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SATURDAY. DECEMBER iS, 1889 NOT ABOVE CRITIC IS 31. The Dalles Times Mountaineer . Bays: "The supreme court has decided on appeal that Sandy Olds, convicted of murder, should have a new trial, and we see so rue of the papers of the state crkicisingnthe decision. We do not consider this by any means fair journalism." The opinions of the su preme court are not above examina tion or beyond criticism. Every pub lic utterance by a public officer is, under our system, open to examina tion and criticism by press and people. But the Times-Mountaineer says: "Every unfavorable criticism of the judgment of the higher court implies that Sandy Olds is guilty of murder and should be hanged." With threat pertinence it might be asked, who that knows anything about the case doubts that he is guilty and should be hanged? Who. that is to sar. except a sans of gamblers in Portland, a portion of the police force of the city, and two or lit... 1 . . ni nn.n rt tt,A aIhoo irlin fnr money, can always be engaged on the side of crime and against law, justice and the interests of societyt Is it to be supposed that the two members of the supreme court who have ordered a new trial know better whether Olds is guilty of murder or not than the court and jury that tried him, beard all the testimony and found him guilty! Reverence for law is continually - invoked as a shelter for the sharp and - immoral practice which constantly attacks and often defeats both law and justice; and this sharp and im moral practice is constantly enlisting - a solemn public stupidity on its side - and filling its mouth with round phrases in support of the pretense that its methods of obstructing justice and preventing the punishment of crime are the safeguards of society. Men - who can be faired and are hired every day with the proceeds of crime to de fend crime are voluble in their pro testations that they "want justice," and declaim against public expressions that would "create prejudice" against crime and criminals. That is their trade. They pursue it to make money; and great part of their skill u aviunrtotl in rrAfrinor n claoo nf npn- la ;jwui . v... - g pie to mumble With reverence the phrases under which they ply their vacation. Oregonian. We believe in giving every man a fair trial before his peers, and for that reason cannot en drie the pDlicy'of any journal in at tempting to prejudice the minds of any JUIWt . . . V. Q J f on trial for a heinous offense. It is not journalism it is not fairness, and is not the plan that one citizen would conduct himself toward another in any of the business or social relations of life. The newspaper is, as the name implies, a gatherer of news; but its - province is not to usurp the mission of courts and juries. If it does Lot be lieve that juries do exact justice, let it advocate the abolition of this relic of Anglo-Saxon barbarism. But while the jury system is in vogue it has no license to bend the jurors, by influenc cing the public mind, to its own ideas. Sandy Olds is to be tried again for killing Weber, and every man sum nioned as a juror should have his mind a? clear as oossible from any feeling for or against the prisoner. This can not be while a leading exponent of pub lic nnirnnn lifcn tliA Orennniin. takes sides for or asainst the criminal. We - know nothing of the facts in this case. and are perfectly willing, that a Mult nomah county jury should decide on tbem. After the trial is over, and final decision is reached, any news paper has a right to criticise the ver diet: but until that final decision is reached, it is not becoming that it should turn its columns into a court and trial jury and pronounce the man guilty or innocent In the many years we have published a paper in The Dalit we have carefujly avoided fnbli&hing anything which would in fluence the mind of a single juror fcr or against the defendant; but after the verdict has been given, has never spared court or jury in an thing we thought was not subservient to the best interests ef the community. We have the greatest respect for our highly etteemed cotemporary in its enterprise . s a metropolitan journal; but cannot . endorse the coarse it pursued in the Gibbs' case before and after the arrival of Judire Gibbs. and in the trial of "Sandy" Olds before a jury was impanelled, and after the d cision had been reversed aud sent back to toe lower court tor a new trial, If there is a wrong suffered in the com munity without redress in any law court, the journal, as the conservator ct public morals, snouia oame man m ... fully for the rights of all; but where the statute has provided an am pi remedy, the province of journalism is to let justice take its course, without any- attempt to prejudice the public for or against any person. The Tribune, Leasure's organ at Pendleton, is very much disappointed because its pet was not appointed U. S. district attorney, and in a burst of puerile malevolence attempts to read Wasco county out of the realm of Eastern Orr-giu aud the Inland Em pire. The editor should make a new map of Oregon, and obliterate the Cascade mountains as the dividing line between the two great division of the state. The germ of what there ih of this region has started from The Dalles, and there was a time when Wasco county comprehended all the territory between the Cascades and the Rocky mountains. Every interest that The Dalles has b e i fighting fjr several years past is for the benefit tf the whole inland empire, and Eastern Oregon in particular. The climate is the same as all portions east of the mountains, and it is sheer iuAecilit; not worthy of notice for the Tribune to denominate it a suburb of Portlanr. This county excelled the others east of the mountains at the last election by giving 500 majority for Hermann, the Republican candidate for congress, and should have received recognition from the administration. The appli cant from The Dalles was recom mended, because in doing so the Ore gon delegation wished to signify its gratificatioa of the reclamation of Eastern Oregon to the party, aud could not do so in a more effective manner than by acceding to the wishes of the p ople of the leading county. Portugal has committed some flag rant acts of inhumanity towards Brit ish sut jpcU and insolence to the Brit ish flag, and Mr Salisbury, the pre mier, has callen the Portugese govern ment to an Account for them. If there is one thing of which every sub ject of the great island empire should feel proud, is the protection enjoyed in every quarter ot the globe. Touch an Englishman in an unlawful manner, and immediately the old bulldog spirit is aroused, and reparation has to be made. The Abysinuian war was inaugurated because Erglishmen were depriyed of their rights, and