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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-10-07

Joe Weber was blown to pieces and sew
eral of the crew lost. Chenlere Camlnda.
opposite Grand Isle, was less exposed
than the latter. 1t is home settlement
for fisherman. It has a Catholic, church,
schcolhouse in course of construction.
several stores and number of residences.
Some people here familiar with the to-
biography of Grand Isle are lncliued to
think the stories of destruction there are
exaggerated, This is not the first time
the island has been reported washed
away. The island is practically cut of
frola communication. The only means
of obtaining information is through q
passenger steamer that plies between this
city and the is'and, and luggers 10 the
oyster trade.
This morning near Barras the bodies
of three little girls, evidently sisters
were found clingiDg together. horribly
mangled by barbed-wire fence against
which they had been thrown by the force
uf the wind. A man, wife and two chll-
dren went on board q schooner outside Of
Bayou Cook. The schooner was wrecked
and the husband and children were
drowned. The woman lashed herself tc
broken mast and was rescued In the
morning by passing vessel. She was
brought here today.
1t is now estimated that the loss of life
on Grand Isle and Chaniere and in Grand
and Adams bay and Cook, Chaton and
Osster Bayou settlements will reach 800
to 1000.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-10-07
The Money I'm circulation.

WASHINGTON, Oct. According to a
treasury statement issued by Secretary
Carlisle, the amount of money In circula
tion in the United States October was
$1,701 ,939,91s. The average circulation
per capita, estimating the population at
6s, ,306, 900, is therefore $25 90; net in
crease In circulation during September,
$21, ,377, PAT, the greatest item of increase
beng gold coin, viz, $14, 4,829,741.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-10-07
Compromise and NO Compromise.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.--W. M. Springer,
of Illinois, chairman of house committee
on coinage says: "There will be no
compromise on silver repeal. If the sen.
ate does not pass the repeal bill there
will be no repeal of the federal election
laws and no tariff legislation, and none
of the Democratic measures which it was
hoped this congress would pass will be
adopted. The bill to repeal the Sherman
law will be kept before the senate, and
will not be withdrawn before being
voted on under any circumstances.
There has never been anything known
such as absolutely indefinite filibuster
ing, and I don't believe a precedent will
be established now. The opportunity
must, I suppose, be given to those who
have not spoken to express their views,
but when they have done so q vote on
unconditional repeal cannot long be de-
layed and the bill will pass"
Manderson of Nebraska on .he other
hand, says there will be q compromise,
It may not come for two or three weeks,
but it will come.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-10-07
TELEGRAPHIC.
In the storms Path.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct. "a terrific
storm struck New Orleans late Sunday
night. coming from the northwest, and
ragged here all night and part of yester-
day, sweeping to the south from here
along the line of the Mississippi river
through the parish of Plaquemine to the
Cult. The storm was one of the worst
which ever visited this part of the coun.,
try, and as far as can be learned twenty.
four or more persons were killed and
possibly three times as many were
wounded. Some OF them fatally. The
wind had reached avelocity of forty eight
miles an hour at 8 O'Clock, when the aDe-
mometer of the weather bureau was de-
stroyed, and it constantly increased n
force until 2 A NJ, when It's velocity was
estimated at sixty miles an hour. The
crash of sheds and buildings blown down,
trees torn mp and houses unroofed, cansed
alarm, and most Of the population of the
city remained up all night, expecting
their houses to be blown down. Among
the buildings des royed was the Ssrap-
aree market, which crushed several ouild-
ings In its fall. The Burdett. street mis-
sion church, cotton yards of the North
eastern railway, Coleman's boiler shops,
the Pythlan hall and a number of other
buildings were unroofed The revetment
levee of Lake PontchartraiD, which pro-
tects New Orleans from the overflow of
the river, was washed away; the water is
sweeping over it fifteen feet or more,
Many of the yschts there were sunk or
injured. The track of the Louisville and
Nashville was badly smashed for fifteen
miles, and it will be several days before
it can run trains. Three deaths and one
person wounded severely, ii not fatally,
is the mortality recorded in New Or
leans. Below the city it was far worse,
especially in Plaquemine. Here the wind
reached velocity of 100 TO 1875 miles an
hour, sweeping everything before it.
At Polnte la Hache. not a single
house escaped injury. The courthouse
and Catholic church. the principal build
| iDgs in the town, and some twenty other
buildings were destroyed, and the situa-
tion was so threatening that the greater
part of the people, fearing destruction in
their buildings, csmped out in the streets
all night in a heavy rain. The air waI
| filled with debris and the wind blowing
SO fercely that many of them had to an
chor themselves against trees to prevent
being blown away. Six or seven people
are known to be killed In Polnte ls
Hache- Among the killed are Mrs. Leor
la Franche and Mrs. E. Levanders. 1t il
possible that the mortality will be greatly
increased when news ls received from
the Gulf coast below Pointe a la Hache
The orange crop was completely de-
stroyed N the storm, with loss of $780,.
600 Or more. The telegrsphlc commun.
lcation was cut off with nearly all places
This morning skiffs rescued forty persons
at Lake Pontchartrain who were IN more
or less danger from the storm.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-10-07
Eight with Train Rohbers.

