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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY. OREGON. WEDNES DAY. AUGUST 25. 1897.
VOL. VII.
NUMBER 39.
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A DOLLAR A BUSHEL
Wheat Reached That Mark
in Three Cities Friday.
MARKETS WERE UTTERLY WILD
At Minneapolis and New York Price.
Touched tbe DolUr Mark Amid
- Great Excitement.
Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 20. Wheat
Bold for $1 a bushel in Minneapolis to
day. When September option went to
90 cents Charles A Pilsbury offered $1
spot for 1200 buahels of old No. 1 North
era. which is Bellini; at a premium. The
offer was accepted. James Marshall,
offered the same price for 5000 bushels,
bnt it has not yet been accepted.
Above the Dollar Hark
Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 20. The
wheat market was the-most exciting
ever experienced in the history of the
exchange. Quotations jumped op
and brought the price beyond the dollar
mark. . There were sales of No. 2 red at
$1.01 and No. 2 Pennsylvania red is
quoted at $1.02. This is the highest
quotation in many years
I
In the Chicago Fit.
Chicago, Aug. 20. Today 90'90fg
cents was bid for September wheat at
tbe opening of 'change. Even at this
price an advance of 3 cent9 since yes
terday, offerings were few and far be-
' tween and the market quickly ran np to
91 cents. Then the bears rallied. For
tunately holders of wheat let go in suf
ficent qnantities to relieve the tension
and the price declined to 89Jg cents. At
noon the market began to advance again
' and eoon surpassed by Jj cent the
early advance, September going to 92
cents.
New York reported that 90 boatloads
had been taken for export at tbe sea
board, all going to England. The pre
dominating element overshadowing
everything else was the sensational ad
vance at Liverpool.
Today shows an advance in price of
29 cents a bushel in wheat since Jnly 6.
In the 15 minutes preceding 1 p. m. the
market turned a remarkable somersault.
September tumbling over to 92 and re
acting one-half to 92 at 1 p. m. Just
as the market was closing here the tick
ers were telling that C. A. Pilsbury had
marched into the chamber of commerce
in Minneapolis at the head of a brass
band celebrating dollar wheat. Final
trading on the regular board here was at
93 cents for September, or within a half
cent of the top price of the day.
One Dollar at Mew Tork
New Yoke,. Aug. 26. Wheat opened
amid the greatest excitement at Z to 4
cents advance over last night. Septem
ber sold at the instant all the way from
97 to 98 rents in different parts of the
pit. TraderB were fairly riotous in their
efforts to buy wheat. '
At 1 :40 p. m. there was much excite
ment in the wheat pit on the produce
exchange when September wheat sold
at $1.00. The strength was doe to
of 1,000,000 bushels being-taken for
port.
MINEItS TO RETALIATE.
talk
ex-
Sheriff Lowrj Will Be Sued for Ob
structing Roads.
Pittsburg , Ana. 20. It was reported
among the strikers today that suit wsb
to be entered against Sheriff Lowry for
obstructing the roads in Plum and Pat-
ton townships. The strikers contend
that he exceeded his authority in closing
the roads to them, and that tbe matter
will be tested in the courts. The sheriff
said no change would be made in the
methods for a few days.
Attorney Kauffinan, representing the
New York & Cleveland Company, says
the expense of employing deputies is
great, and that the order of the court
will be enforced rigidly and at once. If
the campers do not leave, DeArmitt will
' petition the court to issue attachments
: for contempt. She sheriff has said, how
ever, that he would' not interfere with
..tbe campers, but will not permit the
':. strikers on the highways. -'
Forty-seven coal companies of tbe
Pittsburg district have signed the uni
formity agreement. .
Deputies Were Outwitted. ' '
Pittbbubg, Aug. 20. This- morning
the striking miners encamped at Turtle
Creek stole a march on tbe deputies
guarding the Oak Hill mine. Whi'e the
deputies were waiting for a detachment
Of campers to appear on the road to the
'.mines, the strikers were making a long
I detour so as to approach the mouth "of
- tbe pit from the other side, and they
."' succeeded in getting there without being
observed. When the deputies, com
manded by Deputy Sheriff Dayid Ilanna
appeared, a copy of the injunction was
read to John Large, leader of tbe strik
ers, and they left the place. - .
