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THE DAIiLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1896.
VOL. VI.
NUMBER 7.
BITTER CONTROVERSY
Thft House Involved in a
Dispute Today.
IT GREW OUT OF TALBOT'S REMARKS
Which Representative Barrett Inter
preted as Treasonable Resolu
tion of Ceusure Offered.
Washington, Feb. 7. Debate on the
free-silver substitute for the bond bill
proceeded Bteadily in the house today
The house met at 10 :30 a. m., with less
than 30 members present.
Newlands awoke the empty echoes of
the vast hall with a vigorous argument
in favor of the free and independent
coinage of silver. He asserted not
single debtor nation of the world main
tamed the gold standard except the
United States, and we did so as the price
of the continued bond issues.
Talbot then rose to. a question of per
eonal privilege to correct what he said
was an unintentional misrepresentation
of himself in the public prints. He said
Pearson made an unwatiranted attack on
the loyalty ot his state, which, he de
clared, was as loyal as any state in the
Union. Pearson had saia JNorth larO'
lina followed South Carolina out of the
Union, and got whipped along with the
Palmetto state. "In a jocular way, Mr.
Speaker," continued Mr. Talbot, "I de
clared we weren't whipped, but had
worn ourselves out trying to whip the
other fellows. In the heat of the mo
ment, and impulsively, I said South
Carolina was not ashamed of the part
she took in it, and I, for one, endorsed
secession then. I thought we were
right ;I think so yet, and surrounded by
the same conditions, I would do the
same thing again. Now, Mr. Speaker,
I repeat it."
Barrett asked that the words be taken
down. Several members appealed to
him not to do so.
The speaker aeked Barrett if he insist
ed upon his demand.
Barrett seemed to hesitate until Tal
bot declared in a loud voice be was will
ing to have his words taken down. "'.
will stand by them," said he.
. Barret then replied to the speaker:
"Yes, I insist; I want to see if a mem
bercan violate his oath in this fashion."
. "The chair understood that the gentle
man from south lrokna was only re
peating what he had said on a former
occasion." said Speaker Reed.
Crisp moved that Talbot be permitted
to explain. The wonjs were read at the
clerk's desk.
Barrett then formally made a point of
order that when a statement made by a
member had been called in question
and he deliberately reiterated it, it, con
stituted a new statement and a new of
fense. He purposed now to offer a reso
lution of censure.
The excitement on the floor was in
tense. Crisp said be had never known
jun instance when a member was called
to order and a motion made that be be
allowed to explain. his utterances, that
such motion was not considered.
Barrett replied he had no objection to
the gentleman from South Carolina ex
plaining at the proper time. There was
more parliamentary Bparring between
Crisp and Barrett, during which the ex
citement increased.
The speaker finally cut the matter
short by saying if the house was not sat
isfied with Talbot's explanation the re
solution might be offered. The speaker
decided Crisp's, motion in order, v
"I take it for granted," said Dingiey,
rising, "that the house does not intend
to vote on the resolution of censure
' without according the gentleman from
South Carolina an opportunity to ex
plain." These generous words won the
applause of the democratic side.
Talbot explained that he bad arisen to
correct misrepresentations. '.'South Car
olina," he proceeded, "was as loyal and
true to the Union as any state. The
circumstances under which she seceded
could not exist again, and he was glad
of it." (Democratic applause).
Dalzell moved to refer .Barrett's reso
lution to", the committee on judiciary.
This was carried by a vote of 154 to 41.
This is understood to mean that no no
tice will be taken of the matter.
The sultan has replied to the auto
graph letter from Queen Victoria, which
it has been understood was a personal
appeal to the better nature of the sultan'
against, the condition of Asia Minor,
sympathizing with her in the humane
sentiments expressed and declaring the
reports of the massacres were spread by
evil-disposed persons. The sultan adds
that, contrary to allegations, the Turks
a ta first attacked while praying in a
mosque. The sultan assured the queen
that the measures taken had succeeded
in restoring order, and except in Zel
toun, quiet prevails everywhere, and ne-
gotiations going on with the insurgents
at Zeltoun will undoubtedly lead to
quiet.
WORLD'S NEWS IN BRIEF.
William H. English died at his rooms
in the Hotel English, Indianapolis, Fri
day, at 12:33 p. in.
Senator Frye from Maine was made
president pro tem of the senate yester
day, and A. J. Shaw of Spokane, Wash.,
secretary.
The great storm, in the East caused
water in the streets of Morristown, N.
J., to rise 17 feet. At Somerville the
telegraph operators in the Lehigh Valley
and Central railroad depots, for a time
sent messages while standing in water
up to their knees, but finally were com
pelled to leave their posts.
