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U) (1 Sr-rri fi fl --i3-rf?s-. 'ftp' fl - fl VOL. VII. THE DALLES, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1894- NO. 206 THE POOR OF PULLMAN Many Families on the Verge of Starvation. GOVERNOR ALTGELD ON THE SCENE He Says the Pullman System or Bentins; Knconrages Immoralitythe New Bedford Strike Is Growing;. Chicago, Aug. 21. Governor Altgeld epant several hourB today with the citi zens of Pullman. He was told 2436 fam ilies hail been helped. "I do not know just what method I shall take to aid these men," said. the governor, "bnt someth ing must be done. I have written George M. Pullman." It ia probable the governor will issue a proclamation setting forth the pitiable condition of the strikers and calling for aid. The Strike Investigation. Chicago, Aug. 21. A. J. Carroll, ed itor of the Eight Hour Herald, was the first witness before the strike commis sion today. He told of the effort of the civic federation to settle the Pullman strike. He was informed by the Pull man officials they had nothing to arbi trate. He believed compulsory arbitra tion applied to tuasi public industries would be beneficial, and read a letter from a friend in New Zealand showing the beneficial results of the government ownership of railroads and telegraphs. Malcolm McDowell, a newspaper re porter, told of the overturning of the cars at Pullman. He said there were no railroad strikers in the mob. Rev. L. M. Wickham, pastor of the Swedish Methodist church at Pullman, was emphatic La his denunciation of the methods of the Pullman company. "When business gets slack," he said, "the company's employes living outside of Pullman are ordered to move into the company's houses on the peril of losing their positions. Men who have .at tempted to buy homes on the install ment plan are the first laid off when the force is reduced. One man injured in the shops was taken to the hospital. Later I saw a sworn statement purport ing to be signed by him in which he said the accident was entirely unavoida ble. I know the paper was a forgery, for at the date on which it was made the man was unable to write his name. One of the worst features of the Pullman system of house renting is the immoral ity it encourages. Many workmen are compelled to rent rooms. The houses are so arranged that the roomers must pass through the family sleeping apart ments, and as a result the morality of Pullman is much below that of the snr--rounding towns. '.-' The Popgun Tariff Bills. Washington, Aug.21. Senator White, now a member of the finance commit tee, is not in favor of free silver-lead ore, and as all the repuplicans hold the same opinion it has been decided the senate need not take into consideration the house free lead bill. .The sugar men have taken a great deal of comfort over the vote recently had on the motion of Senator Manderson to instruct the sen ate finance committee to report an amendment to the free-sugar bill re-establishing the McKinley sugar bounty. It was shown the majority of the senate was for the bounty. When the senate meets in December, Stewart may not vote, which would leave the vice-president to decide against the bounty' on a tie. But it is thought by some who ad ivocate the bonnty that before a vote on the free-sugar bill or the amended bill can be had there will be three more re publican votes in the senate. Theve are vacancies from Montana, Washing ton and Wyoming, and it is claimed by the republicans the legislature elected this fall will be all republican. In the Haiie. Washington, Aug. 21. There was not a quorum present when the house began its session today, but the mem bers sought to take up several measures by unanimous consent. The senate bill for the exclusion and deportation of alien anarchist was called up. Warnerof New York objected to consideration of the bill. "I regret," said be, "that I must always stand here and protest against Highest of all in Leavening Power. putting in the hands of the administra tive officers the enormous power con ferred this bill." ' "Does not the gentleman know" inter posed McMillin,'"that 500 anarchists are already in the hands of the police, and are on their way to these shores?" "I cannot be panic-stricken," replied Warner emphatically, "and I object to giving officers the' power to deport such persons as they deem offenders." '" , Wherever the word is used in the statue," suggested Oates, "it is given the common interpretation." "There is no definition of anarchy in the common law," replied Warner, "and I object to the consideration of the bill." A resolution to; print 20,000 copies of the tariff bill was passed, also the bill to grant the Duluth & Winnipeg railway the right of way through the Chippewa and White Earth Indian reservations. At 10:45 the house adjourned until 12 o'clock Thursday. The Kew Bedford Strike. New Bedford, Mass., Aug. 21. Ev erything is quiet at the mills today. Work is entirely suspended. The Howland corporations will resume within a few days, as an agreement has been reached. The spinners' executive committee are devoting efforts to getting the Bennett and Columbian mills, which make the same line of goods as the How land, into line.. The outcome of. the strike now depends upon the cloth mills. Some treasurers assert the mills are in definitely locked up,- but others are quoted as saying they look for a way out of the trouble quickly. The Bristol mill, prosecuted recently for running Saturday afternoons, is loaded with orders. The operatives at a mass meet ing today voted not to return to work nn til the law is complied with. The Woodland Wreckers. Woodland, Cal., Aug. 21. Knox, Com p ton, Mullin and Hatch, members of the American Railway Union media tion committee, accused of .train wreck ing, were held to answer on a charge of murder before the superior court by Justice Fisher this afternoqn. The same bondsmen as heretofore were accepted for Knox, Compton and Mullin. The bonds are $10,000 each. Defendant Worden made his usual ecene in court and insisted that his attorneys go on with his defense. An order was there fore made that his defense will begin Thursday next. The cases of Appleman, alias Texas, and Samuel Arthen Killian, a brakeman, also supposed to be of the gang who wrecked the train bearing the soldiers, are