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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1895. The Weekly Ghronicie. THIt DALLB8 - - - OKBUOM Entered at the postoUce at The Dalles, Oregon, as second-class mail matter. STATE OFFICIALS. jvernoi.. - W. P. lord Secretary ol State UK Kincaid Treasurer Fhlllip Netschan Bapt-of Public Instruction........ tr. i. irwin Attnm-T.GcncrnI CM. Idleman . IG. W. McBride Hraators jj H Mitchell IB. uennauu Congrcmmien Jw n Ellis 3tate Printer W. U. Leeds ' COUJfTlT OFFIC1AI.8. County Judge. Geo. C. Blakeley Sheriff.. T. J. Driver Clerk A. M. Kelsay Treasurer 'm. Michell , , (Frank Kincaid Commissioners U.S. Blowers Assessor F. H. Wakefield Surveyor E. F. Sharp Superintendent ol Public Schools. . .Troy Shelley Coroner , W. H. ButU OUT OF THE' USUAL. The sufferers from Spragu6's disas trous lire have received a donation of $133 from the relief committee of Spo kane. This is but a portion of that citv's liberality, but is especially notice- . able as being the lust of the funds in the . hands of the relief committee organized August 4, 18S9, a short time after the fiery cloud had melted the bueiness por tion of Spokane to ashes. For several . years nothing lad' been said or done re garding the amount of inoney( still pos sessed -Jy the committee, and many learned, with a feeling of surprise, that money given to aid Spokane could be turned for the benefit of Spragne. After the committee had finished its labors, for which it was created, there remained a balance on "hand of over $600. All but the portion above alluded to bad been spent for charitable purposes within the last two years. In view of the many rcandals that have arisen in connection with the distribution of money and aid in the lime of great calamities, it is es- . pecially gratifying to the members of this committee that they can look back upon a difficult trust so efficiently exe- , cated. Great calamities make uncertain the judgments of men, before considered good; and lavishness takes the frugality; sympathy exceeds justice; and charity' lessens frugality. . But, judging from the final: action of the Spo kane committee, the members proved - themselves faithful servants, who nei ther wasted nor withheld when needed, People who gave so generously to stricken Spokane six years ago, can feel a double pleasure that their chanty has been made to cover the stretch of years, and comes now to Sprague in her time of trouble. one who lays aside the rules of prudence, danger is brought to all. Only can we hope for a cessation of such distressing affairs when people learn that the water at ' best is a dangerous plaything and every precaution taken is none too great, A WOOLEN MILL AGAIN. Spokane is murmuring because no smelter exists in that city for the re- duction of the ores brought from the adjacent' mines. " Flouring mills, great factories and large mercantile bouses have grown to meet the demands of fast developing country; but with all tb increase in mining activity, and the wonderful output resultant, there exists no establishment for the treating of ores. Train loads carrying mineral products pass through Spokane and are sent to points 2000 miles away. The only reason urged is that the railroads are great beneficiaries under the present arrangement, and to have the bulky ores reduced at home would tako away a source of much business and profit. The situation is exactly similar in The Dalles, if wool be substituted for ore. This city, as the point which han dles more wool direct from the producer than any other place in the United States, has no woolen mill. We would rather pay the freight on the raw prod uct to Boston, and pay another charge on woolen goods shipped from the East, Undoubtedly the same fleece returns to our midst after a journey across the continent. . A woolen mill in The Dalles would not benefit the railroads; a good many cars now loaded with wool would be idle, but "the benefit to a town situated as this is would be beyond estimation, vnd the saving in freight bills on the raw material alone would give to the manufacturer a fair margin of profit. ATTRACTION OF THE POLES. People who have that infatuation for the frozen north which has led men to court almost certain death over and again, will watch with interest the ex periment that is soon to be made from Europe, provided present calculations are carried out. Becoming convinced that all future attempts to reach the North Pole will result as past expedi tions have, in utter failure, a distin guished European scientist has con ceived the not altogether novel idea of entering the mysterious Arctic circle by means of a balloon. The illustrated papers have published cuts showing the apparatus which is to convey the ex plorers and their equipage. The scien tific papers do not look entirely with contempt upon this new form Arctic ex ploration, since in the age in which we are living it is dangerous to say that a thing is impossible simply because we nor our ancestors have accomplished it. But the attitude of scientists, at the best, is merely a passive approval, only waiting to see how the thing turns out. The explorer himself has the utmost faith in his plan of discovery, and de clares the mystery bf the North is about to be solved. It is a queer strain in humanity, this