The Times-Mountaineer
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER JO, 1892
MANUFACTURES NECESSARY.
An open river is of great import
ance to The Dalles and vicinity, be
cause, it furnishes a cheap means of
transportation to seaboard and makes
the city a jjesirable trading point. , It
is a great factor of development, and
' opens the' way for others. With avail
able water communication to seaboard
the products of the Inland Empire
can seek the markets of the world at
an equal advantage with other por
tions of the country, and raw material
can be turned into fabrics with profit.
There is no denying the fact that man
ufacturing industries' are necessary to
.support a large population, and The
Dalles must learn thya lesson before
the receives mUvh benefit from 1m-
- provement in the navigation of the
Columbia. There . is cheap water
power in the Columbia above this city,
and, by reason of the gradual slope of
the soil to the river level, every foot
of fall can be utilized. With the cer
tainty that the locks at the Cascades
will be finished in a few years out
citizens should . be prepared for the
commercial opportunities then offered
by inaugurating industries which would
make The Dalles capable of furnishing
' employment and liberal wages to ten
times the number of inhabitants it
now has. There is no point on the
river that possesses the same natural
advantages as The Dalles, and if the
business men only properly realize the
; Situation, in less than ' ten years this
city will be the Lowell of the north
west, and her woolen goods, fruit? and
canned goods will be eagerly sough.
This fact should be known and capital
ists .should act accordingly. The
Dalles, situated at the gateway of the
Inland Empire, . possesses natural ad
vantages for a great manufacturing
and shipping point, and offers better
' inducements for the investment of
money than any city in the northwest;
If our own citizens do not reap the
advantage of this by the exercise of
enterprise, others will, and that be
fore many years elapse, lhere is a
future growth and prosperity for this
region,' and mossbackism cannot stop
it: for if home capital will not invest
in industries foreign will, and fogy
ism will be trodden under foot and
left in the background. .
The letter of acceptance of Presi
dent Harrison of the Republican
nomination, is a document that will
bear careful reading. Unlike the
soeech made bv Mr. Cleveland, ac
cepting the , Democratic nomination,
it does not theorize, but deals with
facts as thev exist in our nation. In
clear, plain language, it tells the peo-
pie of the United what the Republi
can party has done for the country in
its financial and economic policies; how
it has dealt with other nations: shows
the benefit of the existing tariff, dis
cusses the questions of labor and cap
ital, bi-metallism, a free ballot and fair
count, and civil service and the schools.
On all these mat tew Republicans have
taken a determined stand, and their
action in congress has become a part
of the - history of the country. . The
party should feel honored that for its
standard-bearer it has a statesman
who can present its policy before the
American people in such a compre
hensive light, and in this campaign it
will have a clear path marked out for
it to follow by one who has ably occu
pied the executive chair for the past
four years. This document is an able
defense of Republican principles, and
cannot but convince any candid man
that any innovation in these doctrines
would be dangerous to the prosperity
of the country. On more than one oc
casion Mr. Harrison has displayed a
statesmanship that has resulted in sav
ing the United States from interna
tional entanglements, and it would be
suicidal to the best interests of the 'na
tion to change the administration of
affairs from one of economy, industrial
development and of financial success
to that of untried theories and experi
ments in notions of reform.
'The great issue now being discussed
by the two great political parties is
the tariff, and the Democrats attempt
VkO nnni0 It t si I rf nnKtnifn f rivnnn I
"J j -v
that British free-trade is better than
American protection, and that the la
borers of England are in a better con
dition than those of the United States.
This may seem nnpatriotio to one un
acquainted with Democratic tactics;
but any person who has watched the
actions of that party for a quarter of
a century past will not be surprised at
any position assumed by these hungry
partisans, whose greatest anxiety is to
occupy a place at the public crib. The
party platforms have been all things
to all men, and instead of studying
national policies to present to the peo
ple, Democrats have used the greatest
efforts to pander to public prejudice.
If they can secure votes by condemn
ing Carnegie, they will do it: and if,
by cajoling Jay Gould and Yanderbilt
will accomplish the same purpose it
will be done. "Anything to beat
Grant" was a former rallying cry, and
this is as potent as ever with the in
sertion of the name of Harrison in
stead of that of the great general The
public pulse is carefully felt, and Dem
ocracy never tails to administer a
soothing cordial
. We received Wednesday from the
illustrated copy of its issue of August
3d, in which is shown with great skill
and care . pictures of the assembled
workers of the York-street flax spin-
nine' mill at Belfast, Ireland. A more
squalid, wretched looking crowd we
have never seen represented. Accom
panying the illustration is one taken
in tbe same manner 'of the workers in
the linen thread mills of Kearney, N.
