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ATTEMPTED MURDER.
Two ex-Convicts' Assault Man Who
Had Testified Against Them.

Two ex-Convicts' Assault a Man Who
Had Testified Against Them.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1.-Two des-
perate ex-convicts, known as PETER
Taylor, alias King, and William Gordon,
alias Lewis, attempted to kill Archie
Salisbury at the corner of California and
Kearney streets few minutes before
O'Clock this morning. Three years ago
Salisbury was witness against them,
when they were convicted of burglary
and sentenced to San Quentin. They
secured their release from the peniten-
tiary two weeks ago and started in
search of Salisbury with the avowed in
tention of killing him. When they
overlook him on Kearney street this
morning Gordon drew a dagger and Tay-
lor pistol. They sprang upon their
victim with an oath. Gordon slashed
at him with the dagger. The blade
struck Salisbury on the right shoulder,
cutting his clothing but not reaching
the flesh. Salisbury fed and his assail-
ants chased him until Officers johnson
and Minnihan captured Taylor. He
was charged with an assault with a
deadly weapon aud carrying concealed
weapon. Gordon escaped at the time
but was arrested soon after.
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FRANCIS MUEPHY's WORK.
Three Thousand Citizens of Helena,
Mont, Wear the Blue Ribbon.

hNohI., w ear the Blue Ribbon.
HELENA, Mont. Aug. II. = Francis
Murphy has just concluded the most
remarkable temperance revival in the
history of Montana. Three weeks he
labored day and night, and in that time
more than three thousand people, or
fully one-sixth of the entire city's pop
ulation, signed his pledge of total abstin-
ence and donned the blue ribbon. In
typical western town, built on the site
of the famous Last Chance placer mining
camp, this is a wonderful showing.
After a short rest Mr.. Murphy will Crap
pie Bacchus in his own stronghold, the
greatest mining camp on the earth,
Butte City. From there he will go on
west to the Sound cities and down to
California. AS in other places, Mr..
Murphy has been rabbidly attacked by
the red-hot prohibitionists, for he
neither advocates nor believes in that
doctrine. Mr.. Murphy in an interview
with a local newspaper reporter said:
Prohibition has failed wherever tried.
Kind words, encouragement, love and
Gods help alone can pervail upon men
to quit the use of Intoxicating liquors."
Mr.. Murphy has never done much
work in the western mining and live
stock counties, and he considars his sue
cess in Helena among the most notable
of his long career.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-08-18

SAN Francisco, Ang. IA private
letter from Samoa, under date of July
Is, says there is great danger of re-
newal of the war. Some residents have
made arrangements to send their wo-
men and children to Honolulu at the
first outbreak of the trouble. A stren-
uous appeal has been made for a United
States warship. The only man-of- war
there at the time was a German vessel.
Robert Louis Stevenson, who is living
a few miles from Apin, has greatly i'm
proved in health.
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VALUE OF OUR CRops.
Expected to be Billion Dollars More
Than During Recent Years.

New YORK, Aug. 1.-THE American
harvests, to be published in it's Septem-
Der issue, estimates that the farm profits
this year will be 81 600, ,OOO, 900 more
than during the recent years of depres-
sion. On the basis of the present pros
poets the corn crop of 1891 is estimated
to be 1900, 900, 900 bushels; wheat 5OO,-
100000 bushels; and oats, 622 900 900
bushels. The total yield of wheat, corn
and oats on the basis of this estimate
will be 2S.S per cent. greater than last
year, and 16.7 per cent. above the afer-
age of the preceding eleven years. On
this basis the value OF the corn crop will
be to the farmers, 81 ,000, ,000, 900; wheat,
1000, 900 900; and oats, $3.50, ,000, 900.
This is $3.50, ,000, 900 more than the value
of these crops in 1890, and S625, 200, 900
more than the average of these crops
from 1880 to 1890 inclusive. Cotton and
rice will command better prices than
last season. Cattle will be worth one
third more than eighteen months ago,
with other live stock in proportion.
Tobacco is advancing heavily, and hops
are firm at good prices. Winter fruit
will command large values and all veget-
ables are yielding fairly, with every in
dlcation of remunerative market.
The export outlook was never better
Immensely increased sums will he sent
to the United States for our produce
OF course ulterior influences may inter
fere with these brilliant predictions, but
it is almost certain the farmers will re-
ceive better profits on their crops than
ever before.
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Another Added to the List.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Aug 17.-Aontip
Carrassci, the noted bandit chief, and
desperate and slayer of eight men, has
added another victim to his list. Tor
ribio Pastrango, the deputy sheriff who
secured evidence showing that Carrassci
was the murderer of Charles Fuchsman,
sergeant of the Texas Rangers, at
tempted to arrest the bandit Friday
night at a fandango. AS the deputy
sheriff advanced into the room, the ban
dit drew his revolver and shot him dead
after which he made his escape.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-08-18
ANOTHER world to Conquer.

