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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-22
Comptroller Eeker- viii Aid Them.

WASHINGTON. July 1S-Comptroller
Eckels sent dispatch to the national
bank examiner at Denver today in which
he says: II wish you would announce
to the officers of the banks which have
failed in Denver that 1t is my intention
to lend them every aid possible looking
toward speedy resumption on their par,
and that shall not only grant them
sufficient time to enable them to collect
such amounts as are speedily collectable,
but to get together such amounts as will
enable them to open on a small besis.''
The comptroller advises the citizens who
have foolishly brought about the crisis
by Withdrawing their funds to do the
best they can toward repairing the dam
oge by re.depositlng He authorizes the
examiner to employ assistance in collect
ing money to the end in view, and has
ordered Examiner McHngh, of Iowa, TO
assist him. Speaking OF the matter he
said the failures were not the fault of the
bank officials, but foolish lack of con
fidence on the part of depositors In all
sucn cases he would help the failed banks
to resume.
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Keeping Fruit and Vegetables.
New York World.


II is surely of as much consequence to
know ho~ to keep fruits and vegetables
as it is to know how to produce them,
and yearly more and more thought and
attention are bestowed on the subject Of
their preservation. 1t appears that ex-
perimenis In France have shown that
fruits and vegetables stored under ordi-
nary conditions, but heavily busted with
lime, will resis, decay for long time
Potstoes layered In lime kept for IA
months, and were in as good condition as
when dug. Beets, onions, apples, grapes
and ounces similarly treated kept well
for varying periods. but all for several
months longer than they would have
done ordinarily. The lime keeps away
moisture, prevents fruits from absorbing
unpleasant odors, and destroys any mi.
crobes tha may have found a resting
place upon the skin or about the stem.
This is preventive within the reach of
all, sad much cheaper than cold storage.
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Burned TO a Crisp.

OMAHA, July 19-Char;es Ekman was
killed at the electric street railway
power~house today. He vas working on
boiler that generates the steam and
runs the dynamos, As the only opening
into the boiler is the small mannole al
the end, II is necessary 20 use artificial
light In making repairs on the inside
This was furnished by an incandescent
lamp at the end of several yards of slack
wire which was supposed to be thor
oughly insulated As Ekman started to
crawl inside the boiler his assistant heard
him scream. Running around to the
opening, he found Ekman lying in the
manhole with bis head and shoulders in
side the hoiler and his l., gs hanging down
outside. He was dead, and there was a
strong smell of burning flesh. Several
men attempted to extricate the body,
but received shocks. The body was
burned to crisp by the time the ma
chipery was stopped.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-22
enver's Run is over.

DENVER, July 20-There will be no
more bank failures here; the panic wore
itself out yesterday. There were scarcely
dozen depo-itors at the paying teller's
windows OF the remaining banks at the
opening this morning, while at the re-
ceiving feller's window several strings of
depositors, reaching nearly TO the street,
lined up, and money is going back into
the bank vaults almost as fast as 1t went
out the past three days. There may he
few commercial failures IN the next
few days as result of the hank failures.
bnt it Is believed no bad ones. II is
stated that the McNamara dry goods
house, which failed Monday, has settled
with its principal creditors, and will re
sumo next Mondav,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-22
hunting for a Murderer.

SACRAMENTO, Cal July 19-Constable
Over. OF Colfax, WASH, who has been
hunting FIR, dericKs. the supposed slayer
OF Sheriff Pascoe, has left for Oregon
Dyer believes that Fredericks has es-
capped into Oregon, but is hopeful of
eventually capturing him. Dye claims
to have sufficient evidence to show that
Fredericks murdered Messenger Toyey.
Ee does not believe, however. that he
killed Sheriff Pascoe.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-22
A valley Town Flied Upoa.

