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WOL. VI.
THE DALLES, WASCO GOUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1896.
NUMBER U.
SECOND FATAL ERROR
Two Armies of Spaniards
Fire on Each Other.
MANY, WERE KILLED AND INJURED
Spain, called a meeting of the Spanish
colony in New York and "Junta Fatri
otic Esoanola de loa Estadoa Unidos"
was organized. The following officers
were elected :
Don Arturo Cuayae, president ; Don
Remiiro Jimenez, vice-president: Don
Cesareo Vigil, treasurer; Don Jose G.
Gariot, secretary : Don Laureano Faoja,
aesibtant secretary.
IS STILL A MYSTERY i
Investigating the Death of i
Annie McGulvey.
spring poetry in one column 01 a news-
paper and tiie weather report in another,
. In the spring a young fellow's fancy
lightly tarns of thoughts of cough mix
tures
CASEY'S SUCCESSOR.
The most effete monarchy of modern The Matter Already Before
THOUGHT LAXGDON KILLED HER
Each Mistook the Other for Insurgent
Forces--The Leading Officers Are
be Court Martialed.
Havana, March 24. Two columns of
Spanish troops, commanded by General
Godoy and Colonel Holduin, at Santa
Rosa plantation, near Esperanza, prov
ince of Santa Clara, mutually mistook
each other for insurgent forces, owing, it
is said, to trie tnictcness 01 me sugar
canes. Each detachment opened fi
- and for ten minutes shots were ex
." chanced, resulting in the killing
: seventeen soldiers, among them being
" Lieutenant Colonel Fuenmayor, of the
Navas batallion. In addition five offi
cers and eighty-four soldiers were
wounded. Two of the latter have since
died. Six others are mortally wounded
and thirty-two seriously injured. Ow
ing to the fact that the meeting between
the two columns took place at midday
the explanation furuielitd by the Span
ish commanders is not considered satis
factory and a court niaiiial will follow.
This is the second mistake of the kind
that has occurred in the paBt few weeks
WA8H1XOTON SEWS.
Naral Appropriation Bill Completed
Death Penalty Abolished.
Washington, March 24. The house
has passed the bill abolishing the death
penalty in certain cases in which it
prescribed in the federal statutes and al-
lowing a jury to return a verdict quali
fled "without capital punishment,"
cases of rape and murder. The bill was
passed by a vote of 170 to 60.
In the Senate.
Washington, March 24. The senate
today passed the bill amending the law
prescribing the death penalty for In
dians convicted of rape and leaving the
punishment discretionary with the
court.
Mill's Cuban resolution was then
taken up.
Naval Appropriation Bill.
Washington, March 24. The naval
appropriation bill is completed. The
total amount carried by the bill is $31,
Oil, 1134, of which fin, 779,133 is for in
creased the navy. The appropriation
increase over the amount of the last bill
is between twenty-nine and thirty mil
lions. '
CHARGED WITH CATTLE STEALING
Sensational Arrest of Butchers In TV alia
Walla.
Walla Walla, Wash., March 24. A
pruuiiueui uuiuuer uuu una ui iue Biuca
holders of the American Dressed Meat
Company of this city, and W. A. Mont
gomery, who was employed as butcher
at the company's slaughter-yards, were
arrested late tonight on a charge of steal
ing cattle. Both were released on bonds
of $1000 each, to appear in the- justice
court next Tuesday. The complaint was
made by Oliver Cornwell, who runs a
small meat market in this city. The
prosecuting attorney stated to a reporter
that several years past members of the
. tltA A nt a si st A n f aaf Pnmnnnir rtarra Vtnnn
suspected of stealing cattle from farmers
and other stockmen in the county, and.
although the officers have been working
on the case all the time, no direct evi
denco could be secured until a few days
ago that they were the guilty parties.
It appears that last October Cornwell
found two of bis cattle; in the stockyard
of the company, but all the employes
denied any knowledge how they came
there and released . the cattle. Today
the prosecuting attorney claimed to
- have secured sufficient evidence to ar
rest all the members of the company
and several of their employes, and stated
be had a strong case against them
Warrants were also issued for the arrest
of Gus Harris, president of the company,
and Otto Eichler, who was employed by
the company as butcher of the cattle.
The arrests caused considerable excite
ment and sensational developments are
expected. R. Harris stated that his ar-
,rest ia spite work on the part of other
butchers and meat companies of the
city, who have been trying to injure the
business of his ' company for several
years.
