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VOL. VII
THE DALLES, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1894.
NO. 224
A GREAT SWINDLER
A Real Estate Shark Who
Has Sobbed Thousands.
MEMPHIS HAS A BAD CYCLONE
Tba Last Appeal in tba Blythe Case
Now Kef ore the Supreme Court
of California.
Too Many Seals Killed.
San Fkaxcisco, Sept. 12. J. Stanley
Brown, special United States treasury
agent for the seal islands, has arrived
from Pribyloff islands after an absence
of several months. He was accompanied
by several other agents. He says the
seals were in good condition this year,
and the weather was not unusually un
pleasant. The continued taking of seals
in the open sea is tending steadily to re
duce the seals. Unless a stop is put to
this seal-killing at sea, the number of
seals that annually visit the islands will
be greatly reduced. "The contractors
killed this year," said Brown, "about
16,000 of the 20,000 that the government
permits to be taken from the rookeries;
Besides these, sealers who were taking
seals in the open sea killed 30,000.
These are far too many. At this rate
seals will be exterminated. It should
be remembered that, while the govern
ment does permit the taking of any but
immature males from the rookeries, the
mariners who go after seals in the open
ea kill males and females indiscrimin
ately. At present the killing of the seals
in the open sea cannot be under the laws
entirely prohibited. It is not poaching,
for hunters do not come upon the islands
or within a marine league of them. At
least, this is not the rule. It is very
fortunate that Assistant Secretary Ham
lin visited the sealing grounds this year.
He worked very hard to gain an exact
knowledge of the conditions. This was
just what we, who have been visiting
the islands for years, desired. One
might write and speak incessantly, but
he could not depict all the facts as they
exist. Mr. Hamlin is a high official,
and now he thoroughly understands the
situation. His report is certain to be a
very important and interesting docu
ment." Real Estate Swindler Caught.
New Yokk, Sept. 12. A man was ar
rested in this city yesterday who, it is
asserted, has made in the neighborhood
of $1,400,000 by getting men to invest in
remarkable land schemes. His victims
are scattered all over the country. One
was the Rev. George Stanberry, an
Episcopalian clergyman, formerly of
Lexington, Ky., from whom he secured
about $30,000. The administrators of
the clergyman's estate caused the arrest.
Algernon H. Wilson is the name of this
promoter. He made his headquarters
in Philadelphia. The methods of his
operations were similar in each case.
He bought Western property of little or
no value, organized companies with an
exaggerated capital stock and sold stock
to investors. He captured Wall-street
men aud Long Island farmers. He
drew heavily upon the carefully hoarded
savings of New Englanders. No fewer
than thirty clergymen are among his
victims. The -action upon which Wil
cox was arrested was brought by Charles
N. Codding, a lawyer at 29 Broadway,
and Phileman B. Stanbery, as adminis
ters of the estate of the Rev. Mr. Stan
bery. They have been following Wilcox
since June. The Rev. Mr. Stanbery
was the son of Henry Stanbery, who
was the attorney-general of the United
States in President Johnson's cabinet.
When Johnson was impeached, Stan
bery resigned his office and helped to
defend Johnson. Of. the many compa
nies which Wilcox organized be per
Buaded the Rev. Stanberry to invest in
four.
Poor 1.1 Hang Chang. :
; London, Sept. 12. A dispatch from
Shanghai states the power of Viceroy Li
Hung Chang has steadily decreased.
Every day's delay in providing the prom
ised victory over the Japanese adds to
the danger of his downfall. Reinforce
ments from the more remote province!
en route to Corea are at a standstill,
terrorizing the cities in which they are
. t Highest of all in Leavening Power.'
halted. Almost'areign of terror prevails
even in Tien-Tsin. The savage soldiery
are everywhere plundering and mal
treating the wretched populace, and
native merchants are fleeing from Tein-
Tsin to save their lives.
The French minister has formally pro
tested against the action of the Chinese
in boarding a French mail steamer Sat'
urday.
A letter from a resident minister at
Seoul states a large military hospital
has been erected on. the heights
and numerous sick Japanese are treated
there. Constant conflicts are taking
place between the outposts, but few
badly wounded have been taken to Seoul
. The Wooton Mystery.
Fbbsno, Cal., Sept. 12. Charles E
Lilley of England this morning filed two
complaints in the superior court to set
aside the conveyance claimed by Profes
sor W. A. Sanders to have been execut
ed by 'William Wooten, the missing
Reedley rancher, to the mythical John
Knausch and a second conveyance from
KnauBch to Sanders. The considera
tion alleged to have been given was $45,
000, but there is no proof that a cent of
money was ever paid. Lilley is acting
under a power of attorney for Thomas
Wooten of England, a brother of the
missing rancher. No traces of Wooten's
body have yet been found, though an
active search is being continued in the
canal section, which is now nearly dry.
The Nina Safe In Port.
Queenstown, Sept. 12. The little
schooner Nina, Captain Frietsch, arrived
today from New York. Freitsch was
the only man on board.
