THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12. 1896.
Boss Cash
is Selling Out at
Large Reductions.
The Weekly Gtooniele.
THK DAtLEa - - - OKBOOM
Entered at tbe postofltce at Tbe Dalles, Oregon,
as second-clans mail matter.
Published in two parts, on Wednesdays
and Saturdays.
8TATE OFFICIALS.
Sjvemor i W. P. Lord
Secretary of State H R Kincaid
Treasurer Pbillip Mctscban
apt. of Pnblte Instruction G. SI. Irwin
Attnrnev-fteneral C. M. Idleman
. (G. W.McBride
Wnators. ij, H. Mitchell
IB. Hermann
Congressmen V. B. Ellis
State Printer W.U.Leeds
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
County Judge :...Geo. C. Blakeley
Sheriff...... T. J. Driver
Clerk .' A. M. Kelsay
Treasurer Wm. Micbell
. . (Frank Kincaid
Commissioners A. 8. Blowers
Assessor F. H. Wakefield
Surveyor E. F. Sharp
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .Troy Shelley
Coroner W. H. Butts
THE HOOD RIVER LEASE.
A gentleman, well acquainted with
tbe people of Hood River, once chanced
to drop into court here while a jury trial
was in progress. Observing the jury a
moment, he remarked, to one of the at
torneys that that jury would never
agree, no matter what the evidence or
nature of the case might be. Being
asked his reasons, he replied that two
men on the jury were from Hood River,
and no two men from that community
were ever known to agree on any sub
ject. This is well illustrated by the way
the people down there are "chewing the
rag" over the recent lease of tbe river to
the Hood River Lumbering Co. Two or
three corporations hnve heretofore been
organized for the avowed purpose of
improving tbe .river so as to make it fit
to transport the timber oi the valley to
market, but none have ever attempted
the work because it required too much
capital to make that turbulent stream a
highway for floating logs. Now that a
company is actually threatening to do
what will be of greater benefit to that
turbulent little town than any enter
prise ever before started there, tiiere is
wild excitement and abuse of the county
court for entering into the contract of
lease. By the way, the whole scheme
was warmly supported and heartily ap
proved by the Hood River end of the.
county court.
We would suggest that Hood River let
the people who have the courage to
epend money in their community in im
proving their stream alone. At least
20,000 or $30,000 will be required to
make the proposed improvement, and
that amount of money turned loose,
even in that rich community, will help
-everybody out a little. '
SENATOR COGSWELL.
State Senator Cogswell has done what
'a great many men in the Democratic
party ought to do, viz, visit Washing
ton and hear the great men of his party
discuss the tariff question. He dis
covered, what almost any Oregonian of
intelligence would . discover, that the
Democratic idea of tariff and revenue
legislation is so mixed as to be worse
than useless, for our state at least, and
that tbe Republican party is the only
party which is united upon sound prin
ciples as to finance and revenue.
If the state was not so overwhelm
ingly Republican it might be worth
while to pay the expenses of all the
brainy men in the Democratic party to
Washington and let them hear their
- leaders in congress talk. More converts
could thus be made than by a cam
paign of the state by Republican
speakers. -
' We suggest to the Republican cam
. paign committees that they hire a hotel
in Washington and entertain the Demo
crats of the state during the remainder
of the session of congress. -.
The prize-fighters have been driven
from pillar to post, and now they have
fallen into tho tender hands of the fed
eral authorities. Uncle Sam never does
a thing by halves, and the result will be
that either there will be no fight in any
of the territories, or, if the fighters avoid
the marshals and maul each other, they
. will be far worse punished for the viola
tion of the law. The tramps had their
Store
own way in nearly all tbe states until
the U. S. government took the matter
in hand, and then they had. to keep off
the grass and leave railroad trains alone.
Debs and his fellow-strikers ran riot in
Chicago until the federal troops ap
peared, and then the violators of tbe
law and all who advised, aided or abetted
them, were punished. Prize-fighting
has been stopped in all states, even in
Texas, and they will find it a bigger
task to knock out Uncle Sam than any
tusk they have heretofore tackled. The
world is improving in many waye, the
liberties of the violaters of the law are
being restricted everywhere.
THE ENDLESS CHAIN.
