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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-08-19
TELEGRAPHIC.
In Receivers Hands.

NEW YoRK, Aug. 15-Thomas F
Oakes, of New York, W. Il. Payne, of
Milwaukee, and Henry Grouse, pr, sident
of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad
company, were this afternoon appointed
receivers of the Northern Pacific railroad
in the United States court in this city.
The appointment of receivers did not
come as surprise to the street, although b
not announced until after O'Clock
Brokers were prepared for the news, as
rumors of such stories had been plentiful
all day. Most of the stock and bond
recently have been taken, it is said, 0y
Philadelphia parties. The principal SELF
ing today was by commission houses and
was thought to be the liquidation of loug
stock.
The Post this evening states 1t is re-
ported that receiver may be appointed
for the North American also.
Judge Larcombe appointed the receiv
ers on motion of the Farmers Loan and
Trust Company and Philip D. Winston
and William c. Sheldon, George R. Shell
don, William L. Price and William c.
Sheldon & Co, as coparners, composlD 9
the firm of w. G. Sheldon & Co. The
recelvership embraces the Northern Pa
citic railroad and all railroads owned,
leased or controlled By said corporation
These receivers are the same as those
appointed in Wisconsin 1bey gave
bonds in 100000 in tffe United States
court there, and we're ordered to give a
bond of $5O0.OOO here.
The application was made with the
consent OF the railroad company.
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Robbed a Dying Man.

DENVER, Aug. 17-A hold up occurred
here at an early hour this morning whict
beats the record p eastman, of Pen
sacols, Fla, registered at the Wellington
hotel last night. At o'clock he rang
for The clerk ana said be was very Ill
The clerk rushed to the street, and
meeting a man, asked the way to the
nearest physician. The stranger replied
that he was doctor, and was immed
lately taken to the sick mans room. The
doctor asked for pitcher of water. and
while the clerk was after it the alleged
doctor robbed his patient of everything
be had. When the clerk returned CASH
man had d'ed, presumably from fright
The police were ct once notified, and the
robber was arrested an hour later. He
gave his name as ]. Stevens.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-08-19
The Day IN Congress

WASHINGTON. Aug. 16-The morning
hour IN the senate, after the introduction
of bills, was largely occupied by dis
cussion as to overlooking the government,
buildings in Washington with public
books and ducoments. Mr. Vest, Dem
ocrat, of Missouri. proposed remedy by
the passage OF bill appropriatlng $500,
900 tor building to be known as 'shall
for records"
Notice was given by Voorhees, that be
would not ask action today on the bill
to allow national banks to increase c,rcu
lation to the par value of bonds An
amendment to the bill was offered by
Cockrell authorizing the secretary of the
treasury to redeem, at par and accrued
interest, such OF the Q per cent bonds as
may be presented for redemption, and to
pay them in new legal tender notes. The
proposition appeared to Sherman as un-
wise and unbusiness-!ike. A discussion
followed in which Cockrell ridjculed the
idea ofletting the national banks increase
their circulation while proposition to
increase the greenback circulation was
opposed by the senator from Ohio, the
friend and supporter Of national banks
and the great monometalist. Berry then
addressed the senate in advocacy of a
double standard of gold and silver.
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Heavy Cur In SaIaries.

ST. Paul. Miun., Aug. 16-The thou
sands of employees of the Great Northern
railway are wearing long faces today,
President Hill having ordered the
monthly pay roll cut from 100000 to
about $350,O00. A circular letter has
been issued to each of the officers and
employees Of the road, which says:
loving to actual and anticipated reduc
tions In the traffic caused by prevailing
financial and business conditions, the
following reductions ID the pay OF all of
ficers and employees of the company re-
ceiving stated yearly or monthly wages
or salaries will be made, taking effect
with the coming month and continuing
while the conditions referred to remain
On salaries rating $4,000 per year and
upward, 30 per cent; on salaries rating
$4,000 per year or more up to $4,000 per
per year, % per cent; salaries OF $1,000
per year or more up TO $4,000 per year,
90 per cent; salaries rating less than
$1,000 per gear, Is per cent
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A Young Fipnd.

