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THE DALLES WEEKXlf CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 18&2.
IN THE COMMITTEE
Action Upon tie ColnmMa River Im
; proyeient BE .
OTHERS MADE SPECIAL ORDERS.
To Complete the Cascade Locks and
Build the Dalles Portage.
THE CONTRACT SYSTEM TO COMB.
Tke Cascade Will Receive an Appropri
ation bat not 8a the Dalles
Portage.
Washington, March 18. Senator
Dolph's bill to complete work on the
Columbia river and Senator Mitchell's
lor a boat railway around The Dalles
iiave both been made special orders for
next week. These bills will pass the
senate, but the house will not take any
action on them. It will be impossible
even to secure a favorable report from
the bouse committee on rivers and har
bors, bat it is a good thing to have the
senate committed to these great meas
ures being done under the contract sys
tem ; that when the time comes the
bouse will look with favor on contract
ing these great works, and the senate
will be ready to. take favorable action.
In the house rivers and harbors com
mittee, Mr. Hermann moved to put in
an appropriation for a portage railway
around the dalles. This was defeated
The only members voting for it were
Clarke, Blanchard and Mr. Hermann.
Then Chairman Blanchard called an
other to the chair ana moved to appro
' priate the sum secured by Mr. Herman
for continuing the work on the cascades
and applying it for a portage railway
around the dalles. Only two members
of the committee, Blanchard and
Clarke, voted for this motion, and it
consequently stands where it was before,
The cascades will receive the appropria
tion, but there will be no portage rail
way around The Dalles. It has been a
bard fight for the Oregon representa
tive, because the opposition shown by
Pennoyer, and his communications to
the committee have made it very bard
for him to contend against the large
democratic majority on this important
committee.
Portugal la Bankrupt.
Paris, March 18. The bankruptcy of
Portugal is almost an official act,
Foreign ' experts maintain that the
national treasury is empty, that the
April coupons will not be paid, and that
the payment of interest will be sus
pended for three years. Paris bankers
do not believe that the payment will
ever be resumed. The bank of Portu
gal will assist several banks, owing to
whose weakness the financial crisis is
due. The manager of the Bank of Com
merce has left the city. His where
abouts are unknown.
Valuable Horses.
Grand Rapids, Mich., March 18.
The great $20,000 stallion race, booked
for the August meeting here, has been
declared off. Word has been received
from C. W. Williams, of Independence
la., the owner of Allertion, declining to
enter the race. He says he is afraid,
ehonld he bring Allertion here and enter
hiin in a race with Axtel against him,
the other horses would crowd him in
favor of Axtel. He will, therefore not
take Allertion away from home until he
has met Axtel alone. Senator Stanford
has refused the $100,000 offered for the
stallion Advertiser.
A Sneak Thief.
Chehalis, Wash., March 20. One
Joseph came to Chehalis a couple of
weeks ago representing himself as a
newspaper man desirous of starting a
paper. He obtained promises of assist
ance from various responsible parties,
and ordered a newspaper plant. On its
arrival here the firm drew on him for
the price, about $450. He had left the
country and board bills behind. Before
leaving be forged the name of John
. Dobsan, to a check which was cashed by
E. W. Prigmore, of Pe-Ell.
All Bared bntTwenty-Fire.
Halifax, March 18. The captain of
the mail steamer Conscript, who ar
rived this morning from St. Johns, N.
F., states that out of 200 unfortunate
sailors who were carried to sea in small
boats by the breaking up of the ice, all
lave been accounted for but twenty
five. Of this number, fifteen bodies
were recovered by rescuers and the re
mainder have never been heard from.
, To Unseat the Democrat. '
. Washington, March 18. The house
elections committee has decided to Beat
Noyes, the republican contestant from
.New York, and unseat Rockwell, dem.
- At a special election held in Arlington
on the 19th the city council was allowed
to contract an- indebtedness of $10,000
for a water and electric light plant.
- Scalp Hnntlng.
Washington, March 21. Bank Ex
aminer W. H. Heald, for Oregon and
Washington, and receiver Chase, of "the
Spokane National bank, will be bounced
out of office. Charges were made against
them some time ago by the members of
the Washington delegation ,Jand recently
one of the best experts of the comp
troller's office in Washington was sent
out to Washington to investigate. It is
not yet known who will be appointed to
Heald's position. Mr. Bird, of Tacoma,
has been recommended for the receiver
ship at Spokane. The bank examiner
will have to be indorsed by both Wash
ington and Oregon as that is his district,
The receiver will probably be appointed
upon, the recommendation of the Wash
ington delegation.
A Row Imminent.
