The Times-Mountaineer
SATURDAY JANUARY 20. 189
BRANCH ASYLUM.
The Oregonian, in its Saturday's is
sue, lays editorially that it i opposed
to the erection of a branch aaylum for
the insane im Eastern Oregon or of a
aoldier'a home in Somthern Oregon, or
- either of these or other public institu
tion in any place except at the seat of
government, as provided in the state
constitution. Our esteemed cotempo
rary assigns as the reason for its course
that it would be a "waste of money in
maintaining the official corps of double
" establishments" for the insane, and re
. yarding the soldier's home, that there
is such a home in Southern California,
and "old seldiers may be conveyed
there either by the state or the United
States." These objections might have
been considered pertinent if they had
been advanced at the time the bills
were before the legislature; but since
. the measures have become laws tbey
are very irrelevant.
A change of climate has been con
sidered of the greatest importance in
. the treatment of many diseases, and in
these which result in insanity as well
as others. California has three, asylums
- Washington two, and many slates in
the union more than ene. Undoubt-
'edly the members ef the last legisla
ture took this matter in consideration
before voting fer the bill, and acted to
subserve, what they considered, the
best interests of all concerned. The
matter of expense was also canvassed,
and they considered the saving in the
- cost of transportation of patients
would almost reimburse the state. for
the extra outlay in locating a branch
institution sevewhere east of the Cas
cades. But it is not relevant, at this
time, to again open this question, as
the matter has been decided by the
legislative branch of the state govern
ment, and the branch asylum has be
come a law.
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The prevision of the constitution in
; reference to public institutions has nev
x er been followed atnctly, for the state
university is located at Eugene, the
agricultural college at Corvallis, and
normal schools at. Monmouth and
Weston, and It is very doubtful if the
courts will decide that it has any refe
: rence to branch institutions. -
- We are fully aware that the present
year is thejnest distressful that the
country has ever suffered, and there is
great necessity fer the exercise of econ
omy in public as well as in private af
fairs; but this economy should not
deseend to penurieusness. There are
necessary expenses which must be in-
- curred in every commonwealth, and we
believe the proper care of the insane,
or ether unfortunate persons, one of
these. Property owners will not com
plain of taxation when it hassueha
worthy object as this in view.
If Portland did not have the prop
erty her taxes would not be heavier
than other cities; but when she claims
80,000 population, and no other place
can enumerate 10,000 she should be
satisfied. The fact has never been dis
puted that the wealth of the northwest
was centered in Portland, and it is also
true that the Oregon metropolis is one
of the wealthiest cities in the country.
There is not a town in the north west
: but that would willingly take the
. property ef Portland and pay her por
tion of the taxes of the state. Riches
may be a burden in these days of de
preciation of values; but those who
possess them are not very willing to be
reduofd to poverty, -t
If Portland continues this opposi
tion to other portions of the state,
there will be a combined effort by out
side points against her interests, and
" this will be deplorable. It is true, be
ing the termini of many transconti
nental, lines of railroad, and also an
: ocean-competitive point,ahe may laagh
at the antagonistic efforts of the in
terior; but it would be better for Port
land, even in the powerful commercial
position she occupies, if perfect har
mony existed between her and other
districts of the state. This cannot be
expected while every project in con
templation for the betterment of out
side places meets determined opposi
tion at the metropolis.
'STOP THIEF."
"Thirty years of Republican rule
has brought the American people te
the present' miserable financial condi
' tion," exclaims the Union Scout, and
it further says that "yet there are
some men who still boast of their
party record." We have rarely read
as much prevarication and subterfuge
crowded in as few lines as there is in
- this excerpt, and the editor displays a
genius in mis iin wnicn would same
more brilliantly in seme other calling
? il i; t" I. u t!
tban presiding over tne columns ot a
weekly paper. If Republican "rule'
or mis-rule has caused these distress
ful times, it should be an easy matter
to point out the legislative enactments
which have done the mischief. It
could not have been the preservation
of the union of the states or the eman
cipatien proclamation, for these are
endorsed to-day by the modern Dem
ocratic party; neither could it have
1 iU . - - , - 1
ueeu mid pjui.ai oi tuo national
debt in honest money, for this estab
lished the credit of the United States
in foreign countries; neither was
it resumption of specie payment,
for that brought the circulating
medium at par with silver and
geld; and surely it could not have been
the Morril tariff bill, forthat made the
nation able to liquidate the enormous
expenses incurred in four years of
civil war; and neither can it be charged
to the economic policy pursued by the
Republican part, for ever since that
has been inaugurated the country has
prospered as never before, and the
American wage-earner has been blessed
? . t' a .a
witn receiving nigner wages man la
borers in any other portions of the
globe. These are the principal acts of
an organization that has made the his
tory of the nation since the Democracy
gave up the reins of government in
weakness and disgrace, and to none of
them can the present hard times be
attributed. The charge can be refuted
by any school boy, and is made with
the same object in view that he who
has committed larceny and is escaping
with bis plunder, attempts to hide his
crime bv attracting attention to his
innocent neighbor and "screaming
'stop tnief." '
A FALSE GOD.
, A free silver Democratic exchauge,
under the heading, "Are We God
forsaken?" makes the following wail
"In a year of the most bountiful
harvest with which God ever blessed
the country, in a season of profound
peace, and on good terms with all tb
nations of the world, with a happy
exemption from plague or epidemic,
yet. here we are a bankrupt nation
with an empty treasury, and forced t
borrow money to pay t he current ex
penses of the government.
