VOL. XII
THE DALLES, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1900.
NO. 271
Retiring from
Business.
Closing out my Entire Stock
Regardless of Cost.
Dry Ooods, Clothing, lloota and Shoes, at much lee; than wboleaulo
prices. ill null tit bulk or in lotH, or iiny way to suit purchasera.
Entire stock must "be closed out
' before thirty days.
All cooils will bo sacrificed oxcujit Thompson's Glovo-fittitiK Corents
anil liuttoriok Patterns. Your prices will bo initio. Call earlv and sucure
ImigaiiiB.
J. P. McINERNY,
Corner Second jind Court Sis.
SEYMOUR IN
A BAD FIX
JOURNEY REQUIRED
TWO LONG YEARS
Stun Keloid or Clirismun's Ill-Fated
Traction Freight Kiif-inc Venture
the Dalles-Silver Lake Route.
on
Mi.vnr. L.uci:, Or., Juno 1!7. Standing
liy a bluokaiiiith shop at this place is a
lni;i) pieeo of machinery, patched and
wrapped and niundt'd until scarcely a
bolt or nail is intact as originally com
pleted. It is called a. traction or road
engine, and is a huge onu at Unit.
Securing freight in thie country Is llio
olij 'ct of ovury inorchanl'H life. To Tho
l).ilkH, a distance u( l'.'O mile?, over
rough moiinttiin roads and desert sands,
IB tho nearest point to tho railroad or
water navigation. It takes a lone; time
to mako this trip with an ordinary freight
wagon and team, so lout;, that many
Mod11 that are freBh on starting out be
com" Htalo huforo thoy reach thoir doe-tinatiou.
liined efforts of tho ranchers could not
keep tho thine; in wood, as in many
nlaces fuel had to ho hauled for many
miles. In a few weeks' timoaomeof the
goods in tho wagons began to got stalo
and these wagons wore detached and
taken on to Silver Lake by lueattB of the
old-time power hoi sea. Thou hills were
reached where the engine could not as
cend and all tho horses for miles around
were employed to pull the machine and
the train to the top. I'rotn morning to
night tho shouts to tho horses, thoswcni
ing workmen, tiie axea of tho wood
choppers and the hamiuerain the black
smith and carpenter shops kept up a din.
lint this was pastime compared with
what was to follow. Out in tho desert
water and wood had to be hauled for !!0
and 40 miles. Days were spent without
moving uu inch. Privations nud suffering
were endured. Tho wagons were all cut
looso and taken to Silver Luke, drawn
by horses, but Chrisuuin said Unit the
traction engine had to go through. It
finally camo to tho point where wells
had to be dug along the route for water
and temporal v wooding stations had to
be established, but the engine moved
along in one way and another, day by
day, or every other day, or week, with
snail-like progress. Tho whole lino of
His Force Is Short of Provisions and
Is Said to Be Returning Without
Having Rescued the Ministers and
Foreigners.
Washington, June 27. The following
cublrgram was received at the navy de
pint men t late this afternoon :
"Che Foo, June 27. Secretary of the
navy, Washington : Pekm force and
ministers reported with tho Pekin relief
expedition, entrenched eight miles froni
Tien Tein.
London, Juno 27. A special from
Shanghai, dated last evening, Baja that
communication with Admiral Seymour
waa opened by the Tien Tsin relief force
Sunday. Admiral Seymour was at that
time said to be ten miles from Tien Tein.
Three hundred of the members of his
party were reported aick and wounded ;
only a few had been killed. They were
Bhort of provisions, and were returning
without having rescued the legations,
1'. .M. Chrisniaii, u loading general j rom Hlj Hlnva tho traces of this rn-
mori-liaut of .Silver Iiko, was persuaded j nmriin',lo trip tho camping places, the
that a traction engine was the thing, and i frnt:uieiits of broken iron, and the deep
lie invented in one and li!ttrniiiiL'tl to i 101cb in the aunds tint were oneo wells
revolutionize the freight business be- t() furnish water for tho boiler. Any
tween The Dalles anil Silver d.uko.
than two years nuo ho atartil out
Mote
from
rancher will look sad when you speak of
the trip of tho Chrisinari traction engine
tin' Dalles with his hlu traction engine, ..-i,,,,, h,, thinks of tho wood and water
will a train of wagons loaded with . tlll(i provision famine that lay in its
frcignt attached. The roads at tho start, wUu.
were favorable, and tho outline worked )
like a charm. Up and down the long
tirades leading out from 'I ho Dalles tho
train moved with tho ease of a railroad
train, If not with tho rapidity, of one.
