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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE SATURDAY. DECEMBER 19,1896.
The Weekly Ghroniele.
NOTICE.
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referred to our representative, Mr. a.
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City. Eastern advertising must be con
tracted through him.
STATE OFFICIAXB.
Sjvernoi W. P. Lord
Becretary of State . HE Klncald
Treasurer Phillip Metecban
Bupt. of Publio Instruction.... .. .G. M. Irwin
Attorney-General , C. M. Idleman
1G. W. McBride
Senators jj. ih. Mitchell
(B Hermann
Congressmen jw. R. Ellis
State Printer W. H. Leeds
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
County Jndge. : Robt. Mays
Sheriff. T. J. Driver
Clerk . . A M. Kelsay
Treasurer C. L. l-hillips
, , tA. S. Blowers
Commissioners (D.8. Kimsey
Assessor W. H. Whipple
RnpTdrnr ...J. B. tioit
Superintendent of Publio Schools. . .C. L. Gilbert
Coroner W. H. Butts
ALL UNJUST.
The Oregonian, answering a criti
cisrn as to its publishing news that
turns out to be false, very properly
says that it cannot vouch for the
truth of dispatches furnished it by
the Associated Press. That it prints
news it distrusts, but which may pos
sibly be true, and which it has no
means of verifying. The criticism
is unjust; the answer correct. But
in the next column to this editorial
it has this:
Judge Bellinger was very right in
setting aside the judgment of the
jury as to the value of property and
damage thereto on the Columbia
river, tnrougn construction or trie
proposed boat railway from The
Dalles to Celilo. Juries often have
no sense as to values, when the dam
age is assessed against the public.
The indignation of Judge Bellinger
was very just.
Neither Judge Bellinger nor the
editor of the Oregonian has been on
tne grounds at Tarre s tne juries
have; nor does the editor know any
thing of the case. The indignation
of Judge Bellinger is entirely un
called for, and the commendation of
-the Oregonian unjust.
WHAT ARE JURIES FOR?
We are not disposed to be unduly
critical of United States courts, nor
of Judge Bellinger in particular; but
it strikes us that the habit these
courts have of setting aside verdicts,
usurping the powers and duties of
the jury, and jumping the job of the
distiict attorney, is not now, and
never was, a part of the duties of the
office contemplated by the framers
of the constitution. The power of
setting aside a verdict is given the
judges to be used, not abused ; to be
used in furthering the ends of justice,
not abused in subverting them.
The trial of the Taffe case has
brought out some of' the churacteris
tics of the federal courts, the chief
of which is, as we have intimated, to
jump the job of the jury. Twelve
men, under oath, found that Taffe
had been, or would be, damaged in
the sum of $14,200 by the condem
nation of his land. Judge Bellinger
was Dot satisfied, and granted a new
trial. Another jury of twelve men
heard the sworn testimony and,
probably taking into consideration
the extra expense Mr. Taffe had
been put to, railed the sum to $17,
500. Of course Judge Bellinger is
more dissatisfied with this verdict
tban the other, and after beriting the
jury for not finding a verdict for a
smaller sum, stated that he would
set the verdict aside if a new trial
was not asked tor. We do not for a
moment doubt the Judge's honesty,
but we do think his judgment is
warped by his zeal.
The government of the United
States is more illy served by a judi-
- ciary over-zealous in its favor, than
one with leanings the other way.
The government can better afford to
be wronged than to wrong its citi
zens, and the judge who is broad
minded enough to see this is the one
" who is least liable to permit either to
suffer wrong. Up to date a stand
total of twentj'-four out of a possible
twenty-four have united in saying
they were right in the amount of
damages given. Against their de
cision is the dictum of one man, but
. a judge.
Suppose the case is tried and re
. tiled with no decrease in the amount
of damage, is there any point in the
remote future where Mr. Taffe could
feel that the litigation would end
How many times may he be called
upon to prove the amount of his that if the Dingley ; bill was not
damages, and how many juries may passed, there would be enormous im
there be' impaneled only to have ports of wool by manufacturers, who
their verdicts set aside? A reason-
able interpretation of the facts that
two juries had practically agreed on
the amount of damages, would su-
sest that that amount was approxi-
mately correct.
