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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-06-04
Proof of a Pudding.
The DALLEs, May "a, 1892.
Editor rINEs-MoUSTANEkR


Editor TINES MoUSTANEEK:
A majority of the public teachers Of the
Democratic faith insist that the policy Of
the Republican party. especially its defense
of American industries. labor and capital,
is damaging to the advancement of the
nation. Please lay aside factionsl difference
maintained to sustain party ascendency, and
let us correct our Judgment by proof.
One of the most distinguished and able
statisticians in the United States, Edward
Atkinson, of Boston, a member of the DEM
ocratic party and of highest authority IN
industry, banking and manufacturing with
his political associates, in an article in this
months Forum, while speaking of the claim
of competition in the labor market as has
been claimed, says: "If there were, the price
of labor would haye fallen during the last
ten years, while the great army of workmen
was coming In upon US. But'the price of
labor has not fallen. Wages have steadily
advanced. In 1880 they were higher even
than during the paper money period, or the
initiation period, or the period of the excess
sive demands OF the war. General wages
were higher in 1890 than they were in 1880
by ten to forty per cent, according to the
grade of the workman" Mr.. Atkinson says:
81 submit this estimate in Advance of the
report which may soon be expected from
the national bureau of labor statistics. be-
lieving that shall be fully sustained" The
period that has elapsed since the end of the
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work OF the Wind:

WELLINGTON, Kan, May 29.-Great
crowds visited the stricken city to day.
ALI the railroads entering the town ran
excursions, and the people in the neigh
borhood fiocked in. The common remark
of those who have witnessed similar
scenes was, that in extent and complete
ness of destruction, it surpassed anything
IN their experience. The miracle is the
loss of life was not four fold greater. This
is attributed to the tact that the churches,
schools, houses and business blocks, In
the tornado's track, were practically
deserted, excepting two hotels, where
eight casualties, so far reported, occurred.
The death list remains at the figures
given Yesterday, ard all the injured are
progressing toward recovery, except Mrs.
Murphy and Jess Brown. The funerals
of Mrs. Scbascher, KITTY Strain, Leonard
Al!amson, Ida Jones, Horton Upson and
Professor James Mayer took place this
afternoon from the Methodist church.
James HASTE was buried by the Odd
Fellows, and Ed Forsythe will be buried
to morrow. The bodies of Thomas Corn
wall and Frank Campbell have been for
warded TO their homes. The ruins are
being diligently searched. The work of
clearing away the wreckage will begin
tomorrow. Mechanics were at work all
DAY making the partially wrecked build
ings nabitable. Temporary shelter has
been provided for the homeless, and the
reliet organization Is raising the necessary
funds to keep them from destitutlon.
The Presbyterian and Lutheran churches
are well protected by cyclone policies,
and will be restored, as will be the
schoolhouse. which was also protected.
The insurance on residence and business
properly is scarcely worth mentioning.
The absolute loss is in the neighborhood
of $25O,000.
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A Fatal Fire.

BOSTON, May 27.-A fire broke out at
about 2 o'clock, this morning in the
upper part of the Hotel Royal, cheap
lodging. house at 14S Court street., The
fire was quickly subdued by the depart
ment, but not before one man was snf-
focated, and several overcome by smoke
or burned. Some $50 dodgers were in
this portion of the building, and many
escaped with difficulty. John Quinn,
aged 30, was found in an upper hall
UNCONSCIOUS, and died at the hospital G..
Clark was overcome by smoke and may
die. William H. Wright was overcome
by smoke, and badly burned about the
back and arms. F. Burns, cripple was
badly burned about the upper part OF
the body, and nearly asphyxiated. Three
men were taken from the rooms in the
upper story They are at the hospital.
and will doubtless recover. 1t is said an
unknown man was badly burned about
the head, arms and face, and :that be
disappeared in the crowd. The build
ing and contents were damaged to the
extent of about $4,000.
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Decoration DaY.

