THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 4. 1899
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LOCAL BBEVITIE9.
Wednesday's Dally.
M.M. Morri?, of Tygh Valley, ia In
the city.
II. Engleke, of Centerville, ii in the
ity today.
Cuas. Belcher, of Sherman county Is
n the city today.
J. T. Dradley, of Bridal Veil in in
town on business.
A. J. Britain, of Dufur, Is a guest at
the Umatilla House.
Commissiouers Klinsey and Evans are
in the city looking alter county business
L. E. Moree, the White Salmon uier
chant, was in the city today on business
H. M. Be-all, who lias been to Portland
for the past two weeks returned last
Evening.
Wm. Walker, of Gordon ridge, left
this morning for bis borne with a load
kf mpplies.
Don't tell all your troubles to a police
man or real estate agent; give the re
porter a chance.
F. N. Crofton and J. A. Johnson, of
jCenterville, Wash., are registered at the
umatilla House.
Mies Annie Rawson has accepted a
Poiition with Pease & Mays, in their dry
uoodi depaitnient.
Mrs, Wm. Harris was taken to the
hospital in Portland this afternoon,
where she goes for treatment.
Last niht Wood Bros, shinned a car
load of beef to Portland for which they
received four and one half cents per
pound.
There will be a resmlar meeting of the
Hook and Ladder Co. in the city hall at
' :JU this evening. All members are re
vested to be present.
Next Thursday evening the Rathbone
Sisters will entertain the Knlahts at
t'eirhall. All members are renuested
to be present promptly at 7 :30.
rflBCniHr train No. 8 waa nearlr six
honrs late this morning having been de-
iinelby sand and snow which bad
drifted on the track between Biggs and
(rants.
Between The Dalles and Wallule, a
distanro of 127 miles, the O. R. A N.
Co. have recently relald their tracks with
"o-ponnd steel rails, as well as making
other Improvements.
On Saturday evening February 4th the
patrolmen, who were appointed from the
different fir companies, will meet In the
"y hall to perfect arrangements for
duty when necessity arises.
Workmen are busily engaged in re
Paring the Columbia Hotel. They are
rushing the work and it will be but a
hort time nntil the damage done by the
"Miit fire will be totally tffacd.
T,' Infant son of Rev. and Mrs.
Important Notice
TO THE LADIES OF
THE DALLES AND VICINITY.
In anticipation of the approaching
Elks ball, we have just received from
New York a few high-grade Novelties "
in Dress Trimmings for evening wear.
The assortment, though limited, com
prises the choicest creations of the
largest exclusive manufacturers of
Dress Trimmings both in this country .
and Europe.
PEASE
Jenkins, aged six months, died at Hood
River yesterday. Mrs. Thomas, Mrs.
Jenkin's sister, accompanied by Mrs. C.
Nelson, left on this afternoon's train to
attend the funeral, which will take place
tomorrow,
Mr. Harry O. Kelso, mauaging editor
of The Walla Walla Union, and Miss
Mildred M. Kitchen, of Everett, former
ly of WallaWalla, were married inTacoma
Sunday last. The wedding was a quiet
one, only relatives and intimate friends
being present,
A Catholic priest has been elected to
the degrees in a Knights ofPytbias lodge
in Chicago, but will not yet receive
them. He will endeavor to secure the
approval of the archbishop. This case
may reopen the question of Catholic
hostility to secret societies.
Monday about noon the residence of
Rev. F. L. Forbes at Pendleton was
burned. For a time it was thought the
Catholic church which was quite close
would also be consumed, but by diligent
efforts the firemen saved the edifice.
The loss is estimated at flOOO with no
insurance.
Efforts of theCrook county court to tax
the lands of The Dalles Military Road
Company have resulted in a compromise
by the terms of which the company pays
taxes on 47.740.31 acres for 1897, and on
45.020.31 acres for 1898, the difference on
acreage being accounted for by sales of
land made daring 1897.
This morning at the Front street bowl
ing alley II. M. Esping mot with what
might have proved quite a severe acci
dent. He had started a fire in an air
tight beater and shortly after, went to
i;f tha rncpr off the stove, when the
whole top was blown off by gas accumu
lating, and the flame leaped out singeing
Mr. Esping's hair, eye brows and mus
tache. He should consider himself quite
lucky, for It was a close call.
