THE DALLES
iVEEKJ
uY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1892.
AN OLD BOND CASE.
Scheie of Allege! Capitalists
Twenty Tear's Stanflim. .
SUDDENLY TURNS UP IN COURT.
judges Who Have Resisted Payment to
be Tried for Contempt
"INNOCENT
THIRD
PARTIES-1
The Dunn Incident to Laxity in the
lone of Bonds by Public
Officials.
Kansas City, Mo., March 22. A very
interesting case is on trial here just now
It is an action to punish six leading and
influential citizens for contempt. Over
twenty vears ago it was proposed by out
side alleged capitalists to build the Te-
beau and Neosho railroad. To aid the
enterprise St. Clair and Casa counties
each voted $750,000 in bonds. The road
was never built and the counties repudi
ated the indebtedness. The bonds, how
ever, fell into the hands of innocent
third parties, who brought suit and ob
tained judgment against each county
Up to the present time the counties
have successfully resisted the collection
of the judgment. Recently United
States Judge Phillips ordered the county
judges to make a special tax levy for the
purpose of liquidating the indebtedness
The county judges as well as the people
of the counties were determined not to
pay for what they did not receive and
declined to make the special levy
Judge Phillips declared them to be in
contempt of his court and ordered them
to appear before him March 8th to re
ceive their sentences. "The judges
pleaded for time in which to arrange a
compromise and Judge Phillips gave
them until today. So intense is the pop
ular prejudice against paying this rail
road debt, that rather than incur the
odium that would attach to the respon
sibility of providing for its payment, the
county judges, six in number, will suffer
the punishment for contempt unless
they" arrange a compromise with the
holders of the bonds.
The Kansas Judges Committed.
Kansas City, March 22. Late this
afternoon Judge Philips, of the United
States circuit court, sentenced Judges
Ray, Blaine and George, of Cass county
to jail until they make some arrange
ments for the payment of bonds voted by
that county twenty years ago, in aid of
the Tebo and Neoshi railroad. He also
imposed a fine of $500 on each of the
three. The sentences of the St. Clair
county judges were postponed until
Monday.
Win. K. Morrison's Status.
Chicago, March 22. That a prophet
is not without honor save in his own
-country has a pitiful exemplification in
the case of the veteran tariff reformer,
Col. William R. Morrison. But for the
malignant hatred of the democratic poli
ticians in Illinois, and especially in
Chicago, Morrison would be among the
foremost if not the foremost of the can
didates for the presidential nomination.
Hating him because they have never
'been able to use him, realizing that if be
were made president he would be presi
dent, they are ready to send the presi-
. dential nomination anywhere but to
Illinois. Much of this unfriendliness of
politicians grows out of Morrison's early
--and courageous fight in the house for
tariff reform. In 1885 Morrison stood
almost alone as a tariff reformer. Presi
dent Harrison had not yet taken up the
tariff issue. The honors that Morrison
then won have been loBt to him. The
opposition and resentment engendered
have stuck by him.
One Man Compels a Lock Out.
Joliet, 111., March 22. The nail mill
connected with the Lambert barb-wire
mill is still closed on account of a strike,
throwing out 100 employes. This may
result in closing the barb-wire mill, em
ploying 1,000 men. The strike was pre
cipitated by the manager hiring a new
night superintendent and giving the
former one his old machine. He took
the machine, but later changed his mind
and told the employes he was discharged.
Mr. Lambert says he thinks the strike
is the outcome of the Lock port demon
stration, which was held to encourage
the locked-out men of the Grant barb
wire mill.
Deadly Explosion.
East Jordan, Mich., March 21. A
boiler in the East Jordan mill exploded
this morning, instantly killing Simon
Carney, Peter Sheldon, John Brown,
Bert Cook and Emanuel Hunt, and seri
ously injuring four others, and more or
less badly hurting a score more. The-
mill is n total wreck. Loss $10,000.
Storm Off Halifax.
Halifax, N. S., March 21. During a
storm last night the bark Sylvan went
ashore near Yarmouth.. Five men lost
their lives.
