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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-04-08
An Insane Patient.

Mr.. Fred Wallace, deputy sheriff, and
Mr.. Eb. Macarthur brought down from An.
telope yesterday evening John Larsen, who
has been acting strangely for about week
past. He imagines that some one is attempt.
ing to kill him and deems it necessary to
protect himself to shoot any one who comes
within range of his pistol or rifle. A sheep
herder, in that vicinity, was shot at by
Larsen for no apparent cause, and on inves.
tigation the man was found to be demented
The deputy sheriff was notified of the fact,
and, not thinking it safe to allow him to
roam at large arrested him and brought him
to the city. He came along very quietly
until the party arrived at Eight Mile, when
he became violent and was handcuffed
Judge Blakely convened lunatico inquir-
endo this morning. and DR.. Logan was sum.
moned. After examination he was found
to be insane, and a commitment made out
for his incarceration in the asylum at Salem.
Larsen Is about 40 years of age, unmarried,
and bears an excellent reputation for honesty
and industry. He owns a large band of
sheep in the vicinity OF Antelope. is consid-
cred we'll te do in this worlds goods. and
has brother living in that town. His in.
sanity IS hereditary, aud there is very little
hope OF his permanent recovery.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-04-08
A Peculiar Fatality.

The Tacoma Ledger in lengthy article
on the first Legislature of the territory of
Washington speaks of the strange death
of three Pacific county members. ut
says: ga peculiar fatality attended the
members from Pacific county. In the
first instance, J. L. Brown, a brother to
Freeman Brown, of this city, was nomi-
mated, but died before his election. An
other election was. held, resulting in the
choice of Jehu Scudder. He started for
Olympia, but died on the route. Still an
other election followed and Henry Feis-
er was elected. He arrived here safely,
and was sworn in. The next day the
members were gathered around the stove,
discussing current topics in the barr DOM
of little f. anne building, at the corner of
Main and Second streets, which is now a
part of Young's hotel. The barroom, by
the way, was the biggest, as we'll as the
most comfortable part of the hostlery.
Presently the door leading from the upper
story opened and in walked Fiester. He
complained of pains in his shoulder.
Chapman offered him a chair, and the
conversation continued a few minutes,
when Feister was seized with brief
coughing spell, and fell over dead"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-04-08
A Sudden Death.

Pendletou Tribnne, April 6: Last even.
ing about six o'clock, while Mrs. Peter
Zimmering was returning from walk
down the railroad track with two other
ladies, she was seized suddenly i'll and
fell upon the track. She was carried to
her hcme at the Union Pacific section
house where she expired fifteen minutes
later. Heart disease was probably the
cause of her death. Mrs Zlmmering is a
pioneer in this part of the country. She
kept hotel at Umatilla Landing when
the Oregon Railway and Navigation
Company were building their line
through this country. Her name was
then Mrs. Theodore and all the railroad
employees were sure to patronize her
hotel. Since that time she has lived at
different places on the Union Pacific
line In Eastern Oregon. At the time of
her death she was fifty-two years of age.
and devoted member of the Catholic
church. The funeral will take place
Friday at 2 o'clock p. N. from the resi-
dence near Aura and Railrond streets.
Father D, Roo will officiate. Their son.
who is IN Tacoma, has been telegraphed
for, and will leave that city to night to
be in attendance at the funeral
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-04-08
Strange Disappearance.

About SIX weeks ago DR.. A. Frapcke, a
physician of Antelope, and interested in a
drug store with Mr.. W. Silvertooth of that
town, left for Portland to purchases stock
OF goods A few days afterwards he wrote
to his partner, sending him receipted bills
for articles purchased, and these arrived in
due time; but since then nothing has been
heard from him. There is not any crooked.
ness in DR.. Francke's transactions, and he
has accounted for every dollar he took with
him. This makes the matter mysterious,
and his friends at Antelope are fearful that
he has been foully dealt with IN Portland.
He was German by birth, an educated
physician, and had served some time in the
.. s. navy. Before leaving The Dalles he
drew money from one of our banks, and
footpads would haye reaped rich harvest
IN putting him out of the way. We have
known the facts tor some days; but on the
earnest solicitation of his friends kept the
matter quiet until a thorough investigation
had been made and there was reasonable
cause for alarm. His reputation, both as a
citizen and physician. is very good, and the
community at Antelope is very much ex-
cited over his disappearance.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-04-08
Some Grand Petrifoations.

