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VOL. XII
THE DALLES, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1899.
NO 51
mules Hp Chronicle
SITUATION IS
NOT CHANCED
Bcpart of Advance It Boers Was 3D
Emr.
THEY MAY
MOVE TODAY
Advices Come From Pretoria to That
Kflect Public Opinion in That
Country Has Changed, and a Solu
tion Without Resort to Arms Is
Now Deemed Possible.
Lo.si))K, Out. 8. All reliable intclll
gunee from South Africa points to a con
Initiation of the existing situation for
hiimi! tune, ne both si dee are apparently
li d'ul m;t about nomtnencini; nn attack,
ultliou 'h from disputable received liere
it hsuiiih us if the movement of n patrol,
and every cloud of dust made by n heid
of cattle, were tnrned into n general ad
vance by both armies.
The delay tends for good, inasmuch ae
it Rives time for further negotiations,
und today's indications apparently show
a williiicnees on the part of the British
government to continue to utilize di
plomacy. A well-defined conviction 1b
prevalent that the foreign oflico is trying
to discover a way out of the impasse
which bus been created by the admitted
mistakes und miscalculations, and it is
evident that the peace advocates and
peace counsels tire gaining ground.
Wliilo the distaste for war evidently
increases in Great Britain, dispatduB
from the scene of possible hostilities
grow more and more threatening. Ad
vices from Piotorin describe the Tran -v.ul
organs us crying for impossible
terms, and President Kruger referring
to the prospective struggle us u means
of setting tbo republic "totally free to
Kngland." It is also said, according to
adviceH from the same point, that the
lloor forces at Volksrust will advance to
day to the Natal border.
Free State Will Not Attack.
Hr.oEiiKo.vi'Ei.v, Oct. (1. President
Htuyne, nddreesiug a crowd in the mar
ket square on Thursday, congratulated
the burghers on the rapidity with which
they bad rosponded to the call, He said
the Orange Free State did not intend to
make an attack, but it would fleicoly de
fend its cherished rights.
meeting the Kaffirs.
Jon ANNKHnuiio, Oct. C The govern
ment ia ejecting thousands of Kaffir min
ers from the Rttnp and sending them in
to the northern districts of the Trans
vaal, iu order to Byold the danger of a
collision with the whites in the event of
war.
An Irish corps supporting the Boers
has sturted for the frontier.
Smallpox Scare.
Salem, Or., Oct. 0. People roslding
in ttie vicinity of Shaw station, twelve
miles east of Salem, are having a lively
euiallpoK .scare.
It has been discovered that several
persons who have been ill for several
days are afilicted .With' the dread disease.
As tbo nature of their ailment was not
suspected, a number of people have been
exposed, und it is foarod that the malady
may become general in the community.
Several residents of that vicitity were In
Salem. yesterday and today to be vac
cinated. A WOMAN
NEARLY KILLED
Assaulted
With billiard
Razor.
Cue and a
Uakkh Citv, Or., Oct., 6. At 1 o'clock
this morning an unknown man assaulted
IaV4I Baking
Absomjteiy
Makes the food more
Ovl BUKINO
Mrs. Wright, aged fiO yearp, with part of
a billiard cue and a razor. The woman
was near the door ol her home, and her
skull was fractured and her throat cut
and other severe wounds were inflicted
Her screamB and the sound of the blows
brought people from her house, and the
police were summoned. The victim is
at the hospital and may die.
The city is infestrrt by tough
characters. Another woman now in the
hospital was nearly clubbed to death a
few nights f.go by an unknown assailant.
Tbu city is excited, und the police are
doing all possible to apprehend the
guilty parties. Recent fires, plainly in
cendiary, have added to the excitement
here, and the authorities are working
hard to rid the city of questionable
characters.
Story ii f n Slave.
To be bound hand and foot for rears
by the chains of disease is the worst
iorm of slavery. George D. Williams, of
Manchester, Mich., t-lls how such a
slave was made free. He save: "My
wife has been so helpless lor five years
thut siie could not turn over in bed alone.
