THS D4LLES, -
OREGON
FKIPAY,
APRIL 3. 1891
LOCAL AKD PERSONAL
Jno. Medler of Sherman countv was in
. town Tuesday.
C. A. Williams-, of Wamic, gave
' pleasant call Tuesday.
A. McCnlly and II. H. Traveler went
to Goldendale Monday..
C. W. Haight of Cow Canyon and Joe
Warner of Nansene were in the city
Tuesday.
The sheriff has been receiving county
; taxes at a lively rate for the past three
or four days.
The directors of the Eastern Oregon
Co-operative association held a meeting
Tuesday in this city.
West Dalles property has today been
. placed on the market by at least two of
our local real estate dealers.
County Treasurer Ruch has sent to the
Ate treasurer $8000 as part of the pay
ment of the state tax of Wasco county.
Mr. Claypool of Crook county has
thirty-four head of horses at the stock
yards awaiting shipment to Portland.
T. W. Sparks expects soon to leave
this city for Portland where he intends
. going into business on his own account.
We had a plesant call today from Isaac
' ' H inkle formerly of Kingsley but now of
Stewart, Crook county.
Mr. Depew has left the employ of Me
Farland & French and is now in the
store of J. C. Baldwin.
Harvy Smith, of Shearer's Bridge, and
and Thomas Fargher, of Dufnr, gave this
office a pleasant call today.
The Chkoniclb rises to remark that it
thanks "ought" for his interesting letter,
' and hones to receive many more from
the same source.
A wreck occurred Monday nighty short
distance this side of Wetherby. The
engine and one freight car went through
a bridge. Nobody was hurt."
At the sand-blow above this city,
" where the company used to employ
twelve white men to keep the track
clear, Jay Gould has three Chinamen.
- We regret to hear that the wife of A.
C. Connelly, ex-superentendent of pub
lic schools, died today between twelve
and one o'clock, of typhoid fever.
John Ganaway with his prairie
schooner loaded down to the guards with
freight for Ptineville, leaves this city in
the morning.
Ben Southwell, of Eight Mile, brought
into this office today a hen's egg that
' measures sx inches and a half by seven
andlU-ee quarters. Whose hen can
beat this record?
Henry Loretzen has sold out his ex-
- press business to Vanbibber and Teague.
Henry goes into the fishing business in
. partnership with his brothers, during
the coming season.
W. A. Allen, of Eight Mile Informs us
.that he intends planting a good acreage
of sorgum. during the coming season
Jle save the plant does remarkably well
i on the uplands in his section.
From Henry William6 of Eight Mile
we learn that volunteer and fall grain is
looking well in his neighborhood. Mr.
Williams has 123 acres of volunteer that
gives promise of an excellent crop.
The la grippe still has an alarming
. hold upon the whole country from Maine
to California. Chicago is suffering
severely and the death roll from all
causes foots up nearly 1000 a week.
The retrular meeting of Columbia
Lodee No. 5, 1. O. O. F. will be held in
their hall tomorrow evening at 7 :30
m.. As business of special importance
. will come before the meetine a large at
' tendance is requested, -
Fifteen car loads of beef cattle from
American Falls, Idaho, belonging to the
Paget sound" dressed beef and packing
troiapany in charge of Geo. Wright, were
i -d at the stock vard todav while on
iheir way to Seattle.
' There has just been placed in opera-
- ttoa in this city, a telephone from the
engine house to the Company's shops
i- be used in case of emergency. For
communication between the two places
when fires break out in town, it will
lw a great convenience.
It is currently reported that Mr. Allc-
' way, the courteous and gentlemanly ex
r.gent of the company at this point will
,j-oon assume the position of book-keeper
wvith the firm of McFarland & French
vice Mr. Woodworth resigned.
At the Congregational church next
Mondav nieht April 6th. James W.
Nesmith Post G. A. R. will give an en
tertainment in honor of the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the establisment of the
..rand Arm of the Republic. The
j xercises will eonsist of music, speeches,
nJcitationd, etc., and will be very enjoya
ijte. The Chboniclk will publish the
' jkBGcramme as soon as it is prepared.
From Mr. John Quirk of lower Fifteen
!Mile we learn that Mr. Norton's survey-
i rig party was at his place on Tuesday
last. Mr. Norton, we undesstand, has
niet with no difficulties in locating the
i oad and has found so far a cheap and
asv grade. ' Before the end of the week
he party will have reached the Dufnr
neighborhood.
-rhe dread scourage of diphtheria is in
theeity. It is in the family of an emi
.-rant who arrived here last Sunday, and
. vho k t present on the bluff north east
f the fair ground. One child died last
night, anotfeer has been given up by the
I ihysician in charge and two more have
just been attacked, all in the same fam
ily. . .
- Chas. EL. Bayard, special agent Indian
depredation elaims was, by the bill pass
ed by the last congress legislated out of
ffice, as all Indian depredation claims
,rillf under the new law, be adjudicated
' If the court of claims. He had just
timed his official business as such agent,
and js now appointed as government
- lumber agent with same salary and allow
ance &a hx his former position.
