(2) THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 29. 1897. The Weekly Chronicle. COC NTT OFFICIALS. Chanty Judge.. Sheriff... ....... Clerk Treasurer other purpose. His assertion . that war between the United States and Spain is inevitable was made for no other purpose than tomake Roose- . ..nuui. ainyo I n .1. l . ...... ..T.J. Driver I el" ue MUjWil Ul ucnspvi ium Commissioners Assessor . Surveyor Superintendent of Public School. Coroner . A M. Kelsav . ..C. L. 1-hlUlpi lA.b. mowers )D. 8. Kimaer W. H. Whipple J.B. tiolt C. L. Gilbert W. II. Butts TATE OFFICIALS. Sjvenior , W. P. Lord Secretary ol State H B Klncaid Treasurer . -Phillip Metschan Bupcol ruDllc instruction.. u. m. irwin Attnrnev-General C. M. Idleman G. W.McBride jj.ih. Mitchell ' .. IB Hermann juujrauuia.. iW- State Printer .... W. H. Leed ment He talks too much, anyway even if what he said were true, and should be asked to step back into the walks of private life, which his .ta! ents so well qualify him to adorn. A SECOND THOUGHT. It was altogether proper, as it was quite in accord with the open and frank nature of Mr. Geer, that he should write to Mr. Moores, congrat ulating Dim upon his appointment to the land office at Oregon City. Mr. weekly ciubbine Bate. Geer wa8 not willinsr to take that Chronicle and Oregonian. $2 25 0fjgce away frorrj his friend, who bad made application for it, and whom Chronicle and Examiner." 2 25 Chronicle and Tribune 1 75 Chronicle and N. Y. World. . 2 00 Mr. Geer, with many others, had recommended for it. Something, in deed, it is to see that fidelity and honor still exist amon-; men- Here is an example that "Hon.' Ike" Pat- One of the questions agitating the terson might study, though perhaps Dalles public mind just now is, can not with profit; for "Hon. Ike he city afford electric lights? We ae?ma w Vl I""" a" " ' " I to h rim mnrol I ocarina o ro arnoxprf twiinK tne question is wrongly woraea. a M ; T. ..1 ..14 1- . LLf Tt- T- H - I . 3 Mr. Moores was onile the wooer .... . . . .1 a s. ne answer is in tne negative almost thiDg) and wa8 writen, as all Mr. Geer's articles are written, very CONCERNING LIGHTS. unanimously. . The city can be and the property owners, let alone others, cannot afford to have the city in darkness for that sum. Our citizens subscribe liberally for al- mcfct any proposition. A thousand prettily. It is indeed noticable when one politician stands np for his prom ises and his pledges as Mr. Geer has done for Mr. Moores. The Ore go- man thinks this course manly, honor able and otherwise adverbially cor- 1 4 I tt . 1 aoiiais was raisea tor me nremen s rect g do we It would haye tournament, a like sum, or more, has been more miiu howevet u M- oeen suoscnoer, ior me lair. A lie Geer had not taken the matter under Commercial C'nb is expending money advisement, had not nut -the matter enough on its rooms to light the in the hands of ,.bU friend8 It city two years. These things show seemg 8t e that it took Ur Geer that it is not for the lack of money a weeb or t wo to , remembcr that he had recommended Mr. Mooies for the place and to discover that he could not accept it on that account. That excuse was sufficient, but it was an excuse that should have suggested itself instantly, instead of requiring the thought of a fortnight and the that the city remains in darkness, What is it then? Simply lack of enterprise and energy. The Commercial Club was formed for (he purpose of advancing the city's interest, and it has done much It could do much more, and it could -:j ......... ... I " aiu imuenany in tne iignung or we a88istance of "friecds" to establish. - ?A- 1 . I ; " ":au As for Mr. Fatteison, we know 4liA iflAn that, flip plnH Qhnnlrf nnv tho I , . , . . . . r, Doming oi nim, out suggest tnat u bills, but it could take hold of the he need tnv moral lessons." takin? matter in such a way that the balance tnem 8econd-handed through Mr. -ot tne money necessary to De raisea Geer from the Oresonian-Corbett to pay for the lights could be pro- Republican push, will soon give him timed. As an advertisement of our Ln education, in 'that line that will -town the lights would be worth more mbe i,m drawing card in a dime "lima tueir truure uosu iue cuaii ui "Xtree cigars a week to 100 men would liaht the cilv. and divided among museum. The high Mr. Geer's moral business was not idea, that thought was in It This country docs not seek a war, but if forced into it it will go at it as a business matter. We have no ocean commerce to lose, and out side of a few sea ports that might be bombarded, there is nothing a for eign enemy could hurt or take, and as for a foreign army coming here to fight us on our own soil, all the fetrips of the world could not bring them fast enough to keep the spectators interested. Besides, before our ports rere blockaded a year the balance of the world would be starved to death, and England, Germany, France and the rest of the powers, except Austria :ind Russia, would have all they could do to suppress the food riots at home. Uncle Samuel will never be spanked by any foreign, power.