VOL. XI
THE DALLES, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1899.
MO 258
KNOCKED OFF TWO
YEARS' EXTENSION
Mciary Committee Wants to Amend
District Attorney Bill.
A MISTAKE
THEY CLAIM
It Was Not Intended to Extend the Term
of Service Until the Year 1902
By a Clerical Error They Say the
Figures 1903 Were Put Down
Where 1900 Were Intended.
Sai,e.m, Feb. 3. It is evident today
that the promoters of the bill to increase
the salaries of district attorneys have
become slightly alarmed at the resnlt of
their own boldness. Such a storm of
protests have gone up over the clause
of the measure providing for keeping
' the district attorneys now eerylng in
office till 1902, that it has apparently
been decided to eliminate that feature
from it.
Today the house judiciary committee
asked leave to amend the bill by sub
stituting 1900 for 1902, claiming the fig
ares were placed in the bill as the result
of clerical error.
The house devoted its forenoon session
today to the third reading of bills.
Bill were introduced as follows : By
Donnelly, to fix the per diem compensa
tion of the commissioners of Harney
county at $5 per day for the time em
ployed; by Whitney to exempt thirty
days' earnings of judgment debtors from
execution, providing earnings are needed
for support of families ; by Butt, to
amend the charter of New berg.
The committee on fisheries and game
reported back the March bill, so as to
extend protection to prairie chicken and
grouse, and reduced the perquisites of
the game and forestry warden.
The committee on salaries of state and
county officers reported a snbstitue for
. the Nichols bill to place the clerk of the
supreme court nnder a salary of $3,000,
by making provision for two deputies
at $75 and $50 per month and increasing
file fees.
A communication was received from
the governor relative to public lands,
like that received by the senate, and re
ferred to the committee on public lands.
In the Senate.
Senators Smith and Dufur this morn
ing presented explanations of their posi
tion with reference to the reapportion
ment act, which was approved ' by the
governor while they were speaking.
Both opposed the double distinction fea
ture of the Iw.
A message was received from the gov
ernor, aayinit that nearly 150,000 acres
of indemnity school land had been se
lected by the state land agent, and that
the demand for it has been so great that
only 14,000 acres now remained, the
price of which the governor recommend
ed should be raised. The , message
was referred to the jddiciary
committee, with instructions to present
a bill in accordance-with the governor's
recommendation. The house resolution
for investigation of the state university
without cost to the state, was . adopted.
.Spanish Residents for Annexation.
, New Yoek, Feb. 3. A dispatch to the
World from Havana says : ' A number of
Spaniards in Havana have issued a
strong appeal' to their compatriots
throughout the island to nnite for the
purpose of bringing about the annexa
tion of Cuba to the United States. The
appeal repudiates any desire on the part
of the Spaniards to join the proposed
new independent party now in progress
of organization by Joaquin Castillo.
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It states that 600,000 Spaniards are
ready to vote for annexation, and this
number would be largely augmented by
Cubans of wealth, position and influence
who do not wish to see the revolutionary
party in the ascendency.
Members of the. committee believe
that if a vote were to be taken today on
the broad issue, the resnlt would be
decidedly in favor of nnion with America
even if the negro element in Eastern
Cuba was allowed - to exercise a free
franchise.
Steps will be taken by the Spaniards
to put their views before the American
administration, as they believe if an
independent government is contemplat
ed in the near future, the trade of the
island will be brought to an immediate
standstill. In any case they think the
United States should retain control for
a considerable period.
American capitalists here interested
in the island concur in this view.
' Bis Life Was Saved. -
Mr. J. E. Lilly, a prominent citizen
of Hannibal, Mo., lately had a wonder
ful deliverance from a frightlnl death.
In telling of it he says : "I was taken
with typhoid fever, that ran into pneu
monia. My lungs became hardened. I
was so weak I couldn't even sit up in
bed. Nothing helped me. I expected
to soon die of consumption, when I
heard of Dr. King's .New Discovery.