WEST SUPERIOR, Aug. 16.-On good
authority it can be stated that the
American Steel Barge Company is out
lining plans for employing the whale
backs on the Mississippi River. The
river cities and individual interests
looking to betterment of their COM
merce are cooperating to that end.
These barges, with the advantages they
possess over the ocean craft, as respects
less draught, combined with equal car
rying capacity, can traverse the river
from st. Louis to the gulf.
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Got Eight Years in the Penitentiary.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1S.-Charles Law
renee, ex-assistant cashier of the Key
stone bank who pleaded guilty to in
dictments and charging him with making
false entries in the bank books was this
morning sentenced to eight years inn
prisonment in the penitentiary and pays
fine of 500 and costs. In the cases of
Francis w. Kennedy, president, and
pended Spring Garden bank, sentence
was postponed until September Sth.
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Child Insurance Money.

LONDON, Aug. 17.-Although the bill,
strongly advocated by the late Arch
bishop Magee, to have all child insurance
money paid to undertakers did not pass
parliament this session, it has none the
less strong advocates, and coroners
throughout the United Kingdom are
conducting inuqiries into such deaths
with more vigor than before. There
seems to be no doubt that many insur-
anced children perish through inten-
tional neglect rather than positive
violence, and that it was intended to
take away wholly the motive for such
crime
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wife-aIurder and suicide

OTTAWA, Kan, Aug. l7.-This after
noon E. B. Preston, lumber merchant
of North Ottawa, shot and killed his
wife, and then attempted suicide. The
couple separated some time ago on ac-
count of quarrel over the attentions
certain young man was paying their
daughter. Mrs. Preston, however, re-
turned to her husband. The quarrel
was renewed today, with the above re-
suits. Preston will die.
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The Salvation Army in south Africa.

LONDON, Aug. IA dispatch from
South Africa says that the heads of the
Salvation Army in that country are anx-
iously awaiting the arrival of General
Booth. The Salvation Army people
have acquired desirable site in Swazi-
land for the foundation of colonial
farm. on the plan suggested by General
Booth, and a good portion of Darkest
England may be on the way there be-
fore the extreme seventies of winter.
The general will arrive soon in Cape
fowr
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smugc1ers Arrested.

New York, Aug. 17.-Three snug
glers were arrested on the Etruria,
which arrived today. They were Jo-
seph Zeite, of Syracuse, N. Y, and n.
E. Yesner and Jacob Rosen burg, of this
city. A large quantity of silk and
jewels was seized. They will have a
hearing before the United States COM
missioner tomorrow.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-08-18
A Big Fire at Boston.

BosToN, Aug. 1S.-At Cambridge this
morning the Damon Iron Works burned /;
buildings valued at $4,000. The entire
loss of the Damon Iron company is ap-
proximated at $20O,0OO on which there
was partial insurance. The Kendall
machine shop adjoining was also de-
stroyed, loss $4,000 on the contents,
insurance $50, 1000. The men employed
at both places lost tools valued at $10,-
600. The Harvard Dry Plate company
suffered loss of $4,000.
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sixty-Fve Houses Burned.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Aug. 1s.-A ter
rible fire is raging here. Sixty-five
houses are burned and the fire is not
under control. The flames were finally
space of two blocks wide and six blocks
long was totally destroyed. Loss about
81 900 900, partially insured.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-08-18
The chicago wheat Pit Quiet.

