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THE DALLES, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1892.
NO. 144.
took at Ihe Bargains!
: AT THE: '
OLD AND WELL KNOWN STAND.
AlWalq the Ffbpl
REGULAR
Clearing OUT Sale !
..MV tKntire Stock, Consisting of
. Dry Goods,
Boots, Shoes,
Hats and Gaps,
gehts' Fumisnmg GOODS.
Laces ana .
Emfiioltteiies ;
M 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.
If you take pills it in because von have never
- - ,'-.'. tried tbe - ..- . . : (,
S. B. Headache and Liver Gure.
It works so -nicely, cleansing th Liver and
Kidneys; aeta as a mild physic without causing
pain or sickness, and does not stop you from
eating and working.
. To try It la to become a friend to It.
For sale by all druggists. " .
Young & iass,
EicDsmun & wagori shod
General Blacksmithing and Work dose
v promptly, and all . work
. . Guaranteed. .
.-.' 'ill 'jr;-.ir. ') i.f.i-f
flo?se shoeeing a Spciality
TM Street opirasite the oli Lielie Stand.
MRS. C DAVIS
- . ' :'i'-'' ' r: '-.. .1 ; :
- - - Has Opened the -
In the New .Frame Building on
' SECOND STREET, Next to the '
Diamond Flouring Mills.' -
. . ., . , .. .-JU-r '.?.: . . .
First Claas Meals Furnished at all Hours.
! " . Only White Help Employed.
Clothing
?
RESTAI1RANT
... We have just opened up a large line of
the celebrated Royal Worcester Corset
in all sizes and shapes, and invite your
' inspection. ',. ; " -: , '
. .Look at our Center Window. -
Spring Dry Goods
The v Largest Stock, the Most . Complete
Variety, " the Best Assorted Selections.
Summer Dress Goods,
The Prettiest Patterns, the Most Fash
ionable ; Shades. See our stock. N ,
Gents' Furnishing Goods,
Collars, Cuffs, Ties, Hats, Etc., We
sell "MANHATTAK" SHIRTS. . '
Fine- Footwear,
- . In every Sizei Price and Width. A
new line of Lawn Tennis Shoes.
fir winmAfiDS & cor
' r'. 'i .f n z-
Snipes
k-vfv;r -THE 1 1
tin uisUm : Hmi)
THE i LEADING
WiEsale li Retail Dnpis
-also all
Patent epieines. f and:
HOUSE PAINTS. OILS AND GLASS.
Agents for Murphy's Pine Varnishes and the only agents in
the City for The Sherwin, Williams Co.'s Paints.
" ' '' . -, . ' . WE ARK .,-;.1v ....
.. The Largest Dealers in Wall Paper.
Finest Line of Imported Key West and Domestic Cigars.
L k?J 'vKa Agetit for Tansill's Punch.- ; ; , .
129, Second Street, ; The Dalles, Oregon
KiNersly,
theIleading V r v''
- Druggists Sundries,
PLATT IS SARCASTIC;
How Can a . Man ne a Good Citizen,
Witliont Offering :::
PRAYERS FOR HARRISON'S ELECTION
Thinks it Morally Impossible for any
. - one to Oppose him.
' t
O.VLY FOK REVESGEFCL MOTIVES.
More Than 'Willing' to Subscribe to En-
' thnaiastle Fraise of tlte Admin
istration -Other 'Sewn.
New- -Youk,. June 2. Ex-Senator
Thomas C. Piatt whose opposition to
President Harrison's nomination is no
secret, when seen today regarding the
interview with the president in which
Mr. Harrison was reported as saying
that he did not believe "individual dis
appointment" would control the ' action
of the convention at Minneapolis, said:
"The remarks about 'individual disap
pointment' indicate how thoroughly the
president misapprehends the nature of
the opposition to his candidacy, and how
wise is the American system pf frequent
changes in.-the personnel of the government-
"It Is astonishing how: quickly
and bow easily is the process by which a
uiau comes to look upon the office he
holdsras his -private property ,' He be
comes accustomed to the homage which
follows in its ' train, and regards it as
little less than impious to suggest that
he had better make way for another.
The president annot understand how a
man can be a good citizen' without offer
ing's prayer night and day for the. re
election of ' Benjamin Harrison. 1 He
'does not conceive it to be morally possi
ble for any one to , oppose him except
from baa, selfish and revengeful motives,
Now I; ; am - - what' our mugwump
friends delight to stigmatize as an un
practical politician. I look at things as
they really are. . The president says in
this interview that he has acted con
scientiously in the discharge of his pub
lic duties. It is far from me to question
that. . I am more than willing - to sub
scribe to' really enthusiastic praise of his
administration. It certainly has done
great things, but the president should
not assume t hat he is the only man who,
since 1S89, has contributed to its achieve
ments. He is only one of many states
men who conjointly have labored to the
country's honor and advantage. ' Blaine
gave us the last attractive and ; popular
feature to our policy the magnificent
scheme of reciprocity, which has saved
to the people 180,000,000 of taxation
here, and on their exports half as much
more in the foreign countries where they
are sent. He has extended our. foreign
trade, not less than $75,000,000, and
promises soon to do vastly more than that.