The entertainment given last evening
r.t the Vogt Grand by the young ladies
f Hie M. E. Church and their friends
. called-out a yery iir house and was
itself under all the circumstances and
exceedingly creditable affair or all con
verned. For some reason, epite of
. .every effort the calcium light could not
Te made to work, but the young ladies,
nnade the very best of the provoking
circumatance and the audience left well
pleased with the entertainment. V
. Editor Chronicle. I herewith send
you a few items from this vicinity . as
some of your many readers may like to
hear from us.
.- The regular monthly meeting of The j
Dalles city council was held last evening I
in the city hall. There were present
Mayor Moody and councilmen Farley, j
United States Minimi service. Station, The
Dalle, Oregon, for the month of March lnL
The farmers are all very busy plowing j Hansen: ?ufr P 'm Blakeley
and seeding and expect to reap a Ixmnti
ful harvest the coming season.
Mrs. F. S. Gorden, of this place, has
been very Bick but is much better now.
The stockholders of the Wamic acad
emy met today at 2 o'clock and elected
the following officers: President, Mar
tin Wing ; secretary, F. S. Gorden ;
treasurer, A. E. Lake; Directors, Mar
tin Wing, H. F. Woodcock, Henry
Driver, A. E. Lake and F. S. Gorden.
A committee of three was appointed for
the purpose of selecting a site for the
school house and making arrangements
for building materials, etc.,' consisting of
Asa Stogsdill, F. S. Gorden, and H. F.
Woodcock. The building of this acad
emy is the wisest move the people has
ever made and they will surely reap a
grand reward.
Mrs. E. N. Chandler leaves for The
Dalles on Monday's stage to make that
her futrue home, as Mr. Chandler is
now in charge of the grange's store,
We are very sorry to lose them.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Williams will leave
tomorrow for Kingsley to visit their son
at that place, and Mr. and Mrs. George
Williams will start for Erskinville Sher
man Co., Monday to spend a short time,
Our old friend Steve Kistner was mar
ried to Miss Nettie Confer of Juniper
Flat last Thursday, March 26, 1891, at
the residence of Mr. P. M. Kistner of
Wamic, at 11 o'clock by A. J. Swift J. P.
and many friends of the happy conple
witnessed the ceremony and from there
proceeded to the home of the bride's
parents who gave a supper and dance
and every one had a pleasant time. The
young couple have many friends who
wish them much joy and a long and
a happy life. -
We are pleased to learn that Mr. P. T.
Knowles of this place will travel for the
S. B. Co.,' of Dufnr, this season.
Van Duyn & Co., of Tygh valley are
closing ont their merchandise store.
Mr. B. F. Swift has returned from
Seattle to make this his future home
The farmers of all the country tributary
to The Dalles now have a chance to test
their independence and support the first
move of any importance they have made,
viz., to do all their trading it their own
store whether thev are stockholders or
not and allow it to handle all their pro
duce as far as possible ana to wear no
other boots and shoes but those manu
factured at North Dalles.
Born to the wife of H, E. Driver, i
daughter, March 17, 1891.
Yours respectfully,
Ought.
THS NEW CITY ORDINANCE.
An ordinance entitled an ordinance to
provide for the submission of the pro
posed issuance of twenty five thousand
dollars of water bonds to the legal
voters of Dalles city.
Whkkeas, the legislative assembly of
the state of Oregon, at its last biennial
session passed an act authorizing Dalles
city to issue its taxable bonds to the
amount of $25,000 for the purpose of
completing and perfecting the water sys
tem for said city, now in process of con
struction and providing for the submis
sion of the same to the tax paying voters
of said city : and
Whereas, the city is indebted to the
water fund in about that sum for money
belonging to said fund which has been
used by the city for other purposes and
which has never been refunded.
Now Therefore, the people of Dalles
citv do ordain as follows :
Section 1. That a special election be
held in Dalles .city on the 13th day of
April 1891. which election shall be "held
in the manner in which other city elec
tions are held, at which election the
proposition to issue the bonds of said
city to the amount of $25,000 shall be
submitted to the voters of said city who
are qualified to vote thereon under the
provisions of the act.
sec. Said election snail De held at
a petition ior an arc light on
street was read and on motion referrec
to the committee on streets and publii
property.
A petition for an arc light and cross
walk on iSinth and Lincoln streets was
similarly disposed of.
A petition for a cross-walk on Wash
ington, between Second and Third
streets was granted.
A petiticn for a sewer on Laughlin
street was read and on motion the city
engineer was instructed to make esti
mates of the cost and report to next
meeting of the council.
The petition of F. W. L. Skibbe for a
liquor license was granted.
On motion the street commissioner
was instructed to make an estimate of
the Third street grade between Union
and Lincoln streets. The remonstrance
against the improvement of the alley be
tween Fourth and Fifth streets extend
ing from Laughlin toFrderal, referred to
the committee on streets and public
buildings. Permission was granted the
water commisssoners to move their
office on Fourth street to the city lot
north of the recorders office. The re
corder was instructed to notify the city
surveyor to make a survey and establish
the grade on Xintth and 'Clay streets.
