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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. SATURDAY. MARCH 26 1898.
The Weekly Ghf oniele.
The only Republican Daily Xewtpapet on
Watco County.
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
Coumj Judge ...Robt Mays
Sheriff. T. J. Driver
Clcct A M. Kolaay
Treasurer ; C. L. J-MUips
, , (A. S. Blowers
Commissioners j 1). 8. Kimsey
Assessor W. II. Whipple
Surveyor J. B. ;oit
Bap-nmonfieatot lublic Schools... ?. L. Gilbert
Orotier . H. Butts
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NEW MILITARY DEPARTMENTS.
In the reorganization or readjust
merit of the military departments the
important changes are in the East,
South; and lake districts. There are
now three major generals on the ac
ttve list, General Miles, Merrilt and
Brooke. General Merritt reniains in
command f the department of the
East, with headquarters in New York
General Brooke in the new depart
meat of the lakes, VitU headquarters
at Chicago, and Brigadier-General
William M. Graham has been as
signed to the new department of the
jiulf, with headquarters at Atlanta
General .Graham has been' in com
mand of the department of Texas,
with headquarters at San Antonio.
The department of California, with
General William R. Schafter in com
mand, is left as it was. Brigadier
General James F. Wade has been in
command of the department cf Da
kota; Brigadier-Geneinl H. C. Mer
riam in command of the department
of the Columbia, with hcadqoaiters
at Vancouver barracks; Brigadier
General Elmer S. Otis in command
of the department of the Platte, with
headquarters at Omaha.
The old departments, says the In
ter Ocean, were arranged more with
the wild tribes of the Indians in
mind than with any menace to our
seaboard, but the new departments
are arranged with the defense of the
seaboard in mind. All of the de
partment officers are soldiers of ex
perience and training. General
Graham, the commander of the new
department of the gulf, served with
the army of the Potomac in the war
for the Union, and distinguished him
self in the peninsular campaign at
the battle of Antietam and at the
battle of Gettysburg. ' General Mer
ritt, who, it is said, will be in com
mand of the army in Cuba, if any
force is sent to the island, was one
of the most brilliant cavalry officers
of the war for the union, and since
that time has bad experience that ad
mirably fits him for active command
in the field.
It is a fortunate circumstance that
the commanding general of the army
was one of the ablest officers of the
old volunteer troops. He is not a
graduate of West Point, though in
theoretical and practical knowledge
. of the science and art of war he bas
no superior among American com
mauders. His thorough acquaint
ance with the temper and peculiari
ties of the United States volunteers
will prove to be invaluable in the
event of war upon a large scale, for
in such a war the volunteer inevita
bly will be1 the central figure.
nistic to the Oregonian and Mr.
Simon. The reason for this is evi
dent. The extent to which Simon
has carried "bossism" in the Repub
lican party has brought a larpe meas
ure of disrepute upon the organization.
It has currently reported that no
man can aspire to any office within
the gift of the Republican party un
less he have the approbation and
consent of Mr. Sirton. While this
statement may be something of n
exaggeration, yet in it is contained
great deal of truth, and it is this
condition which The Chronicle
opposes.
"Bossisnr" has long been attendant
on the Republican party. The priii
cidIcs which we represet-t are the
wisest for the safety ot the nation
and when carried into etfect have
proven of benefit to the greatest
number. But when one man, or set
ot men, take upon themselves the
dictation of all party action, it is the
time for the rank and file to declare
they will have no more of such dic-
tation. Bosses will always exist
but the least we can do is to change
them, and in that respect the situa
tion will become more tolerable.
The Chronicle favors an extra
session not because Mr: Mitchell
may be elected, but that some Be
publican of ability man occupy lb
seat in the national senate now va
cant. ' We do not care who he is
provided his selection be acceptable
to the majoiity of good people in the
state.
The Oregonian may classify The
Chronicle as a Mitchell organ, but
in doing so it assumes the premises
and draws an unwarranted conciu
sion.
LAKE ARMAMENTS.
THE REAL POSITION.
The Oregonian persists in dubbing
The Chronicle a "Mitchell organ,"
though this paper bas repeatedly
stated its position and declared that
it was not supporting John II.
Mitchell nor any other man. Prob
ably the Orezonisn knows more of
the inner workings of this paper than
we do ourselves, and if such be the
case, we are glad at last to learn the
truth.
