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VOL. II.
THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1891.
NO. 75.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
WM. SAUNDERS Architect. Plans nnd
specifications furnished for dwellings,
churches, business blocks, schools and factoriev.
Charges moderate, satisfaction guaranteed. Of
fice over French's bank, The Dalles, Oregon.
DR. J. SUTHERLAND Fbixow of-Trinity
Medical College, and member of the Col
lege of Physicians and SurgeonB, Ontario, Phy
sician and Surgeon. Office; rooms 3 and 4 Chap
man block. Residence; Judge Thornbury's Sec
ond street. Office hours; 10 to 12 a. m., 2 to 4
and 7 to 8 p. in.
DR. O. D. DOANE PHYSICIAN and sur
geon. Office; rooms 5 and 6 Chapman
Block. Residence over McFarland fe French's
tore. Office hours 9 to 12 A. M., 2 to 5 and 7 to
8 P. M.
AS. BENNETT, ATTORNEY-AT LAW. Of-
fiee in Schanno's building, up stairs. The
Dalles, Oregon.
DSIDDALL Dentist. Gas given for the
painless extraction of teeth. Also teeth
eet on flowed aluminum plate. Rooms : Sign of
the Golden Tooth, Second Street.
AR. THOMPSON Attornky-at-la-w. Office
. in Opera House Block, Washington Street,
The Dalles, Oregon
F. P. MAYS. B. 8. HUNTINGTON- H. S. WILSON.
M
AYS, HUNTINGTON & WILSON Attor-
neys-at-law. Offices. French's block over
r irsi national uant, roe .Danes, Oregon.
B.B.DUFUR. GEO. W ATKINS. FRANK MEKEFEE.
DUFUR, W ATKINS & MENEFEE ATTOR-neys-at-law
Room No. 43, over Post
Office Building, Entrance on Washington Street
The Dalles, Oregon.
T H. WILSON Attornky-at-law Rooms
? 52 and 53, New Vogt Block, Second Street,
The Dalles, Oregon.
SNIPES & K1HERSLY.
Wholesale and Mail Dniiosts.
-DEALERS IN-
Finelmported, Key West and Domestic
PAINT
Now is the time to-paint your house
and if you wish to get the best quality
and a fine color use the
Sherwin, Williams Co.'s Paint.
j Tor those wishing to see the -quality
, and color of the above paint we call their
attention to the residence of S. L. Brooke,
Jndge Bennett, Smith French and others
painted by Paul Kreft.
Snipes & Kinersly are agents for the
above paint for The Dalles. Or.
COLUMBIA
CANDY FACTORY
W. S. CRAM, Proprietor.
V Successor 10 Gram & Corson.)
Manufacturer of the finest French and
Home Made
(D JIST DIBS
East of Portland.
DEALER IN
Tropical Fruits, Nuts, Cigars and Tobacco.
Can furnish any of these goods at Wbolesala
or Retail
SFeSH OYSTBfJSS-
111 Every Style.
104 Second Street. The Dalles Or.
Offiee Cot. 3d and Union Sts.
Oak and Fir on Hand.
Orders Filled Promptly.
Nicholas & Fisher,
BARBER SHOP.
Hot and Cold Baths!
BEITOI
COED WOOD
JUST RECEI VED !
lOO PIECES OF
ALxIi SILiK
Which we will Sell at the
41-
1
2
F6r all
THIS WILL ONLY LAST FOR A FEW DAYS, AS IT IS
A RARE BARGAIN. -
JMflBLfD
florth
(Washington
SITUATED AT THE HEAD OFNAVIGATION.
Destined to be the Best
-Manufacturing Center in
the Inland Empire.
For Further Information Call at the Office of
Interstate Investment Go.,
0. D.TAYLOR, THE OMLES.
TX. BETTINGEN,
- Ke taller and
Hardware, Tinware, Graniteware, Woodenware,
Silveroiafe, Crockery, Glassoiare, Etc.
AGENT
THE GARLAND STOVE.
Pumps', Pipes, Plumbers and Steam Fitter's Supplies.
All Tinning, Pluinbing,
will oe done on Snort .Notice, and at tne
Lowest Prices.
Seeond Street, next doof to Snipes & Kinersly. ' THE DflliLES.
The Opeta Restaurant,
No- 116 Washington Street,
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MEALS at ALL HOURS of the DAY or NIGHT.
Handsomely Furnished Rooms to Rent by the
Day, Week or Month.
Finest Sample Rooms for Commercial Men.
Special Rates to Commercial Men,
WILL S.s GRAHAM,
W;&T.JVIeGoy,
Hot and-:- Cold-:-Baths.
HO SECOND STREET.
RIBBON
Extreme Low Price of
Widths.
