SATURDAY OCTOBER 1, 1898
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesday's Daily.
Fred Burchtorff went to Portland,
tbis morning.
Wm. Macnab and wife of Rufus, are
registered at the Umatilla bouse.
John D. Whitten, one of Kingsly's
olid farmers, was in town last night.
Mrs. C. W. Stone and daughter, left
. .kt. rnnMlnn nftaaflnfffl? for Port-
land.
Miss Laura Thompson left this
for Portland.to take io the Exposition,
'and act as bride's-maid for a lady
A full line of slumbering robes for
ladles, misses and children at Pease
& Mays. The prices are very reason
able. R. E, Jackson, bookeeper for the
Moro Mercantile Co., and Mrs. Jack
son were In town today, on their way
to Portland:
The library will hereafter be open
Monday, Wednesday and Friday even
ings from 7 to 9 o'clock, and on Satur
day from 3 to 5 in the afternoon.
Mrs. W. A. Hunt, a former resident
of this city, arrived here to-day with
her children from Buffalo, New Yori,
and lathe guest of N. "Vhealdon.
Mrs. W. E. Garretson and son,
Lyndon, went to Portland this morning
oo a visit to Mrs, Garretson' sister,
Mrs S. E. Paquet.
Leslie Butler has rented the store in
the Galas building corner of Third and
Union, and is moving bis merchandise
from the Masonic building.
Tha nnaaanornp train that arrives
here from the east at 3,30 a. m. was
delayed five hours on account of fur
niture car having jumped the track at
the sand sut east of Rufus.
W. H. Mansfield, foreman of - the
Times-Mountaineer, went to Salem
this morning to accept a position as
expert of state printing during the
present session of the legislature.
The Native Sons of Oregon will or
ganize a cabin here tomorrow evening,
the meeting to be held in the K. of P.
hall at 8 o'clock. All who have signed
the roster are requested to be present.
Today M. W. Hoyle began putting
up a building for John Burgraff on
second street, .to be used as a restau
rant. The building will be construct
ed of iron, and will be 22x60 feet, one
and one-half stories high.
Mis. Schutz received a letter last
evening from her son, W. W. Cowne,
of Caleb, announcing that he had met
with the misfortune of having his
collar oune oronen ny Deingrun over
' by a horse in a corral on his arm.
Tomorrow evening the Workmen
will hold a special reception for mem
bers and their families. It is expected
that Hon. W. D. Hare, of Hillsboro,
and Hon. E. L. Smith, of Hood River
will be in attendance and address the
assemblage. -
Horatio Fargher, brought his wife
and family to town yesterday,. where
- they occupy toe residence of the late
Mrs. Laughlin, on Third Street, Mr.
Fargher, havinsr purchased it from the
heirs of that lady.
We understand that the en tire fronts,
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iouiu)( uu gowuu ouicuu, ui kuc vwvu
blocks burned In the late fire, will
soon be covered with better buildings,
.i and more of them than existed before i
th4 fire.-: There will be one or more
buildings on every lot, on both sides
- Rumor has it that a building will
soon be erected, and a salo3n opened
Off Second Street, about where' the old
Jackson house stood y?ars ago. Tbis
will make sixteen, saloons besides the
brewery, which ought to come tolerab
ly near supplying the liquid necessi
ties of a town of 4000 inhabitants.
Wasco county s two senators fared
pretty well with refernce to positions
on committees , in the senate. Mr.
Michell is chairman of the committee
on printing, and is a member of the
fisheries and judiciary committees,
while Mr. Dufur is a member of the
judiciary and federal relations committees-
Ex-state Senator J. H. Raley, of
Pendleton, was a passenger on this
mornings west-bound train enroute
for Salem to observe the working of
the legislature. Mr. Raley said to a
Times-Mountaineer reporter that
Umatilla county did not want anytning
. at the hands of the legislature except
an appropriation for the normal
school at Weston.
While Saint Peter nodded: at the
celestial gate last night, another little
ten pound angel of the male persuasion
slipped through the portal and slid
down on a falling star, landing plump
in the home of Tom Kelly, of the
Umatilla House. The Times-Mountaineer,
with its entire force from
editor to devil extend supreme con
gratulations.
Don't forget the Wizard Oil show to
night at the Baldwin opera house.
They have a special program arranged
and It's all fun. There will be no ex
tra charge for reserved seats, any seat
in the house for 15 cents, so go early
and get a good seat, The doors will be
open at 7:30, concert commences at 8:15
sharp. Bring the ladies and children
to see the big show tonight all for 15
cents.
.' John E. Barnetthas sold his lot and
residence on the - corner of ' B. and
Webster streete to R.B.Hood who wll1
move his family there next Spring.
Meanwhile Mr. Barnett will build a
new residence on the lot across the
street south. It is expected to -have
the new building ready for occupation
by next Spring when Mrs. Barnett
will return from Portland, after her
son, Master Archey, has finished his
education.
The wife of W. Crawford, who lives
on the south side of the Klickitat
mountain on the road between here
and the top of the mountain, broke br
. right arm this morning while going
from the house to the spring. What
crakes the accident particularly unfortunate-
is the fact that the same arm
was shattered last fall in a runaway.
Dr. Cook, who Is a neighbor of Mrs.
. Crawford, sent for Dr. Holliater and
the two physicians made the lady as
comfortable as could be expected.
