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THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY;, DECEMBER 16, 1892.
NUMBER 1.
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FEARFUL COLLISION.
6ne Serions Accident Causes a Worse
one in New Jersey.
ONE MORE BRIDGE TO BE BUILT.
LjRailway Telegraphers Ordered out on a
Strike by Chief Ramsey.
WILL HO 8KBIOU8LT INTERFERE
The Bosk Island the Only Lin Affected
by the Strike far Other
Hentlou.
'.. Ckebiivillji, N. J., Dec. 8. At 11:30
this morning the Boundbrook express,
en route for Jersey city, struck and
killed a woman in front of the depot
here. The train stopped immediately.
Another train, outward bound, on an
opposite track, whose engineer saw the
killing, stopped hi train. Behind him,
ii the same track, followed the third
express. The stopping of the first was
o sudden he could not stop in time,
although he applied the air brake.
The engine plowed through the rear car
lor half its length, crushing timbers,
glass, etc., with a report heard for blocks
away. It injured about a dozen passen
gers. Miss Gilroy, of Elizabeth, was
badly hurt, her injuries may prove
fatal. One man had his collar-bone
broken.
Ordered to Strike.
Chicago, Dec. 9. Chief Ramsey, of
the railway telegraphers, says the strike
. on the Rock Island road is now on and
that all the telegraphers went out at ten
a. m. yesterday. A Davenport special
ays the strike would not seriously in
terfere with the use of wires for train
work in Iowa from the Mississippi river
to Council Bluffs, not more than twelve
perators having left their keys, and on
the division from-Davenport to Kansas
City fifton to twenty had gone out.
Trains are moving regularly by the dis
patchers' orders except where the snow
torm had interfered. At El Reno the
oerators have the sympathy of the
citizens, and it is believed that the com
pany will have trouble putting non
mnion men in the strikers' places. Be-
tween Ft. Dodge and Des Moines only
fcur men are at work. Thev are station
agents not members of the order. Train
service is considerably crippled there
As far as can be learned, none of the
operators on the Burlington, Cedar
Rapids and Northern road have obeyed
the order to strike.
Southern I'aciflc Jtriage.
Washington, Dec. 8. The senate bill
for a bridge acrows the Mississippi river
above New Orleans for the use of the
Southern Pacilic was passed. It is very
rgent that this measure become a law
. before the final adjournment of congress.
Of Interest to Frnit Men.
Pacific Farmer. President Cardwell,
of the state board of horticulture, who
has just returned from an extended trip
' through the frnit sections of California
is very enthusiastic in his description ot
the interest taken in that industry by
the prominent men in the state. He
ays that . there is more brains and
nionev engaged in the raisin of Calif
ornia Iruit than in any other business.
Almost ail of the prominent men have
an interest of some kind. Inonecounty
they figure that they have enough wine
grapes to supply the world. These
grapes sold as low as six dollars per ton
during the present season. And wine
sold for eight to ten cents per gallon.
The growers also figure that they will
inside of five years according to the
acreage now planted raise enough French
prunes (400,000,000 pounds) to supply
the cidKitry. Their prunes in size can
not compare with the Oregon product,
but as it is lett to ripen and then dried
in the sun it is of excellent quality hold
ing much sugar. It is a mistaken idea
to think that fruits dried in sun are not
of good quality. The large size and ex
cellent quality of the Oregon prune will
always place it at the head in the prune
market if It is put up in an attractive
inanm-r, as it will always command the
highest price and the best class of trade.
The loading growers of California are of
the opinion and so expressed it that on
account of the superior quality of the
' Oregon apple in comparison with the
California apple, that the growers of Or
egon should devote more of their land to
the pr jduction of apples, and the doctor
ays that a ship load of Winter Nelli'
pears could be sold in the Sun Frt : r:
aaarket.
Current Topics.
The Heppner Gazette says: News
comes from Harney county that W. C.
Byrd will not be one in the race to be
decided on the 20th inst. It is reported
that John Daly will run on the demo
cratic ticket, but who will be the choice
of the republican and populist parties
is not knowD, though it is presumed
that Gowan and Fenwick will try it
again. If the later should not. decide to
make the race, the democrat will
doubt lens be elected.
The enrollment in the state normal
school at Monmouth in this state is 355.
The corresponding enrollment last year
was 320.
