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THE DALLES WEEKLY. CHRONICLE. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1896. The Weekly Ghroniele. THE DALLES. ... OREGON OFFICIAL PAPER OF WASCO COTJKTY. -:. Published in two parts, on Wednesdays end Saturdays. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. BY KAIL, PO8TA0S PREPAID, I5f ADVANCE. One year ..: .' W 0 Six months 75 Three months 60 Advertising rates reasonable, and made known n application. Address all communications to "THEICHKON- ujuv une Dalles, Oregon. . Telephone No. 1. LOCAL BKKYIT1ES. Wednesday s Daily. Sturgeon are being caught quite plen tifully again. Mr. Robert I. Butts made ca8h entry on 240 acres near Victor today. James Zirka was examined by Judge Bradshaw yesterday and was ordered eent to the reform school. Alio ice Kurire uiuveu duiuc iaai. uiKut and today Bbows long stretches of open water through it, but still it hangs on The bulkheads ia the Dalles City will -be completed totlav and she will be taken to Portland at the latest tomorrow, Does anybody know William J. Stretch? If so they will confer a favor by sending us his address. Mr. Stretch is a land explorer or locator by occupa tion. The concert under the auspices of the Aid Society of the Congregational church is arranged to take place Wednesday evening, Dec. 30th. There will be a re hearsal of the chorus, Saturday evening, Dec. 12th. Mr. J. B. Kendall of Cottage Grove wants Senator Mitchell turned down and Judge Pipes elected in his pliice. Another correspondent writing t3 Ore gonian from Portland wants Mitchell replaced by a Mr. A. B. Hammond, whoever be is. The plant of the Living Issue, a paper formerly printed at John Day, has been leased to Mr. W. A. Logue, who has movad it to Canyon City, and has there begun the publication of the John Day Sentinel. We acknowledge the receipt of the laet number. Milton Harlan of The Dalles is in the city. Mr. Harlan is a bright newspaper writer, who was formerly city editor of ' The Dalles Chronicle, having severed his connection with that paper on No vember 1st. He will be in the city eev' , eral days introducing a valuable educa tional device. EaBt Oregonian. Thursday's Daily The matter of making the Barlow road free is being agitated by people west of the mountains, and the move ment will meet a hearty response among the people of Wasco, Crook, Grant and Morrow counties. The trial of X. N. Steevea at Hillsboro. is approaching the end. It looks a little as though the jury would either bang or acquit. Oil Steeves first trial he was charged with murder, but the supreme court decided he could not be tried for any crime of greater degree than man slaughter. The suit for condemnation of lands belonging to F. A. Seufert, by the United States, which has been on trial several days in Portland, ended yester- j rr i i l .i l a t t . Uttjr. ALIO rtfBUlb 10 lllBb OOUmrb gVlB judgment for $35,000 instead of $25,000 as on the first trial. A iury in the Taffe case was at once impaneled on the close of the Seufert case, and this morning visited the lands in question at Taffe's . fishery. Friday's Dally. Wheat is bringing 71 cents at Grant. The Dalles City was taken to Portland toaay. The rainfall last night was 20-100 of an inch. The Walla Statesman says there are 500 cases of measles in that city. ' The raffle for the diamond, put up by John Meenk, will take place at the Umatilla houae tonight at 8 o'clock. Wanted. Position as waitress or chambermaid in hotel, or to assist In general bouse work. Leave word at this office. It is expected that the Regulator will make her regular run tomorrow, but at this writing (2 -.30) it was not definitely settled. At ' the latest, however, she will be up Monday. A team' belonging to Ward & Kerns took a little spin on its own account to day. It ran so fast that the fog gathered in front of it and brought it to a stop in side of three blocks. -Judge Bradthaw has quite a number of equity cases under consideration, but will not probably render decisions in any of them before the meeting of court, pursuant to adjournment on the 28th. Do not fail to call on Dr. Lannerberg, the eye specialist, and have your eyes examined free of charge. If you Buffer with headache or nervousness you un doubtedly have imperfect vision that, if corrected, will benefit you for life. Office in the Vogt block. . , . Owing to County Judge Mays being laid up with rheumatism, he has ap pointed County Clerk Kelsay and Super intendent of Schools Gilbert, to repre sent him in the meeting of the county judges of the state, to be held at Port land in the near future. Temple Lodge, A. O. U. w ., will give a social on Thursday evening, Dec. 17th to the brothers and their gentlemen friends. All brothers are requested to make special invitation to those who are likely to become members of the order, By order of committee. Drafting; m Registry Law. E. W. Bingnam of Portland, who took the lead in drafting the Australian bal lot law now in force, in this state, haB finished the draft of a bill for a registra tion law. It is caraful, minute and comprehensive, and is drawn with the double purpose of preventing fraudulent voting and of avoiding any conflict with the constitution. The bill propoees to make it the duty of everv elector in the state to register with the clerk of the county in which he resides between the first