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THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY, OREGON. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 18. 1897.
VOL. VIII.
NUMBER 6.
DEATH THEIR FATH
Short Shrift for Bearers
O Autonomy Proposals.
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OFFERS KEPT FROM THE SOLDIERS
Insurgent Chiefs Folly Determined to
Bold the Array Together at '
Whatever Co.t.
New York, D:c. 15. A Havanir d a
patch to the Herald says : . .
The Cuban leaders, in the field are
adopting every possible" method to pre
vent even the thin edge of the wedge ot
autonomy from entering their ranks.
' They not only absolutely refuse to die
' case autonomy themselves, but they are
determined in their efforts not to allow
Spain's offers of self-government to be
laid before the insurgent troops.
All emissaries who dare to carry the
olive branch to the field are hung if
' cauebt. Seventy per cent of the rebel
soldiers are kept in ignorance of the lib
eral terms offered by Spain.
There is reason for the reliance on the
part of the u ban, chiefs. -There are
rebels and there are 'subordinate rebel
officers who are tired of war and its ac
companying hardships, and who would
lay down their arms if liberal home rnle
was guaranteed.
There are not many of these it is true,
but some,' and their desertion would
have a far-reaching moral effect. Gen
eral Gomez and his generals realize this,
and nence will tolerate no consideration
of autonomy.
It is asserted that this attitude on the
rtnrt nf fvnmpx and other leadara an-
counnts in a measure for the mystery
surrounding the recent meeting of the
Cuban assembly to elect a president and
other officials.
There is circumstantial evidence at
hand to prove that the news published
last September of Senor Capots election
as president was correct. After acting
three months Senor Capot was replaced
by Senos Maseo because the former was
a man of peace and a far seeing lawyer,
and as such might be inclined to listen
to proposals of autonomy.
SANGUILLY NOT A. TRAITOR.
On the Contrary B Returns to the Cu
ban Army at One.
New York, Dec .15. General Julio
Sanguilly, instead of being a traitor, as
recent reports from Havana would in-
.1 :....., . i. i x.
obedience to the commands of his chief,
General Gomes. This statement is made
on the authority of a physician, a -Ca-ban,
who stands high among the mem
bers of the junta here. - -
Sanguilly is in Washington, where it
is said be will call on Secretary Sherman
and renounce his , American citizenship
in order to absolve himself from the
pledge be gave when the secretary se
cured his release from a Spanish prison,
that he would not again take up arms
against Spain.
A Veteran Snort in Lnck.
Sacramento, Dec. 15. Charles C.
Brown, a veteran'sport, has fallen heir
to an estate in New Orleans valued at
in
priZeS tO get yOU acquainted ' With
money-back baking powder "and tea.
Schilling's Best baking powder, and tea are
JbCCaUSe
- What is the missing; word? not
powder and tea ar$ safe.
.Get Schilling's Best baking powder or tea at your grocers'; take out the
trclcet (brown ticket hi. every package of baking powder; yellow ticket In the
e); send a ticket with each word to address below before December 31st .
: v Until October 15th two words allowed for every ticket ; after that only one
word for every ticket ''.' - i : . . '
If only one person finds the word, that person gets $2000.00; if several find
it, 3coo.oo will be equally divided among them. ;
Every one sending a brown or yellow
weeping babies at the end of the contest
envelope will'receive an 1898 pocket
creeping babies and pocket calendars will
the last contest
Better cut these rules out. .
Address: MONEY-BACK, SAN FRANCISCO.
$100,000. The estate belonged to his ais
le-, Fanny Hinckley Mills, he died in
Xew Orleans a year ago. The estate has
been in litieatian since the death of
Brown's sister. ' Brown has received
word from New Orleans that he has won
the case on lis merits.
Utee all Accounted For.
