THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, .WEDNESDAY. MARCH 2, 1898
The Weekly Ghroniele.-
COOTY OFFICIALS.
County Judge. ' Bobt Mays
rJnentt. r. J. Lnvei
Clerk A M. Keliwy
Treasurer C. L. Phillips
Commissioners UkK?
Assessor W. H. Whipple
Surveyor J. B. t-olt
Superintendent of Public Schools.. .C. L. Gilbert
cjroner . a. cutis
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WE WELCOME YOU.
The citizens of The Dalles extend
a cordial welcome to the delegates of
the Wool -Growers' Convention. We
trust jour stay in our city shall al
ways .be the occasion of pleasant
memories, and that from your de
liberations here much good shall result.
It is entirey fitting that the city
which handles more wool direct from
the producers than any other in the
United States, if not the world,
should be the place where the first
convention of the wool men of tbe
Northwest should be held.
The Dalles is glad to see its streets
thronged by the class of men who by
brains and force have made wool
raising the important .industry it is;
and we trust that the delegates will
carry away with them pleasant mem
ories of their visit to this city.
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OUR NAVY PREPARED.
"In the West Indies, within imme
diate reach, we have tbe Montgom
ery, with ten guns and 250 men,
now at Port Antonia, Jamaica, hav
ing left Santiago de Cuba, perhaps
fortunately, on Feb. 10th. The
Nashville is at Galveston. She has
eight guns and 150 men. The New
port, sjx guns and 135 men, is at
Colon; the Vicksburg, six guns and
135 men, is at St. Kitts: the Wheel
ing, six guns and 135 men is at La
Guayra.
"So much for the warships injcora
mission and within immediate strik
ing distance. The' represent twenty-three
vessels, with nearly 200
high power guns in the main bat
teries, to say nothing of the secondary
batteries and the hundred or more
torpedoes with which the vessels- are
supplied, and they carry fully 5,000
men, the bravest, sturdiest fighters in
any navy.-
"Our ships have powder and pro
jectiles. Our plans of fighting have
been made; week after week, -and
steampship La Cbampage, for whose
safety. fears were entertained, is an
chored off the Newfoun Jland banks,
unable to proceed because of a
broken shaft, will bring relief to an
anxious, public, while the incident
serves to show the wonderful prog,
ress which has been made in navi
gation in recent years. The great
companies whose vessels traverse the
Atlantic have reduced danger to a
minimum, so that the sea has lost
much of its terror. '
WHY THE UNITED STATES
UNPOPULAR ABROAD.
IS
far into into tbe nights, the naval au
thorities at Washington have been
making arrangements ' to meet any
attack from Spain. If trouble comes
it will find the administration prepared."
The war talk in the East is of a
considerably less conservative nature
than it is in the West. Tbe eastern
journals are inclined to the view
that war is more than a possibility,
and are giving a good deal of atten
tion to tbe fighting condition of this
'country. The Inter Ocean sizes up
. -our naval force as follows:
"One of our battleships is lost.
We have three others at Tortugas,
.just below tbe Havana horizon
There are 1,500 sailors, fighting mad,
-on them, ready to fire fifty large
sized guns from the decks. Tbe In
-drana has sixteen of these guns, tbe
Iowa 18, the Massachusetts 16, and
the Texas, now at Galveston, 8.
Each of these ships has a crew of
about 450 men. With these battle
ships, in Admiral Sicard's squadron,
is the armored cruiser New York,
with eighteen guns and nearly 500
'tnpn Within rnll nt. Pflmntnn
Roads is the Booklyn, an improved
, New York, foremost in that grade of
warships in all the world, with
twenty guns and 500 men.
"In commission at Norfalk is that
queen of fighters, tbe monitor Pun
tan, with her ten guns, and at ber
side is the monitor Terror, with her
four guns. At Port Royal is the
monitor Amphitrite, with six guns.
These three monitors muster clcse to
500 men in their crews. The world
has not improved on these ships in
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faster, mav go farther, but none can
fight better than the monitors, and
the Puritan leads them all.
"Then at Tortugas is the cruiser
juarDieneaa, rnu at juoone the
cruiser Detroit, unarmored but strong
and sinewy, each with ten guns and
each with 250 men. These vessels
might be shot through, and, although
their thin sides would be as so much
paper to the modern -projectile, their
guns "would make havoc in a bom-
bardmfnt or on vessels of their own
Their eno-inpa. t.liA Yinart rt
the warships anatomy, are protected,
and only a torpedo's blow would
8 lop tbe firing of their guns.
"At Tortugas or Havana we have
the torpedo boats Cushing and Erics
son ; at Mobile we have tbe new tor
pedo boats Dupont and Porter; at
Norfolk we have the torpedo boat
Foote, and at New York is the tor
pedo boat Stiletto. On these vessels
arc about 150 men. They deal with
the most deadly of modern weapons
of war.
