THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1893. The Weekly Chronicle. Entered t the jMtom t The Ifctllea, Oregon, a evoud-WaM mall waiter. HI US( RITTIOS KATKS. BY HAIL, IWTAUl rKXPA.D, IS ADY!IC. Iin year hlx mont 1'urev month. II W ?.s 60 Adrertlalnii rnu reaMiuable, and tuado known on vpuciiUttn. Aitdre all rommimlratton U"T11K CKKON It'LE," Tho lulte, UrvgtHi. HTATK Ori'K'ULK. tkvrernot Murwury of 8uw Treasurer upt. oi Public lnatructlou aanatorn Gougrcnmeu.. . State Printer K. rennoyer li. W. M-Hri., Phillip Metaehan K B. MoKlroy u. N. IMIlil. J. It. Mtwhell H. Hermai.u iV K. Kill" Frank Baker !OlNTY OVPIC1A1.8. County Juilv. Ueo. V. Blakeley Bheriti. T. A. Ward Clerk i B. Oroenen Treiuurvr Win. Miehell . . Uaa. Dariltelle commiauonera jrrank Ktncaid Aaaemor Joel W. KoonU urvevor K. Slurp Superintendent of Public bchuola . .Troy Shelley Cormier N. M. Kaatwoud III a late Usue of the North American Keview Reprewntative Thos. J. Geary defends the law- Iwaring the name. He contends that there is nothing in the law in violation of any treaty, and that il existing troubles liavo been brought about by the resistance of the Chinese themselves and the Six Companies. He gives figures to shun that there is noth in the Chinese trade, or rather the loss of it, to alarm any American. He says: "We would be better off without any part of it. For the year 1S92 our im ports from China amounted to I'-tMNJ,-291 ; our exHrla amounted to $o,63, C00, or a balance in favor of the Chinese of nearly llo.OOO.OH) for the last year. 3n the last twenty-tire years we have shipped to China more than f KM.000, 000 in coin. The loss of this trade would not be injurious, and there is no possi bility of China ceasing to trade with us, so long as we are always a customer for wore than 114,000,000 of her products over and above what she takes from us." Mr. Geary also shows that Amer icans have no such rights in China as re accorded the Chinese here, and con cludes: "Nine-tenths of all the Chi nese in the -.United States are found in the Pacific states, and they have bad opportunities for studying the effect of their pretence not permitted to the .other states. American interests in the far west, the maintenance of Anieri- . can civilization, and the just protection of American labor from Chinese cotupe titou are of more consequence than the profits of the Chinese trade or the main tenance of missionary stations in China. The !:v.v s'vjuh'. be enforced." Mr. Cleveland hnsn't been long in power, it is true, but like an honest man he has shown his hand. In the rankest and most unreserved way. says the Klamath Star, he has uncovered the bald and bowing pate of subserviency to the money power. A great part of the time of his new reign has been devoted to considering the claims of office hunters, but he has found time to haul down the American flag in the Sand wich islands, discourage the work of constructing the Nicaragua canal and suspend the Geary law all for the money power. Now, if he falls to get the plans of the gold gang carried through the senate, the golden calf will butt his brains out! A commission merchant of Portland, writing to a fruit grower in Kugene, states that the wholesale price this year for Italian prunes will probably be about 12 cents, but may go above that. French prunes will be about 10 cents. In peaking of the outlook in years to come, he states that it is his firm belief that the price of Italian prunes in the next Cve years will not go below 6 cents, and he predicts the price will range from 8 to 10 cents. French prunes, he thinks, will be cheaper, and will probably be as low as 3 cents. The indications are favorable that farmers will realize a good yield of wheat this harvest. But where is the indication that they will realize the $1 per bushel promised on the election of G rover Cleveland. President Cleveland : Sorry to leave you, gents, but I have a private engage ment whiuh takes precedence over this minor matter of the country's finances. Will tell you later on whether its cham pagne or beer. The times are too bard to indulge in strikes, and there are none nowadays. Wages are good enough for awhile and wage-earners are sharp enough to tee it. Whatever else may be said about those counterfeiters on lonely isle in the Columbia they have done their best to increase the circulating medium. President Cleveland left yeeterday for Buzzard's Bay to remain until Septem ber. His departure from the national capital is on account of declining health, which is the .result of overwork and mental anxiety. Keview: "We must redeem onr pledges," said Crisp before the demo cratic caucus. If you don't, Mr. Crisp, you w ill be damned, and if you do you will be doubly