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, NOVEMBER 2, 1889.
CONGRESSIONAL OUTLOOK.
The coming session of congress is cf
tbe most vital importance for several
reasons. This is the first time since
1881 that the Republicans have had a
majority in the lower house, and then
only for one session. Since 1876,
with this one exception, the Demo
crats have controlled what may be
termed the legislative branch of the
congress of the United States, and
have, in almost every instance, effec
tually killed every measure whicli
passed the Republican senate. By
pursuing a policy of false economy the
Democratic party has retarded public
improvements in every portion of the
country, and heaped up a surplus in
the treasury to be used as an argu
ment for a change in the economic
policy of the country. This parcy has
preferred keeping the revenue locked
in the treasury rather than sending it
in the channels of trade, relieving the
pressure of hard times and helping the
laboring classes. A very reasonable
measure passed the senate for the for
feiture of the unearned land grant of
the Northern PaciGc, and this was
killed by the Democratic lower house
by tacking on amendments. .. AH sorts
of ill-conceived legislation have been
passed by tbe Democratic house,
which has had the effect to unsettle
business and intimidate capital from
investment. The last election gave
evidence that the people demanded a
change in the public administration of
affairs. Four years of a 'Democratic
executive, coupled with the obstruct
ive policy of the lower house, created
a general dissatisfaction over the
country.
The lower house and senate now
have a good working majority of Re
publicans, and the people are anxious
ly watching the coming session to see
whether they will be true to their
pledges to tbe people. The senate
bill which passed that boJy last year,
and was killed in the house, will
perhaps be the policy of the party on
the tariff question. This, it is pre
sumed, will satisfy the desires of the
people much better than the Mills
bill, and will be all the legislation
necessary on the question at present.
( On other national matters it is ex
pected the policy will be broad, and
such as will sul serve the best interests
of the country.
The northwest is of much greater
-importance than heretofore. With
three members from Oregon, congress
- paid little attention to its request or
wants; but when in December it mar
shalls its forces of six senators and
three representatives not counting
the two Dakotas its voice will not
be unheeded. The producers of this
portion of the country have been sup
plicants for many favors, and, al
though the members from Oregon
have worked honestly and earnestly,
little has been accomplished. The
great artery of commerce, the Colum
bia river, has been locked to the com
merce of the- people by a railroad
monopoly, and paltry sums have been
dealt out for improvements which has
advanced the work very slowly.
The northwest expects the Republican
party, which has been the friend of
internal public improvements for many
years, to be liberal in its appropria
tions towards the Columbia river. It
is of the greatest importance that the
locks at the Cascades should be coni-
' pleted at the earliest possible time, and
that no unnecessary delay should be
had. A region of country, large in
extent and rich in natural resources,
. is dependent upon this river as an out
let to seaboard, and it is not in ac
cordance with the people's wishes that
the public treasury should overflow
with hoarded wealth while they are
forced to the verge of bankruptcy by
excessive railroad freights. The jet
ties at the mouth of the Columbia
should be carried forward to comple
tion, and the amounts appropriated
for this purpose should be liberal
By these means the work can be done
to a better advantage and relief will
come quicker. Aside from thes im
provements, which have been in prog
ress for a number of years, it may be
expected that some action will be
taken in 'favor of a project for
overcoming the obstructions to nav
igation between this "city and Ce
lilo. The report of the engineers
- who have examined boat-railways in
Europe will be received, and this, we
understand, will be favorable to . the
undertaking. It makes little differ
ence what plan may be adopted, so
that active work be commenced to re
move these obstructions to an open
river, which, with the completion of
the locks at the Cascades, will give
producers and shippers a free highway
to the afcaj. The impediment to the
railroad land forfeiture bill is removed
by the change in the political predilec
of the lower house, and Senator
Dolph's bill, which is all the people
desire, will have nO difficulty in pass
ing both houses of congress.
""The Republicans have an opportu
nity of winning lasting glory for
themselves by mucb needed legislation,
and it is hoped they will not let the
opportunity go by unimproved. The
party has been the savior of the na
tion in more than one instance in the
past, and we believe it will still re
main true to its former traditions and
well-earned reputation.
In conversation with some of our
farmers they express themselves de
lighted with tie present prospects for
sowing grain, and say it is the most
favorable fall they have ever wit
nessed. With the usual amount of
snow the coming winter there can be
no doubt that next year will witness
abundant harvests in this tnd adjoin
ing counties. , c . j
SATDKDAY.
BRUTISH BRAVERY.
From New Mexico comes the de
tails of a most brutal duel, and one in
which savage bravery was exhibited
to its fullest extent An Indian and
a Mexican agreed to have one finger
cut off at a time, and the one who
evinced signs of pain was to be Btabbed
to the heart. Th9 battle continued un
til each lost four fingers of his hand
without a murmur, and the Indian was
reaching for the left hand of the Mex
ican to continue his diabolical opera
tion when he was shot to the heart by
the latter's second. We are glad that
this happened among descendants of
foreign races and not of the rulin
one of this country, for, how
ever such an exhibition of "nerve:
may be applauded it is indicative of a
low state of civilization. Any one
possessed of refined feelings do not
wish others to suffer or courts it him
self. Such brutes, who cut and slash
each other for the sake of foolish
bravado are not the best soldiers
when forts are to be taken or charges
repulsed. In time of battle an intelli
gnt man who realizes the danger and
faces it for the sake of duty is worth
half a dozen cruel savages who simply
join the army for booty and to gratify
cruel passions. Lord Lytton. in
"Doveraux." mentions a case at the
court of Peter the Great, where Lyt
ton introduces his hero. Two
Russians are subjected to the
Dunishment of the knout One
howled bitterly while the other took
the stripes with stolid indifference.
