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VOL, VII
THE DALLES, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1894.
NO. 220
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HE DIED INSTANTLY
The Sensational Snicide of a
Physician.
KILLED HIMSELF IN THE-STREET
Four Sailors Killed by a Steamer's
Boiler BurstingSteamer Sup
posed to Be liost.
New Yobk. Sent. 7. A well-dressed
man who, from papers found in his
pocket, is believed to be Dr.'Jl. J..
Cresaon, of No. 1344, Sooth Seventeenth
street, Philadelphia, committed snicide
in Fortieth street, near Bryant Park
railing, last night. It is supposed that
he had just reached the city from Bel
mar, N. J. Fragmentary letters found
upon his person tell incoherently of
some crime of which he has been ac
cused, and of which he declared he was
innocent. The man halted near the
railing, dropped a small valise he car
ried and shot himself in the mouth with
a 44-caliber revolver. He placed the
muzzle in his mouth, and the bullet
. passed out at the back of bis bead, kill
ing him instantly.
Many Japanese Wounded.
London, Sept. 7. The Shanghai cor
respondent of the Central news says that
Otori, the Japanese minister to Corea,
has taken extreme measures to move the
king of Corea to grant a comprehensive
railway concession in favor of Japanese
contractors. He is trying also to obtain
exclusive mining rights for the Japanese.
Despite Japanese denials that there has
been a general engagement, many
wounded are arriving at Seoul. It is
impossible to learn from the Japanese
onnripg whpt.Viai t.hpv wprA ininrfid in
y -
skirmishes or in a pitched battle. The
Coreans attacked 50 Japanese foragers
recently ana captured 30, handing them
fWr to the Chinese. The troops now
coming from Japan are landed at Che
mulpo. Twelve mountain guns and 12
mortars have been taken ashore at that
port. The Chinese fleet was at Wei-Hai-Wei
September 4th, and the Japan
ese was off the southern coast of Corea.
Captain von Henneken has been ap
" pointed to inspect the Chinese coast
defenses. -
Southern Faclflc Tralnwreck.
Tehachahi, Cal., Sept. 7. A collision
took place on the Southern Pacific rail
road about fifteen miles north of this
' place this morning between north-bound
passenger train No. 20 and south-bound
freight No. 23. Particulars cannot be
obtained further than that fifteen cars
were badly smashed up. No passengers
were injured beyond a shaking up.
fireman isen, or tne ireignt train, was
hurt slightly. The accident is said to
have been due to the failure of the pas
senger train to wait for No. 23 as or
dered. '
Bblpments of Flour to China.
San Fbancisco, Sept. 7. There is a
great rush of work at the Pacific Mail
dock at present, principally due to large
shipments of flour to China. The river
steamers Mary Garrett and T. C. Walker
were at the dock yesterday unloading
large cargoes of flour. The Belgic will
take out a very heavy cargo. Stevedores
will work day and night unloading and
loading the Belgic, which will sail Satur
day. Accidents In a For.
Nw York, Sept. 7. A dense fog this
morning caused numerous accidents in
this vicinity. An engine at the Jersey
Central dashed into a disabled passen
ger train, and the passengers were
shaken up. The baggage master was
seriously injured. A schooner crashed
Hnto the Staten island ferry-boat in the
bay, but was " only slightly damaged.
The Brooklyn ferry-boats Pierpont and
Whitehall collided at the pier.
Chinese Taken By Surprise.
London, Sept. 7. A Shanghai dispatch
Bays it is stated a strong force of Japan
ese troops have occupied an island in
Society bay. The Chinese were taken
completely by surprise and offered no
opposition. It is believed the intention
of the Japanese is to hold it for. the
basis of operations for an attack upon
Port Arthui and other Chinese ports-
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
Party of Indians Burned.'
Pokkqama, Minn., Sept. 7. The
bodies of twenty-three Chippewa Indi
ans lie upon the baked sands between
here and Opstead, a small settlement on
the eastern shore of Mille Lacs. Tne
news was brought by courier. The In
dians left the reservation two months
ago, and built a hunting lodge on the
fork of Shadridge creek, Cheif Wan-
cota, "big chief" of the party, perished
with his followers.
