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VOL. IX. l HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1897. NO. 26.
ANNEXATION HER HOPE.
GOT THREE TURKEYS r
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World. '
VERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
Interesting Collection of Items From
the New and the Old World In a
Condensed and Comprehensive Form
Political excitement . is intense in
Brazil and martial law is in force. '
Koon Sang, a Chinese priest, was
killed by highbinders in San Francisco.
J. K. Sovereign, the recently retired
master workman of the Knighti of La
bor, has deolared his intention to run
for prebident of the United States in
1900. v;
The blue and gray have met again on
common ground.' .Military triumphs
were honored at Orchard Knob, Tenn.',
Monday, . and monuments to the
achievements at Chickamauga and Mis
sionary Ridge acoepted.
. Secretary Alger has requested the
secretary of the interior to instruct Al
' askan officials to' gather about 800 head
of reindeer from the government herds
for use of an expedition for the relief of
trie icebound whalers in the Arctic. It
is expected that the Bear, which is
now at Seattle will be ready to sail in
about ten days.
A. J.Sage, a well-known rancher,
living a few miles below Sand Point,
Idaho, was shot and instantly killed
while out hunting. An old acquaint
ance, named John Snyder, who went
out with him hunting, and who became
separated ' from him for a short time,
seeing what he supposed to be a deer
moving among the trees, fired at it, and
upon reaching the spot was horrified to
find that fie had shot his friend dead.
Bev. Myron W. Reed, pastor of one
of Denver's leading churches, during
his discourse Sunday created somewhat
of a sensation while discussing the kill
ine of the Ute Indians bv deputy tame
wardens in Colorado recently, by de
claring that he intended to see that
Warden Wilcox and his deputies are
tried for ..murder.,.. IJe.also denounced
the preachers who have remained silent
in the matter.'
Fifty-two families have arrived in
North Yakima, Wash., , from . Polk
county, Minnestota, to make new
homes. -Many, have already selected
lands along the -Yakima valley canal,
' west of the city, and others will - locate
in the vicinity of tlie Moxee artesian
wells. The oolony ia made up almost
wholly of French people, and they will
be the 'means, of bringing many more
settlers to Yakima county if their ex
perience' proves satisfactory.
The state supreme court of, Montana
has sustained the constitutionality of
the inheritance law passed by the last
legislature.- The law imposes a tax of
5 per cent on bequests to any benefioi-
ary, not ' a relative,-where the estate
tates directly inherited, where the value
of the estate is, over $7,500, is 1 per
cent. . It is estimated that the decision
will yield the state $40,000 . from es
tates already in process of settlement.
The Wyoming supreme court has de
cided that foreign-born citizens must
. be required to read the constitution in
the English language in order to vote.
One hundred and fifteen Finns, who
voted the Republican ticket at the re
cent election in that state, could not
read the constitution in English, but
their votes were aocepted, as they could
read it in their own language. The
decision will put the Democratic can
didate in office, and settles an import
ant constitutional question.
. The labor troubles which have been
brewing in Randsburg, Cal., for some
time culminated Wednesday, when
about 100 members of the , miners'
union went in a body to the Roxie
mine and peremptorily drove superin
tendent Clarke and five men out of the
camp for working below the schedule
of the union.
A new industry has started in
Owensboro, Ky., with 100 employes.
It is to utilize cornstalk cellulose- for
lining battleships. Materials for mak
ing an imitation of silk and for making
celluloid are among the products. Pa
per is another product. W. W. Qibbs,
of Philadelphia, is president, and the
stockholders are Easterners.
The owners of the German ship Po
trimpos, stranded , at Long Beach,
Wash, have bought two 10,000-pound
anchors of the United States warship
Vandalia, whioh was wrecked at Samoa
several years ago, and will ship them
from San Francisco at once, for use in
floating the Potrimpos next month. It
is expected that the ship' will be put
into deep, 'water, in less than a month.
A remonstrance against allowing
Chinese ooal miners to be imported
into the state for the purpose of min
ing coal at Wilmington and other towns
in place of the striking miners, will be
placed before Governor Tanner in the 1
mame of the United Mi neworkers of
Illinois. The governor will also be'
asked to co-operate with the secretary '
of the miners' federation in keeping '
out the ' coolie labor. Secretary Ryan '
says , if the Chinese come bloodshed
will surely result. If Governor Tanner
refuses to interfere President McKinley
will be appealed to.
Hawaii Anxious to Have the Pending
Treaty Adopted.
