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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON,WEDNES DAY, MAY 6. 1896.
NUMBER 20.
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SHAH ASSASSINATED
Persia's Ruler Killed Friday,
Near Teheran.
WAS SHOT THROUGH THE HEART
While Entering the Shrine of Shah
dul A Elm Slayer Disguised
as a Woman.
Ab-
Teheran, Persia, May 1. While Shah
Nasir-ed-Din was entering the inner
conrt of the shrine of Shah Abdul Azim,
six mileB eontii of this city, at 2 o'clock
this afternoon, he was shot by a evolu
tionary fanatic. The ball entered in the
reeion of the heart, and the shah ex
pired within a few minutes.
Immediately after the shah was shot
he wa uari ied to his carriage and con
veyed to his palace in this city.
The assassin, who was promptly ar
rested, is said to be a Sayyld, froon Cor-
man. or the province of that name. It
is believed the murderer has accom
plices.
Nasir-ed-Din acceded to the throne of
Persia in 1848, at the age of 17 years.
CONTRABAND CHINESE.
Startling Arrests in Portland of Custom
Bouse Brokers.
Portland, Or., April 1. W. P,
Swope, J. C. Dolan and Eugene Dement,
arrested laet evening by United States
Marshal Grady on the charge of "con
spiring, confederating and combining
among themselves and with other divers
eyil-disposed people to violate certain
laws of the United States, in that they
aided and abetted the illegal landing of
Chinese passengers from foreign ports,
.through the custom-house of Portland,
knowing that said Chinese persons were
prohibited from coming into this coun
try." '
At 4:30 p. m., Treasury Agent A. W.
Chappelle swore to the warrants before
United. States .Commissioner Sladen,
and by 7 p, m. all three of the prisoners
were landed in jail with bonds set at
$2,000 each, The friends of Swope were
at once to hia rescue, and in short order
a bail bond, with Thomas M. Richard
son, John H. Hall and J. Couch Fland
ersaksnreties. was filed and accented.
and Swooe was released. He at once set
to work, to find bail for Dolan and Dem
ent, but up to the time of examination
this afternoon at 2 o'clock has not suc-
ceded.
A STBANGLER CAUGHT.
Taken While Trying to Throttle
Colored Woman.
San Francisco, May 1. Another sup
posed strangler id behind the bars of the
city prison, and, unlike those who have
preceded him, he is, in a measure, self-
confessed,' and was also caught in the J
very act of throttling a woman of the
half-world in a dark and deserted alley
off Montgomery street, near Washington.
it was at an early hour this morning,
when the crime was committed, and at
that time, the electric lights being out,
it was as dark as pitch.
Officer F. Robl, who patrols Mont-
gomery street, was walking along his
beat, when he was startled upon reach-
ing Merchant alley to hear the gurgling
sound of a strangling human being. His
mind being full of the recent outrageous
murders, he quickly arrived at the con-
elusion that another helpless - woman
was being assassinated, and rushed up
the alley. Just as he reached the center I
of the block he heard a man's voice
cry out:
"It you cry out I will strangle you to
death as I did the other notorious
women of your class."
This spurred him on in his search, and
finally he spied a large man with his
fingers clutched around the throat of a
woman who was prostrate on the pave
ment. The would-be-assassin and the
officer saw each other at the same time,
and the former released his hold on his
victim and sprang as if to escape, but
Rohl was too quick for him, and soon
had him safely ironed.
, The woman then got up and both were
started for the California-street station.
On reaching the light it was observed
mac tne victim oi tne assault was a
young colored woman. When they
reached the station a messenger was dis-
patched ior .uetective .een .conn, and in
the meantime the man wag charged with
assault ana Daitery. ne gave me name
of John Lewis, and said. he was an iron-
moiuer oy occupation. . ae tailed, how-
ever, to explain the motive which" led
bim to assault and nearly murder the
woman. . '
For a Military Reservation. r
Washington, May 1. The president
will probably soon issue an order setting J
I apart the lands of the abandoned mili-
tary reservation Fort Townsend
Washington, aa a military reeervation
for Fort Townsend post. This will be
J L 1.', ... Atulns laanarl A nnl
1, 1895, which transferred control of the
reservation from the war department to
the interior department.