ALBANY, Or. July 2O--A dispatch
from Brownsville says much excitement
was created there today by the fact that
man named Monk had filed upon 162
acres of land comprising about half the
town. The land was originally cold as
school land to ]. a McHargue 1t was
afterwards claimed by the Oregon and
California railroad, and was repurcbased
as railroad land. Monk claims now tnat
the title of the railroad company was
not valid, and files upon it as vacant
The land and Improvements are worth
$4,000. Attornev j. z. Weatheriord, of
Albany, and 0 P. Coshow, of Browns
vile, who now own part of the land, will
go to the land Office tomorrow to begin a
contest.
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DeIiberate Grim OF a Cashier.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July ia sensa--
tional tragedy occurred this evening in
Kansas City, Kan. Benjamin E John-
son, one of the most prominent young at
torneys IN Kansas, being shot and killed
by A. w Little, cashier of the First Ma.
tional bank of that town, ex president OF
the Armourdale bank, and vice president
of banking company in Guthrie, Okla
bona. About o'clock this evening.
Little was walking down the street and
saw johnson sitting in front Of drug
store with friends. Little walked up,
and with an oath, exc aimed: "You
shan't pound me any more" Then he
drew revolver and shot johnson dead
The body fell to the side walk and Little
jumped upon 1t ferociously, beating the
head with bis revolver in a vicious man
ner. As he did SO he said: Il was
afraid l hadn't killed the scoundrel."
He then gave himself up to The police
The cause oi the tragedy is not definitely
known. Jobnson's friends say It was fin
ancial difficulties, while Littie's friends
say there was woman in the case.
johnson leaves wife and baby.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-22
THE D4LLES IMPROVEMENT.

An exhaustive letter appears IN to-
days Oregoniaaa in reference to "The
DalIes Improvement" from Virgil G.
Bogue, a member of the board of en-
gineers who have recently made thor
ough examination of both the south
and north sides of the river. He says
the appropriations heretofore "fell
short of completing the work vital to
a satisfactory exhibit, :" and the reports
made were based on such information
as could be obtained. His opinion is
that the boat-rallway would supercede
IN cost of machinery, plant, etc., the
canal and locks, the amount necessary
for the construction of these approx
e,atipg s4,0O0,000 After careful
survey the board appears to be of the
opinion that portage railroad on the
south side of the river would be the
more feasible Improvement at present,
and would interfere less with the
rights of the Union Pacific than one
ON the north side would with the Co
lumbia Railway and Navigation Go.
This may be considered as the recon-
mendation of the board, from the i'm
port of Mr. Vogue's letter, with the
preference for canal and locks as the
permanent method of overcoming the
distractions in the river. In the eff
forts which Mr.. Dolph has made in
congress in favor of the boat railway,
we are satisfied he has been guided by
the reports of government engineers
the best plan to be adopted,
and if these gentlemen now think the
canal is preferable as permanent i'm
he will work as earnestly |
for that. While a member of the |
United States senate he has never
been unmindful of the best interests of |
his constituents in this portion of Ore
zon, and it will make little difference
20 him which plan is eventually
adopted if the people of the great In
and Empire are relieved from exor-
oitant freight charges and are enabled
o float their farm products to the sea,
without the necessity Of double hand
ing at the portages. The people de-
ire an open river, and will favor canal
md locks, if recommended by the
board, as readily as they would boat
.ailway. They have been compelled
'or long years to pay exorbitant rates,
md will welcome any relief coming
rom whatever direction it may.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-22
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The flagship of the American feet
being disabled in Behring sea by an
armed poacher is not very glorious
event in the history of naval warfare.
The French papers are excited over
the Siam affair, and blame British in
trigue in inciting the government of
that country against France. Water
loo is not forgotten yet, and while this
rankles in the bosoms of Frenchmen
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river. All the fema!e

near the Savannah river. all the femae
convicts are sent to this place. Two Of
the woman ran away while working III
the fields One of them had been serV =
ing life sentence for murder. They
were tracked by dogs to the river, where
all trace of them was lost. The three
other women escaped by prying up some
boards in the floor. One OF these con-
vic's was su 1S~year old colored girl,
sentenced to life imprisonment. Those
women Nere also tracked by dogs as far
us the river A those who escaped have
worked at polling flatbosts on the river,
aud 1t IS thought thar friends outside of
the camp must have aided them by Sc
curing them boats which the woman
could easily navigate.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-22
accident to an old Man.