Now," if I remember rightly, when Blaine
sent to the president his pan-American
report, proposing reciprocity, Mr. Harri
son forwarded it to congress with some
thing like a sneer.- In short, he threw
cold water on reciprocity".' .
Later,- when Blaine's public letters
demonstrated that the people were with
him and his great policy, and when con
gress put it into law and Brazil gave
Blaine a treaty,' the 'president went
starring through the south, saying very
much about the 'glories-of reciprocity
and very little about tbe statesman who
contrived it.. Reciprocity is the brightest
jewej i -..the - crown of this administra
tion - but Whose jewel is it? This admin
istration settled the Samoait difficulty
with Germany ; that was a particularly
ugly and, delicate affair, arid undoubtedly
great, credit ,ia due to, the repubjican
government (Vrhich jt ;adjastedS It,', so
promply, so; neatly and. so advantag
eously. .1 dare say the president should
come in for his -share Of the - credit but
it was.not he wbx drewthev instructions
under which our commissioners ' acted,
and it was certainly theyj whor did the
business. , They. were able men.., Kasson
is most experienced - diplomat,' Phelps
hb a man of great' " tact and descretion,
and Bates, ' Mr. 4 Bayard's ' friend from
Delaware, thad been' ' .to i Samoa
and knew : all about the i situation.
It was a' victory for-the Harrison ad
ministration, but we must not wholly
forget Blaine, Kansas, Phelps and Bates.
TheCbilian affair, was also a victory,
and" the" president was' highly con
spicuovs at the finish, but even there he
must divide honors with the secretary of
the navy, who built and armed ' cruisers
between nightfall and morning' for two
weeks before the Chilians were down on
their knees in abject apology, ' and with
Commander Evans, whose martial de
meanor gave the Chilean admiral a ter
rible cramp. We mast not leave out
Tracy and Evans.- "This administration
has vindicated thft honor of "the Ameri
can hog.- Now for' the first time in
twenty years American meat products are
admitted in every European market on
the same terms with the meat products
of other lands, and in some markets on
terms even more favorable.- I have had
some difficulty in figuring out just who
has done this. ' Certainly it was don
primarily by tbe agents of the state de
partment : by Minister Reid in' France,
Phclphs in Germany, by Minister Grant j
in Australia, and by other ministers. If
I remember correctly, Mr., Reid began
this work with, a hostile Parisian press,
a hostile French public, a hostile - cham
ber of deputies and, at the firsta hostile
government to contend with. He gave
such a character to the American! hoj;
as to enable it to force its way not only
into the French market, but into every
other. No my excellent friend, Secre
tary Rusk has said that he is very much
obliged to Mr. Blaine and the state
department for the able assistance
they have rendered to him in securing
the admission of American meat pro
ducts abroad. This seems to me that it
was Rusk who did it. -. . ,
"In a recent speech, the president
himself said that this result had been
accomplished, ill such complacent tetms
as to make nie .' fear that Rusk had
counted without his host; but whether it
was done by "the president or by Rusk,
the republican party and the country
will not be like! v to-forget that Blaine
was in the' state department, that Reid
was at Paris, that Phelps was at Berlin,
and that their relation ' to the victory
was not altogether mechanical.
, "It might be said perhaps that the
credit of the achievements wrought by
republican statesmen belongs . especially
to the president on the ground that he
gave those great men to the party ; but
did he? Certainly it was -not Harrison
who made Blaine, nor . did he make
Reid, nor William McKinley, nor John
Sherman, nor Allison, nor Aldrich, nor
Frye, nor Hale. I guess maybe he did
make Noble and Miller, and I shall -not
object to his having all the credit which
attaches to their careers ; but the point
I wish to bring but is that ours is a gov
ernment of parties, " and not a govern
ment of men. The president's error lies
in assuming that he has done it all. '
."He asks the country, to see in him
the inspirator and creator of all that
has brought process and happiness to
inepeopie since ne Degan to reside in
the White House ; he attributes to him
self all the glorious achievements of the
last congress, quite ignoring the superb
genius whose strong arm and clear head
turned havoc into order- and made tbe
feeble majority of three or-' four the
most prolific and successful body of law
makers that ever sat in - congress. The
McKinley bill, the customs act, the
shipping bill, the pension law, the navy
construction laws, the fortification law,
the. army reform acts, the wonderful leg
islation which the republican majority
of that congress formulated, and which
Thomas B. Reed's resolute will enabled
them to enact, Mr.' Harrison attributes
to himself, and says "See what I have
Inn A " -
done
' The Sacramento River.