Denver, Dec. 14, Brigadier-General
Otis has received information from the
commanding officer at ' Fort Duchesne,
stating that all the Utes had returned
to their reservation, there-being none
now in Colorado;
lie also received information irom
Pons "-irant and Huachuca to the effect
that i-avnlry is out ' looking fur the In
I uiaiiS mat were reported 10 navn ciibecu
some cmw bojs the other day in that sec
tion of the country, but had been un
able to find any trace of Indians. The
three companies sent out from Fort
Grant- returned vesterdav and those
from Fort Huachuca have been instruct
ed to return,
As near'as can be learned there are no
Indians missing from the reservation in
Arizona or New Mexico.
Miners Carry their Point.
St. Louis, Dec. 14. The thirty-five
mines of the Consolidated & Madison
Coal Company in the. Belleville, 111.
district, heve resumed ,. operations, and
3000 miners who have been out of em-
ployment for many months returned to
work. The mining companies accede to
the demands of their men and agree to
pay the Springfield scale of 27 cents a
ton. The settlement was reached at a
conference held at Glen
day night.
Carbon Satnr-
A Postofflce Burglarized.
Tacome, Dec 14. Burglars entered
the Orting postoffice last night, cut open
many letters and stole two pension
checks, one of $30, for A. McKenzie, and
the other of. $18, for Charles .Lindsay,
both inmates of the soldiers' home.
Yellow Journalism In Paris.
Paris, Dec. 14. The' government, it
is announced, contemplates the eoppres
eion of newspapers alleged, to" be sys'
tematically inventing stories concerning I
Dreyfus. '
Don't be persuaded into buying lini
ments withont reputation or merit
Chamberlain's Pain Balm costs no more,
and its merits have been proven by a
test of many years. Such' letters as the
following, from L. G. Bagley, Hueneme,
Cal., are constantly being received :
"The best remedy for pain I have ever
used is Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and I
say so after having used it in my family
for several years." It cures rheumatism
lame back', sprains -and swellings. ' For
sale by Blakeley & Houghton.
Disputes Hi" Wlfea Story.
. Chicago, Dec. 15. Victor' Silverman
is a prisoner at the Maxwell-street sta
tion charged with abandonment. ' He
waB arrested on a warrant sworn oat by
David Wylie, a lawyer, representing
Mrs. Silverman, who lived at Eighteenth
and Lorimer streets, Denver; ' 'The at
torney says that Silverman left his wife
six months ago and since that time
baa contributed nothing to her sup
port. .. '
Silverman tells a different story. He
says he kept a store in Denver. . On hiB
return from a business trip he found
his wife had sold his store and pocketed
the proceeds.' Silverman says their do
mestic relations then became strained
and he came to Chicago. '
they are. mOney-baCk.
SAFE, although Schilling's Bttt baking
ticket will receive a set of cardooard
Those sending three or more in one
calendar no advertising on it These I
be uuTerent horn the ones offered, in
aosi
'PROTESTS
OF NO AVAIL
McKenna Elevated to
th
Supreme Bench.
McKESN.VS APPOINTMENT IS IN
Protest. From the Pacific Coast-Said to
' Hare Resulted In Forcing the
- 1 . I'resltlpnt's Hand.
WASHiNGiox.'Dee. 16. The president
today sent the, following nominations to
the senate. . - .
Joseph McKenna, to be associate jus
tice of supreme court of the United
States. .
Cliaa. G. Dawes, of 111., to be comp
troller of the currency.' .
John A. Nesbitb, of Pennsylvania, to
be pension agent at Philadelphia.
Court private land claims Joseph C
Reed, to be chief justice;" William M.
May, of Tennessee; Thomas Ci Fuller,
of North Carolina; Henry G. Strauss,
of Kansas and Wilbur F. Stone, of Col-
orado, to be associate justices, all re-ap-
pointments, their terms expiring De-
cember 31,' 1897,
L Lewis Mills, attorney for the United
States for the Southern district of
Iowa
Robert V. Cozier, attorney tor the
United States, for the. district of Ida
ho.
