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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1892. A STATE OF ANARCHY. Seieral Venezuelan Cities in a Turmoil of Excitement THE CARACAS AT LA GUAGRA. The Commander of the Concord takes the Ship's Papers for Safety. VSCLE SAM'S MINISTER ON EDOI Demands the Return of Refugee, Ample Apology and Personal Dme. Other Sews. New Yokk, Sept. 26. The World 1ms mail advices from La Guayra telling of the arrival of the Caracas at that port as follows: There is intense excitement in this city over the arrival of the Red Line steamer Caracas from Jew York by way of Puerto Cabello, an insurgent port. Oaptain wmte, in cominana 01 the United States cruiser uoncora, an ticipating a difficulty, advised the cap tain of the Caracas not to deliver up the steamer's papers at the custom-house here. Furthermore, in order to keep those papers from falling into the hands of local customs officials, Commander White sent a boat to the Caracas with a force of - armed men, who received the documents from the steamer's captain and. conveyed them to the Concord's -, commander for preservation until the Caracas should be ready to sail. ' Two Venezuelans were thrust into prison on landing, for having taken passage on the Caracas from Puerto Cabello. The cus- toms officials at first refused to grant the Caracas permission to discharge liei cargo, but afterward consented to allow her to unload freight consigned to this port. United " States Minister Scruggs has sent a formal demand to the Venezuelan capital for the return of six refugees taken from Caracas some time ago, and now in the hands of Urdaneta. He has also demanded a salute to the American flag and the payment of personal dama ges to refugees. There was no regular government to reply to these demands ; for reparation, as the capital is in a '. state of anarchy. Foreign merchants are imprisoned unless they give money to the army. Minister Scruggs has ad vised 'Americans not tn pay anything for such' a purpose. Villegas Pulido, who has assumed the role of president, has taken an army of 30,000 men and started to attack General Crespo at Los Teques. A rigid press censorship has Deen estab lished throughout Venezuela. Trouble is apprehended when the steamer Caracas undertakes to leave port. Another Steamer Loaded. New York, Sept. 20. On board the steamer Caroline Whiting, which is lying off of Twenty-sixth street, Brook lyn, everything was quiet today. Her cargo of mysterious bundles and boxes is safely stowed, and her .bunkers filled with coal. Captain Eldridge said the vessel would be ready for her voyage be fore Tuesday morning, but would not say what her destination is. Pie laughed at the idea that he could not land a load of arms on the Venznelan coast in spite of the efforts of President Pulido's gov ernment. He says h 3 will engage his crew tomorrow and that two passengers will go on the voyage with him. Who these passengers are he will not tell. In further conversation the captain said the syndicate which owns the Caroline represented in this city by W. H. Bow man, had been approached two weeks ago by Minister Bolet Peraza, who ssaid he desired to buy the Whiting for the Venezuelan government and paid $2,000 for a five days' option. This, however, was allowed to expire, and the present charters of the ship, do not represent the government of Minister Bolet Peraza. . Celestial Obstinacy. Newburg, N. Y., Sept. 26. Deputy Internal Revenue Collector Schulz, of this city, has been trying to prevail up on the Chinese of this district to regis ter and have their photographs taken as provided by the Geary law. Not a Chinaman in this place would comply with the law. Mr. Schulz notified Col lector Hunter, at Ponghkeepsie, who told him to abandon the Celestials to their fate. , They are liable to be sent out of the country. Minister Scruggs all Right. Washington, Sept. 26. Secretay Fos ter says there is no reason to believe that Minister Scruggs ' is not as free as air or that there are tho slightest signs of strained relations between the United States and Venezuela. The secretary ' said the department ' had been in com munication with Scruggs since Saturday, and had received no news of an unpleas antness. Mrs. Harrison's Condition. . Washington, Sept. 26. No material change in Mrs. Harrison's condition since last report, i . v THE DEMAJCD FOB PBP3TK8. Ornoa 'Will Take the Lead Because of ; Its Superior Quality. The annual consumption of prunes in the United States is a 'little over one pound