CHIcAGof Aug. 1s.-The feeling in the
wheat pit was quiet this morning, for
eign markets being lower. December
wheat, which closed at 1.03 yesterday.
started at that price but fuctuated both
ways within range of L n. At the end of
the first half hour it was quoted at
1.02M
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A special Meeting oeU. p. DIRECTORS.

New York, Aug. 1S.-This afternoon
a special meeting of the Union Pacific
directors went into session. George,
Gould, Sidney, Dillon, Vice President
Lane, Marvin, Naughitt, and practically
all the governors OF the road were present.
After the meeting adjourned the fol-
lowing statements was issued: 'The
holders of more than half the floating
debt on the Union Pacific assented to
plan for extending the debt by issuing
notes for three years, and the board of
directors of the company today passed
necessary resolutions to put that into
effect. 1t is proposed to issue sufficient
3-year six per cent. notes to retire the
entire floating debt of the company. J.
Pierpont- Morgan, Edward King, John
A. Stewart. Alexander Orr and Freder-
to represent creditors in the settlement
of the matter.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-08-18
rexas Peoples Party Convsnes.

DALLAS, Tex, Ang. 1s.--The first
Texas state convention of the peoples
party convened here today with 100 del
egates present. The convention de-
clared in favor of the Alden land law
recently passed by legislation, and
adopted the Cincinnati platform.
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rather nnd Son Lynehed.

GULLMAN, Ala, Aug. 7.-Monroe
Evans and his son John were arrested
few days ago at Barleytown, charged
with shooting Pierce Mooney last May.
Last night crowd took the prisoners
from the guards and lynched them.
Mooney has recovered from his wounds.
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The railroad Commission in sessio

SALEM, Aug. 1S.-The railroad com
mission is now meeting to consider the
matter of reduced rates recommended
by the board for the united pacific. No
decision has yet been reached. The
board will probably adopt the rates
recommended unless the company shows
a good cause why not. The rates are a
reduction of about 25 per cent. on wheat
and Is per cent. on horses, mules, etc.
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LONDON, Aug. ls.-The reaction in
America and on the continent weakened
the markets and there is a geneaal de-
cline in prices.
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The President WIN be There.

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 18. = President
Harrison left Cape May this morning
for Bennington, VT, to take part in the
centennial festivities.
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Porcland Wool Market.

PORTLAND, Aug. Wool-Eastern
Oregon, 1904 cents per pound; valley
I8@2O cents per pound. Wheat-valley
1,55; Walla Walla, 1.45 per GENITAL.
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Am Encnnrarinr Prosnect.

LONDON, Aug. ls,-The Times reports
an encouraging prospect ahead for Eng
lish farmers, saying if given good
weather for fortnight the wheat crop
of Great Britain will be good average
one.
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Flour Advanced.

LEEDS, Aug. 1s.-Leeds Millers' Asso-
citation decided to make an advance in
the price of -four of Is, Cd.
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nR j. SUTHERLAND-FELLow OF TRINITY
IL Medical College, and member of the Col
iege of Physicians and Surgeons, Ontario,-Phy-
sician and Surgeon. Office; rooms and Chap
man block. Residence; Judge Thornbury's Sec
ond street. Office hours; 10 to u a. m, to 4
and Z to p IN.
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Chicaro hTarkef.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Aug. ls. = Close,
wheat easy; cash, 10l; Sept, 1001a /;
Dec, 1121a@5s.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

WIN. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. = Plans and
w specifications furnished for dwellings,
churches business blocks, schools and factories.
Charges moderate, satisfaction guaranteed. Of
fee over Frenchs bank, The Dalles, Oregon.
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IN R. o. d. DOA PHYSICIAN AND SUR
~ GEoN. Office; rooms and Chapman
Block. Residence over Mcfarland Il French's
store. Office hours to u A. M, . to and to
SP. NJ.
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Francisco Wool market.

San FRANoIsco, Aug. 18. - Wool,
Oregon and valley, 22@24.
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A S. BENNETT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Of
-. flee in Schanno's building, up stairs. The
Dalles Oregon.
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N SIDDALL- DENTIST. Gas given for the
bs painless extraction of teeth. Also teeth
set on flowed aluminium plate. Rooms: Sign of
the Golden Tooth, Second Street.
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Letters of Credit issued available in the
Eastern States.

