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THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1803.
NUMIJER .p
rO CAUSE FOR ALARM
Tie Position ol Secretary Foster on ttie
Treasury Condition.
? MILLIONS TO SPAKE MARCH itb-
The Senatorial Contest in our Sister
State Washington.
Kit. AUINIEIM VKIU t ONMIUCSir
Maine 1eni . -ntle Tnctlce Xrhrnakn
lieaillark- nrpulilloBO Victory
,.. Kiinua..
r jchtl t" '"an CMiuiMi.l.R.l .
Wahiunuton, Jhii. 0. Secretary Fos
t -t does not export to be culled unon to
L no any 1oiiiIh to got gold (or the treas
r between now and March 4th. It
J 1 nocowmry. In the three weeks
1. rin which fl'J.OOO.OlK) have been sunt
ulroud. all of which was tuken from tli
treasury, lie says: "I have lmd the off
set of $S,0OO,K)0 accumulation. The
gold In tho treusury v. lieu the high nliip
ments Iwgan amounted to $d23,UIIO,lO0.
While have not made any promises to
r-t miy more gold in the treasury on
I Arch 4th than $120,000,000, 1 believe
that the shipments of gold tu F.tiropc
will be lighter from the 1st, mid thut it
is within the MiHsibilitieH of the situa
tion to lenve flltfi.OOO.OOO for u.y auccos
or to control. While I shall not utilize
the provisions of thu resumption net of
Ur6, which went into effect on Jun. let,
1;:. 9, there is no doubt among the legnl
.ncellors of the government that the
(... rotary of the treasury is empowered
under this luw to Bull bonds to secure
'.J whenever it becomes necessary to
maintain redumption. The maintenance
of the credit of tiie povernment has al
wave been thought best subserved by
paying IhiikIh In gold, und tlmt will un-
rwoubtedly continue the custom."
' I'realdent llarrlaou Falling,
p.
'yAKiiiNoToK, Jun. C. Friend of
1. ildont Harrison, who have had occn
r' i to sue and tulle with hiui of lute,
I very much concerned alxjut hU con-C-
n, and express a fear that his
1' h will break dowu Imfore the close
tf t. ) aduiitiiHlialion. The long series
, of V" fortunate niiHhups to tho presideut
and mumlieM of hie family have had a
y-j dcpresMiug effect upon him. The
te i of his wife, to whom he was pecul
iar' devoted, was a blow from which
lie ' is not rutlied in the slightest do
ftt. and it left him quite unable to
wit' tend the ill fortune that bus since
(oil 'ed him nud the other inmates of
V - Vhite House, lie is considerably
a. ed at present by the importuni
ties umny of his personal friends who
ro .. xious to be provided for in some
way before their benefactor goes out of
office. It is said tlmt the president's
; health is the chief argument used by his
friends to have- him aceept the overtures
uiuau ly me butilora university.
Waalilnictim Henulorlnl Conteat.
j Clympia, Jun. 5. Nothing new hns
, t'- spired regarding the senatorial con-
'. Suiintor Allen arrived yesterday
km fecln confident of victory, while the
friciids of Judge Turner are equally sure
t of winning. Very few delegates have
arr'ved as yet. It is expected that
lien 'ly all will ho here by Haturduy,
win i things will take a more definite
lllR
Attempt to 1 iinrat K.puhllanns.
j A(ii!ta, Me., Jan. 6. It is stated an
( effort will be iniide by leading democrats
i to have certain republican inembers of
I the leglHlrtturo unseated under the sec-
tlo of the new ballot law which forbids
'"v candidate to Bet ns an election
vt.. r.
, Th Ntihrniiha D.mllixik.
, vj..coi.k, Nob., Jan. 5. The bouse is
tread y to canvass the vole on the state
lection, but can do nothing else till the
note, which is still deadlocked, organ
izes and nieeu with the bouse in joint
sje.se jn for that purpose.
I.pulillran Victory In Kannwi.
