VOL. VII.
THE DALLES, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 16. 1894.
NO. Wo&
FIFTEEN THOUSAND
TbB Amonnt of Damages AwaiM Miss
Piillari
HER SUIT AGAINST BRECKINRIDGE
Sensations Fairly Crowded Themselves
Into the Last Day of the Breach .
of Promise Trial.
Washington j April 14. Foreman
Charles R. Cole, of the civil court, an
nounced a verdict for the plaintiff,
Madeline Pollard, for $15,000 damages
from Congressman Breckinridge for
breaking hia contract to marry her, thus
ending the long and exciting Pollard-Brecki-iririge
breach of promise trial.
Sensations fairly crowded themselves
into the last day of the trial. There bad
been one of the, most dramatic scenes
which ever stirred up the dingy little
courtroom, reeking as it was with the
memories of celebrated cases. There
was an approach to a personal collision
between Judge Wilson and Attorney
Charles Stoil daring the magnificent
closing argument of the Wp"l ington
lawyer, followed by talk. of a duel, and
Judge Bradley, in bis charge to the jury,
scored Colonel Thompson as a lawyer is
seldom spoken of in court. The jury re
tired as 3 :07 p. m. The firet ballot
taken was on the merits of the case,
leaving out of consideration the amount
of damages. It resulted in 11 votes for
the plaintiff and one for the defendant.
Thereupon the dissenting gentleman
was figuratively cornered by his col
leagues and for some time was argued
with.
HOW A BALANCE WAS STRUCK.
In speaking of this discussion after
ward, Foreman Cole said that the jury
men displayed fully as great a familiarity
with the points of the testimony
as s bad been evinced by the law
yers in their arguments. They laid the
case fully before the obdurate juryman,
calling for the grounds on which bis be
lief was based, and finally overcame him
by sheer force of logic. The next ques
tion to be settled was the figure at
which the damages should be awarded.
The foreman eaid that a verdict of $1
would vindicate Miss Pollard and punish
Mr. Breckinridge sufficiently, and he
thought it was unnecessary to inrpose
an y gr--at financial punishment upon
him. Discussion of this matter followed
until the usual course was adopted, each
juror writing the amount he comsidered
just upon a slip of paper, and a balance
being struck. The amounts ranged
from $1 to $50,000, and $15,000 was the
average.
THE JURY'S AWARD.
Just before the final vote Judge
Bradley eent to inquire if there were any
probability that a verdict would he
agreed upon. Receiving the reply that
the jury was about to conclude its delib
erations, he entered the courtroom.
His entrance, of course, was the signal
for the gathering of the crowd. Not a
woman's face was in the court. The
room fairly bristled with blue-coated
bailiffs, for minors of impending trouble
had floated abroad all day, and there
were several detectives in the court.
The bands of the clock stood at three
minutes after 4 when the jurors entered.
At this moment Representative Breck
inridge, surveying the room an instant,
entered, and lollowing him came his son
and Colonel Thompson. . No one being
present to represent the plaintiff, a
bailiff was dispatched across the street,
and in a few minutes Mr. Carlisle ar
rived. Then Judge Bradley stretched
out bis hand warningly to the crowd,
saying:
" When the verdict is announced, for I
am informed that a verdict has been
agreed upon, there must be no demon
stration, either of approval or dis
approval." The clerk called the roll of the jury,
and asked :
""Gentlemen of the jury, have you
agreed upon your verdict?"
"We have," replied Foreman Cole.
"We find for the plaintiff."
Inarticulate murmurs started, which
the bailiffs hushed. It was a mere mix
ture of vocal sounds, and which ex
pressed no particular sentiment, except
surprise. Following this there was an
awkward pause. Finally the judge
asked:
'For how much?"
"For $15,000," answered the foreman
of the jury.
Another rustle like the first arose, but
was speedily quenched. One man near
a window shouted to a crowd outside,
"Fifteen thousand dollars, plaintiff,"
but was not reprimanded. . .
"news notes.
Jim Corbett, the pi agger, has gone to
Europe on a slugging tour. .
' . Senator J. N. Dolph will make another
telling speech on the tariff in the course
of a week. .
General Henry Warner Slocum, a
veteran in the late civil war, died in
Brooklyn New York, Saturday morning,
aged 67 years.
Senator E. B. Vance of North Carolina,
died from apoplexy at his home in
Washington City, D. C. Saturday night,
aged 64 years. ,
Postmaster General Bissell has issued
an order providing that hereafter only
short names, or names of one word only,
ehall be accepted for newly-established
postoffices.
