THE DAIiLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1892. PRESIDENTIAL YEAR. It is a Great Eflncator in one fay But a Nuisance. .. LAXDATION AND ABUSE OF PARTIES. Predictions Favor the Demnition Bow wows, Whichever Wins. ST1I.I, THE SHIP OF STATE SAILS ON. l'olplt Talk About the Haubugcerj of Politics in Several tending Cities Minor Mention. . Philadelphia, May 24. A new idea has taken root in the minds of inany leading ministers of eastern cities re specting politics. They have decided to speak out against its evils emphatically, and in this city several sermons were de livered Sunday having a bearing upon the subject. In a conversation with one of these ministers today, he said "Presidential years are great educators; they are good tilings in many ways, They excite people to study the princi ples on which their country was founded, and the irrcat uiiderlvinir principles of the different political parties; bnt they are unmitigated nuisances, all the same, There is nothing in the papers but poli tics; nothing but laudation of one can didate and abnse of the other, and this is put in such form .that neither candi date would know his own picture as it is photographed by the average political ditor. If he belongs to the other side, there is not a virtue in him ; not the slightest one. How he has lived so long without an outraged public exterminat ing liini is the wonder. While, if on the ether side, he is a radiant angel sent to earth to do good to mankind; to set man a high and holy example, and in all his difficulties to guide him in the right path, flow such an angel has lived so long is the wonder of the reader. And this goes on week after week, and month after month. The people are assured if one candidate happens to be elected and the other defeated, everything will go to destruction. And still the old Ship of State keejis sailing along as though there were not any party holding it up. But every vear more and more comes to the wind of the thoughtful American the fact that if the country shall be pre served it must be through the work in the homes of the people, and that the country will survive just as long as the fathers and mothers of the country are worthy men and women, and no longer ; and that the politicians cannot change this verv lunch." Wants to Secure a Pardon. Jeffbhsoxtille, May 26. Sixteen years ago Gov. Williams, then governor of Indiana, gave a convict named Bisot leave of absence for sixty, days to visit his mother ; who was ill and not ex' pected to live ; on his promise to return to prison at the expiration of that time, Instead he fled the country and went to Mexico, where he studied medicine and lived an upright life. The mother lived, and has appealed, to every governor since for the pardon of her son, but each re fused to do so. ' Gov. Hovey said he would not even consider the matter ex cept upon Bisot's . surrender at the prison. Yeaterdy he voluntarily' ap peared to the prison authorities here to don the stripes. . It is believed that the srovemer will release him with a few days. On Christmas night, in 1876. Bisot and a young -companion killed the citv marshal ot.jjedtord. iney were sentenced for life. Does Beer Promote Temperance. - Hili.sboro, Or., May 26. Hon. W D. Hare, candidate on the Independent ticket for circuit judge of this district has for years advocated beer as a med ium to advance the cause of temper ance. His argument seem to have reached the brewers and at the annual convention of the United States Brewers' Association in Boston, yesterday . the session was devoted to reports on the various phases of the brewing business. The trustees reported that it had . been decided to make ah exhibit at the world's fair not only of beers and brew ing, but also to present statistics show ing the effect of this great industry on agriculture, manufactures, and its ten dency to promote temperance, etc. It is also proposed, to hold an international brewers congress at. that time. The report of the vigilance committee dwelt on temperance legislation in the various states. RAUM TO BE DROPPED. Harrison Concluded to Cut tne String : Before it Snipe! NEW YORK SOLDIERS ORGANIZE. Veteran Leagues with Distinctive Poli tkal Character. A COG IN THE POLITICAL WHEEL A CHANCE fOB WASCO. Cornelias Vauderbiit has the Typhoid Ferer Hoodooes! "a Train the S. P. K. B. on " Washington for Cleveland. V ascouvek, May zb. there were no instructions accompanying the delegates to the Chicago convention, appointed by the state democratic convention in ses sion here yesterday. ine manliest choice was for Cleveland, and the men tion of his name was the signal for a whoop. - Of the delegates, in a rouBing speech, Frank K. Lane, of Tacoma said "They will go