THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 33 1899.
The Weekly Chronicle.
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DAiLT 1MB WIIILY.
SOUTH AMERICAS ALLIASCE.
Tbere has been some talk recently
of a sort of an offensive ami de
fensive sliiance between the SoutU
.American republics as against tbe
L'niteil State, says tbe Revie
A few days ago it was said that one
of the first steps towards tbe forma
tion of that alliapce was taken in a
conference of liiszilian and Argen
tine officials at Rio Janeiro. There
were expressions of mutual esteem,
playing of lands, drinking of healths
and swearing to eternal friimUliip
between '.he two republics.
The authorities at Washington
have not taken this matter very
seriously, for the reason that they
do not believe there is anything very
substantial behind it. In the fust
place there is no reason for such an
alliance. The United States has
never bad any designs against the
South American republics, has none
today, and probably never will have.
On the contrary, there has been an
attempt rustle constantly to enter
into such close relations with those
republics as would benefit the nations
on both sides.
At the present time the most of
the South American states give this
country the best assurances of friend
ship. This remark applies to Venezu
ela, Colombia, Ecuador, Teru, Bolivia
and Brazil. In spile of some minor
disputes of no moment, our relations
with the Brazilians have been cordial.
Tbe same could have been said of
Argentina and Chile up to a few
years ago. At present it must be
confessed that these two peoples
have no great love for us, although
there is no real and solid cause for
enmity. Several exasperating if not
serious differences have arisen be
tween this country and Chile, and as
a result we are disliked as a nation.
So, too, Argentina is anj thing but
cordial, but this has grown out of
commercial relations largely. She
has grown to be a competitor of the
United States as a wheat raiser, and
the abrogation of reciprocity treaties
has affected her trade by imposing
a duty on her wool and other
products. None of these matters
are of such character or import to
warrant the formation of any alliance
against this country, and aoy alli
ance built on a foundation so unstable
would fall through sheer uselessness.
Perhaps there can never be any
great affiliation between the people
of the United States and those of
South America. The one is Anglo
Saxon, the other is Latin. There is
no natural sympathy between them
through blood, language, religion or
literature. But for all this, the
South Americans have always looked
to this country as a natural protector
ever since Spanish rule was thrown
off in the early part of the century.
In all probability the first nation
from which a South American
countrj' would call for help if op
pressed by a European power would
be the United States.
One reason that the Latin-Americans
are not drawn closer to us is
that their trading is done with
Europeans. Their bonds are held
in Europe. Their leading industries
and mercantile concerns are falling
into tbe bands of the English and
Germans. 1 heir immigration is com
ing from the continent. These are
forces which tend to throw some of
them into the European rather than
the American group of powers.
VTith such tendencies it is unfortu
nate that there should be any sus
picions of scheme! of conquest on
the part of the United States. It
may result in Europe becoming a
more dominant influence in South
America, and perhaps will affect
seriously the commercial interests of
this country.
enlisted, leaving room for 5000 more.
The ten Tolunteer regiments, with a
total of 13,030 rren, are practically
full. Gen. Otis it organizing in the
Philippines two regiments of infan
try and one of cavalry, with a total
of 3SC 5 men, one-half of whom will
on men ot lo. iwr met. ri be obtained from the volunteers leav-
Over one Im'h and under lour Ineaee 2 x i
oer (our incuea aj uuder eir luche . i so i in? for borne. The three regiments
Overtwelve iuciiea I U"
win ug nuea wun recruits irom iue
United States. AVe hare still over
12,000 regulars in Cuba and nearly
3000 in Porto Rico. In Alaska is a
total of 45o soldiers, and in Hawaii
4t3. These two possessions are a
light charge in a military sense.
Some of the troops in Cuba might be
withdrawn from present peaceful in
dications throughout the island, but
as the details of pacification are still
ahead and a general election to be
held at some time in tbe future, it is
doubtful if tbe existing army of 12,
000 will be much reduced.