for each person. As the popula tion of the country is increasing at the rate nf nnn million and a half a year it is easy to see that the consumption will increase nrettv raoidlv even if there should be no increase in the rate of con- sumption. The quality of the prune of the Pacific northwest is so. far superior to that of the common prune of com merce that whenever they are pet upon the market at prices anywhere near as low as the common foreign prune sells for there will inevitably be an immense increase in tbe late of consumption: With the aid of a protective tariff of two cents per pound, joined to the euperior quality of our product, the Pacific coast should certainly be able to drive the foreign prunes out of the market with out reducing the price of prunes to a point that will knock all the profits out of the business. All tbe present time California i9 producing about one-third enough prunes to supply the United States. In ten years Oregon and Wash ington ought to produce one-half of all the prunes consumed in the United States. To do this, it will require close to 50,000,000 pounds of prunes. It is evident that there is plenty of room yet or ,jevei0pment of the prune business wjthont overdoing it. Northwest Notes. The cannery at Celilo is running to its full capacity. The salmon catch is large and 29,000 cases will be put up. The erection of a large pulp mill at Kettle falls is contemplated. .The loca- tion ia au excellent one for that purpose. TV--f .5- fhraimnrl himliela nf m-ain . f, lha Frmpr!, oliian platform at Athena the other day at prices ranging from fifty-five to fifty seven cents per bushel. A specimen of float tin has been brought into Pendleton from the John Day conntry. The Tribune says it is supposed that the mother ledge is in close proximity, although it has not yet been discovered. A thorough search is to be made for it at once. A settler in western Washington, whose claim lies well back in the woods, has in a short time killed twenty-three bears, two cougars and about thirty wildcats. The attempt to disposess such occupants of government land would not be to the liking of many homesteaders. Ezra Meeker, one of the largest hop growers in western Washington, esti mates that at least one-half of tbe crop has been lost this year, while three fourths of the remainder is damaged through the ravages of the hop louse. He claims that timely gpraying will in sure unfailing crops. The salmon hatchery on the Clacka mas river, near Oregon city, is greatly hampered because of the inability to procure salmon. The hatchery has a capacity for handling 12,000,000 eggs, but only about 5,000,000 have been ob tained any year since it was put in operation, and this year nothing has been done. Result of a Tin". London, Sept. 26. Considerable sen sation has been caused by the mysteri- ous death of an ex-actress known as Baby Russell, a beautiful girl, who hae appeared at the Lyric and Drury Lane. For some time past she has been living with an army surgeon, Dr. Heron. Oh Tuesday she' was suddenly taken sick when with Dr. Heron, and, although a physician was summoned, she died.. Dr. Heron said that they had had a tiff, and she might have taken poison. Yester day Dr. Heron was found in his room dead, with his throat cut. It ascertained he had taken poison to have killed himself. was also sufficient The Old Indians. San Diego, Cal. Sept. 26. The Diegan Indians arrived this morning and paraded under police leadership to the rancheria grounds for the festival. There were men, women, children, dogs and papooses, many barefooted and bareheaded, and some carried nets fnll of luggage and pincle. The men bought bows and arrows. The oldest woman, aged 123, came up in a buggy ; five other squaws, respectively aged 123, 118, 110,' 88 and 85, walked. Patrick Dillon Arrested. San Antonio, Tex., Sept. 26. J. B. Fowler, city marshal of Llano, arrived here yesterday, having in charge Patrick Dillon', the notorious stage robber and desperado, who was arrested at that place Saturday. Dillon has committed numerous crimes on the upper Bio Grande border, and two years ago held up the stage near Fort Clark, obtaining a considerable sum of money from the passengers. He was held in jail pend ing his trial. He confessed to the stage robbery. ' , New York Free of Cholera. Quabantinb, Sept. 26. Dr. Jenkins and Dr. Sternberg have just returned from lower quarantine, and have offi cially announced that the port of New York is free from cholera. ; The health officer says there are no cholera cases down the bay today, all the sick having recovered.'