ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY BY J. A. DOUTHIT, Publisher. 8UB8CKIPTIOW RATKS. DAILY One Year by maQ Six Month Three Months s WEEKLY " jmYetr, by aua.v Six months... ..... te.oo 8.00 1.60 75 SATURDAY.. NOVEMBER 18. 1899 AN AMERICAN FAD. . There are many fads after which the American DeoDle are running, but ' probably none has carried them away bo comDletelv as prizefighting. The "manly art" has a firm hold unpon them and it would seem that we are drifting in a channel that will result in fighting being considered a national . ' sport and cause many good people to look upon it as an innocent pastime rather than a cruel and brutish prac- tice. The craze that has seized the American people was illustrated by the eagerness with which many good rjaonle soucht to obtain the result of the Sharkey-Jeffries flight. The New York World comments upon it thus: Was it a national convention that '-' packed the steaming, reeking, glaring ' hall with eager, earnest citizens, their faces grave with care, their "brow with purpose knit?' Was it a presi dential election, fraught with the fate . of a nation for weal or woe through four uncertain vears. that kept the crowds standing before the- bulletin boards through the night hours in the pelting, drenching rain, awaiting the tidings of victory and -defeat?. Not exactly. The hall was the Coney Island Atheletic Club's arena. The men within who held their breath through the eventful hours and the men without who defied the fury of the storm in their damp and patient devo tion to duty were citizens of the re public who either had or had not bet their money on -the greatest prize fight that ever was fought for the gate money and the picture privileges. ' And not alone in New Yorklbut .wherever civilization asserts its sway over this vast republic the people also gathered to learn the result of the great event. The news was flashed to San Francisco; cultured Boston and placid Philadelphia patronized the bulletin-boards and the extras, and in Seattle, Kalamazoo and Tombstone, Art., the referee's decision passed into history before the final nightcap was absorbed. From one of the leading educational institutions of New York an eminent instructor rang up The World , to : know how the fight bad gone. ' - ' It does not look as ,If the nation needed any advice to "teach its boys to fight." THE INHERITANCE TAX. When Jay Gould died in 1892, says the Chicago Record, he left an estate valued in round numbers at 875,000, 000. All bis wealth was left to direct heirs. The tax upon such bequests under the New York inheritance tax . law is one percent. Consequently the , amount received by the state of New 1 York from jay Gould's estate was ap proximately $750,000, The value of the estate of ..Cornelius' Vanderbtlt is " not known accurately, but it is conser vatively estimated at 870,000,000. Not all of Vanderbilt's wealth was left to direct heirs, however, and -as the rate of taxation upon bequests to collateral heirs is 5 per cent it is probable the state of New York will receive from the Vanderbilt estate a some what larger amount than was secured from the Gould estate.. In addition, the Vanderbiltestate must contribute to the revenues of the, federal . govern ment. in 'accordance with the inheri tance tax law provision of the war revenue law, approved June 13, 1898 , The federal inheritance tax law im poses different rates according to ' the degree of relationship existing be tween the beneficiary and the testator. It is also progressive, the highest rate : under the law being 15 per cent upon beouests exceeding $1,000,000 in '. amount going to persons only distant- " ly related to the deceased or strangers to him in blood. The highest rate paid ' on bequests under the Vander but will presumably oe iu per cent. This rate will fall upon the bequest left to . Chauncey Depew and some others strangers in blood to the Vanderbilt family who receive amou n ts ranging from 8100,000 to $500,000. The rate paid in bequests to the children of Mr. Vanderbilt, eacb oi wnom re ceives an amount in excess of $1,000, 000, will be 82.25 on every 8100. Ap plying this rate to the portion falling to Alfred G. Vanderbilt estimated at 841.000.000. exclusive of the gift of 86,000,000 to Cornelius it will be seen that the federal government is to re ceive 8922,500 of the sum bequeathed to the .new head of the Vanderbilt household. The government will also take 8168.750 from each of the other four children, who receive 87,500,000 apiece. There is no tax on the por tion going to the wife. The total tax on the bequests to the five children is 81.597.500. provided the estimate of $70,000,000 for tne estate is correct. The amount to be deducted for the benefit of the federal goverenment from - the 8200,000 bequeathed to Chauneev DeDew is 820,000. All told the amount payable to the federal government from the Vanderbilt estate is likely to approximate 82,000,000 The total amount to both state and nation out of the estate in inheritance taxation -mav fairlv be estimated as be w teen $2,500,000 and $300,000,000. THE DALLES WAKING VP. An earnest effort is about to be made on tbe part of the business men of Tbo Dalles towards retaining and extending- the trade of the city into the in terior, and making The Dalles what lit should be the distributing point for all that countrv lying between the John Day river and the Cascade moun tains, and south as far as the Cali fornia line. Some time since a committee was appointed by the Commerclal.Club to investigate the ieasiouuy oia rail road out by the Cooper pass to a point it? on the bench of the Columbia river just above the mouth of the Deschutes and thence sweeping arounu mo nm aids and dropping gradually down to ..b tha Ttaac.hu tes river at some point in the vicinity of the free bridge. This committee went over the ground with a competent engineer f Mr. Johnson, of tbe Astoria & Co lumbia River railroad) and ascertained that the route would be in every way feasible. . The highest elevation reached by such a road would be at a point im mediately opposite tbe Miller bridge, where the altitude was found to be 700 feet above sea level, or about 500 feet above