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THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1892.
NUMBER 18
VOL. II.
STANFORD Vs. CORNELL
Hign Bids for a Professor, in fnich
Stanford wins.
IS ADVANTAGE TAKEN OF CORNELL.
The Sack has its Influence, in College
as Well as out of it.
THE TOUSG DOCTOR IS IN DEMAND.
Came Home With the Highest Recom
mendation Ever Accorded a
Student at Leipsic.
IthaCa, April 7. Dr. Frank Angell,
assistant professor of psychology at Cor
nell university, lias' finally accepted a
call to the head of the psychological de
partment at Stanford university. Dr.
Angell was offered the position some
time ago, but declined, as Cornell offered
him a substantial inducement to remain
: in the chair, where he has only been
since the beginning of the present acad
emical year. The authorities at Stan
ford university, however, largely in
creased their offer of salary, and this,
together with the opportunity of found
ing and directing a department of work
in his own special branch entirely ac-
cording to his own ideas, induced Dr.
Angell to accept the California offer.
He and Mrs. Angell will take up their
residence in Palo Alto in the coming
eunfmer, and Dr. Angell will begin his
dirties there with the next academical
year. The appointment and the cir
cumstances under which it came are
considered most flattering to Dr. An
gell's abilities. He is a young man and
only took his degree of Ph. D., at Leipsic
a year ago, but has already attracted
considerable attention by his original
researches in experimental psychology.
Prof. Wundt, the famous foreigner,
founder of this new branch of science
in Leipsic university, declared that Dr.
Angell had the finest intellectual devel
opment of any one who had ever studied
under him ; a degree of praise rarely se
cured by Americans in German univer
sities. Dr. Angell is a nepbew of Presi
dent James B. Angell, of the University
of Michigan, and a son-in-law of ex-Secretary
Bayard, whose daughter he mar
ried last December. His father is
' Charles Angell, a well-known . business
man of New York.
The Missouri Outlaws
Ozark, April 7. If the expected hap
pens in Taney county, the Bald-Knob-bers
wilt reorganize, come over the hills
and adjourn the investigation now going
on at Forsy the into the lynching of Mur
derer Bright and the killing of Deputy
Sheriff Williams a few weeks ago. That
a mob will appear and. take the men
who are now under suspicion out of the
jurisdiction of the court, is almost cer
tain. The investigation proceeds slowly.
, The evidence against Lawyer Taylor is
' pretty strong, and the indications today
are that he will be held for trial. A
. strange story, which may have some
connection with the doings of the Taney
county mob, baa reached here. At the
Lewis place, six miles northwest of Wal-
' nut shade, on the farm of Charles Lewis,
a new grave has appeared in the orchard,
and his son, Frank Lewis, is said to be
burijd in it. . The cause of the young
- manVdeath is not known, nor was the
fact of his death known until the grave
was seen. Neighbors proposed to ex
hume the body and find out the cause of
death. The father, Charles Lewis, re
fused to allow it to be done, and threat
ened to shoot any man coming on his
premises for that purpose. Some have
asserted that Frank Lewis was. one of
the mob who hanged Bright at Forsy the,
and that he was accidentally shot and
has since died of his wounds.
V. Pullman Market Burned.
Pullman, 111. , April 7. An overturned
pan of hot grease sent $75,000 worth up
in smoke this morning. The market
hall building was the structure des
troyed. . The building was a two-and-one-half-story
brick building, the prop
erty of the town of Pullman. The orig
inal cost was $30,000. A large number
of stall men lost by the fire.- ;
" ' Cruelty to Animals.
Washington, April 7. President Har
rison expects to be able to get away to
morrow night for a day at snipe shooting
in New Jersey. He expects to return on
Friday night, but, if the sport is good
and the tramping not too wearisome, he
may be induced to stay till Saturday
night. - .
Little Rhody all Right.
