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The times., 1897-05-23
He Is Mistaken.

Mr.. Silas jackson, of Pine Bill, spent
Wednesday night last in the town lookup
of Giveadom Gulch, and next morning he
went home threatening a damage suit
against US as mayor. He got drunk and
fired seven bullets into the front doors Of
the city hall. and as the city marshal was
not at hand we gave him the collar and
marched him off. Mr.. jackson claims
that the first he knew of our presence
was when his heels struck billboard at
a height of six feet from the earth. He
contends that lie was acting in q riotOus
manner, and it was our duty as mayor
to have read him the riot act and COM
manded him to disperse. He will base his
suit on this but We wish to inform him
that technicalities don't go in this town
We have always carried a copy of the riot
act in our vest pocket since being elected
to the mayoralty, but have never yet met
with a riot which seemed too big for us
to suppress in the ordinary way. II we
buck up against something with four or
five good men in the front row we shall
stop to read the act in loud voice; but
if there's only one man, and We can get
q hand on his collar and our knee in the
small of his back, he's got to disperse with
out any further formality. Mr. jackson
shouldn't be captious over small things.
The times., 1897-05-23
A Good Man Gone.

The news OF the sudden death OF Major
John Williams fell like blow on the town
last Wednesday. The major returned home
late Tuesday night, drunk, as usual, but
seeming TO be all right, and Wednesday
morning he was found dead in his bed. As
men average up out this way the major
was good man. We early discovered that
he fled from the East on account of EN-
beZzlement, but even when he threatened
our life, as he did on several occasions, we
never mentioned the fact TO him. BE
wanted 10 run US as editor and mayor, and
because he couldn't he was hunting for US
with a gun about half the time. We had to
shoot him on three different occasions, but
we alw aysshot gently and wthno intention
to kill. and we have the receipts TO prove
that we paid his doctor bills. When his
better nature prevailed he was our good
friend and kept our demijohn empty and
was alwa Us ia our debt for borrowed money.
We can't sa ythat the soul of Major Willi1rns
went straight from Giveadam Gulch to
heaven, but we do believe that much of the
rough trail was made smooth and that the
change has been to his benefit
The times., 1897-05-23
scope of Our Language.

Folio wing is a revised list Of the ma
chimes that reproduce pictures from life.
which shows the elasticity OF our tongue
and the ingenuity of our managers: The
kaleidoscope, biograph. bioscope, verascope,
vitagraph, c.nematographe, cinematoscope,
cinetoscope, cineograph, kinematograph,
kinematoscope, kinetograph, kinetoscope,
kineoptiscope, triograph, trioscope, cento-
graph, zimograph, multiscope, hypnoscope,
vitamotograph, magnisoope. magisoope, uni.
matograph, aniinatoseope, kineopticon, mo-
togreph, mutagraph, kaleidoscope, project
oscope and phantographoscope.- Chicago
Post
The times., 1897-05-23

Poet-No. your idea is not a new one.
Try IL If you can't help it-that's the way
all true poems are written. But the last
gentleman who applied in rhyme did not
secure the job.
=. There is no office OF poet laureate IN
the United Sta tes.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-04
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE.

BY virtue of an execution and order OF. sale
duly issued by the Clerk of the Circuit Court,of
the County of WaSco, State of Oregon, dated
the 10th day of November, 1897, in certain SUIT
in the Circuit Court for said Comfy and State,
wherein w. j. Van Schuyler CompIHy.a cor
poration, as plaintiff, recovered Judgement
against Charles Dillon, for the sum OF two
thousa d and forty four dollars and sixty five
cents, and costs and disbursements taxed at
seventeen dollars and fifty cents. on the loth
day of November, 1897. Notice is hereby given
that 1 have levied on and will on
Monday, the goth day of December, 1897,
At the Court House door in Dalles City, in said
County, at two O'Clock in the afternoon OF SAID
day sell at public auction to the highest bidder
for cash. the following described property, to-
wit: East half Of the northeast one quar-
ter. the southwest one-quarter OF the north
eas. one quarter and the northeast one quarter
of the southeast one-quarter Of section y In
Township one (D north of range fourteen 90
east w M, containing 100 acres and situated in
WaSco county. state OF Oregon.
Taken and levied upon as the property OF the
said Charles Dillon to satisfy the said judgment
ia favor Of said W. j. Van Schuyler & Co.,
against said Chas Dillon, with interest thereon,
together with all costs and disbursements that
have or may accrue. i.
T. J. DRIVER, Sheriff.
Dated at Dalles City. Oregon, Nov.
n20td
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ExPLosloN BY MUSIC.
sipration or q String OF a Bass Vol T.
plodes Iodidc OF NITROGEN.