YOUNG WOMAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
Deserted by the Man With Whom She
Eloped.
New York, Mny 1. A yonng woman,
who gave her name as Elmira Dnrand,
and who claimed to be the daughter of a
wealthy clothing merchant of New Or
leans, attempted suicide by taking mor
phine, bne was stopping ai tne reel-
dence cf a Newark police officer named
Adams. He noticed the young
,aUy t.j.u8 o. e
ner eiory teui uer w uw uu
physician who was called in succeeded
in saving her me. According to ner
statement, she ran away from Mew Or
leans with Dr. De Lome, of New York.
They arrived in this city last Tuesday on
a steamer. The doctor . promised to
marry her, Miss Durand says, but
disappeared mysteriously. Despondent
over the turn things had
taken, she at-
tempted her life.
Burleigh Fight.
Seattle, May 1. The Senator Squire
and Burleigh factions in the Republican
party that have been making euch a
hard fight to contest the primaries to
morrow in the interest of the respective
candidates, are lving on their arms to
night, both claiming victory in eight.
An impartial survey of the situation to
night indicates that Burleigh will win
With the Juniors I. O. G. T. Mo. 2.
Yesterday afternoon about thirty five
boys and girls met in their regular meet
ing in t raternity ball. The young peo
ple had elected the officers for the pres
ent quarter at their last meeting, and
they were duly installed by the Super
intendent, Mrs. E. Joles, as follows
P. C. T., Helen Hudson : C. T., Nellie
Clark; V. T., Katie Barrell; Chap.,
Georgie Norman; Secy., Edna Van
Dyk8; F. 8., Gleun Ferguson ; - Treas.,
Henrietta Kreft; Guard, Neddie Briggs;
Marshal, Fred Wand ; Sent., Henry
Zimmerman; D. M., Lulu Blakeney.
We are pleased to see how well the
boys and girls conducted the exercises
of the lodge, and how much progress
thev have made in the last few months,
AU lDe DOV8 Bna Blrls ln lown ougnt ro
join one of these temples and receive the
instruction there given. Thev meet
every Friday afternoon ; one, the Inde
pendent, at Fraternity hall, and the
other, Harmon, at the K. of P. hall.
Mrs. E. Joles and Miss -Edith Randall
are the superintendents, and woold be
happy to see any of the boys and girls
on Friday afternoons.
The two temples in The Dalles are
jointly preparing a very pretty exercise
for the grand lodge which meets here
the first week in June. B. H.
SHIPS FOB THE NAVY.
Naval Appropriation Bill Passed the
Senate.
Washington, May 2. After a week's
debate, which has taken a wide range,
the senate today passed the naval appro-
priation bill. The entire day was given
up to the subject. A large part , of the
time set apart for general debate was
devoted to political questions foreign to
the immediate subject. The bill, as it
passed is substantially as it was reported-
from the committee on appropriations,
except the reduction of the number of
battle - ships from four to two, and the
torpedo - boats from 15 to 13.
An amendment was adopted providing
for the construction of three of the tor-
pedo-boats on the Pacific coast.
Blakeley & Houghton desire us to pub
lish the following extract from a letter
of Chas. M, Gutfeld of Reed ley, Fresno
county, Calif., as they handle the rem
edy referred to and want their customers
to know, what a splended medicine it is:
'It is with pleasure I tell you that by
one day's use of Chamberlain's Cough
remedy I was relieved ok a very bad I
cold. My bead was completely stopped
up and I could not sleep at night:. I can
recommend this remedy." A cold nearly
always starts in the head and afterwards
extends to the throat and lungs. By
using this remedy freely as soon as the
cold has been contracted it will cure the
cold at once and prevent it from extend
ing to the lungB.
