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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30. 1896.
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LOCAL BKKTIT1ES.
Saturday's Daily.
v Mr. J. S. Schenck.is patting in a steam
- heating apparatus at hia residence.
A Bryan club was organized in Dufur
Friday night last with fifty members.
"A Bowery Girl" is booked for Sep
eember 30th at the Vogt opera house.
The Wizard Oil Co. show in The
Dalles in the early part of next month.
The Dalles MiKinley club now num.
bers 413 members and is growing hourly.
Hon. John Michell left for Goldendale
this morning and will deliver a speech
there this evening.
The infant child of Wallace Husbands
' died yesterday at Hosier, and was
buried at that place today.
The Artisans will meet Wednesday
eight after a summer's vacation. All
members should be present.
Richard Palmer came in today with
seven horses for sale, which he deliv
ered at Saltmarsbe's stock yards.
The Pharmaceutical Association .which
was to have met here the 8th and 9th of
next month, has been transferred to
Portland.
This morning was the coldest of the
season, Flowers were bitten iu various
places and ice froze in the flume at the
old garrison. '
Thirty-one new pupils were enrolled
in the public schools last week and
eighteen the present week. The total
now marks 645. '
The wheat market is gradually, but
surely, rising. The Diamond Flour
Mills has been paying from 50 to 52
cents for a week or more. '
We announce with pleasure that the
Dalles band has been engaged to play at
the coming agricultural fair. This will
prove a great drawing card.
Mr. Ragsdale brought up a band of
- twenty-two Merino bucks from Mt,
Adams on the Regulator last night,
which are destined for Sherman county.
Mr. Samuel J. Miller, formerly a fire'
man on the O. R. & N-, and a resident
of The Dalles, was married in Bntte on
Sept. 12th to Mies May Wilson of that
city.
- An order of sale of the personal prop
erty of Perry Watkins, deceased, was
made today by Judge Mays. The sale
is for the purpose of satisfying claims
against the estate.
Mr. J. C. Lonagan is in the city to re
ceive the last of Mr. Robt. Mays' cattle.
They will be driven to the Yakima
country. Mr. Mellik, to whom they
will be sold, is expected in the city
shortly.
Mr. Francis Clarno was introduced
last night by Mr. Story as one of the
notification committee of the silver party
to acquaint Mr. Bryan of his nomination
for president of the United States. This
is altogether fitting, Mr. Clarno being a
large silver minoowner in Baker county.
Mr. M. P. Isenberg came in today, en
' route to 8-Mile, where he delivers an
address this evening. He says the first
he knew he was to speak there was an
Announcement to that effect in The
Chronicle, an additional reason why
all good Republicans, particularly "Re
publican speakers, should take the pa
per and keep posted on themselves.
The social .at the Methodist church
last evening was well named a "socia
ble" social, for all were in a particularly
happy frame of mind, and the evening
was a success financially and otherwise.
As each person entered they were given
an envelope containing a single line of a
quotation, the other parts of which were
held by other persons, or in some envel
opes questions or answers to conundrums
were found. Many of the conundrums
were take-offs on persons present, which
created a deal of merriment when the
answers were found.
A very loving Chinese couple has fre
quently been observed on the streets of
late, who pursue their Iovemaking un
mindful of the smiles or remarks of the
Melican man. They walk along the
streets with hands, clasped, and in one
place where the sidewalk was too nar-
- row to walk abreast each put their arms j
arounu the other's waist and proceeded
joyfully on.- China is in her decrepti
tnde, yet its people seem not to have
lost a tithe of the tender passion which,
though old, is ever new.
Monday's Daily.
Senator Mitchell Friday night. '
The Diamond Flour Mills are running
overtime.
John Parrot shipped 350 head of hogs
to Seattle today.
Many new buildings are going up at
Hood River and throughout the valley.
A heavy table to contain stacks of
campaign literature "has been put in at
Moody's bank. - .;.
Perry Watkins, a Populist presiden
tial elector, speaks at the court house
tomorrow evening.