New York, Nov. 17. A dispatch to
the World from Honolulu, dated Octo
ber 28", says: Sanford B. Dole, presi
dent of the provisional republic of Ha
waii, and Chief Justice Judd are anxi
ous to have the Hawaiian annexation
treaty adopted as toon as possible. Said
President Dole to the correspondent:
"The people will never again submit
to a monarchy. In fact, there is no
one sufficiently enjoying the confidence
of the people of the islands to conduct
the affairs of state under a monarchy."
"Why do they not desire to continue
as an independent republic?" he was
asked. ' , '
' "As the islands are so far away Jfom
other countries, and as the Asiatic pop
ulation is fast increasing in numbers,
it is a serious' question if they are left
alone whether the republic could sur
vive with the willing consent, of the
foreigners. Besides, if the ' United
States has constantly to protect the
islands under the government at pres
ent, why should not the United States
take them altogether? --
"This is a great country for com
merce. It is the natural land for
American ownership. To all intents
and purposes it is, an American oolony,
anyway, so far as business, capital and
industry is concerned, and it should be
a part of the body politic of the United
States." ' . " , . . ;
Chief Justice Judd said in an inter
view: ..
"During the reign of King Kalakaua
there were two cabinets, so dissatisfied
was the state of the kingdom. The only
branch of the government that was not
disturbed was the judiciary. The res
toration of the monarchy is an impossi
bility. There is no material to make
a monarch of.
"Nor can we hope to maintain a re
publio independently. We must
look to the United States. . We ' have
come to the turning point and we
must either become Asiatic or Anglo
Saxon; we are within the ; zone of
American influence, and to assume re
sponsibility for us, they ought to have
something to say about how our affairs
are directed." .
The news that has reached here from
San Francisco that Samuel Parker, a
prominent native leader, and heretofore
a strong royalist, has declared in favor
of annexation, has. created quite a sen
sation among the natives, who are still
opposed to annexation.
RELIEF FOR WHALERS. '
A Reindeer Train Wilt Go Overland to
Point Barrow. .
Washington,' Nov. 17. Seoretary
Alger has requested the secretary of the
interior to mstruot Alaskan officials to
gather about 800 head of reindeer from
the government herds for use of an ex
pedition for the relief of the icebound
whalers in the Arctic, r
It is expected that the Bear, wUch
1s now at Seattle, will be ready to sail
m about 10 days, and within 20 days
thereafter will reach some point on the
northern sound, where a large party
will be engaged for the trip overland to
Point'Barrow. .. '
The herd of reindeer which will be
killed for food, if needed, will be driven
overland, and it is confidently expect
ed that the herd will reaoh Point Bar
row and the imprisoned whalers before
the middle of February.
The country through which the herd
will be driven is said to abound with
moss, upon which the herd will feed.
It is said the scheme for the relief of
the whalers is perfectly feasibe and
will be attended with little danger.
No apprehension is felt regarding thei
A Valuable Discovery.
New York, Nov. 17. William A.
Eddy, the kite experimenter of Bay
onne, N. J., made an interesting ex
periment Saturday night. He is satis
fied that by means of observations
taken at various altitudes, indications
of approaching thunder storms and
other meteorological data can be se
cured. About 200 feet below his kites
a thermometer was hung, and near it
a collector of eleotric sparks.' - The re
sults obtained Saturday night led Mr.
Eddy to believe that the electric con
dition of the air shown by the varying
height of the collector when the first
spark isdrawn may reveal the approach
of storms in even a cloudless sky. In
particular he thinks it will prove ad
vantageous in determining the approach
of local storms. ,
Father and Daughter! Insane.
San Francisoo, Nov.. 16. A pathetio
scene was enaoted in Judge Carroll
Cook's courtroom today,' when John
Durr.and his three daughters Kate,
Theresa and Sarah were adjudged in
sane, and committed to the Ukiah asy-
um. The family has been living for
many years in a little flat at 172 Clin
ton Park, renting the basement floor,
on whioh money they have existed.
Recently, they had been unable to ool
lect the rent, and were on the verge of
starvation when their condition was
discovered. The family was at one
time very wealthy, the father being of
the firm of Kennedy & Durr, who, in
early days kept a large dry goods store
at Third and Howard streets. '
Mushrooms generally consist of 90
per cent water, but the remaining 10
per cent, is more nutritious than bread.
HOWTOLLIVER WON HISTHANKS
GIVING DINNER.
His Five Shots In the Gallery Result
In Only Two Misses -Proprietor Gives
Him One Bird and Pays Good Money
for the Others.
