The Times-Mountaineer
SATURDAY.
.OCTOBER 22, 1S92
COLUMBUS.
To-morrow (Friday will, be ob-
served with becoming ceremonies in
commemoration of the four-hundredth
anniversary of the discovery of Amer
ica by Colunihue, and the children in
' attendance on ' the 'public schools will
take the leading part in the exercises.
That such an event is worthy of ob-
" servance no one will deny, and that it
- is especially incumbent upon the United
States, the great republic of modern
history, to celebrate the anniversary is
also apparent. The proclamations of
the different executives making Octo
; ber 21st a holiday is significant that
' the event is of national interest, and
that the country is unanimous in its
observance.
The history of the struggle of the
- great navigator before he was afforded
the opportunity of testing his theory
V of the rotundity of the earth, and the
long and perilous voyage across the
Atlantic, with a- mutinous crew in his
ships, is too well known to require re-
- hearsal. These have been taught our
children in early years, and there are
no facts with which they are better
- acquainted, - During the past ' few
' days, from the pulpit and the press,
these stories of hardship and of cour-
' age have been given wide circulation
and the people been made acquainted
with the character of Christopher Co
lumbus and the difficulties he over
. came. - . .
- The fact that the bravp and adven
turous Northmen landed on the At
lantio coast and attempted to colonize
", the new continent about five hundred
-years before the - Italian navigator
-sighted land in one of the Bahamas
does not deteriorate from the honor of
Columbus. . From the time of his dis
' : covery European civilization has main
tained a foothold, and it was the
knowledge sained by him that first
t impelled the Anglo-Saxon and Latin
' races to establish languages laws and
customs in the new world, which have
.. resulted in the greatest good to the
- human family. . The discovery of the
' Northmen was simply a ray of light
- on the problem of a spherical world,
.- which was soon obliterated by the pre
vailing medieval darkness, and the
' fact was hidden away in the archives
. " of some Scandinavian university,' to be
: dug up and given publicity by some
.modern antiquarian. All fair
minded people will applaud the brave
and fearless spirit of the vikings, who
.' were not intimidated in their rude
.'- craft by unknown or apparently bound
less seas, yet the. objects they had in
view were simply rapine and robbery,
. and no consideration was riven to the
present or coming generations. For the
advancement of Christianity and civ
.' ilization Columbus planted the cross
. on the shores of the western conti-
nent, and those who followed him er
tablished civil government, built
churches and colleges and changed the
- country from the haunts of hordes of
v savages to the homes of the peaceful
arts and industrial employments.
. J udged in this manner, the discovery
. of Columbus is the more important,
- and the one that proved the more ben
encial, although live hundred years
. later than that of the roving bands of
northern pirates.
: The conception that the earth was
' round was an advancement in the
' realm of scientific thought, and the
perseverance to sail three thousand
miles westward, - under most adverse
: circumstances, to demonstrate the truth
jt the thory was the Btamp of great
ness in Columbus. Standing to-day,
: removed from the date by 400 years
. of very fruitful history, and consider
ing the acts and character of him in an
' unbiased light, we believe the verdict
of the - civilized world will be that
among the great men the name of
' Christopher Columbus will stand prom
- inent, and the discovery of America in
: 1492 one of the mostimportant events
of all time. x '
THE MAIN ISSUE.
mere is no reason tnat the presi
dential campaign should not be excit
ing this year, and yet it lacks but a
' few days of election and there is little
. interest manifested by either party ex-
cept the Populists,' who are actively
-engaged in advocating their strange
- theories on national questions in al
most every precinct in the country,
Th Minnoinnlii. .s.n oonf inn .t.J lU
- letter of acceptance of President Har-
; rison fairly and fully placed the policy
. of Republicans before the people, and
these are the same which have actuated
' that organization in the halls of con
gress and in the administration of na
tional affairs by the executive. On
, the important issues on which a deci
sion will be made by the election next
month Democracy has not bsen so out
spoken. In its platform adopted at
Chicago absolute free trade was en
dorsed and protection denounced as
unconstitutional; but its. candidate for
president, Mr. Cleveland, who K ele
vated to the executive chair, will out
line the policy of the party, is equivo
cal on this question and expresses him'
self in language which admits of no
other interpretation than that of op
position to its avowed principles on
the tariff.
That the followers of Democratic
doctrines who met in national conven
tion in Chicago knew what they
wanted when they adopted the plat-
form there cannot oe mucn aouot, ior
they are men who are acquainted with
the history of the country and have
had long experience in politics. . They
expressed their views plainly, and
these meant death to protection. The
smooth words of Mr. Cleveland cannot
controvert or explain away their posi
tion on the important issue, and, there
fore, every voter should understand
that the policy which keeps bis wages
Above those of European . laborers is
at stake. He should also know that
the avowed enemy to American in
dustries is the Democratic party, and
he can only rely for support on his
old tried friends, the Republicans.
In this campaign every American
citizen concerned in the welfare of the
country should be interested in the re
sult of the election. If Mr. Cleveland
is elected, it will be an important step
towards British free trade, and this
can bo .accomplished with the change
in the political statu9 of the senate.
The lower house of congress is strong
ly -Democratic, and if two or more
states send Democrats as members of
the upper branch of the national leg
islature, the feat is accomplished.