The report of the special committee on
bonding Dalles City was read and placed
on file. 1
An ordinance providing for the sub
mission of the proposed issuance of
twenty-five thousand dollars of water
bonds, to the legal voters of Dalles City,
was read and passed unanimously. The
time of holding the said election was
fixed for April 13th proximo. The fol
lowing persons were appointed as clerks
and judges of said election : For the first
ward the judges are Chas. Schmidt,
Chas. E. Haight and T. A. Hudson, and
the clerks Joe Fitzgerald and Ben Wil
son. For the second ward the judges are
M. Randall, S. B. Adams and John
Gates. The clerks are John Jackson and
H. Knight. j
Warrants were ordered drawn against
the city officers' fund amounting to
$372.50 ; against the current expenses'
fund, $319.43 : against the fire depart
ment fund, $."6.75; against street and
improvement fund, $19.80, and against
the police fund, $75.
2 5. 22. 2 53!
. " pate. ' ' -a s
-' ." ?E
1 27 I 22 .19
2 16 28 05
3 11 23 01
4 20 32 08
5 28 &5 20 .03
6 24 35 13
7 32 40 24
8 33 42 24 .05
39 48 30 .04
10 37 46 28
11 35 46 24
12 30 47 23
13 44 53 35 .01
14 46 58 :
15 47 55 Sit T
16.. 47 58 05
17 41 53 30
18 40 57 40 .17
19 49 59 40
20 51 62 40 T
21 50 56 43 .03
22 : 46 57 35
23 47 58 36
24 46 64 28
25 52 60 44 .01
26 43 54 33 T
27 46 53 38
28 41 51 32 '
29 42 56 28
30 45 55 34
31 40 54 26
30.080; highest barometer.
; lowest barometer 29.730,
Mean barometer,
on 2d at 9 P. M
on 27th, at 8 A. M.
Mean temperature 39.4 ; highest temperature.
64, on 24th ; lowest temperature, 1 degree below
on the 3d.
Greatest daily range of temperature, 28, on the
29th and 31st.
Least daily range of temperature, 10, on the 1st.
MEAN TKMPEBATCBE FOB THIS MONTH IN
1871..
1872. .
1S73. .
1874
1S76... 44.001 1881... 52.00
1877. . .42.00 18S2. . .48.00
1S78. ..54.00 1883. ..52.00
1879.. 50.00 18N4.. 43.00
1S75. . .44.001 1880.. .41. 00 1885.. .52.00
1886..
1887..
1888..
1889. .
1890..
.46.00
.45.00
42.00
49.20
42.20
Total deticiency In temperature during the
month, 6.8.
Total excess In temperature since January
1st, 2 dee.
Prevailing direction of wind, easterly and
westerly equally divided.
Total precipitation, .53; number of days on
which .01 inch or more of precipitation fell, 8.
TOTAL PRECIPITATION (IN INCHES AND HUN
DREDTHS) FOR THIS MONTH IN
1875.. ..2.13 1879 ...3.15 1883... .2.32 1887.. ..0.79
1876.. ..2.20 1880.. ..0.16 1884. ...0.74 1888.. -.0.94
1877 ...3.66 1881. ..0.38 1885 ...0.14 1889 . ..1.04
1878.. ..1.99 1882.-... 0.23 1886. ..0.93 1890. ..1.89
1891. ...0.53
Total deticiency In precipitation during month,
U.8.J.
Total deticiency in precipitation since January
1st 1.58.
Number of cloudless days, 12: partly cloudy
days, 10; cloudy days, 11.
Solar halo on the 24th In a clear sky all day.
Lunar halos on 21st, 22d and 23d. Rainbow on
22d.
Note. Barometer reduced to sea level. T indi
cates trace of precipitation. Dasb ( ) below
zero.
SAMUEL. L. BROOKS,
Voluntary Signal Corps Observer.
BEVLW OP THE LOCAL MARKET,
ORGANIZATION EFFECTED.
the usual voting places in the different
wards of said city and the polls shall open
ewtions. and alike numher of indi ! security and every - borrower as
The Dalles Now Boasts of Having a First
Class Ballding and Loan Association.
On Thursday evening the Columbia
Building and Loan Association organized
a local branch in this city with nineteen
members, and the following officers were
elected: President,!!. J. Maier; vice
president, J. T. Peters; secretary, J.
M. Huntington ; attorney, Frank Mene-
fee. Mr. Huntington will also act as
local agent to solicit members, and look
after the interests of the association
generally.
The Dalles has long needed an organi
zation of this kind because there is noth
ing that will help to build up a town, as
much as a good building and loan asso
ciation. It is by no means a new thing
or an untried experiment. The are in
the United States today upwards of five
thousand building and loan associations,
Philadelphia alone has four hundred and
fifty. Denver has thirty-eight and
there is scarcely a town of any promi
nence in the country without one or
more such organizations. For persons of
small incomes who desire to lay by a
little each month or who want to obtain
a home of their own, such an association
is better than a saving bank because
every depositor is a stockholder and
receives his share of the profits.