Rockefeller's "Thank Offering." '
Titusville, Pa., March 22. Referring
to the' forlorn situation of affairs here
amongst independent oil producers, and
the recent thank offering made by John
D. Rockefeller, $1,000,000 to the univer
sity of Chicago, the Citizen says: ""He
speaks to 65,000,000 people, and com
paratively few of them know that every
dollar of this 'thank offering' to God has
been wrung from the reeking ruin of
Rockefeller's men engaged in the petrol
eum industry. Here are families left
to struggle with poverty because their
heads have been driven to suicide by
hopeless losses in their business of pro
ducing petroleum. Here are properties
which a few months since were worth
hundreds of thousands of dollars, no w
being sold by the sheriff at from 10 to 20
cents on the dollar. For these things
the Standard oil trust, of which Rocke
feller is the head, is directly responsible.
Last August the trust lowered the price of
oil in every producing field in Pennsyl
vania from 5 to 20 cents a barrel. Since
then the producers have not been able to
get more than 65 cents per barrel, and
average price has been less than 60 cents.
Oil properties are now unsaleable and
producers cannot get the cost out of
their production." The standard Oil
trust has since appointed a committee,
within themselves, to wind up affairs,
and dissolve.
War Ships in The Pacific.
San Diego, March 22. The cruiser
Yorktown entered the harbor today and
cast anchor, having come direct from
Callao, which port she left March 4. She
will leave for San Francisco tomorrow.
Commander Evans states the cruiser
Boston is also on the way up, but is stop
ping at all Central American and Mexi
can ports and is expected to arrive here
within five or six days. Captain Evans
also reports the French man-of-war
Cham plain and the English flagship
Warsprite are to be expected here with
in five or six days. The Champlain will
remain here for some time. Captain
Evans refers to the assault of the Balti
more sailors as a dastardly outrage on
American citizens, and eays, had his
men been assaulted, he would have
opened fire on Chili.
Human Depravity.
Indianapolis, March 22. At the fun
eral of one of the victims of the fire
which destroyed the female reformatory
March 1st, Minnie Johnson, one of the
three girls who had been suspected of
starting the fire, confessed she did it
Minnie was sent up from Richmond two
years ago on conviction of theft. When
all by herself she ignited an ironing
cloth at a gas jet, and threw it upon a
shelf under a stairway. From this
started the fire which wrecked the
building. In her confession she said she
had not intended to fire the building,
but simply to create a scare to get even
because Patsy Williams, a colored girl,
had been separated from her. Between
them an unnatural intimacy had ex
isted.
Wasn't a Fool But he Rushed.
Chicago, March 22. Ex-Senator
Bowen, of Colorado, left his undervest,
containing a wallet with $13,000 in cash,
and papers to the value of twice that
sum, in the Turkish bathrooms of the
Palmer house last evening. A colored
attendant named Watson found it and
handed the valuables to the cashier.
When a reporter, who heard of the story,
called on Bowen, the latter said :
"Nonsense, I'm not fool enough to carry
that amount of money," and just then
he clapped his hand to his side and, giv
ing a yell, rushed for the office. He
was overjoyed to recover his property.
Heppner' Affairs.
Heppner, Or., March 22. At a mass
meeting of citizens today the school
board was authorized to incur an in
debtedness of $8,000 in excess of the $3,
000 now available for building the new
schoolhouse. The fine rains have fresh
ened up the surrounding country within
the past few days. Engineer Oliver's
report to the city council on the water
works was received, stating the approxi
mate cost of the reservoir and piping to
be $18,751. A special election will be
called at an early date, at which time
the matter of bonding the town will be
submitted. -
Retaliation.
Washington, March 22. Senator
Higgins today proposed an amendment
to Senator Morgan's Canadian retalia
tion measure, so as to provide that the
exclusions shall extend to goods which
are intended to be conveyed in transit
from the United States, or any port
therein, through Canada, to places or
ports in the United States, and to ex
ports from Canadian ports.
The Wholesale Murderer.
Adelaide, Australia, March 21. The
police here have identified Deeming,
alias Williams, as the author of a rob
bery committed here in 1888. At that
time he was living in Adelaide under the
alias of Ward. The day after the rob
bery Deeming, accompanied by his wife
and two children, sailed for St. Helena,
en route to Cape Town.
Blizzard Notes.
Lock Haven, JPa., March 21. Last
night was one of the coldest of the winter
in this section, the mercury ranging from
zero here to 5 below at Bellefonte.
ANOTHER IOWA BLIZZARD. j
uza moines, Marcn zi. a. severe
blizzard is raging in Northern Iowa.
THE DALLES PORTAGE.
