VOL.'V.
THE DULLES. OREGON. SATU II O A Y , I) ECKM iER 17, I8ii2.
NO.
pot
SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, FURS and
silk mittens,
silk umbrellas,
Silk neckties,
silk mufflers,
Large Assortment of Stamped Articles for Fancy Work,
' i
All at Prices in Reach of Everyone.
SEE OWR BKRGHIN THBLG OF SHOES.
A. M. W I LLI A M S & CO.
Ul. rl. Young,
BMsmitu wason SHOD
General Blacksmitbing and Work done
promptly, and all work
Guaranteed.
Horse Shoeing a Speciality
Third Street opposite the old Lietie Stand,
HA. MTBUUO.
OWEN WILUAMI.
Stublirir! Williams.
The Gepmania,
SECOND ST.,
THE DALLES, - - OREGON
Jp" Dealers in Wines, Liquors and
Cigars. Milwaukee Beer on Draught.
"The Regulator Line"
1
Hie Mies, Portland and Mortal
Navigation Co.
THROUGH
Freignt ana P; ssenger Line
Through dally serviee (Sundays ex
cepted) between The Dalles and" Port
- land. Steamer .(Regulator leaves. The
Dalles at 7 a. in. connecting at Cascade.
Locks, .with .steamer Dalles City.
Steamer Dalles . City leaves Portland
(Yamhill street jock) at 6 a. m. eon-.
neeting with steamer ' Regulator for'Tbe
Dalles.
FASHHNGKi-
ATKS.
One way. .
Bound trip.
..$2 00
. 3,00
Freight Rates Greatly Reduced.
Shi nmpntfl rnrvivivl .
day or night, and delivered at Portland
on arrival.1 Live stock shipments
vuiciiea. van on or address.
W. CALLAWAY,
Omcral .t(ut.
B.F. LAUGH LIN, ' ?
Qenernl Manager.
THE DALLES.
OREGON
Ctoistmas
WE OFPBR
DRUG
Snipes &,
THE LEADING
TTTT 1 1
ii nn nnn n nni nrm
MlW' dM nCidli
TT TF? TT5 ID
Handled by Three Registered Druggists.
ALSO ALL THE LEAPING
Patent ffiedieines and Draggists Sandries.
HOUSE PAINTS. OILS AND GLASS.
Agents for Murphy's Fine VarnisLes and the only agent in
ihe City for The Sherwin, Will ame Co.'s Paints.
-WE
The Largest Dealers in Wall Paper.
Finest Line of Imported Key West and Domestic Cigars.
Agent for Tansill's Punch.
129 Second Street, The Dalles, Oregon
Dress-Making Pariors
FahioiiaWB Dre
Cutting and Fitting a Specialty,
Room 4 over Trench & Go's Bank.
J. o.
j FlflE WlWEg
. DOMESTIC
Ano , KEY WEST
CIGARS.
FRENCH'S
171 SECOND STREET. . :
MUFFS,
ETCHING S ROPE SILKS,
Fancy SILKS & SATIN,
RIBBONS, every shade,
GLOVES, etc., etc. ?
Kinersly.
AKE -
and flloaMaing;
M RS. C I BSO N , Pro p.
and Lp01$ ;
THE
C E LEBR ATE O
PABST BEER.
BLOCK,
: " THE DALLES, OR.
Drills.
MACK
EAGER TO COME IN
Several -Hew States? tar Be . AfiLmittefl
WitliB a; Short Time!