. Providence, April 7. Complete re
turns show that the following candidates
on the republican state ticket are elec
ted: Governor, D. Russ Brown;
Lt.-Governor, Col. Melville Bull ; Sec
retary of state, Col. George H. Uiter.
There were four tickets in the field, and
the above are all the state officers elect
ted, others on the state ticket failing to
receive a majority. The legislature is
republican by 31 majority on joint bal
lot, besides vacancies yet to be filled by
second elections. - Most of the failures
to elect are in Providence and Newport.
In the former city only three of thirteen
members of the legislature were chosen,
and in Newport only one out of six.
The other failures were scattered among
the small towns. Control of the legis
lature by the republicans gives them
their choice of candidates for attorney-
-general and general treasurer, and se
cures beyond doubt the re-election of
Nelson W. Aldrich to the senate. Re
publicans feel very jubilant, as they
have secured everything' to be desired,
the legislature, all their state officers,
and United State senators. The ' demo
crats are crestfallen, having nothing to
hope for in the second elections, except
local influence and indorsement, as the
postponed trials cannot effect the result
in any important respect.
Detective Service Scoop.
Portland, April 7. At Tacoma yes
terday the suit of Wells Fargo & company
vs Mclntyre and Stewart for an alleged
robbery of $2,500 was dismissed without
hearing the testimony. The prosecution,
represented by Thiel's detective agency,
was not able to offer the slightest evi
dence. A dispatch to the same effect
was also received by a friend of H. E.
Mitchell, the prisoner's attorney, whekfs
now in Tacoma. The case has been an
interesting one not only to the people of
the City of Destiny, but also very largely
to the residents of Portland, as the young
men were arrested here and subjected
unlawfully to M. C. Sullivan's sweating
process. Both Mclntyre and Stewart
declared while here that they were clearly
innocent and predicted their dismissal,
as has now taken place. They also
avowed that they would bring suit for
false imprisonment against Sullivan. It
would seem that they have a prima facie
suit against him, and if the suits are
brought the outcome will be very inter
esting. Deeming the Demon.
Melbourne, April 7. The coroner's
jury" today delivered a verdict of wilful
murder against Fred B. Deeming in the
case of his wife, formerly Miss Mather,
whom he married at Rainhill, England,
and whom he murdered and buried at
Windsor, a suburb of Melbourne, on or
about last Christmas day. Deeming re
ceived the verdict with a defiant air. In
spite of his semblance of ease, Deeming
in periods of abstraction is visibly hag
gard. ' He has lost flesh and bis features
are becoming pointed. The jail wardens
keep a close watch upon him all the
time, for it is believed he Will kill him
self if he gets a chance.
Will Sell by Sections.
Washington, April 7. Senator Dolph
yesterday introduced a bill providing
for the" sale ot the unsold portion of the
Umatilla reservation in Oregon. The
plan of selling in 160 acre plots has been
found unsatisfactory, and the new meas
ure proposes that the land be disposed
of in section lots so as to make them
available as pasturage.
. A -New feature. But a Good One.
Philadelphia, April 7. The appoint
ment John Russell Young, the Well
known journalist, as fourth vice-presi
dent of the Philadelphia and . Reading
road has been officially announced. It
is understood his particular field of labor
will be to look after the newspaper in
terests of the company. '
From Arkansas to Africa.
- Guebbon, Ark., April 7. Ine negro
inhabitants of this county are secretly
planning for an exodus to the far parts
of Africa. . The many lynchings and
burnings have been dwelt npon by the
negro ministers till their hearers have
decided to go where .their lives will be
safe. .- .. - - - . - . . "
To Raise the Price of Nickel.
Sudbury,' Ont., April 7. Efforts are
being made here to organize ft nickel
trust to control the entire output of
nickel on a basis similar to the copper
combine of the United States. The plan
of the syndicate is to purchase all the
valuable nickel properties in the dis
trict. -v - - ,-;
Again Bereft of his-Reason.
