THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, NOVE2IBER 4, 1892.
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NO DEMOCRATIC SAND.
The last artof Tne Party a SnrrenflBr
a. to The Popnllsts.
THE WHOLE TICKET INELIGIBLE.
The Watchward of Old Liners, is Now
' "Anything to Beat Harrison."
TACITLY OBEYING THEIR MASTERS.
It 1 The Only Thing For n
to do!"
Gasps Chairman Dan Murphy A
Hoodoo King.
Fiom the Portland Telegram.
"Can Weaver carry Oregon if the
electoral ticket is withdrawn?"
The above is the substance of
die-
patch received from the national demo
cratic committee by the state central
committee here last night, and the an
swer wired was. "Yes."
"Withdraw the remaining three elec
tors," came over the wires in return,
and was repeated by wire to the electors
in the field, with instructions to return
to this city at once.
Hon. W. F. Butcher was in the city at
the time the dispatch was received, and
the news was delivered to him in per
son. Hon. George Noland was at Albany,
and arrived in Portland this morning.
Hon. W; M. Colvig answered by wire
from Roeeburg that, owing to the serious
illness of his father, he would be unable
to come to Portland. Messrs. Noland
and Butcher held a conference with the
chairman and members, of the state
central committee at the democratic
headquarters this afternoon.
A Telegram reporter called upon
Chairman Dan R. Murphy this morning,
and asked him what action would be
taken by the state central committee
regarding the matter.
"Whatever is done said Mr. Murphy,
"will be done by electoral candidates by
their own volition. The state central
committee cannot withdraw the electors,
but if they should see fit to resign, their
.esignatious would be accepted. The
matter will be laid before them, and
they will be advised of the national
committee's wishes. This is as far as
the state central committee will go."
"What will the electors do in the
matter?"
"I presume they will continue their
canvass," replied Mr. Murphy with a
emile. "I have talked with the electors.
and Ihev have all told me they are will
ing to withdraw, and I presume they
will do this."
"In your judgment, is this a
thing for the democrats to do?"
"Yes, sir! It is the only thing for ns
to do. The only way for us to fight the
devil is with fire."
""Will the Weaver ticket be elected?'
"Yes, sir, by 14,000 majority. Both
the democratic and people's parties have
been gaining votes since the June elec
tion, while the republicans lost. All the
members of both parties will stand firm
for the Weaver ticket, and no power on
earth can defeat it.
"Will not democrats regard it as an
lUUUiaCXUCU b VI Lllb I'lUlui 111 .
"I believe I am as good a democrat as
there is in the state of Oregon, and
- can more easilv indorse the Omaha
platform than the Minneapolis ; that is,
of two evils, I believe in choosing the
least. The democrats cannot carry the
state, and it resolved itself into a ques
tion of whether Harrison or Weaver
should get the electoral vote of Oregon.
As it now stands in this state, it is
everything vs. McKinleyism and the
force bill, which are the paramount
planks of the democratic platform
"Will the democrats continue the
work of the campaign for the Weaver
electors?"
"Yes, more zealously than before,
Believing we will be successful, the dem
ocrats will have a greater incentive to
work, and harder work will be done
than ever before in this state."
"Wili not the republicans who have
gone over to the peoples party return to
the republican fold?"
"No, sir; the republicans who have
gone over to the peoples party have left
I the republican party for a principle and
there is no reason for their desertion of
the principle contended for, because the
democrats propose to aid them in carry
ing out that principle."
"Will not some of the democrats bolt
Ithe Weaver ticket?"
'No, I do not think there is a demo
crat in the state who will not vote the
ticket. I believe they are earnestly for
Cleveland, and the Barest way of assur-
ng, the election of Cleveland is to pre-
Irent that of Harrison. - The democrats
vould be foolish not to fortifv them-
I elves at every point to secure this
esult." ' . i
The Dalles Portage.
