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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY. AUGUST 14. 1897. The Weekly GhroMele. THK DALLES. - OBKGON - OFFICIAL PAPKE OF WASCO COUNTY. ' Published in two and Saturday. parts, cm Wednesdays SUBSCRIPTION BATES." . . ... ST JtAII., rOSTAGB PBXTA1D, VX ADY.JCI. One year .............. 1 M Six montbd j . "5 Three months.... SO Advertising rates reasonable, and made known on application. ... " Address all communications to "THF CHRON ICLE," The Ixlles, Oregon. .. Telephone No. 1. Wednesday s Daily. ' i - i j -t 11 . H.ICVCU ear vuua cm eiiccp win uc shipped East either tomorrow or Fri day. - v v " - The regular quarterly examination of teachers begins tomorrow afternoon at 1 O'clock.'-; The ladies ot the Catholic church .have arranged for a moonlight excursion Saturday night on tbe Regulator. Don't forget the time and don't fail to go. r..mn.Q in tnA Vininifv ftf RltZVlllA according to a correspondent of the "Spokane Spokesman-Review, are being compelled to discontinue harvesting spring grain on account of a scarcity of field hands. A New York crowd has arranged for a trip to Alaska next ' spring. It will take a steamer of light draft, about 70 tone for them. In this the crowd er pect to go prospecting the various tribu taries of the Yukon. There are about twenty-five Dallesitea camped at the Meadows. . They expect to break camp 'and return to the city Monday. - Mrs. Bolton is steadily im proving, and hopes are entertained of her entire recovery. - The young women of the Epworth League of Abron.'Ohio, to encourage the attendance of mothers at the church, have provided a nursery for the care of badies during church hours. The nut Bery will be taken care of by volunteers from the League. The regalar quarterly examination of teachers began at 1 o'clock this after noon, with nine applicants, eight young ladies and one gentleman. Professor J. J. nen, wno is on toe ooara oi examin ers, came op from Hood River last night to attend to the duties of the po sition. ' And still the candidates for govern ment offices are kept on the anxious seat. It begins . to look as thongh the president had concluded not to appoint until congress meats next December. The tact that the delegation has reached no agreement concerning the appoint ments also indicates that they are not to be made soon. ; , Spokane is to have a grand fruit fair, beginning October 5th and closing Oc tober 16th. Wasco county should make an exhibit, as the fair is well attended and thousand of strangers, attracted from the East by the mining boom, will thns get an idea ot what can be done in this neighborhood in the wav of fruit raising. The Southern Pacific railroad during the state fair, beginning September 30th and ending October 8th, will 'sell tickets from all stations on its lines in Oregon, for one fare for the round trip. Abund- nub vrvyo win aaaiai. uitbcriaijjr m uia. ing the attendance at the ' fair larger than usual, and the Southern Pacific very laudably is endeavoring to aid in making the affair a grand success. Bagpicking sometimes has its sunny nii1i. A vnmin nnv rpniriinc in North Walpole, Vt., not so long ago was em ployed in a ragroom at Bellows Falls. One day she found a sum of money stitched into the lining of an old coat. She quit work at once, and no onei has ever been able to ascertain the amount of her find, 'but she has erected a neat and comfortable house, and is prosper- i . Mr. P. P. McCully and Miss Angie M. Julian were married last night. Mr. nicuauy, oeing a printer, snouia nave known better than to put off procuring the license until after the paper bad gone to press, and so rob us of an item. However he can't get away from this one. Wd forgive him, even' thongh items are scarce, and heap coals of fire on h!s bead by giving him The Chboki cxk's paternal .blessing, which is war ranted to ward off, spooks and bring prosperity. . , The Boienian (Montana) Chrbnicle tells of a Moitan. legislator who, when. some corrections in spelling and gram mar in bis bill was calledto his atten tion by the committee, said: "Why, yon fellows have mncilated it !" It was the same statesman who said, in ad dressing a committee of which be was a member: "The muddy slough of poli tics was ' the boulder upon which the law was split in twain, and fell in a thousand pieces from the pedro of jus tice. Let us, then, gear up our lions, that we can go forth with a clear head." Thursday's Daily ', The committee appointed to collect money for the tournament has not met with the success anticipated, and will so report to the executive committee to night. What. the outcome will be will be know later, but it is a foregone con clusion that without money the tourna ment cannot be carried out. - :?' . The Eugene Guard is responsible for the statement that "Fred Withrow had one of his right hands cut ' by an acci dent." ...; ' ;;;'v" .