THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE SATURDAY, JUNE 6. 1896.
The Weekly Gtooniele;
THE DALLES, - - -
OREGON
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LOCAL BKKTITIES.
Wednesday's Daily.
' J. C. Meins has applied to the depart
ment lor an appointment as pension
agent.
The river rose a foot and a half since
Yesterday noon, and at present is at a
standstill.
ltie woodmen and Uircle will have a
grand log-rolling at the Armory next
Tuesday night. A fine entertainment is
assured, to which the pnblic generally
are invited.
1 There will .be no concert Sunday by
The Dalles band, owing to their services
. being employed by the Woodmen at the
unveiling ceremonies " at Odd Fellows
. cemetery.
. Mr. . Pitman brought to this office
this morning a handsome bouquet of
roses raised at his residence on Ninth
street. The plot of ground was former
ly a sand patch, but is now a beautiful
flower garden.
The Woodmen of the World of the 4th
district will hold a convention in Pen
dleton on June 17. Every lodge in East
ern Oregon except those in Malheur
.county will be represented, the delega
tion numbering about 40 in all.
A telegram was received by Mr. S. L.
Brooks this morning from Sol Hirsch
that Ellis goes into Mnltnomah county
with 500 plurality, which assures his
election to congress from the Second
district. Unconfirmed reports are also
out that Tongue is elected from the
First congressional district.
At the regular monthly meeting of the
board of directors of school district No.
12, held yesterday, the entire corps of
teachers, with one exception, were re
employed for the coming year. The
assistant principal, Prof. M. N. Strattan,
decided not to be a candidate for re-elec
tion, and the board filled his place by
the election of Prof. J. S. Landers of
. Astoria, 111. Prof. Landers has for the
past year been principal of the Astoria,
Illinois, high school and comes highly
recommended. He is expected to arrive
here about the last of August to assume
his place at the opening of the fall term
on Sept. 7th.
The Dalles Commission Co. is paying
& cents a box cash for strawberries or 20
cents, minus commission, on a month's
time. The company has orders for ten
crates daily from Tacoma, also a daily
order from Helena and Butte, ranging
from five to twenty crates. They have
had so tar more orders than tbey can
fill. A telegram received today from
Butte states that commission men are
paying from $6 to $7 per crate for first
class berries.
Mr. W. L. Chittenden, who has been
deputy postmaster for two years past,
was relieved of his position this morn
ing, and will be succeeded by Will
Crossen, who has been attending school
at University Park. Mr. Chittenden
leves the office with the best wishes of a
host of friends, who regret his displace
ment, for they have learned to respect
the kindly old gentleman, whose pleas--ant
face has looked out the delivery win
dow for so many years, with but one
flight interruption.
Thursday's Daily
The river rose five inches last night
and three yesterday.
Frank Angell, with a sulky, collided
with a buck board this afternoon and
was thrown among the wheels, severely
injuring his leg.
City election occurs a week from Mon
day. The tetiring councilmen are Eshel
man and Lauer. There are three wards
and the judges and clerks have been ap
pointed. The Regulator made her last trip this
morning until Saturday. On that day
there will be a grand excursion to the
Locks, for which a rate of 50 cents will
be charged.
- At the council meeting last night the
recorder's office, Wm. Michell'a office
and the Union street schooihouse were
fixed as the polling places for the coming
eitv election.
A fitv nriilnnnf.n n.-ia naaaij t . u
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council meeting last night increasing
circus license to $150. This does not
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""Ff'J' wiJVju iiiua., " uu will Jay III f
uauai to rate.
'Several jurors at the last Bession of
circuit court failed to claim their time
before the county clerk and in conse
quence he is unable to make out a cor
rect claim. They are requested to call
and attend to the matter. .
Marshal Blakeney has appointed as
special police officers today Dan Ma
Joney, Kalph Gibons and Bill Young.