The District of Columbia is left by a
decision of the supreme court of the
district without a law regulating the
liquor traffic. An old statute of the
legislature of the district relating to the
licensing of various vocations has hither
to been treated by the commissioners as
giving them power to grantor refuse the
licenses to sell intoxicating liquors, and
as subjecting those who sold without
license to penalties, in May last the
supreme court or tne district, neia
against this view of the power of the
commissioners. It is ot urgent impor
tance, therefore that congress should
supply, either by direct enactment or
by conferring discretionary powers upon
the commissioners, proper limitations
and restraint upon the liquor traffic in
the district. The district has suffered
in its reputation by many crimes of vio
lence, a large per cent, of them result
ing from drunkeness and the liquor
traffic. The capital of the nation should
be freed from this reproach by the en
actment of stringent restrictions and
limitations Uxn the traffic.
The Heppner Gazette says: J. C
Luce advocates a slice cutoff from Grant
countv and be added to Morrow. Mor
row county opposes slicing any more.
Portlands water system is getting to
be a ponderous institution. They find
that their revenue is insufficient to
meet the requirements on their interest
bearing bonds, and as soon as the pipe
line is finished they will fall short $75,-
000 or more than their receipts on in
come for water rent, and are compelled
to advance rates before the new year.
The Dr. Briggs Trial.
The Dr. Briggs trial is getting to be
tiresome. They have made the accusa
tion that the Dr. teaches that Moses
was not (the author of the pentateuch,
etc. Dr. Birch said the only authority
of the authorship was the bible itself.
He said : "If Moses did not write the
pentateuch, no Jew can be blamed for
rejecting Christ. If Moses did not write
the pentateuch, Christ himself is dis
honest." When Dr. Birch finished his
sech, Col. McCook took up the club
und made the discussion very warm in
his effort to prove the heretical theories
of Dr. Briggs.
To the common reader this discussion
is not very savory and does not advance
the cause of Christianity with the ma-
joritv of readers. The christian world
wauts less dogmatism in this nineteenth
century, and more simple Christianity
It doesn't make any difference to the
most of mankind whether Moses wrote
the "pentateuch, or whether David did,
as long as the spirit is there.
Million Without Charity.
In all the lives of wealthy men 'who
have been favored with millions of do
lars ; who have been prominent charac
ters in the world ; have had an under
lying thought and spirit of benevolence,
they have realized that the world had
contributed to their pleasures, to their
comforts and their successes. While
they had absorbed a share of its wealth,
they owed much for it, and as a remem
brance, forgot not its benefits. There
are but few instances where the hand of
charitv has not been felt, the weak
made strong and talents returned for
charity's sake. In Mr. Jay Gould's life
there is an exception. He gathered
from the world, and kept what the
world gave him without thanksgiving,
Hia hundred millions he bequeathed to
his sons and daughters. Charity, for
public good, was not his thanksgiving.
The offering was forgotten. "As the
worm dieth so he died.''
American Cholera.
From the Daily Reveille, Whatcom, Wash.
"T. C. Burnett, the democratic candi
date for sheriff, was taken violently ill
at Clearbrook. He had all the symp
toms of Asiatic cholera, and for an hour
or two it was feared he would die. They
finally gave him a dose of Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,
which revived him until a physician ar
rived." That is precisely what the
manufacturers of that medicine recom
mend for cholera. Send for a physician
but give their medicine until the physi
cian arrives. If cholera become preval
ent in this country next summer thin
preparation will be in great demand be-
f?'ltl It f1:W SliViTS W !! (! utv
A BATTLE EXPECTED
Tag Usual Results of a Mississippi
... snooting Match.
LOSS BT A FIRE IN CINCINNATI
Breaks Forth From the City Armory
and Spreads Quickly.
A GANG OF ROBBERS I If ST. LOCIS
Hailing from Chicago and Operate with
the Utmost Boldness John M.
t'ohn Suicides.
St. Louis, Dec. 9. Excitement has
settled down somewhat in consequence
of the Elam. mob, but a battle is proba
ble. The mob was composed of several
hundred men,' friends of Edward E.
Elain, who was shot and killed by
George E. Money, son of Congressman-
elect P. D. Money, in a fight on the
streets of Car roll ton last Saturday, now
on its wav to Woodstock landing to
lynch young Money, who is stopping
with his uncle, James P. Money. When
Money's friends learned that a mob had
started to Woodstock fifty men; armed
with Winchesters, started in pursuit
A telegram was also sent to Greenwood,
which is about ten miles from Wood
stock, apprising the citizens and author
ities oi the intentions of the u ob, and
the sheriff, with 400 men heavily armed,
left for the scene at once.
Destructive Fire at Cincinnati.
