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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 18d2.
AN HOTEL H0L0C0UST.
Upossilile Jo.Ciye tne Kumlier oniie
LiTBS'Lost
FULLY SIXTY PEOPLE .MISSIXG.
Nbw Yobk, Feb 7. A disaster.'apall
ing In horror, and bringing to mind the
terrible occurrence in Park Place, still
fresh in the public mind, occurred in
this city early this morning. The Hotel
' .Royal, that well known landmark,
which haa stood for more than a quarter
of a century at the southeast corner of
Sixth Ayenue ahd Fortieth street,
burned to the ground and a large Mm
ber of persons were burned, suffocated
and crushed in the ruins. - At the time
of the disaster there were nearly 150
guests in the house. The hotel em
ployes, all told, numbered fifty-five.
Of the ,150 people, five have thus far
been found dead, six are in the hospital,
and sixty-three have been reporte.i
alive. One hundred are still miaaing.
The number'of dead will probably not
' exceed, at a later estimate, thirty. The
scenes were heartrending and apalled
even the "firemen and policemen, who
- are used to such sights. Soon after the
fire broke out, ambulances arrived from
the various hospitals, and many physi
cians, whose residences are in the neigh
borhood, were quickly on the scene, and
did all they could to relieve the injured.
Nearly every one of the 124 rooms,
which the hotel had on its five floors,
was occupied last night by guests, many
of them transients. In fact all the
- room 8 save four, had fceen taken at 1
o'clock this morning, when Richard
Meares, the proprietor, went to bed.
When the fiainea burst for(h, from some
unknown origin, near the elevator ehaft,"
the entire building was instantly en
veloped in flames.
The origin of the fire is unknown. It
started in the basement near the elevator
shaft, which is located in the middle of
the building. The flames were first seen
pouring out of the cupola on the roof,
directly over the elevator shaft by an
engineer of a Sixth avenue elevated
train, who stopped his engine directly
in front of the hotel and blew the loco
motive's whistle loud and continuously.
The usual sound woke many sleeping
people and brought the policemen to the
scene, ho at once sent in a fire alarm.
When the fire was finally gotten under
control there was a general inquiry as to
who had taken lodgings at the hotel and
who had gotten out in safety. Neither
the ' proprietor nor the attaches could
sive the names of any but a few of their
personal acquaintances. Then the call
was naturally made for the hotel regis
ter. It could not be found, although it
was not apparent it had been destroyed.
A search was instituted and an enter
prising newspaper man was found mak
" ing off with it, thinking thereby doubt
less to secure a "beat" on his contem
poraries by printing the exclusive list of
the names, but he was despoiled of his
prije, and may have to answer to the
chance of larceny into the bargain.
The Latest Estimate.
New York, Feb. 8. At 1 :30 a. m. the
beat estimates based upon the police
reports, the coroner's list end the World
reportera' investigation show : Dead, 5 ;
injured, 24; missing, 60; saved, 81. A
. full list of the injured is:
J. E. Avery, New York ; W. C. Bu
chanan, Now York ; O. Doppeller, New
York ; E. C. Fonda, Rupert, Vt. ; Her
bert Harding, New York; D. L. Har
mon, New ork; H.L.Harmon, New
York; Clarence W. Klien, Hazelton,
Pa. ; Mrs. S. Knapp, Boston ; Mrs. W.
S. Lockard, New "iork; D. O. L. Lusk,
Few York; O. B. Luabie, Richmond,
Na. ; 'Geo. W. Magee, Brooklyn ; Rich
ard Meares, proprretor Hotel Royal;
Mrs. Isabella Meares, New York : Mrs.
E, B. Reynolds, Philadelphia: Mrs. W.
H. Schott, jr., New York; Mrs. M. A.
Titus; Frederich Uhlman, New York,
and Charles White,. Philadelphia.
A number of those injured were badly
hurt and may die.
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One County Court Loyal.