BEAVER FALLS. Pa, Aug. ia fiend-
ish act was perpetrated yesterday after
noon near Homewood, which resulted in
the death of three boys today. Frank
Graham. of Homewood, II years of age,
knew three other boys were hunting
ground hogs about miie below the viii
lage. he got con of blasting powder,
attached fuse ard placed 1t in little
pile of rocks and waited until the young
hunters neared the spot. Then he lit the
fuse and crept off to safe distance.
Burgess Reed, 16 years old, and james
Reed, aged IA, sons of Smith Reed, a
well known farmer, with James Garner.
aged II, approached the spot, entirely
unconscious of danger. The can ex.
poded, all being MANNED and terribly
burned. Physicians did everything pos =.
sibe for the young sufferers but they
died this morning Graham made his
escape, and is still at large.
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Democratic papers are attemptins

Democratic papers are attempting
to establish public confidence by re-
peating the assertion that "the country
is all right, and the present depression
is only the effects of fright" At the
same time they lay all the blame to
the silver-purchase clause of the Sher-
man act, which has been in operation
over three years. In reason, if the
stagnation is the result of ssfright," I"
then the Sherman act is not the cause;
but something that is apprehended. 1t
is the shadow of free-trade that has
"scared" business men and manufac-
turers. and this "scare" will continue
until something is. done to cause the
the shadow to di appear.
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LIN Einaae,aI nimeu,tv,

PITTsBURe, Aug 1.-THE Oliver Iron
& Steel Company, one of the largest
concerns in the county, went into the
hands OF receiver today on the appli-
cation of the National Tube Works Com.
pany, of New Jersey, and E. E Con-
verse, of New YORK. The capital of the
company is $1,000, 900; apparent indeb-
teouess. 5000. 600; bonded Indebtedness,
$685., 900. b. W. Oliver was appointed
receiver. The company has extensive
plants in PIttsburg and Allegheny, and
employs 1000 men. 1t is also largely in
terested in coke and natural gas. The
sales aggregate $5.50O,O00 annually.
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Opposition Line to Portland.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16-The steamer
ST. Paul. which has been running on the
North American Navigation Company's
line to Panama, has BEEN taken off that
route. 1t is possible that the steamer
may make trip 10 Alaska. She is
owned by the Alaska Commercial Com
pany. Reports have been in circulation
the last few days tba; the steamers St
Paul and alice Blanchard were about to
be run on an opposition line to Portland
The rumor is neither affrme nor denied
by the agents OF the two steamers There
has been some talk during the past month
that permanent line of opposition
steamers to Portland and also Puget
sound ports will be put on this fall.
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An Exp ess Robber Confesses.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Aug. 15.-John h.
Kettrei, the negro who did the actual
robbing of the Pacific Express Com
pany's wagon at Wichita recently, se-
curing $500, was arrested here this
morning He was employed as a waiter
in Wichita, and entered into the con-
spiracy with Arthur Hancher, the driver
Of the express wagon; Howard 81. Greer,
the telegraph operator, and Jack Book,
the clerk of the hotel, all three of whom
were arrested August 9th. Kettrel was
given $4,000 as his share of the booty,
and passed through here F'iday night a
week ago with his half brother on his
way to Chicago. He placed his booty
between the sheets and the mattress of bis
bed, and claims bis half brother robbed
him. He returned here broke. He has
confessed.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-08-19
UNSAFE THEORIES.

