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SATURDAY.. ...DECEMBER 31, 1898
ITEMS IN BRIEF..
From Wxlnody'i Dlly.
Col. C. A. Pike, of Goldendale, ia In
the' city.
" T." W. Glavey, of Klngsley, was in
town today,
Remember the lefcture at the Con
gregational churchtonight.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Teague came
home last night from Portland.
Hon Henry Blackman, ex-revenue
collector, spent the day in the city.
' Otis Patterson and aaugbter re-
. turned last evening from Portland.
Messrs. F. H. Button, C. L. Morse,
J. H. Dukes and A. M. Oliver, of
Hood .River, are in the city.
nis wife recently. " A servant was
awakened by the screams of the mis
tress, and found her being choked by
her husband. The editor bad dreamed
that a delinquent suscriber had paid
up his subscription, and be was grasp
ing his wife by the throat thinkiog he
had the money in his hands.
Today J. B. Crossen is mourning the
loss of a very fine sack of potatoes that
had been presented to him. They
were an uncommon variety, and Mr.
Crossen had anticipated a feast on the
large, mealy tubers when they should
be cooked in proper style, but he will
never taste those spuds. They had
been left at the Baldwin restaurant
for him, and he sat them in front of
the store room while he went after a
dray to haul them home. While he
was hunting the dray somebody else
was hunting potatoes, and found them
The Dalles bowling team returned
last night from Portland and the mem
bers were free to express the fact that
they were not satisfied with the treat-
Coroner Butts witnessed the bowl
ing contest and ball game at Portland, ment extended to them by the Road
I Club. They had expected to meet
I clubmen at the alleys, but instead met
and returned home last night.
.The local land office is taking in
about 13,000 a day at present. This is
money paid in for the purchase of for
feited railroad land within the district.
- Grant Mays went to Portland to see
the Berkley team do up the Multno
mah's, and was pleased with the re
suit, having formerly been a Berkley
; football player himself.
The weather ot today reminds one of
March more than December. Occa
sional showers then bright sunshine
Is to be expected three months from
now, but hardly at this season of the
'year. (
The total scores made by each of
The Dalles bowlers at the tournament
In Portland. Monday evening were as
follows: Houghton, 176, Stadleman,
163, Bradsbaw J50, Sinnott, 158, Bald
win 171, Schmidt 152.
The pressure valve for the new water
works, was put in on Union and
Seventh streets today and will soon be
connected with the engine house so
that the engineer will be able-to reg
ulate the pressure at will.
' Charles ' Frank and son, Rudolph
Frank, arrived from The Dalles this
morning. They have leased a portion
of the Anthony bulldine north of the
railroad track an will open a saloon
in the same. La Grande Chronicle.
They play football in real earnest
down at Astoria. On Monday -there
was a game between the . Astoria
eleven aud a team of soldiers, from
Fort Stevens. As a result two Astoria
players were carried off the field with
broken legs and several of the soldiers
are Is the hospital. .
Two inches of snow fell Tuesday
morning over the southern half of
Gilliam county.; Since then bright
days and moderately cold nights have
been the rule. Stock of all kinds that
are being fed are doing well so far.
Fossil Journal.
a team composed principally ol pro
fessional bowlers. . However the home
team did. exceptionally well, making
an individual average of 41 in the four
games, while their opponents made an
average of 441. Mr. Houghton made
the highest individual' score for the
Dalles team, and a man by the name
of Solomon lead the Portlanders with
a total score of 213, which breaks the
tournament record.
braska'.feed lots.. They had been
driven throueh with the exception Of
about 400 miles, the journey being
made in May. All were two-year-olds,
weighing about 105 pounds when sold,
Last evening The Dalles Assembly,
No. 25, United Artisans, elected the
following officers for the ensuing term;
Mrs. Blanche Patterson, master art
isan; Mrs. M. M. Jayne, superintend'
ent, Mrs. W. L. Whealdon, inspector;
J. M. Huntington, secretary; W. A.
Klrby, treasurer; Mrs. S. Bolton, in
structor.
Two men were killed on the Great
Northern road near Odessa, in Lincoln
county, Sunday night, when the west
bound freight ran into a handcar on
which were four men. Hayden, a sec
tion nand, was instantly killed, Thorn
as Ryan, who lost a leg in the accident,
died while he was being brought to
Spokane for medical treatment.
Deputy Sheriff Sexton has returned
from a visit to Warm Springs.reserva-
tioo, where he went on official bust
ness a few days ago. While at the
agency Mr. sexton attended tne in
dians' Christmas tree and says he
never saw a better behaved crowd any
where. They had interesting exercises
in which all the Indians took part, and
evidenced an appreciation of the oc
casion.
SKINNER AM TBI METEOR.
b After fleeting
From Friday's Dally.
Davenport, of Mosier, is in the
From Thursday's Dally.
Wheat is 43 cents, with very few
sales.
