THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4. 1895.
NUMBER 50.
VOL. V.
CRISIS EXPECTED SOON
Situation in Turkey Very
Critical.
PROMISED FIRMANS NOT GRANTED
British Gunboat Heading; for the
Dardanelles Attempt to Se
cure Its, Recall.
Constantinople, Nov. 2S, via Sofia,
Bulgaria, Nov., 29. The political situa-
tioa is critical, and a crisis may De ex
pect9i within the ensuing 24 hour$,
The sultan, who is once more thorough
ly uuder the influence of the palace
party, led by Izzel Bey, still declines to
grant the firmans applied for by repre
sentativea of Great Britain, Russia, Ita
ly and Austria, for the passage of the
.extra guard ships through the Straits of
Dardanelles. .
This is extraordinary, as on Tuesday
Tewfik Pasha, the Turkish minister of
foreian affairs. . personally, assured Sir
Philip Currie that the porte bad detei-
. mined to grant the permission required.
It woald thus seem that while the Tur
kish ministers are apparently in favor of
granting the firmans, the palace party,
priests, chamberlains and others, who
are. the real i advisers of Abdul Humid,
are opposed to it as calculated to . lower
the dignity of the sultan. Meantime
. the Mussulmans are growing uneasy
looking .upon the threatening advent of
the extra guard ships as nothing: lees
than ': warlike demonstrations before
Constantinople.
. . Sir Philip Currie, when assured by
Twefik Pasha that the -firmans would be
forth-coming immediately telegraphed
to the admiral in command of the Brit'
,ish Mediterranean squadron instructing
him to dispatch a gunboat to the Darda
nelles to be used in the Bosphoroue as
an extra guard. The twin-screw torps
do gunboat Oriad, carrying four seven
Inch and four six-pounder quick-firing
guns, is expected to arrive at Cbanafckai
today and pass right on to the Bospho
rns. The sultan is Known to be in a
state of ths greatest agitation at the
news that an extra British gunboat is
heading for the Dardanelles.
The minister of ioreign aUnrs was
sent for at midnight and an exciting in
terview took place between him and the
. sultan, during which the latter bitterly
. and tearfully reproached Tewfik Pasha
for his action. 'The pasha tried to justify
himself by recalling that the granting of
. the firmans had been agreed to in sub-
. stance by the sultan. The saltan insist
ed that it was impossible to issue the fir
mans, as that would cause rioting in
Constantinople,, and that the powers
should be content with the measures
taken by the government to maintain
order.1. The sultan then instructed Tew
fik Pasha to do everything possible to
induce the British ambassador to count
ermand his order for a gunboat' Sir
Philip refused, saying he was tired of
being trifled with, and reminding him
that Great Britain was rcting fairly
within her treaty rights. ' ' ' : ;
Tewfik Pasha returned to the palace
in a very unenviable frame of mind, with
the failure of his mission. The sultan,
frantic with rage, drove him from his
presence with fierce revilinge, and the
president of the state, counsel, Said
Pasha, who is supposed to have some
influence with Sir Philip Currie, was
sent for. The sultan eagerly besought
him to go immediately to the British
ambassador and spare no effort to induce
him to order the recall of the Driad.
Sfr Philip finally consented to place the
whole matter once more before his gov
ernment and awaft further instructions.
DOUBLE ACTION BULB.
Beets Make Whisky and Tl'hinky Makes
Beats. '
Omaha, Nov. 29. The vast yield of
sugar beets in Nebraska and the inabil
ity of the farmers to dispose of the enor
mous quantity as rapidly as convenient,
has provoked some peculiar violations,
' of the revenue ' laws. A still has been
captured in Sherman county from which
whisky was being manufactured from
beets. '
Republicans to Organize.
Washington, Nov. 29. - There is a
growing probability that the republicans
at their caucus on next Monday will de
" cide to attempt to reorganize the senate
on republican lines, and that the candi
date for president protein will' then, be
' decided upon. . Quite a number of re
'. publican senators, including three mem
. jbers of the steering committee, were, at
: the capitol today and an informal ex
:, change of views among them resulted in
-, a general adoption of this conclusion.
There is ft difference of opinion as to the
wisdom of attempting more thaji the
election of the presiding officer in the
beginning, but the preponderance of
opinion is that the action at that time
will be confined to this. If the republi
can candidates succeed in this contest,
the republicans will then place candi
dates in the field for other elective
offices. ' ' -
Water Commissioner. Meet.
The regular meeting of the city water
commissioners was held Saturday after
noon. There were present Commission
ers Robert Mays, J. O. Mack, J. B. Oros-
een and Hugh Chrisman. "As T. A.
