SATURDAY OCTOBER 12, 18S9.
FACT VERSUS THEORY.
Those whose province it is to write
or speak for the great public may be
divided into two classes. The first
frames its theories upon accepted
facta. The second attempts to twist
fids to suit the tneories. Never has
this been more strikingly illustrated
than in the tariff discussions which
have been carried on of late either
from the. stump or through the col
umns of the Dublic prints. When
President Harrison during the cam
paign which resulted in his election
formulated the famous expression,
"Our democratic opponents evidently
study maxims rather than markets,"
he condensed into a sentence the posi
tion of the free-traders. In Washing
ton during the late canvass the demo
crats stood squarely upon the Cleve
land message of December, 1887, and
clamored for free wool, free hops, free
lumber and free trade. But in Mon
tana they made a fair attempt to
hedge, and as the apostle Paul tersely
remarks were "all things to all men
hoping thsieby to win soma" The
same Democratic national committee
undertook a rear, and more ago to
prove by Roger Q. Mills the puta
tive father of the tariff reform bill
whom they sent to talk to New Eng
land manufacturers and their opera
tives, that they would be benefited by
the introduction of raw materials duty
free, while the wool grower must bear
the brunt, and at the same time they
kept John P. Irish busily employed in
this state asserting before his audi
ences of sheep growers that the man
ufacturer alone must stand the drop
in prices which they claimed must in
evi ably ensue. Let us hear again
from the lips of an unquestioned dem
ocratic source, a president ot the
United States, his testimony garnered
' from many years of experience in pub
lic lifa It has been often quoted.
It can never be repeated too often.
In his annual message of Dec. 8, 1857
President Buchanan said, "In ii e
midst of unsurpassed plenty in all the
' elements of national wealth, we find
our manufactures suspended, our pri
vate enterprises of different kinds
abandoned, and thousands of useful
laborers thrown out of employment
and reduced to want" And this too
within the limits of that decade in
which the discovery of gold in Califor
nia and its output almost doubled the
coin circulation of the world. The
country had then had eleven years of
the nearest approach to free-trade it
had ever seen or, please God, ever
shall see. How is it now? For more
than twenty-eight years we have lived
under the operation of a high tariff
and during all that time prices have
cheapened and wages to-day are on
the average' 50 per cent, higher than
they were when the purchasing power
of a dollar wtjs far less. We have
through a century of experience and
progress proved all things let us hold
fast to that which is good.
THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW.
The London Times of Jate has been
paying much attention to the Pan
American congress which has just
conyened at our national capital.
Between every line of the editorial
utterances of the "Thunderer ' the
practiced eye can read the unmis
takable signs of dread lest our com
mon lot, cast together upon two conti
nents, separated by broad oceans from
the other peoples of the world, should
lead us to combine as one people prac
tically for our own benefit. We have
no laws of primogeniture, no relics of
a feudal system of land tenure, and
when we depart most widely from the
old world systems of political economy
we prosper most. The Times pithily
asks "What might not be done by
few subsidized lines of steamers plying
. between New York and Rio, Buenos
Ayres and Valparaisol" We believe
that the present administration sees,
and that the incoming congress will
act upon the fact that the way to re
vive our carrying trade and restore us
to our former place in the ranks of
.- the worlds maritime nations is by
judicious subsidy. No other nation
exercises the pitiful cheese-paring sys
tem of false economy in this direction
which disgraces us. Take a single
instance. The French steamer Bur
gundy of 7000 tons burden, net,
receives thirty cents per ton
. roin the French government for
every thousand miles of travel. For
the round trip between New York
and Brest, C000 miles, the line to
wnicn tms vessel belongs receives
from a wise people $12,600 in cash
besides liberal allowances for carrying
the mails. Let our conscript fathers
be wise in their day and generation,
offering liberal although judicious
sums for government service as well as
private ventures carried on exclusive
ly in American bottoms and a few
years at the most will find pnr flag
upon every sea in all the earth, and
we may be assured that our South
American neighbors will no longer
borrow, sell, or trade with continental
or English houses or bankers in pre
ference to ours.
. WHAT THE PENSION BUREAU IS.
The East Oregonian is wonderfully
exercised over pension matters. Quot
ing from the Oregonian that "discre
tion of mind and control of tongue"
are necessary, the E. O. says editori
ally; "Precisely. A discreet tongue to
conceal the operations of the gigantic
scheme of fraud and bribery which is
just what the pension oflice is." Oh
no, Bro. Jackson. Allow us to set
you right The pension oflice is the
appointed medium through which the
government pays out stipulated sums,
which however large in the aggregate,
are generally pitifully inadequate in
detail, to those who were mangled by ,
nnssiles from guns in the hands of
men who inevitably voted the demo
cratic ticket, or perhaps if the disa
bility originated otherwise, it was
while the pensioner was sleeping on
cold, wet ground nightly, and faring
mighty hard through the long days,
to convince men, every one of whom
voted the democratic ti;ket, that they
could not, to perpetuate a patrician
oligarchy or less than 300,000 slave
holders, destroy the government of
the United States. These pensioners
worked for four years for thirteen
dollars a month, they became crippled
in the service of the government, and
the pension oflice is a place where the
cripple sometimes, after years of
weary waiting and suffering, draws as
much as two dollars a month. After
all it does look something like a fraud.
don't it.
But the fraud seems to us
to be upon the cripple, not the govern-
merit. The "appalling raid on the
treasury of which te . u. man
talks and which he commends Presi-
dent Cleveland for attempting to pre-
vent by picking out the special cases
in which he thouj'ht he saw a chance
to be facetious at the expense of a sick
or dying man is just as real as the
charges which accompanio l the cry of
"Turn the rascals out" at the time of
Mr. Cleveland's first election. Care-
fal search, with fine comb scrutiny,
orovtd that buz bear, as this will
. iif. .... .- ii
prove, a speciou3 generalizing caicn
word and falsehood.
WANTED A POLICY.