The great Russian monarch asked
Devereaux which was the braver, and
ha was answered the one who took his
punishment silently. No, said Peter,
he 3 the nearer the animal and does
not realize the disgrace he suffers; but
the other will make tbe braver soldier,
The training of the Spartans, with the
weapons in use at that era of tbe
world's history, when physical orowess
was nearly always victorious, may have
been the secret of their valor : but
in this age of mitrailleuse
and repeating "Vifles physical
strength counts little in mill
tarv conflicts. As civilization ad
vances, the brutal passions decreases
or are more subservient to tne nigner
feelings and a greater sympathy is
felt for human woes and human suf
ferings, and less delight is taken
in exhibitions of savage bravery. . The
untutored Indian may bear pain with
less expression of feeling than the cul
tivated Anglo Saxon; but the princi
pal reason for this is that his finer
sensibilities lack development, and his
instincts are more nearly on a level
with those of the animal.
NO GUERRILLA WARFARE. .
With all the criticism of Republican
methods and of the rule of politicians,
can mugwumps expect a purer state
of affairs in the ranks of the Democ
racy? If Mr. Curtis and President
Eliot had attempted their reformation
inside the party lines would not their
work been more effectual than by join
ing the forces of the enemy 1 Every in
telligent reader for tbe past quarter of
a ceatury knows that the editor of
Harper's Weekly has no affection for
the Democratic party, with its
record on the union of the states, the
finances of the nation, and rowdyism
and kukluxism in the south. The
pa3t history of the party has been
damnable in the extreme, and if it
had cot been for Republicans the
country would have been bankrupted
and a worse terrorism than now reigns
would have been prevalent in the
south. There are many other Repub
licans, beside Senators Edmunds and
Hoar who are still of lhe "old party;"
but these believe their efforts will be
more effectual for reformation inside
the party lines than in the ranks of
the enemy. There has never been an
instance where the caucus rule has
been invoked or tbe machine erected
but that the candidates of the "old
party" have met with crushing defeat.
The rank and file are men who cogi
tate, and who act according to the
dictates of ' their honest judgment.
Perhaps no man is entitled to more
respect than the old Roman, Hon.
Geo. F. Edmunds, against whom dur
ing his long senatorial career there is
not a shadow of an accusation of dis
honesty. He owes no allegiance to no
power except God and his conscience,
and yet he is as loyal to the party as
he could be. His innate honesty of
purpose dictates unequivocally that he
can accomplish more zood as an ad
herent of the grand Republican prin
ciples than by following a guerrilla
warfare under the command of the
mugwumps. The nation has been
saved, the credit established, slavery
abolished, manufacturing industries
created by Republican legislation; but
the mission of the old party will not
be accomplished until every citizens of
the republic of whatever race or color
can exercise the elective franchise as
freely and fully in Mississippi and
Louisiana as be can in Ohio or Massa
chusetts. We detest machine rule,
bossism and the caucus as much as any
mugwump, and areas willing to oppose
them when emergencies arise; but do
not belie.ye in seeking redress from
these evils by attaching ourselves to
the parent trunk which originated and
produced these poisonous branches.
The Democratic papers are attempt
ing to "boom" Gov. Pennoyer for re
election. This will accomplish noth
ing, as tbe people are not desirous of
elevatiog to the executive a man
who has made so many mistakes as he
has during the past four years. The
Republicans will dictate the officials
next June, by a large majority.
Mr. P. M. Arthur has been re
elected chief by the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers. A better se
lection could not have been made, as
he is a gentleman of intelligence, ma
ture judgment and conservative ten
dency regarding labor organizations.
DEMOCRATIC HYPOCRISY.
George William Curtis has furnished
the Democratic press with more texts
for sermons cn civil service reform
than all the literature and leaders of
the party during the long period of
its eventful existence over did. Be
cause he endorses Cleveland's admin
istration and opposes Harrison the
Democrats appear to rpgard hiui as
altogether pure and honest in his po
litical preferences. The training of
Mr. Curtis was in the ranks of the
Republican party, and he may be
possessed of some ideas of right and
wrong which are meaningless to the
ordinary Bourbons; but he uses these
in favor of the Democracy, and that
is sufficient to canom.o him. From
the inception of the Democratic party
to the time when it went out of power
in 1860 it never pursued a broad na
tional policy. One liortion of the
country was constantly favored in
preference to the others, and its high
est notion of the civil service was in
apportioning it as a reward to parti
sans. The first idea of a pure civil
service came trom a Republican con
cress, and the reformers were life-long
Republicans. This hue and cry which
Democratic prints make after Curtis
or some other puritauicl theorist has
made one of their speeches about re
form in political methops, id the worst
kind of clap-trap, and is only used to
catch tho unwary voter. In their
heart of hearts they desire as partisan
a civil service as can be inagurated,
and if their wishes were consulted
every office holder under a Democratic
administration would be a Democrat.
Tammany has furnished tho brains of
the organization ever since it came
into existence, and to-day dictates its
policy in national, state and municipal
affairs. If. it had not been for
this school of politicians it would
have met defeat at tbe ballot box long
years before it did. Since Tammany
lost its fco.d on the people, Democ
racy is attaching itself to new lead
ers, and pretends to be heart and soul
in sympathy . with the discontented
mugwumps. If it had the least as
surance of retaining power its tradi
tional policy would be carried out,
and this would be directly at issue
with the ideas of Mr. Curtis. With
the unprincipled methods it has en
grafted in politics it is the worst
hypocrisy for it to come before the
people as the apostle of purity and
honesty, and this shallow pretense will
deceive no one who has watched tho
growth of the caucus and machine rule
within its ranks.
BUSINESS rEOSPEJtlTY.