OREGON CITY, July 19-This morning,
as James Ward, an einploye of the Will
lamette paper mill, was handling sacks
of lime. the pile tumbled over on him,
breaking his leg below the knee. He
was at cnce removed to DR.. w. E. Carll's
office where the fracture was reduced,
and Mr. Ward made as comfortable as
possible. He is nearly 60 years of age
and has no family. Besides the break
be has strain at the right elbow which
is causing him considerable pain.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-22
peru I,obbed by onls,als.

LIMA, Peru, July 19-There Is great
excitement in Peru over the scandals
growing out of the discovery of frauds 10
the collection of ttxes by government
employees and many leading supporters
of Cacera The official and military
candidates for president are connected
with the plots TO defraud the government.
1t is believed that nearly 5000U0 of soils
have been stolen. In view OF these ex-
posures, General Cacera has abandoned
his prt posed tour through the central
and southern portion OF Peru. The re-
sources of the government for August
will be insignificant.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-22
Or. Briggs DecIInes a Girt.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, July 20-Rev.
Charles A, Briggs, who was disposed by
the Presbyterian general assembly, has
declined the offer of testimonial of $50,
900, which Chaplain Parker, of this city,
wished to raise. DR.. Briggs, in declin-
ing, said that he had lost nothsng so far
by the trial, except delay in his literary
work and waste of time and strength.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-22
On che Murderer,s Tra,I.

DELTA. CAL, July 20-A trainman on
the north-bound passenger trai reports
that the officers were following the mur-
derer Fredericks up this way. and they
had good idea that they had put him of
the blind ON mail car about % miles
south OF here this morning 1t is re-
ported that posse is after him. There
is posse ready to start out here this af-
ternoon, when 1t is thought they will
meet him coming north. He will have
TO take to the hills to get by.
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Three OF Them VIII Die.

CHICAGO, July 19-Advices are re-
ceived here of battle between tramps
and citizens near Sheffield, Ind, an out.
oi-the way place, Monday right, in which
one was killed and two fatally wounded.
Nine tramps attack the cabin of fish
erman named William Tins, who was
sbeltering a huntsman, William Purdy,
who had fight with one of the tramps.
A regular battle ensued in which al
Jennings, tramp, was killed; Jack Gal.
lagher, anO her tramp, and George Dorch,
one of the citizens, were mortally
wounded.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-22
IoH EXCITEMENT IN p1TrsBURe.
Dr. Meyer, the Poisoner.

DENVER, July 20-Dr. Meyer, who is
under arrest 10 New York on the charge
of poisoning, was arrested here and turned
over to the Chicago police May 9, 1890.
He was then known ss @ Dressed, and
was accused of the murder of C L. Dres
sci, by which he collected 5000 from
the Germsnia Life Insurance Company.
Meyer at that time lived with two
woman, one of whom was known as bis
wife and the other as his daughter.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-22
Democrats must not forget III,

Democrats must not forget that the
party with which they are affiliated
have never pursued consistent fnan.
cial policy for the past thirty years
In favor of paying the national debt
IN greenbacks-promlses-to pay-at
the close of the war, it has endorsed
every hare-brained scheme that has
risen to the political surface since that
time. 1t opposed the resumption Of
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-22
Sec. e.ary Gresham For rreslden,

Sec etary Gresham For President.
NEW YORK, July l9-General Joseph
T. Torreuce, OF Chicago, personal fneno
of Secretary Gresham, said yesterday at
the Holland house that although Re
publican he voted for Cleveland last fall
"But," he said. II shall vote for Walter
@ Gresham for president in 1896 In
my judgment he will be nominated by
the Democrats then. Do you suppose
he would have resigned life judgeship
simply TO be secretary of state? Well.
/ guess not. II is generally understood
among his friends. and am one of them
that he Is to be presidential candidate,
three years hence. l do not believe Mr.
Cleveland will be candidate for third
term. l tell you that il Gresham is
nominated he will sweep the country like
whirlwind. 1t will need no campaign
to elect him. The people will be for
him. They have confidence in his in
tegrity and admire him for his states
mansbip. The next president of the
United States will be Walter Q Gresham,
of Illinois.
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nestruetive Elre IN l.ondon.