-" An exchange says that an .Ohio man started for the West with a, wagon load of nitro-glycerine and the last beard of the outfit was the explosion. ;. :'.: f . Severaf of the young men belonging to i the fire department, are dressed up this morning.'bot whether from over-weening pride, or damaged clothing, is open to guesB work. , ; iV- - ' 'Congressman Ellis arrived at his home in Heppaer Tuesday. In an interview t Walla Walla he expressed the opinion that "the people will find it is not free silver they want'. ' This thing of being a fireman Is not all tournaments and parades, as was ap parent last night. ' The boys got pretty thoroughly wet, and several suits of clothes are only fit tor the junk man. Wheat is selling in Walla Walla at 734 to 74 cents, which is a half tent better than the price quoted here today. A small lot was sold at that price, and at the mill it is said 75 cents is being paid. ( "Dear ant Jane," wrote-little Bennie Jimpking to his father's sister, "I thot I wood rite an' tell you that ma got a baby hopin' tbes' fue linnes will fin' yon the same your nefyou benny." Harper's Bazar. Miss Jennie Smitson, who fell while getting off a train at Albany sometime ago and lost both of her legs by the cars running over them, has brought suit against the Southern Pacific for $20,000 damages. From the- account of the Arlington fire given by a dispatch to the Telegram, it appears that the fire was caused by the explosion of a lamp. A Miss France was in the house, but escaped by jump ing from the window. -. One of the most delightful places on the Columbia is the Jewett farm at White Salmon. 'The viewa are magnifi cent, the fishing good, while the table is supplied with every delicacy. Rates from $5 to $7 per week. - Mr. Tom Harris is in from Nansense. He expresses himself as well satisfied with the McKinlev tariff, and with the wheat outlook, both as to yield and prices. That broad smile of his is ac counted for by the fact that he ha3 just' sold his wool. Over the 'Phone " Yes, this is Maud. Oh, is that you, George? Well, what did papa say? ' What's that? Yon didn't mind what he said? Well what did he do? Good gracious! Did be? And you can't sit down? Where are you now, George? In the hospital 1 Dearl dear!" Cleveland Plain Dealer. ' Mr. A. 8. MacAllister received a letter from Dr. Siddall this morning, written on board the steamer. The doctor and his party were all well, delighted with the scenery and full of.vim and courage. They have their own horses and the doc tor thinks will get over the mountains and started down the river among the first. ' ,- A trainload of 350 head of 2 and 3- year-old stock cattle was shipped East from Eugene yeBterday. The train will contain about thirteen cars, and will be consigned to Chicago. Mr. C.'K. Thomp son has been in Lane for some time, gathering up the load, and Mr. Frank P. Gardiner arrived from Chicago Sunday uight. The same firm will ship about 1500 head from. La " Grande in a short time, .y '' '..,'.' - . M. (B. Murcbie lost a fine horse yes terday a few miles from town. He had just had the animal shod, and a man who was doing to work for him drove it in a single rig out toward 5-Mile. The animal bad not been driven much, and, when trotting a!ong,a hard piece of road was struck and the horse became fright ened at the sound of his own shod feet npon the ground, and ran away, throw ing the driver out of, the cart. After going a short distance the animal ran into a barbed wire fence and cut bis throat so badly that he bled to death. Alexander Bovell, an ex-sailor, aged about 53 years, was arrested yesterday at Portland charged with criminally as saulting Hazel Fields, a little tot aged 5 years. - He would undoubtedly have murdered the girl, had not S. H. Pow ers bravely gone to her rescue, and fought the brute. . . Powers was getting the worst of the fight, and being deter mined not to let the villian escape, drew a razor and commenced slashing away witb it. Bovell managed to break away from him and fled, but fortunately a young man named caramons saw the whole affair and taking after Bovell suc ceeded . in capturing him, and lodging: him in jail. - -- ':: Mr. E.