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THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1892.
NUMBER 28.
VOL. II.
1HE COMING CONTEST.
Repetition of Minneapolis Contentious
- ani Tnronlances. '
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GROVER HAS NO INDIVIDUAL RIVAL
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The Opposition ' Simply Arises From
Personal Dislike of him.
HE ACCBPTS NO COKKUl'T TltUCE,
It is Said Cleveland is not a Man to-
Wln Favor From Professional
Politicians.
Chicago, Jane 17. Signs in the polit
leal heavens indicate that the -demo
. cratic convention to assemble in' Chicago
on Tuesday next, will have much the
same characteristics as the turbulent
and contentious gathering at Minneap
olis. It is perhaps true that rivalry will
not be as bitter between any two aspir
ants. There are no two men in the
democratic party so nearly matched as
were the two heated rivals for the re
publican honor. Ex-President Cleve
land is, in many respects, so far as his
popular strength goes, comparable to
Mr. Blaine. But ho hag no Individual
rival. The opposition to him does not
arise because his fellow-democrats ad
mire some other demoerat more than
they admire him. It is because they do
not like him. ' His methods are not
their methods. Looking at it from an
independent standpoint it is needless to
say that the opposition to Mr. Cleveland
is to his personal credit. It once called
forth the declaration : "We love him
for the enemies he has made." It comes
from his unwillingness to accept a truce
from the corrupt men of his party, and
especially of his own state. The antag
onism of these men, with their treach
erous practices, might not be effective
against him in November, but it will
exert a powerful influence in a conven
tion where the men who are to determine
issues sit nnder the same roof In actual
contact. As- a rule the supporters of
Mr, Cleveland are not great politicians.
He himself is not enough of a politician
to win the favor of men who make poli
tics a profession. . His strength at the
convention will be made up of an almost
universal sentiment in favor of hie nom
ination. It may not be as uproarious as
the Blaine enthusiasm at Minneapolis,
but it will have a deep and significant
earnestness that will impress the entire
atmosphere of the convention.
CHICAGO MOSAIC.
Opinions Centering Upon the Dark Horse
j Possibilities.
Chicago, June 17. There is nothing
' in the democratic situation that is signif
icant of coming events. The shadows
which cast the horoscope seem to be in
ambush, lacking opportunity to make
its power felt. As an Oregonian, you
might suggest that Gov. Pennoyer, with
a little necessary whitewashing, would
make a quite presentable dark-horse,
xne possiDiuty oi a tnira candidate is
. limited by the fact that but two candi
dates are likely to be voted for on the
first ballot, and a selection is apparently
inevitable. If, however, a third candi
date should be voted for on the . first
' ballot the possibility of a dark horse
nomination would be greatly increased,
If the silent walls could speak the
echoes of the whispers uttered in secret
' conferences and darkened chambers of
Chicago for. the next few days, the world
would be astounded at the revelations
of the ways of political conventions and
the means that are employed to create
the popular sentiment that makes or un
makes the destinies of men and parties,
A huge white dome of canvas ninety-
jfivefeetto the apex undulated above
the great amphitheater of the .demo
cratic wigwam yesterday afternoon.
Small boys who peeped in 'had visions
, of the circus, the sawdust ring .and the
Btriped clown.' To the. -elders the
possibilities ".of the ' political circus of
June 21 was as fascinating. . ' :
The cotemporary press of cities jealous
ofj Chicago, are jibing the Garden city
freely just now. . The St. Paul Globe,
referring to the recent storm here says :
That five-and-a-half-pound meteor
that crashed through a roof in Chicago
should serve as a hint.'. Sodom had a
preliminary intimation.
. i The Pittsburg Times has this to say :
"A schooner white as milk landed at a
-, . dock in Chicago, and when her captain
returned to her twenty-four , hours later
she was black as tar. The gas, it is ex
plained, which rose from the delightful
river water acted on the paint. This is
what helps along Chicago's boom as a
health resort."
The Minneapolis Tribune replies to
the Chicago News' references to rnin
' and rowdyism after the convention in
! the floor city as follows : "Talk about
j yonr raw and rowdyism! Just wait
j until that reform convention assembles
j Chicago Then we'll show you a
j spectacle that 11 make you think you ve
j struck a combination of bench show and
bird store."
DALLES BUILDING ASSOCIATION.
: Some of
the Jlenefits Which
Derived From it.
