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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9. 1897.
The Weekly Gbf oniele.
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
C "intr Judge. Eobt. Mays
enenn i. . u river
Clerk.... A M. Kelaav
Treasurer C. L. fhlllipe
Commissioner. Si fitaS?
Assessor W. II. Whipple
Bnryevor J. a.
Superintendent of Public Schools.. .C. L. Gilbert
Coroner W. U. Butts
8TATK OFFICIALS.
ajrernoi W. P. Lord
Secretary of State H R Kincald
Treasurer. ....-Phillip Metachan
Dupt.ni mDJC iuiuucuuu u. . uwiu
AttorneT-General CM. Idleman
., 1G. W. McBride
J J. H. MitcheU
r. 4B Hermann
u,,u jW R E1Ug
State Printer W. H. Leeds
AN INDEFINITE TERM.
The silver men met in convention
at Albany Wednesday, June 2d, and
among other things adopted as a part
of their platform the following:
We demand-the free and unlimit
ed coinage of gold and silver at the
ratio of 16 to 1, independent of the
action of any other nation; that the
government shall issue all money
without the intervention of banks,
and in quantity adequate for the
needs of the people; that all money
issued by the government, whether
gold, silver or paper, shall be legal
tender for all debts, public or pri
vate ; that no contract or law shall
discriminate against any kind of
money issued by the government.
One of the things the silver men
always avoid is the fixing of the
amount ot silver which they expect
the government to carry, and the
amount of money generally they ex
pect to meet the very indefinite
statement "Adequate for the needs
of the people." Somehow it has al
ways appeared to us that there never
was money enough to meet the de
mands of all the people all the time
As a matter of fact, in good limes or
bad the government owns or issues
about the same amount of money
The question is not how much money
there is in existence, but how much
cm a fellow get hold of. When the
coin of the nation is easily gathered
by any one, times are good for him,
but for the fellow who can't catch
hold of the nickels, times are bad.
Coining money "adequate to the
needs of the people" is a very indefi
nite job. There are 70,000,000 of
us, and if others are in need as bad
ly as we, it will require a million a
piece.
statements, and more than all by Ep
ping's admissions, there seems to be
but little doubt but that he was in
some kind' of a scheme to rob the
mails. The story though, ns a whole
as first told, was decidedly fishy;
for according to Gautier's statement,
Holsapple, Watson, Simpson and
others were to share in the plunder,
and yet there was no one to bave
anything to do with the job but Gau
tier and Epping. Why they should
get them in to divide the plunder
with was the mysterj-.
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
IN THE MARKET.
Under the heading "Won't Some
body Please Marry This Lady ?" the
New York World writes:
"Whenever Hawaii espies a war
. ship on the horizon, she arranges her
curls, falls into a hysterical flutter of
affected terror and begins to cry :
'Oh, oh, I'm sure that is somebody
coming to steal me!' But the war
ship comes, she is treated with mor
tifying politeness and a formality
that freezes her flirtatious advances.
And presently the warship departs,
leaving her 'uustole.' In the last
four years she has had many a sick
ening disappointment. John Bull
look fright at her coquetries and fled
precipitately. Jean Crapaud kissed
her hand and told ber he would be
most happy to attend her marriage
to somebody else. And so on until
now when Japan, hearing that she
was whispering that be had designs
upon her, puts it in all the papers
that he would not have her under
any circumstances. All this time
the dusky dame has been writing
love letters to old Uncle Sam. Early
in the game she almost caught the
simple-hearted gentleman. In fact
it must be admitted that there is
something in her claim that she has a
bundle of compromising letters from
him that could be made the basis of
a very pretty breach of promise.
But there can now be hardly a doubt,
even in her mind, that the old gen
tleman is completely cured of his
infatuation, as he has stor ped read
, ing ihe love letters with whifh she
bombards him. There seems to be
nothing left to Hawaii but the per
son il columns. This advertisement
miabt possibly trap somebody:
'Wanted By a lovely, rich lady of
affectionate disposition and past the
age of frivolit, a husband ; age, race,
color, religion and references not
.subjects of inquiry on either side; no
triflVrs."