LONDON, July 1S- Last nights fire
among the warehouses burned over an
area OF 1900 yards. Thirty buildings,
occupied by over 25 firms dealing In
stationary, elotbings. tea, wines, furni-
,ure, imported goods, etc were totally
burned. NIghtwatchmen and families
In many of them barely escaped with
their lives. The loss is 81, 500 900.
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Drowned in Lake washington.g

SEATTLE. July 19-While bathing in
Like Washington this afternoon Rrsto
Mi!utinovich, young Servian, was
seized with cramps and drowned before
the EYES of companion, who was too
scared to be of assistance. Milutinovich
came here from San Francisco three
months ago. He has no relatives In this
country with the possible exception of
brother, who is SAID to be in California.
The body of Frank Teen. the young
man who was drowned in Cedar river
last Sunday, wss recovered this evening
near Renton from q pile of driftwood.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-22

The travelling public are now fully alive
to the fact that the Chicago, Union Pacific
& Northwestern Line offers the very best
accommodations to the public from and to
Chicago, Omaha and intermediate points,
not only during the worlds fair, but all the
year around.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-22
rive Female ConvIcts Escape

ATLANTA, Ca, July 19- Five female
convicts bsye escaped from Madmox
prison In the last week and the rest OF
the sixty prisoners there are demoralized.
The camp is situated in Talbot county
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-22
TELEGRAPHIO NEWS.
A Panic ON in Denver.

DENVER, July 1S-The Union Ma
tlonal Bank failed this morning. 1t has
capital of a million dollars. No state
ment is yet made. A run is being made
oD the City National, German National,
First National, Colorado National and all
the eleven clearing house banks. A
panic is on. The Commercial National
closed its doors at II o'clock, and the
National bank of Commerce closed its
doors at noon.
The Mercantile Bank, a private insti-
tuition, with a capital of 500 900, failed
at noon The failure was caused by that
of the Union National through which it
cleared.
No scene was eyer witnessed here be-
fore like that of this morning. shortly
after the hour when the banks opened
for business. The failure of three saw
Ings banks yesterday had excited the
masses and at the hour of opening the
streets were crowded with anxious de
posltors. Eleven clearing house banks
located within four blocks of each other
were surrounded and far into the streets
the crowd gathered until the police were
called to clear the way for traffic At
ten o'clock the Union National, with a
capital of 81 600, 900. posted notice that
they would not open their doors This
started the panic, and following quickly.
the Commercial National posted SINH
lar nonce Then the National Bank of
Commerce followed. Arun Immediately
started on all the other hanks. although
TO no great extent upon the Peoples Ma.
tional. The First National appears in
unexceptional condition, having over
sixty per cent of its deposits on hand.
with a private fund of million and a
half in addition to draw upon, making it
impossible to close their doors. The CO.
orado National and several others are
equally as good. The mob that ls with
drawing money aIe all small Geposltors,
and the banks are paying all demands
except on time certificates, demanding
that these remain until the expiration of
their time. President A Thatcher of
the clearing house says. Il am confident
today will see the worst OF this and peo-
pie will come to their senses"
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a Tornado wrecks Italian Towns.

ROME, July 1s-A tornado swept down
today in Piedmont, and hundreds Of
buildings were wrecked. In one section
OF Vognera hardly house was left Not
q structure in either town was left intact
Hundreds of persons were injured. The
number of dead is not known, most of
them being buried In the rains. Only
seven bodies have been recovered. The
military has been called out to help IN
the work of rescue, and ambulance corps
have been sent from nearly every city,
nearby. Voghera is manufacturing
city, with some 10000 inhabitants CASE
tongio, whic b Is five miles from 1t, has
about 1000 inhabitants-
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Children Cry
for PIrcRER's
CASIO r IA

