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VOL. II.
THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1892.
NUMBER H.
ASTORIA IS IN IT
Railroad Contract Sail to Ha?e Bee:
Sipei Yesterday. .
WORK TO BEGIN IMMEDIATELY,
The Oregon National Guard has a Fioe
-Record in the War Office.
THE BLIZZARD STILL 11AG1NG
MeikTT Rains in Washington City Snow
Storm in England Minor
Matters.
PoHTXAup, March 11. It is currently
reported that the contract for the build'
ing of the Astoria railroad, was yester
day signed by C. W. Schofield and
George Goes, who are to construct the
road, and by Messrs. Taylor, Dement
and Wingate, trustees for the city in the
matter of the subsidy, work to commence
within ten days. The road is to run
through the Nehaleni valley and furnish
transcontinental connection with As
toria. The. builders are to receive $300,
000 in cash as a subsidy, after the first
engine has run over the line, and it has
been accepted by the trustees. Beside
. this $300,000 there are other considera
tions. Astoria is to furnish the terminal
grounds and secure rightof way through
the city or such portion of it as is needed
The money is not to be delivered till the
road is in operation from Astoria, as
said, to a transcontinental connection
probably to some point on the Southern
. Pacific on the original route selected by
rm. Reid. Astoria has subscribed
land subsidy. This is in the possession
of the trustees and is about 800 acres.
stock company will be formed and the
land use.d as a basis on which to raise
the $300,000. Goes and Schofield have
: nothing to do with the land and simply
receive the $300,000 in cash at the road's
completion. Mr. Schofield some time
ago suggested this method of raising the
money, and it was worked well.
Tbe Oregon Mlllfla.
Washington, March, 11. Secretary of
War Elkins has just published a state
ment of tbe militia of the United States
Oregon is included and the information
is taken from the report of - Adjutant-
General Mitchell. Oregon has 1,500
men in the militia and 40,796 men avail
able for military duty. Where about
one-twenty-fifth of the men available
for military duty in Oregon are members
of the militia, the case is very different
in ether states. In Ohio, for instance,
there are ,000,000 men available and 5,373
members of the militia. Pennsylvania
gives in a report of 735,622 available
men and only 8,469 enlisted. North
Carolina with 235,000 available men and
only 1,586 enlisted men. Oregon stands
very high in comparison with other
states and much better than Washing
ton, which state has 361 less than Ore
gon while there are 59,600 men avail
able for service compared to Oregon's
: 40,796 Washington has 105 officers to
take care of its 1,145 men and Oregon
has 127 officers to look after it 1,506 men,
There are three cavalry officers, three
artillery and 108 infantry officers here.
Washington has ten cavalry officers and
sixty-six ,infantry officers.
St. Paul Blizzard Sew. .
St. Paul, Minn., March 10. Advices
ruin " northern Wisconsin. Dakotji
Kdnnesota and Iowa, show vesterdavs
morni wa.s far-reaching, and of the same
i v.- ... - ... -
degree or severity in all territories. In
Crookston, the Northern hotel front was
blown in, and the roof' demolished.
Several stores were bandly damaged by
- the fierce winds. .- Business is generally
suspended. At West Superior several
persons are reported missing. - At Grand
Fdrks all trains were abandoned. ' ' Fears
are expressed from many Northwestern
town 8 for people known to have'been ex
posed when the storm broke out. Sev
eral bnildings were blown down at Win-
throp. In Dulfith E. F. Cullen was
killed by a falling chimney. Drifts in
the leading streets of that city are re
ported twenty feet deep. Specials from
various Iowa points state that tbe bliz
zard, though somewhat abated, is still
raging, and the weather is growing
colder. Trains are delayed, and consid
erable damage is reported.
Heavy Bain In Washington.
, Washington, March 10. Severe rain
storm with wind of tremendiona velocity
passed over Washington shortly after
noon today. Many people were taken
off their feet by the wind, and some of
them sustained injuries. The .wife of
Senator Palmer was approaching' the
capital on foot when the- storm broke.
