THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1897.
The Weekly Ghroniele.
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STATU OFFICIALS.
SjTernoT W. P. Lord
Secretarr of BUte HE Kinraud
Treasurer ..Phillip Metechan
Bapcol mouo instruction u. m. irwin
Atinrner-Oeneral C. M. Idleman
. " IG. W. McBride
- JJ.H. Mitchell
( B Hermann
WJiiioniiEii. yf T KUiB
BUte Printer .' W. H. Leeds
blame for the action of its traitorous
contingent. Bui the result sboivs to
what extent the Multnomah ring is
willing to debauch its political ene
mies and to befoul its own nest, It
shows, what Simony and Scottomy
will lead to. II show that the wan
ton l4pulist, Cressid, -smiles alike on
Troilus, and Diomed, and that Pan
darus has a worthy prototype in the
side-whiskered Jonathan. It shows
that Thersites may be as dirty a cur,
though housed in a pressed brick
block, as when spying on the Grecian
camp he pouied . his bitter-sweet
poison into the tats of his outraged
COUNTY OFFICIALS
County Judge...- Robt Maya mooter
sheriff . ! T.J. Driver master,
One can easily imagine the adoles
cent Populists, while toying with the
wily Bourne, repeating CressH's
touching farewell to the husband she
had just left, as she surrenders her
self to Diomed
Troilus, farewell! one eye yet looks on thee;
Yet with toy mind my other eye doth ee.
Ah! sad our sex, In us this fault I find
The error of the eye directs the mind.
What error leads must err,
Oh! then, conclude minds swayed by eyesore
full of turpitude.
Thersites' comment completes the
picture
Clerk :.. A M. Kelray
Treasurer C. L. Phillips
Commissioners........ .1 i-E
Assessor.....' W. II. Whipple
Surveyor . J. B. Holt
Superintendent of Pontic Schools... C. L. Gilbert
Cwnier W. H. Butts
PANDARVS AND CRESSID.
heir being born on American soil.
It is possible international complica
tions over the affair may be avoided
by -the use of diplomacy ; but still it
strikes us that Lord Sholto is real
mean.
a suggestion:
It will be with a feeling of relief
that the people of this state will read
of the adjournment of the legislature
and that the curtain has dropped on
the farce. Elected on a platform
pledging the legislature to the strict
est economy, its iuiiety uiuuiueu
met at Salem, but many of them
: i ,1 a. : . 1 rrL .
;ivuiut:u me uupitoi. A lie aeiuiie oi
sranized and undertook to do busi
ness. The house attempted to or
ganize and the majority of the Re
publican members and two of the
Democrats, mindful of their pledges
to the people before election, met
and tried to do the work they were
sent to do. Thirteen Populists,
three bimetallic league members and
two Democrats stayed out, violating
all their anti-election promises, and.
assisted by some seven or eight Re
publicans swore, and still wear, Jot
Simon's collar, prevented the organi
zation of the house. v
Backed by large sums of money,
Jonathan Bourne opened his parlors
and invited the flies into it. The
thirteen Populists to a man walked
in, and there they have remained,
dead to everj' sense of decency,
deat to the demands of their con
stituents, deaf to the entreaties of
taxpayers. They surrendered bodily
to their bitterest enemy, the Orego
nian, that but a few short months be
fore so scathingly denounced them
as socialists, anarchists and repudl-
ators.
Deluded by the honeyed words of
praise, uttered by the rotund Mephis
topheles under the big tower, they
swallowed the sweet morsels and
licked their chops for more; Circe
made no worse or lower brutes of
Ulysses crew, than Bourne has of the
motley job-lot of politisal pot pourri
whom, with wine and women, he de
luded to their undoing. As Delilah
snore fcamson or Ms strength, so
Bourne has snatched the political
olla podrida bald headed. And they.
poor fools,' like Snip and his fellow
actors in "Midsummer Night's
Dream," pose before the public with
their lantern and their thorn-bush,
each a bandy-legged Pyramus, glu
ing his swollen lips to the hole in the
wall In their wild attempt to kiss Mr,
Bournes Thisbe. Bottom. was not
more an ass than these, and Bourne,
Simon and the Oregonian, as the au
dience, shout stentonously " "Well
roared lion!" "Well run Tbisbei"
But the farce will soon be over.
