r- - t .it - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13. 1S90. THE BOARD OF TRADE. Important Meeting Held at tha First National Eank Monday Nijht. An A mcetinp. of the directors of the Union Board of Trade was held at the office of the First National Iank in this city last Mon day cTcning, President AV. T. Wright in the chair. Minutes o the previous meet ing read and approved. The following business was transacted: The report of the membership committee was read and approved. It was resolved by the Hoard that the Union Hoard of Trade respectfully protest against the recent advance in freight char ges on produce by the U. I, railroad and the unjust discrimination that in our opin ion is being made against the shippers of Union county, in the way of withholding facilities for transportation, and we earnest ly solicit the officers of the Union Pacific to do us Justice in these matters, and invite the co-PPCration of the State Hoard I of ' Commcico nnri Jlle Prcss of Eastern Ore gon. The followins standing committees were Appointed : Manufacturing interests T. H,1I. Green, J. H. Hutchinson and S. C. Miller. Mining interests B. W. Davis. J. C. Summers and J. V. Kennedy. Agricultural interests S.O.Swackhamer. I. X. Sanders and X, Schoocover. Statistics and Advertising P. E, Poster, M. P. Davis and Turner Oliver. Railroads J. W. Shelton. Public property and improvement S. 0. Swackhamer, L, H. ltinehart and J. S. Elliott, License and Legislation G. F. Hall, I). F. Wilson aud R. Eakin. Fire and waterworks A. K. Jones, Geo. Haird and A. N. Gardner. Roads and thoroughfares T, H. II Green, N. Schoonovcrand C. S, Miller. Mercantile interest Jos. Wright, A. Levy and 0. P. Jaycox. Resolved, That it is the sense of this Hoard that there should be a cencral meeting of State Hoard of Commerce held at Portland during the first week of January, to con eiddcr any matters of importance to which the attention of the legislature should be colled. Moved and carried that the Davis build ing be leased for C months with privilege of S years. A committee consisting of G. P. Nail, A. Levy and E. W. Davis was apppointed to take care of hall and attend to subletting the same, Adjourned to meet nt nail of the presi dent. TOOK LAUDANUM. Wm, Bumcratz of La Grande Takes Own Life. His A Saturday special from La Grande says: The most deliberate case of suicide that ever shocked this community occured hero yesterday. Early yesterday morning Wil liam Bumcratz, was found to be seriously ill, and everything that medical science could do was tried upon him with out avail, and at 5 o'clock he died from on overdose of laudanam. It was not un til a letter was tound, several hours after hiB death that the fact beenmo known that he had taken the drug. He has been low spirited for several days, and the fact that he had fully resolved upon taking his own life, and the cause thereof, is shown by the following: La Gih.vdh. Or., Nov 5. To Friend Will Stephan : 1 want you to look after all there is concerning me, and about me. There is one "Rosa Rebald" if she can be found, who will throw some light about what I have done. I received n letter from her which I have destroyed, so don't bother much about mo. The & trouble with her, is why my tune ha Rcome, and I go, I know not where. If I wait it might be worse. Please for-s give mo if you can. Think kindly of me. You I have always considered my best friend. Good-by, "Bully Old Boy" is gone. Mrs, Bortlm V. Tomlinson, at Vancou Tor, Wash.J is my sister. Get my mall and answer it. Wm. Bumckatz. Mr. Bumcratz was one of the proprietors of the Queen restaurant and was doing a thriving business. He had never given ttie slightest intimation to anyono of commit ting the act. He was an ex-conductor of the Union Pacific road here and has rail roaded over mo9t of the Western country aud has been a prime favorite wherever he was known. He leaves considerable pro perty hero and in the State of Washington. What