If the verdict of a jury is of no
value in the United States courts,
why continue the system ? Why
continue the expense? Why not
turn the functions of the jury over
to the judge at once, since he sets
aside verdicts until a venal panel
can be found to agree with him
When United States judges dictate
the verdict, what is the jury for?
STIRRING THE DUST.
A correspondent of the Oregonian
suggests that the juries sent up this
way to examine into the values of
real estate be locked up in a box-car
to protect them from the intrusive
hospitality of us Dalles people. Ac-
cording to this correspondent, our
hospitality is so excessive that an
outsider would infer that juries are tician. He was for a time the part
met at the county line with a brass ner of Frank Ganahl, one of the finest
band and a carload of wine, and that
their minds were utterly befuddled
with the warmth of our greeting and
the bead of our wine. We are glad
indeed that the fame of our geniality
has gone abroad in the land, and will
be handed down to posterity along
with that of Chauncey Depew. But
seriously we doubt this correspond-
ent's insinuations having- even a
shadow of truth for a foundation.
The jury slept and ate at the Uma
tilla) House while here, and if there
were any. wining or dining going on
other than the meals they got at the
hotel table, no one here is aware of
it. Besides they were in charge of
the marshal, and the district attor
ney was along with them. If Mar
shal Humphreys made a night of it
here or poured, or allowed to be
poured the bewildering champagne,
District Attorney Murphy ought to
piosecute him.
As a matter of fact the whole thing
looks as though a whole lot of dust
was being stirred up in the vicinity
of Judge Bellinger's court to hide
from view,' what, to call it by a mild
name, was a very arbitrary proceed
ing. We suggest that it the Taffe
case is tried again, the correspond
ent's ideas be followed
the jury
brought up in a box-car, and the
judge of the court brought with it.
THE DAY OF TRUCKLERS.
The first tide of indignation at the
cruel murder of Maceo is passed, and
all danger of intervention, or all
hopes of it, as you may view it,
passed away with it. These be in
deed degenerate days, days when
human sympathy is measured by
words and assistance given by ad
vice, lime was, in tne days or our
forefathers, when Spain and Spain's
murderous soldiery would have
been hurled off the hemisphere by
indignant freemen, but the times
have changed, men the American
acted from a sense of right; now he
measures his acts in the pint cup of
expediency. There were men in
those days. Men in the halls of con-
gress whose minds would have. risen
superior to the laws of trade and the
values of markets. Men who would
have done more than pass idle reso-
lutions. Their day is over, and in
their place we have a time-serving
mob of small souls looking after per
sonal interests.
Oh! for a Jackson or a Monroe,
instead of what we have! A Web
ster, a Clay, or a Hamilton, instead
of the truckling horde of Gormans
and Brices, Peffers and Bill Stewarts.
Then might Cuba take hope and Lib
erty lift her , tear stained eyes from
the contemplation of murdered pa
triots. A TARIFF SPAT.
Senator Vest called up the Dingley
bill in the senate yesterday; not, he
said, that the issue was alive, but
that he wanted to talk on the tariff.
He denounced the bill as the most
remarkable piece of legislation ever
presented. He declared that pros-
perity would never come with in-
creased tariff, and finally precipitated
a long and hot discussion between
? himself, Frye, Mills and Aldrich, in
the coarse of which Frye predicted
would thus anticipate the tariff bill.
likely to be passed in special session
next May, and would lay in stock
enough to run their mills for some
time. It is the impression of our
congressmen, as well as the manu-
facturers, that wool will be the first
to have a tariff put on it
WILLIAM H. CLAGETT.
The dispatches announce that
Judge William H. Clagett will be a
candidate for U. S. senator' from
? Idaho, to succeed Fred.T. Dubois,
the present senator, alx years ago
Clagett, who was at that time a Re
publican, made a strong fight against
Dubois for the senatorship, but was
beaten. Now he comes up as a Pop-
ulist and stands a fair show for
election, that party by combining
with the Democrats outvoting the
Republicans.
Judge Clagett is ore of the most
flowery speakers on the coast, a aw-
yer of fair ability and a shrewd poli-
mining lawyers on the coast. The
firm was in business during the first
Coeur d'Alene excitement, with head-
quarters at Murray, and were the
leaders of that remarkably brilliant
bar. Clagett is a hard fighter, and
if he does not win will make Dubois,
and all the other candidates know he
was around while the battle was going
on. .
