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THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5y I892.
NUMBER 34.
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A WHOLE ISLAND GONE
Oyer Thirteen TMsaM Li?e. Said ti
SUNK BY A VOLCANIC ERUPTION
The Island of Grand Sangir, was Rich
ia Plantations and was
DIT1DBD INTO POCK KIK6IXHI8
With a Total Ana of S7B Sejaare Mil en.
aad a Population of 13,MK to
- 14,000 8onl.
. San Francisco, July 29. The Austra
lian steamer brines 'news of a serious
nature from the Malay Archipelago,
The steamer Catterthun, which arrived
at Sydney, N. 8. W.,. reports that when
she touched at the island of Timor there
was a rumor current that the island
8angir bad been destroyed by a volcanic
eruption, and that the whole population
comprising 13,000 souls, had perished
The Catterthun steamed for miles
through masses of debris. The Sangi
islands lie to the north of Celebes and
are about fifty in number. The three
largest islands are Great Sangir, Spiauw
and Tagolanday. Great Sangir is the
island supposed to have been destroyed
by the volcanic eruption. "The island
had an area of 275 square miles and
was divided into' four kingdoms. The
total population was supposed to be
1 about 13,000 or 14,000. In the north
western part of the island toward the
great mountain of Abu, or the ash moun
tain, which has often been ia eruption
cansine much damage and loss of life,
The natives regarded it with supersti
tious awe and whenever they heard the
rambling that preceded an outbreak they
resorted to certain mystic rites to oppose
. the diety of the mountain. . In March of
1869 there was a terrible eruption and
streams of lava and boiling water were
: soared forth from the crater. The rich
vUtations on the mountain-side were
carried awav and 3.000 lives were lost.
The Sangirese belong to the Malay race,
are well made and brave, laiy and dirty.
The government is monarchical, some-
wbat limited Dy council.
VIBITBD BT A BIO AUBOBA.
Northern Heavens Brilliant With the
XMaplay Heavy Blectrical Storm.
rom the Chicago Newa, 18th. ' ' -
An electrical storm of unusual severity
swept over the central and eastern por
tions of. the United States Saturday be
tween 11:30 o'clock a. m. and 4 p. m
.Telegraph, wires refused to work and
business at the Western Union and the
Postal telegraph companies was badly
interrupted all day. Following the elec
trical storm a brilliant aurora boreal is
illuminated the sky, reaching around
the northern horizon and almost, touch-
. ing the equator with its east and west
points.. Forming first in a bank of dark
green, a rich arch was . reared that
reached its highth, half-way to the zen
ith, at 9:30 o'clock. Dropping down and
shooting up from this were pale-green
shafts, while sheets of yellow light
flashed and waved hehind the phenoni
ena. At 10 o'clock a lilac-colored Bail
appeared a little to the west of north
and floated away to the west, changing
its color like the picture from a dissolving-view
camera to a pale pink, a deep
yellow and black to a mellow green. At
10 :30 o'clock the elements gathered fat
a final display, and shooting up like a
pointed wall came the aurora. To the
. west a section swung off, formed a horse
shoe and for two minutes a perfect rep
resentation of an immense waterfall was
made. In the north sheets of yellow
lightning were woven through the col
umns, spurs and streamers. Then the
rosy tint of the setting sun burned
through this vast curtain and the fires
slowly went out. ., In the telegraph of
fices trouble had been experienced all
day." Superintendent of Telegraph Con-
gor oi ine iiunoiB central wortea like a
beaver with his wires. "As soon as. I
- got one line 10 wonting, earn ne, "an
other would fall down and in a short
time the first was just as bad as it was
before. The short lines gave us as much
trouble as the' long-distance and this
confused me. Finally I- concluded that
it was an electrical storm and sat down
to await the end.- By 4 o'clock we could
get New Orleans as easily as. 43d street
and when I left all was working well."
In the Western Union and Postal tele
graph offices long-distance wires were
grounded and the instruments worked ,
with the overcharge of electricity. . !
A CASE S FOIJJT.
What Kaoitv ha Labor In the Profits
of Perspicacity.
From the Oregosiaa.)