damned. It looks like ease of taking to the woods. Senator IKlph introduced a bill today appropriating 1:13,000,000 for fortifica tions ami other sea coast defenses, and $1,000,000 for the establishment of a gun lactory on the I'aciuc. Commenting on the above dispatch, the Capital Journal says: When we are is spending $100,000,000 year on standing army aud navy in a time of perfect peace, a bill like the above seeun the height of folly. We need im proved rivers and harbors, we need a free rural mail delivery, we need postal savings banks and postal telegraphs, we need the telephone brought into the reach of the people. But we do not need $133,000,000 for forts on our coasts, and a $1,000,000 gun factory. What shall our coasts be defended against? Who is there to shoot? These ques tions may sound impertinent from an editor to a senator, but the proposition to create such expenditures when there are other reforms and improvements so much more necessary, is also an imper tinence. The ministerial alliance of Denver has prepared a memorandum to he sent to the president, asking that he set aside a national day of prayer and fasting. The address cites the existing financial dis tress and the great paralyzed sense of the nation, and petitions the presideut tJ set aside a day when the people shall gather in their accustomed places of wor ship and pray that the nation may be rightly guided in its preeent straits. In times of sore distress it is natural for the human family, who are as a body re ligiously inclined, to seek the throne of grace for relief. The last notable in stance was in 1881 when the churches of the United States set aside a day to pray for the restoration to health of President Garfield, but without avail. There is much more reason in the present in stance to continue chastisement for wrong doing in electing the democrats to power. The SpokBne Keview says: New Kngland workingmen are a deal more moderate in their demands and expecta tions than they were when the country was booming under Harrison and Mc Kinley. One of the largest manufac tories in Massachusetts has decided upon j closing down for two months, and the Boston Herald declares that this "is cheering news for 2,000 operatives who expected a shutdown for four months." It is a remarkable fact, but none the less true, that there comes times when increased prosperity merely aggravates the growing discontent of the wage-earners. On such occasions adversity usually comes along and brings the degree of reason that fortune was powerless- to supply. A correspendent writes to the Port land Telegram, praying that the agita tion against the idle men there using the city plazas be discontinued. Nurses with babies object to their uncouth presence and the gallant representatives of the law run them in for hobos. The correspondent says truly : "It is far better for them to remain on the plaza, where water can be had for drinking purposes, than to be run in and fed at the city's expense for loung ing around some saloon. To call these men hobos and bums who are found on the plaza block is unfair. Where in all this great city of churches is there one whose doors swing open wide and bid these men a hearty welcome? I know of only one, and that stands at the corner of Third and Stark. Credit to whom credit is due. Will the ladies who begrudge these men their summer resort please bear in mind that winter is approaching with 8,000 unemployed in our fair city? The plaza or the jail. This is the situation. I prefer to see the men about the plaza, and enter my protest against any more of this bosh about nurses and babies needing it for their use." There is every reason to expect a great number of visitors to the Pacific coast the coming fall. Many of these will have had their attention called to Oregon fruits at Chicago aud all that will be required to confirm their favor able opinion will be a fruit fair here at which they will be enabled to see on a broader scale what we produce. The object of the fruit fair is not to benefit or add glory to any individual locality but to advance the material welfare of the state. To use a vulgar, but significant ex pression the members of congress are "chewing the rag," over a proposition they can never Lope to agree upon. What is sauce for Teller, Wolcott and Jones, et a!., is not sauce for the great majority of congressmen. They are distinct species on the silver question. Postpone the diecusnion of tin) question and do something to relieve this strin gency that is breaking the country's back. A J.ea4lr. Since its first introduction, electric bitters has gained rapidly in popular favor, until now it is clearly in the lead among pure medicinal tonics ami alter atives containing