THE DALLES WEEKLY, CHRONICLE SATURDAY. AUGUST 13, 1898. The Weekly Gtooniele. TUB DALLES, OKEOOD PERSONAL SIEXTION. C. A. Akerg and wife were down from Waeco yesterday. Mrs. Marden returned from Cascades by boat last evening. C. G. Hickok and wife, of Cascade?, were in the city yesterday. F. M. Bntton, of Hood River, came up on the Dalles City last night. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Bothwick, of lone, were visitors in the city yesterday. Mrs. E. J. Kobinson came up on the Dalles City last evening from her home at Hood River. ' Mrs. W. P. Gray, wife of Captain Gray who formerly ran on the river boats here, spent yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. Brooks, leaving for Pasco last night. Archie Barnett, who for over a year Las been living at Huntington, retnrned home on the early train yesterday morn ing, and will join bis parents, in camp at Stevenson today. Thursday' Dally. J. D. Wbitten, of Antelope, was in the city on business yesterday. Mrs. N. Draper, of Wasco, was a vis itor in onr city yesterday. P. E. Ferchin and wife, of Astoria, are among the guests at the Umatilla. M. P. I9enberg came up from Hoed River Tuesday evening andjBpent yes terday in the city.. Yesterday morning Misses Elsie and Alice Ball and Mabel Cross lett to join the campers at the Cascades. Miss Emma Fieher, who has spent several days in camp at Moffett Springs, returned on the boat last evening. Miss Lillie Seufert, accompanied by Miss Annie Healy, who has been visit ing her, will leave this morning for Port Ian J. J. T. NefF, of the county board of ex aminers, is in the city from Hood River assisting in giving the examination to teachers. Mrs. Otis Patterson, who has been visiting friends in Portland for the past week, came up on the Sarah Dixon last evening. Friday's Daily. II. C. Cook, of White Salmon, is a Dalles visitor. Chas. Brown, of Antelone, is in the city on buein ess. Mrs. F. Hnott of 8-Mile, will be a pas senger today, bound for the sea coast. W. T. W 11 ley, representing Silberman wool dealers of Chicago, is in the city. Miss Cora Pattep, of East Portland, a recent graduate of the State University, is a guest ot Miss Julia am. C. F. Stephens was a passenger yes terday on his way to Newport, where Mrs. Stephens is now sojiurning. Mr. H. Klindt left yesterday for Ocean Park, on Ilwaco beach, to escape the heat and enjoy the pleasure at the sea side. Dr. Nickelaon and wife, of Philadel phia, came up on the boat yesterday and spent the evening with Mr. and Mrs. Ketchnm, who piloted them around the city. They will return to Portland today. Notice to Delinquent Taxpayers. The delinqent taxes of Wasco county, as shown on th6 rolls now in the hands of the sheriff are $60,000. an amount al most equal to the indebtedness of the county. Every citizen will .doubtless admit that this state of affairs should not exist, and that all taxes should be collected. On account of bard times in the past the county court Las shown leniency to taxpayers, but that leniency has reached the limit, and the court cannot wait longer on delinquents to make settlements. For this reason a warrant has been attached to each de linquent roll commanding the sheriff to collect all taxes by seizure and sale of property. With a bountiful crop now in sight, there can no longer be any rea- . sonable excuse for the non-payment of taxes. The sheriff is bound by oath to comply with the terms of the warrants attached to the tax rolls for the collec tion thereof, and has no option in the matter. Delinquent taxpayers can save the cost of seizure anil sale of property by settling their taxes at once. Robert Kkelt, Sheriff and Tax Collector for Wasco County. Dated, August 4, 1898. New Snake Hirer Bteamer. The O. R. & N. Co. has commenced work at Riparia on what is intended to be the finest and fastest steamer that ever ran on the npper Snake river. The new boat will be named the Spokane and will have a third more power than the Lewiston, which was a big improve ment on the boats which preceded ber. The Spokane will be 180 feet long, with 33 foot beam and 4 foot bold. Her en- innoi v! 1 1 Via 1ft. tnj.fi .tvlinAara 7-fViif stroke, and the boiler will carry 180 pounds of steam. On account of burn ing coal, there will be more room lor freight, and she will easily carry 5000 sacks of wheat. She will be lighted by electricity, and have all the modern im provements. The cost will be about $25, 000. On account of not being