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TIIK DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. 181)1.
CONGRESS HAS QUIT
The) Wunti'd to Print u
(unparisou of Bills,
BIT TOM J0IIXSOX OBJECTED
Ta Jape ' l.aoile.1 an Army mi the
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Cong-re Ailjnura.it.
VVaniiiniiton, Aug. 2K. Tim galleries
of tin mum to wore jmcked today with
visitors. On tbo floor were exactly a
score of senators. Bansom mid Mandcr
ton were ftMiiiir)d a committee to
notify tlm president that congrea was
ready to adj 'irn. Aftor several short
reet-mttn, ruxol 'Ions of thanks to Vice
President Strtwii.on and Senator Harris,
president pro tein., were adopted, and
the minute waa tinctured adjourned nine
dii- at p. in.
la the llue.
Washington, Aug. "S. Tuduy the
galleries of the liotiMe were packed to
overflowing with Pythiuus drawn hither
to witness the cloning scene of the sea
- lion, which waa to expire at 2 o'clocV .
Tin" attendance waa very light, the ma
jority of the men.lwrs having already gone
home. The reaignation of Kepresenta
tive Outut, recently elected governor of
Alubama, was laid liefore the house,
. Vilw j n ottered a resolution which wai
adopted vitbmitdivlsion for the apioint
ment of three members of the house to
meet a aiinllar committee of the aenate
to wait upon the president and inform
form him that the congress was ready to
adjourn and ascertain if he had any
further communication to make.
The chair appointed Wilaon, Holman
and Hepburn.
The speaker apointed the following
rotniiiittee to inveatigate the Ford'a
tlieuterdiaaater: Maddux, Brooks, Hire,
I'igott, Ihtnlttia and UKlegraff.
A resolution to print in compuriion
the new tariff law with the present law
and the Wilaon bill oh it passed the
house waa called up by Kichardaon
(democrat, of Tenneaaee). The vote re-
nulled yeas 71, naya 3. Johnson o'
Ohio made the point of no quorum. Aa
it waa apparent a quorum could not be
mustered, an appeal waa made from all
idea to induce Johnaon to withdraw
the point of order, but he refused.
Johnaon claimed the comparison pro
posed to be printed had been prepared
under the direction of Gorman, and
were misleading, and finally Kichardaon
withdrew the resolution
The committee appointed to wait upon
the president reported lie had no further
communications to make. 'The presi
dent also requested me," aaid Wilaon,
"to congratulate the holme and the aen
ate on the cloae of its labors, and wialied
the individual member a happy and
IroHeroua vacation."
At 2 o'clock the speaker declared the
second session of the 53d congress ad
journed. (treat cheering greeted the an
nouncemnnt.
Vlr I'realilent
W takes
Htanit.
oa the Wltnea
Cum aiio, Aug. 28 In the investigation
of the Pullman strike by the national
commission today, Chauncey Kelsey, of
the Chicugo A Alton road, testified the
loss sustained by that road during the
strike waa .'Wi,!l(K). The Chicago &
Kastern Illinois reported fill, 000 loss.
The Chicago, Burlington A Quincy $100,
")l In the destruction of its property
with other losses not tabulated.
Charles E. Webb, chief clerk of the
hank nt Pullman, testified that Jennie
Curtis, who claimed she was compelled
to pay back rent, had paid voluntarily.
When Vice-President Wickes took the
stand, he said the coat to the company
o' building cars under contract at the
time of the strike was about $1,400,000.
The labor wonld cost alwut $240,000.
The contracts were taken on the basis of
reduction of 20 per cent. Thus under
the old prices the labor would have cost
abont $340,000. Wickes admitted that
on this basis the company had reduced
the receipts $o2,000 and the employes'
Wages $(10,000. This, the vice-president
aid, looked hardly fair, but be thought
it much bettor than to throw men en
tirely out of employment. In answer to
the chairman, Wickes said the cut in
Pay had been made to fit the depression
in business and in the low selling price
' cars, and not to stop any encroach
ments on the profits and paid stock
holders. The surplus of f'Jo.OOO.OOO nn
divided profits consisted partly of Idle
''rs whose value was constantly de
teriorating. The cost of tho cars was
eonnted in the surplus, so there was to
ome extent a fiction in the figure of the
'"ping.
Miiitar Isouatle ('.
Waniiington, Aug. 2s Some dayi
ago CommUsioniir Miller, of the inter
nal revenue bureau, telegraphed agents
in the augar disl.icte to separate and
identify all suar made at factoriea from
July 1, 1894, to midnight of August 27th.