Boze a Good Shot.
Shooting for turkeys on Thanksgiving
is not confined entirely to the country.
Those people who recall the times in the
rural districts when they furbished up the
old squirrel rfle or the family shotgun and
attended an. old-fashioned .turkey shoot
will be glad to know that there is a chance
to accumulate a bird by prowess in marks
manship right here in town. Icame, (his
knowledge, like a bright ray of sunshine
to "Boze" Tolliver. "Boze" hailed from
Missouri and he had been in Chicago a
year. Times were tough and he and "the
old woman" had hardly earned enough to
keep themselves and the family. "Boze"
had done teaming and odd jobs with his
horses, but the fact was that right before
Thanksgiving "Pete had the cupboard,"
to use a Missouri phrase.
To be sure, "Boze" had half a' dollar,
but that wouldn't provide a Thanksgiv
ing dinner for six hungry people. He
went out on the street and wandered
along about six blocks, trying to think
what he would get the. most of for 50
cents. Presently he heard a sound some
thing like a bell ringing and a sound also
of shots. He looked across the street and
saw a shooting gallery, with quite a crowd
collected in and around the doorway, and
he crossed the street rather aimlessly to
watch the sport for a minute. When he
got over there he saw that the crowd were
shooting for turkeys. He pushed his way
in and inquired the price of shots and the
rules of the contest.
Now, "Boze" .was a famous shot "back
yon in Missouri," and could bark a squir
rel with his rifle, or even kill a prairie
chicken when flying from him straight
away, and his mouth watered at the pros
pect of gaining a turkey by an exhibition
of skill with a rifle. He was told that
the price of shots was 10 cents apiece;
ENTITLED TO THREE TTTiiKBTS.
that, he must ring the bell fairly on the
smallest target to win a turkey. The hole
on the smallest .target was about as big
as a 22-eaiiber cartridge and was exceed
ingly difficult for even a practiced marks
man to find. . , -
Only one man Won a turkey while
"Boze" watched, the shooting and nearly
forty shots were fired. It was evident
that the proprietor'was not losing money
on the Kcheme. f
"Boze" stood arid watched. ' He did not
like the new-fangled looks of "them ar
brich-loaders." Finally, as the ' crowd
thinned out some the proprietor said to
"Boze," "Want to try your luck?"
"Well," replied "Boze," "I hain't never
tried nary brich-loader, but ef you'll let
me shoot my own rifle I'll try you a few."
"What caliber is .your rifle?" said the
shooting gallery man.
"It's a Hawkens rifle," said "Boze."
"Oh! I mean how big a bullet does she
throw,'.' said the proprietor. , (
"Oh!" said "Boze," "she kerrdes about
A THANKSGIVING DINNER
a hundred and twenty to the pound. It's
a powrful little bullet."
"How many shots do yon want to
lake?" asked the gallery man.
"Well, I reckon about five," was the
reply. ' .
"Go ahead and get your gun," was the
proprietor's answer, and "Boze" walked
home and got out his artillery. - It was a
typical squirrel rifle, with the "buck horn"
hind-sight, knife-blade front sight, cop
bax and patch box in the stock and car
rying a bullet scarcely lnrger than a pea.
"Boze" returned leisurely to the gal
lery after assuring' his wife that he
"didn't aim to shoot axy feller." The
shooting gallery began to fill up to see the
muzzle-loader perform. "Boze" had meas
ured out the powder, carefully greased the
patch and pushed the ball home with the
hickory ramrod. He braced himself, took
careful aim and fired. The ball barely
missed the center and the bell hummed
slightly. The Missourian loaded his rifle
carefully, aimed and fired again. This
time the bell rang clear and true, the
crowd cheered and "Boze" smilingly re
marked: "By cat, 1 reckon that gits a gob
bler." He reloaded his rifle for a third shot
and, bringing the gun to his shoulder for
a third time, he fired and rang the bell
clearly again. The crowd by this time
waa in ecstasies, all but the proprietor.
Even "Boze" was affected with a sense
of joyful hilarity and on his fourth shot
he fired a trifle high.
Reloading his old standby for the fifth
and last shot he brought the gun up with
the steadiness of machinery. At the crack
of the rifle the bell rang like a gong so
clearly had the bullet reached the center.
"Boze" was entitled to three, turkeys.
"Tell you what I'll do," said the pro
prietor. . "I'D give you a dollar and a
quarter apiece for two of those turkeys.
That will put you two dollars ahead, with
your Thanksgiving bird free and your
shooting costing you nothing."- 1
"That's fair," said "Boze." "I kain't
fight over that."
