THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. SATURDAY. JANUARY 8. : 1898.
OUR INDUCEMENT
Well Pleased Ladies.
The thinking, planning, careful housewife will appreciate oar
inducement sale of Bleached and Unbleached Muslins. The attract
iveness of them lies partly in the price, but mostly in the goods
themselves. They give an opportunity to fill the needs of every
household in the way of necessities and half luxuries.
BLEACHED MUSLINS.'
Bric-a-Brac
Forest Mills. 5c
Fruit of the Loom 6c
Lonsdale B-vgo
Hope 6c
Berkel v Cambric ic
UNBLEACHED MUSLINS.
Yeddo Bunting ; 2c
Hoi brook K :.3c
Aurora C .Zii
Lawrence LL : . . .42C
Iron Clad BB 4c
Cabot W and Wilton R . . ..5c
PRINTS The best that money can buy ; 18 yards for one dollar.'
Really Desirable
There is no economy in buying Clothing that is ready to wear
merely because it's cheap. OUR ready-to-wear garments are made
for satisfaction. They fit right; they wear well; are not just as
good as custom garments, but they give more real satisfaction, at
these prices.'thah custom garments. ' .
We shall offer our regular $7 and $8 Men's Suits for $5 85
We shall offer our regular $5 and $6 Men's Suits for 3 85
There "will "be
other good things to follow.
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ALL GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES.
PEASE & MAYS.
The Weekly Chronicle.
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF WASCO COUNTY.
Published in two port, .on Wednetdayt
nd Saturday.
SUBSCRIPTION BATES.
BT KAIL, FOSTAGI PREPAID, I! ADVANCS.
One year W JJ
Six months 75
Three months 60
Advertising rate reasonable, and made known
on application.
A Ammm .11 u.mmnntoiHnni n TTTK- C. FTRON-
ICLE," The Dalles, Oregon.
Telephone ATo. 1.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Wednesday's Daily.
The tax roll for 1895 is about ready
for publication, and will be put in print
in a short time..
A large number of Hood River people
are in the city attending county court,
' in relation to roads and other matters in
which they are interested.
John Brennan, the man who fell from
the bridge yesterday and sustained a
pott's fracture of the leg, was taken to
the hospital in Portland this morning.
J. Keffer arrived in this city yesterday
to take the place of E. Smith as train
dispatcher for the O. R. & N. Mr.Smith
will be moved to Elgin to take charge of
that station.
An important meeting of the United
Artisans will be held in their hall at 7
o'clock this evening instead of 8 as was
farmerly intended. It will be followed
by installation of officers.
Another employe of the O. R. & N.
by the name of Frank Murphy, received
serious injuries in the construction work
near this city a few days ago. He was
handling some "heavy timbers and in
some way got his foot caught between
two of them, which resulted in, a badly
sprained ankle and a bruised foot. Dr.
Logan attended the injured man, and he
was sent to the hospital today.
The work of getting rocks out to crush
for the repair of the streets is progress
ing nicely. Today the rock crusher was
moved to the quarry, on the brewery
' hill, and put in place. In a short time
they will have crushed rock enough to
supply all demands.
On Monday evening January 3d, in
the parlors of the Farmer's Hotel in this
city, Milton A. Brown of Benton county,
was united in marriage with Misa Miran
Thompson of this county. Rev. J. H.
Wood performed the ceremony, after
which the happy couple left for their
: future home in Benton county.
The preliminary examination of Will
. iam Lemon for burglary is being held
before Justice Filloon today. At 2
o'clock all the evidence was not in so
that we cannot announce the result
of the trial. At that time Alice Ander
son, Tom Driver and William Spencer,
witnesses for the state, had given their
testimony.
Last night the regular monthly meet
ing of the board of directors of The
Dalles Commercial and Athletic Club
was held, and some very important
business was considered. Bills against
the club were considered and ordered
paid, and work was begun in revising
the constitution and by -laws. As this
is a matter ot grave importance, it has
not yet been completed . and will be
taken np again as soon aa the board can
get together.
Thursday's Daily. , .
The funeral of John Morman, the man
who was found dead in his room Tues
day evening, was held Irom the under
taking parlors of Crandall & Burget
this afternoon. It was . attended by a
few friends of the deceased.