The Chbonicle is opposed to the
Simon system of politics. It does
not necessarily follow that this paper
is a "Mitchell organ" or the organ
of any faslion in the Republican
party. From time to time we have
had occasion to comment upon the
situation in stale politics, and gener
ally have taken a position antago-
The appropriation of $500,000 for
the construction of a war vessel for
the great lakes is no violation of the
spirit of the old treat', however it
may stand in relation to the letter.
By strict terms of the treaty Britain
and the United States are each bound
to keep no moie than one warship on
the waters that divide the dominion
from the republic. The Michigan,
which now bas the came of a war
ship, bas the name only. She is a
relic rather than a force. She could
not live for five minutes in a battle
waged in modern style! The queen's
ambassador at Washington is report
ed as offering no protest against the
action of pur government in this
matter. This may be significant of
an intent to abrogate a treaty that
as made to meet widely different
international conditions from those
which now prevail, or it may be just
an expression of British friendliness
and good will.
It is true that war between the
United States and Great? Britain has
been regarded as all but impossible
for many years, and at present there
is a nearer approach to cordial friend
ship than at any time since 1814.
Nevertheless, during the discussion
of the Venezuela matter, the Bcbring
sea question, and the North Atlantic
! fisheries question the. relation? be
tween the two countries were strained.
Commerce acts as a peace' maker be
tween Britain and the United States.
If trouble ever come it is more likely
to come by way of Canada than from
any other direction, and therefore we
should be strong on our northern
border. . The dominion is a some
what braggart youngster, apt to be
saucy and quarrelsome and to shout,
"I'll run home and tell," when called
to account for insolence.
" Of and by itself Canada never can
be a serious factor against the peace
of the United States; but fussy chil
dren often ore causes of quarrel be
tween ;:iowii folks A proper demon-
stratum of national force on the
lakes might be a cheap insurance
against costly trouble:
that there should be certain excep
tions made, allowing appointing
officers to npjwint to certain offices
without requiting examinations to be
made. Among the exceptions rec
ommended are those of deputy com
missioners, deputy collectors of in
ternairevenue. temporary storekeep
ers and gangers, inspectors of hulls
and boilers, janitors, assistant tttor
nevs and special agents of the
department of justice, deputy United
States marshals, the chief clerk in
:ach of the departments, and the
chief clerks of bureaus, and certain
positions in the piinting office. Sen
ator Lodge, who signs the minority
report, believes that the list of ex
ceptions should be much less limited
man is proposed by the majority re
port, and he would include in the
competitive list the congressional
library and the clerical force in the
District of Columbia. The report is
more conservative than migbt have
been expected. It is not believed
that the bouse bill, proposing to
exempt some. 40,000 government
employes, has the remotest chance of
being passed. It is expected that
the president will shortly issue a
rule making certain exceptions, but
not so numerous as those proposed.
by the senate committee.
The dawn of a brighter day is
slowly rising for Cuba. Interven
tion by this country, in view of all
that has lately happened, seems an
assured fact, and if not intervention,
our threatened trouble with Spain, if
it pass into reality, will mean the
liberation of Cuba from Spanish
bondage. The visits at different
times of Senators Proctor and Gal
linger, and their statements in the
senate of the misery their eyes wit
nessed, supplied the necessary incen
tive to arouse the American people
and, in the name of honesij-, put an
end to the unchristian slaughter and
treatment to which innocent people
in Cuba are subjected. It cannot
be but that the end of the Cuban
revolution is near at band, and that,
after nearly a century of .yearning
for liberty, the boon is at last to be
erranted. "The mills of the gods
grind slowly, but they grind exceed
ing small." Some measure of justice
will have been meted out to Cuba
before the present year closes. ,-
Call for Republican County Convention
and Notice of Primary Elections.
The Republican County Convention of Wasco
county. State of Orepron, is hereby culled to meet
in Dalles City, in suid county, on
Wednesday, April 6, 1808,
at the hour of S o'clock a. m. of sa'd day, for the
purpose of nominating candidates for the follow
ing county officers:
One County Commissioner, County Clerk,
Count Sheriff, County Treasurer, Countv As
sessor, County bchool Superintendent, cVuiuv
Corouer and County Surveyor; also precinct of
ficers for the several precincts of suidcountv:
and ten delegates, to the liepublicnn sita'c arid
becond District Congressional Convention k, and
to transact such other business aa may properly
come before said County Convention. .
