman Indicted.
Sacramento, Cal., Oct. 22. Elwood
Bruner, assemblyman, was indicted yes
terday by the grand jury of San Fran
cisco county, on charges of malfeasance
and perjury. He was seen today in con
sultation with his brother. He declined
to be interviewed regarding the indict
ment and was also non-committal as to
the course he would pursue in the mat
ter. County Courthouse Burned.
Childress, Tex., Oct. -22. The new
$40,000 courthouse was burned to the
ground yesterday morning. It is sup
posed to be the work of an incendiary.
The insurance is $10,000. All the county
records of both Childress and Cotell
counties are a total loss, and it will
cause untold trouble to replace them.
They Blew Out the Gas.
New York, Oct. 22. Two unknown
Russians, lately arrived, were found
dead in bed this morning, asphyxiated
by gas.
CONTINUED SUFFERING
The Condition of the Russian People
Not Improved. Approaching Win
ter Increases the Suffering.
The Ameriean Sailors Having Trouble
With the Chilian Authorities Chi
namen Starving.
A Large Petition to the Czar Continued
Floods in England The Searles
Will Case Appealed.
London, Oct. 24. A St. Petersburg
correspondent to the Standard says
"With the approach of frost comes 1
renewal of distress. Novasti estimate
that twenty million people are without
food. Statistics prove conclusively that
in many places speculators get exorbi
tant prices. The corn merchants of the
village of Kaltaks or Usurr are charged
with the responsibility for the extortion.
The Samara paper declares that the Jews
are angels compared with the Koolaks,
who are in the habit of reducing those
in their power to the lowest stage of
poverty. Incidents showing the terrible
distress of the people continue to be re
corded. A poor women of Ratchino, on
returning home from a neighboring vil
lage, whither she had gone to try to
purchase food, found all the children
dead. A post morten examination be
ing made, found their stomachs were
found filled with rags and earth. Many
villages are deserted in the district of
Porm. One half of the population of
Reasan has died of hunger or disease
an odious traffic is carried on in women's
hair, the best heads realizing a crown
apiece.
NEWS FROM CHILI.
American Sailors Having Anything But
a Good Time In That Country.
Washington, Oct. 24. Secretary
Tracy eaid this morning that a further
study of the cipher dispatches received
from Captain Schley, of the Baltimore,
last Thursday, in regard to the recent
assault on American sailors at Valpa
raiso, showed that in addition to the
killing of one . man and the serious
wounding of six others, thirty-five
other American seamen were arretted
and detained by the Chilian authorities
at the same time, and they were after
wards examined and dismissed, there
being . no proof that they had been
guilty of any misbehavior. It also ap
pears now up to the date of Captain
Schley's report that the Chilian author
ities had taken no steps to arrest and
punish any Chilians responsible for the
affair.,
An official thoroughly- familiar with
all the facts in the possession of the
government in regard to the Valparaiso
affair, pointed out this morning that
it was altogether different in its ma
terial features from the Italian affairs at
New Orleans. The men attacked wore
the uniform of United States govern
ment, and were attacked simply because
they were Americans.
Secretary Tracy had an interview
with the president this morning in re
gard to the matter, but refuses posi
tively to say what plan of action had
been agreed upon. - It is known that the
administration regaids the situation as
most serions. . While no other vessels
have been ordered to proceed to -Chili
to enforce the demand for reparation
that will probably be made, it is likely
the naval force in the Chilian water
will be speedily reinforced, unless this
government receives a proper assurance
from the Chilian government that
proper justice willl be meted out to the
offenders. .
Minister Egan has been advised of
the views of the administration, but the
exact nature of the messages sent him
cannot be ascertained.
Chinamen Starring in Vancouver.
Chicago, Oct. 24. Treasury' Agent
Scan Ion, today says he received advices
to the effect that there are ten thousand
celestials in Vancouver and along the
line of the Canadian Pacific Railroad,
who are suffering for want of food.
