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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8. 1895.
VOL. V.
NUMBER 20.
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Nicaragua Can Pay the In
demnity England Asks
TALK OF A DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE
Harlona Chnni A s-alnst Official of
EcuadorEnglish Paper Praia
That Nation Magnanimity.
New York, May 3. A special to the
World from Tesruciealpa, Honduras
save:
"A telegram from Managua reports
that Nicaragua has money enough to
pay the indemnity England requires
but not enough to meet the extra
expenses of sending the squadron to
collect the bill if that should be demand
ed. .
"The government ot Honduras has
made an earnest appeal to the other
Central American states for a defeneive
alliance, saying it is now known tbat
nothing can be expected from the United
States."
MAGNANIMOUS ENGLAND.
Bar Generosity Praised by an English
Paper.
London, May 3. The Chronicle says :
"The settlement with Nicaragua is mag'
nanimous on the part of the stronger
nation which is in the right. The Nica
raguans calculated on the influence of a
certain mad group of American politic
ians to overweigh the sensible, well-in
formed opinion of the general public and
embroil the two branches of the Anglo-
Saxon family. Of course they failed and
Nicaragua promised to pay. Another of
the Central American republics guaran
teed the amount. I he microscopic
gyrating communities escape the laugh
ter which is their due, but they must
learn occasionally that they go too far in
applying their own methods to civilized
and serious nations."
a, Indicted for Piracy.
New York, May 3. Advices received
' in this city from Ecuador last night ley
1 that Modesto Soloranzo, consul-general
at this port ; ex-Governor of Guayas X
M. P. Camanon and Senor Noguera, con
sul for Ecuador at Valparaiso, Chili,
have been indicted by the supreme court
on the charge of piracy for participating
in the Esmeralda scandal.
Senor Soloranzo was appointed to hie
office last May by President Corodoro,
who has met resigned. Since his sus
pension, his consular duties have been
performed by Climico Calderon, the
Columbian consul-general.
Canadian Gold fever.
Quebec, Maj 3. A gold fever nnpre-
cedented in Canadian history is reported
in what is known as the Rainy
Lake region of Ontario, in the wild and
almost inaccessible territory that is best
reached either from Port Arthur or from
the mining lands on the Minnesota side
of the lake. There are now probably
twenty-five hundred men in a small dis
trict where, with the exception of In
dians, not a man was to be found a year
ago. The miners are rushing in rapidly,
coming from all parts of the world.
A Victim of Mania.
New York, May 3. A London cable
to a morning paper says : "Oscar Wilde
is now said by his friends to be the vic
tim of mania. Dr. Forbes Winslow and
Dr. Blandford, eminent specialists in
diseases of the mind, are busily occupied
in investigating the record of the Wilde
family and preparing a diagnosis of the
patient's mental and physical condition.
It is more than likely that when Oscar
Wilde is next placed on trial, the testi
mony of these learned men will be made
a feature of the defense, in order to off
set the possibility of the next jury find
ing him guilty of the charges brought
against biin. The plea will be that be,
guilty or innocentof the charge, is a sub
ject for pathotlogical treatment, and not
for the laws of vengeance. This course
is said to be contemplated by Sir Ed
ward Clarke in opposition to the wishes
of Wilde's relatives. Great secrecy is
being observed in the matter and none
of those concerned will talk about it.
There is no suggestion that any of
Wilde's ancestors were afflicted, even in
a remote war, with the form of degener
acy attributed to him. The heriditary
problem is far more complex than that
Many forms of nervous disease in parents
. might produce in the child patbelogical
conditions that would, unless checked,
k bring him within the reach of the law.
This is generally ackdowledged by phy
sicians and the profession is delighted
at the prospect of this point of view be
coming the issue at law. I,'''
Sir William Wilde, Oscar's father, was
remarkably eccentric, although almost
genius as an oculist and as an antiquar
ian, Oscar Wilde has long been regarded
as a subject of the form of insanity called
by the French "fohe ambitieuse" the
signs of which are inordinate vanity and
thirst for notoriety.
Fearful Accident at South Action Today
South Action, Maps., May 3. Three
mills of the American Powder Company
here blew un this morning, one after
another, inside of 15 minutes. Five per-
sons are believed to have been killed,
The woods close by the mills were set
on fire and burned fiercely, threatening
the biggest storehouse of the company
containing 20,000 pounds of powder, and
preventing the saving of the property
Fifty men were employed in the mills,
After the first explosion the employes in
the Corning mills, about 40 in number.
rushed from the building and escaped
before the flames spread to the mill,
There were ten mills separated and in
closed by a high board fence. The ex-
plosion in the first mill set fire to the
surrounding fence and the flames spread
to the second and third mills.