Tc 'eka, Kan., Jan. 6. The supreme
Court this afternoon decided the Ktubbs
Kosenthnl legislative contest In favor of
8tul;', republican. This virtually In-
iures republican organization in tho
out I.
" Mat In Joint M.lin.
1 V. ,r.HK, Mont., Jan. 6. Tho leglsla
Hire iet In joint session this morning,
Ind 1 lUinad to (lovernor Rickards' ad-
The vote for United fltatet ten-
r , .11 be taken January 17.
jiktkk is rntiA.
A .fury (lull a Wlinliximn Rrprlinaiiil
al la KlneU.
OnicAoo, Jun 6. Special. There is a
great (leul of Instruction to be got out
of the Incident in Judge T.reritano's
court room yesterdiiy uiorning, wherein
certain factions and ill-advised jurymen
received a tongue-Ioxhing they will not
soon forget. In a unit for damages for
the death of a child tlmt suspicious body
returned a verdict finding the defund
ants resiKinsible for the deulh and fixing
the damages therefor at one cent. This
is suggestive; but wait. With the ver
dict handed in was a copy of a requisi
tion made by nine of the jurors last
Thursday for a cuho nf beer, two quarts
of whifky, a box of cicurs, t.hroe Hecks
of cards, a dozen bottles nf ale and din
ner for twelve With this ftmtal outlay,
purchased at the public expense, it had
been the jurors' intention to grapple
with a problem involving a question of
human life. In this easy und jocular
manner they had meant to diHpntch the
solemn tlutiiw to which they woreftworn.
It is hurd to say which is moxt ttinazlng,
the aHtonnding Impudence of the thing
or tho abject eonferslon it implies of a
total disregard of trust and of the sacred
nessof human lile. Jndga Itrentano's
oxcoriution of the culprits was about as
sharp and cutting as might be, but none
' o severe for the offense. The fines
ministered to the jurors, with their
discharge, were l:i comparison mild to
bear. If .tho object lcson will prevail
in preventing other jnrurs with a dis
torted seive of humor from stultifying
tho proceedings of justice In similar
fashion it w i!i have been highly salutary.
Wiling to C'fiiupt-omJiic.
WABIUJ.0TOK, Jun. 5. Cleveland has
informed severul demoeratH iu congress,
Alio come nearest to repre.'utiiig bis
views on the iiuauciiU qiieHtioiis, and
ho ure anxious to Lave the niiver mut
ter settled in some way .as epuecHly as
possible, that ho would lie content to
have tho blund act restored as a com
promise, in consideration of the repeal
of the tihermnn act. Mow far he is using
his influence to bring thin about is un
certain, but the men in congress who
are interesting themselves ia the matter
are very hopeful of being able to effect a
compromise
Tba liurting-toa Coining. .
It is currently rumored iu Portland
railway circles that within two years
trains will be running over the Chicago,
Burlington A Quncy road into I'ortland.
The road is graded from Merino, Wyo.,
to the Idaho line, and will lie extended
to ISuiHe next year. From Boise the
road will run weet to the Snake river,
where a spur will be run up to connect
with the limit system In Washington,
while the uiuiu line will run west and
connect with the Oregon I'auilic. The
llurlington'a coming to the coast does
net depend, however, upon its purchase
of the Oregon Pacific. If the Burling
ton does not purchase the Hunt system
It will be built through Washington,
connecting w ith theTacoma, I.uke 1'urk
and Columbia river surveys for the ex
tension of which are now being made iu
the Cascade mountains. This line is
considered a Burlington interest and
will give that road un outlet to 1'uget
Sound. In Goldeodalc, they have high
hopes, according to the Sentinel, which
says: "Merman Beal, the locater for
the defunct Hunt system, is in the em
ploy of the Burlington und will surely
remember this county, and tho famous
Klickitat pass which was on his his
favorite route from Wullula to Van
couver. This is the best chance Klicki
tat now has fur a road. If the Burling
ton pushes its way through to the sound
Klickitat will quite likely secure a road.
