: .THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 27, 1897.
It J
The Weekly Ghroniele.
county orncuts. .
Robt. Hays
. T.J. Driver
, .........A M. Kelmy
C. L fhiUips
. I A. s. JJiowem
. .... ... (n a Kimsey
Assessor : W. IX. Whipple
Surveyor J. B. Holt
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .C. L. Gilbert
Coroner .. W. H. Butts
Saerlff..
Clerk....
. Treuarer
Commissioners .
STATE OFFICIALS. .
0jvernor W. P. Lord
Secretary of State HE Klncaid
Treasurer Phillip Metschan
Bapt-of Pnbllo Instruction. G. M. Irwin
Attorney-General C. M. Idleman
n,.ta IG. W.McBride
Benators jj. H. Mitchell
IB Hermann
Congressmen jw r. Ellis
State Printer. ........ V. H. Leeds
END OF A WILD GOOSE CASE:
. Here is the plaint of a silver paper
over tbe future of Senator Wolcott's
silver junket. The Spokesman-Re
view admits that tbe international
silver conference came to just what
everyone expected it would.
"Senator Wolcott, Adlai Stevenson
and the other members of the mone
tary commissions who have been
, chasing moonbeams in Europe for
the past six months, have received
their conge and can return. Thei
efforts have come to naught as every
well-informed person expected
Lord Salisbury will neither go into
another international conference, nor
' will- the Indian mints be re opened
Germany will not act unless Great
' Britain comes into the movement
France will do nothing unless Eng-
land or Geimar.y takes part, and
there you are. England holds the
key to the situation, and the cabinet
has been flirting with our com mis
sioners. '
'In justice to President McKinley
it must be admitted that he has tried
in good faith, to carry out his party's
pledge to make another effort for an
international conference. Neither
he nor the men who wrote that
pledge had any serious idea that any
thing would come from the attempt,
tut it satisfied a grett man v voters
who wanted the gold -pill silver
coated, and no. great effort was re
quired to carry out the promise. :
"Senator Wolcott has worked
hard, and had really succeeded in
working up his enthusiasm to the
point where he made himself think he
was on the road to success. He will
feel keenly his failure, and all the
more keenly because it will mean bis
retirement from the senate. His
Tecord and achievements on the sil
' yer question will not appeal to the
voters of Cobrado.
change in the situation as compared BRITISH ACTI VJTY IN CANADA
or so ago when
with that of a year
the Cleveland administration was
anxious to secure gold. In this con
nection it is to be remembered that
nothing but a miracle can prevent a
continuance of the movement of
cereals abroad, for many weeks to
come, which will, of course, serve to
still further enlarge the balance of
trade in our favor'.
OUR FOREIGN TRADE.
WORK OF THE RAILROADS.
There are some very interesting
facts shown in the annual repurt of
tbe Interstate Coin met se Commis
sion. '
We have in this country 182,776
miles of railroad, 35,950 locomotives
and 1,297,649 cars in use. There
were 511,772,787 passengers carried
during the year, of whom only 181
were killed, or only one in 2,827,-
474.
' Could figures better, illustrate the
extreme safety of railway travel and
tbe success of invention in overcom-
'. ing danger?
There are 886,260 employees in tbe
service, and their wages amount to
60 per cenj of ' the entire operating
expense. This means more than half
a million homes made prosperous by
this one. industry.
As for the effect of railway oper
ation in enriching all the rest of the
people, bringing to their doors the
products or a continent at mcon-
siberable cost, and carrying their
grain and meat and manufactures 'to
the sea on. tbeir wav to foreign mar
kets all that is a benificence that
cannot be expressed in figures- or in
works. It is the crowning glory of
civilization.
The announcement that the treas
, ory department has refused the offer
made by a New York banking bouse
to exchange 81,000,000 in gold at
San Francisco for currensy in New
York, calls attention anew to the
rapidity with which the surplus gold
. of this country is piling up. The
offer of the firm in question was to
pay a premium of one eighth of one
per cent,and also the exprpess charges
for transporting the gold across the
continent; and the fact that 'this
proposition was declined by the gov
ernment i emphasizes the marked
The September returns of our for
eign commerce were remarkable
The total merchandise- exports for
the month were valued at $101 691,-
000, compared with $85,131,000 -the
same period last year. Our imports
in September amounted to only $42,-
4 10,000 against $50,855,000 a year
ago. These ngnres meant a iavora
ble trade balance for the month of
$62,281,000, or nearlv double that
of 1806, when the. excess of mer
chandise exports amounted to $34,-
276,000. '' This is a phenomenal ex
hibit. How long it will continue, or
whether it has reached its height or
not, is impossible to determine. ' Our
exports hare been swelled by short
crops elsewhere and the consequent
foreign demand for our graiu and
other food products, the higher
prices for wheat also being an im
portant factor in tbe increase.
