THE DALLES WEEKLY. CHRONICLE. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1896.
The Weekly Ghroniele.
THE DALLES. ...
OREGON
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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-
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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
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Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair.
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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.