trie -mouth of the Deschutes. It is thought' of building the road over ib is route and extendi og it up the Deschutes river to tbe mouth of Trout caeek, and up Trout creek about 10 mile to the junction of Trout and Hay creeks, where the whole country opens out in every direction. A subscription is now being circu lated to raiso tbe necessary funds to make a survey over this route and test its practicability. . In the opinion of persons who have been up and down the Deschutes river, both from the mouth to Shearer's bridge and above the latter point, the conditions for road building are favorable. It is said that tbere are only one or two places where there would be any dif ficulty. These obstructions are not of a serious nature and are easily over come. It seems tbere would be very little heavy grading or rock-work. The valley of tbe Deschutes furnishing al most a natural grade.. . Such a road would draw heavily from the Columbia Southern territory, in Sherman county, and absolutely con trol the Grant, Harney and tCrook county business. Tbe proposed ter minus at the intersection of Trout and Hay creeks would be only about 1300 feet above the sea level, whereas Shaniko, tbe proposed terminus of the Columbia Southern must be about 2500 feet. That road, with its heavy grades and high elevations, couid never compete with a road running on a water .grade into the tery heart of the country. - This road, if built to the proposed terminus, would . undoubtedly be ultimately extended through to California, and would develop all the vast territory of Elamatb, Lake and Harney counties and Northeastern California, now without a railroad. What it would do for The Dalles it is easy to forsee. This city would at once step forward into its natural place among the first cities in tbe Northwest. BRITONS AND THE BOERS. American sympathies are naturally with the Boers of South Africa in their struggle against the domination of the British, still even their really true friends cannot hope that they will be successful in forcing tbe surrender of General White at .Ladysmith. Tbere is but one advantage that they could gain by taking , White's army, and that is the possibility of interven tion on the part of European powers, whereby more favorable terms of peace could be secured, but this is so remote that it is hardly to be entertained. European powers are not courting a general war, and intervention would mean nothing short of a contest with Great Britain, for she will not be thwarted in her desire to possess the Transvaal republic. She will fight the whole of Europe before she will be dictated to. And, if lett alone, tbere can be but one ultimate result the. subjugation of the South African republic and the Orange Frea State. Success of the Boers before Ladysmith would only prolong the contest, and make the British vengeance that much more severe. Should General White he forced to capitulate, and it would only be after one of the bloodiest battles known in the century, it can only prolong the war. The loss on both sides would be heavy, and many splendid lives would be sacrificed. Then unless there is intervention England will be more determined to avenge the lives she has lost. ' General Buller will be given an army with which he can an nihilate the Boer race. He is a cruel fighter, and knows not mercy. It will be his purpose to annihilate the Boer race, to drive them off the face of the earth, and backed by a government whose resources are unlimited, will carry his desires into execution. There can be but one outcome of the war, the total subjection of the Dutch farmers, and tbe giving of their coun try to the British crown. The fate of the Boers, were war to end now, would be bad enough, but what will it be should English arms be subjected to further disaster and the war continued for months to come, or until entire South Africa is overrun with redcoats? It will be something terrible. There will not be enough of, the Boers left to make a respectable burghers' town meeting, and what are left will be serfs thrown upon the mercy of tbe British soldiery. ; The Boer9 are a whipped people from the start, and the longer the war is continued the worse it will be for them. However they are 'good and brave soldiers, who are willing to sac- crifice their lives and fortunes for what they believe is right, but odds are against them: tbey will be com pelled by force to bend the knee to British greed. WHO'LL- THROW THE STONE? The most interesting case that will come before tne next congress upon the seating of a member, will be that of B. H. Roberto, of Utah. There is nobody contesting Mr Roberts' -election on the grounds of fraud or that he did not receive a majority of the votes cast In the state, but the great American people have risen up in their wrath and said because he is a polyg- amlst, that he has openly violated the laws of the land by indulging In .plu ral marriage, be must not be seated as a member of the representative body in the national congress. . Of course tbe burden of proof will rest upon his accusers to show that he is a polygam ic: but will not some of our states men, who practice on the quiet, wbat Roberts is accused of practicing openly, besitate before they Degin throwing stones at him. If Roberts Is guilty of wbat he is ac cused, If he openly denes the law aod retains his three wives, be is an unfit person to represent Utah or any other state in congress, for no man is quail fied to be a lawmaker who violates tbe law himself. But who among the many old "saints" in authority are going to prosecute him - before tbe house? Will it not be a delicate mat ter for some of those old congressmen who "have a mistress In every block" to come to tbe front and undertake to lay bare the skeletons that are bid in Roberto' closets? Will they dare do Roberto is shrewd; he is a politician; be has wealth. Will those whose lives are somewhat shady dare court an investigation? It is a dep'orable commentary on our congress to ac knowledge that it has within its mem bership men who are afraid, because of their own records, to Investigate such chsages as are lodged against Roberts, but nevertheless it is true, and it is quite likely