The convention will consist of 03 delegates
chosen by the several precincts, and the several
precincts of said county nlll be entitled to repre
sentation in said convention as follows:
Antelope 8 Kingslcy 2
Bigelow 8 Mower
Baldwin 2 Kun&cnc . 2
Bake Oven 3 Oak Grove ..
Columbia 'J Ramsev a
Dufur 4 Tygh Valley 3
Deschutes :t Trevitt. 7
East Dalle 9 Visnlo 2
East Hood Ei ,-er 5 West Dalles 7
Eight Mile 2 West Hood Kivcr....S
frails. ..6 Y tunic 2
The same being one delegate at large from each
precinct, and one delegate for every twenty-five
rotes and one delegate for every fraction over
one-half of twenty-lire rotes cast in each of said
Srecii cts for Hon. T. T. Geer, Kcpublican candi
ate for pr-sidential 'elector at the November
election in 1896.
PRIMARIES.
Primaries to elect delegates to said Countv
Convention will beheld in eiih of the severn'l
precincts In said Wasco county on March 26,
it
In East Dalles precinct the polls of said
Brimary election will be located at the East End
ose Co.'s house, and D. II. Robert?. W. II. Butts
and L. S. Davis will act as iudces at said elpe.
tion. In Bigelow precinct the polls will be lo
cated at the oflice of Win. Michell, and A. N.
Varney, J. E. Barnett and Douglas Dufur will
actas judges at said election. 1 u Trevitt pre
cinct the polls will be located in the county
court room, and C. E. Bayard, Frank Vogt and
8. L. Brooks will net as judges at said election;
and In West Dalles precinct the polls will be lo
cated at the City Mills, and W. D. Dart, C. M.
Fouta and J. F. 6tanieN will act as judges of
said election. In Antelope precinct the polls
wi l be located at the usual voting place, and l.
8. Kimsey, K. N. Bpicer and F. Irvine will act as
judges of said election.
The polls in each of said preeinefct, in said pri-.
mary election, will be kept open from 12 o'clock
noon to 7 p. in. for the reception of votes. 1 he
polls in each of the other precincts in the county
will be located in the usual votine nlaces in each
precinct, and will be opened at the hour of 2
o ciocjt p. m. on sam atn day of Jiarch, 198, and
i no eiecion wm do conducted ill the usual
manner.
Dated at Dalles CItv. Ornirnn. this lrh flnt
March, 1898. ' J. M. PATTERSON',
Chairman Republican County Com.
41. T. NOLAN, Secretary.
W. It. Dunbar lleglsler at Vancouver.
The Republican party of Wasco
county has a splendid opportunity to
be successful in the coming county
campaign. Although tne forces 01
fusion are numerically strong, the
ticket put up by them is confessedly
weak and cannot secure . the support
even of the fusionists. If the Re
publicans nominate a clear, straight
forward ticket, there can be no ques-j
tion as to the result of the election.
The primaries, which are to be held
tomorrow, should be made a means
to this end. Every Republican voter
who has the interests of bis party at
heart should attend the primary polls
and vote for. delegates to the county
convention who will nominate only
such men who deserve recognition.
The primary is the place where the
battle is fought, and the friends of
good government should be on the
watch and see that the delegates to
the county convention are worthy
represertatives of the party. .
The selection of Hon. William R. Dun
bar for register of the land office of Van
couver, Wash., seems to meet with the
approval of every Republican in Klifcki
tat county. The hearty, unanimous ap
proval of the appointment is without
precedent.
His career as a politician in Klkkitat
county is well known. Ha bas always
been a faithful worker for the success
of the Republican party, and le well
known over the state. He has served
Goldendaje as mayor at different times.
but has never been known to be an
office-eeeker. It is eaid when the news
of the present' appointment came, he
wan more surprised than any one in
Goldendale. It is said Senator John L.
wnson conterred wun Jtiiekitat county
Republican?, and Mr. Dunbar was their
choice. At present Mr. Dunbar is
United States land coinoiissitner at
Goldendale, arid administrator of sev
eral estatee. It ia rumored that he
may not take his new position before
the expiration of the present incum
bent s term, which will be in June.
We have lately taken the
agency "for the Aermotor Wind
mill, and carry a stock on hand.
We also carrv a complete
fM3 stck of Deep and Shallow Well
. . i;4 Tumps, as well as Pitcher Spout
and Spray Pumps. Call and see us before buy
ing elsewhere.
The Aermotor Mill is considered the best
machine on the market. Call and see it.
