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THE DALLES, OREGON, FKID AY, NOVEMBER 25, 1892.
NUMBER 50.
URGENCY OF CANALS
Wean and ReliaWe later Coimnni-
eation Necessary.
HOW THEY DEVELOP THE COUNTRY
the Erie, Canal Itself the Best Evi
dence of Its Right to Exist.
ETERT YEAlt BRINGS EVIDENCE
or th Inadequate Railway Facilitie
tu JUi the Increasing Business
.r the Country.
Special t Tiik Chronicle. .
New Yobk, Nov. 18. The import
ance of the Erie canal to N. Y., is shown
by the Buffalo convention of a few
weeks ago, and may perhaps have
been . reflected in the vote of . .the
state north of the Harlem. 'The
Buffalo convention pertinently called
attention to the great canal works being
constructed in Europe and to the mag
nificent traffic of the Sault Ste. Marie
and St. Clair canals in this country. It
therefore urged on the people of New
York the election of legislators favorable
to giving the canal the improvements it
needs to keep in the front rank as a
commercial factor.
The Buffalo convention need not
have appealed to other canal works
to demonstrate the importance of
internal waterways. The Erie
Canal itself furnishes the best evidence
of its right to exist. Limited and crip
pled as it is, it still maintains a cheap
ness in the transportation of large mass
es of bulky freights which the railroads
cannot rival. If railway facilities had
stood still for the past 30 years
with no more improvement than the
Erie canal has had the railways could
not be counted as a factor against the
canals. But by suppressing all proposi
tions to improve the canal in the New
York legislature, the canal has been
kept to the narrow facilities designed
for the commerce of half a century ago.
It is hoped that the continuance of the
policy may yetextinguish this last of
the old canals and thus check the pop-'
nlar demand for improved internal
waterways.
It is difficult to avoid the recognition
f the same influence in the fact that the
political conventions of both parties this
year indorsed the loan of $100,000,000 of
. government credit to an inter-oceanic
canal over a thousand miles away from
Untied States territory, while proposi
tions for a much less costly encourage
ment to the internal waterways which
will do the people a hundred-fold more
good are treated with scant considera-
tions. Corporate influence is undoubt
edly inimical to the development of a
. comprenensive system of canals connect
ine the rivers with the lakes and the
lakes with the ocean. This was verv
short-sighted, as it is becoming more ap
parent mat tne proper iunctions of the
canals and railways are entirely separate.
Follt al Notes.
The official vote of Vermont gives a re
publican plurality of 21,667.
Official returns show the election of
Belknap (rep.) to congress from the Fifth
district of Michigan.
The chairman of both committees in
Wyoming claim the state legislature,
and it will take an official count to de
termine the result. . .
It is stated the fusionists of North
Dakota will ally themselves wLh the
prohibitionists and inaugurate a most
vigorous war on saloons.
On the face of the returns from the
second district of Kansas, Funston is re
elected to congress by 68. Moore his
democratic opponent, has given notice
contest.
The latest returns from North Dakota
give Shortridge, f usionist for governor,
1,800 majority. The entire fusion state
ticket is elected except Dahl (rep.) for
secretary of state, who has 200 majority.
Preparing; for tbe Inauguration.
Washington, Nov. i6. The first defi
nite move in the direction of appointing
an inaugural committee, was taken at
a meeting of the democrats last night.
It was decided to recommend that the
plan .adopted eight years ago, when
Cleveland was elected, be followed on
this occasion. The plan provides for the
selection of 50 citizens of the District of
Columbia to take charge of the cere
monies outside of the capitol. The list
of citizens was sent to Chairman Har
rity, of the democratic national commit
tee, for approval, i
Telegraphic Flashes.
Word has been brought to Buffalo,
Wyoming, of tbe assassination of two
more outlaws. The dead cattle thieves
are the notorious Mike Brown and Geo.
Hanks, fugitives from Montana. Both
were found shot in the back near Hot
Springs. Four outlaws have been killed
in that vicinity in the same way within
two weeks. Brown was one of the most
notorious cattle thieves in Wyoming.
Tbe $2,000 reward has furnished, an
incentive for the officers in trying to
ferret out the murderers of Henry Planz
at San Jose, Cal. The woman theory
seems to be the most plausible, as the
list of married ladies with whom he was
very friendly, increases.
The Constellation is now at Naples
for the purpose of taking on board and
conveying to the United States works of
art by American artists for the Chicago
exposition.