Top country is not completely for
saken by God; but in Noveasber,
1892. it made a trial of ' Strang
gods," and is jaow suffering a worse
punishment than the plagues that were
visited upon the people of Egypt in
the days of Moses. But it does seem
a little strange for Democrats to growl
over the present condition of affairs,
when they worked early and late dur
ing the last presidential campaign to
being about the "tfbange," and it came
so fully and freely that they should
be happy and contented. When Preai
dent Harrison left the White House,
less than- a year ago, business was
never brisker, capital received the
largest returns on investment it ever
did, and the bread-winner rsceived the
highest wages paid in any nation in
the world. Democracy was not in
power three months before a blight
fell upon all industries, factories
stopped, money became hoarded by
capitalists, hundreds of thousands of
toilers were thrown out of employ
ment homeless and penniless npon the
streets and highways to starve, and all
thia has come about, as our cotempo
rary of the free trade and free-silver
persuasion says, "in a year of the most
bountiful harvests with which God ever
blessed the country, in a season of pro
found peace. . and with
a happy exemption from plague or ep
ideoaic." . If God had forsaken the
land the harvests would not smile with
abundance, and the people would not
be blessed with an exemption from
plagues or diseases. No, God has not
forsaken the citizens, the administra
tion or the land; but very many of
these have forgotten the god who in
sured our prosperity heretofore, and
are offering up strange sacrifices to
idols who have received the severest
condemnation of the fathers of the
republic. . Protection, the peculiar
economic policy of Washington, Ham
ilton, Jefferson, Jackson and Clay," has
been unseated from his throne, and a
coy, British maiden called free trade.
occupies the position. She smiles
sweetly; but it is the smile of decep
tion and death, the truth of which so
many are now realizing.
Our co temporary ends the above
paragraph with speaking of an "empty
treasury, and forced to borrow money
to pay the current expenses of the
government." This is the dilemma
that confronts us now, and Secretary
Carlisle is about to sell 150,000,000
bonds to relieve the disastrous times
the people are now suffering. It is
high time the citizens realized the fact
that worshipping a strange Demo'
cratio sod doesn't pay. and that the
faith endorsed by the patriots and
statesmen of the nation . is the only
trae one. Of course business will be
come worse and worse while this flir
tation is kept up with free trade.
But Democrats should be the last to
murmur and complain about the dis
astrous results of the false and idola
trous worship of this British maiden.
The position of the Oregonian, as
the rightful exponent of . the interests
of Portland, in opposing the location
of the branch insane asylum in East
ern Oregon, is not a new policy for
that paper to pursue. For many
V . . .
years it has shown antagonism to
every project" for the development of
the Inland Empire that was not di
rectly beneficial to Portland. When
the irst efforts were made, for the for
feiture of the Wallula-Portland land
grant it entered the lists as the cham
pion of the railroad, and the board of
trade of that city passed, resolutions
in favor of this great grab of the pub
lic domain, and sent them to our rep
resentatives m congress. - Later, that
journal fought the government im
provement at the Cascades, and
declared it was a waste of
publio money that the railroads
could and would do the carrying trade
er tee eortnwest. fjetore the inter
state commerce bill became a" law it
endorsed the transcontinental lines in
charging nearly double rates if interior
points received goods direct from , the
east, and not'via Portland. When Se
attle and Tacoma divided the trade of
the northwest with the webfoot me
tropolis then Portland and the Orego
nian realized the advantages of cheap
water transportation with the Inland
Empire, and advocated an open Co
Iuabia river. There is no denying the
fact that the chief city of the state
has always pursued a selfish pol
icy, even to almost ignoring the era
ten and channels of tiade from which
she has garnered the larger portion of
her wealth, and we are sorry to sav
that with age, apparently, her selfish
ness is increasing.
The Hawaiian Question baa been rege
lated to "innocuous dessaetode," and Mr,
Cleveland baa found tost it was "a condi
tion, not a theory" that confronted him in
Honolulu. He therefore wisely desisted
from carrying oat bis policy; but he would
bave beea wiser and much stronger with
the Ameiican people if be never attempted
any "change in tne saaawicn islands.
DEMOCRATIC FREE TRADE. '-
The Democratic party is very in
consistent in its tariff legislation, and
can neither be classed as in favor of
free trade or protection according to
the provisions of the Wilson bill now
before congress. This measure is sup
posed to contain all the economic wis
dom possessed by the leading states
men of the organization, and is the
result of careful consideration of tariff-rates.
The Chicago platform pro
nounced protection, except for reve
nue, unconstitutional, and Mr. Wilson
has attempted to modify this so that
Democracy could be considered friend
ly to both policies. Of course, free
trade Democrats are opposed to the
bill, and protection Democrats view it
with no great degree of favor.
Mr. Watterson's criticism of the
bill is thaw it is a measure that "mill
ibters moderate revenue reform pow
ders in protectionist capsules!" The
point is well made. It is a measure
tht "reforms" tariff sufficiently te ef
fect a reduction of wages; so much as
this already is felt painfully, but the
ingredient of protection contained in
the capsules is strong enough to pre
vent reduction of prices of the manu
factured article assuming that "tan
is a tax, as the free traders say it is,
If tariff be a tax, as Mr. Watterson
believes, then the Wilson bill is faulty
as maintaining taxes upon nearly all
the necessaries of life. If protective
tariffs be stimulants that promotes
manufactures, create a deniani fer
labor, provoke competition, and thus
reduce prices to the consumer, then
Mr. Wilson's' bill is faulty in granting
insufficient protection. It is a bill
that has every objectionable feature of
the ultra-protectionist school and of
the out and out free-trade school.
without anv of the useful virtues of
either.
Regarded from a Democratic stand
point it is a cowardly surrender of
"the fundamental principles ef the
Democratic party" as set forth in the
Chicago platform of 1892. Looked
at from a Republican point of view it
is a menace to American manufactur
ers, a redaction of the purchasing
power of the people, and an abridg
ment of the home market. Certainly
nothing short of absolute free trade
can place us in the same tariff rela
tions to "the markets of the world" as
Great Britain is, and equally certain
is it that very much less than free
trade, very trifling reductions of pro
tective duties, may destroy our borne
market. The Wilson bill does threaten
destruction of our home market, while
not even its most sanguine or fatubus
supporter believes that it gives prom
be of the markets of the world.
