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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-03-26
From Tuesday s Daily.
Doc. Wall, of Eight Mile, is in the cit

Doc. Wall, Of Eight Mile, is in the city.
Mr.. G. I. Bright. of Wasco, is In the city.
Mr.. Cummins, of the Wasco Ne,cs, is In
the city.
To-day, March 22d, there are twelve
hours sunlight.
Major Ingalls,, of the Oregon board of i'm
migration, is in the city.
The county court held an adjourned ses.
sion for the completion OF business yester-
day.
The beach is covered with wood; but
while this weather continues very little will
be used for fuel by our citizens.
The county jail is without a single occu-
pant, and the sheriff and deputy employ
their time in making out tax receipts.
One solitary inebriate found his way into
the city Jail last night, and was properly
interviewed by the recorder this morning.
Captain Ad. Keller, of A Company, aud
Colonel Thompson left on the morning tram
for Portland, to be in attendance at the
convention of militia officers to be held IN
that city this week.
DR.. True, the peripatetic tooth-puller,
has been in considerable trouble since he
left The Dalles and has been tried several
times at Walla Walla for practicing without
license, and last Thursday was found guilty
and fined $50.
Rev. J. G. Warren, of Pendleton, is in
the city and will preach each evening at
1880 o'clock in the M. E. church. Mr..
Warren is an able speaker and good evan
gelist, and our readers should give him a
good hearing.
Capt. Lewis, of the land Office, received
a letter to-day from his old home In Ken
lucky, stating blizzard had been raging
for sixteen days, with no indication of abate-
ment. Who would not liYe In Oregon, the
land of perpetual spring?
Business begin to show signs of new life
at the East End. The stockYards are
crowded with cattle, and at the warehouses
preparations are being made for the recep-
tion of the wool clip, which is expected to
be more than usually large.
Mr.. q. C. Nielsen received the sad intel
ligence this morning of the death of his
mother, Mrs. Hannah G. .NeilseL, at Seiers-
lev, Schleiswig, Germany, at the age of 50
years. She died on March lst, and was
buried in her native town. There are four
daughters and one son who mourn her de-
mise three IN Germany and TWO IN the
United States.
Mr.. H. Ernst left this morning for his old
home In Michigan, where he will perma-
nently reside. The members of the Con-
gregational choir-of which he has been
leader for several years-and few friends
gave him farewell party last evening at
the residence of Mr.. ]. M. Patterson, and
presented him with a handsome painting of
Cape Horn as a memento of their esteem.
We haye received copy Of a 45.page
phamplet, descriptive of Polk county, Ore
gon, giving in detail an account OF, ITS clim-
ate. soil, products. resources-agricultura
and general-and its industrial, commercial,
social and various characters
tics. 1t is printed by our old friend, Mr..
A. V. r. Snyder, of Dallas, formerly local
editor of the Daily TINES -MoUNTAINEER.
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River and Harb0r.

WASHINGTON, March 20.-Tbe river
and harbor bill is now completed and is
ordered reported to the house. Repre- :
sentative Hermann secured great results
for Oregon. His state aggregates more
appropriations than any state in the
Union, with the exception of New York.
The great canal and locks at the Cascades
of the Columbia receives nearly $500, 200
and is placed under the contract system
for completion, the secretary of war being
authorized to contract for the whole
work, for which $1,310,000 is estimated,
exclusive of the sum now allowed IN the
present bill, which becomes Immediately
available. The same language is used as
applies to the works at Galveston, Balti-
more and Philadelphia harbors and the
great Sault Ste Marie canal on the lakes.
General Poe stated to the committee that
tbs government saving on the $500"
canal will be $1,000, 900 on the estimate
of $6,000,000 besides completing the
work at once. Under the contract system
it is expected that ships can pass through
the Cascade canal and locks of the Co.
lumhia within two years. Mr.. Hermann
made gallant and very persistent as
well as discreet struggle for the concess
ion to bis state. He firmly insisted that
if like privileges were bestowed on any
other great works of the nation, it must
now be understood that the Cascade locks
should be counted in. He stubbornly
resisted any other arrangement.
OUT OF THE RIVER AND HARBoR BILL.
This policy will hereafter take the Cas-
cades canal out of the river and harbor
bull, sad Mr.. Hermann thinks in the next
congress the permanent works at the
dalles and Cello rapids can be under
taken and also placed under contract,
unless the senate should come to the
rescue now when the present river and
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THE DALLES, OREGON, SATURDAY. MARCH 26, 1892

