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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-02

For the benefit of those who may de-
sire to leave the city or to become dan
gerously ill, we would remark that to-
morrow will be collection daY.~---------
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-02

w. II. Hendricks. of Fossil; Walter
Sinclair, of Coquille City, and J. Doher.
ty, OF The Dalles, were commissioned
notaries public yesterday at the state
department
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-02

Hear Chaplain Lozier tonight at the
M. E. church.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-12

Sir Henry Irving made some particularly
amable remarks about newspapers AT 'He re-
cent anniversary dinner Of the Newspaper iTeSs
Fund In London: "In a newspaper. ne Sdlh al
a glance you are in touch with the elemental
forces Of nature. war. pesilence and famine
YOU are transported by this printed sheet' as II
II were the fairy carpet of the Arablah, from
capital to capital. from the eXultaton OF the one
people to the bitter resentment ant chdEiIh ~
another.
you behold on every scale every luaIlty ol
humanity everything that pigues the sense Oh
mystery. everything that inspires pity. dread or
anger 1t is a vast and eyer-chai Sns paho-
rama OF the raw material of art ana literature
Well there are some complaints gentlemen, tnat
the raw material is more generally interesting
than the artistic product. The newspaper IS a
dangerous competitor Of books. and those Oh US
who write plays and produce them may wish
that the circulation Of a great cally journal
would repeat itself at the box office But IL Is no
use protesting against rivalry, If II be- the rlValry
Of life and the gentlemen Of the press VINO are
engaged in stage mana sing drama WHICH,
after all is the real article. must always com
mand more spectators than the humble aT'ls'S
who seek truth in the garb Of Illusion
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-12

From Notes and Queries.
Historical students. when called upon 20 criti-
else relations ~ events. especially tho-. that
in themselves unlikely that are recorded
20 have happened ia the lives Of persons whose
careers are separated by 4 long period Of time.
when the said events nave very striking
similarity between them. are wont - regard the
first narrative as the prototype. and the latter
as ease Of transferrence Sometimes this may
be- ihc correct view 10 take. but IL IS commonly
a dangerous proceeding 10 insist uTOn. An cX-
ample has occurred To me- recently which Illus
tr1tes this.
At East Buttorwick. a village on the banks If
the Trent. som" eight miles northwest Of this
place there lived IN the middle of the century
shopke"per named Marshall He was a gen
erai dealer. Supplying Il arly all the wants OF
his ncighbors. Above this mans shop ana al
joining outhouses was 4 long chamber open To-
the roof. in which he kept such stores h. had
not room for IN his somewhat small shop. Among
other things this room contained a manglc.
which was at the service Of such of the women
OF the town" as made him small payment.
ON" winter evening several women were en-
gagged in managing. when one Of them knocked
down their solitary candl stick and being prob
ably Of carthcnwarc. it was broken. Work FOR
the night was nearly over. If did not SEE IN worth
while to fetch another one Of the women
took the still burning candc-happily il vas not
Il very short Onc-and stuck IT into some black
dus;y-lOOking stun which she had noticed In A
these good danes had occasion To descend into
the shop. and encountering Marshall there. nat
having suffered. We may conceive what was
the shopkeepcr's horror when h. heard what
was the substitute that had been found. for he
knew at once that the candle was standing in
q cask Of gurpOWder He rushed upstairs and
was just in time. He made "A cup with his two
hands. as hc said. so that no sparks could get
10 the powder" and drew the candle calmly out
without utterng 4 sound. His words aftrrWar1
when all danger over were. have been
told. Of 4 kind not uncDmmonly heard on board
Of kcels and coal harges on our rivers. but such
are discouraged elsewhere.
Marshall told mo Of this very soon after II
occurred, the date am unable To Xix, but am
sure that II was before the year lsjI. In the
year 1861 THE Dispositions from the Castle Of
York o.. in The Seventeenth Century" were pub
lished by the Surtccs Society. In Il mote in this
work by its editor. the late Canon Kaine, the
following passage occurs The paralle ism be-
tween the two narratives as To- the way the can
de was removed from danger Is very striking:
Newcastle had very narrow escape about
1854. An apprentice. going up with a candle
into a loft which contained many barrels Of
gunpOwder and much combustible material.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-12
INFANTRY AT THE FORTS.
NOT TO ACT AS ARTILLERYM MEN. boi
AS RESERVES.
..,>>rnnrn COMPLAINTS BY TIE TWENTY SEC
OND AND FORTY SEVENTH iE'lhNNiS
At THEIR ORDERS
AT THEIR ORDERS