New Yokk, March- 21. There is a
large amount of talk about the prospect
of a Drayton-Borrowe duel. It is stated
that Drayton's brother and two of his
influential friends are authority for the
statement that Drayton does not know
of the recent developments of the case,
The result is that the friends of both
Drayton and Borrower, chartered tugs
today, and as soon as the Majestic is
sighted there will be a race down the
bay for the steamship. The Drayton
tug will contain his brother, two Phil
adelphia friends and a number of prom
inent New Yorkers. On the Borrowe
tug will be a crowd of his friends
Drayton's brother, it is said, proposes to
inform him of all that has occurred.
If hostilities are not indulged in then,
Drayton may have something to tell his
enemy. Borrowe's friends propose to
put him on his guard, and they may
clash with the Drayton faction while do
ing so. It is expected that a very
lively row will take place on the Ma
jestic on her way to this city from the
lower bay, as the resjilt of the people on
the two tugs getting aboard her.
Home Rule for Scotland.
London, March 21. All the liberal
members from Scotland and many Eng
lish members, including some conserva
tives, approve the bill introduced in par
liament on Saturday for the creation of
a Scotttsh legislative body. The bill
will attract general attention, owing to
its similarity to the Irish question. The
bill establishes in Scotland a legislature
consisting of the queen and a Scotch leg
islative body, to enact laws for Scotland,
with the exception of matters relating
to the imperial administration ; all bills
passed require assent of the queen to be
come a law ; in a question of jurisdiction
between the English and Scottish bodies
the matter is to be referred to the judic
ial committee of the privy council ; the
legislature is authorized to impose taxes,
other than customs or excise 'duties, and
create a consolidated fund separate from
that of the United Kingdom ; Scottish
contributions to maintain corporal es
tablishments shall be proportionate to
those payable by England and Wales.
The second portion of the bill treats of
the judicial government and provides
that all existing civil and criminal courts
shall be maintained, subject, however,
to abolition or alteration, and judges
may be removed by the legislatures on a
requisition from the queen to do so.
The bill provides that the power and
authority of the Imperial parliament
shall not be diminished or restrained by
anything herein contained : The pres
ent bill is worthy of comparison to Mr,
Gladstone's first home rule bill.
Eating up the Grub.
Libo, March 20. A banquet was given
last night in honor of the Americans ac
companying the steamer Indiana. The
American consul, the officers of the In
diana, the members of the relief society
and all the city authorities were present.
Captain Sargent was presented with a
silver souvenir cup. Felicitous speeches
were made by the Russians and res
ponded to by the Americans. At a
luncheon todav an illuminated address
was ' presented to the Ammcans. A
dinner was given last evening to, the
crew of the Indiana. The Indiana
sailed this afternoon on her return voy
age. " The Bulldog and Lynx Fight.
Carson, Nev., March 20. The bull
dog and lynx fight came off today at the
race track some time before the adver-
tised hour in order to evade the officers,
who were to be on hand to stop the pro
ceedings. The instant the animals saw
each other the lojk was deadly. The
bulldog took hold on the right foreleg,
and held on until the lynx died. The
fight lasted nearly an hour. The dog
was frightfully torn by its atagonist, and
bled "profusely. Afterwards he broke
away and cleared out a number of dogs
in Chinatown. Only a few spectators
were present, owing to the rushed pro
ceedings. - . .
Fur 8eal, Plentiful. -
Seattle, March 21. The Portland
steamer Michigan reports a big school of
fur seals north of the Columbia river. A
schooner was in the midst of a school of
them, where the sea seemed fairly alive.
She was drifting along leisurely, having
six small boats out, and the crew had
good success shooting the seals. - .
Collies all Shut Down. "
Mahanoy City, Pa., March 18. All
the collieries of this district shut down
today until further notice. " How, long
the suspension will last is not known.
HERMANN GETS THERE.
The Appropriation Bill Reaiy for Con
gressional Action. . ;
OREGON LIBERALLY PROVIDED FOR.
The Senior House Member From the
Pacific Coast Heard From. .
STILL SOME HOPE FOR THE DALLES
The
Billion Congress Nearly Equalled
All for Works of National
Importance.- - - -
Washington, March 20. The contract
system of public improvement for the
waterways is becoming very popular,
after being tried successfully in two or
three places. In the last river and har
bor bill, the - fcault St Marie improve
ments and the Galveston harbor were
put under the contract system. The
river and harbor bill, which has recently
been practically completed, will place
the Mississippi river improvements un
der the contract system, also the deep
water channel 6ystem of the great lakes
as well as the Hudson river and the
Mobile, Ala., harbor improvements,
This is a matter of great importance,
it insures the continuation of these
works, whether a river and harbor bill
should pass or not, as an appropriation
will be made in the regular bills for
these improvements from year to year,
The people of The Dalles have often
asked that the contract system be applied
to the construction of the cascade locks
It is hoped now the effort mav be suc
cessful. . - .