Sight Exchange and Telegraphic
Transfers sold on New York, Chicago, st.
Louis, San Francisco, Portland Oregon,
Seattle Wash, and various points in Or
egon and Washington.
Collections made at all points ON fav-
orable terms.
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A r. -ATToRNEY-AT-LAw.-Off
"A. in Opera House Block, Washington Street,
The Dalles, Oregon
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F. P. MAYS. b. S. HUNTINGTON. II. S. WILSON
MAYS, HUNTINGTON d WILSON ArToR-
VI NEYs-AT-LAw.-O French's block over
First National Bank, The Dalles, Oregon
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E.B.DUFUR. GEO. WATKINS. FRANK MENEFEE.
nUFUR, WATKINS d MENEFEE ATToR-
~ NEYs-AT-LAw-Rooms Nos. II, 49, 75 and AZ,
Vogt Block, Second Street, The Dalles, Oregon.
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w II. WILSON-ATToRNEY-AT-L Rooms
W. 81 and So, New Vogt Block Second Street.
The Dalles, Oregon.
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Burdette's Sermon OH Life.

Man born of woman is of few days
&nd no teeth. and indeed it would be
money in his pocket sometimes if he
had less of either. As for his teeth he
had convulsions when he cut them, and
as the last one comes through. 10 the
dentist is twisting the first one out
and the last end of that mans jaw is
worse than the first, being full of por-
celain and roof-plate built to hold
blackberry seeds. Stone-bruises line
his pathway to manhood; his father
boxes his ears at home, the big boys
cuff him in the playground and the
teacher whips him in the schoolroom.
He buyeth Northwestern at ITO, when
he hath sold short at 96, and his neigh
bors unloadeth upon him Iron Mount
ain at 63f, and it straightway breaketh
down to 52!. He riseth early and sit
teth up late that he may fill his barns
and storehouses, and lo his children's
lawyers divide the spoils among them
selves and say: "Ha! ha!" He growleth
and is sore distressed becauseit raineth,
and he beateth upon his breast and
sayeth "My crop is lost" because it
raineth not. The late rains blight his
wheat and the frost biteth his peach
es. If it be so that the SUN shineth,
even among the nineties, he sayeth,
"Woe is me, for perish" and if the
northwest wind sigheth down to forty
two below, he crieth, "Would I were
dead" If he wears sackcloth and blue
jean, men say "He is tramp" and if
he goeth forth shaven and clad in pur-
pie and fire linen, all the people cry,
"Shoot the dude" He carryeth insur.
ance for twenty-five years, until he has
paid thrice over for all bis goods, and
then he letteth his policy lapse one
day, and that same night fire destroy.
eth his store. He buildeth him bouse
in Jersey, and his firstborn is devoured
by mosquitoes; he pitcheth his tents in
New York, and tramps devour his sub.
stance. He moveth to Kansas, and
cyclone carryeth his house away over
into Missouri, while prairie fire and
100000 acres of grasshoppers fight
for his crop. He settleth himself in
Kentucky, and is shot the next by
gentleman, q Colonel and statesman,
"because, sab, he resembles, sab, a
man, sab, he did not like, sah." Verify,
there is no rest for the sole Of his feet,
and if he had to do it over again he
would not be born at all. for "the day
of death is better than the day of one's
birth. philadelphia Times.
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the tops of a few houses, invisible from
where we landed. Our landing from
the sailboat was novelty such as I had
never before experienced. We could get
DO nearer than about one hundred feet to
dry land, so our accommodating boatman
carried us ashore on his back. Being
sure footed and muscular fellow, we got
safely over. That is the way tourists of
to-day are obliged to land at Palos.
1t is difficult to imagine that to have
been Columbus's point of embarkation.
The river at this point is about six hun
dred feet wide and navigable for boats
of considerable tonnage. After landing
we walked about half mile over the
hill-or, rather, around it-on the same
old road that Columbus had many times
travelled back and forth while superin-
tending the fitting out of his little feet
the Santa Maria, Pinta and Nina-and
getting ready to embark on his voyage to
the "New World" The narrow road
leading into the village is covered with
rough cobble stones, with no sidewalks,
and only passable for pedestrians or bur
ros, the latter of which are used as the
sole means of transportation. We saw
no vehicle of any kind in Palos. The
buildings are all onc-story high, built
mostly of brick covered with stucco, and
every one of them whitewashed.
The occupation of most Of the people
seems to be that of farming the neigh.
boring country and fishing. Being quite
anxious to see the little old church (the
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Vbv Solid Iron Floats Oh Molten Iron.

