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VOL. II.
THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1892.
NUMBER 13.
LYNCH LAW IN CAIRO.
A Horse Stealer Who Mnrderei
While on Trial.
JERKED IP IX GREAT SHAPE.
His Pal Killed Himself to Prevent Being
Captured.
FBIOBTFl'L ACTOF A JKALOCS MAS.
Bank ia Michigan Kobbed Wanted
Philadelphia and Beading Bond
- ...other New.
Caibo, 111,, March 3. Last night 200
men from Maiden and Bloomfield, Mo.,
descended on the jail here. They took
Amos Miller from the jail and hanged
him to a convenient tree. The body
hung until about 9 o'clock. Miller was
the desperado who assisted in killing
Mayor Cooper and Marshal Sprinkle at
Dexter last Saturday. He was arrested
at Maiden Tuesday and was" taken back
to Dexter. Miller'wns a very bad man.
He had lived' in Indian territory eince
be was a young man until about a year
ago. . He had recently been to the ter
ritory and the man Moore returned with
him. It was believed they were mem
bers of a regularly organized band of
horse thieves and they were arrested.
There was a regular battle in the court-
' room where the men were being tried
for horse thieving. Miller nd Moore
fired on Mayor Cooper and Marshal
Sprinkle. The second shot pierced
Cooper's heart. Sprinkle was shot three
times and Moore was wounded in the
hip. He ran into a field near the town
Ud killed himself to escape capture.
A Jealous Husband's Deed.
Camden, X. J., March 3. Howard
Mason, of Camden, a former Phila
delphia policeman, this morning shot
bis wife and cut her throat. He went
home at 2 o'clock and found a strange
man in the house with another woman
and Mason's wife, who was in bed. He
fixed a .revolver at the stranger. The.
wife threw a lamp at the husband, set
ting fire to the bed. He continued to
empty bis revolver, and then cut his
wife's throat. . The blaze from the burn
ing bedclothes called out the fire depart
ment. The fire was-extinguished with
out loss. Mason surrendered., and was
locked up with Mrs. Helen Walker and
Henry Sharey, the two who were in the
house. Mrs. Mason was then taken to
the hospital dangerously injured. She
is likely to die. Her husband expresses
no remorse for his act.
Safecrackers Make a HauJ.
Coldwateb, Mich., Mar. 3. Last
night the National bank of this city was
robbed. The safes were blown open
and f 20,000 in cash taken, in addition to
a deposit of $40,000 of Philadephia and
Reading perferred bonds. . Ten thous
and dollars reward is offered for the ar
rest of the robbers. The job was the
boldest and one of the most complete
ever performed in this part of the state,
and was evidently the work of experts.
They took every cent of cash they could
find. The robbery caused a great sensa
tion here, and the bank was visited by
hundreds of people this morning. No
clue to the robbers.'
Washington Kews.
Washington, March 3. The condition
' of Congressman Springer, -chairman of
tne ways ana means committee, is so
serious that it excites the gravest appre-
1 Cliibion8 of his friends. His family and
most Intimate friends are evidently pre
pared for the worst, as there is a fear
that- erysipelas, heretofore confined to
his face, has gone to the brain. His
physicians concede that, this being the
case, the result will almost inevitably be
fataL . . "
" ... clagett gets left..
At 3 p. in. debate on the Idaho con
tested election case closed and the voting
began. By a vote of nays 55, yeas 7,
the senate decided Clagett was not en
titled to the seat, and by a vote of 55 to
5 confirmed DuBois' election.
The Famine in Hungary.
Vienna, March 3. The famine in
Arva, Hungary, is becoming more and
more intense. Many children have died
of hunger in the Mamsezto district.
Seventy-five cases of death' from star
vation have been reported in two
months. The people's food consists of
hominy mixed with tree bark, or maize
mixed with chopped straw. ' '" . -'-
. Arid Land Legislation.