Later and Afore Important.
Washington, March 21. You may
give Representative Hermann credit for
securing the greatest results, under the
circumstances, ever yet secured. The
river and harbor bill is now completed
and is ordered reported to the house
The total allowance now lor uregon is
$1,170,000 and nearly equals that of the
"billion dollar congress,".- although the
aggregate of the present bill, is about
$20,214,000 or less than that of the last
bill as it was reported from the river and
harbor committee. Then it was $20,
932,445. The state of Washington re
ceives an aggregate allowance of $84,000,
as against $19,000 of last congress. The
canal and locks at the cascades of the
Columbia receives nearly $500,000 and is
placed under the contract system for
completion, the secretary of war being
authorized to contract for the whole
work, for which $1,310,000 is estimated,
exclusive of the sum now allowed in the
present bill, which becomes immediate
ly available. The same language is used
as applies to the works at Galveston,
Baltimore and Philadephia harbors and
the Sault Ste Marie canal, etc. Under
the contract system it is expected that
ships can pass through the' cascade
canal and locks of the Columbia within
two years. Mr. Hermann made a
gallant and very persistent as well as
discreet struggle for the concession to
his state. " He firmly insisted that if like
privileges were bestowed on any other
great works of .the nation, it must be
understood that the cascade locks should
be counted in. He stubbornly resisted
any other arrangement, and the results
of his arguments have proven that he
not only deserves approbation at home
but promotion in Washington.
An Illinois Scrap.
Chicago, March 20. Con Doyle
knocked out Wiley Evans in the eleventh
round this morning, winning the stakes
of $1000 and 75 per cent of the gate re
ceipts. The battle was fought a short
distance from the city in the presence of
250 sports, who had to light blazing bon
fires to keep warm. .
. Chinese Boycott.
, San Francisco, March 20. The Wah
Yin Hone society has declared a boycott
0f tbe Karluk Packing company, and is
using strenuous efforts to prevent ChL
nese from entering into any contracts
with that company, because- Wong Ah
Yuen, an employer last year, decamped
with the funds. The company does not
hold itself responsible for the acts of
Wong Ah Yuen, as he had engaged
laborers, had been paid the wages due
them and he was dealing direct with his
countrymen.
The new Maxim flying machine will
be propelled by a light screw making
2,500 revolutions per minute. Its sus
pending power will be a kite 110 feet
Ion g by 40 feet wide. The motive power
will be a petroleum condensing engine.
Five century plants, all in bloom, is
the interesting and very rare sight now
to be seen in Los Angeles la the garden
ofhe Church of Our Lady of All Angela,
They are said to be growing about a foot
a day. r- .
A gentleman at Eastman. Oa.. a dav
or two ago on opening a freight car dis
covered a hen hatching a nest of eggs
which she had laid during a long rail
road journey from another state. . , .
Hurrah for Hermann.
The following telegram was received
today, by Col. N. B. Sinnott :
Washington, March 21. I have se
cured, in the river and harbor bill, four
hundred and thirty-five, thousand
dollars for the cascade locks and to
complete under the contract system.
. . Binges Hebmaks,
- The Primary Elections.
The republican primaries held in this
city last Saturday were hotly contested
and the result was almost a complete
victory for the "citizens ticket," which
elected twenty-six of the twenty-seven
delegates. The delegation is beyond
cavil a good one, taken as a whole, .and
is perhaps as representative as it could
well be. The following are the names
of the successful candidates :
' East Dalles precinct: . E. Campbell,
F. Connelly, J. . W. Koontz, H. Kuck,
F. Grummond, W. J. Roberts, F,
Creighton.
Bigelow precinct : F. Menefee, Hugh
Chrisman, M. T. Nolan, B. S. Hunting
ton, C. J. Crandall, Robert Mays,
Thomas N. Joles.
West Dalles precinct : J. W. Marquis,
A. N. Varney, George W. Runyan, G. B
Halvor," A. A. Urquhart.
Trevett precinct: Wm. Michell, P,
Debuff, W. H. Jones, C. L. Phillips, J
M, Patterson, Judd Fish.
Cascade Looks Letter.
.Cascade Locks, March 19th.
