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SATURDAY OCTOBER 12, 18S9. FACT VERSUS THEORY. Those whose province it is to write or speak for the great public may be divided into two classes. The first frames its theories upon accepted facta. The second attempts to twist fids to suit the tneories. Never has this been more strikingly illustrated than in the tariff discussions which have been carried on of late either from the. stump or through the col umns of the Dublic prints. When President Harrison during the cam paign which resulted in his election formulated the famous expression, "Our democratic opponents evidently study maxims rather than markets," he condensed into a sentence the posi tion of the free-trader- In Washing ton during the late canvass the demo crats stood squarely upon the Cleve land message of December, 1887, and clamored for free wool, free hops, free lumber and free trade. But in Mon- tana they made a fair attempt to hedge, and as the apostle Paul tersely remarks were "all things to all men hoping thsieby to win soma" The same Democratic national committee undertook a rear, and more ago to prove by Roger Q. Mills the puta tive father of the tariff reform bill whom they sent to talk to New Eng land manufacturers and their opera- tives, that they would be benefited by the introduction of raw materials duty free, while the wool grower must bear the brunt, and at the same time they kept John P. Irish busily employed in this state asserting before his audi- ences of sheep growers that the man- ufacturer alone must stand the drop in prices which they claimed must in-e- ably ensue. Let us hear again from the lips of an unquestioned dem- ocratic source, a president ot the United States, his testimony garnered ' from many years of experience in pub- lic lifa It has been often quoted. It can never be repeated too often. In his annual message of Dec. 8, 1857 President Buchanan said, "In ii e midst of unsurpassed plenty in all the ' elements of national wealth, we find our manufactures suspended, our pri vate enterprises of different kinds abandoned, and thousands of useful laborers thrown out of employment and reduced to want" And this too within the limits of that decade in which the discovery of gold in Califor- nia and its output almost doubled the coin circulation of the world. The country had then had eleven years of the nearest approach to free-tra- de it had ever seen or, please God, ever shall see. How is it now? For more than twenty-eig-ht years we have lived under the operation of a high tariff and during all that time prices have cheapened and wages to-da- y are on the average' 50 per cent, higher than they were when the purchasing power of a dollar wtjs far less. We have through a century of experience and progress proved all things let us hold fast to that which is good. THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW. The London Times of Jate has been paying much attention to the Pan-Ameri- can congress which has just conyened at our national capital. Between every line of the editorial utterances of the "Thunderer ' the practiced eye can read the unmis takable signs of dread lest our com mon lot, cast together upon two conti nents, separated by broad oceans from the other peoples of the world, should lead us to combine as one people prac tically for our own benefit. We have no laws of primogeniture, no relics of a feudal system of land tenure, and when we depart most widely from the old world systems of political economy we prosper most. The Times pithily asks "What might not be done by few subsidized lines of steamers plying . between New York and Rio, Buenos Ayres and Valparaisol" We believe that the present administration sees, and that the incoming congress will act upon the fact that the way to re vive our carrying trade and restore us to our former place in the ranks of the worlds maritime nations is by judicious subsidy. No other nation exercises the pitiful cheese-parin- g sys tem of false economy in this direction which disgraces us. Take a single instance. The French steamer Bur gundy of 7000 tons burden, net, receives thirty cents per ton . roin the French government for every thousand miles of travel. For the round trip between New York and Brest, C000 miles, the line to wnicn tms vessel belongs receives from a wise people $12,600 in cash besides liberal allowances for carrying the mails. Let our conscript fathers be wise in their day and generation, offering liberal although judicious sums for government service as well as private ventures carried on exclusive- ly in American bottoms and a few years at the most will find pnr flag upon every sea in all the earth, and we may be assured that our South American neighbors will no longer borrow, sell, or trade with continental or English houses or bankers in pre- ference to ours. . WHAT THE PENSION BUREAU IS. The East Oregonian is wonderfully exercised over pension matters. Quot- ing from the Oregonian that "discre- tion of mind and control of tongue" are necessary, the E. O. says editori- ally; "Precisely. A discreet tongue to conceal the operations of the gigantic scheme of fraud and bribery which is just what the pension oflice is." Oh no, Bro. Jackson. Allow us to set you right The pension oflice is the appointed medium through which the government pays out stipulated sums, which however large in the aggregate, are generally pitifully inadequate in as detail, to those who were mangled by nnssiles from guns in the hands of men who inevitably voted the demo- cratic ticket, or perhaps if the disa- bility originated otherwise, it was while the pensioner was sleeping on cold, wet ground nightly, and faring mighty hard through the long days, to convince men, every one of whom voted the democratic ti;ket, that they could not, to perpetuate a patrician oligarchy or less than 300,000 slave- holders, destroy the