Than disasters more distressing than
those of any former epoch in our his
tory will follow. For this reason the
elective franchise should be cast intel
ligently, and every Republican from
Maine to Oregon should do their whole
duty.
A Democratic exchange ends an edi
torial with the ominous words: Let us
doom protection. . This is the entire
Democratic platform in four words,
and expresses the opinions of Cleve
land, Stevenson and nine-tenths of the
members of the party as if as many
columns had been written. It is not
Jeffersonian or Jacksonian Democracy,
but the "ism" of the spoils followers,
who would advocate and uphold any
unsafe theory that would attract votes
and give them an opportunity of
assuaging their hunger at the public
crib. There was a time when Democ
racy was allied to patriotism and states
manship, but that was in a past age of
the organization. It has now no prin
ciples except those which ' are most
available for the present moment, and
no higher ambition than securing fat
offices.' The doom of protection is the
doom of the American school-house,
the .American family and the American
wage-earner, and the Democratic party
in 1892 cries aloud for this. Shades
of Madison, Jefferson and Jackson, de
liver us from such false patriots as your
pretended followers have become !
Great Britain is paying more atten
tion to the presidential campaign in
the United States' in 1892 than she
has to any event in the history of the
country since 1865. In the latter
year b'qb was anxiously waiting to see
the great republic go up in smoke and
rebellion, and this fall she expects to
witness the collapse of free institutions
in free trade and bankrupts?. The
patriotism of the people1 preserved
the union of the states a quarter of a
century ago, and the wisdom of the
American voter will maintain the
supremacy of American industries and
American wage-earners in the present
emergency. The stability of our gov
ernment has no surer foundation than
the loyalty of our people, and the per
manency of protection than the intelli
gence of those who have reaped the
benefits.
The editors are home now from
their vacation, and have only pleas
ant memories of the session of the as
sociation at The Dalles. They have
seen the extent and been made' ac
quainted with the capabilities of the
Inland Empire, and reaiize more fully
than they ever did before the import
ance of an open river to producers and
shippers. At the session of the legis
lature nextjJanuary Eastern Oregon
desires an appropriation for a portage
road from this city to Celilo, and it
may expect a good word for. the pro
ject from different papers in the state.
This improvement is necessary for the
development of a fruitful region, and
the editors of Oregon, we feel assured,
will do all they can to induce the leg
islature to grant this relief.
Mr. John A. Cockerill, of the New
York Advertiser ,' oSeis to pay $1000
to the languishing Cleveland campaign
fund if Grover Cleveland will pub
licly, either by speech or letter, an
nounce that every citizen and voter of
this republic, white or black, is enti
tled to have his vote received and hon
estly counted in any voting precinct in
the United States. Mr. Cockerill is
perfectly safe in making his offer. He
is in no more danger of having to. pay
that $1000 than was Mr. Dana in of
fering a like amount if the New York
World would prove the genuineness of
its bogus cable news. Neither Mr.
Clevelend nor any one representing
him dare to win this money. The
Democratic party would poll fewer
votes than even the People's party
with an honest election in the south.
Col. W. W. Chapman, who died in
Portland Tuesday afternoon at ' the
age of 84 years, was one of the oldest
pioneers of the state. He was a man
of marked ability, of integrity of char
acter and of a public spirit. As the
projector of The Dalles and SaltkLake
railroad he was the first to initiate the
movement of connecting the northwest
and tbe east by rail, and lived long
enough to see several transcontinental
lines terminating at his home in Port
land. The state and people will honor
and respect his memory through all
time.
A cotemporary states that "Dem
ocrats do not care--how much Blaine
speaks within the seclusion of Ophir
farm. His magnetism will hardly get
beyond its shaded recesses, and will
not be felt in the precincts of New
York city." The words of Mr. Blaine
are magnetic wherever spoken, and
will reach every part of the United
States, They are winged messengers
of thought, and the electric current
ill speed them to all portions of the
country. '
The wife of the executive of the
nation is nearing her end, and during
her long illness she has received noth
ing but kind words from friend or foe.
Mrs. Harrison holds tbe highest posi
tion of any lady in the nation; but
aside from thia, she is an excellent
wife and mother. ',
Very pertinent.
The Oregonien yesterday censures
the expenditure of $G0,000 for a dome
for the state capitol, and in this it will
be upheld by nine-tenths of the tax
payers of Oregon. In regard to the
superstructure it says :
Taken as a whole the dome will detract
as much from the interior as it wilt add
impreasiveness to the exterior. The leis
latnre was generous, and though the build-
ing Was originally designed for a dome, the
entire appropriation con Id not be expended
without making one so large and heavy that
a new tonudation was necessary, and to put
this in the beauty of the rotunda was sacri
ficed.