J. '-The assembled workers in this
mill in Kearney are working and paid
ondpr the influences of government
protection, and a cleaner, healthier,
happier body of men, women and chil
dren as operatives we have never seen
pictured, ine comparison is a con
vincing homily in favor of the protec
tion of our own homes and our own
people.
FREE TRADE HYPOCRISY.
The free-trader, when vigorously at
tacked, perches himself upon a high
pinnacle of moral principle, and says
he is in favor of the fraternity of man
and an unselfish regard for the wel
fare of all nations; that protection if
a selfish and contracted view of affairs,
and advocates love of home and coun
try before bestowing affection on for
eign people or foreign national poli
cies. Such language was very becom
ing in John Stuart Mill, Charles Dar
win and Spinoza, who wrote on philo
sophical abstractions, scientific deduc
tion?, and ou questions by which th
welfare of their countries or the pres'
ent generation were not directly af
fected; but in a political campaign in
which national affairs are the subjects
of discussion such a position cannot be
assumed by any organization. As
citizens of the United States we are
concerned in the national policy that
will benefit our own people, and the
election of either Harrison or Cleve
land should not be considered in its
relation to the subjects of Great Brit
ain, Germany or Russia. We cannot
abstract ourselves from the weal and
woes of our own country, and, follow
ing the footsteps of scientists and
philosopher)), consider ourselves segre
gated from all races and nations.
Patriotism is a selfish love of the indi
vidual for the peculiar commonwealth
in which he was born or which he has
adopted as a residence, and political
parties rest on the same narrow, con
tracted, selfish foundation. It may be
be philanthropic to say that "the world
is growing nearer akin every day, and
simpler laws and greater freedom are
necessary in order to insure continued
existence and progression," and is un
doubtedly true in the realm of science
and religion: but not in the adminis
tration of national affairs. As a be
liever in the doctrine of protection we
are more interested in the condition of
American wage-earners than in mak
ing the world "kin," and the laborers
of the United States receive our sym
pathy rather than those of foreign
countries. We cannot conceive of any
patriotic policy worthy the endorse
ment of American citizens that do68
not aim to better the condition of
American wage-earners, irrespective of
its effect npon the laborers in England,
Germany or France. The motto of all
patriots should be the greater good to
our - DeoDle. "' however selfish or con
tracted it may appear to abstract ideal
TEE POCKET-ARGUMENT.
There are many ways in which the
benefits of protection have been tested
by the American people, but none that
appeals more forcibly to the wage-
earner than the purchasing power of a
dollar during the years when protec
tion was the national policy, and dur
ing the periods that the government
adopted tariff reform or free-trade.
When it is clearly demonstrated that
wages are higher nnder the McKinley
law than before it passed, and that
money can purchase more of the con
veniences and necessities of life, it is
an appeal to every man's pocket, which
will be heeded. - This was fairly shown
in the article published Thursday, and
the following comparisons between the
purchasing power of his wages in
1872. before the demonetization of
silver, and 1892, are made by a work
merman, writing in the Boston Jour
nal, viz:
The day's work would purchase of flour in
1872 odb quarter of a barrel; 1892, one-half
of a barrel; salt . pork in 1872, 17 pounds;
1892, 34 pounds; snqar, in 1872, 22 pounds;
1892, 55 pounds; lard, in 1872, 20 pounds;
1892, 31 pounds; cheese, in 1872, 17 pounds;
1892, 23 pounds; beans, in 1872, 22 quarts;
1892, 34 quarts; print, in 1872, 20 yards;
1892, 45 yards; cotton cloth, in 1872, 24
yards; 1892, 35 yards; coal, in 1S72, one-
fifth of a ton; 1892, one-half of a ton.
Such men desire no change in the
financial or economic policy of the na
tion, because they are satisfied with
the steady progress made in their af-
-
wairs wnicn enables tnem to earn more
money, and places them in a better
position to support their families. Tne
pocket-argument which protectionists
are using in every part of the country
is unanswerable, and wild Democratic
cries cf plutocracy, robber tariff, eta,
will receive little attention.
Notwithstanding the anxiety of
free-trade Democrats to place Ameri
can laborers on an equality with Euro
pean wage-earners, they discriminate
in favor of the factors, and passed the
Springer bill An the lower house of
congress before the Rhode Island state
election to please the New England
manufacturer. In this the corpora
tions were favored by duties on their
articles, but J the wool-growers of the
west were forced to compete with
peone laber in South America and the
favorable conditions for the product in
Australia. But then the occasion was
one of great importance in a presiden
tial year, and the prestige of a New
England manufacturing state wheeling
into' Democratic lines of greater im
portance than party honesty or con
sistency.
Our neighbor, Washington, has been
christened by that enterprising real
state firm of Seattle Crawford &
Gonover the "Evergreen' ' State."
Whether it was so named because of
its hope of perpetual life in the future,
or of its continuance in that condition
f verdancy so common to youth, in
experience and immaturity,' we cannot
state.
