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THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1891.
NUMBER 47.
VOL. 1.
V.
EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN
The Cities of Hiop and Osaka Redeye a
: Severe SliaMng Up. '
THREE HUNDRED PEOPLE KILLED.
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V And a Great Many Buildings Totaly
Destroyed.
NOTHING HEARD IN WASHINGTON.
The Japan Minister ha Heard Nothing
of the Affair A Child Burned to
Ieath.
London, Oct. 29. Dispatches have
beea received this evening from Japan
announcing that the telegraph . wires
beyond Hiogo and Osaka were tdown.
It was added there had bee an earth
quake .at Hiogo, and a .rumor was cur
rent that a great amount of property
had been destroyed and that the loss of
life was considerable. Hiogo is a sea
port town of Japan, on the island of
Hondo, and is situated about twenty
miles by rail . f rom Osaka. ' Hiogo is a
fine harbor at the head of the gulf of
Osaka, and adjacent to Kobe. It' is
lighted with gas gnd has a number of
fine public buildings. The seaport has
an extensive foreign ana coastwise
trade. -. The population in 1884 was
about 40,000 souls. Osaka is also on
the island of Hondo and on the sea
thirty-seven miles southwest of Kisto,
to which place as well as Hiogo and
Kobe railways have been built. Osaka
has a large foreign trade, arsenals, a
great castle, machine shops, city hall,
mint, college and -an academy, and is
traversed bv canals, over which are now
more than 1100 bridges, some of iron.
The city also has many theaters and
also 1900 places of worship In point of
size it is the third or fourth citv in
Japan.- bnt in social affairs, fashion,
commerce and industry, it takes the
first rank. Osaka has a population, ac
cording to the census of 1884, of about
50,000. A private telegram, dated
Hiogo, and received tonight, says a
severe shock of earthquake was ex per
ienced at Osaka, and the destruction of
both life and property was very great
So severe was the shock, that a number
of houses were thrown to the ground,
and many occupants were caught in the
falling bmldings and crashed to deatn
A large number oi persons
succeeded in
escaping from their homes only to meet
death in tne streets, mere are no
me8D8 at present of estimating the total
loss of life. In fact the details are very
meager. All the telegraph wires are
broken "in all the districts affected by
the falling poles. The private dispatch
however, states it is known that in
Osaka alone the death list contains the
names of 300 residents of that citv.
CHILD BTJBNKD TO. DEATH.
A Little Girl Who Had Been (Permitted
to Play .With Matches - .
Elgin, Or., Oct. 27. The little 4rycar
. old daughter of E. Graff was burned to
death this morning at her home near
this place. The father was absent ' from
home and the mother was in thejgarden,
when it it is supposed the little one se
cured eome matches, with which she
. has often been permitted to play, and
set fire to her dress.. The mother heard
cries of agony and immediately hastened
to the bouse, only to find her child with
her clothing almost burned from her
body. It was an hour and a half before
a physician arrived .and the child died
soon after. ".
Robert Henderson, a respected farmer
of this place, was found dead in his bed
yesterday morning. A physician was
summoned and upon examination fonnd
that he had died from an attack of para
lysis of the heart, of which he has been
troubled for some time. He was 62
years of age.
Julian, the 11-year-old son of John
Bloodaworth, was kicked by a horse to
day and his leg broken.
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Consignment of a Real Estate Ftrm. '
St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 28. The assign
ment of Bushnell & Bushncll, widely
known throughout the east and west as
leaders among real estate dealers, was
filed in the district court today. The as
signment includes that of the Standard
Investment: Company of St. Paul, of
which W. M. Bushnell is presidents W.
M. Bushnell said, after the assignment
was announced : v
We expect to go on with our business
and pay off all our liabilities.
The statement shows liabilities from
$450,000 to $500,000; assets, from $450,
000 to $600,000. A small part of the lia
bilities in held by the St. Paul banks.
The larger creditors are all ' in the east.
The failure is the result of two suits for
$5000 each, recently brought against
them in the courts here, and the garnish
ment of their bank accounts.
Ta Capture the East Const Trade.' '
Washington, Oct. 29. The Pacific
Steam Navigation company, which for
many years has had a practiealjmonopoly
of trade between the west coast of South
America and Europe, has decided to es
tablish a seperate service with the cast
coast, between the Argentine Republic
and Uruguay.' The new service was in
augurated on the 23d of October, when
the steamship Aracnnia left Liverpool
for Bahia, Bio de Janeiro,' Montevideo,
Bnenos Ayres and Roeario. - .
Eallare Canned by a Defalcation.
Pittsburg, Oct. 29. A. bill was filed
in court today, asking for the appoint
ment of a receiver for the Dexter Spring
company, of this city. The bill alleges
the company is ineolvent through the
defalcation of President Doerflinger, who
is now under arrest in Omaha. The bill
says the indebtedness will be $45,000 in
thirty days from now. -'.-
After the Mexicans.
Gcaymab, Mex., Octj30. Information
has reached this city ofc the burning of
the Mexican Village of Santa Rosa and
the massacre of several of its inhabitants
bv the Vague Indians.