EXTEND THE "GLAD HAND."
Tomorrow the .wool convention
meets. Tbe latest reports received
confirm tbe estimates that a largi
number' of delegates will be in at
tendance and Tbe Dalles will receive
more .visitors than at any time since
the opening of the locks was so sue
cessfully celebrated. Besides the
distinguirbed guests from neighbor
ing states who will address the meet
ings, all sections of Eastern Oregon
wi.'l be represented by men who are
directly engaged in wool raising.
J. be convention will afford many
opportunities for good to result to
wool growers, chief among which is
the proposal to organize a general
association of those engaged in rais
ing wool, similar in object to the
local asseciation now existing in sev
eral counties, but having a wider
scope' of authority. In many states
these associations of stockmen have
been of great benefit, and there is
every reason to believe that such
would be tbe case in this instance,
At least the project is well worth
careful consideration.
Tbe Dalles has an excellent op
portunity to favorably impress its
visitors. The weather promises fair,
and the city streets are getting in
better condition. The various com
mittees have fulfilled their duties
admirably, and ajl that remains now
is to entertain the visitors fittingly.
Some of tbe city stores are already
appropriately decorated for the occa
sion, and the committee trusts that
more will follow the example.. Let
as much decoration be done as pos
sible, and this occasion be made an
impression one; and at every oppor
tunity tbe "glad hand ' should be
extended.
Of tbe fact there is no doubt, says
the Independent every visitor,
more' than a mere hasty traveler in
Europe, will testify to the fact. It
is not true, we think, of other Amer
ican countries, at least to the south
of us.' But Americuns do not tiavel
much on their hemisphere, and tbe
Monroe Doctrine has made us to be
regarded as a kindly elder brother
wbo can be called on for help in the
last emergency.
But in Europe we probably have
not one cordial friend among the na
tions of Europe. Indeed, we are
much in the position of Great Brit
ain, whose isolation is more "splen
did" than agreeable. The causes of
this growing unpopularity would
make an interesting study, and we
note some of them.
It is easy to see why we are unpop
ular in Spain. Spain is unpopular
with us. We naturally sympathize,
all of us, with the Cubans struggling
for their independence. But .it is a
matter of the iotensest pride with the
Spaniards to hold their choicest pos
session. They know the Cubans de
pend on our sympathy, that they
smuggle military stores, from- our
coasts, and that our government bas
made it clear that we cannot allow
the cruel wrong to the Cubans and
the injury to our own interests to go
on indefiritely. We are intensely
unpopular in pam, ana the resi
dences of our minister and consuls
have to be guarded against popular
attack.
We are not popular in France,
notwithstanding the hereditary friend
ship.. For years there . bas been a
large American colony in Paris, but
its members find it difficult to get
any entree into .trench society.
French ideals differ from ours as
much as they do from the English.
Besides, tbe natural sympathy of
France is withvits neighbor Spain,
which has a large colony in Paris
and Spanish bonds are held in Spain
in connection with , tbe Republican
nominee for governor. It is a man
who is known by every voter in the
state, and a man who bas more con
fidence of the people than any other
man m the state.
We refer to Hon. George II. Will
iams of Portland. Of course every
one bas his favorite for this office,
and among the leaders are T. T.
Geer, C. W. Fulton, S. A. Lowell
and George H. Williams. Any of
these are true Republicans and
would- make excellent officers, but
of the four mentioned we re in
clined to favor Mr. Williams. He
has had experience in positions far
more important than the governor
of Oregon, In all of which he has
shown good judgment and excellent
tact.' He has been tried and found
not wanting. .
The continual attacks of the Ore
gonian upon Mr. Fulton may result
in bringing out that, gentleman as a
candidate foi governor, even though
he expresses his reluctance. The
people have become tired of the Ore-
gonian's methods in local politics,
and will some day, as they have done
in tbe -past, administer a stinging re
buke. '
A POSTUASTER LOSES THE USE OF HIS
LEGS AfiD ARBS-
Edwin R. Tripp, of Middlefield Center, Meets with
a Hazardous Encounter Which Renders
Him Hp!nIpQ?
...... ..w..www.
Mr. Edwin JL Trii
NEWS NOTES.
Saturday's Daily.
Tbe senate yesterday resumed debate
on tbe case of H. W. Corbett, claiming a
senatorship from Oregon. Teller favored i
.Miaoieneld Center, a. Y.. recentlv had a
dangerous experience which left him in a
helpless state. His .system was so much
shattered that it was feared he might never
recover.
In an interview with a reporter of the
jtepuoacan, regaining tins experience wnicn
naa attracted considerable attention. Mr.