A Lake Steamer and Her Cargo Burned
Poet Colbobne, Ont., May 3. The
schooner J. S. Richards, which arrived
here today, reported sighting a large
steamer on fire on the beach on Morgan's
point.
The steamer is the N. E. Fairbank
due here last night, loaded with 90,400
bushels of corn, bound from Chicago to
Oedensburg, owned by John H. Barlow,
of Cleveland, and valued at $30,000.
The Fail-bank's mate and crew arrived
here in the ship's yawl sometime after
the schooner RicbardB. The mate states
the Fairbank went ashore about 2 o'clock
this morning. All hands were put to
work throwing corn overboard. While
thus engaged, fire was discovered in the
forecastle forward. The steamer burned
to the water s edge. The captain re
mained on shore near the wreck.
Fell Eight Stories and Suffered Only
Sprained Ankle.
San Francisco, May 3. Michael
O'Donnell has brought suit in the justice
court to recover $275 damages upon rath
er astonishing allegations, implicating
Abraham Newman, the defendant
O'Donnal alleges that on March 15 last
he was pursuing his regular vocation,
that of a hodcarrier, on a building being
erected on Hayes street, his business
being to carry bricks from the ground to
the top of the eight-story building,
where the bricklayers were doing the
work. He alleges that Abraham New
man willfully and maliciously loosened
the earth at the foot of the ladder, and
when he (O'Donnell) was at the top the
ladder slipped and he and the bricks fell
the eights stories. He suffered a nam
ber of injuries, chief of which was a
sprained ankle, from which be is still
Buffering. He sues for $275 damages.
Jnstice Fuller' Son-ln-Law Aubery'
Latest Escapade.
Chicago, May 3. J. Matt Anbery, the
young man who brought so much
trouble to the daughter of Chief Justice
Fuller that she sued for a divorce, is in
trouble again. He may either be charg
ed with f jrgery, larceny aa bailee or ob
taining money by false pretenses. Tues
day afternoon Aubery called on George
W. Kintz, the artist, and borrowed his
bicycle. Then Aubery took the wheel to
a dealer and sold it for $25, giving the
name of "C. B. Darling."
When accused, Aubery said he
had no recollection of the transaction
and a moment later declared that Dari
ng bad stolen the wheel from bim.
Darling repudiates the statement. Au
bery has been given until tomorrow to
settle, and will be prosecuted if the $25
is not forthcoming.
Fine Body of Ore Found Near X.ead-
Tllle.
Leadvilie, Colo., May 3. The Mod
ern Gold Mining Company has caught a
fine body of gold ore in its Deer shaft.
It shows 32 feet of ore, and assays as
high as 10 ounces to the ton. It also,
runs from 10 to 38 per cent lead to the
ton. The strike is doubly important
from the fact tbat this is the first strike
of mineral of any importance east of the
celebrated Little Johnny gold mine on
Breece hill, and proves tbat the entire
plane east of the Johnny is mineralized.
The Modern company is composed of
Eastern and Colorado capitalists.
More Trouble Feared.
Nnw York, May 3. A special to the
World from Caracus, Venzuela, says :
It is believed here that aa soon as 'Eng
land is through with Nicaragua she will
turn her attention to Venzuela. The
trouble with France is more complicated.
It is feared tbat she will follow Eng
land's example.
Hurt In an Explosion.
. Johnston, Pa., May 3. By an explos
ion in the Cambria Iron Company's mill
today, George Maybet, George Mattach,
Rudolph Rnnhold . and Joe Bolinsky
were seriously injured.
SIXTEEMO-ONE MEN
So Do the Democrats of Cook
Comity Call Themselves.
THEIR CONVENTION IN CHICAGO
After They Bad Denounced 'Cleveland
and Palmer, Sound-Money Men
Banqueted and Replied.
Chicago, May 4. President Cleve
land and Senator John M. Palmer each
received a "jacketing" at the bands of
ex-Representative W. J. Bryan of Ne
braska, at the democratic free silver
county convention today, and as each of
them was pulled over the coals, the del
egates signified their approval by round
after round of applause. Controller of
the Currency Eckles was also the target
for Mr. Bryan's arrows, and his thrusts
were evidently regarded as center shots
by delegates, for thev yelled with de
lights.
The convention adopted a 16 to 1 plat
form out and out, and elected delegates
to the Springfield convention.
Ex-Judge S. P. McConnell was made
temporary chairman. He said during
his speech :
"The president of the United States,
the man who was elected bv democratic
franchises, has repudiated the demo
cratic party. We repudiate him. We
stand on the platform of 1892. We are
in favor of the restoration of silver as
we declared then."
