davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The herald., 1897-03-23
ly enjoy a most unique position here, in
our exemption from extremes of climate.
No spot on earth comes so near enjoying
absolute exemption from excessive
drought or floods, extremes of torrid
heat or the rigors of killing frosts.
DAILY STREET FRANCHISE

The Daily street franchise was yes
terday compromised, the property own
ers and the railroad company having
come to an agreement The city council
adopted ordinances advertising the
amended franchise and granting the
apecial privilege asked for. AS has been
stated, the railroad company agreed to
lun cars every fifteen minutes instead of
half an hour, provide transfers so that
passengers can reach the city for one
Scent fare, and that the company shall
furnish full local service by stopping
at all street crossings for taking on and
putting off passengers.
But more important point than all
these was gained At present the Pasa-
dena and Pacific. Railway company
holds every entrance into the city on the
east side, and it is believed for the sole
purpose of shutting out competition
Under the law, after six months, if the
company wishes to abandon any por-
tion of the unused franchise. it must
come before the council and get this
privilege. 1t is within the I-nce of
the council to deny this request. if in its
Judgment the public good demands it,
and compel the railway company to
build the line or forfeit the whole fran
chise The property owners yesterday
asked leave to file with the council
written statement of their position.
stating that whenever a partial aban-
donment is asked. they will insist that
the railway people enter into an agree
ment to allow competing lines to use
their tracks to connect the gaps caused
by the abandonment. If this is done, 1t
will be impossible for any one company
to secure and keep a monopoly, and
thereby always have an opening for
legitimate compe .ition. The East Siders
have shown good judgment in this mat
ter, and attention to details at the proper
time always saves much future trouble
and annoyance.
The herald., 1897-03-23
THE CUBAN QUESTION
A Correspondent Ardently Espouses the
Cause of Spain

A Correspondent Ardently Espouses the
Cause of Spain
To the Editor of the Los Angeles Her
aid: To Americans of true patriotism
4, will be a matter of great satisfac-
ton to observe the attitude of the new
national administration toward the IN
ternal struggle going on in Cuba The
wise words of Mr.. Sherman, the new
secretary of state, plainly indicate that
the jingoes, whose voice, like that Of the
fiend in Paradise Lost" as always for
war, will find as little comfort in wash
ington under the Mckinley regime as
they did when Mr.. Cleveland was presi-
dent.
1 yield to no one in patriotic devotion
to my country and her flag. yet think
Mr.. Cleveland's S view and Mr.. Sherman
that we do not want Cuba, is the posi-
ton of true wisdom and patriotism.
No doubt the rights of American citi-
zens will be guarded with jealous
care, so far as the president and his
cabinet can accomplish this most de-
sirable purpose. but the grand-stand
and spread-eagle eloquence of some OF
our hot-headed senators, who are ever
ready for a war of words, however re-
luctant some Of them might be to take
the field in person, will not swerve the
self-contained and evenly poised presi-
dent, nor his calm and judicious secre-
tary of state into any ill-conceived and
hasty act which might disturb the har-
monious relations between this country
and Spain and plunge both nations into
q costly, unnecessary and disastrous
war.
If there be two sides to every petty
equabbe which may arise between two
individuals, how much more true Is this
of questions which involve the interests
of great nations! 1t is an easy matter
to generalize about protecting Ameri-
can citizens ,and 1t may be popular with
what Hamlet in his speech to Vie players
calls the groundlings, to talk as II IL were
the duty of the government to go TO war
at the drop of handkerchief; but when
a country Is in state of insurrectior
it behooves the government to keep
clearly in view the fine maxim OF Davy
Crockett BE sure you are right, and
then go ahead"
The body of our citizens is made up
of many heterogeneous elements. Some
of the individuals are worthy or the high
honor involved in the privileges con-
ferred by the rights Qf our franchise,
and in return these persons are an honor
to their country. The Iootection OF the
citizen under all skies and in all climes
is a sacred duty the government owes
its people. But there are others who
seek the aegis of our citizenship, not
for the legitimate benefits 1t confers. but
as his satanic majesty dons the livery
of heaven, to do more enectualiy their
dishonorable work.
In each case, therefore, where the pro-
lection of the United States is claimed
great care is necessary In reaching a
Just determination as to whether the
rights of citizenship inhere in the per-
son setting up such claim, and also
been violating the laws of the country
where he has been called to account
ability. We must also have regard to
the fact that in time Of actual war. when
the passions Of the people are adame
The herald., 1897-03-23
REFLEX. COM MENT

