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-DEALERS IN-
General Merchandise.
Main and Alta Sts.
Jewelry, Clocks, Watches and Sil
verware,
OF THK VKUY LATKST STYI.K.S AND DKSKiNS.
Vo nro now jtroimred to onuruvo nil work im Monoratnu on ovurytlitng boulit from
iin, wiiiioik unurKu.
lluiilttu our Good In laro qmmtltle from different factories, ire urn
able to Kelt them cheaper than at l'ortland ami other
places, where JirpetmeH are it iy tier.
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'f omm and rlillUrtu.
DENTISTS.
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wheeler A Ureeue, on Court
tr, I'enJleton, Orepou, Coumtry
J PtcJaJty. lUilmntii furnUheU on
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-IN THK HHAl'K OF-
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liltihly rftcominoiuiea, no wo iirounio hi mmniiiico
PERFECT SATISFACTION
IN EVEKY I'AIITICULAK. CALL AND EXAMINE ()U
NEW DESIGNS IN SOLID AND COLD-PLATED GOODS.
Corner Main uml Court Btrwtn,
F. J. DONALDSON.
FURNITURE, CARPETS.
B. 0. & B. M. WHEELER,
DEALEHK IN
FURNITURE, CARPETS AND LINOLEUMS,
OILCLOTHS, SHADES, MATTINGS, ETC
A Complete Stock of Furniture and CarjwtH.
Our Stock Covers 6,000 Feet of Flooring.
GOODS SOLD ON EASY PAYMENTS.
B. O. and 33. M. -WH:MB3I.BB
SUCCCESSOIIS TO FORBES Ic WHEELEH,
A . . Penilleton. Or.
Association Building
ROBERT BOND
DEALEIt IN-
BEEF, PORK, MUTTON, VEU SAU
SAGE, DRIED MEATS, LARD.
Court 8tret, oppolte'J. H. 8hoemker,i.
Beer Garden and Gymnasium Hal
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Main Btrett
Near l'oatotflce
I'KNIILKTON, ORKOON,
Bowllnif Al'ey and Oyinnanlum Itoom In
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS,
THK WIIKAT MAKKKT.
Varluu Itepnrli frinn llm Four lrat
Marts of thn World.
Ciiif.Mio, Dec. 18. Wheat firm ;
De-
rlly. NotwItliHtandlng their Iossoh, how
over, tllO XIS8K
IIRTKHMINKD TO MARK ANOTIIKIl ATTACK
j On the cotton liouso, utiiiroacliluc It tills
i.i t, ....i. 'i. .i r ...
iiiuu imiii im r'nimi. ah iihv I'niuu Mi
tliny received a thlnl volley, the iioktoch
aimnrcntly nwaitinc an order to tiro an
cemlH.-rdo8e.lnt1.04..jJaniurvtl.lC';.U,,c' hiwl .,l0,I?,,n,1th tw.? 0 u'
., 'T - i stanccH. At thm third vollev Seth Cobli
aiay.lO. received twenty-two buekn'hot In tho
Nkw Yoiik, Dee. 18. Wheat market 1 breast and stomach, tearing tho entire
to-day is firm. December 1.04?4 ; ' r,,t 01 'H iKKly away. Jolm Dow, an
January W4 ; February $1.07 , J
Aiayfi.iu4. lKroini Tho whiten npiin drew oir for
San Fkancisco, Dee. 18. Wheat eonmiltatlon, when It was decided that
easier. Buyer tho vear tl.44?; buyer 1 another attack with their reduced forcen
tho aeawm l.r,4in ; December l.r,r,i4. , would bo uwIchm. and they detcrmlnl to
. , ; ., " , wi a w't for daylight and rclnforcemento.
LiVKin-ooi, Dec. 18. heat firmer; Wlitlo thoy were conmiltlnfr, the negroeH
California "m. Hi I. ( runhcd from the cotton houms to MaureyV
reRldence Iti n luxiy anil proceeded to lor
i tlfy that building, and tho whlto nion
went back to Wahalak. Ycatonlny
morning another foreo of fifty men iib
raiHiti anil procecdeil to Alnurey a
Tiio place wan found
WANIIIMITON NOTKS.
rOHTI.ANI) I'OINTh.