I.a Grippe.
During the prevalence of the grippe
the past seasons it was a noticeable, fact
that those who depended upon Dr
King's New Discovery, not only had a
speedy recovery, but escaped ail of the
troublesome after effects of the malady,
This remedy seems to have a peculiar
power in effecting rapid cures not only
in cases of la grippe, but in all diseases
of throat, chest and lungs, and has cured
cases of asthma and hay fever of long
standing. Try it and be convinced. It
won't disappoint. Free trial bottles at
Snipes & Kinersly's drug store.
.Ammunition Shipped.
New Haven, Sept. 7. The Winchester
Repeating Arms Comnanv of this citv
has just completed and shipped to the
Chinese government 1,000.000 rounds of
ammunition. It was sent by rail to the
Pacific coast.
Irving W. Laimore, physical director
of Y. M. C. A., Des Moines, Iowa, says
he can conscientiously recommend
Chamberlain's Pain Balms to athletes,
gymnasts, bicyclists, foot ball players
and the profession injgeneral for bruises,
sprains and dislocations ; also for sore
ness and stiffness of the muscles. When
applied before the parts become swollen
it will effect a care in one half the time
usually required. For sale by Blakeley &
nougnton uruggists. .
Four of the Crew Killed.
. Post Louise, Mauritius, Sept. 7 The
British steamer Tannandic, trading b&
tween Mauritus and Bombay, has put
back here with her boiler burst. Four
of the crew were killed.
A. M. Bailey, a' well-known citizen of
Eugene, Or., says his wife has for years
been troubled with chronic diarrhoea
and used many remedies with little relief
until she tried Chamberlain's Colic,
Choleraand diarrhoea Remedy, which
has cured her sound and well. Give it
a trial and you will be surprised at the
prompt relief it affords. 25 and 50 cent
bottles for sale by Blakeley & Houghton
Druggists.
I-out! Five Dollars Reward.
Strayed from my west pasture, one
iron-grey horse, branded (half circle)
on left shoulder and two S's crossed on
right shoulder; rather thin cinch sore
on left ribs ; foretop roached back to the
place for halter. Probably went tow
ards Tygh Ridge. Will give f 5 reward
for his return to me at my ranch, or a
liberal reward for any information lead
ing to his recovery.
A. S. Roberts,
lm Prospect Ranch.
Notice to Taxpayers.
The county board of equalization will
meet in the assessor's office on Monday,
Sept. 24th, and continue in session one
week, for the purpose of equalizing the
assessment of Wasco connty for 1894.
All tax payers who have not been inter
viewed by the assessor will please call at
the office on Thursdays, Fridays or Sat
urdays, as all property must be assessed.
Joel Koontz,
- County Assessor.
for Trout Lake.
The great fishing resort of the North
west. Parties can procure teams or con
veyance the round trip by writing and
stating time they wish to start, number
of the party, amount of baggage, etc.
Address A. 11. Jewktt,
lm White Salmon, Wash.
Notice.
All city warrants registered prior to
January 2, 1892, are now due and pay
able at my office. Interest ceases after
this date. . 1. 1. Bdrget, City Treaa.
Dated Dalles City, Aug. 1, 1894. -For
Bent.
The Union street lodging house. For
terms apply to Geo. Williams, admin
istrator of the estate of John Michel
bach. - lm.
Wanted.
Place in small family to do housework.
Apply at Herrin's gallery.
Latest U. S. Gov't Report
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STORY OHHt INDIAN MUTINY.
An English oldl?r Who "Waded in Gun
powder with a Naked X.lght.
Mr. Forbes-Mitchell, author of "Rem
iniscences of the Great Mutiny," found
himself, says Youth's Companion,
without an overcoat . after one of the
battles at Lucknow, and, being nnable
to sleep for the cold, got up in the
night, went into a room of the Shah
Nujeef where his regiment was en
camped took- a lighted lamp from its
shelf and, shading- it with his hand,
walked to the door of the great domed
tomb, or mosque, hoping to find a coat
which some Sepoy in his hurried de
parture had left behind him. He
peered inside, and then, holding the
lamp high over his head, walked in till
he was near the center of the vault.