Tbis morning as the Inland Flyer
bad made about four feet from the
wharf-boat, on her tripdown the river,
a man apparently about fifty years old,
without coat or vest, bearing in his
wild and wabbling gait conclusive
evidence, that he had spent tbt pre
vious night, in the delightful employ
ment of frescoing the 1 municipality,
dashed across the wharf-boat and
t jumped aboard the Flyer, landing so
perilously near the edge of the steam
er that only the quick action of the
mate saved him from a ducking in the
river. The mate signaled to trie cap
tain and the- steamer was promptly
bajked up to the wharf-boat, when a
search was made for the would-be
stowaway who was found trying to
bide himself near the engine. It took
the combined strength of the mate and
a couple of wharf hands to haul the
fellow hack to the wharf, where he
avenged himself by cursing tha Flyer,
its captain and officer, and deckhands,
and every son of a gun of a steamboat
man under the stars .
The Klondike Nugget, one of the
two pipers established at Dawson, is
having a hard time finding their sub
scribers who pay $24 a year for the
privilege of getting a semi-weekly
edition. A paragraph in a recent is
sue explains, the difficulty by saying
that it is very bard to find some of the
houses according to the addresses left
at th.) office. Among those mentioned
were the "cabin with the screendoor,
"the slab house facln? the river," "the
cabin three doors south of where all
the dogs are." Seattle Post Intelli
gencer.
William Thompson, of this city.
whom everybody knows as Rebel Tom,
and hardly anybody by bis true name
is very ill and not likely to survive
many weeks or perhaps days. Poor
old Tom has been failing fast of late,
He is almost blind, and that cruel and
Insidious disease, diabetes, has had
him in its death grip for years and will
undoubtedly finish all that is mortal
of him before many moons. Members
of the grand army are making arrangi
mente to have him taken from his
room over the Richmond stable to
some place where he can be better
taken care of. Tom was born in Vir
ginia 78 years ago. He Is a pensioner
of the Mexican war, having served in
the U. S. navy at that time. . Tom was
not a rebel during the civil war, al
though his name would indicate as
much. He was personally in sympathy
with the South, however and to this bt
owes his nickname. Tom has been in
The Dalles for about 35 years.
Dick Hinkle, son of Isaac Hinkle, a
former wellknown resident of Tygh
Ridge, passed through town last night
in charge of Sheriff Livingston of
Grant county. Young Hinkle was
convicted last fall of being a co-con
splrator in tbe murder of a peddler in
Grant county. " He was sentenced to
15 years in the penitentiary and a
fine of $2,000. S. E. Van Vactor, of
this city, who. was Hinkle'' s attorney,
appealed to the supreme court wbich
set aside the judgment of the lower
courtand granted Hinkle a new trial.
A man named Barre is serving a life
sentence for the murder. Oq the
alledged confession of this Barre,
Hinkle was convicted as a co-conspir
ator. The supreme court held that
tbe declaration of a co-conspirator,
made after the commission of the
crime, is inadmissable as evidence.
Hinkle goes back to Grant county for.
a new trial and as there was no
important evidence against him save
the alleged confession of Barre At
torney Van Vactor t-spects to see
inj to their hearts' content and par
takinerof a most bountiful repast, the
guests dispersed, all votioi Mr. and
Mrs. Dovle to be most royal hosts,
This is a good year for newspaper
men. In the senate, Moorehead and
Middleton occupy desks and in the
house Snyder at the desk and Griffin,
sergeant-at-arms all newspaper men
Mr, Griffin is a colored gentleman,
the editor of the New Age, an Afro-
American paper at Portland, and son
in-law of ex-United State benator
Bruce of Mississippi. Statesman.
Rev. D. V. Poling and family left
this noon for The Dalles, where Rey.
Poling will begin at once his new -pas
toral relationship with the Congregat
ional church of that city. They take
with them the best wishes of the peo
pie- generally. The Dilles will gain
some excellent citizens and a well a
minister of ability, one who is in touch
with the people and progressive in his
ideas. Albany Democrat, (Monday.)
A force of men were put to work
tbis morning on the old ferry boat
which lies at the foot of Court street,
abont 150 feet from the river. When
the boat Is launched! repaired and fit
ted with machinery she will be taken
to Lyle and used as a ferryboat be
tween that place and some point op
posite oo the Oregon side. Dalles
people are interested in seeing Mr,
Gilliam succeed in his undertaking.
Charley Phillips has a horse that, to
use Charley's own boast, always "gets
there." He "got there" once more
tbis morning, down at the boat land
ine. Whether it was the discordant
roar of the boat whistle or because
tbe animal wanted to have- a little
spin through the crisp morning air.
when the whistle sounded the horse
started and making a sort of bee line
for the soot where be could do the
most mischief in tbe shortest space of
time, he ran into a freight wagon, and
biokebis wo shafts Into splinters,
Ben Ulrich, a Dalles boy belonging
to the Oregon Volunteers, now at
Manila, has sent his parents a number
of interesting souvenirs which have
been placed on exhibition in the show
window of Harry Liebe. They include
what is supposad to be a voucher for a
soldier's pay, dated 1892 and calling
for 250 pesetas, a pack of Spanish
playing cards, so different from ours
that a newspaper man, who hardly
knows one card from another, could
not distinguish the ace of spades from
tbe "curse of Scotland, "an Agnus Dei,
which is only an Agnus Dei by compli
ment, a rifle cartridge taken -from
one of the Spanish warships sunk at
Manila, a half dozen brass buttons
from Spanish uniforms, two brass
coats of arms found at Cavite, a lot of
handsome shells from Manila bay, a
glass pendent from the chandelier and
an ivory plate from the organ of the
cathedral at Manila, a lottery ticket
and an instrument of writing dated
1766.
Hinkle acquitted.
From Thursday's Dailv.
Mrs. J. W. Howard, of Prineville, is
in town on her way to visit friends in
Indiana.
Col-1. N. Day came ud today on the
noon passenger, and is tbe guest of tbe
Umatilla House.