A French Officer Killed in Madagascar.
Pabjs, Oct. 30. La Petit Journal to
day publishes a dispatch from Madagas
car stating that Mafnnga, an important
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most entirely burned. The loss is esti
mated at $200,000. That paper publishes
news from the same island of the massacre
bv bandits of Dr. Beseiat, chief of the
j medical staff of the French colony at
! Saburvieville, and eight native soldiers,
forming his escort. They were on their
j way to the town which was burned out,
: and while in a boat on the Betsiboka
river they were attacked and killed by
banaits, who plundered the baggage and
took possession of everything of value.
A detachment of troops has been sent in
pursuit of the bandits, but there is not
much prospect of their being captured.
A Criminal Attempt Suicide.
Xew Have.v, Conn., Oct. 30. A sen
sational attempt at suicide was made
here yesterday morning. Joseph Fan
ning, a young man who has served one
term in the prison for robbery, had been
sentenced to Wethersfield for seven
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years. ith a batch ot eigutotlier pris
oners he was leing taken to the train for
transportation to the prison. As he en
tered the door of the railroad station he
drew a knife from ' his pocket with the
arm which was free and, opening- the
blade with bis teeth, drew it sharply ac
ross his throat. He slashed again, but
his arm was held by one of the sheriffs.
The blade had skipped the jugular vein
nd he mav live. He made frantic ef
forts to tear the bandage from his throat.
but was continually watched. He was
taken to prison and placed in the hos
pital there. ',-"'
The New Company Ont of Lock.
San Francisco, Oct. 30. The steamer
Mineola, the first of the new steamer
line between Xew York and this coast,
came into port yesteruay after a rather
lone passage of seventy-two days. ! The
Mineola did not leave New York for
nearly a month after the pioneer steamer
the Keweenaw; The latter is at Val
paraiso without a propeller, having lost
it while passing through Smith's straits.
The third steamer of the line, the Macki
naw, left New York on Tuesday, but did
not go very far. Her machinery gave
out and she will have to be towed back
to New York for repairs.
OenTer Property Holders are Kxcited.
Denver, Oct. 30. Property-owners
in Denver are wrought up over a deed
offered for record. It is by Jeff Hil-
dreth to Marion E. Cole, ' transferring
to the latter 480 aci es of land in the
heart of Denver, the title to which is
claimed by right of pre-emption
Hildreth stating he settled on the land
thirty-two years ago. bnould nis claim
be upheld it would cause property-own
ers endless litigation. The general
opinion however, is , that the deed is
worthless. , '
Sensational Mnrder And Sulfide. .
Caiso, III., Oct. 30. A sensational mur
der and suicide took .place at Belknap,
near here, yesterday. A man named
Hevotline, having become 'jealous of his
sweetheart Miss Thurman,- met her on
the road last evening and taxed her
with having other adnr.rers. She re
monstrated with him, when he placed a
Winchester rifle to her ear and blew her
head off. He then turned the rifle to
his own head and fell dead beside bis
victim. ...
Serious Outlook in Uuatemala.
Citv op Mexico, Oct. 30. It is said
several copies of -La Republics, the Gua
temala government organ, received here,
show that there is a spirit of uneasiness
and there will be a revolt, of the entire
army against the Barrillas government,
which is becoming more despotic lately,
The Kepublica comments in a very hig-
ttbrious manner on the outlook for the
coming' presidential election, and it is
expected the fntry will be torn by
civil war Deioru tne election comes on.
Denver City Officials Indicted.
Dexveb, Oct. SO.- Orville L. Smith,
president of the Smith-Brooks' printing
company,' has been indicted by -the
grand jury on a charge of forgery, and
William M. Bliss, Geofge Raymond and
James P. Hadley,-all ex-city officials are
indicted on fourteen charges constituting
forgery, larceny and embezzlement. The
accused are said to have been members
of a ring charged with robbing the city
during their late administration. ' " -.
Preparing for Trouble in Cork.
Cobk, Oct. 30. In consequence of the
disturbed state of affairs in Cork, the
constabulary from all the outlying sta
tions have been .ordered to proceed im
mediately to Cork. The whole force of
mounted police at present in this city
have been placed at Dillon's disposal,
and
will accompany him everywhere
until the close of the political campaign.
A War of Extermination.
London,' Oct.. 30. Advices" received
here from Yezo, Persia, describe : the
cruel persecutions of the Babi sect. The
government is said to be bent upon ex
terminating the sect, and the governor
of the province of Yezo, who is a grand
son of the shah, had seven of the sect
strangled and v beheaded. Numbers are
rotting in prsions, and many have fled
to the deserts, probably to starve.
Change in the Canadian, Ministry.
Ottawa, Ontario, Oct. 30. Premier
Abbott informed Secretary of State
Chaplean that he would accept the lat
ter's resignation rather than yield to his
demands. Abbott sent for Colonel
Ouimet, ex-speaker of the commons, and
offered him the position in the cabinet
now held by Chapleau, which Ouiinet
declined until he could confer with the
secretary of state.