Here he felt his progress obstructed by
a black heap four or five feet high,
which felt to his feet as if he were
walking- in loose sand. He lowered
the lamp and saw instantly that he
was np to his ankles in loose gun
powder! About forty hundredweight
of -it lay in a heap before his nose,
while a glance to the left revealed
more than a hundred eight-inch shells,
all loaded with 'the fuses fixed, and
spare fuses, slow matches and port
fires lying in profusion beside the
shells.
"I took in the danger at a glance,"
he writes. "Here I was up to my knees
in powder, in the very bowels of a
magazine, with a naked light! My
hair literally stood on end. I felt the
skin on my head lifting my bonnet off
my scalp. My knees knocked together,
and, , despite the chilly night air, a
cold perspiration burst out all over me
and ran down my face and legs. I had
neither cloth nor handkerchief in my
pocket, and there was not a moment to
be lost. Already the overhanging
wick of the Indian lamp was threaten
ing to shed its smouldering red tip to the
magazine at my feet. Quick as thought
I put my left hand under the down
dropping flame and clasped it with a
grasp of determination. Holding it
firmly, I turned slowly to the door and
walked out, with my knees knocking
one against the other. - I felt not the
slightest pain from grasping the burn
ing wick, until I was in the open air.
but when I opened my hand I felt the
smart acutely enough. I poured the
oil out of the lamp into the burned
hand, and, kneeling down, thanked
God for having saved myself -and all
the men lying around me from destruc
tion. Then I got up, and, staggering
rather than walking to the place
where Capt. Dawson was sleeping,
and, shaking him awake, told him
of my discovery and the fright I had
got.
" 4Bah, Corporal Mitchell!' was his
answer. 'You have woke up out of
your sleep and have got frightened at
a shadow,' for -my heart was still
thumping against my ribs and my voice
was trembling."
The upshot of the . matter was that
on seeing the corporal's, burnt hand
and the powder nearly , half an inch
thick sticking to his, feet, and damp
gaiters, the eaptain was almost as
badly scared as Mitchell himself. The
sleeping men were aroused, the fire
was put out as expeditiously as pos
sible, and a sentry was posted at the
door of the mosque to prevent anyone
from entering.
AUSTRALIA'S CLIMATES.
It Baa a More Varied Assortment Than
Almost Any Other Land.
What is our idea of the Australian
climate? It is most probably news to
us to be told perhaps we have never
even thought of it that in one colony
of . New South Wales, in parts, the in
habitants experience a winter like Can
ada and a summer like Jamaica. In
Kiandra, says All the Year Round, a
mining town on the borderland be
tween New South Wales and Victoria,
there is no communication with the
outside world- for four months in the
year except by . the -use of snowshoes.
Snowshoe races are organized, and the
mail man has to use these means of lo
comotion. ": '
At the same' time in Queensland the
sun will be pouring down in over
powering strength, drying all before
him and making water dearer than
wine. To continue the tale of this di
versity of climate, in part of northern
Queensland the rainfall and vegetation
are not unlike those of Ceylon; in the
northern rivers of New South Wales
canebrakes flourish as moist and lux
uriant as in Jamaica; in the west of
the same colony a long file of camels
laden with merchandise has become a
common object. And in Tasmania
Assam hybrid tea plants grow side by
side with barley, maise and potatoes.
Surplus of Lawyers.
In 1850 the proportion of lawyers to
the .male population in this country
was one in 494 and in 1880 it was one in
398. - The number of lawyers in legis
latures has always been greater than
their proportion of the population
would warrant. In Maine there has
been on the average ' one : lawyer for
each ten members; in Vermont and
Rhode Island, one for each twelve; in
Connecticut and in New Hampshire,
one in sixteen, and in Massachusetts,
one in nine. Of the entire number of
United States . senators . since 1787,
2,068 out of 3,122 have been lawyers.
Of the twenty-four presidents of the
United States nineteen have been law
yers. Seventeen of the twenty-three
ice presidents and 318 of the 232 cab
inet officers have been members of the
bar. . '
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