In f iet, tho start was so propitious tli.it
Mr. Ohrisnian on tho very start wagered
$1000 that he would bo in Silver Lake in
thirty days, thinking ut tho tiinu that ho
would mako tho trip in half tho time,
"ut In an hour afterwards tho trouble
lvgs.ii. A rod broke and hu had to bond
Wli lo Tho Dalles for repairs. In an
other hundred yards nnothor break oe
eri'd and tho blacksmith at Tho Dalles
liad to ho employed. Then water givo
out anil tho ranehoia' weljs worn drawn
"l"'i. Wood became an ibject through
"in barren country atnltho ranuhers'
""il Plica wore bough at their own
prk' As thoy progressed, sometimes a
"die in inlay, BouiodayH a hundred yards
niil uoiuo days not a foot, the thine; con
sumud nil tho wood and water for miles
In every direction. Hut Ohrlamau was mi
'hunted. Ho said that ho would land the
"'ing in Silver Like. Ho established
"mvalilo blacksmith shops, eai punter
1 and shanties for tlio nioti to shelter
under, and tho traction englno and its
train of wagonn and tho shopa and hIiiiu
ms were an odd eight as thoy moved
a'ong tho mountain und deeert roadp.
A big crowd also accompanied tho tram
"im of tho time, is tho ranehors of
every particular noltfibarliood, nnd their
families, came to fto tho novel eight,
a'l followed alonfJ when K moved for
'ours. As thoy reaJhed tlio more sparse
ly Buttled conununlUoa fiuntnu whb left
lu their wako, Wood, water and fuel
"vero completely .exhausted. Tho com
Hut perseverance won as it always
does. A little more than two years fiom
the date of leaving Tho Dalles, Ohrisnian
pulled into Silver Lake with his load
engine. '1 here was not a wagon attached
to it nnd it whb tlio mass of patchea and
iiiendiiigs it now is, He stopped It near
the blacksmith ahop. where it still
stands and will probably stand forever.
No ono has over ascertained what it
cost to land it thoro.und probably never
will, but Ohrisinaiis still m business.
tliiturrli t.'tiiiiiiit lie Ouruil
with local applications, as thoy cannot
reach tho seat elf the disease. Catarrh
is a blood or constitutional disease and
in order to cure it you must take inter
nal remedies. Hall's Catanh Guro is
taken internally, and acts directly on
tho blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is not a quad: medicine.
It was was prescribed by one of tho best
physicians in this country for yetvs, and
is a regular prescription. It is composed
of thu best tonlcH known, combined with
the boat blood purilieis, noting directly
mi the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination of the two ingredients is
what produces such wonderful results in
curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials,
'"it. I. Chunky & Co., Props., Toledo O.
Sold by drniKgists, price 7Jio.
Hall'u Family PIHh ro tho bent. 12
Notlco,
Columbia Hiver Ice & Fuol Co. wishes
to announce that thoy will deliver ice to
...... ....rt nf the cltv at all hours oi tno
day or night. 'Phono 33 or 81
Dial, 75 or 8 Soufort & Condon.
Long
Washington, June 27. The Chinese
minister called ttiis morning on the sec
retary of state and communicated to him
the contents of a diepatch which lie had
received from the Tsung li Yamen, at
Pekin. dated on tho 19th inst. The dis
patch stated that the foreign minister
had before this date asked permission
for the legation guards to enter the city,
which permission had been granted;
that they subsequently naked that these
gourds be reinforced, which the Chinese
government was not disposed to permit.
Tlio dispatch then goea on to Btate
that thu consul-general at Tien Tsin
(supposed to be tho French consul-general),
had demanded tho eurrender of
the Taku forte and that the foreign
ministers wero shortly to leave Pekin for
Tien Tsin witli their guards.
A TIiouhhihI Tongues
Could not express tho rapture of Annie
E. Springer, of 1123 Howard St.. -Phil-adolpl
ia, Pa., when she found that Dr
King's New Disco vory for Consumption
had completely cured her of a hacking
cough that for many yenrs had made
lilo a burden. All other remedies and
doctors could give her no help, but she
soys of this Royal Cute "It soon re
moved tho pain in my chest and I can
now sleep soundly, something I can
scarcely remember doing before. I feel
like sounding its prniaes throughout the
universe." So will every one who tries
Dr. King's Now Discovery for any trouble
of tho throat, chest or lunge. Price oOo
and $1. Trial bottle free at Blakeloy &
Houghton's drug store; oycry bottlo
guaranteed. 5
IIuto DexlKiih on IJi'iiiiicratP.