desire to reach what the Creator has bid behind impenetrable walls of ice. Year after year men are found eager "to cast themselves upon the frozen ice floes as upon some strange sacrificial altar." The fate of Sir John Franklin, DeLong, and possibly Kansen and Peary, seem to have no effect upon the ardor of suc ceeding generations, and there will be expeditions start for the poles as long as the brave spirit of the early Vikings remains in human breasts. A tragic fate seems to have followed the life of Peter Gumry, the . owner of the Denver hotel recenty destroyed, and who perished in its ruins. When a babe he was rescued from a wrecked ship off the banks of Newfoundland and given, as a sad reminder, the name of the vessel.. His parents perished at the time, and his identity was losto Fifty place Of years ,aw;r u,s own me was uetirueu in a disaster on lana equally as great as tue previous one on the sea. He never had parents that he knew, no name or rela tives, and now no grave that can be called his own. Few lives have been marked by such a striking example of lonely fate. The only case that ap proaches in similarity was that of Eva Burbank, who was drowned at North Beach, some fit teen vears ago. The place along the Cowlitz river where she was born was washed away by a Hood carrying with it the ground upon which stood the bouse. A few years later the unfortunate girl was drowned while bathing at the seashore, and the body not being recovered, she had neither birthplace nor' burial spot upon the earth. IMPROVE THE ROADS. The Dalles . will be the best wheat market in Eastern Oregon and Washing ton, as it has been the best wool mar ket. The price of wheat is so low that a few cents more per bushel will induce farmers to haul a longer distance for the slight gain, and the result will be that a larger percentage of .the wheat crop will be marketed here than ever before. Had w good roads from the interior roads which would stand the wear of the traffic over them we would have a perceptibly larger trade. Nothing is more detrimental . to a city than bad roads leading to and from it. We can not boast of good roads, and those most traveled by wheat teams will become very rough before the fall rains. A little work upon them, done at once after the first rains, would be of great assistance. Farmers and road super visors are too busy to give them atten tion. J Can't someone be found to undertake the work for a small subscription. It would be worth almost as much to the city as a free ferry to have a hard smooth road from Floyd's and from the old Thompson, place into town. Two men and a good team employed for sixty days couldxlo the-work. NEWSPAPER TRIALS. ... The trial of criminal cases in the press before the - courts have reached them contributes more to the contempt in which courts are too often held than anything else. This fact is illustrated by the Durrant case, which is dragging itself to death in San Francisco. Every particle of evidence, and a vast amount of stuff which is not evidence, has been embellished and dealt out to the public in the most sensational lb"ariher ; States ments, like the finding of the. bloody knife or the attack of Durrant. npoa a young lady, are sent abroad one day to arrest on the warrants and without the requisitions no wrong was done. 'The papers were good and regular, but sim ply scattered , a little. If objections to their legal form had been raised, Owen reauzea ne couia do detained cere for a week or more. . Taylor wr a held in the jail for an hour. Meanwhile an attorney was called as bis couneel and asked to examiue the papers, and did so. Having pronounced them all right, he informed Mr, Taylor that be didn't see as anything could be done; whereupon Mr. Owen departed, and stayed not on the older of his going. The charge that Owen went to a saloon to brace up with liquor is a mistake ; and if it were true, it could not affect the merit of the charge against Taylor. But as a matter of fact Owen is a total abstainer. . As to the outrageous treat ment in hustling Taylor away, uutborn ana unwashed, uwen naa but one ex cuse. ' Delays were dangerous, and with one gauntlet rue, it behooved him to get out of the county by the nearest route! While? it is not customary with officers making arrests to give indefinite time to prisoners to perform ablutions, arrange business matters, and to otherwise trump up delays and technicalities to defeat the operations of the law, and while the ordinary transgressor is ehoved into the cell ' 'without anyone caring how or r why, there is no doubt that in the case of Taylor, had circum stances been a little different, Mr. Owen would have given no occasion to com plain of n jglect of courtesy. As to his being a greenhorn : . "He laughs best who lailphg la-st." . ,,. In the language of a departed, but re spected ..pioneer of The Dalles, Col. -Sic Arthcr (substitution of names excepted K ,' Owen should arrest you, .jjjf. win surely jiuiu you lass; , Ana you chub With a writ Do You Know a Good Thing WHEN YOU TASTE IT?. IF SO YOU WILL NEVER BE WITHOUT DR. HENLEY'S CELERY BEEF AND MOD. ., ; IT ' - "', QUIETS AND STBENGTHEJNS THE NERVES BUILDS ' UP THE SYSTEM PURIFIES AND ENRICHES THE BLOOD NATURE'S BUILDER. AND TONIO . FOR SALE BY BLAKELEY & HOUGHTON. Have You Noticed. . Ever j'n That Johnston is