A stone crosswalk is being put down
on Washington street across Second
This is a move that everyone interested
in the city's welfare highly appoves of,
and we hope that more walks of this
character will be put in in .the near fu
ture. Tuesday the Woodmen had a monu
ment placed over the grave of J.
Thompson, a member of that lodge, who
died some time ago. It was pat in by
Louie Comini, and, being one of the
finest monuments in the cemetery, it
reflects a great deal of credit on the
stone cutter who constructed it..
A letter received from- the Oregon
Children's Home Society was received
today. It contains the indorsement of
Governor Lord, in which he encourages
everyone to aid this society in the good
work which it is doing in reclaiming and
caring for those dependent children.
At present the society has four boys, a
baby one week old, another one month
old and two little fellows 2 and 3 years
old, which they would like to have fam
ilies adopt. Address Rev. I. F. Tobey,
608 Marqnam Building, Portland, Ore
gon. .
Yesterday Andrew Keller received a
large number of rolls for his grapbo-
phone. . The new list contains the latest
songs and selections, and extracts from
the leading minstrels, and for a nickel
people can laugh nntil their sides are
sore and hear the latest in the way of
witty sayings.
The preliminary bearing of William
Lemon was finished yesterday evening.
He was bound over nnder $200 bouds to
appear before the next grand jury. The
only evidence againBt Lemon was that
he bad the saddle in his posession, and
be did not introduce any evidence in his
own defense. This . morning Phil Bro
gan, Jr., went his bond, and he was re
leased. .
Tomorrow is the day set for the hang
ing of Dorrant, and many still have
fears that he will, with the aid of his
clever attorneys and the abundance of
cash that come from some source, to as
sist him, get another lease, on life. If
those forces are permitted to . work to
ward staying his execution ; it will be a
shameful proceeding, and will be viewed
as such by every -clear minded man in
the country.
H. C. Jndson, industrial agent for the
O. R. & N. Co., interested in the devel
opment of Eastern Oregon by the intro
duction of cotton, tobacco and forage
plants, left Corvallis for Portland yes
terday. During his stay there be had
several conferences with heads of de
partments and the president and direc
tor of the agricultural college and exper
iment station, and secured assurance of
the co-operation .of the institution in
the proposed experimental work in the
development of the section of country
east of the Cascades. '
At present The Dalles has about three
laundries, or rather; wash houses, allot
them run. by Chinese, and as the major
ity of bar people dp not like their work,
the balk of the washing " goes to Port
land. ,- What we want and want badly is
a steam laundry that will do oar work
satisfactorily . and furnish' employment
to white labor in this city, and as soon
as Bomeenterprisingjnan starts an estab
lishment of this kind he can rest assured
that he will receive the liberal ' patron
age of everyone. Two laundries have
been started already in . this city, and
their work and management have been
such that they failed, but this is no
reason why anyone doing good work and
conducting their business in a -businesslike
manner, should not make a'euccees
of it.
Friday's Daily.
Weather Tonight and Saturday, fair
and colder.
At the close of the service last evening
at the Christian church there were five
accessions. ..The pastor preaches to a
crowded house every night. This even
ing his subject will be "Degeneration."
Work on the stone foundation of Mays
& Crowe's new warehouse, on Third
street, is progressing rapidly, and in a
short lime the mechanics will begin
with the framework. Before spring
opens another fine building will be in
readiness for nse. .,
Yesterday a girl by the name of Nina
Herat was brought in from" 15-Mile by
her parents, who claimed she was in-,
sane. On examination it was found
that such was the case, and she was
taken to Salem today. Her mother and
Sheriff Driver accompanied her.
The special edition of The Dalles
Times-Mountaineer hps been issued to
day, consists of overforty large pages,
well printed, nicely filled with cuts, and
on the whole, a very neatly arranged
edition. It dwells at large on the re
sources of Wasco and Sherman counties,
as well as giving the pictures of many of
the prominent men in both those coun
ties.
A meeting will be called in the near
future to consider the-matter of giving
another minstrel show in the city as
soon as it can be properly prepared.
The last show was of such high excel
lence and so well received that those
taking part feel encouraged to give an
other of the same character, and to as
sure them . that their efforts will be as
highly appreciated as on the last occa
sion, would be perfectly safe.