In one shoit week the curtain will
fall, and instead of Bourne's harem
and his wine shop, the whole aggre
gation of drivelling idiocy will go
home, if its members know enough
to find the road, to face the constitu
ents whom-they ' outraged, acceler
ated in their departure by a vigorous
kick from the erstwhile bland Jona
than.
To the members who so faithfully
remained at their "posts the country
owes ajyote of thanks. The people
are not deceived by the cry of the
Oregonian that they who were in the
house ready ; at all times to organize,
are the ones who are responsible for
the hold-up. - They know better just
as the Oregonian knows better, but
they have no object in lying about
it.
The Populists have gotten into
the grave digged for them by their
enemies, and this is the only redeem
ing feature of the whole affair. The
result may after all be beneficial to
the country. The Populists as a
Lint iy ui o uoi to uiame ior me action
of their unlucky thirteen, any more
than the Republican party is to
THE LAWS DELAYS.
A couple of weeks ago August
Lindstrom of Tacoma killed his 5-
year-old son and himself. He bad
grown despondent over the interm
inable drawing out of a lawsuit in
whieh all the property he had was
involved. A few days after his
untimely demise the courts decided
the case in his favor.
There is absolutely no excuse for
such delays as occurred in Lind-
strom's case, or as occur in thousands
of other cases. In our own state
cases drag in the supreme court from
year to year, until it has ceased to
be looked upon as a court where
wrongs may be righted, but is held
by the litigant with money, as a
thieat over his opponent who is
without. It has become a source of
dread to every honest litigant who is
not rich, for in it his propeity and
his rights may be hung up indefinite
ly. And so it has become a sort of
assistant to the scheme of forcing
impoverished litigants to settle on
such terms as they can get, rather
than have their rights and their prop
erty jeopardized for an indefinite
time. It is discouraging indeed to a
poor man whe has won a legal battle
to be hauled' into the supreme court
by the other fellow who has money,
but who has no other object in ap
pealing than to subject his successful
opponent to exasperating delay, or
forcing him to a losing compro
mise.
It the supreme court cannot handle
the business, some arrangement
should be made for increasing the
number of judges, or increasing their
hours of labor from one to two.
John Bach McMaster, in his book
"With the Fathers," mentions a po
litical hold-up similar to that at Sa
lem in some respects, it occuiring in
Philadelphia in 1787.
"The question of the day was the
ratification of the Federal Constitu
tion. A member of the assembly on
the morning of the 28th, moved that
a convention be called to consider
the constitution, and that a time be
fixed for the choice of delegates.
The opponents of the measure were
in the minority, but by three of them
absenting themselves there would be
no quorum. The legislature was to
adjourn on the 29th. s The. three
members stayed out; the sergeant-at-arms
was sent after them, but they
refused to go in. A report of their
conduct had spread abroad, and the
people hearing there was no quorum,
went to the tavern, seized two of the
absentees, dragged them to the state
house, thrust them into the assembly
chamber and 'blocked the doors.
This completed the quorum', and the
convention was called."
It is a timely suggestion; an ex
ample of what our ancestors did 110
years ago.
blush for shame, instead of .using
their strongest efforts to prevent
Greece doing whet they are too cow
ardly to do. At the. same time this
country might cast its eyes on Cuba,
and do a little blushing itself. J
The biennial report of the secre
tary of state has been received at
this office. The work is well com
piled and contains much valuable in
formation. Looked at fiom . the
financial condition of the state, 'it
might have been dispensed with, as
its publication must have cost several
thousand dollars. While we doubt
the propriety of its being published
we cannot refrain from com mend in
the work.
winning smiles, and has the middle of
his baking pan raised, like an inverted
funnel. He is going to keep up the
middle of his cake if he baa to put
props under it. " Some of the others are
wrestling with culinary problems, and
the rehearsals are said to be intensely
interesting.