All the money paid .in by the de
positors is immediately loaned out
to members on approved real estate
more
more
and clerks shall be appointed by the
same officers and in tne same manner as
in such other elections : and the recorder
of said city shall give ten days notice of
saia election in me same manner as
notice is given for other city elections.
sec. 3. rne Daiiots to De nsea at said
election shall be obtained by the recorder
at the expense of the city and shall con-
lain the words : "Snail tne city bonds
1V.I, bill. WUIUICilVU VJ1 W HBVG1 TT Ul IVf, , hj
the amount of twenty-five thousand dol
lars be issued?" and immediately below
said words shall be provided a blank
space ; and if the voter desires to cast
his ballot in favor of issuing the same he
shall write the word "Yes" thereon, but
if he shall desire to vote against the
issuance of the same he shall insert the
word "No."
Sec. 4. Said vote shall be canvassed
as in other city elections, and if it shall
be found that a majority of the legal
voters at said election have voted in the
affirmative, then said bonds shall be is
sued and sold as bv law provided, and
the nroceeds thereof shall be turned over
and become a part of the water fund of
said city as prowled by the act afore
said. -
Sec. 5. It is further provided that.
upon the sale of said bonds and the re
ceipt of the proceeds thereof by the water
fund, the claim of said water fund
against the city for money belonging to
said fund heretofore aDProoriated to
other purposes shall be fully satisfied and
discharged. ,
A Handsom Boat.
Within a few days a handsome -little
boat will be launched which will be a
fine addition to The Dalles fleet. It is a
skiff seventeen feet six inches long and
six feet six inches wide. The )oat is
fitted with three pairs of oar locks and
carries two sails. It has a deep center
board, kicker, etc, and hai everything
in it that is essential to comfort. Ten to
twelve people can easily lie carried in It i
and be perfectly safe. The boat is built :
of cedar and while it is large it is ex.
ceedingly light. The lines are beautiful ;
and it looks as if it might ride the water ;
like a thing of life. Mr. T. Oluton was
the designer and builder and all who '
ave seen tne new boat say that it is a
credit to his skill as a builder. It will
be launched as soon as the water in the
creek is a little higher.
soon as he gets the money begins pay-
' ing it back in small amounts every
month together with the accrued inter
est which goes into the general fund
and is reloaned to some one else with
the money that is paid in by the non
borrowing members so. that the inter
est on every loan is compounded each
month for 72 months at which time the
stock will have matured and each mem
ber will receive the face value in cash
making him a net gain of about 24 per
cent per annum on his little monthly
savings. Loans are made to members
only, at a rate of 3 per cent per annnm
and every borrower has six years in
which to repay the loan or he can repay
it sooner if he chooses. In other words it
enables every person who owns land to
build himself a home at nominal cost of
over and above the actual cost of the
building. -
Mr, Huntington will gladly explain all
details to any wno wisn to became mem
bers, and he hopes to see the member
ship largely increased.
Slaughter of Mexicans.
Weatherford, Tex., April 2. News
has reached here of the killing of three
Mexicans ut Ranger on the Texas Pacific,
A white man and a Mexican engaged in
an altercation. The Mexican tried to
use a knife when the white man shot
him. Other Mexicans then engaged in
the attack and two more were killed.
' Forfeited Kallroad Lands
We are now ready to prepare papers
for the filing and entry of Railroad
w , . . . , .. J 1 1 1
Lands, vy e also attend u Diisiness De- i
fore the U, S, Land Office and Secretary !
of the Interior, Persons for whom we
have prepared papers and who re re
quired to renew their applications, will
not be charged additional for such papers.
rHOBXBlTRY HPD80X,
The Rhode Island Election.
Providen'ck, R. J., April 2. The elec
tion return at one o'clock has made it
sure that there has been no choice by
the people for any office upon the gen
eral ticket. The republicans carried a
sufficient number of towns to give them
the bb necessary ou joint ballot,
Coremor 1'atttson's Cabinet Called for
Counsel,
Hakrikbubg, Pa., April 2, Governor
Pattison has summoned the cabinet thu
morning to consider the situation in the
western coke region.
An Old Newspaper Man Found Dead.
Portland, April 2. W. L. Pickett
was found dead this morning at home
in East Portland. The cause of his
death is unknown
due to alcoholism.
but is supposed to be
There has been but little change in
the business tone of the city during the
past week. The farmers and outside
business people are too much occupied
in their various pursuits to come to
town, and consequently trade from the
interior is unusually short for the
season.
Money is close and a tightening string
ency is manifest in all circles. The
credit system is being more and more
abolished among the merchants and the
pinching experienced in the east is being
felt more or less on this coast now.
soon as the wool cup begins to move
there will be an easiness in the condition
of all kinds of traffic
Real Estate There has been
inquiry for outside property and
activity in inside or city real estate
The first, second and third additions to
the vity are attracting some attention
Snd it is expected that there will be an
active movement in those properties in
the near future. The transfers during
the week just closing have been in ex
cess of a week ago, and our wise ones
predict a very active season in citv and
country properties.
The grain market is inactive, a slight
advance is noted in this market, but
abroad, there is a steadiness and a firmer
tone Chicago quotations for May de
livery is 1.05, New York $1.13. San
Francisco quotations is $1.55 percental
for the season. Portland's quotations is
unchanged, though has a firmer tone.
Quote, valley $1.321.35 ; Eastern
Oregon, $1.27a$1.30. The Dalles
quotes 64 for No. 1, and 62) for No. 2,
Oats The oat market is very quiet
and offerings limited at quotations with
an upward tendency. We quote, extra
clean $1.60 per cental and inferior $1.40
per cental.
