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THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1893.
NUMBER 7.
IS
SILVER IN EUROPE.
I Senator Jones AtraWy Snrjrised at
me ATaleninE.
HAS A HOPE POK THE CONFERENCE.
Quidnnnce Concerned Aboat "A Will
or lot" by Ccb. Batler.
r. Kniey Hill Anthnrlae tfc. Cea
etraetlun the !
t-.iia rartaire.
London, Jan. 16. Senator Jones and
iilr started for Pari today, and
Iter a brief visit to that city, will aail
. America, on the Gaseogne Saturday.
'be senator was visited while her by
i loierous member of the house of com
' ona and olher public tueu in to retted
.' i the silver questiou. The senator nay
'. was agreeably surprised at the evi
i Mil awakening in England to the value
cf bimetallism. He believes the mone
t vry conference will reauuie iu sessions
in May, and he hope to be able to re
tarn at that time. Owing te bis position
ti senator ha will be nnable to accept
i itationa to address meetings in coia
; jrcial renters of Great Britain.
4aidnnaeee CJoneerned.
Boston, Jan. 19. It will be strange if,
f ' er all hi experience in breaking wills,
( n. Butler should have omitted to
f me a will. His private secretary,
( 1. Thomas Mayor, told a reporter to
( y that be know nothing of the exist
i ol such a document. "I can't tell
y B whether he left a will or not," be
".J. "If he did, it will undoubtedly
e je np at the first session of the pro
late cart at east Cambridge. If be did
t Jt, undoubtedly a petition for an ad
ministrator will be put In at that time."
A gentleman who has been associated
with Gen. Itutler for many years, and
'.-One relations with him are very close,
i 'I: "I don't know whether there Is
v '. It does not follow necessarily that
t ". there is not, and it is quite poeslbl
t the son or daughter baa such a doo-
it, bat there is none in his office,
legislative rrdlaa.
- J, Jan. 19. Senator IUley's bill
' r ( i act to authorise and empower the
-nor, secretary of state and state
t urcr, in the name and behalf of the
) of Oregon, to construct, operate
a. Tiaintain a portaice railway between
U .igheet and lowest point of the
nt ibie waters of the Columbia river,
arc 1 the dalles of tie Columbia.
ill provides that the governor,
ry of state and slate treasurer
- urchase all private property
Ae.. V to the construction of th
road, . , if necessary, condemn same in
in manner provided bv law for the con
demnation of lauds and rights of way by
otner corporations for public use. The
revecue derived from the freights and
far- collected are to be ued in running
oj .lug and maintaining the road
j surplus paiu into the state
- - i 1 1 .
ry. The bill provides for an ap-
I n out of the general fund of the
at. if Oregon of the sum of 1400.000
from . ny money not otherwise appro
priated, for the purpose of building the
road ; and the secretary of state is au
uor a to araw hi warrant or war-
ran' pon Die state treasurer for said
am ' any part thereof when directed
to do by the board. Inasmuch as the
present means of transportation are in
adequate to the great and growing de
mands of the producer! of Eastern
Ore--, it Is provided that this act shall
lie.:.
'ect and be in force from and
approval by the governor.
1
senate today Dodson'f bill, re
ft fees of Malheur and Baker
t:
OUD.
fccials, was reported favorably
nd av.
Piea. fans to third rlW
louse joint memorial for prohibition of
weign immigration was referred to the
irnnntteeon federal relations.
In t'i
ie nous fax ton r,f M.,it
rov -fret
ana Mats of J'olk.
vuiiiM u as joint Committee with
si
ad.
iu ..!. iu cascade, portage
r-ealtleljr the Ln.t.
Ckicaoo, Jan. 19.-.Msry Ann Nelson,
litiv. !y the last of George Washln.
I's
rriny of colored f errant, was
i ad ill her ftlmnty near Chicago
y. fche remembered lighting
Ion's pipe for l.im Mure the
u, and claimed to be 13U years
lid
tor
i:
rol.
With Tha I'rtM.t.
Ftoib Tb. apukau Review.
