THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE SATURDAY. OCTOBER 31, 1896.
The Weekly Chfoniele.
THE DALLES, ...
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LOCAL BKETITIES.
Wednesday's Daily.
The firet ibsue of the Eastern Oregon
Observer will appear in La Grande next
Thursday.
V. C. Brock has bought a half interest
in the Wasco News, and the publishers
are now Brock & Armaworthy.
The Umatilla House today made ar
rangements to get the full election re
turns. Bulletins will be received every
few minutes until the result of the elec
tion is known. The first bulletin comeB
about 8 o'clock.
Fred W. Hendley closed a deal in Fen
dleton last Friday whereby he disposed
of seventeen carloads of wool, or about
290,000 pounds. The price realized was
not given out, but the total amount re
ceived will not be less than $17,000.
. The wool will go to Boston and will be
shipped as soon as it can be loaded.
Mre. Fredericks and Mrs. Steele,
while driving into town from their home,
seven miles distant, about 10 o'clock
yesterday morning, were both severely
injured. The horse took fright, throw
ing them both out. Mrs. Fredericks
dislocated her shoulder and was bruised
about the head, and Mrs. Steele sus
tained a complete fracture of the U.iu'h.
Dr. Hollister was enmmoned, who is at
tending to the injured . ladies, Mrs.
Steel, who is more severely injured, be
ing removed to town today fot treatment
Miss Rosalia Sherman, of Damascus
Syria, is stopping at the Obarr house.
She is one of the native needle women of
that country in attendance at the
world's fair in Chicago. On her present
western tour she is making and selling
native needle work for the purpose of
completing her education before return
ing so her own country. Her father is
a resident missionary in Svria. The
young Jady is below the medium height,
: prepossessing in appearance, about 21
years of age, and vers, much in earnest
over her work. '
About the most senseless "kick
tnat container! in tliia mornings
Dispatch- against the members of tbc
McEinley club buying and wearing uni
forms. The Dispatch professes to be
lieve the money spent for-this gala at
tire had better have gone to charity
However one may think as to whether
or not the McKinley club was organized
to distribute old shoes and ham bones to
the deserving poor, the Dispatch must
admit that if a number of individuals
desire to get up a parade and buy uni
forms it is their own business and does
not violate any law of morals or expedi
ency. If it is all rfcht to hire a band to
increase the efficiency ot a political
demonstration it is all right to bny uni
forms, if the ones who pay for them do
80 with their own money. Under the
Dispatch's code of morals no one would
nave a rignc to smote a cigar, wear a
ring, or take a buggy ride. They should
keep a continual lookout for objects of
charity.
Thursday's Dally
Light showers of rain fell during the
night. .
unlicensed umnese gam Dung games
have been carried on within the city
for many months.
A large number of Btores will close in
Portland on election day to enable the
employes to have plenty of time to vote.
Flag day will be generally observed in
The Dalles. Some of the Bryanites
have even signified their intention of
following Mark Hanna's advice.
An inexhaustible supply of water was
struck in the Wasco hotel well at the
depth of fifty-two feet. Mr. Kretzer,
the well driller, went through the hard
rock and to the second vein of water.
Mr. E. C. Wiley, of the engineer
corps at the Locks, was ia the city last
night and returned this morning. He
baa received orders to join Major Han
bury in St. Louis, and will probably
leave for that city on Monday.
Everyone is anxious to hear our long
time congressman, Binger Hermann,
who, though defeated for the re-nomination
to congress, is again in the har
ness, and working for the perpetuation
of Republican principles as heartily as
when he was first politically honored.
He will speak at the Vogt opera house
tomorrow evening.
Tomorrow is the regular date for the
rhetorical exercises in the various de
partments of the public schools. In the
high school the exercises will be fur
nished by the tenth grade. All the se
lections are taken from Scott's "Lady of
the Lake," and though abridged will
follow the order of the complete poem.
A similar reading exercise was given by
the members of the Taine class two
years ago. The high school progrm
will beein at 2:05 p. m. and continue
about an hoar and a half.
