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THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1892.
NUMBER 12.
VOL. II.
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BADLY SHAKEN UP.
California's EarUiaiiake More Serious
Than Reported.
SHOCKS KEPT UP FOR SOME TIME.
Rambling Began at 11:21 p. m. The
Most Fearful Shock at 4:53 a. m.
INHABITANTS PANIC S THICKEN.
XiKUila, Alamo, and San Qnentln
Experience the Most SeTere
Shock Other News.
San Diego, Cal., Feb. 25. The earth
quake which visited southern California
just before 'midnight Tuesday was the
worst San Diego ever experienced, and
seems to have been more severe the
further south it progressed, in this city
a large number of buildings were cracked
and the plaster dislodged, although no
houses were shaken down. In a jewelry
store on Fifth street, a large ornamental
lamp was thrown from its case, and,
crashing tlirough a showcase, did about
$200 damage. So far as known no one
was hurt. Reports from outside the
city say that the church and schoolhouse
in Paradise Valley, which was built
upon stilts, were thrown down and al
most totally demolished. A telephone
message from Campo, 011 the border of
the desert in the southeast part of the
county, says that the first shock, which
occurred at 11 :21 p. m., was preceded
by a loud rumbling like the sound of
distant thunder. Several sharp trem
blings followed in quick succession. The
; rumblings and shocks kept up at inter-
als of twenty minutes or more through
. the night until 4 :53 a. m., when a fear
ful shock, with vibrations lasting twenty
five seconds, and accompanied by loud
Tumblings, caused the inhabitants to
rush out of their houses in terror. At
Jamul the walls of the stone kilns at the
cement works were cracked and other
damage done. Rumblings have been
heard all day in the hills and the moun
tains thereabouts, and the inhabitants
are panic-stricken. Messages from
Lower California are to the effect that
' Ensenada, Alamo and San Quentin ex
perienced the severest shocks within
the memory of the oldest inhabitant.
At Ensenada, buildings swayed to and
fro and the people rushed into the
streets, frightened by the unusual noises
which followed the seismic disturbances.
The mining town of Alamo was also
severely shaken, and at San Quentin
the Peninsular railway came in for con
siderable damage to its roadbed. Re
ports from the latter place say the
shocks were simply unparalleled, lasting
fully seventv seconds.
Under Distressing Circumstance.
San Francisco, Feb. 25. J. W. Col
lins, president of the California National
bank of San Diego, has been arrested
for the embezzlement of $200,000. A. K.
Burnett, of San Diego, was seen at the
Grand last night and expressed surprise
at learning of President Collins' arrest r
"Collins has been one of our most prom
inent and public-spirited citizens," he
said, "and every one has had implicit
confidence in his integrity. He is about
45 years of age, has resided at San Diego
for at least eight years, and by shrewd
investments made a good deal of money
during the boom of 1886-7, when the
bank was founded. Last fall he put a
large sum in a motor road then being
vwonstruced near Seattle or Tacoma,
nave lorgotten which city, and it was
eaid that the enterprise would prove un
profitable, as I believe it has. Of late it
has been rumored that he had lost much
, of his shrewdness. It was whispered
that he had shown symptoms of mental
collapse. About two years ago his wife
and children were drowned in the bav
under peculiarly distressing circumstan
ces, and he has certainly not been the
' 'came man since his bereavement. That
is the most satisfactory 'explanation
which I can give of his alleged embezzle
ment." - -
' ; ' Another Will Contact.
SiN Francisco, Feb. 25. When the
late Dr. Samuel Merritt, of Oakland,
died, he left a $3,000,000 estate to bis
sister, Mrs. Garcelon. Two nephews
threatened to contesV-the will and Mrs.
