THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1896.
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THE DALLES,
- OREGON
OFFICIAL PAPER OF WASCO COUNTY.
Published in two parts,, on Wednesdays
and Saturdays. .
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Sixmontbs 75
Three months 50
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an application.
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Telephone No. 1.
LOCAL BKEVIT1E9.
Saturday's Daily.
The first ice ot the season formed on
shallow pools or ponds Thursday night
Eain commenced falling last night and
the day has been one of drizzle and dis
comfort.
Yellow chrysanthemums are yet in
evidence on coat lapels, but the white
ones have disappeared.
Mr. W. H. Mobson yesterday raffled
off hisroadster, ; May Boy, and Will
Fredden is now the owner. Ticket 100
drew the prize, so that the animal
changed hands at exactly par.
As a result of the slight freeze Tburs
day night, the trees are rapidly shed
ding their leaves and the air is filled
continuously with the golden shower.
Our big poplars will soon be undressed
for winter.
Enos Cederson, the brother ot Wm.
Cederson, deceased, desires hereby to
express his sincere thanks to the K. of
P. Lodge, also the Bedmen, as well as
the many friends who were so kind and
sympathetic during the last sad rites of
his brother.
Hon. E. B. Dufur left for Salem this
afternon, where he appears In the su
preme court Monday to argue the case
of John Barger against O. D. Taylor, an
.appeal' from the circuit court of this
. county. The case involves the question
of usury, Taylor winning in the lower
court.
The Dalles City did not arrive at the
wharf last night until about 8 :30. The
reason of her delay was that she went
down through the locks to Bonneville,
and there exchanged passengers and
freight with the steamer lone. Here
after it is expected that the boats will
arrive at about 5 o'clock.
In the land office today the contest
case of the Eastern Oregon Land Com
.' pany against Otis B. Messinger, is on
tap. It contests Messinger's home-
Stead entry to the nw)i sec 33, tp 1 s of
r 16 e, and the testimony is being re
duced to writing today. Huntington &
Wilson appear for tho company, and
Dufur & Menefee for Messinger.
While posting bills in the inside of
the New Vogt building this morning,
bill poster undertaking to hang some
advertising matter on the inside of the
" windows, mounted on a box to do the
work. Unfortunately the box upset,
throwing the man against the big plate
glass window with such force that it was
broken. The accident will cost the un
fortunate man in the neighborhood of
$100.
The election is over ; the celebration
of the opening of the locks a thing of
the past ; the Bhouting for McKinley and
Bryan have passed away, and the sound
of the stump speaker's voice is no longer
heard. Indeed all things change: all
things pass away, except the Salvation
'Army, which baB come to stay. The
untimely drum alone, of all its fellows,
is still heard on the streets, and, while
erstwhile the welkin got up and whooped
at the sight of McKinley or Bryan ban
"ners, the flag of the Salvationist received
no salute, and its candidates no cheers.
verny tne ways ot the wicked are
through pleasant paths, but the paths of
the righteous are past finding out.
The Oregonian today says editorially :
"The citizons of The Dalles cannot well
overestimate the advantages that will
accrue to their town through the open
ing of the canal and locks, at the Cas
cades. The event is an important one
in the history ot the country tributary
' thereto, and relatively so to the entire
secton of the Btate east of the Cascade
mountains. What with its share in the
improvement of business that will follow
the election of McKinley and favorable
ThB-WeeMv
local conditions, The Dalles should now
begin to realize its long-deferred hope of
' prosperity and enter upon a new era of
growth. Portland sends greeting and
joins The Dalles in the hope that its
just expectations may be fulfilled.
Monday's Daily.
The rain still continues in a mild way,
and as it is reasonably warm the range
Will probably be greatly improved.
Bates to the Portland ratification are
according to the Oregonian to be $1.00 for
' the round trip, from thie point, Wednes
day. One and 22-aundredths'of an inch of
rain fell Saturday night and since Satur
day at 5 p. m one and 92 hundredths
. have fallen. . .
:' Pease & Mays- received this morning
their third shipment of plush capes and
' their complete stock of felt shoes and
warm footwear. v
. The special carrying Hon. Thomas B.
Reed stopped at the Locks 40 minutes
today, and from here went to Celilo to
look at the rapids, Mr. Seed's two
daughters accompanied him.
An agent representing H A skin & Co,
of San Francisco is in the city examin
ing into the matter of furnishing electric
lights for the city.
The. Columbia hotel has changed
hands, Mr. T. T. Nicholas, who has con
ducted it for a number of years, retiring
and Mr. F. J. Toomey taking charge.
The transfer was made thls-morning.