The recorder has also given notice that
-4 if any crooked work goes on at the circus
grounds the malefactors will be pun
ished to the full extent of the law i
they are apprehended.. -
The Dalles City failed to stem the
swift current-of the Colombia yesterday,
which poured throngh the narrow pass
below the cascades like a mill race.
River traffic will therefore be stopped
between the Cascades and Portland un
til the river falls again. The boat could
cope up the river at the stage it is now
if it were falling.
The defect in the acoustics of the New
Vogt opera house is being remedied to
day by putting up streamers throughout
the ball. The room is so large that
with nothing to break the echo, many
of the words spoken on the stage are
lost. The trouble will be remedied this
afternoon, so that every word will be
heard plainly.
- The McCoy case came up before Judge,
Davis this morning. Testimony for the
prosecution was submitted, the defense
waiving their right to produce testi
mony. Court then adjourned until 4 p.
ro. today, when arguments will be made
upon the testimony submitted. It is in
all respects like that published by The
Chboniclk yesterday.
Mr. J. M. Huntington was out at Ce-.
lilo yesterday with Mr. Peel, of the U.
S. engineer corps looking at the right of
way tor the portage road. They made
an approximate estimate of the damage
that would accrue to the various owners
of ground over which the road will pass
and find it will probably be small. No
part of it is valuable for agriculture, and
the only damage that will tesult will be
its deterioration for fishing rights, and
a few cheap buildings that will have to
be removed.
Jerome McNeil, aged 10, lost a hand
and narrowly escaped being killed by a
train at Mosier on Monday. He was
crossing the trestle bridge scroes Mosier
creek when a train appeared around the
enrve at the farther end of the bridge.
He started to run back and fell between
the ties. The train came on, the engine
and two cars passing over him before it
was stopped. He was then fished out
between two cars. The poor little fel
low was unconscious, and it was found
he had lost hia left hand, which was cut
off at the wrist, and was also injured in
the back of bis head.
Friday's Daily.
The river rose only four inches last
night. It now stands at 35.1 feet. '
The Regulator will leave tomorrow at
7 o'clock and connect with the Dalles
City.
Chas Snipes, who was convicted of
simple assault, was fined $150 by Judge
Bradshaw Wednesday.
beats lor "The I'hcenix" have bad a
good sale today. This is the old
est and most popular of all Nobles
plays.
Subscriptions are being requested for
The Dalles band to enable them to pay
for tome music and uniforms. They de
serve to be liberally patronized.
Hon. John Micbell for joint senator,
leads the ticket, with 1581 votes. Judge
Bean and C. L. Gilbert, for county
school superintendent, are close seconds,
the former with 1464 and Gilbert 1476.
Mr. F. L. Helfrich is the latest acquisi
tion to The Dalles band, who is a fine
musician and plays the Eb clarionet.
The band is endeavoring to keep him
with us and he has been induced to open
a ehoemaking shop on Second street,
nexfc to Story & Gates law offices.
The Dalles Lodge No. 2, I. O. G. T.
will give a leap-year basket social tomor
row night at their lodge hall. The social
is given to help defray the expenses of
the grand lodge, which meets here on
the 10th of June. All are invited to
attend.
The trial of G. H. McCoy was contin
ued before Justice Davis at 9 o'clock this
morning. The case wa submitted with
out argument, and the defendant was
bound over to appear before the grand
jury. 1 be amount of bonds was taken
under advisement.
A week ago Thursday the married
ladies and the single ones engaged in a
bowling contest, resulting in the score of
196 to 191 in favor ot the married ladies.
Yesterday the girls challenged the mar
ried ladies to another contest, resulting
in 197 to 172 in favor of the girls.
Deputy Sheriff McCoy of Sherman
county came down yesterday and took
charge of North, who broke jail at Moro
some three months since. He was ar
rested on the streets of The Dalles by
Sheriff Driver about a week ago. Pre
vious to that be bad been herding
sheep in Washington about two months
ROBBING THE DEAD.
