THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1892.
MONOPOLIES SUFFER
Henry Clews Talis of MaMe Con-
fosion Following tie Election.
WALL ST. TO DISCOUNT THE WORST
Favorable Factors of the Problem Will
Follow the First Reaction.
FREE RAW MATERIALS EXPECTED
Dnainal Caution Anticipated in Every
Branch of Business in Deferment
of the Change.
Special to The Ciironicli
New Yobk, Nov. 21. Henry Clews,
in discussing the election in connection
with speculation on Wall street enter
' tains the view that owing to the differ
- ences in party and economic standpoints
from which the new situation is con
sidered, there is much difference in
opinion as to the outcome and the drift
of affairs during the interim preceding
the promised new legislation ; and this
conflict of views begets some confusion
and uncertainty. As usual, under the
uncertainties attending a new set of
conditions, Wall street is disposed to
discount the worst probabilities, but
also counts upon a second operation
based on the reaction that comes later
from appreciation of the favorable
factors in the problem.
The situation will have its encourage
ments as well as its discouragements.
Consumers of imported raw materials
will have the near prospect of getting
them free of duty, and openings for
pected to throw open to us important
new markets for a wide range of manu
factured products. Still balancing in the
most favorable sense the disappoint
ment and apprehensions of one class with
the hopeful expectations of another, and
even conceding that the final outcome of
the great change may prove as bene
ficial as its promoters predict, it is not
to be concealed that the best we may
reasonably expect, for the next eighteen
months or two years, is unusual caution
in every branch of business, the de
ferment of new enterprises, the cessation
of extending industrial plants, a continu
ous pressure on prices and a hand-to-iinouth
condition of business. It is to
be remembered, however, tbat those
conditions will be mainly confined to
the industrial portion of the popula
tion ; the agricultural half in the mean
time will reap the benefits of two succes
sive years of great harvests and, it is to
be inferred from their votes, will be ex
hilarated by the prospect of cheaper
Jiving and cheaper labor.
Havoe on the Northern.
Friday night's storm seemed to rage
with greatest fury along the backbone of
the Cascade range, and all travel on the
Union and Northern Pacific railroads
was tied up. Bridge No. 15, 44 miles
east of Tacouaa, has been washed away
and serious damage done. Only a short
nnrfinn nf the roadbed has been washed
out, and if the weather continues good
-until this morning, with the large force
of men employed on the work, the dam
age can be tepaired and traffic resumed.
The portion of the road which has been
washed out gave the company a great
deal of trouble last winter, and during
last summer a large force of men were
engaged in making such improvements
as were necessary to prevent further
trouble, but the severity of Friday
night's storm was beyond all expecta
tion, "and the immense amount of water
which poured through the gorges was
sufficient to wash out a very substantial
roadbed. ;
Treasure in Trees.
A San Bernardino dispatch states that
about two weeks ago a wood-chopper,
named Jones, took a contract to top
some trees on I street in that city. Sat
urday he returned to the place to bring
away a clip-ladder, left when the work
was completed. Noticing that one of
the trees needed additional trimming he
climbed the tree for tbat purpose.
.When he reached the fork of the tree he
discovered a . tin can, which on being
opened was found to contain $900. Look
ing over . into an adjoining tree he saw
another can, which he secured and
which was found to contain the same
sum. There were no cans in the 'trees
when he topped them, and who placed
them there is a mystery.
Boreas In Spokane.
Spokane, Nov. 21. A Kansas cyclone
could not have caused a more complete
destruction of any building than that
wrought by a playful chinook which
razed the Northern Pacific freight sheds
to the ground Saturday. Not a board
was left standing. While a dozen or
more men were in the building engaged
in handling freight an unusually strong
gust of wind struck the structure and
caused it to collapse inBtantly and com
pletely. Only two men were injured, but
how any of those who were in the build
ing at the time escaped is a matter of
wonder. ;
LET THERE BE LIGHT.
The Old-Time Kecrre About to be
Counteracted.