One bottle gave great relief. I con
tinued to use it, and now am well and
strong. I can't say too much in its
praise." This marvellous medicine is
the surest and quickest cure in the world
for all throat and lung trouble. Regular
sire 50 cents and $1.00. Trial bottle
tree at Blakeley A Houghton's drug
etore ; every bottle guaranteed. 2
Oregon Weather is Mild.
Dknver, Feb 3. lb has been many
years since the Colorado railways have
bad to contend with such conditions as
those now prevailing in the mountain
regions. The loss to the railways in
this state taking into consideration the
business which is not moving and the
ontlay of cash to pay the armies of snow
hovelers, is estimated at $25,000 a day.
Not less than 1000 men, who have been
shoveling snow several days over 500
miles of road in the mountains have
been shut off from commmficationn for
several days.
On the mountains thousands of cattle
are freezing and starving to death, and
nothing can be done to save them. The
weather bureau predicts continued cold
weather and another snow today.
Elegant new Pullman palace sleepers
between Portland and Chicago have just
been placed in service via the O. R. &
"N., Oregon Short Line, Union. Pacific
and Chicago & Northwestern railways
daily every day in the year. Cars are of
the very latest pattern, in fart being the
most improved up-to-date sleeping cars
turned out by the Pullman Company.
These new palaces will leave Portland on
the evening fast train of the O. R. & N.
arriving at Chicago the morning of the
ourth day and running through with
out change via Granger and Omaha. 19tf
Cold Weather at Dawson.
Victoria, B. C, Feb. 2 The steamer
Dirigo arrived here from Skagway today
with late arrivals from Dawson City.
They say the temperature stood at 58 de
grees below zero when they left the
Klondike capitol.
Bismarck's -Iron Nerve
Was the resnlt of bis splendid health.
Indomitable will and tremendous energy
are not found where 'stomach, liver,
kindeys and bowels are out of order. If
you want these qualities and-the succees
they bring, use Dr. King's New Life
Pills. , They develop every power of
brain and body. Only 25c at Blakeley
&. Houghton's drat? score. ' 2
One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
That is what it was adc for.
May Get a Slice of Alaska.
Chicago, Feb. 3. A special from
Washington to the Tribune says: If
the report of their subcommittee is
adopted, as seems possible if not prob
able, a slice of Alaska territory, embrac
ing the entrance to the Klondike, may
be ceded GreatBritain in the treaty to be
adopted by the Anglo-American com
mission. The subcommittee's report, it is said,
comes dangerously near .to putting
Skagway and Dyea under Spanish con
trol, leaving to the Americans, however,
the control of the headwaters of the
Lynn canal, by which both of these
supply towns are reached.
The full commission has notacted yet,
but from the fact that the subcom
mittee has agreed, it seems to be under
stood that the forthcoming treaty, while
adopting the American theory of the
boundary line, will limit the location of
the interior coast in such a way. as
to be favorable to the Canadians and
bring their boundary line from the
Northwest of the White and Chilkoot
passes down to the mouth of the river.
The summit of the White pass is only
18 miles from Skagway as it is, and if
the Canadian contention is adopted, the
Dominion custom-house will be but a
short distance up the river, and the
American traders will have but little
more than the privilege of disembarking
goods from, steamers on lighters.
Should the commission adopt the re
port of the subcommittee and incorpor
ate it in the treaty, there will be a pro
test, not only from the miners them
selves, but from the outfitting firms of
Portland, Seattle and Tacoma.
Deafness Cannot be Cared
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cnre deafness
and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus
tachian Tube. When this tube is in
flamed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect, hearing, and when it Is en
tirely closed, Deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out of ten are caused
by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
flamed condition of the mucous sur
faces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars ; free.
F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, O.
tffir"Sold by Druggists, 75c. 6-10
Tamped Giant Powder.
