S3IU4 Oily IS VOL. V. SUBSTITUTE OFFERED Carlisle' Currency Hill to bo Withdrawn. ir DIFFERS VEKY MATERIALLY latter Oraal sad) Ua.fc Or. rird Northern Wat.ra tdmiral ' Wal.t' tlort. Wi.mxiifo, IW. 21. Tlii Carlisle rarrenry bill bow before I tin boil of rvpr-wutatlv will be withdrawn ! itjUlitiiU presorted. Thlsdmlsiou iu ravlid after ft caurua ol domm-ratia niruil"-riof th hanking ant) tit r miry toaimiltr quietly held Ut tilifit , .i l.iard bf o "iifereui- hetaron Secretary Car'.Ul an Chairmen ttpringcr tnday, Tba sufUiltui ''ta already been dran, mJ aill b diltfitnj by Springer today or tomorrow, certainly tefol th holiday reee". the detlre of all concerned U Is gel It bcfum th country prior to ad Jonrntnrnt. It diner wry materially (rum Ilia origin! Carlisle bill. To very Important feature appear (or first tint In I ha ubtilnt. T' original Carllol bill contemplated t a-'l nallutial bankn.ot reorganise under tb new i' lan. Tbl wouM hav re quired thetu to surrender th govern- i.nl bond which now eonslitul Ilia WI of Ihlr circulation. Tit siihatltut iue X with thl Imperative change. ( th national batik !( to continue in hold their United Stale buud anl issue circulation thereon, Ihey may do hi. It U felt I bey will aoon discover th dvaulagn ol lbs new system, and tbervfun adopt it voluntarily. Tbe other important feature of I ha aubtli latal that it due eaay with tbo on kooan liability of th bank t guar antee th note ol all oilier bank. Th original bill contemplated that if ft Uonal bank (ailed. It naif would bt paid out ol it asset and general safety fund mad up by nil bank. Itut II lb amet and safety (and rre insufficient to pay the note ol th failed bank, thn th couipliollrr ol currency ba to aiak a pro rata asseosment and shoulder Ibeai with the unknown rUks, In fleet It mad them supply Insurant on II nitia of lb bank In wblrb they bad bo roncrrn. In lw of tba rritl-im. tha tuUtitut will b the llniit of lla bilityof all lank for th failurvof In dividual bank. They will, bowvr, Im eom!!cd to krp up Ibl taltity fund by mora rigid pruriaion tban prvpoard In th original bill. Tka Hlar(aa t'aaat. Imtma, IVe. SI. Chairman TiartUtt, of th aturkbolilurt ' roorganiaallon ojui lttr of tlM Mraragnan canal, in an lntrviw today, and th whol of th Nlcartgnau bare at bta dUpoaal bad been taktn In England. II could liav old many tim lb amount of th barrt h iiord bid thvy been avail bl. IU ii aail for Nw York neit vk, to organ Im th new construction rompany and romplvt) arrangement to plar tb avrurlllca of tb company In th United 8tatct and Kuror. Acllr ork upon th canal will l begun aoon Among th mem tier of th rorganla tiort commltU ar aoui of th abbral I bailing Kngllrh politician and clcn (it. IlartUtt cayi tb building of tb canal with or without tb awlrtanc of h United Put ba heroin car tainty. Tha Wtarhit iaV.I. airarh.. TxviR, Doc. 20. Th rwvnt great fid ttrlkei la tb Uadvill dUtrict ar 'i.lng wild acltmenb Rallroatl ar t"l to their full rapacity. Tb Den , Uadvlll and (Junniaun railway, the ihort tin from Denver to tb camp, I preparing to run extra train to ao ronimodat tb travel. Gold (trike bav been nnmarotii In ladville fr th lt two yar, but non hav attracted o mui-li attention a th two laieat, In th Itei and Triumph mine, which e Ubllih th fart that th r,IJ Mi (tend at least thr mile, th two dla- covari being that far apart. Th proa- that iMdvlll In IROo will b tb largeat producer of gold In th world. Thar wat a larg attendance of rep renlatlv man at th convention of th Colorad oHilver Uagu today. After ft hot diacOMlon th following reolutlon wa adopted with only two dlentlng vote: ' "That th word 'non-partiaan' b tricken from th conatitution and by law wherever they appear, and that th members of th Colorado Silver league Mm to milatn or work with any no- "Ural party which doe not nationally Irclare, unr.nlvo.ally, In favor of tb ' and nullmlted eolnag of ailverat tof 16 to 1, THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20. 