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.TURD AT. FEBRUARY 19, 1898.
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Commissioner D. 8. Kirasey
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Weekly Clubbing Rates.
Chronicle and Oregonian $2 25
Chronicle and Examiner 2 25
Chronicle and Inter Ocean 1 85
Chronicle aod Tribune - 1 75
Chronicle and N. Y. World 2 00
THE "MAINE."
The news which is borne to us,to
day that the battleship Maine was
bbwn to pieces last night ic Havana
harbor is as startling information as
it is possible to receive. In the ab
sence of more definite knowledge,
direct comment;. ,is Impossible, but
enough is , known, tbata number of
brave American lives are lost through
somebody's treachery. The dis
patches indicate that the disaster was
caused by an accident, but the
American people are not in a temper
now to believe that the accident was
unintentional. Following eo closely
as does this unfortunate affair upon
the action of this government in the
De Lome matter, the Ameiican peo
pie cannot be blamed for having
their most active suspicions aroused
If it be true that the Spaniards had
a band in the matter, then war with
Spain is a foregone conclusion, and
if war come, it will mean the utter
extermination of . the Spanish re
gime.
. The United States government has
dealt very leniently with Spain,
While it is true that during the last
year the majority of citizens has fa
vored some sort of intervention, the
administration has deemed it wise to
refrain from any decisive steps until
a more fitting occasion should arise.
This may have been sound policy
npon the part of the administration,
but the time is coming, or has al
ready arrived, wben the so-called
jingo sentiment must be recognized.
We must wait for more definite
information before drawing too ad
vanced conclusions; but this much is
true that the administration would
not do an unpopular thing if steps
were taken to intervention in Cuba
and the humilation of Spain.
If war must "needs come, the
American people are ready ' for it
THE NATION'S ANCHOR.
It is a fortunate thing for the
country that it has at least three
days sacred to patriotism. It has
always had the Fourth of July, it
"-has long had Washington's birthday,
an 3 now it has Lincoln's birthday.
In bringing Lincoln day to the front
the Marquette dub of Chicago de
serves especial credit. No doubt it
would have come anyway, but it was
hastened and emphasized by this
-club.
Among those who addressed the
3Iarquette Club and its guests at the
banquet of Saturday night was Jus
tice Brewer of the supreme court of
the United States.
This great jurist was little known
outside the state . ot Kansas when
President Harrison placed him on
tne supreme oencn. mis repuiauon
was professional. His judicial opin
ions were from the first of a quality
Ampripnn hr. Another Storv. if
not Marshall, had come to interpret
-.and apply the laws of the nation, or
ganic and statutory. His first re
sponse to a toast after, his appoint
ment was a remarkable success trom
the usual standpoint of post prandial
wit . But his address of Saturday
night was on a higher plane of
thought It was an elaborate discus
sion, so eloquent that from first to
last it riveted attention. It was the
sensation of the evening. Every
body knew tbmt ex-President Harri
son would make a very able and ap
propriate speech, but Justice Brewer
was a com pari tive stranger. He
spoke on "The Nation's Anchor."
The preliminary touches on Chi
cago had the deftness of a master in
the . high art of local pleasantry,
strengthened with broad ideas. Pass
ing from the . cosmopolitan character
of Chicago and the country at large,
he came to his especial subject The
cardinal difference between the con
stitutions of the two great English
speaking nations, from the stand
point of stability, was pointed out
Each is a nation of popular govern
ment The monarchy is not a barrier
in England against the rule of the
people. The British anchor against
a sudden ard dangerous tidal wave
of public opinion is the house of
lords; the national anchor of Amer
ica is the supreme court. Each
state, no less than the United States,
has its anchor. No rush and fury of
popular sentiment can break its
hawser or sweep it from its moor
ings. There Is absolutely no limit to the
statutory authority of an act of par
liament The courts of Great Bri
tain have no poer of restraint, only
of interpretation and application.
With us to every enactment must be
applied by the court the test, is it
constitutional ?
"An unrestricted and absolute
legislative freedom," observes this
great jurist, "would certainly sweep
on to despotism the mob, whose de
pot it m is always followed by the
man on horseback." This is one of
the great fundamentals of history.
