THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. SATURDAY. MARCH 18, 1899
"Hope Deferred Makeih the Heart Sick."
But the Sight of Our
Sill
Wit
Will make every
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LOCAL BKEVIT1KS.
Wednesday's Daily.
Among the chief nnartprniasteri to be
mustered out on Abril 12th Is Captain
Hiram E. Mitchell, of Oregon.
The Telegram sneaks of Cant. Glenn
ing in Portland. We knew he was
captain of the crew on "Smoky Row,"
but who gave it away to the Telegram?
Soma will be the next attraction in
Portland for Dalles people. He will be
mere next Monday ami Tuesday.
Rosenthal, the treat pianist and Ian
Maclaren, will also be there duriDg the
eason.
If there's one thine ahova another
t,iat person appreciates when they
enter a store it is to have it well lighted,
" that the goods niav lie seen. Evi-
dent'y A. M. Williams A Co. was aware
' this fact and intend that customers
Msnjuy all advantages when dealing
M them, their latest Improvement
king a l-JOO candle power incandescent
r light in their shoe room, and for
,heif spacious clothing department an
order has been placed for a second one.
These arcs hed a very bright and at
tractive lignt, and BHrve to dispel the
08al objections to buying goods in the
work go on.
Coroner Butta baa rmmwiul hia nfliee
jj "is undei taking parlors of Win.
Michel), nn tt, ..I TI.1..I .n.l
"Mhington. ' If you have died from
? unknown cnuse, call on the coroner
thre ami he . ,lt on ymu iut i( Vl)U
0"'yl8h to lake up your abode in the
'y.ornear the city, and are desirous
Weon.ulting him about It. you'll find
Ruttii ,t that same headquarters. ,
The fourth winter scene in this year's
rm'netourgazsas we peered out of
ne window on arising this morning.
"ow covered the ground, and instead of
"'ch it looked like December. Hut
not cohj.and before we knew Itthe
fMi( "congealed element" was gone.
"Mage driver from tioldendale says
lass
Heart Leap for Joy.
& MAYS.
in Plain Figures.
there was little snow at that place, but
about two inches and a half on the
mountain as became over.
A regular meeting of the Board of Fire
Delegates was held in the city hall last
evening and the old board having
finished their labors, retired. The Dew
board was instituted, after which the
following officers were elected to serve
for the ensuing year : President, Chas.
F. Laner; secretary, E. M. Wingate, and
treasurer II. A. Falk. Matters of im
portance to the fire department were
taken up and discussed, after which the
meeting adjourned.
Last night Mrs. D. W. Vaose received
word of the death of her brother, Leslie
Knaggs, in Ainsworth, B. C., on the
night of March 13th, of laryngitis, lie
was about 36 years of age, and it has
been about eighteen years since he left
The Dalles to run on a boat on the
Snake river. From Lewiston he went
to Spokane, afterwards going up into
British Columbia, where he has since
been engaged in mining. Eight years
ago he visited his mother and sister here
for a day or two ; but having been away
from the city for so many years he is
remembered by Dalles people mire as a
mere boy, going to and from school, for
later as he was growing into manhood
he left his boyhood's home and never
returned for any length of time.
No end of trouble has been caused by
the similarity of the names of the two
places The Dalles and Dallas. Most of
this has been caused by the mail in
tended for one place being sent to the
other. The latest trouble, however,
was with another kind of a male, ami
if that piece of humanity isn't walking
the deck of the boat today swearing
vengeance on those who named the two
places, it Is because the scenery has
captured him. He is a member nf the
Third Artillery and was bound for
Dallas, tint by some unaccountable
means hied himself to the D. P. A A.N
dock and purchased a ticket for The
Dalles. Nothing loth he hoarded Ihe
boat and blissfully unc nisei nis bind d
at the dock last night to find that he
didn't know where he was "at." He
shook the dust from his feet, iMitighi
return ticket, and has by tli- lime
found out that the difference helwwn
Dallas and The Dalles is alsinl $4. aid
two days' travel.
Thursday's Pally.
II. W. French relUri.ed Inst V Minn
from a few days' visit in P oll ml.
Miss Anna Dufur calm ni. f'-on I'
land last night, and bf this m-n.iiu
for Dufnr to visit r Unv.
Mr. T. (J. Dant rwnni-d m-t muM
! from Portland. Mrs. Da at will regain
in that city to receive special medical
treat cueut.
j W. S. Myers, who was appointedjby
! the council to collect the city road tai
i is at present engaced In that work, and
I so far has been very successful.
) A. Clapp, representing the Pacific
; Bridge Company, came up from Port
. land yesterday for the purpose of placing
in gate boxes, and completing the work
on the new water system recently put
i in by that company.