Suicide of a Bank Cashier.
Columbia, S. C, Oct. 30. At 4 o'clock
yesterday morning James H. Barnes,
cashier of the Lank of Marlbore, at Ben
netts ville, S. C, committed suicide at
his home by shooting himself in the
mouth. His bank accounts am all cor
rect and his motive for self-destruction
is unknown. He was 40 vears ol d and
leaves a wife and six children.
An Ohio Blase;
Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 31. At North
Baltimore an oil town forty-two miles
south of here, a lire this morning de
stroyed the poatoffice, Hotel Burke,
bank and fifteen stores. Loss $200,000.
A New Commander A ppoinied.
Washington, Oct. 31. The president
William M. Mead commander of the
navv.
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111 LI MILL UDMlMlLj'f,. infT? TT
j Chilian representative at ashington,
Blaine Preparing a Communication to
Minister Egan.
ARE INVESTIGATING THE MATTER.
Minister Montt Receives Word that the
Work is Unfinished.
ENGLAND LIABLE TO INTERFERE
To Protect Her Citizens In the Event of
Trouble with Chili They Were
American Citizens.
Washington, Qct. 30. At the naval
department today there are no signs of a
disturbance over the Chilian affair.
The .-'San Francisco," which was at
Callao, Peru, is believed to have sailed
yesterday for California. She will tonch
at some port on the way, where she can
be reached by cable if there be any
need. At the cabinet meeting this
afternoon the time was devoted to the
discussion of the Chilian situation. It
is surmised that Secretary Blaine sub
mitted for consideration an outline of
the reply to be made to Minister" Kgan's
communication, and that its details
were perfected, and that in due time it
will be made public. There have been
no further dispatches from either Minis
ter Egan or Commodore Schley.
Senor-Montt, the official representa
tive of the Chilian government here,
just received the following . dispatch
from the Chilian minister of foreign af
fairs at Santiago : "An investigation
was instituted immediately and is con
tinued with all dilligence, and is not yet
finished. The trouble began in Clave
street and soon became a tumnlt. The
regular soldiers, police and special guard
of intendsnts restored order. Of the
combatants thirty Americans and eleven
Chilians were committed before the jud
icial authorities.. They fought with
knives, stones and everything they
could lay their hands upon. There was
one killed and several wounded. It was
estimated that there was one hundred
and sixty American sailors from the
"Baltimore" on shore at the time of the
tumult. "
No Change in the Chilian Affair.
. New York, Oct. 30. A Washington
special says the naval officers are confi
dent that the dispute with Chili can
only be settled by a display of force by
this government. The presence of the
United . States fleet would probably
bring to Valparaiso a large fleet of ves
sels of the British navy. If a determi
nation to shell the city were reached by
this government the levies and property
of the subjects of Great Britain would
have to be considered.
The suggestion of British intervention
is not likely',: however, to deter the
United States from. following a course
that will compel a respect for our flag
aud an expression of regret for taking
the lives of men wearing the uniform of
the United States.
They Were American Citisens.
San Antonio, Oct. 30. A letter from
one of the federal officials at Bio Grande
City, Texas, says that the evidence con
tinues to accumulate that the men ex
ecuted by Garcia, were not guily of the
offence for which they died, and that
some of them were entitled to the pro
tection of the stars and stripes, by reason
of having formally declared their inten
tions of becoming American citizens.
Reports have been received of other like
executions which have been concealed
py the Mexican military. '
England's Opinion.
London, Oct. 30. The evening news
papers devote considerable space to the
strained relations between the United
States and Chili. They assert that the
attitude of the United States govern
ment is due to the approaching elect
ions. Tne ran jjiaii vazette remarks:
"Whether President Harrison's rising
indignation or Blaine's electioneering
calculations will result in war is doubt
ful.
A Fire at ta Orande.
La Grande, Or.,' Oct. 30. A fire last
night destroyed the frame building oc
cupied by Gerst Bengelsdorff as a bak
ery, and by Messrs. Flinn and Williams
Brothers aa a law office, ' Bengelsdorff,
who was asleep np stairs when the fire
started, escaped with difficulty, after
being seriously burned. The loss is
about $2,700. Insurance $1,700.
The Result of the Fight.
Cork, Oct. 30. The infirmaries of this
city have been busy since early this
morning attending. to the" injuries of
persons hurt m last night's rioting.
There are now 92 patients in the hospital
suffering from wounds received during
the fighting. This number is in addition
to a much larger number of persons who
are being treated at their own homes.
t A Cleveland Blase.
Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. HO. A four'
story building occupied as a warehouse,"
was burned . this morning. A large
quantity of malt was burned together
with a stock, of crockery. The loss is es
timated at $100,000.
"Will nse Force if Need be.
New, York, Oct. 31. A special dis
patch fioni Wasliington- to the Commer-
Wlll Meet at Chicago.
Cincinnati, Oct. 30. Notices are now
- . . ... . ,Lfrdm Japan says it is estimated that the
being sent out that the next meeting off x . r . , 4l , .
the American turf congress, will be held
in Chicago, November 11th. ' .