able to get her boiler before December 10th , it will be the middle of December before she will -be completed. The new boat will have the speed and power, with light draught, to more easily navigate; the npper Clearwater than the company has been heretofore ablo to do with. the Xewiston. ; -. - v THE EXCELENCE OF SYBCP OF FIGS is due not only to the originality and simplicity of the combination, but also to the care and skill with which, it is manufactured by scientific processes known to the California Fie Sybup Co. only, and we wish to impress upon all the importance of purchasing the true and original remedy. ' As the genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured by the California Fia Svkup Co. only, a knowledge of that fact will assist one in avoiding1 the worthless imitations manufactured by other pat ties. The high standing of the Cali fornia Fio Syrup Co. with the medi cal profession, and the satisfaction which the genuine Syrup of Figs has given to millions of families, makes the name of the Company a guaranty of the excellence of its remedy. It is far in advance of all other laxatives, as it acts on the kidneys, liver and bowels without irritating or weaken ing them, and it does not gripe nor nauseate. In order to get its beneficial effects, please remember the name of the Company CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. AS FBANCI8CO. Cat, LOUISVILLE. Ky. HEW TORS. K. T. Better Than the filter. Dr. Martin of the New York board of health says that a sure safeguard against ill effects from contaminated water, and especially useful in the country, or at summer resorts, is the addition of five drops of peroxide of hydrogen to a glass of water a few minutes before drinking it. The liquid is obtainable at any drag store, it costs but a few cents, is abso lutcly harmless, tasteless and colorlese Its addition to the water only breaks it up into active oxygen and water, the former killing whatever germs or disease may be present in the water. In purifying water in quantity, add 15 drops to the quart. This matter is equally effacacious and much more con venient than the ordinary way of boil ing water to destroy possible germs. If a few drops of solution of sugar are placed in a glass of suspected water, and the glass is covered, if it is contami nated, will become cloudy and deposit a sediment after a few hours. The Library. Have you taken a membership in the circulating library? If not, you cannot realize how much you ate missing. Twentv-five cents a month is such a small sum for the privilege of access to so many good books. While a person can keep a book no longer than two weeks without paying a cent a day extra for it, even the busiest people can finish reading a story in that time, while many take three or four in that interval Since obtaining extra funds for the pur chase of books, 'many late publications have been added to an already choice selection ; and every day the best of ad' ditions are made. Everyone should take advantage of this opportunity to secure good reading matter. To Cleanse the System Effectually yet gently, when costive or billious, or when the blood is impure or sluggish, to permanently overcome ha bitual constipation, to awaken the kid neys and liver to a healthy activity, without irritating or weakening them, to dispel headaches, colds, or fevere, use Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. - JTOR.SALK. S20 acres of land, estate of W. J. Meins, 10 miles south of The Dalles, 200 acres of which is good level tillable land, balance pastnre .with -Hying water; Small bouse, good stables and barns. Will be sold at a bargain; one-third cash, balance credit. Enquire of J. C. Meins or W. H. Wilson, attorney. - J. C. Meiks, Administrator Estate of W. J. Meins. augl3-lmo d-w , Made Captives of 150 Med. Washington, Aug. 12. Yesterday the following telegram was given'out: "Ponce, Aug. 9. ' General Ernst's brigade captured Coamo this morning, with its entire garrison of 150 men. The Spanish commander, Illoca, and Cap tain Lopez were killed.. Our loss was Bis wounded, only one severely. . 1 . . This Is Tour Opportunity. On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps, A generous sample will be mailed of the most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure (Ely's Cream Balm) sufficient to demon strate the great merits of the remedy. ELY BROTHERS, - 56 Warren St., New York City. . Rev. JohnReid, Jr., of Great Falls,Mont, recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I can emphasize his statement,. ''If is a posi tive cure for catarrh if used as directed." Bey. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pres. Church, Helena Mont .-' Ely's Cream 3alm is the acknowledged cure for catarrh and contains no mercury nor any injurious drug. - Price, 50 cents. , B Protocol Pas Practicarm Terms Exactly Those WASHINGTON, Aug. baut, arrived at the state department at 11 o'clock, and after a conference lasting fifteen minutes with Secretary Day, during which time they considered some of the details of the reply, which had been left over, the latter drove to the . White House to confer with the president. - There is reason to believe that the Spanish government will recede from certain con ditions and that the result will be an agreement upon the basis of the terms of peace. Secretary Day, at 1 o'clock, made the following statement to the press: "We have agreed upon a protocol, embodying the proposed terms for the negotia tion of a treaty of peace, including the evacuation of Cuba ed the protocol will be executed. It can be stated that the down by the president In his original note about a week ago. but a few formalities remain to be disposed of to secure the signature of the protocol." Later an agreement was reached on the protocol, embodying the terms of peace be1 tween Spain and the United States. . - CAMBON WILL SIGN PROTOCOL Ministers are Acquainted With the Re ply and Ready to Accede Hostilities-Will Be Suspended After Com bon Has Signed. London, Aug. 11. Advices received throughout the day from Madrid show that the correspondents are certain that Cambon will receive authority this after- noon to Bign the protocol. Madrid, Ang. 11. The queen regent presided at a cabinet meeting this morn ing. Sagasta and otner memoers, on emerging from the palace, explained that tjbile they had not received the full text of McKinley's reply, they had received an announcement from the French foreign office which covered the case. The president's answer, however, was then being transmitted to the Spanish government at the same time. It is known that the ministers are perfectly acquainted with the principal points of the TJnited States' reply, and are ready to accede to them. : It is believed in official circles that a suspension 01 nosiiuiies win De- an nounced by both governments imme diately after Cambon has signed the protocol. ... ' MAY RESULT IN COMPLICATIONS General Gomez Still Pushing Forward Without Assistance Already at Holguln. Washington, Aug. 11. The Cubans under General Gomez have determined to forestall the American commander in the operations in the vicinity of Hol guin, as they have occupied the small towns near that point and are still press ing forward. These movements have given some concern to our . military commanders, and if successful, might result in bring ing our government to 'a pass where it mast find itBelf compelled to recognize the government set np by Gomes in bis march, or come to an open issue with the insurgents and forbid them from conducting further operations, ' except where sanctioned by the managers of our own campaign. TROOPS STILL IN SAN FRANCISCO About.9300 Waiting to Be Transported to Manila All Will Be Embarked ; By October iotb. 8an Fban'cisco, Aug. 11; About 9300 of the troops which are .to go to the Philippines are still here. - The Arizona and Scandia will take away 3300, leav- Laid Down By the President-Cuba and Porto Rico to Be Evacuated. 10. Today theTrench ambassador, accompanied by Thie ing 6000 to be forwarded. This includes the Eighth California, which was turned over to Major-General Otis. The First Washington has not been attached to the Eighth army corps, and will therefore not go to Manila, unless later orders are issued assigning it to duty in the Philippines. It is expected that the Australia and Sydney will reach this city from Manila about August 15th. They will bs im mediately fitted out for a return trip to the Philippines with troops, and will be followed by the City of Peking, which is due here about the 24th. These vessels will probably carry the Fifty-first Iowa, the Twentieth Kansas, and the Firet Tennessee. General Merriam desires to have all the troops embarked for Manila not later than October 10th. TERRIBLE TRAGEDY AT DEADW00D Three Men Lying Dead and a Woman Dying A Jealous Husband's Aw ful Deed. Omaha, Neb., Aug. 11- A Deadwood, S. D., special to the