mi. ;o,o,, Il some of tho state troops
% ,utv =, Forts Hamilton and Wadsworth ana
o,,er fortified points on the seacoaSt mas ''"'''
, ejaculation as 10 what the duties 81 THESE
troo,s vii, he When the news came to camp
p,ac, MANY men In the ODD and 4Ith regiments
vrrosso5 thoir displeasure-sOmc because 'HeS
. ., Ia or,onc the stay -at-home3, anu
others because they believed that the res'''''','
a,,,, - oor,.orted int, heavy artillery organi-
cations. - ,,
,ooor1iry ~ the testimony Of an old Army
oc,co- both were wrong The places tn when
,tos. ,oei,,an,s will be assigned are As I'M
,or,ant az any at the front No service sa'u
,,e officer ..is more honorable or important IMAM
,h,t which has been laid out for these i'''h'
1,r,rtrv is almost as necessary at the ior'''''-
tiors IN time Of war as artillery. ana some "
tho men who go 10 the forts may uhder 'i ''''''
circumstances be called upon to do much ser
vice"
The members Of the United states Artillery Al
the various forts will remain there TO ha'"'
the guns but in time Of war these forces '''uS'
have the assistance OF infantry troops, ana '"'S
assistance will be furnished by the men WI"
have been assigned TO fertilization duty. IL ~
expected II the men who handle IN" h'iV
Gees to direct their operations against Sh'lS'
while the infantry is held in reserve To repel
landing parties and defend the forts from lana
attacks.
The Board Of Strategic Artilleris's has made
an estimate that a reserve of about twenty thou
sand men will bc required for the various artil-
lery stations on the scacoast II the uhi'h
states. and the men OF The LIST. I'D ana l'th
regiments will be considered a part II That
force.
In the forts where barracks exist the infantry
will Zoe quartered there and where there are
no barracks temporary quarters viii be erected
for them.
The daily routine NJ the infantry regiments
will be the same as IL has been They viii divid"
the honors Of guard duty with the artillcrym"n.
they viii have their drills and parades and VIII
continue To be- infantry organizations. but n"
body larger than "A battalion will be- sent 10 any
one place II the commanding officer should see
III to make them auxiliary 20 the artillery they
would b. drilled in handing heavy ordnance.
This may be- done. but tn ch InceS are that the
men who compose the infantry regiments AT tn"
fOrtiloations Will remain infantrymcn and VIII
have little To- do with the manipulation u III"
heavy guns for the protection II which they
have been detained
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-12
ODE FROM HAFI/.
RENDERED BY WALTER LEAF

RENDERED BY WALTER LEAF
Minstrel awake the sound Of glee joyous and
eager. fresh and free;
Fill me a bumper bounteously. joyous and
eager fresh and free.
Oh for a bower and one beside delicate. dainty.
there to hide;
Kisses at viii to seize and be joyous and eager.
fresh and free.
Sweet is my dear. thief Of hearts; bravery.
beauty. sauCy arts.
,Odcrs and ungucnts. all for me. joyous and
eager. fresh and free.
How shall the fruit Of life be thine, II thou re-
fuse the fruitful vine?
Drink OF the vine and pledge with me, joyous
and eager. fresh and free
Call me my Saki silver-limbed bring me my
goblet silver trimmed,
Fan would fill and drink To thee. Joyous and
eager. fresh and free
Wind of the West. il e'er thou roam. pass the
way my fairy's home.
Whisper Of Hahz am'rousy5 joyous and eager,
fresh and free
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-12
PAGODAS As SIN OFFERINGS.
From Travel

From Travel
lust brewers and other evil men in Eng
land cOnciliatc heaven by erecting churches
80 the bold. bad. bloody handed lIurman makes
II all right for the next existence by erecting
pagodas. In proportion To the height Of the
paeoda his heap of sin disappears. And as the
thurman. like the rest Of Us. looks after his own
wants rather than those Of his ancestors he
builds a pagoda all Ia himself and allows his
grandfathcr'S 10 topplc over. An uncle Of the de
posed King must hav" been round -shouldcreI
with the weight Of his wrongdOings. Anyway
at the foot OF Mandaay Hill-a nice. breezy emf
N nee. admirable To give you an appetite and
pain in the back-he built ~ pagodas
though the guides count wrong. and say there
are only $50. But perhaps they mention the
smaller number out of regard for their mon
arch's uncle not wishing to expose the real
magnitude Of his sinfuiness. The paeodas are
all white and set out in rows. and under each
were what we pronounced to be tombstoncs
We were wrong for the inscriptions were not
To the dear DEPARTED but constituted a complete
copy OF the law In the Pail tongue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-12
YELLOW ATTRACTIVE TO INSECTS.
From The Chautauquan.