Cleveland, Dec. 8. tife broke out
this morning in the city armory on Long
street and, tanned by a heavy wind,
quickly spread -to the police station,
which is now burning. The -prisoners
have been removed .to the county jail.
There was an explosion in the armory,
part of whose walls fell before it oc
curred. By hard work the firemen suc
ceeded in saving the police station, but
the armory was entirely destroyed. The
light artillery lost four guns, and several
companies occupying the armory lost all
their belongings. The entire loss
to
building and contents is $150,000.
A Gang or Kobbers in St. Louis.
St. Louis, Dec. 8. A gang of robbers
from Chicago have been operating with
the utmost boldness in this city, as they
recently did in Chicago, but the police
went to work with. such good results
that the band appears to be broken np.
Over 40 arrests of crooks have taken
place, and a Chicago detective has recog
nized about 30 of them as members of
an organized gang which have been
holding up and robbing people in broad
daylight in that city and suburbs. Re
quisitions will be secured for- the whole
gang. '
Canyon City Defaulter Canght.
San Fhancisco, Dec. 8. E. A. Brack-
ett was arrested today by Detective Cody
upon a requisition from the governor of
Oregon. In 1887 Brackett was clerk of
the school district at Canyon City, Grant
county, and taking about If 1,100 of the
district's funds, fled. An indictment
was found by the grand jury, but it was
only a few weeks ago that Brackett was
traced, and then he was serving 250 days
;is "trusty" in the city prison for carry
ing concealed weapons, .since his re
lease he had been working for a local
al and wood dealer. Sheriff Combs
and Deputy Brown will take him back
immediate! v. .
Kuiclde of a Lawyer.
Chicago, Dec. 8. John M. Cohen, a
awyer, well conuected in Philadelphia,
from which city he recently came to
Chicago, committed suicide yesterday
by shooting. He was temporarily in
sane because of insomonia.
Alluminnm Alloy Composite.
nas given entire satisfaction to iron,
steel and brass founders, 2 per cent.
added to mixture of cheap low zrade
metals gives 30 per cent, increased
strength, makes hard metal soft, sound
and non-crystalizing, prevents blow
holes and sponginess. Allnminum al
loy unites copper with iron, and lead
with iron and copper, heretofore consid
ered an impossibility. It is not as ex
pensive a metal as has been supposed.
It can be produced at the small cost of
five cents a pound .in small quantities
and four cents bv the ton. The govern
ment tests made at the Rock Island ar
senal has given such perfect satisfaction
that it is being nsed in the manufacture
of armor plates and ordnance. Experi
ments bare proven that the resisting
druir-! power is superior to anything hereto
' I fore nied.
KITKR9 AND HARBORS.
Special Reports of the Secretary of War
Upon the Pacific TTortnwest Coast.
A dispatch from Washington states
tha- Secretary Elkins has sent to con
gress estimates on several Pacific Coast
surveys, among them for the removal of
the existing obstructions in Coos river,
Col. Mendell also suggested that the
snags, logs and boulders in Coos river be
removed. . No additional survey is neces
sary, because the conditions of the river
are constantly changing. Capt. Svmons
reported in favor of improving the ud
per Columbia river at two places, one
from the dalles (far up the river) to the
international boundary, fifteen miles,
and the other from the head of Rock Is
land ranids to Foster creek, just above
the mouth of the Oknnogan, ninety
miles. To make a survey and prepare
improvements $4,000 will be necessary.
The department concurs in the recora
mendation. Major Handbnry : thinks
the Willamette above Oregon City
should be made safelv navigable at all
Benson on account of the great com
merce carried by that stream. The
river trade would increase, and at ,the
same time freight rates would go down.
For surveys and preparatory work $12 -
000 will be necessary."
We are glad to see that the Willamette
is to be provided for, at last. Com
merce on that river has been about as
.shamefully neglected above Portland, as
it has been on the Columbia above the
mouth of the Willamette. If the press
of Oregon does its duty, however; the
days of such neglect will be very soon
numbered. Upon the topic suggested by
the reports referred to, the Telegram last
evening say s :
"The reports show, the increased at
tention that the navigable, waters' of the
Pacific Northwest are receiving and their
growing importance to commerce.
When a comprehensive review of the
Oregon, and Washington waterways is
made, Hie description of present and
future needs cannot be very briefv
There are no two other states of the
union that have more navigable harbors
than these lusty commonwealths of the
Pacific Northwest..: -
"But there are many people who live
here who do not appreciate it. Not one
man in ten in Portland, if suddenly
asked to name the harbors that indent
Oregon's coast, could tell ttiem or their
general location. Yet waterways are of
the utmost importance to the develop
ment of a section. Take two states with
all things equal, except that one has
harbors, and the other has not, - The one
will so' far forge ahead of the other in
population and wealth that they would
not be classed together.
