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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-10-14
Another Horn Of the Dilemma,

WASHINGTON, Oct. ia report IS
current ON the floor OF the senate that the
silver Democrats who have acted with
the repeal senators In making a quorum
will early this evening announce deter
mination to ne longer pursue this course
because of the futillty of attempting to
get vote. IF this is done it will place
the responsibility of maintaining quo-
rum entirely upon the repeal men, and,
of course, increase the difficulty of COM
tinuing the session. Blackburn visited
Carlisle today for the purpose of urging
the necessity of a compromise in view
of the evident impossibilty of getting
q vote by u continuous session. 1t Is said
Carlisle, expressed the opinion a vote
could be reached, and did not promise
more than to consider the suggestion.
1t is definitely stated that at 10 o'clock
tonight VOORHEES, will move recess un
til 10 o'clock tomorrow. 1t Is generally
supposed the recess will be used for the
purpose of effectIng a compromise
though the repeal men say not, but that
they will go on indefinite from 10 A. NJ
to 10 P. NJ. daily until the silver men gel
through with speechmaking.
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Purity OF the Ballot.

CHICAGO, Oct. l10-The Commandery
10 Chief of the Loyal Legion will hold its
annual meeting here tomorrow. Tie
impression prevails that ex President
Harrison will be chosen commander-in-
chief, but General Schofield is also being
talked of. Ex-President Harrison is ut
present In the city and talked freely to-
night regarding the repeal of the federal
election law.
I'VE are sowing the seeds of discord," :"
he said, sin breaking away from the ma
tIonal election law. The people of the
country will not submit to the selection
of their officials by the dice box or the
iugglers hat. Above all things, we
should have purity of the ballot, but we
have reached the condition in our nation
al life where we submit to the most in
famous eutIsges upon the ballot of the
people. Net only In the South, but IN
the largest cities of the North, is there
demand for the purity of the ballot~box.
In honest elections lies our nations SAT-
ETY., and we cannot tolerate fraud with-
out paying bitter price in the end"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-10-14
MOORS AND sPANLARDs.

After centuries of comparative
peace those ancient foes, the Moors and
Spaniards, are at it again. Of old it
was the Moor who invaded Hispania
and made himself master of a goodly
empire; now it is the Spaniard in the
land of the Moors who is the aggres-
sor, and would gladly address himself
to the task of a new conquest would
the powers of Europe but fold their
hands and look on. The fact that the
lustre of both nations has been dimmed
considerably since the day the turban
was expelled from old Grenada does
not detract from the romantic interest
of the modern conflict inaugurated on
the north coast of Morocco two days
ago, says the Inter Ocean. The Span
iards, to be sure, were woefully in the
minority, but nevertheless were able
to make most brilliant and courage
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-10-14
Stole IN Entire Train.

HOUSTON, Tex, Oct. 10-Southern Pa
clfc officials are considerably excited
over news received from points along the
line concerning the capture of one of
their freight trains at Del Rio By a band
of 65 armed men. who claim to be min
ers from California and New Mexico.
The men say they were driven 10 des-
peration by the delay of the senate in
settling the silver question, so business
may be resumed in silver-producing
states, and they propose going to Ala
bama, to take the places of the striking
miners, as it is now work or starvation
with them. They ran the train on their
own schedule, and dispatchers were puz-
zled to avoid collision with regular
trains. They stopped at different towns
and levied tribute for provisions, but so
far have committed no other depreda-
tions. They were well armed and the
officers dared not attack them unless they
could muster large posse. The head
quarters of the Southern Pacific here
have just received telegram from San
Antonio, stating that when the train
pulled in there 40 of the trsmps were
caught, while 25 escaped, but are being
pursued. 1t was expected they would
abandon the train near the end of the
division, go around the city, and by cap
turing other trains proceed on their jour-
nev.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-10-14
TGlEGRAPH1o NEWS.
Irrigation. Congress.

