Miims-Wmstnimtt.
SATURDAY FEBRUABY 8, 1890
. PROTECTION NOT THE CAUSE.
In the Sun of Feb. 5 th, under cor
respondence of date of Wasco, Jan.
29th, we find the following:
in the 1 imes-Mountaineeb s issue
or the 26th inst. is an' editorial under
the head of "Confederated Labor.?
' The editor has said many good things.
Among tuo utterances contained there
' in is the following to-wit:
"The accumulation of riches has the
natural effect to make one sordid and
selfish. ' This sentence set me to
thinking. I am. fully persuaded that
he is correct. ' But why the need of
' these organizations of laborers as he
' says "in defence of their lights?'
What is it that fosters these great
corporations with whom every labor
ing man has to contend? Is it not
rcaiiy me protective system of our
government shutting out many of the
necessaries of life, which enables those
corporations to grow rich, sordid and
selGsb? Are not coal, salt and sugar
unnecessarily protected? Aren't the
coal mines all over America almost
exclusively owned and operated by the
. railroad companies?. Compared., with
the cost of mining and transportation,
is not coal sold at a most extortionate
price? ' Who is benefitted by protec
tion on coal? 1 he owner and dealer,
who, nine times out of ten, is some
railroad company.
The corporations with whom the
people in this vicinity are in conflict
' are railroad' companies. These are
' not governed by any rule of political
economy, and it makes no difference
to them whether , free-trade . or pro
tection is the policy adopted by the
government. , Their object always has
been to make as much as possible out
"of the producers, and render them as
little benefit as possible."' The change
of policy cannot effect this injthe least,
and the only redress is by using the
natural channels of trade. . In this
. connection it is pertinent to say that
- if the" farmers would lend a helping
hand to open the Columbia river to
free navigation this matter could be
easily regulated. ' It may seem strange
' to our fme-trade readers that the worst
monopolies we have in this country
are those unprotected, such as steam
..boats, railroads, Standard Oil Com
pany, etc' - . '" ' j ;
. We do not wish to be pessimistic in
this matter at all; but believe that the
: conflict between capital and labor will
. never end, and while wealth is sordid
. and selfish, it will attempt to make
every dollar it can out of the laboring
poor. We have hope in federated
., labor changing this condition of af-
iairs, ana in mat unjy. . it wage
workers exercise' intelligence in their
efforts, and., are unified, capital must
. accede to their demands. But it is
delusion of: the worst kind to believe
that taking protection off of sugar, salt
' or iron will force a railroad or steam
. ship company to consider the welfare
'of those with whom .they, deal
They . are noVmuch - different
from the' merchant, baker, ' business
man or farmer, :Eich will make al
he can out of the money invested, and
aims to charge the highest price for the
articles old or accommodation . given,
There: may be a different - state of
things in the future,' but' it will only
be realized .when the millenium dawns,
and the lamb lie down with the lion,
Eni Lt.lo childrenlead them.
read the result. This caused an out
burst of angry words' from the not
headed southerners rarely ever wit
nessed in a. deliberative assembly. The
speaker kept his head, and -quietly
proceeded wi'.h the business. If Dem
ocratic tactics were followed, legiala
tion could be blocked by the silliest
fiction, and the majority be completely
under the domination of the minority.
This political fiction of being present
and absent may be an old rule at
Washington City, but practiced by
whatever party, it works tin injuay to
the best interests of the country, and
defeats the expressed wish of the peo
ple. We are glad that Speaker Heed
had sufficient nerve and grit to kill it
forever in American congresses.
A RAILROAD PROJECT.
- The d ispatch which we publish else
where in these columns of a company
having been formed in Walla Walla to
build a railroad down' the north bank
. of the Columbia : river, from opposite
Wallula to a point on the-Washington
.iiido from Astoria, indicates that
business men are active and alert to
have transportation with seaboard by
, every means possible. It is very likely
' ( that i Mr. Hunt and the Northern Pa
cifio are behind the incorporators, and
- by attempting to build down the Co
iutnbia, they are going to fight the
- Union Pacific in their own territory.
If Mr. Hunt is managing this scheme,
he will diverge his lines to the little
towns in Washington, getting a sub
sidy from each, which will near! pay
tne cost of construction. ..If the peo-
. pie of Goldendale are alive to their in
4 ' 1 - -11 fV r ' t
tcicouj, inej wiu oner .air. jaunt a
, good bonus: to build into that town,
thus assuring them direct communica
tion with seaboard ak the mouth of the
Columbia;-and if they complete their
line to Pasco the producers of- Klicki-
.; tat county can either trade with Paget
sound, or -with. t ithe Oregon-seaport.
This will be a great benefit to the little
towns in" Eastern Washington on the
Columbia river; but we cannot see" how
:- it. can. benefit . any Oregon town. If
our citizens were inclined to induce
Mr. Hunt . to bridge the Columbia
river at or.above this city and to erect
a depot, The" Dalles would undoubted
Jy receive great advantages. Be this
. as it may, this railroad movement em
v phasizes the fact that our people should
do something for their own interests,
- and the quicker fhe better." Open the
Columbia by means of opposition boats
. and construct two lines of road from
The Dalles to the interior of Crook
county and to: Goldendale, and this
projected railroad will become a feeder
; to this city. ' . -
CARE NECESSARY.
The practical . lesson taught the
Union Pacific during the past few days
should induce that company to spend
more labor on the road between The
Dalles and Portland, and to keep the
river as a final resort in case of emer
gency. The gorge of the Columbia is
perhaps the most difficult of any por
tion of the lorg line of road to keep
open tor travel during tne year.
In the ' winter season . it is block;
aded - by snow . ana in tne.. spring
by land-slides- and wash-outs.
Every obstacle taken into considers
tion, the river is a much safer means
of transportation and traffic than any
railroad. This emphasizes the neces
sity of opening it to navigation, and
should be an - incentive to con cress to
improve its navigation so as to free it
from obstacles at the earliest possible
date. If its passage could be made
through the locks now, The Dalles
would not be one day without " com
munication with the populous portion
of the state; but as it is, the portage
of six miles between the Upper and
Lower Cascades is liable to the same
obstructions as the main line.