nothing which per mits its use as a beverago or intoxicant, it is recognized as the best and purest medicine for all ailments of stomach, liver or kidneys. It will cure sick head ache, indigestion, constipation anu drive maleria from the system. Satisfaction guaranteed with each Lottie or the money will be refunded. Priceonly 50c. per bottle. Sold by Snipes & Kinersly. TWO Sim CASALS. A few months ago the Chkonu-lk re ferred to the approaching completion of the canal between the Saronicand Corin thian Gulfs in Greece, which will make the Peloponnesus an Island. The canal Is now completed and open to commerce. It is only S Hil9 lK. but It has coat $14,000,000, exclusive of interest, and It will save steamers going to and from Athens about 17 hours. Its length is about that of the Hoosac tunnel, which cost very much more. Its depth is de scribed in some accounts as 24 feet and in others as the same as that of the Suei canat, which was originally 2 feet at the shallowest point, but has been deep ened two feet recently. Hut owing to the high ground at about the middle of the canal of Corinth it was necessary to make a cut there of 260 feet, and, unlike the Sues canal, the walls are vertical, being protected from caving in by walls of masonry. The great Manchester Ship canal, which is to make one of Knglaud's larg est inland towns practically a seaport, it is said will be completed in about six months, at a cost of some $SO,000 ,000. It is a little over 35 miles long, with a min imum depth of 20 and an average width of 172 feet at the surface and of 100 feet at the bottom. There are nearly 300 towns, most of them with a population of over 10,000 persons, which will le con nected with the great canal by rivers and smaller canals. The canal of Cor inth is entirely on the sea level, but the fact that Manchester is 60 feet higher than Liverpool involves the employment in the case of the Knglish canal of four series of locks, which are constructed in I groups of three of different dimensions, so that aU kinds of- vessels may be han dled without wasteof water. Where the canal joins tne Mersey river the dimen sions of the locks are respectively 600 feet by 80, 350 bv 50, and 130 by 30. He sides the ordinary gates, these locks are protected by stortu gates, each 46 feet in depth and the largest pair weighing nearly 600 tons. The gates will be open and shut by hydraulic power. Docks have been built at Manchester with 114 acres of water space. A feature of the work has been the construction of a stone wall hi one place nearly a mile long, 140 feet thick at the base aud 75 feet thick at the surface. It involved the driving deep in the sand of 150,000 piles nearly 40 feet long. In one case a river has been carried 18 feet beneath the canal bottom in a syphon consisting of iron tubes 12 feet in diameter im bedded in two feet of concrete. Bail roads are carried over the canal on swing bridges nearly 100 feet high, one of them being the largest swinging bridge in the world, and the Bridguwater canal crosses the Ship canal on an iron aqueduct which is swum: like a drawbridge to allow the passage of vessels. The canal has been advocated for 25 years aud was begun in 18S7 after $750,- 000 had been expended in promoting the enterprise. The entire cost was origin ally estimated at only $32,750,000. The working force has often exceeded 17,000 men at a time, and 170 locomotives, 215 steam cranes, lo0 portable and other steam engines, 21)0 steam pumps, 100 steam shovels, auTJ about 6,000 dump wagons have been constantly employed. The total amount of excavation has been estimated at 46,000,000 cubic yards, one- fourth of which was sandstone rjek. The embankments constructed in the tidal regions are nearly ten miles long altogether. The work that remains to be done consists chiefly in clearing away construction material and connecting the various sections, which will have to be tested and filled in turn separately L t . 1 , ! I ueiore ine canal is lorinany openeu, an event that is set for next February or March. "tore llonbed at Fox- At about 11 o'clock Saturday evening J. F. Allen, who keeps a general mer chandise store at Fox, Grant Co., was aroused from his slumbers by some one outside the store wanting in, they said, to get some tobacco. When Mr. Allen opened the door be was brought face to face with two masked men, revolvers in hand, and commanded to open his safe and turn over the funds on hand, or take instant death. Allen complied with the request and was relieved of $000 by the robbers. He had just got in the bulk of this money that day and these fellows certainly knew it and wished to make a stake while there was yet some gold in the country. While these men were securing thn