VOL. IVI: THE DALLES. OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1892. NO. 38. Look at the Bargains ! -: AT THE : OLD AND WELL KNOWN STAND. Amp to; the FPoijt! REGULAR fpling M SJLE ! V My Entire Stock, Consisting of Clothing, Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats and Gaps, EjlTS' FumlSHilll GOODS, laces mil Entfioiffeiies HOW GOING AT BARGAINS. And the Sale will be con -tinned until all i9 disposed of. A special opportunity -is here afforded for smalt stores to replenish tbeir stock. Call and Price these Goods, -AT THE VLD AND WELL KNOWN STAND. ZEXls ? XO 2 U you take pills .it is because you have never tried the S. B. Headache and Liver Gure. It works so nicely, clcnnGing the Liver and Kidneys; acts a a mild physic without causing pain or sickness, and does not stop you from eating and working. . '. To try it is to become a friend to it. .""or sale by nil drosnjists. ' Young & Kuss, ewsmiiu wagon saop General Blacksmithing and Work done promptly, and all work - Guaranteed. . porse Shoeeing a Speiality Tfeiri Street OBnosite the olit Lielie Stand. MRS. C. DAVIS Has Opened the In the New Frame Building on SECOND STREET, Next to the ; : Diamond Flouring Mills. v First Clasa Meals Furnished at all Hours. Only White Help Employed. 100 Dozen TOWEIiS. "Worth 25 Cts., ' going for 12 1-2 Cts. Just Received an Immense Shipment s ' . ' of the Celebrated loyal Uoreester Corsets IN EVERY ".'' STYLE and PRICE. ir 0 liUilD w s DRUGS &, -THE LEADING wnhk ami Ma 3F XT IE. ES Handled by Three Registered Druggists. ALSO ALiIj the- leading . Patent ffledieines and Druggists Sundries, HOUSE PAINTS, OILS AND GLASS. Agents for Murphy's Fine. Varnishes and the only agents in the City for The Sherwin, Williams Cq.'s Paints. -WE The Largest Dealers in Wall Paper. Finest Line of Imported Key West and Domestic; Cigars. Agent for Tansill's Punch. 129 Second Street, J. O. WHOLESALE Finest Wines Liquor 171 Second Street, Frenchs' Block The Dalles, Oregon GHBLEREBSTER .; " PIANOS AND ORGANS Sold 6ri E&sy Payments. Musical Instruments and Music. Booksellers and Stationers. E. Jacobsen & Co., 162 SECOND STREET. ams s Kin ersly. il Driilsls. XTJC3r ARK- The Dalles, Oregon MACK AND RETAIL and Liquors. 60 b Dealer The Dalles, Or. A WHOLE ISLAND GONE Oyer Thirteen Ttomsanft Liies Saifl to Have Been Lost. SUNK -BY A VOLCANIC ERUPTION. The Island of Grand Sangir, was Rich in Plantations and was DIVIOISD INTO FOCK KINGDOMS, Wltli a. Total Area of S7S Square Miles, and a Population or 13,000 to 14,000 Souls. San Francisco, July 29. The Austra lian steamer brings news of a serious nature from the Malay Archipelago. The steamer Catterthun, which arrived at Sydney, N. S. WV, reports that when she touched at the island of Timor there was a rumor current that the island of Sangir bad been destroyed by a volcanic eruption, and that the whole population, comprising 13,000 souls, had perished. The Catterthun steamed for miles through masses of debris. The Sangir islands lie to the north of Celebes and are about fifty in number. The three largest islands are Great Sangir, Spiauw and Tagolanday. Great Sangir ia the isiand supposed to have been destroyed by the volcanic eruption. The island had an area of 275 square miles and was divided into four kingdoms. The total population was supposed to be about 13,000 or 14,000. In the north western part of the island toward the great mountain of Abu, or the ash moun tain, which has often been in eruption, causing much damage and loss of life. The natives regarded it with' supersti tious awe and whenever they heard the rumbling tiiat preceded an outbreak they resorted to certain mystic rites to oppose the diety of the mountain. In March of 1856 there was a terrible eruption and streams of lava and boiling water were poured forth from the crater. The rich platations on the mountain-side were carried away and 3,000 lives were lost. The Sangirese belong to the Malay race, are well made and brave, lazy and dirty. The government ia monarchical, some what limited by council. VISITB1 BY A BIO AURORA. Northern Heavens Jlrillia'nt With the Display Heavy Electrical St or in. From the Chicago News, 18th. An electrical storm of unusual severity swept over the central and eastern por tions of the United States Saturday be tween 11 :30 o'clock a. m. and 4 p. m. Tolegraph wire9 refused to work and business at the Western Union and the Postal teiegraph companies was badly interrupted all day. Following the elec trical storm a brilliant aurora borealis illuminated the sky, reaching around the northern horizon and almost touch ing the equator with its east and west points. Forming first in a bank of dark green, a rich arch was reared that reached its highth, half-way to the zen ith, at 9 :30o'clock. Droppingdown and shooting up from this were pale-green shafts, while sheets of yellow light flashed and waved hehind the phenom ena. At 10 o'clock a lilac-colored sail appeared a' little to the west of north and floated away to the west, changing its color like the picture from a dissolving-view camera to a pale pink, a - deep yellow and black to a mellow green. At 10 :30 o'clock the elements gathered ioi a final display, and shooting up like a pointed .wall came the aurora. 