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THE DALLES, OREGON. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1898
NO 170
VOL. XI
ALL WORK
AND NO PLAY
. THIS YEAR
Another Day of Routine Business in
Both Branches of the State
Legislature.
MANY BILLS
INTRODUCED
Everv Member of Both Houses Seems
Imbned With a Desire to Do Some
thing, and Make a Good Record for
Himself.
NICARAGUA CANAL
IS FEASIBLE
Total Expenditure of Less Than
ioo,ooo,ooo Will Be Necessary,
According to Government Figures.
EX-MINISTER
THOMAS F.
BAYARD DEAD
Salem, Sept. 28. Thnt the present
Oregon legislature ia determined not to
go down in history aa a do-nothing leg
islature becomes more plainly apparent,
every day. Today both branches did
business again, and did it with vim, and
while the proceedings were altogether of
a routine nature there was a full attend
ance in each bouse, and every member
appeared anxious to do his part thor
oughly and well, and to give a good ac
count of himself.
In marked contrast with the regular
session of two years ago, ia the special
session of today. Then the desire to ac
complish results and Dass useful laws
was lost sight of in the excitement and
rancor of the senatorial contest from the
very first. Now both houses are hard at
work on routine business, and so far as
outward appearances indicate, bo ab
sorbed in their present occupation as to
be totally oblivious to all else.
Taken all in all the present outlook
for the present legislature making one of
the best records ever made by any simi
lar gathering in Oregon, is extremely
good.
Representative Kruse, ,of Clackamas:
introduced this morning a measure that
is likely to engage the attention of tbe
medical practitioners. It reads:
"Any person may freely contract for
the services of whomsoever hs considers
competent to alleviate suffering, or pre
vent or heal disease, and it ehall be law
ful for persona so employed to attend,
treat, nurse and endeavor to beat tbe i
employing patient and receive compen
sation therefor, subject to the medical
laws of the state relative to improper
practice."
A joint resolution was introduced in
the house yesterday by Roberts of Wasco
and concurred in by the senate today,
declaring in favor of congress making a
epecial appropriation for tbe improve
ment of the channel of the Columbia
river at the lower end of the Cascade
locks.
A subject that is coming to be discussed
by members of the legislature, is tbat of
making the regulur session in January
take up legislative work just where the
preeent session leaves it. While the con
stitution limits tbe term of a epecial ees
sion to twenty dajs, there seems to be
nothing in the way of preserving the
same organization now in force, and to
proceed at the regular session to act on
bills introduced at the special session,
without going through all the tedioua
rigmarole of introducing, renumbering,
reading, referring, etc., as if the previous
action had been taken before a totally
different body.
This is tbe first time in the history of
Oregon that the epecial session has pre
.ceeded the regular session of the same
members, so there is no precedent to
guide. It is pointed out by some that to
presume that the eame members ehould
choose a different organization next win
ter is assuming them to be fickle, while
there is the other view tbat patronage
might be more widely epread around by
a recognizition for the regular session.
In the matter of committee clerkships
there is as yet no indication that any
more economy than usual will be prac
ticed, if as much.
Everybody reads The Chboniclk.
New York, Sept. 28. Eight govern
ment engineers who have been engaged
on the preliminary survey of the Nicar
agua canal have arrived at this city, on
the steamship Altai, of the Atlas line.
They remained in Nicaragua to complete
the work wLich was in progress when
Admiral Walker and other members of
the commission were returning to take
part in the war with Spain. Eben S.
Wheeler was the chief engineer of the
party.
The preliminary work was finished be
fore tbe party left the field, and a vast
amount of data, the result of surveyings,
borings and soundings, has been brought
back and will be included in the official
reports which will be placed before con
gress at its coming session.
The surveys Bhow that the proposed
canal is entirely feasible, and that the
cost will be considerably lees than the
estimates made by the Ludlow commis
sion or the sum named by Admiral
Wheeler a year ago as likely to be needed.
The reduction in cost is due to a change
in location of the. Ochoa dam and to
other modifications of the old route.
The Ludlow commiasion estimated the
cost of the canal at $133,000,000. Ad
miral Walker named $125,000,000 as the
aggregate cost. The report of the engi
neers will place the estimate at lesa than
$100,000,000. By changing tbe location
of the dam from Ochoa to a point four
teen milea lower down, the building of
the San Juan baEiu and its costly em
bankment can be avoided and a saving
of $10,000,000 made.
Passed Awav at His Daugh
ter's Home.
THE END CAME
. WITHOUT PAIN
Royal makes the food pure,
wholesome and delicioaa.
MSP
F0YDZR
Absolutely Pure
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
A Sketch of the Ex-Ambassador s Ca
reer The Death of the Queen of
Denmark.
BUSINESS LOCALS.