1801. la tka lla.. VaniMoro)i, Den. it. At leaat 'JO member of tha huuae crowded into lb are In front of the r-jakrr' roatruni in day In an clTort to arcur th pnaiag by unanimous conaent of bills of local Im portant, lm Kngllth of New Jerey, who ha Inaugurated a war of retaliation agalnat unaiiliuou conaent legltlation until a uieaaor of hi is panaed, wa on guard and obdurate. However, ha al lowed a Joint resolution, offered by Liv ingston of (ieorgla, providing fr the en tram- of foreign eahlbli to th cotton tatea' international eoaitlon at At lanta neit year, to go through. "Thl bill, 1 understand, Involve the admleiun of contract labor," suggwted Wllaon if Waibingtou, hnmoroualy. "I want to remind the gentleman that bnt ft abort tim go h wa In ft furor over th admlMlon of a aingl coachman. Dm thl bill provhle lit the aduilion of Kngllah coachmen ?" "It doe not," replied Uvingatou, mid laughter. Kngllali alto allowed tb aenat bill mending the act creating the court of appeal of th IHntrlctof Columbia, to pa, Ktiglialt finally demanded th regular order. A pilnt reeriluthin, providing for hol iday re-et from Saturday, Dw-ember 22, to Tburatley, January 3, waa adopted. Tb houae then, on brinser'a motion. went Into rommitlewof th whole for further eon. (deration of the bill. currency IV n die ton of Went Virginia wa recog. oiaed by tb chairman, but befor lie could proceed, Jobnann of Indiana aroae for tb purpoee, he Mated, of proxund lug an inquiry to the chairman of the banking rommlttee. "I understand," aald be, "at a meet ing of th democratic member of the banking committee last night it de cided to offer a tubatitut to th pending measure, and the consent ol the aecre tary was eecureil. I my Information correct? If ao, I would anggest th sub stitute be now ottered in order that w can proceed Intelligently." "Horn tim during the afternoon," replied Springer, "I will aay It I my in tention to Inlrodur a cbtltnt for th pending bill." Springer, however, denied the content of tb eecreUry of tho treasury had been aaked for or obtained. Th democratic members of the committee were respon sible fr th rulnitltute. lr Cliarl.a Taeeer III. Lokixi. Lrc. 21. Canadian Commis sioner Tapper ha tiecn ailing Sine hi recent attack of Influcnta. Tuesday he wae seised with a chill, and t now un able to leave the house. Owing to the condition of hi health. Sir Cbarle will not accompany th body of Thompson to Canada on th cruiser Itlenbelm. Senator Pan ford alone will sail with th remains. llUlleala r.ra. London, Dec. 21. Fpeclal dispatches from Lima, I'eru, say a riot of tb most serious nature baa ocurred at Lima, President Cart-ace res, It appear, ordered ft crowd of hungry men and women, ac companied by many children, to dis perse. A riot occurred, which lasted three hour, during which many peopl wer killed and injured. ftaarsk for MLelag Veuela. VYHixuToa, Dec. 21. Carlisle today ordered the revenn cutter Grant, at I'ort Townsend. and th Kush at ban Franclaco, to proceed to aea at one and team northward In earcn ol tb nine American vessel which are eleven day overdue from I'uget ound point. Tfce ft.al ladaatry. WasHiNQiois, Dec. 21. Th eecreUry of th treasury ha sent to th house a letter saying soon a th Information mentioned In tb resolution offered by Dlngley relating to th Dehring sea eul Industry could be gathered it would be transmitted to the house. Admiral Carpenter's lUpert. Washington, Deo. 21. Tb navy de partment haa received ft report from Admiral Carpenter on tha Great Yalu naval battle In th Chines war. Th admiral's report clearly shows th great valu of battle hip. Caltlea t Natleaat Baake. Wahinuton, Deo. 21. Th controller of th currency has ltued ft call for iw Dorts of th condition of th national banks at tb clow of business December 10th. Tfce Uteres la Bar. AaLTtHU, Dec. 24. Storm news from various parts of th coast shows th damage has been much greater tban was at Oral supposed. The North sea beach In ever direction has twen wasneti away, and from H to 20 fishing vessels drawn upon the besch have been -1 itroyed. The German bark Caroline ha W n wreckeil oil U