Ward, the president of the commission,
was absent in California, it became nec
essary to elect a president pro tern and
the honor fell upon Robert Mays. The
meeting was not marked by any business
other than of routine character. ' After
the reading of the minutes, to which
there were no objections, the following
bills were ordered paid :
Mays & Crowe, supplies .'...$ 4 16
J H Blakeney, hauling 5 75
W H Young, labor..,...,.:...--, .75
Hugh Glenn, labor. . . 35
IJ Norman, salary supt 75 00
H Laflin, supt helper 55 00
H Chrisman, secretary 5 00
The treasurer's report, which was read
and accepted, is as follows : ; '
Oct 31 To bal cash on hand . . .$ 320 96
Nov 30 Cash from I J Norman
water rent 1008 Jo
Total......:........ $1329 31
CONTBA.
Nov I
0 By warrants redeemed
Nos. 101-110 .... 306 83
Nov 30 C D Dalles Nat Bank. . 700 00
Total . . ; .$1006 83
Nov 30 To bal cash on hand. 322 48
. Respectfully submitted,
C. J. Cbandall, City Treas. .
The report:of Superintendent Norman
shows a total book account of $1432.85 of
which there has been collected $1003.35.
After some discussion it was moved
and carried that the secretary be in
structed to insure the tool house and
tools, on Union street between 6th and
7th streets and amotion was also carried
to the effect that the secretary be in
structed to write the Aetna Insurance
Company, and ask for an extension of
one vear on the bonds from No. 1 to No.
25 inclusive.
As this seemed to wind np the busi
ness before the commission a motion to
adjourn was carried.
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that scieuce has, been
able to cure in all its stages and that is
Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the
only postive cure now known to. the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional treatment." Hall's Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease, and giv
ing the patient strength by building up
the constitution and assisting nature in
doing its work. The proprietors have so
much faith in its curative powers, that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for list
of Testimonials. Address,
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Inrrant Trial.
San Fbancisco, Nov. 29. General
Dickinson continued reading his affida
vits ior a motion for a new trial in. the
case of Theodore Durrant this morning.
Dickidson complained that although the
witnesses had been excluded from the
courtroom during the-trial the news
papers had persisted in publishing the
testimony. He. was Btill reading his
affidavits at 2 o'clock this afternoon.' -
Mrs. W. B. Meek, who resides at
Camptonville, Cal., says her daughter
was for several years troubled at times
with severe cramps in the stomach, and
would be in such agony that it was nec
essary to call in n physician.- Haying
read about Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy she concluded to
try it. She found that it always gave
prompt relief. It was seldom necessary
to give the second dose. "It has not
only saved us lots of worry and time,"
she eays, "but also doctor bills. It is
my opinion that every family shonld
have a bottle of this' remedy in the
house." For sale by Blakeley & Hough
ton, Druggists. -
One Vessel Bought.1
New YoEKj Nov. 29. A local paper
says:. - The steamer State of California,
which has been running between this
port and the Clyde for the Allan state
line, has been sold to the Japanese gov
ernment and will be converted into a
cruiser. ' - . .
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorte.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
. When she became Hiss, she clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria,
BOTH F ARTIES CAUCUS
Reed and Crisp Ee-nomina
ted for Speaker.
SPEECHES BY THE GENTLEMEN
The
Senate Itennbllcans . Will Caucus
Mondar, When the Question
? r Ue-organliatlon Will -Be
Decided.
Washington, Nov. 30. The repub'i
cans of the house met in caucus tonight
and unanimously nominated ex-Speaker
Thomas B. Reed, of Maine, for speaker
of the 4th congress. This action was
anticipated, for at nd time had an effort
been inaugurated to contest his election
The . Hon. (jalusha Grow, who - was
speaker of the house in 1859, nominated
Reed in .caucus. , He simply presented
Reed's name, and the nomination was
made by a rising vote, amid cheers
Grow, Cannon and Payne, escorted Reed
to .the hall, and, when the cheering.
which greeted bis appearance, had sub
sided, he made a brief speech of accept
ance. He said:
, "For the honor you have confered up
on me I tender you my sincere thanks.