MIDvALE, Montana, Oct. 4-United
States Marshel Jackson had fight with
the robbers who held up the Northern
Pa.iic near Livingston, August 25. j.
The robbers escaped, as the marshsl's
Indisn police fled when the firing began.
A man named Henry Shubert, one of the
marshal's posse, was killed. 1t Is be-
!ieved one or more OF the robbers were
badly hurt. All trails are guarded. 1t
is believed that the robbers cannot es-
cape.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-10-07
Robbery by enc wholesale

CITY oE MEXICO, Oct. ga system of
wholesale robbery In the Hidalgo rail !
road has been discovered and the author.
tiles are making strong efforts to capture
the thieves They have robbed the trains
on the line of over 10000 gallons of
puque. natIye whisky, daily disposing
of the liquor in this city for good prices.
The aggregate amount of the robberles Is
placed at over $50,000.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-10-07
THE SWISS METHOD.

For some time the subject of the in
ltiative and referendum in legislation
has been agitsted in this state, and
Mr.. Uren delivered last Wednesday
an address before the editorial associa-
tion, now in session in Portland, ad-
Yocating these methods. The initia-
tive means that any citizen may write
a law, and if per cent. of the voters
support the measure it must be sub
mitted to a vote of the people. To
make government more popular the
referendum is linked with this, and
it is simply the requirement of an
endorsement by the people of every
la passed by the legislature. Un-
dou btedly one effect of this plan would
be to bring the government more
closely to the people, and would be q
giant stride towards pure democracy.
But whether this is desirable is still q
debatable question. Every purely
democratic form of government that
has existed for long decades of history
has gradually deteriorated into the
widest anarchy or most despotic mon
archy, and the wisest statesmen of all
ages have considered it very hazard
GUS experiment. 1t is true that the
Swiss republic has had the iniative and
referendum in successful operation by
some of its cantons for many centu-
ries; but there are certain physical
conditions surrounding Switzerlsnd
which exist no where else. The Alps
are good protection to Swiss liberty,
and that desideratum of European
craftsmanship, called the "balance of
power" has made it an object with the
pouarchies of the old world to main
tain the isolation of the little republic
1t is not of sufficient area to welcome
immigration, and, therefore, its popu-
lation is not composed of a hetereogen-
GUS mass, whose sympathies remain
with the land Of their birth rather
than with the one of their adoption.
The republic of Switzerland has main
tanned its existence for 700 years, and
there are at present no elements which
threaten disintegration. For thsse
reasons the iniative and referendum
might be successful there, when they
would not be in other countries, with
different environment. If these
methods would curtaiI the power of
the politician we should heartily en-
dorse their adoption in the different
states of the union; but in every in
stance where popularity has to be
courted the wire-puller is an adept,
for the simple reason that he has de-
voted the best years of his life in
studying and learning how to control
human nature in all its different and
diverse ramiicatlons. His influence
would be exerted in the popular as
semblies, and we believe the same cor.
ruption in legislation-snd even in the
initiative and referendum Of laws
would exist as does now. Free insti-
tutions with a small population are
generally successful; but in large
country, composed of different nation
alities, some of the stronger elements
of monarchy must be imperceptibly
intermixsd to give them stability and
permanence.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-10-07
H.rrowtne Deta,ls Of the storm !.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 4-Tbe disaster
at Grand Isle and Cheniere is unparal
le!ed in this section. The first authentic
news came this morning when several
survivors reached here. They tell heart.
rendipg story. A tidal wave swept over
the island. destroying lives and property
on all sides. One hundred and forty-fve
families are said 10 have perished. The
death list will run up into the hundreds.
Among the dead are DR.. Frey, prom
inent physician, and wife. The steamer
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-10-07