.barley There is nothing doing in
barley. Three hundred bushels of good
seed barley was sold during the week at
$1.10 per 100 fi. Quote prime brewing
$1.051.10, feed $1.001.05 per cental
sacked.
iLOUR uest brands $3.o(a,$4UU per
barrel.
Mn.LSTcrrs The supply is quite suffi
cient for the demand. We quote bran
and shorts $20.00 per ton. Shorts and
middlings $22.50$24.00 per ton.
Hay Timothy is quoted $17.00(518.00
Wheat hay is limited in supply and has
an upward tendency. Quote, $12.50 per
ton. Alfalfa market is without change in
former quotation, $13.0014.00; oat hay,
$12.00. .
Potatoes Early Rose are more eagerly
sought after. Choice Early Goodrich and
3urbank Seedlings are in good demand
at $100 to $1.10 per cental. Quote for
table use ,85.90 cents per 1001b.
Bptteb Is in better supply. The
market is supplied somewhat with Cali
fornia roll at present. Quote A 1 .55
cents per roll which is coming in more
freely ; brine ,30.40, per roll, and dull
sale.
Eggs The market is weaker and the
supply is increasing, Quote 15 cents per
dozen and a downward tendency
.Poultry we quote, good, average
fowls $4.00 per dozen, common $3.00
3.50 per dozen. Turkeys .10 perS
Geese .90$1.25 each. Ducks .35
(8.40 each.
Hides Prime dry hides are quoted at
.040.05 per pound. Culls .02
.03. Green .02. Salt .03. Sheep
pelts extra .75.85, ordinary .40(3
.60 each. Bearskins, No. 1 $8.00
common $2,50.
Beef Beef on foot clean and prime
,033-4. ordinary .02Ji,
Mptton Wethers are scarce, that is
to say No. 1, Extra choice sell at $4.25 ;
common $2,75$3,50 per head.
Hogs Live heavy, M. Medium
weight .04, dressed .05",' (5 .06.
.Lard on. .1110$; 101b .10; B40
.08.08c per pound.
Stock cattle are quoted at $9.00(310.00
per head for yearlings and $14.00(418.00
which is good, and it is gone into the
ground, which is better. The flock
masters are daily drawing on our Lazy
club for herdsmen, and followers of the
lamb are wandering forth to spend the
summer months amidst the hills and
dales ; soon the merry voices that cried
'High, low, jack, game,' . during the
winter will make- the echo ring with
'Way round 'ens.' The plowman with
his keen-edged plow is letting the sun
light under the sod, and the fall grain is
putting forth its tiny blade to catch the
dew ; in the silent watches of the night
tne snepnerd 8 lantern can be seen on
the distant hillsides warning the coyote
away from the fold, and the man in the
moon presses both fingers in his ears as
the Thomas cat informs all nature it is
spring. According to the almanac
spring has been here nearly a month,
but according to the badger and the
bunchgrass tick it has but just arrived.
The almanac being of foreign birth can
not possibly foretell the seasons of East
ern Oregon like the bunchgrass tick
born and bred here and always anxious
to cross his blood with priest or prophet
as opportunity offers. When you feel a
thrill through your system and on
searching find one of these backbiters
clinging to you like a bosom friend, or
when in the still hours of night you feel
him skipping from rib to rib or striking
the high places along your backbone
you need no almanac to tell you it is
spring.
We have on previous occasions, says
the Petersburg (Va.) Index-Appeal, de
clared our opposition to many features of
tne JMCKimey bill, but we cannot help
loving it lor the enemies it is making in
England, Germany and other parts of
iiUrope. Germany is mad clear throusrh .
but Germany doesn't remember that the
farmers and stock-raisers of the United
States were also "mad clear through"
when the American hog was refused ad
mission to the German market.
And England also raises a howl all
the more significant because her politi
cians and manufacturers were wont to
assure us that we were the chief suffer
ers by the policy of exclusion of foreign
competition and the encouragement of
American industrial independence.
Their resentment may carry them to the
extremity of bringing" their plants to this
country, and from this base continue
the war on our manufacturers. Let them
come. If he wants this market, let him
come and take it in this manner, and he
will have the good will and God blessing
of every true American heart.
The bill, with all its faults, has also
endeared itself to our heart on account of
another enemy it has made the im
porter. That foreign-American who is
here for revenue only is the bitter and
most insidious, not to say most hypocrit
ical, of the enemies of American indus
trial progress and development.
Baron Fava's Recall was Largely of
Personal Nature Blaine Warned
Not to Attempt a Brilliant
Stroke.
The Italian Situation Assuming Some
Serious Phases Comments of the
London Papers.
Washington, April 1. The impres
sion is deepening in the diplomatic cir
cles that there is a decidely personal as
pect to the withdrawal of Baron Fava.
It is learned that for the last year Carl
ton, United Stated consul at Palermo
made a report to the secretary of state
upon the subject of brigandage in Italy.