The city council of North Yakima in
special session Saturday night listened
to the report of an expert wno nan ex
amined the city treasurer's books and
found a shortage of about 5000. It ex
tends back a period of three or four
years. City Treasurer Pressey has
turned over psrsonal property to the
mount of 11000, acknowledging the use
of 12000 of the city money, but denying
any knowledge of the balance. There
will probably be no arrests.
The connty court convened today in
special session with County Judge Mays
and Commissioners Kimsey and Evans
present. The matter of redisricting
the county and the empowering of the
county court to appoint deputy district
assessors to assess the property in the
county, is before the court today. 7 his
will give better satisfaction to property
owners In general and will undoubtedly
result In the complete assessment ot
all taxable property In the different dis
tricts of the county.
Up to this time, the winter has been
unusually mild and favorable to stock
men, says tne Prlnevllle Journal. The
deepest snow has not exceeded six
inches, and there is none at all'now, ex
cept on the high mountains. There
have been no losses of stock except
among horses which went Into the
winter poor. In the Beaver creek
country south of here there has been
much deeper enow, and In fact It has
been deeper all over Eastern Oregon
than in Crook county.
Last night about 9 o'clock the wind
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began blowing and before subsiding
reached a great velocity. This was ac
companied by a driving snow storm and
a decided change in the weather, Those
who retired early last night were sur
prised to find on getting np this morn
ing, about three inches of snow. At 7
o'clock the thermometor registered
sixteen degrees above zero, with a slight
wind blowing from the east. Last week
at this time we were enjoying perfect
spring weather with no indication of a
returning winter. However, at this
time of year we can expect most any
thing. From Hick's Almanac, we take the
following weather report for the first
week In February : For most jarts of
the continent February will, be colder
until about the third, when a change to
warmer with falling barometer will take
place in western sections, and during the
4th and 5th these conditions will grad
ually spread eastward, resulting in rain
and snow in numerous locations. Moon
will be at extreme south declination on
the fifth, causing winds to flow from
northern regions and bricging in cold,
frosty weather behind the storms, last
ing through the days between the re
actionary disturbances and the regular
Vulcan period beginning on the eighth.
W. II. Kling, a Portland man who has
just returned from Dawson, was bun
coed out of 200 at a card game on the
train Monday between Portland and Ta
coma. When the train reached Tacoma
the bunco mau, Ed Harris, jumped off.
Kling took after him, and, with the aid
of bystanders, ran him down. Harris is
a member of the "Soapy" Smith gang,
and it took nearly the whole police force
to hold him while they were taking bis
photograph for the rogue's gallery.
Kling ia locked up to insure bis appear
ance against the bunco man. Kling's
money and marked cards were found on
Harris.
Thumilay'i Dally.
F. H. Button, of Hood River, is in the
city.
Rev. DeForest left this morning for
Goldendale. s
Clias. Derham, of Trout creek, is in
the city on business.
King Solman, advance agent for the
great McEwen, is in the city.
The Hook and Ladder Co. gave a very
"pleasant" smoker last evening.
Last evening the wife ot Geo. Reed
presented him with twins, a boy and
girl.
Samuel E. Van Vector will leave this
evening tor uonuon wnere ne goes on
business.
Don't think all amateur photograph
ers are pessimists because they take poor
views of life.
L. E. Crowe who has been quite sick
for the past two weeks was out upon the
streets today.
The Oregon Agricultural society will
hold a farmers institute in this city on
March 1st and 2d.
One victim appeared before the re
corder this morning and is doing service
at the city's wood pile.
L. E. Morse has secured the contract
for floating the logs from the Washing
ton side of the Columbia to the new mill
at Hood Klver.
Yesterday was quite disagreeable in
The Dalles as It was decidedly cold with
an east wind blowing, accompanied with
a light fall of snow. However it was a
great deal pleasanter here than in Port
land, for at that place the cars were
blockaded by drifted snow and general
traffic waseuspended to a great extent by
the inclemency of the weather.
A beautiful skin of a mountain liin
was on display In the city today and ai
traded much attention. It waa killed
near Hood River.
Frank Abernatby, who has been qoite
sick for the past few weeks was taken to
the hospital at Portland this afternoon.
Dr. IX) an accompanied him.
Their are several traveling men In the
city among whom we notice Messrs. A.