May be
Why cannot The Dalles have a Build
ing and Loan association? We think
I we can show decided advantages both, to
i citv and citizens from such an organiza-
tion. Such institutions enable people oi
moderate means to acquire homes on
j easy terms. In a growing city, such as
i The Dalles, there-is no risk in depositing
'money with the 'association, or in its
making loans on realty. Many people
are paying rent who could aequire full
ownership for themselves and families
by means of such associations.' They are
no longer an experiment. They have
been tested in old cities, such as Phihv
delphia, and in new ones, such as Min
neapolis, and have stood the test sue.
cessfully. ' They enable people, to invest
small sumsjvith advantage to themselves
and their neighbors, who benefit by
every homestead that is established
among us. The Astorian tells what the
association has done in Astoria. It
says: "We have in Astoria ample bus
iness capacity to manage successfully
many suh associations. Their success
depends on prompt payment of dues
and on brisk demand for the money. In
a thriving association there is a constant
influx and overflow of money. As the
profits result from the loans, it is ob
vious that tliis lively demand for money
is needed to meet current expenses
(which ought always to be STiall) and
pay fair interest to those who invest- in
the association. "The principle on
which these associations are founded
mav be extended so as to benefit farm
ers and merchants who need' loans on
reasonable terms. Of ' course, ' houses
and lots form the most tangible security,
but mpney can also be advanced with
perfect safety on other forms of security
In France this has been done on a large
scale by the crdit mobilier, which is
practically a great banking institution
that makes advances upon merchandise,
bonds and the like. We do not need in
this country a collossal concern of that
kind, but we do need mutual associa
tions that will enable people to acquire
loans at low interest. This will be done
when some plan is devised by farmers
and mechanics which will place their
spare cash at the service of those who
need it, receiving of 'course, proper se
curity. There are many concerns called
mutual, 'that have failed to merit fully
that title. . To be as beneficial as the!
building associations, they must, like
them, be local, "and be managed openly
by the people who are directly interested
in their success.
Yamhill Marble.
Reporter. It will doubtless surprise
many people who have lived here nearly
all their ' lives and neve? known or
thought anything about it, to be told
that within three miles of McMinnville
as a bird would fly, there is a massive
and inexhaustible ledge of granite. We
have never seen the ledge, but Mr. C.
A. Berry, on whose farm it is situated,
in part, brought some specimens of the
rock to town one day this week, that
were unmistakably good. . It is pretty
dark in color, and he estimates that-the
ledge, though not fully exposed, would
have a perpendicular face of 200 feet, by
possibly half a mile in length. It is also
.distributed over the surface in massive
boulders.; It is more than probable that
Mr. Berry has a valuable resource on his
place in a form that he never realized.
Bells at The Fair.
Chicago, June 16. A leading manu
facturer of bells proposes to duplicate the
famous Tzarkolbkol, the "king of bells,"
and to use the reproduced bell, as a
building in which to exhibit the collec
tion of bells. The Tzarkolokol would fur
nish ample space for and extensive
exhibit.' It is 22 feet in diameter,
and 128 feet 3 inches high "We
have sent to Moscow for 'the exact
measurements and a detailed description
of the bell," said the secretary of the
company, "and as soon as thoBe have
been secured and the necessarv space
allotted we shall begin the work."
Serviceable Yacht. ;
Astorian. Nick Webber's gasoline
launch towed a barge loaded with 1,100
boxes from the Astoria box company to
the north, shore cannery, a distance of
eight miles in 50 minutes.
EMIN PASHA IS DEAD.
Confirmation r of Recent Rumors From
Central Africa. ,
SUPPOSED VICTIM OF SMALLPOX.
Sketch of His Governorship in The
Equatorial Province.
WOVLlNOTItKRSCi;RTBV STANLY
What Egypt Did to Raise Kmin Bey to
The Rank of Fasha and Aid a Re
lief Expedition.
London, June 17. Dispatches con
firming recent rumors of the death, in
the interior of Africa, of Eniio Pasba,
are at hand. It is supposed that he
died of small pox, from which reports in
April stated he was suffering. In IS78
Dr. Emin Bey was sent, by Gordon to
the equatorial province of Africa as gov
ernor. When, he took the. post there
was an annual deficit of 39.000. In 1 881
he sent down 8,000 surplus revenue.
In 1382 he was in Kartoum and offered
to the authorities to try and make peace
with' Mahdi. They refused his help and
told him to go back to his province, de
velop it and protect its frontiers.
From that time nothing was heard of
Emin Bey for several years. It was un
derstood that he was hemmed in by
hostile natives in equatorial Africa and
prevented from reaching the coast or
communicating with the outside world.