The Oregonian generally makes
center shots, and does not waste am
munition on objects not within range,
If it strikes a blow it is where it will
accomplish the most good, and the
following paragraph in the article from
which the above excerpt is taken,
voices the sentiment of every producer
in Eastern Oregon:
It would not be a difficult tack to suggest
several uses the state could have made of
860,000, of more benefit to the people, even
to those living within daily view of this
architectural monument. Development of
the salmon industry is of more importance
to Oregon than a top-heavy birdcage on the
state capitol, and this turn would have pro
vided several hatcheries and a iishway at
Oregon City. Good roads are more urg
ently needed than patchwork at the capi
tol. An exhibit of the state's resources at
Chicago would add more to its wealth and
prosperity than this ornamental super
structure. Finally, and most important, a
portage railway around the dalles of the Co
lumbia, supplementing the one at the Cas
cades and making the final and indispensa
ble connecting link between the lower river
and the great producing region of the in
terior, would have been a far better object
for which to appropriate money. It ia a
matter of the utmost importance. Neither
the portafte at the Cascades, nor the govern
ment locks, is of much practical value until
the obstructions between The Dalles and
Celilo have been overcome. It must be as
sumed that years will elapse before the gen
eral government shall have completed any
improvement admitting of the passage of
loaded steamboats, and until that time shall
come a portage railway would be of great
benefit to producers by cheapening the rates
of transportation. It is estimated to cost
8400,000, and . it is believed much more
than this would be saved to producers every
year in the cost of transportation of prod
ucts to the seaboard, and to consumers in
the interior in the carrying of supplies. The
people of Oregon will expect the next legis
lature to take practical steps to render navi
gation of the Columbia io competition with
tbe railroads possible, and as they let th eir
eyes rest upon the lofty dome, or bump
against the iron pillars in the dimly-lighted
corriders, tbe legislators should be con
stantly reminded of s their duty in this mat
ter. EDITORIAL NOTES.
Democracy and defeat is alliterative.
and will be a fact also after Novem
ber 8th. ' .
The political campaign is very quiet;
but the still hunt sometimes captures
the game. -
Trains blockaded in Wyoming in
October. That is a good state to im
migrate from.
The Dalles, in ten years, will be the
commercial and manufacturing center
of the Inland ibmpire. This is a proph
ecy. "
Hon. James G. Blaine has spoken,
and his voice has the Banie metallic ring
and the tones are still in unison with
Republican doctrines.
Judge Gresham positively denies
that he has said he will vote for Cleve
land in November, and this w,ill effect
ually spike tbe Democratic gun that
was pointed towards Indiana.
If the Democrats cannot break down
the Temescal tin mine in California
they will lose several thousand votes
in that Btate; but this can't be done,
and the eldorado of tbe New World
will be solid for Harrison in Novem
ber.
Democrats are attempting to secure
the presidency by a fusion with the
Populists in some of the western
states. The object of Democracy is
not the beneht of tbe country, but the
offices, and it has had this end in view
for lo", these man; days. -
The deposits in the savings banks of
free-trade Great Britain amount to
$180,000,000. ' The deposits in the
savings banks of protected United
States amount to $1,623,079,790.
This is a very short and plain demon
stration in favor of protection.
The beat campaign capital the Dem
ocrats have ' are the growls of Wayne
MacYeagh against the Republicans,
and he was parttceps crxmxnis. ' Such
testimony is rarely admitted in evi
dence; and. if it is, it leaves the wit
ness with an unenviable reputation
A Democratic exchange says Gov.
irennoyer is sunering under the more
serious stage of oppressive disap
pointment. We never knew "disap-
poinimenc to oe otnerwise, and we
believe this will be a truthful diag
. . . .
nosis or Sir. Cleveland s condition
after November.
Democrats may prate all tbey please
about the selfishness of protection, the
fact is there is no patriotism that is not
selfish, and he who does not care for
his own country more than any other
mnst be classed in the same list with
some who do not occupy a very enviable
position on the pages of history.
, Mr. MacVeagh, who was attorney-
general under President Garfield, is
telling what he knows about Republi
can administrations; but, it is some
what strange, if what he says is true,
he could affiliate with those for long
years whom he now so bitterly con
demns. Undoubtedly the gentleman
thinks his race is run with the Repub
lican - party, and . he wants to begin
anew with the opposition.
The Populists oppose the national
banking system, when it has furnished
the best currency the country has ever
enjoyed. They favor the government
owning and controlling the railroads
and telegraphs in the country, and if
this plan were adopted it would soon
meet with their opposition to make an
issue in a presidential campaign or
furnish something at which calamity-
howlers could make complaints.
East Oregonian: While coming to town
in a hack with two other men, Tuesday
night, R, T. Murdook met a team on the
road, about two miles above Pendleton. It
was very dark, and when he turned out to
avoid the team bia hack and horses rolled
twenty feet down a bluff near at hand.
Tbe occupants were thrown headlong out
of the vehicle, which turned bottom aide
up. Tbe aooident was a strangely for
tunate one, however, at men, rig and horses
all escaped any serious damage.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Battle Betufn Ifr.tian nod Hangar
i..a .11, iers.
HAZLETON, Pa., Oct. 1 8. The little
mining town of Milnesville was yesterday the
scene' of a race war, and as a result one man
lies dead, three are fatally injured, and about
20 seriously wounded. Milnesville is sur
rounded by numerous mining patches, mostly
populated by Hungarians and Italians. For
years trouble has existed between the two fac
tions. Numerous fights have taken place
from time to time, and a number of deaths
have resulted, but never before did they nse
in a body to face each other. During the
fight blood flowed like water, a continuous
fire from pistols was kept u; by both sides,
but stilettoes and knives played an important
part and were used with telling ertect. 1 he
noise of the combat soon startled the whole
mountain side, and men arrived from every-
wheie. Fully 20 minutes' work of cutting
and slashing was kept up. How many Ital
ians were shot cannot be told, but injury enly
seemed to add to their ferocity.
The Indians Want to Vote.
