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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-17
FRANCE SINCE THE FALL OF THE
BASTILE.

France on Tuesday celebrated the fall of
the Bastile, which was stormed by the
revolutionary mob of Paris, July IA. 17sa
The Bastile was the royal fortress or
citadel of Paris as built originally in 1869.
but Tor many years previous to the out
break of the revolution the fortress had
been used as military prison, to which
political prisoners were consigned by
order of the king Without trial, without
warning of their fate, these subiects.
pointed out by the finger of royalty, were
hurried 10 this prison, where they re-
manned at the pleasure of the king.
sometimes few days, sometimes many
years, sometimes all their lives. The Bias
tile dad not differ IN the use 10 which IT
was put from the dungeons under the
Neya into which those pointed at bv the
finger of the Car OF Russia disappear to-
day at his pleasure Nor was there any
thing dome 20 the prisoners of the Bastile
that is not wrought upon the prisoners
Of the Car at his pleasure, for he is
FAR more Of despot in his powers TODAY
than Louis the Sixteenth was when the
Bsstiie Was destroyed, its aged COM
mandant, De Launay, murdered in cold
blood with the majority Of his little garri-
son of thirty Swiss soldiers and eighty
eight invalids. There We're bur seven pris-
oners found IN she Bastile; one Of them
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Aberdeen News.

ABERDEEN, July 5.-[Specisl.l The con-
tractors are pushing the water works, an hope
to be able TO avoid the penalty of SIS per day at
taching to their non-completion after August l.
The machinery will be here the last OF the
week, and everything win be ready for setting
it up. Baker L Collins, the Seattle contractors
who claim the work should have been awarded
to them and who have been threatening In
junction proceedings, have done nothing, and
IL is generally conceded they have no case.
Cummings Cook are doing first-clsss work.
J. b. Stewart has leased his stone quarry to
Allen & Hamilton, who have the contract for
furnishing stone 10 the railroad bridge contract
ors. The stone has never been put TO actual
use, but has been tested enough to show IL to be
OF . frst-class quality Of blue sandstone, easily
worked from the ledge and quickly hardening
on exposure. Ii is within the city limits, on the
wishkah river.
The new steamboat Clan Mcdonald, Just COM
pleted here is waiting for the inspectors TO give
her permission 10 run. The other steamboat,
City OF Aberdeen, is receiving her machinery,
and will be ready for the inspectors in three or
four weeks The former 10 essentially freight
boat OF light draft, and Is provided with . steam
windisss for pulling logs, or anything else, OF
the tide fats. She viii run on the lower harbor.
making Aberdeen her headquarters. The other
steamer Is nrSt-ciass passenger boat OF high
speed. Both were built here from keel 20 flag
stall, including machinery.
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THE ABERCoRN,s CARGO.
Twenty Miles of Steel Rails to Be Res
cued From the Wreck.


ABERDEEN, July la-[special YESTERDAY
Tacoma Globe prints q cock and bull story about
the wreck of the ship Abercorn, which lies on
the beach about five miles above Gray's harbor
bar. The Abercorn was an iron vessel, which
sailed from England three years ago with $500
tons of steel rails for Portland. Arriving off the
mouth of the Columbia, as the captain sup
posed, in foggy weather and late in the evening,
the vessel WAS shove to" to wait for daylight
During the night she struck on the beach, and
instead of being at the mouth of the Columbia
the ships crew found themselves within half q
mile or less of the Washington shore. The cap
tain and crew were safely landed, with the sx-
ception, possibly, of two sailors, who were
drowned by the upsetting of a boat. An Indian
known as Sampson John rendered gallant serv
ice at this wreck, and for it was awarded
medal by the government, which he proudly
wears. The article above alluded to says
that out of crew of twenty-sevsn
men none were saved except q cabin
boy. and that Sampson John saw the captain on
board the vessel, who, on being proffered assist
ance, declined and drowned himself because OF
the loss OF the vessel, ii is presumed. Either
sampson John has got himself badly
up or the Globe writer has been sadly
imposed upon, as the captain came ashore safe
enough and abused the people at Hoquiam be-
cause he wasn't afforded the treatment he
seemed to think shipwrecked mariners entitled
TO- The wreck of the Abercoru has been pur-
chased by ii. NJ Cannon and Paul T. NOhr, who
are now at work saving the steel rails. They
have driven pilng from the shore TO tho vessel.
some 1000 feet, and also row some 800 feet long
alongside of the wreck, on which huge crane
or derrick has been erected, with sufficient
power 10 hoist the iron out and il will be csrted
to the shore. There it viii be loaded on scows
and transported 10 the railroad track at Aber-
deem. 1t is said there are rails enough in the
vessel to lay twenty miles of railroad
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-17