Col. C. E. S. Wood has presented
Mr. McCamant's brief in the Corbett
case to the United States senate, or,
to be exactly correct, to the senate
committee. This is the most sensi
ble thing the Corbett faction has yet
done, that is the employment of Col.
Wood to make the argument. He is
a lawyer, and, in our humble opinion,
one of the best on the coast. He
made an able presentation of Mr.
Corbett's case. No attorney could
have done better; but and there
are always "buts" while bis argu
ment was strong, his premises were
faulty, and consequently his conclu
sions were incorrect.
Col. Wood draws the comparison
between the Mantle case and the one
at bar. He s'iows that in Oregon
there was no D-eeting of the legisla
ture, while in Montana there was.
On the face of the returns Col. Wood
is correct, but he avoids striking into
the deeps, and skirts along the shores
of the proposition.' It is true there
was no meeting of the Oregon legis
lature, but that fact was due to the
deliberate action of a minority of
the legislature, which refused to act
in order to accomplish its ends. It
was a deliberate attempt to subvert
the constitution, to establish the doc
trine of minority rule instead of ma
jority rule.
The question is not as to methods,
but goes broadly to principles and
results. Can the United States sen
ate, which alone is the judge of the
qualifications of its members, afford
to establish the precedent that a mi
nority of sore-heads can take the
election of a United States senator
out of the hands of the people's rep
resentatives, where it belongs, and
turn it over to the governor, where
it does not belong. That is what
Col. Wood says should be done, but
he doers not believe it; ceither does
any other good citizen.
Let Corbett go! Let Mitchell go!
Put them aside in the consideration
of the question, and consider it from
its merits. The country will live
when both are dead, but it will not
survive the setting aside of the prin
ciples upon wbiL republics must be
run. The majority must rule. That
is democracy. When the minority
rules we will no longer have a repub
lic.
days on the water. It will be seen
that the scheme is a great one, an
as the three countries Canada,
United States and England would
be directly benefited, tbe Boston ma
hoDes to interest all of them. The
estimated cost would be a very
small item when the great results It
would bring about are taken into
consideration. La Grande Chron
icle.
ONE HUNDRED MILLION
LARS FOR SUGAR.
VOL
For foreign sugar tbe people of
the United States pay annually an
enormous sum which operates as
severe drain upon tneir resources
and supply. The official Statistical
Abstract of the United States shows
that in 1894 we paid $126,871,889
for foreign sugars, of which we con
sumed .4,345,193,881 pounds. In
1895 we consumed 3,574.510,454
pounds, for which we paid other
countries 76,462,836. For many
rears the United Stales has sent
abrond an average of about $100,
000,000 per annum for sugar. The
average per capita consumption runs
from sixty to sixty-six pounds per
annum, and in 1894 we paid the for
eign growers aboul $2 per capita, or
$10 for the average family, for sugar
which should bave been grown in the
United States.
The last national platform of the
Republican party declared for "such
protection as will lead to the produc
tion on American soil of all the
sugar which the American people
use, and for which we are sending
abroad more than $100,000,000 to
foreign countries.'"
In line with this pledge to the
country, the Dingley tariff now
pending in congress, proposes a duty
of one cent per pound on raw sugar.
