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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-14
a DWARf'S
USE. y
Had Himself Shipped in a Box in Order ts
Beat the Railway.

Had Himself Shipped in a Box in Order t.
Beat the Railway.
Four or five years ago one of the most
celebrated of European prodigies was
the Polish dwarf, Hermann Zeitung, at
one time one of the chief attractions at
the Folies Bergere, says the New York
world. Latterly Zeitung has been lit
tie in the public eye, or rather was un-
til the other day, when he started in tc
carry out an interesting exploit which
very nearly succeeded.
He had himself fastened up in box
addressed to large importing house
at Madrid and labeled: Fragile. With
care. Top" Holes had been made in
this box for breathing purposes and
one of its sides was so constructed that
it could be opened from within to give
the little dwarf a way of getting out
unnoticed when he reached his destina-
ton. The box was fitted up with
cushion seat and an abundant supply
of provisions was placed within it.
The start was made at Vienna, where
Zeitung had been living for some time,
and after the dwarf had placed him
self inside and fastened himself in two
lusty porters carried him off to the sta
tion, having been paid beforehand
fee of sixty cents each. They gave the
box in charge to the stationmaster to
be shipped to Madrid by express.
According to Zeitung, the journey
was an uninteresting one and with
out incident, but when he got to the
Spanish capital his troubles began.
The Madrid stationmaster evidently
had poor knowledge as to the fragil-
ity of glass, for he turned the box over
and over, and at last came to the con-
clusion that its contents ought to be in
vestigated. His aids, therefore, opened
it and dragged out the dwarf more dead
than alive from the shaking he had re-
ceived. 1t would have puzzled man
less full of expedients how to further
punish Zeitung, but the sJationmaster
solved the problem by having him ar
rested for trying to swindle the rail.
road companies out of their fares.
The dwarf's defense was that he was
travelling in this manner on bet of
three thousand francs, the terms of
the wager being that he was to get to
Madrid without a cent in his pocket.
Three hundred francs, however, were
found concealed in his shoes. The real
reason for his travelling in this remark
able manner was that he might save
railroad fare and also get good adver-
tisement for the engagement in Madrid,
for which he was billed.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-14
LET Us GET TOGETHER.

TT The Dalles would reap the full
benefit of the bounties bestowed upon
it by nature. and also by the United
States government in the way OF an
open river to the sea, its people must
begin pulling together toward advanc-
ing their common cause.-the building
up of the city. Natural resources must
be developed and new ones created.
This can be accomplished only by
united effort. One cannot wait for
another to bring wealth to his door,
neither can few individuals develop
resources requiring the expenditure OF
thousands of dollars, that are intended
to benefit the entire community With
out financial aid from the community.
1t is generally believed that under
lying this section is an Immense body
of coal, ; in fact it has been demonstrated
that there are limited veins of coal at
slight depth below the surface right
here at The Dalles, though old and ex-
perienced coal miners believe a depth
of from 1000 to 1,5OO feet will have to
be reached before permanent vein Is
found.
Acting upon this belief, The Dalles
Drilling Co. began prospecting for
coal on Chenoweth several years ago.
and have expended several thousand
dollars in this enterprise. At last
they have reached point where it is
discouraging for them to continue the
prospect work unaided, having en-
countered very refractory rock, neces-
stating the use of more improved drill
ing machinery than they possess. In
fact, if the company continues the
work they must have assistance.
1t is needless to enlarge upon the |
advantages that would accrue to The |
Dalles from having coal mines discov-
cred and in operation, nor is it certain |
that such will ever be discovered, |
though experienced miners consider
the prospects here very favorable, and
upon such assurance the enterprising |
citizens of the city would be justified
in expending few thousand dollars
prospecting. If there is coal under
meath the surface in this vicinity it
will not come to light ofits own accord,
neither will any other industry be de-
veloped in our midst without action on
our part. So let our people begin
getting together on all propositions
that offer to benefit our city COM
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-14
MRS. CASTLE RELEASED.
Clemency Was Extended Upon Medical
GrOGnds.

Clemency Was Extended Upon Medical
Gro1nds.
LONDON, Nov. 10.-Mrs. Walter NJ.
Castle, of San Francisco, sentenced at
the Cierkenwell sessions Friday last to
three months Imprisonment without
hard labor, after having pleaded guilty
by advice of her counsel to charge of
shop-lifting, was released from Worm
wood Scrubbs prison today on medical
grounds, by order of the home secre-
tary, Sir Matthew White Ridley. The
commissioner of prisons. it appears,
directed the medical board to inquire
into and report upon the health of Mrs.
Castle, whose condition was causing
anxiety to the prison authorities. She
was watched day and night by special
attendants at the infirmary and shown
every attention possible. The COM
missioners after receiving the report
of the medical board on the state OF
Mrs. Castles health, communicated
with the home secretary, who prompt
ly ordered her release from prison and
that she be placed in the care of her
husband, who has undertaken to take
her back to the United States with the
least possible delay.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-14
a SUCCESSFUL APPEAL.
Young America Fired the Paternal Heart
with Patriotism.