cohui, anu m of the crew drowned. J TRAFFIC IS BLOCKED 1 1 i'ii vy Snow StoniH on the South Side of the Siskiyous. TIIKEE l'ASSEf;EK TRAINS TIED L P The MurltibuMntI U at Hun.mttlr. On. Aaolh.ral llamWrunk. Akiii.amo. Or., Iec. 22. Th atorrn which prevailed during the past week, blocked treble on .the Kouthern l'arltlc. on th aouMi aide of the c'inkiyous to Diiosmuir almost completely yesterday and today, and three overlaad passen ger trains, on northbound and two otitlihuund, are blockaded in that sec tion. Tha severity of the storm is great est on the south aide of the Kisklyou, and through tb upper Hacramento canyon iu the Uiac-k Butt country, and In th vicinity of bisaon and Kdgwood. Know fell at the rate of a foot an hour, and (or a time there wa a blinding. taking storm. There la reported along some sections of the road, a ilei.th of eg(lt ((jet o( fnow 0o (- si(,kyoM there Is only about four feet. At Ash land there I none. Tha railroad bet ween Ashland ami Ilornbrook, on the furl her siil ol the Siskiyou pas, Is clear. All the telegraph wire ar down from heavy weight of the snow in the vicinity J of ,S!son and Kdgwood, for aoui dis tance, ana tin ha retarded tb move ment of the forces working to clear the track. Snow slides, currying rock and eirth, having added to th difficulty. A big rotary plow was put to work yes terday near Kdgewood, but broke down this morniug, and bad to be sent back to Dnnamuir for repairs. It reached Kdgwood again thl evening at 8 o'clock, and started to work. Th railroad people expect that tb road will be opened for th passage cf trains before morning. No new enow snow has fallen today, and that give further encouragement. Th overland train, which left Kan Francisco Thursday evening, is lying at Dunsmuir now. Th southbound pas senger, which left Portland Thursday vening and left Ashland yeaterday at noon, 1 at Kdgewood, blocked. The southbound passenger train that left Portland last evening arrived here nearly on time thl morning, and wa her un til aboot 3 o'clock thl afternoon, when it started south and crossed over the Siskiyous without dilticulty. It is now lying at Ilornbrook. Keports from Sisaon and Dunsmuir country indicate that tb dorm has lieeu a .severe as any ever experienced there, and the snowfall greater than ever before known. Travel by snow-shoes is the only way to travel. Further south in th vicinity of Ietia, th storm has been mostly rain, Some rock nd earth slides wer re ported last night from that region, but It is thought there will be no serious trouble ther. On this side of ;tho is klyoa mountain ther has been no snowfall to speak of, and there is none lying on th lower grounds. The rail road baa made no effort to run freight trains daring the past dyor two. The laearne Ta Law. Washington, Dec. 22. Th first case to tcit th constitutionality of the in come tas law bas been brought in the supreme court of the District of Colum bia. The petitioner is John G. Moore, of th firm of Moor A Schley, of New York. Th complainant is a prominent director of tb Manhattan Hallway Company, Western Union Telegraph Company, etc., and proposes to fight tha case throngh th supreme court of the United States. His attorneys are ex- Senator George F. Kdinunds, and r-hella-barger A Wilson. Th petitioners for an Injunction to restrain the commissioner of internal revenue from collecting th tax. It sets out that th complainant is a shareholder In various corporations which pay dividends to said complain ant; that independent of and In addition to said dividend, th complainant has an income, derived from th gains and profits of his busine and embraced within sections 27 and 28 of the new tariff law, largely in excess of th sum of $4,000 per annum, and upon which Income th commissioner of Internal revenue has threatened to, and unless restrained by this honorable court, will proceed to assess the sum of 2 per cent. on th amount in excess of 11,000 per annum. Th bill then reviews th sections of th new tarilT lap bearing on the income tax, In which it Is alleged ar many