lightweight silver dollars, and that the
Farmers Alliance senators and represent
atives will support the effort for its enact
ment. Such a bill, without question,
would pass the new House of Representa-
tives. OF the 234 Democrats in that body
at least 200 would support silver bill. but,
while sucn o measure could be passed
through the Senate with the aid of the
Republican senators from the silver states,
there is a minority of Republicans and
three Democrats who can be relied upon TO
prevent the passage of such q bill over
President Harrison's veto.
The attitude of the two great parties to-
day is set forth in Ohio where the
Democracy howl for free silver and the
Republicans and q strong minority of
Democrats protest not against the use of
silver as money, but against unlimited
coinage of silver with consequent loss of
gold.
The moment, through free coinage, we
coin silver enough to deprive it of the sup
port Of gold we shall fall to the silver
standard, which means that we shall
-NS4lCaAAAe ouf CURRENCY IOE thc AoA"AS
with all the consequences implied by this
sure to fall upon orr heads. OF these con-
sequences the Springfield Republican says:
The currency Of the Argentine republic is
valued according to the measures of that prob
ability today, not only IN London and Paris but
at home. and sub-treasury currency, fres silver
currency, land mortgage currency and Governor
Tiliman's farmers bank currency, would have
their value determined in the same way should
they be inflicted supon u.s. This is one OF the
things We can not escape so long as ii is impossi-
bic for Us 10 separate our interests from those of
the world ST large.
The rational position as to silver is rep
resented by the present attitude of the
Republican party and by existing law en-
acted by Republican votes in Congress.
1t is not only better than free coinage for
the nation, but better for the silver pro-
Queer, since, while consuming all the
American product, it does not go far
enough to make America dumping
ground for foreign silver. 1t is the true
position-based on sound principles of
finance, and at the same time affording
full protection TO the American product.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-17

The Ohio Republicans are pledged to
protection and the limited silver act
of July, 1880, while the Ohio Demo-
Gratis denounce the Mckinley tariff and
declare for free silver coinage The vote
in the Ohio Democratic convention shows
that there is large minority opposed
TO free silver coinage. This Democratic
minority knows that the espousal of free
silver means the loss of New York New
Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts
in is92. On the tariff the Democracy are
already beaten, and the declaration for
free silver makes heir defeat doubly GER
tain, for the protectionist Democrats of
the Randall school are, like Congressman
Harter, strongly hostile TO free silver
coinage, knowing that 1t means the ruin
of the industries of the nation. In
the words of Congressman Harter cit
means political defeat for party 10 adyo-
cate the free coinage of silver" The
strong position and the only rational no.
sltion is that defined by the Republican,
coinage under conditions that viii con-
sumo the American silver product, and at
the same time prevent the importation of
foreign silver.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-17
Edmunds Sacrificed His Party.
Whatcom Reyeille.


The PosT-INTELLIGENcER very appropriately
knifes Senator Edmunds for knitting Blaine dur
ing his presidential contest. The old man was
human and liable to err. and his personal and
political jealousy of the man from Maine got
away with his good sense. Mr.. Blaine is a man
of far more ability than the distinguished Yer
mont statesman, and it was very natural that
man who owed his position to accident ed
munds was appointed United States senator
upon the death of Solomon Foote) should resent
the prominence of man strong with the puis-
SAINT people, and who had served his party less
time than himself. There can be no doubt that
Edmunds sacrificed his party. His influence
with the defunct Cleveland was enough to damn
him as a Republican. Mr.. Phelps was made
minister to England upon Mr.. Edmunds' sug-
gestion, and yet Edmunds is called Republi-
can and Cleveland Democrat
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-17
HOW TO PAY FOR SEWERS.