.Yesterday Recorder Sinnott received a
letter from a Portland' jewelry firm, in
quiring as to the license per day in this
city for a jewelry auction. The recorder
responded promptly, and informed them
that according to the ordinance it was
$50 a'day, and at rate there is little dan
ger of any auctioneering in this line of
business. This ordinance was made to
keep out such people, and there is no
doubt that it will prove effective.' '
A lively runaway occurred this morn
ing. George Rucb's horse and wagon
were standing in front of Varney's store,
the driver having gone elsewhere, when
ttii horse in order to create a little ex
citement,starteddown Washington street
at one of .those ,2 -.40 gaits, ran across'
Second, made a turn and stopped at the
accustomed place in front of the store.
No damage was done more than spilling
all the loose articles along the way. The
wagon was not damaged. V
Many af our townspeople took a great
interest in the football game played on
New Year's day,' and are very anxious
to see another one. The Portland
team and our boys are' also anxious to
have a return game, and all that is nec
essary is the assurance that the expenses
will be paid. On account of the high
rent which would have to the paid for
the Multnomah field, the Portland hoys
would prefer playing a return game in
this city, and in order to have it, all
that is necessary is to pay the Ramblers'
hotel and transportation expenses. If
committee were appointed to sell tick'
ets, no doubt that sufficient patronage
could be solicited to give them the re
quired guarantee. .
In spite ot the fact that nearly every
business house of prominence in the
city signed the petition to close their
places of business at 6 p. m. during Jan
uary and February, some ot the signers
are keeping epen during the entire even
ing, probably to endeavor to get a little
trade that otherwise would not come
them. It would be well if all closed
the time ' agreed upon, else the othe
stores will be forced to keep open also
and the petition amount to nothing.
At 10:35 today Theodore Durrant paid
the death . penalty for the murder of
Blanche Lamont. Half past 10 was the
hour set for the execution, but on ac
count of some slight delays the trap was
not sprung until 10 :35. Dispatches
state that he made no confession, and
that he proclaimed bis innocence until
the last, Many thought that he would
niake startling disclosures at the last
moment thafwould implicate others in
the terrible crime which he was about
to expiate; but he remained firm in
proclaiming his innocence and died,' as
far as we can judge, or probably will be
able to judge, with a lie in his mouth
A BOLD FORGERY.
Forced Check for 857. 55 Glren at Pease
& Maya' StoreCulprit Captured.
Yesterday afternoon a man went into
Pease & Mays' store and purchased a
sixteen-dollar suit of clothes from Lewis
Porter, one of the clerks in that estab
lishment, and presented in, payment a
check from F. C. Jackson of Hood River
for $57.25 in favor of a man named
Jones, which he claimed was his name,
Mr. Porter, not doubting the -check
gave him the change and he left the
store.
Inquiries - were afterward made con
cerning the paper, and it was found to
be a forgery. The officers were notified
and a search instituted. ' About
o'clock Mr. Porter met the man and be
inquired for the express office. Mr.
Porter told him that he would show him
where it was, and took the man around
on Second street, where they met Night'
watchman Wiley, and he was . turned
over to him. .
After leaving the store he changed his
clothes, and it was only by his features
that be was recognized.
He had his preliminary bearing before
Justice Filloon, and his bonde were fixed
at $200, to appear before the next grand
jury. JNo bondsman appeared, ana ne
was placed in jail. .
It was found from letters which were
in his possession, that his name ,is
Claude Rice, and that he has a moth er
and sister, who live in Albany.
Spokane Poultry and" Doll Show.
The forthcoming combined Spokane
Poultry and Doll Show opens Tuesday,
January 11th, and closes Satdrday, Jan
uary 15th. I. K. Felch of Natick, Mass.,
will judge for the third consecutive year
the poultry department, and the various
doll dressing contests will be judged by
number of the most prominent ladies
of Spokane. The premium list for the
poultry department is the most liberal
ever offered by any poultry association
west of tb.9 Mississippi river, and all
prizes will be paid in cash. About one
thousand birds will be on exhibition,
coming from all parts of the Inland Em
pire, Puget Sound, Portland and Salem,
Oregon, and from Napa and other poul
try centers of California, .
