THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1897.
The Weekly Chroniele.
CO U NTT OFFICLAXB.
Conner Judge..
Sheriff.
Clerk..
Treasurer
roads in the country, and it is only
fair to presume, at least until evi
dence to the contrary is shown, that
the accident was one that human
vigilance could not avert nor human
Commissi on erf .
C. L. Phillips
I A. b. mowers
ID. 8. Klrasey
Assessor ..... W. 11. Whipple
Borreyor : J. a. i.oit
Superintendent ol Public Schools... C. L. Gilbert
Coroner... W. H. Butts
....Robt. Mays
..T. J. Driver
'"c phfiiiS j uflgme qt foresee. '
OUTRAGEOUS VERDICT.
STATE OFFICIALS.
Ojrernoi .; W. P. Lord
Secretary of State ; H R Kincaid
Treasurer Phillip Metschan
Bupcot ruDiio instruction. .....j. M. lrwin
Attomev-General ...... C. M. Iiilomsn
G. W. McBride
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IB Hermann
1W. R. EUis
....... :...W.H. Leeds
Congressmen. . .
State Printer...
. Weeklr ClubbtncBates.
Chronicle and Oregonian.
Chronicle and Examiner. ... . . .
Chronicle and Tribune. . '. ......
Chronicle and N. Y.. World ......
In the case of Kichard Hinkle, ac
cused of 'murdering Scott, a book
agent for the J. K. Gill -Company of
Portland, about two years ago, for
bis money, and burning the body, a
jury in the circuit court at Canyon
Mitcheu Citv on the 23d returned a verdict
of "manslaughter," and the accused
was sentenced to fifteen years in the
penitentiary, lhe verdict or man
slaughter was perfectly absurd. If
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A MAN OF ZEAL.
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. .. 2 25 Hinkle was guilty, he was guilty of
1 75 murder, and if there was not evi
dence enough to convict him of
murder, there was certainly no evi
dence to convict him of manslaughter,
.Whitman has been criticised for Tor killing a man ana Burning me
hi refusal in 'Imvc hi mission at body to COUCeal Ue Crime (lO not
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Waiilatpu. in time to save his own swnct ror any rorm or mansiaugmer.
life and the lives of those around 1 e case or Jfrotessor eoster,
him. The massacre did not come of Harvard college, who was hanged
in .1850 for the murder of : Dr. Park-
.a 1
man, while mere was a general con-
without warnipg. The Indian de-
meanor underwent a distinct change
before it culminated in an nntl.reak viction that "Webster had struck
of savage atrocity. To considerable Parkman a fatal blow in a fit of an-
' extent. Whitman had dpnrivpd thp. eer, nevertheless the proof that he
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old chiefs and medicine men of their had deliberately tried to destroy the
authority, and the deposition rankled body of his victim was deemed proof
in their savaaa hrpnsta. Thpv wprp. of murder, and of murder he was
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jealous of his rising power and pros- justly convicted and justly executed
neritv. and other members of thp But in the case of Hinkle the charge
tribes, took alarm at the inrolling was that he and one Bare murdered
wave of immigration which threat- Scott for his money and burned the
ened to dispossess them of their body to conceal the crime. Tnere
lands and hnntino-ornnnrls. was no suspicion of a quarrel: the
These sentiments smoldered for accused were either absolutely inno-
years, and finally the opportunity cent or absolutely guilty of murder;
came for the jealous head men to fan and not-at all of manslaughter
the smouldering fire into flame. The Therefore, Bare, wuo is serving a
immigrant hronwht a wasting fever life sentence - for his part in the
and measles, and these were imparted crime, and Hinkle, who gets off with
to the Indians. Whitman was tire- fifteen years, as guilty of manslaugter,
less in his work of ministering to the represent a very gross miscarriage of
sick, but the Indians would not ob justice, for if there was evidence be
serve his sanitary instructions, ner- yond a doubt that these two men
sisted in mixing up his treatment murdered Scott for his money, they
with their crude system, and he was weie ot"& most barbarous
more sr.nnpssfiil in onrino- thn whites murder and deserved death; and if
than in cuiing the red men. An there was not sufficient evidence to
ugly rumor ran from band to band show beyond a reasonable doubt that
that ihe missinn.irir was ejist.irKX thp they murdered Scott, they should
"evil eye upon the natives, and that have been acquitted.
