THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1802.
A HORRIBLE STORY.
PETITION TO COXGBE8S.
Inrfler and Cannibalism Reprted in
Bessarabia.
TWO CHILDREN THE VICTIMS.
Four People Killed in a North Caro
lina Election Fight
A SEA LION 1ST LAKE MICHIGAN.
Supposed to Be the One Whicn
oped From Lincoln Park
Chicago Other News.
I2s-
St Petersburg, Nov. 11. A horrible
story of cannibalism comes from Bessar
abia. A woman named Akkerman, a
giantess in stature and strength, ap
plied for shelter at the house bia peas
ant woman named Yooreski fe'ariera.
They became friendly and the peasant
went out to get a fresh supply of vodka
when one lot gave out. In her absence
Akkerman killed the peasant's baby,
sucked its blood and devoured part of
its body. As the peasant re-entered the
hut, she saw Akkerman trying to kill
her three-year-old girL The mother
tried to defend her offspring, but the
giantess thrust her aside and killed the
little girl with a bludgeon. The peas
ant, left a raving maniac, tried to kill
herself. The neighbors, after a desper
ate struggle, in which several were
hurt, managed to overcome the giantess,
and tied her with ropes. On the way to
jail the populace tried to lynch her, but
she was finally landed in the lock-up.
A Bloody Election Fight.
Johnson City, Tenn., Nov. 11. News
reaches here of the bloodiest election
.fight on record at the polls at Big Rock
creek, Mitchell county, N. C, between
republican factions. Geo. K. Pritchard,
republican nominee for sheriff, was op
posed by Isaac McKenney, independent
republican, who was defeated for the
nomination by a small majority. The
canvass was very bitter. The fight was
precipitated by one of McKenney's ad
herents knocking down his opponent,
Immediately the whole crowd of 50 took
sides, and a desperate battle ensued
Stones, knives and pistols were used
with terri.ble effect. Twenty were
wounded, of whom four will die. The
whole population is in arms, and more
' bloodshed is expected.
A Sea Lion In Lake Michigan.
Milwaukee, Wis., iNov. 11. A sea
lion made its appearance in the Mil
waukee drydock company's slip, where
the sectional docks are moored, at
o'clock this morning. "When first noti
ed it was swimming around in the slfp
and making the barking noise peculiar
to its kind. After a time it swam off to
ward the rolling mills. The news of the
strange visitors appearance spread rapid
ly. The men in the big shipyards drop
ped their tools and hastened to the spot.
Sailors jumped from their craft and hur
ried in pursuit. Thev were followed ,bv
longshoremen and a number of laborers,
the latter armed with guns. Several
shots were fired, but so far as known
none took effect. At the rolling mill
dock it was said, that nothing had been
seen of the critter, and it is supposed it
had put out into the lake. The sea lion
is undoubtedly the one that escaped
few months ago from Lincoln Park,
Chicago. It is said that it was seen at
Luddington, Mich., more than 100 miles
northwest of Milwaukee, a few days ago.
Cannot Go to War.
London, Nov. 11. A rumor has reach'
ed here from New York that the Argen
tine republic and Peru were combining
to make war upon Chili. In response
to an inquiry at the Argentine legation
the inquirer was informed that the
rumor wasabsurd. In city circles the re
port is dismissed as utterly improbable.
Peru has not a cent with which to buy
war material. English bondholders
hold the railways, guano deposits mines
and state lands for 66 years, under a
contract ratified in 1890. Argentine is
in no better position to raise money for
war.
Dr. Cardwell Abroad. .
S. F. Examiner. Dr. J. R. Cardwell,
who seems to be the leading horticultur
- ist of Oregon, from the fact that he holds
the presidency of both the state board of
horticulture and the state horticultural
society, is at the Palace. He visits
California, where he is well known, at
the invitation of the state board of hor
ticulture which holds its annual meeting
at San Jose on the 15th inst. He will
spend the interim in studying the fruit
situation here, with a view of securing
closer co-operation between the Califor
nia and Oregon boards. Whatever he
gathers in the shape of pointers will be
used in suggesting changes in the Ore
gon laws at the coming session of the
legislature. Although he has passed
the 60th mile-post, Dr. Cardwell is an
active, vigorous man, showing evidence
that Oregon climate is not a drowsy one.