Captured the Seer.
There is but little hope that any
organization of the lower house of
the legislature will take place. The
fight has been so long and so bitter
that the parties thereto are not in a
condition to treat the situation in a
business like and politic manner.
Only after the legislatire his dis
solved, when the members have re
turned to their homes and have had
time to cool off, will they be in con.
dition to act. Perhaps not then, but
certainlv not before tha time. Ow
ing to this bitter feeling, we think
the idea that seems to be gaining
ground that at the last end of the
session the clashing factions may get
together, is - without any substantial
foundation. The lower house will
not organize, and the legislature will
adjourn Friday. Governor Lord
being inimical to Mitchell, will not
call an extra session, unless it can be
demonstrated that Senator Mitchell
is out of the fight, and as this cannot
be done, there will be no extra session.
Lord Douglass, or Sbolto Douglass.
the youngest son of the Marquis! of
Queensberry, who some time ago
married Loretta Addis, an American
girl and a concert' singer, made a
hurried trip to British Columbia re
cently in order that the coming heir
of the house of Douglass might be
born on British soil. Lord Douglass
thinks he . has been unkindly treated
by the American public and press,
and in order to gratify his personal
rpleen and satisfy a long-cherished
and deep-seated plan of revenge, de
liberately arranged to prevent his
Sunday the Davis house bit off
more than it could cnew. When
Speaker Davis called his house to
order there were seveu Benson men
at their desks writing, and Davis in
structed the clerk to count them
present. This was done, acd a few
moments 'atter a motion was ma'de
to adjourn. Here was the Benson
rren's opportunity, apd they grasped
it. There were only seven Davis
men present, including that gentle
man. The motion was made to ad
journ until 1 1 :59 Monday ' morning,
and the Benson men objected to
Davis voting unless the vote was a
tie, and he acquiesced in this view.
Then the Benson men voted the
motion dewn, moved to adjourn un
til .11:45 at night, and carried it,
thus compelling the Davis house to
meet at midnight.
It will be but a short time until
the voters of this district will be
called upon to decide the question
of bonding the district for the pur
pose of funditig the present indebted
ness, and providing the. means for
building a new schoolhouse. The
existing debt must be provided for
and the school must be maintained
and additional buildings provided.
The only question that comes up is
as to the best manner of accomplish
ing that result. It is a question the
taxpayers want to give earnest
thought, so that they may vote in
telligently on the proposition.
By far the best cartoon anent the
legislative fiasco is that in the Salem
Statesman yesterday, entitled
Yard of Pop-pies." It shows Bourne
Craig, U'Ren and others as full
blown - poppies, Davis and Vogle as
buds, and Riddle and Povey gone to
seed. Wprds cannot convey any
idea of the suggestions of the pic
ture, i, must be seen to be under
stood and appreciated.
Congress has begun rushing its
business, and from now until the 4th
of March, when the session expires.
bills will be pushed. The Nicaragua
canal bill and the funding bill, the
two most important measures beore
it, have both been disposed of, and
-the balance of the session will be de
voted to minor matters. .
Only three more days remain of
the regular legislative session. It is
not probable that any organization
will be perfected or anything at nil
done, and it is hardly to be presumed
that Governor Lord will call an ex
tra session.
Corbett is beginning the fight with
Fitzsimmons over the telegraph
wires and throngh the columns of the
big dailies. He is bragging now
about the manner in which he is
going to knock Fitzsimmons out in a
round or two. Now that the great
state of Nevada has opened her doors
and extended her hospitality to the
short-haired and long-tongued prize
fighting . gentry, it would be becom
ing on the part of Corbett et al to go
quietly to the scene of conflict, and
in a spirit of friendly rivalry beat
one another to death.
The two houses of congress have
quarreled over the immigration bill,
and have had . two separate confer
ence committees, on the matter.
They have at last agreed, the "ob
jectionable matter" being all elimin
ated, and the bill will pass. , The
trouble is that the so called "objec
tionable matter" was only so to the
intending immigrant, and the bill as
now passed will be as much benefit
towards restricting immigration as if
it had been killed in the committee
rooms, xnat s tue Kind or bills that
congress passes.
