The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-06-01
CHRONICLE BREvIrIEs.

Matters of Interest Reduced to Suitable
Proportion.
Hon. Jos. Simon left Portland today
for Minneapolis, the east and Europe.
The noon passenger came in today
with a stiff breeze which put the train
FIVE minutes ahead of time. It's an i'll
wind that don't blow some good.
The Baltimore sailed away from Port
land yesterday, for Puget sound. The
only protection left in the river now is
the Charleston, the Cyclone and the
Cricket.
We hear that the thunderbolt purifes
the atmosphere, to which political
candidate in the Multnomah field says,
''a Minnie ball would be good thing
to purify the Portland community of a.
loathsome weight of blackmailing edi-
tors
= Mr.. A. M. Kelsey, of Antelope, left a
sample of his fine delaine wool at THE
Chronicle Office today. 1t is sample
of 10000 pounds which he has sheared
oh0 40 W S11CstI b1AS SCStcOH. Anu WOulQ
be very hard to beat in any other por-..
tion of the continent.
Sarah Bernhardt carried home with
her a small box filled with American
sand. AS typical of the country this is
a most appropriate emblem and in,
dicates that the eminent tragedienne,
did not associate to any great extent
with the American dude.
The manager of the casino at Monte
Carlo has published an annual state
ment showing a neat little profit of
So, 100000 for the season just closed.
There has long been a suspicion that
the robust French tiger is not remaining
on the Riviera solely for his health.
Dispatches from Washington say Paul
F. Mohr is attempting to defeat the
dalles boat railway project. claiming all
the rights and franchises of the earth
hereabout, thereunto appertaining
The Mohr corporation is strong one,
but unless his protests are better than
his promises the country has very little
to fear from him
President Hill, of the Great Northern,
will be in Spokane today. Connection
between the Great Northern and the
Union Pacific tracks was made yester-
day, and the track-laying crew put to
work ballasting the track. About 900
men are engaged in this work The
work. of grading through westward, is
completed at points all the way from
Spokane to the Columbia river.
The Salvation Army band headed the
Tacoma G. A. r. procession on the 30th.
In fact it was the only band in the
parade. The musicians union band was
not employed because it demanded ex-
cessive pay. One of the union musi-
clans who wished to evince his patriot
ism by playing free, but was prevented
by the union, announces his intention
never to play again in Tacoma.
In Senator Sherman's argument on
the silver question yesterday he said the
only trouble about the law was, that the
senators could not see ahead. If it had
been known silver was going to fall as
rapidly as it did, he would have kept
the silver dollar and put it on the same
footing as fractional silver. The suspen-
sion OF silver coinage by the Latin Union
and the increase of production have given
great blows to silver. He claimed it was
not true he was unfriendly to silver.
Sherman then went on to denounce the
bill under consideration, as wrong to
the American people in principle, in de-
tail and in every aspect. It is fraud
on the creditor, and a deception to the
debtor. "a
The CHRONICLE, at the time, spoke of
the large loop hole left open by the SUI
preme court decision that the making of
special rates to parties travelling by rail-
road in the United States was not vio-
lation of the Interstate commerce law.
Now there is considerable discussion a.
bout it among shippers, who believe the
railroadsare bound to treat all their pa
irons alike, and if they can make special
rates to parties of ten or more persons,
they should make special rates to ship
pers shipping large quantities, by car
loads, SO that a house shipping 100 car
loads would have to pay less in proper.
ton than one shippingla single carload
thus opening the question for square
evasion OF the law.