government of the United States. These pensioners worked for four years for thirteen dollars a month, they became crippled in the service of the government, and the pension oflice is a place where the cripple sometimes, after years of weary waiting and suffering, draws as much as two dollars a month. After all it does look something like a fraud. don't it. But the fraud seems to us to be upon the cripple, not the govern- - merit. The "appalling raid on the treasury of which te . u. man talks and which he commends Presi- - dent Cleveland for attempting to pre- - vent by picking out the special cases in which he thouj'ht he saw a chance to be facetious at the expense of a sick or dying man is just as real as the charges which accompanio l the cry of "Turn the rascals out" at the time of Mr. Cleveland's first election. Care-- fal search, with fine comb scrutiny, orovtd that buz bear, as this will iif. . .... - ii prove, a speciou3 generalizing caicn word and falsehood. WANTED A POLICY. Ever since the Waterloo which as tounded Mr. Clevelahd and his polit ical adherents last Nevember, the party has shown by all the usual signs, that it is undergoing one of its period ical transformations. And these changes are nothing, if they are not natural. A parly which is composed of 30 many differing elements which will not fuse, which is utterly and comically incongruous,and agreed upon no one thing, except the wish that the wicked fraudulent Republicans would all die, must of necessity change with every gusty fUw and veer in every campaign until it has swept around the whole faci of the political compass- Men who opposed the war very many, and men who favored it very few; men who are opposed to sump- - tuary legislation, and men, who under the thin guise of prohibition, want sumptuary laws; the few protection- - ists, the tc riff n formers, and the out an! out free-trade- need a very la'ge platform upon which to stand if they would avoid each others tender toes, But there is one "pilicy" already fore shadowed by Mr. Congressman Mills which can unite them all, and that is obstruction. One section can yeil tariff refcrir, while another declares against it Look for a flaw in the Protectionists policy and widen it all you can; nurs3 a spirit of discontent; attack the administration for daring to remove an incompetent roan who perhaps may have been a brave sol dier althougu yiu hate a soldier yourself; sneer at the G. A. R.; ig- nore the fact that for nearly thirty years the country has prospered wide ly ana wondertully, iy following a course exactly opposite to that which Democracy has prescribed, until it challenges the troild'a admiration: threaten ruin, and make every body believe if you can that Republicanism means destruction, ihis wui be in exact line with the party spirit since 1860, aad h!te all their alleged policies will there their common fate and lot. I; will net work. THE BUSINESS CUTLOOK. The last weekly review of R. G. Dun and Co. tells us that a closer money market has checked operations to some extent. We have not far to look for the cause. There has of late been a larger demand for American gold abroad. One firm engaged in placing loans for foreign governments shipped at one time 1,000,000 gold. The Argentine Republic is in sore need of funds and Russia is engaged in placing a large loan just now. These things are almost certain to ir j. auecc our money market lor some time. Business reports from the coun try at large indicate a healthy condi tion of things and an increased vol ume ot trade. Chicago, Cleveland and Pittsburg find business larger than a year ago, all branches of trade inoproying and pnce3 higher. There would seem to he some danger of an unhealthy ooom in tne lion trade owing to an anxiety to stimulate the demand Bradslreets summary for the week ending Oct 4th finds that the wider prevalence of cooler weather has materially aided the distribution of staple and general products. The hammering which trust slocks received in Wall street has had no bad effect upon the money market. The Eng ish market reports show a steadiness and firmness of price which is unusual in the grain trade. Money is easy at the great centers, and the last loans of the week in New York on call were at 4 per cent. ANGRY TACOMA. a lue muraer ot iLnocn urosbv in Tacoma has, in common with other crimes perpetrated in, the city of des tiny, aroused the citizens to such an exteptthat a thousand of them assem bled yesterday in mass meeting at the Aijua veia iiuuac iud uuuujuer ex commerce being too small for the crowd. Resolutions were passed con- - demnatory of the mayor and city council, protesting against any further I saloon license when a majority of the property holders in the vicinity are adverse thereto, ana demanding that 1 the police rid the city of all desperate characters. Further resolutions de- -1 mand more and better lights, and the raising ot the license fee to $1000. When Mayor Wheeler attempted to speak he was greeted with hisses, and, I the Oregonian terms it, the meeting ccanie a howling mob. A com rait teo I of one hundred was apppinted to watch the council and look after the in te rents of the citizens at the next election. This is well, but after all, at a time when popular excitement ,is very great, "festina lente" is a ood motto to follow. Even vigilan-- e rule has sometimes been necensary for a brief period, but many iup ccent lives would have been spared i tin vigilantes bad always "made ha te slowly." CORPORA TIO $ HESPO NS1B1LITIES. Every day or two we are confronted in the columns of the dailies with gruesome chapter of horrors, accidents by rail, or river, or sea. An observant intelligent foreigner once said that if a bomb shell which would hold fifteen nassenrrcrs were fired hourly from I cs - New York to New Orleans with positive certainty that fourteen out of the fifteen would be killed and