The Dalles Daily Chronicle.
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STATE OFFICIALS.
.. .
Governor '. S. Pennoyer
Secretary of State.'...'. O. W. McBrlde
Treasurer ..TPbilUp Hetschan
Bupt. of Public Instruction E. B. McElroy
J:M&hheu
Jonfrressman B. Hermann
State Printer Frank Baker
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
County Judge.
Sheriff
Clerk
Treasurer
Commissioners. . .
....C.N. Thornbury
D. L. Cates
....J. B. Crossen
Geo. Ruch
)H' A. Leavens
(Frank Kincaid
. Assessor John E. Barnett
Surveyor. . .- - . -. E. F. Sharp
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .Troy Shelley
Coroner William Michel!
INCONTRO VERTIBLE.
The National Economist the recog
nized mouthpiece of the farmers' alli
ance under date of December 26th, has
this to say about that body's consolidat
ing with any other political party :
The whole question .as to the future
'course of the national organ, the future
position of the supreme council, and the
duty of the national officers, depends
upon one thing, and that is, "can the
farmera's alliance as an organization
consolidate with or organize a political
party?" Unquestionably it can not.
1. Because such consolidation or
coalition would make such party a class
party, or more properly, no party but a
political faction.
2. Because the farmers' alliance as an
organization would cease to exist the
' moment . it yielded sovereignty. As a
farmers' organization it would become
something else.
3, Because to merge with any one
part' would drive those belonging to all
- other parties out of the order, and that
is contrary to the fundamental princi
ples of the organization. -
It Bee in 9 to be generally conceded,
both by alliance men and by those most
eager for the success of the independent
party movement, that there can be no
' consolidation of the alliance with any
'political party. Both can not be su-
preme ; neither can be subordinate ; and
therefore to attempt to consolidate them
' is death to one. This is a statement
thaf all must admit, is absolutely in
controvertible. - ".
It is not often, happily, that one meets
with, a newspaper which is conducted
. with such general ability as is the Ore
gonian that can. descend to so low a
level of narrow bigotry and unfair and
dishonest criticism as that journal man
ifested in an article published in. its
' issue of January 20th on . the amend
ments suggested by the committee on
revision of the Presbyterian confession
of faith. . The article is an insult to a
large and influential body of Christians
and a gross libel on the members of the
revision committee. It is nil the more
so because there is nothing in the creed
of that church to give a shadow of foun
dation for the criticism offered. Of the
trjth or falsity of the doctrines of the
-confession we say nothing, but we pro
test in the name of all that is fair and
honorable against a most respected and
useful denomination of Christians being
held up to ridicule and contempt, as that
they hold that none but themselves have
any hope of salvation, that the "elect"
- is held to mean Presbyterians, "or those
who profess to believe as the Presby
terians do," that . "those ordained to
wrath" mean "those who do not accept
the Presbyterian theological hornbook,"
that by the term "unregenerate" the
confession means "those who do not
think as the Presbyterians do" and that
' the "faith" that "purffies the heart" is
held to be "the Presbyterian confession
. of faith." Such criticism is unworthy
of any paper that makes a pretention to
respectability. It has not the shadow
of a basis either in the confession itself
pr in the teaching of the denomination
referred to. It only serves as a con firm -;
otion of what has long been, apparent,
: namely, that anything that even pre
tends to be a revelation from . the
Almighty is like a red rag to a bull "to
. tbe Oregonian. ..That .journal bates the
.- Christianity of the bible . with all the.
bitter intensity of its nature, and never
lets an opportunity , slip to exhibit this
hatred. The Chboficle does not accept
the authority, of the confession any more
: , than does the Qregoniqn, bu it is well
. assured that either the Oregonian critic
never saw a copy of the confession or he
. is a very dishonest and bigoted critic. ,
The Monthly report for January, 1892,
of Justice Bateman & Co., wool com
mission merchants, of Boston, contains
the following which we publish without
'comment: . ; - '., ?.