Scanlon believes the Canadian govern
ment is assisting the celestials into the
country in order to get the $50 per head
tbey are compelled to pay the govern
ment. Germany Preparing to Exhibit.
Berlin, Oct. 22. Herr Wrermuth, the
German commissioner to the Columbian
Exposition in Chicago, is about to start
on a tour to the commercial centers of
Germany, to explain the plans of the ex
position and urge a full exhibition of
German industrial products.
Continued Floods in England.
London, Oct: 24. The Hooded districts
of England show no signs of improve
ment. The Thames has risen 2 feet
during the night. Two children were
drowned by the flood at Northampton.
The Searles Will Case Appealed.
Salem, Mass., Oct. 24. In the Searles
will case today, the hearing closed.
The will was allowed, and a notice of
appeal was given..
Tbey Blew out the Gas,
Terrk Haute, Oot. 24. Lucy Jewett
and Sarah Pralher, of Paris, 111., were
both found dead in bed at an hotel this
morning, tbey blew out the gas.
Queen Victoria Seriously III.
New York, Oct. 24. It is rumored
here that Queea Victoria is 111 and can
not live through the night. .
TRYING 'TO GET EVEN.
William Gordon-Cum mlng Paying Back
His Baccarat Game. ..
London, Oct. 23. The protest of Sir
William Gordon-Cumming against the
appropriation of money for the enter
tainment of the Duke and Duchess of
Fife at Elgin, has excited a lively row in
the Scotch burg, w;here the bead of the
Cumming family nether outrivals Queen
Victoria in popular regard. Sir William
is considerable of a property-owner in
Elgin, and can, therefore, support his
protest by legal measures If necessary,
while the fact that neither the duke nor
the duchess are of the queen's immediate
family takes away the excuse of loyalty
for the proposed expenditure. The
Cummings, like other Scottish chieftains,
are noted for the tenacity of their hatred
and devotion, and it is believed that the
Prince of Wales will not be together
without anxietv over this evidence of
the bitterness of his former favorite.
GERMAN PRINTERS.
They Will go out on a General Strike
for Wages Tomorrow.
Berlin, Oot. 23. Meetings of printers
employed in Breslau and in.Leipsic were
held today in those cities, and -prepara
tions made for a general strike of Ger
man printers, which seems to be de
termined upon for tomorrow. At the
Breslau and Leipsic meetings the print
ers resolved to give their support to a
resolution arrived at by the printers of
this city. Yesterday this resolution was
voies by 4000 Berlin printers, who de
cided to ask their union to order a gen
eral strike in case of the refusal of e m-
ployers to grant them a working day of
nine hours and an advance of 33 per
cent, in wages. " It is generally admitted
a wholesale strike of printers throughout
Germany will be immediately ordered
They Admire our Enterprise.
London, Oct. 23. There is published
today an elaborate report of Sir Henry
Wood and James Dredge, British com
missioners, who recently returned here
from visiting the site of the world's fair
at Chicago. The leport recommends the
erection of a handsome building on the
site provided for the exhibit of Great
Britain, and commends the courtesy of
President Harrison and Secretary Foster
and all the exposition officials whom the
.British, commission met. lhe commis
sioners, it appears, are much impressed
with the manner in which the important
work at Chicago is undertaken, and they
say there is no doubt of the ultimate
success of the fair.
.Result of the Chilian Election. c
New York, Oct. 23. The ITerald'i
cable dispatch from Valparaiso this
morning say that the total results of
the present elections show that the
different parties combined under the
name of liberals have elected fifty-five
deputies, while the conservative clericals
have elected thirty-five. ' One dictatorial
deputy has also been elected. Promi
nent among those elected are: Carlos,
Walker, Martinez,- Pedro . Montt and
Ricardo L. Trumbull. The last two are
well known in the United States, Montt
as the representative of the junta at
Washington, and Trumbull for his con
nection with the late Itata affair.
Two Much Wine and Poker.
St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 23. Louis S.
