- VOL. VIII THE DALLES, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY14, 1895. NO 38. B CASH STO Agency of the BROWNSVILLE CLOTHING, BLANKETS, &c. On fleeount of i r And physicians recommending a change of climate, my entire stock of BQOTS and SHOES Will be Sold 20 Per Cent. Below Cost. There -will also "be a reduction made in prices of Pho tographs in order to use tip stock on hand. BUILDING F R SML-E. Chicago Photograph Gallery, Second Street, Opposite Mays & Crowe's Hardware Store, The Dalles. F. FORTIN, . . . . Proprietor. SOCIETIES. w A8CO LODGE, NO. 18, A. F. A A. M. Meets uni ana tnira Monday 01 eacn montn at 7 DALLES ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER NO. . Meets In Masonic Hall the third Wednesday of each month at 7 F. M. WASCO TRIBE, NO. 16, I. O. R. M. Meets every Wednesday at 7:80 P. M. in K. of P. Hall. Sojourning brothers are cordially invited to attend . A, A. KELLER, 8, D. 8. DUFUR, C. of R. ' VfODERN WOODMEN OF THE WORLD. JX Mt. Hood Camp No. B9, Meets Tuesday even ing of each week in Fraternity Hall, at 7:30 p. m. COLOMBIA LODGE, NO. 6, I. O. O. F. Meets every Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock, in K. of P. ball, corner Second and Court streets. Sojourning brothers are welcome. , , ... .. . H: Clvvqh, Sec'y .: ., H. A. Bills, N. G. FRIENDSHIP LODGE, NO. 9., K. of P.-Meeta every Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock, in 3channo's building, corner of Court and Becond streets. Sojourning members are cordially in-, Tlted. . : W. L. BRADSHAW, D. W.Vadse, K. of R. and 8 C. C. ASSEMBLY NO. 4827, K. OF L. Meets in K . of P. hall the socond and fourth, Wednes lavs of each month at 7:30 p. m. ' ' WOMEN'B CHRISTIAN V TEMPERENCE UNION will meet every Friday afternoon t 8 o'clock at the reading room.. A U are invited. FERN LODGE, DEGREE OK HONOR, NO. 25. Meets in Fraternity Hall, Becond street, every Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. '-"' ' Mrs. B. J. Russell, C. of H. Miss Coba Joi.es, Financier. rpHE DALLES LODGE No. 2, I. O. G. T. Reg X ular weekly meetings Friday at 8 p. M., a' K. of P. Hall. J. 8. Wikzlsb, c. T. Dinsmorb Parish, Sec'y.. - TEMPLE LODGE NO.' 8, A. O. 0. W. Meets in Fraternity Hall, over Kellers, en Second treat, Thursday evenings at 7 :30. C F. STEPHENS, W. 8 Mtsbs, Financier. M. W " J AS. NE8M1TH POST, No. 82, G. A. R. Meets every Saturday at 7:30 p. k., in the K. of P. nail. R . E. Meets every Sunday afternoon in GE8ANG VEREIN Meets every evening in the K. of P. Hall. 8unda BOF L, F. DIVISION, No. 167 Meets in K. of P. Hall the first and third Wednes day of each month, at 7 :3U p. m. PROFB38IONA1. H. H. RIDDELL Attobnbt-at-Law Office Court 8treet, The Dalles, Oregon. X. b. oufub. rKAKK Haicana mUFDR. fc MENEFEE ATTOBNBYS - AT- 1 law Rooms 42 and 43, over Post mce Building, Entrance on Washington Street Tbf Dalles. Oregon. i. B. CONDON. 3. W. CONDON- CONDON & CONDON, ATVORNEYS AT LAW Office on Court street, opposite the old court house, The Dalles, Or. ' B. S.BUNTINOTON H. S. WILSON. HUNTINGTON & WILSON ATTOBNETS-AT-law Offices, French's block over trst Na tional Bank Dalles. Oregon. - T H. WILSON ATTOBHBT-AT-LAW BOOmS ' . French & Co.'s bank building, Becond Street, The Dalles, Oregon. J SUTHERLAND. M. I C. M. ; F. T. M. C. -M. G P. and '0 Physician mud Sur geon. Rooms 8 and 4, Chapman block, ence Mrahornbu's, .eat end- of Second Dr. Maes' Pain Pills cure Neuralgia, 8 in Jfly Family, DOORS, WINDOWS, SHINGLES, FIRE BRICK, FIRE CLAY, -.I'M: a . LIME and CEMENT, Window-Glass and Picture Moulding. ZE3I. G- Xj IE UsT 3ST . FRENCH & CO., BANKERS. TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BU8INES8 Letters of Credit issued available in the ; -!..