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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1895.
VOL. V
NUMBER 23.
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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Costa Rica Affronted by the
Nicaraguans.
NEW ALLIANCE TO BE FORMED
Latest From the Wheat Market Prices
Still Remain Nearly What They
Were Yesterday.
Nxw Yobk, May 24. -A special to the
World from San Jose, Costa Rica, says
Nicaragua has been provoking- thiB
country bo persistently that war seems
; inevitable. The government here sup
. nnnnd the relations between the two
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states were friendly until Nicaragua sud
denly stopped all communication. She
went so far as to take away the tele
graph office at the frontier, thereby vio
lating a treaty. This government sent
: several telegrams to the Nicaraguan
government, but the latter refused to an
ewer. When Great Britain's ultimatum
was received by Nicaragua. Costa Eica
offered to assist in arranging matters
peacetully. Nicaragua did not deign to
even return a polite word of thanks.
President Inglesias is getting ready to
resist an invasion trom Nicaragua.abut
the army will not be called out until
circumatances force it. Only a few men
have been sent to watch the border.
Nicaragua, it is reported here, has
several hundred men under arms ready
for an attack. The cabinet ministers
here wish no war, but if it must come
they claim to have better soldiers and to
be able to whip Nicaragua.
LOTAN AND SEID BACK
000 bushels, or about 13,000,000 less than
how vesterdav morning. Prices
danced about in a lively way. July
opened from 81c to 81)c in various
' - .f iL. T rivnnnnrl
np to six on fresh outside buying, and The Jury ConTicted Them 0
then lost half a cent.
WANT THE LAWS CHANGED.
Conspiracy.
WAS OUT ONLY A FEW HOURS
Rlnmr in tbe United states by Cana
dians Unpunishable in Canada.
Quebec, May 24. Bigamy in the
United States by Canadian citizens is
one of tbe subjects to be grappled with Much Surprise Felt In Portland at the
INTERESTING TESTIMONY.
The
Goulds Claim They
Taxed.
Are Unjustly
New Yobk, May 24. :Some of the tes
. timony taken by W. L. Cannon, jr., ref
. eree in the certiorari proceedings in
which the estate of Jay Gould and Jay
Gould's children resist paying personal
taxes here on the ground of non-resi
dence, is interesting. The commissioner
of taxes and assessments put $10,000,000
valuation upon the personality of the
estate for taxation in 1894, and assessed
the personal properts,of George J. Gould
at (400,000, and put an assessment of
$100,000 each upon the personal property
ot Howard, Edwin and Helen M. Gould.
The Gould children, besides alleging
non-residence, complained that there
was great injustice done them in tbe
. making of the assessment, inasmuch as
other wealthy people and estate were
i taxed at a lesB rate.' George Gould testi
fied that in 1S93 no estate was taxed as
high as that of William H. Vanderbilt,
which was taxed on $8,000,000 valuation,
' although the estate was supposed to be
worth $100,000,000, with the exception
' of the assessment which was made
against his father's estate, which was
put at $10,000,000. -He said Cornelius
and William K.l Vanderbilt were each
taxed on a valuation of $200,000 of per
sonal property, which they were said to
be worth $100,000,000. Russell Sage
had been assessed -'on a valuation , of
$500,000 that year, the Tilden estate on
$500,000, Andrew Carnegie on $150,000
and C. P. Huntington, oae of the wealth
iest railroad men. in the country, on
$150,000. ;
The Wheat Market.
Chicago, May 24. The wheat market
opened excitedly and irregular today.
On the curb- and open board early sales
' were at 78 for July, against 78?4 at the
close yesterday. Out of the bedlam of
the pit at the opening of the regular
board came the figures 7&, 79 for July.
Early news was mostly oi.a bearish char
acter, but numerous crop damage re
ports were received later. Brokers saw
the dangers of such a runaway market
as that of yesterday, and. were advising
their customers to go slow. As a conse
quence, early trading brought out many
stop-loss orders. July soon dropped to
77, fluctuated between 77)c and 78c,
and when very bad crop reports came
advanced to 79c, and eased off to'78c.