J. H. Cross is erecting a new ware
house to replace the one destroyed on
Third street in the late fire.
Joe Hinkle, a ' prominent business
man of Prineville, arrived here today
on a trip to Portland.
Judge Miller, of Vancouver, passed
through town this morning on bis way
home from holding a term of court at
Goldendale.
F. B. Summ'erville, secretary of tbe
Baldwin Sheep & Land Co., was in
r. -wn last night and left on the 6tage
'.i.i Hay Creek, this afternoon.
1 Lo wife of Dr. Hollister and daugh
ter, Miss Florence, went to Portland
this morning, to take in the expositon
and visit friends for a few days.
' S. R. Slayton, a highly respected
pioneer of Crook county and a resident
of Prineville, passed through town to
day on bis way home from a visit to
Portland.. , .
Orno Strong, publisher of tbe West
Coast Trade, one of the best trade
papers on the Pacific Coast, was in
town yesterday, leaving, during the
night for Spokane.
Surveyor Goit has been employed by
the city to locate tbe corners and
frontage for the new buildings on the
block bounded by Second, Third, Fed
eral and Laughlin.
R. G. Gorman, late local editor of
the Chronicle, writes from Salem
that he has been appointed to a clerk
ship on the printing committee, hence
will remain at the capitoi during the
present session.
Tom and Dennis McCoy, came in
this forenoon from Dufur, and return
ed in a couple of hours to the bedside
of their father, who was still alive
when they left, but liable to pass
away at any moment.'
Receiver H S. Wilson today feold
the property known as tbe Columbia,,
feed yard to satisfy a mortgage claim in
favor of the Second National Bank.
U was purchased by B. F. Laughlin,
the buildings for $500, dump cart and
harness $20. taxes and rent $140.
There is a large delegation of Crook
County, cow-punshers in town, proba
bly over a score, who yesterday
brought 1250 of cattle to Eight-Mile
and left tbetn.it the pasture until cars
can ire obtained for their shipment
til-'. The cattle belong to Howard,
Stea. us & Jones.
D. G. Smith, a newspaper man from
Minnesota, has purchased a half inter
est in the Pendleton Republican.
They will start a daily morning paper
about Oct. 1st. The new daily will
take a full telegraoblc service and its
promoters promise a first class paper
in every respect.
Miss Minnie Sandrock, the charming
young miiline- at Frazier & Wilson's
millinery parlors in tbis city, left last
evening for Wasco, to take orders for
this up-to-date emporium. Miss
Sandrock will visit Moro and other
towns in that vicinity before returning
for tbe winter opening.
Uncle Billy Kelsay and Mrs. Kelsay
arrived here this morning from their
home near Antelope, bringing with
them their two grandchildren, Misses
Lucy and Jessie Dougherty, who are
going home to Portland, and Charlie
and Emma Buchanan, son and daugh
ter of Eugene Buchanan, of Squaw
Creek, Crook County, who are going
to attend the Portland university.
Last Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs.
Mike Doyle entertained a number of
ftiendsat their pleasant . home a few
miles wett of town. Dancing was tbe
order of the evening, and after danc-
From Friday's Daily. .
Mies Minnie Lay is visiting friends
at tne Johns mill.
J. B. Cartw right, of Hay Creek, ar
rived here jesterday.
Mrs. J. T. -Reynolds, of Sprague, is
visiting In tbe city.
A. J. Brigbam, a prominent resident
of Dufur, was in town last night.
LI K. Griffin, an old time resident
and mining expert of Prineville, is in
town.
Tom Callaghao, one of Sherman
county s prosperous farmers is at tbe
Columbia Hotel.
The prevailing impression among
cattlemen is that winter beef cattle
will be scarce and high. .
C. J. Bright, a prominent lawyer of
Wasco, Sherman county, was in town
today accompanied by Mrs. Bright.
Hon. W. H. H. Dufur, Uncle Sam's
forest ranger for (bis district, was in
town last night the guest of the
Umatilla House.
Isaac HlnKle, an old time ana res
pected resident of Tygh Ridge, was in
town today on his way to Canyon City,
to attend the trial of his son.
The Flyer towed the pile-driver with
her this morning to White Salmon,
where It will be used in tbe work of
extending tbe wharf at that place.
Wm. Staats, a popular young farmer
from Dufur, paid the Times-Mountaineer
office a pleasant visit today and
incidentally contributed to its material
welfare.
J. R. Racken, of White Salmon,
nominee of the Klickitat republicans
for county assessor, came up today on
the noon passenger or. his way to
Goldendale.
Rev. Boltz has been requested to
deliver bis sermon on "Jesus in Touch
with Humanity," for the fourth time
in The Dalles, and will deliver the
same tonight at the Christian church.
Paul Mohr, of past railroad fame, is
in the city. Mr. Mohr says effort will
be made ere long to resurrect the plan
for building a portage between Celilo
and The Dalles on tbe north side ot
tbe river.
Over 700 children are iu attenance
at Tin Dalles schools, the largest
number ever In attendance at tbis
time of J ear. The attendance is ex
pected to be considerably larger dur
ing the winter months.
This afternoon Mike Callaghao of
Dufur bought the Allen residence and
eight adjoining lots located a couple
of blocks south of the B. F. Laughlin
residence on tbe bluff. ' The consider
ation is understood to be $1500.
A. Can field of Summit Ridge near
Nansene is very. ill. Dr. Eshelman
of Dufur and Dr. Geisendorffer of this
city, performed an operation on Mr.
Can field yesterday, which, it is hoped
will result favorably. .
R. Alexander, a prominent Pendle
ton merchant, has been elected grand
sultan of tbe Oriental fete in Pendle
ton. Mr .Alexander was a candidate
before the republican state convention
at Astoria for the nomination for state
treasurer.
