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SATURDAY . -. ..JANUARY 30 1896
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesday's Daily.
Regular meeting of the Maccabees
at 7:30 tonight.
.. Dr. Hollister went to Moro this fore
noon and will return tonight.
Two of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Herbert's
little children are seriously ill with
- : typhoid pneumonia.
; Mrs. S. L. Brooks returned last even
ing from Portland where she has been
'. visiting the pastweek.
The snow storm in uaicota nas
- Vblockaded the Korthern Pasific, and.
no though trains have reached Tacoma
M .U. ... ...... a CollimlalT
il ULU bus Cilab Bluo uu.uiuwj.
Private information from Salem is
that the Benson house bids fair to go
to pieces soon, after which it is possi
ble 4a members of the house will get
. together and permanently organize.
Three convicts in the Washington
penitentiary at Walla- Walla were
caught J esterday attempting to escape.
They had sawed a hole through the
hospital floor and were excavating
a tunnel when discovered.
There were a number of commend
able features about the entertainment
a XT.. 1..,.. -n;..Ut- ..liinf nmiin.r
- which that the curtain raised promptly
on time, and that there was no time
wasted in changing scenery.
J. H. Jackson is the owner cf the
- only herd of Peking China hogs in the
state, and proposes to exterminate the
breed. Bo bought theui of James Ful
ton yesterday, and intends killing
them aj soon as they are fattened.
Revival services continue with un-
abated interest at the M. E. church.
Services will be conducted by Re?. J.
H-.Wuod assisted by Rev. R. Warner,
., ' the presiding elder of this district. A
N cordial invitation' is extended to all.
The engineers in charge of the locks
at Cascades succeeded in clearing the
ice away so that the gates Ncould be
. " operated yesterday afternoon, so as to
- allow the Regulator to pass through,
and the boat arrived here at 8:30 last
night. She left for Portland about
noon today.
A number of senatorial elections oc
curred throughout the country yester
. , day. John C. Spooner was elected in
Wisconsin, jonn f . Jones in -JNovaaa,
;; w. a. Harris in Kansas ana josepn
tt T7i I- j o .1- ir mi J 1
locks in South Dakota, Idaho, Utah
and Washington have not been brok
en. In Washington yesterday Cline
received 42 and Turner 30 votes.
J. E. Graham, who was injured in a
fail from the high trestle on the O. R.
& N. line below The Dalles last Thurs-
- aay, uieu ao tne v nion acreec ioage-'-
ing house in this city at 3:15 this after
noon. Mr. Graham had no family ex
cept a brother who resides at Ashland,
who has been notified by telegraph.
HiB home was in Portland and he was
a member of Phal anx Lodge, K. of P.
. r of that city.
The clouds of mystery surrounding
the management of city finances in
Pendletou are not clearing away rap
idly. F. B. Clopton, who. was engaged
to expert the books and accounts of
the city, has not yet made a statement
- of his findings, but it is said that the
sum missing may creep up to $12,000.
Mr. Clopton had not been at work long
. ' before he discovered that two sets of
license books had beon kept.
- Property owners in Baker county
will get off this year with a tax of only
dfi X m ilia gn t ha dnllni 1-CociilAa lha
county- and state tax, amounting to
28.8 mills, the city and school district
taxes are 17.5. Such a rate of taxation
; is not confiscation, but it is at least a
second cousin. Baker cannot expect
to progresss very rapidly from the in-
' vestment of outside capital within its
limits so long as such taxation prevails.
When the east-bound overland ar
rived here at 10 o'clock last night it
was boarded by 23 Elks of this city,
who thrust themselves into the Pull
man car especially provided for the
convenience of them and the ten Port
land Elks, all of whom were en route
to Heppner to assist in the institution
oi a lodge in mat city today, it was
about as jolly a crowd as ever left The
. Dalles, and no doubt high carnival
. reigned supreme until Heppner was
reached.
The Georgia University Graduates
have come and gone, and everybody
-who attended their entertainment was
pieasea. . xne entire troup is composed
. of real artists in their line, and they
show, affording abundant amusement,
and at the same time displaying first
rate musical talent. The slack-rope
performer and juggler were experts,
both giving performances that are new
and very entertaining.
Character comes pretty high over in
Washington. A Waitsburg preacher
. has sued the editor . of the Times for
$15,000 damages done the reverened
gentleman oy voe puDiicauon oi an
article criticising a sermon delivered
by him last July. The plaintiff is Rev.
Ticknor, a gentleman " who is so
, thoroughly English that he sees little
. or nothing good on this side of the
' water except perhaps it would be the
pocuet cnange ot a country editor
amounting to $15,000.
the recorder's official bond has been
raised to $5000. Now if the mayor and
councilmen were placed undur bonds
the city's funds would be comparatively
safe.
The farce or. comedy whichever it
might be called, thai' ho been eisacied
at Salem since the 11th i,t :Ue month
is becoming monotonous. .iueo.it
of ten taxpayers in the stale demand a
change of program.
A contest case is being heard before
the land office today in which Mary
Gibson iscoatcsli.-ig Oliver L. Paquet's
right to hold uom-iatoad No. 52(i9, near
Wapinitia.- Dufur &, Menefee appear
for the contestants.
Hon. W. C. Wills, member of the
state board of equalization for this jud
ical district, arrived from below last
evening. Mr. Wills will remain in
th city a few days before proceeding
to his home in Crook county.
