me lit: KiitiTWl at tlie I"rtf :e at us seeond-cluss matter. SUBSCRIPTION nV II All. (POSTAGE PBEFAID) IS ADVANCE w hUc our weekly edition reaches more, The following letter was received yes- readers in this and adjoining counties; rdny by Mr. George A . Filloon from a Xhp Vatlesj Oreu, -illlul n P"1" published here or else- j prominent capitalist of Portland and it where.' . me success oi ttie uhkomcle i bo mny expresses me general senuuieni, - in phenomenal. Starting out in the ! of the people tip this way that we have RATES. ! teeth of intensely bitter optioeition it requested permission of Mr. Filloon to M LJU jUnVL A ) OI 1 ' 1 7j t lta t'e 77 lives occasioned , ...-, i by the sinking of the Indian government ' j steamer, Enterprise, which foundered at ; -."'- j Andaman Island, and the killing of GO: Still- MINT Prfiliarfltinil tn KMrfi Hhlli I convicts, there is no doubt there has j Weekly, 1 year. " 6 months.. " 3 " Daily, I year. :.. ' 0 months . per I 1 50 . O ia . 50 . 00 . 3 00 . 0 SO '"'has won its way to popular favor by i publish it, only "uppressing the name of ; Address all commnnicatinn to " THE CHRON IC I JC," The Dalles, Oregon. - The dispatches inform us that the United States grand jury, which has been investigating the dealings of the Howell Lumber Company of St. Joseph, Mo., which failed several months ago, has returned sis indictments against members of the firm for violation of the interstate commerce law. It appears the Howells entered into a secret ar rangement with the agent and weigh maater of the Kock Island road whereby they were able to get such a rebate from the weight of their shipments of lumber that they were able to sell at a price be low ail competition. The action is held to be in direct violation of the interstate commerce law. The great trouble con nected with all arrangements of this character is to obtain such proof of their existence as will satisfy the courts. No sane man, familiar with the facts can have the shadow of a doubt that the Union Pacific ia granting special favors to M. A. Moody in the shipment of wheat or at least that some arrangement has been entered into whereby he can pay the Portland price if necessary rather than that a pound of it should be shipped by the people's boats. Months ago, and before a grain of this year's crop was ready for market the writer was informed that zealous friends of Mr. Moody were spreading the report among the farmers of this connty that no. mat ter how low the Kegulator people put the rate on wheat Mr. Moody would have an arrangement with- the Union Pacific whereby he .could pay a higher price than anybody. Mr. Moody may never have authorized such a- statement but it was made notwithstanding and the writer can furnish, the name of his inforniant-a thoroughly truthful and reliable man whenever it becomes . necessary." Moreover it was no secret, as numbers in the Pufur and Kingsley neighborhood can testify. Of course the result has been a picnic for' the farmers, especially those of Kliokitat county, but the five or six cents a bushel extra they have received for their wheat is practi cally the premium paid by the Union Pacific to obtain the farmers' co-operation in the company's effort to crush the people's boats. si in pi v telling the truth and taking its stand with the masses on all questions i relating to their interest. Without n ! .inolo ntrMit in the field solicitine sub- i Oeo. W. Filloon, The Voiles, Or. the author because the letter was not written for publication. Pobti-axd. Or.. Nov. C, 1S91 Into Submission. ljeen a large loss of life at other places ; along the coast. A large nnmber of ves-. sels were at anchor oft" the mouth of the I Oogly River, and a number dragged their j anchors and were carried ashore, and others were damaged by the pounding : received by the enormous seas which I accompanied the storm.,. No estimate; mam) i finrriomri Hasten MenHolu nj an Eastern Train! . tort get Nothing. i FOILED BY BRAKEMAX. THE OFFICERS ARE lVTHC.XiVr scnptions us list of readers is steadily j th(j Columbia rivor Jor tra(lk, frolI1 the increasing at a rate .of from twenty to ! iiefl(j 0t navigation to the sea is now re- thirty a week ; and the voluntary char- '. ceiving the attention its importance de-; They Don't Like the Tone of the English : can yet be made as to the total loss of The Rohhers Narrowly Escape Caoture i acier OI incse euiwcripuuiia gnco hhijjmj : ; . ,. ,i i t I v , mc, um n m ue ery large. a... "' ".; ! .siiajicis. ; , at the Hand oi a Posse. cable route can be had, should le built Next to the (Treat Fire, of September 2, nothing has so startled the people of Dalles City and vicinity as the GREAT SALE -OF- proof that the paper is appreciated. The Chronicle is no longer an experi ment but a complete and gratifying success. The necessity of its presence was never more apparent than it is at this moment. Belonging to no clique or party it fears the frown or favor of none. Its mission is to tell the truth. It has come to stay and just so long as truth telling is wholesome and necessary it expects to remain. Meanwhile there is still room on its subscription list for! more names. A FATAL EXPLOSION. or. the Orosron side and should be built by state money and placed under the ! fokeionekh in extkejii: peril. rontrol of the state of Oreson. Western Washington, with large and jealous cities, will always hold a majority in the legislature of that state ready to enact laws inimical to Portland s interest and Oregon's interest. Again what assur ances have we that the stock of Mohr's j - corporatioh will not, if not already there, , x- . passinto the. hands of either the North- Washington, Nov. 11. An em or Union Pacific railroads? well versed in naval and state I believe that suflicient interest can be I ment affairs says: "It is only created to miiuce tne governor 10 uu-t j t j t, , Two 3ln and a Boy Killed, nntl Several I BANKERS ASSOCIATION MEETS. 4'lilna In on the Eve of a Great Civil War A re Denounced as I'atlietic and Cowardly. official j Others Injured. i Haywaed, Wis., Xov. 10. Two men j and a boy are dying, three men seriously ' injured, and many others suffering from j painful wounds as a result of a terrific ; explosion of dynamite which occurred j early this morning. The explosion was Milwaukee, Nov, 12. The midnight j caused by fire breaking out in the North j tr:,iu from Chicago on the Milwaukee & ! Wisconsin Lumber Co. s warehouse. i St. Paul road was robbed by masked The Silver (Juestion Has the Floor Portland Don't Like the Action of its 'Council. The believer in the modem doctrine " of evolution who, denies that the human race originally sprangro in one human" pair through the fiat of an Almighty Creator and holds that man has evolved himself through natural seleetion and survival of the fittest from some priin " ordial germ through endless grades of invertebrate and vertebrate being np to bis present intelligence and civilization and that the race is still, through like progression in the pathway towards uni versal righteousness and perfection must get a set back occasionally when be reads accounts like those that reach us from the wreck of the . Strathblane that "occurred at Long Beach the other day, While train and boat and railway brought hundreds to the scene of the -wreck whose sole desire was to save - human life, others came to see what ' they could steal and their shameless piracy paid respect to neither the living nor the dead. The cap of one poor boy whoso almost lifeless body was being rolled on a barrel in tho effort to bring . him back to life, no sooner fell off. his head than it was picked up and con cealed till a more favorable movement would come for getting away with it altogether. The trui.ks and valises of the shipwrecked crew, as they floated to the beach, were ruthlessly broken open and robbed of everything' valuable and invaluable. Trinkets and souvenirs, of no value to any but the owner, pictures . of the loved ones at home, and of the not less loved and lost shared a common fate. It was the old story of the night of The Dalles fire when thousands of dollars worth of property were rescued from the flames and placed on the beach for safety only to be carried off by heart less and conscienceless thieves. It was . the old story told under similar circum ' stances everywhere, until one not blinded by the fiction of evolution is led to ques tion if, nnder favorable opportunities for theft and concealment, an immmense proportion of the human race are not natural bom" thieves. Governor Tennoyer will not call an extra session of tho legislature. It is his opinion, often expressed, that it is the business of the general government to open the river, and perhaps he is right but the trouble with the general govern ment is it" won't open the r'ver or at lpnst won't ODen the river in time to meet tho pressing necessites of the In- : land Empire. Even if congress passed While llmcrnw.l u-.