He owns an orchard of 100 acres at the
gates of Portland, where he has a beau
tiful home. ; ,
Asking That Farther Time be Granted
for Making Payments.
The following form of petition has
been drafted to which the names should
be affixed as soon as possible,' and for
warded to Senator Dolnh. chairman of
the committee, as time is limited : .
To the honorable senate and house of
representatives of the United States of
America
Your petitioners would respectfully
represent and show that your petition
ers are residents "within the district of
public lands forfeited by congress by
act of September, 29th, 1890, being lands
heretofore granted to the Northern
Pacific railroad company: that your
Detitioners are interested in the lands
named in said act and forfeited therein,
and restored to the public domain, sub
ject to the prior rights of settlers and
other persons holding and in possession
thereof ; t hat by the terms of said act,
and suplemental act thereto, the time
of payment thereof by parties in posses
sion, and entitled thereto, and by date
of the promulgation by the commissioner
of the general land offices, of the in
etrnctions to the officers of. the local
land offices, for their direction in the
disposition of said land was and is
extended to February, 3d, 1893.
That owing to the almost total failure
of crops in this part of eastern Oregon,
and eastern .Washington, during the
year 1S89, and consequent partial failure
of crops since said time, high freights,
and low prices, money is very scarce and
almost impossible to be obtained on any
terms; that a large number of people
now in actual possession of said lands
and entitled to make purchase thereof
under the provisions of said act are
poor, and their means very limited, and
unless further time of payment, is pro
vided by subsequent act of congress they
will be forced to loose the lands to which
they are justly entitled, together with
all of their work and improvements on
said lands; Your petitioners therefore
respectfully petition your honorable
body to extend the time of final entry
and payment of said lands to all persons
who were entitled to purchase the sime
at the time of tin; passage of said for
feiture net and who are now in actual
possession of said lands and have been
and are still holding said lands in good
faith with the intention to purchase the
same.
,-. HEKTI.E lU'RIED IX IKON.
THE COMING CABINET
Speculations as. to I no fill
ClGTGlant's Adyisors.
Be
PLACES ARE FOR THE DEMOCRATS
Claimed That William C. Whitney Will
Be Secretary of State. s
TWO STATES ABE STILL IN DOUBT
Indications Point to Ohio and Califor
nia As Being Still in the Ke
- ' publican Column.
Wasco County Official.
Following is the official footings of the
vote cast in Wasco county at the presi
dential election this week :
- . '' 'HEPUBLICAK. "'''.
For John F. Caples 1,059 votes were
cast; David M. Dunne 1,065; Geo. M.
Irwin 1,067; H. B. Miller 1,068.
DEMOCRATIC. . .
For W. F.- Batcher 497 votes were
cast ; Wm. M. Colvig 512 ; Geo. Noland
512; Nathan Pierce 857.
Burleigh 507 votes
. Galvani499; S. II .
were
Holt
For W. G.
cast; Wm.'H,
502.
PnOlIIBITION.
For Geol, W. Black 66 votes were cast ;
N. R. Gaylord 65; A. W. Lucas 67; Gil-
man Parke 67
RECAPITULATION
One of the Moat Interesting Mineral
. r-pecluiens in Existence.
Our fellow citizen, Z. T. White, says
the 1 Paso Bullion, is the owner of
what we believe to be the most interest
ing insect and mineral specimens in
existence. Some months ago Mr. W hi te
was presented with a specimen take::
from considerable depth in the iAug
fellow mine of Clifton, A. T. When the
specimen in question .was fractured, a'(;
beetle of dull reddish gray was disclosed, M
surrounded by a closely-fitting mould of ' '
iron ore; in tact, the beetle lay in state
as perfect aa in life, in its sarcophague
of iron.
