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VOL. VI.
THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5. 1896.
NUMBER 35.
VICTORIA TO RETIRE
This Report 'is Given Out in
London.
BER HEALTH BADLY SHATTERED
rrince of Wales May Soon Occupy the
British Throne Development of
Australian Mines.
London, July 31. The runior that
Queen Victoria intends to retire in favor
of the ft-ince of Wales is again current
today. It is added that court circles are
greatly troubled regarding the condition
of the queen's hea!tb. Such reports
have frequently appeared recently, only
to be semi-officially contradicted later,
but it eeeuis that there may be some
actual foundation for the statements
made. It is added chat her majesty has
decided to spend her time in future at
Balmoral or Osborne, and will give the
Prince and Princess of Wales the use of
Buckingham palace and Windsor castle.
There is no doubt the queen seems to
feel greatly wrought up over her eyes
and bereavements. Her majesty is
quoted ae having repeatedly' remarked
during her stay t Buckingham palace
upon the occasion of the recent marriage
of Princees Maude of Wales to Prince
Charles of Denmark : "Thi9 is my last
visit to London."
Color is given the reports in circula
tion by the deep emotion displayed by
the queen as she bowed in reply to the
enthusiastic multitude which lined the
route from Buckingham palace to the
railroad station where she took the tram
for Windsor, after the marriage cere
mony. . ,
Development of Australian Mine.
San Fbaxcisco, July 31. Percy F.
Marks, one of the proprietors of the
London Financial News, and one of the
recognized authorities on financial mat
ters, arrived yesterday on the Monowai.
The paper was founded in 18S3, and is
owned by himself and his brother, :
Barry H. Marks, a member of parlia
ment. This brother, previous to , em
barking in this London newspaper en
terprise, obtained his journalistic expe
rience on American papers.
Mr. Marks has been in Australia mak
ing a study of the gold fields of West
Australia, New South Wales and New
Zealand. As theee mines develop,
which they are now doing very rapidly,
he predicts a very remarkable increase
in the supply of gold, amounting, in
fact, to a glut of the yellow metal in the
market. The mines of West .Australia
are particularly prolific, but, have the
disadvantage of being in a country
scantily supplied with wood, water and
means of transportation. But these
disadvantages are being rapidly over
come. The government is extending
the railroad from Perth to Coolgardie,
on to Kalgoorlie, better known at Ho
anuue, 25 miles, an extraordinarily rich
mining region. .
The government has also asked parlia
ment for $5,000,000 for the purpose of
laying 3000 miles of water pipe. In
many places drinking water sells for two
shillings a gallon.
From here Mr. Marks goes to Cripple
Creek to investigate the mining pros
pects there. His paper, he says, has
always bad a favorable opinion of the
Cripple Creek fields.
I,. B. I'LATIOK KILLED.
Shot
Through the Heart While In the
Spokane Courthouse.
Spokane, Wash., July 31. L. H. Plat
tor, a well-known attorney and Demo
cratic 'politician, was shot and almost
instantly killed in the corridor of the
courthouse shortly before 6 o'clock this
evening. The shot was fired by Henry
Seiffert, a restaurant proprietor and
sporting man, who is also well known.
The tragedy resulted from remarks
made by Plattor in court, and which
Seiffert construed as a reflection upon
his character.
BRYAN A PAID AGENT.
The Democratic Nominee Fxposed
by
Senator Thurston.
Madison, Wis., July 31. The politi
cal campaign of 1S96 was opened today
in the presence of 8000 people, Senator
John M. Thurston, of Nebraska, and
Clarence S. Darrow, of Chicago, for two
and a half hours presenting, the respect
ive sides of the currency question. Each
talked for an hour and a quarter. Dur
ing the course of bis speech, Senator
Thurston said :
"I happened to hear Bryan four years
. ago in the congressional campaign in
my state. I pledge you, my country
men, and it is a solemn fact, that from
the beginning of that campaign to the
end, William J. Bryan advocated no
other iesue, no other argument than the
tariff. Four years ago I heard William
J. Bryan say to a great audience in my
state: 'Give us free trade and the
American workingman'a wages will go
up.' But they went down. He said,
'Give as free trade and business will
boom.' But it burst. (Loud applause
and. laughter.) The same man today
c Jinee before you witli a new promise.
They have discarded the issue of four
years ago, and now 'Give us free silver
and the wages of men will increase
give us free 9ilver and the prices of prod
ucts will rise; give ns free silver and the
new avenues of employment will 'be
opened np; give us free silver and the
business of the country will boom.