Norman Draper, of Emlgrant Springs,
Sherman county, has perhaps as fine a
collection Of petrified logs and Indian relics
as there Is In the state. Among the collec.
tion is log eleven feet long that is hollow
from one end to the other and has two holes
through it from outside to center. These
holes it is thought were pecked by birds.
There is also place In the log which has
the appearance of having been the abode of
family of coons for years and years. The
log is as HARD as flint and is about as nearly
crystaillzed as log can become. 1t shows
the grain as naturally as live oak just
felled. He has another log that weighs
$500 pounds. and perfect specimen of
petrihed ash,-said to be the only specimen
of this kind in the state. He has also
petrified human finger, which was broken off
close to the hand. The joints and nail are
as perfect as they were when the digit was
in possession of the person whose hand 1t
adorned IN life. The finger is thought to
have been that of white woman or a
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-04-08
Words Written in Rocks.

For over quarter of century it has
been known that the banks of the John
Day and Crooked rivers furnished the rich.
est fields for geological specimens in the
northwest. Prof. Condor, now of the state
university, but formerly pastor of the first
Congregational church of The Dalles, had
some magnificent specimens Of the remains
of the tertiary period, and the lectures he
delivered on geology were heard with
interest by many of the citizens of this
place. Every winter he delivered addresses
on this subject and many who attended
them remembered with pleasure the scien-
tiic knowledge he displayed. There is no
region west of the Rocky mountains that
has the same wealth of geological remains
as Eastern Oregon. During It's long exist
ence the MoUNTAINEER has on several occa-
sions noticed this fact, and published Prof.
Condon's lectures.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-04-08
Destruction of u, 8, Mail,

A Lone Rock correspondent of the Airing
ton Record furnishes the following regard.
ing J. B. COTS destruction of the mail bags
near that place: ''We next find him
destroying the U. S. mails. In July last
i've of our most respected citizens fshed
out of the creek, where Golf had thrown
them, over fifty pieces of mail matter, all
of late date, and mostly June, and nearly
all directed to citizens of Lone Rock, and
left fully as much more in the creek because
the addresses had washed off. One citizen
saw him burn pile OF mail matter fully
three or four feet across and about two feet
high, and young lady had occasion to go
into COTS outhouse, where she found lot
of papers, some with wrappers and some
without, and amongst the rest one addressed
to her brother. All the above evidence was
taken by the inspector, together with the
mail matter, and sent to Washington. So
yon can see where the liar comes in. These
are facts that Golf knows From this
statement it should be apparent that dep
uty u. s. marshal would find something to
do in that neighborhood.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-04-08
COMMON COUNCIL.

regular meeting was held at the city
hall Saturday evening.
Presentation. Robert Mays, mayor; c.
E. Haight, Paul KIett, Thos. N. Joles and
James Wood, councilmen.
- Minutes of previous meeting were read
and approved.
The order of business was suspended on
motion, aud Mr.. B. S. Huntington read a
statement in regard to the franchise of The
Dalles Electric Light, Telephone and Power
Company
Ordinance No. 262, entitled can ordi-
nance authorizing the erection and main
tenance and operation of electric, telephone
and power wires and the necessary supports
therefor, on and over the streets, alleys and
public places of Dalles City, and to provide
for tine leasing of the necessary grounds for
the erection of the plant therefor, was read
and passed.
The monthly report of the recorder, mar.
shal, street commissioner and treasurer was
read and placed on file.
Report from s. B. Adams and John NJ
Marden, members of the committee for the
apportionment of cost of sewer in block 9,
Laughln's addition, was read and on motion
accepted and placed on file.
On motion sewer system was established
for the city.
The committee on streets and public
property was authorized to employ a sur
veyor and survey and lay out sewer on
Laughlin, Washington aud Union streets.
The committee was authorized to attend
to the necessary repairs to cistern at the
square on Madison and Second streets
The city script, drawn on Court and
Union street sewer fund In favor of Hon. q.
F. Moody, several years ago, was referred
to the committee on Judiciary.
The committee on health ordinance was
granted further time.
The recorder was instructed to draw ordi. |
nance fixing salaries of city officers as fol- |
lows: Recorder, $75 per month; marshal,
S75; street commissioner, 81 so per day;
engineer of fire department, S75 per month;
fire warden, $40; treasurer, $25; night
$50.
The street commissioner was instructed
to construct a cross. " ak on Eleventh an
Liberty streets.
The judiciary committee was instructed
10 procure advice as to whether the city can
assess and collect taxes this summer without
following the provisions of the new law.
The matter of removing the bell tower to
he lot on which the engine house is situ-
tied was referred to the committee on fire
ind water with authority to act.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-04-08
cold F,r,os in sou,h Africa.

