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VOL. II.
THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1892.
NUMBER 49.
1WAR IS
The' Argentine Eepnhlic to Inyelye
Chili anil Pem. .
PERU IS IN FIXE FIGHTING TRIM.
Vigorous Recruiting Going On in the
Argentine Republic.
ARMING WITH FEVERISH HASTE.
Chill Tardily Opening Her Eye to
the threatened Inaslon Other
Topics of Interest.
Panama, Nov. 10. According toad
vices from Chili, a war is imminent be
tween the Argentine Republic and Peru
on one side and Chili on the other.
Peru is perfectly well armed, and her
forces have recently received 100,000
Mannlicber rifles of the latest pattern,
toeether with other formidable machines
of war. A Chilian gentleman just ar
rived from Peru states that in that re
public the approaching war with Chili
affords the staple for conversation, and
in fact a pretense of friendship is only
put forth as- a means of gaining time.
In the Argentine Republic vigorous re
cruiting of both natives and foreigners
is being prosecuted, and the govern
ment, in feverish haste, is arming
troops. There is no longer any doubt a
secret compact against Chili, offensive
and defensive, exists between the two
republics named, and they are only
awaiting anything that will serve as
casus belli in order to throw an army
into Tarapaca and another upon the
southern frontier, while strong skir
mishing parties will harass the country
from the Cordilleras. The Chilian gov
ernment has tardily opened its eyes to
t.ho threatened invasion, and ordered
the steamers of the C. S. A. V. to be
prepared for immediate incorporation
into the navy, cabling for Captain Pratt
to proceed to Valparaiso at once.
THE ENGLISH PRESS.
How It Feels Over the Election of Cleve
land and Stevenson.
London, Nov. 10. The Morning Post
pavri "The fact of Mr. Cleveland's re
turn by a large majority over the mot
ley crowd who adopted the McKinley
bill cannot be taken as an jnuicauuu
fiscal changes are at
hand. The adjustment of necessary
taxation in the interest of the manu
facturers class iB one thing; the con
tinuation nf taxes which are not re
quired is a very different thing. Per
haps Mr. Cleveland would be stronger
had he declined the aid ot lammany
hall."
The Times says : "It is clear that the
democrats are by no means prepared to
commit themselves to free trade. For
the present the party will be satisfied
. with the usual arrangements for placat
' ing professional politicians, who have
shown their power more strikingly than
on any former occasion. The election
was not only a protest against protec
tion, but also a deathblow to the efforts
of party men to manufacture political
capital out of the memories of the civil
war."
The Daily News says: "At present
the country has'only decided in favor of
freer trade than before. Cleveland
cannot move fasterjthan the nation, and
the economic heresies of half a lifetime
are not to be extirpated in a day. The
New York machine, which long has
been a vile contrivance for securing the
' private" ends of self-seeking politicians,
has received a deadly blow, for tinder
. the other name of Tammany it has been
compelled to support Cleveland."
The Standard says: "Although the
McKinley protectionists have received a
knock-down blow, the sequel probably
will show that protection has been only
scotched, andJnot killed. As far as this
country is concerned," the article says,
. "the victory of one party or the other is
not a matter of political importance.
Whichever party is in power, there arise
occasions on which the United States
- government fails in courtesy . toward
Great Britain, but everybody knows
that these disagreeable incidents are
merely electoral maneuvers."
The French Victorious.
Paris, Nov. 10. The French have
captured Cana, near Abomey, the capi
tal of Dahomey, with a loss of sixteen
killed and eighty-two wounded. This
practically ends the campaign. Colonel
Dodda has been made a general. ,
THE DALLES SOUTHERN.
A Sample Lot of Timber it is Intending
' to Reach.
One of the inducements held out for
the construction of The Dalles Southern
railway, is a belt of timber in the Cas
cade mountains. The forests of the Cas
cade and Coast mountains of Oregon
have often been compared with the pin
eries of the lake region and the New
England states, but few realize the dif
ference. The pines of the east are
dwarfed and stunted, when compared
with the giant firs and mighty cedars
that adorn the slopes of our western
mountains, where . the moisture-laden
and the warm winds of the Pacific keep
them in constant growth the entire year.
