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The Weekly Gbronicle.
OFFICIAL TAPER OF WA8CO COUNTT.
COUKIT OFFICIALS. .
County Judge. Geo. C. Blakeley
taeriffc. T. A. Ward
21rt . J. B. Croaseu
Tiiasmii I Wm. MicheU
, . IJas. Damlelle
Oomrniisrloners i Frank KIncaid
-Aaseaaor.. ....... Joel W Koonti
suveyor Shwrp
superintendent of Public Schools. . .Troy Shelley
teroner.., Eastwood
T1T HOMESTEAD POISONING.
Dispatches from Homestead yesterday
reveal a condiiiou of things existing t
the time of the strike, leaf expected.
That the strikers had so far criminated
themselves as to enter upon a scheme to
destroy the lives of men who were will
ing to work by poisoning their food, is
Vrougbt oat. It has no parallel in the
history of crime. The next thing to
this in the criminal proceeding of strik
ers was that outrage at Buffalo, when
wo strikers were caught in the act of
aisplacing a switch, and when the
police had just enough time to eel it
right before a lightning passenger ex
press went thundering by. If it had
gone thnndering through the mis
placed switch to destruction, with its
train-bands and passengers, the whole
nation would have shuddered at the in
famous crime.
It is in such crimes as these in con
nection with labor troubles that the
srravest menace appears. It is a serious
tatter to contemplate the ' spectacle of
a mob arrogating to themselves the
night to defy laws nominally created fey
the sovereign people:; bat when the ter
rible act iB'performed by taking human
Ufe by unsuspected methods, when poi
son is resorted to, toe violence presages
aa element, of dauger which stuns the
sensibilities of law-abiding people, and
alls for the most excessive punishment
devised by man, and where there may
save ben an expression of sympathy;
Jur the misguided leaders and the com-
Ma worker whose scanty wages per
naps were not affected, but who obedi
ntly obinut;d to strike and starve, the
sentiment turns to bitter hatred and the
aanse, if they had one, suffers.
In this strike at Homestead history
repeats itself. It is invariably the few
who profit and the many wiio suffer
Toe Homestead strike has resulted in a
loss to the workmen in wages alone
early $2,000,000 ; in a loss of human
. f ...
onnuence which can now never be re
stored to them ; in a loss of the last
park of honor remaining among them.
Their gains are only dishonor, disgrace
and starvation staring them in the face,
erily have they "reaped the whirlwind"
from their sowing. It has been a most
nfortunate affair for the many en
gaged in it. There is perhaps no other
trade in which the distinction between
tfee aristocracy and the commons is so
strongly marked as it is in the iron mills.
In some of these labor anions the gen
eral tendency is to discourage excellence
and to keep the skilled workmen down
to the standard of the unskilled, and it
is here that is found the shrewed schem
er, living upon the wages of the indus
tries, assuming despotic power, and
the greatest suffering upon the
elasses least able to bear it.
The outcome of the strike at Homestead
should teach lessons of obedience to the
laws of God and man, but will it? Let the
raters of the amalgamated association
TO EXCLUDE IMMWRANTS.
' The exclusion of foreign immigration
from our shores is heing discussed with
a good deal of earnestness in all sections
of the country. The wholesale dumping
of Europeans on this country is looked
upon .with concern, especially so since
the late striken. The country has been
flooded with the refuse of all nations.
which, as a class, have no respect tor
our laws or our institutions. They come
here as a place of refuge from crime
committed in their own land, and as
soon as the first opportunity presents
itself follow their . former instincts.
They are the first to make the strike on
any labor question, and first to resort to
riot.
