The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-03-22

increase OF so per ceLt In two years, al
that the position and progress of the CT
IS demand government postoffice bull
Il ing.
d BABY BURNED TO DEATH.
of Scio, was visiting at the residence
her mother, Mrs. F. P. Dayeney, betwce
? Jefferson and Scio, with her little 81!
months-ol boy. During the day Mr.
5 Bilyeu placed the Child ON rug in froI
> Cf the fire place and went out of tt
;: room Hearing the child Shrek til
woman rushed into the house and foun
the boy clothing in flames. The chill
had crept near enough to the Goals ft
1 them to catch in his clothes He W:
badly burned, the flesh being cooked o
,, several parts of the body. The little SUI
ferer was taken to Scio for medical aic
but died shortly after reaching that city
THE WOUNDED sMUGGLER DEAD.
SEATTLE, March 14.--Andrew A. Hol
. alias Andrew Anderson, who was sho
last night by Special Inspector of Gus
toms j. 81. CoblentZ, died at Providenc
hospital at II o'clock this morning. Vi
to a few moments before his death Hol
appeared to be getting along finely, aat
although bis wounds were serious in th
extreme, strong hopes were entertained
of his ultimate recovery. Hollis wife
who lives at Fort Blakeley. has been tele
graphed for, but has not yet arrived.
The jury empaneled to night to investi
gate the cause of the death of Andrew A
Holt. the smuggler shot last night by
Special Deputy Collector of Custom:
John H. Coblentz, while resisting arrest
at Salmon Bay, exonerated the latter
from all blame.
| INDIANS LEFT TO DIE.
PHILADELPHIA, March 16. - Bishop
Stanley. of North Dakota, in the cathe-
dral to-day told pitiabls story Of the
privations and sufferings of the Chippewa
Indians occupying the reservation in the
extreme northern part of his diUcese.
His object was to secure assistance for
their relief. He described vivldly the
condition of these Indians as witnessed
| by himself during the recent cold weather
| when the thermometer marked 40 below
zero. He charges the government with
having stolen II 100000 acres of the land
this tribe possessed when Dakota terri
tory was divided between the Sioux and
Chippewas, and not one cent paid for it.
The Indians, he said, were sent to the
northern border of the state, where two
townships ure organized with 5000 acres
of land, filled with bad forests, lakes and
swamps and rocks. There were just
1880 Indians who we're trying to make
living where 1000 white men could
scarcely raise enough to keep them alive.
He says their huts are miserably INSULT.
cient, and as manv as six families are
crowded into some of them. They never
have been supplied with proper agricult-
ural implements, but with the plows
sent them by the Catholic Indian bureau
last spring they managed to break 800
acres of soil; but there was no rain, and
to day they are absolutely destitute, with
no grain, no food and no clothing. The
United States, lie says, approprlates $4,000
for these Indians-about $3.50 each. This
is spent for flour and fat pork, distrib-
uted among them. The pork is slcken-
vious to the 1st of January twenty-seven
died, and these deaths are almost invari-
ably the result of starvation. The bishop
relates many instances of destitution,
and said he would not. have believed the
story had he not witnessed the scenes
himself.
THE LEVEE GIVES AWAY.
NEW ORLEANS. March 15.-A P,cay-
une's Tallula. La, special says: There is
not shadow of doubt about the Ra-
leigh levee breaking in front of DIR. Wy |
lies house, one quarter of mile north of |
Fairview. The crevasse, which was re-
ported at p. NJ, in fifteen minutes was
fifteen feet wide and widening fast. The
last report was that the water was three
feet deep at Fairview, and the operator
there could give no further information.
He says he Is alone there, and is afraid to
20 to bed for fear the water might catch
llm. The telegraph lines have gone down
It the break, and all indications are that
his is bad one. A great many people
ire preparing to move live stock out
While Others say they are going to stay
md fight the floods.
V1cKsBURa, Miss, March ia tele-
ram from President Maxwell, received
ate last evening, states that the break In
he Raleigh levee is now 400 feet wide.
daxwell has requested that residents Of
louisiana in Madison and Tensas parishes
e notified and warned of the serious re-
ults.
THE FLOOD IN TIKI MISSISSIPPI.
VIcKsBURG, March 16.-Thls evening
he crevasse at Raleigh was 1000 feet or
,ore wide and the ends were caving rap.
lily. The levee is nearly fifteen feet high
nd the immense volume of water de-
vered may be estimated by the fact that
] the twenty four hours ending this even s
,g the river has fallen three inches at
'icksburg and four inches at Lake Provl-
ence, though rising steadily prior to the
revasse. The water from the crevasse
ill overflow fully one-fourth of East |
'aroll and greater part OF Tensas and ,
fadisOn parishes. The crevasse has ex-
tied much CONSERVATION In these parishes
nd stock Is being removed.
NEW ORLEANS, March 16.-A tempo
Try levee has been erected along the city :
ont, and it Is expected it will keep the !
.reets clear of water now.
THE BOOMERS MUST GO.
ST LOUIS, March 16.-Word reaches
ere that there is great activity in Fort
In preparing for the depart
re of troops to expel the boomers from
le Cherokee strip. There are five COM
anies of infantry, four of calvary and one
artillery at the tort, and all except the
rtlllery are expected TO go to the strip.
THE ToILERs.
BERLIN, March 15.-Shortly before I
,e time fixed for the International labor S
difference to open, the emperor visited
ismarck and had long interview with
le chancellor. Baron Won BerlePsch,
russian minister IF commerce, in his I
pening address said the labor question s
the attention of all civilized ,
ations. since the peace between the d,f-
.rent classes of population appeared to 8
g imperiled by industrial competition. ]
o seek solution of these questions was |
OF only the duty of humanity, but also
le duty of statesmen upon whose sa
acity the task devolved of providing
,r the welfare of citizens and preserving
, them the inestimable blessings arising {
,om centuries of Christian civilization.
II these nations OF Europe were in
milar situation, hence the attempt was
to bring about an agreement
governments in orders to meet these
dangers by combined preventive
PREACHER ACQUITTED OF MURDER.
Nicola, Ia, March 15-Rev. D. Hell
lick, Methodist minister, was yesterday I
,quitted by a jury of the murder of Ed. 8
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