The duty of the Republican party
is clear; it is to strive te the utmost
against the passage of the bill. If it
is to pass let it pass by Democratic
votes. Let no Republican be in any
way responsible for the disasters that
it will entail.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Yesterday's Eatt Oregonian paid its
respects to Governor Pcnnoyer in a
very caustic manner. The editor is
evidently bo admirer of the great and
only Sylvester.
The revolution still continues in
Brazil, and Rio Janeiro is being bom
barded for about the twentieth time,
that is; if the dispatches received from
that country can be relied npon.
Washington has only one member
of the upper house of congress, and it
is very important that a special session
of the legislature should be called to
supply the vacancy. One vote may
defeat the Wilson bill in the senate.
There have been some attempts at
slate-making for the election next
June; but we believe this is yet pre
mature. Conventions will meet in
time to make the necessary .nomina
tions, and these will be known suffi
ciently long before election for citizens
to make out their tickets.
The midwinter fair buildings are net
yet completed, and, notwithstanding
this fact, crowds visit the . exposition
daily. , Our southern neighber expects
large attendance when the exhibi
tion is fairly opened, and the golden
state should be rewarded for the en
terprise exercised and expenses in
curred.
The Democratic free traders, in or
der to inaugurate their pet economic
policy, have introduced an income tax
bill in congress. Thrift, industry and
intelligence must be taxed to permit
foreigners te glut our markets with
the fabrics of the old world. Democ
racy is not so thoroughly American as
it was during the times that Jefferson
and Jacksen were the leaders of the
party.
It may afford some satisfaction to
those who voted for'Mr. Cleveland' in
1892 to know that by so doing tbey
increased the public debt $50,000,000,
supported the odious income tax and
dealt a death blow to many American
industries. During -the next three
years tbey will have ample time to re
gret their action, and to bring forth
works meet for repentance in Novem
ber, 1896.
' Notwithstanding - the determined
stand taken by Governor Mitchell, of
Florida, against prize fighting, it seems
likely that the encounter between
Mitchell and Corbett will take place
within the next week. . The Duvall
athletic club has laid its plans and
state tnat tne ngnt win oe naa at a
place yet to be made public. It is al
ways easier to evade the operation or
penalty of a law than to enforce it.
A Washington dispatch of yester
day said our Congressmen Ellis and
Hermann made a vigorous fight for
the wool tariff, and showed that this
industry of Oregon would he ruined
by the Wilson bill; but "the Democrats
generally have a grudge against the
ool-growers and seem determined to
destroy them The southern briga
diers are now m the saddle, and are
attempting to ride down every honest
industry that cannot exist and com
pete with the product of pauper wages.
There are several territories knock
ing for admission into the union, and
among these is Utah. Polygamy is
well under control of statutory law in
Salt Lake, and, rid of this social lep
rosy, there can be no reason for barr
ing the doors against Utah. Arizona
and New Mexico have not as much
population, and their industrial devel
opment has not so far advanced as
their Mormon neighbor; but if state
hood would be beneficial to thera in
any particular, their requests should
be granted after proper constitutions
have been adopted
The Arlington Record appi-ars to be
antagonistic to Mr. Ellis' re-election,
and says if Hon. J. H. Raley, of Pen
dleton, is pitted against him he will
lead E'lis in Eastern Oregon by 1000
majority. This is not true. Mr. El
lis is popular in his district, and, if re
nominated, will be elected by a larger
majority than he was two years ago.
One term in congress simply intro
duces a man into the vestibule of leg
islation. Another two years is hardly
enough to make him an effective
worker for the interests of his consti
tuents.
Democrats, to, draw a parallel be
tween the present hard times and situ
ilar conditions under Republican ad
ministrations, frequently refer to the
Danio of 1873. That epoch was not
nearly as distressful as the present one.
If it were, the comparison would be
unfair, because at that date the coun
try had not fully recevertd from the
terrible drain of the civil war, and whs
suffering the conseque nt reaction of
the inflation of the currency made nec
essary by the heavy expense of sup
porting an army of nearly a half-mll-lioa
men in the field. History is sim
ply repeating itself now, for there
never has been an era in the history of
the country when an attempt has been
made to adopt free trade that financial
depression did not follow, from 1846
to 1893.
Democrats are taxing their imagin
ations to their fullest extent to find in
the history of the-country, under Re
publican administration, a parallel to
the present financial depression, and
every distressful year in business is
magnified largely la the attempt to
make it as disastrous as the present,
The long list of failures, with the
amount of liabilities are given, and
undoubtedly there have been many in
the. hundred or more years of our his-
lorc; but the aggregate losses of any
two epochs will not equal these of the
one which we are now suffering. In
the history of the republic the great
financial crisis of 1893 will be the one
that will stand far above all others,
and the most remarkable feature will
be that it came in the midst of boun
tiful harvests, and there -was no war,
pestilence or famine to destroy the
products of honeit industry or to kill
off the population.
To follow a man like a sleuth hound
because he has committed a crime and
suffered the punishment decreed by
statute, is wrong in principle. All the
rascals have not been in the peniten
tiary; and if one who has been there
gives evidence of leading an honorable
life he should be helped in the en
deavor and not bounded down like an
outlaw. The story of Jean Yal Jean,
in Victor Hugo s Les Miserables, is
true to life in many instances, and
there are in some few communities
worse men on the outside of prison
walls than on the inside. Reformation
should be the object of the punishment
attached to violationt of law; but this
can never be accomplished if social os
tracism continues to the last day of
the criminal s life. "To err is human.
to forgive divine;" but human nature
is too fully developed in many individ
uals for it ever to make the least ad
vancement toward divinity.