The strikers express the belief that
one ol the mines to be operated by the
mineownera in their effort to break the
strike will be the Plum Creek mine, and
that tbe miners now at work at Oak
Hill and Sandy Creek will be taken to
Plum Creek and the other. two mines
closed down. To offset this move the
strikers will go to camp at Plum Creek.
Everything was quiet 1 about Plum
Creek this morning. The strikers fol
lowed out the program outlined by Cap
tain Bellingham, and sent men singly
and in pairs to patrol the roads. The
deputies did not interfere with them.
The Conference Concluded.
Columbus, O., Aug. 20. The miners'
officials have adjourned,- after having
mapped out a statement to the effect
that tbe time has come for united action
by the labor organizations. ' -
KANT MtST TUBS BACK.
Mot More Than 5000 Men Can Beach
Klondike This Year.
New Yobk, Aug. 20. The World says :
Portns B. Weare, a western capitalist,
who is largely interested in many enter
prises with John Cudaby, of Chicago, is
in the city. He was one-of the origina
tors of the $25,000,000 company formed
by Cudahy and others to develop .the
Klondike territory; Talking to a re
porter he said : '
I have been in Alaska. There is plenty
of gold there. ' It cannot be mined in 50
years. Owing to the limited facilities
for transportation it is impossible that
more than 5000 of the large army that
has stai ted for the new fields can reach
there this year. That is a very liberal
estimate. The divide will be closed in a
few weeks, and those who do not succeed
in crossing before that time will have to
turn back to the settlement or run the
risk of death from cold or staivation.
'Our company owns a fleet of 10 ships,
and we have begun to construct five
steamboats at Port Get There. We also
propose to erect buildings in tbe mining
region. To do this we must have wood
and labor. Heretofore the timber has
been cut by Indians, but nearly all of
them have gone to the mines, leaving
the wood camps almoBt deserted.
"We shall send out two expeditions
from Seattle. September 10th and 15th.
We have already hired 300 men who
propoee to prospect for gold. We - want
others. Prospectors must have endur
ance, and that is the kind we want. We
cau find remunerative employment for
many more. It is our intention to ' sail
for Port Get There on St. Michaels is
land, where all who want it will be fed
and lodged and paid $4 a cord for cut
ting wood. An average man can cut a
cord and a half a day. We most have
wood tor pur boats and for the buildings
we propose to erect. The doors, windows
and other parts as far as possible will be
made at Port Get There.
"At the proper time our ship will leave
Port Get There and go to the mouth of
the Yukon via the Aleutian islands. The
gold fields will be reached by June 15, as
early a date, if n'ot earlier, than by any
other route for those who did not start
weeks ago. Then, too, the jonrney will
be attended with less danger."
San Francisco -Expeditions.
San Francisco, Aug. 20. The gaso
line schooner Bessie K, will leave for Si.
Michaels today. The men(wbo will go
on her have incorporated under the title
of the El Sneno Miulnst Company. . Cap
tain - Leonard, of the Encinal Yacht
Club, is at the head of the expedition.
The yacht El Sneno has been changed
to a steam launch. She will steam np
the Yukon towing supplies on a barge.
Both launch and barge are on the deck
of ihe Bessie K.
When the steam schooner Navarro
leaves she will be perfectly equipped
aud will tow np the stern wheeler Dwyer,
and will also carry three iceboats, which
may be used in an emergency.
The schooner La Ninfa ia being fitted
out for a trip to the Copper river. She
will Jot carry passengers' but will carry
a private expedition. H. S. Bennett, of
Los Angeles, who is interested in , the
voyage, states that he has positive ' in
formation that there is plenty of gold on
Stewart river and that prospectors do
not have to undergo the harships which
confrontthem on a jiuroey to ttie Klon
dike.; --.v'
Royalty Not Dlscrlmlnstory.