Ik
Misses' and
Children's
School Shoes.
We here mention
which we ask vou to
They are better than what
same prices.
three "lines of School Shoes,
see before buying elsewhere.
are usually offered at the
Misses' dull dongola kid school shoe; made
with heavy extension soles, spring heel, new
full coin toe, lace; sizes to Jl, l.Zo;
1H
EXPLOSION CAUSES
DISASTROUS FIRE
Steel range, six hole, high shelf $27.50.
Steel ranee, four hole, high shelf
$20.00.
Steel range, four hole, high close
$22.50.
Steel range, four hole, high closet and
reservoir $32.00.
1 qt. fruit cans, twenty-live cents per
dozen, at Mays & Crowe.
Fresh Shoalwater Bay Oysters at An
drew Keller's.
Use Clarke & Falk'a Floral Lotion for
unburn and wind chafing. ft
Order your fruits, vegetables and fish
from Stadelman Commission Co. Phone
345.
Leave your orders for dressed chickens
with the Stadleman Commission Co.
Phone 345.
Have your bicycle repairing done by
Chas. Burchtorf, corner of Third and
Federal. Phone 49.
The oyster season has opened and in
order to be up to the timea, the, Palace
of Sweets have fresh oysters on sale in
every style. Give them a trial. 9-3 tf
Salmon, .halibut, crabs, clams, lob-
tO 2
.$1.50
II.
Dkdiiam, Mas9., Sept. 28. Thomas F.
Bayard died at 4 :30 o'clock this after
noon at Karlstein, the summer residence
of bis dauehter, Mrs. Samuel D. War
ren, after an illness of six weeks. His
death was without pain. Hia wife, his
two daughters Mrs. Warren and Miss
Florence Bayard and his son, Thomas
F., jr., saw him draw his last breath,
and his third daughter, the Countess
Lauenhaupt, was on her way to Dedham.
The remains will be conveyed to Dela
ware and the iormal eervicea will be held
Saturday in the old Swedish church at
Wilmington.
Karistein lies off the Dedham road.
Here about the middle of August, came
Mr. Bayard to be the guest of this
daughter and his son-in-law. He was
sick, but it was given out that hia illness
was merely due to declining years. He
steadilv erew worse, however, and had
spells of .semi-consciousness and of de
brum. A consultation of physicians etere, shrimps, and in fact any thing
was held August 26, and they agreed that desired , in the line of fish, on Wednes-
III.
Misses' kangaroo calf button shoe; of a nice
soft stock, jmade with coin toe, stock tip,
plump extension soles; sizes 8 to 11,-$1.25
1H to 2 ....$1.50
Misses' kangaroo calf button shoe, coin toe,
patent or stock tip, plump soles ; sizes 8 to
11, $1.10; sizes 11J to 2 $1.25
R. XVI. Williams & Co.
FMRl FAS Gil FM
The Tenth Annual Fair and Race Meeting of
Second Eastern Oregon District Hgrlcultural society
Sporting Goods Store Destroyed Three
Young Women Fatally and a Num
ber of Other Persons Very Serious
ly Injured.
St. Louis, Sept. 28. An explosion of
powder in the rear of the building at 410
North Fourth street, occupied by a
sporting gooda store, set the place on
fire, caused its destruction, and resulted
in injury to a number of persons, several
of whom will die.
Two firemen, whose names are un
known, and two other men who were
passing by, were injured.
A lady stenographer is missing, and
ia believed to have perished in the build
ing.
. Three young ladies who were working
on the third floor of the building were
seriously injured. Firemen with ladders
took out one of them, but by mischance
dropped to the pavement. Tbe other
two, cut by glass and burned by flames,
jumped to the pavement and were taken
to the citv hospital in a critical coudi
tion.
A eecoud explosion sent bricks and
glass flying among the firemen, injuring
five of them. This explosion frightened
a team hitched to a hose reel, and the
team ran away, injuring one fireman
and a citizen.
The loss is estimated at $100,000, and
it is not known how the explosion was
caused.
Clears Up a Mystery.
Joplin, Mo., Sept. 28. The arrest in
La Grande, Or., of a man named Weed,
who confesses to tbe murder of a Joplin
man named Smith, apparently clears up
the mysterious murder of Wm. Smith,
March 1, last, near Joplin. Smith mys
teriously disappeared, and his body was
found in tbe bottom of a deserted pit. It
was supposed he accidentally fell into
the pit, and the widow filed a suit for
-$5000 damages against the city.
Mr, Bayard was Buffering from artone
colorosis and a general breaking down,
incident to age. He suffered no pain to
any noticeable degree, and the chief
tendency was to sleep.
Yesterday it became evident that his
death waa a matter of only a few houra.
