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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-05-22
Notice,

Notice,
Weoannot accept anonymous or return re-
jccted communications In all cases the
name of the writer will be required, not for
publication, but as q guarantee of good faith.
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An interesting point In the applica-
ton of the ollateral-inheritanc tax
law is awaiting judicial determination
in Philadelphia. The controversy was
brought up upon appeal from the de-
cision of the Register of Wills, impos-
ing ra1-inheritance tax upon the
property devised by Henry H. Houston
to congregation or corporation when
formed of the Protestant Episcopal
Church of ST. Martins in the-Fields.
The property was assessed at 100000
for the purpose of fixing the collateral
inheritance tax Mr.. Houston had built
upon the ground the church, parish
buildings, and rectory, and had them
furnished at his own expense. The
property was used by the unincorporat-
ed body as place of worship for seven
or eight years prior to his death. The
ground of the appeal is that the prop
erty, being in actual use as place of
worship prior to the death of Mr.. Hous-
ton, is exempt from all taxation
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Headquarters New Haven Fire Department1
Office No. l. City Hall, n
New. Haven, Conn.,, May goth, 1895.
EAST PEARL STREET ENGINE HOUSE
BELL TOWER.
GEALED proposals for constructing and
- erecting an iron or steel bell towei
in the rear of the engine house, corner OF
East Pearl and Pierpont streets, at the Local
ton of the old bell tower. will be received by
the Board of Fire Commission ers of the city
of New Haven at this Office until eight
o'clock D. IN. of the second day of June, 1s06j
at which time the bids will be publicly openj
ed and read.
Specifications, bonds and information will
be furnished on application.
Right to reject anv or all bids is reserved.
Per order Board Fire Commissioners.
GEORGE HUGO,
WILLIAM E. MORGAN,
my21 3t Committee Fire Alarm telegraph
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John II. Butler, slave, married in
1S41, in Maryland, a free black woman.
They lived together ten years and had
four children. In 1851 Johns master
sold him to man in another state.
His wife took another husband John,
after he became free, took another
wife. He settled in Lawrence county,
Ill. Two years ago he died, leaving a
handsome estate. Then the children by
the Maryland wife appeared on the
scene, demanding their share Of the
property. The supreme court of Illinois
has decided the case against them. The
justices say that the first marriage was
a slave marriage, that the parties to it
had the legal right to repudiate it, and
that they did this when they entered
into new and unquestionably valid ma
trimonial contracts.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-05-22

In the course of a conversation with
Philip d. Armour, of Chicago, the other
day, Frank G. Carpenter, the news
paper correspondent, asked him if he
was Christian. 81 am not Chris
tian," was Mr.. Armour's reply, Gin the
sense of being member of the church,
but believe in Christianity. l believe
in Christ rather than creeds. l so to
church, and my boys have been brought
up to go to church. I know that they
went when they were young. I am
afraid they don't go as much as they
should now The churches are all right,
and l think the closer a man keeps to
them the better. 1t makes little differ
ence to me, however, as to the minor
parts of the different doctrines which
the churches profess, and 1 think that
there is about an equal chance for the
Catholics and Protestants, that they
are each on the right road to heaven. "
You were speaking of your boys, Mr..
Armour. How about them; are they
good business menu" 81 think so,'' said
Mr.. Armour. as a smile Of conscious
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A bronze statue of a bearded man,
1--WE feet ten inches in height, and hold
ing a horses bride in his right hand,
has been discovered by the French at
Delphi. 1t is the biggest find yet made
there The work belongs to the fifth
century before Christ. The only i'm
perfection In the statue is that the left
hand Is missing, but the feet and tail
of the horse have been found, and it is
hoped that further excavation will
bring to light the missing portions of
the group. The English on the island
of Nielos have discovered a splendid
mosaic pavement, representing in beau
tiful colors vegetable products, birds,
and fishes.
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DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, 10
CENTS A WEEK, tnCENTs MONTH, 81 FOR
Elk MONTHS, 50 A YEAR. The SAME TERMS
BY MAIL.
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THECARRlNGToN PUBLISHING co.
OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-22
Business and Indignation,

The effete East is in fair way to re.
gain some of LID lost population II the
following advertisement in a Yaquina
paper Is in good faith: "During the
next 30 days will sell at private sale
all my household goods of every de-
scription, also Office furniture, at sac.
riace, preparatory to returning East.
/ cannot longer reconcile myself to
living where, as In Toledo, under
guise OF law, Wholesale robbing of the
church, as well as private individuals.
is psrpetrated for the pretended pur-
pose of public improvements. A coun-
Gil run in the interest Of man who
never works, except TO promote his
own political trickery, is public
nuisance that all respectable citizens
should steer OF at whatever cost. And
in county matters similar conditions
exist. Fred D. Carson"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-22
A New Proposition.