except the president, the British minister,
and very few officials of the departmen
of state. Even the Republican members
of the senate committee on foreign rela-
tions and the house committee on foreign
affairs, usually informed promptly of any
new phases in the negotiations, are IN Ig-
uorance of the contents. The conclusion
drawn from this omission on the part of
the administration to inform them upon
the subject is that the note Is conclusive
as to the maln point Of controversy, viz,
the extent of protection to be afforded
seal life in Behrlng sea. 1t Is believed
that, if Salisbury had acceded to the re
quest of the president for a renewal of
the modus viYendl, the fact would have
been Immediately communicated to the
senate. The belief of the senators is he
has made the note vehicle for the ex-
tension of his argument that the thirty
mile limit of protection area proposed by
him is amply sufficient to meet all the
necessities of the case. One senator de-
clared emphatically it was "only play
for time on the part of the British gov
eminent" His theory is that govern
ment will ultimately consent to renewal
of the modus viyendi.
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Crushed in His skull.

WALLA WALLA, March 21.-Two Nor
weg1an brothers named Zabiynack set
upen and nearly killed their old mining
partner, Terrick, at Athena, Umatilla
county. Terrick was the treasurer of
their company. Some time ago the broth
ers drew the compauy's money from the
bank and were arrested on complaint of
Ferrick, but were discharged. Last week
Terrick and hired man went to Athena.
Learning their whereabouts. the two
brothers armed themselves with clubs
and quietly visited their sleeping place,
with the intention of committing murder.
The hired man escaped with slight in
jures, but Terrick was numerically
beaten. his skull being crushed in. He
was taken to physicians office. and is
now in critical condItion. The Zabj :
mack brothers made their escape, and
there is no clew to their whereabouts.
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The American Fleet.

SAN Francisco, March 21.-It is ex-
pected the United States steamers York
toson and Boston will arrive soon. They
will proceed 20 Mare Island after a short
stay In this city and await orders from
the navy department. Just where they
will go is not known, and any statements
they will perform certain duty is merely
a surmise at the present time. There is
a likelihood of their going to the Behrlng
Sea, and it is barely possible that they
will remain at Mare Island for a long
period exactly as the Baltimore had dc ne,
which is still at the naval station. The
Pensacola is looked for in this city about
April 1, She will also proceed to the
island, like all the vessels that arrive to
have their crews transferred. She will
then go out of commission and usual
survey will be made to ascertain how
much money will be needed to repair her.
There is no doubt that the navy depart.
ment will increase the fleet of vessels in
Behripg Sea this year over any previous
season. Every effort is beng made to
get the Bear away, but it will probably
be the middle of April before she makes
a start.
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NUMBER 33.
The Art Exhibition.