Take Simmons Liver Regulator now
it8 jQSt the remedy for the Spring of the
year to wake p tne iiver 8nd cjeanae the
whole system of ihe accumulated waste
of the winter. "My wife combatted
more Malaria in Alabama in 1861 with
Simmons Liver Regulator than all te
doctors in the neighborhood. "We've
had a siege of Malaria in our own family,
and it helped us." W. N. Bryant, Dal
les, Tex.
i; DEATH OF THE SHAH
LBrOUgllt ADOUt Bj HlS Jiltt-
est Son.
MAY ATTEMPT TO USURP THRONE
Dlscontent of the Sect on Which
Be
Worked The Mew Snah Pro.
claimed.
t ondon. Mav 2 It in rnmored in this
cU that tne a88a8sinat;on o tha Bhah of
; hmnoht. nhrmt hv thn maohi
nations of bis eldest son, Massoud-Mizra,
governor of IsaDhan. The latter was
j lm while the new Bhah. second
son of the deceased monarch, was born
in 1853, but the latter is an offspring of
wife of higher rank, and thus was
chosen to succeed his father in place of
Massoud, his elder brother. The shah
often rebuked Mirza for his unruliness,
and in 1888 recalled him, and only al
lowed him toretarn to Isaphan after dis
banding some of the regiments and
ordering him to pay more than the usual
tribute. '
Massoud-Mira, who is also known as
the Zil-er-Sultan, or shadow of the king
dom, resented this treatment, and it was
believed that he might make an attempt
to usurp the throne.
Massoud-Mirza, who is enormously
rich, is unpopular on account of bis sev
erity and intolerance, and on the other
hand, Muzafar-ed-Din, the new shah, iB
much loved by the people of the province
of Aaerboijan, where the Persian army
Is chieflv recuited.
The discontent of the Babist sect, up
on which Massoud-Mirza is believed to
have worked, is due to the fact that the
late shah did not allow them to estab
lish their religion, his refusal to do sc
being based on representations made to
his majesty that it would conflict with
the existing faith.In Persia, and split the
people into religions tactions. The Bab
ists have always been kept in check, and
little has been heard of them for some
years past. .
WHAT CONGRESS WILL DO.
The Senats Will Take Up the Biver and
Barbor Bill This Week.
Washington, May 3. The senate pro
gramme for the next week is to brat
take up the river and harbor bill, and
when that is disposed of, to follow with
the bill making appropriations for the
District of Columbia. Opinions differ
very widely as to the time the river and
harbor bill will consume, but no esti
mates place it at less than two or
three days. Whether it shall go on
longer will depend upon the political
temper of the senate. If, as- is not im
probable, something should be said to
open up a political debate similar to that
of last week, there is no telling to what
length' the discussion may be drawn out.
The managers will make a strenuous
effort to keep politics and other ques
tions in the background, and to hold the
discussion down to the merits of the
bill. This may be accomplished by a
promise of an' opportunity to discuss the
Peffer bond resolution, or some other
question before adjournment.
The principal subject of debate in the
bill itself is the amendments suggested
by the committee on commerce, provid
ing far thn xrAnrlit.nrn nf 3 OOf) (10 far
the improvement of the harbor of Santa
Monica, Cal
Senator Whii will offer
an amendment making the appropria
tion dependent upon the recommenda
tion of a committee of engineers, and, in
case the amendment is lost, will make
an effort to defeat the entire proposition.
He will be supported by five or six
members of the committee on commerce,
especially by Senator Barry. They will
make an effort to show that the appro
priation has been provided for at the in
stance of the Southern Pacific railroad,
and it is not improbable that there may
be a foretaste of Pacific railroad discus-
in this connection
There will be an effort during the
week on the part of Republican senators
to agree on an order of business for the
remainder of the session
A Populist Takes Exceptions.
The Dalles, April 30, 1896
Editor Chronicle :
Sir: I see in your paper of April 29th
an article headed, "Dont get scared."
If you will give me space In your paper
I will give the writer of the above article
a few points. In the first place I will
brand the
article from first to last as
false and written purposely to mislead. I
He says : "We are not getting ahead."