This great" artery . of commerce,
by which the producers of- the
vast Inland Empire can reach seaboard
without paying excessive taritt to a
railroad monopoly, is controlled by a
corporation who has no interest what
ever- in tne growth or prosperity of
this portion of the continent except
the dollars it can make" out of the
tillers ot the soil. The farmers, flock-
masters, cattlemen and merchants un
willingly bear the yokewhich is imposed
upon them, and have implored congress
to help them to free themselves from a
worse slavery than was ever suffered
by any community iu continental
Europe; but their prayers have re
ceived little or no attention. An
open river is an urgent necessity, not
only for the producers of the Inland
Empire, but for the Union Pacific if
it expects to compete with other lines
which now carries freight and passen
gers across the continent.. . '
MR. BLAINE'S TRIUMPH.
Mr. Blaine has achieved a triumph
of diplomacy in effcting a convention
for a new extradition treaty between
her Britannic Majesty's government
and that of the United States, says
the Inter Ocean. The Bayard-West-
convention failed of approval in the
senate because of its last clause, which
was thought by many to be suscept
ible of interpretation into acquiscence
in the demand of Great Britain for
the extradition of persons charged
with political crime. Mr. Blaine has
persuaded Sir Julian Pauncefote to
omit this clause and to add others
which increase the number of extra
ditable crimes.
The Bayard-West convention added
only manslaughter, burglary, embezzle.
ment, or larceny to the value of $50,
and "malicious injuries to property
whereby the life of any person shall
be endangered" to those covered by
the existing treaty. The Blaine-
Pauncefote convention leaves out the
last roiptioned as being liable to per
version for political forces, but retains
the other three, and adds to them:
Embezslement, larceny, obtaining
money, goods, or valuable securities
by false pretenses, or receiving prop
erty of any kind, knowing it to have
been embezzled, stolen, or fraudulent
ly obtained.
Fraud by a bailee, banker, agent,
factor, trustee, or director of any
company.
Perjury or subornation of perjury.
Manslaughter, counterfeiting, rape,
abduction, child-stealing, kidnapping,
burglary, . house-breaking, shop-breaking,
piracy, revolt or conspiracy to re
volt against the captains of vessels at
sea, crimes against laws for tne sup
pression of the slave trade.
This places twenty-four new crimes
in tne extradition treaty, and closes
Canada as a harbor of refuge to twenty-four
classes of American criminals.
The treaty convention is so excellent
as to gain the praise of the generally
critical New York Times. Mr. Blaine
has achieved the first memorable di
plomatic triumph gained by the United
States for many a year. It is not to
be doubted that the convention will
be approved by the senate.
evidence. We have no desire to un
justly censure corporations; but where
common carriers have to deal with
human lives the greatest care should
be exercised, and the least negligence
is culpable. Every bridge along the
line of this railroad should be thor
oughly examined and rendered ab
solutely safo before being used for
traffic. The traveling public have a
right to demand this, and the com
pany cannot afford to follow any other
rule.
Nellie BIy, who made the trip
around the world in seventy-two days,
is the great attraction in New York
city. The metropolis has lacked some
thing unprecedented to talk and write
about since Josie Mansfield shot Jim
Fiske, or the wife of a descendant of
Alexander Hamilton attempted to dis
embowel her servant girl. The ,:400"
in the great city must have something
very startling to engage their atten
tion, or they might descend in their
TELEGRAPHIC.
A YOUKG GIRL FOISOKS HERSELF.
. Tacoma, Feb. 3. Maude Bowers, bet
ter known as Jessie Forrest, a white girl,
aged 15 committed suicide to-night at
the Globe lodging bouse by taking an
overdose of morphine. Her mother, for
the past ten years, has been living a life
of shame and came here a short time ago
from Salem, Oregon. Up to a few mouths
ago the young girl led a virtuous lite,
notwithstanding her associations, but
finally she fell and took up with a negro,
as did her mother. Salem soon got too
hot lor them, and they came to 1 acorn a
where the guilty liaison was continued,
It is understood that the girl was in
fatuated with her dusky lover, who had
promised to marry her. Failing to do so,
the girl became despondent, and three
wce&s ago attempted to kill herself.
Since then she ha repeatedly threatened
to make way with herself, being unwill
log to continue her life of shame. The
paramour of her mother is in jail, while
her own betrayer is cither in Seattle or
Walla Walla.
thoughts and actions to the level of or
diuary plebians.
And now the Democratic press are
howling about paying subsidies to fast
mail steamers, and say it is preposter
ous. Ibis is the plan which has been
adopted by England for years, and has
built up her commerce to its present
gigantic proportions. Democrats, who
cite England as an instance of the
success of free-trade, should not op
pose anything which she has pursued
successfully. But this is a Republi
can measure, and therefore it is all
wrong.
The federated labor meeting held is
this city last Tuesday evening took no
definite aclion towards forming a new
party for the approaching campaign.
It ia true they refused to admit a re
porter of this paper; but nothing bor
dering on Know-nothingiem.or a secret
political society,wa8 broached. While
we believe in consolidated action by
those in favor of a pure ballot, we can
lend no countenance to anything which
savors of political secresy.
It is customary when accidents oc
cur, like the one of Sunday, to throw
the whole blame ou the railroad com
pany, i his is wrong in many in
stances. During such a flood as we
xperienced Friday, Saturday and Sun
day no human foresight could ward off
danger. It may be ' that the roadbed
The unfortunate catastrophe by
which the wife and daughter of Sec
retary Tracy were burned to death
Monday in Washington City, himself
badly injured, and other members of
the family suffered will be deplored
all over the continent There are
hopes that the secretary may yet re.
cover, but the terrible blow will fall
heavily npon him.
Last winter tho papers in the Wil
lamette valley were fond of parading
the excellence of their climate over
down the gorge of the Columbia is not 1 dried-op Eastern Oregon. That por-
as substantially constructed as it might I tion of the state is now suffering a
At the meeting of the bi)ard of trade
last Tuesday evening strong resold
lotions were passed in favor of open
ing the Columbia riverby means of a
line of opposition boati' - These wordy
harangues amounts to very, little, if
anything. ' - What we need, in the lan
guage of the great Daniel Webster, is
"action, God-like action," and ' no
galamatian or flummery. The river
can be cpened, and there ia no use of
wasting words in talking about it.
What would be saved every.'year. in
excessive freight rates would build a
steamboat each season. Let us reduce
this matter to a: common sense ' basis.
Do we' desire an open river, to Astoria
or Portland?' If we do, let us com
mence in earnest about the work.
