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01 lay ri VOL. III. THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1892. NO.. 135. Look at Waf gains! r y-r 4 ' '-, '-ITS -iwtfUJ(UJ.f- fl. HARRIS, . . : AT THE ilS.Li 0LD AND WELL.. KNOWN . STAND. Alwa to the Frontl REGULAR fatelll'T Itl , 1 ' M. Kntirtf Stock, Consisting 'erf ' ; 5 . Hats and Gaps, . EEiiTS1 Furaisnmp goods, Laces ami - BOW GOING. AT. BABGAM ' ' - .. AbI the Sale will be oon- - tinned until all is disposed 'iUjf.v A special opportunity , is here afforded for small - stores to replenish . their stock. Call and Price- these Goods, fi. HARRIS, OLD AND WELL- KNOWN- STAND. , If yra take pills It in because vou hava never S. B. Headache and liver Cure. Kidneys; sets as a mild physio without causing pain or sickness,. and does not stop ypu from - o try it Is to beoBne 'a f riesid to It. :'; yor sale by all drugglsta. ' r1 General Elarsmitbing and ,lprk don - promptly, and all -work -.. ,: , Guaranteed,- $r ; -,i l Horse Shoeeing a Spciality 'avii .,v - .St St 4 V. Clothing Dry . RIRS.,Cf,J)AyiS Vi -'HarX3peHed thfe r ' " REEllE llIijiiANT . . Io the New 'Frame -Building on , SECOND STREET, Next to the ' First Class Meals Furnished at all Honrs 'On)y White Help -Em ployed. PEASE & MAYS We will exhibit' A' Window YODAV line of Dress mer .1 Fabrics Pattern of 10 The , Largest Variety, the PEASE Dry Summer Dress Goods.: iona'ble Shades. GntsFurnishing Goods, :4h J . ; a dollars, Cuffs, Ties, Hats, ' Etc., We . . .sell "MANHATTAN SHIRTS. Fi ri e ;,:Ft)fetwriir , In every Size, " Price ' and Width. A new line of Lawn Tennis Shoes. , ; r;e wiiiUirtmsf& go;1' i DRUGS 1Tf ' 1 NIPES & I'isnileOtliree ALSO ALL HOUSE PAINTS. ru Lti n ri r? i TZTTTv. U111VITT J Agents for Murphy's .Fine Varnishes 1 arid the prily agents in the City for: Th Shenvi f :)! tiOAtrtijM- 1 Jf Finest I jne "o Irntrted Key 'West ;and .Domestic Cigarsl V.s, ? v-XAgehiibr Tansils,luch: y:. 129 SecohdTStf eet; in our Center a riandsome Suitings in Sum- at 50 cents for a yards. & MAYS Cjoqqs. , tock, the Most Complete Best' Assorted " Selections. See oxir stock.: ; . ,.;frUOH'5Vri '-,-1 rx'l N ERS LY, Hit! L.' 1 , . t Registered Druggists. THK LEADING4 ILSrmiGllsS -1 J.Ii Rett Mi tIDealers Jtr;Vyall ' Paper. i COUNTSV LAID WASTE. Daiages all Hievay Froi Minneapolis ; to New Orleans. robbed! DESERTED DWELLINGS Cat off From Supplies Thert is a Coal ' : and Milk Famioe. DBS MOINES WATER SUPriT CUT. ton of Lire Stock and Other Property : Greater Than Ever Before A Tornado Other Nci! 1 ;. Chicago, May 20,-In consequence of the flood it is very difficult to obtain particulars as to losses, but it is quite evident that the present dieaster'to-the whole' Mississippi valley" is without a parallel in the history of the settlement of the country. - The meagre reports at hand, from, several Western points", show a dreadful state of affairs in the" flooded district. - St. Louis reports : that in addi tion to a prospective coal- famine there is threatened a milk famine,' the' water on the Illinois side .having' cut! off the dairymen from the city; The "deserted dwellings, in the flooded districts- are systematically robbed of their contents, including furniture. The' stealing is said to have already amounted to 'over $100,000.: ):.' -' .v At Sioux'-. City among other r things the stockyards, With animals in them, corncribe ,and -all the other buildings, were carried away by ihe flood. - At Clarksville, Ark.; the- flood in the Arkansas river led . to the. drowning of fivejjeople. - i '. At St. Joe, Mo., the riven-has risen nearly two feet, and "is now at the high est point. .' '. ; At Marysyille, Kan, the' river which has been falling ia again . rising. - The city is cut off from railroad communica tion..' .-ji. L.:.. -'j '' '. ' - ... , At Texarkana. Ark.',:the lied river, -flood has weakened all : railroad bridges, so that" no- trains can "run over them.. TherA.haibeen no mail since': Saturday.: At Perryyille', Mo., the' men employed W the Boiaebrule levee rt-turrtod a re-, port that the water is breaking, over all along, and the bottoms will' be flooded.' At Minneapolis a few more inches of water will cut the log .booms loose and cause a great loss: . . : . . , Reports, from littlo Sioux , and Floyd valleys place the foes of life in those districts from flood,' from twenty-rive to onehundred persons', and at Sioux City sixty-five lives are said to have been lost;- Cincinnatireports a rainfall of - nearly two inches in the Ohio 'valley. A tor nado passed over the southwestern part of Hamilton county yesterday afternoon, plowing a furrow of -destruction , nearly three