THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1896.
The Weekly Chfoniele.
' THE DALLES
OREGON
STATE OFFICIALS.
Governor W. P. Lord
Becretary of State HE Kincaid
Treasurer, Phillip Metscban
Bupt. of Pnblio Instruction G. M. Irwin
A ttnrnnv-deneral C. M. Idlemitn
. ' G. W. McBride
i j. H. Mitchell
- IB. Hermann
-juugrensuiai Jw K E1Us
State Printer ....W.H.Leeds
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
County Judge. .Geo. C. Blakeley
Sheriff. T. J. Driver
Clerk A. M. KeUay
Treasurer Wm. Michel 1
, , - (Frank Kincaid
Commissioners jA s Biower
Assessor F. H. Wakefield
Surveyor E. F. Bharp
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .Troy Shelley
Coroner W. H. Butts
WHY MCKINLEY IS POPULAR.
If the National Republican conven
tion were to be held tomorrow it Is more
than likely that McKinley would rje tne
nominee. Throughout the country
there ia an underlying feeling more
forcibly expressed in soine places than
others, but found nevertheless in all
localities where the people are an intel
Jigent, thinking class that the events
of the last three years have set the
mark of commendation upon the course
of the Ohio statesman with deeper im
pression than upon the other capable
men of whose abilities and patriotism
the party is proud to boast. In the
West, where the removal of 'the duty on
wool has caused especial distress ; in the
middle states, where the farmers are
suffering from lessened prices because
the markets for their products have
been curtailed ; and in the South, where
the outlook for a great growth of manu
facturing interests, under the workings
of a Republican tariff bill, are bright,
the sentiment is strong for McKinley.
In the New England states, where local
pride is strong and prejudice against
the West not yet extinguished, Beed of
Maine is in the lead, and has the sup
port of those states where the favorite
eon dodge has not been worked so suc
cessfully as in Pennsylvania and New
York.
The popular feeling for McKinley is
easily explained his name is linked
with the policy of protection. Although
a man of broad views and capable of
mastering the problems that the ques
tions of the day present, he has labored
with the one end in view of bettering
the American laboraY, protecting the in
dustries of the United States, and pro
viding a sufficient revenue for the carry
ing on of the government, now so lam
entably lacking. The soldierly qualities
of McKinley, his spotless record as gov
ernor of a great state, his views and
actions on other great topics, are all
lost sight of for the instant, when the
fact is stated that he stands as the rep
resentative and champion of the protec
tive system.
The Republican party will go into the
next campaign with the issue of protec
tion in the foreground. Upon this, as
well as other questions, the party will
be united. The Republicans have made
their declaration in favor of sound
money, the writhings of Dubois, Teller,
Jones, Stewart, and others of the sena
tors who are determined for silver first,
the country , afterward, proving that
they are no longer Republicans in accord
with the universal sentiment of the
party.
The enactment of a tariff measure
which shall revive the stricken indus
tries of the land, is the desideratum of
the' American people, and it is McKin
ley 'a championship of this policy that
gives him popular prestige. It may be
that when the convention meets Reed
or Allison will be nominated, and either
selection will make. little difference In
the vote cast. The people are eager for
a return to the days of protection, and
the man who is nominated will stand
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ENGLAND'S DISGRACE.
ment until the country is more gener
ally settled. The desirability of-'induc-ing
immigration .being admitted, the
only question is how best to obtain the
desired results. The Real Estate Ex
change has made a good beginning. Its
It is, perhaps, a mere rumor that Mr,
Gladstone will seek an opportunity to
re-enter parliament not as a party
representative, but simply because of
the persecuted Armenians but it may immigration movement should bo aided
well be that it is his desire to lead a both financially and otbetwiee. Wber
movement for the relief and protection ever it is thought the sending of pamph-
of those who are suffering martyrdom. eta would workanv good, the names
There is, most surely, a vacancy waiting and localities should be handed to the
to be filled in that situation, and we can members of the Exchange. Wasco
easily conceive the disquiet and indig- county offers manifold attractions to the
nation with which he will regard tne home-seeker, and when our resources
refuge of lies which the present premier are advertised and understood abroad, a
of . the English government is eetting decided increase in our population will
forth as his trust and hope. Lord Salis- follow
bury pretends to give credit to the sul
tan for his promises to reform, and then,
when he does not carry them out says
be never pledged England to fight the
sultan, "if he did not govern well
But the truth is that nnder the treaty
of Berlin, England did become absolutely
responsible to the world to see to it :
Fi-st, That Russia did not occupy
Turkey, and second, that Turkey did not
oppress the Armenian Chiistians; and
England has leceived her pay in Cy
prus. Lord Salisbury says that time
must be given to the sultan to enforce
the reforms he has promised. It 'is an
insult to the intelligence of the world,
savage or civilized, to talk thus. Time
to enforce the reform of stopping the
horrors the report of which no on.e has
the nerve to read in full ! To say, as
was said recently by a gentleman with
in our hearing, that the Armenian
Christians' are only comparable with
Warm Spring Indian Christians, is not
to touch the question at all. It is not
true. We do not need to go to Armenia
to find that out; but it has nothing to
do with the question if it were true,
Those who have visited the Armenian
colony in Fresno, or have met anyof
the many representatives of that race
who are seeking the means of higher
education in American school or college,
know that this comparison is wholly
misleading. Bat it has nothing what
ever to do with the question. A Warm
Spring Indian, even without the meas
ure of civilization to which be mav have
attained, is entitled to absolute protec-
ti&n of life and property by his suzerain
government.
