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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE SATURDAY,' DECEMBER 12, 1896.
The Weekly Ghr onlele.
NOTICK. '
Ail eastern foreign advertisers are
referred to our representative, Jlr. Uj.
Katz, 230 234 Temple Court, New York
City. Eastern advertising must be con
tracted through him.
STATE OFFICIALS.
Ojveraoi..' ..W. P. Lord
Secretary of State HE Klncaid
Treasurer Phillip Metschan
Bnpt. of Public Instruction G. M. Irwin
. Attorney-General. C. M. Wleman
. (G. W. McBrlde
Benators Jj. H. MitcheU
IB Hermann
Congressmen jw. R. Ellis
Bute Printer .... W. H. Leeds
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
C-ranty Judge Robt Mays
Sheriff. .....T. J. Driver
Clerk A M. Kelsay
Treasurer C. L. ehiUips
, , IA. 8. Blowers
vuiuHUKuuuciB D. B. Kimsey
Assessor W. II. Whipple
Surveyor. J. B. Holt
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .C. L. Gilbert
Caroner W. H. Butts
CUBA AND TURKEY.
The president's message is disap
pointing to more than the Cubans.
It suggests so much that it suggests
nothing, but resolves itself into an
argument of the case made from both
sides and reaching no conclusion.
There runs through the whole state
ment of the Cuban affair a sentiment
of sympathy for Cuba, and a desire
to at the same time befriend Spain.
It has all the satisfying uncertainty
of that famous explanation "That is
to say it is, or it is not, as the case
may be, provided it isn't." Just
what the country expected of the
president on this subject is hard to
say. The countiy, no doubt, feels
very much as the president does,
and it is one of those cases where it
would have liked the president to
take some definite stand and point
out a course for it to follow.
It does seem outrageous that
Spain is allowed to carry on the war
against the Cubans in the inhuman
manner in which it does, and there
is a universal desire that something
be done to put a stop to it. The
American mind turns sick at the
brutal butchery of defenseless women
and children, and much as the people
of this country would deprecate a
war with Spain, much as they would
. dislike to see this government inter
fere in the affrirs of Spain, it is un
doubtedly true that a vigorous pol
icy of interference, siugested by the
president, would have met with a
response that would have astonished
both president and people, and would
Lave endeared him to the people as
no other act could have done. His
course may be best, but it is surely
disappointing
Anent the Turkish question his
message is much more satisfactory.
He expresses deep sympathy with
the Armenians, but points out in a
few brief sentences that America
cannot interfere. In this connection
he says:
"Our efforts in this direction will
not be relaxed, but the deep feeling
and sympathy that have been raised
amoDg our people ought not toso,far
uunu uicir reason ana judgment as
to lead them to demand impossible
things. The outbreaks of blind fury
which lead to murder and pillage in
Turkey occur suddenly and without
notice, and an attempt on our part
to force such a hostile presence there
as might be effective for prevention
or protection would not only be re-
sisiea Dy me uctoman government,
but would be regarded as an inter
ruption of their plans by the great
nations who assert their exclusive
right to intervene in their own time
and method for the security of life
nrnnorfv in 'T'nrlmv
"I do not believe that the present
somber prospect in Turkey will be
long permitted to offend the sight of
Christendom. It so mars the humane
and enlightened civilization that be
longs to the close of the 19th century
that it seems hardly possible thatlthe
earnest demand of good people
throughout the Christian world for
its corrective treatment will remain
unanswered." -
And this probably covers the casa
as nearly as it can be done. Much
as we may sympathize with the Ar
menians, the converse of the Monroe
doctrine would prevent us interfering
in Turkey.
decisiou in the Fitziimraons-Sbarkey
prize fio;ht. We know nothing about
the fight, but we know Wyalt Earp,
and therefore belieye implicitly that
his decision iu that contest was coi
rect. Earp has been known as a bad
man, handy with his gun, and as a
participant in several bloody en
counters. The two latter statements
are true, and yet those who know his
career would hesitate long before
admitting he was wrong. He fought
to the death, but we have always be
lieved he fought in a just cause. At
Coeur d'AIene, Earp ran a saloon,
and was one of the most quiet and
peaceably-disposed men in the camp.
