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THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER21. 1896.
VOL. .VI.
NUMBER 47.
LAND VALUES RAISED
Effect of the Advance
Wheat Values.
HELPS ALL CLASSES OF TRADE
The
RIM In Price, of Grain Cum.
Great Eicltemeit lu San,.
Francisco.
San Francisco, Oct. 16. The recent
and well-founded increase in the prices
of wheat and barley bus already caused
a demand fur and enhanced the value of
grain lands. Practically all over $1 a
cental is profit to the holder of wheat,
and the 30 cents and over - advance
cental means just that percentage of
. gain to the grower or the dealer. Cali
fornia is to be $4,000,000 or $5,000,000
richer than was anticipated, and a crop
of lessees, with some purchasers, has
already appeared.
It is 6alcu!ated that each advance of
10 cents a cental in the price of wheat
represents an increase of $5 an acre in
the land that produces the grain.
Farmers are not the only beneficiaries.
San Francisco savings banks are also
greatly advantaged by the increased
value of their securities or the land in
those cases in which they have been
compelled to foreclose for debt.
6BOEEB9 ARB JUBILANT.
Rl.e In Price.
of Grain
ment.
Can.es Exclte-
8an Feakci8CO, Oct. 16. Wheat in
the local market was higher today than
at any time for the last three years.
Mnch excitement prevailed today ort the
call board of the San Francisco produce
exchange at this morning's session. A
majority of the brokers were "long'.' on
wheat and consequently the most ex
travagant predictions are being made by
local brokers as to future rises in Calif
ornia wheat, and the claim is made that
increased prices will mean a gain of
millions of dollars to this state. De
cember wheat closed at this 'morning's
session at $1.41. May wheat closed at
$1.43.
IRBV WILL PLAY IHK HACKS.
More Chicago ' w Women Arrested
For Gambling.
Chicago, Oct. 16. Another poolroom
patronized by women has been raided
by the police. Seventeen women and
two men were arrested by detectives in
room 6 of the Ricardo hotel, 168 -Clark
street, and locked up at the Harrison
street police 6tation. Unlike the women
arrested several weeks ago on the South
Side,-the prisoners were not fashionable
women, but were from the middle class,
apparently the wives of small shopkeep
ers and artisans, t
The arrests came about through the
refusal of the manager of the place to
allow a mulatto women to patronize the
place after she had played once. With
the desire tor revenge she determined to
retaliate and at once swore out warrants
for Ralph Doe, keeper of the establish
ment, and for its inmates. Charles
Ropy, the man who was found in the
room, was with the women, as was Ed
ward Dunn, the hotel-keeper, who was
sent along as a reward for his efforts to
warn the women of Jhe presence of the
detectives.
The Ricardo hotel is one of the Euro
pean hotel found in great numbers along
Clark street.
Keed I. Unwell.
Fort Wayne, Ind., Oct. 16. Thomas
R. Reed, who spoke here last night,. Ja
confined to his room in this city witb
sickness, and is unable to , resume- .his
speaking tour this morning. His voice
has given out, and he is unable to speak
above a whisper.
His engagements at Peru and other
places haye been canceled. He leaves
for Chicago at 4 p. m.) todav.
Gold Men Sustained.
Albany, N. Y Oct. 16. The court of
appeals baa confirmed the 'decision of
the appellate court of the second depart
ment, giving the gold-standard Demo
crats the right to use, the name "Nation
al Democratic Party" on the official bal
lots. " ' .
Des Moines, la.. Oct. 16. The state
election board has -granted the name
National Democratic" to Palmer and
Buckner tickets.
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Can't Stand ftj-yanl.m. ' , ,
Indianapolis, Oct. 16. S. P. Sheerin,
for years secretary of the national Demo
cratic committee, and Indiana mem
ber of that committee, in a statement
-prepared by him for the Indianapolis
News, repudiated the nomination of Bry
an and Sewall and declares against
them. He denounces in a most vigor-
ous manner the fusion of Indiana Demo
crats with the Populists. Sheerinsays
he is still a Democrat, and will never be
a Populist, and calls upon the members
of the party to repudiate the ticket nom
inated in Chicago.
Pone JDisnleaaed With Ireland. Letter
Lokdon, Oct. 36. The Daily News
publishes the following- dispatch from
Rome :
The Vatican, although in iavor of Mr.
McKinley, disapproves of Archbishop
Ireland's letter, because it openly mixes
religion and politics, which the Vatican
desires to keep separate in the United
States. It is feared the letter will
displease the Eastern and Southern
Irish Catholics who are for Bryan. It is
probable that instructions will be sent'
to Monsignore Martinelli, the papal
delegate, concerning the attitude of the
Catholic clergy.
Cnban Agent. Leave Jamaica.
Kingston, Jamaica, Oct. 16. The Cu
ban agent?, Wetherby, Lana and Crook,
who recently arrived here and were de
tained at quarantine, have left the city.
It is alleged that they have taken charge
of an expedition in aid of the revolution
ists which sailed from the United States.
Troop. From the Philippine.
Barcelona, Oct. 16. Two thousand
infantry embarked here today to rein'
force the Spanish troops at the Philip
pine islands.
BUfiNED TO DEATH.
Children lout Their Live. While Par-
, ent. Were at a Political Meeting.
New Whatcom, Wash., ( Oct. 15.-
Three children of J.'F. Miller burned to
death last night four mile north of Lyn-
den, in this county, and about eighteen
miles irom here. Frank Boise and an
other of the Miller children are so badly
burned that they are not expected to
live.
T r artA T ro ' Tii1pr namu fn What.
com to take part in the Populist parade,
leaving their fonr children at home with
.Frank Boise of Tacoma, who was visit
ing the family. The bouse . took fire
during the night in some manner on
known, and it is supposed most of the
inmates were suffocated. The house.
which was a story and a half frame
structure, was burned to the ground.
The eldest child was 14 and the young
est 3. A messenger arrived this morn
ing, saying that the other child and Mr.
Boise cannot live. Boise has a wife and
children at Tacoma. He formerly trav-
eled for the Washington Blank Book
Company,' and later lived in Yakima
county. ' ' ;"
Seattle, Oct. 15. A special to' the
Post-Intelligencer from Whatcom says :
Boise died shortly before 11 o'clock,
having been horribly burned 'from bis
waist up in his efforts to save the chil
dren, four of whom '"were upstairs.
He was conscious up to a short time
before his death, and able to talk freely.
His story in substance is as follows :
Some time before going fbybed down
stairs with the little boy 5 years old, he
rose and built a hot fire in" the kitchen
stove, and then went back to bed. He
was awakened about 11 o'clock, he
thought, by smoke and heat. . He
dropped the little boy out of the ' win-
dow, pulled on his trousers and went up-
stairs.
He awakened the children there,
and took one of them, a girl 9 years old,
in his arms and carried her down, and
said to the eldest girl, aged K5: "Go
down with the youngest child." Then
he supposed them safe, the' other girl,
aged 7, following. But it appears that,
instead of going out Of the front door, as
they might have - done, "the children
tried to get out by the kiichen. They
. were overcome close by the door, and
burned to death. The girl saved ' is
terribly burned, but may recover. Boise
ran to a neighbor's a quarter of a mile
away, and back to another neighbor's
nearer by, leaving the flesh from, his
hands on the gate at one . place and on
the window, glass at another! ' There
was no chimney in the house. .The
stove was a poor one, and the pipe pro
jected through the shinglevrcof, where
the fire doubtless caught,
. Sam Jonea Make. It Clear.
"Suppose, " says the Rev. Sam Jones
of Georgia, ' the government owned all
the gristmills in this country and con-'
gress should enact a law that all corn
should be ground by the - government
muis rree ana in an wane corn was
worth but 18 cents a bushel the govern
ment would stamp' the sacks of meal so
that it wonld bring 60 cents a bushel
and do this for nothing. It- is 'a very
hard, matter to keep . meal above the
price of corn."
Can freerainage double the price of
the farmer's products without increas
ing the cost of the workingman's liv
ing? Will not paying the farmer's debts
with half dollars cheat. the creditor
whose 100, -cent dollars were loaned to
him? . . . . '.'...'
THE WHEAT MARKET
A Phenomenal Advance Oyer
Saturday.
GRAIN IS SHIPPED TO INDIA
Two Steamer. Loaded and Sailing V
el. Being Sought The New
York Sale..
Chicago, Oct. 17. The . semi-excited
state of the. wheat market, as yester
day's session was coming to a close was
increased this morning to a fairly good
specimen of general alarm. That fear
was well grounded as it turned out.
There was not "a single bushel to be had
for less than lgC advance on yesterday's
closing price, and very little under 74c,
or lc higher than it closed, at yeeter
day, for December delivery. The reason
for such a sudden and material rise, fol -
lowing the big jumpof the previous day,
stuck clear out from the official bulletin
boards. Foreign markets led in the
scramble, just as they did on the day
before.
A public dispatch from Liverpool
quoted an advance there over night of
2 n pence 'per cental, which is equivalent
to three cents per bushel. Private
cablegrams reported Liverpool and Lon
don wheat excited at the advance al
ready named at the former and at 7Jd
per quarter' at the latter place. New
York wired that foreigners were active
buyers there and claimed that 175 boat
loads equal to 1,400,000 bushels were
taken there. With that for a starter the
prices bid for December at the opening
were from 1Z to 74c, against 728 at
the end of yesterday's session. The
crowd had scarcely got accustomed to
74c wheat when further dispatches of an
exciting character started them again
and the price rose to 74c.
A San Francisco message said that two
more steamer cargoes of wheat bad been
taken for India and that inquiries were
being made for sailing vessels to take
wheat to the same destination. The
significance of the latter point in the
dispatch was the indication it gave of an
expected long continuance of Indian re
quirements. On top of all that a private cablegram!
reported trie tfernn market excited and
five reark8 '8er, tliat being an equiva
lent to Ze per bushel. It is do wonder
that speculators scrambled for wheat.
And they did. There were simply no
bear needs of any kind and the only
chance the anxious shorts had was when
a speculator, satisfied with the profit in
sight, put his line on the market. There
was plenty of this done, but everything
was grabbed and the price never stopped
advancing until 76; a c had been scored,
exactly four cents over yesterday clos
ing. Here realizing increased and was
sufficient to break the price of December
to 75 at the close.
Prices In New York.
New York, Oct. 17. The bull cam
paign in wheat was marked today by
another sensational advance in prices
and a heavy trade
The 'Frisco Market.
San Francisco; Oct. 17. At the .clos
ing session of the Produce Exchange
call board today wheat had a gradual
decline. In the "local speculativs mar
ket, the highest during the present ex
citement-was reached when December
wheat was sold at $1.50 per cental,
against 1.41 as the best price paid yes
terday. .
The Indian Famine.
London, Oct. 17. Famine in northern
India which now appears - to be inevi-
table.'canses . the greatest, anxiety here
and it is recognized that the import of
American wheat is likely to be the
prime factor of the. situation. Prices
in the affected . districts have risen con
siderably, and California wheat en
route is sold in advance at higher prices
than native wheat, indicating a convic
tion that prices will have risen still
higher by the time the imports arrive.
The Indian government has already
sketched out vast schemes for railroad;
canal and other relief work.
SILVER WILL FALL.
Bayard'. Letter Aired In England Con-
, tentlon of tha Silrer Party.
London, Oct. 17. The Statistician
points unj that the position of silver is
most nnpteasant, though it adds,-"the
price 4 may be temporarily maintained.
The opinion is growing that, the silver
party .will : not . be successful .in the
American elections, consequently silver
will not receive the support of United
States purchasers and the Chinese de
mand is nil." ' Continuing the Statisti
cian eays: , . - .
"The threatened failure of the crops
in India la serious matter for silver, as
with a scarcity of food, the natives art-
inclined to sell rather than buy orna
.ments. Hence the Indian demand may
disappear for a considerable time. Thus
it a d pears that a serious fall in the price
of silver is probable unless the eilver
party gains power in America."'
Tha lorior n( lha TTnito,! Ktalss am
bassador here.Mr. Thomas F. Bayard,
to Samuel Bancroft, Jr., of Wilmington.
Delaware, advocating the Democratic
support of Palmer and Buckner, which
was published in the United States on
Monday last and which was published
in this country today, surprises the
English who, whileapproving the senti
ments expressed, think that Bayard has
committed "fresh indiscretion."
The Daily Chronicle news' placard
reads: "Bayard denounces Bryan."
and the Daily Telegraph ' Bays : "To
English minds there is some incongruity
in an ambassador taking an active part
in political struggles."
The St. James Gazette remarks :
"Mr. Bayard's letter is as sensible as al!
his utterances; but we fear it is too sen-
; sible for the great American nation
and
is not liable to please the mob or
wire pullers." '
LOST HIS TEMPER.
the
A Spanish Editor Aroused by
S. lugton Dlapatch.
.ah
Madrid, Oct. 18. Commencing upoD
the statement contained in a dispatch
from Washington that President Cleve
land intends to intervene in Cuba in a
manner tantamount to the recognition
of the independence of the insurgents,
the Impartial declares that Spain ought
to demand a full explanation of the
Washington government.
"She cannot brook a threat over her
head, continues the imparcial, "even
for a single day. By what right does
the United States define the time tor
Spain to settle a question of her internal
administration?' It must be affirmed
before the whole world that the Ameri
can government cannot impos&nny sort
of terms upon us."
After denouncing the United States
fictitious neutrality,-tha Imparcial-concludes
as follows :
"The couduct of the United States
will arouse international indignation.
If Spain should remain alone in a con
flict with the United States, Spaniards,
by their own efforts, will know how to
mark the difference between the noble
defenders of their own property and the
vile traffickery at Washington. '
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A Prominent Medlord Man Dead.
Medford, Or., Oct. 19. J. O. John
son, one of Medford'e prominent and
well-to-do citizens, died at his home in
this city last night, after an illness of a
few daye. Mr. Johnson came to Med
ford in 1888 from' California, and had a
large amount of property in this city
and county. He was a member of the
AO. U. W.
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and she says it saved her life. Mr. Thos.
Eggers, 139 Florida St. San Francisco,
suffered from a dreadful cold, approach
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everything else then bought one bottle
of Dr. King's New Discovery and in two
weeks was cured. He is naturally thank
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- General Seglln Dead.
Marshfield, Or., Oct. 19. General
J.. M. Siglin died yesterday morning at
2:30 o'clock. The funeral will take
place on Wednesday, under the aus
pices of the Grand Army.
The Wasco Warehouse Co-, begs leav
to inform Farmers that they have STOR
AGE ROOM for 200,000 SACKS of
WHEAT and any one wishing to store
their wheat and hojd for later market,
can do so on usual terms. Also, they
will pay the HIGHEST CASH PRICE
for Wheat, Oats, Barley and Rye..'
-. - - . . ' " "
DRAWING TO A CLOSE
Last Fortnight of the Cam
paign Will be Vigorous.
TREMENDOUS GAINS NOW SHOWN
Anarchistic Statement, of the Opposition
and the Fal.e Tale. They Are
Circulating.
Chicago, Oct. 1 J. Special to The
Chronicle J With increased yigor the
closing fortnight In the campaign was
entered upon at the Republican national
headquarters today. The leaders were
very much encouraged by telegrams
from almost every city in the country
confirming their estimate of 302 elec
toral votes certain for McKinley and
Hobart, given to the press through yes
terdfly morning's papers. A number of
telegrams have . been received from
states that were heretofore regarded as
somewhat doubtful, assuring the com
mittee of their electoral votes, and every
element of doubt that might have en
tered into the doubtful statement mak
ing up the 302 electoral votes, was esti
mated by the telegrams and assurances
received. The reports indicated in
every instance' great encouragement, re
newed efforts and splendid progress,
The reports from the Pacific slope states
were especially gratifying.' They showed
that rapid gains have been made since
the speakers sent by the Republican
national committee invaded that field.
Reports from slates south of the Ohio
river which have formerly gfven their
votes to the Democratic national ticket
are equallyVncouraging and assure Mc
Kinley and Hobart the electoral votes of
West Virginia, Kentucky and probably
North Carolina' and Tennessee with
more than an even chance in MisBoori.
There ' is great activity today among
Illinois Republicans and siund money
Democrats in preparations for Illinois
day at Canton. All indications point to
an enormous outpouring of the -people
from this state on Wednesday. One es
pecially interesting feature is th'e large
proportion of Democrats who will be
there. '
Reports received today from western
and some southern states indicate great
dissatisfaction among the Populists from
the treatment that has been accorded
Thomas E. Watson in urging his retire
ment from the national Populist ticket.
There is evidence that the genuiue Pop
ulists will not support Mckinley and
Hobart. Reports have been received
from central and some' southern states
indicating an increased determination
on the part of sound money Democrats
to secure the defeat of Bryan, and their
column is Bteadily growing in volume
and activity.
Something of a sensation was created
at Republican, national headquarters
this afternoon by the receipt of a publi
cation now beinf circulated in pamphiet
form as from, the 1 South Omaha (Neb.)
Daily Sun, of 1st and 3d insts, which
supports Bryan and attacking the indi
vidual members of General Alger'e-party
of old soldiers. The article refers to the
generals "As a carload of old bummers
called generals now touring the country
at the expense of $ Hanna, telling the
people how to vote, designating them as
'skunks' and 'those hired pups styling
themselves generals who have sold every
atom of manhood they possess,' " and
again as "Simply a lot of old run-down-
at-tbe-beel bummers living off the peo
ple," etc. Information has been re
ceived that throughout the west another
article is being circulated in the form of
a letter written by Samuel T. Pressily,
of Boston, alleging .that Mr. Hanna
stated to him that if McKinley is
elected "the etanding army will be in
creased about 250,000 men, that strikes
and riots will be suppressed by armed
forces and that labor will be regulated
bv the bavonet." Chairman Hanna de
nounces this as false in every respect,
The "grip of gold," according to the
London Financial News, which has been
proven to be a forgery, the Forsythe let
ter to R. C. Bell, Fort Wayne, Indiana,
already denounced by 'him as a "fake,"
and the repeated assertions that em
ployers are-coercing employes, are again
being pushed to the trout by the Bryan
managers as a last resort to array labor
against employers.
It is the same old etory and yet con
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"We have used it in our family for
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WHEAT TOOK A JUMP
A Sudden Advance of Four
Cents Yesterday.
WILD SCENES IN CHICAGO PIT
Large Quantities Sold at Seventy-Nina
Cent, a Boahal Bat the Prlao
Soon Receded.
Chicago, Oct. 13. Wheat made a re
cord-breaking jump today. December
option, which closed Saturday at 75
"H'g'c, steadying at the latter figure, an .
advance of S.c. The wildept excitement
characterized the trading. There was
talk of possible, failures. After a mo
mentary reaction to 79c. December
wheat soon went beyond the top figures,
touching 79,' several times within he
first 15 minutes of business. Just before
10 a. , m. the market took a sudden
plunge downward to 78.;, reacting later
to 780.
Shortly after 10 the price receded to
78Vc, then within a few minutes it ad
vanced a full cent. During the frenzy
at the opening a few trades were made
as high as 79,l2(5T while sales nt the same
moment in other parts of the pit were at
different figures, ranging all the way to
78Wc. '
THE GREATEST IN YEARS.
Wheal'. Jump Canae. Much Comment
In New York.
New York, Oct. 19. Wheat made
perpendicular advance of 4)4 cents a
bushel following the stupendous jump
of 6 cents at Liverpool, and the general
speculative excitement throughout the
whole of Europe. The bull movement
was accompanied by immense local ex
citement and heavy trading during the
first few minutes. Buying orders, of
course, predominated.. Even the bulls
were amazed at the enormous advance,
which has not beep equaled in years.
At noon the tremendous strain of ex
citement in wheat exhausted itself and
the price fell off a cent a bushel through
the cessation of the strong detriand which .
had been a feature of the morning. The
fact that late cables wen a shade easier
contributed not a little to the reaction.
It was estimated up to 1 o'clock that
over 12,000,000 bushels had been traded
in. There have been many entire days
trie past month when the sales did not
average over 2,000,000 or 3,000,000 buBh
eis. . . -
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Hon. T. T. Geer at The Dalles Oct. 22. .
Hon. Binger Hermann will speak ut
The Dalles Friday, October 30th, at 8
p. m. ( .
Hon. Rofus Mallory will speak at The
Dalles Monday evening, November 2d,
at S o'clock. r
Hon. F. X. Schoonmaker, an East
ern speaker sent by th Republican
national committee, will speak at The
Dalles on Tuesday, October 20th, at
8 p. m.
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