. Orville Hendershott, the young man
whose misdeeds and attempted suicide
have brought him into considerable no
torietv of late, was sentenced to six
months in jail on the larceny charges in
Portland yesterday, sentence being bus
pended by Judge Sweek, as Hendershott
will be sent to the reform school. On
motion of the district attorney, the other
charges against Hendershott were dis
missed.
The Ladies McEinley apd Hobart
Club of Yamhill county, at its last meet
ing, decided to take part in the grand
rally to be held at McMinnville Monday
afternoon and. evening, when C. W. Ful
ton and Wallace McCamant will speak
The club will march in a body in the
parade. The club also decided to serve
coffee and sandwiches on the night of
election, while the good news is being
received.
Mr. F. N. Spicer, who rescued Miss
Eillingeworth recently when she fell
into a crevice while climbing Mt. Hood,
has been presented by the young lady's
father with a beautiful gold watch,
valued at probably $150. It is a hunt
ing case watch, with a large diamond
set in the back, and the inscription "F.
N. S., Aug. 24, 1896, Faye," inscribed
on the face. On the inside case is an
engraving of Mt. Hood, .with appropri
ate inscriptions.
Friday's Dally.
The band boys are contemplating giv
ing a big dance on Thanksgiving eve.
A Degree of Honor lodge has been or
ganized at Moro, and named in honor of
D. C. Herren of this city.
The etores are already arranging their
decorations, and tomorrow the city will
look gay with the national colors and
portraits of the man who fought for
them.
All classes of citizens should lay aside
their usual business or avocation next
Thursday and devote themselves to the
grand celebration of the opening of the
locks.
Mr. Willis Danniway, of Salem wil
speak in the interest of Republican
principles tonight at Fairfield ; also at
Wasco, Sherman . county, tomorrow
afternoon and Monday at Moro.
The campaign is nearly ended. The
two most important speeches of the
campaign will be the one tonight by
Hon. Binger Hermann and the one by
Hon. EuTus Mallory Monday night
Mr. Mallory will also be reinforced by
Hon. E. L. Smith, a Republican presi
dential elector.
A few days ago the Mountaineer asked
why, if Mr. Hanna was so sure of carry
ing the Pacific coast states, that he sent
out one of their strongest speakers, Hon
Thos. B. Reed, to stump California.
We do not know. Here is another. If
Hanna was not sure of carrying Illinois,
Indiana, and Ohio, each of which states
has a larger electoral vote than the
three coast states combined, why does
be spare Hon. Thos. Reed from -those
states to fool away his time in Califor
nia? It is very easy to ask questions
Mr. W. B. Pressby, chairman of the
Klickitat Republican county central
committee, has performed arduous
labors for the cause of sound money.
During the last ten days of the cam
paign he has arranged for forty assign
ments throughout the county. Golden-
dale has about 200 votes, ut of which
the McEinleyites expect to get 80 ma
jority. Centerville and Goldendale are
concededly the strongest Republican
precincts of the connty. White Salmon,
Lyle, Hart and Blockhouse will give Re'
publican majorities. Bickleton, Cleve
land and Dot will give Democratic ma
jorities. The connty will go for Mc
Kin ley by a majority of at least 250.
AdTertlsed Letters.
Following is the list of letters remain
ing in the postoffice at The Dalles nn
called for Oct. 30, 1896. Persona call
ing for the same will give date on which
tbey were advertised :
Barto, Horace B
Baker, Sadie
Collary, Mrs C C
Campbell Bros
Conell, John
Grore, C O
Hall, P P
Cromin, Mamie
Campbell, O O
Clark, Thos
Fortin, J
Hiligen, Vereina
Hix, Mrs Mary.
Homer, Mrs Annie
Stenoyer, Florence
Jones, A P
Keoley, John A
Lodorn, G B.