He is a thorough sport, and thinks as
much of his word and his reputation
a8 auv business man. He would no
more ffive an unfair decision in a
0
sporting matter than our supreme
court would in a matter before it.
make an excellent secretary of state,
and we feel certain that no abler
documents, stated in more clear or
forceful English, ever emanated
from that department than those Mr,
Scott would prepare. We do not,
by any means, agree with many of
his ideas, but cheerfully bear witness
to the fact that his editorials are al
most alwavs models. He .leaves
nothing to be said on his side of any
proposition.
THE FOREST RESERVE.
FREE LANCES.
Senators Dubois, Teller and the
other Republican senators who bolt
ed the St. Louis platform refused
yesterday to take "part in the Repub
lican caucus, thus reading themselves
out of the party. This does not
seem like good politics, for they all
freely concede that, except on the
silver question, they are in hearty
accord with the Republican party.
If they expect to accomplish any
thing, they expect to do so with the
aid of the other senators, hence their
refusal to take part in the caucus is
a declaration of war, and a threat to
hold up all legislation until some
thing is done for silver. In the
meanwhile .the other senators adopt a
resolution favoring the appointment
of a committee of five to prepare
some plan for getting another bime
tallic world's congress.
We can see nothing to be gained
by the action of the silver men, and
their conduct implies that they ex
pect nothing. They are simply a lot
of free-lances, ready to run a tilt on
everything and everybody until they
get what they want. The result will
be disastrous to themselves only.
MAY IT BE FALSE.
It is to be hoped the reports of
the killing of Maceo may prove un
true. His loss would be a serious
blow to the insurgents, though there
is no reason why other patriots as
brave and generels as daring should
not come forward to fill his place,
Generally circumstances call not in
vain for men, but, on the contraiy,
men are nearly always at hand to
wait on opportunity and perform
heroirydeeds.
Cuba may win her independence
without Maceo,r though she might
win it more speedily with him. Out
side of this view of the case one can
not but feel that Maceo deserves to
liye to see the accomplishment of his
desires, in Cuba free. No other has
done so much as he, and none de
serve the reward of accomplished de
sires as does Maceo. For nearly
thirty years a free Cuba has been his
dream, and at all times he has worked
to accomplish that end. "We can
hardly believe that Fate will deny
him a reward so hardly earned, and
we hope that he may live to see his
beloved island free from Spain.
E A RFS DECISION.
"Wyatt Earp has come suddenly
ino prominence on account of his
Now'.that congress has met, our
good old contemporary, the Con
gressional Record, will again resume
publication. "We have missed its
soothing presence and its stirring in
spiration ; but, happy thought, 1 1 will
soon be with us again. We like its
arrangement of copy, so fair and im
partial, the first come being first
served; and also its manner of pub
lication, going to press whenever it
gets full. We appreciate it so thor
oughly, and have so much veneration
for it, that we never lay our sacrile
gious hands upon its wrappers, but
stow it away wnere it win come in
handy for wrapping this daily news
dispenser, Our wrapping paper is
getting short, hence we welcome
with joyful hands the good old mail
clogger. '
The opening of the Cascade forest
reserve to pasturage is one of the
most important questions to Eastern
Oregon. Several piopositions have
been made concerning it, one of
which is the reduction of its area by
setting apart two or three, or perhaps
more, small reservations, around Mt.
Hood, Crater lake, etc., and the
throwing of the balance open. . An
other is to have entirely new regula
tions mace for the government of
the reseivation, permitting the pas
turing of flocks thereon under the di
rection of a superintendent and such
rules as he might prescribe, one of
which would be the taking of a bond
securing the government against loss
by fire, set or permitted by flock
owners or herders. If the latter plan
could be adopted it would probably
be better than having the area of the
reserve reduced.