From The ChautauQuan
II We watch the beautiful golden marsh mar
gold shall find IL rarely receives VISIT liVm ,
the humble bee. 1t is said that those prsH'
golden bodied flies OF Tn" family Syrphldp d..
the chief disscminatOrs of its pollen ho"e,.
this may be. one thing is perfectly pl'hh' ~, Wv
marsh marigold is striking ana snowy !e'D"
flower. which cannot escape the notice u ,,r
multitude Of spring insects. it IS consequcmm ",
visited 10y bees. flies. butterflies ana o'v .'ars
Yellow Is most common color among "o"e,ss
and one which is peculiarly conspicuous as s
ilashy In sunlight, when It Is ylrnlshri WV. I'm
gloss like that which We On the Dul'ei'"
and the marsh mlrsOd-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-12

tboughtlessly stuck the candle into BARRE, OF
which the head had been knocked Oh. " % God
rnr , candlestick He saw the danger ana h ~
ior horar ran into the loft and. Joining both MS
hands together. drew the candle sot,ly up Nv,
tween his middlemost fingers. 50 ,na' ,,,o d tho
snuff had dropped. 1t must nave '"'e"
hollow OF the mans hand
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-12

A Dictionary Of Proper Names ana Notaple
Matters in the Works of Dante has been pre-
pared by Mr. Paget Toynbee, and IS 70 De pun pun
Ished by the Clarendon Press. Inc coInp 'i..
the Conlmedia the Canzonere, the vita Nuo'a
and the Convito.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-12

It has been thought that nobody nowaaays
had faith in Beckfords boastful assertion lha'
Re wrote 'Vathek at twenty-five III 80 S
sittinr Of three days and two nights. during
which time he never took of his clothes So
that The rcvere application made nm very III,
His own letters would have appeared 10 con
tradct this claim with suihcieht eneiE3'
ucrlev However. seems to credit this bit of ar
fectation without difficulty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-12

also on catalogue cards for use m pubic II,
braries with the great number or hlstoricaI
works many of doubtful value. no" iSSu'n nv
from The press. expert information cannot put DE
of service to students and general readers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-12

The first Government school In the Interior %
Alaska is entertainingly described by the tcacher
thereof in the current Century. The place had
Its drawbacks
During the short winter days il would often De
noon before all the children put in an appear
ance When arrived. at . o'clock. 1t would
either be dark or brilliant moonlight smoke
might be seen lazily rising from four or I'VE
cabins out Of the four or five hundred would
light one lamp and wait by 10 o'clock few
children would s.Taggle sleepy in. just as day
began 70 dawn. BY IL o'clock. shortly after
sunrise the majority Of the children were AT
school some coming without their breakfast. 10y
half-past twelve all who were coming that day
would have appeared. 1t was hard to get up
before daylight on those cold. dark mornings. l
often used To wish that was one of the niue
girls so that ! too might sleep until daylight.
No one i'm camp pretended TO get up early IN
loss Their. was sOfnc special work on hand when
must h, done As | going home To my
lunch at moor. fricrd would sometimes call out
T. me. Good morning. Come in and have some
breakfast. We have fine fnOOSe-Sl~dk ara not
cakes on Saturdays and Sundays HVed ana
slept rs did other people. Even when one ana
not sit up later a. night than 10 or 100 II re-
quircd an effort to rise before daylight There
is something in the air and in the manner 81
life which makes one sleepy. as the days Icng'h-
ened the children came earlier to school
at was necessary TO light the lamps AT ~.
which was trying To the eyes. as We could not
get enough lamps to light the large room. The
children would crowd aDOut the lamps sittnS
on the floor. platform and seats
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-12

Mr. winston Churchill. the author of That
slight but amusing novel. The Celebrity. has
written another book which h. calls Richard
Carvel" It is a novel OF the Colonial period in
this country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-12

