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Furniture, Carpets, Bedding, Window Shades and Mattings, Portiers, Rugs, Stoves and Banges, Crockery, Glassware, Granite ware and Tinware, Hardware, &c, &c. tyslfciJI inns sppwPiilBill DISPLAYED IN CENTER WINDOW. 3 .Woolen Waists.. 1 We have only a few left of the Palace Air Tight Heat ers. They are the best constructed Air Tight Heater made. HERE IS OUR Born Steel Range for $47.50 low asa$275o!V 12achne guaranteed or money refunded. The Born Steel Range wherever exhibited, medals and diplomas at the World's Columbian Exposition, Awaruea tne U first prize at the Piedmont Exposition, Atlanta, Ua., 1889. GEEAT ! I0KTHEEN Furniture.' Store, 41, 43, 45 SECOND STREET, Ecst End, opp. the Obarr Hotel. Bed Room Sets from $1 I. SO up. Hardwood Extension Tables from $4.29 up. Rockers fronj $1.03 up. We have received another shipment of Ladies' Waists in new designs, all dark shades. Good for house or street wear. Very dressy, separate collar, lined in waists and sleeves. Carefully selected neat in workmanship tasty in the finishing, in a word, just as you would have them. Prices Range from $1.50 to $3. ALL GOODS MARKED IN I LAIN FIGURE PEASE & riAYSl :?!iiuiiiiiiuiuiiittiiiuniiiuuiitiitiuiiiiutiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiitmmmiiiiimmimiimiuiiiii: SATURDAY... NOVEMBER 26, 189S ISSUED EVERY, SATURDAY BY A.. I DOUTHIT, Publisher. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. DAILY . e& ty mail. Months....,. Moonths..... WEEKLY One Year, hy mail., 6ix months -.. , 3.00 1.6C Jl.BO 75 THE FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS Complete returns from the. election show that the republicans will have a clear working majority in both houses of the next congress. The senate, provided there are no deadlocks, will be composed of 0 republicans, 31 democrats, five populists, three silver republicans and one independent, James H. Kyle, of South Dakota. In , the hpuse there will be 1 85 republican?, 162 democrats, four', fusionists. two , silver republicans and two populists. On all party measures it is .safe to say that the republicans will vote as a unit, while the democrats, populists, silver republicans and fusionists will generally vote together. They will at least be almost a unit in opposing any. financial legislation, that will propose the retirement of the" present credit currency an'd enlarging the Dowers of banks, and may be counted upon to stand pretty closely together on tariff : legislation. On the other hand, the republicans in both houses will sup port a measure recommended by the administration for the revision of the financial system and on the tariff, but as to the question of territorial ex pansion they, as well as the democrats, will be divided. The . administration being thus backed up by a congress in harmony with it on most questions may be ex pected to form its ideas of financial reform upon the country, apd outside of dealing with the newly acquired territory, this will be the most im portant legislation passed by the fifty sixth congress. better showing in the way of increased earnings for October than the North em Pacific and the Great Northern The Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul led the list with ' an increase of $-198, 609. i The Great Northern came next with $3S6,941;and the Northern Pacific was third, with an increase of $225,-164.-, -At this rate the Great Northern will earn 94,648,292 moro in the current fiscal year than it earned during the fiscal year ended June 30 last. This is an extraordinary showing. Last year after the Great Northern had paid all expenses of operating, the salaries of its officials and wages of its employes, it taxes, interest on its bonded debt, 6 per cent interest on the stock of its leased line, and divi dends to its own stockholders, there re mained a surplus of 85,162,137. . At the present rate of increrse, after liberal allowance is made for increased operating expenses, the company will have at the end of the next fiscal year a new surplus of about 38,000,000. These astonishing" earnings are the result of excessive freight rates levied on the people of this and other west ern states, says the Spokesman-Review. These ' surplus millions are taken from the pockets of the people, and the carriers will go on charging excessive rates so long as the ' people will submit without a struggle. -Relief should come from the legis lature, which has power to reduce freight rates and passenger fares with in the state. Acutin the grain rate of six or seven cents per bushel would save more than a million dollars an nually to the farmers of Eastern Wash, ington, and