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VOL. X
THE DALLES, OREGON. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 16, 1897
NO 214
EXCELSIOR IS IN PORT
Overdue Alaska Steamer Ar
rives at San Francisco.
SHE HAD MUCH GOLD OX HOARD
Passengers Unite In Confirming Stories
of Impending Dancer of Fam
ine of Dawson.
San Francisco, Sept. 15. The long
overdue steamer Excelsior, which left
St. Michaels, Alaska, for this port six
weeks ago, but was compelled to put
back to Ounalaska for repairs, after hav
ing broken two blades of her propeller,
arrived here this morning; with sixty
four passengers and about $250,000 in
gold.
Of those who came down from Alaska,
all but two are known to have money,
but few if any were communicative
enough to admit bow much they had.
One man, F. Hayes, of Portland, was
conceded to have the largest, individual
amount, but upon being interviewed he
would only admit having $35,000.
All unite in confirming stories already
told of impending danger of famine at
Dawson City during the coming winter.
They say that there are at least 7000
people now at Dawson Cit3', and that
more are swarming in every day, but
that provisions are already running
short, and the prospects of getting more
very remote.
The Excelsior's passengers are united I
in saying that the Klondike region is
richer than at first supposed.
Louis Sloss, jr., of the Alaska Com
mercial Company, was one of the pas
sengers on the Excelsior. Sloss says
the Alaska Commercial Company's store
at Dawson was closed one day to trans
fer freight from the river boat. He
thinks that provisions will be scarce,
but hesitated to say that there will be
actual starvation. There is plenty of
pr6visions at St. Michaels, and every ef
fort is being made to get supplies up the
river.
It is difficult to say how much gold
waa brought down by the Excelsior,
The Alaska Commercial Company re
ceived a large consignment of treasure,
but will not say bow much. When
asked as to the amount, Sloss said :
"We brought more than came down
on the Portland, and we did not need
Maxim guns nor a revenue cutter to pro
tect it."
Aimed at the United States.
New York, Sept. 15. A diepatcb
the Herald from Buenos Ayres says:
The minister of finance has seat to
congress a draft of a new retaliatory
tariff against the United States, drawn
along the lines advocated by President
Uribeau in his latest message to con
gress. There is no doubt that the bill
will become a law practically as it stands.
This new tariff will increase the duty
fifty per cent on those products not now
on the free list, and fifteen per cent of
those which are on the free list. It will
apply to those countries which have in
creased or may increase duties at the
United States.
Absolutely Pure-
Celebrated for its great leavening strength aud
healthfulncss. Assures the food against alum
and all forms of adulteration common to the
eheap brands.
royai. Bakiku Powdkb. Co. Ne York.
DROUGHT CAUSES HEAVY DAMAGE
receipts were $22,940,383, against $16,
945, 697 the year before.
The profits amounted to $5,136,048, an
increase of $878,133 over the previous
year. Dividends amounting to $3,000,
000 were declared, against $750,000 the
year before.
A Deathbed Confesnlon.
BoswonTu, Mo., Sept. 15 John . Ab
bott, who has just died here after a long
illness, made a deathbed confession in
which he admitted having stolen $1200
from the money-order office in Macoupin
county, III., in the fall of 1891, and for
which one Singleton was discharged by
the company. Papers found in Abbott's
possession showed him to nave drawn a
pension for serving in the Second Illi
nois volunteers, and to have been police
magistrate of Chesterfield, 111.
Bad State of Affairs In the Corn Oro
Ing States.
Chicago, Sepc. 15. Illinois, Indiana
and Iowa are parched. Until last even
ing Kansas was in the same condition,
but rain came. Weather bureau men
say fall showers are due in other states
in a few days. In Southern Illinois the
temperature has averaged ninety degrees
for twelve days. Northern Illinois apd
Chicago reached an unusually hot period
for so late in the seaeon.
Corn is being destroyed in all the
Egyptian country and no such record
has been made in heat and drouth since
September. 1879. The Sangamon,
Mackinaw and Vermillion rivers are
nearly dry, and the cattle on a thousand
hills are dying for want of water.
In Indiana no drop of moisture has
fallen for two months, the corn is being
burned to death, the pastures are as in
flammable as powder, and prairie fires
.11 -XT I . T" 1
are raging, ah over jMortuern ana rBi-,i
ern Indiana prayers for rain are being
offered in all the churches.
Iowa has had an average of nearly
ninety degrees for ten days, and never
before has there been such suffering in
September. Public schools are closed in
many towns, workmen are forced to
quit toil, and prayers for rain are going
up on every hand. In Ohio also public
schools were closed during yesterday
owing to the extremely hot weather.
Michigan, too, is scanning the South
and watching every newspaper and
weather bulletin for the promise of a
downpour. Farmers are anxious ; fruit-
raisers are downcast, and the people of
the cities discouraged.
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Tralnrobbara Caught.
Stockton. Cal., Sept. 19. George Wil
liams and George Stagel, who attempted
to rob a Southern facinc train near
Ripon Cal., last week, were captured
near Newman this morning.
Anaconda Mining; Company.