the same is true of other wars. What if Great Britain gains possession of some little countries in the end in the protection she guarantees to her citizens, it will be better for all concerned. Portugal has held possessions in Africa and Asia fur long year?; but in no instance has she labored for the advancement of the people, or av tempted to develope the resources of the country. In marked contrast everv subiect of Great Britain can point with pride to Hindoostan, Au stralia, Cape Colony, New Zealand. Hong Kong and British America, With-Anglo-Saxon conquest civiliza tion and Christianity are introduced, and the people are educated and made freer. Every British colony to-day is a republic in reality, and as Americans and republicans we can but welcome the advance of the institutions in every quarter of the world which un derlie our fabric of government. If Grady's flowery ihctoric about the negro living contented and happy in the south was truthful at the ban quet in Boston, what is the use of Senator Butler of South Carolina in troducing his colonization scheme for colored men! If the chivalric South erners are satisfied with the colored people in their midst, and believe in the enforcement of th constitutional amendments, they would not advocate a plan to induce them to leave the country by placing a premium on em migration. Almost in every instance these people are natives of the soil, and have no other country than this. To intimate that their presence is ob noxious to the present inhabitants has some of the elements of the British act in driving the Acadians out of Nova Scotia. It is somewhat sorry news which burdened the wires to day that the Czar of Russia could not attend - Christmas services yester day by reason of the influenza; but the world is just as well as if he prayed long and loud. In the eyes of an all-wise and all-just God, his prayers would not have ascended as high as the steeple of his cathedral, while the prayers of his unfortunate victims in Siberia would have reached the highest heaven. If there is any thing in Christ's doctrine these mon arch's prayers are the worst hypocrisy. They should stop praying and going through the ceremonies of their church creed, and do more for the ameliora tion of their subjects, and their lives here will be nobler and their future more hapeful. John G. Whittle r, the Quaker pcet, celebrated his eighty-third birthday last Tuesday. The American reading public, and English-speaking peoples in other countries, have djawn many moral lessons from the metrical verse of Mr. Whittier, and though some may have excelled him in literary fame, none Lave ever written words and sentences which have entered the innermost depths of the soul with such a mild and healing sympathy as he. II is life has been as gentle and loving as his poems, and now he ' is nearing he brink of the grave, his sun of life is setting in ,tne most glorious ra- . . . a 1 " d ance. The present Democratic incumbents in federal positions seem satisfied with the recommendations telegraphed, and are willing to deliver up thir port folios at any time. The president has pursued a most tnpartisan course toward Oregon, and the eager office' seek ere have been kept waiting a long time; but the golden fruit is now fall in. It is very improbable that there will be a change of administration in 1892: but if such an .unlocked for emergency should arise,lhe Republican federal officials will not wait long to know their fate. The supreme court has decided on appeal that Sandy Olds, convicted of murder, should have a new trial, and we Me some of the papers of the state criticising the decision. We do not consider this by any means fair jour nalism. "Every unfavorable criticism of the judgment cf the higher com t implies that Sandy Olds is guilty oc murder aud should be hanged, and this will send the current of public opinion which always has a great weight with juror.-' against him on the next trial. Johnstown enjoyed a sunshiny Christmas, and the people notwith standing their misfortunes had a pleasant time. Poor, unfortunate town, they have not much to be thankful for during the past year, and t is to be expected that 1890 will be more prosperous. CHRISTMAS. The anniversary of C' r'stmas will occur to-morrow, and as such will be celebrated all over the Christian world. The day was set apart about three hundred years after the event occurred, and was undoubtedly in correct as to the date and season of the year "when shepherds watched their flocks by night." But this makes little or no difference, for the birth of the personage whom it is in tended to celc hrate was a world char acter, and us such made his impres sion upon present and future genera tions. Born of the race of the illiberal Jews he displayed the greatest ad vancement of any man of his time, and taught a doctrine which is suited to all classes aud conditions of people. The titled noble who kneels amidst the treasured memories of St. Paul's in London has no more veneration for the grand and holy personage of Jesus Christ than he, who, in the rude and simple hut in the wilds of the wilder ness or the boundless prairie, pays his devotions to this great redeemer of the world. The simple son of the car penter of Nazareth, though lineal descendant of the line of David, lived ao'ong the lowly, ate with publicans and sinners, and ministered to the wants of the humblest of earth's un favored creatures. His companions were not kings or nobles, but the outcast and erring; and to these he imparted hope and consolation which no other teacher ever did. The New Testament teaches that the disciples of this humble and de vout individual after his cruel death were first called Christians at Antioch, and it is doubtful if he would have sanctioned the nomenclature if he lived. His life work w as for no sect or class, but for the human race, and it is perfectly relevant that in honor of the anniversary of his birth, Jew and Christian, Mo hammedan, Buddhist and all others who labor for the benefit of mankind should celebrate this grand event in the history of the world. Judaism teaches forms and ceremonies, and c'losen race; Buddhism an ascetic hft ; Mohammedanism, belief in the prophet and a close adherence to th Koran; but Christ, pure motives and an unspotted life. Of all philosophers whose lives made bright and luminous the records of the past, this simpl Nazarene, who made -no pretensions except purity of purpose,marked out line of conduct for all men, which roust be acknowledged the only true doctrine of man's conduct towards his fellows. It makes little difference whether the dogmas of the trinity, as set ft rth primarily by the Nicene coun cil be correct or not, the character of Jesus Christ is such that all must ad mire it and all