The Dalles city filed the first manifest
of freight and passengers with the super
intendent of the locks at 12:30 Thurs
day, and the Begulator filed hers, the
first from the upper river to Portland,
at noon Friday.
Goldendale was to have had a grand
ratification blow out tonight, but on ac
count of the rain and mud, the affair has
been postponed, but no definite date has
yet been agreed upon, it depending on
the weather.
A young man named F. L. Leonard
was arrested this morning, charged with
forging the name of George Thompson
to an ord-r for two weeks' board, the
order being addressed to Mrs. Davis,
who keeps a restaurant in the East End
Indian Sampson, an old timer, who
was guide for Col. Wright and later for
General Can by in the Modoc war, an
who lost his left arm in that war, made
us a call today. He is needy and de
sires, apparently, above all things.
something to eat.
The official vote in Crook county gives
Caples 607, Geer 607, Smith 604, Yoran
593, Butler 575, Hofer 576, Spaugh 571
Watkms 570, C. J. Bright got 2 and the
other Prohibition electors 1 each. The
National Democratic vote has as fol-
lows: Cox 39, Holmes 24, Seufert 23
and Trenchard 24.
Dr. Matchette's Indian Tobacco Anil
dote will cure any one of the tobacco
habit in 72 hours. It is compounded by
a celebrated physician, and is the result
of a life-time study. Guaranteed barm
less. Price, only 50 cents for a big
box enough to cure any ordinary case,
All druggists, or by mail, postpaid
Circulars free. Dr. Matchette, Chicaco,
Illinois.
W. H. Weaver, who is directing Et
tinger's attractions, which include "A
Clean Sweep," now in the East.
Tangled Affair," now in the South, and
Miss Orris Uber and her Jbaetern (Jo., is
in the city today in the interest of Miss
Ober, who play's a week's engagement
at the Vogt opera house, beginnihg
Monday, Nov. 9th. Her prices, as well
as the company, are Eastern 10, 20 and
30 cents. (
Eev. J.- H. Wood preached a very able
sermon yesterday evening, taking as his.
subject "The Election," and in connec
tion .therewith the text "Many - are
called, but few are chosen." The sub
ject ' was treated from a non-partisan
standpoint, and urged upon all the ne-
eeesity of studying political questions
closely and voting intelligently and boa
estiy, without being misled tbrongh par
tisan prejudices or bias, and also took
the ground that prosperity now, or at
any time, can only be secured by honest
and persietent efforts on the part of all.
Tuesday's. Dally .
A small lot of sheep were shipped on
the Dalles City to the Cascades today
Pennsylvania cast 1,191,918 -votes at
the recent election and gave McKinley a
majority over Bryan of 301,606.
Marsh and Joles will give a turkey
and pigeon shoot the day before Thanks
giving and on Thanksgiving day.
The Oregon Short Line will go out of
the hands of the receiver, and set up in
business for itself about Feb. 1st, 1897
Eleven head of cattle were received by
the Columbia Packing Co. last night
from White Salmon, coming np on the
Dalles City.
The battleship Texas sank at her dock
yesterday. The accident was caused bv
the giving way of a valve about fourteen
feet below the water line.
The O. B. & N. Co. will sell round-
trip tickets to Portland, good on train
No. 7, which leaves at 1 p. m., Wednes'
day, and Nos. 2 and 8 from Portland
Thursday. Fare, $1.
The action of E. J. Collins & Co.
against Hendricbsen and wife is on trial
in the circuit court today. The suit is
on an account stated, and about the
only question inyolved is as to whether
the wife's property is liable for the debt,
The grand jury yesterday returned a
true bill against L. T. North charging
him with indecent exposure. Today
another true bill was returned, it charg
ing one Ed Marshal with larceny from a
dwelling. Both parties had been bound
over to appear before the grand jury.
The Junior Endeavor Society of the
Christian church are preparing an en
tertainment for next Friday evening,
the 13th inst. We understand an elab
orate program will be rendered, and all
who attend are assurred of being well
repaid for helping out the children.
Program will be published later on.
The apple crop in this section is per
haps as poor a one as has ever been
known here, yet our orchardists can
console themselves with the fact that
the crop in the United States is the
largestever known, and the prices the
lowest. Apples shipped to England
have only netted 40 cents per barrel and
they are a drug in the market at $1 per
barrel. - Good apples on this coast still
bring from $1.50 to $2 per box, but it is
only the freight rates that prevent im
portation and keep the prices up.
The ' freight house on the D. P. & A
N. wharf took a tumble to itself last
night. The beams supporting the floor
gave way beneath the weight of about
seventy tons of freight, breaking the
back of the freight house and wrecking
it completely. But little damage was
done to the freight, and today a gang of
carpenters are engaged in repairing tbe
damages.