Tbe Rothschilda will send another
1,500,000 in gold to Ruseia next week.
Half has already been purchased. It is
expected the remainder will be secured
without having recourse to the Bank of
England.
One of the most important election
contests ever known in Nebraska has be
gun in the supreme court. It is an appli
cation for a writ of mandamus to compel
the clerk of Clay county to issue a certi
ficate of election to the republican candi
date for the legislature, ' on the ground
that the independent candidates, who
received a majority of the votes, had
been endorsed by the democrats, and in
printing the official ballots tbe names of
tbe independent candidates were placed
twice on the ticket. At the same time
another contest from Knox county was
started, which, if successful, will unseat
an independent representative and seat
a republican. If these changes are made,
the legislature will be a tie on joint bal
lot.
Official returns show the election of
Jerry Simpson to congress in Kansas by
1,400 majority. It is now believed that
he will not try for the senate,
as the fusionists fear they will not be
able to elect his successor in the house.
Mrs. Lease charges that he is a democrat
and is merely using the people's party
He says he favors a democrat for
senator, "because they played fair
with us this time, and we will need
them in the future." On the face of
the . returns from the second district,
Funston is re-elected to congress by 68.
Moore, his democratic opponent, has
given notice of contest.
There is a conflict between the laws of
the United States and the laws ot the
state of Washington in regard to the
date of tbe convening of the electoral
college. The last legislature, following
the act of congress of 1792, fixed the
first Wednesday of December following
the day of election as the day of meet
ing. The law of 1792 was, however,
changed by an act of congress approved
February 3, 1887, and the time of meet
ing by .that act is the second Monday in
January, next following the election.
Congress has power .under the fourth
section of article two of the constitution
of thevUnited States to determine the
day on which the electoral college in the
several states shall meet, and, therefore,
the state law being in contravention of
the existing act of congress is unconsti
tutional. The Washington electors will
accordingly meet in Olympia on January
9,1893.
Two masked bandits entered the bank
at Woodstock, Minn., last Wednesday
evening and demanded of Cashier
Perry and bis assistant, Mr. Craig, that
they open the vault. One of the men
took Perry in charge, while the other
robber forced Craig to open the vault.
The robber then helped himself to what
he wanted, and the pair left with a
large boodle, the' officers say $1,000, but
it is feared that the amount is greater.
The Extra Session.
AVashington, Nov. 16. All the prom
inent democrats who have been spoken
to are averse to having the 53d congress
called in extra session. There is a feel
ing among them that it would be well to
have as much work as possible done on
the tariff by experts of the party, such
as Carlisle, Mills and some of the mem
bers of the ways and means committee,
before congress meets, so that a bill can
be prepared and rushed through as soon
as possible after the first session opens.
Dolph to Succeed Field.
San Fbancisco, Nov. 16. The Even
ing Post says, according to news re
ceived from Portland, Or., that Stephen
J. Field, associate justice of the United
States supreme court, will soon resign,
and the vacancy will be filled by the
appointment by President Harrison of
United States Senator Joseph N. Dolph,
of Oregon. ' . ' i
SEATTLE SMALL POX.
Eignteen Cases in Quarantine Bnt no
Alarm as to Spreading. -
SEVEN OTHER TOWNS HAVE CASES.
Gen. Weaver has Broken Loose Again
. -oh His "Friends."
ONLY A BIT BEHIND REPUBLICANS.
His Theory as to What Mr. Cleveland
Intends to do With The Three ,
Great Idea.
Tacoma, Nov. 18. There is but one
case of.small pox in the city, and , no
new cases have developed in either of
the two lodging houses from which the
case now in tbe pest bouse and the oue
who died were taken, and no alarm has
been manifested by the people as every
place has taken precautions to prevent
further spread of the disease. There
are 18 cases in Seattle, all isolated in the
pest house. The houses from which the
cases came have all been quarantined
with all their occupants. George Mc
Lennan, a railroad laborer, died at the
pest house yesterday. There is one caBe
at Snohomish, one at Lowell, one at
Sultan and four at Index, all along the
line by which the railroad men come,
At Friday harbor, a single case has
caused great excitement. New West
minister and Vancouver health authori
ties, acting under instructions from pro-
vincial health officer Da vies, are inspect
ing all steamers from the sound before
they are allowed to land.
Weaver Talks Plain.
