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THE DALLES WEEKLY 'CHRONICLE SATURDAY. JUNE 5.1897. The Weekly ChroDiele. county officiai.9. st Juda ..........RobtMaya Sheriff...... Clerk..-. Treasurer... Commissioner!. .. ..i....C. L. t-hiUips I A. S. Blowers IV. 8. Kimsev Assessor. ..-W. H. Whipple Barreyor.... - J. . ,cu ' Superintendent of Public Schools... C. L. Gilbert Coroner .................. W. H. butt ' " BTATB OFFICIALS. Governor. . '..' ...w. P. Lord Hotr.f 9tta . H R Klnnaid 25FibuV-to:rGf EIES Attorney-General.......... ..... c m. Mwn Senators I T" xs ' ut.kAn l ...-Vn n-., -ongrearaien.; ......... Jw. R. Ellis State Printer.;.... ...... .:..W, H, Leeds . . Clubbing; Bate. Chronicle and Oregonian ,. . Chronicle and Examiner'. ', . Chronicle and Tribune.,... . Chronicle and N. Y. World. .$2 25 .2 25 1 75 2 00 NOT THEIR nISH. The following has been going the .nnnit. nfti.ix.ni.niru miwn mil is a harsh and uncalled for criticism: Congressman Young of Pennsyl- vania has introduced a bill m tne house to exempt all ex-soldiers who servea as long as ninety aajs, irom 1 . r I uie restriction oi tue civu en ice law allowing them to be appointed to office without examination.- It would Kftpm that this soldier mania was perhaps being carried to a great- er extent than will meet a favorable response from the people. . It is not ones lauis mat ne nas oeen oorn since tbe war closed, and the doors should not be closed to this class of citizens any more than any others In the first place the old soldiers are not to blame because there are demagogues like Congressman Young . who are out for votes. Tbe old sol diers do not ask or desire any 6uch legislation. The most they have asked for in this line is a slight reduction in the per cent necessary to pass an examination. For in- stance, where it requires 70 per cent, that old soldiers willonly be required to obtain 65 per cent. As to the doors being closed to those born since the war, it is hardly worthy of comment. The few places are filled by old soldiers; . the manj' by those born since the war. Be sides, the term of office of the veter ans cannot be very long at the best for most of them, for they are getting up to that age where they will soon have to retire from active pursuits. The youngest are now 50 years old, and there are more over 62 than un 1 der that age. . - SULTAN'S ATTACK ON ENGLAND. "Unfortunately," said the Sultan of Turkey in his interview in the World last Sunday, "the conduct of the British ambassador has been a I great obstacle in the way of a good understanding" (between England and Turkey.) ' ' These words and the rest of the Woild's interview were cabled back the same day that the World pub lisbed them, and appeared in the 'London newspapers and all the lead ins iournals of Europe the "next morning. There' was no question that the SulUn had used the World .; f ,: aa uio uiuiuiu vi ot t v Jo vuiini i nntlnp tlmt ho was out of humor with England and not afraid to say so. The rage of the English has been growing steadily. As our cable dis patches show this morning, they are at a white beat against their ambas sador to Constantinc pie and against the Sultan. "The first question," . says the London Chronicle, . "is whether the Sultan's words are cor rectly reported,'-' and with just con fidence in the World's reliability, it adds, "We believe they are." And it closes its long review of the inter- View with this epigrammaticsentence: luo cmlu,a J" U3 luc t)Ultan SpitS upon US. , , -...;. Clearly the Sultan of Turkey knew World the medium of: "his private opimuD ui r-ngmDu .puunuijr ex- pressed. . Y. World A San Francifcco grocer was re- cently arrested and fined 150 for selling adulterated syru p. He bas now brought an action . against the 1 ; acifio Coast Syrup Company, from : whom he purchased the adulterated article,' to recover $25,000 damages. ,TLat grocer has taken the adulter ated food question "by the horns," ; and by making the manufacturers of adultered foods responsible for dam ages sustained from prosecution un der . the law, will set a . precedent, which if followed ."by; others, will soon make tbe adulteratea iraua business unprofilable,'ntjd encourage honest dealing with consnmers But . v. . - , . . .w,.' t. j. unveriii is necessary , '.uiii iuv itim luiucw- ors. ouumii ue iiiueut iu iuiuiwhj tte laws 'against adulterations, with out fear or favor.