Ever since the motor line company
have commenced putting intheincandes
cent electric lights in stores and houses
at Astoria, says the Examiner1, the West
Shore mills company have entered
vigorous protest. The motor company
are putting in lights for fifty cents per
month,' but do not furnish renewale
The West shore mills company have
been charging $1.50 for twelve o'clock
lights and $2 for all night lights and fur
nish renewals free.- It is claimed by
the West Shore company that the motor
company are given an unfair advantage;
and are allowed to put in lights from
their car circuit wire which is only
twenty feet from the ground, while they
are compelled to place their wires fifty
feet from the ground. They further
claim that if they are allowed to place
their wires at the same distance aa the
motor Hue, they can put in lights just as
cheap.
They also claim that the action of the
motor company in running lights from
their trolley wire is in direct violation of
the city ordinances, which provide that
all wires for electric light purposes shall
be placed at a certain distance from the
ground. This morning the West Shore
mills company swore out a' warrant in
the police court against Air. Hendricks,
the electrician of the motor company,
for violating the ordinance, and he was
arrested. The motor company also or
dered five hundred lights to fill orders;
many of them were to be used for illum
inating purposes of the democratic dem
onstration tonight, but as soon as they
arrived on the dock the U. P. company
were notified by the Thompson, Hous
ton company, not to deliver the came.
This action was caused by a notice from
the West Shore company, that if they
were delivered they would withdraw
their patronage and the result of the
war will be watched with interest, and
the probable result will be to reduce the
price of lights in the city.
BALL HEARINGS AND KOAD9.
Heavier Loads and Better Roads Sure
to Follow Their Adoption.
The advantages of the ball bearings
and pneumatic tires have been recog
nized by manufacturers and riders of
bicycles so long that the wonder is, not
that these friction-saving devices have
been applied to track sulkies, but that
they were not utilized on all sorts of
vehicles long ago.
Wheels of the bycycle pattern can be
made as strong as necessary. The pneu
matic tire passes easily over the uneven
surface of a roadway, helping itself over
obstructions by its elasticity, and it is
said to be better than springs for mak
ing a vehicle ride easy.
It is estimated that the combination
of ball bearings and pneumatic tires
added two to three seconds to Nancy
Hanks' speed by lessening the draught
of her sulky. A gain of such a large
percentage in lightness of draught will
be appreciated by owners of good road
sters, and now that their attention has
been called to it the time cannot be far
distant when they will want pneumatic
tires and ball bearings on their buggies.
The pneumatic will not reach the farm
wagon, for it cannot stand rough usage,
but there would seem to be no reason
why the ball bearings should not be ap
plied to vehicles of that class, in freight
ing, for instance, on Inland Empire
roads. The change would work a great
saving in horseflesh and in time, for it
would make possible the hauling of
heavier loads. With the march of these
improvements will come better roads.
This is the age of wheels, and the gentle
man driver, the farmer and the bicyclist,
will soen be in league for improved high
ways in city and country alike. The
Chkonicle " f avorB the proposition in
every shape, even to Albert A. Popes
petition for a road department in the
presidents cabinet at Washington. Call
upon Linus Hubbard, or at The Umatilla,
and sign the petition.
They Die Hard.
There is now accumulating at The
Dalles, and all along the line, train after
train load of freight, including live
stock, which the U. P. R. Co. are unable
to transport to Portland because of the
guyser which has piled a mountain of
earth upon the road below Bonneville.
It would seem to be no more than an act
of simple justice, in a case of this kind,
for the company to co-operate with the
shippers and consignees in aid of reach
ing the market, but they don't do it.
Yesterday the railway company refuged
in this city to deliver 100 head of beef
cattle to the steamer Regulator, on a
positive order from theowner in Port
land, until the freight was paid to the
U. P. R. Co. on the cattle from this city
to Troutdale ; and at the same time it
was known perfectly well that the rail
road company could not deliver these
cattle. The wire was put to work, and
Messrs. French and Laughlin were in
structed to pay the extortion to the U.P.
R. Co., get the cattle out, and forward
them at once, as they were in demand
today. The steamer . was held four
hours, and the cattle were finally
shipped.
It is such outrages as this that calls
down upon the heads of the Union
Pacific the execration of. an outraged
people ; they will not be friendly when
it is infinitely to their interest to be so ;
they exact the last nickel, and then try
to steal the balance. Sympathy for
them is wors6 wasted - than pearls cast
before swine.
THE BOTTOM COMES UP
Claims'
of the Pot-Honse Politician
Brongnt to the Fere.