Ottawa, Ang. 20. The deputy minis
ter of tbe interior has called the ; atten
tion of the Associated Press correspon
dent to the fact that; a great many
American newspapers are discussing the
question of royalty upon tbe gold in tbe
Yukon valley as if the tax were going to
be levied only upon Americans working
there. - He stated that Canadians as
well as Americans will have to pay the
royalty. ... , -
BACK FROM DAWSON
Four Klondikers Came Out
of the Wilderness.
EACH TELLS A DIFFERENT TALE
Ed Thorn. Who Was Reported to Bare
8130,000, Says Oe and Three -Others
Have 020,000.
Seattle, Aug. 21.-r-The steamer
George E. Starr arrived at her dock this
morning shortly after 10 o'clock from
Dyea and Skagnay, and was met by a
great crowd of people, it having been re
ported that several men from the Klon
dike, having made their wav to salt
water overland, were cm board. This
report, proved, true, but the greatest in
terest centered in the appearance of one
passenger, Ed. Thorp, who was expected
to come on to Portland, and who is re
ported to have somewhere in the neigh
borbood of $130,000 in Klondike gold in
bis possession.
Thorp and his companions talk, bnt
decline to tell the same story- twice, and
it is next to impossible to get anything
definite from tbem. Willis Thorp,
father of Ed. Thorp, received a letter a
few days ago on tbe Al-Ki from his son
saying that he bad $130,000 in gold, at
least that is what Willis Thorp is alleged
to have told his friends, but now Thorp
and his three companions on the Starr
unite only' on one point in telling their
story ; and that is that they have $20,000
between them.
A reporter found Ed. Thorp a moment
after the steamer landed and began to
ply him with questions. At this mo
ment the elder Thorp, father of Ed, who
seems to have an antipathy for news
papers in general since the publication
of his son's alleged wealth, rushed up
and shouted :
"Here, Ed, don't talk to those fellows;
they are a bad lot and will, do you up,
Don't say a word, coino and go home."
Then he led his son away. .
Four men on tbe steamer are direct
from Dawson. They are George L.
Stewart, Ed Thorp, Joe .Winterheld and
Jack Roes, and their Indian guide,
Schwa tka. Stewart went to the Yukon
in July, 1890, and located a claim on
Eldorado creek, a branch of Bonanza
creek, and about sixteen , miles from
DawBon.
When the party left Dawson, July 4th,
nothing had been heard of tbe discov
eries on Stewart river. The party came
up the Yukon to Pelly river, which they
reached on the 17th of July. From
there they came over tbe Dal ton trail
and reached Skaguay August 12th. . The
Dalton trail necessitates packing a dis
tance of between four and five hundred
miles, and is used mostly for driving
stock over to the Yukon.
When the discoveries were made on
tbe Klondike last year, there was a
stampede from Circle City, although
there are good paying mines at that
camp. '
It is the intention of all the party to
return to their mines at once on the next
trip of the steamer George E. Starr, if
they can get ready. They all came out
for supplies. Mr. Stewart said supplies
ran short in the spring and that flour
then went up to $70 per sack. At pres
ent it is' $2 per hundredweight. Old
miners on the Yukon say that the trans
portation company promise every year
to have plenty of provisions for the next
winter, but that invariably tbe supply
runs short. ' "
Her Clo'hes Caught Fire.
San Francisco, Aug; 20. Maggie
Guoterslat, a girl 19 years of age, had
' a narrow escape from burning to death
last night, and only saved her life by
pluDging headlong into . a watering
trough to extinguish her flaming gar
ments. She was a domestic at 179 Noe street,
and was using turpentine and oil before
a gas jet. The mixture caught fire,
and in her fright tbe girl npset the stuff
on her clothes. In a moment . she was
flames. Bushing to the street she threw
herself into a trough in front of a store
and rolled in the water until the fire was
extinguished. , She sustained severe
burns and may not recover. " .' ;
A Vitriol-Thrower by ProxT
Chicago, Aug. 20. Charged with con
spiracy to destroy tbe beauty ' and pos
sibly the life of bis wife by vitriol, Dr.