Mrs.
Frevest Formerly of The
Despoiled of Her Jewels.
Dalles
A recent issue of the Portland Tele
gram bad the following :
' "Another horror has been added to
the fearful Victoria bridge catastrophe.
The robbing of the dead. Relatives
who, nnable to gain a footiug on the
doomed car, waved a pleasant trip to the
dear ones considered more fortunate in
having secured seatp, arrived on the
bank of Victoria Arm after a marfdened
drive to find mothers, sisters, wives not
only dead, but despoiled by that ghoul
of ghouls, the robber of the accidental
dead.
"One of the victims of these fiendish
thieves was a Portland girl, Mrs. Dr,
Prevost, of Seattle, daughter of Mr. P.
E. Farrelly, of 327 Salmon street. Miss
Evelyn, a younger daughter, was a guest
of her sister at Seattle, and together
with Dr. Prevost and a gentleman friend
the four attended the queen's birthday
festivities at Victoria. In the great
crash at the Point Ell ice bridge the
party became separated, Mrs. Dr. Pre
vost and the escort of Miss Evelyn re
maining on the car. When the news of
the horrible disaster came back over the
bridge, the first carriage obtainable was
secured by the - fear-stricken- husband
and Bister, and in a maddened drive the
horses were sent flying around the cir
cuit of the arm to the spot on the fur
ther bank where the work of recovering
the bodies of the victims bad been
commenced. The distance, at the great
speed it was run. was covered within
half an hour. ..
Arriving on the scene almost the
first corpse encountered was tbat of
Mrs. Dr. Prevost. When she entered
the car she had worn a pair of diamond
earrings, diamond ring and plain gold
wedding ring, gold watch and chatelaine
and carried a purse containing a small
amount ef money, possibly $15. All ot
these were gone. On the finger wearing
the wedding ring was a wound as though
the ring had been violently drawn from
the hand. Likewise in tl.e lobes of the
ears where bad been the diamonds
were marks of rude violence, one ear
being badly torn. Every article of value
about the dead woman's person bad
been taken.
'There can, of course, be no blame
attached to the Victoria authorities for
this horrible thievery," said The Tele'
gram reporter's informant, 'but the ex
treme rapidity with wbicb it was ac
complished brings up an awful question :
Is it . not ' possible that desperate
wretches, akin to the train-robbers of
the United States, planning to take ad
vantage of the crush of travel by the
Point El lice electric cars, have tampered
with the bridge supports and thus
hurled to death nearly threescore of
people that advantage of the accident
might be taken for robbery?
''It Beems hardly credible, but neither
does it ' seem ' probable that thieves
should arrive on the scene in such in
credibly short time without some pre
concerted arrangement." . . '
Last Night's Flay.
SPECIAL
SALE
Great Cut in Prices in Dress Goods
Department.
We will have the hottest wave of the season in. our Dress Goods Stock on
Saturday. The old prices will melt away completely under the hot wave of
prices. FOR ONE DAY ONLY. '
All Black and Colored 50c Goods ;.. only 35c
All Black and Colored 60c Goods only 42c
All Black and Colored 65c Goods only 47c
All Black and Colored 75c Goods only 55c
All Black and Colored 85c Goods only 65c
All Black and Colored $1.00 Goods ! only 72c
AH Black and Colored $1.10 Goods ; ...only 80c
All Black and Colored $1.25 Goods only 90c
We need not comment on the excellence of our Black and Colored Goods,
as they are well known to The Dalles shoppers.
I ALL GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES.
PEASE & MAYS.
The Evangelists' Farewell.
Grand Lodge I. O. G. T.