Grand Rapids, Mich., April 7. Capt.
Chris Rath, who hanged Mrs. ; Surratt,
and the other Lincoln conspirators in
Washington during the war, has sud
denly been bereft of his reason. He was
provost at Washington at the close of
the war. - v ' i
SUGAR DEALERS WAR.
A Moyement to ChetMate tne Gigantic
Conine. .
THE NEW STATN ISLAND REFINERY.
Chief Distributors of the Largest Centers
to Engage in It
rHILADELPHIANS
INTERESTED.
The Result of the Removal of Claus
Sprekels From the City of Itroth
' . erly Love.
New York, April 7. Among some of
the big handlers of sugar there is a dis
position to do something to prevent the
American Sugar refining company from
completely controlling the market. The
feeling has grown since the Philadelphia
refineries were acquired by the trust. In
i the talk about the scheme the name of
Erasfus Wiman has been mentioned .fre
quently and yesterday he bad this to say
of the matter: ".AH I know in relation
to a contemplated movement for an in
dependent sugar refinery is that inquir
ies were made of me whether there was
a desirable piece of property at Staten
island, on which a large refinery could
be advantageously located. - To this I re
plied that I possessed in my own right,
a location on the bay very admirably
adapted for the purpose. I have con
sented to act as custodian of subscriptions
for a company, the stock-holders of which
should comprise not less than one. hun
dred" of the chief sugar distributors in
the big cities of the country, and if such
subscription is completed to join such
an association. The inquiries are not
confined to New. York, but come from
Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, Chica
go, Cincinnati and St. Paul. Meetings
have been - held in Philadelphia, and
there the movement originated."
Chinese Exclusion Blll. i
Washington, April 7. The action of
Representative Geary, in calling up and
passing in the house his Chinese exclu
sion bill, complicates matters for this
session. Senator Dolph, referring to
the situation says : - "I am moved to be
lieve that Geary either did not want any
Chinese legislation this session or else is
striving to make political capital; - If he
wanted to expedite matters, why did he
not when the senate bill reached the
house strike out -all but the enacting
clause and amend by inserting the pro
visions of his bill? That is frequently
done. If it had been' in this instance
we might have been in conference on it
today. Now it As : impossible to
say when the senate will act, having
silver, tariff, appropriations and
other important matters to take up
its time." In reply to this ' Geary
insists that his . bill should - have
had preference. He says: "The truth
is that, when it was found the demo
cratic house was about to pass a rigid
exclusion act, the order went out in the
senate to rush through without debate
or amendment the republican bill,
known to be what was not wanted. Be
fore Dolph again lectures the house he
better see that the record backs up his
statement." I
History Repeating Itself.
Guthrie, Oklahoma, April 7. In
spite of disasters of a like kind along the
borders of reservations about to be de
clared open for settlement, history is
about to repeat itself at the opening of
the Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservation.
The crowd of boomers grows greater each
day, and already 10,000 people are as
sembled along the line. Within forty
eight hours after the proclamation is is
sued this number will be trebled, and,
by the day of the opening, fully 75,000
people will, be ready to participate in
the grand rush. The crowd now num
bers people of every color, nationality
and profession. Gamblers are plentiful
.and are growing rich off the unsophisti
cated boomer, upon, whose hands time
hangs heavy. . . ;J -
. . From Careless Conveyances. ...
Birmingham, Ala., . April 7. The case
of Mary McElrath against the Ely ton
land company to recover 160 acres of
land in the corporate limits of Birming
ham, was decided by a jury awarding the
plaintiff forty acres of the most valuable
land containing the handsomest private
residence of the eity valued at 216,000,
with accrued rentals of $15,600.-' - Both
sides are dissatisfied and an appeal will
be taken.
" Coming to Portland.
New York, April 9. The Presbyter
ian General Assembly of the United
States, to meet in Portland, Or., will
start with a special train from this city
and will take on additional coaches on
the way. ' When past the Missouri river
the train will be divided into two sec
tions, one going over the Union Pacific
and the other over the Northern Pacific.
