el)c Dalle Hip QTIjt onulc. VOL. X THE DALLES, OREGON. TUESDAY. JANUARY 11, 1898 NO 1 1 ANNEXATION REVIEW Problems Willi Which the Senate is Wrestling. THE HAWAIIAN TREATY TAKEN Ui DIkouhhIiiii ltnlliK L'urrli'it on In Kximmi II vii HiihnIiiii t)ill Hrvlun I M!n III tliii IIkiihii. Vah!IIN(ito.s,.Imii. 10. Uialion Merrill, i)f Chicago, delivered the iuvocutioti nt tlin opening of tin; minute today. A bill wuh reported favorably preventing rail road companies from cluuging nioro than cents a mile (or passengers through thu Indiiiu Territory. A reso lution looking to tlib iilterutiou of water used in thu City of Washington cauaed Senator Hale to any that in no part of the United States wuh there acity wIiohu citizens are ho Imposed upon and unused iih to water .supply us the citizeiiB of Washington. At' 12:50 p. in., on motion of Davis, of iMinnusota, chairman of the committee on foreign relations, the senate went into executive session to consider the Hawaiian treaty. Immediately after thu treaty was called tin Pottiiircw ofi'ured a motion for conducting the dulmto in open senate, which was antagonized by Chairman Davit), of thu foreign relations commit tee, and others, thu principal portion nt the debate for the first two hours of the session being on this motion. Wahiiinuion, Jan. 10. The senate de clined to debate the Hawaiian propo sition in open senuto. Ill tllfl lllllMII. Wahiiinuto.v, Jan. 10. The attend ance in the house wub light today, but the galleries were well filled. The civil service debute was resumed, and Coouey, Democrat, of Missouri, took thu floor. He opposed thu whole civil service reform idea, which lie denounced as a cheat and a narrow swindle, A civil pension list and olllcu holding class, he argued, were logical and inevitable if it was to be maintained. Dorr, Kepublicun, of WeBt Virginia, followed witli a set speecli in opposition to thu law. Cox, Democrat of Tennessee, said he was so utterly opposed to the civil serv ice reform Mint he would vote to strike out the appropriation for the coinmU siou and for the repeal of thu law. Little, Democrat, of Arkansas, antago nized thu principle, theory and practice of the law. Ml KI.KCTION KXl-KDTKI). Till) Koimli) Will Htuiiil III to 17 ARIllllHt tint Sitiitt tor. Uoi.u-Muim, .lun. 10. Tliu legislature convened this morning. Thu inaugura tion of Governor lluslinell took place at noon. A llanna mass convention was billed for this afternoon and final con ference on thu suuatnrHhip at night. Although balloting begins in both branches of thu legislature tomorrow, it is practically settled in advance that there will bo no election at that time. Tiiu senate will stand II) to 17 against lluuuu, and thu house will likely give him a majority of one or more votes. Theru is no election unless buth houses are carried by somu one candidate. Thu vote on Tuesday cannot bu nt nil decisive, so far na Ilunun is concerned, ns it is conceded by his workers tliut the senate will stand 10 to 17 against him. 1Mb majority must como from tho house. Thu opposition still claims tho house by pott Baby. The vvaio of little trouble Unit bother bnby - olmflmc iiliniilcH, burns, K'nlilh, kculp ironblua -nil cull bu ouu'il by me imu in Garland'n "Happy Thought1' Solwe. Bufo. clean. hmicHt remedy. No iiobinnnuH nmturlulimtivri. IMJNNKU, tClUlt. Pll BO itnti, Royal makes the load pure, wholesome and delicious. POWDER Absolutely Pure ROYAL MAKING POWOER CO., NCW YORK. at least 155 to 54, which would make thu general UBBcmbly stand 7-1 to 71 on joint ballot against Hanna. Tliu inauguration of Governor Bush nell and other events in connection with it caused no cessation of conferences and hustling in the senatorial contest. Thu reassembling of the legislature brought the members buck and the contest was waged more persistuntly and bitterly to day than ever. In thu hotiBO the resolution was offered to amend the state constitution bo that United States senators shall be elected by direct vote of the people. The house udjourned till 10 a. m. tomorrow. In the Benutu the 50-year franchise bill wiib diucuBHed and an attempt made to pass it under a suspension of the rules, but It wua referred to the speciul council and made a special order for to morrow, just before the balloting for senator begins. The senate took a re