Los ANGELES, Oct. 12-- The irrigation
congress assembled at 8 o'clock this
morning. Chairman Emery presiding.
There was much discussion over the
propositions made for excursions to San
Diego, Perris and other points to exam.
Inc the irrigation works. The PROPOSE
tions were tabled for the time being. 1t
was voted that the committee on resolu-
tions be directed to report at 9 A. NJ. to.
morrow, and that after the resolutions
are presented no other business shall re-
ceiye attention until the resolutions are
disposed of. The announcement was
made by delegate that a gentleman
present had plan for raising water by
sun power. He promised plenty of sun
power anywhere in the arid regions If
the gentleman will provide the machin-
cry. Hon. jerry Millsy on the question
of privilege was permitted to speak Is
minutes. and made an eloquent and for
chile appeal to the congress to adopt res
olutions urging the admission of Arizona
as state, arguing that her territorial
form of government prevents the bond
ing of property to any extent that will
permit of any efecsual work being done
in caring for and developing water.
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Now ir is NIcarasua.

MANAeUA, Oct. 1.-THE partisans Of
ex-PresIdent Zavala have held meeting
and nobody doubts that there will be- q
revolution shortly. Zavala's party insist
upon repudiating the foreign debt, of
which it is said President Zavala mods a
part, though it is denied by his follow
srs. The leaders of two bands still out
along the coast, despite official denials,
have made offers to Zavala. The partis.
ans of Zacbete Machadas' party are pre-
pairing blow. and it is said they are
working secretly In conjunction with the
president with the promise of aid from
Salvador.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-10-14
GUS stand against the assailing forces

GUS stand against the assailing forces
ten times more numerous.
The munitions of war are very much
more deadly in these days than were
those employed when Ferdinand set
out against the in6del, yet the fatlli-
ties of Tuesdays battle were far less
than would have been the result of q
conflict between these antagonists four
hundred years ago. Your Winches-
ter rife tends to keep foes at dis
tance, and stray bullets kill fewer
than spear and battle.ax, sword and
scimiter brought down when contend
ing armies crashed together, not much
dismayed by the ordinance and guns
that served some modest purpose in
medieval wars. Nevertheless, one
hundred killed and wounded out of a
fighting body of 300 is rather large
percentage in one days work. How
many of the 5000 Moors were killed is
unknown, for the Moor gathers his
dead as they fall, to deprive the enemy
of the pleasure of enumerating then.
It was a lively fight and the Moors
were the victors, but there may be
more to follow.
What caused the outbreak of hatred
long suppressed was the attempt of
the Spaniards to build fort near the
Moorish burial ground, a sort of sacri-
legious encroachment the natives are
hardly to be blamed for resenting, con-
sidering how sacred to them is the
resting place of their dead. Spain
lost no time in deciding in council that
the Moors must be punished for their
temerity in attacking the Spanish
troops. Now would it not be strange
bit of poetic justice If the history of
400 years ago should be In a manner
repeated and the Moors should rise up
and drive the Spanish out of Morocco!
Why should they not9
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-10-14
The Festive Tramps.

ASHLAND, Or, Oct. IA hundred
tramps arrived here on a freight train
from the north last night, and on the ar
rival of freight train from the south
this number was increased. About II
o'clock body of them moved against
Chinatown with the intention of chasing
the Chinese out OF town. They had bro
ken into the buildings and got 10 of the
Cinnamon out and in line before an
alarm was given. Officers, aided by a
few armed citizens, succeeded in quiet
ing the disturbance, but the tramps had
already stolen some $50 from the China
men and had robbed the wash house.
They lett for California on freight train
this mornirg. Another large gang, re-
ported coming from the north, is ex-
pected here tomorrow evening. Forty
left Roseburg last night and will arrive
here tonight.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-10-14