miles long. A number of dwelling-houses' and ' barns were destroyed and several persons injured. ' ." " ' jThe.Des Moines river rose : three: feet during the .night, and is stilt rising. The city Vater works is surrounded, and there is great danger, of the water sup ply being -cut off. Duneoiub, five miles south, and the Stucco mills are flooded, the,- jqocupabtB Jfleeing for: their; lives. Keports irora ine country are contraaic tory, but. enough is known to say the loss of livestock and other property ' is great."" ' ' - '.Li'l''. SeaaiUO'llTlvV'i::;. San Francisco-,- May. 20. Keports rom':lLoW Angeles' say that-' Evangelist Mills meetings grow warmer,' and keep pace with the weather. ' It is estimated that 300 attended the services yesterday, and that B00 business houses closed to let then attand.'" An -item not on the Btna caused, great excite- ment at the evening session. Rev. S. J tfMa'ift yixal !a4 eofa victedf'ifew frtokthB Sinclfot1 aii- ttem.pted aseault upon a servaht'girr,'- arose andT made confeesion of his wicked life. For five years, he said, lie was a' minister with -. .1. 1 . I t Twx. f Al i. ' ' 1 ''oaeBsMid'lwdughi 'rpro'ftpmtUe caumgoi inejuimeirvj.; ctooo 01 &is'rsTkeilMiniste form pressed forward to tako the peni tent man'bf fihat)l who wept ' like, child affpne -after another, they, gave , iU'.'rt'-JEaitors."' AsembUE. 1- V- v u Teywje; eglegatea.to tho SatioBal:-diwr- lat Associ'Mo sbtee?a ngjare? reaching the state by ver!raveriue, arid Indications point to a, "yerjr successful eesidn.-, , ..: Murderous SI Hiring; ' X-. Detroit, May . ; 20, Aocouiri ts of a brutal prize fight at Chesang yesterday, between two notorious 'rrterr fso "called) bearing the InameM of Charles Carroll and Pete Volkmer, ay that; Carroll will die from the effects of it, and that Volk mer lhas escaped. - It had. been , given out that tlie : gloves ; were . to weigh eix ounces', but when they -'were produced at ilie 'ring they' proved, -to' ;bu:;.esu ':tlian' three in weight... At the call of tiifiotlje men rushed at each other like mad , bulls and fought fiercely for eight minutes, -ho attention Being Jiaid' to :the cairbf time. Each scored several knock-doWns. "At the end of tlie seventh -'. round'; Volknier was seen to remove one of his gloves in Kis corner, but he; at 'briee replaced it. At the call of time for tlie1 eighth round the men advanced to the Center of the ring and Volkmer struct Murphy . a swinging righthander, which cut a two inch ganh in his neck, from which blood flowed, in a stream. When - Murphy came to the ecrat-h" ngtiin , Volkmer -hit him another blow behind the ear which caused a slight fracure of the skull and knocked him completely -out. -It-.took Murphy .three-quarters of. .an hour to regain hie senses. Officers- are search ing for Volkmer who it is charged put a heavy iron nut in his glove when he pulled it off before the last round. ' Minora Held in ICoudare. ,. u PobtivAd, May 20. A WaHaoe, Idaho, telegram to Capt. John O'Brien, presi dent of the federated trades, signed by fourteeii' miners', 'saver-;?' We' doaire -to state that we were inveiglerlinto coming out here by'misfepreeeiitatiort and frkud1; any statements that CuiU -Prihee' and others make to llo contrary' notwith standing. We have alt' 'left tlie-union mine because of the marmor iii; Which we Were treated by hired thngs' anl de tective.- .The company 1 has ' air 6t our L baggage, and refuses to give it up.- ' Only six of the men who came ottt -here are working in the mine ; the others, who j are still out at the Union mine,', want to leave, ' but cannot get ' their clothes. Comrades and miners, keep, away -from; here,.if you'" know when you -are- well1 off. ,.",'. - - ; :; . . t . . . .. Il'lUputiana In Troubla. , ' Oodbx, May 20. There was no inten tion to Include 'jon JaVlVertisefiient So the arrest of ; Mrs. . Tom-. Thumb's Opera company' here on the 1 8th , Anbona, tide attachment followed; and the Httle ped- pie had to put up f 4,500 on account of a note that Count Magdi, hnsband of Mrs. Tom Thumb, 'and ; Manager; Sackett, of' the bait Lake noiidefland, ;ad.;sighed more than a yar ago. ": 'K jrian named Kellogg is made plaintiff in the suit. The matter waa kept quiet until yester day, when it was compromised. It" i said the count and his wife have a suit now pending in Salt Lake for the recov ery of a large sum of nionev from Sackett. :They continned their tour on, time.' ... .' . . - .; Coal Ship Blown Vp. CoBVAw.isMay 20 -A portion of the crew are here; from 'the 'ship St. Charles,' which; blew np while enroute from an- iamd to Ban Francisco with ; a1.' cargo, of coal, when in longitude 126, lati tude 45:28, May 17th. The explosion occurred at 8-a pi.rcau'wng theicrew'' to abandon the ship, which whs sinking when they left; 'It is thought that some of the explosives' used at the mine was in some manner mixed with the cargo. In all, three, boats. .containing eighteen iiHBi belonging -to-the " ship, landed at Cape Foulweather lighthouse. The captain, setxmd mate and two men were badly injured. The captain is in a criti cal condition.,. " . 