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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-04
CUT IN TWO BY THE CARS.

Robert Morten, CoIored, Meets With a
Horrible Death.
Robert Morton, track hand en-
ployed on tho Norfolk and Western
yards by Foreman Wright, was run over
and killed by a west-bound freight last
night about 0 o'clock.
Morten had been to the circus in
C 'mpany with Willis Fultz and Dave
Flournoy and was returning to their
shanty, near the Machine Works. Nor
ten Jumped on an east-bound freight
train at the lower end of the passenger
station and rode down few feet below
tho Randolph-st bridge, where he
jumped off.
a westbound freight train came up
about this time, and 1T is supposed that
Morten became confused and fell be-
tween the cars, or in front of the engine.
His companions heard him cry out and
saw the ponderous wheels grind him in
twain. After the train passed number
of pc! sons gathered around. The un.
TT mate man had been cut completely
in twain, the wheels having struck him
just above the abdomen. The left arm
was also cut off at the shoulder and
ground to pieces.
Coroner Gray was notified and ordered
the remains moved to Oakley and Wool
wines, whittier they were taken by tho
railroi men with the assistance of Tom
Boiling.
Morlen camo from Randolph. Char
lotte county. He was % years old and
has parents living at his former home.
They were notified Of the accident by
telegraph last night.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-04
LOCAL BREvlTIEs.

George Wright, of Campbell stree,
had several fine chickens stolen from
his rear yard Wednesday night. Mrs.
Wright had just purchased the fowls
and placed them in the coop. The thief
broke their necks OH the spot and cal :
ried them off.
The case of Lee Allen charged with
assaulting and robbing Il. o. Arlington,
will probably attract much attention
The magistrate who sent the negro on
to tho grand jury decided that the pun
ishment in such case might be death.
and it is now asserted that Allen will
plead guilty in order to lessen the charge
and save his neck.
a lodge of tho Ancient Order of Hi
bernians will be organized in Roanoke
in short time, probably next week.
o. ~. Neal, of Danville, stopped over
in the city yesterday en- route to Allie
ghany Springs.
The Misses Mary and Helen De yer,
OF Lexington, are visiting their lister,
Mrs. Ii. Il. Coleman, on Seventh ave-
nue. S. g.
officer Rigney, who went to Staunton
Wednesday after William Miles, the
man wanted here for cmbezzlement, will
return today. lie will also bring back
W. p. Fardly, who is wanted here on the
charg> of fraudulently obtaining sum
of money.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Christs
Episcopal Church, will meet in the
rooms of the Y. nj. c. A. Friday after.
noon at o'clock. All who are inter
ested are invited to attend.
Mrs. j. II. Brewer and Mrs. W. r.
Warden left last night for a three
weeks visit to Atlantic City and New
York.
Mrs. n. M. Schiller has returned after
an absence of five weeks at Atlantic
City and other watering places. Her
sister, Miss Rosa Calmly, of Washing
ton. returned with her for a short stay
in Roanoke.
Tho Mutton Invincibles will hold a
meeting in st. Adams Hall tonight.
Nothing of Importance to the general
public, however, will be considered
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-04
CITY BULLETIN.

Call and see the $40 six.pieccs parlor
suits, and 50 bed lounges at Copper Il
S5ope's, No. 10 Salem avenue S. e.
Wanted, parties having vacant houses
to list them with me. can rent them.
j. w. ROBERTS,
aug25-1mO lis Commerce street.
sloo to $500 saved on railroad tickets
bought Of S. a. Wick, 10 Jefferson street.
aug5-tf
Have your mirrors re-silvcrcd by
Carr, l05 Third avenue II. W. aug22- limo
Car load OF Old Hickory Wagons just
received by Evans 4 Chalmers.
Read House, Exchange building (for-
merly City Ho.cD, corner Jefferson
street and Salem avenue. Rates: 81 so
per day, 81 per week. $40 per month.
First-class board and rooms. Polite
attention. iuly31-1m
The cheapest place tc buy any kind of
furniture Is at Copper & Stones, No. 10
Salem avenue s. G. Satisfaction guaran-
teed in every respect.
Old mirrors made new by Will Carr.
augt 2lmo
Car load of nails just received by
Evans & Chalmers.
JAIL on Evans ~ Chalmers for pure
sisal and manila binder twine
First class house and sign paintin g
by Carr, Third avenue, n. W. aug22-Imo
Van Miller & Co., have opened a
cheap store on R. r. ave-, near Roam
oRe Machine works. jul22-2mo
For anything in tho hardware line
call on Evans & Chalmers.
Cloth signs, tin signs, board signs.
gold signs, cheap, by Carr. aug2o-lmo
The reason why Repass, Davis & Co. e.,
307 Salem avenue s. w., sell SO manv
monuments, headstones and iron fence 5
Is because their work and prices suit IL O
times and the people. They will furn-
ish designs and prices on applica ton.
and guarantee satisfaction. MIR. w. D..
Heaynes is with this firm and would be
glad to serve his friends. may3O-3m
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-04
Throe Fine Residences