Bee says : Three dead and a woman dying is the result of a shooting affray at 'Central City this morning. Judge J. P. Gid dings, Ed Shannon and Jack Wear are the men, and Mrs. Ed Shannon is the woman. Shannon had a boarding-house at Terry and one at Central City. He stayed' nights at Terry, leaving his wife to look after the other place. This morning Shannon returned to Central City and roused Giddings. Just what happened is not' known, but the two men suddenly rushed into the street and engaged in a struggle. Shannon had a a revolver. Jack Wear tried to separate them and was shot through the body, dying instantly. Shannon then shot Giddings through the bead, killing him Next he went to his wife's bedroom, beat ber about the head with his re volver until he thought he bad killed her, and then with a fresh revolyer shot himself. The woman is alive, but cannot recover. All the parties are well-to-do. Giddings has held many political offices. Intimacy between Giddings and Mrs. Shannon is given as the cause of the tragedy. . ... SPECIAL MARKET LETTER. Somethlng of Interest to Stockmen Bad Others. We publish the following market let ter, which has been received by Mr. Mac Allister, in the hope that those of our readers who are interested in its contents may be benefitted thereby : Since the date of onr last letter there have been general rains over the corn country and the condition of ' the crop materially improved. It is now gener ally believed that a fairly " good crop of corn will be. made, and in consequence during the past week prices of stockers and Teeders have advanced considerably and trade has been active. Receipts of Western grass beef cattre and also of corn-fed beef cattle have been moderate at this market during the past weeky"-but the receipts at other markets Tiave". been liberal and prices have declined 10c to 16c, except upon the very best corn-feds.' In conseqnenc9 of the improved condition 'ot the corn crop, stockers and feeders have improved and Porto Rico, and it is expect terms are precisely those laid It is believed that nothing in price. We quote Western grass be ef steers at 3.75 to $4.50 ; cows and heifers, $3 to $4; Western stockers and feeders, yearling steers, $4.20 to $4.80 ; two-year- olds, $3.00 to $4.50; three and four year- olds, $3.65 to $4.50. Receipts of Western sheep still con tinue to be moderate, and trade has been active although prices at this and all all other markets have declined during the week, and we. now quote Western weathers at $3.60 to $4.10; ewes, $3.50 to $3.75 ; yearlinge, $3.85 to $4.69 ; lambs, $4.25 to $5.25. Sheep owners will be glad to learn that good facilities for resting and fill ing their sheep before putting them on the South Omaha market, can be found at Fremont, on the Union Pacific, and at Lincoln, on the B. & M. These places have good yards and good pastures and charges are reasonable hay at 60c per cwt, and pasturage at ljc per head for 24 hours. Lincoln has good water fa cilities, and the Fremont pastures reach the Platte river, giving them the best possible facilities. Owners will find it of great advantage, especially when making large shipments, to unload and feed at these points and ship to the South Omaha market in lots of two to five cars eah day. HOT IN HARVEST FIELDS. Hen Compelled to Quit Work By tlie Ex cutir Heat. According to W. H. L30, who has Just returned from the grain section of East ern Oregon, the farriers will yet have to pay a high price for the. threshing of their wheat. The excessive heat, Mr. Leo says, is driving the men out of the fields by the dozens, and even now the farmers are looking for new hands. "When I went to Olex," said Mr. Leo, "the farmers had all the men they wanted. The pay was good and all were satisfied. The first hot day several were taken sick, and others had to leave their work on account of the beat. After three or four days the thermometer ran up to 116 in tbe shade at Olex, and none of us could stand the burning sun. Eight men had to quit. Four were prostrated and had to be taken to Arlington for treatment. I myself was overcome, af ter an experience which I never shall forget. . When I first noticed the heat it did not seem to be intense. Gradually, though, it became hotter until I thought my brain was on fire. Then I seemed to become cooler, and I remembered no more nntil I found myself on ti e bank of the creek with several of my fellow laborers bathing my head. They told me I had