The eloquent judge did not hesitate
to enter protest against the latest
shibboleth of the demagogue, "Gov
ernment by injunction." Eight here
we quote this salient passage trom
the address:
I am as much opposed to govern
ment by judges as any man. They
are no more qualified to exercise the
functions of government than the
clery, and a theocratic government
was long since proved a failure. But
the writ injunction Is not an act of
legislation. It creates no new law,
It only enforces rights which the
constitution and the law have there
tofore declared sacred. It is as old
as the struggle of the, English speak
ing people for. liberty, and it has
been used to protect and not to gov
ern.
Nothing could, be more pertinent
to . the current thought of the day,
It rises above party lines and strikes
deeper than the "profoundest thought
of mere politics. It combines phil
osophy and statesmanship adjusted
to the especial peril of the period.
It is because the American people
have this anchor of courts bound to
measure every statute by the con
stitution that our government . is
stable and the future of the republic
secure.
THE COMING- CONVENTION.
All reports confirm the success of
the recent cattleman's convention at
Pendleton. The attendance was
large and representative, while the
proceedings were of a kind to elicit
much interest. This is a good fore
runner of what the coming meeting
of wool-growers in The Dulles will
be. The committee is assured that
many visitors will attend from our
sister stales, and that the men identi
fied with the wool-growing industry
of Eastern Oregon will be present to
swell the number. This is the first
convention of the kind ever held in
Eastern Oregon, and it should be
made a fitting pattern for the others
to follow.
As far as possible every citizen
should constitute himself a member
of the committee on invitation and
entertainment By private letters
and words our business men can
make the impression that this con
vention will be a gathering that
those interested in wool -growing can
not afford to miss, and the work of
the general committee will be, in a
great degree, advanced by the inter
est taken on the part of our citizens.
The committees on arrangement
report very satisfactory progress,
and every circumstance indicates a
most successful gathering. This has
been a great year for the wool-grow
ing industry of Oregon. Favorable
legislation and a propitious winter
have brought renewed hope to the
hearts of the wool-groweis, and
where four years ago this industry
was in severe circumstances, it is
now regaining its former time pros
perity. This is the time to celebrate the
growing gocd condition of the wool
industry, npon which, more than any
other factor. The Dalles depends for
its commercial prosperity.
. The citizens of .The Dalles hope
for a large attendance at the coming
convention, and makes the assurance
that there is room and welcome for
everyone. . .r "
De Lome's letter lifts the curtain
on a system of falsity. In that re
spect it is a clear demonstration,
The politeness of the Spanish minis
ter was the merest veneer. . That his
mind is essentia'Iy coarse was proved
by his book of twenty years ago dis
paraging even the women of this
country. He referred to that publi
cation as a youthful mistake, but he
has spoken of the president in similar
terms, not only disclosing an evil
nature, but a lack of capacity to un
derstand an upright president earn
estly striving to solve the Cuban
problem by peaceful means. Spain
is under deep obligations to Presi
dent McKinley for the considerate
patienbe he has exercised and his
calming influence upon congress and
u oon the people. He has sought to
extend to Spain the strictest justice
and nowhere in his treatment of the
most difficult situation has there
been the slightest trace of the disin
genuous. Whatever of friendly ser
vice has been offered to Spain was
in good faith and intended to avert
war. When De Lome speaks con
temptuously of the president and his
political ability and associations be
discredits himself as a man and as a
diplomatist Globe-Democrat.
The labored dissimulation of the
Oregonian in the matter of the per
sonality of local "bosses" who afflict
the state, city, and the Republican
party, will not deceive many of its
readers. The public knows pretty
well who the most detrimental and
unscrupulous bosses are. It is they
who have loaded this city with debt?,
largely incurred in the working of
big "jobs," ' such as the city hall, the
reservoirs, and the bridge and ferry
sales; they who have had charter
laws secretely changed, and so legis
lated as to keep the city in endless
litigation ; they who have more than
once treacherously betrayed their
party and defeated, or sought to de
feat, its candidates; they who have
chiefly packed our primaries and de
bauched our elections; they who
corruptly "held up" the last legisla
ture to the state's great expense,
vexation and scandal, and the defeat
ofthe people's will. If the Repub
licans of Oregon desire and deter
mine to rid themselves of this co
terie of "bosses," they will not be in
doubt about who the worst of them
are. Tribune.
The new constitution proposed for
Louisiana will hardly be submitted
to the people, but simply proclaimed.
This is the southern way when it. is
desired to limit the suffrage. It re
quires that all voters shall be able to
read and write English or French, or
shall on two hundred dollars worth
of property. That can be made to
take in most of the illiterate whites,
what with guns and sbotes, and ex
clude illiterate Negroes. Indeed,
they think it will exclude 72 per cent
pf the Negro vote and let in practic
ally all the whiles,, which was the
problem to be solved.
