THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1897.
The Weekly Ghfoniele.
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
CantT Judge......
Sberiff.
Clerk.... ....
Treasurer... .....
Commissioners . . .
Robt. Mays
T. J. Driver
A M. Ketaiv
C. L. FhiUips
(A. S. Blowers
- ' ID. 8. Kimscv
Assessor. W.H.Whipple
Surveyor -J- B. ijoit
Superintendent of Public School. ..C. L. Gilbert
Coroner W. H. Butt
STATE OFrtCIAIiS. ,
ajTcrnor.....:. ... W.P. Lord
Secretary of State Tt R Kincaid
Treasurer Phillip Metschan
BupLof Pnbllo Instruction. G. M. Irwin
Aitflmpr.fipnpnil . CM. Idlemnn
(G. W". SleBride
j.'H. Mitchell
(B Hermann
jougreaimeii j w j Ellis
State Printer.... W. H. Leeds
'ONE ROUND OF POLITICS.
There wr-s .n time when political
campaigns were incidents, when, like
Chnstm.-is and. Thanksgiving, they
had their times and seasons. This is
all chnnged, and one political conir
edy is not off the boards until an
other is on. The smoke of the battle
of '96 had not cleared away before
4.be armies were being drafted for
the battle of '97. That has passed,
but already the lines are being ar
ranged for the fight of '98, in which
Oregon will fire the first gun.
And so it goes, and so it seems it
is to continue to go, getting worse
and thicker year by year. It is not j
because we are turning our attention
to politics as a nation, but because
elections that thirty or foity years
ago were considered of not much
impoitunce, have come to be con
sidered ot national import. The
election of Greater New York brought
out as many votes, or about as many,
as were cast in thewhole thirteen
original states. The city elections in
- u ' -
and other large states axe of as large
proportions as the state elections of
a fair 1 flora n nrn
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- In the course of fifty years or less,
if the country continues to grow,
life will become one joj-ous round of
.politics, and business will have to be
.abandoned.
The telegrams announce that -Dur-Tant
will be, or was, taken this morn
ing before Judge Bahrs at San Fran
cisco to have the date of his execution
set It was the impression that there
would be no further delay, and that
Friday, Nov. 12th, would see the
sentence enforced. The Durrant
case presents some remarkable fea
tures, and the conclusion reached by
K j-v -Sna tltnt rtituxiinf IPAO tY Milt TT hflQ
lUb JUI J IUUV EUI4U4V Q J
met with almost universal public
approval. If he is guilty as charged,
ue is ceriaiuiy one oi me iiiusi com
Hooded and depraved creatures that
- . . ... . . . i . tj
ever appeared in bun an form; and
the more speedily he is removed
from earth the better. We have al
ways believed that Durrant could
tell" a story that would implicate
UtUCO) UUH nuCUICl wUU, UI will,
remains to be seen. He is stolid,
" unmoved and remorseless, and will
probably keep his lips sealed, and
-pose as an innocent man to the fall
of the curtain
A postal card received from the
Ladles Home Journal announces that
that paper has "secured what prom
ises to be the great magazine feature
of 1898." It is entitled "'The Inner
"Wife." That ought to be a prolific
subject, especially when it goes to
describing her wrestlings with cholera
morbus.colic or an overdose of cham
pagne. These modern journals are
getting to deal with some queer sub
ject; some of them, as in this case,
really sensational.