Morris, Wm E
Reuke, John (2)
Smith, J H
Smith. M
Sour, O W
Verane, Mies Verna
Wilson. A M
Johnson, A J
Landers, James
Laughlin, Lizzie
Mavhew, Tim
Robinson, L
S lattery, James
Smith, Catherine
Taloman, Henry
Wrignt, .Nettie
Peterson, T O
J. A. Cbossen, P,
M.
A 'Word to Democrats.
Democrats, Before you vote, if you
do tote Tuesday, ponder well theBe un
disputed truths:
1. The Chicago convention was ir
regular.
2. The Chicago convention adopted a
Populist platform and nominated Popu
list candidates.
3. Political jugglers in Oregon re
moved Mr. Sewall, but yon have Palmer
and Buckner, who have no idea of being
elected.
4. The Chicago platform means revo
lution. Bryan is a bolter and a revolu
tionist. 5. Those who stand for principles
vindicate their honor.
Vote for McEinley.
PROTECTION WE WANT.
So Says
Mr. Kills, and the Financial
Issue Is Secondary.
Hon. W. R. Ellis demonstrated to a
large audience last evening that he lacks
neither for ideas nor words. He spoke
for an hour and a half with an impetu
osity of language not yet approached in
this campaign. Mr. Ellis does not pro
pose to sidetrack his Republican prin
ciples for a single issue. He repeated
what he. said a few months ago to the
McEinley club here that there are other
important issues to maintain which are
of paramount importance to that of the
free coinage of silver. Referring to his
own action in having voted for a free
coinage measure, be said tnat made no
difference. He may have been wrong :
he was not here to apologize for every
individual act by every individual mem
ber of the Republican party. He may
have been wrong in the past. He did
not look behind, but before him. He
now believed that free silver, coupled
with free trade, or what is known as
tariff for revenue only would only sink
us deeper in financial distress. 'The
Republican party," said Mr. Ellis, "is
the only party who are real bimetalists,
for the effort to maintain bimetalism in
dependently of the great commercial na
tions is impossible. We are a grand na
tion, but we cannot stand against the
univeree. Today we have a candidate
pledged to promote bimetalism, and the
platform provides the only feasible way
to get it, through international agree
ment. England, Germany and France
are now moving in that direction, and I
believe that the plan to obtain it
through an agreement of the nations in
safe and can be accomplished.
"Silver has been demonetized. ' That
is a fact. There exists only a question
of when it was done. Some say it was
in 1873. But I say it was done in 1834,
for that was the effect of a law paseed
through congress in that year. The Re
publican party has done more for silver
than any party. In a single year it has
coined more than from the foundation of
the government up to 1S73. I will
frankly confess that at one time I
thought there was something in this cry
of 'the crime of 1873.' But after a
studious application to the facts in the
matter I found there was no evidence of
fraud. No bill was more generally dis
cussed than was that bill. It was
printed thirteen different times and was
placed on the desk of every member of
copgress.
"The declaration for bimetalism in
the Republican platform is an honest
declaration, but to try for it independ
ently would be an experiment, a jump
in the dark. Senator Teller himself
says that in his opinion it will bring
good times, but it will take twenty years
to do it. Are we in a condition to wait
twenty years for prosperity? I affirm
that if we replace on the statute books
the' laws that were written there in
1894, we will have immediate pros
perity.
"Bryan never said a word in 1892
about free silver bringing prosperity
He claimed tuen with his party it was
the tariff. Bat the promises of 1892
were btoken. When I passed through
the East recently I saw the closed fac
tories on account of the operation of the
Wilson bill.
"It is not the amount of money, but
the activity of it. We want confidence
that when money is invested it will
bring a return to the investor. . We
want the factioriee opened, then there
will be plenty of work at remunerative
wages." Mr. Ellis drove home the pro
tective argument by a simple illustra
tion. A sheep herder had told him he
had saved $6 on the price of a woolen
suit of clothes in a year, but bis wages
had been reduced $20 a month, and had
therefore loBt in that year $240 on wages.
Four times have we turned from the
free trade policy to protection and every
time we have re-established prosperity.