STRONG PRESSURE BEING URGED
New Mexico Seems to be Particularly
Favored by Both Parties. -
PVATVRKB OF THK MIW CONDITION
Will Hot Tolerate Interference WUn
the Teaching of Spanish In the
Public ttchuolt. :
Special to The ttroniPle.l
Washington, Dec. -J8. The strong
pressure lhat ' is being 'exerted hf the
territories makes it now probable that
a joint conference of democratic senators
and representatives will be held within
a" few days to determine the steps to be
taken by the party 4n the two -houses in
relatiba'to the ad mission of the .territo
ries into the-:.union. New Mexico,
Arizona and Utah have been clamoring
for enabling acts or, -bills tending ulti
mately yt statehood, and a considerable
element in Oklahoma thinks that: terri
tory ; has also arrived at a state of ma
turity. ' Some of these bills have a I read v
passed tne bouse and are pending iiHthe
senate, but it is possible the party may
now consider the-, policy of favoring -an
omnibus bill admitting. all these territo
ries to statehood at one time. ,
1 Members of congress of both political
parties are" being 'flooded with letters
and -petitions - for the -'.admission of the
territories, and delegations are begin
ning to arrive in the city to press the
matter. -New Mexico . presents' the
somewhat anomalous 'situation1 of being'
urged for admission by both iotica
parties. The Hon" L. Bradford Prince,
the republican governor of the territory,
and the Hon. C. H. Gildersleeve, ex
chairman of the democratic territorial
committee, are both in the city urging
upon each of the parties to which they
respectively belong the political benefits
to be derived by the admission of New
Mexico as a state. .Nearly alt the prpn
nent members of both houses have been
seen by these gentlemen.
Gov. Prince has insisted to the republican-
that the admission ol New' Mexico
would result in a gain of I wo more re
publican United States senators, Mr.
Gildersleeve has with equal pertinacity
pointed out to the "democrat the-'un-broken
successes of that party in return
ing"; Delegates-Joseph' to . congress for
eight years,1 and assured the leaders that
the democratic supremacy in the terrr-.
tor y would only be accentuated by .the
admission of New Mexico: as state.
Both gentlemen are, however, aware,
that any enabling 'act submitted to- the
voters of New Mexico would fail . of ap
proval which contained any provision
the effect of which would be to prohibit
ih teaching 'of Spanish in the 'public
schools. 1 lie bill now pending in the
has tins, omectional
but in the event of its passing that body ;
nan Linn ui r m. L.iuaaaa uiuiiniun.
Delegate Joseph will make a" strong ef- I Johnson, W. Gilbraith, O. Rice. C.
frt ae 8trlf ken out in the uon8e Egbert, T. . Farri ngtou , F...Garlqw- lil
cone nc . . ! Brooks,. ClydeJ tiddell, Randy and
- Sontnern liegn Hluee. ' DavlB.
Hon. II. B. Miller say' the- mining j Thb Chkoniclk is under obligations
interests fri the neighborhood of "Grants . to Dr. J; R. Card well, president of the
Pass, ill - Josephine and Jackson conn-: Oregon stat board of horticulture, for a
tieiyhave "taken bir uite a Vioom and ; copy of the biennial rejiort to the assem
the excltertieht has Titn vfery high '. over ; bly. It Is' very interesting, , particu-
reeeiit developments:'- 'A' great deal of I
local capital : has been tinyrtted, and
people or all kinds are going into it. The
excitement was greatly "" intensified not
king ago'wheu it' was . announced that
th ; res alt of a test -made upon .100 tons
of ore taken from a certain ledge gave
an average yield of $33 per ton in free
gold. As it pays to work a ledge. - pan
ning out 5 per ton iu free gold, such a
rich find threw the ttfwn into a state, of
excitement and everybody turned ont to
hnnt for an extension of the ledge from
which the valuable ore was takeu. Sev-
eral of the searchers ran to the- river,
where they: expected to find shining
nuggets to mark'the place ( where the
river cut through -the ledge.- Finally,
one man found what he supposed to be
an extension' of the Jed ge in a -railroad
cut, and commenced t dig out the ore.
But the section men objected tu his
depredations and drove him off.. r Mean
time uigh't had Conie on,, but the search
ers, not to,be foiled, procured lanterns,
and by. their dim light tried to locate
thi; ledge outside' the railroad right of
way. The search continued Vail' higl'jt
brtt was unsucsfuli the ledge had'i
some strange manner disappeared.
