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THE DALLES,' WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1896.
NUMBER 22.
THE CZAR'S MANIFESTO
Amnesty Will Be Granted
Siberian Prisoners.
SENTENCES ARE TO BE REDUCED
Offenders Against Fnblie Worship Laws
Will BeeelTe Pardon Th. Czar's
Arrival at Moscow.
London, May 19. The Chronicle's
Berlin correspondent says that the Ber
lin Tageblatt claims that the czar's man
ifesto will Cive amnesty, partial or
complete, to Russian prisoners in Si
beria. Those sentenced to a life of
penal servitude will receive mitigation
of the sentences, and offenders domi
ciled in Siberia will be permitted to re
torn to any part of European Russia ex
cept St. Petersburg and Moscow.
The sentences of those in jail in Euro
pean Russia for eerions offenses will be
reduced by one-third. A large number
of minor offenders will be pardoned.
Numbers of those who left -the country
for political relief ill be pardoned, on
condition of their taking the oatli of al
legiance. The peasantry in certain poor districts
will be excused from arrears of crown
dues. Even the Jews will not be for
gotten, and the ill-starred Hebrew agri
cultural colonies at Ekatreinslay- will
also be excused from arrears.
The Rome correspondent of the Chron
icle also bears that 'the Vatican has re
ceived information that the czar will
pardon all Catholic priests who have
been imprisoned or sent to Siberia for
breach of the public worship laws, and
that he also promises to grant gradually
a large measure of religious liberty to all
bis subjects, including Catholics. Car
dinal Agliardi, the Vatican representa
tive at the coronation, will hand to the
czar an autograph letter from the pope
urging an extension of religious liberty.
In the first draft of the coronation
manifesto, a paragraph provides for the
can ..-..ation of warnings of the censors
standing against Russian newspapers,
which amount to 3,000,000 of roubles,
and the suppression of the papers.
Host of the Russian papers have had a
couple of warnings banging over their
beads for years past. This paragraph
in the manifesto was omitted, at the
instigation of certain court ministers.
Russian pressmen are naturally dis
pleased, but it remains to be seen if the
paragraphs will be restored.
Criminals and debtors will doubtless
be favored and political prisoners will
not be forgotten. The impecunious
nobles, whose estates are heavily en
cumbered, will probably be relieyed by
reductions of the interest on their loans.
There is also talk of the sons of mer
chants and manufacturers receiving the
same rights regarding their movements
as the nobility.
RESULTS OF KANSAS' STORM.
Twenty-Eight Were Killed
and Over
Fifty Injured.
Kansas City, Mo., May 19. Twenty
eight killed outright, 50 more injured,
some fatally, and property losses aggre
gating $1,000,000 is now given as an es
timate of the damage done by Sunday's
cyclone in Marshall, Nehama and Brown
counties, Kan. Further reports may in
crease these figures, as telegraphic com
munication with the Btricken parts is
still imperfect and consternation pre
vails. The dead are distributed as fol
lows: Seneca and neighborhood, 8;
Oneida, 6; Reserve, 5; Sabetha, 5; Mor
rill, 4. Seneca suffered a property dam
age of about $350,000, Frankfort, $100,
000; Reserve, $60,00; Sabetha, $50,000;
Morrill, 20,000. Thousands of dollars
worth of property was damaged in the
conntry between these towns. Although
the pecuniary loss "at Frankfort was
great, no lhea were lost there. Destruc
tion and destitution meet the eye at
every turn. Men were rendered abso
lutely penniless, many victims escaped
with only the clothes they wore. An ap
peal for outside aid has been issued.
How to Vote
Tbe Australian ballot law as amended
reads as follows : "On the receipt of the
white ballot as aforesaid the elector shall
forthwith, and without leaving the en
closed space, retire alone to one of the
compartments provided, and shall there
prepare his ballot by marking to the
left of the name of tbe candidate of bis
choice for each office to 'be filled, or by
writing in the name of the person be
wishes to vote for."
Neglect of the hair often destroys its
vitality and natural hue, and causes it to
fall out. Before it is too late, apply
Hall's Hair Renewer, a sure remedy.
