VOL. VII.
THE DALLES, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE H, 1891.
NO. 148.
V:
THE BLACK DEATH
Chinese Dying By Hunflreis-ar , Pos
siMs in France.'
ARBITRATION, LABOR AND RIOT
The President . Ill and Advised to
Keep Quiet-Congress Should Take
the Same Medicine. '
The Plague in Chins.
Vancouver, B.. C, June 12. The
most important news brought by the
Empress of Japan is of the alarming
spread of the virulent plague that first
appeared in Canton at the end of - April.
The plague is similar to the great plague
yb London in the 16th century, and is
carrying off 1-ge numbers of victims.
It soon spread to Hong Kong, appearing
there in May.- It is chiefly confined to
Chinese, but two Portuguese have been
afflicted. The plague has paralyzed
business to a large eStent, as many lead
ing steamship lines refuse to take either
passengers or cargo from Hong Kong.
The symptoms of the disease are as fol
lows : . Without premonitory warning in
the shape; of a chill, there is. a sudden
onset of fever, rising to 105 deg.'or over.
There is much headache, accompanied
by stupor. In eighteen or twenty-four
hours a glandular swelling occurs in the
neck or armpit, increasing to the size of
a fowl's egg, being hard and tender.
With or without decline of the fever, the
patient sinks into a condition of coma
and dies at the end of twenty-four or
forty-eight hours.' If six days is reached,
recovery is possible. The Canton cor
respondent of Hong Kong papers, under
date of May 8th, says: .' ,
"There is scarcely a house but has
some one dead. The plague commenced
in the Mohammedan quarter, and 100
cases are reported daily. One man sta
tioned at the west Rate . began at 9
o'clock in the morning to drop cash into
a box every 'time a coffin passed him.
At 4 p. m. he had counted 170 cash.
Children were, put in baskets or were
wrapped in pieces of matting and buried.
From this district, where the dirt is
thickest and the houses more crowded,
it spread to the center portions, and
now has reached the country, and the
people who fled therefrom the city know
not which way to flee. Idols are being
worshipped in an extravagant and fren
zied manner." ;
The new year was begun last Saturday.
AH night new year sounds -were kept up
and amid so much ghastliness an attempt
at outward adornment and gaiety was
apparent. It is impossible to ascertain
the number of deaths. Officials try to
suppress the facts. At the largeBt .char
itable (native) dispensary, a notice at
the doors states that up to date 2000
coffins haye been given away. - This is
far below the aqtual number used, 60,000
is nearer. A foreign doctor went through
the streets and said he was surprised to
see within the open doors a dead body,
while outside there were no white-and-blue
lanterns. Many made- no attempt
at the usual noisy mourning. ; : The dead
were silently carried out, with not a
follower. In one house ten lay dead.
May 10, it was found the disease -had
reached Hong Kong and energetic steps
were at once taken to cleanse the ' in
fected localities. . However, hospitals
were opened for the sick and the ship
Hygra was moored in the harbor for the
accommodation of the patients. ' The
Chinese appeared at first to be inclined
to co-operate with- the authorities in
bringing to light known cases of the
plague, but probably" on account of the
heavy mortality, their attitude became
more and more distrustful.. The first
determined stand against the authorities
was made May 19, when houses were
barricaded and stones Tere thrown at
officers making house to bouse visita
tions. Up to the latest reports, 393
cases occurred and 320 deaths. The
schools have been closed and panic
exists among the Chinese, many of
whotn are fleeing to the mainland.
Denied by the Colonel.
. Washington, June 12. Breckinridge
emphatically . denied teday the report
that his friends bad induced him to
Highest of all in Leavening Power. -Latest U. S. Gpv't Report
ABSQlHSTE33f FlUB
withdraw from the race for representa
tive. He particularized the statement
sent from Lexington as false, and ex
pressed his confidence in an outcome
favorable to himself. He said: ..
. The story is utterly without founda
tion. I have entered the campaign for
renomination, and propose to continue
a candidate. Nothing but death will
take me out of the race."
. In the Kootenai Country.
