.APRIL 8, 1809
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
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From Wednesday's Daily.
E. F, Rice', of Victor, is io the city.
A. A. DertLick, of Victor, is in the
city.
. John A. Wiesan is in the city from
Hood River.
' W. E. Miller, of Wasco, is in the
city on a business trip.
Rev. W. Steele, of Goldendale, is
visiting frleptU in the city.
- -;W. 0. Arnold; of Cascade Locks, Is
registered aTTheTfihatflla HouieT!
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Brookhouse, of
. Duf ur, sre yigitlng friends in the city.
. . A. B. BiUinks, of, Hood River, is
visitin? his brother-in-law, Jud Fish,
- in tbis city.'.fv . . .
-..Mrs. H. . ,W.. French returned last:
evening from a visit to ber mother in
"Portland. ;
A "pied'' form was the cause of the
"Times Mountaineer being two hours
( late yesterday afternoon. (
W. F. Grunow, who has been inves
tigating the sugar beet industry at La
-Grande, returned on the afternoon
train. "' --: " ''
' Yesterday IMra. John Blaser received
. a letter from her husband who is' visit-
teg his -old- ffoine, .' In Switzerland
-stating thai hels.quite sick. "
. S. P. Briggs, formerly of this city.
who is at present employed by Lord
'& Co. in their general mercantile store
at Arlington, is in the city.
.A. Anderson has begun work on the
new buildibg to.be erected by Ben
Wilson on Second street, between the
Midway 'saloon and F. S. Gunning's
.shop. .
Dr. Hudson, of Condon, was in the
city yesterday as the guest of Dr. O. C
Holltater. ..He left on the morning
train for Portland where he will spend
a few days. .- . .
,' Last night Roe Grimes shipped four
carloads ' of ; splendid beef cattle to
. Troutdaie. The cattle were in as good
. a shape as could be desired, they hav
ing been purchased from Fulton Bros.,
ol Biggs, in Sherman county.
Today the Gem Acetyiine Gas Co
contracted .with A. S. McAllister to
1 put.-a gas plant in The Dalles steam
; laundry. The p'ant will be capable of
' lighting the entire laundry,, and the
gas wilt also be used for heating roles,
irons, etc J
C. Thompson, a well-known stock
man of Morrow county, died at the
Good Samaritan hospital, in Portland,
Monday, morning, afters short illness
He was aoative of Missouri and was
72 Years Of ' age. The remains was
'taken to Heppner for interment.
The remains of W. D- Jones, which
were brough t to this city for interment,
arrived, here at 10:30 today. The fun
. ,'eral will. take place from the residence
of his son-in-law A. M. Kelsay at 1 p
m. tomorrow. All friends of the fami
ly of the deceased are cordially invited
; to attend. '- " "
' At the city election held in Moro last
Monday the following officers were
chosen": - Wv W. Moore, mayor; W. D.
' Holder,' A.' P Sanford, Henry Moore,
G eorge Brock, J. M. Perry and Steve
Hayes, Cbuncilmen.
Miss Lois Helm, who has been at
tending business college In Portland
and acting in the capacity of teacher
in the night school, returned home last
evening and. will accept a position as
teacher in school district No. 18. She
-will begin ber labors next Monday.
Thomos . Welch one of - the enter
prising farmers of the Celilo neighbor
hood . was in the city today and made
the Mountaineer office a pleasant call.
He states that although they have been
having1 considerable frost of nights the
- grain crops are nnually promising and
he also hopes that the fruit crop will
' be much - better than was predicted
earlier in the spring.
This morning Mays & Crowe received
a car load, 85,000 pounds, of iron from
Pueblo,' Colorado, aod this evening
will receive 35,000 feet of iron pipe.
. .This firm 4s rapidly filling up the new
-Store on Second street, .which is con
sidered by everybody to be the most
complete hardware - store In Eastern
1 Oregon. .... ' . t - ."
J. H. Richardson who recently gave
Mr. Cushing.the slip and escaped from
the poor farm was examined by Dr.
; Shacklefordand Judge Mays today and
adjudged insane and taken . to the in
sane asylum. He is an unnofensive
character apparently of sober habits,
but is undoubtedly insane. Sheriff
JSelly with Adolph Phirman as guard,
left with him on the afternoon train
for Salem. - He states that he is from
Gerrard ' county", Kentucky", is over
" fifty years of age and claims to have no
. friends as.far as he knows.
A letter received from Dr. Pllklng
ton, of Antelope, states that he was
present shortly after the killing of Mr.
Jones and testified at the coroners in
quest. ' The jury after looking into the
' matter, and considering all the ei-
Price $50.00.
Price Complete
$7.00.
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cumstancea connected with the killing
exonerated Splcer." We understand
that he is now on his way to The Dalles
to give himself up to the authorities
here, and the matter may come up be
fore the next grand jury.