As tbe outwardmovemeni of grain
is likely to continue heavy for some
time to come and cotton must soon
move outward more freely, the out
look is for continued large merchan
dise expoits, especially as our ex
ports of manufactures show no signs
of diminution in spite of trade im
provement here. Imports were of
course much reduced by the antici
patory arrivals preceding the tariff.
As these are worked off and as
home trade improves, our purchases
of foreign goods are likejy to revive.
Just, at present, however, we are
chiefly concerned regarding the effect
of such an unusually unfavorable
balance uron the foreign exchanges.
The situation warrants large gold
imports, much larger than a year ago
when Europe was practically a bor.
rower in tbe united Mates. . J. he
Bank of England's stock of gold has,
however, been so much reduced that
efforts will undoubtedly be made to
prevent any large flow in this direc
tion;, so that Europe will again ue
obliged to defer settlements for a
period and be an even larger bor
rower of us than last' year. The im
ports and exports of merchandise,
silver aud gold for the last three
months were as follows:
Exports $279,028,000 $252,188,000
Imports
Excess Expts.
155,028,000 199,639,000
$124,000,000 $ 52.549.C00
President McKinley has appointed
John A. Kasson special commis
sioner to carry into effect the recip
rocity provisions ot the Dingley
tariff law. The step is a bold and
fearless one, says'the Statcsman,'yet
wise and expedient. It means that
reciprocity is to become a settled
feature or the administration. The
trade relations between the United
States and foreign countries will be
nicely adjusted, aud our foreign
trade will assume larger proportions
than ever. The president proposes
to iave his country reap every bene
fit that may be gained by advanta
geous treaties with other nations.
He will certainly make his adminis
tration historical for peaceful con
quests. ......
The population of Ireland as re
turned by last year's reports 4,560,
378. This shows that there has
been a steady decline since 1845,
when the population was 8,295,061.
It fell below 7,000,000 in 1850; less
than 6,000,000 in 1855, and below
,000,000 in 1884. The excess of
births over deaths last year was 31,-
941, which, was lost by emigration,
tbe number leaving being 38,995.
is expected that the short crops
will cause in increase in emigration
dnring the coming year, and a large
decline in the population will result
It is said there are more than 1 000
candidates running for municipal
offices in the city of New York, and
many more thousands awaiting the
results of tbe election, expecting to
be rewarded with minor official po
sitions. " . '
There can be no doubt that the
English government has made -a dis
tinct change in its attitude toward
the Dominion of Canada. ' For many
years, says the Globe-Democrat, the
policy was to relax the intimacy of
the ties with tbe -parent country, and
to cultivate the virtue of self-reli
ance in the group of Canadian prov
inces. But within a recent period
England has placed a new estimate
on the vast slice of North America
that is under its flag, and is drawing
nearer to it- politically, courting its
special demonstrations of loyalty,
favoring it financially, and Strength
ening its means of defense. . No
longer ago than the ministry Disraeli
tbe colonies, and not least of all
Canada, were considered a burden,
giving no adequate return for the
care they imposed on the home gov
ernment. All that has passed away
as far as Canada is concerned. At
the recent jubilee the Canadian pre
mier was loaded with titles and deco
rations, and the signs are numerous
that Canada is now much on tbe
minds of. British statesmen. . The
status of the dominion has suddenly
risen in importance. '
The reasons for this significant
change are not hard to find. Canada
is a vast possession. Its area is
equal to that of tbe United States,
and it is in the track of the world's
development, running for ages from
cast to west. England reads in. tbe
enormous growth of the population
and wealth of this country that the
day is' not distant when our lead in
almost every direction will be estab
lished. If the United States could
reach so , great a development in a
century, it must seem to. England
that Canada, which is adjacent to us,
and also stretches troin ocean to
ocean, must have somewhat similar
possibilities. The British Islands
are but dots in the . sea. - Canada is
half a continent. It is undeveloped,
and therefore unspoiled. England,
stung by the recent effort in Europe
to isolate it, has drawn nearer Ihe
colonies in order to readjust its posi
tion, and Canada is tLe chosen fa
vorite of the flock.