! Mrs. T. J. Si-ufert is the fortunate
; winner this uioutn of the beautiful bent
I iron trophy donated to the lady bowlers
; of the club by J. C. Hosteller. It must
; be won by the same lady three successive
tiuies before it is awarded to her.
If plans were carried out at intended
Joe Bonn is naw a married man, having
beeu joined in the "wholly bounds
yesterday afternoon at Bellevoe, Iowa
Joe expected to at once start tor Oregon
with his bride. If so, they will probably
arrive Monday.
We were sorry to learn last night from
a friend who bad just received a letter
from Mrs. S. French, who is now in
New York, that she has been quite sick
for the paBt month and only able to be
up the day she wrote. Dr. Gertrude is
however, much improved, and her
physicians give her great encourage'
tnent.
The sermon delivered by Rev. Rush'
ing at the Christian church last evening
was indicative of unusual ability on the
part of the speaker. His subject,
"Christ as a Teacher," was handled In
a masterly and eloquent manner. Rev.
Rushing will again conduct services this
evening and a cordial invitation is ex
tended to all.
Fred Zirka, who left here with our
soldier boys last April, came back last
night looking somewhat the worse tor
wear. Fred bad been sick for some
months before he left Manila, and for
the past three weeks has been confined
in the hospital at San Francisco. While
Fred is pleased to again be at home, he
regrets not lieiog able to be in- Manila
now while the boys are in the thick of
the fray.
Maurice Hageinan, the comedian who
so delighted the audience at the opera
Tuesday night, was a member of the
Jennie , Winston company which cap
tured Portland in 1884, and Tuesday was
renewing acquaintances there. The
Metropolitan company is now in Astoria
and their next engagement will be in
Vancouver, when Mr. Kinersly will en
deavor to have them return to this city
for one night.
. Perhaps it would be well for The
Dalles to heed the precaution given by
the Telegram to Portland people when
it says: "No time should be wasted in
the erection of a pesthouse. Smallpox
is epidemic in Los Angeles, and semi-
epidemic in Spokane and San Francisco.
ihe weather is favorable for its migra
tion, and there is no assurance that we
Bhall be exempt from a visitation from
this loathsome disease."
The handicap bowling contests now
being held at the clnb each Wednesday
evening, between the ladies and gentle
men, create quite an enthusiasm, and
the bowling room is crowded on these
occasions. Again last night the ladies
came out ahead, with 37 pins to their
credit, the gentlemen winning one game
out of the four. Mr. Nolan was high
man last night, having 50 in one game
and a total of 1C3. Mrs. Houghton was
"leiding lady," both in single game,
which score was 47, and in her total
score of 146. Her's is the highest score
yet won by a lady in the contests here.
Another contest will be held next week.
Mr. Houghton has received a letter from
Astoria saying that a team of men will
be sent here from that city some time in
April.'
The continued winter which we are
experiencing is seemingly having its
effect on the tramps, with which the
city is infested at present, and overcoats
are their latest fad. Not any particular
style or cut is desired, but "all over
coats look alike to him," and any he
may run across can fill a space in his
trunk. Tuesday two were stolen from
S stem's feed yard, and yesterday after
noon Mr. F. H. Rowe left a good over
coat lying on a pile of lumber in his
lumber yard, near where he was work
ing, and upon looking for it later, found
it. had U-eii taken. The marshal was at
once notified and search is being made
for him. The best means to be used
in dealing with these petty robberies is
to present the offenders with a "wooden
overcoat" and thus flid the overcoat
business. The trouble is that they are
not punished sufficiently. In endeavor-j
ing to let the "punishment fit the
crime, " tliev ar- let off too easily.
Friday's Dully.
I he "wearing of the green" was very
n'otiiinent in "iireiiy today. This was
th'on'y manner in which the 17lh of
Ireland wa observed here.
D is irraiiMng to again see James
II akenev on .nr streets afier his loiui
si. rfM n the h'l-piial i" Portland. He
is, imwever, siill welkin with crutches
ami will he compelled lo spend about a
month in' Tf In Portland beforo be will
he frmn n-iier the doctor's care. He
till reiu'n Momlay
14 L. lintel. In, formerly a resident of
II o niinnion, III , but now of Portland,
i- in Ihe Dalles today. It Is Mr.
Ilmchiu's intention to, in the near
future, start a daily paper in Portland,
having Democratic proclivities. Should
the project lie carried into effect, we wish
for It a much longer life thau its
predecessors. There should be ample
room in Portland for two large dailies.