In the hearing given to Indian Jack
vesterdav afternoon, little con Id be
done as no witnesses had yet been
summoned. Jack stated that he and
several other Indians were present at
the killing, and that all had been
drinking considerable cider. Young
Van Pelt and bis step-father were
both intoxicated and one of them held
the young Indian while the other eut
his throat. A. A. Urquhart left for
Celilo last evening and is expected
back todav with the necessary wit-
oesxess. - The examination will prob
a-My-beeoetinued tomorrow morning
The. remains of Joe -Martin, better
kcown during his ? lifetime as
"Frenshy." were laid! away in the
city graveyard this morning. This is
the final end of a man who might have
wound up bis carrer in a much differ
ent manner had he but trodden other
paths from those he- bad pursued.
There were no . flowers to decorate his
coffin, no tears shed by friends or ac
quaintances over bis -grave, and but
few words of regret at his untimely
end. -
Today A. M. Williams & Co. started
C. B. Johnston ;f or the interior with a
complete line of samples" of the stock
carried by that establishment. He
will make . a tour of Central Oregon,
and will do doubt, succeed in centering
a large amount of trade hero. The
firm of A. M. Williams & Co. is cer
tainly .displaying enterprise in many
ways. They have just issued a cata
logue of 122 pases, printed in the
Times-Mountaineer office, which i
brings them an- immense mail o-der
business, and now in ' seoaing a repre
sentative out on the road will also add
much to their already large business.
R. C. Judson, industrial agent of the
O. R. & N. Co..' has secured
Carmen Island Salt Company,
of the
of San
Francisco.through their general agent,
quan'y oi nelr
v- j rial Baiu w iksou iu ouiud ui uuo
wneat neias oi eastern Oregon, as to ils
value as a fertilizer, as well as its
power to draw moisture. Mr. J udson
will experiment with the salt in the
Umatilla and Walla Walla countries,
The salt will be sown broadcast upon
the giain at different soaees of its
growth, and a record of the condl
tions under which it is applied and the
effect of the application, will.be kept
as a guide to future use. It is thought
that the evil effects of drouth may be
measurably prevented by judicious use
of salt.
From Thursday's Daily. :
Tom. Balfour, of Lyle, is visiting in
the city.
J. C. Ward, of Kingsley, spent the
day in the city.
Geo. T. Prather and Ross Winans
are up from Hood River.
Nate Baird and F. T. Esping, of
Antelope, are in the city.
Arthur Cameron, of White Salmon,
spent the day in the city. '
Rev. Leo McLeod, of Kingsley, is
registered at the Umatilla House. -
Mrs. W. H. Staats returned last
evening from Portland, and left this
morning for her home at Dufur.
Last night A. A. McCully, of Wal
lowa county, unloaded 96 head of beef
at the stockyards here to be fed. He
is shipping tbem to Troutdaie.
B. F. Jones and Alf Allen, two prom
inent Crook county cattle raisers re
turned last night from Portland where
they have been the past two weeks.
Mrs. J. B. Matoey, Mrs. G.'B. Mat-
ney, Mrs. Oliver Lester, and Mrs. C.
Lester, all of Moro, were passengers
on the boat for Portland this morning.
Last night County Treasurer Phil-
IIds received from - Eugene a fine
trottlng coU thal ia two year8 oM. It
was sired by Multnomah and bids fair
to be a splendid goer.
At the election held in Weston
Monday, the proposition to bond the
city for" $10,000 to refund the water
debt carried by -a large majority. .It
is thought the bonds can be floated at
5J per cent.
Everybody here is anxious for warm
weather in the rocky mountains so
that the snow may begin thawing be
fore the extrume hot! weather begins.
If the thaw does not begin until' in
June, very high water may occur.
Today Johnston & Co. received a ear
load of Columbia mowers, reapers and
binders and half a car load of Mil
waukee cbainless mowers. " This house
will .thus be able to uupply Urni-M's
with harvesting machinery at the
lowest p'ices.
Hon. John Michel! has opened :i law
office in room 38 Chapman block
where be will be pleased to meet all
former friends and patroqs. For. the
past year and a half Mr. Micbell has
been in partnership with District At
torney Jayne, but the partnership was
dissolved a few days since. ' '
The past few days au unusual num
ber of Drofessional tonrlat9 have been
appearing at the bock doors of resi-
dences and asking for a meal. There
"Golden Eagle," $25.00.
EE US
Before buying Bicycles.
We carry the best ttock
in the city. We guaran
tee every wheel we sell.
We also carry Windmills,
Deep Well Pumps, Pitch- ,
er Spout Pumps, Spray
Pumps, Spraying Mater
ial Lime, Sulphur and
Salt at lowest - market
prices. -v..-''.."', . ' '
& BENTON,
The
1 no excuse for such begging at this
season of the' year, tor there is plenty
of work in the county for all who are
willing to earn an honest living.
- Yesterday license to wed was issued
to Daniel A. Mead and Elsa E. Stay,
both of Wapinitia.
Residents in the west part of town
are cutting down the large poplar trees
about their premises and replacing
them with trees that are more orna
mental. The poplars are proving a
nuisance wherever they . have been
planted, and those who are beginning
to improve property in different parts
of the city are using other species.