Arlington Record. This question is
the mo6t vital of all others to the people
of this section of Oregon. Never before
in the history of this region have the
prospects for an open river been so
bright as now. ' 'Our representatives
from this section will either go as a unit
in favor of this appropriation or else they
should go prepared for the well merited
condemnation '.of their constituency.
They will also have the full advantage
of the many artful schemes that have so
often and so long defeated the people in
their clamor for their honest rights
against corporate greed. Our immediate
relief now rests with this body, and
there seems little doubt of their fair and
honest consideration of a portage, which
means its speedy construction by the
state.
Resuming .Navigation. '
McMinnville Reporter. It is not im
probable that before spring" people will
witness what they have not beheld for
a number of years, steamboats ascend
ing the Yamhill river. The sound of
the steamboat whistle would be familiar
music to many of them. The work now
being done by the government employes
in removing obstructions ought to render
navigation as practicable as before the
advent of the railway, when the bulk of
the local traffic was carried on by water.
While it is not probable that boats will
ascend frequently during the winter
months, our merchants and shippers
should adopt a policy of encouraging
river transportation, and if some enter
prising citizen should take a notion to
build a boat and name it The McMinn
ville, he should obtain substantial aid if
needed.
The Hotel Perkins.
J. W. Hodson and Geo. E. Good, of
Salem, have leased the popular and cen
trally located Perkins hotel in Portland
for a term of ten years, and . took pos
session last Monday afternoon. They
pay $25,000 for the furniture and a ren-
tal of $1,800 per month for the building,
including the bar room, restaurant and
hve- stores. -They receive $800 per
month, for the restaurant, bar room and
stores, leaving them $1,000 per month
to pay for the hotel. It is one of the
beat hotels in Portland, is rapidly gain
ing in favor, and, with good and liberal
management, such as will keep the
rooms full, the new proprietors ought to
each make a comfortable fortune in ten
vears.
Niagara Falls Tnnnel.
Niagara Falls', Nov.,2. An extension
of the great tunnel 500 feet has been de
termined on and the contract has been
let to A. C. Douglas and George H
Johnson. The former is the tunnel
canal and wheel-pit contractor, and the
latter has been interested with him and
has also conducted a -commissary store
in the tunnel district. Work upon the
extension has already begun. It is to be
completed February 1, 1893.
Chicago, Nov. 3. There are 10,000
loaded grain cars in Chicago and there
is absolutely fib place to unload them
Every elevator is crammed to the eaves,
few of the shippers are inclined to pay
the rate and a majority of the boats do
not care to take grain at anv price. The
reason for the lack of lake transports'
tion is that every elevator from Toledo
to Buffalo seems to be as full as those in
Chicago, and vessels have no way of dis
charging. Some of the shippers are
compelled to hurry their grain forward,
but even by rail they began meeting
stumbling blocks yesterday. One prom
inent road refused 250 cars of grain be
cause the shippers wanted it routed over
a trunk line from which no guarantee
could be obtained of prompt return of
cars. Apparently New York is as badly
blocked as Chicago, and grain cars
through to that point might as well be
run into east river as far as their return
is concerned. East-bound lines from
Chicago are beginning to hoard their
cars as a miser does his gold. If they
took every car of the traffic offered them
they might easily see the time within
a few weeks when all their cars would
be used as storage ware houses on trunk
line side tracks. Exactly this state of
affairs is coming about in a less degree
on western roads. In spite of their best
attempts cars are being piled up in Chi
cago at a rate which will soon make the
blockade of last year a very insignificant
affair. To move the blockade from here
is exactly the same as pushing on the
Chicago end of a rope, the other end of
which is in New York city. From this
time on the rope must be pulled across
the ocean from the New York end. The
same state of affairs exists on the border
line of Mexico. The Mexicans are
clamoring for grain. Recent reports in
dicate great damage to their crops by
frost and hundreds of carloads of corn
are side tracked on the border because
Mexican roads can not or will not fur
nish cars for transfer. '
New Smelter.