John G. Whittier is dead. The last
of the Old 'Guard of human liberty
has answered to Heaven's roll call
NOW AND THEN.
The
Lyons ("Nebraska) Index has
done good service, as the country press
often does, by presenting the evidence
of farmers to farmers, and leaving
them to find a verdict npon it in. the
matter of Protection vs. Free-trade.
As to what the value of labor was
before protection had developed mines
and manufactures, and by so doing had
increased the demand for labor, it
gives these extracts from an old ac
count book. .Under date of Novem
ber, 1837, is the following entry:
Silas Armstrong. Dr.: - -
To 1 days pnllinj; corn .$ 75
To 24 days lathing 1.87
March 3. 1838:
To 1 day chopping 62
May 3: '
To 1 J days corn covering ; j
Which is at an average of 62 cents
per day, two and a half days being de
voted to the skilled labor of lathing.
Under date of July, 1837, we find:
4 J days reaping grain . . . 3.37i
Which is at the rate of 75 cents per
day for harvest work. The year 1837
evidently was not one of high wages.
But 1838 was no better, for we find
these entries transcribed from the old
account book:
1838 Robert Preston, Dr.: ,
To 1 day corn covering.... $ 50
To j day corn covering 374
18.18 Louis (Jrayeyes, Dr.:
May. to 4 day slanting corn 25
July, to SJ davs mowing 1.65
1839 George Bowsher, Dr.:
Jan., to half days work 25
Jan., to 1 day raising barn.. 5G
May, to 2 months work, boy 4 Ou
May, to 1 day binding wheat 50
May, to 2 days same 100
May, to 11 days same, boy 31
1840. Oct., to 2 flays, threshing 1.25
Samuel Greek, Dr.:
April, to 2 days work, boy -. . . .25
Apiil, to 5J days work, bov , .50 J
July, to 1 days work, boy 37
Credit: -
By 1 pound saleratus 124
By 100 pounds floor 250
By 2 chickens 12
Jiv li dozen eggs .09
' .Note the item, " 2 months' work,
boy, $4.00." The editor informs us
that the "boy" was 15 years of age.
Times have changed since 1838.
Things . were not much . better in
1846, for an entry runs in this year:
1846 Sam Greek, Dr.:
July, to 1 day reaping ..$ .75
July, to 1 day raking, boy 37
July, to 1 day work 50
November, 1 day butchering 75
October, by 62 poands salt 1.26
Note that in this year of a tariff,
which has been described as "designed
to put an end to protection," a laborer
paid $1.26 for C2 pounds of salt and
received 50 cents for a day's ordinary
work, or 75 cents for the extraordi
narily exhaustive labor of harvesting.
Under the McKinley bill, which has
been described as "designed to make
protection the absolute rule," the la
borer gets from $2 to $2.50 for har
vesting and can buy salt at the rate of
less than $1 per barrel of 190 pounds.
In the year 1841 an entry is found,
10J pounds of sugar at 10 cents,
$1.05." Under the McKinley tariff
a w T-a t 1
sugar sells at o cents.. r.ut wnissy
was cheap. An entry reads, "1 pint
whisky, 6 J cents."
There are thousands of men whose
memories need but jogging to recall
the days of cheap . labor and dear
ads. Those were the days when
protection had not made labor high
priced by creating a demand for it in
thousands of mines and factories, and
made manufactures cheap by increas
ing their production, ine present
time is the best that this country or
the world ever knew. It is a time of
such exceeding goodness as to move
that famous statistician and economist
Edward Arkinson to say of it:
There has never been a period in the his
tory of this or any other country when the
general rate of wagea was aa high as it is
now, or the prices of goods relatively to the
wages as low as they are to-day,ntr a period
when the workingman, in the strict sense of
the word, has so lully secured to his own
enjoyment each a steadily and progressively
increasing proportion of a constantly in
creasing product.
This testimony is all the more forci
ble in that it comes from a gentleman
who is not a protectionist.
THE 800 CANAL.
In a late issue of Harpsr't Weekly
are illustrations of the Sault See Marie
canal, and an exhaustive article on the
same subject. This is a pertiueut mat
ter to the people of Eastern Oregon at
this time, because the great "Soo
cai.al was improved to its present ca
pacity under the contract system, and
it may be expected that' the work at
the Cascades can be completed in
equally as quick ' time; There is no
doubt that letting the work by con
tract was successful in constructing
the canal and. locks in this waterway
between the great lakes, and from this
it is reasonable to expect that it will
hare the same result in improving the
navigation of the 'Columbia river.