distribute an additional measure of prosperity to every grain grower .and business man .in this section. A WARMWELCOME- . W R. Hurst, proprietor of the San Francisco Examiner and New York Journal, has returned to the bay bity after an absence of several months PLENTY TO KICK ABOUT. The Times-Mountaineer says "itcost the people of Oregon nearly $30,000 to elect Jco Simon United States sena tor." Admitting that it did, what difference does it make? Was the leg islation enacted at the special session of no value? Was the saving of inter est on unpaid state warrants of no ac count? Should Oregon be deprived of her full representation in the coming sessiou of congress when matters of the greatest moment are to be acted upon? And finally, what's the trouble with you: have you absolutely nothing ofj importance to kick about? Can't you find fault with the condition of the U. S. treasury, the price of wool, cat tle, sheep, or hops, the general pros perity of the people, the result of the war, the conduct ol our soldiers and officers in that war, nor anything un der the sun except a paltry $30,000 ex pended under the laws and constitu tion of the state of Oregon. Prine ville Journal. - Here's quite a list of nonsensical questions, such as none but a hide bound partisan would ask. Aside from the unnecessary expenditure of $30, 000 for the election of a United States senator, which was the sole purpose of convening the legislature in extra session, there is abundance to Kick about. While the legislature did do a little good work, for which the mem bers are to be commended, it was not a paying investment for the state. By passing the general appropriation bill it saved perhaps $8,000 interost, and saved some $1,500 by abolishing the railroad commission. This was all, so the rest of the cost of the special ses sion may be charged up to the election of Mr. Simon. As to the other matters there is plenty to complain of. The condition of the treasury for instance. It is bulging with millions of dollars placed there' by the unnecessary sale of bonds, a scheme by which the interest bur- w. cw.w.... i i ... , , ttn rnr spent looking after his interest in the "B"8 m u,,,- iuu a year, uuu oy tut) collection ui The Hawaiian commissioners have about concluded their labors, and their report will recommend a liberal form of government for the islands. The commission has favorably considered a proposition to give the islands a rep resentative in the house with a vote, in which regard he would rank with tha representatives, and not with the delegates from Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma, who have the privilege of talking, but not the right of votipg. The government suggested for the islands will in all probability be "an advance on the present Organized ter ritories, but of coarse, will not contem plate statehood. Several members of Ug cuiilliiwaivu w vw vuu vawuv v.-uo lieving that Hawaii 'should have rep resentation in the senate, though probably without a vote. This feature, however, may not appear in the re port. The distance of the islands from the seat of government necessitates the granting of more power for local gov ernment than is given to the present organized territories, but the govern or and other important officers will, of course, be appointed in Washington. Hawaii having come into the onion by treaty, nd not by conquest, there will be no military government, as in the case of Porto Rico and the Philippines, but a civil power will be created from the start. In a general way jtbe courts and or dinary machinery of the federal gov ernment will be; extended to the islands without much alteration, but provision will probably be made for a certain degree of local control of tax ation and expenditures. There will be a suffrage based upon education and property qualifications, and the members of the commission believe they have evolved a system of colonial governmedt which will re serve full power to the president and congress, and at the same time prove sufficiently elastic to give the govern ing classes in the island control of local improvements and the direction of colonial affairs. PHENOMENAL ; EARRINGS pnly one American railroad made a . east, and his friends are so glad to see him that they have given him- a most interesting reception. Claus Spreck els had him trrested for criminal libel, Martin Kelly wa- ted the grand jury to indict him for perjury, Grove Johnson wi'i sue him for damages to character, A. L. McDonald has begun an action for $80,000 for infringment on his Klondike map, and ex Senator Dunne has a $25,000 libel suit filed against him. These friends are agrived because Hearst