- P. Whipple, representing the C. B. Jeffries Fruit Company, says the Register, has half a dozen men at work at the E. C. Smith warehouse in Eu gene, manufacturing tables and boxes. Mr. Whipple expects to ship about fifty carloads of green fruit East this season. The fruit will be shipped to all the prin cipal Eastern markets. He has placed orders for material of 4000 pear boxes, 3000 prune cases and 12,000 baskets. They are being shipped from Portland and Grant's . Pass. The . demand for pears in the East is quite brisk, and Mr Whipple expects to make the first ship ment of the " product next . Thursday. Next week he , will commence shipping prunes. Pickers and packers are now gathering and preparing the pear crop at the Sladden, Campbell,' Weider.' Bur ton and Wallace orchards. . - "-" . FriOay'sDaily. .; ' ' : . . . Columbia Hose Co. met last night and voted $50 towards the tournament fund. - Wheat sold yesterday in Walla Walla for 76 cents, but it was blue stem- Club wheat sold for 2 to 3 cents lower.' 1 -- Refreshments will be served on . the steamer on the occasion of the excursion Saturday evening and those who desire it, will be allowed to dance. The Beet of .fish, wheels is again an chored at the old grounds, hear the sand bar. They have a desolate sort of look, as though they bad been out of - work for a longtime'. -. 2 ' . .'.'" The collecting committee for the tour nament was out today and met with very liberal responses. The - success of the matter is now assured, though con siderable more money will have to . be raised. ' ;'...'-....-. ' ; v -' : Do . not forget that the .ladies of the Catholic church have invited you to go on an excursion on the steamer Regula tor Saturday evening..; The boat leaves thewhaif at 9 o'clock, and will return about midnight. Tickets 50 cents. Some hard-hearted wretch took ad vantage of Simmonds being confined in the county jail to burglarize his house last night, taking a sack of sugar, blank ets and other things. Simmonds is out witb the sheriff this morning - trying to get track of the thief. Portland is to send a steamer to run on the Yukon. . It is the Eugene, which will be towed to the mouth of the Yu kon, leaving Seattle August 22d. She draws only 2 feet of water loaded with 400 tons of freight, and expects to reach Dawson City by September 10th. Mrs." Mary Brittain and her brother, Mr. Henry Bills, came up from Hosier, where : they .' have been camping, last night, having been sent for on account of the fire of Wednesday. Mrs. Brit tain's friends will be glad to learn that her .household goods were insured for $1000. ' . .-.'.; At the meeting of the executive com mittee last night it was determined to go ahead with the tournament and the collecting committee started out again this morning. Our business men and property owners should remember that their fire department is not paid, and that a liberal response to the call for tournament funds, is after all but a small return for services rendered. . Reports . from a number of the most prominent hopgrowers- of Lane county are to the effect that mostot t,he hop lice have been destroyed, and there is but .little danger of them doing any in jury to the hop crop. Spraying has been resorted to in nearly all yards un der cultivation this ! years, and many growers have gone through the spraying process thoroughly three times, and nearly every yard has been sprayed twice. Tbe prospects now are for a good crop and a good price. Tbe residence of Mr. Ohrt, two miles from Tangent, was burned to the ground Monday. . Tbe published account of tbe affair states that at the time "Mr. Ohrt was in tbe field, Mrs. Ohrt was lying on tbe lounge and- the danghter was at work.". This should be a warning to girls not to go working about the house while