The market later turned np to 79Jc,
then for a long time it wobbled lazily
between 784s and 79c. The volume of
trading was very much reduced in com
parison with the business of the past
few days. Corn was weak, owing to the
selling of about 1,000,000 bushels by
Baldwin &Farnum. The market turned
weak, and at , the close July sold from
79c to 77c. There was no news of im
portance, but there was a general re
sumption selling and the market got no
support. The market, continued, to
break "during the last fifteen minutes,
July going to 76Jc. ' - .
Less Excitement in New York.
Nw Yobk, May 24. Wheat transac
tions up to noon today were just 5,230,-
next week at Toronto by tbe National
Council of Women of Canada under the
presidency of its founder, the Countess
of Aberdeen. It has lately been decided
that a married person who is a British
subject resident in Canada, and there
goes through a form of marriage with
another person cannot in Canada be
convicted of bigamv. This is the case
even when no divorce has been obtained
in the United States. To lawyers it
seems clear enough that bigamy in the
United States is not an offense against
Canadian laws, and therefore it is not
unreasonable to expect that there should
not be any machinery for convicting the
offender in Canada
But the Countess of Aberdeen and the
ladies affiliated with her upon the execu
tire committee of the National Council
of Women of Canada are bound to have
such provision made if by any means
possible, and there have recently been
some very sad cages of wife desertion in
Canada and remarriage in the United
States, calculated to call oat . female
sympathy in general.
Working; for Sibley.
New York, May 24. In an interview
Senator Stewart, of Nevada, said
I want to see ex-Congressman Joseph
C. Sibley of Pennsylvania the next presi
dent of the United States, and I am ad
vocating nim as a candidate. He is one
of the ablest men in the country, and I
do not- know one who is more honest.
He is almost too big a man for the pres
idency. His mental calibre is too large
and his inetincts too honorable for the
White House."
Tbe senator declined to discuss- Sena
tor Carter's visit to ex-President Harri
son. He said he knew of Mr. Carter's
talk, but bad no comment to make
When asked about Senator Cameron as
a possible candidate on a silver ticket,
Mr. Stewrrt said that Uameron was a
good man, but that personally he was
for Mr. Sibley. .
Result New Trial Will Be Asked
for at Onee. .
Portland May 26 Ex-Collector
James Lotan and Seid Back, the Chinese
merchant prince, who have been on
trial in the United States court during
the past week, for conspiracy to smuggle
Chinese, were found guilty by the jury
last night. The verdict was very un
expected by the defendants and many
of the attorneys in the case. The de
fense asked until Tuesday morning to
file exceptions, and will doubtless move
for a new trial.' The court granted the
request and instructed the jury to be
present at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning.
The jury reached a verdict about 11:30
and announced to the bailiff that they
were ready to report, which tuey did as
follows: - ' '
'We, the jury in the case, find the de
fendants, James Lotan and Seid 'Back,
guilty as charged in the indictment."
The names of the jury were then call
ed in turn, and the judge asked each if
it was his verdict and if be was satis
fied with it. Each replied affirmatively.
Mr. Lotan eat perfectly still daring
the reading of the verdict. He was
afterward overheard to remark to Attor
ney Fulton that it was the greatest sur
prise of his life.
District Attorney Murphy asked that
the defendants be remanded, saying that
he had examined Seid Back's bond and
found it faulty, as it does not describe
the crime charged in the indictment.
He has not examind Mr. Lotan's bond,
however, and tbe court refused to make
an order remanding Lotan, but allowed
seid isactc to go upon signing his own
bond to appear in court Monday morn
ing. "'-
RAISED Bi HERMANN.
Union Tkeolozioal Seminary.