A subsidy of $20,000 or $30,000
can be . raised in - less than - a
week for any person or persons - who
will put a line of boats on the Coluro
bia from The Dalles to Portland. Like
Corporal Tanner, we talk too much
and act too little. Do we want an
open river; if so, let us commence! iin
mediately to accomplish the object.
But for our own reputation, and the
prospective growth of the city, we
should, do something.; Open the river,
build railroads, inaugurate manufac
turing industries and help ourselves.
We have talked enough let us act.
We received a letter Wednesday from
TT - T r trrr .
txou. jr. wager, accompanied by a
copy of a petition ' now being circula
ted in Umatilla county for the for
feiture of the Waliula land grant of
be, and in this the company is in a
certain measure to blame. But to
guard against accidents, such as land
slides and washouts, it would be im
possible. If the company knew that
bridge. 68 was unsafe; it would have re
paired - it aj soon as the fact was
known, This would be economy,
and no railroad will be. suicidal enough
to run trains over a track which may
wreck them daily. . We are not preju
dicial towards corporations; but hon
esty demands that all matters be fairly
stated.
that either is absolutely right
There is no point in Eastern Oregon
so advantageously situated for com
munication with the outside world as
The Dalles. Notwithstanding the
fact that the railroad is in a terrible
condition between this city and Port
land, if the river were opened we
should' be in dailv communi
cation with Western Orecon. Tl
the N. P., and urging the importance any other city east of the Cascade
of doing something immediately in the mountains and blockade the railroad,
matter in' this vicinity. Wasco coflnty and it is entirely isolated from everv
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is. as mucn interested in the torteiture portion of the state. An
fearful flood, and the loss of property
will be greater from the excess of
moisture than ours was from the lack
of it.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Miss BIy nor Miss Bisland, women
like, did., not want the world, only to
embrace the circumference.
Wasco has suffered less loss of stock
during tho" winter months than any
other county in Eastern Oregon.
, The Democrats have not yet recov
ered from their defeat at the hands of
Speaker Heed. It will take some time
before they can map out another plan
of campaign for the present session.
Col North, the English nitrate king,
kennels his dogs in a house that cost
over $5000; but the men, who'.by
hard labor made hi wealth, must be
satisfied with cheap and inexpensive
cottages.
postulates logical deductions. - Mr. I : A. Chicago exchange says: "Winter
Blaine, in answer, takes the history of I aPpe" s to linger long in the lap of
the United States from the forma- I autumn." With the people in Oregon
tion of the government to the present, I spring bas demolished during the last
and shows by the inductive method ew "aJ8 tne boary-headed monarch of
that this country has been benefitted I tne seasons in true Jupiter style.
more by a protective policy than by It is currently reported that the
free trade. Political economy may be I Prince and Princess of Wales will
an exact science; but wLile there is a visit the United States incognito,
difference of opinion regarding pro- This is not very important to
tection or free-trade no one can say Americans, and if the nrin nnnnt.
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The Democrats do not consider
themselves free-traders; nevertheless,
Mr. Gladstone's article in the North
American Review, as purely free-trade
as any ever written, is applauded by
them in the most laudatory manner.
me great .ungiisn premier is a won
derful man as far as intellectual activ
ity is concerned; but he reasons from
afford to invest some of his mamma'f
SKELETONS IN THE DESERT.
; San Dieoo, Jan 31. George Millard
arrived at Catnpo from Indian Wells yes
terday and report; finding three skeletons
on the desert ' The skeletous of two men
were laying a few yards apart. They bad
evidently been companions. Lyiog on the
sand a snort distance away, grotesquely
contorted, was another skeleton, betray
ing lu its unnatural position the terrible
agony of death from heat and thirst. A
few steps away was a picket-pin driven
.into the ground, with a lariat attached to
it. Following tho rope a perfect skeleton
of a horse was fennd, with the noose of
rope still encircling the neck bones,
Close search about tho skeleton of the
man resulted in finding but one article, a
silver badge with pin attached. On one
side was a shield bearing the initials "E
W. T. " and on the other side the Inscrip
tion "Nevada Guards, No. 2." The
badge was shaped like a horseshoe, with a
star point jutting irom each side,
THE TRUE FROHI ZEaL.
Philadelphia, Jan. 31. David Alex
ander, who tried to assassinate Bishop
Whitaker Sunday last, pleaded guilty
this morning Deforo Judge Arnold. Dr.
Andrew?, of the county prison, testified
that Alexander was sane on every other
subject except prohibition. When asked
by Judge Arnold what he bad to say,
Alexander rose, and in an eloquent voice,
aaaresiing tne court, said :
I always thought the church should
help support poor widows and orphans,
and when a mau, the minister of a church,
openiy aeoouuees prohibition, 1, as a
Christian, consider it a vile and base
crime: but when a man ranks so high as
bishop I think he is guilty of a very vile
crime, indeed, and is a hindrance to tho
church, instead ot a support. They speak
of increase of the good cause and the
church, but when a bishop is allowed to
openly and publicly denounce prohibition
i itiiafc" it snows a great decrease.
. DISAPPEARANCE OF AN TRONDALE VAN.
Port Townsend, Feb, 3 Irondale, sit
uated at the head of Port Townsend bay,
is greatly agitated over the mysterious
disappearance of John Lingenfeldter. He
was seen last on Tuesday evening cross
ing the bay in a small skitf from Iron
dale, with Larry Kelly, the well-known
opium and. Chinese smuggler, who broke
jail at Seattle one year ago and concealed
himself ia a drygoods box and was ship
ped as freight to Victoria on the steamer
Olympian. JLitngenleldtcr and Eellcy
were fairly intimate acquaintances until
quite recently, when Kelly gave Lingfel
dter a severe beating.
THIS KEW MARSHAL OF WASHINGTON.
Tacoma, Jan. 81. United States Mar
shal Thomas It Brown has received over
forty applications for appointment to the
position of United States deputy marshal.
No deputies have yet been appointed, as
Captain Brown has not yet received his
commission. It is probable that he will
go to Olympia to reside upon assuming
his new duties. It will be necessary for
mm to naye nis oioce at the state capital
as long as the United States courts hold
their sessions there. Captain Brown will
give his whole time to the marshalship.
lie to-day resigned bis position as presi
dent of Brown's Wharf and Navigation
Company. A meeting of the board of
trustees of the company was held this
morning. . Charles T. Ublman was elected
president to succeed Captain Browu.