A Youok Man Mad In.ana by a llrillal
A.fiaull Oilier Criminal Note.,
l'oitTLANi), Dec. 18. About mlilnlght ( renldonr
ltiMt night a young man by tho name of
Win Hlioulcld, redding with IiIh brother-In-law,
1. A. .Mariiutuii, at No. II, South
Ud Htreet, in tho city hum brutally iih
miulted, by boiiio unknown men. Tho
young man had occarioii to utep Into the
back yard, and had no nooner reached
otcn air than a man etc pcd out from
entirely deported. Thu whitcH burned
thubiilldlngHon tho piano, together with
those on tho farm adjoining, and ncoiired
tho wood for tho negroeH, hut could find
no trace of them. It Ih IiiiohsIIIo to
find any negroen within live mllex of tho
fcene of trouble. Whlto iiennlo from ad
joining towim poured Into Wahalak all
Ix'lilnil n hittlco work uml iliMlt htm u .i .?.i i .t .. ,i. i. i ...
. , , ", ------- ------ ., : l uuu iwiuuu in iiiu nu.iiuii, uut lin liuilti
blow In thou omaeh which uh follonril ! f thonegroca except Maurey wan known,
by u terr lie blow on the back of tho 'they accompllnheil nothing. Ono negro
head. He cried for help, but before Mr. was wen lurking In tho woodH.uml wuh
Mumuum could epmo to tho rewue hi. i fired upon by u parly of whiten, but ho
iHKketa wore ritled of tho contentH, Inntunllv dlHapKarwl. It la believed that
about 7.00, and tho w-oundreln lied. t,cro i i,,. Inro trouble. It Ih certain
oiioriiyuiiernuniH ii uyounK man no-1 timt if any negroen who tired iiiwii the
camo Inmiiio and violent. DoubtH are whiten aro caught, they will be killed,
entertulned an to bin recovery. Tho feeling, however, In now agaiiint the
IhoimiH A. Jordon audJou Tavlor. of ' uhiti. .., u-i,,. ,.r.. ui,i i, I,,. v.. ,,-,.., u.i
, . . . "nun iiium 'iiiu iiiu ruin v iiiiiu vai'
thin city, w io wuh convicted oltlio crime tu) negroeH. Not a nlnglo negro In
pf nterforlng with thp IT. b. Murahal known to havo received any Injury. Tho
In the dincluirgo of bin dutlcn, worn nent- w ,t0 men IichIiIch thoco aheady rottortotl.
onccd today to nay n lino, In the Hiiin of I, ro wounded, but their namen are not
LWeach, andtlio contnof tho pron'cu- pivp,,. It doen not appear that tho
Hon. 1 -hey went their way rejoicing. , whiten In attempting tho arrect did ho
A Chinaman named Ah loo wuh ai-. under any legal authority, but thov aro
rested on a charge o be ng too faml lar ; MKinlneif by tho ontlro white population
Wil l tWO VOIIIIg lad CH in llln VlclllltV. . nf k'.nnuir I llm .i,ll..lnli,,. mnnlU
Such crlmlnaln nhould bo punlnlied a It 8 unlikely that any proceedlnga will
litllo more hovorely than by u few days I bo tken agaliiHt them.
I" J'1"' . . i THK HITIIATION H.NCIIANUKII.
I wo voting uirlH. .Minnie uml Myrtle Mminiv. Mlu.. iw m Tiw.rnl.inn
Miller, havo been arreted on u eliarge of , tmK0 In tho Hltiiatlon at Wahalak. The
dealing tW.l'O from the trunk of J. (.. vm,K0 M ciovvded with men from thu
.Mi Cormaek of thin city, llley pleud not i Hiirn.unillng country. I'artlen aro r-eareh-guilty
and their examination will be held 1 1., thonwamiiH In every locality where
luiiniriuH. ... the ncurocH aro Hiinnoscii to
1'oiir vagn were convicted in tne I'ouco
court to-day. One wan fined M One
forty dii)'M, and two nixty dayn each'.
The weather contiuuen line, though a
little colder.
EASTERN NEWS.
NKOUOKH AMI WIIITIIH AT WA.
Tlia Came Which Led l Ilia ICInt In Waha
lak, MlM.-rurauIng Ih Nvuroes.
Mkiiioun. Minn.. Dee.18. A number of
tolcgramn were received hero yoiitorduy
mornlni! ntatim: that a riot had occurred
at Wahalak, Keuier county, fifty milen
north of Meildlau, uml that Holly Morton
of thin placo waH killed. Two partlen, ag
gregating nixty men, wero denKitchod to
thoBcene. Tney returned laHt night ro
iiortlug that everything hud quieted down.
