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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-10-01
A Roxai GOOD Time.

Last evening Temple and Fern
Lodges held one of those pleasant
socials that make them so popular as
social organizations. 1t was the regu-
/ lar meeting night Of the Workmen, ,and
after lodge the ladies of the Degree
were invited into the hall, when a
pleasant program was rendered. The
ladies, however, had anticipated the
event and had arranged long tables
through the hall, that were beauti-
fully decorated and laden with tooth
some viands.
When the guests were seated, DIR.
Frazier, master workmen, took charge
of the meeting, and welcomed thb Wis
itipg members, also the grand lodge
officers, Grand Master Herriu; and
Grand Recorder Clark. after tbe Alpha
quartet had rendered a selection: Mr..
Herrin was introduced as the speaker
OF the evening, after which DIR. Doane
sang solo, and J 81. Zane, editor of
tho Reporter, made few remarks,
when Mrs. Douthit, chief of honor of
the Degree, delivered an address of
welcome to the grand lodge officers
and visiting members. Messrs. Ryan
and Alden rendered an instrumental
selection, and the program closed with
an address by Grand Recorder Clark,
After the program all were seated at
the tables, and partook of a royal
banquet.
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THE SENATORIAL CONTEST.
Corbett's Supporters Confident He WIN
Win Out In Caucus

Corbett's Supporters Confident He VIII
Win Out In Caucus.
Salem, Sept. 2S.-Neither branch of
the legislature did much this morning
outside of receiving bills. 1t was ,un-
derstood last evening that the senate
and house would adjourn at noon tor
day, aud that an Invitation to attend
the state fair this afternoon mi ght be
accepted.
In the senator ial matter the Corbett
mea express themselves as being salts.
fed he will win out in the caucus,
while the opposition claim he is as far
off as Micthell In the race.
A republican caucus will probably
be held the latter part of the week, but
the Corbett men would prefer day
early next week before bringing their
strength to the surface. -
Mitchell being out of the race, his
supporters are willing to throw their
strength to any one in opposition to
Corbett. M. C. George, while still
out for the Office, is very shy of the
requisite number OF votes to count him
self in a position to be leader.
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1T IS ORNAMENTAL.
Some Views Regarding the Railaoad
Commission.

|
Various opinions prevail in regard
To abolishing the state railway com
missioners' office as recommended
in the state senate by Brownell, of
| Clackamas. Railroad men as rule
profess ignorance of the true merits OF
the case.
| There are those, however, who de.
clare in no measured terms that the
office is one of ornament.
"The situation is just this" said one
who is authority on railroad matters.
"The state pays $40, 900 year for three
commissioners and secretary. Where
is the benefit? l have never seen any
thing in the papers about them doing
anything. [ venture to say that not
many railroad men even know there
is state railway board. The COM
missioners were appointed by the pub
lie. they are the public's servants, and
the public should be kept informed as
to their doings: Their reports are
never published, if they are made,
How are we to know what they have
done. In my opinion it is good place
to begin retrenching." E
The railroads." said another. "need
not be supervised over by an independ.
ent board to keep the roads in good
condition. 1t behooves them to do so
for their own self-preservatit n. No
railroad is going to leave an unsafe
part of the road without repairs, as it
might be the means of wrecking valu-
able railroad property, and worse still.
killing people, and piling several mill
lion dollars worth of damage suits
against it. Special men who under.
stand their business inspect every inch !
of the roads weekly, monthly and aud
nually.
SIN regard to the rates, the shipper l.
always has recourse to the courts if
rates are unreasonably high, without
calling into requisition the commits.
sioner. The $4,000 year, think.
could be better spent for the propaga-
tion of the salmon or in divers other
Waysn
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in the crudest possible condition.
Ths ground is only scratched. The
gro Ind is wonderfully fertile but not
more than third of it is in cultiva
tion. The doctor thinks Cuba Is
paradise, a veritable garden of Eden.
He believes that proper sanitary regu.
lations will soon stop the ravages Of
yellow fever and make the pest-ridden
districts fit for the Americans to live
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Nicaragua Canal.

