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THE DALLES. OREGON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1893.
NO. 35.
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iacrcintoshesi,
itublier loafs,
A. M. WILLIAMS &, GO.
W. E. GARRETSON,
Leadii Jeweler.
SOI.K AAKNT FOR. TIIK
All Watch Work Warranted.
Jewelry Made to Order.
138 Second St.. The Dalle. Or.
COLUMBIA
CANDY FACTORY
Campbell Bros. Proprs
(Successes to V. S. Cram.)
Manufacturers of the finest French and
Home Made
0-A.HST DI BS,
East of Portland.
-DEALERS IN-
Tropical Fruits, Nuts, Cigars and Tobacco.
Can furnish any of these goods at Wholesale
: or Retail
In Kiery Style.
icecream and Soija Water.
104 Second Street. The Dalles. Or.
rjU. H. Young,
BlacKsptH& wagon snop
General Blacksmithing and Work done
.. . . ' - - k
promptly, and all , . work
'. Guaranteed. '
Horse Shoeing a Speciality
Thirl Street onpsite the old Lietie Stand.
W. F. WISEMAN. Will. UARDGR9.
liliseman & JVlaPders,
Saloon and Wine Room,
The Dalles, - Oregon.
Northwest corner of Second and
ossam
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THE DALLES
Rational Ar Bank,
Of DALLES CITY, OR.
President - .-Vice-President,
Cashier, - -
- Z. F. Moody
CnAKLES Hilton
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.
FHHHCH & CO.,
BANKERS.
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
Letters of Credit issued available in he
Eastern States.
Sight Exchange and Telegraphic
Transfers sold on New York, Chicago, St.
Louis, San Francisco, Portland Oregon,
Seattle Wash., and various points in Or
egon and Washington. .
Collections made at all points on fav-
orable terms.
Dress-Making Parlors
Faghioqable Dfegg
Cutting and Fitting a Specialty.
Room 4 over French & Co's Bank.
J O.
' ' DOMESTIC
And KEY WEST,
CIGARS.
FRENCH'S
171 SECQND STREET, , :
I FiplE and LIQUOR y
mbrel
J. 8. SCKKNCK,
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
remitted on day of collection.
Sight and Telegraphic Exchange sold on
New York, San Francisco and Port
land. DIREOTOKS.
D. P. Thompson. Jno. S. Schekck.
Ed. M. Williams, Geo. A. Libre.
H. M. Bkall.
GENTLEMEN !
BEFORE YOU ORDER GOODS OF
. ANY KIND IN THE FURNISH
ING LINE,
ee me
Shirts of all kinds to order, at
prices which defy, competition. Other
goods in proportion. P. FAG AN,
Second St., The Dalles.
Sole Agent for WANNAMAKER & BROWN,
Philadelphia, Pa
and (Iloa-Maing
MRS. GIBSON, Prop.
MACK,
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c e l ebrate d
pabst beer. '
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: THE DALLES," 0R.
elf
CABILISTIC FIGURES.
Astoria Awaiens to Arouse Resentment
to a Fraud. ' ef
PORT OF COLUMBIA SCHEME CORED
it is a Very Elegant Idea for Portlands
Calculation 8 to 7.
LET VS REASON TOGETHER OVER IT
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Clatsop, Colantbia and Wasco He
Spoken What Hare Gilliam, Hot- -
row, et. al., to say?
Astoria, Jan. 26. Special. A epec
ial meeting of the city council has" been
called to consider a bill introduced
into the senate on the 11th by Mr. Wil
lis. This bill is entitled. "A bill to es
tablish and incorporate the Port of Col
umbia, and to provide or the improve
ment of the Columbia river in and ad
joining said port, and to provide a rail
way or canal and locks at and around
turn water and the dalles in said Colum
bia river."
Never was a more barefaced attempt
made by a representat've of any place to
foist it into prominence at the expense
of other localities, than the real . object
that lies under the surface of this bill.
The document proposes that eight coun
ties of the state shall compose the "Port
of Columbia." Thev aie Clatsop, Col
umbia, Multnomah, Wasco, Sherman,
Gilliam, Morrow and Umatilla. Then,
each county may send to the corporation
one representative, hairing Multnomah,
which is responsible for eight, giving
that enterprising burgh a majority of
one vote over all the other counties put
together. The "cabilistic figures" eight
to seven. . -
The combination is given power in the
bill to issue bonds to the amount of 3,
000,000, and to state how and in what
localities any improvements in the river
shall be made ; to tax all property bor
dering on the river, if necessary ;in
short, to have full and complete control,
so far as can be granted by the state,, of
the whole Columbia river, from The
Dalles to the ocean. And Portland, with
a majority voice in the corporation, will
have the whole waterway between two
of her fingers. It is an elegant idea
for Portland. The brazen effrontery of
the proposition is so apparent that it is
a wonder how its originators could have
been so lacking in their usual cunning
as to have sprung such a raw scheme on
the assembly. The council formulated
and dispatch to our representatives in
Salem ; an earnest protest against the
shameful scheme.