He described a number of cases of out
rage upon foreign citizens, Americans in
eluded, by Itaian banditti and proceeded
to score the Italian government deeply
for failure to suppress those red-handed
criminals and defend foreigners in Italy
This report was published in this
country and so aroused the indignation
of Baron Fava, the Italian minister, that
he promptly notified his government of
the nature of the report and announced
the determination to secure the consuls
recall. In Secretary Blaine's absence
he was able to do this. . Blaine was
much displeased at the action taken but
was too late to recall the department's
decision. Consequently the relations be
tween Blaine and the Baron have
become somewhat less pleasant than it
formerly had been, and according to Che
gossip floating about the state depart
ment, by some means not exactly de
scribed the Italian government came to
understand and repress upon more cor
dial terms with prominent United States
officials and might obtain more favors
for his government.
Stoves. Ranges. Tin wars TTnn
Carpenters,' Blacksmiths' and Farmers' Tools, Fine
Shelf Hardware, Cutlery, Shears, Scissors, Razors,
Carvers and Table Ware, and Silverware. Pumps,
Pipe, Plumbers' and Steam Fitters' Supplies, Pack
ing, Buiiaing .paper, Sash, Doors, Shingles, Terra
Cotta Chimney, Builders' Hardware, Lanterns and
lamps.
Special and Exclusive Agents for
Charter Oak Stoves and Ranges, Acorn Stoves and
Ranges, Belville Stoves and Ranges, Boynton
Furnaces R. J. Roberts" Warranted" Cutlery,
Meriden Cutlery and Table Ware, the "Grand" Oil
Stoves, Anti-Rust Tinware.
Gould's and Moline Power and Hand Pumps.
All Tinning. Plumbing, Pipe Work and Repairing
-rrrill Ana CSV. TVT..- "
& CROWE,
(Successors to ABRAMS & STEWART.)
174,176,178,180 - - - SECOND STREET.
fllaifaciQFeiu
Harnesses!
(Successors to L. D. Frank, deceased.)
OIF1 .LXj
OF
A General Line of
Horse Furnishing Goods.
EEPAIBHiTa PEOMPTLY and "NTTT! a, TTiT DOIT3D.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Harness, Bridles, f nips, Horse Blankets, Etc.
. Full Assortment of Mexican Saddlery, Plain or Stamped. '
SECOND STREET, - - . , THE DALLES, OR.
WPOLMATIC correspondence:.
What U Being
Americana-
A Grrmt Banker Dies at Rome.
Rome, April 2. Thos. C. Baring, one
of the partners in the famous house of
Baring, Bros); & Cp., of London, died
Rooms 8 and 9, Land Office building, ! last evening,
lhe tialles, Oregon.
It is reported that a corporation of
capital has a project on foot to place a
telephone svstem in our citv. This is a
thing devoutly to be wished as the bene
fits to b derived will be much more
than one might at first suspect.
Tt0 J-onflon ..Herald'n'' Vfejr.
Loxdon, March 31.- The Herald Bays
of the Italian matter that, viewed from
any point, the action of the Italian gov
ernment is as unwarranted as it is hasty
and extraordinary. . To the United
States it is hardly courteous, aud might
be construed into an affront.
for 2-year-olds.
btock sbeep are not on the market, al
though we hear of $2.00 per head being
offered after the shearing or $3.50 per
head with fleece.
Fresh milch cows are quoted from
$25.0050.00 each, with a very limited
offering.
Card of Thanka.
The undersigned return thanks to
those who by their contribntation help
e4 to purchase an prgan for the Three
Mile Supday school. '
Mm. S. Creighton,
' Mrs. Waters. !
, Mrs. J. M. Chase,
The Military Spirit.
Competitive drills between the mili
tary companies have a tendency to ele
vate .the national guard service and
ought to be encouraged. The state of
Oregon has a special pride in the
national euard organization because it is
composed of the flower of the land, and
it is tne state s main dependence in case
of war or of domestic violence. Accord-
ins to the Jeffersonian idea, the volun
teer militia is the only army a republic
needs ; yet, it is proper that the militia'
should be kept in training and thus be
in readiness for any sudden emergency.
It is likewise a good policy to keep the
martial spirit alive among the young
men of the country. The chivalric ideas i
associated with a military life always
exert an elevating influence. ' Your true
soldier is always the . true gentleman.
The sense of honor is exceptionally high
in military circles.- rne Drave man is
invariably the manly man. Thus, aside
from the public advantage in keeping up
a state uiiiitnry urbanization, tue enect
on the social fife of the community is
beneficial.
George P. Morgan and Colonel E. W.
Nevius, who are doing business together
at Garretson's old stand on Second street,
as land office attorneys, desire to state
to their clients and to the general pub
lic as well, that- it is now definitely
known that specific written instructions
as to filings on the forfeited railroad
lands will be received by the land office,
by the first of next week. Thirty days'
notice bv nublication is reauired before
filings will be accepted at this land
office. After such instructions are re
ceived it will be well for all those who
intend to enter this land to come in at
once to have their papers made out and
all the preliminaries settled, thus avoid
ing the inevitable rush and securing the
first'ehances at the land office by being
ready.