Jams O. Ducker has been arrested and
held by Justice Underwood in bonds of
$3500 for a preliminary bearing Monday.
. The sensational story which resulted
in the arrest of the doctor was told by
Charles E. Hil, who claims that he was
engaged by the physician to throw tbe
vitriol in the woman's face. The agree
ment, as related by him, was that he
shonld take a package to Mrs. Ducker
and then throw the acid. He first made
a preliminary investigation and met
Mrs! Ducker. He says that her beauty
and manner made bim ashamed of him'
self and be told ber the story.
SPAIN'S PROSPECTS.
London Speaker - Says United
States
Only Can End the War.
London, Aug. 21. The Speaker pub
lishes a long article presenting the
gloomiest view of tbe prospects of Spain.
It says it sees no chance of. the war in
Cuba ceasing to outrage humanity until
popular feeling in the United States
forces that government to find a pretext
for intervening and further complicate
the situation, perhaps by a naval war.
Ascarraga's Policy.
New York, Aug. 21. A World dis
patch from San Sebastian, Spain, refers
to the definite appointment of General
Azcarraga as prime minister, and says
The cabinet, it is understood, will fol
low tbe main lines of policy of the dead
premier, both at home and in the colo
nies, and will do its best to obtain the
support of all the groups of the conser
vative party without distinction.
General Azcarraga has no ill ' feeling
toward America. He has always been
on friendly terms with Minister Taylor,
is a traveled and enlightened . officer
He bad two long interviews with the
regent before his appointment. They
were devoted largely to discussing the
relations between the United States and
Spain, on account of tbe approaching ar
rival of General Woodford, the new
American minister. When he , comes
the new government will be obliged to
let the nation know the whole truth re
garding those relations and the purport
of General ' Woodford's instructions.
This is the feature of the crisis which
causes the gravest anxiety to all Spanish
statesmen and generals.
Tbe minister of war declared himself
ready to assume the responsibilities of
premier if tbe queen appealed to bis pat
riotism and loyalty, and stated that he
had received from Marshals ' Planco,
Campos and Lopez Dominguez offers of
hearty support, and from Senor Sagasta
a promise ot Ireindly neutrality. He
felt confident that all conservatives and
even the dynaetic parties like the Car-
lists and republicans, to a man would as
sist the crown and cabinet in facing the
complications in the colonies of foreign
dictation.
SHERMAN'S NOTE TO JAPAN.
Promptly
Acknowledged
Bosh!.
by Minister
Washington, Aug. 21. Secretary
Sherman has received prompt acknowl
edgment from Minister Hoshi, of Japan,
of the secretary's letter of last Satur
day, relating to tbe annexation of Hawaii
to the United States. . Mr. . Hosbi's ac-
know'edgment is formal, and does not
go into tbe merits of tbe subject, as tbe
answer to Secretary Sherman's last note
will not be made until word comes from
the Japanese foreign office. The Asso
ciated Press dispatcbeB contained all the
features of Secretary Sherman's note,
with one, exception namely, that
Japan's prior note referred incidentally
to reports that a majority of the inhab
itants of Hawaii did not favor annexa
tion. Mr. Sherman's answer lakes issue
th this statement, and urges at some
length that the preponderance of influ
ence in Hawaii is favorable to tbe annex
ation of the islands to the United States.
Aside from this, and the approval ex
pressed of the plan . of arbitration be
tween Japan and Hawaii of the immi
gration question, the Sherman note ia an
enlarged argument of Mr. Sherman's for
mer letter, stating the attitude of
tbe j
United States asfavorable to annexation
The report that Mr. Sherman did not
enter into an argument, as it would be a
reopening of the case with Japan, is not
correct, as the secretary's note is a very
full argument of the entire question in
volved. . .
, Seattle's Rash. Abating;.