It is claimed that it costs the state
for taking convicts to the peniten
tiary $13,000 a year, and to convey
the insane about $15,000 a year, or
in round numbers for the two jobs
nearlv $30,000 a year. It is pro
posed to reduce this expense, several
suggestions being made, one of
which is to reduce the fees, and an
other to have the work done by reg
ular salaried officers, stationed at
Salem, who will go to the different
counties after prisoners and the in
sane. It is probable the first plan
will be adopted, as there is astrong
sentiment against giving Salem any
more than it already has, though it
seems poor policy to be kicking at
the capital, when we spite ourselves
only by doing so.
The test of battleship steel at
Newport News was made Monday,
and it was found wofully defective.
Whether this is another job similar
to that of Carnegie some years ago.
the dispatches do not state; but
whether due to fraud or inability to
make better steel, the result is tue
same- The government pays the
highest price for its steel, and should
have the best, and any contractor
furnishing materials he knows not to
be first-class should be punished
severely.
Secretary Horbert says the battle
aj,ip Texas is all right, and has suf-
fere(j no more accidents than other
8Qjps cr ner He says, in effect,
tnat instead of it being the Texas,
Ut ;s ine great American newspaper
tnat is rotten. Herbert knows what
he js talking about, only he does not
draw the line between the newspapers
ana the Associated Press that fur
L - shes the dispatches,
The Venezuelan government has
decided to accept the treaty made
for ifc y the United States in the
dispute with England over bounda.
ries. mere was some dissatisfaction
at first, but when the Venezuelans
examined into the terms of the ar
rangement they were -more than sat
isfied with what the government had
accomplished for them.
Dennis Eyan, the St. Paul million
aire, was married at Spokane Wednes
day to Miss Mary Campbell, also of
St. Paul. There is no record of the
marriage license, and as the cere
mony was performed at 5 o'clock in
the morning and the couple immedi
ately left for St. Paul, considerable
comment has been caused in Spo
kane's upper tendom.
The convention of , the American
Federation of Labor, in convention
at Cincinnati yesterday reaffirmed the
boycott against the Armour Packing
Co., - and it was resolved to push the
boycott vigorously. The stiike and
the boycott are both un-American,
but that i3 no reason why the'
should not be carried on in Amer
ica. V ' -
MAf.pnhpir.o- Hvp. anprnl WW-
ler nas ordered stopped all preprations
.
for the celebration of his death. No
mflnslv Knnird ,.n nf 110
if Weyler postpones the festivities,
we will postpone the obsequies,
When Maceo reads the obituary
J
notices oi nimseii, ue win oe glad
he is alive. '
President Cleveland had quite
good luck on his lecent duck-shoot-
ing trip to South Carolina, bagging
sixty-five of the birds in one day.
Cleveland generally hits what he
shoots at, no matter how high his
aim, missing only once, and that
when he missed the presidency in
1892.
The Spokesman-Review of Spo
kane is making a vigorcus fight
asrainst the system of legislators and
state officials riding on "free passes."
The system is certainly objectiona
ble, but not more so than the use of
the word "free
"passes."
in connection with
The Cuban war is a grand thing
for some people. The dispatches
this morning stat thate a company of
250 men is being raised at Port An-
o-eles. Washinoton. to o-o to Cuba.
' D '
This affords them a long-desired op-
portunity to get away.
A BOLD HOLD UP.
D. W. Unrt. of Walla Walla, Robbed
on Morrison Street, Portland.
Mr. D. W. Hurt, of Walla Walla, came
np from Portland yesterday on the Regu
lator, and is stopping today at the Urua-
tilla house. He had quite an experience
in Portland Wednesday night. He had
been at the theater and was on his way
to liia hotel, the Esmond, about 10:30.