Thoy gavo the following account of tho
dlnturhanco : Thumlay tho aon of (. F.
Nlcholnon, u prominent farmer, wuh driv
ing uloug tho road and met a negro den
iicrado driving In tho opionlto dirii tion.
Vouug NIcholnon'a vehiclo by accident
camo In collision with that of tho negro,
who kept iu tho middle of the road, an if
ueierinnicu io unvu mu uu uu uu
negro curbed tho youth, when
tho father of nlcholnon ufipcarcd and in j
torfercd, when tho negrodrowa revolver
closed with Nifholnon. knocked him i
rienHelenn witli the plxtnl and then lied. ,
Tho following day Mcholnon told IiIh.
frlendn of tho negro'a asKiuilt, and Satur
day It wan determined to organUo a ikwko
and arrant tho marauder. It la nald that ,
two white inon gatherwl u party of ne-i
groen together at u church Sunday night,
and organUed u force of ten to rehlnt any
attempt to arreat tho marauder. Tlii-ro ,
whiten aro known to tho jieoplo of Wa-1
lialak, but their numen c.iiiuot bo learned. ,
It in a nettled determination to lynch
them when found. The negro force wont j
to the denonido'n Iiouho and ,
CONCKAIiKll TIIKMXKI.VKH IS Tllie HMOKK ;
iiouhi: j
And cotton houtent Soon after thin ten
white men came up the road and hulled
In front of tho bourns. Four of them ,
walked iin to tho hoiW and found it ( if
Borted. Thoy then went to tho mioko
houBo, where thoy found three negroen.
Theno men were (iuetioncd an to tho
desperudo'a whercaWitn, but they pro
tended they could not tell where ho could
bo found. Then a man on tho outnido
Hhoutwl; "Here in Maiiroy-iipi'o you ;
como and arrent him!" lhe whiten
runhed In a Ixxly from tho building nud
an they emerged wero met with a volley
from eight or ten miiHki U anil ,
Hhotgunn. Win. Yaughan wan wirioiiHly
wouudod by bucknhot in tho
neck and BhoulderH. and another man, '
who.10 immu tho whiten will not revea I,
received a ullght wound In tho head.
Thin volley came from tho cotton Iioum) 1
and wan promptly returned by tho
uhltixi. Init thu no'TOjn lielng behind tho
utdiit iilank wull leceiveil no injury. Tho i
whiten diKOvered that they wero lighting
at a great dliudvantago, und moved
around to tho north nldo of tho htrntliiro.
Hero they received another volley, re
wilting in tho infant death of Henry
Maurov uml wounding bin brother, J . F.
Maure'v, near tho ellow. The whiten
now drew off, and firing ccaned tompora-
' lint tiitivkiiLi iifii LtilttliU!tl lia lut uititrttdtil
iiiu iil'i i n mi v nit I'l'v. v mi rjvi n ii
Up to ten a. t not one had been found.
It in HUpKKCt they left the countiy. All
the partlen who left Meridian yenterday
havo returned, und roort everything
ipiiot.
Tim Civil Nnrvlra l.uw.
WahiiiniiioS, Dee. 18. Ill the IIoiibo u
motion to lucreaKo tho clerical foicoof the
civil t-nrvico commlHHloii gavo rlno to a
nplcy debate. llemlorHOii. of Iowa. charged
tho admiulHtratlon with violating the
hplrlt of tho civil norvlco law. llm com
niifsioticrn wero ilefeudcd by Miller of
TenneHHce. Cummlngn and SplnoU of
New York, made a fierce niiHlaught upon
I ho civil norvlco law, and earnestly uilvo
cuted uu umendment, striking out ull up
projirlationn for itri goveriimout.
Anotlirr War of ltaci
Jackmin, Tenn., Dec. 18. A deniiorato
light occurred between iiegroenund whiten
In a remote part of thin county Friday.
It grew out of a law unit. Tho fight oc
curred In court. Several erKoim wero
badly hurt. Thu negroes neut to thin
city Sunday for nmiinltlon, and armed
themnelven with guun. iiintoln and knlvcH,
Thoy Hwear they will not bo arreted.
Olficern weut from hero to arrcnt thorn.
The rcHiilt in not known. Serloun trouble
in feared.
