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VOL. VIII.
-THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 19. 1898.
NUMBER 12.
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WILL NOT FAVOR HIM
Corbett Unlikely to be Seat
ed in the Senate.
HIS CLAIM WAS DECIDED INVALID
Tote Was on Party I.lnes, Except that.
Barrow. Was Counted on th
Opposition.
Washington, Jan. 14. The senate
committee on pricileges and elections to
day decided to make an adverse report
on H. W. Corbett's claiai to a seat in
the senate from Oregon. - The vote was
4 to 3, on party lines, except that Sena
tor Burrows. Republican, who was ab
sent, was counted, upon his
authority,
as being on the Bide of opposition to
Corbett. ... I
There were two votes, the first being
upon the motion to declare . Mr. Corbett
entitled to his seat, which was support
ed by Messrs. Chandler, Hoar and
Pritchard, Republicans, and opposed by
Messrs. Caffery and Pettns, Democrats,
Allen, Populist, and Barrows, Repub
lican, of Michigan. Senator Spooner
was paired with Turpie, the former for
and the latter against the motion. The
motion was then made to declare Mr.
Corbett not entitled to a seat, and tbe
motion carried by the former vote, re.
versed.
The voting was preceded by quite a
general discussion, based on a report
prepared by Senator Pettns,' on behalf
of tbe opposition. This report took tbe
position that the questions involved are
practically the same as those involved
in the Mantle case, and this case should
be allowed to stand as a precedent. Sen
ator Pettns made an argument in favor
of establishing a principle of action in
such cases, and allowed to stand, taking
the position that there was no danger in
not taking the same coarse every time
the political complexion of tbe senate
changed. '
Affairs in Cuba.
New York, Jan. 14. The chairman
of the organizing committee of the Cuban-American.
League makes public a
letter from Hannis Taylor, former min
ister of tbe United States to Spain, in
which be urges that the belligerency of
Cuba should be recognized
Taylor also upholds the organization
of Caban-Amorican leagues and . favors
the passage of the Cuban belligerency
bill now pending in tbe house of repre
sentatives.
Burning of Two Seminole.
Eablbobo, I. T.,Jan. 14. Excitement
ia still intense here over the recent burn
ing at tbe stake of the two Indiana and
the subsequent fear of an Indian upris
ing. At Wewoka, tbe capital of tbe
seminole nation, tbe sympathy is all tbe
other way. Evidence for the prosecn
tion has been voluntarily furnished, and
it looks probable that the lynchers may
be punished.
Action Again Postponed.
Washington, Jan. 14. The senate
took up the nomination of McKenna to
be justice of the supreme court of the
United States immediately after going
into executive session, but it was made
apparent after a few minutes' discussion
that the nomination could not be dis
posed of today, and action was postponed
to another date.
Oklahoma Anxious for Statehood.
Kingfisher, O. T., Jan. 14. The in-
terpartisan statehood convention, which
was In session here until a late hoar
last night, was entirely harmonious and
passed unanimous resolutions petition
ing tbe present congress to pass an en
abling act providing for the admission of
Oklahoma as a state.
Trennolm to be Retired.
Nw York, Jan. 14. The Jonrnal an
nounces the retirement of William Lee
Trenholm, formerly comptroller of the1
currency, from the presidency of the
American Surety Company, and aleo
from the directory of the State Trust
Company. Tbe cause of the retirement
is said to be dissatisfaction found by the
trustees with bis management of tbe coin;
panies. '
' Postmaster at Denver.
Washington, Jan. 14.-r-Among the
nominations confirmed by tbe senate to
day was that of ex-Senator Tabor, of
Colorado, to the postmastersbip at Den-
Buncoed at Seattle.
San Fbancibco, Jan. 14. J. W, Kite,
a miner from Silverton, B. C, has re
ported to the police that he was buncoed
of $250 n cash and a draft for $300 at j
Seattle while on his way to this city.
He was inveigleJ into a game of poker
and cleverly robbed by a gang of sharp
ers. Fires Jn Pennsylvania.