; Sacramento, June 1. The river is
surprising everybody by not falling more
rapidly. The water at this point shows
a decline of only' three inches in 24
hours, the figures being 26 feet 8 inches.
The water is running : more swiftly than
before the break in tbe Yolo levee, ' but
even now it is not moving rapidly enough
to do much in the way of scouring the
river bed. the amount ot. water flow-
. . . . .,
ine through the break should ordmarilv
. . . . .,, . . . , -
lower the river rapidly, but . the enor-
mous overflow from the upper reaches of
the stream keeps up the supply. A tel -
ephone message has been received from
Oak Hall stating that evervthinz is all
right down." there. . Reports from Free-
port and Courtland state that : the levee I'
is all right at those places.
.' Two townships pf land near Astoria
are now open to settlement.' : Its de
yelopement wiU result in great benefit.to
the seaport city..., .u. : ;if i-.i i"r...fii
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few
ANOTHER RAIN STORM.
Disaster Follows Disaster . in tne lis- j
; sissipi Valley.
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INDIANAPOLIS UNDER THE WATERS. , 't
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a-
Resembles a
One Whole County now
Lake in Indiana.
coitNroFsrr tencentsa bushel.1
Water In the; Sacramento iCecettingr
- Tito Break on tbe Yolo Levee.
' . Other Neva.
.-Chicago,. June 1. Advices to the
Associated Press from many points show
that heavy rain storms prevailed yester
day and last night throughout a largo
section of the Mississippi valley.' The
heavy rain soaked the ground, farther
delaying planting and drowning out the
grain already in the ground. - Advices
so far received, cover the states of Ken
tucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, and
Oklahoma and Indian territories.-
I , At New Hope, Ky., the rainpour was
j accompanied by a destructive hail storm,
doing great damage to grains, fruit, and
! vegetables. Fields arennder water, and
the situation is so alarming that the
prica of corn has advanced 10 cents a
bushel. ,
At Fort Smith, Ark.,' rain was accom
panied by a wind storm which did con
siderable damage to buildings, etc.
At Greenville, Tex., 'the electrical ,
storm killed several hundred acres of
grain and cotton, giving them .the ap
pearance of being burned. ,
Guthrie, O. T., reports a family con
sisting of man, wife and three children
drowned while trying to ford the Can
adian river. Further disastrous floods,
it is believed, must result, with proba
ble loss of life and property, in addition
to the vast ravages already inflicted.
At Indianapolis, the floods continue to
increase. The 'White river- and Falfi
creek are overflowing all the contiguous:
territory. Many bridges are washed;
away. The city is threatened with the
worst flood in the history. Reports;
from points throughout the state tell of'
great havoc wrought by the waters
The Wabash river. is out of its banks.,
Andrews county resembles an immense -lake.
,No corn is planted, and the farm
ers are growing desperate.. Railroads -are
washed out and traffic is delayed or
suspended:
A IteAcuer Drowned.
Bakkkspield, Cai.!,' Junel. The bodjr
6f Charles E. Jewett, who was drowned :
yesterday in attempting to rescue the
two Grenville boys in the Kern river,..
J was found last night lodged in the roots'
i r , ' . , . ,
ui a. tree uii uu laiunu auoui two miles
below the mouth of the canyon. His
head was mashed into a jelly. Hisbody
was terribly bruised and a leg and arm
1 broken. The .body is now lying, in the
i . 1 1 ; - , r . i
wurguc uwuiimg nie arrival oi me reia- .
tives. -Over 100 people are out search
ing along the river for the remains of the
two boys, but thus lar not a trace of
them has been found. The. river still
continues very high. -. . ...
Going- to Their Death. - '
' Cheyex.ve, " June' l.--The stockmen
and citizeus in their ' confidence deny
that another expedition against rustlers
is going to Johnson county. They do
ay, however, that unless things change'
I they will reopen the war as soon as they
I . . . . V - v . J
are ireed A good many men are going
into the Powder River conntry armed.-
: -r
i cowboy. Fnsiiade..
! V Tombstone, June 1. Thomas Welch,
wuu-auou cattiemau 01 iuio couinj,
was shot and,kllled yesterday by Wake
Benge, a "cowboy, -with whom . he had
quarreled. , Both wereon horses. Welsh -shot
twice at Benge, missing him Then
Benge fired, knocking .Welch , off .his
horse with a bullet wound in the left
lung, from the effects of which he died
today. . Benge gave himself up and was
released on $1,000 bail.