Tlia MUU(lil Train llolibcrt.
Duck IIii.i., Mien,, Deo, 17. There In
nothing new concerning tho train rnb
Iery. Tho opular ojilnlon in that
Hunch, who HixwcekH agorohlmd tho ex
prebn meHhcnger on the Now Orleaun and
Northwcntcrn Hallway, liOHHed tho Duck
Hill Jon. uovenor iiwry yewernay
oirereil a reward of fM)0 for tho capture of
thu roblxTH, und tho llliiioln Central
oirern $1000.
fir lu Mlchlean.
Ikon Mountain, Mich., Dee. 18. At
1 :30 thin morning a tiro ntarted iu tho
general inorchandlHo ntorp nf Slvorrnun,
lUvin A Ixivy. Fanned bv a ntrong north
wind the llainen njiread rapidly, but wero
confined to tho block In which they
ritarteii. Im irKKI ; slight liiHuranco.
Olllclal IIIU Nauru,
Wahiiimiton, Dec. 18. Tho Statu do
partmont ban recoived a coinmunlcatlon
from tho llritlnh legation ntatiug that thu
Brltlnh government In in receipt of iuiwh
of tho reported capture of Emln 1'anha
und Stanley by Arubn iu tho Soudan, but
that no npccial Information ban been ob
tained tocoullriii the report.
Ilaytl H It up,
Nkw Yoiik, Dec. 18. Chaa Brook,
council for tho nteaiiiMhlp company, an
uuuucenthat lhoteamer llaytlau Itepiilc
lie, BeUed ut tho Inland Haytl, nulled thin
morning for thin rt. iiiuiiihsI by au
American crow, and will Im releaned to
tho United State jm her arrival hero,
f A Cunal Humor.
Nkw Yoiik, Dec; 18. It neemn to lie
tho general Iwlief that leading bankern
hero may le induced to tako hold of tho
I'auama Canal tcheme, and make ar
rangement whereby it could bo con
trolled In thin country und fininhed with
Amerlcun capital.
TlmTrmt llrclna I'liuhlnif.
Milwaukkk, Di-c. 13. Tim Millard
convention to-day adopted a renoluliou
putting down tho output of flour ono
iiulf during January,
I Hprlncrr Will l'rr Ilia Ailinlnilnii Itlll-
Th Neiialn to Tuhe no llrreaa.
i Wakiiinotov, Doe. 18. C'ongrecHman
Springer, chairman of thu Houho com
l mltteo on TerritorioH, miyn ho will offer
an order at the flrnt oportunlty, fixing a
I time for taking up bin bill admitting lb
kola, Wanhlngton, Montana and New
Mexleo, and will endeavor to prenn tba
meiiHUro to a vole.
Wahiiinutov, Dee. 18. Tho Bepubll
can Senatorial CauciiH thin morning de
cided that the Senate would continue fn
KCHrtion without a holldav rccor-n until tho
till Sir bill In difiHwil of, letting tho Houm
tako n recenn If it ho deplren. It wan alno
decided to hold two kchhIoiih dally, Ih
ginnlng ut 11 a. M., and 8 r. m.
WUICoiircr With llxrrliaa.
PiTTHnumi, l'a., lee. 18. Chairman
Quay, of thu republican national com
mittee, left for lndlaiinpolln thin morn
ing, with Chairman Brltton, of tho Inaug
uration committee, to confer witli Gen.
Harrison alnmt the Inauguration.
At I'anama.
Panama, Dec. 18. Ballrrad communi
cation with Calon In nllll Interrupted by
the olIeclH of tho ntorm. Tho river Cha-
i.rntf r,wn nimtll K.llllnlil V. tint ullllllllL'll
Htill high. In Hulwldiug. tho canal work"
were considerably damaged.
Dmlriit'tlTa OYrrflow. .
Sciianton. IVnn.. Dee. 18. Tho Lack
awanna river overflowed lant night, und
barim and outhulldlngH wero carried
awav. l'eoplo were lorcen io leave noiuo
iu boatn. .Mili'H of railroad track wa
Hiihmerged and destrtyed.
llrllant (!aiiimlliinri.
CiiAiiiiKHTON'. W. Vn.. Dee. 18. In
nplto of tho Injunction nerved on the
county commlHHloniirH Saturday night,
they certified to tho governor tho returns
of tho election uh to tho Cougrciimucu In
thin county.
