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VOL. VI.
THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY; SEPTEMBER 12. 1896.
NUMBER 40.
II 11 11 fl II II
AS IT'S RAINING HARD
Senator Carter Wants to Get
in Oat of the Wet.
FOLLOWS WOLCOTT AND MITCHELL
Will Sapport McKinley and Hobart,
and Advises the Montana Kepob
llcaus to Do tlie Same.
Helena, Mont., Sept. 8. United
States Senator -Carter, who ia in the
East and cannot attend, has written a
letter to the Republican state conven
tion, which meets tomorrow, explaining
the action of himself and the four other
members of the Montana delegation to
the St. Louis convention in reserving
the right of the Republicans of the state
to accept or reject the declaration in
favor of the restoration of silver by in
ternational agreement. He says :
"As a Republican, I believe in the
' free coinage of silver and protection to
American labor and American industry
I do not believe in free coinage coupled
with free trade, and do not believe that
free coinage with free trade can be sue
cessfully established and maintained by
our government. The free trade policy
will render the establishment of bimet-
alism an utter impossibility. The at
tempt to secure free coinage in conjunc
tion with free trade is an Utopian dream
After looking the whole situation over,
it will be found that the Republican
party has not declared in favor of the
gold standard, but in favor of the resto
ration of silver. I find in this particu
lar that it differs from the opposition
platform, in the matter of method.
believe the Republican party, in this
behalf, too conservative, but as between
the acceptance of the Republican plat
form with its conservative expression on
this subject and the acceptance of the
Chicago platform with its free trade,
states rights,, free riot and other objec
tionable features, I find no room to hes
itate. I believe it is the clea and( un
questionable duty of the delegates who
assemble under and in conformity with
the forms and usages of the Republicans
of this state, and as delegates represent
ative of other people who reside here, to
place in the field electors favorable to
McKinley and Hobart.
"The party in Montana should, iu my
opinion, indorse the entire national
platform, except as to the feature de
claring international conditions prece
dent to the remonetization of silver,
For that declaration this convention
Bhould substitute a declaration for the
free coinage of gold and silver in the same
manner as our state conventions have
heretofore declared."
The Election In Arkansas.
Littlk Rock, Ark., Sept. 8. Returns
of the election in this state continue to
come in, but very few official counts
have yet been made, and fully 10 days
will elapse before complete returns 'are
in. Last night estimate of 50,000 to 60
000 Democratic majority will undoubted'
ly be verified, with a possible increase
of 5000 to 10,000. From all counties the
report comes of a fair and square vote
and an open count of the ballot is now
going on. The Democratic ticket was
elected by twice the majority ever before
polled in the state. It is a noteworthy
fact that at least 5000 Populists deserted
Files and voted for Jones, as did a large
number of colored voters of Woodson
and Jackson counties. The fusion ticket
of the Republicans and Populists carried
the legislative and several county offices
in the Northwest, but no report has
been received up to this hour of any
county having gone for either of these
parties.
A NOVEL ELECTION BIT.
Loser Mast Leave the Country,
to Return.
i Never
Wilwaukeb, Sept. 8. There is an
election bet standing here which for
. originality lays over anything which has
been made thus far. Fred W. Burke
and Albert Donaldson are the parties to
the wager. The former agreed to leave
this country forever on or before Jan
uary 1, 1897, it William McKinley is
elected president, and the latter will do
the country 8 like service if W. J. Bryan
is elected. They drew up a contract to
this effect which they had formally at
tested by a notary.
ABHBNIAN REVOLUTIONISTS.
Will Sail For New . York Upon Being:
Liberated.
Marseilles, Sept. 8. M. Bonnaud,
chief of police, informs me that the Ar
menians under detention here will be
liberated and will go to New York. M.
Hanotanx, minister of foreign affairs,
has ordered that another batch of Ar
menians expected to arrive today should
be given their full liberty. They ar
rived on board the Sider. They refused
to speak about the massacre in Constan
tinople for fear of exciting the aoger of
the Turks aeainst their companions, but
they bitterly denounced England's con
dnct in promising protection and then
abandoning the Armenians to Turkish
fury. . .
Bryan Is Rome Again.