It is well that the government sees
the importance of calling a halt. Sena
tor Chandler has presented a bill to the
senate to totally exclude all immigra
tion for one year, which bus been in the
hands of the senate committee on im
migration several days and will be re
ported favorably on. The immigration
problem has been a vexed one for the
last th'uty-five or forty years. Extreme
ists have urged an amendment to the
constitution whereby the naturalization
laws should require an actual residence
of twenty-one years before citizenship
should he bestowed on a foreign subject,
This was a plank in the old American
party platform, and the same idea pre
vails with a very large portion ot all
parties. It is believed by many great
statesmen that were this requirement
taw. that it. within itself, would, prove
check, and virtually stop, to a large de
irrce. the influx of the objectionable
class of foreigners. The great lamor
for reform has already sounoed the
alarm and it feas been benrd at home
and abroad. All Euroiie looks on
with dread and regret. As it is deprived
of ridding itveif of its paupers, its tocial
ists. its anarchists, and lastly - its over
population, it is pot to be wondered
that it trembles at the agitation of
immigration question in America.
The United States calls for a halt, and
a check taunt be pnt on promiscuous
foreign immigration Our shores should
not be the dumping ground for all
Kurope and Asia.
THE CHRONICLE ANNIVERSARY.
Two years 'ago today Thk Chkonicmc
unfurled its banner to the popular breeze
in the Inland Empire and launched forth
upon the sea of journalism with no mis
givings as to the future. The course of
the paper, and its present liberal sup
port fully attest its worth and apprecia
tion. It is not necessary at this time to
enter largely upon a review of the 'past
years work, nor make any glittering
promises for the future. The fact is ap
parent that The Ckbonicls is es
tablished in the hearts of the people,
and we have a proud sense of the situa
tion which prompts ne to untiring efforts
in the promotion of the interests .of ail
classes for whose benefit the papsr was
founded, and so long as the people re
main with us we shall remain with them,
American Cholera.
From the Daily Raraiixa, Whatcom, Wash.)
"T. C. Burnett, the democratic candi
date for sheriff,' was taken violently ill
at Clearbrook. He had all the symp
tom!: of Asiatic cholera, and for' an hour
or two it was feared he would die. They
finally gave him adorn of Chamberlain's
Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,
which revived him until a physician ar
rived." That is precisely "what the
manufacturers of that medicine recom
mend for cholera. Send for a phvj,
bnt give their medicine until tl- gpi,-
cian arrives. If cholera J
ent in this eoantry. ne tammr thl8
preparation will be. m t delnand t.
cause it can aKays be depended upon.
For sale by Blakley & Houghton, drug-
m M. C
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mm !
Plomcar
Bakery.
H'Avinir airain reoniuipii thia nnnnlar
ain who. us we sunn remain wiwu uirau. . . " 3 , s . 1 r .
... .. ... , . . U&kerv and employed the services of a
thout prejudice or partiality, laboring , w cIa88 WJ( prepllred t farn.
under the banner of onward and upward,
the greatest good to the greatest tiumber.
Following is a list ot topics upoi
which resolutions were offered yester
day, in the Philadelphia meeting of th
federation ot Labor: On the saloon
question; mustache question; standing
of the Kiiiglits of Labor in the federa
lion; political action, granting charters
to centra! ioidies; cnuuiulsorv nrbitra
lion ; interference of courts and military
Chinese sailors on the Pacific Mail
steamers; assisted immigration: calling
out armed bodies during strikes; to
amend alien contract, labor; an univer
sal label ; to establish a sinking fnri.l
for the pan ion of t he Chicago Hnyjnsr
fcet auarchiKa; lor aiiatioual eignt-hour
iaw; for the inauguration f education
by the federation; favoring the abolish
ment of trusts and speculation v- f.
products: for organization of ii.'frna
tiomil Ixxiies of unions of freight-hand-iers
and broom-makers; and a number
of others of minor importance. It wuw
agreed to take on the question of th
celebration of IfomeRtead day at the f
ternoon session today.
It can scarcely be expected that the
aawer will be favorable, so long as snob
bodies of men are organised with a total
lack of the principles of right. They
sake no restriction for nationality,
morality, sobriety, loyalty or efficiency.
They no sootier organize than they pre
sume to dictate a code and a rate of ap
prenticeship to perpetuate their leaders
in the highest places for preferment of
. wages, and thus it is by such rules that
eur native born youth is prohibited from
learning trades, by organizations com
posed largely of foreigners, many of
whom are unnaturalized and bnt re
cently imported. This latest event at
Homestead reveals these evil effects
which will readily be understood, and
which need but to be suggested to make
an impression npon an intelligent public
f the extent and magnitude 01 the crim
inal effect of labor unions generally.