New Yobk, May 24. Charles Butler,
president of the board of trustees, says
regarding the boycott of Union theologi
cal seminary, by the general assembly:
"I am unable to say what action the
trustees of tbe seminary will take until
they have held a meeting. I do not be
lieve, however, the recommendation
which amounts in reality to a ban upon
our students, will make the slightest
difference to us. I fancy we shall go
right on with, our work, following the
lines we have laid down just as if noth
ing had happened."
An Important ' - Question Resrardlna;
Indian Schools on Reservations.
Washington, May 20. Representa
tive Hermann, of Oregon has raised a
very important question in the interior
department in reservations where al
lotments in severalty have occurred.
He has presented the right of a state to
extend its common school system over the
Indian's land, with the right to estab
lish school districts in the reservation,
and for the Indians the right to choose
teachers according to the school law, and
to be under the law lor taxation pur
poses, except as to the lands held by al
lotment only. The Indian bureau is in
clined to take this view, and further, to
hold that it may aid such schools from
the fund out of which it already contri
butes to some district schools certain
sums for each Indian taught in. them.
Mr. Hermann has formally presented
the matter to the secretary, and it will
rines to restore order. . M. Lunier, cap
tain of marines, with only two men
took a flag of truce to demand the sur
render of Trajano. Cabral the leader of
the freebooters, treacherously fired upon
SECT GRESHAM DEAD
Lunier. A fierce conflict ensued, the The Sad NeWS Not Entirely
marines coming to the assistance of the TT
unexpecrea
Trench men. In the two hours oi fight
ing Cabral lost over sixty men killed,
including Lunier, and twenty wounded
Itia feared this encounter will lead to CRIME . IX
trouble with Brazil. The scene of the
conflict is in debatable territory between
the two countries.
SAN
FRAXCISC0.
SATURDAY'S LYNCHING.
Dan-
tXTTKKS BY BTRBaTCAR.
Another Marder as Mysterious as That
in the Church The Police Have
no Clew as Yet.
Chicago, May 24. Tomorrow after
noon at 2'oclock there mill leave the
hockwell-street power-house of the Washisgtox, May 28. Secretary
Madison .street cable line a neat white Gresham died at 1 :15 o'clock this (To.es
closed coach, and the street railway postal morninS at Lia rooms at theArling
service conceived by Postmaster Hesing
will have its realization.' The car will
be of the ordinary length and width, and
will be attached to one of the regular
trains of the road. It will be a box car,
the rear end devoted to the mail service,
and fitted up with the usual pigeon-holes
utilized in the railroad train service.
Three clerks will do the sorting as the
train speeds along, and letters can be
deposited in a chute when the car stops
at n crossing. Postmaster Hesing and
several of his associates will occupy the
front section on the trial trip. The sec
tion is to be fitted up as a smoker, and
can he occupied by regular patrons .of
the road. The coach is the first one to
ba completed by the Pullman Company,
and costs the government $3000. As
soon as possible these cars will be placed
on every line in the city.
ton house. Al
though his recovery
was practically
abandoned when
his spell occurred a
little before 6 last
(Monday) evening,
the most ' powerful
heart stimulants
known to medical
science were inject
ed- periodically, and an infusion of nor
mal saline solution was made through
an open vein in the arm. He recovered
slightly, but owing to severe rigors just
betore 11 o'clock, he began to fall rapidly
and his vitality began to ebb.' Tbe three
physicians saw that the end waa near
and at 12 o'clock withdrew to the ante
room, leaving in the pick-room only the
members of his familv and the nurses
Buried in the Potter's Field.
Chicago, May 24. A cousin of Gen
eral Philip Sheridan will be buried to
day in the potter's field. This comes
about not through any neglect on the
Stlil Gathering; Testimony.
San Fhancisco, May 27. The police
are still engaged in gathering testimony
against O. W. Winthrop, who was ar
rested last week in connection with the
part of tbe dead woman's friends, but is death of Mrs. Jennie Mathews, who died
Cinch Bai In Kansas.
