THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 13, 1897.
The Weekly Ghroniele
NOTICE.
gjQ' All eastern foreign advertisers are
relerrea 10 our representative, iur. o.
Katz, 230 234 Temple Court, New York
Kiity. Eastern advertising musi da con
tracted through him.
" STATE OFFICIALS.
Sarernor., W. P. Lord
Secretary oiBtate ...HE Kincald
Treasurer Philllp Metechan
Bapt. of PnbUo Instruction G. M. Irwin
AtlnrnpT-Gnitnl C. M. IdlemaD
. 1G. W. McBride
sxmaiura - - J J. H. MitcheU
- 'IB HertDann
junsnMiutii...... )W. R. Ellis
Butte Printer.. W. H. Leeds
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
Caunty Judge. Root. Mays
Sheriff. T. J. Driver
Clerk A M. Kelsay
Treasurer C. L. runups
, , . lA.bi B lowers
Commissioners...... .... 1 n. H. Kimsev
Assessor W. B. Whipple
Hnrvevor J. B. ioit
Superintendent of Public Schools.. .C. L. Gilbert
Coroner W. H. Butts
PRIZE- FIGHTim.
The newspapers of the United
States, great and small,' have all taken
a fling at Nevada for permitting
prize-fighting within her borders,
The comments are. in most cases
appropriate, and show a hearty sentt
ment against the brutal practice.
But how is it with the newspapers?
Which is the worse, to permit prize
fighting or to -print column after col
inn of bruiser slang, and to keep
this up week after week, giving
every detail of the wordy contro
versy between the would be cbam
pions of the rins? Which is the
tvorse, to let these human curs get
together and pummel the life out of
each other, or to assist iu a long-distance
fight, as all the newspapers
do?
when the fight comes on! in
Nevada, the big dailies of every city
in this country will have column
after coiumn concerning it, giving
the fight by rounds, the appearance
of the principles, and every minute
detail. Every paper now holding
Nevada up to contempt, will furnish
the battle in as realistic a manner as
words will permit, and besides will
have a picture of each of the com
batants. Ihey will do this for the
purpose of selling their papers, for
they know the papers containing that
kind of literature are of quick sale
find nrA in irrpn rlfimAni?. T'hpv nr
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in demand because the public, the
greater part of it, at least, like to
read about a prize fiht and would
attend it if they could. Private sen-
, timent indorses the prize fight by de
manding news of it in detail, and
yet public sentiment, which is, of
course, only the combination of many
private sentiments, is said to be
against it
We may temporize with the mat
ter all we please, but the fact is that
the people of the whole country are
as much to blame for the passage of
the laws permitting prize-fighting in
Nevada as the citizens of that state.
Every man will protect every rvoman
from every man but himself, and
the same principle prevails in public
morals generally. We hold up our
hands in well simulated horror at
many things, but in the familiarity
of our private acquaintance do not
hesitate to embrace them.
MONEY IN THE HOLD-UP.
There are numerous parties inter
ested in having the legislature held
up until the end and adjourned with
out organization. Among these are
the numerous commissions, railroad
end others. But while these persons
are interested pecuniarily in the
amounts of their salaries, the one
most interested is the state treasurer.
With no appropriation bills passed, a
million and a half dollars will be left
in the treasurer's hands for two
years, unless a special session is
called- This money loaned at five
per cent would in that time earn
$150,000. The state 5 treasurer's
office is worth, in average years, $25,
000 ; but with the appropriations not
made, it will be worth $100,000 a
year, or double the salary, of the
president oi the United States.
It has never been insinuated that
onr state treasurer is taking any part
in the hold-up, and we only mention
the tact' of ' his interest to show how
much injury is to be done. ' The loss
of the use of the money wifl have to
be paid by someone.. 1
Then, again, warrants will have to
be issued, and as these cannot be
paid, they will draw interest, and the
sVte will be paying that interest on
money it has locked up by the fool
ishness of its legislators. JVarrants
will hardly command their face
value, and it is possible for the
state's money to be used in purchas
ing the state's wairants ut a discount,
thus doing injustice to its creditors
and employes. . . .
. There is moie than the beating of
Mitchell in the hold-up.
TO TO OR THE WORLD.
And now it is said that upon re
tiring from office President Cleve
land will make the tour of the world.
The dispatch further states that he
desires to make the trip as a private
citizen: How else could he make it?
He got the consent of the Demo
cratic party at Chicago last summer,
and it was unanimous. Indeed that
party would have wished him God
spjed several years ago had he ex
pressed so laudable desire as to leave
the country. That consent was rati
fied by the whole people last No
vember.