There are so many theories ad-
vanced to remedy the existing evils in
the United States as If the conditions
had never been experienced before in
this or any other country, and it was
necessary from the Spinions of the
people to formulate something new to
meet phenomenal state of affairs.
These are not the facts in the case, and
nearly every nation has passed through
a crisis similar to the present, and by
judicious craftsmanship has evolved a
safe and sure plan of finances. About
two hundred years ago England was in
deplorable condition, and her great
est historian states that the country
suffered more from bad shillings and
crowns than from bad government.
Other countries have suffered from the
same disasters as the great island en-
plre, and even in our own favored
land there have been lessons in money
matters from which practical knewl-
edge may be acquired. After passing
through periods of initiation of the
currency, fat money and other hare
Drained schemes to relieve distress
among the masses, the only safe and
sound maxim that has been found to
stand the test of all emergencies has
been the present one, almost univer-
sally adopted by the great commercial
nations Of the world-that of the sin
gle gold standard as the measure of
values. Perhaps, with the unlimited
resources of this land, it could stand
the drain of deprecated currency
longer than any other with less natural
but the reaction would
certainly come at some time in the fu-
ture, and those would suffer the most
who were the least able to bear the
burdens resultlng-the wage-earners
and improvident poor. 1t Is folly of
the worst kind for theorists to believe
that they can evolve better system
than the one that has been proved safe |
and sound for centuries; and for con-
gress, governed only by the purest pa
triotic motives, to pay any attention
to these vaporings, would be detri-
mental to the best interests of the re-
public and the welfare of the citizens.
are always hazardous,
and especially SO when opposed to the
wisdom of ages.
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Died of Blood Poisoning.

ASTORIA, Or, Aug. ICE. W. Beck
with, who came down with his family
from Portland few days ago and wen!
over to Ocean beach, dIed there yester-
day in few hours of blood poisoning
He had In come way or other suffered e
slight abrasion of the outside skin of the
nose, and 1t is believed that during Mon
day night in his sleep one OF his finger
nails irrltatcd and scratched 1t. The
body was taken up the riyer today.
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In the House.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16-After adopt
ing the resolution calling on the secre-
tary of the treasury for in Information re-
specting the silver purchases. debate on
the Wilson bill was resumed, Mccall
Republican. of Massachusetts,, speaking
for the bill.
Mccall was followed by Coombs OF
New Yerk. who spoke for the repeal Of
the purchase clause. Bryan, Democrat,
of Nebraska, followed Coombs and at.
tackled the presidents, message in vigor
GUS terms. The recommendations of the
president meant the burial of silver, with
no promise of resurrection.
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Canada Not Exac,,y sat,sf,ea.

OTTAWA, Ont. Aug. 15-There seems
considerable doubt in the government
departments whether or not the decision
in Britain's favor is really satisfactory,
but il. as the press dispatches intimate, it
is decided there shall be protected
zone" so miles around PribyIoff islands,
there appears possibility tina. the United
States has really gained the main point
of vantage so far as Canadisn seaiers are
coEcerued. Practically all the best seal
ing done in Behring sea Is done on Pri.-
bylofflslands. where the seals are driven
into enclosures and the finest killed with
a club, or by shooting them in the i'm
mediate waters around the islands where
seals seek their fish food. If in addition
to these restrictions sealing is prohibited
in the sea for go miles around the islands,
it would appear to give the Americans
almost a monopoly of seal fishing. This
will be the case when it is forbidden to
hunt seals with fre>arms anywhere in
Behring sea, as it is much more difficult
to harpoon them than to shoot them.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-08-19
Ruurke Coekran Is sulkinx.

WASHINGTON. Aug. I6-The marked
absence of Bourke Cochran from the an
ti-silver mems meeting at the Arlington
last night and the appointment of Gen.
eral Tracy as chairman of the executive
committee in his etead occasioaed rumors
to be started that the distinguished Tam
many orator had taken umbrage and
would no longer seek to lead the forces
who are for unconditional repeal. An
additional surm,se was ventured upon
that Mr. Cochran would be found event.
ually siding with Senator Hill in favor of
bimetallic standard.
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MISTAKEN PATRIOTISM.

There is not much doubt that the
silver men are actuated by what they
deem patriotic motives in desiring that
the special session of congress shall
adopt some measure looking to the
free and unlimited coinage of the
white metal, and in such legislation
they believe lies the only remedy for
the business depression under which
the country is now suffering. This is
not the only era in history that
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-08-19
Troubles in Guatemala.