In the Philippines are 22.o.0
regulars and 5072 are on the way
there. By the end of the month
Otis wil have a total cf 27,022 regu
lars. In San Francisco, ready to
sail, nre 2801 men, which will make
tbe aggregate 30,423. The three
regiments organizing at Manila, and
in service now as far as recruited,
will Rring the aggregate to 34,288.
Ten new volunteer regiments, whose
ranks arc now full, can depart for
Manila ns soon as transports are
ready. This gives an aggregate of
48,951 fighting men who 6hould be
in the Philippines before the end of
November. Nearly 20,000 more re
cruits could be accepted before the
maximum of 100,000 men is reached.
They can easily be obtained long
before ships could be secured to
take them across the Pacific. The
problem of ocean transportation must
be allowed for, but in any case the
end of the rainy season will find a
powerful American army in Luzon,
and re enforcements in hand, if
needed.
Crank politics will lose a persistent
representative in Iowa when General
James B. Weaver passes on nd out.
No convention flying the '-reform"
banner would be complete without
the presence of this veteran idealist
in politics, says the Oregonian. It
matters not whether the legend upon
this banner has been greenbacks,
prohibition, populism, free silver or
a fusion of one or more of these
ideas with Jeffersonian Democracy.
General Weaver has trained under
it industriously and with great vo'u
bility in platform utterance for more
than a generation. A mouthpiece in
all conventions called to represent
the isms and schisms of crank politics
in his state, General Weaver is out
side of this specialty a genial old
gentleman, with an honorable record
as a soldier and private citizen
Mnce in cis favorite role he is
peifectly harmless, no one has any
quarrel with him, though it must be
admittei t iat his political and plat
form' platitudes have at times tbe
;ffect of "a thrice told tale, vexing
the dull ears of a drowsy man.
lUV 'throojhout the central and toother.
The government paid well for Jones , r MootlUin jj.lf.t. .ad cn tbe
services in behalf of independence. pM;ficeOMt. Drought prevails in the
lower Like region, northern New Fng-
TLe Iowa Democrats and Populists ,gn(lt ,nd porti.ns of the central and
are fused. Tbey endorse in toto and wen Gulf fcutes. while the lower Mis-
? sooth Atlantic, and east Gulf States,
in detail, and swallow, hoof and ; soon. Kej uiver o ..
the ' " aiisoijm , .ncjr, .
from excessive rains, severe aim uwh un
hides, jointly and severallly,
Chicago platform, and lliej Vle,r j t;ve L,iigtorms occorring in Witconsin,
with alarm in common the trusts and jjjnDesota, and North Dakota. Raiu
imperalisrn. Under the circumstances falls amounting from one-half to more
fusion is proper. It is all Biyanism. than one inch, remarkable for the set
mpn ti, anme thinsrs. ! eon, oonrred in Washington and Ore-
wheiher going under the Democratic
A Pill for
the 111.
or Populistic label.
The year 1839 has been an unusual
one, and worrying to farmers and
fruit growers generally. But, on
the whole, it will no doubt go out
with many things to its credit. And
1900 will be a banner year, with
favorite weather conditions. The
rest which many fruit trees and many
acres of land have had will put them
in shape to produce more abundantly
id the future. We have no such
thing as a failure of crops. We have
a vast number of blessings to be
thankful for.
"A curfew ordinance well enforced
would be a good thing for Portland,"
says the Evening Telegram. Yes,
and wholesale parental authority well
enforced would be better; a thousand
times better. There is too much
paternalism expected from law and
order officials, and not enough pa
ternal and maternal responsibility
from the natural guardians. Salem
Statesman.
One of the strongest safeguards
against civil war in Paris is tbe fact
that a World's Fair is to be held in
the city next year. The costly prep
arations, already far advanced, re
mind the excitable Parisians that
the arts of peace are preferable to
public tumult and wild deeds ot
destruction.