Frank L. Crosby was elected secretary
and manager of the company.
FOOD FOT FLAHKS.
Washington, Feb. 4 lire. Tracy, the
wife of Secretary Tracy, Miss Wary
Tracy, his youngest daughter, and Joseph
ine, a French maid, now lie dead. This
is the horrible sum of tho calamities from
the fire wtich destroyed the secretary's
resilience yesieruay mornlD, Secretary
Tracy is lying in a stupor, suffering from
the effects of inhaling smoke. Mrs. Wil
merdiag, eldest daughter of the secretary,
ia in a semi conscious condition, suffering
irum a sprained wrist. .Bliss Alice Wil
merding, 18 years of age, the secretary's
grauuuauguier, is sunenng irom the shock
lie received.
It was about 7 o'clock in the mnrnin"
when names were seen issuing from the
windows and roof of Secretary Tracy's
uouusuiuo resilience, situated at ns l
stein & Co.'s wsrehouse was blown from
its pilings and landed on the beach. It
was damaged to the extent ot S3.000
The bouse of Mr. James on the water
front, next to tho Sitka Trading Co.'s
store, aisappeareii aunog the gale and
nothing bas been seen or heard of it since.
It is thought the wind picked it up and
dropped it in the bay and it floated off
with the tide. A large number of signs
were carried from their hinges into the
air and considerable damage was done
throughout the city. Such a storm was
never before witnessed by the people of
Sitka.
miss bisland's time around the world.
New York, Jan. 31. Considering the
loss of twelve hours at the start, the time
ot Miss Bislaud's trip around the world Is
computed at 7C days, 10 hours and 4S
minutes, or 4 days, 1 hour and 37 min
utes behind Nellie Bly's record.
MURDERED BY A WHITE MAN.
Seattle, Feb. 4 Early this morning
a party of Indians arrived from West
Seattle in a canoe, bringing with tbem the
dead body of a young Indian named Pete,
who had been murdered tho night before
by a white man, whose name could not
be learned. The Indians tell the follow
ing sloiy about the shooting:
Last night about 10 o'clock four while
men visited their camp and tried to force
an old Indian and his squaw to drink
whisky. They refused, aud one white
man hit the old man with the butt of his
pistol, severely injuring him. The Iu
dians made an outcry, and their com nan-
ions ia adjoin in ij tents rushed to their ass
istance and a free tight took place.
During the row one of the white men
tirxd a shot, killing Indian Pete instantlv.
The four white men then fled.Jaud have
noi ueen yet captured, although the police
are instituting vigilant search. It is
thought the men went to Tacoma.
A. Living; Hirroaeopc
John Thomas Heslon. of Birmingham.
England, is a lad whose powers of vinion
are to be accounted among the marvelous.
ns is Known as "tne living microscope,"
on account of being able to sen tho mnt
minute objects clearly defined. In 1878
or 1879 he was attacked with some laf .
fling eye trouble and came very near losing
bis sight forever. After the disease bad
reached its worst, there was an instant
and startling change for the better, whmh
. .
resuueu iu a complete cure of all lnflam.
inauon in an incredibly short time. It
was not a cure, however, that brought
back the old eyesight like that possessed
uv iue average genus home. When it re
turned it was with extraordinary iDcreas
ea power of vision. To John Thomas,
the most minute plant louse was as large
as a rabbit and the mof quito bill as Iare
as an ax handle.
He could see and describe distant min
ute objects with startling clearness and
precision, ue was amazinfflv shocked
upon repairing to the well to vet a mol
ing draught, to see the immense number
of hideous creatures that were floating,
fighting and wiggling about in the water.
rrom mat day to tbu, water has never
passed the lips of John Thomaa Heslnn-
ji. . . . .. ri
nis uriuaa consist wnoilv of coffee, tea
auu mine, moroughly boiled. The doc
tors say that the entire organization of
the eye bas undergone a structural change,
nioi mo cornea nas Decome abnormally
enlarged, and that the crystalline lens
uave uiviaea into three diflurtnt d an or
circles, each circle surrounded by un
other of light blue. In the center or' pnrh
of these thtea circles aiioeara an iris.
gi-auv uimimsuea in size, but au iris
nevertheless. The young man has been
visited by all the greater and lesser licrhu
of the British medical colleges, each of
wi-uui pronounce nis case the mott won
derful in the annals of optics.
. Redact nc tne Debt.
The debt of the United States ia hnint.
rapidly reduced. Twenty-two years ago
it was over $2,700,000,000 next to that
of England, at that time the frreateftt
national debt in the world. December 81.
1889, it had been reduced to nearly SI..
610,000,000, with about $537,021,000 in
the national treaaurv available for the
reduction, leaving the net debt at $1,-
UB3,048,U53. Of the total debt only
$829,897,4G2 bears interest. The iuterest
bearing debts arc S121.8C7.700. navin
4 per cent, interest, and dne in 1891 ;
$6-.9,795,700, paying 4 per cent, interest,
and due in 1907; $64,723,012 Pacific
railroad debt paying 6 per cent, interest
and redeemable at yurious periods within
the next ten or eleven years; $14,000,000
of the navy pension fund, and a few
thousand dollars of outstanding refund
--itjwcff, j-mueu uj jur. winaoin,
when he was previously secretary of tho
treasury under the Garfield-Arthur ad
ministration. The debt bearing no inter
est amounts to $708,686,523, consisting
mostly of greenbacks and gold and silver
certificates. .. The cash in the treasury
consists principally of $100,000,000 held
as reserve for the redemption of green
backs: gold held for gold notes actually
outstanding. $123,985,889; silver held for
silver certificates actually ouiBtunrlinn
$282,949,073, and two or three smaller
items,
Daring the entire, time this great re
duction was being . made and the surplus
accumulated, the country has enjoyed the
greatest prosperity. There is at this
time no cloud on the future, and con
tinued prosperity will result in a con
tinued decrease of the public indebtedness.
THE RAGING !M
Great Damage Done in the Willam
ctie Valley. .
The Oregonian of Wednesday is almost
entirely devoted to the unprecedented
high water in tho Willamette liver.
threat aamage has resulted everywhere.
and houses, mills and logs have been
washed down by the turbulent flood.