np and Mrs. Whitman wprp Pnrarprl This verdict either means that the
in a conspiracy to kill off the Indians 8tate has suffered a great wiong done
tainistrations at Washington - have
hesitated to pre voke a war with a
nation so crippled, so helpless, and
yet so proud and defiant. If we go
to "war with Spain, it will be a war
with a desperate nation. The result,
of course, cannot be doubted, and
outside of Spain, no one in Europe
questions that the United States
would be victor. But it is o be
hoped that the administration will
devise some way to end . the Cuban
struggle without going to war-with
Spain. ', ' " .
AS A CUBAN SEES IT.
and give their lands to the whites.
' Keen students of Indian nature
warned wnitman that trouDle as
brewing, but the missionary zeal ran
by the jury in convicting of man
slaughter a man accused of cold
blooded murder for the purpose of
theft, or it means that the accused
through his veins, and he would not have been grossly wronged by being
heed teeir warnings. If he had been found guilty of a crime of which
a more prudent man, be would not they were not-accused and of which
have been the Whitman who lives in tfae? could not have been guilty,
song and story. He would never since the evidence was not sufficient
have crossed the Eocky mountaius to satisfy the jury that a murder hadi
to found his mission, and he , would been committed. Yet a man ac
not have made his terrible midwinter cused of killing his victim for money
riHi tn Siva OrAirnn tn the nninn and burning his body is either inno
Review.
If
goes
cent of murder or guilty of murder;
he is not guilty of manslaughter.
There is often a case where it is a
nice question whether the accused
who is indicted for murder is guilty
as indicted, or guilty only of man-
but when the charre is
the, sale, with congressional action as I rder and . robb with borni
its end, will undoubtedly be great lf body to 30nceal lhe crime,
ard will probably succeed. Con-Li. . , 5..t:B;
comnromise verdict. The law clear-
tive financiers like Mr. J. P. Mor- K definies the function of the jury,
gau wm iuue auuw iu a scram- Rnd it hajJ nQ rJ to render &
ble of this sort wjth our enterprising dict fa d. fa,se
It is no exaggeration to sav that
mem uers oi congress, xue nope oi
the country has . been to see this
the Union Pacific settlement
to congress again, it will" be
come a national scandal, with in
finite corruption attendant upon it
The pressure for , postponement of sl&rtliter -
not a few juries of Oregon and
Wash in s-ton. as well as of manv
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iroumesome maimer arrangea wnnoui tafe f the , ,h .
ite again being rhrown into the foot- Lerdicts DOtin accordance with the
C - U 4.1- A.S 1 "Al I
u. uuu ,u uwUUl capiuu iur fact8 but acc0rdance with their
ine loooyisis to swarm aoouc am
if this is not to be, the history of the
Pacific railways, fraudulent contracts,
Credit Mobilier and all, can be made
consistent to its close. Oregonian.
feelings. Oregonian.
WAR WITS SPAIN.