McCturc's .for November contains
a chapter oi two from Mark Twain's
new book, which shows that his pen
has not lost its trickery or his mind
its store of plausible fiction. In fact
be says that one of the misfortunes
of his literal y career was that he
could never tell a lie that anyone
would doubt, or a truth that aryone
would believe, and right on top of
this he tells the story of a cold spell
on the Atlantic when " the mate's
shadow froze fast to the deck and
anchored him. '
The whaling fleet having been
caught in the ice in Bebrings sea,
steps are being taken towards sending
the men on the imprisoned vessels
relief. It is stated that the ships are
all short of supplies. It can be un
derstood howmen iu the wild rush
for gold into the inhospitable regions
of Alaska, where transportation of
supplies is almost an impossibility,
can be short of provisions; but how
or why men with a sailing vessel to
earry hundreds of tons, should get in
this condition is inconceivable. The
poor devils of , sailors are, of course.
not to blame, but if the owners of
the vessels, who. moved by greed
alone, fail to provide their snips.
they should be indicted and hanged
if death is caused bv their acts. This
would stop the practice of sending
illv eouioned vessels into the Arctic.
A.
UN TO ITSELF A L A W.
"A few more loose leaves,'" says
the Oregonian jesterdaj-, and "with
The Dalles Chkoxicle a few words
more." This being the time of 3 ear
for the dead leaves to rustle, we are
glad to note that those of the Orego
nian act on natural principles. The
trouble with oui big contemporary is
that it has gotten upon so lofty a
pinnacle that it, like the laws of the
Medes and Persians, cannot be lead
or understood of mortals. Having
lived and matured surrounded by in
consistencies of its own creation, it
fails to realize that they are incon
sistent, but they are the single stand
ard by which it measures all things.
It prates of inconsistency and virtu
allv savs. "An inconsistency is a
thing inconsistent; but if I create an
inconsistency, it" is not inconsistent
to me, but plain as a pike-staff."
Dogberry himself. would be shamed
into admiration of such wonderful
premises and sucL clear and over
whelming conclusions.
Let us see. The Oregonian says,
and quotes from itself to prove it,
that in 1890 the free silver plank was
inserted in the state platform by A.
II. Tanner in order to ail Mitchell,
and that few members of the conven
tion knew it, and those few preferred
not raise a disturbance about it. The
Oregonian called attention to it, said
it was a wrong principle, but sup
ported the ticket. It did the same
thing in 1892, and in 1894 the Ore
gonian editor admits having assisted
in making the state platform, which
reaffirmed the national platform of
1892, which platform, it asserts, was,
"on anv fair interpretation, a gold
standard platform." Wasjt? If so,
why should it need any interpreta
tion, fair or otherwise? If it was,
why was it not written in that clear
and plain style pervading the Orego-
nian's editorial . comments, which it
quotes? Why was it not made clear
and distinct so that it needed no in
terpretation ? The fact is, the plat
form, like most recent platforms, was
a juggling one, made so that it meant
all things to all men. If it was so
constructed as to require interpre
tation, why had not Senator Mitchell,
Congressmen Hermann and Ellis as
much right to interpret for them
selves as the Oregonian for itself
and everj-body else? The editor of
the Oregonian assisted in making
this inconsistent platform,hence,as we
have said, it is not incousisent to
him.
Again, he supported the tickets in
1890, 1892, 1894 and 189G, yet none
of them were single-standard plat
forms, lie asserted the principles
wrong, at times, but he submitted to
the will of the majority and support
ed the tickets. We do not inquire
into his motive for doing so, but stale
the fact. Putting him in the most
unfavorable light, did Senator Mitch
ell do more than thij when he said
be stood squarely on the national
platform made at St. Louis? Does
Ellis more than this when he asserts
that he will stand by that same plat
form? Most assuredly not.
The Oregonian arrogates to itself
the right to do all the thinking for
everybody and has over-taxed its
thinker. This is why the dead leaves
rustle around the Oregonian office,
and this is perhaps why it takes The
Chronicle to task for its position.
Our big contemporafy thinks the
Chronicle editor content "to support
that which is false against that which
is true under leadership congenial to
reptile journalism," and this in spite
of the fact that we have never fol
lowed the leaders congenial to the
Oregonian. - .