. The past year of 1891 will be known as
one of the most fruitful for the products
, of tbe soil and the mine in the history
of the nation. Business of near v every
- .kind is being conducted on an increased
scale. Competition . has decreased the
margin of profits to a minimum and has
in many cases lowered prices ; but the
exportof American product has increased
enormously, while the imports of man-
; - nfactured articles have been decreasing.
The balance of trade is in favor of this
nation, bringing gold in return, which is
- al:o easing the monev market and es
tablishing confidence in mercantile and
.banking circles. In ordinary times
these favorable conditions would "have
. foHtered a "boom. but an entire
absence of any speculative inclination
has so far been conspicuous. The neces-
sides of consumers, with no disposition to
Duy in advance ot present needs have
apparently been the controlling -motive.
The exports for the month of Novem
ber, 1891, reached the nnprecedented
sum of (110,000,000, while the ' value of
imports was but $66,588,000. so that the
actual balance of trade in a single month
was over 15,000,000 with the prospect
that daring the current fiscal, year more
than onO'thousand million, dollars worth
of this country's products will be sent
abroad. The decline in the rates of for
eign exchange within the last week in
dicates -larger shipments of gold from
abroad in the near .future, adding to the
resources of the banks, already richer in
loanable money than ever before at this
season. Witn loanable funds so - plenti
ful, the new year must open with an
dasy money market,- and with this con
eition so pronounced, it is a, surprise
that such a favorable business situation
has not already to a greater degree re
flected the prosperity which these- fig
ures indicate. - lbs condition of busimess
is generally measured by the activity of
the railroads, which at: present .furnish
the most indisputable evidence of reviv
ing business,, which we think . sooner or
later must have a favorable influence on
the wool market. - : ' . - -
' The value of imports -of raw woof for
the year 1891 is estimated in round fig
ures at $19,000,000 as against about $15,
750,000 for the year ,1890 under the old
law, showing an increase of raw wool
imported under the increased - duties of
tbe McKinlev bill over the previous
year of about $3,350,000.
This 'increase in the imports of wool,
notwithstanding the increased duties,
was made necessary by the" demand for
raw wool resulting from the increased
employment of American manufacturers
in supplying tbe deficiency- caused by
the decreasing imports under the
McKinlev schedule, which, for twelve
months, shows a falling off in the im
ports of "manufactnres of wool'' of
about $25,000,000. The value of the
goods imported for the twelve months of
1890 reached about $60,000,000.
In other words the imports of manu
factured goods for .1891, so far as the
nguresnave oeen oDtamea, indicate only
about $35,000,000 worth, showing a de
crease of $25,000,000, of woolen fabrics,
formerly made abroad, but now made in
the United States, giving employment
to American labor and making a better
market for American .wool.
The Secretary of the - Dalles board of
trade, B. S." Huntington, has received
the following telegram from Hon Binger.
Herman :
"The River and Harbor committee
will hear delegations until February
10th. An upper Columbia river dele
gation, well informed, would help me
here." -.r: , ; - ;: . ..
In the absence of any financial pro
vision for the expense of sending a Joby
to Washington the Chronicle ,. suggests
that here is ah opportunity . that may
not occur again during the century for
candidates for county state and national
officials to show their unselfish devotion
to the people's interests by hurrying to
Washington and doing some good loby
service in the interest of the dalles
portage. Secretary . Huntington will
furnish the candidates' with the neces
sary figures and the Chronicle : will
help elect them after the bill becomes a
law.
Ueelinmr the Passes. '."
The presentation by Sir Edwin Ar
nold of the manuscript of a meritorious
'and intrinsically valuable poem to the
Lotos club recalls an incident that
marked the visit of Henry'Irving to this
city in 1889. Like Sir Edwin, Mr. Irving
had been an honored guest at a Lotos
club, banquet. The enthusiasm of the
lotos eaters is boundless and their hospi
tality is proverbial. Sir Edwin, in the
enthusiasm of the moment, presented
the club with the manuscript of a poem
for which he had been . offered a large
sum, of money. . Mr. Irving, after enjoy
ing the hospitality of the club, insisted
on presenting each member with an an
nual pass to the Lyceum theater, in Lon
don. The limitless possibilities of such
a presentation impressed certain mem
bers of the club to such an extent that
they undertook the task- of prevailing
upon each member to send a note declin
ing the proffered favor. Mr." Irvine's
impulsive generosity was thereby saved
from very expensive consequences.