The point raised before the Board of
Public Works by Commissioner Hebron
as to the cost of constructing sewers
and the method of paying for them
needs prompt action by the Council. Pri-
marily, it doesn't matter so much, per-
haps, which system is adopted, but it is, as
Mr.. Hebron points out, only making mat
ters worse to allow them to drift. Fortu-
nately, nobody's sister or his cousin or his
aunt seems to have entwined her senti-
mental tendrils around the sewerage sys-
tenn, and whichever plan is decided upon
will tend to reduce the number of clerks in
the Bureau of Industry, so that the matter
may be discussed solely from the stand
point of the city's interests.
The question is whether sewers shall be
paid for by the creation of improvement
districts. in the same way as streets are
graded, or out of the general funds of the
city. If the latter plan be adopted, there
should be special levy made for the pur-
pose, because considerable sum will be
argue that the old settlers have paid at
large for the sewers so far as constructed,
and now that they want sewers for their
dwellings the expense should not be put
entirely upon them.
The Board Of Public Works does not
consider it practicable to apply to the
ramidcations of large system the simple
methods applicable to one or two main
sewers such as sufficed in earlier days.
The experience of other cities is cited to
prove that the local assessment plan is the
more just; and that, where it includes
a lien upon the property, scrip can be is
sued on such terms as to insure plenty of
time within which property owners can
pay for the Improvement
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

The public IL hereby warned not to pay
any money TO parties representing to be
agents of the Seattle Posr-IsTELLTeENcER,
except the following, who are the only
authorized travelling agents of the Posr-
IsTELLIerscER, viz: ]. A. Mcclellan. l..
C. Branson, 7. A. Davies and J. II. Willett.
This does no, apply TO resident agents OF
this paper, who are located in various
cities and towns Of the Northwest, nor to
postmasters, who are in all cases author
lied to take subscriptions for. the Daily.
Sunday and Weekly Posr-ISrELLIeEScER-
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The Mining Troubles.
Victoria Colonist

The Posi- -IETELLIGENcER is favorable to the
miners and it is q warm advocate of the inter-
ests of labor but 1t sees that the want of har-
mony between mine owners and miners, that
has existed so long in Washington, both a. q
territory and state, has done harm in the past
to workingmen and every other class, and if
better relations are not established soon it will
do still greater harm in the future.
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once wounded in action, but had the mis-
fortune in 1864 to be captured, together
with the late General George Crook, by
daring Confederate raider, who took them
from their beds at headquarters and car
RED them off to Richmond.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-17
How to xiii woodchucks.
Forest and Stream.


gentleman suggests way to getrid OF wood
chucks. His idea is TO smear n slice OF turnip
with strychnine, turn another slice over it and
drop ii into the woodchuck's hole and then close
up the hole with a stone. The woodchuck gets
hungry, eats the turnip and his home becomes
his grave without any further trouble.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-17
DEATH TO
R HEU N ATS N
Not Necessary to Suffer From
That Affection.
Dr.. HOufs Rheumatism Cure a Speedy and
Positive Destroyer Of the Disease.

The reason DR.. PLoUF offers a re-
ward of $500 for any case he cannot
cureis because his RHEUMATISM CURE
is dead shot for that painful malady.
1t is positively unnecessary to longer
suffer from rheumatism. The sufferer
who does so infiicts cruelty upon
himself. He can just as we'll be
cured as to suffer on. Without going
into details it is only necessary to saw
that DR.. PLoUFs RHEUMATISM CURE
will cure any case of rheumatism on
earth, if the patient will only take it
Sent to any address, S. per bottle.
three for S., six for $40, twelve for
$50.
Send for circular containing afida-
Wits of some of those the remedy has
cured.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-17
Attempted Trainwrecking.

SARATOGA. July la-Two daring attempts to
wreck the Adirondack sleeping car express near
Aechanfcsoufg was made about L Is this morn.
Ing by piling ties upon the track in TWO places.
The hrst obstruction was seen and removed by
the trackwalker. who signaied the train The
engineer then ran the train slowly and discov-
cred the second pile in time to avoid striking it.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-17

General B. T. Kelley, Union veteran. is
dead. He Was gallant soldier, more than
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-17

WAILA MALLA ADDITION
Houses buiit and sold on easy terms. J. F.
Brewer, CO second street
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DIR. ]. E. PLOUF.

