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

I'd scientific specifications just received fror
ty the government printing office, togethe
d. with the facts relating to the ditferen
recommendations for overcoming the OBJ
structlons CT the navigation of the Colum
!, bla, were presented to the committee anC
# explained at length by Representative
n Hermann. A lively debate ensued. l
resulted, however, In the passage of Mr.
: Hermarn's resolution Tor the appointmen
;, OF committee to walt upon the war de
a parment and consult the engineers as tt
q the plans OF the government for :Ee rele
:, OF the growing commerce of the upper
! Columbia. The chairman appointed as
- committee Hermann, Catchinss, of Miss
: issippi, NiedrInghaus, Townsend and
= Blanchard.
Three plans are discussed by the board
Of engineers: First, a canal and locks.
> Secondly, single track portage railway.
Thirdly a Doat railway. The latter
scheme is believed to be the best, if it
Z; could be secured, but the method of the
t house in dealing with propositions of this
kind make it indeed doubtful. With
2 other appropriations asked for the Col
, umbia, the house committee will hesitate
long time before appropriating the
| Cdiicu Ill Tie Dlll. DOIu Sen
, ators are working for the measure and
their influence will carry it through the
upper house. Mr.. Hermann waits boat
railway in preference to all other propo-
sitions, but Is met with opposition on all
sides in the house and IN his committee
1t may be possible to compromise on a
portage railway if the people of Oregon
would prefer that now rather than take
the chances of delay, which the improve
ment Of The palles by other methods may
cause. Members of the rivers and harbors
committee have intlmated that they would
support the portage railway scheme on
account of the small appropriation necess
ary.
There is little doubt of Senator Dolph's
bills for the improvement of the mouth
of the Columbia and of the Cascades re
ceiving favorable action.
SUICIDE OF SEATTLE MERCHANT.
SEATTLE, March 1G-Charles Goldstein
the halter, committed suicide by shooting
himself with revolver at s o'clock last
evening In his store. 1t was reported first
| be bad died from hemorrhage of the
lungs. No cause Is assigned for the act.
He left a rambling note saying life was
not worth the living in his present condi-
tion.
sTEPNIAK TALKS.
LONDON, March 15-The attention of |
Sergius Stepnlak, the Russian liberal, was
called to-day to the fact that some portion
of the press express doubt as to the au-
thenticity and trustworlhiness Of the re-
Gently published accounts of the outrages
to which political prisoners in Siberia
were subjected. Stepnlak said the feat
ures Of these accounts were fully corrob-
GRATED by such portions of official actions
compiled by the Russian government as
has been given to the public. Speaking
in reference to the views of the Russian
administrator OF prisons, as published in
the London Times yestesdaY, Stepnaik
said it is almost impossible to exaggerate
the sufferIngs of the political prisoners in
Siberia at the hands of prison officials.
The great merit of Remnants &C, cunt,
based on facts not only from prisoners but
also from prison officials of Russia, is that
western writers have ldeaized nihilists
beyond all resemblance to reality. This
step, be says, is grossest culumny. Po-
litlcal exlles, he asserts, are drawn largely
from. the most cultured. class of Russia. |
If lavish selfsacrifice Is any proof, moral
sentiment must be looked for among
them. The tOrtures and degradation
which they have experienced in prison
has not been able to cxtlngulsh their
moral sense. S:epniak expressed the con
victIon that agitation in America in behalf
of reform in the treatment of political
prisoners IN Siberia cannot fail to have an
influence with Russian officials from the
cZar down. He is confident that it will
result in mitigating the severity of the
treatment which is now enforced against
political exiles.
BISMARCK HAS RESIGNED.
BERLIN. March 17-The report is
widely current this evening that Bismarck
has rendered his resignation to the emper- I
or. I
Lol!DoN, March ia Berlin dispatch c
to the Daily Ne,os, timed midnight, says
all kilograms are vigorously inspected by
the authorities and stopped If they go
beyond announcing rumors. The imme-
diate and ostenisble cause of the resigna-
lion of Bismarck Is divergence of opln-
on between the chancellor and the en-
peror concerning factory inspectors. 1t Is
'eported that the emperor has refused to t
lccept Count Herbert Bismarck's resigna-
ion. General Won Caprivi is mentioned n
Is the successor of the chancellor.
The Times Berlin correspondent says: a
must have occurred in connec-
ion with the labor conference to cause +,
Prince B;smarck's unexpected action.
The Standards Berlin correspondent OF
avs: The German officials decline to for =
vaId my messages. :.
THROUGH THE BROKEN LEvEE. t.
VICKsBURG, March 1.-THE river is D
alling for a distance of twenty miles below :,
md fifty miles above the Raleigh crevasse,
which is constantly widening and was :.
600 feet wide this morning. The flood y
vill submerge the fairest portion of North
louisiana. Steamers are now removing =.
took from Tensas parish and In the local 3
ties reached by the Raleigh overflow to-
lay. The damage by the crevasse will be T.
immense. q,
WASHINGTON, March 17.-Secretary
orocto- has authorized the Mississippi =,
liver commission to expend $4,000 for =. =.
he immediate protection of the Morgansa Il
evee, Louisiana, reported in danger by
river floods. /.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON sUIsLAw BAY. CT
EUGENE, March 17.-Advice is received
rom Suisaw bay of probably fatal acci- "
lent to o. r Bean, an old and highly re- p
pected citizen of the county. He was Il
,assing from one floor to the other of the
arge sawmill at Acme, when he fell about &c
ourteen feet, striking on his head. At Ell
be latest advices he had remained uncon-
cious for about thirty six hours, and his d.
physicians had given him up TO die. Mr..
Bean was former resident OF this city ts
nd the father of Judge Bean, of this city. SC
lis death will be deeply lamented by his W
arge family and many friends. k
DEATH CT OLD GABRIEL.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 1.-THE Indian IL
,nown as "Old Gabriel" died at the D
ounty hospital at Salinas yesterday. T
here is no record of his birth, but when | d
franciscan missionaries came to Califor-
ia more than a century ago, "O.d Cab pl
iel" was then grandfather, and as far es b.
an be learned by tradition, he was born o,
bout 1140, and had reached the age of az
SO years at. the time of his death. pl
Gabricr' never used liquor or tobacco,
nd led peacesLle life. He had children ar
nd grandchildren by the score, but out ca
wed them all: and no direct descendants bi
urvive him. CO