'To the west a section swung off, formed a horse ehoe and for two minutes a. perfect rep resentation of an immense waterfall was made. In the north sheets of yellow lightning were woven through the col umns, spurs and streamers. Then the rosy tint . of the setting sun burned through this vast curtain and the fires slowly went out. J In the telegraph of fices trouble had been ' experienced all day. Superintendent of Telegraph Con gor of the Illinois Central'worked like a beaver) with his wires. "As soon as I got one line to working," said he, "anr -other would fall down and in a short time the first was just as bad as it was before. The short lines gave us as much trouble as the long-distance and this confused me. Finally I concluded that it was an electrical storm and sat down to await the end. By 4 o'clock we could get New Orleans as easily as 43d street and when I left all was working well." In the Western Union and Postal tele graph offices long-distance wires Were grounded and the instruments worked with the overcharge of electricity. A CASE IN POINT. What Equity has tauur in the Profit of Perspicacity. From the Oregonl&n. -- - , ' Perhaps those who think labor has equity rights in the profits of capital will be able to tell ua what equity it has in the profits A. M. Cannon will pro bably make in hia speculation on the cargo of the Abercorc. This vessel was wrecked on the . beach outside Gray's harbor, having-on, board a cargo of 2,300 tons of steel rails.' The owners in- vestigated the question of raising the wreck, but decided ' that it would not pay, and finally sold the cargo to Mr.. Cannon, who is now , reclaiming the property. -, He has built a pier from the beach to the wreck, a distance of 1750 feet, and is employing divers and other men to the number f ,35. The divers receive $10 per day for four hours, and the other men, who are chiefly ranchers riving in the neighborhood, receive good wages, The cost of taking out the rails and shipping to Portland is about $5 per ton, and Mr. Cannon's profits will pro bably exceed $50,000. The question is, has Mr. Can iiou earn ed this money, and if not, who has? But for his perspicacity, resolution and readi ness to undertake a novel and somewhat hazardous enterprise, the rails would still be reposing at the bottom of the sea, and the original owners would not have received the amount he paid them "for the property. Whatever equity interest may be claimed for the labor that pro duced the rails assuming that the wages paid were inequitable was lost in the wreck, and attaches now only to the money paid the owners by Mr. Can non. But such equitv does not exist, since the rails were a loss instead of a profit. If there is" any equity whatever, it is on the side of the . owner, who should look to the labor that produced the raila to share with him the loss." It is evident that any property interest or equity now in the rails must begin with them at the bottom of the sea. The labor that is employed in the work of taking them out and shipping them is well. paid. -The divers are re ceiving large wages for a few hours' work. The other men are only too glad to get this work to do, as it helps them to and their'slender income while mak ing themselves a home in the forest. Mr. Cannon has conferred a special favor on them all by giving them an unusual and unexpected opportunity to earn money. These men all have an opportunity to work, and this property is rescued from a position where it is valueless and placed where it possesses great value, all through the brains, energy,' executive ability, daring and capital of one man. He does no more mental labor than the man who super intended the building of the pier, and docs not expend so much physical force as any of his employes, yet it is a fact that he earns all the profit that comes to him as fully as they earn their wages. His ability to do this is a difference be tween him and them that the world recognizes and pays for. Each -is paid the full measure of