.- v -- UNPOPULAR WITH BriM Guards DisatisMf its Windsor -'' 'v-; Discipline. , ": . DESTROY EIGHTY OF THE SADDLES. Imprisoned in the Barracks Where They Make Things Lively. CONfTSIOS UNTIL LIGHTS GO OUT. The Rebellion Created Considerable Hi- ' eltement And Attracted of People. - Crowd London, Sept. 26. The Daily News today eays. members of the First Life Guards regiment stationed at Windsor have been dissatisfied for some time past owing to the many drills and inspections they have been compelled to undergo. Yesterday non-commissioned officers of C Squadron found all the 80 saddles be longing to the squadron so badly cut that they were completely ruined. The men were ordered into barracks and there confined. Here they became up rorious, disturbing the whole neiglilwr hood. They sang "Britons never shall be 6laves," popular music-hall songs and the national anthetn. The affair created much excitement in Windsor, and crowds of villagers surrounded .the barracks listening to the noise. Between 9 and lOo'clock at nigh t the whole squad ron went into'the barracks yard singing and yelling at the top of their voices. The uproar was continued until "lights out" was sounded, when order was re stored. It has since been ascertained that a great number of the men have been placed under arrest. The squadron is confined in the barracks today. It is reported Cap. Kawson, who commands the squadron, is very unpopular with his men. He it is who is said all along to be responsible' for the extra drills to which the men objected, and to prevent which thev cut their saddles. WKSTWAKD OX FOOT. From Glenn falls to The Columbia Kier Alone. A gray whiskered old man leading a horse loaded down with blankets, cook ing utensils and a small tent, occasioned a little astonishment as he came wander ing into Umatilla Sunday afternoon He asked if "that was the Columbia river" and seemed highly pleased at see ing the noble river of which he had heard so much. It reminded him of tbe Hudson. His name he said was Robert Somers, and he left Glenn Falls, New York two years ago the 9th of April, to gratify the ambition of his life, which was to see the coun trv. He has traveled on foot all the way across the continent, He visited many of the noted points of interest and mt with many thrilling ex periences en route. Crossing the Idaho desert, he was two days without food or water, finally making his wav into Am erican Falls almost exhausted. He has avoided following the railroads, prefer ring to see the country in its aboriginal state. His stories of the amount of game seen in the mountains of Montana and Idaho would make the brave niin- rods of his native state open tneir eyes in wonder. Mr. Somers will not stop until he reaches the Pacific ocean. He crosssed the river and struck out through Klickitat county. Current Topics. A Vancouver, B. C, dispatch rejorts that the steamer Empress of. India, which left Yokohama the 19th for Brit ish Columbia, has a case of Asiatic cholera aboard. Information is said to have come by a private message that the authorities at Yokohama refused to allow the steamer to land. . It is impos sible to verify tbe statement. If such proves to be the case this whole country is subject to infection, as the Dominion health officer at Victoria has refused the request of the Canadian Pacific authori ties to have all steerage passengers from Oriental points placed in quarantine for fourteen days whether any disease ap pears among them or not, unless he re ceives Bpecial authority from Ottawa to that effect. Tbe Empress of India has 275 passengers in 'the steerage. The case mentioned is said to be among those passengers. Cleveland's letter accepting the nom ination as the democratic candidate for president of the United States was made public in New York yesterday. According to a San Francisco dispatch today some of tbe Celestials there have decided to register. The break was caused by some of the Chinese, refusing to pay the $1 tax levied by the Sfx Companies. The Chinese learned in some manner that tbe intention of the Six Companies was to secure an" assess ment of $1 from each Chinaman, and after it had been collected to inform them that they had changed their opin ion and it was advisable to register and pay the fifty cents tax for photographs. ..