VOL. II.
THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1892.
NUMBER 46.
THE HIGHEST CLIMB.
Pioneer PeaM Previously Unexplored
Crest in The Mnsta&hs.
AT AN ALTITUDE OF 23,000 FET
Mr. Conway Corrected Some Important
Geographical Points.
BE NAMES THE GOLDEN THRONK.
A Peak wlilch Affords Splendid Oppor
tunities For Ambitious Moun
tain Climber..
A Chicago account says: What is
probably tho highest mountain climb
ing yet accomplished by man has been
' done within the last three weeks in the
Himalayas by a party under the lead of
one Mr. Conway. In the great cluster
of mountains comprising the Mustagh
range, at the junction of the Hindu
Kush and Himalayan, systems, Mr.
Conway and his fellows managed to at
tain a height of 23,000 feet upon a pre
Tiously unexplored crest, which they
named ; Pioneer peak. This height,
which is said to be considerably above
the best well-authenticated ascent yet
made, did not seem intolerably cold or
airless to the climbers, and had not
their previsions given out they would
have gone 1,000 feet higher. Mr. Con
way started from a point in Little
, Thibet and ascended the Baltoro glacier,
discovering that the shape and size of
'that river of ice is not at all as repre
sented in maps and geographies. At
the head of the glacier he found a lofty
peak, also unknown to the maps, which
he has named the Golden Throne.
From the altitude of 23,000 feet Mr
Conway was enabled to correct some
important points of geographical in
- formation as to the location and height
of Great peak. According to his report
this peak does not seem inaccessible nor
-ven amazingly difficult. As it is 28,-
278 feet high, about five thousand feet
above Mr. Conway's highest ascent, it
offers splendid opportunities for ambi
tous mountain-climbers.
OUR NATIVE LAND.
Colamhas Day In The Dalles The Ex
ercises. Procession, etc.
Yesterday, all over the Pacific coast,
and so far as we have been able to learn,
for that matter all over the continent,
was a day of beauty, and all nature sang
praises to the name of Columbus, and
our native land.
The entire - population of America
was assembled in honor of the day, and
the population of The Dalles was none
the least of these to do homage to the
discoverer of Our Native Land.
According to arrangement the public
schools of the city had a most excellent
programme. At the grammer school
building the main room was packed
with pupils, parents, and visitors, before
the hour of commencement, and the
overflow sought the shade of trees in the
yard.
The hall was beautifully decorated,
and upon the blackboards were numer
ous appropriate sentiments and designs,
not the least of which was a drawing
of the Santa Maria, under full sail. :
The picture of the Santa Maria, the
Pinta and Nina, the small fleet of Col
umbus, drawing near to the strange land
whose stranger people stood on the shore
awaiting them, is one which no Ameri-
' can can consider without a thrill of ad
miration and of marveling.
In all the glory of tropical sunshine,
gently careering over the blue water
with sails gleaming, colors flying and
the symbol of the cross marking the sig-
, nificance of the event, the three weird,
bird-like objects drew nearer to the
beach ; then the chains rattled, the "an
chors plunged to the sand below and the
event was an accomplished fact.
Sixty-nine days had elapsed since the
admiral and his squadron had sailed out
. of Palos ; but from this number must be
taken the twenty-five days during which
they were delayed at the Canary islands
completing their outfit, so that they had
been forty-four days on their eventful
voyage between the sailing from Palos,
Spain, on August 3d, and the landing on
. Guanahani, or Waiting's island (as is
generally conceded), on October 12th,
according to the revision the 21st.
Columbna was now well advanced in
life, nearly sixty, and for almost a third ,
of that period ho had been hanging about
the courts of the European monarchs,
cap in hand, trying to awaken sufficient
interest in his enterprise to insure the
fitting out of the small expedition he de
manded. Deceived, baffled, discomfited,
as he sought in England, France, Italy,
to achieve his purpose, he had at last
found in Ferdinand, the Catholic, and
Isabella of Castile the instruments
through whom he was to attain success.
All these matters of interest incident
to the day were discussed in the various
programmes of yesterday, and those who
took part in the proceedings, and those
who witnessed them," will forever revert
to the occasion as a day of joy, patriot'
ism, rest, jubdation, peace, prosperity,
brotherhood, hope; a day of perfect"
beauty !
Following is the programme excellent
ly rendered at the brick school house:
. Song of Columbus Day. School.
Prayer. Rev. J. Whisler.
. Address. Earlo Sanders.