would do well to imi late. Century may link itself to cen tury until the world grows old with the lapse of time, yet the teachings of this great and good man will be as pertinent and practical to human life as when he taught his precept: among the barren hills of Judea to few ignorant fishermen and uncult ured laborers. We have no doubt that Paul, the great logician and era dite scholar, embellished the teachings of Christ with the dogmas that now cling to the church; but the purity of the life and the sinceriey of the great teacher did more to spread the doc trines and make them world-wide in their application than all the ethics taught by moral philosophers.' To celebrate the day properly an in a becoming manner, each one who gathers in the social circle should at' tempt to instill into his character that purity of life and sincerity of conduct which characterized him whose birth is commemorated. Anthems from sur pliced choirs, and sermons from the gilded alters of cathedrals will not be as Christ-like as the honest, upright life of the poor aud lowly. He who taught as never man taught, who wan dered homeless and houseless among the barren wa tea of Palestine, never wore any royal raiment or associated with the privileged classes of the world His life was one of self sacrifice, and his grand, good and holy acts weredevouted to healing the sick and alleviating the burdens of the oppressed. Christ be longs to the world, and the world gcod and purity belong to Christ. of TUB RACE QUESTION. For long years the African race has bad full freedom in the United States, at.d has beeu granted the elective franchise. There is no doubt that the Anglo-Saxons are the rulers of this country. in laws and literature, and we are forced to acccrd to the people who for long years tufferej the chains of slavery a lower grade in the scale of humanity. It must be recollected that the African, in no single instance, ever liberated himself, the slaves held by the British empire were emancipated through the philanthropic acts of the great Englishman, Wjlber force. Hayti became an independent nation through the efforts of Touis- sant, a mulatto, who was educated in France, and served under Napoleon, The Arabs in Africa have for a long time bought and sold slaves, and the only interference in their diabolical traffic has been the action of Great Britain which, in the magnanimous m pulses that characterizes that em pire, has empowered her navy to use every means to put a sup to the trade. As a necessity of war, our lamented Lincoln, issued his emanci pation proclamation, and several millions of free negroes were thrown upon the country. - Congress, after this emancipation, granted the col ored race the elective franchise and established free schools throughout the south; but there has been a constant warfare between these liberated slaves and the predominant white race. Trouble has frequently occurred be tween the antagonistic races, and a peaceful solution of the slave ques tion has beeu most difficult. But we ' are glad to see the leading papers of the south discussing this question in a fair and unprejudiced manner, and cpy willingly the following from the Memphis Appeal, a leading paper of that region: It is believed in Washington that a great dtbate will be had in the United States senate this winter upon the negro question, and that the ablest minds of that body will participate. The country needs just such a discus sion. The lime for it has come. While we cannot expect any definite action looking toward the sol u '-ion of the problem, the debate would have an educational effect, and would cer tainly have the character of an his torical event The southern senators have many hard facts to submit to their northern friends, and we believe that the latter are in a better mood to cot. aider them than at any time since the war. With the Republican policy fixed as to the tariff, it is hardly possible that a question more import ant than that of the negro's welfare will come before this senate. Already the southern senators have shown an eager disposition to discuss it in a spirit of fairness aud earnestness, and the Republicans should be glad to meet them half way. If the debate shall occur, they may expect to find the whole country eagerly attentive; and out t f it, we are sure, will come much good to the people. The dispatches to-day connain most deplorable news of a war of races in Georgia, iu which white men and ne groes have been killed. This antagc nism cannot continue always and har mony prevail among the citizens, and we hope the present session of con gress will attempt to do something to remedy the evil. The colored men are with us; tbey have the elective franchise, and should be protected in its exercise. If they desire to emi grate, every aid should be given them, but we cannot force them to do so, for they fought in our armies, and earned their rights by well-merited actions. We expect from the present con- cress liberal appropriations ior tne Cascade Locks and the boat-railway hpt.ween this citv and Celilo. Port , , .,,1111 u.l lana may tais ail sue p.eusea uoouv the jetties at the mouth of the CMum- k; -;. int until i ho riior ia mud navigable from its headwaters little benefit can be derived from improving the channel at the mouth. The sen sible way to view the matter is, that we need the great river cleared of all obstructions, and finally there is an urgent necessity of a deeper channel. All these objects should meet with unanimous approval, and all portions of this state and Washington should be a solid phalsux in favor of them. It is a matter of great gratification to the northwest that Hon. Binder Hermann, of this state, has been ap pointed to the chairmanship of the Rivers and Harbers committee. No representative of this region has done more for his constituents than Mr, Hermann, and we feel satisfied that as chairman of this important committee we shall have something done for this portion of the northwest He has been an defatigable worker for the in terests of his constituency, and we feel assured he will exert his utmost endeavor for liberal appropriations for the locks at the Cascades and boat railway above this city. When some one mentioned the name of Boulanger in the presence of Hen ry M. Stanley, the explorer asked) "Who is Boulanger? I nevei heard of him before." This noted Frenchman rose from obscurity to notoriety and again returned to his primal state hile Stanley was in the wilds of Africa, If the explorer will immure himself in the dark continent for a few years more great wonders will greet his vision. In that time there mftv V on or more rer.ur.1ini in F.h- ' , , . rupe, uuu uiurr uuu luameu cuttugr? in politics. The Aslorian. on Dec. 8th. dated in io, puoasnea a very ingenious