The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-03-25
From THURSDAYS Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
Preparations are being made for the erec
n tion OF several new buildings, and these WI
be begun as soon as the weather is favorable
The Jail was vacant las. night and the Re
corder this morning had nobody to inter
view. Our citizens should feel Thankful
that our police officers ere so vigilant In tn
performance of their duty.
The new store building of Mr.. Harris a
the East End is being rushed to completion
: as fast as possible, and the frame is now Il
position to receive the siding. 1t will b
finished in the latest style of architecture
, and will be very ornamental to that portion
of the city.
Burdette Wolf, the murderer of his sweet
heart, Birdie Morton, at Mount Tabor Will
several months ago, and who since the trag
edy has been fugitive from justice, ha:
once more been located. This time th
Coos river country is his hiding place, ant
posse of armed men are now out afte
him.
! The answer of Assessor Koontz to the in
quiry of the Ore9onian, regarding assess
ment under the new law, p blished In tht
columns of that, paper, has received favora
comment from different sources. Mr.
Koontz is an intelligent official. and will dc
his duty in manner acceptable to property
owners.
Mr.. Albert Tozier, secretary of the Ore
gon Press association, has prepared rather
unique exhibit which will contribute not a
little to the interest Of Oregon's educational
exhibit at the worlds fair. His work con-
sists of a bound volume of the newspapers
of Oregon, and contains one copy each of
the more than 200 publications of the state.
The Alaska Ire dwell NINE mined and
worked l20, 600 tons of ore at a total cost
of 81 80 per ton. The miuing was 65 cents;
milling and concentration 33 cents, and
chlorinatIon Of 2703 tons of sulphHrets 10
cents per ton, or SS. AZ per ton of sulphurets.
General mine expenses were eight cents and
expenses in San Francisco two cents per
| ton. Bullion freight and insurance amounted
| to five cents per ton.
When the news reached Cheney that
| Governor McGraw had vetoed the approprI-
alton bill, cutting them off from building a
| new normal school, there was wild excite
ment. McGraw and the administration
were denounced, and an indignation meet.
ing has been called. Never in the> history
of the county were the citizens of Cheney
and the surrounding country so excited.
McGraw is denounced as a traitor to his
party.
Hoboes appear to have their own way at
Pssco, and the Ne,os states that they have
been living in cellars and outhouses all
winter, without being molested by the city
authorities. 1t says that imprisonment Is
what they desire. and in place of incarcera-
tion In Jail they should be made to ''move
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much, for they are made to work, and this
is something to which they are constitution.
ally opposed.
We have received the March number of
Oar Dumb animals published in the inter-
ests of the Massachusetts Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Amin Is" the
american Humane Education Society,""
and the american Bands of Mercy" The
number is replete with well written articles
Oh the duties of the people In general toward
those that cannot speak for themselves, and
this subject should receive the attention of
every lady and gentleman.
DR.. Conoyer, United States quSnantine
officer, was officially notified yesterday, says
the Port Townsend Leader, that the old
man-of-war Iroquois, which has been or
dertd sent to Port Townsend to be utilized
as a temporary quarantine hospital, would
be towed there from San Francisco by the
United States revenue cutter Bear. The
Bear is now at San Francisco preparing for |
the voyage, but is unable to start on ac-
count of being short of Office S, which, it |
appears, she is experiencing some difficulty |
IN securing
One of the most melancholy records of |
humanity is In the little item which says |
that during 1891 thirty persons died from
starvation 10 London. Among these were |
several infants and one woman 7S years of |
age None of these persons applied to any
Of the authoritie, for relief, and the misery
and poverty of the independent poor were
not discovered until too late to save
them. 1t seems incredible that in the very
sight and reach of plenty that any pers
should perish from starvation, and the |
higher civilization will not have been |
reached until such possibility ceases to be.
A special car containing a colony of home |
seekers from Carroll county, Virginia, passed, |
Umatilla on the west bound train Yesterday. |
The colony consists OF forty six men, wo-
men and children, and is in charge of J. r |
Harris, of Betsy Baker, Va. They have
not yet selected the locelity IN which they |
will settle. The car will be sidetracked at
Willows station, giving them opportunity
to view that section. From there they will |
probably go on to Heppner. They are all
strong. vigorous people and possessed of |
some capital. They will make valuable |
addition 10 any community.
Two boys, who wear medals for skating,
attempted to give ''show" last night at |
the Armory; but not being able to pay
their bills the perfoIman was not glveo,
and In revenge they talked loud and long in |
of tn hn noI1
"show town If they had paid their bills,
and not attempted t, blk those with whom
they had dealings they might have been |
greeted by fair house, perhaps more than |
their performance merited; but, as it Is, the |
Chase Butler Co. received their deserts, |
and should pay as they 90 before they at
tempt to gather in haIf-dolars from the |
gullIble people.
At his examination in La Grande Monday |
Mills Andross was release on account of |
some point of law in his favor. Andross
had quite an experience. He was first |
arrested at North Powder, and was allowed |
to stop off at La Grande to see some one.
He then slipped away. and was again
arrested At Baker City he was released |
twice by habeas corpus proceedings, but a |
third complaint was entered and on this he |
was taken to La Grande for trial. As before |
reported, Andr0ss vas accused oil obtaining |
advance of 5000 from Hamilton & Rourke |
on wheat that h- did not own, and there |
were other ,Iaims against him, which, it is |
stated, he attempted to eyade by leaving
the country.
The sensational rumor that employees of |
the government are putting obstac es in the |
way of delaying the work at the locks, W.
do not believe, and, furthermore, do not |
consider the province of Journalism to pub.
lish such without being fully conversant |
with the facts. There are two parties to |
this contract, and each is bound to faith |
full performance OF the conditions. II the |
government fails in any particular an action
will lie and heavy damages may be collected |
and If Day Bros. fail in fulfilling their part |
they must answer in damages We have |
not seen the provisions of the contract and |
can therefore give no intelligent opini IN of |
their import; but our people should not be-
come unnecessarily alarmed. Even under |
the Cleveland administration we believe |
that the public works. under contract, will |
be finished as speedily as possible.
From Fridays Daily.
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