J. 81. Clayton, representing the Pa
cific Fire Engine Co., was In the city
Thursday eonferri1F NTH tI:e ire and
weeer committee OF the c!sy council
wish reference TO furnishing the fire
department with q Racine Extin-
guisher, which he represents ss being
superior to any OF the old-style chem-
ical extinguishers. and which he ofors
to deliver In The Dalles for about $3.50
as against 81, ,450 for an ordinary chem.
ical engine. The Racine operates
with compressed air and chemicals
combined, hence is operated at less ex.
pense than the other engines, and it's
capacity as an extinguisher is unlim-
ited.s The FIRE and water committee
are now prepared 10 again submit the
proposition TO the property owners of
the city to put 10 an electric alarm
sayteu, provided a Racine extiuguisher
is bought by do aation, and since it can
be purchased for $500 less than the or
binary chemical engine, it is possible
that the requisite amount may be
raised.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-22
The National Democrats.

Pursuant to call published In Mon.
days daily, there was meeting of the
national democrats held at Schauno's
hall Tuesday evening. for the purpose
of perfecting an organization and elest.
ing delegates to the state convention
to be held In Portland on the 22d.
Judge Liebe was elected chairman OF
the meeting and H. j. Maier secretary.
The following delegates were elected
to the Portland convention: L. w.
HeDpner, j. I. Peters, Fl. ]. Maier, j.
B. Condor, Frank Clark, r. Fl. Ions.
dale, J. A. Crossen and ]. P. McIuerny.
After the election of an executive
county committee, consisting of G. A.
Liebe. chairman, J. B. Condor, J. T.
Peters and J. p. McInerny, the meet
ing adjourned subject to the call of the
chairman.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-22
A Break at a county Iail

Sometime between the hours Of g
and z O'Clock Wednesday evening,
while the officers were at supper, fvs
prisoners escaped from the county Jail.
The escape was effected by the saving
off one end of bar in the window OF
the bath room, locsled on the south
side of the Jail. Those vino escaped
were: John F. Graham, sentenced on
June 5th to four months for larceny;
G. Mason, serving one year sentence
for taking from the postoffice and open.
Ing letter belonging to another; Ed
Hitler, held for trial for larceny In a
dwelling; Isaac Ruddock, recently ar
rested for embezzlement of school
funds, and Louis Waters, an Indian
boy, 20 years old, held to the grand
jury for cattle stealing.- East Gre.
goniau,
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SOLICITING co-oPEaArIoS.
Observer Pague Insists on Credttabls Ex
hibits Being Made at Portland.

Observer Pague Insists on Creditabis Ex'
hibIts Being Made at Portland.
The following extracts are made
from circular letter Issued by b. $.
Pague. urging the people Of Oregon to
make exhibits at the Industrial Ex.
position at Portland, that should be
heeded By every producer in the en-
tire state:
The success of the Exposition OF
1895, was In large degree due to the
public spirit manifested blythe citizens
OF the state of Washington, shown in
their contribution OF products. which
were 80 extensive as to almost be-
wilder all who saw them. The
management OF the exposition this
year is practically the same as it was
last year, and we feel that even greater
success will attend our efforts this
year than which was obtained last.
We cannot make it a success without
the aid of the people of Oregon and
Washington.
81 am aware of the fact that the grain
crop is not up to It's usual excellence;
that the fruit crop is more deficient
than it ever was before; that vege.
ia bles are not an average, in fact, that
ell products are not as good nor as
plentiful as they were last year. This
deficiency can be over come by every
person Interested in the material pro.
gress end welfare of the state taking
ar Interest in tbs exposition and for
warding US an exhibit. Many last
year in visiting the exposition. said:
Those are good exhibits, but I have
better at home. We collect the best
that can be obtained, but can only do
SO by generous cooperation on part Of
Alp
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-22
Land Transfers.