The railroads centering at Spokane
have given a reduced rate of one and
one-fifth fare for the rodnd trip for those
desiring to attend the combined 'show,
effective from . and including January
8th to the close of the show, the admis
sion to which is 15 cents for adults and
10 cents for children nnder 15 years of
age. , -'
Pabllo Installation.
The public installation of the officers
of the K. of P. lodge and the Rathbone
Sisters" was a very enjoyable affair. A
number of friends of the orders was in
vited, about 130 persons in all being
present. The first installation was that
of the. K. of P., with the following
officers:
C. C., B. S. Huntington; V. C, J.
Douthit; P., R.H.Weber; M, of W.,
F. Barchtorf; K. of R. and S., D. W.
Vause ; M. of E.; W. Waltber ;' M. of F.,
John Gavin ; M. at A., G. A Goseer ; I.
G., J. W. Blakeney; O. G., O. T. Shepherd.
Following thie came the installation
of the officers of the Rathbone Sisters,
whose names we did not get.
A banquet was. served ' later In the
evening, and after having fully enjoye'd
not only the good things served, but the
pleasant social converse, the evening
closed with dancing, and we will not say
but that the new day opened with the
same amusement.
In Olden Times.
People overlooked the importance of
permanently beneficial effects, and were
satisfied with transient action ; but now
tnat it is generally known that Syrup of
Figs will permanently overcome habit
ual constipations, well informed people
will not buy other laxatives, which act
for a time, but finally injure tbe system.
Buy the genuine made by the California
FigByrup Cov
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-Ton will fiiid one coupon TJX JrjtK '
Inside each two ounce bag, . mf$ Xjl lw"
asnd two coupons Inside each SfllP'HllI I
(bur ounce bag of Black- ' r m Jj "Miff I
well's Durham. Buy a bag fifl iflfj-M
of ' tbia celebrated . tobacco feTfiy . .fJftKlf "
and read tbe coupon which : fi&SSaJ XjaytWr'
FOUND DEAD IN HIS ROOM.
John Morman of Gilliam County Dies
From .Excessive Drink Ids.
At about 5 o'clock Tuesday morning'
John Morman of Arlington came into
tbe saloon of Newland & Jones in this
city . in an. intoxicated condition and
asked Mr. Jones for abed.-' As there
was a vacant room upstairs, Mr. Jones
allowed him to take it, and he retired.
Nothing was thought about the matter
until Wednesday about 6 p.m., when
Mr. Jones became uneasy about him
and went to bis room, where he found
him dead in his bed. Dr. Geisendorfer
was immediately called, and on exam
ining him said that he had died about
nine hours before, and that his death
was caused, in all probability by heart
failure, caused by excessive drinking.
Mormon came to The Dalles on New
Year's day, and has since that time
been drinking very heavily. He has a
wife and some step-children, but he and
his wife have not been living together
for some time. He was on his wav to
Portland to visit his step-daughter) and
retired Tuesday morning to sober up
so that he could go down today. '
Morman bad, at the time of his death,
considerable property and a large num
ber of sheep in Gilliam county ; also
property in Arlington. He was well
known, and had many fiends in Arling'
ton.
Following is the verdict ot the coro
ner's jury :
Thb Dalles, Jan. 5, 1898.
We, the undersigned, the jury impan
eled by W, H. Butts, coroner of Wasco
county, Oregon, to inquire into the
death of a deceased person, whose body
Is now before us, after having heard tbe
testimony of tbe witnesses produced at
said inqneBt, nna as loiiows:
That tbe name of the deceased . was
John Morman, of the age of about 45
years: a resident of billiam county. Or.,
and being in the sheep business in said
county: also being a former resident of
Arlington, in. said county.
We find that he died in a room over
Newland & Jones' saloon, corner' of
Court and Second streets, The Dal'es,
Oregon, on the 4th day of January, 1898,
somewhere between the hours of 5
o'clock in the morning and 6 in tbe
evening of said day.
That the cause of his death was heart
failure, produced by the excessive use
of intoxicants.
C. F. Stephens,
J. W.'Hkbnkr, .
. John Blaseb, .
W. D. Jones-,
A. L. Reese,
D. S. Dcfus.
A Social Success.