Monday being the Both of May, was
properly celebrated in this city as Deco
ration Day. Headed by the Regulator
band, the militia under command of
Lleut.-Col Geo. T. Thompson and Cap
tains Keller and Chrismsn in charge of
A and G companies, who acted as escort
to j. w. Nesmith Post, G. A. R.. and
whom they preceded in the line of march,
the procession was formed on Court
street, head resting on Third. These
were followed by long array of car
riages containing the Women's Relief
Corps and citizens. Arriving at the
cemetery. the G. A. r. and military
formed in circle around the monument,
which was gracefully entwined by
wreaths of flowers, and the impressive
ceremonies of the Grand Army was re-
hearsed, Comrade W. s. Myers act
ing as post commander. A select
choir rendered several beautiful an
thems In excellent style, and these
were befitting the occasion. At the close
the homeuard march was taken, and an
other Decoration Day was numbered with
the past.
During the afternoon the city was al
most deserted. and all places of business
we're closed. Very many OF our citizens
bedecked the graves of friends and rela-
tives with garlands of beautiful flowers,
thus devoting the hours of the day to the
sacred memory of the dead. The remem-
brance of those who have passed to the
silent shore should be lovingly cherished,
and the observance Of Decoration Day
should be universal-not only for the
dead of the nation, but for those of fam
lilies, so that at least one day in the year
will be devoted to those we love, and
who now sleep the sleep that knows
no waking.
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with a painful accident in the Seattle
Savings bank building to day. She,
with three other girls, started from the
business college, located on the second
floor. On arriving there, the elevator
boy, in spirit of fun, refused to allow
the girls to get out. Miss Walthew
jumped through the elevator door, and
the other girls tiled to follow, but We're
detained by the boy. Miss Walthew,
not recognizing the danger, stuck her
head through the door to see what was
going on inside. Just then the bell rang
and the elevator was started down the
shaft. 1t caught the unfortunate girls
head and pushed it with great force
against the door. When picked up,
it was found that the bridge of her nose
was fractured. her mouth cut and several
of her teeth broken off. The elevator
boy disappeared Immediately after the
accident ard has not been seen since.
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Agriculture and Fruit Production in
Eastern Oregon.

Agriculture and Fruit Production in
Eastern Oregon.
THE DALLEs, May 30, 1892.
Editor TINES -MoUNTAISEER:
ask the privilege of addressing in your
columns such of your readers as are engaged
in agriculture and fruit raising, and are de-
sirous that their well directed efforts may
meet success, relieved of the chances to
which they are now often subjected. In
treating this matter do so upon the suppo.
sition that the vicissitude of chance is
bound up IN a sufficient or insufficient sup
ply of water during the growing season.
Eastern Oregon who do not recognize the
fact that with its sunlight and soil success
is surety, if supply of water at call, as
required, can be relied upon. There Is no
question that this supply of water can be
obtained with but very small outlay.
want to be allowed through your jour.
nal to present this matter; not as a theory
of engineering study OF skill, but as one of
plain common sense with the evidences be-
fore you. l have beside me, upon my table,
the official r, ,ports of all the rrigating ef-
strumentai in making the desert wilderness
of Southern California ten years since, to-
day garden of fruItfulness and profit. A
communication from one of the ablest engi.
49, ,ok o. 20 %hok
plication of sufficient water upon lands,
which before was worth in market but 81 so
per acre, after the establishment OF irriga-
tion bitches, were worth from $50 to Sl00
per acre, for raising fruit and vegetables,
grapes for wine, alfalfa for feeding lambs,
sheep and hogs, and all farming products
suited to the climate.
l want the privilege through your paper
from time 10 time to place before our East
ern Oregon farmers convincing evidences,
which shall not be guess work as to its great
value, and will deal in figures, in facts, in
names and localities from which all who
wish may ascertain what a remarkable
change may be made IN farming and in fruit
raising by having plenty of water to assim.
ilate from our very fertile sedimentary soil
the food needed for animal and vegetable
life, and have it when and where it is
wanted. l well understand that the ex-
preston "to have IT when and where it is
wanted" is ''hesting the kettle hot" but
do mean 1t, and it is safe to say that sys-
tenn of irrigation may be furnished to the
settlers upon the plateau, plains and rolling,
deep-soiled lands east of the Cascade range
of high wooded mountains from its super
abundant supply of water, gathered from
the high condensations which await in
silent patience in the deep, black timber
only mans invitation and assistance and be-
come blessings indeed to him and his chill
dren's children for generations to come.
THos. S. LANG.
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EIGHTEEN BEAUTIFUL YEARS.