1 1 '--; - - . ' . -, '.. , .' . .j. : ; ' : California tteet 8 near. ' ; -San Fkan'cisco, May 20- ;By her. en terprise in the matter Anaheim is as sured, of having the mammoth-, beet sugar factory located there." " The 'com pany has ateepteJforty' 'acres of land donated by the .citizens for the bnilding and site for ' tlie- proposed -works.' The land donated lies south of and adjoining the city limits and is weir supplied with artesian. water, aiucn enthusiasm pre vails." The Anaheim beet sugar factory will be, the Jargeet factory of its kind in the world." - -"-'--' 'J live yueoec legtBlature has rejecteL a proposal to abolish the legislative con ri Highest of all in LeaVening Powefr.ctatest V. -. . .. THE PARISIAN STYLE. Sforil Duels Withont a Precedent in French Annals. ' - FATAL tlLADRUPLE ENCOUNTER. The Canse of It All a Fussy French man's Fndee About an Opera. 1 MMKKOl'S WITNESSES PRESENT. Fouxht Areordtnc; to Kules. In Thirty Mliiotro, by the Now Famous Iumeultn. Paris, May 20. A quadruple en counter with swords was fought yester day morning by M. Roules and three others named Leclerc,, Demeulin and Blendel. The quarrel arose out of a dis pute concerning the merits of a new opera. M. Roules criticised the piece rather severely in the hearing of Leclcre, Dumenlin and felendel, and a violent . altercation took place, finally ending in an exchange of blows. At 9 o'clock yes- terday a. m. , the antagonists and their seconds went to a spot behind the grand stand, at Longchamp's racetrack. Tin, first duel Was fought by M. Dumenlin aiid M. Blendel. ' Blendel,-after a tew : passes, received a wound in the right lung three inches deep, and Iwas carried off, the field. M. Dumenlin then faced M. Roules, who at the first thrust rah his .rapier throngh the arm of his ovpo- ' nentburying the steel in; his breant. Th6 third combat was' more, prolonged. but after struggle of.: fifteen minutes SL. Leclerc was driven against a tree and received,, ai, wound in.' the" face. . M. Ayarrgnt,.M. Blendel'e: second, then in terposed, on behalf of his vanquished friend, declaring himself ready to fight 3L Roules and threatening to slap his face.it satisfaction was i not given, upon wbich M. Roules promptly faced his new adversary and succeeded in wounding him in the neck,, .narrowly .missing the ' infliction of -a mortal injury. The qnail mple encounter was over iu thirty iiriu- , utes, .and-. alt.;the: parties returne;! to Paris. ; . A bout fifty- people .were axaem - bled at the scene of the encounter, which, ; will, be famous in the annals of Frenuli dueling, i M. Blendel'e wound cansos great anxiety.. Death hy Submersion.' Sak Francisco; May 19. An inqneer-. has been held in the case of John Con nors, who was' supposed to have been thrown overboard and drowned. There was' no testimony to sustain the murder theory,-or in fact to show' how he met his death, and the jury returned a ver dict of death by.-submersioc, Ilowlett, Hayes and Hansen, wbo had been held on suspicion, were then discharged from custodv. v Warner 31 iller'a Travels. ; , Sax DiKfio, May 19. An invitation to visit San Diego was .extended by the chamber of commeree.to.Warner Miller president of the ; Nicaragua cannl con struction company,' , Owing to the? dolay in his trip to the coast,. Mr. -Miller. wa unable until yesterday to accept. , ..: . Telegraphic Flashes. The Durham coal miners have decided to continue the strike,' which' began on March j 2th in spite of the great suffering, not only among the. miners but the fac tory hands", ' iron 7 workers' and others thrown out through the lack of coal sup ply. The result is that, many have been compelled to accept parish relief, and cdnseqViently,-under' "British' law, have been disfranchised.- V, - ; ' " ' , - :.The subject of a tuauel from the water front finder Tacouiiv to Kdison, at a cost of half a million dollars, is being vigor ously, pushed. by,the' commenrial piub ;ind cliamber of commerce. 'The tunnel will be three and i Uali miles long, with arade,o-rono'peP roads - entering the "ctty'wirt fie thr.ugh the tunnel. v '-'-?'-;'"''""-" ' . S; Gov't Report; -J. as. 1 ;..-v!. wj?aa;-, i..;..,-.-. .- a.a wau ii-.'c - ntr. .: - .:.'