has been stir iug up some of their rotteness, and other friends will probably show their affection in a similar manner. While they are thus engaged Hearst will go right ahead showing up the rascality of these men. He is amply able to de fend himself against such friends as these. ' The barter and trade that has begun in California for senatorial honors is enough to disgust any citizen with the present system of electing United States senators. From appearances the senatorshlp will be put up for sale, and John D. Spreckles and M. H. De Young will be the bidders. When we elect senators by direct vote such men as these, who want office solely for mercenary motives, will be count ed out, but so locg as the present sys tem prevails, men of worth and ability must step aside for those with abund ant wealth. There Is a clamor for an increase in the merchant marine of this country, it being stated that the United States will this year pay $200,000,000 to for eign ship owners for freights. Be fore we had a discriminating tariff, our products were carried in Amer icans bottoms. So we might increase the merchant marine by returning to the system that prevailed before 1860.; Secretary of the Treasury Gage has decided to have all the bills issued by the government of similar appearance. This seems to be useless, for the ap parent policyof the party la power is to retire all credit currency of the government, so Mr. Gage bad better wait until the 56th congress gets a whack at currency "reform" before he goes to issuing new bills. One recommendation made by the grand jury should be heeded by the county court. It is that tobacco be furnished the old men who are county charges. While tobacco is a luxury, after many years of use it becomes a necessity, and it would be only an act of humanity to supply the old fellows who have used it all their lives. 1 some $10,000,000 a month from the in ternal revenue tax. A condition if continued for a year will seriously hamper business by the withdrawal of money from the ordinary channels of trade. Then there is the price of wool. It is quoted at eight cents a pound in San Francisco, eleven cents a pound in Boston, and nothing in The Dalles. There are several million' pounds of this product in The Dalles' warehouses today for which the owners can find no offers. The price of wheat is also something to find fault with. Farmers can get 51 cents a bushel for this sta ple article here, and on an 'average it has cost them 40 cents a bushel to pre pare it for the market. And who among our people are really prosper ous? A reference to the list of pft)p erty published in the tax sale notice of the sheriff of (Jroox county In the Prineville Journal will probably an swer the question. Then there is the result of the war. We have an .army of as fine men as ever bore arms, and as a result, not of the war, but of the mismanagement of the administration, one in ten of them is an invalid, while 3,000 of them have died because of this mismanagement. The result off the war was glorious, but ihe result o Alger is ra is a disgrace. Anybody but a narrow minded par. tisan can find all he wants to kick at; in fact he can find little else. In short, few liberal minded persons, even In the republican party justify the calling of an extra session of the leg islature to elect Joe Simon senator. Let the Journal look around and see if it can't find something to kick at. received the rest of my term, but when he tried for a term for himself he could only get it by a single vote, not withstanding tbe administration's sup port. It then began to be said that I was growing 6eniie and forgetful. Hanna, whom 1 had obliged with my seat, was among the' firbt to siy that I had lost my mentality. It was not a very kind return for my vacating nry seat for him - "After I went into the cabinet I saw very little of the president in connec tion with the duties of my office-. A man' was broughtin therefrom Canton who bad run for office only once. I think, and had been defeated. He did not seem to have much to do in the state department, but every night he went to tee the presidentand rehearsed what had been done there. I regarded him as my inferior and gave very little attention to him or what be was doing until one day the president said to me: 'Mr. Sherman what you have been saying, or are reported to have said is embarassing Judge Day.' I was 'very much surprised, .and answered: 'Mr. President; do you suppose that I would say an v thing to injure the administra tion of which I am a member?' The president repeated nearly the same thing offensively to me. I got mad and 1 came away una wrote out my resignation peremptorily.'; : The reoorter. quoted to the-ex-secre tary tome things he had. heard favora ble to Judge Day s capacity as bis suc cessor. -The secretary ' listened like one quite willing to learn.