Washington, March 3. It is claimed
that the bi'l introduced in the house
yesterday, and which will be favorably
reported from the committee on arid
lands tomorrow, stands a very good
chance of . passing the congress. It is
claimed that lying west of the twenty.
seventh meridian, where the line be
tween arable and arid lands is drawn,
there are 550,000,000 acres of land.i
which under this bill will be turned
over to the states and , territories in
which they are situated. The mineral
lands are reserved, and the states are
prohibited from disposing of them in
tracts greater than 100 acres. The ad
vantage claimed for this plan is that it
wiil take the land department practic
ally out of the hands of the government
except for the settlement of land now
taken and awaiting patent. It is
thought it will, lead to a greater saving,
as the land department . is little more
than self-sustaining now. The passage
of the bill is an attempt to prevent for
all time any expenditures for the
reclamation of the arid lands of the
west.
Mountain Out of Mole Hills.
Phoenix, Ari March 3. Gen. LuisE.
Torres, governor of Sonora, said con
cerning the rumor of the resurvey of the
international boundary line throwing
considerable American territory on the
Mexican side: "There will be no
change that will amount to anything.-
It may vary a few yards in some places,
and that it all. Your American news
papers are so sensational that they
seize every opportunity to make moun
tains out of 'molehills." Gov. Torres
further said that the purchase of Lower
California could never be made, because
it was not for sale at any price.
Instructions From the Vatican.
Rome,. Mar. 3. The Vatican recently
sent instructions to Paris for the forma
tion of a republic in the conservative
party in the chamber of deputies to act
as a mouth-piece of the Vatican in order
to fight radicalism. When this fact
came to the knowledge of representa
tives at the Vatican of Austria, Ger
many, Portugal and Spain, they re
quested an explanation of - the pope's
abandonment of his monarchical policy.
In reply they were told that the instruc
tions would only apply to France, and
that the Vatican did not intend to dis
play hostility to existing monarchies.
Tlarrison Delegates Chosen.
Indianapolis, March 3. Republican
district conventions were held through
out the state today. In every district
Harrison delegations were chosen to the
national convention. In the twelfth,
however, Allen county delegates left the
convention and adopted resolutions
repudiating its action. The trouble was
over the apportionment, which, they as
serted, deprived 2,000 republicans in
Allen county of a voice in the conven
tion. In the Fourth district, Captain
Samuel M. Jones was nominated for
congress.. This is Representative Hol
man's district.
' A Soo Car Porter In Luck.
St. Paul, March 3. J. M. Billingsby,
a porter running on the Soo line is heir
to a fortune in New Mexico. His old
bachelor uncle, F. J. Jarvis, of Albu
querque, died last Friday . and left an
estate valued at $130,000. When the
will was read Saturday it was found that
one-third of the entire sum was be
queathed to the St. Paul nephew, and
the remainder, in equal Bhares, to a
neice and nephew, who are residing in
New Mexico.
Jay Gould's Sickness.
St. Louis, Mo., March 3. The physi
cal condition of Jav Gould may be in
ferred from the fact that his brother,
Abraham Gould, the purchasing agent
of the Missouri Pacific railroad, was
denied admittance to his brother while
the latter was en route to some- point
south. The conviction was general that
the millionaire was in a critical condi
tion. Dr. Mann refuses to say -what is
the matter with his patient. The inci
dent is the talk of the town today.-
' Politically Dead. .
Boise, Idaho, March 3. News of the
fact that Fred T. Dubois had been seated
in. the United States senate was received
here with every demonstration of joy.
Tonight bands are playing and the peo
ple1 are holding a jolification meeting.
Fire crackers and champagne corks are
making the most noise.' There ia no
donbt that Dubois is the choice, of the
people. - Claggett is regarded as politi
cally dead, - .
" Ai e Opposed to Free Lumber.