So ."Boze" returned home triumphant
with turkey and money and the Tollivers
had as big a feed as anyone. And all be
cause "Boze" had cultivated a knack for
rifle shwting. As he said to himself at
the dinner, with his utterance somewhat
choked with "stuffin':
"What a feller kin do hain't allays goin'
to do him good, but what a feller kin do
kin be depended on to come in sometimes.
It looks to me thataway." Chicago
Chronicle.
Should Be Thankful. .
Yes, there are gloomy days of dark repining,
That sadlv flit along on leaden wine.
And yet, somewhere, the sun is always shin
ing,
And every winter surely ends In spring.
Yes, there Is pain andt suffering heart-rending,
;
And pitiful old age, grown faint and gray;
But young lives some to crowu the old lives'
ending - !
Think of the children In the world to-day!
Yes, there Is war. God waits a little longer
Ere he will all this Jarring strife subdue;
But human life to-day was never stronger,
And human hearts were never half so true.
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Yes, In each life there will be bitter sorrow,
But 'tis not long this space, of mortal
breath;
There waits for each of us a grand to-morrow,
N
There waits for each the kindly night of
death.
A "world where sunbeams dance and birds
are singing, ; .
AND MONEY TO BURN.
Where violets never fall to come In May,
Where little children's voices sweet are ring
ing, -
Where love shines steadfast on the darkest
way! . . .... v ... , ., ;,
A world where dear life meets us, full of
Igladness, -And
guides our steps o'er easy paths and
steep;
And where her smile has faded Into sadness,
Dear Death soothes every weary heart to
sleep. . ...... . . .
Beyond our sight the angels are rejoicing,
KThey stand around the throne In shining
ranks;
Oh, let us Join the song that saints are
voicing, .
He Is our Father let us, too, give thanks;
The Housewife.
A quaint, brown house. Just out of town
We young folks know the way;
'Tls there, each year, with Grandma Dow.
We keep Thanksgiving Uay. ;
A host of uncles, cousins, aunts,
Gathered from far and near,
The wanderer from home returns
To greet his kindred dear.
So great the crowd, so small the house,
'Tls full to bursting, quite;
But grandma says, "There's room for all
Who may with us unite."
And 'round the cheerful hearth where we.
As children, loved to play.
With many a merry song and Jest
We keep Thanksgiving day.
Then "tlng-a-ling,'the dinner bell '.,
Summons us, one and all; '
To hasten to the laden board, "
- Nor wait the second call.
The turkey, roasted to a turn.
The place of honor takes; B
Here, too, Buch doughnuts, puddings, fples.
As only grandma makes.
And seated thus, each one recounts
The blessings of the year;
The dangers passed, the hearts made glad
We give attentive ear.
Then on the youngest papa calls:
"Come, Ned, 'tls your turn now."
Cries Ned, "I's thankful as can be i
That we s got Grandma Dow!" , ,
Good Housekeeping. .
SOMETHING ABOUTTHE DAY.
The Thanksgiving Festival Was Long
of a Peripatetic Nature.
HANKSGIVING
till as late as 168Q,
nearly sixty years
after its idea was
first suggested, was
eminently a movable
. feast, liable to occur
at any time from
January to Decem
ber and in any place
1 throughout the colo
nies, wherever , the
various inhabitants
felt gratitude to be a becoming emotion.
Instead, too, of a general expression of
thanks, as is now the custom, they ren
dered up thanks in detail on one occa
sion it would be in return for much-need-
d rain, then for triumph over the Indians
and again for the safe landing of the Eng
lish supply ships. : One time, indeed, in
July, 1021, when rain finally came after
a prolonged period of drought and prayer,
they appointed a thanksgiving of one
week in duration.
Were such a peripatetic Thanksgiving
to come in vogue again" it would be quite
a shock to us of this generation, with our
pre-established notions of Thanksgiving
as inseparable from roast turkey, cran
berry sauce and pumpkin pie. Fancy sit
ting down to our Thanksgiving dinner in
April when we-might esteem ourselves
lucky if we were furnished with aspara
gus as a delicacy and rhubarb pie as a
dessert, for if we had been pilgrims or
even Massachusetts Bay colonists we
would have been obliged to choose be
tween taking what the soil produced or
going without, these present happy days
of a whole Florida garden being landed
by express at our doors in midwinter not
being yet on the American program. Or
imagine the Thanksgiving dinner of July,
1621, partaken of perhaps to the delight
ful accompaniment of the patter of the
rain for which they had so fervently pray
ed and with green corn as the piece de
resistance, or that Thanksgiving in June,
1637, after victory over the Pequods,
when maybe strawberries garnished with
roses formed the menu.