-Yakkton, S D., Oct. 18. Judge Smith
has issued a writ of mandamus to compel the
commissioners of Charles Mix county to
establish"- voting places on the Yankton In
dian reservation. This is the case of the Peo
ple's party. The board of commissioners are
endeavoring to prevent the Indians fiom vot
ing. There are 700 Indians on the reserva
tion who have taken land in severalty and
are qualified voters. The commissioners
were petitioned to establish voting places, but
declined. The Indians, however, acting up
on the advice of ceunsel, 'decided to compel
the commissioners to take action.
A Ilow on the Valician Frontier.
Vienna, Oct. 18. An encounter is re
ported between Austrian and Russian troops
on the Galician frontier. The Austrian sen
tinels near Belzac refused to admit some us-sian-Polish
emigrants into Austrian territory
on the ground the passports exhibited were
defective. The Cossack guards on the Russ
ian side of the boundary, anxious to get rid of
the emigrants, protested against the action of
the Austrians. A shot was fired, which
killed an Austrian. Shots and bayonet
thrusts were then treely exchanged. The
Russians at length fled.
Threatened With a Strike.
SAN AhtONIO, Tex., Oct. 18. It is re
ported that the Mexican Central railroad is
threatened with a general strike. The trouble
began three days ago when the American
machinists in the shops in the City of Mexico
went out for an increase of wages. Dissatis
faction spread to the shops at San Luis Potosi
and the machinists there also walked out.
The engineers and firemen are expected to
quit work if the machinists' demands are not
granted.
Fatal Fire In Chicago.
Chicago. Oct. 18. Fifteen dwellings
and stores were burned and two women killed
in Englewood, in the southern part of the
city, this morning. The financial loss is f&v
000. Mrs. W. K. Butler, though not really
in danger, jumped from a third-story window,
striking on her head, and was instantly killed.
John Howard, an employe in a bakery, where
the hre started, was burned to death. A
woman and child in one of the burned build
ings are not accounted for.
Homber of Lives Lost. -
Hong Kong, Oct. 18. The chief, officer
of the steamer Bokhara, wrecked in Fukiea
channel, has arrived here. He says of the
crew 102 are missing, and are almost certainly
lost, among them the captain, second officer,
four engineers, the stewardess and. 70 natives.
Of the passengers, 8 military men and 12 civ
ilians are lost. The cargo of the Bokhara
consisted of (200,000 in treasure, 1300 bales
of silk, and 800 tons of general merchandise
Only Two Were Rescued.
New Orleans, La., Oct. 18. The Nor
wegian steamer Agnes, from Bluefields, re
ports having rescued the first officer and one
seaman ot ' the Honduras steamer Stranger,
from Belize for Bluefields. She capsized in a
storm October 10, and of those on board, in
cluding seven women and three children, all
except tbe two rescued are supposed to be
lost.
Wermana In East Africa.
Berlin, Oct 18. Baron von Soden, gov
ernor of German East Africa, has telegraphed
that Lieutenant Bruening and four men were
killed October 6 in a conflict with the Wahehe
tribe. The attack was made upon the Ger
mans in the open country near Kilosa. Re
ports that the VVabehes pillaged the German
station at JNipwapwa are incorrect.
- The lalton Gang Again.
ToPEKA, Oct 18. Governor Humphrey
has written a letter to General Miles asking
that a company of United States cavalry be
sent to the southern Kansas border to protect
the settlers Irom the Ualton gang. I he gov
ernors action is based on a petition from the
council and citizens of Coffeyville.
Kilted Himself for a Woman.
San Francisco, Oct 18. L. S. Johnson,
a barber 31 years of age, committed suicide
last night by asphyxiation. Johnson was in
love with a woman on whom he is said to
have expended a large sum of money during
an illness ot some months, after which she
discarded him for another man.
Will Have a Hearing.
Albany, Oct 18. Upon the application
of counsel for Charles A. White, Governor
Flower has consented to give a hearing on the
25th m the matter 01 the demand of the gov
ernor of Wyoming for White's extradition on
a charge 01 grand larceny. .
Teasel Thoneht to be Lost.
London, Oct 18. Great uneasiness is felt
in shipping and insurance circles regarding
the British ship Knight Commander, Captain
Murdoch, which sailed from San Francisco
July 30 for Queenstown. It is believed she
foundered off Cape Horn.
A Fiendish Threat.
' Wallace, Idaho, Oct. 19. Last night
three armed men went into one of the
tunnels of the Gem mine and posted the
following notice: ''Look out, scabs. One
more warning, tbe last one. Before this
month is over, 1500 pounds of giant
powder win be exploded, and all in this
mine will be sent to h . It is in tbe
mine now ready for action. Fuse at
tacnea. 11 we canuot woric toe mines.
no one else shall. (Signed) Bloody Jack."
1 be men were seen by a carman, wbo
was coming out of the tunnel witb a car
of ore. Wben be caneht sieht of tbeni
ne ran dbck into tne tunnel and reported
tne matter to tne shift boss. Wben thev
came back to tbe mouth of tbe tunnel tbe
men were gone and lbs above notice was
found. Tbe carman was unable to iden
tify tbe men. This mornine Mrs. John
Monaban, wife of the foreman of tbe Gem
mine, received the following anonymous
.letter:
I have a wife and daughter mvself.
therefore I am sorry for you. Tbe dav
of reckoning is close upon all scabs.