He then scorched Senator Palmer for
his attitude on the money question and
was wildly cheered at the conclusion of
his remarks.
Ex-Representative W. J. Bryan of
Nebraska came next. He said in part :
'We are not here to denounce the
president of the United States. We are
not here because we love him less, but
because we love our country more. We
are not here to say anything against the
rights of individual opinion either in the
chief executive or in the humblest citi
zen, but we are here to protest against
language used in the letter written by
Grover Cleveland, published in this
morning's papers, indicating that it is
indecent for a man to hold office under
this administration without bowing to
the dictatorship of the head of it. This
is the hrst official declaration, my
friends, that to hold office under the ad
ministration, forbade democrats from in
terfering in politics to defeat a repub
lican it is the first announcement that
democratic office-holding depends on the
willingness to fight democrats when they
could not fight republicans."
He then paid his respects to Senator
Palmer, declaring that his power as a
leader had go le and that he had no fol
lowing among the democrats.
The platform declaring in favor of sil
ver at sixteen to one was then read
and adopted, twenty-four votes being
cast against it. A determined effort will
be made to have the same platform
adopted by the state convention.
Will Bold on to Port Arthur.
Tokio, May 4. Japan's reply to the
protest of Russia, France and Germany
against taking from China the Liao-Tung
peninsula is in substance this: .
When China ratifies the treaty of peace
at Shimonoseki Japan Will renounce pos
session of the province of Mantchuria,
except that part of the Liao-Tung pen
insula extending from Port Arthur to
Talien. In compensation for the giving-
back of this Chinese territory Japan will
ask a largely increased indemnity.
St. Petersburg, May 4. Japan's an
swer to the protest of Russia, trance
and Germany has been made. The of
ficials will not disclose the text, but
those who expected Japan to yield ex
press surprise at tbe answer.
Yokohama, May 4. The Russian war
ships lately stationed at the treaty ports
have left with sealed orders. It is ex
pected the treaty between China and
Japan will be ratified.
Washington, May 4. It is believed
here that Russian reasoning is that, by
the occupation of Port Arthur, the Jap
anese will dominate Manchuria as effect
ually as if she held the nominal title to
the province. Reserving Port Arthur as
military base and opening a great com
mercial port at Talien-Wan, the Japan
ese will connect the latter by rail with
New Chwang, on the line of the project
ed Chinese railroad from Peking to Mouk
den, and divert the entire trade of New
Chwang and Moukden, at least In winter,
when all of the Mauchnrian ports are
closed. It would also be impossible for
Russia to locate a Western terminal port
for the Siberian- railway anywhere in
j Manchuria, as it would lie easily closed
by the Japanese from their powerful
bas at Port Arthur, which would dom
inate, from a military point of view, not
only Manchuria and the Gulf of Pe-Chi
Li, but also Wei-Hai-Wei, only 40 miles
across the straits. Nothing Is known
here respecting the reported failure of
the peace ratifications, but it is felt that
the situation is critical and that Japan'
last concession will not alleviate it.
The Term Accepted.
Managua, Nicaragua, May 4, (via Gal
veston.( At 1 o'olock this morning Ni
caragua authorized Senor Christiana
Medina, the Salvadorean minister
London and Paris, acting Nicaragua
minister in London, to accept the modi
fied ultimatum of Great Britain. This
modified ultimatum, it is understood
here, was secured by the influence and
though the intercession of the United
States. Senor Medina is authorized by
the government to pay the 15,000 in
London under protest within five days
after the departure of the British squad
ron from Corinto. Orders for the evacu
ation of the port of Corinto bv the
British are to be cabled to Admiral
Stephenson today, and it is thought
probable tbat he is already in possession
of instructions to that effect from Earl
Spencer, first lord of the admirality, It
is understood here that the other items
in the original ultimatum of Great Brit
ain will all be settled by arbitration.
Cable messages have been constantly
passing and repassing during, the day
between Senor Medina, in Lindon, and
President ZWava, of Nicaragua, in the
first of the messages received early in
the day from London, Lord Kim ber ly
trhough Senor Medina, stated the terms
of the modified ultimatum. The terms
were at once accepted by the Nicaraguan
government and word to this effect die
patched to Senor Medina in London :
benor tallos, the Honduran envoy.
sent last evening to Admiral Stephen
son, commanding the British squadron
for the purpose of acting as mediator be
tween the two coutries, and was received
this morning with much courtesy on
board the Royal Arthur. Admiral
Stephenson expressed the hope that the
terms of the modified ultimatum would
be of such a nature as to allow hi mi to
salute .he Nicaraguan flag when he de
parted with his squadron from Corinto,
Much Excitement at Managua.