IPL. tf1 . 'i Ta. a MMsn.
county, now has a paper, E. M. Shutt,
formerly proprietor of - the . Antelope
Herald, having begun the publication
of the Weekly lone Herald on Deo. 23.
: The Herald is well filled with adver
tising which is evidence tbat there is
a field for it in lone.
A very attractive window has beei
arranged by E. C. Dawson at Pease &
card board advertises the "Rising
Star" baking powders, and beneath it
is a window full of parched coffee Id
which are the words "A Happy New
-Year" workad . la. ,rice and , small
crackers. '
monoay evening jiawin easier, tne
12-year-old. son of the postmaster at
Weston, and anotherJad named Marsh
. were playing robber. ' . Marsh had an
old cap and ball revolver, supposed to
not be loaded, and snapped it at the
- Baker boy. It was discharged, the
ball passing through Baker's heart,
killing him instantly.
Joseph Heroux, pressman in this
office, arrived home last evening on
the 11:40 train, from a trip to the
, Willamette valley. While there he
v had the pleasure of spending Christ
mas at St. Mary's Home, the school he
attended when a boy, meeting many
vtu uum laminar inuee. ia awu wun
part in the Christmas entertainment
at that place.
It is surprising how willing, yes,
avah m m I aii a aAm A . nannla n iu f am
others to fight their battles and settle
their disputes. When some fellow
gets Into a dispute he rushes off to the
newspaper . to get it to 1 take up his
, quarrel, never thinking - for a moment
that the paper is a conveyor of news,
and not a vehicle whose sole purpose
is to vindicate his ideas.
Hon. C. J. Curtis, of Astoria, and
member of the legislature from Clat
bod county.' is eoine to start a new
- daily paper in The Dalles, so it is said.
wen, ox course, mere is room nere xor
: another, there only being two, but we
would suggest in at wnen ne starts ne
give as both a morning and evening
publication, take a full telegraphic
service and be thoroughly up to date.
- Girls are warned not to marry edi
tors, says ah exchange. - An editor In a
neighboring town came near killing
Today John Rodh shipped 32 head of
fine hogs to Troutdale.
E. Parsons, of the Portland Evening
Telegram, is in the city.
Wallowa county is covered with
from 16 to 18 inches of snow.
Mrs. John Laue and daughter,, of
Portland, are visiting in the city.
Mr. Freidenhamer of the firm of Cot
ton, Teal and Minor, is in the city.
M. Kirby, piano tuner and repairer.
Leave orders at Jacobsen's store, tf
Marriage license has been issued to
Frank W. Angus and Grace E. Bel
ding.
i nomas uauanan, or tutieuge, was
in town -today attending to land
matters.
A. M. Williams & Co. are in receipt
of some' new shapes in gentlemen's
collars and cuffs
Hon. Geo. H. Steyeus, ex-register of
the U. S. land, office at . Vancouver.
was in the city today.
Misses Bertie and Minnie Butts left
this morning for Portland to. visit
their sister, Mrs, Wm. Maber.
C. M. Grimes passed through today
with six cars of cattle he had bought
in Baker for the Union Meat. Co.
Business at the land office continues
to be brisk. The dally receipt for the
purchase of forefeited railroad lands
amout to about $3,000,
The blockade on the O R. & N. line
this side of Oneonta caused by a slide,
was removed last evening and trains
are running on time today.
U. S. World is registered at the
Umatilla House from Viento. The
' name is rather an attractive one and
would indicate that he is an expansion
ist. G. A. Cable, . the popular day
clerk of the St. Charles Hotel, of
Portland, accompanied by his wife,
are visiting with Air. and Mrs.' M.
Parking .....
Messrs. E. E. Savage, J H Dukes
Arthur Disbrow; F. H. Button and C.
L. Morse, who have been in the city
several days, left this morning for
Hood River.
- W. C. Hanke,"who was injured in
a threshing machine belonging to W.
C. Babcock last fall, has commenced
suit for $20,000 damages against Bab
cock in the Walla Walla superior
court.
With a railroad from Biggs to An
telope and another from Lyle to
Goldendale, where is The Dalles trade
going to come from? This is a ques
tion property owners should ask them
selves. - f
It is reported from Long Creek that
range horses throughout Grant county
are very thin, and it is expected that
at least four-fifths of them will -die
during the winter. They are consid
ered of so little value that owners will
not waste hay feeding them.
Yesterday articles were filed with
the secretary of state incorporating
the Arlington Warehouse Co. ' The
capital stock is $20,000, and the in
corporators are B. F. Laughlin, J. W.
French and W. Lord. .The object of
the incorporation is to do a general
warehouse and 'merchandise business.
Today Sheriff Kelly sold two parcels
of land, of 160 acres each, in Hood
Aver valley, to satisfy mortgages held
by J. G, Fowler and W. J. Caeser
against M. P. and A. Neff, and Robert
Wilson against the same . parties.
The property was bid in by the North
American Trust Co. for $1147.10. '
A band of 4600 Oregon wethers sold
for $3.50 per head at a railroad station
recently in Wyoming to go ..to Ne-
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The Dalles, - - Oregon.