After depicting the evils whieh would
follow the adoption of laws for free com
age of silver, Thurston added :
"Who has carried on this great silver
campaign? On the 11th of July, 1S9G,
a Democratic paper, the Chicago Chron
icle, published this in double-leaded
type, on its editorial page:
'The proprietors of the big bonanzas
have found it profitable to keep a large
number ot lecturersand other spokes
men on the road preaching to the peo
ple. Among. the many who have thus
been employed'and carried on the pay
rolls of the big bonanzas for a number
of years is William J. Bryan, of Ne
braska, a paid agent and spokesman for
the free-silver combine.'
"In the city of Omaha, where William
J. Bryan does editorial work, the Omaha
Bee has made the specific charge, editori
ally, time and again. It has never been
met. I say, as an American citizen,
having at heart the welfare of tne peo
ple, that the man' posing as the advocate
of the down-trodden masses of his coun
trymen holding a 'crown of thorns' in
one hand and the bugaboo 'cross of
gold' in the other owes it a9 a duty to
every man, woman and child in this
country to say whether that charge is
false or whether it is true. I do say, my
countrymen, and I know whereof
speak, that for three years and a half,
without regard to Bryan, there has been
a selected corps of orators and writers,
paid employes of the silver producers,
spreading their literature over this
country from one end "to the other, tell
ing the farmer that with free silver he
will have more for wheat; telling the
laboringman that with free silver he will
have more for his work."
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Texaekana, Ark:, Aug. 1. "Cyclone"
Davis, the People's party leader, was to
day nominated for congress by the Popu
lists for the fourth district, to succeed
D. B. Culberson.
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THE GOLD CONVENTION
The
Four Different States
Want It.
THE INDIANAPOLIS CONFERENCE
Thirty-one States Will Participate In
the Meeting Nineteen Statea
Have Already Organized.
Chicago, Aug 1. The executive na-
tional committee of the gold-standard
Democratic 'conference, which meets in
Indianapolis Friday, having in charge
the arrangements of the preliminaries
for the conference, made an announce-
ment today that 31 states, will partici-
pate in that meeting. The announce-
ment was made after going over the
responses to the address recently issued
as the result of the gathering at the
Auditorium. Chicago is favored for the
convention, but Detroit, Indianapolis
and Minneapolis are candidates.
The executive committee, which met
today, consisted of General Bragg, of
Wisconsin; J. O, Broadhead, of Mis
souri; V.U. Haldeman, of Kentucky;
H. S. Robbins, of Illinois, and W. D.
Bynum, of Indiana. All the members
of the committee were present. The
committee met in the morning and re
mained in Bession until 1 o'clock. The
advices from 31 states, Mr. Bynum and
Mr. Robbins reported, were such as to
warrant the certainty that all of them
would be represented at Indianapolis
After canvassing in detail the corre
8pondence.it was found that the gold
standard men of 19 states had already
organized and named their committee
men to the Indianapolis conference,
The committee thus far named is as fol
lows:
Alabama J. M. Faulkner, Mont
gomery.
California T. B. Pond, San Fran
cisco.
Illinois John M. Palmer, Springfield.
Indiana John P. Wilson, Indian
apolis. . '
Kan sas Eugene Hagan , Topeka.
Kentucky Richard Tyler, Hickman.
Massachusetts Ex-Mayor Matthews,
Boston.
Minnesota F. M. W. Kutcheon, St,
Paul.
Mississippi Edgar S. Wilson, Jack
son.
Missouri L. C. Krautboff, Kansas
City.
Nebraska Euclid Martin, Omaha.
New Hampshire Gordon Woodbury,
Manchester.
New York Charles Tracy, . Albany ;
alternate, George Foster Peabody,
Brooklyn.
Oregon C. E. 8. Wood, Portland.
Pennsylvania, F. C. Bullitt, Philadel
phia.
South Carolina T. F. Tolley, Ander
son.
Washington Thomas Burke, Seattle
West Virginia H. S. Sims, Hunting
ton.
Wisconsin Ellis B. Asber, Lacrosse,
T .1 - i a 1 , i I
in tne ionowing states, me committee
was informed the
gold-standard men
bad organized and called a conference to
appoint representatives from their states
for the Indianapolis conference on
the 7th :
Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Maine,
Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Rhode Is!
and, Texas, Vermont, Tennessee and
Virginia.
The committee was also advised that
in the following states steps are being
taken which will result in the naming of
committeemen :
Colorado, Montana, North Dakota,
New Jersey and bouth Dakota.