This having been done, the commis
aioner today guve the agents instructions
to withdraw all government control and
supervision of augur factories. This
auMrvision has ten maintained hereto
fore because of the sugar bounty provi
sion of the McKinley bill, and now
bounties have ceused by virtue of the
new tariff bill, and it is no longer nee
essary.
French pore Annllillat.il.
I'arih, Aug. 28. According to a report
received at St. I-ouis, the French garri
son at Tiiubuctoo, after three (lays des
perate fighting with the Lanregs and
other hostile tribes, which had been be
sieging that city, made a sortie. The
beleaguring force, in overwhelming
numbers, fell upon the sortie party,
fairly annihilating it. This news lias
created consternation in army circles,
as it is the second serious resistance the
French have met with in the vicinity of
Timbuctoo since that important Soudan
ese town was occupied by them, early
in thu present year.
Japanese Landing; Tronpa.
Siianoiiai, Aug. 2H. It is reported
liere thut Japanese transports escorted
by war vessels are landing troops to the
northward of Taku, witti the intention
of marching uon Peking. Another re
port says the Japanese huve succeeded
in landing 2U,(HK) men on the banks of
Ynla river, separating Corea from China,
and thus cut off supplies of the lurge
army which the Chinese have cent
down the Corenn jieninsula. Another
report says the French commissioner at
Hong Tiong has been murdered by the
soldiers of Gin Yeh.
California fruit la tbo Ka.t.
Kbw Youic, Aug. 28. The morning
papers say lout week was not so heavy a
week in the California fruit trade as the
week previous. During the week ending
August lHlh, 13.) cars were received from
shippers on the Pacific coast, while last
week only 1 15 cars came. Bartlott pears
are being received fully ripe, as the sea
son is Hearing a cloae and the fruit here
had to be sold as soon as opened. In
spite of this fact, however, a good demand
kept the prims steady.
M ill Inoreaee kmaicllnr.
Tacoma, Aug. 28. Collector James
Saunders, who is here from Port Town
send, says: "Yes, the new tariff re
duces the duty on opium one-half, but
that will not affect smuggling, except to
increase it about one-haif. Smugglers
will have-to carry just twice the amount
to make as much hereafter as they have
been making heretofore, and they will
do it, too. The uew tariff will not stim
ulate the importation of coal from
British Columbia.
KSTeet nf Tariff Id Mel Iran Mines.
El Paso, Tex., Aug. 28.-In the Mexi
can Central railroad yard at Ciudad
Juarez, Mexico, there were more than 300
cars of silver-lead ores, waiting for the
new tariff bill to go Into effect before
transferring to the United States. Many
Mexican silver mines running a high
per cent in lead, which closed down on
account of the Windom ruling, will now
be opened up again, and it is thought an
other smelters will lie erected here ut
an early date.
Americana Attainted of Coaching.
London, Aug. 28. The St. James Ga
setto this afternoon gives prominence to
a loiter w ritten fy a anuuian, cnarg
ing serious poaching upon the part of
American schooners in Hudson bay, es
pecially on the Mckenzie river. The
writer says : "Brother Jonathan is in
exceedingly smart practitioner. While
inviting the powers to adhere to the
lieliring sea award, be in poaching on
bis own account."
The Mono, a I to Chief.
New York, Aug. 28. The steamer
Alene, which arrived today, took as pas
sengers Iroin t ori himau to n.iugsvou,
Jamaica, Chief Clarence, of the Mos
quito Indians, and forty-five followers,
who took refuge aboard the British man-
of-war Mohawk at Bluefields, and were
taken to Port Llmon. Chief Clarence
was reported as saying that be expected
to be back at Bluefields within month,
wbicb is regarded as altogether unlikely.
Datoh Loss Mora nerioua maa at moi
Keported.
Amstkruam, Aug. 28. The defeat ol
the Hutch troops sunt to punisti the
rajah of the Island of Laiubok, not far
from Java, seonis to have been more se
rious than at first supposed. It is now
asserteu mh imuch
officers, including General Van Ham,
were killed, and many wounded. The
Dutch residents nt Lambok rucceeded
in escaping.
A CHINESE VICTORY
Shanghai Papers Claim a
Jlig liattle.
JAPANESE FLED BEFORE THEM
Effect or the Tariff Hill on the Engll.li
Wool MarketThe Evacuation
of Cypra.
Shanouai, Aug. 2i. The native press
has received the confirmation of the re
ported battle between the Chinese and
Japanese troops August 13tb. Accord
ing to these reports 5000 Chinese troops
attacked the Jupanese forces detailed to
guard the Ping Nahg passes in North
west Corea, and eventually succeeded in
driving tho Japaneso from their posi
tions. It is added a large number of
Coreans flocked to the Chinese standard,
begging for arms and for permission to
form the advance guard of the Chinese
forces moving against the Japanese.