It is stated he will make the trip
across the continent on the Canadian
Pacific, which is quite in keepin
with his ideas. Previous to being
president ho had never been further
west than Buffalo, and his desire to
travel around' the world is no doubt
to show the world the spectacle of
the great chief "Not Afraid of His
Party." There will be no charge for
admission, the- grand aggregation of
party destruction being on tap free,
He is right in one thing. He will be
better appreciated outside of the
United States.
The senate has thirty members,
and it has sixty-seven clerks, which
would afford each senater two cierks,
with seven as supernumeraries and
available for extra di ty. This does
not look like reform. Does anyone
can anyone, believe that each sena
tor can make work for two clerks ?
or, for that matter, that one clerk
can be kept busy by him? The
truth is that about fifty of these
clerks are entirely for ornament, and
the other seventeen could do all the
work, and then not be employed
over lour hours a day. Ut course
the fact that the house did not or
ganize put an extra strain on the
senate to make places for the army
of noble patriots anguishing to serve
their country ; but the fact that thev
wanted a job should, not "necessarily
have compelled the senate to furnish
it, The average legislator will never
understand even the rudiments of
reform, not even if he is sent to the
reform school.
The opponents of Senator Mitchell
claim that he has less than forty sup
porters, and, as the Oregonian puts
it, is "dead." As the hold-up of the
legislature was for the avowed pur
pose of beating Mitchell, and as
Mitchell, they say, is dead, and they
have a majority of both houses, why
do they not get together and organ
ize the house? The truth is, and
they know it, that Mitchell has a ma
jority if the houses were once organ
ized, but several of his supporters do
not consider the Benson house a legal
organization, and are not willing to
recognize it. The majority of the
legislature wants Mitchell; the ma
jority of the people want him, and
yet the state is held by the throat by
a lawless mob, and all its business is
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negiectea.
The East oregnian yesterday is
sued an illustrated number .of 16
pages, 128 columns. Its typograph
ical work is first class, and every
column is filled with matter of un
usual interest. It is, in brief, a his
tory of Umatilla county, and a mine
of information concerning its re
sources, every pound of ore from
which is free milling, and high grade.
The East Oregonian is alwaj's in the
lead ; but in the last venture it has
gotten in the lead of it-elf. ' '
Judge Bellinger has ordered new
trials in the cases of the government
against Seufert and Taffe. The rea
son for giving the new. trials is that
the damages are excessive. v The
second trial of ' these cases each re
sulted in larger damages than the
first Now suppose thev beinsr tried
the third time, a still . larger sum
would be allowed as damages,' would
Judge Bellinger tx satisfied ? If not,
how many new trials would he order,
I and after how many would his action
in refusing to abide by the verdict of
consecutive juries, become anarchy?
COMPARISONS ARE ODIOVS.
Anent the clamor that has been
raised against the action of Nevada's
legislature in passing the bill per
mitting prize-fighting, it is with
pleasure we note the distinguished
consideration extended to the Hon
orable James Corbett upon his arrival
at Reno yesterday.
Much as we have, or may, con
demn Nevada for her course in pass
ing the law, we cannot forbear, in
justice to her, comparing .the action
of her chief executive yesterday
with that of our own governor, now
mayor of Portland, upon the occa
sion of . the visit of the president of
the United States. Puffed up with
the pride of his own distinguished
position, our governor refused to
meet the president at the state line,
and it was only after a hard wrestle
with his pride that he consented to
meet bim at the depot in the capital
of the state. It will be remembered,
also, that upon another occasion, be
ing swift to stand upon his dignity,
oar governor telegraphed another
president' of the United States that
retort courteous, "You attend to
your business, and I will attend to
mine." .
Compare this actioa of the gov
ernor of the great civilized and es
thetic state' of Oiegon with that of
the governor of that pocket borough,
that commonwealth of Bill Stewart
and Bill Sharon, of Jim Fair and
Tom Fitch; that outskirt of civiliza
tion that, owing its advancement to
bacon and beans, looks with con
tempt on anything savoring of Bos
ton. Observe how its governor and
staff, accompanied by nearly one
half the population of the state,
crowded to Reno to do honor to the
chief bruiser of the art fistic.
J. he governor takes on ms uat in
the presence of the great man, and
expresses bis "latitude to a kind
Providence that has graciously per
mitted him the distinguished honor,
and his countenance is irradiated
with smiles of joy when the great
Jim, before that vast audience, pats
him on the back, calls him a "bully
boy," and congratulates him on the
wonderful stride he and the state
have made along the lines of a bet
ter and a higher civilization. And
when the great Jim spoke feelingly
of the manhood of the governor, his
uprightness and lack of hypocrisy,
the latter could scarcely restrain the
tears of joy that gathered in two
crystal drops and hung tremulously
to his eyelids.