Mr. Allen's indefensible conduct ia
leaving Washington to lobby for votes
at Olympia ha been contrasted with the
high-minded record of Senator Benton
of Missouri. Benton was In congress for
30 years, and during that time never
deserted bis post at Washington to help
his candidacy at borne. The contrast
can also be extended to the Columbia
river. Benton early took an active in
tereet to secure lbs acquirement, explo
ration and settlement of tha Pacific
northwest. As early as 1819 be had
written looks noon the subject and
thrown bis powerful influence tor occa
pancy of the mouth of the great river.
In one of his magnificent burtts of
oratory be pointed to tha west and de
clared that "there lay the coming geta
way to the Orient."
With fiery eloquence ha prophesied
tha settlement of this territory by
American immigrants and the naviga'
tioa of the great river of the west.
"The magic boat and the flying car," be
exclaimed, "have not exhausted their
wonders. Looking
i:i to the future I behold the flying en
gines areending the paaree of the great
Stony mountains. . I see steamboats,
'aden with the argosies of the Orient,
scending the majestic Oregon. I can
view a smiling land of peace and plenty,
and over all I behold the triumphant
folds of the color of my country,
Contrast this broad statesmanship with
the petty local influences and jealousies
which dominate the two senators from
Washington.
On one hand ia seen the majestic
figure of the prophet and the statesman,
whose vision spanned a continent and
w hom foresight penetrated the mista of
a century. On the other band are seen
two senators whose ideas of public im
provement are limited by county lines,
and who have turned from the great
pablic enterprise, which has only to be
presented to command the respect of
congress, in order to squander their
time and effort upon a petty local job,
It has well been said in the east that a
Pacific coast senator elected upon bis
merit as a statesman would be a re
freshing novelty in Washington. If the
Pacific northwest bad sent a Benton to
the senate the Columbia river would
have lieen oen to navigation long ago,
It willuever be opened bv the faint
hearted efforts of Senator Ailen and the
open hostility of Senator Squire.
The aeaveaUr Ostaa.
Washington, Jan. 19. Senator Petti
grew, chairman of tha qaadro-centen-nial
committee, introduced a bill in tha
senate today, inHraiOiug the secretary
of the treasury not to deliver any souve
nir coin until the world' Colombian
exposition deliver a good and sufficient
bond, conditional that, if for any reason
whatever, the world fair was opened
to me puoiic on nundays, tiie corpora
tion pay the United States for the sum
of money it shall have received from the
sale of the coin, not less than f'J.500,000.
aaal Tails Withdrawal.
Washington, Jan. 10. The announce
ment was made today from an authori
tative source that the council of the
domiuion government, bv an order
agreed upon last Saturday, had deter
mined to withdraw for the season of
1893 all distTiminations in tolls respect
ing vessels, persons or commerce using
the Wetland and St Lawrence canal.
This is said to lie more than our govern.
merit atkei. The information has not
yet been officially conveyed to this gov
ernment.
Tha Old BTgypUaa Caataatloa.
ix)ndon, Jan. 19. Under constroc-
tion. from the French foreign minister,
the French ambassador today sent a note
to the British foreign minister in refer
enoe to affair in Egypt, aayine France
couia not remain indifferent to act on
the part of Great Britain tending to in-
innge on lue independence of the khe-
dive.
Nlljht Pasta la May Wheat.
Chicago, Jan. 19. The report that a
clique who tiad beeu buying wheat were
selling out caused aomething of a panic
on l ne uoard ol trade, and made a break
inaiayoitwo ana one-half cents. At
the close there was a alight recovery.
Saaatarlal Matrimonial Jtanavr.
JSaitimouc, Jan. 19. A special from
Charleston, W. Va., to the Mew, says
it ia rumored that Senator Charles J
Faulkner is to wed the widow of Senator
Hearst, of California. Senator Kaulk.
ner is a widower.
Baaw aad Blaet la Oaergla.
AtiocsTA, Ga., Jan. 19. The snow last
I if lit turned into sleet and rain and the
street are three or foor incite deep in
n. Business is almost suspended
ud th tremendous weight of uow on
tlio roof causing leakage.
COLFAX WHEAT DEALS.
I A mtitui Telcxrapn Dispatch Made
Ttie Farmers Eajpy.
AGEKT J0H Jt H. LARS0 J TOO ALERT.