The president has a large number of
appointments made during the recess of
the senate which have heretofore been
announced.
ONLY HASTENS THE EVENT.
Protests From the Pacific Coast' Forced
, MeKlnlev's Band
Chicago, Dec. 16. A News, Washing
ton special says :
President McKinley decided today to
pat a quietus oh protests formulating on
the Pacific coast against Attorney-General
McKenni. of California, as judge of
the supreme court, and concluded to
send in - his nomination today. The
president is determined to stand bv his
attorney -gen eral to the end of the fight.
He will insist, it is said, that McKenna
continue in office as attorney-general
until the senate confirms his nomina
tion as associate juetice. . '.'"..
Nominations Confirmed. .
Washington, Dec 16. The Senate to
day confirmed the following nomina
tions :
Charles G.' Dawes, of Illinois, to be
comptroller of the currency.
John B. Nesbitt, of Pennsylvania, to
be pension agent at Philadelphia. '
TELEGRAPH LIME TO KLONDIKE.
The Postal Telegraph Company Propos
es to Build It. '
New York, Dec. 16. After a meeting
of the directors of the Postal Telegraph
Cable- Company, Vice-President ' Baker
said : . " ' -
We are going to spend $1,000,000 in
reaching out into new territy. We in
tend to extend our line in the West,' to
Ogden and Salt Lake, entering the states
of Utah, Wyoming, Montanaand Idaho.
Moreover, the chances are that we will.
sooner or later have lines to the Klon
dike. We understand .that our Canadian
company is getting ready to equip a line i
to Dawson, and it is only a question of
time till it will be in operation. ;
"Our lines now penetrate nearly ev
ery state in the Union, but with the ex
tensions contemplated the coming year
we shall be . able' to compete with the
Western Union in about every city in
l.i . . nr. -i.-ii 1 : I i
tension from Leadville to Ogden and
cuit jjmkc, huu anutuer to xieiunu, mus
I connecting with our Rocky mountain
and Canadian Pacific eystems."
Rellef for Yukon Miners. ' '
Washington. Dec 16. The houee to
day passed a bill appropriating $175,000
for the relief of the people in the Yu-
kon. The senate also passed a joint
resolution arprdpriating $250,000 for the
relief of the Ynkofi miners. . It will be
necessary before either becomes a law
for congress to get together on a com
mon basis. " 7 ...
Beware of Oinmenta for 'Catarrh -that
Contain Mercury, '
As mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous' surfaces. Such articles
should never be nsedxcept.on prescrip
tionsrom reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do is ten fold to the
good you can possibly derive from them.
Hall's Catarrh Cure.- manufactured ' bv
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains
no mercury, and is taken internally, act-
ing directly upon the blood and ' mucous
surfaces of the system. In buying Hall
catarrn (jure oe sure you set the gen
nine. It is taken internally, and made
in Toledo, Ohio, bv F- J. Chenev & Co
Testimonials free. Price 75c. per bottl
aCVSotd by Druggists. . 4.
Good Sealing Outlook. '
San Frajicisco, Dec. 15. Tho schoon
Kate and Anna will be theonlv sealer to
go out of San Frarcipco this year. . The
sealing schooners Geneva and Libbie
have already sailed from' Victoria, an
the remainder of the British -fleet will
follow the first week in Jauary, They
will all come south, and a good season
is expected.' This years' seals will have
brought twenty per cent more in Lon
don than did similat skins in December
1896, v . - - ... I,-:
. The Surprise of All.
Mr- James Jones, of the drug firm of
Jones & Son, Cowden', 111., speaking of
Dr; King's New Discovery, says that last
winter his wife was attacked with La
Grippe,and her case grew so serious
that physicians of Cowden and Pana
could do nothing for her. 'It seemed to
develop into Hasty Consumption Hav
ing Dr. King's New Discovery in store.
and selling lots of it, he - took a bottle
home, and to the surprise of all ehe.be
gan to get better from first dose, and
half dozen 'dollar bottles cured her sonnd
and well. . Dr.. King's New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds is
guaranteed to do this good work.- Try it.