Spain would make a sorry warlike
stand against the United States, says
the bpokesman-Keyiew. Kven now
it finds itself hardly ,. able to hold
Cuba against, the insurgents, and if
it went to war with the United
The disaster . on the . New York
Central railroad, by which the Buffalo
express was thrown into the Hudson
and many lives lost, is one of the
most distressing railway accidents in States, It could not hold that island
recent years. So far as investiga- 'or a month
tions have proceeded, the managers Spain has exhausted herself in the
of the road and their employes in present struggle with the rebellious
charge of the train; do not appear islanders. Her treasury is drained,
accountable for the wreck, the theorv her financial credit is gone; the en-
being that the foundation of the thusiasm of her young men has been
roadbed was undermined by . the f chilled by the long strugglej and
water in a manner which only its thousands of her brave sons sent out
collapse could disclose. It is well to support Campos and Weyler will
known that the New York1 Central is never more behold the "sunny slopes
one of the most carefullv managed of old Castile,
and thoroughly ' built and equipped J It is not surprising that two ad
A Cuban who puts his opinions
calmly and clearly prints in an' East
ern paper a view, of the situation as
it appears to an educated native of
the island. He', gives the reasons
why nothing short of independence
will satisfy those who have risen in
repeated revolts against the oppres
sion of Spain. :
In the first place, as a Cuban, he
has never discovered any material
distinction between the Spanish . Lib-
eral and the Conservative parties,
As far as the colonies are concerned,
;hange in cabinets is merely a
change of names. The Liberals have
neither the : will nor" the power to
grant to Cuba autonomy in the An
glo Saxon sense. It matters not who
is premier, whether Canovas. Sa
gasta, Azcarraga ., or Silvela, their
feelings and actions are substantially
the same in relation to matters out
side of the boundaries of Spain it
self. With the death of Canovas bis
party has apparently gone . into the
background, though they bold a leg
islative majority. : They are willing
to grant a certain' leadership to a
man of opposite politics, and ibis
can only mean an ss.-n ranee that be
will not give up more than the Con
servatives are willing to grant. -
The fact is referied to by this
Cuban writer that when, years ago,
the leaders of the Cuban Autonomist
party presented to Senor Sagasta
their plan of limited self-government
for Cuba, he replied to their request
for support: "Gentlemen, the Span
ish statesman who would make such
a change is not yet born, nor is bis
mother born." When the subject
was submitted tojCanovas, his answer
was: "impossioie. morning can
prevail against the national reality.'
That meant that the absolute monop
oly of the Cuban markets was neces
sary to Spain. To disturb this would
be to shake the Spanish fabric, and
no party had ever genuinely con
sented iq it. The offer of reforms
heretofore was bwt deceptive. Cuba
has been governed from Madrid in
the same manner by all parties. Real
concessions would nave raised
storm.
Oulv a few days ago the cable
brought the announcement that Sa
gasta is disposed to allow the Cubans
autonomy "in so far as it shall not be
incompatible with the inflexible de
fense of the sovereignty of Spain in
the West Indies." Another phrase
used in the dispatch is "administra
tive. autonomy." The Cuban who
remembers what Spanish parties are,
what deceit has lurked in Spanish
terms, and what treachery has fol
lowed past promises of reforms is
skeptical now about propositions to
be submitted bv Sagasta. Spain in
tends to be supreme in its colony,
and to give it no real permission to
govern itself under a mild and chief
ly nominal ownership. -
.Therefore, this Cuban says, his
country men-will fight on until they
achieve independence. They dare
not stop short of that The war of
extermination may go on, but it
costs more than an equal number of
Spanish lives. Of late the insurgents
have taken the offensive, and : cap
tured at least one stronghold. Spain
is losing ground in Cuba. Campos
has failed as a soldier, and Weyler
has failed as a monster. Blanco
faces a more difficult situation than
they did. . The purpose of the Cu
bans i3 to fight it out.
on the mainland as. well as on the
ocean. For over two years and a
half the United States has been doing
police duty for Spain - which Spain
would have been unablfi to do for
herself. The task has been very un
pleasant to all concerned In it on-oaf'
side, but it has been performed with
vigor and intelligence nevertheless.
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From Australia comes the news of
an irrpending stampede to the Klon
dike.: A recent London cablegram
states that the officials of steamship
companies expect to ' carry 20,000
gold-seekers from Great - Britain.
South. Africa will send a large con
tingent, and every state in the Uaion
will send numerous parties.', AH, in
dications point to another rush like
that which peopled Australia and
California. Alaska has ceased to be
a land of mystery and solitude.
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NATURAE
GRAVITY GATE.