After using two bottles of Electric
Bitters, she is wonderfully improved and
able to do her own work." Tliia supreme
remedy for female diseases quickly cures
nervousness, sleeplessness, melancholy.
headache, backache, faintiug and dizzy
spells. TliiB miracle working medicine
is. a codsend to weak, sickly, run down
people. Every bottle guaranteed. Only
60 cents. Sold by Blaaeley & Houghton
Druggists. G
Heavy Loss of Mules on Transport.
WAsitisoTON.Oct. C A cable meesage
from General Otis to the war depart
ment brings word of the loss of several
hundred horses and mules on the trans
port Siam. The message follows:
Manila, Oct. 0. The steamer Siam,
which left San Francisco August IS with
45 horses and 328 mules, encountered a
typhoon September 21 oil' Northern
Luzon in which all but sixteen mules
were lust. The animals were killed by
the pitching of the vessel, and the lack
of air from the necessary closing of the
hatches. There were no casualties
among the passengers.
It is stated at the quartermasters de
partment that the mules which were
loBt on the Siam were trained pack
mules, which were considered the most
valuable sent to the Philippines.
There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all otho diseases put
togethor, and until the last few years
was supposed to he incurable. For a
great many years doctors pronounced it
a local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced
it incurable. Science has proven catarrh
tobe a constitutional disease, and there
fore requires constitutional treatment.
Hall's Catarrnh Cure, manufactured by
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the
only constitutional euro on the market.
It is taken internally in doses from ten
drops to a teasnooiiful. It acts directly
on the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. They offer one hundred dollars
for any case it fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testmonlals, Address,
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, 75c. 7
Papers Will Quash Dreyfus Verdict.
London', Oct. 0 The Paris corre
spondent of the Daily Mail says: I
learn that Germany is about to baud
over documents which will lead to tho
quashing of the Dreyfus verdict.
I'reveutml a tragedy.
Timely information given Mrs, George
Long, of New Straitsvllle, Ohio, pre
vented a dreadful tragedy und saved two
lives. A frightful cough had long 'kept
her awake every niht, She had tried
many remedies and doctors but steadily
grew worse until urged to try Dr. King's
New Discovery. One bottle wholly cured
her. and she writes this marvelous
medicine also cured Mr. Long of a severe
Powder
Wre
delicious and wholesome
POWDER CO., MEW YORK.
attack of Pneumonia. Such cures are
positive proof of the matchless merit of
this grand remedy for curing all throat,
chest and lung trouble;. Only 50c and
$1.00. Every bottle guaranteed. Trial
bottles free at Blakeley & Houghton's
Drugstore. 6
DEWEY WILL AC-
CEPT A HOME
It;Will Be a
House That Is
Built.
Already
Washington', Os. 6. Admiral Dewey
has elected to accept a house in Wash
ington already constructed, instead of
having one built for his occupation. The
admiral was officially informed today of
the purpose of the people of the United
States to present him with a home in
Washington. He frankly expressed his
gratification at the tender, which he
immediately accented. He said had the
proposed home been the gift of a few
wealthy men he should have felt indis
posed to accept it, but he noted that the
fund bad over 43,000 subscribers, indl
eating that it was to be really a gift of
tho American people, and as such iie
would accept it with as much pleasure
bb he had the sword bestowed upon him
by congress.
Your Fur.n
ShowB the state of your feelings and the
state of your health' as well. Impure
blood makes itself apparent in a pale
and sallow complexion, Pimples and
Skin Eruptions. If you are feeling
weak and worn out and do not have a
healthy appearance you should try
Acker's Blood Elixir. It cures all blood
diseases where cheap Sarsaparillas and
so called purifiers fail ; knowing this we
Bell every bottle on a positive guarantee.
Blakeley & Houghton, druggists.