Seattle, Aug. 20. While the rush to
the Klondike eeems to be abating some
what, it is believed that if the Portland
comes down Thursday, next week, tbe
day she ia due, with much gold, the ex
citement will be opened up again . and
several more . thousand will rush
north ' this fall, regardless of conse
quences. - Thus far this wees o4 pros
pectors have left Seattle for the North
222 on the Humbildt, 145 on the Al-Ki,
90 on tbe Faralion and 87 on the City of
Kingston. Tbe Rosalie is due from the
North Sunday, and will leave again for
Dyea on Tuesday.
Germany Threatens to Withdraw.
Constantinople, Aug. 21. The peace
conference adjourned today, owing to
the nonreceipt by some of the ambassa
dors of instructions from their govern
ments.' The German government threat
ens to withdraw from the concert unless
tbe Turks be allowed to continue their
occupation of the province until; the in
demnity agreed on be paid by Greece.
TRAIL IS IMPASSABLE
Twenty Men Have Crossed
it. in Three Weeks.
F0DR THOUSAND ARE AT SKAGUAY
All lnst Walt Until the Trail Is
.', pleted Before Starting; for
the Takon.
Hon-
Seattle, Wash.. Aug. 23. The steam
er Rosalie arrived here this morning
from Dyea and Skaguay. She reports
that there are about 4000 people, at Ska
guay, and that the trail is still impaas
able.' About 900 miners are working
upon it, and it is expected that it will
be ready in a! few weeks. Not over . 20
men have crossed over-it in the : last
three weeks.
At uyea tbe miners are getting across
as rapidly as could be expected. '
Juneau is rapidly filling up with
miners irom uvea and - Skaguay, wno
propose to winter there. -
COMPEL THE BACHELORS TO WED
Charlotte Smith's Scheme
Times Better. ,
to Make
New York, Aug. 23. Charlotte Smith,
president . of tbe 'Women's Rescue
League, called on the Central Labor
Union to explain ber new scheme for
compelling marriageable bachelors to
marry. She was too late to get the floor,
but she button-holed several of the dele'
gates.
She said she had statistics to show
that there was an intimate connection
between her scheme and the labor ques
tion. The great competion of women in
the field of labor, she held, was because
60 per cent of the men refused to marry.
She said she was going to Boston to
start a campaign against the Republi
can and Democratic candidates for
mayor there, because both of them are.
bachelors. She did not believe that a
bachelor onght to bold an elective office,
because no man could possibly act on
questions of public morality unless be
waB married. -
She was preparing a pamphlet upon
her scheme, and intended to show that
if bachelors were compelled to marry
and the army of unmarried women were
to become housewives and mothers,
wages would go up. Even if all the
bachelors in Greater New York were to
marry there would be still lOO.lHJO
women without husbands. It is re
ported from Boston that Mr. Curtis, the
Republican candidate for inavor of that
city, has already announced his engage
men t to a young woman. '
OPEBATOBS NOT AGREED.
Many Are In Favor of O ranting Strikers'
- Demands.
Pitt8bubg, Pa., Aug. 23. The confer
ence hetween tbe miners omciais ana
the executive committee of the coal op
erators met this morning. The miners
were represented hy Natioual President
Ratchford, District President Dolan and
Secretary Warner. The operators' com
mittee was composed of J. C. Dysart, G.
W. Schuldenbnrif, J. N. O'Neil, J. B.
Zerb, . M. Osborne, U. A. Andrews,
W. P. Bonte and W. P. Rend.
Previous to the conference a large
number of operators congregated .in the
corridors of the Monongahela house.
There was much dissatisfacliin among
them. Many were opposed to breaking'
the strike by importing men, and quite
a large number urged the acceptance of
the miners' terms?
The conference ended at noon, after
an agreement had been made for a gen
eral conference of operators and miners'
officials at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
President Ratchford in an interview
said he wanted it distinctly understood
he had never been asked by the opera
tors to confer with them.
"The statement," said be; "that I had
refused a conference is not correct. I
am here now at the request of Dalan.
We will only agree to the operators'
proposition if they will pay. 69 cents.