Strom Hope That the Riyer May lie
. Olieii in Two Years.-
PLANS OF THE ENGINEERS.
A Permanent Improvement That Maybe
Made Available at Once.
ONLY TWO TEARS MORE TO WAIT,
The Bland BUI Takes up the Balance of
This Week In Idle Talk Lost
if Won.
Washington, March 22. The musty
files of the board of engineers, relative to
the dalles portage, must now come out
of their pigeon holes at no distant day,
and we shall see what we shall eee con
cerning this subject. It may' be said
without fear or doubt, now that the Cas
cade work-is finally and fully provided
for that the dalles must be provided for
soon, and in such way as to secure the
completion of the work both at the Cas
cades and at the dalles at' about the
same date. In Oregonian circles here
one thing is not lost sight of. Gov.
Pennoyer's letters assisted very much to
enliven the issue, and bring about the
desired results, and while it is quite
probable no appropriation will be made
for the dalles portage this session, the
senate will do much necessary work, un
der the bills - introduced by Senators
Mitchell and Dolph, and this will make
the final work all the more ready of ac
complishment. -It has all along been
contended, by members most deeply in
terested, that there could be no use for
permanent improvement at the dalles,
until the cascades work was finished,
but so soon as this latter improvement
was assured, then work at the dalles
should rapidly proceed. The cascade
canal will no longer engross the atten
tion of the engineers. It has passed out
of their hands completely, and they have
already in view plans for a boat railway
which can be completed in five years,
and can be used as a means of transpor
tation any time after six months work of
construction upon it. All this should be
encouraging signs of the times for Ore
gon, and especially so for Eastern Ore
gon. The appropriation bill will riot be
seriously tampered with, as was to have
been expected, by the anti-"billion dol
lar congress iactiomste, but it is gen
erally admitted that no separate bill can
possibly pass the house, in view of the
immense sum which is now. given Ore
gon in the general bill under considera
tion.
Work in the Senate.
The following dispatch was received
yesterday at 5 :30 p. m., by Col. Thomas
S. Lang, from Senator John H. Mitchell
Washington, March 22. Two bills
passed the senate today. Dolph's bill,
appropriating sufficient to complete the
canal and locks at the cascades, not ex
ceeding $1,745,816, and my bill appropri-
ating $2,860,356, full amount of estimate
for completion of a boat railway at the
dalles. All immediately available.
John H. Mitchell.
Worse than Wasted.
AVashington, March 22. If the demo
crats in the house would listen to the
voice of reason, they would not waste a
moment of time discussing the silver
bill. Since it is absolutely certain that
the president will veto the act if it passes,
nothing is to be gained by the discussion
in a party sense leyond what has been
gained already. It is possible that the
public will hear soon that this subject
has been indefinitely postponed, and the
responsibility will rest upon the presi
dent who has next to officially pledged
himself to veto the act if it passes. But,
of course, this week having been agreed
upon, the house proceedings will be
more than usually interesting, as the
Bland silver bill is the special order for
three days, beginning today. A large
number of members desire to speak on
the question, and an effort will be made
to reach an agreement between the
friends and opponents of free coinage,
provided that the debate and consider
ation of the bill by paragraphs shall run
the whole week. No understanding has
been reached, however, as the silver men
want the agreement to include a stipu
lation that a vote shall be taken at the
end of the week without indulgence in
filbnstering tactics; but the anti-free
coinage democrats are not, as a body,
willing to bind themselves in this par
ticular. Democratic White Primaries.
New Orleans, March 22. Democratic
white primaries to decide whether the
democratic state ticket headed by Mc
Enry" or that headed by Foster shall be
considered the nominee of the democratic
party at the election, April 19, are being
held. Voting is progressing quietly
throughout the state.
. '
Public Building;.
Sf. John's, N. B., March 21. The
custom-house, a large stone structure,
has been burned. Loss $300,000.
Results of Stock Gambling;. .
Philadelphia, March 22. The su
Dreme court has affirmed the decision
of the court of common pleas of Phila
delphia connty in favor of Mrs. Delia
Parnell, mother of the . late Charles
Stewart Parnell, vs. administrator of the
estate of Charlotte Smith. The facts
upon which . the question arose are as
follows : In July, 1876, Charlotte Smith
deposited with Delia Parnell $4,538, to
be devoted, in her discretion," to specu
lation in stocks for the benefit and risk
of the owner. The money was applied
in accordance to this understanding
admittedly with good faith, but the
speculations were unsuccessful, and the
money was lost. Mrs. Parnell kept the
fact a secret, and attempted to retrieve
the losses by using her own money, re
mitting over $3,000 to Mrs. Smith, allow
ing her to believe the money was the
proceeds from her own investment.