- A SPANISH JUNTA.
South Dakota Republican. s
Huron, S. D., March 25. There was
a large attendance today at the Kepubli
can state convention to select delegates
to St. Louis. A. B. Conns was selected
chairman. While the money question
has brought out diversified expressions
it has been decided to refer that subject
to the national republican convention.
The convention seemed strongly in favor
of McKinley. United States Senator
Pettierew, who espoused the cause of
free silver, will probably be one of the
delegates. '
And Then Attempted to Commit Suicide,
But Repented What Leads to
This Belief.
Aid From Peru.
New Yobk, March 25. Nicolas de
Cardenas, who was sent some months
ago to Peru as the representative of the
Cuban revolutionists, has returned to
New York, at the request of President
Pal ma. Senor Cardenas' mission was
financial as well as political. He brings
back quite a large sum of money, the
result of voluntary contributions in
Peru. It is understood to be Palma's
intention to send Cardenas on a special
mission to Europe.
The Battle-Ship Iowa.
Des Moines, la., March 25. The
people of Moulton, at a meeting, adopted
resolutions directed to Governor Drake,
asking him to have his daughter, Miss
Mary Lord Drake, use water instead of
wine in christening the battle-ship Iowa
at Philadelphia next Saturday. The
governor and his party leave for Phila
delphia tonight.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
Fire in the Atlantic oil refinery at
Pitteburg Sunday caused a loss of $100'
000.
An ice gorge iii the Maumee river car
ried away a bridge near Toledo, O.,
worth $50,000
Zedekiah Sager of Bronson, Michigan,
worried by a lawsuit, committed suicide
by shooting.
Wallula's fruit trees escaped the frost,
and its output of peaches and cream will
be equal to the best.
Mrs. August Elzy, who was shot by
her husband at Peoria, after which he
committed suicide, has died in a hos
pital.
Miners at Winthrop, Michigan, who
went out rather than work ten hours a
day, have adjusted the matter and re
turned to work.
Andrew Rigstod, aged 48, a salesman
for an installment company, banged
himself with a lace curtain in a shed at
Houston, Mich.
John Inlgestrom, employed on a wat
er works trench at Dulutb, Minn., was
killed by the accidental discharge of a
dynamite cartridge. '
Fire broke out in the censes office at
Washington Sunday, and did great dam
age. All the records were either soaked
with water or ruined by fire.
Godfrey & Tabor, have purchased the
Red Boy mine near Baker City, The
consideration is $10,000. They have also
bonded the Golden Monarch, an adjoin.
ing claim..
At Huntsville, Tenn., Sunday morn'
ing, William Murphy, who murdered
Will Nowlin three weeks ago, was taken
from jail by a mob and hanged to a tree
within 80 steps of the calaboose.
Rev. J. D. Thornton of Sharou, Texas,
was warned to preach no more in that
section.! He refused to obey the order
and on Sunday night was taken from
his pulpit by a mob and unmercifully
beaten.
Philadelphia, March 2d. There is
little doubt today that Annie McGrath,
found dead at 2926 Girard avenue, Mon
day night, was either killed as the result
of a plan for the double suicide of her
self and Samuel Langdon, a wealthy coal
operator, whose mistress she waB, or she
alone committed suicide. The evidence
thus far adduced points almost conclu
sively to the theory - that Langdon took
her life and then attempted to commit
suicide, but forsook this purpose and
fled.
The most incriminating fact is that
the girl's lips and almost the entire in
terior of the mouth were bnrned and
discolored as if by acid poison, while
Langdon'a tongue from his lips to his
palate is a series of ulcers, which, ac
cording to his own statement, were not
there before Monday. This condition is
almost exactly similar to that existing
in the girl's mouth, except that in the
latter case it is more aggravated.
Bertha Stewart, a colored servant, em
ployed by the couple, was the last per
son except Langdon who saw the girl
alive. This Was about 3:30 Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Langdon, as she was known,
came downstairs and told the servant to
prepare dinner. She then returned to
the bedroom, where her supposed hus
band had been with her all day. There
was no further sign from the npper part
of the house until 4 :30, when she heard
a piercing scream. She hurried upstairs
and knocked at the door. Langdon, clad
only in his night shirt, opened the door
and told her her mistress was suffering
from a bilious attack to which she was
subject. Through the aperture the ser
vant saw her mistress lying on the bed
with a towel on her face. She was mo
tionless, and may have been dead then.