Topeka, May 26.; The ravages of cinch
bugs in the wheat fields of Eastern Kan
sas have become bo destructive that the
farmern nf mnnv counties are annlvin?
to Professor Snow, chancellor of the state likely 80011 be submitted to the attorney
universitv, requesug him to send them general, as the department says it is the
infected 'bugs with which to stop the first time the question has come in this
workf of destruction. Chancellor Snow shaDe- In?" on allotments, being
has thousands of hues at his laboratories now citizens, assert their right to enjoy
which are diseased. To farmers he sends
a few of. these bugs inoculated with dis.
ease and they are scattered in the fields.
The contagion immediately spreads and
the cinch bugs die by tbe million.
I a common-school education.
An Alliance Proposed. '
New York, May 24. A special' to the
World from Managua, Nicaragua, says
The World correspondent is informed
that steps are being taken towards the
formation of an alliance between Nica
ragua, Honduras, Salvador and Guate
mala in consequence of the difficulties
between this conn try and Costa Rica.
It is thought by some that the differ
ences may be submitted to arbitration.
frill Answer Carlisle.
Memphis, May 24. Ex-Congressman
W. J. Bryan, of Nebraska, arrived here
this morning, and was given a cordial
reception by representative of the free-,
silver men. Tonight he will answer the
speech delivered by Secretary Carlisle
before the . sound-money convention.
He will compare Carlisle's present views
on the silver question with those he is
alleged to have held in 1878.
Will Oppose Free Silver. , .
New York, May 24. At today's ses
sion of the Democratic Editorial Asso
ciation of New York,' resolutions were
adopted that the democraric press of
this state pledge -itself to oppose any
legislation looking to the free and un
limited 'coinage of - silver. There was
only one negative vote. '-'" - ' -Ml
druezista sell Dr. Miles' Pain Pills.
Royalists Disappointed by the Result of
Riokard and Walker Case.
San Fbancisco, May 20. The steam
ship China arrived from Honolulu' to
night, bringing the - following advices
under date of May 20th :
The correspondence between British
Commissioner Hawes and the foreign
office will soon close with the laurels in
the hands of tbe foreign office. The
claim made by the political prisoners,
Eickard and Walker, has been com
pletely refuted by the evidence sub
mitted by the foreign office. The writ
ten application of these men for neutral
ization, the payment of the fees, the
taking of the oath of allegiance and the
service of a year in the legislature by
one of them has been carefully proved.
The British commissioner finds that, he
was deceived by the statements of these
men, and win so report to tbe British
foreign office It was the expectation
of these men that the British govern
ment would interfere in -a summary
manner and the royalist are bitterly dis
appointed that the. case goes against
them.' ' ; . I
French Guiana and Brazil.
Paris, "" May 26. The governor ' of
French Guiana cables to his government
that, as a consequence of Brazilian free
booters capturing a French settler
named -Trajano and" robbing: other
Frenchmen on tbe frontier territory be
tween French Guiana and Brazil, the
governor sent' a dispatch boat with ma-
the result of a solemn promise made to
her a month ago.
Margaret Hogan, who died tonight at
the residence of Mrs.. Fancher, in this
city, was born in Ireland 67 years ago.
Her parents were in prosperous circum
stances after coming to America, and
their daughter was reared in luxury.
In New York Margaret's affections wan
dered afield, and settled upon a brass-
molder of the name of Hogan, a man of
inferior education and circumstances.
The marriage was bitterly opposed by
Miss Sheridan's family. Two daughters
were born to them, one of whom now
lives in Chicago. . Mrs.Hogan supported
herself by teaching for four years after
separating from her husband. Then her
health failed. Fourteen years. ago she
went to work for Fancher as a cook.
Mrs.; Fancher soon learned that she
was a woman of education and accom
plishments, and found it bard to regard
her as no more than a house servant.
Mrs. Hogan soon became too feeble to
do more than light work around the
bouse, but Mrs. Fancher had become so
attached to her that she was given a
permanent home. A month ago Mrs
Hogan exacted from 'Mrs. Fancher the
promise that when she died she would
De Durieu at the county's expense in a
grave no one could ever find.