By order of L. S. Davis, chancellor
commander, a special meeting of
Friendship Lodge K. of P. is called for
this evening at 7:30. The meeting will
be held in the K. of P. banquet hall.
Ail Knights are requested to attend.
Mr. Brooks returned from Portland
last night. On account of disagreeable
weather, the work of repairing the
steamer Dulles City has been suspended
for the present, mid Mr. Brooks sajs
vill not be resumed until the weather
is more favorable.
If tiie iucli of snow that fell las:
night can be followed by a uozen
inches more, it will be beneficial to
the country. Plenty of snow now ia
what is needed to insure abundant
crops next season and to protect the
grain that was sown last fall.
The Dalles Elks are all back from
Heppner'; having arrived on this morn
ing's train, and without a single ex
ception are loud in their praise of the
hospitality shown by the people of
Heppner. That city entertained its
visitors in a most royal manner.
At the special meeting of the legal
voters of Hood River school district
last Monday a 15-mill tax was levied
for school purposes. Two years ago
the district rather overdid itself in
building an expensive school house,
and is now reaping the reward in high
taxation.
A meeting of Indian warveti
Judge E. B. Watson, of Portland, and
T. T. Geor, of Marion county. So far
no Eastern Oregon republican has
been mentioned.
On the evening of Feb. 9th Misse
Gladys Jones and Harriate Stevens
will tive a musicale in the Congrega
tional church in this city. Everybody
who heard Missos Jones and Stevens
last winter will be anxious to attend
this musicale! as all are convinced
they will be well entertained, and be'
sides the entertainment is to be given
as a benefit for the pastor of the Con
gregational church, whom every resi
dent of The Dalles desires to help
along in the noble work in which he is
engaged.
KIXCAID SAYS SO.
war veterans
has been called to meet in Salem next
Tuesday at 7:30 p. m. The grand com
mander intends to have a talk with ail
of the veterans cf the state who can
make it possible to be present on that
occasion, regarding the bills in their
behalf cow pending in Washington.
D. C. -
One cf tbp old landmarks of Tho
He lias Set His Foot Down I'pon the Den.
son House
That Secretary of State Kincaid will
not draw any warrants for expenses
incurred by the Benson home is made
evident by the following communica
tions that passed between him and
State Printer l.ecd-:
A number of Mil foractsof the 19th
legislative assembly, introduced and
read in tho bouse of representatives,
as organized January 21 inst , by 31
members of the house, elected in June
last, with the Hon. H. L. Benson, as
speaker, have been sent to me to be
printed.
Knowing you to be fully informed
as to the facts involved, I ask whether,
as the auditing officer of the state, you
would approve or disapprove my ac
count against the state for such print
ing, should I do the work."
To this letter Secretary of State Kin
caid sent the answer below:
"Replying to your inquiry, I beg
leave to state that your accounts for
all printing authorized by law or or
dered by the legislative assembly will
be audited and approved.
In my opinion, there has not been
at the present session any permanent
er-ranization of the house of represen
tatives, and the present organization
now assuming to trausact business has
no authority to direct the printing of
bills. As the auditing officer of the
state, I would consider it my duty to
disapprove any claim presented against
tho state for printing such bills, unless
the legislative assembly, composed of
the senate and house duly organized
hereafter, should authorize payment
of said claim "
FOB REDUCED SALARIES.
Senator Gowan Has Introduced a BUI
Kegalate Fay of County Officers.
Senator Gowan of Grant, Harney
and Morraw, has introduced a sweep
ing measure, designed to reduce the
salaries of all county officers in the
state. A new schedule is provided in
detail, the scale being about 20 per
cent lower than at present. Section 1
provides for. the salaries of county
judges, ranging from $.100 in Curry
county to $2,500 in Multnomah county.
Section 2 relates to salaries of
county clerKs, which are fixed on
scale from $1,000 to $2,000. Deputies
are allowed in a number of counties,
In Multnomah county the salary shall
be $3,500, and the clerk may appoint
as many deputies as the county court
may authorize. Tho clerk of Multno
mah circuit court shall receive 83,000,
and have as many deputies as the
county court may allow.
Section 3 provides for the salaries of
stieriffs. ranging irora 51,000 in Curry
to $1,000 in Multnomah.
Section 5 provides tor the manner of
payment of salaries, and declare that
none of the officers shaU receive any
fees or other compensation whatever,
with certain exceptions
Section 6 provides that a sheriff shall
receive the same compensation as uow
for board of prisoners; he shall reeelve
for himself all special rewards, and the
usual fee3 for transportation of
prisoners and insane.
Section 7 provides for the compen
sation of coroners as at present.
Section 8 prescribes the duties of
circuit and county clerks. Trial fee
shall be $10 for cases involving over
$500, and $5 for less, except in probate
proceedings.
Section 10 provides for withholding
any official's salary when it is dis
covered that he has failed to turn over
fee3 to the county treasury.
Section 12 fixes the salaries of county
treasurer from $300 iu Curry county to
$1800 in Multnomah.
Section 13 provides that assessors
shall receive $3 per day in counties
west of the Cascade mountains, except
in counties to be hereinafter named;
and $4 east of the Cascades, with the
same exceptions. Tne assessor oi
Muitucmah county shall receive $6000
per annum.
County commissioners shall receiye
a per diem for actual services.
by addressing Mr. Jas. C. Pond, Gen
eral Passenger Agent, Milwaukee,
Wis., or Mr. Geo. S. Batty, Gen'l
Agent, 246 Stark St., Portland. Or.