cess untill 1 p. m., when Lieutenunt Governor Jones and other state otlieerB will be sworn in. There has been much talk today about bribery. Hon. E. G. Rath bone, one of Hauuu's managers, claims to have the stenographic notes of his secretary, who was concealed and is alleged to have heard the opposition make an oiler of $5,000 to one member. Today the opposition say they have a mun who will, when his name is called on ballott tomorrow, announce that $10, 000 wub ofl'ered him. It is further stated that one of the bolting Republicans will produce money in thu session, and, witli it piled on his desk, maku a sensational spoech on the manner in which lie wub approached. Thu money, which, it is claimed, was taken as part of a preconcerted trap plan, will be sent back. NEWS NOTES. Tho lipping and Watson case goe.i to the jury loday. Yesterday Judge Steams resigned his office uh circuit judge. Latest reports statu that Hanna is short one vote, and that he will be de feated. Nino men arrived from Dawson City yesterday. They report that the moth er lode hafl been discovered. They statu further that whilo provisions are scarce, theru is no immediate danger of starvation, 1 he members of the family and the immediate friends of Secretary Alger are seriously disturbed about his illness IHb physicians now fear that ho has typhoid fever. General Alger has been confined to his bed for more than three weeks. A dispatch to the London Mail from Hong Kong, dated Sunday, says it is re ported there that England, Japan and Russia have arrived at nn agreement re specting Corea. The details of the agree inent are not known to the correspond ent, but the dispatch says the British fleet is returning to Hong Kong. Fred Lewis, a prisoner in the Seattle city jail, committed suicide in his cell Sunday night, by hanging himself with a pocket handkerchief, which was fast ened to n hook used in suspending : hammock. Lewis, who was a waiter in a hotel, had a fight on New Year's dny with Joseph Kurtz, the bend cook, in which he struck Kurt, on the head with un icepick, inflicting a wound from the effects of which Kurtz idied Sunday. .Lewis waB arresteu baturiuiv, but no charge had yet been made agaiuBt him, pending the result of Kurtz' wounds. v nen tne news oi nurtz' ueatn was conveyed to Lewis, he showed great ngi ution, and a short time afterward took his own life. Tli lilKiioviiry nf tint Uiiy. Aug. J. llogel, the leading druggist of Shruvoport, La., suvb: "Dr. King's New Discovery is the only thing that cures my cough, nnd it is tliu best seller 1 have." J. K. Campbell, merchant of Sallbrds, Ariz., writes: "Dr. King's New Discovery is all that is cluiiued for it; it never fails, and is a sure cure for Consumption, Colds and Coughs. I cannot say enough for its merits." Dr. King's Now Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds is no experiment. It lias been tried for a quarter of a century, nnd today stands at the head. It never disappoints. Free trial bottles at Dlako- luy iV Mougtiton'B drug store. u To KxeliutiK. Twenty-four miles west of Snokauo and two and onu-half from Deer Park, on thu Spokane Falls & Northern, is the following tract of land, which 1 desire to exehungo for residence property in Tho uanos: unu Hundred and lorty ueres seventeen cleared, one paled in garden. Five-room, new house; two-story barn, and several othor buildings. Value, $2,000. Cull nt Sentinel otlice. 0-lw t Itulibutl tliu Oruvu. A startling incident of which Mr. John Oliver of Philadelphia, was the Bubject is narrated by him as follows : I was in a most dreadful condition. My skin wub almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongue coated, pain continually in back and sides, no appetite graduully growing weukerduy by day. Three physicians hud given me up. Fortuuutely, u friend advised trying 'Electric Bitters,' and to my great joy und surprise, the fi ret bot tle made u decided improvement I con tinued their use for three weeks, and am now a well man. 1 know they saved my lilu and robbed the grave of unother victim." No one should fail to try them. Only GO cents per bottle at Dlakeley & Houghton's drug store. LAUNDRESS TOOK THE HINT. Uow'h TltlHl Wo oiler one hundred dollars reward for any case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hull's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Chunky &. Co. Props., Toledo, O. We, tho undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for thu lust 15 yours, and bo liove him perfectly honorable In till busi ness transactions nnd financially ablo to carry out any obligations mnde by their firm. West k Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To ledo, O., Waldlng, Kiuuuii & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of tho Bye tern. Prlcot 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free. 1-5-9 !tltil n llultoiilxili- Lis rue KiioiikIi for Hit' SoIillrr'N Improvlm-il Hilltop. The private soldiers' washing nt a home station is usually done by the married soldiers! wives, who are ex pected to sew on missing bullous nr.d do general repairs. Pat rick Mcd'innis, says the Troy Times, hud u gt)od deal of trouble witli his laundress. Sunday niter Sunday had his shirt, come back willi the collar button olT or else hnng' injr by a thread. He had spoken to liei on the subject, and she had promised to see to it, but still the buttons were always missing. Due Sunday he not out of patience when a missing button had made him late- for church parade. "Dad luck to the woman!'' ho ex claimed. "I'.egorra, I'll give her a hint this time, anyhow!" lie then took the lid of a tin blacking bd.c about three inches in diameter, drilled two holes in it witli a fork and sewed Hon the shirt, which he sent to be washed. When his washing came buck he found his laun dress had taken the hint. She had made a buttonhole to fit HI UuoKltm'ti Ariueu nulve. 'Die best salvo in tno world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, suit rheum, fevei eores, tettur, chapped bauds, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi tively cuius piles, or no pay required It is guurniiteed to give perfect satisfac tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cent6 per bor. For sale oy Blukuley uud Houghton, druggists. Mr. Klisha Berry, of this place eaye ho never hud anything do him so much good and give such quick relief from rheumatism as Chamberlain's Pain Balm. He was bothered greatly with shooting paiua from hip to knee until ho used this liniment, which nffords prompt relief. B, F. Baker, druggist, St. Paris, Ohio, For sale by Blakeley & Hough ton. Everybody reads Tint Chkomci.k, Sheriff's Sale. Notice lit ' ereliy kIviii Hint under nnrl by lr- i tuo m nn execution mill order of wile, issued J out or tiic Circuit Court of tlio htntc ot Oregon, for W'ie.c.0 County, on the 1 1th dny of December, 1M7, upon n dccK'c mid Judgment rendered llicri'ltiou the II rst dny of December, 1897, Inn suit then nnd llicrctofnrc pending, wherein Northern Counties Investment Trust, Limited, a Corporation, was plntntlll', nnd Mary J. Smith .Inijics M. Smith, Jr., Kliim A. Smith nnd Clem Smith, wercrtefendiints, 1 did on the 1 Hh dny of December, 1M)7, duly levy uion, nnd will, on Wednesdiiy. the tilth dny of Jnuunry, 1S9S, nt the hourjof one o'clock In the Afternoon of said dny, nt the front door of the county court Iioufc In Dalles City, WVeo County, Oregon, sell nt pub lic miction, to the highest bidder, for cash In hnnd, t.ie following described rail estntc, to wit: lyOtHfl and Til n block Ijuiglilln's Addi tion to The Dulles City, und Lot '.! In Illock 2, in Trcvltt's Addition to The Dulles City, nil in Whwo County, Orecon, together with nil and singular the tenements, hereditaments, nnd Hp jiertenuticcs thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining, or so much thereof as shnll be necessary to satisfy and pay the snld several sums due to plulntlil'mcntioscd In said writ, to wit: t-,!i.0(, nnd interest thereon from the first day of December, 1S97, at the rate of eight percent, per annum: the further sum of $2.10.00 as it rensounble nttnrney's fee, nnd the costs nnd disbursements of said suit, tuxed and allowed nt $K).00, together with accruing costs und ex jienses of such sale. Duted nt Dalles City, Oregon, this 1.1th day of December, 1897. T..I. DRIVER, Sheriff of Wasco County, Oregon. Sheriff's Sale. Notice fs hereby given Hint under nnd by vir tue of an execution and order of sale issued out of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon lor the County of Wasco, and to me directed nnd delivered, upon a Judgment and decree rendered and entered in said court on the Stli day of No vember, ltt'.)7, in fuvor of A. II. Jones, plaintill', and against R. K. Kewel, defendant, for the sum of two hundred and seventy-six nnd 2.V100 i7G.s.) dollars, together with interest thereon, since May 1, lS'JG, at the rate of ten Ter cent pei annum, and thirty (!