I am, however, not in the least liable to
confound with my own personally this
tribute of your kindness. I had once
the good fortune to be so placed thai
represented, as well as I was able to,
the patriotic sense of a great party, and
it is to that patriotic sense of our party
that you tender the tribute to your mat
ured, as well as your temporary, approv
ai. History -will accord us praise for
what we did in the 51st congress; and it
may accord its praise in this for what we
do not do. ' i '
VWe have nnfortunatelv a divided
government, which usually leads to
small results; but there are times when
rest is as healtbgiving as exercise. - We
must not forget that our first and great
est duty is to do all we can to restore
confidence in business, and that we
must Avoid all business legislation, ex
cept in the direction of improved busi
ness. Rather than run. risks we can
afford to wait until well-matured plans
give us remedies of permanent benefit
Crude and hasty legislation is above all
things to be shunned. ,
"Could we cause our immense popular
majority to overflow into the branches
of the' government, and could we have
full control, we would create, not a per
feet world, perhaps, but a world rather
more fit to live in than we have lately
had. Even as things are, I do not for a
moment doubt that our patriotic in
sticcts will lead us to make every sacri
nee except that of principle to rescue
our country from its temporary disas
ter. "Not only have we been elected by
the overwhelming vote of the people as
their servants, but as members of a
house of representatives, of which we
are the majority, the right to initiate
taxation for the people by the legisla?
tion is placed in our hands as a sacred
trust, which we have no right to surren
der, and which all parties, however they
differ on other things, 'will assuredly
maintain." .-'' '
"That we shall be ready at all times
to furnish adequate revenue for the gov
ernment, according to our sense of par
ity, no man can doubt.
"This i? the great nation of this hemi
sphere, and, while we have no desire to
interefere with other nations, we shall
maintain our position with firmness and
self-respect, and at the same time with
careful consideration of facts, and ' that
conservatism qf -action, which shall
leave no bad question to trouble our
tuture. in ibis X trust the whole gov
ernment and all is branches will be in
accord with each other and with the
people." '
AN OPEN SWITCH.
Fatal Collision on the Delaware, Lacka
wanna & Western.
Syeacuse, Dec, 1. Passenger train
No. 8, on the Delaware, Lackawanna &
Western road, which left Syracuse at 10
tonight, ran into an open switch at
Preble and telescoped three freight cars.
The engine of. the passenger train ' was
completely wrecked, and the baggage
and mail cars and two coaches caught
from a hlaza .under the wrecked boiler
and were consumed. The engineer wbb
instantly killed, and the fireman was
taken from the debris by the passengers
in a dying condition. ' The sleeping-car
was the' only .one saved. Nobody else
was hurt. ' The baggage and mail were
almost all saved. The - station-house
caught fire and burned- The wrecking
train has gone to the scene. ; ' ' ' ,
The engineer who was killed was
Richard Young, up married, of this city,
who has been from 15 to 20 years in the
service. - The fireman's name was Roof,
The switch at the scene of thd disaster
was found blocked. - Somebody had
tampered with it, with a deliberate in
tention, evidently, of wrecking the
train. "' 1 ;"
At the Methodist Church Last Night
Prof. N. N. Riddell'a lecture in the
M. E. church last' night on "Heredity
and Prernafal Culture," drew a crowded
house. The professor is one of the
pioneers on the American platform in
handling this theme before mixed
audiences and is. doing untold good to
humanity by popularizing a subject on
which knowledge is of such vital impor
tante to the welfare of the race.
The speaker in opening dwelt on the
great importance of men of science turn
ing their attention to the study of hered
ity as applied to man. It is the opinion
of reformers and men who have studied
the needs of suffering humanity that we
will , never be able to deal with ' crime
and insanity till we turn oar attention
to the study of those laws that tend to
make man better born. Every person is
what they are from two cauaes first
from inherent tendencies, and second
from education and force of environ
ments.-. These are both of vital impor
tance to the welfare of the individual
and neither can .ever take the place of
the other.- To be well born is to receive
the; greatest gift within the power of
man.; ..(jreat men are born so or tney
never become great.-.
A -scientific explanation was given of
the gradual unfoldirent of the child's
brain from a single cell np to the com
plete and complex brain. The active-
strong characteristics of the parents be
came tne native marked traits m me
child's character. This law has received
careful attention by many with results
most satisfactory and have given- us
poets, musicians and orators who were
born so. If men would only give more
attention to these things, wo would not
have so many children that are mere
ciphers with the rims -rubbed out,
Many apt illustrations were- cited show
ing why people were what they were
The mother of Napoleon had a strong
love for battle and went into the thickest
of the fray and most. bloody conflicts
and before Napoleon was 10 years old he
was found on the battle field. Italian
beauties nearly all conform to the one
ideal type, the Madonna, a likenees of
which occupies the walls of nearly every
home in Italy, has made a vivid impres
sion on the brain of the mothers of this
fair land, with the result as we know on
the offspring. The time will yet come,
the speaker thought, when none will be
allowed to marry until they are educated
on the laws of heredity, nor will any be
granted this privilege who have criminal
or idiotic tendencies. ''.