The Albany schools haye tbe largest
attendance in their history. Tbe en:
roilment at tbe end of tbe first week
was 630, and will, it is believed, raach
700. The en roilment of Albany college
is about 150. The Sisters' Academy
also has a largely increased attend
ance. Roy Miller, a Pendleton waiter, Is
serving , a sentence in the Umatilla
county jail for throwing a cup at a
Chinaman. Friends . offered to pay
his fine, but he elected to remain in
jail rather than put himself under any
obligations to any one.
J. N. Williamson, representative
from Crook County, is reported as
having Introduced arasolution at the
opening of the session, providing for
an invitation to the ministers of - all
demoninations, in Salem, to be present
at the opening of each day's session,
and some of them offer prayer. In
moving the adoption of the resolution,
Williamson said: "In ell probability
there has never been a time in tbe leg
islative historv of Oregon', when tbe
members of the house needed the
ovarsiurht of an Almighty God as we
do at the present time."
Pat Bolton, a prosperous Tygh
Ridge farmer, arrived in town today
with his first load of this season's
wheat. Pat boasts, and naturally too,
that his father and grandfather voted
for Dan O'Connel, when he first ran
for member of pariiment for thecounty
Clare, Ireland.'
Mike Callagban, a prosperous Tygh
Ridge farmer, has speot the last three
or four days in town, trying to buy a
residence to wbich he may move his
family, in order to take advantage of
our school facilities for the education
of his children. He had not definite
ly fixed on any place this afternoon
but may before he leaves town.
John Diilr.yiinple, a scion of the land
o' cukes, went ever to KllCKitat couniy
this afternoon to inspect a band of
1600 head of sheep a thousand ewes
and 600 lambs that have been offered
for $2.50 a head. If the sheep are up
to expectation, Mr. Dalryimple will
buy them and put them on the Floyd
ranch ffhich he has rented for a term
of years.
On Monday night of next week Rev
Boltz will begin a series of protracted
meetings in the Christian church.
Monday n'ght the subject discussed
will be "The alleged infallability of
the pope," Tuesday night, "Tran sub
stantiation and the mass," Wednesday
night, "Purgatory and the indul
gences." Thursday night "Romanism
and the Bible,"
The town of Burns was thrown into
excitement a few evenings since, by a
voung woman entering a saloon and
firing five or six shots at John Cald
well, who was seated at a table play
ing cards. There were no bullets in
tbe pistol, but it is evident that tbe
woman, whose name is Johnson, in
tended to kill Caldwell, for having
tampered with her affections. She
escaped from the town before being
arrested. .
Recorder Gates was busy this morn
ing making a type-written copy of The
Dalles fire ordinance to be sent to
Oregon City at the request of Mayor
Can field of that place. A similar re
quest was recently made by the mayor
of Heppner and similarity complied
with, and even tha mayor of Antelope
recently honored us in thi same way.
All this is flattering to the vanity of
our ordinance manufactures and the.
city at the head of navigation.
They are having some trouble up the
Hood River valley with sheepmen
who are accused of having herded their
'sheep on the forest reserve. The
land, on which the trespass Is alleged
to have been committed, is part of a
township that, according to a recent
order and notification of the land de
partment, will be thrown open to
settlement and entry on tbe 17th of
next month. The sheepmen, on being
apprised of the order, are said to have
rushed their sheeo on the lands before
the order took effect.
The Oregon legislature has passed a
joint resolution introduced by Rep
resentative Roberts of this county
declaring in favor of congress making
a special appropriation for the im
provement of the channel: of the Col
umbia river at the lower end of tbe
Cascade locks. This is a measure that
ought to receive the prompt attentior
of the Oregon delegation. Two
steamers have recently been wrecked
at the spot where the improvements
are needed and the condition of the
channel at that point is a constant
menace , to any boat that attempts to
enter the locks from the west.- Tbe
necessity of the improvement' is im
perative if we would reap the. full
benefit of an oped river." :
From a private dispatch from Salem
the Times-Mountaineer learns that
Reprsentative Morton, of this county
has been appointed chairman of the
committee on bort:cultuae, an impor
tant committee and one for which Mr.
Morton is eminently qualified, while
Representative Roberts has been ap
pointed chairman of the committee on
counties. In tbis case,too, no better
selection could have been made. " To i
this latter committee will be referred
all bills relating to counties or div
isions of counties, roads, scalp bounties
and many other, matters of special
interest to the. people of Eastern
Oregon. From tbe same dispatch we
learn that today Mr. Roberts had the
honor of being called to ' preside as
temporary speaker of the house.
IT IS ORNAMENTAL.
Some Views BeBardlng the Railaoad
Commission.
Various opinions prevail in regard
to abolishing tbe state railway com
missioners otnee as recommended
in the state senate by Brownell, of
Clackamas. Railroad men as a rule
profess ignorance of the true merits of
the case. .. .
There are those, however, who de
clare in no measured terms that the
office is one of ornament.
"The situation is just this," said one
who is authority on railroad matters.
"The state pays $10,000 a year for three
commissioners and a secretary. Where
is the benefit? I have never seen any
thing in the papers about them doing
anything. I venture to say that not
many railroad men even know there
is a stale railway.'boa'rd." :The com
missioners were appointed by the pub
lic, they are the public's servant's, and
the public should be kept informed as
to their doings." - Their reports are
never published, if they are made.
How are we to know what they have
done. In my opinion it is a good place
to begin retrenching:". -.
