Tha Dalles Daily Cfcycnisls,
The only Republican Daily Newspaper on
' Wasco County.
EASTERN OFFICE 230 to 34 Temple
Court, N. Y. City. E. KATZ, Agent.
Weekly Clabblnff Rates.
Chronicle and Oregonian. .. $2 25
Chronicle and Examiner. 2 25
Chronicle and Trihnne . ... 1 75
Chronicle and N. Y. World. . . , 2 00
SATURDAY - DECEMBER 11, 1897
A DEMAND OF HUMANITY.
The interstate commerce commit
tee, in the face of strong protest
from labor organizations in various
quarters, has decided to exend for
a period of two years the time in
which railroads must place automatic
coupling appliances upon all of their
cars. The act of congress of March
2, 1893, commonly known as the
safety appliance act, decreed that all
the car9 of all the railway companies
should be thus equipped by 1898, a
period cf full five years being al-
lowed in which to complete the
change. This was deemed ample at
the time, and it doubtless would have
proved ample had not the railway
companies believed, with good rea
son, that extension of time could be
secured. Be this as it may, the
limit has nearly expired, the railway
companies have not met the condi
tions imposed by the act, and the
. time has been extended.
Railway employes, who may be
said literally to have vital interests
at stake, demur, or . are supposed to
demur through the protest of labor
organizations, against this extension
as placing the humanities in the
scale against the cost of the equip
ment ordered. It is asserted that
the companies have had ample time
to equip their cars with these life and
Jimb-saving devices, and that the
plea that they cannot afford the ex-
Tensc at this time is one that should
have no weight against the fact that
every year's delay costs the lives of
hundreds of trainmen and causes the
injury, more or less serious, of thous
ands. It is believed that the auto
matic couplers, when universally
used, will greatly reduce the number
of these deaths and disasters. It is
certain that a vast number of brake
men have been killed or maimed in
the use of the old system of hand
coupling, and the substitution of the
automatic coupler is urged as a mat
ter of humanity, -in the shortest pos
sible space of time.
Recognizing the vast outlay inci
dent to this substitution, and taking
into consideration the fact that the
cars of the different railway systems
are, in fulfillment of the demands of
interstate commerce, widely scat
tered, and that business constantly
presses, a period supposed. to be am
ple for making the change was al
lowed. This the railroad companies
maintain, under all the circumstances,
was not long enough, while the rep
resentatives of the trainmen's inter
ests aseert the contrary and charge
dilatory tactics, backed by iheir sup-
posea influence upon legislation to
secure an extension of time, upon
the railroad companies. .
statistics showing the killed and
injured among trainmen in charge of
freight trains during the past year
are cited as showing an urgency for
me equipment of freight cars with
automatic couplers that brook no'de
lay. On the railroads operated in
the state of Pennsylvania alone last
year no fewer than 500 men were
killed, and 10,591 injured in. the
freight service, while the figures rep
resenting the grand total of lives de
stroyed and injuries suffered among
this class of employes are truly ap
palling. The belief that these casu
alties will be decimated by the gen
eral use of the automatic coupler is
widespread and weU founded. Hu
man life is the most important con
sideration in this matter. ' It is
perhaps useless to inquire pow
whether the committee has needlessly
saci iSced safety of life and limb to
the solicitations of the companies.
But it is certain another extension
should not be allowed. 'When the
two years are up, the penalties should
be enforced.--Oregonian.
To the Traveling Public.
We wish to say that the new and cen
trally located house, formerly known as
the Red Front hotel, baa recently
changed hands, and will hereafter be
known as the Central Hotel, located at
the corner of Second and Jefferson
streets, one block from the O. R. & N.
depot, Mrs. E. Campbell,,
Mbs. M. McAbtbcb.
10 2t Props, i
To Care m Cola in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund tLe1 money if
they fail to cure. 25c.
tyristmas
Improuemeitsr
CATARRH
Ask your
Druggist
for a generous
IO CENT
TRIAL SIZE.
