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PART 1.
THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, WE DNES DAY, JULY 8. 1896.
VOL. VI.
NUMBER 29.
NOMINEE AT CHICAGO
Stevenson May Be Named for
President. '
JONES OF NEVADA WAS THERE
Bland' Friend Calling; on Boies With
Assurances of Friendship
Other News.
Chicago, July 4. Considerable per
sonal feeling has been aroused by the
appearance of Governor Boies, and the
managers of other leading candidates
openly declare that it is contrary to pre
cedent for a candidate for the presidency;
to personally attend a convention.
Some administration Democrats are
advocating nomination of Adlai Steven-'
son for president. They have as yet re
ceived no encouragement from the silver
advocates and are, to all appearances,
making no headway. Governor Alt
geld said Stevenson could not carry a
ingle silver state.
It is settled, as far as anything can be,
that the national committee will not
name Hill for temporary chairman. It
is also certain that the silver men will
not accept Hill and will probably vote
in a temporary chairman of tbir own.
Senator John P. Jones, of Nevada, is
among the recent arrivals. He is ranked
as a Populist, bat he has been circulat
ing' among the eilver Democrats. He
tells them that it they will only nomi
nate a silver man upon whom all the
silver men can nnite he will be with
them for the nominee.
"What we want," he said, "is the
unification of the silver forces. The
Democratic party has an opportunity
now to pat itself in condition to control
the affairs of this country for forty years,
bnt if it fails to avail itself of the oppor
tunity offered it is doomed."
Senator Jones bad a long conference
with Governor Altgeld during the after
noon. There are about a half dozen dele-'
gates in the New York delegation who
are giving Messrs. Hill, Whitney and
Flower no little trouble on account of
their predilections in favor of silver..
They are beaded by C. L. Lock wood, of
the thirty-second congressional district,
who openly defies the leaders, saying he
will vote for a silver candidate and a
Bilver latform if he gets the oppor
tunity. The silver men from New York
and Pennsylvania are preparing to act
together.
Senator Cock r ell, of Missouri, called
' on ex-Governor Boies today to pay his
respects to the Iowa candidate. Senator
Cockrell says he went as Mr. Bland's
representative, and assured Boies that it
was a friendly competition that they
were engaged in and that they were anx
ious for Bilver first, and then to secure
the most popular man for president.
Editor Holden, of the Cleveland
Plaindealer, who is a delegate-at-large
from Ohio, says that he will offer a reso
lution endorsing; Teller for secretary of
the treasury, it no other delegate makes
any such proposition-
A (SAKD-NIW BOOH.
Wharton Barker an Aspirant for Pres
idential Honors.
.Philadelphia. July 2. Wharton
Barker, the Philadelphia banker, and
altepublican free-trader and free silver
ite expects to be nominated for president
by the Democratic convention at Chicago.
John Lorimer, member of the Manu
factors Club, and a well-known builder
of textile machinery,, said in . talking
about the Barker boom :
"Mr. Barker, if nominated by the
Democrats on a straight bimetallic plat
form, would certainlv be elected. I
' have talked with prominent men from
different sections of the country, men of
all shades of political belief, and firmly
believes that Mr. Barker would be elect
ed. I have , been . in close touch with
manufacturers, and I tell you they want
bimetalism. I think Mr. . Barker will
. secure the nomination. We have in
formation - that the leading silver men
look kindly upon his candidacy. I be
lieve Mr. Barker to be the man destined
by the Almighty to lead us out of the
wilderness and I shall support him for
the . presidency in every way possible."
Wanted to Lynch Him .
:; San ;. Francisco, July 5. Two thou
sand children tried to lynch John Ket
nen today on Howard street. Ketnen
-celebrated the day by beating his wife
and taking her child from her by force.
The woman screamed, and some children
though ! he was attempting to steal the
child. A big crowd gathered and Ket
nen explained that it was his own child
he was accused of stealing.. The baby
' Was restored to its mother, and Ketnen
was arested for wife-beating, y " ',
DANIELS IS CHAIRMAN
The
Contest
Was Between
Him
and Hill.
