The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-12-07
secretary of agriculture, is said to have
been of very satisfactory character.

secretary of agriculture, is said to have
been OF very satisfactory character.
PAYING FOR BURNED CROPS.
UNION, Or, Dec. 4.-The O. R, s. N.
Co. Is settling claims for lossea BY fire on
the line of road during Is. fall. The ag-
gregate of losses amounts to considerable.
and claims amounting to nearly $4,000
have already been paid, and many more
are to be settled. Fred Nouinc, prom
lnent stoc ckman, has a claim for SIS 900,
and the others run from 500 to thou
sands of dollars.
A CONGRESSIONAL THIEF
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-In the house
to day the speaker laid before the house
the following communication from J. P.
Leedom, late sergeant-at-arms of the
house, and directed to the speaker:
l regret to report that Z. E. Silcott,
late cashier of the office of sergeant at
arms, has departed from this city without
settling his accounts, and I have been
unable TO ascertain his whereabouts.
There is deficiency in the cash of the
office. In view of these circumstances 1
respectively request an immediate inves-
tgatlon of my accounts under such &C.
tion as the house of representatives lnav
take in the premises.
Adams, of Illinois, presented a resolu.
tion reclting the above facts, and placing
the amount of defalcatlon at $75, 900, and
providing for the appointment of a select
committee by the speaker to investigate
~ caI
lowing were appointed: Adams, Stewart
of Vermont, Payne, Reed of Iowa, Hol.
man, Blount and Hemphill.
sTRANGLED IN THEIR CELL.
TUsCoN. Ariz., Dec. ga special from
Florence says: Of the five Apache In
dians sentenced to hang TO- morrow morn
Ing, three of them committed suicide ID
their rooms last Eight by tying a strip Of
C 10th around their necks with double
knots. They were discovered early this
morning, when another Indian gave the
alarm. Two were murderers of Jones at
Dudleyville. September Is, 1888, and one
the murderer of DiehI, of San Pedro, June
8, 1887.
The two remaining Apaches will be
hung tomorrow morning.
EMIN BEY is DYING.
LONDON, Dec. 5.-A dispatch from
Zanzibar announces that Emin Pasha has
met with probably fatal accident. Be-
ing near-sighted he walked out of a WIN.
dow by mistake and fell on his head,
frscturing the skull. He now lies at
Bogomoyo in critical condition.
All the doctors except Stanley's physi-
clan declare ENNIS injuries will prove.
fatal. Sranley's physician is hopeful OF
saving Emin's life, but says under the
most favorable circumstances the patient
cannot be moved for at least ten days.
Later dispatches from Zanzibar say that
Emln misjudged the height of the bal
C, ny parapet, became overbalanced ana
fell a diatance of twenty feet. His body
was terribly bruised.
OREGON POSTAL MATTERS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The superinten-
dent of the railway mail service has mott
fed Congressman Hermann that he has
appointed W. L. Locke of Huntington,
Or, as railway mail clerk on the new run
between Green river, in Wyoming, ard
Huntington, in Oregon.
before the department Tor the restoration
of the mail service in Oregon between the
towns of Oakland and Looking Glass.
This service was discontinued under the
new administration in the interest of
economy, and now since he has presented
what he asserts are sufficIeLt reasons for
its restoration, he proposes making test
case of this, in order 10 ascertain how far
his state may expect liberal recognition
as TO its mail facilities.
Charles Miles was to-day appointed
postmaster at Laurel, Yellowstone county,
and Mrs. c. B. Scribner, at Ramsey, Deer
Lodge county. Mont; A Haskell, at
Coopers:own, Griggs county, N. D and
M. Tiles.on, at Auburn, Marion county,
Or.
MUST RESIDE ON LAND AT PROOF.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-Acting Secre-
tary Chandler, of the interior department,
gave decision to- day, Id which he dis
cussed somewhat the pre- emption law
briefly. The case came from the land
Office at Huron, SD, and involves title
to part of section II, township lit,
range SO. 81. S. Esty had the first CLAIM,
but did not live on the land when he
made bis cash entry. J. Fl. Wallace, who
filed on the land afterwards, was the con-
testant. Esty thought that, having re-
sided six months on the claim, he did not
need to continue his residence until he
made the cash entry.
Secretary Chandler says that the law
undoubtedly contemplates that the resi-
deDce of the pre-emptor must be upon
the tract pre- empted at the date when he
offers proof and payment for the land.
Accordingly he sustains the decision of
the Huron land office.
JEFFERSON DAVIS DEAD.
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. g. At 12:45
o'clock Jefferson Davis, ex-president of
dence of his lifelong friend, J U. Payne.
From the beginning of his fatal illness
Mr.. Davis bad insisted that his case was
nearly or quite hopeless, though the dread
of pain or fear of death never appeared
to take the slightest hold OF his spirits.
In vain did the doctors strive to i'm
press upon him that his health was i'm |
proving. He steadily insisted that there |
was no improvement, but with Christian |
he was content to accept |
whatever Providence had in store for him.
At o'clock last evening, without any
assignable cause, Mr.. Davis was seized
with congcstive chill, which seemed to
absolutely crush the vitality out of bis al
ready enfeebled body. So weak was MIR.
Davis that the violence of the assault
'oon subsidized for lack of vitality upon
which to prey. From that moment to
he moment of his death the history of