The business men of the United
States have rarely enjoyed a more
prosperous fall season in all branches
of trade than the present, and there is
general satisfaction expressed in the
situation. The day-laborer, the me
chanic, the merchant,the manufacturer,
the miner, the agriculturalist and the
capitalist all have reason to feel grati
fied with their present condition and
mmediate prospects. Notwithstand
ing the failure of crops in some por
tions of the country, the produce of
the farmer has received very fair re-
numeration, and almost without ex
ception labor has been employed in
various departments and has received
more than average compensation. The
ordinary autumnal distribution of
staple merchandise is being conducted
on a very liberal scale at tbe leading
markets, but sales to special localities
are not larger than at the like season
of former years. The excessive rail
road construction of the past decade
has opened up large portions of coun
try, and these are now pouring their
wealth of productions into the markets
of the world. Under this general
stimulus trade has broadened and
developed in the most wholesome way.
Vast traces of land have been opened
for settlement in the west and south
west, and while these have furnished
homes for our industrious population
they have also added to the general
business of the country. . The particu
lar "booming" element has suffered
defeat, and immigration of a perma
nent and conservative kind has re
ceived extra encouragement During
the past year thriving towns have been
built, and lands hitherto worthless
have been made the means of support
ing a large population. Every .depart
ment cf legitimate business gives
evidence of the enlivining influence
of this growth in the producing classes
of the United States, and the future
is bright and promising. With a
sound financial policy by the present
administration we may expect next
year to be better than the present, and
new avenues of industry will be opened
in different portions. The west and
northwest will be further developed in
their . varied natural resources, and
the center of population will gradu
ally move towards the sundown seas.
It is currently reported that the
Prince of Wales cannot live more than
another year, and that his aged mother
will outlive him. As the present
royal family have been renowned for
centuries past as prolific generators
the throne of tbe British empire will
not likely be vacant. It makes little
difference to the British public who
wields the scepter so long as the
House of Commons controls the des
tiny of the nation, and the liberal
sentiment in the empire is constantly
advancing. We cannot expect royalty
and the House of Lords to be over
thrown suddenly; but their preroga
tives have been so much curtailed that
they amount to but littlo more than
venerable monuments 'of a past age.
The Democratic Roseburg Eeveiw is
opening the campaign early, and its
editorial columns are full of political
paragraphs. Brother, do not waste all
your ammunition oetore tne .battle
commences. You will need all your
powder, next June, and then not be
able to save your party from' defeat ;
We have noticed correspondents in
the daily papers of Washington, writ
ing from The Dalles, merely mention
the desirable location and natural
beauty of the city, without the least
reference to the rich resouices of
the vicinity. Whether this is caused
by a prpiudice against towns in Ore
gon of great natural facilities or be
cause we take no trouble to iutroduce
and show visitors our wealth of soil
and commercial and manufacturing
capabilities, we know not. But what
ever may be the cause the tact is ap
parent that strangers do not speak of
us in equally encouraging terms
other points less favorably situated.
As far as in our power this should be
remedied. Every visitor who is lia
ble to give his views publicity should
bo shown around tho city, taken to
our fruit farms and vineyards, and an
effort made to exhibit to him the
products of this region. By such
means attention of foreign capitalists
will be attracted in this direction, and
it will only be a few years before we
shall experience an era of development
which will be simply phenomenal.
Montana politics are in a teraibl
muddle. The precinct thrown out be
cause of irregularity will give tbe
Republicans control of the legislature,
and this will insure the party two
members in the next senate, while
the Democrats can get the votes
counted they will elect 'two senators.
There is but little question that the
vote of tho precinct should not be
counted, aa the irregularities were
very apparent; but the Bour
bons will not lose this opportunity of
securing prestige in the new state if
they can accomplish their purpose by
any sort of chicanery. The matter
will be eventually decided in court
and this is the proper place for the
decision. Until this time there will
be charges and counter-charges of
fraud, and the columns of the Helena
papers are well-filled already with
wranglings over this matter, and these
will not cease until the question is
finally settled.
The Democratic press never tire of
referring to the U. S. senate as the
American House of Lords, and say
that no man can be elected to the
higher branch of the national legis
lature without be is a million
aire. The senate is Republi
can by a small majority, and this
is
the reason that Democratic papers feel
particularly spiteful toward it. If
the facts were known wealth has had
as much to do in the election of Dem
ocrats to the senate as of Republicans.
It is not well for the Bourbons to can.
vass this matteras we had one in
stance in Oregon which required con
gressional investigation,' and Senator
Payne, of Standard Oil fame, has been
charged with buying the position by
the proceeds of the monopoly under
his control.
Uur Washington exchanges are
anxiously awaiting the proclamation
of the president declaring the terri
tory a state; but it seems tbe executive
at Washington is waiting for the re
turns from Montana, before he mak
his proclamation. Our Republican
neighbors across the river are endea'v-
oring to hunt up senatorial timber in
the interval, and from indications it
seems that Hon. Thos. H. Brents, who
has been delegate for three successive
terms, is very likely to be successful
before the legislature. Public opinion
does not seem to be as pronounced in
favor of the other who will wear the
togo from Washington, but Judges
Turner, Hoyt and others are favorably
mentioned, either of whom would be
very acceptable to the people of the
new state.
During the candidacy of Hon. T,
L. Stiles for supreme judge of Wash
ington charges were pending against
nini at lucson, Arizona. As soon as
the election was over Judge Stiles re
paired to Arizona to face his accusers,
and the matter was dismissed on
motion or tbe prosecution, lhe in
dictments against him appear to have
been-trumped up for political capital,
and as these did not have the desired
effect upon the voters of Washington
they were thrown out of court. Dur
ing his long residence in the new state
Judge Stiles has earned the reputation
of being an honest man, and the peo
ple cannot be made to believe the con
trary. The proposition of Gov. Pennoyer
to build a standard-gauge railroad
around the obstructions between this
city and Celilo would not have met
with such opposition if the board of
engineers had not already been im
pressed with the idea of a boat rail
way. This new scheme will cause dis
cussion, and may postpone any appro
priations for the work for several
years. The residents in the Columbia
river basin in Washington and Oregon
earnestly desire the impediments to
navigation removed in the great river
of the . west, and will deplore any
obstacle being thrown in the way of
this being speedily accomplished.