Ira Powers of Portland, lost $18,000 in the
destruction of one ot his buildings and
Cov. Pennoyer is a heavy loser in the
damage done to Lis mill .proper
eriy. ihe following we quote from
Wednesday's Oregonian regarding the
state of affairs in Salem and Oregon City
From passengers and the Salem States
man tne lollowing particulars of this
memorable rise of the Willamette are
obtained: The volume of water in the
Willomctte at midnight last night was
proba'.Iy as large as it was at its highest
point in 1801, although the height of the
water was probably from three to five
feet less. The most disastrous result of
the present flood, so far'as Salem is con
cerned, is the washing out of the second
pier from the Marion county side of the
big bridge to Polk county and the conse
quent collapse of the two longest spans
of the bridge resting upon it. What was
the pride of two counties now lies in
raiser's bottom below Salem. At just
twenty minutes to two yesterday after
noon the south one of tne center piers on
the Marion county ' side swung around,
apparently from the bottom bent and
cracked just above the water line and
crashed to the bottom of the river, fol-
lowedby the two main spans of the big
bridge. 1 be crash was awful.
Z3
for Infants and Children.
'H;orUUowenalaptedtoeladiwiaat I CaatorU cm Oolie. CoosHpatloa,
I recommend it aa niperior to any prescription I Boor Stomach, Diarrfaaw, Eructation,
known to me." H. A. Aacna, M. D I Kill Wormt, giro mioep. ijuX jrouotC-l dl-
mBo.OxtoHBL,Bnoklju,v.x. Wurioo. madicatioo.
Tub CcHTAcm Cohmxt, 77 Murray Street, X. T. -
FISH & BARD ON,
DEALERS IK-
SlOTES, Furnaces, Haqges,
cas pipes, puuks goods, pimps, &
:o:
We are the sole aeents for the Celebrated TRTTTMPTJ PAwnif .-.i
RAMONA COOK STOVE, which haa no equal, and guaranteed to give en
tire satisfaction or nioncy refunded.
Cor. Second and Washington streets. The Dalles.
Gener 1 Commission and Fomaifc Mediant
REMOV
AL
NOTICE
It is said that just a few moments be
fore the bridge fell there were seen two
men on it. They had heard timbers
crashing, and just as they 6leppcd from
the last span goiug to the Salem side it
fell behind them.- Had tbey been one
step later in leaving it they must have
been carried down to immediate destruc
tion. The ones who thus miraculously
escaped were Bill Chambers, a cabman,
and a young man named L. Goolsby.
They said tbey heard the timbers crack
ling and walked rapidly over the long
spau.
The north pier stood a half hour sway
ing from the immense pressure below,
and then toppled over with a mighty
noise. The two spans tlfat fell first were
500 feet in length, the east one being 270
and the center one 230. They fell up
stream and were soon out of sight, being
carried quickly with the current. All
Monday afternoon the frame approach
on the west was crackling and giviug
way in places. Driftwood caught in it,
and the pressure was so great by 5
o'clock that it too gave way and fell with
a roar. This left nothing, but the west
span standing. It was 200 feet long, and
was supported by two piers at cither eud.
It stood the strain until 11 :40 Inst n gbt,
when the iron and concrete piers gave
way beneath it, and it too, was ureciDi-
tated into the waters beneath.
Tho following despatch was received
from Oregon City yesterday afternoon at
8:40 o'clock.
Old residents of Oreeon CStv aav that
the water at this hour is fully as high ss
it reached la 1801. The situation is seri
ous. A huge volume of water is pouring
over the banks of the river, undermining
iue luuuuuuonsoi uuiiaines ana lactones.
overturnin&r offices, sooilintr machinery
and carrying destruction in its resistless
path. Tremendous waves ten feet hih.
are dashing up between Canema and Ore
gon City. The breakwater is entirely
gone, the mill race, flume and basin is
completely obliterated " '
The town presents an animated sDoeta-
cle. Men are rushing to and fro, women
whispering the latest news, laborers re
moving goods to places of safety, while
above it all may be heard the rush and
roar of augry waters. Above the falls
the water ia still rising perceptibly while
below the hidden cataract it is still rising
at the rate of two inches per hour.
The wheel! or the city are silent.
Labor in the various mills -is entirely
suspended, while business is dead.
TllO Kriv fuMnpv ni nffiy.. l..r t.
destroys The loi" wiU be .sThe IS THE TIME TO SUBSCRIBE
wmp-uj uau uu uniiii a large SIOCK OX
boxes.
At 3 o'clock it became artnarent flint
rifi'tsas'J Hbith American Review.
the timbers cracked, while the water
391, 393 and 395. SECOND STBEET,
(Adjoining Railroad Depot)
Consignments Solicited ! !
Prompt Attention to those who favor me with their natronajre.
The Highest Price paid in Cash for Wheat, Barley, Etc., Etc.
Hi removed from Second tiet to Third street. The LeJloC House for
BOOKS, : STATIONERY : AND : MUSIC.
tr All mall orders filled ntishctorlly and prompUr, and oomwpondence cheerful! aneirered.
9 1
s WE MICHELL,
UNDERTAKER,
WlifaM to inform hi many trtenda and the pobJto
under taking nmooa to
NIGKELSEN'S NEW BRICK
CORNER THIRD AKD WASHIHQTOX,
- .-.j
' .Where he cmrrfee a fall flock of ererthlng seeded
in that btulDcw,
Order br diipatch, express, mall or In person
pruiupuj euenuea u ana sciuueuea guaranteed.
Cui be ceea any hour of the day or night at his
iwuvuwi vunwr routis aua wesningwni. or plane
W HWUW-h
r..,J. .:..!.. u j i ?" nu iue. neignoomood
" '7"" tu ue.upH.eni tad not yet woke, and allaronnd was still
u- g.uwiug ministries, ne may as l " uio resilience not a sound was
..'. I hao-i. .-.... -I V t;
Tennessee
a little boy.
The action of Speaker Reed in the
house" last .Thursday, when he ruled
that members present and not voting
were to be considered present for the
purposes of a quorum, will be upheld
by the "best" sentiment of legislation.