The most enjoyable dance ever given
by the Rathbone Sisters was that which
took place at the K. of P. hall last n'ght.
About fifty couples were on the floor,
and to make dancing comfortable the
small hall had to- be opened, and the
piano moved to a position between the
folding doors. Birgfeld's music was
so inspiring that none ould keep from
making the roost of it aud joining in the
good time.
Ed Smith, holding the lucky number
which drew the prize at the theater last
night, took up his bed-room set and
walked. It was a fine one, too. To
morrow night a parlor set will be given
away, and the numbers which have
been given each night will be good for
the drawing on that occasion. The
Smith boys are particularly luckv of
late, James having won the mandolin
raffled Monday night by J. Rees.
Tomorrow afternoon Noble's Dramatic
Company will give a matine-. begin
ning at 2 o'clock, when "Kathleen
Mavourneen" will be given. This is
very pleasing play, ani it will be a
splendid opportunity for the ladies and
children to hear the Noble company.
This company has greatly pleased our
citizens by their ladylike and gentle
manly conduct during their stay in our
city, proving therr selves refined both in
their demeanor on and off the stage.
Although the audience which at
tended the Vogt last night to bear
Noble's company in "Train Wreckers"
was not large, it was a very appreciative
one, and the play was well given. Tbey
have beeu requested to appear in "East
Lynne" tonight, and, as the play has
for years been a popular one, no doubt
tbey will have the best house of the
week's engagement. Tbe Baker City
Republican speaks very highly of their
production of this famous play, giving
each actor a share of unstinted praise.
Now is the time to indues your friends
to come WeBt and view a country worth
living in. Tbe Union Pacific has fallen
in line with other routes and has cut
rales to California points, and local
officials expect to receive notification
every day that reduced rates will be
made to apply to Portland. Tbe
Southern Pacific will be forced to fall in
line next or else lose considerable busi
ness, ihe northern 1'aciHc has gone
the other roads one better and made
cheap rates apply to all intermediate
points in its territory. In fact, the
fight is warming up, and some more
slashing of east-bound rates is expected.
Keeping the sidewalks and streets of
a city in repair is one of those endless
tasks which keeps multiplying as the
work advances. A small stretch of
walk to which our attention has been
called as being one which demands im
mediate attention, is that on Eighth
street, between Court and Union. The
course of true love would certainly
never run smooth if that walk bad to be
passed over between the courting and
the union. It has been sadly in need of
repairs for aoiiis time, and the need
should at once be met.
Another instance of the petty little
robberies being carried on by tramps in
our city at present was shown early this
morning when a man, who was arrested
for drunkenness and vagrancy, was
found to be in possession of a pair of
Indian clubs, w hich he had be n trying
to dispose of. These small thefts are
only forerunners of more serious rob
beries which will be committed in the
city unless these fellows are compelled
to leave. Tbey should not be encouraged
by having their requests tor hand-outs
granted by our citizens.
A few of the gentlemen friends of the
Ladies' Aid Society will make their
debut In the entertainment line next
Wednesday evening at the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wilson, when -the
adies will take a back seat, where they
will be enabled to take a few pointers in
the art of entertaining. The drawing
card of the evening will be the selections
by tbe new male quartet club, just
organized. W. II. Wilson made a trip
to Portland Yesterday to procure the
atest quartet music, both in classic
music and tbe most catchy coon songs.
A two-story brick addition, 120x97 feet
n dimension, will not only be a won
derful improvement to the Umatilla
House, but add much to the appearance
of a block which every visitor to or trav
eler through the city is bound to see.
Having bought the property adjoining
the hotel, Sinnnt A Fish now have work
men tearing down the old shacks which
have stood there for years, and will lu
the near future, if not at once, build
such an addition to 'heir hotel, the lower
floor to be used as a dining room and
he upper partitioned lot rooms. We
are much pleased to iiear of this project,
and hope nothing will prevent its con
summation. It will neither make you
nor break you if you don't
try
Scfu'Iing's Best
tea
coffee
tod.i
baking powder
flavoring extract
and spires
but you'll miss something
good.
For sale by
Vandugn, Adams & Co.
Tygh Valley, Ore.
WHAT THEY MISSED.
A Splendid Opera by lb Metropolitan
' Company Laat Might.
Wcduealay'a Pally.
" 'Tie the same thing over again," and
the majority of Dalles people over
looked aa opportunity to hear a splendid
opera last night at the Baldwin. Many
looked at it in tbe light that a dollar
seems a good deal to pay for the priv
ilege kof hearing an opera, which re
quires a good stage, put on where there
is absolutely no facilities for such a pro
duction, and only one thing in its favor
that the acoustic properties are good.