THE NATIONAL DEM. CONVENTION
Opeos with Some Very Heated Speeches
The .Silver Men Have the
Upper Band.
Chicago, July 7. The National Deni
nnratie Convention commenced as
sembliug at 10 :30 . and , was called
to
order at 12:50. Harrity reported Hill
for teuiporar v chairman amidst great
cheering. Clayton of Alabama moved
that Daniels name be substituted. There
was an immense demonstration preced
ing the calmer discussion of the motion
New Jersey delegates advocated the
choice of Hill. Waller of Connecticut
advocated Hill for temporary and Daniel
for permanent chairman.
Mr. Waller said : "I can stand any
candidate the convention may nomih
ate. The gold men are here to stay and
ask only for courtesy and fair treatment
and the upholding of Democratic prece'
dents. If Hill is turned down I tell you
the Eastern Democrats will fight.
f Cheers and hissinu bv all. I It was
now 1 :30 p. m. Thomas of Colorado
Waller of Alabama and Tarpey of . Cali
fornia advocated the choice of Daniels
in speeches altogether consuming fifteen
minutes of time. Fellows of New York
was another who advocated the choice
of Hill, when there was great cheering
at mention of his name. He appealed
to the convention not to violate prece
dents and trample on the rights of the
majority. .-' Cheering again and again
He made'the point as to the reason why
the convention should be willing to
accept all the rest of the recommenda
tions of the majority of the national
committee and turn a Democrat like
Hill down.
2 :20 p. m. Marston of Louisiana can
not speak owing to the confusion. The
chairman warns the convention to keep
quiet. Marston retires. Ladd, of 111. ,
advocates Daniels and says if Hill should
make a speech he would keep the party
explaining till election came. St. Clair
advocated Hill. His reference to free
silver was cheered. He says if the ail
ver men are afraid of having the ques
tion discussed by Hill what will outaid
ers think. ' - .,
2 :45 Call of states ordered. '
3:20 The vote resulted in favor of
substituting Daniels for Hill, 552 against
343 ; including territories, ayes 554, noes
345. The announcement of the vote
causes great cheering throughout the
hall. Daniels takes the cbair. . ' , '
3:40 Daniels in his opening speech
referred to Hill as a great senator.
Cheers. : Also . referred to Teller.
Great cheering. Advocated free coin
age of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1.'
: 4:35 Roll of states ordered' for ap
pointment of committees. , . ,
4 :45 Convention adjourned till 10 a.
m. tomorrow. .- ' ' '
POINTS TO A DEADLOCK.
It Would Take a Shrewd Prophet to
Name the Nominee.
Chicago, July 6. On. the eve of the
Democratic National Convention, which
convenes tomorrow in the Coliseum on
the lake front, all is confusion. One
hing looms np like a searchlight In the
fog that hangs over the situation, and
obscures the vision of the wisest and
most far-seeing of the leaders. ' That is
that the convention will be for silver, at
16 to 1. . .'. '-
' As for candidates, the convention is
still groping in the mark. The din of
the Bland and Boies boomers is deafen
ing, and so' infectious at times that it
almost carries the public off. its feet.
Bland is unquestionably In the lead, so
far as actual votes are concerned, his
strength approximating 250, a liberal
estimate, with Bland moving along at
his heels with about 200, but neither is
able to demonstrate as yet how he can
win. ,; v? '. A '";,
In this chaotic condition 1 of ' affairs'
gossip and speculation cast about for
dark horses. ! William Jl Bryan, the boy
orator of the FJatte.; vice-president
Adlai Stevenson, John R." McLean, the
Oaio journalist; the Bluegrass orator,
Senator Joe Blackburn of Kentucky,
and Senator White of California, all
share the distinction of being canvassed.
