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About The Dalles daily chronicle. (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948 | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1896)
T T 7TJ 0 have we taken hold of the VICTORIBI VV Jfl I i GYCLE as our leading Wheel. $ Special- for this week- Cotton Wash Fabrics We will try to interest shoppers for the next week with the most magnifi , cent collection of Imported and Domestic Wash.Goods ever brought together in this house. We are shdwing nothing but what is new. We LMPH AblZxu the Styles, the qualities and the prices. . . . Here are a few lots Grismonda Silks, in 6 beautiful patterns Darro Dimity, in tancy weaves and stripes Mousseline Brodee Dresden Designs and -Lace Weaves Jaconet Duchesse, all delicate stripes with plain shades to match Organdie Swisse in Persian Effects..,.... ...... . ;... Ghaliies with silt stripe... ..12c ...12c .....15c 15c 20c ....20c Linon Batiste, Grass Linen and Irish Home-spin!...,;, . Imported French Dimities all the fashionable stripes Wool Challie, silk stripe : .......... Organ die Lisse . : . .' Organdie Swisse, in silk and cotton ....... ............. . ......15, 20 arid 25 ..35 and 40c .;.......35c :...:.....50c . . 50c iim & BENTON ;?':Are now located at 167 Second Street, opposite A. M: Williams & Co., with a complete line oi Hardware, Stoves and Ranges, Groceries, Cord Wood, Cedar Posts, ; Barbed Wire, Rubber n:y Garden Hose.- after thoroughly testing a dozen different makes, we have come to the conclusion that the VICTOR is the BEST. ; it is mechanically perfect, and while not TOO LIGHT for pur bad roads, yet it runs the easiest. it , has a' tire that, while -light, is almost PUNCTURE PROOF. (We will repair . all puncturess free for the season on l9b , : ' Victor Tires.) , ; . .. We have 1896 Bibycles that list at 00 that we will sell for 75, but they are not VICTORS. . Oar 1896 VICTORS sell for $100. ' - , For medium grade bicycles, we have the Waverley and Crescents 50 to $85. Good second hand wheels, $25 to $50. ... '' ' Bicycles and Tandenia for rent. Wheels repaired. We keep constantly oa hand a good stock of compressed air, for inflating tires, and give it away. Get yonr tires inflated.' . f.-v-;j V . 7 See Our Show Window for Wash Goods. and Tinning a specialty. ALL GOODS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGUnta. PEASE & UAtS "'Alsd agents'for the Cele brated Cleveland Bicycle Wall Pap en I . . - I - . . J ':" " ' Latest Designs, . . . : . iTew Combinations, - r Harmoniotis Colorings. At Very Low Prices., . : Call and see our samples before buying. JOS. T. PETEiRS & CO. Ttii Dalles Daily Chronicle; WEDNESDAY. MAY 27. 1896 The Florence Crlttenton Missions. WAYSIDE GLEANINGS. Random Observations and tocil Events of Lesser Magnitude. Brockway "The Boy Wonder'' At the Baldwin opera house tonight. Hon. W. T. Hume at the court house tomorrow night. ' Forecast Tonight fair ; Thursday, probable thunder storm and warmer The Dalles City band has postpone its grand ball from Saturday next uu week from Friday Candidates report La Grande as being the "hardest" towu to "size up" they ever saw. Chronicle. Flowers for Decoration Day (next Sat urday, May 30th), will be gladly accept ed if left Saturday morning between ten and twelve o'clock at Fraternity Hall. ... It is reported that Hugh Gourlay, after laying around in The Dalles lor the past . year, has gotten a job canvassiDg Wasco county for Northup Goldendale Sentinel. The program for the second annual tournament of the Eastern Oregon and Washington Fireman's Association ia out. This tournament occurs at Pendle n ton on June 2d, 3d and 4tb. If you want Senator Mitchell to suc ceed himself, vote for Hon. T. R. Coon for joint representative, as he' is the only' candidate that will unqualifidly agree-to support Senator Mitchell. - FrotrirelTable reports Brockwayj "the w irnmlor " has drawn the most phe nomenal houses1 throughout California and "in Portland. . He- will extnc-it ms remarkable and unexplainable powers tonio-ht and Thursday nieht at the Bald- wiii opera house. ,T . Th fioncro Oil company are drawing good audiencea at the corner of Third and Federal streets, arid the program offered is appreciated by all who attend. Change of program nightly. In adver tising their , medicine they make the offer of "no cure, no pay," which seeme a very fair proposition. Tonight Mr. Crittenton