Another fact in connection with the
"Soo" canal of great interest to our
shippers and producers is that whale-
backs pass through this waterway and
land their' cargoes' in European mar
kets. With tbe locks completed at
the Cascades, these ocean freighters
can pass down the Columbia and un
load wool and wheat in Boston and in
Liverpool without breaking cargo.
ihese will revolutionize the carrying
trade of the northwest, aud will make
towns on the river in Eastern Oregon
ocean-competitive points. This is es
pecially true of The Dalles, with an
open river to the sea. The two les
sons taught by the Michigan canal
are, that the contract system is the
quicker plan of completing public
works, and the wbaleback is the more
available craft for interior points.
Both of these should induce dur citi
zens to view the future hopefully, and
to welcome all factors of development
by the exhibition of a spirit of public
enterprise.
, The death of John Greenleaf Whit
tier removes from active life one of
the galaxy of . New England poets.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James
Russell Lowell and John Greenleaf
Whittier have joined the silent ma
jority; but Oliver Wendell Holmes
still remains, although nearing the
confines ot the boundless shore. Jn
lifs Whittier was respected for his
spotless character, admired for his
verse and loved because of his friend
liness to the 1 await family. Although,
perhaps, not occupying the first rank
as a poet, yet his songs were so sweet
and made such earnest appeals to the
heart that they will live' on and on
forever, and will be more attractive as
time grows gray with the lapse of ages.
His life was gentle; and the elements
So mix'd in him, that Nature might Btand
up
And say to all the world, "This was a man!"
EDITORIAL NOTES.
A Democratic exchange says: "Our
business men should have all their
commercial printing done at borne."
Brother, be honest and consistent, and
allow them to seek the cheapest place.
That is free trade.
Our friends the enemy are doing
earnest work in Oregon; but the gen
eral who is the last to leave the field
always wins the battle, and the party
who has' the larger number of votes
when counted is successful in a politi
cal campaign.
There is no doubt that the Asiatic
cholera is marching westward, and
will undoubtedly rage in the United
States. Good sewerage in cities and
individual cleanliness are great pre
ventives of the plague. These should
be inaugurated immediately, and the
ravages of the dread scourge will be
mitigated.
The People's party claim to be the
only friends to the laboring man in
any political organization, and if the
theories of General Weaver could bo
reduced to practice, any schoolboy
could administer the affairs of a na
tion. He presents an easy solution of
the intricate questions which have
puzzled the brightest minds of all
ages, and the poetical dream of Utopia
is now dawning on the country if there
is truth in his well-rounded sentences;
but practice and theory are not always
harmonious, aud often carefully ma
tured methods of politics and philoso
phy are most difficult of demonstra
tion. ' "
There is not a Democratic paper in
the state that does not desire the de
velopment of local industries, and yet,
when the same principle is applied to
the nation they howl for British free
trade and advocate crippling Ameri
can manufactures. They should know
that the doctrine of protection applies
to the home as well as the community,
and to the country as well as the state.
It is broad and deep, benefits the in
dividual as well as the city, and w ap
plicable to all classes and conditions of
people, who desire to reap the benefits
of economy, and who think more of
home and family than of strangers
from foreign lands.
We received a letter Sept. 7th from
Mr. A.' H. Jewett. of White Salmon,
Wash., in relation to the article pub
lished from the Chicago Inter Ocean in
regard to the circulating medium at
the close of the war and now and a
former statement of the same paper in
July, 1878. We believe the Inter
Ocean answered this comprehensively
in the excerpt printed in these col
umns, and no possible good can re
sult from the republication of the cir
cular which appeared over fourteen
years ago. -There were eminent states
men at the head of financial affairs
during the years of the war, and they
acted honestly; but that they may have
been mistaken in some matters no one
will doubt.
TEliESEAPHIO HEWS.
Nllght Increase la Kussia.
Sx. Pbtkbsbtjbo, Sept. 7. Cholera re
turns fur September 4 for the whole em
pire place the number of new cases at
4770, and deaths at 2073, showing an in
crease of 403 new cases as compared witb
tbe returns of Saturday. The deaths
were exactly tbe same In the 'city of
St. Petersburg 84 deaths were reported,
This is an increase of five deaths com
pared with tbe previous day's figures.
Death of John . Whittier.
Hampton Faixs, N. H, Sept. 7 Jobn
G. Whittier, tbe poet, died at 4:80 this
morning. Whittier passed away peace
fully. His nearest relatives and . Dr.
Douglas were at bis bedside when death
came, and be seemed to be conscious of
his surroundings to the last moment.
The funeral will take place at Amesbury,
.Mass., next Saturday.
1 laaj-antlne In Delaware. ;
.Lewis, Del., Sept. 7. Three more
steamers were detained at tbe Federal
quarantine at tbe Delaware breakwater
this morning. They are tbe IUindit,
which arrived from Antwerp with a large
number of passengers; tbe freight steamer
Kate Jrawtett, from Hamburg August 18,
and the steamer Kate, from Marseilles
and Carthagenia August 10. -
A. Standstill In Havre.
Havre, J3ept. 7. There were leported
in this city yesterday 'i'i new case of
cholera and seven deaths from the malady.
