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THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1896.
VOL. VI.
NUMBER 5.
NORTHERN PACIFIC
Judge Jenkins is Given En
tire Jurisdiction.
DECISION IN THE SUPREME COURT
Receivers Appointed by It Accepted
for Some rime by All Interests
It is a Responsible
Tribunal.
Washington, Jan. 28. Justices Field,
Harlan, Brewer and Brown, of thoj
supreme court, today rendered a deci
sion in the Northern Pacific receiver
ship case, holding all courts along the
line of road to be ancillary to Judge
Jenkins' court at Milwaukee. The de
cieion gives the Milwaukee court juris
diction over the entire system in the
ma, ter of receiverships.
It was shown at this hearing that the
creditors' bill and the foreclosure pro
ceedings of 1893 had been filed in the
circuit court for the eastern district of
WiBconsiu, over which Judge Jenkins
presides. It was also shown that this
court appointed receivers for the entire
system who were for a time recognized
Afterwards, however, the circuit court
for other districts appointed receivers for
portions of the road embraced within
their respective jurisdictions, and such
confusion and antagonism arose that
.was feared the interests of the road
would be seriously jeopardized. An ex
ception was taken to the jurisdiction of
the Milwaukee court on the ground that
the Northern Pacific had no road except
a leased line within the limits oi the
eastern district of Wisconsin. This was
substantially the only objection made to
its recognition, and it was estimated
that a large majority of interests in
volved would be satisfied with the de
signation of the Milwaukee court as
responsible tribunal, and one by which
the receiver or receivers for the entire
line should be designated.
COLOMBIA'S NEW WARSHIP-
It Is to
lie Taken Jn
Waters at once.
Colombian
New Yoke, Jan. 28. A dispatch
to
the Herald from Panama says :
Geneial Jose Maria Sarria, accom
panied by Aueustin Arrango, jr., has
left for New York for the purpose, it is
said, of bringing ta these waters the
warship built in the United States for
the Colombian government. It is said
to be the intention of the government to
use the warship as a cruiser off the At
lantic coast.
General Manuel Casabianca, who ar-
rived at Barranquilla with 60U men from
Bogota during the recent war scare, has
reached this citv on an official visit.
General Casabianca was recently ap
pointed governor of the district of
Toloma.
FARMERS' INSTITUTE.
Opening Day at Union Papers Read
the Meetings.
Union, Or., Jan. 28. A farmers' insti
tute was opened in Union last night
The meetings are under the direction of
a number of professors of the state agri
cultural college. The address ot wel-
come was delivered by W. T. Wright,
followed by addresses by Professor Shaw
and French, of Corvallis, and a paper by
Miss Etta Lansdon, of the Union school
Profeesor French spoke on "Wheat as a
stock food." This afternoon Professor
Shaw delivered an address upon "Alkali
Soils, Their Cause and Treatment," and
Professor Cordey, of Corvallis, upon
"The Uses of Spray Compounds." ' A
paper on "The Jersey Cow" was read by
W. T. Wright. The leading features of
tonight's session were an address on
"Education From an Industrial Stand
point" and a lecture by State Superin
tendent Irwin. .
IN GALLOWS SHADOW.
Montgomery's Last Chance Now Seems
To Be Gone.
Salkm, Or., Jan. 28. It is now settled
that in Lloyd Montgomery's case the
gallows will not be cheated through leg
al process, nor, it is probable, through
executive clemency. The condemned
man's attorney, N. M. Newport, made a
statement to the supreme court today,
upon which that tribunal was asked to
grant a stay of execution. The counsel
was told that, on a presentation of the
transcript, showing on its face reason
able grounds, such a request might be
granted. Being familiar with the case,
Mr. Newport concluded it would be use
less to make a formal application. The
counsel' made a plea before the governor
for executive clemency, asking a com
mutation of the death sentence to life
imprisonment. . The governor declined
to talk after the hearing, but attorney
Newport 6lated Defore leaving Salem to
night that all resources had been ex
hausted and, so far as counsel was con
cerned, Montgomery would have to
hang.' i
Tribunal or Arbitration.
London, Jan. 28. The text of a de
claration is published here urging the
establishment of a permanent tribunal
of arbitration for all English-speaking
nations, and suggesting that the govern
ments give effect to the resolutions of
congress in 1892, and the house of com
mons in 1893. The declaration is signed
by Dean Farrar, Eev. Hugh" Price
Hughes, Rev. Thomas Bowman Steph
enson, Eev. John Clifford, Eev. Dr.