Report of Physicians on tne Remains of
. Marcos Whitman.
Spain will have a difficult task if
she tries to convince Europe that the
United States has been lax in ' the
performance of its duties as a neu
tral government in the. Cuban con
flict. The great number of projected
expeditions which have been headei
off by our authsrities shows that
ceaseless vigilance has been exercised Subscribe for The Cheosiclk
- Dra. Bingham and Shaw of Walla
Walla, the physicians. who examined
the remains found on Thursday in the
Whitman mound, have made a report,
and describe the bones as follqwe :
First Skull of .man, mature adult,
comprising all the bones of the cranium
All the bones of the right side in cood
state of preservation. On the verte,
close to the medium line, is an oblique
incased fracture of the skull, evidently
made with the corner of an ax. These
wounds are well defined, the instrument
acting like wedge in splitting tbe.sknll
beyond the seat of the wound and frac
taring the internal tables so - that the
borders of the skull are decidedly sharp,
the beveled edges being on the interior
of the cranium. On the left side of the
occipital bone . is a bole in the eknll
about three inches longt and one end
one-third ' Inches wide. Along the up
per' part of this bone is a fine edge to
the border of the bone, with smooth
surface externally, showing that the in
cised surface was evidently made by a
sharp-cutting instrument, the . blow
striking the bead, either from, above
downward, while the man' was in an
erect posture, or being a horizontal blow,
while the man was lying face downward.
No marks of depressed fractnre? of in
ternal tables are around the edge of this
wound, and it is doubtful if this wound
penetrated the brain. The- jaw is fairly
preserved, with the mental process
strongly developed. Tbe posterior mo
lar tooth on tbe left side contains a gold
filling, and is worn more than tbe teeth
on the opposite side, showing that tbe
left aide was used more than tbe right in
mastication. The seats of m oscular ad
justment show a strong, well-developed
man. - -'. ' - . '
The skull has been mutilated by being
cat in two, the cnt commencing at' the
nasal bone and extending back to tbe
seat of the wound. Marks of . the saw
are well defined on each side of the saw
incision, where the instrument evident
ly slipped in the hands of the operator.
The skull had not been opened throngh
this cut, which seems to have' been
made for some otber definite .purpose
than of opening the skull. . The sawing
was done nn'skillfully, probably when
the body was lying on tbe ground, face
upwards. . . . , . -
Mrs. Whitman's sknll is described as
being of ordinary size, thin. The sutures
would indicate a person from 45 to 50
years of age.
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'.. THE DALLES, OR.
The Wheat Markets.
The Portland lqcal wheat market was a
trifie firmer Wednesday in . response to
the strength exhibited in tbe Eastern
markets, but tbe failure of the Liver
pool markets to follow the epecalators
of the New World prevented an advance
here, and prices remain steady at quota
tions. Receipts continue .very heavy,
and ships are being loaded as rapidly as
tney can be secured. Tnere is a com
plaint about a scarcity of cars in portions
of the uppor country. Selling has
started in -more freely 'this week; and,
with tbe slow arrival of ships, exporters
are getting . about all that they can
handle to advantage. In spite of the
shortage of ships, the amount pnt afloat
to date is afore than double that of any
previous year, and the heavy movement
continues. One. Portland firm Tuesday
finished loading a ship in Portland,
another in Tacoma, and will finish a
third one in Portland tomorrow. '2
New Paper at Skaguay.
Skaguay bas added a newspaper to its
other attractions. It is called the
Skagua News, four pages brim full of
news, and the first number, issued on
October 15, was accompanied by a sup
plement, to accommodate tbe press of
matter on band. Tbe most important
items furnished by the news are in re
lation to the tramway to be built over
the Skaguay pass, which it says will
be constructed at once. ;
TheShaguay& Lake Bennett Tram
way Company bas recently been formed,
with three of our Skaguay residents
as organizers. Marry Hi. Uattin repre
sents large moneyed ' interests - in Port
land, Or., and along, our coast, while
Henry , C. Ash, of ; Philadelphia, . is
backed by capital from Eastern States.