Des Moines, Nov.. 18: Gen. Weaver's
address to the voters declares that as the
peoples party is but little behind the
republican party in the number of
states carried ; it will -doubtless hold the
balance of power in the United States
senate ; that it has doubled its adher
ents in the house ; secured control of a
number oi state governments ? holds the
balance of power in the majority of
states, and baa gained a large following
in every state of the south. Weaver
says the almost annihilation of the re
publican party ' organization leaves the
adherents of that party free to align
themselves with the anti-monopoly and
industrial movement. -The accession of
tbe democratic party to power is the
result of a violent reaction and is not
the deliberate judgment of the American
people. The leaders of the democracy
he declares, are without any well de
fined policy, except that of contemptu
ous disregard for every element of re
form within the ranks of their own
party and among the people at large.
The new administration will ignore the
three great contentions of modern times,
relating to land, money and transporta
tion, and, in fact, while the force of the
new regime will be exercised to prevent
reform in these important matters the
urgent demand for free coinage of silver
is to be disdainfully ignored, and in con
tempt of the doctrine of Andrew Jackson
European aristocrats are to be permitted
to dictate our financial policy. The
uniform legal tender currency of the
government is to be sacrificed and seri
ous attempts made to force the people to
return to the fraudulent system of state
bank issues. In General Weaver's
opinion the violent political storms of
1S88 and 1892 eignify a turbulent condi
tion of the political atmosphere, fore
shadowing an approaching crisis. He
urges that the work of organization be
pushed trith energy in all states.
A Murder Mystery.
The remains oi a murdered man were
found in a wheat car at Albina on the
16th. The car was No. 3193 from the
Snake river country, but. had been
switched off at The Dalles and at Mosier
en route. He is apparently about
thirty-five years old, five feet ten inches
in height, and weighs about 175 pounds.
He was dressed in a black frock coat,
black vest and gray-striped pants. -His
overshirt was a blue flannel one, and
his underclothing was of brown woolen
goods. He has sandy hair and a very
light mustache. It was apparent that
he wore false teeth, and his bare upper
gums were lacerated, as if Laving been
struck by some heavy instrument. He
had a' letter in his pocket, addressed
Dear Brother, and signed Lease. The
seal of the car had been broken.
New York, Nov. 19. It. has been
learned that the annual conference of
the archbishops of the Roman Catholic
church in the United States in session
this week at the archbishops residence
in this city, occupied considerable time
in the careful discussion of the question
of tho condemnation of certain eecret
societies, the debate referring chiefly to
the Odd Fellows, numbering about 500,
000 in the United Statee, and the Sons of
Temperance, whose roll includes about
70,000 members. Archbishop Katzer, of
Milwaukee, brought the matter to the
attention of the council by presenting
the petition of the German Catholic
Central Society of . the United States,
which was adopted at Dubuque in Sep
tember last, asking the conference to
clearly define the designation, secret
society, in plain and unmistakable
terms, as doubt has been' raised in the
minds of the church authorities whether
the societies named come under the ban
of the papa bull.
In explauiiirg his'position Archbishop
Katzer said that is absolutely not true
that the .IJree Masons are tbe only-
society forbidden by the church, and
that conseqnently.a Catholic may join
any lodge jbut - the Free Mason.' He
quoted from the injunction of the third
plenary coujncil in Baltimore in support
of his view on thia subject According
to Archbishop Katzer the society of Odd
Fellows ha .within late, years gained
large increase of membership from the
Catholic ranks on the plea that they are
not Free Masons, and therefore not a
society forbidden by tbe Catholic church.
The council of Baltimore has appointed
the college of Archbishops of the United
States as the only competent tribunal in
the matter of secret societies. Arch
bishop Katzer argued, that it is the duty
of the present conference to determine
exactly the question at issue. The ma
jority of the council coincide with the
opinions expressed by Archbishop
Katzer. .
The only phase of the school question
touched npin.was that of the treatment
of the Cathoiie-lndian children in west
ern reservation's, who have been ", com
pelled to attend non-Catholic schools,
despite the protests of their , parents.
Right Rev. Bishop P. L. Chappelle, the
coadjutor and representative of Arch
bishop Salpointe, of Santa Fe, was the
principal speaker, on this subject, and
he called for some decisive action on -the
part of his colleagues.
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Destructive Cyrlone.
Storms in Illinois have done much
damage this week. Redbud, a beautiful
town, full of happy homes, is now the
scene of desolation. Houses, barns,
fences and orchards were leveled to the
ground and spread over the surrounding
country. Tbe cyclone struck the town,
entering from the south. - At first it de
molished the Catholic church and school
and the residence of Herman Drage.
