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THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1891.
NUMBER 1.
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HELD FOR SALVAGE.
His Vfcale Bart Steamer Tawed Into
Pen
A LARGE HOP YIELD REPORTED!
The Pacific Coast Come In for a Kg
Share of the Crop.
ITIAMIR MAGGIE ROB DESERTED.
Her
Craw la uppoed ta Hava
Lost While Try lag ta Kearh
bare.
Portland, Dec II. Pairs were
filed this morning in the office of the
United States clerk by Frank Upton,
owner of the steamship Zambesi, libel
ing the w baleLack Charles Wetinorc,
which was picked op by the Zambesi
Iecember 9, offTHIamook rock, wJtbout
a rudder, and towed Into Astoria. The
owner of the Zambesi in the libel alleges
that the Wet more was In extreme jer!I,
and was towed into harbor at great dan
ger to the Zambesi. 1230,000 salvage is
asked for, and the Wet more is valued
at $2.10,000 and h cargo , at $500,000.
She is now lying at Astoria In charge of
the deputy United State marshal.
A Large Hop T 114.
Si'Kixc.riELD, Mass., Dec. -11. The
hop crop of ISfll is computed by the New
F.ngland UoinerteaJ is 243,303 bales,
grown on 51,54 acres, as comparel with
204,541) bales, on 4n,62 acres last year.
The new crop aggregates 20'a million
pounds in New York state, and about
half this quantity in Washington, and
T.CO0.0O0 pounds in California, and 4,
702,000 pounds in Oregon, which is a
very considerable increase over last year.
The Wisconsin crop ia practically a fall
are. Two third of the new crop is
already In second hands, having been
old at an average of 161,' cents per
pound to date, agafnst 30 for last crop.
The Hvmetuad reports confirm the
earlier foreign shortage.
Aaather Rtoaasar ritkei I' p.
Sax Francisco, Dec. 11. Information
was received this morning from Yaquina
bay that the steamer Maggie Ross, from
Coos Bay for tbis citr.' -was towed into
port by the steamer Willamette, which
picked her op thirty miles south of that
point. On board, the dead body of a
man supposed to be II. C. Annesan, of
this city, the steward of the vessel, was
found. The small boats of the steamer
were mUsinjr, and it is supposed they
were taken by the crew, which num
bered sixteen hands, and that they were
lost while trying to make shore.
Saws Proa Chlao-
London, Dec. Jl. A TiWi dispatch
from Singapore, states that a severe gale
prevailed at Hong Kong, on December
4th, a large number of Chinese vessels
were destroyed and hundreds of Chinese
sailors and laborers were drowned. A
dispatch from PeLin, states that all the
disturbance in the country appear to
have terminated and affairs are resum
ing in a normal condition again. Forty
two insurgents who had a hand in the
murder of Christians were beheaded at
Iakott.
A Bis Land Crab.
Sacramexto, Calif., Dec. 11. The
litt prints an article claiming great
frauds in the locating and handling of
"lieu" lands by a combination including
John A. Benson aud the land firm of D.
M., and F. A. Hyde and their employers
and associates. Nearly 200,000 acres,
the Bee says, have been located by ten
Individuals, since March 1, 1W1, most
of it is claimed through dummies.
Gml Dajnaff Ioaa by tha Starra.
Los do , Dec. 11. The storm is still
raging. The loss sustained by the de
struction of the telegraph, telephone
and electric light lines is very heavy
and communication with almost all
points is cut off. The meagre reports
being received, however, bri
ng many
r, mostly
stories of wreck and disaster, mostly
among the fishing and coasting craft.
fa need by Klre.
Brookltx, Dec. 11. Henry Batter
man's dry goods store and contents were
fortlally burned this morning. The
loss Is $200,000, which was caused mostly
by water. The insurances amounts lo
about $1&. 000.
Waeblagtoa Note.