As we said six months ago, we repeat :
'Oh ! for an hour of Cromwell."
The Spaniards in Cuba have been eo
busy doctoring the returns that they
have had no time to put an end to the
insurrection. A counting up shows a
deficiency of 15,000 men and the author
ities in Madrid are wondering where
they are. This descrepancy explains
many of the victorious dispatches which
the Spanish generals have been sending
out and strengthen the belief that the
Cubans are making a progress that jus
tifies a behalf in their ultimate victory.
The day of foreign domination over the
islands and continents of the Western
Hemisphere is paBt, and the freedom of
Cuba is the logical sequence towards
which the great events'of the Nineteenth
century have tended.
pEGIPgQQITY.
What's good for nations is .good for individuals, "if Uncle Sam can strike up
a trade with South America, we will, in our humble fashion, whoop it up on the
broad basis of mutual benefit around here. Come, now, you've got money and we
want it. We've got the goods and you need 'em. Suppose we trade! The items
we mention below are not ajl we have by a jug-full. If we attempt a full enumera
tion our ad. would be longer than the spring of a Waterbury and wider than the
mOuth of your purse as it smiles to hear our prices.
fiepe are the goods!
The people of Eastern Oregon are in
earnest regarding the completion of the
leeks. No unnecessary delays will be
brooked. It was the intention of the
national government that the last ap
propriation ehould be sufficient to make
the locks ready for the continuous pas
sage of boats. The suggestion that a
board of engineers be appointed by the
secretary of war to make a practical test
of the workings at the locks and see
whether or not their continuous opera
tion is impracticable, is a good one. It
is but little wonder that the people have
misgivings regarding the good faith of
those who have had the matter in
charge- -
21 inch All-wool Scotch Plaids, suitable for a nice
wrapper. 25c
34, 36and 42 inch All-wool Dress Flannels, just a
few pieces left, former price 35 and 50c 25c
Child's and Misses' Ribbed Cotton Hos 05c
. Warranted Hermsdorf Dye, regular 12c.
Our Misses' All-wool Ribbed Hose 10a
Come early as they are nearly all gone. Reduced from 20c.
Our regular 50c Ladies' Cashmere Hose now 35c
Our regular 40c Ladies' Cashmere Hose now 25c
Our regular 25c Ladies' Cashmere Hose now .... 15c
Special Inducement.
Your choice of oor stock of Capes or Jackecs at half
price. ' All Fur goods at cost.
Special in Mens Wool Underwear.
Ourregularfl.25 Camel's Hair, all wool . .red. to $1.00
Our regular $1.20 fine fleece lined, reduced to 95c
Our regular 75c Ribbed and Knit goods at 60c
Stylish Neck Ties, for Gentlemen, 15c each . reg. 25c
Men's Extra good Merino Half Hose, regular '5c,
seamless, a good thing joc
And many others. The above are all new goods no
Job lots. All odds and ends in Wool Underwear to
close at half price.
A SHOW OF STATESMANSHIP.
"Wasco county can issue a bulletin to
'the world that by fortune she is well
" favored. Upon our fertile fields the
tanners are Dusy turning tne sou ana
putting in the seed for a large harvest.
