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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-02-10
,NpAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1896
ONE OF TWO THINGS.

The press of Walla Walla is COM
planning because jury in murder case,
Just tried in that city, failed to find
verdict of murder IN the first degree,
but returned one in the second. From
the evidence introduced it appears that
one of the convicts in the state penite l.
tiary, on account of some real or tancied
injury done him by a fellow-prisoner,
laid a plan to kill the mover of his
wrath, and, seizing favorable oppor-
tunity, carried it into execution. The
first line of defense offered was the we'll
worn claim Of insanity, but commits
sion having decided that the prisoner
was sane, the plea of self-defense was
entered. The testimony for the state
was strong and supported the charge
that the killing was done with premedl-
tation. 1t was shown concluslvely that
the murderer, with a knife concealed In
his sleeve, walked towards his intended
victim, and after but few angry words,
did the stabbing. Other evidence,
equally as important, was placed before
the Jury, and the efforts of the states
officers lacked nothing in forcible, fair
and convincing presentation of the case; |;
and yet, after being out all night, the
iurv returned verdict of murder in the
second degree.
Passing by the instructions OF the
iudge-which in this instance, as in
MANY others, were conflicting, and in
stead of giving light to the jurymen,
only served to make matters still more
dark and complicated-the outcome in
this case shows one of two things
either that men who are passing upon
the guilt or innocence of an accused,
hesitate at fulfilling the scriptural in
junction, ''An eye for an eye and a
tooth for a tooth.' or that, having OBJ
served in nearly every case the unneces-
sary delays, and many times the perver-
sion of Justice, caused by the raising OF
trifling technicalities and their sane
tioning by the supreme court OF our
different states-having observed these
things, it is likely that the jury in the
Walla Walla case believed that ver-
dict of murder in the second degree
meant a punishment more certain than
if the one asked for by the state had
been returned.
In either of these conditions some
change is made necessary; if jurymen
are not willing to find a verdict in the
first degree, because such verdict is
supposed to mean death, such men
should not sit upon jury, or capital
punishment should be abolished. Men
will believe themselves competent il
this respect to sit upon jury, but when
brought face to face with giving judg
ment of death, will weaken and com
promise upon a lesser offense. What
ever the trouble may be, the admins
tfation of justice should be remedied sc
that the verdict of a jury should no
provoke the almost universal criticism tc
which the people of Walla Walla are
giving vent.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-02-10

While no one looks upon the presiden-
tlal candidacy of Governor Morton with
any serious consideration, yet in case
the venerable gentleman, by stroke of
fortune, should be successful, the cam
paign for the vice-presidency would be a
warmer one than it generally is, The
lie of public man is not long one,
ana Morton has reached to near the
limit,
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-02-10

Ladies' Vests from sc up.
Chemise from zoe to very finest made.
Ladies' fast black Hose from 4 for 25c
up to SOC pair: regular 81 value.
Garter Elastic for SC a yard. Hat Elias
tic, 11@c yard. Silk Elastic, regular
25c value at 10c yard.
Safety Pins, large sizes, 2 papers for &c.
Best quality of Gingbams, sold regularly
for 15c, II yards for 81.
Outing Flannels, regular 10c goods, Is
yards for 81.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-02-10

Dress Goods, all wool, sold for 75c to 81
yard, at 45c.
Laces from 111ac yard up to Soc.
Gents Underwear, 35c suit.
Best quality Swiss Canda, all wool, silk
mixed, formerly sold for 81 suit; will
be sold at So.
Gents Overshirts from zoe Up to $1.15,
which formerly sold as high as $3.50.
Mems Sweaters, very heavy weight,
from 35c up.
Boys Suspenders. sc and 10c, and mems
in proportion.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-02-10
Bucklen's Ar1nca salve.

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It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
ton, or money refunded. Price % cents
per box. For sale by B!akeley and
Houghton, druggists.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-02-10
GOOD FOR EVERYBODY

Almost everybody takes some laxative
medicine to cleanse the system and keep the
blood pure. Those who take SIMMONS
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These are all caused by sluggish Liver.
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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-02-10
For Sale or Trade.