Vibration of String OF a Rass yIol r..
piodes lodidc OF Nitrogen.
One of the most dangerous of all or.
plosives is black powder called iodide
OF nitrogen. When it is dry the slight.
est touch will often cause it to explode
with great violence
There appears to be a certain rate Of
vibration which the compound cannot
resist. In experiments to determine
the cause of its excessive explesiyeness
some damp iodide of nitrogen was
rubbed on the strings of a bass viol. 1t
is known, says Youths COMPANION.
that the strings of such an instrument
Will N'lbrate when those of similar in
strument, having an equal tension. are
played upon.
In this case after the explosive had
become thoroughly dry upon the
strings, another bass viol was brought
near, and strings were sounded. At a
certain note the iodide on the nre.
pared instrument exploded.
1t was found that the explosion or.
CURED only WHEN rate of vibration of
sixty per second was communicated TO
the prepared strings. Vibration of the
v string caused an explosion, while
that of the E string had no effect.
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ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
administrator OF the estate of G. w. McEwen
deceased, by virtue of an order of the County
Court of the State of Oregon for Wasco County
in probate. made on the 9Th day OF November.
A. d. 1897. will from and after Saturday the
18th. d3y Of December, A. D., 1897, proceed 10
sell at private sale, subject 10 confirmation by
said court and under and upon the terms OF
sale hereinafter stated, all OF tie real property
belonging to said estate and described Is fol
lows, towit:
The west half of northwest quarter and north
west quarter of southwest quarter of Section
81 in Township South, Range l3 East VILLAIN
ette Meridian. containing l20 acres: also tract
at a point ten chains North of the corner post
of Sections 5, 6, 81 and 81, and running North
ten chains: thence west six chains; thence south
ten enains; thence east six claims to the place
of beg ming; being fraction OF the southeast
quarter of the northeast quarter of section 81
in township south, of range l3 east Willemette
Meridian. containing six acres: also the east
half of the northeast quarter, and the NORTH
east quarter OF the southeast quarter of section
81 in township south OF range IL east OF VIII
lamette Meridian, containing 12b acres. All
situated in Wasco County, State Of Oregon.
All to be sold in one parcel.
Terms Of Sale:-One third Of the purchase
price cash down. and one-third payable in one
late of confirmation Of sale, taking the pur-
,haSers note therefor Securei by u first mott
gage on The premises SO sold and bearing inter-
,St at eight per cent per annum
Dated November 20, 1897.
W. N WILEY,
of the estate of c. W. McEwen,
deceased
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APPALLING DISASTER.
Tornado in the Philippines Swept Thous-
ands to Death.

TOrnadO III the fniuppines SWept Ahous-
ands to Death.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27.-The ty-
phoen which swept over the Philip
pine islands, October 6, caused one of
the worst disasters reported from the
southern ocean in many years, If not
in the history of that section OF the
world.
The steamer Gaelic, from the Orient.
today brought letters and papers which
contain accounts OF the ravages Of the
tidal wave and wind. Whole towns
were swept or blown away. Fully 500
Europeans were killed, and it is es-
timated that 5000 natives perished.
The storm first struck the island at
the Bay of santa Paula, in the province
of Samar. 1t devastated the entire
southern portion of the island.
On the 18th, hurricane reached
Leyte. and struck the capital, Taolo-
ban, with great fury. In less than half
an hour The town was mass OF ruins.
The natives were panic-stricken. Four
hundred of them were buried beneath
the debris of wrecked buildings, and
120 corpses of Europeans were re-
covered from the ruins when the native
authorities instituted search for the
dead.
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SITUATION AT KLoNpIKE.
Famine in Dawson City and Other Points
Inevitable.