Two territories, New Mexico and Ok
lahoma, placed themselves in commu
nication with the committee, and de
sired to be represented at Indianapo
lis.
DECEIVED BY DEMOCRATS.
Populist
Peek Says
Sewa.ll . Must Be
VFithd
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 1. WB. Peek,
who ran for governor on the Populist
ticket in 1892, and beaded the Georgia
delegation to the St. Louis convention,
made the following statement to the At
lanta Journal today :
"It was understood with the Demo
crats that if the Populists would nomin
ate .Bryan lor the presidency and a
Southern Populist for the vice-presi
dent, that Sewall would retire from the
race, or in ' other words, he (Sewall)
wdnld be taken down and our candidate
for vice-president would be put on the
ticket with Bryan.
"With this understanding Watson was
unanimously : nominated. Every: state
in the anion supported bim except South
Carolina, and it was not represented,
This was the broad ground on which the
Democrats and Populists met.
. "Having been deceived by promises,
we made it a certainty on our part, and
reversed the order of business, and nom
inated the vice-president first.
"Senator Jones, chairman of the na
tional Democratic committee, was there,
together with many prominent Demo
crats from different parts of theUnited
States, urging this course for the success
of financial reform. We did not indorse
Bryan, but made our platform and nom
inated bim then for president by over a
two-thirds vote. Mr. Watson was nom
inated with as long and loud outbursts
of enthusiasm as was Mr. Bryan, and I
beg leave to say now that there is but
one course to pursue if good faitk is to
govern this union of the silver forces,
viz: Watson electors must be put up
by the Democratic party from Maine to
California. It would be a lack of fijel-
ity to ask or to do otherwise in the
South ; yea, in Georgia it would be an
unpardonable sin and unfaithfulness on
the pari of the Democratic party, and
the people will hold them responsible for
the result.
(Signed;
William L. Peek.
WOCLD NOT DENY IT.
Bryan Had Nothing to Say About Sena-
. tnr Thurston's Charges.
Lixcoln, Aug. 1. When asked today
for a statement concerning the reiterated
charge of Senator Thurston in hia recen
speech to the effect that he was in the
pay of mine-owners, Brvan declined to
authorize a denial, saying that the de
nial will be made at the proper time
and that denials of the statement have
heretofore been made.
Referring to his proposed trip East
Bryan said today that he may conclude
to slightly change bis route from here to
Chicago, as a strong pressure is being
brought to bear to induce bim to visi
some cities not on the Burlington line,
The dispatches have announced that the
free-silver people of Des Moines, la.
nave ex pec tea mm to come that way on
the partial assurance be bad given and
have made preparations to recognize bis
visit. This undoubtedly is why he is
reconsidering the route of his projected
visit.
It was given out at tha Bryan home
this evening that Hon. R. P. Bland of
Missouri will arrive in Lincoln next Fri
day and will accompany Mr. and Mrs
Bryan on their trip to New York.
CORONER SAID IT WAS SUICIDB.
But Foal Play Is Suggested in Connec
tion With Lawrence's Death.
The coroner's jnry in the case of J. W,
Lawrence, brought in a verdict of sui
cide. Lawrence is the man who was
found beside a trail about eight miles
from Union. The two young men who
first discovered bim at 8 o'clock Monday
morning, did not get off ' their horses,
believing the man to be dead, but went
directly into town and informed the
sheriff. The sheriff obtained a coffin
and with two conveyances, Btarted for
the scene of the tragedy, arriving there
about 1 o'clock. When about fifteen
feet from the body one of the sheriff's
party made the remark that the man
was not dead, and stated he conld hear
him breathing, and such was the case.
The injured man was removed to town
. T
and died at 3 o'clock Tuesday morning,
The autopsy tevealed the fact that the
bullet bad not penetrated the brain, but
bad plowed its way between the skull
and scalp. The skull was fractured to
some extent, and iu the opinion of the
physicians who examined the injury,
the man's life could bave been saved if
be had received medical and surgical at
tention at an earlier hour.
It is commented upon in Union that
it seems very 'queer that though there
are about fifteen houses within a radius
of a mile and a half from where Law
rence was shot, and that be was discov
ered in the morning, that no one visited
the scene of the shooting between the
time of the finding of the body and the
arrival of the sheriff's party. Remarks
of fonl play are freely made, as it is
known that Lawrence was hot on the
trail of some horse and cattle thieves,
and it is thought by many that he was
done away with by some of the parties
he was accumulating evidence against,
as the easiest means of avoiding a crim
inal prosecution.