He Parihaaed Sixty Thousand Bushels
at Fifty-Five Ceota.
HI WAS SOMEWHAT ASTUMSHBD.
M.ko. a Bm1bI Trim, tm rrtlaa a
Trm The hlaaa.rla Jwaaaaga tm
Its aaeraa.
Colfax, Jan. 20. Special. Au er
ror in a cipher dispatch caused a
large boom In the Colfax wheat market
a few days since. The particulars came
out today and are the talk of the wheat
dealers. Farmer had been bewailinc
the downward tendency of the wheat
market for several months and wh
43 rents per bushel was the ruling price,
the grain growers who sold early in the
eamm were looked upon as men of ex
(Optional good fortune. Prospect
looked rather dry a few weeks ago, when
snddenly the market began to advance
ami the farmers simultaneously to
repaiu their jubilant spirits. The
price steadily advanced until on Satur
day it swsyed between 52 and 53 cents
here.
Upon that day the J. M. Raasell com
pany, the big Portland grain dealers
and speculators, telegraphed in cipher
to their Colfax agent to purchase ready
wheat quickly at o5f4 cents. Thesgent,
J. H. Larson, was on the alert for just
such a dmpatcn. He hurried out to the
local holders of grain and bought right
and left for a few hour until be had
purchased a total of C0.00O bushels.
With a fine eye to business lie tried 5!
cents, but the holders wouldn't listen to
me proposition, even oJ cents was
refuned point blank and the fanner
held back at 54. But when Mr. Larson
sprang the unexpected offer of 65 cents
the wheat moved toward him like
charm, as it were, and he compassed
the big purchase above mentioned. He
congratulated himself on saving hi
boose l cent per bushel on their offer
and immediately wired to Portland tii
fact that be bad cornered 60,000 bushel
at 55 cent. This mean an outlay of
$33,000. The astonishment of Mr. Lar
ou may he better imagined than de-
suribed when the Russell company tele.
grapneu oacx mat mey bad never
i t . . . . . . . .
offered 5 cents, and that they couldn'i
accept wheat
figure.
at such unwarranted
Further telegraphic correspondence
between the agent and the house elicted
the fact that the cipher sent out should
have read : "Buy wheat at 62," in
stead of 65'. The men who unloaded
their wheat Saturday are naturally in
high feather; but not so with Agent
Laraou. The latter boarded the train
for Portland this morninc, determined
to chase down the error which cauoed
hi in to buy wheat at an advance of 3 V
cent over the figures which the Iiuesell
company was w illing to pay. He gave
notes wnicn can lor il.oou more than
the house had offered at Portland. And
now the question is, "Where was that
mistake made? Are the comoanv's
Portland employes chargeable with the
errjr in translanting the figures to
cipher, or was the fault with the West
IT .' Al t- -At! . . Bk . I a
K"Er
ible.
Malaaa Caodttloa.
V ashinoton, Jan. 19. It was (aid at
Blaine's house that he did not rest as
well last night as nsual of late, but be
came easy toward morning. Dr. John'
son visited him about 11 o'clock this
morning and remained half an hour.
He said the patient had improved since
yesterday and wa stronger and brighter,
Gov. Pennoyer ha telegraphed the
ch ief of engi neer for the su bstance of the
report of the board of engineer on th
dalle of the Columbia. Tha board met
in New York today, and will have first
to agree and then prepare a report.
Thl report, after being submitted to the
war department, will be sent to conirress
before even tb senator and member
of congress are allowed to know It con
tent. Consequently Gov. Pennoyer
will not receive it for several day.
W acknowledge the receipt of senate
bill 35 and 63 today; tha Willi Port of
Columbia, and Kaley Portage railway.
w e have not had time to read them to
day but will give them attention to
morrow.
OCD CITIES ACTIVK.
Ma.laaas AcUva, Npl.adla
W.atk.r,
FraaaLlac Fatara.