Taken all in all, it was a touching
and a fetching scene. Hereafter let
not the finger of scorn be pointed at
Nevada by the four-eyed denizens of
the effete Hub. For Chesterfieldian
grace and genuine old Virginia hos
pitality', the occasion was never ex
celled, and Nevada can now take
first place as the leader, whom none
can hope to equal, in social functions.
It is another evidence of Nevada's
rapid progress. Thirty years ago
Jim would have been looked upon by
the social leaders, whose jewelry con
sisted cf two six shooters and a
knife, as a very common sort of a
gny ; but today they are relegated to
the past, such of them as survived
each other's little pleasantries, or es-
j caped the vigilance committees, and
the gentleman who travels on his
muscle is the fellow that draws the
wealth, the talent, the youth, the
beauty, the brass bands, the governor
and his staff, and all the great and
glorious aggregation of state officers
in one vast crowd to worship at the
shrine of his genius.
Some things are rare and others
sinply blood-red raw. Of the latter
kind is the persisted-in statement
made by the Oregonian, and ' reiter
ated by legislators, opposed to Sena
tor Mitchell, that Mitchell and his
friends are holding up the legislature.
There is not a word of truth in it,
and those who make the assertion
know it. It is made to bolster up a
weak cause and for the effect it may
have on those who do not take the
trouble to inform themselves. Jon
athan Bourne, the Oregonian and
Joe Simon, assisted by a lot of mis
guided Populists are holding up the
legislature. Assisting them are a few
Republicans, with Joe Simon's collar
on. Those are the people who are
holding tne legislature up, and no
body else.
The Oregonian kills Mitchell every
day, and the Telegram kills him over
again every night; and together they
hold . the dance of death on the
corpse, only to perform the assassin
anon act over again, ana yet again,
The final funeral obsequies are still in
the remote future, the papers named
not even fixing a day for burying
the remains. It is seldom the papers
named have a real live, dead man to
deal with, and they are getting as
much pleasure out of it as the cir
cumstances will permit.
The investigation of the election
of Sanator Turner by the Washing
ton legislature goes a long ways tow
ards restoring confidence in Ameri
can political methods. It has at
times been doubted if wes a people
retained any political honesty, and
that investigation has proved con.
clusively that we have, and that
Washington has, rran honest . politi
cians. It might be well to add that
an honest politician is defined to be
"one who when he is bought, stays
bought. ;
Mitchell is steadily gaining
strength, yesterday, having forty in
joint convention, with one of his
well-known supporters absentj'so that
he can be safely counted as having
forty-one. Five more will be suffi
cient, and we believe that before the
end of the week he will have them.
Col. J. B. Eddy invested in
newspaper too soon. The railroad
commission will hold over, for, like
the boy's dogskin, we can neither
lose it, abolish it, give it away, trade
it off, or kill it. Its fortunate appoint
ees will hold six years, and may be,
like the seven-year itch, one more.
Jonathan Bourne is wasting his
sweetness. He should be down in
Nevada with Adolph Livirgstone
and Bill Wheelock, running the Cor
bett-Fitzsimmons fiasco. He could
make big money holding that meet
ing up.
The state of Nevada ought to
start a joint ttock. company, invite in
the Louisiana lottery and open
regu.'ar gambling and amusement
dive.
The Last btevenson Komance.
Among the several works left bv
Robert Lome Stevenson unpublished at
hia death, undoubtedly the one of . com
pleteet and widest interest is a romance
entitled '. St. Ives." Unlike 'Weir of
Heruiiston," "St. Ives" was left all bat
complete; and it is, those say who have
read it, a eiraight-away, honest tale of
adventure, related in Stevenson's most
spirited and charming vein. ' It is a love
story, and records in particular, the ex
ploits of a very cool, audacious, attrac
tive French soldier who becomes a pris-
oner of war in Edinburgh Castle. The
exclusive right of serial publication of
"St. Ives" for America, was purchased
Boon after Stevenson's death by Mc
CI ure's Magazine, and the publication
will begin in 'the March number of that
periodical.
Charged With Larceny.
A man named A. Clemens was arrest
ed today charged with larceny. Mr.
Haight, who is in from the southern
part of the county; owns a house near
the fair ground, and being in the city,
thought he would, take a look at bis
property, which he supposed to be un
occupied. He found he was mistaken,
for Clemens was in possession, occupy
ing the upper story. Quite a number of
articles were' found in the rooms, evi
dently brought there by Clemens, and
just how be came in possession of them
will be one of the things he will be per
mitted to explain. Among the articles
found were a couple of railroad lanterns,
two overcoats and some live chickens.