Tripp stated :
"In March. 1892. I was taken. with what I
afterward learned was locomotor ataxia, and
was unaDie to want, and x Kept getting
worse until I lost the use of mv arms. I
doctored with two skillful doctors but re
ceived no benefit, and also used a galvanic
battery but kept getting worse and the doc
tors told me they could do no more. This
was in May and June, 1893. I gave up all
hope of ever having the use of my limbs
again, and did not expect to live very long.
I was unable to dress or undress myself, and
could not get around the house unless 1 was
moved in a chair.
. "I think it was in June that I read of the
case of a man in Saratoga Co., N. Y., who
was taken very much as myself. He had
taken Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale
People which contained, in a condensed form,
all the elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore shat
tered nerves, and had been cured by their
From OUego Republican, Gooperttown, IT. T.
ip, the postmaster at
. . , . . . . . .. I learned that the pills were' prepared by
rnn roan nhnn nrauntAi n rha maini-if. I . ....... . . . . 1 . -
, tnB urr wiinanis- Medicine uompa;
GOOD ROADS AGAIN.
Whether or not the proposed rail
road is built from The Dalles to
Sherman county, our business men
must not lose sight of the necessity
of having a good system of roads
leading into the interior. During
the past winter the condition of the
highways leading to this city bas
been horrible, and trade has been
quiet because farmers could not
draw produce' to town to sell or ex
change for merchandise. Especially
bad have' been the roads near The
Dalles, and this season bas demon
strated that the main thoroughfares
need some scientific treatment.
The Commercial Club has this
matter in hand, and we may expect
good results to follow. Even should
a rai'road be built from here to
Sherman county, there will always be
considerable travel by wagon routes,
provided the road is kept in good
condition. ' ,
Whatever plan tbe committee of
tbe Commercial Club has in view,
we trust it will have the hearty in
dorsement of our citizens and if it
needs be that money be spent, it
should be done willingly, as the re
turns will exceed many times the
investment.
The receipt in New York of the
intelligence that the French line
and . would be almost worthless
Cuba were to secure independence,
The French believe what the Span
lards tell them, that the United States
is hungering to annex'Cuba.
Of the great powers there remain
Russia, which has no - public opinion
and Great Britain. President Wash
burn thinks that the mother country
remains our friend. We trust this
is so, certainly we are ber friend
but the Venezuela incident, and the
charges that our diplomatic cores
pondent lacked curtesy, have cooled
the feeling. Ibe prompt payment
of tbe indemnity now awarded to
Great Britain might relieve this
tension.
So for good reasons or bad we
must probably submit for some years
to be no .longer the most popular,
but one of the most unpopular of na
tions. We are strong enough so that
we need not fear tbe enmity of for
eign states; but it is our first inter
national duty to see our own serious
faults and to conduct our public
affairs on the highest plane of honor
and curtesy. We need not lav it
wholly to the incapacity of the na
tions to- understand our good quali
ties when-so shrewd au observer of
European affairs as President Wash
burn cf Constantinople tells us that
"we were never so heartily bated by
tbe people of Europe as we are to
day." ;
JUDGE
GEORGE H. WILLIAMS
FOR GOVERNOR.
Several Republican papers in tbe
interior have announced their belief
that Judge George H. Williams is
the man whem the Republicans
should place at the head of tbe state
ticket. Notable among such jour
nals is the Antelope Herald, which,
in its last issue, says in this connec
tion: Another name is being used now
of the committee against seating Mr,
Corbett.
The officers of the Newport Newe ship
yard aunounce that tbe double launch
ing of the battleships Kentucky and
Kearsarge will take place March 24tb,
and will be tbe first doable launching of
first-class battleships in thejworld.
Tbe picking, drying and steaming
warehouses of the National Tobacco
Company, situated at Twenty-fourth
and Maine streets, Louisville, Ky., was
totally destroyed by fire yesterday morn
in. Tbe loss will amonnt to $1,000,000,
fully covered by insurance.
A dispatch from Havana says : "In
the uncertainty of the relations with the
United States, the importance of tbe
recent action of tbe autonomist party is
overlooked. Its central committee bas
formally approved tbe plan, which is a
confession of the failure of the present
scheme of autonomy and an offer to the
insurgf-nts to concede everything except
the withdrawal of the Spanish flag. '
The cabinet veeterday diecussed the
Maine's disaster; bat no dtcision has
yet. been reached.-. Almost general ex
pression prevails in congress that Spain
will be forced to give complete satisfac
tion for tbe loss of the .Maine if it is
found that she : was destroyed by anv
other cause than accident. Extensive
preparations for war are being made
and big battleships are coaling for a two
months siege. The cruiser Montgomery
has been sent to Havana.
nv. Sche
nectady, N. Y.( and only cost 69 cents a box
or six boxes for $2.50 at any druggist's, and
sent for two boxes. I used the pills faith- ,
fully and they gave me an appetite. I then
sent for four more boxes, and before I had
taken all of them my feet and legs which
had been cold besran to sret warm.