knowing that Washing ton is for Cleveland, and they will stand by him until there is no longer any chance of his nomination. . But that time they will not see, for the very stars in their courses are making his fight. But whoever may be our leader, we will march under his banner to vic tory." Mr. Lane prophesied victory in the state campaign because of the late legislature, which he characterized as a legislature of a thousand scandals. involution in Hliip Kuildinj;. lU i-FALo, N. Y., May 24. The advent of the whaleback barge has caused a complete revolution in the building of ships. There are now no less t han three or four models on pretty much the same plan, and at present we have three com panies, one in this city, one in Detroit, - and one in Cleveland, competing as to see which can produce the best vessel to carry ;;,000 tons to Liverpool from Du luth. One of these, the straightback steamer Condurus, building for the An chor line by the Union Drydock com pany of Buffalo, will be launched in a few days. The Condurus is as strong and speedy and handsome as good work manship and steel can make her. She is 2!)2 feet over all, 40 feet beam, and 26 . feet depth, loaded depth la feet, with 3,000 tons aboard. ' It is expected she will make 13 miles an hour when loaded. Hall Storm in Indiana. Chicago. Mav 23. A heavv and de structive hail and wind 6torm swept over the country immediately east of Farwell, Ind., Friday night, destroying 'a great amount of wheat and other growing crops. Enormous hailstones covered the ground, and the weather was verv cold. Cloudburst in Austria. New Yoek, May 23. On Saturday immense damage was done in Klagen furth district, Austria, by a cloudburst. The rain fell apparently in a solid mass. The destruction to roads and crops is 7iifnlntnUp- Thf fatnrirt vena nwnm. panied by a heavy fall of hail, the stones being as large as walnuts. Thousands of birds were killed by them. Reform in London. to see prominent men of finance arrested here for conspiracy as was the case to day when Sir Henry Isaacs, Jate lord mayor of London, his brother and two others, were taken up on a charge of de frauding the Hansard publication con cern, which failed some time, ago with large liabilities. . Theyt are accused of misapplying large sums of the company's money and conspired 'to obtain money by false pretenses. ' t : Keraonstrances Prom Washington. Washington, May 26. Senator Alli son of Iowa, yesterday introduced an other remonstrance from the chamber of com merce of Port Townsend, " Wash giving reasons why no applications should be made for coast defense vessels for Puget sound or for the construqtion of a ship canal from lake Washington to the sound. In the first instance the re monstrance says the land defenses are much better than the vessels could be, and much expert testimony is furnished to prove that assertion. As to the lake Washington canal, it is charged that the project is not intended for the benefit of the public ; that its utility is very mnch doubted, and that it is only a scheme to revive the land boom. Telegraphic Plashes. The announcement that the Northern Pacific had succeeded in establishing a line of steamers between Tacoma and China and Japan is cofirmed. There will be three ships, under the British flag and voyages will be made monthly in each direction. The Northern Pacific, as a company, will not have any pecuni-1 ary interest in the steamers, the steam ship line taking the . ocean earnings, the Northern l'acihc overland earnings on the traffic will be interchanged. The steamship line will deliver exclusively to the Northern Pacific, . but will com pete for exports from the Pacific coast at all points. Brooklyn Sunday Schools. Nkw Yosk, May 26. At the annual 60th parade of the Brooklyn Sunday schools yesterday old men and women who have been pupils and teachers were present. The parade was the finest ever held, the clear sky and mild atmosphere adding greatly to the success. Nearly 70,000 children marched in the proces sion. There were 170 schools represented and the seventy thousand children were divided into twelve divisions. At the close of the parade the little ones were taken to the different churches and schoolhouses, where they were served with refreshments. New Yoke, May 24. The latest rumor about Gen. Raum is to the effect ' that the president .has. concluded to unload him in a gentle way. It is said that be fore leaving Washington on his recent trip on the Chesapeake the president informed Gen. Raum that, while he had every confidence in him, yet the rela tions between the head of the interior department and the chief of the pension bureau had been so strained that he had concluded to cut the string before it snapped. Powerful