Boise City, Nov. 3. Judge J. W.
Huston returned today from Mineral,
where he inspected the mine of the Mer
riam mining company. He says an 80
ton smelter is being constructed there to
replace one of 30-ton capacity, which
was burned recently. The new smelter
will be ready to handle ore in four weeks.
BLAINE'S . NEW BOOK.
A fori in Contemplation, fhicli Will
T Repire Two Years. Labor.
HIS VIEW OF THE COMIXG VOTE
Niagara Falls Tunnell to be. Extended
During the Winter.
A CASK OF LEPKOSr KEFOBTED,
The Patient a Philladelphia
Woman
Sixty-Seven Tears or Age Minor
Topic.
Washington, Nov. 1. James G
Blaine has in contemplation a labor
which will probably take him two years
to complete. He intends to write an
other book, but as yet Mr. Blaine has
not been able to decide between a second
edition of "Twenty Years in Congress'
and a book to . be entitled "Memoirs of
James G.JBlaine." Mr. Blaine has given
much thought to this subject and will
commence his labors in a very short
time. Mr. Blaine will not eo home to
cast his ballot for Harrison and Ried be
cause the trip is a long one and the doc
tor advises against it. He has expressed
the opinion that Harrison in the presi
dential contest has the best of the fight
This ill Colorado.
Denver, Nov. 1. The remaining two
representatives of the people's party on
the electoral ticket, substituted, bv the
Cleveland democrats when they with
drew their presidential electors, yester
day declined to serve as Cleveland repre
sentatives, and together with their col
leagues endeavored to have their names
removed from the Cleveland ticket. The
secretary of state this morning decided
he cannot interfere, thus . forcing the
people's party electors to serve on the
democratic ticket against their will. It
is not known now what will be the next
move by the people's party.
A Case of Leprosy.
Philadelphia, Nov. 1. An American
woman, showing every symptom of lep
rosy, has been admitted to the municipal
hospital. The patient is a woman of 67
years, who has always resided in this
city, and never been abroad nor near
any other person with leprosy to the
best of her knowledge.
A Grave Objection.
Post Falls Post. This is a poor year for
republicans to bolt their ticket and vote
for men who espouse any other doctrine
than protection to American labor. A
laboring man who votes the democratic
or populist ticket, votes in favor of hav
ing his wages cut down to a level with
the wages in vogue in a free trade
country, which are from 25 to 50 cents a
dav.
Piano Thumpers.
Chicago News. The piano players in
New York have been holding a competi
tive contest to demonstrate which artist
has the greater endurance. One played
seventeen hours without stopping for a
rub-down or food and the other 'gave in
at the end of sixteen hours and fifty-two
minutes. The beaten competitor is
said to be in a condition of complete ex
haustion. The condition of those who
listened to the contest is not described.
Sock lens Jerry.
Review. Jerry Simpson has. practi
cally abandoned his fight for congress in
the Seventh Kansas district, and is lay
ing his wires lor the United States sen
ate. Kansas has been gerrymandering
into a condition that renders possible
the election of a populist legislature
even should the state go largely for Har
rison, and it is upon the possibilities of
this gerrymander that the sockless
statesman bases his hope.
. The Question of Roads.
Capital Journal. There has .been
much said the past year about better
roads being needed in Oregon. How
much better are they? It was predicted
that the new law requiring, road tax to
be paid in cash would work a great ref
ormation. Has any reform come through
this eource? We would like farmers and
others to tell what they know about this
matter.
' Birth Day Party.
Telegram. Hon. William Barlow,
who was one of the first white men to
cross the Cascade mountains by the Bar
low pass, and has lived in Clackamas
county since 1845, celebrated his 70th
birthday a few days ago at his home at
Barlow etation. The entire Barlow fam
ily and a number of intimate friends
were present and enjoyed the occasion
thoroughly. Mrs. Barlow, who is a
month older than her husband, pre
sented him with a handsome painting of
the snow peaks Three Sisters, executed
by herself. The famous Barlow road
was named after this venerable pioneer.