Langdon evidently had been lying on
the floor. . -
At 5 o clock he came down alone to
dinner and told the girl not to disturb
her mistress, who was not well. He
gave her the keys of the house and left,
saying he was going to New York. That
night the body was discovered. The
girl's relations deny that she was ever
subject to bilious attacks.
laesday morning the btewart em re
ceived a postal card from Langdon,
mailed after he had left the house the
night before, instructing her if her mis
tresa was no better by Tuesday to notify
her father, Henry McGrath.
When arrested yesterday, Langdon
complained of being ill and shortly after
ward vomited copiously. . He told Police
Surgeon Andrews that his tongue and
throat were ulcerated from excessive
smoking, but he had not before been
troubled with such an affection. The
surgeon found his throat in good condi
tion, and smoking does not produce such
an ulceration as in this case. Hia mouth
looked as if it had been burned by an ir-
ritant sncb aa ether or chloroform. The
condition might have been produced by
mineral alkali in small quantities.
Bertha Steward made the further
statement today that Monday morning
she went up to awaken Langdon, but
could not arouae him. She heard him
snoring. She made another attempt
later in the day with a similar result.
The father of the dead girl told Coro
ner Ashbridge today that his daughter
times is the one presided over by the
May Queen.
. Frailty ,5thy name is spring.
Spring by any other name would not
be nearly so deceptive.
Possibly it is because spring is the
youth of the year that it is ao disagree
ably fresh. ,
"Sweet spring, full of sun and blow
ing roses" sore throats and blowing
noses.
Spring, gentle spring, get a thaw on
yourself. N. Y. Sun.
the Senate.
PRAISE FOR THE DEAD GENERAL
Va
One of the Bast Officer In
Public Service Decorations
for Harrison.
Republican County Convention.
Washington, March 26. As a result
of the sudden death yesterday of 'Gen
eral Casey, engineer in charge of the
A Republican county convention for construction of the congressional library,
the county of Wasco, state of Oregon, ia Morrill today presented to the senate
called to meet in Dalles City, in said joint resolution appointing Bernard
county, on Saturday, March 28, 1896, at
10 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of nom
mating candidates for the following
county officers: One county judge,
county commissioner, county clerk,
county sheriff, county treasurer, county
assessor, county school superintendent,
county coroner and county Purveyor,
and also precinct officers for the several
precincts, and seven delegatea to the
state and second district congressional
conventions, and to transact such other
business as may 'property come before
such convention. The convention will
consist of 73 delegates, chosen by the
several precincts ; and the several pre.
cincta of the county, will be entitled to
representation in said convention as
follows :'
civil engineer,
of the library
to succeed
construction
Green,
charge
$5,000.
Morrill explained that Green was the
immediate assistant of General Casey in
building the Washington monument,
the war, state and navy buildings and
the library,
Hale took occasion to speak of the high
qualities of the late General Casey, de
signating him as one of the best of all
the officers in the public service,
A joint resolution was passed allowing
ex-President Harrison to accept decora
tions from Brazil and Spain.
Senator Perkins, from the committee
on education and labor, presented a fa
vorable report on the bill authorizin
the appointment of a nonpartisan com
Antelope 6 Falls. 5 mission on -labor, agriculture and caDi
Kakeoyen JUugsley .....2 tal. The committee amended the bill so
Bfgelow.:::'.:::::6 NXneV.V.::::::! "to provide that the commission shall
Columbia 2 Oak Grove 2 consist of five members in the interest
Deschutes 2 Ramsey 2 of labor, and.to be designated from each
Dufur 3 Trevitt 6 Lf
r,aso uaneB i rven z t . . ,
Mil. o ajrm; o interest of agriculture, three of whom
East Hood River!! 3 West Dalies. ... ...5 shall be designated by the farmers' al
West Hood River. . 6 118Dce ana two oy the national grange
The same being one delegate-at-large an" five4P the interest of capital, to be
from each precinct, and one delegate fjr selected Jfom among the manufacturers
every twenty-five votes, and one for ani those who represent other business
every fraction over o'ne-lialf of twenty- puranita
five votes cast for the Republican candi- Hw They io Down in Texas,
date for Governor at the election in I Austin, Tex., March 26. When the
June, 1894. ' I republican convention was called to or-
Primaries to elect the delegates in each
of the several precincts will be held on
March 21, 1896. In East Dalles precinct
the polls will he located at the Wasco
Warehouse, and William Butts, Frank
Creighton and Horace Rice will act as
judges at said election ; in Bigelow pre
cinct the polls .will be located at the
office of William Michell, F. D. Bronson,
J. E. Barnett and H. Cbrisman will act
aa judgea at Baid election ; in Trevitt
precinct the polls will be located at the
County Court room in said precinct, and
F. Vogt, Thos. Haslem and C. L. Phil
lips will act as judges of said election ;
in West Dalles precinct the polls will be
located at the City Mills, and Charles
Schmidt, T. A. Hudson . and H. rf
Learned will act as judgea at said elec
tion. The polls in each of said four pre'
cincts will be kept open from 12 o'clock
m. to 7 o'clock p. m. for the reception of
votes. The polls in each of the other
precincts in the county will be located
at the usual places at the hour of 2
o'clock p. m., and will be conducted in
the uqnal manner for holding primary
elections. J. M. Patterson,
Chairman Rep. County Coram
Hay ward Riudell, Secy Comm.