Since the cane fields of Louisiana
and other southern states arc now
producing well up to their capacity,
the increased production would come
from the sugar beet. Thorough and
long continued scientific and prac
tical experiments have demonstrated
that Washington and Idaho are
among the few sections of the United
Stales adapted to the successful de
velopment of this vast industry. If,
therefore, protection should make
the United Stales independent of tbe
foreign sugar grower, a' large part of
this $100,000,000 would come into
these states, instead of being sent
broad as at present. Spokesman
Review.
tige, ana wnne tnousands were
crowding to see him, he suddenly
disappeared, and though the country
was watched in all directions, noth
ing was seen of him. There seems
to be 'no doubt, but that the body
found is that of Schlatter.
is
" The mobbing of the negro, "Click'
Mitchell, at Uibana, Ohio, an account
of which appears in today's dis
patches, shows that humanity
much . the same tbe world over, and
that North or South the white man
knews but one punishment for the
negro criminal of the Mitchell kind
Had the mobbing been done in tbe
Sotgh, the northern papers generally
would have condemned it; but
where the crime and punishment
occur hearer home, there is a silence
that may be classed as profound
As an eloquent Southern divine of
Virginia recently said: "'Tue South
has dow discovered that when she
sought political independence by se-
cesssion. God gave ber industrial
independence instead, not through
victory, but through defeat. For it
is now evident that the 'slave was
not so much shackled bj the Soulh,
as the South was shackled by the
slave." Well put.
Julian Hawthorne has just returned
from India, and tells a story of suf
fenng and neglect that should bring
the blush of shame to the civilized
nations of tbe earth, and especially
to England. He tells that the famine
and plague consequent upon it killed
8,500,000 people; and yet with all
these unfortunates dying, no prac
tical efforts were made to relieve
them.
HE WENT OVER THE BLUFF.
Catbcart'e
florae Blopes
cart's Baggy.
With Calh-
A GIGANTIC SCHEME.
The case against Epping begins to
look pretty black for him. Gautier's
evidence by itself simply amounts to
nothing, but backed by Thrall's
One of the most gigantic engineer
ing schemes ever attempted, and one
that would be productive of the
most wonderful results if success
fully carried out, is that proposed by
a Boston man. He proposed to
build a dam across the Strait of
Belle Isle, which separates Labrador
from Newfoundland, and thus pre
vent tbe flow of ice cold water from
the polar regions into the Atlantic,
which accomplishment would bring
about several very desirable results.
First, it is claimed it would modify
the climate of the entire New Eng
land coast, as the vapor rising from
the Arctic currents is what makes
the chilling winds that are so disa
greeable in that particular section ;
it would keep the Canadian ports
open all the year round, and give
the maritime piovinces of that coun
try a mild climate all the lime. The
bank or dam that would be built
across the strait would be about nine
mi'es long, and trains could be run
over it, allowing the American rail
way systems to extend their lines to
St. Johns, Newfoundland.
This would reduce the trans At
lantic voyage to three and a half
days, as outgoing ships pass just a
little to the eastward of St. Johns
two or three days after leaving New,
York.' With the railroads extending
that far people who object to ocean
travel could travel to St. Johns in
a palace car, and thus save several
The remarkable success of the
gold Democrats in Michigan at the
recent spring election, in more than
doubling the vote tLey cast at the
presidential election last fa'!, has
given rise to a great deal of discus
sicn in the press of the country, and
has stimulated activity among the
members of that party in the states
that are to hold elections next No
vember. Jn numerous county con
ventions in Ohio, at which delegates
have been elected to the state con
vention, the gold standard men have
come to the front with positive dec
larations that they will under no cir
cumstances fuse with tbe Bryan free
silver people. In Missouri a gold
Democratic committee has just print
ed twenty thousand documents for
distribution throughout the state.
In Iowa tbeie is a manifest effort
on the part of the silver Democracy
to persuade the honest money men to
stay in the old party Ibis year, on
the ground that state issues on!- will
be involved in tbe campaign, but
the old Palmer and Buckner fighters
are insisting that if they are to fall
Intc line there must be no talk in the
platform about tbe 16 to 1 silver
business. No amount of coaxing or
patting on the back, will persuade
these men to swallow Bryanism.
Sound Money.