the trouble with the woman was which lie speaks of in the letter is a mystery to his friends here. Ho was a prominent member of the Brotherhood of Railway trainmen, and also a Knight of Pythias. His funeral took placo this afternoon and the body left tonight for Vancouver, in eharge of a committee of the Brotherhood of Trainmen. Ho will ba buried by the Knights of I'ythlas, of Vancouver, tomor row. NOTICE. God's Blessing to Humanity So Says an Oregon Pioneer, Ninety Yf ars Old. Fohest Gkove, Or., March 10. I havi wed the OREGON KIDNEY TEA and obtained Inunediato relief. It Is God's blessing to humanity, I tako pleasure ii. recommending it to the alllicted. I urn now nearly ninety years old, came to Ore gon in 1S42 in the employ of tho Nudum Bay Company, and since I began using tin OREGON KIDNEY TEA I enjoy good health. DAVID MUNROE. The Pulpit and tho Stage. Rev. F. M. Shrout, pastor United Breth ren Church, Blue Mound, Kan., says: "J feel It my duty to tell what wutider? Dr iving's New Discovery has done for mc 2dy lungs were badly dleacd, and nij parishonera thought I could live only a fe weeks. I took five bottle of Dr. Klng't New Discovery and am sound and woll, gaining 21 lb In weight." AT HOME. A Paragraphic Record of Recent Happen - lngs in and Arour.d the City. The name of the Arlington hotel In Baker has ben changed to the Parker House. John Minnick's steam saw is (thawing up the wood piles around town at a rapid rate. It is ruprtod that the valuable mines near Haines will soon be sold to an eastern syndicate. Two tons of splendid apples for sale at John Wilkinson. farm In High valley, at two cents a pound. 10-23-tw M.'Hc'iam now boasts two general mer chandise stores, and there is talk of open ing a saloon there al?o. Brasher & Corbinsold 30 tons of timothy hay from their Cove ranch, a few days ago, to Hall ISros. of thi city, for $12 per ton, Col. John Swift, of Burnt rivor, was ad judged insane at Baker Citv la,t aatunlay and taken to the asylum on the evening train. Hunter's saw mill on the Grande Rotide river, near Ililg.ird, was totally destroyed by lire las' Sunday morning. The loss is given at ifU'.OOI. f gi The residence P.opertv belomrim- to Mf. ;iiiniie vde! in North Union, was sold this week (o J. C. Powers & Co., of Baker City. Tlie price paid was?l.S00. Mrs. Stttiliner has just received an ole gant lino of hats of the very latest stylos, direct from the eastern factory. I.ndios, call and sou them buforo purchasing else where. Uutf. The Umatilla reservation apportionment commissioners have nearly finished their work, and next spring will doubtless sec the long-delayed opening of the reserva tion to settlement. The finest assortment of Christmas pros cuts, and toys' ever received at the Cove drug store, soon. Among the novelties win uo a genuine electric motor. Je sure and see it in operation. A few days ago Mr. C. S. Miller sold from his Clover creek farm two car loads of wheat at 72 cents per bushel and one car load or barley at .fl,27 per hundred, deliv ered in Portland. Last Saturday Tlios. Dismet, of Burnt rh er, delivered to J. . Shirley at his ranch ooi four-year-old steers. Tho price paid was ?32 per head. Mr. Shirley will stall feed them for the Portland markot. Last Tluraday, Wm. Daggct of Baker vauey, wnue uiiviuk Home. Jus team ran away and he was thrown from the wagon Besides other lniuries received his right arm was broken. A shoe factory to employ live hundred men is being buili on the north side of the Columbia river, oppodto The Dalles. An cllort will be made to build a new town there known as North Dalles. Geo. Link, who was arrested at La Grande a few weeks ago and sent to the county jail for 12W days, charged and con victed of larceny by bailee, was released from eustoily last Monday, having served his sentence. Many hundred; freight cars have Sheen wrecked on the Union Pacific during tho past year, and as a consequence freight ears are scarce articles. It is said that the road between Huntington and Pocatello Is lined with wreckage. Parties from Eagle valley say that tho farmers of that section will realize from .