Composition, Why Columbus Deserves
Honor. Lena McCoy.
Son?. Star Spangled Banner. Isine
Girls.
Flag Drill. Sixteen Boys.
Ode, Columbus Banner. Pearle But
ler.
Song, Angel of Peace. School.
Recitation, Columbus Day. Grace
Hobson.
Composition, What Wonld Have Hap
pened if Columbus Had Not Discovered
America. Mable Omeg.
Song, Our Native Land. Five Boys.
Recitation, Columbus. Hattie Cram.
Recitation, The Better Way. Martha
Baldwin.
Patriotic Quotations. Nine Pupils.
Recitation, The Day in Columbus'
,Life, Georgia Sampson.
Song, Red, White and Blue. School.
Similar exercises were held at the
large frame school house, and the small
frame school house under the hill.
At the close of the last piece the con
gregation filed out into the yard, and
formed in columns according to classes,
forming a semi-circle in which was
placed the school organ, and here in full
view of the school house, the Stars and
Stripes were raised upon a staff on the
building and saluted in unison. This
was indeed an impressive scene, where
500 pupils ranging from the little tot up
were the actors. America was next
sung by the school, the visitors joining
in the chorus.
The veterans of the war were repre
sented, and one of the G. A. R., Rev
J. Whisler, made a very excellent ad-
dress, at the close 01 which three rous
ing cheers went up for the flag.
It was now 12 o'clock, and President
Adams of the school board having in
terested himself specially in the matter
The Dalles Citizens Band appeared
upon the scene, and a procession was
organized. Headed by the band, and es
corted by a detachment of the Grand
Army, the procession marched down
Union street to Second street, up Second
street to Federal street, up Federal
street to Third street, down Third street
to Union street, up Union street to the
brick school house, where the crowd
dispersed.
The procession covered a space of four
and a half blocks. The youngsters were
all provided with uniform, cap, or flag,
and each wore a Columbus badge, pro
ducing an electrical effect. Tiie order
observed in the parade was better than
that in an ordinary procession of men
The teachers and pupils of the Acad
eray joined heartily in the exercises, co
operating with the teachers and pupils
of the Public schools, to make the occa
sion a decided success.
The school in district No. 14, on 5-Mile,
Miss Cheese teacher, came in to partic
ipate with the schools of the city, but
wore greatly disappointed on reaching
the cjty, to find that they had been mis
informed as to the hour, and the exer
cises were over. . The children enjoyed
the visit to the city however, and The
Chronicle acknowledges a call from
some of them, including Clyde Riddell,
Henry Wickman and George Houston.
The music was exceptionally fine, and
much praise is due to Mrs. Patterson
for her excellent success in drilling the
children in the vocal parts. Mrs. Cran
dall is equally deserving 'for. her valua
ble assistance in the instrumental parts
A Panama Muddle.
New York, Oct. 24. The Pacific Mail
steamship company, after February
1893, will discontinue relations with the
Panama railroad for transferring -traffic
across the isthmus. The two companies
have fallen out and cannot agree on a
new contract. . The steamship company
will find a new interoceanic route and
indications are . that it has already
reached a decision. . Parties connected
with the Pacific Mail company are tak
ing active part in the new interoceanic
railroad in Honduras, or rather the re
vival of an old charter that waa obtained
many years age ".
DEATH IS EXPECTED
The fife of President Harrison Slowly
Passing Away.
TIME DETERMINED BY - EVENTS.
Kate Sharing to be Discussed While
Mr. Clark is in San Francisco.
nt'NDRED DOLLAR FARE OPEN.
A Day of Joy, Patriotism, Rest, Jubi
lation, Fence, and a Day
Terrect Beauty.
of
Washington, Oct. 21. Dr. Gardner
visited the bedside of Mrs. Harrison
this morning, and afterward said to a
correspondent that it was merely a
question of time, but whether an hour
or days can only be determined by
events. ' It is said the disease is now
making rapid progress in the left lung
and the patient is growing weaker.
There is a weaker pulse, feeble respira
tion, temperature 103, cotighing spells
more frequent, followed by periods of
great exhaustion, from which she rallies
with extreme difficulty. She was wake'
ful and very nervous daring a greater
part of the night, but seemed a trifle
more comfortable this morning.
Phenoinlnal Ran of Salmon.