New York, May 4. A special to the
World from Managua says: Volunteer
companies are forming throughout the
country, and military aides are going
and coming in " all directions. The ac
tivity of the military indicates that f
crisis is approaching. President Zelaya
has called another meeting of the lead
ing citizens.
Yet there is no doubt that a settle
ment has been reached with England.
The minor details are being arranged by
Foreign Minister Matns and British
Minister Gosling. England has given
some concessions, but the amount of the
indemnity is unchanged.
Marines have already begun embark
ing at Corinto.
Capable of Curing Cancers.
New York, May 4. A Paris special to
the world says that Drs. Recius and Ter
rier announced at the last sitting of the
French Academy of Sciences the discov
ery of a serum capable of curing cancers
and cancerous tumors. Several sup
posed hopeless cases have leen com
pletely cured. Tbe system of cultivating
the vaccine is the same as adopted by
Dr. Doux for diphtheria serum obtained
from the olood of dogs previously inoc-
culated with a cancerous fluid. Further
experiments are being made.
The Party lias No Outlook.
Chicago, May 5. Senator John M.
Palmer today, in response to a question
as to what was the outlook for his party
in Illinois, replied :
"It has nooutlook. Every man in the
party is looking out for himself and hold
ing others up." ' - m
He declined to discuss the silver ques
tion. '
Ratification Expected Wednesday.
Che-Foo, May 4. Chinese and Japan
ese plenipotentiaries are expected here
Wednesday, May 8th, to exchange rati
fications of the treaty. John W. Foster,
tbe American adviser of - the Chinese
commissioners, will accompany the
latter. " . "".
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Beaten to Death.
Pittsburg, May 6. Isaac Jones, the
night clerk at the First Avenue hotel,
was brutally murdered in the basement
of the hotel this morning. He had been
beaten on the head with an iron bar and
robbed.
Found Guilty.
Pittsburg, May 6. Charles H. and
Henry Delaney, arrested in connection
with the blind pool expose a few months
ago, were today found guilty of conspi
racy to defraud.
OCCURS TOMORROW
Ratification of the Treaty
Will XotBe Delayed.
LISTENED TO FRIENDLY ADVICE
Warship Assembling; In the Harbor of
Che-Foo Eight Russian War Ves
. sels Have Arrived.
Yokohoma, May 6. Viceroy Li Hung
Chang has been appointed Chinese en
voy to exchange ratifications of the
peace treaty, which is expected to occur
at Che-Foo tomorrow, instead of Wed
nesday.
Warships Assembling;.
Che-Foo, May 6. The warships of
several powers are fast assembling here,
The situation is regarded as ominous,
Already eight Russian warships, includ
ing three torpedo boats, are here, and
more are expected. In addition, one
British, French and American and two
German warships have arrived.
Has Listened to Friendly Advice.
Paris, May 6. The Japanese minis
ter here has informed the minister of
foreign affairs, M. Honotaux, that de
ferring to the friendly advice of France,
Russia and Germany, Japan has re
nounced its claim to the permanent pos
session of Liao Tung peninsula, includ
ing Port Arthur.
German Government Informed.
Berlin, May 6. The Japanese gov
ernment has informed the government
of Germany that in accordance with the
advice of the powers Japan 'has relin
quished her claim to Liao Tung penin
sula under the treaty of Simonoeski.
A British Commauaer Talks of tht
Oriental War.
New York, May 6. Commander F,
r. Ashe, ot the .British royal navv. is in
the city on a brief visit. Commander
Ashe was attached to a British warship
which was on duty ' at the Hong Kong
station in the China sea, during the war
between China and Japan. In speaking
of the war, he said :
"I studied it from a distance. There
was some pretty hard fighting, and naval
experts were furnished with some val
uable duta. The Japanese fought well
on land and on sea, and richly earned
their victory."'
Speaking of the attitude of Russia to-
ware the treaty of peace, Commander
Ashe said:
Russia has always been contesting
for an eastern port. She is aggressive,
and will take every advantage. This
last move of hers is characteristic. I see
that Japan has refused to heed her pro
tests. I do not think tlamt another war
will result: I believe that Japan will
stand by her jguns and not concede an
inch, and Russia will be obliged to ack
nowledge tbe justice of her position."
French Cruisers for China.
Toulon. May 6. The French cruisers
Sfax and Cecille will accompany the
French cruisers Tage and Suchett to
China sailing today. They were loaded
yesterday with ammunition and pro
visions.
Cleveland as an Author.