' In the rules ' governing congressional
" action it is provided that a majority of
each house must be present to consti
; tute a quorum; but the Democrats had
mapped out a plan of campaign Ly
ahich they could be present at the ses
sions of - congress, and by refusing to
vote completely 'defeat any bill they
desired to. . . This kasfaen effectually
checkmated. When the yeas and nays
were called last' Thursday every Dem
ocrat'prfsent refused to respctd; but
speaker Reed quietly wr-ite their
names do wn, and orde red the clerk to j
of . this unearned land grant as Uma
tilla, and as .wo lave .stated . many
times in these columns if we expect
congressional action we must show our
representatives in Washington City
that we are in earnest, and give them a'
long list of their constituents as a basis
open river
is of great importance, not only in the
cheapness of ' freight transportation,
but in. the accommodation of the trav
elling public. ' - '
This morning 'was received the first
bews' for four 'days from the world
upon, which to present the subject in j outside, and papers' were eagerly read.
congress. We hope the board of trade t The daily paper fcas become Bnch a
wilj not delay a single day' in putting j necessity to the intelligent public, that
a petition' in circulation for this ob- to ' be -debarred from this priviliere
. . - i ... ...
ject, as some : of the nipst desirable J deprives oue of the greatest pleasures
lanas in tnis. county, are still claimed t ot ' living. A . community may exist
L iL. T-T 1 T- r . ' m. . '
vj iu iionuem 'jraciuc. xiiis ia a
matter in which every one, is interested,
for as soon as the title to this land is
determined, we can offer greater in
ducements to immigration.
and prosper without lawyers or doc
tors; but in the present stage of civil
ization, not without newspapers. The
press is more truly now than ever the
great Archunedean lever which moves
the world. "
The importance of the improvements
at the mouth of - the Columbia are not
questioned by any one; but the people
of Oregon living east of
mountains attach equal importance to
the locks and to ;' the proposed boat
railway between this city and Celilo.
re ... .
xi - our representatives bad incorpo
rated an amount for these interior im
provements at the same time that the
$75,000 was voted for the mouth of
the river, all would have been satisfied.
We . are inclined to believe that nnr
This is puritanical morality, accord
ing to the teachings of Balfour of Bur-
the Cascade UC:& Providence, R I., a grocery-
man was arrested a lew days ago and
fined $25 and $15 costs for putting a
jar of beans in his window and offering
a bar of soap to the one who - guessed
nearest ' the number. Tho next day
(Sunday) there were 4& saloons run
ning contrary to the statute,' and in
some of them the most thieving gam
bling games were in operation. The
well stay at home.
A court in the state of
the other day sentenced
8 years old, to prison for one year for
larceny. ' If the court had transferred
the sentence to the parents they would
have been acting justly. A boy of
such tender years, with rare excep
tions is only what his mother, or
father trains him to be.
. Tha Democratic press are calling
the Republican speaker of the house
Caesar Reed. When such a rule was
in operation . in the people's house, of
the national legislature as that allow,
ing a man to be present and absent at
at the same time,it needed the nerve of
some Cat sar :o trample i. down and
assert the rights of the majority.
; The loss to the Southern Pacific has
been greater than to any other trans
continental road, and, it does not run
through the best part of the United
Statees. ' The Northern and Union
Pacific have also been great losers;
but their traffic when the spring opens
will be verg large, and they will soon
recover from the damage of the snow
blockade. : .j-
The towns on Puget sound are de
termined to have railroad connection
with the east, and to this end are look
ing towards the Canadian Pacific and
the Seattle and Lake Shore, i There
are enterprising people on the north
west shores of this continent, and in a
little while they will not. be isolated
in regard to close communication with
their eastern neighbors. .. '
Seattle Preti: A curious character
known as Jack tne Kipper left this morn
ing on the boat for .Victoria. Ha was a
large man who wore a Newmarket coat
heard except tbe crackling of tbe flames.
as witn great tongues tbey came out of
tne windows on tne top floor. Soon the
front door of tbe
two servants rushed out and ran for tlieir
lives. .Figures robed in white soon ao-
..-. L At 1 fsii - -
iKreu bi iue windows, iue ore gained
beadway rapidly, and although tbe fire
department responded promptly the res
mence was soon enveloped in names.
ocvrcurj ana mrs. i racy occupied a
back room ia the upper story. Mrs
Tracy, it is thought, was first awakened
by tbe suffocating smoke. Tbe secretary
was at this time uoconecioua, and Mrs.
Tracy, with heroic devotion, attempted to
draw the body of the secretary to the
window. This tbe was partially success
ful in doing. - Half dazed and blinded bv
smoke, she opened tbe window just as the
nremen were putting up a ladder to res
cue ber and leaped to tbe sidewalk. Her
body was picked up with severe internal
Injuries and a broken leg. She was taken
to a neighboring house, and without re
covering - consciousness died witbin an
hour. . The- ladder which would, have
saved her life, bad she waited but a brief
moment before leaping to tbe sidewalk;
was soon placed under tbe window, and
strong nandi lifted tbe oodv of the sec
re.arj through it and carried him to the
uuewaia. ' ,
The secretary was al first thought to be
aeaa, out it was discovered tbat a small
spark ot hie still remaioed. He was re.
moved to the residence of Mr.. Brancroft
Davis, near by,
Miss Tracy, the secretary's unmarried
daughter, occupied tbe third story front
room, and met a fate which was terrible
to behold.- Tbe youncr lad V could be seen
at the window in tbe light that flickered
between the blinding smoke and flames,
clad in a white robe, her bands in tbe at
titude ot prayer and her face uplifted to
Heaven, ine names gradually surround
ed ber and she sank to the. floor, to be
recognized later by ber charred remains.
A. Jrrencu maid named Josephine met a
similar fate in an adjoining room, where
ner blackened remains were found. '
Mrs. WilmerAnff and ber child. Miss
Alice, occupied a second story front room
on tbe same noor with Secretary and Mrs.
Tracy. Both she and her daughter
jumpeu irom toe winnow to tbe grass
terrace below, and while the shock to
both was severe, neither received, so far
as is known or apparent, any serious in.
Bailroad ConMraeUoa la 1889.
Last week's edition of ''Engineering
News" says: "The list of new railway
lines constructed during 1889, which we
present with -this issue, shows that the
total addition to the main-track railway
mileage of the United States during tbe
year will vary very little from an even
5000 miles. This is tbe smallest con
struction recorded in any one year since
1885, when the total increase was but
3588 miles. The construction in tbe in
tervening jers has been : In 1880. 8471
units: in ioo i, la.ooa miles; in 1888.
7284 miles.