A ItKSPKRATK KNCOIINTKK.
T. J.
Coram Kohbrd anT -Mnrtlereft' ii
. BritlBh Calniil.. ;'.:.' ' Vr:. s
-Deputy "Sheriff Phirnian of this city, J
on ins way u rwtlancL. .Thursday,' met A
was on his way to Tulare, 'California, to
i inform the family of Mr.T.,J. Cornm, well
known in this city, of a desperate en--;
counter with robbers on the road between
Nelson and Wyatt, Novemiier 24th last,
in which Mr. Corum was shot down.
Mr. Corum had sold a band of horses
and received in payment for them the -
sum of $8,000. In company with two
men nampd Pickens and Talbot, he left
ficleon for Wyatt,- a station on - the
Canadian,- 'Pacific -railway thirty
miles distant. ' After riding about
sixteen miles the, three., men
met- a party of five highwaymen, who
proceeded, according to thn iiethol of
robbers, to appropriate to 'themselves
the 18,000 in possession of - Mr. Corum.
- After this transaction Mr. Corum. and
his : associates road on to Wyatt, and
notified the proper authorities,- when (-a
sheriffs posse- was organised,' consisting!
of Deputy Sheriff Allen, Constable
Nuxall, Mr. Corum - and two oth-rs. '
They started Jn.t pursuit with blood
hounds, . overtaking and surprising-the
robbers iu camp about forty miles northeast-
c,t NaJson. , The robbers, immedi
ately opened fire on tee posse, when the
offii-ersand two men fled in. haste, leav
ing Corum alone to make the fight. He
was- armed with- a Winchester, rifle
and two revolvers, aud must have
made a desperate defense, as he emptied
his Winchester, killing two of the
robbers, but wan himself killed, having
been shot through the body, and in the
forehead between the eyes. When
found he held a revolver in his, band,
showing that in the desperation of the
struggle he had met his assailants at'
close range. Upon the body of each
one of the two -robbers "kill
ed there -was, found $1,000; the
other- three robbers - escaped - with
$6,000. A. coroner was notified and
the bodies were taken in, charge. - The
remains of: Mr- Comm. were prepared for
burial,; and Mr. ' Jefferson . started to
notify his family of the sad and startling'
story. Mr. Cornm was a son of Mr.
Henry Cornm- of lie Chutes, and a
brother of 'Mrs.. Charles 8. Miller of
Grant. ' .
... : Attltlonsl Lctali. - " y
3.'',; . '
'".A regulation fox hunt, with a healthy'
two year old fox, is -,to- be. one' of the
Christmas, amusements near" Eugene
next Saturday. The fox . will be led
around Skinners bntte then 'placed in s
box. The hounds will be placed on the
track - at the commencement,, and the
first dog to reach the box will be awarded
the purse made up from the small en
trace fees.. Then the fox wilVbe : turned
loose on the south side of the butte and
the dogs allowed a chance.. It is safe to
say Sir Benard will not be caught, al
thongb they may -eventually i tree ;hini.
No horse or vehicles will he .allowed on
the "butte. ' : -
A pleasant surprise was tendered the
family of Mr. Richards ou 8-Mile . the
evening of the 14th. The evening was
pleasantly passed in various - ways, ami
after - a toothsome collation, the party
dispersed. . Those present were: Mr.
and Mrs.- Low,; Mr. and Mrs. Bolton, Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Allen, Mr. and Mrs.
Marion Allen, ; Mrand, Mrs, R..B.r Gil
braith', Misses Jennie Waterman, Grace
Riddel, Hattie Allen, Clara Allen, Lida
Johnson, Grace Johnson, Edna Ostarne,
Lida Herman, Messrs. George Low, 1.
Bolton, L. Bortou.'N.