-i "ntlwrino r.mnnrl i men near the western Union Junction, o,if 'C '.tilt.' .. . ; vene the legislature to pass the neces-v" - i- - the fire the explosion occurred. A freight ciock tins morning, two masxeu S sary laxvs to build rn the Oregon side. . famine has been determined upon. It j train etanding on a aide track was blown men with- double barreled shotguns II tins can not ue tionc tiien ine iiou- r.1.....l.a..j . uniuuu off the rails and the caboose was almost 1 CJalIllerea " tne engine about one matter should be deferred until the leg- already been made on Chili for exphina-; coln,)!ctev (iemoj,Bhed " ' mile from tile Western Union Junction iSlThrnentro' d "JboS The Dalles I lion of the m,isep Baltimore tragedy. , were then ordered to step out of the cab should be 'built 'but better not build , Within a short time a second demand A stable Full r stock i:ur..ed. ; aud to murch to thc expregs car under nt all than put it in the wrong place and i will be made. The second demand will ! St. Helens, Ore., Nov. 11. The . cover and the work of b'owing open the under treacherous control, t lease gue ; recite that the Jirst one lias not met with large barn of (Jonnell Brothers, situated enrpas cur wif-h rlmmiiito lininlm i the promot action which the United j on Deer Island was totally consumed by bean which ia thus described flOW ill PROGRESS. We are not' offering old and unsalable troods at reduced rates, but your pick of our entire stock of me vour views fully. They All Feel the Same Way. It is gratifying to know that public a bill for a portage road around the j sympathy for the people's line of boat dalle at its next ineetmc. a thing it is not a bit likely to do, there is no know ing when it would be completed ; cer tainly not as long as railroad influence could prevent it. We have no faith whatever in obtaining relief, within any reasonable time, through the general government. There is therefore noth ing left for us, as the Chboxicle views the situation, but to look to our own state government. With ' a new set of men in the state legislature, specially chosen, as far as Eastern Oregon repre sentatives' are concerned, backed and reinforced by all the arguments that can be drawn from the grand success of the Cascade portage, surely the state would not refuse to make the needed appropria tion. . . - If the patriotic Oregonian blushes with shame as he contemplates the fact that Oregon is the laughing stock of the Un ion for her penuriousness in failing to provide for a suitable exhibit at the world's fair, he may comfort himself with the reflection that the blame rests on one man's head and that man is Governor Pennoyer. In his message to the legislature the governor openly ex pressed his disapproval of any measure that would appropriate public money for an exhibit to be held outside the state, and it is beyond question that if the governor had signified his approval of the measure, at any time when the bill for an appropriation was pending, a fcore of his admirers would have jumped to their feet and bawled them selves hoarse in its favor. As it was the governor was pleased beyond measure when the bill was put out of the way and we have not a doubt in the world if it had passed he would have promptly vetoed it Governor Pennoyer is a good man and a safe and honest public ser vant but he killed the world's fair ap propriation bill, just the same. The Chronicle has long suspected that George Francis Train was ec'iting the Pendleton East Oreqnnian. The suspicion is now confirmed by proof strong as holy writ, but as it is of no earthly interest to the readers of this journal we refrain from presenting it. Here, however, is one of George's latest prononnciamentos: "To tax sugar is .to raise its value; to tax land by the single tax system, is to decrease its .value." That's enough." The editor of this jour nal owns a piece of land which he ac quired by the labor of his own . hands and which he hopes to retain against old age. and infirmity should he everj meet them, or to nee a favorite figure! of our contemporary should he become a '.'tick," and not able to work for a liv- mg. The unearned increment is not confined to the people living trib utarv to The Dalles. Persons from dis tant portions of the Inland Empire have caught the infection and frequently evince it in a practical way. Wednes day morning a gentleman from Walla Walla whose name, we regret to saj, we could not.obtain, after having been urged by a runner for the Union Pacific to buy a ticket for the Baker, turned to an agent of the people's boats and said, "I know I can save a dollar and a half by going by the Baker, but I know too, what a iifty-ceut ticket by that boat means. Were it not for the Regulator I would have to pay $3.53 and if that boat is left without support I shall have to pay that amount the next time I come this way. Although I live in Walla Walla, I know of the tight you are mak ing to maintain au open river, and I also know of the way the Union Pacific keeps the cinch" on us up there, and that line won't get a dollar from ine when I can help it." The New Grange Store. We call attention to the new adver tisement of the Grange store, which is now located in its new quarters at the corner of Fourth and Federal streets. This store needs uo commendatiou to the readers of the Chronicle. It is as much the people's store as the Chboxi cle itself is the people's paper or the Regulator the people's boat, aud each enterprise is bound to thrive because it ought to. Everything in the people's store is new and fresh and selected only because it is the best the market affords for the price. The store is still under the management of E. N.