HIM
Dalles,
Washington
Best Selling Property of
the Season in the North
west. 72 WASHINGTON ST., PORTLAND
Jobber In
FOB -
Pipe - Work and Repairing
PROPRIETOR.
. $500 Reward !
We will pay the above reward for any case of
Liver Comulaint. DvsDerwia. Sick Headache. In
digestion, Constipation or Costiveness we cannot
cure with West's Vegetable Liver Pills, when the
directions are strictly complied with. They are
purely vegeutuie, aiiu never xau u give sansiac
tion. Sugar Coated. Large boxes containing 30
Pills, 26 cents. Beware of counterfeits and imi
tations. The eenuine manufactured onlv hv
THE JOHN C. WF8T COMPANY, CHIGAGO,
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lilAKKLXI It HOUGHTON, .
" Prescription Druggists,
175 Second St. The Dsllai, Or.
CENTS
. FRIGHTFUL EARTHQUAKE.
Million Dollars Worth of Property Des
troyed and Many Lives Lost.
- New Yobk, Sept. 10. The Herald has
a cable dispatch from the city of San
Salvador saying $1,000,000 worth of
property and many lives were lost in
that republie by an earthquake today.
Whole towns were wiped out, and so far
the advices received indicate that hardly
a city in the country, except those along
the coast, escaped the . awful effects of
the convulsion. There have been indi
cations for several days past that a sies
metic disturbance of more than usual
power might be expected. The volca
noes of San Salvador, San Miguel and
Isalco have been unusually active. A
few minutes before 2 a. m. this morning
the earth began to shake. The wave
had a strong vertical and oscilatory
movement. The people rushed into the
streets in their night clothing, and while
the shock lasted only twenty seconds,
before it passed away there was a panic
stricken mob making to the open, coun
try outside of the city. Men, women
and children were shrieking and pray
ing in the streets. The walls of the
houses cracked, tottered and fell. There
was a deep continuous rumbling as of
heavy thunder. The earth rose and fell
in long waves, and the people were un
able to keep their feet. All through the
morning there have been slight shocks,
but none approaching in intensity that
which was so destructive. President
Ezeta is doing everything he can to stop
the panic and care for the homeless peo
ple until it is considered safe for them to
go back to their homes. The towns
throughout the country suffered more
severely than the capitol. Analguito
and Comasagua are completely destroyed.
Cojutapedua, Santa Tecla, San Pedro
and Mashust are so 'badly shaken they
are practically ruined, while the shock
was plainly felt and much damage done
at bant a Ana ana other points fully six-,
teen miles from here. It is impossible
at this writing to form any idea as to the
number of .lives lost. Two people were
killed here. It is feared many people
were killed in the smaller towns.
THE ITATA MATTERS.
A Compromise Said to Have Keen Ef-
t fected.
.Washington, Sept. 10, The' Star this
afternoon prints a statement that the
Itata is to be returned to the Chilean
government in .accordance with . the
terms in compromise effected at the con
ference between ex-Mayor GJace, of New
York, and the Chilian congressional rep
resentative here on one hand, and Sec
retary Tracy and Attorner General Mil
ler on the other. It is not an uncondi
tional surrender of the vessel and simply
a backdown on the part of the United
States. Though it is yery generally
agreed now that the Itata could not be
held by the United States, the terms of
the agreement are that the Chilian gov
ernment is to pay the United States a
sum equal to the expense incurred in
pursuing and capturing the Itata, and
then the case will be nolle prossed in
the courts and the vessel will be turned
over to the new Chilian government. -
A HOME OF THIEVES.
More Dishonesty Thaeatened In Phila
delphia. .Philadelphia, Sept. 10. Warrants
were issued this afternoon for the arrest
of mercantile appraisers of Philadelphia.
The warrants are based upon charges by
City Treasurer Wright that Appraisers
Patton, Crawford, Houseman, Hunter
and Bell have unlawfully conspired to
cheat and defraud the commonwealth of
Pennsylvania by making and returning
false lists of taxables and false returns of
the classification of such taxables, by
making unlawful exemptions, by adding
names of dead and fictitious persons to
the list of taxables and receiving fees
therefor, and in other ways cheating and
defrauding the commonwealth with in
tent to make greater gain for them
selves. Patton and Hunter have given
bail for their appearance Monday; the
others have not yet been found.
Another Rumor of a Compromise.
Salem, Mass., Sept. 10. Those in a
position to be familiar wiCh the Searles
will case, say the prospect is good for a
compromise before the hearing assigned
for two weeks from yesterday.'- They
say the Southern Pacific stock is held
together under this will,, and that rather
tnan take the risk of - breaking up
this large block of stock, the parties
will pay roundly and that Timothy
Hopkins is really the only one who has
had a judicial examination.
' Poor Investments Did It.
