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VOL. V.
THE DALLES. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1893.
NO. 30.
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A. M. W
W. E. GARRETSOII,
Leaaing - Jeweler.
BULK AOKNT KOIC THK
KS?S5t
All Watch Work Warranted.
JeWelry Made ' to Order.
138 Second St.. The Dalles. Or.
COLUMBIA
CANDY FACTORY
Campbell Bros. Proprs
(Succmais to T. S. Iran.).
Manniaotarers of the finest French and " -Home
Made
lZ3 JiL UST DIB s ,
. ' Eaat of Portland.
. DEALERS IN t N
Tropical Fruits, Nats, Cigars and Tobm
,. Can furnish any of these goods at Wholesale
er&etail - -
FSBSH . OYSTEtSSr
' In' Every Style- ' . r
-ifi-n -i ri-rfri-rTnr-ilTtfT-tt''-iiliiHT-rfr-Ti-r.iiM t.riissf
. ( Ice Cream and Soda Water,
' 4'
104 Second Street. The Dalles, Or.
-HA v:
ttl. H- Young,
lacisitsilfios
. General Blackemithing and Work done
'' promptly, :)nd' all"-: work -
Guarantoed.
Horse Shoeing a Speciality
Ttirl Street, opposite the oltl Llelie Stand.
V? VriSKMAN. . WM. MABDIR8.
HJiseman & larders,
S ja-" -" T '" "'" t.7&r'':
Saloon and rin&-.Room,
The Dalles, - Oregon.
"Northwest corner of Second and
Coart Streets.
I L l I A MS
J. B. BCHSICCK,
President.
H. M. Beau.
Cashier.
First Rational Bank.
."HE DALLES.
OREGON
A General Banking Business transacted
Deposits received, subject to Sight '-
Draft or Check.
Collections made and proceeds promptly
... -i "'remitted on day ot collection. " -
Sight and Telegraphic Exchange sold on
New York, San Francisco and Port
land. '
. . -. '. DIRBOTOKS. ,
D. P. Thompson. Jno. S. Schsnck.
Ed. M. Williams, Gko. A. Liibi.
. H. M. Bit all.
THE DALLES
Rational Bank,
Ot DALLES CITY, OK.
President - - - Z. F. Moody
Vice-President, - --' Charles Hilton
Cashier, ----- m. A. Moody
General Banking Business Transacted.
"Sight Exchanges Sold on '
NEW YORK,
SAN FRANCISCO,
' CHICAGO' '"''
and PORTLAND, OR.
Collections made' on favoreble terms
at all accessible points. . . -
Dress-Making Parlors
m- - : -- " " ;
' Faghioiiable Dpb and filo-Maffig ;
It - ,V:. ' .
Cutting and Fitting a Specialty., ; . ;
( . ...
'j Room 4 over French & Co'a Bank
-1
' DOMESTIC
And KEY WEST
, CIGARS.
FRENCH'S
171 SECOND STREET, :
iigr WiHEg tod UffllOg;.
"44V.'v" '9-'
FRENCH & CO.,
u ? BANKERS.
TRANSACT A GENKRALBANKINU BUSINESS
Letters of Credit issued available in he
Eastern States. v ' "
Sight Exchange . and TeTejrraphic
Transfera sold on New York, Chicago, St.
-l- t . - -n . . i .
ujuib, oan x ran Cisco, jroraana uregon,
Seattle Wash., and various points in Or
egon and Washington.
. Collections made at all points on fav
orable terma.
GENTLEMEN!
BEFORE YOU , ORDER , GOODS. OF
ANY KIND IN THE FURNISH
ING LINE,
caff and See me
Shirts of all kinds - to order, at
prices which defy competition. Other
goods in proportion.- ; - P. FAGAN,
Second St., The Dalles.
Bole Agent for W ANN AM AKER BROWN.
. . . - - Philadelphia, Pa' i
! : MRS. GIBSON, Prop.
' THE
C ELEBRATED
PABST BEER.
BLOCK. '
: THE DALLES, OR.
SILVER IN EUROPE.
Senator Junes Arseatily v Sarnrisei at
tne AvaleniBE. .
HAS A HOPE FOR THE CONFERENCE.
Quidnttnces Concerned About "A Will
r Not", by Gen.- Butler. ,
LATEST DOIXOR OF'THI ASSBBULT
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Mr. Kalsy's Bill to Authorise the Con
struotlon ef the Dalles, and
. J; i Celllo, Vortas;. J
. London, Jan. 16. Senator Jones and
family 'started for' Paris today,., and
after a brief visit to that city, will sail
for America on the Gascogne ' Saturday.
The. senator was visited while . here by
numerous members of the honee of com
mons and other public men interested
in the silver question,'. The senator says
lie was agreeably surprised at .'the ' evi
dent awakening in England to the value
of bimetallism. He believes the mone
tary conference will resume-its sessions
in May, and he hopes to be able to re
turn at that time. Owing to his position
as senator he will be unable to accept
invitations to address meetings in com
mercial centers of Great Britain.
I pnldavno Coneeroed.