Mr. Dayton Taylor remembered Thk
Chronicle force with a very fine basket
of grapes Saturday of the Cbaslie Rose
variety.
Mr. W. J. Davidson of 8-Mile is presi
dent of a flourishing McKinley club in
that neighborhood.
The pavilion for the coming district
fair will be at the Vogt opera house,
Finer and larger exhibits are promised
than ever before.
A mammoth chorus of voices is being
trained for a rousing McKtnley song
Friday night, on which occasion Senator
Mitchell will speak.
James Herman, proprietor of a small
stand on First street, died today at 12
o'clock. He has been sick a long time.
taking to hia bed only two or three day
ago.
In the list of names ot the graduating
class of 1897 we inadvertently omitted
those of Elva Creighton and Frances
Fonts, which brings the class np to
fourteen members.
Of the nine drummers in the city and
vicinity, eight will enlist in the McKin
lev fife and drum corps. Mr. Arthur
Clarke will pound the snare for the
Brvan cohorts, and Mr. Jeffers will be
fifer.
The band has now commenced prac
ticing on some new music for the fair;
among them two fine descriptive pieces
entitled "Nigger in the Barnyard" and
"Dawn Till Twilight." These are pro
nounced immense.
Mrs. Samuel White, who left the city
for California several weeks ago, is ill
with diptheria. Her little child has
just recovered from an attack of the
same disease, who was at one time
"given np" by the doctors.
Mr. Glenn was employed Sunday, the
20th, in raising a sunken steamboat, the
Kebani. which hia company' had leased
from its owners, Eelley, Ham and Nick
ham of Portland. The first two letters
of each name constitute the name of
their boat. i
Messrs. W. L. Bradshaw, W. H. Wil
son ana urea mil returned oaiuraay
from district court at Condon. There
were but two criminal cases, both for
larceny of horses. There was one ac
quitted and J. Richmond was found
guilty' of having stolen horses in Gilliam
county.'
The suicide of an old bachelor rancher
was reported Saturday near the Locks,
Our informant could not give the name,
but said his body waa found hanging in
a tree about one mile from the station
Coroner Butts is . ignorant of such a
casualty and the report may be un
founded.
The McKinley club zouaves will be or
ganized Tuesday evening. It will be
composed entirely of those familiar with
military tactics. , The uniforms will be
blue jackets, red trousers and white leg
gins. They first meet at the council
chambers with a list of forty already en
rolled. '
Two sheriff's sales occurred at the
courthouse this afternoon. In the case
of Mary . Johnson vs. Charles Payette,
Ursula Payette and the Portland Guar
antee Co. for the a hi se qr, nw qr se qr,
se qr ew qr, sec 7, tp 3 'a r 14 e, plaintiff
bid in the property for $663.35. Case of
J. C. Meins vs. J. F. Jones and J. .
McCormick, for n hf ne qr, se qr ne qr,
ne qr se qr, sec 14 tp 1 a r 12 e, plaintiff
bid in tbe property for 207.65.
Mr. Hugh Glenn arrived in the city
Saturday and left for the Astoria road
this afternoon. Mr. Glenn is now at the
head of a syndicate, supplied with un
limited English capital, for the prosecu
tion of large public works. .'He claims it
is just as easy to handle a large as a
small business and is far more profitable,
and he proposes, therefore, to stay in the
heavy contracting business. Perhaps
Mr. Glenn will yet be tbe one to build
the ship railway at the dalles.
On account of ill health the pastor of
the Methodist church was assisted in
last night'a service by the members of
the Epworth League. This society is
composed of a class of Christian young
people whose earnest work has been
commended by many who have visited
their meetings. A gentleman from the
East who has been a great League
worker, in visiting them recently, re
marked that the church might well be
proud of its League, as in all of his
travels he had met but one society that
was its equal.
A competent company is "A Bowery
Girl," headed by the clever artiste, Miss
Lillian Keene in the title role. Among
its other members are such well-known
people as .Ella Miller, Agnes Fuller,
Cora . Ernest and La Petite Morse, ne
well also as Messrs. John D'Ormond,
W; J. Deming, Andy Adams, James
Devlin, Robt. Gail lard. Ed. Rowland, J.