Roderick Granr, E. C. Warren. II. 8.
Soule, Max Mayer and Hugh E.
Pomeroy.
Invitations have been issued for the
Elks ball to be given on February 14tb.
This will undoubtedly be the grandest
ball ot the season for no expense ia be
ing spared to make the affair a brilliant
success.
Those ladies who did not get the
souvenir memorandum books the day
before Christmas, and. who -. left their
names, can now receive them by calling
at Pease & Mays' store. Thia applies
only to those whose names were taken
down at that time.
On Sunday, an unknown man attacked
the 14-year-old daughter of O. I. Morris,
of Turner, while she waa in a stubble
field, rounding np cows. The man
jumped from behind a clump of brush,
threw the girl on the ground, took off
one of her shoes and ordered her ta skip.
Mr. Morris heard the screams of bis
daughter, and ran to her rescue, but the
assailant w as nowhere to be be found.
This ia the day when the ground hog
comes out of bis winter quarters and
peers around mother earth to see how
things have been getting along during
the time he has been in his bole. If per
chance, he sees his shadow, he returns
to bis hole and remains tor another six
weeks. Today has been cold but bright
and sunshiny, so the ground hog will
undoubtedly be disappointed in an early
spring and seek solace in bis abode un
til the middle of March.
An Idaho exchange says : We have
been informed that Mrs. Henry Gep
hart, of Little Bear Ridge, gave birth to
five children on December 6th,' and up
to the last accounts they were all doing
well. They are all boys. The smallest
weighed two pounds when born, but be
has outgrown his brothers and is now
the largest. Washington made much
ado over her four babies exhibited last
year at the Spokane fair, but Idaho has
seen berand gone one better. The birth
of four babies in Latah,' Wash., a year
ago or more, and the birth of five in
Latah county, Idaho, within the past
six weeks demonstrate beyond perad
venture that the Palouse region is the
most prolific country on the tace of the
globe. There is no telling what it may
yet do.
There are current reports that many
changes are contemplated by the O. R.
& N. in its equipment and train sched
ules. Since the improvement it has
made and is making In its roadbed, with
new steel rails and new ties, added
ballast, etc. .there are none better in this
section. Besides this, the company has
made many improvements in the rolling
stock and equipments on the branch
lines. It is said all passenger coaches
will be vestibuled, making the trains
equal in comfort to any on the main
line. Newer and heavier engines are
to be added, so that better time can be
made over heavy grades.
Friday's Dally.
The county court is still in session,
engaged in auditing the books of the
county officers.
The friends ot John Booth, who have
heard of his illness in Portland, will be
glad to know that he is again able to be
out.
At a fire in Vancouver, B. C, yester
day in the Chinese quarter a number
of Chinamen were burned to death,
while several were fatally injured.
Inspectors Edwards and Fuller in
spected the steamer Regulator and ferry
boat Klickitat yesterday evening and
found everything satisfactory, and will
undoubtedly grant the licenses required.
Four carloads of hogs from Idaho and
two carloads from Kiddle Bros., of
Island City, are at the stock yards and
will be shipped to Troutdale in the
morning.
No bank will be established in Golden
dale at present. Some of their merch
ants have money deposited with them,
and therefore are opposed to a bank be
ing established there at this season cf
the year.
This morning special car No. 02 passed
through the city. Supt. O'Brien oc
cupied tho car, on his way to Portland.
He has been engaged in determining
precisely the tonnage of each engine
along the line.
Floyd and ltobort, of Seattle, will
leave for Dawson City, Alaska, February
loth, and will carry letters for fifty cents
each. Forward letters to 105 Cherry
Street, Seattle, Wash. D. C. Floyd is a
former resident of this city. D0-td
Mrs. Leland Stanford, executor of the
estate of the late Senator Stanford, han
dled 24,8(i9,24r. The fees and percent
ages to which she was legally entitled
amouuted to 3o7,7t8, but she waived
11 claim for hef services. Mis paid ber
attorneys frtO.OOO for their services and
allowed them (7,000 tor expenses.
The storm ot Tuesday at Seaside ia de
scribed as something sublime and at the
same time terrifying. The surf beat
clear op to the portico In front of the
Grimes house, and great logs of drift
wood were actually ground into powder
before the eyes of the beholders. Mr,
uruore states mat in ail bis experietce
at Seaside he never saw such a furv ot
the elements.
