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VOL. VII
THE DALLES, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER, 1894.
NO. 309
TRAFFIC IS BLOCKED
HeavySnow Stoitas on the
- South Side of the
Siskiyous.
THREE PASSENGER TRAINS TIED UP
The Northbound la at Donimslr, One
Southbound at Edgewood and
Another at Hornkrook.
Ashland, Or., Dec. 22. The storms
which prevailed during the past week,
blocked traffic on Ithe Southern Pacific
on the south side of the Siskiyous to
Dunsmuir almost completely yesterday
and today, and three overlaad passen
ger trains, one northbound and two
southbound, are blockaded in that sec
tion. The severity of the storm is great
est on the south side of the Siskiyous,
and through the upper Sacramento
canyon in the Black Butte country, and
in the vicinity of Sisson and Edgwood.
Snow fell at the rate of a foot an hour,
and for a time there was a blinding,
raging storm. There is reported aloDg
some sections of the road, a depth of
eight feet of snow. On the Siskiyous
there is only about four feet. At Ash
land there is none. The railroad bet
ween Ashland and Hornbrook, on the
further side of the Siskiyou pass, is clear.
All the telegraph wires are down from
heavy weight of the snow in the vicinity
of Sisson and Edgwood, for some dis
tance, and this has retarded the move
ment of the forces working to clear the
track. Snow slides, carrying rock and'
earth, having added to the difficulty.
A big rotary plow was put to work yes
terday near Edgewood, but broke down
this morning, and had to be sent back
to Dunsmuir for repairs. It reached
Edgwood again this evening at 8 o'clock,
and started to work. The railroad
people expect that the road will be
opened for the passage cf trains before
morning.
No new snow snow has fallen today,
and that gives further encouragement.
The overland train, which left San
Francisco Thursday evening, is lying at
Dunsmuir now. The southbound pas
senger, which left Portland Thursday
evening and left Ashland yesterday at
noon, is at Edgewood, blocked. The
southbound passenger train that left
Portland last evening arrived here nearly
on time this morning, and was here un
til about 3 o'clock this afternoon, when
it started south and crossed over the
Siskiyous without difficulty. It is now
lying at Hornbrook. Reports from
Sisson and Dunsmuir country indicate
that the storm has been as 'severe as
any ever experienced there, and the
snowfall greater than eyer before known.
Travel by snow-Bhoes is the only way
to travel. Further south in the vicinity
of Delta, the storm has.been mostly rain,
Some rock and earth slides were re
ported last 'night from that region, but
it is thought there will be no serious
trouble there. On this side of ithe Sis
kiyou mountains there has been no
snowfall to speak of, and there is none
lying on the lower grounds. .The rail
road has made no effort to run freight
trains during the past dayfor two.
Tlie Income Tax L.
Washington, Dec. 22. The first case
to test the constitutionality of the in
come tax law has been brought in the
supreme court of the District of Colum
bia. The petitioner is John G. Moore,
of the firm of Moore & Schley, of New
" V York. The complainant is a prominent
director of the Manhattan Railway
Company, Western Union Telegraph
Company, etc., and proposes to fight the
case through the supreme court of the
United States. His attorneys are e
Senator George F. Edmunds, and Sheila
barger & Wilson. The petitioners for an
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
injunction to restrain the commissioner
of internal revenue from collecting the
tax. It sets out that the complainant is
a shareholder in various corporations
which pay dividends to said complain
ant; that independent of and in addition
to said dividends, the complainant Has
an income, derived from the gains
and profits of his business and embraced
within sections 27 and 28 of the new
tariff law, largely in excess of the sum
of $4,000 per annum, and upon which
income the commissioner of internal
revenue has ' threatened to, and unless
restrained by this honorable court, will
proceed to assess the sum of 2 per cent,
on the amount in excess of v $4,000 per
annum. The bill, then reviews the
sections of the new tariff lap bearing on
the income tax, in which it is alleged
are many defects, and charges that the
act is invalid and its provisions inopera
tive and void.
The Government's Gold.
New Yokk, Dec. 22. Subtreasury of
ficials say an effort is being made in
New York to juggle the government's
gold. Exporters are very anxious to
get hold of full weight coins and gold
bars and bricks with the government's
stamp of fineness on them. Uncle Sam
has $46,000,000 worth of these, but in
order to cut down exports, some time
ago the department made it a rule to re
deem treasury notes only in gold coin.
The light-weight coins complained ot
are all within the legal limit, one-half
of 1 per cent, but the shippers have felt
the loss and have sorted the coins, keep
ing the light-weight ones at home. The
banks objected to taking them, and one
foreign house took a lot to the sub-
treasury and asked that they be re
deemed in paper. This the treasury
officials declined to do, saying the re
deeming of paper promises to pay did
not carry with it the reverse duty of re
deeming gold in paper. The only thing
left to do was to deposit the gold in the
bank, whence it would work its way
back to the subtreasury. The' assay
office has received a novel proposition
from an exporting house. It wanted to
deposit American gold coin and have it
melted into stamped bars. The propo
sition was declined, though if the coin
was light or mutilated it could be re
deemed.