Inevitable.
SEATTLE, WASH, Nov. 29.-Twenty-
FIVE men arrived here yesterday on the
City of Seattle, direct from Dawson
City. They were divided into two
parties, the last of which left Dawson
City October IS. The various mem
bers of the party are reported to have
brought out gold and drafts to the ag-
gregate amount of S50,000
All tell stories of food shortage in
Dawson that is almost famine. The
last person to leave Dawson was Jack
Dalton. When Dalton left the steam
ers Alice and Bella had reached there,
loaded light. 1t is said that the Bella's
cargo consisted of whisky and billiard
balls. She brought no provisions.
The Canadian mounted police char
tered the Bella and gave all who
wished free passage to Fort Yukon.
The Bella is reported to have left
about October IL, with 200 men.
When the party left Dawson nothing
in the line of food could be purchased
there except sugar, baking powder
and little dried fruit, and every res.
taurant in the town had closed. ~-
Thomas Magee. ST., the well-known
San Francisco capitalist, gives a
graphic account of the perils and hard
ships encountered by his party in con-
ing out by way of the Dalton trail to
Chilcat. Jack Dalton, one of the best
known characters of the Klondike, pi-
loted the party through, and it was
probably due to his guidance that the
trip was safely accomplished. Two
horses perished of starvation on the
way, and the men of the party had
several close calls from suffering SIM
liar fate, arriving at Dalton's various
food caches along the route in the nick
of time
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one ki,Ied and Ono wonnded

BAKER CITY. Or, Nov. ga fatal
accident occurred last evening at the
Elkhorn Bonanza mine. In some un-
accountable manner James Cagel
ignited some giant powder and the
whole magazine exploded with force
which almost Jared the mountain.
The unfortunate miner was killed as if
struck by a lightning bolt, his body
being mangled in frightfuI manner.
Thomas Hopkins was painfully, though
not fatally injured.
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THE CINEMAToGRApHR,
a Wonderful Invention In the Line
OF Photography. -
It Reproduces Moving Objecfs and the
. Play of the Human Features
with Star Ting Faithfulness
to Life.

The vogue of "the moving photographs
became pronounced, and thousands who
had hitherto kept away from variety
theaters crossed the doors OF those
places of amusement to behold the new
est scientific achievement. Straight
way countless new machines were put
out, and the curiosity to witness tho
vitascope and cinematographe pictures
grew apace. There are two dozen of
these mechanical reproductive inyen-,
tions now, and the returns are not all "
by good deal. Among the best known
are the cinematographe, the vitascope,
the phantoscope, the kineoptikon, the
animatographe and the kaleidoscope.
The secret of all these contriyapoes is
photography. It's not unngtnral.
therefore, that the men who have suQ1
ceeded best should be photograph
The Lumieres, who gave the cinat
graphe to the world, nit upon
covery two years ago, and
they havebeen reaping golden
There is no need to thrash over tbs on
straw about priority of invention, and
it matters little whether Lumiere or
Edison was first in the field. The last
twelvemonth Lumiere & Sons have ae-
quired aworld-wide reputation through
the cinematographe. The cinemato-.
graphe has recently, by special invita-
tion, been privately exhibited before
Emperor Francis Joseph and the i'm
perial court in Vienna, at the Elysee in
Paris, before President Faure, his
family and official household, and also
before the various courts. of Europe.
About 12 years ago the heads of this
firm were almost unknown, even in
their own city of Lyons, France. But
from a small business they have, by
their inventive skill and progressive
methods, advanced until they now
stand among the leading houses in the
world. In their works they made the
highest class of supplies and scientific
appliances used in photography. Tig
financial success resulting from theff
skill and enterprise is, perhaps, best
shown by saying that they now ern-
ploy hundreds of hands, and thattheir !
stock commands 500 per cent. premium
nearly 100000 s'.s--s I
The foundation of the Lumieres' for
tune and the explanation of the superb
ority of the cinematographe rest in the
accidental discovery of composition
that produced peculiarly sensitive
plates. This composition has been
kept q secret, but it proved so much
better than all others that they gave up
and devoted their entire !,
attention to the manufacture of sensi-
tive plates. Subsequently experiments
led to the invention of a toy cinemato-
graphe, which they perfected about
two years ago. Then they realized the
possibilities of the machine and gave
the first public exhibition in Lyons,
France, December 26, 1895. 49,
The cinematographe consists of
mail box about eight by ten by four
inches, and the entire mechanism is
'eries of reels upon which the long
,and of sensitive film is wound rapidly
behind set of five magnifyinR lenses.
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Millhlud Drowned,