booty a third party stood outside and hold the horses. A man by the name of Jack Mosier, another man by the name of Iilder and John Crisman h.tvo been ar rested for the crime and had a prelimi nary examination at Long Creek on Tuesday and were bound over to appear before the grand jury at the next term of circuit court. They will doubtless get to serve a term in the pen, as the evidence against them is said to be very strong. A couple of women were also implicated in the crime but they were turned loose. Heppner Kecord. Mr. J. C. Boswcll, one of tho boot known and most respected citizens of Brownwood, Texas, sullered with diar-rhu-a for a long time and tried many different remedies without benefit, until Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrbira Kemedy was used; that re lieved him atonce. Fortaleby Blakeiey A Houghton, Druggists. lui. CONCERTED ACTION NEEDED. Mark lapead frmlllora ut t'lueel Hank aa Well aa talilura.. Thursday morning's Oregonian staled that "a dispatch was received from Washington, D. C, saying that Comp troller of the Currency Kckels had re reived reports from the examiners in charge of the suspended national banks to the effect that conditions were favora ble and they were preparing to resume." The natural conclusion was that the banks had all the money necessary for reopening, and that all that was nieea sary was the comptroller's consent t" re sume business, and it was so Muted io addition to the above dispatch. It seems, however, that this was a mistake, as the banks have not yet the neeeasnry amount of money, and it will proluthly e some little time before they gut I:, aniens thn dohtora iimke more effort In pay their notes. The publication of the alM.ve rfiaiuteh tl, inert of ...akin,. . ... ... ..... . a iiiuraeu uecreaae in me iwyi.iuui. ( bank notes, the holders taking it for granted that the banks were not so hard pressed as was generally supposed. The fact is, however, that all the suspended banks are working hard every day to get affairs into shape for reopening, aud Bank Kxaminer Wightmnii says that they will all resume, but that it is a question of time, depending upon the rapidity with which collections are made. Much dH!nds upon debtors, who should make every effort to pay the whole or a part of their notes, and assist the banks in every )Mesible way. The banks need every cent they can get," said Mr. Wightman, "and the creditors must assist, as well as the debtors. We can't make tish of one and fowl of another. AM must Ihj treated alike and all must stand together. As to the creditors, the banks are endeavor ing to get depositors to sign certificates of extension. This is done simply to satisfy thecomptroller. After the banks are reopened a short time these pay ments can lie anticipated. This is the plan that is being put into operation suc cessfully elsewhere and there is no good reason why it can't be done hero. The banks almost invariably grantextensions to their debtors, and it is only fair now that the bunks should have a reasonable extension from their creditors. It is simply a case of reciprocity. This plan I adopted in Los Angeles and I soon had the banks doing business again. The same thing can be done in Portland if the proper spirit is manifested. It is now boing done in lonver by Kxaminer Luzear, who worked with me in Los An gee.." HOW WAS IT HONK IN LOH ANIiKLIS. Mr. Wightman received yesterday a copy of the Denver Post, containing tho following: "Up to August 7th $1,400,000 had been signed in Denver to the depositors' agree ment with the suspended banks. "Senior Examiner Lazear is very anx ious that thedepositorscome in promptly and sign the agreement, as a number of the banks are only waiting on them to dn so before resuming business. "My aim all along has been to show the people that it is to their best interest to assist the banks to an early reopening by signing the agreement," said Mr. Lazaar. 'Myself and the other exam iners continue to uri this as the best and most speedy way of settling the bank affairs of Denver, and we again urge everyone with a deposit of more than $100 to come up and sign.' "On this point the People's National has received an interesting letter from Southern California, where Messrs. La zear and Kldridge had the same plan of operation, and where the results are most satisfactory. The letter is as fol lows : "SorTHKiiN California Nat'l Bank,) "l.os A.NOKLP.H.Cal., Aug. 1,1803. )' "People's National Bank, Denver, Col : "Otntlemen Your favor of the 26th tilt., came duly to hand and contents noted. We realize the situation and cheerfully comply with your request in the matter. "We had to resort to the same method to facilitate mutters in arranging to re sume, and, while