Everything looks favorable now
for a road through the country
in the near future." The Buffalo
Courier of the 31st says: "It Is pre
dicted that In 18114 the Burlington will
beruuning trains Into Portland, Oregon.
The road is now graded from Marion,
Wyoming, to the Idaho line, und will tie
extended to Boise. From Boise the
road will run west to Snake river, where
a spur w ill be run up to connect with
the Hunt system in Washington, while
me main line win run went and connect
with the Oregon I'aeitic."
Walt Whitman Reunions.
Cammsn, Jan 6. A largo number of
the friends of the lute Walt Whitman,
including several literary lights, met
today at the residence of Lawyer Thomas
B. Married, and decided to form a Walt
Whitman Reunion Association. It was
announced that over 500 bad been con
tributed for the purchase, endowment
and preservation of the famous two
story house on Mickle street, where
most of the literary work of the poet
philosopher was done. Two thousand
dollars more is to be raised.
Misa Male Williams will return to
Portland on this afternoon's train.
SOURCES OF. INCOMES.
Tiic National Eraes of Tfce United
States of America.
COMPARED WITH THAT OF ENGLAND
A Simple Statement I'poo a Some
what Complex Subject
UKP. OIIKINLStr lNTKRVIKCVEO.
After Hoallog the Lint Vrn Whence
Mum Ciiu the Itevnnao a Meet
Oar Millions.
Hcciul t Tub muomci.i.
Wabiiisotoh, Jun. fi. The qnestion of
an extra sesbion is discussed everywhere.
Lust evening a few wero talking over tin;
situation when th Inquiry wa mode
direct of representative (Jreenleuf of New
York: "What does Kngland pay dut
on? I understand there are only aliout
seven artleVs from w hich that nation
receives revena." The answer wa plain
und simple, in substartce. "Tobnecn,
tea, rum, brandy and other spirits, wine,
currents, coffee, rulsiiii and a few minor
articles thut amount to little in the re
ceipts. That 5s the list. The entire
revenue from customs duties amciant
to about IflOO.noO.OOO a year. About
f 12!),000,000 more comes from the tax on
beer,' on railways and from licenses.
Then there are tho probate duty, the
legacy duty, the house duty, the income
and property tax, and other sources of
revenue mainly taking the form of
stamped documents, etc. The four chief
sources of income are the excise, customs,
stamps, and income and property tax, in
the order named."
The study of this plan of ruishig
revenue is of very great Interest to the
people of this country now because it has
a charm for many of the leaders of the
democratic party. Our enormous cus
toms duties are to be whittled down, If
we can believe the declarations of the
ardent reformers alio are til tint" at the
McKinley law. Free sogar has come
aud will remain. Free wool, free lum
ber, free tin-plate and other articles are
to follow, w ith a general seating of tariff
on manufactured products, which yet
may be as well protected as before, be
cause of the granting of free raw
materials. But whence will Coiue the
revenue to pay the many millions for
pensions, for river and harbor laws, the
cout of new battleships and of elaborate
coast defenses, which a nation with not
an enemy this side of the planet Mars
still thinks It must have. Prepare for a
large increase in the internal revenue
tux on whisky. Prepare for a deter
mined effort to establish an income tax
und a tax on inheritances. Trej are for
a lively agitation by Congressman Tom
Johnson and others of tli.it ilk in favor
of a tux on lauds. The old order
chnngeth. Will the people take kindly
to these new ideas? That remains t j be
seen.
Miulwter l.lucnln to XlralRn.
Chicauo, Jan. 6. It is understood
thut the resignation of Minink r to Kng
land Hubert T. Lincoln will be one of the
first to be placed at the disposal of Pres
ident Cleveland after bis inauguration.
It developed today thut during his re
c mt vacation iu tide couutry the eon of
Old Abe mude arrangements to resume
his luw practice by the opening of the
world's fair, and it is stated by friends
tliat he expects a democrat in his place
so as to enable him to get back in Aiuer
iea by tho end of April. This will prob.
ably be the first diplomatic plum at the
dipposfll of the president.