English papers contend that the bond
issue will in no way aid the IT. S. treas
ury, because the gold to be used in pur
chasing the bonds will be drawn out of
the treasury in exchange for other cur
rency. English newspapers know about
as much concerning American finances
and what is best for us as a nation as
they do about our geography. England
has one bank upon' which its finances
depend almost entirely ; we have thous
ands of banks scattered over a territory
more than fifty times as great as Eng
land. In these thousands of banks are
deposited gold coin, seeking a safe in
vestment which is likely to return gold
coin. This popular loan calls upon this
vast accumulation, and a part of it re
sponds at once.
New York banks may convert their
currency into gold at the treasury and
use it to buy tbe bonds sold to them ;
but generally throughout tbe country
this will not be tbe case. But if this
were the case, the result would eventu
ally be the retiring of this currency,
which has given the treasury so much
trouble, and tbe substitution therefor of
interest-bearing bonds, which will give
no trouble until they mature, and not
serious trouble then, because being ad
vised as to when they mature, the treas
ury will be advised t-p meet them.
If 'our friends across the water knew
all tbey think tbey do, or rather if what
they think they know were a fact, our
bDnding would simply be an exchange
of interest-bearing paper, which will
mature at a fixed time, for demand
paper bearing no interest. '. But we pre
dict that the treasury will gain in its
gold reserve from sixty to eighty per
cent by tbe bond issue. It was the
London press which in 1862 declared tbe
legal tender act was the dawn of Ameri
can bankruptcy. They were slightly in
error then, and are equally so now.
The report of the receiver of the Fort
land Sayings Bank, published in yes
terday's Oregonian, indicates - what
many predicted when the bank was
closed that the assets would gradually
be exhausted in payment of receiver's
and other salaries. Among tbe expenses
during tbe three months from Novem
ber 1st to January 31st, is $2,444.23,
legal expenses ; $1323.05, receiver's ex
penses; $1805.61. expenses of operating
building. This looks to one on the out
Bide, who has some hard-earned funds
in the inside, aB if the operation of the
bank was now for tbe sole purpose of
using up all the deposits and assets to
save tbe trouble of paying a dividend.
The court which appointed the receiver
ought to see to it that something is done
for the depositors.
The people of Oregon, especially in
some of the cities, complain bitterly of
high taxes. As compared with the
state of Washington, however, we are
very fortunate. In many of the cities of
the size of The Dalles the indebtedness
has grown to the neighborhood of $100,
000 and the tax rate to four or five mills.
Oregon has advanced more slowly than
our sister state in many respects, par
ticularly as to indebtedness. We hope
we shall always be behind in this par
ticular. ' .
While no one looks upon the presiden
tial candidacy of Governor Morton with
any serious consideration, yet in case
the venerable gentleman, "by a stroke of
fortune, should be successful, the cam
paign for the vice-presidency would be a
warmer one than it generally is. The
lite of a public man is not a long one,
and Morton has readied to near the
limit. . . .
V.,'
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Men's Overcoats,
Boys' Duck Coats,
Discount of 30c on the
Dollar
A Rare opportunity to
purchase Dry Goods and
Clothing, Underwear,
Boots, Shoes, &c.
M. Honywill.
ONE OF TWO THINGS.
The press of Walla Walla is com
plaining because a jury in a murder case,
just tried in that city, failed to find a
verdict of murder in the first degree,
but returned one in the second. From
the evidence introduced it appears that
one of the convicts in the state peniten
tiary, on account of some real or fancied
injury done him by a fellow-prisoner,
laid a plan to kill the mover of his
wrath, and, seizing a favorable oppor
tunity, carried it into execution. The
first line of defense offered was the well
worn claim of insanity, but a comtnis
sion having decided that tbe prisoner
was sane, the plea of self-defense was
entered. Tbe testimony for the state
was strong and supported the charge
that the killing was done with premedi
tation. It was shown conclusively that
the murderer, with a knife concealed in
his sleeve, walked towards bis intended
victim, and after' but few angry words,
did tbe stabbing. Other evidence
equally as important, was placed before
the jury, and the efforts of the state's
officers lacked nothing in a forcible, fair
and convincing presentation of the case;
and yet, after being out all night, the
jury returned a verdict of murder in tbe
second degree.