Perhaps those who think labor has
equity rights in the profits of capital
will be able to tell us what equity it lias
in the profits A. M. Cannon will pro
bably make in his speculation on the
cargo of the Abereorn. .This vessel was
wrecked jon the beach . outside Gray'
harbor, havinr on board a cargo of
2,300 tons of steel rails. The owners in
vestigated the question of raising the
wrecks but: decided that it . would not
pay, and finally sold the cargo to Mr.
Cannon, who is now reclaiming the
property. He has built a pier from the
beach to the wreck, a distance of 1750
feet, and is employing divers and other
men to the number of 35. "The divers
receive f 10 per day for four hours, and
the other men, who are chiefly ranchers
living in the neighborhood, receive good
wages. - The cost of taking' out the rails
and shipping to Portland is about $5 per
ton, and Mr. Cannon's profits will pro
bably exceed $50,000.
The question is, has Mr. Cannon earn.
ed this 'money, and if not, who has? But
for his perspicacity, resolution and readi
ness to undertake a novel and somewhat
hazardous enterprise, the rails, would
still be repoeingat the bottom of the sea,
and the original owners would not have
received the amount he paid them for
the property. Whatever equity interest
may be claimed for the labor that pro
duced the rails assuming that the
wages paid were inequitable was lost
in the wreck, and attaches now only to
the money paid the owners by Mr. Can
non. But such equity does not exist,
since the rails were a loss instead of
profit. : If there is any equity whatever,
it is on the side ' of ' the owner, who
should look to the labor that produced
the rails to share with him the loss. It
is evident that any property interest or
equity now in the rails taunt begin with
them at the bottom of the sea.
The labor that is employed in the
work Of taking them out and shipping
them is well paid. The divers are re
ceiving large wages for a few hours'
work. - The other men are only too glad
to geithis work to do, as it helps them
to and their slender income while mak
ing themselves a home, in the forest.
Mr. Cannon has conferred a special
favor on them all by ' giving them an
unusual and unexpected opportunity to
earn money, inene men an nave an
opportunity to work, and Uiia "property
is rescued from a position where it is
valueless and placed where it possesses
great value',' all through the brains,
energy,' executive ability, daring and
capital Of one man. - tie does no more
mental labor than the man who super
intended the building of the pier, and
does not expend so much physical force
as. any of his employes, yet it is a fact
that be earns ali the profit that comes
to him as fully as they earn their wages
His ability to do this is a difference be
tween him and them that - the . world
recognizes and pays for. . Each is paid
the full measure of value set upon hie
labor by the only authority the world
recognizes, an authority that must con
tinue, else property would lose its value
and exertion, its stimulus.
A-Helena Chump.
Review. The Helena Independent
has reached the . astonishing conclusion
that the hope for free silver lies in the
election of Grover- Cleveland. Henry
Villard, who will get up in the middle of
the night to talk monometallism, . is
equally confident that , the hope of the
gold standard lies in the same direction.
He has contributed, already $10,000 to
the work of booming Cleveland before
the Chicago convention, and has prom
ised $10,000 more for the compaign. In
view of the fact that Cleveland and Vil
lard are close tillicums, and the addition
al fact that every monetary utterance of
the ex-president is for the single gold
standard, we rather incline to a belief
that the Helena paper is a chump.
Boaa Island The Flaee.
Dispatch. There is a quiet movement
on foot to have the bridge commissioners
locate one of the bridges that are to be
built accross the Willamette in the near
future at this end of Boss Island, where
it will not interfere with navigation and
be of more benefit to a greater number
of people than if it was located at a
point below the steel bridge. : The citi
zens up there claim that to locate a
bridge at the foot of Ross island would
not interfere ' with navigation in the
least, as there will be no handling of
deep water ships as big steamers do not
come that high up the river, while the
amount of people it will accommodate
will be of untold number.
.' Paradoxical.
Texas Post. What curiosities there
are in our use of languages. ' We speak
of going away to spend the summer,
when in reality we are jjoing away and
pend our money. - :
A CHICAGO BLACK EYE.
Tie City Mast Improye Her Bafl Ap
pearance or lose. ;
INDECENT STREETS AND ALLEYS.
The Smoke Nuisance, The Sewerage
Nuisance, Other Nuisances.
TYING HORSES TO CCRB STONES.
Other Provincial Cnitomi Still in Vogue
Which Blait be Dispersed With.
Other News.