Naturally very much impressed with
his acquired property, Mr. White has
tened to envelope it in a piece of cloth
with the view of conveying it to his
cabinet. On his way, however, he had
occasion to examine the interesting
specimen and his surprise may be better
imagined than described when he per
ceived a young beetle slowly emerging
from its dead parent's body, and in
every characteristic resembling it, bar
ring the fact that it was smaller.
At the time Mr. White called the at
tention of the writer to this fact, the
young beetle was put under a glass by
its owner. It continued to prosper and
increase in dimensions, and lived for
five whole months. The specimen, the
insect in its cyst of ore, and the younger
insect generated in a pre-historic period !
to be born in the nineteenth century,
are now m the .Bullion office awaiting
Judge J. F. Crosby, of this city, who
proposes to present them, with the com
pliments of his fellow-citizen, Mr.
White, to a prominent scientific associa
tion of the Atlantic slope.
Fossil insects are common; beetles
and other insects enclosed in amber and
other compounds are frequently met
with, but geology in all these cases
gives an explanation to account for the
appearance of organic matter ; but In
this case there is no plausible pretext to
account for the insects enveloped in a
matrix of iron and fonnd far beneath
the surface, no other traces of orsranic
being present, is almost beyond
A Washington dispatch reports that
the official blue book shows that in
the executive department -here there
are 9,500. positions included in the civil
service list, the occupants of which can
only be removed for cause. The salaries
range from $1,000 to $1,800 per year
There are 1,500 places at the disposal of
the new administration, the salaries
being from $3,000 downward. -
The Chicago Herald says Wm. Whit
ney, of New York, will be the premier
of President Cleveland's second admin
istration. Benjamin T. Cable, of Illi
nois, will be tendered the naval port
folio. In case he does not care to assume
the responsibilities of the secretaryship
he will dictate the appointment, but
there is little doubt that the distin
guished Illinoisan will take his place in
the president's official Jamily. The
foregoing statements are made on the
highest authority, and come directly
from the president elect to a gentleman
now in Chicago, and high in the party's
council.' Cleveland's prompt decision
to recognize the claims of Illinois, and
of Cable's effective work during the
campaign, was received with unbounded
satisfaction by the few party leaders
who were made aware of it. Cable's
aid in the democratic cause in Illinois
and the west was not confined to direct
ing the branch committee's work.
Money was needed, and Cable's personal
contribution to the $100,000 fund prom
ised in that state, in the event of Steven
son's nomination, was exactly $60,000.
But $1,000 of the remaining promised
$100,000 was paid over to the committee.
T':i'. vote of the next electoral college
stiM .-. matter of some speculation, as
iiit" M'tt definitely known which way
i ni -California have gone. The in-
n:U'. .n, however, are that the com- I
cie r.T.inis will show that these
ires i.rv .still true to the principles of
reriiiljlu-anism. The republicans now
concede Kansas, Colorado, Idaho, Nev
ada and North Dakota to Weaver. Fur
ther returns show that Nebraska and
South Dakota are republican beyond a
doubt, and that the vote of Michigan is
divided eight for Harrison and six for
Cleveland. The vote of .the electoral
college upon this basis would reduce
Cleveland's majority as follows:
Cleveland 271
Harrison 150
Weaver 23
Ohio:
Republican . .
Democratic.:.
Peoples
Prohibition.-.
1068
512
507
67
Total.. ...... 2154
SREEP AND WOOL.
Total 444
Cleveland's majority , 98
Corvallis Letter.
life
credence.
Extra Session Talk.
ihe strong probability of an extra
session of congress immediately follow
ing the inauguration of the president
elect is the subject of general conversa
tion in Washington. A special session
of the senate is always called at the be
ginning .of a new administration to con
firm members' of the cabinet and new
diplomatic representatives of the United
States abroad, but the present election
having turned on questions of domestic
policy it is said to be obvious to exper
ienced political leaders of all parties that
an extra session of both houses of con
gress will almost inevitably result.
Secretary of the Treasury Foster, among
others, admits this. The coantry, he
says, challenged the judgment of the re
publicans on the McKinley bill, and the
result mast be accepted as, the will of
the people that a different policy be put
into effect. Ex-Secretary Bayard writes
to a friend in like effect, adding that the
people will expect this to be done with
out unnecessary delay.