Greece s little, but she has more
grit than all the great powers of Eu
rope. Single-handed she defied
Turkey, and set herself the task of
putting a stop to the massacre of
Christians in Crete by Turkish sol
diers. European powers ought to
Funeral of Jessie Butler.
The funeral of the late Jeesie Butler
held at the Methodist churcn Sunday
afternoon, were yery largely attend. An
hoar before the hour appointed people
were gathering at t ha church, eager to
show in this way their deep feeling-of
lot?? and bereavment. That a universal
feeling of sorrow filled all hearts was
forcefully expressed by the extreme
quiet and stillness that pervaded the
vast audience.
The exerciees were opened by the pas
tor,- Kev. J, H. Wood, with the usual
burial scriptural reading of the M. E
church. A quartette choir sang as open
ing hymn "Lead Kindly Light;" then
prayer was offered, followed by a solo
by Hiss Eliot of Portland. '
- The pastor introduced his remarks by
relating some bits of history of Jessie's
life, and began his address by using a
favorite quotation 'of her'a, and one
she had repeated to her mother the
uight before her death, 'I know that
ray Redeemer liveth." . He touchingly
alluded to her conversion in the church,
and feelingly spoke of her zeal for the
work of saving souls. ''Her sense of
duty was clear and definite, and she
faithfully performed her work. Her in
fluence for good was felt by all her
young friends in the Epworth League,
the Sunday school, the church, the
school all knew that Jessie was moved
by a divine force to seek their good
Under this new-born and holy influ
ence, her social and religious develop
ment was very rapid and most marked
Jessie, on her 16th birthday, gave her
name to the church, united with the
Epworth League, and when the Queen
Esther missionary circle was formed she
entered heartily into that. At her
death she wsb third vice-president of the
League. How we shall "miss her! but
for her 'to die was gain.'- 'She cannot
return to us, but we can go to her.' In
our chastened grief we are consoled by
the Christian hope, that 'though absent
from the body she is present with the
Lord, and there in bliss supreme she
waits our coming.' "
The floral offerings were numerous
and very beautiful, the League, her class
in the public school and many friends
sending tokens of loving remembrance.
Farewell, young, loyal, Christian sol
dier! We meet no more this side of
heaven ; but in joyous expectation, we
wait the glad reunion.
' A Fbiend.
These Men Polks.
The entertainment given under the
auspices of the Gook Intent Society, at
the M. E. church, will .be' given Friday
evening. The cooking is to be done en'
tirely by the men, so the refreshments
served will be first-class. ' We met Mr.
Parrot this morning on bis usual trip to
the river with his day-before-baked cake,
and he had a smile on him that was
aimply silky. He told us gleefully that
the last cake he baked had only sagged
about two inches, and that he felt sure
by Friday he could bake one that would
lift tne back lids off the stove.
Last week the entertainment was
postponed because the clams ordered for
the occasion could not be procured, but
they are now ripe. We want to warn
our readers in advance againet Parrott's
cake, for he is desperate in spite of his
A chorus of yells last Monday morn
ing indicated that something of an un
usual nature, was happening on Main
street, near Becker's blacksmith shop,
says the ' Ellensburg Capital, and ' the
crowd that . had congregated was show
ing the deepest interest in some object
under the sidewalk in the creek. A
young aeer Had been frightened into
town from the country, and in its flight
had followed the general course of the
stream. Some dogs bad chased it under
the aidewalkl Of the 100 men and boys
standing around, every one wanted to
boss the job of capturing the frightened
animal. -Some wanted to get guns and
kill it; but some one raised the familiar
cry, "a rope," and one was soon at
hand, furnished "by Weed, the butcher.
Jim Allen made the loop. Joe Shall
laid it. Windy Green tried to "sick"
his dog on the creature, but he was
afraid, so Windy stepped into Smith's
restaurant, got some salt, and, after
sprinkling it on the deer's tail as it
bounded into the loop, he gave the word,
and 500 willing hands pulled the rope
and the orize was landed.