num- ber on the progress of the coming cen- tury looking backward. The Port J Townsend Leader, a live, morning daily Daper. reproduced one item about . ,- ... . i . thA mmnlfthnn nr Mia rnnnnal unrlpr r Dover Btraits, and changed the year from 1989 to 1889. It evidently thought it was a real fact, but was badly deceived. Even the editorial fraternity are liable to err. Salem and Albany have woolen mills in operation, and The Dalles, handling more wool than any other town in the United States direct from the producer, should inaugurate a sim iter enterprise. Our people have the best opportunities of any to make this point a thriving city, and tbe fault lies at our own doors if The Dalles has not 10,000 population in the next year. Salem is in earnest about getting an outlet on tbe coast, and with this de termination she will accomplish the object. Grit and perseverance will accomplish everything iu this world, and especially in the northwest. lbe Pendleton Iribune. since it lost the U. S. district attorney, is fall ing gradually into the ranks of the Democracy. In a few days it will be advocating free-trade and the re-elec- tiou of Cleveland. Mr. Henry W. Grady, the popular editor of the Atlanta Constitution, was buried yesterday, air. uraay was the leading editor of the south, and his death will cause sorrow all over the nation. Christmas was not the peaceful day it should have been in all parts of the country. The dispatches contained news of disturbance and murder. This world is not all peace and good will yet There has been a flood in portions of California, and the people claim thev have sufficient moisture to last them during the next season. It is quite a phenomena when Californians I will desire the heavens to "dry-up. EDITORIAL NOTES. ' The members of congress have a vacation during the holidays. Our law-makers need rest the same as other mortals. The influenza, which has been hov ering around the monarchical courts of Europe, has finally crossed the ocean and is now afflicting the four hundred in New York. The golden apples which have fallen from the administration tree to some Oregonians have caused others to be jealous. This should not be, for we are satisfied our senators and repre sentative have exercised 'heir best judgment in these recommendations. In a month more we may expect the winter to be. oyer, and our citizens should do something to let our facili ties be known. If we manage our af fairs properly during the next year we shall double our wealth and popula tion. TELEGRAPHIC. FOUR men frozen to death. Pendleton, Dac. 23 Mike Marker, James Hardie anil Tug Wilson left Alba on foot tor Contractor Smith's camp ou tlie Long Creek road in the Blue moun tains., Tbey tailed to arrive at the camp, and it is supposed tbey lost their way and perished in the snow, which was from eighteen inches to four feet deep. John Smith, was brought from Atbeua Saturday and placed in the county hos pital, died Suuday morning. His feet liad been frozen and he died from morti fication. BILLS BY MR. HERMANN. Washington, Dec. 24. Besides the important bills introduced by Represent ative Hermann, previously published iu the Oregonian, there were many of local interest to the state. Among tbem were the following, some of them being the same as those introduced by SeDators M'tchell and Dolph in tlie senate: To authorize the Oregon and Washing ton Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Columbia river between the states of Oregon and Washington, and to establish it as a post road. To provide additional appropriatioa for contiunance of work on thecanuland locks at the Cascades of the Columbia river. Making an appropriation for the con Struciion ot a ooat railway at ine Ualles Bnd Ce,llo Bnd at Tnree aQd Ten mile rapids on tho Columbia river, in the state ot Oregon. liou of jetty extension at the mouth of the Columbia river. A joint resolution proposing an amend ment to the constitution ot the United stales providing for the election of United States senators by the direct vote of the people ot the respective states. Mr. Hermann also presented private bills for payment to M. S. Helliuan, ot Canyon City, Or., ot $0000 for supplies furnished the government in 1 871. To pension Silas Be. zley.of The Dalles, Or., (or services in the Black Hawk war. To pay Newton McCoy, of Portland, Or., lor services rendeied the government as counsel in various land contests. To pay Dr. W. C. McKay, of Pendle ton, Or., for property taken and de stroyed by hostile Indians in 1853 To pay Chnstiua lvlson, of Ellens- burgh, Or- for personal property taken and destroyed by the Rogue river Indians in 1836. To pay the legil representatives of Chauncey M. Lockwood, of Tbe Dalles. Or., for extra mail service extending from Salt Lake City to The Dalles; and the bill provides for referring the claim to the aojudication of the court of claims. the entombed miners. San Andreas, Ca., Dec. 24. A cor -respondent who went to the scene of tbe mining disaster at Angel's Camp, has re lume i here and reports the lollowing particulars: Tbe accident occurred in the Utica mine. The main shaft, which is 400 feet deep, raved in from the 300 foot level to tbe 400-foot level, carrying all the stones, timber and earth in its way. The amount of earth giving away was a solid mass of soil and rock and timbers, forty-five feet wide and sixty feet long Nineteen miners were at work in tbe 400 foot level puttiDgin timbers. Without a moments' warning this vast mass of timbers and rock, with tbe rapid it y of ligbtuiog, suddenly fell, crushing the miners below. Three men only of the number who were working near tbe mouth of tbe drift, had warning. Hear ing some stones fall tbey became fright ened and ran for their lives. The last one of the number was struck by falling rock and severely cut on the bead. Tbe remaining miners, sixteen in all, were pinioned by tbe falling mass of debris and could not escape. Immediately word wa8 8eDt to lne t0P tDftt a cave nad oc curred, and men were sent down the I shaft to tender all assistance possible, . nen mese reacuea toe B"ene it was ,ouna tnere WM no possible hope tor I IhriOH wh Vdm ar wnrlr all uroria nn. doubtedly crushed to oeath. It was but a Tew moments until news ot the appal- "Df T , ! T .7 I and frienda mil rplntivp.a crAthf-rr1 nt tha mouth of tbe shait, eager to hear the I news ,rom the loved ones below. Will ing hands wtre soon at work tryiDg to I . . . J near some word lrom thoswbo were in I the shaft from time to time as news from below was brought to the surface. The scene was heartrending in the extreme. Three of tbe unfortunates were married. the last pitcher of bekb. Spokane Falls, Dec. 24 rW. E. Kid der, a middle aged man with a family, died at 9 o'clok this evening nnder pecu liar