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VOL. IX
THE DALLES, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1897
NO 308
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THE BLIZZARD RAGES
Northwest States Engulfed
in Whirling Snow.
THE TRAIN SERVIGE IS CRIPPLED
Bualnesg tit Mauy Towns Suspended--Btock
In Open Country I'erlshcd--Nu
I.oe of Life.
St. Paul, Jim. 4. A bliz.ard.hns been
raging throughout the Northwest yester
day and today, and as a result train
service is considerably crippled. ?n a
number of towns business was about
suspended. Devil's Luke reported no
trains for 30" hours, and Grand Forks
makes a similar report, adding that the
schools are closed and wires down to the
west of there.
In South Dakota there was more
snow and the storm was more severe.
Huron reports drifts fifteen feet high,
and the storm still raging. Vermillion
states that nil business has been sus
pended. Mitchell reports no trains
since the storm begau on Sunday, and
streets deserted. Brookings classes it
qb the worst blizzard known in years,
and all business suspended.
Yankton reports many trains aban
doned. Watertown fears that the stock
will suffer.
Throughout Wisconsin and Northern
Minnesota the storm has been severe.
Glyndon reports trains snowed up in
drifts ten feet deep. Detroit says the
railroads cannot do much toward open
ing the tracks before tomorrow. Moor
head discovers some sign of abatement
in the storm, which is the worst that
haB visited that place, winds blowing 50
miles an hour, and the snow drifting
badly. Barnesville, in the Bame part of
the state, reports all business suspended.
THIS lOX BEGINNING TO BOIL.
Factional Contest Are Numerous In
IlliuoU.
Si'BiNQFiiiLi), 111., Jan. 4. There has
not been so much political activity in
Springfield since the famous session of
the legislature which elected Genoral
John M. Palmer to the United States
senate as there is today. The political
leaders, both Democratic and .Republi
can, have been assembling for the last
two or three days and with them hove
come members of both houses of the
legislature. .
The political fights are both numerous
and interesting. Of course, the most
important is the selection of a senator.
The fight in the Democratic statu central
committee its between Governor Alt geld
and his followers and Secretary of State
Hinrichson for the control of that or
ganisation. Representatives of each
faction are hard at work preparing for
the final struggle tonight at the caucus.
The fight for the position of United
States senator is quite uncertain. The
leading candidates are Martin B. Mad
den, the Chicago alderman; Samuel
Allerton, the millionaire packer; Hon.
David T. Littler, of Springfield ; Colonel
Clarke Carr, of Galesburg, late United
States minister to Denmark; Congress
man R. R. Hitt and ex-Congressman W.
. Mason, of Chicago.
Both Mason and Madden exprees the
greatest hope of success, as do the other
candidates.
WEYLER. MUST GO.
Madrid Authorities to Recall the Captain-General.
New York, Jan. 4. News has been
received by the Cuban junta from
Washington that the Spanish govern
ment has positively determined to recall
Captain-General Weyler.
General Primo do Rivera, it is said,
will succeed General Weyler in Cuba,
fie iB captain-general in the Spanish
army, and in favor with the Canovas
government.
Minister Taylor, it is said, informed
Secretary Olney several days ago that
the authorities at Madrid were on the
point of relieving General Weyler of his
command in Cuba and of appointing as
his successor Captain-General Rivera.
Reasons were given in brief why a
change was deemed advisable and a
statement was made as to the probable
time when the orders would be pro
mulgated. It is learned the Madrid government
is displeased at the fact that General
Weyler, with about 200,000 troops, has
not put down the Cuban revolt. He has
expended large sums of money but, so
far, has made no decided headway in
accomplishing his main object, that of
quelling the insurrection and restoring
peace and good order in Cuba. His
troops have been victorious on occa
sions, but they also have met defeat and
the total result, considering Spain's out
lay in life and treasure, is far from satis
factory. Too much may have been expected of
.Weyler ; just as the exaction was too
great in the case of Campos. Still, the
one great requirement, success, has not
beeu fulfilled, and Weyler has conse
quently fallen in official esteem in
Madrid.
Roasting Schillings Best
tea in San Francisco costs
more than roasting other tea
in China or Japan, but it
makes tea better.
You don't have to pay
the difference, though. It
comes out of our profits.
We make money in giv
ing up profits. Queer!
A Schllllnr & Company
San Franclico 893
WARM, WET TO FATHER.