Three secondhand wagons; one thor
oughbred Jersey bull; one seven-eight
Percheron stallion. At
FRAZER & IsBELL's Feed Yard,
j22-d&w1m The Dalles, Oregon
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-02-06
SALISBURY SPEAKS.
He FnvOrs the Monroe Doctrine rs
Promulgated by President Monroe

London, Feb. 1.-The banquet OF the
NOnCOnformiSt UniOuiSt association
AT the Hotel Metropolis was the oc,
casiOn for an address by the MARQUIS
Of Salisbury, prime minister and see.
rotary of state for foreign affairs.
In the course Of his remarks he sal q
with reference TO Venezuela: Il have
been held up as the denOuncer Of the
Monroe doctrine. AS Il matter of fact
although the Monroe doctrine is no
part Of international law, my dispatch
% Mr.. Olney. the secretary Of state OF
The United States, supported it as a
rule policy in the strongest and nos
distinct terms. But when | stated in
that dispatch and reitcrate now, that
IS a rule now OF policy. we are the
entire advocates of the Monroe doe.
trinc, we mean the Monroe doctrine rs
President Monroe understood it. In
that sense you will not find any more
convinced supporters than we are
ord Salisbury then turned abruptly
to the Armenian question, and he re
preached the religious communities
with labOring under a mistake wher
they supposed that England had
bound herself in honor to succor tn,
Armenians, which meals to go TO wal
with the sultan in order to force him
to govern the Armenians we'll.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-02-06

Rsport Of the Yacht Club lnvestl.
eating COnulttee

Report Of tho Yacht CLUB Investt.
SatinG C0nUlttee.
New York. Feb. 2.-The committee
of the New York Yacht club which In
vestigated the charges Of the earl or
Dunrayen In reference to the Ameri
can cup race. has made Its report pub
lie. The charge was that after being
Measured the yacht Defender was ur-
reptItiously loaded so AZ to sink her
four inches deeper In the water; that
she sailed In that condition the first
day; and that Immediately after the
race the ballast vas secretly removed.
80 that when measured next day no
discrepancy was found to exist be-
tween the two measurements. The
conclusion reached Ia:
Upon Il careful consideration of the
whole cas- the committee are unani-
mOusly OF the opinion that the charge
made by Lord Dunraven had lts
origin in mistake; that 1t is not only
not sustained by evidence, but Is com
pletely disprOyed, and that all the cir
cumstanccs indicated by him as Civ
ing rise to suspicion, are entirely and
satisfactorily explained. They deem
1t. therefore. but just to MIR. lselin and
the gentlemen concerned with him. as
we'll as to the officers and crew of Dc
fender, that the committee should ex-
press einphatically their conviction
that nothing whatever occurred In
connection with the ace in question
that casts the least suspicion upon the
Integrity or prOpriety of their conduct.
and the committee are not willing to
doubt that il Lord Dunraven had re-
maiRed present throughout the investi-
CATION. so as to have heard all the eyi-
dence that was introduced, he would
Of bis W motion have withdrawn a
charge that was so plainly founded
upon mistake. and that has been 80
unfortunate in the publicity it has at
tanned. and the feeling to which it
has given to rise"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-02-06
The Electric Fuse-Train

The recent war talk has directed
attention to the utilizing of electricity
in naval and military warfare. Elec-
tricity is now of the greatest value in
the operation of an army, more partic-
ulariy in the form of the telegraph,
the fed telephone and the war bal
loon and in men-Of-war it has come
TO be Indispensable in ammunition
hosting. range-finding and the hand
ling and firing Of big guns and torpedo
work. In the last named field a new
invention has been announced, styled
the electric fuse train" Its declared
object Is TO ''effectually retain tho
force of exploding gunpowder so thai
none of it is lost, and to direct it,
force at any desired point" The fuse
train is said to burn with a sudden
and irresistible flash. the flame and @
plosion travelling with so great a We
locity that it can never be put out by
the pressure of water when Submerg-
ed; and when the flame reaches the
torpedo, shell. mine, etc, to which the
device is attached the coil of fuse,
train. flashing off, fills the powder
chamber instantly with an intensely
hot, confined flame that penetrates the
powder and aus every grain to ex-
plode at the same instant" How this
is to he done Is not explained, but the
limited details Of the invention which
have so far been made public seem to
point to the production by electricity
of the fash which is simultaneously
to pervade every part Of the powder
chamber. 1t is stated further that
this fuse-train is perfectly reliable
and excels every other means of com
municating fire to one or more charges
Of powder, torpedoes, shells, mines,
blasts, etc, either near together or dis,
tant from each other-One line of fuse
train only being required for any mum,
Der of explosions"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-02-06
Democrats Confer