The funeral of the late W. D. Jones
took place at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
Services were held at the residence of
A.- M. Kelsay by Rev. G. Rushing
assisted by Rev: D. V. Poling, after
which the body was taken in charge
by the members of the G. A. R. and
were followed to their last resting
place by a large concourse of people,
The committee' on licenses of the
Albany city council has completed the
draft of the new business tax ordi
nance which i causing so much dis,
scussion. Every store carrying two or
more kinds of stocks of gooas taxed
shall be considered a general mer
chandise store and taxed f20 where
the sales do not exceed $10,000, be
tween $10,000 and $20,000 the tax to be
$30, and over $20,000 $50, under which
here can be only one tax on a single
business.
Angus MacQueen, ' a well-known
mining man, who is back from a visit
to many of the Eastern cities, tola a
Baker City Democrat reporter that un
less all signs fail the Baker City gold
fields will bavea great influx of capital
this year seeking investment in mines,
In New York. Detroit and other great
capital centers visited, Mr. McQueen
says he found much inquiry concern
ing Eastern Oregon mines and many
capitalists signified their intention of
con-ins this way as soon as advised
j that the camps are free from snow.
Indian Jack is being examined be
fore Justice Bayard today on a charge
J of having killed an Indian boy namtd
j Jin
Williams near Celilo last Sunday
night. The state is represented by
District Attorney Jayne, while Jack is
resting bis case with the court, not
having desired to secure an attorney.
The defendent is a savage looking1
Indian, but is a cripple having lost one
foot entirely while the other foot is
only a stub. The evidence so far
shows that Jack and a number of other
Indians were on a drunk Saturday
evening, though the defendant has
not beeu directly connected .with the
crime. .
From Friday's Dally.
A. C. Sanford, of Moro, was in town
today, -
F. S. Gordon, of Tygh Valley, is in
the city. -
Thomas Fargher, of Nansene, spent
the day in the city. .
Rey. D. C. Garrett, of Portland, is
visiting in the city. .
The stockmen hold a meeting at
Dufur tomorrow afternoon.
Dr. H. C. Lovana anl E. P. Ash, of
Cascade Locks, spent the day in town,
Either dressed or undressed chick
ens can oe had at Dawson's tomorrow.
So far during- th 3 month ;here have
been 31 homestead filings made at the
land office here. . . ....
Dr. Hudson, of Condon, :' returned
last night from a visit to Portland, and
spent the day in the city.
A. M. Williams & Co. are offering
some tempting bargains in men's
spring suits. Their window tells the
story ,-. : '
Prof, and Mrs. Thomas Condon were
passengers on the boat lor fortland
tbis morning, returning to their home
at Eugene.
Remember the sale af choice articles
to be given by the ladies of the Epis
copal Guild in the K. of P. hall tomor
row afternoon.
Today Gustav Slieberitz, a native of
Germany, filed with the county clerk
his intentions to become a citizen of
the United Slates. ;'
Mrs. S. J. Horton. formerly of this
city, but now of Portland, came up on
tLe boat last evening and will spend a
few day visiting friends.
A. M. Kelsay left tbis morning for
Antelope where he will spend a few
days looking after the business of
the estate of the late W. D. Jones.
If you would pay $8.35 for a spick
and span new 1899 spring suit worth
$12.50 or $13.75, you can do so by ap
plying at A. M. Williams & Co's. next
Monday,
Miss Daisy Alloway, who has bnen
visiting ber parents in tbis city, re-tut-uej
today to school in Eugene.
She was accompanied to Portland by
ber mother.
The roa.ls between Goldendale and
The Dallep are said to be in floe condi
tion, having been put i a perfect repair
by Bill Gilniore, road supervisor for
the Rockland district.
. Special constable J. H.
rived here last evening
Jackson ar
havin g in
he arrested
John Day.
'charge R. Cbayz, whom
near Clar.io's ferry on
THEY ALL WANTED IT!!
Yoa c they thought ll:e bicycle In the
window, v . the only one we had. There
vere plen'y more inside however, mnd we
old 'em o.ie each. We can fit yoaoutalao
if yon don't wait too long WITH A
OEAWFORD
Price $30.00.
8-foot Aennoter
Price $30.00.
Dalles, Oregon;
f Charve is charged' with Yavln'g sold
orders on the county for witness fees
to two different parties.. He was given
over to the custody of Sheriff Kelly
aod had bis preliminary hearing this
alternooOi
R. Chavs this afternoon waived ex
amination and was held in bonds of
$100 to appear before tho grand jury
A. D. Whitney, formerly of Seattle,
has with his family located in The
Dalles, and has reuted a residence of
Emile Schanno. Mr. Whitney will
probably engage in business here,
Between 12 and 1 o'clock today a
tmall child of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Reese
fell into a tub of hot water and was
severely scalded. Dr. Geisendorfier
was called and made the child as com
fortable as possible.
It will be a pleasant entertainment
that tfill be given by the ladies of the
Guild in tbeK. of P. hall this evening.
Besides the entertainment the custom-
arv Uaster sale will be conauctea to
night and tomorrow afternoon.
Don't overlook the lecture at the
Christian church tonight, on "Ihe
World's First woman," by Rev. Rush
ing. Everyone is invited. Mo ad
mittance is to be charged, but a collec
tion will be taken at the close. ' 1 .