C. Reed and others. As a scenic attrac
traction, "A Bowery Girl" is entitled to
unusual praise, and the number of "up-to-date"
specialties introduced in tbe
play enhance its value. -
Mr. Lander, concerning whom an ar
ticle appeared- in Friday's Chronicle
about meetiog a bride in The Dalles,
corrects ns on some important points,
which throws an entirely new light up
on the affair, and makes it apparent our
informant was in error. He has known
tbe lady .concerned for l early five years
tbe acquaintance not originating, as
stated, in a matrimonial advertisement.
While abe came to meet him for the par-
nose as stated, she left with his entire
knowledge and consent, and by mutual
agreement. Her expenses being paid
by him, included, of course, tbe
hotel bill. Mr. Lander baa taken the
article mncb more serionsly than tbe
spirit in which it waa written. We
therefore regret the serious construction
he has put upon it and gladly publish
the above corrected facts.
Tuesday's. Dally
"A Bowery Girl"
At tbe Vogt opera house
Wednesday evening, Sept. 30th.
DeMoss concert tonight.
''Admission to DeMoss concert 35 cents
and 15 cents.
Three loads of hoga were shipped to
Seattle today to John Parrott and one
load of cattle to Trontdale by C. M.
Grimea.
The regular drill of Co. G, Third
Battalion, will be postponed from
Wednesday, Sept. 30th to Saturday,
Oct. 3d.
Tbe victorious hose 'team are going to
have their pictures taken in costume
one picture standing fn front of the hose
house and one in the gallery,
W. H. Hitchcock and W. H. Arbnckle
have purchased R. B. Hood's auction
room and collateral bank and will con
tinue the business as heretofore,
The finance committee of the McKin
ley club met with gratifying success in
securing funds for carrying on campaign
work here from tbe Republicans of the
city.
A mammoth squash 6 feet, 4 inches in
circumference, was brought to tbe city
today by Chas. Sandoz, which was rais
ed on his place four miles from the city.
It will be shipped at once to the Port
land Industrial Exposition.
Pease & Mays are showing the most
exquisite line of stamped linens ever
shown in the city. The designs include
several patterns in dresden, jewel, em
pire, delft and drawn work goods. We
have their goods on exhibition with sev
eral pieces partly worked
Rowena, the 16-months-old dangbter
of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Bonney of Eu
gene, died a horrible death last night
from burns received yesterday morning.
The child was playing about the house
with her brother, while the mother waa
in another room. . There waa a fire in
the fireplace, and tbe child fell into the
fire. The mother heard screams and
ran to find the child's clothing in flames,
which were extinguished as quickly as
possible, but not, however, until the
child had been horribly and fatally
burned. The father of tbe untortunate
child is an uncle of Mr. A. A. Bonney of
this city.
Senator Mitchell will doubtless be
greeted by one of the largest audiences,
if not the largest, that ever assembled
in the city. Especially will every free
silver Republican be anxious to bear hia
views because of the past well-known
record of the senator on that subject.
His reasons for desiring the triumph of
the Republican ticket have been gained,
therefore, from a comprehensive study
of the situation. He will assure them
that the great principle of protection
alone i& far too important to relinquish
tor the minor issue of finance. Senator
Mitchell is making a gallant fight for
the Republican party in O.-egon, and
few there are who hear him that are
willing to fasten another four years of
depression and panic upon themselves
by following off Grandfather Democracy
and Boy Bryan.
A Question of Veracity.
A Chinese trial is going on this after
noon at justice . Filloon'a court. Tom
Louie owed Loy $16, and waa offered $10,
which be took. While following him
up to collect tbe $6 remaining, an alter
cation arose, resulting in the defendant,
Loy, who was also the creditor, striking
Louie over the head with a pistol. The
prosecuting witnesses exactly disagree
with the defense, the latter disclaiming
that trouble of any kind occurred. It is
a question of veracity, and it is hard
to tell which side is lying outright.