Political Machines. A soldiers' movement has been started in Syracuse, N. Y., .which may have an important influence on the politics of the state; The plan is to organize veteran leagues all over the state and give them a distinctively political char acter, local as well as general. There will be a civic committee for every as sembly district in the state ; a vice-com mander for every town and ward, and he will have a staff of ten members. The soldiers are hopeful of building power ful political machines. In a Critical Condition. William H. Vanderbilt's eldest son, Cornelius, is, ill with typhoid fever, and is reported in an extremely critical con dition. The illness was caused bv hemorrhages. The doctors have not given up all hope, although they admit that j the chances of recovery are small. i 'which Tom O'Brien, the Tranco robber, elud ed his guard and left Caba, but vessels, will be intercepted in France and Eng . Jahd, for;his recapture, s , ? The Pope Protects the Jews. Home, May 25. Jesse Seligman, of New York, accompanied by Dr. O'Con nell, rector ot the American college here, visited Cardinal Rampolla, papal secre tary of state, -.with the object of enlist ing bis sympathy on behalf of the Jews. The cardinal said he would be most happy to do his . utmost to aid the humane cause. The pope he added, has always been a protector of the Jews. Wheri persecuted everywhere else, they found refuge in Some. . Elections in France are always held on: Sundays, In order to suit the convenience of workingmen and peasants. ' ' Hoodooed the Train. Conductor Guthrie, of the Albany local on the S. P. R. R. was working un der disadvantages yesterday afternoon. He had a forensic fight with the owners of the train, the brakeman and baggage master about the admission of a skye terrior with wooly legs and a Email-boy laugh, to the coach it. The brakeman said the train was bewitched and some thing would happen. The dog got aboard at Aurora, and immediately a spark from the engine struck the front platform of the coach and burned its way into the space between the panels. About two miles south of Oregon city the fire got under good headway, and when it was discovered a panic ensued, during which several ladies fainted. A stop was made at Oregon city where an ax was need with good effect in the end of the car and a few buckets of water did the rest. The damaged car was at once put in the shops for repairs. 'Mormons for Chihuahua. El Paso, May 24. Another Mormon colony has been granted a large conces sion in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. The concession consists of 100,000 acres of fertile farm land through which runs the Bio 'Concho. A delegation of Mor mon elders went through to Utah last night, and as soon as the crops in Utah have been gathered this year they say 500 families will be moved to the new colony. How to Command Respect. Concerning the use of Hon. Van B DeLashmutts' name, in connection with the miners strike, without authority, that gentleman, in a communication to the Telegram, says : "I neither sent nor authorized any one else to send a dis patch and use my name. I had a friendly conversation with Capt, O'Brien, in which I stated what I would do, which is exactly what the mineowners purpose, bnt I did not authorize ; Capt. O'Brien to use my name, and I can hardly think he did so. At any rate, there seems to be most too much anxiety to distort a friendly talk into concessions to the Miners' anion, which I never expressed nor. intended. The Miners' union must rid itself of car men and shovelers to command respect of tradesmen. A labor organization cannot prosper long which admits to its ranks unskilled labor. Thus must form the basis of all labor organizations, and when a trades union admits any and everybody to its ranks it is no longer a trades union." Iteforin in Quebec. ' ' Qcebbc, May 24. The attorney-gen eral has laid a new criminal informa tion against ex-Premier Mercier for al leged malfeasance in office, for retain ing moneys out of the subsidies "voted by parliament for the Baie. de Cbaleurs railway, Hereford railway, and. Ottawa Colonization railway. ' ' Most of the bookkeepers In, France are women, who are paid from $200 to $500 a year for their services. ' This County Urged to be Prepared for an -Exhibit Inr Chicago. - Special to The Chronicle.) The Dalles, May 25. The magnifi cent display of strawberries yesterday by Hans Klint prompts me to call the attention of the citizens of The Dalles and Wasco county to the importance .of taking some early action to secure cred itable exhibits of fruits, .vegetables, cereals, wool and othpr products of this , , county for . ' the exposition at Portland, and : the world's fair. - If The Dalles