Washington, Iec. II. Attorney
Geuera! Miller has determined to tent
the right of a railway to i?sue free j
passes. 'He will shortly liring -uit ;
agamst one of the New England railroads j
as a test race. The official correspond- j
ence was made pur. no mis aiiernoon
setting fortjh the detail of the reciproc
ity arrangement entered Into between
the United State and Germany, where
by sugar, later secure continued free
admission into the United States and a
reduction made in German tariff duties
on American wheat of .30, rice .SO, oat
.37W. corn .20. butter .15. salted and
pickled pork and beef .15, wheat, flour j
and corn meal 30 per cent. The ar-
rangements are submitted to the German j
rechtadt and if approved by that body j
will go into effect, February 1st next. i
Caaght at a Crosslag.
Portland. Pec. 11. It la reported
here that the north bound overland pa-J
senger train this morning ran Into a ,
wagon and team containing two French
men, near Gervais. Both horses were j
kiiled, and a leg of one of the occupants ;
of the wagon broken.'. The men could j
not see the approaching train ow ing to !
the fog. ;
Tnraa Desperadoes Caaght.
Wichita, Kansas, Pec. 11. A
United States marshal brought from
Creek county two heavily-armed In
dians named Ijesley Scott and Caesar
Jack, both members of the famous Cap-.
tain Wiley band of desperadoes which
has terrorized that country for several
months.
Want la Move.
W a i hi xgtox , Dec. 11. The ot
! master general received a letter from
Crawford, S. C, saying that 10,000 col
a
I'raparlaa far tha Fatare.
Mr.LttoiaxK, Itec. 11. A pcmianent
building and investment society of this
cut has Dcen aeirauued oi vj.u'u pounds i
by one of its officers.
Aeqaltt4 of Marker
Oaklaxd, loe. 11. John G. Hornell,
who shot and killed R. 6. Calvin August
3d, was acquitted by the jury this morn
ing of the charge of murder.
A Anabaaaadar A ppolated.
Loxdox, Dec. 11. Lord Duferin has
been appointed British ambassador to
France, in place of the late Lord Lytton.
W aaled at Ealaaa.
The Harry Miller who was vetteaday
arrested by the sheriff of Mendocino
county, Cal., a son of Joaquin Miller, Is
none other than the young man who es
caped from the penitentiary here Au
gust 14th 10, while working as a trusty
at the reform school. He had been sent
p from Portland for two years for lar
ceny, and bad only served about six
months when he escaped, and Superin
tendent Iow nIng is very anxious for its
return, in fact, there is a reward of I-jO
offered for his return, which is still
good. The man will probably be turned
over to serve out hi term here before
he is tried for the present offense.
Jaakaoa Matched With Mlarla.
Sax Feaxcihco, Dec. 11. Peter Jack
son received last evening articles of
agreement for his glove contest with
Slavin at the National Club, London, on
June 15 next. The articles have Slavin's
signature attached, and it was not long
they had arrived here 'before Peter's
autograph also figured Upon them.
They call for a vlove contest for a purse
of $10,000. Jackson being allowed $750
for traveling expenses. Jackson will
start for fhe Fast within a couple of
weeks, but will not sail from New York
for IJverjiool until February. He will
train at Brighton, Fngland, for the
match.
Mhaald ba Coas palled to ttmy Thara.
New Yobk, Dec. 11. Two thousand
Italians left Hoboken yesterday on the
steamer Werra, of the Bremen 'line, for
Europe. The Werra will land them in
Genoa. They think they can spend the
j water more cheaply in Italy than in
I America, dolns only occasional work.
! Ther intend tri return in the surinc.
The dock was infested with confidence 1
nen, and it it said ther got a good deal
from the unsuspecting Italians.
Ha Woald Nat Kaalg-a.
Rio Janeiro, Iec. 11. Disagreements
have arisen between the government I
"'' Prteila, governor of the stato of i
Wo Jnir- The government re- j
quested Governor Portella to resign his i
ixwltion. This the governor declined
to do. It is now expected that the gov
ernment will appoint a military gov
ernor of the state, and that martial law
will be proclaimed.