Brown, Eev. Oswald Dykes Newman,
Eabbi Adier, Lady Henry Somerset,
Mrs. Richards, Dr. Darby, William
Randall Cramer, M. P., and William T.
Stead. The declaration will be sent
throughout Great Britain and the United
States for signatures.
The Report Denied.
New York, Jau. 2S. A dispatch to
the Herald from Caracas, Venezuela,
says:
The agents of the ' railroad built by
German capitalists say that no abrupt
demand has been made by their govern
ment in their behalf. They add that
the affair has been pending for several
months, and that daily conlerences have
been held with officials of the Venezue
lan administration. All business was
acquiesced in by the German agents in
the hope that the matter would be
promptly settled.
German Money Offered.
Guatemala, Jan. 28. President Bar
rios and the secretary of finance-are
studying a proposition submitted by a
special agent of a Hamburg banking
house to lend to the Guatemalan govern
men t the f 0,000,000 needed for improve
ments in the port of San Jose.
Cat off by Storms.
Toronto, Jan. 2-1, This cit' is cat off
from communication with all the rest of
Canada and the United States this
morning. A eleet storm has rendered
the wires useless. It is not known how
far the trouble extends through Outaria.
GAVE THE FISH A JAG.
This Is One Way of Being Entertaining
in California.
"Did you ever see drunken fish?" in
quired a Sonoma county wine grower.
No one would confess that he had
neen intoxicated fish, and the silence in
dicated a predisposition to incredulity,
saya writer in the San Francisco Post.
"I suppose you are going" to tell us
about a drunken catfish staggering1
down through the orchard and catch
ing a bird ?" suggested one.
"Do you think I am a liar?" demand
ed the farmer, indignantly, but he was
left in ignorance as to the belief of his
hearers. "My winery is right on the
bank of a little creek. This time of the
year the water stands in pools and
every pool is full of trout, suckers and
pike. All of the waste from the winery
is thrown into the creek, and that is
f.nougb to discolor the water, but the
other day a big vat of sour claret burst
and nearly all of it ran down into the
hole of water just below the winery.
In half an hour the pool was crowded
withlish floating belly up. I thought
they were dead, and pulled a big pike
out, but he wiggled and flopped around
just like an old drunk trying to get up
without anything to hold on to. One
by one they disappeared as they so
bered up, and when the water cleared
two days afterward there wasn't a dead
fish in the pool.- They had just been
jagged."
One of Maine's Widows.
There is now living in Hartland, Me.,
at the ripe old age of 75 years, one of
Maine 's notable widows. This is Mrs,
jciien i-nniips, react or ueorge, a
brother of Wendell Phillips. Her hus
band was a graduate from Harvard col
lege, a member of the famous class of
8, among his classmates and intimate
friends being Dr. O. W. Holmes and
James Freeman Clark. Mrs. Phillips
has in her house several antique relics
of great interest and historical value,
among them beng a marble top table
and drawer which belonged to John
Brown, of Harper's Ferry fame, and a
copper ewer and sideboard, once the
property of John Phillips, the first
mayor of the city of Boston. She tells
many an interesting reminiscence of
Wendell Phillips, with whom she was
intimately acquainted. v
The Great Jennings Estate.
Patriotic citizens of Minnesota, who
have been led to consider themselves
heirs to "the great Jennings estate" of
England, are still waiting patiently for
the enormous shipment of bullion from
the Bank of England's vaults, which
will soon put our circulation on an im
movable gold basis. St. Paul has the
craze badly, nearly $150,000 having been
collected in that city alone for "costs"
m the last few years.- The collection of
this has been in the hands of a regular
etock company in' Philadelphia, and
has proved such a good thing that an
other company has been formed in
Minneapolis as a competitor. . .
IT IS A HEAVY LOSS
Wreck of the Kawkins Keen
ly Felt by Cubans.
A STATEMENT BY SEN0R PALMA
Belief Expressed That the Ship Was
Deliberately Scuttled by a Trait
or on Board Investigation
Being Mads.
New Yobk, Jan. 29. Gloom prevaded
the headquarters of the Cuban revolu
tionary party today. Leaders who
would not admit last night that any
filibustering expedition had met with
disaster, freely admitted the reported
wrecking of the steamer Hawkins cor
rect.
Thomas E. Palma, the acknowledged
head of the Cuban revolutionary party
said that about $100,000 had been ex
nended in fitting out the steamer J. W
Hawkins, including arms and ammuni
tion.