Even Senator Hill, of New York, is
talked of, and his famous Elmira speech
of 1892 is recalled as an evidence that he
is a bimetalist and would make a strong
compromise candidate. i The name of
ex-Governor James E. Cau.ipell.of Ohio,
is also heard.
The Pennoyer boom from Oregon was
formally launched today,' and ' ex-Congressman
Joe Sibley, of Pennsylvania,
announced his candidacy.'
Advertised Letter.
Following is the list of letters remain
ing in the postoffice at The Dalles un
called for July 5. 1896. Persons call
ing for the same will give date on which
they were advertised :
Adams, Eleanor ' Moore, Wm S D
Beard, Green MartintNC
Backensto, Hale - Marr, J W
Core, Lee Martin, P F ,
Chapman, Joseph Mays, Jos
Campbell, Wm Mnnsneld, W H
Cram, F A Murston, Jennie
Castlemao, W R McUlong, Chase
Densmore, Robt ' McDonald. J M
Davidson, Derward Orewiller. N
(6;
Evans, Levi K ' Parrish. J E
Geer, Lester Parker, Dan
Green, C. A F . Piercen, A
Hibney. Jennie Kami, Alarrin
Heighten, F Roton, Roy J
Helgren, Oscar Ralfson, Richard
Harrington, W L (2) Robesson. Mary
Harrington, Hidith. Smythe, Irene
Jackson, Stella Smythe
Kenwerthy.John K Stock well, Geo
Lisb, Robt
Stringer, C A
Lander, Wm -
Tiavis, C W
Temple, Thos
Haward, Raeeu .
Wilev, Linne
Walker, John M
La Mo, F D
Lemnger, W M .
Leminger, Gomie
Milleo, JM
Mitchell, Walter
Williams, C F
Murpby,Josephnice Weaber, George
Walker, John M
' . ' J. A. pBOSSEN, P, M.
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received here from Pittston indicates
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ENGLISH, YOU
KNOW.
Stilted
Phrases Do Kot Sonnd
Well In
Children's Months.
. The Transcript has been appealed to
in a matter that has proved perplexing
in other families than that of the mother
who asks for advice. It is the question
of teaching' children to refrain from say
ing;: "Yes, sir," and "No, sir,"' and have
them repeat the name of the person ad
dressed in replying, as, ", "Yes, Mrs
Smith," "Xo, mamma," and the like.
English children are taught that this is
correct, the reason assigned over there
being th.it the endlessly reiterated "Sir
and ' Warn belong to the servants and
tradespeople, and is indicative of in
feriority. As the correspondent points
out, however, in France, where class dis
tinctions also exist, the monsieur and
madame are not left off in polite society.
It is laborious, as many will testify,
both to the small child and his listener,
to hear the struggles with his manners
in this respect. He is often not sure of
the new came, and in his effort to do
as he has been told the artless talk of
the child be'eomes priggish and cum
bersome, or if he abandons the attempt
altogether, his "Yes." and "Xo" sound
curt and unmnnnerly. A compromise
that has been known to be effective
is to teach the children of a household
to use: "Yes, mamma," "Xo, papa,"
"Yes, Uncle Ned," and so on, with the
familiar names of the family connec
tion, leaving the "Ma'ams"'and "Sirs"
for the strangers who may come. ' This
distinction, says the mother who offers
it, is for 'the children while they are
young." When they are in their teens
it is easy to make them understand
the little niceties of courteous speech
and follow them correctly.
, In summing np the matter, to refer
again to the Hcston controversy, this
paragraph is used: "Xo doubt there is
such a thing as being too lavish in our
following of English manners, and the
lif-tener is. half inclined to think that
this may be one of the good maoy matters-
in which it might have been just,
as well to declare onr independence as
in the matter of paying taxes on ta."
Boston Transcript.' .
HOW SHE GOT EVEN.
A Gently-Bred Woman Administer a
Telling Rebuke. . ..
