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About The Dalles weekly chronicle. (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1947 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1900)
THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 14. 1900 POLITIClASS BECOXISG ACTIVE Candidates fcr mil the ttBces "in the gift of the p.cple" are beginning to swarm an t boiz, dJ will be more n 1 more in ius'.iiously woikinj up their in UvMuI cases w;:h ".lie ward p:incin UL'.il tbe convention meets. Tbe Tekram mvs: Amor.j theea are -ite wonky tr.ec, to doubt, and a larger number bo te gvl a public crlce cn!y as a n.es.i,s to rve ote's iaJiviJual ir.terest. This country will !sitc much itn porU&t ttiir.tss to atittd to during tL ecsuicg two or two an1 a half years, and all roters ougtl to interest thexlves to tie extent of tn ieavor ing to secure the nomination of capable, cartful, conscientious men, especially for members of tLe legis lature, coooty commissioner, assessor ad district attorney. Other offices mtr be as important In tbe estima tion of some, but if we can secure the possible material in these stations, Ije government of tbe county and of the city, too, for tbe city is gor eroed under a charter made at Salem c&ncot go far wrong. Two circuit judges are also to be elected, and these are very important posi tions, but it is presumed that the jidges noar in office will probably be renomir.ateJ, as they appear to give general satiifiction. If all our busi dcw men and property-owners, men ho don't watt an office and don't Lave the time or inclination to rx.ix op in politics, would nevertheless lake a livelier interest in wLst is going on doricg this incubating and fnaoe'jrerinz season, and insist on the ben citizens being sent aj dele gates to tbe county and city conven tions, and let the petty politicians know that iLey can't have everything their own way. the teu't would be very beneEciul. We would have a belter tliis of men, on the whole, in lbee positions, and more efficient and economical administration of affairs. .V SOUTH AFRICA. It i-ftn hardiy be doubled that Ir I Roberts and Kitchener have planned and are now executing a general advance against the Boer armies and capitals. In this they are adof-tii 2 the methods employed by Grant to crush tbe southern re bellion. After Grant received bis com minion as lieutenant general, he was assigned to the command of all the armies of tbe Union. His biog rapher adds: , "Grant now determined to con centrate all the national forces into several distinct armies, Lich should move simultaneously against the op posing confederate armies, operate vigorously and continuously and prevent them from detaching forces to strengthen threatened points, or for the purpose of making raids." These are sound tactics for the British forces in .South Africa, be cause if carried out, they will over come or at least diminish the advan tage now enjoyed by the Boers by reason of their superior mobility. If the Boers hold sullicicnt forces round Ladysmith to tbeck Buller's army, they will make easier the ad vance of Methuen, French, Gatacre and other Biitish generals into the Orange Free State and the Transvaal; and if they draw off a part of their forces around Ladj smith to oppose the invading armies, they will moke easy the ' relief of tbe Ladysmith garrison, and ri.k defeat and capture at the hands of Buller's army. Re iriew. IIRITISII GHEEb FOR fJOLb. Much loose tdlk Is heard about the British Innd and pold greed as ex hibited in South Africa. There is no denying that tlie average English man hss a passion for land and a longing for gold, but it does nol appear Hint in this respect he differs from the average American, or the average German, or Russian, or Frenchman. Seel;, If you will, a country svhero Innd and gold are licld in little repute, and when you have found it, you will find yourself outside the palo of civilization. The Spokesman-Review further says: II is not alleged that the utlnndcrs in the Transvaal and the Orsngelrec State have taken one acre of land except as they Lave obtained it on terms laid down by tbe former Bxr owners and the Ikr goverr.tnet.is. Finding his govern ment immersed in poverty and on ; the vere of bankruptcy, President Kruer-entto London in 1S;3 and I ; invited Britiih espial to come into his country, tsy t;.e ianu vi u Kcp!e aLd develop iu resources. At that time -Mr. Kruger - ; has unJeruken to co-operate in the j man. Lis peci le were poor, dJ Ll j wcik vt C0!lectiEg cegro literature, i government was impoveruhed. Tbejj mU u me t0 obuin j, events of the Transvaal were les.. rf book or pja tf 1tbanl,0&O.CwO. Through the uflnz j co,m(1 ma of wom,n DM of British capital, Mr. Kruger bM j lbe ,ulhor. The Uk will be a iberomeamin of gieat wealth, Lli j