"The bulk of this year's construction
has been done in the south. Over 2000
miles of the new lines reported to ua lie
south of the latitude of Cincinnati and
east of the Mississippi river. Washington
however, bas bad tbe greatest increase in
railways of any single state, 353 miles
having been built there in 1889. Georsria
comes next with 315 miles, and tben fol
low North Carolina with 278 milai, Tex
as with 270 miles, and Mississippi with
213 miles.. Sixteen other states report
between 100 and 200 miles: and in Ver
mont, ltnode ltland. New ilexico. Ariz
ona and Nevada no new track -lying bas
beed reported. - - . . i
Very few lona lines have been hnilt
this season, but there has been a
number of short branches and extensions.
especially in the east. The total number
of separate lines on which track was laid
aunng tbe year was 253. Tbis workuu
done by -197 different companies. The
average length of each extension, there-
lure, was atmosc exactly nineteen and La
4)ol( miles.: In Canada durinir 1889 7tt
miles of track were laid, and in Mexim.
the construction amounted to 359 miles.'
raged through doors and windows with
tremendous force. At exactly twenty
minutes to fonr the mill collapsed and
went down with a frightful crash.
Tbe Clackamas bridge, which was
erected in 1873 at a cost of $5000, has
been swept away.'- ; :
Tbe buildings and office of the Oregon
City Furniture Mills have been over
turned, but hopes are entertained that tbe
machinery, which is comparatively new
and ery valuable, may be saved.
Tbe othce or tbe Willamette Falls Ex
celsior Company bas just toppled' Aver
but still remains in place. Th ware
house ot the. same company has been
moved on its foundations since 2 o'clock.
The Excelsior Company has lost eighty
tons of Cottonwood. ; -
Sixteen houses on Goose Flat have been
turned completely ever and have been
swept some distapce from their founda
tions.' Water now is very near the weaving
room of tbe Oregon City Woolen Mills.
The company has stored large Quantities
of valuable goods but much more lies
still in considerable danger. Tbey have
been compelled to remove tbe office to
safer quarters.
Tbe electric light station still stands.
ine current does not seem to beat against
it as strongly as against the ether struc
tures, as to wnetner or noftbis build
ing will stand opinions vary, but the
chances seem to be that it will survive
tbe flood. ; . '
i Ar-Mguaenta bar beea mido for tho 'coming
jour which will nulotaia for tba Bavuw lu nu-
n railed position among .periodicals aud render It
eaaential to ererr reader lo Aaierba who dottrel to
keep abreast of the Umea From month to month,
Vplca of eomtaaadlng Interest in eVfcrr field of ha
man thought aud action will ho treated of in iu
pages by representative writers, wboaa words and
names any authority with them.
Tba forthooming volume will bo atgnallud by tba
discussion of questions of high pnhlia interest by
the foremost men of tho time, notably by a contro
versy on Free Trade and Protection In their bearing
upon tba development of American Industry and
Commeroo tutween tho two anoet famous livinar
statesmen of England and America, THE RIGHT
HQS. W. E. GLADSTONE and HON. JAMBS O.
BLAINE.
This dlecuasion, embracing 'tho moat Important
oontribn turns ever made to an American periodical,
will begin in tho January number.
It ia a significant fact as showing th) unparal
leled popularity and usefulness of this periodical
and its wide Iniluenoe upon public opinion thii tho
circulation of the Noaro An-- Rkvikw is greater
than that of all other Americjji acd English renews
combined. ; '
Subscription price, pMtage prepaid, 5 a year.
J. O. MACK,
AVI I OLES A rE
Liquor Dealer
.. TRENCH'S BLOCK.
Second Street, - . Th SalUt
EAST END SALOON.
Near the Old Mint B illdlnf, Second St.,
Ihe Dalies, Or.
Always on hand th
Best Vines,
- - Liquors,
' andCigars.
A Pleasant Evening Resort
Columbia Brewery and Imported Lager Beer
. - on orauirbt.
QO TO -
ril-LL & CO.'S
SAMPLE ROOMS
Kaepi eonstaatiy oa' hand ttteholeaat "
Wines, Liquors, Cigars.
Corner o! Union rod Second Sts.
Tho Dalles. Orwron.
WOOL. EXCHANGE SALOON!
DAN. BAKER, Proprietor.
NEAR TELE OLD HINT, SECOND ST-
THE DALLES, OR.
The Eest of Wines, Liquors and Cigar?
always on hand.
j -
Free Lunch every evening. -
THE , NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW,
' 3 East Fourteenth S tract. New York.
UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY,
STKAMSHIPH :
A frailest Courtier. '
Frederick tbe Great of Prnaaia. who
bad a violent temper, was in the habit of
playing at dice with one of bis adjutants,
using a cup and two dice of solid silver.
One day Frederick complained that tho
game was rather dull when there was not
money at stake, and proposed tbat tbey
throw for a penny a throw. -
JNot much " replied tbe adiutaut. who
was a plain-spoken sort of a man. "I
think we had better not risk anv moncv.
As it is now without any moneyed induce
ment, When your majesty loses ton throw
tbe cup and dice at me. "What will be
come ot me if there should be money up
on tbe game and your majesty should
lose?"
and a aloucb bat. It bas been intimatrl
senators and congressmen are not oar- citiaen" of tL town claiu 10 Chria- " . ww the natural son of a large I jury, but Mrs. Wilmerding bad her right
. . : r" I : I English lord and had been ahinmrl m I i.Hi..r.;r. , 6
tial to anv nftrtlrnlar , ntiki;. I- I
I S f iwuivig.
ment ia this state, and tho reason that
tha Iocka and boat railway were not
included in tha last bill waa that such
additional appropriation! would bava
defeated the whole measure.
The verdict of the coroner's jury in
the ease of the death of nine men
caused by a bridtre falliacr while a
work train waa crossing last Sunday
Sear the Lock,' waa warranted by the
English lord and had been shioDed to
! British Columbia because of flisaolute J
haoits that made turn obnoxious at home.
While here be associated with tbe lowest
1 company and was constantly intoxicated
He was always, however, perfect v sou are
la money matters, and it was said that be I
j received, regular remittances from his
mends.
wrist badly sprained.
' TiatTKO BY A (OTCLOXS.