OCR SISTER STATE.
A Farmers Shipping; Movement- The
C. B. & Q. at Seattle.
Seattle, Jan. 26. Special. It is
now settled that the Farmer's Alliance
of Eastern Washington will construct a
grain elevator at this port. It is looked
forward to by the farmers of the eastern
portion" of the slate as being one of the
most advantageous things to them in re
alizing (he greatest price for their wheat.
The chamber of icmmerce appointed
a committee last night to make prepara
tion in detail for the celebration which
Will take place in this city over the com
pletion of the Great Northern railway
line to salt water.
The C. B. & Q. Railway are now in
vestigating the shore preparatory to
completing their line to the Pacific
coast, and have already secured terminal
faculties' here. '. . . . A
Some new developemems have ap
peared in the matter of the eslate of H.
L. Yesler, it having been reported, that
three half-breeds would appear in court
and claim a share of his estate. Mr.
Yesler was one of the earliest settlers of
the State of' Washington and one of the
wealthiest citizens of Seattle. ' A special
administrator has been appointed to
take charge of his eslate for the present.
The employees of the Oregon Improve
ment company have made a etrike for
higher wages, leaving the company-in
rather a. bad condition. It is thought,
however, that the strike, which is parti
cipated in by nearly all employes will
be amicably adjusted.
Long Island Hotel Borncd.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 25. The
Grandviewj the summer hotel.-at' Fort
Hamilton, vwa9 i burned .this morning
Loss, $100,000,;.. All the guests escaped,-
though pome were delayed so long as to
AN Ol'AL-ONVX QUARRY.
A. Discovery Made Near 1'omcroy, Is
Claimed to be "valuable.
Recently Mr. J. S. Thomas arrived
in Portland from Pomeroy, Wash.,
having with him a slab of opal
onyx six feet in length and weighing
about 400 pounds. The slab was taken
from a quarry recently discovered near
that place, and he intends to have it
polished in Portland. The quarry Is
situated about 15 miles from Pomeroy.
Small pieces of the stuff have been pick
ed up in the neighborhood from time to
time during the past six years, but no
one had any idea of their .' value until
recently, when specimens were sent to
the Smithsonian Institution in Wash
ington, and several other no'ed scientific
institutions. All opinions agreed- that
the stone is true opa,-onyx and the first
of the kind ever discovered on the con
tinent. A number of well-known-mineralogists
and government experts
have visited the district, and a'l give it
as their opinion that the entire count. y
for some distance around is underlaid
with the onyx. The mineral was formed
by a deposit in old lake bot.oms during
one period of the earth's formation, and
is therefore found in horizontal layers.
In the present instance the material is
found in detached masses, of all colors
and sizes, along the foot of a steep hill.
Tnese pieces have been found scattered
along for a distance of a mille, but thus
far no distinct ledge has been discovered.
The onyx admits of a very high polish
and is valued according to its color and
markings. It is very hard and brittle,
and must be cut and polished with
diamond dust, and by an experienced
hand. A very peculiar method must be
employed in mining the onyx. The size
of the piece wanted is first marked out;
then little holes are bored all around the
edges with a diamond pointed drill. In
these holes are driven little pieces .of
wood, over which water is poured;: The
expansion of the wood ciacks the stone
and then it is easily detached. The
chunks are afterwards sawed into slabs
by means of copper saws, tempered with
a paste made of diamond dust. Some
of the pieces are very finely marked, and
if properlycut and polished would make
beautiful settings for rings and breast
pins. The Pomeroy Opal-Onyx com
pany, have received a requisition from
George P. Merrill, curator of geology in
the national museum of the Smith
sonian Institution, for specimens of
onyx. The company also filled an order
from the Un'on Pacific lailroad company
at Omaha for 1C0 pounds of onyx.. It
will be another great laurel added to the
already extensive list of valuable stores
deposited in the Inland Empire, when
we shall ship American opal-onyx to
order.
Plebiter's ''Progression.'
Walla Walla statesman. The "politi
cal progress" of P. B. Johnson may be
likened to the old rustier who started
out in search of a stock ranee with two
steers hitched to his wagon, a pewter
eyed cay use and a yellow dog. After
traveling three months he bad two men
hired, 17 head of American horses and 75
head of cattle. And he called it the
natural 'nc.euse.
KucklraM Arnica Salve.
The best salve in the world for cats,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum,' fever
sores, tetter, chapped bands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi
tively cures , piles, or no pay required.
It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac
tion, or money reinndea. frice zocents
per box. For sale hv Snipes & Kin-
orsly.. ' ' '
Oregon's Senators.
Tacoma Ledger. While John B.Allen
is ot Olympia trying to compel his re
election to the senate, where, he has so
far rendered the ' staie no appreciable
service, the Oregon senators are at the:r
posts securing everything their state
wants. Saturday they secured an ap
propriation of $250,000 for a overnment
building at Portland and an enlargement
of the limit of cost to $1,000,000. This is
more than Allen and Squire have se
cured for Washington for all purposes
since thev have-been in the senate.
Callioinla Earthquake.
Winters, Cal., Jan. 25.- There was
an earthquake shock here last night at
9:30 o'clock, and another about 1 this
morning. Both were light.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
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SENATORIAL POOLS.
John ' Martin, Democrat, Elected if
. Kansas Populists.
REPUBLICANS WERE RULED OUT-
'I a Times of Peace Prepare for War,"
Exemplified Emphatically.
HO SIGN OK LIFE ON UOAKD."
Wrecked on a Reef Hotel Iturned
An Opium Smuggling Pullman
Car Porter.
Port, and, Jan. 26. Special. Kan
sas has elected a democrat to the United
States senate John Mar'in, who re
ceived the entire vote of the populist
members of the assembly. Not a repub
lican was allowed to, vote, and only
ninety-two votes were recorded, of which:
Mai tin ie--eived eigh'y-six.Coburn four,
Hanna and Snyder one each. The pres
ident ruled that the vote having been
announced no further vote could be re-"'
ceived.
Nebraska had not yet elected at noon.
However indications are that Paddock -will
make his big spurt and uncover all
the strength he has today. The inde
pendents still stick to Powers.
In the matter of elections in Montana,
Noith Dakota and 'Wisconsin, there are
no changes from yesterday.
No choice in Olympia. Ballots un
changed. Warlike Preparations
Washington, Jan. 25. In the senate,
the committee on naval aflairs reported
an amendment to the naval appropria
tion bill authorizing a contract for the
construction of one battle-ship of 900
tons, two armored coast-defense vessels,
ten gunboats of 800 to 1,000 tons, and
eight first-class torpedo-'boats. The re
port was referred to the committee on
appropriations. It fixe3 no limit of cost,
but appropriates $7,000,000 toward the
construction of vessels. .
Opium Smuggll-ag Porter.
Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 25. Last night
officers of the government arrested I. J.
Henry and C. J. Bend, co'ored porter
and conductor of the ..sleeping car Sal-,
mon River, for opiura-cmuggling. Forty
packages of opium were found under
one of the eeala in the car on its arrival.
The car is a Toronto-New York sleeper.
Passed Through a Hurricane.
New York, Jan. 25. The captain of
the steamer Alsatia reports that he
passed the Norwegian bark Star of India,
which was dismantled, with no signs of
life on board. Evidently she had passed
through a buiricane, and from' all ap
pearances must have been wrecked early
in December. She had a crew of 37
men, all of wjiom were supposed to be
lost. . . '
Wrecked on The Reef.
Tampico, Mexico, Jan. 25. The ctew
and passengers of the steamer Paris," of .
the French commercial line, which has
just arrived here, reports that a vessel
was wrecked on the reefs of Banquillo
Island, 60 miles south of here, and un
less aid can be promptly sent the vessel -
and her valuable cargo will be a total
loss. The vesssel is of about 2,000 tons-
register. ' "
The steamship Michigan ran ashore
on a reef of rocks, on Vancouver island,
in a dense fog, last Saturday,. and is a.,
total wreck. All of her crew escaped in.
the ship's boats The vessel was under,
charter to the George ; Dei trick steam
ship company' of. Sa,n . FranciEco, and
was put on the San Francisco, Puget
sound and British Columbia route. . .
Messrs. A. Ulrich & Son, of The Datlea'-
cigar factory, have moved theiribuiVesa '
to more convenient and ,commqdious
quarters on the opposite, side of, . -Main, ,
street, next door to, the; Baldwin res-,
taurant. ".:'., .- .
Court Streets.
be in imminent peril.