Nkw York, Sept. 12. The Nina sailed
from New York Saturday, August 5th
She thus makes the trip across the
Atlantic in 38 days, remarkable time for
such a craft, and only nine days behind
the time made by the yacht Valkyrie
when she retnrned to England from this
port. She was brought here by Captain
Freitsch from Milwaukee in June. In
shipping circles considerable doubt was
expressed as to the ability of the Nina to
cross the ocean in safety.
The Phillips-McCoy fend
Huntington, W. Va., Sept. 12. Re
ports reached here today of fresh trouble
in Logan county between the Phillips
McCoy factions. On Saturday evening
the parties met near Williamson, and
several shots were fired on both sides
Three men were seriously injured. On
Sunday evening the McCoys followed
the Phillips faction to church atThacker,
and another riot took place. John Phil
lips was Bhot, and cannot recover, and
two of the McCoy crowd were also in
jured. No arrests have been made. It
now looks as though one side or the
other will be annihilated before the
trouble is at an end.
Cyclone in Memphis.
Memphis, Sept. 12. At 11:50 a cy
clone passing from southwest to north
west struck North Memphis, near the
Louisiana & Nashville shops, and swept
away everything in its path. Trees
were uprooted, an iron bridge over
Gayoss bay taken np and carried a dis
tance of 100 yards, and a number of
houses wrecked. The full extent of the
damage is not yet known. Robert Culp,
colored, was fatally, and Wilkes Yam-
bell, white, seriously, injured. Other
casualties are reported, but the names
are not yet ascertained.
Wrecked by an Bxploilos.
Andebson, Ind., Sept. 12. At Alex
andria about 5 a. m. a natnral gas ex
plosion wrecked the express and tele
graph building. Samuel I. Meyer, wife
and one child, and sister-in-law, who
live upstairs, were buried in the ruins.
All will recover- except Meyer. The
Free Calloway bank and the Alexandria
hardware buildings were also wrecked.
Property loss, $22,000. :
X.ast of the Bly the-Cases.
San Fbancisco, Sept. 12, Mrs. Alice
Edith Biythe's appeal from the decision
of Judge Coffey in favor of Florence
Blythe was argued before the supreme
court yesterday and submitted. This is
the last appeal of the various Blythe
heirs which the supreme court has to
pass on, the others having been disposed
of some time since. "
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What is St?
A substitute for. lard?
Upsetting the customs, hab
its, and prejudices of cen
turies? Yes, all this and
more. Cottolene is a new
cooking product it is iet
Vrthan lard or butter for
cooking, so say such noted
housekeepers as
Marion Harland,
Catharine Owan,
Christina Terhuna Harriek,
Emma P. Ewing,
Mrs. S. T. Rorar,
Mrs. F. A. Benton,
Amy Barnes,
Margaret W later,
and many others; it is
healthier so says every
thoughtful physician ; and it
is cheaper as every house
keeper knows when she
finds that one-half the quan
tity answers every purpose.
C0TT0LEC
is the purest clarified cot
tonseed oil mixed with pure
beef fat. It is the cook
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for frying anything and
everything easily digested
and highly nutritious.
Beware of imitations. Ask your
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Spokane County Primaries. ' :
Spokane, Sept. 12. At the republican
primaries in this ountv toduv a heavv
vote was polled and everything passed
off harmoniously. The delegates elected
are unanimouslv for S. C. Hvde tor con
gress. The senatorial question only fig
ured incidentally, the contests being al
most wholly of county offices ; but the
friends of John L. Wilson claim that
a legislative delegation will be elected
favorable to bis aspirations.
Keeleyltes In Conrentlon.
. Colorado Springs, Col., Sept. 12.
About 800 delegates were present at the
national convention of the Keeley
League today. The - executive com
mittee reported in favor of disbanding
the state leagues. Harris burg was se
lected as the place for holding the next
convention. President Andrew J. Smith
was re-elected.
The only way to cure fever and ague
is either to neutralize the poisons which
cause the disease or expel them from the
system. Ayer's Ague Cure operates in
both ways. It is a warranted specific
for all forms of malarial disorders, and
never fails to cure. Try it.
Every small boy whose barbering is
done by his mamma will readily under
stand why Sampson lost all his pluck
after Mrs. S. has given him a hair-cut.
Boston Transcript.
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Dr. King's New Life Pills, Bucklen's
Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters, and
have never handled remedies that sell as
well, or that have given such universal
satisfaction. We do not hesitate to
guarantee them every time, as we stand
ready to refund the purchase price, if
satisfactory results do not follow their
use. These remedies have won their
reat popularity purely on their merits.
Snipes & Kinersly's druggists.
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,
i County Assessor.
Another Call.
All county warrants registered prior
to January 1, 1891, will be paid on pre
sentation at my office. Interest ceases
after Sept. 10th. Wm. Michell,
Connty Treasurer.
The devil is always polite upon firet
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