Gibbs, the murderer, is still at large,
although every executive officer in the
northwest has hunted high or low for
him. It may appear strange that a
man could commit such a crime and
escape, but this is a large country, and
one can very effectually hide himself
and even elude the most careful search.
It is to be hoped that Gibbs will be
caught and will suffer the punishment
his crime merits.
"The Republican policy of war tariff
is breaking down," cxultingly exclaims
a democratic co'.emporary. It the
vote cast for President Harrison last
year in Oregon was any indication of
a "break" it was in the ranks of the
free-traders, and not in those of the
protectionists. While Americans have
patriotism they will believe in sup
porting home industries in preference
to foreign ones.
The Cronin trial is progressing very
fairly, with no indications of convict
ing tho men arrested for the crime or
of tracing it to the Clan-na-Gael. We
cannot foretell what evidence may yet
be brought forward, but so far there
is not sufficient to convince any reas
onable man that Dr. Cronin was killed
by the persons under indictment, or
that the animus proceeded from the
secret society named. There can be
no doubt that Dr. Cronin was brutally
assassinated, and that some motive ex
isted for the perpetration of this dia
bolical act; but the fear of punishment
and the pledge of secrecy have effec
tually sealed the lips of all those con
nected with it, and the darkness of the
night ond the sewer hole have obliter
ated what might have been under
other circumstances indisputable links
in the chain of circumstantial evidence.
Chicago is the best illustration of
the result of business pluck and enter
prise. Devoured by the flames in
1871, she has sprung out of the ashes
in a lovelier and brighter form than
before, and in a few year3 will
be a rival of New York for the me
tropolis of the western hemisphere.
This wonderful success has not been
caused by superior natural advanta
ges, but by the grit of her leading
business men. It is only necessary to
show a Chicagoan what will benefit
the city whether it be the world's
exposition or new branches of rail
roads to the interior they will be in
augurated and carried to successful
completion. Such a city is bound to
grow and prosper whatever obstacles
may be encountered.
The reason that Gov. Pennoyer's
hobby of a standard gauge railroad
between this city and Colilo has met
with so much opposion is that it will
delay the commencement. of the work
indefinitely. The board of engineers
has been fauorably impressed with a
boat-railway, a survey has been made,
and just when we are expecting a lib
eral appropriation for beginning
the work another scheme is proposed
by the governor of Oregon.
The dispatches to-day contain an
account of horrible sufferings by the
survivors of the steamship Emmoor,
and relates how they were reduced to
the verge of starvation, in which con
dition they ate each other. The mind
is depeudent upon the body,' and such
acts ars the result of insanity pro
duced "by the want of food. They are
most abhorrent to a man in his right
mind, and will not be committed until
reason becomes dethroned.
Philadelphia claims to have arrested
Tascott, and now Chicago will go wild.
To think thai the sleepy old Quaker
city should outrival the great western
metropolis in arresting a Chicago
criminal is unbearable. Philadelphia
has made no claim thus far for the
world's exposition in 1892; but if the
fellow she has caged, proves to be
Tascott, she will undoubtedly enter
the lists with Chicago and New York.
Miss Huntington, an American
heiress, has bartered her body arid
perhaps soul to a German prince. In
theory we republicans ' despise all
titles to nobility, but in practice we
covet and desire them more than the
miser docs his gold.
The fellow whih the Philadelphia
police captured was not Tascott, and
the Quaker city lost its laurels, There
will be only two candidates now for
the world's exposition in 1892 Chi
cago and New York.
The supreme court has granted
Sandy Olds a stay of execution until
his appeal can be heard. A greut deal
of interest centers around this case,
and the people will anxiously await
the decision.
A
I
A Koniance from Yakima.
The following which we cut from the
Salem Journal bra reference to Capt. Nath
an Onley, a former resident of this city, and
who will be remembered as a former sheriff
of Wasco county and marshal of Dalles
City:
There is upon the Yakima, Wash., reser
vation, a family of half-breeds known as the
Onleys. A romance is associated with the
name. The white father of the Onleys
died recently, but to the last he shunned
bis own race. In some respects be was like
Sam Houston, but uulike Sara Houston he
never repented of bis self-bauishment
among the Indians. He was of a highly
respectable Rhode Island family and
graduate at Yale college. About the time
he completed his studies the discovery of
;old in California occurred. Ouley joined
the Argonauts of '49 and came west to seek
his fortune.' He lett behind a sweetheart
to whom he was to be married as soon as be
fonnd the fortune aud returned. The girl
grew weary of waiting, as many another of
tier sex has tloue. Aoout a year alter he
reached tbe coast Onley received a letter
announcing the marriage of his ' betrothed,
He never got over the blow. Drifting
about be located in Oregon and was made
sheriff of Wasco county. Iu those days
there was usually excitement euouirh in tho
duties of the sheriff to banish the memories
of tbe past. Hut during his reign he made
many warm personal friends by bis peculiar
behavior, but after awhile Ouley got tired
ol bunting aown criminals, lie gave np
bis oflioe, crossed the Colombia river and
became a member of the Yakima tribe,
His adoption was in good faith on bis part.
tor be took an Indian wite and raised a lam
ily. As bis children grew up be educated
them with care, and when he died he left
them well provided for. TheDnleysare
influential in the tribe, and they ezeicise
that influence for good. But they have no
thought ot leaving tbe reservation. They
seem to have inherited from their father
this disinclination for white society.