Over and over again lact night did the
audience wish that it might be beard
from a large stage, with better settings.
But mauy times have mtr people paid
75 cents and ill .for plays which could
not be mentioned in con motion with
last night's opeia, dee pile the disad
vantages. "Mascot" is a v ry pleasing little
opera, and Ihe muic at once classic and
catchy. This company has added many
comb: 'eatures and situations which
keep the audience in a roar of lanulitnr.
Never did we hear so many new aud
pithy witticisms so well gotton off as
those of last night. The puns were not
of the "chestnut" catureso often heard,
but new and good aud when coming
from two such perfect comedians as
Maurice Hageinan and ; Eddie Smith
were simply side-splitting. Indeed, tbe
make-up and acting of these two could
not be beat, while their constant ap
pearance on the stage was a source of
great satisfaction. Hageiuen alao.has a
good voice, and Smith is not far short
of him in this respect. A They are im
meuee. Will Rising as "Pe'ppo," the shep
herd, has a form and carriage just
suited tq the character, and as tbe lover of
"Bettina" was not, as is so often noticed
In stage love-making, lacking In that
ardor so necessary to the part. His
voice is also good and, blended with that
of "Bettina" in the "Gobble duett,"
was particularly rich ; but showed to the
best advantage in his solo in tbe second
act.
"Bettina," the "'Mascjt,'" was very
pleasing, and the most energetio little
actress that has been in The Dalles for
many a day. Although her voice was
lacking as to depth in the middle and
lower tones, it is so sweet, her acting so
good and her appearance so taking that
not a fault was found with her.
The choruses were filled with good
voices and splendidly acted. Indeed.
the whole performance was one which
should have demanded a crowded house,
and cause those who failed to attend
much regret
Death Claims Mr. Helen RnATner.
Last evening about 8 o'clock Mrs. Helen
Ruffner, w ho has been a great sufferer
for years, died at her home on Ninth
street. To one whose constitution was
so Droken down by long years of sickness
the grippe, which attacked het about a
month ago, proved too much and she is
numbered among its msny victims. ,
Helen Koontz was horn in the state of
Ohio, March 27, 1832, making tier nearly
07 years old at the time of her death.
When she was 11 years old her parents,
Martin and Lydia Koontz, moved to
Iowa taking her with them, and there
she met Peter Ruffner, whom she after
ward married when in her 20th year.
A month after their marriage they
started across the plains to this coast,
arriving in Vancouver, Wash., on the
11th day of October, 1832. They made
there home near Portland until 1854,
when they moved to Southern Oregon.
In-18G2, thirty-seven years ago, they
came to The Dalles, and this has been
their home ever since. Mhny old resi
dents remember when they resided on a
pretty little place about a quarter of a
mile up the railroad track, a place which
has Bince been destroyed, but was then
as an oasis in a desei t.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Ruffner
leaves eight children, a daughter, Mrs.
Laura Boehmer, having died on Sept. 9,
1898. The others are Andrew Ruffner,
of Seattle; Mrs. Jos. Marsh, of Wasco;
Mrs. John Koontz, Mrs. Alice Koontz,
Frank and Wm. Ruffner and Clara and
Maude Ruffner, all of The Dalles.
Although a great sufferer, she was a
patient one, endeavoring to make all
happy about her, and exemplifying her
Christianity in the many trials which
came to her. She is greatly mourned by
her husband and tbe large family to
whom she has ever been a faithful
mother.
The funeral will take place from the
family residence on Ninth street Friday
at 2 o'clock, the Interment being In Odd
Fellows' cemeterv.
tit i r i ' lit s!e tp ri
between Portland and Chicago have just
been placed in service via the O. R. &
N., Oregon Short Line, Union Pacific
and Chicago A Northwestern railways
daily every day in the year. Cars are of
the very latest pattern, in fact being the
most Improved up-to-date sleeping cars
tur'ied out by the Pullman Company.
These new palaces will leave Portland on
the evening fast train of the O. R. A N.
arriving at Chicago the morning of the
fourth day and running through with
out change via Granger and Omaha. l'.Hf
STALLION FOK MALE.
One Clydesdale stallion for sale. Can
be seen at Ward's ranch, near Dufur,
For terms apply to Ward Bros.,Dnfur Or.
123 lmw.
EW POSTMASTER AT LAST.
H. H. Klddell Maiued by the rrnalannt
Fur thn OlMc.
The foMowiug dispatch, which ap
peared in the Oregouian last night,
fellies ihe postmaster question, which
has so agitated Dalles people of late:
Wasiiinots, March 14. The presi
dent Las appointed II. II. Riddell poet
master at The Dalles, Or. It is a recess
appointment.
