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VOL. VII
THE DALLES, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1894.
NO. 223
SCHOONER CUT IN TWO
Eun Down by an Ocean
Steamer.
FOUR OF THE CREW DROWNED
One Miner Taken Ont Dead and Bereral
Injured--Another Fight Orer the -'
Breckinridge Campaign.
Niw Yobk, Sept. 11. The steamer
Portia, from Halifax, reports that in a
dense fog yesterday she ran into and
sank the three-masled schooner Dora M.
Fanch, foor miles fromCuddyhunk light.
Four of the schooners crew of five were
drowned. The steamer was running at
full speed, blowing a whistle. She
struck the sailing veBsel just forward of
the foremast and cut her in two. A
boat was quickly lowered by the steamer
and Jeremiah Murphy, of New York,
mate of the loBt vessel, was picked up.
By a strange fatality Dr. Cooke and
seven members of the ill-starred Arctic
expedition were ou board of the Portia.
This is the third serious marine disaster
in which they have had a part within
two months. The Portia was a sister
ship to the lost Miranda, on which the
Cooke party sailed for the Northern
seas, and which was sunk in the ice.
An Electric Lineman's Perils.
Djstboit, Mich., Sept. 11. On Wood
ward avenue right in front of the cily
hall, just before noon yesterday, away
up 150 feet in the air at the top of an
electric tower, lay a man rigid and help
less, his feet tangled in the meshes of
wire, his head hanging downward. He
was ft trimmer and had gone up there to
fix the lamps, when he graBped a live
wire and became unconscious. A crowd
of 5000 persons saw him and expected
every miuute that, his feet would slip
and that he would fall. His name was
5f rjderick French, and there in the air he
hung until, his partner, George Wide
man, joined the crowd and saw him.
TJp the slim eupports of the tower went
Wideman, hand over hand, to the pros
trate man, whom he grabbed and tried
to lay on the tower. But French was
like a madman.' He was frothing at the
mouth and the two men away up in the
air began a struggle which looked as if it
might end by one or both of them com
ing to the ground. French endeavored
to bite Wideman and once nearly threw
him over, but Wideman finally got a
piece of rope over French's neck and
choked him into insensibility. Then he
put him in a basket by which French
made the ascent, and lowered him to
within a few feet of the ground, where
others helped him, and French was
taken to the hospital. He was crazy
from the shock. The doctors say he will
recover.
The Island of Lombok War.
San Francisco, Sept. 11. D. T. Ti
mons, a graduate of Cambridge, Eng
land, who has been traveling for the
past eight months, arrived here from
Batavia, Java, yeeterday, in company
with several friends. He says there is
a violent insurrection of natives on the
island Lombok against the Dutch rulers
The native island king has joined forces
with the natives and unitedly they are
doing all they can to throw off the Dutch
yoke. War is in actual progress. How
many have been killed on each Bide is
not known, but in the last engagement
the Dutch forces were repelled. In Ba
tavia there was great excitement,
"Everybody expected," said Timons,
"that the revolution would spread, and
it was thought the war might be long
and bloody. A month ago when I was
there communication waB almost en
irely cut off. The reason for this was
that the Dutch government had seized
all the steamers and sailing vessels and
pressed them into service. ' There was a
ingle ' French - steamer running, and on
this I managed to get away. The Dutch
were then collecting all their forces and
forwarding them to the island as fast as
possible. Up to the time I left Batavia
they had sent 6.000- from that ' tvnrt
T4e island is large and contains rich tin
mines. It also produces a very large
amount of coffee, sugar, indigo, fruits
and other crops. It is very thickly pop
ulated.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
-1 isa
The Wooten Case A grain.
Fbesno, Sept. 11. A beginning has
been made in the search for Wooten's
body. Detective A. B. Lawson, who
conducted the search last spring, is here
again from Los Angeles. , He will work
in conjunction with Sheriff Scott.' It is
said that they have clews which may
lead to the discovery of the body, but
they are keeping their plana secret for
the present. The water is now out of
nearly all the canals, and the deep ponds
which afforded such . obstacles to the
search early in the season are now nearly
dry. Wooten's neighbors wili soon be
gin searching them for the body, which
they believe is buried in the mud some
place between Reedley and the foothills.
War Mews Hard to Get. -
Yokohama, Sept. 11. The mika lo
and several of his ministers will go
Thursday night to Hireachima, the em
barking place of the Japanese troops
sent to Cores. The headquarters of the
mikado will be transferred .to Hiros
chima after that date. Authentic news
of the war cannot be obtained. The
native press is subject to censorship and
reporters of foreign papers are not al
lowed to approach the seat of war. It
is also impossible to transmit private
advices in regard to the warlike opera
tions, as the telegraph . lines and mail
routes are controlled by the government.