She was taken off her feet and thrown
against the steps, suffering a deep cut in
the head. Her sister, who was with her,
was uninjured. Mrs. Palmer's wonnd
was dressed in the capitol, and she was
taken home'. ' Two other ladies were
blown off their feet at the east entrance
to the senate, and one stunned. -The
air was springlike when the rain began,
but half an . hour afterwards a severe
snow Storm, suggestive of a blizzard was
raging; . . '
About a Mysterious Disappearance.
Monmouth, 111., March 11. A strange
case of circumstantial evidence contain-
ing all the elements of a romance has
just come to light here. Fred M. Staley 1
was once a resident of this place, borne
years ago he removed to Kansas, where
he worked on a ranch. Last fall he de
cided to spend the winter in Illinois,
but did not publicly proclaim his inten
tion. One day two young men of bis
acquaintance asked him to ride with
them to town and he accepted the invi
tation. On the way- he informed his
companions that he believed he would
take the train for the east that night.
He did so, and had never written to or
heard from his former home until Mon
day of this week, when he read in
newspaper that tne young men with j
whom he had ridden had been indicted
for the murder of Fred M. Staley, and
the trial had been set for March 10th.
The authorities undoubtedly have a
strong case against the prisoners, as they
were the last men his acquaintances
had seen with him, and had not told
them where he was going. Staley left
here yesterday, and will doubtless ' be
a welcome witness at the trial.
War Declared on the Columbia.
Portland, March 11. The rate war
between the Union Pacific and the .op
position steamboat lines on the Portland
and Astoria route formally commenced
this morning where the cut was promptly
met by the steamer Telephone, and the
Astorian will probably fall into line in a
day or two. Not only are the passenger
rates affected but the freight rates as
well, which are considered far more im
portant, as greater interests are involved.
The Telephone belongs to the line which
carries the Northern Pacific's traffic on
the lower river, and as merchants in
Astoria receive a great deal of eastern
freight over the Northern's route, this
is considered a point in their favor for a
successful opposition.
Fusion in Kansas.
Topeka, March 10. It has been prac
tically decided by the leading democrats
of Kansas not to put a presidential elec
toral ticket in tbe field, and to support
the peoples' party electoral ticket. A
fusion will also be effected on state offi
cers and congressmen at large. Abe
democrats and alliance leaders claim
that this will wipe out the republican
party in Kansas. The same tactics are
to be used in Nebraska and the Dakotas.
To offset this the republican leaders of
these states urge that the republicans in
the Virginias, Tennessee, Georgia and
the Carol inas enter into a fusion with
the new party.
Wall Street In the Throes.
New York, March 11. Just now
Wall street is in the pangs of financial
distress and the slightest rumors produce
great agitation. To illustrate : Jay Gould
is south, and the Herald yesterday said
that his health ' had suddenly become
very much worse, and that he was
hurrying home from the south on that
account. A panic followed, and it re
quired several dispatches from George
Gould to his father, and affidavits from
Sidney Dillon, Russell Sage and George
Gould to restore the equilibrium of the
street ; and convince operators that tbe
'little Wizard" was all right. .
Snow Storm In England.
London, March 10. Snow continues
to fall generally throughout Great Brit
ain. In parts of the country the snow
causes considerable obstruction to travel.
In London, owing to the chilly weather
and the high price of coal, there is much
suffering among the poor.
Gold the Only Standard.
Vienna, March 10. A majority of the
imperial commission on ' Auetro-Hun-fc-ary
currency report that only a gold
standard is possible; also that the half
florin should be the unit, and that silver
coinage should be limited to a circulation
of 130,000,000 florins. .
France and the Vatican.
Paris, March 10. It is reported Pope
Leo is in favor of revising the concordat
between the church and France with a
view of establishing new relations that
will be mutually satisfactory - to church
and state. - '
TORIES WANT A BOOM.