Washington, March 3. The way 8 and
means committee today heard a commit
tee of- the lumbermen's association in
opposition to the bill introduced by
Byran, of Nebraska, placing lumber on
the free list. 1 Others also spoke in op
position to the' measure.' ' ;
WIND IN WASHINGTON.
ControTBBj Concerning Colamlria Rirer
Canals. Etc;
CASCADE PORTAGE VS. LOCKS.
An Outraged People Suffering for Gov
ernment Aid", Say: '
GIVE IS -THE DALLES" PORTAGE.
Pennoyer
About
Stirring the Sleepy Heads
the National Capitol
Other Xeiri.
Washington, March 3. If the gov
ernor of Oregon and a great many more
people of that state who follow his ex
ample, would desist from writing letters
to members of the house committee on
rivers and harbors, and the senate com
mittee on commerce, the delegation heie
might be able to do much better work in.
securing appropriations for the improve
ment of the waterways in that state.
When the Columbia river improvements
were under consideration today the
chairman of rivers and harbors sprung a
letter from Pennoyer, which was used
ior the purpose of furthering Mr. Her
mann's efforts to secure appropriations
for Oregon. While it did pot .eav di
rectly, yet it insinuated, that the people
would be satisfied to have the work stop
on all improvements at the Cascade
locks, and the government give its entire
attention to the portage around the
dalles. The letter recited that there
was around the cascades a portage road
operated by the state at a cost of only
$5000 a year. Mr. Hermann made ft
very vigorous reply to the, letter and
stated that the only thing wanted was
the continuation of work on the Cas
cade locks, and that he believed, it
should be rushed to as early a comple
tion as possible. He explained that if
the government should ' now cease
work upon the ' improvements,
which Had already cost over
$1 ,500,000, and allow the masonry and
other work to crumble under the fierce
freshets of the Columbia river, it would
be nothing less than an outrage. He
was willing that a portage road be built
around the dalles as a temporary affair,
but in the end be held that some perma
nent improvements should be made,
which would enable vessels to pass up
and down the river through the dalles.
Therefore it would be necesssary to have
the locks at the cascades completed.
He pointed out the fact that the peo
ple of Portland were expending $500,000
to secure a deep water channel on the
lower Columbia and insisted that there
must be commerce behind such local
expenditures as that. So far as the del
egation here can see it is apparent that
Pennoyer and his friends are attempting
to influence the democratic house not to
do anything for Oregon improvements,
also that political capital may be made
in the coming election in that state.
They Favor a Fusion.
Leavenworth, Kan. March 4. The
democratic state central committee met
in this city this afternoon. The' senti
ment of the majority of the' members
was so strongly in favor of fusion with
the farmers' alliance that the commit
tee declined to call a state convention to
nominate presidential electors. .' Salina
wa9 the place selected for. holding the
convention ' to elect delegates to the
Chicago ' convention. It will nieet
April 20. A large majority of the com
mittee are in favor of the nomination of
Cleveland. ' . .
Mr. Springer Worse.
Washington, March 7. At 1 o'clock
tnis morning bprmger's attendants say
there is no change, but he is resting
quietly. There is-a recurrence of the
violent form of erysipelas, which had
once almost disappeared. To-night the
left side of his face is badly swollen and
the eye is nearly closed. His periods of
delirium are also more frequent.
Crop Outlook In California.
Los Angeles, March 6. The crop out
look in southern California is highly
favorable. The late rains have quickened
the growth of cereals, and wish the
usual spring precipitation a large yield
is assured. The acreage in barley is un
commonly large. Crops of early vege
tables are comparatively light owing to
the absence of rain in the early part of
the season; Extensive planting of fruit
trees is in progress.
Workmen Carried to Sea.