that Roberts will not be investigated. Congressmen know he is a fighter, and will strike back at the man or his friends who throw the first stone. A COUNTY PLATFORM. Within a few months the people of Wasco count will bey considering whom they will cbose for public ser vants for tbe two years following July next, and before tbe excitement of a campaign shall be on, it is well for them to consider wbat pledges they will exact from tbe men who are to be chosen as county officials, in short what kind of platforms tbey will de mand of tbe pat ties asking tbeir votes. It is long enoueh before an election now for voters, and especially heavy tax-payers, to consider these matters deliberately, for there can be no excitement over personal interests at a time when candidates have not been mentioned. At such a time there can be no personalities suspicioned or thought of auv matter except the geueral welfare of the community Therefore we say now is thetime for voters to decide upon what they il ask of those who court their suffrage The matter of judicious administra tion and careful Husbandry oi tunas wrought from the people is always one that should be In tbe minds of tbe people, for upon the economical or exravagant administration of public affairs depends the rate of taxation that shall prevail. Hence it is well to ascertain in advance of election wbat may be expected oi prospective officers or of parties nominating them. Therefore we suggest that the tax payers' of tbe county demand of botb parties that they pledge themselves to not increase expenses - above what they have been tbe past two years, or to even go further, and insist that expenses be reduced, also that the rate of taxation sball not be increased. Another timely demand would be to require of every candidate for office that he pledge, if elected, to conduct his office with as little deputy' hire as is consistent with expeditiously con ducting his office so that public ser vice shall not be jeopardised, and that any discounts or commissions be re ceives - on the purchase of any sup plies for tbe county csball be turned into the county treasury. If tax payers will discuss tbe above sugges' tions before nominating convections are held and impress upon political parties that to get the votes of the people they must guarantee good and economical administration, there will be . more general satisfaction after elections and money will be Hayed to those who bear the burdens of county government. DEMOCRACY ENDORSED. ' Tbe National Watchman, published at Washington, D. C, in its issue of the 9th, summed up tne result of tbe recent election as follows: The result of the election on Tues day is most reassuring to the demo crats, and clearly indicates that tbe sober second thought of the American peeple is sure to utterly condemn the imperial policy of the republican party. In every Instance where the democrats courageously attacked the policy of the administration they re ceived a verdict at the hands of the people. In Nebraska Bryan boldly challenged tbe administration's for eign policy and all the campaign speak ers that were brought into tbe state were men known to be strongly op posed to a colonial policy, yet not withstanding that large sums of money from all the Eastern money centers were collected and forwarded to the republican committee of Nebraska and a violent and corrupt campaign was conducted by the republican leaders In that state, the fusionists' increased their majority fifty per cent over that of any preceding election. In the state of Ohio, where the pres dent's foreign policy was made the leading issue the . republican vote is 50,000 less than one-half of the votes cast. If tbe votes of. Jones and Mc Lean in Ohio, both of whom were vio lently opposed to the president's pol icy, bad bt-en cast for one candidate, such candidate would have been elected by a majority of fifty thousand. There fore, it will be seen tbat if in McEin ley's own state, with Hanna and Dick, two skillful politicians, managing the campaign, the state being naturally republican by a majority of from thirty to fifty thousand, the president's for eign policy was repudiated by a major ity of fifty thousand of the voters, that the sober second thought of tbe Amer ican people upon reflection Is certain to repudiate that policy by a majority that will practically annihilate the party of imperialism. Tbe bold stand taken by Bryan upon this issue, has strengthened his pres tige throughout tbe nation, not only with democrats, but with all intelli gent, patriotic Americans. In the state of Maryland, although the state platform ignored the Chicago platform and mace, no declaration favorable to Bryan's candidacy, an attempt was made by tbe gold democrats to organ ize their forces and defeat the demo cratic ticket because they felt that the return of Maryland to the democratic column this year would mean that its electoral vote would be given to Bryan next year. But notwithstanding such efforts, tbe state of Maryland on tbe issue of imperialism returns to the democratic column and . Frederick county, one of tbe richest agricultural counties in the United States, for the first time gives a majority to the dem ocratic ticket. Tbe people of the country were nat urally Inclined to release tbe president from responsibility in a large measure for the conditions existing in the Phil ippines on the ground that no definite policy had been formulated by him and that tbe wbole matter would re ceive the attention of congress the coming winter, but tbe stumping tour of McKiniey and his cabinet In the West and tbe appearance of Roosevelt upon the stump as the spokesman of the moneyed interests of tbe East loudly proclaiming in fayor of imper ialism and an increased standing army, tended to confirm the people in the belief tbat Mr. Bryan had penetrated tbeir designs, and tbat his bold attack upon their policy was timely. In Massachusetts the republican state convention refused to Indorse the president's policy, and thus made It possible for Senator Hoar,Ex-Governor Boutwell and the other great republi can leaders of the state to give their support to the party. Otherwise, the republican majority In