The Arlington Record arrives at a
wrong conclusion, when 1t says that the
TIMEs-MoUNTAINEER is opposed to an
open river because it supports the idea
Of the government making permanent
improvements to the navigation of the
Columbia above this point, and does
not favor congress adopting the plans
of a portage railroad, which is only q
temporary expedient. This paper has
advocated an open river from the
highest navigable waters to the ocean,
for long years, and still heartily favors
such a project. But it believes, the
state of Oregon, within the next few
years, will build railroad around the
distractions to navigation between
this point and Cello, and expects the
general government to inaugura.e
canal at this poiut or build ship rail-
way. The producers of the Inland
Empire desire the Columbia to be so
free from all Instructions to naviga-
ton that craft may take wool or grain
from Kettle falls TO the ocean, with
out breaking cargo, and this cannot be
accomplished by the portage road.
This portion of the country has suf-
icient commerce to warrant the expen-
diture of two or three millions by con-
gress to make grand highway of
commerce of this great stream, and
the state of Oregon in the next few
years will appropriate two or three
hundred thousand dollars for the tenn
porary relief of farmers and shippers
until the canal or ship-rallway is COM
pleted.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-10-07
III you Wish

To enjoy good health, and prevent the
seeds of disease from ripening in your
aystem, you should use the best medicine
in the world, Sulphur Bitters. which
will prevent your systems from being
all run down by making 1t strong and
vigorous. W. r. Snow.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-10-07
The Location of the soldiers Home

The Location of the soldiers Home.
SALEM, Or, Oct. Ain the supreme
court today the case of d. G. Sherman,
respondent, vs.. Bellows, ] Byron, ]
W Mullen, Charles Nickel and S s Train,
as trustees Of the Oregon Soldiers Home,
appellants, was argued and submitted.
81 ] Bigger, of this city, and Loring K
Adams, of Hillsboro, appeared for the
respondents, and Attorney General
Chamberlain for the appellants. This is
a well-known case, relative to the loca
tion of the Soldiers Home authorized to
be constructed by the last legislature.
The amended complaint was filed May
90 ID the circuit court for Linn county,
and it was alleged that it was unconstl
tutional to locate the Soldiers Home or
any other public institution of the state
at any place but the seat of government
(Roseburg had been selected by the trus
tees as the location for the home), and
praying for preliminary Injunction.
The defendants interposed demurrer,
which was overruled and the injunction
granted. From the decree and judgment
the appeal to the supreme court was
taken.
Appellants held that the constitution
did not prohibit locating public institu-
tions outside the seat OF government ;
that if it did the Soldiers Home was a
quasi federal institution, subject to fed
era! control. and not public institution
within the meaning Of the constitution.
1t was also noted thst the question of the
constitutionality of the act establishing
the Soldiers Home is not raised. 1t is
further argued that the action, if main~
tsinable. should have been instituted in
the name of the state. The respondent
contends for the opposite construction of
these propositions, and explains that the
duty of the trustees was to dictate in
what place of 'the seat of government"
the home should be located.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-10-07

Here is the plaint of free coinage
Democratic exchange: "Here in the
United States labor is being crucifed
between two thieves-the tariff robber
on the one hand and the gold rob6er
on the other. The whole tendency of
our legislation within the last thirty
years has been to foster the growth of
.he privileged classes under the guise
of protecting American industries, ,and
TO build up money arlstocracy under
The false plea of making an honest
dollar" 1t is very consoling 10 pro-
tectionists and the American people
generally that the policy pursued
within the last thirty years has given
the citizens of this country higher
wages than were paid in any nation
following the economics of free trade.
has enabled the republic to surmount
the obstacle of public debt of nearly
four billions, built up industries all
over the land and has been the means
of the United States enjoying unex-
ampled prosperity. If payment of
the nations obligations in the kind of
money that the commercial world de-
nominatss "honest" is fraud, than it is
always advisable to practice such de-
ception. Taking the history of the
country during Republican adminis-
trations into consideration, if protect
ing home industries and paying honest
money to creditors have crucified labor
in the past, we believe the toilers all
over the land desire no change in the
method of cruci6xion, and they will
continuously pray the present congress
to keep on crucifying them.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-10-07