Pittbbubg, Jan. 17. The Yester block
a large office building at McKeesport,
was destroyed by fire this morning. The
block was erected two years ago at a
cost of $100,000. An early morning fire
at Bridgeville, about twelve miles south
of here, destroyed twelve bdildings and
an immense lumber yard. The loss will
probably reach 130,000. .
-, ' ' Antl-Zo). Klot Ktnmad.
J'abis, Jan. 14. There was a renewal
this'evening of an anti-Zsla demonstra
tfln when a band of students paraded
tbe boulevard, howling, "Down with
Zola: down with the Jews!" Blows
were exchanged between the rioters and
officers. " ' "
How's This!
We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
leered by Hall's. Catarrh Cure.
- if. J. Uhbnky (Jo. Props., Toledo, V.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and be
lieve him perfectly honorable in all busi
ness transactions and financially able to
carry out any obligations made by their
firm.' '
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To
ledo, O., Walding, Kinnan aV Marvin,
Wholesale DroggiBts. Toledo, Ohio.
Hall's . Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of tbe system. Pricet
75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Testimonials free.
1-5-9
Immigration Bill Passed.
Washington, Jan. 15. The senate to'
day passed the immigration bill by a
vote of 45 to 28.
Senator Wolcott closed his. speech at
2 :05 p. m., having spoken an boar and
fifteen minutes. As he sat down there
was a burst of applause throughout the
chamber ,and for several minutes he was
surrounded by his colleagues, who de
sired to tender their eon rratu'ations.
Presidential Nomination.
. Washington, Jan. 14. The president
today sent . these nominations to tbe
senate : Consuls Geo. W. Dickinson of
New York, at Aculcapo, Mexico ; Wil
liam Maidt of New Hampshire, at La
Guayra, Venezuela.
Tli Coming Woman '
; Who goes to the club while her hus
band tends the baby, as well as the good
old-fashioned woman who looks after
ber home, will both at times get ran
down in health. Tbey will be troubled
with loss of appetite headaches, sleep
lessness, fainting or dizzy . spells. Tbe
most wonderful remedy for these women
is Electric Bitters. Thousands of suffer
ers from Lame Back and Weak Kidneys
rise up and call it blessed. It is tbe
medicine for women. . Female com
plaints and nervous troubles of all kinds
are soon relieved by the use of Electric
Bitters. Delicate woman should keep
this remedy on band to build up the
system. Only 50c per bottle. For sale
by Blakeley & Houghton. 1
Next Year's Mining Beale.
Columbus, Jan. 15. The United Mine
workers of America decided today to ask
for an advance of 10 cents per ton on
next year's contracts for pick mining,
and three-fifths of the pick-mining price
tor machine mining, in Ohio.
BuekJen's Arisen salve. '
The besfsalve in the world for-cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fevei
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and ' posi
tively cui e piles, or no pay required
It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac
tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box. . For sale by Blakeley and
Houghton, dmggista.
. jealousy was the Motive.
Cincinnatti, Jan. 14. Louis Alfred,
a compositor at the. Enquirer office, to
day shot bis sweetheart, Minnie! Pack
ton, at her home, inflicting fatal wounds
and then killed. himself. ., Jealousy was
the cause. . -
Mr. Elisha Berry, of this place says he
never had anything do him so much
good and give such quick relief from
rheumatism as Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. He was bothered greatly with
shooting pains from bip to knee until he
used tbie liniment, which affords prompt
relief. B. F. Baker, druggist, St. Paris,
Ohio. For sale by Blakeley ' & Hough
ton.
Indianapolis Decided Upon.
Columbus, Jan. 15. The miners have
decided upon Indianapolis as a' head
quarters for their union. . -
When yon can not sleep for coughing
take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It
always gives prompt relief. It is most
excellent for colds, too, as it aids ex
pectoration, relieves tbe lungs and pre-
uents any tendency toward pneumonia.
For sale by Blakeley St Houghton
BOTH LINES IRE FREE
Vanderbilts Not in Control
'" of Either.