Is it not safe, therefore, to return to it
for the fifth time in full confidence that
prosperity will return?"
Barley at the Baldwin.
Mr. Hurley, a California orator, had
the audacity to hold an audience nntil
11 o'clock last night at the Baldwin.
The fact that the door kept squeaking
for two hours, with departing auditors,
before he quit made bo difference to Mr.
Hurley. He kept hammering away,
until the few who remained so long ab
solutely showed signs of an open revolt
before he shut down his talking machine.
It is a marvel-bow anyone remained,
and shows the remarkable tolerance of a
Dalles audience. His climaxes al
most all ended in a whisper or an inaud
ible gutteral tone, the last chance of de
tecting his words being destroyed by his
making a loud noise with his hands,
capping them together or pounding on
the table. He spent the latter part of
his address in attempting tcprove the
oft-repeated' charge, originating with the
Populist party, that the act of 1873 was
a crime. He read sections of that act
proving it to his own satisfaction,' and
quoting the alleged utterances of dead
men. He did not point to one living
man that composed that congress, nor
one living Republican statesman of the
present day cotemporaneons with tnat
time, who can yet be approached on this
side of the grave, and declare that it was
crime. The cause before the Ameri
can people today is being argued like a
case before a jury, and the testimony the i
great jury composed of the American
people demand is that of living witness
es. The words of the defenseless dead,
without affidavit, and nnder past condi
tions that may not apply at the present
day, are not competent evidence.
THE BRYAN MEETING.
Bennett of The Dalles and Smith aad
Kolmnd of Astoria.
Messrs. Smith and Noland of Astoria,
and our intelligent townsman, Mr. A. S.
Bennett, of whom, notwithstanding the
politics of the party with which he is
unfortunately affiliated, we are excus
ably proud, divided the time at the
Baldwin last evening. The first two
of . the gentlemen -named made short
but ingenious speeches, and were' fol
lowed by Mr. Bennett in a speech of
about two hours length. When he ap
peared before the audience ' he was
greeted with a flattering ovation in the
way of applause, which visibly affected
him. He opened with a quotation of
the familiar verse which has immortal
ized John Howard Payne, "Home,
Sweet Home," in a voice filled with
emotion. Words of a gifted orator have
a remarkable effect upon homogenious
audiences. As Mr. Bennett progressed
he threw into his speech all of his great
talent as an advocate at the bar. With
the same apparent earnestness and
truthfulness he would plead lor a guilty
wretch who bad committed murder
most foul, he now plead for the advent
of a national disaster which would follow
independent free coinage by the United
States, free trade, and victory at the
polls of the maddened masses, frenzied
by anarchistic speeches against the rich
Jefferson Davis did not nrge secession
with more consummate tact or con
spicuous ability than did Mr. Bennett
argue for repudiation by paying on
debts with a 50-cent dollar. It is trne,
he claimed that under free coinage of
silver by the United States alone there
would be no 50-cent dollars, that this
country can make the silver dollar
worth 100 cents in gold by saying it
shall be worth 100 cents, bat when the
long list of nations which he quoted that
are now on the gold standard, give to
silver the ratio only as 32 to 1, who but
the reckless and unreasoning can say
the United States can sustain the tre
mendous load that the difference would
indicate? This is the faulty link in the
chain which otherwise Mr. Bennett
Bhowed to be reasonably strong, bat it
is the link which might precipitate us
into the abyss. With that link shown
to be secure, none would regret giving
to silver its ancient value, make it what
the Republican party expect to make
it by international agreement, at
a ratio of 16 to 1, and restore its
value as a primary money. - That is
what the Republican party promises to
promote in its platform, and they be
lieve it is the only safe and conservative
way to do it. Mr. Schoonmaker has
shown to as how we may force England,
presumably the most obstinate of all
these nations, to this agreement.