Rooms 6 and J, Olympic block,
Seattle, Wash.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-10

CITY all the time, but when he does
write one it looks so funny. It's all
filled with marks like this, st, and then
he makes character 'ands, like '&,' and
pute a ring around them. And then at
the end of all bis sentences he puts
cross like this, * Then when he
makes figure, he makes ring around
it and always draws two lines under his
signature. And sometimes he draws a
line down through capital letters, and
once crossed word out and then drew
ring around it and marked it 'stet.' It's
awful funny. l can't make anything
out of it,
s'My DEAR" said the married woman,
as quietly as her excitement would al
low, "have you no suspicIons?"
''Suspicions!" exclaimed the beauti-
full young girl in alarm. ''No, no. OF
what?"
"Has he never confessed?" persisted
the married woman with Spartan firm
ness.
"George confess!'' cried the fair
maiden.
Martha, you alarm me Are they
counterfeiters' marks?"
Worse" was the solemn answer.
EITHER, your husband will be out
nights. He will come in at all hours.
Most of his work will be done under the
cover of darkness. He will miss his
dinners and will be constantly changing
the hours. He cannot be depended on
to be at home at any certain time.
Ethel, the man you are engaged to is a
newspaper mani
"No, no, it cannot be!' cried the
dark-eyed beauty. ''I will not believe
it,"
"Ethel!" she was very impressive,
''did he ever draw straight line
through all the pages of letter."
eyes, and it was one of the best he
ever wrote"
''Alas Ethel, it is too true. He is
newspaper man. and he has absent
mindedly put in the marks for the
printer. Poor girl! Try as ne might
he couldn't conceal his IDENTIFY
Then the young girl cried ''HorribleI''
and burst into tears and refused to be
comforted.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-10
How TO Get Ice.

Last winter we had new experience
in putting up ice, which, perhaps, will
be of interest. The ice crop was short,
and when our supply was about half
stored, the la grippe came among us,
and by the time it went away the
weather was not suitable for making ice.
This gave Mr. l.. chance to work out a
theory winch he had in mind for years,
namely: He took drifted snow and put
it into the ice-house, packing each load
and wetting it with water from the well,
finishing up each night with all the
water the snow would take. When full
and frozen it was covered with sawdust,
the same as ice. The house is not a
perfect one 10y any means, still the snow
lasted till used up, which was the goth
of September The verdict is that snow
is preferred to hauling ice far.-Ordng'
Judd Farmer.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-10

A telegram from Washington informs
us that Senator Allen is preparing bill
to provide for the repayment to settler
within the forty-mile limit of forfeited
lands of the Northern Pacific road all
money over $1.25 an acre. The price
paid for all lands proved up by cash en-
tries was $3.50 an acre. Now that the
lands comprising the odd sections have
been forfeited to the government and
settlers on these lands allowed to pur-
chase them at $1.25 an acre, it is only
just and right that those who made cash
entries within the railroad limits, years
ago, and through toll and privation gave
value to the ounding lands, should
be put on an equality with those who
came later when the lands had become
more valuable.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-10

The Spokane Repiew gives the follow.
ing sensible bit of advice to farmers who
feel that they are entitled to greater rep
esentation in the control of the gov
ernment. Take the primaries of the
old parties into your own hands and see
that farmers are sent to the conventions.
That done, there will be no difficulty
in sending more farmers to congress.
This would not exactly suit the political
farmers who have been running the al
lance into the ground and perverting its
purpose, but it would be more satisfac-
tory to the agricultural farmers.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-10
THE CHURCHES.

CT. PETERS CHURCH-Rev. Father BRoNs-
. GEEsr Pastor. Low Mass every Sunday at
A. N. High Mass at 10:30 A. NJ. vespers ut
I'm
CT. PAUL'S CHURCH-Union Street, opposite
y Fifth Rev. Eli d. Sutcliffe Rector. Services
every Sunday at IL A. NJ. and 7:30P. NJ. Sunday
School 9:45 A. NJ. Evening Prayer on Friday at
$50
THIRST BAPTIST CHURCH-Rev. o. u. TAY-
e LoR, Pastor. Morning services every Sab
bath at the academy at IL A. NJ. Sabbath
School immediately after morning services.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-Rev. w. G.
u CURTIS, Pastor. Services every Sunday at II
\. NJ. and P. NJ. Sunday School after morning
service. Strangers cordially invited. Seats free
AZ E. CHURCH-Rev. A. C. SPENCER, pastor
Nj Services every Sunday morning Sunday
School at 12:20 O'Clock p. n. cordial invitation
is extended by both pastor and people to all.
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SOCIETIES.