In Holland.
Amsterdam, Dec. 23, Heavy floods
have been caused by the storm in, Hol
land. The River Maas and the Rotte
rose twelve feet, inundating parts of
Rorterdam. Boats were nsed in the
streets, and in the market places. Many
of the dykes threatened to give way un
der the heavy pounding of the sea.
In several places the water succeeded in
breaking through in the vicinity of the
breaks, and the country is flooded.
Nine houses collapsed. At Utrecht
several persons were drowned by the
capsizing of a boat. Telegraph and
telephone wires were everywhere
broken. The bark Caroline, from
Savannah for Hamburg, went ashore
near Egmondsee and became a total
wreck. Her cargo is being washed
upon the beach. Part of her crew were
drowned.
Mexican Cattle Barred Oat of Texas.
Austin, Tex., Dec. 25. In view of the
fact that the live stock sanitary commis
sion of this state has been reliably in
formed that a malignant disease known
as spenetic or southern fever, exists
among the cattle in a large part of the
republic of Mexico, and as there are no
sanitary regulations in that country to
prevent the spread of the disease, Gov
ernor Hogg yesterday issued a procla
mation declaring a quarantine against
all such cattle. .
More Indictments in Chicago.
Chicago, Dec. 22. Before the grand
jury adjourned today, 11 more indict
ments were reiurnea against persona-!
who are charged with interfering with
citizens election day at the polls, and
violating the law in other ways in the
interest of the democratic party.
Latest'U. S. Gov't Report
People Who
Weigh and Compare
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the new vegetable shortening, has
won a wide and wonderful popu
larity. At its introduction it was
submitted to expert chemists, promi
nent physicians and famous cooks.
AH of these pronounced
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The success of Cottolene is now
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in the better food and better health
for which it stands, by using it in
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Cottolene is sold in 3 and S
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Glren a Certificate of Slection.
Jefferson Citt, Mo., Dec. 22. Fol
lowing the denial by the supreme court
of the writ of mandamus in the Jamie-
son case, Secretary of State Leisure to
day filed a certificate of election of James
H. Bremmerman (dem.) as prosecuting
attorney of Jackson county. This case
was the most prominent among ths sev
eral contests .arising out of the recent
Kansas City election.
A Household Treasure.
D. W. Fuller, of Canajobarie, N. Y,.
says that he always keeps Dr. King's
New Discovery in the house and his
family has always found the very best
results follow its use; that he would not
be without it, if procurable. G. A.
Dykeman Druggist, Cat skill, N. Y., says
that Dr. Kings New Discovery is un
doubtedly the best cough remedy ; that
he has used it in his family for eight
years, and it has never tailed to do all
that is claimed for it. Why not trv a
remedy so long tried and tested. Trial
bottle at Snipes-Kinerslys Drug Co. 'a
Drug Store. Regular size 50c. and $1.00.
The Republicans Will Contest.
Richmond, Via., Dec. 22. J. W.
Southward, defeated republican candi
date for congress in 'this district, has
served notice of contest upon Colonel
Taxwell Elliott, his successful democrat
opponent. Colonel Elliott's majority
was some 8,000.
Mr. Ira P. Wetmore, a prominent real
estate agent of San Angelo, Texas, has
used Chamberlain's Cholic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy m his family for sev
eral years as occasion required, and al
ways with perfect success. He says : "I
find it a perfect cure for our baby (when
troubled with cholera or dysentery. I
now feel that my outfit is not complete
without a bottle of this Remedy at home
or on a trip away from home. For sale
by Blakeley & Houghton, Druggists.
Now on Commander Lswler'i Stan.
Denver, Dec. 22. Charles Burpee,
of this city, has been notified by C. C.
Jones, adjutant-general of the Grand
Army, of his appointment on the staff
of Commander-in-Chief Lawler as aide-de-camp.
To Investigate the Antl-Toxine.
Pabis, Dec. 22. The chamber of
deputies today .voted an expenditure of
8000 francs for the purpose of promoting
investigations into the manufacture of
anti-toxine,'the new remedy for diphth
eria. The Columbus Exhibits Returned.
Rome, Dec. 25. The Vatican , ex
hibits to the Columbian Exposition ar
rived here today, and were taken to the
Vatican. The officers accompanying the
exhibi ts were given a brilliant reception.
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For several years I have recommenced your
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THE DALLES, - -
- OREGON
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Collections made and proceeds promptly
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