New York Times.
The Length of Your Talk. -. ' ' '
The latest' achievement of the pedo
meter is to measure the amount of space
one's chin travels over in the course of a
day; It was reported that a New York
woman recently tied a pedometer to her
chin ah d found to her great surprise that
she had talked twenty-five miles between
breakfast and lunch. She was so embar
rassed over the result of -the reading of
the pedometer , that she would not tell
what she had been' talking about. It
might have been the children, it might
have been the' servants, but more than
likely it was a talk with some dear friend
on what to wear this season. New York
Advertiser. . ...
' The Danger of Overeating.
. - When more food, is taken into 'the
stomach .than can be appropriated for
the purpose of growth; repair and func
tional activity, all - the organs of , di
gestion, assimilation 'and ' excretion are
overtaxed 'to dispose, of this' superfluity.-.
Additional labor is put upon the kidneys,
lungs and "'other ..excretory 'organs, to
eliminate unused material: which has
served no end in the human economy.
And this strain long continued leads
to an impairment of vigor, and hot in
frequently to chronic disorders which
pnzzle the best of physicians to over
come. Hall's Journal of Health.
"'; ; J An Odd Place for av Will,:
The ingenious novelist -could not in
vent a queerer hiding place for a will
than one reported from real life hy the
Maine Farmer.' The will was tacked up
on the partition of a wood shed, a piece
of .brown paper tacked over it, and there
it remained for years, no one but the
author surmising its identity.' After the
testator died, in clearing out the shed
the brown paper was removed and the
prcioua document found.
ALMOST BURIED IN CINDERS,
He Warn the Bet, Got Ferrully"lirty,
bat Didn't Get the Monejr After All.
He stood in the Grand Central station
fanning himself . with his r hat, and the
cinders on his bald head looked like pep
per on a hard boiled egg. ? Every square,
inch of his short fat person was begrimed
and dirty. .-'V " r' V ' ' '': '
" 'S'pose I look like a Digger Indian
just dug," he remarked, putting his head ,
into the window at the bureau of infor
mation, and letting his imitation leather
valise drop on the floor with a thud.
'.'Oh, well a little jagged, perhaps," re-'
sponded the clerk politely. -.
"No"' Jag around , me," said ' the dirty
tourist indignantly. "I only got in ten
inmates ago." :
"Sor- -. . v : ; :; .. .. ; ' ! -; -
' "Yes. Haven't washed sence we left
Council Bluffs. Would yon believe it?"
"Oh, yes."
, We had a gay time, I tell yer." .
"How's that?!', inquired the clerk.
"Well, you see, a feller from South
Dakota opened the winder just in front
of me a while' after we had started and
the cinders come in like it was a hail
storm. I didn't want to 'pear disobligin.
so I stood it fer three hours, and then I
leaned over to the ' South Dakota feller,
and says I, 'Little dusty, ain't it?" 'Web
be, says he. ''Would you mind shuttin
down that winder fer a spell?' says I, as
perlite as you please. 'I 'find it very
annoy-in.' I would mind,' says lie, 'and
if I can stand it, I'll bet you can.' 'Well,
if it's a bet, you say, says I, 'I'm in it. I
don't let no South Dakota feller bluff
me. I'll bet you fifty dollars, even
money, you'll weaken on that open win
der before t do.'
"He looked surprised, but he"says, 'It's
ago.'
"We put up the money with the con
ductor, and he snuggled up to his winder
and I behind, takin the dust sorter sec
ond hand. At the end of the first twenty-
four hours we wasn't purty fer a cent,
and I eee'd the other feller was squirmin
a good deal. .. 6o -.vixen the train stopped
fer dinner I sneaked out to the engineer
ana gave mm my last ten dollar bill, and
says I winkin, 'When you start up the
engine it'll be a pertickler favor to me
if yon won t screen back them cinders;
let 'em nicker for two -or three honrs;
just buzz out every cinder you've got.'