A Prarie Fire for Dakota.
Besmahck, N. D., Oct. 30. Two large
prarie fires are raging north and west of
this city. .
cial Advertiser savs: "Secretary Blaine
that this government would insist upon
reparation for the insults of Chili, and
that we were prepared to exercise forces
if necessary to secure it."
There is nothing indicative of a change
in the Chilian eitnation this afternoon
I so far as learned.- There is no further
exchange of dispatches between this
government and its representatives in
Chili. The Post says : "A gentleman of
this city who was informed yesterday of
the demand of Chili for the recall of
Minister Egan, says he received today
authoratative dispatch from Washington
announcing that Blaine promised Senor
Montt that the United States' legation
would be put in charge of its secretary
next Monday."
Senor Montt, the Chilian minister at
Washington, desires to state, upon in
formation in his possession, that the
reports published recently of ill feelings
between the Chilian people and the
Americans domiciled-among them are
sensational and absolutely without
foundation. - In fact, he holds that the
Baltimore incident is .unduly magnified,
and sees no reason to doubt that a set
tlement of the questions at issue between
the government of Chili and the United
States will be reached in a manner hon
orable to both sides.
In the Courts.
San Francisco, Oct. 31. The supreme
court has rendered a decision sustaining
the validity of the municipal ordinance
prohibiting the carrying on of pool
rooms in San Francisco.
Senator W, H. Williams of Sun Fran
cisco has, on the application of Jerry
Lynch, been summoned to appear be
fore Judge- Wallace- for contempt in re
fusing to answer questions put to him
by the grand jury as to whether he
received money for his vote on the
senate bill No. 62. Lynch declined to
answer on the ground that he refused
to be made a witness against himself.
Turned the Convicts Ont.
Knoxviele, Tenn., Oct. 31. There
was no bloodshed as was expected last
night when the miners released 150
convicts and burned the, stockade at
Briceville. The miners who effefted the
release seem to have acted with the
greatest secrecy, showing a perfect or
ganization. There was no outward indi
cation of the proposed immediate action
and the people were beginning to believe
the matter would be left to the courts
for settlement.
The Report Confirmed. 1
Nashville, Oct. 31. The governor re
ceived dispatches from the state author
ities stationed at Precevillo and Knox
ville this morning confirming the dis
patches of last night about the release
of the convicts by miners. ' The latest
accounts state that 163 were released at
Preceville and 143 at Coal creek. A
colored convict telegraphed the governor
from Clen ton, stating that he and 162
others were in that place and vicinity,
and asking what he must do.
Don't Know How They Get It.
WASniNOTON, Oct. 31. Lacey, comp
troller of the currency, sent a telegram
to Senator Quay this morning saying
that so far as he was able to learn no
one was authorized to deliver bis certfi
cate of deposit to the democratic state
committee and he does not know how it
came into their possession. .
Snowing In Dakota and Minnesota.
Hillsboko, N. D., Oct. 31. Snow is
falling1 and' drifting about the wheat
shocks and stocks that further threshing
this season appears impossible.
Fergus Falls, Minn., Oct. 31. A
regular blizzard is raging and the ground
is covered with snow.
Cruiser Newark to Be Repaired.
Boston, Oct, 30. The cruiser Newark
at. the Charleston navy-yard, has been
examined by the board of survey, which
has reported to Washington, and it
is expected the vessel will be ordered
placed in the dry dock at once. Six
weeks will be required to complete the
repairs, and they will cost about
$150,000.
The Russian Ukase.
London, Oct. 29. The English board
of agriculture has received information
that the Russian decree prohibiting the
exportation of wheat, was delayed for
fear that it would jeopardize the new
loan, but that now the decree will piob
ably be issued within a short time and
will likely include barley and maize.
Gone to the Argentine Beputlie.
New York, Oct. 30. A special cable
gram from Santiago says that thirteen
military officers, who served nnder Bai
rn aceda, tut are now expelled from the
Chilian army, intend crossing into the
Argentine Republic to join their troops.
Their loss will be felt bv Chili, as they
are experienced officers. -
- Paying oft their Creditors.
Washington, Oct. 31. The comp
troller of currency declared a first divid
end of 15 per cent, in favor of the credi-
itors of the Spokane national bank of
Spokane.
A Jf urderer Hanged.
Sedal-ia, Mo., Oct. 31. Thomas Wil-
1-amson was hanged here this morning
for the mnrder of Jefferson and Thomas
Moore, father and son. in May, 1890.
' ..." Fire in Oklahoma.
Guthrie, O. T.," Oct. 30. Reports
from the Pattawatomie reservation, state
that the paririe fires are still raging
there and are doing great damage.
. Ten Thousand Killed.
London, Oct." 31. A private telegram
bAs lUDa V 111 1ST ts kliuuunv stx
10,000.
Nineteen Buildings Burned.
Belvi'dere, N. J., Oct. 30. Nineteen
buildings in Clinton were destroyed by
fire last night. The loss is estimated at
$100,000.
HELf FROM ENGLAND
Is What the (Mans are Said to be
Up.