In Albany last Wednesday Mrs. Dr.
Owen-Adair drank a mouthful of
sulphuric acid through mistake, .that
came near causing fatal results.- Being
a physician she applied antidotes im
mediately and saved her life.,
Tomorrow Mr'.' a.nd Mrs. Emile
Schanno will leave for Portland to
spend a week visiting in that city.
While below Mr. Schanno will attend
a meeting of the state board of horti
culture which is to be held in Salem
next Monday.
At Jacksonville, on Wednesday,
Frank Lawrence Smith was sentenced
to be hanged on May the ann. ine
crime for which Smith is to suffer is
the murder of . Peter Nelson . near
Central Point a year ago last February,
the motive being robbery
These warm days are causing fruit
blossoms to come out in profusion, and
from appearances there will be more
fruit than many expected. It is quite
evident that the February freeze did
not do the damage to fruit trees that
most people thought It had.
There will be an ice cream supper at
the Salvation Army on Saturdry even
ing, April 8; Tickets 10 cent?. Also
on Sunday, April 9th Ensign Evans
and Cap Dai h Helm, officers in charge,
will farewell from The Dalles corps.
Everybody Invited to attend.
Surveyor Goit, who returned yester
day from surveying a county road in
Hood river' valley, says land in that
valley Is being' eagerly sought by
home-hunters, and v numerous claims
have been located as far as 20 miles
south of the town of Hood River. -
Indications are that a railroad Will
be built from Lyle to Goldeoda'.e the
present season. Engineers have com
pleted the survey oeetweea those
points ' and ' are now settlog grade
stakes, which is a pretty good indica-
tiod' that' construction will be com
menced soon. ".
Jim Box, who mysteriously disap
peared from the Fossil section two or
three years ago and was supposed to
have been murdered by the murderer,
pf Jack Hamblett, is at the Philippines
in a Montana regiment. ' Corporal
Frank Edwards wrote to his parents
that he had a pleasant visit with Box
at Manila.
Wednesday 'morning, at 7 o'clock,
Effie, the 22-year-old daughter of
Lucien Frazier, of Bethel, Polk county,
committed suicide by shooting herself
with : a shotgun. She placed the
muzzle over her heartland shoved the
trigger with a stick. No cauBe is
given for the suicide, except that Miss
Frazier had been in poor health for
some time.
Next Monday eveniag Dalles theater
goers will be treated to one of the
best performances ever witnessed in
the city. - Miss Clara Thorpp, sup
ported by Fredrick Montague, will apt
pear in that interesting play "a Doll
House." Dalles theater goers will
miss it if they do not Bee tbis play, for
the Thropp troupe comprises the best
of talent. ."' ". .
J. H. Jackson, who returned yester
day from Antelope country, says sheep
In that section are not' doing well.
The young lambs are dying pretty
rapidly, owing to the fact that the
ewes are poor and are not giving suf
ficient milk to keep the lambs alive.
He says some old sheep are dying, but
as the grass is growing pretty rapidly
the loss of sheep will' soon cease. '
Smiling Albert," the well known
and accomodating wine clerk who has
held a position in the Commercial
Sample-rooms for several months, has
resigned his position -and left for
Portland yesterday where he will ac
cept a like position.- While here he
has made a large circle of acquaint
ances and many warm friends, who re
gret very much to see him go, and who
hopes to see him return at some future
day.
A serious accident befell the little
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Sharrard
Saturday. The little fellow was play
ing on one of the wheat platforms be-1
longing to the.. Arlington Warehouse
Co., when a pile of wheat' sacks fell on
him. He remained In this position
about two hours before he was discov
ered, almost dead and wholly uncon
scious. After considerable time Dr.
Ruedy succeeded in restoring the
feeble spark of life. Arlington Re
cord. '. f '
Tbe coming summer will witness att
attempt to revive the usefulness of the
neglected and almost forgotten Sob
qua mle pass wagon road, "once the
great thoroughfare between' eastern
and wester ,1 Washington. - To this
and the counties of King and) Kittitas,
through which the road funs, will
bend their united effortsyln raising
and expending funds iocthe improve
ment of the once fanaous highway,
says tbe Seattle Post-lvtelligencer.
Last night Prof. Xboinas Condon
gave a very interesting talk io the
Congregational cliurcjh before a large
and attentive audlenLe. It was a re
cital of the progressof the church in
50 years, and contained many pleasant
reminiscences oi early times in me
Dalle. One ' incident he referred to
was indicative of events here when
The Dalles was a 'frontier town. He
referred to the ferst public prayer he
offered in 'this jfciiy. It was in 1861,
and he was hold log services in the old
court house wlvfere the city hall bow
stands. ;In tine street, Prof. Condon
aid, therew,re numerous freighters,
whose Bflfiee aod clatter drowned his
voice, so that he could not tell what
he waft saying. ' He contrasted those
coDiQitlons with what prevails today.
d drew a pretty comparison of the
advancement, of : church work in The
Dalle. , t v
IIC -HUieli -COBAVll.