The jury in the case of fAe state vs. D.
K. Benson, after beir out all night,
came into court at Walla Walla yester
day morning with a verdict of guilty of
of murder in the second degree. Benson
killed Convict Ellis in the jute mill in
the state penitentiary, July 12, 1895, and
was charged with murder in the first
degree. The verdict gives general dis
satisfaction. The people believe he was
guilty of premeditated murder.
The report of the commissioners ap-
pointed under act of congress to make
an investigation of the route of the pro
posed Nicaraguan canal was sent to the
house yesterday by the president. The
salient features of the document have
already been published. The report
contains very elaborate data respecting
the work already done by the company,
the physical characteristics of the
country, the dangers to be met, the weak
points to be overcome and various other
detailed . statistical informatfon. The
total cost of the canal is estimated to be
$133,472,895.
The Real Culprit.
Soum - Bend, Ind., Feb. 6. Will
Wood, a son of Rev. D. A. Wood, of
Greencastle, Ind , was arrested here on
account of a telegram alleging that he
might be an accomplice in the murder
of the young woman at Fort Thomas,
Ky., whose headless body was found
here last ' Saturday morning. It is
alleged that Wood put the unfortunate
girl on the train at Greencastle, and was
the last person at that place seen with
her. Wood and the officers left for
Cincinnati today.
A Junk Boarded By Flrates.
San Francisco, Feb. 8. Particulars
have reached Hong Xong of a daring
case of piracy north of that place. Ac
cording to the papers which arrived yes
terday, a junk, while on a voyage irom
Pingholi to Hong Kong, with a cargo of
merchandise, was attacked by two pirate
junks with 50 pirates outside Nimshan.
The crew of the trading junk observed
the pirates approaching and fired two
shots from a cannon, both without ef
fect. The pirates drew alongside, firing
all the time, threw sinkpots on board
and then boarded.
One of the crew was shot in the arm
and a passenger in the leg. the crew
and passengers were driven below and
kept under hatches while the pirates
steered the junk into a bay, where it
was kept two days and nights. About
two-thirds of the cargo was removed to
shore, as well as the money and cloth
ing of the passengers.
The j'nnk was then taken out to 'sea
and turned adrift, afterward being run
into Hong . Kong. Tne crew numbered
12 men and there were three passengers
on board.
The Stage Capsized.
GoLDENDAiiE, Wash., Feb. 8. The
Dalles stage capsized last evening while
coming down Mulligan bill, a point
three miles below Centerville, on the
way Jf Goldendale. Four passengers
werefiolently thrown into a barb-wire
fence. J. A. Kirkham, a traveling man,
was severely hur$, and is now at the
Central Hotel in Goldendale. It is said
he will recover. Mr. Kirkham carries a
$10,000 accident insurance policy. The
other passengers were Sheriff Frank
Stimson, H. E. Darling and Will E.
Clarke, an insurance adjuster, of Port
land, none of whom received more than
slight bruises.' -
Bstrajr Notice. .
Taken up at my ranch in 'Antelope
precinct, Wasco coanty, state xf Oregon,
on the 23d day of J3nuary,1896, one bay
horse about 12 years old, with- blotched
brand, supposed to be figure five, on left
shoulder. Weight about 1,000 pounds.
star in forehead, a small snip on nose,
the right hind foot white and saddle
marked. -Broke to work. Z. Taylob.
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CAMPOS IS HOOTED
Demonistration That
Proves Almost a Riot.
THE SHOOTING AT ANACONDA
Attempted Murder and a Suicide Upon
the Street A Junk is Boarded
By l'lrates.
T1IEI BOOTED CAMPOS.
Several Were Arrestrd and This Led to
a Riotous Demonstration.
New York, Feb. 8. A dispatch to the
Herald lrom Madrid, says:
This city was recently the scene of a
demonstration that would have required
but very little to have turned it into a
serious riot. As told on Tuesday last, a
number of men hooted General Campos
as he was driving to nisrresidence lrom
the railway station on his return from
Cuoa. A number were arrested and cue
of them broke away from the gendarmes
who had him in custody and sought to
make his escape. The gendarms fired
twice at him and killed him. The shoot
ing was bitterly condemned by the re
publicans. When the funeral of th
victim took place it was attended by
great crowds. Fully 12,000 men, most
of whom were republicans, marched to
the cemetery, shouting, "Down with the
Police," "Down with Campos" and
Long Live the Republic."
The government anticipated' trouble
and there was a strong display of gen
darmes, who, however, appeared to be
afraid to interefere with the procession
in any way, lest they provoke a riot.