will detail the work of the Florence Crittenton mis sions. Thev are named irom a aaugnier who died in New York City. The iaea of establishing these missions or homes for fallen women came to him through a personal experence One mgbt in tne BtrPts of New York he came upon one of these women, considerably the worse for linnor. He sDoke kindly to her ana discoverod that she had .considerable in- tellizence. and that she was sick and UpmI nf the life she was leading." He asked her why she did not reform and trv to live a pure life. "Suppose 1 dia, said the unfortunate creature, "who wonld take me in?" The words hnnnted Mr. Crittenton until he deter mined upon establishing a refuge for her class of people, where they would meet ..;.h irindnena. encouragement ana aia. The plan succeeded so well that others were established, until today there are thirty of them. It is said that an in9ti tution in Portland called the "Open Door," established for a similar purpose, 18 to be turned over to Mr. Crittenton anrl n Vi hereafter managed as a Flnrenee Crittenton mission. The de tails of the inauguration, operation and inside workings and full history of these missions Is to be presented tonight at armory hall. , . PRETTY;' GIRL? CARRIED OFF. Inveigled Frem Uit Home by Two Procuresses. Tne Professor Was the Best Woodimi Watklns the Name of the Dead Man. Coroner Butts" . has received a letter from Mrs. Miniiie Miller, Portland, etat ins that the man who was run over by a - the train and killed a few days ago, is her father: that his correct name is Mose Watkins instead of Bu'esell.'ahd that he assumed the name of Russell hpoanae oi trouble he got into at Port land. A picture of a" little girl was found on the dead man's person. Referring to it the writer said: "He asked me for the picture the day before he left Port land. That was on May 12th. J.ne pic ture ia of my little girl. If it is not too badl y disfigured;' I would like to Bve it returned. I am coming up to have his body removed as soon as it is conven ient. We are well satisfied with the in- auest. but it ' was a terrible shock to us. T am very thankful to you for your very iair propoBiiiou. . . - - .. - ... : c A A large house greeted Judge Benettjndaess in helping u, to find out his 6 . .. V- , l-i j fudentity." last evenins. the band being out and V rendering several choice selections. Mr. Bennett made a most interesting speech about fwo hours in length, in which he represented his convictions to be for free coinage of silver, free trade, the opening of the locks and urging the republicans, democrats,, prohibitionists and populists' to tote1 in accordance with his views. J Owing tar political speech by ourin telligerit townsman, Judge A. 8. Ben nett, tfW Crhtenton meeting was not at tonHMl'as on the former evenings, though there were 400 or 500 people present at armory ball last night. The' text was 'Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness,' and all things shall be added unto ou. ' Great interest " was manifested", and considerable num ber arose for prayers when the usual in vitation was extended. The. Big- Shew. Bond Bros.' stupendous aggregation ! pf great exhibitions will be with us at The Dalles 6n Thursday,' June 4th. From all accounts, this model combina tion will be an important era m the amusement annals" of "bur community. There are' no . words but praise wher ever it has spread its tents, and it is said to 1e "a revelation in sight-seeing: -Pro.ant.inir bo muchrthat is entirely new and original, the press of the eaetern cities is laden with panegyrics, ana are unanimous md '; placing: it ' neaa ana shoulders above and overwhelmingly superior to all: other: shows'.' "It la said hundreds' attend1 Bond Bros. shows daily that are not in-the habit of going to circuses. . .'