Regular
Monthly Meeting- and
Boutin
BnsliieM.
-'Th regular monthly meeting of the
city council was held at the council
chamber "Monday 'night.'" There were
present Mayor Nolan. Councilmen
Kuck, Keller, Ciough. Johns, Gunning,
Stephens, Michelbach and Johnston.
Minutes of last regular and special
meetings read, corrected and approved.
Kuuk, of the finance committee, re
ported that W.'S. Myers had been em
ployed to collect road poll tax. The
council ordered the finance committee
to proceed to collect a road poll tax of
$4 from each person liable for tame,
and further ordered that any taxpayer
who would workin person on the roads
for two days be given receipt for tax,
but otherwise a tax of 84 In cash be
collected. . ..
Johnston, of ..the committee on
streets and public property, reported
that Union street had been connected
with Fourteenth street and that Kelly
avenue Is cow being repaired.
- Councilman ' Keller resigned as a
member of the committee on streets
and public property, and mayor ap
pointed Councilman Johnston to fill
the vacancy.
A communication was read from the
Gem Acetyllne Ga. Co, proposing to
liht the streets and was referred tc
committee on streets and public prop
erty, - , .
On motion of Gunning all remon
strances against laying sewers- was
referred to the special sewer commit
tee.. .; .
The matter of locating city bounda
ries was referred to streets and public
property committee.
Bill of Dufur and Menefee for legal
services in case ot j. J. ttaiawin vs
Dalles City - was referred to finance
committee.
On motion tbe finance committee
was authorized to loan the balance of
the slaking fund amounting to $570. .
The council adjourned to meet on
April 11 at 8 p. m. "
The following claims against the
city were allowed and ordered paid:
California restauran t 28 meals $ ' 4 20
John Bnrgratf48 meals. -.v,. ... . 7 20
C J Crandall, revenue stamps
and expressage, 2 70
Wui Henzie, hauling hose cart
to hre and drayage... ......... . 4 DO
G Bartell, repairing hose
cart....- 2 00
Tbe Dalles Ldm'bering Co, lum-
ber 8 00
Geo Brown, urepaymunt for -
supplies for-tire department 3 20
J W Blakeney drayage 1 50
James Hotran. sweeping jail flue ' n0
Dalles City Water woi kd, water
rent for month. '. ;..50 Oo
FS Gunning, repairs... -18 5U
R B Bood, bauiug hose cart
to fire aod dray agev; i 2 75
W C Sechler, hauling hose cart
to fire 250
T F Bui-ham, hauling engine' to
fire 5 00
M T Nolan, merchandise...... 8 65
C F Lauer, marshal ..... 75 00
Geo Brown, engineer. 75 00
Adolph Phirmao, nlghtwatcb 60 00
C J Crandall, ' treasurer . 20 00
N H Gates, recorder. . . ..-.. i . 50 00
W R Brown, labor. . . 19 00
J J Malooey, labor. ..: ... 13 80
Cbas Jones, labor.'. 37 50
J W Robinson, labor. .... . . 44 80
A S Cathcart, labor, with team 16 60
T T Tannor. labor 16 50
James Hannon, labor with team 10 00
Dao Fisber. labor , 32 60
Bert Eaton, labor.. 20 80
C J Crandall, expense in purch- -asiog
county warrants....... 10 00
.! Following is tbe report of the
treasurer for the month of March.
RECEIPTS. "
On hand Marchl...... $2,284 4
Received during inontbT. ... 1,430 43
Total
$3,714 88
. 600 73
. 3,114 15
DISBURSEMENTS.
Warrants redeemed ,
On hand April 1..."..
A- VICTIM OF ALCOHOLISM.
Joseph Martin
Found Dead in
Frank's
Saloon. . '
About 5:45 Monday evening Charles
Frank who works in his fathers saloon
on Front street; 'Went to the back
part of the building to get his bicycle
when he found the dead; body of Joe
Martin lying in the rear of the saloon.
' 'The- authorities', "were notfiied and
the remains of the- dead man were
turned over - to the undertaker until
such time as an inquest could be held.
' It appears that Mf tin or"Frenchie'V
for that was the name nearly every
-one knew htm by, had been drinking;
very heavy for some time. He came
into Frank's saloon on Sunday be
tween 7 and 8 o'clock in tbe evening
and complained of being very sick. He
went into the back room of the &aloon
and layed down where he remained
until Monday afternoon. He came
out into the saloon about 2 o'clock
Monday and asked for a , drink and
wes given some wine. He was offered
some c,offee but was too sick to drink It.
He then returned to the room in the
rear of the saloon and nothing more
was seen of him until his dead body
was found. .
- He was. about 48 years of -age and
has lived, in The Dalles about five
years. , .-.j . ; '.'.'.'
: An inquest was held Friday morning
and the. following iverdici'f rendered:
In the matter of the inquest of j Joe
Martin, we the jury, summoned by Ned
H. Gates, recorder of Dalles City and
ex-officlo justice of the peace, to inquire
in.ro the cause of the. death of the body
now before us, find ibe following facts,
baaed upon the evidence produced be-ton-
us; . -.