Consequently, the crowd shouted itself
hoarse until the cemetery was reached,
when the great assemblage stood with
bared heads until the funeral rites had
been completed.
The greater part of the crowd then
dispersed, but 2000 of its number again
formed in line and marched unmolested
Dack to the royal palace, in front of
which they gathered and shouted,
"Death to the King," "Death to the
Queen Regent," and '"Long Live the
Republic." Even the palace guards
seemed to be intimidated by the sullen
temper of the mob and made no attempt
to drive them away. 1
After partly venting their anger
against tjhe king and his mother, the
crowds marched.to the residence of Gen
eral Campos, where a similar demonstra
tion of disapproval was made. The
apathy of the police which was unques
tionably due to fear, was significant.
So far as is known, the civil authorities
made no request on the . military for
dispersing the crowds. The crowds
committed no overt acts, however, con
tenting themselves with shooting and
hooting, but they were evidently in a
humor to fight, had they been inter
fered with. k
After darkness had set in it was pro
posed to gather under the windows of
the hotel at which were stopping a num
ber of republican delegates who had
come to Madrid especially to attend the
funeral of the victim ot the gendarme
and serenade them. The police had in
meantime mustered their courage and
told the leaders the ferenade would not
be allowed. The crowd, after insisting
upon carrying out the plan, finally list
ened to the leaders and dispersed.
AS ANACONDA TRAGEDY.
Attempted Murder and a Suicide Upon
the Street.
Anaconda, Mont., .Feb. 8. Barney
Beck shot Mrs. E. B. Catlin, near the
corner of Fifth and Locust streets about
10:20 o'clock this evening, while she
was returning with friends from a visit
to a neighbor. Three shots were fired,
one striking Mrs. Catlin between the
shoulders, another grazing her hand and
the third missing her head. Friends
tried to stop him, but he threatened
them with his revolver and escaped in
the darkness. About 10 minutes later
be stood in the middle of Third Street,
near Walnut, and deliberately shot him
self through the head. He was Killed
instantly. "
Barney Beck was a printer by trade,
but has not worked for some time. He
formerly boarded with the Catlins, and
while there conceived a pstsaion for Mrs.
Catlin, which was in noway encouraged
or' reciprocated. He has for months
hounded the house, and, was ' driven
away by the police and Mr. Catlin.
About 10 days ago a warrant was- issued
for his arrest, but he eluded the officers.
At this hoar the doctors are unable to
give the extent of the woman's injuries.
Before it was learned that the man
had shot himself, the town was roused
and searching pariies rapidly organized.
Had some of these found him, he would
have been lucky to escape the summary
justice which he dealt to himself.
, Barney Beck was unmarried. He
came from Qaincy, 111., and was about
30 years of age. The shootingwas done
with a 38 caliber gnn.
NEWS NOTES.
According to a statement widely pub
lished the coming English naval pro
gramme will involve the outlay of $47,
000,000 and will provide for the building
of four ironclads, four first-class cruisers,
six third-class cruisers, and 60 torpedo
destroyers, the last to have a speed of
from 30 to 33 knots. The battle-ships
are to be similar to the Renown type,
but they are to have rather more beam
and to be longer.
Representative Crain of Texas died
early Monday morning.
Advices lrom Honolulu say that unless
Secretary Olney apologizes for the
actions of Minister Willis, that official
may be given his passport soon. The
trouble grew put of an invitation issued
by the Hawaiian foreign office to the
diplomatic corps to participate in the
national holiday of January 17, the an
niversary of the overthrow of the. mon
archy. Willis refused to take part in
the celebration on the ground that
President Cleveland did not approve the
manner in which the monarchy was
overthrown.
The pope has abandoned his intention
of publicly excommunicating Prince
Boris of Bulgaria, whose conversion to
the Greek church was announced a few
days sgo.
President Betancourt, of the , provis
ional government of Cuba, craves recog
nition for the insurgents from the U. S.
government. He closes the appeal as
follows : "Cuba, the bleeding, appeals
to her American sister. She does it in
the name of God, of justice, of civiliza
tion and of America."
The president has nominated Edwin
F. Uhl, of Michigan, assistant secretary
of state, to be ambassador extraordinary
and plenipotentiary of the United States
to Germanv.
A San Francisco woman horsewhipped
the wrong man for hugging her.
As a result of the Philadelphia prize
fight Saturday night, Frederick Schlech
ter, one of the principals, died Monday,
and ex-Policeman Henry Piuckfelder,
the other principal, is in jail, charged
with murder. The flitit took place in
the second storv of Schlechter's mattress
factory. Schlechter was knocked down
and his head hit the floor so hard that
his skull was fractured.