$2.-,(iC0 to $,"0,uOJ the coming winter on tho sale of alfalfa h i.v alone. Numerous Idaho cat ie owners are contracting for hay ami will feed their herds in tho valley this winter. Last Monday while Mrs, Minnie Odell was doing some washing and wringing out tho clothes, her little son. aged about. live years, got his thumb caught in the wringer crushing it severely and tearing the nail entirely oil'. Dr. Day dressed tho injured member and the child is getting along nicely. Messrs. Hen Longloy and A. T. Neill re cently purchased the Wise property in Ea gle valley, consisting of 1G0 acres, which together with 10 ) acres owned by each ad joining tho property, makes one of the larg est and most valuable ranches in that fer tile MUlcy. Inn gentlemen will cut next season upwards of 2JX0 tons ot hay. V, G. Parker, a pioneer of 1813, and a brother-in-ltiw of the late Uncle Jesse Ap pli'gate, died last week at his homo on tho sUMimii of the Cascades, between AMilund apd Linkville. Mr. Parker was with tho Apptegates in laying out and opening the southern emigrant road to Oregon, and was well known and highly esteemed among the pioneers of the State. R. M. Tomlinson, of Teloeasut, while loading a car with hay, last .Monday, re ceived a blow from a falling board on his right shoulder, causing a dislocation of tho collar bone. Ho came to town aud Dr, Day adjusted tlie dislocation. It is a very bad pine..' for a dislocation as it is difficult to retain in pla:e. Ho also received a se vere injury on the left knee. A now time card for tho Union Pacific is being prepared, and will go Into oil'oct nbout. tho 10th inst. Under tho now ar rangement tho fast mall will leavo Port land at night and tho overland llyor will leavo in tho morning. The reason for the change is to suit Eastern connections. Tho opening of the broad gaguo road from Po catello to Salt Like has made a change in regard to timoand nccoiiattM a change, Kor several years past, say the Hoppnor Gazette, Charles I ngraham of Right Mile, Morrow county, bus -been experimenting in ehomUtry with a view to producing a bright, cheap and portable light. He now claim to have perfected a composition which, moulded into slender stick and placed In a lamp of hi own invention, burns with a hrlllinuuy fully equal to the oioctrle light, at an extremely low ooit. Pendleton grocery men, algo their cunto m m, are klokinsf. It appear that the bail out farmer' who sella butter, frequently makes h's rolls considerably under weight in order to more quickly pay off his inort Xajfe. Two p .und rolls re found to wt h:h ! one and one-uilf or one an I ihree-quari'T the seirliuents of .ill I'l -ir liiiu.lrt.ls f pounds, and tho one-punnd rolls are equally ' frh-tid when i' w s t. ci.i .ill i be hail deceptive. The deulers say they aie thing , nes imagi .! e. : u I a i e i fi;l and pros to pay good prices for buttei, but want to ! pe usjourney tbiou u t Lech allying eenes roeoive all they juy fdr. I of thU life, VICTORY AGAIN ! 124- Democratic Majority hi Congress. MCKINLEY IS BADLY DEFEATED- A political cyolono Straws Across tit & jm&llo Tfca RttH. The elections held througout the States Tuesday of last week resulted In a verilablo Waterloo for the republiuans. Never be fore in the history of the country was thero such a political revolution. It may be ascribed to several causes. The high tariff McKinlcy bill principally, the Puree bill, and high handed manner in which the pres ent congress trampled on the rights of the minority, The latest return indicate that the demo crats will hae 223 congressmen, republi cans 00, fajmers alli'in- ofi, a char mijnritv Of 121. Democrats eloet governor anrl .1 congress'' men in Nebraska, carry tlie entire State ticket and legislature. In Wisconsin everything went democrat ic, Peek, for Governor, being