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city.
D. H.Roberts returned last evening
from Portland,
Encourage the firemen by attending
their ball, either as a dancer or a
spectator.
Music for the firemen's ball this
evening will be furnished by Birg-
feldt's orchestra.
A special invitation is extended by
the firemen to attend the ball at Vogt
opera house tonight
The earth had on its winter clothes
this morning, an inch of snow having
fallen during the night.
Regular meeting of Court The Dalles
No. 12, F. of A., this evening at 7:30
p. Si. Foresters will .please attend.
If you have not yet bought a ticket
for the fireman's ball tonight, do so at
once, for it will be the merriest dance
of the year.
Capt. Lewis goes to Hood River to
morrow to arrange lor giving nis
lecture on the "Bright Side of Libby?
at that place.
T. Burges came up last night from
Portland where he has been the past
week, and left this 'after noon for his
home at Bakeoven. .
Next Monday will be another holi
day in (The Dalles. Arrangements
have been about perfected for closing
all stores on that day.
The Misses Taylor will close their
Kindergarten school until some time
in Feburary when a four months
spring term will open.. , .
On Thursday evening of next week
the Degree of Honor and the Work
men lodges will hold a joint installa
tion in Fraternity ha'l.
Some needed improvements have
been made to the freight house at the
O. R. &. N. depot that will prove a
convenience to the employes.
A few bodies of floating ice . were
noticed going down the river today
indicating that colder weather prevails
above than is being experienced here.
For two eeks past stockmen in the
sontberan part of the country have
been feeding their animals, and are
prepared to feed several weeks longer.
Nearly, all of the stock raisers have
enough feed for two months, hence
there is little anticipitation of any loss
of stock no matter what kind of
weather comes.
Next week begins a busy time with
merchants, for it is their annual stock
taking season, the tim they count up
their profits and losses for the past
year.
The boys industrial class that
formerly met in the Kindergerten
room at 2 o'clock will meet tomorrow
and every Saturday thereafter at
1:30 p. m. '
The steamer Inland Flyer is making
regular trips between here and Port
land, alternating with the Dalles
city. The little boat is doing nicely,
though does n'ot yet meet the expect
ation of the builders.
The management of the public li
brary desires book No. 296 of the
Parmlee series returned to Blakeley
& Houghton's store at once. The
book is "Star of Avis" by Elizabeth
Stuart Phelphs. '
A good many people in .The
Dalles will eat New j Years dinner
without turkey Sunday, because there
are yery few ' turkeys to be had. The
supply was nearly exhausted for
Thansgiving and Christmas.
The veteran newspaper man, State
Senator John' Michell of The Dalles,
is a guest at the Warhauser, being
here in ths interest of the Improved
Order of Red Men of which he is great
sachem for Oregon. Baker City
Democrat.
Jackson county was organized in
1853, and in all its 45 years has never
owned a safe or vault for the deposit
of county funds. The grand jury in
its lengthy report called special, at
tention 'to this matter, and recom
mended the purchase of a modern
time-l03kr burglar-proof safe for' the
use of the county treasurer.
The Baker City Republican vouches
for the truthfulness of the following:
Mr. Frank Porter of Baker City rear
ed a hen and during her short life
time she laid eggs which are valued
at about $10. Mr. Porter fattened the
hen and killed her for a part of a
Chtatmas dinner, and upon examin
ing the gizzard there were found five
pieces ot pure gold, the value of which
is fifty cents These gold pieces are
about i of an inch long and resemble
pieces of small brass tacks.
Lonie Davenport, one of the most
progressive farmers of Mosier, has just
been reaping the reward for the past
year's work. Recently he marketed
24,000 pounds of dried prunes, the
Italians bringing him 31 cents a pound
and the silvers 5 cents a pound on
board the cars at Mosier. He also
sold one car of three-year-old steers to
Chrisman Bros., of The Dalles for
$34.50 a head, and a car of three
and fours to the Portlaud .Commercial
Co., for $34.50 a head.
Residents of Whatcom county,
Washington, report deer to be more
plentiful this year than for several
former years. The hunting of deer by
hounds has been practically abandon
ed for the past few years, and as a
consequence the deer are not so wild
and are becoming more numerous in
the several localities famous as the
favorite haunts of deer. Most of the
residents in the country have sworn
eternal vendetta against the use of
hounds in hunting deer.
A Uluoorlan's Chase
Wealth:
Ed. Timbs-Movhtairvkr:
As the glad Christmas has passed
and New Year comes in apace, I find
myself already forming a few good
resolutions, and preparing to "turn
over a new leaf leaf." In order that I
may get used to the new order of things
as I have Dictured them out, I have
begun to put said resolutions into ef
fect. In fact, the new resolutions are
now in force. To show what a good
little boy I am going to be I will men
tion one of my firm resolve?, that
might be put in shape thusly
Whereas, I have heretofore been
euiltv of writins occasionally for
diverse and sundry newspapers, and.