"The railroads," said another, "need
not be supervised over by an independ
ent board to keep tbe. roads in good
condition. It behooves them to do so
for their own self-preservatit n. No
railroad is going, to leave aB unsafe
part of the road without repairs, as it
might be tbe means of wrecking valu
able railroad property, and worse still,
killing people, and piling several mil
lion dollars' worth of damage-suits
against it. Special men who under
stand their business inspect every inch
of the roads weekly, monthly and an
nually.
"In regard to the rates, the shipper
always has recourse to the courts if
rates are unreasonably high, without
calling into requisition the commis
sioner. The $10,000 a year, I think.
could be better spent for the propaga
tion of tbe salmon or iu divers other
ways."
in the crudest possible condition'.'
Tha ground is only scatched. The
gro.iqd is wonderfully fenile but not
mora than a third of it is in cultiva
tion. I he doctor thinks Cuba Is a
paradise, a veritable garden of Eden.
He believes that proper sanitary regu
lations will soon stop' the ravages of
yellow fever and make the pest-ridden
districts fit for the Americans to live
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WAB TALK.
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INTO ETERNITY
Fatal Powder Explosion Near
New Whatcom
wak talk.
Coneering
Uncomplimentary '. Remark
Secretary Alger.
Boston Post: If Alger dares to face
a court martial which is his duty
under the army regulations he will
expose his administration to a terrible'
ordeal; for an . inquiry into .Miles'
sharges will rip open the whole- bu&i-
nesi which it is forbis interest to keep
close lied with department tape. ,'..
Kansas 'City Times: Tbe public
wants to know what Miles knows about
the secret political favoritism and de
moralizing influence of the war depart
ment during the past four months. If
a court 'martial is needed to bring out
the facts, let there be a court martial.
Public opinion will take care of Gen
eral Miles if he is right.-
Boston Post: It is futile to look to
ah investigation of "the bureaus of the
war department for' relief,' so long as
Alger is retained as head of that de
partment. If Alger were loyal to his
chief, he would take himself out of the
way eyen "under fire.". If he will not
do this definitely, Pi esident McKinley,
in self-protection, ought to help him.
Boston Globe: .''The people demand
a scapegoat,". Secretary Alger is - re
ported as saying, "bvtt I refuse to be
the goat." This airy fashion of deal
ing . with . multitudinous . criticisms
which have driven Mr. McKinley to
move toward securing an investigation,
of war department methods indicates,
that tbe Michigan member of the cab.,
inet is:decidely lacking in apprecia
tion ot the situation or of the j feeling
throughout the country. The people
simply ask that tbe biame for'certain
scandalous sins of omission and com
mission in the war shall be. placed1
where it belongs, and that due' care
shall be taken to guard against a re
petition of costly and fatuous blunder
ing in the time to come'
More Comments Regarding the Manage
sent of the War Department.
Boston Advertiser: If Secretary
Alger wrote to General Shatter any
thing asserting or implying that the
latter was to be independent of General
Miles' commands, the secretary of war
committed a blunder as to the fact no
less than a breach of official .decorum
of a very flagrant vkind.- . No matter
whether Mlies was personally in Cuba
or in Wasnington. . General Shatter
like every other commanding officer in
the army, was subject to General Miles's
authority. If the latter has in his
possession evidence clearly proving
that a systematic and deliberate, at
tempt was made during tne war with
Spain to -discredit him and incite' his
subordinates to insubordination, he
o-es It to bis own proper dignity and
self respect to expose the conspiracy
and to insist upon the swift and stern
punishment of til who are guilty, how
ever low or high their station may be.
. Chicago Chronicle: Two methods
of defense are adopted by those who
seek-to shield tbe war. department
from the storm of reproaah which it
as' envOKed by its Incompetency or
.worse. One is to "blackguard tbe
plaintiff's attorney" an old device.
Tbe. other is to charge critics of Alger
with being "enemies of the army."
Neither subterfuge will be successful.
As for the charge that critics of Alger
are enemies of the army, the allega
tion refutes itself. . It is to defend the
a: my against Alger against Alger's
stupidity and Alger's incapacity that
the effort is being made to let light
into the war department. Alger's
critics are the army's friends. Alger
is its worst enemy. Ask tha men who
are creeping homeward from Camp
Wikoff, from Chickamauga and from
Fernandina what they think of Alger,
fostering. carV;Xov
defenders of tbe secretary of war mere
ly admit the weakness of their case
when they .seek to becloud the issue oy
.making countercharges. .They might
far better assume the attitude of Sena
tor Han na, who answers all ' criticisms
by the declaration that ."Alger's all
right. Me and Mac knew what- he
was doing right, along. Confession
and avoidance is the only pica that
affords any hope for Alger.
NEW WHATCOM, Sept. 28 Half a
ton of powder exploded at Llnd's road
building camp, 17 miles no-th of here,
and killed three people, Gus Swanson,
Mike Gee and a 6-year-old son of John
McCullocb, McCulloch was fatally in
jured, and Dan Sandstorm seriously
hurt. Three horses were killed lhe
cookhouse, stable and shops were
blown to splinters. Tbe report was
beard 20 miles away.
The powder was stored in the black
smith shop and was a mixture of black
and giant powder. The black, powder.
caught from a spark, through careless
ness."
There were a dozen men close around
the shop. The explosion deafened
them and flung all of them far away
from where tbey had been, but only
the three were killed.
- Charles Buchanan was' hitching his
horse to his buggy, near by, the top of
thebugy was blown -a, way and. -Bu
chanan was stunned.
Tne camp belonged to a road con
tractor, who had 25 men at work-in d it
is a mystery how any one escaped.
SAILING HATE DELAYKW. ...