When the London Spectator argues
that republics have seen their best
days it forgets that Great Britain's
resemblance to a republic has grown
at a rapid pace throughout the
century.
DOES THE O. R. & N. BACK IT?
Report That the Columbia Valley Road
Is a Mohler Flan.
Mercier is the man who originally
pronounced Dreyfus guilt' three
weeks before trial. At one time he
was thought to be in doubt, but
pressure was brought to bear upon
him and be became a fierce anti
Dreyfusitc soon after Rochefort
rote this about him: "A person
named Mercier, a geceral by trade
and minister of war in consrquence
of circumstances independent of his
will, should, several days ago, have
been taken by the scruff of his neck
and thrown, wiib the utmost vio
lence, down the stairs of his depart-j
ment, because, after having refused
to order the arrest of the Uaitor
Dreyfus, he only decided to do it
under the menace of a scandal which
tbe honest colleagues of tbe said
Dreyfus were resolved to stir up."
STRENGTH OF THE ARMY.
Recruiting will probably be con
tinued until tbe army reaches tbe
authorized strength of 100,000 men.
About 60,000 regulars have been
Last year there were five widows
of revolutionary soldiers on the pen
sion rolls. One, Nancy Jones, has
just died in Tennessee. She was
about 90 years old, and married
Darling Jones, who fought at King's
Mountain, S. C, when she was 16
and he was over 60. This would
indicate that Jones was about 20
years old at the close of the revolu
tion, and that be married the young
girl about 1825. Thus it comes
about that the government is paying
revolutionary pensions more than
A tip from a direct "onrce is to the ef
fect tbat the O. R. & is back of the
company that ia securing rights of way
down the north eiIe ot the Columbia riv
er. Una ii the talk on railroad row to
dav.
The company referred to is the one in
corporated by Messrs. Gerliii(ier and Sta-
pleton, under the caption of the Colum
bia Valley railroad. Rumors hare had
almost every transcontinental road on
the continent backing the road projected
by Mr. Gerlinger. The incorporators
maintained ail along that the road would
he built as an independent line; that no
road was backing it, and that it would
be operated solely upon its merits.
Bat railroad men are loath to believe
that any private concern would build
such a road independently, unless upon
mere speculation. Owing to the low
grades of which the road will get the
benefit, there Is no question about it
proving a good speculative venture, as
the Northern Pacific or Great Northern
would give a good price to cecuro the
possession of such an advantageous out
let to the seaboard, but there are indica
tions that tbe road is pushed by the O.
It. &. N. It is asserted that those em
ployed in surveying and obtaining rights
of way are paid in O. R. A N. gold. If
the informant is cured it is another
evidence of Mr. Mohler's long-beaded
policy. Naturally he would understand
the advantageof controlling the Colombia
gateway. If any other road built down
north side of the river it would play
havoc with the O. R. & N.'s traffic. By
anticipating such a thing and building a
line itself, the O. R. AN. will have ab
solute control of the Colombia river gate
way. With soch an advantage it coo Id
shot out the other roads from Portland
and not feel the slightest uneasiness.
Whilo tbe Northern Pacific and Great
Northern would.be toiling and straining
and using a great deal of steam in getting
care over steep grades, tbe O. R. A N.
would be smoothly gliding down an easy
grade in lees than half the time con
sumed by those of it competitors.
These facts are apparent to every rail
road man.
Not long ago Mr. Mohler remarked at
a dinner that "he never took a bluff in
his life," and once in control of the Co
lombia river gateway if ia not likely that
he will take what railroad men call
"Mellen'a bloff." Telegram.
TUB CROP IK OTHER STATatS.
gon, and although retarding harvesting
in Oregon and causing some damage to
oats in Washington, were generally bec
elicial. This has been another very favorable
week for corn. Kscept over southern
Missouri, central Kansas, and in central
and western Nebraska, where it needs
rain, the crop has generally made deci
ded advancement. It is estimated that
early corn in the principal corn states of
the central valleys will be safe from
frost by September 15, and the late crop
by September 30.