Massachusetts would nave been very smar, if not entirely wiped out as the people of that state are very much in earnest in their opposition to the president's pol icy. If there were 200 more laborers in The Dallas earning wages it would make business brisker for everybody. But there is not tbe work . to offer them, hence they are not here. How ever a woolen factory could be estab lished that would employ that number of people. It could be started by local capital too. " EDITORIAL NOTES. The Oregonian "gloats with ghoulish glee" over the prospective annihila tion of the Boers. It is safe to say that tbe Lion ton borse cannery will keep In operation as long as the war In the Philippines continues. And now it is said the Union iron works at San Francisco are about to be absorbed by tbe trust. One by one our big Industries get Into tbe com bine. "Iy'e got Aguinaldo surrounded" ftlegraphs Otis one day then the next he don't know where the Filipino general Is. He must be a slippery fellow indeed. Jones, who ran on the Golden' Rule ticket for governor of Ohio, was de feated by Nasb, who ran on Mark Hanna's Brass Rule platform which is, "do the other fellow before be does you." The correspondent at Manila who I u "intercepted" dispatches from Aguinaldo Is doing some pretty coarse work. The effect it has upon tbe people here is not wortb the price of transmitting the dispatches. A dinner pail brigade working on good salaries make a town prosperous, a ccmunity filled with farmers raising good crops and selling them for fair prices make the country prosperous. Dalles property owners should see tbe point. ' An almost certaiu cure for trusts would be to limit tbe capital stock of any corporation outside of transporta tion companies to $5,(00,000. With such a limit there would be no one company able to exclusively control any industry. Tbe year 1900 must witness tbe es tablishment of some manufacturing enterprise in The Dalles, or the city will begin a backward career bard to stop. The tributary territory is being made less and less every year by the extension of transportation lines and our citizens must be up and doing or trade will be lost. Every citizen of The Dalles should labor unceasingly for the material ad vancement of the city. Factories must be built to attract trade and give em ployment to labor, or the town's pro gress will cease. Of course, this is every body '8 business, but eacb citizen should make It bis own business. One good, strong pull, all togetherl E. W. Harden, tbe newspaper cor respondent who was tbe first to send th-- rews of Dewey's victory at Manila,4 ht;- ist returned to Washington from tL- I'hilippiues. Asked for an opinion of General Otis, he is quoted assaying: "I would like to say, and you may quote me, tbat General Otis is a fussy old man. His proper place is at the head of an old ladies' home." The so-called atheletic clubs about New York and Brooklyn are becom ing nothing short of prize rings. Their "scientific glove contests" would have been called first class prize fights in the days of Henan. Our boasted morality and civilization is not made more brilliant by thesa exhibits of brutish "science." but it is a fad tbat a certain class has become intoxicated with. The staunch protected cruiser Charleston has been wrecked on a reef off the coast of Luzon, and thus one of our nation's defenders ha9 been sacrificed in the advance of imperial ism. Tbe Charleston was built by the Union iron work-i at San- Francisco, and cost, besides its armament, $1, 017,500. At tbe time of tbe accident it was in command of Captain George W. Pigman. The war revenue tax has been in operation fifteen months and under it $125,000,000 have been collected. While this tax-has been borne cheerfuly by the people, they are beginning to wonder if it will ever cease. The tax was inaugurated for the purpose of giving freedom to Cuba, but now it is being used for an entirely different purpose, and tbere are inutterings against its payment. It is said that McKiniey rires aa a running mate" a hero Of the late war. Well, there are several of his pets to choose from Sampson for Instance, or Shatter, or Otis, or Eagah, or, if he really wants to do the right thing by an old friend be sacrificed, there is Alger. ' Captain Carter Is laboring un der disadvantages at- present tbat neither be nor McKiniey could control, and is probably out of the race. with ba.uuu soldiers under his com mand in the Philippines, Otis might be able to -crush out the insurrection if given as much authority as Buller is in South Africa. But hampered with instructions from Washington he can uo out iittie. wnen we conduct a foreign war we should place it in the hands of a competent general, and not hamper him with orders. His only orders should be go into the field and win every battle. Sheriff withers settled with Lane county the 82,000 defalcation of his absconding ' depury, Henry J. Day, immediate!; upon tbe discovery of the shortage. This was a commendable action upon tbe part of Mr. Withers, and tbe people of Lane county are to be congratulated upoo bavjng so faithful a public official. There are many men who would have put the county to the expense, delay and un certainty of a lawsuit. lhe Heppner Gazette nominates ex-Congressman Ellis for judge of the sixth district and Marion A. .Butler for prosecuting attorney. From this It would seem that Mr. Ellis has given up hopes of being appointed sergeant-nt-arms of the national house of repre sentatives, a position to which be has aspired. However, to tbe Times Mountaineer it seems tbat Mr. Ellis has ' had about enough official honors bestowed upon him, and tbat it is time he was settling down to private life. The Oregonian has discovered a lot of "scrub" newspapers throughout tbe state tbat occassionaily . have the temerity to question some of the many erraneous statements tbat appear in its editorial columns; and proceeds: to read 'them a lecture. There may be some "scrub" - papers in tbe state, but the biggest one of them all is the great Portland daily, for in its editorial expressions truth is bandied so economically as to make its readers doubt its statements on almost every question, Li Hung Cnang, the great Chinese statesman, when discussing tbe Phil ippine question with an American cor respondent st Peking the other day, severely criticised the United States for attemptlug to conquer the islands and concluded by saying, "You bad better sell tbe islands to Japan for the sum you paid Spain for tbem, then clear off borne and attend to your own business." Well, tbe powers at Wash ington will hardly take Li Hung's ad- It pays to trade in The Dalles,--and when trading in The Dalles it pays A. Here's more proof: Reefer Suits. C: We have just 228 Boys' Reefer Suits, made ZZ- double-breasted, large handsomely braided collar ; sizes from 3 to 9 years. We have di Z vided these 228 Reefer suits into three lots, as follows: 45 suits worth from $1.26 to 82.25, we have marked, your choice 97 suits worth from 82.50 to 83 65, any which you can have at, your choice. . . 