Chicago, Feb. !. - The Democratic
national committee went into session
to hear arguments in favor Of build
ings in which the convention can be
held. The owners of 1attersalls and
the Coliseum were present and ex-
tolled the merits of their respective
properties. The committee took no
action, but will tomorrow visit both
buildings. The chances are at present
in favor of the Coliseum. No ser.
geant-at-arms was chosen, and no Sc
lection made for the committee head
quarters.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-02-06

Pittsburg, Feb. Wv. p. Dearmot.
president Of the New York and CIeve-
land Gas Coal company, to-day issued
a circular to his wOrkmen in which he
rejects the report Of the Joint COM
mlttee OF operators and miners who re-
Gently declared that practical uni
formity' prevails In the district. and
says his company on and after Feb. l
VIII pay only the prices provided for
In our agreement with our employees"
The effect OF this circular means thar
I,earmont's men must work for 10
cents per ton below the recognized dis.
trict price and that the wage war in
h mining Industry will be renewed.
The circular has created a sensation.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-02-06
THE A X +
eatest Quotations for Grain and
Live stock Ceaters.

4atesf quotations for Grain and
Live stock C~e0ters.
Chicago, Feb. 2.-Wheat-February
Gc: May. - 1-Sc: June, " l-Sc: July,
63c. Corn February, 277-sc: May.
Boo; July. Bic; September, 81 l-Sc.
Oats-Fcbruary. Is 3-4c: May, 20a2lc:
July, II l-Sc. POrk-May, so. 20: July
Sl0.ST II. Lard May. $3.50; July.
$G.05. Ribs-May, $40: July. 1855.
Chicago, Feb. 2.-HOgs-Market Is
strong to higher; light. S4u4. y: mixed,
S4a4.25: heavy, S3.95a4.27 II: rough.
$3.05a4. Cattle quiet but steady:
beeves. S3. lOa4.7O: cows and heifers,
$l.JOa3.D: Texas steers. 81. 75a3. 80
stOckers and feeders, 50. 6Oa3.7 20.
milwaukee,, Feb. Flour dull and
unchanged. Wheat easier: No.
spring. 81 5-Sc: No. | Northern. Gao:
May, u l-Sc. Corn quiet and un-
changed; No. 3. 263-4c. Oats easier
and quiet; No. : white. 10 l-4c; No. 3
white, ID l-2c. Barley neglected; No.
:. :3c; sample, 23a33c. Rye irregular:
No. l, "A lie. Pork firm at SlO.3S;
lard, $50.
Minneapolis, Feb. 2.-Wheat-Febru.
AIRY closed al 5Sc; May opened at 6Oc
and closed at 60 3-Sc; July closed al
81 5-Sc. On track-No. | hard, SOC;
No. l Northern, JSc; No. , Northern.
sc.
st. Paul, Feb. 2.-Iiogs strong and
active; light run of good average Quai.
ity; everything sold early at 81. 75a3.9O.
Cattle quiet; not much offered: trading
light; valIes steady; sales at S20Ja3.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-02-06

Before the English missionary was
half gone the king OF the O~oglyzooks
suddenly gasped, turned purple, and
falling under what would have been
the table il cannibals ever used such
things, expired in great agony.
The c~OrOner's jury sat On him at once
Died from a foreign subject lodging
In his throat" was the verdict.-New
York Recorder.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-02-06
~ OD for 20 Cents.