1t was expected, after the wide
spread distress and desofation following
the Inauguration of the Democratic
administration, that an effort would
be made to shift the blame to some
other cause, and this the Saratoga con-
veution did in good style in the fol-
loving preamble to the platform: "The
transfer of the legislative and execu-
tive branches of the federal govern
ment to the Democratic party was
none too soon to correct, even if too
late to avert, the widespread distress
caused by unsound plutocratic Repub
llcap legislation. The facts as exist
ing will prove false the charge con-
tanned in the above, for not until the,
country was threatened with free trade
did the business depression begin, and
less than year ago no nation on the
globe was equally prosperous as the
United States. Our products found
ready sale in the market. our laborers
received higher wages than in any
other land, and new avenues of en-
ployment were being opened to the
enterrrising and energetic. The COL
lapse came suddenly, and, like curse
from God, pail of gloom and despair
settled upon the country. But the
Democracy have the whole machinery
of government under their control,
and have been at work In Washington
City since the 7th of August attempt
ing to formulate some plan to avert
the threatened destruction of the ship
of state; but appear to be hopelessly
bewildered, and the people know as
little of the policy to be pursued as
they did before the Chicago platform
was adopted. There are breakers
ahead in every direction, and the pilot
does not understand the chart by
which he lie sailing
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-10-14
A Fatal Quarrel.

SEATTLE, WASH, Oct. 9-What will be
fatal sfray occurred In saloon at
Hamilton today. George A. Addington,
owner of a shingle mill, quarrelled with
Swan Peterson while playing billiards,
and struck him over the head with cue.
Peterson will die. Addington is south
erner of good education, 81 years of age
and very popular about Edison and
Mount Vernon, where he lived several
years. He was arrested and will be taken
to the Mount Vernon Jail.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-10-14
Test OF Endurance

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12-All night long
Senator Allen, of Nebraska, held the
focr, interrupted by an occasional ILL
tempered colloquy for roll. call which
dragged the sleeping senators form the
adjoining cloakrooms. Gray dawn at
A. NJ found Allen still holding the fort
in the great struggle against uncondi-
tional repeal. as he bad been dong since
darkness fell last night. He had broken
all previous records. For 121< hours be
had held the floor continuously. The
longest time any senator had previously
occupied the foor was on the occasion of
the force bill fight in 1891, when Faux
ner remained on guard 10 hours, though
the latter had a breathing spell during
the absence of quorum. Allen seemed
almost as fresh as when he began. His
voice was still loud and strong, and the
great strain seemed not to have affected
his physical or mental vigor. An effort
was made shortly after by the anti-sllver
men to reach an agreement with the sill
verItes for a recess until 10 o'clock, out
the latter declined the offer. As the
hours passed, Senator Aliens powers of
endurance amazed his auditors. Shortly
after seven Shoup made the point of no
quorum. A roll-csll developed the pres
ence of only 43 members, three short of
quorum. These, however. were soon
supplied. W0lcott made the point that
42 was not quorum, as Montana, Wy
omlng and Washington were only partly
and 43 would not be a ma
jority with their fnli representation. The
rule was then read to the effect that a
majority of the senators chosen and sworn
shall constitute quorum.
Manderson said the present rule was
adopted under stress of circumstances
In 1864, when 15 Southern states were |
but contended the neces-
sity for it was passed.
Vice-President Stevenson ruled the
senate as constituted was composed of S5
and 43 was a quorum
Wolcott appealed from the decision.
Hale moved to lay the appeal on the
able. The appeal was tabled, 3s to 8.
Allen, Manderson, Martin, PETER and
Morgan voting in the negative. Then
Allen. apparently as fresh as when he be-
ran IA hours ago, resumed bis address.
t was far from the argument upon the
question: ct issue, but It filled time. Allen
concluded at 8.25.
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+ or over F,fey Years

AN OLD AND WELL-TRIED REMEDY
Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup has beer
used for over fifty years by millions Of
mothers ror their children while teethinQ
with perfect success. 1t soothes the child,
softens the gums. allays all pain, cures
wind colIc, and is the best remedy for
diarrhea. Is pleasant to the taste. Sold
by all druggists in every part of the world.
TwentY-f five cents bottle. Its value Is
incalculable. Be sure and ask tor Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup. and take nc
other kind
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-10-14
VIII be NO Compromise.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12-An incomplete
canvass of the senate at 3 M. indicates
the general opinion that the continuous
session will last at least through tonight
VOORHEES, denounced unqualified the
statement published IN some quarters to
the effect that Carlisle and German had
agreed on a compromise to be put
through the senate by VOORHEES,. He de :
clares the administration is not seeking a
compromise. Harris has proposed an
amendment to suspend silver purchases
till the silver now 10 the treasury is
coined, then to coin blank amount
monthly, doing away with all small
notes. Silver Democrats are not inclined
to accept the amendment. Jones of Ar
kansas will introduce an amendment tor
the coinage of $2,50O,00 monthly for
four years. He thinks the silver men
will accept it, as it carries silver through
this administration.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-10-14