He came down Morrison street on the
South Side, and when near the middle
of the block between First and Second
streets, as he passed the entrance to a
stairway a woman standing in the stair
way spoke to him. As he turned his
face towards her a man standing in the
stair-vay poked a pistol in his .face, the
end of the barrel striking him on his
cheek and almost punching his right eye
out. At the eame time he was com
mandea to throw up his hands. 1 was
so surprised, eaid Mr. Hurt, in telling
our reporter of it, that my hands went
up almost involuntarily, but as I am
pretty sick and sore, they went up pretty
slowly, and I told the gentleman to give
me a little time, as I was stiff. My
hands were - not fairly up, before the
woman mude a dive with both bands,
one going into each of my pockets, and
in five eeconds from the first command
to throw up my hands, my money was
iroite, and so were my attentive friends.
They only got about nine dollars, but
they got a safe check for some ' money I
had deposited in the hotel safe, and I
had considerable trouble on that account
in getting my money. The street was
as light as day and full of people, and I
certainly had no expectation of being
held up. A policeman was standing on
the corner not a hundred teet distance,
and at first would hardly believe my
story. 'The robbers as soon as they got
the money ran up the stairs, and I sup
pose left the building through some
other entrance. The police wanted Mr.
Hurt to stay and see if they could find
. ' t , ,'. , "
nau cumauuini an uo mreu to, uuu re-
iuseu to enter a complaint, ne taues
the loss of the money, although quite
a sum to him, good naturedly, but avows
his intention of keeping the middle of
the road next time he visits Portland.
In the Classified List.
United Mates Attorney Murphy has
received a letter from the appointment
division, department of justice, inform-
ing him that Assistant United States
Attorney C. J. Schnabel and Miss Belle
Fleming, the stenographer in the office,
are in the list of classified civil service
employes, and are not required to pass
an examination. The status of officials
and employes after classification is fixed
by the following law : "A person hold-
ing a position on the date said position
is classified nnder the civil service act
shall be entitled to all the rights and
benefits possessed by persons of the
sam class or grade appointed upon ex
amination nnder the provisions of said
act." '
This Is Tour Opportunity.
On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps,
a generous sample will be mailed of the
most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure
(Ely's Cream Balm) sufficient to demon
strate the great merits of the remedy.
ELY BROTHEKS,
66 Warren St, New York City.
Hev. John Beid, Jr., of Great Falls, Mont.,:
recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I
can emphasize his statement, "It is a posi
tive cure for catarrh if used as directed."
Rev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pres.
Church, Helena, Mont.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
core for catarrh and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug. Price, 50 cents.
Wild
Mountain Country
. "On my first circuit I had a lesson
in human nature that I have never for
gotten," said a Methodist minister to
a wasmngton &wr reporter.
' I Th rirf'iiit. xtrna in t.hf mrvuntjiina n f
i - -
West Virginia, and among the members
f my church was a widow, who, in ad-
dition to tne loss her husband, had
Hllffptwl final rslrhlv rnrt.inn wit.h fmir
0t her children, leaving but two, a girl
and a boj nearly grown.
. un .n,ffn , L- V
her cabin, which I aid, reaching" there
just in time to be with her son when he
tc -"m the effects of an accidert.
The mother, although deeply
p "1' ncteU BWe caimiy than j
i10me( returning in the afternoon. I
found the. widow id the paroxysm of
tears. I tried to comfort her with the
usual Christian consolation. Finally
she quieted down enough to say:
"Tain't only thet he died. I know
he's a heap better off."
"'What is it, then?'
" 'We kain't liev no funeral.'
"No funcrn?
" 'No. Sal's jess got back from th'
sto', an' not a ya'd o' black hev they got.
T never did 'tend no funeral 'thout black.
' I ain't go'n' tcr 'tend now.. lie kin
ff't long tcr he buried 'thout a funeral
Derter n l i:m ieraenn rcyse f barn on
when. I ain't got nothin' fitten to w'ar.
.And Jim was buried with no or
present except his mother, his sisto
uixu me.
OLD-TIME SOUTHERN SPORT.
Members o. Hunting Clubs on Whom tif
Fines Were Imposed.
Among the sports of oldeu times the
hunting clubs were prominent every-
where, says the Atlanta Constitution
I" Camden county one of the moat fn
mous off n this country was
built nt Konr TTnmiTinclr nnrl Iron unrlnv
the supervision of Gen. John Floyd. It
was there that the Camden County
Hunting club organized in 1832, held its
meetings, made its rules and imposed
its lines
The charter members of the club
were Charles It. Floyd, Kichard Floyd
Renry Floyd John Floyd, Ben Hopkins
J. II. Dil worth, James Ilolzcndorf, John
Holzendorf, Alexander Holzendorf, P.