The Chinese have little regard for our
form of oaths. Now if Justice Filloon
would bring in a chicken, and have the
witness, as he was called, chop its head
off, no earthly consideration .could in
duce him to lie upon the witness stand,
for that is the form of the Chinese oath.
The Bowery Girl.
Miss Ada Lee Bascom is more talked of
than any other lady who has ever at
tempted playwriting. She is the cele
brated Western authoress who created
Harry Williams' very succetsful play,
'A Bowery Girl." It waa the dramatic
feature of the country last season. It is
repealing its past triumphs this season.
A beautiful story of the typical Bowery
character. A melodrama interwoven
with delightful comedy.4 ' It ia perfect in
its construction, and the plain, simple
story is told with such artistic ability
and style which has made Miss Bascom
famous aa a most successful of lady
playrigbts. At the New Vogt opera
bouse Wednesday night, September 30.
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A BRYAN MEETING.
Henri. Jeffreys and Clarno Entertain
an Audience at the Baldwin.
The Baldwin opera house was well
filled last night by citizens to take in the
fchfl nneninf? nf th DAmnrrAtiivPnnnliRt
campaign, on which occasion Messrs. F.
Clarno and S. T. Jeffreys of Port
land were billed to make speeches.
Messrs. J. A. Douthit, J. L. Story and
B. H. Thurston were among the num
ber who helped to hold down the plat
form, which might have risen with re
markable buoyancy during Mr. Clarno's
address, had he been under instead of
npon it.
Mr. Jeffreys waa first introduced by
Mr. Story. Mr. Jeffreys has adapted a
set of factB with some ingennity, which
he delivers in a halting and disjointed
manner, and which at times aroused the
cheering of the less thoughtful in his
audience. He opened by alleging that
the Republicans claimed there was a
cloud on the Democratic platform and
then set himself industriously at work
in clearing away that cloud. This was
in reference to the criticism in the Dem
ocratic platform against the snpreme
court for declaring the income tax un
constitutional. Mr. Jeffreys claimed
that the dissenting opinions of that
court, comprising four out of the nine
members, were far more revolutionary
in tone than the language contained in
the Democratic platform, and citing the
oft-repeated assertion that the Republi
can party once assailed the supreme
court in tbe matter of the Dred Scott de
cision, in the opinion delivered by Chief
Justice Taney. Coming to the financial
question, Mr. Jeffreys expatiated on the
baneful effects of the rising dollar, and
claimed that its upward tendency could
onlv be checked bv according to silver
the right to be coined freely at the pres
ent unnatural ratio of 16 to 1. Continu
ing from these wrong premises he went
on to claim that the money market is
congested by reason of large accumula
tions in the banks, which is consequently
withheld from circulation, and that un
der the condition of tailing prices money
will not seek investment. He paid his
compliments to gold Democrats by say
ing they were in a worse condition than
tbe falling angela under Lucifer's leader
ship when assailing heaven's battle
ments, for the angels fonnd a resting
place in hell, while there is no place
where a gold Democrat can rest the sole
of his foot. Mr. Jeffreys neglected to
suggest that the gold Democrats have a
safe, secure and honorable footing in the
ranks of the great party which is now
endeavoring to preserve the country's
honor and prevent the debasement of
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Mr. Clarno followed. His remarks
were pointless and lacked even the force
of the speaker preceding. Mr. Clarno's
avoirdupois is no less puffed np than his
own estimation of himself. He swelled
and strutted the stage like a turkey cock,
appealing mainly to prejudice against
the rich. Lacking the information nec
essary to discuss-the situation from his
party's standpoint, he made np in bins
ter what he conspicuously lacked in
brainB. The only impression left this
morning which ia tangible, ia hia nnrnly
boisterousness ; but aa for scoring a
point from the realms of history, experi
ence or logic, never. He was witty in a
coarse way and offensively satirical,
which at times dtew forth applause,
While this had a tendency to swell him,
he did not actually burst, and the audi
ence was saved the painful B'ght which
such a Catastrophe might have pre
aented.
Uniforms for the McKinley Club.