Ever since the Waterloo which as
tounded Mr. Clevelahd and his polit
ical adherents last Nevember, the
party has shown by all the usual signs,
that it is undergoing one of its period
ical transformations. And these
changes are nothing, if they are not
natural. A parly which is composed
of 30 many differing elements which
will not fuse, which is utterly and
comically incongruous,and agreed upon
no one thing, except the wish that the
wicked fraudulent Republicans would
all die, must of necessity change with
every gusty fUw and veer in every
campaign until it has swept around the
whole faci of the political compass-
Men who opposed the war very
many, and men who favored it very
few; men who are opposed to sump-
tuary legislation, and men, who under
the thin guise of prohibition, want
sumptuary laws; the few protection-
ists, the tc riff n formers, and the out
an! out free-traders need a very la'ge
platform upon which to stand if they
would avoid each others tender toes,
But there is one "pilicy" already fore
shadowed by Mr. Congressman Mills
which can unite them all, and that is
obstruction. One section can yeil
tariff refcrir, while another declares
against it Look for a flaw in the
Protectionists policy and widen it all
you can; nurs3 a spirit of discontent;
attack the administration for daring
to remove an incompetent roan who
perhaps may have been a brave sol
dier althougu yiu hate a soldier
yourself; sneer at the G. A. R.; ig
nore the fact that for nearly thirty
years the country has prospered wide
ly ana wondertully, iy following a
course exactly opposite to that which
Democracy has prescribed, until it
challenges the troild'a admiration:
threaten ruin, and make every body
believe if you can that Republicanism
means destruction, ihis wui be in
exact line with the party spirit since
1860, aad h!te all their alleged policies
will there their common fate and lot.
I; will net work.
THE BUSINESS CUTLOOK.
The last weekly review of R. G.
Dun and Co. tells us that a closer
money market has checked operations
to some extent. We have not far to
look for the cause. There has of late
been a larger demand for American
gold abroad. One firm engaged in
placing loans for foreign governments
shipped at one time 1,000,000 gold.
The Argentine Republic is in sore
need of funds and Russia is engaged
in placing a large loan just now.
These things are almost certain to
ir j.
auecc our money market lor some
time. Business reports from the coun
try at large indicate a healthy condi
tion of things and an increased vol
ume ot trade. Chicago, Cleveland
and Pittsburg find business larger
than a year ago, all branches
of trade inoproying and pnce3
higher. There would seem to he
some danger of an unhealthy
ooom in tne lion trade owing to an
anxiety to stimulate the demand
Bradslreets summary for the week
ending Oct 4th finds that the
wider prevalence of cooler weather
has materially aided the distribution
of staple and general products. The
hammering which trust slocks received
in Wall street has had no bad effect
upon the money market. The Eng
ish market reports show a steadiness
and firmness of price which is unusual
in the grain trade. Money is easy at
the great centers, and the last loans of
the week in New York on call were
at 4 per cent.
ANGRY TACOMA.
lue muraer ot iLnocn urosbv in
Tacoma has, in common with other
crimes perpetrated in, the city of des
tiny, aroused the citizens to such an
exteptthat a thousand of them assem
bled yesterday in mass meeting at the
Aijua veia iiuuac iud uuuujuer ex
commerce being too small for the
crowd. Resolutions were passed con-
demnatory of the mayor and city
council, protesting against any further I
saloon license when a majority of the
property holders in the vicinity are
adverse thereto, ana demanding that 1
the police rid the city of all desperate
characters. Further resolutions de-1
mand more and better lights, and the
raising ot the license fee to $1000.
When Mayor Wheeler attempted to
speak he was greeted with hisses, and, I
as the Oregonian terms it, the meeting
ccanie a howling mob. A com rait teo I
of one hundred was apppinted to watch
the council and look after the in te rents
of the citizens at the next election.
This is well, but after all, at a time
when popular excitement ,is very
great, "festina lente" is a ood motto
to follow. Even vigilan-e rule has
sometimes been necensary for a brief
period, but many iup ccent lives would
have been spared i tin vigilantes bad
always "made ha te slowly."
CORPORA TIO $ HESPO NS1B1LITIES.
Every day or two we are confronted
in the columns of the dailies with
gruesome chapter of horrors, accidents
by rail, or river, or sea. An observant
intelligent foreigner once said that if
a bomb shell which would hold fifteen
nassenrrcrs were fired hourly from
New York to New Orleans with
I cs -
positive certainty that fourteen out of
the fifteen would be killed and the
jUCfcy fifteenth safely landed, so care
Mess 0f danger were tue Xantees mat
the proprietor of the line would be
overrun with applications. This may
not be true, but we are careless, very
I careless and good natured to boot, or so
many railway, steamboat and steam
I sbip lines could not blaughter peopl
as they do with impunity. It. was
fit of trim pleasantry that first sug
gested that a railway director shou'd
I ba firmly strapped just under the
l-eadiitiht of each locomotive. Tbis is
hardly practicauie, out it is praccicaoie
to hold common carriers to so strict an
accountability, that the loss of life
or limb will be a rare event.
When the clhcials m high places are
made to know that swift condign pun
ish merit will surely follow carelesness
there will be fewer half manned, poor
ly built ships afloat or overworked
under paid employes ashore.
AN OPPORTUNE DELAY.
In the great commonwealth of New
York a man named Giblin was re-
cently sentenced to death for murder.
His attorneys by a strong showihg
succeeded in obtaining a sixty days
respite from Gov. Hill. The stron
showing was, that one of the principal
witnessps against him had clearly
committed perjury. Facts tubscquent
to those developed upon the trial prove
that the pistol with which the murder
was committed was not" GiblinV, as
was then asserted, but was picked up
by him from the floor and fired in self
defense. The pprjurer, who is a worn
an, nearly became a murderer hersel
for her false witness almost caused the
death of an innocent man. No pun-
lsbment can be too swift or severe for
one who deliberately, for grudge or
gain, swears away the life of a fellow
I beicg. It must be cause for congratu
lation to tha court that the innocent
I man was not executed by its mandate,
however righteous at the time, the
judgment may have seemed. Batter a
little delay, than that innocent blood
be shed.
A TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT.
What an enormous hue-and-cry the
appointment of an educated negro to a
position in the Atlantr posloffice has
ade. And now comes the Age-Her
aid, of Birmingham, Ala., and reiter
alts the sickening platitudes common
to such occasions, because a colored
man, who has passed his civil service
examination and beaten his white
competitors, has beea appointed one
of the letter carriers at that place.
The Inter Ocean pertinently says that
if one man wishad to send a note or a
message to another in that city he
would doubtless employ a negro, and
why should not the government do
what these intensely white gentlemen
do and consider the proper thin
How intensely silly and puerile the
whole matter is. But if the white
letter carriers can stand the loss of
$1000 per yeBr, which their resigna
tion involves, we presume the U. S.
and the negro can.
CONGRESSMAN SULLIVAN.
TM. : i : i : a .1 . r
lutrc is u uu&siuuuy Liiat one Ol
the congressional districts of the proud
city of Boston may return that drunk
ard, adulterer, ignoramus and coward,
John Lawrence Sullivan to the house
of representatives. We say possibil
ity, advisedly, for we believe that, if
no other factor forbids this solution,
the pride of the Irish people, who
have an O'Neill, an Egan, a Parnell,
an O'Reilly to refer to, will preveut
them from -blackening their record by
the election, to a post of honor, of
such a reprobate as this fellow Sulli
van has always shown himself to be.
It is not without precedent' that a
prize tighter should wear forensic
honors as Figg was elevated to the
house of commous and our own John
Morrissay represented a New York
constituency in congress for several
years.
THE DALLES MILITARY ROAD.
Judge Sawyer in the U. S. district
court has sustained the defendant's ex
ceptions to portions of the bills as im
pertinent, and also allowed the motion
of certain defendants to file double
pleas. This is first blood for The
Dalles Military Road folks and so far,
a black eye tor Uncle Ham. Judge
Siwyer holds that having constructed
the road the company was under no
obligation to maintain it. Judge
Sawyer for similar reasons rules to the
same effect in the -case of the Oregon
Cfintral miUry CompanVi
Ihe veterans Ureed, Confession of
Faith and Thirty-nine Articles are all
comprised in the following pithy
definition of Secretary Noble's position
from his own lips: "My own . pension
policy may be very briefly summed up,
was a soldier, i made my way up
from the ranks. I belong to the
Grand Army. I want to see every
old soldier get a pension who deserves
one under the law, and 1 want him to
get the aniouat allowed him by law;
and I want him to get it in the exact
order of time prescribed by the law.
And if I am to stay where I am, every
thing must be done according to law,
which is so plain that there is no neces
sity for mistaking it." This is
straightforward, manly, consistent,
right We especially commend it to
those Democratic party leaders who
are subpet to fierce attacks inter
mittent and spasmodic of intense
affection for the soldier, and who now
affect great sympathy for the late
commissioner of pensions. The pen
sion bureau needs at its head a clear
brain and &reut business ability. If
the last commissioner failed in these
particulars, no matter how unswerving
his patriotism, unselfish his devotion
or great his sacrifices the president's
duty was plain, and if, as we believe,
Corporal Tanner retains the spirit
which nearly thirty years ago sent him
to the front he will sink personal in
terests out of sisiht for the sake of
public cood. "Our friends, tho en-
emy," may rest assured that the new
commissioner, whoever he may be,
will have been one of those "who
young and foolish was whisked off his
base to where the hot blasts of war
Dlavtd sad havoc with lives and for
tunes."
On the first page to-day we reprint
from -the Jnlcr-Ocea-i a plain state
ment of M r. W. L. Scott's connection
with the great Spring Vulley coal
mine trouWi.s. Air. bccll s spceciies
in congress do not read like Mr,
Scott's deeds in Illinois as re ported
for the press. Forty thousand acres
of coal land were more than he could
hope to work in a lifetime. Why not
have bought 2,000 acres like the phil-
anthopist for which he posed, and
worked them! Because he wished to
control the northwestern coal market
but this was not all nor the worst.
With about a million of dollars in
vested, the democratic ex-chairman
resorts to watering devices and so in
creases his stock from $1,000,000 to
$2,500,000 and then to secure his
dividends upon this watered stock
reduces wages until half starved
miners can stand it no longer, where
upon he shuts down his mines, throws
2500 miners out of work and com
mences a series of evictions from
rented houses or property purchaeed
from him, (on which partial payments
haye been made) in the expectation of
steady employment. He is worth
according to his own statement $20,
000,000, can contribute half a million
dollars to the Cleveland campaign
fund and support a racing string
which has just won for him more than
$60,000, but he is too poor to, furnish
remunerative employment to those
whose labors must feed and clothe and
house 10,000 helpless ones, because
his margin of profit would be only
reasonable. Contrast the swelling
turgid periods in the house of repre
sentatives cn the 10th of May last
with this sordid grasping exhibition
and then count Mr. Scott's philan
thropy for just what it is worth.
In the first half of this century, be
fore the American people had fairly
fought their way to the front rank of
the nations, it was quite natural that
we thould be supersensitive as to our
standing, and like the snob, who is
always reiterating his claim to the
title of gentleman, we asserted our
superiority in many foolish ways, and
invariably met all comers from the
opposite side of the ocean with a self
conscious questioning, to which we
almost dreaded a reply. And if the
reply was unfavorable, no matter how
truthful, we generally resented the
criticism we had ourselves invoked.
But we ought long ago to have out
grown all this. We find in the tele
graphic columns of to-day's Oregonian
this caption, over the report of an in
terview with Edwin Arnold, at San
Francisco, "Our Generals are Great,
in Finance We Have No Superior,
and in Statecraft and Literature We
Stand High." Hurroo!! It might
have been well to remember that our
talented visitor knows that be is ex
pected to deal out his dole of compli
ment, to drop into our gaping mouths
as it were, a liberal amount of "taffy."