Still he lingered, having a slight rally
during the night, and during the fore
noon hia condition showed but little
change. At 4 o'clock he began to sink
rapidly, and half an hour later he gent
ly passecTaway.
.Tomorrow the body will be sent to
Delaware, being due to arrive at vv il-
mington late Friday afternoon.
Queen Louise of Denmark Dead.
Copenhagen, Sept. 29. The Cueen of
Denmark died at 5 :40 this morning.
Qneen Louise was born September 7
1817. She was the daughter of Land
grave William, of Hesse-Cassel. In 1840
she married King Christian IX of Den
mark, and their long union waa one of
great happiness, unbroken by a single
loss in their family until within the last
few years, when two of their grand
children died. The aged queen, who
has been failing for some time, was tbe
mother of the Princess of Wales and
King George of Greece. Her second
daughter, the Princess Dagmar, waa the
mtther of the Czar of Russia.
days and Fridays at tbe Stadelman
Commission Co.
In the fnture Andrew Keller, the pro
prietor of the Dopular cafe, will serve
Shoalwater Bay oysters in- any style,
and extends an invitation to his numer
ous old friends and patrons to make him
a call.
Free Fills
Send your address to H. E. Bucklen
& Co., Chicago, and get a free sample
box of Dr. King's New Life Pills. A
trial will convince ; you of their merits.
These Pills are easy in action and are
particularly effective in the cure ofCon
stipation and Sick Headache. For Ma
laria and Liver troubles they have been
proved invaluable. They are guaranteed
to be perfectly free from every deleter'
ions subBtance and to be purely vegeta
ble. They do not weaken by their
action, but by giving tone to stomach
. i i i . i : : ... B,a.
tern. Keeular size 2oc. per box. bold
by Blakeley & Houghton Druggists. (2)
Sheep for Sale.
Furnished rooms to rent, also euites
of rooms suitable for housekeeping. Ap
ply to 1 and ZU, Unapman block. ti
Roosevelt Nominated For Governor.
Convention Hall, Saratoga, N. Y
Sept. 27. The Republican convention
nominated the following ticket today ;
For eovernor. Theodore Roosevelt, of
Oyster Bay; lieutenant-governor, Tim
othy L. Woodruff, of Kings ; controller,
William J. Morgan, of Erie; eecrtary.of
state, John T. McDonough, of Albany;
state treasurer, Jonn B. Jaeckel, of Cay
uga; state engineer, Edward A. Bond, of
Jefferson ; attorney -general, John T. Da-
vies, of Oneida.
Which
do you like best grocer
bills or doctor-bills?
Use the wholesome
baking powder Sch il-
WASC0, SUERMAN,
Embracing: the Counties of
GILLIAM, CROOK, MORROW
AND UMATILLA.
Will Be Held at
THE
DALLES, "WASCO CO., OR.
Tuesday, October 18, 1898,
Continuing 5 days. Continuing 5 days.
For Premium List and anv information regarding the fair write to J. O. Mack.
Secretary, The Dalles, Oregon. A. S. MAC ALLISTER, Pres.
ling's Best
35
Band of fine stock ebeep, between
2500 and 2600 bead ; (about 900 lambs,
balance old eheep.i Price $2.50 per
head. Ample range and hay for 2000.
Will sell either sheep or hay or both. In
quire at this office. 8-27 3
Ileal Estate Sale.
The Laughlin estate offers for sale all
their land property in and near The
Dalles, consisting of city lota, blocks
and acreage. Terms reasonable.
Apply to the undersigned at tbe office
of the Wasco Warehouse Co,
if B. F. Laughlin.
ESTRAY.
An iron grey gelding, Drand indistinct,
looks like a quarter circle with a bar
under it, . The animal is unbroken.
Came to my place at Nansene,. 17 miles
south of The Dalies. The owner can
have same by proving property and pay
ing all charges. - Ed Wilson.
Sept. 1, lmo.
Thousands of persons have been cured
of piles by using DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. It heala promptly and curea
eczema and all fckin diseases. It gives
immediate relief. Snipes-Kinersly Drug
Co.
Wasco Warehou
seCompany
Headquarters for Seed Grain of ail kinds.
Headquarters for Feed Grain ot ?n kinds.
Headquarters for Rolled Grain, an kinds.
Headquarters for Bran. Shorts, sfcEESr
Headquarters for "Byers' Best" Pendle-
YTI Tlnnr This Flour is manufactured expressly for family
LULL -L XJ LLX . U8e . every sack ia guaranteed to give satisfaction.
We sell our goods lower than any honse in the trade, and if you don't think so
call and get our prices and be convinced.
Highest Prices Paid for Wheat, Barley and Oats.
Cloctdy Weathep Preferred for Sittings.
Chapman Block.
MY WORK MY SUCCESS. ,
THE DALLES, OR.