VOL. X
THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1897
NO 16
DISPUTED BY ALLEN
The Power to Foreclose on
Bailways Questioned.
NEBRASKA SENATOR IS SEVERE
Tim Interstate Cniiiiiieice Committee
Ilciirs ArcentR on Ultt to Htop
the Practice orTlcket-Sculplnff.
Washington, Jan. 28. The senate
today passed the bill extending the time
for building the St. Paul & Manitoba
Tail way through White Earth Indian
reservation.
Petitions urging the speedy ratifica
tion of the Anglo-American peace treaty
were received.
Allen of Nebraska asked immediate
consideration for a resolution he offered
directing the committee on Pacific rail
roads to inquire into the powers of the
president and attorney-general to con
duct foreclosure proceedings against the
PaciGc railroads; alBO their powers to
enter into agreements as to the sale
prior to actual foreclosure, and direct
ing the attorncv penernl meantime to
retrain from further action.
Reading from the law Allen argued
the first dutv of the president was to re
deem the first liens, not to foreclose.
The president, he said, should be bound
by law as much as the humblest citizen
of the land. If this point was raised it
was likely to defeat the foreclosure.
Clark, Republican, of Wyoming inter
rupted to express astonishment that
Allen, claiming to be u friend of the
people took the position that the'TJuited
States ehould pay out of its treasury
every dollar of these prior liens before
resorting to foreclosure.
Allen responded that he could not be
moved by bluster; the law was plain
and the duty mandatory on the presi
dent. A discussion proceeded as to the con
struction of the iaw, Piatt of Connecti
cut and Bacon of Georgia taking part.
Piatt said he confessed some doubt as to
the right of the president to resort to
foreclosure before redemption, but was
inclined to believe the power existed.
At another point Allen declared the
president could not foreclose unless he
declined to recognize the law, and in the
language of "Bosb" Tweed, asked:
"What are you going to do about it?"
It was timo to stop this interference.
The executive branch had taken from
congress the Cuban and other foreign
questions, and now there was an effort
to remove from congress all control of
domestic affairs.
The resolution finally went over in
order to permit Thurston of Nebraska to
addresB the senate on it tomorrow.
The debate on tho bill for an interna
tional monetary conference was re
sumed, but the bill went over until to
morrow to allow Pettigrew to speak.
lhe senate at 12:10 went into executive
session, presumably to take up the nom
ination of W. S. Forman to be commis
sioner of internal revenue.
Senator Chandler made a vigorous
speech in opposition to Forman's con
firmation. SNOW FALLING IN MANX (STATUS
ran
Urn
Hfefcnfll
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
Celebrnted for Its trrpnt Irnvenlnr. mtronfli mil
health fulness. Assures the fond ncrntnst. nlnm
ana nil lorms ol adulteration common to the
encap Drnims.
Royal IUkikg Powcr.n Co., New Yor.K.
the stranding of an unknown schooner
near Vinevard Haven.
Snow Storm is General.
Washington, Jan. 28. The weather
bureau reports snow as far as Southern
North Carolina, with a maximum of
eight inches in New York.
Reports of the weather bureau show
the cold wave reached the South Atlan
tic states last night. A enow storm.
quite unusal in extent and degree for the
Southern states, accompanied a drop in
temperature. This morning reports
show the minimum temperature in
South and North Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama and Central and -Northern
Florida lower by 4 to S degrees than 'any
previously reported during the last
ten days of January. At Ctiatanooga,
Charlotte and Atlanta it was Bix degrees
above zero. The minimum was 22 at
Jacksonville. It is not expected that
there will be much of a rise in the ther
mometer for several days.
Snow at 'ev York.
New Youk San. 28. The snow this
morning was eight inches deep, the
heaviest fall of the year. The tempera
hire is moderate. Ttaffio all over the
city was delayed. The storm was felt
severely bv the poor. A recent accurate
canvass of tho city shows that the num
ber of people i;i want is greater than was
ever seen in New York before.
Iu the Nutmeg State, Too.
Baydiiook Point, Conn., Jan. 28.
Over a foot of snow has fallen. There
are no signs, of abatement of the storm.
l'LKM'V Ol' GOLD.
Tho Storm Kxtendg as Far South as
North Carolina,
Chicago, Jan. 28. The temperature
still hangs close to the zero mark. One
result of the relief work accomplished by
tho police has beeu a great decrease in
crime. The police and Mayor Swift be
lieve that by the prompt relief afforded
thousands of destitute families, the city
has been saved from bread riots.
Among the large subscriptions to the
relief fund is one of $2,000 by the West
ern Union Telegraph Company.
The contributions to date amount to
over $50,000 cash and hundreds of toils
of coal and provisions.
It Snowed at the Hub.
Boston, Mass., Jan. 28. Snow began
falling early Inst night and the etorra in
creased in violence steadily until 8
o'clock this morning, when eeven Inches
had fallen and the wjnd was blowing
thirty miles an hour. The Btreet-car
system is b,adly crippled. The atorni Is
Kenerai throughput New England. The
only accident reported up to 9 o'clock ie
Uncle Sinn's Cott'ors are Filled to Over
flowing;. Washington, Jan. 28. Just at the
present time the treasury of the United
States is enjoying the novel experience
of being in possession of more gold than
it knows what to do with. The cash
balance at the close of business Wednes
day was $229,920,399, and of this amount
no less than $144,880,389 was in free
gold, available for current expenses, or
to act as a reserve to redeem the out
standing paper money. This leaves In
the tieasurv as a fund to be used for or
dinary purposes only, ?8S6,031,017.