What next? A band of female Coxeys
have organized a female brigade in Oak
land, Cal., and elected a colonel. Ar
rangements are being made for trans
portation rates.
The strike on the Great Northern has
become quite general over all its system
west of the Manitoba branches, and is
assuming a serious phase, as all trains,
including passengers, are abandoned.
Miss Pollard is out with a car of
thanks to the press of the United States."
She renounces any intention of taking
the stage or lecture platform, but says
she may edit a report of the trial, for
the sake of pointing a moral to her mis
guided life.
The Kearsarge bell, part of the mem
orial tablet and -log book have been
found in possession -of the wreckers.
They will be examined and will throw
light upon the action of Lieut. Ly
man, who was ia charge of the boat at
the time. ' '
NEWS OF THE STATE.
Farmers on Crooked river are pre
vented by high water from seeding their
low ground, and unless the water sub
sides within two weeks, considerable
ground will not be sown.
The republicans of Benton county held
their convention on the 7th, and for the
first time in 30 years the name of B. W.
Wilson, the veteran clerk of that county,
was not before the convention.
The crop of grass widows promises to
be fair in Gilliam county this season.
There were seven divorce cases docketed
for trial in the term of circuit court
which convened at Condon last Monday.
T. M. A. J. Parish, an old pioneer of
1S34, died at his home near Waldron,
Cook county, 011 the first of the present
month, of blood poison. Before coining
to Eastern Oregon, Mr. Parish lived
near Salem, and was united to Miss
Elenor Beers, 'Dec. 20,' 1855, whose
parents were among the first mission
aries to Oregon.
A primary class in one of the public
schools of Sherman county was r citing,
and the teacher who is a worshipper at
the democratic altar, put a question to
one of the little boys whose father is a
republican, expecting an answer entirely
different from the one he got. He asked
the pupil, ' How many mills make a
cent?" "None of 'em do. Pa says they
all shut down on 'count of the Wilson
bill." - '
It will be an agreealile surprise to
persons subject to attacks of bilious
colic to learn that prompt relief may be
had by . taking Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. In
many instances the attacks may be pre
vented by taking this remedy as soon as
the first symptoms of the diseases ap
pear. 25 ami 50 cent bottles for sale by
Blakely & Houghton. - ." x . -
Now is the time to kill squir r els. Sur
Shot at Snipes & Kinerply's.
Haworth the printer, at home 116
Court St., Fa' . t. '
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SQUTiEOt PUMS
Progress and
CoqKery.
"The World Moves."
There is no better illustra
tion of this old saying than
the numerous schools now-a-days
devoted to practical
kitch n , processes. These
schools have been alert to
find a reasonable substitute
for lard, the use of which is so
generally-condemned. This
want has been fully met by
COTTOLEE
the new vegetable Lard.
When science strikes the
kitchen, it strikes home and
everybody gets the benefit.
Cottolene is a clean, deli
cate and economical substi
tute for Lard cleaner than
the hog, delicate as the fin
est vegetable oil, economi-
cal from its low price and
small quantity required to
be used. Prove it for your
self by a trial.
At grocers everywhere.
REFUSEATISUBStlTUTlS.
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THE VAMPIRE BAT PEST.
One of the Chief Drawback to Cattle
It a Ih In g in Central America. 1
There are some drawbacks to the
Isthmian cattle . business that would
rather astonish the American cowboy
were he to go there. The chief of
these is the vampire bat, says a Sun.
correspondent writing from Panama.
One reads stories of the vampire bat
sucking the blood of human beings,
and at least two books by naturalists of
repute say that these bats do suck hu
man blood Vampire bats are found
by the thousands in Veraguas and
Ciriqui. I asked at every place for a
person whose blood had been sucked
by vampires, but could not find a soul.
And yet people sleep out of doors
without even a blanket to protect
them sleep bare-headed and bare
footed. The vampire had every chance
to alight on the human big toe, as he
is said to do, and, while soothing the
foot with his fanning' wings, to suck
out the life blood. I could not find
any such case, however, nor had that
observant Englishman, C. Freedy, who
lived twenty years ' in David, ever
found any But the vampire is the
pest of the cattlemen. , He is particu
larly fond of veal blood, but older
stock and horses, colts, mules and bur
ros all suffer. I did not catch a vam
pire at his work, though I saw hun
dreds of them, but the cattlemen all
tell the same story The vampire set
tles somewhere on the bac of the
beast in the pasture at night, and then,
while slowly fanning its wings to and
fro, cuts a circular piece of skin one
quarter of an inch thick in diameter.