- , Eastern States. , -: Sight Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers sold on New York, Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco, Portland Oregon, Seattle Wash., and various points in Or- euu uu wasnington. Collections made at all points on av. orable terms. E. JACOBSEN THE LEADER IN , Pianos and Organs, Books, NOTIONS, STATIONERY. Call and get' his prices. Bells PIANOS on easy monthly payments, and is prepared to meet any COMPETITION. THE DALLES OS Samsonian Traits Great strength' and endurance are the chief virtues of Straus, Glaser & Co.'s "KAST IRON" Clothing. Economy in price and good appearance com plete what should be your choice, when you buy clothing 1 again. We sell "KAST IRON" we know it's GOOD. M: HONYWILL, Importer. j For Infants and Children. - r : , Cftstorla promotes Plgestion, and overcomes Flatulency, Constipation,. Sour Stomach, . X)iarrhoea, , and . Feverishnesa. Thus the child. Is rendered, healthy, and its sleep natural. Castorla contains no Morphine or other narcotic :property. "Castorla la so well adapted to children chat I recommend it as superior to any prescription known to me." H. A. Abobkr. M. D., Ill South Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. For several years I have recommedSed your Castorla, and shall always continue todoso. as it has invariably produced beneficial results." Edwim F. Parokb, M. D., 125lh Street and 7th Ave., New York City. "The use of 'Castoria' is so nniversal and Its merits so well known that it seems a work of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the in telligent families who do not keep Castoria within easy reach." . Carlos MiRnrw, D. D., '...-!'.-....! New York City. Ths CKBTAim CoHPArr, T7 Murray Street, l(r. Tlos. F. OaKes, Henry C. Payne, Henry C. Bouse, Tif if ' '"' ' BECBIVKB8. fl ORTHERN yy PACIFIC R. R. s Pnllmaii Sleeping Cars Elegant Tourist Dining Cars Sleeping Cars ST. PAUL MINNEAPOLIS BCT1.1ITH . FARtfO GRAND FORKS CROOKSTON WIMNIFBO TO HELENA and BUTTE Thfoagh Tickets. CHICAGO waShisoton PniLAHELPHlA fEW TORS BOSTON AND ALL POINTS EAST and SOOTH For information, time cards, maps and tickets, call on or write to , W. C. ALLAW AY. Agent, The Dalles, Oregon, A. D. CHABLTON. Asst. G..P. A., mam , . Portland, Oregon. UNDER I WHITE FLAG -: mi Admiral Ting's Oft er' to the , Yictorious Japanese. WOULD YIELD FORTS AND FLEET Official Report of the Losses of tbe Japanese Before IVel-Hat-Wel Chinese Lost 700 Hen. Yokohama, Feb. 13. It is officially announced that Captain Nuroas, of the Japanese squadron, operating at Wei- Hai-Wei, reports that on the 12th a Chinese gunboat approached the Japan ese fleet, flying a white flag. She brought a message from Admiral Ting offering to surrender Wei-Hai-Wei and the vessels, providing the, lives of the soldiers, crews and foreigners are spared. Captain Nurous reported that the formal surrender was yet-to be arranged. The commander of the second Japan ese army, in bis official report of the operations before Wei-Hai-Wei, says the losses from tbe 20th of January to the ls,t of February were 83 killed, including General Oteara and three other officers. During the same period 700 of the, enemy were killed. Terrible Torture Inflicted on an old HI an Satbbook, Conn., Feb. 13. Charles Mappell, 75 years old, living near here, recently employed J aclt Antonio, a Spaniard, as a farm-hand. Snnday be tound the Spaniard ransacking his sil verware and discharged him. At 10 o'clock that night a masked man burst into Mappell's bedroom and pre sen ted a revolver, demanded the farmer's money or his life... , c u , ' . ,. The old man on refusing, was then bound and gagged and tortured with a hot poker. As Mappell still "refused to reveal the whereabouts of his money, tbe robber seized a shovelful of red hot coals and held tbe victim's feet over them until Mappell revealed the hiding place. His visitor secured $294, a gold watch worth $100 and valuable silver ware. As he left, the robber tore the 1 mask from his face and the old man rec ognized his farm band. ' Antonio had a sleigh waiting and escaped In the direc tion of the Saybrook .woods. A Man and His Wife Elope With Step- Children. Napoleon, vO., Feb. 13. John Rollins, who Jives just over the line in Putnam county, a year ago married the Widow Dalyring, who has a daughter aged 17, John eloped with the daughter Monday and the