selling goods cheaper than : t . h anybody?. His goods are the freshest, and he ; always carries what you want. He buys for cash and gives his customers the benefit. Try ' him and see if it's true. ' ..'Jrt'.' . Johnston's Grocery Store, No. 113 Washington St. And yon cannot get your corpus) t oi .ua-De-aa.. CoMyStCATED. Letter of Thanks' tJta Co. A TtT Much of the editorial Bpace in today's issue is given up to a communication, regarding Mr. Taylor's arrest, from one who does not wish his name made pub' lie. The space is given in order that all may have a fair hearing, and state their grievances - to suit themselves. The writer claims that injustice has been done by The Chronicle, and yet he does this paper injustice in saying it at tempted a justification of Mr. Taylor, No one could draw such a conclusion, As to whether or not the editor of The Chbonicle is a confidence man, and for that reason is in sympathy with Mr. Taylor, we . will not take- the trouble to deny. The whole matter of Taylor's arrest has been fully discussed, and if wrong has been dene, as is claimed, the minifesto elsewhere is intended to set it right with the world. Further than wishing to treat all fairly. The Chronicle has no interest in the mat ter, and will leave Mr. Taylor and his troubles to the courts, the only place where the present complication can be intelligently discussed. As the time for the presidential elec tion comes apace, courageous democrats proclaim belief in the success of their party in the next great contest.' They give full credit to the policy of the dem ocratic party for the present appearance Francisco should be more censured than the court. Last 4th of . Ju.iy Cp.! jl'of Wasco and be talked about, and then reported to be Co. G of The.Dafies held a competitive n i. r 1-.! 1L'?t.Li ': ' i I j ?n .1 1 i. ' . 'j ' . wuuuub luuiiuituvii. , xuo latter rupurt, i aniij.w.nicn aiier a warm contest, was however, is never" lieeded. Citizens j won by Jpa. Ar pnger the captaincy of read the discussions in the press anq I V. C. Brock. 'The committee ordered disqualify' themselves to etf "as "jurors gold medal to be prepared and when and the pubHd-Decoirie disgusted be- done it was' forwarded to the successful cause qualified jurors cannot be found. militia boy's.' . The people of The Dalles Criminal cases can beet be tried in the greatly eD joyed the visit of their Sher courts. The publication of the evidence man touhtv friends and as long as the before it is produced in court is preju- J medal must go awav from our own bovs dicial to the tair 'administration of jus- there is nowhere we would rather see tice, and of no benefit to the public, but it go than to Co. A of Wasco. Following rather a detriment. The press of San I is the letter of thanks. Wasco, Or., Aug. 22, 1895. To the 4th of July committee of the citizens of The Dalles, Oregon. Sirs : At the last regular meeting of Co. A, 3d Reg't O. K. G., I had formally presented the beautiful gold medal, you had prepared for the company, and it was received with enthusiasm. . A.unan imons vote of thanks was ..tendered the committee and I was instructed to express the sincere gratitude of our company to yourselves and 'the citizens of The Dalles for your generous giftiand courteous hospitality in 'our visits to your city. Company A1 'will earnestly endeavor to merit your 'generous reward and see that no act of hers shall ever tarnish the brightness of the jewel won. Yours; respectfully, . i r V.'C. Bbock, Captain of Co'. A, 3d Reg't O. N. G. You cannot say that you have tried Article 13 of the constitution of the state provides as 'follows : "The gover nor shall receive an annual salary of $1500. The secretary of 'state shall re ceive an annual salary of $1500. ' They shall receive no fees or perquisites whatever for the performance of any duties connected with their respective offices." Section 2337 of Hill's Code reads as follows : "The fees of the sec retary of state shall be as follows:" Then follows a list of fees. The lan guage of the constitution seems to be plain, but evidently , either it was mis understood by the legislature, or the leg islature intended that the fees collected bv the secretary of state should be turned into the state treasury. Can some of the great constitutional news paper editots of the state enlighten us on the subject? Regarding O. D. Taylor. Editor Chronicle: The account of the arrest of Rev. O. D. Taylor, pub lished in your Monday issue, is some what - misleading. In fact, outside of stating that an attorney was called in as counsel, and some comments on the conduct of the officer.it was' more of justification of Taylor by contrasting him with those he roped in.'lhan'an ac count of what happened. " There can be no objection to individual or editorial indorsement of Taylor's transactions; all phases of society have their standard of morals. The' confidence tnaa sees nothing wrong in the methods of other confidence men; but. as the newspaper enters the homes of all, it is only fair it should state the facts in its news col umns, so that readers can form an un biased opinion, and reserve its comments and opinions for the editorial column As vour iseueof Tuesday is misleading everything for your rheumatism, nntil you have taken Ayer's Pills. Hundreds have, been cured of this