Whereas, I have allowed my fancy
a somewhat unbridled play, and have
used the truth with a frugality that
might be classed as miserly, and
Whereas, Economy in the use of
veracity is injurious to reputation, and
detrimental to public interest, there
fore be it
Resolved: That I will hereafter
confine myself to the strict letter and
spirit of truth in all my scribblings,
and that I will do voilence to my own
feelings with regard to the artistic
beauties of fancy rather than jucrgle
with facts. And be it further
Resolved: That this resolution go
into .effect from and after its passage,
Now it will be seen that I am firmly
established on that broad foundation
where your readers may place iav
pliclt confidence in anything 1 rray
write.
Do you believe, you that read this,
in luck? I am somewhat of a believer
in the goddess of chance, but at the
same time, 1 realize that there are
many things ascribed to luck tbat are
simply either good or bad manage.
ment, while there are others that are
simply the unfathomable flirtations of
chance.
I knew a man, a Missourian, that
used to swear at his luck, which, he
claimed, was the worst in the deck,
and yet it wasn't luck at all. A good
many years ago this Missourian, (call
him Skinner) started with six yoke of
bulls, his wife and seven tow-headed
children for Oregon. Skinner was a
rustler but he didn't know much about
science. His wife, on the other hand,
had a taste for literature. She had for
years perused the columns of the New
York Ledger and Saturday Night,
and had picked up just doodles of
scientific information from the columns
devoted to "Answers to Correspond'
ents." She had an observing sort of
mind and just knew pretty nearly
everything there was to know. But to
my story:
Skinner, Mrs. Skinner, the seven
assorted sizes of little Skinners and
the six yoke of bulls arrived on Bitter
creek, Wyoming, July 7, 1888. As
Mrs. Skinner fried the ' hog-meat and
warmed up the hominy for the even-
meal, suddenly a brilliant meteor
flashed across the sky from the north,
and apparently fell about 20 miles to
the south. During the gormanding of
the aforesaid bog meat and hominy.
Mrs. Skinner mentioned the fact that
a good specimen of meteor was worth
from $5,000 up, and that if one could
gather in the big chap that had just
fallen, it was no doubt worth a fortune.
Skinner gazed in open mouthed won
der at his wife.'simply paralyzed at the
breadth, depth, length and thickness
of her understanding. He mode up
his mind then and there that he would
have that meteor or "bust." A $5,000
meteor - would buy him a farm in
Oregon and he bad .the. energy, the
nerve and a bull team big enough to
corral it. , '
The next morning saw the bull team
headed south instead of west, so did
the next and the next. Skinner had
observed the course the meteor had
taken and was following it-by compass.
On the fourth day Skinner met a pros
pector, and incidentally inquired if he
bad seen anything of the meteor the
evening of July 7th. The prospector
told him be bad, and that it fell about
twenty miles south of where he was
camped. Skinner, nothing daunted,
spit on his hands, socked his goad stick
deeper than common into the brisket
of bis leader, and struck out. He
didn't find it, despite the fact that he
inquired of every one whom he met,
for each told him it fell apparently
about twenty miles to the south. Skin
ner was puzzled, but determined, his
wife hopeful and cheering, the seven
Skinnerlets curious and anxious. So
day by day the covered wagon drew
away to the south, until one day the
outfit struck Galveston, and there it
hung up. As soon as the wants of his
cattle were attended to, Skinner went
to the Galyeston News office and pro
cured a paper of July 8th. A few
moments examination by his wife un
covered a "two stick" article concern
ing the brilliant meteor that fell the
night before,' about twenty miles to
the south, in the bay. Then Sxinner
gave up. As he said he didn't have
money enough to hire a diving outfit,
and "derned if he would go prowling
about on the bottom of the ocean for
a dod-gasted stray meteor ..anyhow."
Then Skinner dropped into the News
office, and inquired of the editor if he
could tell him how fast a meteor
traveled? ,
"Well," said the all-knowing man of
the pencil, "I should say about a
thousand miles a second. Why do you
want to know?
"Nothing but curiosity, I treckon,"
said Skinner, and then he .went back
to his wife.
The next morning a bull team haul
ing a covered wagon, seven tow-headed
children aud a dejected looking woman,
the whole being in charge of one Skin
ner, was headed straight for Missouri.
"I don't know much," said Skinner to
his confidential friend at his old home,
but blamed if a derned fool that will
chase a meteor going a thousand miles
a second, with a bull team going
twelve miles a day, don't belong right
in Missouri, and among neighbors
among which he has been brucg up,
and he sartinly has no business with
them webfojii 1.4. Dem such" luck
anyhow."
And yet it wasn't luck at all, but
lack of knowl Jj , and a foolish ven
ture. Luck i a different thine.
A Greenhorn.
Greenhorn, Giant Co., Deo. 27.
ceased spe&klng.