Huinratoadera Italnlug Mouey.
A member of the- advisory committee
of Homestead, Pa., has been.in Ciuciu
liutl some days raiding funds to prose
cute officials oi the Carnegie company.
Similar uppeuls are being made in other
large cities. It Is Intended to raise $30,
000 for the purpose.
A rilthy Camp.
Washington:, Jan. 6. Surgeon-General
Wyman ha received a report from
Surgeon Williams, sent to little rock,
Ark., to investigate the disease in the
convict camp there. After describing
the filthy condition of the camp and aur
rounding, he gives it aa his opinion the
deaths there were due either to poison
or to contaminated water, due to over
crowding, probably the latter.
Mr. Jesse Eaton, of Wasco, ia in the
city today. We acknowledge it pleasant
call from Mm.
IFATI1 OP W. t.
Tha Celebrated Tloneer Banker
or
Oregon at Kat.
Ppeclal to Thk Chhohm lb.
Pout'land, Jan. 6. Mr. William 8.
Ladd, the pioneer banker of Oregon,
died at his residence in this city at 9:10
a. ni., today after a very brief illness.
Mr. Ladd has been one of the most pop
ular men on the whole Pacific rca?t, and
it is rare indeed to find a man of such
wldo influence in tho financial world to
highly esteemed as he has beon by all
his acquaintances, rich and poor alike,
for all of whom he had good counsel and
dieorinu words. Ho never oppressed
anybody, is the common expression to
day; on the other hand his action has
liberally sustained many a weak and
filtering enterprise.
Mr. Ladd was born in Holland, Vt,
Oct. 10th, 1823. II is ancestors came to
America in 16-3. He came to Oregon
via. the Isthmus tn IBoi. In 1854 he
married Mls Caroline A. Elliott of New
Hampshire. In 1S09, in company with
C. E. Tilton he established the bank of
Ladd t Tilton in Portland. The partner
ship was dissolved in 1SS0 with bills re
ceivable nio-.inting to 2,500,000. He
hud Urge interests in the Oregon Iron
and Steel Co., O. R. and N.
Co., laid other enterprises of
which Oregon is proud His f.tiuily is
W. M. Ladl, member of the bank
firm ; Chus. Elliott Ludd, Mrs. Henry
i. Corbttt, and Mrs. Charles Pratt of
Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr. Ladd endowed
the chair of practical theology in the
Presbyterian Theological seminary in
Hun Francipoo with (oO.lHX). The
Library Association of I'ortland, was
also founded aud foslered by bis benev
olent huud.
Mannlng-Iy Impudent.
"Yon can got nu appropriation from
the legUluture for a portage road at the
dalles," said a gentleman from Portland
to a gentleman of The Dalits, in The
Umatilla dining room yesterday.
Astonished at the expression our Dalles
city man inquired, "Why not?" "Be
cause, I will t?U you, confidentially,"
eaid the Portland gentleman, "We don't
want euchuBeleesexpendituresof money
by the pttopie. In I'ortland we have bor
rowed something like $20,000,000 for
Portland commissions the past few
years, and are putting in water works,
bridges, 'mproving rivers, and building
public buildings for future generations
to pay for. We expect to ask for the
privilege of further indebtedness, to
build another bridge for Albina, and
possibly a further privilege for comple
tion of our city ball and water works,
aud such little things as the duties por
tage should Uke care of themselves in
the same way."
This is a Portland view of the matter.
How can Portland Ignore the justice of a
measure to o;en op to them a region
such as the Inlaud Empire is to them ;
and has been the past thirty years?
If the measure is defeated by Portland
influence this time, it is barely possible
that Portland may never azaiu be
a?ked for any favor, or reciprocity in
business Iroui the Inland JMupire.
The ' ftaleta Organisation.
Salem reports say no one appears to
have arisen yet to content the presi
dency of Lo senate with l'irsch or the
speakership of the house with Keady.