uestTuCtlNc 10 UOtu properly anu iiLe.
Unless the relief is prompt from the
more favored localities the suffering
will be great.
In November, 1892, Democracy
swept the country" Now the country
is called upon to feed the hungry
sweepers, who have swept prosperity
out of sight.
The Memphis Commercial says "Mc-
Kinley is the best possible campaign
document for Democrats. Just wait
five weeks, and then let US hear from
the Commercial again.
Several ships have been chartered
to carry coal from the United States
to England, in consequence of the
strike in the collieries. 1t is a new
export for Uncle Sam.
In the Saratoga Democratic eonven-
ton the anti Cleveland delegates were
admitted; but the platform was pat
termed after the one adopted at Chi
cago last year. Does this mean that
Cleveland is read out of the party by
the New York Democracy2
The revolutlonists have stopped fir
ing on Rio Janeiro, and one has not
to wear bomb-proof clothing to live in
Brazil How long this will continue
is uncertain, and the next dispatch
from that country may contain the in
telligence that fhe work of death and
destruction still goes on.
The appointment of Mr.. VanAllen
to the court of King Humbert has not
yet been endorsed by congress, and the
real fight between the president and
his party will begin in good earnest
when this and other names are before
the senate for endorsement. There
evidently will be a breach which will
not easily be closed.
Now that the city is the possessor
of a rock crusher, the business streets,
at least, of The Dalles ought to be we'll
macadamlzed. The material is at hand,
and the work could be done at min
inum rate. The present condition of
the streets is not source Of pride to
the citizens of the town. Simply fill
ing up the bad places with crushed
rock will only prove to be useless ex-
pense.
The state of Minnesota has for
many years sold its convict labor to
the highest bidder. but at the last
meeting the board of prison managers
found themselves in a predicament
that had never existed since the state
was organized, no hid having been re-
ceived from Oct. l, 1898, to Oct. /,
1895, which places 400 convicts on its
hands with no work for them to do.
Even the honest men in Minnesota
can find little work to do In these
"good Democratic times"
Oregon, although not properly rep
resented at the worlds fair, has re-
ceived many compliments on account
of the horticultural exhibit. If the
state had appropriated sufficient money
to have displayed the fruits to an ad-
vantage there would have been heavy
tide of immigration in this direction;
but as it is we must rest satisfied with
our display and be thankful for the
recognition we have received. Econ
opy was not exercised in the proper
direction In this matter, and by saving
dollars development has been re-
tarded.
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Blown I.to Fragments.

NORTH LAWRENCE, o., Oct. 10-At 8
o'clock tonight an eastoound freight train
on the Plttsburg Fort Wayne q Chicago
railroad, while running at high rate of
speed one mile west of here, was blown
into fragments by the explosion of car
containing 442 kegs of gunpowder. The
track was torn up for 100 yards and a
hole 200 feet deep was made iE the
ground. Telegraph poles were leveled.
Thirty cars we're wrecked and the cab
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Iowa Republicans Railying.

DEs MONIES, Oct io-There was Re-
publican rally here tonight. j. s. Clark
son presided and made short speech, in
which he said the Sherman law was not
to blame for the hard times, but the lack
of business policy on the part of the
Democratic party. He protested against
the repeal of the election law.
At the farmers alliance convention to-
day free silver coinage was voted down.
They favored honest money 10 sufficien:
volume.
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DsNocRATEo TIMES.