Ensley A. Webster, who is well known
in railway circles as a practical engineer
and builder, will have charge of the con
struction. Skaguay has been chosen as
a terninus, because from this place, as
the bead of navigation," a throngh line
to Lake Bennett can .be built to carry
freight and passengers from -the tide
water to the head waters ' of the Yukon
without a single change, at the same
time being the shortest route. . .This
tramway will be finished to Summit lake
by thut time tbe sledding Beason com
mences, and it will be completed In the
early spring, so that direct communica
tion can be had as soon as the lakes are
clear of ice. The altitude of the White
pass is known to be lower than any
other, and here the percentage of grade
is very moderate by following the water
courses,, rather than the precipitous
horse trail. ' ' "
A scow load of oak wood just received
af Maier & Benton's, r -' o26-lw
The shipping season promises to be a
long one, and will extend pretty well on
toward another year. Estimates made
by operators are to tbe effect that not
more than one-fonrtb of the crop has
been sold, and of this amount not more
than two-thirds has reached tidewater.
English buyers are not so anxious for
wheat as they were a short time ago,
and are inclined to hold offaslongas
possible, in the hope that the brighten
ing prospects. In other portions of the
world will have a tendency to weaken
the American market. Australian and
Argentine crop . reports grow, brighter
with each advice received from there,
and indications are favorable for India
becoming quite a heavy exporter. In
the face-of these facts, growers are be
ginning to think that there is a qm:e a
large element of chance in keeping 80c
wheat in the granaries. Two cargoes
finished loading yesterday, and two
more will finish today,
Thursday the prices for wheat in
Portland were: Walla Walla, 80u;
bluestem 81 to 82; valley 82 to 83c per
bushel. - ' .
On Wednesday May wheat was not so
eagerly sought for in Chicago as.it has
been for some days, the consequence
being a widening of the spread during
the morning to 3c. . December, which
closed yeBterday at 8494c, started
with buyers at 94jg95c, and steadily
advanced to 95c. Offerings up to this
time had been comparatively scarce, but
at that price eome of tbe large commis
sion houses sold freely, and the reaction
to 95c ensued. Tbe prediction of rain
for Illinois, Indiana and Missouri had
some effect on the decline, as did the
report that foreigners, particularly tbe
French, were reselling at tbe seaboard.
At those figures, however, the demand
again improved, and the market became
quite strong.
Liverpool closed lldhigher, which
added to the firmness, as did the heavy
exports, 619,000 bushels, of which 173,
000 bushels was in flour. The market
was further advanced on liberal pur
chases by one of the bouses which had.
sold freely on the early bulge, supposed
to be for local professionals, who re
placed ' part of a "long'' line. Before
tbe advance was checked December had
sold at 96Jc. New York reported 398,- j
000 bushels taken there yesterday, and
43 loads today. Primary, receipts showed
some falling off, and were 327.000
bnshels under those of last year.
The Continental markets ruled lower,
Paris ' wheat declined 510 centimes,
and flour was off 2030 centimes.' Ant
wern' wae; unchanged.-- No. 2 spring
wheat was offered 8c per bushel under
the December price to United Kingdom
ports without bringing in a response.
The fact brought the market down. Re
alization became quite free. The report
of tbe purchase of 205,000 'bushels more
oLNo1.; 1 Northern at ' Duluth, making
about 800,000 bushels in all destined for
this market, . also bad a weakening in
fluence. December waB selling at 95c
at the close.
Liverpool Wheat firm. No. 1 stan
dard California, 28s; cargos off coast;
nothing doing; cargosDn passage, nom
nal and unchanged ; : French country
markets, quiet: Liverpool wheat,"No. 1
California, 7s lid 8s d : wheat and
flour in Paris, dull. ,
Close : Wheat Spot, No. 1 red North
ern spring, new, firm at 78 d. .
SMOOTH DIPLOMACY.