But can Canada be built up into
rivalry of the United States by any
resouces that England can bring to
bear? Experiments in .this direction
have hitherto failed. Emigrants
have ' been assisted to tettle in Can
ada, but in a course of time find tbeir
way to this country of better pppor-
nities. Since 1870
Canadians have emigrated : to the
Tnited States, and . that number is
one-fifth of the present population of
the Dominion. England may spend
large sums on Cauadian internation
al improvements, fortifications and
lines of steamships, only to discover
in the end that the strong currents
running toward this country cannot
be diverted nor. divided. When the
English plans for Canada are reduced
to practice they may arouse troub
lesome jealousies. Halifax, for in
stance, strongly objects to the choice
of St. John as the terminus of tbe
new line of fast transatlantic steam
ships. Canada is a peculiar combi
nation of races at best, and the at
tempt to Anglicize it. completely in
trade and feeling can hardly succeed
no matter what gifts and favors are
heaped upon it. The course of Eng
land's new policy in Canada will ex
cite interest, and it will also bear
watching.
the escape of the Constitution from
tbe entire British squadron off Sandy
Hook, the defeat of the crack British
frigate Guerriere off Halifax and the
conquest of the Biitish. frigate Java
off. the coast of Brazil. - : -
Inventive genius of man' has well
nigh destroyed the romance of the
naval engagement and tbe sea rover.
The novelist and historian '. will find
bis occupation gone in a'few years.
The youth whose ambition it is to
run away.to sea and sail the Spanish
main on a pirate bold will turn his
attention to the construction ot a fly
ing machine, but the deeds of
suck ships as' the . Constitution will
always stir him and prove an object
lesson for bravery and patriotism.
. The new currency law of Japan
went into effect the first of. October,
and the consul of that country in
New York has; received advices from
his government as follows: "In the
week following October 1st the ap
plications for gold currency in
change for, silver yen amounted to
only $950,000, equal' to abou ihe
same amount in United States dol
lars. The morfey market, in the cap
ital is quiet. An imperial decree
has been issued prohibiting the cir
culation of silver yea after April,
1898. The' adoption of the gold
standard in Japan has caused an un
easiuess to the general situation and
shows that Japan refuses to be
classed among those nations who
seek an unstable currency system.
: SEI-flHUflli STATEJVIEflT
Of the County Treasurer of Waeco County, Orejron, for the five months ending on
,the 30th day of September, A: D. 1897, of money received and paid out, from
whom received'and from what source, and ou what account paid out :
AMOUNTS BECKIVEO, AND FROM WHAT SOURCE. ' ;'
. -' ". ; . General
To amount on hand from last report... .... ..
To amounts received from taxes. . .'.. .v.,. .
To amount received from Dalles City taxes..
To amount received from road taxes. .
To amount received from penalty taxes. . . . . .
To amount iece1ved from eunary fees. .
To amount received from Institute
To amount received from licensee . ., .
Balance on hand .'. . ... . 4
State ;
Taxes. . . : ...' ...,. .1! ! ' ' "" v "
Refunded ........ '
AMOUNTS PAID OUT.:
By amount paid out on connty warrants . . . . . . ;. ,
By amount paid out on School Superintendent's warrants
By balance general fund on hand. . , . : .
By balance school fund on hand. .............. i . 1 .. ,
Dalles City warrants redeemed .......... . .'.
Road warrants redeemed
Institute warrants redeemed...
' SPECIAL SCHOOL FUND.
By balance, speceal echool fund. .
Taxes......
Warrants paid ...
Balance .' . : ; . . . . .. ... .
School
Fund.
Fund.
..$ 4.164 01 ,
'. 15,697 48 ' '
. 2,272 15
. t 698 97
. JO 28 "
762 58
. . 69 00
". 225 00
$ 2,494 11
. 4,142 32
. . 4,844 85
53 75
$24,169 47 $11,535 03
General
Fund.,
.$14,755 92'
.', 6,927 40
'. .2,272 15
, -. 145 00
69 00
$24,169 47
. 152 24
. 4,128 53
School
. Fund.