board of trade cannot be induced to do anything in this matter, why not request the local Horticultural society or the Eastern Oregon Second District Agricultural society, the ' latter having some available funds, I am told to act at once in this matter. A coin niittee chosen by each of these societies could unite nt calling a public meeting and thereby arronse sufficient interest thai would result in securing sufficient funds to bear the expense, of making collection and preparing the same for exhibition. You will need suitable exhibit jars with large mouths for your large fruits also one or more persons to make a can. vass of this county soliciting specimens of the largest and best fruits, beginning with strawberries and cherries are now in the market. Select some one well . qualified and whom your people have confidence in in the city to receive all the specimens put up only such as are highly credita ble, and of the fruits put such up by the best known preserving process; when done place the jars in a safe, dark, cool place until needed for exhibition. It your own citizens will direct the disbursement of the funds and the prep aration of the exhibits, I believe you will have a better one and it will be made for a great deal less expense than the amount asked of your county by the state board of trade last winter in their effort for the world's fair. I see several coast counties of Oregon have begun such an effort and have resolved to make as good an exhibit at the state fair, Portland and Tacoma expositions and for the world's fair. You know the last Portland exposition .awarded your county the first premium for the best exhibit of fruits of all kinds over all other counties in Oregon and Washing. ton. It is important that at the next exposition at Portland you make a bet ter exhibit tiffin last year otherwise you will haveto take a back seat, for there will be a determined effort by some of the coast counties to contest for this premium next fall. Your county being now noted especially for the best fruit in the northwest, ought to carry this testimonial into the world's fair in 1893, and there maintain this reputation. With a creditable exhibit suchas east ern Oregon can make of fruits, cereals, minerals etc., etc., at the worlds' fair, you need not be asked by future tourists as your citizens were by the Presbyter ian tourists recently. "Why, where did all these flowers come from?" "W here did you get these fine straw berries, and that. big salmon?" "Say, my little boy, have vou a Sun day school here?" "Why, your women dress just the same as ours do east !" , ' There will be means provided by the state or otherwise to send your county exhibit to the words fair without farther expense than to get yours ready. - The result of a good exhibit at Port' land and Tacoma of your fruits this fall will create increased demand and better prices for your fruits in the future at these and other points and at the world's fair cannot , fail to bring thousands of good citizens into this section with cap ital to aid in the more rapid develop ment of its resources which only for the want of capital you have sea reel v becan to realize. The necessity for early "action arises from the fact that the fruits of this sec tion are ten days to two weeks earlier in ripening than are those raised west of the Cascades, though this is occasionally questioned by some Portland merchants. AVe can prove this, not only at home, by the shipment, as daring the past two week, of our green fruits, but by putting, them in jars for exhibit in Portland and in the Columbian Expositions. In Wasco county's collection at Portland last fall, there were no cherries, no ber ries of any kind, no apricots, no early fall or summer apples, no early pears or plums, but few prunes or grapes and no dried or canned, . fresh or preserved fruits and no jellies or jams of any kind. Just see the varieties you can add to the collection of fruits you bad last year. Get exhibits not only of fruits bat all your products in time for the worlds' fair, showing to the world the wonderful resources of your county. There will inevitably follow that fair, the greatest immigration ever known to the Pacific coast. See to it this section gets ber just share and then thousands of acres of splendid and now vacant land, will be settled by saceessfull farmers, stock men, and fruitraisers, and The Dalles will become, with her illimitable water power, that is second only to the falls of Niagara, and with her otherwise natural location which makes it possible for her to be, theliveet and most prosperous, as well as healthtest city on the Pacific coast. '. ' - G. W. Isgalls. LOOK TO UNCLE SAM. V Gen. Crespo Lites tliB United . States and ;' Fayore Reciprocity. OPPOSED TO BRITISH INTRUSION. AS KVKNTFUI. I.IFK. Will Never Reeognize Rights of the Ed glish Flag in Venezuela. KKVOLVTIOK WILLKEUP KI6HT OS, Worrying the Government Which Can not Borrow Continually .With out - Kosources. kw York, May &. In answer to some comments respecting the plans of Gen. Crespo, advices from Puerto Ca- bello, Venezuela, give an interview with him, in which he makes some interest ing statements in regard to the charge that the revolutionists were aided by Great Britain, and were ready to make certain concessions in retnrn. He said "it is true that we do not look to Ene- land tor help. We look to the United States." VWhat policy would you ad vise for your country and the United htates?" ."Reciprocity. I think well of that. I like the United States, and I intend to visit the exposition at Chicago and shall take my family with me. The regenerated Venezuela will have a worthy exhibit there. I want vou to say that the people who fight under the insurgent .banner today are opposed to British intrusion in Venezuela. We. do not now, nor will we ever, recognize the rights of the English flag on Venezuelan territory. If we cannot speak' for the rest of South America, we can speak for Venezuela." As to what would happen H we were defeated at La Victoria, Crespo answered that the revolution would keep right on. "This rising," he said, "is the growth of years. A battle or two lost to as woald not destroy our cause, v e would take to the mountains and wear out the government, which cannot be continually borrowing with out resources." ,"In the event of the success, of your armies, will you succeed to the presidency?"' "No; I would not accept the office, nor could anything in duce me to do so. As soon as I can at tend to it, my private business interests will demand all my attention." "Who will succeed Palacio as president of the republic?" "I shall leave that to con gress. I shall be satisfied if he is a good man wun no dictatorial ideas." A Witness or Blaxlmillian's Heath Visits The Chronicle. George Peterson arrived in The Dalles last Sunday from Winnipeg, where he has been in the employ of the Hudson Bay company. - Going' down to Mosier he selected a piece of land five miles south of the station and today returned to The Dalles to file a homestead claim, on it. Mr. Peterson is a native of Ger- "' many, where he was born 50 years ago. He came to the United States when still ahoy, and enlisted in the 14th Mass achusetts Volunteer Infantry. Imme diately after enlistment he went to the front where he remained in active ser vice till 1864 where he was transferred to the navy. Here he remained arrant fifteen months where he was honor ably discharged. Soon after, he went south and entered Mexico in 186 and joined the liberal forces in their ' fight against Masimillian. He followed the fortunes of President Yuarist under General Escobado from San Luis Potei to Quarretaro where Maximillian was finally captured. Mr. Peterson was one . of the guards whose duty it was to watch over Maximillian and two of hie gen- -, erals, Mirramon and Megio, while awaiting sentence and execution. He was present, as a member of a cavalry regiment called Cassadores de .' Gallianes when the Emperor and his generals were shot, three miles outside ' the city of Mexico. He saw distinctly the Mexican ladies who rushed np to the dead emperor and saturated their handkerchiefs in his blood. At the close of the Mexican war, Mr. Peterson was honorably discharged and paid off with one silver dollar, and a pass-port. Even his uniform, hat and boots were taken from him, and with . a pair of fifty cent shoes, a five cent straw hat and a linen jacket and pants he started to walk 2,000 miles through a wild and unsettled country, back ta Ma tain ores. The years since then have been spent in the United States and Canada. Mr. Peterson wears a G. A. R. badge and looks remarkably young and ' well preserved for his years and event- ful life. We heartily welcome him to a residence is Wasco eounty. , George Lang, a '49-er, suicided in pov erty at Sacramento yesterday. . Rams, the Old Turf Kins;. Dead. New York, May 24. Rarus,. long known as the king of the trotting turf, died on Robert Bonner's Tarry town farm on Tuesday. He was 25 years old, and died of old age. At Buffalo, in 1878, he lowered the trotting record to 2:13J, and remained king of the turf until Oc tober 29, when St. Julien reduced the mark to 2:12. Rarus was purchased by Bonner in 1879, for $35,000, and has not since appeared on the tnrf. When 20 years old the late John Murphy claimed to have driven him a trial mile in 2:11. Oat on Habeas Corpus. Cheyenne, Wyo., May 24. The first of the Johnson county invaders to get into court