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THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1892.
NO. 123.
Look at the Bargains!
-.AT: THE: '
uT AND WELL KNOWN STAND.
Alto&ijg to the Froql!
REGULAR
Clearing DT Sale !
My Entire Stock, Consisting of
Clothing,
Dry Goods,
Boots, Shoes,
Hats and Gaps,
geiits FurnisniQP boods,
LaGBS and
. EmoroiilBrles,
NOW GOING AT BARGAINS.
And the Sale will be con
tinued until all is disposed '
of. - A special opportunity -is
here afforded for small '.
stores : to replenish their
stock.
Call and Price these Goods,
AT THE
OLD AND WELL KNOWN STAND.
Young & Huss,
Biacksmun & wagon suod
General Blacksmithing and Work done
promptly, and all work
Guaranteed.
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Horse Shoeeing a Spciality.
Tnir Street opposite ttie oil Hebe Stand.
II you take piUa it Is because you have
tried the
never
S. B. Headache and Liver Cure.
It works so nicely, cleansing; the Liver and
Kidneys; acta as a mild physio without causing
pain or sickness, and does not atop-you from
To try It la to become a friend to it.
.'For sale by all druggiste. .
MRS. C. DAVIS
Has Opened the -
REVERE RESTAURANT,
In the 'ew Frame Building en
Second street, Next to the
Diamond Flouring Mills. .-
ttrtt Class Meals Furnished at all Hours
XlZLAXi BJTlTtlT
Only Whit Help Employed.
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First of Our New
Latest
mm
PEASE
Spring Dry Goods,
The Largest
Variety, the
Summer Dress Goods,
The Prettiest Patterns, the Most Fash
ionable Shades! See our stock.
Gents': Furnishing Goods,
Collars, Caffs, Ties, Hats, Etc.,
sell "MANHATTAN SHIRTS.
Fine Footwear,
In every Size,
- - new line of Lawn Tennis Shoes.
R. p. IWLlJflflQS & CO.
DRUGS
Sni
&
-THE " LEADING-
lone ii Mi Brnisis
"O" : 33 !iL "O" C3r SJ :
. Handled by Three
" , . - - . ALSO ALL
Patent ffiedietoes an
: HOUSE PriTS.
Agents for Murphy's Fine Varnishes and the only agents in
tne jUity lor The Sherwin,
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The ' Largest . Dealers in Wall Paper.
Finest; Line of Imported Key
129 Second Street,
Mil
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Goods to Arrive.
Styles.
& MAYS
Stock, the Most Complete
Best Assorted Selections.
We
Price r and Width. A
Kin
Registered Druggists. r T :
THE LEADING - : --
OILS AND GLASS, r
Williams Uo.'s Faints.
ARE-
West and Domestic Cigars"
jmISd
The Dalles, Oregon
POSTAGE REDUCTION,
Immense Petitions are .wasted in Ap-
-1 peals to Congfess. .;
THOSE APPEALING - ABLE TO, PAY;
One Cent Sure to Be the Rate, But Not
Just at Present
FARMERS FATOB FEIB OELITBKT.
The Demand for a - Redaction of One
Half the Letter Bates Would
Coat 20,000,000. "
Washington, May 6. Not a little
good paper is being wasted in petitions
to congress for an immediate redaction
of letter postage to-1 cent. It is -One of
the moral certainties of the future that
I-cent postage will be supplied. But we
have already, weight and distances con
sidered, the cheapest postage hi the
world. There is no hardship to any part
of the public in keeping the letter rate
at 2 cents until the postoffice revenues
warrant a sweeping reduction. ' The
present appeals for 1-cent postage comes
almost entirely from the big cities, and
especially from business firms which
mail large quantities of letters daily. It
is evident that there is no appreciable
burden upon the masses of the people in
maintaining the 2-cent rate for the pres
ent. A reduction to 1 cent would . Dri
ed aril y benefit the very class that is best
able, to pay its postage bills. The farm
era and other dwellers in the country are
much more interested in securing free
postal delivery than in a reduction of
postage. When the letter rate was reduced
from 3 cents to 2 cents a deficit in the
annual postoffice revenues was created,
That deficit has never been overcome
although at the present rate of increase
a few years more will bring the post-
office revenues to a self sustaining basis.
But, while the last reduction was only
one-third of the whole, the present
proposition is to reduce the revenues
from letter postage by' one-half. The
annual deficit, it is estimated, would be
increased at a single stroke something
like $20,000,000. The' treasury could not
stand it just now, even if the demand
for 1-cent postage . were more urgent
than it is.
.WoItos From Minnesota.