der today, the chair announced that the
committee on credentials would not be
ready to report until 12 o'clock, and sug
gested adjournment until that hour,
Opposition was offered by the McKinley
ites, but adjournment was .taken until
noon.
At 2 o'clock the convention adopted
the report from the credentials commit
tee practically putting the Reed-Allison
faction in charge of the convention. It
also elected H. W. Cunev, Allison's
leader, permanent chairman.
At 2 :30 o'clock the Reed-Allison fac
tion elected their delegation to St. Louis.
The McKinley men immediately
swarmed on the platform, knocked the
speaker down and tore the desk to pieces
Pistols were drawn and free fist fights
were indulged in.
Policemen swarmed into the building
and knocked the fighters right and left,
At 3 o clock the convention ball was an
amphitheater for fist fights, but no blood
had been spilled. The McKinley men
are completely defeated.
Reduced Rates.
City Council Meeting.
One Formed In New lark Last Tuesday
Might. '
New Yobk, March 25. The founding
of a Spanish junta in the City of Mexico
baa been followed by sfmilar action in
this city. Last night Senor Don Arturo
Baldezano Topete, the consul-general of
The city council met last evening and
transacted the following business:
In regard to selling certain lots action
was deferred until next regnlar meeting.
The discussion of the electric light
question resolved itself into a motion
that tne company be ottered $3 per
month per light hereafter, lights to burn
ntil 2 o'clock in the morning.
The matter of frog ponds on the hill
was brought to the attention of the coun
cil, and the marshal was instructed to
take whatever measures were necessary
to abate the npisance.
The marshal was also instructed to
report on the condition of all streets
which needed immediate attention.
A full council was present with the
exception of S. S. Johns.
Do not wear impermeable and tight
fitting hats that constrict the blood
vessels of the scalp.. Dse Hall's Hair
Renewer occasionally, and ybd will not
be bald. .
had deceived him. Her excuse for her
absence for three or four days at a time
was that she had been visiting friends,
and thia waa accepted without question.
Thoughts of Spring;.
Some thoughts on spring are not fit
for publication.
Spring ia the season when poeta and
livera get out of order.
If you have flannels to shed, prepare
to shed them in July,
Effective March 22d. The O. R. & N
Co. will reduce their round trip rates
between Portland and The Dalles as tol
lows : Two day rate, good going Satar
day and returning Monday night, $3,
Ten day tickets $3.50. Good on all
trains. E. E. Lytle,
m24-dwtf Agent
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorla,
When she was a Child, she cried for Castorla,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castorla,
When she had Children, she gave them Castorla,
Important to Farmers,
Wakelee's squirrel exterminator, the
The well-known poetical reference to original and only article of its kind giv-
Bpring as an "ethereal mildness" waa
promulgated long before the introduc
tion of the weather bureau.
Spring poeta are the great propagators
of pulmonary complainte.
Spring, ghastly spring I ,
Eyen a spring chicken is a delusion
and a snare. -
If the robin ia really a sign of Bpring
he ought to be aahamed of himself. -
In these latter days, blizzards are the
only genuine "harbingera of spring."
That "tired feeling" incidental to
epring ia greatly - aggravated by reading
ing complete satisfaction. Now reduced
from 50 cts to 30 cts per can. For Bale
by M. Z. Donnell, The Dalles.
For Bale or Trade,
A full bred, imported Frence Perche-
ron stallion for sale cheap; or will ex
change for other property. A sure foal
getter. Kerr & Buckley,
17-2ms daw Grass Valley, Or.