CHICAGO PETTY GANG-MASTERS.
No Limit to Their Demands, nor no end
to Their Numbers.
THE HONEST VOTER WITHOUT HOFE
Result of Holding ont "Glittering Prom
ises of Reform" to Lead the
Spoils Element.
Special to The Chhonicle.1
Chicago, Nov. 21. Innumerable pot
house politicians, ward bosses and petty
gang-masters are rushing to the front
just now, claiming that they brought
about the democratic victory of the 8th.
In the disposition of patronage nothing,
in their view, is too good for them.
There is no limit to their numbers or
their demands. , As a matter of fact the
principal element of doubt in the elec
tion was whether these fellows wonld
not be bought up by the opposition
managers. And, while they are taking
it lor granted that the public service is
to be torn up and things thrown topsy
turvy to make places for them, the peo-
ple who did the honest voting without
hope of spoils are led to inquire if, after
all, they voted simply to put a different
set of tax-eatera on the pay-roll. Before
the election the democracv held out a lot
of glittering promises of reform, re
trenchment and purification.' Now that
the election is over there is an unmask
ing of the designs of those men who have
no other nurDOse in view than to tret
their hands into the people's treasury.
will not require lone to discover
whether the democratic campaign was a
magnificent confidence game on the peo
ple or if it had a predominating element
of sincerity in it. -
The Storm in Illinois.
Later information from Illinois shows
that the telegraph system is demoralized
throughout the Mississippi valley from
St. Paul to St. Louis. Along the Wa
bash line in Miesouri over 100 miles of
poles are down. Railroad people say
the storm was one of the most peculiar,
as well as the most destructive, they ever
had to contend with.-" Itrpeared to
come up the Mississippi r?ver ty a point
directly over the spot wfiefe Iowa joins
Illinois and Wisconsin. There the wind
seemed to gather renewed force, and
went whirling about in a circle 100 miles
in diameter. The wind was accompanied
by rain, which, when the atmosphere
grew colder, turned to sleet and then to
snow.
Canadian Pacific Slide.
A Westminister dispatch gives an
account of the severest gale felt for
years along the line of the Canadian
Pacific. Trains were cancelled in con
sequence of land and rock slides. The
torrents of rain which fell loosened an
immense mass of bowlders from the
bluff above the line near Hope station.
The great rock tumbled down, on the
track, twisting the steel rails out of
shape, breaking the ties into splinters
and ripping up the roadbed. An explo
sion of dynamite could not have created
more havoc. When daylight came the
operator at Hope- wired to Vancouver
for a wrecking car, new rails, ties and a
gang of men to repair the damage. An
effort was made to send the required
assistance, but the huge mud slide be
tween Port Hammond and Port Hanley
blocked the line, and this obstacle had
to be removed first. The slide near
Port Hanley is said to be the largest at
the point in several years. A great
slice of the bank above the track broke
off and slipped over the line, burying
the rails for a distance of over 300 feet.
A gang of men was sent up from Van
couver and Westminster and 6et to work
bright and early to clear the way.
In Blemorlam.
The following resolutions of condolence
were adopted at the last meeting of the
carpenters and joiners union in this city :
Whebeab it has pleased Almighty God
in his infinite wisdom' to remove from
this life, our beloved brother U. S. Beck
nell and while we bow in bumble sub
mission to his divine will we monrn the
loss of the true and loving brother.
Resolved that the undivided heartfelt
sympathy of the members of the carpen
ters and joiners union, No. 544, of The
Dalles, Oregon, be tendered to bis be
reaved parents, sisters and friends. In
this their sad hour of affliction with sad
dened hearts we have bid adieu to this
dear friend and brother and now with
all our love we can but, leave him with
his father. '
Resolved that a copy of these resolu
tions be spread at large on the minutes
of the union and the chair be draped fn
mourning for thirty days. Also a copy
be inserted in The Dalles Daily Chron
icle.
Resolved that a copy be engrossed and
presented to the family of the deceased.
J. Simonsen, A. J.Hendry, H. Anton-
sen, uommittee.
Resolutions of condolence, The Dalles,
Or., Nov. 1892.
THE V. V. It. OBSTRUCTION.