As it is a well-established fact that
men are always in the prime of life,
while women begin to get over it at the
age of S3,1 the gentler sex arc hiitunilhy
averse to pointed comments upon their
years. A bb ydering man. whose too
convivial habits have conspicuously
wrecked his wife's health and peace of
mind, was recently introduced to a vis
iting lady of less than 50 years, but of
i-eiiiarkably youthful and fresh appear
ance. With fatal intent to be gallapt,
the. blundering man remarked : -'
'"lilad- to meet you, madam glad to
Lmeet vou. You are very well-preserved
for your years," '
'No answer was returned, the visiting
lady having been naturally shocked at
being thus classed among the aged.
Xot disconcerteO, the talkative gentle
man went on: "You look young, niad
uni. indeed you do 'Pray, tell me wlnt
is the secret of it?" .
A picture of the harassed wife.of the
rude ijuestioner came to the visiting
lady's mind, and she retorted, gently,
b:it pointedly: "There is but one se
cret of what you are please'd to term
n;y youth and good looks. -1 have a
husband who has never given me an un
kind word or cost mo an anxious
thought."
Reporters AsHault Boer Names.
During the Jameson trial in London,
the stenograph ic reporters had a hard
time, with-the Uoer names that came
tripping off , the tongues of the wit
nesses. In one instance a place is men
tioned which appears in the depositions
:is Van' Uithoouia Winkelspruit. The
nearest the. Evening Standard reporter
ot'-to it was Van Xit Hookiswinkel
Sprint; the Globe gentry modified this
to Van Xit Ilooriswjnkel, while the Sun .
simplified it to-Van Oudtshhoorn'ts, and
the Evening Xews boldly 'made one fear
some word of it, thus: anoudtscaa-
wanswinkle. The rest of the reporters,
like" prudent men. declined it 'alto
gether. The Tables Turned. . '
In England it is a common thing to
ee clergymen's wives inviting Indies to
come to them ns general servants for
the honor and glory of the tiling, but
the tables have been turned by three
ladies in a London suburb, who have ad
vertised for a gentlewoman t; do ;he
work of their cottage. The .gentle
woman required must, according to the
advertisement, not only be strong, ac
tive and an early riser, Jiut must be a
clergyman's or professional man's
daughter. A1 critic remarks Jbat 4.1k!
advertisers would doubtless feel de
graded by sleeping in a bed n;iide by the
hands of a young woman whose fath'er
had been In trad.-' - :
Bird Caught In Colt's Tall.'.
. TOO
-Birds that employ hair in the build
ing of their nests come to grief in
strange ways. "' A gentleman who pos
sessed several colts one day noticed a
small bird entangled in the tail of one
of his colts. It had evidently been on
a search for hair and had become en
snared. Cases of birds getting their
feet ' entangled in wool or string are
well-known and death usually ensues if
human- help is not forthcoming. .
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There, Bat
the People
Are
" Happy.
"Xo rain had failen for eight niontlis,
and the hot air was thick with a ttiiliug
haze of dust. The mighty Flindois, ;i
test river, of sand, with water beneath,
mocked the parched township, the dusty
downs and the burning limbs of the
population. .
"Frequently all the doors and win
dows of the wretched tin and wood
houses had to be hurriedly closed to
keep out the hateful sirocco." The al
most bare downs rolled away into, the
distance, with pillars of dust a thousand
feet high, traveling along in the scorch
ing whirlwinds, at a few miles distance
from each other, like giants striking
through the lard, rearing their din
heads into the brass-colored skv. These
dust spouts are only a few feet in diam
eter for hucdreds of feet up. They
come eddying along, sometimes lifting
even oil tins and corrugated iron; and
woe betide the houses 'they take in their
track, for they fill them with dirt and
rubbish, making a clatter on the roof,
Kven if people are on the alert to close
I'll the apertures us they see a column of
dust approaching, they are filled with
fine dust,.aiid the very bookcoversi curl
up with the heat. The people are as
happy as anybody else. They live uni
toil, make lots of money, marry and
are given in n:nj"riagt. They have their
;cjtements the shearing season, dav.c-
mg and raee meetings, .-wl.tue vices
and a few of the virtues br-lorfring lo th
rest of the world nr to be met. with in
that dreary, scorching wildernef-s.