Victim of the Laalawllla fire
Loi'iNviLi.E.Ikjr. 11. Thenussinjrmen !
supposed to be in the ruins of the candy f
factory, have returned to their homes,
i and the record closed with eight lost at
I the Mennes and four at the Boone Paper I
icomi-anv lires. The search has clomnl. j
The total loss is now -placed at. $500,000,
ored people there want to emigrate to ;a'""7 or,n" ol r "
Africa, and aLlng whether the govern- j ! rxta.
ment could aid them. The letter waaj Work or tha rtamaa.
referred to the superintendent of Imn.i-j VS!tlPM, Dec. 12. The Ijirne hotel
"r"t,on- i nd the Ontario house at Moose Jaw
The CHilian GoYernment Has not Eraded
Ite Question.
WORK
OF
THL . FLAMES.
Four People Loose Their
. Burning Hotel.
Lives
in a
Tl K
GRAND JIKY
ILLEGAL.
The Baltimore on her srky Home--What
rirrna Drowned Blim
tha Wfiura Road .
l" New York, Iec. I2.-Tho Herald'
imm..,,lnt at Valparaiso. Chill.
cible the following: "President JorgeJ
Montt has sent to the Chilian ministers j
In the United States and Europe, a
reply to President Harrison's message
to the coneress of the United States in
i Nation to the assault on the iHor
j mho landed from the cruiser Baltimore.
He declares that the Chilian authorities j
have never attempted to evade in the)
slightest particular any responsibility
for which the country may bo Justly
held, but insists tnat the proper and or-
i . t t i . i . ... .
burned early this morning. The pro-
prleter, Larne, Henry Jackman and his
littlo girl, and a young womau named
Hutu McIKucal were burned to death.
j a rauroao man nameu jic.uiran ana
j Mrs. Jackman were fatally injured while
attempting to escape. The other guests
had a narrow escape. The fire was not
extinguished nntil twenty buildings, in
cluding a church, were burned.
Tha Grand Jnry llleaal.
Sax Fraxcibco, Dec. 12. The sute
supreme court by five justices against
two, decided today that the present
grand jury of the city and county of San
Francisco Is illegal today. The qeestlon
came before tlie supreme court, on the
application of ex-Assemblyman Kl wood
Braner, for a writ of prohibition to res
train Superior Judge Wallace from pro
ceeding against him under an indictment
found by the grand jury, charging Bru
jier with malfeasance in office.
Tha Baltimore Coming Uome.
Washixgtox Dec. 12. The secretary
of the navy received a cablegram from
Captain Schley commanding the United
States' steamer Baltimore, ssyinjf she
had sailed yesterday for San Francisco,
for the purpose of being docked and
scraped. The York town is now the only
American war ship' at Valparaiso, but
she will be joined there in about ten
days by the cruiser "Boston, which
sailed from Montevideo a few days ago.
fc
A CI.eaa Reported Lett.
New, Yoke, Dec. 12. It is feared that
the members of Lewand's circus have
been drowned somewhere off the north
coast of Soqth America. There are
about twenty-five people attached to the
circus, Including Lewand, a well-known
equestrian, and one of the Misses
Stlckney, also a rider. The circus is a
snlall, one-ring affair, that traveled from
place to place in a schooner which it is
thought has been wrecked.
Tha Wetterm Road to ftlame.
New'Yokk, Dec. 12. Dispatches from
the west within the last two weeks de
clared that the heavy crops have caused
a wheat blockade, and much trouble is
attributed to eastern railroads. But ac
cording to railroad men here, there is no
blockade ; they lay the blame for such
trouble as there is to the ffblcngo and
western roads, and say they can attend
to all the grain that comes to this city.
Kdller Ames Dead.
BotfTox, Dec. 12. Miss Julia A. Ame, j
editor of the I'm ion Siqnal. of Chicago,
official organ of the Woman's Christian!
Temperance Union, died this morning 1
at the homeopathic hospital In this city,
after a short illness.
Tha I. I. In Hard Lack Canal.
Boston, Dec. 12. The October state
ment of the Union Pacific railway for the
whole system shows a net earnings of
$2,004,000 an increase of $505,000.
w, ,5 , t M of ,.,h lf ,
WAMIIMJTOSf . 12It Unot
th t, idcnt wi Inttke j
' , . ...
new appointments before thp end of the
appointments to be mode, the chief of
which is the vacancy in the war depart
ment, caused br the resignation of Sen-
i ator Proctor. S. Belkins, of West Vir
i ginia, is mentioned as the most likely to
i receive the appointment, bat Assistant
j Secretary Grant is thought to stand a
; very good chance of getting it.