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Complete Program of Exercises
Observed Friday.
to Be
Tomorrow will be the last day
school before tbe long vacation, which
extends till September, and the schools
will close with appropriate . exercises,
These are as follows at tbe different
schools :
EAST HH.L PRIMARY.
Exercises nt 2 p. m. Mis Nan Cooper
and Mrs. Roche, teachers :
Greeting Song School.
Address of welcome Charles Becht
Recitation "Her Answer," -Winnie
Frazer.
Dialoeue "Where There's a Will
There's a Way," Three boys.
Motion Sons Primary pupils.
Rec "A Secret," Lindsay McCartney
Sons "Four-Leaf Clover' bchool
Rec "A Bov's Opinion of Grand
mothers." Bennie Stevens.
Rec ' Grandma's Spectacles," May
Barzee.
Sone "Boot Blacks," Eight little
boy 8.
Rec "The Removal," Roy Taylor,
Parasol Drill Twelve little girls:
Rec "Mother's Fool," Eugene Davis,
Dia oeue "The Ghost" Six pupil.
Song "Whip-poor-will," Anna and
Zinnorah Harris.
Kec ".Flaying lor Jieeps, waiter
Parrot.
Song "Happy Are We Today,
School.
Rec "The Reason Why," Nora
Barzee.
Song "A Jovial Farmer Boy," Seven
bovs.
"The Flower Recerjtion," Seven Boys.
Rec "The Fireman's Story," Ernest
Willerton.
Mother Goose Drill.
COURT STREET SCHOOL.
Exercises at 2 p. ra. Misses Snell,
Cheese and Ball, teachers:
Song "Happy Days," School.
Flae Salute School.
Song "Won't You Come To Mv Tea
Party." Two girls.
Rec "Sheridan's Ride," George
Foster.
Rec "The Grocervman's Cultured
Daughter," Eva Bagley.
Song Chorus, Twenty girls.
Rec "Johnny's Ride," James Hunt
ington.
Rec "Army Overcoat," Hugh Fraser,
Bong "Because 1 Love ier, J. wo
bovs.
Rec "The Grandeur of the Aurora
Borealis." Nona Gray.
Rec "The Razor Sellers, Dollie
Johnson.
Instrumental duet Two girls.
Recitation "Babyin Church," Emily
Crossen.
Glove Drill Twelve girls.
Song "The Gardener's Daughter,"
Eight pupils.
Rec "Yes. I'm Guilty." Roy Hill.
Rec "The Little Peddler," Alice
Price.
Instrumental Solo Emily Crossen.
Song "Light Tripping," Five Pupils,
Wreath Drill Twenty-four pupils,
ACADEMY PARK SCHOOL.
Exercises at 2 p. m. f Misses T. Rin-
toul, L. Rintoul, Flinn and Pbirman
teachers:
Greeting Song Class.
Recitation "Music On ,the Rappa
hannock," Nellie Clarke.
Song Margarette Kinersly and Pru
dence Patterson.
Recitation "A Little Goose," Gladdis
Wood.
Recitation "The Owl Critic," Vernon
Cooke.
Songs Primary Class.
Recitation "A Girl Heroine," Maude
Micbeil.
Recitation "A Boy's Relief," Arthur
Bonney.
Song "The Jolly iarmer Boy," Class
of Boys.
1'ink Rose Drill JMgnteen uiris.
Recitation "A Little Hero," Lu-
cile Crate.
Recitation "A Nanghty Little Girl's
View of Life," Edna VanDuyn.
Sone "A Little Rag Doll." Helen
Lytle and Lulu Nicholas.
Kicitation "Sir jNapier and - .Little
Joan," Helen Hudson. '
Recitation "Our paby," Oscar Beck.
Recitation "Nellie's Troubles," Le
onie Sexton.
Recitation "A Little. Bird Tells,"
Henry Crate.
Ruler Drill "Flag Salute," Twenty
tour Girls. , .
, UNION STREET SCHOOL.
Exercises at 2 p. m. Misses Rowe
and E. Cooper, teachers.
Chorus "The Roll Call," School.
"Welcome.Friends," Seven boys.