d;tEcuIt fccei ow jBg to the obscurity people are prosperous, and the reT'-&f much of the work, but a strong feauescf the Transvaal fori &J3 were, effoft u fortu to make it about 2J,uuu,yw. Tbe truth is. English capital -eol into the Tiansvaal on such terms as tbe lioers aicuieu. ueie iu iu Pacific northwest we want British capital to help develop our mineral resources, and are glad to make more liberal conditions than the Boers j made to attract it in 1&33. If Brit ish capitalists will come in here, and j convert a lonely mining camp into a ; smart wonder city, as they did at ! Johannesburg, the men ot brains and daring who risk their millions will not be treated as greedy invaders. J There was no greater spirit of j Agreed" amoDg the men who built Johannesburg than exists among the Canadians who are developing the; Wonder if William ever contcm rich mines of Republic, or the English j plated tbe "toboggan slide" that iateitsts who have invested several would appear with Thomas Jefferson ' million dollars in Ro?sland. XV RLE P. TRIALS. I. It has cost in the neighborhood of j 200,000 to convict Roland Molineux ' 'of tbe murder of Mis. Kale Adams, ! The fieatile Post-Intelligencer land the case will still prove a burden j makes sport of the Evergreen and ! to the taxpayers of New York state. ; other "silver Republicans," as fol ia has become a popular pastime, lows: -The people who style them I apparently, to prolong murder trials ! selves silver Republicans are in a Uoa point where the story of the ' state of demoralizing uncertainty, crime has passed out of public mind and the infliction of punishment con j tbeir organization is a political vejs little warning to society. In- j orphan, a nonentitj', a reminiscence, deed, the notorious trials have almost j a fifth wheel to a coach or 'tbe re without exception resulted in a mains' lying in state." partial change of sentiment, and one j ot tbe featuies of final proceedings. is a mammoth petition praying the 1 ., , malefactor who is entitled to no sympathy and little mercy. That a man accused of crime is entitled to a fair trial goes without saying, but the fact that society is also entitled to fair treatment seems to have been forgotten. Is it fair that the trial of a man who murders another by sending poison through the mails should cost taxpaers near ly a quarter of a million dollars? Is it just that tbe case should drag along for months and other accused men, some guilty, a few innocent, be held in jail awaiting the slow process! of law? Tbe errors seem to lie in the wide latitude given attorneys for prosecution and defense and the lack of power vested in judges. In stead of compelling the submission of every fact bearing on the gui't or innocence of on accused man, it now appears to be the sole duty of judge? to umpire disputes between the op posing lawyers. The force of law is destroyed by such exhibitions in court and the ends of justice are not altogether set ved when the criminal is punished. Can one deny that the twelve men who gave a verdict against Molineux are so dense that a week's time could fail to convince them of tbe guilt or innocence of the defendant? Wit nesses were at band, handwriting experts were prepared to curtail their observations if it had been the custom to do so, and the prosecution and defense had ample time to pre pare their lines of attack. There is no mercy shown tbe jurymen, who fiequently become ill, lose their sleep and arj compelled to neglect their business because of the complicated and senseless machinery of law which permits dragging out the agony of a murder trial. Instead of burdening the statute books with laws which permit the employment of trivial technicalities, legislatures should apply themselves to a simplification of practice before the bar, whether in criminal or civil cases. If a murderer were tried, sentenced and executed within a month from the time his crime came to lifcht the effect on other ruffians would be most beneficial to society at large. SpJesnian-Review. A collection of books and pa ro po ll U by tcgro anthers ba bien sug uested as a feature of the Paris exp&sition in coonecljon with the Sulej. exLlWt, MVJ the Ore gonian. The librarian of congress, t ii.p rf-TMif-st of Commissioner Peck, IsuccessfuU At the close of the ex- j collection mill piaced jio essIonil ,ibrary for future reference. Its value to future investigators of the bibliography of negro authorship will be almost in estimable. William J. Bryan, in one of his . bifalutin perorations recently uttered the following: ''Republicans, u you j wot to get a good idea of the change . that has taken place in the Repub- j Mean party, just picture Abraham 'Lincoln standing at one end of the j Republican party and Mark Ilanna j at the other, and then look at the ' toboggan slide between them." or Andrew Jackson nt one end of the Democratic party and himself at the other? We ate inclined to think the upper end of the slide would be . . ;. caiom c.fpeman 1 being unable to determine whether The important feature of Henry Wfttlprann'a flpnnrtfi.it.mn nf Iho Tnv. , . ,. . -. . , . lor government in Kentucky is his omission to express any opinion as to who was elected governor at the last election," very appropriately re marks an exchange. He knows Tay lor was elected governor. That is the point in which the country is interested, or ought to be interested. Deadly Oeruia In 8kirt. While most people admire the pre vailing style of trailing skirts in the teception room, tbere has been a con tinued crusade against them being attached to street costume. Becoming much concerned over the hygienic view ot the question, Dr. McKechnie, of Seattle, has been investigating the matter, and in answer to an inquiry propounded to a New York bacteriologist, received the following: "In the hem of a woman's skirt which I have just been examining, I found germ of pneumonia, diphtheria.typhoid fever, scarlet fever, tuberculosis and consumption, any one of which vonld be enough, if inhaled, to canse a person to be afflicted with one of the deadly disease mentioned." Dr. McKechnie has aince been con ducting investigations as to tbe condi tions in Seattle. "Half the women who walk down on a shopping tonr go borne with the germs of some deadly disease in their skirts," he exclaimed. "I did not know this could be so serious, or had not thought much about it, rather, until I saw the result of this analysis; but since then I have been looking into the liny germs that are found on tbe sidewalks, and taking come obserrations from one of the prominent corners, where women pass whenever they c ime down town." Irj iii5T preparations simply devel op dry catarrh ; they dry up the secretion, whicli adhere to the mcmbrano and decom pose, cumins n far more serious trotihle than the ordinary for:.i of caturrh. Avoid all dry ing inlmlruiti, fumes, smoke and snufls and nso that which cleanses, soothes and heals. Ely's Cream Balm is such a remedy and will euro catarrh or cold in the hend easily and pleasantly. A trial cize will b mailed for 10 cents. Ail druggist sell the 50o. size. Ely Brothers, CO Warren St., N.Y. The Bnlm cures without pain, does not irritate or canno sneezing. It spreads itself over en irritated sitd angry surface, reliev ing immediately the painful inflammation. With Ely's Cream Bnlm you are armed against Kasul Catarrh and Hay Fever. Acker' English Remedy will stops cough at any time, and w ill cure the worst cold in twelve hours, or money refunded. 25 cts. and 50 cts. Clakeley i Houghton, druifistl. Clarke St Falk bare received a carload of the celebrated James E. I'atton strictly pure liquid paints. SCOURING MILL PROPOSITION. It Will Ct Sabattt4 tk Cmi- j la Friday' uo we spoke of the proposition of J. M. Rasll to pot in a touring mill at Tha D!.e an J that tte J macafactorie committee of the Com-; mercial c'ab would place the matter be- j fore the boaxJ of directors at a meticg ( last nihL FriJay afternoon meet- jiof was held, acd after a discussion of tte sotject pro aud cm, a committee, ' ... 111 - 1 1 l... .A consisting ci jaesr. n umi juu, i - and Williams, ws aprrn'-ed to inter riew tbe citiaens and ascertain their opinion concerning the proposition of the city taking 125,000 worth of first mortgage bonds payable 10 ten years at sis per eect. Should they determine that our people are favorable to accepting Mr. Raseeii't piopocition, he assuming the remaining i 15,000 bonds, definite arrangements will be made at once to pnl in tbe mill this lommer. A meeting of the citizens has been called at the clob tonight to dieensi th question, and a large nomber should b preent. Mr. itussell says be has watched Tbe D!let for some time and is assured it would be a moet profitable move. Last years million and a balf pounds of wool were sent to Pendleton from here for rconring, while a large amount was shipped to San Frtncisco. This would all be scoured at borne, and with a woolen mill, which would no doubt fol low in it wake, the benefit could not be estimated. Besides, it is thought now that water facilities are to be afforded much wool from tbe upper country will be brought here. If ever The Dalles woke np, let it do so now, and let us not have it said that this offer also fell through. Ihe Scouring Mill. A much larger crowd than usually at tends euch meetings was present at the citizens' meeting at tbe club Saturday night, when a general diBcussiou of the scouring mill question took place. A number of our leading business men, however, filled to make their appear ance. Robert Mays was appointed chairman and Frank Menefee