Both trains will arrive in Portland Wed
nesday afternoon, May 18th.
Blaine Is Not In the Race.
Washington,. April 9. The freedom
with which the name of Secretary
Blaine has been used the past week, in
connection with his candidacy for presi
dential honors, is wholly unauthorized.
A senator who has been as close to Mr.
Blaine during the past twenty years as
any man in public life, said today that
the agitation did not originate with any
body friendly to the secretary "Mr.
Blaine does not want the nomination,"
he said, "and hf could' not take it. It
is unjust to him to continue the use of
his name." Senator Hale said, "I do
not speak for Mr. Blaine, because I have
no authority to do so ; but I know that
he stands today as he did when he
wrote his letter of withdrawal. He has
not reconsidered his determination, and
he has given no intimation of any inten
tion to reconsider it. There is not the
slightest truth in the report that he was
worried into writing that letter. He
did it after full consideration, of his own
free will, and in opposition to the wishes
of some of his best friends, and noting
has happened since to make him change
his mind."
oil as a Fuel.
. Chicago, April 9. Oil will be used in
place of coal, for fuel at the Columbus
fair in Chicago. The lowest bid for coal
was $2.44 per ton. The Standard Oil
company's bid was seventy cents for a
barrel of forty-two gallons of oil, and
72 cents a barrel during 1893. It . was
shown that three' barrels of oil would
produce as much heat as a ton of coal.
That meant a saving of about fourteen
per cent, on the lowest bid for coal, and
the committee decided in favor .of oil,
with the understanding that they are to
pay seventy cents a barrel until 1893,
and then have ihe privilege of getting
the oil at the lowest market price, not
to exceed 72)4 cents a barrel. The prop
osition will probably be accepted.' The
contract will be for the largest quantity
ever sold to one consumer. The lowest
estimate that has ever been made of the
amount of coal that would be burned at
Jackson park during the exposition was
75,000 tons. On this basis 225,000 bar
rels of oil would be used, but it is prob
able that the amount will be largely in
excess of that estimate. Oil has been
successfully used for years by several of
the large power houses in Chicago, no
tablv the cable lines.
Factions In North Carolina.
Raleigh, April 8. Two factions ap
peared in the convention of the sixth
district at Rockingham yesterday, one
headed by Postmaster Brady, of Char
lotte, and the other by a negro named
Gordon. " The Brady faction retired and
nominated C. P. Lockley, and Archibald
Brady as delegates to Minneapolis, both
favoring Harrison. The Gordon faction
named A. M. Long, for congress, and J.
M. Smithand J. M. Gordon delegates.
The republican convention" of the second
district met at Littleton. H. P. Cheat
ham was endorsed for congress by accla
mation. C. A. Cooke, and Willis Bage
ley were selected delegates to Minneap
olis. There was a bolt and the bolters
indorsed W. W. Long for congress.
Messengers From Pennsylvania.
Lancaster, April 8. The democratic
convention have selected . 'William B.
Given and John A. Coyle as delegates to
the Chicago convention, and nominated
John. A. Malone for congress.' "'Instruc
tions for Cleveland were given the dele
gates. - - - xeacners aavea ino ocnvvir j
Des;. Moines, Iowa, April' 8. This
Crocker school building, the largest in
the city, was burned today. - The main
portion of the building was destroyed;
loss, $20,000. The teachers kept per
fectly cool when the alarm was given
and marched the scholars out safely.
Harmony . Easily Restored. "
"Indianapolis, April 8. It is stated
that the Gray and Cleveland factions
have reached a compromise. Cleveland's
supporters are to consent that Gray
shall have the Indiana 'delegation's votes
for a few ballots.- They will then go to
Cleveland, and slay with him until -the
battle is ended. , -
Honorary Delegates.