Mr. Bennett is among the few Demo
cratic, Popuhstic or silver Republican
speakers who have thus far appeared in
The Dalles, who has not abused the
bankers and business men, and charged
them with being particeps criminis to an
alleged gigantic conspiracy, lie was
therefore respectively and attentively
listened to, and did much by that
means to promote a friendlier feeling
between the two great parties who are
now racked and torn by what tbey im
agine to be contending: interests.
. NEARLY $3,000,000.
1.1st of Taxable Property in Wasco
Coanty tor the Year 1806.
The list of taxable property in Wasco
county for the year 1896 exceeds $3,000,
000, which with exemptions nearly
reaches that figure:
Pullman Palace Car Co, S 528
Oregon Telephone 5i Telegraph Co,
7,185
7600
western union Teiegrrapn uo,.
Miles of R R bed, 60 60-100 272,700
Total value of all lots town and city..
793,835
Improvements on town and city lots,..
Number of Acres tillable land, 115,933,. .
No of acres nntillable land. 180,334
5,165
694,690
333,685
Improvements on deeded lands,.
7,100
Value of Improvements on undeeded
land 63.122
value oi roiling suck, floral
value oi steam ooais, stationary engines.
mfg machinery, etc 27.575
Value of merchandise and stock in
trade 178,996
value oi farming implements, wagons, -
carriages, etc 62,144
Money, - 7,470
Notes and accounts, 95,630
No of shares of stock, 137,187
Household furniture, watches, jewelry,
etc 96,757
No 01 horses, 5,795, 75,041
iso oi cattle, t,34 oi.mu
No of sheep, 106,787, 108,606
No of swine, 4,838,
10,395
Gross vMue of all property $3,065,922
txempuoub, zo,za4
Total value of taxable property,. ..12,837,638
Awarded
Highest Honors World's Fair.
Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair.
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coupon Inside each two ounce bair. and two
pons inside each four ounce bag of
Blackwell's
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Buy a bag of this celebrated tobacco and read the coupon
wnlob gives auetor valuable presents and no w to get them.
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THURSDAY, N OV. 5.
PoslttTely
the Date Upon
Locks Will Open.
Which the
'The locks will be thrown open to
navigation Thursday, Nov. 5th, at 2
o'clock p. m."
The above are the words of a tele
phone message sent over the wires this
morning to Mr. N. Whealdon, of the
special committee on Cascade Locks, ap
pointed by President Schenck, of The
Dalles Commercial Club.
Like the attainment of a shadowy
dream, beginning so long in the past
that the first imoressions are obliterated
from memory, comes this definite prom
ise from Capt. Fisk to the people of the
Dalles. It is like the sight of land to an
ocean-tossed mariner; the glimpse of
the waving palms of the desert oasis to
a tmrsty and tootsore wanderer upon
the burning sands of Sahara. Hope has
been deferred until it has made the
heart sick, broken promises strew the
weary pathwav of past ambitions;
many have died waiting for the event of
next Thursday, which they believed
with the utmost confidence would have
occurred years ago. Our citizens all re
member old Linus Hubbard, one of the
most indefatigable workers lor an open
river, always hopeful, always confident,
but who went to the old home in Ro
chester, and there passed over that
darker stream, the river of death, bis
life hopes unrealized. And he was but
one of a thousand who expected to live
to see a fleet of boats in the Columbia at
The Dalles direct from salt water. Many
of our citizens yet are loth to believe
that the event is actually at hand. In
further confirmation we announce that
Mr. E. C. Wiley, for a long time gov
ernment inspector at the locks, has just
been ordered to a change ot quarters.
The locks are boi It. and there is no far
ther need lor his services. Mr. Wiley
has been ordered to St. Louis to super
intend work upon the Mississippi
dredgers. His family will follow in
about three weeks.
All of the committees appointed by
the Commercial Club are requested to
meet at the Schanno hall tonight at
7:30 o'clock, and plans will be at once
entered upon for the most gigantic cele
bration that has ever occurred in our
history.
Program or Celebration.