defect, and charges that th ai t is Invalid nd its provisions inopera- j tiv and void. The (..v.ram.at's Mold. Nxw Yoaic, Dec. 22. Subtreiuury of ficials say an effort n being made In New York to Jiggle the government' gold. Kx porter are very anxious to get bold of full weight coins and gold bars anil brick with the government's tamp of fineness on them. Uncle Kara has 10,000,000 worth of these, but in order to cut down exports, some time ago tb department mad it a rule to re deem treasury note only In gold coin. Tb light-weight coins complained ol are all within the legal limit, one-half of I ier cent, bnt th hippera have felt the loss and have sorted the coins, keep ing th light-weight one at home. The bank objected to taking them, and on foreign house took a lot to th sub treasury and asked that they be re deemed in paper. This tha treasury official declined to do, saying tbo re deeming of paper promise to pay did not carry with it the reverse duty of re deeming gold in paper. The only thing left to do was to deposit the gold in the bank, whence it would work its way back to the subtreasury. Tbo assay office ba received ft novel proposition from an exporting house. It wanted to deposit American gold coin and bare it melted Into stamped bars. Tb propo sition was declined, though if th coin was light or mutilated It could ba re deemed. la Hallaad. Ammtiudam, Dec. 23, Heavy floods hav been caused by the storm In Hol land. Tb River Maas and tb Rotte rose twelve feet, Inundating part of Korterdam. Boats wer nsed in th streets, and in th market places. Many of the dyke threatened to give way un der the heavy pounding of th sea. In several places the water succeeded in breaking through in the vicinity of the breaks, and tb country is flooded. Nine houst collapsed. At Utrecht several persons wer drowned by th capsizing of ft boat. Telegraph and' telephone wire were everywhere broken. Tb bark Caroline, from Savannah for Hamburg, went ashore near Kginoudse and became ft total wreck. Her cargo is being washed upon the beach. Part of her crew were drowned. Mealcaa talu. sturMl tint arTaaaa. At'STiN, Tex., Dec. 25. In view of tb fact that the live stock sanitary commis sion of this state ba been reliably in formed that malignant disease known as spenetic or southern fever, exists among tb cattle In a large part of tb repuhlic of Mexico, and a there are no sanitary regulation in that country to prevent the spread of tb disease, Gov ernor Hogg yesterday issued a procla matlon declaring quarantine against all such cattle. Olni a C.rlllleatB at KlactloB. JurrxRsoN Citt, Mo., Dec. 22. Fol lowing th denial by th supreme court of the writ of mandamus In the Jamie- son case, Secretary of State Leisure to day filed certificate of election of James II. B rem merman (dem.) as prosecuting attorney of Jackson county. This case was tb most prominent among tb sev oral contests arising out of the recent Kansas City election. Th R.pablMaaa Will t'oatmt. Richmond, Va., Dec. 22. J. W Southward, defeated republican candi data for congress in this district, has served notice of contest upon Colonel Taxwell Elliott, his successful democrat opponent. Colonel Elliott's majority was tome 8,000. Raw ea CommaBU.r Lawl.r's MtaaT. Dknvkh, Dec. 22. Charles Burpee, of this city, bss been notified by C. C. Jones, adjutant-general of the Grand Army, of his appointment on tb stall of Commander-in-Chief tawlcr as aide-de-camp. Mora Jadletm.nU la Chicago. Chicago, Dec. 22. Before th grand jury adjourned today, 11 more indict ments were returned against persons who ar charged with interfering with citizens election day at th polls, and violating th law in other ways in the interest of th democratic party. A Cat t The Bob. 8ar Fbancisco, Dec. 24. Tha price of hams has been reduced a cent ft pound. Th market slumped in response to ft telegram from Armour to cut to th boo. This I pleasant for consumers, but it reduce the profit of the dealer to ft minimum. Th ColaaaBa Cihlblta Staterae. Rome, Dec. 23. Th Vatican ex hibit to th Columbian Exposition ar rived here today, and were taken to th Vatican. The officers accompanying the xhibits were given a brilliant reception. Tb laveattgats ths Aatl-Taalae. rARia, Dec. 22. Th chamber of deputies today voted an expenditure of 8000 francs tor th purpose of promoting Investigations into the manufacture of antl-toxlne.'