Wilde, teller of the St. Paul Trust Com
pany, was found by the officers of the
company this morning to be a defaulter
in the sum of $3000. He is also largely
in debt to merchants of the city. He is
said to have been running with a fast
set lately, and a large part of the money
went for poker and wme. Wilde went
011 his regular vacation to the home of
his parents at .Locfcport, JN. 1., early in
September, but has failed to return.
The loss falls upon the American Surety
Company, which was on Wilde's bond.
Heavy Inundations in England.
London, Oct. ?3. In addition to the
inundations in the neighborhood of the
Thames river, the Medway has been
swollen by heavy rains. It has over
flowed its banks and submerged vast
tracts of country in Kept. At Maidstone
the inundations are of vast descriptions,
and the outlook is that there will be con
siderable damage of like nature at Tun
bridge Wells.
' A Large ' Petition.
Boston, Oct. 24. A circular has been
issued from the office of the Lend-a-hand
magazine, edited by Rev. Dr. Edward
Everett Hale, in which it is stated that
petition to the czar of Russia in re
gard to bis treatment of the Siberian
exiles has been, signed by more than a
million citizens of this country.
Arming Police With Rifles.
Berlin, Oct. 23. The arming of the
police with carbines, which virtually
converts them into a regular soldiery, is
due to the great apprehension felt by
the authorities that the winter will be
attended by a great deal of suffering
among the poor, and perhaps by conse
quent disturbances.
The Jury Disagreed.
Portland, Oct. 24. The jury in the
case of J. W. Scott reported this morn
ing that it was unable to agree on a ver
dict. Scott, it will be remembered, acci
dentally shot and killed Christine
Strombom last July and was indicted by
the grand jury for Manslaughter.
The Rumor Denied.
London, Oct. 24. A dispatch from
Balmoral, where the queen, is now so
journing says : "lhe queen walked out
yesterday morning and in the afternoon
took her nsua! drive. The health of ber
majesty is perfect as far as known here.
To be Opened for Settlement.
Washington, Oct. 24. The president
has directed the transfer of the hay res
ervation, the coal field reservation and a
portion of the post reservation at Fort
Assinaboine, Mont., to, the secretary of
the interior for disposition under the
law.
Will Be Tried for Embesslement-
Little Rock, Oct. 24. The trial of ex
State Treasurer Woodruff for embezzles
ment has been set for Monday. '
Chicago Wheat Market.
Chicago, October 24. Close, wheat,
steady; cash, .93; December, .94?a
May, l.OOJ.ei.Ol.
COMING TO THE COAST.
A
Syndicate Representing 5,000,000
s Sending an Agent to the Sound
i Cities to Invest
Collision of two Ships Causes
Loss of one and sixteen Lives
Wet Kansas This Time.
the
Blaine has Nothing to Say on the Chil
ian Affair The English Flood
Continues.
St. Paul, Oct. 26. George N. Sims,
managing director of the Lombard Trust
company, (limited) of London and New
York, was in this city yesterday for a
short time. "I have been made repre
sentative of abont $5,000,000 of English
capital and am directedto place it where
the greatest benefit can be derived,"
said Sims. "I am not to use it for spec
ulation but to invest it in safe real
estate, factories and industries.
"It is my intention to go to Tacoma,
Seattle, Portland, Everett and other
cities along the Puget sound. I shall
probably put a great deal of money in
Everett and seaport towns, as we believe
the Panama canal will be opened in five
years and perhaps in less time. There
are two great enterprises under consid
era t ion that will affect the northwestern
interests greatly. One is the establish
ment of a line of steamers between
Puget sound and China and Japan, and
the other is the laying of a submarine
cable between the same places. The
enterprises are not fully matured, but I
can assure you they are almost certain
ties." Sims was urged to tell who were the
men back of the two great enterprises
but he refused, except in so far as stat
ing that part were Englishmen and the
others were eastern capitalists.
TWO SHIPS COLLIDE.