NEW YORK, Sept. 27.-The prelimi
cary survey of the new Nicaragua
canal has been completed, and the en-.
gineers have returned to this country
and are going to Washington to make
their report o'the canal commission
ers. The engineers arrived here today
on the Atlas line steamer .Altai. The
engineers said that the proposed canal
is complete one, and that their re-
ports will show that the cut can be
made quickly and cheaply. They have
little faith in the story that work on
the Panama canal is to be rushed, and
say that the old cut on the isthmus is q
failure, 20 - q
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KNorrY QUESTION FoR ALeER.
Things Which the Investigation Com
mittee WIN Want to Know.

Things Which the Investigation Com.
mittee VIII Want to Know.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.-At the
conclusion of the session of the war de.
partment investigating committee a
letter was addressed to Alger request
ing him to direct the adjutant-general,
quartermaster-general, commissary.
general, surgeon-general, chief of
ordnance and chief of engineers to
furnish information as to the condi.
tion OF their several departments at
The time of the declaration Of war be-
tween the United States and Spain.
and the operations of those depart
ments from that time until the
present. To Alger the commission
addressed six questions as follows:
What was the plan of campaign
proposed Immediately after the dec.
laration of war?
Was it Intended to move at once on
Havana or that the campaign should
be postponed until Autumn?
When was Santiago compaign de-
termined upon?
When was Tampa selected as base
of operations?
Why were summer camps establish
ed at Fernandino, Jacksonville and
Tampa?
Why was the Porto Rico campaign
determined upon?
Why were troops held on the trans
ports after the embarkation at Tampa
and not permitted to sail for several
days?
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Endeavor Convention.

The fifth annual convention of, the
Endeavor union of Wasco County,
will be held in The Dalles, commenc-
ing Friday evening, Sept. Both, and
continue in sesson two days. Dele
gates from the various Christian En-
deavor societies of the county, will be
in attendance, and an interesting pro-
gram is prepared. The first session
will be held Friday evening at 7.30 in
the Christian church. Following is
the program for Friday night:
Song service and prayer .......
Address of welcome. =. G. E. Stewart
response. las. fOW6ll
Music in charge of Prof. Landers
Address (by requestl Jesus in
Touch with Humanity" Rev. Boltz
The public are. cordially invited to
attend all the sessions. The program
for Saturday and Sunday will be pub
lished later
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mate saved him from ducking in tht
river. The mate signaled to the cap
tain and the steamer was promptly
2 ba :ked up to the wharf boat, when q
search was made for the would-be
stowaway who was found trying to
hide himself near the engine. 1t took
the combined strength of the mate and
couple of wharf hands to haul the
fellow hack to the wharf, where he
avenged himself by cursing the Flyer,
its captain and officer, and deck hands,
and every son of gun of steamboat
man under the stars
The Klondike Nugget, one of the
two papers esta blished at Dawson, is
having hard time finding their SUBJ
scribers who pay S24 year for the
| privilege of getting a semi-weekly
| edition. A paragraph In recent is
| sue explains. the difficulty by saying
that it is very hard to find some of the
houses according to the addresses left
at the office. Among those mentioned
were the "cabin with the screenIdoor,
''the slab house facing tie river" ''the
cabin three doors south of where all
the dogs are. Seattle Post Intelli-
gencer.
William Thompson, of this city,
whom every body knows as Rebel Tom,
and hardly any body by his true name
is very Ill and not likely to survive
many weeks or perhaps days. Poor |
old Tom has been failing fast of late.
He is almost blind, and that cruel and |
insidious disease, diabetes, has had
him in its death grip for years and will
undoubtedly finish all that is mortal
of him before many moons. Members
of the grand army are making arrange
ments to have him taken from his
room over the Richmond stable to
some place where he can be better
taken care of. Tom was born in Vir-
ginia 7S years ago. He is a pensioner
of the Mexican war, having served in
the U. S. navy at that time. Tom was
not q rebel during the civil war, al
though his name would indicate as
much. He was personally in sympathy
with the South, however and to this ht
owes his nickname. Tom has been in
The Dalles for about 35 years.
Dick Hinkle, son of Isaac Hinkle, a
former wellknown resident of Tygh
Ridge, passed through town last night
n charge of Sheriff Livingston of
Grant county. Young Hinkle was $
convicted last fall of being Cocoon Z
'pirator in the murder of peddler in ;
Grant county. He was sentenced to !
8 years in the penitentiarv and !
inc of $1,000. S. E. Van VactOr, of r
his city, who was Hinkle's attorney, r
ct aside the Judgment of the lower n
ourt and granted Hinkle a new trial. q
man named Barre is serving life A
entence for the murder. On the Fl
lledged confession of this Barre, q
Iinkle was convicted as q co-conspir- h
tor. The supreme court held that q
be declaration of co-conspirator, a
lade after the commission of the "a
rime, is inadmissable as evidence. a
Iinkle goes back to Grant county for I.
new trial and as there was no
nportant evidence against him save
le alleged confession of Barre AT
,rney Van Vactor expects to see a
inkle acquitted.
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Tale of a crook County sheepherder