Your husband will be blown into frag
menta inside of a month, and tbe next
fight will not be a milk-and-water one
like tbe last. Tbe men will be killed
and the women raped, young and old
How would you like to see a string of 20
men in masks waiting their turn to out
rage your daughters Get out, and leaye
Monaban to the fate be deserves.
11 is not inougnt tnat the rioters, a
large number of whom are still in this
country, will attempt at present to carry
out their threats against tbe non-union
men, for tbev do not feel able to cope
wun - tne civil autoonties, backed bv
United States troops.. But there ia little
doubt that, if all the troops were with
drawn now, we would bave a repetition
ot the bloody scenes of July. Monaban,
tbe foreman threatened, is one of tbe men
who was compelled to leave tbe country
to avoid being killed last July, and tbe
union men bear him a special grudge.
Stack ob the Bands.
Astoria, Oct. 19 The British bark
LiotU Bell, which passed into the river at
1 o'clock this afternoon, grounded on the :
sands near tbe jetty. The tug Wallowa
went to ber aesistance, and for two hours
tried to move her, but was unsuccessful.
A hawser was parted in tbe attempt. Tbe
bark may float off at high tide at mid
night. Tbe officers do not regard ber as
in serious danger. The Lizzie Bell is id
ballast from Victoria, and ia bound for
Portland. Sbe is consigned to the Port
land flouring mills. She arrived at Vic
toria April 28, .in cargo from Liverpool,
and lay in tbe Brliioli Columbia port un
til she was chartered to load flour at
Portland. Sbe is in comuiond of Cupt.
Lewis, and was in the Columbia last
year, sailiDg from Portland February 8
with a cario nf flour for Sligo. She wag
built at Sunderland, England, m 1877,
and is owned 4y P. Iredale & Porter, of
Liverpool. Her registered tonnage is
1036 tons.
Mexican liaudits Captured.
Sah Antonio, Tex., Oct. 19. Recent
depredations committed by Mexican out
luws in Starr and other border counties
have stirred up the people ot that section,
and tbe authorities arc making a strong
effort to capture the perpetrators of tbi
outrages. Yesterday a band of them
were discovered near Palito Blanco ranch,
which is tbe home of Alejandro Gonzales,
father in-law of Catcrino Garza. Four
Texas rangers, led by Captain Bamarez,
made an attack on the bandiis. Several
shots were exchanged and Ramarez was
wounded. Tbe rangers closed in on tbe
outlaws and captured four of them. The
prisoners were formerly members of Gar
za's revolutionary army, and have been
leading tbe lives of batdits ever since
that movement was squelched. They
will be brought to San Antonio for trial.
The London Poisoner.
London, Oct. 19. There was no dim
inution in the crowd in the courtroom at
the Neill murder trial to day. John Pat
rick Haynts testified that going out witb
Neill be learned many of his amours.
Neill showed Haynes a notebook in
which were entered tbe initials ot tbe
women who bad been poisoned, with the
dates of their deaths. There were initials
which he said referred to Ellen Dodworth,
Matilda Clover and the girls Marsh and
Shrivel, and there were initials L. H ,
which be said meant Louisa Harvey.
Haynes heard Neill declare that young
Harper murdered tbe girls, aud be told
bim that was a very grave charge, BDd
that he ought to communicate what be
knew to the police. Neill responded,
"That is foolish, as there is more money
to be made by suing Harper."
Lost in the Snow.
Ellen8burg3, Wash., Oct. 19 Nearly
two week3 ago a party of young men left
here for the headwaters of the Icicle to
hunt. Among them was Jason Dunkel,
about 25 yaars old. While going to
gether to tbe deer lick from the camp a
fog and snowstorm came up and Dunkel
wa separated, from bis companions.
Though tbty fired guns and built big
fires, they failed to find him, and alter
hunting for him two days innger, tbey
came here for help. A new party bas
goud out. It is feared be hurt himself,
and, falling disabled in snow, died from
exposure. He had a gun, ammunition
and plenty of matches, and hopes are en
tertained that be may have crossed tbe
divide and come oat on tbe other side.
A Mexican Voleaua.
Guadalajaua, Mexico, Oct. 19. There
have iieen several severe earthquake
shocks felt bere during the past few days,
and the people are very much frightened.
There ia eyery indication that the Colima
volcano is sood to experience a violent
eropliOD. as the crater is throwing out
great volumes of smoke, and there are
ominous underground rumblings at inter
vals of every few minuses. Tbe inhabi
tants of tbe valley" adjacent to the volcano
are leaving their Domes to escape tbe
lava which knowing ones as-ert is suie to
belch forth within a few days. Tbe
eruption of the volcano at this time would
do great damage to the crops, as the val
ley is planted in cotton and corn,
- A Terrific Explosion.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 19. At
Tumbling shoals, six miles below here,
on the Tennessee river, yesterday a gov
eminent dffedge boat was tbe sceno of an
explosion of 7o pounds of dynamite
The deck was torn off and tbe craft sunk
Tbe head of Charles Yuma, a laborer,
was blown off, and two men named
Sbarpe and Thompson seriously injured.
Thirty men were at work and their escape
was marvelous. While tbe party were at
dinner the fuse became ignited, and as it
was attached to cartridges ready for use,
an explosion followed.