SHOULDER
STRAPS.
Their Effect
Upon the
Form
Is Very
Bad.
"A number of women have hopeless
ly deformed their shoulders by th-j
wearing of shoulder straps," said a
physical cnltuwe enthusiast the other
day to a class of ladies. "The weightof
the skirts on the straps has worn little
furrows in the heavy muscles of the
shoulders. Just notice the shape of
women who wear narrow straps. Of
course, it is not observable when they
are dressed in ordinary cefctume, but
in evening dress I can pick out every
one in the room who is in the habit of
wearing straps. ' ,
"The proper thing is a fitted waist
with heavy material set in around the
armholes and down the sides as stays
or strengthening1 pieces. To these are
attached the buttons or hooks that sus
tain the weight of the skirt.
"It is absolute suicide to hitch these
things upon the ordinary corset. That
-throws the whole of the weight upon
the body below the waist and is the
cause of more distress than one can
well imagine. There are a great many
people who could not be induced to
put shoulder straps on growing chil
dren; indeed, the waist is in every re
spect niore desirable. It need not be
high in the neck, but should cover the
curvq, of the slioulders so that the
weight of the garments may rest even
ly over them.
"The physical culturist has a wide
field, and the time is coming when the
possibility of developing the figure of
a child will be studied as carefully as
the development-of the mind." If. Y.
Ledger. '
It May Do as Much for You.
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 mmy 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 care of
all Kidney and Liver troubles and often
give? almost instant relief. 'One trial
will prove our statement.' Price 50c' and
$1.00. At Blakeley & Houghton's Drug
Store.
FOR PEACE IN CUBA
Joint Resolution Offered by
Senator Cameron
SELF-GOVERNMENT THE ONLY WAY
Friendly Offices of This Country to Be
Offered to Spain Gen. Gibbons
Funeral.
Washington, Feb. 10. In the senate
today Senator Cameron offered a joint
resolution quoting the president's refer
ence to the Cuban war in his last mess
age which declared that there will be no
means of securing peace to Cuba except
by giving it the right of self-government,
and offers to Spain the friendly offices of
the United States to being about this re
mit. '
General Gibbons' T'uneral.
Washington, Feb. 10. The secretary
of war has made the following announce
ment of the denth of Gen. John Gibbon
at Baltimore, last week :
'War Department, Washington Feb,
8. 1896 The death at Baltimore on the
afternoon of Thursday, the 6th of Feb
ruary, of Brevet Major-General John
Gibbon, brigadier-general, is announced
to the army. As cadet and commiss
ioned officer he had 'served his country
well for over half a century. In the late
war, as commander of the Iron brigade
of ,the Army of the Potomac, whose
fame and came came to it upon its bat
tle-fields, he early gained distinction
Subsequently in due succession as corps
commander, he served until Appomat
tox closed the conflict. He was wound'
ed at Fredericksburg, at Gettysburg and
after the civil war, in the Indian engage
ment at Big. Hole, in Montana. He was
five limes breveted lor gallant services in
battle, tie continued in active service
until by operation of law, under the
limitation of age, he passed to the re
tired list. His remains will be interred
in the national cemetery at Arlington on
Monday ,Jkhe 10th of Febanary, with the
military honors due to his rank as a
general officers."
THE BBADLKSS TBO'E.
Pearl Bryan's Mutilated Body Viewed
by Her parents.
Gbeencastile, Ind.', Feb. 10. The
headless body . of Pearl Bryan was
brought here Saturday night and at once
deposited In a vault. When the news of
its arrival spread over the city, hundreds
of people Went to the cemetery, and for
several hours Sunday there was a large
crowd around the door of the vault, gaz
ing at the casket through the iron grat
ings of the door.
In the forenoon Mr. and Mrs. Bryan,
father and mother of the murdered girl,
and her sisters and brothers, visited the
cemetery and entered the vault. Mrs.
Bryan was so overcome by the sad spec
tacle of the headless trunk of her daugh
ter that she swooned in the vault and
I be father was nearly overcome in a
similar manner.
While, the relatives were in the vault
there was a meeting of the young and
middle-aged men of the city, some dis
tance away and it was said later that
some 25. or 30 of these pledged them
selves to each other to avenge the girl B
death if the murderers were not hanged
bv the law.-
The organization thus formed is said
to be regarded simply as the nucleus of
a larger one which will take the law into
its own hands if Jackson and Walling
escape the extreme penalty in the Cin
cinnati courts.
A Successful Company.