.-That the name of trie deceased was
joe Matin, age about 48 years, and
(bat his residence was at Dalles City,
Oregon, and by occupation a laborer;
Tbat he came to hU death on the 3rd,
day of April, 1899, in Dalles City, Ore
gon, and that the cause of said death
was heart failure ' doe' to chronic
alcholism and la-grippe.
' Dated at Dalles City, Oregon, this
the 4th. day of April, 1999. '
- ' Jobn Bonn,
' C. F. Stephens, .
Cbas Schtjtz,
' ' JokCbate,
' T. J. TWOHIQj
.James Hogan.
. - " W. D. Jones Killed. ' .
''The people of this city weie startled
Tuesday by a telephone message
from Grass Valley, stating tbat anoth
er shooting scrape had occurred at
Antelope which resulted in the death
of W. D. Jones, one of the leading
citizens of that section.
It seems tbat bad blood has existed
for some time. ..between Mr. Jones and
F. N. Splcer. . Spictr, we understand,
was ordered by Mr. Jones to remain
off bis premises.
Monday Spicer was hired by-some
one to haul furniture to Jones' house
aod nhile there:, the trouble arose
which resulted in tbe. killing of Jones.
Both men were armed aod althongh
little could be learned concerning the
matter,, it is thought the shooting was
done in self defense. Mr. Jones - was
shot through ' the head and was' killed
almost iastanjrt.y; -; " '" ':. ' 'J .'
After the unfortunate -occurrence
-Spieer- gave-himself up and .will be.
brought to The Dalles for his bearing.
I
. W..D. Jones was born in Ray county,
Mlssourl.about 64 years ago and moved
!
' T.f lull fnmn 1 a u K K iiiaH a ft rt
Biderable time. He afterwards moved
to Antelope . where -he baa made his
home' ever ' since. Several years a?o
his wife died, also one of bis two
children, tbe surviving one being Mrs.
A. M. Kelsay, of this city. The de
ceased was a highly respected citizen
and his violent death came as a shock
to all who knew him.
WKATREB AND CBOPS.
Weekly Bulletin For Eastern Oregon ls-
anedby tbe Weather Bnrean.
The temperature averaged 49 in
the Columbia River valley and
39 over the Plateau Di-trlct for tbe
past seven days. The rainfall amounts
to from 0. 12 to 0.25 of an inch. Tbe
maximum temperatures rauged from
54 to 60 and the minimum from
36 to 46; over the Plateau District
the maximum ranged from 42 to 48
and the minimum from 28 to 34.
In the Columbia River valley many
correspondents report unfavorable
grain conditions, the result of the
February freeze; where tbe snow cov
ered the ground there is no damage;
where the snow was blown off, tbe
grain was frozen out and re-seeding
will be necessary. Much of the re
seeding has already been done, and
that sown in the latter part of Febru
ary and fore part of March is making
good growth. - In Union county the
reports indicate that in some fields
where the grain was supposed to be
frozen out, a good stand is now shown.
Plowing and seeding are very active
throughout this valley. Over the
Plateau region it Is yet too early for
any farm work to be done.
Apricots, peaches, cherries, and
plums are io bloom in portions of tbe
Columbia River valley, but general
bloom will not prevail, even in the
valley for a week or ten days more,
Tbe fruit crop is not supposed to have
been materially injured by the winter'j
cold. ' Strawberries are beginning to
grow and a large crop, as usual is ex
pected.
Oyer tbe Plateau region tnow is still
on the ground; it is slowly melting
and tbe ground Is becoming thorough
ly soaked, thus making good indica
tions for the year's crops.
Horses and cattle wintered well. The
loss is very small arid conSned to lo
calities. Sheep stood the winter very
well until March 1st, pince which time
loss has occurred, but not much, If
any, more thau tha average.
Tbe outlook at present Is for a good
wheat crop, about the usual fruit crop,
and satisfactory results from stock of
all kinds.
A Pleasant . Birthday.
.Wednesday- evening- the pleasant
home --of Mr. and Mrs. N. Harris
was -the scene of a most
enjoyable gathering, . it being
tbe celebration of the anniversary of
Mrs. W. H. Groat's birthday. - Mrs.
Harris had invited a number of friends
in to spend the evening, among them
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Groat, tbongh
owing to illness Mr..-Groat was unable
to attend. However, Mrs. Groat- was
present, still she did not- realize that
the party was given in her honor until
all tbe guests were seated at the table,
and Prof. Gavin, having been mado
master of ceremonies, informed her
that she had passed another mile
stone in tbe fleet of time, and that the
h"st and hostess had sought that oc
casion to commemorate tbe annivers
ary, of her birth. So pleasantly was
the evening spent in games and music
that is was long after, midnight before
tbe gue9t took their departure, i
.Those present wereJdrs-.- Groat,' Mr.
and Mrs. Harris, Prof, and Mrs. Gav
in, Mr. and Mrs. Jayne, Mrs. A. R'
Thompson. Mr. and Mrs Gourlay, Mr.
and Mrs. Kllndt, Miss Lily Kelly, Mr.
and Mrs. Nellsen, Dr. aud Mrs. Tack
man, Mr. and ' Mrs. Geiger, Mrs.