In a fashionable part of this city
there lives highly respected Hiberian
widow, fat fair and fifty, if she is a
minute. The bedroom of her hand
some cottage opens into the dining
room, and as she has several roOmers
who come and go at all hours, the
front door is ordinarily left unlatched
The other night she was awakened
after midnight by shuff1ing noise in
the dining room. Rising on her elbo@ q
she shouted: "Who is that?" A
strange voice answered tremblingly
"Im very cold. Inn very cold. I'm going
to light fire." The divil fire are
ye going to light" shouted the widow.
and jumping out of bed, she grabbed
an ungodly looking big six shooter
that she always keeps handy since
death deprived her of a natural pro-
tector, and pointing it at the inCruder's
head, she yelled out Now get out of
here, ye bloody thief ye, or I'll blow
UuO udy LIZ ho DHi ouSh yOui ugly Col
cass." The intruder made dash
through the door and clearing a five
foot fence at ia bound disappeared into
the night. In the morning the strang-
er's coat and vest were found hanging
on a spike in the side of the cottage.
And they are there yet, or were few
hours ago. Letters in the pockets
of the coat give the name OF the owner,
which cannot be given here. Suffice it
to say he is a Crook County shepherd
er, and that his address is Hay Creek.
No one has any idea that the fellow
was trying to do wrong. He had evil
IDENTIFY been drunk and possibly went
to sleep on the outside after hanging
up his coat md vest, supposing he was
going to bed. The coat and vest, by.
the way, are quite new, and probably
from twenty dollar suit. ~.
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3 ing to their hearts, content and pa
: taking of a most bountiful repast, tn
7 guests dispersed. all voting. Mr.. an
i Mrs. Doyle to be most royal hosts
This is a good year for newspape
men. In the senate, Moorehead ant
Middleton occupy desks and in tn
house Snyder at the desk and Griffin
sergeant-at, ,arms-all newspaper men
Mr., Griffin is colored gentleman
the editor of the New Age, an Afro
American paper at Portland, and SON.
iu.law of ex-United State Senator
Bruce of Mississippi.-Sta
Rev, D. v. Polling and family left
this noon for The Dalles, where Rev
Polling will begin at once his new pas
toral relationship with the Congregat.
ional church of that city. They take
| with them the best wishes of the peo-
Pile generally. The Dalles will gain
some excellent citizens and IA we'll a
minister of ability, one whOis in touch
with the people and progressive in his
ideas.-Albany Democrat, Monday
A force of men were put to work
this morning on the old ferry boat
which lies at the foot of Court street,
abont 150 feet from the river. When
the boat is launched. repaired and fit
ted with machinery she will be taken
20 Lyle and used as ferryboat be-
tween that place and some point op-
posite on the Oregon side. Dalles
people are interested in seeing Mr..
Gillian succeed in his undertaking.
Charley Phillips has horse that, to
use Charley's own boast, always "gets
there" He ''got there" once more
this morning, down at the boat land
ing. Whether it was the discordant
roar of the boat whistle or because
the animal wanted TO have a little
spin through the crisp morning air.
when the whistle sounded the horse
started and making a sort OF bee line
for the spot where he could do the
most mischief in the shortest space of
time, he ran into freight wagon. and |
bl oke his own shafts into splinters. |
Ben Ulrich, Dalles boy belonging |
TO the Oregon Volunteers, now at
Manila, has sent his parents number
Of interesting souvenirs which have
been placed on exhibition in the show ,
window of Harry Liebe. They include
" hat is supposed to be voucher for
soldiers pay, dated 1892 and calling
or 250 pesetas, a pack of Spanish
playing cards, so different from ours
hat a newspaper man, who hardly
Knows one card from another, could
lot distinguish the ace of spades from
he ''curse of Scotland, ian Agnus Del,
which is only an Agnus Del by compli-
nent. rifle cartridge taken from
NE of ths Spanish warships sunk at
Ianila, half dozen brass buttons
rom Spanish uniforms, two brass
oats of arms found at Cavite. lot of
andsome shells from Manila bay, a II
lass pendent from the chandelier and
n ivory plate from the organ of the
at Manila, a lottery ticket
nd an instrument of writing dated +,
1865.
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THREE BLOWN
INTO ETERNITY
Fatal Powder Explosion Near
New Whatcom.