The stock upon our "thousand hills"
have suffered nothing from the winter ;
a good growth of grass is assured; the
weather for fruit has been all that the
growers could desire. In The Dalles the
merchants are laying plans for a busy
eeason. New buildings are going up,
which represent an outlay of many
thousands of dollars. Bet better than
all these signs of material prosperity is
the faith and confidence which the peo
ple have in the future of our city. The
men who are increasing their invest
ments have seen The Dalles under vari
ous conditions and deliberate judgment
bas told them that this is the place in
tended by nature and determined by
man to be tne metropolis ot eastern
Oregon. The town could have no better
advertisement than the faith of its citi
There is no question but that John
Sherman has long been almost the soli
tary representative of statesmanship in
the senate. The great men, whose col
league he was through the days of re
construction and legislation tfipon the
issues left by the war, no longer are
seen in the senate chamber, while the
men who occupy their seats have shown
neither the same mental grasp nor in
fluence. The country listens when
Sherman speaks, as long experience,
close study and unflinching patriotism
give him qualifications for leadership.
His speech in the senate last Tuesday
should be read by every voter in the
land, especially by the constituents of
the silver senators, who just now are
blocking legislation. Sherman emphat
ically declared :
"It is a disgrace to our civilization, it
is a disgrace to the country itself that
we are now expending $30,000,000 a year
more than the receipts of the govern
ment, and that the congress now in ses
sion, with both houses fully armed with
power to furnish the revenue, is idle and
refuses to act. ' I will vote for a tax on
tea, on coffee, on anything in order to
meet this deficiency, and I say that if
the present congress does adjourn in the
face of the declarations now made to us,
of the official reports sent to us, of
statements by the president of the
United States, and of the secretary of
the treasury, that we are now going on
day by day like a careless spendthrift,
to involve the country in debt, selling
bonds when it is the duty of congress at
once to supply the revenue, that such
action will be shameful."
Later he declared that "any private
citizen who would preserve such a course
in his financial affairs, however rich he
might be, would soon lose his credit and
his reputation, for solvency and good
sense." It is time for the senate to give
beed to these warning words, and for
the crowd who are preventing tariff leg
islation to note the universal disap
proval with which their action meets.
For the fourth week in January the
number of business failures throughout
the United States was 393 ; for the cor
responding week of 1895,312; in 1894,
340; in 1893, 271, and in 1892 it was 279.
The Democratic tariff bill has been in
operation nearly eighteen months, and
yet we were told . at the time of its pas
sage that a few months would show its
good workings. The business of the
country is demoralized, and will be un
til this uniquitous measure is superseded
by a tariff bill of Republican enactment.
Ex-Consul Waller will be released by
the French government, and the United
States agrees to ask no indemnity in his
behalf. Our government is convinced
from the study of the evidence, so far
as it has ueen lurnished, that waller
was justly convicted, and Secretary 01
ney says his offense was "willful and
culpable." Jt is not at all in his favor
that he had previously been convicted,
as now is learned, by a consular court, of
very serious offenses. Waller may well
be grateful that he gets off as well as he
does.
A M WILLIAMS & GO
POPULAR
CLOTHIERS.
A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.
MAKE OUR RESOURCES KNOWN.
The adding oi Quay to the list of can
didates for the Republican nomination
makes it time for someone to move that
the nominations be closed. Boss Piatt
may be proposed next or Joe Simon.
While no one takes Quay's candidacy
seriously the mention of his name in
connection with the presidency is a trav
esty, upon that high office. Politics, as
now conducted, makes bosses a neces
sary evil, but men like Quay and Piatt
ehould be taught to keep within proper
limitations. .
The subject of immigration is one
which should interest the people of Ore
gon at the present time. Over in Wash
ington the newspapers are discussing
the best means of inducing immigration,
and a state board has been formed, with
the end in vinw of making Washington
and its resources known wherever there
are people who are thinking of changing
homes. Only through organized efforts
can any great results in this direction be
obtained. The: Real Estate Exchange
of The Dalles is doing a good work in
Bending to people in the East a pamph
let descriptive of Wasco county. No
large amount of money was collected for
this purpose, but the sum obtained bas
been judiciously used. ..
The Northwest is but in the infancy of
development. But a small portion of
our area is occupied in comparison to
the thousands of acre whose soil has
never been broken. Manufacturing in
terests, for which we have abundant
facilities, cannot reach much develop-1
The election of delegates in the South
is favorable so far to McKinley. The
seventh congressional district in Mis
souri instructed its delegates to the na
tional convention for him, while recent
reports from Alabama indicate that he
will have eighteen votes of the twenty-
two which rem-esent the state. At this
earlv dav it looks as if it will be McKin
ley against the field, though all conjee
tures of the candidates' relative Etrength
are made from insufficient data.