Chicago, July 29. As- the time for
the official opening of the worlds' fair
approaches there are pressing reasons
why the late lamented attempts of cer
tain citizens' associations to improve
Chicago's external appearance should
not be forgotten. For years spasmodic
efforts have been revived at intervals,
sustained for a period and then - weakly
relinquished. -Now at the time when
not ourselves alone but visitors from all
over. the civilized world are' concerned,
there is additional cause for persistency.
It is dangerous folly to flatter ourselves
that things are well enough 89 they are.
The streets need cleaning and the alley
ways, which are now . depositories for
garbage, inuet be made decent. The
porvincial custom of tying horses to the
curb is yet in vogue. The outlying en
vlrons are afflicted ' with pavements
which ara little better than the trackless
prairie, and there, are undulating side
walks which teeter briskly when one
steps on the wrongend of a plank. And
in addition to these troubles we have
our old enemies the smoke nuisance, the
sewerage nuisance and the grade cross
ings. Now, if ever, is the time for a
long, strong, persistant endeavor to
bring about reform. Chicago must
spruce up- It must be - clensed and
sweetened. Sto street wbicu will give
place, for a puddle, of water, is fitly
paved.- The, dingy,- acrid atmosphere
must be purified, and we hope it will
not bo many years before that viscid
pool of fluid nastinees, the Chicago river,
will be washed as clean as a roadside
spring, when properly, cleaned and
paved this city will be one of the most
impressive and palatial in the world
Without the instant and persistent pro
secution oi toe reiorms mentioned, how
ever, it runs the nek of being called at
the very least, a mighty and enterprising
town in her progress, but a slattern in
her dress. -
. Dangerous Ride of a Youth.
Klamath Star. Grover . Moore, a 7-
year old boy at Klamath Falls, lit from
his pony on Saturday morning and
Sew to his mother's arms with a bleat as
joyful as that of a long lost lammie just
returned to his mammie. He was. the
gladdest kid , in Klamath . just then.
Friday morning while out hunting with
his nineteen-year old brother, he fell be
hind and couldn't get to the front any
more. He wandered hither and thither
on the back of his pony, his heart grow
ing more and more dismal as he rode
farther and farther into the gloomy
forest shade of the mountains. He rode
around the edges of precipices so narrow
that the searching parties had to dis
mount and travel afoot, and so deep that
a fall would have blended both boy and
pony in one red burial. One of the
Germans of Swan Lako found him in
the evening seated on his pony ' and
weeping bitterly for his mamma. The
kind man kept him until morning,
when his brother found him and brought
him home. - Ho told his mamma confi
dentially that he would never leave her
any more. y --:
Greeting;. ,
The Dalles Cheo.siclk under the
management of ' Oregon's pioneer
journalist D. C. Ireland, is one of the
best exchanges that comes to this office.
D. C. has seen the rise and fall of hund
reds of newspapers and newspaper men,
but through all the vicissitudes of an un
usually eventful life, his facile pen has
lost hone of its cunning, and he is still
doing yeoman duty in agitating the open
river question. . Like Banquo's ghost, he
will not down, and we are glad of it.
Stay with 'em old man. We are with
you heart "' and soul. Vancouver
Register. ... . . :'..
Current Topics. "
Wilson, the demon who murdered
Mamie Walsh, ended bis villainous
career by using the bandages of his arm
as a rope with which he hanged himself
in the Oregon City jail.
A DEADLT rOlSON.
The Trame With Indians in the Vilest of
Use oct lues Called Whisky. ,
Some time ago a party of Warm Spring
Indians in The Dalles, were approached
by a half breed opium fiend known as
Charley Hermon, who told them that if
they would give him money at the rate
of $2.00: per bottle, lie would supply
them with whieky. An Indian will give
anything he has for a bottle of fire water.