He compares us unto Abraham Lin-I
coin's steamboat, that "when she tooted
her whistle that: she had no steam left I
tn rnn finr maoKinoi-v " T vnnM bo tt I
j that we require no steam, as we run our I
machinery by electricity, which is cre
ated "by onr rapid mode Tf computation
which is so simple that even the foolish
cannot err therein. Therefore the
masses fall in line with the thought, and
keep . up- . the inexhanstible euppl
tnereoy making eucn rapid progress
that the inventor's perceptible faculty
not clear, and therefore cannot see the
rapid progress that the Populist, party
is making in this state of Oregon and
what is true, fur Oregon is true to every
Btate in this nation where the Populists
are a party.
Why, to convince the most skeptical
just take a spin through Wasco and
Sherman counties, on the streets, of The
allee and other counties and cities
this state, and he or any other person
will soon begin to think that it is fashion
able to be a Populist. And everybody
knows what it means to
attempt to stop
the strides of fashion until it has had its
sway. Just so with the Populist party
Nothing short of a complete victory and
a iuu administration will ever appease
the desire of the Populist party in this
state and nation. He says, "We are
trying to convince Oregon voters. There
is no convincing about it. The seed has
been sown, but not like other seed which
has been sown broad cast and hurled
into foreign. lands, and more to eternity.
But it has failed into good ground and
,has been properly drilled and cultivated
and we are going to reap a bountiful
harvest. But don't get scared. We
will measure out unto all a good, honest
bushel. He also charges ur with pay
ing high prices for our speakers. Why,
we nave more speaking, then wo can
handle. AH free truth makes every
man free and the people are coming
daily. They are self-convinced. 1 He
says "If the Republicans vote and do
their duty, they will have great nations
So say I. But they will be Populist na
tions, and don't you forget it. '
R. F. Wickbam
Some Suggestions for Voters.
Editor Chronicle :
. During the late county convention of
the Populist party, it was observed, that
many of the spectators left as soon as
candidates for sheriff and. clerk were se
lected. Why? Almost any intelligent
citizen can name the different candi
dates tor these two offices, while very
few can name the other candidates
Does the weal or woe of the county de
pend so much more upon those offices
that it is of little or no consequence who
fill the other offies in gift of the people?
It seems to me that it will be well to in
vite the attention of yoters to the rela
tive importance pf the offices and the
qualifications needed by those that fill
them. . ' ( .
The sheriff should be brave, cautious,
courteous, honest and painstaking, and
should understand enough of book
keeping and clerical duties to keep the
books of his office in good and correct
form. Honesty and thoroughness
should be irrevocably linked with econ
omy in his office. His chief claim to a
nomination should not be that he can
control the votes of some clique, clan, or
corrupt element of the body politic.
The clerk need not be a capital horse.
racer nor billiard player, but he should
be a first-class accountant and book
keeper, firm, courteous and. painstaking
in all the minutiae of his duties, and
both able and willing 'to build up and
guard the interests of the people. Like
the sheriff, he will be satisfied with a
strictly honest and economical salary.
The county judge should be a man of
!aree 1Tta PJWe-understand.
,a clore fancier, wen ac
quaintea witn the needs and resources
of the county, very upright in all his
dealings and fearless . in enforcing the
same conduct in the management of all
county business. His principal bone
should be backbone. It would hardly
be putting it too strongly to say that he
holds the most important office in the
county. ,
The qualifications of county commis
sioners should not fall essentially Iselow
those of the judge. They should be capa
ble of doing more than holding down
their chairs,assenting to every decision of
th iadee 4 drawing their salary. ,
iiw prosperity, qi a. county aepen&s
much more upon the judge and the com
missioners than it does upon its sheriff
and clerk. The former holds the purse
strings . and have it in their power to
largely control al other county offices,
and to so judicially expend the public
money that taxpaying might he a pleas-
nre rather than a smarting burden. Law
and business sense not custom' should
guide them. fJ.S'.h.'j'S. ot',1
Wasco county has plenty of capable
men for these offices. . Why is it that in-
competent men are' so ' often nominated
and sometimes elected to ' these Trees'
If the qualified "men ' are hot patriotic
enough to accept the office, let us nomi-
nate, and also elect, some of onr army of
ona.mil,. not.tnKft ani nnl ma'amd
, ; -4 ,. Two Peas. .