Stacking and threshing of spring wheat
has been generally delayed by riins;
and violent hailstorms in the Red River
Valley have caased a loss estimated at
2,000,00(1 hoshela in North Dakota and
about 50 per cent of the expected yield
of 50,000 acres in Minnesota, while high
winds have lodged ai.d sheiltd consider
able ripe grain in the first-earned state.
Oats in shock have sustained some
damage from moisture in Missouii. Har
vesting of this crop is now practically
complete.
No tight to Ugliness.
The woman who is lovely in face, form
and temper will always have friends,
but one who would be attractive must
keep her health. If she is weak, sickly
and all run ilon, she will be nervous
and irritable. If she has constipation or
kidney trouble, her impure Wood will
cause pimples, blotches, skin eruptions
and a wretched complexion. Electric
Bitters is the best medicine in the world
to regulate the stomach, liver and kid
neys and to purify the blood. It gives
strong nerves, bright . eyes, smooth,
velvety skin, rich complexion. It will
make a good looking, charming woman
of a run-down invalid. Only 50 cents
at Blakeley Sc. Houghton's drug store. 2
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure thoroughly di
gests food without aid from the stomach
snd at the same time heals and restores
the diseased digestive organs. It is the
only remedy that does both of these
things and can be relied upon to per
manently cure dyspepsia. Butler Drug
Co.
' Our baby was sick for a month with
eevere cough and catarrhal fever, Al
though we tried many remedies she kept
getting worse, until we used One Min
ute Cough Cure, it relieved nt once snd
cured her in a few days." B. L. Nance,
Co.
Hamilton Clark, cf Channcev, Ga.,
says he suffered with itching piles twenty
years before trying DeVVitt'g Witch
Hazel Salve, two boxes of which com
pletely cored him. Beware of worthless
and dangerous counterfeits. Botltr
Drug Co.
" They'll do you good" a physician said in
somj pills to his patient, a woman who had suffered
for months from diseases which baffled skillful treat,
ment. His words proved true. The woman rejoices.
Tht hurry and bustle of the housewife
h extremely wearing upon the delicate or
ganism of Womanhood.
Her intense earnestness in whatever she
undertakes, tempts her constantly to go
beyond her strength.
Mrs. L, E. Browning, of Pueblo, Colo
was one who did this.
"Eight years ago," ia:d she, "my hus
band died and I was left with three child
ren to care for and educate.
"The burdens of life fell heavily upon
me, but I determined to make the best of tU
ul succeeded in my undertakings for a
livelihood, but in doing so overtaxed my
self, and undermined my health.
" I was very ill about two years ago with
blood poisoning, caused by an abscess that
had not received proper treatment.
"The disease settled in my throat for a
time, causing intense agony.
" Then inflammatory rheumatism set in.
For four months and a half I was a prisoner
in my room, most of the time confined to
my bed.
" My hands were swollen so that I could
not feed myself, and the swelling in my feet
and ankles would have made walking im
possible if I had been strong enough.
"One day, after considerable treatment,
my physician brought me a box of pills.
4 You need a tonic,' he said, 'and some
thing that will act at once, and this is the
best medicine for that purpose.'
'Pills 1 " I exclaimed in surprise as he
opened the box and showed them.
4 V f . . .
hi, ra replied, - these are TV
Pink Pills for Pale PelTh1
not be alarmed, thev ai JT.2
"Before I had been ,,ti Jr
I Mticedagreat toproven'atTT!
diuon. Soon my rheumiti. ... 1
"I grew stronger each dav ,a
in the best of health.