A Slide, A Guyser, Perhaps an Embryo
Volcano -Who Knows. v
It is now a week since the so-called
land slide, below Bonneville, occurred
on the U. P. R. obstructing travel, after
wrecking a locomotive and a car. From
a small stream but a pace across that
morning, and not to exceed a foot in
depth, the current from the mountain
has filled Mr. Roed's orchard,, below the
railway track, destroyed his barn, and
completely buried his house. It is now
a wash fully 300 feet wide, and nearly 25
feet high. At first it was considered a
landslide, attributed a glacial movement ;
but the line of the "railway track is in
tact, which dispels the theory of glacial
movement. From a gentleman who has
seen and described it, we are inclined to
the belief that it is at present writing a
guyzer, and may develop into an active
volcano. Our informant states that the
temperature of the water is increasing.
It has been impossible to take the force,
but it is something very considerable, to
build up as it has a full two miles from
the sub-terranean outlet, a bank 300
feet on the base, 20 feet high. From the
railway track to the base of the moun
tain the distance is J of a mile ; from
the base to the summit of the overflow
is a mile ; The water comes from sub
terranean sources, and the bowlders and
dirt comes to the top by a force equal to
a blast of dynamite. There has been no
separation of earth from bed-rock, no
slide as reported, the filling is all 'from
the guyzer, and it is the hight of foolish
ness for the railway company to talk
about "the track being clear this even
ing." ihe slide (so called) will last as
long as the guyzer continues to belch
forth its mass of earth and rock, and no
human, hand can stay its work.
It is not a tame affair by any means.
It is now considered dangerous to work
in the neighborhood of the obstruction,
notwithstanding the silt flows down as
gently as the sands from the river were
moved in Portland by the Bowers'
dredge, filling Couch lake. It may be
possible for the railway company to
build around it, but as the wash now
reaches to the river bank, this seems
impracticable. One thing is certain it
cannot be removed from the track by
any known appliance, and as it. is 5m
possible to build through it, the fact
might just as well be stated: It will be
a long time before railway traffic is re
sumed between The Dalles and Portland.
WAP1NITIA LETTER.
Interesting; Sketches of Things Local
and Domestic.
Special to The Chronicle.
Wapijiitia, Nov. 19. Election has
been over long enough out here, to allow
every one a rest, and giving other things
time to happen.
The sale of the W. McD. Lewis prop
erty which began on the 15th, closed
yesterday. The , attendance was very
good and everything sold at a good fig
ure, altogether amounting to about
$15,000.
The weather has been quite cold, and
blustery here for a week, with a few
light skifts of snow.
The Clear creek ditch company are
preparing to move their camp from the
mountains to the settlement, the snow
being two feet deep at their present
quarters.
Fall sown grain is up and looks very
promising.
Cattlemen have their stock about all
gathered and in. their pastures, which
owing to early rains are green and good.
Lew Kelly is putting the finishing
touches on a nice little cottage on his
Juniper ranch. He puts on a touch and
then suddenly departs for Tygh, but ties
up a little this side, guess he will get
tied himself sometime soon.
R. A. Laughlin has gone to the county
scat after winter supplies and a hat.
O. C. Paquet and Sam Patterson gam
bled their bean crop away and are pre
paring to go to China. Liza Jane. .
The Story Confirmed. '
Milwaukee, Nov. 21. The news of
Mr. Pabst's marriage to Margaret
Mather is confirmed. Two years ago
Miss Maher played the part of Gretchen
here, and young Pabst was one. of the
smitten ones in her audience. He was
at a susceptible time in life having but
just attained his majority, and it was
well known that most of the floral tri
butes that went over the orchestra lead
er's head and footlights came from him.
He had prospective wealth and a good
face and figure in his favor, and the
actress did not look on his attentions
with very marked disfavor.
Gustav is the second son of the brewer
and was educated in a military school
and was made a member of Gov. Peck's
military staff with the rank of colonel.
Until the recent brewery consolidation
he was the secretary of the Pabst brew
ing company.
Lewis McGlauflln III. ,
San Francisco, Nov. 21. Lewis
W.
McGlauflin, the well known grain mer
chant and member of the Produce Ex
change, is lying dangerously ill at his
home, having been stricken with brain
fever.
Cholera In St. Petersburg.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 21. Eleven
new cases of cholera and three deaths
were reported yesterday.