BY ANNA THOMPSON.
Julius, our lovely son
His trials on earth are done;
Trouble aud sorrows ended,
And his Crown of Life Is won.
He was pure, bright star,
The Joy of home and heart;
The one whom we loved most dear
But we now, on earth, must part.
Death with all its sorrows,
Comes knocking at our door,
And takes our sweetest flower,
To plant it on the Golden Shore.
But thou art gone we know,
To live among the blest;
Where no pains or sorrows are,
And the weary are at rest.
Passed away from earth foreyer,
Free from all its cares and fears;
Julins again will join us never,
While we tread this vale of tears.
III will be bright for him now,
Nothing to cause him pain,
U, julius, our darling friend,
How could we wish you here again!
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Un,o, p.c,r,c Retrencbmeut.

OMAHA, Neb., May 20.- The Union
Pacific inaugurated an active retrench-
ment yesterday. A number of mechanics
were laid off and general order to
suspend work In the shops was issued
Saturday. This affects 800 men here, and
many along the entire system. The
officials give as reason for the reduction
that the earnings of the road, as well as
other Western roads, have decreased
rapidly during the last month.
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An Engtneer murdered.

SAULF STE. MARIE, Mich, May 30
The mutilated remains OF J. NOsky, q
locomotive engineer on the Canadian Pa
ci6c railway. was found on the track one
mile east of Chelmsford yesterday. Sat
urday was pay day, and it is thought he
was murdered for his money. In this
the murderer or murderers were fooled,
as Nosky, on receiving bis pay, sent it TO
his wife who lives at the Canadian 500.
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Death in the Turbulent Waters.

Long Creek Eagle.
The Long Creek stage met with a fatal
accident near John Day last Tuesday even
which resulted In the death of Mrs. Hannah
Hudson, the proprietress OF the Beech Creek
station. by drowning.
1t was about nine o'clock at night when
the stage approached the bridge crossing
the John Day River at John Day City. The
river was very high, and although over
flowing It's banks, the approaches to the
bridge were yet found to be in perfect con-
dition, and the crossing was effected in per-
feet safety. Canyon creek was very high,
and had submerged almost the entire fat
known as the prospect holes or failing piles,
obliterating the road from view, which
wound around among these famous piles of
gravel to the city. Although quite dark,
the driver, JEFF Russell, was very cautious,
knowing the inevitable result should the
team leave the road. The water had
reached the bed of the blackboard, when all
ut once the team stepped over a precipice
and were compelled to swim. The buck
board became uncoupled and sank, leaving
the driver and passenger at the mercy of the
horses to carry them ashore. Mrs. Hud-
son, in the excitement, became strangled.
and sank, while the driver, Mr.. Russell,
finally reached the bank and spread the
alarm. In only few seconds the scene of
the accident was surrounded with a crowd
Of excited people, and not until working for
one-hAlf hour with grab hooks. was the
body of Mrs. Hudson recovered from the
water. Drs. Fell and Ashford were present
and used every possible means to bring the
body to life, but 1t was too late to accom-
plisb anything. Mrs. Hudson leaves q
husband, three children and numerous rela-
tives and friends.
The United States mail was sayed with
little or no damage save that Of being thor
oughly soaked with water.
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Murdered BY Indians.