Boston-, Jan. 19. It will be strange if,'
after all his experience in .breaking wills,
Geri. Butler- should have -omitted to
frame a will. His private secretary,
Col. Thomas Mayor, told a reporter to
day that he know nothing of the exist
ence of snch a document. . ."I can't tell
you whether he left a will or not," he
said. "If he did, it- will nndoubtedlv
come up at the. first session of the pro
bate court at east Cambridge. If he did
not, undoubtedly a petition' for an ad
ministrator will be put in at that time."
A gentleman who has been' associated
with Gen. Butler for many years, and
whose relations with him are very close,
said: - "I don't know whether there is a
will. 1 It does not follow necessarily that
that there is not, and it as quite possible
that the son or daughter has such a doc
ument, but there is none in Ins office, I
believn. - . ' "
Legislative Proceeding-..
Salkm, Jan. 19. Senator Raley's bill
for" an act to authorize and empower the
governor, - secretary- of-' state- and state-
treasurer, in the name and behalf of. the
state of Oregon, to construct, operate
and maintain a portage railway between
the highest and- lowest points of - the
navigable waters of the Columbia river,
around - the ' dalles of the'- Columbia.
The bill provides, that the governor,
secretary , of 'state and state treasurer
shall ; purchase all ' private property
necessary- to the. construction ot the
road, of, if necessary, condemn same in
iq manner provided by law. for the con
demnation "of lands and rights of way by
other corporations for public use. The
revenue derived from the freights and
fares collected are to be used in running,
operating' and maintaining the road,
and the surplus " paid into . the. state
treasury. The bill provides for an ap
priation out of the general fund of the
state of Oregon of the sum of $460,000
from any money not otherwise appro
priated, for the purpose of building the
road ; and the secretary of J state is au
thorized to draw his warrant or war
rants npon the state treasurer for said
sum or any part thereof when directed
to do so by the board. --Inasmuch as the
present means of transportation are in
adequate -to the great and growing de
mands of the producers of Eastern
Oregon, it is provided that this act shall
take effect and be in force from - and'
after its approval by the governor.
In the senate today'Dodson's bill, re
lating . to fees of. Malheur and Baker
county officials, was reported favorably
and adopted. Pass- to third reading.
House joint memorial for prohibition of
foreign immigration was referred .to the
committee on federal relations. '
In tbe house-Pax ton of Multnomah,
Browrof Morrow,, and Staats of . Polk,
were appointed as joint committee' with
the senate, to visit the cascade portage
road. ...
- Senatorial Matrimonial Kamor.
Baltimore, Jan. 19. A special from
Charleston, W. Va., to the News, says
it is rumored that Senator Charles' J.
Faulkner is to wed the widow of Senator
Hearst, of California. Senator JFault
ner is a widower.' i
TATJCSKBW THK3C AND MOW.
Thomas H. Benton's ' Aets . tompirtd
With The Present.
From The Spokane Review. .' ' " .
Mr. Allen's indefensible conduct in
leaving Washington to lobby for votes
at Olympia has been contrasted with the
high-minded record of Senator- Benton
of Missouri. Benton was in congress for
30-years, and during that ' time ' never
deserted 'his post 'at Washington to help
his candidacy at home.' ,The contrast
can also be extended, .to ..the. Columbia
river. Benton early took, an active in
terest to secure the acquirement, explo
ration and settlement of the Pacific
northwest. As early as 1819 he had
written books upon the ' subject and
thrown his powerful influence for. occu
pancy of the month of the great river?
In one of his magnificent bursts of
oratory he pointed to the west and de
clared that "there lay the coming gate
way to the Orient." .
: With fiery eloquence . he prophesied
the settlement of this territory by
American immigrants and the naviga
tion of the great river of the west.
"The magic boat and the flying car," he
exclaimed, "have not exhausted -their
wonders. - J ' ' Looking
into the future I behold the flying en
gines ascending the passes of the great
Stony mountains." . I see steamboats,
laden with the argosies of the Orient,
ascending-the majestic Oregon. I can
view a smiling land of peace and plenty,
and over all I behold the' triumphant
folds of the colors : of my country.
Contrast this broad statesmanship with
the petty .local influences and jealousies
which dominate the two senators from
Washington.
; On one hand is seen the, majestic
figure of the prophet and tbe statesman,
whoso vision spanned a continent and
whose foresight penetrated the mists of
a century. On the other band are seen
two . senators whose ideas. of public im
provement are limited by county lines,
and who have turned from the great
public enterprise, which has only to be
presented to command the respect of
congress, in order to squander their
time arid effort upon a petty local jobl
It has well been said in the east that a
Pacific coast senator elected upon hjB
nterita as a statesman would be are
freshing novelty in Washington. . If .'the
Pacific northwest had sent a Benton to
the senate the Columbia) river would
have been open to navigation long ago.