Passing by the instructions of the
iudze which in this instance, as in
many others, were conflicting, and in
stead of giving light to the jurymen.
only served to make matters still more
dark and complicated the outcome in
this case - shows one of two thinge
either that men who are passing upon
the guilt or innocence of an accused,
hesitate at fulfilling the scriptural in
junction, "An eye for an eye and a
tooth for a tooth," or. that, having ob
served in nearly every case the unneces
sary delays, and many times the perver
sion of justice, caused by tbe raising of
trifling technicalities and their san&
tiomng by tbe supreme court of our
different states having observed these
thintrs. it is likely that the jury in the
Walla Walla case believed that a ver
diet of murder in the second degree
meant a punishment more certain than
if the one asked for by the state had
been returned.
la either of these conditions some
change is made necessary; if jurymen
are not willing to find a verdict in the
first degree, because such a verdict is
supposed to mean death, such men
should not sit upon a jury, or capital
punishment should be abolished. Men
will believe themselves competent in
this respect to sit upon a jury, but when
brought face to face with giving judg
ment of death, will weaken and com
promise upon a lesser offense. What
ever the trouble may be, the adminis
tration of justice should be remedied so
that the verdict of a jury should not
provoke the almost universal criticTsm to
which the people of Walla "Walla are
giving vent. .
NECESSITY OF ORGANIZATION.
The Republican papers throughout the
state, when they have nothing else to do,
indulge in congratulating the party upon
the overwhelming victory which it will
secure, both at tbe state election next
June and in the one to follow in Novem
ber. This pastime is certainly pleasant,
and from every indication such joyous
prophecies are justified; but there is
danger of causing the belief in an easy
triumph to become so prevalent among
both workerB and voters that tbe eternal
vigilance and ceaseless effort, which are
tbe price both of liberty and success,
may be relaxed. It is true that never
did the Republican party of Oregon en
.ter into a contest with better prospects
of complete Buccess. Its strength is not
impaired by tho warring of factions;
its policies clean and commendable to
the great mass-of voters within the
party organization. The power of the
bosses, which in the past has beeif like
a millstone around its rreck, has been
broken, and' in all parts of the state
there is a disposition among thecoramon
people as distinguished from the pro
fessional politicians to come to the
front and have an influence in deter
mining events. '
Notwithstanding these satisfactory con
ditions, in nowise should tbe work of
carrying oh a vigorous campaign be re-
axed. History has proven time and I
again that too great a copfidence begets
indifference, and indifference opens the
way tfl possible defeat. In every county
in tbe state tbe Republicans should be
alert and preparing themselves for a
contest as though the result were one of
doobt. -The- state campaign'" can be
called fairly opened. But a short time
remains, before tbe holding of the nom
inating conventions, and, this period i
tbe proper one in which the work of or
ganization should be done. The recent
state convention of clubs has shown
how important factors these organiza
tions will be in the campaign, and. the
Republicans in every county precinct
should form - themselves into political
agencies of this sort. In no way can
interest be better stimulated and the
work of education in tbe political" needs
of the state and nation be carried on.
The call to battle has been sounded,
and tbe answer should come strong and
clear from every portion of the state.
Oregon leads tbe way. Let the signal
be a bright one.
CUBAN BELLIGERENTS.
Spain is not a little disturbed bv the
congressional talk concerning the pro
posed recognition of the -Cuban insurgents-
as belligerents, and cites her own
action at the time the. United States
was struggling against southern in ear
gents. At the time referred to England
and France united in recognizing the
southern confederacy as belligerents
thus conferring the equal right to sup
plies and hospitality and giving ad'van
tages which were greatly appreciated in
the South and equally deplored in the
North. Just why Spain refrained, we
are not prepared to say ; but the condi
tions are very unlike those existing in
the case of bur trouble in 1861-5. Then
the belligerents were avowedly seeking
to establish an empire or republic hav
ing for its chief corner-stone the system
of slavery which all -the nations ad
vanced in civilization had thereto abol
ished.
In the present case of the Cubans the
belligerents baye long and successfully
fought against an imperialism which, as
to Cuba, is the next thing to slavery,
for the avowed purpose of establishing a
free republic similar to our own. Spain
was just 'to the United States In May,
1861, when England and France were
most nnjust; but that is no reason why
the United States should now be unjust
to tbe Cuban insurgents. The southern
states were clearly not entitled to recog
nition at the hands of England or France
in 1861.
From the standpoint of a free Ameri
can republic, the leading nation in the
Western Hemisphere, the Cubans are
entitled to be recognized as belligerents.
Should tbe recognition be extended, it
would be from no hostility to Spain and
from no. want of appreciation of her ac
tion in 1861. But our action would
stand upon an equality with her's.