..." -my coat says ne, a win Kin bacK, 'is
terrible soft and muddy today.'
. .-- eu, sir, i tie next tnree nours was
awfuL. I . never 'seed such smoke and
coal dust anywhere: .The way that en.
gine snorted and bio wed and them cin
ders rattled and pattered most scared the
passengers off the train. It aciually
seemed as though the screen business
bad busted clean out of the smokestack
and let the coal blow through in chunks.
I he dirt was bo. . thick on my ' face you
could have wrote my name in it, but
that feller from South Dakota he caught
them cinders right in the neck. He was
almost buried. There - was cinders in
his hair,: cinders in his mustache; they
worked down inside his collar; into his
vest pockets... .And when he started to
brace up on a chew blamed if he didn't
bite more cinders than tobacker. About
then it came up to rain, and for an hour
that feller from. South Dakota locked
like be- was dredged up from a mud
pond. -When the rain stopped and he
was wipin down the mud, along come a
red hot cinder as big as a pea and lit on
bis beard.' The brakeman helped him
put out the fire, but just then the train
stopped and that feller riz up and says
he, 'I weaken, ' take the cash,' and he
walked right off the train.' "-Then all the
passengers congratulated me.-- They
said I was dirty, but game."
"So you gotrthe money?" inquired the
clerk with some interest. -
"Well that's the trouble," rejoined the
dirty traveler. . "While I was fixin the
engiffeer blamed if that onery cuss
wasn't goin me one better and fixin the
conductor, and they froze to the cash
and skipped togetfier. The trouble with
me is," added the grimy traveler, gazing
out pensively at the Forty-second street
hackmen, "that I'm too honorable and
confidin, always been so. Say," he added
in a whisper, poking his dirty head in
the window, "gimme a quarter fer a
wash, will yeT't-New York Tribune.
: Caught. '.. "
At a certain station large quantities of
plums and apples were being reported
as . missing almost daily in the large
hampers and baskets that were sent to
London. Circumstances pointed to the
probability of the pilfering taking place
t the sending station. -' The agent hit
riporra novel plan for detecting the thief.
He had . a lad porter placed in one of
these hampers returning empty, which
was large enough to. hold him, covered
the. top with canvas 'and ' labeled it
"Plums-rPerishable," with the' address
in full. .'' v ! -V - ' : '.-.-. ,.
; Toward midnight the lad got cramped
and felt anxious to get out,- but he stuck
manfully to his post., By and by one of
the night shunters came into the shed to
examine the, wagons labeled for the next
train. . He groped about the packages,
Rnd cut a hole in the canvas of the ham
per where the lad was concealed and
felt for the plums., ' -: --:i--r I
; - He -was terrified, however", to find his
hand firmly gripped, and almost fainted
with fright when the 'porter revealed
-himself and recognized him, with a large
basket full , ot fruit, by ms side. '-The
shunter was in a couple of days dis
missed and the porter received "promo
tion. London Tit-Bits. '-'''-'
-1 Xine Qaestion.
The Germans art a very philosophical
and somewhat argumentative race. Two
workmen" in the great Krupp cannon
manufactory were overheard discussing
an important question. .
In your opinion, Johann," said one,
"which is the more important part of a
cannon the hole or the steel?"
., "Tbe hole of course, Heinrich," said
the other. ."Because what use in the
world would a cannon be without any
hole in it?" V ' '
"You are wrong, Johanu. It's the steel
that's more, important; for how many
men could you kill with" a hole with
nothing around it?" Youth'sCompanion.
SOCIBTIKS.
A 8KEMBLY NO. 4827, K. OF L. Meets in K.
i V Of P. h All th HMVtnH aiirl fnnrth
day of eaoh month at 7:30 p. in.