For the Oregon Industrial Eacpoeition
to be hold at Portland, Oregon Sept. 0
10 Oct. 26, the Oregon Railroad & Navi
gation Co, will make a round trip rate of
$3.25, which will aleo include two ad
mission coupons to the exposition.
Tickets will be eood going on-train No, 1
on Wednesday, bept. 2th, and everv
Wednesday thereafter, and for train No.
3, on Thursday. Sept. 28tb, and every
Thursday thereafter to and including
Thursday, Oct. 2Gth. Tickets will be
limited for return passage to expire the
Sunday niuht following the Wednesday
or Thursday on which ticket is sold.
25-1 tn
Vulcanic Kruptloui
Are grand, but skin eruptions rob life
of joy. Bjcklen's Arnica Salve cures
them ; also old, running and fever aores,
Ulcers, Boils, Felons, Corns, Warts,
Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Scalds, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains. Best Pile cure on
earth. Drives out pains and aches.
Only 25 cU. a box. Cure guaranteed.
Sold by Blakeley & Houghton, drug
gists. 2
"I wish to express my thanks to the
manufacturers of Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera aud Diarrhoea Remedy, for
having put on the mai ket such a wonder
ful medicine," says W, W. Maseiogill.
of Beaumont, Texas. There are many
thousands of mothers wliose children
have beon save from attacks of dysen
tery and cholera infantum who must
also feel thankful. It is for sale by
Blakeley & Houghton Druggists.
The "Plow Boy Preacher," Rev. J.
Klrkman, Belle Hive, III., says. "After
suffering from Bronchial or lung trouble
for ten years, I was cured by One Minute
Cough Cure, It Is all that is claimed
for It and more." It cures coughs, colds,
grippe and all throat and lung troubles,
Butler Drug Co.
Fresh cracked Nebraska corn at the
Wasco, warehouse. Fiuest kind of
chicken feed, mcti25-tf
BISHOP POTTER
GOES TO MANILA
Sent by Missions Commission of Protest
ant Episcopal CbuFcli.
HE WILL STOP
At HONOLULU
Bishop to Start Immediately He Goes
in aiz umciai capacity as a'
Representative of the Church, and
Has No Political End in View.
New Vurk, Oct. 6. The Times save:
Bishop Henry C. Potter is going to the
Philippines. This was learned positively
laet night, although the bishop himself
is reticent as to his plans and refueed to
admit anything more than that he was
going to Honolulu. He will, however,
visit the Philippines as well, and is al
loted three or four months for his trip.
He will probably start today or tomor
row for the West, though it is not known
ceitalnly that he will not postpose his
leavetaking until early next week.
The bishop's mission is an ecclesias
tical one. He goes In his official capacity
in behalf of the Protestant Epiocopal
church in America. Some time ago there
was formed a commission to represent
the church in this country known as the
commission of "responsibilities," and
Bishop Potter was made one of the mem
bers. The object in forming the com
mission was to obtain data on the op
portunities for the church to do work in
the islands which the events of this and
the last year have brought within the
jurisdiction of the United States govern
ment. It is essentially a commission for
mieeionrirywork-, and Bishop Pott'r has
been selected to examine that part of
which ia comprised in the Hawaiian is
lands and the Philippines.
Du.Ing the winter of 3897 Mr. James
Reed, one of the leading citizens and
merchants of Clay, Clay Co., W. Va.,
struck his e? against a cake of ice in
such a manner as to bruise it severe! v.
It became very much swollen snd pained
him eo badly that he could not walk
without the aid of crutches. He was
treated by physicians, aleo used several
kinds of liniment and two and a half
gallons of whiskey in bathing it, but
nothing gave any relief until he began
using Chamberlain's Pain Balm. This
brought almost a complete' cure in a
week's time and lie believes that had he
not used this remedy bis leg would have
had to be amputated. Pain Balm is un
equaled for spraine, bruises and rheu
matism. For sale by Blakeley & Hough
ton Druggists.