Attacks of Natives Repulsed.
Zanzibar, Sept. 11. Mr. Beasley and
Rev. Mr. Firminger, whoy reached
Darnes, Salaam,- German, East Africa,
in a dhow from Kilwasland, off that
coast, September 9th, have arrived here
and report that the governor's house at
Kilwa was attacked by 2,000 natives
armed with flintlock rifles, on Septem
ber 7th. The fight lasted two hours.
One Soudanese soldier was killed, and
one German wounded. When Messrs.
Beasley and Firminger left the island, a
renewal of the attack was expected.
A Decision by Cacllsle.
Washington, Sept. 11. Secretary
Carlisle in a letter addressed to Senator
Caffery of Louisiana, officially decided
that under the new tariff law it will be
unlawful to appoint inspectors, weigh
ers and testers of bounty sugars under
the McKinley act, and farther, that
congress having made no appropriation
for the employment of such officials, the
laws of the United States prohibit the
employment of such persons to serve
without pay.
General Booth Coming to America.
London, Sept. 11. Detachments of
the Salvation Army from all parts of
London assembled at Euston railroad
station today to bid farewell to General
Booth, who started for America. The
general will reach New York about Octo
ber 20, and proceed to the principal
Northern and Western cities of the
United States until reaching San Fran
cisco and finishing his tour at Seattle,
Wash., December 28.
A Protest to Nicaragua.
Colon, Sept. 11. The republic of Co
lombia has presented Nicaragua with a
second protest, claiming sovereignty over
the Mosquito reservation under old
Spanish titles. It is reported President
Nunez will go to Bogota to calm the ris
ing troubles there.
Oannt of Paris' Funeral.
London, Sept. 11. The remains of the
Count of Paris will be taken to Wey
bridge tomorrow. Cardinal Vaughan
will conduct the funeral services. . The
Duke of York and Duke of Oporto will
be present at the funeral.
The only way to cure fever and ague
is either to neutralize the poisons which
cause the disease or expel them irom the
system. Ayer's Ague Cure operates in
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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'
nrdays, aB all property must be assessed
' ' : " -JOKL OONTZ, -
, County Assessor.
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What is It?
A substitute for lard?
Upsetting the customs, hab
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Christine Terhuna Harriett,
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Mrs. S. T. Rorer, -.
Mrs.. F. A. Benson,
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A GREAT JUMPER.
George Washington Would Be a Cbem-
. plon Nowadays.
There is an athletic record which,
though it will not be found in any of
the sporting gmides or almanacs of to
day, is one of which every American
ought to be proud. It was made by
George Washington, the father of his
country, in the running broad jump.
The distance cleared was twenty-two
feet three inches, says the Boston Her
ald. Exactly when, and where, and
under what conditions Washington did
this performance I do not know.
Thackeray refers to it in ."The Vir
ginians," where he tells of the jump
ing match between Harry Warring-ton
and Lord March and Ruglen. Harry
wins with a ' jump of twentyrone feet
three inches .against his lordship's
eighteen feet six inches. In his letter
to Virginia Harry says he knew there
was another in Virginia, Col. Q. Wash
ington, who could clear a foot more. .
If Thackeray's figures are correct
Washington must have been a wonder
ful athlete. He could easily have won
any intercollegiate championship com
petition up to 1889 and most of the na
tional championships. Then, too, it
must be remembered that .the future
father of his country did not wear
spiked shoes like the athletes of - to
day, nor did he liave a cinder path ior
his "run," nor a five-inch plank for his
4 take-off, those improvements not
having come into general use as early
as the middle of the eighteenth cen
tury. Washington to-day would be a
record breaker.
TURKEY'S MUSCULAR RULER.
Abdul Htmld Firmly Convinced That He Is
. . Destined to Kelgn Forty Tears.
The seventeenth anniversary of the
accession of the sultan of Turkey to
the throne has recently been celebrated
in Constantinople. Abdul Hamid is said
to be a man of great muscular strength,
and it is asserted by the New York
Tribune that, although small and slight
of . build, be is powerful enough to over
come the strongest of his janissaries in
a trial of personal strength. He owes
this to his regularity of life, the ob
servance of the laws of health and his
passion for gymnastics. He is devoted
to carpentry, and his palace is furnished
with a workshop in which there are
many artisans, whose work is directed
by the sultan himself. , A considerable
proportion of the furniture of the royal
residence has been made from his de
signs, and in many cases executed by
himself. Abdul Hamid has a firm con
viction that he will reign for forty
years, and this belief has banished all
fear of disease and danger from his
mind. He, however, dreads the
cholera, because a dervish, once proph
esied that he would die of cholera
morbus. This has been a source of
great benefit to his subjects, as every
effort is made to prevent the spread of
cholera, owing to the sultan's desire to
escape being attacked by it.
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