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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 20, l89o.
VOL. V.
NUMBER 80.
HORR AND HARVE1
The Coinage Giants
Their Talk.
Begin
GREAT INTEREST IS
SHOWN
f- The Nloaumgaan Canal Confract may be
Cancelled Kate are Cat A tain.
Other New. '
Chicago. July 16. No such "big
talks" have ever been planned before, it
is claimed, as the 10-day-go-as-you-please
match between representatives on the
opposing sides of the money question
Roswell G. Horr and William H. Har
vev. which opened todav. It was. about
2 p. m: when the witty ex-congressnjan
from Michigan, now a resident of New
York, and a sharp Colorado newspaper
man, now a resident of Chicago, signified
to the judges and the select, audience
present by invitation at the Illinoi
Club, Ashland avenue, that all was in
readiness for the successive 10,000-word
broadsides that, with tiiree minutes.
rests, were to last three hours a day for
10 consecutive days. The judges are ex
Solicitor-General of the Uoited States
Charles H. Aldrich and Hon. Hnry
Miller.
Horr spoke first. He said there was
hardly a proposition in "Coin's Finan
cial School" to which he could assent,
He would attempt to prove that the
theory therein set forth, if adopted by
the people of this country, would only
lead to- financial ruin. Until an inter
national agreement was established it
would be. simply suicide for this nation
o adopt thS system of the free coinage
of silver upon the old ratio. He believed
that the act of 1873, which Harvey's
book denounced as a crime, was honest
ly conceived and openly passed. What
people needed was good credit, good
money, good principles and sound busi
nes's sense.
Harvey in his opening statement
najbed the propositions set forth in
"Coin's Financial School," which he ex
pected to make good in his debate, the
chief of which is that it is to the interest
of the United States to act independent
ly in the demonetization of silver at i
ratio of 16 to 1.
May be Cancelled.
New Orleans. July 16. A private let
ter received here from Managua, Nica-
ragua, contains tne following, wnicn . is
staled with every degree of authority :
"The concession granted several years
ago to the Martime Canal Company by
the Nicaraguan government for the con
structions of the Nicaraguan canal, is for
the seeond time in great danger of be
ing canceled, and if annulled this second
. time it will be otherwise disposed of..
This second trouble is caueed by the
. promise to build a canal at a point called
Tipitapa, which wonld connect Lake
Nicaragua with Lake Managua.
"When the concession was granted, it
was agreed that in return for the conces
sion a canal would be built at this point
within three years after the beginning
of the work on the main line of .the
Nicaraguan line. The time limit placed
upon the completion of this waterway
expired in October, 1892, and the com
pany has made no steps toward carrying
out their contract. The Nicaraguan
government threatens the annulling of
the concession and their threats come
in the form of a resolution on the part
of the president and his cabinet which.
to all appearances, isjSnal.
The Nicaraguan Canal Company will
be notified soon that , the Nicaraguan
government will hold them to their
original proposition and the canal must
be completed within a short period. In
this they are firm, and should the canal
company either refuse or neglect to
carry out the original plan, the conces
sion will be annulled finally and forever..
It is generally understood in Managua
that if the work is not begun very short
ly or if the canal company does not take
almost immediate steps to convince the
administration that the Tipitapa canal
will be constructed, the next meeting
of the congrees of Nicaragua ' will
ratify the cancellation of the concession,
which Minister Gomez would npt hesi
tate to bring about."
No Hope for Stambouloff.
London, July 16. A dispatch from
Sofia this afternoon says thecondition of
ex-Premier Stambouloff, ' murderously
assailed yesterday evening while return
ing from the Union Club by four persons
armd with" revolvers and knives, as
. Rates Cut Asrain. ., .
San Francisco, July 16. Rate-cut
ting is going on both north and south of
San Francisco. Opposite steamers be-
tween the Columbia river and Puget
sound polls, have again forcd the larger
corporations to make special rates
to
Portland, Astoria, Seattle and Tacoma
One dollar per ton is charged for freight
to these points, and the passenger rates
have again dropped to $10 to Puget sound
Doints. first-class, and $8 to Portland
and Astoria.
The Steamer Washtenaw is advertised
to sail from Panama direct in opposition
to the Pacific Mail.
Australians Give Aid. '
Chicago, July 16. Michael Davitt has
cabled from Sydney, N. S. W., that the
Irishmen of Australia are generously
subscribing for a tight. He states that
he has been intrusted with 1000, which
he cabled to Justin McCarthy.
Was Not Lust.