One Vessel Sinks Almost InstantlySix
teen People Drowned.
London, Oct. 20. The British steamer
Boston troni Cardiff for London arrived
at Falmouth after having been in collis
ion early this morning with the British
bark Charlwood from Antwerp for Val
paraiso. The Charlwood foundered, al
most immediately after the collision
with a loss of fourteen lives. Three
men were killed on board the Boston at
the time of the collision and the steam
er's bow was badly stove in. The cap
tain of the Chhrlwood, his wife son and
governess and stewardess, together with
all the barks' officers and six of her sea
men, a total of sixteen persons, were
drowned in spite of the desperate efforts
made by life-boats of the vessels which
happened to be near the scene of the col
lision to rescue them. The efforts of the
would-be life-savers were greatly hamp
ered by the darkness which prevailed at
the time of the accident. The spot
where the two vessels met is not far
from the Eddystone rocks and one and a
quarter miles from Plymouth. Only an
apprentice and the captain's daughter
were saved.
Too Much Kaln in Kansas.
Atchinson, Oct. 26. E. Q. Armsby,
cashier of the Kansas Trust and Bank
ing Co., who returned from the western
part of the state last evening said:
Unthrashed wheat in that section was
damaged from 25 to 50 per cent, on ac
count of the wet weather and poor
schocking. The grain has 'already com
menced . to grow, and many stacks are
gone.
A good deal of wheat still remains in
the stack which is ruined. The farmers
are busily engaged in tnrasmng ineir
crops, but will not get through before
the first of the year. The average of
wheat put in this fall will not be as
large as last fall.
Blaine Makes no Communication.
Washington, Oct. 24. Secretary
Blaine this morning resumed the dis
charge of his duties as secretary of state.
There appeared to be no official news at
the departments respecting the latest
phaee of the Chilian trouble. Nothing
has been received of Commdore Schley
and Secretary Blaine sent word that
there was nothing to communicate upon
the subject. 1
A Scaffolding Gave Way.
Listowel, Ont., Oct. ' 26. While
Thomos Baily and a young man named
Little were at work at the new building
of the Listowel Furniture factory this
morning the scaffold on which they J
were working gave way and precipitaied
them to the ground fifty feet below.
Both men were instantly killed.
Afraid of Free Coinage..
New York, Oct. 26. A Washington
special says : A feeling in favor of inter
national bimetalism seems to be grow
ing, and to be likely to prevail in the
European cabinets if leading European
powers can be convenced that the
United States does not intend to plunge
into free coinage.
The Anarchists Will Celebrate.
Madrid, Oct. 26. Dispatches from
Barcelona state that the anarchists of
that city are making preparations for a
grand celebration of the anniversary of
the execution at Chicago of the anarch
ists concerned in the haymarket riots,
Weather Forecast.
San Francisco, Oct. 26. Forecast
for Oregon and Washington: Rains
in Western Oregon and generally
throughout Washington,
ARMED
WITH
A HORSEWHIP.
A Furious Woman Attempts to Chastise
a Physician.
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 25. Great ex
citement was caused here tonight by
the attempt of a woman, heavily veiled,
to whip Dr. John E. Plouf, at, his office
in the Olympic block. About twenty
men who had heard that Plouf was to be
whipped stood in front of his doorway
waiting for the woman, whose identity
is kept a secret, to appear. ' She finally
drove up in a hack and sent up to the
doctor asking him to come down to her
carriage. The doctor suspected some
thing and sent back word that if the
woman wished to see him she must
come to his office. She then rushed up
stairs and knocked at the doctor's door,
A young man, who, in the meantime
had been called in, opened the door and
the infuriated woman raised herwhip as
if to strike him, and than, seeing her
mistake, called for Dr. Plof. The door
was miicklv slammed in her face, and
Dr. Plouf telephoned for the police, but
the woman lelt before they could arrive
Tne crowd 01 men standing about re
fused to tell who the woman was, al
though they claim that she was aveng
ing insults to a younger sister. The
doctor, on the other hand, claims that
the assault was instigated by T. H
Dempsev. ex-manager of the Times, who
has a fancied personal grievance against
him.