their mothers loaf on the lounge. It is the only case on record of tbe kind and the bouse burned down. - F. H. VanNorden this morning re ceived from his father, who is at the- seaside, a. full grown specimen of a "Stingarec" which be has displayed in the window of his jewelry store. It is all head but its stinger, or to be exact all stinger except its head. . Looking at that horn-like stinger one can easily be lieve that if it was jammed into his sys tem his first impression would be that he had been stabbed with a marlin spike. ; -' Portland is disposed to find fault with Seattle because the latter has outfitted six men for tbe Yukon to her one. If she only knew it, Portland is fast losing a trade more profitable than that of the Klondike. Seattle is selling . goods in large quantities in the Willamette val ley, even as tar south as Ashland, and tbe trade of Eastern Oregon, Washing ton and Idaho is being absorbed by these same Seattle rustlers. -They are under selling and out-generalling Portland at every . turn, and unless our metropolis gets a move on, the grass will grow on Front street. . : . It has been claimed by . bird fanciers that a China pheasant and a domestic hen would not cross. - This theory has been knocked in tbe head by John Kerns of Philomath. Many months ago he secured a China pheasant cock. and a couple oi bantam hens and placed them in an enclosure to themselves. In due season hiB patience was rewarded witb a setting of eggs. Of this setting only one egg hatched, and it brought forth rather a queer looking little rooster. It is now six weeks or two months old and is as livelv and strong . as possible. China pheasants and domestic chickens can be successfully crossed. ; This fact was proven in this city last year by Dr. J. C. Gray, whose fowls while running at large cohabited with China pheasants and , produced a ' handsome pair of by. brids. Cor vallis Times. AN AWFUL ACCIDENT. Mrs. C. A. Short aod Ru Two Children " " Burnitd to Death at Arlington. . "News reached here thjs morning of a terrible accident at Arlington last night that resulted in'the burning to death of Mrs. C. A. Sbnrte and two children. Mr. Shurte was . almost crazed with grief and from him' alone the particulars could be learned. He went borne, he says, about 1Q-.30 to 11 o'clock and went to bed, placing the lamp ou a stand and as he supposed turning it down and out. He soon fell asleep, but was awakened by a light in .his room, and discovered that it was on' fire. As it did not have much headway, he ran -out doors and got the garden hose, thinking he could soon put it out, but returning was hor rified to find ; the door, which had a spring lock on it, had closed. He ran to tbe back door, but here the fire as in control. Harrying back he broke in the front door, but byj this time the whole interior of the bouse was a mass of flame. The firemen were soon on hand and prevented tbe building burn ing down, but were too late to save the wife and children who were suffocated and badly - burned, though, as we un derstand, not beyond recognition. '" " Mr. Shurte was the tnanager for J.- W. Smith & Co., in their big mercantile store, and . both lie 'and bis wife were leaders in the Methodist church work, and Were among Arlington's most re spected citizens. Rev. R. Wjirner re ceived a telegram from Frank; brother of Mr. Shurte, this morning to come up, and left this afternoon. : - Nothing has ever happened in Gilliam county to cause such general sorrow, but sympathy cannot assuage the grief of the wifeless and childless ' man; whose self chidings are said to be heart rending. . , WEDNESDAY, NIGHT'S FIRE. The Hlchelbach . Building on Second Street Burned. A fire alarm at 12 0 Wednesday night brought tbe slumbering Dallesitea hur riedly from their beds, and the fire had gotten such headway that its location was easily discovered, it being the frame building back oi the'Union street lodg ing house on Second street. The Jack son cart got first water from the O. R. & N. fire plug at the corner of. Union and Second, having a full stream playing on the fire in less than five minutes after the alarm was given. In a few minutes the other companies had streams play ing, one from the company plug on First street, one from the engine and one from the city