86 suits worth from 93.50 t $5.50, these 86 suits at. your choice. z iuu may wisn to Know 5 this we will say: ST hence they must go. ZZ. low enough. One Sale H. e iiiiiiiiuuiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiUiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiUiuiHiUiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuniiiiia-iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiauiitiiiiiiiiiHii vice, since they never asked it, but it is evident he knows a thing or two. The result of the recent election in Massachusetts, where imperialism was made an issue oy tbe republican party and opposed by democrats. It shows a falling off in the republican vote of 22,270. In 1898 the republican nomi nee for governorreceived 191,146 votes while at tbe recent election he received only 168,876 This looks as if im perialism was not very enthusiastically endorsed by the Massachusetts repub licans. In 1896, President McKiniey received 278,976 Votes, showing a decrease in the republican vote in three years of 110,100. An American company is engaged at the present time in laying conduits and cables in Eurone involving the ex penditure of $6,000,000. Not only are the materials" made to this country, but Americans have the contract for putting them In place ready for use. Most of tbe work is for English tram way companies. It has come to be nothing unusual for American manu facturers to furnish iron and steel iu various forms to Englishmen, on rush orders, but this is a case in which American skill and economy in super intending English labor prove to be superior to the English capacity in that line. - ' Alaska is preparing to become some thing more than a passive member of the sisterhood of states. Fbe is now holding a territorial convention, and intends to have a full list of her needs and desires ready to lay before con gress at its next meeting. The only demand which the convention has formulated as yet, but the one which appears to be regarded as of the first importance, is that no part of Ameri can territory sball be sacrificed in ar ranging tbe Alaska-Can nada boundary lin-s, and in this tbe distant 'member will have the sympathy and support of the whole United Stales. Philadel phia Register. Since J. Pierpont Morgan, the bond manipulator, stock jobber, trust or ganizer and American agent of the Rothschilds, became the managing owner of the publishing house of Har per Bros., there has been a materially deterioration in tbe publications of that house. The Weekly now has as leading contributors a gang of penny-a-liners who pose as Sir Oracles. They belong to that slass of scribblers whose chief aim is to make one leg of their boss longer than tbe other. This delectable crew is engaged in abusing Wm. J. Bryan and defaming Admiral Schley. Their praises are for McKiniey and tbe lackadaisical Samp son. Of course there is no bottom to ? a HERE are women everywhere who suffer almost con I stantly because they cannot bring themselves to tell all about their ills to a physician. . Such women can surely explain their symptoms and their suffering by letter to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass. , for the con A WOMAN HELPS WOMEN Brenner, East Rochester, Ohio, who says: "I shrunk from the ordeal of examination by our physician, yet I knew I must have treatment. My troubles were backache, nervous tired feeling, painful menstruation and lencorrhcea. I am so grateful to you now that I am willing to have my name published to help other girls to take their troubles to you. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound used as you wrote me has made me entirely well. and very happy. I shall bless you as long as I live." Mrs. Pinkham receives thou sands of such letters from grate ful women. Miss Nellie Russell, of 138 Grace St, Pittsburg, Pa.. in a letter to Mrs. Pink ham says : " From child hood I suffered from kidney trouble and as I grew older my troubles increased hav ing intense pain running from my waist to my womb and the menses were very painfuL One day, seeing your advertisement in ' one of our papers, I wrote to you. , "When your reply came I began taking your Compound and followed your advice and am now in perfect health, and would ad vise any lady rich or poor to take Lydia E. pinkham's Vegetable Compound, which I can praiae above all ether remedies. It is a wonderful help to women." M. WILLIAMS & Boys' and Young Men's Suits. 1st lot. Includes suits worth $1.2S, 81.50, $1.75, $2.00 and $2.25; you may have your choice of any suit in this lot for. . . 