After the death of Miss Smith, her ad
ministrator brought suit to recover the
full amount entrusted to Mrs. Parnell
The loss and the remittances stop her
from now showing that fact.' '
Manly Africans.
New YoBK.March 22. Mrs. M. French
Sheldon, the African traveler, delivered
her first lecture in this country last night,
at Chickering hall. She was greated by
a notable gathering of members of the
American Geographical society and their
friends, and for two hours led them with
her into the very heart of the dark con
tinent. She told her audience about.b,er
laborious march from the coast to the
interior, and held them spell-bound
while she described her interview with
the fierce Masai, or the African bogie
man, and her adventurous descent to
lake Chala, until, with a sigh of relief,
they beheld her safely navigating its
waters on the frail pontoon, which had
been brought with the caravan. She
told of her hair-breadth 'scapes from
treacherous guides and natives, and on
the other hand her courteous treatment
by the chiefs of various friendly- tribe.
The Rombos, in the neighborhood of lake
Chala, who had been considered ex
tremely ferocious people, she found most
civil and eager to do her homage. Mod
est, said the lecturer, was their only
covering,' but their deportment was so
manly and their carriage so grand that I
grew to regard their color as abundant
clothing for them in their primitive sim
plicity. She denies that the natives are
lazy, and says that if they are given the
opportunity they can easily be taught to
weave native cotton. But she also main
tains that the bitter pill of sudden civi
lization must not be forced down their
throats.
Shocking; Barbarities. '
Philadelphia, March 22. When the
state board of charities meets at Hunt
ington tomorrow, most startling infor
mation will be laid before it, bearing up
on cruelties and barbarities inflicted
upon the inmates of the Pennsylvania
industrial reformatory. The names of
eighty-three boys will be presented, all
of whom have been the victims of long
confinement in solitary cells, and, in
most instances, whipped- with water
soaked leather straps while chained to
iron bars above their heads, or to the
floors. Someof the victims, it is charged,
were driven to insanity and attempted
suicide.
Forcing; Conversions.
Vienna, March 22. A Lemberg paper
reports a serious uprising in eastern
Siberia, resulting from the forced con
versions of Buddhists by Russian ortho
dox missionaries. - Many Mongols have
migrated to China. Others armed
themselves, routed the missionaries,
and compelled the Russian authorities
to take refuge in the fortress of Tiumen.
The revolt is spreading over Tobolsk
and Tomsk.
Wrecked by an Earthquake.
San Francisco, March 22. A dis
patch to the Merchants' Exchange this
morning says the. British steamer West
Indian, on her return trip from Chili for
San Francisco, went ashore yesterday at
Acajuta, San Salvador, and is a total
loss. The crew and ' part of the cargo
were saved. The dispatch further states
an earthquake was the cause of the
disaster.
Insane From the Grip.
Jacksonville, Or., March -22. Joel
Smith, of Phoenix, was brought before
Judge Neil this morning and upon ex
amination, committed on the charge of
insanity. This is his first attack, which
followed a very severe spell of the grip.
He is 51 years of age and has a wife and
family, towards whom he was homicidal.
A deputy sheriff started to' Salem with
him this evening.
Stock Breeders Organize.
Ellknsbdbg, Wash., March 22. The
Stockbreeders' association of Washington
met here (his afternoon and effected per
manent organization by the election of a
full set of officers. - A large membership
is secured and great interest is manifested
in the association. Speeches were made
by Hart, Van Devanter and Rochester,
of King; Wilson of Kittitas and others.
The world's fair commission entered in
a body and joined the association.
Still in the Dark.
Washington, March 22. It is known
that Lord Salisbury has sent a note to
the state department concerning the
Behring sea controversy, but it is net
known what is in it. Columns of specu
lative comment would not' throw light
on the subject.
THE COLUMBIA RIVER.
Dole's Lump Bill for the Cascade Loch
. InoperatiTe.
OREGON SENATORS FEELING GOOD.
Mitchell's Bill as an Amendment to the
River and Harbor Bill. -
A VIBI NARROW VIEW BY SQV1RK.
