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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 ;
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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-
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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
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aiu imuenany in tne iignung or we a88istance of "friecds" to establish.
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; " ":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
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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.