$10,460 41
1,074 62 ;
$11,535 03
$ 4,029 10
251 67
In behalf of Mr. Taylor.
Rev. Mr. Buruside of Buffalo, who
was an important witness in the Rev.
O. D. Taylor case, occupied the pulpit
uf the Michigan avenue Buptist church
last evening. At tbe conclusion of the
sermon Kev. (J. 11. Maxson - stated the
occasion of Mr. Burnside's presence in
this city, and "declared further that a
welcome would; be given to Mr. Taylor
to tbe service of the church at anv time.
Acquaintance with Mr. Taylor had
turned a strong prejudice against 'him to
entire confidence. On his vacation he
had viaited Tbe Dalles and found that
his conclusions were fully justified.
Mr. Maxson said be could not under
stand how any one who heard the evi
dence could believe Mr. Taylor guilty,
and he characterized the conviction as
fn injustice done Mr. Taylor and his
family. ' He declared that Mr. Taylor
was the victim of a conspiracy. Sagi
naw Evening News, Oct. 18, 1897.
' RevcrBlnm the Order.
' Naming horses for public characters
is common enoug-h, but giving to a
child the name of .a Derby winner is
a unique reversal of fhe ordinary meth
ods in such cases, snys the Boston Her
ald. But this deceased speculator and
over 1,000,000 J accredited billionaire called his Ibaby
boy Ladas 1'rinirose, in honor of Jjord
Kosebery's famous horse and the for
mer prime minister, of England. His
litile daughter also bears the name
of Primrose, joined to that of Leah,
thus making a Hebraic combination as
flattering to the parent as to the in
fant's namesake. .
Vesetarian Drc.
The members of the Women's Vege
tarian union in London have a new
craze. It is for vegetarian dress. They
have concluded that it is' as wrong to
kill animals for clothes as for food.:
They want vegetable boots, vegetable
gloves, vegetable gowns, and even veg
etable note paper. They have decided
that the kid, the calf and the sheep
shall be spared, if their influence can
do it.
A DtIlr:i to. Oirr-lluicnt.
No more c'.egnr.t i-oi-pVnicr.t v.-ns ever
paid to-a piTKchcr than that t; King
Louis XJV. of Vn nee to .lean. Batiste
Masillon, bishop of Clorrncr.t. Said he:
"I have heard many great preachers,
and the effect they prcductd on 'me was
that I felt thcroufrhly satisfied with
them. E-iory time I heard you, I have'
been' dissatisfied with myself." N: 1.
Post. - .
' ' $ 4,280 77 $ 4,280 77
State of Oregon, County of Waeco es. , ' . '
I, C. L. Phillips, do hereby certify that the foregoing. is a tree and correct
statement of the amounts received, paid out and remaining on hand, in the county -treasury
of said county t)r the next five months ending on the 30th day of Septem
ber, A. D. 1897. f .
Witness my hand this 30th day of September, A. D. 1897. .
C. L. PHILLIPS, County Treasurer.
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT.
. . 1 . 1
Of the amount of money and warrants received for taxes, and money paid to the
County Treasurer by the Sheriff of Wasco County, Oregon, for the five months
ending on tbe 30th day of September, A. D. 1897: -
To amount received in coin and currency during May, 1897. $ 4,654 12
To amount received in coin and currency during Jnne, 1897 8,464 39
To amount received in coin and currency during Julv, 1897 : 12,570 79
To amount received in coin and currency during August, 1897 2,104 00
To amount received in coin and currency during September, 1897 ...... 8,873 46
By amounts paid Co County Treumrer as per receipts -t
May. 1897 .$ 4,877 65
June, 1897 .- ...... 4,654 12
July, 1897 8,464 39
August, 1897 i 9,926 10
September, 1897
State of Oregon, County of Wasco as.
I, T. J. Driver, Sheriff of said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing
statement is correct and true. -V
Witness my band this 22d day of October, A. D. 1897. . ' '
T. J. DRIVER, Sheriff of Wasco County. ' .
By Robert Kelly, Deputy.
NAVAL HEROES.
Anniversaries of the battle of Traf
algar and tbe launching of the filiate
Constitution, one in England, Ihe
other in the great nation which
sprang from her liberated colonies,
recall deeds of valor' on the seas
which have bad no equal for pictur
esqueness in tbe last lew decades.