Nbw York, Sept. 15. The annual re
port of the Anaconda Copper Mining
Company, of Montana, of which the lar
gest stockholders are J. B. Gaggiu and
Marcus Daily, has been made public.
For the year ending June 20th the
More Troops For Cuba.
Madrid, Sept. 15. The war depart
ment is recruiting 6000 troops with the
intention of immediately dispatching
them to reinforce the Spanish army in
Cuba.
Don't think because yon are sick and
nothing seems to give you relief that
you can't be cured.
There must be a cure for you some
If your doctor can't care you, perhaps
be has mistaken the cause. Anybody
is liable to make a mistake sometimes,
One in three of us suffer from indiges
tion, and one out of three dyspeptics
doesn't know it. That is, he may know
he is sick, but he blaineB it to something
else.
Indigestion is the cause oi ball of our
dangerous diseases.
Shaker Digestive Cordial, made from
tonic medicinal roots and herbs, is the
most natural cure for indigestion. It
relieves the symptoms and cures the
disease gently, naturally, efficiently, civ
ing strength and health to sick dyepep
tics.
At druggists. A trial bottle for ten
cents.
Something; to Know.
It may be worth something to know
that the very best medicine for restoring
the tired out nervous system to a healthy
vigor is Electric Bitters. This medicine
is purely vegetable, acts bv giving tone
to the nerve centres in the stomach
gently stimulates the Liver and Kidneys
and aids these organs in throwing off
impurities in the blood. Electric Bit
ters improves the appetite, aids diges
lion and is pronounced by those who
have tried it as the very best blood puri
fier and nerve tonic. Trv it. Sold for
50c or $1.00 per bottle at Blakeley &
Houghton's Drug Store. (2)
Two Deaths From Heat.
Chicago, Sept. 15. Two deaths and
several prostrations are reported today
as the result of the excessive heat. The
dead are Solomon Anderson and John
McBride.
A Pigeon's Lone Flight.
Chicago, Sept. 14. The longest flight
everv made by a pigeon to Chicogo was
completed this morning. Z. White'
man's bird, Fred Hornell, arrived in his
loft at Rogers Park from Las Vegas, N
M., a distance of 1010 miles in an air
line. The bird was in good condition,
and made the journey in three weeks.
Seven birds were liberated at Las Vegas
together. Within five minutes after the
birds were liberated they started in
northeasterly direction toward Chicago.
Whiteman's bird is the only one heard
from since thev started.
Fall
Dress Goods!
We are showing at the opening of the season
the newest things in Fall Novelty Dress Goods
in large variety.- mmts
BROCADES in two-toned effects, start at 15c per yard.
Beautiful colorings and designs, embracing all the attractive
ness of goods much higher priced, are here at 20 and 25c per yard.
Our strictly all-wool two and three-toned Checks, in newest col
ors, are values exceedingly good at 40c per yard.
- We have a number of pieces of high-grade Novelties in the new
est Fall weaves, in all-wool and silk and wool, in two-toned effects.
These goods come in dress lengths of 7 and 8 yards, and styles aud colors vary with
every piece. These are the latest fall productions. Prices vary from 75c to $1.50 yd.
We call especial attention to our stock of Fall Styles in Silks.
Plain China, Fancy Austrian, Changeable Taffettas, Novtlty Brocades and Roman
Stripes. Prices from 25c to $1.45 per yard.
DRESS-MIHG
Is one of the newest departments of our ever-growing store. We ex
tend a cordial invitation to our lady friends to call and get ac
quainted with our facilities and Jow prices. We are ready for the
Fall Business.
SPECIAL SCHOOL MEETING.
Salt Rheum
Two applications of Garland's Happy
Thought Salve daily cures Salt Rheum.
First wash with warm water and pure
Castile soap. Rub well with the Salve,
and cover with rubber gauge to keep
the moisture in.
"Garland's Happy Thought Pal ve cured me in
sixty days of Salt Kheum that I had tor ten
years. It's worth 110 a jar to a man who has
suffered as I have." K. K. VAN O LINDA,
Vashon Island, Wasa.
"My boy came home from school one
day with his hand badly lacerated and
bleeding, and suffering great pain," says
Mr. E. J. Schall, with Meyer Bros.'
Drug. Co., St. Louis, Mo. "I dressed
the wound, and applied Chamberlain's
Pain Balm freely. All pain ceased, and
in a remarkably short time it healed
without leaving, a scar. For wounds,
sprain9. swellings and rheumatism I
know of no other medicine or prescrip
tion equal to it. I consider it a house
hold necessity." The 25 and 50 cent
sizes tor sale by Blakeley & Houghton.
ATTENTION, SHEEPMENI
Do you want the earliest and best
range in Washington, with 640 acres of
deeded land, and a chance to raise un
limited quantities of alfalfa? If you do,
call on or address
J. H. Cbadlebaugh,
ag21-tf The Dalles, Or.
THEY WORSHIP GIN BOTTLES.
Krn Coast Africans Thlnfc Them In
vested with Ui vine Attribute.
What is the most remarkable monu
ment ever raised to the advance of civ
ilization in Africa? asks the New York
Journal.