August 14lb, according to reports re
ceived by the native press, the Chinese
were reinforced by four thousand
troops from i i-Chow, and the day fol
lowing they attacked the Japanese lines
at Chung Ho, and the Japanese retreat
ed. August 10th the Chinese army was,
the report soys, further reinforced by
13,000 freidi troops, and August 17tb
they attacked the Japanese, who are
said to have lost 4000 men and heavy
bugguge. The Chinese August ISth ad
vanced to Hang-Chow, and passing too
near the Tsien-Tang river, thirteen Jap
anese warships opened fire upon them,
inflicting a loss of several hundred men.
At ebb tide the same day three Japan
ese warships found themselves grounded,
and were afterwards severely damaged
by the lire of the Chinese artillery
handled from ambush. The bulk of the
Japanese forces, it is further asserted,
retreated southward, pursued by the
Chinese cavalry until night stopped the
latter'e advance. General Yeh, the
Chinese commander, made a detour and
attacked the Japanese in the rear, com
pletely routing them and capturing
Uang-Chow. The general news received
here does not confirm these reports of
the native press.
The Vanderbllt Rcaudal.
Ncwi-oiit, R. I., Aug. 29. Talk of the
domestic infelicities of Mr. and Mrs.
William K. Vanderbilt, at Newport, ex
tends over a period of two years or more.
Two summers ago W. K. Vanderbilt
turned up at Newport on the yacht Alva,
and was on it when it was sunk in Vine
yard sound. A few months later Van
derbilt, who is an enthusiastic yachts
man, went to England, where be re
mained while bis present yacht Valiant
was being built. When Vanderbilt re
turned gossip was silenced by the an
nouncement of plans for a long trip with
Mrs. Vanderbilt and other well known
persons. Curious stories iiave reached
here of quarrels aboard the yacht which
resulted in the abandonment of the
cruise at an early stage, and entirely
breuking up the party. Mrs. Vander
bilt has told her friends she bad no in
tention of xeturmng to Newport lor
years, and the marble bouse which cost
$1,000,000, and which her husband
settled ou her, will remain closed.
Depew first beard of the late trouble
w hen the Debs crisis was at its height in
Chicago. When the strike was prac
tically over be sailed, and until word
was received yesterday to the contrary,
it was believed lie bad succeeded in
keeping the Vanderbilt family linen out
of the public wash. Coruelius Vander
bilt has left Newport. Mrs. W. k.
Vanderbilt is a Southern woman of the
family of Smiths, of Mobile, Ala., who
are much prouder of their blood than
the Vanderbilts are of their millions.
She is a handsome woman, and, al
though she is exceptionally exclusive,
those who know her say she is gracious
and charming to those whom she favors
with her friendship.
New York, Aug. 29. According to
the Commercial Advertiser this after
noon, immediately after the running of
the (jrand Prix de Paris June 17th, W.
K. Vanderbllt was introduced to Nellie
Neustretter, a woman well known in
Pari for her beauty, and was so fascin
ated that he openly presented ber itb
40,000 francs be bad won on the race.
He fitted up a magnificent establish
ment for her in Paris, and subsequently
gave ber a residence at Deanville, with
servants who wore the same livery as
that worn by Mrs. Vanderbilt's ser-
vanU. It is alleged tome time ago an
derbllt agreed to Settle upon his wife
10,000,000.
Subscribe for Tax Chromu-lr.
The Tariff Hill Halt. 'aaala.
Toronto, Ang. 2f. The new tariff
law, as passed by the United fctatcs
congress, causes considerable discussion
here among business men, and it is gen
j erally believed it will have an important
J bearing on Canadian interests. The
! most important feature of the measure,
as far as Canada is concerned, is the
placing ot sawed and dressed lumber and
all kindred materials on th free list.
It is thought among lumbermen that
the abolition of duty will mean in the
course of the next few years an export
trade upwards of $20,000,000 with the
United States. Free wool will also re
sult in a considerable expansion of
trade. Barley, in which Ontario en
joyed a large trade before the Mckinley
bill became operative, will, it is thought,
hardly revive under a duty of 30 per
cent. The same may be said ot the egg
and horse trade, in which Ontario did a
very profitable business, flax-growing,
salt-making and bean-growing will prob
ably become profitable industries in
west Ontario. On the whole the new
bill is welcomed by business men gener
ally as a harbinger of increased trade
between the two countries.
The English Wool Market.