In the various geographical so
cieties of Europe began to agitate the
question of sending an expedition to the
relief ot the brave explorer. About the
same time Stanley wrote to some friends
in England offering to lead a govern
ment expedition for the relief of Emin.
His services were offered gratuitously,
and he also said thai should' another
leader be chosen he would give 500 to
the expedition. The British govern
ment considered the different memorials
and were forced to 'take action by events
at Cairo.. Unknown to them Dr.
Schweinfurth, the African traveler and a
friend of Emin, brought great pressure
to bear upon the Egyptian government.
The raised Emin Bey to the rank of
pasba, thus recognizing his position and
their. .responsibility. They also voted
10,000 to any relief expedition. The
British government then accepted the
offer of certain private individuals to
equip a relief expedition, with Stanley
as the leader, the Egyptian grant to be
given to that expedition. Stanley's ex
pedition to central Africa, the finding of
Emin and that doughty explorers' re
fusal to be rescued, , are all matters of
such recent date as to be fresh in the
minds of all readers of the newspapers.
A few months ago it was reported that
Emin had become blind.
Oovernment Canteens. .
Madison, Wis., June 17. The agita
tion of the liquor traffic at the Soldiers'
home, is blowing a breeze which will be
pretty fresh in political circles by De
cember. But few people know what this
expression means, but it means in plain
language that the government has gone
into the business of running a saloon at
every armv post; that a West Point
army officer, who has cost the govern
ment about $14,000 to educate, superin
tends it, and enlisted men who are paid
by the government to serve as soldiers
are ' detailed to serve as bar-tenders.
This beats Bellamy's socialistic dream
all to pieces and the administration un
der which this outrage is perpetrated
has proven itself more progressive than
even Dr.' Bainsford, for they are using
the time of government employes and
the prestige of the government to edu
cate and encourage the liquor traffic. A
correspondent at one of the army posts
writes that their "canteen" buys beer
by the carload and the "canteen" is do
ing a rushing business.; . :
'. Telegraphic Flashes.
The condition of the mad King Otto
of Bavaria is now merely vegetative. He
is unable to distinguish persons in the
family entourage, and his attendants
have the greatest .difficulty in getting
him to take food.
The world's fair .- committee of the
house has agreed on a bill for the coin
age of 10,000,000 half dollars to be used
in aid-of the Columbian' exposition.
The provisions aie substantially as out
lined in late dispatches. : :
Home From a Foreign Land.
New Yokk, June 17. Among the re
cent arrivals from Europe are Mrs. Rob
ert T. Lincoln, wife of the United States
minister to England, and Mrs. Warner
Miller. The courtesies of the pork were
extended to both ladies. The vessel did
not reach her North river pier until
nearly 5 o'clock and they were probably
the only passengers whose baggage re
ceived the attention of the customs in
spector. Mrs. Lincoln was accompanied
by her daughter and was met at the
pier by her son-in-law. "I have noth
ing to 6ay for publication," she said
pleasantly, "except that I have had a
rather rough voyage. I shall be in New
York about three weeks and shall spend
about fonr months in America before
retnrning to England."
Chronicle Snap Shots.
A five story tobacco factory is to be
built by Gumbert Bros, in Keading,Penn.
Members of Maine legislature receive
$150 per annum and mileage.
In New York over 12 per cent of the
families have houses by themselves.
Most of the workmen in big sugar
refineries in Philadelphia are Germans.
The census bureau shows that there
are 11,433,318 dwelling .houses in the
land.
A newly introdtcred. white potato has
been named "Bill Nye" by its grower.
1 A Florida firm is making cigars for
foreign potentates that cost $800 a thou
sand. A bicycle factory is being established
at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Henry Clews predicts higher prices for
grain this year than last.
The term "hand,"uaed in measuring
horses, means four inches.
It is now know that at least seven
persons lott their lives, and a score more
were hurt in 'the storm at Chicago on
Tuesday. ' ,
Philadelphia leads in carpet mannfac-
tu""8 ' .-.',:-
Florida moss is being used for mat-
tresses. ,
' It will probably never be known what
nan Bufi tho STnin.mn nt M0 T-Unrt
The secretary of the navy has ordered
that a commission be at once appointed
to investigate the explosion, and it is
rumored that a general court-martial
will be held, in which some of the naval
officers of the yard will be the principal
actors. '
At no time in the history of creation,
has the world been visited by such fre
quent disasters of famine, flood, fire,
etc;, both by sea and by land, as have
occurred within the period of six months
past. .