No Action upon the Request.
Washingmon, May 26. So far as can
be ascertained no action has yet been
taken by the war department on the re
quest of the secretary of tbe interior that
troops be sent to the scene of the threat
ened troubles on the Winnebago ' and
Omaha Indian lands in Nebraska grow
ing out of the settlement on those lands
by the Flourney Real Estate & Live
Stock Company and others. . Secretary
Lamont was out of the city when the re
quest came to the department, but he
returned today and the matter will prob
ably come up before him tomorrow. .
English Praise for Cleveland.
London, May 26. The Observer, in an
editorial on the retirement of Admiral
Meade, applauds the singular moral
courage of President Cleveland in the
navy department in risking defeat at the
polls for sake of friendship of England in
dismissing Admiral Meade, and suggests
that Lord Rosebery ask the government
at Washington to reinstate Admiral
Meade. Such a graceful act could not
fail to still closer bind the two people. :
Kleetrle Car and Wagon Collded.
Chicago, May 26. A South Chicago
electric car, drawing a trailer, ran into
a, wagon containing five persons at Sev
enty-ninth street and Yates avenue, to
night. . The : wagon was demolished.
Francesda Rnzewicki, an aged widow,
was killed, and another woman probably
fatally injured.
The Wasco Warehouse Co. have on
sale at their warehouse Seed Wheat,
Feed Wheat, Barley, Barley Chop, Oats
and Hay.' Are sole agents in The Dalles
for the now celebrated Goldendale roller
mills flour, the best flour in the'narket
and sold only in ton lots or over. 9-tf :
under mveterious circumstances at the
grave of her child. So far the only tang
ible clew at hand is tbe one discovered
by the Examiner, to the effect that Win
throp is named as the gnardian of Mrs.
Mathews daughter ; in a life insurance
policy of $2,000, taken out a few days be
fore her death. The child was made the
beneficiary in the policy. Mrs. Mathews'
husband did not know she had had her
life insured until after her death, Win
throp, it is said, having cautioned her to
say nothing about it to anybody. While
the evidence against Winthrop is by no
means conclusive, the police say the clew
discovered by the Examiner suggests the
most plausible explanation of the mys
tery, taken in connection with the fact
that Mrs. Mathews said shortly before
her death that she had been given a pill
by Winthrop, a statement in which her
daughter concurred.
Captain Lees, who has charge of the
investigation into the death - of Mrs.
Matthews, looked up the law concerning
the right to open a sealed letter with a
view to ascertaining if he could be held
responsible if he opened a letter written
bv Mr. Winthrop, and addressed to T.
B. Linn, which the bead of the detective
force has in his possession. Winthrop
had placed a stamp on the envelope, and
Captain Lees thought perhaps the feder
al statutes would indicate whether or
not the presence of the stamp suggested
theletter to the regulation postal service.
He found that only letters which had
actually been in transit through the post
office are protected by congressional en
actment. But he found a statute in the
California code which is so broad in its
scope that letters aud notes of every de
scription that are sealed by the writer
are considered sacret, and to opeu them
without the consent of the writer or the
person to whom they are addressed would
constitute a misdemeanor. "In view of
that law,"ssaid Captain Lees, "I think I
will defer opening the letter until the
coroner holds an inquest. Then we will
endeavor to obtain judicial sanction for
opening it."
Captain Lees has locked the letter in
a safe at police headquarters, as ha re
gards it ar a valuable bit of evidence in
tbe case. The detectives have almost de
spaired of ascertaining whether or not
Winthrop has ever purchased strychnine
in a San Francisco drug store. Lees hag
made a systematic and thorough canvass
of the city, employing not only his de
tectives, but policemen from the various
precincts" and fonnd no trace of what he
wants to know. Retail druggists who
have been approached invariably say
that they don't sell strychnine except on
a physician's prescription.
It Is the All-Absorblng Tople at
villa.