Young America Fired the Pnternal Heart
with Patriotism.
The peculiar brightness of Boston
children is established anew by story
printed in the Journal. 1t concerns a
girl twelve years old, whose father told
her just before the Fourth of July that
he could not afford TO buy any fire.
works, but that she and Willie would
have to watch the other children.
The small brother seemed quite re-
signed to the inevitable, and on the
morning of the Fourth marched across
the street to see the other boys fire
their torpedoes.
The little girl was not so easily salts
fed. At first she could not believe but
that it was a joke, and hunted all over
the house for bundles which might
suggest firecrackers. At breakfast,
however, when nothing was said about
fireworks, she became convinced that
her father had really meant what he
said, and that she and Willie were to
have no frecrackers, nor even a bundle
of .torpedoes. All at once she covered
her face, burst into tears, and said:
80 papa, what do you suppose Samuel
Adams and George Washington and
John Adams and John Hancock would
say if they were alive?r
That was too much for the fond
father, who came home two hours
afterward loaded down with firecrack-
ers, torpedoes, pinwheels, Roman can
dies and what not.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-14
A PLAIN DUTY.

A majority of the silver men in the
senate and house are beginning to take
sensible view of the situation, and
recognize the absurdity of longer con-
tinuing the 'sdog-in-the manger" policy
pursued at the last session. They
realize that there Is nothing to be
gained by opposing legislation that is
intended to increase the revenues and
at the same time afford incidental pro-
lection to certain American industries,
and it is barely possible that some such
legislation may be had at the coming
session that will relieve the treasury.
Possibly the Dingley bill will pass the
senate, and if it does, will no doubt re-
ceive the approval of the president.
Having conceded this much, the silver
senators cannot be expected to do more
towardurelieving the treasury. unless
some measure is presented to restore
silver to it's rightful position as a
money metal. After they have con-
sented to the passage of law that will
bring the receipts of the government
up to the expenditures, their duty as
regards further legislation is plain,
and their plans appear to be well form
ulated.
By no means do they expect to give
up the fight forsilver. They will con-
tinue in the future as they have in the
past, to battle for cause they believe
is just, and to this end they will effect
a more permanent organization than
ever before. They will continue the
Campaign of education" among the
masses, and unless general prosperity
shall come during the first year of Mr..
McKinley's administration, they will
elect an overwhelming majority in the
next house and will haye control of
enough legislatures to insure safe
silver majority In the senate.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-14
WHY NOT!

The Oregonian advocates the reten-
tion of Carlisle and Olney as secretary
of the treasury. and secretary of state,
and giving Cleveland a foreign mission.
Certainly this would be a wise course
for Mr.. Mckinley to pursue. Only we
would suggest that he put Olney back
as attorney-general, since he is tool
of the trusts who elected Mr.. McKin-
ley, and would serve them well. Car
Isle would indeed be the right man in
the treasury department to carry out
the gold-standard idea, and Cleveland
would serve in almost any position &C.
ceptably to the trusts and syndicates,
SO we would submit that he should su-
persede Mark Hanna as chief advisor
to the president, and that congress
create such an office fixing SALARY of
about S250,0O0 year. If we are to
have government for the plutocrats,
syndicates and trusts. why not make
bed of roses, or rather of gold, for all
the favored ones who are to be re-
warded?
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-14
HUMANITY DEMANDS ACTION.

1t is probably not the province of
this government to interfere as peace
maker between'any foreign power and
its colonies, so long as the hone gov
ernment pursues humane methods to
subdue the rebels, or confines itself to
legitimate rules of warfare as recog-
nized by the civilized world. But
when any government shall resort to
butchery of women and children and
the wanton destruction OF property be-
longing to citizens of the United States
who may be in the rebellious colony,
it is then time for this country to step
in, and in the cause of humanity, say
the butchery shall cease.
Since the insurgents of Cuba began
their patriotic struggle to throw off
the yoke OF Spanish tyranny the United
States has pursued the course of
neutrality and has not sought to inter-
fere either for or against the patriots,
and so long as Spain confined itself to
legitimate warfare this government
should not have interfered. But since
Spain has chosen to prosecute the war
after the fashion of the most depraved
barbarians, the United States should
stretch out her strong arm and decree
the butchery shall cease. The Pitts
burg Dispatch very plainly presented
the condition of Cuba and the duty of
this government in the premises, when
it said:
ssThere is no prospect of an early
end of this condition of things, except
through the interference of the United
States or some of the first class powers
of Europe. The insurgents feel that
after complete ruin there will be
liberty, and Spain, which sees the
magnificent territory slipping from its
grasp, is apparently determined that
the sum shall be complete before its
tyrannical hold is relinquished. Mean
time, women and children are suffer-
ing, dying of starvation, being
slaughtered like beasts.
SIN the name of humanity, how long
must this barbarity be continued, with
in six hours ride of the coast OF this
great republic, of the civilization, en-
liphtenment and humanitarian virtues
of which we boast? Under the Monroe
doctrine, this country cannot permit
any European power to interfere, in
the only way that interference will be
effectual, yet the governmental Wash
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-14
HIGHLY MAGNETiZED.
What Happened to q Family from Drinl
ing Impregnated Water.