The matter of the location of the
branch asylum has been decided in
favor of a point in Union county,
about 160 miles from Portland, near
the extreme eastern boundary of the
state. . We have been satisfied for
some time that The Dalles would re
ceive little or no consideration from
the board, for several reasons, politi
cal and otherwise. If the board had
decided in- favor of this city? the mem
bers would have aroused the antagon
ism ef all other portions of Eastern
Oregon, and this tbey could not afford
to do this year, whan an important
election takes place m Juste. It has
been nearly a year since the bill passed,
and this provided that the site Bbould be
selected within sixty days. Two visits
were made by the state board to the
points available for the location last
summer, and thea after an interval of
a few months a committee ef physicians
was sent over the route to - examine
into the sanitary conditions of the
places. We are glad the farce has
ended, fer we have censidered the ac
tion of the beard in this light for a
long time. The Dalles presented many
advantages not possessed by other
cities, and among these were climate,
easy access to wood and water, cheap
transportation of materials and con
venience for exchanging patients; but,
apparently, these were overblasved by
other consideration.
. Oreeoa Producers" Pretest.
At a meeting of the North Pacific Wool
Growers' association beld in Salem Tuesday
forcible resolutions were adopted protesting
against the Wilson tariff bill, which places
wool on toe tree list, aod the president and
secretary ot the association were directed to
forward a copy of the resolution to our
representatives and senators and urge npon
them to do all to their power against tbe
passage of the nnjust Wilsoa bill. -
A similar "protest will -eo ud from tha
fruit growers and the lumbermen. Oregon's
cDiei industries are threatened by this ne
farious free trade - tariff measure, which
Cleveland and the Democrats in congress
aeem determined to thrust open the coun
try.
Oregon is one of the few states that did
not vote tor this alleged '"reform," which is
doing so much for tbe country just now.
The good old times were good enough for
uregonians, and the whole country would
no giao to see tnem back again. , .
Only the Scars Remain.
Among the many testimonials which I
see In regard to certain medicines perform
ing cures, cleansing the blood, etc.," writes
Henbt Hudson, ot tbe James Smith
Woolen Machinery Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa "none
impress me more than my
own ease. Twenty years
ago, at the age of is years,
I had swellings come on
my legs, whicb broke and
became running sores.
Our familyphyslcian could
3 do me no good, and It was
reared that tbe. bones
would be affected. At last,
my good old mother
urged me to try Ayer's
Sarsaparilla. I took three
bottles, tbe sores healed,
and I bave not been
troubled since. Only the
sears remain, and the
memory of the past, to
remind me of the good
AVer's Sarsaparilla has done me. I now
weigh two hundred and twenty pounds, and
am in the best of health. I have been on tbe
road for the past twelve years, bave noticed
AVer's Sarsaparilla advertised in all parts
of the Dotted States, and always take pleas
ure in telling what gooU It did for me."
For the cure of an diseases originating in
Impure Mood, the best remedy is
AVER'S Sarsaparilla
Prepassd by Dr. J. O. Avar k Oa, Lowell, Haas.
Curesothers, will cure you
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TELEGRAPHIC.
AunreJilata at limy.
Rome, Jan. 16. The must sentatiooal
news is received troni Carrara. The in
habitaa's arc terrified by the sound ef
heavy firing iu the hill near Tiraoo,
where a band ol 6U0 to 1000 anarchists
are reported fighting n u tclieii battle
with a force ot UUuir. and gendarmes,
seot against ihem.
It is believed the 'oss ol ilia is great,
as the infantry, according to report, have
been bring volley after vo ley, at the an
arcbist8. The lat'er are said to have ta
ken a strong positieu behind rocks oc a
Dill, and made a desperate resistance. I
is reported that tbey were finally defeated
and nd, leaving dead and wounded on
the field. It now transpires that an armsd
band of anarchists gathered at Toraoa
and overran the village, compelling the
peopie 10 deliver up all tne arms aud am
unuion they bad. Ibe anarchists then
secured all the wines and spirits procur
an:e, aod prepared to march upon Cir
rara. Later dispatches say the number
killed during tne fight is cot so great as
the people of Massa at firt .reported.
Official advices state eight anarclrsts
were killed aud 40 to 50 wounded. The
people at Msssa claim at least 50 quarry-
men were shot during the engagement.
A Snawallde.
Uhion, Or., Jsd, 18 A destructive
saowslide occurred at the mining camp
of the Cornucopia, east of Union at about
6 o'clock yesterday morning, the Oregon
Gold Mining Company being the princi
pal sunerers. ine slide occurred near
tbe Whitman mine, carrying away tbe
tramway, station Ho 1 and partially
wrecking tbe terminal. The side of the
concentrating compartment of the mill
was sieve in and four torvanners buried
beneatn the snow and debris. Two sta
bles, a bunkbouse and a blacksmith shop
were carried away. T- damage is not
great, however, as tbe last-named baild,
logs were not expensive ones.
Another slide started .above tbe Rid
Jacket mine, following its old path, sod
missed tbe Davis mill by ten or fifteen
feet.
No lives were lost so far as known.
Considerable anxiety is felt in regard
to tbe waters of Pine creek, as the bed of
tbe stream has been dry belew the slide
since it came down, sad a large amoaot
of water most be - accumulating nbove.
How far tbe slide extends above tbe mill
is not yet known. The snow is over
eight leet deep in camp
gmuxglias; by a New Route.
&POKANE, Wasq , Jan. id An opini
smuggler doing business on a big scale
was caught bere today,nd $15,000 worth
of opium was captured. - The prisoner
gave tbe name of S. B. Davis, but admits
it is nor his true name. His actions ex
cited tbe suspicion of two baggagemen at
the Unien depot. Officers were sum-
mooed, Davis arrested and four trunks
seized. He admitted his guilt, and the
trunks were fonnd to contain more than
1090 pounds ef contraband opium He
was held for trial in $5000 bail. Davis'
method bas been to pass through British
Colombia as a traveling man with four
large sample trunks labeled hardware.