Many people think Oregon is grow
ing rapidly now, and that her commer
cial influence is steadily increasing.
That ip granted. But give a deep water
entrance to all her harbors, let there be j
well-built jetties at the mouth of . other
rivers, as well as the Uoluraoia, let all
other navigable streams be cleared of
snugs and-dredged of sand barH, and the
advance will not only be rapid but al
most phenomenal in the development of
cities and country, the influx of capital,
and the increase of all kinds of business.
Oregon has fieen treated fairly well as
appropriations go, but she can take care
of and spend well all the money that,
congress gives her for river and harbor
improvement." , .
The Telegram might with propriety
say also, that, not one man in 500 in the
city of Portland could tell how many
passengrers were carried by steamboats
on the Columbia river for the year ended
Nov. 1st, 1892.
The Dalles Chhoniolk can tell you:
436,000.
No? -au one man in 1,000 in the city
f Portland tell yon what the 55,000
dollar po.rtage railway at the Cascades,
built by the state, by a Dalles ' city man
superintendent, on an appropriation of
fCO.OK), in connection with The Dailes
steamer Ri-giilator line has saved to the
people of the Inland Empire.
The Chkonicle can tell you: $2.50
upon every ton of freight carried, both
bv the-railway and steamboats; $7.00
apon enclt horse, una in similar propor
tion upon cattle, sheep, wool, fruit, etc.
That portage railway might be made
to do even better than it has. The bur
den of the reductions, has fallen upon
The Regulator Line. But of this more
anon. ,We hope that justice may be
done to all ; even though Portland be
swalluwed np its mud, its prejudices, its
jealousies, and its lamentable ignorances
respecting the balance of the state. It
ia quiW time to inquire, upon bended
knees, for "More Light." .
Crisis in the Cotton Trade.
- London, Dec. 8. Secretary Mawdsley,
of thv' Lancashire - operative spinners,
said t(day that in bis opinion the crisis
in the cotton trade would not be reached
before the end of January. The accumu
lated. 8 ocks would then be exhausted.
Orders f ir the spring trade would raise
prices and the master spinners would
find it necessary to reconsider their
present decision.
WANTTO RULE OR RUIN
EniM Delegates Trying to Mnolle flu
Conference.
SEEMS TO BE A DESIGNED PLAN
Bertram Currie and Sir William Houlds-
worth Hare not a Single View.
DI8LIKB IA;H OTBEK'I VI It W 8.
To
Foul the Conference in Coming to
any General or Special Solution
of the Silver Question.
Brussels, Dec. 6. The bimetallist
delegates to the international monetary
conference are discussing whether or
not they shall unite in signing a memo
randum on the obstruction offered by
Great Britain to a determination of the
questions before the conference. If the
conference resumes its sittings after
prolonged adjournment, such a protest,
it is conceived, is likely to induce the
British government to present to the
conference a decided policy through its
delegates acting in unison thereon. The
present British delegation appears to
have been sent purposely to muddle tho
proceedings. Thire ia no cohesion
among . the .British . representatives
either as to principle, or procedure.
Each delegate appears to act as an indi
vidual agent, except Sir C. Rivers Wil
son and Sir Fremantle, deputy master
of the British mint, the latter of wh nn
used his official position to declaim any
responsibility tor the proposals pre
sented bv Rothschilds. ' Bertram Currie
and Sir William Houldsworth have not
a single idea in common, and have a
strong mutual contempt for each other's
views. -neither (jenenH . Ktrachy nor
Sir Guilford Molesworth, the Indian del
egates, have official orders as to the
course to take. It has been made clear
the British government has purposely
avoided giving any instructions tending
to the common action of its delegates
upon any point whatever. It is now
obvious this course was designed to fool
the conference in coming to any general
or special solution of the silver question.
Two Brave Girls Save a Train From
Disaster.
Tacoma, Dec. 8. Two
brave girls,
with a lantern, saved a heavily laden
Southern Pacific passenger train from
total destruction, near Grant's Pass, Or.,
Wednesday evening. The wreckers had
removed the outside rail over the high
trestle across Cow creek canyon, and
had not the engineer been signaled just
as he was approaching it, the entire
train would have plunged to the bottom
of the rocky gulch, 45 feet below. The
full story of the attempted wreck, which
the Southern Pacific evidently sup
pressed, is told bere tonight by Dr. G.