.the new remedy for diphth- HOME FOR CHRISTMAS The National Capital Pratic all v Deserted. EVEX SIGHTSEERS VEKY SCARCE The Charm of r..llvlU.a it Christmas at llama tba Maca.t tor th CengrtuBfi. Wasui.nc.tom, Dec. 24. The capitol wa practicallv deserted today. Only a few rambling (Ightseers, the capitol police, and now and then a stray senator or representative woke the echoes of its spacious corridors. The charm of the fes tivities of Christmas at bom man the magnet that bad drawn every on who could leave from the congressional grist mill. Only the members and the sena tor from the far West, and those whose famt'iea are in Washington remained here. Iseveial of them were at their desks for short time today, examining their mail, but tbey bad put their con gresilonal labors behind them and mat ters congressional were in state of sus pended animation. Speaker Crisp was in hi room in the rear of tb hall of representatives about noon, dictating answers to letters, but he was almost the only member in the vicinity of the capitol today. Mrs. Crisp and her son and daughter are her to eat tbeir Christmas turkey with the speaker. He will remain here throughout the holidays. No committee work will bo done at either end of the capitol daring the re cess. Senator Blackburn rays the com mittee on rules, of which be is chairman, will not take up the question of a cloture rule or any otber subject until January 1st. Tb Kentucky senator left the city today to remain until congress convenes. Some work will probably be don ou the appropriation bills yet unreported by Chairman Say res and some of the mem bers of tb subcommittee, but their work will be subject to nltimate revision when the full committee meet. Xewfoaadlaad r"laaac. St. John' X. F.,Dec. 24. Th finan cial complication here received new development today from th announce ment in a telegram, published in a gov ernment organ, to the effect that a bill to guarantee the Union bank' paper currency would be introduced in the legislature aoon. The schemes put tor ward for solving the financial difficulties multiply daily, the latest of which is the establishment of a new bank, the present concerns going into liquidation, and their paper being taken over by the new bank at its valuation. Consider bl opposition bas already developed toward the proposition for the govern ment to extend aid to any banking in stitution, whether solvent or insolvent, and what the result of this opposition will be remains to lie determined. Th Union bank still stands high in th general estimation of the public and its notes ar being taken in trade every where, but tb agitation for the prose cution of the directors and th manager of tb suspended Commercial bank hows no signs of cessation. It is im possible now to send postoffice orders either to Europe or to Amerioa, as the postal department her ha no mean of transmitting money. K.raaad t. Pay The Taa. Santa Rosa, Cal., Dec. 24. There was considerable excitement today over the sal of the delinquent tax property, th result of the refusals on the part of property-owners to pay the special water tax recently held to be valid by Judge Ham, of Napa, Marshal Steadman gave thm all until 11 o'clock to pay taxes and then proceeded with the snle. Many paid up, bat about fSOO.OOO worth of property was sold. Among the prop ertv sold wer the Santa Rosa water works, tb depot, tracks and yards oi th San Francisco A North Pacific rail way and many fin residences in th heart of tb city. J. II. Brush, presi dent of the Santa Rosa National bank, bought the water works the railroad de pot and much other property. Other prominent purchasers were B. M. Spen cer, W. G. Oldbam and Mas Heymann, C M. Fitf , C. Kelsey and A. M. Haines, of San Francisco. It