The protection of our forests is of
the utmost importance, and the sub
ject has awakened an intense interest
in the East, where people realize
what the destruction of the forest
means. It is from them, and not
from our own people the greatest ob
jections to allowing the reservation
to be pastured will come. It will
come from them because they think
the same conditions exist here as
formerly existed there, but this is a
mistake. Our forests are entirely
evergreen, and in this respect differ
from the deciduous trees of the East.
The young growth of our firs is not
injured bv sheep, and the tramping
out of such underbrush as the sheep
destroy is of benefit rather than
harm to the forests, in that it de
stroys the means by which fires run
through the forest. Another thing
is that the pine lands of the East do
not so readily re-cover themselves
with forest growth as do our fir
lands. There great areas remain
barren, and the same thing occurs in
the pine forests of California; but
here Nature is more kind, and
ground cut over or, burned soon
starts another growth, a growth so
prolific that a young fir forest is
practically impenetrable.
If these different conditions were
understood in the East, there would
be but little difficulty in getting
some modification to the present
regulations. It would be a good
move to have our coming legislature
memorialize congress on the subject.
And in the meanwhile the news
papers of Eastern Oregon should not
be idle.
The taking away from the sheep
men of the summer pasturage of the
Cascades, is virtually a confiscation
of their flocks, and this means the
destruction of the sheep industry in
Eastern Oregon.
rounds, and Fitz took advantage of
the dead thing he had on the play to
scoop his friends. There was noth
ing foul about that from Fitz's point
of new. It was only when he got
robbed that his morals showed them
selves.
Some good legal member .'of the
legislature can find congenial work
and do a good thing for the frater
nity, as well as everybody else, by
compiling an entirely new probate
system. The miocene formation of
the present probate aggregation needs
to be set aside and something modern
put in its place.
The purchase of the Barlow road
by the state will be a good thing,'
if it can be purchased at anything
like the figures that would be asked
a private corporation trying to buy
it. It is about the only road across
the Cascades that can be traveled,
and it should be free.
MOST LIKELY A FAKE.
So Confirmation of the Report of Ma
ecu's Death.
It is not at all improbable that
Oregon will have a place in the cabi
net. Senator Mitchell says he is not
after anything of the kind, but that
he prefers being senator. There is
plenty of material left, with Dolph,
Fulton and a host of others, not least
of whom is our famous editor, Hon.
II. W. Scott, We fancy Scott would
The description of the condition
of India, printed on our local page,
conveys an idea of the awful suffei
ing already endured by the unhappy
people, but at the idea of what is
yet to come the heart turns sick.
Yet, such is the nature of humanity,
even while contemplating their ca
lamities, we speculate on the price of
grain, and as to what effect their
misfortunes will have upon our mar
kets. India will export no wheat
next year, but instead millions of
bushels must be imported to sustain
its teeming millions of famine-strick
en people. The plague that always
follows famine conditions has made
its appearence, and is bringing sud
den death to thousands who other
wise would starve.
Major Cirrujeda warbles about Ma-
ceo's alleged killing in a manner that
convinces the thinking public that he is
lying like the trooper he is. ' As a mat
ter of fact the Spanieh officers seem bet
ter fitted for IviDg than fighting. This
is the way the major explains how t be
knows the bodies were those of Maceo
and Gomez.
The Spanish column, .without stop
ping to explore the field, went in hot
pursuit of the insurgent's and followed
them for a mile or more. Meantime.
young Gomez is supposed to have com
mitted sniclde by Maceo's side. While
the troops were returning to Guato, aft
er the pursuit had ceased, various guer
rillas belonging to Major Cirrijeda's
command went over the field where the
rout of the insurgents had occurred and
searched the bodies remaining there for
anything of importance. .
"The body of Maceo," Major Cirrijeda
continued, "was releived of a ring, cloth
ing, etc. The guerillas who performed
the act were at the time quite un
aware that the body was that of Maceo.
In fact little attention was paid to the
identity of the bodies. It was already
dark on the field, and it was raining,
Various other bodies were also
searched." .