Of the belt of timber referred to in con
nection with The Dalles Southern, one
who has visited it says there is miles of
it that will bear an estimate of from
seven to ten million feet of standin
timber to the quarter section ! much of
the timber is the giant red cedar, known
as Alaskan cedar, though better in qual
ity than the same timber in that north
em region. This timber is used for
shingles, and is worth $20 per 1,000 feet,
The trees are monsters, reaching often
200 feet in hight and eight to tweive
feet in diameter, so large that the logs
would have to be blasted into halves bo
fore they could be bandied in the mills.
The fir, which is so much heavier,
tougher and more durable wood than
the pine, also grow to great girth and
tapering more symmetrically than the
cedar, reaches a still greater bight in
proportion to its base diameter.
To look at this forest one might think
the supply inexhaustible,' but we are
told from the demands elsewhere, and
the inroads made upon timber in Oregon
that it is rapidly increasing in value.
With lavish hands have the settlers of
the Pacific slope spent the wealth nature
gave them. Millions of dollars have
gone up in the smoke, either by the de
liberate act of the homesteader in clear
ing his land, or by the carelessness joI
others in setting fires that have spread
over the thousands of acres, killed the
trees, rendered them valueless as tim
ber, and checked the young growth
For all this waste we must some time
pay, and the miners are already paying
in the decrease in the amount of water
in the streams late in. the season. The
destruction of the forest should be
stopped except for commercial purposes,
and some practical method of making
good the waste should be adopted. The
science of forestry may be able to warn
us of the danger of destroying the for
ests, but it cannot pass laws and execute
them. '
CUNNING COYOTES.
One of The Most Remarkable Evidences
of Brute Intelligence.
Yon speak of the cunning nature of
the fox. Reynard will have to take
back seat, when compared with our com
mon wild dog or coyote. Their schem
ing maneuvers in trapping jack rabbits
and stealing chickens, have often been
talked about, but an incident occurred
the other fmornine which places these
wild canines far ahead of their tame,
domesticated brothers in intelligence.
During the past summer and fall, jack
rabbits have been unusually scarce in
this locality, and besides this, the far
mers have all placed highpicket fences
around their hen coopes. Coyotes have
beer, just as thick, however, and their
melancholy howling is, nightly, audible
to the residents of the rural districts
ADOut tneir only means ot obtaining a
full stomach now is to find an occasional
cow, which lingers on the railroad track
too long. Section men say that when a
cow Is Btruck and killed by the night
train the skeleton is all that remains to
be buried in the morning.
Evidently such occurrences are too
rare to satisfy the wily covotes. The
other morning, as train No.
24 was approaching Echo station,
Engineer Harry Mapes noticed a cow on
the track ahead. He whistled, and the
cow didn't move. As he got closer, he
noticed two coyotes herding the cow,
holding her on the track. He applied
tne air Drakes ana reversed tne engine
and had almost stopped before the cow
made a move to get off the track. The
coyotes trotted off a ways and stopped,
looking back in a sneaking manner, as if
ashamed of having been foiled in their
game. .
. An Attempted Revolution.
Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. 10. Ad
vices from Hayti tell of an attempted
uprising at Cape Haytien. Hippolyte
was pn the alert, however, and nipped
the revolution in the bud. There were
many arrests, and it ia rumored some
executions. The Manigal party has
nothing to do with the affair, and ex
pressed much surprise w'hen the sews
reached here. ' It may interfere ' with
some of their plans by putting Hippo
lyte on his guard. . ' .
THE DEAD DUKE TALK.
Relatives Claim That he Died Alter the
' Plehian Style. '
BREKING MORAL LAW BY HABIT.
A Positive Contradiction That he Died
an Unatural Death.
HE WAS "HIS OWN WORST ENEMY.
Fost-iUortem Examination Reveals
Calcarous Degeneration of The
Heart.
London, Nov. 10. Further particulars
regarding the finding of the body of the
Duke of Marlborough show that when
the body was found life had been extinct
several hours. The Chronicle says: The
late duke of Marlborough was by habit a
breaker of moral law and by desire a
founder of economic laws. He was
man of whose ancestor it was said he
provedfalse to every woman and every
cause with , which he was connected
But the late duke was not connected
with any cause. 'Nothing whatever but
good of the dead' is more or less the
hypocritical fashion of the day. So we
may say of his latter years that they
were an improvement on his earlier
ones." - The Times publishes an inter
view had with Lord Randolph Church-
ill, in which he said : "Please contradict
positively that he died an unnatural
death. From all we have been able to
gather so far, he died of syncope. There
will be a post-mortem examination, and
perhaps an inquest. Of course, that de
pends upon the result of the post-mor
tem." The Times says: "The late
duke was his own worst enemy, and by
scandals in his private life threw away
the certainty of attaining a position of
great tinfluence. in the country." The
post-mortem examination of the body of
the Duke of Marlborough revealed that
his death was the result of calcarous de
generation of a large vessel of the heart.