They of course could not let eueh a prop
osition as that go by .default, so they
raked up enough to secure two bottles
and a flask. - This was not enough
whisky, however, arid . they raised j an
other dollar and a half. . They gave this
to Charley, on his return to the rendez
vous, and he left them to get another
bottle," but did tot again show up, .and
the Indians started homeward. ' Before
reachifighe agency those who had drank
of the stuff became very sick, and soon
after getting to their homes three of the
Indians died. ' A fourth one is yet ; lin
gering on the verge of death.- As soon
as Agent Lucky hoard of thu affair he
obtained one of the bottles' which still
contained some -of the poisonous mix
tare, and sent it to Portland.' The an
alysis showed that it" was compoaed'of
alcohol, :prusic : acid, fusii oil and chlor
oform. 'His nest move was to trace tire
culprit who had been the cause of the
trouble. ' After securing sufficient Infor
mat ion be came to The Dalles, aqd Thurs
day night- succeeded- in arresting the
wretch, 'who was taken before Commis
sioner Huntington today, - and after ex
amination was remanded to jn il- in. do
fault of $500 bonds. ''-' (. '. ' "
During the paet year the periods of
drunkeness amongst Indians in this sec
tion have been of altogether too freH
quent . occurrence. When a -fiend in
liuman shape, who would sell them
liquor has been apprehended, ' he has
been let off with a nominal fine which'
was really' no punishment -at -all;
as ; the - fine could bo reimbursed
by the sales" of a few ' bottles
of the Vile decoction pat up for Indians,
and tho traffic did not cease. In the
present, case the culpifr seems'to deserve
the very worst punishment that can be
inflicted upon him.' - "Mc. liucky iq de
termined, if possible, to break up these
abuses, at least so far as they: relate' to
Indians under. Jiis charge. Tho prisoner
will be taken to . Portland . for , trial, in
the United States court, and it is hoped
that not only upon him alone, but upon
any others connected with him, in .this
nefarious business, justioe may be meted
with unstinted hand. It is time the whole
system was changed ' and .merited
punishment inflicted. ' - ' - - - !
DEATH
OF MATILDA- ROGERS.
Verdict of the Coroners Jury William
' Bergfeldt the Accused. . - - i "'
Tlia endden and somewhat mysterious
death ; of Matilda C. Rogers, June 30th,
at tha Rogers farm on Mill creek, lead
to an-' investigation, by a. coroners jury,
about which our readers ;are familiar
That -the jury found evidences sufficient
to warrant' the arrest of William Birg
feld, son-in-law of deceased, is shown
by the verdict, from which we quote as
follows?; . - - . v
t We"; the? jury empanncicd by : the
coroner of WaBCO county, - Or., to inquire
into the cause of ,the death of the late
Matilda C. Rogers, find that her death
was caused by poison, administered by
some person that -we nave, lrom tno
testimony taken and presented to-us,
o reason to believe that Wm: Bf'
f eld is the person who i - ' - - - , .
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Orcgonian :
advertised ii .. '
under the t '
Society of Illi '
sembly. of Ct. .
have been alio .
a limited numl
desire to. avail
rates offered. 1 .
ply only from CI
the general agent
Dalles, is trying t .
with the trans-ct
special rate from 1 -
TIlEODEEN'SDILEMiMA.
fliat tie Me of DsyonsMre AuTisedin
.tbe Erent, j ;
TO AVOID CALLING GLADSTONE.
To Form a New Cabinet Uss Objection
able to Tory Ideas. !
HKIIMAJESTV RKO.tKDSRaMKBPU
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A Only'. One Nu-p Shnrtof Absolute
Treason and it-t Prvhiotvrn Kne'
mtvs ofihn Tit rune.
Ijoxoos, Aug. 1. Q'lecn .. Victoria
makes no.couwalmont of her antipathy
to M r. Gladstono as tho home-rule cham
pion, an1 it is believed that she will yet
place some olstruction in the . way of
homo rule 'It -was" reported) on Satur
day that when the queen sent for the
Duke of DevoiiHliireand asked him what
could lx.done to avoid calling Gladstone
to form a new vubinet, he answered:
"The only.' way is to ..abdicate .'the
throne." The report created great ' e-
citeuiunt, aud .while ft is true, tbut very
little confidence is placed . in tho elate
mcnt that the Dake of Devonshire told
Queen Victoria that she would have to
abdicate the throne or make terms with
Mr. Gladstone, it is known that; the
queen did have an earnest aud important
interview with the nobleman, . whom; she
holds- in high' esteem, and whom ; she
would fain make, premier if he were
willing and the country were willing to
accept hint. '" ,' ' " ' '. . -' " J '
The queeuN, i t is reported oh gwd j au
thority, sent for the duke to ditcues
with him the formation of, .a cabinet
that would he te littld objectionably as
possible to. her tory notions, forkcr
majoety regards home rule as onlSne
step short of.. absolute treason, and its
promoters as enemies of the throne,
the dukfr found her majesty laboring1 un
der greater emotion than he- has over
aen her .display....' After the usual court
eous formalities, the queen asked- the
iduke abruptly wlcther there was any
way to avoid- sending for Gladstpne.