The recommendations for the im
provement of the Willamette from Port
land to Eugene indicate that it might
be cheaper to build a new river between
the points named. But however great
the cost, the people of the upper Wil
lamette valley are entitled to have the
river made navigable at all seasons of
the year. An open river is the best
regulator of transportation charges.
While it was to be expected that the
Bayard resolution would take on a par
tisan coloring, yet its passage will meet
with approval. It would be well for our
ambassadors and ministers to learn that
they are to represent the nation, and
not a political party, especially when
that party Is out of favor because of its
incapacity to govern.
Astoria and The Dalles will work
hand in hand for the opening of the
river. The prompt action of the Astoria
Chamber of Commerce upon the memo
rial to congress will be gratefully re
ceived by the people of imprisoned
Eastern Oregon.
The closing of the abattoir at Linnton
is another slap at the horse. Living or
dead, in canB or packages of fertilizer,
he is without a .place in the estimation
of man. There seems nothing to do but
for the horse to retire from business and
consider his usefulness over.
Senator Dnbois declares that the tariff
bill shall not pass the senate until the
wishes of the silver men are acceded to.
Dubois is no longer a Republican, and
his views ehould havo no influence in
the party councils.
Call and see the fright "up to date
dress skirt" for ladies just opened at A.
M. Williams & Co. .
Detailed Information Regarding; the
Working of the Chemical Engine.
4
A.reporter called upon Councilman
Lauer this morning to ascertain his
views and the views of the city council
as regards securing the much-talked-of
chemical engine for The Dalles. Mr.
Lauer said there was ah unanimity of
sentiment in favor of the engine by the
council, providing it could be secured by
popular subscription among those who
pay insurance. Whether or not its ac
quisition would be an added measnre of
safety in case of fire does not enter into
the question, so long as the insurance
companies believe it will, and support
that belief by a willingness to reduce in
surance rates 5 per cent.
Mr. Lauer estimates that Second
street alone could pay for a chemical en
gine with the insurance money saved in
one year by Its location in the city. The
plan is to secure enough subscriptions to
guarantee its purclfase, then before buy
ing it exact a guarantee from the board
of underwriter's that by its purchase and
placing it, the reduction will be made.
If all citizens under the bluff subscribe
the amount of their insurance saved in
this way, the engine would cost less than
5 per cent, or less than they would have
to pay out as an insurance premium the
next time it is due. After it is estab
lished there is no further expense and
5 per cent reduction would apply yearly
for all time to come.
There is another advantage of the
chemical over water. In case of fire the
loss occasioned by water in damaging
goods or household effects, in tearing off
plastering, lath and shingles, in flooding
floors and ruining carpets, is often
greater than that done by fire. The
chemical needs but little water for its
operation. A tank and engine is
mounted on a four-wheeled cart of light
construction. It is wheeled rapidly to
the location of the fire by horses or men,
and a light hose leading from the tank
is unreeled. ' The hose is 200 feet long,
but ordinarily not half that amount is
required, and can be handled -by one
man. The tank has a capacity of 100
gallons of water, and ordinarily a very
small share of this is needed.. The
water is charged with the chemical and
turned onthe blaze. It acts like choke
damp in a mine. The product is turned
into fumes of carbonic acid gas which
smother the fire Instantly. A stop cock
in the nozzle can be operated and the
hose can be taken in this manner from
room to room, only a few quarts of water
being nsed, and whioh can do no appre
ciable damage. By use of the electric
alarm boxes, the chemical could be ap
plied to a blaze in most cases within two
minutes from its observation. In fact
the efficacy of the chemical depends on
prompt action. When a fire begins to
assume proportions of a conflagration it
is of little avail.
Compare this system with the one at
present in use. A fire breaks out. The
alarm bell is rung in from one minute
to five. The alarm causes men to rnn
from various places to the hose house,
consuming from two to five minutes
more. Another minute or two is lost in
deciding which way to run, possibly
they will head the wrong direction. Ar
riving at the hydrant, the hose is un
reeled, some unpracticed hand tries to
attach and fumbles, and another minute
or more is lost.. By this time the fire
is burning fiercely, and if there is not a
general conflagration, the building and
contents are often as good as a total loss.
Thechemi 1 engine would have been
there, put out the fire while it was in
cipient, and been buck to the fire bonse,
before a stream would have been play
ing upon the fire by the ordinary hose
company.