In an introductory way 'the speaker
aid it was not his desire to blot out
the horrors of war, for be wished them
to stand as a warning to future gener
ations, yet he, with others who had
fought on either side during the
rebellion.chose to look upon the bright
side of the events that occurred be'
tween '61 and '65 and review rather
the pleasantries than the sorrows.
After giving a brief dessriptlon of a
cavalry charge at the memorable bat
tle of Chickamagua on Sept., 20, 1863,
where he was taken prisoner, he told
of the tedious journey to Richmond
and the arrival of the prisoners before
prim old Libbv. how they were as
signed to quarters none to inviting,
Then he went into detail regarding
life in the prison, how they were lined
up every day and counted, how they
contrived to amu3e themselves and
entertain each other during the weary
months they were in confinement.
-He related many amusing incidents
that occurred during the winter of '63
and '64. the most thrilling of which
was the escape of 110 prisoners, includ
ing himself, through a tunnel they
dug, how they wandered through the
woods for days, scattering out in small
squads, and how a number of them
were recaptured and taken back to
Llbv prison to spend more days in
idleness.
At times the captain grows quite
humorous, at ether times pathetic,
then the lecture is interspersed with
eloquent tributes to American bravery
and valor. It is the purpose of Cap
tain Lewis to deliver this lecture in a
number of prominent .places in the
Northwest, and it is certain that it
will merit the attention o all.
IN INVESTIGATION
IS NEEDED
I
WOMEN ALONE IN EUROPE.
Dewey Wants a - States
man Sent to the
Philippines.
TBK BRIGHT B1DK OF UBBI.
An Interesting Lecture Delivered by Caps.
John Lewis.
In the Congregational church last
night, Capt. John W. Lewis delivered
his lecture on the "Bright Side of
Llbby" before a fair sized audience.
The speaker was introduced by Hon.
B. S. Huntington, who stated that it
was a pleasure to listen to one of the
old soldiers whose ranks are rappidly
being thinned, recite the incidents of
the civil war, and to this statement all
were fully agreed ere the captain had
In Honor of ;MUs Story.
Last night Castle hall was the scene
of merriment and myrth. The occa
sion was a farewell party given to Miss
Etta Story, who is to lesve next week
to join her parents at Union. Dancing
was the order of the evening, and
with good music, a jovial crowd and
an excellent nail tne nours nutea
awav very happily. Those present at
the party were.
Messrs. Ed. M. Williams, Fred
Wilson, Gus Bonn, John Weigle, Ed
Wiogate, R. B. Sinnott, Vic Marden,
Max Voet, John Hampshire,. Will
Crossen, H. D. Parkins, M. Z. Donnel,
Irwin Parkins, Louis Porter, Dr.
Sturdevant, Samuel Nutting, W, L.
Bradshaw, Dr. Geisendorffer, Otis
Patterson, Dr. Logan, Frank Cram,
Fred Welgle, Dr. O'Leary, Wyi Vogt,
Arthur Clarke, G. C. Blakeley, Fred
Houghton, Alfred Huott, C. L. Phil
lips, Arthur Stubling, Archie McCul-
ly, T. J. Seufert, B. S. Huntington,
R. J. Gorman, -A. Gude, G, A. Cable
Mesdames G. C. Blakeley, W. L.
Bradshaw, Dr. Lopan, T. J. Seufert,
Dr. Geisendorffer, M. Z. Donnell, Fred
Houghton, C. L. Phillips, B. S. Hunt
ington, Otis Patterson, G. A. Cabel,
J. A. Crossen, Misses Etta Story,
Lora Remington, Mattie. : Cushing,
Rose Michell, Elizabeth Sampson,
Annette Michell, Clara JSampson,
Florence Sampson, Mamie Cushing,
Katie Martin, Virginia Marden, Aimee
Newman, Carrie St. John, Clara Davis,
Florence Hilton, Elizabeth Schooling,
Josie Jenkins, Grace Scott, Mollie
O'Leary, Nora Sperry,-Clara Hender
son, Alice J-iyle, Myrtle - Mtcnell,
Laura Thompson, Minnie Michell,
Anna Lang, Dora Fred den and Delia
Michelbach.
Sheep Smothered.
The lone Herald gives the following
account of a ratber peculiar accident
that occurred near lone: v
Last Wednesday evening wnile a
band of J. A. Wbolery's" sheep were
being brought in to feed at the Frank
Akers ranch, four miles below town,
they met with a catastrophe resulting
in the death of about 340 head of the
best sheep in the band of 2,000. The
herder, George Geinger, as usual was
driving . them across Willow Creek,
through a passage about 200 feet in
width, -and in crowding against a
panel of the fence, it gave way, preci
pitating a lot of them into the creek.
Sheep-like, all thafrcould, rushed in on
top and soon they were ' five deep,
seething and struggling for' their lives.
All efforts to keep the others back
were of no avail, and those that were
not smothered were trampled to death.