Free trial bottles at Blakeley & Hough
ton's drug store. ''. - 4
- . Passed- the House.
Washington, Dec. 16. The bill for
the prohibition of pelagic sealing passed
the house by a vote of 148 to 78.
Washington, Dec. 16. The , house
this afternoon .by "unanimous' consent
took up the administration bill to pro
hibit pelagic sealing by . . Americans,
Johnson, republican, of North Dakota,
made a vigorous ' speech against the
bill. , ' '
Klectlon In Massachusetts.
Boston, Dec." 15. Municipal elections
were held today in thirteen cities cf the
state, thus completing the list, with the
exception of Boston and. North Adams,
which do not choose their municipal of
ficers till next week. Not one- of these
cities reversed the license vote of last
year, seven of them voting in favor and
six against. -."'
' " Free Pills-
Send your address to H. . Bucklen
& Co., Chicago, and get a free sample
box of Dr. King's New Life Pills. A
trial will convince you of their merits.
These Pills are easy in action and are
particularly effective in the cure of.Con-
stipation and Sick Headache. For Ma
Iaria and Liver troubles they have been
proved invaluable. They are guaranteed
to be perfectly free from every deleter
ious substance and to be purely vegeta
ble. They da not weaken by their
action, but by giving tone to stomach
and bowels greatly invigorate the eys
tern. Regular size 25c per. box. Sold
by Blakeley & Houghton Druggists. (4)
. A Flywheel Burst.
Pittsburg, Dec. 16. Adam B rod rich
was killed and a number of others slight
ly hurt by the bursting of flywheel at
the South Third strest plant of the
Oliver Steel & Iron Company at an early
hour this morr.ine. , The accident was
caused by an engine becoming nngov
ernable. The flywheel was fifteen feet
in diameter and weighed Beveral tons.
- N Keturu of the-Sharpshooter.
' San Fbaxcisco, Dec. J.6. Thebarkenr
tine Sharpshooter has returned to this
port from a trading expedition to the
Caroline-islands. . She -.brought back a
cargo of copra.
flow to Prevent Fneumonla.
At this time oT the year a cold is very
easily contracted,- and if left to run its
course without the aid. ot some reliable
cougll medicine is liable to result in that
dread disease,' pneumonia. We know of
no better lemedy to cure a cough or cold
than , Chamber'.ain's Cough Remedy.
We have used it quite extensively and it
has- always given entire satisfaction
Olagab, Ind. Ter. Chief.' ":
This is the only remedy tLatls known
to be a certain preventive of pneumonia.
Among the many thousands who have
used it, for colds and la ' grippe, we have
not yet learned of a single case having re
sulted in pneumonia. Persons who have
weak lungs or have reason to. fear an at-.
tack of pneumona. should , keep the
remedy at hand. ' The 25 :and 50 cent
sizes for eale by Blakeley- &: Houghtou.
Sedor Horel's Sympathy.- ' .
Madrid, Dec. 15, As an act of per
sonal sympathy, according' to the Inde
pendent, Senor Morel has cabled his
condolence to President McKinley in his
bereavement through Minister Wood-ford..-'
V " "'':;':-
Everybody reads Thb Chronicle.'' .
A MINERS SOLILOQUY.
. ' . - - . i. ' : -
now Oreenbern Got Its Name A Model
- -" Love Letter. ,'
Golden Eagle Mine, Dec. 12, '97. ,
Editor Chronicle : .'