2nd lot. Composed of suits worth $2.50, 83.00 and $3.50 ; the pants to these suits are made double at seat and knees, and are warranted not to rip; choice of any one suit in this lot 3rd lot. In this lot are suits worth $3.50, $3.75, $4 00, $4.50, $5.00 and $5.50, in cluding some of our best styles of last 8eason7 Any suit in this line, at your choice which SI $2 $3 of any of why we are making these We are carrying a larger stock than the conditions of the most effectual ways to Commences Monday morning, November 20, M. MLLIHMS 5 Morgan's sack, or these fellows would surely reach it. The report tbat General Harrison was given "the cold shoulder" by the embassy at London on a hint from Washington is not incredible. The president, like most mentally small men In large positions, has an Inordi nate fear and jealously of every one in away to divide public attention with him or interfere with his personal ambitions In any way. He has illus trated this characteristic iu his treat ment of Tom Reed, John Sherman, General Miles and others. General Harrison Is intellectually head and aud shoulder above the president, and the latter knows it. He has shown his predecessor scant courtesy ever since he became president. The "great financiers" of the east, assisted by Mark Hanna and other friends in public life, are busy organi zing a money trust. Tbo work is going ahead in an encouraging way In New York, says tbe East Oregonian. Tbe banks of that city are being weii ened and a scarcity of money being created, with the view of influencing congress to grant assistance and privileges to national banks, which will avoid a money shortage in future. Tbe bill to be presented to congress is already prepared and it is so drawn as to enable "strong financial institu tions" to aid and abet a paper money trust. It is not thought good ' finanse for the government to issue paper money, so this function will be turned over to the banks, under certain limitations. In this way the country is to have the benefit of "sound money" and a "flexible currency." Seel Tbere is no question tbat American sympathy is with the Boers in their unequal contest with Great Britain. Tbe kind of democracy of the Orange Free State and the Transvaal is not our kind of democracy. It Is no doubt narrow, arrogant, bigoted, out of date and lacking in many ways, but it has the essential virtures of government by the people, of lack of love for fuss, display and formally, of independence of foreign interference and control aod as such it appeals directly -and strongly to American sympathy. In tbe face of the McKiniey administra tion's friendly feelings of England in the South African war tbe American people do not consider that the fact of her friendliness for the United States in the war with Spain excuses that powerful nation for undertaking to blot out the two South African re publics. East Oregonian. Bow Are Your Kidney, f Dr. Hobbs 9Darafflift Pills ftnrp all kidnur 111, flam die free. Add. Sterling Bemedy Co. Chicago or N. T fidence reposed in her has never been violated. Over a million women have been helped by her advice and medicine. Mrs. Pinkham in attending to her vast correspondence is assisted by women only. If you are ill, don't delay. Her reply will cost yon nothing and it will be a practical help as it was to Miss Ella E. fjj' J ' 1 w mm r w a 1 1 Double-tasted School suits- 236 suits of this style. Three distinct lots. The pants to these suits now selling at $2.00 and $3.00, are made double at the seat and knees. Sizes 9 to 14 Years. $1 $2 $3 enormous reductions on of make them go, we WE NEED I HE CANAL. Representative Hepburn, of Iowa, announces that he will, on the first day of congress, introduce tbe Nica ragua canal bill, and in this he should receive the hearty and undivided sup port of every member from the coast states on botb sides of the continent, for the building of the canal means much to the coast states in bringing them closer together and giving them less arbitrary freight rates. To the Pacific coast states the matter of open ing the Nicaragua cacal is of the great est importance, for they will thereby be brought closer to the markets of the world, and the cost of the trans portation of their products, especially wheat, will be reduced by nearly one haif. . An illustration of what effect it would have on coast fi eights is given in the rates made by the White Star line between New York and Australian points, which is 24 cents per 100 pounds. From New York to Australia by way of tbe Suez canal is a greater distance than from Portland or San Francisco to Liverpool by way of Nic aragua. The rate given by the White Star line from New York to Australian points is an average rate on all classes of freights, which would indicate that a much lower rate would be made on heavy commocities, such as grain, and would signify a minimum rate of prob ably IS to 20 cents per 100 pounds be tween Puci lid coast points aad Liver pool, and a similar rate between Nkw York and Portland or San Fraucisco, The rail rate between New York and Portland. Ij carload lots is 60 cents per 100 (founds ou nails, wire and simi lar freights, while it is $2 per 100 pounds on the lighter classes of goods. Were tbe Nicaragua canal in operation tbe lowest rate between New York and Portland would probably be 15 cents and the highest $1 per 100 pounds. Thus a saving would be made to the shippers and consumers of millions of dollars annually. Representative Hepburn's bill will no doubt receive the united opposition of railroad influence, but if congress is not owned by tbe railroads it cannot be defeated, and when it is being considered-there will bean opportunity to judge whether representatives are true to tbeir constitutents or are tools of tbe railroads. On this measure the people of the Pacific coast will be able to hold a club over the heads of tbeir representatives in conaxess, for no man can ever hope tc be returned from 1 coast state who opposes tbe canal oill. ' It is a matter in ' which the Pacific coast is more interested in hnn anything in tbe way of public improvement that has ever oome be fore congress. It is tbe entering wedge to general prosperity in this country, for it is tbe only means hy which tbe trasp of the railroads upon tbe people can be broken. Cascade Locks School. Report of Cascade Locks school for the month ending Novembet 10. 1899: Total number enrolled, 83. Total number of days attendance, 1505. Average daily attendance, 75. " The following pupils were neither absent nor tardy: - Eighth grade May Woodward Seventh grade Edda Iverson, L,wa Gorton, Grace Hickok. Sixth grade Georgia Mi-K.iin.i-, Sevilla Brolliar, Philip L ti.-j , iir..-,- Woodward, Dollie Woodward, Earle Henry. Fifth grade Orpba Westman. Fourth grada Ella 'Woodward, Ma bel Glazier, Edna Washburn, Bessie Hendrick. Jessie Washburn. Third grade Bruce Henry, Bessie Willererodt. Irene Bernie, Harold Cates, Winnie Woodward. Frank Mar tin, Anna Hickok. Second grade George Martin, May Harpan, Enls Hickok, Eleda Ostberg, Ruth Cat98, Janet Willgerodt, Jessie Harpan. - First grade Sylvi Traverso, Ches ter Nelson, Guy NeBtler, Frwln H--..1-liar. Monda Van'truin.