set for the same day. A Dearth" of War News. Shanghai, Aug. 21. No war news has reached Shanghai Augnet 12.. Two Japanese spies, arrested in the French settlement at Shanghai, will remain un der the protection of the United States consul until a charge is clearly formu lated against them. Not Friendly to Americans. London, Aug. 21. The Pall Mall Ga zette this afternoon says : "The excite ment and mystery in yachting circles is simmering down to a general . feeling which can hardly be pronounced friendly to the American visitors." The Britannia Wins Portsmouth, Aug. 21. In the 50-mile race today, under the auspices of the Royal Albert Yacht Club, the Santanita and Britannia competed. The former crossed the finish line first, but the latter won on the time allowance. Free Coinage Resolutions. Washington, Aug. 21. Representa tive Hartman of Montana presented in the' house today strong resolutions in favor of the free coinage of silver adopt ed by powerful labor organizations of the country. " r-. : I Illness of the Pope. London, Aug. 21. A special dispatch from Rome says the pope had an attack of syncope Sunday,; and for some min utes his condition caused much alarm1 At Pall Blver. Fall Rivee, Aug. 21. Five more mills shut down today on account of the strike, and theri is a decrease of fully 1500 looms in the mills still running. Wilson Going Europe. Washington, Aug. 21. Chairman Wilson will probably go to. Europe soon after congress adjourns.' - Feed wheat for sale cheap at Wasco Warehouse. . tf. Latest U. S. Gov't Report u. California Fruit Shipment. . New York, Aug. 21--The second train load of California fruit shipped from Sac ramento direct for London by way of the American Steamship line arrived in this city early this morning and by 3 :30 p. m. had been stowed away in the re frigerator compartments of the steam ship Berlin, which sails tomorrow. This train, which like its predecessor, waB run on schedule time the entire distance from Sacramento, consisted of 10 car loads, but as the steamship has - room for only eight, the remaining two car loads will be sold by public auction. The fruit consists of Bartlett pears, peaches, plums, apricots, grapes, etc., the pears predominating in quantity. It was received in excellent condition. A Husband's llscovery Pittsbukg, Aug. 21. Thomas Har per, of Esplen borough, returned " today from ' Mount Clemens. He. found his wife dead in bed, and by her side their two children, aged 2 and 4 years, lay unconscious. The woman died from a hemorrage, and the bed. was saturated with blood. The children are in a pre carious condition fram lack of food and breathing the contaminated atmos phere. STANDARD AND LOCAL TIME. Geographical Location- of the Five OLongi tndlnal Belts in This Country. With the enormous Increase of rail way traveling the necessity arose for Inventing some method of counting time which should avoid the complica tions arising from the use of local mean time, which varies with every mile of east or west travel. What is known as the "new standard time" was adopted by agreement by all the principal rail roads of the United States at twelve o'clock, noon, on November 18, 1883. The system, -says the Detroit Free Press, divides the continent into five longitudinal belts and fixes a meridian of time for each belt. - These meridians are fifteen degrees of longitude, corre sponding to one hour of time, apart. Eastern Maine, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia use the sixtieth meridian; the Canadas, New England, the mid-, die states, Virginia and the Carolina s use the seventy-fifth meridian,, which is that of Philadelphia; the states of the Mississippi valley, Alabama, Georgia and Florida, and westward, in cluding Texas, Kansas and the larger part, of Nebraska and Dakota, use the ninetieth meridian, which is that of New Orleans. The territories to the western border of Arizona and Mon tana go by the time of the one hun dred and fifth meridian, which is that of Denver, and the Pacific states em ploy the ene hundred and twentieth meridian. The time divisions are known as intercolonial time, ' eastern time, central time, mountain time and Pacific time. 'A traveler passing from one time belt to another will find his watch an hour fast or too slow, accord ing to the direction in which he is go ing. All points in any time division using the time of the meridian must set their timepieces faster or slower than the time indicated by the sun, ac cording as their position is east or west of the line. This change of system re duced the time standards used by the railroads from fifty-three to five, a great convenience to the railroads and the traveling public . GREAT PRESENCE OF MIND. Bow a Clever Yankee Fooled 'a Brace of , Britishers. - The residents of State n Island," dur ing its occupancy by the British in rev olutionary times, were prohibited from keeping firearms of any description in their houses. A few of them, never theless, succeeded in concealing guns, and among these was a young man named Houseman. One morning, after the fall of a light snow, says the Argo naut, the young man was out with his' gun in quest of rabbits, when a Sudden turn in the path brought him in sight of two soldiers. The two parties saw each other simultaneously, and each stopped. Houseman thought "of the loss of his gun, and possibly of his life; but the sense of danger was but a stim ulus to his coolness and daring. ' He suddenly turned his back on the sol diers, and, stepping around the turn, waved his hand, as if beckoning to some one. "Hurry up!" he shouted; "here are two Britishers. . Three of vou go round to the right, three to the left, and the rest follow me. . Hurry up, be fore they run away!" ' The Britishers, hearing these words and fearing there might be a small army about to sur round them, turned and fled.' They even threw down their arms to facili tate . their flight. What report they made when they reached their quarters is not known, but a detachment was at once sent out to capture the young man and his army. Their surprise and mor tification may' be imagined when, at the turn in the path, they could find but the tracks of a single individual. The fixed stars are suns and each may have its own planetary system. 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