An Electrician's Accident.
Dayton, Wash., Oct. 19. A horrible
accident happened at the electric light
plant this evening. Electrician P., D,
Harry, recently Irom Spokane, in some
manner became cangbt in the fly-wheel
of the engine. No one saw tbe accident
Barry was found in an unconscious con
dition near tbe wheel. A lot of rubber
hose was wrapped around the shaft,
which at every revolution was hitting
Barry terrific blows on tbe bead. His
skull ia mashed to a pulp. Physicians
will perform an operation, . but it is
thought he cannot live.
Part of the Crew Saved.
San Fbancisco, Oct. 19. Tbe steamer
Australia arrived from Honolulu at noon
to-day. Among her passengers were tbe
mate and five of the crew of the ship
Wiutam A Campbell, which foundered 10
a hurricane. There is no news of tbe
other missing sailors. Tbe United States
steamer Boston cruised for tour days off
tbe coast of Hawaii in search of tbe
missing boat containing Captain Hav
ener, wife and child and the remainder
of the crew, but without success.
Woald-lte Train Wreckers.
Salem Statesman : The villains wbo have
recently made so many efforts to wreck
trains on the Southern Pacific, are still
engaged in their hellish work. Near
Eugene on Wednesday night rails and
ties were laid across the track, but they
were discovered and removed io time to
prevent an accident A hobo, who bad
seen the obstructions but failed to remove
them, was arrested, but he claimed that if
those obstructions were placed there with
tne purpose or robbery the robbers mieht
be lying in ambush to shoot whoever
might attempt to remove them, hence it
was through fear that be did not make
the attempt, he being alone Mr. Hobo
was held to await the action of the grand
jury it may be well to mention in this
connection that the Southern Pacific is
using every endeavor to prevent accident
by reason of the work of the would-be
wreckers. On all of the divisions the
mornin? and evening nRRspn tjpr traina nrp
preceded by hand cars. These are sent
out for tbe purpose of removinar anv ob
structions that-may be found.or in detect
ing any attempt to damaee the nronerlv
of the company.
Bast Portland Suicide.
William Halfpenny has liyed in East
Portland for a number ot years, on East
Seventh and South end. He was in good
circumstances and was a highly respected
citizen, says the Portland Dispatch, hav
ing served his ward as councilman for
two terms. Mr. Halfpenny has for sev
eral days past complained of a pain in
his head ; aud last night about 7 o'clock,
while his wife was getting supper, he
went up stairs to lay down. After he had
been up there a short time, his wife and
children wore horrified to hear a shot, and
hastened up to see what the trouble was.
Wben they opened the door to his room
there lay Halfpenny on the floor in a nonl
of blood. They summoned seyeral of the
neighbors who called a doctor. Upon ex
amination it was found that he had shot
himself just in front of the right ear.
Halfpenny remained unconscious nil
night A reporter called this morning
and learned that he was very low. His
wife and attendants are continually at hia
side, as his death is expected at any moment
WHY HE LIKES DUDES
HOW A PUNY TENDERFOOT ASTON
ISHED A ROUGH WESTERNER.
Because la Had White Hands and Wore
; Clean Collars lie Wait Dubbed "Mush
and Molasses" He Snowed What He
We alade of by Saving a Ranger's Life.
Wo Lad stopped at a railroad station
pn the Pecos river, and ?::ar.y of the
(passengers were waliiag i.p and down
he long platform. Ainnc them was a
Hudiah young man v,-lio excited con-
dderahlo ri&iculo from the dozen rough
fellowg hanging abo'jt. One of them
finally said something about "chawing
him cp," when an old man in the gang
raised bis hand and sai. ' :
"Taata Tiongn, boy:.; -lun t go any
further."
"What's it to yon?" demanded the
other.
'A heat). I recTroni It's so ranch to me
that I'll do a leetle shootin on that fel
low's account if needs be."
The two men looked menacingly at
each other, and for twenty seconds I ex
pected to see tbem draw and tire. Tnen
the younger one waited away, growling
a3 he went, leaving the field to the old
man.
. "Would you have fought for the dude?"
I asked, when the strain had been re
lieved.
"Sartin!" he grimly answered.
"But von don't know him."
"No, and probably never shall, but
he 6ort o' reminds me of a leetle sar-
exenstance that happened seven or eight
ago. 1 bad a ranch up on the
plains, and a dude came out from
ew xotk city to visit a nay our o
mice. He waa jest sich a beanstalk as
this chap. He had soft hands, a woman's
jway of talkin, and I looked him over
and made up my mind that a Texas
baby three years old could give him
Ipointers. Why, dnrn it, if he didn't
wear white shirts and collars and play
the planner! I tried to be civil to him,
'cause ho was a stranger, but it 'bout
made me sick. I never looked at him
without thinkin o' mush and lasses."
"Well?"
"Waal, arter he'd bin orit thar "bout
three months,Jyn and mt went out one
day to look up some stray mustangs. The
fpst tiling we knew we got a volley from
a lot o Injuns who had broke loose from
the reservation. Jim was bit in the
shoulder, but fortunately carried off by
his hoss, who was a flier. I headed for
a smk I knowed of and reached it with
out a scratch. Then, yon see, my caper
was to stand em off till Jim could send
help. I had a Winchester and plenty of
cartridges, and dunn the fust hour I
wounded one cuss and killed another.