The committees on celebration of the
opening of the locks met last night at
the Schanno ball, and entered into a
general discussion, lasting late in the
evening. The committee on program
have formulated one with the following
general features :
Excmsion by boats and train b from
all points above and below the Locks.
Opening of the locks at 2 p. m.
Excursionists will then procceed to
The Dalles, where the city will be illu
minated. Guests and citizens will form a pre
cession and march along tbe principal
streets, ending at the Vogt opera house,
where an address of welcome by one of
our leading citizens will be responded to
by some of the guests. Brief speeches
will also be made -on the part of tbe
visitors.
A grand barbecue banquet will then
be spread at tbe Umatilla House, served
Trie Price on Farin Wagons Has dm;
That is. the price on some wagons
HICKORY" Wagons. Why? Because
alongside of the "OLD HICKuRY" at
best painted and lightest running, and we guarantee every Die 01 material in it to
be strictly first-clrss. If von want the CHEAPEST Wagon on the market, we
haven't got it; bat we have got the BEST,
MAYS &
one x
eon-
Durham
by the ladies of the city, and the night
will close with a grand bull at the Bald
win opera I ouse.
The other rommittee h ve gone en
thusiastically to work, and the coming
event will be the greatest ever known in
The Dalles.
Election Dinner.
The way to a man's affections, it ia
said, is through his stomach. Tbe
ladies of the Christian church will fur
nish meals on election day in tbe store
formerly occupied by W. A. JohnBton on
Washington street. If you find a man
undecided ns to how be should vote,
take him around anil gorge him with
chickens and other delicacies, then he
will surely vote right.
SIMPLE SUMS FOR SILVERITES.
Problems Which Can Easily Be Figured
Oat by Voters.
A farmer raises 1,000 bushels of
wheat, for which he now gets $500i
With that money he buys various kinds
of manufactured goods at low prices.,
With free coinage at 16 to 1 be might
get 1 1,000 for 'his wheat, bat would'
certainly have to pay nearly twice as
much for the goods he would buy. How
much would the farmer gain from a
cheap money scheme which doubled the
price of the things he gets in exchange
for his wheat?
The Sherman silver law of 180 pro
vided for the purchase by government!
of 64, 000, 000 ounces of silver per year. 1
Under the operation of that law the
price of silver, after a short speculative
rise, fell steadily from 1.16 to 73 cents
per ounce. If the purchase and storage
of practically the entire American pro
duction of silver could not prevent its
price from falling, what reasons are
there (or believing th:;t the mere act of
coining silver into dollars and return
ing them to the owners of the bullion
will double the price of all the silver in
the world?
A workingman who depends for his
livelihood on the sale of his labor to an
employer is now paid f 3 per day in
currency based on the gold standard and
kept on a parity with gold by our laws.'
This $3 will buy a relatively large quan
tity of necessities. If this country adopts
free coinage and goes on to a silver basis, i
$3 will buy only one-half as mnoh of
the goods the workingman needs. Show
how labor would be benefited by a pol
icy which would cot the purchasing
power of wages in two.
An investor having money to lend
was approached by a farmer who want
ed a loan for the purpose of buying new:
implements, additional stock and soma
fertilizers. "If yon will let me have
$800 on the security of my land and
buildings, " said the farmer, "I will'
vote for a free silver law which will en
able me to pay yon back next year ia
dollars worth just half of those you
lend me." State how much money that
investor loaned the farmer, also the
rate of interest paid.
Penalty for Keg-throwing-.
Chicago, Oct. 9. Louis J. Hanchelt
and Cbauncey E. Foster were expelled
today from -the business college at which
they were etudents. They are tbe
youths who threw eggs at Bryan and
were re'eased by the police yesterday at
Bryan's request. Neither of the stud
ents was present when Principal O. M.
Powers today formally announced their
expulsion to 250 students in the institu
tion. The announcement was received
in silence.
has fallen below our price on "OLD
no other wagon on the market will sell
the same prices. It is tbe best ironed,
and solicit comparison.
CROWE, The Dalles, Or.