SEATTLE, Wash, May ga Victoria,
B. c., bulletin just received says word
has reached there that DIR. Sheldon jack
son and party have been murdered by
Yukon Indians.
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There is trouble between the Indians and
citizens in Grant county, and this may re-
suit seriously. 1t seems that small band of
cayuses had been levied upon and sold to
pay the costs of criminal action for viola
tion of the game laws. The Indians tried
to replevin the horses, and. being unsuc-
cessful in their efforts, determined to
steal them. On the morning of the 26tb,
band of ten stalwart Indians attacked the
house in which the deputy constable who
had made the sale was sleeping. and, al
though a man came to his assistance, over
powered them and injured them consider
ably. They then departed, taking with
them a complete outfit. The deputy sheriff
with posse of men are in pursuit of the
Indians, and are determined to take them
dead or alive.
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An Elevator Accident.

SEATTLE, Wash, May s7.-Mlss Maud
Walthew, young college student, met
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AN ESTIMATE OF THE LOSS,

ST. LOUIS, May 2S.-The Globe Demo
Gratis Wellington special says The loss by
the cyclone will aggregate $5OO,0O0. Two
hundred buildings are destroyed. The
house of Squire Smith was leveled, and
several members of the household man
gled, probably fatally. The fire at this
hour g A. M. is still raging.
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SOCIETIES.

A sSEMBLY NO. 1927, K. OF L.-Meets in K. of
n P. Hall the second and fourth Wednesdays Of
each month at z 80 P. NJ.
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tice, but, with this exception, the arma-
ment in the artillery branch consists of
a lot of Anticipated guns that might bet
ter be sent to a museum of ordnance
antiquities. The idea of training SOL
diers of the present day for future field
service with guns twenty or thirty
years behind the present age is SO pre-
posterous that, but for it's seriousness,
it would appear ridiculous. With his
Enthusiastically trenchant pen Mai.
Carson condenses the opinion of the
board int0 the following sentence:
Until the government supplies the
academy with modern guns to take the
place of the antiquities Row in position
in the seacoast and siege batteries we
recommend that these two worse than
useless batteries be dismantled and that
wooden guns, fashioned after the latest
approved models and furnished with
modern carriages and cranes, be
mounted instead. Such course would
not avert the ridicule to which the
United States is now being subjected,
but it would furnish confidence that it's
military men are cognizant of the fact
that progress has been made in the
fabrication of great guns. In addition
to this, wooden models of modern fash
ion would at least give the cadets an
idea of the kind of guns likely to be
used In warfare and the methods en-
ployed in serving them"
Maj. Carson calls attention to the fact
that military officers from European
nations who come to America care very
little for our great cities and the beauti-
full capital of our nation and the i'm
mensity of our territory. They go to
West Point to see what we know, if
anything, concerning the art of war,
and it is no wonder that they report to
their superior officers upon their return
home that the American republic is
practically defenseless.
In the cavalry service of the academy
the ordnance department limits it's sup
ply of bits to two sizes, so that instead
of adjusting bit to a horses mouth,
the horse must adjust its mouth to the
size of the bit. The saddle cloths fur
nished are as ridiculous and as unseem-
~ as the bits.
The report of the board expresses
qualification that during the past few
years congress has been fairly liberal
in its appropriations for the buildings
and grounds of the academy. When
the buildings now in course of erection
are completed the cadet corps will be
housed with comfort.
The report contains a number of steel
engrayings of the grounds and cadets.
SMITH D. Fry.
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In Great Need of Repair.

Arlington, in Sussex, England, is evil
IDENTIFY not q stronghold of the Episco-
pal church. In an appeal for restora-
ton fund, the vicar, the Rev. I. Bun
ston, describes as follows the condition
of the house of worship in that parish:
"When took over the incumbency four
years ago l found the porch falling
away from the nave, and holes in the
roof letting in the rain; the owls and
other birds made it their home and flew
about the church at all times. The
tower was covered with green slime,
There was no provision for Sunday
school work, and the children attended
a Nonconformist place of worship
Feast days have never been recognized,
and iii fact everything was fast going
to ruin"
There has been nothing to equal this,
says The Pail Mall Budget, since the an
Gent prophet wrote: "And thorns shall
come up in her palaces, nettles and
bra1nbles in the fortresses thereof; and
it shall be an habitation of dragons and
court for owls. Thewild beasts of the
desert shall also meet with the wild
beasts of the island, and the satyr shall
cry to his fellow; the screech owl also
shall rest there and find for herself a
place of rest
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NEW ENGLANp's ALMANAC MAKER.
For Over Century the DabolI Family
Have Been Noted as Weather Sharps.