Mr. Leslie, formerly of Sherman conn
ty, but who has been mining on the
bars of the Columbia near Castle Bock
most of the summer, is in the city. He
showed us the result of' two days work
with a small rocker, the amount being
about $2. . With a set of -sluice boxes
properly equipped and a good head of
water, he ouebt to have as certain a
thing as McKinlej .
This is one of the days when, accord
ing to the ancient superstition, there is
a wedding in hades. The sun would
shine just long enough to get one out
without an umbrella and then the rain
would come down as the waters did at
Lodore. It is surely a generons rain
and if the weather clerk will keep the
temperature up for a few weeks after the
rain ceases, it will prove of inestimable
benefit. - '
H It Was Done.
The following figures of the East Ore
gonian shows how ard where the fusion
majority of June was overcome. There
are some startling changes in the votes,
particularly in Clackamas county, where
it was a general landslide :
"The fusion majority in Marion county
last June was 1,068 against the Republi
cans. Not only that has been over
come, but a majority of 500 for McKin
ley has been given in that county. In
Lynu county the majority against the
Republicans was 1,580. That has been
reduced to 698 for Bryan. In Clacka
mas county tbe fusion majority was
1101, all of which has been overcome
and a majority of about 400 given for
McKinley. In Washington county the
fusion majority is 279. The majority
for McKinley was 500. In Yamhill
county, the home of the bimetallic
movement in Oregon, in which the
majority against the Republicans was
574, this was overcome and a majority
of fifty for McKinley was given. And
so in nearly every county outside of
Multnomah there have been gains forj
McKinlev over the vote of last June
excepting small losses in Baker, Har
ney, Josephine, Klamath and Umatilla
and, although McKinley did not come
to Multnomah even, he has overcome
nearly all that was against the Republi
cans in June outside of that county.
, Tne Ladles, God Bless 'Em.
The ladies of The Dallas deserve un
stinted praise for their hearty assistance
and co-operation in making the celebra
tion Thursday such a phenomenal sue
cess.. It was due to their quick and al
most universal response to the request
for pies, cakes, etc., that made it pos
sible to successfully feed the vast crowd
that evening. It was due also to their
eelf-sacrificing efforts that the hungry
horde was waited upon, and that the
barbecue and supper were successfully
carried out. - Tbe committee in charge
of the celebration, the members of The
Dalles Commercial Club, and the citi
zene generally are enthusiastic whenever
tbe work of the ladies on that occasion
is mentioned, and The Chboniclb takes
pleasure in givingthese too faint words
of praise. '
To Ratify.
Portland is to bave a grand ratifies
tion of the election of William McKin
ley next Wednesday night. A meeting
was hold Thursnay and all arrange-
merits perfected. Colonel O. Summers
will be grand marshal, Oeorge L. Baker
will arrange for transparencies, D. M
Dunne will have charge of supplying the
torches, and O. F. Paxton, T. W.
Cuthburt and A. H. Deven will see that
transportation is put at the minimum.
That it will be the ' biggest affair of the
kind ever held in Portland, goes without
eaymg, and the cow counties will be well
represented. '
Wasco County Tote.
The vote of this county was canvassed
this morning and showed the following
results : Bepublicaa Caples 1698, Geer
1701, Smith 1680, Yoran 1688. Demo
cratic, etc Butler 1367, Hofer 1363,
8paugh -1361, Watkins 1361. Prohibi
tion Bewerman 33, Bright 34, Butler
35, Hoskins 32. National Democratic,
Cox 23, Holmes 22, Seufert 25, Trench
ard 20.
Motlee to Teachers.
Notice is herby given that for the pur
pose of making an examination for all
persons who may offer themselves as
caiiiiiriates for teachers of the schools of
this county, the-board of examiners
thereof will hold a public examination
t The Dalles, beginning Wednesday,
November lltb, 1898, at 1 o'clock p. m.
Dated the 2nd day ol JNov. lsyo.
C. L. GILBEKT.7J
Superintendent
The-Official Count.
The official count of the county gives
tbe following as the general result. By
adding the votes of tbe four Bepublican
electors, and dividing by four, and doing
the same with the Democratic electors,
the difference shows the true majority
in the county, which is 3282.
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THE WAY HE PUT IT.
Goes Back
to Antiquity
parlsoo.
for s Com-
Old Judge Moses Tebbs of Genoa, Ne
vada, was a queer old genius of a lawyer.