fainted in the field. . - "During the night at Olex the beat was something terrific. The mercury generally stood about 78, and it was im possible for anyone to sleep. . Tbe smell of food was simply nauseating, after the long hot night, and the plates wonld be left untouched. In the morning it was simply impossible for any one to eat breakfast. "I came away Saturday night, and eight others . left at tbe same time. When we were in Arlington we heard that numbers of men had left other places, and that the farmers, in order to obtain help, were offering an advance of 50c a day. The weather up there will moderate soon, and they will not have any trouble in getting plenty of help at the increased pay." Oregdhian, " . Troth - wears well. ' People have learned that DeWitt's Little Early Risers are 'reliable little pills for regu lating tbe bowels, curing constipation and sick heidache. They don't gripe. SnipeS'Kinersly Drug do. . " SHERIFF'S SALE. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT of the State of Ore gon, for Wasco County. H. 8. Wilson', Receiver of The Dalles N-tlonal Bank of Dalles City, Oregon, a corporation, Plaintiff, vs. Allan Grant, Ellen Grant and Anne Grant Fraser, Defendants. By virtue of an execution, decree and order of sale, duly issued out of and under the seal of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, for the County of Wasco, to me directed, and datel the 12th day of July, 1838, upon a desrec for the fore closure of certain mortgages, and judgment ren dered and entered in said court on the 14th d;iy of June, 1898, in the above entitled cause, in fa vor of the plaintiff and against the defendant Allan Grant, as judgment debtor, in the sum of $5933.96, and interest thereon at 10 per cent, per annum from June 14, 1898, and $150.(H attorney's fees and costs and accruing costs, and $569.40, with interest thereon from the 14th day of June, 1598, at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum, and the further sum of $40.00 as attorney's fees, and commanding me to make sale of the real prop erty embraced in such decree of foreclosure and hereinalter described, I will, on the 13th day of August, 1898, at the hour of 2 o'clock in the afternoon of said day, and at the front door of the county court house in Dal es City, Wasco County, Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash in hand, all the right, title and interest which the defendants Allan Grant, Ellen Grant and Anne Grant Fraser, or either of them, had on the 14th day of June, 1898, the date of the de cree herein, or which such defendants or any of tbe defendants herein have since acquired, or now have in and to the following described real preperty, situate and being in Wasco County, Oregon, to-wit; The north half of the southwest quarter, and tbe southwest quarter of the southwest qnarter, and the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of Soction 6, Township 8 south, Range 18 east; and the south half ot the northeast quarter, and tbe northwest quarter of the south east quarter, and tbe northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 18, Township 8 south, Range 17 east; and the west half of the southeast quarter of Section 16, Township 8 south, Range 17 east, W. M. ; or so much of said property as will satisly said judgment and de cree, with costs and accruing costs. Said property will be sold subject to confirm ation and redemption as by law provided. Dated at Tbe Dalles, Oregon, this 12th day of July, 1898. juljl6-ii ROBERT KELLY. Sheriff of Wasco County, Oregon. REFEREE'S SALE. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT of the State of Ore gon, for Wasco County. Anne Grant Fraser, Thomas Frase-, Catharine McGregor, Donald McGregor, Margaret Mcin tosh, Hugh Mcintosh, Ellen Reed and Charles Reed, Plaintiffs, vs. Allan Grant and Ellen Grant, Defendants. By virtue of a decree of partition made and en tered in the above entitled court and cause on the 17th day of January, 1896, and in pursuance of a decree made and entered in tbe above enti tled court on tbe 14th day of June, 1898, in a suit then pending therein wherein H. S. Wilson, Re ceiver of Tha Dalles National Bank of Dalles City, Oregon, a corporation, is plaintiff, and said Anne Grant Fraser and said Allan Grant and Ellen Grant are defendants, appointing me Ref eree to sell the lands hereinafter described and to divide the proceeds thereof, I wLl on Saturday, tbe 13th day of August, 1898, at the