For the Portage Bond.
Mr. Lovell, the engineer who surveyed
the line of the portage road ' at the Cas
cade Locks, came np from Portland last
night to look over the ronte for the pro
posed portage road around the rapids
here. The senate committee will be
here tomorrow and will go over the line.
The object is to get an estimate of the
probable cost of the road, as some of the
senators think the sum proposed to b9
appropriated is too large. As there will
in all probability be no meeting of the
legislature, the work- will be of value
only to some future legislature in pass
ing a bill for the building of the road.
Doing; Good Work.
The real estate exchange is doing good
work in the line of advertising the re
sources of Eastern Uregon. JN early
every day communications are received
from people in the East asking for
pamphlets descriptive of this neighbor
hood. Hundreds have been sent out,
and the opening of spring will giye us a
large immigration. A letter from a gen
tleman in Ohio, received this morning,
tates that he bad passed through here
in 1890, and was impressed with the idea
that The Dalles, from its situation at the
head of navigation, was bound to become
a great city.' He adds that before the
year is out he will be -a resident of
Oregon.
SHORT LINE REORGANIZATION
Chief Solioitor Goes to Salt Lake for the
Closing Formalities.
The fact that Zera Snow, of Portland,
chief counsel for the Oregon Short Line
& Utah Northern, went East today on
business along the lines.of hid company,
indicates that the work of reorganiza
tion is being pursued. In fact, Mr.
Snow himself stated that he was going
to attend to the final formalities, though
he did not give any intimation as to
when the new officials will assume
charge of the properties. It has all
along been asserted that the reorganiza
tion would take place on about Febrnary
15th. It will probably be somewhat
later than that dale. .
It is reasonably, certain that W. H.
Bancroft will be the manager, and that
means that the Union Pacific and Short
Line will be operated in a common in
terest. Railroad people are wondering what
means the reported agreement between
the bondholders of the Northern Pacific,
Union Pacific and several other roads in
connection with O. R. & N. bondholders.
Some assert that the lines between
Wallula and Portland will be used for
theO. R. & . N., Northern Pacific and
Great Northern trains, and that the
Oregon Railway & Navigation tracks
will be kept hot with a largely increased
traffic. But no one yet knows anything
definite, who will say anything for the
information of the public.
Mr. Snow has resigned his position as
solicitor for the O. R. & N. Co., and has
been appointed chief solicitor for the
Short Line & Northern.
Strike at Roblnsonrllle.
The news was brought to this city last
evening, says the .Baker Democrat, by
a gentleman who came in over the
Sumpter Valley Railroad direct from
Robinsonville that a wonderfully rich
ore strike had been made in the Don
Juan mine, the property of Kelly & At
len.
The Democrat's informant states that
when be left the Don Juan mine on
Tuesday the ledge in the crosscut was
twelve feet wide and the ore was being
sacked and would go at least $50 to the
sack. '.-..
From this same mine last week fire
tons of ore netted thirty-five onces of
gold, or $569.
The owners of the Doan Jnan are com
paratively poor men and have contended
with many hardships in ' the develop
ment of their property, but at last it
would seem that a fortune is in wait for
them.
Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear,
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is bv constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus-
tachian Tube. When this tube is in
flamed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it Is en
tirely closed, Deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restoredjto its normal
condition,-hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out of ten are caused
by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
flamed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars ; free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c. 6-10
"Tnou Shalt Not."
The next of the series of lectures at
the Congregational church will be given
Tuesday night next, by Judge Lowell of
Pendleton, the subject being "Thou
Shalt Not." Judge Lowell is one of the
ablest speakers in the Northwest, and
will furnish plenty of food for thought
in bis hour's discourse. ' As we under
stand it, there will be but one other
lecture to follow his, which will com
plete the series. So far the lectures
have all been exceptionally good, and
Judge Lowell's will serve to raise the
standard still higher.
These results are prevented by the use
of the Shaker Digestive Cordial, a reme
dy discovered and prepared by the Shak
ers of Mount Lebanon, N. Y. It is in
tself a food and ' has power to digest
other food taken with it. Thus it rests
the diseased stomach and finally masters
the worst cases of dyspepsia. It acts
promptly and fresh strength and in
crease of weight soon follows. The first
dose, taken immediately after eating,
abates the pain and distress so dreaded
by dyspeptics. Trial bottles enough to .
prove its merit 10 cents. (7)
Laxol is the best medicine for chil
dren. Doctors recommend it in place of
Castor Oil.