The Oregonian devoted a column
yesterday to asking Congressman
Ellis what he would do if Mexico or
Bolivia or the South American states
would join the United .Stales in
adopting bimetalism. The Orego
nian does not want to be answered
by Mr." Ellis, because no answer he
could make would satisfy it, and the
seuile drivel it is indulging in is
simply unanswerable, because .sense
ess. Tbe only answer Mr. Ellis
could make would be that "Upon the
happening of any oMhese pending
and threatened events, I would do
whatever the Oregonian dictated."
THEODORE DURRANT.
In all probability Theodore Dur
rant was hanged today for the mur
der of Blanche Lainont in San Fran
cisco in April, 1895. The dispatches
show that a final attempt was made
3resterday by habeas corpus proceed
in23 to still further delay his execu
tion, but it is not likely that it suc
ceeded. His case, or rather his ti ial,
was a peculiar one. During its
progress the newspapers of the city
puWishpx the fnll testimony, and
their pages were filled with pictures
of the murdered girl, the church, the
rooms, the clothing, shoes and books
of the dead school girl. ' There were
pictures of the witnesses, and every
harrowing- detail pertaining to the
murder was dwelt upon lingeringly
and lovingly. Public feeling was
worked up to its highest pitch, until
there was but one all pervading sub
ject in the city, but one idea and
demqnd thai the . murderer of the
young gin be banged. Around
Durrant was woven a chain of cir
cumstantial evidence, backed tip and
strengthened by some testimony un
doubtedly false. The public took
up the cry, "It was Durrant who
committed this crime, for no one
else is suspected! Hang him! Hang
him!" ,
The jurj'men on his case knew
this, they Knew mat tne nuouc ex-
pected them to find him guilty, and
that their own lives would not be
safe did they not do so.
He may have been, probably was,
guilty; but guilty or innocent, be
did not have ttat fair and impartial
trial which is guafnteed him by our
laws. He should have had anew
trial, and would have had it had the
judiciary' of California regarded
their oaths of office more and their
chances . of being re-elected less.
Guilty or innocent, he was entitled
to a fair trial b" unprejudiced and
uninfluenced jurors. That be did
not have, and could not have in San
Francisco. On his conviction the
public rage was appeased. He was
credited with not only the murder of
which he was convicted, but of that
of Minnie Williams also, and there
all attempt to solve the mystery of
her murder was dropped. Yet it
does not seem possible that ibe same
persons com mitted both murders.
The murder of Blanche Lamont was
accomplished without the shedding
of a drop of blood and might be
classed as scientific. That of Minnie
Williams was brutal and bloody. In
the Lamont case every effort was
made at concealment; in the other
none. In the Lamont case the body
was placed 'where it would decay
without attracting attention, the lock
of the door leading to the belfry was
broken, and it is. probable the body
would not have been discovered for
months but for the subsequent mur
der of Minnie Williams. It may be
possible that both murders were com
mitted by the same person, but it is
fair to presume that the murderer of
Blanche Lamont, after taking all the
steps he did to conceal the murder,
would not commitv another murder
that was sure to bring the fiist one to
light, and this within two weeks of
the first.
TIIE WHEAT TRADE.
All markets have been depressed,
easier, with a . downward tendency.
Locally there has been but very little
business done .during the week, and
trading has been exceedingly small.'
It is reported that a good part of the
crop in the country is out of farmers
hands, and held by interior ware
housemen and speculators, who seem
to be firm holders, having confidence
in an improved market later on. If
reports are correct of prices hetofore
paid by ' these dealers, it will take
considerable of a raise to fetch them
out even on their purchases. - As- for
the 'shipping class, they have large
stocks on band, have no urgent wants
to fill, and consequently are only in
the - market when offerings come
within a reasonable price. Eeports
from - the country show, that at all
points buyers have reduced limits,
and are more cautious in their .opera
tions. The outward movement
from here is satisfactorjv-while re
ceipts from - both sections continue
very large. Commercial lieview.
There is nothing in the Thanks
giving proclamation just issued by
the governor of the state of Washing
ton to indicate that its author is dis
pleased 'with this country's condition.