One of the most successful companies
on the road this season is the Georgia
University graduates, which will appear
at the opera house one night only, Sat
urday, February 15th. The press 'where
the company has appeared speaks in
the highest terms of them. The time
honored jest is changed much for the
better, and it is claimed that .they have
the finest costumes of any minstrel show
now living. They arrive here on the O.
B. & N. on their own special sleeping
car.
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FULL DAY' WORK.
What a New
England
Fanner Aooon
pllihed.
Lest some one should think an
Aroostook fanner's life too free, and
easy, the Parkhurst correspondent of
the Fort Fairfield Beacon gives this
account of an average day's work dur
ing the potato-digging season: "Iwent
to bed at 11 p. m. with the conviction
that I must get up at 4 a, m. Clocal
time). Awoke when the clock struck
2 and dared not go to sleep ajrain for
fear of sleeping over. Jumped out of
bed at 4 o'clock, ran to the barn, dressed
myself as I went, and fed and harnessed
four horses; ran to the house and woke
the old woman (for good reasons farm
ers' wives often sleep with the hired
girl through potato digging); ran to
the spring: and back twice; grtSsed the
double wagon; mended a check rein;
unloaded four barrels and a basket of
potatoes and dumped 16 barrels; 5,
woke up the crew; 5:30, breakfast;
5:33, ran to the barn aenin, got the
horses on the wagon and started for
the factory; 0, arrived at factory,
horses steaming, two acres of teams
ahead of me; everybody swearicjr;
0:30, lit my pipe; 7, gave some ofytlie
boys a lesson in careless language; 8,
lit my pipe again; 9, went into the
boarding house and tried to buzz the
cook; 10, told a bif? yarn; 11, stole
bottle of whisky; 12:30, pot unleaded,
full as a starch factory, and "ran the
horses all the way home, arriviiitr at
1; had a row with a Frenchman and
forgot to eat dinner: 2, o.hnneci four
Arab peddlers out of th? field, then
hauled potatoes to tie cellar till 7;
8, had supper, unharnessed and cared
for the horses, went to the spring twice
more, shoveled, potatoes in cellar till
9:30, got a chance to kiss the hired girl
twice; 10, went to bed happy.
QUEEN VICTORIA'S BOSS.
She Had One In Mm. Massens House
keeper at Balmoral.
Queen Victoria has just sustained a
severe loss by the death of Mrs. Mu
sens, who, from time immemorial, l.nd
been her houpekeepcr nt llalmoral, says
the London News. Thoujrh unknown,
to the public at, large, she was an im
portant personage in the. eyes of every
body connected with the court, as she
was one of the few who had the cour
age to "talk up" to her majesty, and
even on occasion to deliberately "bo""
her august mistress. Once when the
queen wanted o. certnin maid to whom
she had taken a fancy detailed to the
care of her own room, Mrs. Musscns
remonstrated in the strongest fashion,
telling her majesty that it. was quite,
out of order, and -she really must l ot
spoil the servants by taking undue no
tice of them. The queen, as usual,
gave away, and "dear Mrs. Mussers"
won the day. She. wn.s a typical per
sonage of her class, gowned always in
black silk, lace-trinimcd apron, and
white cap, with corkscrew curls. She
and the queen were excellent friends,
and her majesty used to de.': iht in lici
conversation. Siie also stood hijrh in
the favor of the royal grandchildren,
who used to neck her out as soon as
they arrived at the castle. P.ut to the
world at large she was a holy tcrrcr,
and with the servants and members
of the household she was infinitely
more exacting und imperious than the
queen herself.
IioriiiK f"r CoaZ.
Mr. T. T. Nicholas, who is boring a.
shaft for coal on Cbenoweth creek, has
drilled about sixty feet into an immense
strata of pure iron. The metal, so far
beneath the surface, is very soft, which
makes drilling extremely slow, and be
ing about 600 feet deep it U impracti
cable to use a screw. Sometiaies a
inch and a half of depth is all that if
gained in a hard day's work. Mr.
Nicholas is very hopeful that directly
beneath this iron will be found the
coveted coal, as experience of other coal
fluids would indicate. Mr. Nicholas if
determined to go' through this iron if it
extends another hundred feet, which is
not at all likely.
The New Road.
A committee of citizens interested la
the new road by Thompson's addition,
appeared before the county court today,
who with Ju'lge Blakeley and Commis
sioner Darnielle, repaired in vehicles to
the proposed improvement. There 5
every disposition to advance the work on
the part of the court, and is really re
sponsible for the present session. The
city's tax of one mill, amounting to
$1,200, will be 'used fur its construction,
as it is one of the most important roads
leading into the citv.
Sunday, Feb. 9th to the wife of Rolan
do Brooks, a daughter; weight 12
pounds.
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