AGAIN' WATCHING THE LEGATION.
Visitors to the American Legation are
Being Arrested.
SOMETHING SERIOUS MAY HAPPEN.
Egan Accused of Trying to Provoke
War so Secure Glory for the
United States.
Santiago, Oct. 31. Though there
we're no new developments today, the
political atmosphere shows no signs of
clearing. The junta, through its organs,
is now claiming the police of Valparaiso
were in no way at fault for the assault on
the sailors of the Baltimore, or in their
subsequent treatment of them. This,
with other matters, notably the expect
ation that Minister Egan will soon be
directed to present an ultimatum to the
junta, is naturally causing great excite
ment. The possibilities of serious
trouble with the United States has led
the Chilians into what may turn out to
be a dangerous, delusive belief. They
seem of the opinion that an alliance with
Great Britain could be formed. Indeed,
the Chilians are already gravely discus
sing the possibilities and probabilities of
such an alliance between Chili and Great
Britain against the United States.
The United Mates legation is again
being closely watched Dy tne police in
the manner adopted some weeks ago
when the legation a right of asylum was
questioned. No reason, bo faraslearned,
has been assigned for this renewed sur
veilance. It is probable the government
takes this means of keeping fully ad
vised of all who enter or leave the lega
tion, and also to make the right of asy
lum as difficult and trying as possible.
In any event, the fact cannot be lost
aiirht of that this espionage is annovine
to the members of tne United states leg
ation, as well as to the American colony
at large. That the police on duty near
the American legation are nnder in
structions to arrest persons leaving that
place, in certain contingencies, is man
ifest from the fact that two ladies calling
at Minister Egan's were placed under ar
rest last night as they came out into the
street. 'After an examination they were
rtermitted to depart.
These conditions are magnified by the
conditions of public feeling here and by
the status of negotiations between the
United States and Chili, so it is not to be
wondered that the Americans are feel
ing uneasy and apprehensive that some
thing serious may happen, for the mem
bers of the junta continue to express
the strongest feeling against the United
States. A prominent member of the
new government, who holds a position
in the cabinet, today spoke in a most
unfriendly manner concerning America
and Americans. . He was particularly
evere on Minister Egan, j whom he
bluntly accuses of trying to invoke , war
between Chili and the United States, in
order to secure glory for herself, On the
other hand, however, it is asserted by
many persons conversant with the pas
ticulars, that Egan haa done nothing
whatever in the matter on his own re
sponsibility, all his actions being guar
anteed by orders which have been sent
to him from the state department at
Washington, and furthermore, these
persons claim that Minister- Egan made
efforts privately to maintain friendly
relations between the two governments.
The report of the intendente of Valpa
raiso says there were nearly 1000 men in
the recent fight. Only fifty of this
number were Americans. The intend
ente claims that the police were blame
less in the affair, but notwithstanding
this assertion, there is the best evidence
to prove they were the chief assailants
of the American sailors.
The Bonds Illegal.
Olympia, Wash., Oct. 31. Mayor
Horr was informed today by Strove &
McMicken, attorneys for the successful
bidder fr the city bonds, that in their
opinion the bonds were illegal, as they
Increased the city's indebtedness beyond
the statutory 5 per cent. The question
will be carried to the supreme court, as
it is claimed; that the attorneys have
included in their estimate, the warrants
issned for street improvements, which
are not properly a part of the debt con
templated by the constitution.
Senator Quay's label Suit.
Pittsburg, Oct. 31. The preliminary
hearing in Senator Quay's criminal libel
suit against President Barr and Ed
Mills, of the Pitsburg Port, was held to
day.. On ' cross-examination Quay
denied having received $8886 from Bards
ley, said there was no consideration
between Bardsley and himself; had no
business transactions with Bardsley, but
received a certificate from David Martin,
of Philadelphia, in exchange for a note.
The defendants were held for trial in
December next in $1000 bail.
The Grampus and Her Crew lteturn.
San Francisco, Oct. 31. The steam
whaler Grampus, about which there has
been so many startling stories of the
massacre of her crew by natives in
Alaska, arrived here tonight with a
catch of twenty-one whales. Every
man who started on the cruise returned,
except Second Officer J. A. Dray tan,
who died of dropsy. The whaler
returned on account of injury to her rud
der, otherwise she would have remained
another year on the cruise.
Villard In Portland.
Portland, Or., Nov. 2. A formal
welcome was tendered Henry Villard
today. Addresses were made 'by Major
Mason on behalf of the city and C. H.
Dodd representing chamber of commerce.
Villard responded at some length.
San Francisco Wheat Market.
- Sas Francisco, Nov. 2. Wheat,
buyer, '91, 1.83; season, 1.76
The Maverick Bank. .
Boston, Nov. 2. The doors of the
Maverick Nation tal "bank closed this
morning. There is ' no excitement.
Lewis Lombard, second vice-president
and eastern manager of the Lombard
Investmet Co., eays: The deposits of
the company in the Maverick bank
is immaterial and that the concern
is not effected by the suspension of
the bank, except a temporary in con
venience in the matter of " keeping
accounts
All customers who hold checks on
the Maverick bank on return of the
same, will be given checks on other
banks in which the Lombard Company
deposited. Several such checks were
presented this morning and redeemed.