PUMPED A LAKE DRY
Moto Methods, of Engineering Tested
in MicMaiL
SEEKING COPPER UNDER A LAKE.
The Marquette Mining Company Carry
out an Absurd Idea.
INCIDENTS OF THE EXPERIMENT
A Shaft to be Sunk In the Center of the
Lake Bed as a Precaution for
' Safety Other Notes.
Detroit, Nov. 22. A special from the
superintendent of the Marquette and
Pittsburg Copper Co. states that what
seemed an impossible and absurd nn
dertaking last spring is now an accom
plished fact. The last drop of water has
been pumped from Lake Angeline, and
now a hole marks the place of tbat once
beautiful lake, three-quarters of a mile
long and about one-third of a mile wide,
and a depth of 15 feet. Last spring,
while the ice was solid, a scow was con
structed on the ice, and an engine and
boiler and an immense centrifugal pump
was placed in position on the scow.
When the ice melted the scow was held
in position by large timbers driven in
the ground at each corner. Before any
pumping was done a trench was dug to
the Carp river, a distance of three miles,
and five feet of the entire surface was
drained in this manner. Then the
pump was put to work and has been
running almost continuously until this
week. As the lake lowered the boat was
moved to the center and a launder was
constructed to the trench on the shore.
For two weeks past hundreds of salmon,
some weighing five pounds, have been
caught in the launder by meanrof a wire
screen. One day the superintendent
threw a live goose in the lake near the
end of the suction pipe. The goose was
drawn into the pipe, went through the
Itfimp, and was caught in the launder
uninjured fcave for the loss of some
feathers. Mining operations are being
pursued under the lake, but there is no
danger of a cavein, and a shaft will at
once be sunk in the center of the lake.
TO APPEAR IN THE DALLES.
What the Oregonian Says of the Kent
Borles Exhibition.
From the Orcgonian 20th.
During the silent passage of time upon
the past twelve prancing months, the
artistic taste of Portland has been quietly
but steadily developing, and to no one
is more credit due than to Mr. C. W.
Kent, who, in a dozen different ways,
has lent the experience of his artistic
stage training and sensitive nature to
ward the desired end. His capabilities
as an actor of power and versabuity
were fully appreciated by those fortu
nate enough to hear the marvelous
rendition of Poe's "Telltale Heart" at
the Arion hall last month, and also in
the qniet but subtle work -of the short
comedietta at the Concordia hall. The
fact of Mr. Kent being an enthusiastic
and polished lecturer on the subject of
Charles Dickens and his works, has
lately leaked out, but to all requests for
a public rendition of his lecture he has
hitherto made a decided denial, on the
ground that the city did not contain a
sufficient quantity of the great writer's
admirers to warrant the expense of such
an undertaking. Manager Freidlander
hearing of this, however, and being
urged at the same time by the large
number of Dickens worshipers in the
city to use his influence and co-operation,
has persuaded Mr. Kent to devote
an evening from his other duties and
give a "Dickens Lecture," illustrating
his subject by dissolving views to a
musical accompaniment. The 10th of
December, at the Marquam Grand has
been decided upon, when Mr. Kent will
make his initial bow as a lecturer before
a Portland audience. The interest and
good wishes of his many Portland friends
are warmly with him in his endeavor
to gratify their request for an artistic
enjoyable and intellectual trial.
The International Conference.
London, Nov. 21. American delegates
to the international monetary confer
ence, which opens tomorrow in Brussels,
left Victoria station this morning in a
special. Senator Allison said there if no
telling how long the conference will last.
I expect it will be a week before we get
fairly down to business. An adjourn
ment over the Christmas holidays is in
evitable. Salvation Army Strength.
New Yobk:, Nov. 21: There will be
several thousand Salvation Army men
and women in line tonight and tomor
row night to give evidence publicly of
the increase in the strength of the army,
whose delegates are to meet in the first
continental congress since the work
started in this country. There are com
missioners from many sisters. At the
head of the line Gen. Bailington Booth
and Mrs. Booth will ride in a carriage
over the route of parade.
NEARLY BROKE HIS NECK.