Monday of Jan uary. 1898. and 5 o'clock p. m., of the fifteenth day of May, 1898, and between the same dates and hours biennially thereafter. Every elector may be registered with out charge by personally appearing at the office of the county clerk. The elector mast be sworn, and his name must be entered in the general county register, with date of registration, the age of the elector, his business or occu pation, his actual and precise place of residence, the country of his nativity, and, if naturalized, the time, place and court of naturalization. Other minor details are prescribed for such personB as are not the heads or proprietors of the houses where they live. Christmas for tbe Poor. The Salvation Army is beginning ex tensive preparations for their annual celebration of Christmas for tbe poor They propose to make this year's festiv ities of the same practical nature as for merly finding and supplying the actual needs of those to be assisted. To do this they now make their annual appeal to tbe citizens of The Dalles, first for in formation concerning families needing help, either in the city or surrounding vicinity; and next in tbe donation of any and everything that can be used to surply such need. Toys either new or in good condition, all kinds of clothing, bedding food and fuel are wanted. All cases ol poor reported win ne investi gated. Last year about twenty families were assisted who were in actual need Any ladies wishing to assist in the making over of garments for children will be gladly furnished work. Will everyone look over their wardrobe at once and send whatever can be spared All packages can be sent to the hall dur ing evenings, or to the officers quarters, or if so desired will be called for. Delegates Locked Up. Last night's meeting of the board of fire delegates was entirely too quiet, for a while. It was so quiet that some one thinking there was nobody up stairs locked the gate in the yard near the foot of the stairway. When the meeting ad journed, tbe delegates found they were locked in, and as the board fence is about fourteen feet high, 'they were ap parently in for good. When this dis covery was made things were not eo quiet, and from tbe amount of yelling done, the impression was created that the marshal was being murdered, and a crowd soon gathered. When the cause of all the noise was discovered, the boys inside were encouraged to "stay there." Marshal Lauer soon arrrived and gave the imprisoned delegates tbeir liberty, and then everything was serene again. What Was the Majority. Justice Filloon has a case on hand that; promises to settle the question as to McKinley'a majority in this etate. Mr. Silas Osborne backed his political belief with a 'wager in' the sum of $20, that McKinley would not carry this state by more than 2,000 majority, and the money was placed in' the hands of Dan Baker as stakeholder. flow Os borne claims that McKinley did not carry the state by 2,000, but by only about 1,974 votes. ' Baker, owing to the dispute, refuses to turn the money over, and so Osborne brings suit to have his $20 returned to him. Something to Know. It may be worth something to know that the very best medicine for restoring the tired out nervous system to a healthy vigor is Electric Bitters. This medicine is purely vegetable, acts by gjving tone to tbe nerve centres in tbe stomach, gently stimulates tbe Liver and Kidneys, and aids these organs in throwing off impurities in the blood. Electric Bit ters improves tbe appetite, aids diges tion and is pronounced by those who have tried it as the very best blood puri fier and nerve tonic. Try it. Sold for 50c or $1.00 per bottle at Blakeley & Houghton's Drug Store. . (2) Wedding Bells. Mr. Geo. H. ' Yeackel and Bertha J. Finch were united in marriage by Rev. Jaeon B. Gorham, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marcus M. Finch, in this city, on the evening of the 8th inst. It was the occasion of a very pleasant gathering of about forty guests and all passed off to tbe apparent satis faction of those present. Mention must be made of excellent music furnished and led by Messrs. E. Cooley and Henry Bowman, together , with refreshments served, and the bestowment of wedding presents. ' MACEO'S CAREER. A. Brave and Brilliant Officer and Thorough. Patriot. Antonio Maceo was, without question the most brilliant figure of the present revolution in Cuba. He effected a land ing at Certe de Barancoa on March 31st With him were Flor Crombet and number of persons. Maceo had been a member of General Gomez' staff during the ten years war, from 1868 to 1878 and 'commanded large bodies of troops in the province of Santiago de Cuba, in which province his family had lived, and where he owned a large plantation. After the ten years' war Maceo traveled in Central America, attempting to raise a large force to invade Cuba, and con teet tha sovereignty of Spain. In 1886 he went to Hayti to try to get assistance for an invasion of Cuba, but he was driven out, and lived for a long time in retirement in Jamaica, and after that he reamed to Cuba and lived very quietly on his plantation in the eastern province, where he was very popular, In 1890 be was driven out of Caba and went to New York. At the time of tbe present outbreak he was in Florida, and he joined a large expedition which set out from . Fort Limon in 1892 on the steamer Adirondack. A Spanish