HiiuiKKlni! Opium.
Sand Bkacii, Mich., Dee. 18. Govern
ment agent hero havo recovered HO
iMiimiln mora of Hmuculcd oiilum. There
aro Htill live hundred pounds which tho
ollicerrt aio ncarchlng for.
(Irn. Ilnhlirn-ti Hyli'lf.
Nr.w Yoiik, Dee. IH.-Charlen O. Dahl-
.. . . .i ...i
gieu iiiu r-.x-uouiciionnu ieuerai, who
served from tho beginning to tho close nf
the war, In thing hero from a complica
tion of (llsunlem.
FOREIGN NEWS.
TIIKAtmTU.U.IAN-VANCnUVKUOAMt.B
A Unnmllan Who l Hiiro l.iulln- Maa
Acrm III" Wulitr I'avor It,
FiKi.n. B. O.. Dec. 18. Principal (Irani,
being interviewed on thomibjcct of the
Australasian opinion with regard to the
pniH)rud cable to Vancouver, annweredi
''Thoro in unanimity overywhero on tho
Hiib ect.and iu hoiiiu ipiarterH a Mining
fi-ellng In Uh favor. Mr. Gllliea, iromler
ol Vietoiia, bus had an Interview with
the British Adtnimi witn tno onieci oi in
ducing tho admiralty to emiiloy three
Hhlpnun Ihomirvey instead of ono, and
ban stated that bin government in
rmulf to iiav Iih full slmro of
the cost. Tho meicliautH of MellHiurnu
are u unit on tho nublect. SIr.Thoman
Mcllwraith, premier of (iueonnland. hear
tily concura wllh M. Ollllen, and think,
lOO, IIIUl IIIU KKIIIIT ft HlCIUIinillll MllTlto
in mIm) entabUHhed tho U'tter. Sir Henry
1'arken. nremlor of Now South Walen, wan
said to lie opposed. That Is not no. In
seconding a vote of thanks at n public
meeting iu Sydney, ho npoko in lavor oi
It, und ho nlwayn Hieakn advisedly.
moml)ern of bin government njKiko nhnl
larlv Iu private. South Aiintrallii In no
longer opjsised, nlnco her IntorcMH In the
tranKcontlnontal lino to Port Durwln ore
not to miller by tho promised now route.
On publlu groiiniU hor loading men and
those of West Australia dcslro no ulternu
tlv.i inblii. All nromlucnt New 'Zealand-
em I met aro strongly In Itn favor. Sir
Jamen Hector, tho most lompetent
t lentlflo authority, thlnkH It Mliould Ins
laid at once without walling ror a survey,
no cortuin In ho that it can Im) done easily
and HiicccMHfully, It apeaM that
thu present uuplicatu cable from
Java croHsen u volcanic twit,
benco the freipient inexplicable
breakage of both cablen from Bonjo
wunil to Port Darwin aro certain to recur.
Tho partlen concerned being practically
iiiiauiuioiiH, a conference of them would,
I liellevo, havo IminedlaUi rcnulln. My
reference to tho question at public meet
ing and elsewhere wore only Imidontal.
I wan thoro una private pernon, without
any authority, elliilal or otherwise,
1)111 llioy wero UlwayH oillliuaiuniicaiijr
choored. Tho cordial welcome given ino
an a Canadian, a brother colonist, and
'fellow citUon, I Bhall never forget."
f.oailoniUrry OUhral.
Ionhoniikiiuv, Dec. 18. The bi-cencen-tlary
of tho slego of I.onilondorry wan cel
ebrated to-day wllh great enthuslunm.
Tho niiivor led tho nrocesnlon of cltltoun
to tho cathedral, whero tho wife of the
mayor mode a presentation of two new
Hugs to replaco thorn takon by tho French.
A sermon followed. To-night u grand
I bunquet and ball will bo given, mid thu
'city will bo resplendent with fire work,
'Io rriilrcl llm Canal.
1 Paiuh, Dee. 18. Owing to fcarn that
tho Panama Canal Company's illlllcultleH
may give rise to dinordern on thoMhmiiH,
tho French goveruiueut bun decided to
send u man of wa; to Calon to protect
French intercstn. It in oxK.cled that tho
United Sutct will H'tul two,
Morrhhrlllnir.
Suakim, Dec. 18. Tlio Arub Irum-hea
wero heavily shelled by tho forta lust
night.