- He ob served: -"I was always a supporter of Presi dent MeK-inley. ... You know that what ever he desired to have governor, president, anything I sustained. They alwavs called UDon me. and 1 resnon- ded. But I do not now believe that my suggestions or wishes would now be considered by the administration I consented to give up my seat as I did not want to appear exacting. Al ways with good nature I have sub scribed to the program. I think that I have been used for a purpose." Comment on Mr. Sherman's state ment is hardly necessary. It, how ever, shows to what straights present day politicians will go to get them selves into power. Friendship ceases when such men as Hanna want office THANKSGIVING DAY. In view of the unprovoked murders that have been "committed in Pendle ton recently, the people of that city could not be censured if ther resort to lynch law to punish the slayer of Miss Wallace provided he can .be found. Mobbing a criminal is seldom excusa ble, but there are times when it is ex cusable to resort to summary punish ment, and this time seems to have ar rived in Pendletoo. . tror Houthern Oregon. Washington, Nov..21 The presi dent has appointed John Morgan col lector of customs for the Southern dis- j at the conclusion of the peace in trict of Oregan. Kow that wo have all complied with the requests tf the president cud governor to give proper thanks for the bounties bestowed upon us, it is not amiss to search the pages of his tory and review the customs and causes that have brought about this generally observed day in America, To the grand old Pilgrim father, William Bradford, governor of the original New England colonies, be longs the honor of being the first to proclaim in America a general Thanks giving day. A weary band of Pilgrims, bitterly tried with months of hard toil and filled with deepest disappointment at 'he sieht of a parched earth and a land crying out for rain and ruined crops for want of moisture under these depressing conditions existing in November, 1621, Governor Brand ford called his little band together and set a day apart for general fasting and prayers to God to change the brassy skies to cloud covered, and for the floods of heaven to descend on the thirsting fields. The promise of a day of thanksgiving was oot very bright until circumstances changed the day of fasting and devotion into one of re joicing, feasting and thankfulness, for as the pilgrims knelt to pray, for rain the windows of heaven were opened and the lifeglvlng water descended in floods. , The second feast of thanRsgiving was in the fall of 1622, when Governor Bradford sent the best hunters of the colony scouring the adjacent woods for wild turkey and game of all kinds to supply the colonists and their guests, who were the Indian chief Massasoit and 90 of his warriors. This Thanksgiving feast lasted for three days, beginning Thursday morn ing with hymns of praise and prayer from hearts filled to overflowing with thanksgiving. The Puritan thanksgiving'day which differs from that of the Pilgrims orig inated in aomewhat similar way: it ! in the late election was ia the year 1631, and was intended for a day of strict fasting and prayer, the colonists being in great distress, famine was imminent, a vessel laden with provisions and lonsr at sea hed not arrived. In 1644 another official day of thanksgiving was set by Governor Kuft, the occasion being the yictory of the colonists over the Indians, and 1645 I another .Thanksgiving day was pro-.' el limed. Thanksgiving day has been peculiarly an American custom ever since. Occasionally proclamations wero issued by governors of different New England states and It became a general custom to set a day aside for thanksgiving after harvest. The continental congress designated a number of days of thanksgiving during the revolutionary war, which were observed by the colonists, but the first general thanks giving proclamation was issued by General Washington, and Dec. 18, 1777 was designated as the day, and the first national thanksgiving was ob served on Nov. 26, 1789, it being desig nated as a day of returning thanks for the freedom - of the American people after the close of the war with Great Britain. From this on Thanksgiving day was not very generally observed, until about the close of the civil war, when President-Lincoln issued bis famous proclamation designailng tho last Thursday in Novembe1, 1864, as a day of than Ksgiving-throughout the nation. Since then it has been the custom of