Tbe opium was loaded at a point on tbe
coast and taken east to tbe Kalis pell
river, then down into Montana te a point
on tbe Great .Northern. The lacky bag
g8gmao - will get a reward of about
$7000. Davis refuses to talk.
A Mlraenlous) Eaeape.
Saw Fbancisco. Jan. IS. Six persons
bad a most miraculous escape from in
staot death this morning about 8 o'clock.
About 500 tons ef rock, woich bad been
loosened by tbe rain, of yesterday came
'down Telegraph bill with a rush on a
two story bouse occupied by Peter Brown,
bit wife and three children aod a Greek
named C. Fassulus. As soon ss tbe tim
bers began to crsab, all made a break for
one room, and as a mass ol rock tell on
tbe roof tbe latter formed an arch over tbe
occupants ef tbe bouse, all of whom were
rescued uoioiure excepting; one of
Brown's daughters, 12 years of age, whose
leg were cot and torn. Wm Cooper, a
fireman, took tbe little girl out of tbe
ruins, and on returning for tbe others fell
through one -ef tbe timbers aud broke
his right leg.
Resetting fart O ajaniaed.
Vaboouvkb, Wash , Jan 10. Ameeto
lag was held here last evening to provide
for tbe expense of a search party to look
for Jim Braddock, who was lost in tbe
Turn Turn mountains about 13 days ago
while deer bunting, since which time
nethiBg baa been beard ef bim. Tbe
necessary amount was raised, aad a res-
cuiag party, consisting of John McPbea,
Joseph Littleton aod Wm. Bennett, tbe
latter being with tbe lest man the last
dav he was seen, started tor the Tom
Turn mountains, fully provisioned to stay
as long as any sbow existed er nnainjr
Braddock. (JoJtioued searching has beea
kept up by neighbors, but now tbe snow
is all gone, which will be favorable for
ibis party. Persons best posted say Brad
dock has. certainly perished cf buoger
and cold.
In the Boose.
Washington, Jan. 16, Tbe house re
sumed consideration of tbe tariff bill.
Wilson immediately began offering oom-
mittee amendments. Tbe first was to
reduce tbe duty on furs for batters' use
from 20 to 10 per cent. -
Tbe next amendment was to place on
tbe free list, in addition to books printed
over 20 years, hydrograpbic charts.
Tbe amendment changing tbe rate on
sugar ef milk from 20 per cent ad valo
rum to 2 cents per pound, occasioned con
siderable debate, tbe Kepublicans deciar.
lag- it was a new industry inaugurated in
1890, and tbe proposed reduction would
ruin it, and protesting against bringing
up our children on imported articles.
Breckinridge defended tbe committee
amendments.
tto-zed With lee.
Baker Citt, Or., Jan. 6 A tremen
deus Ice goige lo Powder river is puz
zling tbe mayor and chief ef police to
day. The river runs through the center
of the town, add If the present blockade
is not raised very soon great damage will
result te the basements owned by tbe
merchants. Many charges of gisnt pow
der were set off during tbe day in tbe
tain attempt to raise ibe jam. A Jan
uary thaw is something ' unusual in tbis
section. - but it is Here, anu no oeiter
spring weatber could be dealred.
Bonds te be leaned.
Washington, Jan. 16 It is reported
on fairly good authority that Carlisle in
tends te issue February 1 enough bends
to restore tbe told reae ve. It la said be
will issue 5 par cent bonds, as tbey are
shorter term tban the 4s or 4Us. Tbe
issue trobably will be abont $40,000,000.
Fifteen teoerate offers aggregating $40.
000.000. to take the bonds should the
secretary issue them, have been received
at tbe treasury department, une ooet
te take a block of $25,000,000 was re
ceived from a New York firm tbis morn
ing. The Haekensaeb; Disaster.
New York, Jan 16 A number of ad
ditional deaths, aa a result of yesterday's
accident at Hackensack bridge, are li-
kelv to occur. Several of tbe wounded
are in a very precarious condition.
Many Were Boraea te Death.
TtRTt.uos. Mex Jan. Advice bas
been received from tbe Sierra Uo)adaj
mining camps, situated in this district, of
a terrible holocaust. In the lower part of
town were a number of huts, located
very close togeiber. Tneso were set on
fire by a band of unknown incendanes,
and before the iabablttnts could escape
11 men aod several women and children
were burned so badly that tbey wiM die.
Urad Ciward a L,lvla Bam.
Baker City. Or. Jan. 16. An old
prospector name i Joiiu McCfoud was
found dead in bin bed iu ibis cay laH
evening. Ho left a letter S'aiini; that
titer careful deliberation he had decided
to take his lile. which tne press would
call cowardice, but that he would rather
be a dead eoward tban a living bum.
Editor BUead on Chicago.
Chicago, Jan. 17 Wiilian T. Stead
made an address at t'ie Pjoale's Iai-
tute on tbe West Si.'e last night, ' and
abused everything Chicago possesses His
object was to show up the seamy side cf
i:te iu this city, including the rich men
who rob rght and ett, aud the womeo
who sell tDeir oodles iu order to get
bread. He took a fling at tbe citv coun
cil, denouncing it as being composed in
the main ot men who came ironi the very
lowest element of the city, at.d sud the
idea of such men legislating for such a
great city as Chicago was absurd. He
intimated that many of the members of
tbe city council were little better than
tbeives, and be was liberaliy applauded
for the sentiment. Tbe wealthy woman
wbo thinks only cf herself and neglects
her bnngry and down -trodden sisters,
came in tor a share of attention. Tbe
speaker drew pictures between the wo
man rolling in wealth, who becanse of
her social position and her fear of losing
it kept herself free from taint, and tbe
poor woman, wbo, harassed by want and
poverty, threw herself into the gutter to
get bresd to keep her from starving. Mr.