Shocky IL GLADDEN. arc busy on the cor
struction of three fine residences in the
West End. One is handsome two
story franc residence for S. f. Jones, of
Buchanan. The other two are not
much inferior and arc for Messrs. Il.
Rust and y. l.. Trelnain, of this city.
Tne frame work of these buildings Is
all up and wcrkmcn are now busy with
the interior.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-04

Do NOT place your orders for blank
books for 1891 until after you have ex-
amined our work and prices. Ham
mond's Printing Works and Book
Bindery, 40 Jefferson street; telephone
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-04

In future you will find the warerooms
of the uobbio Music Co., open for bust.
ness every evening until o'clock.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-04
The Circus Is Here.

The White e. Hanson Circus opened
its weeks engagementyestc giving
two performances to large and delighted
audiences. The troupe is large one,
and each one does his or her part so well
that it is difficult to distinguish thu spc-
cial features; but probably that which
most pleased the spectators was the
performance of the infant phenomenon
trape 20 artist.
one is only six years old, but is a
handsome little girl, and Ter daring
flights in midair kept the audience
spell-bound with admiration. She dis
plays skill and strength quite wonder
full in child of her age, and is certainly
the best child trapeze performer in the
country.
The balance of the performance con.
sisted of exercises on the slack wire and
horizontal bars, daring Craftsmanship,
train ID animals, etc, and when the
audience arose to leave, after two
hours solid enjoyment, 1t decided as
one man that it had received it's money s
worth and that it would come again
not once, but often.
Ladies have you seen the latest
styles in shoes? IL not 60 to j. w.
Still they come, all sizes, styles and
makes. the school boy and girl can find
their match now. parents don't forget
TO call upon j. w. Wonders 81 Co., los
Commerce street, before purchasing
xhoes for your children.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-04

Ladies have you seen the latest
styles in shoes? IL not 60 to j. w.
Worders & Co., les Commerce street.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-04

We will have n nice Office
on the ground ilpor, and
one or two on tho second
TO rcnt-you might drop in
and sec us about them.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-04

Call and sec the $40 six-pieccs parlor
suits, and 50 bed lounges at Copper Il
S5ope's, No. 10 Salem avenue S. e.
Wanted, parties having vacant houses
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-03-05
Paving aCreditnr.

Like many another famous man, both
before his time and since, Talleyrand ex-
hibdted-at least in early hfe-a great
reluctance to settling with his creditors.
When he was appointed bishop of Autun
by Louis XVI, he considered alfine new
coach to be necessary to the proper main
tenance of the dignity of that office.
Accordingly, coach was ordered and
delivered, but not paid for. Some time
after, as the newly appointed bishop was
about to enter his coach he noticed a
strange man standing near who bowed
continually until the coach was driven
away. This occurred for several DAYS,
until at length Talleyrand, addressing
the stranger. said: 3 E
well, my good man, who are your
II am your coachmaker, my lord, )" re-
piled the stranger. tl >.
''Ahr' said Talleyrand, ssyou are my
coachmaker; and what do you want, my
coachmaker?' -
81 want to be paid, my lord"
'.Ah! you are my coachmaker, and
you want to be paid? You shall be paid,
my coachmaker.
s'But when, my lordY'
''Hum!' said Talleyrand, settl.lg him.
self comfortably among the cushions of
his new coach and cycling his coach
maker severely, ''you are very inquisi-
tive. Boston Transcript
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-03-05
out of work.