If Bryan ism and all it represents
were controlling the nation's affairs,
Mr. Rogers could not bo more lhan.
sodical in his expressions of grati
tude to Divine Providence for
"blessings bestowed. .' ( Which goes
to show that the governor "is either
sloughing off his Populism or acquir
ing a love of cant. Telegram.
The supreme court of this state
Monday - rendered a decision that
marriages contracted by divorced
persons within six months after the
decree is made, will be invalid in
Oregon, no matter where the second
marriage may be solemnized. Here
tofore it has been a common prac
tice for divorced persons to go out
of the state to have the second mar
riage ceremony performed. . All such
marriages would be held invalid in
this state under this decision.
Pendleton has the credit of being
a reaL, live wide-awake town, but
just at present it seem3 to be over-
locking the fact that-it may lose one
of its most important industries.
Astoria offers 50,000 and a site for
the mills, together with a guaranty
of wheat, if he will re-build his mills
there instead of in Pendleton. Oui
niihi ifiplnff rir.v 1Q rroaf. in raanliiniT
out for new industries; will she neg
lect to hold fast that which she has ?
. HE WAS LOCKED UP.
A Grand Juror from Hood lciver Gets
In Jail. .
Last evening Mr. Frank Bolton, who
is a member of the grand jury, went
into the connty jail for the porpoee of
seeing a friend of his from Hood River,
whom 'he had assisted in indicting for
assault and batterv. Of course when he
entered the jail corridor the door was
locked behind him, and Deputy Sheriff
Kellev being busy, soon forgot all about
him. . .
Supper time coming on, Kelley walked
tff, taking the keys with him, aud when
Button wanted out there were none to
heed bis cries. Frank waited as pa
tieutly as possible, but discovered that
an hour in jail when be wanted to get
out was quite a different thing from the
hour he had passed in conversation
when be knew, or thought that he knew,
he could get out when he deeired Jailor
Fitzgerald came around in an hour, but
Kelley bad . the keys, so he could do
nothing for him. Then the inmates of
the jail caught on to the fact that' they
bad a sucker, arjd proceeded to organize
a kangaroo conrt and try Button as a
criminal kangaroo. He was fined what
tobacco he bad, and undoubtedly would
have been compelled to disgorge a dol
lar or two, but as the boys knew be was
from Hood River, they didn't suspect
him of having it.
- He was let ont during the night, aud
this morning insisted on the grand jury
visiting the jail in a body to see how un
comfortable it waB.
The Dlle Wagon Road Wins the Suits.
Judge Bellinger made a final order
Nov. 6th in favor of the defendants in
the case of the United States against
The Dalles Military Wagon Road Com
pany and fifty-five others, involving
150,000 acres of land. The suit was de
cided for the defendants upon demurrer
September 7th, and at that time the
United States district attorney was al
lowed sixty days' time to further move
or plead. - . .
The case was called up Saturday morn
ing by Attorney F. P. Mays and Chester
V. Dolpb, when United States Aeesist
ant Attorney Scbnabel Btated that the
government declined to further move or
plead.' The. court thereupon made an
order dismissing the bill.
Recently a law was passed requiring
these suits brought by the United States.
which means that the government pays
the costs of settling the controversy.
Aa Mr. Murphy is about to retire from
the office of United States district at
torney, be will leave any further action
in the proceeding to be taken by bis sue
cessor, John Hall. The attorney-general
at Washington directs the cases. '
This order virtually closes the case
and quiets the title to the land in con
troversy. -It will no doubt be a source
of great relief to all those interested.
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Not Out of Sight.
Monday's Mountaineer contained the
following:- ' m
Saturday night Cascade Lodge, B. P.
O. Elks, gave a "stag social" that was
"out of sight," because it was conducted
in the hall behind closed doors. .What
was done cannot be given to tLe public
-for the reason that it was a "closed ses
sion. .