Stead did not think tbe society woman
was any better tban ber weaker sister,
wbo however pure in heart she might be
wss compelled by force of circumstances
to abandon a moral life. Stead's words
in discussing this phase ot tire were so
bread that most of tbe women in tbe aud
ience blushed with shame, and some of
them left the ball. '
liMt In the-Storm i
New Yobx, Jan. 17 Tbe Dutch
steamer Amsterdam, from Rotterdam, ar
rived this morning. She reports a suc
cession ot sales and tremendous seas.
Sunday last, during a northwest gale, she
sighted what was supposed te be th
American fishing schooner, Maggie E.
Well, of Oloncester. Mss , in a sin km
condition, and with ber boats stove in
response to signals for. assistance. Chief
Officer J. Meyert, Second Boatsman, Ere
quart, Carpenter A . J. Ondyn, Storage
Steward A. Boso, Quartermaster P. M
Ercbborn, Seaman .A. Vanleet, and Sea
man A. Yanterwill volunteered to man
beat to rescue tbe crew of tbe sinking
vessel, numbenng abont 14. When the
boat oeared tbe unfortunate vessel it cae
sized in a squall and all perished except
vanterwut. Another crew volunteered.
but tbe captain thought it too hazardous,
and decided to wait until tbe gale sub
sided. Tbe steamer kept in tbe neigh
borbeod, but in a heavy gale and snow
storm lost sight of tbe schooner, and
thereafter was unable to find any trace
of ber . It is believed she foundered with
all en board..
Tbe schooner Maggie E. Well, left
Gloucester, Mass., December 23 tor
Grand Banks, after a trip for frssh hali
but. No news, has been received from
ber since. Tbe crew consisted ef Captain
Davidson and 13 men.
Over at Vaneanver.
Vancouver, Wash- Jan. 17 About
ten days ago a man, who refused to give
his name, landed oa Shaw's island appo
site tbis city, and with a crew of m n be
gan digging near two cotton wood trees
on tbe small island adjoining Soaw
island, which is leased by Jay Beach, tbe
horseman, Mr. Beach immediately ssked
what be was doing. Tbe man said be
bad come from England to find a treas
ure that bad been buried by bis brother
during tbe time ef the Hudson's Bay
Company, wbo was a pirate and bad to
leave tbe country suddenly on account
of trouble and was unable to take hi
money along. Tbe man in tbe party wbe
waa searching tor tbe treasure kept
sharp lookout over the men working
from early morn till eight, regardless of
the stormy weatber. Monday morning
all suJdenlv quit work, and in the afier
noon of tbe same day they left without
disclosing the result to any one. Tbe
Englishman bad a chart showing tbe
country all along the liver. It is thought
be found tbe treasure.
Bonds te Be leaned Today.
Washington, Jan. 17 Tbe secretary
of the treasury will soon, probably tbis
evening, offer to tbe pub ic enough bonds
to replenish the gold reserve :o the cx
tent to which it will bave b :cq depleted
February 1, when it will probably be
reduced to tram f 80,000,000 to $65,000,
uuu. The Donas win o 10 year 0 per
cent bonds, but mu't sell for enough to
make them really 3 per cent bends: An
offer bas been received from one person
to take all tbe bonds issued, but tbe sec
retary prefers that tbe general public
shall have an opportunity to bid for
tbem.
CIRCULAR INVITING PROPOSALS.-"
Secretary Carlisle this afternoon issued
a circular inviting proposals for $50,000,
000 5 per cent bonds redeemable alter 10
years. Allotments" of bonds will be
made to tbe highest bidder? therefor, but
no proposal will be considered, at a lower
price than $117,223, wb.ch is tbe equiva
lent of tbe 3 per cent bond at par. Tbe
bonds to be in denominations of $50 and
upwards.
The Pardon Mill.
Halkk, Jan. 17 Four pardons were
granted by tbe governor today. - One
was to Charles E. Schmidt,-who was sen
tenced from Wasco December 1, 1891,
for nine years for forgery. , This was
upen recommendation of tbe district at.
terney. Another was to Henry Jackson,
sentenced ' October 0, 1893, for larceny,
one year, tbe judge and prosecuting wit
ness signing tbe petition for bis release.
Two of these were issued for tbe purpose
of restoring to citizenship those te whom
tbey were granted, Chris Jones, from
Umatilla coonty, having been sentenced
July 25. 1893, and Elias Downs, sen
tenced January 25, 1893, from Umatilla
county, to ene year for obtaining money
under false pretenses. Downs served bis
term by tbe aid of merit' marks earned
and by acting as a trusty, and having
been discharged from tbe penitentiary,
applied to be restored to citizenship.
. ARew With Lecturer.
.Kansas Crrr, Jao . 17 A crowd of
2000 men collected outside Turner hall
last night to take vengeance on A. P. A.
Lecturer J. Y. McNam ra. "ex-prient of
Rome," The speaker apoeared on tho
platform with a rifle and revolver, stat
ing there was murder in ihe air. After
the lecture be and bis wife, both armed
entered a carnage. Some one threw a
stone at McNamara, wbo fired into the
crowd, aod a running fight of several
blocks ensued, in which many shots were
exchanged, Tbey finally reached tbe
hotel in safety .
tatate Tax lievy.
Salem, Or., Jan. 17 Today tbe state
board made tbe levy for tbe state tax.
Th.- levy was fixed at 7 3-10 mills on tbe
dollar ef assessable property. On tbe
basis of valuation fixed by tbe state board
of equalization, tbis will yield $723,000
in round figures. Last year tbe levy wss
fixed at 7 mills on tbe dollar of taxable
property which yielded an income of 11,-
069,000. This year's levy did net include
tbe expenditure for tbe new insane asyj
lum io Eastern Oregon, nor for the two
wings' to tbe state penitentiary, as tne
assessments provided for in th. approp
riations have already been madei .