Mr. Barlow has seen Portland grow
from a few log cabins into a great and
beautiful city. '.
.;. ' The Old Parrot Cry.
Review. : In 1884 the democracy raised
the false cry of dishonesty against the
republicans. "Turn the rascals out,", it
shrieked from one end of the country to
the other. Cleveland was elected. His
administration failed to find a single
penny unaccounted for, it failed to find
a single "rascal." It turned out honest
men and put in ex-convicts, ex-rebels
and incompetents. Today, finding itself
shelled out of every ' position it has
taken, it is resorting to the same old
parrot cry about dishonesty. It wants
a look at the books, although the books
are already open to the inspection of
the public. It pretends to be a party of
reform. In reality it is the party of
absconding etate treasurers, Pan-Electric
scandals, rotten rings and corrupt
city government. It would do well to
reform itself before setting itself np to
reform its betters.
Following Their Old Captain.
Pendleton Tribune. The democratic
party in Oregon seems to be like a ship
at mid sea and without latitude or longi
tude. Six years ago Governor Pennoyer
was the idol. In the days agone he was
the statesman without a peer, but when
he was compelled to desert the rotten
hulk of democracy because he could not
afford to ride in the steerage and partake
of the fare that was tendered him, he
was shamefully abused by the entire
crew. But it seems they could not man
the craft without him, and today they
are banging on to the drifting wreck and
reaching out for the governor's new boat
that was launched at Rosebnrg on last
October, and urging the captain to take
them on board.
AN IMPOSING PARADE
Republicans of Oregon Assembled
m
Portland Today.
THE PROCESSION THIS EVENING
Delegations From Every Portion of
the State Arriving.
SHORT SPEECHES AT THE ARMORY,
Astoria With Its Drilled Flambeau
. Clnb and a Host of Other Or
. ganizations.
Portland, Nov. 3. The republican
mass meeting to be held here tonight
promises to be the largest demonstra
tion ever held in the state. It will con'
gist of the most brilliant and imposing
illuminated parade ever witnessed in
Oregon, followed by speaking at the
armory. .. in the parade will be drilled
Flambeau clubs, a host of marching
torch 'bearers, a bicycle brigade with
illuminated helmets,' a mounted division
of. prominent citizens, attractive floats
representing the industries of the state,
plumed knights and other attractive
features, with a great many bands of
music. Delegations to swell the ranks
and enjoy the spectacle are here, or en
route from Salem, Albany, Eugene, Cor
vallis, Dallas, Monmouth, Independ
ence, McMinnville, Hillsboro, Forest
Grove, Astoria, Oregon city, The Dalles,
Vancouver and numerous other places.
After the parade a public meeting will
be held in the armory, which will ac
commodate 4,000 people, at which ten-
minute speeches will be made by Sena
tors Mitchell and Dolph, Congressmen
Hermann. and Ellis, Hon. H. E. Mc
Ginn, Hon. C. W. Fulton, Hon. John
F. Caples, Hon. Thos. H. Tongue, Hon.
H. B. Miller, Hon. M. C. George, Hon.
H. H. Northrup, Hon. Geo. C. Brownell,
Hon. Rufus Mallory, Rev. T. Brown
and other prominent republicans.
MARKET REVIEW.
Summary of Trade and Business for the
Current Week.
Thursday, Nov. 1. There has been
an increased activity in business circles
during the past week, and the markets
have shown more life and a healthier
condition than any former one for the
eeason. Interior buyers have been
plentiful and purchases have been large,
at satisfactory prices.
Money has been easier and has circu
lated more freely amongst the people,
thereby enabling those who have been
carried by the merchants to square up
accounts and cancel old scores.