Union, Or., Feb. 10. A petition haa
been presented to the county court of
Union county, asking the court to ignore
the action of the state board of equali
zation, and direct the clerk to extend
' the taxes on the roll as taxed by the
county board of equalization in Septem
ber. The court, however, denied the
. petition, and ordered the clerk to extend
the taxes on the rolls as equalized by
the state board of equalization, that he
add to the valuation of cattle, 30 per
, cent. ;. to the valuation of sheep, 10 per
cent.; to money, notes and accounts
Z3 per cent. ; to city and town lots, 10
per cent. ; telegraph lines, 26 per cent. :
j real estate mortgages, 33i per cent.,
and that he deduct from the valuation
of swine, 10 per cent., and frdm railroad
rolling stock on the main line, 17 per
cent. After completing this work he ia
to attach his warrant thereto and turn
the same over to the sheriff for collec
tion. , . - ;
Miss Mitchell Legally Wedded.
Paris, Feb, 10 The civil marriage of
. Duke Francois de la Rochefoucauld and
Miss Mattie E.JMitchell took place today
at the Ma ire of the Seventh Arrondisee
ment. The religions ceremony will take
place tomorrow noon, at the church
of St. Clothilde. The ceremony today
was performed by the deputy mayor,
There .were only thirty persons present
including Hon. "VVhitelaw Eeid,'- the
American minister, and Baron de
1 Strove, Russian minister at Washing
ton. - After the ceremony was concluded
the deputv mavor said to the duke and
bride : "I am pleased to have the honor
of addressing to you the compliments
and the good wishes of the municipal
officers upon the union of an officer of
the French army, and the head of one of
the most ancient ancient and historic
families of this country, with the daugh
ter of an honorable American senator.
Thia marriage endows our country with
a new and charming Frenchwoman, who
I welcome among us, especially as she
represents and renews tbe old alliance
between France and America. I am
proud to salute the eminent persoBS-
bere, especially the distinguished Amer-
ican minister. I bee him kindly to
accept my expression of respect for the
government he represents,- and ior him?
self, wh. enjoys' great esteem and con
sideration here."-
- Died bjr the Oarrote.
Madrid, Neb. 10. The four leaders of
the anarchists, who led the recent at
tack upon the town of Xeres, were gar
ro'ted today. The platform on which the
men were executed was surrounded by
detachments of infantry and cavalry,
and the route from the jail to the plat
form was lined with soldiers with loded
rifles. . The executions were public, and
the plaza and streeta leading to it -were
packed with a dense mass of people. :
The names of the four men executed
were Busigni, Zaretella, Lamala and
Lebrijano. When the prisoners mounted
the scaffold they were accompanied- by
four executioners and by priests and
monks. Zarzetella was greatly excited
and his demeanor showed that he was
terribly frightened, but the other three
culprits were calm and resigned. The
condemned men were led to the chairs,
in which the executioners securely bound
them. The metal collars were then
placed around their necks. Then each
executioner took his position at tbe
hack of the posts and grasped a powerful
leverage operating the garrote. At
given signal each executioner gave i
sharp turn to the lever and each con
demned man died instantly. After the
executions, though the spectators, many
of whom were friends of the men exe
cuted, were bitter in denunciation of the
authorities, there was no sign of any dis
turbance and every tbing in town was
tranquil. .
Cleveland Will Be the Candidate.
Las Angeles, Cal., Feb. 10. Colonel
George O. Brown, one of the editorial
writers of the Baltimore Sun, now here
at the poultry association convention,
today said : -
"I tell you Cleveland will be the dem
ocratic nominee. Hill haa disgusted the
people of the south and west by hia
political' trickery. Hia calling of the
convention so early aa he did is the lie-
ginning of disgust even among the peo
ple in New York. The democrats once
plainly showed that Tamahy Hall did
not rule the man. They will do it again
Cleveland has outlined the policy upon
which .the success of the democracy
hangs, and inasmuch as he haa "been a
president, and a good one, he will not be
shoved aside for a mere politician. The
people of the South want Cleveland.
They are going to the convention to fight
for him as only Southerners can fight
lhib talk ot Hill s Doom in tne soutn is
poppycock. You can put it in a pill
box. Cleveland is ten vears ahead of
his party in matters of an economical
nature. He ia sound on every question
I think that the plan of taking one
item of the tariff at a time is an excellent
one. The first thing to be considered
will be .the agricultural implements,
This will interest the granger element
and do more than anything else to bring
it over to the party." . s
A Chance of Procedure Authorized.