The different national banks will
immediately call a meeting of directors
to ratify the vote of the Clearing House
association.
The losses of the Maverick national
bank are estimated at upwards of $2,-
000,000. , The reported surplus and un
divided profits are $1,000,000. Thecap
ital is $400,000 and all of a 100 per cent
assessment that the stock holders will
be called upon to contribute, but as
nearly a majority of the bank shares are
owned by President Potter it is doubtful
if a full assessment can be collected.
The depositors, however, should only
lose a fraction of their deposits. The
irregularities of the Maverick bank ex
tended back over a period of two years.
The banks voted to assess themselves
three per cent of the amount of their
loan. This will raise about $4,000,000
for a loan to the Maverick bank.
STILL, FREEING THE CONVICTS.
Store
Than SOO Prisoners Have
Turned I.ocse.
Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 2. At one
o'clock this morning two hundred
mounted men came in from the moun
tains and liberated 200 convicts working
in the mines at Oliver Springs. So
quietly was it done that the people of
the town knew nothing of what had
happened until this morning when they
discovered the stockade was a mass of
smoking ruins short term prisoners
were furnished with citizens clothes and
with the exception of a few captured,
are all now at large. This makes more
than 500 penitentiary convicts turned
loose in that locality since Friday even
1 jg. The governor of the state was here
yesterday, but left for, Nashville this
morning. It does not appear that there
was any resistence on the part of the
guards, and nobody was hurt. The
wildest rumors prevail, of which one is
that the miners will immediately pro
ceed to Tracy City and release the con
victs there. : .
A Fatal Railroad Wreck.
Needles, Calif., fov. 2. The east
bound freight train struck a misplaced
switch at the end of the Franconia yard
yesterday, and the engine and ,one car
was overturned and ditched. The en
gine was nuried to one siae ana ieii,
burying her smoke stack and dome in
side of the cut. Fironan Charles John
son fell under the boiltr head and was
pinned there by heavy timbers and the
machinery, while escaping steam cooked
his limbs and part of his body for nearly
three hours. Engineer George Cook,
was thrown through the cab window but
landed miraculously without a scratch.
It is believed Johnson cannot recover.
A Small Salem Fire A Well-Known
Mason Dead.
Salem, Or., Nov. 2. This morning
the Scott house was destroyed by fire.
The loss is $2000 or more. The fire
caught from the kitchen. The building
is the property of Mrs. Finnigan of San
Francisco.
F; J. Babcock, county clerk of Marion
county died this morning.. He was well
known throughout the state having been
grand secretary of the Masonic grand
lodge of Oregon fora number of years.
, A Disastrous Ftro.
St. Louis. Nov. 2. One of the most
disastrous fires ever known in St. Louis
county has been raging for the past three
days in the Western portion of the
county. Thousands ot dollars worth of
valuable property has been destroyed,
and unless there ia a rain within a few
days the losses will reach an enormous
figure. Many acres of wheat and tim
ber are destroyed and the farmers ore
fighting for their homes.
To Help the Bank.
Boston, Nov. 2. At a meeting of all
national banks at the clearing house this
morning, resolutions were unanimously
adopted that all the banking associa
tions should as once combine to relieve
necessities of the depositors of the Ma
verick National Bank by making an ad
vance to such depositors upon the se
curity of an assignment of their claims
against the Maverick bank.
No Cause For Alarm.
Washington, Nov. 2. Secretary
Tracy today said that there is no warrant
for the sensational warlike dispatches at
this time. The United States govern
ment requested an investigation of the
assault upon the Baltimore's sailors and
the investigation was being made.
Nothing could be done. until the re
sult was known.
A might Ripple Caused In the Chilian
Blatter.
Washington, Nov. 2. The flagging
interests in the Chilian affair was re
vived in a measure this morning by a
visit of Senor Don Pedro Montt to -the
navy department. It is impossible to
learn the object of Senor Montt's visit. -
A Murderer lynched.
Camille, Ga., Nov. 2. Clark Nix who
brutally murdered Geo. Mnsee one week
agO, was taken from the guard who had
captured him last night, and lynched.
Weather Forecast.
San Francisco, Nov. 2. Forecast
for Oregon and Washington : Rain in
Western portions, becoming general to
night or tomorrow. .
Chicago Wheat Market.
Chicago, November 2. Close, wheat,
steady; cash, .92; December, .94? ;
May, l.OlijT.
Portland Wheat Market.
' Portlano, .Nov. 2. Wheat, Valley,
1.55; Walla Walla, 1.45.
AS OTHERS SEE VS.