Garcelon compromised with them for
; $500,000. Mrs. Garcelon died and let.
numerous legacies, amounting to $300,-
000 to eastern relatives. Six-tenths of
the remainder was given la trust
to I
Boudoin college, Maine, and four-tenths
to the Merritt hospital, Oakland. The
two nephews hae engaged council and
threaten to prevent the payment of these
bequests. Today the tiustees ofBoudoin
college and representatives of the east
ern beneficiaries brought suit in the fed
eral court of this city alleging the neph
ews' claims prevented the trustees from
paying the bequests and asking the court
to enjoin the nephews' from setting up
any claims to the estate. - '
Aberdeen's Kallwajr Clash. -Aberdeen-,
Wash., Feb. 25. The city
council last night granted a franchise to
the Aberdeen and Victoria railroad com
pany through certain streets of this city.
One street, over which a franchise was
granted, is now occupied by the North
ern Pacific grade. This is on the face of
the Finch bluff, for which the Northern
has paid out about $13,000 for right of
way, and expended over $50,000 in grad
ing. It turns out that the only available
room for a railroad occupies a legal
county road which is now. a street of the
city of Aberdeen and on which r.6
authority has granted right of way here
tofore. The Northern brought a con
demnation suit for it against E. C. Finch
over a year ago and a jury awarded him
$5,550 therefor. . j
Tacoma Spreading Herself.
Tacoma, Feb. 25. The county auditor
has filed a pUjt of Hayden's addition to
Tacoma, situated nineteen mile south of
the city and six miles from Roy. The
platters did not ask the city council to ac
cept the plat, as required by law, and it
is believe to be a swindle, as there is
already one Harden 's addition to
Tacoma. Also the name of George
Hayden, one of the platters, is not in
the Tacoma directory, nor is he known
at the postoffie. One lot has been ' re
corded as being sold for $250 at the new
addition. One of the platters of which,
Mr. Page, is believed to be one of the
filers of the Highland Park addition to
Fail-haven, which, it is said, is out in
the woods.
Deserves to be Lynched.
Grass Valley, Cal , Feb. 25. Yes
terday evening a man on horseback,
armed with a shotgun, rode up to within
hailing distance of a group of children
on Rocky Bar Hill, two miles south of
this place. He asked some question
which the children could not answer,
and then he told them that if they did
not respond he would shoot. The child
ren were still silent and the man fired
both barrels of his gun into the group.
The 5-vear-old twin sons of Robert Allen
were struck iu the face by the shot, but
owing to the distance, the wounds are
not serious. The man escaped and no
one knows who he is.
Thank Offering for Health.
Chicago, Feb. 25. The University of
Chicago today had another gift of $1,
000,000 added to its endowment. A let
ter was received by the trustees from
John D. Rockefeller tendering that sum
in 5 per cent, gold bonds, to be handed
over to the trustees with accruing inter
est to March 1. The giver reserves the
right to disignate the expenses to which
the income shall be applied. The letter
concludes: "I make this gift as a spec
ial thanks Offering to Almighty God- for
returning health."
Faccciou McBerznott.
New York, Feb. 25. At the banquet
of the New York board of trade and
transportation last night E. J. McBer
mott, of Louisville, made the banquet
notable by his laudations of ex-President
Cleveland and his denunciation of Hill.
Then, too. his remarks on the silver
question were pointed. "If the govern
ment is compelled to buy silver from
Colorado," said he, "why should she not
buy bourbon from Kentucky? Silver
weigh one down, while bourbon buoys
one up." ' - :
The Dead Lock In France.
.Paris, Feb. 25. The ministerial dead
lock continues and a dissolution ot the
chamber of deputies is probable. After
a five-minute session today the chamber
adjourned .until Saturday. .
ROHV1ER GIVES IT CP.
Paris, Feb. 25. Rouvier, has given
up the attempt to form a ministry, and
Bougiers, a member of the late cabinet,
has undertaken the task.
- Horse Thieves Captured.;
' : BcsHNELL.'Ill., Feb. 25.Last night
two men named Gibbons and Walters
were arrested here by a deputy sheriff
from Sprague, Wash., who accuses them
of stealing sixty head of horses in Wash
ington and selling them here. They
were bound over for ten days.