- He is too old and too big. use airships to get her soldiers out, and her money would be the only thing she could aid Spain with, The next thing the Associated Press will have' joining forces against this country win De sierra Leone or Liberia., The WOBLD'SBBBT BOW A CLASS IN GEOLOGY. Study Condnclre to the Happiuess and Joy. Parent' George . W. McCoy of Portland, known in this section as that Wapin itia ditch builder, and several other Portland gentlemen, have formed a corporation with headquarters at Portland. It is known as the Alaska-Klondike Mining is Exploration Co.-, It is capitalized at $5,000,000, its capital stock being divided into 5,000,000 shares of the par value of II each. The magnitude of the com pany is only exceeded by the range and scope of its objects. It will op erate ''anywhere in the world," and its objects, or some of them, are to purchase, build and operate mines. railroads, telegraph and telephone ines, canals, ditches and airships, and to plant orchards." And all this, just think of it! is to be man aged by Portland people. Surely Portland is jtwakinj. Miss Bill, who has charge of the class in geology, had her pupils oat Friday aiternoon, examining into the condition and quality of the earth's epidermis in this vicinity. Ueology is, no doubt, a very interest ing etudy.but it ia cruelty to the old folks to have the youngsters corue home at night ana ask unanswerable questions about pliigioclase and orthouUae rocks. tricunic feldspar, and run a string qf queries off their tongues into one's 'ears concerning the difference between gran lte, syenite and . gneiss. Between por phyry and qnartzite; serpentine and olivine, and! all that sort of thing. . And the World's most friendly smile are always ready for the well-dressed man. There's no mistake ahmir this. Energy mav miss its mark. Talnr may go a-begging. Virtue itself may die ' ; ui ncgieci. dui mere is always a welcome aim measure oi success tor good clothes. If you wish to test this bit of Philosophy, juj uiun uuc ui me eiegant suits 01 M. Born & Go. I THE GREAT Chicago Merchant Tailors Whose eroductieaa art noted ererrvhirs for chotcs Mterial, aeat fit aaa fiaUh, aai perfect ap-t-ate atrle. A "BORN" nit ef clothe i. a aaat aort to the World' frieod.hlp! A PERFECT FIT GD1R1ITFFD. 80O Selected Pattern to order from. CAix, on A. C. GIGER & CO., NEW YORK CASH STORE him by the collar, . at the same time saying "Hold on !" Donthit didn't "hold on" worth a cent, but on the con trary, let go with his right, catching the disturber of his dreams in the neck and knocking him off the sidewalk. Then then to go to inqniring of the old man, the editor took np the broken thread of just as though be had personal recollec- his dream and perambulated his peri- uud oi mose U8V8, aoout ttie laurentian gnnanonB uown to ins ganctam. rocks, th8 carboniferous epoch and how the ictbyoeaurus and the pterodactyl! looked, and how coal beds were formed, and how the pleeioeanrua and the megatherium lived, and how their re- The man was evidently a stranger or drunk, else why sbonld he attempt to rob an editor? Most of ns would gladly give an expert pickpocket or highway man an opportunity to go through onr More of the Wreck. the voting population of the city, it furnished him by "his friends." Mr. would mean 452 each per year, or a trifle over fifteen cents each per month. And yet fifteen cents a month seems to be too rich for our blood. The city council report about $1200 could be made available for lighting purposes. This would leave 600 to be raised outside to be done. The Dalles Geer's reason for declining he gives frankly. lie wanted the customs office, and he felt that be was side tracked to a minor position. That was all, anl that was true. He thought his reward was not suffi cient. Recognizing his hard work for the party, this may be true, but It ought true or not, his reason for declining IS a live, the land office was that it was not wide awake town, does more busi- lar" e enough for him ness than any place of its size on the xhe Oregonian thinks with Mr, coast, and yet in some things, snd Geer the office too small, so does the notably in the matter of lights, it Oregonian-Corbett push. It did not permits itself to be a back number, always think so, neither did Mr. and goes to sleep, from necessity, at Geer. Only a year or two ago Mr. sundown. We believe in municipal Geer made a strong effort to be ap- economy, in getting out and keeping pointed superintendent of the reform out, of debt; but we do not believe school Governor Lord had the in that kind of economy that costs making of the appointment, and the more than it saves. Oregon ian-Corbett rjush could have . If The Dalles is to hold its pres-l gotten the office for him simply for tige as a commercial center, it must the asking. The salary of that office let its light shine by night 'as well as ;3 $1500 a year, but Mr. Geer's by lay. The supreme court of the state of Washington has declared the mort gage law of that state unconstitu tionai. ine law provided lor a stay of execution, and prevented sale of the property for a year after judg ment It was declared unconstitu tional