Three Days of Rain and Wild Breesen
at Chicago.
Chicago, Jan. 4. The weather in
Chicago for the past few days was the
warmest and wettest ever recorded for
the first three days of a new year, the
average temperature being above 50 deg.
and the total rainfall 2 56 inches.
The total precipitation in the month
of January, 1S96, was only 1.12 inches,
including snowfall. The month of De
cember just passed was the dryest De
cember ever recorded here, the total
being only .16 of nn inch, which is 2.19
inches below the normal.
Last December had the least precipi
tation of any single month in Chicago
since the organization of the weather
bureau, except the month of February,
1877, when the total precipitation was
only .06 of an inch.
Shows Signs of Abating.
Caicago, Jan. 4. The storm, which
has been raging for the past twenty-four
hours in the Northwest, has not in
creased in severity, save perhaps in
Iowa; and tho signal service office in
this city, which runs affairs generally in
the Northwest, is upon record as declar
ing that within a short time the storm
will "probably abate." The wind has
been high throughout the storm, and in
some instances has shown remarkable
persistency in clinging to the high fig
ures, it having for thirty-six hours kept
up a 52-mile-per-hour gait at Huron,
S. D.
The falling temperature is general in
the lake region and Upper Mississippi
valley, but there haB beeu no heavy fall
of snow east of Iowa. In Iowa, the fall
of Bleet and snow has been very heavy,
and reports tonight indicate lower tem
perature and more snow. In Western
Kansas there has been much trouble by
snow packing on the tracks, and trains
have been held at eating stations until
the tracks can be cleared.
The storm is practically over in this
locality, and the sky is clearing.
Nebraska has had about the same ex
perience, and is under drifts anywhere
from two to ten feet high.
Was Interred In a Barrel of Whisky.
Cyntiiiana, Ky., Jan. 4. Charles
Bramlett, aged 80 years, died January
2. Ho owned several plantations in
Harrison county, and had been a pros
perous man all his life. At a low esti
mate ho was worth $100,000. He was
peculiar in nothing but ideas of his own
burial. He was a great reader, and per
haps drew his notions of his own inter
ment from the histories of ancient
Egypt.
About 15 years ago he hired a stone
mason to make him a sarcophagus of
blue Keutucky limestone, which is more
durable than the hardest marble. At
the same time he bought a barrel of the
best old Bourbon the state could produce
and ordered that at his death the whisky
should be poured upon his body, after it
was placed in the stone coffin. The sar
cophagus was then to be hermetically
sealed and placed iu a grave near his
residence.
All his directions have been followed
and he is to be buried today. It will
take a number of strong horses to carry
his body in its heavy receptable.
A I'robable Suicide.
Corvallih, Or., Jan. 4. James Elgin,
a liveryman, has disappeared under cir
cumstances which make probable the
theory that he drowned himself in the
Willamette river.
Elgin had driven to Albany in a buggy
Friday night, and at 1 :30 o'clock Satur
day morning started home, being pre
ceded by a youug man from bis stable,
who drove another buggy. The latter
arrived at Corvallis in due time and
waited at the stable for his employer,
who, however, did not come.
At about 5 o'clock Elgin's team ar
rived at the stable, minus both buggy
and driver, whereupon a search was in
stituted for the missing man, The buggy
was found near the city water works in
a damaged coudition and an examina
tion of the surrounding ground showed
boot tracks leading down to the river.
As there were no returning tracks, the
conclusion was reached that Elgin must
have deliberately committed suicide.
North Dakota Bank Closed.
Sr. Vavl, Jan. 4. A Devil Lake, N.
D., special to the Dispatch, says : Tho
Merchants' National bank. closed today,
pending action by the controller of cur
rency. The bank was organized in 1887,
with $50,000 capital stock. Several
years later Fashley Mears bought a con
trolling interest and increased the capi
tal to $100,000. In 1892, when the
Meats string of banks went down, af
fairs were put in the hands of John A.
Percival, the stock being reduced to $50,
000. Tho last statement showed $47,000
deposits.
Crockery Dealers Fall.
Quincy, 111., Jan. 4. The wholcsalo
and retail crockery store of H. Riddor &
Co. failed today. Assets, $40,000;
liabilities, $30,000.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Three eopiM of the Bible, written
on lenvca of the fan palm, are in the
British nimouni.