Six thousand Colorado Republicans have
petitloned President Mckinley to smasn
the civil service rules into smithereens aho
give the boys a chance. Who would have
thought that Colorado had so many
grown-up idiots running at large?-Aos
Angeles Herald.
Certainly The Herald cannot be SIN
cere in its reference to the 5000 Republic
ans as idiots. These Republicans rep
resent the Mckinley strength in Colo
RADIO and should be given stool at the
ME counter. Besides, Mckinley has
never been an avowed friend of civil
service reform, the wisdom of which
position cannot be seriously questioned
by fair-minded men. A rule which per-
mits a chief executive to appoint to life
positions an army of personal friends
and political wire.pullers is not In har-
mony with the principles of true Ameri-
canism-Fresno Expositor.
The Los Angeles Herald relates an
instance in which the police of that city
in keeping the theft of diamonds out OF
the newspapers. actually contributed to
the perpetration of several other rob-
berries. This is the usual result. There
are few instances where justice Is ad-
vanced by silence. More crime Is pre-
vented by publicity than by all the po-
lice regulations and secrecy that can be
devised The uncaught thief dreads
publicity beyond anything else. OF
course there is an element OF credit
which the officers naturally wish to re-
serve to the force, but publicity makes
every citizen vigilant.-Stockton Record.
Quoting The Herald's statistical ar
ticle compiled from the report OF the
state controller, the Santa Ana Blade
says:
Surely this showing is one that every
citizen of Orange county may feel proud
Of, and bears out the claim that Orange
county is on substantial basis. AS
county, Orange, like Longfellow's vii
lage Blacksmith" ''can look the whole
world in the face, for she owesnot any
man." AS individuals her people are
the most prosperous in the entire state
of California. The records show this,
and 1t is true. -
The herald., 1897-03-23

rywithin themselves under the laws the
element of their own vitiatton and con-
sequent defeat. The final fraud in the
whole unsavory subject was not laid
bare until the last day of the session, but
even then enough was made to appear
to admonish the governor to withhold
his approval from the wretched scalp
The herald., 1897-03-23
THE STORY OF A SCALP

the month of March, 1891, the legs-
itlgre passed the famous coyote scalp
This law provided for the payment
bounty of S. out of the general fund
ie state treasury for every coyote
df royed in any county of the state.
Tts person claiming compensation un-
lt he act was required to produce the
sca) of the vanquished coyote and to
TAX the prescribed oath which was
nee ssary to confirm the canine tragedy.
Fna CORY trophy was then to be relig-
lousy preserved by the board of super
vis3rs of the county in which the ulti-
mate disaster had descended upon the
wolf. Certification and payment fol-
lowed in their course. This act was re-
pealed in 1895
Bvt it happened that the peculiar in
dus ~ launched by the bill became so
omenally profitable that it bade fair
inkrupt the state. and the fund be-
Exhausted the certified coyote claims
me a sort of circulating currency in
of the coyote counties. An appro-
ion to pay off those claims has been
hit, with what success we will not
until Governor Budd shall have
osed of the bill now before him.
1T the debates upon this measure
developed some curious facts, and
revelations of legislative methods
h have come to light in this connec-
confirm the worst that has been
ten upon the subject
has been charged, among other
ss, that the vast wilds of Arizona
ed to the tramp of the California
er for coyote scalps, and that the
d nd regions of that territory, which
-- little else than cacti, coyotes and
r its, contributed monthly consign-
r IS of those precious scalps, by the
larry routes Of freight and express
ra sportation. This heroic course was
3g ssary in order to make the coyote
A- ness profitable from the start, for,
tliC DcSl COHN II
T d still require a year or more to
place the new breeding farms upon
paw ng basis But when this latter
me did begin to pay, tho figures of
mblyman Price show that it was
Of the most marvellous bonanzas of
ern times. In the meantime the su-
re lsors of the several counties, acting
- 8 ate officers in receiving and certify
lrf o scalps. were required to sort over
Il recious consignments from Arizona
isr perhaps from Old and New Mexico
- ELL If all the facts were known and
- 'avely certify to the destruction of
G. eater number of coyotes during this
porous period, than the normal ra-
tip increase could have supplied to the
AZ ted counties in thirty years Pay
raeli. is now demanded.
4 ere is a well established rule. long
resonized in the equitable department
ol lsgal Jurisprudence, which provide IS
nat advantages secured by fraud will
Iot be sustained by the courts. If the
rArfants now outstanding and which
are sought to be saddled upon the peo-
yie were secured through the muddy
svenues Of fraud and perjury they car,
The herald., 1897-03-23
TUESDAY. MARCH 2s. 1897.
PATRONS OF THE HERALD
AN APOLOGY =