Utor Murphy and Senator McCarre'n
representing Hugh McLaughlin, hat
frequent conferences, but nO " agree
l.mentbas been reached as td "candid
ates. The leaders however conddently
assert that all differences will . be
settled during the d.y and a complete
understanding be reached before to
morrow morning, when autual - work
will begin.
KNOTTY QUESTION FOB ALOES.
Things Which the Investigation Com
mittee Will Want to Know.
WASHINGTON, ,Sept. 27. At the
conclusion of the session of the war de
partment investigating committee
letter was addressed to Alger request
ing turn to direct the adjutant-general,
quartermaster-general,' commissary
general, . surgeon-general, chief of
uruuan.ee ana cmer or engineers to
furnish information at to the eoodl-
i.iuu 01 ineir several departments at
the time of the declaration of war be
tween tbe United States and Spain.
and the operations -of -those depart
ments from .that time "uutll tbe
present. To Alger the commission
addressed six questions as follows:
What was the olan of campaign
proposed immediately after the dec
laration of war? .
Was it latended to move at once on
Havana or that the campaign should
be postponed until Autumn?
PEACEMAKERS
ARE AT WORK
America Commission Hi
Settled Down to Business.
Paris, Sept. 27. While lhe rec
tlon accorded the United States Deac
commission here l,s all that could bl
desired, and while the French forIfft
office has taken 'great pains to treat
the American and Spanish commis
sioners in precisely the same manner,
It must be admitted that the general
atmosphere, does not incline toward
the Americans, v . - ' .
It Is the general Impression here
that the American commissioners
have Instructions -to provide for the
retention of Manila and the Island of
Luzon. "And for- a commission to
pretend to negotiate U a farce," said
prominent diplomat. He continued:
"America will put Itself diplomati
cally In the wrong when lhe exceeds
the provisions of the protocol which
both nations signed. I know the
When was Santiago compaign de- j Spaniards have come prepared to
termlned upon?
When was Tampa selected as a base
of operations? -
Why were summer camps establish
ed at Fernandino, Jacksonville and
Tampa?
Why was the Porto' Rico campaign
determined upon?
Why were troops held on the trans
ports after the embarkation at Tampa
and not permitted , to sail for several
davs?
Savannah (Ga.) News:' Reports to
the judge advocate of the army are
said to show that the volunteer troops
are not as well behaved as the regulars.
Regulars have made only a small num
ber af the cases tried by court martial. .
If the evidence keeps on accumulating,
the. country will be led to tbe belief
after a while that even if its regular
army is small, it is one of the best-all
around bodies of its xind in the world.
Endeavor Convention.
The fifth annual convention of. the
Endeavor union of Wasco County,
will be held in Tbe Dalles, commenc
ing Friday evening, Sept.-30th, and
continue in season two days. Dele
gates from tbe various Christian En
deavor societies of the county, will be
in attendance, and an interesting pro
gram is prepared. The first session
will be held Friday evening at 7.30 in
the Christian church. . Following is
the program for Friday night: -
SoDg service and prayer ...'......
Address of welcome G. E. Stewart
Response ..Jas. Powell
Music in charge of rof. Landers ,
Address (by request) . "Jesus in
Touch with Humanity" Rev. Boltz
The public are, ; cordially in vited- to
attend all the sessions. The program
for Saturday and Sunday will be .pub
lished later.
Go and Bee Them Tonight.
Who? The Wizard Oil Company, as
they give you a fifty cent show, all for
the small ram of fifteen cents to ' any
part of tbe house! The show given
at the Baldwin opera house tonight,
will be one of tbe best given so far
during tnelr stayincluding the giving
away of many fine and useful pres
ents. This company is composed of
rare un makers, and is deserving of
your patronage. Bring your ladies
and children, as tbe admission is only
15 cents.
Tbe roses and cannas are now in
bloom, come and order while you can
see them. We have dormant Calla
Lilly bulbs at 15 cents, plant now for
xmas blooming, also Pansies for early
spring blooming. Mrs. A. C. Stubllng
& Son. d 2w wl mo. -
T XnVfPG St. Louis bock and Pils
rri ri iS ner Beer on draught at
K Hi Hi K, the White House saloon.
Chaa. SCichelbach. Froprietor.
Use Clarke & Falk's Kosofoam for the
teetb.it is the best
A large consignment of Cole's air
tight heaters received at Maler &
Benton's,
Wei n hard 's beer on draught at only
one -house in the city, tbe Columbia
Hotel. .
BORN,
In this city. Sept., tsth. to Mr. and Kra. J. A.
Hemminon. a aaughtar. - -.
' Tale of a Crook County Sheepberder
' In a fashionable part of this city
there lives a highly respected Hiberian
widow, fat fair and fifty, if she is a
minute. The bedroom of 'her. hand
some cottage opens into the dining
room, and as she has several, roomers
who come and go at all hours, the
front door is ordinarily left unlatched.
The other night she was awakened
af'jer midnight by a shuffling noise in
tbe dining room. Rising on her elbo
she shouted.- "Who Is that?"' A
6traoge voice answered tremblingly
"Im very cold. Im very cold. Im going
to light a fire." "The divil a fire' are
ye going to light," shouted the widow,
and jumping out of bed,' she grabbed
an ungodly looking big six shooter
that she always keeps bandy since
death deprived her of a natural pro
tector,and pointing it at the intruder's
head, she yelled out 'Now get out of
here, ye bloody thief ye, or I'll blow
tbe daylight through your ugly car
cass." Tbe ' intruder made a dash
through the door and clearing a five
foot fence ata bound disappeared into
the night.' In the morning the strang
er's coat and vest were found banging
on a spike In tbe side of the cottage.