The Union Pacific system, although
bankrupt and practically moribund so
far as it has capacity to pay its debts,
shows some spasm of lrfe in its endeavor
to crush out the competition placed upon
the Columbia river from The Dalles to
Portland. Certain progressive people at
The Dalles constructed steamers for the
two water divisions between there and
Portland and were ready for business,
even before the portage road, under
taken by the state was completed. The
boats have been operating some six or
seven weeks on a freight schedule about
one-third less than that of the Union
Pacific, and have been doing a good bus
iness at that rate. In order not to dis
turb the rail rates the U. T. started a
boat to complete with the competing
boats ; but the public too well aware of
the nature of the cats-paw accommoda
tion proposed, would have nothing to do
with it, at the rates named by The
Dalles boatmen ; they adopted the alter
native of obtaining a willing tool in the
person of a sou of. Ex-Gov. Moody to
buy up the wheat and other freights of
fering at that end of the route, giving
him carte blanche to buy, no matter at
what rate, but to get it awaj from their
competitors.' This is denied by the min
ions of the Union Pacific but it is the
unquestioned truth as it :s the familiar
tactics of railroad corporations and we
are cognizant of a previous undertaking
of the same nature by the same corpora
tion. Now comes the times that 'try
men's souls. The clash between the
farmers' avarice to obtain a faction more
of a cent per bushel for this wheat from
the company in attrition with the ample
knowledge he has, that if it were not for j
the rival line he could not approximate
such a price by six or seven cents per
bushel, produces a strain on the average
granger that is harassing of .sou1. In
most cases if we are to judge from the
account made by The Dalles papers
avarice wins, and the competing boats
will soon be left in the vocative ; mono
poly will triumph, and the investors in
the Regulator and The Dalles will curse
the day they ever undertook to benefit
an untankful cummunity. Sunday Wel
come.
Baker City will hold an election on
the 2nd prox. and she seems to have de
termined to conduct it in accordance
with the new Australian system of vot
ing. Baker City papers speak of the
judges and clerks of election meeting to
receive instruction regarding the con
duct of the election. There appears to
be a difference of opinion among lawyers
regarding the applicability of the new
law to cities. Our city advisers do not
think it applies to The Dalles. The
same is true of Astoria as we learn from
a paper of that city. On the other hand
the Ashland Tidings thinks that all
municipal elections in this state must be
conducted in accordance with the new
law. The law itself says, "All general
or special elections hereafter held in this-
state shall be conducted under the pro
vision of this act," and nothing is said
about municipal elections. It seems
strange that a law which was prepared
with so much care should be of such
doubtful meaning. It is probable how
ever that it depends on the charter of a
cftv whether the law applies to it or not,
The Union Pacific's scheme to cripple
the Regulator, by purchasing all the
wheat sold at North Dalles will be quite
expensive before it is all through with.
The high price paid there has attracted
a large proportion of the wheat that
would otherwise have gone to Columbus
and the company will probably conclude
before long that they have all the 82
cent wheat they want. The privilege of
hauling every bushel of such wheat must
cost the Union Pacific at . least the
amonntof the freight between Colum
buand Portland; that is if the company
was not fighting the Regulator here it
could get thiswheat at Columbus, from
the regular shipper, who would pay the
regular rate to Portland. The rotten
bankrupt concern is paying dearly ,for
its whistle.
Our two Dalles contemporaries are
both urging that the governor call a
special session of the legislature in order
to make provision for building a portage
around The Dalles obstructions. The
Chronicle need scarcely say it is in
hearty accord with its neighbors in this
matter. In fact though it matters
little the Chronicle spoke of the mat
ter before either of them took it up. If
we have not recently given it as much
attention as they, it is because we- be
lieve the real question before the pepple
of The Dalles at this moment is-Tbat of
maintaining that part of the river we
have now open.
It is no more certain that the sun
shines in heaven at noon-day than it is
that the Moodys' are getting a rebate on
rates from the Union Pacific, or else
acting as the agents of the company in
the purchase of wheat. Under no other
conceivable circumstances can they pay
Portland price for wheat at North Dalles.
In any case the state railroad commis
sioners ougnt to mane an investigation.
There is simply no room for doubting
that the inter-state commerce law ia be
ing violated to crush the people's boats.
The town near the erstwhile Colum
bia river bar has a new form of human
disease." An old man died there, the
other day, says a contemporary, of fgen-
eral ability." We wonder what would
have happened if he had been eick.
A prominent business man remarked
to the editor of this journal yesterday:
'Till lately there used to be ninety per
cent of the people of this city at the
back of the Chronicle. Now there is
ninety-eight."
The Northwest Pacific Farmer quotes a
long article from the Chronicle and
says it is from "The Dalles paper." So
it is, Brother Lee, so it is.
The Salem Journal would like to knbw
by what authority the superintendent of
the penitentiary compclls the two pris
oners who sometime ago cut their hands
off to avoid work, to drag a heavy piece
of Iron in the prison yard, so many
hours a day, The Journal intimates
that the punishment is not constitu
tional. Really it is too bad that the
gentlemen referred to should be put to
so much inconvenience as is involved in
dragging an iron bar two or three hours
a day. Primarily it is the state that is
to blame for the fact that those gentle
men were obliged to cut their hands off. -
They had never been brought up to work,
and were therefore obliged in self -pro tec-
tion to do as they did. And now that
they are disabled they should be fur-:
nished with luxurious divands and col
ored servants. This is what they wanted
all the time' and the " hand chopping
business was simply the way they had of
telling it. O, yes 1 The action of the
superintendent is unconstitutional.