The Grand Lodge, I. O. G. T. of Ore
gon will hold its eeession in The Dalles
J n no 10th, 11th and 12th. About 100
delegates will be in attendance from all
over the state. We are ex ecting to
have ouo of the grandest sessions ever
held in Oregon. Independent Workers
No. 7 and Dalles Lodge No. 2 are striv
ing to give them a hearty and cordial
welcome. A grand public entertain
ment will be given Wednesday evening,
June 10th, at the M. E. church. Hon.
John Michell will deliver the welcome
address in bebalf of the city. Full pro
gram will be printed later. : -
Mbs. J. E. Barnett, G. S. J. T.
No more BOILS, no more PIMPLES
Use Kinersly's Iron Tonic. The Snipes
Kinersly Drug Co. . Telephone No. 3.
"From Sire to Son" is one of those
cld-faBbioned and powerful emotional
dramcs, which have largely given place
of late years to light comedy, spectacu
lar or vaudeville troupes. But Nobles,
throughout the long years be has been
before the pnblic as actor and play
wright, has never been influenced by
the allurements of these idealess if
money-making presentations, has never
pandered to the baser tastes of man
kind for low comedy, as furnished
by coarse jests and the display of the
female figure. On the contrary he has
pursued the even tenor of his way, fur
nishing a highly moral drama, with ten
dencies for good; entertaining, instruc
tive and with comedy and drama well
balanced. In this field he has achieved
deserved success and his fame is now as
broad as the continent.
"From Sire to Son" is a play founded j
upon the incidents of frontier life in the
West in the early days. The opening
Bcene is in Yuba, Calif., a mining town,
filled with the characters of those days,
a community ot roughs and toughs,
with moral perceptions dulled by con
tact with vice and lawlessness, yet pos
sessing inherently noble natures. "Al
fred Armitage," the character assumed
by Milton Nobles, is a successful gam
bler who tires of his pursuit and deter
mines to lead a better life. He is con
tinually foiled by one of his former com
panions, who is always trying to pull
him down, a man. who does not hesitate
to stoop even to murder, and the closing
scene in the first act is where this man
attempts to kill Arm it age and his wife.
Armitage survives, but is stricken dumb
by passion. The close of each of the
four act's is a thrilling climax, and at
the end of the third act MiTton and
Dollie Nobles were compelled to respond
to an enthusiastic encore. They were
well sustained throughout. The widow,
the doctor,' the lovers, the sheriff, the
deacon, the villain were all taken with
out affectation and mirrored real life.
"Jonas Hardy" deserves Bpecial men
tion for a meritorious rendition of his
trying part.
Tonight "For Eevenue Only" has
been put on' the boards, and the un
qualified success of last night's perform
ance should assure the company a full
house. - .
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the news. v
The memories that cluster around the
farewells of old and tried friends seemed
to be expressed in the words and songs
of the evangelists, Carpenter and Wal
lace, last evening, Tho came to our city
but ten days since.
A goodly number were present at this
last service, and it was a very solemn
occasion. At times both gentlemen
were nearly overcome with the feelings
that oppressed them. The solos of Mr.
Wallace were especially impressive, and
when he sang the last farewell but few
remained unmoved. The solemnity of
the occasion was intensified to those
who had learned in the last few days to
esteem these men and love the ones for
whom they labor. .
Mr. Carpenter's text was taken from
Isaaih liii:l, "Who hath believed our
report? and to whom is the arm of the
Lord revealed?" Hia words were very
earnest as he told his audience that they
bad done their doty in telling them the
truth, and now, it rested with them to
decide. In giving the last invitation he
said it might be the last time he should
meet them this side of eternity, and as
the choir sang ''Just As I Am" be urged
all who wished to take the start for
heavenly home to rise. Quite a large
number responded to this last invitation
When Mr. Carpenter made the cloeing
prayer he remembered these and all
others who had felt constrained, but had
not risen. Then be prayed for the
choir, pastors, Christian workers, ushers
and all who had taken part in these
services. The exercises closed with the
doxology.
Many remained after the exercises to
say good bye to the evangelists.
City Connoll Heeling.