Washington Notes.
I Washington, Dec. 12. When the
i . . . .
lions met today bpeaker Crisp an
nounced the appointment of the follow
ing committees:
On accounts Messrs Rusk of Mary
land, Cooper of Indiana, - Moore of
South Carolina, Seerly of Iowa, Peer
son of Ohio, Quackenbush of New York,
Griswold of Pennsylvania and Cutting
of California. On mileage Messrs Cas
tle of Minnesota, Crawford of North
Carolina, Kendall of Kentucky, Caldwell
of Ohio and Flick of Iowa. An adjourn
ment was then taken until Wednesday.
Weather Report.
Sax Francisco, Dee. 12. The weather
' bureau this morning states that an un-
i official report from Nevada and in the
I mountains iii extreme Eastern Cil i for
la indicate that the temperature last
night fell as low as 26 degrees below
ero at Ila'lock, Nevada, and 20 at Car-
Ln, and 10 below at F.lko, with 15 be-
i low at l.oca, lalilornia. The tern pera-
; ture was at freeilng point at Fresno and
1 Yuma this morning.
Have Learned Nothing;.
Nrw York, Dec. 12. Inspector
Byrnes, who has charge of the official
work in endeavoring to find out who the
bomb thrower was, said today that he
I Imd no knowledge that the Iicad found
Sago's office had been identified.
Ntrln(r Roller Barata.
j Gesoa, Dec. 12.-The boiler of the
Italian ateamer Calabraia, which left
. . . -
i iere m, morning for Naples, exploded,
,iking the steamer. Thirty-six persons
j were on board, of whom twenty-one
I were downed.
A Coal Mine AceldeaU
Wilkekbakra, Pa., Dec. 12. An ex
plosion in the Hollnian Valley Coal
Co.'s mines today killed James Klttrick
and fatally injured Hugh Jones.
Weather FerecaeU
Sax Frascisoo, Dec. 12. Forecast for
Oregon and Washington: Scattering
rains in Western and Northern Wash
ington. i I ad atone and Ika Laboring; Men.
Loxuoxf Dec. 11. Four hundred rival
delegates to the National Liberal Federa
tion conference partook of a breakfast
'this morning, at which the principal
guest was Gladstone. Gladstone ad
dressed them. He said he thought the
time bad come for tl commencement
of continuous efforts to bring about
rural reforms. Speaking on the subject
of working men, Gladstone said the
labor question had i wide range. Home
rule was 'a part of the labor controversy.
The condition of the rural laborers was
the most urgent question. Proof of this
statement lay in the constant migration
of these laborers. Kvery endeavor
ought to be made to keep laborers at
home, He hoped to see labor candidates
for seats in parliament increase in num
ber. Lata ews Tram Guatemala.
City or Mexico, Dec. 11. Advices
from Guatemala state that President
Barrillas declares that be is not a can
didate for re-election. He also said that
after his four years abroad he would re
tire to private life. ' Excitement in Gua
temala is intense, but there is no danger
of a revolution.' Financial difficulties
are becoming thicker. The Isst Spanish
steamer which arrived at Vera Crua
had smallpox aboard. In the state of
Campeche the situation is grave, as
smallpox is epidemic there. .
Qaeee War er Loeemaktag.
Colcmbts, O., Dec. 11. George
Hamilton, of Ross county, was convicted
here today of impersonating a United
States officer, and sent to prison for
eighteen months. His crime was com
mitted as a part of his wooing. He fell
in love with Miss Ida Somers, of Chilli
cothe, whom he had never formally
met. He arrested her for alleged coun
terfeiting, representing himself to be a
Federal officer, and as he was driving to
town in his buggy proposed marriage to
her.
Tha Klaka Are Too Heavy.