Governor Geer has received an invita
tions to attend the annual banquet of
the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce,
which ia to be held on Washington's
birthday, and the meeting of the Pacific
Northwest Woolgrowers' Association in
thia city in March. He savs be will de
cline the Los Angeles invitation, bnt if
nothing happens to prevent, will attend
the woolgrowers' meeting.
Last night was said to be the coldest
of the year, the thermometer loafing
around below aero one degree down in
the city, but, according to one thermora
eter on the hill, four below. Tne boys
are today skating on the sloughs and
ponds. We are not the only ones who
are suffering with the cold ; Portland
and the Valley towns are even worse off,
although they claim it Is much colder In
Eastern Oregon.
Those who so enjoyed McEwen'a en
tertainments last year, are anxions to
see him again, and from those who have
attended then: in the Valley we leain
that they are doubly interesting. This
year be has with him Miss Grace May
nard, who ia the subject in one of the
greatest cataleptic scenes ever performed
on the stage. Then he introduces
number of musical specialties and baton
swinging in the class. He may put his
subjects to sleep, but his audiences are
always wide awake and sometimes con
vulsed with laughter.
The Dalles reporter for the Oregonian
must have been unusually cold when be
sent his report Wednesday; perhaps bis
beet girl had given him the "cold frost,"
the "icy roit," or the "marble heart
ne tnat as it may, our residents were
amazed to see by the paper that the
thermometer stood at 15 below zero on
that day in The Dalles, when we had all
read the thermometer at 16 above. We
re Inclined to believe the cor respondent
was not to blame, but, as usual the
"measly" compositor had a finger In the
pie. Compositors are used to making
pi, anyway, and can bear the blame.
Although it is not anticipated that the
river will again be blocked, there is just
a slight coating of ice visible this morn
ing. -At the locks there is some Ice, but
not sufficient to have caused any dif
ficulty to the Dalles City yesterday, had
not the streams being frozen in the
mountains prevented the reservoir from
filling and so made the water very low.
She, however, managed to get through ;
but thought it entirely too risky to at
tempt to make the trip today. If pos
sible she will come up tomorrow and
wiil make a return trip Sunday. The
present indications are not promising
for her.
Among the passengers from Salem to
Portland yesterday was Mrs. Abigal
Dunniway, who had a smile on her
countenance which defied competition,
and said as plainly as words could tell,
We've won the day." Her fellow pas
sengers declared that she was preparing
her ballot, as she scribbled a few lines.
Her 'our-minute speech Tuesday night
did much to impress the legislators with
the fact that women can be brief when
there's anything to be gained by it.
Several of our legislators were heard to
remark, "While I'm not in favor of the
amendment, the best way to get around
it is to vote tor it, for I'm willing to
troet it to the people." It might, how
ever, be a parallel case with that of the
young lady who married a man to get
rid of blm.
A clippingappeared in Tut Chronicle
of Wednesday, stating that a Catholic
priest in Chicago had joined the Knights
of Pythias. In justice to the priest in
question, Rev. F. J. Walsh, we quote
the following from the St, Louis Review
of Jan. 12th : "The Buffalo Volkfreund
of the 6th inst. asserts that the report
that he joined or intended to join the
Knights of Pythias was denied by Rev.
F. J. Walsh of Chicago, Immediately
upon its first appearance in the Chicago
papers, and waa telegraphed over the
land by the Associated Press; but that
few of the journals served by this agency
deigned to notice it, despite the fact
that they had conspicuously printed the
fake. Such proceedings are charac
teristic of our yellow journals. The re is
method in their madness."
On the platform at the Agricultural
College Wednesday, when the legislators
visited that institution, was Prof. Gatch,
who though somewhat older in appear
ance than when he was professor of the
academy at The Dalles, looked very
natural to many of his former pupils
from various schools of the state, who
were present. Among thedistinguished
visitors on the platform were several
who had attended school when he taught
in the university at Salem, and while he
looked over them, as he did in former
days in the school room, many seemed
to be wondering, as they did then, if he
really were looking at them, and if he
were going to ask them to speak. This
time they were safe, for while he might
havelnaistedon speeches in former days,
he acknow ledged he hesitated to do so
now.
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BABY IS FATALLY BURNED.