The matter of the appointment was
entirely with the president, as The
Dalles is a presidential olfice. Mr. Riddell
will be notified at once of the president's
action, and will be asked to file the usual
bond of The Dalles office. When ihe,
bond has been received and approved.
Mr. Riddell's commission will be sent to
him. and he will take charge of tne office,
relieving J. A.Crossen, the present pojt
master. Regarding recess appointments the
dispatch further says:
"It was unfortunate for Oregon that
the senate failed to confirm H. II. Rid
dell, who was nominated by the presi
dent, on the recommendation of the
Oregon delegation, for postmaster at
The Dalles. Mr. Riddell's name waa
not sent to the senate until March 2,
a diy and a half before adjournment and
as there were many other names having
precedence, the late hour killed hie
nomination. Mr, Riddell was not the
only postmas'ter who failed to be con
firmed. A number of other large offices
in various states are now running under
the rid order, because the senate failed
to act. In cases of this kind, there ia
but one course to be pursued, that here
tofore followed in past years; the present
incumbent will remain in office until re
leaved by a newly appointed man.
"A 'recess appointment' is similar In
all respects to the regular presidential
appointment, only the appointee is not
confirmed by the senate. ' Tbe presi
dent acta in regird to him just as he
would were the senate in session. Such
an appointment holds good until tbe
adjournment of the next succeeding ses
sion of congress, when the term expiree,
but at that time the president is allowed
to reappoint k is choice if he so desires,
so that in effect a recess appointment ia
equal in ail respects, at least in matter
of time, to the regular appointment and.,,
confirmation. An instance of 'recess
appointment' was witnessed . during
President Cleveland's second term,
when be sent to the senate the name of
a man he had chosen for a ceriain post-
office. Tbe senate refused to confirm'
tie nominee, aud the president refused
to make another nomination. ' This
blocked the power of conttress in the
matter, and when the senate adjourned
President Cleveland made a 'recess ap
pointment', naming the same man, who
held tbe office until the close of tbe next
session of congress. His term then ex
pired, but the president again came to
his aid and reappointed htm to the saaue
office, so that in the end, while his term
was shortened by tbe time between tbe
rejection oi the nomination by tbe sen
ate and adjournment of congress, the rest
of the term was exactly the same as if
the senate had acted In compliance with
the wish of President Cleveland.
In the case of The Dalles, when tbe
pieBident makes a 'recess appointment',
it will bold until the adjournment of the
flist session of the Fifty-sixth congress,
and if the appointee is not satisfactory
to the senate, but backed by the presi
dent, he may be re-appoined to serve to
the end of the Fifty-six congress, March
4,1901."
The Conaeqaancea of a Cuinaaa. ti
The imp3rtance of so small a matter
as a comma becomes evident
by
tbe
perusal of the following :
In his court Klnir Charles waa standing on hia
hftid, a golden crown ;
And his royal brovr waa wrinkled lu a moat por-
teuttoui frown.
Fifty courtiers entered walking on their handa,
were bright.
Set in rings of gold and ailver; what a rare
and splendid sight. ' ,
Four and twenty noble ladles, proud and fair
and t-n feet long.
Were the trains that flowed behind them bora
tiy 1'Mgi's "tout and strong.
I n a bower of fragrant rosea the magicians now
enmpk'te.
Blowing trumpets with their noses, they inhale
the lmgrauce sweet.
See the queen, how sad and tearful as the klna;
cuts ott' her head,
One bright tress of hair at parting and she
wishes she were deaU.
U. W. Willis.
Many will remember well one of Mc-
E.ven's leading hypnotic subjects named
DuBois, who visited the city with the
great hypnotist on his first visit; a very
effeminate looking fellow, w ho started
out independently from this place as a
full-fledged hypnotist, and who when
last heard from waa humbugging
audiences in every part of the country.
It appears that lie has about reached
the end of Ills string from the following
notice regarding him: "A hypnotist
named DuBois, and his company ar
rived at Cle Eliun the other night from
oslyn, closely followed by a wagon load
of Indignant young boys who claimed
that they had been engaged by the
hypnotist to go into trances and do what
ever he asked on the stage at Roslyn,
and that he had not paid them as lie
Aureed. After a stormy scene in ihe
oil ice of the Reed house, a compromise
was effected, and the hoys departed for
home. They say that he has no
hypnotic power whatever."
Heat of All
To cleanse the system in a gentle and
truly beneficial manner, when the
springtime comes, use the true ami per-
feet remedy. Syrup of Figs, Buy ihe
genuine. Manufactured bv the Califor
nia Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sa'e by
all druggists, at 60 cents per bottle.