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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-10-29
THE PAST AND PRESENT.

If Democratic speehes for the past
thirty years could be published what a
iumbled mass of contradictions they
would be; but nevertheless they would
furnish interesting reading matter in
the light of the pretensions of the party
to-day. First on the list would come
the anti-Lincoln orations of 1861 to
1865, in which the great president was
denounced as buhoon and heartless
Joker; then would follow speeches de-
scriblng the useless expenditure of
money and sacrifice of human lives in
continuing fratricidal war. Still
later or would be read addresses on
the impossibility of paying the i'm
mense national debt, which would be
a burden on generations yet unborn.
Then would come the howl for 'equi6-
able adjustment" and to pay the bond
holders in currency; and further ON
the erag-baby" craze and the TRADE
against resumption of specie pay ment.
These obstruction tactics wonld con-
tlnue to the present, and would culmin-
ate in the attempt being made to break
down American industries by the ad-
yecacy of free-trade. 1t is fact well
known to all students of American
history that every national policy pre-
servation of the union, the honest full
fillment of national obligations, recon-
struction, resumption Of specie pay
ment and protection to American in
tries-inaugurated by the Repub-
lican party since 1861, have been
carried out successfully and have re-
suited in great prosperity to the coun-
try. Every one of these have been
bitterly opposed by the Democratic
party In its national platforms and on
the stump, and in not one instance
has its predictions of financial disas-
ter and ruin been verified by subse-
quent events. Every principle advo-
Gated blythe Republican platform adopt
ed in Minneapolis has been tested by ex-
perIence, and has been the cause of ma
tional prosperity and advancement.
To imagine that the country could
have enjoyed its present progress un-
der any different policy would be Wis
ionary in the extreme, and would in
dicate lunacy or idiocy. This Is the
capital of the Republican party in the
present campaign. The success of the
Republican party during the last quar-
ter of century has been the success Of
the nation,, and the history of the
United States in the past thirty years
has been the history of the patriotism
and economic policy of the Republi-
can party.
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FUSION.

The resignation of Col. R. A. Miller,
one of the Democratic presidential
electors, for the alleged reason of in
eligibility to the office, might have
been considered the proper thing if it
had occurred earlier in the campaign
and if the state central committee had
not appointed. Mr.. Nathan Pierce, a
Populist elector, to fill the vacancy.
AS it is, the most obtuse person will
view it in no other light than fusion
between the Democrats and Peoples
party. The fact was apparent that in
Oregon Mr.. Cleveland's vote would
fall several thousand below that of
Mr.. Harrison's, and Tammany, to save
every member possible In the electoral
college, has issued the edict ordering
fusion in the western states-irre-
vocably Republican-with Populists.
Such tactics are not at all surprising
in party that has stopped to any
thing that would give 1t an oppor-
tunity to thwart the popular will of
the people and elevate it to the
public offices. This is the same party of
spoils that opposed reconstruction and
howled equitable adjustment" after
the war closed, following the same
tricks and schemes for plunder. 1t must
be recollected that Mr.. Pierce was a
Democrat before he was a Popu-
list, and his sympathies are entirely
with the party of his earlier choice.
Republicans voting for him on the
Populist ticket should recollect that
they are supporting a bedrock Demo
crat, with all the obloquy attaching to
such. 1t is not ascertained whether
Secretary Mcbride has filed this new
Democratic ticket, and if he refuses
the legality of the Tammany trick
under the Australian ballot system it
will be tested in the supreme court.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-10-29
TELEGRAPHIC.
The great waterway.

WALLA WALLA, Wash, Oct. 25-The
commission appointed under the act of
the last congress to examine and report
on the distractions to navigation in the
Columbia river between Three mile
rapids and Cello falls, net IN this city
this morning ana held conference with
leading citizens. Among others address
ing the commission was Senator Allen.
He was of the opinion that not only
speed should be considered, but also per
l0anency. He said that the work should be
of the most substantial character. Col.
Mendell made minute inquiries in regard
to rights of way that had been secured
by the Columbia River Navigation Com
pany, but nothing definite could be
learned. In answer to question as to
how long it would take TO complete the
work at the Cascades, Lieutenant Burr
stated that it would take two working
seasons. providing the appropriations
were sufficient to keep everything moy-
mo-
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Mrs. Harrison died in Washington