complaint by the use of these Pills alone. They were ad mitted on exhibiton at the World's Fair aS a stanard cathartic. Another Destructive Fire. Denver, Colo.. Aug., 22 McPhee & McGinnity's planing mill was burned this morning. Loss, $65,000;. insured two-thirds. A queer coincidence is the fact that exactly two years ago today the mill was burnt. ,.r of returning prosperiry, and loudly pro-1 a8ain on the 8ame 8U.biect a brief 8tate . The opening ef the Astoria regetta is marred by two distressing accidents. Sunday night the steamer Ocean Wave ran down and sunk a pleasure yacht containing five men, two of whom were drowned. The unfortunate men had started in a craft of their own construc tion foi the meeting at Astoria, and had left the little town of Rainer with high hopes and expectations. The other accident happened during the sloop race Monday. Due to the fault of its sail ing master, the Monogram, a sloop built expressly for the regetta this year, filled and sank within sight of many behold ers. Both accidents were due to the carelessness of the occupants, and read a terrible lesson to those who imagine that the treacherous Columbia does not require skill and watchfulness from those who ride its waters. Every sum mer the same accidents ara repeated, due to the same causes. A single ven turesome spirit is often the cause of claim the vindication of free trade prin ciples. One mistake the democratic leaders have always made Is that they underrate the average intelligence of the ' American people, and forget Lincoln's maxim that "you can fool all the people a part of the time, or a part of the people all the time ; but you can't fool all the people all the time." The American people were fooled once, and badly fooled, but . the bitter school of experience has brought-home to them truths which, eloquence and argument could not impress. The only political contest next year will be in the republi can convention. ' The. democratic, party is seo-sawing itself to death. ' Ohio democrats declare for the gold standard and Cleveland's administration ; - Mississippi democrats are on the other track, and they have the pull so far as influence in the party is concerned. Klickitat county has taken hold of financial matters in earnest, and the in evitable result cf . the present policy, if continued, will be to place the county upon a sound financial basis. We death to several, and wherever there is) heartily wish them success. ment of the facts will doubtless be best for all concerned. , . Parker ' Owen, the officer sent here from Michigan, came "with three requi sitions on the governor of Oregon. The requisitions are. in duplicate. . To the original is attached the complaint, evi dence and exhibits, and from this the governor determines whether he will honor the requisition by issuing a war rant for the arrest of the person charged with' crime. If the warrant is issued the duplicate requisition is returned, with the warrant, to the officer, and estab lishes his complete authority Parker Owen is a Knight of Pythias, and so is the governor's private secretary, Mr. Danniway. As the business was being closed Mr. Owen asked that he join him in a midnight dinner. In the hurry Mr. Danniway omitted to enclose the du plicate requisitions, and Mr. Owen did not discover the oversight nntil he pre sented the papers to Deputy Sheriff Kelly of The Dalles. It was then too late to call a halt, and be decided to run a bluff. The warrants were regular and good, and when he. asked Mr. Kelly to make the arrests that official was obliged to act, and be did so. In makinz the Only Cure fhr . Pimples is Cuiicura Qnan UUUJJ . ' .' "."' '' ' ..-.:"' Closing Out Sale of DRY GOODS. - 7. CLOTHING, FURNISHING GOODS, . . BOOTS, SHOES, HATS and CAPS. . ..j s Past or present values cut no figure, as goods MUST be SOLD LESS than COST. Give Jlffe a Call. J. P McINERN Y. We are in it With- a new stock of Groceries, Glassware and Willow Goods. Everything about the store bright and clean, and prices lower than the lowest., Farmers from the country and people from the town will do well to give us a call.. The reason for 6ur large sales and re - duced prices is, we sell for cash. Highest cash price paid for country produce. B. A. HUNSAKER, Successor to H. Moses & Co., adjoining the Diamond Mills. ; New England Marble Granite Works, Calvin H. Weeks.'Proprletor. ' ACT ' -WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER Fine IonnmenMW Imported tatuai1. Do not order Monumental Work until you obtain our figures. Ton will find that, for orood Work, our charcres are alwavs the lowest. Cash or time settlements fas preferred can be arranged for at greatly reduced figures. Send address for de signs and prices. Second and Third-street cars pass our salesrooms. yJ720 Front Street, opp. the Failing School,. PORTLAND, OR. T-V1 - Mought on, Blakeley & DRUGGISTS, 175 Second Street, - The Dalles, Cjregon .. ARTISTS ATEBIALS.-.'. CT Country and Mail Orders will receive prompt attention. , ' ' , i' , THE CELEBRKTipp , COIiUmBlfl BEttlEHY, AUGUST BUCHLER, Prop'r. This well-known Brewery is now turning out the best Beer and. Porte east of the Cascades. The latest applianoes for the manufacture of good health ful Beer have been introduced, and on.r the first-class article will be placed on he market. . ' '