BASE ; INGRATITUDE
Shah's Assassin One of His
Pensioners.
HAD BEEN CONVICTED OF TREASON
But
Was Liberated and Pensioned by
Masr-ed-lDln Police Anthorl
" ties. Blamed.
Teheran, May 4. (Copyright, Asso
ciated Press.) It has been definitely as
certained that the aesassin of the late
shah of Persia, Nasr-ed-Din, is Mollah
Reza, follower of a well-known agitator,
Sheikh Jemi Aleddin, who was exiled in
1891, after having been convicted of high
treason. Reza was also imprisoned for
treason, but was subsequently liberated.
After his release be continued his at
tacks upon the government, and again
imprisoned and once more released and
was actually granted a pension by the
shah. In spite of the elemenev shown
him, Keza continued his agitation
against the government' and when
warned that he would again be arrested
he suddenly left this city.
He was next heard of at Constant!
nople. Instructions were telegraphed to
that city to have the Persian agitator
closely watched. Additional reports
from Constantinople advised the govern
ment that Reza was corresponding with
Sheikh Jemi Aleddin, when, it is pre'
sumed, their plansTor the assassination
of the shah were laid.
About two months ago Reza quietly
left Constantinople and for a time, all
trace of him was lost. Recently his
presence here has been known to the
police authorities and they are blamed
for not haying caused his arrest.' They
excuse themselves on the ground that
the late shah's clemency to the assasnln
-was exercised under the belief, founded
oh reports of physicians, that Reza was
of unsound mind and -it was believed
that even if taken into custody "once
more, he would only be released by the
shah's orders. Since his arrest for the
ehah, Reza has been closely questioned
by the judicial authorities. At first he
professed to have acted entirely of his
own accord and in the interests of bis
people to whom, he claimed, reforms to
which they were justly entitled, had
been refused. -
Later the prisoner confessed that the
assassination of the Bhah was the out
come of a long-planned conspiracy. He
was chosen to do the deed, and waited
two months for a favorable chance to
ehoot the shah. The assassin also ad
mitted that upon many occasions he had
succeeded in approaching the late shah
under various disguises, but it was not
until Friday last, in the mosque of Shah
Abdul Azin, that he got. near enough to
fire the fatal shot.
The murderer has admitted that eight
persons were in the conspiracy. Two,
who have been arrested, are. the prison
er's nieces. They were domestics em
ployed in the harem of the shah. , Reza
has confessed that the girls kept the
conspirators informed regarding the
movements' of the .shab, and Friday
morning the chosen assassin' was in
formed that the shah intended to visit
the shrine of Sultan Abd,ul Azin. Fi
nally Reza informed the authorities tha
he intended to commit suicide by blow?
ing out his brains, but was disarmed be
fore be could carry out his intehtib'n.' ' 11
THE PINAK SEC. BIO
'BATTLE
:r.rri: j
All Havana Dlscussins Antonio laceo
A.aie victory.
New Tobk, May 4.' A Herald dis
patch from Havana,1 says; ''' '
All Havana is anxiously--discussing
tbe battle in the mountains of .Rinar del
Rio province. It is believed ihat the im
surgents who persistently attacked Gen,
eral Ynclan s troops' far back from Caca
rajicarsWlhe sea',' was'led by MMeW'ft
person. J ' The i stronghold stormed"
Ynclan 's forces was not,; properly speak
ing, a fort. There; is. an , jold, , jranch . on
the top of the stony hill.at.Caracajicara,
whose sides form' a precipitous' descent
to tbe road which" winds "through bold
rocks and are nob wide enough for. a col
pmn to spread out to advantage., . There.
is Jityle timber, or brush, aroppd there.