M. Nightingale, William Eerrie nnd
Henry du Bignon. Several members
joined afterward. The club dress was
a scarlet jacket and black pantaloons
and a fine of 500 copper caps was im
posed on Alexnder Holzendorf at ciie
meeting for not having on the rerru'n-
tion dress. No member was to be ab-
sent from the meetings unless by good
excuse, ana James Ilolzenuorr was
fined 1,000 copper caps for one absence.
After the day's hunt, sometimes witl:
the luck of 16 deer, an elegant dinner
was served before dispersing.
The 10th rule read: "Game is con
sidered by the club to be deer, benr,
hogs, cows, bulls, wildcats and turkeys.'"
Wild cattle and hogs abounded in the
woods in those days, the latter living
to an old age, which was told, by the
tusks,
sometimes eight to ten inches
long.
TO BUY THE POPE A CITY.
Constantinople, More Than Rome,
Likely to Be Purchased.
18
lies of Christendom shall subscribe $1,
000,000,000 to buy Rome and a near-ly
seaport for the pope, says Harper's
Weekly. The belief is expressed that
the Italian government might sell the
property without serious detriment to
its political integrity and that the
money could be used to greatadvantage
in relieving Italy of part of the burden
of her public debt. It is not proposed
to turn over the principal to the venders,
but to place it in trust and to pay its
annual proceeds into the Italian treas
ury as long as the pope remains undis
turbed in the papal territory.
The plan is a very pretty one and
there are those who think the money
might be raised and that King Hum
bert's government would appreciate
the advantages of such a bartrain. But
would Home be the best purchase the
pope could make with the money ?
and give him port privileges on Lake
Michiiran. but she could not enrare to
make him monarch of an American town
ship at any price. But there is Con-
stantinople, an- excellent city, where
popes have lived before, full of ready
made churches built by Christians and
nearly ripe now for reconsecration.
Constantinople seems liable to come
into the market anv dav. If the pone
could buy it of the sultan that would be
a deal worth subscribing to and worth
turning a page of history to record.
sneeed hu Eye ont.
One of the most peculiar accidents
ever recorded occurred the other day to
Charles iDoran, a resident of a Cincin-
nati suburb. Doran was nursing a se-
vere cold, and, meeting a friend at the
railway station, he accepted a proffered
pinch of ennff. The membrane of his
-nasal passage was very delicate and
sensitive, and he sneezed violently. So
severe was the paroxysm that the in
ferior oblique muscle of the left eye was
ruptured, and, as he continued to sneeze
the exertion forced the eye completely
out of the socket. A physician suc
ceeded in replacing the eye in the
socket.
Doran said, in describing his sensa
tion, that the pain was not intense when
the eye was forced out. He felt as
though something was bursting in his
head, but did not realize what bad hap
pened until he saw with his right eye
that his left optic was dangling on his
cheek. The pain of repairing the injury
was much more severe tban the injury
itself. . - .
- There's no clay, flour, starch or other
worthless filling in "Hoe Cake" and no
free alkali to burn the hands. jly24
The Troubles of Woman in
PUNCH AND JUDY.
The Origin of This Ever Popular Enter
tainment. Generations of children have found
pleasure in witnessing the antics of
Punch and Judy, and the mimic the
ater in which their adventures are dis
played still gives amusement to both
young and old. The origin of this al
ways attractive entertainment is not
English, as many who have enjoyed it
may suppose, hut according to an old
book, Punch and Judy are of Italian
ancestry. In the district of Acezza,
near Naples, the people are very much
addicted to the making of wine from
grapes; and it is curious that from
antiquity they have been famous for
their love of droll wit and comic fun.
Many years ago in the season of the
vintage, which is a time when every
body seems to be full of fuu and frolic,
some comic players , came along
through Acezza. They began poke -fun
at the vintagers, and in war of wit
the players got the worst of it.