Lord Nelson, who commanded at the
battle of Trafalgar, ranked as an ad:
miral in the same class as Wellington
and Washington as generals. . He
wa? aggressive to the uttermost, but
cautious when occasion required.
His forte lay in. the direction of a
fleet.
The Constitution was, an example
of tbe career of a single ship. It is
said that "Old Ironsides" was the
foundation of the American navy.
She was a solid rock of strength.
The nerves of a patriotic American
thrill with delight wben he reads of
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
Ot the County Clerk of Wasco. County, State of Oregon, showing the amount
and number of claims allowed by the County Court of said County, amount
of warrants drawn, and the amount of warrants outstanding and unpaid,
from the first day of May, 1897, to the thirtieth day of September, 1897, both
days inclusive : . ' ..
For salaries of County officers, towit. County Judge, County Com-
missioners, Clerk, Sheriff, District Attorney, School Superin
tendent, Assessor, Treasurer, Stock Inspector and Janitor $ 7,131 00
For paupers and county hospital. . . . : , i,4to ji
For roads and bridges.
For jurors and witnesses Circuit Court. . .
For fees in Justice Court.
For stationery, records, etc.
For court house and jail
For Supervisor's account.
For armory rent, O. N. G. and G. A. R. . .
For bailiffs ,
For Coroner's inquests
For fuel and electric lights and telephone
For printing and advertising.
Rebate on taxes.
For insane account
Gur on Murderer..
Austria is the country most lenient
to murderers. In ten years' over 800
persons were found guilty of murder,
of whom only 23 were put to death.
N. Y. Sun.
TILLETT & GALLIGAN,
WM. TILLETT.
H. GALLIGAN.
f
Sole Proprietor or tbe CELEBRATED
XAKIMA afflk. .
Hood River Nursery,
TILLETT ' GALLIGAN, Propt.
First-class Nursery Stock a Specialty.
B 8 HCimKGTOK. H S WILSON.
UNTIXGTOK 4 WILSON, .
ATTUKJtfcYS Al JjArv,
THE DALLES, OREGON.
Office over First Nat Bant.
Hl
FRED. W. WILSON,
, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
1 THE DALLES, OREGON
Office over First Nat. Bank.
5,303 25
1,242 35
92o 30
535 80
75 78
186 00
112 50
108 50
218 80
359 93
164 27
17 28
20 00
For bounty on wild animals. - 566 00
' Total amount of warrants drawn. .$18,427 0T
Outstanding warrants uanaid October 1. 1897 . .$ 92,504 61
Estimated accrued interest thereon 15,000 00 '
. Total liabilities.,..:....... $107,504 61
State of Oregon, County of Wasco as.
1,.A. M.' Kelsay, County Clerk of the County of Wasco, State of Oregon,
do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct statement of the
number and amount of claims allowed by the County Court, for the six months
ending on the 30th day of September,. A. D. 1897, on what account the same
was allowed and the amount of warrants drawn, and the amount of warrants
outstanding and unpaid as the same appears upon the records of my office and
in my custody. - .
Witness my hand and the seal of the County Court of said County
seal. this 11th day of Qctoher, A. D. 1897. ,
. - A.) M. KELSAY, County .Clerk.
- RESOURCES.
By funds in hands of Sheriff, applicable to the payment of county
warrants 3,000 00
By funds in hands of County Treasurer applicable to the payment of
county warrants. .. 6,927 40
By amount of taxes on roll of 1895-1896 applicable to payment of war-
rants 10,000 00
By estimated amount of real estate bid in by the County at tax sales
. for the years 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893 and 1894 6,000 00
Total resources applicable to payment of county warrants 25,927 40
Excess of liabilities over respurces. '..r 81,577 21
State of Oregon, County of Wasco ss. '. .
I, A. M. Kelsay, County Clerk of the County of Wasco, State of Oregon, do
hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct statement of the finan
cial condition of said county, as the same appears of record from the books or
said county, in my office and custody, amd from the reports-of the County.
Treasuserand Sheriff filed herein. . . . ...
Witness my hand and seal of the Court of said County, this 10th
SEAL. day of September, A. D. 1897. " ;
V ; ; ' A. M. KELSAY, County Clerk.
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