-... The Pendleton Tribune reports the case of a pretty girl being persuaded by procuresses to accompany tnem in uma- tilla county. The case should serye as a warning in Wasco county, lhe same 'agency" may , soon have . workers in t.hiR vioinitT : The adopted 18-year-o!d daughter of Mrs. Bonnifov, who, though a quarter blood Indian, is said to be much prettier than many full-blood white girls rated as beauties, and who resides upon the reservation, was inveigled from her borne early Saturday morning by two female procuresses. These women eoent two days upon the reservation going from : family to family, and diaplaying cheap and gaudy jewelry and colored ribbons, which they took from a black grip, in order to test the susceptibility of the young, women. It was not long De fore the white settlers and the more in telligent of the Indians became suspic ious and made Agent xlarper aware oi their fears. He acted promptly upon the knowledereTeceived and sent out warning to different parts 'of the reser- ! vation, too late, however, to prevent the one young, womaja from being carried off. At daybreak Saturday morning juts. Bonnifou missed the . adopted girl and. upon ipfiking inquiries, learnea mac Bne had been seen in a wagon wun iwo women and a man. Her worst fears were immediately aroused, and after two hours spent in the untiring efforts to ascertain ' what baa become oi ine mniden. she was informed of the direc tion taken and also of whose wagon had been engaged to carry tae party away. Frenzied, the poor woman saddled a hnrnn and started off alone in pursuit. She traveled all day and until the night was half spent, but upon reaching the mountains, and hearing sufficient to con vince her that she was not gaining upon the fugitives, Mrs. Bennifou gave up the chase in despair. However, she turnea her horse's head homeward without thinking of rest, and early -yesterday wit looking for the sheriff.'- He was given a full -description or the'two procuresses and their victim 'and fmme diatelv the wires were buzzing the news to several points. Everything possible will he done - to : rescue" the unfortunate girl, but it is feared that she "is now be wmH reach. Had the flight been re ported early ' on Saturday there would have been more hope. ' At ; Dallas on Saturday, there' was a Woodmen picnic. A prize had been offered for the quickest chopping of a 12-inch fir log, and J. A. Moran, the n.ttnn rnntpstant. seemed to be the onlv entry. Nobody could be found to enter the lists against him until finally, rathrr than have the prize go by default a Salem man consented to contest' the Rvent. To the surprise ana aeiignt oi his friends, the Salem man outchopped the Dayton Goliath, and utterly ais mm fitted the Yamhilliam Philistines The David of the incident turned out to h rnna nther than President W. C Hawley, of Willamette university, who was in attendance as orator of the aay. The prize is a gold wedge, about three inches long and one inch wide at the up per end. It will be suitably engraved. Oregonian. - " ;, A Carload of Choice Burban Po tatoes have just arrived at J. H. GROSS' v Feed and Grocery Store. Kepublic Rally The Con jo Oil Medicine. The Congo Oil Medicine Co. is giving entertainments under a large tent in mis ritv Thev are here to advertise and sell the greatest medicine ever offered to an afflicted public. Wondertul cures have been effected; cases that nave baffled the skill of the most skillful phy- One hundred dollars will be paid for any case they undertake and fail to cure. If your case is incuraDie thev will tell you so. They want cases that have been declared incurable by other nhvsicians. You may go to tnem on crutches or canes ; you may be Drought thm on a stretcher, put they guaran ty that von will walk away from their tent of your own free will, with no as sistance from others. The Cngo uu is nstiv atvled the marvel of the age in J""V . . - , , curing rhenmatism, sciatica, neuralgia and all cains that can be cured by an o-rternal application. . . All patients treated free of charge ; no payment oi anv kind asked. They want living tea timony "to back up their statement mat t.h itansroOil is a marvellous meaicme fin and see them. They, will remain here until June-3dr and no longer. Mrs. Sharp's Sister Killed. ; . Mrs. E. F. Sharp left on thelocaltrain t.hia afternoon for Seattle, where she was nnrnmnned by telecrrfcoh this morning to attend the funeral of her sister, who was killed in the Victoria disaster, an ac count of which appears on our fourth page. The Oregonian today reports the' death of Mrs. Dr. A. L. Post, ' who was identified among the dead by her sister Miss EVelyn Farrally; - The Orst name should be Prevost, but the name of the limir sister ia ''correct..' hence the evi dence is almost conclusive that the dead woman is Mrs. Sharp's sister. an at the Court House, Thursday Evening, 8 o'clok. Hon. Wilson T. Hume, of Portland, will address the citizens on the . political issues of the day. ; All are invited. 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