on ' several grounds, one of which was that it was retro-active, and another that it impairs the obli gations of contracts, and. is therefore in violation of Section 10, Article 1, "friends" thought this office too large for him, and turned him down. Mr. Geer is to the "push" but a wedge for the purpose of separating Senator Mitchell's friends, the Ore gonian being the maul, with which Scott himself is striking such vigor ous blows that the wedge is rapidly being driven out of sight. TOO BIG TO SPANK. Some of the European powers do not like the idea of American inter- of the constitution of the United ference in Cuban affairs' or the 0P States. Populist legislatures in en deavoring to correct what they con sidered evils, have generally over shot the mark, and grasping at too mnch. cauhfiothin7. Anv lep-is- latnre can mke a law, but it takes rtermg in the Cuban affair is lawyers, after all, to pass upon it osition to annex Hawaii. A few German papers intimate that this ountry will get a severe drubbing if it does not attend to its own busi ness. They do not seem to realize our business, ana. ours only, lbe same might be said of Hawaii. As for the drubbing, it only serves to amuse Americans to hear the loud noises the little fellows .make. They Assistant Secretary of the Navy night as well understand at once Roosevelt has been talking to get that a war with America is like an newspaper notoriety, and for no American duel, somebody gets killed when made. It is on the principle that fools make feasts and wise men eat them. There has been much building at Skaguay, an'd the boomers have her alded to the world that it is soon to be a city of 20,000 inhabitants. The boom is over, the disgusted and dis heartened yisionaries who struggled vainly vith the Skaguay trail, are returning to civilization to wait un til spring before again attempting the trip. It is not possible that the Skaguay or Dyea trails are the best that can he made into the Yukon. The Stickeen route, the Dalton trail, or some other, will be opened and will catch the main portion of such travel as does not take the cheap and easy way of getting in by waj of St. Michaels. Skaguay has had its boom, and will retire from business. The Duchess of Marlborough, daughter of W. K. Vanderbilt and his wife, now Mrs. Belmont, recently gave birtn to an heir, a bouncing boy. The event caused quite a com motion in select circles, and the Prince of Wales himself volunteered by telegraph to stand godfather to the dukclct. The dispatches state that the family were much worried at the coming event, but that the case took the normal course. It would seem from this that because the granddaughter of the old Harleem boatmau had become, through pur chase, instead of descent, a duchess, the usual order of events would be reversed and that there would be a Gargantua or a Fantagruel. Nit The principal occupation of the news-gatherers for the Associated Press seems to be to get up sensa tional news regardless of truth. The latest exploit is the assertion that Japan is sending well-drilled soldiers to Honolulu, disguised as laborers, with the intention of capturing the islands. The navy department has ordered the' gunboat Wneeling to Honolulu, which probably suggested the story. James J. Corbetl makes the state ment that Fitzsimmons did not get a cent of the stake money in this big fight at Carson. He asserts that Filz made the proposition to fight and take fifteen per cent of the yeri scope receipts as his reward,' Cor bett seems to be proud of this, but but we see no particular glory in the fact that Fitzsimmons whipped him for fun. Austria thinks that in case the United States and Spain should go to war, she would stand in with Spain. This is startling news in deed. Austria is a back number, and as far as helping Spain is can cerned could do nothing. Shut off from the ocean, she would have to mains came to be -preserved among the pockets, , and divide if anything was sedimentary rocks. - found. And then when this branch of the subject makes the old man wonder how he managed to live in such a state of ignorance, to branch the subject off into dynamic geology and make a few in quiries concerning the crinkling bt the earth's surface 'along the lines of least resistance, the 'creation of ' mountain From Mr. G. M. Bullard, who was one of the brakemen on the freisrbt train wrecked near the John Day Monday morning, we learn that Engineer Johns ton was not killed outright bnt lived for perhaps an hour or more. When the chains thereby, the cause of volcanoes, I wreck occurred Bnllard hastened to the subsidence of tho land, or elevation engine and found Johnston first. Seeing thereof until the sea beaches are found nothing could be done for him, and DANGER IN GETTING SHAVED. far inland. And among all these things fire in a few questions about agate, jasper, opai, chert, Lydian stone, chal cedony, carneliau and all the varieties of colloid or cryptocrystalline quartz, and want to know what porpbyrilic and ainrgdaloidal mean.. It's all nice for the old man as he feels his way carefully along through the pleasant paths ot the science