Spokane, Wash., June 12. Meager
reports from Kaslo, B. C, say that the
business section of the town was practic
ally destroyed by high water and wind.
Houses below Third street are gone, in
cluding the residence of Mayor Kane.
Only one life was lost, Mrs. McGregor,
who was on the lake in a boat when a
rale sweDt down. The little town of
Trail, at the mouth of Trail creek, B. C,
has been swept down the Columbia.
No lives were lost, and stocks of goods
and fltrniture were saved. At' Spokane
the river continues to fall rapidly.
War in Morocco Probable.
London, June 12. Civil war is antici
pated in Morocco. The Pall Mall Ga
zette says the danger to European peace
is due to the fact that M. Dupuy, pre
mier, may take the opportunity of strik
ing a blow at English prestige. A policy
of aggression would be popular in France
und Spain.
. The Globe counsels the immediate
strengthening of the British fleet off the
coast of Morocco.
Incident Satisfactorily Closed.
"Washington, June 12. The incident
growing out of the pulling down of the
United States flag from the United
States consulate at St. Thomas on the
queen's birthday has been satisfactorily
closed by an explanation to the depart
ment of state that the perpetrators of
the outrage were drunk and irresponsi
ble, and would be properly dealt with. .
The House Currency Bill.
Washington, June 12. The bouse
committee on banking and currency de
cided to' choose a subcommittee of five
next' Friday by the usual method of
ballot to prepare another bill. .The com
mittee will report its measures to the
house not later than June 27. It may
prove that this will be a scheme for a
national currency. :
Fined for Murder. ,
Rutland, Vt., June 12. Isaac Hacks
a miser 70 years old, charged with hav
ing caused the death of his wife by
starvation,- has been found guilty at
Salem, N. - Y. ;'VA recommendation of
mercy accompanied the verdict. Haeks,
who is worth more than' $70,000, was let
off with a fine of $1000.
-French Warships for Tangier.
' Toulon, June 12. Four warships un
der' Admiral le Borgeois have started for
Tangier. The ironclads Magenta, Ad
miral Duperre, and Alder, under Admi
ral Gadand, have also been ordered in
readiness to sail for Morocco at the
shortest notice.
a The President's Ailment.
Washington, June 12. President
Cleveland's ailment has not yielded to
treatment as readily as -was expected.
Today Dr. O'Keilley recommended that
he keep quiet as possible and avoid all
physical efforts. , '
Therewill. be a citizens' convention
held in the courthouse Thursday, June
14 th, at 8 o'clock p. m., for the purpose
of nominating candidates for city officers,
to be voted for at the election to be held
June 18th in this city..
' Paul Kreft, Mayor.
" Present Them.''
It ' having been " publicly circulated
that . am owing various bills in The
Dalles, and, no such bills having ever
been presented, I ask that' they" be pre
sented at once. Joseph Fbazirb,
.' V": : . ' . Hood River, Or. .
.' ccokding to Clark, the equatorial
semi-diameter is 20,926,202 feet 3963.
296 miles, and the polar semi-diameter
is 20,854,895 feet 3950.738 miles. One
degree of latitude at the pole 69.407
miles; one degree of latitude at the
equator 68.704 miles. . ; ..
" Is the" ten years from 1801 to 181i;
forged notes .to. the' nominal value of
$500,000 were presented to the Bank' of
England. .
, ft r A fT-v A . . J
riao noij&irasay.i
How often you hear this
expression, and the ex
planation that usually
follows: "I am troubled
with dyspepsia. The
explanation is not far to
seek. In the past Lard
has been used as the prin
cipal shortening in all
pastry, the ' result-dyspepsia.
- The ctyspeptic
need no -longer be
troubled, providing ,
is substituted for lard in
the preparation of all food.
It is composed strictly of !
highly refined vegetable
oil and beef suet . . When
used as a shortening, it
produces wholesome and
healthful pastry. . Physi
cians and expert cooks
indorse it. Refuse snbstitntes.
Send three cents in stain ds to N. K.
t Karrfaank& Co., Chicago. for handsome '
; Cottolene Cook Book, containing six j
hundred recipes, prepared by nine emi- .
t auwonues on cooking.