was secre tary. Without an exception all seemed to be in favor of tbe idea of a scouring mill, none doubting our need of such a plant, nor tbe benefit to be derived thereby. At tbe same time it was con sidered necessary that our people have a more thorough understanding of tbe proposition as made by Mr. Russell. The committee, consisting of Messrs. Whealdon, Pease and Williams, into whose bands the matter has been placed, was therefore instructed to correspond with the gentleman, ascertaining tbe entire details before any move la made toward soliciting subscriptions. As soon as this is determined definite step will be taken, as it is deBired that the mill be in running order before this year's wool clip come in. Were all our citizen as enthusiastic as tte one who said that night, "I am ready to subscribe toward anything which will be.ter the town in general, whether I receive any direct benefit or not," there would be no difficulty in se curing a scouring mill or anything else needed. And it should be a go. Somewhat Conflicting. The statements made by the Baker City paper concerning the prevalence of smallpox tbere, are somewhat con flicting, which probably arises from the fact that the disease is not of a malig nant type and therefore the people of that city do not deem it necessary to be very guarded. We still reiterate the statement that too much precaution cannot be taken, be the type what it may. The following from two of the Baker papers do not exactly gibe : "The statement made by tbe East Ore gonian' reliable (T) Informant that three deaths from smallpox occurred in Baker City last week or any other week is em phatically untrne and if he made the personal investigation he claim ho did, then he knows himself that h:s state ment is false. There is no disposition on the part of tbe press of Baker City to conceal the facts and it has been pub lished time and again that there were cases in Baker City but not of a virnlent form. The situation Is certainly un pleasant but there does not seem to be occasion for alarm, and business in all line continue without hindrance. Democrat. "We have denied the libelous small pox accusation, now we deny another and more serious charge, that there are three young men In Baker City who are afraid to go alone to visit any of our ladies, and that two always go along to chaperone the third. If this falsehood gain circulation, the mountaineer will come in with their gnn. Republican." That Throbbing Headache Would quickly leave yon, If you used Dr. King' New Life Pills. Thousands of sufferer have proved their matchless merit for Sick and Nervous Headaches. They make pure blood and strong nerves and build np your health. Easy to take. Try them. Only 25 cents. Money bsck if not cured. Sold by Blakeley A Houghton, druggists. 1 Freeh cracked Nebraska corn at the Wasco warehouse. Finest kind of chicken feed. mcb25-tf f AMcctaLk Preparalionfor As siniilal'mg rJwFcodandBeSula ting the SUiaacts aittBowels of iii.Tyvtsvi tt-.ti . iiti.'k. j Promotes DieslionJChecrfur ness andRestContains neither Opkim.Moiptune nor Mineral. ot Narcotic. Aperfecl Remedy forConslipa non, Sour StomMh.Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions Jcverish ness and Loss or SLEEP. Facsimile signature of CM?. NEW YORIC. 5 EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. DAILY FRESHETS. iteaiarir of riiIok ad railing; the Silvers and steanis In Alaska. To most people who live in the tern-: Jusinnori l.v thn itinr,,.f h ;n(Pr snows and by the ucusuaily htavy rains! of spring are a mattr of familiar ob- serration. Under a higher latitude ar.d ' iu the neighborhod of glaciers, other phenomena are to he studied. An Ki.g- lUh traveler in Alaska has the follow- fount. Lv Yntv. rnmi. The Takheena, like most streams 0fJ0aCng U,y be " nowhere glacial origin, was subject to a daily, Qu'Kt little spots, snug andjjwii rise and fail. The distance of its ff-r themselves at Montecito, "ordL sources caused the water to increase ! Pasadena, Echo Mountain, San Jacit in volume and in swiftness from noon' Fall Block and Palm Springs. to midnight, after which it continued l7:u P . "00' abound 'many tot Bprings, of wid, The daily rise measured from s x to ... . , , . ten inches, according to the hat of , vary.ng const.tnents and demonstr, the weather; the daily fall measured ! merlts ' the dry ant 1 ,,c tonlc ,i; from five to eight inches during the' t,ie desert may be enjoyed at Bannl: time the fine weather lasted. I Indio, Yuma ; and, even fartheron, After a few days of cloudy, rainy Phoenir, Tucson, El Paso, exists c weather, I found the river falling from ditions equally well indicated for m day to day about as fast as it bad risen1 throats and lungs. CUnZ Wea,he 4k 4 , . I Many think nothing iu nature n It is worthy of remark