The Wisconsin Central trains run be
tween St. Paul or Minneapolis, and
Milwaukee or Chicago and close con
nections are made with all trains to
and from these points. Its dining car
service ia strictly what posted travelers
want and prices are very moderate.
Your nearest ticket agent will provide
vou tickets on application over this
favorite route.
RUNG IN A COLD DECK.
UtlNtHOUS TO t)E LESSEPS.
"They Are the People.'
The legislators of Oregon and Wash
ington are now in session, and for the
time being "they are the people.
The day is not far distant, though, be
fore many of them, like their predeces-
ORGAN1ZED AT HEPPNER.
the
A Lodge of Hlks Dnly Instituted at
County Seat of Morrow County.
Yesterday Heppner T.olge, No. 358,
B. P. OEiks, was instituted at Hep
pner by Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler
Dalles was removed yesterday morn- b0r3) w jh for obvious reasons wish they Cohen, assisted by officers from differ
lner. Jim Wesley, an Indian who has
been in and about The Dalles since
the early pioneer days, passed over to
the happy hunting ground. He had
attended a dance in the Indian village
the night previous, and returned to his
cabin and retired about 5 o'clock.
Within an hour be was a corps, death
aving como upon him suddenly,
though without any apparent cause.
Jim was a good, honest Indian,, had
always been a staunch friend of the
whites, and was a perfect encyclopedia
of information concerning the early
history of The Dalles. He leaves a
wife and four children.
(From Thursday's Dally.) . "
j
. Lincoln county had an earthquake
Monday that shook Newport and Alse
quite severely, though no damage was
done.
Two car loads of beef, cattle were
shipped from E. E. Saltmarsh & Co's.
stock yards to Troutdale this after
noon. A small amount of ice was running
in the Columbia this morning, though
not enough to interfere with boats on
the river.
Speaker Cline has dropped out of the
senatorial contest at Olympia, and yes
terday the populist vote was cast for
Daniels.
Owen Williams, who has been in ill
health for some time past, left this
afternoon for Portland to receive medi
cal treatment. -
The fire-bug Stephens, who was con
victed of setting fire to the Hamilton
Bourke warehouse at Walla Walla,
. was yesterday sentenced to five years
in the penitentiary.
The Regulator got to Cascade Locks
about 5 o'clock last evening, but was
unable to pass through the canal on
account of ice. She was still at the
Locks at 10:30 this forenoon, but ex
pected to get through this afternoon.
The Pendleton council has locked
the door after the horse, or rather a
considerable amount of the city's funds,
bad been stolen. John Hailey has
been appointed recorder to serve while
Mr. Lash is in the penitentiary, and
From Jvnaay's Daily
C. C. Hobart, of Cascade Locks, is
j In the city.
T. J. Driver left on the afternoon
train for the 6eat of government at
Salem.
Tne snow fall last night was six
inches, making a precipitation of 55-
100 of an inch.
A. E. Graham, brother of J. E. Gra
ham who died here Wednesday, ar
rived from Ashland on last night's
train.
A grand ball will be given at Grass
Valley on Feb. 22. Prof. Birgfeld, of
this city, has been engaged to furnish
the music.
M. L. Jones, state organizer for -the
Foresters of America, is in the city,
and will meet with Court The Dalles
this evening. -
The passenger train which left, here
at 1 o'clock yesterday got off the track
at Troutdale, and did not reach
Portland until 10 o'clock last night.
o-damage was done to the train.
The Regulator passed x through the
locks this forenoon and proceeded on
her way to Portland, the ice having
been cleared from the canal so as to
permit of the gates being operated. '
The east-bound overland was de
layed two hours last night by snow be
tween Bonneville and Cascades. A
rotary was brought up from Albina
and plowed the snow out of the cuts.
Sleighs have been very much in
evidence on the streets of The Dalles
today. Everybody who could has
taken advantage of the snow, ' while
the small boy and his sled has been
making good use of the. incline on
Union street!
W. H. Street, a representative of
the Pacific Elk, is in' the city, having
arriving this morning from Heppner,
where he attended the institution of
the lodge of Elks on Wednesday. Mr.
Street will remain in the city until
Sunday.
' Miss Katie Jarra, who is very sick
at Roseburg, is desirous of hearing
from her brother, Frank Jarra, who
formerly resided in The Dalles, but
left here -about 9 months ago. Eastern
Oregon papers please copy. Should
Mr. Jarra see this article, be is reques
ted to go to Roseburg at once.
J. E. Graham, the gentleman who
died Wednesday from injuries received
last Friday while working oh the high
trestle below The Dalies, was aged 43
years and 10 months. He. was boVa-in
Ohio and came to Oregon in 1882. He
leaves two brothers, A. E. Graham, of
Ashland, and another brother residing
in California.
John Gray came in last night from
Warm Springs Indian agency, having
completed the two buildings he had
under contract for the government.
The dormatory and school bouse Mr.
Gray erected at Warm Springs are
said to be among the most complete
government buildings erected at any
agencies in the nation.
The funeral of the late J. E. Graham,
who died Wednesday, will be con
ducted from Crandall& Bu.rget's under
taking parlors at 10 o'clock tomorrow.
The services will be conducted by
Friendship Lodge, No. 9, K. of P.and
carriages will be furnished to convey
members to the cemetery. All Knights
are requested to assemble at their hall
at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.