Chess matches are indulged in by tele
phone. Electricity gives employment to 5,000,
000 persons.
The sales of diamonds annually reach
$25,000,000. ' .
Sea otter is costlier than sealskin and
is growing scarcer.
The average life of tradesman is about
two-thirds of a farmer. ' '
New York tanning firms purpose, to
curtail the output of sole leather. -
The Xer York Vote.
CuicKoo, June IS. The Times this
morning eays: "The New York dele
gates who are here cannot justly De ac
cused of saying one thing and metning
another ; but they would not be politi
cians if they were to publicly declare all
that is in their minds and has become
part of their plans. ' To; this New York
situation there is an inside feature
which will not become apparent for sev
eral days, which is tolerably well under
stood by those persons who have special
opportunities for observing what is going
on, not only in Chicago, but in New York.
There is responsible and authentic in
formation that the New Yorkers have no
hope of nominating HilL .To induce the
convention to name David B. Hill would
equal the task of changing the direction
of gravitation. If these New Yorkers,
as shrewd and eager politicians as any
that are to be on the ground, go into a
hopeless' fight for Hill for loyaltys' sake
they will be deserving of no little credit.
It is easy to see that the day is coming;
and it will be here about the middle of
next week, in which the New York dele
gation will be called upon to decide as to
to what it is to do beyond Hill."
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, The Code of Honor. - .
Forsyth, Mo., June 17. As a result
of the feud growing out of the murder of
Sheriff Williams, John Nettletoa and
Richard Meyer, two young men, fought
a duel with knives near Pro tern. . Both
were fearfully slashed, and died within
hUf an hour. .. .. -
Having dedicated the remainder of his
public life to home rule, Gladstone'de
clares the eight-hour question is not one
for him to deal with, but for the men
who are to come after him. .1
HILL. HILL D. B. HILL.
Tie Regnlar Democracy Will Slani till
. Doomsday. ;
THE SYRACUSE HOWLERS GET BACK.
Thev Protest That Hill is Done for and
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Sticking Will not Save Him.
SAGACITY. OF THE TAM.HANYITES.
Some Doubts Hay Kxist but the Contin
gent is Vndlsmayed by Syracuse
Antagonists.
Chicaoo; June J8. The regular dem
ocratic delegates of New York held a
meeting and declared in foruiar resolu
tion their purpose to "present the name
of Senator David B. Hill for president."
It is also resolved by the regulars that
they "will vote for him until he is nom
inated or so long as he will permit his
name to stand before the convention."
It is evident from the delegates having j ,De '. -
acted on this matter that they realize i Chicago, June 18. Keports from va
thatMr. Hill is done for. They were j points in Minnesota bring accounts
instructed to vote for Hill. Now. they
get together and declarefthey are going
to vote for Hill in accordance with in
struction. In other words, they resolve
that they will not bolt instructions.
The hard-headed politicians who com
pose the regular delegation are not dis
posed to do things that ore not needful.
Thev - do not waste words or exhaust
their nnenries Sn ilninp linneeeasarv
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: It follows, therefore, that thev . must
j have believed that some doubt existed
I as to their loyalty to' Senator Hill.
i The-V PPently desired to convince the
public that whatever . retrograde ten-
dericy the Hill movement is evincing
they are going to stand by it. The Turn
manyites ' are too sagacious to really
fancv that Hill 'can be nominated at'
Chicago. Another thing this declara
tion may have been designed to accom
plish is to show the democrats of the
country that the antagonists of Mr.
Cleveland are undismayed by the Syra
cuse convention. They reaffirm the dif
ferences hitherto existing and insist
upon a fight to the finish. Yesterday's
meeting appears to set at rest those rosy
predictions that Hill hiiself will in the
interests of peace swing wyind .and put
Mr, Cleveland in nomination. On the
contrary, the Tanimanyites- ara back to
the fight again with renewed energy and
deepened resentment. '
r May be Happy Yet. v .
New Yokk, June 17. A rumor was
circulated yesterday that, through the
influence oi Mrs. Astor, John Jacob
Astor and James K. Roosevelt, there is
soon to be a reconciliation between Mr.
and Mrs. J. Coleman Drayton. The
rumor goes so far as to say that Mr.
Drayton has visited his wife at the Astor
residence on Fifth avenue. Mr. Drayton
spends much of his time in town, mak
ing his headquarters at the Knicker
bocker Club, although he. is seen fre
quently at the Union Club. The
children are. at . the Drayton place in
rew Jersey.