A eodflsh recently caught off Flum
borough Head, England, luul inSule oS
it 5!) li&li hooks.
A floating island iu the Sa.bine
river, 50 acres in extent, ami covered
with wntcr hyacinths, floated for a
week up and down the. stream, near
Orange, Tex.
Two miee.liievous boys in Ilnalcoll,
Me., touched u match to a squirrel'.''
tail to see- if it would burn. Thanninml
ran under a house, and the blazing tail
set. it on. fire.
Some regard for decency is "dis
played by the proprietor of a restau
rant in Asburn, Ore. A sign on the
will reads thus: "Gentlemen are re
quested not to swear when ladies are
present."
The servant girls in Decatur, III.,
have formed a. union to regulate wages.
One of tho laws is that when a girl is
employed in a family which is increased
by the addition of n. "little stranger,"
the wages of the servant muht be ad
Minced one dollnrn month.
The four great tunnels of the world
nreeitedas an illustration of the marked
diminution of the cost of engineering
works during the past quarter of n
century. The Hoosnc tunnel, the old
er! of the four, cost $500 n foot; the
Mount Con is, the next in date, $475;
the St. Gothard, $:iG5; and the Arlberg,
the most recent, only $200.
Superintendent Hubbard, of the
Clackamas hatchery nt Oregon City,
Ore., i.s to wind to Washington speci
mens of young Kilnion which lime died
in large numbers at tho hatchery of a
strange disease, the only nianifestr.tion
of which is a. white ejvoi on the tish's
belly. IItlf the '.',000,000 Ih lies brought
from the Salmon river lime been killed
by it.
The mailing of artificial ears seems
to have reached scientific perfection
within the I rust decade. Made of a spe
cially prepared rubber, flosh-eulored in
the rough, they are painted bv hand in
exact imitation of the remaining e:n
of the i (fortunate customer, i.ud as
carefully "louehed" and murkod ovei
as an nrtt's picture. The maker get s
$100 apiece for them.
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less nails, dry, thin, and falling hair, and
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ing, and ht'.dlug application, as well as being
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nursery Eoajis. Halo greater than combined
sales of ;dl other skin and complexion uo&tu.
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A. M. WILLIAMS & CO.
20 Per Cent. Discount
for Cash
On any item in our Hosiery, Un
derwear, Glove, Shoo, Hat, Furnishing
Goods, Clothing and Ovoreoat Depart
ments during our Idvontory Sale now on
and to continue during this month.
Overcoats and Ulsters.
A few lino Overcoats and Ulsters
still in stock, which should
purchasers at prices now marked. Our
special 10 all-wool Black Clay Sack or
Frock Suit, now only $8.00 a bettor bar
gain than over, and enough saved on this
one item to buy a now Hat or a fmo pair
of Shoes at present prices.
20 PER CENT. DISCOUNT FOR CASH.
Visit our Cloak Department and make your solection
from this season's choicost ih Cloth or Fur Garments. Our
Glove Department offers its latest numbers.
A. M. WILLIAMS & CO.
. -W. VAU8E,
DEALER IN
PAINTS, OILS AND GLASS.
And the Most Complete and Latest Patterns and Designs In
WALL PAPEE. WALL PAPER.
PRACTICAL PAINTER and PAPER HANGER. None but the best brands
of J. W. MASURY'S PAINTS used in all our work, and none but th
most skilled workmen employed. Agents for Masury Liquid Paints. Nochem
icel combination or soap mixture. A first-class article iu nil colors. All orders
promptly attended to.
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Opp. A. M, Williams & Co.,
am -l .
Lumber, Building Material and Boxes
Traded ior HavT Grain, Baqon, Lard, Sec.
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find ready
OVERCOAT.
Dress Goods.
Finest weaves in the land. Eng
lish Cravunetles nothing more suit
able for an Oregon Winter Dress.
Goods no heavier thuu u good quality
of Serge, and absolutely rain-proof.
Shown in most popular shades.
Sixty-inch, regular $2 and $'2.20
per yard, now only $1.00 and $1.80.
Every other piece of Dress Goods,
&i cheap, medium or high price-
included,
Trinunirige Iirnid or Jets, Silks
or Velvets one uud all at 20 por cont
discount.
Everything except Calicos, Do
mestics, Ginghams, Hubber Goods
included.
For the entire month of
January.
AND PERFUMERY.
THE DALLES, OR.
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