is expected there Highest of all in Leavening Tower. AC60TEM PURE NUMBER 1. will be interesting litigation growing out of the sale of this property by the marshal. Told Hla a.er.t While draah. Eau, Dec. 24. The ringleaders in th gang of masker burglars, who, ft -week ago, beat and brand, and under fearful torture secured the (10,000 w hlch David and Sara Slocum bad laid up for a rainy day, have been captured. They ar Frank Anderson, a farmer, living within two miles of the seen of the robbery; Ralph Vanjaier and Jeremiah Casey. Anderson and Vansaler were captured together at the house of the former. Casey was captured in the east ern part of the state. Casey's fondness for bis cap loosened his tongue dis armed bis secretiveness and gave th clue which resulted in the captare of th gang. The iBdiaa Territory Oatlaw. Clahemobe, I. T., Dec. 24. Tb French band of outlaws, beaded by Jim French and Cherokee Bill, made raid Satnrday on the town of Nowata, about 25 milea north of here on the Kansas & Arkansas Valley railroad. Station agent Bristol was covered with four gun and marched through tb waiting-room and compelled to open tba safe, from which they took 1 190. They did not molest those in the waiting room. After taking the content of the safe, they marched the agent outside, mounted and rode away, going east. It wa feared they would rob the passen ger train, which was due but it pulled out safely" Reports ttlow ComlBS; IB. London, Dec- 24. Telegraph line tin the northern part of Great Britain are till down, and the fall amount of dam age by the storm is not known. It is estimated, however, 50 to 100 persons have lost tbeir lives during tbe day. The weather chart today shows a new disturbance coming from the Atlantic. At Girvan, Scotland, a show caravan was caught in tbe gale and capsized. One of tbe covered vans caught fire and four persons were burned to death. At Flintwood, Lancashire, two fishing boats were sank and all bands lost. The Jall-BresklBS; jBdr Flnod. Jacksonville, Or., Dec. 24. County Judge McNeil, who was indicted and convicted for breaking in the jail door in the absence of the sheriff, to obtain possession of tbe person of an insane man, to have him taken to the asylum, and who asked for 10 days in which to file a n.otion for a new trial, did not file tbe intended motion, but appeared be fore tbe court today for sentence and tbe judge fined him $15 and costs. This ends tbe unfor.unate matter. Tha Glory or the S.aa Now la. Post Townsend, Dec. 24. Another one of the overdue vessels, the ship Glory of the Sees, from San Francisco, for Comox, arrived today, after an un eventful passage of 20 days. Moderately tair weather w as experienced. No otber craft were sighted during the voyage. The tug Traveler passed up today, from Gray's harbor, with ft disabled four-masted schooner in tow. A Poll.si Celoay Coming. Chicago, Dec. 24. Rev. Father Kla witie, pastor of the Polish church here, is president of the Rappersville Colour Company, which bas purchased and bonded a tract of government land in Whatcom county, Washington, on the main line ol the Northern Pacific rail road, to which 80 Polish families will move January 1. Large numbers are expected to follow next yesr. No K.qol.ltloB Par Staadord nil Mob. Albanx, N. Y., Dec. 24. It can be definitely stated that the governor will not, under any circumstances, grant tbe requisition asked for the governor of Tex for the officials of the Standard Oil trust. Judgp Joyce, who attends to all requisition matters for the govern nor, said tonight: "Governor Flower will uot change bis first opinion in the matter. If the indicted men bad ever been in the state of Texas or commited the crime there, it would be different matter." The regular subscription price of the Weekly Cuboniclb is 11.50 and tb regular pi ice of the Weekly Orkooxlak ta $1.50. Any one subscribing for Thb Cuboniclb and paying for one year in advance can get both Thb Chboniclb and the Weekly Obeoonian for $2.00. Feed wheat for sale cheap at Wasco Warehouse. tf. Latest U. S. Gov't Report