Review. The greatest run of silver
salmon for years is now in the Siuslaw
river. The advance guard crossed the
bar on the 24th of September, and those
who witnessed their coming say it was-a
grand sight to see them as they seethed
and rolled and squirmed, almost chok
ing the flow of wondering waters in their
mad rush. Timihin's seine caught in
four days upwards of 7,000; the two
biggest hauls being 1,256 and 1,104. The
seine was then laid off as the gill nets
could easily supply all the salmon need
ed. The Rose hill cannery packed dur
ing the week ending October 3d, 19,800
salmon, or nearly 200 tons of fish as they
were caught. Ohe man alone caught in
two nights 565 fish, getting nearly $100
for two days work. Barney, one. of the
progressive Indians, lias already made
more than $200, and his two dusky
maidens of 13 to 14 summers, of whom
he is justly proud, have filled at the
Timmins cannery more than 50,000, get
ting $1.25 per thousand. In fact all who
have fished as well as the canneries
have done. wejl.
A Local Idyl.
Oregon City Enterprise. Mr. Wil
kinson's idea that, the right to keep
cows and let them run at large in Ore'
gon City is God-given is rather far
fetched. . The right of a person to go
naked is more God -given than the right
to keep cows, but one who would pre
sume to perambulate the streets of the
city without proper raiment would get
into trouble very" speedily, and Mr.
Wilkinson would not think of defending
him. The right of the people to own
cows is no more God-given than the
other right of the people, through their
representatives, to prevent the beasts
from roaming at large in the citv. But
people who do not own cows have rights,
and those who do own cows have other
rights than merely to own those quadra
peds. Among these are reasonable se
curity against the marauding cow both
at their homes and in the streets. In
the country cattle do not acquire such
vices as they do in town, and property is
more easily protected against them.
The country is the place for the ani
mals, and no one wonld think of keeping
them off the roads there. But there is
as much unreason in lectins: cattle
range at will through a city where there
is any senrespect and regard for neat
ness and comfort as to have the beasts
in the parlor more, in fact, for letting
them go at large is a public nuisance,
not merely a private one.. It would be
nothing short of disgraceful to repeal
the present ordinance. . -: ,
Registering Tramps.
A Boise City, dispatch says: Don
Doctors has been arrested in Pocatello
charged with illegal registration. '. The
prosecution is being pushed by the re
publicans, who claim that Doctors is a
tramp ; that he was induced by the
democrats to register, and that the
democrats have a' hundred of the same
kind there whom - they will endeavor to
vote.' - - 1 -
THE ENGINEER'S WERE HERE.
The Special -Board Appointed by Con
Kress to Look Over the Inland
Empire.
The board of engineers to examine tli
obstruction at . the dalles, and decide
whether the Inland Empire is a region
worth saving or not, arrived here Satur
dav evenine by steamer Regulator, and
proceeded to the dalles Sunday, ' by
special train, returning in the evening.
Those present were : Col. G. H. Men
dell. Col. W. R. King, Col. C. R. Suter
Maj. J. C. Allen, Gen. E. P. Alexander
Capt. T. W. Symons, Et. Henry Taylor.
V. G. Bogue, and W. R. Hulton.
Col. Mendell is well known here, as is
also some of the other gentlemen. He
was chief of the European commission
appointed to inquire into the practica
bilitv of the boat railway plan, an
made a' very ' elaborate report on the
subject. He is also the chief of the
present commission. The day has been
taken np here in making inquiries, and
several Dalles city gentlemen have called
upon the commission and altogether
they left The Dalles on the noon train
as well posted perhaps as it were possi
ble to be in the short time at hand.
No interviews for publication today
were to be had. That portion of the
work must come through the regular
channels. One member of the commis
sion, however, volunteered to say to
The Chboniclb representative, that
before leaving the east he had been in'
formed that this Inland Empire of the
Pacific northwest was all burned up
that we were not producing anything this
year, and he ' was gratified to see the
evidence of a contrary fact, in our more
than doubled productions, and that we
might rest assured that that ruth would
be embodied in their reports. On the
noon train they proceeded to Walla
Walla. They will- then travel to differ
ent points in the Inland Empire, and
form an opinion as to the necessity
which exists for the improvement of the
river.. Lieut. E. J. Burr, formerly in
charge of the works at the Cascade
locks, is the secretary of the board. He
arrived Yesterday, having been delayed
by a strike on the Santa Fo railway.