At q rough estimate II, 900 yodng wo-
men were thrown out of employment the
last of the year from the retail dry goods
stores of New York city, One frm alone
dismissed i, 100 women and girls and am
other TOO. These lnfGrfunase little mar.
tyrs of commerce and circumstances
were for the NEST part s.extrsss, hired
in November and December for the holi-
day trade at salaries that barely paid for
car fare, lunches and the, wear and tear
of clothing. One manager, when ap-
preached on the subject, said: "I was
ashamed to tell girl who wanted an en-
gagement the wages, and SO dismissed
her. It was less than her living would
cost. And yet, what can L do? IF wo-
men offer to come here to clerk for fifty
cents q day why should offer her $1g''
The trouble is women do not proper
ly value themselves They are alone in
the world, dependent on their own en-
ergies; they want a chance, footing, an
opening ything that will enable a
beginning. In their desperation they
will work for almost nothing, and once
in position, have not the bravery to
assert themselves by properly valuing
their services. Time goes on, the star
vation wages are accepted, and not only
does the individual suffer, but the whole
community of labor is affected by the
lower standard of resulting prices. a.
What the working girls of New York
need is less poetry. less kitchen garden
ing, less Bstheticis1n, less patronage,
and regular lecture on business tactics.
She has no library, she does not take a
newspaper, and if she is to know her
worth the value Of honest, earnest labor
and the relation her skill and industry
bear to capital, she must be instructed
by sermon, speech or address. AS it is,
she is cropping in the dark and growing
the plant of experience for herself, but
it is sad gardening, for there are thorns
instead of fruit, and in the leaves is
poison.-New York World.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-03-05
RIGHT OF WAY GRANTED.

President Harrison has approved bill
authorizing right of way for the portage
road, over the government grounds at
the Cascades. This removes the last
difficulty, and we may add, the last
anxiety, about the success and compile
ton of the road. The matter is now in
the hands of the state board of portage
commissioners, and we have no fear but
the governor and other members of the
board will hasten its completion. AL
ready the board of commissioners have
had conference with Major Handbury,
who furnished them with the fullest
possible information in regard to the locks
and the facilities for constructing the
road. The commission, we are also in
formed, will formulate their ideas in re-
gard to the matter and submit them to
the major, in an official communication,
Immediately, which he will forward to
the chief of engineers, with such recon-
mendation as he deems proper.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-03-05
STATE OFFICIALS.
A DISCOVERY.

1t is something new to ourselves, as
it is, we doubt not, to many of our read
ers, to discover, notwithstanding all that
has been said about the defeat of The
Dalles and Cello portage railway bill,
that the late session of the legislature
actually did pass bill for the con-
stuction and equipment of such portage
railway, and that Governor Pennoyer
really signed it, and that the said bill is,
today, law in thisstate.
The title of the senate bill No. 6. intro
duced by Senator Watkins, reads thus ::
''An act to authorize and empower the
Governor, Secretary of State and State
Treasurer of the State of Oregon, and
their successors in Office, for, on and in
the name and behalf of the State of Ore
gon, to build, construct, operate and
maintain portage railway between the
highest and lowest points of the naviga-
BILE waters of the Columbia river, at
the Cascades, in Oregon, and between
the highest and lowest points of the
navigable waters of the Columbia river,
between The Dalles and Cello, in Oregon,
switches and approaches thereto"
Section 2 provides that the board of
portage commissioners "shall commence
to build, construct, run, operate and
maintain said roads, as soon as there are
any available funds under the provision
of this act" 1t will be seen therefore,
that the law confers full authority on
the Governor and the other members of
the board to build, equip; and run both
roads, while the first section of the bill
gives them the right to determine
which railway "shall be built first. -
Moreover, they need not wait till all the
necessary funds are in the treasury.
They are empowered ''to begin as soon
as any are available" Is it not possible,
then, that through Senate bill No. 6, we
may yet obtain a portage railway between
The Dalles and Cello as well as at the
Cascades? A portage road around these
distractions, it is well known, is pet
scheme of Governor Pennoyer. Honest
Phil Metchan will certainly stand in with
him, and cannot afford to go back on
Eastern Oregon. The legislature that
empowers and authorizes a board of
commissioners to do a certain work, are
bound morally, and every other way, to
furnish the means. The bill, it is true,
provides only the sum of $780, 900. The
next legislature would have to increase
the appropriation to the necessary
amount. The Cascade road will doubt
less be built first, and soon. When it is
finished, and long before the next legisla-
ture meets, the contract might be let
and work commenced at The Dalles.
Wereally see no insurmountable difficulty
In the way. The governor and the board
have all the authority they need. If the
governor stands by us in our extremity
he will earn and deserve our eternal
gratitude. Will he do it? We believe
he will. @ r tte4
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-03-05
A Drama.ist with influence.