One Cuban made the startling an
nouncement that it was evident there
had been treachery. Said he :
"We hired an expert to examine the
steamer J. W. Hawkins before we pur
chased her. This expert reported the
steamer seaworthy. Now, either the
expert did not do his duty properly, and
the steamer was not fit to go to sea, or
else a traitor on board deliberately scut
tled the ship. The latter would seem to
be the case. Neither General Garcia
who was in command of. the expedition
nor his son, second in command, nor
any others at the head of the movemen
had any idea whatever the steamer was
leaking until it was too late to save her
A searching investigation is being made
and if there was any plot to scuttle the
ship we will unearth it."
Palma denied there had been any talk
of his resigning the leadership of the
revolutionary party in New York.
HUMORED AT WAHINGTOS.
Suggestion That the Trne Story of the
Wreck lias Not Been ToM.
Chicago, Jan. 29. A Washington
special says :
There is a curious rumor afloat here
that the true story has not yet been told
as to the alleged wreck of the steamer
Hawkins, which had just set out to
carry a lot of men and ammunition to
Cuba. Some people close to the revolu
tionists say the whole thing is a "plant,'
and the Spanish minister and the United
States authorities have been cleverly
fooled. For some reason, not definitely
traced, there is a belief in the Cuban
colony that the arms supposed to have
been on the Hawkins were either trans
shipped at sea or were sent out secret
ly on some other vessel, and suspicion
directed after the Hawkins for the pur
pose of throwing Spanish spies and the
United States revenue authorities off the
track. People here are wondering what
the steamer was doing on Long island
sound if it was en route to Cuba.
Minister de Lome was apparently sup
plied with the fullest information in re
gard to the movements of the Hawkins,
and, acting on his instructions, officers
of the navy and revenue marine, were
instructed to look after the steamer and
its intended consort all the way from
Hampton roads to Tampa.
While the stories of the survivors ap
pear to read straight enough, the opin
ion is there has been something crooked
about the transaction. It is known here
now that in a previous case the Cuban
committee supplied the Spanish minis
ter with false information regarding an
alleged filibustering expedition and then
while he was busy with the assistance
of the United States in endeavoring to
hold it off, a genuine expedition slipped
out and made a successful landing in
Cuba. The understanding seems to be
that something of the kind was attempt
ed in the case of the steamer Hawkins,
but just what the wreck had to do with
it or whether it was' a part of the pro
gramme at all, cannot be definitely as
certained. '
' Insurgents Repulsed.
Havana, Jan. 29. Several members of
the central committee of the reformists,
party have resigned.
It is estimated 1000 persons have fled
fom Sabinilla to Matanzas. The insur
gents plundered the stores in Cidra and
attacked Guiera Macnrijea, south of Sab
inilla. The garrison repulsed the enemy,
whose attack was twice renewed. The
insurgents suffered severe loss. They
retreated five miles and then reconcen
trated. '
. Cache Discovered.
St. Joseph, Mo.. Jan. 29. Thousands
of dollars worth of plunder, has been
found in caves under the homes of a
gang of burglars and horse thieves, in
Florence addition to this city, by Sheriff
Aldriano. After a running fight, jn
which Bill Snyder, a well-known des
perado, was shot and fatally wounded,
the gang scattered and crossed over into
Kansas, where offio-rs are now searching
for them. Some of the plunder recov
ered had been stolen mere than two
vears ago. Many burglaries in sma'l
towns in Missouri, Kansas and Nebras
ka are now traced to this gang.
Political Crisis Over.
Managua, Nic.aragna, Jan 2S. The
government of Nicaragua has re-established
normal internal conditions and
the political crisis is pmnnnnced over.
Work of lncnudiarles..
Woodland, Cal Jan. 29. At 1 o'clock
this morning the woolen mills were
burned, entailing a loss of (65,000. The
fire was started by an incendiary, and
was the second discovered in the build
ing within 24 hours. The bnilding was
the property of Mrs. Emma C. Lanen
ner, mother of the ex-assemblyman f
that name, and was valued at $45,000.
She carried on it an insurance of $16,000.
The mills were operated by Collins
Shepherd, and his loss on the plant will
be $15,000, of which $11,000 is covered
bv insurance.
If the hair has been made to grow a
natural color on bald heads in thousands
ot cases by using Hall's Hair Rentwer,
why will it not in your case? i
Charged with Forgery.
Los Gatos, Cal., Jan. 29. Theodore
K. Murray was brought by Sheriff Lyn
don from San Jose this morning at the
instigation of G. L. Turner, of the Bank
of Los Gatos, on a charge of forgery in
getting a check for ifolMI cashed when no
fund? were to his credit in Visalia.