From the next campaign will be
missed the Democratic cry of "Too
much surplus!" Such corcplaint has
been effectually silenced by the work
ings of tbe Wilson bill. The Cleveland
administration has proved as capable in
creating a deficit as the Republicans
were in building up a surplus. No bet
ter campaign argument is needed for the
Republican party than a comparison of
tbe figures sbowing'tbe condition of the
treasury at the close of Harrison's term.
and at present. Tbe eloquence of Dem
ocratic oratory cannot avail against
them.
Shipments of machinery for the new
woolen mill at Pendleton have already
been received, and the roaring of its
looms will be heard by tbe first of July.
Pendleton is obtaining what The Dalles
hould have bad long ago. Nowhere
on the racihc coast are to be found
more substantial and lasting advantages
for this and kindred institutions than
those possessed by this city soon to be
the head of deep water navigation upon
the broad Columbia.
Mr. Leasu're's declaration that be, is
opposed to the free and unlimited coin
age of silver in Sunday's Oregonian, is
admirable for its clearness, fairness and
candor. The other politicians of the
state would do well to follow bis ex
ample in defining their position. Sup
pose our senators and representatives in
congress follow his example.
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the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires a consti
tutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
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dation of tbe disease, and giving the
patient strength by building up the con
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its work. The proprietors have bo much
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that it fails to cure. Send for list of
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PULPITS AND PEWS.
Kev. I. H. Hazel preached another
sermon from his series . on' Revelations
last evening, the , topic ; being 'God's
Vengeance" Against Pagan Rome." He
explained the meaning of the symbols
used in the fifth and sixth seals, and 'the
fulfillment of the' prophecy by the con
quest of arms of Constantino the Grea
over the pagan world, which established
Christianity on a firm foundation in the
year 324.
Rev. J.. H. Wood, at the Methodist
church, toOk for his momfnsr text "The
Curse of j tbe World and Its Cure
This curse he comprehensively denotnd
inatea as sin, ana gave a very realistic
picture of its prevalence every where in
every human mind, in every society,
in every political platform, in every
church. He illustrated its insidious ap
proach by a gigantic wisteria vine in
Norwich, Conn., possibly the largest in
world. Over a foot in diameter at the
base, it divided into two branches.
One of them covered the front of a resi
dence, the other divided into four
branches and ran up into a gigantic oak
tree, which it beautified and was beau
tified by. After a time the tree lan
guished and died, and it was discovered
tbe vine had cut into the bark of the
oak by its tenacious folds, constricting
the tree and finally killing it. Sin en
ters human life by very slight infrac
tions, but always retaining what it gains,
steadily increases its bold. Sin is also
deceitful in offering rewards which it
never makes good. The youth is at
tracted by its apparent pleasures and by
ambition, but which fail of realization. J
The cure of sin the speaker found in tbe
scriptural text: "Behold the lamb of
God, which taketh away the sin of the
world," referring to the pacrifiee of
Jesus Christ on the cross. The spilling
of blood was necessary to cleanse from
sin since the Mosaic law, and the sacri
fice of Christ timeelf cleansed from all
sin since the date of his death on tbe
cross.
The theme of Rev. W. C. Curtis'
morning sermon was "The Tribe of Do-
as-you-likes." Tbe discourse was rad
ically different in character from any
preceding-, and was a surprise to even
the regular attendants of the Congrega
tional church, to whom surprises are no
longer a novelty. The sermon of yester
day dealt largely in allegory, being ap
parently prepared to please the chil
dren, but it was evident tbe older ones
were interested. The morals and pre
cepts were woven around a story ot a
chimney sweep, who had left his master
and wandering away, fell asleep by a
running brook, wnue asleep tie leu
in the water and became transformed
into a water baby. He was taken in
charge by two beautiful fairies, named
Do-ae-you-would-be-done-by," and
Be-done-by-as-you-did." ' The latter
took the new charge under instruction
and read a book to him containing the
history of a tribe called "Do-as-you
please," portraying the life of a people
without ambition, care or strife, and
who take matters aa they find them,
"and this tribe,,' said theBpeaker, "may
be found anywhere from Second street to
the bluff."
Two Lives Saved.
Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City
111. was told by her doctors she had
Consumption and that there was no hope
for her, but two bottles of Dr. King's
New Discovery completely cured her
and she says it saved her life. Mr. Thos.