For Sale.
Will take one-half in trade for po
tatoes, chickens, flour, pork, hay, sec
ond or third grade wheat, gwd wood,
or a ro. l bicycle: Una uujryy, one
span of good young horses, well broken,
good life; weight about 1050 to 1100
pounds. Call at Dufur & Menefee'a of
fice, or addrets box 710, The Dalles,
Ore. Oct3 lw
On the 10th of December, 1807, Rev.
A. Donahoe, pastor M. E. Church,
South, Pt. Pleasant, W. Va., contracted
a severe cold which was attended from
the beginning by violent coughing. He
saye: "Alter resorting to a number of
so called 'specifics,' usually kept In the
houee, to no purpose, I urchascd a
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
which acted like a charm. I most cheer
fully recommend it to the public." For
sale by Blakeley & Houghton Druggists.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures dyspepsia
because its ingredients are 3uch that it
can't help doing so, "The public caji
rely upon it as a iu liter remedy for all
Disorders arising from imperfect diges
tion." James M. Thomas, M. D., in
Amerlciu Journal of Health, N, Y.
Floral lotion will cure wind chapping
and (unburn, Manufactured by Clarke
Falk.
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A. M. WILLIAMS & CO.
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Notice of Filing Final Account
Notice Is hereby given Unit t lie undersigned,
the assignee of J. W, Moore, II. K. Moore, und
J. W, ami II, K. Moore, Insolvent debtor, bus
filed wllli the clerk nf ilia clrculi court, of tnu
Stuto of Oregon, for Wnsco county, hU limit tie
count ns such assignee: tlio same will be heard
mid passed upon by bald circuit court on (heist
day of tho next regular term nf said circuit
court, to-wit, the November, ltW,terru thereof, at
the hour of ten o'clock 11, 111,, or in toon there,
utter as tho mutter cmi bu reached.
1) 16 11 1'UI.K IIUT1.KU, AsiEll?e.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
S'otlcoU hereby given thut tho uiiderslxned
has (lied with tlie clerk of the count court of
Die statu of Orevon, for Wasco county, lit m
tlnul account a udinlulatrntor ol the euto of
John' (irant, deceused, und thut by an order of
atd court inudu 011 the Uth dy of September,
WJ. Monday, the Uth day of November, lMfJ, tit
the hour of 'J o'clock j, 111. has been lined as the
time und the comity court room In Uullea Citv
ns'ine place lor 1110 Hearing 01 oojecuons 10 suiu
Una account
j. iurr
ML.VND1K.
Adiululstrutor
eused .
of KUU) of
John Grain, Do
fcept:u-ll
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fleu; pall
Jrousers.
We want you to
come in and see
them, We are show
ing a rare line of pat
terns this season, and
of course think them
the very, nobbiest ia
town.
We wont be satis
fied, however, with
out your personal
opinion.
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Dalles,
Of.
Job Printers.
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NOTICE.
U, S. IaND Officx, Tho D11II04, Ore.
Julv Jfi. lH'JU.
Notice Is hereby trlven that the order of lie
cemberH, Itv.M, temporarily withdrawing from
disposal, for Ilia purpose of h boat railway, tho
litmus on ne aniiiii siue.ana uuiiiiimx miles ut
the Columbia river, between The Dalles und
Celllo, lias been revoked by tho president, ex
cept as to the following described parcels: one in
the ni Heo 31, ' 3 N, Hi I K, containing
about four and one-hall ticrc, and the other Iu
the NWU, Heo'Jl, T i N, K 15 K, containing about
half an acre.
1)11 and alter September 1, lh'J9, we will receive
applications lor uuy vacant lands included
theiein. J. 1. UH'Ari.
O'llb PATTKItSON, Ittfilster.
llccciver. Jly.'fl I
JA, STURDEVANT,
Dentist.
pttlca over Trench & C'o.'s Hank
Phone fi, THE IUI.I.E3, OKEOOH
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