Messrs. W. H. Corson, U. G. Rudd
and L. L. Woolery went down early
next morning to skin the dead sheep
and discovered that no less than 340
of them had perished. They were all
fine, big lambs, the cream of the band,
and Mr. Woolery's loss is fully $1,000
estimating that the sheep, with the
wool on, were worth $3 per bead.
The Mew Umatilla.''
The oldest inhabitant scarcely re
members when the Umatilla house
was not the leading hotel of The Dallee
or when it was not the place where
the drummers, the stockmen and the
farmers congregated when they visited
the city. Few hotels on the coast are
more widely known or have kept up
their reputation as has this house. It
is the one land mark in The Dalles
known to all who have ever visited the
city. However there have been times
when -it was apparently , -cheerless
and cold, but that does not apply to the
present. Recently lt.hasbee. supplied
throughout with steam - beat, and
now the workmen are renovating,paint-
ing and papering the interior so that
it is scarcely recognized by its former
friends. Those who have, known it
for-years as tbe "old" Umatilla will
soon have to speak of.it as the "new"
Umatilla,' for ere long it will in effect
be a new establishment...
New York, Dec. 29. A dispatch to
tne Herald from Manila says Admiral
Dewey considers it absolutely nece
sary that a first-class statesman be
sent to Manila to thoroughly in-
investigate tbe situation here and
ascertain the aspirations of the Fill
pino republicans. He further states
tbat tbe . United States must accept
their responsibilities in tbe PbillD-
pines which have been acquired by
conquest. If they should shirk this
duty they would put themsel yes back
200 jears in the world's history. '
The first republican government has
resigned over the question of Ameri
can intervention in the government of
the Philippines. Owners of property
desire American co-operation.
Tbe present temporary cabinet.
which will exercise power pending the
elections, is very A nti-American. It
allows no American co-operation
whatever, and wants to declare a free
republic and to consider Americans as
allies. It is willing to grant liberal
commercial treaties, with a monopoly
of the mines and railways, and to re
pay the expenses of the American
occupation of Manila.
Troubles due ..to malcontents con
tinue in the provinces of Tarlac and
Padgasinian. Repuolican troops
have been sent . there to quell tbe
disturbance.
ajnerleaa Wl-rea a Searee of Wonder
ment to Europeans.
Among Europeans of what are called
the upper classes much surprise is con
stantly expressed at the freedom with
which American women travel unes
corted through Europe. A recently re
called American minister to a conti
nental court was once asked by a court
official: "Haf American wifes no hus
bands at all, then? They come three,
four, six at once to court. They ask
to be presented to the king; they ask
to be invited to state dinners; they
must walk in mit a duke. There are
not dukes enough to go round. Why
do not their husbands come and walk
in mit some duchesses?" At the Aus
trian court no Americans outside of the
diplomatic circle are presented; very
few at Berlin; while Queen Margharita
of Italy, who has been more hospitable
to our people than any other conti
nental sovereign, has recently declined
to receive any married woman unac
companied by her husband. "Have
they no homes in their own country,
these poor ladies?' asked a French
woman, "that they spend months or
years in Europe wandering about
alone?" It was explained to her that
American men often remained at home,
earning the money necessary to send
their wives and daughters abroad for
the education which foreign travel
gives. "If that be so, she replied,
"they will study art and languages
hard, so as to return quickly to those
who work for them. They will not buy
costly clothes nor push their way into
every court in Europe."
DIANA'S MIRROR.
THE OCCUPATION OF ILOILO.
Relics From
Yesterday a box arrived ; here that
Arthur Stubling brought home with
him from the Philippines. It contained
all kinds of relics which he had gath
ered up at Manila and Cavite, includ
ing Mouser rifles, cartridges, sabers,
knives, Spanish uniforms and flags.
The collection is an excellent one, and
in after years will be quite valuable,
for trophies from the war with Spain
will be treasured in the future. It
contained enough stuff to stock a
museum, and is exhibited at Mr.
Stublings' residence on Eighth street.
Kecollect ens of the War.
On Wednesday evening at the Con
gregational church Capt. - John W.
Lewis will deliver his lecture "Capture
and Escape Recapture and Parole."
In this lecture Capt. Lewis will give
an account of seven months in Libby
prison and the life the soldiers led
there. There will be many amusing
incidents related concerning soldier
life both around the camp fire and on
the'field of battle. The lecture is pure
ly historical and is well worth the
price . of admission which is only 50
cents. Tbe public is generally in"
vited to attend. .
pORir,
JEFFERS Near Tbe Dalles. Dee. 2d, to Mr
and Mrs. W, J.. Jeflers, twins, boy and a
girl. . , 1 ' ' -
Filipinos Took Peaceable Possession of
the Place.
Manila, Dec. 29. rhe expedition
under General Miller arrived at Hollo
Tuesday and found that the Spaniards
had evacuated tbe place on Saturday.
Tbe steamer Churuca transferred the
Spanish forces to Mindano.
In accordance with an agreement
the rebels entered the city and trenches
on Monday at noon. They Immediate
ly established a municipal government.