, Chicago, Sept. 11. A.Milford, Mich.,
dispatch says : "The Milford state bank
failed. The announcement was unex
pected and the statement is authorized
that the bank will go into the hands of
a receiver, who will be appointed in a
few days. - The amount of liabilities
cannot be learned definitely. Unprofit
able investments and poorly secured
loans are said to be the cause of the
difficulty. .
v; ; A Fatal Mine Accident.
Lebannon, Pa., ' Sept. 11. At the
Cornwall, .Oregon, banks yesterday a
car heavily loaded, with ore fell from a
trestle over the ravine among s number
of men at work below, and one man
was instantly killed. An Italian, also,
was fatally injured, and several others
hurt. .
AN ALLEGED MURDER
M. B. Curtis, the Well-known Actor
Arrested for Murder in San
Francisco.
An Unsteady Wheat Market A Well
known Stockbroker of Philadel
phia Takes His Own Life.
San Francisco, Sept. 10. Maurice B.
Curtis (Sam'l of Posen), the well
known actor, who shot and killed Police
Officer Alexander Grant, who had ar
rested him last night, tells the following
story of the affair : "I was at the Grand
Opera House last night with my wife to
see Bernhardt in "Camille." I left the
theatre about 10 o'clock to go to the Tiv
oli theatre with William Kreling, one of
the proprietors. We had, a drink to
gether and I left him to return to the
Opera House for my wife. When I had
reached the corner of Third and Mission
streets I was suddenly tumbled into the
gutter, and after that I remember noth
ing only somebody pulling and jerking
me about until I found myself in a wag
on with handcuffs on my wrists." When
Curtis was taken to jail last night he ap
peared to be under the influence of
liquor, and incoherently told of his do
ings during.the night, protesting he had
no weapon and that he was innocent of
the murder. Curtis is known
throughout the United States from the
character of "Sam'l of Posen," in a play
which was created for him. Curtis was
visited by a large number of friends at
the city prison this morning. . He still
adheres to his former statements, and de
clares that Policeman Grant was shot
and killed by some outsider and that he
himself is innocent.
An Unsteady Wheat Market.
Chicago, Sept. 11. There was a big
break in wheat at the opening this
morning in comparison with yesterday's
closing. . The chief cause was the gov
ernment crop report issued Saturday
afternoon which showed an improve
ment in the condition of wheat. Lowef
cables were also a factor in the decline.
September opened-at'9696, against
97 at the close yesterday, and-dropped
immediately to 95)4. Heavy buying
orders from outside sources soon forced
the price up to 97 and at 11 o'clock it
had dropped off from that.
Took His Own Life.
Philadelphia, Sept. 11. About 8
o'clock this morning the janitor of the
Haehulen building discovered the dead
body of Charles M. Stokes jr., the' well-'
known stock broker, lying on the floor of
bis office. There was a bullet hole
through the dead man's head and beside
his body lay a revolver with one cham
ber discharged. The case was evidently
suicide.
Stokes was about 60 years of age, and
one of the best known stock brokers- in
this city. He leaves a wife and six chil
dren. '
GARROTED AND ROBBED.
A Portland Man Knocked Down and
Robbed by Footpads.
Portland, Sept. 11. About' 9 o'clock
last night John Forbes', a well-to-do la
boring man, was held up and robbed by
footpads on - Thirteenth and L streets.
They relieved him of a valuable watch
and chain. He was going home up
Thirteenth street, and as he reached L
he noticed two men coming toward him.
He met them in the middle of the west
crossing, and they parted to let them'go
between. One of them however, fell be
hind and the other went on.
The first grabbed him by the throat
and planted his knee on Forbes' breast,
the second man taking a hold from be
hind. Forbes soon fell. He was unable
to cope with two- of them. They had
him on his back and rifled his pockets.
Finding nothing, they were about to
leave in disgust, and as Forbes was com
ing to heard one say, "He has nothing."
"Yes, he's got a ticker," said the other
man. They secured his watch, pipe and
tobacco, and he yelled out: "Murder!
thieves !" A street car was passing, but
no one heeded it and he was left.
He Married 'a King's Daughter.
San Francisco, Sept. 10. Lieutenant
V. C. Brant, formerly an officer in the
British government, tut now a son-in-law
of Massinia, king of the Umbongrato,
a nation of Africa, who has about 4,500,
000 subjects, is in the city. Brant,
whiie exploring and soldiering in cen
tral Africa, was employed to organize a
military system for Massinia, and mar
ried Princess Umzein, heir-apparent to
the throne.
'A Peculiar Case. .
Bethlehem, Pa, Sept. 11. The Cornelius-
Raegan, " an - iron worker, ' hic
coughed himself to death. He began
hiccoughing six weeks ago and has fasted
ever since for relief. The attack was
caused by hernia.