Cottolene is sold by all grocers.
Made only by
N. K. FAIRBANK & CO., I
ST. LOUIS and
SHICAGO, NEW YORK. BOSTON.
PAfiSONS OF GRETNA GREEN.
Three Men Who Tied the Nuptial Knot for
Many Runs-tray Couples.
The first person who twined" the
bands of Hymen this way is supposed
to have been a man named Scott, who
resided at the Rigg, a few miles from
the village of Gretna, about 1750 or
1760. He was accounted a. shrewd,
crafty fellow, and little more is known
of him, says Sala's Journal. George
Gordon, an old soldier, started up as
his successor. He always appeared on
marriage occasions in an antiquated
full military costume, wearing a large
cocked hat, red coat, jackboots, and a
ponderous sword dangling at his side.
If, at any . time he was interrogated
"by what authority he joined persons
in wedlock," he .boldly answered: "T
have a special license from govern
ment, for which I pay fifty pounds
sterling per annum." He was never
closely examined on the subject, and a
delusion prevailed during his life that
a privilege of this kind really existed.
Several persons afterward attempted
to establish themselves in the same
line, but none was so successful as
Joseph Paisley, who secured by far the
greatest run of business, in defiance of
every opposition. It,was this person
who obtained the appellation of the
old blacksmith, probably on account
.of the mythological conceit of Vulcan
being employed in riveting the hy
meneal chains.
Paisley was first a smuggler, then a
tobacconist, but never at any time a
blacksmith. He commenced his mock
pontifical career about 1789. For many
years he was careful not to be publicly
seen 'on such occasions, but , stole
through by-paths to the house where
he was called to officiate, and he there
gave a certificate miserably written,
and the orthography almost unintel
ligible, with a feigned signature.
Through an important trial, arising
out of his marriages, he was forced to
declare himself, and afterward wore
canonicals with the dignity of a
bishop. .
. : Russia is said to have 850,000 paupers
in the various refuges provided for
them.
" In Paris over 7,000 beds in the free
hospitals are maintained by charitable
donations.
"WOOIS PHOS riio r INE.
t The Great Encllsh Bemedv.
Promptly and permanently
cores an forms of Xcrvom
Weaknim,Ewttrt(mM,8permr
otorrhea, Aipeteaey and all
fffeettof Abute or JTmmm,
n prescribed over 8S
-ears in thousands of
Before an Afier. tTSt
druggist for Wood's Phosnhodtnei If he offers
some worthless medicine hi place of this, lea-re his
dtabonest - store. Inclose price In tetter, and
we will send by return man. Pries, one package,
lit six, S&. Om wH please, stowai ours. Pamph
let u plain sealed eirrelope, 2 cents postage,
j Address The W-ood Chemical Co..
, .. 1S1 Woodward avenue. Detroit, XSob.
. Bold in The Dalles by Snipes A Kluersly.
.- Look at This.
' All county -warrants registered prior
to May-1, 1890, will be paid at my office
Interest ceases after the 21st inst.
! : . Wh. Michell, County Treas.
' ; Dated May 19, 1894. 2m.
- Great reduction in the price of granite
ware. .Sfee our center window. Prices
marked in plain figures, t
'.::...-: . " . Mays & Crowe.
' Tas Chronicle prints all the news. '
-7 Subscribe for Thk Chboniclk. . ".
High ,
and Dry,
Still
Deafness Cannot he Cured
By local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portionjof the ear.
There is only one way to cure Deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con
dition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. .When this tube gets
inflamed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely
closed Deafness is the result, and unless
the inflammation can be taken out and
this tube restored to its normal condi
tion, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by
catarrh, which is nothing but an in
flamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (.caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free. .
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
Cy Sold by Druggists, 75c.
' Dissolution Notice. .
Notice is hereby given that the part
nership heretofore existing between . the
undersigned, under the firm - name of
Paul Krelt & Co., has been dissolved by
mutual consent. , Paul Kref t retires
from the business, and the same will be
continued by D. W. Vause at the old
stand, who will assume all the' partner
ship liabilities. , '
.- Dalles City, Or. May 26, 1894.