Wired In Regard to the
-Italian Emhrorllo
Washington, April 1. The Associated
Press correspondent here has perused
the dispatches exchanged between' the
government of Italy and the government
of the United State in regard to the New
Orleans lynching. The substance of
them is that Italy asked in the main
that legal process should be instituted
against tne culprits, regarding them as
common assassians, Italy likewise asked
for indemnity for the families of the men
killed in New Orleans by the mob.
To these requests the United States
authorities at Washington answered
that the constitution of the United
States gave but limited powers to the
Federal government in regard to inter
ference with various states of the Union,
but the United States government
affirmed its good intentions in the
matter.
Tne answer from . Washington being
regarded as ' unsatisfactory, Italy in
structed Baron Fava, March 27th, to
press the original demands made upon
the United States government and in
event of his failing to obtain satisfaction
to leave Washington incog., after con
signing the cares of the legation at
Washington to the first secretary
ENGLISH OPINION.
Tne CoiumDia PacKingCo..
PACKERS OF
Pork and Beef.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Fine Lard and Sausages.
"Curers of BRAND
Charles E Dunham,
-DEALER IN-
Drugs
lueaiK
:i ins mill ;i mill
Dried Beef, Etc.
Cor. Third and Court Sts.,The Dalles.Or.
wasco Warehouse Go.,
Receives Goods on Stor
age, and Forwards same to
their destination.
The Beat Cough Medicine.
One of my customers catne in todav
.1 1 1 t . 1 1 A 1 1 '
auu anKeu me ior we ueot cougn meal
cine I had," says Lew Young, a promi
nent druggist of Newman Grove, Neb,
Uf course 1 showed him Chamberlain
Cough Remedy and he did not ask 1
see any other. I have never yet sold
medicine that would loosen and ' relieve
a severs cold so quickly as that does.
have sold four dozen of it within the
last sixty davs, and do not know .of
single case where it failed to give the
most pefect satisfaction." 50 cent bot
ties for sale by Snipes & Kinersly, drug
store.
It costs $76,000 this vear to print the
state laws. the common, ordinary
everyday, tax-paying people get no
chance to see those laws. Thev know
nothing of their existence till one of
those laws is violated and they are hauled
up for punishment. But they pay the
$76,000 for printing them. This is one of
the fool tilings that makes "farmers'
alliances." The one thing benefitted by
the present seventeenth century style of
uuing uusiiiKSH is tne siau: pruning ouice.
Harnev county has ran behind $30,000
n eighteen mentns. Here is what tne
Klamath Star says about it: "The offi
cial crowd of Harnev county have
tackled their pap with large spoons.
During the last eighteen months these
gentlemen Incurred indebtedness to the
amount of $30,000. Business is flourish
ing in Harney. The taxpayers are lay
ing out gardens everywhere, while the
tax -eaters are laying out the taxpayers.'
Articles of incorporation of the Farm
ers Go-operative Warehouse Association
VVallis Siding, in Sherman county,
were filed this week in the office of the
secretary of state. The capital stock of
the incorporation is $2,000. The incor
porators are John Medler. J. A. Smith.
John , Lynch, J. H. Johnson, Charles
Uunman and W. J. feddicord. Wasco
Observer.
un lorn juayidson's tarm stands an
ppletree with a full crop of several
bushels of last fall's apples on it. They
have wintered in perfect condition and
are now very good eating, they still
stick tight to the tree and our real estate
men are taking Oregon - tout ist out to
show them how we keep winter apples.
oaiem aiaiesmen.
Prominent democratic announcement is
made that "Reed's rules" will be ignored
in the Fifty-second congress. Very likely.
and yet, the majority in that congress
must maintain those very rules unless
they want Thos. B. Reed and the rest of
the republican minority to control the
legislation. Astorian.
The biireest joke of the legislative
: ii -v- . i- i .
season is un tne iturtu a'ukoui legislators,
some of whom are alleged to have ex
changed their votes for boodle. When
they quietly presented the checks that
they had received, the bank teller quietly
passed them back, with the remark,
"payment stopped." Astorian.
Mr. L. H. Adams is expected here
next week to look after the Mt. Hood
road and arrange for the opening of
Cloud Cap Inn. It is probable this fa
mous place will be tpehed much earlier
this year than last, as there has not been
to much mow. Glacier.
Comment of the London Freaa on the
ProapectlTe Unpleaaantneaa.
London, April 1. The St. James Ga
zette commenting on the recall of Baron
Fava says : "If Italy is disposed to send
her ironclads to the Mississippi, Ameri
cans have no ships to face the Lepanto and
Duila for forty minutes. The withdrawal
of the embassador is the next thing to a
declaration of war, and evidently is
meant to convey to the United States
the information that Italy does not care
to be trifled with."
The Star says the United States is in
an extremely difficult position though
the lynching at New Orleans may have
been justifiable. The withdrawal of
Fava is the easiest solution of the prob
lem. The Globe thinks that the United Livery, Feed and Sale Stable.
CatAO avnU VtA Innnkf a,wvaAi Inn I . "
ftJMtbO DllUUiU LC lAUgllb a T IgUlUUO ICO"
son in diplomacy. Thfey must learn
that they cannot ignore old world ideas
Receives Consignments
For Sale on Commission.
fates treasonable.
MARK GOODS
W- W . Co.