HINDOO HOEiiOfiS.
Terrible
Bunerxng- iwcasionea Dy
the Drought "
Ceylonese In Chicago Telia of the
Miseries of the Poor Bnatfftuta
. Contagion and Starottiea
Are Blfe. .
These Passed.
umy eigne ot tne twenty-three ap
plicants for teachers' certificates passed
at the recent examination. The ques
tions were more difficult to answer than
usual, which accounts for the small
number passing, but while this is true,
it should be borne in mind that the
standard is being steadily advanced, and
those who teach must keep pace with it
or become back numbers. The following
passed:
Third grade J. M. O'Brien, Eobert
O'Brien, Dufur; Ada Bell, Leslie L.
Bell, Boyd; Ralph S. Shelley Hood
River.
Second grade Lillie Copple, Hood
River; Ira Decker, Wamic.
'First grade Hattie Sternweis, Boyd
The following were recommended for
6tate. certificates: Elsie Ball, The
Dalles; W. H. Walker. Kingslev.
miss iMia uooper ot xne uaues. was
recommended for state diploma, and H
G. Lske of Antelope, for life diploma. .
. .
.New Offieers.
Columbia Hose Company held its
annual meeting Thursday evening and
elected the following officers- for th en
suing year:
President, F. S. Gunning; secretary,
F.J.Brown; treasurer, J. F. Hamp-
smre; foreman, Grant Mays; 1st assist
ant, E. Jensen ; board ot delegates. C.
E. Dawson, F. S. Gunning and H.'. M,
French.
The following having duly and honor
ably served their time, handed in their
resignations : Joe Worsley, E. C. Pease,
H. A. Bill, C. C. Cooper, F. W. Bayley.
Mr. Worsley 's resignation was some
thing of an event, he having served with
the company for full 20 years. This fact
called forth many congratulations, min
gled with regrets at his severing his long
connection with the company.
Court Closes.
was
dis-
Tbe circuit court business ' today
light, the jurors all having been
charged Saturday night.
In equity A. M. Williams & Co.
against J. E. McCormack et al, was' re
ferred to George Dufur to take testi
mony. '.
May P. McCormack vs J. E. , McCor
mack, demurrer overruled, default for
want of answer and referred to George
Dufur to take testimonv.
In law Annie Urquhart against the
Manchester Fire Insurance Co., was set
tled.
A. L. Sproule against Dalles National
bank, Bet for trial first day of May term.
Court adjourned until the 26th.
. "The present drought in India is one
of the most severe ever known," said
Mr. Vincent L, Tissera recently.
"I am from Ceylon and know what
the horrors of a famine resulting from
drought are. Ten on 12 years ago the
Ceylonese were the victims of a com
paratively mild water famine, but the
suffering- I witnessed then wrung my
heart and I can see as plain es though I
were in the country the agony of the
starving Hindoos. The British papers
have not given the truth in its pitiful
completeness, and even though they did
all in their power to alleviate the pres
ent distress thousands .must die of
starvation. Russia's proffered aid was
refused by the English for political rea
sons. John Bull wants nothing done .
that will augment the kindly feelings
of the Hindoos for the Russians. There
are 200,000,000 people and nearly all of
them are vegeterians. They believe it
a sin to kill an animal and' the result is .
easily seen. No vegetation on which
they can subsist can escape the drought,
and pathetically sincere in their belief
of the teachings of Buddha, the poor,
ignorant people will starve rather than
prove, unfaithful to this time-honored
tenet of their religion and eat the flesh
: 1
"America has spent millions of dol
lars in sending end maintaining mis-'
sionaries in India and I, as a Christian,
am thankful for it, but now is the time
when the Americans, and the churches
especially, cam show that the love and
charity they have preached so. many
years to my countrymen are not merely
subjects of discourse but real condi
tions. Aid from America would do more
for the conversion of these people than
all the preaching that has been done in
all the. years since missions were first
established in India. It is a -charity
the ignorant could! understand and' I
know and God knows bow woefully they
are in need of it now.