Special to The Chronicle.
Uobvallis, JNov. 12. liemg again m
Corvallis and having a few moments
spare time I will try to furnish a few
items for your well filled columns.
C. H. Everett, well known about
Dufur, has built himself a new house on
his father's place, which is about a mile
east of Corvallis.
Jerome Everett recently had both
hands badly crushed while trying to
move part of an old threshing machine.
The old gentleman has much more grit
than most young men of our day. He
did not wait for his hands to get well
(they are improving) but managed to
tarn off a surprisingly large amount of
work.
Bill Gilbreth, from 15-Mile, is living
about nine miles from Corvallis on a
rented place. He talks of moving to
Arizona next year.
Henry Liebe, I believe is tha only boy
from Wasco Co., who is now attending
the Agricultural college. On account of
business, the writer is obliged to remain
out of school until December.
I am informed that there are now
over 240 names enrolled on the O. A. C.
register for this year.
The streets and water works of Corval
lis have been much improved this fall.
City people are raking up and burn
ing the maple leaves that have fallen in
the streets.
Farmers are plowing and patting in
grain. The Corvallis Nursery Co. is
digging trees. Bunchgbabs.
The Government Still Lives.
Press - Times. As the monarchists
used to cry: "The king is dead; long
live the king," so the people of the
American republic, after each recurrent
presidential election, with all its'" heat
and turmoil, can say to themselves with
perfect confidence, no matter who is
elected, the government at Washington
will continue to do its beneficent work.
Some Important Facts Respecting the
' Stock, Quality And Trice.
.Mr. u. A. Khea ot Heppner, who is
largely interested in sheep raising in
Morrow county, farniehes the following
facts and figures to the Oregonian :
Morrow county produces more wool
than any county in the state. There are
now about 250,000 sheep herded within
the boundaries ot the county wnicn pro
duced, at the lost shearing, about 3,000
000 pounds of wool. We found a ready
market for the wool at from 9 to 16 cents
per pound. The buyers come right in
to fleppner and take it off our hands,
and then ship it either to eastern cities
or to San Francisco. We get two crops
a year from the sheep, and that makes
it a very good paying business. The
sheep in our part of the state are free
from all diseases, and are in such a con
dition as to bring a good price anywhere.
The merino sheep is the best paying
sheep in Oregon, as it is hardy, and
vields a good crop of wool. For some
time there have been a number of Mon
tana sheep buyers coming into eastern
Oregon and trying to purchase sheep,
offering $3.2o to $3.50 per head for ewes,
The price is a large and tempting one,
but the sheep-farmers have no more
sheep than they want, and refuse to part
with them. Thereisastipof land about
fifteeeii miles in width all along the
Columbia river that is just adapted to
sheep raising. The grass is green all the
year, and the sheep can leeri on it all
winter. The foothills of the Blue Moan
tains al?o make fine grazing land. Thn
farmers failed to get a good crop this
year, but they are not a bit discouraged,
and have put in about one-third larger
crop than ever before. If the winter
proves to be a good one they will have
more than an abundance of grain next
year. .Business is very good and money
plentiful, and no one in our section o'f
the country has anything to complain
about.
When it comes to wool, Wasco takes
the floor. The Dalles has been the very
best anrl the biggest wool market in the
United States this year, over 6,500,000
pounds being marketed here at an aver
age price throughout of I0.V4 to 16J
cents pur pound. We hope our glory
may not have departed but it is like
Ohio and California "in doubt" today,
Wasco did not raise all this wool ; some
of it came from "Prineville and beyond"
over into Crook county, where we very
much desire to see the promised con
struction of The Dalles Southern rail
wav, also somewhat more doubtful now
than were its prospects last month
Good mutton sheep have sold in this
market this year at $3.75 to $4 per head,
and good ewes at $-5, but it may be said
to be "extremely doubtful" if we secure
such prices after 1892 at any time with
in the next seven or seventeen years.
& Houghton,
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