Recitation Zell Gibons.
Red, White and Blue Drill Sixteen
girls.
Recitation Clyde Hoyle.
Recitation Nova Dawson.
"The May Song." Chorus of boys.
ChoruB "GraashopperGreen'fechool.
Recitation Jesse Harsell.
Recitation Edna Harding.
Dnet "The Dandelion Song,". Anna
and Bert Reynolds.
Delsarte Drill Four girls.
Recitation Marshall Young..
Recitation James Kinersly.
Recitation Ella McCoy.
Chorus "The Pigeon House," School.
Solo "The Farmer," Nellie Forwood.
Recitation George Vause.
Recitatior. Five boys.
"In the Tall Boughs," Seven girls and
boys.
Chorus "Wandering Song," School.
Chorus "The Stars," School.
Recitation Merta Gatton.
Recitation Harry Jackson.
"Tbe Child's World," Chorus of girls.
Recitation Ray Filloon. '
"Slumber Song," Chorus of girls.
Chorus "Five Little Chickadees,"
School.
wreath Drill Eighteen boys and
girls. " " j
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PLANS OF POPULISTS
They Stand Ready to Fuse
With the Democrats.
UNDERSTANDING BEEN REACHED
Will Support the Chicago Convention'
Candidate tr Silver Is De
clared For.
Indianapolis, May 20. The Populists
of Indiana make the announcement that
within the last 10 days an understanding
has been reached whereby the Populists
of every state in the Union are to accept
tbe platform and candidates of the Chi
cazo convention, in case both are for
free silver.
In accordance with the negotiation
which began several months ago, the
populist national convention of the
national silver party have been called to
meet in St. Louis on tbe same day, July
22, two weeks after the Democratic
national convention in Chicago. The
leading Democratic advocates of free
silver throughout the country have been
quietly informed that if the Chicago
convention adopts a frt-e silver plank
and nominates a candidate who will
pledge himself to sign a free coinage bill,
if one comes to him from congress, the
action of the convention will be indorsed
bv the St. Louis conventions.
Representatives of tbe Populists have
ieen traveling in the West and South
west, for the past three week9, suggest
ing that state conventions be postponed
until the Democratic national conven
tion in July shall have been held, and
asking too that ,the Populists stand for
the free coinage of silver as the pre-emi
nent issue.
It is announced that in all directions
tbe plans suggested are being carried
out. In many states there have been
conferences between the leading free
silver Democratic representatives of the
national silver party and the Populists,
It has just leaked out here that last Sat
urday there was a meeting of the repre
sentatives of the Indiana free silver
Democrats, Populists and national
free silver party men. The represents
tives of the Populists announced in the
meeting that the state convention bad
been postponed until August, in order
that the party might have the action of
the Chicago convention before it ar
ranged for tbe campaign.
A REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN.
Short Resume mt a Trip Through Sher
man and Wasco Counties.
Messrs. B. S. Huntington, John Mi
chell and Fred W. Wilson, who return
ed Tuesday from a campaign trip through
Wasco and Sherman counties, report a
pleasant journey. They left The Dalles
week ago this morning, and reached
Sherar's Bridge in time for a sumptuous
dinner, prepared by tbe skillful bands
of Mrs. Sherar. The ride down the
Sberar grade, the crossing of the Des
chutes and the ascent of the other side,
gave au opportunity to observe nature
in one of ber wildest moods. The view
from -the top of the grade is one of sur
passing grandenr. Far in the distance
can be seen the fertile Juniper Flat,
with the White river dividing it in
twain, while the glimmer of White river
falls shines in the sunlight. The plateau
extending from the Deschutes past
Bakeoven stretches before the beholder.
Just as daylight gave way to dusk the
travelers arrived at Bakeoven, where,
gathered around the stove in Mr. Bur
gess' comfortable inn, were found Judge
Bradshaw, H. S. Wilson, Dist. Atty.