What Happened to a Family from Drink
ing Impregnated Water.
A remarkable story comes from the
upper Yakima country, Washington.
Two years ago Peter Stromshadt To-
Gated on piece of land near what is
now known as Borax Springs, his fani-
ly consisting of his wife and two chill
dren. A few days after his settlement
Stromshadt discovered spring close
to the shack he had built, the water of
which was strongly impregnated with
iron, but not unpalatabble. Stromstadt
dug and deepened the spring, and since
July, 1898, the family has used the
water for all domestic purposes.
One night recently a heavy electric
storm passed over the cascades. ac.
companied by vivid displays of light.
ming. The following day Mrs. Strom-
stadt, while kindling fire in the stove,
found it almost impossible to separate
the stove litter from her hand. Her
husband, hearing her scream, ran to
her assistance, when, to his surprise,
he found that he, too, experienced great
difficulty in detaching any article of
iron with which his hands came in con-
tact.
Breakfast was finally prepared and
the family sat down to the meal. The
children, girls of five or seven years,
respectively, drank their milk from tin
cups, and upon raising the cups to their
mouths found themselves unable to
detach the cups from their lips. Strom-
stadt, who is an intelligent immigrant
from Sweden, was nonplussed, and,
while unable to account for the won
derful occurrence, nevertheless laughed
at his wife's excited declarations that
the family was bewitched.
A member of the Portland, Ore.r
academy of science, to whom the cir
cumstance was related, says that the
Stromstadt family has become satu-
rated with iron, which was rendered
magnetic by the passage of electricity
from the clouds to the earth during the
recent electric storm. 'Stromstadt him
self takes the matter philosophically
and aside from the inconvenience of
having his head decorated with
fringe of knives, forks and teaspoons,
which are attached to him, is inclined
toregard the occurrence lightly.
Blakeley & Roughton carry full
line of Munyon's homeopathic Rem
ediesx
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-14
1T MUST BE MET.

An extra session of the 55th congress,
to be called for next spring, to pass a
tariff bill, is sure to be urged now, but
the movement is to be deplored. This
is not the time to plunge the country
into another tariff discussion, with its
inevitable bad effect upon business.
The only emergency that would justify
an extra session would be the need
for revenue or currency measures.
This may develop by spring, but mean
while, when one considers the rant
such men as Tillman, Jones and Daniel
would hasten to pour out upon the
country from the senate chamber, the
old adage about sleeping dogs has an
attractive and restful 'sound.-Ore-
gonian.
Indeed are we not now to have any
tariff egislation after all the ante-elec-
tion twadle of the republican organs
that the tariff was an issue, and that
".McKinley and protection" would
bring us prosperity? Are the people
to be deprived of the boon for which
they voted? Are the sheep raisers of
Eastern Oregon. who voted almost to
a man for mckinley and protection"
to be put off with the assurance that
all the promises of the republican party
to give them relief were made only to
catch their votes? Since the republi-
can party has secured control OF every
branch of the government, is it afraid
to even attempt to remedy the ills it
has denounced the past three years?
While we concede the Oregonian to
have been a power in this state during
the recent campaign, and by its false
hoods and misrepresep tations to have
turned the votes of many credulous
citizens to its cause of protection, we
hardly believe its influence will be
great enough to prevent President
Elect Mckinley from calling an extra
session of congress early next spring.
And though an extra session will,
we believe, result in little or no tariff
the republican party will
necessarily be compelled to show its
to offer relief to the treas.
ury by convening congress for the
purpose of passing revenue bill. If
it does not it will at once be compelled
to go into the bond-selling business in
order to pay expenses. 1t is anything
but promising outlook for Mr.. Nc
Kinley, but it is a situation he must
meet, and his only alternative will be
% begin selling bonds or convene
congress in extraordinary session, and |
If the two evils he will most likely ac-
,ept the latter, regardless of what the
NAV be.
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is GROVER AROUSED
Rumored That Preparations
Are Making For War.
BOLD BAD ROBBERS
They Overpower and Bind a Watch
man and Rob a Brewery
in Cleveland.
knights of Labor Want an Income Tax
"A London Paper Critlcises Lord
Salisbury-Silver Meen in
Chicago.