Ely's Cream Balm
contains no cocaine,
mercury nor any other
injurious drug.
It la quickly Absorbed.
Gives Belief at once.
Tfr nn... anA 1
COLD 'to HEAD
uuuva luuaiuuiBuun. w v - ssh B sassr
Heals and Protects the Mernhrnf Ttatna k
jrZYrZ irK -1 "" auu ow. i a rial
sww iy v.. . n;iuKmBiaoruTmiu,
ALT. 2BOTHSKS, M Warren Street, New Tort
e-,. 7 YJ hew IT" v J
Expenditures.
You want paper which makes vonr
Christmas enjoyment ereater. You
want paper which makes yonr home
pieaeanter at all times. Yon need such
shades and deeiens as will eive mor
beauty and more c-omfort in your home.
we show you e'yles that exceed anv
ever seen here at prices neyer attempted
ior aacn quality. v
D. W. VATJSE, Third St. i
Regulator Line
The Dalles. Portlani ail Astoria
Navigation Co.'
i - ii mm
The highest claim for other
tobaccos is " Just as
good, as Durham."
Every old smoker
knows there is none just
: as good as .""
You -win find one cottpon inside
rata two ounce nag.ana two cou
pons insiae eacu tone ounce
bus of Elactwpll Thtrtim.
Buy a bag of this cele
brated tobacco and read the
conoon toTiiVTi a 1 it-
of valuable presents and iow
to get tUcm
Strs.
Regulator 6 Dalles City
FREIGHT AND PASSENGER LINE
- BETWEEN
The Dalles, Hood River, Cascade Locks and Port-
KT .
ion can make your (Jbnstmas money
go farther and make more eat factory Are you going
(luituowa uy eeiecin irom a line such
as ours. Not only drugs, but the best
line ol desirable articiee. the larseBtline
of novelties appropriate for the occasion
ana tne Dest goods in general.
DOWN THE VALLEY
OH TO
EASTERN OREGON?!
UP-TO-DATE PHARMACISTS,
175 Seconi Street. THE DALLES,
Opera Mouse
If o 'a 4 .
thU I fllllTriKlil Tha tw . V. . - I : ' . I
- " . uvuuvt uuu arrives tit
The Dalles In ample time for passengers to take
the steamer, arriving in Portland in time for the
rtllTI7ninfr Knilthnrii unH K'n.ll. . t
bound passengers arriving in The Uales in time
tl tube th. 7oatHskii.4 .
For further information aimlv to
J. N. HARNEY, Agent,
hm. oireet xjock. fortmnd, Oreeon,
Or W C. ALLAWAY. fipn. Art..'
The Dalles, Oregon
Wfllit PilPERI
WflLIt PAPEttI
Special peatur
1
Of The Chronicle office is the
J 6 b pr i 9 ti
D?partTei7t.
We have better facilities for
doing- artistic work, in this line
than any office in Eastern Ore
gon, and this branch of our busi
ness is in the hands of expert,
workmen.
v'y We
omparisop
both as to high grade work . and
reasonable prices.
One Week and Saturday Mati
nee, Commencing
Monday, Dec. 6th,
The Liughing Limit.
Fun Fast and Furious. .
X
A
s
I Ml' WS
1 '
5 r J,'
Si
P.lt M . EWEN
- HYPNOTIST
THE PDCnT
MCEWEN,
Minfl-Reafler and Hypnotist.
Attracts the learned, bewilders the ecep-
uieaims ine critical, cnarms the
studious, euchants the gay, gratifies
ai? "Jtel,ectal eatisfies everybody.
All this and more too in pure fun.
PRICES of admission 35 cents; no ex-
.-.imrae ior re?Prvet eeats: back
seats idc-, cliiidren 15c.
Just Received
5000
Rolls of Wall Paper. The
best patterns. The most
beautiful colors.
New Invoice
of Paints and Oils. Any
color or brand supplied.
Soipes-K'nersly Drug Co.
H arry. Liebe,
PRACTICAL
Wholesale.