At the present stage of the discussion
of the monetary problem, in which the
gold supply of the world cuts most i'm
portant figure, the information published
by the London Times relative to the re-
Gently opened gold fields of Africa is very
interesting, and, if true, most encourag-
ing. According to the Times there Is now
in sight gold to the amount of 81, ,527, $780,.
600, which vast sum can be put on the
marketln the course of the next ten years
if proper transportation facilities can be
furnished. This will be most welcome
addition TO the gold supply, and taken in
connection with the output of the present
fields of the world, will undoubtedly aid
materially in averting the threatened
catastrophe of gold shortage, predicted
by some alarmIsts.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-04-08

squaw. 1t was found in the north fork OF
the Santlam river just below the falls. In
the same vicinity were found three Indian
dolls, which are thought to be fully 5000
years old. One of them is about fourteen
inches in height and is elegantly carved to
represent baboon. The eyes are white
and large and the workmanship Is of high
order. MIR. Draper was formerly resident
of Corvallis
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-04-08
II Is Foolish

To send for the doctor every time you
cont feel just right. Ny doctors bill
for years was over hundred dollars a
year, which made pretty big hole in
my wages. For the past two years /
only spent ten dollars, with which
bought dozen bottles of Sulphur Bit.
ters, and health has been in my family
since using them.-RoBERT JOHNSON,
Machinist.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-04-08
A WASHINGTON LETTER.
One Firm in Buffalo Spends More
Money at the Buffalo POst.Offico
than all the Banks and News


Money at the Buffalo POst.Offico
than all the Banks and News.
papers combined.
A Washington Cd. C.) letter says, that the
post-office authorities at Washington report
that one firm in Buffalo-the Worlds Dispen.
sary, Medical Association-spends annually
one hundred thousand dollars $500, 1000 for
stamps alone, in carrying on their extensive
proprietary business. This is more than ali
the banks and newspapers of Buffalo com.
bined spend for postage.
Here's firm which has grown, step by
step, through many years to greatness. The
reason for this wonderful growth has been
that they have faith in what they sell. SO
much faith that if they can't benefit or
cure, they don't 1Cant your money.
For many years they have been selling DR..
Pierce's remedies-one, DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, for regulating and in
vigorating the liver and purifying the blood;
the other, DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription,
the hope Of weakly womanhood, and they've
been sold for years, sold by the million bot
ties; sold under positive guarantee Of
benefting or curing, or your money will be
refunded.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-04-08

8 and ne Or of NV Or sec 8, tp 2 n, r s east;
homestead.
April 4-Smith French and wife to
Grace M Condor; lot 8, block 10, Trevitt's
addition to Dalles City; s..
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-04-08
Letters Advertised

The following is tho list of letters re-
naming in The Dalles postoftce uncalled
for Saturday, April 8. 1893. Persons call
ing for these letters will please give the
date on which they were advertised
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-04-08