In closing the speaker nrged the im
portance of a life of social purity as
equally binding upon man as woman
The young man can' go astray, sow bis
wild oats and when he has disgraced
eterything that is pure and holy in his
manhood and. then repent and society
will give him its sweetest smile.- If
woman is treated with severity . when
she has made a mistake, then let her
brother suffer a like condemnation. If
two sinners have gone astray let them
suffer a like condemnation at the hands
of society, as they must at the judgment
bar ol trod, until the kind nana of mercy
shall reclaim them both. :i,
Tonight the professor will lecture on
'Love, Courtship and Marriage," and
close his address with a double wedding.
Those Prayers for Ing-ersoll.
New York, Nov. 1. Claude Falls
Wrights, secretary to the late Mme. Bla-
vatsky, delivered a lecture 'on "Occult
Phenomena'' at Chickering hall' today.
The' lecture was under' the auspices of
the Aryan Theosopbical Society.
During the course of his lecture, Mr.
Wrights created a sensatioii by refering
to the prayers of a large body p! Chris
tian Erdeavorers in Cleveland for the
conversion of Colonel ' Ingersoll, he
said:
- "They are doing a great wrong and
practicing sorcery and black magic. You
have no right to attempt any change a
man's life because you think 'it wrong
and becaoso it differs from your own.
If Ingersoll wants to have a certain reli
gion, why should' not he? : The Chris
tian Endeavorers are' not doing the fair
thing. I do not think -they will have
much success. They are not competent
to have great influence, for their minds
are not rieht' Ingereoll is a good man,
and this effort is only a display of reli
gion." .'':' - ' .".'. '.:-
Earthquakes a Daily Occurrence.1'
Puebla, Mexico. 'Dec. ' 1. Travelers
arriving from Pintolepec and Jamilepec,
in the state of Oaxacaj report that
earthquakes continne and are of almost
daily occurrence. :-' 1 - ' ': . - ' ; y-i-'
Maya & Crowe have just received a car
load of oak wood,' which they will sell at
f4.23 per cerd. '" ? - - ! dec2th '
NATION'S LAWMAKERS
The Fifty-fourth Congress
: Met Yesterday. - -
THOMAS B. REED ELECTED SPEAKER
Republican Cancns Nominees for
Bun Ofllcsrs Elected Uo Action
Taken by Kepubllcan senators
. Towards Reorganisation.
Washington, Dec. 2. All Washington
hies to the big capitol building on open
ing days, and. today there was an added
interest on account of the changes in
volved and the large influx of new blood
It was an orderlv .crowd which came
through the rain m private conveyances
in street cars and on foot. By 10 :30
o'clock, an hour and a half before the
time of meeting, the public galleries of
both houses were filled and the eager
crowd had overflowed into the outer cor
ridors. .: ' ' ' ' -:
The senate was called to order prompt
ly at noon. The vice-president admin
istered the oath to the senators elect
and the usual formal resolutions were
adopted.
At 1 :30 it was announced that the pre
sident's message would not be submitted
today, and the senate adjourned. ;
The republican senators caucused half
an hour, butadjourned until Wednesday
without taking action on reorganization
' in the house.
The 54th house of representatives was
called to order at noon by Clerk Kerr
The roll was called, and the clerk an
nounced 341 of the 350 members preeent
and that no Credentials had bee u re
ceived from tenth New York and firs
Nevada districts.
Kerr then called for nominations for
speaker. No nominating speeches were
made, but . Grosvenor of Ohio, named
Reed, Say res of Texas, Crisp, and Kern
of Nebraska, Bell of Colorado.
The result of the vote for speaker "-as
Reed, 234; Crisp, 95: Bell, 6; Cuberson,
(dem.l -1. Total 236. The announce
ment of Reed's election was greeted with
great applause, which was continued
when he ascended the rostrum, and Li'b
speech was . also punctuated with ap
plause. It was as follows :
VIt will not bj unbecoming in me,
hope, if I acknowledge to this assembly
that it is very agreeable to me to 6tand
once more in the place. I left four years
ago. Of the past, however, I shall not
speak, for the past speaks for itself in
terms more fitting and appropriate than
any words which could come from my
lips.: Nor shall I speak of the future,
for we are not putting off the harness,
but putting it on. Yet, I think I can
venture to say of the future, in the light
of the past, that if we do something
which for the moment seems inadequate,
it may be that time, which has justified
t for us on many occasions, may do so
again. Ihose who have acted with wis
dom heretofore may be fairly expected
to act with wisdom hereafter. I am
sorry to say the pleasure associated with
the honor you have bestowed on me, an
honor no American citizen can fail to
appreciate and for which I give thanks,
lasts for but a moment or so, while the
cares and responsibilities extend over
many days, t .