is practically freed. The ap plication for a habeas corpus for Dr. Charles B. Penrose, the expedition sur geon, was granted. He has furnished bail in $1,000 to appear when required. He left the party . the second day out, rather than travel behind, the wagons. the indictment hied against him m Johnson county alleges that he murdered Nick Ray, who met death with Kate Champion, at No Man's ranch. Penrose answers that he was not present, and did not start out to kill in the first place. Laymen not Women. Omaha, - May 25. Yesterday the Methodist conference committee on judiciary reached a conclusion that the word laymen in the discipline, where it provides for lay representation, does not include women. After a sharp discus sion the conference decided to allow the Epworth league to have its own special secretary. It was decided to encourage the young people's society of christian endeavor and other such organizations to reorganize as branches of the Epworth league, in order to make the latter only a young people's society of the church. ' Death. In The Fire. Si-okane, May 25. It ib now known that four men. perished in the fire which destroyed the Spokane mill company's buildings, the Echo roller mills, and the Oatmeal mill,- the Washington shingle mills, the Spokane steam laundry, a number of residences and the Howard street bridge, on Tuesday. The missing men are : Adolph Schnltze, L. B. Corn- Washington, May 25. Secretarv. Blaine is not in the city, and his present whereabouts is known only to his most intimate friends. He has absented him self to avoid the annoyances of the poli ticians. Before leaving, it is said, Blaine stated to another member of the cabinet that he will not accept the nom ination, and if the president so desired he . would write another letter. His friends, however, ineist that if be is nominated unanimously he will accept. Col. Clarkson is expected- in Washing ton today with the emphatic demand o r the most influential republicans in the . eastern, middle and western states which are not solidly democratic, that President Harrison shall stand aside, and that Mr. Blaine shall be the candi date. In the absence of Mr. Blaine from Washington, the republican chairman will go direct to President Harrison and make an appeal to him, and he shall take such action as will prevent the pressing of his name at Minneapolis.. It is openly charged, and publicly talked over, that Gen. Alger is at the bottom of this latest Blaine boom, and expects to go on the ticket with Blaine, taking his chances for the presidency hereafter. This talk has a cold blooded sentiment in it which freezes the ardor of the most enthusiastic Blaine admirerv The Astorian Independent. Astoria, May 25. Preparations- for entertaining visitors to the sea side re sorts are more extensive than ever be fore. Trains are running daily to Clatsbp beach. New engines and new passenger cars are on the way and will be ample for the traffic, and quite luxur ious compared to the box cars in. use last. year.. The bridge across- Young's bay is to be finished, and trains' can be run direct from the city without change. Hon. H. B. Parkers! steamer Astorian will continue her daily trips as usual, without advancing the fare. The owner thinks- it would pay neiter la have plenty ot passengers at a low fare than no patrons at advanced rates, and he is probably right, and if. the dtifeene of this city will support their boat they are sure to have many visitors to their city that otherwise wouldVnot comev ' Ayer's pills are invaluable for tie cure of headache, constipation, stomach and liver troubles and all derangements OT$ the digestive and assimilative organs. . These pills are sugar-coated, safe and. pleasant- to take, always reliable, aad retain their virtues ia-any climate. President Harrisons' friends are ap in arms, and now propose" to squelch any opposition that may be made to his nom ination ; which may be presumed to in- elude Col. Clarkson. It the puet haa , been bitter the future may become bit terness to the excessive fine degree of keen reproach. ' ThA k-inor nf Rfelirinan has aBDIOVed the well, Richard Butcher and a manamed relation for constitutional revision. It proposes universal suffrage, and the ref erendum system, to provide against hao- Cunningham. The charred remains of the first three were taken out of the rains of the Spokane mill company. Search is being continued for the others. It is thought that one or two men were "drowned in the river. The damage all told will amount to (300,000, with not much over. $50,000 insurance. ty, ill-advised legislation. The Great Northern track-layers are within nine miles of Spokane. It is pro posed to celebrate the event of comple tion June 1st. -: ''.-