hour of 2 o'clock in the afternoon of said day, sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, all of the following described real property, to wit: The southwest quarter of the sonlhwest quar ter of Section twenty-seven, tho southeast quar ter of the southeast quarter of Section twenty eight, the north half of the northeast quarter of Kpotflmi t hirtv-thrpe. nnrl the southeast ouarter of the northwest quarter and the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Section six teen, and the east half of the southeast quarter of Section sixteen, all in Township eight south. Range seventeen east, W. M., and the south half of the northwest quarter of Section four, Town nine south, Range seventeen east, W. M. Dated at The Dalles, Oregon, July 12th, 1898. july!6-ii D. H. ROBERTS, Beleree. CITATION. IN THE COUNTY COURT of the State of Ore gon, lor the County of Wasco. In the matter of the estate of Thomas Olesen, deceased Citation. To Sidsel Olesdotter, Mrs. C. W. Taylor and Fred W. Wilson, and all persons interested in the above named estate, greeting: hereby cited and required to appear in the County Court of the State of Oregon for the County of Wasco, at the court room thereof, at Lanes city, in tne county oi nasco, on uonuuy, the 5th day of September, 1898, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon of that day, then and there to show cause, If any there be, why an ordei should not be made authorizing and di recting the executor of said estate to sell all real property belonging thereto, at public auction, to-wit: The east half of the N ftV, SW of NE V, and NEU oi 6W of the SW& Bee. 8, Tp. 1 N.. R. 12 E., W. M. Witness tne non. Kooert Mays, juage oi me rsiAL.l County Court of the State of Oregon for the Countv of Wasco, with the seal of said Court affixed this 14th day of July, A. D. 1898. Attest: A. M. july!6-il Administrators Final Notice. Notice is herebv riven that the undersigned. administrator of the estate of Henry A. Baker, deceased, has filed his final account in the county court of the State of Oregon for Wasco county, and the court has fixed and appointed Monday, tbe 6th day of September, 1S98, at 10 o'clock a. m., at the county court room in the court bouse in Dalles City, Oregon, as tne time and place for the hearing and settlement there of. Anv heir, creditor or other person interested in the estate is hereby required to appear on or before said day and file his objections thereto or to any particular item tnereoi. Dalies City. Oregon. August 4, 1896. augft-ii C. W. DIETZEL, Administrator. Notice of Final Settlement Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has filed his final account as Executor of the Inst will and testament of James McGahan.de- ceased, with the Clerk of the County Court, of the State of Oregon, for Wasco County, and by an order of said Court duly made and entered, Monday, the 5rh day of September, 1898, is fixed as the time and the County Court room of said Court as the place for the hearing of said final account. Dated this 27th day of July, 1S98. jly30-ii, K. F. GIBOXS, Executor. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Gen eral Land Office, Washington, D. C, May 27, 1898. Notice is hereby given of the following Executive Order, restoring certain lands in the Cascade Range Forest Reserve to settlement and entry: "EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, D. C. April 29, 1898. In accordance with tha revisions of the Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat, ), upon tbe recommendation oi tbe Secretary of the Interior, the west half of Township one South, of Range ten East, Willamette Meridian, Oregon, within the limits of the Cascade Range Forest Reserve, is hereby ordered restored to the pnblic domain,af ter sixty days notice hereof, by publication, aa required by law.it appearing that said tract is better adapted to agricultural than forest purposes. WILLIAM McKINLEY." The above land will be subject to entry at the United States Land Office, The Dalles, Oregon, ou and after October 17, 1898, Binger Hermann, Commissioner. Cash In loor Cheek. 'All countv warrants registered prior to July 12, 1894, will be paid at my office. Interest ceases after July 7,' 1898. C. L. Phillips, Connty Treasru-er. Cows For Sale. Fresh jersey cows for sale. These are thoroughbreds and are gentle. Inquire at this office. auglOlmo DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve Cures PUm, Scalds, Burns. '