Concord, Ia., May ; 6. Starving and
ferocious wolves from upper Minnesota
are destroying livestock in - this county,
and across in Illinois,' at an expensive
rate, -and in some places human life is
hot safe because of their ferocious na
ture. They, have been driven out of their
seclusion in the ' Minnesota forests, by
fires of the early fall and winter left the
wild beasts without any kind of food,
and they came down the ice on the Mis
sjssippi river and sought food and shel
ter among the farmers in -Hancock
county, and in, other localities. ' From
many sources come reports of losses of
domestic animals, and a general on-
slought on wolves will be begun. The
farmers, however, are at a' loss as to'
successful method of warfare against the
undesired immigrants. The wolves, by
their hunger, are bolder than the dogs,
and the latter are unwilling to attack
them. . "O . .
Gen. Miles TP 111 Investigate.. '
Chicago, May 5. Gen. Miles today
received a dispatch from Sal Wade, in
the Indian territory, saying that, many
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians called
on him and protested against paying ex
orbitant fees to attorneys whom they
had .never employed-to secure their en
try papers. '.These lawyers intruded
themselves on --the Indians and filed
claims for attorneys'' fees in the land
office, which were allowod. The Indians
claim tbey are defrauded and urge Wade
to lay the grievance before Gen. Miles,
in whom the ' Indians have confidence.
but who is powerless in the matter.
:- - A K,ltrht Sentence. -
Sakta B abb aba, Cal., May 6. The
term of eighteen months imposed upon
the bigamist D. W. McWalters, does
not please his two wives here, who were
very anxious to have the betrayer of
their', confidence severely punished,
McWalters Is well" connected in this
state and -is evidently well off. ' It
said that still another of bis mny wives
was heard, from and that ber intended
visit here to' prosecute him caused the
sudden change in his assertions of in
nocence. , '' ""t :r ': - - "'';" T
' A Weak Grand Stand.
Austin, Texas, May 6. At a political
meeting held in Cleborn yesterday a
grand stand, loaded with people, col
lapsed, and several were more or less in
jured, but fortunately no lives were lost.
- Professors of Arson in Frisco.
Ban Fbancisco, May 5. The trial of
Martin Handley and his wife for arson
has ended in a disagreement. The ac
cused were charged with firing their
house, which contained less than $100
worth of furniture, to obtain an insur
ance of. $1,500. ' ; .
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Amerlmn Konejr la Samoa."
Sydnky, N. 8. W., May 5. A steamer
has just arrived from Apia, Samoa, and
brings information that everything is
quiet in the islands. ,: The merchants
have abandoned the- use of Chilian
money, and have adopted English, Ger
man, and American gold and, English
and American silver.. ''.'''" . -
. Chinese Restricted.
Washington, May 6. President Har
rison approved the Chinese bill yester
day. The bill was sent to the president
at noon. It is contended by some the
existing Chinese 'restrictions expire to
day, and that Chinese could freely enter
the United States unless the president,
signed the bill at once but they were
restricted... ,"
A. Few Crossed Over."
Dbteoit, May 5. At midnight four
Chinamen took advantage of the expira
tion of the Chinese exclusion act and
crossed to this side, landing near the
r auasn depot. Alter an exciting chase,
in which an officer fired two shots, the
fugitives were captured and taken to the
police station. It is supposed other
Mongolians crossed Sunday night.
The Baltimore at Astoria. .
Astoria, May 6. The hills were cov
ered with people to see the war shiD
Baltimore pass Fort Canby coming in.
It was supposed that a regular engage
ment would be indulged in as the mam-'
moth men-of-war passed under ' the
heavy guns of that lort from , the salute
tendered to her. But no powder was
wasted.- The salutes will be fined on
the day we celebrate. The cruiser an
chored off Smiths point where she was
visited by a committee of the centennial
celebration. . .
Telegraphic Flashes.
A London syndicate has contracted to
raise a Portuguese loan of $20,000,000.
Gov. Flower's name will certainly be
presented at Chicago, as a presidential
candidate favored by Senator Hill..
Austria will prosecute the Neue Freie
Presse for publishing Wilbrandt's novel,
which approves of the conduct of the
thief in railing . at the Saviour on the
cross. .
The wedding of Count Bismarck it is
reported will take place shortly with
Margaret? Hoy as. The countess is a
grand-daughter of Robert Whitehead,
inventor of the Whitehead torpedo, and
is said to ba, wealthy.
Telegram. Maj. Handbury says there
are now 40 men at work on the cascade
locks,. which is about as large a force as
the money on hand will warrant : but
should another ' appropriation be made
the force will be greatly increased.
ine lame, tne nait ana the blind are
again, coming into Pittsburg, Pa., in
large numbers to see Father Mollinger,
the faith-cure priest, and to the shrine
of St. Anthony in the chapel on Troy
hill. Most of the newcomers are from
the south, and some of them are so weak
they cannot walk, and have to be hauled
aoout in chairs. .