Tote of the Senate on the Bills Work
Must Be Done Before the Money
is Available.
Washington, March 22. The senate
today passed, without any debate, ex
cept an argument from Senator Frye
upon the Columbia river, Senator
Dolph's bill making a lump appropria
tion for the completion of the cascades
improvement. Under the contract sys
tem in the river and harbor bill this
will render Senator Dolph's bill inoper
ative, but there is a possibility that
Senator Mitchell may secure the adop
tion of his bill as an amendment to the
river and haibor bill in the senate. If
this is done a great work will be accom
plished for the Columbia river. The
votes for these improvements were prac
tically unanimous, only four being
against one and eight against the other.
The Oregon senators are feeling very
good over the victory. Senator Squire,
although he voted for the bills, seemed
to think that Oregon was getting the
best of it. He said he thought it was
about time "Washington should receive
some consideration, as the shore line
along Puget sound and other places were
immensely of more importance commer
cially than the Columbia river. Al
though the Columbia river divided
Washington and Oregon, and even if it
should be opened up so that the wheat
of Eastern Washington could go down
the Columbia river, it would be of some
benefit to the eastern part of the state,
yet it was of commercial interest only to
Portland. Dolph's bill appropriating
$1,745,816 to secure an early completion
of the canal and locks at the cascades on
the Columbia passed by a vote of 46 to
4, Berry, Kyle, Pngh, and Vance con
stituting the minority. Mitchell's bill,
appropriating $2,860,356 for a railway
and necessary marine apparatus and
appliances at the dalles, Cehlo falls and
Ten Mile rapids, and the improvement
at Three Mile rapids, passed by vote of
38 to o. The senate then adjourned.
A Cordial Reception.
Early one morning, recently, I called
to see a gentleman who had not yet left
his bed. I was met at the door by, a
woman whose sleeves were rolled up,
who wore an ample apron upon which
were various spots of flour and whose
face was not entirely free from similar
spots. It was "bake day," but she did
not embarrass me by any 'reference to
the fact or any1 apology as to her appear
ance. She asked me into the parlor and
after sending one of the children up
stairs to notify the father of my pres
ence, re-entered the parlor and chatted
until her husband appeared about vari
ous topics in an entertaining, easy man
ner, quite as though she had been ex
pecting and was all fixed np to receive
me. It was simply delightful and my
great grief is that I have no sufficient
excuse to make another early morning
call at the same home. Detroit Free
Press. .
A Way of Cooking; Rodents.
The negro slaves of Jamaica used to
regard rats as a dainty, their masters
not providing them with any other meat.
Their method of cooking the toothsome
rodents was to impale each one on a
long wooden skewer, after cleaning the
animal and cutting off the tail, turning
it briskly around over a fire until the
hair was all burned off. Then it was
scraped until free from fur, and finally
the end of the skewer was stuck into the
ground, inclined toward the fire, until
it was toasted dry and crisp, thus being
made ready for tha meal. Washington
Star. .
Death Above Her and Death Below.
Clinorinir for her life to a rousrh beam
while a flying express train thundered
and swayed above her head I Swinging
in midair, with death above and below
her, until almost exhausted by fatigue
from the terrible strain I
This was the dire predicament in
which Miss Norah Oldham, of Nashville.
was placed, and it was only due to her
cool judgment and calm presence of
mind that she was saved from death.
In attempting to cross the railroad
trestle which extends from Cedar street
to beyond Line, she was run down by an
express train, the engineer of which,
Dickson, was trying to enter tna union
depot on time and had been running "un
usually fast for some mjn'nies. She was
compelled to let hersejf down on .the
outside of the track and liang on nntU
he was rescued. Memphis Appeal
A Japanese colony is locating in
Sonora.
It is Baid that the reason why Timothy
Hopkins has withdrawn from the Searles
will contest is because be found out that
the Stillman and Hubbard $11,000,000
partnership allows his side but $5,500,
000. A compromise was affected for
$3,125,000.
New York Fools. .
New York March 29. Concerning
Drayton and Burrowe, the part-your-hair-and-names-in-the-middle
thorough
breds of the 400 strips, from Europe by
Majestic, it was reported at an early hour
this morning that they had proceeded
a quiet spot In Westchester county t
Ttamiaa ttta nitnti ?-kr an1 nliaM l.ii.A' I
uifcrvs uuq mjv otvunvtwu avuvit pciuaOj nnvri
an encounter in the mornings They
were accompanied respectively byjklill
bank and Freddie Gebhardt. The
steamer was boarded yesterday, not
withstanding orders to the contrary.