An illustrated monthly for the ireside.
gardea and farm. Premiums with every
subscription: 30 cents worth OF flower or
vegetable seeds with each yearly subscrlp.
ton. which costs only 50 cents Cash aud
prize premisms for agents. Write for free
sample copies and premium lists. Address
"Americas Home and Garden" st. PAU,
Nina.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-02-06

Piso's Cure for Consumption Is the best
OF all cough Cures.-GeOrge w. Lott, Ia.
bncher. La, Aug. 20, 1896.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-02-06

Fully 100000 people In England are sus.
tanned by the wages earned by railway EN-.
plOyeS.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-02-06

A Spanish musician has devised a system
OF musical notation by which the sharp and
fiat system Ia done away with.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-02-06

III q piece OF cork Is sunk 200 feet below
the surface Of the ocean the pressure Of
the water will prevent 1t from rising.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-02-06

Browns Bronchial Troches" are 40.
euuaied for clearing the voice. Pnblic speak.
ers and singers the world over use them.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-02-06

Every civilized nation Of the world. even
China and Japan, now has \ weather bu.
reau.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-02-06

Hoods Pills Hoods S~arsaparilA. ss'
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-02-06
SarsapariIla

The One True Blood Purifier. All druggists n
Prepared only bye. /. Hood & Co. Lowell. Mass
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16
PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE

Daniel Gordon Of Knox, Me-, has been teach.
| ing school for sixty-Sevon years and is still il
harness working hard.
| Ameer Abdur Rahman has determined to in
troduce an electric lighting system at Cabul
and electric motors in his factories
John Alden, the ninth of that name, is liyine
in John Aldens house at Duxbury, Mass.
which was built in 1850, and in which the
! original John Alden lived during the latter
part of his life.
| George w. Putnam, who died the other day
at MS home in East Saugus, Mass, at the age
oil 90 years, was prominent in the anti-slavery
movement and acted private secretary fol
Charies Dickens when the novelist visited this
country.
| Grand Duke Paul of Prussia is so tall that nc
motel bed is long enough for his comfort, and
ne has one built in sections. which he carries
with his luggage everywhere and which is put
up by special mechanic, under the superin-
tendency of the royal valet, wherever the
Grand Duke goes.
M. Lemaitre, the new French Academician,
is the son OF peasant schoolmaster. He is q
man OF robust figure and medium height, and,
though he is hardly 40, he is growing gray.
d has beard. a mustache, light blue eyes, a
snapely mouth and musical voice. The voice
is result OF his training choirboy.
Lieutenant Egvind Astrup, whose dead body
was recently found in the Lillehvdale Valley,
Norway, was the sixth OF Lieutenant Peary's
party who has died since returning from the
expedition. He was the son of Swedish army
omcer, and on his return from the first Peary
expedition was knighted by King Oscar II.
The Oldest man in Kansas is George w.
lcIA 0S
BORN in Scotia, near Schenectady, n. Y, in
1871. He is in good health and his memory is
unclouded. He voted for Madison for Presi-
dent. He was engaged in active work as a
master mechanic in railroad construction as
late as nine years ago.
Pm. Arthur, chief of the brotherhood OF
Engineers, who has recently been travelling
through Europe, says that the condition OF
railway employees, especially engineers, in Eng.
land is not to be compared with that of the
same grades OF employees in this country. The
wages are considerably less and they have few
conveniences to facilitate their work.
Tracy Turnerelli, who died on Saturday in
London, was badly snubbed by Disraen just
after the treaty of Berlin was signed. Turner
ELI hurried around and collected fund for q
gold wreath to be presented TO Beaconsfeld.
After the collection had been made, the latter,
who had not been consulted, peremptorily de-
clined to receive the wreath or acknowledge
the promoter OF the enterprise.
George w. Feeney, one of the Oldest engi-
neers in the service of the Philadelphia, Will
mington and Baltimore Railroad, who has
just died, was the engineer OF the locomotive
that drew Abraham Lincoln to Washington for
his inauguration in March, 1861. When Presi-
dent Garfield was shot in the railroad station
at Washington, Feeney was assigned to run
from Philadelphia the train thst bore Mrs.
Garfield from Elberon. N j. to Washington.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16
ELEMENTS OF GREATNESS.