Danville, III., May 27. Saturday's
lynching is still the absorbing topic ef
conversation here. There is a possibility
that those members of the mob who are
known will be indicted by the grand jury.
State Attorney S. G. Wilson is much
opposed to lynch law, and has taken a
more decided stand in censuring the mob
than any other prominent citizen in
Danville. He said today :
"If tbe srrand jury indicts tbe lynchers
you can rest assured that I will prosecute
them vigorously and fearlessly. The
matter will be brought before the grand
jury. wfiat action it will take, I am, of
course, unable te say. I believe, in fol
lowing the law in every case. Last sum
mer some citizens complained that Dan
ville was overrun with mobs of striking
miners. I do not see a difference bet
ween a mob of poor coalminers and one
of rich farmers."
Tbe people will pay the damages done
to the county jail. . The amount will bo
raioed by subscription. The damage will
not exceed $200. ' Miss Barnett's condit
ion is improving, and it is expected she
will be removed to her father's home in
Indianola in a few days. The action of -the
lynchers meets with ber approval.
The Wheat Market.
CnicAGO, May 27. The wheat market
opened excited and higher today and
within a few minutes tonched a point
only 4 of a cent nnder top figures during
the recent boom. Liverpool was quoted
at l)s'2d higher. Frosts were reported
in Nebraska and Minnesota Saturday
night and in parts of Illinois last night, J
and renewed reports of crop damage
were received from Illinois and Indiana.
Heavy buying orders from the country
added to tbe bull feeling, as did the ex
pectation of a very heavy decrease of the
visible supply. On the other band the
weather map showed the frost area was
restricted and .there were areas of low
barometer, indicating rains. These last
are an offset to bullish news tended to
unsettle tbe market. July wheat opened
with sales all the between . 80c, and
81?4'c, against 79,'..' c at the close Satur
day, sold at once to 81,'.jc, dropped to
80c, jumped to 81?c, broke to 79?e'c,
and then grew firm again. Then with
indications that the visible supply would
only show s decrease of about 1,500,000
bushels, against estimates ranging from
2,000,000 to 3,500,000, Saturday, the price
of July wheat broke to 79c, or Jc, low
er than Saturday's closing, after having:
been 2,c higher. .
Corn did not follow wheat in its up
ward movement, chiefly on account of
enormous receipt. Oats started higher-
with wheat.
Grangers, encouraged by their suc
cesses in building wheat and corn, seem
to have' turned their attention to hog
products. Estimated receipt of live
hogs today were 44,000, many more than
we expected, consequently the price .
of the animal was weak to 5 cents lower.
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Peculiar Suit.
San Francisco, May 27. .A pccnliar
suit was filed in the superior court today.
Dorothea Olsen, the plaintiff, says she is
66, and four years ago she married Peter.
Olsen, aged 23. .Mrs. Olsen says she
owned valuable property in Alameda
and San Francisco. Her youthful hus-
band gained control of her affairs, and
she says he is dissolute and, 'squandered
her money. She is old and decrepit, And
speaks only German. . Her. husband!
treated her so brutally that she obtained .
a divorce last February. She says Olsen
hypnotized her into supporting him
again and mortgaging her. property, to
give him money, finally inducing him to
remarry him a month ago.. She says
she was induced to sign mortgages by -fraud
and misrepresentation, and that
she never received a dollar of tbe amount
of the mortgages.
Heavy Rains and Winds Prevail In
California.
Anderson, May 27. A heavy rain and
wind storm has been prevailing since
Saturday afternoon, doing an immense
amount of damage and causing many
thousands of dollars' loss. Nearly the
entire hay crop haa been cut and is lying .
in windrows and in small stacks exposed
to the storm. The wind velocity is from
30 to 40 miles an hour. Great damage
has been done to fruit trees, the wind
knocking the fruit off and breaking tbe
young growth, especially on young trees. .
LaBt nightja large warehouse belonging
to J. F. Bedford was blown from its
foundation and completely demolished. '
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