A high liver with a torpid liver will
not be a long liver. Correct the liver
with De Witt's Littfe Early Risers, little
pills that care dyspepsia and "constipa
tion. . Snipea-Kinersly, Drug Co.
A Decided Change.
New Yobk, March 26. The Journal
of Commerce says :
A few yeara ago New York waa the
distributing center in the East for Cali
fornia dried fruits. Nearly all of the
business in the territory east of Buffalo
and Pittsburg and north of Baltimore,
was conducted through the jobbers of
the city. At present, according to state
ments of prominent, members of the
trade, there is practically none of this
outside trade left to the city, as in recent
yeara ' the practice has increased among
the shippers of dried fruits in Califor
nia of consigning their gooda to local
points. As a result of this change,
trade here has suffered severely. Mer
chants are nnable to obtain any approx
imate idea aa to the quantity of gooda in
the market, and it ia not safe to' order
large quantitiea to sell again at other
points, because they do not know but
what some consignor will have his gooda
at that point ahead of his own, or he
will be undersold immediately after
wards.
The general opinion of the trade seems
to be that all classes of these fruits have
SIMMONSV
regulator7
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THE BEST
SPRING MEDICINE
is Simmons liver Regulator don't
forget to take it The Liver gets sluggish
during the Winter, just like ail nature,
and the system becomes choked up by
the accumulated waste, which brings on
Malaria, Fever and Ague and Rheuma
tism. You want to wake up your Liver
now, but be sure you take SIMMONS
Liver regulator to do it. it also
regulates the Liver keeps it properly at
work, when your system will be free from
poison and the whole body invigorated.
You get THE BEST BLOOD when
your system Is In Al condition, and that
will only be when the Liver is kept active.
Try a Liver Remedy once and note the
difference. But take only SlAMONS
Liver regulator it is Simmons
LIVER REGULATOR which makes the
difference. Take it in powder or in liquid
already prepared, or make a tea of the
powder; but take SIMMONS LIVER REGU
LATOR. You'll find the RED Z on every
package. Look for it
J. H. ZeiUn A Co, Philadelphia, Paw
toen affected by the change, but that it
has been most noticeable in the case of
raisins.
TDK INSURGENTS ROUTED.
Large Quantities of 8orplles Taken la
rioar Del ltlo.
Havana, March 26. A column of
troops, commanded by Colonel Sanchez
and E. Chevarria, have captured the
camps of the insurgents in that province.
The insurgents left fifty killed and re
tired with many wonnded. The troops
destroyed the stores which could not be
made available for the use of the army.
It is estimated that the stores captured
were worth over $200,000.
The public prosecutor at the trial of
Enrique Aleman will ask that the death
penalty be imposed.
THJC CUBAN RESOLUTIONS.
House Conferees Agree to Aeeept Those-
of the Senate.
Washington, March 6. After a ses
sion with the senate conference commit
tee on the Cuban question today of less
than half an hour, the house conferees
agreed to accept the senate resolutions.
This action will have the effect of taking
the question entirely put out of the sen
ate and transferring all further discus
sion to the house. The senate resolu
tions are as follows :
Resolved, By the senate, the house-
of representatives concurring therein,,
that, in the opinion of congress, a con
dition of public 'War exists between the
government of Spain and the govern
ment proclaimed and for some time
maintained by force of arms by the peo
ple of Cuba, and that the TJnieed States'
of America should maintain a strict neu- '
trality between the contending powers,
according to each all the rights of bellig
erents in the ports and kthe territory of
the United States.
"Resolved, further, That the friendly
offices of the UnitedJ3tates be offered by
the president of the Spanish government
for the recognition of the independent
of Cuba.
Ode to the Liberty School Bonse,
O schoolhnuse denr, how oft of thee
In after yeara our hearts will slug:
Thy joys recalled by memory
No bard In mystic rhyme can brine.
Thoi gh plain thy walls and unadorned
By works ot art; unknown to lame.
Yet we love thee, and Liberty
lias crowned thee with her name.
An entertainment at the Liberty
schoolbouse on last Saturday evening,
given by the Young People's Literary
Society, waa a success both financially
and socially. A very interesting pro
gram, - consisting of recitations, dia
logues and songs, was rendered by the
members of the society, and apparently
appreciated by the audience, judging
from the unusual good order which pre
vailed throughout the exercises.
The weekly meetings of thia society
during the winter have afforded amuse
ment, entertainment and instruction
for our young people daring the winter,
and the orderly way in which they have
conducted them deserves praiso.
Albia.
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