" "A car load of husk would be re
ceived with the joy of a people who .
have been living on roots that the.
droueht has snored. Millions of people
have no other food and knowing the
likely results of such diet they stilly
must eat. . Leprosy is the outcome in
many cases, but what will not a starv- '
ing man do? Think of your own arctic
explorers who resorted to cannibalism.
But leprosy, though the most dreaded
disease and a common one in India, is
not the- most prevalent or fatal of the
ills that come from root diet and im
pure water. A plague caiiea in xne
native tongue 'burbonic' fever, eome
thing , like yellow fever, carries off
41 1A T 1An. ilntl- 4T.nl i Von Ko.
(-iniUBUliUA. J. UGCfcl UUUJ ULUll. IV uoa v
gun its ravages to add to the horror of
starvation and poverty. One day 800
died of it, but it has not begun to do its
worst yet."
Mr. Tissera is a Ceylonese. At tne
time of the world's fair he came to
America in charge of the agricultural
products of Ceylon. Obtaining a three
months leave from the railway by which
he was employed at home that he might
visit further the country with which he.
was fast becoming impressed he trav
eled all over the; union. That decided
him and he resolved to make America
his home. He is the first of his nation
ality to go into business in this city.
Beside his native tongue, he speaks
Portuguese. Tamil, the tongue of south
ern India, Spanish, English and is now
mastering the German, language. He
is not a recent convert to Christianity,
as the religion has been handed down in
the family from the time of the first
missionaries, 100 years ago, when the
forefather of 'the present Tissera was
converted. Chicago News.
Land Office Decisions.
Women's Slse Increaslot;.
Much comment baa recently arisen
among fashionable people regarding the
unusual and even phenomenal size of
this new generation of women. In eight
out of ten cases these young girls are a
full head and shoulders taller than their
mammas. Five feet eight or nine inches
is no longer regarded as an unusual
height for a debutante, and this Juno-
esque statue is supplemented, as a rule,
by broad shapely shoulders, a firm,
round waist, with harmonious propor
tions of arms, hip and bust. This new
oman, from a merely physical stand
point, is not only fair to look upon, but
promises with her clear eyes, rosy skin
and steady nerves as a wholesome
mother of the coming race.
This Is Tour Opportunity.
On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps,
cenerons 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 BBOTHEK8,
66 Warren St., New York City.
Eev. John Reid. Jr., of Great Falls, Mont,,
recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I
can emphasize his statement, "It is a posi
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Rev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Prea.
Church, Helena, Mont. ; - ,
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure or catarrh and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drag. Price, 60 cents.
The following land contests haye been
decided by the local office, and all in
favor of the contestants :
Feb. 3 Lewis C. Heuneghan vs. Will
iam Worden. .Franklin Sauter vs. Chas.
Ness.
Feb. 5 S. D. Ottis vs. John Gordon.
Feb. 9 Joseph Lister vs. M. R. Stow-
ell.
Feb. 10 Wallace Port vs. J. R. Mor
gan. .
Feb. 11 IX. S. Cowles vs. W. C. Jen-
mson.
Feb. 13 Thomas
Murray.
Brogan vs. Martin
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 giving tone
to the nerve centres in the stomach,
gently stimulates the Liver and Kidneys,
and aids these organs in throwing off
impurities in the blood. Electric Bit
ters improves the appetite, aids diges
tion and is pronounced by those who
have tried it as the very best blood puri
fier and nerve ton ft. Try it. Sold for
50c or f l.Od per bottle at Blakelev &
Houghton's Drug Store. . (2).
Bonnd Over.
Clemens, the man who was found oc
cupying a bouse near Mr. Haigbt's
without the knowledge of the owner,
and who was arrested last Saturday
charged with larceny, bad his examina
tion before Justice Filloon this morning,
and was bound over to await the action
of the grand jury in the sum of $250.
Clemens handled his own case, and, as
is usual -in cases where a man acts as his
own attorney, he had a fool for a client.
The testimony against him is rather
weak, the parties having him arrestrd
being unable to, identity the alleged
stolen goods. . . '