It was an adjuntant, according to Ma
jor Cirrajeda'a further (statement, who
insisted that the above-mentioned body
and the other which was lying hy Its
side, were evidently officers of import
ance, and that thev must not thus be
left without identification.
"The two bodies were, therefore, tied
by the feet to the tails of some horses,"
said the major, "and thus dragged over
the groundthe intention being to carry
them to town for identification.' Bat,
after proceeding for a while, the horses
became tired with their burdens, and
the bodies were therefore cut loose and
left in the road,"
When the troops reached Guato,
Major Cirrujeda proceeded to read the
documents which had been found on the
bodies, and -which were described in a
dispatch exclusively to the Associated
Prees yesterday. They include a letter
addressed "Dear Panchb," signed "M
fcromez, a diary of Maceo's operations
rom November 28 to December 7, and a
note in pencil,. found on the body of the
younger man, eaying he ' died rather
than abandon the body of his general,
Maceo. The ondershiits and socks on
the body of the older man were marked
with the initials "A. M." and a ring oh
the finger contained the engraved in
scription,' "Antonio' y Maria." After
reading these documents, Major Cirru
jeda says he became convinced that the
bodies which hia troops ' had abandoned
were those of Antonio Maceo and young
Gomez. Bat it was too late to return
and recover them.
With the insurgents in the battle,
Major Cirrujeda saya waa a beautiful
Amazon about 22 yeara old, who urged
the' rebels "a la machete," but at the
same time interposing to protect the
prisoners. .
Major Cirrnjeda has taken charge of
the objects found on the body for fur
ther examination. There was a gold
watch, a splendid pair of cuff buttons,
made by Moreau Torin, Paris, with five
pointed stars on them ; an ebony-
bandied bunting-knife, jnclosed in a big
strapped leather case, and a good water
proof coat. All these were taken from
the body by the scout Santa Ana.
the opposite side of the skull. The brain
substance was found very much torn
and a hollow with a blood e'ot existed in
the left side, this being probably due to
the passage of the pick when Mr. Jonea
drew it forth. During the time that
Mrs. Jones lay unconscious at the hos
pital, Dr. Barber expressed the opinion
that she might have recovered, had the
instrument been clean and free from
rust, but, after he saw the way in which
the brain had been torn, be admitted
that she never had a chance of recover
ing. The case in its many aspects is
considered as a very remarkable one,
and will be fully discussed in reports by
physicians. Oregonian. -
; Plan of Kansas Populists.
The Populist leaders of Kansas aie
now discussing the propriety of passing
a bill in the next legislature makine
Mexican dollars legal tender for the pay
ment of all debts in Kansas. It would
seeu that the plan meets with great
favor, as it is cliumpioued by some of
the prominent candidates for the United
States senate.
Of course, no such law could be made
applicable to contracts or obligations en
tered into- prior to its passage, and it is
even doubtful whether a state could
make any other than the lawful money
of the United Sates a legal tender for the
payment of debts, but the passage of
such an act would be notice to every
man who owns an honest dollar that be
must invest it some place else than in
the state of Kansas. Philadelphia
Times.
Council Meeting; Last Night.
Pierced Both Lobes of Brain.
While Fitzsimraons is lifting his
voice in pious protest against the
alleged jobbing done, by Earp in
giving the victory to Sharkey, it
transpires that the honest and gen
tlemanly Fitz had a few of his friends
betting his money for him that
Sharkey would stay six rounds. Of
course Fitz's keenest admirers were
betting Sharkey would not stay six
Coroner Koehler held an inquest yester
day upon the remains of Mrs. Benjamin
Jones, the colored woman who died at
& :w o ciocK yesteraay morning with a
self-inflicted wound in - the head, made
eight days ago with an ice-pick. The
jury rendered a verdict of suicide, add
ing that the act was evidently done
while the woman was irresponsible. No
new evidence waa introduced at the in
quest, excepting that of Dr. Barber,
who, with the assistance : of Dr. Harry
McKay, made a post-mortem examin
ation. It was discovered then that the
ice-pick had passed completely through
both hemispheres of the brain and come
within a fraction of an inch of touching
The city council met last night, par
snant to adjournment; present the
mayor, recorder and all the councilmen
except Boss.