Richmond. Va., Julv 16. The steamer
Ariel, reported'feunk in the James river
with a crowd of colored excursionists
arrived safely at - Petersbury this morn
ing. one was delayed oy a storm, i
F arther Aleutian Returns.
London, July 6. At 2 this afternoon
the following was the result of the gen
eral elections: Conservatives, 160;
unionists, 22; liberals, 26; McCartbyiteB
7; Parnellites, 4.
WKATUEK BUKKAC.
Weather Crop Bulletin No 18 of the
Oregon State Weather Service for
Eastern Oregon.
Weather No rain has fallen since the
4th and 5th of July. Then the rain was
very light south and east of the Blue
mountains and sufficiently heavy in the
Columbia and Walla Walla sections to
be of benefit. A warm wave passed over
this section on Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday and Saturdav, when the temper
ature reached 90 to 98 degrees. Accom
panying the warm weather there was a
dry east to northeast wind. The full
average sunshine occurred.
Crops Notwithstanding - the dry
weather recently, crops in Wasco and
Sherman counties are making good pro
gress, bbowers which occurred during
the first week, of July furnished the
necessary moisture to bring them to
maturity. This is especially so of grain,
which is now turning color and ripening
very rapidly. No fears are anticipated
as to the yield of the grain crop in these
countries. Within the past 10 days
there has come into this section millions
of grassoppers, but they came too late,
as crops are too far advanced to be injured
New potatoes are full grown and yield
ing well. Recent warm weather has
benefited the corn and bean crops. In
the counties of Morrow, Gilliam and
Umatilla the rain' which occnred during
the early days of the month produced
only temporary benefits. Pry winds of
late have caueed the grain to shrink :
fruit also has been injured on account of
the drought and is falling. Potatoes will
make a fair harvest crop in some sec
tions. Harvest will be hastened by the
ry weather. On several days the dense
smoke in this section served to protect
the crops from the scorching rays of the
sun. Though conditions have been un
favorable, there will be exceptions,
when there will be good yields and good
quality of grain.
Destructive Storm.
Anderson, Ind., July 17. This section
was again visited by a destructive wind
and rain storm today. Trees, small
buildings and large roofs suffered most.
At Alexandria, 12 miles north, a new
business block was blown down, and
some buildings were unrooted and flood
ed. . North of here many fields of corn
were leveled.
The Big Four accommodation train,
arriving here at 8 o'clock, ' had all the
glass broken out of the smoking car,
Just east ot forty Hie tne wind sent a
big tree toward the track, and the top
crashed into the car. No one was eer-
iouslv hurt. '
Alacliiue Jxploded.
Tulaee, Cal., July 17. A threshing
machine engine exploded this morning,
instantly killing a man named Mitchell,
fatally wounding Engineer . S. Cornish
and seriously wounding eight others.
Cornish was fearfully wounded and
mangled, scalded and torn. Four of the
wounded were brought to this city. "The
others were too badly hurt to bear the
trip. ',
Heavy Kalnfall. "
Pkoria, HI., July .17. The rainfall
this morning was the heaviest known in
40 years. In ten hours 3.7 inches fell.
One thousand feet of track has been
washed away on the Peoria & Pekin
Union, across the river, and a quarter
of a mile is reported washed away ( on
the Vandalia, near Mackinaw.
The story of the largest achievement
of the boldest band ot bank-robbers ever
organized, and of the ultimate detection
and pnnishment of the band, will be re
lated, from the records of the Pinkerton
Detective Agency, in McClure's Maga
zine for August.' . f :.
ARMENIAN HORROR
Terrible Treatment Given
. by Turkey.
A- SEVERE STORM IN THE EAST
The St. Louis Expected to Slake Good
'I'lute on Her Present Trip Seire ,
front the Wires.
Van, July, 17. (From the Associated
Press correspondent Jin Armenia) The
prison of van, wnere tne Armenian
prisoners are confined is located under
the shadow of the city wall and at a
point where the ground is eo low as to
receive the drainage of the rest of the
city. Like the other buildings of the
city it is built of sun-dried brick laid in
the mud. The prison is only a one-story
building, and with no provision ' for
keeping it dry.
The prison consists of six long roomj
three on each side of a common passage
way, into which they open. Each room
is about 12 feet wide and from 30 to 40
feet long, and has two windows at the
outer end and two email windows and
door at the inner end opening -into the
passage. During the last winter 30 to 40
men were crowded into each of these
rooms, sleeping on the floor, a row along
eacn wall, so 'that if their feet were
little more than ordinarily extended the
two rows would not interfere with the
other. Sometimes there were 22 men in
each row, allowing only about 18 inches
for each person.