The senate committee to examine the
line of the proposed portage road was
expected here at noon today, but failed
to arrive.
UREAT GIHL.
She Pleases the Men at the Boarding
House.
"Greatest girl at our boarding-house
you ever saw," declared Quirkly, with a
giggle, according1 to the Detroit Fire
Press. "Never says what you expect
her to eay, and you'd be disappointed
if she did, after hearing her.
"Dry goods dark sats opposite her and
asked the other day if she really
thought there were bargains in the
matrimonial lottery. ' 'Of course there
are,' she answered, with a laugh. 'I my
self have been marked down from 33
to 25.'
"Old bachelor that site next to her at
the table spilled his ice cream in her
lap. She never screamed nor ran away,
but effusively took him by th hand
and congratulated him on the coolness
of the entire proceeding. -
"Dude boarder had the nerve to' pro
pose to her and she took half an hour,
explaining to him how it was all slhe
could possibly" do to support her mother
and herself. When she thought of tak
ing on any more obligations she would
cariainjy nave another talk with him.
Thechump wentaround tellingit, proud
as a turkey gobbler.
"Real estate fiend wanted to sell her
a lot for twice what it was worth. She
closed the deal by offering to take half
his commission and give him a quit
claim to the lot.- He etill scratches his
head and looks at her from the corners
of his eyes.
"Think of laying my own fortune at
her feert. Haven't the slightest idea
that she will accept and for that very
reason am inclined to think that she
will." '
DOWN ON TOBACCO NOW.
He Went Up with It, However, When the
Stock Bose.
"Nicotine," said the moralist, accord
ing to the Washington Star, "is a ter
rible drug."
"I sometimes think that it doesn't
hurt a person who indulges in modera
tion," responded the Star reporter, who
was smoking a cigar.
. "That's the danger of it. It is the
-more pernicious because of its many
insidious phases. If I had my way I'd
abolish every leaf of tobacco from the
markets. It's a constant temptation
to waste, and I am thankful that I never
squandered my resources in any such
way."
"You never smoked?"
"Never."
"Nor chewed?"
"Certainly not."
"Nor used snuff?"
"The idea is preposterous!"
"I suppose you must have saved a
great deal of money, then? These
small expenses count up very rapidly.
But, of course, a man must invest his
money to get as comfortable an income
as you appear to enjoy. A friend of
mine was telling me about how you
laid the foundation for your fortune.
It was a small speculation, was it
not?" , . ;
"Um yes, it was." - ,
"Wonld you mind telling me just how
you managed it?" .
"Why, you see, a friend of mine who
knows all about the market gave me
a tip and I bought some stock in the
tobacco trust." .
ON SLIPPERY
STREETS.
The Only Way
to Walk
to Keep from
Falling.
There are right and wrong ways to do
most things, and walking on icy side
walks is no exception to the rule, says
the New York World. ' Many people
follow the wrong method, and as a re
sult they often make exhibitions of
themselves more pleasing to the specta
tors than to the exhibitors. Falls are
frequent in New York city during the
winter. Some of them are absolutely
dangerous and many are painful.
The dangers of slippery and icy pave
ments may be reduced to a minimum by
using caution when walking. By going
on tiptoe and keeping the heel of the
shoe from striking the pavement until
the foot is firmly in position slipping is
a -voided. If, on the contrary, you start
with the heel and toe gait popular with
pedestrians your heel will slip from un
der you and you fill before you have
had time to select the safest spot.
This is readily explained by the fact
that when the ball of the foot is placed
on the ground a large section of the shoe
touches the. pavement and the body
must necessarily be pretty well bal
anced on the foot. But when the heel
comes down first only a small portion
of the shoe touches the pavement, and
often the foot is well in advance of the
body. Try it once and be convinced
that the minting walk of the typical
dandy is sometimes safe if not grace
ful. Sore Safeguard.
Among the numberless stories of the
quick wit and felicitous sayings of Dr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes is one connected
with the breakfast given in his honor
by the publishing firm of Houghton,
Osgood & Co. on the occasion of hi3
seventieth birthday, says the Youth's
Companion. Not long after the break
fast he met a friend who had been a
guest on that memorable occasion, and
had written one of the many bright
poems which formed part of the en
tertainment. In referring to the late
festivity, the doctor said. to his friend:
"I knew there would be a good many
things said that would be calculated
to draw tears. I was resolved that I
would not cry that nothing should
make me cry; and so I went to the
breakfast determined to maintain a
rigid upper eyelid!"
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