VI :- wj ..Y , V.V" -'! ai. fleets
N . first and third Monday of each month at 7
kj:..;.,.:-... . ...
DAIXES KOYAL ARCH CHAPTER NO. 6.
Meets in Masonic Hall the third Wednesdav
ol each month at 7 P. M.
"If
QDEBX WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.
iU' Mt Hood CampNo. 69, Meets Tuesdavevpn-
lug of each week
in tbe K. of P. Hall, at 7 :80 r. K.
O. F. Meets
'clock, in K.
t 'ill. DtAo
Sojourning brothers, are welcome.
n. uloosh, sec'y. . - -- H. A. Bii.iji.w n
FRIENDSHIP LODGE, NO. .9., KJ of P. Meets
everv Mondav evening at 7-an n'ittnnir
Sfhranno's building-, corner of Court and Second
swccia. oujuurnuiE mcjnoers are cordiallv invited.-
; , , - . W.-S.'CaM
D. W.VaCse, K. of E. and 8, C. C.
W,S?A CHRISTIAN ' TEHPERENCE
UNION will meet everv Fririav .ff,,A
t 8 o'clock at the reading room. A Hare invited.
TEMPLE LODGE NO. 8, A. O. .U. W." Meets
at K. ef P. Hall, Corner Second and Court
Streets, Thursday evenings at 7:80.
W. 8 Mvks, Financier: ' V JH?
TAB. NESMITH POST, No. 32, G. A. R. Meets
tt every Saturday at 7:30 f. m.. in the K. of p
Hall. v , . , - .
BOF li E. Meets every Sunday afternoon in
the K. of P. Hall. .
ESANG VEREIN Meets ever- Sunday
VT evening in the K. of P. Hall. '
BOF L. F.. DIVISION, No. 167 Meets in the
K. of P. HaU the fimt anil thirH wwi . J
uujr ui enca monm, st p. x
. . r . . . 7 . - .. i.wura-.
THE CHUECHES.
ST. PETER'S CHURCH Rev. Father Brons
GK EST Pastor. LOW MRtt Puon. U.. H .
7 a. m. High Mass at 10:30 a. m. Vesica ot
7r.M. ' - r
ADVENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Preaching
in the v i i' a mnn.. c..w "r":
a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday school immediatelv
aiter morning service. J. A. Orchard, pastor. -
QTAUL'S CHURCH Union Street, opposite
-...... ui.,,ui.ouH:uuenaw. oervices
every Sunday at 11 A. Jt. and 7:80 p. m. Sundav
School 9:4. A. M. Evfn1tir Prora,. .. .. V
7:80. . ; V"'" '
W7HRST BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. O. T. T-v.
r lor, Pastor. Morning services every Sab-
oiun at ne academy at XI A. x. sabbath
School immediately after morning services.
Prayer meetine Friday evenins: at Pnt.tnr'u resi
dence. Union services in the court house at 7
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Rev. W. C
Ccbtis, Pastor. Services every Sunday at 11
a. M. and 7 p. x. Sunday School after morning
cmw. ouaugviD wnuuijr uivinxL -oeats xree.
H T E. CHURCH Rev. A-C. Bfekceh. i.nstor
aim Services every Sunday morning. Sunday
School at 12:20 o'clock p. M. A cordial invitation
is exieuaea Dy ootn paBtor and people to all.
A. A. Brown,
Keejs a full assortmeut of.
and' Provisions.
which he offere at Low Figures.
SPEGIAIi :-: PRICES
- '- - . -,
to Cash Buyers.
Kite Casi Prices for lui aM
; ' other Profluce. ; I
11 - 170 SECOND STREET.
- iivmtr made arrangements with a
nnmoer of Factories, I am pre
pared to furuish ;
Doors, Windows, Mould ings,
v iTOUiv FRONTS
And all kinds of Special work. 'Ship
ments made daily from factory and can
fill orders in the shortest possible time.
Prices satisfactory.
It will be to your interest to see me
before purchasing elsewhere.
. r Wm. Saundeps,
." Office over French's Bank.