GUATEMALA, Aug. 1.-THE expulsion
of General Maran, at the request of Sal
vador, has caused great deal of excite
ment, and Barrios is said to fear Salvador
is backed by Mexico. A meeting has
been held in favor of oyertbrowing the
government, and q circular threatening the
president has been sued. He Is warned
not to pursue a subservlcnt policy to
ward Salvador.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-08-19
Guaranteed bv the United States

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15-The latest
proposition called out by the financial
stringency is that the United States shall
guarantee depositors IN national banks
under certain conditions. A bill will
probably be introduced in the senate by
Hunton, of Virginia, which enacts as fol-
lows:
'Section Every national bank ex-
isting and doing business at the date of
the passage of this act shall, as soon as
practicable thereafter, report ia writing
its true financial condition to the secre.
tary of the treasury, and if found by said
secretary to be in solvent condition.
deposits thereafter made in such bank IN
good faith in due course of business, by
persons not officers of the bank, nor
Stockholders IN corporation doing q
banking business, shall be and they are
hereby guaranteed by the United States
to be paid to depositors, or their lawful
assigns or transferees. when drawn by
draft or check; but no person shall be
allowed to oYerdraw his account in any
manner.
"Sec. g To indemnify the United
States from loss by reason OF the guar
sDtee given and made in the first section
of this act, an annual tax is hereby lev
led on all deposits hereafter made in
banks described in this act, equal to
one fourth Of per cent of said deposits.
Said tax shall be paid to the secretary of
the treasury on the last day of each
month of the year on the deposits CT that
month";"
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REPUBLICANS STAND F1RA.

The Republican press do not desire
to introduce anything of partisan ma
ture into the discussion of the none
tary question now agitating the coun-
try, but will not allow the silver-pur-
chase clause of the Sherman act 20 be
the scape-goat OF the Democratic ad-
ministration or party for the present
financial depression. Under the ex-
isting conditions Of public distrust and
stagnation in business it is not well to
allow the treasury to be drained of
, gold for the purchase of useless bull
lion; but craftsmanship should be ex-
ercised to ascertain the cause of the
lack of public confidence. which has
become SO widespread for the last few
months The drain on the treasury
has continued for the past three years,
and no evil effects have been felt. 1t
is only since the Democratic victory
last fall that gold in any appreciable
Quantities has left the country, and
this could not be the effect of the
Sherman bill, which has been in oper-
alton for many years. The sudden
change must be traced to some other
reason, and the only one apparent is
the Chicago platform, which was en-
dorsed by the electors last November,
and which declared in unequivocal
terms that the Democratic party would
support tariff legislation for revenue
only. Foreigners were aware of this
fact, and also that this same party was
in favor of bi-metallism. This caused
them to call in their securities and
spread distrust among the people. A
comparison of former years with the
present will make the truth more ap-
parent, and the following is pertinent
to the subject:
IAN exhibit published by the New
York Press, just nine months after the
election of President Cleveland, shows
q shrinkage of $949, ,359,1l4 in the
values OF stocks and bonds/within that
period, and depreciation of $685.
500, 900 in the value of wheat, corn,
oats and cotton, which represents that
amount of money directly lost 10
American farmers since November,
1892. The banx cIearings at eighty
cities. as especially reported to Brad
streets for last month, show decrease
of $3.50, ,S31, 900 in the volume of
trade as compared with the month of
July, 1922
The distress throughout the country
is SO widespread that the Republicans
press should keep silent no longer. l,
Is duty they owe the people that
they speak in unmistakable terms re-
gardine the actuating cause of the ter
rible financial depression which is now
felt all over the country. The Sher-
man act may be repealed; but the
army of the unemployed will constants
ly increase while factories continue to
close and capital to be boarded, and
there will be no change in this regard
until it is authoritatively stated by the |
national legislature that the present
tariff laws will not be repealed. DEM
ocracy should not be sllowed to parley |
with this matter, but should be made
to place itself on record for or against
the protective policy, and the sooner
the better.
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The BolIer Exploded.