()) dollars attorney fees; ana the further stun of eleven ($11) dollars costs, which said Judgment was enrolled and docketed in the olllee of the clerk of snld eouit in said county on the sth day of November, 1S37; and whereby it was further ordered nnd decreed by the Com t that the following described proicrty, to-wit: lleginning in a point IS.."!!) chains west of the line between sections thirty-live and thirty-six, in township three north of range ten east of the Willamette Meiidian, being the western term inus of the north boundary Hue of the James lleuson Donation Land Claim; thence north fi.SS chains, thence east 8.85 chains, thence south C.85 chnlns, and thence west S.85 chains to place of beginning, containing six acres, more or less, and being the same premises sold by the said A. 11. Jones to the said K. E. Kewel, in Wasco County, Oregon, be sold to butisfv said judgment, attorney fees. costs aud accruing costs, I will, on Tuesday, the 6th dny of February, IMS, nt 2 o'clock p. m. of said day, ut the trout door of the courthouse in Dalles City, Wasco Co., Or.,sell nil theright. title and interest of the said K. E. Kewel In and to the above described property, at public auction to the highest bidder lor cash in nun 1, the pro ceeds arising from said sale to be applied to the satisfaction of said judgment, attorney's fee, costs and accruing costs, und the surplus, if any tneic tie, to be pain into court, nua mere to re main until the lurther order of this court. T. J. DRIVER, dec22-I Sherill'of Wasco Countv, Or. ..GflllS. FRHflK. Butchers and Fafmefs Exchange.. Keeps on draught tho celebrated COLUMBIA BEKK, acknowl edged the beat beer in The Dalles, at the usual price. Come in, try it and be convinced, Also the Finest brands of Wines, Liijuors and Cigars, andujiehes .of all Kinds always on hand. ide Eoluiia Packing Co., PACKERS OF PORKandBEEF MANUFACTURERS OK Fine Lard and Sausages. Curers of BRAND HAMS & BACON DRIED BEEF. ETC. FRENCH & CO., BANKERS. ntANSAOT A GENERAL BANKING MUSlNKd Special Sale fieekuueat. Special assortment of Gentlemen's Neckties; Bows, Clubs, Tecks, Four-in-hands. Choice 25 cents. Shirts. Gentlemen's colored or uncolored bosom shirts; swell styles; handsome designs. Value $1.00 and $1 . 25. Special 79 and 95 cents. Cloaks. Children's and Misses' Jackets. Choice of any garment at one-third below former price. $1.75 Coats reduced to $1.17 2.00 " " " 1.33 2.50 " " " 1.67 3.00 " " " 2.00 Liadies' Capes Jaekets. Fine garments high grade garments at prices that make them high grade in quality only. Our $12.00 Cloaks for $ 7.95 Our 13.50 " " : 8.95 Our 15.00 " " 9.95 Our 18.00 " " 11.95 Assortment daily growing smaller. Choicest ones going first. Don't delay. pelt Shoes and Slippers Newest, choicest, and daintiest creations for Chil dren's, Misses', Ladies' and Men's wear. Crochet felt, plain or fur trimmed, all colors. Our end of season price is 25 percent below regular value. $1.00 Shoes $ .75 1.25 " 94 1.50 " 1.12 j A. M. WILLIAMS CO. Wasco Warehouse Company Headquarters for Seed Grain ofaii kinds. Headquarters for Feed Grain of ail kinds. Headquarters for Rolled Grain, ail kinds. Headquarters for Bran. Shorts, 0? Headquarters for "Byers' Best" Pendle- tOTl "R'lOllT' This Flour ih manufactured expreesly for family '"'AA AV-'A uso; every sack is guaranteed to give satisfaction. We sell our goods lower than any house in tiie trade, and if you don't think so call and jjet our prices uud be convinced. Highest Prices Paid for Wheat, Barley and Oats. Letters of Credit issued available in the Eastern States. Siirht Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers uold on New York, Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco, Portland Ore- ?;on, Seattle Wash,, and various points n Oregon and Washington. Collections made at all points on fav orable terms. WHO p 7JV TT has the best Dress Goods has the best Shoes has everything to be found in a first-olass Dry Goods Store. C. F. STEPHENS.