0GDEN GATE WILL REMAIN OPEN
Northern Lines Mot Likely to Interfere
With the Independence of the .
Colombia River Boad.
New Yobk, Jan. 15, The Financial
Chronicle says :
"Regarding tbe reported control of tbe
Oregon Short Line and tbe Oregon Rail
way & Navigation Company by the
Union Pacific, through purchase of a
majority of the stock of the Oregon
Short Line, we are authoritatively in
formed that there has been no change in
the situation regarding the OregonShort
Line Stocks since tbe Union Pacific re
organization, some weeks aeo, tbe block
of stocks amounting to $8,460,000 from
the trnetees of the collateral trust mort
gage of 1891, securing the Union Pacific
gold notes, 63. While this block of
stock gives the Union Pacific a prepon
derating holding ot the bnort line's
stock, of which the total if $4,778,600, it
does not, we are informed, give the the
company a majority interest, nor is
there any intention to disturb the Ore
gon Railway & Navigation Company
voting trust, which runs until 1906.
"Tbe importance of preserving the in
dependence of the Oregon Railway &
Navigation Company as a terminal in
tbe. interest of three companies, the
Union Pacific, Great Northern and
Northern Pacific, is thought to warrant
the belief that no one of these companies
will attempt an independent control."
Work on the Warships.
Washington, Jan.. 15. The report
made monthly to Chief Constructor
Hichborn, showing the progress of the
work on the warships now building, in
dicates that the big battle-ships . Ker
sarge and Kentucky, at Newport News,
are more than half finished, the exact
figures being 53 per cent. The battle
ship Illinois, at the same place, is 39
percent advanced toward completion,
while the Alabama, at Cramps', is 36
per cent, and the Wisconsin, at the
Union Iron Works, is 32 per cent along.
Only one gunboat is ' in the builder's
hands, the Princeton, which is said to
I 92 per cent advanced toward com
pletion. Civil Service Reform.
Washington, Jan. 15. The canvass
of the Republican members of the house
on tbe question of changing the civil
service laws, which has been' conducted
by the Republican steering coriJmittee,
is about complsted. Of 202 Republican
members of tbe house, the canvass is
said to show that a majority varying
from 18 to 40 is found favorable to tbe
change in the law according to the de
gree of the change proposed. This last
factor leads to some difference of opinion
as to tbe result of tbe canvass.
Coal Trust Indicted.
Springfield, III-, Jan 15. The grand
jury of the Sangamon county circuit
court today indicted ten of the com
panies forming the alleged Springfield
coal trust. They are charged with con
spiring to defraud. Tbe companies
formed the Springfield Coal Association
and advanced the price of coal 50 cents
per ton, claiming they were compelled
to advance tbe price to consumers be
cause they had advanced the wages of
their employes. The advance in wages
to their employes,' was 7)4 cents per
ton. '
Attendance Will be Large.
Iidianapolis, Jan 15. At noon today,
241 delegates had been chosen to attend
the monetary conference, which will be
gin here January 25th, and over 100
more acceptances have been received,
bat all the delegates are not yet select
ed. There .will be probably 350 dele
gates in tbe convention, as against 290
delegates at the first convention.
Foul Flay Suspected. -
Oakland, .Cal., Jan. 15. Tbe local
authorities are carefully investigating
the death of Joseph Raeside,tbe .trainer,
whose' mangled corpse was found along
side tbe railroad track at Shell Mound
yesterday, there being a strong suspicion
that he was murdered and bis body
placed upon the track for the purpose of
destroying traces of the crime.
' Will Represent Oakland.-
Oakland, Cal.; Jan. 15. Frank A.
Lsach, auperintendant of tbe mint at
San Francisco, has been elected by the
Oakland board of trade as their delegate
to the monetary conference to be held in
Mr. Leach
Eliminated;
Washington, Jan.' 15. The subcom
mittee of the senate committee on ap
propriations, considering the urgent de
ficiency appropriation bill, decided today
to eliminate 'the provision inserted by
the house, requiring owners of bullion
to pay transportation on it from the as
say'office to tbe mint. '
Blaze at Chicago.