The sociable given by the LADIES' Aid
Society of the Congregational church at the
house of Mrs. Geo. Morgan, last evening,
was a decided success. Besides being
very enioyabls affair socially, it was thing
of much interest in the fact of being the
most complete collection OF the work Of the
artists and amateurs of The Dalles which
has ever been gathered. There is much
that is very creditable to the talent and In.
dustry of our art.workers. The last three
years have shown a marked improvement in
the work of our amateurs. They paint
with freer brush and a finer appreciation
of natures subtler moods. Perhaps there
is nothing which is more Indicative of ad.
vance than the presence in number Of the
pictures and sketches OF an atmosphere and
a delicate handling of lights and shadows
not observable before. There is not such an
opaque and fainty effect as was shown in
former pictures. Everywhere may be OBJ.
served better appreciation of what among
artists is termed values-the distribution of
the light and shade so as to correspond to
the relative planes of the picture. Evi.
IDENTIFY in this respect there has been some
good instruction with power to inspire en-.
thusiasm. We cannot here undertake to
discriminate to the praise or dispraise of
certain teachers among us, anymore than we
can allow ourselves to select for special
praise the pictures and sketches of certain
individuals whose progress aud attainment
has been wonder and an admiration to us.
Good prominence was given to the work
of Ben Foster, New York artist of very
considerable talent, by giving his pictures
and sketches a room by themselves. A
number of his pictures were burned with
the Congregational church in the fire of last
fall, making the exhibit considerably less
than it would otherwise have been.
The specimens of china exhibited by our
ortworkers in that direction was complete
surprise, and were the admiration of all.
The dainty specimens of needlework ex.
hihited by Mrs. Gibbons called forth good
deal of praise.
Much credit must be given to Mrs. Loch-
head and Mrs. Barrett for the assistance
they gave Mrs. Morgan in the tasteful aud
artistic arrangement of the various articles.
There were only about fifty persons pres.
ent at the sociable. A number, it is pre-
sumed, were kept away by the wind aud
ram WHICH prevailed In the early part of the
evening.
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than 20 years Of age. Her four children
reside IN Ada county-Mrs. James n Bush,
Mrs. Joseph Perrault and Mrs Anne Cal
IN Boise City and MIR. Homer Kelly at Pay
| e te.
Eugene Register: There was stabbing
affray at Roseburg Thursday evening. Ace
Hans6ro and Nick Jones got iuto row In a
saloon and Hansbro was stabbed by Jones
| and died in two hours and halt. The
| knife used was large dirk and Hansbro
was stabbed several times 10 the breast and
| once in the back. The one in the back was
the fatal stroke, as it severed a large artery.
Jones was placed under arrest. The train
men state that Hansbro picked the fight.
Yakima Herald: Chas. Pond, of White
Bluff, was in the city during the past week
and reported that the engineering forces of
the Great Northern had been ordered to
strike camp and were now running lines
down to Priests Rapids MIR. Pond feels
convinced that the road will come to Yaki-
ma, and the Herald takes pleasure in stat.
ing that Mr.. Hill has promised to visit this
place and has stated that if it was as great
a country as represented ne would build to
it.
Locdlizer: The government force at work
under Engineer Holcomb has been moved
from Cabinet rapids to Rock Island, where
they are engaged in blasting out the chan.
mel. 1t is reported that the work at the
Cabinet rapids Is well done and the danger
to steamboat navigation there has been re-
moved. This Is gratifying news. 1t is
hoped that like success will be achieved In
clearing Rock Island of its obstructioDs
That accomplished will afford navigation to
the mouth of the okanogan and Foster
Creek.
Hood River Glacier: Mr.. Il. C. Corum,
who has been very sick for several months,
was brought in from bis home by his son
Monday. and taken to Portland. We un.
derstand his son intends 10 take him to |
Southern Oregon if he is able to stand the |
trip, which we do not believe he can. The |
years bear heavily on the old gentleman,
and those of his friends who bade HIM fare |
well at the depot Monday night, most like
ly SAID goodbye forever.
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An Unfortunate sleeping Place.

SAN FRANCISCO, march 21.-Alwin
Vuiltungen, German Baker, fell over
board from the steamer San Rqfael yes
terday and was drowned, in full view of
the several hundred passengers that
crowded the boat. While the accident
was unavoidable in measure, the drown
ing was the result of the lack of disci
pine aboard the boat. Vuilfungen went
forward on the lower deck and took
seat on the starboard rail, throwing an
arm around one of the iron davits which
SWING the llfeboat, to steady himself. In
that position he went to sleep. The
sleeping man turned suddenly back
ward, as one does when nodding, lost his
balance and went over into the water.
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Action Upon the Columbia River Im-
prOvement Bills.