- DR. OOCCaKR'S DISCOVERT. : A Matter of Considerable Importance - ' " :'' to Orchardists. Dr. Goucher, of Amity,- has made a discovery ia regard to the apple peet, a result of which he calls the ideas of numerous fruit tree fanatics all bosh. He thinks he learned more from a com mon little bird, called the "sap-sucker," than he would should he listen all sum mer to those men who will debate on the long, jawbreaking named animals that infest the apple crop. One day last week the doctor was about his yard and noticed a little sap-sucker flitting about for a long time around the trunk and among the branches of one of his favor ite apple trees. He made an investiga tion, and a magnifying glass plainly dis closed a large number of the common little yellowish-white worms with brown heads, coursing heavenward along the trunk of the tree. They were then from an eighth to a quarter of an inch in length, and while a few were substituted as rations for the sapsucker, a far greater number were rapidly de stroying the fruit. The idea of the worm coming from an egg laid in the blossom is proven without foundation if the trees in Dr. Goucher's orchard are like those we read about in other places. Nine times out of ten the worm enters the apple from the' side and very seldom is the worm hole found near the blos som. Very irequently on cutting the apple with a knife, the worm will be found before it has' reached the core, and beyond its location the apple is sound and never is an apple found sound on the outside that a worm inhabits the core. Numerous experiments have proven that coal oil will kill any of these little pests without injuring the tree and the doctor now feels satisfied that if he keeps the trunks of his trees well wash ed with that fluid during the growth of the apple,' Be will have sound fruit, no matter bow many bugs use the blossoms for a nest. The 1 islting Journalists. The Washington State-Press Associa tion will meet in Spokane on tbe same day that the Oregon Press Association is to meet in The Dalles. The Review inti mates that if the visiting journalists are to be properly entertained and sent home with a splendid impression of the wealth and hospitality of Spokane the local press club must have four times as j much money as has been contributed up to date. It takes a large sum to receive j and entertain 250 visitors. They must be met at the trains with - carriages, shown over the city during their stay, provided with a hall properly decorated for their business sessions, entertained with a public reception, a dance and supper, and provided with transporta- tion, luncheon, dinner, and mnsic upon the occasion of the excursion and picnic into the country. There must be music for various occasions, money for printing, badges, etc., and means for a score of in cidental expenses. It is therefore essen tial that all shall respond as liberally as those who have already sent in their checks. Money is all that is required to make this the convention of the year the social event of the season. No Cholera via. Canada. In reference to the fear expressed some days ago that cholera might find its way into this country through trans portation of immigrants through Can ada, local officers are advised that the Dominion government and tbe Canadian Pacific railway are taking active meas ures to prevent tbe advance of cholera into its realm. The Canadian govern ment hast advised all the St. Lawrence steamship lines not to carry emigrants, and that the event of their carrying any they will be subjected to the most rigid quarantine for tbe same length of time and under the same regulations govern ing the quarantine in the United States. The Canadian Pacific railwav has noti fied the steamship lines, connections and agencies that it will not carry Euro pean emigrants during the prevalence of the disease abroad. It is watching care fully all the trains and is doing all in its power to strengthen the Canadian quar antine officials. Thus far not a single crse of cholera has appeared in any Canadian city. The Press Association. Antelope Herald. The Oregon press association will meet at The Dalles on October 4th, an the citizens of that place are making preparations for the royal entertainment of the editors while there. Eastern Oregon should be well represented, as much useful informa tion is to be gained at these meetings. Besides, we deem it the bounden duty of an editor to take advantage of every opportunity that will insure bim a little recreation and a few good, square, .free lunches. Killed by a Second Shock. Schenectady, N. Y"., Sept. 26. John Shaver, aged 75, while sitting at a win dow, was struck by lightning a few weeks ago, partially paralyzed and marked with a scarlet circle on his right cheek below tbe eye. Last night there was a terrific crash of thunder, and Mr. Shaver's daughter ran into bis room, where she found bim dead, at almost tbe same spot where he was struck before.