each succeeding president to designate the - last Thursday in November of each year as Thanksgiving day, and with few exceptions it has been ob served in all states. . NEEDS REGULATING. Since the Pacific Bridge Co. began operations on its contract with the city to put in new water mains, it has been necessary to dig long trenehes through the streets, in which to lay the new pipe, and to guard asratnst any accident the shief engineer, Mr. Frye, has each ntght put a string of lighted lanterns along the trenches so as to warn the travellers of the places of danger. Somebody has made a practice of either carrying away the the lanterns or putting out the. lights, so as to leave the travelling public at the mercy of the treacherous trenches, into which the people might fall at any time, causing serious damage and possibly loss of life. . Such an act is adominable and should meet with the severest punish ment. The thief who carries away the lanterns not only deprives the owner of their use but endangers the lives of persons who may chance to be Ipassing along the streets after dark and fall into the openings where the lights have been removed. If 'he culprit can be caught he should be severely dealt with. In the treasury bureau of statistics an array of figures has been prepared that is intended to show that the pres ent tariff law produces a sufficient amount of reyenue to meet the de mands of the government; that is' it creates one-half of the reyenue re quired, which, it is claimed, is all former tariff laws have accomplished. Now if this is true, why retain the war revenue law? Why not repeal it and relieve tho people of the burden of about $10,000,000 a month. There is no justice in collecting off of the peo ple more than is required. Congress might well look into this matter when it convenes next month. best to leave this task for the next nex the phUppines will probably be congress, which will be republican and I tbo ieagt anvi0u8 to subdue the Fili pinos after the islands haye been THE PRESIDENTS POLICY. The ablest politician in President McKinley's cabinet is thought to be Postmaster General Smith. He has recently given in an interview the policy of the administration ou the important issues of the day. He de clares the acquisition of all the Phil ippines has bean determined on: the war taxes or most of them are to be retained; there is to be no attempt at currency reform at the approaching session of congress, it being thought cannot predominate or be anywhere near eqaully divided. What tho names of the two great parties are cuts but little figure; it is the principles they advocate that will make them neces sary. In the future there will be one party adyocatiog the centralization of power by contracting and manipulat ing tha currency, while there will be another favoring the retention of gov ernmental power by the people brought about by a loosening of the grasp of monopoly through a liberal financial legislation. Portland ranks as the fourth wheat exporting city in the United States, and still it does not export nearly as much as it would were the Columbia river open to free navigation from its mouth to Lewiston. The Columbia river basin is one of the great wbent sections of the world, and were the river open nine-tenths of the wheat raised in this section would find its way to market through river naviga tion for an open river. Ultimatum by Italy. Tangiers, Nov. 24. The Italian government has sent an ultimatnm to the sultan of Morocco on the subject of the detention and ill treatment of Italians. A week has been given the sultan in which to make a reply. for "sound' money" in both branches These are held to be the instructions of the people as delivered at the polls After all our navy may have In it some of the Spanish warships that were sent under water during the war. Two Spauish cruisers In Manila bay have been raised and sent to the docks and a contract has been let for the raising - of three-gun boats. Dewey has charge of tbo contracts and is now undoing what he did last May. If he is as successful getting tbi boats out as be was in sinking them another laursl will be added to his wreath. taken in. Those semi-clvllized insur gents will fight before they will sub mit to American .rule just as they fought against Spanish domination. Our ultra expansionists had as well begin organizing regiments to go to the Philippines', for there will be plenty of fighting for them to do af'er we adopt the archipelago. A glance -at tho personnel of both houses of congress cannot but convince even the most casual observer that there cannot be but two great parties in American politics. Three parties Sin Francisco