Ihe nve small cells mentioned are
damp, dark and entirely unwarmed for
winter. A prisoner, Karakeen Paghesh
tecan by name, was kept in one the cells
14 consecutive months with foot-fetters
all the time, and with hand and neck
fetters much of the time. - Afterwards he
was removed to one of the inner cells
which are even worse, and where he now
is. rte was Hogged on an average of
once a dav
Apart from the actual butchering of
Sassoun, the most painful feature of the
situation is the position of 'Armenian
women. One cannot investigate this,
phase of the subject without feelings of
rage and horror. ' After the most careful
personal inquiry the correspondent is
able to state that in hundreds of villages
in Armenia there is hardly one woman,
old or young, who is not from time to
time made the victim of passon of tue
Kurds and Turks. In all the villages of
Armenia, the Christian "women, both old
and yonngr are absolutely at the mercy
of their Kurdish and Tarkish neighbors
This is not the case in the larger cities of
Van, Bitils, Moush and Erzeroum, be'
cauee in these cities the large Armenian
population is in itself a protection to the
women but in the villages where the
Armenians are in the minority, protec
tion is not possible, and the women are
at the beck and call of any Turk or
Kurd who happens to take a fancy to
them. Moreover, this state of things is
said to be welt known to the Turkish
government.
It is the custom of the government to
sell to the highest bidder the tax privi
leges of the various villages,- the pur
chaser having the right to collect all of
the taxes from the people. In very
many caeea the number of young Arm
enian women in a village has a great
deal to do with the price paid for the tax
privilege. When the public sale is made
of the tax privilege it is no uncommon
thing for the auctioneer to 'call out in
the market-place that so many girls are
available in the village. When a man
has purchased the tax privilege of a vil
lage, he considers that he also bought
and paid for the women of the village,
and aqy attempt on the part of the hus
bands, brothers or fathers to resent this
interpretation of the law is looked upon
as high treason, punishable with death.
If the Armenian men object to this they
are beaten and driven from the villages
and, in many cases, killed. The women
who suffer the most are the brides.
Kurds and Turks think it great siort to
carry- off a bride from the very arms of
her husband, and to keep, her in their
houses until they have become tired ol
her presence.
The St.
Loaks Expected to Make -Fast
Time to Southampton.
New YoEk, July 17. The American
liner St. Louis will start for Southamp
ton for the third time today 11 o'clock.
She will take the northern course, as the
iceberg season is about over. Many , of
her admirers are confident that she will
now lower some records. , -
The record to Southampton is held, by
the Hamburg-American liner, Fuerst
Bismarck, the time being 6 days 10
hours and 55 minutes. To beat that
time the St. Louis will have to land her
passengers Tuesday ... evening. The
wmtestar nner untanmc ana jsea
Star liner Noordland also sail today nt
about the some hour, all with crowded
cabins. -
A Kare Treat. -
About thirty-five hundred people in
The Dalles last night missed one of the
finest performances ever given in the
city. The moderate number that did
attend were charmed by the program
which Mrs. Hinsdale and her associates
presented during the evening. The
crowd was ' not as large as either the
management or the performers could
wish but the ' opera house was fairly
filled with an intelligent audience. Al
though through the press and otherwise
the reputation of Mrs. Hinsdale, Miss
Mlnto and Miss Jessup bad been made
known to the people of The Dalles it can
safely be said that there was not one in
the audience who was not agreeably sur
prised at the excellence of the entertain
sent. ,
The evening's program began with the
selection "Fest," from Lurtzing, played
by the orchestra, and although hot all the
members were present, the playing was
up to the high standard, always attained
by these praiseworthy musicians. Mrs
Hinsdale was greeted with applause as
she appeared upon the stage.. The first
greeeting was out of compliment to a
stranger, but the applause which fol
lowed the close of her selection showed
how completely she had sung her way
into the hearts of the audience. She
sang Longfellow's little poem "Beware'
set to music by Penning. Mrs. Hins
dale was compelled to respond to an en
core and sang "Coming Through The
Bye." Miss Gertrude Minto by her first
selection upon the piano proved herself
an artiste of merit. The piece she
chose, "Polka de la Rein," gave an ex
cellent opportunity for displaying her
misical powers. Her. touch and expres
sion are faultless and the facility with
which she played the rapid passages
showed she was capable of brilliant
work. Miss Minto received a hearty
encore.
