The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-10-30

DIR. Doane today as to his sanity. He
was found to be mildly insane and will
be taken below in day or SO. He is
also suffering from granulated sore eyes.
He is perfectly harmless and at the
same time helpless.
We are informed that G. E. Morgan
was bound to appear before the grand
jury in his recent trial, with bonds
fixed at $500, but failed to see any men
tion of the Portland papers. Mr., Nor
gan claims that he settled directly with
the company at San Francisco, and that
he will have no trouble in clearing him
self of the charge.
L. G. Martin, car repairer, received
an injury to his right hand, Saturday in
coupling cars. In pulling the pin his
hand was caught between it and the
deadwood, the pin larcerating the inside
of the hand and breaking the metacarpal
bone OF the little finger. DIR. Logan at
tended toAis injuries, and he went to
Portland on the afternoon train the
same day.
Work is progressing rapidly at the
locks, and preparations are being made
for putting in the lower gates. Pumps
are being put in to pump out the lower
part of the canal, and this part of it will
be completed. The lower guard walls
will be finished, so that by spring boats
can run into the lower lock. A large
force of men are at work excavating for
the upper guard walls.
The secretary of the treasury has made
| a ruling that natural gas imported from
canada shall be free of duty. Some
lime ago the department decided that
natural gas was mineral product, and
duty of 20 per cent ad valorem was i'm
posed. Subsequently this was reduced
to 10 per cent, and now gas is to come in
free under the head of "unenumerated
unmanufactured articles"
Sheriff Driver this morning, on being
informed by Klein as to its whereabouts,
went to the alley between First and
Second streets and found under the edge
of the sidewalk, near the entrance to the
old land Office, on Washington, pair of
pincers which Savage and Klein had the
night of the robbery. The boys con-
cealed themselves under an old work
bench in the alley at the place indicated,
while waiting for Hill to leave the ex-
press Office.
Brother Nickel, of the Jacksonville
Times, was elected treasurer of the Ore
gon Press Association at Pendleton last
week. Charlie is a recognized power in
Oregon journalism. klamath Falls Ex-
press. That's right. 1t needs a good
solid man for that position. If anybody
should get away with the "sack' be.
longing to the Oregon Press Association
there would be weeping and wailing
and gnashing of teeth.-Lake County
Examiner. The ''sack" is undoubtedly
safe, as it is understood the brother re.
fused an invitation to "settle up ano
then settle down" on the event of his
election.
The case of the State against Radicke
was expected to be closed by noon to-
day, but the attorneys took up consider
able time in arguing upon the admissi
bility of testimony, and SO when
o'clock came, which was. the hour sci
for the examination of Gibbons and Saw
age, their trial was continued until
8 O'Clock. Judge Bennett will appear
for both Gibbons and Savage in their ex
animation this afternoon, and it is saf,
to say the courthouse will be crowded tt
its utmost capacity. There never was
case in the city that awakened SO keel
/ an interest, and everybody viii be OF
hand to hear the testimony.