Lincoln. Neb.. Sept. 8. The second
home-coming of Bryan, alter his nomi
nation, was marked with entnusiasm
There were about 5,000 people at the
depot with two bands. Prominent citi
zens escorted Brvan to a carriage. Cheer
after cheer went np, and the bands ad
ded to the din. Two silver clubs and
citizens in carriages headed by bands
formed a procession which escorted
Bryan from the Burlington depot to his
home. An immense crowd had gathered
and some time elapsed before the candi
date could eet inside .the house on
account of the delay occasioned by hand
shaking.
This afternoon Bryan will address the
citizens from a platform erected at the
statebonse square. This evening he will
be notified of his nomination by the
silver party.
To Notify Bryan.
St. Louis, Sept. 8. M. F. Dowd, na
tional committeeman for Missouri of the
silver party, left St. Louis last evening
for Lincoln, Neb. Mr. Dowd will par
ticipate in the ceremony of formally
notifying W. J. Bryan of bis nomination
for president by the national silver
party. Committeeman Dowd was ac
companied by Colonel John I. Martin,
who served as sergeant-at-arms of the
national Democratic convention. . At
Kansas City the party will be joined by
Hon. Henry Essex, who represents Mis
souri on the notification committee.
Senator Barrows in Missouri.
St. Louis, Sept. 8. Senator. Burrows
spoke for two hours last night to 5000
voters at the exposition building. His
speech was confined for the most part
to a discussion of the money question
from a Republican standpoint. The
audience honored him with the closest
attention and applauded at frequent
Intervals.
Congressman Charles Joy presided at
the meeting.
Hogg in Missouri
St. Louis, Sept. -8. Ex-Goyernor
Hogg, of Texas, addressed 200 Demo
crats at Urig's cave last night. His re
marks were confined to the money ques
tion, the free and unlimited coinage of
silver. The governor closed by predict
ing that New York would give Bryan
and Sewall a large majority, and Bryan's
election was assured.
Refugees to Be Protected.
Constantinople, Sept. 8. The sultan
has appointed a commission to deal with
the Armenian refugees. It is proposed
to furnish safe conducts to those desir
ing to leave, and insure the . safety of
those remaining. Dragomans of differ
ent embassies are attending the meet
ings of the commission.
A LETTER FROM CARTER.
Urges Montana Republicans to Support
tbe St. Loula Nominees.
Chicago, Sept. 9. Senator Carter, ex-
chairman of the Republican national
committee, was among the callers at the
Republican national headquarters today.
He has written a letter, which will be
read before the Montana Republican
convention tomorrow, in which he urges
the convention to indorse the St. Louis
platform, and states that only the Re
publican party can restore prosperity to
the eountry. The letter is to be used as
a campaign document.
General Black's Declination.
Chicago, Sept. 9.- -General John C,
Black has written a letter declining the
nomination for governor by the gold
standard Democrats. He says : "I am
convinced by my investigations in this
Btate that the election for governor lies
between, Messrs. Tanner and Altgeld.
The only effect on the election of my
candidacy would be to diminish the
chances of one or the other of these gen
tlemen for election. ' Men differ in their
opinions as to whose chances would be
most seriously impaired."
'Mrs. Murphy calls her slipper Cas
toria"??? "Because the children cry
after itl" '
'I say, Blossom,' how do you pro
nounce c-o--(-o-r-t-o?". "Why casloria
of course ; how else could it be?"
"Well, the doctors pronounce it harm
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A DAY'S CONVENTIONS
State Political Gatherings
at Various Places.
MONTANA REPUBLICANS CONVENE
Bitter Contest Expected Between tbe
Gold and Silver Factions SUrer
Convention at Denver.
Helena, Mont., kept. 9. The Repub
lican state convention met today. There
are contesting delegations from at least
four counties, including Silver Bow.
Without tbe latter county the conven
tion seems divided pretty evenly between
silver and McKinley Republicans.
Helena, Mont., Sept. 9. The Repub
lican state convention took two hours
to elect a temporary chairman. Silver
men won by a majority of over fifty. A.
Seligman of Helena was eiected tem
porary chairman, friends of Mantle
and Hartman are in control.
Colorado ' llverltes.
Denver, Sept. 9. The state conven
tion of the silver party and the silver
wing of the Republican party met here
today and the Populist state convention
assembled at Pueblo. A proposition
from tbe Democrats, who have already
nominated a full state ticket and ap
pointed a committee on fusion, for
combination of all supporters of Bryan
and Sewall in support of one state
ticket, which was laid before each con
vention. It is proposed to have each
make nominations and have a joint
ticket selected by a general committee
composed of the committees chosen by
each convention.