G E and G NJ Woodwood to Katie
Clark, parcel OF land On WIN Jenkin' g
donation claim in Hood river valley,
$500.
Thomas Pallock to Berry F. Beals,
Is acres in sw I sec t2 n, r 10 e; $500,
Francis Crossen TO Joseph Parodi,
lot Fl, block 109 in Ft. -Dalles Military
Reserve addition to Dalles City; 500.
[. A. McCrum and wife to Merchants
National bank of Portland, n NV
sec SO, l 8, Q; 81.
E. Jacobsen. administrator estate v
C Lane. to Francis Dial, lot in Ante
lope. S35.
JD Tunney to F W sllvertooth, lot
10 blk !, Laughlin's addition to Ante.
lope, s25.
Henry Billins aud wifs to j. D. Tun.
ney, lot /. blk IL Iaughlin's addition
to Antelope; S25.
Thomas Harlin and others to o. R.
& n. Co., water privileges; 81.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-22
Plead Gully.

Henry Tennsnt, the man arrested
for having stolen saddle from A. W.
Fargher, was arraigned before Justice
Filloon Tuesday afternoon. When
he found the evidence against him was
too positive to refute he entered plea
of guilty OF simple larceny, and was
fined s25. Not having that amount he
was remauded to the custody OF the
sheriff and will remain in Jail until
financial relief can be had, or until IL
days have been served. Tennent ae-
knowledges that he borrowed the sad
die at Mr.. Fargher's place and sold 1t
TO Rupert & Gabel, but says he was
the victim of lob" His story is
that he borrowed the saddle from a
friend who rode it to Washington,
and afterwards the saddle was brought
in by stranger and sold to him to-
gether with-a horse that he purchased.
Without knowing it was the saddle he
borrowed, he sold it to Rupert & Ga
bel. If his story is true, he is certain
ly the victim of unfortunate circum-
stances.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-22
Ar Exploded Mining Boom.

The reputed bonanzs at Rock Creek,
near Stevenson, that has caused 80
much excitement OF late, has proven a
fake A gentleman who has just re-
turned from there says that there is
no sign Of a quartz ledge anywhere In
the vicinity Of Rock Creek on Lookout
mountain. The entire country, he
says, Is of volcanic formation, which
IL uncommon In mining regions. and
there 10 not color Of gold to be found
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-22
OFF FOR ASTORIA.
The nalles Hose Team and Many Citizsus
Go to the TourHaIneuE

The nalIes Hose Team and Many Citizens
Go to the Tournamsut
Wednesday morning the Regulator
was loaded with Dalles f1remen and citi-
zeus whose destination Is the tourna-
ment at Astoria. The team is com.
posed of the Aeetest footed men in The
Dalles, all of whom are In hrst-class
training and are capable of coping
with the best runners on the coast.
They are r. B. Sinnott, captain, N. J..
Sinnott, S. Bartsll, G. Lewis, A. E.
Cameron, r. league, c. Cooper, G..
Clark, II. A. Bills, L.. A. Porter, J..
Maloney, S. Frank, r. Gibbons and 81.
Kelly. Other residents of The Dailes
who were in the company going to
Astoria were Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie But
Ter, Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Kelsay, Miss
Christina Phirmsu, Mrs. league, W.
G. Allaway, James Fisher, J. P. Nc
Inerny, Bert Phelps, Fred D. Hill,
Rudolph Frank and Capt. o. s. Wand.
The hose team took with them their
fine racing cart and 500 feet of new
hose, together with other apparatus
necessary for The different contests in
which they will enter. All the compan.
les in the city, except the East End
Hose Co., will be represented by dele
gates at the meeting of the association,
and strong effort will be made to Res
The Dalles selected as the place OF lh.
next tournament.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-22
A SLEEK scoUNDREL.
he Works a scheme and Bilks The DalIes