It is notjjiflicult to draw the conclu
sioii "as to the necessity of the improve
ruenfc-,-nd it is not easy to see how they
can come to any other agreement than
that the commerce of the Inland Empire
demands ita speedy construction. If
they should report adversely it would be
questioned immediately as to what were
their motives, as no resident of the In
land Empire has been so bold as to ever
claim that the Columbia river should
not be opened in every way possible to
the advantage of commerce.
Not only is the present but the future
to be considered, ibe growtn of the
Inland Empire has been exceedingly
rapid during the last five years, and the
record of the next nve will be more re
markable. A suitable sum has been ap
propriated by the government, so that
even the minutest particulars can be
studied, and a perfectly reasonable state
ment of conditions, needs and cost, can
be made for the consideration of the
next congress.
These gentlemen are supposed to be
eminently qualified to reach a just con
clusion, and the Pacific northwest will
closely watch their movements and anx
xiously await their recommendations
The Columbia is a great waterway, and
it drains an immense country. The
Mississippi alone equals it in commer
cial importance of rivers within the
boundaries of tne United Estates. W hue
complaints are made by envious and less
important sections of the land than the
country tributary to tne uoiumbia, an
im partial consideration of absolute needs
would convince any unprejudiced mind
that the appropriations alreadv made
were justified, and that further large ex
pense is entirely warranted.
The Right Idea.
Seattle Telegraph. The New York
Post says that the Canadian government
has already expended $56,000,000 upon
its canals. These do not meet the re
quirements of the trade of the Great
Lakes, and a company has been incor
porated to build a ship railway from
Lake Ontario to Lake Huron, a distance
of 66 miles across the province of On
tario, which will cost $15,000,000. The
railway will be sufficient to transport
vessels of 2,000 tons displacement. The
promoters of the enterprise say that
there is not the least doubt that the
money will be forthcoming for the work,
aiid their agent is now in London to con
sult English capitalists on the subject.
This is more than five times as much as
it would cost to build the Lake Wash
ington canal, to accomodate the com
merce of the Pacific ocean, and yet there
are those, not many indeed, but some,
who think that we ought to stand still
and wait for congress to dole out a few
hundred thousand dollars a year for the
next decade, the way to build the canal
is to build it. The way to take it out of
politics forever is for some of our ener
getic citizens to take hold of it as a busi
ness enterprise. Every day this idea
is gaining ground and ' we look forward
with confidence to the early inaugura
tion of a plan by which Seattle will dig
tho canal and dig it in 1893.
KILLED AT A SWITCH.
A Union Pacific Bratoan Meets Death
. Unier the Wheels.
HIS FOOT CAUGHT IN THE RAILS.
The Second Accident With the Same
Fatal Result Recently..
FINE RECORD FOR MARKSMANSHIP
Private mil of Fort Sherman Takes the
Principal Prices at Fort Sheri
dan Other News.
Ripari, Oct. 24. Nick Chambers, a
Union 1'acinc brakeman, was run over
by a freight train and instantly killed at
this place yesterday morning. The ac
cident was similar to the one which
happened on the Northern "Pacific in
Spokane several weeks ago. . Chambers
was Helping the others of the train crew
in switching some loaded cars at 5 :10 a.
m., and ran along the track in advance
of the train as it was being backed out of
a siding, for the purpose of throwing a
switch. As he approached the switch
his foot caught between the rail proper
and the guide rail which is usually
placed in such places. He fell upon his
face lengthwise along the rail and be
fore he could move from his perilous
position the train was npon bim. ' The
wheels struck his foot and in passing
along his leg the body was pushed off
the rail and the wheels passed over both
hips. A fellow-brakeman was on . the
rear car and saw the" wheels strike the
prostrate man, but could not stop the
train in time to save him and by the
time he reached him death bad relieved
him from his agony. Chambers was 28
years of age, unmarried, and. was con
sidered one of the best brakemen of the
road. When the body was searched
$750 was found on his person. '
A Prise Winner.
Fokt Sherman, Oct. 24. At the com
petitive drill between enlisted men at
Fort Sheridan, Private Hill of this fort
secured first place on an army team.
He stood third on the army carbine
team, winning a handsome gold medal.
He is a young man just out of bis teens,
and this is his first season as a competi
tor, yet he returns with the department
and army gold medals, valued at $200,
and the Chicago Times gold medal, val
ued at $50, for the best two days' skirm
ish firing record, which he won by a
score of 236. He made 151 points in one
run, putting twenty out of thirty hits
on the lying down figure. His youthful
appearance and excellent shooting won
the admiration of all who were present.