Washington, May 6. Mr. Cleveland
is to appear before his countrymen in a
new role. He has become a literary
man. He has spent four years, more or
lees, in writing a book, still incomplete,
which seems likely to give him san alto
gether unique position in our long line
of presidents. It is a volume on eco
nomic science.
Everybody knows that Mr. Cleveland
has theories of his own in the domain of
politics. His views, however, are that
the academic field of science cultivated
by Adams Smith, Ricbardo and Mill are
very little understood. If there is one
tudy to which Mr. Cleveland has de
voted his leisure, it is political economy
and Bocial economy. He is an omniver
on s reader in these departments of
nowledge. Another fact which has
been noticed is that now be writes for
hours. He is always making notes as
he proceeds. In the matter of classify
ing his knowledge, Mr. Cleveland shows
decided expertness. He has received
nearly all tbe currant works of impor
tance that issue from tbe press that is,
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
thoee which are in his line. They are
duly and promptly read and notes made
of them for future reference.
Mr. Cleveland's book will probably .
appear when the president lays down
the cares of office. Mr. Cleveland fe
presenting economic science from a point
of view somewhat in advance ot John
Stuart Mill. His book is divided into
four departments production, consump
tion, distribution and exchange and
there is a special chapter under the de
partment of consumption, on the theory
of marginal utility.
From what can be gathered, Mr.
Cleveland does not mean to expound a
doctrine so much as to make- clear tbe
lines along which progress in economic
thought must proceed. This way of go
ing to work has permitted copious illus
trations drawn from American history.
In this Mr. Cleveland seems to strike a
new note.
What tbe president writes is the work
of his Own band. In his library at
Woodley, Mr. Cleveland reads far into
the night. He writes at late hours, too.
At this rate it takes months to write a
chapter. Mr. Cleveland's notes and ref
erences are carefully made and filed
away. He can, by means of a system he
has devised, lay his band on any para
graph of any work be has ever read, pro
vided he has a citation to verify. His
library is thus always at his finger ends.
A noteworthy fact is that Mr. Cleve
land allows himself no amanuensis in
his labors. In one respect these literary
labors denote a change in the man . Sev
eral years ago Mr. Cleveland was no
great reader. Now he is a good deal of a
bookworm. This is a very powerful
factor in his determination to lay down,
the responsibilities of office when bis
present term is ended.
Fighting: has Beg-on.
Niw York, May 6. Dispatches from
Tegucigalpa and Nicaraguan points to
the World say that fighting bas,begun in
Granda, Nicaragna, and disorder is also
reported from Leon. Word comes from
there that the followers of Oritz, Zerula
and Macherro have united to make war
6R President Zalaya. The Honduran
troops concentrated at Cape Gracias will
remain there, as- it is feared that the
threatened outbreak on the Mosquito
reservation may extend. General Bon
illa will take 4,000 men and go to Presi
dent Zelaya's aid if requested.
Though tbe British have left Corinto,.
martial law will continue some days, on.
account of the fear tbat tbe uprising at.
Granada will spread.
It is estimated, that the trouble with.
England has cost Nicaragua $l-000,000'
It is claimed that Envoy Barrios failed
in his duty by not informing his govern
ment that United States Ambassador
Bayard was not seconding Gresbam'a
views in favor of a settlement by arbitra
tion. This view is discredited by the
officials, though not officially. General
Duarte has arrived at Bluefields. A
high official says the reports of the op
position to President Zelaya are greatly
exaggerated. California's Ossified Man.
Monterey, Cal., May 6. Tbe death
in this city of William Tibbets, ended
a case without parallel in medical lis
tory. The deceased was a sufferer from
dropsy, but the peculiarity is that he
was in a state of partial petrifaction.
His body was as rigid as stone. The
pricking of a needle made no indenta
tion in tbe flesh and all power of sen
sensation had disappeared. Mr. Tibbets
was taken to the German hospital in
San Francisco and nine physicians' made
close examinations and held many con
sultations, to discover the identity of
the strange ailment. No relief could be
given the sufferer and two weeks ago he
was brought home to die. The end came '
yesterday. A post-mortem examination
was made and it was found tbat the only
organs which were in a healthy condi
tion were the kidneys. The deceased
was a pioneer resident of this city and
was 66 years of age.
Indefinitely Postponed.
Sing Sing, May 6. Warden Sage said
today, acting on the advice of Attorney
General Hancock, be has abandoned tbe
idea of executing Dr. Buchanan Wed
nesday, when tbe second respite will ex
pire. According to the opinion of the
attorney general, the execution must be
delayed until the courts bave again de
cided the question raised by Buchanan's
lawyer.
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