Mrs. Harrison died in Washington
City early this morning, after an i'll
ness of several weeks. As lady of the
White House during President Harri-
sons administration she has endeared
herself to the American people, and
her death will cause universal sorrow.
To her husband, in his great affiiction,
the nation will extend its tenderest
sympathy. Through the long and
tedious watch by her bedside, Emeri-
can citizens have shared with the
president the anxiety regarding her
condition, and, now that the wife and
mother has passed away, all hearts
will feel the deepest regret. As the
chief lady of the land, and as the low
ing help-meet of the executive and
mother of his children, she is entitled
to lasting respect. She was an exem-
plary woman In all the relations of
life, and as such was worthy of the
highest admiration.
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We. have seen it stated in some
Democratic papers that the principles
Of the Republican party to-day are
contrary to those advocated by the
great patriot, Abraham Lincoln, and
thst, if he were alive, he would be
a Democrat. Such rot would be ridic-
ulous if it were not used to dupe men
who exercise the right of suffrage and
have not the intellectual ability to dis
criminate, and then it becomes malic-
iously wicked. The Republican plat
form of 1860 favored high protect
i've tariff, and this was the platform on
which Mr.. Lincoln was elected. Dur
ing that campaign Mr.. Blaine made
protection speeches, and they contain
the same arguments which are being
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A Case in New Jersex.

NEW YORK, Oct. 26-There was con-
siderable excitement IN Jersey City
Heights to-day in consequence of the
death, from what is said to be Asiatic
cholera, OF William Bonner, carpenter,
aged 30, of Ill Franklin street. He came
from work to dinner yesterday, appar
entity in good health. Soon after he was
taken i'll and died In great agony early
this morning. DIR. Joseph G.. Rooney,
who attended him, pronounced 1t gen
uine case of Asiatlc cholera The city
physician, DR.. j. B. Henry, and the
county physician, DIR. Converse, agree
with DR.. Rooney In his diagnosis Dr.
Rooney said to dav that Bonner had vic
lent cramps and colvulsions and that his
countenance presented a, "doughy" ap-
pearance. The house In which the death
took place has been quarantined, and
thorough investigation will be made.
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Attemnt to pestrox q m,ne

BOISE CITY, Idaho, Oct. 25.-Tim Regan,
the eIl-knowE mining man, arrived in Boise
late tonight with a story that will create con-
siderable of sensation in mining circles.
Regan owns a large interest in the Stoddard
mine, one of the famous DeLamar group, the
Stoddard being located on the apex of the
famous DeLamar lode, that yields about
$4,000 per month. Yesterday morning, five
armed men went into the Stoddard tunnel and
dynamited the lower workings of the mine.
Regan caught the men in the act and forced
the leader to tell who ordered the dastardly
work performed. The man declared that
Captain Plummer, manager of the DeLamar
mine, was the guilty party. Regan has left
the Stoddard mine in charge Of armed senti
nels. He will swear out warrants of arrest
for Plummer and half dozen others tonight
The property involved is worth 81 10000
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CarIess With a shotgun.

WALLA WALLA, Oct 25.-This afternoon
James Foult, who lives on Russell creek,
drove into town with Bert Brock and Jake
Brenner, two boys about IS years old, who
had been injured by the accidental discharge
of shotgun about noon to-day. Mr.. FOUL
heard some one call on the creek and sent
one of his men who found Brenner walking
to and fro, holding his right hand, from
which blood was dripping. Brock lay on the
ground, covered with blood, though conscious
Brenner said he and Brock were sitting on
the fence and he had the gun in his lap with
his hand over the muzzle. 1t exploded, TAX
ing off his second finger. Brock was about
10 feet distant and received the charge in his
right breast and arm. Brenner's finger was
amputated. Brock had the shot picked oui
of his breast. Neither of the boys are in
dsnUer
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CLEVELAND, o Oct. ga fire at 1 80
this morning destroyed the building on
the corner of Central avenue and Harriet
street, occupied by James Shannon and
John McGinty, saloon keepers, and Frank
Maup, barber. Shannon and his family
lived in the upper section of the struct-
ure. They were burned to death, being
overcome by the smoke before assistance
could be rendered. The dead are James
Shannon, aged So; Mrs. Shannon, aged
SO; James Shannon. jr., aged 6, and John
Shannon, aged 40. The bodies were in
an unrecognizable condition when they
were recovered The fanclal loss Is
$4,000, covered by insurance.
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Electric BItters.

This remedy is becoming so well known
and so popular as to need no special men.
tion. All who have used Electric Bitters
slug the same song of praise. A purer
medicine does not exist and it is guaran-
teed to do all that is claimed. Electric
Bitters will cure all diseases of the liver
and kidneys, will remove pimples, boils
salt rheum and other affections caused by
impure blood. Will drive malaria from
the system and prevent as well as cure al
malarial fevers. For cure OF headache
constipation and indigestion try Electric
Ritters. Entire satisfaction guaranteed
or money refunded. Price so cents and
81 per bottle at Snipes & Kinersly's drug
store.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-10-29
THE HYBRID TICKET.