elected by 30.0t majority. Ohirtglvosl! deiivKTatic congressmen to 7 republicans. MeKlnley and Cannon, and Hurrows, republican leaders, are defeated. Indiana is 11,000 democratic with a ma jority of 2fi on joint ballot. Farmers' alliance carries the Kansas legislature, insuring the defeat of Ingalls for U. S. Senator. New York and Now Hainnhiro elect democratic legislatures, a gain of two U. S Senators. In Illinois the democrats have won, and Hon. Edward S. Wilson, of Olney, is elected State tieastirer by 11.13'i, and Henry Banb, of Belleville, superintendent of public in struction, by 3 1,114. Congressmen Payson and Hill have also been defeated, and Snow and Stewart, Denis., elected. Michigan went 10,0j0 democratic and elected a democratic legislature. Califor fornia and Washington both republican. Montana democratic. Massachusetts elects a democratic governor and sonds an in creased democratic delegation to congress. Colorado'oleets a part of each State ticket with legislaturein doubt, Patterson, demo crat, elected governor of Pennsylvania by 17,000 majority. West Virginia solid demo crat io. In North Dakota the plurality for John son (Rep.) for congress is about 0,000. Burke, for governor, ii.lSo, Uonton, dem ocratic congressional candidate, will con test Johnson's seat. In South Dakota dem ocrats concede the eloction of both republi can congressmen and most of the State ticket, but claim the governor and enough of the legislature to give a majority to tlie alliance and democrats. All the southern States givo increased democratic majorities. Texas went 100,000 democratic Mills in ins district ran ahead of the tieketand was elected by an increased majority. From Tho Imnalia. Mr. L. J. Bootho, Jr., and daughtors, of lninaha, Wallowa county, who have been visiting in this city, took their departure for home last Monday. Mr. Bootho is pinch pleased with the Imnaha, which ho says is one of tlie most fertile localities in Oregon. The valley lays along the rivor for a distance of thirty miles and is quite thickly settled in tho upper part. All kinds of hay, grain, vogolables, tobacco and soml troplcal fruits do remarkably well. This year on the farm of Mr. Baer, peaches were gathered that measured 12 inches in circumference and grapes, the bunches of which weighed yt lb". Most of tlie best land has been taken. Lower Iiuuaua, near Snake river, is not very thickly settled, be ing better adapted for stock raising than farming. Although last winter was a se vere one, over 2000 head of cattle and horses were wintered there nnd nono of tnem were lust, it is only a mattor of a few years when till section will bo connec ted with tiio outside world by a railroad down Snake rior. The farmers of lninaha will then find theuifcolvos in a nioit envia bio position. City Council I'roceodiBgo. At an adjournment term of tho city coun cil hold on tho 1st hut, bills to tho amount $11,30 wore allowed and ordered paid. Li cense to soil spirituous liquors wax granted to Ed, Reinillard and D. Coroy. E. H. Lewis, J. L. Hoothe, Sr. aud Mark Stevens were appointed Judges of election to bo hold In the city of Union o;i tho 1st day of Docombor. Ford Hlonh and H. L. Deacon, Sr. wore appointed clerks. IIOKN". McMASTEi:. In High valley, Nov. 0. IrttJ, to the wlfo of Samuel McMaster, a sou. .MA Kill ISO. MOOR 15 DEN N E Y.- A t tho residonco of J. (!. Cl.irk. in La Grande. Saturday, Nov. IS). Mr. B. II. Mooro and Miss Minnie Denney. OLI VKR McDON A LD. At the residence of the bride'k pureniM near Hiimniurville, Vedneda. Nov. 12, 1800, Mr. Turner. Oliver and Mink Anna McDonald, Uev, R. II. Parker, olHciatlng. At home, at Union, Oreuon. after Nov. 20th. A'e Girdt. The wedding was a quiet affair, but a very pbitsaiit one, being witnunnod only by tlie relatives and a few of the most intimate friends of the family. Mr. and .Mrs. Oliver leavo on toduy'a tiaiu for a short trip in tho Wi lainotto valley and Pueet .Sound coun try, and will