Francis Schlatter, who claimed to
perform miraculou cures by divine
power, is dead. His body was found
in the foothills of the Sierra Madrc
mountains, thirty-five miles south
west or Casa Grande, in the state of
Chihuahua, Mexico. He had been
fasting, and indications were that he
had starved himself to death. While
in Denver from August 22d to No
vember 13, 1895, it is estimated that
fully 200,000 people visited him to
receive treatment, and the records
show that there were many miracu
lous cases. In the midst of his pres-
- Last night about 9 :30 a horse belong-
ng to Mr. Catbcart took a little spin on
his own account, that will not soon be
rivaled.
The horse, hitched to a light buggy.
was standing in front of Mr. Cat heart's
ouse, when a man rode np on horse
back, and dismounting hurriedly, fright
ened the Cathcart horse and he imme
diately lit out down Jefferson street.
ow Jefferson street is a nice on? as far
as it goes, but there are places where it
doesn't go, one of .these being a portion
of the city lying between Fourth and
Sixth streets. The reason it doesn't go
there is that there is a big basaltic bluff
eixty or seventy feet high. The horse,
not Laving a plat of the city to examine,
evidently did not know this, for he ran
straight down the street, keeping the
middle of the road and plunged over tbe
bluJT.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Stephens, near
whose house the matter occurred, heard
the crash, but did not know whether it
was a flying machine, -the Populist
party, or a flight of The Chronicle
editor's fancy that had come sailing
over the hill. Mr. Stephens went out
to see what be could see, and a voice
from tbe top of tht bluff hailed him with
the question, "Did you see anything of a
horse and buggy coming down that
way?" Charley replied that he bad;
that, in fact, the horse and what had
been a buggy were just then in front of
him.
A crowd soon gathered to take a look
at the wreck. The horse was lying on
his back with his feet slicking np
through tbe remnants nf the buggy,
which were piled on top of him. These
were dragged off, and one of the crowd
gave the horse a kick to see if he was
alive, and was astonished to see the ani
mal turn over and struggle to bis feet.
He was uncoupled from tbe wreck and
led awav, apparently nnburt.
The bluff where tbe accident hap
pened is not less than fifty feet sheer,
and how the horse escaped with his life
is a mystery.
tending south almost to Bock lake. An
other similar strip extends out south of
Cheney and west towards Spangle..
Just what the plant is that kills tbe
sheep is not known, bnt it ia seldom
that a band is driven across it without
losing from five to fifty bead. The Per
eon & Poe eheep of 6000 bead in two
bands that crossed tbe strip this week,
lost only twelve head and their owners
consider themselves quite fortunate in
escaping so lightly. Last year they lost
forty.
Several years ago, before the exact lo
cation of tbe trip was definitely known
a band of 1500 Bheep was driven leis
urely across it, and 700 of them died
from the effects of the poison.' Experi
ence has taught sheepmen that the only
way to cross in safety is to drive tbe
sheep across on tbe run, so thev will not
get an opportunity of grazing on it
This method is the one now universally
adopted.
Spread Upon tbe Minutes.
A POISON STRIP.
Land That Is Said to Kill Sheep Drlren
i Across It.
Jest at this time of the year there is
a general movement of large bands of
sheep from their ranges south and west
of Spokane to their summer ranges in
the mountains to the north and east.
Several large bands have passed by east
of that city within the past few weeks
on this route. Tbe sheepmen are having
this spring the usual trouble in crossing
what is known among them as "poison
strip, says the Spokane Chronicle.
Thisjsa Btnp of country about five
miles wide between Spokajie and Pine
City, on which there grows sime kind of
a plant that is poisonous to sheep. It is
not generally known that such a strip
exists, but every sheepman who has ever
run 'sheep in that part of the state is
aware of it, knows its exact location,
and . makes preparations for crossing
it in going north or south with his
bands. ' '
The strip is about five miles wide and
extends along tbe edge of the timber,
beginning near the Idaho line and ex-
This morning at 10 o'clock, it being
tbe bonr set for the report of the com
mi t tee appointed by the court to submit
resolutions upon the death -of L. L. Me
armor, almost the entire bar was
present. Hon. J. B. Condon was to have
delivered an eulogy, but was prevented
by business from doing so, or from at
tending, Hon. B. S. Huntington, A. S.