The German Lutheran church was next
leveled to the ground. 'After destroying
several barne and bearing away all kinds
of fences, it next attacked the large
two-story residence of -Peter Kendall,
which was of solid stone, and it crumb
led all to fragments. Mrs. Kendall was
severely injured. A double brick house,
occupied by D. D. Perry as his dwelling
and office and the composing room of
the Redbud Democrat, was entirely des
troyed. The family were buried in the
ruins, but managed to extricate them
selves without serious injury. Peter
eon's agricultural warehouse was blown
down and fourteen other residences des
troyed. The 11-year old son of Mrs.
Jacob Koch was killed instantly and his
mother was fatally injured.1 Many of
the people are without clothing and
shelterless, and the cold rain makes
their situation the more "deplorable.
The property loss is estimated at $100,-
000. . - ...
Assessment Statistics.
The following ia the assessed value of
property in Wasco county, according to
the annual report of J. E. Barnett, as
sessor : ' Number of acres agricultural
land, military, road, 36,541 acres, value
$73,083 ; deeded 169,038, value $879,833.
Total 205,579 acres, value $952,915. Last
year, deeded land 157,454 acres, value
$825,257, Value of town lots $896,707;
1891, $756,854. Improvements on un
patented land, $432,321 ; 1891, $526,504.
Merchandise and implements $375,319 ;
1891, $348,147. Money, notes and ac
counts $701,796 ; 1891, $673,564. House
hold furniture $64,203;. -1891 $63,118.
Horses, number 4,929;' value 114,846;
1891 4,968 ; value $134,767 ; Cattle 6,671 ;
value $64,765 ; 1891, 5,948, value $64,859.
Sheep 105,136, value $186,922; 1891, 86,
615, value $171,002.' Swine 1,808, value
3,913; 1891 1,752, $4,673. Gross value
of all property $3,993,777; 1891 3,578,745.
Indebtedness $892,446 ; 1851' $755,750.
Exemptions $160,828; 1891 $162,959.
Total value of taxable property $2,740,-
603; 1891 $2,660,036.
MRS. LEASE SENATOR.
Her Election Possible oy The Kansa
Legislate Combine.
STRANGER THINGS MIGHT HAPPEN,
Further Talk About the Resignation 0
- Chief Justice Field.
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CLEVELAND MUST MAKE PLEDGES.
The resignation Will be Forthcoming
In Case Jud-e .Wallace I to be '
Named.
Topeka, Nov 19. It is barely possible
that Mrs. Lease may hold the balance of
power between the democrats' and re
publicans, and get herself chosen presi
dent pro. tempore, like David Davis. The
opinion exists here that stranger things
might happen than the election of Mrs.
Mary E. Lease as United States
senator from Kansas. Mrs. Lease's
candidacy for the senate has be
come a serious reality. . She is
fixing the wires for the place and her
popularity with the rank and file of the
party will give her at least an equal
chance with other aspirants, especially
as there seems to be no constitutional
disqualification. -
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' Judge Field's Position.
Washington, Nov. 19. In conse
quence of the reticence of people In a
position to know the facte, it is difficult
to corroborate tbe statement that Justice
Field designs offering his resignation to
President Harrison'in order that he may
appoint his successor before Cleveland's
return to office. The story is believed,
however, and intimate friends of Field
assert his resignation will be forthcom
ing, unless Cleveland will pledge his
word that he will not appoint fudge
Wallace, of San Francisco. Judge Field
is not on the most friendly terms with
Cleveland, but those who are acquainted
with the circumstances which have given
rise to the rumors of the former's retire
ment say that the bad feeling is not
strong enough to prompt Justice Field
to commit an act which would add an
other to the republican judges on the
supreme bench. But Field's animosity
against Wallace is of such a character
that he will take no chances of the San
Franciscan being appointed. As he has
heard that Cleveland regards Wallace
with favor, no doubt he has taken steps
to secure assurance that the appoint
ment will not go to a California judge.
Failing to receive .such an assurance,
Field will probably tender his resigna
tion, and give Harrison an opportunity
to fill the vacancy.
The Jewel of Consistency.
Union Republican. A rebel flag was
thrown to the breeze in this city during
the ratification last Saturday, at a cer
tain residence in the southern part of
the city. The party no doubt considered
that an appropriate manner of celebrat-
ting a democratic victory, especially the
election of Cleveland, who endeavored
to return the rebel flags captured in war.