an unfortunate accident the proper
due credit for the photograph of Miss
cisca Alexander. the 1897 queen of La
"a, was omitted in yesterdays Herald
photograph was taken by Mr.. Scholl of
city and has been copyrighted by him.
sincerest apologies for an uninten-
oversight are offered Mr.. Schoil.
The herald., 1897-03-23

The official report of the proceedings
of the fifth national irrigation congress,
which was held at Phoenix, Ariz., last
December, has been issued in pamphlet
form. The report includes carefully pre-
pared papers on the legal and scientific
aspect of irrigation, together with short
treatises on climatology and supplement
tary irrigation, and the whole is so in
teresting and instructive that every one
who is concerned in the question of ir-
rigation should possess himself of
copy of the report.
The herald., 1897-03-23

1t would have been more polite at
least for the powers to have made the
time limit little more elastic in their
note to Greece. 1t is sometimes easier
to lead a horse to water than it is to
make him drink.
The herald., 1897-03-23

That look of agony" on the face of
the gentleman from San Francisco must
have reminded John j. Ingalls, of the
expression which he wore on his own
face when the Kansas legislature turred
him down for an ex-Confederate-ex-
Democrat Populist
The herald., 1897-03-23

The city council will meet tomorrow to
adopt an ordinance providing for an
election on the refunding bills AS it is
costing the city about SIT day under
the present state of affairs, no time
should be lost.
The herald., 1897-03-23

Only eight days remain of the nine
days allowed to the discussion of the
tariff bill. But what is the sense of dis
cusslng it at all, seeing that it will pass
anyway?
The herald., 1897-03-23
THE PUBLIC PULSE

fThe Herald under this heading prints
communications, but does not assume re-
snonsibility for the sentiments expressed.
Correspondents are requested to cultivate
brevity as far as is consistent with the
proper expression Of their views.}
The herald., 1897-03-23

The final hearing of protests in the
matter of the Main street pavement was
commenced before the city council yes
terday, and continued through a long
evening session. There was considerable
more or less scientific talk, but very lit
tie actual information as to the condition
of the work was brought out. The hear
ing will be resumed this morning.
The herald., 1897-03-23

Los Angeles is enjoying the kind of
weather that poets call ethereal mild
ness, but that Is nothing new in this neck
Of the woods. In fact, it is a pretty
regular thing
The herald., 1897-03-23

Everybody takes his hat off to King
George of Greece.
The herald., 1897-03-23

They say the silence in Nevada is
painful. -4-.--1i.l- Il j l..s...is...
The herald., 1897-03-23

The city council yesterday adopted a
resolution instructing the city attorney
conduit district, providing for the re-
moval of all poles now existing within
this conduit district within one year.
and also that no additional poles shall.
be erected therein. The poles of the
Electric Railroad company are excepted
from the provisions of the ordinance.
This is an important matter, and while
it is undoubtedly a step in the right di-
rection, care should be exercised that
probable competition in electric lighting
and telephone service shall not be shut
out
The herald., 1897-03-23
TURKEY AND GREECE

Since the year 1477, Turkey and Greece
have been at swords points. That
struggle of the year named ended in the
subjugation of Greece, and for more
than four centuries Turkey has had fire.
quent wars with various countries of
Europe, pressing her campaigns even
to the gates of Vienna. During that
period there was seldom more than a
few years consecutively without war;
or a rumor of war between Turkey and
Russia.
Hungary, the Crimea, Belgrade, Buch-
Arrest and many other countries, inclui-
ing Greece Crete and Roumania, have
been the subjects of dispute, and in 1928
Greece gained her independence from
Turkey.
And now if Crete. Thrace and Mace
donia should be the price of settle
ment of European difficulties the Oar
danelles must be crossed and Asiatic
Turkey is all that is left for the sick
man. And the entire Christian world
will shout, "Glory!"
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-27
Gov1NA oHANeED HIS MIND,
Returns to Cuba as Member of the
Cabinet.