For chief clerk of the senate, the natural
selection would be O. P. Miller, both on
account of his admirable work in the
same caputity two years ago and the
unwritten Uw in the party which re
turns a man to a place he has once filled
well. Whether as secretary of tho race
course at the state fair, or as United
States deputy marshal, or in the coun
cils of his party, Mr. Miller's tireless
industry and accommodatiug ways en
dear him to all he comes in contact
with. He appear to have no formida
ble opposition. For the corresponding
place in the house, John Michell, editor
of The Dalles Times-Mountaineer, w ill
have a strong following, and if he makes
an effort for it will probably succeed. ,
A. C. Jennings, ex-representative
from Lane ounty, Is also a candidate,
and K. P. Hays, who voted for Harrison
at Minneapolis. Whether "Bob" can
make his pcice with the faithful remains
to lie seen. M. C. Starr, of Salem, has
aoLiounced himself as a candidate for
re:idinz clerk of tho bonce. J. B. Eddy
will probably be reading clerk of the
senate. He comes with two or three
terms to his credit, aud the added pret
tige of his "native ton" speech, In nom
inating J. C. Ieasure for congress at the
last state convention. The position of
sergeant-at-a;ins of the senate, it seems
to be conceded, M. Tomeroy, of Colum
bia county, an ex-representative, can
have if he will allow Ida name U be
used. J. C. Blundell, of Douglas county,
will most likely capture the correspond
ing place in the house.
Mr. J. II . Cradlelmash of the Glacier,
ia In the city today.
A NEW YORK BUZZARD
Tiie Worst .Storm in tie Empire State
For Fire Years.
THE CITY COMPLETELY SNOWED IN
Tbc Hotel at Scabright ia Being Under
mined by Heavy Seas.
riir.iiL Axrs tti'i.K headx t.aisti
The Famous Iron Tier n Total Wreck,
The RloIT en 4 hrl-.cn Avenue
M'aahrd Away.
N'kw Yoke, Jan. 6. Not since the
terrible snow storm of five years ago has
New York experienced anything so
nearly like a blizzard in the banana belt
of Dakota, as that which is blowing here
since last night. Traffic on Broadway
na.3 almost suspended, while on Home
of the less prominent streets the block
ade is complete. The snow drifts in
places are four to five feet deep. Snow
fell fitfully all the afternoon, with gusts
of wind. Early in the day it began to
fall fast and furious. Driven by the
ga'e it soon became as fine as powder.
increasing in volume. .It continued
throughout the night, with the tesults
given ai above. Long Branch reports a
fierce snow and wind storm along the
Jersey coast has wrought terrible dam
age to property. A heavy sea is run
ning. The Shrwsbery hotel at Sea
bright ia being undermined ; the street
being washed away by the raging sea
has caused a stoppage of trains to the
Highlands. The bulkhead and bluff at
thut place is going to pieces. Here the
famous iron pier is a total wreck. The
entire bluff on Chelsea avenue is gone.
The bulkheads and other portions of the
til aft are greatly damaged.
Coneclentlona Republican-
. Bismakck, N. D., Jan. 6. Probably
only two of the three electoral votes of
North Dakota will be cast Monday. The
canvassing board declared two fusionists
and one republican elected. The su
preme court ordered the counting of
certain votes which had been thrown
out, which elected the third fusionist.
Meantime the governor Issued certifi
cated to two Wearer and one Harrison
elector. Now the third Weaver elector,
havii g no certificate, cannot vote, and
the republican will not vote at all on ac
count of conscientious scruples aa to
election.
The Nebraska Deadlock llrokea.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 6. The deadlock
in the senate was broken this morning
by the election of Correll, republican
president, four of the five democrats
voted for him. Tho anti -monopoly sena
tors voted with the combine on the
promise that they would be given con
trol of the railroad and other leading
committees. They stipulated, however,
that in case the combine failed to- carry
out its promises they would join the in
dependents when it came to the election
of a United States senator. So the situ
ation remains almost as complicated as
before.