Washington, Feb. 10. In the matter
Of government proceedings against the
alleged fraudulent timber land entries
in Washington, Oregon and California,
the commissioner-general of the land
office, with the approval of the seretary
of the interior, has instituted a change
of procedure, by. which parties claiming
title to these lands will hereafter be re
quired to produce the original entry-men
and their witnesses at the local land
offices for further examination, with
reference to any contracts or ar
arrangements which may have been
made prior to the en try-for the convey
ance of land to corporations or syndi
cates. It appears from the records of
the general land office that large tracts
of valuable timber land in different
localities have been entered on the same
day by a large number of persons, and
immediately thereafter all the parties
transferred to syndicates. It is now
confidently asserted by these syndicates
that the government cannot prove the
entries were originally made in their,
interests. This new order is made with
a view of simplifying the procedure in
such'casea.
TheLottery Company Indicted.
Boston, Feb. 10. It is reported here
that the Federal grand jury, now is ses
sion, haa indicted all the. officials of the
lottery company, and that United States
Marshal Gahope would go immediately
to New. York and Louisiana and place
the officials under arrest. '.
NORTHWEST NEWS.
; The aorthwest Progress, a new paper
puplished at, Monmouth Polk county,.
and devoted chiefly to moral and educa
tional o nest ions has come to hand. It
is a handsome and ably edited sheet and
we wish it success. " . ' "".
The papers over the state are agitating
the propriety of reducing the fees re
ceived by county sheriffs and clerks.
The7 proper thing to do would be to have
fixed salaries for these officers, and such
salaries as would command the -services
of competent men. Willowa Chieftain.
Voting will be very tiresome next June,
owing to the complication of the new
method. The "fixer" of tickets will be
absent and the voter will have to make
up his own ticket. No voter was ever
half so handy as the ticket fixer. He
was a strength-and-patience supporter,
but he couldn't get a patent on himself.
Klamath Star.
The Anacortea Daily and Weekly
Progress has suspended. The Aaacor.les
boomers must have let go. It is only -a
little wbile since they were paying the
Oreqonian 13000 a month to print boom
items with a telegraphic date over them,
as if thev were genuine dispatches from
Anacortea. Those (3000 would have
helped the progress of Anacortea afloat a
little longer.
Articles of incorporation were filed in
the office of the secretary of state on the
8th instant as follows : East Fork Irri
gation Canal Co.: incorporators, Joseph
Knox, Milton D. Odell and James L.
Langille ; supplimentary articles reducing
the capital stock from $7000 to $5000;
principal placepf doing business, Hood
River. ' ,
Dast Side Irrigation Co. : capital stock
$6000 ; principal place of doing business,
Hood Kiyer; incorporators, r. M. acfc-
son, Hans Lage and . H. Vox. ,
La Grippe Plague in London.
"So prevalent and fatal is the influenza
in London that all the Surrey church
yards are as full of. new made graves as
if a battle had just been fought in the
neighborhood. Grave-diggers are kept
at work all night and hearses are to be
seen going and coming at all hours.
The majority of deaths are among older
people. Like Job's comforters physic
ians are now predicting that next year
will bring cholera.. The chief medical
director of a leading life insurance- com
pany says that influenza' has cost tbe
company more loss in the last two years
than did the cholera in 1843. He fur
ther remarks : "In every country in
Europe local outbreaks of cerebro-spinal
meningetis has followed in its wake and
have destroyed over ninety per cent, of
those attacked, and I see no reason why
this disease might not at any time throw
off its comparatively benign character,
and appear in its true malignity to cast
terror and consternation among the na
tions of the earth."
. Russia at Herself Again.
Worse than the famine news from
Russia is the announcement that meas
ures are to be initiated for the restora
tion of serfdom. The reason given for
the retrograde movement is that the
land allotted to tbe local commuhals is
not sufficient to supply the wants of the
rapidly multiplying population. It is
proposed to allot vast tracts :of land to
the peasants to be occupied under'serf
tenure, one third of the crop to be used
for their support, another third for the
payment of local debts to the state, and
the remaining third to pay government
taxes. The occupants will be bound to
the soil. It is said that the trial will be
made in two or three provinces,' and if
successful the system will be generally
extended. - . -
Buffalonlans are Tough.