, Paul Keeft,
D. W. Vause.
. Bamboo has een known to grow to
a height of thirty feet in six weeks.
All the telephones now operated in
Japan are owned by the government.
Bncklen'i Arinca salve.
The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped bands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi
tively cures piles, or no pay required.'
It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac
tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box. For sale by Snipes & Kin
ersly, . . .
MEN'S Tailor-Made SUITS, MEN'S
MENS' Tailor-Mad e PANTS, MEN'S
MEN'S OVERSHIRTS, MEN'S
MEN'S UNDERWEAR, MEN'S
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-AT THE-
Do
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How sad to our hearts are some scenes of our
childhood,
As our recollections present them to view;
The use of the switch that was brought from the
wildwood.
And various punishments most of us knew.
But saddet of all 1b the thought of the pill box,
That mother brought out then sue thought we
were ill,
O! the griping, the aching, the twisting and
torment
Wrapped up in the horrible old fashioned pilL
But that's all done away with.. To
regulate the stomach,' liver and bowels
Dr. Pierce's Pellets excel. You'll ex
perience no pain, no discomfort, no bad
results. Children take them as readily
as peppermint drops.
Its thousands of cures are the best
advertisements for Dr. Sage's "Catarrh
Remedy. . 50 cents ; by druggists.
A lady at Tooleys, La., was very sick
with bilious colic: when M. C. Tisler, a
prominent merchant of the town gave
ber a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea v Remedy. He
says she was well in forty minutes after
taking the first dose. For sale by
Blakeley & Houghton, druggists.
Keep your eye on this proposi tion
Weiwill give free to every new cash sub
scriber to the Weekly Chbonicle a
year's subscription to the great New
York Weekly Tribune. This offer will
be open until the first of July. Don't
forget it You get Thk Chronicle for
one year . for $1.50 and the Tribune as a
premium. Old subscribers can have
both papers by paying up arrears and
renewing subscription at $1.75.
When the queen ascended the Brit
ish throne more ' than forty-one per
cent, of the English people could not
write their names. The proportion in
that condition has been .reduced to
.seven per cent.
" Malaria In any of Its forms,
Chills and fever, congestive chills, can
be prevented or cured by tbe use of
Simmons Liver Regulator, a purely veg
etable medicine, superior to calomel and
quinine.
Busines
Old
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Persons who sympathize with th
afflicted will rejoice with., D. E. Carr of
1235 Harrison street, Kansas City. -: H
is an old sufferer from inflammatory
rheumatism, but has not heretofore heea
troubled in this climate. -. Last winjter
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sequence has had another attack. . "It
he said. "My joints swelled and becswr
inflamed; sore to touch or alrmiet fc oofc
at. Upon the . urgent request of ny
mother-in-law I tried - ChamberiHiB'sT
Pain Balm to reduce the BweUVng and
ease the pain, and to my agreeable sur
prise, it did both. ' I have used three
fifty-cent bottles and believe it to be tbe '
swellings extant. For sale by Blakelej
& Houghton, druggists.
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auoqiM.;- si sjboX Ajjq svi aqj
Jriatjup saS pa?;ufi aq ut q'jxuOM. jo
asBSJoai aqj. qm a"bs sjjviousixvxs
Sometime ago I was troubled "with aa.
attack of rheumatism. : I used Cham
berlain's Pain Balm and was completely
cured. I have since advised many ut
my irienua anu customers to trv xue
remedy and all speak highly of it.
Simon Goldbaum, San Luis ReV, CaL
For sale by Blakeley & Hough ton,, drug
gists. ..-.-' a
- All, men were born free and eaml:
and the only titled nobility that enny
man kan klaim he haz got to derive
from hiz own good deeds. v -
T)r. R. F. Srt.t. Rln Ridtrp.. Rsrrinia
uo., juo., says: ".tor w-nooping coukbl
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy-is exi-el-i
lent. tsy using it ireely the aiPeHee i :
deDrived of all dansrerons conseaueiKwa.
There is no danger in giving the Remedy .
to babies, as it contains nothing injur- -
& Houghton, druggists. . -"'
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Hats Suspenders,