SOMEWHAT MIXED.
lie Knew There Was Trouble Watting for
Him at Home. '-
. He was a pnle-fuced, red-whiskered
man, and he was leaning against a
horseless wagon, which was lying on
its side .near the road fence, says the
New York World. , - ,
"Stranger," he began, as I approached
him, "ken ye tell me wher'I am at ?"
"You are about three miles from
(Jrassvillis village and four miles from
Lidford town." I replied.
"Kin yer tell me the time?"
n.-. : i-sa
; "Morning.r '
" "Then it's me," he" said, with asigh.
"What do you mean?" I asked..
"Well, stranger," he began, "jis 'fore
you come, along I woke upun found me
self lyin' under this yere wagon, an'
fer the life of me I couldn't tell which
one of two things I had gone lun' done
lost a horse or- found a wagon. Xow
know that I have lost a horse; pow I
know that I'm the great big gawk that
left. Grassville for Lidford with a Toad
of taters yesterday mornin', an left Lid
ford for Grassville with a skinful of
whisky last night. .
Stranger, he continued, take ,a
Tood look at my face now, an then jist
wait here till I come back from Grass
ville with th"? horse, an you'll git a
purty good idee of the nghtm , quah
ties of my. ol' woman."
I did not wait. ,
BOUNTIES IN SEALS.
Maine Still Pays a Bounty and Last Tear
. . . Raised It. -
Maine, paid bounties on 1,662 seals
and on 305 bears in 1895. In 1894 only
385,seals and 550 bears were killed. The
increase of seal killing is due to a 50
eent increase of the bounty, making it
one dollar. The bears have been thinned
out by. extensive killing. Why there
slnould be a bounty on seals is plain,
says the New York Sun, to those who
know that in a single year a seal con
sumes 3,650 pounds of fish, which would
make C,060,30d pounds sa'ved by the
killing' of 1,662 seals in 1895. Most of
the lish paten are coarse-grained, such
as are used in baiting lobster pots
sculpins, flounders, tomcods, etc. but
not a few valuable fish, like herring,
salmon and maekarel, are killed, by
these animals. Much difficulty is ex
perienced by seal hunters in securing
all of the animals killed. Many badly
wounded ones escape, and probably.
more than 2,000 seals were killed during
lh5. .'".', :.v '" - .
No otie knows exactly why' bounties
a l'p paid on black bears. They are harm
less animals, according to competent ob
servers, .feeding on .beechnuts, wild
fruits of various kinds, on carrioni and
roots of plants, seldom if ever molesting
farmers, in any way. Maine pays five
dollars and Xew York tendollars a
head for killing these good-natured
creatures. -. ,
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William's Callnary Department.
The - (ierman emperor has a curious
arrangement -with his kitchen depart
ment. The empress arranges his menus .
mid he pisys' the cooks about two dol
lars for ; each . plnte, on ordinary oc
casions, and five to seven dollars on'
state occasions.; Luncheon Is served at,
two and dinner at six. The empress
shares all his meals, and at luncheon
they usually have company courtiers,
artists. Bavants, . authors, or" distin
guished foreigners who happen to be in
Berlin. , . "
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Squeezed to Death in a Stump.
George; Bennett, of .Eden.-Ont., met
with a hori iblc death the otber evening,
lie, .was cspistirg in the operation1 of
splitting large stnnrps" v.-jth njack
ficrrw ..end bad one nearly .nplit, when
he stepped into the opening. Suddenly
the. jackscre sprung' put, the stump
closed like a ehpt, cntching Bennett, and
It Is Hot
he wae slowly Vqu-.: zed to death.
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WONDERS OF SCIENCE.