"I consider Dr. Williams' Pinl Bn.,
Pale People, the best tonic
her life. " " "
"She was subiect in :u.
spells, and the entire family would
"TV WiHiarr, P:t. TJ:I1
' ; - run navt rxirmU
stopped the faintine sotUs.
much strength that she is able to tab -life's
duuea again." I
To more highly endorse herwori, JL
Browning made affidavit before Qtmt i
GilL Notary Public wp
All diseases arising from an impovoiy
rrtnrl ittnn nf tli MnA : M
; "- mwi ill com
from that, are cured by Dr. Williw Pir,v
They act directly upon the fclaxL P.u
ing it up with lacking constituents be.
comes rich and red, the various owaa M
nourished and stimulated to activity ia m.
forming their functions, and thus disaie a
eliminated from the system.
These pills are sold everywhere, t! a.
ociug vuunuuus.
C. J. STUBLINGv
Wholesale and Retail
Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
Agency for the Greate t American Liquor
Yellowstone Sour Mash Whiskey.
WHISKEY from $2.75 to .U0 pi-r irmTon. (4 to 15 years old.)
iJHrUKTLD IJOGNAO from 7.00 ro 12.00 per gallon. (11 to 20 years old.'
CALIFOBNIA EEANf I8 mm 3.1 5 to U0 ter gallon. (4 to 11 ytars old:
ONLY THE PUREST LIQUORS SOLD.
ULXMflA BEER on draught, and Val Blatz and Olympia Beer in bottler
imported Alu and l'orter.
:atarrh
OLD 'N HEAD
Ask your
Druggist
for a generous
10 CENT
TRIAL SIZE.
Ely's Cream Balm
contains no cocaine,
mercury nor any other
Injurious drag.
It is quickly Absorbed.
Gives Kelief at ones.
It opens unit cleanses
tiie Nasal I'asfinecfl.
Ailars Inflammation.
Heals and Protects the Membrane. Ilentorefl the
Sendee of Tante and tmell. Full Size 60c J Trial
Uu inc.; at Dmrcists or by mail.
tLYSJKTUltis.M Warren Stmt. Hew Tort
JOBBERS IN IMPORTED and
DOMESTIC CIGARS.
Xr ln,RlllSe
ifrn Wheels
m Mntnrc
muiuiv
I8-lnch Matar.l
MASIFACTI'RED nY
The Dab Forllani and Astoria
Navigation Co.'
AMERICAN IMPULSE WHEEL CO
SUITABLE FOR DRIVINO
GENERATORS AND STAMP MILLS,
ELEVATORS, PRINTING PRESSES, ETC.
Circulars and particulars furnished on application.
F. S. GUNNING. Aeent,
THE DALLES, OREGOJ
un2fl
The weekly crop report published at
Washington, D. C, says:
Very favorable weather conditions
prevailed daring tbe week in the Ohio
Teller, and generally in the Middle,
strs. Kegulator (6 Dalles City
Daily (except Sunday) between
The Dalles,
Hood River,
Cascade Lock?,
Vancouver
and Portland.
Touching at way noln on both sides of tbt
Columbia rirer.
Both of the above Meamrra have been rebuilt,
ii "J '" "f11'" hape lor the aeaaon ol Ihio.
Th Kef-nlatnr l.tn will endeavor to five Its
palrona the beat service poaaible.
For Comfort. Keonomy and rieaanr.
travel by the steamers ol Th Kegulator
The above learner leave The Halle at S a m.
and Portland at 7 a. m., and arrive at destina
tion In smplv time lor outgoing trains.
Portland Office.
Oak bt. Uota.
rbe Dalle Oftloe.
Court Street
W. C. Alia way,
General Agent.
PIONEER BAKERY.
I have re-opened this well-known Bakery,
and am now prepared to supply every
body with Bread, Pies and Cakes. Also
all kinds of Staple and Fancy Grocer es.
GEORGE RUCH, Pioneer Grocer.
"Harmony"
GQhiskey.
This brand of Whiskey is guaranteed to the consumer as a
PUKE HAND MADE SOUK MASH WHISKEY for Family
and Medical Use. Sold by
Ben Wilson, - The Dalles, Or.
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