By this time the audience were en
thusiastic and .when the fair elocution
ist, Miss Lloyd Jessup, appeared before
the footlights she was greeted with an
outburst of applause. Miss Jessup'a
first recitation was "The Kitchen Clock,1
which was rendered in a perfect manner.
For an encore Miss Jessup gave a piece
in negro dialect, which showed crood imi
tative powers. The song "I am Titania, '
by Mrs. Hinsdale, and the piano solo
"Barcarole," by .Miss Minto, were well
received by the audience.
The orchestra scored a great succees in
playing the beautiful overture "War
March,"- by Mendellsohn. However
high the praise may be for the others
who appeared on the program it. may be
extended to the orchestra. Prof. Birg
feld lead the musicians in a masterful
way, while Miss Newman at the piano
made a fine accompanist. The two
songs, "Ulose Thine .Eyes' and "The
Bee and the Flower," composed by Mrs.
Hinsdale were beautiful selections and
sane charmingly. Ihe sentiment was
very tender and the music sweet.
She
was again encored. 'Miss Minto played
Chopin's "Impromptu" in such a pleas'
ing manner that she was compelled to
appear once more.
In tho "Gypsy Flower Girl" Miss
Jessup showed that she could recite
pieces o' a more serious type, and pos
sessed the power of pathos. The
audience was as still as an empty church
during the rendition of this selection
and snowed their appreciation by a
double encore. The selection "Tobasco"
by the orchestra closed the- evening's
performance. It is not stretching trnth
to say that the performance last night
was the finest of its kind ever given in
The Dalles. The ladies who appeared
were exceptionally good in their respec
tive parts, and seldom has a 'Dalles
audience been so responsive to merit.
Mrs. Hinsdale possesses a voice of
wonderful sweetness and sings without
bit of effort which makes the effect all
the more pleasing. Miss Minto and
Miss Jessup were both surpassing in
their different lines of abilitv. Should
ever this entertainment be repeated in
The Dafles the house will be crowded
from stage to entrance. The thanks of
the concert-goers are due to Manager
Birgteld and the orchestra for giving
such an opportunity for pleasure. We
are sqrry for those who did not go. ,
McClure's Magazine for August will
be a great short story number. Besides
a new Zenda story by Anthony Hope
and, a new Jungle Btorv by Rudyard
Kipling, there will be a California story
by Brut Harte and a story of adventure
by Stanley J.. Weyman..
The most pleasant little pills for re
gulating the bowels, are De Witt's Little
Early Risers. Cures sick headache and
constipation Small pill, Small dose. For
sale by SuipeB-Kinersly Drug Co.
WORSE FOR LIBERALS
John Morley is Defeated in
in Newcastle.
THE CHINESE . 'WIN A FIGHT
The Cohan Rebels Salter Defeat Work
Will be Commenced on the
Panama Canal.
London, joiy is. rne liberals re
ceived news of another serious blow
when it was announced that John Mor
ley, chief secretary for Ireland, under
the Rosebery government, had been de-
feated at Newcaslle-on-Tyne, where both
conservative candidates were successful
The result is: C F. Hammon, conser.
vative, 12,833; W. G. Crundas, conser
vative 12,170; John Morlev, liberal
11,802; J. Craig, liberal, 11,154; F.Ham
mil, labor, 2302. At the election in 189:
the total conservative vote was 13,823 to
25,053 polled during the election just
ended, a gam of 11,230.
In Southport, Lancashire, S. W,
Wright and Hon. George Curzon, con
servative, sitting member, received 5161
votes; Sir H. S. Nay lor-Ley land liberal
4399.
Herbert Gladstone is elected by the
following vote: Colonel North, conser
vative, 6218; H. J. Gladstone, liberal
sitting member, 6314.
At 3 o'clock' this morning the follow
ing was the result of the elections : Con
servatives, 253; unionists, 43, total, 396
Liberals, 70; McCarthyites, 34; Parnel
lites, 6; labor, 2; total, 112.
TUK PAiSAMA CANAL.
Work
Will Be Keonmntneed In I
-gnst, it is Said.
Colon, July 18. The entire Isthmian
press is more than ever satisfied that the
construction of the Panama canal is as
good as an accomplished fact.. The re
cent visit of the Nicaragua canal com
mission from the United States tended
to stir up the rivalry to the Nicaraguan
scheme..
The announcement is made that the
work will begin here on a grand scale in
August.
Another Dark Cloud.
New York, July 18. A dispatch to
the Herald from Berlin says : It is con
sidered in well-informed circles here
that the scandalous murder of Stamba
loff has added another dark cloud to i
horizon already sufficiently dark.