For Over Century the DabolI Family
Have Been Noted as Weather Sharps.
The "New England Almanac and
Farmers Friend" has been issued an
nually since 1T72, and always by Da-
boil. With very few exceptions the
calculations have been made in the same
house, which is still in good repair and
occupied by David A. Daboll, grandson
of the Nathan Daboll who founded the
annual almanac.
New England is claimed by many as
the native place of the comic almanac,
for some folks reckon Ben Franklin's
"Poor Richard publication in that class,
and for two generations the New Eng
land almanac and the Bible furnished
the bulk of the average Yankee farm
er's reading. Faith in the weather pre-
dictions was so strong that thousands of
farmers regulated their work thereby,
and about sixty years ago this faith was
confirmed in a very remarkable man
ner. By mistake snow was predicted
for July 4. There was a general
laugh, but the snow came-not much,
OF course, OUT enough TO excite general
amazement, and thereafter Daboll's pre-
dictions were gospel.
Nathan Daboll worked out the tables
and predictions and issued the first al
manac in 1772. He was professor of
mathematics at Plainfeld academy and
author of the famous old ''Daboll's Arith-
metic." In 1918 his son, Nathan, took
up the work and continued it till 1854,
when one of his six sons, David A., sue
ceeded him. They have always pur-
sued the same system. They have a
journal of the weather for two or three
generations past and a table of conjunc-
tons of sun, moon and planets. When
ever certain conjunction has been
contemporary with certain kind of
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weather several times they assume that
it will be so for the coming year, and
they hit it often enough to convince the
farmers.
The almanac also contains nautical
tables and all sorts of information for
seafaring men. Indeed the Dabolls are
all lnathematicians, and one of them in
vented the foghorn which warns mari
ners off the coast in thick weather. The
old house is in the hamlet of Center
Groton, about four miles east of New
London, and for several years nautical
school was taught there, at which more
than 200 New England boys were fitted
for the navy.
The Dabou almanac for 1899 predicts
hot weather, beginning on June Is, and
a great drouth till July l, then very
light showers only till the 18th and 18th,
when there will be very heavy rains. It
is to be hoped that cold Daboll, as they
call him, is correct, for the wheat grow
ers of all the central states could not
have better weather than that if they
made it themselves. "a dry June for
wheat" is an old proverb, and then
"late July rain for fall pastures"
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from the board of visitors to the mill
tary academy have been prepared mani
testify with the purpose only of compli-
menting the institution and therefore
such reports have been practically val
ueless:
Concerning the practical instruction
of most value, Maj. Carson calls atten-
ton to the fact that under the present
regulations cadets at West Point are
imbued with the idea that soldiers I'M
der their command shall be trained to
as high degree of discipline as is main.
tanned at the military academy, and,
with this idea in view, without consid.
ering the limited mental capacity and
educational requirements of enlisted
soldiers, their requirements are such as
to cause no little dissatisfaction in the
ranks and consequent desertions from
the army. The board therefore con-
cludes that whatever instruction may
be had at the military academy calcu-
lated to give the cadets an insight into
the methods of stimulating and encour-
aging an enlisted man, tends to elevate
the service, by enhancing the confidence
of the troops in the wisdom and good
intent of the military officers under
whom they serve. Maj. Carson, who
has had great deal of experience in
military affairs, dwells at length upon
this idea and quotes Gen. Philip II.
Sheridan as having said on one occasion
to him: ''Show me good captain and
I will show you good company. Good
companies make good regiments; good
regiments made good brigades." Maj.
Carson says that Gen. Sheridan regarded
the proper government and care of en-
listed men as paramount essential in
bringing troops to the highest order of
perfection.
The armament Of the academy is Sc
verely criticised. Within the last year
a battery of six breech-loading guns
has been furnished the cadets for prac-