STUPENDOUS SIZli Or THE SUN.
Some Comparisons That Afford a Concep
tion of the Orb's Immensity.
Ponder also upon the stupendous size
of that orb, which glows at every point
of its surface with the astonishing fer
vor I have indicated, writes Sir Itob
ert Ball in McClure's Magazine. The
earth on which we stand is no doubt a
mighty globe, measuring as it does
8,000 mlies in diameter; yet what ore
its dimensions in comparison with
those of the sun? If the earth be rep
resented by n grain of mustard seed,
then on the same scale the sun should
be represented by a cocoanut. Per
haps, however, a more impressive con
ception of the dimensions of the great
orb of day may be obtained in this way.
Think of the moon, the queen of the
night, which circles monthly around
our heavens, pursuing as she does, a
majestic track, at a distance of 240,
000 miles from the earth. Yet the sun
is'so vast, that if it were a hollow ball,
the moon could revolve on its orbit
which it now follows, and still be en
tirely inclosed within the sun's in
teriorj For every acre on the surface of our
globe there are more than 10,000 acres
on the surface of the great- luminary.
Every portion of this illimitable des
ert of flame is pouring forth torrents
of heat. It has indeed been estimated
that if the heat which is inces
santly flowing through any single
smiare loot or iiie suns cjitcnui
could be collected and appnea
beneath the boilers of an At
lantic liner it would suffice to produce
steam enough to sustain in continuous
movement those engines of 20,000 horse
power which enable a superb ship
to break the record between ireianu
and America.
SOCI ABILITY
OF INDIANS.
They
Are Fond of Paying Social Visits
Among Themselves.
Indians, contrary to widely received
opinions, are of a social natureaml fond
of paying friendly visits the etiquette
of which would make a chapter of it
self. Not much attention is given to
the order of their going while in the
dust of travel, but when arrived within
short disance of their destination a
halt is called, the. ponies are relieved of
their burdens, the rawhide packs are
opened, and gala dresses and fine orna
ments come to light. The two young
men selected to be the bearers of gifts
of tobacco deck themselves for their
mission and ride on in advance. A sur
prise party is noi in ine inamns nso
of amusements; he takes his enemy
unawares, but not his friend. The
young men return, with messages of
welcome: sometimes members of the
family to be visited come with them
personally to conduct the party.
Meanwhile, writes Alice L. t (etcher
in Century, all have been busy prink
ing; brushing and braiding their iocks,
painting their faces, and donning their
best gear, the wide prairie their dressing-room,
their mirrors each other's
eyes, w hen the visiting party is again
cn route there is not a man or woman
who is not gorgeous with color and the
glitter of shell or feather finery. Even
the children have daubs of fresh paint
cn their plump little cheeks, while the
dudes are wonderful to behold, resplen
dent in necklaces, embroidered leg
gings, nnd shirts, anil with ornaments
innumerable braided into their scalp
locks. The visit over the Indians go
back to their homes pleased and con
tented, happy, if they find, as may not
always be the case, that the enemy
have not been at work in their absence.
BLEEDING ARMENIA
Renewal of Massacres at Va
rious Points Feared.
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THE ATTENTION OF THE PORTE
A French Paper Thinks Europe Needs
a Monroe Doctrine to Prevent
Meddling by the United
States.
Constantinople, Jan. 30. The re
newal of massacres at Aintab, Amassia
and Van is feared. The ambassadors
have called the attentiou of the ports to
the alarming rumors.
Letters received from insnrgent9 ot
Zeitoun say no excesses were committed
by them until they heard of the massa
cre at Marash. They then took venge
ance upon the Turks.
FRENCH COMMENT.
A Monroe
Doctrine for
vocated.
Europe is Ad-
New York, Jan. 30. A dispatch to
the Herald from Paris says :
The Parisian papers devote considera
abje attention to the possibilities of the
United' States entering into the active
epheres ot European international af
fairs and the Journal des Debats regrets
that Europe has not some sort of Mon
roe doctrine to protect it from the med
dling of the United States in purely
European affairs. The resolution
adopted by the senate and house of re
presentatives, it points out, is a direct
summons to the powers to carry out the
clauses of the treaty of Berlin. Diplo
matists of old, we are told, would have
leen horrified at the idea of sending an
American squadron to Constantinople
as Senator Frye urges, not because they
would have been surprised to learn that
America had a squadron to send, but be
cause they would have remembered cer
tain conventions which forbid the send
ing of a squadron to Constantinople,
Americans are aware that such conven
tions exist, yet Senator Frve wants to
send a squadron without paying any re
gard to them. It is impossible to be
more American. It is true the authori
ties on international law interviewed by
the Herald have clearly expressed an
opinion that congress is to blame and
has no business to meddle with the
treaty of Berlin, in' which the United
Slates was not a signature, but, of
course, the idea of attaching any weight
to the' opinions of jurists is regarded on
the other side of the Atlantic as
European prejudice.