Gilbert, Messrs. Joe Vogt and Hugo
Brash. "
Anniversary Celebration.
. Wednesday evening Fern Lodge No.
25, D. of H., celebrated its fifth anniver
sary iu a very appropriate and pleasing
manner.' .' '
A large number of guests had been
invited, and after lodge hour the hall
was opened ao all. Tbe program began
with a vocal solo by Mrs. C. F. Steph
ens that' was highly appreciated, and
this was followed oy an adress written
by Mrs. Fllloon on titled "Fern Lodge's
Birthday" but owing to Mrs. Filloon
being unavoidably absent the 'address
was read by Mrs. Douthit. Next
Hazel Waud and Lizzie Mc Arthur,
rendered a vocal duet that called for
a 'hearty encore. . Then Miss Cram
sang a solo tbat so pleased the audi
ence tbat she was called back. Mrs.
Edden recited a poem entitled "How
He Saved St. Michael,'1 which was
exceptionally well received, and the
entertainment closed with a bass solo
ly Will Frank, that called for a re
sponse from Mr. Frank. After the
rendition of tbe program, muBio for
dancing was supplied, and tbat favorite
amusement was indulged in until 12
o'clock. '
'' Good Bowline.
Wednesday evening there was another-
friendly bowling contest between
the lady and gentlemen teams of the
D. C. & A. C. n hlch each team won
two games. The gentlemen having
made the most pins were accredited
tbe honor of winning the tournament.
The ladies were given a handicap of 31
pins, which gave them a majority of
pins in the first two games. Miss
Alma Schanno in the first' game
made tbe remarkable score of 70 pins.
Tbe individual scores were as follows:
1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, total
30 24 39 29 112
Mrs Senfert,
39
24
Mrs. Houghton,
Miss Schanno,
Mrs Huntington,
MrsBlakeley,
Miss Lang,
35 42
70 36
35 43
28 28
25 48
23 114
28 .178
17 133
28 108
28 115
42
38
24
24
1st, 2d, 3d, 4th
36 37 47 46
total
166
Mr. Bradshaw,
Mr. Baldwin,
Mr. De Huff,
Mr. Mays,
Mr. Kurtz,
Mr. Nolan,
41 33 44 50 168
30 23 69 32 154
33 43 a5 31 143
42 36 34 38 150
36 56 38 44 174
?'The steamer Spokane has been
placed In service on the Snake river
between Rlparla and Lewlston with
double daily service and will be oper
ated as a through mail, express and
passenger steamer, ' making round
trips dally except Saturday. Leaving
Biparia at 2:30 a. m., arriving at Lewis
ton 12 o'clock noon. Leaving Lewis
ton 2:30 p. m., arriving at Rlparla at
1 o'clock p. m. The steamer Lewis
ton will take the place of tbe Spokane
on the same schedule on Saturdays
and at other times will be operated on
a wild schedule, taking care of all
local work, i The object of this new
schedule is. to place the Lew 4 ton and
Buffalo Hump countries more In touch
with points on the O. B. & N.!1 tf
8TOYK FACTOR AT POBTLASO
It WU Be one of the Big Industrie of tha
Kortbweat.
' Portland is soon to have a big stove
foundry, says the Te.egram
For some tiraeF. W. Isherwood, who
represents the Bridge & Beach Com'
pany, of St. Louie, and 'Cribben, Sex
ton Compauy, of Chicago, here, has
been at work on the scheme. Tbe one
great obstacle has been the fact that
tbe state of Oregon is in the stove
business, using convict labor entirely.
Mr. isoerwooa's people tDougbt :t a
hard proposition to enter the field
paying union prices with such a com
petitor in the field. The legislature
however, has refused to remedy the
matter, and they have decided to go
ahead and put in a plant here.
A site has been bonded near the
Union stockyards.' Tbe plans that
have been drawn provide for several
buildings, which will cost nearly $151,
ooo. rne foundry wnen operating on
full time will employ (250 hands, and
turn out a great quantity of stoves,
especially adapted to the needs of the
Northwest.
Tbe pig iron to b? used in manufac
turing the stoves can be bought
around tho Horn at a very low rate.
Coke can be had in Washington, and
moulding sand In abundance is found
all along tbe Willamette. '
Mr. Isherwood expects to leave for
the east April 16. While away he
hopes to complete all of the details
and begin work upon his raturu. It
will take some time to erect the plant,'
but by next winter, if nothing unfore
seen occurs, the stove foundry will be
going at full blast in Portland turning
out all kinds of cook stoves, ranges
and heaters that are needed in this
part of the country. ,
Held Without Bonds.
The examination of Indain Jack,
charged with killing another Indian
named Jack Williams, was concluded
in Justice Bayard's court last evening,
and the defendant was held without
bonds to answer before tbe next grand
jury - l be examination consumed tbe
entire day, a large number of witnesses
having, been examined. . Tbe first
witness who testified did not connect
ck with tbe crime, but from the
testimony of those before the court in
the afternoon it was difficult to explain
how the Indian boy was killed unless
Jack was the murderer.