The insurgents fortified the road in two
places by barricades one above the
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other, with the intention of preventing
the Spanish troops from reaching the
hills, where the main rebel camp is
located. The officials Say that the in
surgents fought desperately and that the
results given prove they had every ad
vantage of the situation. They poured
down shot front above upon the troops,
who were practically shut in a cut in the
ravine. It is supposed that rebels were
bent from the point of attack ( to notify
Antonio Maceo who hurried forward to
attack Ynclan. Officials reports say
that he was rei eatedly repulsed.
AID f'Olt INSUKGENTSi
Supposed Cuban Expedition
Embarks
From Atlanolc City.
New York, May 3. A World special
from Atlantic City, N. J., says:
Wbile tbe board walk and beach were
crowded with visitor; last night, a large.
rakish steamer stopped within a mile of
shore and , lowered four boats, which
made for the ocean pier. As they neared
the pier a large crowd gathered there.
When the boats came up, a score of
silent, swarthy men forced their way to
the front and as Boon as the boats
tiuched the landing stage, they leaped
into them and were immediately rowed
to the steamer, which had not anchored.
but kept circling about with' all steam .
up. - Just as soon as the strangers were
put on board the mysterious craft made
off with all speed to the southwest.
The general opinion among seafaring
men here is that another Cuban expedi
tion has successfully got away and that
the steamer already had on board arms
and ammunition.
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
It is reported from the vicinity of Eu
gene that the fruit crop is badly dam-
aged, and if the rains continue much
longer it will be entirely ruined.
Tbe steamer Mexico sailed from Port
Townsend Sunday with 210 passengers
for Alaska. It is said that a majority of
the Mexico's passengers are experienced
miners, who have been to Alaska before,
and who are well supplied with provi
sions and money.
An effort will be made during the
coming summer to arrange a general en
campment of the Second regiment, O.
N. G. Some of the companies of Um
regiment have enough money saved to
defray their expenses during the en
campment, and it is hoped that all com
panies will be able to participate.
lOO Reward OlOO.
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there laast
one dreaded disease that science has .
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh .Cure is
the only positive cure known - to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being ; a
constitutional disease, requires a' const!- v,
tutional treatment. Hall's 'Catarrh
Care is taken internally, acting directly
upon the' blood and mncdns surfaces1 of
tbe system, thereby destroying the foun
dation of the disease-, and giving the
patient strength by building up the con
stitution and assisting nature in doing
its work. The' proprietors' have so much
faith in its1 chrativfc "powers, that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any .case
that it, fails;, to cure,. ..Send ifor.,liaf ,p
testimonials. 'Address: '
rl wl T. J. Cnkmti A Co. Toledo, O.
.pBTjSoldj.by prp,ggigt875 cents.,, v,q
jpoaq BBjt . Ay er;, ,.,.. Worlda. Falrf
Aver'i Sarsanarilia eniovs the extra
ordinary ' distinction of' having been th'e
oaTy blood'pul-Tfier allowed' on' exhibit at
lh3 1 world's i fair,' Chjcago. i ManufacU
nfers of other tSarsapairillas Bought by
every means to obtain showing of their
goods, but they were all turned away
ODUur luv application vi tuo ruiu jur
blddfriS (the entry1 '6f patent' medicines
andc ttostramsia rThe '"decision 'Of the
wprjd fair authorities in tavor ol Ayer'f
Saraparjlla.was,., , effecf ,as fpHows.l
;Ayer's . Harsaparuia ( is not a patent
medicine, it does not oeiong to tne
list' of nostrums Jlt'i Is herb omits
8.?
Go to Moore's for your fresh creams,.
He,will not sell you chewing gnmor
marsh1 mallow 'taffyl' ' ' Don't' he deceived
byihe hameV fofthia is'the' only place
in the cjty' yon; can! get. the genuine
marsnmallow, taffy. oTryv.his .couibina
SlW. taffy his week.,, x j r ;.,.,'
i,"rYe. ma liver regulator and X can
regulate the world," said a genius. The
druggist handed him, a bottle of DeWitt's
Little Early Risers, the famous little
pills. '' For' 'sale '' by Bnipes-Kinersley
Drug Co". i H'.'ji !' fi fvi-I f-.-i.!i !.
rm fcV.s'i'jJfi) Inifi
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