Jayne and Mr. Geo. A. Young, tbe first
three being homeward bound from Prine
ville. Mr. Jayne was prevailed upon to join
is fortunes with tbe campaigners,
and tbe next morning the party
started for Antelope, arriving. . there
shortly after 10 o'clock. There were
many old Mends to give warm wel
come. In the afternoon the speakers
held forth in the Masonic ball, a pleas
ant feature of the meeting being tbe
pirlted playing of the Antelope band.
After partaking of the bounteous hos
pitality of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mays,
Jr., who are comfortably settled in
their borne, a short distance from Ante
lope, a return was made to town, where
tbe evening was pleasantly passed listen-
g to tbe closing exercises of tbe Ante
lope public school. When the children
had creditably performed their arts,
the floor was cleared and a dance begun.
Although some of Tbe Dalles visitors
were not very much at 'ease in the mys
teries of the quadrille, they made every
possible attempt to keep up with the
procession, and. it was generally con
sidered Mr. Kelsay did. remarkably well.
Among the Dalles visitors to Antelopi
were Judge Ltebe, Judge Blakeley,
County Clerk Kelsay, C. L. Gilbert, Mr,
Woodcock and D. L. Cates. Tbe visit
ors are under obligations to tbe people
of Antelope for the many courtesies
'shown, and will always retain pleasant
memories of their visit there.
From Antelope the quartette of Re
publicans set out for Kent, in Sherman
county, where the political questions
were discussed in the achoolhouse. Mr
J. D. Wilcox, one of ' the staunchest Re
publicans of Sherman county, enter
tained the party at a dinner, which, to
the starving travelers, seemed better
than anything Delmonico conld set
forth.
Rutledge was tbe next stopping place
and after the speaking was over, a start
was -made' for Grass Valley. It was
10:30 p.m. when the party left Rut
ledge, and hardly had a mile or so been
made when a driving storm of bail set
in, which made things about as uncom
fortable as well they could be. The
Grass Valley band boys (long may they
live and prosper) went ahead in their
hand wagon and led the way to Grass
Valley. Had it not been for them the
campaigners might have still been wan
dering through the lanes and by-ways of
Sherman conntv. At 1 :30 a. m. Grass
Valley was reached, and numbed with
cold, the travelers huddled around
the stove for an hour or more till thor
oughly thawed. At Grass Valley Mr,
Kelsay and Mr. Gilbert were again en-
countered, 'ihey denied they were in
Sherman county soliciting votes, but the
evidence was against them.
Sunday was spent in Moro, and here
Mr. Jayne bade farewell to his associr
ates and left for home.
Monday afternoon Wasco was the
point of speaking, and the same evening
Woodworth schoolhouse was visited
This fulfilled the appointments, and the
next day, accompanied by Mr. A. D.
McDonald, who joined them at Wasco,
the travelers reached borne.
Even this brief resume of the trip
could not be called finished without a
reference to the Rattlesnake road. This
improvement is a most creditable piece
of work The grade is gradual, and
loaded teams find little trouble in the
ascent. If the grade upon this side of
tbe river were as good, the farmers who
come to Tbe Dalles would have no com
plaint to make. As it is, the building
oi the Kattlesnake grade will prove jU
splendid investment. Much credit is
due to tbe commission, Mr. McDonald,
Mr. Adams and Mr. Gunther. .
Notwithstanding the inclement wea
ther, the trip was a most enjoyable one,
and even if Mr. Huntington were so en
gaged in repeating Bryant's "Thana
topsis" that be drove past a good sup
per, and Mr. Michell and Mr. Jayne
could not agree on all scriptural points,
the journey was one long to be rem em
bered with feelings of pleasure. Better
than all were the assurances of Republi
can success which were given on all
sidee.
LOBD
BBOLTO'S WIFE.
Disobeys
Her Hnaband Command
Quit the atagn.
Uhicago, May 1U. A morning paper
says :
Lord Sholto Douglas, from his home
in Arizona, has called upon bis wite,
formerly Loretta Mooney, to quit the
vaudeville stage and return to him, but
tbe light-footed songstress has declined.
In an interview last night she said :
"Oh, yes, Lord Sholto wants me to
leave the stage and go back to Arizona,
but I don't see it that way just now.