Private Hill may well feel proud of ids
record as a markesman in the army, and
Troop G feels honored in having in its
ranks two men who have captured the
department gold medal, First Sergeant
Holtman having it last year, and also
one of the silver medals of the army
team.
The Nes. Perce Reserve.
Review. The time is near at hand
when the- Nez Perce reservation will be
thrown open to settlement, and already
feeling of increased prosperity per
vades the country adjacent to that vast
reserve. Taking out the lands allotted
to the Indians, there yet remain 600.0CO
acres unclaimed. Of this 500,000 acres
are of tue nnest agricultural tanas,
equaling in fertility the famous Potlatch
country, while the remaining 100,000
afford excellent range. Although there
are millions of acres of nnoccupied lands
in the United States, yet there are com
paratively few tracts of such vast extent
and such desirability remaining, and it
is fair to presume that this reservation
will be rapidly taken by settlers anx
ious and able to improve the lands they
acquire.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
1 wa m
TRICKS ON THE TRADE.
A Shrewd Stranger -Swindles Several
Spokane Merchants.
From the Review. . .
An unknown man, well dressed and of
gentlemanly bearing, has been playing a
rather shrewd game among the business
men of the city during the past week,
endeavoring to secure from them sums
ranging from $10 to $25 on a scheme
which has been worn out by the sharp
ers of the larger cities of the east.
The stranger arrived here last week,
but where he boarded during his stay
here is not known, for though he seemed
to be thoroughly familiar with the city
he had no intimate acquaintances nor
did he wish to form any. He did his
work quietly and it was not until he
left. the 'city that the chief of police
learned that he had been here. During
his stay, however, he is said to have :
caught a number of merchants for small
amounts, and as many of his - victims
would rather lose the money than have
it known that they had been victimized,
they did not notify the authorities until
it was too late to catch the alleged
sharper.
The man's game was an ancient one,
and some of those approached by him;
had had experience with similar
schemes, and of course gave him not
only a cold refusal, but in one instance -fired
him bodily from their office. The
stranger's mode of operation was very
simple and when backed by his remark
able nerve and easy flow of language
was almost always successful when tried
on the uninitiated.
He invariably carried a large, band-
eomely-bonnd book, and entering a bus
iness house he would request an audi
ence witb tbe proprietor. This, pf
course, he easily secured. Opening the
book, be would display to the head of
the firm a large advertisement of that
business house, placed prominently in '
the middle of a page. His invariable
remark as he showed the advertisement
was, "How does that please you r '
The surprised merchant would, of
course, ask by whose authority-the ad
vertisement had been inserted. It was
then the stranger's play to pretend to be
surprised, and he usually played bis
part well. He would explain that the
"ad" had been ordered by some member
of the firm and that lie held a bill
against the firm for $10, $15 or $25. ac
cording to the size of the ."ad." Then
would follow an explanation of the mer
its of the book, which was said to be a
directory of only the reliable firms, of
the community and which wonld be gen
erally circulated throughout the state.
In most cases the result would be that
the merchant would forget that he had
not ordered the . advertisement and
would pay the bill, in consideration of
being classed among the leading firms of
the city and state.
This little scheme did not work with
all the merchants, however, and the
stranger met with a rather warm recep
tion at some of the places which he vis
ited. The Galland-Burke Brewing com-
pany were among those who were' up
with the times and refused to pay for
what they had notordered. F. E. Good
all, cashier of the Washington National
bank, was another who was too ebiewd
for the sharper, and Alonzo M. Mur
phey was another who refused to have
anything to do with the echemo.. The
query, "Have you seen the directory
man?" was frequently beard among the
business men, and those who had been
victimized invariably endeavored to
keep their experiences a secret. A sim
ilar game was worked in Portland sev
eral months ago and the merchants there
who paid for tho advertisements have
been waiting ever since for the book to
appear,. but the strnnger.hus diappeared
and they will probably continue to wait. ". .
The Chicago PostofHce.
Chicago, Oct. 24. Postmaster-Gen.
Wannaniaker was in the city Saturday
and said : "My present conviction is
that I have seen nothing in Chicago that
is so far from being np to the proper
level, in view of the progress Chicago
has made in other directions, than the
Chicago postoffice." Then Mr. AVanna-
maker explained. He said the Appro
priation-was not sufiicient, and he was
going to work with all his energy to get
a larger force of carriers in view of the
rush next year. He then held a levee,
and all the carriers crowded forward for
the honor of a hand-clash from their
superior officer.
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