On these occasions, though, the colonists
had evidently quite lost sight of the part
that the autumn harvest plays iin the ob
servance the prehistoric significance of
the festival, the season being with them
purely and simply a many-voiced thank-
offering in acknowledgment of the better
ing of their condit?on. , After it became an
annual affair it supplanted in a measure
the English Christmas, whose celebration
was too riotous to meet their strict re
ligious notions this the puritanic Thanks
giving, supplying the unalloyed devout
ness which was the one thing they would
willingly have retained in the Christmas
of their forefathers. '
As haa been seen Thanksgiving day for
the first sixty yeaTS of its existence was
a hit-and-miss affair as to time and place,
and even after it had settled down Into an
annual autumn festival if the people did
not feel particularly encouraged the 'ob
servance of it was liable to be omitted,
and it did not assume its national charac
ter till during the revolution, when Con
gress recommended the yearly appointing
of such a day. In spite of this, though,
in the years intervening between 1784
and 1789 there were no Thanksgiving
days. In 1789 Washington issued a
Thanksgivlnig proclamation in view of the
adoption of the Constitution and after
that to the time of Lincoln, the example
of the first President was intermittently
followed by his successors.
But only since 1858 can Thanksgiving
be said to have been a fixed and universal
American custom, and in that year the
Governors of .. the ' different Southern
States united with their Eastern brother
oflScials in issuing Thanksgiving proclama
tions, and the example set by Lincoln in
1803 of issuing a Thanksgiving proclama-;
tion suggesting the last Thursday in No-s
vember as an appropriate day has been
followed since without break by every oc
cupant of the presidential- chair.
Though long in coming to its fulfillment,
like some fair oak tree that requires many
years of storm and sun to bring it-to its
full beauty, Thanksgiving, the Sunday of
our national year, is now an imperishable
monument of the faith, the benevolence
and the softer graces so often averred
to have no existence in this practical
work-a-day American world.
A THANKSGIVING DINNER IN 1621.
Pilgrims Banquet to Indian Chiefs
. Was Fit to Set Before a King.
"The state dinner of the occasion the .
real Thanksgiving dinner took place on
Saturday, the last day of the ce:ebration,"
writes Clifford Howard of "The First
Thanksgiving Dinner" in America, in the
Ladies' Home Journal. "Notwithstand
ing that the kitchens of these wilderness
homes were sadly wanting in many of the
most common essentials of cookeiy, there
was no lack of good things nor of appetiz
ing dishes at this great feast. The earth, ,
the air and the water had yielded of their
bountiful supplies, and the good dames
had done honor to their skill and ingenuity
by setting before their hungry guests and
companions a repast as sumptuous and
tempting as it was varied and delightful.
Foremost of all there was roast turkey,
dressed with beechnuts; then came rare
venison pasties, savory meat stews with ...
dumplings of barley flour, delicious oys
ters (the gift of the Indians, and the first
ever tasted by the white men), great bowls
of clam chowder with sea biscuit floating
on the steaming broth, roasts of all kinds,
broiled fish, salads, cakes and plum por
ridge; while the center of each of the long
tables was adorned with a large basket
overflowing with wild grapes and plums
and nuts of every variety. '.''-.,
"It was the time of the Indian summer.
The soft, mellow sunlight shone warmly ,
through the drowsy haze, illumining the
somber woodland with a rich golden light,
while the gentle winds of the south, laden
with the sweet perfumes of the forest,
came as a lingering dream of summer to ,
add to the joy and brightness of this .
Thanksgiving feast. Upon the balmy air
rose the hum of many voices- and the
merry music of laughter, as the Pilgrims
with their Indian guests partook of the
feast that the Provider of all things had
given them."
Glal Things Are No Worse.
"Lampton,' have you any special cause
for thanksgiving this year?" ,
"Yes, sir; I'm glad one turkey is enough
for a man and wife and six childrei.."-
Chicago Record.
The Real Reason.
"Jimmie," asked the Sunday school
teacheir, "why is it that so many people
are grateful on Thanksgiving?"
" 'Cause that's the time they alius gets
turkey." Detroit Free Press.
The .Wires Crossed.
Voice from the outside-Ieah, I'se got
hold ob two ob de bifges' turkeys in de
coop, but dog ef dey ain stronger den
'P
is.