we agreed to make the last payment at a certain sjiecilled time from the date of resuming business, we now find that it will not be necessary to ask our depositors to comply with their agreement, and we are paying all those who need their money." LAST OF HOP CHUNQ. Hal Ilia Uplrlt March on to Celaitlal llnrj. The first Chinese burial for about two yearB in The Dulles took place yester day. Hop Chung, who died Saturday, was buried with all the peculiar cere monies customary with the Chinese. Sevuial citizens, drawn by curiosity, were in attendance, and some there were, with whom all subjects furnish material for airy jests, who made sport of this death of a heathen. However, they could scarcely be more indifferent to death than tho Chinese themselves. Their future state troubles them but little, and they meet their last enemy with apparent unconcern. In every thing that relates to death and sepal chere, the customs of the Chinese are very (lingular. This will 1 readily be lieved when, with them, a coflin makes a suitable present and is frequently given by children in China to their par ents. "To bo happy on earth," say the Chinese, "one must be Isirn in Hi Chow, live in Canton, and die in Lianchau" Su Chow being celebrated (or the beauty of its women, Cantou for Its luxury, and I.iaiu hau (or furnishing the best wood for rolllns. Banquets are offered to the dead and pathetic speeches addressed to them. At the funeral yesterday a Chinaman rode on the hearse with the driver, and kept throwing pavers in the air until the grave was reached. These were about the size and shape of a green buck and light brown in color, with nine holes punctured in them. At thn grave the coffin was lowered into the ground and while the grave was being tilled, their ceremonies were In progress. Candles were lighted and placed upright in a box. A tire was built, upon which all the personal covets of I he iln-wnsed were j burned. A feast of roust cnirkim, pork 1 ainl rice was offered to the deceased at the fi Kit of the grave. Kach of the llv- : ' -'li'U Hi- Chinaman then """'. pour- j iiiv' into miniature cups, wator from a ' , bottle and sprinkling it over llu- ground. Tliev made thrci laiws, retreiiting while doing so, and giving place to the next. Tho casting of papers en route to the grave is for the puriose of enticing the evil spirits to collect it, they lielieving it to be money, and thereby they neg lect to meddle with the spirit of the dead mini. The canilU s are to furnish light to enable the spirit to distinguish the road in its upward flight, and the victuals for needed nourishment on the wav. His effects were burned because he had no relatives here, aud there was no person to whom they properly 1m loiiged. After the ceremonies were com pleted mementos were distributed, con sisting of 5 cent pieces. The Chinamen had given their com rade a decent burial, and on the home ward ride they chattered away as volu bly as ever. Some day the bones of Hop Chung will be removed and sent to China ami preserved in an earthen jar. All the large cities in China are pro vided with "baby towers. All infants who die under Jthe age of one year are not honored with burial, but are done up in a packagf?, w ith matting and cords, and thrown into the tower, or rather well, as It is sunk some distance below the earth. The top, which rises about ten feet above the ground, is roofed, but an aperture is left for casting in the Itodies. rrom Wamit:. Wamic, Aug. 10, 18!i.1. Klltlur ('HKilNK'LC It may be that your readers would like to hear from the little town of Vtannc that is so nicely situated about eight in Lie from Barlow gate on the road lead ing from The I Miles across the mount ains to the valley. This little town is enjoying quite a boom of late. As the crops were never better than they are this year, while money is scarce as else where, the farmers are all over smiles and in the liest of humor. Harvesting will be about done this week, then the busy lium of the thresher will m heard and will thresh out more grain of a tine quality than was ever harvested in this community before. Yesterday was a day of great impor tance to this town and community. In answer to a petition, unanimously signed by the citizens of three school districts, our worthy school superintendent united them into one district and yesterday was the school meeting. Kvorything passed off very nicely. B. Savage, Tom Driver aud Wm. Fallow were elected directors and Frank Woodcock clerk. The Patti son hall, in the town ot Wamic, was pur chased and fitted up in good style for a graded school to begin about October next. Our graded school will be a nucleus, around which the people will gather, which will build up our town and give