CHICO, CAL. Aug. 1.-THE boiler of q
threshing engine on the ranch of Smith
& Currie, near Nord, in this county, ex-
ploded with terrific force this morning
before starting up the thresher, blowing
the fireman, William Vettel, to pieces,
and iDjuring internally Engineer Robert
Withrow, Alva Young, and a son OF J..
w. Cook, of Nord, was injured about the
head.
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A Murderer's Queer Idea.

WINSTON, N. c., Aug. 16-Peter De-
Graft, handsome young man, was con :
victed of numbering his sweetheart, Ellen
Smith, IN suburb of the city, on June
90, 1892, in Forsyth superior court yes
terday. DeGraff escaped arrest until
June 90 last, when be went to the ecene
of the murder With a friend aud ex
claimed 10 loud voice: "E len. if you
are in heaven. stay there; if in hell, rise
He said on nthe stand at the trial that be
had heard it said that when a man who
bad committed murder would go back to
the scene of the crime and use those
words, the dead person would appear,
The trial created great interest.
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seventeen Drowned.

DUBLIN, Aug 16-A fatal accident oc-
Cured tody to party of merrymakers
in western Ireland. An excursion party
left Kllkee in the southwestern part of
County Glare, intending to cross CsrIig
aholt bay of the river Shannon. When
the party was a considerable distance
from the shore their bo4t capsized, and
everybody on board was thrown into the
water. Seventeen of the excurslonists
were drowned.
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Nafthern Pacific matters.

NEW YORK, Aug. 16-Llttle news is
obtainable about the affairs of the North
ern Pacific Railroad Company. Appli-
cations for the appointment ct receivers.
it is learned, have been granted in St.
Paul, Helena, Olympia, Portland. Mil
waukee and New York. One authority
said that while il was true that the fall.
ing off in receipts of the road was indi-
rectly the cause of the receivership, yet
the immediate cause was the drop of
per cent In the quoted price of the com-
pany's consols and lis inability to re-.
spond 20 the call for more margins on
one OF its loans which is not due until
September 1.
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Hanged And Perforat.a.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Aug. 15.--MoDroe
Smith, a negro, criminally assaulted Mrs
D. E Sears, a white woman, near Spring
Hill, Ala. yesterday afternoon. A posse
pursued him all night and captured him
in the woods early this morning After
hanging Smith to q tree, the mob filed
bis body with bullets and then cast it
into q creek.
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Tbe senate Finance Committee.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE senate
finance committee will probably report
favorably on the unconditional repeal OF
the bill tomorrow morning. and ask that
body to fix day for a vote perhaps
within O day or two of the vote in the
house. The committee have agreed upon
all but the pbraseology of the bill, which
will contain a declaration favorable to
bimetalism.
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MiIitary Prisoners Shot.

SAN SALVADOR, Aug. 17-There II
much grumbling in native circles on &C
count of the large number of foreigners
who hold Office. Merchants are appre
bensive and business is generally de-
pressed. Early yesterday morning g
number of military prisoners belonging
to the command of Colonel Flores. who
was recently shot, tried to effect an es-
cape and II of them were killed.
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maze RIoting ,n Rombay.

LONDON, Aug, 16-Government dis
patches say that Bombay Is in possession
of mob. The troops are powerless.
Every mosque has been destroyed and
many persons have been massacred.
The Europeans are panic-stricken. The
troops are now protecting only the public
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An Elevator Burned .

BUFFALO, Aug. 15-The Coatsworth
elevator, capacity 1900, 600 bushels, VAL
ued at $750,000, was destroyed by fire.
together with dozen frame structures,
mostly saloons and dwellings. As there
were only 10000 bushels of grain in
store, the loss will not exceed $500, 900.
covered by insurance.