The probability that Senator Mit
chell will not be able to succeed
himself has brought out the names of
those who would accept the seat in the
U. S. senate if the place should happen
to fall their way. Those mentioned
in connection with the senatorship are
ex-Congressman M. C. George and
hud never seen the respective state
bouses. Ot course they will all re
member some pleasant features con'
nected with the service of their con'
stituents, such as free entertainment.
passes, etc.; but between the "pull" of
the office seeker, tho fine and coarse
work of the lobby member and the
thousand and one vexations, many
will get enough of the "good thing.
But the citizens who spend this same
season their time and money traveling,
and who use the Wisconsin Central
lines between St. Paul or Minneapolis
and Chicago or Milwaukee will be sub
ject to no such annoyances. They will
get the best service on earth and a
square meal at reasonable cost. For
particulars address Geo. S. Batty,
Gen'l Agent, 246 Stark St., Portland,
Or.: or call on your nearest ticket
agent.,
THE DALLES PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Report for the Quarter (5 Weeks) Endiuff
Friday, January S3. 1807.
s I? p
Grades. - g! 3.3
. : ? x
. o
East Hill Primary
Miss N.Cooper.... 1st and 2 B 4"5 4! 40 18
Mrs. Eocte 3 A and 1th 10 43 41 .7
Academy Park
Miss Pbirman 1st 46 38 37 17
Mrs. Baldwin and
MissFlinn 2 A and 3 B 93 81 81 20
Miss Ii, Kintoul... 6 B 61 55 53 3
Miss T. Rintoul... 7th oi 48 46 4
Union Street
Miss Howe 1st 51 45 43 c4
Miss E. Cooper.... 2 B 4 1 88 37 2
Miss Snell ltii M 4A 43 4
Miss Cheese ,5 A and 6 A 45 42 40 5
Union St. Annex
Miss Ball 5th 51 46 41 3
Court Street
Miss Michell 7 A and 8 B 51 49 - 47 0
Miss Hill I s
Mr. Landers (H-8 8 A, 9, 10, 11 89 81 81 10
Totals : 731 e5S 634 103
No. of days of school, 25.
Percent of attendance, 93.
JOHN GAVIN, Prin.
Letters Advertised.
The following is tho list of letters re
maining in The Dalles postoffice un
called for January 30, 1897. Persons
calling for these letters will please
ive date on which they were ad
vertised: '
Mitchell, Agnew Bailey, R
Byrkett, Mrs M
Dodd, Chas
Dalton, Mrs A C
Davis, A J
Fwher, Frank
Gray, MI
Jensen, N
Munson, Miss L
McCown, C F -
Preser, Mrs M
Kickell, Jeff
Pratt, B F Mrs
Reineman, Mrs A Reynolds, Miss A
Sheffield, Mis S Truex, Mrs M
Trout. J H Taylor, Loren
Vaugh, Jas A
J. A. C'BOSSEN, P. M.
N
Cox, W J
Dryman, Chas
Davenport, Mrs
Doyle, E
Freker, Fred
Holland, Jno
Lf-.wis, Dr.. J M
McKinney. G A
Martin, Eddio
Nealey, Sam'l
Neiderberger, Mrs
frouiz, Jos
A Gifted Speaker.
Mrs. Hoffman, national organizer
and secretary of the W C. T. U., will
be in The Dalles on the 6th and 7th of
February, at which time she will de
liver two lectures. Although person
ally a Etranger, all feel they are ac
quainted with Mrs. Hoffman, having
heard so much of her and the work she
has done. Marion Baxter says of Mrs.
Hoffman: : "There is a dash about
Helen M. Barger suggestive of dew.
drops chained by sunbeams to the heart
of the sun, while Miss Willard sends
me adrift over calm seas and true
hands waving above, but Clara Hoff
man stands like a shelter in the time
of storm: she is warning, exhortation,
command, insight, all combined, and
sends a desire to battle for right thrill
ing along my every nerve."
Harvesting f'oolaess.
Ice-harvesting U on at Perry, in the
Blue mountains, under full pressure.
The work ; began Tuesday morning,
and is being carried forward night and
day. A string of electric lights from
the mill plant have been placed along
the pond to facilitate the work at
night. A force of 75 men is loading
four trains, or 40 carloads, every 24
hours. Ice is shipped for storage in
the Blue Mountain Natural Ice com
pany's warehouses in Portland. It is
expected about 500 carloads will be
sent out within the next two weeks, if
the present state of weather continues.
After the shipments are outof the way,
about 4000 tons of ice will be stored ia
the company's house at Perry.
All pain banished by Dr. Miles' Pain Pills.
ent lodges throughout the state. The
ceremonies of instituting the lodge be
gan at 1:30, when 32 charter members
presented themselves for initiation
into the mysteries of the order. The
afternoon was devoted to initiating
the newly obligated Elks and conduct
ing the ceremonies of institution pre
scribed in the ritual, after which the
following officers whom the lodge had
previously selectee!, were installed: A.
W. Patterson, exalted ruler; Wilson
Brock, esteemed leading knight; E. L.
Freland, esteemed loyal knight; E. R.
Swinenbetg, esteemed lecturing
knisbt; E. R. Spencer, secretary;
W. L. Morrow, treasurer.
All of the formal proceedings were
concluded by 7 o'clock, when the guests
were invited to the Palace hotel, where
spreads were laid for the entire lodge
and visitors. The spacious dining hall
of Heppner's best hostlery had been
handsomely decorated with royal pur
ple and choice plants, and the menu
was the best ever served in that city
As course after course was discussed,
Exalted Ruler Patterson, occupying
the position of honor at the table, pro
posed numerous toasts that were re
sponded to by different members of
the order. The baquet lasted from
7 until 10, the four at which the train
leaves, when the banquet hall was de
serted for the less inviting accommo
dations of a Pullman.