CHICAGO, Nov. PA special to the
Inter Ocean from Washington say:
The war department has called on the
leading trunk line roads running to
Key West, New Orleans and other
gulf ports, for an immediate statement
of their capacity to move troops, sup
plies and heavy war material. The
information demanded is complete to
the most minute details, and embraces
such questions as: IF you are re-
quested to move 5000 troops over your
lines with necessary equipment and
supplies, how long after notification
will you require to perform the SER
vice." Caution as to secrecy is i'm
posed on all roads called on for infor-
nation
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-14

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. l1.-With l3
counties unreported, the total cam
vassed vote of California shows a
plurality for the Mckinley and Hobart
electors of over 2600 votes. This
places the vote of San Francisco where
it was fixed by the unofficial count-a
plurality for the republican ticket of
39S. In no other case is any figure
but the official one given.
The counties yet to be officially rec
orded are Alpine, Fresno, Lassen, Los
Angeles, Modoc, Mono, Napa, Plumas,
Sacramento, Santa Clara, Shasta, Sono
ma and Trinity.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-14
OUR FUTURE CURRENCY.

Since the election has passed, evil
dence accumulates that the real inten-
tion of the gold standard people is to
contract the currency of the country
and thereby increase the purchasing
power of their gold and other money
represented or based on gold. Evil
dence of this is furnished in the follow
ing telegram from Indianapolis, bear
ing date of Nov. 10:
Local bankers and business men,
without regard to political lines, are
expressing themselves in favor of an
organized movement to bring about a
revision OF the currency system, and
declaring that something must be
done to remove all cause of distrust.
: "The majority agree that the green
backs must be retired. The sugges-,
tion is also meeting with general favor
that a national meeting of business
men be held to consider the subject
and srecommed action to be hereafter
indorsed by congress. It is the purpose
to ask the Indianapolis board of trade
to take the initiative, but meanwhile
it, is proposed to seek the views of
boards of trade in other cities to the
end that there may be concerted ac-
tion."
Strip this statement of all it's COW
ering, and what does it mean? Sim
ply this: The greenbabks and all
other paper issue of the government
will be retired, thus curtailing the Cir
culation of the country about $3.50. .OOO,-
600; and what of the result? Money
will necessarily be made scarce, and
thereby its purchasing power will be
enhanced. In time, of course, some
other medium of exchange money
will be supplied, but before that can
be furnished, interest hearing bonds of
the government will have to be issued
to call in the credit currency, for the
nation cannot retire it's paper unless it
gives something in return. The busi-
ness of the country cannot be con-
uuOGCu Ou bu0 Sudll tOiuIu0 vi tA-
change that is left after the credit cur
rency has been retired, hence de-
mand will be made for something to
take its place. That something will
be supplied by an increased national
bank issue, which will probably take
the place off the S75O,OOO,O 900 of credit
money to be retired, and will be based
upon the additional three per cent
bonds that will be issued to retire the
vast amount of credit money provided
the booksellers and bond-holders are
allowed to have their say in the man
agement of the financial policy of the
country which seems altogether likely,
since under the government to be in
stituted next March they are in fair
way to revise the currency as they see
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-14
ST.. Jame,s Gazette Comments.

LONDON. Nov. 12.-The St. James's
Gazette publishes a leading article
headed SAN Historic Moment" in
which it says: Lord Salisbury's great
admission of the principle that the
United States have the right to inter-
vene in the frontier disputes of Amer
lean powers and to compel the dis
putants to arbitrate, altogether tran
scends in Importance the question of
the Guiana boundary. 1t is a formal
recognition of the hegemony of the
Un tied States on the American conti-
neut, and gives the president of the
new world power which the medieval
popes and e;nperors tried vainly to
claim in Europe"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-14
GAVE HIM MORE LIGHT.
The Sexton Lost No Time In Doing the
Rector's Bidding.

The Sexton Lost No Time In Doing the
Rector's Bidding.
''I was sexton of Grace church when
Rev. Mr.. Blank was rector there" says
a writer in the Utica Observer. TWAS
q summer night and rather warm, so
when the rector commenced his sermon
/ turned down the gas in the body OF
the church to make it little cooler.
''Thc text that night was, if remem'
ber it, Let there be light l was sit
ting in the rear part of the church, not
paying particularly close attention to
the sermon, nor, in fact, to anything
else. Suddenly the rector exclaimed
loudly:
more light! More lightP
81 jumped to the stop-cock in the gas
supply and turned on the gas full head
all over the church. Well, sir, you
ought to have seen those peoplel Some
of them laughed right out, and those
that didn't had hard work not to. l
found out, afterward that when the
rector said More lightp he was not
giving directions to me, but quoting
the dying words of Goethe"