Scattlb, Jan. 20. (Special. The
weather on Parrel sound has been finer
during the last two weeks than has been
known for several year at this
season. Steamboat trade on the sound
ha greatly Increased and the wholesale
merchant in every line are greatly en
couraged on account of the increased
ale during the last year over any pre
vious year. Building is being actively
pushed forward, and the outlook is that
many fine structures will be erected
enrint the coming spring. Yesler block
and the Dexter Horton bank building,
ere now nearing completion, both being
very handsome structures. The people
of Seattle are greatly rejoiced over the
completion of the Great Northern rail
way, which adds one more railway to the
liat of those coming to Seattle, making a
total number now of railroad running
into Seattle, of seven, with the prospect
of a few more at an early date.
Altar tha Leaves sad rt.hea Early.
Hon. John Myers, an ex-incumbent;
Henry Grady of Pendleton, Eugene
Forbes, and E. J. Jeffery, want the
U. S. Marabalship badly. ' Mr. C. W.
Koby ha not had enough, he with Cha.
White and John Finley want the post
office, and Henry Blackraanof Heppner,
think he ha the inside track for rev
enue collector. Chairman Murphy de
cline, with a good deal of dignity,
the U. S. attorneyship, although offered
him on a gold-plated server, intimating
that Judge L. L. McArthur was entitled
to it, even if L. B. Cox or F. A.
Skarr were seeker for the coveted prize,
Evidently be ha hi optic on U,
judgeship. Henry Gray of Portland
aad Col. John Lane of Roseburg are
designated a aspirant for the collector
ship of customs of Alaska. The loaves
my be few, but the basket of fishes
ar many.
I Bravk Tront Comla(.
1
Hon. George T. Myers, one of the rep.
resentative from Multnomah county
is informed by Frank K. Clark, superin
tendent Michigan station United States
fish commission, that Carleton 11. Bean
assistant in charge of division of fish
culture, United State fish commission
Washington, D. C, I about to ship to
him 20,000 brook trout eggs. These
ega. upon their arrival in Oregon, will
be taken to to the government hatchery
at Clackamas, where they will be
hatched. And then at the proper sea
son the young fish will be sent all over
the state, to places wherever applica
tion has been made. Be sure they are
not black bass, pout, carp or tun fish
smuggled upon us, before thedistribu
tion. Oregon can stand brook trout,
but wants none of the other varieties.
News has been received that the com
miseionert treating with the Net Perces
have succeeded in getting a large nam
her of Indians to sign the treaty, and
there is now little doubt that the efforts
to open the reserve will be successful
It is probable, however, that negotia
tions will not lie completed in time for
the present session to take action in the
matter.
The East Oregoiiian cays the tax levy
thi year in Marion county will be 20
mills. In Umatilla it will be at least
this much, if not more, probably 23
mills, owing to the state tax being 10
mills. A few year go the state tax
was only from four to five mills. State
expenses are increasing heavily, owing
to the extravagance of boards and com
missions and the loose expenditures of
the legislature. The taxpayer of this
county, aa well a those of other conn
ties, can place the blame for high taxa
tion where it belongs, on the state law
maker now In session at Salem.
The decision of the Circuit court in the
rate case of the Oregon railway commit,
ion against the 8. P. Co., has been af
firmed by the Supreme court In a decis
ion handed down Monday. The referee,
Hon. Wm. Holmes of Salem, Judge
Boise oi the Circuit court, and now the
three able and learned judge of th su
preme court all agree that the rate
made by th commission were just and
reasonable, and the commission had
power to make them. They all agree
that the commission under the Geer law
can cut down the rate of any company
when It find tbera too high. Th judi
cial power of our ctat ar also agreed
act that the present commission did not
in an arbitrary or incompetent manner
in the reduction of freight ordered on
the Southern Pacific Hue. Th South
ern Paciflo most adopt state rate or re
tire from business in Oregon.
Mr. and Mr. L. L. McCartney were
out coasting together a few evening
inc io Thompson addition, when Mrs.
MvL. met with an aociJnt. fracturing
vr ankle.
THE NATIONAL BOARD
Oregon Calls for Protection of Timber
Lands of the Country.
SILVER DISCl'SSIO.i DEFERRED.
Food is Scarce io Kautadket Because of
the Ice Floca..
MUCH HirrKRIHO ANTICIPATBD
Aa kilter Pla.d for CowtaaaptHa
PablUhad "Alle;ad" T.ilimoay-,
A Diamond .Batcher.