Wha, promises to be- under the title ot Meul-
cal Works of the Fourteenth Century par
ticularlv quaint volume is in course OF prepara-
ton by Professor George Hensow. the bo'ans,.
This book will contain transcripts from loui
manuscripts contemporary with the works on
NViclif and Chaucer. three of which are IN lne
British Museum the other being in ms own pos
session These give illustrations ot the cluic
and quaint conceptions Of the value OF pants
rs drugs prevailing in the Middle Ages. ana the
recipes are remarkable for the general absence
of any mention of the nauseouS substances
recommended by some apothecaries OF later CEN
turies Professor Skeat has provided an intro
duction and notes to the volume.
Evening journal., 1898-01-11
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Mrs. Balllngton Booth has recovered
hor health.
The mother of the emperor Of Korea
has died at Seoul.
Hadley A. Sutherland the negro muir
derer, was executed at Sing Sing
Count Delianeff, Russian minister Of
public instruction, died at st. Peters
burg.
The Seminole Indians threaten to rise
because of the burning of two Indians
at the stake by whites.
A judge IN Wisconsin has decided that
a child cannot be adopted without the
consent of both parents.
A deputy sheriff at Knox, Ind. frus-
trated forcible attempt to free con-
victed murderer from jail.
The Field Columbian museum Of Chi
cogo will have the only authentic casts
of the Pueblo people in existence.
Both the crematories and the ceme-
teries have refused to receive the body
of Theodore Durrant, the California
murderer.
Some apprehension is felt as TO the
safety Of Captain Ray, who was sent
by the war department to the YUKON
last summer.
Evening journal., 1898-01-11

uoated in the New York free academy,
now the College of the City of New
York. and received two degrees. He
rounded this out by courses in Heidel-
berg and other great European univer-
stiles. At the age of 16 years he was
a lieutenant in the United States army.
In 1871 he was charged by the munich
pal authorities In Chicago with a mis-
sion in connection with the reconstruc-
tion of the city after the fire. He aft
erward held posts Of responsibility and
honor In San Francisco and New York.
Meanwhile his fame as an electrician
had spread, and he did much to extend
the study OF this branch Of science be-
Sides establishing, as his brief claims,
the forerunner of one OF the largest Of
the great electrical corporations now in
existence in this country. He married
an American woman, and when his
children were born in Paris he caused
them to be registered as American cit
liens at the consulate.
Jan. TO-, 1898, his troubles began. He
was stopping at Bournemouth, Eng
land, with his wife, In bad health, when
he was arrested under extradition pro-
ceedings on warrant from the French
government charging him with fraud
and embozzlement growing out of the
Panama scandal Under the law
prisoner wanted for extradition must
appear at the Bow street police court.
Herr was confined to his bed and so
unable to appear The case was kept
open, and he was continued under ar
rest in his bed four years, during
1S93-4-5-6.
Then the British parliament came to
his relief and passed a special act that
permitted the magistrate to attend
Herz's bedside and take his testimony.
This was done, and the magistrate
promptly declared that the charges
were utterly invalid and scarcely de-
serving of notice. That was on May 2,
1896, and Herr was released from ar
rest. Meanwhile the French govern
ment had instituted numerous proceed
ings against him in France and con-
fiscated all of the property Of himself
and Of his wife.
DR.. Herr alleges that this was perse-
cution, pure and simple and that the
French government knew that the
charges against him were baseless be-
fore his trial. Therefore claiming to
have been injured in name and health
and in other ways. he demands that the
state department shall prefer a claim
against the French government IN full
Although he names no special sum, the
brief shows that he demanded the suns
of S.. 600 900 IN a letter he sent TO the
president OF the French republic, but
which was never answered The state
department has taken the case under
| ndvisemcnt
Evening journal., 1898-01-11
CRIES PERSECUTION.
American Citizen Dem ands
Damages From France.
ASKS FOR FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.
Story OF DIR. Cornelius Herr, Who, an In
valid, Was Detained In Bed Under
Arrest -Four Years and His
Property Confiscated.
Property Conascated.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 11.-Messrs. Dit
tenhoefer, Lauterbach and Limburger,
counsel for DR.. Cornelius Herr, have
appeared before Solicitor Penfeld at
the state department and presented a
claim for indemnity in the sum OF So
100000 against the French government
for an alleged attempt to persecute
Or. Herr. The case is remarkable
IN many ways and It is said at the de-
partment is without a precedent.
The facts in brief are that DR.. Herr,
whose name stands very high in scien-
tific circles as an electrician and phys
icist, although born in France OF French
parents, is an American citizen. When
be was about years of age, his parents
came to New York and acquired Amer
lean citizenship. Young Herr was ed
Evening journal., 1898-01-11
OF Interest to Mining Companies.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE New York
Mining Exchange authorities have de-
cided to prohibit trading in the securi-
ties Of mining companies that do not
file monthly statements and whose
stock is not properly registered through
a transfer agency. The decision came
from a discovery that Cripple Greek
company has an overissue of more than
10000 shares by a former secretary and
treasurer who is a fugitive. The over
issue was sold for about $500. The over
issue, since the discovery, has been TAX
EN- up by the company.
Evening journal., 1898-01-11
ENoLAND's CHINESE POLICY.
Hon. Mr.. Baifour Says 1t IL For tina
Beneat Of tho World at Large.