TscsoN.-A. T., April 8. The territor
ial, republican convention ; yesterday
nominated N. O. Murphy and Madison
W. Stewart delegates to the Minneapolis
convention. ' '
RAKING OLD STRAWS.
China's Refusal to Receive Blair Comes
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C0RRESP0XDENCE MADE PUBLIC.
Mr. Blair Injuriously Misrepresented.
. Uncle Sam Responsible. -
THE SCOTT ACT THE MAIN CAUSE.
The Affair Closed when the Resignation
of Minister Blair was Accepted by" .
the President.
Washington, April 8. The senate
today made public the correspondence
transmitted by the president touching
the declination of the Chinese govern
ment to .receive the Hon. W. E. Blair as
United States minister. The corres
pondence begins with a cablegram from
the Chinese government to its minister
saying Blair had bitterly abused China
while in the senate and was conspicuous
in the passage of the exclusion act.
Therefore China deemed it inexpedient
to receive him, and requested to have
persona grata appointed instead. June
15th, in an interview' with the Chinese
minister, Assistant Secretary Wharton
suggested perhaps his government had
acted without full knowledge and re
quested a reopening of the case for con
sideration. June 22d, Blair, in a letter
to" Wharton, denies abusing China or
Chinese, and asserts he was always their
friend. June 22d, Blair tendered bis res
ignation. June 23d, Chinese minister
replied to Wharton's suggestion, saying
the viceroy directs him to state Blair
was not popularly regarded in China.
The minister 'recited portions of the
Congressional Record and showed the
real objection to be the resentment at
the passage-of the Scott act, while the
treaty was ' being considered, the act
having a very bad effect in China. The
minister said if the president or secre
taro of state would repeal the law and
put again in force the treaties, the situ
ation in China would be chanced, and
Blair would be well received if the pres
ident asked it. June 9th, Blair with
drew his resignation. June loth, Blair
wrote Wharton that it appears it is his
government which is non-grala to the
Chinese government, and that he (Blair)
will be well received whenever the
United States shall have purged itself
of the offense." The correspondence
closes with a letter from Wharton to
Denby, in which he says Blair has been
injuriously misrepresented.- Wharton
admits the incident was closed, so-far as
Blair is concerned, by his resignation
which the president accepted. ' -
Smoke Clearing- Away.
New Yoek, April 8. Samuel Borrowe,
one of the vice-presidents of the Equita
ble Life Association, is very positive that
his son, H. Alsop Borrowe, and Harry
Van Millbank sailed for Europe by the
steamer City of Paris, under assumed
names. He told a reporter that his son
and Millbank had decided to go to Lon
don, where they both had many friends,
rather than to remain in New York,
where they had been misrepresented
and misunderstood. He declared that
he did not know whether the young men
had gone to Europe to call Mr. Fox and
the Due de Morny to account for their
recently published statements concern
ing the Drayton scandal.' He would not
say 1 whether a duel had been talked
about before their departure.
Fares to. Minneapolis.
Chicago, April 8. The proposition
submitted to the transcontinental asso
ciation for a half fare" rate to. the demo
cratic and republican national conven
tions has been -defeated, the Southern
Pacific casting its vote in the negative.
This is the only association in the conn
try which has declined a half fare rate
for these national conventions.' Had
the applications been granted the round
trip rates from California to Chicago
would have been $70. A round- trip
ticket can now be purchased for $100. It
is not nnlikelyr however, that the other
transcontinental lines will grant the
concession regardless of the Southern
Pacific's veto. 7 ; ' --,
Another package is missing, from the
shipments of Wells, Fargo & Co. on
Puget Sound. This one calls for $1,100
to have been delivered at the Orting
office, from San Francisco. The Orting
officials are charging with playing poker.
The American Cltlsen.