he Works scheme and Bilks The Dallei
Out of About One Hundred Dollars.
Some time since very affable and
pleasant appearing gentleman, giving
his name as Prof. j. G. King, with De
Lean & Co., of New York, arrived In
The Dalles, and entered upon a swind-
ling scheme whereby he cleaned up
about 500. He canvassed the city on
picture.retouching layout, announc-
ing that he intended opening an art
gallery In the building recently vac.
Gated by Mrs. Hogan. He solicited
photographs which he retouched and
on their delivery he collected one dol
lar, the agreement being that the
holder of the picture should be entitled
to 14xl7 photograph of himself or any
member OF his family. 80 soon as the
new gallery should be opened. The
emall photographs we're retouched and
the dollar from about one hundred
parties was collected, but the new gall
lery was not, no never will be opened,
for the professor, accompanied by his
very pleasant little wife, has disap-
peared. As result whole lot of Dali
iesities are kicking themselves fer bav-
ing ;5can thus gulled, and have deter
mined that in the future when they
went pictures retoUched or enlarged
they will patronize the resident artist
D. G Herrin, who has a studio in
Chapman block,
King is d man OF pleasant address
medium build, has dark blue eyes and
black hair with lock of gray on the
forehead. His wife is also very
pleasant little lady, very slight build,
Is of light complexion and wears eye
glasses. The pair are frst-class bilks,
and the press of the country will do
well to warn their readers against
them.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-22
BILLY OHINooK's OLD GUN
Its Finding Brings up Some "Reminiscences
of Eariy Days.

Its Finding Brings up Some "Reminiscences
Of Early Days.
The children OF Mr.. Eaton, living
in the neighborhood of Union and
Liberty street, recently found In the
sand Of an adjoining lot an interest
ing relic of old pioneer times, in the
form OF an old army musket with a
bayonet attachment. The stock had
completely rotted off and the iron is
covered with thick costing of Fust,
butt is stillr in spite of the evident lapse
OF g7ars, III fair state of preservation.
The musket was shown to Colonel
Sinnotr, he being the only Que likely
to unravel the mystery OF its appear
auce aud discovery in portion OF the
city hard by the old Fort Dalles res
ervation grounds. The colonel at
once recognized 1t by certain private
marks near the breech as a gun that
had been given to Billy Chinook, Ia
the year Of 1S0a, by Lewis and Clarke,
while Billy was acting as scout for
these pioneer explorers. "Ah me! ad-
ded the Colonel, as he gently strokea
his flowing beard, the sight of that old
gun brings back to my memory the
days, now forty years past and gone,
when we used to have to fight Indians
every morning before breakfast. Not
that we wanted to fight, particularly,
but it seems we had to. These were
the times VIXEN we used to cross the
Columbia on the backs of the sal--.''bS
did you kill many indians?" inno-
Gently enquired the reporter.
Lots of them" wac the answer.
"Why, their bones used to lie around
so thick that I have several times
asked Tor on appropriation from con-
gress to have them buried. I only
wanted $1,000, and could never get a
hearing even for that small sum. III
had asked half million and hired a
claim agert ! would hsYe succeeded
without o doubt. Why. it isn't long
since oue of those claim agents wrote
me from Washington asking If was
the man named Sinnott who was
killed in the Yakima 1udian war of
1857, adding that if SO had big claim
for damages against the government"
"What did you say TO him?" queried
the reporter.
"Oh, told him I could prove that /
was the man. all right, but Ihad ssri-
GUS doubt that the government would
never believe me. ! was anxious to
get the claim. J. but did not like to In.
crease the chances of spending my old
days in the penitentiary."
the gun referred TO above is now on
exhibition in the Office OF the Umatilla
House.
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Townsend. The cattle were shipped
last night, part of them going to Port
Townsend and part to Portland.