4 ssEMBLY NO 1927, X. OF L.-Meess IN K
"a of P hall on first and third Sundays at 3
o'clock p.
WASCO LODGE, NO. 10, A. F. & A. M--Meets
w first and third Monday of each month at Z
Pm.
DALLES ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER NO. g.
- Meets in Masonic Hall the third "wednesday
of each month ut p. NJ.
MODERN WooDMEN OF THE WORLD
vi Mt. Hood Camp No. SO, Meets Tuesday even
ing of each week in 1. O.. o. +. Hall, at 1880 p NJ.
HoLUMBIA LODGE, NO. 5, 1. o. o. F.-Meets
~ every Friday evening at 1880 O'Clock, in K.
of p hall, corner Second and Court streets.
Sojourning brothers welcome.
H. CLoUGH, Sec'y. 81. A BILLs,N. G..
FRIENDSHIP LODGE, NO. O., x. of P.-Meets
Il every Monday evening at 7:S0 o'clock, in
Schannos building, corner of Court and Second
streets. Sojourning members are cordially In
gited. GEO. T. THOMPSON,
DIV. VAUsE, Sec'y. &C.
"OMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE
w UNION will meet every Friday afternoon
at O'Clock at the reading room. All arc invited
r>EMPLE LODGE NO. s, A. o. U. w.-Meet.
| i at K. of p. Hall, Corner Second and Cour
| Streets, Thursday evenings at 7:30.
JOHN FILLooeS,
W.. MYERS, Financier- NJ. w
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Those Funny Marks:

Chicago Tribune
''I never saw such writing as Georges
isl said the beautiful young girl, as she
held an envelope up for inspection OF
her married friend.
''It is rather illegible,'' was the reply
.'Oh, 1 don't mean that" was the
quick response. HE puts such funny
marks in it. You know he's only writ
ten me three or four letters since we've
been engaged because he's been in th'
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a CoIored Sam Jones.
Atlanta Constitution.

Atlanta Constitution.
"Uncle" Jason is negro preacher,
who, in his way, is as original as Sam
Jones. He recently preached a sermon
in which he said that during trance he
was taken to heaven and while there he
saw the Methodists, the Presbyterians
and the Episcopalians ''way off to one
side
can whar wur de Baptist?" asked a
brother in the congregation.
'Dey wur rite at de throne" said
Uncle Sason.
"How dey cum dar?''
''Well, de Lawd say de Baptis' am
such onrelia BILE rascals he has to keep
'em whar he kin git hands on 'em''
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-10

The folly of banking too much on
what politicians will do is well illustrated
in the case of those tariff reform papers
that "went their whole pile" on Mills
for speaker and Contended that his de-
feat would indicate an abandonment of
the true democratic position on the
tariff question. What will these gentle
men say now?
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-10

''There are three things,' said a
gentlemen of this city yesterday, in the
hearing of the writer, "that during the
past year have done more for The Dalles
and Wasco county and are calculated to
do more for them in the future than
anything they ever possessed and these
three are the Regulator, The Dalles
water system and the CHRONICLE.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-10

3rhe Chronicle is the only paper in
town that had sufficient enterprise to
= got the presidents message by telegraph
and give 1t out to the people from four
teen to twenty hours before they could
soc 1t through any other source.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-10

The Chronicle is the Only Paper in
The Dalles that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-10

Tile San Francisco Examiner prints a
glaring lottery advertisement once or
twice a month and to evade the postal
law that prohibits lottery matter being
carried through the mails, distributes its
paper by express on the days thatit does
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FOR SALE !!

One of the best Fruit Ranches in
Wasco County, only four miles west of
The Dalles. Apply to
A. Y. MARSH,
The Dalles.