Eggers, 139 Florida St. San Francisco,
suffered from a dreadful cold, approach
ing Consumption, tried without result
everything else then bought one bottle
of Dr. King's New Discovery and in two
weeks was cured. He is naturally thank
ful. It is such results, of which these
are samples, that prove the wdnderiui
efficacy of this medicine in Coughs and
Colds. Free trial bottles at Blakeley &
Houghton's Drug Store. Regular size
50 cents and $1 00.
Handsome Prizes.
The prizes to be awarded at the mas-
qnesade ball February 14th by tbe
Workmen and Woodmen are as follows :
Gentlemen's first prize, polished oak,
upholstered rocking chair; on exhibi
tion at Prinz & Nitscbke'a furniture
store.
Gentlemen's second prize, Japanese
eased leather cuff and collar boxes;
exhibited at the Snipes-Kinersly drug
store.
Ladies' first prize, an exquisite pair
of German bisque vases, boy and girl ;
exhibited at L. Rorden's.
Ladies second prize, a lady's plush
jewel box, filled with choice stationery ;
exhibited at E. Jacobsen's.
The exposure to all .sorts an d cCndi-
tions of weather that a lumberman is
called upon to endure in tbe cam pa
often produces severe xcolds, which, if
not promptly checked, result in.conges
tion or pneumonia. Mr. J. O. Daven
port, ex manager of the Fort Bragg Red
wood Co., an immense institutiqn at
Fort Bragg, Cal., says they Bell large
quantities of Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy at tbe company's store and that he
has himself used this remedy for a severe
cold and obtained immediate relief.
This medicine prevents any tendency of
a cold toward phenmonia and insures a
prompt recovery. For sale by Blakeley
& Houghton, Druggist. ,
Just received at the Wasco Warehouse
carload of "Byers Best'' Pendleton
flour. This flour haa no superior on the
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A PORTLAND TRAGEDY.
George Baxter Cat Hit Wife's .Throat
and Trie to Suicide.
A horrible tragedy was enacted in
room 30, on tbe third floor of the Win
ters . block, northeast corner of East
Davis and Grand avenue, Portland, at 8
o'clock Thursday night. George Baxter
slashed his wife's throat from ear to ear,
his victim expiring in a few moments.
Soon thereafter Baxter cut his own
throat from which he is likely to recover.
The Baxters, with their little 4-year-old
daughter, Edna, came from Roslyn,
.Waeh., on the 24th of January last. The
only witness to the murder was the little
girl, who in her childish way, related to
a Telegram reporter that she was on the
bed in tbe room in which this episode'
took place.
"I saw papa strike mamma in the
face," she said, "and the blood came
from mamma's nose, spattering it all
over the bed, the wall and her clothes.
Then she fell down. I asked papa, 'Is
mamma dead?' and he said 'No.' I
then kissed mamma's face and so did be,
and he began to cry. When the police
came, be said he wanted his little girl,
but tbey would not let him have me.
But I'm going to my dear papa anyway. '
I think all the world of my mamma too."
And in this disconnected strain, she
prattled away a quarter of an hour.
While the child is remarkably bright in
other respects, yet last night she was in
capable of grasping the enormity of the
misfortune that had befallen her.
The motive for the murder is claimed
by Baxter to be his wife's fondness for
drink a habit she acquired a year or so
ago Baxter had long suspected her of
infidelity. Before that their married
life bad been a very happy one, and
covered a period of almost eight years.
The night of the murder he found ber in
the back room of a West Side saloon, eo
drunk that she could scarcely stand.
He keenly felt the disgrace he was
bringing upon bim and their child, but
she was bis wife and he felt determined
to reform her ways, if possible. With
the assistance of a casual acquaintance,
Baxter managed to get his wife home.
While ascending the stairway leading to
their room he accused her of wrong-doing, '
which, in her drunken condition, she re
sented, and he called her a dirty liar.
The quarrel grew more intense after they
bad entered their apartment, and it
continued till Baxter, as he claims, be
came absolutely . irresponsible for bis
conduct.
George Baxter is a man 34 years old,
being very respectably connected in Port
land and elsewhere in the Northwest.
He has always been a hard-working man
and principally followed logging as an
occupation. .
Superintendent Gardner, of the Boys'
& Girls' Aid Society, today made appli
cation to Judge Stephens for an order to
take charge of little Edna Baxter.
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