LONDON, Jan. 1i.-Right Hon. Ar
thur j Balfour, first lord OF the treas
ury and government leader in the house
OF commons. addressed his constituents
at Manchester last evening. 1t was ex-
pected that he would make an impor-
tant announcement Of the governments
policy in China. but he confined him.
self TO generalities.
Mr.. Balfour said the concert Of Eu-
rope had not added TO It's reputation by
it's recent treatment Of Crete. He de-
clared that Il would be better TO have
a third rate governor OF the island than
none at all and that IL was strange the
concert could not find one either in Eu-
rope or America. He eulogized the
bravery displayed by the British troops
in the Indian campaign. a campaign
more difficult than the Afghan war OF
1879"
Turning TO China, Mr.. Balfour said
British interests there were commercial
and not territorial. Except as "A base
for possible warli6e operations, the ter
ritory would be a disadvantage because
IL would involve responsibility and ex-
pense IN money and men He dilated
upon the fact that the extent OF our
trade In China gives us a special claim
70 prevent her pursuing a policy that
would discourage trade" and added;
but the deepest traditions OF our poll
icy preclude us from using any trading
privilege as a weapon TO exclude our
rivals If we ask freedom OF trade. IL is
not for England alone. but for the
whole world"
There was no objection. said Mr.. Ball
four. in conclusion, 20 Russia having an
ice free port provided England was not
excluded, but the government would do
its utmost to prevent China yielding to
foreign pressure to make regulations
adverse to Great Britain or ANY im-
probable, but possible. attempt 10 dot
the coast OF China with foreign sta
tions by protectionlst countries who
would raise customs or other barriers
to our trade"
The burden OF the whole declaration
was that hlngland's policy In China is
for the benefit OF the world at large.
Evening journal., 1898-01-11
what tho Agreement Invoives.

LONDON. Jan. 11.-According to a
special dispatch fom Shanghai, it is said
there that the agreement between Eng
land. Japan and Russia with respect TO
Korea involves a restoration Of the stat
us quo ante and the reinstatement OF
Mr.. McLeavy Brown as chief commits
sioner Of customs. with a Russian COM
missioner at Gensan, the port of Brough-
ton bay, on the east coast. and a Japa-
nese commissioner at Fusan. in the ex-
treme southeast
Evening journal., 1898-01-11
Weather Probabilities.
Fair and colder: northwesterly winds.
New York Markets.

FLOUR-State and western quiet. but
fairly steady; city mills patents. $3.50
$50: winter patents, S4.S0@515; city
mills clears. S5.S5Q5.45; winter straights.
S4.50Q460.
WHEAT-No. . red opened weak un-
der bearish foreign news. but rallied
later on bad home crop news; February.
97c; March. 95 l5-16Q96c.
RYE-Quiet: No. , western, 55c., +. o.
b., afloat, New York.
CORN-No. quiet and steady on
light offerings; May. 34@34 3-16c.
OATS-No. . dun; track, white, state
2g633c.; track, white. western 29G33c.
PORK-Quiet: mess SS.756925; fam-
ily. SiOa1O.50.
LARD-Dull; prime western steam
S5.05. nominal.
BUTTER-Dull; state dairy, 10000;
state creamery. 1S919c.
CHEESE - Quiet; large white. Sep.
tember, SiaQSAc; small, white. septem
ber 9il69ikc
EGGS-Easy; state and Pennsylvania
20G2Sc; western, 1902lc.
SUGAR-Raw quiet and steady: fat
refining, S%c; centrifugal. 90 test
4 S-16c; refined, firm; crushed. 57sc
powdered, 5 7-16c.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY; New orleans
26QSlc.
RIcE-Quiet; domestic. 4lka6Ac; ia
pan, 4BG5hc.
TALLow-Easy; city. s%c; country
shQ3%c.