Terrible Tragedy nf Cap H
ra Plre.
roar Children Heeeaed by
HerelcMother.
Angie Martelle, a baby five months
old, died In Portland Monday afternoon,
from burns received Sunday" In a fir
which destroyed the home of her parents
at Cape Horn. The child waa on ot
four children who were rescued from th
flames by the heroism of their mother.
The others escaped with but alight in
juries, and it was hoped that Angi
might recover, but her frail baby lit
waa not vigorous enough to endure such
terrible suffering, and in spit of medi
cal assistance, which the distracted
parents went to Portland to seek, eh
became weaker and weaker till eh died.
The Martellea live on a farm near
Cap Horn, Washington. The father ot
the family went to Portland Sunday
morning, and during his absence, and
while the mother was at the barn feed
ing the chickens, lb house took fir.
Mrs. Martelle was attracted by the glare,
and remembering that her four helpless
children were alone in tha house, ah
rushed to the door, but was driven back
by the heat. With the energy ot despair,
she shattered a window in another part
of the house, and crawling through it
rescued ber two larger children, who
were endeavoring to escape by the door.
The two babies, however, had hidden ta
their terror in a closet, and Mrs. Mar
telle groped about for some time in th
blinding smoke before she was able to
find them. Their piteous cries finally
enabled her to locate their whereabouts,
and at the risk of her own life she ran
into the closet, which by this time was
blazing fiercely, and dragged them forth
into the open airi
A glance at Angie shewed that her
burns were serious, and though the little
one had not the gift of speech she told ot
her agony in a language which th
mother understood, and which wrung
her heart. As soon as possible assistance
was summoned, and the child was taken
to Portland, where everything possible
was done to alleviate her Bufferings till
death mercifully ended them.
ADVANTAGES OF A TRADE.
It Brings Independence and Opportunity
fur Engaging In Baalnaea.
"If some one should ask, 'What is to
be gained by learning a trade?' the
answer first suggesting itself would be
to show that a skilled worker an ar
tisan or mechanic earns two, three or
even four times as much wages in the
same number of hours or days as an un
skilled laborer one who does work that
requires no special training," write
Barton Cheyney in the February Ladies'
Home Journal. '-The services of a
skilled worker are also In more constant
demand, and while he earns two or
three times as much per hour, he has
longer periods of work and less enforced
idleness than the unskilled laborer.
The possession of a trade gives a com
forting sense of security and indepen
dence, for one thus skilled is always sure
of a comfortable - livelihood, and with
economy, a competency for the declining;
years of his life, and besides, he has var
ious opportunities of engaging in profit
able business for himself. These ad
vantages are within the reach of every
bright boy, and obtainable without
sacrifice. This will be understood when
it Is considered that the wages of an
apprentice to a trade are about the same
as the wages of a lad of the same age at
unskilled forms of labor; consequently
the apprentice is making about as much
money as if employed at ordinary man
ual labor, besides gaining a trade."
MAY START UP SOON.
Fronpecta That tha Linnton Smelter If ay
Keiume Operations.
Superintendent Chase, of the Linnton
Smelter, looks for the works to start np
again soon, as the stockholders, he
thinks, can see daylight through the
litigation connected with the plant.
The location of the Linnton smelter is
all that can lie desired, in Mr. Chase's
opinion, as the works are equally ac
cessible to the ores of Eastern Oregon,
Washington, Idaho and Montana, aa
well as those of Southern Oregon and
Northern California. A smelter lecated
at a mine does not do well, because it
has only one kiln of ore to treat, and so
metals for fluxing must be brought from
distant mines at considerable expense.
Besides this, coke is always more avail
able near a large city.
'One ore may contain lead and
another iron. These different ores from
mines situated far apart, can be used to
flux each other," said Mr. Chase. "I
do not think a large smelter need be lo
cated close to the mining regions. Th
Omaha smeltar has no mines within
hundreds of miles, and yet It is doing an
enormous and profitable business in tha
reduction of ores from Arizona. New
Mexico, Montana and British Columbia.
"Twenty-five carloads ot ore pass
through Portland every month from
Baker countv, bound for the smelters ct
Tacoma or Everett, Wash. When the
Linnton smelter starts up again it will
find abundance of ore in the newly de
veloped mines of Eastern Oregon, Idaho,
Montana, as well as Southern Oregon
and Northern California."
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