that dur ne ., . , fine weather I invariably found thf!""' ""o" " tMmaCnD wind during the daytime in the Chilcat ' 0rch:lr'58 of 8a' r'arb:lr a"J 8 valley blowing up from the sea. (, DigJ ; others prefer the stately wsk began in the forenoon with a gentle'0' Ventura and Los Nietos, or,i breeze, which gradually increased to' lemons of Fernando; but for gloii a smart gale, that died quite away by! fruit and graceful tree commend ui sunset. During the niht tht either no wind, or else it blew in the! contrary direction. This regular move ment of the atmosphere no doubt 'has much to do with producing the regular umij rise ana rail or the river. TRADING IN THE TRANSVAAL. vtnue instomrrs Will tirnrrally lie Treated, Hal the lllaeks Art Re. carded with Less Concern. r t .! : : 1 . i. t uiiiui iij i iic jrniisvHRi trading store is or galvanized iron, upon which the sun beats down with all its inten sity, making the air within nlmr.st un bearable. Hut the trader does not mind this. Dressed in a pair of trousers, a light pair of shoes and a flannel shirt, he reclines on a convenient part of the counter, and with the aid of his pipe passes the time until a customer ar rives, says the New York Herald. Should the Customer be a white man, the storekeeper and he w ill as a ru tire intoalittle fide room for a few min utes, and a bottle and a couple of glasses will he produced. Should he, on the other hand, he a negro, the trader will glonce at him casually, and, with out moving, will ak him what he wants. Ife does this because Kaflirs often want something which they know the store keeper has not got. The shelves in the back of the shop are piled up with gaudy blankets, clothing of nil descrip tions, tinned goods, clocks nnd Y fl H4 M . cheap "jewelry," and vnrlous other com-' modifies, ltelow these shelves nre the I bins where the sugar, flour, meal nnd ! cotree are kept. On one side are small shelves where patent medicines stand. Outside the door, on the stoop, nre the agricultural implements, plows, harrows, new American inventions of all sizes and descriptions that are too big or too heavy to be easily carried away. "I had bronchitis tvtry winter for years and no medicins gave me perma nent relief till I began to take One Min ute Cough Cure. I kr.ow it Is the I est cough medicine made," tays J. Koontz, Corry, Pa. It quickly cures coughs, colds, croup, asthma, grlpp- nd throat and lung troubles, It Ii (he children's favorite remedy. Cures quickly. Ifnl For Infanta and Children The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of li Use For Over Thirty Years Mil THC eCWTAUft COMMNT. NtW VOWK CfTT. WINTER TRIPS. of 0T wmier resiuence or winter iw: ideal conditions will be found on svif Ij hand in California. Plenteous et ! rainfall has this season given to : semi-tropic 1 vegetation wonderful ' Pelus the floral oflerings are mora tJ nsuiliy generoui and the crop southern fruits bountiful and excelle Old ccean possesses new charm! Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, I: Beach, Cjronad) and the enchsntel ii of the Catallna-where fishi: I boating, rambling, riding, hunting d For renewing health snd vigor, and it exists in greatest r erection Covins, Riverside, Hedlands ami Hi;' lands. Equally Interesting is tf SiIfr.llfic anil Ipmnfiritv f.alikin In all T the sorting and packing of the cranf here accomplished. The faithful were exhorted to ' Mecca and shuffle off; but wiser gev ations will see California of the sor. and prolong life. I Tbe claim of other congh mediclnei be as good as Chamberlain's are ellec ally set at rest iu the following tf monial of Mr. C. D. Glass, an em pi' of Bartlett & Dennis Co., Gardiner, H i He says: "I had kept adding toao and cough in the winter of 1S97, trj-j evory cough medicine I heard of wittr pernmnPt help, until one day I w the drutf ttorw rf Mr. Houlehan and A advised me to iry Chamberlain's Co Remedy and ofTured to pay back s money if I was not cured. My lungs bronchial tubes were very sore at t time, but I was completely cured this remedy, and- have since a!"'" turned to it when 1 got a cold, arid t find relief. I also recommend it (o s friends and am glad to say it is the tr of all cough medicines." For sale Blakeley & Houghton. sERVlTA LOSTV'GO;. AND Wmrcriv Cure" Impotcncy, NlKht Emissions x wasting disease, all effects of abuse, or execea ana cretion. Anervetoiiicj blood builder. HrinRS h pink glow to pale checks restores the fire of y,! Hv mall tide ncr box; fl u Ini. HM r.l. ...lik n ..ltn frilling p,tVF, Willi u IHV"I" tee to euro op rcflmd tlo :wU' NERVITA MEDICAL CO. Clinton A Jackson Sta., CHICACO, IK a J. 13. Clark, Peoria. Ill.,.iay. geons wanted to operate on me for pn but I cured them with DeWitt's"1 Hssel Salve." It is Infallible for p) ml .Win !,.,... Il.nn of COllD1 1 fits.