Since Monday the disease has shown no
siitns of increase or decrease, yesterday's
new cases being tbe same in number at
those reported Monday. Yesterday a
deaths, however, were two lees than that
of Monday.
; i.
Five Sen Killed in n nine,
Sububba, Tenn., Sept 7. A fatal ac
cident occurred at tbe Blizzard mine yes
terday afternoon. Five men were killed
and two injured. Rescuers are working
to recover tbe bodies. Tbe names of the
killed arc: George Johnson. McDonald,
Pickard, McKinley and Fauglin.
. The Rebellion Crushed Oat.
Constantinople, Sept. 7. Advices
from Arabia state that tbe protracted
revolution in tbe province ot Yemeu has
at last been crushed. The walled town
ot Stade was tbe rebels' last refuge. Ii
was captured by assault, after a blood v
fight, in which tbe rebel leader and 20
of his chiefs were killed. . : -
missionaries Killed by a Kob.
London, Sept. 7. A dispatch to the
Times from Shanghai says a European
missionary and' a 'number of native
Christians have been massacred iu tbe
province of Sbensi. Tbe bodies of tbe
victim were mutilated bv tbe mob.
tondon Trade Retnrns.
London, Sept. 7. Tbe board of trade
returns for August show tbat tbe imports
have increased by 3,100,000 and tbe ex
ports decreased 6,100,000 during that
month, compared witb thoe of tbe cor
responding month of last year.
Getting Ont of It. -
Bkblxh, Sept. 7. At a meeting of tbe
Berlin Medical Society to-day Dr. Gutt
man announced tbat there bad been no
new cholera cases in Berlin during tbe
past five days, .
TELEGRAPHIC.
Titrea atea?res Snrd.cre.4.
Dallas, Tex , S?pt. 6 - A special from
Paris says: At an early hour this morn
ing a message arrived in this city with
the intelligence that three negroes had
been found banging to a limb by the
roadside nine miles souioeasl of here.
The officers repaired to the scene of the
tragedy, and found the bodies of John
Ransom, Jack Walker and Bill Armer,
thiee negroes well known 4a the neigh
borhood, dangling from a tree. ' Justice
Hunt proceeded at once to hold an in
quest. The testimony showed that
partv of 20 or 30 armed and masked men
went to tbe bouse ot Gilbert Daniels at
midnight, seized Banecm, put a rope
around bis neck and told bun that they
wanted him to go with them and rbow
them where the other negroes lived who
had been doing mischief in the neighbor
bood. At abnu 2 o'clock tbe mob
reached tbe bouse where Walker lived,
and forced an entrance and dragged bim
aud Armer out. They placed a rope about
their necks, and, in company with Ran
som, marched them in tbe direction of
the woods. Walker made a desperate
iesistar.ee, and shot at the crowd, and n
is believed he bit one of tbe attacking
party, as one of the men had blood on
him. He was overpowered and taken
away. That was the last known ot them
alive. The bodies were found at dav
light by a negro boy. Armer and Walker
bad their legs tied up, and their knees
almost toughed tbe t round. All died of
strangulation. The work is doubtless
tbe ou growth'of the killing of a notori
ous negro desperado named Jarrett Burns
by John Abley, July 29 Iut.
ANOTHER REPORTED TRAGEDY.
Late to night a rumor reached the city
that the bodies of three more negroes had
i r j - ' . i . c r
ueen iounu in ue wouue, uoi iar iruui
tbe scene of tbe hanging, riddled witb
bullets, but this cannot be verified. Tbe
negroes are greatly agitated over tbe af
fair, and every one in the vicinity of the
trouble is said to have left. It is report
td that they have been holding a meeting
in the city to-mgnt, but bow tbev
viewed the situation cannot be learned.
as thev will not talk. .People here de
plore the affair, and tbe authorities are
doing their utmost to ferret out the per
Deflators of tbe crime It is feared that
there will be still more senous trouble
before the end is reached.
Fatal Family Vend.
Bloohington, lad., Sept. 7. A ter
rible affray occurred at Payne, this state.
at 1 o'clock this morning, in which two
men were killed, one at tbe bands of bis
son-in-law and tbe other by tbe enraged
daughter of tbe victim. Shortly, after
midnight Richard Wright and his Jangh
ter were awakened by a shout a short
distance from them. Recognizing the
voice as that 'of his son in law, Dole
Judab, Wright went to tbe door and
started to the fence, when a shot was
fired by Judab. Wright ran into the
house, secured an axe and started toward
Judah. A terrific scuffle ensued. Tbe
old man was shot three times, once in the
bead and twice in tbe neck. During
tbe struggle, and while' Judah was on
Wright, tbe old man called tor his
daughter to knock Judah off with tbe
aze be bad. Tbe daughter secured tbe
axe, and just as Judah shot for the last
time she s-rnck bim a terrific blow on tbe
back of bis head, killing bim instantly.