When piece of solid iron IS thrown
into not of molten iron or steel the
solid metal at first sinks, which shows
that its volume is less than the melted
metal. But soon the solid piece becomes
heated, which causes it to expand, its
volume is increased, aud it rises and
floats on the surface of the molten mass.
The action is the same both with iron
and steel. Mr.. Wrightson said
1.-The experiment was frequently
made by throwing piece of iron into
melted steel. They could see it so down,
and might think that 1t was on account
of the impetus which the iron had at
tanned in falling that height, but as a
matter of fact if the iron were put upon
a fork and lowered, it would go down;
but in the course of few seconds 1t came
up again, and kept on expanding until
the niece of lion was considerable dis.
tance above the surface of the metal.
Then it decreased in volume, and of
course became of the same volume as the
molten metal which it joined. Any one
could sec by the distance that the piece
of iron went above the surface that it
was of considerable less density tnaa tho
molten metal. ."-Seisatifc american. 4
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RENOWNED PAL0S
THE PORT WHENCE COLUMBUS
SAILED FOR A NEW WORLD.
Its Old Importance Gone-yisits to
the Ancient Monastery OF LaRabi-
da-Baptismal Records OF
Columbus's Crew.

Probably few Americans have ever
visited the little Spanish village Of Palos,
the at one time important seaport of
Spain from which Columbus set sail on
his wonderful voyage of discovery The
Palos of 1892 and the Palos of to-day
are vastly different. 1t was in that day
a thriving town and important seaport,
but to-day the banks OF the Rio Tinto at
Palos are wholly devoid of all signs Of
docks, piers, warehouses or buildings of
any kind; nothing but wide morass
that is overfowed ct high water, beyond
which are the vine cultured hills, and
still farther back, about half mile from
the river, the little village of Palos, all
vestigc of old docks or shipping having
disappeared, not even stick or timber
being left to mark the spot.
We took small sailboat at Huelva, an
important seaport of to-day, over to
Palos, which is situated about three miles
distant up the Rio Tinto on the east bank,
says A. w. Wheeler in the Chicago Post.
1t takes from half to three quarters of an
hour in fair weather to make the
trip. On the way we passed the
noted ancient monastery, La Rabida,
where Columbus and his son Diego were
taken in and cared for by the good old
prior, Juan PERI de Marchena, during the
long and weary waiting for the Catholic
king and queen, Ferdinand and Isabella,
to make up their minds to foster Colum-
bus in his enterprise. The white walls
of La Rabida arc plainly visible for miles
distant, being situated on high bluff
near the karbor and commanding fine
view of the surrounding country.
As we approached Palos we were i'm
pressed with the barren outlook, there
being no visible signs of port or villages.
Only the white walls of an old ruin of an
hacienda, or farm house, are to be seen,
in which the soldiers have built small
barracks, they having been stationed
there to watch for any possible SNUG
glcrs.
The little village of Pslos, of about
five hundred inhabitants, which is be-
yond the hill, is, with the exception of
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SAYS az old seal fisherman: "Thanks
to the high latitudes which it inhabits
the polar bear is not likely to be killed
off. The polar bear is an enormous
animal, weighing about as much as a
fair. sized OK, but it is not at all fierce,
and will always run away, SO that it Is
not hard to kill I once saw an Aleut
woman dispose OF one in very re,
markable manner. She found it
asleep on the ice, and approached it
with great caution from the leeward
side, having previously improvised a
wespon by fastening the knife she car
ried to stick with lacings of seal
leather which served to hold together
her garment. Having got close to the
unconscious beast, she thrust this
spear deep into the body behind the
left foreleg. 1t died almost without a
struggle. 1t is curious fact that the
liver of the polar bear is actually
poisonous, though the mea. is very
wholesome and toothsome as well, re-
sembling beef somewhat -