In my last letter to The Chronicle I
stated that why this section was called
the- Greenhorn was unknown. I wSb
mistaken. In early days there was an
old fellow came out to the old camp of
Robinsonville, representing himself as a
miner, His experience in mining had
been acquired in digging potatoes in
Missouri, or prying a wagon from th
abysmal depths of mud on the Pike
county highways. He was given em
ployment and sent- down a thirty-foot
shaft to put in a blast After considera
ble time he managed to get a three
cornered hole drilled into the rock and
the. powder securely tamped therein
He was slow of speech, and when every'
thing was ready he sung out to be
hauled up. , He had been given a fifty
foot coil of fuse, so that he could cut off
as much as was required. As the bovs
a
the windlass started to haul him out
he- drawled out "Haul me up slow1 so
can unwind the fuse." He was going to
use it all. This was only, one of
long series of like bright thoughts on his
part, and the nick-name of Greenhorn
was saddled onto him, and finally as he
worked all over the camp it came to be
applied to the district, and the mount
ain. .
'.. - : : - ' ' ''
There is something pathetic in a de
serted mining camp, especially a de
serted placer camp. The old workings
look desolate and forbidding, and here
and there a forlorn, but determined bush
or bib of eeds finds place for its rootlets
and grows solitary and listless. Out of
the pay-streak at some convenient Bpot
is a'little cemetery holding the remains
of -the few luckless miners who got
caught beneath a falling bank, or sue
combed 'to an extended dose of hog
meat, bad bread and beans. The rough
cabins have rotted, the roofs . become
sway-backed or' fallen in, the paths
down to the spring ntar by are over
grown, and the white boulders gleam
like they were indeed the skeleton of the
old camp, left to bleach nncared for and
unburied by those who wasbed from
them their golden store. Such a town
is Robinsonville, though in the past
year .the searchers after quartz have put
up a few new cabins, and living beings
now take the place of the long-time
ghosts, if ghosts they were, who stalked,
blue-shirted and be-whiskered, through
the silent by-ways.
What a history was made when these
old camps were still alive with the ham
of the hvdraulic, the click of .pick' and
the sturdy , ring of the sledge hammer.
What romances have been woven by the
hardy delvers after gold. What motive
power of love has driven pick and shovel
What blue-eyed , "sweetheart" in the
states has moved the' dauntless' young
miner to labor from daylight to dusk, to
face the inclement weather, and to feel
it not, warmed by the knowledge that
way back across the' plains some loved
one waited the .day of - his return, pa
tient, hopeful, - true. .What dreams of
what was to be when Fortune smiled
and the gray gravel yielded up -reluct'
antly its stingy horde of gold. What
dreams of a night ; what idle fancies of
day, conceived in the God given hope
that springs forever in the breast and
alas! in most cases, withers like any
other blossom, whether of the field or
heart, from the cruel blasts of icy disap
pointrcent.
'
Recently nn old miner, who knew I
had a penchant for scribbling, brought
me a letter he found sticking in the
chinking of one of the old Robinsonville
cabins. It 'bore neither date nor signa
ture, but the writing was that of a girl,
and it was undoubtedly -written to the
occupant of that cabin,' who, so 'the
story goes, now . rests under, a big pine
tree a few rods distant therefrom. I
found, myself wondering if that letter
was ever answered; if its author ever
knew what became of her "dear boy,'
and whether she yek waits patiently for
some word from him whose lips grew
umb and fingers moveless at Robinaon-
ville .-thirty years ago. Jt is not likely.
may be dreaming, a miner's dream,
but if so it 48 a modern t one. I fancy.
somehow, that some other fellow, who
tayed back East and looked after the,
pigs and chickens on the old farm, is the
grandfather of her grandchildren, and
that they, poor little dears, do not 'now,
and never will, realize bow near they
came to being litle Greenhorners. It
was, perhaps, bast for all concerned, for
he at least died with a sublime faith in
hie best girl and the knowledge, or be
lief at least, that he was going to strike
it rich in a few days' and go' home to old
Missouri, corn bread and hortr'ny, pos-
Royal makes the food pure,
, wholesome and delicious.