New Trial Refused.
Pittsburg, Feb. 25. The Post Pub-.
lishing company, defendants in the
Quay libel suit, were refused a new trial
this morning. The company was fined
300, and Messrs. Barr and Mills, presi-
ueni ana eaicor respectively, sou ana
costs each.
ISOGREAT IS ECONOMY.
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The Riyer and Harbor Bill is to he
: Slashed Right Left.
NORTHERN RIVERS TO SUFFER.
The Pacific Coast to be Included in This
.Xew Idea of Saving.
DRAGGING ITS DHEAI1T LENGTH.
Sympathies of the l'ress In Favor of
Du B )!-Mormons Said to Favor
Claggett.
Washington, Feb. 25. It is believed
by a number of democrats, who claim
to be on the inside, that the river and
harbor bill will be from $5,000,000 to
$8,000,000 less than that passed two
years ago. The cut in all improvements
is said to be very great, and of such a
character as to hamper all work now in
progress mid to delay the completion of
all waterway improvements much be
yond the time generally intended, and
to such an extent as to make future ex
penditures greater. The idea of economy
in the present house seems to have pre
vailed in every "committee, and even
reached the river and harbor committee,
which usually appropriates more -liberally
than the others. . The greatest cut
is said to be in northern rivers, and
lakes, and the Pacific coast. These sec
tions have been trimmed down with an
unsparing hand, while the South is
pretty well taken care of. Such are the
reports that are given out ' by leading
democrats whose interests are affected
bv the action of the committee.
Dragging its Weary Length.
Washington, Feb. 25. The contest of
Claggett against Dubois continues to
drag its dreary length along until the
people are getting tired of it. The im
pression has been all along that Dubois
was entitled to the seat, and that the
vote was not a valid one in any sense.
It was quite an innovation that the sen
ate allowed Claggett to speak in his own
behalf. Senator Sanders, -of Montana,
who is one of the men supporting Clag
gett, claims that the newspaper men in
Washington have been against Claggett
and in favor of Dubois. This may be so,
and if the sympathies of the press are
with Dubois it is because it is generally
believed he is entitled to the seat as a
matter of right and equity, and because
of the hard work he has done for the
state in the past four years. The oppo
sition to Dubois comes mainly from the
Mormons, who in every section of the
west are doing their utmost against him.
Spokane has a Bond Muddle.
Chicago, Feb. 25. Mayor Fothering
ham, of Spokane, Wash., reached Chi
cago last night with city- of Spokane
bonds for some $1,200,000, which he de
sires to sell to Chicago brokers. Mayor
Fotheringham's departure from Spokane
was made quietly to avoid some interfer
ence with the sale of the bonds, threat
ened by the Western agent of the Bos
ton bond-buying firm of Blair & Co.,
who claimed to have some prior right to
purchase the securities, and hinted he
would stop the transfer to Chicago
brokers by injunction! Spokane citi
zens, who claimed the issue of the bonds
were illegal,- are also after the mayor
with an injunction. The mayor main
tains the bonds are valid.
Kain Mafcerss Want Time. .
Washington, Feb.25. Secretary Rusk
today, in answer to a senate resolution,
communicated to the senate the report
of the special agent of the department of
agriculture upon the rain-making ex
periments. General Dyrenfurth.'who is
in charge of the' experiments,- in sum
ming up their' results says : The few
experiments made do not furnish suffi
cient data from which to form a -definite
conclusion, or -evidence upon which to
uphold or condemn the theories of the
artificial production, or the increase of
rainfall by concussion. What it has
done so far is altogether preliminary,
but with the benefit of the experience
gained I hope the subject will be
pursued.
Strikers Sentence Commated.
Pittsburg, Feb. 25. Rusnak, Sabol
and Todt, ' the three Hungarians sen
tenced to death for killing a foreman
during the strikers' riot at the Edgar
Thompson steel works, two years ago,
were notified todav that their anntnnraa
were commuted to life imprisonment. 1
, To Liberate Cuba. . .