Besides a number of Elks from Port
land, Pendleton, Walla Walla, Baker
City and Astoria, the foliowing mem
bers of Cascade Lodge of this city
assisted in instituting the new lodge:
W. L. Bradshaw, W. H Wilson, Ed
M. Williams, Hal. French, H. Lons
dale, J. A. Crossen, Al. Betteneren, W.
A. Johnston, J. S. Fish, E. Jacobsen,
G. W. Phelps, Frank Summers, P. H.
De Huff, A. M. Eelsay, Geo CrosaCeld,
Geo. Furgeson, T. J. Driver. C. L.
Schmidt, Grant Mays, Dr. Sidall, An
drew Keller, T. J. Seufert and J. H.
Bnakeley.
ou Ought to Have One. .
If you would like a copy of the hand
somest railroad folder jet issued, ad
dress W. H. Mead, 24S Washington
St., Portland, Oregon, and one will be
furnished you- free. The folder enter
tainingly describes the two New
Northwestern Limited trains between
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Chicago.the
finest trains in the world, and con
tains pictures of the famous trains just
as they appear when running, each
picture over three feet long and splen
didly engraved in colors.
This elegant souvenir will interest
the whole family, from the oldest to
the youngest, and you'll say so your
self when you see it.
The Suez Canal Company's Provision for
tbe Ased Engineer and Ills Family.
It is truly characteristic of the warm
hearted and forgiving nature of the
average Frenchman, says the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat, that not a word of
protest should have been raised any
where against the grant by the Suex
Canal company of an annual allowance
of about twenty-four thousand dollars
to the De Lesseps family, even those
whose entire fortunes had been swal
lowed up in the disastrous Panama en
terprise expressing their satisfaction
at the measures thus adopted to pre
serve their illustrious compatriot from
want. Notwithstanding all reports to
the contrary, tne De Lesseps had
actually been reduced to penury, and
their situation was most precarious.
Not only all the shares which Ferdi
nand de Lesseps possessed in the Suez
Canal company, but even his fees
director, the annuity assigned to him
personally by the company, and all the
money he had been able to 'lay aside.
were attached by the liquidators of the
Panama bankruptcy; The only re
sources that remained at the disposal
of the countess were the house which
she owned in the Avenue Montaigne
and the Chateau -de la Chesnaye, both
of which were more a source of ex
pense tnan of economy, ana were
mortgaged up to the very hilt besides.
With the object of averting all dan
ger of seizure by the creditors of the
count the allowance just granted by
the Suez company has been made in
favor of the countess and of the thir
teen children of the count. The two
eldest of these are Charles and Victor,
who are the sons of his first wife. Of
the eleven children of the present
Countess de Lesseps three are serving
in the army, one is married to that
Count de Gontaut-Biron whose finan
cial difficulties were a theme of much
discussion in the Parisian press two
years ago, and the remainder are still
dependent on their father and mother
for care and maintenance. Meanwhile
i a, uow in taa
ei- '. : . . -r, passes his exist-
. TV"i-somnolent con
dition in the arm chair, which he only
leaves for his bed. He can no longer
walk, he has become stone deaf, and
when he is not gazing in silence at his
children he reads newspapers, care
being taken to select those which con
tain no uncomplimentary references to
his name. Having lost all notion of
time, those placed before him are most
ly of dates four and" five years ago,
when he was still in the heyday of his
glory, and when the press, still richly
subsidized by the Panama managers,
was never" weary of referring to him
as "the greatest and most illustrious
of all Frenchmen.". To this - day
no 'one, not even the countess, can
say with any degree of certitude
wnetner Ha nas any knowledge or
even inkling of the misfortunes that
have overtaken himself and his son
Charles. At any rate, he has given no
evidence thereof, and there is a gen
eral disposition to hope that his once
grand intellect passed into its present
somnolent state in such a manner as to
haVa spared him any such sorrow.
THE DALLAS UVMOUL 1ISTB1CT.
Bow m Gambler in aiexlco Swindled a Na
tive Alonte .Dealer.
"The coolest gamblers on earth are
the Mexicans," said a traveler from the
land of the tamala to a writer for the
Washington Post. "Win or lose, they
never display tho Elightest chagrin or
joy. They won't raise a row, as our
American gamblers do when they are
beaten. I was sitting one evening at
the monte table in the great gambling
resort of Mexico, situated in a suburb
of the City of Mexico. There were two
Americans whom I had seen around
the table on several occasions. One
was a railroad man and the other was
the most expert- short-card manipula
tor I ever saw. They played for very
small stakes for severaLjlays. Then
one day the railroad man came in, sat
down and began to play. The short
card man followed him in about half
an hour and took a seat five or six
chairs away. . I saw him take a large
silk handkerchief from his pocket and
spread it over his knees. In Mexican
monte the dealer allows each player to
cut the cards when he makes a bet. The
short-card man brought with him a
deck of cards exactly similar to those
used in the game. Fact is, the backs
of these cards are all alike. When he
was given the cards to .cut lie substi
tuted another pack on the top of which
was a card, a king, which would make
him win. lie had put down eighteen
hundred dollars on the king on the
board. He cut, the dealer turned and
of course he won. The pack that the
dealer had handed him to cut lay in the
silk handkerchief spread over his
knees. He gathered the handkerchief
together, put it in his pocket, took his
thii-ty-six hundred dollars and left.