Both men lay dead on tbe grass. Judah
was in Bloomragton last nigbt, and was
drinking heavily. He bad trouble witb
bis wite tbat afternoon, and it is supposed
he went to his father In-law's witb tbe
intention of killing tbe old man, and also
bis wife, but tbe wife was pot there.
Wright was about 60 years old, and
Judab 35 years old and a hard character.
Cholera Situation at Kew York.
Quarantine, N. Y., 8ept. 7. The oil
tank Brilliant, which arrived from Ham
burg on Sunday, was inspected and fum
igated by Dr. Talmadge to day, and al
lowed to go op. The steamer Wyoming,
which arrived last night, was also boarded
by Dr. Talmadge. She had 278 cabin
and 353 steerage passengers aboard
Among the steerage passengers were 50
Kussiaus. The emigrants are liable to
be detained some . time. Tbe Western
Union steamer left here this morniBg to
lay arable to Swinburne island, which
will be connected witb tbe doctor's
office. The City of New York has arrived
in quarantine. She will probably be de
tained five days.' The Persian Monarch
has been cleared, and is on tbe way to
her pier.
Sulphurous Ctaa In a Well.
McMin villus, Or., Sept. 7. An arte
sian well, being bored at tbe residence of
Ed Tyler, near the depot, has been send
ing up a volley of sulphurous air since 2
o'clock this afternoon. The drill passed
through a 10-foot strata ot sandstone at
a depth of 160 feet, when tbe mud and
water was struck. This was thrown into
tbe air, bespattering tbe surrounding
buildings. Then followed- tbe dry air.
A steam gauge gave the. pressure at 85
pounds per square incb. Tbe tempera
ture is 56 degrees Fahrenheit. It flora
through an inch and a bait iron pipe, and
has flowed unabated for five hours. The
well has been visited by hundreds.
Water is expected when the air is ex
hausted, and it tbe pressure is keot up it
win raise tbe water nearly 100 teet.
Sooth American Powers Consulting-.
Kew Yokk, Sept. 7. A Herald corre
spondent at Valpaiaiso cables: "There
is to-day confirmation of the news relat
ing to tbe secret alliance" between Peru,
Bolivia and Argentioa,.sent last week.
Upon reliable authority it is stated tbat
tbe new minister to Brazil, Mavimo Lira,
leaves here witb , tne draft of a treaty
proposing a similar alliance, offensive
and defensive, between Brazil and Chili
Tbe Chilian government bad tbe aapro
val of the French government before
submitting the recent protocol to con
gress. Tne English government exhibits
no solicitude in its support ot tbe claims
of the Peruvian bondholders.and it la be
lieved tbat a committee of- bondholders
will ultimately accept Chili's proposals."
Centralis Hotel Burned.
Centbalia, Wash., Sept. 6. At 4
o'clock this morning fire broke ont in
the Arlington botel .at the south end of
town. A strong wind was blowing at
ihe time, and in a very few minutes after
tbe alarm - was rung, tbe building was
wrapped in flames.' The fire department
did effective work in saving tbo adjacent
property, out toe notei was a total lots.
Had it not been for a shower which had
fallen during tbe nigbt, a general confla
gration must have ensued, as large fire
brands were can led several blocks.
A Daring- Train Bobbery.'
Kansas Cy, Mo., Sept. 7. A masked
man got on the eastbound Missouri Paci
fic train 'at the Grand Avenue depot In
this city at 9 o'clock and entered tbe ex
press car. He overpowered the messen
ger, George McLaughlin, and leisurely
opened the safe. He secured a large sum
of money, which is estimated at $30,000.
At Sheffield, a suburb, be lumped from
tbe train and disappeared. The messen
ger was bound and gagged, and couldn't
give tbe alarm until tbe train reached
Independence.
Several Hew Can.-s
.New Yobx, Sept. 8. Tbe Normania
aqd Rugia have hoisted tbe yellow flag
again, and (be same signal is flying at
Hoffman island, indicating the discovery
of additional cholera cases this morning.
up to yesterday evening mere Had been
81 casea of sickness and disease; and eight
deaths at this port Tbe stokers on tbe
Normania this morning seem to be the
greatest sufferers. Eight of tbe crew of
tbat vessel were transferred yesterday
afternoon to Swinburne island. These
men had only the day before bees taken
back to tbe hp alter l'i Lours' stay on
Hoffman island, where they had been
disinfected witb all possible thorougl -
ness. Along with 500 others tbey wen
taken back to tbe ship, apparently -in ex
cellent health. Tbe doctors will not ad
mit positively tbat these eight patients
have cholera, nor will they deny it.