London-, Aug. 29. A representative
of the bouse of Windeler A Co., the
largest wool brokers engaged in Ameri
can trade in London, in an interview to
day expressed the opinion that the
American tariff bill wonld undoubtedly
benefit the English market, which is
now feverish and uncertain. Stocks are
held firm bere,nd dealers in the United
States are demanding lower prices. The
large stock of wools in the United States
and elsewhere, he believes, makes a per
manent rise doubtful. There is little
business now, and the next public sale
will not take place until September 13th.
The American dealers insist upon
cheaper raw material in consequence of
their reduced profit. The woolbroker
Drm ol Jacob & uo. concur in the views
of Windeler & Co., adding that a recent
sale of 2000 bales has been made to
American buyers.. Yorkshire bouses
are jubilant over the passage of the
tariff bill into a law, and are confident
of increased business in the future.
The Knights of Pythian.
Wabhinotos.D. C, Aug. 20. Today's
programme for the Pythian encampment
opened with the beginning of the prize
drills, the continued session of the su
preme lodge, inspection and review of the
uniform rank in the White lot, and an
illumination and parade. The prize
drills were held on the grounds of the
Washington Baseball Park, and began
at 8 o'clock this morning. It was not
expected much of a crowd would gather
at that eai'W hour, but the great num
ber of commands entered for prizes, and
the fact that the Washington and Cin
cinnati baseball clubs are to use the
grounds this afternoon, made it neces
sary that the drills should begin at the
time set. The competing organizations
and friends made a goodly sized crowd.
Half an hour was al Towed each division.
C'levelaad Gone to Gray Gablea.
Washington, Aug. 29. President
Cleveland left Washington by the Penn
sylvania railroad this morning on bis
way to Gray Gables. His companions
were Secretary Lamont, who goes to join
bis family at Bayview, L. I. ; Private
Secretary Thurber, bound for Marion,
Mass., where his family is summering,
and a gentleman whose face was not
familiar to the railroad officials.
Nbw York, Aug. 29. President Cleve
land,accoujpanied by Secretary Lamont
Private Secretary Thurber and Dr. Bry
ant, arrived at Jersey City at 1 :05 p. in.
The party with the exception of Secre
tary Lamont, immediately embarked on
the lighthouse tender John Rogers for
Gray Gable.
Kvaouatloa of Cypraa.
Lar.mca, Island of Cyprus, Aug. 29.
Orders have been received here for the
evacuation of the island of Cyprus. The
British garrison is preparing to leave.
The news has caused a panic among the
Christian population, who believe the
island is about to be restored to the pos
session of the kbedive.
Ix)kdon, Aug. 29. A representative of
the British foreign office today explained
that the withdrawal of the British garri
son from Cyprus was due to military ex
igencies only, and bad no political
meaning.
May Be Annaaed to Mexico.
Mexico City, Mexico, Aug. 29. It is
reported here that Chief Clarence, of
the Mosquito reservation, now in King
ston, Jamaica, will shortly proceed to
Mexico for protection for himself and
bis allies in Nicaragua. It is thought
be may make a defiuite proposition to
the Mexican government to annex his
country and thus put an end to the
Central American troubles.
A DUEL WITH KNIVES!
Kentuckians Discuss the
llreekinridge Case.
ONE DEAD THE OTHER A FUGITIVE
Fatal Hhootlng Accident Near Lot An
rales Hnlrlde of a Hotel Clerk A
Mlnlater' Clothing; Ktolen.
Itruneaa Wallotlucd.
Laval, France, Aug 30. The execu
ton of Abbe Bruneau, formerly vicar of
the church of Entraigues, convicted of
the murder of Abbe Fricot, passed off
more quietly thnn the authorities antici
pated. Fully 8,000 people were present.
The Abbe Bruneau was awake when the
public prosecutor, theexamining magis
trate and other officials entered his cell
this morning in order to inform him his
last hour had arrived. Unaided the
condemned man donned bis black trous-
I ers, and then put on bis shirt, stockings
and shoes. When dressed the abbe was
led to the chapel of the prison ; where
representatives of the press were already
seated. In passing the holy water font,
the abbe dipped bis fingers, knelt and
crossed himself fervently. He was then
led to the altar, where he prayed a few
moments, and afterwards with the
prison chaplain retired to a corner,
where the latter heard the prisoner's
last confession, after which mass was
celebrated, Bruneau following the
prayers with great devotion. After
breakfast the prisoner again communed
with tbo prison chaplain, and asked
that the clergy might pardon him for
breaking his vowb of chastity. He then
informed the attendants he was ready,
and showed great coolness until he ar
rived at the foot of the scaffold, where
his fortitude seemed to desert him. Up
on the guillotine platform, Bruneau
kissed the crucifix held up before hi to
by the chaplain, and murmured a short
prayer with bis eyes turned toward the
sky, and then at a signal from Diebler
be was overturned upon the bascule,
and thrust rapidly forward, and about
5:05 the knife fell, and the priest's head
dropped into the basket. The death of
the pneet as the eignal for loud cries
of "Bravo" from the crowds.