And yet it was to portray just this
national weakness that Dickens cre
ated the Hon. Jefferson Brick, whom
we did not like at all. Let us be the
things we. love to hear of, and the
world will recognize and honor us,
even it we do not label ourselves.
The diplomatic and courteous lan
guage which the Chinese minister used
when he addressed President Harrison
must be taken in the spirit in which it
was intended. Of course, if China
could help herself, she has no very
pleasant feeling towards the United
States or the inhabitants. On several
occasions the subjects of the Celestial
empire have been brutally treated by
our citizens, and this must rankle in
the bosom of the diplomat; but inter
national courtesy must be preseryed
and the reigning executive must be as
sured or the great consideration m
which he is held. While this is true
it is no less a fact, aside from the same
obligation of international courtesy,that
President Harrison cares little for
China or Chinamen. It would cause
no pang of regret to Mongolians if.
by some convulsion of nature, our
country with its millions of inhabi
tants were sunk under the ' waves of
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; and
as an offset the people of the United
States would shed few tears if the
Mongolian empire were engulfed by
the angry waves of the ocean; but
diplomacy must be practiced, and in
talking to the Hindoo, the Haytian,
Kanaka or Chinaman the same smooth
sounding, laudatory terms must be
used.
The sweeping Republican majorities
in the four new states are indicative
that public opinion is in favor ot the
party of progress. Democracy Las
never extended to the advanced ideas
of the presjnt age any encouragement;
but has contented itself with pursuing
a negative policy. At every step for ,
the past twenty-five years it has op
posed the measures advocated by the
Republican party, and has only given
up its opposition when experience has
proved them safe and sound. This
can be easily seen by reference to our
political history for the past quarter of
a centur. The people are conversant
with these facts, and it is not at ail
surprising that they should array
themselves against this lorig-continued
obstructive policy and the party which
followed it These new common
wealths desire development of their
resources, and the citizens know that
the policy outlined by the Mills bill
would be detrimental instead of bene
ficial. Protection means everything
to the west and northwest, and free
trade is barren of any good results.
The Dakotas, Montana and Washing
ton desire numerous industries estab
lished and their only hope is in the
party of progress and protection.
The grain crop of Europe shows
a large falling off from the
yield of former years, and
this will increase the price of
breadstuff This is a matter of very
little consideration to wealthy people;
but to the laboring poor in very many
instances it will mean suffering and
starvation. The countries of Europe
are very much overcrowded, and this
partial failure of the wheat crop will
cause them to seek homes across the
ocean, and we may expect a large im
migration next year. They will be
welcome, if they bring with them
habits of industry and thrift; if tot,
they better stay at heme. .
The O. R. & N. Co. will run a train
into Spokane Falls next Monday, and
that thriving city will have another
feeder. If other cities had exercised
the same degree cf enterprise they
they would rival Spokane to-day; but
their opportunities have slipped by un
improved and they cannot be recalled.
When the business men considered
new project a desirable factor of de
velopment it was put into operation
without hesitation, and tbis is the
secret of the growth of the city.
With such business men in the
lead its progress cannot be limited or
checked.
We are in receipt of a letter from
Mr. O. J. Gale, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
enclosing a half year's subscription and
asking for information anent the north
western country ana ihe uaiies in
particular. He says that one of our
townsmen forwarded him the New
Years's issue of the Times Mountain
ekr. He also tells us that ha has
accumulated something and wishes to
locate where he can be given a more
e-mal chance in the hreadwmni
struggle, lo our friends who do not
believe that it pays to advertise, this
is dedicated both as text and sermon,
The South American republics are
advancing in wealth. Tho govern
ments are holding out inducements to
immigrants, and the Latin races are
seeking the new world in order to
better their condition. There are
more opportunities for the exercise of
energy and enterprise, on this conti
nent than in the over-crowded coun
tries of continental Europe.
The British Columbians are exhib
iting considerable bluster over the
action of the Bush in defending the
American seal fisheries in Behring sea,
and threaten to attack the steamer if
she stops at Victoria,
and nothing more.
This is talk
LATE NEWS.
DEMOCRATIC FILIBUSTERING EXPECTED
BY THE REPUBLICANS.
Washington, Oct. 8. General Tom
Browne, of Indiana, one of the oldest and
most influential republicans in the house,
thinks there will be a Ions and bitter
fight over the adoption of the new rules
when congress meets.
Speaking of the probable action of the
Democrats in regard to the adoption of
new rules, the general said: "Under the
most common parliamentary rules, the
minority, if mean enough, can prevent
the miijonty from doing anything almost,
and especially is this true where the ma
jority is as slender as it will be. this ses-
on the Ke publican side. Filibustering
will ac easy. I do not believe it will be
possible for us to adopt a set of ru'es
which will give us supreme power. No
party has ever done it, and I don't be
lieve we can now. The majority will be
at the mercy of the minority, and if we
accomplish anything it will be by suffer
ance. I anticipate, as Mills. Oates. Bv-
num and other Democrats have announc
ed, that there will be a long fight over
the adoption of the rules. It will likely
result in a compromise, which will leave
the mnjority practical! v in the hands of
the minority. I am in favor of the ma
jority ruling, if it consumes the entire
session to establish the maioritv's ritrl.ts
we must start out right, it we expect to
SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Salem, Oct. 8. W. A.Currie, of Port
land, was commissioned notary public
to aay.
In the supreme court to-day, V. W,
Cuttou, of New York, was admitted to
practice in the courts of Oregon. There
were twenty-one in the class for admis
sion to the bar. Diplomas will be award
ed to day.
- A SEVERE FALL.
Aivin umenoy, a young man working
in a wen at inomas Bruce's hve miles
souin or oatem. mis afternoon lell from a
muuer nucea reel ieet to tDe bottom of
uie wen, sustaining severe injuries, but
his recovery is expected.
a dishonest rest a itb a nt maw.
Sedsrwick. who ran the tfinlnfrrrmm nf
the Cuemekela on the Earopeannlan for
me last weeK, skipped this morning,
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leaving creditors for various sums. He
got away with about ?C0O and skipped
oeiween two aays.