'm going to New York next week io fill
an engagement with Tony Pastor, and
when I have seen what there is to see in
New York we'll talk abont Arizona. I've
never been Ji.ast before, and they say
New York is quite a town. After that,
of course, I expect to go to Arizona and
leave the stage. Here's a letter from
Lord Sholto I just received today. He
wants to know why I don't ' answer his
letters and telegrams be has sent me
two this week. Poor fellow, I. suppose
be is worrying. Have we quarrelled?
Well, perhaps I hadn't better say any
thing about that. Some of theBe day's
I'll go back and be a good little wife,
but not until I've ceen New York."
Donor Identity Revealed.
New York, May 15. Barnard college,
the woman's annex of Columbia univer
sity, having secured subscriptions ag
gregating $100,000, required to secure
tbe gift of $100,000 tendered last year by
a person who preferred to remain un
known until it became certain that tbe
conditions of the donation were to be
realized, tbe identity of tbe donor has
just been made known.
It is the widow of the late Van Wyck
Brinckerhoff of Hastings, Westchester
county, and she makes tbe gift which
goes toward tbe erection, of a building
on the new site of the university at
Morningside Heights, as a memorial to
her late husband and her father, Wil
liam H. Hoople, who died in June, 1895.
ASTORIA IS EXCITED
Thirteen of Her Citizens
Said 'to Be Indicted.
CONSPIRING TO LAND CHINESE
That Is the Charge Some of the
cused Prominent in Political
Circles.
Ac-
Astohia, Or., May 21. A sensation
was created here today by the announce'
ment from Portland of the indictment
of thirteen Astorians on charges of con
spiring to land Chinese. Among the
accused are many Republicans, promi
nent in political circles, and the affair
has cansed consternation in the party,
During the last three years there have
been almost 400 Chinese landed in this
city, as many as 100 having been landed
in one week. The latter consignment
was made at the time the steamship
Islander visited this port. There are
here about twenty-four Chinese firms,
some of which, according to the recent
importations, have as many as eighty
members. During the past year it has
been generally believed that rnnch rot
tenness exieted in the Chinese importa
tion business, and today's news was not
altogether unexpected.
P. S. Chappelle, the treasury agent,
whose investigations have culminated
in tne arrests, says he has sufficient
evidence to secure the conviction of all
those arested. It is nnderstood that
this evidence consists in part of the
testimony of accomplices, both white
and Chinese, who have been promised
immunity from punishment in consider
ation of their services in testifying for
the prosecution.
TESLA'S GREAT
INVENTION.
Important Discovery In the
Art
of
Electric Lighting-
New York, May 21. Nicola Tesla has
solved tbe problem which he set himself
many years ago, and which may revolu
tionize the system of electric lighting,
It is, electrical- experts say, the nearest
to the perfect adaptation of the great
force to the uses of man.
In Mr. Tesla's laboratory is a bulb not
more than three inches in length, which,
when tbe current is turned into it, be
comes a ball of light, and the heat is al
most imperceptible. With it, a large
room is so lighted that it is possible to
read in any corner. Yet this is done
without films and without the attach
ments necessary in existing lights. The
rays are so Strang that the Bbarpest
photographs may be taken by them. No
dynamo is required to produce the cur
rent. The bulb is attached to a wire
connected with the street current, and
there is no danger of a harmful shock in
its use.
Stories have come from Mr. Tesla's
laboratory that he was experimenting in
light of this sort. Rumors of success
and failure have followed each other,
and his friends were inclined to doubt
that be would succeed. Friends who
recently visited Mr. ' Tesla saw him
photograph by means of the light. The
exposure was but two seconds, in the
light of a single vacuum tube or bulb,
without electrodes, and having a volume
of about 90 cubic inches. The light
given was ap'promimately , 250-candle
power. Tbe photograph was as sharp in
outlines as though it were taken in the
full sunlight.
Mr. Tesla has tecently obtained many
photographs in his study of Roentgen
rays, xie nas pnotograpbed tbe bean
of one of bis assistants so accurately as
to note its expansions and its contrac
tions, and be has also been able to locate
defects in the lungs of several persons,
the presence of tuberculosis being evi
dent.
A MIXING
HORROR.