Washington, April il. In a report
accompanying the bill to change the
naturalization laws, the house com
mittee sayB: ."The name American,
citizen should be esteemed as" that of a
Roman when Rome was mistress of the
World. Such pride can never be felt by
our foreign-born citizen until the pro
cess of conferring this great boon upon
him is attended with great solemnity
and scrutinized more closely than at
present." It is no ordinary combination
of circumstances that has given rise to
this demand upon congress for a revision
of the naturalization laws. Here is a
case where even the uncompromising
foes of . paternalism will admit the
necessity of federal protection against
the abuse of naturalization privileges.
It is true some states are more to blame
than others for opening the flood-gates
for undesirable citizens, but the tighten
ing of federal restrictions in the future
will have a beneficial effect upon all.
The abuse of prevailing laws governing
naturalization is wholly the work of un
scrupulous politicians. When the latter
are scurrying for votes they are un
mindful of the' spirit of the law and
occasionally disregard the letter of it.
The high prerogative of American citi
zenship is thrust upon individuals with
no conception of an American citizen's
duties, and with absolute ignorance of
American institutions. Is it any wonder .
that the unlettered, perhaps vicious, .
recipient of American citizenship values
it lightly when its donors treat it with
contempt? Congress will do well to-
seriously set about the- task of making
American citizenship a prize to be striven
fori and valued when obtained.
. f Electric Light Combine.
Chicago, April 11. The combine
against the Columbia fair committee by
the great electric companies, promises
to become as great a source of trouble as
the Illinois Central railway trick. Fifty
manufacturers were invited to bid for
the lighting, and the specifications were
made purposely so the smaller firms
could bid on the same basis as the larger
ones. Only two responded the Thomson-Houston
and the Western Electric ;
and instead of a rental by the exposition
of $60,000 for the 6.000 lamps needed the
best bid was for $232,000, by the Thomson-Houston
company. The committee
was so thoroughly convinced of the fact
that a combination exists that it rejected
the bids and ordered advertisement for
new proffers. In explanation, and to
account to some extent for the unwilling
ness of the electrical corporations to
compete, it is said that the large manu
facturers are determined to have a voice
in the management of their power plants
if they are installed as exhibits. Under
the rules for this department-the big
electrio power plants will be controlled
and conducted by the construction de
partment. Mr. Edson, the Thomson
Houston company and others, it is said,,
have given notice that if they furnish
machinery for power as exhibits it will
be after their own designs, and not ac -cording
to the designs of the construction .
department. It is thought yesterday's
fiasco' was intended as a warning to the
exposition company that the electricians
of the country propose to have some
voice in the arrangements for electric
power and light. -
Life in Creole.
Desveb, Colo., April 11. A 'year ago
Creede was a mining camp of about
twenty men. Today it has a population
of 10,000, and ranks as the newest and
most phenomenal boom town of the
west. At any moment the creek along
which the town is built may- become a
roaring torrent before which everything
will go down-to terrible destruction..
But the'speculators, careless of this pos
sible fate, intent only upon the gains of
of the hour, keep up the whirl of excite- '
mcnt and the cardboard city is pushed
merrily forward. Sanitation and every-,
thing else except the grabbing and ex-
changing of locations are neglected. The
ramblers say the ''suckers have no
money," yet the bubble may not burst
this year. The Leadville boom lasted
quite a while; that of Creede mav do as
-well, but its growth is unhealthy and
there is bound to be a reaction. When
it comes it will not be the real estate
boomers who will be caught.' They will
have gone elsewhere by that time.
Robert T. Lincoln's Modesty.
New Yobk, April 11. A personal let
ter from Robert T.Lincoln, Minister to
England, reiterating the hope- that his
name will be omitted from all discussion
as to possible candidates of the republi
can nomination for president causes
Chauncey Depew to say : "Throughout
his political career Mr. Lincoln has never
shown any assertive disposition for pol
itical preferment. He is in reality a
modest man, and there is every reason,
to believe that the use of his name in .
connection with the presidential nomi
nation has always been without any in
stigation on his part."