Lay, and the medal was awarded to Mis-:
| Georgia Sampson, after the points made
| by each were carefully compared.
DIR. Llttlefeld, father of Mrs. Bradshaw
of this city, was presented yesterday in
Portland by Circuit Court Clerk Henry E
Reed with. a Roman coin made during the
reign of the Emperor Hadrian. For four
years the doctor has been past master of
Lafayette Lodge, A. F. & A. NJ, and this
present was made to him as memenso Of
his standing in the order. The coin was
presented to Mr.. Reed in 1887 ly Robert
Morris, of Kentucky, who succeeded
"Bobby" Burns, the scottish poet. as poet
laureate of Masonry. Robert Morris trav-
eled for forty-two years instltuting Ma
sonic lodges in every city in the world,
even in Jerusalem itself, and found the
coin in one of the catacombs of Rome.
As an ach4logIcal specimen it is valued
at $3.50, but DIR. Littlefield prizes 1t so
highly that he would not part with it for
$1,000.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-04-08

to Ashland and return at Sl4, good for 80
days.
In Corvallis lives man named Calf; two
residents of Salem bear the names of Nut
ton and Goose. and the Dallas Itemizer says
there are In that county Mr. Hem and a
Mr.. Pigg. Mr.. Hogg. the former president
of the Oregon Pacific railroad, is pretty
well known in this state; there is Bull and
several Bulloeks living in Portland, but the
only man whose name is really Mudd is a
grocer, and lives in Cathlamet, Wash. The
force of the state abbreyiation in this in
stance is lost in its obvious inability to do
justice to the subject.
Heppner Gazette: Yesterday morning be.
tween the hours of and IL o'clock, Mike
Dolan, an aged blind man, residing with
John Molally, out on Butter creek, was
robbed Of $50. There was no one in the
house but Dolan when some one walked ID.
Dolan spoke, and receiving no answer. con-
cluded that he was mistaken. In a short
time he heard footsteps going out of the
house. 1t was discovered afterwards that
Dolan's trunk had been taken out of the
house and robbed of the money. They have
some idea of who the guilty person is.
If we may trust report that comes from
Odoblc Iliii, tuc EdCc VI hldluC RidulS 10 uOb
yet extinct. In that town, it Is said, live
three brothers-Allle, Elihu and Elidad
Frank-who are the tallest men IN the
county. Laid along In line they would
measure twenty-one feet to an inch IN their
stocking feet. and without their caps. Two
OF them are more than seven feet tall, and
the other one is little less. Cd Mr..
Frank. their father, was taller than any one
of them Their occupation is that of woo
men, farmers, hunters and horse swappers.
The April number of the Festern Peda.
gogne, state school journal of Oregon,
reaches our desk. 1t is splendid number.
The leading features of the magazine are an
able article from the pen of President John
M. Bloss. of the state agricultural college,
on Arithmetic Methods" "IIistory of Ed.
ucation in Oregon" and the ''Value of Lit
erature IN Teaching Morals" The last
named article is from President DeGsrmo,
of Swartsmoor College. The journal con-
tains besides cther articles ON educational
topics by the leading teachers OF Oregon, a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-04-02
A Timely Warming.

A great many people will crowd into
this city during the next two weeks.
Most OF them viii be from rural districts.
Many OF them are unsophisticated, unac-
quainted with the ways of the world, and
unsuspicious of wrong, because they
would not do wrong themselves, and have
not been thrown into the society OF peo-
pie who live by wrong-doing. These need
cautioning and they need protecting
The police authorities ought to make
preparations, as extensive as possible
with the limited means at command. to
watch the criminal classes who will be on
the lookout for victims and for oppor-
tunities TO take advantage of the situa-
ton. We will give word or to of eau
ton to our friends in town and country in
regard to their conduct during the great
gathering OF people here.
Residents OF the city, when going from
their homes should be careful TO have
some one in charge who will not leave the
premises TO be raided by robbers. There
will be providers around looking Tor
chances to break through and steal. No
portion of ward or district should be
deserted entirely by the inhabitants for
any part of a day or night. Guard your
property from thieves.
People from the country should avoid
following strangers into any place. There
are crooks, gamblers, bunco steerers
swindlers of various sorts who will be on
the watch for simple people whom they
can rob or deceive into parting with their
money. Such rogues in grain are ex-
pecting to reap a harvest. Be on you,
guard, country cousins, and take care
you are not fieecedI
People who live in the city and expert
enced persons from tho country ought IL
keep their eyes peeled for such scoundrel,
as infest the large cities of the world, ane
il necessary give warning when they SET
any guileless person in danger from sucT
persons here. Hospitality should be ex.
tended to the utmost reasonable bounds
and worthy visitors should be cared fol
and none left to lack for food and lodging
The HERALD hopes and believes tina
Salt Lakers viii vie with the people in tht
co lntry districts in the proverbial kind
ness OF the latter to visiting friends. TIN
welfare of others should be the aim Of al
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-04-02
Law and Labor.
sinners.