BEER HALL P. LEMKE, Proprietor. Fine Wines, Liquors, and Ciga ALL KINDS OP BOTTLED BEER, Columbia Brewery Beer on Draught. Beeond Street, bet. Co art and Union. CirClam chowder served free every day except Sunday, from 11 a. m. till 1 p. m. Healthful Hints Don't forget the baby and his needs We give you many helpful hints for ' healtd and supply the means for carry- ' log them out. Our line of toilet ar ticles, for baby and his mother, lsoo n plete, fastidious and of highest hygea io worth. ' ,' BUKELEY & EOUCHTON J Up-to-Date Pharmacists 176 Second Street. C0ALC0AL $6.50 Per Ton DELIVERED. For car lot rates call on . E. KURTZ, Agt. $1000 Reward1 For the arrest, dead or alive, of Frank Forester, who killed Phil Bro- . gan at Antelope, Or., Saturday even in c, Nov. 5. $400 of this reward is. offered by the county court of WascoJ county, 9100 by the sheriff of Wasco ' county and $000 by the citizens of An- ' telope. Forester is 35 or 40 years of age. about 6 feet 2 inches high, slightly stooped, walks with a swinging gait, blue eyes, dark nalr and Heavy sandy mustache. Arrest and notify me at once, Robert Kelly, Sheriff of Wasco County. ': Mm 7 a Lover Has turned with disgust from an other wise lovable girl with an offensive breath. Karl's Clover Boot Tea puri fies the breath by its action ou the bowels, etc, as no hing else will. Sold foi years on absolute guarantee. Price 25 eta., and 50cts. Ulakeley & Hough ton, druggists. A Chance for Everybody to Buy Good Clothing. It has been a common report to us that other dealers say that we have nothing but trash, but we will defy, any houso in our line in The Dalles to chow, as good a quality of goods as we carry for the money; those people know when they tell you this that they have goods that have teen laying on their shelves since. the year One and prices on them since the year .'49, and when they know it to be a fact that our store, the' White House Clothing Store, of Portland, has only been in existence eight months, and when it is a known fact in the city of Portland that we carry the choicest line of goods in the market, and undersell all dealers. Call at our place of business and we will convince you that we will save you from $7 50 to $10.00 on every suit or overcoat that you may purchase from us during our stay in this city. Our intention was to start a branch of our Portland house, but be ing unable, as we have said before, to secure a suitable location, we must close out every dollars' worth of this stock. Now is your time aiid MR. SHERMAN TALKS. When John Sherman resigned bis seat in the United States senate to ac cept a place in President McKinley's cabinet, people wondered what was the cause. . It was presumed that it was to give Mark Hanna a place in the sen ate. Now we have it direct from Mr. Sherman that this was the cause of his resignation. In a recent interview with a New York World reporter Mr. Sherman said: "They really did not want me in the cabinet, but wanted my senatorial seat. It was represented to me that they could net make up the cabinet withoi't me, ana mat questions were coming along that I ought to have control of. I know that Hanna wanted the rest of my term, and as he bad always been friendly to me I did oot desire to seem disobliging. So I resigned mv seat and went into the cabinet. Mr. Hanna Men's all wool arfd all sizes Cassimere Suits ... $ Cheviot suits, the very latest shades, all sizes $ A handsome dark Cheviot suit, the newest pattern. ...$ 5.50 chance to secure good goods for a little money. Money refunded as cheerfully as received if our goods do not suit. Scotch Cheviot, all wool, the very newest Men's Covert Cloth, the very latest shade plaids -. ." $ 7.50 overcoats, satin and Farmer satin Black Wonted dress suits. $ 7.50 lininS Remember what you haye been paying for these goods before we came here. - ,T, , , , . Men's blue and black Beaver Overcoats, . An elegant Ulster, full length, extra satin backs, our price $ 6.50 heavy, our price.. $ 5.50 4.50 7.50 6.00 Hats, Gloves, Furnishing Goods and everything else in proportion. If our goods are not better than you can find them elsewhere for the money W3 do not ask you to buy them. All we ask is a call and we will convince you that you will gave money by buying our goods. No. 116 SECOND A.fttsr, Remember the name and place' STREET, W. A. Johnston's Old Stand All mail orders piomptly Country merchants and peddlers are invited .to call and examine our goods and prices and you will profit by it, attended to, ana.ii gooas uo noi suu we win prepay express ana reiuna money. THE WHITE HOUSE CLOTHING COMPANY, of Portland, Oregon. a a 3 3 3 3 a 3 3' 3 3. a 3 3 a a i r f t