The Old Man Knew How to Collect
.: Bill.. .';'
- Julian is only 14 months old and a
fine child, though I eay it myself, 1
had him on my knee in the parlor ot
our flat when a knock came at the door,
I opened it, whereupon, a decidedly
elderly gentleman pushed his way an. s
"What a fine boy! exclaimed the
stranger, looking in admiration at Jul
ian "I can tell it's aboy. '; He's so
sturdy." '."-
, I had been inclined to resist his un
ceremonious pushing of himself in, but
he took so much pleasure in Julian and
Julian was so delighted by the atten
tion that-I hadn't the heart to 6ay any
thing. . . '
"Six teeth, eh?" continued the pater
nal and kindly old gentleman.. "Two
years old, I judge, sir?" ,
"No, sir," I replied. "It is true he
looks fully two years old, but he is only
14 months."
"Impossible," was the reply, in a tone
of wonder. -
. Julian meanwhile, was crowing and
laughing at the stranger and held out
his arms. It suddenly dawned on me
that I had not asked my visitor, his
business, but by this time he had Julian
in his lap."
"The child actually weighed all of
25 pounds," he declared. ' "By the way,
I came to see you about the gas bill. I
Actually 25 pounds! Only 14 months
old! Ha! ha! little boy." '
I had been angTy for a week about
my gas bill. The company had taken
away my meter on account of non
payment of a most outrageous charge,,
and for some time I had been using
candles. My intention was to sue the ,
company. ... .
"Hear him laugh!" cried the vener
ablfi old gentleman, who was now
dandling Julian on his knee. . "Four
teen months old and weighs 25 pounds'
Well, well!". . '
Julian was in esctasies.
"Well, now," I said, "I don't think I
ought to pay " ,
But he was 'so wrapped up in Julian
that he really did not hear me. . He
brought forth an old wallet and drew .
my gas bill from it.
"Here, little boy," he cried, "is some
thing for you to play with. I really be--lieve
he'll-have another tooth through -in
a week. There isn't another baby in
Brooklyn to equal hin."
Julian was waving that gas bill in
his little fist, and the two made the
sweetest picture together the old gen
tleman and the child. I 'had a $10 bill
that I was hoarding to buy a new coat
and vest with, and 1 brought it out with
a sigh- The old gentleman accepted it"
casually.
"Well, well," he said. "I must be
going. Twenty-five pounds! Four
teen months old!" S - '
As he walked downstairs he' looked ',
back two or three times to wave his
hand and cry "By-by" at Julian. He
was certainly a superior and well edu
cated old gentleman and) I have no
-doubt he was reduced to the necessity
of taking up his present occupation by -reverses
of fortune, but I wish I had .
thought of asking him to have my
gas meter brought back. St. Louis !
Post-Dispatch. . .
Food, undigested, Is poison. Digested,
it is life and Btrengtb. Millions of us
suffer from indigestion, but we often
don't know it. We think it is some
thing else. Even doctors often mistake -the
symptoms. :
Pale, t hin people, who are overworked,
who heed strength, who seem in want of
proper food, should take Shaker Digest
ive Cordial. It is astonishing what food
will do, when properly digested. -
It will make you strong, revive you,
refresh you, eustain jou, make you fat,
restore your color, make muecle, brain
fibre, conrage, endurance, . energy ; in
crease your power to throw off disease
and keep yon healthy and happy. ;
Indigestion does just the opposite, bnt
indigestion can be enred and prevented
with Shaker Digestive Cordial.
Sold by druggists. ; Trial bottle lOcts.
ANOREGOSJLOSDIXE.-.
Do you want money ? If so, catch on -to
this. A 7-year-old orchard, twenty
acre tract, seventeen acres In choice
fruits, bearing trees, new house of six ,
rooms, barns, outbuildings, etc., all new;
two horses and harness, two wagons, one
road cart and one cow. Will sell at a '
bargain and on easy terms. Call on or
Address C. E. Bayard or Chas. Frezer
The Dalles, Oregon.