THE BAKER CITY FAIR
Baker City, Or., Oct. 8. The first
agricultural . fair of Eastern Oregon
opened here to-day. Owing to heavy
showers yesterday and last night the at
tendance was not larsre, but the dust is
thoroughly laid and the success of the
fair is assured, barring heavy rams.
The city is full of visitors and the "(in
born" fralernity is fully represented. The
pavilion presents a fine appearance, there
being a fine display of the products of
the soil, and especially of fruits. A
fine display of apples and peaches is
made bv A. J. Weatherby, of Burnt river;
also vegetables from the same section.
WRECK ON O. A C. B. R.
Halset, Or, Oct. 8. The south-bennd
Calitornia express was wrecked at 9:10
last niffht. one mile north of this nls.ee.
the fireman. William A. Ransome being
Killed ana tne engineer, jonn Mciadclen
severely iniured. None of the nassen I
eers were hurt or scarcely shaken op, as I
only cne passenger car, a Pullman sleep- I
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla.
er, left the rails. Jlr. A. B. Cox, ot the
railway mail service, was thrown with
much lbrce against tlie forward end of
the car and covered with bags of in.iii,
but managed to crawl up and find him
self uninjured.
Engineer McFadilen bas been in the
employ of the company for the lust nine
teeii years. Ke lins u wife and three
children liviLsr in Eas! Portland. lie re
turned there on thi engine local this
afternoon. lie will be contincd to his
bed for some Ahr.e, though he has no in
juries whicn with proper nursing can
prove fata!.
Itansome, the fireman, was unmarried,
though rumor has it that he was engaged
to a young lady of Portland, and va7 to
have been married on the loth inst. He
was quite popular among his fellows unci
well liked by all who knew him. Ilis
parents live in the east.
The wreck is a very serious looking
affair and was not cleared awav until
nearly noon to-day. It seems almost in
credible that so much damage to rolling
stock could h ave been done and only one
life lost. Railroad men say that the
wreck is the worst that has ever occurred
in the history of railroading on the Ore
gon & California.
K. of p.
Astoria, qcU 8. Visiting delegations
to Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
arrived this morning, and held a review
in the main body ol the opera house,
vvlnUi was resplendent w:th banners an
utwtauuua. All IUC JllCrUUB Ol a lUTO
auaience, uraca unanceilor llunie i,rt.
sented a magnificent crimson silk bannei
to tne first reigment, uniform r.-n
ivuil;ih.3 ui i vuuus, wnicn was or"in
J . - O"
izeu anu uaics us existence from to-duy
iiiu uuuuvr was accepted uy lieutenant
-l-l Tl 3 O. .
oiouci itaru oitvicsoa uelialt of the
regiment.
Alter military evolutions, performed
wun precision, uraud I'relaio A
Lleveiana delivered an eloquent address
oi welcome, which was hltingly respond
cu to ov urand unance or w T TT.,m
An oration by Hon C II Finn was then
uriivrrcu in spienuiu stylo by .Miss Ell
irjruia, wno ai its close was presented
wuii norai uiuutcs to ncr elocutional
powers.
The drum corps delighted tho crowds
wun us penarniancc, and l lie dium mi
jor's shako inspired hopes that his assist
ant luny justilitd.
A grund ball was given at the
house to night.
opera
lo-morrow the olticers of the Grimd
lodge meet to confer decrees, arid to-mnr-
row evening there will be a clam suiirjci
Black Prince No. 5, La Grande, twelve
i i . . l ...v. uvc uii isiuua.
men; captain, a., r. fuller; lieutenant,
win Stevens; herald, Aaam Croasman
Astoria, No. 4. Captain. Ed Hulliu-b
lieutenant, CJ Trecchard; herald, Thom
as Loughery.
Willamette, No. 2, Portland, ten men
unpiuin, jolin AAhlesbat; lieutenant E
o xiuwaius; ueratu, 0 O OeeO.
Ualanthe, No. 3, Albina, seventeen
men. captain, n. jj bimmons; lieuten
ant, T. H. Bigulow; herald, J V Rcedv
v.uiuuju, -i juuuuy, iour men
captain, j d nail; lieutenant, Geo,
uocnsteaier; neraia, o E Probst,
Ihe farst regiment, when organized
elected the following officers:
Major, George V Hochsttdler, Albany
Surgeon, E It Irving, La Grande.
Stall Lieuieaant-Coionel. Adinfnnt T
o x.uwurus; quarrermastcr, Alex Camp
bell ; sergeant uiaior. F R Neal, quarter
a rr-. . .
uiuaicL-sereaui, yj ju xSll.
A GOOD COUNTRY TO LEAVE.
Topeka. Ki., Oct. 9. The governor has
endorsed the appeal from the people of
Stevens county for aid, and erges that a
hearty iesponse be given to the call for
'"uu lue' doming, -me farnier3 of
mat couuty have suflered four successive
failures of crop?, and thev are witiwmt
ca&DS ot support for tho approaching
winter,
A MODERN ROMANCE,
Port Towsend, Wn., Oct. 9. Charles
Miller, a gauiuler by latter day irnf..9.
sion, died Sunday of lung fever, lie was
accompanied during his last mtervals by
a unuusuuie woman, introduced and
known as Ins wife. Frequently, during
delirious momenta, in tho r,.,... p ..:
ltors, he would in most pathetic terms ask
forgiveness from some woman whom he
cauea jj.anclie, and refer to a child. Vi-
thing was thought of Ihe circumstance
until alter his death, when Sheriff Delant-
ly received a telegram from Dnlnili
Minn., signed Blanche Miller, asking for
particulars concerning her husbands
death.
An old acquaintance of Miller's sid
lew years airo Miller was a reanpftpH
industrious man employed in Duluth
uuu ucniue juiaiuaiea witn n rminir
J 1 . ... '
woman of good family, whom he betrayed
and was compelled to marrv. Lpavinw
Duluth on the day of the marriage, he
came West aqd plunged into reckles de
bauchery, which ended by some one
shooting his arm off. Several months
ago he married a respectable cul of Ta
coma, who was unaware of his gambling
proiesMn. juirer was a handsome man.
m guuu mum)-, bdu wen- Known tbrouh
out the Northwest.