value set upon his labor by the only authority the world recognizes, an authority that must con tinue, else property would lose it value and exertion its stimulus. A Helena Chump. . Review. The' Helena Independent has reached the astonishing conclusion that the hope for free silver lies in the election of Grover Cleveland. Henry Villard, who will get up In the middle of the night to talk monometallism, is equally confident that the hope of the gold standard lies in the same direction. He lias contributed already $10,000 to the work of booming 'Cleveland before the Chicago convention,' and has prom ised $10,000 more for the compaign. Tn view of the fact that Cleveland and Vil lard are close tillicums,and the addition al fact that every monetary utterance of the ex-presideut is for the single go!d standard, we rather incliner to a belief that the Helena aper is a chump. Beginning with Aug. 1st I will give a valuable premium to every person who orders one dozen cabinet . pictures. Photos to be as good as the very liost. Premium on exhibition sifter Friday next. Call and see them. Only good for a few' days. Hunt, the photographer. Highest of all in Leavening. Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. A CHICAGO BLACK EYE. The City Must Impme Her Bad Ap- . uearance or Lose. ' - INDECEXT STREETS A.I ALLEYS. The Smoke Nuisance, The Sewerage .-.'. , Nuisance, Other Nuisances. THXB HOBSES TO C'l'ltK STONES. Other Provincial Customs Still In Vogue Which Mast be Dispersed With. Other Xtirl. . Chicago, July 29. As the time for the official opening of the worlds' fair aoproaches there are pressing reasons why the late lamented attempts of cer- tain citizens' associations t4rVprove Chicago's external uppearairshould not be forgotten. For years spasmodic efforts have been revived at intervals sustained for a period arid then weakly relinquished.' Now at the time when not ourselves alone hot visitors from all over the civilized world are concerned, there is additional cause for persistency. It is dangerous folly to flatter ourselves that things are well enough as they are. The streets need cleaning and the alley ways, which are now depositories for garbage, must be made decent. The porvincial custom- of tying horses- to the curb is yet in vogue. The outlying en virons are afflicted., with pavements which are little better than the trackless prairie, and there are undulating side walks which toeter briskly when , one steps on the wrong end of a plank. .''And in addition to these troubles we have our old enemies the smoke nuisance, the sewesage nuisance and the grade cross ings. Now, if ever, is the time for a long, strong, ' persistant endeavor to bring about reform. Chicago must spruce up. It must be clensed and sweetened. No street , which will give place for ' a puddle 'of -water is fitly paved. : The dingy, acrid atmosphere must be purified, and we hope it will not be many years before that viscid pool of fluid nastiness, the Chicago river, will be washed as clean as a roadside spring. When , properly-v cleaned and . paved this city will be one of tl most impressive and palatial in the world. Without the instaut and pel sis tent pro secution of the reforms mentions), how ever, it runs the risk of being called at -the very least, a mighty and ehterprisi g town in her progress, but a slattern in her dress. langeru Hide of a Youth. Klamath Star.' Grover Moore, ' a 7 year old bov at Klamath Falls, lit from his pony on -. Saturday morning and ' flew to his mother's arms with a bleat as joyful as that of a long lost lammie ju.st returned to his matnmle. He was the gladdest kid in Klaruutli iu?t then. ! Friday morning while out hunting with his nineteen-year old brother, he fell be hind and eoufdtr't get to the front any more. Ho wandered hither and thither -on the back of his ,Kny, his heart grow ing more and more dismal as he rode farther and farther into the gloomy forest shade of the mountain). He rode around theedges of precipices so narrow that the searching parties had to dis mount and travel afoot, and so deep that a fall would have blended both boy and pony in one red burial. One of the Germans of .Swau Lake .found him in the evening seated .on '. his pony and weeping bitterly for his mamma. .The kind, man kept . him until morning, when his brother found him and brought him home. He told his mamma confi dentially that he would never leave her any mi r.'. - . . Paradoxical. - 1 .Texas Post.. What' curiosities there are in our use of languages.: We speak of going away to spend the summer, when in reality we are going away and spend our money. , ', . PURE: .'