An Unknown EL Dorado.
How many Americans have heard of
the state of Guerrero? It ia one of the
richest mining regions of Mexico, and it
is said that its soil is a crust of silver and
gold. Here the first mines were worked
by the Spaniards, and the country con
tains hundreds of abandoned mines to
day. It lies on the Pacific, and it is only
partially known. It had one mine which :
produced 493,000 ounces of silver in a
lew months, ' and it is surrounded by
great states which are now being for the
first time carefully investigated.
Oaxaca, just .below it, is now being
penetrated by 'the Mexican Southern
railroad, and this will bring a vast gold
bearing region into the market. The
state is one in which President Diaz was
born, and it is the one which will be on -the
Tehuan tepee ship railway, if it is ever
completed, ft has vast areas of good
land, and I know a half dozen American
capitalists who expect to make fortunes '
ont of the coal fields which they say
have been discovered in it.
Coal brings about twenty -six dollars a
ton in City of Mexico, and there are said
to be fine iron deposits in near proximity
to these coal fields. The climate of all
I this part of Mexico is very fine, and the
capitalists who would buy some of the
agricultural lands along this route would
make a fortune. The public lands are
worth from twenty to forty-five cents
an acre, and they will raise coffee and .
sugar and all kinds of grains. .
- This new railroad will, and .does al
ready, tap the mining regions of the
state of Pueblo, which contain both
silver and gold., and one of the 'finest
specimens of gold, ever brought into
Mexico City was shown to an American
business man there by an Indian from
this state about a month ago. It was a
nugget of solid gold as big as "your fist
The American entered into a contract
with the man for the development of the
region where it was found, and he
traveled with him on horseback for
several days, when the Indian told him
that he had forgotten the place. This
was of course a lie. Cor. St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Antelopes and "Tumble Weeds."
1 was sitting in a passenger car look
ing out over a stretch of prairie land in
the great Arkansas valley.' The day
was windy; indeed, a ship captain who
sat next to me said it was "half a gale,"
though, judging from the way the wind
shrieked past us, 1 should not have
thought of using a fraction in describ
ing it
Suddenly a number of elegantly
shaped, slightly built animals appeared
in the distance and rushed toward the
moving train. The wind, the antelopes
for such they proved to be and the
train engaged in a race, in which the
antelopes for a short time held their own;
bat what most astonished me was that -the
antelopes were pursued by great
gray balls, some of which were from four
to five feet in diameter. '.
Hot one of oar party could Imagine
what these were, never haying heard of
anything of the kind. We watched the '
carious sight until the locomotive and
the wind left the antelopes and the pur
suing balls far behind us. To increase
our interest, however, many more such
balls could be seen on the windward
side of the track, piled np against the
wire fences and in ravines and galleys
along our onward route. .
I afterward learned that what our
party saw were known to the plainsmen
as "tumble weeds," and to botanists as
the Cycloloma plalyphylium. It belongs
to a genus of plants that grow in a thick,
globe shaped mass of twigs and small
branches, attached to their roots each by
a small stem, which in -the 'fall becomes
dry and brittle, and, as the autumn winds
sweep over the prairie, these stems break
off and the tumble weeds go bounding
away, scattering their seeds as they go.
Antelopes and jack rabbits, grouse and
prairie dogs are put to flight, cattle are
stampeded and the roadbeds clogged by '
these flying masses of brushwood. St
Nicholas.
Sugar in Tea or Coffee.
If we drop a lump of sugar into a cap
of tea we find that it takes a consider
able time to melt if allowed to remain
at the bottom of the vessel, but if we
hold it up in a spoon near the surface of
the liquid it dissolves away much more
speedily. This arises from the sugar, as
it melts, rendering the portion of the
beverage containing, it heavier. The
sweetened part, therefore, descends,
leaving the sugar constantly in contact
with unsweetened or only partially
sweetened tea, and, in fact, a continual
circulation of finid is promoted until the
whole is ""r'-,ed.
Wh' r is placed or permitted
to lie. :om of the cup, it Sis-
solves uu.u'"v.c layer of food next it is
thoroughly sweetened or saturated, when
it practically ceases to dissolve any fur
ther, the sweetened and heavier stratum
above it acting for a considerable time,
until the law of diffusion comes gradu
ally into play, like an impervious cover
ing in keeping back the lighter unsweet
ened fluid above. Hence the reason also '
why stirring, in breaking up the satu
rated layer and allowing access to the
unsweetened portion, ia so effectual in
bringing about the uniform sweeteninjr
of tea. London Tit-Bits. -
Scallops in Maine.
A big scallop from Mount Desert has a
diameter of nine inches, and the edible
portion will weigh ten ounces. How
long the scallop takes to grow before
reaching maturity does not seem to be
known, but it is believed to be of age at
its fifteenth year. The moll ask, with
other pectens, is not chained like the
oyster to the rock. It enjoys locomotion.
New York Times.