Her majtteiy added.'ln subsUnee: i"To
Mr. GTadstoue, personally, T have no
objertion, but I do object to the epara
tlon oi "tuy kingdoins to-'whlch I under
stand lie has pledged -hlmsehV' 'The
duke replied most courteously, but in
terms that conhl not be misunderstood,
that while be himself deeply regretted
the course . taken hy Mr. Gladstone,
which had compelled'hiiu to leave that
gectleman's sid politically torstrivo for
thumaintainanc? of th union, yttt he
felt obliged to recognise that a majority
had been elected to the house 'of com
mons favorably to Mr, Gladstone's views.
Her majesty took' the carefully worded
intimation and said no more oii that
particular eubjwt. , .
,' The 4ap- M nut Oo. -
tjranJ . Ronde .Chronicle. .SiiiuIIikix
and leprosy aS discovurtsd ani'-"
Japs employed by tUe - "
at Coldwe" ' . v i .
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I not a Tramp.
John Day Sentinel. The Rogue River
Courier, not being very well posted on
the subject, is inclined to pass our ped
estrian tourist to the worlds fair as an
ordinary tramp. We are happy to in
form the editor of that paper that he is
entirely mistaken. Major Magone is a
man of splendid education, a thorough
gentleman in every, respect, and will
compare favorably with the dignitaries
bf Chicago of any other city in the land.
Ho is one of the brightest and best posted
men in Oregon today, and the citizens of
this county are not at all ashamed to
have him as their representative A the
fair. Ho makes it a point to put up at
the best hotels on his journey, and to
pay his bills promptly before leaving.
Brother Xunau does the old gentleman
an injustice which our citizens will not
be pleased to see. - .
Wilson not Beaponatble.
OufiQON CrrT, Aug. 1 .The autopsy
on Wilsons remains Saturday' show that
the demon was not wholly responsible
for his acts. Tho brain aud its mem
branes weighed 64 ounces.. The mem
branes were in a high state of conges
tion,- evidently of recent origin." The
fiontal globes of the brain presented two
distinct points of softening, evidently of
long standing. Inquiry into tho past,
history of Wilson reveals the. fact that
since childhood he had been considered
as strange in his ways, and at many
times doing things for which he could
not be held responsible. His father for
year9 before Wilson's birth was afflicted
with epileptic convulsions. These facts
ot parentage and the abnormal condi
tion of his brain would strongly joiut to.
the conclusion of irresponsibility.
lu Oratefnl Remembrance.. .
Examiner. D. C. Ireland wili never
get rid of his old love. - ne never fails to
pot in' & good word for Astoriaand an open
river, As thoeditor of Tho Dalles Chon
i'cle he uses its columns to show his in
terest ia this city and its promising fu
ture. ' Years may tire the arm and dis
courage those who find their efforts for
public good are ill appreciated, hut D.
C.'s hnmsglnation- is as warm and fer
tile as it was m his palmy days. The
Chronicle reflects tbo activity of his
brain, the cheerfulness of his disposition
and the- talents of the genuine journalist.
Stay with it, my . truepenny j aud you
wilt got thore with both feet.
' 1. Vandenbere-h at Ilomu
Buffalo Courier. Chemist Frank P.
Vandenbergh lias returned to Buffalo
from his western trip, and is again at
work in his laboratory. ' His mission in
Oregon, it will be remembered, was to
mako assays of ores, and to .study geo
logic formations. Somcwliere on tho
road between the Pacific coast aud this
city are three big boxes of rock speci
mens, aggregating perhaps a ton, which
on arrival as his laboratory ho will re
duce in his crucibles, and report upon
their value to thoso interested in the
lands inspected. Dr. Vandeubergh is
looking well and hearty and reports a
pleasant and profitable western jonrnoy.
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Pendleton Wool Shipment!. . -
lst pregonian. In -men
t of woo' -' " ,