CniCAGO.'Jan. 17. Eight firms, with
stocks aggregating almost half a million
dollars, sustained heavy losses by a fire
thai broke ont early this morning in a
buildins at the north wet corner of
Market and Quincy streets. Two fire
men were injured. "neither seriously.
Free of Charge to Sufferers.
Cut this out and take it to your drug
gist and get a sample . bottle free of Dr
King's New Discovery, for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds. They do not ask you
to buy before trying. This will show
you the great merits of this truly won
derful remedy, and show you what can
be accomplished by the-regular. size bot
tle. This is no experiment, and would
be disastrous to the proprietors, did they
not know it would invariably cure.
Many of the best physicians are now
using it in their practice with great re
suits and are relying on it in the most
severe cases, it Is guaranteed. J. rial
bottles free at Blakeley & Houghton's. 1
Four Found Dead. '.'
New Yobk, Jan. 17. John Matthews,
bis wife and two children, . a boy of 10
and a girl of 12, were found dead in tbe
Matthews home this morning. It is
supposed that Matthews murdered his
wife and children, and then committed
suicide by shooting.
"Millionaire Tramp" Dead.
' Paducah, Ky., Jan. 17, James E.
Berry, the so-called "millionaire tramp"
died today from the effects of a fall re
ceived three weeks ago. '
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IN LONDON BARBER SHOPS.
Shaving Mags Adorned with Emblems
of the Ovneft Business.
An interesting feature of the east end
barber shops, is the rack of pigeonholes
filled with shaving' mugs, each bearing,
usually in German text, the name of the
owner, says Pearson's Weekly. The
shaving' mug is evidently esteemed a
valuable advertising . medium, for
many a mug bears', in addition to the
owner's name, some emblem of his
business. The undertaker puts on his
mug the picture of a richly-appointed
hearse, with all the proper trappings of
woe. The butcher decorates his mug
with shoulders of mutton, pigs' heads
and linked sausages. The dentist dis
plays the traditional double row of au
noyingly perfect teeth. The fireman's
nmg bears the illuminated picture of a
fire engine. v . .
Vain and handsome men adorn their
cups with photographs of themselves.
Others place beneath their names some
inscription a sentiment from the poets'
or an old German rhyme of good cheer.
A child's photograph occasionally ap
pears on a shaving mug and now and
then a coat of arms is emblazoned above
the owner's name, for coats of arms are
as abundant in the east end as elsewhere
in tbe town. Sometimes it is a national
coat of arms, German, Austrian, Swiss
or Italian, displayed in honor of the de
serted fatherland.
. Sat on Eggs.
Offenders of high rank at the Rus
sian court were punished in a singular
way by Peter tbe Great. It was the
duty of everybody else at court to con
sider and treat the delinquent as a
fool. . When Anne, the daughter of
Peter's elder brother, Ivan, came to the
throne 6he originated an even queerer
form of punishment.' She decreed that
a certain prince should become a hen,
and for this purpose she had made a
large basket, stuffed with straw, and
hollowed into a nest, with a quantity of
eggs in it. This was placed in a con
spicuous place in 1he queen's palace,
and there, under pain of death, thr5 un
fortunate prince was obliged to set day
after day, imitating the cackling of the
fowl he was supposed to represent.
SPECIAL SCHOOL MEETING.
Notice is hereby given to the legal
voters of school district No. 12, of Wasco
county, state of Oregon, that a special
school meeting of said district will- be
held at the brick scboolbonse on Court
stret, on the 28th day of Januarv, 1898,
at 2 o'clock in tbe afternoon; for tbe fol
lowing (objects: To levy a tax for the
ensningryear for school purposes, and to
create a sinking fund to pay tbe bonded
indebtedness of said district.
Dated this 17th day of January, 1898.
O. D. Doane, '
Chairman Board Directors.
Geo. P. Morgan, District Clerk.
To Cure a Cold in One Day."
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund tie money if
t hey fail to cure. 25c. ; . .