NEW WHATCoM, Sept. % Half g
ton of powder exploded at Lind's road
building camp, II miles north of here,
and killed three people, Gus Swanson,
Mike Gee and 6-year-old son of John
McCulloch. McCulloch was fatally in.
jured, and Dan Sandstorm seriously
hurt. Three horses were killed The
cookhouse, stable and shops were
blown to splinters. The report was
heard 20 miles away.
The powder was stored in the black
smith shop and was mixture of black
and giant powder. The black powder
caught from spark, through careless
ness.
There were dozen men close around
the shop. The explosion deafened
them and flung Ill of them far away
from where they had been, but only
the three were killed.
Charles Buchanan was hitching his
horse to his buggy, near by, the top of
the buggy was blown away and Bu-
chanan was stunned.
The camp belonged to road con-
tractor, who had % men at work and it
is mystery how any one escaped.
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skarwsy NOW A subport

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 27.-Skagway
Alaska, has been created SUPPORT OF
entry, and the collector. of that dis
trict has. been authorized to station a
deputy collector and inspector of GUS
toms there with authority to enter
and clear vessels, receive entries, col
lect duties, fees and other moneys
and perform such other duties as the
interest of commerce may require.
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SAILING DATE DELAYED.
The Oregon and Iowa Cannot Start Until
the Later's Guns Are Repaired.

The Oregon and Iowa Cannot Start Until
the Later's Guns Are Repaired.
NEW YORK, Sept. 28.--A special to
the Herald from Washington says:
On account of the necessity of trying
the eight-inch gun mounts of the bat
tleshlp Iowa, that vessel'~ and the
Oregon, with the auxiliary feet will
not sail for Honolulu before October
1, possibly evan later.
Considerable trouble has been ex
perienced with the eight-inch mounts
of the Iowa, and it is determined be-
fore her departure for. the Pacific to
put them in condition to meet any
emergency that may arise. Her.
mounts were similar to those installed
in the aranored cruiser Brooklyn which
were partially wrecked during target
practice last spring when enroute to
Hampton Roads from Venezuela. The
Brooklyn mounts were repaired at
Newport News before she sailed south,
and she was able to do splendid exc
cution with those guns. during the
battle of July.3.
The Iowa's eight-inch. mounts have
been; replaced by stronger carriages.
and it is expected at the department
that she will leave for a short cruise
at sea, either tomorrow or Fri1ay, to
test them. -.
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ator Murphy and Senator McCarreinl,
representing Hugh Mclaughlin, hao
frequent conferences, but no agree
ment has been reached as to candid
ates. The leaders however confidently
assert that all differences will be
settled during the day and complete
understanding be reached before to
morrow morning, when autual work
will bepin.
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W AR TALK.
Uncomplimentary Remarks Concerinf
Secretary Alger.

Uncomplimentary Remarks Concering
Secretary Alger.
Boston Post: If Alger dares to face
u court martial-which is his duty
under the army regulations-he will
expose his administration to terrible
ordeal; for an inquiry into Miles
sharges will rip open the whole, .busi-
mes, which it is for'hfs interest to keep
close tied with department tape. H..
Kansas CITY Times: The public
wants to know what Miles knows about
the secret political favoritism and de-
moralizing influence of the war depart
ment during the past four months. If
a court martial is needed to bring out
the facts, let there be court martial.
Public opinion will take care of Gem
eral Miles if he is right.
Boston Post: 1t is futile to look to
an Investigation of the bureaus of the
war department for relief, so long as
Alger is retained as head of that de-
partment. If Alger were loyal TO his
chief, he would take himself out of the
way even "under fire." If he will not
do this definitely, Pi esident Mckinley,
in self-protection, ought to help him.
Boston Globe: "The people demand
/ scapegoat," Secretary Alger is. re-
ported as saying, '..b1t 1 refuse to be
,he goat" This airy fashion of deal
ng with multitudinous criticisms
which have driven Mr.. Mckinley to
move toward securing an investigation
If war department methods indicates
hat the Michigan member of the cab,
net IS decidedly lacking in appreeiac
ion of the situation or of the feeling
throughout the country. The people
imply ask that the biame for certain
sins of omission and com.
mission in the war shall be placed
where it belongs, and that due care |
hall be taken to guard against re-
'etition of costly and fatuous blunder- |
ng in the time to come
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New York Democrats.