- 1 :' ' " ' ' ' NEW ALBANY SHINGLE. Dayiil B. Hill, Attorney Anfl Conncellor at-Lav. ARer Election THE ATTORNEY OF CORPORATIONS. The Last Nail Driven Into Tbe Trans continental Coffin. HAS LOST ALL ITS USEFULNESS. Date of The Final 'Bnrial Vised For January 1st, The Limit of 90 Days Notice. Albany, Sept. 2". Within a few" months, probably when the present campaign closes, the shingle of "David B. Hill," attorney and councellor-at-law .will be hung out in Albany, and the senator will become part and parcel of the profession and population of Albany Senator Hill's practice will be confined to cases in the court of appeal and the general term, and it is understood that he has been promised the legal business of several large New York city corpora' tions. Death of The Association. Chicago, Sept. 27. President Manvel, of the Atchison road, today destroyed any doubt of the withdrawal of his line from the transcontinental association by making an official announcement of the fact. The reasons for withdrawal are summed up in the acknowledged fact that the association has lost all its use fulness and will in any event die a natu ral death on January 1st from the .de fection of the Canadian Pacific, Northern Pacific and Great Northern. The with drawal of all other transcontinental lines is anticipated before October 1st, as that will be the limit when the 90 days' notice required will be effective on January 1st. . Weather Reports. Postland, Sept. 28. B. S. Pague, local forecast official of the weather bureau appears at the helm again, and on issuing the last of weekly crop reports today says: "This ends the regular weekly crop-weather reports of 1892; they will be resumed next year with the opening of the growing season. We take this opportunity to thank the large corps of correspondents throughout the state for their promptness and faithful ness in reporting so accurately thei crop-weather conditions, and trust that next year they may again be with us in our work. The season has been very successful in all productions for the Oregon farmer," and these bulletins have been of value to the public. Tbe month Iv bulletins will, as usual, continue to be issued." Of the weather for Eastern Oregon the past week, Mr. Pague says : "The temperature has been deficient during tbe past week, and frosts occurred on the higher elevations. Fresh snow fell in parts of the Blue mountains on the 23d. General rains prevailed during the week and amounted to from 0.25 to 0.80 of an inch. The rain has been of great benefit: it has cleared the atmosphere of smoke, it has given the grass a start and has softened tbe earth sufficient to allow of fall plowing to begin. Reports indicate preparations for an increased acreage of grain for next year. Corn is ripe and ready to be gathered. . Late peaches are ripening and are of good quality. A touthfnl Fiend. San Jose, Sept. 27. Johnnie Navar- ette, & 6-year-old boy, was playing among the rubbish at the city dump yesterday. He found a beer bottle, and called a companion. Tbe other lad, Nathan Hackelback, who is fourteen years - old, coveted Johnnie's prize. Johnnie vowed be would not give it up, At this the - other seized the little boy by the shoulders, and held him over a portion of the refuse which was burning, with his bare feet dangling in the blaze. The little fellow writhed and screamed under the dreadful torture, but the tor mentor laughed, and it was only when be was tired out that he let the boy go. Almost crazed with pain, tbe boy made bis way to- his father's residence. He was immediately taken to a physician's office, where his injured feet were dressed. They presented a sickening appearance. His tormentor was ar rested. Much Excitement in Michigan. St. Joseph, Mich., Sept. 27. There is much excitement here over the case of a man named Wed, five miles in the conntry, said to be suffering every symptom of cholera. The public schools are closed. Knight and Day. Long Creek Eagle. A. Knight has been appointed postmaster at John Day, and will enter upon his duties of the office October let. .