Returns to Cuba as a Member of the
Cabinet.
HAVANA, Dec. 25.-Senor Antonio Go
vina, secretary of the autonomist party,
who has for nearly year past resided
in the United States, has cabled to- the
government his acceptance OF post IN
the colonial cabinet. In March last,
Senior Govina leftHavana for the United
States. On his departure it was under
stood that he was starting only on a
short trip for his health and relaxation.
Many friends went to the wharf and
boarded the steamer to see him off.
Once on board, Senior Govina surprised
his friends by pointing to Moro castle
flag and stating that he would not re-
turn until the flag was changed. r. ~
Sup tonow," he said, ct have had
confidence and faith in the edlfice of
Spanish nationality, but now it is crum-
bling and falling down. 1 do not wish
to perish in the ruins; hence 1 am going
away"
Senior Govina's remarks created a
great deal of excitement.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-27
WAS HE INsANE7

II So, Many of His MacauIay Ideas
Were Hinged with Lurid Sanity.
''This man." said the keeper of the
asylum, sis one of our most interesting
patients"
what is his peculiarity?" asked one
of the visitors
''He thinks he is the historian Macau-
lay. What are you working at this
morning, Mr.. Walk-I mean my lord ?'' .
81 am about half through my history
of America replied the dignifed-Iool-
ing parsonage seated at the little table
''Will you show these gentlemen the
pages you have. just written?'
with pleasure"
"The manuscript he submitted with
a courteous bow read as follows:
SAT this time tha United States has
not a friend among the leading nations
of the earth. France, the old-time ally
of the republic, has been alienated by
| an effusive display of American sym
pathy in behalf of the Germans during
the Franco-Prussian war. The sensa-
tional manner in which the horrors of
Russian prisons had been described in
American pictorial magazines, and the
popular indignation awakened by the
recital, had effectually cooled the
friendly ardor of the Muscovite gov
ernment. The hostility of Germany
had been aroused by trade misunder-
standings and jealousies. An arbitra-
ton treaty with England had failed by
reason of the hostility of the United
States senate. Italy still cherished a
feeling of resentment on account of the
/ troubles and'humiliations growing out
of a massacre of Italians in New Orleans
a decade before. Canada, ON the north,
was distinctly unfriendly, and Mexico,
on the south, while outwardly amicable,
had never forgotten Cherubusco, Buena
| Vista and Reseca de la Palma. The
struggle that was beginning between
| the American union and Japan for the
possession of the Hawaiian islands had
estranged the rising power of the ori-
ent With its foreign relations in this
unsatisfactory condition, with a sea
coast almost wholly unfortified, with
internal dissension of its own, with
hardly a battle ship that would keep
afloat in astorm, and with an annual ex-
| pendiJure for pensions that would have
sufficed to maintain very large stand
/ ing army, the United States leaped Joy.
ously into war with several foreign
powers at once, as will be described in
the succeeding pages"
''Is he really insane?" asked one OF
the visitors.
''This is the ineurable ward" re
sponded the keeper briefly, and they
passed on to the next ward d-WashinR.
ton Star. ..at
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-27
Consumption Positively Cured.

Mr.. R. 3. Greeve, merchant. of Chill
howie, Va, certiffes that he had con-
sumption, was given up to die, sought
all medical treatment that money could
procure, tried all cough remedies he
could hear of, but got no relief; spent
nights sitting up in a chair; was in
duced to try DIR. Kings New Discovery,
and was cured by two bottles. For past
three years has been attending to busi-
ness and says DR.. Kings New Discovery
is the grandest remedy ever made, as it
has done so much for him and also for
others in his community. DIR. Kings
New Discovery is guaranteed for Coughs,
Colds and consumption. It don't fail.
Trial bottles free at Blake;ey & Hough-
toms drug store.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-27
Katihed by Gomez.