wife eloped with John's 23-year-old. son. Both father and son are wealthy farmers, owning large tracts of land, and both have always occupied the same house. Tbe father and hjs inamo rita went East, possibly td ; Pittsburg. The wife's attorney has filed a petition for divorce', and the old man's lawyer will doubtless soon receive instructions to file a cross-petition.,", ; Many believe that the J two couples will go to living in the same house a year from now, the father married to his step-daughter, while his son will wed bis father's wife.' Overtures for Peace Will Be Heard There. ' Berlin, Feb. 13. The Cologne Gazette learns from Japanese sources that over tures for peace will not be regarded by Japan until. Peking shall have been cap tured. The Japanese; will demand pos session of Corea, the Lian Tung penin sula 'and Port Arthur, together, with a pecuniary indemnity.' Japan's only fear is that England and Russia will forestall this program by bringing about peace in their own way. McDonald on the Stand In His Own Defense. San Fhancisco, Feb. 13. Defenee in the trial of R. H; McDonald, jr for per jury reopened its case today and made the defendent" a witness. McDonald Highest of ail m Leavening Pojver.-p Latest U. S Gov't Report testified that be never swore to the bank statement. . He recognized bis signature to the statement upon which the com plaint was based, but said he had no re collection of signing t. He denied . he was ever manager of the bank, and said his father fiad assumed full control, di recting all, business, even . when absent, telegraphing,, instructions daily ., .The prosecution, in rebuttal made witnesses of two depositors .who had lost heavily by the failure of the Pacific bank. . Each angrily asserted that Dick - was perfectly sane and responsible, for bis actions. The Southern Pacific Track Washed Away. Caliente, Cal., Feb. 13. The biggest flood of the season is on here in full force and has washed out some of the Southern Pacific track about half a mile north of this place, causing a bad wreck to No. 19, tbe south-bound passenger train, last night at 11 o'clock. The train was a double-header, as usual, and struck the washout with great force. Both engines, two baggage, one express and one mail car were turned over into the water. Fireman Chester was badly hurt by being caught under the tank. No others were hurt. All. trains in this section are at a stand still until a track can be laid around the wreck. ' - Irrigation Dithes In Fresno County Fall to Overflowing;. Fresno, Cal., Feb. 13. The heaviest job of work which the Fresno Canal & Irrigation Company has had for years is now on their hands. The waters are booming in every creek and ditch, and north of town the country . is inundated all along the line of the Herndon ditch for miles. The Mill ditch has overflowed its banks at the Eggers vineyard, and the Barton vineyard and in the Gould colony. A force of 200 men has been despatched to .the threatened points. At this hour (noon) the danger of a flood in Fresno seems to be past, as the water is flowing off to the north. WUl Not Be Pardoned. London,'' Feb. 13. In the house Clan cy, a member from Dublin, moved that sentences imposed upon Irish political prisoners be reconsidered. Home Sec retary Asquith replied that he was con vinced the prisoners had been justly convicted. In view of tbe atrocious character of their crimes he found him self unable to extend clemency. Mor- ley, chief secretary for Ireland denied the assertion that he had "promised amnesty to dynamiters.- They Deny the Sinking; of Wel-Ilai-Wel. Vessels at London. Feb. . 