- Chandler, who is, as everybody knows, the right man in the right place. The store was started to furnish the farmers and gen eral public with good goods at living rates and no effort will be spared to carry out this intention. Customers of the grange store can therefore rely on obtaining good goods, low prices and honest treatment. ICnn Away and Got Married. Dayton, Wash-, Nov. 9. There is a sensation in this city over the elope ment of S. E. Frary and Miss Georgia Berry, who went to Walla Walla Satur day. They are married and have gone to San Francisco to . reside. The girl's parents objected to the match. Frary 's first wife died in this city five months ago. ihe eloping parties are ot the nrst families ot the city, having many tnends, The Visible Supply or Grain. New York, Nov. 9. The statement of the visible enpply of grain in store and afloat Saturday, November 7, as com piled by the produce exchange, is as fol lows: Wheat, 38,972,000 ton, increase is his t 2,740,000 ; corn, 2,812,000 tone, decrease, Mates expected, it Uhili fails to act, hre this morning. 1 tie barn contained Express Messenger Murphy. "The train the final stroke of the programme will, one hundred and twenty-five tonsof hay, j slowed up suddenly and muskets were be made. Fleets of the United States seventy cows; and ten horses. Only I poked through ' the top window of the will meet in the harbor of alparaiso. two horses and one cow were saved The purpose is to make this demonstra tion unprecedented in the naval history of the United States. Every available warship which floats the United States flag will take part in the movements. For the time being thc squadrons which maneuver iu foreign parts will be broken up and absorbed in the main rendezvous at Valparaiso. The new ships 'and those which are being repaired in the navy-yards will be centered in Chilian waters. It is ' believed the' mere pres ence of this naval force will tie sufficient to force the Chilians into an immediate response. If it is not, it will then lie for congress to decide upon the future course, and if need lie, issue a formal declaration of war. So far as the execu tive and naval authorities can act, the massing of the fleet before Valparaiso will express their disapproval of Chili's course. It is the desire to prepare for this rendezvous which causes the present rush in the navy-yards." INDIGNANT OFFICERS. Do Not Like tho Tone of the English Newspaxiers. Washington, Nov. 11. Much indig- nation is expressed at the state and naval departments at the conduct of cer tain English newspapers in ascribing foolish sentiments and remarks to Min ister Egan and Captain Schley, in con nection with the pending questions be tween the Chilian and United States governments. No- one here believes what the papers assert, and the opinion is held in the departments that the English papers in question are engaged in an effort to foment the growth of a feeling of animosity by the Chilians against the people of the United States! In the case of Rrazil, no word is re ceived from Minister Conger tending to confirm the story of the revolt ot three of the principal Brazilian provinces, which was also reported from English sources. There is a disposition here also to attribute to the English papers a de sire to embarrass the Brazilian authori ties, who were- responsible for the nego itation of the reciprocity treaty with the United. States, inasmuch as this ar rangement has already sensibly ex tended the commerce between Brazil and the United States. Tho closest in quiry failed to elicit any further inform ation respecting the details of the agree ment reached by the United States and Groat Britain to submit the Behring sea case to arbitration. Thc fire is thought to be incendiary. The total loss is estimated ut $7,500. Insurance $2000. Most of the horses burned were valu able roadsters sent here from Portland to be wintered. Council thinks the lire was set by parties whon he had ordered off his hunting grounds. Later estimate places the loss at $10,000. Another Severe Storm for England. London, Nov. 11. Last night a heavy gale set in