Astoria Sem a Uood Example.
At a meeting of tbe Chamber of Com
merce held last evening, says the Astoria
Transcript, it was decided to print 15,000
copies, or 5,000 of each of the daily papers,
with a write up of tbe city as endorsed at a
preyious meeting. That is the only way to
properly advertise the city. Tbe east is
flooded with descriptive circulars of cities
and towns. What the people of the cast
want to see is the papers published in a
city. Capitalists form an opinion of a city
from the appearance of its papers. A letter
received at tbis olnce yesterday from John
Filmore. of Omaha, requests us to send
him a copy ot all the papers published here
and says: "I don't want any circulars or
picture books. I want the papers pub-
lsbed in your city and all of them.
Wanted.
To tr&de horses for city rrouertv. im
proved or unimproved. For particulars en,
quire ot ueo. tvatainB or U. m Bayard-
he Ualles, ur. Zlsep2m
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castor Iai
OIttUO TO TUB 1'HCXT,
How Pierce The Xotorlons
Thief n aa Captured.
Stock
Lenrsicon Teller.
A remarkable instance ot resolutiou
and pluck was recently exemplified in
the conduct of a woman in eastern Ore
gon, by the arrest of Pierce, one ot tin
three recently apprehended stock thieves.
who are now in "durance vile." awaitinu
their trial in Idaho county, I. T. Tl:ey.
undoubtedly are members of a gang oi
desperate outlaws, who infest the eniirc
coantry from the Missouri river to tin
Columbia. They have been epera'ing in
North Idaho to some extent, andis wt
are informed, have succeeded n running
off several hundred head of cattle and
Ik res. How lon they have been "ply
Ing their vocation" among us is not difi
nitely known. By tlieir adroitness it is
evident they have successfully "covered
their tracks" for sometime. But stern
old justice bas at last "hit the trail" ol
these precious scoundrels and three o!
them are now languishing in the Idaho
county jiil, simply awaiting the theatre
of formal justice at next term of court, af
ter which the turn key at the Boise Pen.,
will suut out to them tho light of free
dom and the outlines of "slick ears.'"
Pierce is one of this trio and there it
some practical romance in the history of
his capture, lie was "tracked," together
with two of his confederates, into Wallo
wa county, Oregon, where two of Ihem
were captured. Pierce eluded the officers
and secreted himself in the timber and
among the hills. After publishing a re
ward tor his arrest the officers returned
with the otheis to Idaho county. Pierru
remained concealed for several days; in
fact, until he was literally "starved ont,"
when he cautiously vi i'e-1 the farm house
of a man whose name we understand is
Brumly, end begged for lood. It so hap
pened that Mr. B. was absent at the time
and in search of Pierce. His wife and
hired man were at home and Mrs. B. pre
pared a meal for Pierce of which he ate
voraciously, lie then left the house and
struck across a field in which there were
some hay stack?, quite distant frnin the
house, and hid in the hay. Mrs. B. sus
pected he was the fugitive advertised for,
Mnd watching his movements, suggested
to tbe hired man that he take t lie gun
and arrest Pierce. The man had no rel
ish for such an experiment and declined.
Mrs. B. said, "if jou won't go after him,
will.'" The man consented to accom
pany her as a body guard, and procuring
a rope. the plucky little woman raided
the unsuspecting Pierce, who was, no
doubt, preparing himself lorun ufler din
ner nap. The sudden appearance of the
woman, rope, man and gun, quite disor
ganized Pieice's nerve forces and Mrs.
B.'s nimble Augers soon had his, arms
pinioned and he wrs escorted to the
bouse. There the woman . securely
shackled him with a long chain and pad
locks and leaving him in custody of the
hired man, went to tbe barn, harnessed
and hitched the team; when the prisoner
was loaded into the wagon and taken by
Mrs. B, to the town of Joseph, where she
delivered him to the proper authorities
for extradition to Idaho. Wo presume
that Mrs. B. bas been paid tho amount
of the rewurd placed on Pierce's head ;
she certainly deserves it together with a
medal for her exceptional courage apd
tact in apprehending a desperado whose
proper sphere of exeition is within the
castle walls of the penitentiary. We
commend her to the detective craft, and
if we are ever a fugitive from justice we
would prefer to encounter that "hired
man." alone, than to combat the relent
less will of the woman who gave him
such an impressive object lesson in cool
bravery, and furnished to the world
another demonstration oi tbe fact, that
the will ol a willful woman, when wil
fully willed, will often brave dangers, in
the face, of which the stoutest hearts of
men have quailed and their boasted
courage vanished as rapidly and effectual
ly as did the "wolf meal" which our
Oregon heroine set before this "Knight of
tbe range" aud animator of boy slacks.