His confederate played on for a few
minutes, making small bets, and then
cashed in. As lie turned to go the
dealer, who knew he had been robbed,
but could not quite comprehend how
it had been done, said very quietly:
" 'Very well done, signor.'
"An American gambler would have
raised a row and pulled hisgun and de
manded his money. They watch Amer
icans very closely in that ga".e now."
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Gloves. Clothing, Dress Goods, and Silk Departments
Caah Only, during Our January Clearance Sale
20 SPer Cent 'Discount.
The new numbers in our Underwear Department, including
that Special $1.00. Camel's Hair Underwear which found ' ZZZ
ready sale at $1.25 early in the season, from now on 8.0c.
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P 20 SPcr Cent Discount
A SUN SURFACE.
Mr Henry Bessemer Telle of the Failoi
' of an Experiment.
Sir Henry Bessemer, the well-known
Inventor of the steel process which
bears his name, tells how he tried to
construct a "sun furnace" and failed.
His invention, says the Pittsburgh Dis
patch, was intended to revolutionize
not only the science of metallur.TV. but
&i i , , . . .
uue wnoie woria. ji was to attain a
temperature of nearly sixty thousand
degrees, and therefore fuse anything
and everything, and Sir Henry puts
tne Diamc or its failure to-fulfill these
expectations on the stupiditv of a
country lensmaker. The "sun furnace"
consisted of a wooden buildin? thirtv-
feet high and about twelve feet square.
a lew f set from the ground was fixed
i large inclinable mirror for catching
the rays of the sun; from this mirror
the rays were to bo reflected onto a
number of -powerful super imrxscd
enses above, which, by a simple ar-
-angemant, were to throw the enor
mously concentrated rays upon what-
ver object might ba 1.1 the crucible
below. tJuch was the mighty plan, but"
the manufacturer of tho upper glasses
Drought it rnisera'jly to naught, for in-
5tja-l of turam-r t!iea oat uaiform he
anacle them all different and thu3
spoiled tho focus. Cir Henry v.a3 so
iisgusted and disheartened that ho re
fused to go over the ground aT'ain and
so the pretention-, scheme lapsed, but
the peculiar furnace remains to this
lay a remarkable monument of what
might have been.
INDIAN NAMF
Just a few fine Ulsters and Overcoats left, which must be (
sold before stock counting. Our entire stock of men's cheap
medium and fine suits open to you at a discount, which
command instant attention from f!niri T?nvra.
Our Special $10 Suits, 32 lack Srocc, Reduced to $8 3
.Everything in the House reduced except Calicoes,
Ginghams, ftusllns, Sheetings. Rubber Foot Wear.
Jt Ilfllams & Co.
"Uhe Dalles, Oejon.
W U ivi 1 1 Anu nMicitLuu.
HUs Taw In Colorado.
Ellen Beach Yaw, the great vocalist,
who entertained The Dalles with her
delightful singing only a fejv weeks
since, and who was reported to have
died in New York on the 10th, appear
ed at Colorado Springs last Saturday
night in the Coliseum, a building with
a seating capacity of 2000, and the Ga
zette of the day previous said the hall
was entirely too small to accommodate
all who had then sought tickets of ad
mission. Indeed, Miss Yaw is a won
derful woman, and is attracting more
attention than any other American
girl on the stage.
Circuit Court Jorora.
Following is a list of the jurof sum
moned for the February term of circuit
court for Wasco county:
Wm McCorkle, A Canfield, G A Bun
yon, J H Shearer, W A Foley, H P
Brittain, C W Haight, S F Bennett,
Robt Mays jr, Geo Noble, S R Hus
bands, B L Forman, Henry Prigge,
Wm T McClure, Wm Doak, Jessie Mc
intosh, H D Clough, G W Patterson,
Edward Bohna, E C Fitzpatrick, H H
Bailey, J J Luckey, D A Turner, A C
Fleck, I J Butler, J W Morton, Michael
Doyle, Wm Floyd, I J Norman, Robt.
Cooper, J a Hunter.
A Neat Calendar.
There are many varieties of calen
dars being distributed this year. Some
are works of art but large, while
others are small, neat and handy. To
the latter class belong the ones being
handed out in this section by the Wis
consin Central lines. They ai-e just
the size for the desk and may be bad
Propositions That WiU be Submitted to
the Taxpayers
At the special school meeting to be
held tomorrow for the purpose of levy
ing a tax for maintaining the schools
of this district, the directors will ask
that a tax of six' mills on the dollar be
levied. This will create a revenue of
about 87,000, and it is estimated that
an additional $4,000 will be received
from other sources, making $11,000 to
be applied for school purposes during
the present year. . This amount just
about covers the necessary expenses of
the district in maintaining the custom'
ary number of months of school.
But the increased attendance at the
public schools makes it evident that
additional buildings will - be required
in the near future;' in fact, the present
crowded- condition of the -different
rooms,, as shown by the table pre
sented below, indicate that more room
is needed at present. Hence at some
future meeting a proposition will
be submitted to the taxpayers to
bond the district for sufficient to build
an eight-room, fireproof building, the
estimated cost of which will be $8,000,
and to pay the present indebted nes of
the district, amounting to about $7,000.