MAIER & BENTON,
Sole Agents for Wasco County,
Hardware ana urocery tl. nl n-
Merchants 1 Me DalleS, Of.
T6i?ey Saud is T0Y)ey Earped.
THEY SCORE A POINT.
Judge Bellinger Holds the Indictment
Worthless.
The Teacher' Association.
The senate committee on civil
service, wh.ch has been taking testi
mony for some months regarding the
operation of the civil service syctem,
has made a report in which it favors
certain modifications in the classifi
cation. There, are two reports, a
majority and a minority report. The
majority report says that it is in the
province of the president to modify
the classification, and it indicates in
what respects, in the judgment of the
committee, it ought to be modified.
The committee holds that the classi
fication bas been too extensive, and
A local teachers' institute will be held
at the school building at Hood River, on
Saturday, April 2d.
The exercises consist of a morning, af
ternoon and evening program, com menc
ea at 10 a. m. A cordial invitation is ex
tended to all teachers, school officers and
friends of education generally to be pres
ent. ' " '
The followinz ia the program :
Mueic.
Importance of the first day of school.
Katie Davenport.
Discussion. John Gavin. .
The teachers in the Echool room. J.
H. Acker man.
Language in the primary grades. Ida
Foes. .
Music in the school room. Anna
Smith.
Discussion. J. S. Landers.
Penuisnebip. H. L. Howe.
. Discustion. A.. P. Armstrong.
Music.
Reading in fourth, fifth and sixth
grades. Grace Graham. .
Primary number work.-Elizi Stevens.
Number work in higher grades. J. T.
Neff. . . '
How to beautify the school room and
grounds. R. R. Allard. .
Mueic. -
DeWitfs Little Early Risers,
The famous little pills.
I. H. Taffe, the Celilo cannerymsn,
and E. Kilfeither, recently jointly con
victed in the United States district court
for attempting to corruptly influence a
petit jury to the end that an exorbitant
verdict might be returned against the
government in a right-of-way condem
nation proceeding, in which Taffe was to
be peenniarily benefitted, scored a point
this morning ia the. decision of v Judge
Bellinger upon the motion for a new
trial and arrest of judgment. . The mo
tion was not only allowed as to Taffe.bot
the c.ise as to him was . virtually dis
missed. The motion as to Kilfeatber wa9
also allowed, but he was held to appear
before the next federal grand jury under
the same bonds be is now enjoying free
dom. There being another indictment
against Taffe, charging bribery, he also
will have another set-to with the legal
machinery of Uncle Sam..
Tne decision of Judge Bellinger is a
rather severe arraignment vf the indict
ment npon which Taffa and Kilfeather
were tried, the court holding that it was
defective and entirely insoffSctentfor the
purposes of the prosecution. The indict
ment upon which the defendants were
tried contained two connts one conspi
racy to commit an offense against the
United States bv corruptly endeavoring
to influence a petit jury of the circuit
court of rhe United States in the dis
cbarge of its duty, and the other that of
conspiring to defraud the United States
by corruptly endeavoring to influence a
petit jury of tho circuit court of the
United Slates to return an exorbitant
verdict against the government in a case
on trial in which the government was
one of the parties in interest.
A Lonely Childhood.
WM. MIGHELIi
Wishes to inform the public that be iB still in the
UNDERTAKING AND PICTURE-FRAME BUSINESS.
And persons needing anything in these lines can save money
by calling on him before dealing elsewhere.
Satisfaction Guaranteed. Third and Washington Sts.
It would be bard to parallel the pecul
iar circumstances surrounding the in
fancy and childhood of Henry Spalding,
whose life was so sadly closed this week
while defending his borne and house
hold goods from destruction. An' only
son bas always a special position. But
this boy, when, fifty-seven years ago,
be began his earthly existence, was
mora' especially placed. No group "of
loving relatives to welcome his birth;
no grandmother's caresses; no sympa
thetic neighbors to share in the care of
the tender infant. At no time does the
terrible isolation of the early missionary
show more vividly than on the occasions
when the care of mortal life begins or
when it ends. Happily for the little
man, the good Dr. Whitman's services
were within reach. vVaialatpu toLap
wai was not too long a ride for the med
ical man's pony in time of need.