New York, Feb. 26. Another revolu
1 is on . foot to liberate Cuba. Prepara
i tions are in active progress and the first
I blow may be struck within a few days.
The movement is to be the largest and
most completely organization ever inaug
urated for Cuban independence. ' There
are said to be 8000 Cuban patriots in
j this country ready to join the war. In
I Cuba the revolutionist party is also act
ively preparing for the outbreak, and
when the word is given the forces -on
Spanish and ' United States soil will act
in conjunction for the overthrow of the
Spanish yoke. The plans have been in
progress for several 'months, but so
much secresy haB been maintained that
the news of the contemplated uprising
only leaked out yesterday. R. A. C.
Smith,; the well-known Wall street
banker, who lias immense interests in
Cuba, when spoken to regarding the
probable revolution, said the island was
never in a more prosperous condition.
The planters were investing their money
; at home, and that fact demonstrated to
i hmi that they -have no idea of revolu-
tioil. ; -
-Attempted Assassination.
Savannah, Ga., Feb. 26. An attempt
to assassinate John McDonough, mayor
of the city, was frustrated Wednesday
night, .solely by the mayor's suspicions.
I Late that night two nogroes aroused the
mayor and tried to induce him to leave
his residence on the pretext that he was
! needed at police headquarters and that
i they had been sent for him. He was
suspicious and did not leave the house.
J In the morning it was ascertained that
j the negroes had lied, and another negro
i voluntarily confessed he had been .hired
to get the mayor . ont of his .house
Wednesday night... For his eervices he
was to receive $30.' He backed out, and
the party employed other negroes. It is
said the principals were lying in wait
behind the' trees, and as soon as the
mayor left hia house they were going to
shoot him. The police are on the irack
of the parties. The mayor has been
extremely severe on evii-doers and
especially on violators of the Sunday
law, and the plot to assassinate him
grew out of that fact. The publication
of the fact aroused intense feeling. ,
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Romantic Suicide. '
' Lbs, Angeles, Feb. 26. An inquest is
being held today on the remains of
Frank George, a suicide -from taking
morphine, who it is supposed was worth
considerable property in King county,
Wash. Before suiciding he purchased a
cemetery lot, selected his tombstone,
coffin, etc., and arranged all the details
for his funeral, paying for everthing but
the coffin and the undertaker's charges.
This occurred a few weeks ago. He then
appeared to be perfectly sound in mind
and body and in good spirits. Nothing
further was heard of him until yester
day, when he was found dead in his bed
at a lodging-house. From his appear
ance he must have been dead more than
twelve hours. He left several letters.
In one to the undertakers with whom
he had arranged for his burial, he in-
inclosed $100 and wrote:' "Please do
the best you can for the money, and I
will meet you in a better world if we
make the proper connections."..
Revolution Not Far Distant;
New York, Feb. 2,6. The British
steamship Cyril arrived from '-Brazil
today, bringing news of general dissatis
faction in that country, and reports the
existence of a difference between the
army and navy there that will result in
conflict whenever the two factions meet.H
A serious encounter between the two
took place January 31, at Manoos, an
important town in Para, in which three
sailors and one soldier are -known to
have been killed, and many injured.
Cap. plipbant of the Cyril, says con
tinued troubles in Brazil might be ex
pected, and that a general revolution is
not far distant.
"Dead Things Sometimes Crawl."
Toledo, O.,' Feb. 25. The name of
urover Cleveland win De presentea in
the Chicago convention by Frank' Hurd,
unless the programme arranged at the
Ann Arbor conference this week is up
set. .' Mr. Hurd said last night : "I am
heartily desirous of seeing Mr. Cleveland
placed in nomination, and shall do every
thing I can to assist him. . I think Hill
will have no show against him. . New
York may want Hill, but the great West
will rush like a whirlwind to the ex
president's support. He can be elected
without any help from Tammany."