circumstances. At five o'clok Kid der left his borne for a pitcher of beer. At the saloon he went to the proprietor, who had to go into the cellar to open a new keg. Kidder fell down Into the cellar through the hatchway, it is said, but did not seem to be injured. He went home and attended to some things about the house, and then went to bed with his wife. In a few moments be stiffened out. and tbe wil becoming alarmed, called a doctor, who found the man dead when be arrived. ruined bt strong drink.' Spokane Falls, Dec. 24. Josoph B. Lister, a well-known newspaper man of this state, was to day sentenced to two years in tne penitentiary for larceny. He lived at Rockfntd, and was given $400 to pay on raitioad laud. He came to Spo kane Falls, got drunk and "blew the money in." He is tai ) to have done tbe same thing befoie nod got otf. didn't know she WAS FB EE Kansas Citv, Dec. 24. A unique case was decided in the probate court of Cooper county to day. At the conimence- ineut of the war Joseph Hickman, now a wealthy aod influential farmer in the county, bought a negress 3lave and; took her to his (arm as a sewmg maid. Since that time the has never beeu allowed to go beyond the bounds of the farm, and in her petition alleged that she had not been permitted to hold converse with anv nf Iser race, and none of her fainilv were ever permitted to tell ber the results of the war When ber old master died, three weeks ago, she ran away to BonDCville, and while there learned that the slaves had been emanci paled. She told ber story to t lawjer, and he brought suit to recover wages of $1400(wages at f 5 per month for twentv-five yearv) from Hickman's estate The court decided for plaintiff to-day, and allowed one ball of tbe amount claimed. BACK WAP. Savannah, Oa., Dec. 35. A riot oc curred to day at Jessnp, filty-sevea miles south of Savannah. Two white men were killed, two others seriously wounded, and seveial negroes are reported killed. The Georgia Hussars sent two detachments of men to Jessup to night, and more trouble is apprehended, lbe trouble be at n0OD wben Marshal Barnhill ar- rested a drunken negro and carried him to toe locaup. Winer negroes i iicumcu and a tight followed, resulting' in the death ot Marshal Longelt aod Mr. Wood, cf South CaroliDa,-and tbe fatal v'ouod ing of Mr. Wood, of Jessup. About ti fteen whites and blanks are known to bare' re ceived injuries more or less serio us. Neighboring towns have sent deputatio ns of armed men, and the streets are throng ?d with members ot both races. Further hostilities are not looked for to night, but it is thought fighting will surely be re sumed in the morning. The negroes have been chased to the swamps, and tbeir capture is certain. Tbe governor has been telegraphed to for troops, aod it is thought mere will be a conflict on their arrival. Quite a number of women and children have left the i.lace. MURDER AT ELLESBURGH. Ellensbcroh, Dec, 25. This after noon James Henderson aod Maxy Evans, tbe former a janitor in the Nash block, the latter janitor in tbe Reception saloon, quarreled in tbe Nash building, when Henderson tbrew a hatchet at Evans, who ran to lbe saloon, returning with a revol ver and shooting Henderson below the left eye. The wounded man lingered for a tew hours, dying to-night. When tound by tbe city marshal Hen derson had the hatchet in his hand. EvaDS sunendered, and is now confined in the county jail. The murderer is a colored man, 23 years of ape, and the murdered man is white, aged 60. GORE ON THE CHRISTMAS TREE. Chicago, Dtc. 25 A dispatch from Shawneetown, 111., says: A free fight took place at a Christmas tree celebration in Eagle Creek precinct Monday night, in which Thomas Burroughs, a prominent farmer, was dangerously stabbed, and several other persons received quite serious injuries. Tbe fight arose from an error in dis tributing the presents, which were labeled for people who did not receive them. Some of the labels dropped from the presents and were placed on different articles on the tree. People who had labeled their presents for friends saw the rristakes and remonstrated, but to no avail. A quarrel arose and a fight ensued. BAN AWAY FRCM A GOOD HOME. San Francisco, Dec. 25 Phillips, a newsboy, one of tbe four who were drowned at Valltjo yesterday, is said to havo well-to-do parents in the state of Washington, and that when young he ran away from home aod subsequently met with an accident by which he lost his right leg. He was to return home in a few days after an absence of years, only last Suuday having received a letter from his parents asking him to return,' and also -money to pay bis way. Boats have been searching for the missing men. but as yet nothing has been heard of them. THE CURSE IS LIFTED. Johnstown, Pa., Dec. 25. This has i been a delightful day. The thermometer has been about GO since noon. The sun ' has been shining brightly all day, and the air is as balmy as May. Christmas services were held in al! the churches, and Sunday tchool children received gifts from their teachers as in former years. It is surprising bow little reference wa9 made to day to the flood. It was scarce ly mentioned. DFEP SHOW IN THE BIO BEND. ELLENSBDRGn, December 25. Winte weather is prevailing throughout the Kit titas valley, and extending to the Con cully mines and Big Bend country. The weather is excellent and everything is on runners. Farmers ars all pleased at tbe pro-ipect ot having an abundance ot water for irrigating purposes. Deep snow means big crops. A WATERY GRAVE. Taquina, Dec. 24. The steam schooner Farallone, commanded by Captain Boni field, after being towed across the bar to day at 12 o'clock, by the tug Resolute, was struck by a sea, earning overboard Chief Engineer Pugsley, "a cabin boy and three sailors, named Frank Johuson, Charles Dickinson and William Brown. The Bailors were drowned before assist ance could reach them. They were all young men and natives ot Sweden. CHASED TO THE SWAMP. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 20. The trouble at Jessup yesterday began at 10 A. M when Chief Marshal Leggatt and an as sisiant attempted to arrest Bob Brewer, notorious negro outlsw and fueitive, Brewer raised his cun and deliberately J i -1 : a , - . . buul uuu Kiueu Assistant Marshal xiarn bill. J be chief marshal then fired at Brewer, but missed him. Brewer turned the fire and shot Lcggatt throu' both legs. Brewer and his crowd of ten or twelve men then fled to the swamp. The negroes were luuuweu into ine swamp by several citizen?, among them being William Wood, a carpenter, and his son, William n oou. TUB A KG ROES ESCAPE TO THE SWAMPS, The npirnea Hi if' irt.fi mtn 1, and when young Wood ran in behind hiin Brewer rose up and shot him tt rough the head, killing him instantly, and shot Wood s father in the lace. AcconiolUh ing tnis mucn tne negroes ran further in to tne swamp and escaped. News of the death of young Wood and tne serious snooting or his father spreai like wildnre over the town. Confusion reigned for a time, aud Jessup seemed to ue in tne nauas 01 a violent mob. Mayi-i Hobbs called a meeting and hastv ar rangements were made to protect tbe towp. Seventy five armed men were gathered in a few minutes and followed Erewer and ins party a distance into the swamn McMillan bay covers over 400 acres and Brewer is so familiar with its hidin places that efforts to locate him are re garded as in vain. The strength ot tbe posse was soon increased by a posse of twenty nve armed ineD, and a picket line onneuj. Brewer had threatened the life of As sistant Marshal Barnhill since that officer killed one of Brewer's pals, a few weeks ago, while attempting to arrest a colored man ior ga moung. Yesterday was Brewer's chance, and he took advantage of the opportunity. When the assistant officer came unarmed to the side of Chief Marshal L?ggatt, who was making the arrest. Brewer seemed to forget for moment that anybody was truug to cap ture him, and he shot Barnhill down as he would a dog. HELPLESS PRISONERS MASSACRED. At about 8 o'clock this ruoruiuL' a Dai ty of unknown men attacked the jail at j.osup, unving away ine guards. In a few minutes the doors were battered down and four men went inside and shot and killed Peter Johnson aod Bill Hopps. The iurmer was a man wno naa been wounded and captured in tbe fight. The military was stationed about half a mile lrom tho nil. but bv the time a detachment arrived there everything was quiet and all there was to indicate what bad happened were the bodies of tbe dead negroes. TEN rERBOKS WERE KILLED. Later. The most reliable information is that ten people have been killed at Jessup. a. special to tne Momma JXeut savs everything is quiet, and a company of citizens oas oeen organized to guard tbe town agnnst invasions The coroner held an inquest this afternoon and the jury returned a verdict charging the negroes Brewer and Ray ford with mur- ueriDg juarsnai jttarnhill and young 1IT I . . . . .... - J tuuus. as to me Killing ot tne negroes in tbe jail, the jury returned a verdict of aeatn by parties unknown. DROWNED IN TACOMA HARBOR, Tacoma, Dec 20. The families ot C. C. Hodges aod Garret J'oe, tbe two men supposed to have leen drowned in the bay while duck bunting on Christmas day, have given up hopes ot their safe recovery. FOPB YOUNG MEN KILLED. Vancouver, B C, Dec. 20. A terri ble accident occurred this morning about 3 o'clock. A party of six in a sleigh, re turning from a social evening on tbe Fraser river road, about six miles from bere, were struck by a falling tree and four persons and the horses were instantly killed. Two narrowly escaped, Notice. The Womens' Christian Tern erance Un ion will meet every Friday afternoon, at 3 P. M. at tbe reading room. All are in vited. SNovtf. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla. Ilclci Letter. (-Ua.i was settled in 18C3. It did tui. hve a ju.iicul hanging un.il 1874. P'-i .Tuu-; Lynch opened a court on A":er ijuich within filtcen months after firt settlement. At the first term ot thTi popular tribunal there wen- twenty seven hangings in fifty days. Vigilantes Inflicted the death penalty whenever it v as ufl;-med necessary for more than ten years. The first execution according to legal proceps occurred at Helena in 1874. It was such au innovation that the people celebrated it iu a remarkable manner. I !:c -'ay following this execution a pro ctssion was formed and the committee led the way over the hill to the spot which had usually been chosen lor lynch ing. Writh appropriate ceremonies, the trie that had done duty ior a gallows so many years was chopped down, cut up for relics and carried away. The place where the tree stood has be come known as "HaDguiau'a Gulch." The name Helena has been tryiDg to get rid of every tiDce, but without marked success. The idea at the time of the de struction of the tree was that lvnching dajs were past. It was impossible, how ever, to change the character of the peo ple so easily and so suddenly. Legal executions have gradually taken the place of mass meeting executions, but there have been some brief periods when it was deemed best to return to the more expeditious and popular methods of primitive days in the teiritory. The year 1884 is known as one of the "hanging years" of Montana. It wai the time when stock thieving had become unendurable upon the raiiges of Eastern Montana. Vigilantes organized for that raid without any concealment. Members of tbe band which carried out the orrlers were recruited openly from the cowboys, who were willing t- do that kind of work for $100 a month. When tho round up ended sixty-threo theives had been shot cr haDged. Tbe man who engineered this exter mination of the stock thieves is one of the best kuown ai.d most respected citi zen of Montana. He makes his home in Helena. Public sentiment regrets the necessity for such extreme measure?, but fully sustains the penalty inflicted. The first sebsion of tbe people's court at Helena was held to try Bob Black for killing Harry Slater. Helena was then a mining camp and was known as Last Chance Gulch. Parallel with, and only a few feet from what is now the principal street of the tbiilty city the gulch rau. The prospectors who found pay dirt iu the gulch were certain there could be none found further east of flint and so they named it La.t Chance. The miners settied down to work the gulch for what theie was in it, na i t!.e camp drew more t...u i"i iirual complement ot gamblers i i ... r roats. ; i inary work of tbe vigilantes -. -uich, further south, had the tf- I'fcci ..r swelling the lawless element at Last Chance with refugees. One of these refugees was Slater, lie had escaped the vigilantes at Virginia Cuy by an acci dent. The night the order was issued there for bis execution it was discovered tbat he had taken his departure. Slater tried to shoot William F. Sanders, the prosecutor of tho Piummer gang of road agents, only a short time previously. The vigilantes h d a long score against him and there was some disappointment when it was found that he had disappeared. Tom Keene, or Bob Black, as he had been known in Tenoessee, also left Vir ginia City in baste. He had been keep ing bar at the Montana saloon to J ha 1 a quarrel with another barkeeper. After trying to mangle his enemy by burling a boulder through tbe window at midnight, Keene fled and went to Helena or Last Chance. Arriving at the gulch and walk ing up the street Keene came suddenly upon Slater, sitting in a doorway, with his hat over his eyes. Without saying a word, or in any way attracting