- Atdrww Van ;trom. T M. B. Chastain. Principal. Erma Benson. Assistant. ! Tonne- Mothers. Croup Is the terror of thousands of I voun? motners oecause.its outoreaK ' so agonizing ana irequenuy iatai. Sbilob's Cough ann consumption Cure acts like magic in cases oi croup, it has never been known to fail. The worst "cases ' releived immediately Price 25 cents, "60 cents and 11.00 Blakeley & Houghton druggist. to visit 2 CO. Yfiung men's 3-plece suits. 11 to ao years. - 3 One long counter run- S ning the entire length of 3 our noys' clothing section hfiAa uinf 433 nnitjl. worth from $2.95 to 10.00 a ; suit. As in the children's ; suits we have divided : this line into three lotj. - 1st lot. Contains suits worth $2 95, $3.50, $4.00, and $4.50, in sizes from 10 years to 19. Your choice of any suit in tbe lot for $2 1 2nd lot. Here we show an aggregation of styles that are simply irresistable to aily one anxious to - cure all that their money may buy. ' i lere are castimeres, cheviots and ker-e - round and square cuts, which have ' Id for 84.50, 85.00, 85.50, $6.00 and $6.50; take your choice of any of them for 3rd lot. The cream of our winter stock ; here you will find worsteds, tweeds, cas slmeres and cheviots each bearing the characteristics of OUR clothing; good cloth, stylish cut ami well put together. Prlcps are $7.50, $8.f, $8 -ri0, $9.00, $9.50 and $10.00, your cho- e f r $4 I 86 3 so large a stock of goo ""s. To trade in ' this line warrant, 3 have decided, is to make .the price rs 1899. CO. o Circuit Court. On Wednesday, the grand jury re turned three not true bills. The cases were the state vs. W-. Winton, charged with larceny; tbe state vs. Harry Hans- bury, charged with larceny from dwelling, and the state vs. O.L. Fields, charged with bigamy. The most important civil case that will be tried this term occupied the attention of the court Thursday, being the case of Henry Gardner vs. Wasco county, in which be seeics to recover damages from the county for injuries he sustained by being thrown from wagon while traveling on a county road. Tbe following jurors were se lected to try the case: Peter Mohr, C A. Cramer, J. C. Wingfield, A. W Boorman.L. C. Hennegan, O. L. But ler, Thomas Lb bo, C. E. Haywood, Mike Glavey and F. M. Jackson. These ten exhausted the regular panel, and tbe attorneys stipulated tbat tbe case be tried before a jury of ten Instead of twelve. Messrs. Moore & Gayin are present ing the plaintiff's case while District Attorney Jay ne and Hon. W. H. Wil son appear for tbe county. It was rather a surprise when Mr. Wilson ap peared as an attorney In the case, since there was no order of the county court employing him,fbut as it is a case in olvinga considerable sum, ani is of inusual interest to the county, Mr ayne no doubt thought it best to haye Hociate counsel. ' a Yt but, sale Stealer. The authoring believe tbey bavp a last captured the party who robbed B urges' store at Bakeoven on Friday n'sht of last week, and he will te g von an examination before the jus tice at Antelope. The Moro mall car rier, who was first- suspicioned, con vinced tbe authorities of his inno csnce and was discharged, and Alva Simmons, a man employed by Mr. Bur ges to care for horses and do other work about the place, was arrested. On searching Simmons' trunk, Deputy Sheriff Glisan found In it $900 in gold coin and a quantity of blankets, robes, clothing, etc. Most of the articles are new, and are belHved to have been stolen. Simmons has been about Bake oven tor several months, and drove stage between Bakeoven and The Dalles last summer. He pretended to be without money, which makes the finding of $900 in his trunk look rather suspicious.' Tbe authorities believe they have caught a bad man, and will see to it that he is thoroughly inves tigated. A man dragged by a wild horse would cut himself loose if he could. He would not have his flesh bruised and torn for a min ute if he could prevent it.. But many a man is araggea aiong oy disease when he might just as well De well. The man who is losing flesh and vi tality who is worn- 1 Z .A all the time ia fiK on the road to death. He is holding out an invitation to disease. Consumption comes by neglect. Heart disease is a growth from other disorders. Nervous prostration doesn't come in a day. Take Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis covery at the first sign of failing health and you will seldom be very sick. The " Golden Medical Discovery " is the best blood-maker flesh-builder nerve-vital-izer. It frees the body from all disease germs, it invigorates tne whole diges tive system and strengthens heart, lungs and brain, Hundreds of thousands of grateful patients have testified to its value. George H. Belcher, Rsq., of Dorton, Pike Go., Ky., writes: "Thirteen yesrs ago I was wounded by a ball passing through my lung. I had a bad cough almost ever since with shortness of Dream; tne sugntest cnange of weather would cause the cough to be so bad I would have to sit up in bed all night. A few months ago I began using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and now can eat, sleep and work, and I feel like a new man." Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Ad viser sent for 21 one-cent stamps to cover mailins only. Cloth binding 11 itintn Address Dr. IL V. Pierce, Bufialo, N. Y. wn is wiiioiir A emrd old remedy for C ouch. wlu"V" '".''