PRESUMPTUOUS CHILI.
Some. New Facts Abont the West Coast
Republic and Its Audacity.
Chicago", Oct. 24. W.' F. Burns,
native of San Francisco, lately engaged
in the secret service of the Chilian gov
ernment under Balmaceda, has been in
Chicago for nearly a week. During that
time he has been in daily communi
cation with the state department, and
Monday he will leave for Washington
for a consultation with Assistant Secre
tary V barton, which may result in
adding to the seriousness of the present
strained relations with the Chilian gov
ernment. Mr. Burns was asked about
what he thought of Minister Egan's
position in Chili. Said he :
"I don't think he can stay there,
Egan was certainly hand-in-glove with
Balmaceda, and if the junta are a lot of
scoundrels, as I believe they are, they
have the legal right to turn him back to
America. They are not afraid of this
country. None of the South American
nations are. All their dealings are with
European countries. When the United
States sent the Tallahassee, or some
other tub, to Ecuador a year or two ago,
that country sent down to Uhin to ask it
Chili would help Ecuador in a fight with
the United States. Think of that."
Mr. Burns declared with a good deal
of earnestness that he did not believe
that Balmaceda was dead. He would
not tell why. ' Mr. Burns asserts that
while in Berlin he was thrown in prison
without trial by the German police, at
the instigation 01 tne unman govern
ment, and he demanded satisfaction
from Chili and Germany. He was kept
in prison ten days till he convinced the
German officials, by showing his papers
that there was no reason lor his deten
tion. Then he started for America, and
was arrested twice before he reached the
frontier. He was held but a few hours
IGNATIUS "DONNELLY WINS.
He Secures a Nominal Verdict Against
the St. Taul -"Pioneer Press."
Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 24. The
jury in the libel suit of Ignatius Don
nelly against the Pioneer Press for $100,
000 damages tonight brought in a verdict
giving Donnelly $1, and allowing him $5
for counsel fees. The trial has probably
been the most famous in legal annals in
the Northwest. Ignatius Donnelly sued
the Pioneer Press for $100,000 actual
damages on account of the republication
af a letter from Colonel King, formerly
postmaster of the house of representa
tives, first published in the Pioneer Press
eleven years previous. It was on ac
count of allegations of bribery made in
the letter that Donnelly brought suit.
The jury was out three hours and at one
fme stood 11 to 1 in tavor 01 tne rxoneer
Press, but in view of the fact that one
tnatnnm nf allarad hriherv in concTess
could not be proved, owing to the death
of a witness, they returned the verdict
stated, making the damages purely nom
inal, solely on account of this single
failure of proof.
The English Flood Continues.
London, Oct. 26. The floods in Eng
land, the result of the recent two weeks'
successive gales, continues to do a great
amount of damage, The river Thames
in some peaces extends a mile or so be
yond its banks. The town of Eton and
many streets of Windsor are impassable
and boats are being used to convey peo
ple from house to house.
The Hawaiian Cable. "
San Francisco, Oct. 24. The United
States fish commission steamer Alba
tross, which has been employed in mak
ing soundings in. connection wun tne
proposed laying of a submarine cable
between the United States and Hawaii,
returned today, having accomplished the
object of the cruise.
. Boedlers Arrested.
Chicaoo, Oct. 26. The grand jury
this morning returned several indict
ments in the criminal court against par
ties concerned in the poor house and
insane' asylum boodle scandal,
court officials refuse to give out
names until the arrests are made.
The
the
Suspected of Murder.
Berlin, . Oct. 26. A man named
Schutze, a clerk out of employment, was
arrested on suspicion of being the mur
derer of Hedwig Nitche, the woman who
was found murdered and mutilated in
Holz market casse yesterday morning.
Ha Went to the Country.