prOvement Bills.
WASHINGTON, March 1S.--SeEator
Dolph's bill to complete work on the Co
lumbia River and Senator Mitcheil's bill
for boat railway around the dalles have
both been made special orders, and will
be considered In connection with the
lump appropriation bill for the Improve
ment of the Mississippi River. These
bills will pass the senate. but the house
will not take any action on them. 1t will
be impossible to secure favorable report
from the house committee on rivers and
harbors, but 1t is good thing to have
the senate committed to these great
measures being done under the contract
systems; that when the time comes the
house will look with favor on contracting
these great works, and the senate will be
ready to take favorable action. In the
house rivers snd haIbors committee Rep
resentatlve Hermann moved to put in an
appropriation for q portage railway
around the dalies. This was defeated.
The only members voting for it were
Clarke. Blanchard and Mr.. Hermann.
Then Chairman Blanchard called another
to the chair and moved to appropriate
the sum secured by Mr.. Hermann for
continuing the work on the cascades and
applying it for portage railway around
the dalles. Only two members of the
committee. Blanchard and Clarke, voted
for this motion, and it consequently
STANDS where it was before. The cascades
will receive the appropriation, but there
will be no portage railway around the
dalles. 1t has been a hard fight for the
Oregon representative. because the op-
position shown by Pennoyer, and bls
to the committee have
made it very hard for him to contend
against the large Democratic majorlty on
this important committee.
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A school Of Fur seals.

SEATTLE, March 20.-While the Mschi-
gan, which arrived today, was steaming
along the coast, off Gray's Harbor, Cap.
tain Graves spoke the sealing schooner
Umbrena, of Victoria. The schooner was
in the midst of a school of fur seals going
northward. The water seemed fairly
alive with them. They were swimming
about and jumping out of water by the
score. The UmbrenG was drifting along
liesurely, having six small boats out, and
the crew had good success shooting the
seals. Captain Graves says the schooner
will have heavy catch. She is the same
sealer which was damaged during storm
off the coast few weeks ago, and she
bad to put IN at Victoria for repairs.
The other sealers have gone north, having
given up all prospect of a catch down
along the coost.
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Hard Drinkers Death.

WALLA WALLA, March 21.-Andrew
Hacker, bookkeeper, was found dead
this morning in room in the rear of the
Carter saloon. He was aged 5e years,
and came from Germany to America in
1850. He has been hard drinker, the
past month indulging to excess. bis
death resulted from heart failure.
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Drowned Mt a Ford.

SEATTLE, WASH, March 1S.-David
Butcher, lad of 13, was drowned at
North Bend yesterday. He was in a
wagon crossing ford of the south fork
of the SnoqualmIe river when the horses
got beyond their depth and the. wagon
was overturned. The. lad, his sister and
the driver, Thomas Little, were thrown
out into the stream. The girl and the
driver were saved, but the boy was swept
away BY the swift current.
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Indians ON a spree.

UMATIILA, Or, March 21.-Consider-
able excitement was caused here today by
about frteen UmatIlla Indian braves, on
drunken spree, fighting among them
selves. They kidnapped an old Chinaman,
who works around the depot, and took
him about half mile toward the river.
They would probably have drowned him,
had not white man heard his cries and
rescued him. The Indians around here
get all the whisky they want from some
unknown source. 1t would be wise act
for some United States marshal to come
here to look into the matter.
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Following after recently established
fashion in a number of western states, the
young ladies of The Dalles think seriously
Of establishing sort of marriage mutual
aid society. Its workings are something
lke,thls: Every time one of the glfls has
gentleman escort to whom she is not engaged
she pays twenty-five cents into the treasury.
When member becomes engaged she pays
in SIS. When member gets married the
club makes her a present of 500.
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spreckels surrend.rs,

PHILADELPHIA, March 21.-Oficial an
nouncement that Claus Spreckels' refinery
has gone into the great sugar combine
with the Franklin refinery, of Harrison,
Fraser s. Co. and the refinery of E. G.
Knight & Co, may be expected in few
days. The preliminaries are about fixed,
and all that remains to be arranged are
the minor details. The terms are not yet
known, nor is it understood exactly how
Spreckels was influenced to go into a
combine he had fought with SO much
vigor. He IS credited, however, with
making about $4,000, 900 in the deal over
and above the cost, OF his big refinery in
this city.
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Eilensburgh wants telephone line to
Wenatchee. The telephone company asks
for bonus of $4,000 to construct and main
tain the line or the furnishing and setting
of poles between the two points. The COM
pany having the telephone franchise for this
state is very generous. All it asks is to be
given the plant and 1t will furnish the SER
vice provided it is well paid for it.
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Ingram Sentenced for Life.