-.'' Mew York Canal Inspectloa. - Gov. Flower decides that coal, iron, etc, can be carried cheaper by canal than by rail. . BrrrAio, Sept. 28. Gov. Flower and State Engineer Schenck have returned from a tour of inspection of the Cham plain canal. Gov. Flower said tonight regarding the trip: "Ot the sixty-four miles of tbe Champlain canal thirty miles have a water depth of six and a half feet, and thirty-four miles a depth of four and a half feet. ' The heavily laden boats carrying about 160 tons, I . noticed, dragged on the bottom in the four feet of water, and I am satisfied that prudent appropriations should be made annually to dig out the canal so as to provide at least six feet of water The money need not all be appropriated in one year. I have no doubt whatever that the heavy ' freight such as coal, moulders, sand, iron ore, and lumber can be carried much cheaper by canal than by rail. Otherwise the canal was found to be in good condition." The Governor will make a tour of inspection of the Erie canal next month.- i Too Confoundedly Prosperous. Beardstown Illinoian. When a lead ing democrat declared in conversation recently that the "country was too con foundedly prosperous," for easy cam paigning, he inadvertently paid a high tribute to the satisfactory condition of things under republicanism and protec tion denied at other times, yet never theless, serviceable in demonstrating the true situation to be one of absolute . certainty for republicans and 1 total eclipse for the democracy in November. Had it rained all summer, as it did in the spring, or sudden drought followed the rainfall and burned up what had not been drowned it would be easy to cam paign in the interests of free trade and democracy. But tbe only thing in the calamity line that they can charge up to the party in power is the cholera, which is charged up to protection, because so many free trade victims come to America to avoid starving over there. Features of the Campaign. Tacoma News. Adolphus B. Hanna, candidate for United States senator, says that C. W. Griggs, supposed candi date for United States senator, is buying np people's party leaders and doing all sorts of wicked things with that myster ious $100,000 which is on tap in the Griggs cellar. The Post-Intelligencer, which has a candidate for United States senator, says thai C. W. Griggs, who ia . supposed to have a candidate for 'United Stales eenator, is going to "fix" thou sands of railroad men for the democratic ticket because he knows . "Jim" Hill, who employs them. And all this time poor Griggs is laid up at home trying to get the kinks out of bis back caused by , his recent accident. "The Hidden Band." Senator Dolph in a letter to Mr. Hub bard says : "I am doing everything ia my power to hasten the work at the. Cascade. The plans and specifications v have been approved and Major Hand bury directed by telegraph to advertise. I am getting a list of the contractors ia' the east to whom the advertisement can be sent." Town Horned. Sioux Citv, Iowa, Sept. -27. The town of Howard, the count' seat of Miner county, on the Southern Minne sota railroad, was nearly wiped out by fire yesterday afternoon. It caught in a livery stable, and spread so rapidly be fore a, high wind that tbe people barely escaped from the building.' Mr. and Mrs. B. Ailsworth were caught in the . building and killed. More than fifty buildings were destroyed. Loss, $100,- 000. Sale of Cattle Long Creek Eagle, II. Y. Blacwell has contracted 1,000 bead ef stock cat tle to Evans & Curtner, of Ft. Dermit, Humboldt county, Nevada. Henry will endeavor to fill this contract from the stockmen of Grant county, and will make the delivery on November 1st. ManysucU sales of cattle as this and good times should prevail again among our stockmen.. Kails for Coos Bay. San Francisco, Sept. 27. Agents of the steamer Emily entered into a con tract yesterday to transport 400 tons of steel rails to Marshfield, Or., for the Coos Bay and Rose burg railroad, which is to be built as soon as possible, to Co quille city, a distance of about twenty two miles. The road is built ten milea out of Marshfield and graded for eight miles more. As a starter the Bmily will take up 100 tons of rails when she sails for Coos bay tomorrow afternoon. Com. Peck's Keport. Albany, Sept. 27. In the supreme court today an application for a manda mus to compel labor commissioner Peck to produce certain papers was ref&red to Judge Edward in the special term, for the second Saturday in October. Peck filed a long affidavit, reciting that the information in his report was ob tained under a pledge of secrecy. ' Suspected Cases In Tezes. San Antonio, Sept. 27. The state health officers report to Governor Hogg of having attended two suspected cases of cholera.- One died Sunday.