Now, there was among the vintagers
a fellow with an enormous r.ed nose,
long and crooked like a powder horn;
and he was tic very drollest and wit
tiest of the whole company. The play
ers were so tickled with his witty say
ings, all set off by his odd faee and very
queer air and manner, that they almost
went into hysterics with laughter.
After they went away they began to
think that this droll fellow would be a
great success to their company; so
they went back and made offers to him.
These he accepted; nnd such was the
success of his efforts that the company
acquired great fame aud a great ileal of
money. Everybody went to see this
witty buffoon and all were delighted.
This example led to the establish
ment of a droll or buffoon in all com
panies of comedians; and he. was al
ways called after the original one,
whose name was Pucco d'Aniello. This
was, in. the course of time, softened into
Poleeenello; the French made it Po-'
liehenel, and the English Punchinello.
After a. time the English, for the sake
of brevity, left-off th;! latter port of the
word, and called it plain Punch.
Hoy Judy originated, history does
not record; but it is very easy to sur
mise her story. Such a merry fellow an
Punch had ns good n right to a wife a
anybody, if he could get one. Why not?
One might think that his bee-t-likc nose
would have stood in his way of finding -:i
woman willing to marry him; buthis
wit, was an offset to this. Women are
fond of wit. and Punch would have
played his part- ill if ho could not have
made it cover his now.
Now that we have supposed Punch to
have had a wife, and also supposed her .
name to have been Judy, what was
more natural than for this amiable
couple, now and then, to have a bit of n
breeze? They lived a wandering life, -
and, lilce other people in their station,
took a. littl-? liquor to raise their spir
its. After the effect was over, feeling a
little peevish, they fell to calling each
otlier nares, and hard blows followed.
So this is their whole history. Detroit
Free Press.
The Face That Kills.
"Every time I come to the United
States," said Mr. Hugh Jamison, of Lon
don, England, "I find fresh cause for as
tonishment in the marvelous energy of
the Yankee nation. It seems to me that
the people work on this side for the
sake of work, they appear to regard it
not as h means to an end, but the end
itself. This universal rush and hurry
impresses itself very forcibly on Eu
ropeans. Some years ago i was visit
ing a friend in Russia, which is a very
quiet country indeed, and, the conversa
tion turning on London, some one re
marked upon the unceasing activity
and press in the British capital, and how
the people hurried along the street dur
ing the busy hours of the day. An old
Russian thereupon, with a grave shake
of bis head, observed that he had been in
London once, and that nearly all its cit
izens were mad. 1 wonder what this
old gentleman would have thought if he
had ever made a pilgrimage to Chicago?
Now, it is questionable in my miud
whether this traffic pace is a healthy
thing for a people. Isn't it the pace
that kills? Why not leave something
for succeeding generations to do? Your
rich men, instead of settling on big
country estates and helping to improve
the rural districts, seem to all cluster in
the cities, and to continue adding to
their fortunes. The mania for work, for
active endeavor, seems never to leave
them, and their children inherit the
same tendencies." Washington Post, f
. i
A Jewish Wedding- Feast. i
There were a great many people com
ing and going that day at the house
of the wise Rabbi Isaac Ben Nassur.
They were not all Cana people, by any
means. The bridal feast was spread
in the large front room opening upon -
the porch, and all who had a right to
enter were welcomed heartily. Food
was plentifully provided, but the mer- .
riest hour of each clay would be after.
sunset, when, the day's work being
done, all the invited guests would
come. The bridegroom was continual
ly present, to receive congratulations
and good wishes. With him were sev
eral young men of his more intimate
friends; but decidedly the most impor
tant figure in that room was Isaac
himself. As master of the house and
as ruler of the feast, he sat at the
head of the long table provided for
the occasion. His dress was as simple
as ever, but it seemed to nave under
gone a change, he wore it with so grand
an air. He appeared to be happy, and
lie received great respect from the
throng of people who came to congrat
ulate him upon the marriage of his son.
So the marriage feast went on until the
midday was past and the shadows be
gan to lengthen in the streets of Cana.
W. O. Stoddard, in St. Nicholas. .
. Female Help Wanted.
Wanted Bed-headed girl and white
horse to deliver premiums given away
with Hoe Cake Soap. Apply to any
where. '
V.