last night, part of them going to Por1
Townsend and part to Portland.
| A deed of "a pages printed matter
was recorded by the county clerk TO.
DAY. It conveys all the property Of the
old o. r. & N. Co. in this state to the
recently organized company, the Ore
gon Railroad & Navigation Co.
Hon. ". Il. Biges and family are
home from Clatsop Beach, where they
have been camping the past month.
Mr.. Biggs' health has been materially
improved by the visit to the seaside,
and he is now as rugged as he was
prior to his illness last spring.
If the young Americans OF this city
were permitted to vote, Mckinley
would certainly get an overwhelming
majority here. that is if the propensity
for buying caps is an index OF their
preference for president. The New
York store yesterday put on sale lot
of ca anpaign caps, and up to the time
of going to press 81 Mckinley and l3
Bryan caps had been sold.
A dispatch vas received this morn.
ing from F. W. L. Sl,ibbe, dated at
Astoria last night, announcing that
The Dalles had been selected as the
place for holding the next hrenens'
tournament. When Mr.. Skibbe left
here for Astoria he announced that it
was his intention to exert all his eDer-
gies to secure the tournament for The
Dalles, and it appears that he has been
successful.
The Oldest man In Marion county, |
and almost the Oldest in Oregon, is |
John Durbiu. If Mr.. Durbin lives till |
the 18th of next month, he will be lO2
years old. His sons and grandsons
have in contem plation the celebration
of their paternal ancestors 1920 birth.
day anniversary, to which an invita-
tion will be extended to all pioneers
of the state, Owho came to Oregon as
early as 1849.
Wednesday night Nightwatchman
Wiley encountered a would-be bad
man who was slightly under the IS in
fuence," and had lively time dis
,iplining him. The fellow showed
aght and dealt the officer severe
blow on the head, but was soon over
powered. Yesterday Mayor Menefee
made peace with the belligerent by
lining him S. for his drunk aud S5 for
striking an officer.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-22
THE -owER BEHIND THE THRONE
Portland Jobbers Decry Eastern oregon's
Resources.

For years Portland has pretended re
be friend to the open-river project
and her jobbers have lead US to believe
they were interested ir seeing the OBJ.
structions 10 the navigation of the Co
lumbis removed; but occasionally
events occur that csuse US to doubt
| their sincerity, and even make US be-
lieve they are the real power behind
delays of work at the Cascade Locks.
An incident occurred Wednesday
which looks as if Portland business
men may ba using their influence, In
an indirecs way az least, TO convince
the people of other sections of the
country, especially th rse in auth ority,
that there is 40 need of an open river,
because rhera is little or nothing to
ship from the Inland Empire. A party
0f tourists, Messrs. o. Fl. Keller and
w. G. Mead, Of Marion, Ind, who had
spent week in Portland, were on
board the Regulator awaiting its de-
parture from the Locks. when a prom
inent citizen Of The Dalies overheard
them discussing the reasons why the
locks were not completed, and one of
them remarked that there was no need
of their completion, since the country
for hundreds of miles east of Cascades
Was barren waste, producing little or
rn hi n,i
inquired where hegot his information,
and was tod Ehat It was from the mer-
chants Of Portland. who had told him
that Eastern Oregon and Washington
were desolate stock raising sections.
with nothing to ship except limited |
amount of beef, mutton and wool.
Now, if Portland merchants are tell
ing tourists such stories, Is it not pos
sible they are telling the same to con-
eressmen, government engineers and |
officials and are thus convinc. |
Ing them that there is no immediate
necessity Of an open river? Portland
jobbers could have selfish motive in
creating such an Impression, for Port.
land has ever been the wholesale town
Tor the Inland Empire, but when the
river is sopened, aud The Dalles gets
rates both east and west, 1t
will be the distributing point for all
'he upper country. thus causing Port.
and jobbers to LOGS large trade they
lave been enabled to t3nmsnd for
uSuy wears,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-22
RucErsn . Arniaa saixs.

The beat salve in the world for cuts
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheun, fever
sores, letter. chapped hands. chill.
b.Gins. corns and oil akin eruptions,
ana positively cures piies, or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by
Blakeley & Houghton.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-22
Novel Tobacco Cure,

An eccentric character who recently
died near the city overcame the to-
bacco chewing habit by substituting a
wad of ordinary every day newspaper
for the cud Of tobacco. As soon as the
paper was perused this individual pro-
ceeded to deinolish, and no doubt
digest the newspaper. He must have
digested and dissolved a number OF
knotty problems during his life.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-22
Prom Thursdays Daily.

Hon. A. A. Jayne, prosecuting at
torney of this district, is In tbs city $
J. w. Condor returned today from q
visit to the sea coast, looking hale and
hearty.
Capt. McNulty has charge of the
Regulator in the absence Capt. Waud
In Astoria.
A. NJ. Balfour, one of the proprietors
OF the Balfour ranch at Lyle, is visit
ing in The Dalles today.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Peters and Mrs
e. NJ. Wilson left this morning for
Portland. From there Mrs. Wilson