ALBANY, Or, March 18.-In the In
gram murder case, in which Frank In
gram was charged with numbering his
brother, Henry Ingram, near this city
last October, the jury returned verdict
of guilty of murder in the second degree.
The prisoner will be sentenced to the
penltentiary for life Monday at o'clock.
The Ingram brothers had been in dispute
oyer the will of their deceased father,
and it was over this that the crime was
committed. The trial has occupied three
days.
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The reason for the spots on the sun mas
been accounted for by the Medford Mail:
Born, in this city, on Thursday last, to
Mr.. and Mrs. Sawyer, twins-glrls.
Something like week ago we were pleased
to chronicle the fact that the first twins
had been born In Medford. Since then two
cases haye occurred, making three pairs of
twins within thirty days.
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a rearrul Boiler Explosion,

EAST JoRDoN, MIcb., March 21.-A
boiler in the East Jordon mill exploded
this morning. instantly killing Simon
Carney, Peter Sheldon, John Brown, Bert
Cook and Emanuel Hunt, and seriously
ipjuring four others, and more or less
badly hurting score more. The mill is
total wreck. Loss, $4,000.
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TELEGRAPHIC.
MYSTERIOUS Crime Near spokane

MY ster10us Crime Near Spokane.
SPOKANE, WASH, March 1S.-The de-
tails of what appears to be one of the
most mysterious and villa1nous murders
eyer committed in this country came to
light at Rockford, "a town forty miles from
this city, to-day. William Thurman, A.
L. Richardson and Mrs. Thurman are
missing, and indications are that Thur
man was murdered by his wife and her
paramour, who then took to flight.
Richardson is worthless. drunken fel
low, whose children have been a charge
upon the county, but he succeeded in
gaming the affections of Mrs. Thurman,
who had always been considered model
wife. Thurman protested and elected
Richardson from his house, but the
woman took his part. and allowed him to
visit her whenever Thurman was absent.
There appears to have been great deal
of strife between husband ald wife, and
his life was threatened, for be recently
'ook counsel with friends relative to the
steps he ought to take to protect himself,
but concluded that it was better to avoid
the publicity of courts. AS Thurman
had not been seen for some time, Mon
day two of his brothers went to his place.
They found it deserted, the doors barred
from the inside and the windows nailed
up. the fugitives evidently having es-
capped through small hole in the floor
in one corner of the kitchen. In cup
board was found bottle of strychnine,
a portion of which bad been used. Wsg
on tracks led away from the house.
These we're followed and found to avoid |
the regular road, passing off through the
timber. They were evidently made in
the night time, for they passed over small
trees and fallen timber. They led down
to a small stream, down which they fol- |
lowed for about eighty rods. Then they
emerged and took to the Spokane road,
where all trace was lost. Thurman's
brothers, hoping to find their brother
somewhere In the neIghborhood, kept
heir own counsel until today, when they
,ame to Rockford and reported these
acts to the officers there.
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Eastep,ng the chain or evidence

ADELAIDE, Australia. March 21.-The
police here have identified Deeming,
alias Williams, as the author of robbery
committed here in 1888. At that time
he was living In Adelaide under the alias
of Ward. The day after the robbery
Deeming, accompanied by his wife and
two children, sailed for St. Helena, en-
route to Cape Town.
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Common Council.

A special meeting of the common council
was held In the recorders Office last even
ing. Present, Hon. Robert Mays, mayor;
E. B. Dufur, II. J. Maier, h. Hansen, O.
N. Thornbury and C. E. Haight, council
men.
Petition of Messrs. Prinz & Nitschke, to
use part of Second street, opposite lots s
and 9 for building material. granted.
The board of directors of school distric
No. II granted the privilege of laying
sewer from some point of Electric Light
Co.'s power house to connection with the
Union street. sewer distance of seventy
five feet for the purpose of draining the
seepage water that now runs into the school
house grounds, and one-half the cost Of
such sewer appropriated.
w. H. Butts granted license to sell liquor
for the unexpired term of the license OF Mr..
John Donovan, and in the same place of
business.
There appearing no further business
council adjourned.