his vic tim's attention, Keene drew his pistol and fired. The bail entered the eye and passed through the brain. Slater fell backward dead, without knowing who shot him. And tight here is to be noted a curious illustration of the impartiality with which tbe people's court dispensed justice. It made do difference tbat Keene bad re moved a bad man, nnder condemnation by the vigilantes of a neighboring camp Had bluter been hanged at Virginia Cit Last Chance, to a man, wonld have en dorsed the wisdom and justice of the act But, blater having escaped to La: Chance, it was as much murder tor Keene to kill him as if tbe victim had been tbe most honest mun in camp. This was tbe way in which Last Chance viewed tbe crime. It was no sympathy ior mater wiucu prompted tbe immedi ate organization of tbe people's court ot .Last usance to try Keene. Itema from tbe Upper Colmbla Croodo News. ' The steamer City of EUenslurg has bad tbe misfortune to have another hole stove in her bottom on the down trip last Mon day near Rock Islrnd. Captain Gray aad iSiOgiueer Solicit have gone to la coma for instructions. It is to be hoped that she will be repaired at once, as sb is needed badly on the upper river for freight is accumulating at Rock Island What is supposed to be Ward's party ot engineers are now working in the can yon that breaks through south of Badger mountain back of the Duffy ranch. There seems to be doubt as to whether they came up the Sutherland canyon or up Beaver creek canyon from Keck Island. They are working lor the .Ullensburg & North eastern railroad and are heading for tbe Central Washington railroad near tbe head of Moses coulee. A party of engineeis of the Seattle & Lakeshoie railroad have recently come through the Bkvkorn sh pass intlicCas cudus aod down the Wenatcheeand thence donn tbe Columbia to below Rock Island thence up the Moses coulee to Mr. Owens1 ranch aod are now coming up Muses creek to the big draw tbat leads to Douglas City, with tbe intention of connecting with tbe line run last year about one and one-half miles from Douglas City. Tbey say that the old line of last year running down from Waterville to Wenatchee will not be built for tho reason of the grea expense required to open a road down tbe Columbia bluffs. Direct from the Front. Knoxvtlle, Tenn., July 2, 1888. The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.: . Gentlemen I can cheerfully and truth, folly say that S. S. S. is the greatest blood purifier on earth. In 1SS4 I contracted blood poison. Physicians treated me with no good results. I took a half dozen differ ent kinds of blood medicines, but, without receiving any permanent relief 1 j was in duced to try S. S. S. I began the first bottle with the gravest doubts of success. I had been so often deceived. But im provement came, and I continued its ure until perfectly well. I have since married, and have a healthy family. No trace of the disease is seen. Swift's Specific did all this for me, and I am grateful. Yours truly, J. S. Strader. 118 Dale Ave. Kemp.- Texas, Tune 23. 1888. The Swift Speci6c Co., Atlanta, Ga.: Oentlemen A sixteen-year-oid son n mine was afflicted with bad blood, and broke out with an eruption on various parts of his body. I put him to taking S. S. S., and a few bottles cured him entirely. I live at Lone Oak, but my post-office is at Kemp. x ours truly, w. 2. KOBINSON, Three books mailed free on application, AU druroists sell S. S. S. Ty Swift Specific Co., ifawcr J, Atlanta, Ua. New York, 75 Broadway. Excursion Jfa'esi. For the Christmas and New Year holi days the 0. R. & N. division of the Union Pacific will flive excursion rates between Portland and Huntington to any other station on its rail lines within a radins of two hundre 1 miles, at the low rate of one and one-fifth fire for tbe round trip. Tick ets will be on sale Das. 24th, 25th and 31st, 1889. and January I. 18'JO, aud thee will ba good going on date of sale, and good re turning Jan. S, 18UO, inclusive. This will be a rare opportunity for our citizens to lei t friends during the holidays. Wanted- 103 On city real estate security. Apply at this office. NEW TO-DAY H. SOLOMON'S Great 1 DRY GOODS To be sold at SLAUGHTERING PRICES for the next 30 days. advances, we are determined to sell our stock of Winter Dress Goods and Clothing At each reduced prices to secure a speedy sale, we therefore . WILL MEMJX SEVER VL IOtTOXS AS FOLLOWS: AH our 1 yds. wide Ladies Cloth, former price $1.00 per yd., now " " 40 inch all wool Tricots, ' " 50 cts. per yd , " " 40 inch all wool plaids and stripes, 02 cts. per yd. " " " 45 inch all wool Henrietta Cloths,former price, 75 ats. 44 20 pieces 38-inch wiJe English Cashmere. " " 23 01s. " Black Mobair Lusters, former piice, 62 cts..l " ' M " ' - 75 cts " " " " ' $i.00 " 10 pieces of wool Rios for house dresses, reduced to 12 cts. All our White and Colored Blankets at Cost to Clear Men's and Boy's Suits at Big Inductions. All our Men's Suits, former price, $10, selling now at $7.50. AU our Meu's Suits, former price, $15, selling now at $12 50. All our Men's Suits, former price, $2(1, selling now at $15 00. All our Men's Suits, former price, $22. selling now, $17.50. Boy's Suits from $2 50 to $3.00. Quite a Reduction. The Balance of our Men's and Boy's Overcoats at cost to clear. We also Offer You Big Bargains in Ladies', Misses', Men's aud Boy's Woolen Underwear. All our WINTER GOODS, without exception, to be sold at great reductions, so all who wish any goods for this Winter will do well to call on us, as the prices are within reach ol everybody. REDUCTION SALE BEGINS MONDAY, DEC. 16th. H. SOLOMON'S DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING HOUSE, Second Street. The Dill low. Oregon. A Curd to the i'ob!le. Olympia S. Murray, M. D., female spec ialist. Has practiced on the Pacific coast for the past twenty-live years. A life time devoted to the study of female trouble, their causes and cures. I have thousands of testimonials of permanent cures from the Lest people on this coast. A positive guar antee to permanently cure any case of female weakness, no matter how long stand ing or what the stage may be. Charges reasonable aud within the reach of all. For the benefit of the very poor of my sex who are suffering from any of the great multi tude of ailments that follow in the train of that terrible disease known as female weak ness, and who are not able to pay for treat ment. I will treat free of cbaige. Consul tation by mail, free. All correspondence strictly confidential. Medicines packer1, uoxed and cent by express with charges pri paid for "home" treatment, with sped 0 directions for use. If you are suffer rg from any female trouble, peiiodically cr constantly, addrees, OLYJ4MA S. MtJBBAT, M. P. I'agly East Portland. Oregon. Administrator's