hydrant. Tbe fire was soon under control, but it hung on persist ently, 'refusing to be put out. The building is partitioned into many small rooms, . which prevented . the water reaching all parts of it, and underneath was a couple of cords of stove wood, which burned fiercely. . -.' At one time tbe shingles on Mrs-E. M. Wilson's house canght fire, but was extinguished witb a bucket of water. A big burning shingle fell on the roof of the - Columbia hotel, but it, too, was soon taken care of. The building belonged to the Michel bach estate, and was insured for $1000 in tbe Hamburg Bremen Co. It was occupied by Mrs. Brittain, who used it as a lodging bouse. She was away at the time, and whether the furniture was insured we are unable to learn. Com ing as it did in the middle of the night, nothing was- saved frim the building, and a lady who was lodging in the house came near being seriously burned. ' As it was her hair was singed, and she was nearly frightened to death. Tbe origin of the fire is a mystery, though the indications are that it caught from the stove in the northeast corner basement room. ' The' building was hard to get at, tbe companies using from 500 to 650 feet, of hose each. :- , . . . - As is usual at fires some ludicrous things occurred. . Joe Bonn rode his wheel to the fire, and although it has rat-trap pedals; did.uot discover that he had started 'without bis shoes until he hurt his feet on the rocks.' . At one time the nozzle on the hose from the engine nearly got away from the ' boys, and they all piled on it until it looked like a struggle at a foot-ball match. , ' . This morning at an early hour, while assisting in putting out tbe slumbering embers. Mr. chooling slipped aad fell, cutting his - wrist badly on a piece of broken glas?. - . - The members of the fire department deserve praise for their quick response and tbe bueiuess-like manner in which they went to work. ' .'. Good Economlsatlonv of Words. The latest story in railroad circles is about Mr. Flannigin, a. section boss. His superior was Mr, Lannigin, to whom Mr. Flaauigin made his reports. These reports he was in tbe habit of writing out at great and o necessary length uptil he was finally advised by bis boss to nse more brevity in making them out. Some time 1 after there was a small freight wreck on Flannigia's section, in which one or two cars were ditched. The wreck was cleared up by Flannigin's crew, and whet the chief section boss received the report it read as follows: ' "Mr. Lannigin: . Off agin; on agin.: gone agin. . Flannigin." . We sell Hoe Cake soap. Pease & Mays.. a3-2m BUICKWEIXS BtflCF Toai will find one coupon inside each two ooneo bag, aad two coupons Inside each four ounce baa; , of Black- well's Durham. Buy a bog of this celebrated tobacco , and read the coupon which . gtres a list of valuable prot ests and bow to get them. BIG STRIKE AT SPARTA. Specluivua of Free Grtld (Juartz as Ulch . as Clondke. ' ' v- J. A. Wright, the merchant, and Mr. P.. I- Kelley, of Sparta, arrived, in Union at one o'clock Monday morning, bringing with them chunks of ore carry ing big pieces of free ' gold which were picked from a newly discovered ledge, a mile and a half south of Sparta. The find was made on Sunday by a -man known in the Sparta locality as "Kana ka Sam," who has been employed ' in Mr. Wright's store. A boy Tiding on horse-back in this locality on Sunday also found the out-cropping of an ex tension of this new ledge and picked out with his fingers $7.50 in gold. . Claims have been located by J. A. Wright, P. L.';' Kellev and, "Kanaka Sam." - : - ' -. ' The find has caused no little excite ment and a big amount of the' quartz has been boxed up for ' shipment direct to the mint. It is estimated that it will go at least (40,000 to - the too, but of course no one as yet-knows bow exten sive ifmay be. There is a well settled conviction in the minds of all practical mining men that there is in the Sparta vicinity a rich feeder ledge to the placer deposits of that district which have yielded per haps a million dollars in tbe last thirty years. Some day this mother lode will be uncovered and Sparta will become one of the prominent mining camps of the world. . - - . .. v COMING EVENTS. Oregon Stale Volunteer Firemen's Association, The Dalles, September 6-8. Methodist Episcopal Columbia River conference, Pendleton, Or., August 25. East Columbia conference of tbe M. E. church, South Oakesdale, August 26 30. ' v- ' : ' .