A Bicycle-Bider Missing.
San Antonio, Tex., June 17. Much
uneasiness is felt here for the safety of
Otto Parager, the young reporter who
started to ride from here to the City of
Mexico on a bicycle. He was last heard
from on May 19th, when he left the city
of Durango for the portof Mazatlan, on
the Pacific. His route lay across a wild
chain of the Sierra Madre mountains.
Omaha Sick of IT. P.
Omaua, June 17. The city has voted
by a big majority $750,000 bonds to aid
the Nebraska central road to build a
bridge across the Missouri and 100 miles
north from Council Bluffs. The object
is to give all eastern roads a chance to
enter Omaha on favorable terms, and
break down the Union Pacific embargo.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
ABSOLUTELY F2JHB
Against Home Rule.
Belkast, June 18. The great Ulster
convention to consider the negative side
of the home-rule question was held here
yesterday. Work was generally sus
pended. A resolution was proponed de
claring that Ulster avowed the fixed re
solve to retain unchanged the present
position as an integral portion of the
United Kingdom, and protest in the
most unequivocal maimer against the
passage of any measure to rob it of its
inheritance in the i tu perial parliament '
nnder which its capital is invested, and
its homes and rights safeguarded ; that
they would have nothing to do with .a
parliament certain to 1 controlled by
j men responsible for the c-rimes and out-
i rages of the Land League, dishonesty in
the plan of campaign, and cruelties in
boycotting the many who had shown
themselves ready to lie instruments of
j clerical dominition. It declares the at
tempt to set up a parliament will in
evitably result in disorder, violence and
i bloodshed, such as has not been ex
perienced in this country. Itonnounces
a resolve to take no part iii the election
or proceedings of an authority which,
should it ever le conetituted, Ulster
would be forced to repudiute. It ap
peals to fellow countrymen hitherto in
favor of a separate parliament to abun
don a -demand which hopelessly divides-'
Irishmen, and to unite under an imper
ial legislature in developing the re-,-sources
and furthering the best interests
of the country. .
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of the destruction of property and losses
of human life and stock by the storm
of Thursday. Three children were killed
in Martin county. The list of casuali
ties in Fairbault county is a long one
and hard to ascertain. Thus far six
deaths are reported in that county, with
many injured. The destruction of prop
erty cannot be estimated, as the path of
the cyclone is through the richest farm
ing country. Near Delevan the cyclone
crushed a barn belonging to 'Mr. H.
Duffy, and passed to the farm of C.
Lietenberger,. The family ran for the
cellar and some of them reached ehelter
uninjured. The storm struck the house .
and reduced it to splinters one of the
children a girl of seven, was killed, and
Lietenberger and another of thechildreni .
seriously injured. . One mile east, tlie
house of L. Pitcher was unroofed, and. -outhouses
carried away. Passing onr
the storm swept everything in. its path,
killing three persons two miles further
east. A late report makes the number
killed in this vicinity six, with 30 in
jured. In the vicinity of Mankato tlio death
list will amount to at least thirty, ami
seventeen bodies have been recovered
thus far, w ith a large territory to hear
from. The cyclone was the worst that
ever visited the Northwest. The great
est loss was about Wells and Minnesota
lake. '
A Scrauton dispatch tells of a storm in
Pennsylvania last night which equals
any one of the numerous cyclones of the
past six months which have visited,
various Hrtions of the country with.
deadly effect. -Thursday evening a
cloud-burst inundated the streets of
Scranton, and on the main thorough
fares the water stands from three to foiu
feet. The flats on the south side are-
covered, and the water has risen to the
second story of hundreds of house.
Fears are felt for the safety of Dun- .
ning's dam. The lightning, which was
incessant for five hours, struck six
houses within the city confines, killing
three persons and stunning several
more. The trolley wires are down all -over
the city, and travel by street-cars
has been suspended. Washouts have
occurred on the Delaware and Hudson
railway tracks, and reports of wide
spread" damage in Lackawanna and
Luzerne counties are coming in. There
are reports of loss of life on the flats in
the southern portion of the city.
The rebels in Venezuela won a victory
on the 14th. Fighting was resumed
next morning, and, although the '
soldiers of Palacio made a gallant stand,
they were defeated with great slaughter.
They left a great number .of dead and
wounded behind them. The rebels, en
couraged by their sweeping victory, are
now marching upon the city of Bolivia,
which they are sanguine of recapturing
from the government.
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