.Fresh Columbia river smelt at Varney
& Co.'s. 10-1 wk
Try SchUUng't Best rea and baking, powder
Indianapolis, January 25ih.
is now in Washington.
EYES ON THE CAPITAL
Interest in the Cuban War
Centered at Havana.
THE SITUATION VERY SERIOUS
Much Depends on Blanco Political In
fluence of the Army Is Now
Generally Recognised. .
New Yobk, Jan. 17. A SDecial from
Havana says :
Tbe perpetuation of Spanish power in
Cuba now depends on Blanco's ability
to maintain order in Havana. Until
tbe government shows itself master of
that .city, no other question can be con
sidered. Ministry operations agaiast
the insurgents are forgotten. Progress
with autonomy is a figment, Tbe tur
moil seems ended for the present. The
presence of five or six thousand regulai
troops gives promise that the calm will
last long enough . for a review of the
prospects. A single week has given
Havana a more vivid idea of what war
is than all the events of three years of
insurrection.
The tact and forbearance with which
the officers carried out their orders has
brought -the government temporarily
through a crisis. When the mob was
crying death. to Blance and to autonomy
self-restraint was necessary. The cries
for Weyler were the most pronounced of
all. They showed that he bad many
partisans in tbe city who are determined
to proclaim themselves.'
General Blanco has tried to assure
the Sagaata ministry and the people of
the United Stales that tbe riots have
not political significance It would be
well for the government if this were so,
but it is not. Tbe ultra Spaniards are
taking off their bats to the army. The
people who were rash enough to criti
cise its officers are hastening to make
apologies.
Tbe army is hereafter a dominant po
litical force in Cuba. Its officers may
start no more riots, but the spirit which
pervades it frill influence other classes,
and that spirit is one of hostility to au
tonomy. The firmness with which the
iron band of military repression is
stretched over the city may keep down
farther outbreaks, but though the ten
sion Will not loosen for a long time to
come, " the property-owners, who are
mostly against the political policy of the
government, have every reason to join
with it In maintaining order. They
affected to be eatuified with what has
been done. .
Tbe volunteers are certain to continue
in a state of ferment, but they are not
likely to break out in open revolution.
Tbey seem to be fixing their minds on
securing General Blanco's recall. Tbe
demonstrations they make are likely to
have effect in Spain. tVith that in view,
the disturbances tbey have made are
bringintr the question of American in
tervention to a head.' Its desirability
has been privately suggested to Consul
General Lee by Spanish merchants, but
tbey are slow to comuit themselves to
hopes or to take formal action.
General See's advices to tbe state de
partment are conservative, but set forth
the real situation clearly. ' He doe9 not
recommend immediate intervention, yet
be does not take a hopeful view- of the
ability of the Spanish authorities to re
store public order permanently,
The government newspapers deplore
the rioting, and . say that it has done
more for the revolution than Gomez or
Garcia conld have done.. The Also say
that it will have a bad effect in tbe
United States.
The War Begun.
Boston, Jan. 17. Eighty thousand
skilled operatives employed in about
seventy of the chief cotton mills of the
New England states will today come un
der the sweeping order of a new wage
scale, which entails a redaction of ten
per cent or more. . - '
This reduction brings on, in New Bed
ford, Mass., and Lewiston and' Bidde
ford, Me., labor strikes which may prove
the beginning of a battle greater in ex
tent and more disastrous in effect than
any in the previous history of cotton
manufacturing in the United States.
Tbe strikes will be directed by tbe
labor unions, tbe lead being taken by
the mule spinners' union, the national
executive committee of which has sanc
tioned tbe strikes and ' promised finan
cial aid. ' ' ' -'
Shut Down at Mew Bedford.
.New , Bedford, Mass., Jan. 17. A
shut down, tbe most complete in the
history of tbe cotton mills of New Bed
ford, Began this morning. Not a spin-
Royal makes the food pure,
wholesome and delicious.
mm
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
aie was running nor a room in motion
in factories of cloth corporations an hour
after tbe usual time of going to work.