DEATH BY ELECTRICITY.
AUAURN, JN. Y., Oct. 9. Judfre Dju
decides thut the eletricul execution laws
is constitutional, and remands KemoieStr
to tne custody of the warden of Auburn
prison,
1 he decision, which is quite len"-thv.
says in part, that to every legislative act
mere attaches a presumption of con
stitutionality, and the burden of showing
it to be unconstitutional is nnon Inn,
wno assails it. No ouch acts should hH
annulled by the judictary as opposed to
lunuameniai law in a doubtful case,
iue uutstioos arc, wcetner tlie nn.soner
has overcome the presumption of con
stitutionality, and has shown that the
statute ot 1888 iu regard to the infliction of
toe aeatu penalty provides a cruel and
unusual, and therefore unr.onstitin;nm.l
punishment; and that the force of elec
tricity is sumcicut to kill any human
subject with celerity and certainty, when
scientifically applied. la my judgment
these questions must be answered nega
tively. Before a statue can rightly be
abrogatid, theie should be judicial
knowledge thut the punishment therein
provided is cruel and unsual. There is
no si cli knowledge, and
his contention
tillaed's latest.
Chicago, Oct. 9. A disnatch from
HT . I t . .
iiwau&Q euja iuab u private letttr
written by fiesident Colbv. of the Wis
consm Centra, to the stockholders of the
.Northern Tacihc road reveals a gigan
tic railway consolidation scheme that
win connect the two oceans and revolu
tionize railway trafiic. It is the consoli
dation of the Wisconsin Central and
Northern Pacific systems. An sminii.i,
j . --
tramc agreement-was the first step,
llenrv Vulaid. through an alhono..
with (Jharles and Joseph Colbv. has ob
taineo a majority of the stock of the
JNortuern racihc, and a sensation in rail-
road circles is promised within the next
ten day s. Henry Villard will he re
stored to the presidency of the North
Pcific, and one of the greateat railway
tuummuauuns oi tue world will bo con
1 . -J . . r it -
suoimated
Even now contracts have been sio-ned
whereby the Baltimore & Ohio railrcad
is to enter into an airreemeat with ih
consolidated Wisconsin Central nl
Northern Pacific lines, connecting the
two oceans. The Atchison. Tonefe a
Santa Fe system is also in fnn rlooi
reaching Mexico and Southern Califor
nia.
Cbicasro will be made the center
for
operating the three great railroads.
ine JNortticrn i'acioc wi 1 be pxtpndi rl
fmm TJ,. , . 3 1 I i. -
1 USICL BUUUU BDU UU1JI lDlO AlilflCn
matting a continuous line from New
XorK to Sitka.
AN AMERICAN SCIIOOSEB TO BE SEIZED.
San Francisco. Oct. 9. Word renr.Iiprl
here to day that the American schnnnpr
Annie Gee will be seized at Altata, where
sue now is, Dy tne Mexican crovernmnnt.
The schooner carried from here certain
articles such as flour, that were not on
the manifest.because the company had no
scl" mere, iue juexican government
thereupon imposed double dutv. and tli
owners oi me scnooner retuse to pav it.
consequently the schooner will be seized.
for Enfanto and Children.
' "CastorlaisEowelladaptcdtochndreatJiat I Costorta errres Oolle. Constipation,
irecommenditassuperiortoanyprescription I Bonr Stomach, DiarrhCBtt, Eructation,
known to me." H. A. Arches, II D I Worma give sleep, aud promote, di-
Xtt Bo. Oxford Bi, Brooklyn, if. Y. WiSIiSjurious medication.
The Cestacb Compact, 77 Hurray Street, N. TV
The Dalles Trunk Factory.
We wiHse:i TRUNKS, DAGS and VALISES, wholesale and letail, at prices that defy competition
Workmanship beyond comparison. Tho best. We havi in atoik everything you need in the line of trunks
bass, ladies' traveling basrs, valises, shawl straps, trunk straps, etc, etc Will make anything n our line
as sample trunks, costumers1, wardrobes, ect. promptly. Repairing department complete. Will 6x up
your old valises and trunks better than new, promptly and cheaply. Call on us you will be pleasantly
surprisej.
Spanish Merino Bucks
L
-:i2V SAasigiHSf.JCJ im
Vermont Merinos,
Owned by Severence & Peet, of California.
We have since imported from such breeders as Baker, Shippee, Strowbridge,
Woolsey and Bullard. Our sheep are large, with good constitutions,
Fine, Lon& Staple and Heavy Fleeces.
Our Bucks are now to be seen on
our stcck and a correspondence.
Prices &r-e:itly ITecliiccd.
R-&
Sepilm2
C.N. THORN BURY.
T. A. HUDSON.
TH0RSEH1Y & HUDSON,
10
INSURANCE,
2vo23.e3r to ZLioan
on Real Estate, Chattel and Personal security.
Will attend to all kinds or Land business he
fore the U. S. Land Office.
Rooms 7 and S, up-staire, U. S. Land OIKco building:,
THE UALI.ES. OltEGON.
HUGH CHRISMAN.
W. K. CORSON.
s
SUCCESSORS TO
C.33. CIlTllSMN !fc SONS,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
FANCY GEOCERIES
AND MILL FEED.
Third Street Between Washington
and Federal.
Have on hand and will sell at the lowest possible
prices, fancy ann staple uroccriet
BJid Mill Feed.
Highest Cash Trice for Country Produce.
Call and examine prices before purchasing else-
where.
nuK17tf Cnrisman & Corson.
Thompson's Addition
-TO-
DALLES CITY.
Now Ready for Sale on Easy Terms.
Now is tho time to buy while
PRICES ARK LOW.