Editor Dalles Chronicle:-
St. Patricks' Day is an event of the
past. The day was observed by our Irish
citizens in a manner creditable to all,
The chief event of the day was the dress
parade, and inspection review, of Prof,
Fairview, "assisted by F. Leavens. The
first named, clad in fool uniform, consist
ing of the very blue coat worn by Brian
Boreau at the battle of the Ventury har
bor, and carrying at a right shoulder
shift a sabre, once the property of Phil
Sheridan. Among other things the Pro
fessor stated that he would deliver an
address. The oration was a splendid ef
fort, in which he was ably assisted by
the aforementioned F. Leavens, and
three bottles of whiskey. Yet most sad
to relate, just before reaching the peror
ation he was stricken with a sudden
shock or paralyzed, it would seem ; an
event which dispersed the crowd, leav
ing the Professor in all his glory-
Sure, Professor, me boy, you're the pride
of the town.
And a curse on your foes, be they white
black or brown.
I'd fight for you standin'; I'd fight for
you lyin' ;
When you dies, if you rises, I'd fight for
you flyin'.
" The social dance given in the evening,
was well attended, and, dancing kept up
till the morning light. '.Among those
present was some of our most prominent
and exemplary Irish citizens: Messrs.
P. Sullivan, McElhaney, Wm. O'Day,
M. Fitzgerald, Bradder & McKenzie and
E. P. Ash. The latter is a very promi
nent young Irish-American from Maine,
A conspicuous feature of the evening
was the performanceof a "rale ould Irish
reel" Mr. McElhaney and Mrs. Sullivan
being the participants. The' dancing of
the twain was simply perfect, holding
the spectators spellbound. "Like dew
on the gowan lying, was the ' fa' of their
fairy feet." The evening's entertainment
was also enlivened by the singing orDr,
H. A. Leavens, who succeeded in sur
rounding his name with a lustrous halo,
by his successful rendition of "Joe Bow
ers." In fact, taken all in all, St. Pat
rick's was harmed in the observance,
not in the breach, and was the-date of
one of the jolliest little gatherings ever
collected in our little burg.
Yours, Mecabty.
A private letter from J. O. Warner,
late of Nansene, . now of Red Lodge,
Mont., informs us that Mr. Warner is
much pleased with his new home and
intends to ' remain. He considers it a
magnificent stock country, and says that
Frank Malone, a large sheep owner of
the Antelope country, in this county,
had just visited Red Lodge and the ad-
jacent country and was so well pleased
with it that he intends removing bis
sheep there during the coming summer.
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Head-
Aches.
Sick-headaches are tbe outward indications of
derangements of the stomach and bowels. As
Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla is tbe only bowel
regnlatlug preparation of Sarsaparilla, it Is seen
why it is tbe only appropriate BarsaparfHa la
sick-headaches. It is not only appropriate; it Is
an absolute cure. After a course of it an occa
sional dose at interval will forever after prevent
return.
Jno. M. Cox, of 735 Turk Street, San Francisco,
writes: "I have been troubled with attacks of
sick-beadache for tbe last three years from one to
three times a week. Borne time ago I bought two
bottles of Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla and have
only ba3 one attack since and that was oa tbe
second day after I began usiiig it"
Joy
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(Successors to BROOKS A BEERS.) ..
The Dalles,
Jobbers and Dealrs In
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jftaple and Fancg Erg floods,
Gents' Furnishing Goods, Boots and Shoes,
Hats and Caps, Etc.
Staple and Fancy Groceries, Hardware, Flour, Bacon,
Headauarters for
Teas, Coffees, Dried Fruits, Canned Goods, Etc.
HAY, GRAIN AND PRODUCE
Of all kinds Bought and Sold at Retail or in Car
load Lots at Lowest Market Kates.
Free Delivery to Boat and Cars and all parts of the City.
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DRUGS
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In ii Retail Driisls.
PURE DRUGS
Handled by Three
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HOUSE PAINTS,
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Full Assortment of Meiican Saifllery, Plain or Stamnefl.
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-DEALERS IN-
GROCERIES
Flour, Grain, Fruit and Mill Feed.
HIGHEST CASH PRICE
COR. WASHINGTON AND SECOND
A. A. Brown,
Keeps a full assortment of
and Provisions.
which he offers at Low Figures.
SPEGIfllt X PAIGES
. to Cash Buyers.
Hikt M Prices for and
. other
Staple and Fancy Groceries
170 SECOND STREET.
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Registered Druggists.
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DEALERS IN
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complete Undertaking Establish i
and aa we are in no way connecusu
the Undertakers' Truet our priced
be low accordingly. -Remember
our place on Second e
next to Moody 's banic.
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