Tony Robins a laborer employed by
Contractor Boland, had an almost
miraculous escape ftom death yesterday,
He was at work on the wall of a build
ing at- the foot of River street when he
slipped and fell to tne ground, a distance
of 55 feet. He struck among a lot of
bricks and broke a flagstone which
leaned against the wall, and yet his only
apparent injury was a scalp wound and
the shock. He may be injured, internal
ly, but as yet there is no indication of it,
He was taken to tbe Fitch Hospital,
perfectly conscious, and at first opposed
being removed on a stretcher.' He left
the hospital last night. Buffalo Express:
The many admirers of Luther Benson
will read the following, which we clip
from the Eugene Guard, with much re
gret :
A few months ago Luther Benson lec
tured in Eugene on temperance. He
was a magnetic, eloquent, speaker, and
here told bow he baa been unable to re
sist the drink habit, once a year falling
ueiore it. ne returutxi r.ui 10 nis nome
in Indianapolis,, and in a dispatch .of
January zo, the result is told as follows:
leather .Benson, having iust returned
from a temoe ranee tour in Washington.
Oregon and California,. wound, up in, a
terrible drunken spree tonight and was
taken to the Springfield Drunkard's
Home for treatment. "When the tiger
comes, says he, "I can no more resist
the temptation than I can fly, and it
comes once a year. I see a real tiger, a
tiger as natural as hie. It appears be
fore me. When I first see it it is asleeD.
as peaceful as a lamb. In a little while
it opens its eves and looks ' about in a
dreamy way. Then it begins to move
and its eves begin to glare at me. frettv
soon it begins to move its jaw and show
its teeth. Then it springs, at me and
with those great jaws around my neck.
completely overpowers me. No one who
meets that tiger can resist. Mr. Ben
son cried bitterly over bis failure to re
sist the temptation.
Tbe New York Herald declares that
Harrison and Blaine both emerge with
great eclat from the Chilian imbroglio.
So they do, Brother Herald; so they
do. But phat's the matter wid Pat.
Egan? Isn t he all right?' Seems to ns
if there is any eclat lying around Pat has
it. Astorian. -
MARKET REVIEW.
Thumbat, February 11,
The week just past has "shown more
activity in -trade than the former; The
fine - weather has improved tbe roads
and outside" business has "improved in
consequence. '
Real estate is now sought after and
transfers have increased with better
prices obtained for sales and our dealers
in real estate speak very encouragingly
of the prospects of a lively trade in their
special calling, and an anticipation of
more activity in the movement' of city
property as well as outside properties.
Money is getting more easy and large
loans leas asked of our brokers than the
former corresponding season. -: : ' -
In the grain market there is little or
nothing doing. Wheat ia lower and ad
vice from abroad -'indicate' medium
prices, with no prospects of a realization
of former quotation. - '-
Eggs are lower, and as the season ad
vances, prices will ; decline, now -18 to
224 per dozen is all they . will bring in
this market. Other kinds of produce is (-
in good supply at former quotations. : ,
." Wheat is weaker and a .decline is
noticed. -'-'.- - '
Wheat We quote 80 to .86 cents
per buahel. ' . ' ' .
Oats The oat market is short of sup
ply. . We quote 1.00 cents to $V.10 per
cental. . .. ', v --
Barley The barley supply ia fairly
good with a limited inquiry. Brewing
fl.00 per cental. . Feed barley at 80
to 90 cents per cental. ;' : -. . .. -k--'
Floub Local brands wholesale; $4.75
$d.00 retail. . . . '
MiLLSTUFFa -We quote bran at $20.00
per ton. Retail $1.00 per 100B8.
Shorts - .and middlings,. $22.50$25.00
per ton. An advance in price is antici
pated. - Hay Timothy hav; is in good supply
at quotations $15.00 to $17.00. - Wheat
hay is in market at $10.00 per ton loose,
and 12.50$13.00 per ton, and scarce,
baled. Wild hay is quoted at $14.00
per ton.- Alfalfa . $12.00 baled.. Oat
hay $13.00. -
- Potatoes Abundant at 60 to "65
cents a sack and a better market.
Butter We, quote Al- .55.70 cents
per roll, and scarce. . - -
Egos Are in better supply and have a
downward tendencV, we quote at 20 cents
a dozen cash and 25 cents in trade.
. Poultry Old fowls are in less de
mand at $3.003.50. Young fowls are
easily sold at $2.003.00 per dozen.
Turkeys v10 cents perlb, undressed.
Ducks $4.00 to $5.00 per dozen.