Boston, March 4. When the Leyland
line steamer Bostonian left this port yes
terday for Liverpool, shehad on board
thirteen Boston carpenters, who were en
gaged in finishing up the deck cattle
pens and making other fittings about
the decks secure for the voyage across
the Atlantic. The work was to have
been finished when the steamer reached
Boston light, when the tug ViU was to
take the men off and bring them back
to this city, 'but owing to the tremend
ous sea running when the steamer
reached the light, the tug was unable to
approach the steamer with safety and
the men were compelled to remain on
board. -Pilot John Leary was also taken
out on the Bostonian. : The supposition
is that the the Bostonian will put in to
Halifax, N. S., to land the men, or she
may transfer them to some" west-bound
vessel.
Suicide of Banker Collins.
San Diego, March 4. A coroners in
quest was held this morning on the body
of J; W.. Collins, president of - the Cali
fornia National bank, and a verdict of
suicide rendered. It had been reported
that some one had furnished Collins the'
pistol with which he shot himself, and
an inquiry was directed to that question
but the report was not sustained. The-
colored janitor who cleaned up Collins'
room on Monday, swore a revolver was
then in the pockets of the clothes hang
ing in the dressing room. A deputy
marshal swore he searched carefully for
arms, but failed to find any. Collins as
signed his liTe insurance of 85,000 for
the benefit of the creditors of the bank.
This was the last dollar's worth of prop
erty he had to turn over.
Returned to Paris.
Pabis, March 4. The Due de Rockefo
cault and his bride, daughter of Senator
Mitchell, of Oregon, have returned to
Paris and are at the Hotel Continental.
Minister Reid and wife give a banquet
in their honor tomorrow, to which
twenty-four guests have been invited.
It is reported that the duke's large
estate, Montirail, is in the market. It
i is one of the oldest as well as the lovliest
in France, and many historical associa
tions cluster around it. It has never
been .out . of the Rochefocault family.
Despite all the statements to the con
trary, it is known that the dowager
duchess alone consented to the marriage,
all the other members of the duke'a
family opposing it, an 1 'still refusing to
receive the couple. -
. Washington for an Cpen Hirer.
Washington, March 4. In represent
ing the petition of the different granges
in Washington, asking for the improve
ment of the Columbia .River, Senator
Allen stated these people depended
largely for the outlet to their market
upon the river. He showed the rich
resources in agriculture, timber and
minerals, and showed how much benefit
would be derived by an unobstructed
navigation of the Columbia River from
the cascades to the Pacific Ocean. The
senator urged that liberal appropriations
be made for the removal of these ob
structions. The main object is to secure
deep water navigation to Vancouver.
' .
Taken by Surprise.
' Memphis, Tenn., March 5. Four dep
uty sheriffs went to the cross-roads about
three miles from town tonight to arrest a
negro who in a quarrel seriously shot a
white man. While the deputies were in
a grocery store ' the place seemed to fill
with negroes. Suddenly a shot was fired
and Deputy Cole fell to the floor mort
ally wounded. Then the firing became
general and Deputy Harris fell dead.
The negroes then shot Duputies Yierger
and Webber and escaped.' No "negroes
were hurt. The deputies were taken
completely by surprise.
'. The Chance on the Ways.
Mabshfielxu Or., ' March ' 6. The!
steamer George H. Chance, which went
ashore on the south spit at the mouth of
the Sinslaw river, February. 13, lighter
ed her cargo of government supplies for
jetty work at that - point, and got off
after having remained there ten days.
She worked her way across the spit, over
2,000 feet, at high water. At no time
were there any apprehensions of the
steamer being lost. She is how on the
ways in this city . undergoing repairs,
and w.ill be ready to resume her route
inside of a week. '
: V - :: .
Eighty-Three Harried Men Lost. .
Opobto, March 3. Among those who
lost their lives in the recent gales along
the coast of Portugal were' eighty-three
married men,' in addition to. a large
number who were single.
Chinese Leper In Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, March 3. John Wing,
a Chinaman, applied at .the bureau of
charities for assistance..: He' was pro
nounced a lener. and sent to the muni
cipal hospital.. .