Supt. Easter, of the 17. P. B. R. Co.,
Flies to Pieces From Centrifugal
Force. " "
Private dispatches from Portland this
morning inform us that R. W. Baxter,
general superintendent of the operating
department of the U. P. R. Co. met with
quite a relapse yesterday. Between
Reed's guyzer; which some persist in
calling "a landslide below Bonneville ;"
and the demands of shippers at aud be
yond The Dalles, the information comes
that Mr. Baxter twice or three times
went back on himself so suddenly that 1
it nearly broke his neck. .It appears
that very many of the Inland Empire
dealers are out of soap, sugar, socks, etc.,.
etc., articles too numerous for enumera
tion ; and that they are as anxious to
get their goods up from Portland as the
meat companies were day before yester
to get their fat cattle down. And it fur
ther appears that these consignees sent
an agent to Mr. Baxter, who seems to be
in some way very anxious to' hold these
goods, much of whioh is in transit from
San Francisco ; and begged him to trans
fer the freight to The Dalles Portland and
Astoria Navigation Co., that they might
get the articles they are so much in need
of.
Mr. Baxter once agreed to let the goods
come on by the Dalles City and Regu
lator, but,, like the steal of Sunday
here; he wanted the cash money "for the
freight" to The Dalles. The extortion
would not be tolerated, so he hung np a
sign saying the U. P. R. Co. would not
take freight for The Dalles and other
points of the Inland Empire until Satur
day Nov. 26th. At this announcement
shippers in Portland rebelled ; they
joined with the Inland Empire con
signees and peremptorily demanded then
freights on bills of lading to Portland.
It is said Baxter sweat over the situation,
and finally made another promise, then
again backed down from it, and thns the
matter stands. But of one thing you
can take bets. The steamers Dalles City
and Regulator will get the freight, up aa
well as down ; and if the U. P. R. R. Co.
fail to come to a decent and respectable
understanding of the situation within a
reasonable time, they will find them
selves in a position to make the amende
honorable, and themselves suffer from a
contusion of the spine, whether Mr.
Baxter recovers or not. This is a plain
subject, and it requires plain language,
without apology, from every one who .
feels the imposition practiced upon the
public by the gjasping, soulless mon
opoly this U. P. R. Co. is.
The Mysterious Murder. .
Portland police are still working to
solve the mystery of the murder of R.
L. Johnson, found in a U. P. R. box-ear
at Albina recently. - The murdered man
has been clearly identified, but not so
with regard to the murderers. One J.
S. Casada, suspected, is in jail' at La'
Grande. The car was in The Dalles,
side tracked, and it is thought that both
the murdered man and Casada were
here the Sunday before. It is thought
Johnson and his companion had been
here a couple of days. At any rate,
both of them were drinking, but had
caused no disturbance. Therefore, the
authorities of The Dalles, surmising
that the crime was committed here,
have taken a band in the matter, and an
officer who saw Johnson has gone to
Portland to identify the body and throw
what additional light he can upon the
mysterious erime.
When Casada was arrested in La
Grande he denied any knowledge what
ever of the crime, and stated that he
was open to questions. He said that he
was with Johnson in Colfax, and left
that place with him, but could not tell
at just what point they separated.
They had started out with the intention
of going to Rockford, but did not make
the visit. They left Colfax November
7th, but cannot give a comprehensive
account of his whereabouts since that
time. This adds nothing to the credi
bility of Casada's story, though the au
thorities say that a tramp who
travels so much as Casada does is
not to be expected to remember
all of bis routes. There is no question
but the detectives suspect Casada,
though they decline to make any state
ments regarding him ; but it is known
that as soon as possible Captain Gritz
macher will interview the prisoner, and
if there is any color to the suspicion the
Portland detectives will find it. Before
he was killed, Johnson had a fine gold
watch and chain and several twenty
dollar gold pieces, but just how much is
not known.
aGravel Bids for Beets.
Review. A number of fine sugar beets
were brought to the chamber of com
merce yesterday by Jesse Barker, who
grew them on his farm a few miles from
Spokane. One of them will weigh over
five pounds. The beets were grown in a
piece of gravel ground, which horticul
turists claim will nover be suitable for
the growth of the sweet plant. Secre
tary Reavis had them boxed and they
were forwarded to the agricultural de
partment at Washington for analysis.
If the test is favorable, owing to their
size and heavy yield, our gravel beds
will soon become a rival of California in
the production of the sugar plant. -