Between forty and fifty operatives went,
into the Bristol mill and twenty-five or
thirty into the Whitman, but, aside
irom tnese, no mm maae any snow 01
running, and these two shut down1. ' :l
JNine corporations, operating eighteen:
mills in which upward of 9000 bands
were employed, are involved in the
stiike. The cut is uniform, all over, the
city, 10 per cent. '
LIFE IN. GREAT CITIES. '
It Is
Less Enervating Than That in
Isolated Communities.
And as to the tendency of the growth ,
of great, cities toenervatenatiens, there.'
is no proof of it at all, unless we identi
fy the life of great ciities with the pas- .
6ion for idleness and pleasure and self
indulgence which sometimes, but by
no means universally, accompanies
their . growth, says the London Spec-
.
at, living, as that of ancient Home and .
possibly of Nineveh and Babylon did,
on the alms of the rich and powerful,
then no doubt yon have the conditions
of a thoroughly unnatuol and unhealthy
life, end no one can wonder at the
rapid decay of such cities and of the
nations wnion giorieti in tnem. hvz
where the honest working' class far out
number the proletariat, where" the
middle classes of distributors rind man-'
ufacturers and professional mon are la
borious and energetic, and even the
class, that lives on its accuraulai'ed
wealth contains c considerable sprick-.
ling of serious and disinterested work-'
ers, we Jp not believe that there is the
smallest evideBce of any greater danger
in the life of the agricultural village or.
the pastoral tribe. Indeed, we should
regard Olive Schrciner's picture of the
life of the modern Boers os Indicating
a condition of things more prolific of
morbid elements, with its almost com
plete absence of nny stirring or active
intelligence, than- any kind of modern,
life that is honestlv laborious at all.
The Boer life is too sleepy, too dcstK "
tnte of stirring thought or effort, to t
be altogether natural. It needs at least ''
the old element of danger a fid neces
sary vigilance to render it even bracing.
WHAT A BILLION MEANS. .
It Would Take Nearly Ten Thousand '
Years to Count Ic '
The following remarkable calculation'
on the length of time which it would
take o. person tocouat . I, COO,000,COOre-
UCUUjr ltJJCtlcu 111 1111 100 in. .uug-
;:.sh periodicals. What is a billion?
The reply is very simple. In England a
billion is a million times a million.'
(i,00O,C00,000,000). This is quickly
written and quicker still pro
nounced. But no man is able to
count it. You will count 160 or 170 a
minute. But let us suppose that you go.
up as high as zoo a minute, nour alter .
hour. At that rate you would ;ount
12,000 an hour; 288,000 a day, or 105,
120,000 in a year. Let us cupposenbw
that Adam, at tha beginning of his ex- .
i&tence.had begun to count, and tad cou
ticued to do so and was counting still. :
Had such a thing been possible, he -would
not yet have finished the task'
. . f ,.n,.n4!nr n l-llllts,nf T'' flfilinf f, 1 1
lion would require a person to count
C00 a minute for a period of 9,512 years,
542 days, 5 hours and 20 minutes, provid-'
he-should count continuously. But .
r.uppose we allow, the pounter 12 hours
da .ly for rest, eating and, bleeping; Then
he would need 18,025 years, 319 day-si 10
lUUia tl 11U III u ci au uivu t.j wwuj ,-
lete thetask! .' . ' : .. '
The Greedy vrocoaue. : ,
The moment that a young crocodile
breaks its shell it is to all intents and
purpoces a3 active as it is at any time
during its life.' It will make straight
fcr the water, even if it be out of sight
and a good distance off, end it will pur
sue its prey with eagerness arid:agility
durntr the first hour of its free exist
ence. "'":'. ? ' .
A Rlalc '
Witherby I have invited Castleton"
around to New Year's dinner. , x
Mrs. Witherby But he was herd
Christmas to dinner. : .. ' ,
Witherby What of it? . ; O '
Mrs. Witherby I am afraid he will
recognize that turkey. Life. , ' ' '
Erervbodv reads Thb Cheonicls,