Bennett and E. B. Dofur, all made short
but feeling addresses, each testifying to
the noble character and high attain
ments. It seemed that each, in speak
ing of tbe dead jurist, appreciated tbe
kindly spirit of the man, that caused
him to take a deep interest in the
yonnger attorneys and they to seek from
him advice and guidance. Judege Brad-
shaw, in closing the meeting, paid a
warm tribute to his predecessor and or
dered the resolutions submitted spread
upon the minutes of tbe court, and a
copy sent to tbe relatives of tbe deceased.
The following resolutions were pre
sented :
To the Honorable tlte Circuit Court of the
State of Oregon for the County of Wasco:
We, your committee heretofore ap
pointed to draft and present to this
court resolutions commemorative of the
life, eei vices and death of Hon. Lewis L.
McArthnr, recommend the adoption of
the following preamble and resolution :
Whereas, Hon Lewis L. McArthur
was tbe presiding judge of the court
from the year 1870 to the year 1882, and
Whereas, During his long service as
such judge, his life as a citizen and a
udicial officer was distinguished by his
ndustry, learning, integrity, and bis ir
reproachable character ; and
Whereas, His services to the state,
and particularly to this judicial district,
were of great and permanent value, and
are held in the highest esteem by the
people and bar of tbe state ; and
Whereas, On the 10th day of May,
1897, the eaid Lewis L. McArthur de
parted this life; and
Whereas, It is desired on tbe part of
this court and the members of its bar,
to express their esteem, and to record
their appreciation of the life and ser
vices of said Lewis L. McArthur, there
fore be it
Resolved, Tbat it is the sense of this
court and the- bar thereof tbat by tbe
death of Hon. Lewis L. McArthnr the
state has . been deprived of 'a most hon
orable and useful citizen; that the judi
ciary of the Btatn has lost a conscien
tious and wise adviser, and the bar has
lost a learned, honored and faithful
associate. Be it farther
Resolved, That these preambles and
resolutions be entered upon the journal
of this court, and that a certified copy
thereof be forwarded to the widow of
said deceased. B. S. Huntington,
A. S. Bennett,
W. H. Wilson,
Committee.
berries. Nex day, on Friday last, soon
after starting to pick, he discovered
that something was wrong with the ber
ries. Upon examination with a glass he
found the berries alive with these little
yellow lice. He went over to his neigh
bor; Jack Binns, and found his patch
affected the same way. Both Mr. Brown
nnd Mr. Binns expect to lose their en
tire crops. Not a single berry has so far '
escaped, except the half crate shipped
the day before the pest was discovered.
Mr. Brown expected at least 100 crates
and got half a crate. His berry patch
was his sole dependence for the support
of his family. Being an Invalid him
self, his wife had done all the work in
taking care of the patch. A small box
of the infested berries was sent to the
Agricultural college at Cor vail is for in
spection by the professors. Glacier.
Labor-Saving Geese.
It is told of a Florida farmer not far
from Tallahassee that he has devised an
ingenious scheme by which be has rele
gated the boe and the cotton sweep to
desuetude. Tbe cotton planters, it is
said, know that geese will not touch the
cotton plant, but like very much the
tender grass that is tbe bane of tbe cot
ton patch.
This farmer noticed tbat his geese
kept part of bis patch free from grass,
but wouldn't go near tbe other parts of
it ; and he found that they went only
where there was drinking water. He
hit upon the idea ot equipping each
goose with a gourd, which he filled with
water and cut a slit in, so tbat any
goose might drink from this little trough
suspended from the neck of his tellow.