This is far from being an enormous
sum when the extensive operations of
the government are taken into consider
ation. The treasury is running behind
still, and with only three days yet in the
first month of the year the excess of ex
penditures over reqeipts is $7,293,516
and the deficit for the fiscal year thus
far, a period of nearly seven months, is
over $45,000,000.
If the gold in the treasury is not paid
out for ordinary expenses there is avail
able $12,840,806 in silver, not covered by
certificates; $19,516,820 in greenbacks;
$35,582,518 in treasury notes, and $17,-
339,955 in national notes and the frac
tional silver, deposits in national funds,
outstanding checks and drafts, disburs
ing officers' balances, postoffice accounts
and other miscellaneous items.
It will thus be seen that although tho
treasury is in possession of the large
nominal cash balance ot $230,00,000 in
round numbers, it has only $85,000,080
with which to conduct ordinary transac
tions, and if the deposits of gold should
continue this sum would be still further
reduced. Since the November election
the gold reserve has without bond sales
or other unusual assistance gradually
mounted up to the highwater mark for
this administration.
A MIDNIGHT IIOMI-Ur.
Queer terms for tea.
Buy a package of Schil
ling's Best of your grocer.
If you don't like it, tell
him so, and have your
money again. It costs him
nothing; we pay him.
Not queer at alj. It pays ;
for the tea surprises you
more than the terms.
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Sa Francisco
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Southern Pacific Train In the Hands of
Highwaymen.
Grant's Pass, Or., Jan. 2S. Tho
north-bound overland due at Roseburg
at 11 :40 p.m., was held up two miles
west of Roseburg tonight. The train
was in chaigeof Conductor Sam Veatch
and Engineer Morris.
The following particulars were given
out by the Southern Pacific officials
here :
Train No 15. north-bound Oregon ex
press, was held up last night at Shady
point by two or three men, two miles
south of Roseburg. The express car was
detached from the train bv the robbers,
and the door blown open with dynamite.
The two smaller safes in the car wore
blown open and looted, tbough-it is not
thought the robbers secured much,
The express then took fire. The con
ductor and trainmen worked hard to
save it after the robbers had gone, but
the flames had too good a start, and tho
car and contents were destroyed.
The train was on time at Shady point,
where Engineer Morris saw a man at the
sideof the track, waving a flaj.
Ho slowed up for the signal, and just
as he brought tne train to a slop, a man
armed with two revolvers came 07er the
back of the car and covered him. At tho
same time, another armed man, who
was the man that flagged him, appeared
at the side of the cab, and, presenting a
revolver at him, ordered him not to at
tempt to move the train, but to come
down at once and go with them to the
express-car. tie fireman in tlio mean
time had got down on the other side.
The two robbers and the engineer then
went to the express car, where the rob
bers ordered the express messenger to
open the door. This the messenger re
fused to do.
The robbers then uncoupled the ex
press car, returned to tne engine anu
kicked the train back, leaving tho ex
press car separated.
In the meantime, the express messen
ger had seized the opportunity to etep
out of the car.
After breaking the train the robbers
returned to the express car, and, with
heavy charges of dynamite, the detona
tions of which were heard at Roseburg,
blew the door open. Entering the car,
they attacked tho two smaller safes,
which thev succeeded in entering. The
messenger thought the robbers did not
succeed in getting into the big safe, and
consequently they could not have se
cured much.
Tho mail car was also visited by the
robbers, and it is believed some regist
ered mail taken. But they did not pay
niiieii attention to the mail car.
The explosions set fire to the express-
car, and when the robbers drew oil, it
was a mass of flames. The train crew
worked like trojans, but were unable to
save it, and the car and contents were
almost totally destroyed.
Superintendent Fields, who was in
Roseburg at the time, took a special" en
gine and went to the wrecked train as
soon as he heard of the robbery,
The passengers were considerably
skaken up, and some of them fright
ened, but no one was injured. The hold
up will make the train from 8 to 10
hours late in getting into Portland.
An imperfect description of one of the
robbers was secured. It is presumed
they were masked.
A Cure for Lame Hack.
"My daughter, when recovering from
an attack of fever, was a great sufferer
from paiu in the back and hips," writes
Louden Grover, of Bardie, Ky, "After
using quite a number of remedies with
out nny benefit she tried one bottle of
Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and it has
given entire relief." Chamberlain's
Pain Balm is also a certain cure for rheu
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Our Great Sale, at discount of
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deserve special mention:
MUSLIN UNDERWEAR,
Ladies', Childs' and Infants' Knit Underwear,
Men's Cotton and Wool Underwear,
HOSIERY OF ALL KINDS.
We Discount
All Cash Bills
Twenty
Per Cent.
Only a few more days of
this great Price-Cutting.
Feb. i st the last day.
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