NEW YoRK, Dec. 25.-A dispatch from
Maxine Gomez from his headq uarters
in Las Delicias, Cuba, gives the follow
ing authorized statement from the in
eurgent commander.in in chief:
"All have to say regarding this great
and heroic war in Cuba Is a complete
ratification of our manifesto issued at
Monte Cristo. You may make it known
to the American people that it is the
firm resolution of the army and people
OF Cuba, who have shed so much blood
IN order to conquer their independence
not to falter in their determination un-
til triumph crowns their efforts.
NJ GOMEZ -
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-27
How to Look Good.

Good looks are really more than skin
deep, depending entirely on a healthy
condition of all the vital organs. If the
Liver De inactive, you have bilious look
if your kidneys be effected, you have q
pinched look. Secure good health and
you will surely have good looks. "Elec.
trio Bitters" is a good Alternative and
Tonic. Acts directly on the stomach
liver and kidneys. Purifes the blood,
cures pimples, blotches and boils, and
gives good complexion. Every bottle
guaranteed. Sold at Blakeley & Hough-
toms drug store. SO cents per bottle. 3
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-27

It stands fret among weekly papers
in size, frequency of publication
freshness, variety and reliability of COZ
tents. It is practically daily at the low
price weekly; and its vast list OF
subscribers, extending to every state and
territory of the Union and foreign counr
tries, will vouch for the accuracy and
fairness of its news columns.
1t is splendidly illustrated, and among
its special features are a fine humor
page, exhaustive market reports, all the
latest fashions for women and a lon
series of stories by the greatest living
American and English authors,
Conan DOYLE jerome K. jerome,
Stanley Weymans Mary E.. wilkins
Anthony Hope, Bret Harte,
Brander Matthews, Etc.
We offer this unequaled newspaper and
The Dalles Twice-a- Week Chronicle to-
gether one year for $500. The regular
price of the two papers is $500.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-27
THE
new YORK WORLD |
THRIcE-H-REEK EDITION.
THE

Is Pages Week. nss Papers Year
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-27
Notice of Final Account.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
administrative of the estate of Y. Gray, de-
ceased, has filed her final account in the County
Court of the State of Oregon, for Wasco County
and the judge thereof has appointed Monday,
the 18th day of January, 1898, at the hour of
o'clock. p. m. as the time for hearing objections
to said final account and the settlement thereof
All heirs, creditors and other persons interested
in said estate are hereby notified to appear on
or before the day set for said hearing and set
Element and file their objections, If any they
have, to said final account, or to any particular
item thereof, specifying their objections thereto
Dalles City, Oregon, Dec. 16, 1897.
dc1Sii NJ. B. GRAY, Administrative.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-27
sherif's Sale.

Notice is hereby given that under and by vir-
tue OF an execution and order of sale, issued
out of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon,
for Wasco County, on the 18th day of December,
1897, upon decree and Judgment rendered
therein on the first day of December, 1897, in
suit then and heretofore pending, wherein
Northern Counties Investment Trust, Limited, a
Corporation, was plaintiff, and Mary J. Smith
James NJ. Smith, Jr., Elum A. Smith and Glenn
Smith. were defendants, did on the 14th day Of
December, 1897, duly levy upon: and viii, on
Wednesday. the 18th day of January, 1898, at the
hoursof one O'Clock in the afternoon of said day,
at the front door of the county court house in
Dalles City, Wasco County, Oregon, sell at pub
lie auction, to the high est bidder for cash in
hand, the following described real estate, to %
wit: Lots and in block 8, Laughlin's Addi-
ton to The Dalles City, and Lot in Block 2, in
Trevitt's Addition to The tDalles City, all in
Wasco County, Oregon, together with all and
singular the tenements, hereditaments, and ap-
performances thereunto belonging or in any wise
appertaining, or so much thereof as shall be
necessary to satisfy and pay the said several
sums due to plaintiff mentioned in said writ to-
wit: s., 2,935.06, and interest thereon from the
first day of December, 1897, at the rate of eight
per cent per annum; the further sum OF $3.50. 90
as reasonable attorneys fee, and the costs and
disbursements of said suit taxed and allowed
at $500, together with accruing costs and ex-
penses of such sale.
Dated at Dalles City, Oregon, this 18th day of
December, 1897.
T. J. DRIVER,
Sheriff of Wasco County, Oregon.