Then he turned the geese loose in his
cotton field, and they cleared it of all
grass. Kansas City Star.
Tha New Time Card.
The O. R. & N. has made another
change in its time table, which went into
effect June 1st. It is as follows : No. 1.
west-boundj arrives 3:55 a. m. and de
parts at 4; No. 3, west-bound, arrives
8:25, departs 8:30; No. 2, east-bound,
arrives 1 a. m., departs 1:05; No. 4,
east-bound, arrives 5:55 evening, de
parts at 6. All trains except No. 4 stop
at Umatilla House. Train No. 1 now
runs via Walla Walla.
A special ' rate of $3' for round trip
tickets to Portland, with two days'
limit, has been made, going into effect
today. These tickets are also good going .
Saturday and returning Monday.
The company Las also made the very
low rate of $5 first-class and $2.50 second-class
from Portland to San Fran
cisco, which rate includes berth and
meals. jl-2w-dtw
A Peculiar Church Ornament.
Country Butter."
Go through the country and stop at
every farm bouse as you go, and buy a
pound of butter. Keep on until yon get
190 pounds; take it home with you and
grade it so you can send it io tbe city
market. After you have epent two or
three hours trying to grade the butter,
this is what you will have : Ten pounds
of good butter, twenty ' pounds second
grade, thirty pounds third gride and
forty pounds tbat you nor no other man
can grade. Tbe more you look at it the
worse it looks ; the more you smell it
the sicker yon get. If tbe cows only
knew that 40 per cent of their cream
was wasted, the whole herd would go on
a strike. No branch of farming has paid
the farmer better returns for his labor
than butter-making, when properly
done. No part of the farmer's work has
been so willfully and shamefully neg
lected as the butter department. There
always has been a good demand in tbe
city for good butter, and probably al
ways will be. Why not supply it? .
A Mew Pest.
Mr. Harry Brown, Hying up on the
side of tbe mountain, near Parker s
mill, has lost his whole crop of straw
berries by the ravages of a little yellow
bug, something like - a louse as seen
through a glass. The bug is so small
it can bardly be seen with tbe naked
eye. Tbe pest works on tbe berry near
the stem and causes it to turn a dirty
yellow color in ripening. Mr. Brown
bad just commenced to pick his patch
and bad shipped half a crate of good
There is a very peculiar ornament in
the Third Baptist church, in Albina,
that attracts tbe attention of a stranger
on entering the auditorium for the first
time. Above the space between the first
row of seats and the pulpit and well up .
toward tbe ceiling, is suspended a white
dove. The dove seems to be floating,
and swaying in the air and moving con
stantly with the air in the room. It is '
a perfect representation of a dove with
outspread wings. Tbe cord tbat bolda
it in place is invisible. The effect is
very striking and very ettective. It
seems to be tbe representation of peace
and purity, and as such it seems very
appropriate. Tbe Woodmen of tbe
World in their burial services turn a
white dove loose as tbe grave is being
filled, and tbe same ceremony is used by
the Red Men's order.
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 by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus
tachian Tube. When this tube is in3
flamed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, aud when it is en
tirely closed, Deafness is the result, and
unless tbe inflammation can betaken
out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine casB 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 caBe of Deaf ness (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
The Bonanza Aline.
The Bonanza mine is a great mine, lo
cated in Baker county. It is sending in
from $25,000 to $30,000 monthly and last
year it paid nearly $200,000. Within a
few weeks the Geiser boys refused an
offer of $700,000 for the property.
There ia another bit of history con
nected with the property that is ro
mantic. Tne Bonanza came into posses
sion of the mother of the owners on a
debt of $300. The boys concluded they
might as well work it. Two years ago
they had a good enough showing to war
rant them in asking Mr. Bunting $50,
000 for tbe mine. He let it pass, and
the property is now worth more than
ten times as much as he could have pur
chased it for.
We sell Hoe Cake soap. Pease &
Mays. a3-2m
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