The country will await the repoit
from the investigation of the Maine's
disaster with the deepest solicitude.
It is hard, under the sorrowful cir
cumstances, to withhold an opinion,
and there are many that will be un
able to do so; but until the matter
has ben officially reported in greater
detail this government cannot take
more decisive action. The theory
that the accident was unintentional,
does not seem tenable, and it will
take more than sweet-worded condo
lences on -the part of Spain to con
vince this country that there was not
Spanish trick in connection with
the explosion.
New York's associated banks, in
increasing their , loans to the extent
of almost $6,000,000 in the past five
days, have furnished a good indica
tion of the strength and persistence
of the trade improvement The
activity of the stock and other spec
ulative markets is accountable, of
course, for some of the increased de
mand for money ; but this activity,
in its present phase, is in itself an
evidence af business expansion and
general financial confidence.
One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
That la what It was made for.
Everybody reads Ths Chbolxick.
FOR THE MURDER OF HAYDEN.
Preliminary Examination of "Dakota
Slim" Begun at Colfax.
Robert McDon aid, known as Dakota
Slim, was taken before Justice Kirkland
in Colfax Tuesday morning for prelimi
nary examination for the murder of Or
ville Hayden, near Farmington, October
22, 1897. McDonald is the man who es
caped lynching At the bands of a mob
last month. A number of witnesses were
examined.
The principal witness was Dan Conch,
who positively identified McDonald as
the man who held him up and robbed
bim and afterward held up young Hay
den, when the latter was shot. Conch's
story is that he was in the Klondike
saloon, just east of Farmington, until 9
o'clock on the night of October 22d. He
left the saloon to go to Farmington. As
he stepped out of the building, he saw
two men in the road, ten feet away, fac
ing him. The taller man, whom he
identified as the prisoner, pointed a pis
tol at his head and said ,: ,
"Throw np yonr hands, or I'll kill
you."
He threw np his bande, when the tall
man led him down the road toward
Farmington. After being robbed, Couch
was made to lie down by the fence. Half
an hour afterward the two men held up
and robbed Carl Hayden, who was
placed with Conch by the fence. Short
ly after 11 o'clock that night, Orville
and Dan Hayden and Frank Rector came
out of the saloon and walked toward the
parties in the road. They were halted
and told to throw up their bands. - Im
mediately after this command was given
the smaller, man, euppoeed to be
"Blacky," who was lynched January
10th, fired two shots. Orville Hayden
and Rector both fled to the saloon. Dan
Hayden was searched and his money
taken, when he, Carl Hayden and Conch
were told to run, and did so. On reach
ing the saloon, Couch says be saw Or
ville Hayden lying on the floor with a
bullet wound in his body above the
heart. He died 10 minutes later.
Couch stated that the first time he
saw McD.nald after the murder, was in
he jail here. He recognized him at
once. - ;
N. T. Coffin, a detective, told the sto
ry, of a confession made to him by
"Blacky," in which the latter stated
that he and McDonald were the high
waymen, and that he fired the shot that
killed Orville Hayden.
The preliminary examination was re
sumed yesterday afternoon.
HER SUFFERING ENDED.
Miss Bdlth Schmidt Passes Away This
Afternoon.
. , Thursday's Daily, . T
This . atternoon . the grim hand of
death grasped another victim from our
midst . in the. person . of Miss Edith
Schmidt, who died peacefully at about
2:30 o'clock.
' Miss Schmidt has been ailing for about
five years, her Bickness having begun
with bronchial trouble, which afterwards
developed into that dread disease, con
sumption. Three years ago she went to
Phoenix, Arizona, and the change of cli
mate greatly relieved her. After re
maining aoout a year in that place, she
returned home much improved, and her
many friends thought for. a time that
she would regain her health! The .dis
ease was not cared, however, and soon
she began to fail.- Although everything
available was done for her, her physi
cians saw that it was only a matter of a
short time until the end would come.
For the last two weeks she has been
too weak to arise from her bed, and
about 6 o'clock this morning those who
were attending her saw that she could
last but a few hours. From that time
until she died she was unconscious and
did not seem to suffer any pain what
ever. Edith Schmidt was born in The Dalles
December 20, 1875, and was consequent
ly but 22 years,! month and 28 days
old. She has spent nearly all her life
in this city, and was of such a kind and
loving disposition that she was a favor
ite of all who knew her, especially
among the young people with whom she
associated.