Judge Bradehaw sentenced Ed. Hahn,
erho was convicted in the circuit court iD
Portland, for attempting to kill his best
girl, Miss Qninii, to two years imprison
ment in the penitentiary. Much sur
prise is manifest at the light' sentence,
It ought to have been to the limit of the
law. The courts of the land show too
such leniency in administrative justice.
T. P. Cochrain, a son . of a wealthy St.
Louis lawyer, is in jail in Portland, for
defrauding various citizens out of thous
ands of dollars by ' fraudulent checks.
On the same hypothesis of reasoning
that a Pendletdn man got one year for
stealing an $8 oyercjoaK'Cochrain may
go clear. -:t .
Some of our contemporaries are pub
lishing back number?, on the Columbia
river dating to John Maginnis report on
Wilkes chart of 66 years agou Come and
talk of it as it is now. Aid us to open it
The Panama canal scandal is becoming
a very serious matter ia France. Minis
ter of Finance Ronvier has resigned as a
result of the letter by Clemencean in I.e.
Figaro implicating him with Reinacb
and Hers in the Panama canal scandal.
The political situation is very critical,
and another government crisis is ex
tremely lik"ly. Le (irulois publish
the story in detail, professing to give the
storv . of the last hours of Baron
Reinacb. It says that, after his visit
with Clemencean and Rouvier to Horz
for the purpose of getting the papers to
let. up in their publication of th" P.n:-
ma-canal details, and finding Herz wonld
do nothing, he realized there was no es
caping the results of his acts, so he went
home at midnight, wrote a nnmher
letters, destroyed the compromising
documents, and at one o'clock took the
poison.
Despite the earnest protests of those
who favor the preservation of at least a
remnant of the noble game of the north
west, the rnthless slaughter still goe
on. In northern Idaho, it is said hunt
ers are killing deer, elk and mountain
sheep in the most ' wanton manner,
while other parties are hunting deer
under contract with, meat dealers. Even
the little H ot ted fawn is not exempt
from their cruel rapacity. The law is
strong enontih but somo how it is not en
forced. There is a curious typographical error
in Harper's Magazine for December, just
issued, by which Charles Pudiey War
ner is made to say in his Editor's Studv,
thnt "the jireat mass' of Christian litera
ture is no lontrer believed." This, says
the Boston Herald, would be a startling
assertion, indeed, were it not evident by
the context that what Mr. Warner wrote
was thnt "the great mass of Christmas
literature is no longer believed."
Walla Walla claims all the requisites
for a beet suear manufactory. Practical
tests by the late S. M. Wait, made
many years ago, demonstrated the fact
that beets containing a large parcentage
of saccharine matter may be grown in
all parts of the valley. The city pos
sesses all the other advantages, as ont
iined by Claus 8preckles; cheap fuel,
cheap lime, cheap transportation and ;
0VRJ.AND OFFICE MUDDLE
By reason of a ruling, made at tjie in
stance and dictation of United Btates
Inspector, Harbison by name, the re
ceiver at United States land office. The
Dalles, Or., refused on Saturday last, to
issue any more final receipts to entry
men offering proof as required by law ;
assigning an it reason the sickness of the
register, Capt. Jno. W. Lewis. It will
be remembered that during the first
session of the present congress, efforts
were made to secure an extension of
time in which claimants, under act of
September 29th, 1890, were allowed to
offer proof and pay for lands embraced
within the law, generally known as the
Railroad Forfeiture act; but notwith
standing the combined efforts of the Or
egon delegation, the democratic house
could not be induced to allow said ex
tension to embrace only such entries as
where claimants were actually residing
upon such land at the time of the pas
sage of said act, . and the time allowed
for all other claimants was restricted to
February 3d, 1893. This was a tmaU
consession by u large democratic house.
and was a gracious toon to a righteous
few only, as nine-tenths of theclaininct
nnder the act.of September 29th, 1R90.
wh the public with, the Terr best of
bread, pies and cakes on short notice
JJext door to Chrisman A Corson, Cor
Washington and Second, streets, The
Dalles, Or. Gao. Rbch.