BenringSea'ani Esmnmalt. Their Text
iy .to. work up. .
DESPERATE ACTS FOR AN ISSUE.
'Canada Too Close to the United States
to be Trusted."
THE XOISY HOl'SE OF COMMON'S.
What lucle Sam Slay do In Case
. Tory Element Force the Issue
Other News.
London, March 10. The question of
the defenees of the harbor of Esquimalt,
on Vancouver Island, was raised in the
house of commons this afternoon, and
was discussed by several liberal mem
bers, causing a very lively breeze.
Hardly had this commotion died 'out
when the Retiring sert f'fint.roverpv u'ftfl
j brought before the house by the questions
addressed by Edward Teinperley Gour.-
ley, the advanced liberal member from
Sunderland, and answered for the. gov
ernment by the Right Hon. James Wil
liam Lowther,- under secretary of the
foreign office. Ronald Craufurd Monro
Ferguson, liberal member from Leith,
led off in the matter of Esquimau's de
fenses by asking-a series of questions of
the first lord of admiralty. While mak
ing interrogatories, Mr. Ferguson was
interrupted frequently by cries of "Oh,"
"Oh," ironical laughter, and other noisy
demonstrations of the ministerial ma
jority. The impression left by his in
quiries and by the emphatic, hear, hear,
with which some of them were greeted
from the opposition was that he intended
to say Canada had drifted too far toward
the United States to be trusted to-cooperate
with tbe mother country in case
of trouble' with the American government.-
This was Hamilton's view of the
matter, and he declined to answer any
except those in reference to the- harbor
itself. In the matter of the Behring sea
controversy, it is intimated strongly that
should the American government at
tempt retaliation against Canada, Eng
land will withdraw the arbitration and
meet any issue the United States may
choose to raise with the plain assertion
of the right of English subjects to hunt
seal outside the recognized limit of the
United States jurisdiction. This position
is urged by the tories who are desper
ate for an issue that will arouse
jingoism and rally ' the country
to the support of the government.
The - tones are playing a pretty
bluff game by printing all manner of
bombastic letters, forged perhaps, but
alleged to come from Americans contain
ing menaces against England. There is
reason to believe they have been written
to order, as tories regard the time favor
able for an anti-American demonstration
on account of the irritation that exists
-among numbers, 'of the working people,
who had their wages reduced, or have
been deprived of employment on account
of the McKinley law. . This feeling is
especially strong in the manufacturing
districts. .In naval quarters it is stated
the British squadron in the Pacific can
be depended upon to do its duty in the
event of any encounter with the Ameri
cans. On the other hand, from' Wash
ington it is well understood that in case
Great Bntian declines the proposition
for a renewal of the modus Vivendi this
government will no doubt send all avail
able vessels to the Behring sea . soon
enough, if possible, to control its ap
proaches' and prevent the entrance of all
sealing vessels, American 'as well as
others. The vessels available for. this
service are: The Charleston, the Balti
more and tbe Ranger, at San Francisco;
the Mohican, now on her way to Port
Orchard, with the Nipsic in tow, and the
Yorktown and the Boston, en route to
San Francisco from Callao. The revenue
cutters Bear, Rush and Corwin, now
fitting " out at San Francisco for an
annual cruise for the Seal Islands, . will
also assist.
. ' ' Behring Sea Mnddle.
Washington, March 10. The presi
dent will take no further action regard
ing the Behring sea matter until he re
ceives a reply from Salisbury to . Whar
ton's note insisting on a renewal of the
modus vivendi of last year. -There need
be no fear but that a resolute stand on
thia subject will at once put an end to
tbe mischief complained of. Inquiry at
the capitol today revealed the fact that
in its present shape and under the pres
ent condition, the arbitration treaty will
hardly be ratified.
. Another Chilian Outrage.