So far as the performance of my
duties -affects the whole people of the
United states I invoke their considerate
judgment.' So far as it affects the mem
bers of this house, I ask from both
chambers that cordial co-operation,
without which I can cannot hope to suc
ceed, assuring them that no effort on my
part will be Bparod to aid them in the
performance of their duties by that en
tire impartially which is their just due.,'
The republican caucus nominees for
house officers were promptly elected.
By unanimous consent Newlaud?, of
Nevada, !and Cumming of New York,
whose credentials had not arrived, were
sworn in with the other members.
The drawing of seats being concluded
the hoase adjourned till tomorrow.
. Pell Forty Feet Without Inlnry.
Independence, Dec. 2. A thrilling'
but not fatal accident occared last Sat
urday eight miles south of this place.
William Caster was returning, at 5
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
Li'fX-..
SIMMONS V
E G U L A TOR I
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Alrnost everybody takes some laxative
medicine to cleanse the system and keep the
blood pure. Those who take SIMMONS
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get all the benefits of a mild and pleasant
laxative and tonic that purifies tile blood
and strengthens the whole system. ! And
more than this: SIMMONS LIVER REGU-
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Malaria, Biliousness, Indigestion, Sick
Headache and Constipation, and rid of '
that worn out - and debilitated feeling.
These are all caused by a sluggish Liver.
Good digestion and freedom from stomach
troubles will only te had when the liver
is properly at work. If troubled with any
of these complaints, try SlAMONS LIVER
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:' -EVERV PACKAGE-tEsj
Has the Z Stamp in rel on wrapper
J. H. Zcilin & Co., 1'hila., Pa . .
o'clock in the morning, from a dance at
Suver, driving a horse attached to a dog
cart. - In crossing the Heimith bridge,
which is covered, milking it very dark, a
place where two boards are missing from
the side of the bridge was evidently mis
taken for' the end of the- bridge, and
iiorse, cart, -.and driver , went through
and fell 40 feet into the water, below.
The water, eeven feet deep, broke the
force of the fall, and neither horse nor
driver was hurt. ; '.
READY FOB TALK.
Telephone Line ' Ilet-veen l.a Grande
and Colon Completed.
La Geaxde, Dec. 2. The Grande Ron-
de Telephone Company has completed
its line between this city and Union.
Saturday night the instruments were
put in at La Grande and Union, and'.
Sunday satisfactory tests were made.
The line will be open for business in a
few days. Tne line between this city
and Island City was completed todaj
The extension from Island City to Elgin
will be completed Friday, and, when it
is in operation, will form a circuit from
Union through La Grande, Island City.
Summerville, Elgin, Enterprise and
Joseph, the two lost named places being
in Wallowa count. 1 ' -
Union, Dec. 2. The telephone line
between Union and La Grande was com
pleted, ond placed in working order t o-
day.
For Uome-veekers.
An effort is being made to reclaim
some of the arid lands between Celilo
and Umatilla. A large tract of fine
land has been opened up by the Bailey
Ditch Company, which has about nine
miles of ditch completed, and water
covering about 2000 or 3000 acres. They
will rent these tracts 'to persons who
wish them, and furnish plenty of water
for one half of the prodnce raised. The
lands are on the Columbia river, a few
miles above Coyote station, and the past
seuson thecompany has cultivated about
100 acres, and. has raised some of the
finest garden truck that ever grew in
this section of the country; and for
fruit-raisers the climate and soil cannot
be excelled. Transportation and freight
rates - to all desirablo points for market
are reasonable and fair,. Can ship to .
the Sonnd over the -Northern, or into
Montana over the Great Northern, or
Spokane over the O. R. & N.
The outcome of the enterprise, will be
watched with a great deal of interest.
Furthferparticnlarscan.be had by ad
dressing the Bailey Ditch Company at
Umatilla, or at SOS, East O.ik street,
Bucklen's Armcs MlTe.
The best salve in the worid for cute,
uruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fevei
sores, tetter, chapped bauds, chilblain?,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi
tively cures piles, or no pay required
It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac
tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box. For sale by Blakeley &
floughtou, dnigg'sts.
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