KffiTv,'
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POVQtR
ADsoiuteiy Pure .
ROVAl UMNO POWDEB CO., NEW VORK. '
sum and eweet potatoes, and his best
girl.-' '
I was going to give, you that letter in
full, but I fear your space will not per
mit now tbat I have rambled through
nearly a column to say nothing. As I
have said, it bore neither date nor. signa
ture, but began : . - " ,-'
At HoMfi, Monday.
My Own Dear Boy : ''
ui wnat crime uo 1 stand accueed that
you punish me with the cruel penalty of
silence? What sin of commission or
omissioii do yon lay at my door that my
eves are no looser Dermitted to follow
the bright lines of your versatile pen?
It is eighteen montbs'singe, down bvT.he
old t ate, where the big red rosebush
alone could know, you held me to your
heart and let me sob out my grief at
parting. I told you then, my own boy,
that there were treasures richer than
goia, ana mat 1 preterm! you and pov
erty to alt the wealth of Ophir. You
drew a pretty picture of what the future
was to Dnng, and kissed away my tears.
Vnr fivA lnnor mrtnlhji T hava nrtt lioarl
from you. I have stretched forth my '
hands, but they .return unto me empty.
Has your love grown cold, -as r am told
man's. love does, chilled- by time and
distance f -' Ur has inordinate greed
gained so' firm a hold upon your mind
tbat the tender lover, my own dear hoy,
has become a miser, whose only thought
is gold ! gold ! gold 1 God forbid 1 Oh,
my boy, when your blessed love stole
into my soul it wrapped its roots around
my .heart and filled- my life with the
iragrance 01 us uiviue uiossoms. juy
heart was a dove cote, where every hour
some wbite-winged messenger of peace
fluttered in to find abiding place.' Be
fore you came I had not lived, because I
had not loved. .Why then destroy the
creature you .have made? Take from
me your love, and I will no Joneer live.
This poor body may exist, but existence
is not life. Oh I my own dear boy. aban-
don vour dreams of wealth. - Throw
uuwu iu euiuen casuieu mat encumoer
your mind. Come back to-uie, and here.
poor though we may be, we will at least
be together. The - roses still- bloom at
the gate to give yon welcome, and she .
who pens these lines loves you ; lovet
you. If your feelings have el.anged tow
ards me, my own sweetbeat, tell me eo.
Tbat blow were death ; but preferable,
aye! bleseed in its suddenness, to the '
lingering starvation of heart and soul
and mind tbat your silence inflicts.
Torture me no longer with the thumb
screws of silence or the rack of neglect.
But this subject is getting pathetic,
and I find my eyes growing moist and -
my' throat dry. There. s whole lots
more of that letter, but I don't desire to
give, every girl in The Dalies the dog-
gagted sentimentalities, because if I did -
I should indeed be ' A Greenhorn.
. - A Fatal Colislon. .
Clinton, Ind., Dec. 16, Train No. 3
on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, which
left Chicago at 11 :30 last night, ran into
an extra train here this morning. Three.
employes were killed and . half a dozen
others were wounded, but no passengers
were hurt. , Both engines were badly
wrecked, the baggage car was thrown''
down an embankment, and the mail
car smashed. - . ..
Ca.h in Xour Checks.
All county warrants registered prior
to July 7, 1893, will be paid at my
office. Interest ceases, after Oct. 27th,
1897. C. L. Phillips,
, . Countv Treasurer. '
XJS G-' nsss-
Happy Thought
Salve V
For Burns.
Two or three applications a
day are advised for burns.
Make a thin poultice on a
piece 01 ; clotn, usmcr uist
enough of the Salve to cover
the burn completely-. Such.
injuries treated with Garland's
Happy Thought Salve are less
liable to. leave a scar, than if
ordinary treatments are-used.
50 cents a jar' )
at Donnell's. Drugstore.