There is a slight change in quotations
in the grocery line. Sugars have de
clined a cent per lb since our last
report, and the market is not firm.
Coffee is firmer, an advance of a cent
has taken place within the last few
days.
Loose Muscatel raisins of the-new crop
hare put in an appearance and are
quoted at 8 cents per K in sacks. Dried
fruits are firm and have an upward
tendency. A slight advance is noticed
in prunes and dried apples, with a better
inquiry. The market is very steady in
eggs with a fair daily delivery at 27
cents per dozen..
Butter, is in good supply and is more I
plentiful. Extra fresh roll we quote 50
cents to 55 cents per roll. Packed butter
is dull sale at 35 to 40 cents per roll.
mi.
xiio poultry market has turned a
little dearer, spring chickens sell at
$2.50 to $3.50 per doz. Old fowls, from
$3.50 to $4.50 per doz. The market is
entirely bare of turkevs, ducks and
geese.
In the produce lines, potatoes remain
steady on former quotations. Onions
are in fair supply and prices are some
what off. The market will not shade
any over 1 cent per E. The prices of
other vegetables are nominal as .the
supply is good. In green fruits there is
no change to note.
The beef and mutton market is steady.
It is said that the American dressed
beef and storage company of Troutdale
have a eorner on the meat question. If
that be the case and the trust have the
control of the market, there will be no
change in prices. Our quotations re
main unchanged.
PRODUCE MARKET.
The wheat situation is as feverish as
reported last week. Quotations have
ranged from 63 cents down to 59 for No.
1, wheat and 55 to 57 for No. 2. A drop
ot z cents occurred on Tuesday and re
covered slightly the next day. Portland
markets report a steady, quiet decline
in quotations. Valley isquoted at 1.2'
and Eastern Oregon at per cental
with large receipts. The Dalles quotes
today, .61 per bushel for No. 1, .58 for
No,. 2, and .55 for No. 3. The oat and
barley market is verv sluggish. Prices
are unchanged. The hay supply is very
large, with large quantities in first
hands.
WHEAT PRODUCT AND RKQEl'IRMKNTB,
Estimates, which are based on the
actual situation of the breadstuff's mar'
ket in Europe, reveals the fact that she
will require 250,000,000, bushels of wheat
to carry her over to the harvest of 1893,
India has already exported her surplus
of 25,000,000 bushels. The Bulgarian
provinces, Romanian and German Em
pire have been called on for their limited
surpluses. There are about 25,000,000
bushels for export in the southern hem
isphere, which after deducting the above
ainount-50,000,000 leaves a requirement
of 175,000,000 which must come from the
United States and the Canadas. The
United States last estimate, just received
is that her product for 1892, is 520,000,
000 bushels, and Canada's .surplus for
export, is 15,000,000 bushels. It will be
readily seen that the demand on the
United States and our northern neighbo:
will not fall short of 200,000,000 bushels
to he drawn from us.' The West Indies
and some of the South American conn
tries, together with the constant drain
from us in flour for the China trade, will
reduce our surplus 25 or 30,000,000 bush
els. Our reserve requirement for
twelvemonth, which is for seeding
bread, and mechanical purposes, -is not
less than 370,000,000 bushels, so there i:
only left of our surplus 150,000,000 bush
els for export. Every bushel we export
in excess of our extra surplus must be
drawn from our reserve, and to do this
at the phenominal low prices, quotable
in Sah Francisco, at $1.31 per cental, a
point not known since 1888.
Mark Lane Express says: The low
prices current are greatly affecting the
deliveries of wheat, farmers having 15
per cent, less and delivering 30 per cent,
less. Millers are bidding low for im
ported wheat, knowing the greater part
of the American surplus will come to
Great Britain, as France will need only
one-fifth and Holland only one-third
what they needed in 1891.
REAL ESTATE.
