The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-11-13

severely burned Dy pOWuef iasU inon
} day, is recovering from his injuries
t. | His eyesight will not be affected
though his face is badly burned.
Hon. w. D. Fenton. of Portland, il
in. the city today, being associated
with Mr.. Cake in the trial of the cast
of Bayard and Watkins VS. The Stand
ard Oil Co., as attorney for the defense
In the circuit court today the case o
G.. C. English VS.. Mary English was re
ferred to D.. Dufur to take testimony
and the case of A. r. Florer VS.. James
M. Florer was referred to F. W.Wilson
The time of the circuit court today
has been taken up with the selection
of jury in the case of Bayard and
Watkins vs. The Standard Oil Co., All
the time of going to press eight jurors
had been selected.
Charles E. Fell has been named by
the president as postmaster at Pendle'
ton to succeed J. F. Johnson. Mr..
Fell is 81 years of age, and is the
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wooden and securing mills.
| Benjamin F. Andrews. president OF
Brown university, and James A. Herne,
the widely known actor, were the
speakers at a Henry George memorial
meeting held in Providence, Rhode
Island, Sunday night. Their eulogies
of George were frequently applauded.
| Stockmen throughout the country
are going wild on cattle, aud are offer
ing from $40 to $3.50 for calyes. If
the rush to Alaska CONTINUES for
few years they may realize profit on
such purchases, but if it does not, they
will lose money on the cattle bought
at these prices.
The United States supreme court
has decided that common carriers can
make their own rates without the conr
| sent of the interstate commerce. conis-
! sion. The third and fourth sections OF
the interstate commerce law are aifec-
ted by this decision, which greatly
favors the railroads.
Saturday night the Commercial aid
! Athletic club will entertain its friends
| with one of the grandest openings ever
given The Dalles. 1t is the purpose
of the club to make this the most at
tractive entertainment ever given in
the city, and it is no question but this
object will be achieved.
The foundation for the new school
house on University Park is nearing
completion. and is indeed a substantial
piece of workmanship. II the rest OF
the building is as good as the founda'
tion, and it no doubt will be. it will be
q school house of which The Dalles
may justly feel proud.
This morning John Hayes, the man
Indicted for robbing the till in the Col
um bia hotel, withdrew his plea OF not
guilty and entered piee Of guilty,
the evidence against him being SO con-
elusive that his attorney, N. FL. Gates,
advised him to not hazard trial. He
gill be sentenced Saturday morning.
This afternoon the grand jury re-
turned an indictment against S. Sim
mons, Hugh Brown and Robert Viii
son in which they are accused OF as
sault with dangerous weapon upon
Geo. Peo by beating him on the head
with a club. Also an Indictment
against 1. v Rowland for larceny by
bailee.
Kentucky not only takes the cake
but gets away with the whole bakery
when it comes to producing big babies.
The Courier-J Journal presents the pic
lures of two Kertucky monsters that
the world cannot beat. One is a boy
three years old who weighs l18 pounds
and the other two-year-old girl who
weighs 80 pounds.
Grave fears are entertained at As
toria for the Sierra Nevada, now 10 days
ont from Hong Kong, hound for Port
land. She was spoken several weeks
ago. The barkentine Northwest is
thought to be lost. She left San Fran
cisco in company with the LeLitia.
now in Portland, but was lost sight of
in the gale of 10 days ago.
G. A. Stevens is trying the expert
ment OF evaporatine potatoes on his
farm east of the asylum at Salem. He
has already eyaporated quantity, and
some think the dried potato will prove
a valuable commodity for Klondike
trade. Preparatory to drying, the
potatoes are peeled and sliced. Dried
they are reduced in bulk and weight,
and almost as white as chalk.
Long years ago. when work was first
begun on the canal and locks at Cas-
caced, it was the hope of the people
that when this great improvement was
completed, The Dalles would get the
best freight rates of any interior place
on the coast. This hope is now being
realized, and shippers from all parts of
the Inland Empire will be attracted
here and will make this their distribut.
ing point.
Hon. S. 4. Dawson, state senator
from Linn county. speRt q few hours
in the city last night. He arrived on
the flyer from Portland and left on the
10 O'CLOCK train for Washington. What
Mr. Dawson's mission to the national
capital is, is not known, but as he was
closetea for several hours here with
prominent repubiieans it is presumed
he goes east to look after federal ap7
pointments.
The O. r. & N. Co. has made re-
duction of so per cent on freights from
Portland to The Dalles. The freight
schsdule that has been adopted by the
company is as follows per 100 pounds:
1st class, l5c: ID class, II! cents; Sd
class 10c; 4th class u cents; class, isalt)
5 cents. Glasses A, B, C, D and e, tcar
load lots) 5 cents per hundred. This
gives The Dalles the best freight rates
of any point on the o. r. & N. line.