Queen Elizabeth of Roumania has
written play which she is pleased to
describe as a tragedy, but which is really
a piece of the most wildly and extrava-
gantly sensational kind. 1t is entitled
"Meister Manolly," and it is to be intro
duced at the Vienna Court theatre. The
piece is of the old transporting order,
with ghosts, murders, a wife walled up
alive, and other sensational episodes, and
it Is full of preposterous situations, alb
surdly stilted dialogue and Bombastes
Furioso defamation. Queen Elizabeth,
when she was recently at Vienna, in
yited the company of the Court theatre
to partake of a sumptuous dejeuner at
the Hotel Imperial, and the champagne
flowed in rivers at the meal. Her maj
esty read the play to her guests, who
applauded it as matter of course, and
then she went to see the emperor, and in
duced him to command that the piece
should be produced at the Hofburg,
where, as rule, new plays are not
readily accepted.-London Truth.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-03-05
PRE-EMPTTON AND TIMBER CUL-
TURE LAWS REPEALED.

A dispatch from Washington, ID. c.,
published in Yesterdays CHRONICLE, in
forms us that the pre-emption and tim
Der culture acts are repealed, and the
various local land Offices have been noti-
fed to that effect. All entries hereto
fore made under these acts can be per-
fected, but no new entries will be allowed.
The repeal of these laws will work little
hardship to any, and is in the interest
of sound policy. The public lands of
the United States are rapidly decreasing
every year. In very few years no
available lands will remain. Under the
two acts just repealed many frauds were
doubtless committed, and it was possible
to acquire honestly the title to more
land than Uncle Sam can long afford to
bestow upon any one member of his
numerous family. The tendency of the
government is wisely toward limitation.
Last year an act was passed by which no
one person can acquire title, in the
future to more than 320 acres. In a
short time this will be too much, and
not many congresses will pass till each
actual settler on the public lands can
acquire title from the government to
only 100 acres. .i7-it+..-=-- 500.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-03-05
"a DEFEATED COUNTY CLERKS
ANSWER.

The editor of the Times Mountaineer
accuses us of having attacked him.
This is'only another proof of the fidelity
~of the disciple to the teaching of his
master. We have not attacked him.
He has been whining for six months
about starvation. We only told him
that if he had served better master in
the past he wouldn't be now starving,
and that if starvation stares him in the
face he has only himself to blame. The
CHRONICLE didn't do it; and if it did he
ought to be the last to confess it. 1t
should never be acknowledged that a
paper that "never had practical news
paper man connected with it." and
whose editor is ''hired,'' and "defeat-
ed county clerk" to boot, could possess
the power to starve out vetern journal
ist and the un-hired editor of paper all
his own. We have not attacked him.
A defeated railroad commissioner nav.
even a defeated water commissioner is
too great a man, for defeated county
clerk to attack. We have only tramped
on the tail of the coat he has, SO long
been dragging in the dust. We have
modestly presumed to touch the chip
he carries on his shoulder. He got mad /;
but it is the madness of starvation.
Next time we'll pass round the hat; but
if we ever attack HIM, which we won't,
if we can help it (because we don't want
the columns of this journal filed with
matter in which the public can have
little interest, and no profit we will
make him so much ashamed of himself
that he won't wait to be starved to death !;
he'll cut has throat. The brother will do
well to keep away from here.'
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-03-05
just Like His Ru.s,.n Brother.

] The sultan very rarely or never leaves
the grounds of Yildiz, Kiosk, except to
go once a5week to a mosque just outside,
when the very striking ceremony known
as the Selamick takes place. Once a
year, also, he pays visit to Stamboul,
but the route there and returning is
never known in advance. He is in con-
slant fear of assassination. Some grand
duchess whom he received at his court,
on his complaining that his health was
Indifferent, advised him to take more
exercise and change of air, and to drive
about thecountry. On her departure he
is reported to. have said: What harm
have 1 done that this woman should de-
sire my death?Ii Why does she advise me
to run into such dangersY' Nineteenth
Century fs +. -s
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-03-05
A weddinr cake Deaee.ea.