Southern states, that have always
heretofore voted solidly for free trade
and the Democracy, are crying for
congress to 60 home" Last year in
one county in Tennessee FIVE thousand
men were at work earning each week
$52, 1000, but now thirty men earn
$l63; and IN another place out of thir-
teen furnaces only two are in opera
tion. In parts of Texas it is feared
that people will soon suffer for food.
In the Pacific states wool is cheaper,
and wages are lower. In Vermont,
since the presidents message to con-
gress, everything has been at stand
still. Virginia expresses a lack OF
confidence in the administration. In
forty one states on Nov. 5, 1892, just
prior to the election of Cleveland,
there we're 3,401 hands in actual
employment, drawing wages amount
ing to $,509,S91 each week. On Sept.
2, 1893, the number of hands had de-
creased to 56,3S4, e shrinkage of 81
per cent. in the quantity of labor en-
ployed, since the election of the pres
ent president and congress. The
weekly wages paid these men aggre-
gated only s459,Os9O4, decrease of
691 per cent. in the same time, in the
weekly disbursement of wages through,
out the whole country. A prominent
western wooden manufacturer correctly
says, that tive should supply our own
wants and also compete for the foreign
trade" How much more advantage
GUS this would be than having the for
eign trade competing with US. A for
chile lllu stratlon Of the pernicious ef-
feet of threatened tariff reform is
shown in the result of the sale of the
wool crop from The Dalles this season,
loss Of about eight cents per pound
on 100000 pounds amounts to
$560,0O0. No town like The Dalles
can stand so great loss and not feel
1t. Again. recently compiled statis-
tics show that where the average
weekly earnings during the week end
ing Nov 5, 1892, were $l056 per
head, the average weekly earnings all
over the country were lowered to
$500 in the week ending Sept. 2, 1898.
Now if we will take our present pop
ulation of 65,OO0,OO0 people, and, as
suming on the basis of FIVE persons to
each family, there are 100000 wage
earners in the country, we have an
aggregate decrease in the amount of
wages paid, in excess of $50, 900, 900
per week. This will give US total
loss of 81, $50, 100000 annually in the
distribution of money throughout the
United States.
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There can be little hope of any BEN
e6cial legislation during the special
session, for the time will be fully oc-
cupied in wrangling over the repeal Of
the Sherman act and in attempting to
pass free-coinage bill. Neither the
president nor the people imagined the
senate was composed of such stubborn
material, or that there was such pre-
Yailing sentiment in favor of bimetal-
lism. Not that we believe there is q
majority in favor of such measure;
but there are 80 many ways In which
determined minority can obstruct
the will of the majority. But any one
who has watched public opinion among
Democrats for the last few years could
have noticed the fact that the party
was rapidly becoming infatuated with
free coinage, and this would soon con-
stitute the subterfuge by which it
would attempt to gain the ascendancy
in the nation. This was clearly dem
onstrated at the time the Sherman act
was passed, for to save the country
from Democratic free coinage the Re
publicans compromised on that meas
ure If 1t had not been for Mr.. Cleve-
land this special session of congress
would do more damage to the business
and industries of the country than
could be remedied by years of the
wisest statesmauship; but the execu-
tive believes in honest money, and will
be solid bulwark against any infa-
tion scheme that his party may at
tempt to inaugurate.
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The Peoples Money.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-THE gold re-
serve continues to decrease and today it
was lower than ever before, standing at
$50, ,s99. .OOS, showing a reduction of over
$6.500000 since the first of the month.
The government mint at Philadelphia
expects to coin $l5,000,000 gold by De.
cember /. The total net currency bal
ance stands at S1S.737, ,759, an increase
of nearly Sc, 800, 900 since the first of the
month, so that the net working balance
OF the department shows a decrease of
but little over 81, 100000 since October
l. The receipts of the month to date
were SS,703,00O, and the expenditures
$10,270,000, while the total gold in the
treasury, COIN and bullion, October 10,
was $166,442,7 TOT.
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san Francisco Dynamite Explosion.


SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10-Two more
arrests have been made In COZ nection
with the dynamite explosion that
wrecked John Curtains sailor boarding.
house and killed four men. One of the
prisoners is woman. They were both
taken to Oakland last night. The man.
johnson, arrested, is cousin of Trygove
johnson, and it is behaved that he
knows more about the dynamite tragedy
than any one except the person who left
the vallse at the Central house. The
woman was also arrested ON suspicion of
knowing facts connected with the explo-
sion. The police feel confident that they
now are closer on the trail of the perpe.
traitor OF the dastardly crime than ever
before.