They Compel Ms to Believe Almost Any
thing; Possible.
Peoplaarc now familiar with the idea
of storicgup sound for future use so that
a man's voice can be heard long after he
is dead. It has recently be: n suggested
that sorrevvhere in the storehouse of
nature the sight of nil that Ixs taken '
place is stored up, and that Moses get
bis account of the creation from a kind
of kinetoseope which was disclosed t
him as he stood in the cleft of the rock 1
and saw the pictures of the precision.
of events pass by. As Dr. Johnson said,
we. have seen. so much that we are pre
pared to believe more. When people in
New York city oau bear the roar of,
Niagara, when machinery can be driven
by a water w heel 50'! miles distant, whet
we can see through boards and take pbo- ,
tographs of a fat man s boues and the
money in his pockets, when wc can
talk with our friends a thousand miles
awny and. recognize the tones of their
voices,, when we can warm the baby's
milk at night by touching a button, we
must be obstinate, indeed, if wc refuse
to believe anything. There, is nothing
in the "Arabian Nights" as marvelous as .
the things seen at the electrical exposi
tion in New lork. And yet, says the
Baltimore Sun, if we apply the logic of
flavid Hume in his essaj's on the mir
acles to these things, we should refuse
to believe that a photograph of a living -
man s skeleton maj- be taken. lTumc re
fused . to credit the miracles because-
they are contrary to all human experi
ence. It is a matter of curious specula-.
tion, have we reached the limit of
knowledge of electricity, or are we upon
the threshold of scientific revelations?
Will we in time discover that apartment
of nature's storehouse where" she keeps
the sights and sounds of past ages?.
u DIPLOMAT WAS CHILLED.
The French Minister at Washington .
Loved the Highest Flace Too Well.
An interesting story is being told In
Washington regarding M.' Patenotrc,
the French ambassador. After con
gress parsed the law empowering the
president to send ambassadors to such
countries as would raise the rank of
their representatives, 'Sir Julian
Pauncefote was the first to inform the
president of the intention'of his coun
try 'to make him. an ambassador. M.
Patenotre conceived the ambition to be
the dean of the ambassadors and com
municated it to his home government.
and his commission, arrived before Sir
Julian's. He w.ent to the state depart- .
ment in. the hope of -immediate recog
nition as the first' ambassador to this.
country. He was told that Sir Julian .
had anticipated him by informing the .
department of the action of his govern
ment. He was angry and w rote to the
president requesting his intervention..
lie received instead a chilly letter from
Mr. Gresham. .
EXPENSIVE MIRROR.
win
Bring; the Moon Within Thirty- '
Eight Miles of the Eye.
.A special train brought into Paris
few days ago, wrapped in heavy felt
blankets, bound with soft wood hoops,
a rough block of crystal, which io U
form the mirror of the huge telescope
at the 1900 exhibition. In its present
state the piece, of glass weighs 0,600
iKHinds and has already cost r20,00tf.
It will cost $30,000 more and tuke 30
months of polishing by a novel and se
cret mechanical process before it is
finished Its' diameter is nearly seven
feet, and it is expected to bring the
moon within 3S miles of the eye, but ,
he chief experts of the Paris observa
tory say that its images will not be so
distinct as theirs are now at U4 miles, -
which they believe is the utmost prac
ticable limit.
" The Doctor Was Distrusted -
The negro, Simpkins, who cut his
throat- with a razor, was in front of the
doctor's premises at the time. In fact.
be was right on the doctor s sidewalk.
which is a nicely-paved and kept walk.
of which the owner is rather careful.
At the inquest the doctor described the
horrible sight when the negro slashed
is throat, with the razor. "Then,"
said the doctor, "I shouted to him to get ,
off the sider. ulk. ' ' -
Tramways in Glasgow. . f
Glasgow is likely to follow the ex
ample of Beed'r. end adopt an overhead
system of electric traction for the tram
way? of the city, which are the property
of the corporation. ,t .