J. ' V
Jl)c HciUei
VOL. X
THE DALLES, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1898
NO 320
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Inroads of Yankee Competi
tion Cause Alarm.
DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE FORMING
Varum I'laiit of llrtallatlon Heme IM
cntidil liy tlifi A flee I-1
1 nrvrnmttnta.
Wasiunotox, Jan. 19. The . clearest
exposition of the extent of American
commercial competition in Europe that
has ever been presented officially proba
bly ib that given in a report to the elate
department from Frank Mason, consul
general at Frankfort, and published in
the daily consular reports.
Mr. Mason treats the subject broadly,
but naturally finds the main points for
hie theme directly under his observation
in Germany, where the struggle ib mott
bitter. He recounts the various plans
that have been considered and others
that are now before the European gov
ernments looking to co-operation in re
sistance to the encroachment of Ameri
can trade and enterprise on European
markets, but concludes 'that as to food
there can he no successful 'combination
to make the cost greater, nptwithetand
iug the strong agrarian agitation.
In manufactures America has Seen
making inroads in Europe beyond the
common knowledge, and he polntB out
some lines in which we have overwhelm
ed all opposition and says that in spite
of the charges of European economists
in those lines, the scepter of economical
production with highest wages has patt
ed from the Old World into the New.
Shoes, steel and iron in various forms;
milling and electrical machinery, blcy
cleB, sewing machines, lathes, milling
machinery and tools, are named among
the various articles with which we com
pete witli Europe.
HLKACIIKD COTTON mil KXl'OKT.
Tbr Amrrlcmi l'riMlurt lrt!idliK Kraify
Marfcft !u KnglaiHl.
Nuv Yoiik, Jun. 19. There seems to
he u probability in addition to otlitr
classes of manufactured goods in which
this country is successfully competing
with foreign manufacturers, bleached
cotton will soon bo added. . A hundred
eainple cases of those goods have just
been Hunt to Manchester, and negotia
tions ure now on foot for the purchase of
large consignments for the English
trade.
Heretofore cotton goodB have been ex
ported on a email scale to England
through New York export brokers.
Now, however, the attention of liritish
Importers has beaa drawn to American
goods, not only because they are chcip
er, but because they are found to be far
superior to English manufactures of the
name weight. The American goods are
made of a liner twisted yarn that the
English, and are without the filling
which, while making the uiuteriul
smooth and of good appearance, causes
it to wear badly and to lack the strength
of the Americuu goods.
The market for bleached cottons in
this country has frequently been over
stocked, and should the present experi
ment result in a regular export trade,
the effect will be to keep the mills con
tinuously running and to prevent the
periodical running on half time and dis
charging of mill workers, which has led
to so much misery and discontent.
The Hose Queen la the best make on
the market for live cents, and when you
etnoke them your money etuye at home.
20-tf
Royal make the load pure,
wholesome and delicious.
Km
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
ROl UKINO POWOtR CO., mw vork:
The Japan Line Deal:
San Fhancisc, Jan. 19. Further par
ticulars regarding the agreement recent
ly entered into by the Japanese, the Pa
ciGc Mail and the Occidental & Oriental
Steamship Companies are not at hand.
Arrangements have been made to bear
in equal proportion all the expenses of
navigation incurred by the three com
panies, although the distribution of
profits shall be subject to the amount of
the receipts gained by them.
Under the agreement the Occidental
tk Oriental and the Pacific Mail are each
i to reduce their number of steamers to
three, although they each run four at
present. The agreement will be carried
iuto practice as soon as the Eteamers of
the Toyo Kusen Kaisha, now being
built in England, arrive in Japan.
Household God.
The Ancient Greeks believed that the
Penates were the gods who attended to
the welfare and prosperity of the family.
They were worshipped as household
gods in every home. The household god
of today is Dr. King's New Discovery.
For consumption, coughs, coldB and for
nil affections of Throat, Chest and Lunge
it is invaluable. It has been tried for a
quarter of a century and is guaranteed
to cure, or money returned. No house
hold should be without this good angel.