The McKinley club is getting down to
business in good shape. This morning
the executive committee, consisting of
Messrs. Riddell, Chrisman, Farley and
Jacobsen, telegraphed to New York city,,
for 100 handsome uniforms, which it is
hoped will arrive in time for next Fri
day night. One hundred capes go with
tbe uniforms, and a like number of leg
gings, while 1UU torches will light tbe
long procession, which will march every
Friday evening, or whenever a speaker
comes from abroad. '. Additional enthu
siasm will be lent by a fife and drum
corps, which is also being organized,
and most likely a company of beau
tiful Zouaves will be ready to accom
pany their brothers, lovers and husbands
on the occasional parades. I he uni
forms and accessories leave New York
City for The Dalles this evening by the
Adams Express Co.
McKinley Club Meeting-.
At the regular meeting of the McKtn
ley club last night the several commit
tees were announced as they appeared
in last night's Chronicle.
The committee on meetings were in
structed to secure the court house each
Friday evening until the end ot the
campaign, to notify the state committee
to that effect and to arrange for speakers
accordingly.
It was also decided to secure the Vogt
opera house next Friday evening for
Senator J. H. Mitchell.
Notwithstanding the Democratic meet
ing at the Baldwin, there were fifty or
sixty citizens in attendance, who were
addressed by Messrs. John Michell, B.
S. Huntington and Hugh Gonrlay in
some very forcible speeches.
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Beceptloa to Rev. Skaggs.
The members of tbe Christian church
planned a very clever surprise for their
new pastor, Rev. A. D. Skaggs,. and
family, at their church last evening.
Arrangements had been made whereby
the pastor's family were to visit at the
home of Geo. Miller on Eighth and Court
streets, thus making it necessary for
them to pass by the Christian church in
so doing. On reaching the church,, bow
ever, the lights were suddenly tamed
on, arousing tbe curiosity of Pastor
Skaggs, who, on 'entering the building,
was not a little surprised to discover the
church full of people, when the fact at
once dawned npon him that the congre
gation had "put up a job on him." ,
As soon as the pastor and family bad
recovered their senses, a short program
waa rendered, which waa highly appre
ciated by all. The exercises were open
ed with a beautiful vocal duet by the
Misses Myrtle and Retta Stone, fol
lowed by a solo from Miss Edna Bar
nett. Mr. George Ernest Stewart waa
called for and recited "Katie Lee and
Willie Gray" in his usual ciever man
ner. He was also requested to give hia
mirth-provoking reading, entitled "Mrs.
Byrde and the Masons," whicb waa
highly appreciated by the audience.
The church choir then rendered a vocal
selection, and Rev. Skaggs closed the
program with a few well-chosen remarks, .
after which refreshments were an
nounced in the basement of tbe church,
whither the audience retired to enjoy a
bountiful luncheon and to indulge in
pleasant social intercourse, which con
tinued lor something over an hour. Ev
eryone seemed to be of the opinion that
it was an evening well spent, and high
ly testimonial of the esteem in which,
Rev. Skaggs and family are held by the
citizens of The Dalles. .
To Flttsberg and Back.
G. M. Schilling, a one-armed athlete.
whose present mission in life is to walk
from Pittsburg to San Francisco and
back, is in town. He is to make the
trip, with hia famous doe, King lk, in
ten months; distance 7,500-miles. He
can neither beg nor spend, and must re
turn with one thousand dollars. Following-
are some of his achievements i In
April, '95, walked from Pittsburg to
New York in nine days, breaking tbe
record by three days. Distance 444
miles. One hundred-yard dash, 10 2-5
seconds. Running broad jump, 21 feet
6 inches. Running high jump, 5 ft 8 in.
Second best record for running bop, step
and jump, 4S feet 8 in. Jumped from
Point Bridge, Pitteburg, Nov. 19, 1894,
height 110 feet. Jumped from Road
Bridge, Clinton, Iowa, May 23, 1896,
into the Mississippi, height 140 feet.
He is ahead on distance, bet some
$200 behind on cash.
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