It was expected that some proposition
would be made by our own and other
electric light companies for furnishing
arc lights for the city, but the proposi
tion did not materialize. Councilman
Nolan explained the situation at some
length, saying, among other things, that
he did not think there waa room here
for two electric light companies, and' he
preferred doing business with the pres
ent company, if it could be done. He
thought there was, or if not there ought
to be, some way of compelling the com
pany to furnish incandescent lights to
the city at the same rate they were fur
nished to private citizens, and moved
that a commiitee of three be appointed
to examine into the question. Council
man Thompson seconded the motion.
He agreed with Mr. Nolan, only sug
gesting that if the present company
would not furnish the lights that some
other company probably would. The
motion waa carried, and the mayor ap
pointed as such committee Councilmen
Nolan, Knck and Chnmplin.
A petition was filed by J. C. Baldwin
asking for a deed from the city to him
to property lyng between hia buildings
at the foot of Union street and the river.
Mr. Baldwin claims to have bought the
property long before the city acquired
title, thirty years or more ago. This
petition waa presented once before, and
was refused by the council, it being
claimed by it that the water front be
longed to the city. It was referred to
the judiciary committee.
The question of impounding stock
running at large in the city limits again
came up, and after considerable dis
cussion as to not interfering with stock
running in the pines or portions of the
city limits where they did not annoy
anyone, it was orderded that the ordi
nance be enforced, but that the matter
be referred to committee on streets and
public property to fix the limits in which
stock may not ran at large.
It appearing that there were a few
minor changes desirea in the charter,
notably one fixing and defining the
western boundary which now runs down
to and includea Klindt'a place, it waa on
motion ordered that a committee con
sisting of the mayor and three council-
be appointed, to suggest any corrections
needed, with power to call in three tax
payers to assist them it deemed neces
sary, and Thompson Nolan and Johns
were appointed euch committee.
The matter of providing a cart and
hose for the district in the pines waa
brought np, and referred to the regular
committee with power to act.
mere being no further business, the
council adjourned.
GREAT PHENOMENON.
Dally Journey of the Sun Puxslad tho
Ancients Many Erroneous Theories.
Strange as it may seein in this day
and age, the rising and setting of the
sun waa the greatest of natural phe
nomena to the ancient scholars. They
were greatly puzzled to know how the
came sun which plunged into the ocean
at a fabulous distance in the west could
reappear the next morning at an equal
ly great distance in the east. And, as
Sir Robert Ball points out, a number of
remarkable theories were advanced,
and every one of them, wrong. "The
old mythology asserted that after the
sun had dipped in the western ocean
at sunset (the Iberians and other an
cient nations actually imagined' that
fhey could hear the hissing of tho
waters when the glowing globe was
plunged therein) he was. seized by Vul
can and placed in a golden goblet. This
strange craft with its astonishing car
go navigated the ocean by a northerly
course, so as to reach the east again
in time for sunrise the following morn
ing. Among the more sober physicists
of old, as we are told by Aristotle, it
was believed that in some manner the
sun was conveyed by night across th
nortiirrn regions, and that darkness
was due to lofty mountains, which
screened oSf the sunbeams during the
voyage." Another theory was th:it the
sun actually pursued his course below
the solid earth during the darkness of
night, and philosophers taught thi?
same about the stars that rose, and set.
These arebut samples of many a theory
that might be named with regard to
the phenomenon of sunrise and sunset.
TEACHERS IN
CAMBODIA.
Thorn and
A Spiritual Bond Between
Their Fnpils.
All children who present themsclvesat
the veat for study ore received. It is
not ever required that their parents
bring them or send them, snys Popular
Science Monthly. The newcomer
chooses his professor, and, if.accepted,
begins at once to study under his direc
tion, installs himself in his cell or in
the school hall, and becomes his servant.