Portland Wheat Market.
Portland, Sept. 11. Wheat, Valley
150152K ; Walla Walla 142 145.
Chicago Wheat Market. '"
Chicago, 'Sept. 11. Close, wheat weak,
cash, 94J?; December, 98.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.
A Wealthy Young ' Englishwoman
in
Chicago Cannot be Found.
Chicago, Sept. 10. Miss Ava, a
wealthy Englishwoman who came to
Chicago recently to raise the standard
of living in the. slums, is reported to the
police as missing. She had been stop
ping at the residence of Rev. Dr. Bolton.
Last evening Miss Ava and Mrs. Bolton
drove to the Jesuit church on the West
Side. -Miss Ava entered the building,
telling her companion she only intended
having a few minutes' conversation with
a priest. Mrs. Bolton waited for half an
hour, and finally became alarmed when
Miss Ava did not return. She remem
bered that the missionary had sjoken of
receiving letters in which her life was
threatened, and feared she had come to
harm. Mrs. Bolton at once notified the
police. Detectives who were sent out
learned from the priest at the church
that Miss Ava called, and after fifteen
minutes' conversation about religious
matters, had gone away. All attempts
to gain any clue to the whereabouts after
that time thus far have been fruitless.
Miss Ava is said to be very wealthy and
has devoted her time 'and money to in
dulging her hobby for "slumming."
Her friends say her crusade against
wrong has made her many enemies who
have threatened her life. She came to
Chicago the first of last month to carry
on a work which she had acquired a taste
for doing in London. Several days ago
she purchased a house on the West Side.
Mr. Mingay said he 'Ould not imagine
what had become of Miss Ava. When
she first came here, he said, she contin
ually complained. She was afraid the
Catholics would take her life. Tuesday
she received a letter, and when she read
it became excited. Mingay has no idea
why she should go to the Catholic church.
A COLORED FANATIC.
Advises His Congregation to arm and
Exterminate the Whites.
Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 10. Rev. Tay
lor S Nightingale, pastor of the largest
colored Baptish church in the United
States, has created a decided sensation
by advising his flock to arm themselves
with Winchesters for the purpose of ex
terminating the whites. Those who
know what influence the average negro
preacher has over his people will ap
preciate the effect of such advise. A
large number of his people actually
adopted his advise and have purchased
repeating rifles. Another faction of the
better element opposed him, however,
and for opposing him the pastor excom
municated thiB faction, and at a church
meeting last night those who belonged
to it were ordered to leave. Not going
quickly enough, the pastor and his sup
porters attempted to eject them, and a
rough-and-tumb'e free fight took place.
Today a dozen or more of each faction
were arrested on warrants, and the fight
waxes bitter. The whites are much in
censed at the incendiary language used
by the preacher, and he wil1 be handled
by the grand jury.
CHILIAN SILVER.
The Junta Will Fight for the Money
Stolen.
London, Sept. 10. Counsel on behalf
of the Chilian junta has applied to the
high court for an order restraining the
owners and officers of the steamer Mo
selle from parting with the possession of
Chilian silver with which she is expected
to arrive at Southampton sometime this
week, except by depositing the same in
the Bank of England. The junta also
applies for an order restraining the Plata
Za bank, which made advances against
the silver in question, from endorsing
bills relating thereto. The judge al
lowed notice to be served next Wednes
day. In' the meantime temporary re
straining orders were granted.
A Young Student Shoots Himself.
Boston, Sept. 11. W. H. Dame the
wholesale paper dealer, failed. Liabil
ites $75,000 ; assets $45,000.
. .William H. Colby, aged 19, a colored
student at the Harved Medical School
lrst night shot and killed himself
because his father objected to a young
lady he was paying attention to.
In Close Pursuit of the Robbers.
San Axtonio, Texas, Sept. 11.
Rangers are in close pursuit of the
Southern Pacific train robbers and may
come upon them at any time. There
are eight robbers and fifteen rangers,
and when the two parties meet there is
likely to be a bloody light.
The Fire Fiend Again Heard From.
. Albany, N. Y., Sept. 11. This morn
ing a large factory and carpenter-shop
took fire. The burning walls killed one .
fireman and injured several others.
The loss to the building is $45,000. In
surance half . i '
The Dakotas' Crop Yield.
Geand Fohks, N. D., Sept. 11. The
Iltrald's crop report from correspond-,
ents at fifty different places in the state
indicate the yield of wheat to be under
estimated. They agree the yield will be
of unprecedented high grade".
;'' San Francisco Wheat Market.
San Francisco, Sept. 11. Wheat
buyer' '91, 169 , season 178J. .
Weather Forecast. O
Sas Francisco, Sept. 11. Forecast
rains in Northern- Oregon and Wash
ington. '