The labor troubles in Tintic have Gull
minated as many feared they would, in
human bloodshed. The feeling that has
existed there for some time is not likely
TO promote peace or profound respect for
the law.
We are not disposed to lay the blame
for the disorder and lawlessness that
have disturbed that district upon the la
Dor unions. That may be the natural
thought with some people, but it could
hardly be considered fair, because there
is no evidence that the miners union
or any other in Tintic has been in favor
of anything but moral suasion to induce
men not to work for the BULLION BECK
company. The force that has been used
and the abuse resorted to have been from
gangs OF men and women suffering from
the results of voluntary idleness, but not
prompted in their violence by the union,
so far as the evidence appears.
But the time has come in the progress
of affairs in this country when the legal
limit of the power of combinations of
capital and labor to interfere with the
business of other people must be clearly
defined. There is no doubt about the
criminality OF conduct that infringes upon
lawful personal liberty or Injuries persons
or property. 1t is the question of the
right of men to organize for any purpose
which in its effects interferes with the
business of individuals or with public in
terests, that must be settled.
The trouble is that some of these soci-
cites have been going too far, and have
injured themselves without accomplishing
good to anybody. 1t is with no desire to
harm any association formed to anchor
ate the condition Of working people that
we touch upon this subject. On the con-
trary, we desire to see them prosper in
everything that is lawful and for the ele-
walton of labor and the laborer. But there
are certain bounds and limits over which
they cannot legitimately pass and they
ought to understand them.
Two recent decisions, one in Ohio, the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-04-02
A Great Loss.

The destruction by fire of the Granite
paper mill is a great calamity. 1t is a
home institution in which many people
took pardonable pride. 1t was solid
structure built Of granite by home work
men. The machinery it contained was
first class and the establishment was
needful to the progress of the city. 1t was
costly affair-about $40. coo had been
expended upon il altogether. 1t en-
ployed a large number OF hands, and
turned out different qualities of paper for
home consumption. Not only wrapping
paper of good quality, but news print and
much finer qualities had been put upon
the market from the Granite mills.
It was formerly the property of the
Deseret News company, and conducted
under its directory. But few months
ago new company was organized which
took hold of it with an energy and deter
mination which augured we'll for much
greater success than it had ever before
achieved. Better paper in larger guam
titles was made and the company, after
struggling against many obstacles, was
just congratulating itself on the excellent
prospects before it. These calculations
with the fine property, have gone up in
fame and smoke.
Everybody who knows anything of the
concern and the circumstances under
which it was built and obtained by the
Granite company. will sympathize with
the enterpising men who have met with
this great loss. II is surprising that it was
not more fully insured. It is to be hoped
that the mills viii be rebuilt, and that i
will not be long before they will turn GU
better material than ever, to supply thu
needs of the home market, if not for out.
side regions.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-04-02

IN AN interview with a Washington re-
porter last week, Governor OSBORNE, OF
Wyoming, said that the sentiment of the
wool growers of his state, OF which he is
one of the largest. that ''the higher the
tariff the higher the price of wooI'' has
about disappeared, and the wool grower
is satisfied that if MCKINLEY can't raise
the price in four years he can't in forty.
The governor added:
The people of this country are paying
today higher price for shoddy than
the people OF other countries are paying
for all-wool goods, a fact that ought to
make the poor man, who alone wears
these shoddy goods, think very hard.
There is about $4,000, 900 of capital in
vested in ninety-six shoddy mills in this
country, one mill alone producing more
shoddy than the entire wool clip OF
Wyoming. This is one reason why wool
growers, who have for so long been such
obstinate and determined supporters oil
high tariff, have reversed their position.