As to the views of England, or rather
of Mr. Chamberlain, who alone has
spoken, he appears to regret that Amer
ica, instead of wrangling ovei a trifle
like the Venezuela dispute, should not
have intervened to settle the Armenian
question, while the press appears to re
gard such a course without dissatisfac
tion. Possibly, however, Mr. Chamber
lain's reference is intended to chaff the
Americans on their own intolerance in
attacking England because of her inter
vention in Venezuela.
The Temps takes advantage of the oc
casion to lecture the .nglisn press on
its too fertile imagination in assuming
the possibility of Europe confiding to
the great republic of the New World,
and of the United States accepting the
mission in spite of the Monroe doctrine
being turned upside down, of forcing the
band of the sultan by a naval demon
stration before Constantinople.
"Fortunately," said the Temps, "the
world is governed not by fanatical polit
ical conjectures, but by the modest 'rou-
tiniers' of Downing street or of the a'
Orsay."
IX MEMORY OF CHARLES I. .
Anniversary of Hi Execution Observed
' by "Legitimists." -
London. Jan. 30. This is the anniver
sary of the execution of Charles I of
England, who was beheaded January 30,
1649. This morning small parties of
"legitimists" arrived at Trafalgar square
with floral wreathe, which they attemp
ted to place at the foot of the statue of
Charles 1, but the police compelled them
to remove them. The crowd, with un
covered heads, repeated the collect re
ferring to the so-called martyred sover-
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ei;n. Then they offered up prayers for
the dead king. ' When the demonstra
tion began to attract much attention
they were dispersed by the po'ice.
Later apparently by orders received
from the chief of police at Scotland
Yard, beautiful wreaths inscribed "la
memory of the White King," were al
lowed to be placed at the foot of the
pedestal. ; '
Ker. Brown's Tosltloa.
San Fbancisco, Jan. SO. Eev. C. O.
Brown did not make his confidential ex
planation of Mies Overman's letters to
Mrs. Sarah Cooper this morning. At
the meeting of the First Congregational
church last evening Brown said Mre.
Cooper should not condemn him until
she had heard his version of the scandal
precipitated by Mrs. Mary A. Davidson.
Mrs. Cooper announced her willingness
to hear him, and the minister agreed to
make matters clear to her at his home -this
morning. An engagement for this
meeting, however, did not take place..
Mr. Brown telephoned Mrs. Cooper, who
is a sort of a lay preacher and Bible
class teacher in the First Congregational'
church, that his attorneys had forbidden
him to make his proposed explanation.
As a result Mrs. Cooper's conviction of
her pastor's culpability remains un
changed. She and other members will
try to prevent Dr. Brown from preach
ing, pending the work of the council of
investigation.
DonJt worry. Don't run in debt. Don't
trifle with your health. Don't try ex
periments with medicines! Don't waste
time and money on worthless compounds.
Don't be persuaded to take a substitute
for Ayer's Sarsaparilla. It is the beat of
blood-purifiers.
The St. Paul Still Fast.
New York, Jan. 30. News was re
ceived by telephone from the steamer
St. Paul this morning that no effort to
float the steamer was made either last
night or this morning, and there is no
change in her position. The steamer is
now about as "light as she can be made.
The probabilities are that nothing fur
ther will be done until there is a strong
eastern wind and a high tide.
At 5:50 a. m. the British Bhip Foyle,
which went onto Shrewsbury rocks Sun
day morning and was towed ashore to
save her, was floated and has been towed
to this city.
i
It May Do as Much for Yon.
Mr. Fred Miller, of Irving, 111., writes
that he had a severe kidney trouble for
many years, with severe pains in his
back and also that his bladder was af
fected. He tried mrny so called Kidney
cures but without any good result. About
a year ago he began to use Electric Bit
ters and found relief at once. Electric
Bitters is especially adapted to cure of
all Kidney and Liver troubles and often
gives almost instant relief. One trial
will prove our statement. Price 50c and ,
$1.00. At Blakeley & Houghton's Drug
Store.
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