And they are there yet, of were a few
hours ago. Letters in ' tbe pockets
of the coat give the name of the owner,
which cannot be given here. Suffice it
to say be is a Crook County sheepberd
er, and that his address is Hay' Creek.
No one has any idea that the fellow
was trying to do wrong." - He had evi
dently been drunk and 'possibly wtSnt
to sleep on tbe outside after hanging
up his coat nnd vest, supposing he. wap
going to bed. The coat and vest,, by.
tbe way, are quite new, and probably
from a twenty dollar suit. '
FOREST FIRES.
The atlg One Raging Near Mt. Hood Was
..; r . Started by Campers.
While in town this morning Forest
Ranger Dufur was asked as to the
'Origin of the big fire that recently
raged 'in the neighborhood of the
' JB1 r Meadows,' , about " six r miles ; east
of the Summit house at tbe base'
of Mount Hood. . His answer was
. that the fire actually started about the
27th of July, before his subordnates
were appointed, or bad time to get to
.their stations. It bad maintained a
fitful existence till a couple of weeks
ago when wind and weather were
favorable, and before . it could be
stopped it bad covered probably 10,000
acres.. If bad started from the camp
fire of two men who were coming from
the .valley in search of work, but all
trace of tbe men had been lost.
, -. Mr, Dufur makes a standing offer of
$50 reward for proof sufficient to con
vict any one of setting - .out a forest
fire, in his district.. He is much
pleased with the. vigilance - and co
operation of the .sheepmen around
Sisters,, in Crook county. .
. They have organized themselves In
to a, force of fire wardens and any one
who through carelessness or otherwise
is found to have started a forest fire
will be promptly reported to the
authorities.. Mr... Dufur finds the
sheepmen generally willing to co-operate
with, him and. his men. He. ex-,
fleets to attend the meeting of the
Wool Growers Association this fall and
ask the sheepmen to offer a standing
reward for the conviction' of parties
Violating the forestry laws.
Tbe Oregon and lotra Cannot Start Until
the Later' Unna Are Repaired.
New York, Sept. 28. A special to
the Herald from Washington says:
On account of the necessity of tryLng
the eight-inch gun mounts of the bat
tleship Iowa, that vessel ' and the
Oregon, with the auxiliary fleet will
not sail for Honolulu before October
1, possibly evan later. ' '' '
uonsideraoio trouble has been ex
perienced with the eight-inch mounts
of the Iowa, and it is determined be
fore her departure for. the Pacific to
put them in condition to meet any
emergency that may- arise. Her
mounts were similar to those installed
In the. armored eruiser Brooklyn which
were partially wrecked during target
practice last spring when enroute to
Hampton Roads from Venezuela. The
Brooklyn mounts -were repaired: at
Newport News before she sailed south,
and she was able to do splendid exe
cution with those guns, during.' the
battle of July.3. . - ;
'.The Iowa's eight-inch, mounts have
been.: replaced by -stronger carriages,
and it is expected at the department
that she will leave for a short cruise
at sea, either tomorrow- or Friday, to
test them. - .
WOKR1HO-' SMOOTHLY.,'-'--'
- Lecture on Cuba,
Dr. Thomas' lecture on Cuba at
the Christian church last night! had
only one fault. There was not enough
of it. - It was Ictensly interesting
from start to finish. The doctor spent
two months in Cuba during the'' war:
with tbe sole object of finding if tbe
Cubans were sufficiently intelligent
and civilized to govern themselves.
The doctor formed a high estimate of
tbe future of tbe Cuban people, after
the curse of -Spanish .oppressian has
been removed, but for , the present he
strongly urges an American protector
ate. The Cubans are a .fine peopla,
physically. Tbe women are especially
good looking, but get old-looking and
withered at an age when American
women are in the prime of physical
beauty. Tbe devotion of the Cubans
to their children is very intense. The
doctor thinks the Cubans are the
most talkative people in the world.
He was in a shoe- factory where a man
was employed all the time reading to.
tbe employes.. The proprietor said he
had to have the .man else the hands
would talk all the time and do scarcely
any work. The doctor says if we es
tablish, a protectorate over the island
it wont be many years till English
will be the prevailing speech. The
better class of Cubans all favor pro
tectorate Farming oa the Island U
.A Royal Good Mme. -'
Last evening Temple and Fern
Lodgns held one of those pleasant
socials that make them so popular ' as
social organizations. It was the regu
lar meeting night of the Workmen, and
after lodge tbe ladies of the Degree
were Invited into the hall, when a
pleasant program was rendered. 'The
ladies,' 'however, had anticipated the
event and had arranged long tables
through the hall, that were beauti
fully decorated and laden with tooth
some viands. ;.
-'When 'the guests were seated, Dr.
Frazier, master workmen, took charge
of 'the meeting, and welcomed thp vis
iting "members, also the grand lodge
officers, Grand Master Herrioj and
Grand Recorder Clark, after tbe Alpha
quartet had rendered a selection; Mr.
Herrin was introduced as the speaker
of the evening, after which Dr. Doane
sang a solo, and J H. Zane, editor of
tho . Reporter, made few remarks,
when Mrs. Doutbit, chief of honor of
ihe Degree, delivered an address of
welcome to the grand lodge officers
and visiting members. Messrs.. Ryan
and Alden rendered an instrumental
selection, and the program closed with
an address by Grand Recorder Clark,
After the program all we're seated at
the. tables, and partook of. a royal
banquet.
rorSale.
The entire fruit crop(not yet gather
ed) in our orcnaro ou f ifteen-Mile,
about lz miles irom rne llalles, con.
slsting of fine varieties ot apples and
and other fruits, tor sale. Apply im
jnediately to.
Max Voot & Co.
The Dalles. d&wtf.