It is pleasant to take and a safe and en re
remedy for old and young. Free bottles
a'. IJIakeley & Houghton's drug store. 2
It's a Fact
that iuflauiation from
any cause can ho speed
ily reduced by the iron
tie application of Gar
land's "ilanov Thought"
Halve. 60 cents Worth
double (he money, For
Bala by
DONMELL, TH Dmailt
The l'rt Au I'rluce Klre.
Washington, Jan. 19. Minister Pow
ell reports to the state department from
Port au Prince that American residents
suffered very severely from the recent
fires, which destroyed 800 homes in Port
au Prince, rendering homeless more
than 2000 people and entailed a loss of
over a million dollars.
Many of the largest American commer
cial houses were located in the burned
section. The fire spread rapidly and got
beyond control, owing to lack of water
and inadequate fire service. The minis
ter)' says :
"This is one of the saddest blows that
has evor befallen Port au Prince. gMauy
who were in aflluent circumstances are
paupers today."
Hole lu California.
San Fkancihco, Jan. 19. President
Dole, of Hawaii, this morning visited
the Presidio reservation and was accord
ed full military honors, inoludinga re
view of all the troops stationed there.
After an inspection of the batteries and
fortifications, the president returned to
the city, where Mayor Plielan and a del
egation of prominent citizens escorted
him to the Palace Union Club, where he
was entertained at breakfast. The Ha
waiian president and party will leave
here this morning in a special couch.
(JluiUtone Fulling l(uillly.
1-ONUON, Jan. 19. The Pall Mall Ga
zette this afternoon makes the follow
ing announcement:
''With deep regret we learn on the
most excellent authority that Glad
stone's health causes the greatest anx-
ietv to those about him. Ills sojourn at
Cannes has not had the effect of fortify
ing his strength as was anticipated."
The announcement is causing much excitement.
Cannkh, Jan. 19, The health of Glad
stone is fairly satisfactory. He went
out for a drive yesterday.
Klutuut Hiudcula Jierel.
Ai.aiK.ui. Jan. 19. The iludents en-
giged in a violent anti-Hebrew riot have
been dispersed by the police.
DEER WANTED IN CONNECTICUT.
Ilnnlcrn Petition for Appropriation
with Wlilpti to Slock I'rrirrvri.
Connecticut hunters are making tin
tlfort to introduce more wild deer into
the state. A petition- has been sent to
the .Mate ianie warden asking1 for an
appropriation of at lenst f2,000 for the
purpose of securing' deer and stocking
preserves in various jnrtH of thestnte
rejwrta the New York Sun. Connect!
cut has. hundreds of acres of wild coun
try which is eontinuully growing
wilder, owing to the tendency of the
people to desert the farms and give up
. I. . .
iigncuiiurc ior mnnmacuircs aim citv
life, and for miles in some ports of the
state not a liousc is to be sewn. The
country is too barren for agriculture,
not even sheep mising being conducted
with profit in some jwrts of it, but
the scrubs arc just what the deer re
quire for sustenance through the winter,
There arc now about a dozen wild deer
in the state, and their owners believe
that they exist under Klenl conditions
there.
The Connecticut climate is much
more favorable tothe animals than that
of Maine, Vermont or New Hampshire,
and in those three, states the deer are
met nearly everywhere in the uninhab
ited portions. The recent movement
to preserve wild deer in Iong Island
has leen a success. Bay lynxes, which
in most newspaper rejort are called
"wildcats," m common iwith the genu
ine w ildeats, arc sometimes met with in
Sussex and I'assnie counties, and so
are mink and weasels.
Hears sometimes get into the north
western jxirt of Sussex county.
MEASURING SUNSHINE.
An Inalrumrnt Which npcorda the
Strength of Every Hay.