Tli is tract has been surveyed and ul&tted in acre
tracts with convenient streets aui avenues and so
arranged that purchasers can get one block or sev
eral acres in a oxiy. too lami is cumparativeiy
level, soil excellent, water easily obtained, location
pleasant, beautiful and easy to access and j jins the
city immediately on the east.
Title U. S. Patent. Warranty Deeds.
FOU SALE BY
Tlie Dalles Land and Improvement Co.
For particulars apply at the office of the Company
rooms 7 sod 8, Land Office Building, The Dalles, Or.
COME AND SEE THE PROPEISTY.
THORNBURY & HUDSON,
apCd&wtf r.eal Estate Agents.
0. D. TAYLOR,
Washington Street, in roar of Fiench
& Go's ank buildinjr.
TH2 DALLZS,
- OREGON.
-THE
New Zeland Insurancs Cta
la one of the Best in ihe World
Also managers for Oregon, Washington and Idaho
ox ine
filutual Benefit Life InsuranceCo...
OF NEWARK, N. J.
Paid policy holders, sinca organization,
92,812.907.06 !
Assets, market value S40.OV2&ft 14
Surplus, N. Y. standard 5.512,129 31
One of the mnst solid companies in the
United States.
AGENTS WANTED for the State of Orcgron
Territories of Washington and Idaho.
MONEY
LOAN.
N0TABY BUSINESS
Before starting; on a Journey, got an
ACCIDENTiTlCKET.
Only 25c for 3000 Insnranre.
. Loaning; Money fm non-rcf idei t a specialty.
8 per cent, net guaranteed to lenders.
0. 1. TAYLOR.
dto
13 TrS
3
!
We would call the special attention of
wool growers to the extra quality of the
M
hich we offer for sale this season. Our first
portation was from the flock of
Five Mile. We invite an examination of
THOMPSON & SON,
Jersey Farm, The Dalles; Or.
Xiiqaor Dealers.
500 Men Wanted
To Unload Shcooners
-At tho
NEW BEER HALL,
Court street, Between BJaia
and Second.
Wines, Liquors and Cigars of the best domestic
and imported brands on sale.
John Donovan, Prop.
J. O. MACK,
WHOIiESALE
1LE
ee
FXE2CCHS
Second Street, -
BLOCK.
The Dalles-
WOOL EXCHANGE SALOON !
DAN. BAKER, Proprietor.
NEAR THE OLD SUNT, SECOND ST.,
THE DALLES, OK.
The Best of Wines, Lienors and Cigars
- always on band.
Kret Luncli every evening.
EAST END SALOON,
Near the Old Mfnt Enildinir, Second St.,
The Dalits, Or.
Always) on bond the
Best Wines,
Liquors,
and Cigars,
A Pleasant Evening Resort.
Columbia Brewery and Imported Lager Beer
on urautrlit.
TO
HILL &, CO.'S
SAMPLE BOOMS
Keeps constantly on hand the'cholccst
Wines, Liquors, Cigars.
Corner of Union rnd Second Sts.
The Dalles. Oreroa.
-TIIE-
Fariners' and Butchers
EXCHANGE,
JViont St., Opposite I'matilla Jiocse,
THE DALLES, OltEGON.
Wolfgang Schraeder.Frop'r.
Always on salo tho best, of Imported and
Domestic
TVines,
Liquors,
ai d Cigars,
.Bottled Beer or nil kinds a Is per tally
buchleb's seek on tap,
free i.unch fob customers
Woltffaiiff Schraeder.
H. GLENN,
Is again at hU old stand and has on hand
FINEST BRAND OP
ENGLISH CEMENT.
Tanks of all sizes, from 1C00 to 40,000 gallons, mads
to oruer.
ry Contracts for all kinds of bnildinea
taken at the lowest h cures.
New Grocery Store !
-AT the
CHRISMAN OLD STAND,
194 Third St-. The XfeUea, Cr.
Will keep on hand a general assortment of
Groceries, Canued Goods,
Feed and Provisions,
And desire a share of the public patronapo, as we ex
poet to seil at imcM to burr tub Habd Tines.
3 All Goods Fresh and Warrnuitcd First-class.
WELCII & SMIT1T.
Danish
Bucks
Liquor 0
Two trains daily, leaving- the I'matilla House at
12:10 p. m. and 2 a. m. The 12:10 train runs through
to Walla Walla, connecting at Walluia Junction With
the Nortlurn Pacific train for Helena, St. Paul and
the East. The 2 train runs through to Farming
ton via. ! dluton and Walla Walla, and to I'nioit,
La Gran ic, Baker City, connecting at Huntin-fton
with Or Short Line for Denver, Council Bluffs
Kanras Uu and the Mart. Tniins going west lears
Tlie Dal ai 12.40 P.M. and 2 A.M.
Tlpl -Tq to and from principal points In th
1 1 U r . I 5 I'nitrd States, Canada and Europe.
ELEGANT PULLMAN PALACE CARS
EMIGKAST SLEKHN'G CARS run through on
Express trains to
OMAHA, COUNCIL BLUFFS, and
ST. PAUL,
3-Free of Charge and Without Chang.
Close Connexions at Portland for San Francisco and
Pugot e'ound points.
To San Francisco Leaving Steamship Wharf Port
land, at 12 Midnight, as follows:
Oregon Wednesday, October t
Suto Sunday, " 6
Columbia. Thursday, " 10
Oieson Monday, " 14
State Friday, " 18
Columbia Tuesday, " 2s
Oregon Saturday, 20
SUte Wednesday, 80
To Portland Leaving SpcarSt. Wharf, SanFranclsco,
at 10 A, AI. as follows:
State Tuesday, Octobe. 1
Columbia Bnturdav, " 8
Oregon Wednesday, " 9
St.te Sunday, " IS
Columbia Thursday, " 17
Oregon Monday, " 21
Siato Friday, " 25
Columbia Tnesday, " 29
KATES OF PASSAGE, (including meals and berths
Cabin, fill 00 Steerage, t 00
Itound Trip Unlimited 80 00
For further particulars inquire of any Agent of tho
Cominny. or Ak Maxwell, A. CI. P. 1. A., l'urt
land, Oregon.