D. L. Upshur, son of Commodore Up
shur, with a servant, were of the board
ing party. Once aboard, they rushed
about the ship and passed nearly ten
minutes before they found Mr. Drayton.
Upshur rushed up, and, putting a bun
dle of newspaper clippings in his hand,
excitedly said: "Read this; read it
carefully. It is of great importance."
In the meantime Dray ton was shoved
into his berth and the servant put on
guard at the door with instructions to
let no one in. Upshur became excited
and then rushed through the passage
exclaiming, "Can't talk, can't talk."
Those lingering outside the door after he
had gone inside could hear frequently
the exclamation! "That's singular,
that's singular." And then the
voice of the man-servant could be heard
whinning, "awful," "awful." Upshur,
when . next seen by the reporter, was
talking earnestly to her grace, the Duch
ess of Marlboro, who was on board.
Wants American Protection.
San Fbancisco, March 23. The object
of the visit to the United States of King
Tubrimo of the Gilbert islands, and who
is now in this city, has just come to light.
He states that he has long desired the
protection of the,. United States, and
wants to raise the American flag over
the Gilbert islands. With that end in
view he has come to this country, but
had seen such wonderful sights since his
arrival, and was so lost in bewildermept
at the novelty, immensity and magnifi
cence of everything that met his eye, as
compared with his native land, that his
real purpose had been for the time com
pletely lost sight of. He wanted to go to
Washington to see the "king" of this
country and have a talk, but be is obliged
to return home in a week or two by the
same vessel on which he came and will
have no time to make a long trip. King
Tubrimo says he likes the Americans,
and feels that his country would be in a
much better and more prosperous con
dition if under their protection. The
king says- that if the United States
will accept the proposition he will in
turn accord all reasonable courtesies and
privileges. He will give the United
States a coaling station in the harbor Of
the islands where he reigns, and keep it
in good repair at all times. He ity aim
assist in promoting the commercial re
lations between the two countries. His
friends have agreed to lay all his prop-,
ositions before the cabinet at Washing
ton. After the Anarchists
Paris, March 24. Late this afternoon
the police discovered a bomb factory in
Clichy, a northern suburb of the city.
The factory was on the second floor of a
building in a court behind a tenement
house. Several boxes of chemicals for
the manufacture of explosives, fuses,
cartridges, glass and iron tubing, and
several bottles of chlorate of potash were
found. It is supposed the factory was
getting out bombs for the May day cele
bration, as the police have information
that the anarchists plan to make violent
demonstrations and will attempt to blow
np some of the public buildings. There
was no one in the factory when the
police visited it this afternoon. Two
men who were caught entering the court
were arrested on suspicion.
Russians Alarm Germany.
London, March 22. A Vienna corre
spondent says: "Gen. Gourko visited
St. Peterburtc to confer with the czar on
a plain of action in the event of war with
Austria and Germany. At a conference
of five hours, Grand Duke Vladimir,
Grand Duke Alexis, the minister of war,
the chief of staff, and other military ex
perts were present. It was decided that
Gen. Gourko should assume the offensive
on the Austrio-German frontier, and
Gen. Schouvaloff command the defensive
army corps. The recent movement of
the Russian troops has caused serious
alarm here.
Germans Alarm ThemselTes.
London, March 22. A Berlin corres
pondent telegraphes that Seidlitz Trot-
schler has refused to withdraw his
nation. Capri vi has not resigned, but
has placed his portfolio at the emperor's
order. Nothing will be settled in regard
to the trouble arising from the primary
education bill until the emperor returns
from Hubertustock at the end of the
week. The general opinion in official
circles seems to be there will be no alter- .
ation in Caprivi's position, nor is it be-1
lieved the Prussian diet will be dissolved.
For an Open River.
Vancocvkb, March 24. Ed. W.
Wright, formerly of the Astoria Pioneer
nad'Bulletin, has taken editorial charge
of the Independent. Ed is a first class
newspaper man, and will make the In
dependent one of the leading papers of
Washington. He will be devoted to an
open river, to secure wnicn ne win re
quire attention to the channel above the
mouth of the Willamette, before any
further expenditures are necessary be
low that point. .