Also to furnish such rooms in the new
building as may be 'required for imr
mediate use, and sufficient to pay the
first year's interest on such bonds, in
all amounting to in the neighborhood
of 820,000.
- Tbe following table showing the as
signments to teachers in the different
rooms for the spring term of this year.
shows all are crowded, and speaks for
itself with reference to the necessity
of more school rooms and additional
teachers, for next year the attendance
will probably be 100 more than this:
No. pupils
Newspapers Find Their Spelling
m Matter of Difficulty
lne liondon newspapers occasion
considerable mirth to their Indian con
temporaries by the spelling of Indian
words. It appears that, in reference
to the native princes and noblemen
who were present at the opening of
the Imperial institute,'1 we tried to
strike out on an original line, but were
only able to spell "Gaekwar" in seven
different ways, and "Bhownugger" in
four. Indian papers, it seems, are not
wholly sue cessf uL We still occasionally
see "Funa" and "Poona," "IIindu"and
"Hindoo," "Dacoit" and "Dakait," and
so on, according to the taste and fancy
of the speller.
in a supplement to the Bombay Gov
ernment uazette we now have a re
vised alphabetical list of Madras place-
names, which is "to be strictly adhered
to." In this list, while retaining such
monstrosities as Birukkazhikkunram,
Suncarapernmalkoyil, Gannamanayak-
kanur and Ammayanayaiclcanur, a
large proportion of the popular ver
sions are retained, with the thin dis
guise of a "K" for a "C." Three-and-
twenty out of the thirty-six pages of
the Notification are occupied by a list
of place-names "in which the system
of transliteration has been followed,"
end a wonderful list it is.
What One of the i air Sox Remembered of
the World-Famous Iiattle.
"In my early days 1 knew a lady who
happened to be in Brussels that memor
able June," said Mrs. Newton Cros-
land to the New York Commercial Ad
vertiser man. "She was then newly-
married and only twenty-three years of
age. So little certain of victory did the
English on the spot feel that her hus
band insisted on her dressiug like
Normandy peasant, thinking such
costume would be a protection
"Vividly have I heard her describe
the partings she witnessed at the door
of the hotel where she was staying and
the despair of wives who were left be
hind wives soon to be widows
Very grat)hically, too, did she de
scribe the next day's events, when
women many of whom, too agitated
to change their attire, were still ele
gantly dressed made their way some
how to the field of battle, returning in
the army wagons, supporting the heads
of the wounded on their knees, bathing
their brows and binding up their
wounds, while a steady rain poured
down on the faces begrimed by powder,
which yet allowed their pallor to be
seen. f
"I once met at a dinner the widow of
an officer 1 forget tne name wnc
fought at Waterloo, and the lady
narrated her experience of tho after-
battle' scene. For some reason she had
to cross the field - of Waterloo, which
was still strewn with the dead, and fox
this purpose she was blindfolded and
placed on horseback, the steed being
led by a trooper.
''She held a handkerchief to her nose
steeped, I think she said, withvinegat
and not until she had reached ar
acclivity nearly a mile from the scone
of Carnage was the bandage removed
from her eyes. Then she looked back
The field of Waterloo appeared like a
field of tombstones, for the bodiet
were all stripped of clothing and shont
-white in tho sunshine like stones.
The camp-following ghouls had don
their work effectually."
Removal Notice.
John Donahue having purchased the
Clarendon restaurant, known as
Charles Haight's old stand, on Second
street, will be pleased to meet all his
old customers, guaranteeing them ex
cellent treatment and the best of every
hing to be had oo the tab le.
Teachers. Building.
Miss N.Cooper E.HlUPr.
Mrs. Roche " "
Miss Poirman Acad. Park
Kowe Union St..
E. Cooper "
Mrs Baldwin and
Miss Flynn Acad, park
Miss Snell Union St annex
Ball Union Street
Chccs '
I. Kintoul Acad. Park
T. Rintoul " "
Michell Court Street
Hill High Sonool
Class- belonKinK.
es. Jan. sft, 'W
IB, IA, 2A
SA, 4 A, SB
IC, IB, IA
1C, IB, IA
2B.2A
SA, 3B, SA
4B, 4A
5B.5A
6B, 6A
6B, 6A
7B, 7 A
8U
8A. SB. 9A I
10B, 10A, lllh (
48
45'
39
44
42
87
69
46
63
60
64
47
108
A Joke Tried bj Jury.
A North Carolina paper tells the
following: At Harnett county superior
court, a few years since, Judge Sbipp
presiding, the trial of a cause had been
protracted till near midnight. The
jury was tired and sleepy and showed
flagging attention. Willie Murchison,
who was addressing the jury, thought
to arouse them, so he said: "Gentle
men, I will tell yon an anecdote." In
stantly the judge, the jury and the few
spectators pricked up their ears and
were all attention, as Murchison was
admirable in that line, had a fund of
anecdotes and no one could tell them
better. But he soen proceeded to tell
one of the dullest, prosiest and most
pointless jokes possible. Everybody
looked disappointed. The judge, lean
ing over, said in an unmistakable tone
of disappointment: "Mr. Murchison, I
don't see the point to that joke." "Nor
I, either," replied the witty counsel.
'But your honor told it to me on our
way down here and as 1 thought the
lack of appreciation must l3 due to my
obtnseness I concluded to (five the joke
a trial by jury."
For Trade.