Eight
Men
Fntombed
Alive
by
Cave-In.
Ibonwood, Mich., May 21. Eight
men were buried in a caye-in at tne
Ashland mine this morning. Large
crews of men are drifting toward tbe im
prisoned men in the hope of rescuing
them.
The buried men are : Ed. Opie, Paul
Nichols, Pter Moran, Ed. Vansicus,
Beckman', John H. Helman, John Col
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
ADSoatUTcav pure
lins, Peter Gura and an unknown.
The men were working at drifting on
the third levlel, 300 feet from tbe surface,
when the cave-in occurred Captain
Thomas Williams rushed to the scene.
At that time no great amount of ground
had fallen and Williams was able to
communicate with the imprisoned men.
They were all unharmed and said that
with a rope they could be rescued.
Captain Williams went for help, but be
fore he returned another huge piece of
ground fell and it was impossible to
reach tbe men. It is still possible to
communicate with them, however, by
signals, and it is known at least some of
them are alive.
The Bogus Blshep.
Tacoma, Wash., May 21. This morn
ing a man dressed as a Catholic priest,
claiming to be Bishop Rupert, called at
SU-Joseph hospital. Finding Father
Hylebos, rebident priest, there, he has-'
tily decamped. He is believed to have
been at Portland, Astoria and other
cities recently under the name of Father
Laurent and Bishop of Honolulu.
"The Stove Shark."
From The Rural New Yorker, May 16,
1896:
I am glad that the R. N.-Y. is going
to give "the Stove Shark" some free ad- '
vertising. This Western firm has been
operating in Ohio for six or eight years.
selling a steel or wroght-iron ranee for
$69, to many who preferred to pay for
the ranges that had been set up in their
kitchens rather than wrangle with tbe
agent." Tbe contract is peculiarly
worded. In fine print, it stales that
the company shall not be held liable for
representations made by the agent.
The latter is usually a very voluble
young man, gifted with a wonderful -
flow of conversation, and an assurance
that is sitnplv sublime. Temporary
headquarters are usually established at
some town convenient of access to two
or three counties, and from this point
the territory is worked by several agents
who are employed by tbe month, and
are sent out in wagons with the ranges.
Tbe agents are expected to place the
ranges in the kitchens of the farmers
under some pretense, and then to secure
a note that binds the business.
Last summer I suffered two inflictions-
of these agents, the second one driving-
his moles up my private driveway as
though he owned the place, and ordi
nary courtesy and a firm refusal bad no-
more visible effect upon bim than it
would have had upon his mules. The
first agent bad failed, and he had been
sent to get the range into the kitchen.
After an hour or courteous treatment of
the stranger, I changed my tactics and .
offered bim the alternative of getting;
his mule team off my place in two min
utes, or taking a sound thrashing. He
chose the former, much to my relief, as
he was a very able-bodied man. While
at a Columbus, Ohio, hotel a few months
afterward a young man was given a seat
at my table io the dining room. Some
inquiry by bim led to conversation, and
I learned that he was an employee of
this western range company. That in
terested me, and te was encouraged to
talk. Among other things he said:
There is plenty of bard work in this
business. I go to men who have no
more idea of bnying one of our $69
range than of buying a steamboat, and
sell to them before I leave. I can get
$20 more for one of our ranges than a
regular hardware dealer can get." If
the range company is inclined to dis
pute tbe authenticity of this incident, I
can, at least, furnish it with the name
of the agent, as I took the precaution to
get it from the hotel register. .The fact
is that tbe methods of this concern can
not stand The R. A. X. s searchlight,
and it should be turned on for tbe bene
fit of tbe public. Alva Aoeb.
It is a fortunet'e day for a man when
he nrst discovers the value of Ayer's
Sarsaparilla as a blood-purifier. With
this medicine, he knows he has found a
remedy npon which he may rely, and
that bis life-long malady is at last con
quered. Has curel others, will cure
you.
Pulmonary consumption, in its early
stages, may be checked by the use of
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. It stops the
distressing cough, soothes irritation of
the throat and lungs, and induces much
needed repose. Hundreds have testified
to the remarkable virtues of this prep
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