Now the writer of this article, being a
"imer" of secret organizations, did not
intend to disclose what she saw and
heard of that "stag social," but when
Brother Douthit make such a bold state
ment in his journal, we wish to correct
him and say that it might have been a
closed session, but not closed windows,
and a view from Third street, through
the open- windows of the Elks' ball
(when the bands of the old tirce piece
were rapidly nearingthe midnight hour)
to passers by was a scene of curiosity,
mingled with enjoyment. Whether
they were trying to 'sing "A aid Lang
Syne" or "America" the writer could
not decide ; nor are we familiar enough
with the Elks' language to know whether
the souods that made the walls of that
massive structure of the Vogt building
tremble, was intended for a medley or a
"soothing lullaby" that one bears in
the neighborhood of an Indian war
dance. But suffice to say we could dis
tinguish Judge B d w'a voice, and
others too numerous to mention, and
if there were a quartet of spectators un
invited sharing the Elks' pleasures, we
fully agree with Bro. Douthit that The
Dalles Elks know how to entertain ; but
contradict nia etatement tr.at they were
"out of sight." . " XXX.
In Honor of ftllM Holverson.
The young gentlemen friends of Mies
Lizzie Holverson.of Salem, who is visit
ing in ttiia city, gave a dancing party in
her honor Tuesday night in the K. of. P.
hall. - About thirty couples of the mott
congenial persons imaginable were pres
ent, and the dancing was thoroughly
enjoyed. As a surprise to the ladies and
a pleasant variation the services of the
musicians who are now visiting tbe city
were secured, and the music was perfect.
During the evening they favored the
guests with several vocal selections,
wbiab were greatly appreciated.
Shortly after midnight the dancing
ceased, and the following persons seemed
delighted with the evening's pleasure:
Judge and Mrs Bradehaw, Mr and Mrs
A N Varney, Mr and Mrs A J Tolmie,
Mrs Hilton, Misses Lizzie Holversoo,
Virginia Marden, Mary Lay, Nona Rncb,
Mattie Cushing, RoBe Michel, Etta
Story, . Minnie Lay, Laura Thompson,
Annette Michel), Beulah Patterson,
Lizzie Schooling, Clara Davis, Georgia
Sampson, Maybel Mack, Alice Lyle J
Alma Scbanno, Myrtle Micbell, Mamie j
Cushing, Messrs G Bonn, J Bonn, G
Mays, F W Wilson, J F Hampshire,
G A Clarke, Chas Clarke, R H Lonsdale,
John Weigel, Fred Weigel, Ferd Dietzel,
Frank Cram, A L Gude, Thos Purdy,
Victor "Marden, A McCully, H Parkins,
R J Gorman, Lewis Porter, L Heppner,
Dr. Logan. Among those who - were
spectators were Messrs M Moody and
John Booth and Miss Cad Booth. '
Circle Pointer. -
The Pacific Circle, Women of Wood
craft, Pacific jurisdiction, is a fraternal
and beneficiary order that is thoroughly
wide awake. On April 1, 1897, it had
but seven members, tbe originators of
tbe order. Today in tbe nine Pacific
states it numbers three thousand, nearly
all of whom are carrying protection cer
tificates protection for those who re
main behind these members .in ' case of
death, and depnnding on their careful
management.' to insure against actual
want for their families. The Pacific Cir
cle expect to overlap the five thousand
mark by January 1, 1898. '
Their amount of .insurance is from
$500 to $2000, and an enduring monu
ment similar to that of the Woodmen,
will be placed at tbe grave of every de
ceased beneficiary lady member. . The
order has paid all death claims in full
this year,' Two in Oregon during Sep
tember. Immense Lake Traffic.
