The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-04-12

have already contracted with easter
foundries for $4,000 worth of castings
the first carload of which arrived Thurs
Y day"
Strikers assert that in the ten shops af
fected by the strike only twenty men arr
, ut work, in place of the 159 who wen
: out.
:. BLAINE's TARIFF PLAN.
;, WASHINGTON, April 6-There has beer
:, a great deal of rumor in connection with
t the tariff schedule and Secretary Blaine:
g endeavor to establish reciprocity with
C South and Central American countries
e The secretary submitted TO the ma jority
!. members of the ways and means commit.
] tee proposition relative to South Ameri.
S can imports, which is as follows:
8 The president shall by proclamation
declare all parts of the United States free
to all products of any independent nation
on the American hemisphere upon which
, export duties are now LEVIED, SO long as
such nations admit free of all duties
r breadstuffs, provisions, preserved meats,
7 fish. vegetables, fruits, and in fact all ar
ticles of food, lumber, refined petroleum
and such other products peculiar to the
United Stntes as may be agreed upon,
! provided, however, that this concession
shall apply only to merchandise trans
} ported in vessels of the United States, or
of the other countries entering into this
agreement.
This may not be the exact language of
the proposition, but it contains all the
material facts, and the ways and means
committee are now considering it. 1t
means free carpet wool, free sugars and
free hides from the countries on the
American continent. Some facts of South
American commerce are submitted with
the proposition. The South American
countries export say $4O,00O,O00 IN sugar
and import $350,O00,00 in goods, only
about ten per cent. of which is purchased
in this country. There is no produce or
breadstuffs raised in those countries
Wheat bread being luxury, barrel OF
flour worth SIS in New York is, by reason
of transportation and duty of S., worth
$15 in Rio Janero. Hans and bacon
are so cents per pound. Cod fish and
other American fish are luxury owing
to the duty. Petroleum is worth 25 cents
gallon at Philadelphia and is 80 cents
quart in South America. In Chill gas
cannot be proftably made, hence there
would be market for United States oil.
AS to lumber, common pine. hemlock and
spruce Is worth 10 cents foot, and is
more expensive than corrugated iron for
building purposes.
CONQUEST OF AFRICA.
LONDON, April 5.-Sir Samuel Baker,
the well known African explorer, has
written letter to the Times, indicting the
British government for the policy which,
ne declares, has led to the loss of all the
positions gained in Africa by the enter
prise of individual Epglishmen. He just
| ifies the alliance between Emin and Wiss-
mann. and says it was only natural that
Emin should join a German government
| expedition, which will never initiate the
fatal example OF the English forces, ad-
vancirg only to retreat.
Sir Samuel points out how Germany
may IN few months regain the equator
ial province by founding stations at Vic
toria, Nyanza, and forming an alliance
with Mwanga, king of Uganda, thus
eventually securing control of the White
Nile Goudokors, while Italy will become
master of the situation by gaining pos
session of the border and Kassala. Khar-
toum will then naturally fall.
BERLIN, April 5.-Tbe Cologne Gazette
has advices from Mombassa, East Africa,
that the mission OF Lieutenant Ehlers to
the sultan of Mandars has resulted sue
cessfully. The sultan and eight other
chiefs hoisted the German flag.
PARIS, April 5.--In order to enforce her
prohibition against the landing Of arms in
Dahomey, France will establish block
ade along seventy-five miles of Dahomian
coast.
THE PSYCHIC LuNATIc REACHES JAPAN.
TACOMA, April 5. The Ledger yesterday
received cablegram from George Fran
CTS Train, who IS racing around the world
against time, dated at Hiogo, Japan. lie
is on time.
THREATENED BY THE FLOOD.
VIcKsBURG, April 6.--Nineteen negroes,
survivors of large party of refugees who
attempted to escape from the overflow
down the bayou Eulia on raft, arrived |
on steamer to-day. They report that |
twelve women and children were drowned. |
The situation is growing daily more
serious in the Steeple bayou country.
Earl Miller, prominent planter, arrived
from there to-day by the steamer Erer-
green, with his family and stock. Miller's |
plantation, though very high, has gone
under. The EUergreen reports the water
along the bayou rising. Cattle and hogs |
are offered ior sale by the people at
mere cong. Much more stock must be
brought out or allowed to drown.
The steamer OsceOla reports the overflow
beginning to empty into the Mississippi |
through the lake, and predicts great in
crease of pressure all along the Louisiana
front, from that point southwark, for the
nexttwo weeks. There is most unmistak
able distress along Steeple bayou, and 1t
would be cruelty to deny It, Three
steamers leave here tomorrow and will |
endeavor to bring out all the people in
danger.
ARKANSAS CITY, April 6-The water is
rising slowly here, caused by crevasse
in the Bogue bayou. Government engln-
eers have left for that point and will en-
deavor to close it.
TO OPEN KLAMATH RESERVATION.
WASHINGTON, April 6.-The house COM |
mittee on Indian affairs has authorized
favorable report on the bill introduced In |
the house by De Haven, to provide for |
the disposition and sale of lands known |
as the klamath river reservation in Cal
ifornia. The bill provides for the open
ing of these lands subject to settlement. |
entry and purchase under the homestead
and pre-emption laws. The bill also pro-
vides that any person who has in good |
faith made actual settlement upon these |
lands, prior to the passage of the bill,
with intent to enter the same under these |
laws. shall have the preference right to |
enter and acquire title to the land be has |
settled on.
Representative Clunie has introduced a
bill in the house providing for the sale of |
that portion of the site of Lime Point |
military reservation, In California, ad !
jacent to the town of Saucelito. A SINH |
lar bill has been introduced in the senate. |
STANFORD WILL RESIGN.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 6.-Tbe Chron
icle tomorrow prints an interview with |
Senator Stanford. In course of a discur- |
sive conversation he says: II shall tender |
my resignation as president OF the South
ern Pacific Company, at the annual ses-
sion of the board of directors to morrow !
or next day. 1t will be- accepted and un-
less he declines, my successor will be |