Prohibiting Immigration.
New York, Nov 10. The board of
trade and transportation at its meeting
yesterday held a lively discussion of the
subject of immigration. James H. Sey
mour introduced a resolution to request
congress to consider the desirability of
prohibiting immigration for three years
This resolution was adopted. The
board also referred to a committee of
five, Messrs. Wise, Seymour, Barrett,
Wielands and Smith, Jthe question of
restricting immigrating, reciting that a
grave question now confronts the people
of this country by reason of the promis
cuous and unresticted.immigration from
other countries.
. The New Orleans Strike.
New Orleans, Nov. 10. Governor
Foster is expected to issue a proclama
tion today assuming control. The muni
cipal authorities are seemingly unequal
to the occasion. The mayor issued a
proclamation this morning calling on all
good citizens to present themselves at
the city hall to be sworn in as ' special
policemen. Only 18 men answered the
summons. The police force are' worn
out ancl demoralized with the protracted
duties. Eleven military-companies of
the state are under arms. Some of the
printers have gone back to work.
The English Stallion Ormonde.
London, Nov. 10. The Sportsman an
nounces that the great stallion Ormonde
will come' back to England from Buenos
Ayres in January. It adds: "He will
serve here 10 mares at 300 guineas each
before his , new owner, William Mc-
Donough, has him taken to San Francis
co." '
Killed In a Political Fight.
iiempstead, iex., jmov. iu. in a po
litical not Charles King and C. McCon
nell were shot and killed.
- Wanted A Change. .
- Alliance, C.Nov. 10. One of the
big surprises oft he election was the
selection of Dr. George P. Ikirt, dem.,
in tms (.luctt-iniey 8) district, lor con
gress. - Put Into Fort Leaking.
.London, Nov. 10. The ship State of
Maine, from New York for Puget Sound,
pnt into Montevideo with her watertank
leaky. ....
General Sickles' Eligibility.
Washington, Nov. 10. The election
in ' congress from the tenth district of
New York of General Sickles has revived
theqnestion as to the right of an officer
on the retired list of the army to a seat
in congress in view of the constitutional
provision that "no person holding any
office' under the United States shall be
a member of either house of Congress
during his continuance in office." The
only question involved is whether retired
army officers holds an office within
the meaning of the constitution.
The consensus of opinion among legal
officials on this point is in the affirma
tive. There is not even a probability
however, that any official of the execu
tive branch of the government will at
tempt to interfere in any way' with the
seating of Geneial Sickles. Therefore,
unless some member of the house itself
shall make the objection, he will be al
lowed to take his seat.
To Keep Out the Cholera.
Washington, Nov. 10. In view of the
still lingering possibility of a fresh out
break of cholera in European countries
in the early spring, and the consequent
danger of its introduction into the
United States, officials of the treasury
department have determined to main
tain' the utmost vigilance in guarding
against the entrance of people or mer
chandise that might posssibly convey
germs of the dreaded epidemic. To this
end, immigration will be generally dis
cou raged and the provisions of the presi
dent's proclamation of September
imposing a quarantine of twenty days
on all suspected immigrants, will be
vigorously enforced. The transporta
tion companies have been given to
understand that the department reserves
the right to remove the restriction in
special cases calling for such action
According to official construction, all
aliens who come to this country for per
manent residence are immigrants, and
will be treated as such, regardless of
whether they travel in the cabin or
steerage.
The Butcher's Trust.