Indian Jack is quite a notorious
character, and is one whom all tbe In-
dians about Celilo fear. Some nine i
years ao be was run over by a train j
and tad his left leg cut off above ti e '
ankle and his right foot taken off jutt -in
front of the instep. This, however, i
did not matte a good Indian of him.
but seemed to increase nis bad dispo
sition, and he is known as a quarrel
some and dangerous man. It is be
lieved by the Indians . about Celilo
that he killed an uncle of Jack Wil
liams some years ago, though no direct
evidence of his guilt could be bad.
With the assistance of tbe police.
Game Warden Quimby proposes to put
a stop to tbe slaughter .of song birds,
which has been complained of ty
residents of Portland for several weeks
past, says the Oregonian. At his re
quest instructions have been issued to
Suburban patrolmen to keep a sharp
lookont for bird-kllleis, and all offend
ers caught will be punished to the full
extent of the law. .
BORN.
. BLANDIX -In this i ity. April 5, to Mr. and
Mrs. r- a. BiaDara, a Hon.
Vogt Opera House
ONE NIGHT ONLY
APRIL 10
Enaegsment Extraarainary
The most brilliant social and dramatic
eveat of the season. The foremost of
America's Comediennes,
Miss Clara Thropp,
supported by Frederick Montague and a
carefully selected company, the same as
made its recent memorable succesB at
, the Marquam Grand, Portland, present- '
tni? Henrik Ibsen's dramatic master-
. piece, ..
Doll's
House,
as played by Miss Thropp 000 nights at
the Duke of York's theatre. London.
Followed by the one-act farclal gem,
THE TRUANT SPOUSE.
NOTE Each lady attending will be pre
sented with a souvenir leaflet of Rudyard Kip
ling's poems.- . '
Reserve Seats 50 Cents
Back Seats - - 35 Cents
Children - - 25 Cents
Seats on sale at Snlpea-Kinersly
Drug Company.,.
Sirs. Tackman's
..Green House
Near East Hill School.
Supplies all kinds of bedding
plants, roses, carnations, ger
aniums, etc. Cut flowers for '
weddings and funerals ar
ranged in artistic designs and
on short notice.
Visitors always welcome.
Mrs. A. H. Tackman, Prop.
Telephone 74.
I; Baldwin
Restaurant.....
s
74 Front St., Tha Dalles.
X Tables supplied with the best in
the market.
o
X Parties served and lunches for
- picnics and excursions
prepared.
o
Oysters in every
style.
W. W. WILSON,
Manager.
The Time to Buy
Sporting Goods,
Fishing Tackle,
Bicycles and
Sundries,
Rubber Hose,
Anti-Rust
Tinware,
Pruning Shears,
Steel Ranges,
Racine Buggies,
The place
Poorly
Cooked Food
is about aa useful
in the stomach as
a keg of nails
would be in a fire
under a furnace.
. EVERY CHARTER
i
Great Mkm Furniture &tore. Sole Agents.
Buggies from
8PECIAL SALE, all-wool carpets, M yards, 35e each. See our new Spring
stock of Furniture and Carpets. Prices lower than ever.
Great Northern Furniture Store
41, 43, 45 Second StreetEast End.
A. Ad.
... BepneH Old
118 Oct 15
THE DALLES,
A. AD KELLER
The Dalles, Or.
Tom Bourke's and
Homestead whiskey.
SPECIALTY IN IMPORTED FRENCH
LIQUORS AND COCNAC
Best Domestic Lipors Wines and Cigars
The Largest and Best of August Buchler's
- Horns-Made Beer and Porter.
SO.90
- e .
$ I worth checks
good for 10c
drink or
cigar.
A check given to
every Customer.
Agent for the Swiss PublishingCo., New York.
Pioneer Bakery.......
I have reopened this well known Bakery, and am "
now prepared to supply evei ybody -with ..........
BREAD, PIES and CAKE
..... .Also, all kinds of. ...
Staple and Fancy Groceries
Pioneer Grocer.
Did You Ever.
Stop to think that this is the ti'mo of year that .
a merchant wants to sell otf all bis heavy goods.
Well that is the case with me. Come in before
the assortment is broken and get your choice of
the stock of Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots and
Shoes, Blankets, Furnishing Goods.
Rushford
Wagons,
Garden Rakes
and Hoes,
Spray and Well
Pumps, ;
Seeders and
Cultivators,
Poultry Netting,
Lawn Mowers.
to buy is
CHARTER OAKS
Cook Properly,
And Produce
Nutritious Food,
with Little Fuel
AMD
No Trouble.
OAK IS GUARANTEED. .
84.50 and
Keller,
Oro Fino Saloon ...
CROWE
up.
oo Second Street, and door from Court Street,
OREGON.
-C. F. STEPHENS.
D.W. VAUSE,
....DEALER IN....
Wall Paper, Paints,.
OILS, GLASS, ETC.
Finest line of ; Wall Paper in ,
the city. $end for Samples. ;
Painting. Paper-Hanging mnd Kalsomln'
ing a Specialty.
Third Street. XU? lal s, Oreoa
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