A special from Bakersville fetation
says the story of the horrible killing of
a number of people, as reported In the
papers yesterday, is a "fake" of the fin-t
water.
X'. ir,r lightness, sweetness, nnd llav.-r uoliccl i . . .
ii.vxM food, ftiid which expert pastry cooks dccla-o i j
not cbtiuur.bl'3 by the use of any ether rai.':i:ur ai.l
' "3. A7 & -W
vr, " . ML. a t em. Jw A X
It J
AHoIgatdy A Absollutciy
n aa
Royal Baking Powder is shown a pure cream-of-U:tr.r
powder, the highest of all in leavening strength.
U. S. Government Food Report.
Royal Baking Powder is superior in purity,
strength, and wholesomeness to any other powder
which I have examined. New Yvrk State Analyst
Still Colli in Frnnea.
Pabis, Jan. 6. The eold weather con
tinues nnabated. Two persons were
frozen to death nt Tou'oue and one at
Bordeaux.
A rirrman Killed.
Pocatxi.i.o, Ida., Jan. 6. Austin Tout,
a fireman, Was killed between Dry Creek
and Monidu this afternoon. The pin be
tween the engine and tender broke while
Tout was on the apron. He fell to the
track and was run over.
Ilia Head ia Lerrl.
Chicago, Jan. U. It 1h reported this
evening that Major M. P. Handy will
probably rein hi.) $7,500 position aa
chief of the world's fair bureau of pub
licity ami promotion, to accept a posi
tion of $10,000 a year ns editor of the
world's fair catalogue for the Conkey
svndioUe.
Tactile CuaMt tu he Kepreiiented.
Washington', Jan. 0. It is said the
Pacific slope U to have a representative
in the cabinet, and W. W.Foole, of Cal
ifornia is to be the man. This is the
jiositive etutemciit made by a man who
professes to know what he is talking
about. The position w hich will be of
fered Foote, if h bus not already been
oifered it, is thut of postmaster-general.
To Senator Stewart is given the credit of
having secured the appointment.
To I'ay Cfinvlctn.
Jki kerkom City, Mo., Jan. 0. The
legislature met in joint gepsion this
morning and listened to the retiring
message of Governor Francis. It dwells
at length on state matters, recommend
ing, amongother things, that n law be
passed fixing the minimum price at
which convicts be leaecd at CO cents per
day aud that the prisoners bo given a
portion of their earnings.
Indicted For Extravagance.
Brooklyn, Jan. 6. The grand jury
has indicted SO members, of the board of
supervisors for extravagant expenditures
in connection with the recent Columbian
celebration. The names of the indicted
are not mude public. The jury
also recommended that tho corporation
counsel sue the parties to whom the
money was unlawfully paid, and strongly
censured Mayor Boody, the comptroller,
city auditor and board of alderman.
Opposed to Exclusion.
Cologne, Jan. 6. At a meeting today
the North Atlantic steamship Associa
tion decided to postpone, the proposed
reduction in the number of trips to
America by steamships of companies
belonging to the association. The rea
son for this action la that the association
has received advices from Washington
to the effect that there is no prospect at
this time of passing a bill excluding im
migration of tho kind chiefly carried by
the North Atlantic steamthip lines, and
that opposition to exclusion or any
thing approaching it is increasing, es
pecially among representatives of west
ern sections of the United States.
Telegraphic Flachea.
A number of arrest have lieen made
In connection with defalcations in the
state of Pueblo of Mexico. The amount
involved is now known to exceed $1(00,
000. Two wayfarers, a man and wife, were
attacked near Jalatlaco recently by eight
mon, who killed the husband and bru
tally assaulted the woman. Subse
quently he ruffians were overtakeu by
the soldiers and a bloody fight ensued,
in which six of the former wero killed
outright and the other two mortally
wounded and captured.
The town Is unusually lively today.
Many farmers from the surrounding
country having come In.
pam. R rower