The Union Meat company is what
they call the consolidated beef trust in
Portland now. Parties from Chicago,
however, are in the country, and The
Dalles stands as good a show as any
point in the Pacific Northwest for being
the leading beef market another year,
Why not? The location for securing
cattle, sheep, hogs, etc., is superior to
Portland in every way, and the facilities
for marketing the goods are equal to any
one of the best points on the Pacific
coast. It is a well known fact that the
bulk of the hams, bacon, lard, canned
and smoked .meats that are consumed in
this market are imported from eastern
cities. This is also the case on tne en
tire coast, and the magnitude of this
trade can be better understood when
it
is stated that carefully-compiled statis
tics show that something like 60,000,000
pounds of meat products of the kinds
before stated were imported the past
year for consumption by the coast states
and British Columbia. This is due to
the fact hat the large eastern packing
houses possess facilities for putting up a
more palatable and desirable brand of
meats, etc., of this'character than have
been heretofore put up by local pro-,
ducers. .The reason for this is readily J
apparent to all who will give the matter
anv consideration. There is no one es
tablishment here that is devoted to the
packing business, and consequently the
hams, bacon, etc., of local production
are not at all of uniform quality. The
Dalles could have facilities equal to Chi
cago, with a Chicago firm behind it; to
supply the whole coast with meats of
uniform quality. Discussing . this mat
ter yesterday the Oregonian says : .
As large as the city of Sar Fran
cisco is, it was only recently tnat
plant 6f this kind was put up1 there,
and it remained for Chicago parties
the same ones who are desirous of
locating here to start the enterprise,
the residents of the Bay City not being
progressive enough to establish such a
much-needed institution. Now that
these same gentlemen are about to es
tablish 'another great enterprise here
they cannot but be the recipients of con
gratulations frpm all sources, and with
the display of the same zeal and energy
shown by them in the past, success is
assurred for them in their new field of
operations."
- - Was Admitted to Ball.
Buipalo, N. Y., Nov. 11. Lieut. Cas-
sidy, of Brooklyn', accused of having shot
Michael Broderick during the switch
men'i strike, ; appeared,- before' Judge
GreeiS, in the supreme court at a special
session this morning, and wasfadmitted
to baf in $10,000. Judge Advocate-
General Jenks. appeared as his attor-
GOSSIP ABOUT MILES
Chicago hasProyei to he an Unhealthy
. Place for Brigadiers. -
GERMANS IX DAHOMEY ACCUSED
Where King Bchanzin got His Quick
Firing Rifles From.
A SUBJECT OF DIPLOMATIC WAR
Mysterious Murder In San Jose Gypsle
Kidnappers In Idaho The New
Orleans Strike.
. Chicago, jnov. ii. xne rumor m
army Circles that General Miles has
asked the war department to let him
exchange places with General Howard
because of the criticism by the press of
Chicago on hip management of the mil
itary parades in connection with the
ball and dedicatory ceremonies of the
world's fair,' is denied by that Indian
fighter. . "I have made, no application
to the department to be removed from
Chicago," said the general. "Rumors
are easily started, and they grow rapidly
on their travels. I have been severely
criticised. Chicago has proved to be an
unhealthy place for major-generals,
continued General Miles, significantly ;
then, after waiting a moment to give the
innuendo force, he went on: "General
Sheridan, you know, contracted here
the disease which eventually ended his
life. Then there were General Terry
and General Crook, who died while in
command of the division."
, Good Chance for a Row.
Paris, Nov. 11. Many accusations
have been made that the German agents
in Danomey - nave - furnished King
Behanzin - with quick-firing . rifles,
These have been denied by the Ger
mans, who assert if Behanzin had such
weapons he procured them from the
British. The latter assertions are borne
out by a capture just made off the coast
of Dahomey. . The Brandon, a French
dispatch boat, cruising off the coast, sur
prised the British steamer John Holly,
with a cargo of Winchester rifles and
ammunition, beyond all doubt intended
for the Dahomevan army. . The vessel
was seized and the cargo confiscated.
The matter will undoubtedly be made
the subject of diplomatic remonstrance,
A Mysterious Murder.
San Jose, Cal., Nov. 11. Henry
Planz, aged 25, recently appointed man
ager of the Fredericksburg brewery, was
found this morning hanging to a tree on
Julian street," near Guadalupe bridge,
His hands were tied behind his back and
his feet tied together and a handkerchief
over his mouth. The ground near the
tree and for a distance of thirty feet
showed evidence of a struggle. The af
fair thus far is shrouded in mystery. It
is not known what could have been "the
motive of any one to get him out of the
way. A diamond ring was found on his
finger and robbery is not thought to fur
nish the oiotive.
. New Orleans Strike off. .