- .' .- ; ,. ''.,'.: -.- Senator Pettigrew. has . introduced a bill providing for submission to a I ; , .1 1.:' . uci..ii DOOUiar VOie 1116 QUeSUUDS: -OUBU confess at once! enact 'a Ikw provid , for he immediate free and un for the limited coinage -ot silver, ana . sec- and I - ; '(... oaa, "OM'l the constitution of the United States , be so amen Jed as to provide for the election of the presi dent, . vice-president : and United (States senators by direct vote of the neorjle " The ' first proposition is unnecessarj-, for the parties will set- I i that nnrl thi sportnd is fnl rle-rol - , - for tne senate, will see mac it aoes not nass. 'Most of them realize that they would now be at . Home ir tueir election depended on the vote of the people, and in tact know mat uncier tiat rule thev never would have heflrd -of Old man Spreckles, the' sugar- coated California millionaire, has brougbt suit against iiearst, me owner of the Examiner, for 1,000,- rjQO damages to his reputation, g Dreckes evidently has a better . . , , . ., . .. op,n,on f h,mSelf lhan otbers hftve of him, since be rates bis, reputation at those figures. . The average citi zen, familiar with Spreckles and his methods, would hardly , place the damages so high. A committee, unbiased and uninfluenced, would hesitate a long while before agreeing nPon R 8um that would adequately represent the amount of damage that hpieckles reputation might suffer, would range from a bonus to be paid by him for total loss therfof, to a reward for , anything that could possibly damage it. Judge Bradley, in discharging Havemeyer, commented upon tbe duties 'of witnesses in general, and rich witnesses in particular. He said, among other things, that IIave merer had answered all the Questions that he couM reasonablv be SUpposed . -,thnnt ,inv!n(y nPoParv . o J data at hand, .and that he was not expected to go and examine his books and then come back and tell what he learned. Froir . which it may be inferred that Havemeyer, in Bradley's opinion had too mu3h money to be compelled to obey the law. Is" it not possible, in view of the ruling, that Bradley got some of that same money, 'The examination into the matter of the alleged conspiracy to rob the Portland postoffice is still under way n that city. So far the only testi mony is that of Gautier, an ex-con vict, dope-fiend and all-around tough. Thiall, tbe special inspector, testifies to hearing Gautier and Ep- pngcr talking together, but ' he does not know what they were talking about, though he assumes it was about robbing the postoffice. It may be possible that Eppinger is guiltv, but fair-minded people will want something more reliable than ' the testimony of such a man as Gautier before they will believe it. ':. The outlook for a good wheat crop and good prices has not been. better for many years lhan now. This is, of course, from a local stand point, and is so because tue crop outlook in the world at large is bad France will have a shortage of from 50.000.000 to : 75.000.000 bushels. Germanv - EngIand and Austria all rerxirt bad ciod- conditions, or at Ipat conditions indm.-itin'o- ft Ipss t.hnn Lvpr9Te ' ,.:,. Aro-ntin and India are all out of comuetition this yea and as lUouu high prices were bound to prevail -.Senator. X ill man recently made sweeping charges against members of that body, accusing them, or rather readmg and repeating accusations made against them, to the effect that they ere . speculating in sugar stocks. One senator was mentioned by ; nampj and, his name was Smith. Thie dispatches j esterday show that Senator Smith rose in his place and replying to these accusations indig nantly said: "It is unnecessary, Mr. President, for me ' to denj' . these charges." And he didn't. A GAUZY SCHEME. Congressman Fowler of Isew Jer sey has introduced a bill providing lor the . establishment of - "a -tariff com mission for the purpose , of in vestigating federal , taxation, recom mending changes therein and adjust ing any inequalities id existing law." The bill provides that tbe commis sion shall consist of seven members, and that'; they shall "hold office ex cept the, first Beven. whV go -out one every three years) for the term of twenty one years, drawing a salary of $7,500 per year. It is further provided that each commissioner be furnished a" secretary at a salary of $1,200 a year, and that all expenses of ; members be paid by the gov ernment. y;1 -J ' -' ;' The . bill is a monstrosity, eyen considered as a New Jersej' product. Its author has been very careful to throw lots of safeguards around the salary part of the bill, but does not seem to realize how such a law would place the people at tbe mercy of that commission. . lue trusts ana tue corporations wouldn't do a thing to it but put it in their pockets inside of six months, and long before the first re pert was made out. '...', The commission may only recom mend the levying of further duty or tax. but may, with the approval of the president, suspend a part or whole of any tax. The junketing features of commission work have also been looked after carefully, for it is provided that the commission may visit different sections of the United States, and send a com mittee, or committees, to foreign countries for the purpose . of collect ing information. ' One can hardly believe J-hat Fowler was in earnest ' wnen be originated that bill, and yet it is barely possible Fowler is afraid of losing his job as congressman,' and is arranging bis rittle commission with a view to be ing appointed- on it as a tail-ender, sa' for eighteen or twenty-one years. The Oregonian states that its edit-. or was not appointed tbrougli ibe recommendation nor efforts of Sena tor Mitchell; but that he received his appointment through the - recom mendation of Senators Williams and Corbett. In the vast array of the Oregonian editor's shortcomings, it possible and probable ' that we were mistaken. . One finite being cannot, well, be expected to keep track, of all of them, hence we con clude the Oregoniau is right and we are wrong with regard to his ap pointmcnt. The "fleshy incubus" letters and other interesting matters occurring about that time, probably misled us. We wish to add that our heretofore good opinion of Senator Mitchell has been- enhanced by the Orcgonian's correction, and an addi tional reason bas been advanced why Corbett should not be seated. One week from today Theodore Durrant will suffer death for the murder of Blanche Lamont. For two years, in season and out, in the courts and out, his attorneys have fought to save his. life. They have now played their last card in taking an appeal from the U. S. court to the supreme court on the former's re fusal to grant a'writ of habeas cor pus. A special messenger has been sent across tbe continent to present the appeal to the supreme court; but there is little chance of it benefiting the prisoner.' The chances are over whelmingly against his being alive one week from this time. ; Tbe tariff debate has one merit at least, and that is that it is not long winded. -The list is being gone through very rapidly, and " the end should be reached next. week... The vote on every item so far has been overwhelmingly in favor of the in creased tariff nd the speedy passage of the bill, once tbe ' items have all been acted upon, is assured. ; ; Unfor tunately the wool speculators have been taking advantage, of the long delay to fi.'l the warehouses with for eign wool, which will keep prices down for at least a year. ; '.