A CHURCH SENSATION.
Arcnliisliop IreM of St Paul Yinii
. cated Dy tne Pope.
A MAN OF EXTRAORDINARY MERIT,
la the Estimation of Leo, to be so Bit
terly Assailed as he Was.
PROTECT THE FLAU FROM VANDALS
Doom, of the Seal Mercenary Hunters
Take Advantage of the Situation
Other Jfews. .
London, March 6. The article in Mon-
iteur di Roma sustaining Arcbishop Ire
land against his calumniators has cre
ated the greatest sensation in the church,
and is freely commented upon by eccle
siastics everywhere. Some go so far as
to say it is the most important utterance
emanating from the Vatican during the
present generation, and that it proclaims
an entire abandonment oh the part' of
the church of anything like an attitude
of opposition to the progress of republi
can institutions. , The fact that one point
of attack upon Archbishop Ireland was
his liberality on the educational ques
tion, and that the pope, in the inspired
or dictated article in the Atoniteur, de
clares the archbishop is in entire.accord
with the views of Leo himself is regarded
as especially significant. Pope Leo and
the prelates who surround him are cute
statesmen, thorougly informed in the
methods' which prevailed in the political
and ecclesiastical affairs of Italy before
the days of Machiavelli, and they, come
promptly to the conclusion that jealousy
of Archbishop Ireland's influence and
standing as a leader of the church in
America was at the bottom of the as
saults. The pope abhors duplicity. He
appears to have assumed that the eccle
siastic who was so. bitterly assailed must
be a man of extraordinary merit, and
his already good opinion of the arch
bishop was strengthened instead of be
ing weakened. He showed him marks
of especial favor, and made no conceal
ment of his esteem and affection. This
article will put an end to the campaign
against the archbishop, as it leaves no
doubt that his enemies cannot be friends
of the Holy See, and that his policy of
education and conciliation is indorsed to
the fullest extent by the head of the
church. The article is also looked upon
as a proclamation, on the part of the
pope, of entire amity toward the free
institutions of the- American Republic,
just as he recently declared that the j
church had no quarrel and desired none
with the republic of France.
Samuel J. Pritchard Murdered.
- Boise City, March 6. Samuel J.
Pritchard, a deputy United States mar
shal, and chairman of the republican
central committee of Idaho', was killed
yesterday by Constable Fleming. Prit
chard had a dispute with a man at
Oreana and slapped his face. The latter
swore out-a warrant for Pritcbard's ar
rest, and the paper was placed in Flem
ing's hands for service. He found Prit
chard in a store and told him to throw
up his hands. Pritchard said he would
not. The ' constable then fired three
times, instantly killing Pritchard, who j
was unarmed. He leaves a widow and
one child Public sentiment is bitter
against Fleming."
The Santlam Mines.
' Brownsville, Or., March 6. There
is a Section of country here in western
Oregon reaching from the Columbia
river on the north to the northern boun
dary of California on the south which
contains large quantities of mineral ore
and is well supplied with wood and
water, the two great factors in success
fully working mines. Already an Albany
company has a . fine ten-stamp mill in
operation in the 5antiam district, and
has proved to the world that gold does
exist in that camp in paying quantities,
and from the fine gold found in every
stream flowing down the western" slopes
of the Cascades there is no doubt but
that good mines will be found the en
tire length of the state, if once thoroughly
prospected and developed.
The Discovery of America. -
. Baltimore, March 4. Cardinal Gib
bons has addressed a circular letter to
the archbishops and bishops of the
United States in favor of the celebration
with religious observances in all Catholic
dioceses of the United States on the 12th
day of October next, commemorative of
.the diecoveryof America.
To Slnch Vandals. .