in the south of England and Ireland, and already a few dispatches have been received telling of wrecks caused by the storm. From Hythe, on the English channel, comes a report of an English schooner, whose crew reached shore safely, but the captain and his wife and son perished. AtSand Gate the ship Ben Venus was wrecked, her crew took to the rigging, and an at tempt was made by the life savers to rescue them, but the sea was too high. Another vessel is reported ashore close to where the Ben Venus went ashore. Apart from the political significance of the late elections the interests of good ' government and a pure ballot have been highly subserved by the new system of voting known as the Australian ballot law. On all hands, wherever tried, it ' seems to have met with general approval and we predict that time and experience will justify the present impression in its favor. With us it is yet an untried ex' periment but almost any system would be an improvement on the old method of the ward strikers coralling voters in a back room, filling them full of whiskey, fixing their tickets and leading them up to-the polls like bo many silly sheep. The "business, too, of bnyingTotes at so tnueh a head .wVW. an end because the buyer wi!' w if the con- ; tract has beei... "Ward workers will be kept away from 'tlJe polls and the voter will be permitted to. cast his ballot quietly and . without" interference from anyone. 'The new system will be a vast improvement on the old because it will far more nearly give an expression of the people's choice of the candidates for office. own by all laws, human and divine, and be does not approve of anv system that will decrease its value: and so say we all of us. 240,000; oats, 4,iiH4,000 tons, increase, liHS.OOO; barlev, 3,181,000 tons, increase, 12,000. The editor of tho Chboxicle had a conversation yesterday with B. ' F. Laugblin, manager of The Dalles Port land and Astoria Navigation company, The Retiring 8ea Canes, London, Nov. 11. Commenting on the Behring sea matter the News says : "Both parties may be congratulated and it may fairly be hoped that no party considerations will trouble, the passage f ., nn..U,.nn. .t.H.l. ........ V during which that gentleman gave it as ;nterfere with a peaceful and honorable nis aeciaea opinion i.nas ueiore one year i settlement. shall The farmers of Eureka Flat, near Walla Walla, are striving to raise means to sink an artesian well. The Union Journal says it is proposed that each, farmer to be benefitted shall pay 10 cents an acre into a fund to be used for this pnrpose, and this assessment on 100,000 acre owned on the flat have passed from the time the Regulator made her first trip on the river the peoples' line of boats will have saved to the producers of the Inland Empire a sum of money equal to the en tire cost of the Cascade portage as well as the entire cost of the line of boats. Assuming the estimate of Mr. Laughlin to be correct and no one ought to know Setter than he no more powerful argu ment was ever made for an open river than contained in this one simple statement. The American Turf Congress. Chicago, Nov, 11. The ninth annual meeting of the American Turf congress convened this morning. The rule adopted by the congress allowing no races to be given for horses 3 years old and upwards at less than one mile was suspended for one year. The Salem Journal says; "land suitable for cemeteries is scarce in East ern Oregon." Did you ever hear any thing to equal that? Why we have simply millions of acres possessing the super-transcendent qualification that a man bnried here will have a start of a Web-footer of from two thousand to five thousand feet ou the way to heaven, on the resurrection morning.. The Salem Journal asks; ''Why not send Harvey Scott to congress from t)e second congressional district? AH right. Let as send him. Now as one good turn deserves another we suggest to the Journal; Why not 6en,d Einger Her mann to congress from the first congres. sional district? .Troublous Times In China. Shanghai, Nov. 11. Intense excite ment prevails here. The course is tend ing toward a great civil war. For eigners in China are in extreme peril,. A chief of the great secret society, Kalao Hin, has been arrested in the French concession at Shanghai. The viceroy at Nankin lias ordered him to be tortured, hoping he. will betray his accomplices; if not, he is to be beheaded. The whole province is in a state of siege and revolt. Seditious placards are posted every where. The European ministers at Pekin are seemingly indifferent. The Chinese ministers and officers fraternize with and call them friends, banquet them and get up fetes for them every day. The result