EMPIRE CITY. Or. NOV. Pr. W.
Getty, of this place, returned this even
ing, bringing news of the drowning of
Henry Gahlgren, millhand in the
employ OF the Gard ner Mill G C,mDauv.
Gahlgren left Gardiner last Monday in
a small boat with the intention of
going to the scene of the wrecked
steamer Truckee. Nothing has since
been seen or heard of him. Yesterday
piece of an oar was found and identi-
fed as part of one belonoing to him.
Gahlgren was member of the A. o.
U. W. lodge of Gardiner.
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EIGHT IN ONE HOUR
Who esale Incendiarism in
Portland Saturday Night.
SWEPT BY A TYPHONE
PHILIPPINE Islands Suffer Terrible
Disaster From Hurricane That
Caused Great Loss of Life.
Negro Murderer Burned at the Stake by
an Infuriated Mob of Farmers ts
Avcnge the Death of
White Boy.

PORTLAND, Noy. 28.-Eight incendf.
ary lodging-house fires within an hour
| is the record of Portland last night,
and citizens have cause for congratula-
zion that IL good portion of the city is
not this morning heap of ashes and
smoking ruins.
An industrious and evil-minded man
of middle age made desperate attempt
to lay it waste. In eight different
lodging houses located at widely separ-
ated parts of the city fires sprang up
almost at the same moment. They
were:
Occidental hotel, First and Morrison.
Lafayette house, Third and Burn
side.
Central clearinghouse, Second and
Burnside.
Burlington house, 453 Third street.
Columbia hotel, First and Clay.
American Exchange. Front and JEFF
er5 IN.
Revere house, First and Madison.
Cosmopolitan house, 81 North Third.
What malign purpose actuated the
incendiary is not revealed. That he
did not succeed in carrying it into ex-
ecution is no fault of his, for he laid
his plans with skill and consumG ate.
design, and sprung the mines he had
set with rapidity that is amazing. =
The workings of the unknown man
were identical in each house. with one
exception, and in each case he is de-,
scribed with almost exact similarity,
establishing beyond question that but
one person is at the base of the whole.
He went first to engage his rooms be-
tween 8 and P. M, and, where seen
later. disappeared from the house a
short time prior to the commencement
of the fire.. In Two or three instances
he was seen to carry into the room en-.
gagged bottle, which contained the
kerosene used to ignite the building.
At the last room engaged, judging the
order by the time he appeared there,
he left two of the bottles used, both
filled with kerosene. At one or two
places candle device, by which he
was enabled to make time fuse, was
found.
He paid for his rooms in each case,
usually demanding back room, and
selecting wherever possible place on !
the top floor and removed from other
roomers.
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Doom of the Highbinders,

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26.-The
Chroricle says that the Chinese mer-
chants OF this city have combined to
suppress the murderous highbinder
societies. These business men haye
signed compact to submit no further
to blackmail, and without their usual
income the high binders will be forced
to leave the city or go to work.
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MADISON, Wis, Nov. 26-The first
snow storm of the season came last
night in the. form of the blizzard,
which lasted+eight hours. The wind
s still blowing a gale. The storm
knocked out the telephone and trolley
companies. s.zi.:z..s
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negro, and the negro was burned to
death by an infuriated mob of white
farmers near here last Thursday.
During the fall, party of farmers
had been fishing on Cherry Grove
beach, near Little River, S. c. Mon
day, November 15, one of the farmers
boys, named Stevens, left for his home
on the Waccamaw river, with an OK
and cart. He carried a package of
money. The father of Stevens went
home, but found tha. nothing had
be N heard of his son since he had left
the beach.
1t was learned that negro, Nathan
Willis, had borrowed gun and left
the beach shortly after Stevens son
had departed for home. a posse was
organized by the sheriff, and Willis
was traced about 80 miles to Town
Creek, N. c., where he. was found
last Wednesday, having in his possess
sion Stevens OK, cart and cloth hat
full of shot holes. lie was carried by
the sheriff and posse on Thanksgiving
day back into South Carolina.
Reports come today that Willis was
taken from the sheriff on Thursday
night by mob of infuriated farmers
and carried into the woods, where he
was chained between two pine trees.
Light wood was piled around him and
be was burned to death.
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ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
administrator of the estate OF G a1iSSa McEwen
deceased. by virtue of an order of the County
in probate, made on the 9Th day of November
1897, will from and after Saturday, the 18th day
of December A. d. 1897 proceed to sell at pri-
vate sale, subject to confirmation by said court
and under and upon the terms Of sale hereinaf-
ter stated, all Of the real property belonging to
said estate and described as follows. towit:
The SW4 OF the SW! OF section 81 In town
ship South Range 13 East, Willamette Merid-
ian, containing 40 acres and situated in Wasco
County, State of Oregon.
Terms of Sale: One third OF the purchase
price cash down, one third payable in one year
and third payable il two years from date
of confirmation of sale. taking the purchasers
note therefor secured by first mortgage on
tki premises so sold and bearing interest at
eight per cent, per anhum.
Dated November 20, 1897.
W. N. WILEY.
Administrator of The estate of Clarissa Nc
Even, deceased mo
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CAUSED BY NIrKOGLYCERINE.
An Indiana Town Completely Wrecked by
an Accidental Explosion.