Franco-Russian intrigues in Abyssinia,
the request made by the czar's govern
ment to' Japan for her withdrawal of
troops from Chinese territory! the rein
forcement of the Russian fleet in the
Far East, " and the arrogance of the
French chauvinism, are all factors
rendering the present situation precar
ious.
Cnbau Bebele Defeated.
Havana, 3 nly 18. Marshal de Campos
has arrived at Bayamo. Campos, and
200 cavalry, sustained fierce fighting and
passed the enemy to the number of 3000
between Manzanillo and Bayamo. Many
insurgents were killed and wounded. It
is reported that Antonio Maceo, serious
ly wounded, was made a prisoner. The
rebel chief Masso has sent his family to
Santo Domini;.
Black Flags Victorious.
Hono Kong, July 18. A large force of
Black Flags recently attacked the Japan
ese troops at Kokoham, on the island of
Formosa, and fought with desperate
courage1. The Japanese were only saved
from defeat by superior discipline, and
were finally compelled to retreat before
the onslaught of the Chinese. When
these advices left the island the Black
Flags were advancing to attack Reckham.
General Alfaro Starts ou His Xon&r-
' Contemplated Expedition.
Panama, Joly 18. Advices from
Guayaquil, Ecuador, say that General
Alfaro has at last carried out his long-
contemplated design,' and started on his
march for the interior of Ecuador. Gen
eral Alfaro has under his command 1500
troops, and more are being mobilized to
bring up the rear, A branch of the Red
Cross society has. been organized in
Guayaquil and accompanies General Al
faro. . '
9
I'rice of Silver and Lead.
New Yoek, July 16. Silver, Wc.
Lead $3 12. ' ,
Highest of all in Leuvenmg Power.
f
If you must
draw the line
at
and have, like thousands of
other people, to avoid all
food prepared with it, this
is to remind you that there
is a clean, delicate and
healthful vegetable short-'
ening, which can be used
in its place. If you will
USE
instead of lard, you can eat
pie, pastry- and the other
" good things" which other
folks enjoy, without fear of
dyspeptic consequences. De
liverance from lard has come.
Buy a pail, try it in your
own kitchen, and be convinc
ed. Beware of imitations.
The genuine is sold in 3 and
5 pound pails by, all grocers.
Made only by
The N. K. Falrbantc
Company,
ST. LOUIS and
Chicago, New York,
Whitman College.
The summer announcement of Whit
man College, at Walla Walla, has just
been issued and gives an idea of. the
works and aims of the school. The
prospects for the coming year are very
bright. A strong faculty consists of
eleven capable and well trained instruc
tors, all of them graduates from high in
stitutions of learning. Efforts are being
pushed energetically to complete the.
Pearson's Endowment Fond of $200,000,
and many applications of students have
already' been received. The college in
all its departments will open September
18th, with the prospects of the largest
enrollment in its history. Special em
phasis will be laid in the work of the
musical department and on the instruc
tion in oratory and elocution, but thor
ough training will be given in every
branch of the curriculum.
Whitman College was founded in the
year 18o9 by Rev. Cushing tells, the
friend and co-laborer with Marcus Whit
man. Father Eel Is came to Washington
in 1839. Driven from the country by
the Indian uprising which followed the
Whitman massacre, Mr. Eells returned
to the Willamette -valley, until return
might be safe. Returning in 1859 be
visited Waiilatpu, the mined mission
station of Dr. Whitman, where in a
lonely grave were gathered the victims
of Indian butchery. As he stood by the
grave and meditated upon the heroic
character of Dr.- Whitman, and the
mystery of his untimely fate, he canse-
crated himself then and there to estab
lish a worthy memorial. He resolved! on
school for both sexes which should
bear the name of Whitman and perpet
uate bis work. The idea was the germ
of Whitman College. In 1883 the
courses of study were broadened and a
new charter granted under the name of
Whitman College.
At the present time courses of study
are offered in the classical, literary and
scientific departments of the college.
The customary degrees are given. The
conservatory of music is well equipped
ith every facility for thorough instrnc- 1
tion. The college is. well equipped
with buildings and boarding halls where
stuuents may live at low rates. Whit
man College is preininently a child of
the West. The reasons for the echool '
establishment is found in the desire to
save and make grout the northwest terri
tory and the life of the college is' inbred
with devotion to its patriotic founders
and iovo for the land they did so much
towards saving. Students who think of
attending ehould write President Pen
rose, at . Walla Walla, and receive full
information on all desiied subjects.
?i'.frdTvItf o:icl jVeuruii'i'a enrol ly Dr.
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