from the hearing Hackman groaning he went to his assistance, but finding he was fastened in the wreck in such a manner that he could not get him out here- turned to Johnston. The latter on his approach asked him who he was, and receiving a reply said, "Where is Billy?" "Go and help Billy ; you can do nothing for me." Some one had started a fire to get old Devonan sandstones up to the basalts light and Ballard wanted to carry Johns- and clinkstones, wondering al the time ton out to it, but at his request placed how much the measly kid knows, and him on the ground. He tried to tell trembling in his boots all the time until Bnllard something about bis breast be- with a smile, like a saurian and eves as inghurt, but could not. make himelf bright as opals, the bifurcated interro- understood and in less than five minutes gation point asks if he can't go and play from that time expired. Johnston's awhile and have two-bits to assist in the right leg was cut off near the ankle ; the He is allowed to go with a left arm was severed and the left leg God-speed, and the onliest was' a pulp from the ankle half way to game, hearty quarter. Geology is a nice thing, and we anx iously await the day when our eon and heir will know more about the .i.atter than his dad, which should occur some time this month. THE ROBBERS CAUGHT. A TJaal, a Woman's Curiosity Gets in Its Deadly Work. the knee. Besides this there were two bad cuts in his head. Brakeman McCarthy jumped through the window to the left, and his escape was miraculous as he was struck in the back by the tank, and was surrounded by wreckage. McCarthy's watch stopped at 12:27 which was probably the time the accident occurred. Coroner's Inqnest. The robbers who held up the O. R. fc N. paeeenger Saturday night were caught Monday in Portland through the curi osity and intuition of a woman, Mrs. James R. Hamilton, at whose house the men lodged. They had been rooming in the house a " .The Dalles, Sept. 27, 1897. The undersigned, impaneled by W. H. Butts, coroner of Wasco county, Oregon, as a jury to inquire into the canee of the death of one Charles W. Johnston, whose body is now before ns, having heard the testimony of the witnesses day or two when Mrs. Hamilton, in 8worn by said coroner, find as follows moving the bed, discovered a box under That the deceased came to bis death it, with the caution mark, "dangerous, on seDt. 27. 1897. at about the hour of handle with care" on it. This, of course, 12 :so, while in charge of the O. R. & N. excited ber curioeity and examining the train No. 24, bound east, and at the box she louna it contained what ene time of his death was engineer, and in Barbera Ought to Wash Their Haada and Their Implements. The proposition to make a more care ful man of the tonsorial artist, in so far as relates to the transmission of dis ease from his infected to his well clients, is not a new one. The subject has been written upon by several ear nest men before HeinrichBerger.whose "Hygiene in den Barbierstuben" re cently appeared in Leipzig. Jio writer has, however, seemed tQ go so deeply into the question and lay down such strict rules for the knig-ht of the shav ing' knife.. We are told' that he must be a person free from epilepsy and all man ner of seizures, drunkenness and infec tious diseases. Being free from these affectionschim- self, he may give professional attention to all persons, including- those under the influence, or, those likely to have a fit in the chair, provided they are free from skin, hair and sexual diseases of an infectious nature. Otherwise they are to be treated at home with their own implements. The author givQB a number of other rules which are in themselves and so far as they go good if barbers could be prevailed upon to follow them but he does not sufficient ly insist upon the necessity of boiling to the point of. sterilization his: instru ments, towels, sponges and especially his own hands. There are many things besides the ao-called barber's itch which may be transmitted in uncleanly shaving and hairdressing, and of which the public knows little or nothing. Fnvus is de cidedly on the increase in this coun try, and. the number of children turned away from the cities' schools for this cause since the inspection innovation went into effect would gTeatly sur prise those who think of favus as a European or foreign affection. Attention has recentlybeen called by a member of the IXew York Dermatolog ical society to the danger of the ep ilating tweezers used in barber shops. Ingrowing' hairs and those attended by suppurative, inflammation, as in syco cis, are extracted, and the next comer is operated upon without adequate and usually without any cleansing1 at all of the instrument. Certain rules should be adopted, if possible, by barbers in general to protect their patrons from dangers which are more real than im aginary. Above all, they should remem ber that scrupulous cleanliness of im plements and. hands is the first requi site, and the advice now beini given to surgeons to "boil their hands" applies almost equally to them. At the least they could give a little wash between