An Indiana Town Completely Wrecked by
an Accidental Explosion.
ANDERSONvILLE, Ind, Noy. 26.-
Chesterfield, Ind, was almost wiped
off the map at an early hour this morn
ing by an explosion of 80 quarts of
nitroglycerine in an oil field half a
mile from town. James Coils house,
300 rods distant, was torn to pieces.
The explosion tore a hole in the ground
down to the water line. A three-ton
engine was torn to fragments, and
every animal in the neighborhood was
killed instantly.
The little town of Chesterfield is in q
mass of ruins. Every house was moved
from its foundation, and windows were
shattered, doors smashed in, every
light put out and the plastering shaken
from the walls. Several people were
shaken out of bed.
At Dalesville, two miles away, and
at Yorktown, five miles distant, the
damage was almost as great. Many
people were injured, and it is miracu-
lous that many were not killed. The
shock was felt Is miles away. The
damage cannot be estimated.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

To whom all it may concern: Notice is here
by given that the Undersigned has been ap-
pointed by The Honorable the County Court of
the State of Oregon for WaSco County. admin
iStrator of t! c estate OF William II. HocE nan.
late Of Wasco County and row d ceased. All
persons having claims against said estate are
hereby required to present their claim with
proper voucher to nc at the Office of Dufur &
Menefee in Dalles City, Wasco County, Oregon.
within six months from the date of this notice.
Dated at DalleS City, Ore, Novem Der g. 1897.
JEFFERSON d. HICKMAN.
Administrator of the estate of William NJ
Hickman, deceased. n6w5
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Dreadfully Nervous.

Gents: was deadfully nervous. and
for relief took your Karl's Glover Root
Tea. 1t quieted my nerves and
strengthened my whole nervous sys-
en-. was troubled with coustipation,
kidney and bowel trouble. Your tea
soon cleansed my system so thoroughly
that l rapidly regained health and
strength. Mrs. 5. A. Sweet, Hartford,
Conn. Sold by Blakeley & Houghton,
druggists, The DaIles, Oregon.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
LAND OFFICE AT THE DALLEs. Or,
November o 1897

LAND OFFICE AT THE DAILEs. Or.
November Q, 1897.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim and
that said proof will be made before the Register
and Receiver at The Dalles, Oregon, on Decem
ber 10th, 1897. viz:
SAMUEL MONAHAN
Hd E No 5S6S for the SW4 Sec lS, Tp N R
II W M.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
OF said land, viz:
Aaron Mantsan, j P Agydious, Martin Fagan
and Perry Van Camp, all Of The Dalles, Oregon.
JAS. F. MOORE,
nl3w5A Register.
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]. M. Tbirswerd. of Gros beck, Tex.
says that when he has spell of indi-
gestion. and feels bad and sluggish, he
takes two of DeWitt's Little Early
Risers at night, and he is all right the
next morning. Many thousands of
others do the same thing. Do. you?
Spipes, Kinersly Drug Co.
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Weighed 600 Pounds.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 29.-Mrs
Theresa Cardosa, a well-known resi-
dent of this city, who died on Saturday,
was buried yesterday in the Italian
cemetery. She weighed over SOC
pcunus. and the undertakers had to
break down the stairs of her late resi.
,deuce in order to lower the body into
the hall. A special casket bound with
iron was constructed for the remains,
and as it was too large for hearse it
was taken to the cemetery in heavy
express wagon.
Mrs. Cardoza has been married
twice, and leaves five children, the
youngest being Is months, old.