It was democracy's day and not one
word of condemnation of this traitorious
demonstration, from the lips of demo
crats did we hear that day and still we
hear democrats accusing republicans of
swinging the bloody shirt, ' yea, even"
while they allow the stars and bars to
be flaunnted in the faces of true, liberty
loving Americans.
Ancient Manuscripts.
A Berlin dispatch says that Professor
Harnack, of the theological faculty in
Berlin university, has recognized three
manuscripts unearthed in Egypt as the
revelations of St Peter, as quoted by
Clement, of Alexandria ; the gospel of
St. Peter, used in the second century,
and after wardl supposed to be agnostic,
and a fragment of the book of Enoch.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
A Freak of Nature.-
A Tacoma paper tells of a rooster in
that city that is not built on the lines of
a regularly formed chicken, and its an
tics are most laughable. Its peculiarity
is that its wings areattached to it so as "
to extend upwards instead of down and
when it flaps them they strike together
over its back. In other respects it is
perfectly formed and appears to be as
healthy as any other of the chickens.
When this rooster was young its desire
to crow was that of any other young
chick, but as the flopping of the wings
was a necessary adjunct to it he could
not do it, for as soon as he started the
action of his wings would throw him
over backwards. . This created ' much
amusement, but one day he was heard
to be crowing ' like any other young. "
rooster and keeping it up for several
minutes. To see how he did it the yard
was visited and he was found lying on '
his back with his wings flopping in the
air and crowing away as if to make up
for the tune he had lost. He kept it up
off and on all day and toward evening
he was found on top of the fence. From
the way his wings have grown it was
known that he could not fly, so he was
lifted down, but as soon as he was placed
on the ground he rolled over on his back ."
and working his wings flew onto the top
of the fence again, and sitting there'
looked as proud and wise as a -rooster
could But pride did have a fall, for he
tried to crow from his exalted perch. It
was too much for him and he had an in
glorious fall. Since then he has not at
tempted this feat but spends most of his
day giving exhibitions of his peculiar
manner of flying onto the fence and back
down agaiu.
Not Suspended.
A dispatch from Jersey City says
Father Corrigan, of St.. Mary's Catholic
church, Hoboken, has not been sus
pended by Bishop Wigger. He said
there was no probability that he would
be suspended. He had no quarrel with
the bishop, nor the bishop with him.
All the trouble that existed was made by
the German priests of Newark. - If they
had dragged the bishop into the mud
dle, that was their fault. As to the
public schools of the United States, he,
as well as all Catholic authorities, con-
eider them the best schools in the coun
try. What Catholics wanted parochial
schools for was to inject early religious
training into Catholic children. After
they had acquired that, there was no ob- '
jection to their attending public schools.
Father Corrigan was particularly severe
upon the priests who invited Archbishop
Corrigan to speak at their conference,
and then adopted resolutions exactly
opposite to the archbishop's expressed
views.
Glacial Drift.
Chicago, Nov. 19. Ossian Guthrie,
whose study of the glacial movement
down the Des Plaines valley has made
him a most enthusiastic man on the sub
ject of moraines, glacial deposits and de- ,
bris, has found a chunk of copper, which
bears incontestable evidence on its face
of having been torn from some outcrop
in tbe Lake Superior region, and then -
carried by slow glacial freight to tbe
place where 'shovel day' is to be cele
brated. The nugget was found in the,
Corneau quarry at Lemon t just inside '
the Cook county line. It is wedged .'.
shape, thirteen inches wide, fifteen in-
ches long and four inches thick at the
large end. It is estimated to be ninety
per cent, pure copper and weighs ninety
pounds. The copper is heavily marked
with glacial scratches, and it has been
subjected to such pressure that one end
is curled ud. Several hundred pounds
of copper have been lound in the glacial .
drift of that section.
Furious Snow Storms. -'
Dispatches from Kansas city and Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, tells of furious snow
storms, wires down, travel impeded and
no prospect of a let-up. The storm ex
tends over the greater portion of Kansas
any Missouri. The principal damage
done was to the telegraph companies. .
The storm began with heavy rain, which
turned to a wet, heavy anow. It covered
the 'wires with its heary burden and
then began to freeze. Soon a heavy
wind sprang up and increasing to a gale
carried down the overburdened wires as
if they had been threads and taking the
poles with them. All communication
by wire east and west of Kansas City t
was entirely cut off.
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