-:. ' :' It is reported in the dispatches that President MoKinley is anxious to have ' congress, when it ' gets through with its, tariff amendments, take some action in regard to reform ing the currency. , The money prop- osition has, ; in a manner, settled itself, and it would be a good thing for the country if it could be, aud would be, let alone. All the - coun try's money is kept at par, is 'inter changeable, and what more could any one ask or obtain ?; - 1 ; ';. . It is stated that Mrs, Durrant, the mother of the murderer, has expressed her determination to see her son hanged. - The belief in 'Durrant' s guilt becomes much more easy know ing this, for the son of such a mother could be little else than' a reptile, with water instead of : blood ' in his veins.,'; Her- presence ought- to be a cemfort to : him on the occasion of his taking off, for. the knowledge that he Lad such a mother ought to reconcile him to death. ! The dispatches yesterday announc ing that Almighty Voice had been killed, our middle-of-the-road friends were hi doubt whether to go into mourning . for Tillman or tie on crepe for Watson. They were much relieved to find the name belonged to an Indian. THE HORSE SUICIDED. Preferred Death' In tbe Colombia ' Being Dishonored by a Saddle. Henry Boyen had an experience Fri day- with a. hor6e that was decidedlv exciting. - .: '' , He had taken a colt belonging to Dep uty Sheriff Keiley to break, the colt be ing of a very vicious disposition. Henry rode him once about three weeks ago, but had not tackeled him since. -. Yes terday having some cattle to look after in the Gilmer neighborhood, he took the horse on . the Regulator , to Rankin's landing near the month of the White Salmon. , ' He blindfolded . him arid mounted, and, without waiting for the hiind to be lifted, tbe borse commenced to back in a manner that wonld make a coaimon cavnse quit, inst from envy. After doing tbe ground and lofty tumbl ing act for several minutes without un seating his rider, the vicious, brute reached around, canght hold of Henry's leg with his montb and tried to pnll him off. .. Failing in this, he deliberately backed into the river, going in near tbe boat's wheel. As he struck deep water, be held his head down and sank. -. ' At this stage of the' game Henry had enough, as he didn't care to go into, the salmon herding business, so he threw himself backward and floated off. As he got . loose bis spur tangled in the horse's tail, bat placed the other foot on the animal's ramp and palled bimeelt loose. The horse went under, long enough to drown himself, while Boyen, having on all his cowboy toggery, bad a hard strangle to reach tbe store. . ' v The horse was palled ont, but jnst turned over and died, having apparently committed deliberate suicide. . ' HiAhup Cranston' Sermon. Last nigbt Bishop Cranston preached before the district conference an expos itory sermon from incidents of Moses career in his leadership of tbe people of Israel, particularly at Sinai. ' Introduc torially the bishop said he desired that the presentation of the theme should be an illustration of a type of expository preacbiog too rarely heard. -,- . - . The theme was indexed by the text "Show Me Thy Glory," Ex. xxxiii:18; bat had its bearing upon a statement of tbe declaration of God and three prayers of Moses found in the -statement of cir cumstances which followed. ' God's dec laration was "Ler me alone that I may consume them, and I will make of thee a great nation." ' Moses reply in his first prayer was:' "Remember Abra ham, Isaac and Israel."' God's honor was at stake. Tbe spirit of self abroga tion on Moses part and the relation of His covenant moved God to a proposi tion of reconciliation. Considered in his relation to tbe Isra elites and in bis relation to God, Moses becomes a mediator and type of Christ. In this, too, is found a parallel with the experience of the .ministry in al' ages. Born of a Hebrew woman, transferred under peculiar' circumstances to the royal household, driven from home, commissioned of God at the burning bush under a sense of inability, pleads excuse. ,- Without military '. prestige, meeting the conditions of the people in oppressive . slavery,, they taunt ' him. Burdened with the care of a million people, fickle-minded, of idolatrous ten dencies, of a chiding spirit, Moses must have7 some uplift from a superhuman source. Hence Moses second 'prayer, "ShoXv me now. Thy way," pleading that it was God's cause, and that tbe eyes of all nations were upon' them.' ' The third prayer is found in the text, "Show Me Tby Glory." How shall the prayer be understood? - Was it for a greater display - of miraculous