If the professor has already too monv
pupils, he refuses the new pu
pil and advises him to choose another
teacher; sometimes he guides his choice,
directing him to a master who has few
or no pupils, or takes him to the su
perior who will select a teacher for him.
The choice of a professor iu ulwuys a
grave affair, because it is held in Cam
bodia, as in all Buddhist and Brahmni ic
countries, that professor and pupil are
bound by strong ties of spiritual af
finity, and that the pupil ought to re
spect his master as he docs his father
and mother. The law inflicts the .ianie
penalty upon an oilense of the pupil
against his master as an offense by a
son against his father and mother and
it prescribes that in certain cases the
pupil may be heir of his professor w hen
he has cared for him or supported him
or served him when studying under his
direction; not only a family bond but
a religious bond, too, is established be
tween them, for the professor makes it
his business to teach his pupil the course
by which he may earn more advanta
geous reincarnation and reach the Nir
vana, and becomes his spiritual guide.
HERE'S A COOL HOUSE.
Unlawful to Fish.
Section 14 of the game laws, reads :
Every person who shall, within the
State of Oregon, during the months of
November, December, January, Febru-
A German Inventor Conceives a Scheme
to Ecep Ton Comfortable In Summer.
The house of the water tubes is the
remarkable building freak of a Gorman
ihventor, who claims that he has solved
the problem of a constant temperature
that may be regulated at will, and inci
dentally secured a structure that com
bines the elements of strength, comfort
and beauty.
He first put up a skeleton of his
house, the frame for walls and floors
being of water tubing, connected with
a pumping and boiler system in. the
basement. Around this skeleton, says
the New York Journal, he put up hia
house in the ordinary way. The tubes
were within the walls and between the
floors and ceilings. In the summer
time this tubing is connected with the
regular water supply, and a steady
stream flows through the pipes in the
walls and under the floors, circulating
under pressure, absorbing the heat of
the walls and floors as it flows. Dur
ing the long and severe winter the tub
ing is connected with the boiler, and
water heated to 100 degrees forced
through the circuit of pipes. The wa
ter at the outlet is found to have de
creased to 40 degrees, the remaining 60
degrees having been distributed
throughout the house. The speed of
the circulation of. water can be regu
lated so as to allow the fixing and main
tenance of a certain temperature
throughout the building.
ary and March of any year, catch, kill or
have in possession, sell or offer for sale,
any mountain, lake, brook or speckled
trout taught from any fresh water shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor." The pun
ishment consists of a fine ot not less
than $25 or more than $200. We call
attention to thia section in order to pre
vent some of oar people getting into
trouble, through carelessness or ignor
ance of the law.
Repairing- Damages.
The work of repairing the big flume at
Hood Biver, about 700 feet of which
were carried away during the high
water a few weeks ago, has been begun.
The managers hope to have the flume
and ditch completed in time to furnish
water for next season's berry crop, but
it ia extremely doubtful if . thia can be
done.' When thia ditch is completed it
will furnish, with the ditches now built,
11 the water needed on the west Bide of
the valley.
There Is Nothing: Bo Good.
There is nothing just as good as Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds, eo demand it and do
not permit the dealer to sell yon some
substitute. He will not claim there ia
anything better, but in order to make
more profit he may claim eomethingelse
to be just as good. You want Dr. King'a
New Discovery because you know it to
be safe and reliable, and guaranteed to
do good or money refunded. For Coughs,
Colds, Consumption and for all affec
tions of Throat, Chest and Lungs, there
ia nothing eo good as ia Dr. King'a New
Discovery. Trial bottle free at Blakeley
& Houghton's Drag Store. Regular size
50 cents and $1.00. (2)
Tygh Valley Koller Flour Mills.
Tygh Valley Koller Flour Mills are
running full time on No. 1 wheat.
Flour equal to the best always on hand.
Prices to suit the times. Also mill feed
in quantities to suit.
W. M. McCoekxb Sc Son.
aog8-6mw .. Proprietors.
Money loaned on personal Becunty, or
real estate near the city. Inquire of
Joel G, Koontz. novl8-dlm