He was pompous, ponderous and im
pecunious, yet withal as often happens
to those with small means, of a natur
ally generous and hospitable disposition
He hated penuriousness mortally. In
an unguarded moment Tebbs became
indebted to a neighbor, whom we will
call Lawrence Jones, since he still hangs
on to life, said indebtedness amounting
in the grand aggregate to 35 cents,
Jones dunned Tebbs, but Tebbs didn't
pay. He didn't have the specie. Tbe
dam was repeated on divers occasions,
with similar results. Tebbs never kept
small change, that was for liquid neces
saries for himself and friends, and he
seldom had money in greater abundance,
but yet always managed to pay. Jones,
anguishing for his 35 cents with all the
force of his inordinate greed, watched
Tebbs until one day tbe latter gave a
little dinner party, the occasion being
his birthday, to a few friends. There
in the midst of the festivities Jones ap
peared, demanding in strident tones his
money. Tebbs invited him into the
hallway, paid and dismissed him. Re
turning to the dining room he resumed
his seat, but silence circled round the
board, interfering with the hilarity of the
occasion. Tebbs looked solemnly at his
guests and then in solemn tones, said:
, "My friends, the ancient Persians bad
a' superstitution that in the creation,
only so many- souls were' sent to earth
from heaven. So that Nature guarding
as she always does her own, so arranged
that for every child born into the world
someone passed out of it, and the soul
leaving the dead entered into the living
My friends, when Lawrence Jones was
born nobody died." .
Council Meeting;.
City council met Saturday evening in
regular session, present Mayor Menefee,
Recorder Phelps, andCouIcilmen Nolan,
Kuck, Thompson, Boss and Champlin
Tbe minutes of last previous meeting
were read and approved.
Petition for lighting streets by elec
tricity read and referred to committee
on streets and pnblic property.
Judiciary committee reported by
Councilman Thompson on the petition
L. Story to have the city accept deed
to certain lands in settlement of claim
against him held by city recommending
that petition be not allowed.
Petition of Francis Crossen for repay
ment of $150 alleged illegal fines paid by
him, reported unfavorably by commit
tee. Both above reports were adopted.
Health and Police committee report
by Councilman Boss that sewer in west
end of Third street needed repairing,
and recommending extension of sewer to
Mill creek.
Reports of officers read and received,
and claims as reported by city marshal
allowed and ordered paid.
Becorder was instructed to bave in
surance policy changed from $500 to $300
on recorder's office and to cancel all in
surance on water commissioner's office.
Communications from outside parties
concerning furnishing electric lights.
read and referred to committee on streets
and public property.
The following bills were allowed.
Chas F Lauer, marshal salary.'. . .$75 00
Geo Brown, engineer 75 00
J J Wiley, nightwatchman 60 00
J Crandall, treasurer 20 00
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PEASE & MAYS (
G W Phelps, recorder 50 00
Maier& Benton, mdse 4 90
Mays & Crowe, mdse 3 60
Dalles Lumbering Co, mdse 2 18
James Hannan, labor 1 50
P F Burham, hauling 50
Morning Oregonian, printing 1 60
Dalles City Water Works, water,. 32 00
H Zirka, sawing wood 7 20
Chas Denton, 16 cords of wood. . 56 00
DrOD Doane, prof services 2 50
J W Blakeney, hauling hose carts 1 50
Stephens Bros, hauling drunk to
jail 25
Oakes& Stringer, hauling on sts. . . 5 00
James Like, epecial police 18 00
James Like, labor 9 00
J H Heebner, special police 10 00
J H Heebner, labor , 100
W B Brown, labor 1 70
Columbia Hotel, meals 7 50
California Restaurant, meals 5 85
Suicide at Mitchell.
Saturday night, October 31, William
Spitzer committed enicidein his room at
tbe Central hotel, Mitchell. Spitzer
was a laboring man, and had . been em
ployed during tbe past summer by Will
iam Nelson as a sheep herder. About
four weeks ago he entered upon a pro
tracted "spree," which was brought to
an end tbe day before his death by the
liquor leaders refusing to sell or give him
more drink. Sunday morning, after
failure to arose him, the hotel people
went into bis room and found him dead
The proper antborities were summoned,
and upon investigation a phial of strych
nine was found in his pocket,
from which several grains had been
spilled upon the floor. Strychnine was
also found in a glass, partly filled with
water, that stood upon tbe table. Al
though these indications pointed to the
fact of Spitzer having taken the poison
with suicidal intent, Dr. Houck, the
autopsy physician, was unable to find
evidence of the drug in the man's stom
ach. Spitzer's remains were buried at
Mitchell last Sundav. The Beview is
informed that William Spitzer has been
employed at various places in Crook
county for several years, but upon in
quiry we were unable to find any knowl
edge of bis former name or of anv rela
tives he may have had. Prineville Ee
view.