Secretary Foster says Dr. Hamilton and
Dr. Jenkins will inspect Sandy Hook to
morrow with a view to selecting a site
for a camp of refuge for tbe cooped-uo
cabin passengers of tbe steamships now
dttained at quarantine. If tbe doctor
find the ground satisfactory, tbe s?cretary
says the barracks wtll be in shape to re
ceive passengers by Friday night. The
Heading railway will extend its track to
tbe camp to facilitate tbe transportation
ol supplies. Tbe secretary says a wealthy
gentlemen has offered to undertake tbe
construction of the camp and meet all
the expense, taking his chances of getting
his money back from tbe party liable
therefor.
W halfback Ashore.
Empire City, Or., Sept. 8. The
wbaleback steamer Charles W. Wetmore
went ashore in a thick fog this morning
at 12:30 o'clock, on the north spit near
the Coo Bay bar. Tne Wetmore blew a
signal of distress, but owing to tbe dence
fog, it was not until 10 o'clock this fi re
noon before she could be reached, when
the Coos Bay life-saving crew in three
boats, with tbe assistance of tbe tugs
HutUer and Liberty, took off the entire
crew, 22 iu number.
Tbe Wetmore left Tacoma Monday eve
niog at 8:30 o'clock with a heavy port
list. She was 'bound for San Francisco
and was loaded with. 2400 tons ot coal.
Captain J. A. O'Brien and Second Mate
Jobn C. Worth were on watch at tbe time
of tbe accident, add tbe ship was headed
south by the standard compass, and south
one half west by the steering compass.
ibe Wetmore is lying paral.el with tbe
beach and every breaker is rolling over
hir. All hopes of ever getting her off
are given tip'. When the trew was taken
off, she was leaking.- Captain O'Brien
expects to go on board to morrow.
On the trip down the whaleback bad
lipbt, variable winds and dense fogs.
Wednesday evening at sunset she war 20
miles off shore by observation. Half an
hour after midnight she was on tbe beach.
It was fl.iod tide at the time. Tbe
stealer immediately commenced taking
water, and she labored heavily in tbe
hreakers until Captain O'Brien and tbe
crew were taken on. At noon to day it
was evident tbat she would be a total
loss. Her exact position as she now lies
is 500 vurd to tbe northward of Coos
bay bar. Captain J. A. O'Brien has not
yet made any statement as to tbe cause
of the wreck. Toe crew and officers are
boused at this place.
- In a State of Anarchy.
New York, Sept. 8 Tbe steamship
Venezuela, of tne Red D line, which ar
rived at Brooklyn yesterday, brought
contingent of Venezuelan refugees,includ
ing ex-President Yl I lagas. General Ybau
nod ' General Leopoldo Serrin, in her
cabin, and 10 Venezuelan refugees in
ner steerage, that tbe refugees were
able to leave Venezuela was due to the
influence of war vessels of foreign pow
ers. . Passeugers on the vessel say tbat
tbe state of affairs m Venezuela is worse
than ever. It - was formerly a struegl
for supremacy between partieo, tbey said,
but now war bad degenerated into con
stant fighting; between factious and brig
anas, bo mat an oi Venezuela is in a state
bordering on anarebv.
"I am still president of Venezuela
Nobody has any right to the title, for
have not resigned ofrxe," said Gmllermo
Tell Villages. "I was neither imprisoned
nor was I exiled. General Mendosa was
commander of a portion of tbe govern
meet army, tie refused to obey tbe
order ot Ybarra, who was my minister of
war, and suddenly and unexpectedly re
turned to Caracas witb his command
He sought me immediately and urgently
counseled certain arbitrary acts, which
refused to perform, having proper respect
and regard for tbe laws aod constitution
of my country, which I was bound by
oath to'opoold ana maintain. There
upon be- proclaimed himelf dictator of
tbe republic. 1 was unable to perform
tbe functions of my office, and deemed it
best to retire from tbe country."
Still A Terrible Lot or Mortality.
Hamburg, Sept. 9. Continuous rain
a hurricane, and a falling thermometer
since 2 o'clock this morning have caused
a slight abatement of tbe epidemic to
day. This afternoon the lemoerature baa
varied between 55 and 60 degrees Fah
reubeit.and.tbere bas been a strong breeze,
There have been 897 fresh cased in tbe
city to-day, or 19 fewer than yes
terday, 31 fewer tban Tuesday, and
82 fewer than on Monday. This
steady decrease has raised such hopes
tbat by tbe end of the weeK tbe authorities
can truthlully report tbat tbe cholera is
losing its bold. The number of deaths
to day has been 298. or 4 fewer than ves
terday, 19 fewer than on Tuesday, and
53 fewer than on Monday. There have
been 498 burials io-day, or .131 fewer
tban yesterday. Tbe dead wagon and
grave-diggers- are still far behind tbe
requirements of tbeir work, and 450 bod
ies are piled up this evening in mortuar
ies ana nogpitais in tact, an the burials
to-day were made from the harbor dis
trict and tbe rest of the city bas been left
to keep its dead as best it can. Tbe in
adequacy of tbe dead-wagon service, des
pite tbe hiring of 50 furniture vans bv
tbe authorities yesterday afternoon, is
due to the constant desertions of drivers.