A well-known. African explorer, Jo
seph. Thomson, thought it was a mighty
pyramid of gin bottles. He saw a great
trratherina1 of Kru coast negroes en
traced in worshiping this strange altar.
So strange was this incident that many
neonle would refuse to believe it. jyir.
Thomson, therefore, took a photograph,
of the scene and brought it home to the
Royal Geographical society in London
The Krus are the nnest of west At
rican races. They are, in fact, about j
the only people in that part of the
world who will do any work. European
commerce is practically dependent
on them. To these noble savages gin
is the spirit of the white man's civiliza
tion in more senses than one. It repre
sents his power, his philanthropy and
his religion. As soon as they tasted
gin they fell down and worshiped it.
The more they tasted the more they
fell down. After awhile they fell down
so much that the European govern
ments thought, it might be a good thing
to restrict the circulation of gin. The
most remarkable fact of all is that the
contents of the gin bottles were im
bibed by one man, a native, whose over
powering thirst for the white man's
spirits eventually drove him mad. So
the bottles stand a monument to the
monumental drinker of darkest Africa.
Notice is hereby given to the legal
voters of school district No. 12, ot Wasco
county, state of Oregon, that a special
school meeting for said district will be
held at the brick school house on Court
street, on the 25th day of September,
1897, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, for
the following objects: To further con
sider the question of erecting a new
school building and providing funds for
the same.
Dated this 9th day of September, 1897.
, O. D. Doanb,
Chair. Board of Directors.
Geo. P. Morgan, Clerk. t9-td
STOCK-HOLDERS' MEETING.
Notice ia hereby given that the
annual meeting of the stock-holders of
the Wasco Warehouse Company will be
held at the office of French & Co., The
Dalles, Or., on Tuesday, September 28,
1897, at 8:30 p. m., for the purpose of
electing directors for the ensuing year,
and the transaction of such other busi
ness as may come before it.
The Dalles, Or., Sept. 4, 1897.
H. M. Beall,
Secv. Wasco Warehouse Co.
Wasco Warehouse Company
Headquarters for Seed Grain of ail kinds.
Headquarters for Feed Grain of ail kinds.
Headquarters for Rolled Grain, ail kinds.
Headquarters for Bran. Shorts, slffi?
Headquarters for "Byers' Best" Pendle-
TOT! TlOTlT This Flour is manufactured expressly for family
wviiJ. A- IA nse: every sack is guaranteed to give satisfaction.
We sell our goods lower than any house in the trade, and if you don't think bo
call and get our prices and be convinced.
Highest Prices Paid- for Wheat. Barley and Oats.
Snlclde In Belgian Prison.
The epidemic of suicide which haa
broken out at Brussels seems to have
attacked even the inmates of -the pris
ons, and during the last few -veeks bo
many prisoners have committed sui
cide that the Belgian minister of the
interior has issued a reg-ulartion accord
ing to which no prisoner is in future to
be left alone in a cell.
Cor Bale.
btore fixtures, showcases,, etc., also a
good Hall's combination safe. Inquire
of L. S. Schmidt. sl5 lw
It Saves the Croopy Children.
Skaview, Va. We have a splendid
sale on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
and our customers coming from and
near, speak of it in the highest terms
Many have said that their children
would have died of croup if Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy had not been giv
en. Kellam & Ctjbben. The 25 and
50 cent sizes for sale' bv Blakeley &
Houghton.
For Sale,
Lots A, B, K and L, block SO; A B,
block 72 ; A, B, C, D, E and F, block 82.
and A, B, C, D and E, block 25. Apply
to Wm. Shackelford.
This Is Tour Opportunity.
On receiDt of ten cents, cash or stamps,
a crennrona samnle will be mailed of the
most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure
(Ely's Cream Balm) sufficient to demon
strate the great merits of the remedy.
ELY BROTHERS.
66 Warren St.. New York City.
Her. Johr Raid, Jr., of Great Falls, Mont,
recommended Elv's Cream Balm to me.
can emphasize his statement, "It is a posi
tive cure for catarrh if used as directed."
Eev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pre.
Church, Helena, Mont.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
eare for catarrh and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug. Price, 50 oanca.
BLAKELEY & HOUGHTON
175 Second Street.
The Dalles, Oregon
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JgCountry and Mail Orders will receive prompt attention.
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TOILET ARTICLES AND PERFUMERY.
JV. Z. DONNE
Opp. A. M. Williams & Co., THE DALLES, OR.
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PORTLAND OREGON.
F-0 U N D B D 1S70.
' A Boarding and Day School for Boys, Under
Military Discipline.
The 20th year under the present management beiins Sept 14, 1897. ThU institotioat
is thoroughly equipped for the mental, social, physical and moral trainf og of boy. A.
thorough preparation for any college or scientific school. Graduates at present in Yale.
West Point, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, State Universities of California, Ore
gon, Pennsylvania. Stanford and Mctiill. During vacation visitors welcome trom 9 to 12
a. m. For catalogue and other information, address the 1'rinclpU, J. W. HILL. If. A.
Portland, Oregon. Ponto91ce draper 17.