The regular monthly meeting of the
city council occurred last night. There
were present Mayor Menefee and Coun
cilmen Lauer, Ross, Saltmarshe, Esbel-
man, Nolan, Thompson and Crowe.-
Petition for night watchman read and
on motion laid on table.
Report of fire and water committee
read. Also a communication from Mr.
Simms of Portland regarding the chem
ical engine and-fire alarm system. On
motion of Eshelman, seconded by
Nolan the committee- report was
adopted. Nolan moved, seconded by
Lauer, that a committee of three prop
erty owners be appointed by the mayor
to canvass the town and ascertain
whether money could be raieed by pri
vate subscription. Carried.
Councilman Eshelman, from the com
mittee on health and police, verbally re-
Awarded
Highest Honors World's Fair,
Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair.
DR "
ported defective sewers in the Schanno
and French bank buildings.
Councilman Thompson, of judiciary
committee, reported in the matter of
claim of J. L. Story against the city
that money should be collected by the
city from Story. A motion by Crowe,
seconded by Ross, followed that the
matter of collection be left in the hands
of judiciary committee, with power to
employ an attorney if necessary to pro
tect the city's interests.
An ordinance taxing bill posters was
on motion of Lauer, seconded by Crowe,
carried.
A circus ordinance fixing $200 as the
license was read and lost. Amended to
$150 and carried.
Honest Boys.
The boys of The Dalles must be a
pretty honest lot after all, notwithstand
ing the disclosures made some time ago
in Thb. Chboniclk concerning; the
"Dirty Dozen" club. Geo. FitzGerald,
Glenn Patterson, John FitzGerald and
Clint Bradshaw are entitled to the ut
most confidence and respect of this com
munity, and if either of them ever comes
up fo' congress we will vote for them.
This morning these boys brought to
Tns Chboniclb office a pocketbook con
taining over a dollar in small change.
There was enough money to buy them
all a ticket to the circus, and enough left
to buy peanuts for the elephant, but
heroically shutting their eyes and ears
to the well-nigh overpowering allure
ments of that acme ot a boy's delight the
circus tbey choose the part of honesty.
They may well rejoice in that victory
over the tempter who is ever in wait to
start boys on the downward path of dis
honesty and deceit. If no one claims
the money, then of course its all right.
Finders keepers.
Losers weepers.
Notice of Final Settlement
Notice Is hereby Riven that the undersigned
has filed with tb clerk of the County Coi.rt of
the State of Oregon for Wasoo County his final
account as administrator of the estate of Silas
Prattler, deceased, and that snid County Court,
by an ore'er made and enteral on f e 1st day of ,
April, 1896, has fixed Mondav, the 4th day of
May, 1896, at 2 o'clock p. in. as the time and the
County Court room In Dulles City. Oregon, as
the place for hearing said final account and oh .
jeetfons thereto and to the settlement of said
estate. J. M. HCNTINUTON,
Administrator of estate of 811us Prattler, de
ceased.' sprt-ii
Tfie Price on Fan wagons Has Drop!;
That is, the price on some wagons has fallen below our price on "OLD
HICKORY" Wagon. Why? Because no other wagon on the market will sell
alongside of the "OLD HICKURY" at the same prices. It is the best ironed,
best painted and lightest running, and we gtmrantee every bit of material in it to
be strictly firstclrss. If vou want the CHEAPEST Wagon on the market, we
haven't got it ; but we have got the BEST, and solicit com parison.
MATS & CROWE, The Dalles, Or.
New Champion, Foot-Lift, Cobble-Geared Mower.
MtlEl
Most Perfect Made.
40 Years the Standard.
Fewest wearing parts, lightest running, high-cutting
speed. Especially adapted for cutting grass or coarse grain.
THE NEW CHAMPION TWINE BINDER, simple
in construction, and, like the Mower, few repairs needed.
JOS. T. PETERS & CO., Agents..