Valparaiso, . March 11. Consul Mc
Creery is investigating another brutality
of the Valparaiso police, resulting in the
death of Carlos Garlssen, a seaman be
longing to the American - bark Edward
Diller, which put into this port February
8th, en route to Antofagasta from New
York. - February 21st, early in the morn
ing, Carlssen was found lying on the
Cable Blance, suffering from a wound in
the abdomen,' from which he died on
the 27th. Before death he made a state
ment implicating the police in tbe assault.-
The statement is doubted by the
captain of the bark, but Consul McCree-
ry, who visited deceased in the hospital,
firmly believes it, and has presented a
letter to the intendente of Valparaiso
quoting Carlssen's declaration, and add
ing a request for an immediate investiga
tion of the case, arguing in a positive
manner that the police are guilty.
Old In Tear and Crime.
London, March 11. The trial of Mait-
land Francis Moreland, an aged Oxford
tutor, accused of attempting to black
mail members of the nobility, took place
today. . When Moreland was arraigned
he pleaded guilty . to the charge of at
tempting to extort money from the Earl
of Russell, and now guilty to the charge
of extortion. The prisoner was senten
ced to ten years penal servitude. This
is equivalent to a life sentence, for More
laud is now 65 years old. . It was shown
by . the prosecution that the prisoner.
under the names of Maitland and More
land, wrote to a number of young mem
bers of nobility representing himself as
a young and fascinating widow, who for
a money consideration was willing to
assume immoral relations with them.
To Disarm Bombthrowers.
New York, March 11. At the coroner
investigation today concerning the deaths
of Norcross and Norton, killed in the dy
namite explosion at the office of Russell
Sage, December 4th, the jury recommend
that the legislature immediately pass a
law making it an offense pnnishable by
imprisonment, for any person to carry
any object whatsoever, capable of des
troying life and property, without proper
authority. - .
Robber Routed.
Eagle Pass, Tex., March 11. Word
has just been received at Eagle Pass of
an attempted robbery and the killing of
C. M. Brittain, of tbe Las Vegas mines,
who left Durango city February 29 for
the mines, with $10,000 in Mexican silver
in a safe in a wagon. This fact became
known to six desperate characters, who
waylaid Brittain's party ,but were routed,
and one of their party killed.
-Will be a Cardinal.
St Paul, March 11. Rev. Father
Hefferon, who has charge of the Catholic
affairs during the absence of Archbishop
Ireland, has at last received definite ad
vices from the Holy See. The Arch
bishop is to be made a second cardinal
for the United States, and the ceremony
of conferring the red hat will occur in
Rome during the latter part of this
month.
Preparing for Peace.
Montevideo, March 11. Two of the
government warships have been disman
tled and their crews discharged. Three
squadrons of cavalry have also been dis
banded. These measures hare been
adopted for economic motives.
Speeding; Safely On.
London, March 11. The American
steamer "Indiana, which sailed : from
Philadelphia for Russia with a' cargo of
flour and provisions for the famine suf
ferers of that country, was sighted off
the Hebrides this afternoon. She sig
naled "all well."
. " Kansas Wheat Ruined.
Topeka, March 11. Reports are .com
ing in of great damage to winter wheat
by the blizzard. Some reports say
thousands of acres are blackened and
wilted. The injury is especially noticed
on the bottoms. . - ,-
Department Officials Uneasy.'
; Washington, March 11. Uneasiness
is felt at the argricultural department on
account of tbe serious outbreak of the
foot and mouth disease in Great Britain.
The disease does not exist here now,
but as many . sheep are imported from
Great Britian, it is feared it will be in
troduced by them in spite of the- quar
antine. If the disease continues to pre
vail in Great Britian it will probably be
necessary for this government to forbid
the introduction -of sheep, goats, and
swine until the outbreak is suppressed.
- She Will get out.
London, March 11. Mrs Osborne,
after ber sentence, yesterday developed
hysteria-catalepsy so seriously that her
condition list ' night " was critical.