It will never be opened by the faint
hearted efforts of Senator Allen and the
open hostility of Senator Squire. , .
i . The Souvenir .Coins, f V-.-: t
.Washington, Jan. 19. Senator Petti
grew,' chairman of the quadro-centen-nial
committee, introduced a bill in the
senate today, instructing the secretary
bf the treasury not to deliver any souve
nir coins until-the world's Columbian
exposition, delivers a good and sufficient
bond, conditional that, if for any reason
whatever," the -.world's fair, was opened
to-the public on : Sundays, the corpora
tion pay the United States for the sum
of money it shall have received from tbe
sale of the coin, not less than $2,500,000.
Canal Tolls Withdrawn- ; .
i .Washington, Jan. 10. The announce
ment "was made today from an authori
tative source that the council of the
dominion government,' by ' an order
agreed npon last " Saturday, had deter
mined to withdraw for the season of
1893 all discriminations in tolls respect
in? vessels, persons or commerce using
the Welland and St Lawrence canals.;!
This is said to be more than our govern
ment asked. ' The. information has not
yet been officially conveyed to this gov
ernment." - '; ' " '
f ' 'Blight Panic In Mar Wheat. , '
: ' Chicago, Jan. 19. The report ! that a
clique who had been buying wheat were
selling out cansed something of a panic
on the board, of trade,r avrul made a break
InMavoftwo and one-half cents. At
the close there was a slight recovery.
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:. :.. Positively the Last.
Chicago, Jan. 19. Mary Ann Nelson,
positively the last of George' Washing
ton's army of colored . servants, - was
found dead in her shanty near Chicago
yesterday.; She remembered lighting
Washington's pipe, for-him before the
Revolution, and claimed to be 130- years
old.
'Highest of al in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
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IX J!3s&W
COLFAX WHEAT DEALS.
A Bfintts TeleTraph Disnatcn Kate
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; : ,; The Fanners Happy ; ;
AGENT JOHN H. LARSON TOO ALERT-
He Purchased Sixty Thousand Bashela
j , , . at Fifty-Five Cents.
HH WAS SOMEWHAT A8TON18HKU-
. .' . -.Mi i-.iirlVv.. '
Hakes a" Special Trip; to. Portland to
- Traee.Tho Klnnderlng Messsge to.-'
. v Its Sonree, . ,''-.
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' Colfax, Jan. 20. Special. An er
ror in a cipher dispatch, caused s.
large boom in the Colfax wheat market
a few days since. The particulars' came '
out today and are the talk of the. wheat
dealers. - Farmers had been bewailing , ,
the downward tendency of the wheat
market for . several months and when
43 cents per bushel was the ruling price,
the grain growers who sold early in the
season were looked upon as men .of ex
ceptional good fortune." Prospects '
looked rather dry a few weeksago, when
suddenly the market began to advance
and the farmers : simultaneously to -
regain " their, jubilant spirits. The
price' steadily advanced until on Satur
day it swayed between 52 and 53 cents
here. '-'': '. '1 . " ' -" -
i Upon that day the J.1 M. Russell com
pany, the big Portland grain dealers
and speculators telegraphed in cipher"
to their Colfax agent to purchase ready .
wheat quickly at 55JcentB. . Tbe agent,
J. H. Larson, was on - the alert for just
such a dispatch. He hurried out 'to the
local holders of grain and bought right
and ' left for a few . hours . until he had
purchased a total of 60,000 , bushels.
With a fine eye to bueiness he tried 52
cents, but the holders wouldn't listen to .
the proposition. Even ' 53 cents was -refused
point blanks and the farmers
held back at 54. But when Mr. Larson,
sprang the unexpected offer of 55 cents
the wheat moved 'toward him like a
charm, as it were, and he compassed
the big purchase above mentioned. He
congratulated himself on . saving ' his
house 4 cent per bushel on their offer,
and immediately wired to Portland tbe '
fact that he had cornered 60,000 bushels
at 55 cents. This means ' an outlay of
$33,000. The astonishment of Mr. Lar
son may be belter imagined than de
scribed when the Russell company tele
graphed back that they had never
offered 5-5 cents, and that they couldn't :
accept wheat at ' such . unwarranted. v
figures. " , ,
! Further telegraphic 'correspondence ;
between 'the agent and the house elicted ;
the fact that the cipher sent out should
have' read i - "Buy wheat at 52J," in
stead, of 55. The men who, unloaded ' '
their wheat Saturday are naturally in
high feather ; but not so with Agent
Larson. The. 'latter boarded the train'
for Portland this mornine, determined
to chase tlown the' error which caused ,'t
him to buy wheat at an advance of - 3 '
cents over the figures which, the -Russell "
company was' willing Jo pay. He gave
notes which call for $1,650 more than
the house had offered at Portland. And '
now the question is, "Where was that
mistake made?" Are the company's
Portland, employes chargeable with the
error in translanting the figures to
cipher, or was the fault with the West-.
ern Union teleirraph office at Portland. -The
former idea seems the more plans-
ible- ....
The Old Egyptian Contention.
; London. Jan. 19. Under . construc
tions from the French foreign minister,
the French ambassador today sent a note
to the British foreign minister in refer
ence to affairs in Egypt, saying France
could not remain indifferent to acts on
the part of Great Britain tending to in
fringe on' the independence of tbe khe
dive. . ' ' ' ': '"" ;.'."' . v,
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