of this is that the for eign residents' indignation is beyond expression. A Philadelphia Fire. Philadelphia, Nov. 10. A fire early this morning completely gutted the wholesale cloth and woolen goods house of Lippincott, Johnson t Co., causing a loss estimated at $200,000, The building is fully insured. Firms in adjoining buildings sustained losses va riously estimated at from $10,000 to $25,000. ' NEWS FROM CHILI. Will Allow the Presence of an Officer , who Slust .Speak Spnnish. Valparaiso, Nov. 11. The- story about the sinking of the war ship Balti more, lias been brought to the attention of the Junta and has caused much vexa tion. Judge of Crimes Foster who is conducting a secret inquiry into the assault upon thesailorsof the Baltimore, has agreed to so far comply with the conditions named by Captain Schley, nnder which the American sailors are to be permitted to testify, as to agree to allow the presence of an officer from the Baltimore at the investigation provided he can epeak Spanish. Tho National Farmers' ;ougcss. Sedalia, Mo., Nov. XI.. The national farmers' congress reassembled at 11 o'ciock this morning. Congressman Heard of Missouri delivered an address on railway transportation. This subject he declared was of "supreme importance to the farmer, one solutions of the vexed question," he snid, "was found in the state railway commissions, another method of controlling the railroad cor porations in the interests of the people, was through a national railway com mission.". '".'' v Violated the Lottery Lair Sax -. Antonia, . Tex., Nov. 10. The federal .grand jury here returned four Will Give It to the Poor. . St. Petebsbcbg, Not. 11. Some peo ple sent the czar presents of large sums of money on his wedding anniversary. which he will turn over to those charged indictments against President Conrad with distributing relief in the famine-! Vice President Moms and thirteen stticken province. . j other members of the Louisiana Lottery company. They are charged with using the mails in violation of the lottery law Postponed tl)e Tariff Blatters. W4SHiNqT0N, Nov, 10. The United' States supreme court hai posponed until November 80th the argument in three cases involving the constitutionality of the McKinley tariff act. . M. B. Curtis Denied Bail. Sax Fraxcibco, Nov. " 11. Judge Truett today denied the application of M. B. Curtis, actor, to be admitted to bail, pending his trial for the murder of Policeman Grant. There is now a seven-times-a-week stage service between this city and Prineville. It is a thousand pities we ; the cannot say there fs aeeyea-times-a-week would rail service. That wonld be something Weather Forecast. Sax Fkaxcisco, Nov, J2. Forecast for Oregon and Washington : Scattering rains in the western portion and light snow in the mountains of Eastern Oregon. Destroyed by Fire. Ai'Gi'KTA, Ga., Nov. 11. Fire this Have Declared Their Independence. Loxdox, jiov. 1Q. A dispatch just received from Peenambuco sayB i "The province of Graopana has declared its independence of the Brazflian republic, and that the province of Bahia ia ex pected also to throw off its allegiance to the republic. The Farmers' Congress Meets. Sedalia, Mo., Nov. 10. The eleventh annusl session of the farmers' congress began a three-days' session here this morning with 275 delegates and a large number of visitors in attendance. lnirty states ana territories are repre: sented. He Wants Annexation. Tobonto, Nov. 10. Goldwin Smith read a paper on "Jingoism" before the young men's reform club here last evening which attracted considerable .attention for the reason that he came out unreservedly for the " annexation of Canada to the United States, which he said was Canada's inevitable destiny. He had no doubt that by Americans generally Canada would be welcomed if she came into the nnion of her own ac- corb. We Slave Enough Heathens Nov. Vancouxeb, B. C, Nov. 11. Thc lepers are now at large. Neither the government nor the Canadian Pacific would take any action, and the city council was so rash as to turn them loose. They have been rejected and driven away by their own countrymen in the portion of the city set apart for the Chinese. The people are discharging Chinese help and great uneasiness is felt. There is 6ome talk of them strik ing for the American line. Will Have to Stay as Home. Montreal, Nov. 11 .Stevedores and wharf laborers who have been in the habit of going to the United States for work every winter are wondering how the enforcement of the alien labor law is going to affect them this winter. From present appearances most of them will be compelled to stay in Canada. A number of stevedores from Quebec who went to Pensacola and other southern