Friends hope to obtain a medical -certificate
to the effect that a prolonged im
prisonment would be certain to cause
death.
NEW ENGLAND'S VIEW
f ben Canadians Ms Cannot Cross in
Boni-the Jigis Up.
POSSIBLE EFFECT OF SUCH MOVE.
Great Britain and Canada for Free
Transit-Not for Seal.
SEXATOIl MORGAN'S SUGGESTION.
Kansas
Republican Alarmed Coal
Calamity The Billiard
Reaches New York.
Pit
Boston, March 11. Senator Morgan's
suggestion that the United States should
retaliate upon British interests by shut
ting out the bonded goods from Canada
is of especial importance to New Eng
land, since a large part of the bonded
freight from Canada is shipped to Eu
rope through New England ports. Gold
win Smith, of Toronto, who is in the
city, says the policy of excluding Cana
dian goods from free transit in "bond ac
ross this country, if rigorously enforced,
would bring Canada to terms inside of
three weeks, and would dispose of all
this sealing business in short order.
Great Britain, has no interest in the con
tinuation of the destruction of the seal,
On the contrary, all her interests run
the other way. Canada- herself has no
very great interest in the matter, except
a few Nova Scotians at long range, and
the British Columbians who are reaping
a rich harvest bv the destruction of the
seals. President Marcy, of the Fitch-
burg, and President Jones of- the Boston
and Maine railwavs, show that espec
ially dnring the winter months, when
the St. Lawrence river is frozen, an im
mence amount of produce,, from every
part of Canada and Manitoba, crosses
New Lngland for shipment from Amen
can ports. - .
Politlcans Alarmed.
Topeka, Kan., March 11. The action
of the Kansas democratic state central
committee in deciding to put no state or
electoral ticket in the field in tbe com
ing campaign, and to work for and vote
with the people's party, in consideration
that certain congressional candidates to
whom the people's party agree shall be
democrats, has aroused republican
leaders throughout the state. It is un
derstood that in a few days a committee
of prominent Kansas republicans will
go before the republican - national com
mittee and present a request for a retali
atory campaign in tbe south. . The
national committee wHl be requested to
organize a party in Georgia, North and
South Carolina and Virginia for united
action with the alliance, and in this way
offset at least the action of the Kansas
democracy in trying to turn enough
states into tbe people's party column to
throw the election of the next presi
dent into the next house of representa
tives, which will be democratic.
Colliery Explosion.
Brussels, March 11. An explosion oc
curred at the Annderlius coal pit today
which will probably result in great loss
of life, as 300 men were at work, only
three of whom have thus far reached the
mouth of the pit in safety. Should any
of the workmen survive the shock of the
explosion they are almost, certain to
meet death' from choke damp, as with
the destruction of ventilation it is im
possible to rid the mine of gasses, altho'
a large force of volunteers are at work
clearing the mouth of the mine. A large
number of the imprisoned miners are
married men, and. their families and
friends are at the pit's mouth, frantic
with grief. Tbe explosion occurred in a
gallery 400 feet below the surface.
The Blizzard Reaches the Atlantic.
New Yobk, March 11. Tbe western-
born blizzard of - the 9th reached . this
state yesterday, and has complete pos
session of a large scope of country.
Syracuse, Watertown, Fonda, Utica,
Rome, and other points of the- interior,
report heavy falls of snow, which have
blocked tbe railways filling cuts to their
tops, and doing immense damage, both
in town and country. On the country
roads tha snow drifts to a depth of
several feet. The weather , is rapidly
growing colder, and winds are interfer
ing with the working of telegraph and
xi 1 rvM i iL .
rciepuune wires, a lie BLurui id growing
worse hourly. -
: Damages In Dulath.
Duluth, Minn., March 11. It is esti
mated the damage from the blizzard
will exceed $100,000.
Lumber Drorer Wrecked.