..''""' UDC" "u(fn UD "ul wi.uij, una vtu-eu mnumeraoie cases oi incipient con- .... a sumDtion and relieved many in ad vanced stages, if you are not satis fied with tbe results we will refund your money; Price 23 cu., and SOcte. blakeley a ttougnton, druggists. ANOTHER MINING COMPANY. ie MU Hood Uoltl and SUvar Mining; Company Incorporated. Wednesday article were filed with the county clerk incorporating the Mt. Hood Gold and Sliver Mining Com rany, with a capital stock, fully su- scrlbed, of 86.000 divided Into shares of $1000 each. The incorporators are F. if. Wakefield, S. B. Adams. Thomas Freddenberg. James Curry, M. D Adams and Peter Seggellng, and the principal office of the 00m pan y will be In The Dalles. " Tbe business in which tbe corpora tion proposes to engage ! to prospect, develop, purchase and operate Jmlnera properties in Wasco county, to pur chase and own water privileges, to construct and operate mills and to deal In and carry on a mercantile business. This new incorporation owns a quartz deposite in tbe vicinity of Mt. Hood, about 35 miles from The Dalles, which has been partially prospected, and it is proposed to at once begin tbe development of the property. The company intends putting a force of men at work this winter running a tunnel that will tap the iedge at a depth of several hundred feet, and if the property fills preseatexpectations, a mill will be constructed on it next spr'.ng. The quartz carries botb gold and silver, and ia reported to be very fcb. ... , The officers elected by the company are F. H. Wakefield, president and superintendent; James Curry, secre tary, and S. B. Adams, treasurer. Report of Grand Jury. - Following is the final report of the graud jury for '.be Noyomber, 1899, , term of circuit court, filed November 16: . We tbe grand j.try herein submit th" following final report. ' We have returned into court three . e n.. HIU Hid ix not true bills of in-diciiii'-i't, and have examined some other matters whloh - we have not deemed of sufficient importance' to re port. We have examined the county clerk's, sheriff's and treasurer's offices, aod the books, records and papers therein, and find said offices well and correctly kept, so far as we are able to judge. We have also ex amlned the county jail, and find tbe same in good condition. We haye visited and examined the county poor farm and find the same well taken care of, and tbe Inmates well satisfied with the treatment they receiced by the county court. J. W. Moore, Foreman. Will Bora for Coal. Seufert Bros, have determined to solve the problem of whether or not a vein of coal underlies this country and have engaged Knight & Stone, who are expert drillers, to put down a bole 1000 feet, at a point about half a mile east of the O. R. & N. Ice house above town. Ihev have their diamond orlll set ready for operation, and claim to ka ahla tr alnlr hrtln lOOO f... tn KA days. A bole sunk to that depth will demonstrate to a certainty if tbere is . coal at thaUpolnt, and if the work is prosecuted as rapidly as the parties conducting it claim It oan be -done, people of The Dalles will soon know if the supposed ooal vein ' in this vi cinity really exists. NOTICE OF FINAL SET TLEMENT. Notice is hereby given tbat tbe undersigned, administrator of the partnership estate of John Brookhouse, deceased, and J. J . Brookhouse, has filed In the county court of Wasco county, state of Oregon, his final account as such ad ministrator of said estate, and that Monday, the 8th day of November. A. D. 1HW, at the bout ofS P. M.,has been Hied by said oourt as the time for hearing objection to said report, and the settlement thereof . R. i. GORMAN, Administrator of tbe partnership estate of John Brookhouse, deceased and J. J. Brook house, w&t ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE N lice ia hereby riven that the undenrivnad has Deen duly appointed by the Hon. County court of the State of Oregon for Wasoo County, administrator of the Estate of Antone Jerome, deceased. All persons having claims against said dooeased or his estate are hereby notified to present the same, properly verified, to me at my offloe In Dalles -City, Oregon, within six . months from the date of this notioe. Dated this 81st day of August, 1NW. K. F. GIBBONS, Administrator of the estate of Antone Jerome, deceased. CITATION. In the oountv court of the State of Orevon tar the County of Wasoo, ' In tbe matter of the estate of I ,-,. Lydia A, Richardson, deceased. To Amos Richardson, Mrs. J. E. Bays. Mrs. Ravtlla Eccleston, Angellne Richardson, and William Benjamin Richardson, belts at law of said deoeased. greeting: IN laa NaiiE or ram Stats or Obboov, You are berebv cited and required to appear in the county court of the State of Oregon, for the County of Wasoo at tbe oonrt room thereof at The Dalles in the Countv of Wasco on -Tuesday, tbe 2nd day of Jun'uary, m (, at I o'olock in the afternoon of l,uu day, then and there to show oause if any tbere be why an order should not be mode by tbe above entitled Court directing J. S. Ferguson, toe adminis trator of said estate, to sell the following de scribed real estate belonTlug to tbe estate of aid deoeased. to-wit: tne N VV H of UW U and the S hi of N W ii aud SW ; f Nel of sec S in tp 4 a, of r 13 e of Willamette Meridian, in Wasco county, Oregon: alho that certain pleoe or parcel of land particu atly bouoded and escnoed as follows; comment-teg 24 rods and I2tt feet W of the 6E corner of SW J4 of seo I into 4 s of rise of th' Wl.'l n.etle Meridian, in Wasoo County, Oie rn. an running tbenoe N M mile, thence W Ml rods . n 1 feet, thenoa 8 H mile and iherce r: : ro -s and 4tt feet to the place of beginning; uve and except there, from 4 lots in Kicbordu-.'s addition to the town of Tygh. which has I'cu r.erutofore sold and conveyed, the Met sl ve dHxcrlbed including al of suid Richardson's addition to the town of Tygh as laid out and plat t- d and recorded in tbe records of Wasco 1 ouuty. Oregon, said rea estate above described cuuiamlnv 310 aores moie or less, Witness: The Ron Rots rt &fys. judge of the County Court' of ;ho S-uii of Orsgoo, for tbe County of Wami.. ,71 in tbe neal of said coart atOxed this 16th day of November, A. D, 1SW. Attest: , iseall ' A. la KKELSA Y, By S. BoLToir. ; . Clerk, Deputy. n a it a n 4111 1 I; iioifie R U N S PULLMAN SLEEPING CARfl ELEGANT FINING CARS TOURIST SLEEPING CAR8 MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL GBANp FORKS RPLPTB. FARGO. CR0QK3TON WHWP7BO I HELENA aa BCTTE. TH SOUGH TICKETS TO CHICAGO v WASHINGTON PHILADELPHIA v NEW YORK BOSTON and'all POINTS EAST and SOOTH. r or iniormauon, time card a. miw maps and tloketa fr A. n r-H a nr.iviw - " A Agent. aaii on or write. " No. 226 Morrison Streetl Co?, oerot Third Street. Portland. Oregon m i