The Katiovnl Building
Associativa'
and I.oan
Early last spring a smootb-tODgued de
ceiver visited this city, and organized
a branch ot this institution. Each indi
vidual member paid him $20 as admis
sion fee, and he painted a glowing pic
ture of the advantages to be derived. No
otber assessments were paid but the first,
the people, after investigating the matter
aud comparing the premises of the agent
with the rules in tbe printed circular,
coming to tbe conclusion that tberc was
humbuggiDg somewhere. The following
we quote from the Minneapolis Tribune,
printed at tbe r.eadquarters of the insti
tution, and for this reason wc may take
tbe article to be truthful and honest
As an illustration of the interest that
the outside world is takiDg in the affairs
of the so-called ouildicg and loan asso
ciation of Minnesota, the Tribune makes
room tbis moruing lor a cunisderable
portion of au official repoit made upon
them some weeks ago by. the authorities
of tbe state ot Culitoruia. Ko hint of an
apolgy is due for tbis republication. It
is tbe Tribune's business to inform the
local public when our chartered business
institutions full under the sharp criticism
of other comniuuitus. It is also the
business of reputable and honest organs
of local opinion to see that establishments
locating themselves here and thriving
upon the good name or this community
sball uot go up ana aown the land push
ing improper tcliemes without bein
called to explanation or account. Let us
put the explanation plainly and bluntly
It is the belief in many quaiters, east and
west, that the American Building and
Loan Association is a scheme to defraud
tbe poor and unwary. We know thai it
is a gigantic concern, and that it is sell
ing its stock by the hundreds aud thou
sands of shares all over the country. If,
therefore, its plan of business be uasnund,
the ultimate sufferers will bo thousuuds
of small investors all over the Union
whose confidence will have been abused;
and this city of Minneapolis, which is
supposed to nourish and bark tbe new
fangled fcheme that masquerades under
au old and honored name, will be held
accursed in the minds of myriads of peo
ple.
No other financial institutions ever or
ganized ou earth, Dot even tbe worst of
the bogus assessment insurance com
panies, have ever as we believe made such
exorbitant charges for expenses. After
the outrageous initial payment of $1 is
made fortl)o privilage of depositing
money in this savings concern, the de
positor along with every monthly deposit
lie makes must pay, iu advance, a whole
year's interest upon his deposit ut the
rate of 17 per cent. Yet he is suuposed
to be depositing for the sake. of making
money, and r.e is assured that bis money
is accruing lor bim at tne rate of from 21
to 25 per cent.
What is tbe simple truth? Tbe inves
ter in this business instead of getting in
terest upon his money pays in advance
more man zu per cent on dis money lor
the privilege of letting it go into the
nanus ot Mr. Kuodell and bis association
Last year this company sold 231,241 shares
ot stock and captured, besides the install
ments, the sum of $237,2-11 for "expense'
money. A like sum will come m on these
shares within one year 89 extra money
tor "expenses." Jiut meanwhile pew
shares are being sold all tbe time. Tbe
company has hardly regarded itself as
fairly under way. buppose its sules dur
ing the current year are 500,003 shares.
lhis will mean tbe clean baul of $1,000,
000 for expenses within a single year,
while tbe expense money from the eariier
sales keeps flowing in with un Jiminished
volume.
The company must make the monev it
loans accumttiate at tbe rate of at least
50 per ceot a year to pay back the inves
tors what it promises them. Certain re
liable experts have placed it at 70 per
cent yet it cao oniy loan la the ordi-
oary way at ordinary rates of from 6 to
8 ptr cect. Such is tho situation.
"Johnnie, what are you going to be
wuen you grow upc
"Oh, I am going to be a ro.dier."
"You might get killed."
"Who would kill met" "
"Why the enemy, of course."
"Well, then, I gnesa I will be the
enemy."
for infants and Children.
"Cm tor-la is so well adapted to children that I Costorist cures Colic. Constipation,
t recommend it as superior to any prescription I Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation,
known to me." H. A. Ascber, M. D., I us tfvea deep, and promotes dl
IU So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. Y. Witaotit injurious medication.
Tub Cextacb Company, 77 Murray Street, N. T.
III. T TTl '-- r,-n ,y, H fi1
The Dalles Trunk Factory.
We will sell TRUNKS, BAGS and VALISES, wholesale and retail, at prices that defy competition
Workmanship beyond comparison. The best. We
bag's, ladies' traveling- bai3, valises, shawl straps,
as sample trunks, costumerV, wardrobes, ect. promptly. Repairing department complete. Will fix up
your old valises and trunks better than new, promptly and cheaply. Call on us you will be pleasantly
surprised.
Spanish Me
W7 li i
WZzz4Si
mmrTmixnivori&Xion was from the flock of
Mil ' "
Vermont
Owned by Severance t Pcct, of California.
YTe have sinoo imported frona aich breeder as Baker, Shippee, Strowbridge,
Wooleey (uid liullard. Our sheep are large, wl;h good constitutions,
Fino, Long, Staple and Heavy Fleeces.
Our Bucks are now to be seen on Five Mile. We invite an examination of
our stock and a correspondence.
Prices Carreatly XSodiiootl.
E. S. THOMPSON k SON,
sep21ni2
HEADQTJATERS FOR CLOAKS,
:- Celebrated Springer Brothers -:-
Ladies, Misses & Ohildrens.
THE MOST COMPLETE LINE
COMPRISING
All the Novelties of the Season.
Would Call SPECIAL ATTENTION to an
"Prices .A.stonisliingly LowJjgS
W. H. MOODY & CO.
HUGH CIIK1SMAN.
W. K. CORSON.
nc
a
iUCCESSORS TO
C.22. ClITUSaiA.IV fc gONH,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
FANCY GR0CEE1ES
AND MILL FEED.
Third Street Between Washington
and Federal.
Have on hand and will sell at the lowest possible
prices, Faoey and Staple Groceries
and Mill Feed.
Highest Cash Price for Country Pioduce.
Call and examine prices before purchasing" else
where, .uffi7tf Chrisman & Corson. ,
A. A'
BOIWY.
Central market.
Cornel Court and Third streets, The Dal es
Ortsron. We always keep the best. Cash paid or
fit stock. 1 tf
PIONEERS-GROCERY,
GEO. RUCH, Proprietor.
Northwest comer of Second and Washington eU
CHEAPEST
place in The Dalles for all kinds ol
GROCERIES
FLOUIS,
GRAIN,
WILLOW-WARE, &b.
Taankful for fuvnrs in the past, I would respect
fully solicit a continuance of the same.
GEORC.R RUCH
0. D. TAYLOR,
Washington Street, In rfar of French
U Cu's ank building.