the people a chance to educate their children without sending them away from home. The talk on tho streets this morning is that the future proiqierity of Wamic is assured. The town is in a flourishing condition. Our keen-eyed merchant Fred Gordon carries good and well selected stock of goods and sells at a small profit for cash and produce, which amply supplies the peoplo in this line. He is postmaster. A daily mall is de livered to his office, which is cleanly and nicely kept. Our genial host, Seth Broyles, is now prepared to feed the hungry, dirty traveler and his tired and jaded team or the gontry from town that may come this way. Mrs. Broyles keeps a nice, clean house, situated ono block west of the graded school house. They are pre pared to board by the dav or week, teams or travelers. Price, 75 cents tier day for meals and lodging. Horses fed reasonable. , We have a wagon and blacksmith shop combined, continually in operation, kept by K. C. Pratt. There is located near the schoolhouso nice furnished church that is occupied every Sunday with re ligious service. Lldor Bonney Is the pastor of the A. C. church of which there is a large class. In fact our town issuplied with all the necessary appliances to make a large town. We invite home seekers this way. If you have money come. If M.r come along. "For the poor ye always have with you" Bible. Yours for improve ment. XX. Dr. Grant's German Kllxlr cures In cipient consumption. Sold by Sullies & Kinursly. MERCURIAL MrXC. Jones, of Fulton, Ark ffy" I "About ten years Sfi7 polnnn. Leading physicians prtworlS medicine after medicine, which i,; without suiy relief. I also triad m. rial ud iotuau remedies, with utxZ RHEUMATISM paiwful remits, but which brmightoni. attack of mnrourl'il rheumatism tij made my life one of agony. After erlnjf four years I up all remZ and commenced nairnr H. K. R Tir tukinjr anveral bottlos, I was eutinj! pured and able to resume work. NTJTjTl in the jrreatetit niodlclnf - 1 blood poisoning to-Uar the market." Treatta oa lllnod and Rkln TMasaasa aa, (raa. Bwurr bracurio Co., Aiium IjOOK out presh Paint! W. :. (Iii.hkkt boraby asnda Ilia mnipilmtMilM tnevury frlanrl Anil ai.vmy If ha ha any Ha lliiy low or l Uioy many. Tlia time (or palntlns now ha cema, And every 0111 (train a home That liaiks IrtMh anil oloan and Raw, Aa noire but a kxkI palutvr van do. Tslntlns, panarlns ajifl dailng, tm, will ntakv your old Ihiiim liNik quite new He will tnke your work either way, lly the Job or hy the day. II ynu have work rive blm a eull. He'll lake your nrUera, large or mall Keapertlull)'. W. C. GILBERT I'. (. Hox No. g. Till. DALLKS. OU. The Snug. W, H. BUTTS. Prop. No. 00 Second Sreet, The C.Uei Or. This well known stand, kept by the well knowu W, II. Hutu, long a resi dent of Va-n county, has an extraordi nary flue stock of Shp Herder's Delight and Irish Distarbaie In fact, all the leading brands of fin Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Uive th old man a call and vou will come attain J. I FOBD, EvanflLBlist, Of Pea Mnliie i, Iowa, wrltea March 23. lvsl: nnd'-r daa a 8. B. Men. Mm. Co., Ihifur, Oregon. On arriving home last week. I fonni all well and anxiously awaiting. Our little girl, eight and one-half years old, who had wasted away to 3tt pounds, U now well,' strong and vigorous, and well (lea I led tip. N. B. (Tough Cure has done its work well. Both of thn children like it. Your S. B. Cough Cure has cured and kept away all hoarseness from me. So give it to "every one, with greetiugi for all. Wishing yon prosperity, wtai Yours, Ma. ft Mas. J. F. Fofft Ilymiwiah o(hI freah and cheerful, aia-wri for the HnrltiK a work, cleanaa your ayalaatll the Heatlaehe anil Liver ( liru, by taklnf aaa three dneeeeech week. Hold under a posture guarantor. SO conta per buttle by all driugtata. the Dalles AND Prineville Stage Line J.D. PARISH, Prop. I eaves Th tiallea at II a. m. averr day, anil rlvea at I'rlnevllle In thirty nix hours. Iem frtnevlle at i a. m. every day, and arrival The Ualloa in thlrty-alx hours. Carties the U. S. Mail, PasscDgers and EjprtJ -Onneets at I'rlna-llle wlth- Btages from Eastern and Southern Oi egon. Northern California and all Interior Points. Alan makes close connection at The lllewll Ulna (rim. I'ortland and Kaateru point. .' Cnmmi drirsn. .- Good acconzuxlaiioai aloni me real. : rint-clau Coaclsj and Horses nted. : Eiprey nailer handle, will special cart. stage orriciH; , Blchel Cn.'s Mora, J'rlnavllla. 1'matllla llno. The Dallea. A. 2STEW IS tail PHINZ & NITSCIIKE DKALEK8 IN Furniture and Carpels We have added to onr Wis in est somplete Undertading F.stablilninl' and as we are in no way oonnevted the Undertakers Trust, our prices' WU1 below accordingly. -a