Chicago, June 27. Tho Record says:
It baa developed that the prohibition
ists of the United States expect to go
befoie the democratic national conven
tion at Kansas City July -Mi, with a
list of 1,000,000 voters pledged to sup
port William J. Bryan if tlio Democratic
party will adopt a prohibition plank in
fts 'platform. Tho advocatts of this
movement do not expect tho democrats
to favor such n plank, but they believe
and insist that it will bo tho entering
woduo which will finally split ono or tho
other of tho two great partlos and build
up on the ruins tho foundation of a new
party.
Tho plan of pledging ,000,000 voters
who signed nu agreement tosuppoit no
candidate who did not stauil llrmly on
tlio prohibition issue, originated with
tho Ram's Horn, a magazine which is
recognized as tho mouthpiece of prohi
bition. It ia said the national prohibi
tion convention today will enuorso ino
oil'ort of tho Ham's Horn.
Many of tho delegates, upon hearing
of the action to bo taken at Kansas City,
wanted to know today why tho matter
was not taken up with the republican
convention at Philadelphia. Inquiry,
howevor, showed that the list of pledg
ers waa not complete at that time.
for limit,
A flvorooni cottago on Alvoid street,
with bath room nnd patent closet, nt $10
it month. Apply to Levi Ohrlaman. 28tf
i LADIES'
MAN-TAILORED
SUITS
- Worth $15, $18,
$20 and $25-
Reduced to
$13
85
1
LADIES'
MAN-TAILORED
SUITS
Exceptional values
at $12, 12.50, 13.50,
Reduced to
$8
50
Two of the best offerings made this season anywhere. Some of these suits
at the new price do not realize enough to pay for the bare clotli before tlio scissors
or needle touch it. Handsome, stylish' suits that must be ready all summer, for
morning wear and chilly days. Then they will give added service next fall. Most
remarkable ofierincs these:
at
$13-85
at-
$8.50..
Brown Oxford all-wool Covert, tight-fitting Suit worth $15.00
Cadet Blue " " " " " worth 18.00
Black Serge double-breasted i-fitting Jacket .....worth 20.00
Fashionable green and grey mixed Cheviot Suit, tighl-fit'g " 25.00
Brown Oxford all-wool Covert Eton Suit worth $12.00
Silver-grey all-wool Sacking, tight-fitting worth 12.50
Black all-wool Serge, Jacket Suit worth 13.50
Wo mention the above out of forty diflerent suits. No two alike.
COME EARLY AND SECURE FIRST CHOICE.
anis & Co
Our
Muslin
Underwear
Sale
The excellent materials and tasteful trimmings, coupled with
the veiy moderate prices, for which our Aluslin Underwear is
famous, has created an extensive business. Women look for
ward to advantages such as we are now offering, and novor fail
to realize handsome savings. See our GOWNS at 29c, 55c,
79c and $1.13.
Willi
Deni'y Still Iln I'mul Iliies.
Ni:wi'onr, P.. I., June 2". Admiral
Dewey, in an interview last night, said:
"1 stand just where I waa eome lime ,
age. II tno American paupie w am me
.... . . i . . t !
as tlieir cnnuiuate ior presiueut, i am
rendy."
Asked if lie would stand for the tiotu-1
ination of vice-president, ho replied he
would not. j
Concerning the political outlook in
the west, from which part of tho coun
try tho admiral recently returned, lie j
said: "There is a strong feeling in the
west for Bryan, and if ho runs for the (
presidency I believe ho will be elected." 1
Admiial Dewey paid a high tribute to '
President Mclvliiley. He spoke of the j
mental strain under which tho chief ex
ecutivo labored, and cited the case of tho
present crisis in China, which is v3ry .
serious,
Mr. W. S. Whedon, cashier of the!
First Natlonnl bank of Wintered, Iowa, i
in a recent letter elves some experience i
with a carpenter in his employ, that
will bo of value to other mechanic.
Ho says: "I had a carpenter working
for mo who was obligod to stop work for j
several dnya on account of being ttoti-,
bled with diurrhuu, I mentioned to
him that I hud been similarly troubled
and that Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhau Keuiedy lmu cured mo,
Ho bought;abpttlo of It from tho druggist
hero and informed me that one dose
cured him, and lie ia again at his work."
For sale by lllnkoley & Houghtoti.
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If
...C. J. STUBLING,
Wholesale and Rotall
Wines, : Liquors : and : Cigars
Agency for the
Celebrated Yellowstone Whisky.
Columbia : Brewery : Beer : on : Draught
173 Second St.
Phono 234.
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