SYRACUSE. N. Y, Sept. 28.-The
democratic state convention met here
at noon absolutely wiGhout slate or
program other than the temporary
organization agreed upon by. the
state committee last night. It is In
many respects the most remarkable
political convention ever held. Never
before have all the prominent leaders
of the democratic party: appeared in
convention and consulted as to how
the program will result.
Richard Croker, David B. Hill, Sem
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A BAD FIRE IN ST. LOUIS.
Powder Explosion Causes Destruction of


Powder Explosion Causes Destruction OF
Life and Property.
ST: LOUIS, Sept. 2s.-An explosion
otpowder in the rear of the building
at 40 North Fourth street, occupied
by sporting goods store, set the place
on fire. caused its destruction and re.
suited in injury to anumber of people,
several OF whom will die. The fatally
injured are: Kate Weldon, Kate Gaul,
Pauline Bender and Florence Higbee
employees of the s1cCain Company
Miss Redhford. a stenographer, is
missing, and is believed to have per-
ished in the building. The loss of
property is estimated to be 800, 900.
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WAR TALK
More Comments Regarding the Manage
Dent of the War Department.
in.

More Comments Regarding the Manage
Dent of the War Department
Boston Advertiser: If Secretary
Alger wrote to General Shafter any,
thing asserting or implying that the
latter was to be Independent of General
Miles commands, the secretary of war
committed a blunder as to the fact no
less than breach of official decorum
of a very fragrant kind. No matter
whether Miles was personally in Cuba
or in Washington. General Shafter
like every other commanding officer in
the army, was subject to General Miles's
authority. If the latter has in his
possession evidence clearly proving
that systematic and deliberate at
tempt was made during the war with
Spain to discredit him and incite his
subordinates to insubordination, he
owes it To- his ownproper dignity and
self respect to expose the conspiracy
and to insist upon the swift and stern
punishment of sll who are guilty, how |
ever low or high their station may be. |
|, Chicago Chronicles: Two methods
of defense are adopted by those who |
seek to shield the war department
from the storm of reproach which it
as envoked by its incompetency-or
worse. One is to ''blacks uard the
plaintiffs attorney"-an old device.
The other is to charge critics of Alger
with being "enemies of the army"
Neither subterfuge will be successful.
AS for the charge that critics of Alger
are enemies of the army, the allega-
tion refutes itself. 1t is to defend the
a: my against Alger-against Alger's
stupidity and Alger's ncapacity-that
the effort is being made to let light
into the war department. Alger's
critics are the army's friends. Alger
is its worst enemy. Ask the men who
are creeping homeward from Camp
Wikoff, from Chickamauga and from
Fernandina what they think of Alger.
fostering: care ~,-oter! them: The
defenders of the secretary OF war mere
ly admit the weakness of their case
when they seek to becloud the issue oy
making counter charges. They might
far better assume the attitude OF Sena-
tor Hanna, who answers all criticisms
by the declaration that "Alger's all
right. Me and Mac knew what he
was doing right, along. Confession
and avoidance is the only plea that
affords any hope for Alger.
Savannah (Ga.) News; Reports to
;he judge advocate of the army are
'aid to show that the volunteer troops q
ire not as well behaved as the regulars. c
Regulars have made only small num-
Der af the cases tried by court martial.
f the evidence keeps on accommodating, I
he country will be led to the belief a
.tter while that even if its regular 7
rmy is small, it is one of the best all a
.round bodies of its kind in the world. t
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The roses and caunas are now in
bloom, come and order while you can
see them. We have dormant Gala
Lilly bulbs at Is cents, plant now for
xmas blooming, also Pansies for early
spring blooming. Mrs. A. G. Stubling
& Son. 2w wi mo.