W. E. GARRETSON.
Jeweler.
SOI.K AGENT FOR THE
All Watch Work Warranted.
Jewelry Made to Order.
138 Second St., Tbe Dalles. Or.
1 FLOURING MILL TO LEASE.
rpHE OLD tJ LLES MILL AND WATER
.1 Company' Flour Mill will be leased to re
sponsible parties.
For information anr.lv to the
TK i;OMMlBHiOMlKB,
: 1 lie Dalles, Orettori.
Notice.
All parties having claims against' the
estate of Ralph Fonger, deceased, will
please present the same to T. T. Nicho
las, administrator.
Columbia Hotel. Dalles City, Cr.,
January 6, 1892. - ; - j'6-lm
Step
Ie and Fancy Groceries
Builuaterialsi
Leading
MAYS & CROWE,
:-: . . .-Jv ;7? - . .... . ...... 9
otm' -md lttett Oak! '
STOVES AND RANGES.
3Jeietrs Steel Ranp aiii Richardson's ancl Bopton's Furnaces.
' ..' We jalso keep a large and eomplete -stock of v - -i
Hardware, Tinware, pranite,
u garbed- Wire, Blacksmiths'-Coal, Pumps, Pipe, ;
"- Packing, Plumbers Supplies, - Guns; -Ammunition
and Sporting Goods.- ;
Plumbing, Tinning, Gnn
Machine "Work
COB. SECOND AND FEDBRAL STS ,
GrreM Bargains!
Removal ! Removal I
On account of Removal I will sell my
entire stock of Boots and Shoes, Hats
anci Caps-Trunks andValises.Shelv
ings,' Counters, Desk, Safe, Fixtures,
at a Great Bargain. Come and see
my offer. ' .
GREAT REDUCTION IN RETAIL.
J.FRE
125 . eeod Stireet,
HjEW JFBLL BfiD j WIHTEB' DBY BOOBS
;' " ' ' ' - - ' i. j- .1 ' : . . j - ''
. COMPLETE IN EVERY DEPARTMENT, ft
ing, Gents' Furnishing Goods, Hats, Gaps,
Boots and Shoes.
Full Assortment of the Leading Manufacturers.
Gash Bayers mill save money by examining our stock
and prices before purchasing elsewhere.
H. Herbring.
The Dalles Mercantile Co.,
Successors to BROOKS & BEERS, Dealers In
General Merchandise, Staple and Fancy Dry Goods,
h i Gents - Furnishing Goods, Boots, Shoes; Hats, Caps, etGfn. .
..Groceries, ". . ; , , Hard-ware,
Provisions, . Flour, Bacon, (
HAY,-GRAIN AND PRODUCE
Of all Kinds at Lowest Market Rates. .
Free Delivery to Boat and Curs' and -allparts of the City.
390 and 394 Second Street
Clothier andxailpp,
' BOOTS kND SHOES, - .
Hats and Caps, Trunks and Valises,
O-ents' FurnisliiiiB 0oocls,
CORNER OF SECOND AND WASHINGTON,-; ' THE DALLES, OREGON.
PAUL KREFT I CO.,
' -DEALERS IN
f .-..! . V,..
Paints, Oils, Glass
And the Most Complete and the Latest
Patterns and Designs rn
Practical PalnteTS and Paper Hangers. None
but the best brands of the Sherwin-Williams
Paint used in all our work, and none but the
most skilled workmen employed. All orders
promptly attended to . 10-17-d .
Store and faint Shop corner Third and
.Washington Streets -
Blueware, Silverware, Cutlery)
Repairing and Light
a Specialty. -i- -
THE DALLES, OKKGftN.
The Dalles.
The Old Germania Saloon.
JOHN DOJiRVOfi; Proprietor.
IMHN
The best quality of Wine8 Liquors and
Cigars, Pabst, Milwaukee "Knicker
. . bocker -'and Columbia . Beer, N
Half and Half and all kinds
of Temjieraiice Drpks. -v
Always on" hand, V