TEUEGBAPHI0 NEWS.
Another Railroad Horror.
Chester, S. C, Jan. 17 -About 1
o'clock this mopiinc; the New York and
Florida express, go in a sooth on the Rich
mond and Danville rout, whs iui. into at
a crosjiot; iy a Ge ru i, Cttolmi and
Northern iram. Ii-e seeping cr aus
taiueil m s of i:n: dam-ive rnt none of
the occupants escuped ii jury. I he great
est excitement and coutusion prevailed
for a lime. At first U was reported that
25 were killed, but tbis proved erron
eous. Up to tbis time no accurate iist of
tbe dead aod injured is obuioab e. Tbe
last of tbe wounded were carried lorwaid
n order that they may receive treat meut
at the hospital. It is undertood mo
of the persons iu the sleeper were wealthy
resided of New York and other north
ern cities.
Peixoto and Sleile.
New York, Jan. 18 A Montevideo
cable saya: The usual desultory firing
bas been going on iu Vi : Rio barb.ir for
the last two days, an I the Tummndere't
rapid gUBnery, witii smokeless powder
has been unusually effective. Toeaction
of tbe British gunboat Beagle, In cruising
for two days outside the port, has caused
tbe government officers considerable
annoyance. They stem to think she
went out to natch for tbe arrival of tbe
Apuidaban, or any other rebel ship, aod
then bring the news into port.
Peixoto s guns are shelling the rebel
naval stores on Gussdes island. Rebels
iu launches and tbe island garrison main
tain tbeir fire on the city e. Rio day and
night with rapid-Ore guns, killing and
wounding inoffensive persons. This has
roused much ill-feeling among even tbe
friends ot tbe rebels, wbo protest against
tbe wanton destruction cf life. Contin
uous attacks bave been made tor tbe last
two days by tbe fleet upon the landing
places oi toe jstuneroy, but the govern
ment batteries answer briskly.
President Peixoto bas receved a tele
phone from Porto Alegre, saying that
tbe insurgents under General Tayares
had raised the seige of Bage and bave
fled, and are being pursued' by Colonel
Liampero and bis command. Bage agar
rison, wLich was composed of national
guardsmen, citizens and some regulars.
successfully sustained the seige lor 18
days and lo nights, sooenng great hatd
ships from lack of provisions. Among
tbe beseigers were OUU Uruguayans, aod
tbe cruel killing of several citizens cap
tured, tbe sacking of houses ou the' out
skirts, tbe violence shown to women and
tbe slaughter of children are blamed by
the Brazilians, it is reported in Rio,
largely upon these Uruguayans.
When Rear-AdmirsI Benbam with bis
8t aff and United States Misister Thomp
son paid a visit to the minister of foreign
affairs in Rio, tbey were received with
tbe utmost courtesy. It is rumored that
there is a split in the rebel councils and
that Mello is not in accord with Saldanha
daGama.
Bold Train Bobbers.
St. Joseph, Mo.. Jan. 18 A gang of
fire robbers, supposed to be tbe same
men who robbed the fast train on tbe
Burlington road here a week ago, beld
up the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Coun
cil BIuSs train at Roj's Branch, two
miles north of tbis city, early this morn
ing. ' The holdup was on tbe same spot
where, last September, a gang undertook
to hold ep a train, but fonnd tbe railroad
officials bad information of tbe fact aod
bad made up a dummy train, loaded with
officers, aad in tbe fight which resulted
two robbers were killed . Last night'i
robbery was conducted in an unusual
way. A torpedo was exploded under tbe
train and a red light swuog before it.
When tbe train stopped, the engineer
and fireman were covered with revolvers
and marched back to the
part of tbe gang meantime
rest of tbe train and firing occasional
abols with a warning to passengers not
to put their heads out ef tbe cars. When
demanded, tbe express-messenger opened
the door, aud while one of tbe frohbers-
covered the engineer, fireman, express
messenger and baggageman with revel
vers, making tbem stand in a line with
handa up, inside tbe car, tbe others went
through the safe. Tbis work completed.
tbe trainmen were marched to the mid
dle ef tbe train and tbe robbers disap
peared in tbe willows beside tbe track
Tbe train was broagbt back to this city
aod the authorities notified. No at
tempt was made to rob ihe passengers or
mail car. Tbe express messenger ssys
tbe robbers got nothing to speak of, as
there was very little in the way of money
or vaiuaoie in tne sate.
Fire at H lllnbore.
Hillsbobo, Or., Jan. 18 About 2:30
o'clock tbis morning fire was discovered
in the rear of tbe Odd Fellows' ballet
tbis place. So quickly did tne flames
spread that very little ceuld be done to
either check their pregres or save any of
tbe contents of tb. building. The bnili-
ing was tbe property of Muntezumi lodg-,
no. ou, i. kj. v. it. mo upper portion
has long been used as a lodge-room for
tne uaa ieiiows order; also tor that of
tbe Knights of Pythias, Foresters and A.
(J . U. W The lower story bas been oc-
cupied by S. U. Heidel as a bakery and
confectionary store. . Both buildings and
contents were totally destroved. .. Th.
loss on the building end the property.be
longing to tbe different lodges, in tbe
way of paraphernalia, 'etc, will reach
S2500; on, this there is an Insurance of
11200, Heidel also looses his entire
stock, which is estimated at 800; insur
ance, $450.
The origin of tbe fire is donbtless due
to tbe explosion el a lamp. Heidel whs
engsged in tbe bakery, which wss loca
ted in tne rear of the lower storv. and
.bad occasion to ge ont into tbe front of
tbe store. He left a lamp burning near
tbe oven. A few minutes later be was
startled by tbe discovery that tbe prem.
isea were on fire.