MacIonald, Ja:.
larlv ui on ,-uch topics as fiar culture, bv
A. T. Hawley, etc. V We. would not have
the state horticultural society Igse sight
of the fact that remarkably fineltigs an'
produced in The Dalles This year Mr, j
Sbanno hud them in abundance, !
fully Tipe and perfected in June. From j
judicious planting and cultivation of the j
slips and cuttings of the acclimated and j
naturalized trees or bushes, if the own-
era could be induced to go into the busi
ness, the shade of the fig tree, as Veil as
of the vine could in a few vears become
la universal feature of an Inland Empire
landscape.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
SUUTE
! A NEW BERLIN PANIC
Gennsa Firm " Offers to Maniifac-
tnre 'tlie New LeM Rifles.
VERY OUEER HARMONY EXISTING
Germany's Idea of the Rec.;i ocity Be
tween France: and America.
- i
IITRA NOT
I'LKASAMT POSITION
Tbe Kmperor Keenly Annoyed K-
ene
Manulacturlng 8ubjeet
Deelred t Compete. -
VNbw Yobk, Dec. 17. Dispatches from,
Paris bow that Berlin is again wi ought
up to a high pitch. of distraction, over-, a
letter published in Figaro from Loewe fe
Co., the Jewish, gun-makers, to Gen.
Boulanger, when the latter, was minis
ter, of war, saying that, hearing he had
ent an agent to America to purchase
machinery .to make the new.Lehel rifles,
.they offered to furnish the French gov- '
erument such: machinery, Boalanger
made no reply. The National Zeiluug
showed the dispatch to Loewe, who. re
plied :- "The Figaro, letter is quite true,,
but that was in, 1886, whereas we only
began maufactiir'ing guns for the Ger
man government in 1889."
. The Berlin Zeitung takes Loewe to
task aying such air offer-was unwise
and ituppudent, . it . being made at . the "
time of the Boulanger agitation, when it
was. generally believed- that ' Franco
would niale war upon Germany. The
news was at once conveyed to the em
perorr who was keenly annoyed at this;
further scandal. He immediately insti
tuted an inquiry and the news was con
firmed front. Loewe'8 own month. The
general public received the,news with a
feeling' uncomplimentary to Loewe, and
Chancellor Caprivi's indiscreet exagger
ated, speech lauding Loewe is now ganged .
at its true value. .
Press of the continent freely discuss
the subject.' The London Standard's
Berlin - special says I oewe made this
statement as to Le Figaro's story of his
negotiations with the French govern
ment: "France in 1884 was about to.
purchase a plant for rifle-making in
America. We sent. in an .estimate, but
to our regret the orders were executed
mostly, in . America. - Had - we - received v
the; orders, Germany, would .have bene
fited by driving France out of American,
competition. France is .the .only coun-.
try in . Kuroe where America is able to
hold her own, and there it was owing to
peculiar political circumstances."
Oregon - Oiling Her Portion.
! Farmer. Does ..any..,, one, doubt the"
future of Oregou as a great fruit produc
ing state when it is known that 35,000
acres are planted to fruit, from which is
received an annual income of $1,250,000.
This amoun t will be doubled and doubled
many times before all the fruit is pro
duced that the people of Oregon and the-.
United States demand and can nee-On-gon
is going to do her portion to
ward' supplying the world's demand.
Racing with WoItm.
, Many a thrilling tale has been told by
travelers of a race with wolves across
tbe frozen steppes ,of . Knssia. : Some
times crtily the picked bones of the hap
less traveler are found to tell the tale.
In onivwn country- thousands are en
gaged -in a . life-and-death ' race
against
the wolf consumption. . The
best.
weapon with which to . fight
the ., foe . - is -Dr., Pierce's . (iolden,
Medical - Discovery.. This renown-, ,
ed remedy . . has cured., myriads, of
cases when all other medicines and doc-
tors had failed.. It is the greatest blood
purifier and restorer of strength known
in the world. For all forms of scrofulous
affections (and consumption is one of
them), it ie unequaled as a remedy.