Most all of the nominations on the
republican state ticket in Illinois were
made on the first ballot. 'Gov. Fifer was
renominated. - The last . clause of the
platform demands further legislation to
effectually exclude paupers, criminals,
and contract laborers, and favors -the re
peal of the present compulsory school
law, and, an enactment which will allow
parents to send children" ' to parochial
scnoois.
Louis Webber, the manager of the
millinery'., department of Donaldson's
glass block store, Minneapolis, .has had
his wife run away from him, by Fred
Underwood,- genera manager of the Boo
railroad, and Louis Watson, a well-
known operator on the chamber of com
merce, who is engaged to marry an esti
mable and highly -connected young lady
of Minneapolis. She was traced to the
Colonnade hotel In St. Paul, where she
was registered -under the .name of Mrs,
Peters.' Webber, it appears,' had tried
in vain to see his wife, but was always
refused admittance.- He claims that the
two men are working together, and that
they are keeping his wife under the in
fluence of liquor, so that she cannot
turn to him. -He threatens to bring suit
for heavy, damages against the two men
: tor their actions.- ' - '
THE STALWART VOTES.-
Tbe Tendency Growing Together in
v , Botn old Parties. . : ' -'
DEVELOPMENT OF INDEPENDENTS.
The Close States Decided by. the Float; '
- ing Votes Passing Away.
I MORK T'l THE ISSCE 1 HN TO FUNDS
Independence at the.' Polls W ill he
Valuable aid to Purification of
. rolltlcs -Minor Mention.
- Chicago, May tk The situation in
this campaign year, as regards the inde- -pendent
vote, is different from that of
any former presidential campaign. - This,
opinion is based on a comparison of
election re turns in recent years in the- '
central western states with those east of
the Allegbanies.. It is claimed that for
ten years past the republican and dem
ocratic strength, in the western states
has been steadily " growing together, as
far as stalwart votes go, until there is
now hardly any appreciable-difference
between them. But in the west the
greatest development of the independent
vote is also Shown. This is placed as
high as ten percent, of the whole, suffi
cient to turn the tide of a national elec
tion on national issues. -There is some
-force in the argument that the ordinary
close states ; New York, Indiana and
Connecticut;. are generally decided by
the floating vote, and not by genuine .
independence among the intelligent -
electors. But these conditions are pass- .
ing away. The doubtful states' of the'
future will, probably be in the Miss- ;.
issippi valley. Their uncertainty will
not be due to a meager floating vote,
but to freedom . from partv dictation
when important national issues are at
stake. -When this fact becomes appar
ent, political managers will pay no more
attention to' issues than to campaign
funds,. Independence at the polls will
not dispense with the work of the great
parties. But it will be a valuable aid to -the
purification- of politics. When two , :
closely matched parties are confronted
with an independent vote sufficient to
turn the scale either way, the - men and
measures they put forward for approval.
will be the best.
Down To Death.
St. Locis, May 6. Four coaches of;
the Chicago limited, from SanfFrancisco,
went through a bridge on the Atch'ison,
Topeka and Santa Fe, near Medill, Mo., .
yesterday- morning. The disaster was '
caused by a water spont, the falling,
rains carrying away the bridge. The '
train plunged directly into the waters
from the broken rails. The cars must
have been piled on top of one another.
I-The wrecked cars are the engine, tender, .
baggage car, a coach, chair-car, tourist -sleeper
"and one Pullman.,. The dead
and injured were taken to Fort Madison
The killed were mostly from points in
Missouri and of the injured fifteen are
resident 6f Chicago. At the scene of the
accident a fifty-foot arch spans what i
UBually a dry ravine. It is supposed the-
heavy rains weakened and finally dis- '
placed it. This train is usually well,
filled with the best class of passengers,
score of whom are believed to ba
drowned. Among the killed are the '.
engineer and fireman. - .
The Epworth League. -Omaha,
May 6. One of the most im
portant works of the Methodist general
conference, now in session here will be
its legislation for . the Epworth league,
the young peoples1 pbciety of. the church.
This organization, which has grown up
entirely Within the quadrenniuro, has -developed
in a remarkable manner. ' Its
third anniversary will be celebrated
May 15th, when great meetings of young
people will be held In many churches.
Qnthe22d inst. the Epworth league
will have full swing at Omaha, and vast
preparations are being made for the 'oc
casion by the committees at the seat of
the conference. This Society has nearly
8,000 chapters and an estimated mem-,'
bership of about 500,000. It " has also
been adopted as the young people's so
ciety of the Methodist Episcopal church
south and the Methodist church of Can
ada. The first international convention -will
be held - in Cleveland, July, 1893.
The general conference - will probably
elect a general secretary for the society,
and make provision for "its work as a
part of the church machinery. : - I