An instrument which has been in
vented for measuring -sunshine elec
trically is so sensitive that not the
faintest sun rtiv that mav break
through the cloudy arch of a gloomy
day is lost, even, if it be but of a mo
ment's duration, says the Pittsburgh
Dispatch. Not only does it catch these
rays of sunlight, hut by an ingenious
contrivance it records their degree and
the period of the day at which they
occur. The cylindrical glass tubes,
connected by .a tem, are inclosed, in a
protecting glass sheath. Mercury is
tiM.'d to separate the air in the bulbs,
which am filled with pure,. dry air and
hermetically .sealed. The space be
tween the bulks of the protecting
sheath is then exhausted of air and
sealed. One of the bulbs is coated with
lampblack and when the .sun shines its
attraction for the blackened bulb drives
the mercury up through the stem lead
ing to the clear glass bulb. In its pas
sagn it forms, a circuit with line wires
fused into the glass and the- record is
instantly carried to a register in the ob
server's oilice. This register is oix-r-ated
by clockwork, and upon its brass
cylinder a sheet of paper bearing lines
indicating the min'Utes aixl hours of
the day is traversed by an automatic
pen. which, actuated by the electric
wirets attached to the glass bulbs, maken
au altsoluteiy accurate record of the
intensity and duration of the sunshine
each day.
FROGS AT MUSKOKA.
Fertile Ilrulnt'd i iUl ninn'a Musical
Yum from the Wild of Canada.
President, (jeorgu It. MeKee was in a
talkative mood it night or two ago.
Borneo one said that the frogs had en
tirely disappeared from Mu-skokii lake
in Canada, iiml after removing the toby
from his mouth, Mr. MeKee began, ac
cording u tho New (.'untie C'ourant
Guardian:
"I mnemlx'r when I was at Muskokn
with the first fishing jxirty that ever
isitd that upot. Why, do you know
that frogs were our principal article of
diet'.' We used to get. out In a Unit after
them, and as true as I tell you the frogs
used U run after us. It was no uncom
mon thing for us to capture 40 pounds
of frogs' legs in one evening. They'd
bile, ut the. Urns hook. I've been them
tliere fully uti big ua your pug dog, and
we had ai do.en. that were selected for
tlu difference lu their tone of voices. 1
wius enabled by the aid of a sniiill stick
to iiMiko those frogs sing u kind of tt
tune. We hail a Ijuss, a double bass, n
tenor, a contxalto, and, in fact, overj
known voice in that choir. Many'sthe
night 1 have been lulled to sleep by the
music of that bullfrog chorus. Why, I
have at-ivi " but he never finished, for
eery mnler of the symposium had
eicapcd through the Imek door.
Denmark Aluy Hold Aloof.
London, Jan. l'J. The Times in au
article reviewing the history of the ne
gotiations with tho United States ior
the acqjiHtion of Uie Danish West In
dies In 1800, concludes as follows:
"It remains to be wen whether Den
mark. will expose herself and hei colo
c Ua to the risk of humiliation by the re
opening of the negotiation."
..GflAS. F-W..
Butchers
and Fapmeps
..Exchange..
Keeps on ilraUtrht the celebrated
COI.UMDIA BEER, acknowl
edged the best beer tn The Dulles,
at the uMiul iirlce. Come In, try
tt and be rnnviitrcd. Alo the
Fitifht brands of Wines, Liquors
mid Clears.
aodrjuiehes
of all Kinds always on hand.
A. M. WILLIAMS & CO.
Bur Jn? mm
i
Tfie columDia PackingCo..
PACKERS OF
PORKand BEEF
MANUFACTURERS OF
Fine Lard and Sausages.
Curersof BRAND
HAMS & BACON
DRIED BEEF. ETC.
FRENCH & CO.,
BANKERS.
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINES
Letters of Credit issued available in the
Eastern States.
Sight Exchange and Telegraphic
iraneters sola on dew rortc, (jnicaizo.
St. Louis, San Francisco, Portland Ore
gon, beattle Wash,, and varioue points
in Oregon and Washington.
Collections made at all noints on fav.
orable terms.
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Sheriff's Sale.