JThen I got a chunk o' lead through this
(right arm and begun to feel a bit
narvous as to how it would turn out. I
swiped a bullet into another, and in re
turn I got this rake along the skull. It
wasn't ten minutes arter that befo' I be
gun to feel powerful sick and weak, and
jest reckoned that my scalp was goin
to make an ornament on some red crit
ter's belt"
"But yon still stood them off?"
"As well as able, but the end would
hev come in about fifteen minutes more.
The last three or four shots I fired I was
so blind I couldn't see a rod. The reds
wasshontin to each other and makin
ready to close in when I heard a white
man yellin. I couldn't see what took
Iplace, but I know how it was jest the
eame. That mush and 'lasses dude waa
out on a hoss huntin jackass rabbits,
and Jim run across him and told him
jhow I was fixed and axed him to ride
fur help. What do ye think the durned
enss did?"
i "Bode for home?"
' "Not mnchl He rode fur met He'd
never seen a war Injnn in his life, and
jjim told him thar was a full dozen ar
ter me, but it made no difference. He
comes np on a dead -run, yellin and
shootin, and 111 chaw my hat if he didn't
lay out two of the critters and kill a
pony afore they could git away. He
sailed right in so mighty hard that they
thought he had a big crowd behind him.
jThat thar leetle dude with soft hands
and pmiy arms lifted me onto his hoss
and rode to my ranch and then heads a
icrowd back and runs them reds 'leven
miles and kills another.
f'Why, durn me! he got two ponies
,out of that scrap, and he gathered tip
jxnore wampum, bows, arrers, toma
hawks, knives and sich than any six of
us had collected in five years. When I
got about I helped him to box and ship
em to some club in New York. Pears
to me it was sumthin Hire the Manhattan
club. Leastwise, it had a 'tarnal longish
name, and the feller was a member."
! "And yon came to like him?"
"Say! He kin hev all I've got in this
world any time hb axes for it. I made
A big mistake sizin him np. He could
beat any of ns with the pistol, and the
.feller who took hold of him for a rassle
;was throwed sky high before he could
bite his terbacker. He could run like a
jdeer, outjump a kangaroo and we
couldn't find a broncho who could buck
ihiinoff." ;
"And that's why yon interfered, is it?"
"Exactly. Show me a dude and Til
back him. These boys hain't learned
Itne aitterence Detween a dnde and a
Ifule yit, but I hev and I don't want no
bettor chaps behind ma in a pinch than
dudes, 'specially New York dudes."
iNew York Herald. '
i - .
He Loves Merry England Too Idnch.
Joseph Fernas, a gentleman of Bel
gian extraction, is a standing protest
against those unpatriotic Englishmen
who continually decry British art and
the British climate and spend their
money in inspecting statues and pictures
in distant countries instead of searching
for the beauties of their own. He cornea
from the land of Quentin Matsys and
Peter Paul Rubens, but think you that
his artistic soul is satisfied with the pro
ductions of these foreigners? Not a bit
of it.
His ideal of really high art is to be
found among the statues of London.
For half a day he would stand before
Charles Fox, sitting in .Russell square,
clothed in as much of a Roman toga as
can be seen through a sturdy accumu
lation of remnants of fogs. "Ah!" he
used to cry; "that's something like art.'L
And when he got tared of this view h6
patiently trudged to Charing Cross to
gaze upon the magnificent statue of
Charles I, covered from top to toe with
the splashings of omnibuses and han-
soma. Why should a man with such
high tastes and appreciation of British
art nnd himself in the North London
police court? -
The fact is Fernas is in receipt of a
pension of forty pounds a year, which is
payable in his native city of Ghent. Ths
moment he receives his annual allow
ance he comes over to London to spend
it in gazing upon the statues aforesaid
and visiting our museums. When at
the end of the year it is all gone the con
sul has to pay his passage back to Ghent,
where he draws a fresh sum and repeats
the experiment. A policeman found him
wandering on Stamford hill without
any means of subsistence and unable to
speak a word of English. He was wait
ing to be sent home by the consul, but
as he had one or two coppers left, this
compensation was for the moment unat
tainable. The magistrate disch-.rged
him, and in a day or two when real 1m
pecuniosity has set in, no doubt the Bel
gian authorities will see him properly
off. So many aliens come to our shores
without a penny in their pockets that a
person like Joseph Fernas stands out as
an agreeable relief. London Telegraph.
A Misfit Bathins; Salt.
There is at least one bathins snit here
which will never touch the breakers, at
least at this resort. The owner, a lively
young woman from the west, who is
here for the first time, evolved the affair
m ner inland nome upon Knowledge &c-
auired at Atlantic City last summer.
Some wicked person told her that Cape
May bathers wore exceedingly gay robes,
and that unless she wished to bo a no:
body a striking costume was essential
She had a robe made of cardinal sergo,
trimmed with orange aud a gold ribbon,
the very short skirt scalloped at the
edges and a tiny width of luce ar6nnd
it. The waist was sleeveless and cut
very low, modesty being considered by
a section of puffed China eilk inserted in
the yoke. An orange kerchief was to
cover the brown hair, a ribbon of the
same hue to encircle her waist, whil i
old gold and steel gray hosiery cou
pleted the outfit.