. San Francisco, March 10. Informa
tion received here today tends to show
that the wreckage flowing between Grays
harbor and Shoalwater bay belongs to
the schooner Big River. There is every
rerton to believe that the vessel is a
total loss and the entire crew has been
drowned. The Big River was . com
manded by Capt. L. P. Nissen. She
left on the 19th of January and without
mishap, should have reached Astoria
.Feb. 8th. The trip is usually made in
fifteen davs.
Cumins; Too Late, possibly.
Salex, March 10. Articles were filed
in the secretary of stale's office today of
the Portland and. Pacific railroad com- '
pany. The incorporators are D. W.
Lichtemhaler, A. C. Rowland and C. D.
Lownsdale. The capital stock is $1,500,
000. The object is to build and operate
a railroad from Portland to a point on,
the Pacific ocean in" Clatsop county.
The principal office will be in Portland.
Ueppuer School House Burned.
Hepp.neb, March 11. At 4 o'clock this '
morning thelleppner public school build
ing was discovered to be on fire. Aji
alarm brought out the residents- and the
fire company,- with its new hook and
ladder truck, buck its and Bubcock ex
tinguisher, but to no purpose, so far as.
the building was concerned. The whole
structure was in ashes in a few minutes, .
the fire being so hot that it could not be
reached, by buckets. A lack of wind
probably saved the entire city from des
truction. A light was seen shining from
ah upper window more than an hour be
fore the alarm was given, but was sup
posed to be from a lamp. How the fire,
started is a mystery, as no fire had been
used in the building during the previous
day or night. The fire company did good
work, and no other buildings were dam
aged except the residence of County
Treasurer Matlock, which was scorched
to some extent. The loss is about $8,000,
insurance $4,000. ' ""
Douglass Will Represent Haytl.
Washington, March 13. Frederick
Douglas, who has been selected by the
government of Hayti as the represent-.
tive of that country at the World's Col
umbian . Exposition, has received his
commission and has accepted the po
sition offered to him by the government
of the country to which be was a short
time ago accredited as the minister of
the United States. Mr. Douglass, who
is naturally much pleased by the honor
thus confered upon him, is greatly in
terested in the duties of his new position,
and is determined to use every effort to
make the display from Hayti fully com
plete. A Riot In Vienna..
Vienna, March 13. Thousands of
workiDgmeu today joined in the annual
procession to the graves of the victims'
of the rebellion of 1848. The police for
bade speeches. Many socialistic sym- '
bols were deposited on the monument.
Everything was orderly until on return
ing to the city, when the police broke
into the procession to arrest a man.
This incensed the crowd, and instantly
the police and processionists had a ser
ious collision, iu which the police were
finally victorious.
The Storm's Path.
The superintendent of the New York
Central railroad stated that the main
tracks were clear of snow and trains
were running with an average delay of
two and a half hours ; but that the storm
at Syracuse had not abated, although
tbe wind is not so high.
From reports received from Germany
and Spain it ;s learned very heavy snow
storms are prevailing throughout those
countries. Telegraphic communication
between France and Spain is inter
rupted. -
The thermometer ranged down to 30
degrees at Clinton, Miss., Saturday.' Ice
formed and the ground was frozen. It is
feared that great harm will be done fruit
trees, as they are in full bloom.
It is deuied at the office of the state
board of agriculture that the late cold
snap injured winter wheat in Kansas.
It was not far enough advanced to be
affected by the cold.
A blizzard is raging in . Northern
Austria and Hungary. Snow has made
the roads impassible, and trains are im
bedded. Traffic in Vienna was sus
pended for hours.
The cold wave touched New. Iberia,
La., Friday night, and the mercury fell
to freezing point. Heavy frost and ice
were seen Saturday morning.
The Behring Sea Matter. .
Washington, March, 11. The Behr
ing sea question was again considered at
today's meeting of the cabinet, but it is
understood no action was taken'.