ports had to return to Canada, as the American authorities would not allow them to work there. car and a second later a terrific explo sion occurred that knocked both myself and Mr. Cook into a heap, half a dozen more explosions followed and both doors flew off the bolts. Then two men wear- ! ing big black masks clambered quickly into the car and covered us with musk ets. We were cautioned to maintain silence under the penalty of getting our heads blown off. After glancing- hur riedly about the car, the robbers fas tened their eyes on the two iron boxes of the American Express company's. The robbers brought the fireman in a little later and went through all the boxes. They compelled us to hand ovev our keys. They dumped the boxes out and com.:.anded thc engineer to stop the train. The engineer and fireman on the road bed. One of the robbers kept us covered with his musket all the time while the other superintended the operations. He secured all the bills of money contained in the safe. It is very probable that the total amount of the robbers' booty will amount to $100, 000 and possibly more." Agent John F. Bell, of life American Express company, said to a reporter that the approximate statement of the j amount taken by the robbers could not be learned. He said: "$5000 in local packages is certainly gone, besides a sum contained in two sealed envelopes. Some of the passengers who were sound asleep did not know anything about the hold-up until the train arrived at Mil waukee. Some of the passengers thought there were twenty or thirty robbers, others thought they 6aw only a dozen, while some said there were more robbers than passengers. When the train started np again the passengers saw thc safes lying beside the track bnt the robbers had disappeared. When the train arrived at the Union depot at 2:20 o'clock the express presented a sight that would indicate that it had ! been attacked by heavy artillery. Every door and window was blown off and thc platform and walls shattered in half a dozen places, while t le contents of the car were piled indiscriminately in a heap in the center of it. A dispatch just received here states that the robbers did not get away with the booty. The robbers after gaining admission to the express car com manded the messenger to open the safes. He refused, and the safes were pitched out of the car onto the ground. In the meantime the rear brakeman under standing the situation rushed back to the junction und got an engine and posse at once and went to the scene, and the robbers fled. The robljers had tried to force open the doors of the safe but were, unsuccessful. SDRESS GOODS, FANCY GOODS, STAPLE GOODS, CLOTHING, HATS AND CAPS, BOOTS AND SHOES, ETC. At prices that surprise .every one takes the trouble to come and see. who There is no easier way for you to make $20.00 than to save it by purchasing your family supplies of JEW F0LL fl&D WINTER DRY GOODS COMPLETE IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. - - Glothing, Gents' Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes. - Full Assortment of the Leading Manufacturers. Cash Bayers mill save money by examining ouv stock and 'prices before purchasing elsemhere. ' H. Herbring. SEWMie "SI 11" mm. 3 X "3? JE3L X 3FJ. X STREET, Ladies' and Childrens' French Felt Hats, - - 25c. Trimmed Hats, - - - - 50c. AND UPWARDS. Willing to Arbitrate. Washington, Nov. 10. The hearing in the Behring sealer's case was resumed this morning, Solicitor-Gederal Taft con tinuing his argument. Attorney-Gen eral Miller interrupted Taft during the course of his remarks to announce that it had been agreed to submit the con troversy between the United States and England as to the seal fisheries to arbi tration and that -an official announce ment of that fact would soon be made. American Hankers Association Meet. Neav" Orleans, Nov. 12. The Ameri can Bankers association resumed its ses? sion todav aud the silver anestion had the right of way from the start. AV. II. St. Johns of New York made the fol lowing propoaiiion. ' "Cease buying silver, bullion and re store the United States coinage system founded with mint 1792, . and only abrogated in 1873." ' . r 1'ortlaml Don't Like I(- PauTLAxn, Nov. 12, Some dissatis faction is expressed here at the action of the council in purchasing the Madison street brldgo last night. It is claimed by some that the bridge does not cros the river channal as prescribed by the war department and is for that reason subject to condemnation at a loss to the city. - Portland May Have Another Free Bridge. Salem, Ore., Nov.-.. 