Stakbuck, Waah., Feb. 2. By an ex
plosion about 11 o'clock this morning in
a cut about 2000 feet from the switch at
Grange City, on the line of Wallula ex
tension, one man was killed and another
seriously injured. The men were work
ing on a subcontract under Mason &
McBride, and were making the second
springing in a 12-foot hole when it is
supposed, in tamping, they exploded
the 15 sticks of giant powder used for a
bla?t. Harry Johnson, foreman, was
instantly . killed, his .head being com
pletely severed from bis body and Frank
Olson, a laborer, was seriously injured.
Railroad Physician Huntington was
called and attended Olson. Olson's face
is mutilated from the mouth upward,
and he will lose his eyesight. Dr.. Hunt
ington took Olson to the Walla Walla
hospital today, and thinks he will re
cover, as be has no internal injuries.
Johnson was ' about 35 years old. He
has a brother in San Francieeo.
To the Public. .
- We are authorized to guarantee every
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
and if not . satisfactory to refund the
money to the. purchaser. There is no
better medicine made for La Grippe,
colds or whooping cough. . Price 25 and
50 cents per bottle. Try it. Blakeley &
Houghton, druggists.' ; . - '
TO EXAMINE
MILES' CHARGES
Court of Inquiry fill Bs Orteei By
tie Presiient
CABINET CONSIDERS
IT ADVISABLE
True Inwardness of the Army Beef
Controversy, It Is Thought, Can
Be Reached in This Way, and the
Culpability Definitely Fixed.
Washington, Feb. S. The indications
are that a court of inquiry - will be or
derea to investigate and report upon the
truth or falsity of the statements alleged
to have been made by General Milee, in
which the quality of beei furnished the
troops during the late war was brought
into question.
The matter . was discussed at some
length at today's cabinet meeting, and
although there was no definite decision
reached, the consensus of opinion was
that such proceeding should be had. It
was argued that if packers who had fur
nished beef to the army had fraudulent
ly supplied the article as charged by
Miles, the country bad a right to know
that fact. It was also agreed that Miles
should not be suspended from office
cammanding the army pending such in
vestigation. It is not believed any action will be
taken, however, until the war investi
gation committee has made its report,
which is expected next Monday. No
one ontside of the commission is sup
posed to know what the nature of the
report will be. The method which is to
be adopted, namely, a court of inquiry
to pass npon Miles' conduct, is taken to
indicate a knowledge on the part of the
administration of what the report will
have to say bearing upon Gen. Miles'
charges.
The common impression- is that the
court of inquiry can be ordered only up
on demand of the officer whose conduct
is to be made the subject of investiga
tion. While this is usually the case,
tnere is, however, a reserve power fn the
president to order such a court, regard
less of the wishes of . the officer con
cerned. The authority is contained in
article No. 115 of the articles of war,
which have all the force of statutes.
Miles, on being informed of the cur
rently reported court of inquiry in store
for him, said that after thorough con
sideration he had decided to say nothing
on the subject.
Mr. S. A. Fackler, editor of the
Micanopy (Fla.), Hustler, with his wife
and children, suffered terribly from La
Grippe. One Minute Cough Cure was
the only remedy that helped them. . It
acted quickly. Thousands of others use
this remedy as a specific for La Grippe,
and its exhausting after effects. Never
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Wood Wood Wood.
We can furnish you with strictly first
class, dry, fir wood at the same prices
which you have been paying for inferior
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Cash tn Your Checks.
All county warrants registered prior
to Mch. 14, 1895, will be paid at my
office. Interest ceases after Jan. 14,
1899. C. L. Phillips,
County Treasurer.
- There will be a cattle ' men's meeting
held at the court house in this city on
Saturday, February 4th at 1 p. m. The
object is in regard to protecting , their
right on the forest reserve. All interested
in the matter are earnestly requested to
be present. .
Final
Clearance
Prices
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Weather today, Midwinter.
Overcoat Prices today, Midsummer.
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Headquarters for Rolled Grain, an kinds.
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I.a Orlppe Successfully Treated.
"I have just recovered from the sec- .
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about two days before getting 'down.' "
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