Not leu fs henbv "iven thut under and bv vlr-
tut! of an execution and order of bale Usued out
of the Circuit Court of tho 'Statu of Onitou for
tin) County of Wateo. and to mu directed and
uiivereii, upon a juiiKiueui ami iivurcu reimcteu
ml entered lu tald court on the MM day of No
emlKT, ltD7, In favor of A. 11. Jones, ilaiutllt',
ud against It. K. Kewel, defendant, for the Mini
f two huudrtd and seventy-six and 'Jfl-ioo
IJ'O.'i'i) didlarn, together with interest thereon,
...... M...- 1 lWIU ... t,e ...... tt .iitt t.n. j.mt ...it
rim v .-.I. injM ,m. K.tu if. .v.. ( 1 ivttfc
annum, and thirty (f.W) dollars attorney feeH,
and the further sum of eleven (?U) dollais costs,
u liloii said judgment wan enrolled ami docketed
ii tno tnuco oi uiut'ierK oi sum court in sam
'iiiintv mi thohth day of November. lh'J7t ami
whereby It was further ordered and decreed by
the Court that tho foilowiiiK described property,
io-wii:
nculimiiiL' at a tkiliit lH.K'J chains west of the
line bch een sections thirty-live and thirty-six,
In township three north of range ten east of the
Wlllatncttu Meiidlau, beliiR tho western term
inus of tho north boundary lino of tho Jamca
Ilensou Donation Umd Claim; theueo north
C.hS chains, theueo east HM chains, theueo
south fi.M chains, and thenco west .h chains to
place of beirlliulnj!, coutalulllK xlx acres, more
or less, and huiiiK the samu premisus sold by tho
said A. II. loues to the said It. K. 1'owel, iu
Wasco County, Oregon,
be sold to satisfy sild iudKiucut, attorney fees,
costs and aecrulni; costs. 1 ulll, on Tuesday, tho
8th day of febimiry, lb'js, at 'I o'clock p. in. of
said day, at the front door of tho courthouse lu
Halloa City, Wasco Co., Or.,scll all the rlnht. title
uud Interest of thosald It. K. Fuwel tu upd tothu
above descrllHtl piowrty, at nubile auction to
the lilKhest bidder ior cash lu haul, tho pro
cecils arising from said sale to bo applied to the
satisfaction of snld judgment, attorney's lev,
costs mid accruing costs, and the surplus, If any
tneie le, to be paiu into court, ana mere to re
uialu until the lurther order ol this court.
T. J, UKIVKK,
decW-l Bheriffof Wasco Countr, Or,
Makes easy buying for you in our
Pants Dep't.
We have taken from our regular stock a quan
tity of our $3.50 and $4-00 pants, and have reduced
the price to
$2.37
All sizes and a grent variety of patterns.
Better Pants
All pants left over from our suit stock,and also a
large and fine lot of $5.00 v.dues, taken from the reg
ular pants assortment, make up the bargain table at
$3.37
Special numbers to sell at $1.50 and
$2.50 a pair.
Boy's Knee Pants at Reduced Prices.
Special
Reduction on....
Caps.
...All Styles...
Golf, Yacht and Windsors.
Special Assortment
15, 25 and 50c.
Showing the best assort
ment of styles.
A. M WILLIAMS & GO.
who
has the best Dress Goods
has the best Shoes
has everything to be found in a
first-class Dry Goods Store.
C. F. STEPHENS.
Wasco Warehouse Company
Headquarters for Seed Grain ofaii kinds.
Headquarters for Feed Grain of ail kinds.
Headquarters for Rolled Grain, an kinds.
Headquarters for Bran. Shorts, feed
Headquarters for "Byers' Best" Pendle
ton Flour,
This Flour is manufactured expressly for family
use ; every Hack is utiurunteed tu give satisfaction.
We sell our goods lower than any house in the trade, and if you don't think to
call and get our prices and be convinced,
Highest Prices Paid for Wheat, Barley and Oats.