Through this hole he sucks the blood
till satisfied. One wound would be of
little consequence, nor would the loss
of blood do much damage were that
all,bu t half a dozen vampires may feast
on one poor calf or on the back of a
saddle horse in one night. The calf is
badly weakened by the loss of blood,
while a saddle horse so served is
worthless until the wounds are entire
ly healed. But that is not the worst
result of the bite. The region swarms
with a pestiferous fly that soon after
daylight finds the wound and lays eggs
in it. Unless the wound is properly
cleaned and dressed with a waxy salve
within forty-eight hours after the vam
pire's attack the animal will be de
stroyed by the progeny of the fly. The
percentage of calves thus killed is
large, in spite of the watchfulness of
the cow herders. .
IN DOLLARS AND CENTS.
The Colorado, Oklahoma Gulf
railway has been chartered with a cap
ital stock of $10,000,000. . The road will
run from Fort Smith, Ark., to Trin
idad, Col. -
The largest increase in gold produc
tion in any state last year was in Col
orado, whose increase approximates
82.000,000. The only state in which a
decrease is shown is .Nevada, a falling
off of about 8575,000.
The total expenditures of the Chica
go world's-. fair are reported to have
been 826,025,689.50; the. total receipts,
828,465,157.26, leaving a balance of 81,
539,467.76, of - which the stockholders
will get 81,441,474.79. .
A satin dress in pale green is' set
with jet gimp, made with quite large
triangles, squares and little disks. But
very few small beads enter into this
trimming; indeed, sjiells, drops, arrow-beads
and long- points are much
preferred. - ... -
'Imperial Mcycle, lightest and best to
date. See J. M. Hnntineton & Co.
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. He Was Sensitive.
Courtesy at sea Is a scarce and highly
valued commodity. The mate of a
whaling vessel once announced to the
captain that he saw a whale breach
ing - and blowing, and gave the loca
tion. The captain looked, and said he
could not see it. . The mate again
announced the fact, but the captain
could not make it out, and finally said,
impatiently: ' "If you think yoi see a
whale, go and catch him." The mate
promptly ordered out a boat, and, sure
enough, found the whale and captured
him. He returned "triumphant with
his prize, and of course, the captain
was highly gratified. "Mate," he said,
cordially, "you have done well. You
shall have the thanks of the own
ers and perhaps a reward." The mate
replied: "Capting Jones, I don't want
no mention; I don't want no thanks,
and I don't want no reward. All I
wants is civility, and that of the com
monest civil Uind." '
. Straight 'rom the East.
A Sultan of Turkey once eaid,
As he groaned at the pain in his head, .
i'Oh, my favorite wife,
I am sick of this life,
And I wish very much I were dead."
But his wife, who was wise, answered
"Jbie!"
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and they are guaranteed to cure all the
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have any of these troubles, why don't
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$500 Reward for an incurable case of
chronic Nasal Catarrh offered by the
manufacturers of Dr. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy. 50 cents ; by druggists.-
It takes a man to talk economy a
woman to practice it. -
It's a cross-grained wife that will
scold in a new bonnet.'
Take Siniuious Liver Keulator to im
prove the appetite, to strengthen the
system, to stimulate the liver, to cleanse
the ekin of its yellowness, to remove
boils and pimples and cause new life, in
the blood. '-
Go to the Columbia Packing Co.'s
Central Market for choice sugar cured
ham, at 12 cents a pound.
Ask your grocer for Columbia Packing
Co.'s smoked meats and lard. Insist on
their prices and accept no substitute.
'Boneless hams at 11 cent; ' - select
breakfast bacon at 124 cents per lb;
chice kettle leaf lard, 5-lb pails, 55 cents ;
10-lb pails at $1 at the Columbia Pack
ing Co.'s Central Market.
There is no necessity for buying East
ern smoked meats and lard when you
can secure a better article of home pro
duction for less money. Call at the
Central Market and examine the Col
umbia Packing Co.'s meats and prices,
and be convinced.
Poison the squirrels.
Snipes & Kine'fsly's.
Sure Shot at
Use Mexican Silver Stove Polish.
for Bnfants and Children. -
KTjS IHTRTY year' obser atioSi of Castoria with the patronage of
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Castoria nentralizes the effects of carbonic aeid gaa or poisonous
" Castoria does not contain morphine, opium, or other narootio property.
Castoria assimilates the food, egnlatw- the stomach and Dowels, j
giving healthy and nn .t i -al sleep.
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What?
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Where ?
At the Prtcific Corset Company's Fticrnry, north
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and examine our goods, or drop h rard in the --
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