We can imagine the joy of the lonely
little girl, now Mrs. Warren, of Waler-
ville, Wash., at the advent, of the baby
brother. But to the growing years' of
the boy there was no marked epoch of
kindergarten or public school. His kin
dergarten was at his mother's knee, a
very good place, too ; his lessons were
learned there. Boy playmates he had
none. Myron ana .cawin ,eus ana ice
Walker boys were at Tehimakain, near
the Colville region. There must have
been Visits, when, of course, the whole
family went along, the little fellows
strung aroand the parents on the well-
broken saddle horse, and we can im
agine the ' delight and joy with which
they were participated. But for the
most part Eliza and little Henry made
their own plays and amusements, bows
and arrows, pony riding, work with
their most industrious parents, perhaps
helping to plant the seeds of that pri
meval and historical orchard ; 'work that
Henrv continued through his whole
life, making Almota iruit notorious for
excellence wherever known. Theee,
with caring for the little successors
Martha, now Mrs. Wigle, of Prineville,
and Milly, Mrs. Brown, of Brownsville
ecu pied the long years.
They bad the advantage in being in at
the start of the first sight of things. No
bareher sound than the slipping of the
canoe as it was drawn up on toe beach
pebbles ever reached"their ears. There
were no boys' plays, no ''pom pom pull
away," no mumble peg, nor "duck on
the rock," no torn ball can we imagine
among those, little bloade heads in a
savage world. Their father may have
made them kites, end an up stream
wind could have been trusted to do the
rest; hut the writer's memory of Mr.
Spalding is of 'one in whom the play
spirit had not survived into manhood.
'Prisoner's base" they had, alas in
dreadful earnest. Let us hope that the
memory ot those awful tragedies is well
nigh softened by the lapse of years and
the great change of circumstances. In
nothing is this change more marked
than" when, Mrs. Henry Spalding, ob
serving that her husband's strength was
failing, and 'wishing to communicate
with friends, went to the long-distance
telephone and spoke to her friend, Mrs.
Crandall, in The Dalles. - What more
evidence of the power to work magic
wonfd the elder Henry have conceived
of in those early and lonely days?. And
what do our wildest fancies imagine
Henry's children may see as 'they, full
grow paying crops because they're
fresh and always the best. For
sale everywhere. Refose substitutes.
Stick 0 Ferry's Seed and prosper.
1898 Seed Annual free. Write for it
0. M. FERRY a CO., Detroit, Mich.
A SUPPOSED DROWNING.
Two More Victims Probably added to
the LonK List.
About p week ago Mat Nydgist and ft
partner in the fishing business named
Swan Swanson left The Dalles for their
fishing grounds below Lyle, and since
that time nothing bas been seen or
heard of the two. Yesterday Mr. Jacob
son, of White Salmon, found their boat
near that place, and the supposition at
present is that they were drowned.
The boat contained a number of arti
cles they had purchased while here, and
among the other things was a quantity
of whiskey. . It is the supposition that
they became intoxicated, and falling
overboard, were both drowned. Other
wise they would have been heard of be
fore this, - -
Swanson was section boss at the com
pany ruees house between this place and
Celilo, for "a long time; while Nydgist
was for a number cf years in the em
ploy of . Seufert Bros., near this place.
Both were honest, hard-working men,
and it is hoped by their friends and ac
quaintances that they will turn np all
right, in epite of the fact that chances
are against them.
Advertised Letters.
of, years, come to the river's brink,
where earth's greatest dreams give place
to what is beyond? . E..M. W.
Following is the list of letters remain
ing in the postoffice at The Dalles un
called for March 25, 189S. Persons
calling for the same will give date on.
which they were advertised :
Brunot, Jane . Bird, Alice
Bonzey, Marv Burn?, E W ,
Clark, L A " Coleman, F H
Covert, J H (4 Davidson, Albert
Engmao, Martin (2) Evans, Belle
Ellis, Rhoda ; Gardner, Wm
Harper, R W Harris, Mamie
Hackathorn, Geo A Hansen, Herman (3)
HardeBty, H Harris, FH , .
.lacobsen, Mabel Jenkin9, J W
Jones Cash Store, Johnson, Bell
Marshall, Frank M Moran, B
O'Neii, Wm G Peterson, O A
Ray, Bessie Ray, Wiley E
Rusk, Chas Shipley, Oscar
Syring, G Townsend, Hy
Townsend, J H Wilkins, Nellie
Whitaker. J R
J. A. CboSsbn.
Children and adults tortured by burns,
scalds, injuries, ezema or skin diseases
may secure Instant relief by using De
Witt's Witch Hazjl Salve. If is the
great pile remedy. -