12. The supreme court today rendered a decision holding that the act of consolidation of the city of Portland did not Invalidate the meus- darffer act but that the latter act mav be carried out by the new city of Port' and. This opens way for another free bridge at Portland. Ladies and Childrens Furnishing Goods,. "WAY DOWAr." Mrs. Phillips, - 81 Third Street. The E. 0. Go-Operative Store ' CARRIES A FULL LINE OP Groceries, Family Supplies, Boots and Shoes, -ALSO A, FULL LINE OP- raisea snm h;ric enough 10 sink a from 1500 to 000 feet if necessary. The farmers will probably approve this plan, as the cost for each individual will be small and the luefits to be derived 1 herefrom will he large. drill 'that would benefit tlifs scctiou of East ern Oregon more than anything we know of. " ' Si di.-fire to call thc attention of i:d- Tertiser to the superior facilities offered ! and Padgett's furniture store with stocks. ilie lotsii loss is auoui fiz,uuu; partially insured. is A If?lfjcnd of S3 Per nt. Baltimohb, Noy. J). The board of Crook countv's mineral wealth slowly but surely being develojied. It i directors of the Baltimore & Ohio rai- j Is only n matter of time n Jien its hidden troad today declared a 23 per cent, script ! of gold and silver will he ! "ividen.i Are Apathetic and Cowardly. -Los-ppx Nov. II. The Marquis of Ilartington, In a speech at Manchester. complained of what he termed apathy aud cowardise of the unionists in Ire land as again revealed in polling at the recent election in Cork, thus rendering the work of English uuionists doublv difficult. A CYCLONE yjSITS INDIA. A San Diego Bank Falls. San Diego, Nov. 12. The California National bank . closed its doors this morning. It is believed that the depos itors will be paid in full. The failure is due to springing deposits and the inabil ity to realize on notes and accounts. The bank has advertised or paid up capital of $500,000 and a surplus capital of $100-,000. Ship Brokers Fail, New Yobk, Nov. 12. W. II. Smith & Co., ship brokers and commission mer chants assigned today. Total liabilities are over 300,000, with assets nominally $300,000, but which will not realize anyt treasures of gold brought to tha surface." The numerous ... , ..,-,!.. , 1. ., , !,,.( J .. .. . it by the ( :i ;cle. We mnke no idle mcrc gitteriut!8. Some of ti)em win boast when wo fay that onrdaily edition prove to lie rich deposites of the prec reaches lime times more readers than : lous metals. Ochoco Eevicie. am). Mach Some Itcptrlclion is Necessary. New Voijk, Nov. 11. During the month of October if,79S immigrants passed through the barge office. Over a Hundred Live IfOt. , . ..pp.ns- ero,en. . j . .leenijn- ,c. , eoMforll,i, v with tho . Calcctte, Nov. 10. Further details . law which obtains in Victoria and New regarding the cyclone which passed over j outh Walefc. . In riace of tho IV recked Vessel. Washington, Nov. 11. The duties heretofore performed by the wrecked United States steamship Dispatch as a dipnatch vessel will lierHitftor Allotted to the Dolphin, lately returned from the thing like that figure. China station, and now beina repaired i . at the Norfolk navy-yard. - i A Powder House Gone I p. Valparaiso, Indiana, Nov. 12. At ln-t Want a Sunday taxv. ! Miller's station vesterday twenty tons Sydney, Nov. 11. South Australia; 1mvtier exploded, doing damage has rejected the proprosul to close all J amonntinB to $75,000. Tho powder public-bouses during all hours on Sun- j pl.,llt ;3 completely wreckpd, ifay so lar. inia was oesignea 10 uring i Carts, Reapers ani Mower?, ana all IMs of Agricultural Implements. Corner Federal and Third Streets, THE DALLES, OREGON. A. A. Brown, es, Keeps a full assortment of Staple and Fancy Grocer and Provisions which he oB'ere at Low Figures. SPEGIfllt :-: PRICES to Cash. Buyers. Chrisman Bros., (Successors to F. Taylor.) : PBOPRIETOR8 OP THE.'- GITV PHPT UNION STREET. Highest Casl Prices for Efp ani other Froiice. 170 SECOND STREET. this part of India, Monday of last week, j Dr. Miles' siw UearFCure" stBrTgcists. Chicago Wheat Market. CiucAco, November 12. Close, wheat, ; steady; cash, .Ol1;. Decemlr, .95;j May,"l.02(S?8'. " WHEAT! Will bring a good price this fall, and inak the farmers happy. They are to have another benefit in the shape of low prices on groceries and provisions. - Call at G2 Second street and get prices before buying elsewhere. ' . JOHN BOOTH, wI0-23tf The Leading Grocer. HAMS, BAGON and SOSAGE ALWAYS ON HAND. 62 Second Street. Ten Dollars Reward! For information leading to recovery of . light bay mare, five 3rears old, weighing about 1,100 pounds, branded Y on left shoulder, scar on point of right shoulder. Last seen . with halter on. Q O. H. Ruoades, Hood River. Nov 12 Dae 12. Sick Headache cared by Dr. Miles' Jfenriue, 7 J c