man of-war pursued the steamer for eight honrs, and at lat the leaders were com pelled to land on Fortune island, one of the West Indies. Thence Maceo and the other leaders made their way to Cuba. On tbe great raid across the isl and in 1895 Maceo was Gomez' chief coadjutor, and when Captain-General Campos had finally receded with his headquarters to Havana, Maceo led a daring raid into the fertile province of Pinar del Rio. where he devastated the great tobacco district and raised tbe whole province in revolt against Spain There be has been ever since, with the Spanish authority in the province prac tically overturned. Time and again reports have been re ceived from Cuba of his death in action or his suicide, always to be refuted by his later activity. There is no doubt that many people will donbt tbe authenticity of the report now received of bis death, though no previous report has given such exact de tails of tbe circumstances of his death and the fact of identification. Figures From the Message. The president's message ' furnishes some figures, and these in turn furnish food for reflection. Of the precious metals the United States produced for the year ending June 30, 1896, gold 2,254,760 fine ounces worth $46,610,000, silver 55,727,000 ounces worth commer cially 36,445,000 and of coinage value of $72,051,000 or in both metals about $1,50 per capita. We imported products of the value of $779,725,240, and ex ported at the same time $882,606,938. We manufactured 88,583,703 gallons of distilled spirits exclusive of fruit bran dies, or about five quarts for every man, woman and child, and 35,809,250 barrels of beer, or half a barrel apiece. We re ceived 343,267 immigrants from all countries, among them 2,067 from Portugal, with a percentage of 77.99 .il literates, 57,515 Italians, with 57.51 per cent illiterates, 25,334 from Germany, with 2.96 per cent and 18,821 . from Sweden with 1.16 per cent illiterates. The postal department earned $82,499, 208 and it cost to run it $90,626,286. The total expenditures on the pension account were $142,206,550, total number of pensioners 970,678. The cost of pen sions is just about one-third of the en tire expense of running the government. We have still left exclusive of Alaska 600,000,000 acres of pnblic lands of the original 1,840,000,000 owned by the government. Birthday Party. On last Saturday afternoon the resi dence of Hon. E. O. McCoy was the scene of one of the most delightful gatherings of little folks that has taken place this winter, tbe occasion being the 11th anniversary of the birth of Miss Ella McCoy. Written invitations were eent out to the numerous friends of the young lady, which were unani mously accepted. After some time had been spent in enjoyment of various chil dren's games, a dainty but bountiful lunch was served, to which all did ample justice and at 5 o'clock tbe little guests returned to their homes with happy hearts and wishing that Ella's birthday would come oftener. Among those present were: Ella McCoy. Lena Moore, Helen Lytle, Winifred Wilson, Hazel Hunt ington, Hazel Herbert, Joyce Herbert, Constance French, Margaret Whealdon, Lela and Lota Kelsay, Vina Neilsen, Nina Guthrie, Bertha Steers, Parcel Mc Coy and Jarr.es Hnntington. ine is made to put on the jockey suit and ride a race to the winning. The jockey suit settled it. "I wouldn't do it," and she gave her curly head a de- tennined shake one of those shakes that gives Emery to understand that the jig is up, and it was up. Tbe manu script was returned to Charley Dazey,its writer and the rest is theatrical his tory. '"'.' The play was submitted to several others, but was not accepted. At length Jacob Litt heard it read and rather un willingly gave it a tial. Now be would like to try several others like it. Mr. Dazey.wrote a substitute for Katie Putnam, "Tbe Old Lime Kiln." Critics agree that it is tbe better play of the two, and it is making a bit, and last sea son netted a handsome profit for Miss Putnam. The play will be seen at the opera house Dec. 16, with Miss Putnam and her large company. Blossoms of Oratory. General Killfeather, tbe flowery orator of the Oregon Democracy, whose blossoms of metaphor on the occasion of the meeting of the Democratic clubs here, made our court room look like an Easter bonnet, arrived laet night. Whether it was the breach of his fervid eloquence or not of course we cannot say, but in less than ten minutes after he wrote his name ia the hotel register, the ice gorge let go its hold and lit out for salt water. We remember the gen erals flow of language and ascribe the movement of the ice to bis presence, for' it moved General Head to getting drunk, and Pat Powers' to getting or let us say, remaining sober. On that occasion tbe general, among other things, said, that "Harmony like a Noah's dove here found a resting place for sole of her foot as She sat on tbe giddy top of a noble fir and plucked an olive leaf with her lips." "Harmony broods upon us,' said he again, "from the sun-kissed summits of the snow-crowned Siskiyous, to the smiling bosom of tbe broad Col am bia." Killfeather has not been here for a long time, but The Dalles will never for get him never. A New Button Fad. Get Your Christmas Gifts Free i3 Many thousand dollars worth of valuable articles III suitable for Christmas p gifts for the young and old, are lo be given to ft! smnVpra