81 had some, wedding cake today. un-
der very. distressing circumstances, y said
a postal clerk. cat the postoffce a pack
age had been received containing a heavy
invoice of this style of fancy goods. II
was nearly six inches square and had
sixteen cents in postage stamps, but not
sign of an address. There was no help
for it. The owner couldn't be found,
and rather than let the cake go to waste
it was distributed judiciously among a
few friends. OF course everybody was
sorry, but the state of things might have
been worse. Buffalo Express.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-03-05
WE TAKE THE DISPATCHES.

ing papers in this state that takes the
associated press dispatches. All i'm
portant matters that transpire through
out the country appears in this journal,
as rule, from twentyfour to forty -eight
before the people OF The Dalles see them
in the Oregoniam. Newspapers that do
not take the dispatches must wait and
clip from those that do I'D
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-03-05
He was Undulv Anxiou.,

One of the most amusing distortions
of English that ever heard was perpe-
trated by a waiter on a Grand Trunk
dining car, eager for his fee.
trout and buttered toast. Its meager ap-
pearance seemed to disturb my friend in
the white jacket.
''Ain't you godn' to have no other meat
besides that fish, sir?r he asked. Lewis
ton Journal.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-03-05

Ii Governor Pennoyer should take the
advice of the CHRONICLE and carrying
out his "pet scheme" build us a portage
railway at The Dalles as Senator Wat
kins' bill authorizes him to do, then, it
will have been found that the Oregon
law makers legislated better than they
knew
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-03-05
FINE FARM TO RENT.

rTNHE FARM KNOWN AS THE "MOORE
Il Farm" situated on Three Mile creek about
two and one-half miles from The Dalles, will be
leased for one or more years at a low rent to any
responsible tenant This farm has upon it
good dwelling house eud necessary out build
ings, about two acres of orchard, about three
hundred acres under Gu ltivation, "A large portion
of the laSnd will raise a good volunteer wheat
crop in 81 with ordinarily favorable weather.
The farm iswell watered. For terms and particu-
lars enqu ire of Mrs Sarah A Moore at the office
of Mays, Huntington & Wilson, The Dalles, Or.
SARAH A. MOORE, Executrix.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-03-05
FIRST ANNUAL MEETING.
Notice to the Subscribers of
The Dalles, Portland and
Astoria Navigation Co.

TNHE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
Il subscribers to The Dalles,, Portland and
rooms of the Board of Trade at Dalles CITY, Ore
gon, on Saturday, April 4th, 1891, at O'Clock D.
m, for the purpose of electing officers for the
business as may legitimately come before the
meeting.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-03-05

THE DALLES.
The Gate City Of the Inland Empire is situated at
the head of navigation the Middle Columbia, and
is thriving prosperous city
ITS TERRITORY
It is the supply city for extensive and rich ari
cultural and grazing country, trade reaching as
far south as Summer Lake, distance of over two
hundred miles
THE LARGEST WOOL MARKET
The rich grazing country along the eastern slope
OF the the Cascades furnishes pasture thousands
of sheep, the wool from which finds market here
The Dalles is the largest original wool shipping
point in America, about 5000, 900 pounds being
shipped this year
THE VINEYARD OF OREGON.
The country near The Dalles produces splendid
crops of cereals and it's fruits excelled It
is the vineyard of Oregon it's grapes equalng Cali
tornlas best, and its other fruits, apples, pears
prunes, cherries etc., are unsurpassed
ITS PRODUCTS
The salmon fisheries the finest on the Columbia
yielding this year revenue of $15ooooo which can
and will be more than doubled in the near future
The products of the beautiful Kckital valley find
market here and the country east has this
year filed the warehouses and all available storage
places to overhowing with their products
ITS WEALTH
is the richest city Of it's coast and it's
money is scattered and is being used to develop
more farming country than is tributary to any other
city in Eastern Oregon.
It's situation is unsurpassed! Its climate delight
full It's possibilities incalcuable! resources un
limited. And on these stones she stands