Pitsbubg, Oct. 26. The amount of
school board Treasurer Doeflenzer's
shortage is growing, and will probably
reach $50,000. He is said to have gone
to the country but no one seems to know
bis exact whereabouts.
A Vessel Wrecked.
London, Oct. 20. The Ketch Viceroy"
has been wrecked near St. Ives on the
coast of Cornwall. Her crew is missing.
A boat with the corpse of a seaman on
board has been found.
' . HIrsch at Portland. ;"
Portland, Oct. 26. Solomon Hirsch,
United States minister to Turkey ar
rived here this morning.
San Francisco Wheat Market.
San Francisco, October 26. Wheat,
buyer, '91, 1.73i; Season 81,.
STAY WITH THE REGULATOR
Wrheat brought 82 cents a bushel at
Rockland yesterday. It brings from 80
cents down, in this market. These
priceSare from 10 to 18 cents a bushel
more than they would be if the Regula
tor was not on the river. The same
cause has effected the wheat market at
all points on the Columbia river in
Sherman county and opposite Sherman
in Washington. It is possible that 100,-
000 bushels of grain will be handled at
Rockland, 300,000 at The Dalles and
600,000 at points on the Columbia in
Sherman county and opposite. If these
estimates are nearly correct, and they
cannot be very far astray, the farmers
whose crops have come under the in
fluence of the Regulator will pocket over
$75,000 through the enhanced price of
wheat alone. But this is not all. We
can only guess what the annual income
of the Regulator will be. Whatever the
sum is placed at it will be very truthfully
represent the amount saved to the peo
ple. Let us say that her annual gross
income is only $50,000, and it ought to
be twice that amount, then there is fully
$50,000 saved to the people in freights
and passenger rates. Every pound of
sugar and coffee, every sack of salt sold
and bought in this city today, is at a lower
rate th'an they were before the Regula
tor was put on the river. Thus at a
conservative, estimate the farmers of
Wasco, Sherman and Klickitat counties
will save this year not far from $125,
000, and very possibly more, because of
the presence of the opposition. Here
then is an argument for the maintain-
ance of the new. navigation line. The
Regulator cannot live on wind or the
simple good will of the people- The
Klickitat and Wasco county farmer who
sells bis wheat to the Union Pacific's
agent thinks he is smart because he
saves from 20 to 30 cents a load by sell
ing to the agent of the Union Pacific
company. This may be very well just
now when the Regulator has nearly all
she can do but suppose it were other
wise, would these farmers be entitled
to be considered wise if they allowed the
boat to be driven off the river for lack of
patronage because of a paltry 20 or 25
cents.
OREGON AND THE WORLD'S FAIR,
The ' State Board of Commerce - has
started in earnest to raise the sum of
$25,000 for a suitable display at the
world's fair. Charles H. .Dodd, presi
dent of the board has addressed an open
letter to the people, appealing to their
patriotism and state pride to make this
movement a success. The letter states
that something can be done with $25,000
but at least $100,000 ought to be ex
pended in preparing for a creditable ex
hibit and in caring for it during the six
months' continuance of the exposition.
Our neighboring state 011 the south has
appropriated $300,000 and our infant
neighbor on the north $100,000 of public
money for"the purpose. A vigorous can
vass of the state will be made by W. H,
H. Grant, the accredited agent of the
board and unless $25,000 can be raised
within' a reasonable time the effort will
be abandoned. Less than that sum, it
is thought, would not produce results
which would be otherwise than mortify
tng to the pric"e of every Oregonian.
Notes of hand will be received payable
in six months after date, conditioned
that all subscriptions are contingent on
the aggregate amount so raised, being at
least $25,000, otherwise all such notes
shall be void and of no effect. Unless
this movement shall meet with success
it is more than probable that all efforts
to have onr state, represented at the
world's fair will be abandoned and Ore-
gonians visiting the great show will have
the mortification of finding that owing
to the cussed penurionsness and moss
backisin of the people the great state of
Oregon wasn't in it.