"Castoria is so well adapted to children thai
Irecommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-" II. A. ARCHER, III. D.,
Ill South Oxford St., Brooklyn, N.
"I use Castoria in my practice, and find tt
specially adapted to affections Of children"
AEx. RoBERrsoN, N. D.,
1857 I'd Ave-, New Yoril
rFrom personal knowledge I can say that
astoria is q most excellent medicine for chill
1ran. DE- G. @. OsGooD,
Lowell, Mass.
Cassoria promotes Digestion, and
overcomes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour
Stomach, Diarrhea, and Feverishness
Thus the child is rendered healthy and its
sleep natural. Castoria contains no
Morphine or other narcotic property.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-09

Gala, Lane. They flow north and enuty into a greater loch called Loch Doom. an expsnse of water perhaps seven miles iu length and nearly a mile in width. This in turn discharges Its waters into the noyr real river Doon through most pIcturesous gorges and tunnels forming many beaati. full, if not majestic, torrents. forces and cascades. Thence the courss of the D,on Is northwesterly to where 1t reaches th. sea about two miles below the city of Ayr. and its entire length, inclusive of the sx. psnse of Loch Doom, cannot be upwards of forty miles.
 The scenery about Loch Doon is wild and picturesque. Its northern horizon Is lofty mountain fringe of heathery heights, broken here and there by rugged, rocky escarpments of purple and pucs. From this looh, for 6 distance of abou, twenty miles, the Doom winds prettily enough between the Ayrshire hills through valley reaches and past quaint old vii. lages, but without that exquisite variety of bank and brse for which the pen of Bnrns has made 1t famous. At Patns, or still little further at Holly bush, begin its tortuous windings. From here to the ses there Is sn ever varying succession of the most idyllic riverside pictures to be found In all Britain. These were dlstinctIvely the boyhood hsunts of the poet. After Hollybush comes DAlrymple, perhaps the loveliest village in the loyeliest vale in Scotland. It seems in sa endless slumber In It's nest-like vale, hushed by the mur- murous lullsbys of the Doom. A little be. yond Is ancient Casillis castle, a noble old mansion on the left bank of the Doop, fa- nous in eong and story from the slope ment of Lady Jane Hamilton, first wife of John, sixth earl of CasiIlis, t'the grave and solemn earl, with the noted "Gipsy Lsddie" chief. John Fas.
 From Casillis castle to the sea the dis tance is about twelve miles. Here there is not straight reach of the Doom a fourth of mile in length. It twists and turns, forming every conceivable fsncifui con tour of shore; Is hid between verdure covered cliffs to leap again into sunny openings; breaks into broad shslloEs with lswn-like edges; then with & rush scsm. pers to covert beneath over hanging trees whose branches, dipping to its surface sob and sough minor refrsins to It's owr melodious music. Fair indeed is tho Doon, as Burns knew 1t, ss 1t now is, pas the Old Bridge, pas. the New Bridge, pas old Alloway Kirk, past the cottage wher, he was born, past a myriad thrilling witcheries of leaf and blade and bloom and bank and brRe, to the very spot whert 1t Is hushed in the vast blue seq. T. wander lovingly beside it is to feast anew and marvelously close to the personality of him who made its melodies beloved strains 10 ear and heart in utmost lands.
 EDGAR L. WAKEMAS
Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-09
WELL STARTED.

WELL STARTED.
 The school campaign Is we'll started. "Citizen" has been heard from, and some. thing from ''Pro Bono Publico, "Veritas' and "One Who Knows" may be expected soon.
 Meanwhile tho reasons why there should be a new deal in tho Board of Education remain in full force. Of course the old members want to bs reelected When did they nots Of course it Is dangerous to swap horses when we are crossing 8 stream. And we have sometimes noticed that there is always . particularly dsn- gerous stream just when some oficeholder is in danger of losing his grip. It is so In this case. The stream Is a deep and wide one, and it will take at least three years more for the present drawers of the load to reach the other side. And it might be discovered then that it would take another three years. Therefore now is as good time as any to take the terri, ble risk of releasing them from their heavy load before they get in where the stream is so deep and strong that no change can be made.
 The opponents of ths new ticket ac knowledge that it is & good one It is that. It was properly and unsel6shly constructed Every member of 1t has spe cial fitness for doing good work in the Board. and everybody who thinks there ought to be change can wisely and safely vote for 1t this year.