The real estate dealings of the week
have been more frequent. The inquiry
for properties has been by a class of
persons whe desire to make permanent
investment in city property. The scar
city of vacant dwellings has had some'
thing to do with it, but the feeling that
the early completion of the cascade
locks will make this city the head of
navigation for the commerce of the In
land Empire is the stimulating influence
which prompts investments in this
section. The volume of transfers has
been in excess of the former week, and
the considerations have been larger,
City property is the most sought after,
although fruit lands are in increased
demand near by. .
PRODUCE MARKET
Portland quotes vallev wheat at
$1 25, Walla Walla at $1 174 to $1 20
per cental.
The Dalles market is steady at 60 to
63 cents per bus. for No. 1. and 57 to 59
cents per bus. for No. 2 and No. 3.
Barley The market is nearly lifeless
in barley, prices are down to 70 and 75
cents per 100 lbs.
Oats The oat market is stiff and of
ferings are light at $1 25 cents per 100
lbs. Rye 75 cents per bushel.
Millstuffs Bran and ehorts are
quoted at $18 00 per ton. mid
dlings $22 50 to $23 00 per ton. Rolled
barley, $23 W to $24 uu per ton. Shell
ed corn $1 25 per 100 tts.
Floub Salem mills flour is quoted at
$5 50 per - barrel. Diamond brand at
$3 90 per bbl. per ton and $4 00 per bbl.
retail.
Hay Timothy hay ranges in price
from $12 00 to $15 00 per ton, according
to quality and condition. Wheat hay is
in full stock on a limited demand at
$10 00 to $12 00 per ton. There is no
inquiry for oat hay, and prices are off.
Alfalfa hay is not much called for, and
is quoted at $10 00 to $12 00 per ton.
These quotations are for bailed hay ex
clusively. -.'''"
Butter Fresh roll butter is in fair
supply at 50 to 55 cents per roll, in brine
or dry salt we quote 40 to 45 cents per
roll. f
Eggs The egg market is getting shore"
in supply and good fresh eggs find ready
sale at 27, cents per dozen cash, or 3tr
cents in trade. .
Poultry There is a fair demand for
lowls for a home market and for ship- .
ment to Portland. Spring chickens are
quoted at $2 00 to $2 50 per dozen, and
old. ones at $3 00. Turkeys and geese
do not figure in the market at present.
Beef a Mutton Beef cattle is in
moderate - demand at $1 75 per 100
weight gross to $2 25 for extra good. '
Mutton is held at an advance of last
years prices and is quoted at $3 00 . to
$4 75 per head. Pork offerings are
light and prices are nominal at 4 to 4
gross weight and 5 cents dressed.
- STAPLE GROCERIES.
Coffee Costa Rica, is quoted at 22)c
per lb., by the sack. Salvadore, 22c.
Arbnckles, 25c.
Sugar Golden C, in bbls or sack ,
$5 25; Extra C, $5 35; Dry granulated
$6 15; In boxes, D. G., in 30 lb boxes,
$2 25. Ex C, $2 00. GC $L 85.
Syrup $2 002 75 pr keg.
Piri- Tartan vinA At . .. J
rice, 7 cts.
Beans Small whites, 4,5 c; Pink.
44c per 100 lbs. "
Salt Liverpool, 501b sk, 65c; 1001b
sk,$l 20; 2001b sk, $2 25. Stock salt.
$16 00 per ton.
dried J?ruits Italian prunes. 10c per
lb, by box. Evaporated apples, 10c per
lb. Dried grapes, old crop, 9(310c per
pounu.
VEGETABLES AND FRUITS.
Potatoes Peerless, Buffalo whites,
Snowflake and Burbank seedlings quoted
at $1 25 per 100 lbs.
Onions The market quotations for
A I onions is $1 00 per 100 lbs.
Green Fruits Good apples sell for
5075c per box. Fall and early winter
pears pre quoted at 60(g"5c per box.