Tha fjeiekeat Way Oar a I'ala.
Do you wish to know the quickest way
to cure a cold? We will tell you. To
cure a cold quickly, it must be treated
before the cold has become settled in the
system. The first symptoms of a cold
is a dry, loud cough and sneezing. The
cough is soon followed by watery ex
pectoration and the sneezing by a pro
fuse watery discharge from the nose. In
severe cases there is a thin white coating
on the tongue. What to do? It is onlv
necessary to take Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy in doable does every hoar.
That will greatly lessen the severity of
the cold and in many cases will effectu
ally counteract it, and cure what would
have been a severe cold within one or
two days time. Try it aud lie convinced
25 and o0 cent 'bottles for sale by
Biakeley & Houghton, druggists.
OfJE DOLLAR
EVERY HOUR
ia eaftily earned j anv on of either sex in any
pan oi we eounirr, woo u wining Ki won lnana- i
trioiMlr at the employment which we furniah. 1
The labor ia light and pleaMut, aud you run no 1
nn wnaierer. nre ni Ton out complete, ao mat
tou can jrive the buaines a trial without expense
were -ither living on other lauds, or had J0.-"0?""- " willing to do a little work,
, . . . , . , . ! thia 11 the grandest otter made. Tou can work
exhausted tt.eir rights under the general 1 all dav, or In the evening onlr. . If you are em-
ptorea, ana uave a rew spare nonra at toar ait-
At 65 CtS.
WOOL FELT HATS
WORTH
j $1 to $1.50
At $1.15.
FRENCH and FUR FELT HATS
. WORTH
$2 to $2.50
(Tss .1717a peter G ?o.
112 Second St., The Dalles, Or.
land law- then in force..
Our object in calling attention to the
provisions of the ;'rfeiture act, is to
show the "condition'' which "confronts"
entry men, n-w r-;ady and anxious to
potal, utilize them, and aid to Toor income,
our buainew will not interfere at all. Yon will
be amaaed on the start at the rapidity and ease
by which yon amass dollar upon dollar, day inajd
day oat. Even beginners are successful from the
first hour. Any use can rnn the business - none
fail. Tou should try uotliing else nntil yoe see
tnr lAurulf lint wnwt Hn at t K. ' - -
make final prof; and to show the which we offer. Ko capital risked. Women are
grounds of complaint which the general ! SJhS'SZ "itlTU
public are now making of the way busi- : daptd to them. tVrite at once and see for
r 0 i WfiM rnsfclf A I rii is. U 1111 I B.U I & aTXn
MIAER & BENTON
- DEALERS IN
Cord Wood fir. pine, ash
VUR1J V V UUUAND CKABAPPLE
GROCERIES, stravneIeV HARDWARE
TINNING AND PLUMBING A SPECIALTY.
Leave orders cor. Third and TJnion, or 133 Second st.
THE DALLES. OR.
NEPTUNE SHAVING PARLORS AND BATH ROOMS.
FRA.ZER & WYNDHAM. Prouriotors.
ness in the U. S. Land office at The
Dalles is now conducted ; and to show
the manner in which this important
branch of, the public service is being run,
throngh the over-officiousness and domi
nation of a C. S. Land office inspector,
whose assumption of authority, "' is
"cheeky'' to say the least, even in the
"wild aud wooly west."
To say that this man has made him
self obnoxious, in hi official capacity,
with the general public is putting it
mild, and the sooner he is ordered and
directed to seek other fields of labor and
pastures new, the better it will be for the
splendid record of the U. 8. Land office
department nnder Mr. Harrison's ad
ministration. We of the west had a
surfeit of insane circulars and arbitrary
rulings from the general land office In
the days of Andrew Jackson Sparks ; and
we vigorously "kick," just at the close
of a well spent life, to be subjected to
the idosyncracies of this "government
official."
But a few days since a number of citi
zens from Sherman county came to The
Dalles, bringing their witnesses with
them for the purpose of ru akin it final
proof on entries under the forfeiture
act; but upon application at the land
office were informed that the receiver
would not ist-ue them final certificates
(receipts), but that the receiver would
Sex as), PerMatsMl, Ms.
PL. ) .
i ui5 ne
iilator L
me
Tie Dafies, Mud asi Ma
Navigation Co.
At the eld stand of R. Lasher,
no Front St. The .Dalles, Oregoo.
THROUGH
Freignt saa P:sssnoer Line
Throueh daily service (8nndays ex
empted) between The Dalles and Port
land. Steamer Regulator leaves The
Dalies at 7 a. m. connecting at Cascade
Locks with steamer Dalles City.
Steamer Dalles Citv leaves Portland
issue them a receipt dictated by Mr. (Yamhill Ffroet dock) at 8 . in. con-
Freeborn & Company,
-MALMS SV-
Wall Paper ana Rod
ni floulo'iogs,
2&5 ALDER ST COR. FIFTH,
U VsaTBBB
Pstm.aND, Pass on.
X. IOC. CROSS
PK.4IJ?K. IS-
Harbison, 'which in effect can only be
construed as a personal receipt. In
this connection we call attention to the
decision of Secretary Vilus, in the case
Mathieaon and Ward, npon applica
tion to purchase, from which we quote:
The receiver has no authority to re
ceive money except when tendered in
payment npon an application made to
the register for the purchase of lands
pon which the local otficers having au
thority to act," etc., and further: "A
payment received by the locai officers
n advance of the time when they ar
ready to act upon an application and
allow the entry, is not in pursuance of
any doty enjoined by law."
We believe enough has been said to
how the necessity of calling the atten
tion of unr delegation in congress to the
conditions which now obstruct entrymen
upon forfeited railroad lands, and in
rging that the attention of the com
missioner of the general laud office be
called to theituation y to the end that
some definite instructions may be given, i
looking to the relief of this class of en-,
tries. i
neiingwith steamer Regulator for The
Dalles.
PASSENIil
One way
Hound trip: .
A TBS.
.$3 00
. 3.00
Freight Rates Greatly Reduced.
Shipments received at wharf any time,
aay or night, and delivered at Portland
in arrival. Live . stock shipments
solicited. Call on or address.
B. F.
W. C. ALLAWAY,
Osineral frrnt.
LAUGHLIN,
General NDt;r.
Hay, Grain, Feed & Flour.
HEADQUARTERS FOR POTATOES. TERMS STRICTLY CASH.
It behooves everyone, especially the workingman, to buy
where he can buy the cheapest and can get the most for his
hard earned money. We solicit a share of your patronage.
Cash paid for egs and poultry. Ail goods delivered free and promptly
Corner Union and Second streets, The Dalles, Oregon.
up to free navigation. It was all right ; cheap packages. The last named of
ihpn, to be Here ; but what we want now ; these are the jute baes, engar makers
tiiost is the modern methods of business. J having decided that sacks make better
JPnsh applied. ; packages than barrels.
The press of Valparaiso say that the
McKeony silver mine near Iquique is
played out aud its title is clouded - by
lawsuit. It is owned by an American
syndicate; said to be composed of Messrs.
Higgins, Mills, Senator Jones and F.
Lynde Stetson, President-elect Cleve
land's law partner.
The American Remedy company of
Portland have filed articles of incorpor
ation with the secretary of state for the
treatment of the opium, liquors, and to
baccojhabit. Capital stock $26,000.
THE DALLES.
OREGON
XXX. H. Young,
General . Blacksmithing and Work done
promptly, and all work
Sua ran teed.
FIRST CLHSS
Horse Shoeing a Speciality
Hiiri Street iwsite tie JlJ liete Staii.
Ji
CAN BE HAD AT THE
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CHRONICLE OFFICE
treasonably Humous S?ats.