Notice. Notice is hereby given tha t the ondertizned has been, by the County Court it Wasco county, Ore Kon, duly fppuiuted administrator of tbe eatale of Martha OstUnd, deceased . Therefore, all persons holding claims agamst uid estate are hereby noti fied and requested to present the same, together with the proper vouchers therefor, to the uiiberaigned at the law office of Story & Biadshaw at Dalles city, Oregon, within six months from the date of this notice. Dated at Dalles dty,;Oregon, D'C. 10, 18S9. h. P. OSTLAND, Administrator of said estate. Story A Bradshaw, attorneys for said estate. Administrator's Notice. Notice is hereby given th.t the undersirned has been duly appointed administrator of the extate of George T. Drickell, deimsed, by the honorable, the Ceunty Court of Wasco county, 'Oregon. Therefore, all persons having claims against said deceased or his estate are hereby notified and required to present the same to me with the propar vouchers at my real dence in Dalles city, Wasco Cjuntv, Oregon, within six months from tbe date ot this notice. Dated, Dec. IS, 1889. J. C. BRICKELL, Administrator ot tbe esUto of Ooorge T. BrickeH, deceased. Hufur ftWatkina, for the administrator. d215t Administrators' Notice Notice is hereby given that the undenigned is the duly appointed and qualiSed administrator o the estate of Fhiebe at. Dunham, deceased. All per sons having claims against said estate are hereby notified to present them, with proper vouchers, to the undersigns , at his office, in Dalles City, Oregon, within six months from this date? A. K. THOMPSON, Administrator of the Eetiteof rbajde M. Pun ham, deceased. Tub Dau.es, Oreoos, Dee. ISth, 1883. LOST. Solid hay mare, three years old; hobbled when she left; shod all around; few saddle spots; fifteen hanos high; perfectly straight hind legs; branded A L con nected, and T on left shoulder Also one sorrel mare, 2 years old, small long white stripe over nose; lew saddle spots; had on halter when she lets: branded ercall O on left hip; both mares raised In E stern Oregon. S10 reward will be paid for tbeir dtlirery to the undersigned. C. WYSS, Tailor, The ballet. NOTICE. 7 ALL accounts due me must be pal J on or before Januaiy 1st, 1890. as all unpaid bills will be piacea in me naiios o a collector at mat time, tdl E. BKi'K. Mrs. C. L. Phillips, Fashionable Milliner, COURT STREET. (Next door to Tisu-UocjrTAiKSia office.) THE LATEST STYLES -OF- Donncts, Trimmings, etc -T II E- Farmers'andButchers EXCHANGE, front Mt., Opponlte Umatilla llocae THE DALLES, OllEGON. Wolfgang Schraeder.Frop'r. Always on sale the best, ot Imported sal Domestio Wines, jLiquoTs, axYitl Cigar, Bottled Beer of all kinds Ppet-lalty BDCBLEB 8 BEEU ON TAP, FKEE LUNCH FOR CUSTOMERS Wolfffans Scliraeder. If any dealer says be has the W. I. Dosiis Slioea without asms sund. Driest stiunoea Ol tat bottom, pot him down oa a fraud. W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE GENTLEMEN. Best In the world. Kxamlno his SS.OO GENUINK HANIJ-SKWKD SHOE. S4.00 IIANO-8EWKO WKLT 8HOK. SH3JIO Vol K'K .1 V I vinu Kltsl' ttlsnTC. S2.SO KXTKA VAI.UK CAI.F SHOE. 82.25 WIIKKINCHV'li KHOI-'- 2.00 and SJH.7S HOYS' SCHOOL SHOES All made in Congress, Button and Lace. W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE LADIES. RMt llTat.k!l -RMft BtvlM. RMt t'ltHnV at not sold bryour dealer, write yJ' EES! Reduction i Sale ! AND CLOTHING As the season selling at 80 c'.a " 48 cts " 60 cts M 83 cts " 20 cts " 50 cts M 60 cts " 75 ts Two trains daily, leaving the Umatilla House at 12:10 p. m. and 2 a. m. Tbe 12:10 train runs throuith to Walla Walla, ent.necting at Wall.ila Junction with the Northern Paoifio train for Helena, M Paul ana the EaM. The 2 train nine through to Farming, ton via. Pendleton and Walla Walla, and to t'nion. La Grande, Baker City, connecting at Huntington witn Oregon Short Line for Denver, C'onneil Blufls Kansits City and the Bast. Trains going west leal The lalle t 12:40 P.M and f v. TIPlfCTO 10 lind ,rom principal points In the IIUr.LlO United StaUs. Caiada aud Europe. ELEGANT PULLMAN PALACE CARS EMIUKAhT BLEEPING CAKd run through ea' Express trains to OMAHA, COUNCIL BLUFFS, and ST. PAUL, S-Free of Charts and Without Change. Close Connections at Portland for San Francisco and Puget Sound paints. To San Francisco Leaving Steamship Wharf Port land, at 10 P. 11., as follows: Orason Pundiv, December, r. State Thursday, i. Columbia Monday, " Ir Oregon Friday, 1 State .". Tuesday, " IT Columbia Saturday, " 2t Oiegon Wednesday, " 2i State Sunday, " 2 To Portland Leaving SpearSt. Wharf, San Francisco, at 10 A. M. as follows: Columbia.. Oregon . . . . Bute Columbia Oregon.... State Wednesday, December, ..Sunday, 8 ..Thursday, " II ...Monday, "1 ..Friday, 20 ..Tuesday, 24 Columbia.. Saturday, " xb Oregon.... Wednesday, January, I BATES OK PASSAGE, Oncluding meals and bertha Cabin, 916 00 Steerage, S 00 Bound Trip Unlimited, SO 00 For further particulars Inquire of anv aent of the Company, or A. U Maxwell, O. I'. 4 T. A , Port land, Oregon. A. L. MAXWELL, ONE BAND OF- Stock Sheep I Young and la good condition; also 100 Graded Bucks. Enquire at the First National Bank, at A. U. Wil liams Co "s store, or at tha stock yards of Lareoni A Saltmarshe. HylswU E. P. BUBBP.TS SON. TO SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. JUy Way of the SouthernPacificCompany's The MT. SHASTA ROUTE. Quicker In Time than Any Otlior Houtu betweru Portland and San Francisco Leave Iui-tlnud 4 P. 3X. Daily. Tbrouerh Time, SO Hours. PULLMAN CUFFET SLEEPERS TOURIST SLEEPING-CARS, for accomodation of Second-Glass Passengers, attached to Express Trains. Fare from Portland to Sacramento ana Ban Frendsuo: Unlimited First Class Limited tQ '9 Second Class, Limited It f TllllOUCill ITICKKTH TO ALL POINTS, South and 12ajt Via. California. B. KOEHI.ER E. P. BOGKRS. llauairer Asst. U. V. snd l ass. Alt TICKET OFF1CKH. Citv Office No. 134, Cor. First aud Alder Ota. Depot " Corner r aud Front Sta. Portland, Oregon J. O. MACK, Aviiorjo$A.Tii: Liquor Dealer FRENCH'S BLOCK. Second Street, . - Tbe TJallea EAST END SALOON, Near tbe Old Mint Building-, Second St, The Dalles, Or. Always on hevnd the Best "Wines, Liquors, rantl Cigars. A Pleasant Evening Resort Columbia Brewery ami Imported LigcrBeer on dranybt. HILL & CO.'SJ SAMPLE HOOMS Keeps eonftantly on hand tbe'cboleest Wines, Liquors, Cigars. Corner of Union md Second Sts. The Dalles. Orernc. I Bl G baa given unlvei- !sal satisfaction la the ure of Gonorrhoea and I Ulert. I prescribe II and feel safe In recommend lug It to all sarferers. .A.J.6TOJER, .D Deester, III, PRICE, 91. C9, Sold br Drug-fists. fcNlPts K NhRSLtY, The Dalles. f yi TO S DiTS.AJ C3 ure eirir tie C? I Irui Casaltsl St. V , . BBBMMSl fra4aaaaTsTPl1afl