THE DALLES, . . OREGON.
THE
New Zeland Insurance Co.
Is one ot the Best in the World
Also managers for Oregon, Washington and Idaho
oi tne
. n r-. i li
WUIliai 06118111 LI1B I nSUf dnL'bUU.v
OF NEWARK, N. J.
aid policy hollers, sin cj organization,
92,813.907.06 !
Assets,. market value WO,WI,"!H 1
Surplus, N. T. standard 5.512,129 31
One of the most so'id companies in the
United State.
AGENTS WANTED for the 8tate of Oregon
Territories oi vi asnuigton anu iiuuv.
MONEY
LOAN.
HOTABY BUSINESS
Before starting on a Journey, get an
ACC1DENTCwT1CKET.
Only 25c; fOT $3000 Insurance.
Loaning Ucnejfoi non-resident a specialty.
8 far oenl net guaranteed to lenders.
O. ; TAYLOR.
d ton
mm
y TTbfJiTT- 'l ffi 11
have in stock everything you need in the lino of trunks,
trunk strap, etc., etc. Will make anything n our line.
rino Bucks !
We would call the special attention of
wool growers to the extra quality of tho
Spanish . Merino
Bucks
fAt tt a r(Vav frit en In t Vi i a caoenn Onr flrof.
Merinos,
Jersey Farm, The Dalles, Or.
the
IN
EVER SHOWN IN THE CITY
Elc2ant Line of SE ALETTE GARMENTS
). O. MACK,
WHOLESA LE
Liauor Dealer
a
FRENCH'S
Second Street, -
BLOCK.
- The Dalles.
EAST END SALOON,
Near the Old Hint Building, Second St.,
The Dalles, Or.
Always on hand the
Best Wines,
Liquors,
find Cigars.
A Pleasant Evening Resort
Columbia Brewery and Imported Lager Beer
on draught.
J.Q TO
HILL & CO.'S
SAMPLE BOOMS
Keeps constantly on hand tne'ehcicert
Wines. Liquors, Cigars.
Comer of Union rad Second Sta.
The Dalles. Orearoii.
riiE-
Parmers' and Butchers
EXCHANGE,
Front St., OppoaltA Umatilla House.
THE DALLES, OREGON.
Wolfgang Schraeder.Frop'r.
Always on ealc tbe best, of Imported and
lK nicotic
Wines.
Liauors,
iintl Cigars,
Bottled Boer of ail kinda a Specialty
DCCHLKB'S EEEK OX TAP,
FREE J.UNCU FOK CUBTOMEBS
Wolfanff Schraedor.
Is again at his old stand and bas on hand
FINEST BRAND OF
ENGLISH CEMENT.
Tanks of ail sizes, from 1000 to 40,000 gallons, mad
to uraer.
tar Contracts for all kinds of buildings
taken at the lowest figures.
New Grocery Store !
-AT THE
CHRISMAN OLD STAND,
194 Third St . The Dalle, Or.
Will keep on hand a gnneral assortment of
Groceries, Canned Goods,
Feed and Provisions,
And desire a share of the public natronaee. as we ex
pect to sell at Pkicss to Suit tub Uau Times.
93-All Goods Fresh and Warrranted First-cUas.
WELCH & SMITH".
Wasco Academy.
The second term of the Waeeo Independent Acad
emy opens Nov. 11, 1S&).
Booms well jieated, accommodations ample, and
teacners careful and conscientious.
bend Ur catalogue. 1. TORBET.
Tbe Dalles, Or., Oct. tO. Principal.
liltiifeilii
oa&jawiuMMinMW9ajartWMMoaaiaew
Two tnJi s daily, leaving tho I'matilla Iiouacat
!:::'.; p. in. Midi a. m. The 12:10 train runs through
to ui.'a Wu.la, pohncctintr at Waiiula Junction with
the Nitrllurn l'ariftc train for Helena, bt, laul and
the Ea.-t. 'ihe 2 train runs through to iamitiiK
t"ii via. I'ci dicton and Walla Walla, and to Union,
Lh Ciruiulu, Itaker City, conneclliitr at Huntinitton
with oivon hlxirt Line for Denver, Council Blufls
kMiisu City and tii Kuxt. Trains going- west leave
The lal;exal 12:40 I'.ll. and 2 A.M.
TICVTO to ""d ,r"m principal paints In the
I Id United Statca, Canada aud Europe.
ELEGANT PULLMAN PALACE CARS
EMIGUA.NT tiLEKWNG CAKS run through OB
ExprvM train to
OMAHA, COUNCIL ELOTFS, and
ST. PAUL,
9-Free ol Charge and Without Changs.
Close Connections at Portland for San Francisco an4
i'utfet tiound points.
To San Francisco Leavintr Steamship Wharf Port
land, at 12 Midnight, as follows:
Onxron Wednesday, October 2
State Sunday,
Columbia. Thursday, " 10
Oi ciron Monday, 14
State Friday, " Id
Columbia TucMlny, " M
Orejfon Saturday, " id
State Wedncsduy, 80
To rortland Leaving SpcarSt. Wharf, San Francisco,
at 10 A. al. as follows:
State Tuesday, Octobei 1
Columbia Saturday, 6
Oregon.... Wtdneeday, " 0
State Sunday, " M
Columbia Thursday, " 17
Orceon Monday, " 81
State Friday, " S
Columbia Tuesday, " 29
BATES OF PASSAGE, (including meals and berths
Cabin, Sid 00 Steerage, ett 00
ltrund Trip Unlimited, HO 00
For further particulars inquire of any Agent of the
Company, or A. L. Maxwell, A. G. P. T. A., Port
land, Oregon.
A. L. MAXWELL,
TO SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
ItylVajofthe
SouthernPacificCompany's
liki:.