New Orleans. Nov. 11. An evidence
that the agreement by the labor unions
to declare the strike off was made in
good faith, the street-cars began run
ning at 6 this morning and all lines of
business will doubtless be fully resumed
today. .
A Fool and His Money.. .
Pbovidence, R. I.,' Nov. 11. George
Metcalf, a "crank" living on the out
skirts of town, bet $100 yesterday that
Cleveland would never occupy the presi
dential chair. The bet was taken by a
down-town liquor dealer.
Has Not Shut Down.
Elwood, Ind., Nov: 11. There is no
truth in the report that- the tin-plate
factory has suspended operations. The
plant was ciosed temporarily to put in
improved machinery. '
Highest of all in Leavening Power.- Latest U. S. Gov't Report
The Grain Crop.
The Review says a conservative esti
mate places this season's grain crop in
the Palouse at over 10,000,000 bushels
of wheat and from 600,000 to 800,000
bushels of barley. For weeks long lines
of grain-loaded wagons have waited at
various stations their turn to contribute
to the rapidly growing mountains of
wheat heaped up beside the already full
elevators and warehouses. The abund
ant yield of the past two seasons placed
farmers in such a condition financially
that but few were forced to sell their en
tire crop this year, and as prices have
been generally low those who could af:
ford to do so have retained the greater
part of their grain. Notwithstanding
this, wheat is arriving at Tacoma, over
the Northern Pacific, at the rate of be
tween 100 and 125 carloads daily, and
only the greatest activity on the part of
elevator and warehousemen prevents a
blockade. Over the Union Pacific grain
is reaching Portland in equally large
quantities, 24 freight trains being re
ported recently in one day bound for
that city. Throughout Umatilla county
and the remainder of Eastern Oregon
more wheat is being sold than in eastern
Washington. This is due to the fact
that farmers gennerally in that section
are not so well-to-do as are their north
ern neighbors, and can not afford to hold
for higher prices. Undoubtedly much
of the grain now being ehipped from
eastern Washington is sold because of a
lack of proper facilities. Few fanners
have barns or graneries large enough to
hold the produce of their fields for a
single season, and these, when obliged
to store their wheat on open platforms,
naturally prefer to sell to running the
risk of damage by storms. ,
The alliance warehouses have proved
a relief to many farmers, and yet, as
there are but 35 of these throughout the
Inland Empire, their benefits are neces
sarily limited. Along the snake river,
from Lewiston down, the huge piles of
groin are being reduced at the rate of
from 200 io 300 tons per day and al
though extra boats have been running
on the river for weeks, there yet remain
thousands of bushels of wheat piled on
the hanks of that stream enough, in all
probability, to keep the extra . steam
boats busy until, the river runs too low
for navigation. ''
The acreage sown in barley during the
past season was greater than ever before,
and will be largely increased again this
year, it having proved in certain sec
tions the most advantageous crop that
can be raised. Everywhere plowing and
seeding have been greatly retarded by a
lack of rain, but as soon as the ground is
in proper condition this work will be
pushed, and preparations for reaping
the greatest harvest next season ever
known in the northwest will be com
pleted.
The Prise Is Drawn. . ,
Review. Republicans generally man
ifest a spirit of prompt acquiescence in
the popular will, as reflected in the
election of a democratic president and
congress. The country has decided that
it desires a radical change of policy, at
a time when it was never more prospcV
ous, and it is willing to entrust the dem
ocratic party with the work. No one on
earth knows what fruits this will bring.
It may bring absolute free trade on the
lines laid down by the Mills bill. The
logic of the situation is decidedly with
the free traders. They can say, with
reason and force, that the country re- -
jected the Mills idea in 1888,-that the
Morrison idea has long been under the
ground, and that since the platform for
1892 calls for free trade in principle,
and the democracy 'swept the country
with that plank, the country should
have free trade; On the other hand,
Mr. Cleveland has said that free trade is
an impossible specter, and in his letter
of acceptance has promised to exercise
it. Meanwhile the country will await
with considerable interest democratic
action which will indicate the nature of
the prize it has drawn from the political
grab-bag.
Chasing Gypsies With Bloodhounds.
Moscow, Idaho, Nov. M. P. Miller,
of Dayton, Wash., passed through here
with two bloodhounds in pursuit of a
band of gypsies, who kidnapped his four-year-old
child. '
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