A White Cap Outrage.
' Jellico. Tenn., Sept. 8. Since the re
cent mineis' war, lawlessness bas run
riot in tbe mountains here. A white cap
organization that came into existence
some two months before the outbreak bas
been especially active, and scores of men
in .the mountains who did not come t
tbe assistance of tbe miners have been
horrible beaten. Tbe white caps do not
confine their work to rural districts alone.
and this place bas a large chapter ot tbe
order. On Monday night tbey gave a
shocking display of tbeir brutality. Tbey
made a raid and captured seyen women
of tbe town and several of tbeir male
companions. Tbev weie dragged b
about 20 white caps to a grove near by.
After stripping every stitch of clothing
on lueir screaming victims, tbey threw
tbe shivering wretches over a falleo log
and laahed tbem until tbe blood dripped
irom tne wouoas innicted by cowhide
wbips.
PaeAfle Coast Failures.
San Fhancisco, Sept. 8 Tbe Brad-
street Mercantile Agency reports 70 fail
ures in tbe Pacific Coast states and teni
tories for tbe month of August, witb
assets at $238,000 and liabilities $323,
391, as compared witb 85 for tbe previous
month, with assets f484,03i and liabili
ties $1,084 594, and 101 lor Jnne with
assets $335,666 and liabilities $601,481
Tbe following are 'the causes assigned
for tbe failures: Iocompetencv, 22: inex
perience, 10; inadequate capital, for the
business undertaken, '24; injodicfons
crediting, 2; neglect of business, and
bad habits. 2; unfavorable circumstances,
7 fraud, 4.
Crespo Has Trinsaphed.
Washington, Sept. 8. Secretary of
State Foster received a private telegram
to-day dated September 6, stating tbat
Crespo bad triumphed and tbat the dic
tatorship has been overthrown in Venez
uela. Mr. Foster stated tbat this is the
only information tbat had been received.
General Crespo bas, it is said, been
called to Caracas to assume tbe reins of
government, and there are now bright
prospects for restoration of peace in
tbe distracted country. .
Killed hy a Cowboy, ...
Topbka, Sept. 8 Harlan -Lowe, an
Indian Territory cowboy, while on his 1
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way home last nigbt oa a passengtr trail
stepped to tbe platform of the smoker to
try a new revolver, aod began shooting
at telegraph poles as the train sped along.
Tbe trainmen and passengers attempted
to restrain him, but could not do sr..
Then N. W. Harris, another cowboy, tried
his band. Harris ran into tbe car, with
Lowe in pursuit flourishing bis revolver,
which he suddenly brought to a level anl
fired, killing Harris. Lowe wan arrested.
The tragedy caused great excitement
among the passengers.
Children Cry
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- Lako Omcs at Vanoouvir, Wash.,
Bept. 6. 1882.
Notice la bmby given that the following named
eUinuuit has filed notice of bis intention to make final
proof in support of hi claim, and that eaid proof
will be made before tbe Clerk of the Superior Cour
of Klickitat county, Wash., at Ooldendale, Wash.,
on October 22, 1892. ris:
GEORGE W. SMITH. -Application
to purchase No. 538, under Sec. S, For
feiture Act, Sept. 20, 1890, for the NW qr 8E qr. and
8 hi i-B qr, Bee S; N hf NB qr. See 11; and SW qr
KB qr. See 16, Tp t S, E IS K. - .
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land, vb:
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NOTICE FOB PUBLICATION.
Laud Omcs at Tux Dalles, Oasec,
Sept. 7, 1892.
Notice is hereby riven that the following-named
settler his filed notice of his intention to make final
proof in support of his daim, and tl.ai said proof
will be made before the Register and Receiver of the
U. 8. land office at The Dalles, Or., on Octooer 22,
1892, via:
WILLIAM A. MILLER, .
Bd. No. 4622, for the N hf NB qr, NE qr NW qr.
anu oa qr Aft qr, Dee Kf, ip i n, it m &.
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land, via:
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Notice to Contractors.
BID8 will be reee'TCdat the o' ee ot Crandall ft
Burgett until i-atnrday ereninc;, September 10,
1892, at 7 o'clock, (or the stons and brick work for
Dr. w. is. Bhinenart's ieeideoce.
Bids will also be received until Hon dav (renins'.
September V), 1882, at 7 o'clock, for the c instruc
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