That ia the lowest rate the miners will
accept. It mnst be 69 cents or the
strike will be continued until the de
mands are granted." '
WILL BRING PROSPERITY.
President McKluley Says the Boom Has
Come to Stay.
New Yohk, Aug. 23. A dispatch to
the Journal from' Hotel Champlain,' JJ.
Y., says: ,'
President McKinley stated to a Journ
al representative that it should be a
source of pleasure to every American
citizen to known that there was a re
turn of prosperity to the country;
"The cause of the present boom in the
West," be said, is undoubtedly duein a j
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Botai. Baking Powdkb Co. ;Nkw Yoex. '
great measure to the large crops and
high prices caused by the failure of crops
in other countries. Bnt the fact that
prosperity has set in in the East cannot
be accounted lor in any other way than
by the wise policy of the Republican
party in restoring a protective tariff.
"Tbe present boom is not spasmodic;1
it will continue to increase, and not only
the manufacturers, but dealers generally
will soon recognize that with a protec
tive tariff and Bound principles tbe
country will be prosperous and remain
in that condition. 'With the restoration .
of confidence will come a restoration . of
prosperity."
THE MARKET WAS ERRATIC.
Wheat Fluctuated Wildly
in Eastern
' Cities Today.
Chicago, Ang. 23. The curb quota
tion for September wheat today was
$1.023 2, an advance of three cents over
Saturday's close. At the same time
33)a was bid for corn, 2 cents over Satur
day's close. The news all pointed to an
exceedingly lively day's session in all
the grain pits. Liverpool's opening
wheat advance this morning was equal
to h cents per bushel. "
A noteworthy fact was that of tbe
world's wheat shipments last week,
7,210,000 bushels ; 5,218,000 bushels were
contributed by America. The usual
Monday morning crop reports were al
most uniformly bad.
AH the buoyancy was out of wheat
when the opening bell rang on the regu
lar board. .The highest price touched in
the initial trading was 99. cents for
September, the exact quotation at which
the market closed. Saturday.- Simul
taneous sales at the opening were all the
way down a cent lower to 98 cents for
September, and a few minutes later ,
Bales were being recorded at 97 and even
at 964 cents. Enormous quantities of
wheat were for sale fro.n every direc- .
tion. It was bard to sell, buyers being
relatively very scarce. Tbe lowest point
reached was 95 cents for September, a
plunge of 1i cents from the high point
on the curb.
Corn sympathized with the slump in
wheat, and the first regular trading was
at 33, and all tbe way down to 32 for
September, as compared with 33 on
the curb. .
After the opening rush to sell, there
was some recovery and at 10 a. m. Sep
tember wheat was back to 93 cents, and
gradually worked up to 99 J a cents, but
at 11 o'clock declined again to 97j
cents. .
. The New York Market. .
New York, Aug. 23. Wheat had an
other sensational opening today, but lees
one sided than of late. The bulls were
startled to find heavy selling orders from
foreign and other source's, which broke
prices during tbe first half hour about 4
cents a bushel from the highest curb
price of Saturday. December opened at
104, broke to 101? under vigorous eell-
ing pressure, and then rebounded vio
lently to lC4o, later weakening to 103.
San Franclco Wheat Market."
San Fbancisco, Ang. 23. Wheat .
Excited; December, $1.65J.
The la Rot Company's Smelter.
Vancouver, B. C, Aug 22. In-an in
terview at Kaslo, President Turner, of
the Le Roi Company, stated that should
tbe Dominion government impose an ex
port duty on ore, the company, would
probably conduct the'Northport smelter,
as a customs smelter, getting ores from
Stevens county and the Colville. reaer- .
vation mines. The might also, in that
case, erect another smelter on toe Ca
nadian tide of the boundary line.
Mineow'ners at Sandon, in tbe Slocan
country, claim that even if silver falls
to 40 cents, they can still operate . their
mines at a profit. . "
The Trail smelter is pntting in a silver
lead smelting plant in order to treat Slo
can ores. .
Subscribe-lor Ths (Jheonici.e.