THE DALLES, OREGON,
7
CHEMICALS,
Fine Toilet Soaps,
Brashes, Combs,
Perfumery and Fancy Toilet Articles.
In Ureat variety.
i 1
Paire Bpandy, Wines and
Ltiquofs iov JAediei
nal Purposes.
Physicians'
Prescriptions
Compounded.
Accurately
Car. Union and Second Sta., The Dallea.
HUGH CHRISJJAN.
W. K. CORSON.
Horses Bcislit and Soli on commission.
SOME SENSIBLE VIEWS.
OFFICE OF-
on the
Comments of Saatern Papers
Italian Controveray.
Philadelphia, April 1. The En-
guvrer says: "We attach no serious im
portance to the recall of the Italian min
ister, this is more a political move on the
part of the Italian government than as a
desire for a naval brush. There has
been a change of ministry, over there.
The new government has learned a lesson
from the British jingoism."
Boston, April 1. The Post : It now
becomes Blaines duty to confine business
within the limits of diplomacy and pre
vent its expansion into real trouble.
There is no doubt of his ability, to do
this, if he is not mislead by the attrac
tion of an opportunity for some "bril
liant stroke."
The Dalles & Goldendale Stage Line
Trucking and Dray ing. Bag
gage transferred to any part
of the City.
OAK AND FIR WOOD FOR SALE.
J. C. JJLDWIJI.
(ESTABLISHED 18S7.)
BLAINE AND THE PRESIDENT
To Have an Interview this Afternoon.
Washington, April 1. Secretary
Blaine has arranged to have an inter'
view with the President this afternoon,
He has been engaged in the preparation THE DALLES,
of his reply to Fava's last note, and it is
supposed he will submit this paper to
the President before any statement is
made public respecting the correspond'
ence between the government of the
United States and Italy.
UIS
114 Second Street,
OREGON
W. A. Kir by,
(Jommiioii JJePchant
A Pacific Coaat Opinion.
San Francisco, March 31. The Chron
icle will say editorially : The country
was treated to a short-lived sensation
yesterday. A Washington newspaper
man. learning of the recall of iiaron
Fava, the Italian minister to the United
States, magnified the affair into a case of
demanding passports and the news has
nasnea an over tne country mat oipio
matic relations with Italy bad been
severed : but there will be no more war
with Italy ; t that country has other fish
to fry.- Her internal affairs are suffi
ciently complicated to entirely engross
the attention of her ablest statesmen and
whenever they show the slightest signs
of straigthening out, then Rudini and his
associates have their hands full keeping
up their relations with the triple alliance.
No European nation can afford to pre
cipitate a quarrel with the United States
but Italy least of all. ' The reasons why
she mus't patiently abide the result of
the investigation of the New Orleans
erand iurv are too numerous to mention,
. I " . 1 1 A . t
ana pernaps mey naa ueiier nut ue, ior
the less said about them the less cause
will there be for irritation.
The Post this evening, commenting on
the news from Washington, says . "Italy
is bent on insult and there is but one
thing to do in return fight."
The JSulUttn says: "tne popular
temper will not brook any paltering with
the issue that has been raised."
-AND DEALER IN-
Oregon : Fruits. : Proauce.
ANb FISH.
Highest Prices Paid for
POULTRY and EGGS.
Ghrisman & Gorson,
' Successors to C. E. CHBISUI k SOIS. ;
Dealers in all Kinds of '
GROCERS.
FIqiii1, Efain, Fruit?,
Etc., Etc.,
Highest Cash Price for Produce.
DIAMOffl) - ROLLER - MILL
A. H. CURTIS, Prop.
Flour of the Best Qual
ity Always on Hand.
THE DALLES,
OREGON.
A. A. BroWn,
Has opened a choice assortment of
Staple and Fancy Groceries
Wood and Willow Ware, Fruit Con
fectionery, etc., which he offers at
tenable y Prices
A Share of the Public Patronage is
. Respectfully Solicited.
fliekelsen's 61oek,
Cor. Third and Washington, The Dalles, Oregon.
PAUL KREFT,
Artistic Painter House Decorator;
THE DALLES, OR.
a specialty.
House Painttnar and Decoratlnr i
No inferior and cheap work done ; but good last
ing worn ai cae lowesi pneeg.
SHOP Adjoining Red 'Front Grocery.
THIRD STREET.
KENTUCKY JACK
WILL HAKE THE SEASON AT JAME8
Brown's ranch In Tygh Valley, beginning
March 1st.
The Jack was foaled In 1888. He la oat of
HU.tln.0 " t .1 I .1 .4 1
Jennie, both ancestors being full blooded stock. :
Kentucky Jack has few equals In blood and
size. He stands fifteen and one-half handa hitrh
and weighs 1,160 pounds, his color is black with
mealy nose, with a good disposition. His get la
always good and he is a sure breeder.
TERMS are SS, 1 12 and 20. For further In- .
formation apply to
JAMES BROWN,
Tygh Valley, Oregon.'
Clearance Sale !
MUSLIN :-. UNDERWEAR
HT COST I
a New Stock of Millinery. ,
To Make Room for
MRS. PHILLIPS,
- 8i THIRD ST.