,'OXDOJ
in ,,,iPPI
London, Dec. 11. Much alarm is felt
ng
and commercial circles be-
cause of the resignations of underwriters
at Lloyd's. Three more gentlemen en
gaged in the marine insurance business
have concluded to withdraw, as their
loeses are very heavy. This makes a
total of seventeen underwriters who
have withdrawn from the society of
Llovd's within a few weeks.' and the
I effect upon ship-owners and shippers is
! not reassuring.
round De.d in in. Bed.
w M T)w 10.Charles B.
"1,UM "' A
Evarts, son of Hon. William Evarts,
THE CHILIAN AFFAIR.
! Tim Chilian Goycrnmcnt fill Stand on
f . its Dignity.-'
AX I'GLY FEELING PREVAILS.
The Committees Organizing and Getting
to Work.
WILL
JCOT
APPROPRIATE.
It la not Likely That Congrea Will Maka
. aa Appropriation for the
World'a Fair.
Sax FaAxcwtco, D tc. 14. A Washing
ton special says: "The Chilian im
broglio bears ugly looks and is giving
the administration more uneaines
than the president or his advisors will
be likely to admit. There is no doubt of
the truthfullnees of the report that on
Saturday Secretary Blaine received a
dispatch from Consul Mebrery stating
that the ugly feeling against Americans
was again cropping cut in Chili and that
trouble of a serious nature might occur.
About the same time there came a
long cablegram from Minister Kgan,
which was hastily deciphered and at
oncq placed in the hands of the presi
dent. This was to the effect that the
finding of the court of inquiry into the
bloody Baltimore massacre would prob
ably oppose the claims of tbn United
States and might probably be made the
basis of a saucy and unsatisfacsory note
to Secretary Blaine.
la tha Committee.
Wahhisutox, Iec. 14. The republi
can senators caucus committee, charged
with the arrangement of the republican
representation upon tbe senate com-,
mlttecs, completed its reports. Hoar in
accordance with his seniority, becomes
chairman of the judiciary committee,
relinquishing his place a chairman of
the committee on privilege and elec
tions, to which Teller succeeds. The
three vacancies in the membership of
the judiciary committee was filled by
Mitchell, Teller, and natf. The places
vacated by Edmunds and Evarts, on the
foreign relations committee were assigned
to Hiscock and Davis.
Senator Proctor was assigned to the
military committee. Senator Dubois and
another new senator was assigned to a
membership in the committee on irriga
tion, emigration, manufactures and ex
penditures, and on executive depart
ments, His colleague, Senator Shoup,
was given 'a chairmanship on the com
mittee on Indian depredations, and a
place on (he 'committee on Indian af
fairs. Senator Carey, of Wyoming, was
given the chairmanship of the commit
tee on education, and a place on the
public building committee. j
Will Maka aa Appropriation. j
Washington, Dec 14. Representative
Springer, of Illinois, in speaking of the
action of the board in control' of the
World' Columbia exposition in deciding
to ask for an appropriation of five mil
lion instead of a .loan of that amount,
a at. first contemplated, said: "I do'
not think there is any good reasons to
expect congress to make an appropriation
of tbe amount specified, for this congress
will be quite chary in it expenditures.
Congress will, however, I am confident,
make a loan to the board of that amount,
for, guaranteed as It will be, by receipts '
which will aggregate three times the
amount asked.
j
Want to nnlld Hia Koa.1,
Portland, Dec. 14. The evening Tel
egram today publishes the third proposi- j
tion made by Messrs. Griggs and Hens- j
tis, of Tacouia, to the people of Astoria
to construct a railroad from Gable to
Astoria. The above- named gentlemen j
are of the opinion that the road can be
built within the estimate of a million :
and A half, reported by Engineer Ken- j
nedy. They ask for a subsidy of four,
hundred thousand dollar and one
thousand acres of laud. It Is though!
that the bid is made in the in tercet of j
the Nort'iern Pacific. '
Tha Senate Adjoarued. j
Wasuixuton, lec. 14. The senate ad-!
journed at 12 o'clock until tomorrow. A i
number of- bills were introduced and
during the short executive session the ;
recent appointments were sent lit by the .
president and referred the proper com
mittees. Tha Vederatlon of Labor Meet.
i
Birmingham, Ala., IVc. 14. The!
eleventh annual national convention of.
the federation of Ialor convened this
morning, being called to order by Presi
dent Combers. There were about 150
delegates present from all parts of
the United States and Canada. Only
routine business being transacted today.
e THIKTV LIVES' LOST.