staunch friends of Mr.. Oleavland in
his efforts to stop the purchase Of sill
YER, and this is consistent with the
traditions of the party. The Sherman
act was passed to stop Democracy from
flooding the country with unlimited
coinage of deprecated currency, and
those who supported it are now willing
to vote for its repeal: but not at the
sacrifice OF sound national monetary
system. There can be no compromise
with Republicans in this regard. They
believe the purchase of the amount of
silver named in the act by the secre-
tary of the treasury is a less evil than
authorizing the mints of the country
to coin sixty cent dollars out of all the
bullion that can be dumped at their
doors. This is Democratic congress
in both branches, with Democratic
executive in the White House, and
Republicans will be In no manner re-
sponsible for what has been done or
what has been left undone. So far as
the party in power endorses Republi-
can principles on the question of a
single standard as the measure of val
ues, or in relation to the protection
of American industries, it will receive
the support of Republicans ; but
when it attempts to iuaugurate any
change in either of these, Repub-
licans will be a solid phalaux in oppo-
sition. They have made history in
the past, and during this stormy spe-
cial session they are still making his
tory. The party of free trade and
free coinage, now assembled in Wash
ington Clty-wlth hundreds of thou
sands of starving laborers in the diff
ferent cities of the country-is alone
responsible to the people, and they will
be SO held when American citizens
give thsir verdict at the ballot box.
The president was elected on the Chi
cago platform, and if its provisions
cannot be carried out by Dem ocratic
congress, there is indisputable evidence
that Democracy was Insincere in the
promises 1t made during the campaign.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-10-07
wInrerIng Apples.

In gOoo Irult years Wnen t0ere Is an
abundance of apples, the market price
runs lows because of supply that exceeds
the demand, says the Germantown Tele-
graph. Apples are perishable product
and many of the earlier varieties soon &c
to decay, and after q time the supply
will be reduced point even below the
demand and then the value will advance
This fact shows the importance of fruit
growers studying the nature of varieties
and of making selection of some of the
more excelIsnt, late keeping varieties
Those who are SO fortunate as TO have
such varieties or who can keep other fruit
late, say to May or June. know that the
price is very satisfactory. Apples will
keep longer and better than Is generally
supposed, end with the price that cyn be
secured for such there is somewhat of q
disposition to change from the practice
of selling from the tree that has pre-
vailed to some extent. For this reason
there is tendency to drift into the prac-
tice OF cold storage-a means of keeping
fruit that will, when fully understood,
prove successful and profitable. as apples
under favorable conditions will keep q
much longer time than is usually sup
posed. Light and heat are two essential
conditions that operate in fastening the
maturity and decay of apples. Apples
picked just before arriving at perfect
maturity and placed in dark cellar with
the temperature held at or very near the
freezing point will continue sound for
great length of time ard lose none of
their good qualities. This is the princi-
pie that governs IN the construction of
cold storage houses for the safe keeping
of apples.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-10-07
Union Paci nc Further Reduces Ma

To Chicago $500 first class; st Louis
$3l first class; Omaha, Kansas City. Sioux
City and st Joseph $50 first class. Rates
correspondingly reduced to all eastern
points. Consult Union Pacific agent before
purchasing, and you will be convinced that
the old Overland is the cheapest and quick
eat route to take.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-18

TRAINS N6RTHwARB
Leave Arrive
sTOPPNG PLACES.