She leaves a father, mother, one sis
ter, Alma Schmidt, and three brothers,
Victor, Charles and Adolpb. .Victor is
now at Antelope, but a messenger has
been sent for bim, and he will be here
as soon as possible.
Canyon City's Rich. Strike.
Mr. Chambers of Canyon City, Grant
county, who made the rich strike near
that city, arrived here last night on bis
way from Portland. "He bid a selection
of specimens from his mine which were
certainly fine enough to make even a
successful Klondiker'a eyes shine. 'The
ore is a rotten quartz and talc, and is
filled with wire gold. The average value
of the ore is $52,000 a ton, and Mr.
Chambers says the ledge has been
stripped for a distance of about fourteen
feet, and opened to a depth of ten feet,
the width of ihe ledge being about four
teen inches.
- It is more than probable the discovery
is only: a pocket, for Nature has never
yet put such rock in place in large quan
tities. ..Whether a pocket or not, Mr.
Chambers has enough in sight for half a
dozen men. The ore .was displayed at
the Umatilla House last night, attract
ing quite a large crowd.
you want to have
FRUIT-.
You must Spray and Prune. We have
The Bean.
The Myers and
The Demming
Spray Pumps.
' We can give yon a complete outfit for from $5.00 to
$25. OQ. .Take a look at them before you buy.
- In Pruning Goods we have Saws, Shears, Buckeye Prun
ers 2 and 3 foot, and Water's Tree Pruners 6 and 8 feet long.
Our Prices are Right.
MAIER & BENTON
Kfflsa.n.:..Grocery
Court Proceedings.
Wednesday's Daily.
CRIMINAL.
State of Oregon vs J Morrell, a plea
of not guilty entered by defendant.
Plea was afterward withdrawn and a
a plea, of guilty entered. Time for sen
tence waived and sentence set at two
years in the penitentiary.
There were no equity rases before the
court today, and the only law case was
that of W L Whealdon vs E G Brooks et
al, in which an answer was filed.
Final citizenship papers were issued
today to Gust W Johnston, a native of
Sweden.
. : Thursday. . , u.
State of . Oregon vs. Elmer Green A
true bill arraigned; .time waived . to
plead. A . plea of guilty entered ; time
for sentence waived. . Sentenced to two
years in the. penitentiary.
State of Oregon vs.. Henry Zweidler
Plea of guilty entered; time for sen
tence waived. . Fined $50.
State of Oregon vs. William Lemons
A true bill; defendant makes default
Order forfeiting bail.
State of Oregon vs. Mrs. G. E. Lam-
hereon True bill arraigned ; to plead at
9 a. m. Plea of guilty entered ; time
for sentence waived. Sentenced to pay
$50 ; execution stayed.
State of Oregon vs. David Barclay
Not a true bill. Defendant discharged
State of Oregon vs. Richard Carlisle
Not a true bill. Defendant discharged.
Final citizenship papers 'were today
issued to Charles G. Hanson, a native of
Denmark.
, . Friday's Daily,
The following cases were disposed of
in the circuit court yesterday afternoon
and this morning : .
. EQUITY
Emma Golden vs DeWitt Golden, re
ferred to B. S. Huntington and county
clerk of Douglas county, Wash., to take
and report testimony.
Inez F. Broadbent vs F. M. Broad
bent, tried in open court and decree
granted.
B. A. Osgood vs Ira Dunn, confirma
tion granted.
LAW.
M E Pague vs C W Phelps, settled and
dismissed. -
H. S. Wilson, executor, vs Lizzie No
lan, default and judgment.
W. L. Whealdon vs R. G. Brooks et al,
amended complaint filed to answer
Monday.
Advertised Letters.
Following is the list of letters . remain
ing in the posloffice at The Dalles un
called for February 18, 1898. Persons
calling . for the same will give date on
which they were advertised :
Aberdeen, J T Allen, David
Alary, MonsureEoch Bland, Mr Chas
Bowles, Mr Sam Campbell, M V
Cocks. Ered I - ' Dean Mrs Iabella(2)
Edeerly, Mr Jamee Frover, H D
Gardiner, Senorita Goss, J N T '
Jones, Mr .hd Kobler, Charles
Keller, Mr James' Larisch, FA
Laagblin,MissLizzieLister, Miss Kate
McDonald, Millie McCoy j Mr Jim
MeCowan, Jo'inie Mildred, Rev S M .