Bold Bobbery la Boatoa.
Boston, Mass., Jao. 18. Court street
was crowded tonight when a stranger
burled a brick through tbe plate-glass
window of Harrington & Freeman1 iew-
irr store, opposite tne eld court boose.
Before promenaders realized what had
been done tbe man bad reached thronsb
tne brokea window and abstracted a tray
containing $3000 worth of diamonds.
Tbe man emptied tbe contenta in hie
overcoat pocket and escaped.
Boaadlaa; Thrna Up.
Union, Or., Jan. 18. Yesterday morn
ing officers arrived from tbe west, having
io charge Longlcv and Lansing, two
more of tbe men wbo escaped from the
connty jaiL last week. They were cen
tered uear Hilgard. Tb. officers are con
fident tbe will yet at prebend Mascbe.
Children Cry
for rtTOHU'S)
Castoria
'Castoria is so well adapted to children that
rcuiuuieuu u aa aupenuT to aay preaennuon
own to me," H. A. Akcbkb, M. D.,
Ill South Oxford St, Brooklyn, K. T
"I use Castoria in my practice, and find a
i yr auApteu to aaecuona or ctuiaren.
A I r-r . i f n
1067 Sd ATO.,'Mew fork.
"Trom personal knowledge I can say that
m m iiiuan vzceueiib meaicine lor cmi
drea," . G. C. Osgood,
Lowell, Haas.
Caatoria promote. IHareatfam, and
overcome. Flatulency, Constipation, Sour
Stomach, Diarrhoea, and Feveiishnesa.
Thus the child la rendered healthy and it.
sleep natural. Castoria contains DO
Morphine or other narcotic property.
THERE IS NO
I WILL FURN-HH ANYTIHS(Vei;.'.5 KROMi W UMDRKrAKERlit ehaip 1 cm bi pra.-ura
rrom nvonothit da nt bol mi ti th siocitio i, xal I hira botle eitm of ttoit. Htvlnf
tJ th" I "ece"ir3r oour of inntructionjiti ambilmlair, I am prtjiarad tj attend to rlhioj ertainiof
to tot blUIDW.
HE CALM.D,
PLACE OF BUSINESS Corner of IhlrJand
uu nHiuDKwaiimu. ah or' era promptly attenaea to.
PICTURE- FRAMED TO ORDER, AND AT M ORr NOTICE.
WM. MICHELL, Undertaker aod Embalmer
COLUMBIA PACKING COMPANY
CI .' Corner Third and "Washington Streets.
Cured Hams, Bacon, Dried Beef and ToDgaes,
And tbe best Beefsteaks, Mutton Chops and
Veal Outlets in the market
Orders Delivered to Anv Fart of the Citv.
Fresh "Vegetables on sale at tbe Lowest Prices.
The One Price Cash House,
COR. SECOND
J. P. IcINEKNY
-DHALEB IN-
5 Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods
Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, &c.
Agent for the Batteries, patterns; also for the Hall Basaar Dress Forms.
7L. if. mm,
Generl Commission and Forwarding Merchant:
391, 393 and 395 SECOND STPEET, ,
(Adjoining Railroad Depot)
Consignments : Solicited
Prompt Attention to those who favor me with their patronage.
The Highest Price paid in Cash for Wheat Barley, Eta,
THE GERMANIA.
STUBLING & WILLIAMS, PROPS.
Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
JAU brands bt Imported Liquor, Ala and Porter,
-. and Genuine Key West Cigars. A full lin. of
CALIFORNIA : WINES
welre-Tear-old Whlikey, ttrlctly para, for mcdidual por- .
nan. Malt Liquor. Columbia Brewery br draught. -
94 Second Street,
Pine Wines
DOMESTIC and KEI WEST OIGAES.
The Celebrated Pabst Beer
- JFR1V CII'8
171 Second Street,
San i Francisco i Beer i Hall
F. IEIIiI
WINES, LIQUORS and CIGARS.
ALL KINDSIIOF
COLUMBIA BREWERY
SECOND STREET, BETWEEN UNION AND COURT
THIS DALLES,
WhcB You Have School Books to Purchase
REMEMBER
Who alwavB sella as low as tbe lowest
quite generally distributed through this section by tbe agent of the American
Book Company, the price list of school book, published in September, 1891, is
hereby withdrawn; all the prices in that list being lower tban those tbis
agent claims are the proper retail prices.
143 ttecond Street, THK
iisookpoateu iacse.
THE DALLES LUMBERING COMPANY
Wholesale and Retail Dealer
Bv.ildins Material and
DRY.
FIJR, PINE,
OATCand SLAB
PROMPT DELIVERY TO ANY PART OP THE CITT,
O trice S-7 Whinxtoa ear.
E. W. HELM & CO.,
Suoceanr to Flojd a 8hown.)
105 SECbND STREET, between COURT and WASHINGTON.
DEALEKS IH
Drugs, Medicines
ME TOILET SOAPS, CCKBS,
Pure Liquors for medicinal purposes.
COFFIN TRUST.
$5:. ea
DAY
OR NIGHT.
Waifalntoa atrjata.
KSSIltNCE-Cornar ot Fourth
AND COURT STS.,
: rAND : BRANDIES
TIJEIDALLES.EOB
and Liquors,
BLOCK
THE DALLES, OREGON
Proprietor.
BOTTLED BEER.
BEER Off DRAUGHT
OK-EGJCM
M. T. NOLAN,
in tbe city. On account of a circular
For new prices inquire at his store.
D ALL KM, ORlStiOr
and Maaufactvars.of
JJlmension Timber
.WOOD
wr at un (.overaaieat Barracks
and Chemicals,
BRUSHES, PERFUMERY, ETC.
Physicians' Prescriptions Specialty