WflIiT mQUOftS,
OCtines and Gictays .
THE CELEBRATED.
ANHEUSEli-BUSOH and
HOP GOLD BEER Mes.
Anheuser-Btiscli Mfl.lt. WnhHno o -n-r,
, J.jjj.-axvijijxj.;
uovciage, uixecLuaxeu. as a xonic.
- t t
Watchmakerl Jeweler
STUBLING & WILLIAMS.
All work promptly attended to,
and warranted.
174 VOGT BLOCK.
no. tin
i
'Q1 Pnnnla Thot A yal
sick or "Just Don't J,
.reel WeU." y
Removes Pimples, cure Headache. Dyspepsia and
6mple tree, sddrass Br. Bosanko Co. PUla. Pa,
ILLS
"There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at its flooa
leads on to fortune"
The poet unouestlonablv had reference to the
Closing Out Sale of Fornitiire and Carpets
at CRANDALl & BURGET'S.
Who are selling these goods out at greatly-reduced rat
.. JIIOHELBACH BRICK. KT.
HORTHERN
j 1 PACIFIC RY.
n
s
Pullman
Elegent
Toturist
TO
Sleeping Cars
Dining Cars
Sleeping Car
MISSEAPOLI
DCLITO
fAIIGO
GRIND FOR
CKOOKSTOX
WIJJJJIPKO
HELENA an
BUTTE
Through Tiekets
CHICAGO '' T"
WASHINGTON
PHILADELPHIA
KJBW YORK
BOSTON AND ALL .
POINTS EAST and SOUTH
For information, time cards, maps and tickets,
cal on or rite to .
W. C. ALLAWAY. Agent,
oe The Dalles, Oregon
A. D. CHARLTON. A8st. G. P. A.,
255. Morrison Cor. Third. Portland Oregon
DOORS,
WINDOWS,
SHINGLES, :
fire brick;
FIRE CLAY,
LIME, CEMENT,
Window-Glass and
Picture Moulding.
jeel. g- mi IE3 zLsrnsr-
Dalles, Moro and Antelope
STAGE LINE.
and Cross Hollows. -
DOUGLAS ALLEN, The Dalles.
C. M. WHIIELAW, Antelope.
Stages leave The Dalles from Umatilla House
JJ 7 m- rom Antelope at 7:30 a. m. every
made at Antelope for Prlnevllle, jfitchell and
Blnts beyond. Close connections made at The
alles with railways, trains and boats.
Stasres from AntplnnA - ni Tha Tkniia. m ;
days, Thursdays and Saturdays at 1 :30 p. m.
' ' BATES OF FARE. ,
Dalles to Deschutes ti nn
ao Moro j go
do Grass Valley. i 2 25
do Kent ; " 8 00
do Cross Hollows.
Antelope to Cross Hollows ...'.I..'.""".'.'.'"' l so
TV CU b. ............ , '2 00
do Grass Valley... " . .il 3 00
do Moro
do Desehuees. 4 qq
do Dalles .'"""sOO
J. S. Scbbnk,
rresioent.
H. M. Bkaj. ,
Cashier
First Hational Baftk.
THE DALLES - - - OREGON
a General Banting Business transacted
Collections made and proceeds promptly
Sight and Telegraphic Exchange sold on
xienr iu, can J? raixuiauu au Ort-!and.
D. P. TRnwpsrtw. .Tun fi Ctt....
Ed. m. Wixmaks, Gbo. A. Libbb.
H. M. Bkaix.
Joseph sHfliUlou
HAS OPEI7ED A
arpes$ Sl?op
TN THE EAST END, in the Colum- '
bia Feed Yard, opposite Saltmarshe's
Stockyards, where he is ready to do
fill Kinds of Harness Work.
As we keen no servant pirla nnrt Ann ' nuf n
horse and buggy, we can undersell anyone in
thecitv. Beins a nrtiniir-jil hftmM-mnA
do our ewn work. Carriage-trlmmlue a snee
laity. For simple 01 our work, look at the tTma
tillii House 'Bub. -