the jUCfcy fifteenth safely landed, so care Mess 0f danger were tue Xantees mat the proprietor of the line would be overrun with applications. This may not be true, but we are careless, very I careless and good natured to boot, or so many railway, steamboat and steam I sbip lines could not blaughter peopl as they do with impunity. It. was fit of trim pleasantry that first sug gested that a railway director shou'd I ba firmly strapped just under the of each locomotive. Tbis is hardly practicauie, out it is praccicaoie to hold common carriers to so strict an accountability, that the loss of life or limb will be a rare event. When the clhcials m high places are made to know that swift condign pun ish merit will surely follow carelesness there will be fewer half manned, poor ly built ships afloat or overworked under paid employes ashore. AN OPPORTUNE DELAY. In the great commonwealth of New York a man named Giblin was re- - cently sentenced to death for murder. His attorneys by a strong showihg succeeded in obtaining a sixty days respite from Gov. Hill. The stron showing was, that one of the principal witnessps against him had clearly committed perjury. Facts tubscquent to those developed upon the trial prove that the pistol with which the murder was committed was not" GiblinV, as was then asserted, but was picked up by him from the floor and fired in self defense. The pprjurer, who is a worn an, nearly became a murderer hersel for her false witness almost caused the death of an innocent man. No pun- - lsbment can be too swift or severe for one who deliberately, for grudge or gain, swears away the life of a fellow I beicg. It must be cause for congratu lation to tha court that the innocent I man was not executed by its mandate, however righteous at the time, the judgment may have seemed. Batter a little delay, than that innocent blood be shed. A TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT. What an enormous hue-and-c- the appointment of an educated negro to a position in the Atlantr posloffice has ade. And now comes the Age-He- r aid, of Birmingham, Ala., and reiter alts the sickening platitudes common to such occasions, because a colored man, who has passed his civil service examination and beaten his white competitors, has beea appointed one of the letter carriers at that place. The Inter Ocean pertinently says that if one man wishad to send a note or a message to another in that city he would doubtless employ a negro, and why should not the government do what these intensely white gentlemen do and consider the proper thin How intensely silly and puerile the whole matter is. But if the white letter carriers can stand the loss of $1000 per yeBr, which their resigna tion involves, we presume the U. S. and the negro can. CONGRESSMAN SULLIVAN. . TM. :i :i : a .1 r lutrc is u uu&siuuuy Liiat one Ol the congressional districts of the proud city of Boston may return that drunk ard, adulterer, ignoramus and coward, John Lawrence Sullivan to the house of representatives. We say possibil ity, advisedly, for we believe that, if no other factor forbids this solution, the pride of the Irish people, who have an O'Neill, an Egan, a Parnell, an O'Reilly to refer to, will preveut them from blackening their record by the election, to a post of honor, of such a reprobate as this fellow Sulli- van has always shown himself to be. It is not without precedent' that a prize tighter should wear forensic honors as Figg was elevated to the house of commous and our own John Morrissay represented a New York constituency in congress for several years. THE DALLES MILITARY ROAD. Judge Sawyer in the U. S. district court has sustained the defendant's ex ceptions to portions of the bills as im- pertinent, and also allowed the motion of certain defendants to file double pleas. This is first blood for The Dalles Military Road folks and so far, black eye tor Uncle Ham. Judge Siwyer holds that having constructed the road the company was under no obligation to maintain it. Judge Sawyer for similar reasons rules to the same effect in the case of the Oregon Cfintral miUry CompanVi Ihe veterans Ureed, Confession of Faith and Thirty-nin- e Articles are all comprised in the following pithy definition of Secretary Noble's position from his own lips: "My own . pension policy may be very briefly summed up, was a soldier, i made my way up from the ranks. I belong to the Grand Army. I want to see every old soldier get a pension who deserves one under the law, and 1 want him to get the aniouat allowed him by law; and I want him to get it in the exact of order of time prescribed by the law. And if I am to stay where I am, every a thing must be done according to law, which is so plain that there is no neces- sity for mistaking it." This is straightforward, manly, consistent, right We especially commend it to those Democratic party leaders who are subpet to fierce attacks inter- mittent and spasmodic of intense affection for the soldier, and who now affect great sympathy for the late commissioner of pensions. The pen- sion bureau needs at its head a clear brain and &reut business ability. If the last commissioner failed in these particulars, no matter how unswerving his patriotism, unselfish his devotion or great his sacrifices the president's duty was plain, and if, as we believe, Corporal Tanner retains the spirit which nearly thirty years ago sent him to the front he will sink personal in terests out of sisiht for the sake of public cood. "Our friends, tho e- n- emy," may rest assured that the new commissioner, whoever he may be, will have been one of those "who young and foolish was whisked off his base to where the hot blasts of war Dlavtd sad havoc with lives and for tunes." On the first page to-d- ay we reprint from -- the Jnlcr-Ocea- -i a plain state ment of M r. W. L. Scott's connection with the great Spring Vulley coal mine trouWi.s. Air. bccll