Let V Have Light.
The condition of this city with regard
to its street lighting is simply disgrace
ful. We do not pretend to know where
the blame lies, but we Btate an undent
able fact. These cloudy nights, tbe
blackness of Egypt would compare favor
ably with our back streets. Electric
lights may -not be available, but if not,
at least the old coal oil land marks
would be a great improvement on pres
ent conditions. One might obtain his
bearings irom them at least, and man
age to keep on the sidewalks pprt of the
time. If nothing better can be done
why not import a few lightning bugs or
glow-worms, and put them in glass bot
tles on the street corners. What good
are our churches, or what benefit our
sermons, if the concentrated blackness
causes one-balf our citizens to fall into
ways of profanity over a suddenly
barked shin or a foot plunged a foot and
a naif into some treacnerons puddle f
Why longer stumble home like a lot of
helpless inebriates n tbe dark when a
little, just a little, light would bo cheer
the dreary way? Why condemn our
wives and our best girls to remain is
doors as soon as the sun goes down just
for the lack of a few gallons of coal oil?
Why boast of civilization if we cannot
provide ourselves better than our pre
decessors, the tan-colored denizens of
the ancient Wishram? They had no
treacherous sidewalks to join forces with
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the Boston Rubber Shoe
the darkness to a man's undoing; they
had no sardonic street crossings, lying
fair and enticing across a sea of mud,
waiting, only waiting to dodge the too
trustful pedestrians; their wives, wid
ows and sweethearts bad no dollar-a-yard,
ten-yards-to-the-skirt garments
to be draggled through the mire ; their
feet were bare, and Mill creek handy.
Of what use is a sidewalk that we can
not find, and a crosswalk that makes a
successful sneak in the darkness? Of
what use is shoe-blacking, at ten cents a
box, when a street full of mud, for noth
ing, rises np to overwhelm it? Of what
benefit are the eyes of lovely and lova
ble female sex, if tbey cannot' see with
them, nor we see them?
Are we going to put up with this
all winter? Are we dumb slaves to the
imps of darkness, blind as justice and as
uncertain of foot as old Silenus? Nay!
Nay! Pauline. Nit! Not on your
life! Are we to continue our shin
barking, mud-plunging, profanity-provoking
course of rayless, gloomy and un
mitigated woe? I should smile not!
We will all stay at home first. City
fathers, your children beseech yon ; the
prayers of the wet-footed and the
snuffles ot the cold-bestjicken appeal to
you. All, All, demand light. Nothing
brilliant, nothing gorgeous, nothing
gaudy, nothing that will blind tho
vision, or send the rays of glory skyward
to be wasted in the ethereal elsewhere.
No, no. Just a few faint gleams front
the street corners, a stray ray or two of
gladsome light glimmering through the
black curtains of Stygian night.
Thanksgiving Proclamation.
The annual thanksgiving proclama- .
tion was yesterday issued by Governor
Lord. The proclamation in full is as
follows :
"For tbe manifold blessings vouchsafed
to us during tbe past year, it is fitting
that we, as a grateful people, should
make due acknowledgments to Almighty
God. In recognition of this duty, and
in conformity with a time-honored cus
tom, and in accordance with tbe proc
lamation of tbe president of the United
States, I, William P. Lord, governor of
the state of Oregon, do designate and
set apart Thursday, the 26th day ot No
vember, 1896, as Thanksgiving day.
"On that day I recommend tbitt tbe
people abstain, as far as practicable,
from tbe occupations of every-day life.
and that they assemble in their usual
places of worship and offer praise and
thanksgiving to God for the peace and
prosperity bestowed upon ns, for the
health and happiness with which he has ,
blessed us, and for our freedom from
pestilence and calamities. Let us also
devote tbe day to the enjoyment of hos
pitality and" the strengthening of family
ties; to relieving the wants of tbe needy
and distressed, and tbe the doing of
haritable deeds; to inspiring senti
ments of loyalty to our country, and re
spect for its laws ajd the maintenance
of public order; to cultivating a just re
gard for the rights and opinions of '
others, and inculcating a senee of duty
that will lead us U fulfill as far as lies in
our power, our oongauons as citizens
and individuals."
The Wasco Warehouse Co. begs leav-
to inform Farmers that they have STOR
AGE BOOM for 200,000 SACKS of
WHEAT and any one wishing to store '
their wheat and hold for later market
can do so on usual terms. 'Also, tber
will pay the HIGHEST CASH PRICE;
for Wheat, Oats, Bye and Barley.
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