return to Union on about Nov. 20th. .Mr. Oliver, who is the most widely l;nwn and popular young man in tho county, is fortunate in touring so t titualdo and atra tiv- a young lady as Miss MeDi.i a'd. a d Tin: Hi r rbut e. lux OUZ SOCIAL WORLD. Brief Personal i Weefe's ention Epitome of tho Amusements. Mr. H. J. Deer was in on business. town last Friday Mr. 15. P. Cranston, of Union Sunday. Keating, visited Mr. Jos. Nodtne returmd to the Sound last Saturday. Mr. Samuel MeDaniel, of the Core, was in theetty Sunday. Mr. A. P. Greener, of Pine valley, called on us last Monday, Mr. Samuel McMaster, of High valley, called on u Saturday. Mr. Wm. Martin, of the Park, was in the city the fore part o tho eek. Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Warren are visiting friends in Wingville, Hakercouniy. Mr. Doni sev MoDanio!, of tie Cjc, m.ulpus aj lei san vis. t lis Iti'-d.n. Hon. J. W, Nerval was in the city this week, the guost of Mr. A. N. Hamilton, Mr. J. S, Vandevsntcr.a prominent farm er of the Park, cil'ed cp us the fore part of the ueek. Mrs. IS. P. Mi Daniel and Mis. Nannie New ell, of the Cove, were visitors to Union lust Saturday. Mr. J .1$. Chantry, of North Powder, wasl'i the city this week'. -He wanted to purchase a band of sheer Mr. N. Myrick, one nt iha prosperous farmers of the Cove, made us a' substantia! visit Tuesday. Mrs. Fannie Bird canno ovor frofrt f.a Grande Tuesday and is visiting liar moth or, Mrs. P.M Collin. Mr. John Brooke, formerly a resident of this county, was up from Portland this week visiting frionds. Mr. L. A, Robertson called on us this week and ordered Tim fcotT soiit to Jerry Ilolaway, Waddle, Mo. Mr. J. M. Mitchell and wife, of Joseph, havejicon visiting relatives and friends in this city during tho past few days. Mr. Chas. Herring, of Keating, who was in tho city after his winter supplies, lnudo our oL.se a pleasant visit Tuesday. Mr. Jos, Yowell, of I'ylo canyon, called on us Saturday. Jo is always the same jolly old hoy and has lots of friends. Rev. S. M. Driver and Mr. A. J. Good brod left for Pino valley, last Friday, on a visit. They returned home Tuesday. Miss Helen Levy, who is now visiting in Portland, is reported to be quite sick. Her many friends hero will royret to hear it. Mr. P. C. Reams, agent for the U. 1. it O. Stage Co., lias rented the Wm. Roth resi dence formerly occupied by Mrs. lSloeh. Mr, Jack Oliver called on us this week and subscribed for Tun Scout to be sent to his brother, Marshall Oliver, at Island City. F. M, Sloeiim, who was out last week on a little collecting tour for Tin: Scour, ad de 1 a largo number of subscribers i o our list. City Marshal Johnson got his left wrist severely cuton a piece of broken glass a few days ago while arresting u refractory drunk. Mrs. Morwin and Mrs. Cranston, who have been visiting friends in the city re turned to their home on Lower Powder, a few days ago. Miss Winnio Blakcsleo left, Tuesday, for Portland to finish the study of short-hiind writing which she has been learning for some time. Judge Goodall called on us a few days ago and subscribed for an additional copy of Tin: Scout to bo sent, to his son, Scott, who is attending collego at Corvallis. A very enjoyable party was given at tho residonco of Mr. and Mrs. J. D.Carroll, in North Union, last evening, it being tlie oc casion of thoir fiftieth wedding anniver sary. Mrs Mnttlo P. Krcekel, secretary of tho Oregon State Secular Union, will deliver a lecturo in this city in a few days. The lady has a national reputation as an eloquent speaker. Marriage licenses wero issued to thu fol lowing parties last week by County Clerk Oliver: A. O. Lylloaud Ellen II Scott; II. I). Mapos and Jennie I'. Hates; H. II. Moore and .Minnie Dennoy, Mr. W. .. Howitt was up from tho Covo Saturday and renewed his subscription for Tiii:SouiiT to his father in Long creek. Mr. Hewitt has had a severe tussle with tho typhoid fever, but Is rapidly recovering. Mr. S. II. Foreman, tho