power? No. "The plagues of Egypt, opening of the sea, provision of food, were suffi cient in their sphere. Evidently it was for a more comprehensive view of God's character and attitude toward men,. The promise was made for the following day. Directions were given for .the occasion. Moses made preparation and repaired to the mount. There God's glory was shown. May ' we' not conclude that for forty days prophetic visions of th scheme of redemption, the IransSgura tion, crucifixion, resurrection, aecen eion, . and . other " essential element passed like ji panorama before' the eyes of Moses, and constituted the 'glory?; The.cleft of the rock from which Moses viewed the glory is expressive of tbe wounds of Christ, in which - we find shelter, and from which . everyone re ceives his first impressions ot the Divine glory. -;; r -;:;,;Jt . : '-',;;: In obedience' to. God's proclamation wp may prepare the tables of oar hearts ascend to the mount of comuiiini'ih, be held in Jesus body, and receive ploriou revelations of the nature of God and tbe scheme of redemption,- while we are en veloped in the glory of heavenly light. .' . . : ' : E. C. A. -.. ;. City Council BleutliiB. ,( .The regular monthly meeting ot the city, council was held, last night, Conn cilmen Nolao, Johns, Thompson, Wood Saltmarshe and Chaniplin were present The following proceedings were had Mayor Menefeo being absent. Conn cilman Nolau was chosen as presiding officer: ; ' ; v Minutes were read and approved. Committee on streets and public prop erty reported, recommending that the matter of labeling streets be deferred on account of tbe financial condition of the city.'', 'f;,.. J'.' 7v '''. Councilman ' Enck came in at this time. ... . i . .. . i V ' : Committee on health and police re ported that a. site for animal . pound could not be agreed upon, committee eiven further time. . ' Regular reports of officers were read and on motion warrants were ordered drawn for payment of officers salaries. claims as per marshal's report for labor and dogs killed. " :"' Claims against, the city were read and on motion allowed -; and warrants or dered drawn for the amounts. ' On motion the following clerks and judges of election were appointed : ' First ward Judges, J.' B. Crossen, W H. Butts, Chris Knabe. Clerks, Dic,k Gorman, Victor Schmidt. ;'... Second ward Judges, J. H. Blakeney J. M. Patter60u, Francis Ross. Clerk;, J. M. Huntington, John Gavin., . : ' i Third ward--Judges, CE. Bayard, J, M. Marden, G. C. Eshelman. Clerks, J Doherty, N. Gates. Ss',. . ... ' --; ', BILLS ALLOWED. C F Laner, marshal Geo C Brown, engineer ........ k . J J Wiley, night watch v. . . . : G W Phelps, recorder. . 1 . 1,.'. C J - Crandall, treasurer. ...... . . . C F Laner, impounding fees. .... . Henrv Rodmanlabor ou streets. . A L Settle, ' " - " " James Like, '." : " ", . . Walter Norman, " " " . . FS Smith, " " . . $75 00 75 00 60 00 50 00 20 00 1 00 5 40 2 00 8 76 . 9 00 16 80 2 00 . 50 1 25 4 75 25 1 80 3 00 3 00 J W Habner, special police . . . A J Davis, removing dead horse. . Sam Klein, removing animals. . .'. S D Childs & Co. 2 doz tags....... G W Phelps, expressage. ...... E Benjamin, sawing wood. ; . : . Snipes & Kineraly, duster. . . . . C Berry, 100 dog tags. :. J W Blakeney, hauling. : , . . . :. . ; Dalles Electric Light Co, lights. . Wm Henzie, hauling. Dalles Water Co, water. . '. PF Barham, hauling. Times-Mountaineer, dog tax ; re ceipts .................. : '. . . . Mrs H Frazier, meals to prisoners 9 25 14 60 3 00 32 00 75 3 00 6 80 Advertised Letter. Following is the list of letters remain ing in the postoffice at The Dalles un called for Joje 5, 1897. Persons call ing for tbe same will give date on which they were advertised : - Austin, M V Andre, Jas Brown, J Aug Butler, Josie Cams. Laura B Gibson, Mrs Mary Hobart, A E Bostwick, HA Cora,- Mrs Cora " Davis, "Col. Feed Yard" Hathaway, Fred W Malvern, Dick jusxer, airs Alary McMinvell. E Estes McElrath, Rubv (2) Robinson, Jas W Staples, C E Skenk (hide man) Scammon, Jess 1 Willard, Grace . , Wood, Harry ' : 1 " J. A. Cbossen, P. M. 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