s spceciies in congress do not read like Mr, Scott's deeds in Illinois as re ported for the press. Forty thousand acres of coal land were more than he could hope to work in a lifetime. Why not have bought 2,000 acres like the phil- - anthopist for which he posed, and worked them! Because he wished to control the northwestern coal market but this was not all nor the worst. With about a million of dollars in vested, the democratic resorts to watering devices and so in creases his stock from $1,000,000 to $2,500,000 and then to secure his dividends upon this watered stock reduces wages until half starved miners can stand it no longer, where upon he shuts down his mines, throws 2500 miners out of work and com mences a series of evictions from rented houses or property purchaeed from him, (on which partial payments haye been made) in the expectation of steady employment. He is worth according to his own statement $20,-000,00- can contribute half a million dollars to the Cleveland campaign fund and support a racing string which has just won for him more than $60,000, but he is too poor to, furnish remunerative employment to those whose labors must feed and clothe and house 10,000 helpless ones, because his margin of profit would be only reasonable. Contrast the swelling turgid periods in the house of repre sentatives cn the 10th of May last with this sordid grasping exhibition and then count Mr. Scott's philan thropy for just what it is worth. In the first half of this century, be fore the American people had fairly fought their way to the front rank of the nations, it was quite natural that we thould be supersensitive as to our standing, and like the snob, who is always reiterating his claim to the title of gentleman, we asserted our superiority in many foolish ways, and invariably met all comers from the opposite side of the ocean with a self conscious questioning, to which we almost dreaded a reply. And if the reply was unfavorable, no matter how truthful, we generally resented the criticism we had ourselves invoked. But we ought long ago to have out grown all this. We find in the tele- graphic columns of 's Oregonian this caption, over the report of an in- terview with Edwin Arnold, at San Francisco, "Our Generals are Great, in Finance We Have No Superior, and in Statecraft and Literature We Stand High." Hurroo!! It might have been well to remember that our talented visitor knows that be is ex pected to deal out his dole of compli- ment, to drop into our gaping mouths as it were, a liberal amount of "taffy." And yet it was to portray just this national weakness that Dickens cre ated the Hon. Jefferson Brick, whom we did not like at all. Let us be the things we. love to hear of, and the world will recognize and honor us, even it we do not label ourselves. The diplomatic and courteous lan guage which the Chinese minister used when he addressed President Harrison must be taken in the spirit in which it was intended. Of course, if China could help herself, she has no very pleasant feeling towards the United States or the inhabitants. On several occasions the subjects of the Celestial empire have been brutally treated by our citizens, and this must rankle in the bosom of the diplomat; but inter national courtesy must be preseryed and the reigning executive must be as sured or the great consideration m which he is held. While this is true it is no less a fact, aside from the same obligation of international courtesy,that President Harrison cares little for China or Chinamen. It would cause no pang of regret to Mongolians if. by some convulsion of nature, our country with its millions of inhabi tants were sunk under the ' waves of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; and as an offset the people of the United States would shed few tears if the Mongolian empire were engulfed by the angry waves of the ocean; but diplomacy must be practiced, and in talking to the Hindoo, the Haytian, Kanaka or Chinaman the same smooth sounding, laudatory terms must be used. The sweeping Republican majorities in the four new states are indicative that public opinion is in favor ot the party of progress. Democracy Las never extended to the advanced ideas the presjnt age any encouragement; but has contented itself with pursuing negative policy. At every step for the past twenty-fiv- e years it has op- posed the measures advocated by the Republican party, and has only given up its opposition when experience has proved them safe and sound. This can be easily seen by reference to our political history for the past quarter of a centur. The people are conversant with these facts, and it is not at ail surprising that they should array themselves against this lorig-continu- obstructive policy and the party which followed it These new common- wealths desire development of their resources, and the citizens know that the policy outlined by the Mills bill would be detrimental instead of bene- ficial. Protection means everything to the west and northwest, and free-trad- e is barren of any good results. The Dakotas, Montana and Washing- ton desire numerous industries estab- lished and their only hope is in the party of progress and protection. The grain crop of Europe shows a large falling off from the yield of former years, and this will increase the price of breadstuff This is a matter of very little consideration to wealthy people; but to the laboring poor in very many instances it will mean suffering and starvation. The countries of Europe are very much overcrowded, and this partial failure of the wheat crop will cause them to seek homes across the ocean, and we may expect a large im- migration next year. They will be welcome, if they bring with them habits of industry and thrift; if tot, they better stay at heme. The O. R. & N. Co. will run a train into Spokane Falls next Monday, and that thriving city will have another feeder. If other cities had exercised the same degree cf enterprise they they would rival Spokane to-da- but their opportunities have slipped by un improved and they cannot be recalled. When the business men considered new project a desirable factor of de velopment it was put into operation without hesitation, and tbis is the secret of the growth of the city. With such business men in the lead its progress cannot be limited or checked. We are in receipt of a letter from Mr. O. J. Gale, of Brooklyn, N. Y., enclosing a half year's subscription and asking for information anent the north western country ana ihe uaiies in particular. He says that one of our townsmen forwarded him the New Years's issue of the Times Mountain ekr. He also tells us that ha has accumulated something and wishes to locate where he can be given a more chance in the hreadwmni struggle, lo our friends who do not believe that it pays to advertise, this is dedicated both as text and sermon, The South American republics are advancing in wealth. Tho govern ments are holding out inducements to immigrants, and the Latin races are seeking the new world in order to better their condition. There are more opportunities for the exercise of energy and enterprise, on this conti nent than in the over-crowde- d coun tries of continental Europe. The British Columbians are exhib- iting considerable bluster over the action of the Bush in defending the American seal fisheries in Behring sea, and threaten to attack the steamer if she stops at Victoria, This is talk and nothing more. LATE NEWS. DEMOCRATIC FILIBUSTERING EXPECTED BY THE REPUBLICANS. Washington, Oct. 8. General Tom Browne, of Indiana, one of the oldest and most influential republicans in the house, thinks there will be a Ions and bitter fight over the adoption of the new rules when congress meets. Speaking of the probable action of the Democrats in regard to the adoption of new rules, the general said: "Under the most common parliamentary rules, the minority, if mean enough, can prevent the miijonty from doing anything almost, and especially is this true where the ma jority is as slender as it will be. this se- s- on the Ke publican side. Filibustering will ac easy. I do not believe it will be possible for us to adopt a set of ru'es which will give us supreme power. No party has ever done it, and I don't be lieve we can now. The majority will be at the mercy of the minority, and if we accomplish anything it will be by suffer ance. I anticipate, as Mills. Oates. Bv- - num and other Democrats have announc ed, that there will be a long fight over the adoption of the rules. It will likely result in a compromise, which will leave the mnjority practical! v in the hands of the minority. I am in favor of the ma jority ruling, if it consumes the entire session to establish the maioritv's ritrl.ts we must start out right, it we expect to SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS. Salem, Oct. 8. W. A.Currie, of Port land, was commissioned notary public to aay. In the supreme court to-d- ay, V. W, Cuttou, of New York, was admitted to practice in the courts of Oregon. There were twenty-on- e in the class for admis sion to the bar. Diplomas will be award ed to day. - A SEVERE FALL. j Aivin umenoy, a young man working in a wen at inomas Bruce's hve miles souin or oatem. mis afternoon lell from a muuer nucea reel ieet to tDe bottom of uie wen, sustaining severe injuries, but his recovery is expected. a dishonest rest a itb a nt maw. Sedsrwick. who ran the tfinlnfrrrmm nf the . i Cuemekela i . . on . the . Earopeannlan . . for I me last weeK, skipped this morning, leaving creditors for various sums. He got away with about ?C0O and skipped oeiween two aays. THE BAKER CITY FAIR Baker City, Or., Oct. 8. The first agricultural fair of Eastern Oregon opened here to-d- ay. Owing to heavy showers yesterday and last night the at- tendance was not larsre, but the dust is thoroughly laid and the success of the fair is assured, barring heavy rams. The city is full of visitors and the "(in born" fralernity is fully represented. The pavilion presents a fine appearance, there being a fine display of the products of the soil, and especially of fruits. A fine display of apples and peaches is made bv A. J. Weatherby, of Burnt river; also vegetables from the same section. WRECK ON O. A C. B. R. Halset, Or, Oct. 8. The south-benn- d Calitornia express was wrecked at 9:10 last niffht. one mile north of this nls.ee. the fireman. William A. Ransome being Killed ana tne engineer, jonn Mciadclen severely iniured. None of the nassen I eers were hurt or scarcely shaken op, as I only cne passenger car, a Pullman sleep- - I er, left the rails. Jlr. A. B. Cox, ot the railway mail service, was thrown with much lbrce against tlie forward end of the car and covered with bags of in.iii, but managed to crawl up and find him- self uninjured. Engineer McFadilen bas been in the employ of the company for the lust nine teeii years. Ke lins u wife and three children liviLsr in Eas! Portland. lie re- turned there on thi engine local this afternoon. lie will be contincd to his bed for some Ahr.e, though he has no in- juries whicn with proper nursing can prove fata!. Itansome, the fireman, was unmarried, though rumor has it that he was engaged to a young lady of Portland, and va7 to have been married on the loth inst. He was quite popular among his fellows unci well liked by all who knew him. Ilis parents live in the east. The wreck is a very serious looking affair and was not cleared awav until nearly noon to-d- ay. It seems almost in- credible that so much damage to rolling stock could h ave been done and only one life lost. Railroad men say that the wreck is the worst that has ever occurred in the history of railroading on the Ore- gon & California. K. of p. Astoria, qcU 8. Visiting delegations to Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias arrived this morning, and held a review in the main body ol the opera house, vvlnUi was resplendent w:th banners an utwtauuua. All IUC JllCrUUB Ol a lUTO auaience, uraca unanceilor llunie i,rt. sented a magnificent crimson silk bannei to tne first reigment, uniform r.-- ivuil;ih.3 ui i vuuus, wnicn . was or"in J - O" izeu anu uaics us existence from y iiiu uuuuvr was accepted uy . lieutenant Tl 3 O. oiouci itaru oitvicsoa uelialt of the regiment. Alter military evolutions, performed wun precision, uraud I'relaio A Lleveiana delivered an eloquent address oi welcome, which was hltingly respond cu to ov urand unance or w T TT.,m An oration by Hon C II Finn was then uriivrrcu in spienuiu stylo by .Miss Ell irjruia, wno ai its close was presented wuii norai uiuutcs to ncr elocutional powers. The drum corps delighted tho crowds wun us penarniancc, and l lie dium mi jor's shako inspired hopes that his assist ant luny justilitd. A grund ball was given at the opera house to night. the olticers of the Grimd lodge meet to confer decrees, arid row evening there will be a clam suiirjci . . i i l ...v. uvc uii isiuua. Black Prince No. 5, La Grande, twelve men; captain, a., r. fuller; lieutenant, win Stevens; herald, Aaam Croasman Astoria, No. 4. Captain. Ed Hulliu-- lieutenant, CJ Trecchard; herald, Thom- as Loughery. Willamette, No. 2, Portland, ten men unpiuin, jolin AAhlesbat; lieutenant E o xiuwaius; ueratu, 0 O OeeO. Ualanthe, No. 3, Albina, seventeen men. captain, n. jj bimmons; lieuten- ant, T. H. Bigulow; herald, J V Rcedv v.uiuuju, i juuuuy, iour men captain, j d nail; lieutenant, Geo, uocnsteaier; neraia, o E Probst, Ihe farst regiment, when organized elected the following officers: Major, George V Hochsttdler, Albany Surgeon, E It Irving, La Grande. Stall Lieuieaant-Coione- l. Adinfnnt T a . . . o x.uwurus; quarrermastcr, Alex Camp bell ; sergeant uiaior. F R Neal, quarter uiuaicL-sereau- i, yj ju xSll. A GOOD COUNTRY TO LEAVE. Topeka. Ki., Oct. 9. The governor has endorsed the appeal from the people of Stevens county for aid, and erges that a hearty iesponse be given to the call for '"uu lue' doming, me farnier3 of mat couuty have suflered four successive failures of crop?, and thev are witiwmt ca&DS ot support for tho approaching winter, A MODERN ROMANCE, Port Towsend, Wn., Oct. 9. Charles Miller, a gauiuler by latter day irnf..9. sion, died Sunday of lung fever, lie was accompanied during his last mtervals by a unuusuuie woman, introduced and known as Ins wife. Frequently, during delirious momenta, in tho r,.,... p ..: ltors, he would in most pathetic terms ask forgiveness from some woman whom he cauea jj.anclie, and refer to a child. Vi- thing was thought of Ihe circumstance until alter his death, when Sheriff Delant- - ly received a telegram from Dnlnili Minn., signed Blanche Miller, asking for particulars concerning her husbands death. An old acquaintance of Miller's sid lew years airo Miller was a reanpftpH industrious man employed in Duluth J 1 . ... ' uuu ucniue juiaiuaiea witn n rminir woman of good family, whom he betrayed and was compelled to marrv. Lpavinw Duluth on the day of the marriage, he came West aqd plunged into reckles de- bauchery, which ended by some one shooting his arm off. Several months ago he married a respectable cul of Ta coma, who was unaware of his gambling proiesMn. juirer was a handsome man. m guuu mum)-- , bdu wen- Known tbrouh out the Northwest. DEATH BY ELECTRICITY. AUAURN, JN. Y., Oct. 9. Judfre Dju decides thut the eletricul execution laws is constitutional, and remands KemoieStr to tne custody of the warden of Auburn prison, 1 he decision, which is quite len"-thv- . says in part, that to every legislative act mere attaches a presumption of con stitutionality, and the burden of showing it to be unconstitutional is nnon Inn, wno assails it. No ouch acts should hH annulled by the judictary as opposed to lunuameniai law in a doubtful case, iue uutstioos arc, wcetner tlie nn.soner has overcome the presumption of con- stitutionality, and has shown that the statute ot 1888 iu regard to the infliction of toe aeatu penalty provides a cruel and unusual, and therefore unr.onstitin;nm.l punishment; and that the force of elec tricity is sumcicut to kill any human subject with celerity and certainty, when scientifically applied. la my judgment these questions must be answered nega- tively. Before a statue can rightly be abrogatid, theie should be judicial knowledge thut the punishment therein provided is cruel and unsual. There is no si cli knowledge, and his contention tillaed's latest. Chicago, Oct. 9. A disnatch from HT . I t . . iiwau&Q euja iuab u private letttr written by fiesident Colbv. of the Wis consm Centra, to the stockholders of the .Northern Tacihc road reveals a gigan tic railway consolidation scheme that win connect the two oceans and revolu tionize railway trafiic. It is the consoli dation of the Wisconsin Central and Northern Pacific systems. An sminii.i, . -- - tramc agreement-wa- the first step, llenrv Vulaid. through an alhono.. with (Jharles and Joseph Colbv. has ob taineo a majority of the stock of the JNortuern racihc, and a sensation in rail- - road circles is promised within the next ten day s. Henry Villard will he re stored to the presidency of the North Pcific, and one of the greateat railway 1 .J . . r it - tuummuauuns oi tue world will bo con suoimated Even now contracts have been sio-ne- whereby the Baltimore & Ohio railrcad is to enter into an airreemeat with ih consolidated Wisconsin Central nl Northern Pacific lines, connecting the two oceans. The Atchison. Tonefe a Santa Fe system is also in fnn rlooi reaching Mexico and Southern Califor nia. Cbicasro will be made the center for operating the three great railroads. ine JNortticrn i'acioc wi 1 be pxtpndi rl fmm TJ,. , . 3 1 I i. - 1 USICL BUUUU BDU UU1JI lDlO AlilflCn matting a continuous line from New XorK to Sitka. AN AMERICAN SCIIOOSEB TO BE SEIZED. San Francisco. Oct. 9. Word renr.Iiprl here to day that the American schnnnpr Annie Gee will be seized at Altata, where sue now is, Dy tne Mexican crovernmnnt. The schooner carried from here certain articles such as flour, that were not on the manifest.because the company had no scl" mere, iue juexican government thereupon imposed double dutv. and tli . owners oi me scnooner retuse to pav it. consequently the schooner will be seized. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla. for Enfanto and Children. ' "CastorlaisEowelladaptcdtochndreatJiat I Costorta errres Oolle. Constipation, irecommenditassuperiortoanyprescription I Bonr Stomach, DiarrhCBtt, Eructation, known to me." H. A. Arches, II D I Worma give sleep, aud promote, di- - Xtt Bo. Oxford Bi, Brooklyn, if. Y. WiSIiSjurious medication. The Cestacb Compact, 77 Hurray Street, N. TV The Dalles Trunk Factory. We wiHse:i TRUNKS, DAGS and VALISES, wholesale and letail, at prices that defy competition Workmanship beyond comparison. Tho best. We havi in atoik everything you need in the line of trunks-bass- ladies' traveling valises, shawl straps, trunk straps, etc, etc Will make anything n our line-a- sample trunks, costumers1, wardrobes, ect. promptly. Repairing department complete. Will 6x up your old valises and trunks better than new, promptly and cheaply. Call on us you will be pleasantly surprisej. Spanish Merino Bucks -:- i2V SAasigiHSf.JCJ im Vermont Merinos, Owned by Severence & Peet, California. have since imported from such breeders as Baker, Shippee, Strowbridge, Woolsey and Bullard. Our sheep with good constitutions, Fine, Lon& Staple and Heavy Fleeces. Our Bucks now to be seen on our stcck a correspondence. Prices &r-e:itl- y ITecliiccd. R-- Sepilm2 C.N. THORN T. A. HUDSON. TH0RSEH1Y & HUDSON, 10 INSURANCE, 2vo23.e3r to ZLioan on Real Estate, and Personal security. Will attend to all kinds or Land business the U. S. Land Office. 7 and S, U. S. Land OIKco building:, THE UALI.ES. OltEGON. HUGH CHRISMAN. W. K. CORSON. s dto SUCCESSORS TO C.33. CIlTllSMN !fc SONS, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in FANCY GEOCERIES AND MILL FEED. Third Street Between Washington and Federal. Have on hand and will sell at the possible prices, fancy ann staple BJid Mill Feed. Highest Cash Trice for Country Produce. and examine prices before purchasing else- - nuK17tf Cnrisman & Corson. Thompson's Addition -- TO- DALLES CITY. Now Ready for Sale on Easy Terms. Now is tho time to buy while PRICES ARK LOW. Tli is tract has been surveyed and in acre tracts with convenient streets aui avenues and so arranged that purchasers can get one block or sev eral acres in a oxiy. too lami is cumparativeiy level, soil excellent, water easily obtained, location pleasant, beautiful and easy to access and j jins the city immediately on the east. Title U. S. Patent. Warranty Deeds. FOU SALE BY Tlie Dalles Land and Improvement Co. For particulars apply at the office of the Company rooms 7 sod 8, Land Office Building, Dalles, Or. COME AND SEE THE PROPEISTY. THORNBURY & HUDSON, apCd&wtf r.eal Estate Agents. 0. D. TAYLOR, Washington Street, in roar of Fiench & Go's ank buildinjr. TH2 DALLZS, - OREGON. -- THE New Zeland Insurancs Cta la one of the Best in ihe World Also managers for Oregon, Washington Idaho ox ine filutual Benefit Life InsuranceCo... OF NEWARK, N. J. Paid policy holders, sinca organization, 92,812.907.06 ! Assets, market value S40.OV2&ft 14 Surplus, N. Y. standard 5.512,129 31 of the mnst solid companies in the States. AGENTS WANTED for the State of Orcgron Territories of Washington and Idaho. MONEY LOAN. N0TABY BUSINESS starting; on a Journey, got an ACCIDENTiTlCKET. Only 25c for 3000 Insnranre. Loaning; Money fm non-rc- f idei t a specialty. 8 per cent, net guaranteed to lenders. 0. 1. TAYLOR. 13 TrS basrs, 3 ! We would call the special attention of wool growers to the extra quality of the of We are large, are and BURY. Chattel Rooms lowest uroccriet Call where. ul&tted The and One United Before Danish M Bucks L hich we offer for sale this season. Our first portation was from the flock of Five Mile. We invite an examination of THOMPSON & SON, Jersey Farm, The Dalles; Or. Xiiqaor Dealers. 500 Men Wanted To Unload Shcooners -- At tho NEW BEER HALL, Court street, Between BJaia and Second. Wines, Liquors and Cigars of the best domestic and imported brands on sale. John Donovan, Prop. J. O. MACK, WHOIiESALE Liquor 0 ee FXE2CCHS BLOCK. Second Street, - The Dalles- - WOOL EXCHANGE SALOON ! DAN. BAKER, Proprietor. NEAR THE OLD SUNT, SECOND ST., THE DALLES, OK. The Best of Wines, Lienors and Cigars - always on band. Kret Luncli every evening. EAST END SALOON, Near the Old Mfnt Enildinir, Second St., The Dalits, Or. Always) on bond the Best Wines, Liquors, and Cigars, A Pleasant Evening Resort. Columbia Brewery and Imported Lager Beer on urautrlit. TO HILL &, CO.'S SAMPLE BOOMS Keeps constantly on hand the'cholccst Wines, Liquors, Cigars. Corner of Union rnd Second Sts. The Dalles. Oreroa. -- TIIE- Fariners' and Butchers EXCHANGE, JViont St., Opposite I'matilla Jiocse, THE DALLES, OltEGON. Wolfgang Schraeder.Frop'r. Always on salo tho best, of Imported and Domestic TVines, Liquors, ai d Cigars, .Bottled Beer or nil kinds a Is per tally buchleb's seek on tap, free i.unch fob customers Woltffaiiff Schraeder. H. GLENN, Is again at hU old stand and has on hand FINEST BRAND OP ENGLISH CEMENT. Tanks of all sizes, from 1C00 to 40,000 gallons, mads to oruer. ry Contracts for all kinds of bnildinea taken at the lowest h cures. New Grocery Store ! --AT the CHRISMAN OLD STAND, 194 Third St-- . The XfeUea, Cr. Will keep on hand a general assortment of Groceries, Canued Goods, Feed and Provisions, And desire a share of the public patronapo, as we ex poet to seil at imcM to burr tub Habd Tines. 3 All Goods Fresh and Warrnuitcd First-clas- a WELCII & SMIT1T. Two trains daily, leaving- - the I'matilla House at 12:10 p. m. and 2 a. m. The 12:10 train runs through to Walla Walla, connecting at Walluia Junction With the Nortlurn Pacific train for Helena, St. Paul and the East. The 2 train runs through to Farming ton via. ! dluton and Walla Walla, and to I'nioit, La Gran ic, Baker City, connecting at Huntin-fto- with Or Short Line for Denver, Council Bluffs Kanras Uu and the Mart. Tniins going west lears-Tli- Dal ai 12.40 P.M. and 2 A.M. Tlpl Tq to and from principal points In th 1 1 U r . I 5 I'nitrd States, Canada and Europe. ELEGANT PULLMAN PALACE CARS EMIGKAST SLEKHN'G CARS run through on Express trains to OMAHA, COUNCIL BLUFFS, and ST. PAUL, ee of Charge and Without Chang. Close Connexions at Portland for San Francisco and Pugot e'ound points. To San Francisco Leaving Steamship Wharf Port- land, at 12 Midnight, as follows: Oregon Wednesday, October t Suto Sunday, " 6 Columbia. Thursday, " 10 Oieson Monday, " 14 State Friday, " 18 Columbia Tuesday, " 2s Oregon Saturday, 20 SUte Wednesday, 80 To Portland Leaving SpcarSt. Wharf, SanFranclsco, at 10 A, AI. as follows: State Tuesday, Octobe. 1 Columbia Bnturdav, " 8 Oregon Wednesday, " 9 St.te Sunday, " IS Columbia Thursday, " 17 Oregon Monday, " 21 Siato Friday, " 25 Columbia Tnesday, " 29 KATES OF PASSAGE, (including meals and berths Cabin, fill 00 Steerage, t 00 Itound Trip Unlimited 80 00 For further particulars inquire of any Agent of tho Cominny. or Ak Maxwell, A. CI. P. 1. A., l'urt-lan- Oregon. A. L. MAXWELL, TO SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. By Way or the SouthernPacificCompany's The MT. SHASTA ROUTE. Qulolrer In Time thnn Any Otlacr ltouto between Portland and San Francisco Leave Portland 4 P. M. Dailr. Through Tlmo, 39 Hours. PULLMAN BUFFET SLEEPERS TOURIST SLEEPING-CAR- S, for accomodation of Second-Cla- ss Passengers, attached to Express Trains. Fare from Portland to Sacramento ana Ban Francisco:: Unlimited $25 First Class. Limited 20 '0 Second Class, Limited IS 1 TIIIIOUGH ITICKETH TO ALL POINTS, Soutlx and flnst "Via. California. B. KOEIILEB E. P. P.OGF.KS. AlaiiaKer Asst. G. F. and Pass. Agt TICKET OF KICKS. Citv Office, No. 134, Cor. First snd Atder Pis. Depot . Comer F and Front Sts. Portlsnd, Oregon. Big G has given univer- sal satisfaction In tab ?ff 1 TO 6 DiTB. i cure cf Gonorrhoea and nzQnnnti4 low Gleet. I prescribe itabd feci sate in recommend. fS MroooljbTth. Ing It to all sufferer. ' 3 Cismlcal C. Imi A.J. STONEtt, H.nr uecatur, ui. PRICE. 91.C9. ' Sold by Druggists. Snipes & KJnorsly. The Bailee, Or. If any denier says he has the W. L. DontlM Shoes without numo price fttuiiipeu on tho bottom, put hi in down aa m fraud. ' iff L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE GENTLEMEN. Best In the world. Kxnmttie hla SB.fiO HN17INK H I) SHOE. W4.IM) 1IANI-SEWK- .I WI0I.T MIOK. :(.( POM CI! AND FA KM HUH" hllOE. i:XTKA VAI.UH VA1.V MIOlt. i'4.i!3 WOKKINGIHAN'S NHOi:. MU.OOaml W1.75 HOYS' KC1IOOI. SHOES All maae in uongress, uuiion ana lku. W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE iVdTes. Best Material. Host Btyle. Beat Fitting. ' It nut sold by your dealer, write W. I DOUGJuAS. UltOCKTOX, MAS3 Examine W, L. Douglas $2.00 for Gentleman and Ladies. J. Freiman, AKt.,ThcDalIes,Or. IIAIAP from Ohio. tltf. h Hi. if" port rail of Mr.Uirri- - WlWfca ion. er tUtem. Ohio. Wat at work m (arm for 3B a iDMih t 1 mow bav an mgntrw fc. V. Allan la aiouma iua jpsjuii-- ii aad afta m day." (tfford) W. U.tiACKlaON. irm Kiln. HarrUbar. writrti 'I liave never knowni nythinjr lo Mil Ilka jour allium. i sat era ay i took orntr moofo im pny tua over V" W. J. Baniror, Mt.. will mi I take an order for your altinmat idltnoat avery houaa I llr. f pro ill laonau atmuc-na- v )Cor aln aria dn' woih." I Other art doing- qu Ii as well t C&w hava not apaca to riva from thlr Ictlrra. Every on who takaaboldoflhlarrant bualnoaa pi lea upirrand proflia. Shall we start VOU in Ihis businesPa recW f Writa tooa and Ivam all about H for youraHf. Wa araatartlnarauiirt wa will atari yon If you don't dolay until tiorhffra-et- abend of too In vonr Drt of ilia country. If vo take bold yon will be able to pick uppold fat. CjT KfH- - im account of a forced manufarturer a ante 1 8A4H) ten 4lollur I'hotoKrupn Aiuuma ikii m) mhu iohh for tSV each. Hound in Ituyal Crimann Hi Ik Vrlvot iopla Chamiiiifrly decorated inaldea. llanriaoineat album In tha world. Larpeat Hlae. Ureal tit barraina aver known. Aircnia wanted. Liberal tertna. Uiff motley for airanta. Any one can tteromea aueceaaful aient. Bella itaelf on airbt liltla or M 4o king noceaaary. Wberever thawn, every one wan la A rente take tliouaanda of ordera with rapidity never before known. Ureal prontt await every worker. Airenta art tnakiitf furtunea. Ladieatuake a much aa men. You, rreder, candoae well aa anyone. Vull Information and terma f ? to tboaa who write for aame. with particular and terma for our Family III b lea. Hooka and Periodica. la. A Oar yon know aJt, abouidyou conclude tofono further, why no barm la done. AOxlraaa U. C. ALLZX CU ALOtaTA, UlX PAUL KREFT. Artistic Painter and House Decorator, The Jlallea, Orccon. ITuuso Painting and Decorutlny a Specialty No inferior and cheap work done; but good, labUua work at the lowest prices. bliop adjoining pottolfice on Second Street. BLAKELEY & HOUGHTON, THE LEADING Prescription Druggists, 175 Socond Street, The Dalles. Country and Mall Orders will re- ceive Prompt Attention. Mrs. C. L. Phillips, Fashionable Milliner, COURT STREET. (Next door to office.) THE LATEST STYLES OF Bonnets, Trimmings, etc For Sale ! -- ONE BAND O-F- Stock Sheep ! Young and In good condition; a'fO 100 Graded Bucks. Enouire at the First National Bank, at A. W. Wll. ann A Co.'s store, or at the stock yards of Iimi Saltntarahe. Jl13wU E. P. B DEBTS BOH.