Guards were placed over foreign prop
erty. Everything Is quiet and orderly.
There was some looting during the
night, but five natives were shot and
this bad an exemplary effect. The
only ship in the harbor was the Brit
ish cruiser Irene.
It is fully expected that General
Otis will demand the evacuation of
Hollo by the Filipinos, and use the
American army and fleet to enforce
his demand.
.
Covered With Mad.
A slide occurred on the O. R. & N.
line about one and one half miles this
side of Oneonta last night covering
the track with mud and rock for a
distance of 100 feet. The debris piled
up to a depth of frjm one to 15 feet,
though the track was not apparently
injured. Trains No. 1 and 3 were met
at tbe slide by a train from Portland
which transferred mail and passengers
so there was no interruption to pas
senger traffic, but freight trains were
held up on account of the slide, and
will not get through until the obstruc
tions are removed.
Solicitors Wanted Ladies or
GENTLEmen, for our complete set of
Juvenile Books for tbe holidays. Each
set has four books graded for little ones
to grown up folks. Each book charm
ing, delightful, captivating. Prices
range from 503 to $2,50. Large' books
each overflowing with happy illustra
tions, Tremendous sellers. Nothing
like them. Four months golden har
vest for energetic workers. Credit
given. Freight paid. Biggest com
missions. Outfit with samples of all
four books free. Send twelve 2 cent
stamps for paying part onlv of the
postage alone. Drop all trash and
clear $300 a month with our exclusive
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CONCERN JUVENILE DEPT.,
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$100 REWARD $100."
The readers ot this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
tbat science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure known
to the medical fraternltv. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires
a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is tasen internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mocus surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation of
the disease, and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. The proprietors ,
have so much faith in its curative powers, th at
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case
tbat it fails to cure. Send for list of testi
monials.
Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hail's Family Pills are the best.
For Over Fifty Fears.
An Old and W ell-Tried Rem
edy. Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup
has been used for over fifty years by
millions of mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect success
It soothes the child, softens the gums
allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is
the best remedy for diarrhoea. Is
pleasant to the taste. Sold by drug
gists in every part of the world.
Thenty-five cents a bottle. Its value
ii uncalculable. Be sure and ask for
Mrs. Winsiow's
Bstray.
There came to my place on Nov. 26,
a red cow and calf, with white line on
back, marked with swallow fork and
back bite on right ear, branded with
an inverted T. Owner can have same
by proving property and' paying ex
penses. John Beattie,
dec28-lm Celilo.
On Every Bottle.
Of Shiloh's Consumption Cure is
this guarantee: "All we ask of you to
use two-thirds of the contents of this
bottle faithfully, then if you can say
you are not benifited return tbe bottle
to vomr druggist and he may refund
the money." Price 25 cts., 50cts., and
$1.q0. Blakeley and Houghton.
Good Wood.
Oak or fir delivered to any part of
the city. Rates reosonable. Call on
F. B. Saunders or give orders on tele
phone No. 12
Wanted.
A 6 or 7 room bouse, below Ninth
street. For further particulars apply
at this office. tf
Men Wanted.
To cut cord wood. Inquire of The
Dalles Lumbering Co .
tf.
' Wanted A small cottage or three
rooms for housekeeping. Inquire at
jewelry store formerly owned by G.
A. Clark, East End. tf
ARB YOU TMh,e;d- ffi
THIRSTY satls'fyour thirs"
wtih SCH.JU1T2 tfrJUat.
Oysters served In any style, at
Palace of Sweeta, ' -
the
The Neml Lake In Latlnm to Be Bold
at Anctlon.
The Nemi lake, in Latium, is by a
judicial decree to be sold by auction.
In classic times, says the London
Daily Graphic, it was bounded by a
vast forest, the whole region was sa
cred to Diana and the bright surface
of the lake was called Speculum Di
anae, or Diana's Mirror. There was a
temple of the goddess beside the lake
and its priest was in the early days
of the empire the "king of the grove,"
whose precarious existence is recorded
m Dean Farrar s "Darkness and Dawn."
He was generally an escaped criminal,
who "slew the slayer and should him
self be slain" that is, he held the
shrine by the right of having slain
the last hermit-priest, till he himself
were dispossessed by a violent death.
In imperial times the lake and its
shores were the scene of many patri
cian water fetes and the playground of
the court of Tiberius. A few years ago
one of the royal triremes, a three-
decker, was discovered here deeply sub
merged. It yielded a rich treasure-
trove in coins, bronze heads of lions
and tigers and a bronze effigy of Me
dusa. The inscriptions showed that the
trireme was dedicated to Diana. The
lake is believed to be rich in archaic
treasures and records of the court of
Tiberius and the cult of Diana.
SPANKED THE WRONG PERSON.
A Chlcasro Woman's Fnnny Attempt to
Suppress Cockfightinc
The Bridgeman family have a good
joke on mater, reports the Chicago
Times-Herald. She had promised ten-
year-old Dick a spanking if he brought
Tim Rogers and his game chickens into
the basement again.
