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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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