CALAMITY HOWLERS.
The "reform" papers are giving out
some pretty heavy denunciations against
men who loan out money on interest and
the thunders of the Sinai and the curses
of the prophets are invoked against
them. The Actional Reformer says :
Interest is our great natioual sin, the
curse of the land as it was in the days of
Nehemiah, and, as in those days, the
people are in sore distress, lhey have
mortgaged their farms and their sons
and daughters are bound in industrial
slavery. The wail of the poor is heard
throughout the land. The hand of op
pression is upon the people. Aged pen
are bowing in prayer and asking Sd's
interposition in behalf of the impover
ished people. Women with tears in
their eyes behold their children growing
up in ignorance and clothed in rags are
imploring divine aid. The people are
loaded with debt and interest is eating
up the profits of industry. .
Where? In Russia? No, but in our
own state of Oregon, for the quotation
receives the indorsement of a paper pub
lished in Portland. Surely the man
who could pretend that such a picture is
applicable to any part of the Pacific
Northwest, let alone Oregon, is a fit sub
ject for alunatico inquirendo. In the
name of our great and prosperous state
we protest against such calamity howlers.
OX THE FENCE.
Here is the ciol, impartial manner
with which the great ad vacate of an open
river (in a horn) treats the present death
struggle between the Regulator and the
Union Pucific. The Times-Mountaineer
of last evening sirs ;
The wheat contest on' the Washington
side still continues. It is one of those
cases in whicli the old song can be sung:
Let them both pro in .
And let the best man win.
For they're both from the happy land of Cauan.
Such indifference in such a cause is
criminal.
The subscription list of the Chronicle
is steadily increasing, and the editor has
the supreme satisfaction of knowing that
its efforts to run a paper that will take
its stand at all times with the people
and for the people, when their interests
are at state, are thankfully api rA'Iated.
The Oregonian of last Saturday con
tains the information that The Dalles,
Portland and Astoria Navigation com
pany are arranging for a steamer service
between San Francisco and Astoria or
Portland and that they have been figur
ing lately for the steamer Wilmington,
of Coos Bay fame, but have discov
ered that she cannot lie had. ".Many
Portland merchants" we . are told, "do
not think it fair for The Dalles people
to propose a new steamer line to San
Francisco and go past their doors to a
rival city in another state ior merchan
dise, especially in view of the fact that"
Mnltanomah county pays one-third of
the state taxes and consequently con
tributes one third of the $60,000 which
built the portage road, the greatest thing
ever done for Eastern Oregon and Dalles
City in particular." This is another il-'
lustration of the old adage that one has
got to go away from home to get the
news. The directors of the Navigation
company at this place know nothing of
such arrangement and they deny ever
having taken the matter into contem
plation. The whole thing is a canard,
invented most likely by some prophet of
evil who would not subscribe a dollar to
the new com nan v or help to onen tli
a. - i
river to navigation for fear that any of
the river traffic should be diverted from
tin .11 rt T.1 1 . T" .1 1 1 .
not need to be assured that The Dalles
has all the boats she can take care of at
this writing. .
It ia not the first time that an opposi
tion line of boats has been running be
tween this city and Portland and every
time the result has been of great benefit
to The Dalles. Already the effects of
the people's line are markedly felt in a
larger volume of business, in lower
prices for what the people have to buy
and higher prices for what they have to
sell. The new line must lie maintained.
It is our only salvation from the swind
ling and extortionate rates we have been
paying.for many years and whatever the
farmers may do the merchants of this
city, and we trnst of the interior also.,
will stay with the Regulator " ,
If the Chroniclf never had a mission
in the field of journolism it has one now.
The two other papers of this city are .03 -quiet
as a graveyard about the iniquit
ous efforts of the Union Pacific to drive
the Regulator off the river, and tbe in
famous alliance of one of our citizens
with that -corporation in this effort. .