When it was apparent that General
Weaver would attract many votes
from the Democratic ticket, the organs
of that party in Oregon were never
tired of warning the people that any
support given him would be the same
as wasted or thrown on the side of the
Republicans; and especially loud were
these warnings after Governor PEN
noyer made his free-silver speech at
Roseburg. But change has come
over the dreams of Democrats since
the substitution of Pierce, the Popu-
list elector, in place of Colonel Miller,
who has resigned his position on the
electoral ticket. 1t is nothing un-
common now to hear old bedrock Dem
ocrats, who heartily endorsed the
mono ,metalism theories of Mr.. Cleve-
land, speaking strongly of the benefit
that would result to the wage-earners
if the Populists' idea were carried out,
and everything made money that bore
the impression of the government
stamp. Some claim that either po-
tatoes, corn or wheat would make a
good circulating medium, and long for
the halcyon days when coonskins passed
as money. These men are preparing
themselves so that they can swallow
the bitter dose without being nauseated.
and they will be in excellent condition
by the 9Th of November to gulp down
Weaver and Pierce. The speeches of
the Populists' leader, in which he
spoke of the Democratic party in very
plain Anglo. Saxon, are now forgotten,
and they no longer appear in the edi-
torial columns of the organs of that
organization. Tammany has mixed the
prescription, and 1t must be swallowed
with the best grace possible. General
Weaver and the Peoples party must
be praised since the wedding has taken
place, and the bride and groom must
keep the honeymoon after the most
approved loving style.
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Fusion tactics may not be product
i've of perfect harmony in the ranks
of Democrats and Populists. We be
leve there are honest Democrats who
will support the party ticket only, and
not those Populists placed thereon;
and also that there are men in the
Peoples party who will not vote for
Democrats. These will not be inclined
to shake hands over the bloody chasm
for the sake of ofice-seekers. Novem-
Der 9Th, we are of the opinion, will
dispel many delusive dreams.
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Democrats never tire of reiteratins
the old, thread-bare accusation that
protection creates trusts, and the lat
ter make the millionaires. There has
been more wealth accumulated by rail-
road magnates than by any other class,
and these do not come under the list
that could be benefited or injured by
protection legislation. Jay Gould,
Vanderbilt or Henry Willard care lit
tie what economic policy is pursued
by the nation.
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Anunp,easant Indian.

ROCKFORD, Oct. 25.-In quarrel here
this afternoon, an Indian named Augusta shot
James Watson, white man, through the left
hand, lhAicting very painful wound. Au-
gusta owed Watson SIS for digging well
and came to town this morning with load of
wheat, saying that he would pay him as soon
as he sold the wheat. After selling the grain
he refused to pay over the money unless Wat
son would get him bottle of whisky, which
he refused to do, wereupon Augusta commen-
ced to Abuse Watson, who pulled gun,
which Augusta at once took away from him
and shot him through the hand. The Indian
was not arrested, but left Immediately for the
reservation.
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surveying for the B,. Direh.

GoLDENDALE, WASH, Oct. 25.-C. R.
Smith, of Kennewick, an engineer of the irri-
CATION bitches i'll that section, spent last week
exploring the headwaters of the Big Khckitat
and elevations at different points, in view of
taking water by the ditch across the Simcoe
mountains to irrigate thousands of acres in
the great Horse Heaven country. The ditch
would have to be about 60 miles long. If the
projectors decide 10 push the enterprise to
completion, it will undoubtedly be one OF the
greatest irrigation enterprises in Washington,
and the idle dream of the old settler who used
to herd his drove upon the great domain of
bunchgrass in the Horse Heaven country,
will come true, and hundreds of homes will
be the result of the transformation.
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French Waiting for Keipforcements.

PARIS, Oct. 25.-Advices from Porto
Novo show the troops dispatched from Dakar
to reinforce the French column operating
against Dahomeyans did not reach the main
body until Monday. In recent dispatch
Colonel Dodds, the French commander, sta
ted he was taking every measure to make the
next battle decisive, SO he will undoubtedly
wait until the reinforcements reach him. 1t
is not likely the result of the battle will be
known before November 8.
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visit the Chicago fair. end that people of
the leisure class will prefer to visit
country where no fair is being held. He
says: 1T is certain, however, at the
present moment America is the most
prosperous country in the world, despite
our assertions that protection is ruinous.
If I had been an American myself, 1
should have advocated protection. The
proof Of the pudding Is in the eating.
The protection pudding has proved a
more plentiful meal for the Americans
than free trade provides for US"
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An Attack by Prisoner.