. The Lowest Dttfi of Population. -
Bhblik, Feb. 26. The damage done
yesterday and today amounts to thous
ands of marks. The newspapers warn
people against overestimating the im
portance of the disturbances, which they
say are due to roughs. A socialist paper
disclaims on behalf of the socialist lead
eas any connection with the rioters, and
declares the members of the mob belong
to the lowest dregs of the population.
RIOT AND WAR RUMORS
The Poor of Berlin Demand an Audience
of Its Emperor.
BUT THEY ARE NOT RECEIVED.
Cuba Said to Be on the War Path Rev
olution Threatened in Brazil.
MEDDLESOME REPORTERS CAl'SK
M
rs. Leslie Wilde and Her Husband Un
necessary Pain Stanford Mot a
Candidate!
New York, Feb. 26. Dispatches from
Berlin give particulars of one of the
worst riots of modern times. It was
caused by a refusal &i the government
officials to receive a deputation from
several thousand poor people, out of em
ployment, urging their appeals by the
pangs of hunger for bread. Ihe men
wanted Herr Forokenbeck to ask the
emperor to. appoint a fair and unprejud
iced commission to enquire into,. the
wrongs which the workmen complain of,
and promote immediately the legislation
necessary to reduce their grieviences,
but, in spite of his well-known political
sympathies, the burgomaster refused to
receive the delegation, eending them a
message to the effect that the . work
men had better return peaceab'y to
their homes, as there was nothing to
be gained by a demonstration. In
flamed by a sense of their feelings that
great wrongs were perpetrated upon
them, the demonstration continued un
til it broke out in a fierce riot. The
whole police force of Berlin was called
out; under orders to go to any extremity
to suppress the rising. The working
people were not sanguinary, but they
were resolute. They opposed the police
stubbornly,, and refused to disperse.
They gathered iu a large body on the
Franktnrter strasse with the intention
of marching toward the palace near
Kaiser strasse, where a severe conflict
took place. The police used their
weapons unsparingly,, while the popu
lace were but poorly prepared to meet
the solid attack of the well-armed police
force. They battled bravely, however,
with sticks and any other weapons that
each happened to have. It is said the
soldiers were in sympathy with the
rioters, bnt as the police acted with
much judgment the riot was suppressed
with less casuality than might be ex
pected. Large numbers were wounded
more or less severely, but it is not known.
vet whether any were killed. A multi
tude of prisoners were taken and lodged
nnder a strong guard in the cells. The
military ' remained under arms, bnt
took no part in the struggle. This
course is said to have been followed by
the direct orders of the kaiser,' who was
made aware of the situation as soon as
the riot first broke out. He commanded
that the military should not interfere
unless the police should prove them
selves unable to cope with the mob.
Stanford Is Not a Candidate.
Washington, Feb. '26. The question
was asked Senator. Stanford today if he
would accept a nomination for the presi
dency if tendered him by the farmers'
alliance. "I would not accept it," an
swered the senator, "as I am in no sense
a candidate for the place. . I am inter
ested in one or two national questions,
to which I propose to devote all my at
tention. I look for success through the
republican party, and will work with
that party,". . . : . -
'Burned to Death.
Vienna, Feb. 26. Details of a hor
rible story were received today. A band
of masked men went to the house of
Mary Leppers, a young woman in the
village of Minin, forced their way into
her bedroom, and bound her with cords
They then poured a large quantity of
petroleum over her, applied a match,
and calmly watched -the horrible spectacle.-
The victim's shrieks and cries
were blood-curdling. ' ' The motive
assigned is the woman was suspected of
having murdered her husband.
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The Squatters and Locators.
Denver, Feb. 26. All is excitement
at Creede, Colo , this morning. The
sale of school lands will occur this after
noon, and the squatters are determined
not to let outsiders buy the land upon
which they are located. Fully 7000 men
are in camp, and bloodshed may result.
There is a question as to the state's title
to the land, as an official survey has
never been made.
The Work of Tramps.