A. L. MAXWELL,
TO SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
By Way or the
SouthernPacificCompany's
The MT. SHASTA ROUTE.
Qulolrer In Time thnn Any
Otlacr ltouto between
Portland and San Francisco
Leave Portland 4 P. M. Dailr.
Through Tlmo, 39 Hours.
PULLMAN BUFFET SLEEPERS
TOURIST SLEEPING-CARS,
for accomodation of Second-Class
Passengers, attached to
Express Trains.
Fare from Portland to Sacramento ana Ban
Francisco::
Unlimited $25
First Class. Limited 20 '0
Second Class, Limited IS 1
TIIIIOUGH ITICKETH
TO ALL POINTS,
Soutlx and flnst
"Via. California.
B. KOEIILEB
AlaiiaKer
E. P. P.OGF.KS.
Asst. G. F. and Pass. Agt
TICKET OF KICKS.
No. 134, Cor. First snd Atder Pis.
Comer F and Front Sts.
Portlsnd, Oregon.
Citv Office,
Depot .
Big G has given univer
sal satisfaction In tab
cure cf Gonorrhoea and
Gleet. I prescribe itabd
feci sate in recommend.
1
Ing It to all sufferer.
A.J. STONEtt, H.nr
uecatur, ui.
PRICE. 91.C9. '
Sold by Druggists.
Snipes & KJnorsly. The Bailee, Or.
If any denier says he has the W. L. DontlM
Shoes without numo a-ad price fttuiiipeu on
tho bottom, put hi in down aa m fraud.
L. DOUGLAS
$3 SHOE GENTLEMEN.
Best In the world. Kxnmttie hla
SB.fiO HN17INK H ASII-KKWKI) SHOE.
W4.IM) 1IANI-SEWK.I WI0I.T MIOK.
:(.( POM CI! AND FA KM HUH" hllOE.
i:XTKA VAI.UH VA1.V MIOlt.
i'4.i!3 WOKKINGIHAN'S NHOi:.
MU.OOaml W1.75 HOYS' KC1IOOI. SHOES
All maae in uongress, uuiion ana lku.
W. L. DOUGLAS
S3 SHOE iVdTes.
Best Material. Host Btyle. Beat Fitting. '
It nut sold by your dealer, write
W. I DOUGJuAS. UltOCKTOX, MAS3
Examine W, L. Douglas $2.00
for Gentleman and Ladies.
J. Freiman, AKt.,ThcDalIes,Or.
IIAIAP from Ohio. tltf. h
Hi. if" port rail of Mr.Uirri-
WlWfca ion. er tUtem. Ohio.
Wat at work m (arm for
3B a iDMih t 1 mow bav an mgntrw
fc. V. Allan la aiouma iua jpsjuii
ii aad afta m day."
(tfford) W. U.tiACKlaON.
irm Kiln. HarrUbar.
writrti 'I liave never knowni
nythinjr lo Mil Ilka jour allium.
i sat era ay i took orntr moofo im
pny tua over -V" W. J. K
imora, Baniror, Mt.. will mi I
take an order for your altinmat
idltnoat avery houaa I llr. f
pro ill laonau atmuc-nai v
)Cor aln aria dn' woih."
Other art doing- qu Ii as well t
C&w hava not apaca to riva x
tracu from thlr Ictlrra. Every
on who takaaboldoflhlarrant bualnoaa pi lea upirrand proflia.
Shall we start VOU in Ihis businesPa
recW f Writa tooa and Ivam all about H for youraHf. Wa
araatartlnarauiirt wa will atari yon If you don't dolay until
tiorhffra-eta abend of too In vonr Drt of ilia country. If vo
take bold yon will be able to pick uppold fat. CjT KfH-
i m account of a forced manufarturer a ante 1 8A4H) ten
4lollur I'hotoKrupn Aiuuma ikii m) mhu iohh
iopla for tSV each. Hound in Ituyal Crimann Hi Ik Vrlvot
'lush. Chamiiiifrly decorated inaldea. llanriaoineat album In tha
world. Larpeat Hlae. Ureal tit barraina aver known. Aircnia
wanted. Liberal tertna. Uiff motley for airanta. Any one can
tteromea aueceaaful aient. Bella itaelf on airbt liltla or M
4o I king noceaaary. Wberever thawn, every one wan la to-par-cimm.
A rente take tliouaanda of ordera with rapidity never
before known. Ureal prontt await every worker. Airenta art
tnakiitf furtunea. Ladieatuake a much aa men. You, rreder,
candoae well aa anyone. Vull Information and terma f ?
to tboaa who write for aame. with particular and terma for our
Family III b lea. Hooka and Periodica. la. A Oar yon know aJt,
abouidyou conclude tofono further, why no barm la done.
AOxlraaa U. C. ALLZX CU ALOtaTA, UlX
PAUL KREFT.
Artistic Painter and
House Decorator,
The Jlallea, Orccon.
ITuuso Painting and Decorutlny a Specialty No
inferior and cheap work done; but good, labUua
work at the lowest prices.
bliop adjoining pottolfice on Second Street.
BLAKELEY & HOUGHTON,
THE LEADING
Prescription Druggists,
175 Socond Street, The Dalles.
Country and Mall Orders will re
ceive Prompt Attention.
Mrs. C. L. Phillips,
Fashionable Milliner,
COURT STREET.
(Next door to Tikks-Molktaiksss office.)
THE LATEST STYLES
OF
Bonnets, Trimmings, etc
For Sale !
-ONE BAND OF-
Stock Sheep !
Young and In good condition; a'fO
100 Graded Bucks.
Enouire at the First National Bank, at A. W. Wll.
ann A Co.'s store, or at the stock yards of Iimi
a Saltntarahe.
Jl13wU E. P. B DEBTS BOH.
?ff 1 TO 6 DiTB. i
nzQnnnti4 low
fS MroooljbTth.
' 3 Imi Cismlcal C.
' iff
I