Hides Prime dry hides are quoted at
.06 per pound. Culls .0405. Green .02
.03. Salt .03.&.04. Sheep pelts
1 .50 to $2.50 ; . bntcbered, 75 to cents ;
bear skins $8 o$10; coyote .60; mink .50
cents each ; martin $1.00 beaver, $2.00
3.50 per lb.; otter, $2.005.l)0 each
for Al ; coon, .30 each ; badger, .25 each ;
fisher, $2.50 to $4.00 each; Red Fox,
$10.00; Dilon grav, $25.00; Black Fox,
$25.00 ;. Pole cat, $.25 ; Wild cat, : $.50 ;
Hedghog, $1.00 to $3.00.
Beep Beef on foot clean and prime
02 , ordinary .02 ; and firm.
Mutton Choice weathers $3.50 ; com
mon $3.00.
Hoga Live heavv, .044'.05.' Dressed
.06.
Countrv bacon in round lota .09.10.
Lard 5tt cans .12.13; 121b
40tt .08.09Va. -
Lumber The supply ia fairlv good.
We quote No. . 1 flooring and" ruetic
f 26.00. No. 2 do. $21.00. No. 3 do
16.50. Rough lumber $9. to $12. No.
1 cedar shingles $2.50(8 $2.00. Lath $2.85.
Lime $1.65$1.75 per bbl. Cement
$4.50 per bbl. -
STAPLE GROCERIES. -
Coffee Costa Rica is quole'd at 23J-
cents by the sack ;
Sugars Chinese in 1001t ; mats,' Dry
Granulated, $5.4 ; Extra C, 4 . cents
C, 4?4' cents.
American .sugars Dry Granulated in
barrels or sacks, 6 cents j Extra C, in
do., 5)4 cents ; C, 5 cents.
Sugars in 30 tb boxes are quoted:
Golden C $1.80; Extra C, $1.90; Dry
Granulated $2.10. .'
Sybup $2.25 to $2.75 per keg.
Rice Japan rice, 6,'46 cents ; Is
land rice, 7 cents.-
Beans Small white, 45 cents ;
Pink, 4J4 cents by the lOOfts.
Stock Salt Is quoted at $17.00 per
ton.- Liverpool, 50tb sack,- 70 cents
100 ftsack, $1.25; 2001b sack, $2.10.
. Apples .751. 25 IS box..
' Vegetables Cabbage, turnips, : carrots
and onions, l1 cent per pound.
There was an old preacher once who
told some boys of the Bible Iesspn he
was to read in the morning. Tbe boys
finding the "place, 'glued together the
connecting pages. The next morning
he read on the bottom of the page:
"When Noah was one hundred and
forty, he took upon himself a wife, who
was (turning the leaf) one hundred and
forty cubit 8 long, forty cubits wide, built
of gopher wood, covered with pitch in
side and out." He- was - naturally puz
zled at thia. He read again, verified it,
and then said : "My friends, this is the
first time I ever met. this in the Bible,
but I accept it as an evidence of an
assertion that we are fearfully and
wonderfully made." Exchange.
Never before. In the history of the
country were dishonest and selfish poli
ticians so generally and persistently
trounced for their trickery and presump
tion as at the present time; and proba
bly: they never so much deserved, it.
The press of the country is becoming
peculiarly independent and out-spoken.
JSjc.
That is an eloquent despatch .from
England, telling that the late Cardinal
Manning's estate is $100.' Evidently be
believed in the Divine admonition of the
Master whose teachings he followed, and
went around -doing good." .But what
a reproof to some clergymen who seek to
amass wealth till death surprises them.
Astorian. . -
A nail factory is about to be built at
Port Townsend with a capital stock of
$100,000. .
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Dalles Cfiionicie
Tl
Of the Leading City
During the little over
has earnestly tried to fullfil the obieets far whinh if
was founded namelv. to
industries, to'advertise the resources of the city and
adjacent country and to work for an open river to
the sea. Its record is before - the people an'i the
phenomenal support it has received is accepted as the
expression of their approval. Independent in every
thing, neutral in nothing, it will live only to fight
for what it believes to be just and rig ht.
. Commencing with the first' number of the second
vclume the weekly has beeri. enlarged to eight pages
while the price. ($1.50 a year) remains the same.
Thus both the weekly and daily editions contain'
moie reading matter for less money than any paper
published in the county. . . . ' .
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