Miller, J H Monehan.Mr Sara
Pearson, Mr Andy Pierce. Mr Roy
Ra, Welch Mc Rice. Mr Walter '
Robertson, Mrs Joe Spicinger, Mrs M J
Thomas, Mrs J L Tay, Joseph L .
- J. A. Cbosben.
- A CALL.
. The Wasco County Republican Cen
tral Committee Will meet at the court
bouse in The Dalles, Saturday, Feb. 19,
1898, at 2 p. MX., for the purpose' of issu
ing a - call, appointing delegates, and
making all necessary arrangements for
holding the primaries and Republican
county convention.-:. A full attendance
is desired. J. M. Patterson,'
February 8, 1898. Chairman.
1
The Dalles, Or.
Ye Hen and Women Sinters.
Following are ye names of ye men and
women who will sing at ye Olde Folkes
Concert at ye Towne Playe House, at
ye hour of ye curfew, Tuesday, Feb. 22,
1898:
Belinda , Standish Cram, Mathilda
Kent Sampson, Jerusha Gaylor Samp
son, Barbara Faith Fredden, . Sophia
Rescue Thompson, Glory Ann Blossom
Cnshing, Jane Elizabeth Rowland, Bet
sy Ann French, Sueanna Rachel Patter
son, Patience Eugenia Roberts, Arabella
Angelina Slusher, Jemima Adelburt
Butler, Keturah Bountiful French (born
Richardson, Rachel Lovemnch Jayne,
Rosanna Sophia Highflyer Michel, Pen
elope Royal Huntington (born Wilson),
Pbilipina Edden (born Atwater), Alyira
Ledbetter Gilford, Belinda Blossom
Stephens (born Jackson), Cynthia Con
don, (born French), Jennie Penelope
Morgan born Wallace, Seraphina An
tionette Rjss born Atwater J, Abigail
Barrett born Garrison, Patience Re
becca Groat (born Crandall), Lucretia
Mehitable Varney born Webber, Erne
rine Ketmah . Young born Marshal,
Jerusbia Slimkios Cooper born Bailey,
Naomi Seraphina. Bailey bor Cooper,
Dorcas Deborah McCoy born McDonald,
Martha Hannah Geiger bora Spalding.
Ye men singers: Loami Goodenoueb
Frank,. Nathan Makepiece Barrett,
Brady Bouncebout Clarke, Jacob Fred-
erick Snipes, Hezekiah Brakebone
Doane, Jeremiah Makesick Esbelman,
Peter Pullhard Frazier, Joshua Tonsure
Parkins, Ishmael Hamilton Young,
Nicademus Given French, Isaac ..Gus
tarus Marden, Homer . Hezekiah Hart
nett, Timothy Leonidas Sexton, Icha
bod Crane Jenkins, Pittone Jonas Wei
gle, Throgmorten Campbell, Peregrin
Preserved Weigle, Ashley Justinian .
Jayne, Bartholomew Dague'rre Gifford,
William Blacketone Roberts, Christo
pher Vendor Bailey, Phineas Sebastian
Lundell, Winpeace Zebediah Gottfried,
Benoni Dionysius Geiger, Ulysses In
crease Phillips,, Aristophonese Plato
Gude, Felix Caesar Wilson.
Gideon Poore Crandall will lead ye
singing.
Susanna Harmony Patterson (born
Gray) will play ye spinet.
The Bowling; Tournament.
The first fonr games of the bowling
tournament between the Umatilla House
bowlers and the clab members, came off
at the clnb'Wednesday night, and result
ed in a victory of fonr straight games for
the club team. In the first tbey won by
eight pins, in the second by sixty-six, in
the third by twenty-five and the fourth
by twenty-two pint. The following are
the totals for each game :
CLUB TEAM. UMATILLA HOUSE.
209 ..First Game. . 201
258. .". Second Game. 192
238 Third Game ..208
232 Fourth Game 210
932..,,.. Total....... 811
At present the club team holds an ad
vantage of 121 pins. It should be re
membered, however, that the Umatilla
House team was bowling on alleys to
which they were not accustomed, and
some of their best rollers had exception
ally hard luck, taking out numerous
centers and rolling far below their usnal
scores. '
It is expected the games which will be
played on the Umatilla House alleys in
the near future will be much closer and
more interesting those of last night.
Clarke A.Falk's Rosefoam tooth wash
is the best to keep the teeth and gams
clean and healthy. . 9-1 m
DeWitt' Little Early Risers,
The famous little pills.