well-known ox conductor, who was among the most popu lar men on the road when he ran passenger trains over tho mountain, has removed to Pendleton with his family from La Grande, and will resido there in tho future. It is said that Mr. Foreman has boon reinstated Mrs. A. A. Ellis, fonnorly Miss Louise Ellsworth, and her son, of Hod Lodge, Park county, Montana, after a short visit in Spokane Falls, arrived in LaOrande, Tues day. They aro the guests of her broth-or-in-law, anil sUter, Dr. and Mrs, McDon ald. If, amongst legions of warm, strong friends in Oregon, Mrs. Ellis should have any oncinios they aro indeed fewer than those of the average mortal. Hence, while Mr. Ellis, who is a young but wealthy stock raiser, was unable to accompany his wife, her friends will so to it that the vis it is one of unalloyed pleasure, as it wero, Mr and Mrs..). It. CiMos took their de parture for their new home In Falrhaven last Sufurduy. Their altence causes a void in this community that cannot bo easily filled, not alone In society, of which thoy were popular member, hut In business and legal circles in which Mr, Crites occupied a leading position. As an attorney ho stood In thu foremost rank, a position which he attained and held by his ability, strict hon esty ami integrity, 'd faithful attention to the interests of his clients, who always plated implicit reliance in him and ware nev:r de e.ved. The quai l.ca l- lis jtos-M-Kocd h) Mr Criln are in demand every u lu re ami b' Mill It an ir q .'ultinil to the ', ik oi Wui-lrnxtou. The b. l shea of Til Sivui and tnuny fr.en !s go with .lm and his y -I- v, After Said a critical tramp.'!. would say trusts of. bread of .L.. ,r j. juu.1, Lucy re tuuvda now no more Where theWireG-auzeDoor Giv;esiUie air;ifftIi?,ovenf-ullpIay,x IS "STQTr "W-kTO TZESIB IBIS'S? Buy the CHARTER OAK, gSf We arc sole agents for theso well known Stoves and llnnw. in BVKINO. ROASTING, KCONO.V of FUEL, S WING of MEATS, and Dl RAltlLlTY, H ey are superior to any "tin r si rilled tlrst-clu stuvo made in America, an 1 we aie row selling them Y It CI I F APISH than any so called first-class stove has ever been fold In Eastern Oiegon. They arc Fully Warranted in livery Particular, ThW w not an Idlo and rainless abortion, but a warrantee hacked by tho well known integrity und reliability of the Charter Oak Manufacturing Co. iTSW'o arc also car rying a complete assortment of HEATING STOVES! All of tho above X-X a rclwa re lOTTT? r!TrQT-Tj"T Is in charge of a first-class workman, and all kinds -J U LAi -L llA OllV L of repuring and job work done at reasonable rates, and satisfaction guaranteed. Call and examine our goods and prices SUMMERS it LAYNE. Union, Oregon 7 HI CiUlill mm of m vv f TO CARRY AWAY -1 am overstocked in- i Clothing, Dry Goods, Goods, which must he sold EGARDLESS OF COST. Cull Early and Secure BIG : BARGAINS! ggflgKThcso goods arc of the latest styles and importations, hut must and will he sold at a sacrifice. -DEALER IN- OHHK9KB M Latest Styles. -Jtiat Received, Direct from tlie East, n Largo Invoico of LA DIES' nnd MISSES' CALFSKIN SHOES, tho Rest Ever brought to this Markot. Also a Fino Assortment of GENT'S -:- FURNISHING -:- GOODS. My Prices will suit the times. Drop in mitl see mo. 0. VINCENT, Main Street, Union, Or. New KALIv Goods. Just Hecelved at S. C. MILLER'S. -'iifciiiti " mutt. Parlor Suits in Mohair and Wool Plushes. A Fine Line of Up holstered Chairs, Office and School Furniture, CARPETS, MIRRORS, ETC., ETC., In fact, everything to he found In a HrM-claH furniture store. PICTURB FRAMES Made to Order, ru'Wi" SASH. D00KS and BUNDS. (.en come in my wavr i ' m reliable manufacture. AN1 Tinware. 4-17 t BARGAINS, at "SET'S STORE. and all kinds of Dross All Kinds. An Klegant Assortment Illuh Novelties in FURNITURE! Not to he found clsewhero In Kastern Oregon, Lhamber buits in XVI, Antlquo it Slahogony SHOES. SO ATTT T PP aiAINSTKKLT, . V. iVJL ll-zlvli'lV, Union, Orvjfou