HIDES AND FURS,
Hides Are quoted as follows:
0c lb ; green, ; culls 4c lb.
Dry,
Sheep Pelts 60(565 ea. Deerskins,
20c lb for winter and 30c for summer.
Dressed, light $1 lb, heavy 75c lb. Bear
skins, $1$10 ea; beaver, $2 50 lb;
otter, $4; fisher, $5$5 50: silver gray
fox, $10(2$25), red fox, $1 25 ; grey for,
$2 50(a3: martin, $1$1 25; mink,
50c55c; coon, 35c; coyote, 50c 75c;
badger, 25c; polecat, 25c45c; com
mon house cat, 10c(g25c ea.
Wool The market is reported off on.
wool, and is quoted at 12c16c lb.
BUILDING MATERIALS. .
Lumber Rough lumber No. 1 $11 M,
No. 2 $9 M. Dressed flooring and rus
tic, No. 1 $25 M, No. 2 $20, No. 3 $16.
Finishing lumber, $22 50$30 M.
Lime, $1 25 per bbl ; plaster, $4 50 per
bbl ; cement, $4 50 per bbl ; hair, 7 cents
per lb; white lead, 7 cents per lb
mixed paints, $1 60 1 75 per gat;
boiled linseed oil, 65 cents per gal.
HISTORICAL INCIDENT.
Reminiscence of an Attack Upon The
Dalles and Canyon City" Stage.
Hidden away in the musty archives
of the State of Oregon is a long curious
looking tin box that contains a 38-cali-
ber Colt revolver, very large and heavy,
a bowie-knife made from a butcher
knife, two pair of bullet molds, two ram
rods . and a belt. They are old and
rusty, but they are prized as relics of
Oregons early history when Indians
were on the warpath and settlers' lives
were in danger. In 1887 this historical
arsenal was presented to the state of
Oregon through Secretary McBride, and
since then it has lain undisturbed in the
stale house. The articles were the
property of H. C. Paige when he made
himself famous by a desperate conflict
with a band of Indians in September,
1866. He was messenger for Wells,
Fargo & Co., and was guarding the com
pany treasure box which was being car
ried by stage from Canyon city to The
Dalles. H. H. Wheeler j,was driver of
the coach, and it was near Alkali Flat.
There were no passengers and the two
were slowly jogging along a very hilly-
portion of the road, when suddenly six
teen Indians on horseback made a dash
for the coach, firing as they approached.
Paige sprang to the ground and single
handed engaged the savages. So rapid
and effective was his fire that three of
the Indians fell from their horses and
the remainder scattered in flight. But
they soon rallied and again surrounded
the doomed stage. Meanwhile Wheeler
received a bullet near the corner of his
month which passed entirely through
his cheeks. It was impossible to drive
faster than a walk, so rough was the
road, so Paige and Wheeler unhitched
the two lead horses, mounted them and
left the scene to the mercy of the Indi
ans. Amidst a volley of bullets they
fled to the nearest station and thence to
The Dalles. Mr. Paige is now living in
eastern Oregon, but he leads a quiet
and secluded life and refuses to talk of
his brave actions or his valuable connec
tion with the early settlement of the
state.
BOES.
To the wife of Wm. H. Sharp Nov. 1st,
a daughter.
Married.
In the Umatilla house parlor, by Rev.
W. C.Curtis pastor of the Congregational
church of this city, on Tuesday Nov. 1st,
William H. O'Dell and Miss Emma
Decker.
On Wednesday Nov. 2d, by Rev. W.
, Curtis at the residence of the grooms
father on 10-Mile Toney A. Whilhelm
and Bertha Gunther.
Connty Treasurer's Notice.
All county warrants registered prior
to April 1, lss'J, will be paid it pre
sented at my office, corner Third and '
Washington streets, interest ceases on
and after this date.
The Dalles, Oct. 31, 1892.
William Michbll,
10.31tf Treasurer Wasco County, Or-