UNDERMINED BY WAVES.
A Heavy Section of Wall Tumbles Into
East River.
New York, Sept. 9. The undermin
ing of the rear wall at the East River
end of Fifty-second street caused about
320 feet of the street and about 100 cubic
feet of the wall to topple into the river
with a crash that startled the neighbor
hood for several blocks around yeBter
day evening. At the very edge of the
enormous pit made by the cave-in stands
the towering wall of a cigarette factory,
The roar of the landslide brought
hundreds of people to the scene, and it
wt-s with great difficulty that tbe police
kept the crowd from rushing blindly
upon the dangerous ground to view the
wreckage. The wall that broke away
was about fifty feet awav from the river
brink to the level of the street. Its en'
tire face, with the exception of a narrow
piece near the south sidewalk, was
washed away and what did not slip into
the river was piled up in a confused
mass at the river's edge.
Tons of earth and cobblestones fell
upon a boat house and crushed two
skiffs like a couple of eggshells.
SATED BY AUTOMATIC BRAKES.
Runaway Train on tbe Pike's
Peak Cog
Railway.
The first accident on the Pike's Peak
cog railroad since it was opened five
years ago occurred a few days ago. The
side bars on the driving wheel of the
engine broke, rendering the compressed
air brakes useless. The engineer and
fireman saved themselves by jumping.
Tbe conductor stopped the passenger
car, no couplings being used on the road,
by applying tbe automatic brakes. The
engine rushed down the 25 per cent
grade at a terrific speed, ant? jumped the
track on a curve, when the boiler ex
ploded.
The train was a special, carrying Gen'
eral Manager Frederick Harrison of the
London & Northwestern railroad, and a
party - of English railroad men and
ladies. '
NOW REPENTS HER ACTION.
Expected tbe End of the World and
' Gave Away Her Property.
Laurel, Del., Sept. 9. Mrs. Warren,
a widow residing near Sharptown, in
this county, has been reading about the
New York prophet who predicted that
the world was to come to an end on Wed
nesday last. She became convinced
that the prediction would be verified
and spent Monday and Tuesday distrib
uting ber goods to her neighbors. On
Wednesday she donned -a white robe
and sat all day on her front 'door step.
The event failed to come off, and on
Thursday she made an effort to secure
the return of her property but failed.
She will bring suit in court to recover.
Tbe Vermont Delegation En Route,
Malone, N. Y., Sept. 10 Anf enthu
siastic reception was tendeied the Ver
mont delegation, en route to Major Mc-
Kinley's borne, when their special train
drew into -the Malone station. The
coaches were decorated and covered with
mottoes, among whioh were :
Vermont, the Star That Never Sets'
"What's the Matter With Hanna?" and
"Vermont Moves to Make it Unani
mous."
A stop of 20 minutes was made, dur
ing which United States Senator Proctor,
Governor Woodbury, Congressman Pow-;
ers and Hon. Henry Ballard made brief
addresses.
LAAIONT WRITES A LETTER.
Says
He Is a Democrat and Will Tote
for Palmer and Buckner,
Washington, Sept. 10. Secretary
Lamont has sent the following telegram
to Secretary ' Bynum of the executive
committee of the gold Democrats, in re
sponse to an invitation to be present at
the notification of Palmer and Buckner:
Hon. W. D. Bynum, chairman, etc :
I regret that I am unable to accept the
invitation of your committee to be pres
ent at the notification of Senator Palmer
and Governor Buckner of their nomina
tion by the national Democratic party
for president and vice-president of the
United States. The outcome of the In
diahapolis convention in the candidates
and platform is inspiring to every Dem-
nrif mKn ntnau .1,.J. u .I
ciples established by our fathers, and
steadfastly maintained with pride and
honor, and who declined to adopt the
new and strange creed proclaimed in a
moment of delirium at Chicaeo, and
promptly recognized and ratified as its
own by the Populist party at .St. Louis
I prefer to keep the old faith and re
main a Democrat, and shall accordingly
cast my vote for Palmer and Buckner,
Bryan Sure of Colorado.