A London daily paper seems suddenly
to have awoke to the fact that we have
not only large lakes in America, but that
we have a few ships and steamships on
NATURAL
GRAVITY GATE
ot Operation and Cheapness of Con-
be operated without diemonnting.
in Operation can do eo by visiting ;
County rights for sale by
E. E. GUSTIN. : : ;
THE DALLES, OR.
their mighty waters, and remark; : "Few
ppople on this side of th Atlantic re
alize the magnitude of the trade on tbe
great American lakes. Comparing tbe
average number of vessels passing
through the Suez canal with that of the
Soo canal, the traffic of the former is in
significant. - The average of steamers
passing through tbe Egyptian waterway
is 3434, while those using the connecting
channel of the lakes number 17,956; and
if we come to tonnage the American canal
shows 16,806,781 . tons, against the Suez
canal's 8,448,246. Five years ago there
was not a vessel on tne iaaes 01 a,uuu
tons displacement.
. DURRANT NOT HANGED.
He Gets a Stay of Proceedings Front the
- IT. 8. Clroalt Coait.
Theodore Durrant was not hanged Fri
day, a petition for a writ of habeas corpus
being filed in the United States circuit -conrt
Thursday, and Friday morning the
petition was heard and the writ granted.
A stay of proceedings was also granted
pending the settlement of the habeas
corpus matter. Durrant now has tb.9
distinction of being the most sentenced
and lenst hansed man in the United
States, and it is not at all improbable
that be will yet get a new trial.
Regardless of the fact that the trial
would coBt a large sum, the sentiment
is growing that he should be tried over.
There is another sentiment that the
murder of Minnie Williams should be
inquired into. Now that he has gotten
a stay of proceedings, in spite of the de
cision of the supreme court of the United
States be may well hope to save himself
from the gallows.
Reflations of Condolence.
Forest of Mt. Hood Camp.)
Number 59, W of W., V
The Dalles, Nov. 2, 1S97. )
Wheeeas, It has pleased Almighty
God to remove from us by death Neigh
bor S. H. Thompson, therefore be it
Resolved, That Mt. Hood Camp, No.
59, extend to his wife and family their
deepest sympathy in this, their hour of
affliction and feorrow-.
. Resolved, That while we will not see
him again on earth in tbe Forest of
Woodcraft, we all remember him for
his faithfulness in the past. -.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolu
tions be sent to his wife and family, and
that they be spread upou the minutes of
this camp.
G. Claud Eshelh&x,
D. H. Roberts,
James Snipes,
- Committee.
The Tygh.Mlll.
Mr. F. S. Gordon who came in from
Tygh yesterday, this morning loaded ten
wagons with the machinery for his new'
mill, and this afternoon it is on its way
to its destination. Tbe machinery ar
rived here last night in charge of Mr. J.
J. Ross, representative of the Case Man
ufacturing Co, of Columbus, Ohio, and
it certainly is of tbe very finest quaiity
made. The power for - the mill will be
furnished by a turbine wheel, which
with a seven feet fall will furnish forty
horse power. Mr. Gordon expects to
have his mill running in ten days,
everything being ready for the placing of -the
machinery, and when it starts the
Tygh Valley mills will undoubtedly pro
duce a brand of flour that will rank with
the best. -
" A Strike in the Pyx Mine.
The news of a new and rich strike in
the Pyx mine was received in this city
yesterday. A discovery in the 100 foot
drift was made yesterday morning in
this promising property, and if present
indications count for anything this mine
will elicit considerable attention in the
near future. The Pyx is the propety of
Mr. A. Geieer, manager of the famous
Bonanza mine, and was recently bonded
to Senator Howard and eastern asso
ciates, but a few days since was releaeed."
This property has produced some of the .
richest ore that has ever been extracted -from
our mineral lodes 8nd the new
strike means considerable in measuring
the future of the Pyx. Baker City Dem
ocrat. ....
NOTICE. '.;-.'-
I have a stray horse, a roan, 9 years
old, branded with a figure 2 on the right
hip, at my place on three mile. The
owner can have the same by paying the .
cost of this advertisement and proving
property. Skth Morgan.
The Dalles.