Real estate in Portland, near Mt
Tabor, for real estate in The Dalles or
good range horses. For details call
on G. W. Rowland The Danes.
BORN.
GRABNEB In this city on Jan. 27, to the wife
"of Chas. Grabner, a son.
Wm. Wisbkas.
FBAHK Svmckhs
Tiie IMelioiise
WISEMAN Jk SUMMERS, Prop's.
First-class Winea Liquors and Cigars
Always on Hand.
Corner Second had Court Streets,
THE DALLES. OREGON
AAAAAAAA
Mr. Landers
Total Hi i ,...721
No. of non-residents tavUK tuition an in
cluded in above total, tu
Land Transiera. -
Matthew Randall and wife to J. T.
Peters, lot 6, block 5, Laughlin's bluff
addition to Dalles city, 8350. .
John Walrin and wife to F Gans-
neder, block 5 and lots 26, 27, 30 and
31, block 3, Hood River Park, $500.
E L Smith and wife to F Eggert, sef I into the depths of
ne sec 14 1 2 n, r 10 e, $793.
Daniel F Osborn to Frank Menefee,
si sei, si si sec 2e, t Is, r 14 e, $200.
Frank Menefee and wife to J P
Agedius, si tei, si si, see 14, t 2 n, r
12 e, S277.
N E Barnard and husband to F Mc-
Beth, parcel of land in Antelope,
$1,150.
Frank X Cramer to F M Hunsaker,
lots 1 and 8 and 30 feet off the east side
of lots 2 and 7, block D, in Kramer's
addition to Dalles city, 8300.
W H Silvertooth, guardian, to W E
Barnard, parcel of land in town of An
telope, $605. "
A B Jones to W W West, lot 3, blk
3, town of Waucoma, $100. .
Geo Gardiner and wifa to Thos J
Bulger, parcel of land in see 6, t 2 n, r
8 e, $600.
Hattie and Arthur Coffin to Emma
Thompson, lot 5, block 25, Bigelow
addition to Dallas city. 81.
The Monroe Doctrine.
Phis subject was ably discussed by
Hon. Lydell Baker, of Portland, be
fore an audience at the Congregational
church in this city last night. In bis
discourse, Mr. Baker presented the
many phases of the Monroe Doctrine,
how it has been interpreted in the
past, and the many, true and false con
structions that have been placed upon
it both in this country and abroad. Mr.
Baker is a scholarly gentleman, goes
the subject under
discussion, presenting . his arguments
in clear well-chosen language, and
is a most interesting speaker. While
he possibly does not possess the orator
ical ability of his illustrious uncle,
Col. E. D. Baker, he is an orator of more
than ordinary ability, and will always j
be listened to with interest. . '
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Cor Court and Front Strcit
BETTING EN. Prep.
Cai rri ECvrytrtlnx,to2ba.faun(l In c Flratolaaa Liquor Stor.
WHISKY FROM $3 TO $5 PER ALLON
THO. DALLES - . - Oregon.
Z. F. MOODY
General Commission and Forwarding Mm
39i. 393 RND 395 SECOND STRE6T.
(Adjoining Railroad Depot.)
Consignments Solicited
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Fruit Boxe of Mat m
AT PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES.
Teach Boxes ....$5 00 per 100
Cantalope Crates : $9 50 per 100
Lumber and Building Materials at proportionate prices.
ROWE & CO.
The Tjfh Val
ley Creamery
BUTT6R
i
Ask Yanbibber.. & Worsleygfor it I
Every Square, is gFullJlWeight
TEL6PH0NO NO. 80.
CREAMERY
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THE eiEIAIIi
94 Second Street.
OTTO BIRGFELD, Prophi9tor. -f
Seventh and Wash ngtor Sts.
PORTLAND, - - - OREGON
Taos. Guinean, Proprietor
BATES
CBPIOAI PLAN.
11.0 $1.602.00
AMBBTCAS PLAB
fe.00 S2.S0 18 00
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Charles Riley to W Bolton & Co, lot
1, block 2, Laughlin's addition to An
telope, II. , -
Dr. UUea' Pain Pills atop Headacae.
O. D Taylor's Case Continued.
The following is taken from the Sag--
inaaj, Mich., Evening News of Jan. 21.
concerning the disposal made of the
case of Rev. O. D. Taylor, of The I
Dalles: "In the case of the people vs.
O. D. Taylor, in which D. B. Cornell
ia the complaining' witness, a motion
to continue over the term was made
by the defendant's attorny, for. the
reason that the White vs. Taylor case.
which was tried this term, involved
practically the same facts and that
Geo. A Burnside, ad important wit
ness, was seriously ill at his home ia
BuffaJdTFrOTooianfr-Att0rney Eaton
said he was not yet entirely ready to
take up the case and, considering all
the circumstances, the motion was
granted."
FULL ASSORTMENT
AJTO FB0TISIOOT,
Spssial Prices to Gash Buyers
170 SECOND STREET.
Andrew Velarde,
HOUSE MOVER.
The Dallos.
Address, Lock Pox, 181.
Fine Win&s, Liquors and Cigars
Agent lor the Gambrinus Brewing Co., Portland
: Families supplied with Keg and Bottled Beer. :
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.Everything in Our Store
That is, we will sell you anything In our line, at just
what it will cost you to buy it. Of course we won't sell it
at what it costs us. We couldn't live if we did. But our
prices are right, and so are our (roods Come and see; or
if you can't come, ring us up. 'Phone 62.
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this office.