Denver, Sept. 10. The Democratic
electoral ticket has been endorsed by
the Republican, Populist and Silver con'
ventions, insuring a solid front for Bry
an and bewail, indications are that a
joint state ticket will be put out by the
Democrats, Populists and Silverites, and
tbe Republicans will have an independ
ent ticket. The Republican convention
today nominated Jim Bush, present
lieutenant governor, for governor by ac
clamation, and Simon Guggenheim for
lieutenant..
Silver Element in Control.
xiabrisbubg, Kept. 10. Silver men
were in full control of the Democratic
state convention, which convened to
day. A plan to fuse with the Populists,
giving; them four of 32 electors, was
agreed upon, Matt Savage, of Clearfield,
and , Dewitt C. Dewitt, of Bradford,
will be chosen as candidates for con-
gress-at-large.
A Rich Man.
They had ' just arrived in Brooklyn
from the Island. They walked across
the great bridge. As they approached
tbe New York side they stretched their
necks and viewed the massive building.
"Oh, be must be rich," she ventured.
"Who?"
"Tbe man who owns all those build
ings."
"One man doesn't own them all."
"Oh, yes he does," she assured him.
"How do you know?" he asked.
"Because," she said, "his name is on
them."
"I guess that's so," he agreed as he
looked up at a sky scraper. "Mr. Cas-
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NO STRINGS ON HIL
He Declines to Be a Popo
crat Dnmmy. .
REFUSES TO SERVE AS A DELEGATE
Could . Not Accept Under Conditions
Imposed by tbe Convention Texas
Republican Convention
Albany, N. Y., Sept. 10. Senator
Hill telephoned as follows today to Nor
tou Chase, chairman of the Albany
county Democrat convention:
"I observe in the morning papers that
I have been elected a delegate from the
third Albany district to the state con
vention under instructions to vote for
the indorsement of the Chicago platform
and candidates. This action is taken
in opposition to my wishes and judg
ment, as expressed to you yesterday , and
I decline to accept the election upon the
conditions imposed or upon any condi
tion which wonld my freedom at
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consider
best for the
interest of
my
party."
WOMEN IN THE CAMPAIGN.
Femlne Admirers of Boy Oratory
Or-
ganlse for Action.
Chicago, Sept. 10. The women
are
without votes, but they have voices.
So
undismayed by tbe selffishness of sever
al millions of men who want all the
votes, they make use of their voices and
influence to guide the ballotB of some of
those sovereigns to Mr. Brvan and free
silver. This is what the Woman's Na
tional league will undertake as &oon as
its members can settle on the details of
a permanent organization. It is not ex
actly a married woman's league, at
though they predominate, and will be
held to strict account for one silver vote
each, for the work will go further and
reach men in crowds.
In a few days, if thecontemplated per
manent organization turns out all right,
whosoever will may hear as much free'
silver talk in five minutes as he can di
gest in a day. The women themselves
will be heard on the absorbing question
and men, married men in particular
will dispute them at their peril.
it is tbe purpose 01 tne women to go
into the campaign of education with
number of open debating-rooms, where
all men may stop and listen and not be
asked if their wives know they are out
These rooms will be in tbe down-town
district, and will be open from noon till
midnight. The work will be extended
through the country, however, before
the campaign is over.
TEXAS REPUBLICANS.
Conditions for Fusion Have Been Prac
tically Arranged.
Fort Worth, Tex., Sept. 10. The Re
publican state convention reconvened at
10 o'clock this morning with a full rep
resentation. The credentials committee
reported forty contestants, all of which
were adjusted amicably. Tbe committee
on resolutions recommended tne . ap
pointment of a committee of three with
plenary power to confer with a similar
committee of gold-Btandard Democrats
and Populists looking to an amicable di
vision of congressmen. Tbe Populists
are enthusiastic over the matter. The
condition is already practically arranged
H. B. Rain, of Palestine, an original Mc
Kinley man, was elected permanent
chairman. Indications are E. H. R
Green will be chosen unanimously for
governor, whicn is intended to harmon
ize all factions. The results of the con
vention thus far virtually shelve Cuney
and Grant.
Catholic Singers Revolt.