Washington, March 5. Representa
tive Bynum, of Indiana, from the com
mittee on the judiciary, today reported
favorably to the house, with a few ver
bal changes, the bill of Mr. Enoch to
prevent a desecration of - the United
States flag. The report says that the
design of the bill and its only effect will
be to prohibit any person from printing,
or painting upon, or affixing to the flag
of tti3 United States, any advertisement
for publicity. The display of the flag at
all times and places wilt in no wise be
prohibited by the enactment of the
measure, and the committee is of the
opinion that no person should be per
mitted to desecrate it by defacing it
with advertisements for pecuniary pur
poses. -
The President Dlsgusted-
Wasiiington, March 6. It is quite
clear from injuiry at the capitol that,
with the exception of a few members of
the houee and senate committees on
foreign relations, the senators and repre
sentatives are in a state of ignorance of
the present condition of the negotiations .
between the United States and Great
Britain respecting the seal fisheries. It
is intimated by some members that
unless the British government evinces a
disposition to act with fairness in the
matter of the modus vivendi, the treaty
may never be sent to the senate by the
president. A discussion of the subject
has the effect of attracting the attention,
not only of the general public, but also
of enterprising vessel owners, and the
latter, allured by the prospect of large
profits, are making preparations of mak
ing toward Behring Sea in such numbers
as to warrant the belief that unless the
movement is promptly checked the seal
roekeries will be completely depopulated.
Armour's Turn.
Chicago, March 6. It is stated that a
bottle of wine was received yesterday by
Mr. P. D. Armour, the great packer, with
the compliments 6f Potter Palmer, his
friend, and asking him to try it, as it
was of rare quality. The story goes that
Mr. Armour would not touch the wine,
as he had been warned beforehand by a
former employe that he had overheard
two men in the Palmer house plotting to
send Mr. Armour a bottle of poisoned
wine in Mr. Palmer's . name. It has '
been ascertained that the men who oc
cupied the room where the alleged plot
was concocted, were registered from New
York and Denver. Mr. Armour is to .
have the wine analyzed. He thinks the
att'mpt on his life was made by cranks.
Several Negroes Wounded.
Louisville, Ky., March 6. Meager .
details of a fierce fight between negroes
and white men in Metcalf county have
been received here. The fight took place-
yesterday at Clark '8 crossing, five miles
east of Edmonton, the county seat. A
number of white men who haul lumber
were on their way home,, when they met.
a negro, and as they passed him, one Of
the party, who was probably drunk, '
struck the colored man with his whip.
The negro threatened to "get even."
The whites stopped at a distillery near
by, and the negro, Veturning a short
time afterward with others, a pitched
battle ensued, during which four negroes
were killed and several others wounded,
two of whom will probably, dje. The '.
sheriff and a posse have gone to the
scene of the trouble. ' -
. Bought With British Gold.
" Manchester, N. H., March 6. Con
siderable excitement was created in
Irish-American circles by a report that
John P. Hayes, of this city, has sailed
for England to become an emissary of
tLe British government. Hayes came to -this
city from Philadelphia, and it is
charged was concerned in the Dr. Cronin
murder at Chicago. He, at that time,
was alleged to have been a prominent
and influental member of the Clan-na-Gael,
one of the famous "Triangle," and
was subsequently chargad with being a
traitor to the order and in the pay of the
British government. ' He was also at
one time an intimate friend of Parnell.
He sailed from Boston on a Cunarder a
week ago. It is alleged he was called to
England by the- British government to
assist the conservatives in the coming
parliamentary elections.
Tka Indianapolis Car Strike.
Indianapolis, March 4. Judge Taylor
in the supreme court this morning dis
missed the contempt case against Presi
dent Frenzel, of the street railway, and
the road was turned over to him." Fren
te says be will retain the men who re
fused to obstruct the cars and were -willing
to return to work last week, and
also those new men who worked during
the strike. This will necessitate the .
discharge of some old men, and trouble
is likely to occur.
More Gold for lEurope.
New Yobkv March 3. Gold coin to
the amount of (500,000 has just been
ordered for shipment to : Europe Saturday.