Pom Townsknd, Feb. 4. News has
XaOr. , a
Having appointed Meaa. Jos. T, Patera &
Co., aole agents far Wasco county for the
sale of Hill's Patent Ioaide Sliding Blind
they are the only ooea authorized to-make
contraeta for tbeae blidda. The Hill Patent
reached this city by the steamship (Jit . ' , 0?, auTS ",n? ,pTa f01"
. titi , . .r "i - V 5 I aatiafacUoD. Be aura to call on Joa. T.
ofTopzka of a terrific cyclone that visited
Sitka, Alaska, oa Jan. 21st, destroying
several thousand dollars worth of proper
ty and doinr other damage. A. Gold-
Peters & Co. Wars S. SravsMA
Sole agent for The Hill Sliding Blind An.
aociauon i or uregoa ana waaiuagton.
ot xamnm at, Portland. Or.
THE FLOOD AT HILSBOBO.
A Hillsboro telegram last evening gives
tbe following account of tbe situation :
The flood is tbe highest since 1861 and
has done great damage to bridges. The
long bridge west of town is afloat at the
Cornelius end. The Chalmers, : Ingle.
Dudley, Jolly and Wooley bridges, north
of Hillsboro, are gone. Tbe Mlnto, Jack
son, Harris and ScbolPa Ferry bridges,
south of lowc, are greatly damaged, and
numerous small bridges, fills, etc., were
carried away. An old wheat warehouse
on tbe Tualatin, near Jackson bottom,
was washed away. We have had no west
bound train for two days, owing to a
cave-in near Portland and submerging of
tne iraca in tne- wapaio region. - it ap
pears like a series ot Sundays here, with
no mail by rail or carriage since Saturday.
This afternoon a local dealer arrived from
Portland with ten of to-day's Oregoniaa's
which went off rapidly at fifteen cents
each and were a great boom to tbe people.
The snow is all gone from the plains, but
there is plenty on the mountains yet.
STATE OF AFAIBS AT OSWEGO.
A tremendous amount, of logs and
driftwood floated down and bad lodged
ogainst the trestle on tbe narrow guage
arad at Oswego. Throughout yesterday
afternoon a large force of men were en-
faged in an attempt to clear away the
obris by blasting, with some slight success-..
Fully one hundred feet of track
has been washed out, and T. It. Rands,
who passed Oswego at 6 o'clock, stated
to The Oregonian representative that the
trestle murm go out at any oour. g
- The bridge, over Succor creek on the
Oregon City road, has been turned fiom
east to-, west, instead of from north to
south as it formerly stood, but remains
almost intact, little damage having been
dane to it. All travel across the creek: ia
dene now by skill.
Baa Franeltieo to Portland. .
; ' riBJU'iar, 180O, .
To Portland Leaving Spear St. Wharf, Saa Fnncisoo,
- h iv a. je. as ioiiuws: .
State.
Columbia.
Santa Boaa
Bute
Oiexon
Santa Boaa
State
. . . . , Saturday, . .Feb.
.....Wednesday. "
Sunday, - p
Thursday, " 13
Monday, 17
Friday. il
Tuesday, ifi
The eomnani raserrea tit Hirhtlo ehan-raatatnim
r lulling days.
-t-TNo frei-rht will be reoelred an mnniin. rj ll.
in If. except Fmit and Vatre tables, and these will not
be taken after 9 a. m. . -
orncas nr saa raaaouoa.
General Office, No. 10 Market street.' Ticket
Offices, Mas. 1 and tit Montgomery street.
OOODALL, PERKINS CO, agents.
Portland to Saa aaelae.
raaauaaT. 1890. 1
To San Francisco LeaTinjf Steamship Wharf Port
land, at 10 V. U., as follows: .
Santa Roea....:.
Btate.....i
Columbia
Sauta Boea....
SUte
Or-iroo
San la Uoaa
....... .Sunday.. .
Thursday,
Monday,
Friday,
Tueaday,:
SaturJar.
.Wednesday.
Feb.!
" S
" 10
" 1
" 18
" 2
CharleS F. Xauer,
Proprietor of tne
'liird St. Fo<ry and Fish Market
" Will always keep on sale
'uget Sound Fish,- .
' Chickens, Turkeys,
Also, Provisions, Candles, Tobaceo
. aou Ulnars.
Lean tout orders, aa tliejr will reoslro prompt
tteuUon.
Sale!
ONE BAND OF-
Stock Sheep !
Young and in good condition; also
100 Graded Bucks.
Enaulre at the First KaUonal nnk at A If Wll
Hams a Co 'satore, or at tbe stock yards of Larson
a Saitraarsho.
JlylSwtt t . . . g. P. ROBERTS 4 BOH.
J. A. MILLER'S
CHICKEN COCK WHISKY
AGENCY.
HARIES STUBLINC, GtRMANIA,
THE DALLES, OKEOOX.
Baatnure must be checked elthir at Aah A....
ix the day. or tr tha U. C. A u. T rw ai
wwaea Baggage wui do reoeived oa the steamers.
rORTLajrs orncKS.
Ticket Offlo. First and Oak streets. Goorco S.
Tteytor, Ticket A Kent.
O. 8. M ELLEN, T. W. LEE.
Oca. Traffic Manaffer. Geo. Past. Afft
BATES OP PASSAGE, (including meals and bertlu
Cabin. SIS 00 . Stoerags, S 00
Round Trip Unlimited, SO 00
For Sale.
The undersigned bas for sale or to trade, for bones
or cattle, three stallions, vis: -
Ona 4 yean old, weigh ltw pounds.
One S Tears old, wetehs la 00 p mods.
One S years old, weurha late p nnda.
The above hones are sountf In err narrfenlar,
and are sereo eighths draft StaA Altaf tW ba
seen at aay farm t miles north oi aaxiir, u..u. .arcb
1, 1890. K. alOMAN,
Dulur, Or., Jan. ii, 1880.
Mrs; C. L. Phillips,
Fashionable Milliner,
. CO OUT STREET.
(Next door ta TitLsa-Mocarauriaa offioa.)
THE LATEST STYLES
OF-
Bonnets, Trimmings, etc.
LOCAL TIME TABLE.
Union raelUe JEUIIway Pacific U
YIkIod.
aasrwaaa.
Luu.toa FaA Mail, No. 4."-WM."!....'.!loi66a. m.
"V" rs leaves 0:4 a. m.
7 a " UM p. a.
wwvaaa.
Exvrees No. 1 Iwvm e-ia .
Halted Faat Mail, tia A Lam. t ie
Freight Ne. U leaves s 90 a. m.
" " M " :S0p.a.
W. C. ALU-WAY, Agent.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla;