The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-12-14

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 10.-A special to
the Journal from Tahlequah. Ind, T.,
says: The commission appointed to
confer with the United States Indian
commission sent a communication to the
latter to-day informing them that they
were ready to treat with the government
for the sale of the Cherokee outlet. The
Indians requested the conference to be
held under the first section of the act
under which the government commission
was appointed. and which empowers them
to buy the outlet at figure not higher
than So per acre. If the commission did
see fit to negotiate on that basis, the
communication SAID the Indians request
ed the commission to inform congress
that the land could be had at So per acre.
OREGON SHORT LINE BONDS.
NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-The first mort
gage lien, and also the second mortgage
lien. on the 1913 miles of tie Oregon
Short Line and Utah & Northern track
| will receive prompt payment of interest
on the first days of April and October of
each year, guaranteed by the Union Pa
clfc. 1t is not expected that the Union
Pacific will be called upon to make ad-
vances for payment of interest, inasmuch
as the net earnings of the Oregon Short
Line and Utah 6 Northern are much
more than sufficient to pay the taxes and
interest on all bonds outstanding.
RED BLUFF SALOON, KEEPER DROWNED.
| RED BLUFF, Dec. 11.-C. T. Jones, pro-
prletor of wine rooms and a well-known
man, was drowned last night while at
tempting to cross the bridge over Reeds
creek. High water had cut away fifty
| feet of the embankment at the end of the
bridge, and Jones fell into the water,
which was surging through at the rate of
twenty miles per hour. His body was
swept into the Sacramento river.
| FLoPED WITH A BARTENDER.
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Dec. 11-Miss
Alta Slckles, daughter of General Daniel
Sickles bv his second wife eloped to this
place to .dav with Thomas Diuhan, bar
tender at New Rochelle, and they were
married by the Episcopal minister. They
went first to the pastor of the Cstholic
church, but Father Dumphy refused to
perform the ceremony on learning who
the intended bride was. They did not
tell the Episcopal clergyman it was case
of elopement, and he asked them no
questions.
The bride had but recently graduated
from Catholic convent in Montreal.
DEEP SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS.
REDDING, CAL, Dec. LITTLE rainfall
for the season 10 date is 27.S8 inches.
Eighteen inches of snow fell in the
Trinity mountains last night. The rail
road track north is clear. The overland
from the north was two hours late last
night, and remains here to day because
of breaks near Red Bluff and Cotton
! wood.
ENORMOUS LOSS AT CHICO.
Chico, CAL, Dec. 11.-There has been
hours, accompanied by high winds. A
number of bridges near the town have
been swept away. All railroad commu
nlcation is closed north and south of
Chico. Trains have not passed through
here since Monday. Stock in consider
able numbers have perished. The coun-
try between Chico and the river is all
under water. Water in the creeks aronnd
Chico is the highest ever known.
A man named Jostlet, who had small
cabin on the river bank. is supposed to
have been drowned.
HEAVY STORM IN PENNSYLVANIA.
PITTsBURG, Dec. 1.-THE most des-
tructive wind and rainstorm that ever
visited the western portion of Westmore-
land county passed over the new city of
Jeanette early this morning. Houses were
blown down and unroofed and trees torn
| up by the roots and carried q long dis
tance. Two large three-story frame build
ings were completely demolished. A
number of dwellings were moved from
their foundations and In some instances
badly damaged. No lives were lost.
THE P.YTHIAN FATHERS REMAINS.
| UTICA. N. Y, Dec. 1.-THE remains
of J. II. Rathbone, founder of the Knights
of Pythias, arrived TO- night.
WISCONSIN JOURNALIST DEAD.
MADISON, WIS.,, Dec. 11.-General
David Atwood, aged 75, editor of the
State Journal, died this afternoon.
GROWTH OF WASHINGTON CITIES.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. ia. j. Ross,
vice. president of the Exchange National
bank, Of Spokane Falls, is in the city.
spokane has almost completely recoy-
cred from the effects of the great fire." be
SAID to-day. "Tbere are more BRICK
buildings under ROOT there now than there
were before the fire. The town now has
many, while Seattle, think. has about
$4,000. I stopped few days in both
these towns, and carefully noted their
growth"
THE ROARING RIVERS,
CHICO, Cal, Dec. 12.-The Sacramento
river near here is overfowing. Great
masses of debris are piled against the
bridge, and the last report from here says
the entire atructure has gone. The levees
are broken near Durham and the sur
rounding country flooded.
Barney Linn, while attempting 20 re-
move his wife and four children in
small boat, was caught in the current.
The boat was swamped and two chill
dren, boy and girl, drowned. The
others escaped.
The last report to reach here is that the
two ends of the Chico free bridge still
stand, but that they are rapidly sinking
from the great mass of debris collected
against them, the rush of water being
over the top of the abutment. The draw
of this bridge was washed away yester
day. Immense quantities of fencing,
logs, whole trees and debris of every kind
is lodged against the piers, which the
men in charge are powerless to prevent.
1t is simply impossible for human power,
In such current, to meet and ward oil
floating massas. When once lodged |
there is still less chance to move them
1t is feared the bridge, If carried down |
the river by way of Co!usa, will infllct |
damage on the Butte City bridges Ii |
may, however, float to Knights landing
or to Sacramento.
The surrounding country is pretty gen.
orally under water. The loss OF stock |
will reach up into the hundreds.
ZANZIBAR FETING STANLEY.
ZANZIBAR, Dec. 12.-Zanzibar is en-
gagged in fetipg Stanley and the members
of his expedition. The British India
Steam Navigation Company to-day gave
a luncheon to Henry NJ. Stanley on board
the steamer Ardaoatta, the pioneer vessel
in the service between Great Britain and
East Africa. Stanley predicted the rapid
growth and prosperity of East Africa.
The Zanzibaris who accompanied Stan.
ley on his expedition through Africa were
received by the sultan to-day. The sui
tan thanked them for the splendid ser
wees they had rendered, and rewarded
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