each "next" for the mere sake of ap pearance and in the interest of busi ness, if for nothing else. Medical Becord. supposed to be dynamite. Then, of course, she looked further and in one of the bureau drawers found two new re peating shotguns done np in paper and two big revolvers. When the robbery occurred, she at once connected these men with it, and charge of the locomotive pulling said train ; that the place of ' the accident was near the John Day section house, located on the . O. R. & N. Co.'a line, about thirty-seven miles east of The Dalles, Or. We further find from the evidence giving the information to the detectives, that the cause of the accident was the the men were arrested. Then it was found that they had hired a one-horse rig at a livery stable the night of the robbery, taking it out at 5 o'clock in the evening and returning at 11. In the buggy was found a purse containing a $5 gold piece, and engineer Evans identi fied the purse as being the one taken from him by the robbers. There is n6 .doubt but that the right men have been caught, and Mrs. Hamil ton will get the $250 reward offered by the O. R. & N. for the arrest and con viction of the robbers. If there is a lodger in Portland now who has anything be desires kept sec ret, he bad better get a move on and bide it, for there will bo an overhauling of lodgers property in the nest few days that will make a spring house cleaning ashamed of Itself. Attempts the Impossible. Monday night about 8 o'clock as the editor of the Times-Mountaineer was coming down town from his home, smil ing inwardly as be thought of the big crops and consequent growing subscrip tion list atd increased advertising ; as he thus communed with himself and ap plied a gentle suction to a two-for-a- quarter cigar, he was suddenly aroused from his reverie as he passed the Fease & Mays implement warehouse, on the corner of Second and Laugblin, by a big fellow, who had evidently been leaning against 'tfie building, sud denly lurching forward and grabbing derailing of the engine by sand accumu lating on the track, and thereby throw ing the engine from the rails, the engine immediately after such derailment cap sizing and crushing . the deceased be neath it. C. F. Stephen's, I. J. NOBMAN, H. Rice, F. J. Clabkb, D. S. Dufur. A Blea Treat Ia Promised. To the Oregon State Fair ; for 1S97, September 30th to October 8th the O. R. A N. Co. will sell tickets at one fare rates for round trip from all points on their lines in Oregon. You will be entertained from, morning until night. ISo time to rest. Liberal prizes offered for all kinds of sports, such as baseball, , tug-ofwar, chopping contests, foot races,, hammer throw, shot put, and various other . sports in in charge 0 a competent committee. Don't overlook the date and . the eheap railroad rate of on fare for the round trip. ' i Popular admission of 25 cents. . For Bent. The Doc Lee ranch on High Prairie, Klickitat county. 560 acres fenced and 250 acres in cultivation. All capable of cultivation, Will rent for a term of years on easy terms to the right party. Call on or address, F. H. Rowe, The Dalles, Oregon. a21-wtf. American Beauty Rosea. The discoverer of the American beauty rose was a man named Field, who hac charge of the white house conserva tories in the time of President Grant One day Field went in the gTeenhons attached to the residence of Bancroft the historian, where he saw a rose 01 unusual beauty and size, which the man in charge said had sprung from a German cutting. Field bought the bush for five dollars, and a few years later sold all the cuttings and plants from the bush for $5,000 and bought real estate near Washington that ten years ago was sold for $50,000, and is now probably worth a good deal more than then. Telllntr Time Without a Watch. : The following clever device is the way in which the natives of Liberia, in West Africa, who have no clocks, tell the time: They take the kernels from the nuts of the candle tree and wash and string them on the rib of a palm leaf. The first, or top, kernel is then, lighted. All of the kernels are of the same size and substance, and. each will burn a certain number of minutes, and then set fire to the one next below. Bis; Subscription. Shortly after the Paris fire the Fi garo of that city opened a subscription for the benefit of the sufferers. This subscription in a shorlt time amounted to the cum of $222.600. ' How America Was SmSI Vespucci himself must not be held responsible for the usurpation. The unconsciop.8 criminal was a certain Mar tin Waldseemuller, of Fribourg, an emi nent cosmogTaphcr patronized by Bene, duke of Lorraine. The duke .probably showed a letter of Vespucci's to his geo graphical friend, who incorporated it contents with the treatise which he was issuing under the assumed- name of "Hylacomylas," and, as these pub lications had a wide circulation, the use. of the hame America thus became prop agated throughout the world. Scrib n ex'a. - Don't forget the grand opening of fall and winter millinery at Mrs. Briggs' parlors Thursday afternoon and evening. If you miss It, you will have cause for regret.