St.Louis, Sept. 10. As to the law pro
mulgated by the synod of Catholic
priests of tbe St. Louis archdiocese, for'
bidding Catholics to sing in Protestant
church choirs; many of tbe leading
singers say they will not obey it. Henry
S. Labarge, who has sung in the Firs
Presbyterian church for 14 years, Ed
ward and Bernard Dierkes, who for 10
years have sung in the' Lindell-avenue
Methodist church, all say they will pay
no heed to the law and they do not be
lieve any of the singers will.
Through trains on tbe O. R. & N will
run via Umatilla, Walla Walla and Pen
dleton. Through sleepers, first and sec
ond class will run in connection with the
Union Prcific, the same as heretofore.
A through first-class sleeper from Port
land to Spokane, connecting with the
first-class sleeper to St. Paul and a
through tourist sleeper from Portland to
St. Paul, will be run in connection with
the Great Northern railway.
ir. xj, Lttle, Agent.
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ONCE OPPOSED M'KINLET.
W.
A. Lynch, of Canton, Speaks 1st
Favor of a G..ld Standard.
Canton, O., Se'pt. 10. Hon W. A.
Lynch made an address to a large audi
ence in the Tabernacle tonight in sup
port of a gold standard. Mr. Lynch,
aside from being president of the Can-ton-Masaillion
electric railway, and gen
eral manager of the Aultman Company,
agricultural works, has been actively en
gaged in railroad work for some years,
and was president of the Pittsbure.
Akon & Western road until it passed to
a receiver, which position he also filled.
He is an active member ot the board of
trade, a brilliant lawyer and a leading
Democrat, who has been active in every
campaign. for years. He was Major Mc-
Kinley's first political opponent, run
ning for prosecuting attorney when the
major was elected to his first public
office. He has since opposed McKin
ley politically, and was one of tbe
hardest workers in the famous Warwick
campaign making a personal canvass of
the district. He . was a delegate to the
Indianapolis convention. The meeting
tonight was arranged by the Railway
Men's Gold Standard Club, and the dis
cussion was limited to the money ques
tion. The meeting attracted wide at
tention, and a large crowd was present.
RASMUS AT PENDLETON.
A Rousing Republican Meeting
Held
Last Evening.
Pendleton, Or., Sept. 10. The Mc
Kinley, Club held a rousing, enjoyable.
entertaining meeting at tbe courthouse
this evening. The large room was filled
with an enthusiastic audience, in which
a large number of ladies were seen. The
Pendleton brass band, seated in tbe rear
of the room, furnished spirited music.
while a choir rendered a number of
patriotic airs, accompanied ' by the
Fletcher family on the organ, flute and
French born. The feature was the ad
dress bv Hon. H. W. Rasmus, which
was at times interrupted by loud ap
plause. Chairman Taylor, senator-elect, Intro-'
duced the speaker of the evening, who
n a very few minutes captivated his au
dience. . The fullest attention was paid
his every utterance. Following are a
few extracts from the address:
"We are, I believe, entering into one
Of
the greatest political battles in the
history of tbe nation, a battle between
ight and wrong, between good and bad
government, between liberty and
slavery, between prosperity and patriot-
sm ; therefore, it involves issues of vital
mportance. It has been claimed there
but one issue. I claim it is a cam
paign involving many issues, the prin
cipal one being patriotism, loyally to
our government. I claim that Republi
canism is synonomous with patriotism.
The Demo-Populist candidate is the
champion of free trade. Every wage
earner in the land must answer this
question for himself. So long as I can
buy for one day's wnges, under a pro
tective tariff, as much as can be had for
two days' wages under a free-trade
policy, why should I go to the polls and
cast my vote tor a free-trade party?"
Moneyl Money! Moneyl
To pay Wasco county warrants regis
tered prior to July 3, 1892. Interest
ceases after May 15, 1896.
U. L. PHILLIPS,
myl8-tf County Treas.
Treasurer's Call.
All warrants registered prior to July
, 1892. will be paid at my office next
door to T. A. Hudson's office, Washing
ton street. Interest ceases after this
date.
The Dalles, Or., Aug. 13, 1896.
C. L. Pbitxips,
Treasurer.
Reduced Rates.
Effective March 22d. The O. R. & N.
Co. will reduce their round trip rates
between Portland and Tbe Dalles as fol
lows: Two day rate, good going Satur
day and returning Monday night, $3.
Ten day tickets $3.60. Good on all
trains. S. E. Lttle,
m24-dwtf Agent