Washington, Jan. 20. When the na
tional board of trade adjourned Tester
day it had under consideration the reso
lution proposed by the Portland, Or.
Chamber of Commerce, expressing ap
proval by the board of all measures cal
culated to further protect timber lands
of the country, and to make additional
reservations of the same. It wa dis
posed of the first thing by adoption.
The committee' report recommending
cessation of the purchase of tilver under
the Sherman act, and the appointment
oi a commission to revise the monetary
and banking system of the country, was
postponed until the next annual meet
ing.
A resolution recommending the con
solidation of third and fourth-class mail
matter into one class, to be mailable at
the rate of two ounces for one cent,
passed.
Hantaekat Food Famine.
Naw Bkdnbwick, Mass, Jan. 20. For
the last three davs the steamer winch
carries supplies to the 15,000 people liv
ing on the island of Nantucket has been
unable to make the island owing
to the difficulty of breaking through the
vast ice floe which are between the
mainland and the island. When the
steamer last touched at Nantucket, the
people there had scanty supplies of pro
vision, and fear are entertained that
there tuny be much suffering before com
munication with the Island can be re
sumed. An effort was made last night
to get a tug acrors from Wood' Hill,
but it wa unsuccessful. The tug re
turned at 11 o'clock and reported that it
wa impossible to get through the ice,
and that It would probably take four
day to effect a passage. In the mean
time the people of the island will be
brought to an extremity. Midway be
tween the island and the mainland is a
channel filled with floating ice. On each
side the ice is insecure, so that passage
over the ice is impossible.
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JovriL NKiva.
Tha Hill to Extend tha Thna for Xntar
In. Forfeited Kallway Lands Finally
Faaaad Conaraaa.
The followiug dispatch to Hon. E. B.
Dofur, from Hon. Binger Hermann will
be joyfully received :
Washington, Jan. 21. Have just se
cured the pasnage of seimt bill extend
ing the time to all H-seors of forfeited
railroad land io January next (1894).
President Harrison will approve tha
bill on Monday. Accept congratula
tions. Plesse circulate the informa
tion." BlNGBM HBBMANH.
Score another victory tor Thb Ciihom-
icli, which has left not one stone un
turned in urging this measure. Thank
to all who put a shoulder to the wheel.
"The God help those who help them
selves." Don't it!
W W11.I. HAVE A JOTat MILL.
Tha Commlttae of I ha AiMnbl; Bant ta
Walla Walla Will Return Caavlnead.
Will Baeammand HaUdlng-.
Thb Chboniclb i much pleased to
record the fact that there is -great hope
now that our Oregon farmers are to reap
some benefits from convict labor at
Salem. A dispatch from Walla Walla
says:
"The Oregon legislative committee.
consisting of Senators J. K. Weather-
ford of Linn, and F. A. Bancroft of Mult
nomah, and Representative H. F. Gul
lixonof Multnomah, J. W. Hobba of
Yamhill, and B. D. Daly of Lake, ar
rived from Salem this morning and visi
ted the penitentiary. They made a full
investigation of the workings of the jute
mill, and were favorably impressed with
the institution. They will make an ex
haustive report, with the recommenda
tion that a similar institution on a lar
ger scale be established in connection
with the Oregon penitentiary."
Tiger for Thb Ciibokiclx. "The God
help those who help themselves."
Don't it?
Tha Had Pepper' Art.
San Francisco, Jan. 20. Last night
young man entered D. Phi-end's
jewelry store on Market street and
asked to be shown diamond rings. The
proprietor brought a tray of diamonds,
when the man threw a handiu) of red
pepper into the jeweler's eyes, and es
caped with diamonds valued at $450.
An Editors Contempt.
San Josb, Cal., Jan. 20 Thisinornina-
Judge Lorrigan rendered an opinion.
Judge Reynolds concurring, fining C.
M. Shortage $100 for contempt of court
in publishing alleged testimony in the
Price divorce trial. If the fine is not
paid in three dHys, and execution will be
ordered issued. Shnrtridue w ill appeal.
Hon. Al Lylo returned from Portland
this morning, where he hits been for
treatment of his eves. He returns
much improved, but is far from belnir
cured yet.