The story of the private life led by Pade-
rewski, the wonderful Pole who is delight
ing our people with his piano-playing, is
so identical in its broader aspects with that
led by all others who have achieved dis
tinction in the world as to have a special
value IN furnishing cumulative evidence of
the elements of greatness. That is to say,
this marvellous wizard of the keyboard
lives solely for his art, and in the pursuit
of that course eschews all the graces, pleas
ures, Establishments and dissipations OF
life; all that might raise him above, drag
him beneath or in any way divert him
from the exceedingly restricted purpose of
ms life pays the strictest regard to the
conserv walton of his vital forces and devotes
his days to unceasing labor.
Whatever native talents he may have had
for his art, their development to the pres
ent point of excellence would have been
impossible in the absence of the regime
which he has forced upon himself. But it
/ is clear that he could not have followed
such course had it not been in him to do
SO. This may not be an encouraging re-
Election to those who are aware of the pos
session of fine talent but who do not fully
develop it by work, but that does not i'm
pair the truth of the ancient maxim that
labor is the better part of genius.
1t may happen that deep affiiction ere
ates spirit of asceticism and lustfor
work that lift talent to the plane of genius
This is said to have been the case with
Paderewski. But that makes no differ
ence with the fact that rigid ascetIcism and
unceasing work make the round of his
seemingly dreary and friendless private
life and account largely for his eminence.
Greatness and personal isolation have
walked hama in hand through all history
where isolation was employed in la bor.
|. The wonderful part of the greatness
which isolation and labor produce is that
| it has the strength to resist the tempta-
tions which press persistently upon the
periphery of life at every point. Take
Paderewski as an example. He is young
man, good-looklng, strong and healthy.
The very nature of his profession makes
| him the object of insstent temptations of
| the most alluring kind. No man measur-
ably less great than he could withstand
them for a moment; but Paderewski has
that wisdom of genus which informs him
that should he yield to ever so small an
extent the splendid structure which he has
built from the groveling earth to the skies
would come down in ruins.
He is yet young and his most trying
years are yet to come; the genius who can
pass unscathed through the decade follow
ing his fortieth year is genius indeed.
Booth and Irving did, but Mccullough
died in madhouse. 1t is when the high
and noble enthusiasm of youth begins to
fade that dissipation in middle life, fol-
lowed by avarice in old age, begins to make
ready for harvest of ruin.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16

footing with the line, and that as result
our navy has become deplorably weak in
that respect. 1t is clearly understood that
this discrimination is heritage of the
days when fighting heroes were made on
the decks of vessels propelled by sail and
when the ingenious mechanic who made
his advent with the appearance Of steam
was taken from the ranks of civilians and
therefore regarded by the officers on deck
as a person of no consequence.
This tradition has seriously impaired
the usefulness of the Naval Academy at
Annapolis. The lad who applies for admis-
sion to that Institution is furnished with
no incentive to study that wonderful
science which after all places the life Of
the ship and of ali its men in the hands of
one who must be the coolest and most
patient of all. This lis solely because the
engineer, instead OF being a parsonage
who wears sword, strides the deck in fine
plumage and gives laundering orders to
hundreds of mariners, remains unseen and
unknown in the hot bowels of the ship
without adequate authority or rank.
The Importance of his services, the edu.
caticn and native ability required, the
arduous duties which he has to perform
and the tremendous responsibility which
rests upon him have not been fully recog-
nized. In the stress of battle it is he
alone who is depended on to handle the
vast intricate machine with precision, in
telligence and coolness; directing It in
stantly whithersoever the commander
orders, keeping alive the maze of appli-
ances by which the turrets are moved, and
not for moment removing his firm finger
from the pulse of the groaning, struggling
monster. 1t is he alone who must exercise
the sharpest alertness OF which the mind
is capable, and be able instantly to devise
means for repairing any damage that may
be received.
The trouble with his position is that
while it lacks nothing of the heroic, no
element of the picturesque perYades it.
He does not have the chance of glory by
falling with bullet through his body, but
his perils are very great for all that and he
is denied the privilege of fighting in the
open air. Not being sustained by the ex-
element of physical combat, he must
have a high order of character to fight
none the less effectively in darkness and
heat and with an invisible foe.
Until the present order of things is
changed it is useless to expect young men
to covet the questionable berth. Ana
polls will have failed of half its purpose if it
is unable to supply engineers to the fighting
ships Of the Nation, and the evil is one so
simply remedied that its continued exist
ence will be a constant reproach to the
country