nf Rf flrfruHIl'c Hl Genuine Durham To- if will find ill inside each llf . m bacco. You one coupon two ounce bag, " and two coupons inside each four ounce bag of Blackwell's Durham. Buy a bag of this celebrated tobacco and ' read the coupon which gives a list of val uable presents and how to get them. Genrino 1 ew York Weekly Tribune "There is a new button fad in the East, which in due time, is likely to be all the rage in Walla Walla," says the Stateeman. "The eastern girl who is fortunate enough to be provided with a sweetheart, no longer hooks her gowns Neither does she use any pearl or metal buttons or any material from which but tons are commonly made. Her buttons are made of porcelain and each one bears tbe portrait in miniature of the sweetheart who may be miles away, but who usually is not. As this idea is ex ceedingly flattering to the youth thus honored and also infinitely satisfying to the girl who honors him, it is likely to obtain a vogue n.ot limited to the effete EaBt." That fad may work in Walla Walla but The Dalles girls, with two or three dozen best fellows apiece, will not go around like the snow case of a photo graph gallery. Besides we should ob lect to our portraits being worn bv everybody.- Her Ship Came In. Miss Maggie Hamilton, of Spokane, who for two years has been employed in the Stockholm dance hall, has received word from San Francisco stating that her uncle who died a few weeks ago, left her a large estate, valued at $50,0C0, She has announced her intention to be gin a new life, and ia preparing for trip to Europe. She will resume her true name of Maggie McFarlahd, which she discarded when she ran away from her home at Grand Junction, Iowa The news of her good fortune came just as Mayor Belt's order to close the dance halls of the city was causing most of the women employes to wonder how they were to live through tbe bard winter. Katie Putnam Coming;. It is a matter of fact that the play "In Old Kentucky" has cleared for its man agement, ' during ' the existence on the stage, more than $200,000. It is not every woman who has so great a fortune within her grasp, allows it to slip by her and still looks with equanimity upon the possession by another of a fortune that was intended for her. Katie Put nam has that experience. "In Old Ken tucky" was written tor her, submitted to her, and the first payment made to its author by her. Then tshe and Harry Emery, her husband, sat down to read the manuscript. It was all right until Katie came to the part where the hero- it Saved . the Road. Mr. Joseph Knox, president of the East Fork Irrigating Co. at Hood River, tells us tbe recent high water in that stteam carried away the head gate and piled drift in front of it equaling, he says, 3,000 cords of wood, and turning the channel of the river. Had it not been for this drift lodging, the river would have changed its channel and fol lowed down the counry road for half a mile or more. Besides this the county bridge would have been left spanning a section of dry land, and another bridge wonld have been necessary. The East Fork Co. expects to prosecute work vig orously on its ditch in the spring. Awarded Highest Honors World's Pair, Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair. CREAM IMPS Most Perfect Made. 40 Years the Standard. Farmers and Villagers, FOR Fathers and Mothers, FOR Sons and Daughters, FOR All the Family. With tbe close of the Presidential Campaign THE TRIBUNE recognizes the fact that tbe American people are now anxious to give their attention to home and business interests. To meet this condition, politics will have far less space and prominence, until another State or National occasion demands a renewal of the fight for the principles for which THE TRIBUNE has labored from its inception to the present day, and won its greatest victories. Every possible effort will be put forth, and money freely spent, to make THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE pre-eminently a National Family Newspaper, interesting, instructive, entertaining and indispensable to each member of tbe family. We furnish "The Chronicle" and N. Y. Weekly Trib une one year for only $1.75. E8F" Write your name and address on a postal card, send it to Geo. W. Best, Tribune Office, New York City, aci a sample copy of The New York Weekly Trib une will be mailed to vou. When yog wwt to bay Seed "Wheat, Feed Wheat, Rolled Barley, Whole Barley, Oats, Rye, Bran, Shorts, Or anything in the Feed Line, go to the WASCO : WAREHOUSE. Our prices are low and our goods are firt-clas. Agents for the celebrated WAISTBURG "PEFRLESS" FLOUR. Highest cash price paid for WHEAT. OATS and BARLEY. Wholesale. VTflLtT IiIQUOHS, CCtines and Cigafs. THE CELEBRATED. ANHEUSER-BUSCH and HOP GOLD BEER anddrnUDottles. Anheuser-Busch Malt Nutrine, a non-alcoholic beverage, unequaled as a tonic. STUBLING & WILLIAMS. Trie Price on Farm Wagons j!as Drooosti; That is,' tbe price on some wazons has fallen below our price on "OLD HICKORY" Wagons. Why? Because no other wagon on the market will sell alongside of tbe "OLD HICKORY'' at the same prices. It is tbe best ironed. best painted and lightest running, and we guarantee every die oi material in it to be strictly flrst-clrss. If you want the CHEAPEST Wagoa on the market, we haven't got it ; but we have got the BEST, and solicit comparison. MAYS & CROWE, The Dalles, Or.