Has it come to this that a little advertis
ing patronage that has to be taken out
in free rides over the road is sufficient to
shut the months of our contemporaries
concerning an outrrge that, take it with
all its associations and connections, de- .
it a n)a a "rr caa n a wi(vAn a a Ana
Peter the hermit instituted against the
godless desecrator of the holy sepulchre..
As Others Sea Us.
Under the caption, "Farmers Beware"
the Kliclitat Leader has the following:
The Union Pacific, now that they find
the Regulator is receiving the patronage
of all right thinking and far-seeing
farmers, are making strenuous efforts to .
regain their lost prcstage, but in a way
that will make farmers feel more dis
gusted than ever with the Union Pacific.
The Farmers' Alliance and Grangers of
Ulickitat valley appointed a committee
to make arrangements at Rockland for
the shipment of wheat. -They secured
the exclusive right to use the land be
longing to the Interstate conmanv near
Rockland for for handling and shipping
grain, where they placed scales, bought
a scow and bad a sbute built so that the
grain could be shipped conveniently
on bonrd the Regulater. Last week
it was rumored that the Union Pacific
intended withdrawing the Baker, but
immediatety after the appearance of Mr.
Campbell, the general freight agent, in
The Dalles the rumor was denied.
G. W. Smith and D. B. Gaunt have
been purchasing wheat in large quan
tities at Rockland for shipment by the
Regulator. An effort was made last
week hv the aerents of the Union Pacific
to purchase 2000 sacks of wheat from
them which, was stacked near the land
ing, who ottered more than it would
possibly bring at fortland by live or six
cents a bushel, with freight by the
Uuion Pacific added, - but they ' re
fused to sell unless it would be '
shipped by the Regulator. They ,
could have cleared over $100 by
the trade, but -remained true to
tnose who placed such advantages
at, the disposal of the farmer.' Find
ing themselves Darned in this, Al. A.
Moodv. who, there cannot be the shadow
of a doubt is the cat's paw for the Union
Pacific, placed scales on the Interstate
company's land at Rockland in opposi
tion to G. W. Smith and D. B. Gaunt.
Whether he will be allowed to remain
there is a question to be settled. He
sent men out on the rood to intercept
wagons coming from Klickitat valley, 1
offering two cents more a bushel than
the market price ana which- ij. v .
Smith and D. B. Gaunt were really able .
to pay. This piece of trickery drew
some of the farmers in tbe trap that was
so cunningly laid for them, and, we are :
sorry to say, were farmers from the val
ley. Had they thoroughly understood
the situation it would have made them
reflect before selling their wheat to the
Moody faction for a few cents more.
thereby sacrificing their best friends
the people of Tbe Dalles, M'ho have gone
down into their pocks and built a trans
portation line for tbe benefit of the pro- '
ducer arx artizan and in opposition to a '
railroad that rrake freight rates a bur
den. The Grangers and Farmers Alli
ance should stand solid for the new com- '
pany, for the reduction in freight is giv
ing them five to seven cents more per .'
bushel. Thanks aud success to tbe new
company. The Dalles and Klickitat
valley will save this year $25,000, which
otherwise would have been sent to swell
Jay . Gould's treasury in New York
within tne next iony nays, xne new
company up to the present time has
saved The Dalles not a cent less than
$10,000. This alone should be sufficient
reason for the entire patronage to Dalles,
Portland & Astoria Co. by those shipping
freight. Not a nickle should be allowed
to fall into the hands of such systematic
robbers as the Union Pacific-or any of
their foxy agents. Should the Union
Pacific be successful in swamping the
new company, the Regulator would have
to be withdrawn, when down goes wheat
and up goes freight, with a heavier bur
den on the fanner than ever before. So
far the Regulator has received good pat
ronage, the public at large realizing the
great benefits derived and the import
ance of supporting the new company.
They are moving daily about 100 tons of
grain and merchandise, and now that
the engine has arrived at the Cascades,
freight will be moved more expeditiously.
By supporting the Regulator the farmers
are patronizing their best interest.