" I was a member of the Town Board that
summer and had to be carried and put into a
wagon to go to the meetings, and in fact was
helpless, as my neighbors Know. In August .
I could walk around the house by pushing a '
chair. 1 kept getting better and managed
to move around more, until at election time
that year, I walked with a cane to the polls,
a short distance from my home. I continued
to take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale
People until I had taken eighteen boxes. I
could then get around, and to-day walk to
the. post office and back, a distance of one
quarter of a mile, three times a day, and
attend to my duties as postmaster.
" In the spring of 1893 I was elected town
clerk, which office I held for three years, I
had previously been a justice of the peace
for thirty-two years. I am now 70 years of
age, and have lived in this town for about
forty-six years. For nearly fifty years I
worked at the blacksmith's trade. I am
able to do work in my garden now, and saw
some of my wood. I consider that my res.
toration to Health is due to the use or ur.
Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People.
Edwin R. Tripp."
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
23d day of June, 1897.
UOJleb tt ANflAH, jxoiary inoiie.
. Dalles Public Schools.
Following is the report for the qoar
ter (5 weeks) ending Friday Feb. 25, '98,
a
s '
. TEACHERS. ' a & a
a o H
' 3 I
' Eatt Bill Primary.
Miss Kan Cooper land2B 51 44 42 3
Mrs. Koche 3, 4 and 5B 52 48 46 6
Academy Park.
Miss rhlrraan : 1 59 53 51 6
Mrs Baldwin o.nrtan
MissFiinn . ...zanasu 86318,2
Miss U RiDtonl... 6 59 53 60 5
MissT. Bintoul .....6 A and7B 48 45 44 2
Union Street
MUsRowe ...1 48 44 42 7
Miss E.Cooper 2B 57 53 61 5
Miss Snell 4 B 52 50 48 4
Miss Cheese. 4 A and SB 55 50 48 8
Vnum Street Annex.
Miss Bali 5B 60 55 52 5
Court Street.
MlssMlchell 7 A and 8 B 48 44 43 1
Miss Hill... I High School 8, 9, 10
Mr. Landers andllA 124122118 9
Totals 1 799742 715 56
No. days of school, 24.
rer cent of attendance on number be
longing, 96.
xiib mgneac previous record was m
Jan., 1898, and wai aa follows: In at
tendance, 776 ; average nam ber belong'
ing, 714": average attendance, 678.
The record for February of last year
was : Attendance, 711 ; average No. be
longing, 640 j' average daily attendance,
607.
John Gavin, Principal.
A Pleasant Birthday Party.
A large number of tbe friends of Miss
Maude Gilbert gathered at the resi
dence of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Saturday
afternoon to celebrate herv 18th birth
day. About twenty of tbe prettiest and
most interesting young ladies mat could
be found were present, and the time,
which was spent in different games and
amusements, passed only top fast.
A delightful lunch was served, after
hicb all offered Miss Gilbert warm con
gratulations and best wishes for many
more pleasant birthdays.
Those present were: Misses Georgia
Sampson, Edna Glenn, Grace Glenn,
Aimee Eckler, ' Hattie Cram, Lena
Thompson, Joeie Jenkins, Elizabeth
Bonn, Lena Liebe, Grace Hobepn, Effie
and Vesta Bolton, Martha Whealdon,
Martha Schooling, Nettie Fredden, Ella
Bice, Ann Mann, Sybil Cashing, Edie
Fisher, Florence Hilton, Clara Nickel-
sen. - -
Try 8 chilling- Best tea and baking- powder.
f Special peatur
1
Of The Chronicle office is the
Job prii7tii7
D?partrei7t.
We have better facilities for
doing- artistic work in this line
than any office in Eastern Ore
gon, and this branch of our busi
ness is in the hands of expert
workmen. ' .
Ue
alle
omparisor;
both as to high grade work and
reasonable prices.
?hror;icJe ptib.'?o.
M. Z. DONNELL,
PRESCHlPTIOtf DRUGGIST
TOILET ARTICLES AND PERFUMERY.
Opp. A. M. Williams & Co.,
THE PALLES, OR
PIONEER BAKERY.
I have re-opened this "well-known Bakery,
and am now prepared to supply' every-
1 body with Bread, Pies and Cakes. Also
all kinds of Staple and Fancy Groceries.
GEORGE RUCH, Pioneer Groc
has the best Dress Goods
has the best Shoes
as everything to he found in a
first-class Dry Goods Store.
C. F. STEPHENS.
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