One night when she went down to see
that everything was secure she found
unmistakable signs of battle. Then
she remembered that Dick had been
unusually quiet and well behaved at
dinner and had gone to bed early. So
she went upstairs with stern deter
mination in her soul, for the mill of
maternal justice grinds surely in the
jBridgeman family.
Straight to Dick's room she went, and
if her heart softened at sight of the
quiet figure in the bed and the dark
head outlined against the pillow it did
not stay her hand. She turned down
the bedclothes and rigorously applied
the slipper. Instantly a roar came
forth in the bass of her grown-up son
Thunder end blazes, mother, what
the deuce is the matter?"
There was an explosive snicker from
under the bed, but Mother Bridgeman
was too used up to trace the snicker
to its lair. And Dick didn't get a prom
ised spanking. ..
OBEYED THE JUDGE.
Hint
Got Hla Blan an
to
md l:roncht
Tovrn.
Among the wills that were probated
the other day was that of a negro black
smith named Austin Thompson, whose
shop was on Sycamore street. . There is
a story connected with this man's name
that is worth telling, says the Lexington
(Ky.) Herald.
Just after the war old Benjamin .
Graves was county judge. He was an
eccentric man, very peculiar in many
ways, very honest and very positive.
He ruled with a strong hand. One day
Austin Thompson, who lived in thf
county, was brought, before him
charged with hog. stealing. J. he meat
was found upon his premises, but he
had made no effort at concealment.
He acknowledged having the hog and
killing it, but insisted that he bought
the hog from another negro, who rep
resented it as his own. Judge Graves
inquired if he could "bring that other
nigger into court, tie was answered
somewhat doubtfully. The old judge
then answered to Austin that he "must
bring that other nigger in, dead or
alive."
A day or two afterward Austin drove
np with a cart to the judge's office, and
entering informed his honor that he
had his man.
"Bring him in," said the judge.
"I can't," said Austin; "he's dead."
He had followed the old judge's in
structions to the letter. The other
negro refused to accompany Austin to
town, and so Austin killed him.
Of course it caused an immense sen
sation in the community, and there
was talk of impeaching the judge and
of hanging Austin. But nothing after
all was done about it, and the matter
was allowed to drop.
Solved the Mystery.
A man in Paris has been making a
good deal of money exhibiting a curious
animal in the cafes chantant and such
places. It was a very queer little ani
mal, and the alert Parisians were will
ing enough to drop the petit son for a
sight of it. Still, look as they would.
none could determine the creature's
species. It was interesting, but it was
baffling, and the exhibitor coined
money. One day, however, a dog
chanced to follow a curious beholder
into the cafe chantant. Immediately
the wondrous animal humped its back
like a diminutive camel, amd began to
hiss and spitl The mystery was solved!
It was a shaved cat!
ASSIGNEE'S SALE.
Notice is herebv given tbat. as asmenee of the
estate of Frank Vogt. an insolvent debtor. I
will on Tuesday, the 17th day ot January, 1899.
at 2 o'clock p. m., at tbe Court House door in
Dalles City. Wasco Chunty. Oregon, sell to tbe
highest bidder, for cash, all tbe real property
belonging to tbe estate of said insolvent debtor,
consisting of tbat certain property described as
All of that certain lot or parcel of land laving
and situate in Dalles City, in the County of
Wasco and State of Oregon, and more particu
larly described as follows: Bering 26 feet and
7 inches off of tbe north end of lot number six
(6) in block number three 3) in said Dalles
City, according to the general plat thereof,
fronting on Washington Street on the east, and
bounded by the alley on -the north, and being
67H feet in depth, together with the buildings
and other improvements thereon.
Dated at The Dalles, Oregon, this 16th day of
December, 1888. M. A. MOODY,
Assignee of the instate or Tunic vogt.
BRANCH OEFICE
Oregon ViavaJCo.
Boom 7. over French St Co's. Batik.
Office hours, 2 to 4 p. m.
Charlotte F. Roberts,
Local Hanager.
Greeting and Gratitude.
" Farewell, old 98,
Thou art but a memory now;
t Welcome, 9,
May the elements be good and kind to thee! 1
$T
A QIor!ou3 Happy New Year Day
TO THEE AND THINE!
May yours be a New Year of Peace and Plenty of
Prosperity and Popularity of Health and Happiness.
May every New Year's wind whisper to you soft, sweet
strains of perpetual contentment, and as the veteran of
'98 joins hands and greets the infant of '99, bo we, with
the grateful memories of the past, and the sincere hopes
for the future, greet you and thank you for favors be
stowed in that sunny valley of '98, and as we peer over
the hills of '99 seethe welcome light of your continued
patronage. May our friends and patrons hold in their
Diadem of Life the Jewels that will shine on to Eternity,
and may generous nature implant in your hearts and
minds the seeds of an inexhaustible harvest of ex
emplary thoughts and deeds. ' ' .. .
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