Oregon law, Makers Trying to Earn Their t
. Salaries.. : ,,.
Salem, Or.; Sept.' 28. That the
present Oregon. legislature is deter
mined not. to go'down in history as a
do-nothing legislature; -becomes ' more
plainly ap'paen6"Wvefy : day.- : Tbdajr
both branches did business again, and
did it with a vim, and while' the pro
ceedings were altogether of a routine
nature there was a full attendance In
each house, and' every . member ap
peared anxious to do his part thor
oughly and weFl,T and" ib"'give!ft' good
account of himsl? ' --"-. ; - i -
In marked contrast rto': tbe -regular
session of two years' ago, is tbe special'
'session of to day. Then the desire to
accomplish results and pass useful
laws was lost sight of in the excite
ment and rancor of the senatorial
contest from the very first. Now both
bouses are hard at work on routine
business, and so far as outward ap
pearances indicate, so absorbed in
their present occupation as to be to
tally oblivious to all else.
in tne nouse today ten bins were
Introduced.
THE SENATORIAL CO 21 TEST- '
Corbett's Supporters Coo Aden t Be Will
Win Oat' In' Caucus. '
' Salem, Sept. 28. Neither branch of
the legislature did much this morning
outside of receiving bills.. It. was . up
derstood last evening that tbe . senate
and hous& wo lid adjourn at noon to
day, and that an Invitation to attend
tbe state fair this afternoon might be
accepted. ,
In the senatorial matter the Corbett
men express themselves as being satis
fied he will win out in the caucus.
while the opposition claim he is as far
off as Micthell In' the race.
' A republican caucus will probably
be held the latter part of the week, but
tbe Corbett men would prefer a day
early next week before bringing their,
strength to the surface.
Mitchell being out of the race,, his
supporters are willing to throw their
strength to any one in opposition to
Corbett. M. C. George, while still
out for the office, is very shy of the
requisite number of votes to count him
self in a position to be. a leader.
A BAD FIRE IM ST.' LOCI.
Fowder Explosion Cause Destruction or
w Life and Property.
St-. Louis, Sept.' 28. An explosion
l ot powder In the rear of the building
at 410. North. Fourth street, occupied
by a sporting goods store, set tbe place
on fire, caused its destruction and re
sulted in injury, to a number of people,
several of whom will die. The fatally
Injured are: Kate Weldon, Kate Gaul,
Pauline Bender and Florence Higbee
employes of the McCain Company
Miss Kedhford,, a stenographer, is
missing, and is believed to have per
ished In the building. The loss of
property is estimated to be 1100,000.
Nicaragua' Canal.
new YofcK, Sep 27. The prelimi
cary survey of the new Nicaragua
canal has been completed, and the en
gineers" have returned to this conn try
and are going to Washington to make
their report to' the canal commission
ers. "The engineers arrived here today
on the Atlas line steamer Altai. Tbe
engineers said that the proposed canal
is a complete one, and that their re
ports will show that the cut can be
made quickly and cheaply. They have
little faith In the story that work, on
the Panama canal is to be rushed, and
say that the old cut on the Isthmus Is a
failure; " I I
Skagway Now A Subpart.
San Francisco, Sept, 27. Skagway
Alaska, has been created a subport of
entry, and the collector, of that dis
trict has. been authorized to station a
deputy, qqllectpr and inspector of eas
terns. .there with authority to enter
and clear vessels, receive entries, col
lect duties, fees and. other moneys
and perform such other -duties as the
Interest of, commerce may require.
Big Lumber Baft Adrift. ' .
San Fbancisco, Sept. . 28. The
Merchants'. Exchange reports an im
mense lumber . raft adrift off Point
Arena .light. It is thought the ' raft
became detached during a squall.
mane concessions, but if the Ameri
cans' Instructions are of an uncom
promising nature, which U generally
believed here to be the case, you can
rest assured that the work of the com
mission will be futile, The Spaniards
will retire and America "will at least
have to threaten the resumption of
hostilities before she, .will gain her
point." .' ' ''..,-..'
French papers,, beyond announcing
the arrival of - the commissioners,
make no comment upon the matter.'
HEATERS
HEATEftS C
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EeaterS
Carload of the celebrat
ed Wilson Heaters just
received; all. sizes and
kinds at yotrr ownjprice
Our fire sale is still on.
All goods from 25 to
50 per cent reduction.
MAYS & CROWE
At present next door to
theLand Office.; ,,2.
Are You Interested ?
The O. R. A N. Co's New Book on the
Resources of Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho is beinir diHtrihntjvt
Our readers are requested to forward
the addresses of their Eastern friends
and acquaintances, and a copy of the
work will be sent them free. .. This is a
matter ALL should be interested in,
tnd we would ask that everyone take
in interest and forward snch addresses
to W. H. Hurlburt, General Pnssen
ter Agent, O. R. 4 N. Co., Portland.
New York Democrats.
Syracuse. N. Y., Sept. 28. The
democratic state convention met here
at noon absolutely without slate or
program other than' the temporary
organization agreed upon by. -the
state committee last night. It Is in.
many respects the most- remarkable
political convention ever held. Never'
. before have all the prominent leaders
of the democratic party appeared In
.-convention and consulted as to how
the program will result.
Richard Croker, David B. Hill, Sen-.
To Cure a Cola la One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets;
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. 25 eents. The genuine
has Lt, a. y. on each tablet. 8m
- . ' Good Wood. - - .
J. T. Reynolds Is prepared to deliver
oak, - fir or mixed wood of the best
quality to any part of the city at the
customary price. Call telephone 199.
Dry fir and pine cord wood at Maler
& Benton's. r
Star Feed Grinding: Mill ffQ V
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