13. A dispatch to the Times from Shanghai says it is reported in Tien-Tsin that the Chinese warships Chen Yuen, Chin Yuen and Kwang Ting are still afloat at Wei-Hai-Wei. Their immunity from destruction is as cribed to having netting to protect them from torpedoes and other, quick-firing tans. The same reports also say that the forts on Lui Kung Taio island are still in possession of the Chinese. The Unusual Termination of a French Duel. . ";"... Paeis, , Feb, 13. A duel with swords was fought today .between Lieutenant Marcel Canrobert, eon of the late Mar shal Canrobert, . and M. Hubbard., a socialist member of the chamber of dep n ties. The combat arose, oyer an ex pression used in the chamber by M Hubbard during the debate on granting credit -for the marshal's funeral. Hub bard received a deep wound in the chest. Agitation Among Students Has Had Too Serious Results. Sr. Petersburg, Feb. 13. An a git a tion of a serious nature '.has occurred among the students of the Moscow nni versity,. and, the husbandry institute will, in consequence, be closed.. A large number of students have been arrested. The authorities of the university at St, Petersburg have issued, a warning to students to abstain from taking part in all manifestations,' under the severest penalties. Threatened by Famine.1 1 Bdda Pesth, "Feb.--13. Famine is "11' VV.W-ii:'eiU ;" Py those who offer substitutes for Cottolene. ; . Its success has been so phenomenal that nu-r merous imitations are now be ing" offered, -which are claimed to be "just as good." All these imititibiis lack the intrinsic merit of Cot tolene, and will prove disap pointing' and disagreeable to those who use them. -These counterfeits differ widely from Cottolene,. and are mere Experiments when compared to the reliable shortening Cottolene. Save money, annoyance, and your health by refusing all' substi tutes offered to take the tlace of Cottolene. ., Bold in three and five pound pails, by all grocers. Made only by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, ST. LOUIS and CUttis, Raw York, Bostoav threatened in .the district of Hungary, southeast of Buda, Pesth. Socialists have taken advantage of the situation to incite riot, and gendarmes have been compelled to disperse the rioters at the bayonet's point. A Secret. If all the ladies knew the simple secret tnat a naa complexion is due to a dis ordered liver, there would be fewer sal low faces and blotchy skins. This im-' portant organ must be kept active and healthy to insure a clear and rosy color. Dr. J. A. McLean's Liver & Kidney Balm as a purifier, beats all tbe creams and lotions in existence and will pro duce a more permanent effect. Removes bad taste in the month, offensive breath, yellow tinge in the skin, wind on the stomach and that dull, billious feeling wntcn so eureiy indicates tne torpia liver. Price $1.00 per bottle. Snipes Kinersly Drug Co. Invaded b v Wolyel. Bomb, Feb. 13. Hundreds of hungry wolves from the Alps have invaded the plains in the province of Piedmont, and several villagers have been killed by them. The authorities have sent troops to shoot them, and many have-thus been destroyed. Great Oaks From little acorns grow, o also do fatal diseases spring from small begin nings. Never neglect symptoms of kid ney troubles ; if allowed to develop they cause much suffering and sorrow. . Dr. S. H. McLean's Liver and Kidney Balm is a certain cure for any disease or weak cess of the kidneys. A trial will con vince you of its great potency. Price $1.00 per bottle. Sold by Snipes-Kin-ersly Drug Co. The Khedive's DanKnter. Cairo, Feb. 13 The harem favorite of the khedive became the mother of a daughter today. The khedive is repre sented as being greatly disappointed, as he was hoping for the birth of a eon who would be an beir to the throne. Symptoms of kidney troubles should be promptly attended, to; they are nature's warnings' that, something is wrong. Many persons die victims of kidney diseases who could have been saved had they taken proper precautions. The prompt use of Dr. J. H. McLean's Liver & Kidney Balm has saved thous ands of valuable lives. . If you have any derangement of the kidneys try it. Price $1.00 per bottle. Sold by Snipes & Kinersly, druggists. . .. Headache is tbe direct result of indi gestion and stomach disorders. Rem edy these by sing De Witt's Little Early Risers, and your headache disap pears." The Favorite little pills every where: ' SnipeB-Kinersly Drug Co. Subscribe for The Chronicle.