Boston, Oct. 81 Five hundred pris-
oners at the house OF correction in this
city to-day attempted to make their es
cape by attacking the guards and forcing
an exit. Many of the prisoners were in
jured, some fatally. Three of the guards
were severely injured. The news was
conveyed to the police force in the city,
and in few moments the principal
police force In Boston came to the rescue
and quelled the revolt.
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Union Hen Again troublesome.

HOMESTEAD, Oct. 25- Within the past
two days several non-unlon men have
been assaulted by strikers and severely
injured. Last night Charles Mitchell was
set upon bv party of men and fatally
injured. John Gllmer, who was with
Mitchell, was severely beaten. but es-
capped. Another man was also assaulted.
A boarding house on the corner of Fourth
avenue and Mcclure street, where colored
non unionists lodge, was attacked, and
every window in front of the house was
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RIr RaiIroad CombInatiop.

BosroN, Oct. 26-A big railroad com
binatlon, rumors of which have been IN
the air for some time, was consummated
to day. President Mcleod, of the Read
ing road. and his friends secured control
of the Boston & Maine road. and Mcleod
was to day elected president of the latter
corporation. The Reading and allied
lines will distribute their immense mer-
chandise and coal traffic over the Boston
& Maine.
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An Attempt at Murder.

SPOKANE, Oct. 27.-A mysterious at
tempt was made to rob and murder l..
Dyback, a manufacturing jeweler, in the
Great Eastern block TO night. When
by backs partner, who heard noise IN
the room, opened the door, two men
rushed out. one of them striking him
with club and knocking him down
Dyback was found in bed, with a broken
nose and two deep gashes In bis scalp.
His assailaDts escaped, with 500 in
money.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Grand Master Workman Powderly
has but little love for Democracy, and
it is fair to suppose that his followers
have less.
1t will be In order, since the fusion
between the Democrats and Populists
in this state, for general love-feast to
be held, and Gov, Pennoyer and Col.
r. A. Miller to preside.
As the Popullsts and Democrats
have fused in Oregon, Roork can
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Arrested for Forming a Trust,

TOPEKA, Kan, Oct. 26-Warrants are
out in the hands of the United States
marshal for the arrest under the anti
trust law of undertakers in forming a
combination to fix prices. The fight Is
being made by the undertakers of Leav-
enworth and Atchlson, who are outside of
the trust.
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The WISCONSIN Apport,onment

LADIsoN, Wis.,, Oct. 25.-After week
spent by the joint apporionment committee
considering the legislative redistribution bill,
the Democratic majority this morning brought
in a bill against the Republican majority, and
submitted it to the legislature. 1t will be
forced through both houses to-day.
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Preparing for a Monster strike.

BUFFALO, Oct. 25-The switchnen of
the country are preparing for monster
strike next May, expecting to cripple the
worlds fair business of the railroads, and
to force them to conce de to the demands
of their employees. Secretary Joseph Hell
merle, of the switchmen's union, said that
it would be strike :he like of which
had never been seen, and that it would
extend all over the country. The people
would not want the worlds fair injured,
and clamor would arse which would
force the roads to make settlement.
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The Balt,more's sailors Indemnity

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-Chili's $4,000
indemnity draft for the Baltimore's SAIL.
ors is now on its way to Paris for collec-
ton. Since 1t was turned over to the
state department it has passed through
the hands of the secretary of the navy
and secretary OF the treasury, the latter
having it forwarded through the regular
channel for collection, for when honored
by the Paris bank, upon which drawn,
the amount will be deposited with the
United States treasurer, from whom it
will be drawn by the benefciaries upon
checks signed by the disbursing officer of
the navy department. The plan of max
ing the allotment is still unsettled, but
Secretary Tracy thinks favorably of q
proposition for department board to
make the distribution, after examination
into the medical records of the men in
jured and other reports made by the
officers of the Baltimore.
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The Cholera In Vienna.

VIENNA, Oct. Alt is reported that all
traffic here on the Danube will be al once
stopped on account of the breaking out OF
cholera in the outskirts of the city. The
bringing of the disease is attributed to a
steamer coming from Buda- Pesth.
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Heavy Registrat,on in Chicago.

CHICAGO, Oct. 26-Yesterday was the
last day of registration before election.
1t is estimated the total city registration
is between 100000 and i270,0O0.
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Margaret arather Is LII.

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 27.-Sensetiona
reports have been sent out concerning the
condition of Margaret Mather, the WE'LL
known actress, who is playing an engage
ment here. Tuesday night she tainted on
the stage, and since then has been unable
to appear. Her manager states that her
condition is not serious. and that she is
suffering frou overwork. She will
resume playing Saturday night, as she is
rapidly recovering, and her physician
says she will then be in condition.
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Labouchere ON the Americans.

LONDON, Oct. 26-In Truth, Labou-
chere expresses himself as thinking 1t
doubtful whether many Europeans will