~. :. - ~ nata M s,on.
ns Sa SG a "a, =. as 80 - and IS stop 81
signal az Manchester, Drewry's. Gentralia
end Chester Nos 81, 81. a. o. 80. ~.
~ and As will stop on signal at all sta
pullman Palace Bufre, Sleeping Cars on
ell through trains. on trains Nos. 81
and ~ sleeping cars between Richmond
anu XIV EiSE TO ATLANTA. GA.
Leave Richmond 1926 +. NJ. daily; ar
Iiying Weldon 5;4l L. NJ. ana at Atlanta
gao A. NJ. via 5. A. l.. Through sleepers
Richmond 10 Atlanta. -. 49,.
THE ONLY ALI-RA1L LINE TO NOR
Richmond 300 An. Norfolk II :25 An.
Norfolk. 81. 30 A. ~. Richm'd l045 A. ".
Norfolk, .S:55 m. Richmond. 900 p
The trains leaving Richmond az 900
A. NJ. and Norfolk OF 500 p; NJ. are, solid
trains between these two points, ana pas.
s ss9ser' 'e connss %A9q snS o made
a. Petersburg by the $50 J.. NJ. and 325
y. NJ. train. from Richmond 20 Norfolk.
Trains leaving Richmond az 900 A. NJ,
1915 y. NJ. and II 30 y. NJ. and arriving
OF Richmond at s.35 A NJ, 2.2O Z. NJ
and 80 =. NJ, make close connections a.
Petersburg 10 and from Farmvile. Lynch
''s r. NJ SUILY,
superintendent.
L. r y. MYERS,
General Superintendent.
r. NJ. EMERSON Traffic Manager.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-18

RICHMo FREDERICKSBURG
~ AND POTOMAC RAILROADS.&C.
uuis commencing MAY 7, 1S03-east-
erp standard time.
f'4' A. NJ. Leaves Byrd-street station
daily except Sunday. Par
Tor Car Richmond 10 New
York. Arrives at Wash
ington at 1901 Z. NJ;
Baltimore, III 7. n; Phila-
SfslR9i15I .a5 s' + 4. Nj New
J2:o4 p. NJ, Leaves Byrd-street station
land, boswell, Milford, FREQ
sricksburg, Brooke and Wide
water Buffet Parlor Car
Richmond 10 New York. Ar
Tiyes at Washington at 4.O7
y NJ; Baltimore, 5:2T =. NJ;
yy 61k s6Pofs p 'i n p NJ; New
100 p. NJ. Leaves Byrd-street station
daily Sleeper Richmond to
New iork. Stops only al
fredericksburg. Brooke and
stations atSSs'e On Sundays SuTdHS a. 0' Ar.
rives at Washington at IL 10
\. NJ. Baltimore, 1888 A, NJ;
o,o. =, York. go 4. NJ.
$3.50 A. NJ. Arrives at Byrd-street sta
ton. daily. Sleeper from New
York. stops only al. v ide-
SaSESs siiifSfS ~. P3 9 y ard ara
Wssh,G SR SG at 40 A. h 4.
2;2s p. NJ. Arrive Byrd-street station
daily Stops only 81 Fred
ericksburg and boswell. Pull
man Cars from Washington.
Does not stop at Elba. Leaves
Washington at 1857 A. NJ.
8:05 p. NJ. Arrive Byrd-street station
daily. Stops at Whitewater
.' Brooke Fredericksburg, Mil
ford. boswell and Ashland.
Parlor Car Washington 20
Richmond Leaves Washing
ton 1851 a. NJ.
e:33 P. M. Arrives at Byrd-street sta
ton daily except Sunday.
Buffet Parlor Car New York
TO Richmond. Leaves Wash
ington 5:07 =. NJ.
FREDERICKSBURG ACCOMMODA-
DAILY ExTC iQNr SUNDAY.
400 p. NJ. Leaves Byrd-street station;
ard i II Fredericksburg at
s:33 A. NJ, Arrives. al Byrdstreet sta
ton; leaves Fredericksburg
AsH i.Gc 4, TRAINS.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Gas A. NJ, Leaves Elba; arrives al Ash
COOP N iIand at I 7g. a: r N, ., Ash.
land al 700 y; N,
~ w. and at Cos <. II.
Goa 7. NJ, arrives at Elba; leaves Ash
land a, Sis p NJ
e. A. TAYLOR, Traffic Manager.
z. T. d MYERS.
General Superintendent.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-18
A TLANTIC COAST LINE.

RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG RAIL
ROAD TIME TABLE.
Commencing SAT URDAf, JUNE H.,
1898, at Gas Z. ~. trains on this road
will run as follows: ..