Tka Storm la European Water Doe
Maeh Damage.
London, Dec. 14. The list of casual
ties caused by the storm is gaining fresh
accessions.- The most serious of all the
disaster was the wreck of the British
ship "Enterkin," off Ramsgate, in the
county of Kent. Thirty lives were lost,
every person except an apprentice boy
being drowned.
MeKlnley Sick.
CoLCa-nrs, Ohio, Dec. 14. Governor
Elect McKialey is suffering from an at
tack of malaria at Canton, Ohio.
CT".IDE THE STATES.
Argentine' Prosperity.
Washington, Dec. 12. The bureau
of American republics is informed that
the present crops of wheat and wool in
the Argentine Republic are said to be
the largest ever known in the country
and the railway companies have not
rolling stock enough to carry the pro
duce to market. The immense. crops
alj caused a revival of immigration.
Wages have been doubled and trebled
and even quadrupled in some districts.
Gloomy Outlook In Rraxll.
London, Dec. 12. A dispatch from
Rio Janeiro to the Exchange Telegraph
company, declares the reports of the
gravity of the political situation there
are greatly exaggi'ratad. The dispatch
adds tluit the financial situation con
tinues to be of a most gloomy nature.
Many of the largest undertakings, it
says, are likely to collapse at any
moment.
Reciprocity With Jamaica.
Washisoton. Dec. 12. Hie British
commissioners from Jamaica were at the
state department today in consultation
with General Foster, special plenipoten
tiary of the United States, in regard to
the terms of a commercial reciprocity
agreement between tbe United States
ai.d Jamaica. It ia believed the con
vention will be concluded next week.
rat to Hen for Safety.
Sax Pedro, Dec. 12. The schooner
Marion, consigned to the Willamette
Lumber company at Redondo Beach,
arrived here this morning to xlischarge
cargo and for repairs. She found it im
possible to discharge at Redondo Beach
on account of the heavy sea, and alter
having parted all her lines was com
pelled to put to sea for safety.
A Stage Robber Captared.
San Francisco, Dec. 12. Abe Jones,
one of the gang of bold stage robber
which operated in Oregon and northern
California, has been captured in Modoc
county. Bill Howard and hi father
were, also member of the gang. The
old man is now in the Alameda jail and
Bill was killed at his father's house
while resisting arrest.
Tha Steamer Kansas Disabled.
London, Dee. 13. The British steamer
Iran arrived at Liverpool today and re
ports that she passed the steamer Kan
sas at midnight, December 8, 000 miles
west of Cape Clear, In a disabled condi
tion. The Kansas signaled that she bad
transferred her passengers to the City of
Chicago.
Kspcns of tha Revolutionist.
WAsnixoTox, Dec. 12. Newspaper
in Chili estimate that the expenses of
the congressional party in the rcvolu-.
tion against Balniaceda reached $15,000,-
000, of which Senora Edwards, mother
of Ion Edwards,, minister of finance,
contributed $SS5,000 from her .own for
tune. Natural Gas la t'tah.
Salt Lake, Dec. 12. Trenton rock
was reached in the natural gas field,
twelve miles from this city yesterday,
and a flow with a pressure of 145 jounds
is the resul t. The gas reservoir is ap
parently inexhaustible. The gas w ill be
piped to this city.
't Reiterate tha Htatemeat.
London, Dec. 12. The Timet' Valpa
raiso correspondent reiterates his state
ment that a proposal w disco sired by
the finance committee of the senate to
abolish the Chilian legation in Wash
ington. San I'raaclirn Wheat Market.
San Franoihco. Pec. 14. Wheat.
buyer, Season, l.Sl.'g.
Portland Wheat Market.
Portland, Deo. 14. Wheat, Valley
1.05; Walla Walla. 1.6'J. '
i