How the young woman capered in
joyous anticipation when she tried or
her suit in her western home. When
she arrived here with her parents and
jjaw the severely conservative styles of
our Darning suits, iuhuv nua oApcaoucou
a shock is to put it mildly. Making a
virtue of necessity she is hiring a mod
est bine flannel while endeavoring tc
persuade her parents to go to Atlantic
City where that gorgeous costume may
be worn without hesitation.
One or two young women appear each
year in white flannel bathing suits
which look too sweet for anything on
the beach, but when they get wet a
transparent falsehood isn't in it com
pared with the transparency of these de
ceitful garments. Cape May Letter.
They Cured liiui.
Mail carriers are sometimes prone to
make mistakes, just as other people are.
Not only in their business, for that oc
curs often with the most careful, but
sometimes socially.
It was only a few evenings ago that
one of the East End mail boys made
such a mistake socially as to place him
in a ridiculous manner before the few
friends who have learned of this mis
take. For some time past Uncle Sam's agent
has been paying noticeable attention to
one of East End's fair belles, that is, in
an indirect and seemingly unconcerned
manner. In fact, the young lady did not
know of the intended attention until he
asked permission one day to call upon her
that evening. When he would go to the
house to deliver any letters to the young
lady he would always ask if Miss
was in, always using her Christian name,
and in this way he became, as he thought,
pretty well acquainted with the object
of his affections.
The young lady was not reciprocal in
her feelings, and when she was asked to
allow him to call she hesitated some
what, but finally said yes.
The young man was not acquainted
with the fact that this certain young
lady had a sister almost the exact image
of herself, but she know it and was de
termined that the sister should help her
in her cleverly laid scheme the sister
should entertain the "letter carrier."
All arrangements were made for the
evening, and when the doorbell sounded
the sister answered and tbe young man
was ushered into the room. He did not
detect any difference in the sister and
was not aware that he was talking with
any other girl than the one he had asked
to call upon. ,
The evening hours flew quickly and
he was about to depart, when he began
pouring forth some endearing terms to
the young lady, who listened attentively.
until he had finished, when, with a
smothered laugh on her face, she asked,
'It's my sister you wish to see, is it notr
The letter earner was dnmfonnded.
He had committed himself, and to one
wholly uninterested in the affair. He
reached for his hat and with one bound
reached the door and was soon wander
ing down the avenue beneath the electno
lieht. He was surely a wiser U not a
happier man. The letters are still de
livered to the house, but the letter man
is scarcely ever seen, and he never asks
for Miss . Pittsburg Press.
Tbe Currant Before It Is Dried. -
I must confess that I have always
blindly supposed (when I thought of it
at all) that the currant of the plum pud
ding was the same fruit as the currant
of our gardens that slightly acrid red
berry which grows on bushes that follow
the lines of back fences bushes that
have patches of weedy ground under
them where hens congregate. I fancied
that by some process unknown to me, at
the hands of persons equally unknown
(perhaps those who bring flattened raisins
from grapes), these berries were anea,
and that they then became the well
known ornament of the Uhristmas cake.
It was at Zante that my shameful ig
norance was made clear to me. Here I
learned that the dried fruit of commerce
is a dwarf grape, which has nothing in
common with currant jelly. Its Ehglish
name, currant, is taken from the French
"raisin de Corlnthe," or Corinth grape,
a title bestowed because the fruit was
first brought into notice at Corinth. We
have stolen this name in the most un
reasonable way for our red berry. Then,
to make, the confusion worse, as soon as
we have put the genuine currants into
our puddings and cakes we turn around
and call them "plums!"
The real currant, the dwarf grape of
Corinth, is about as large as a gooseberry
when ripe, and its color is a deep violet
black; the vintage takes place in August.
It is not a hardy vine. It attains lux
uriance, I was told, only in Greece; and
even there it is restricted to the northern
Peloponnesus, the shores of the Gulf of
Corinth, and the Ionian islands. Con
stance Fenimore Woolson in Harper's.
Strange Applications.
The Salvation Army has in London a
bureau of information, where ladies
may obtain servants and those in need
of employment find work. It has been
extraordinarily successful. During the
first year 1,300 employers found serv
ants, and a thousand girls applied for
work.
Strange applications come to the office.
One lady recommended her departing
servant as "clean, tidy, honest, sober,
truthful and a good worker." Wonder
ing why maid and mistress should part
Tinder these conditions, the bureau found
that a terribly bad temper was the cause
of separation.
'But, strangely enough, said the
chief, "it happened that a lady had ust
applied to ns for a servant with a bad
temper, believing that such girls make
the cleanest handmaids. So that we axe
able to meet every
Youth's Companion. -
requirement.'
Children Cry
for PITCHER'S
Castoria
aatoria h so well adaoted to children that
I recommend it as superior to anr prescription.
Known to me. a. a. archer, m.. v..
Ill South Oxford St., Brooklyn, H. 1
UI nne Castoria In mv unction, and find It
specially aaaptea toanecaoDs oe cauaren."
1067 8d Are., Kow York.
"Tmm nersonal knowledge I can Bar that
Castoria ia a most excellent mnrtlnino for chil
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Jjoweu, uaas.
Caatoria promote IHf aatiom,
and ,
overcomes t lacuiency,
Constipation,
Soar
Stomach. Diarrhoea, and Fevenshness.
Thus the child ia rendered healthy and its
sleep natural. Castoria contains HO
Morphine or other narcotic property.
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