It is not to be supposed that our hose
companies are to be of no further service
with the advent of the chemical engine.
Tbevsbemical is of no avail unless it
.can be used at once. Whenever for
some cause the chemical is delaved.
finds difficulty in locating the fire, or the
discovery of fire has not been communi
cated quick enough, causing it to spread,
the chemical must withdraw from the
field, and let the hose companies con
tinue the battle. This is the way it is
done in all the larger cities. The fire
me'n respond at every alarm, and are
ready to take charge if the. chemical is
inadequate.
As an instance of how a chemical en
gine in The Dalles would save insuratice,
the Umatilla house would be taxed $75
less yeajly.' Fifteen men paying this
amount would bay the engine. More
than all thig, exists the comfortable se
curity that the town is vastly better pro
tected than it ever was before.
A. O. C. W. Initiations.
The A. O TJ. W. Flourishing.
Six hundred and fifty-nine candidates
were initiated into Detroit Lodge, A. O.
U. W., at. Chicago on December 20,
1895, the largest number of candidates
ever initiated in one night, and mak
ing a total membership in Detroit lodge
of 3,300, notwithstanding thre are nine
other A. O. U. W. lodges in Chicago,
one of which has a membership of over
900. When the members of Detroit
lodge all turn out there is only one
building in Chicago large enough to hold
them, and that is the Auditorium
The total membership of the A- O. U.
W. is over 350,000. The largest gains
for December were in Eastern jurisdic
tions. Michigan leads, followed by
Massachusetts. Oregon comes ninth in
the list for December gainB. There are
over 7,000 Workmen in good standing in
Oregon. The limit of assessments is $23
per annum and Temple Lodge's largest
call bas been less than $2 per month,
counting lodge dues and all assessments.
Temple lodge No. 3 has 160 members in
good standing representing a capital of
$320,000 and the lodge has had work in
both degrees almost every Thursday
night in 1896.
In our issue of yesterday we spoke of
Detroit Lodge, A. O. U. W. ot Chicago
initiating 659 candidates in one night.
This is the largest number of candidates
ever initiated in one uight, and Detroit
lodge is noted for big initiations. Their
record stands aa follows : October 28th,
1887,75; May 5th, 1888, 98 ; May 18th,
1890,266; October 27th. 1891, 322; May
6th, 1892, 83; October27th,1892,105; De
cember 20th, 1895, 659. Nearly every re
ligious denomination in the city is rep
resented by one or more of its divines,
and Schremser's orchestra can walk in in
a body, for there is not a member who
cannot wag his ears to suit the man at
the door. Among its members it claims
Congressman Carliss, who is past master
of the lodge, Ex-congressman Levi T.
Griffin, Sheriff Collins, Register of
Deeds Marshner, City Clerk Schmidt,
City Attorney Rasch, Judge C. J. Reilly,
who is the present master, and about
one-half of the board of aldermen, in
cluding John Chris Jacobs.
Adrerttsed Letters.
Following is the, list of letters remain
ing in the postoffice at The Dalles un
called for Feb. 28, 1896. Persons calling
for the eame will give date on which
they were advertised :
Allen, Mrs Sarrah Beckler, Mrs Frank
Buck, J W Don tan, Miss Cora
Gardiner, Mrs L Graves,, Will C
Harrison, Mrs E Hall, Mr J M
Hoge, Mr Joseph B Henner, Mr Thomas
Hepburn, Mrs F K Jones, Mr Mack
Johnson, MissDallie Kennedy, Mr C E
Kechlee, J A ' Honayiker, Paul
Molay, Rev : Perkins, Mr F D
Robinson.MrWm T Rosslow, H G
Roberts.E W Sehrvayne, M Panl
Stiteberns, Henry Smith, Phillip
Thdmas, J L Thompson. Fred
Verrev, Collins Williams, Frank
Wells", HW (2) Wells, MrHaratie
J. A. Ceosben, P. M.
The dispatches ' today say that it ia
possible Nansen has not reached the
North pole. This information ia about
as startling as the belief that the sun
will continue in ita course for several
years at least.
. "Ah I"
The strong-minded woman surveyed
her home-made bloomers with pardon
able pride.
"At last I can say"
A glance assured her her four-in-hand
tie matched her low-cut vest.
"I'm a 6elf-made man I"
But for all that she crossed the room
and scratched the match on the door
jamb.
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorta.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castorta,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria,
Situation wanted by a young lady to
do housework. Inquire at the Union 6t.
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Address Endersby P. O.