Umatilla, Feb. 26. A pitiful speci
men of humanity was taken to Pendle
ton this evening, a ravine maniac, the
result of exposure and starvation. A"
man about forty years of aae hobbled
into town yesterday, almost naked, his
bare feet brnised and his eyes glaring.
It was some time before he could talk,
but finally said his name was Harry
Flynn, and than he had been sheep
berding in the John Day country. He
started to town, was robbed of his monej
and clothes by tramps, and had slept '
ont on the hills several days without
food. Clothing and shoes were furnished
him and food offered, but he could not
eat. About two hours after he arrived
he disappeared suddenly and a party
was sent to search for him, expecting to
find him dead. He was found at noon,
eight miles east of here, wandering aim
lessly about in a demented condition.
He will be examined and probably sent
to the asylum. It is said he is quite "
wealthy.
Whose Business Is It?
New York, Feb. 26. Stories which
have gained circulation regarding the
differences in the daily life of Mrs. Frank
Leslie and her husband, Willie Wilde,
having brought out stories from San
Francisco to the effect that she consid
ered herself his mental and financial
superior, Mrs. Leslie was seen this even
ing to get her version. "As for my
claiming any mental superiority to Mr.
Wilde, that is absurd," she said. "He
is is my equal ; nay, my superior. He
easily made $5000 a year in London, and
could make more than that sum here, if
he wanted to. Why he doesn't, I really
can't say. Before I married, no unkind
word was ever said of me. I suppose
the charge is due to the fact that I. mar
ried a foreigner. People seem to object
to his club life. For myself, I really
can't see why he refuses to take advan
tage of his opportunities and does not go
to work. I make every effort to do what
is right. I hurry through my work,
.drive, go' to receptions, and am really
pushed to such an extent, that I have
not even time to dress like other women."
Mr. Wilde entered the room leisurely at
this point. He appeared deeply grieved
to hear that additional stories of his
marital infelicity had reached the pub
lic ears. "Say for me," he said with a
languid air, "that nothing, but happi
riess reigns to our little home."
Flour Trade With Cuba,
Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 26. A
party of millers of the northwest, leave
this city tonight for Cuba, for the pur
pose of making arrangements to begin a--,
trade in flour with the Spanish islands.
At Chicago and other cities, the party -will
be joined by a number of persons
interested in the Cuban flour trade.
Before the reciprocity treaty went into
effect Cuba had a tariff of $5.65 for 200
pounds of flour from the United States.
Now this great, market is open to the
American trade under the reciprocity
arrangements.
. Claims the Election Null.
Washington, Feb. 26. Consideration
of the Idaho election case was resumed, -and
Vance, of the minority committee,
continued his argument, begun yester
day, in support of the claim of Claggett.
Much of his argument Was devoted to -the
reputation of Turpie's claim that
the organization of the Idaho legislature '
was complete when its members met, -and
holding that, as Dubois' election
took place the day before the formal or
ganization, the election was null.
Will Force Free Coinage. '
J- Washington, Feb. 26. The free' silver
men are feeling very good today and
seem to think they will force free coin
age inthe house at all hazards, the an'tis
are feeling considerably troubled and
their only hope now is that they may'
prevent the iron clad rule, and thus'
allow an opportunity to fillibuster on
the bill until it is defeated.
Andrew Stewart Seated.., ,'-
Washington,- Feb. ' 26. The demo
crats increased their majority -in the
house of representatives by one today. '
Andrew Stewart of the twenty-fourth
Pennsylvania district, waf unseated and
Alexander Craig, his democratic contes
tant, declared regularly elected'
. Sherman's Chinese Bill.
Washington, Feb. 26. Senator Dolph,
from his committee on foreign affairs,'
today reported to the senate adversely
the bill introduced by Sherman to pro
hibit the coming of Chinese to the
United States.
People's Party Convention.
- St. Louis, Feb. 26. The executive
committee of the. people's party will
meet in Omaha, May 11, for the purpose
of perfecting arrangements for holding
the national convention there JulvK.