Abbe Bruneau was found guilty of tbe
murder of Abbe Fricot, cure at Entraig
ves, by stunning bim and throwing him
into a well, pitching blocks of wood up
on him as be struggled for life, and
finally striking him with long pole un
til dead. He was also shown to have
committed robberies, spent much money
in fast living, and was also indicted for
the murder of a widow named Bourdais,
a florist, found stabbed to death and ber
place of business ransacked. Some of
the stolen money was traced to the pos
session of the abbe.
Lexington, Ky., Aug. 30. A duel to
the death with knives occurred in Clark
county, near Boonesboro, yesterday,
over the scandal that Is the teature of
the Ashland congressional contest. John
King a Breckenridge man living in Fay
ette county, met on the highway an old
friend, George Cook, who lives in Clark
county. Cook said any woman who
went to hear Breckenridge speak wai 110
better than a courtesan. King dis
mounted from his horse, saying his wife
and daughter had beard Breckenridge.
Cook insisted it was a shame and he also
dismounted. Both drew knives and
blood flowed freely until Clark dropped
dead. King has escaped.
A Child Kratally Keaten.
South Amboy, N. J., Ang. 30. A sad
case of brutality to a 3-year-old child
has just been brought to light through
the airest of John Abbott, on complaint
of J. Manning Roberts, a young medical
student of this place. Roberts, having
heard that child in a starving con
dition was tortured by its parents in an
outlying part of the town, known as
Frog Hollow, made complaint before
Police Justice Gr .s and swore out a
warrant tor the arrest of Abbott. The
latter was given hearing yesterday,
and in default of $1,000 was locked up to
await the action of the grand jury. Ab
bott has been living with a woman
named Banta, of Perth Amboy, who is
aaid to be the mother of the child. The
child is covered with bruises from head
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to foot. It had been, it is alleged, tor
tured by being knocked down with a
poker, being placed on a red-hot stove,
held up by tbe back of the neck and
beaten nntil it became unconscious,
and by being all tbe while slowly starved,
It is alleged the child's life was insured
in several companies. Several witnesses
swore to the above facts at the bearing,
and will appear against Abbott before
the grand jury. The mother of the
child was given three days in which to
leave town.
A Fatal Snooting; Accident.
Los Anoei.es, Cal., Aug, 30. A very
sad shooting affair occurred at Buena
Park, this side of Anaheim, last Sunday
night, which today resulted in the death
of William Brock, the shooting being
accidentally done by Albert Kloss.
Brock and Kloss were warm friends and
were recent university graduates. They
went to Buena Park to spend the sum
mer months in special studies. They
returned to their cabin last Sunday
evening after a short trip, and were
much chagrined to find that some of the
neighboring youths had attempted
practical joking by turning things topsy
turvey around the bouse. Remember
ing that he bad left bis rifle on the bed,
Kloss picked it up, and was examining
it to see if it bad been injured, when the
hammer struck something, exploding
the cartridge. The ball struch Brock in
(he right thigh, shattering the bone
terribly. The next day be was removed
to a hospital, where he lingered nntil to
day, when death ended his terrible suf
fering. Stole the Minuter' Clothe.
5-iorx City, la., Ang. 30. While the
Rev. S. G. Jones, of the Methodist church
at Salix, was baptizing some converts in
the Missouri river IrH Sunday, bis
clothing was stolen by hoodlums. He
had dolled his clothing and donned his
robes in the woods near tho river, and
when the baptism wan over his position
was embarussing. While attending a
Sunday school convention here yester
day, Mr Jones was arrested on a charge
of lewdness. Tbe warrant was sworn
out by a saloon-keeper, who alleged
that the minister had disrobed in plain
view of his entire congregation. Mr.
Jones has been active in prosecuting
saloon-keepers, and bis church will help
him make the tight more tierce.
Cleveland aait Hawaii Again.
Chicago, Ang. 30. A Washington
special to the Daily News says there is a
well-founded assertion that President
Cleveland said recently he would ter
minate the reciprocity treaty with Ha
waii. His object is to make sugar from
Hawaii dutiable. The new tariff bill
expressly continues the Hawaiian
treaty, which it is asserted gives the
sugar trust great advantage. Under it
the treaty may be terminated alter II
months' notice.
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