Wednesday night at the K. of P. hall a
party was given complimentary to
Mrs. Geo. St. John of Tacoma and Miss
Lownsdale of Salem, who are visiting in
our city. The success of tbe party was
assured when Prof. Birgfeld and. Miss
Schmidt were secured to furnish the
music. No more congenial crowd could
possibly have gathered, and the num
ber was such as could conveniently
dancd in tbe hall. . So enjoyable wae the
evening that tbe participants remained
till a much later hour than is custom
ary at these parties.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs.
Blakeley, Mr and Mrs Theo Seufert,
Mrs H A Moss of San Francisco,
Mr and Mrs H French. Mr and Mrs Don
nellj Mr and Mrs Garretson, Mr and Mrs
H Euck, Mr and Mrs Phillips, Mrs
Lpwnsdale, Mrs St. John, Misses Gussie
Lownsdale, Beulah Patterson, Annie .
and Besse Lang, Nona Rucb, Dorothy
Fredden, ' Catharine Martin, Maybel
Mack, Elizabeth Schooling, Virginia
Marden, Georgia Sampson, Ettie Story,
Clara Davis, Lillian Sneli, Cad Booth,
Laura Thompson, Veva Moore, Mat
tie Cusbing and tbe Misses Ricks.
Messrs R H Lonsdale, G A Clarke, J
Weigel, J Booth, C Clarke, W Fredden,
F Cram, R Gorman, M Moody, G Bonn,
L Porter, F French, T Purdv, V Mar
den, F Weigei, A McCulley, C Burget.
M Vogt, Jr, L Heppner, E Wingate,
F Deitzel, A L Gude..
Water Commissioners' Meeting.
At the last meeting of 'the water com
missioners tbe following members were
present: Jos. T. Peters, J. B. Crossen,
M. Randall and S. Bolton. .
After the minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved, the following
bills were examined and ordered paid :
J T Peters, lumber .. .. .$ 2 75
Gunning & Hockman, labor. . . . 50
Mays & Crowe, mdse "125
Chronicle Pub Co, bill heads. . . 1 50
I J Norman, supt salary . 75 00
E A Borders, helper's salarv. . . 75 Oft
S Bolton, secretary 10 00
D S Duiur.ms. policy 11 00
Sept report placed on file show
ing total book account $1212 40
Total amount collected . . 967 45
. Total amount not collected.. .$ 244 95
Treasurer's report read and ordered
placed on file, showing
Cash on hand at last report . . . .$4474 89
Cash rec'd from I J Norman . . . 967 45
Total....... $5742 34
Death of Mrs. Barsee.
Mrs. F. S. Barzee died at her, home in
this city at 1 o'clock Wednesday, aged 44
years. '
She was born at Turner's Station in
Marion eounty, this state, and has lived
with her husband in this city for sev
eral years.. Five years ago she was at
tacked by that dread disease, consump
tion, and since that time her health has
been failing, until tbe end came peace
fully today.
She leaves a' husband and three chil
dren to mourn the loss of a faithful wife
and a good mother. The children are-
Mrs. Frank Cbrieman of this city, Mrs.
F. L. Jones of Portland, and Elferd Bar
zee, who at present lives in this city.
The funeral took place at Turner
Station on Friday, the, 7th inst.
Lena Demning and Etta Brock, aged
10 and 7 respectively, were shot in- the
face by John Volker, aged 14, last Sun
day evening, at the home of Mrs. Dem '
ning, about three miles south of Hills
boro. Volker was in the yard, while
the girls, six in all, were in the house,
standing at a' window. Volker asked
(he girls to come out to the barn to
plav. They refused, and he discharged
a shotgun, which becarried, at tbe win
dow, t he contents breaking the glass
and injuring two of the girls.
The
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Is the most desirable
Wagon on the Market.
It is not,as cheap as some others, but is better than all
others. This is a broad assertion, but examine the wagon
and you will agree with us. It is constructed from carefully
selected material, and it is the aim of the manufacturers o
make the best Wagon on the market.
It has more improvements and points of superiority
than we can enumerate here. If you are thinking of getting
a new Wagon, examine the' " RUSHFORD " before buying
Agts.,
. Wasco, Sherman, Crook and Klickitat Co.i.
1 CLARK, Local Agt., Biggs, Or. .