V.. .Calhoun, one of the Washington
presidential electors, who arrived this
evening from California. He says that
the displaced rail was discovered by two
young ladies who crossed the trestle
with a lantern jut before the train ar
rived. They were horrified at the dis
covery. Just then the train was heard
approaehhig. One of the girls instantly
rushed up the track swinging the lan
tern over her head, seeing which the en
gineer stopped the train at the approach
of the trestle. The train consisted of
twelve cars containing 250 passengers
and Dr. Calhoun says the loss of life
would have been frightful had the train
not been stopped. The wreckers did
the work quickly, as the track was all
right when the watchman passed over
the trestle half an hour before train
time. When the pas.tngers learned of
their narrow escape they- made up a
purse and appointed a committee to
learn the identity of tl e brave virls and
buy each an appropriate Christmas
present.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
ABSOUiTECtf-. RJZS3
' Timely Invention. .
St. Paul Press. Frank Millet, whose
name on the corner of a square makes it
worth a small fortune, has invented a
machine to paint the white buildings at
Ja-kson park, with the assistance of this
machine two men can smear as much
paint or k-dsomine as forty men with
brushes.. The invention is a very simple
one. It worl:s like a charm, and aside
from the speed with which it decorates
a building, it possesses the advantage of
never going out on a strike or quarrel
ing with the boss for shorter hours or
larger pay. Necessity was the mother
of this invention. It would have been
impossible to get enough of painters in
the building to color them before the
gates opened, and the expense wonld
have been enormous. - Somebody men-V
tioned this to Mr. Millet one day and he
went to work to produce the machine.
After a number of experiments he put
the device in running order. It is sim
ply a gaspipe about a foot long pounded
flat at one end so as to leave an opening
about an iuclr acroes and wide enough '
to insert a sheet of cardboard. This
pipe is attached to a long piece of rubber
hose. The other end of the hose is
dipped in a barrel of paint, and an elec
tric motor pumps a current of air and a
lot of paint through the hose. The
force of the air scatters the paint in a
fine spray as it comes from the gaspipe. ,
The painter simply seizes the gaspipe,
holds it about eighteen inches from the
surface he is decorating, the electric
motor is started and the work is done.
Ilunr Outlook.
The Commercial Review in summing
up the flour trade and the prospects for
the future, says the outlook tor better
prices for flour is not yet very encourag
ing, and from appearances flour is going
down. We are informed that mills are
selling flour at $3.80 per barrel. 'This is
a loss to the mill owner, and shows poor
business judgment. The only remedy
millers have at the present market
price is to closedown their mil Is. There
is an over-production now for the Port-,
land market, and it seems foolish to,
run their mills losing money.. The
mills in Oregon and Washington made
no money, in 1891 and we are positive"
that they are all losing money this year
We havo not yet seen a plan of the O. &
W. Millers' Association that is feasible
to overcome this loss.' The best plan at
the present time is to close dowu your
mill and await a rise in the market." -
Not Worthy of Improvements.
Washington, Dec. 8. Captain Sy-
mons, who was directed to examine,
Rogue river, from Grants Pass to its
mouth, repoi ts to ti e war department
that ih river is not worthy improve
ment, and congress is advised to make ,
no appropriation for the purpose. He
says there are too many waterfalls and
rapids in the river, and the commerce
does not justify ' improvements at the.
mouth of the river.
Official Pleural from Massachusetts.
Boston, Dec. 9. The official vote of
Massachusetts shows the highest repub-
lican vote for an elector was 202,914 ; the
highest democratic vote, 176,813. Gov
ernor Russell's plurality over Lieutenant..
Governor Haile was 2,534.
Insurance Company Ketfre.
Olympia, Dec. 10. Secretary Weir
was notified yesterday that the Cascade -
Fire Insurance company, of Seattle, has
reinsured all its unexpired business in' .
he Farmers' Insurance company, of
that citv, and will go out of business.
Wasco News says : The matter of '
j umng couviub wuur aj lujfjruw uur juu
lie highways is being seriously agitated
in the state an-1 it is more than likely
the mutter will at least be given a trial.
It receives generul indorsement, as in
thi.- way convict lalior can be used with '
out iioniing in competition with legiti
mate free labor. ' There is a large
amount of work needed on the roads in
this state.
The Rothschild proposition and scheme
in the Monetary conference, is declared
to be the same with a few slight modifi
cation9, as that of one Levi, a German
financier of small pretentions, who ad
vanced the idea ten years ago, and -no
attention was given it, because he was
not a Rothschild.
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