TiieMT. SHASTA ROUTE.
Qulc-lf-r In Time thnn Any
Oilier Itoulo between
Portland and San Francisco
Leave l?oitln.ul 4 1?. M. Tailr.
Through Time, 30 Hours.
PULLMAN CUFFET SLEEPERS
TOURIST sfjEEPINO-CABS,
for accomodation of Seoond-OIaas
FaS8ecfirfr3, attached to
Express Traina
Faro from Portland to Sacramento ana San
Francisco:.
Unlimited 2
First Clou. Limited 20 (0
Second Clans, Limited 16 iO
THROUGH ITICKETH
TO ALL POINTS,
HoutU una Xlnst
Vln. California.
E.
KOKHI.ER
Uauauer
E. P. ROOKRS.
Asst. G. F. aud l'u. Agt
TICKET OFFICKS,
City Office No. 134, Cur. Firet and Alder Sts.
ilepot " Comer F and Front Sts.
Portland, Oregon.
I Big G hasgiven unlTer-
!sal satisfaction In the
cure of Gonorrhoea and
(Sleet. I prescribe It and
feel safe In reooinmend
lug It to all sufferers.
.A. J. STONES, M.D..
Deestur, IIL
PRICE. 81. C9.
Sold by Druggists."
If any denier says he has tbe W. I noualaa
Sliowa without uamo aud prioa stumped oa
Uu bottom, put him down sta (mud.
r
. r
W. L. DOUGLAS
$3 SHOE GENTLEMEN.
Itest In the world. Examine hi"
RH.OO iENUINK HAND-SKWKD NIIOK.
S4.O0 HAHIMiKffKB WW -T MIO10.
S3Jl POLICE ANI FAKMKKS'KUOE.
SU.50 KXTKA VAI.CK OAI.F SUOK.
a.25 WOBKISOMAN'8 hllOK. r
SJli.OO and SM.Tft liOVS' SCHOOL SHOES
All niadu In Congress, Button and Lace.
W. L. DOUGLAS
S3 SHOE lafdTE8.
Beat Material. Best Style. Best I'ltUa
"iS&BkScKTON. MAJS3
Examine W, L. Douglas $2.00
for Gentleman and Ladies.
J. Fre iman, Afft.The Dalles,0r.
all A I A IP" from Ohio. Tff It ft
VBlllBsf" portrait of Mr.Carri-
Vi Via ton. of Bat ia. Ol.lu.
H write: "Wm t work on trm fur
a month; 1 now fcavo in mgrmef
K. V. Allan IQ aiuumt aim uu
UiffsMtJ) W. iLUAKKlaOK.
d Ran maKa vp a aay.
William "Klina, If" rriat arfr. Pi
wriMt "I hmv nevar koowaj
auythlafr to Mil Ilka your album.
1 oatrnlar I took order etiuurk to
pay CM over fc.V W. J. 1-
niora, junaw, aaa., wmnt a
taka an oTrt.f for jour album
isaoai aery nouaa "T
proOt la oneti aa Bucnai aas v
iior a ilnf It dny'awurk. -O
t ben ra doing qu I te aa wel 1 1
ire uava not arm to giro -rarta
from I heir let tela. Krrrr
on who take fcoM of thlajrrand buttuaM pi let uu fraud proflti.
Khali we start YOU in Ibis bufuues,
reader? Writ tooa and learn all about It for rouraelt Wa
arattartlnirnanri we will at art jrou If jou dool delay antil
aotlierteabeadofouliiourpart of thecoimtrr. iroj
take hold you will be able to pl-k lipoid fait. MU
On account of a forced manufacturer aala 1 ft.OOO tm
dolltar Photograph Albums areto bcauld lotha
neaps for aarb. bound m lioval Crimeoa 8llk Velvet
Vluah. Charmini-lT decora ted ineidc. Hnndaoincit album la lha
world. Lariat Bite. Urcateat bancalne aver knows. Areata
wanted. Liberal lertne. hig money for afranta. Any one caa
become a aurccaaful acenl. Bella Itwlf ou WjtM- 111 lie or n
talking neeeeary. Wherever aliown. every one want to pr
rhaee. Amiia lake tbuuaanda of ordcra with rapid! ly navef
before known. Ureal pnittta await every woiker. Areata ara
making fortonaa, Ladleaiuaka aa murk a men. You, reader,
candoat well aa anyone. Yull Information bimI lerma free,
to thoee who write for tame, with particular! and ternia for our
Family ltiulea. Hooka a ltd I'ertodicala. After yon know all,
should you eoncluda to go no further, why no harm la dune.
Audraea aw C 4IXN CO, AtULSI, MAI
PAUL KREFT,
Artistic Painter and
House Decorator,
The Dnllcn, Orccop.
House Tainting and Decorating a Breclaltr Ko
Interior and cheap work duue; but ood, lusting
work at the lowest prices.
bhop adjoining noatoffice on Sooond Slroet.
BLAKELEY & HOUGHTON,
THE LEADING-
Prescription Druggists,
175 Second Street, Tbm Dallas.
Country and Mall Orders will re
ceive Prompt Attention.
Mrs. C. L. Phillips,
Fashionable Milliner,
COURT STREET.
(Next door to TiMss-UnuirnnsH offloe.)
THE LATEST STYLES
OP
Bonnets Trimmings, etc
UToir Sale
ON'K BAND OF-
Stock Sheep !
Young and In good condition; also '
100 Graded BnckSV.
Enonlrc at the First National Bank, at A. M. VM
llanis ft Co.'s store, or at the stoct var.la of Lar-J
Saltinarahe.
E. P. UpBCZTS i
1 TO s uaTB.VJ
tea rsir byun
t&2?us Cfcsskal Co.
VfiV CinmnnatlJ?r!B
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