- ' ' .; Kittitas County Teachers' institute, Ellensburg, August 23-26. j Joint teachers' institute, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, Rathdrum, Idaho, August 16-20. . ' Spokane fruit fair, October 5-1 16 ; N H. Bolster, secretary. ' Oregon Press Association, Ba'ker City, October 14-16. Kittitas County Teachers' Convention, Ellensburg, August 23-26. Inland Agricultural Association, Ash croft, October 12-13. . Vessels will sail from Seattle for Dyea and Skaguay on the following dates': August 7 Steam collier Willamette. " '7 Excursion steamship Queen ." 8 Barge Ajax, with horses. -. " 8 Ship Clondyke. '-".' " 9 Steamship Mexico.' " 10 Steamer Detroit. . " 12 Steamship Topeka. ; . " 12 Steamer Rosalie. 1 . " . 17 Steamship Al-ki. r ' . 22 Steamship Queen. . i " " - 23 Steamship Mexico. .' " : 27 Steamship Topeka. ; September 1 Steamship Al-ki.. Will Porter Bang? . Unless the governor can 1e induced to commute the sentence of Kelsay Porter, he will undoubtedly be hanged at the Bi Drop it) priee5 of Bieyels. The season is getting late, and to close out -: out stock now on hand we have marked them ' dOWn tO r - - Xes$ tfyai) (St ; ; ; ; '". MAYS & CROWE. A I WANT rvEU5PHHAI.! piD NO OTHER. date to be fixed bv'the iadi?e of thin din. ' trict at the October term of court. It is generally supposed, however, that a pe tition will be sent tbe governor asking fUa. . V. A U . 1 ' 1 l . lmDrlSonment for life. Snch a neMtinn : would no doubt be liberally signed by the people of the county, but the crime for which Porter was convicted appears so grave it would be hard to anticipate just how the case might appear to hie excellency. Mr. Porter ha' numerous friends who will not despair in their ef forts to save him. Tbe matter will have to be attended to in the' near, future , to- Deoi any avail. union Kepuolican. James Kennedy lead. James Kennedy, one of tbe oldest settlers of Walla Walla mnntrv. nn.nnwl ; , J to his long home Saturday evening, aged' no uh istri ik. nr.u. c... Bwja -. J irati. nan. uww man. - The deceased had been afflicted with spinal trouble for several years,, both legs being . partially paralyzed,, which was the ultimate canse of death. Mr. Kennedy, came to Wa'.la Walla county in the early days from ' Oregon, and located on a farm five and - one-halt miles from this city on Mud creek where be resided up to the time of hiB death. The deceased leaves a wife and nine children and a host of friends to mourn his loss. --:;' '- - - The Minneapolis journal, which cornea from the great wheat milling center of the Northwest, in giving its views of the future outlook for wheat, says u . - . Tbe price of wheat is encouragingly firm considering tbe outlook for a 675, 000,000 bushel home crop.- There are' decreased wheat harvest in Germany, Russia, France, Hungary, India, Aus tralia and Argentina. Hence ' the bull statistical position is eminently sound,1 especially as the world's stock has shrunk to 7o ,000,000 bushels. The out look is favorable, of course, at present, for the American farmer, as in 1879 where the country entered upon a splendid period of prosperity after the depression ot the panic ot 1873. Hood Klver Maroon Strawberry Plants. The . berries are large and delicoua. Nine boxes have grown on a single hill.." Three shipments to Butte, Mont., and no tauit tonnd. . The roots, reach eigh teen inches into the ground. Plants by m aII Aa-tnsli'kn'A, fro fikn n iArvrin TtC cents, and $5 per thousand.' . C H. Daritvo. . al4-4tw Hood River, Or. "Woman," shrieked tbe oratress, "demands only equality, before the law. "It can never be," said tbe wise one. "She who can weep effectively will al ways have the best of it with the jury." Cincinnati inquirer. , Mrs. Stalefirm (who mistakes Dr. Jo vial ior a physician) And where do you Rev. Dr. Jovial Ah, madam, I do not practice.; I ., only preach. Boston Traveler. ' :. , ' - '' : Ferguson What is the composition of Roquefort cheese? Tipton Roquefort cheese is not a composition ; .it is a decomposition. Boston Transcript. - ' Schlitz and Hop Gold Beer on draught at Stubhng & Williams'. a -