The deceased was 34 years of age, and
was a miner by occupation. . His father
lives three miles north of Union, and he
has no other relatives in this country.
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GETTING OUT OF CUBA
All Who Can Raise Sufficient
Means Are Escaping.
CRUELTIES OF SPANISH SOLDIERS
Cities Fnll of Beggar Whose II ok
Have Been Burned A Dark Pic
ture of Outrage and Crime.
Jacksonville, Fla., August 3. Late
advices from Havana give a very dark
picture of the state of affairs in Cuba.
The emigration from the island con
tinues at various ports. All who can
raise sufficient means to cover their pas
sage are leaving. . From Puerto Principe
province alone it is estimated that more
than 300 families have gone abroad.
Through the port of Havana more than
28.000 persons, mostly Cubans, have left
the island since General Weyler reached
Cuba, according to the official reports,
while by direct steamers for. Europe
more than 6,000 Spanish artisans and
farm hands bave embarked for the
Canary islands and Balearic islands or
ports of the peninsula.
General Weyler's campaign against
the pacificos is driving the countrv peo
ple terror stricken from their homes.
While the insurgents blow up trains
with dynamite and burn sugar estates,
the Spanish guerrilas continue to burn
the modest country huts and destroy the
present plantings. The families left
without shelter are compelled to flock
into the cities, the men being forced
into the government service and the
women compelled to wash and cook for
the officers and troops, beg or do worse
to keep hunger from the door. The pic
ture is indeed a 6ad one.
According to the official reports, more
than 3,000 suspicious peasant huts were
burned during the last week. In in
stances where only women were found
at home, liberties are without doubt
often taken, giving 'rise afterward to
shocking stories of outrage and crime
committed by Spanish guerrilas, but
often unjustly attributed to officers and
troops of the line.
And while General Weyler continues
driving the peasants of the country from
their fields of honest labor, the refugees
are dying of hunger in the cities and
towns. From Matanzas comes the sad
story of Justo Serpa, his wife and lour
little girls, aged 6, 8, 10 and 12. Driven
from their modest mountain retreat by
a flying government guerrilla force.
their hut was burned and they were
compelled to flee to Union delos Reves,
about 12 leagues on foot.
At Sancti Spiritus a Cuban boy of 10
years is to be tried for killing a Spanish
officer who insulted his sister. The of'
ficer was endeavoring to force an en
trance to the girl's room at midnight
local papers say, when a shot from an
adjoining window pierced his heart. As
only the girl's mother and little brother
were in the building the latter is ac
cused of assassinating the officer.
GIVEN HIS WALKING PAPERS.
Cripple
Creek Clt.v Manual Ordered
Out of Town.
Cripple Creek, Colo., Aug. 3. Jim
Marshall, marshal of the city, has re
ceived has walking papers from an in'
dignation meeting of citizens, who al
lege that he has been running the town
for revenue only, and that his operations
have netted him at the rate of $20,000
year by imposts on disreputable and on
respectable people whom he arrested on
frivolous charges. Marshall declines to
go, and as be has a reputation of being
quick with his revolver it may require
some persuasion to induce him to leave
His notoriety is shared by Bob Mullen,
formerly deputy sheriff, who has been
acting as police judge and who is said to
make a nice thing out of the situation
The pair has been notified by tbe bar
association and the municipal league
that tbe people are tired of them and
that they had better leave forthwith or
take the penalty. Marshall was at one
time keeper of a dive at Kansas City,
where the . worst men of the country
found Bhelter from the officers of the
law. He was also indicted by tbe feder
al grand jury in Denver for train rob
bery and for a long time was out on
bail with orders to report to the United
States marshal every day.
Fatal Fire in Astoria.
Astoria, Or., Aug. 3. At a fire in the
Anchor saloon last night Prof. Navoni,
a well known musician, was smothered
to death. .
Captain Al Harris of the Fort Canby
Ufa saving crew, died last night. Harris
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Boston", Aug. 3. The wool commis
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today. Joseph W. Spaulding is assignee.
Liabilities are placed at $240,000. No
statement of assets has been given out.
The failure is attributed to the poor con
dition of the market.
Northern Pad tic Lands Sold.
Seattle. Wash., Aug. 3. All the
Northern Pacific railroad lands in Wash
ington, comprising 11,002 sections of
patented aud an indefinite quantity of
unpatented lands, were sold at public
auction today.
The lands were1 bid in by President'
Winter for $1,705,200.
None But Ayr' at the World's Fair.
Ayer'e Sarsaparilla enjoys the extra-
ordinary distinction of having been the
only, blood purifier allowed on exhibit at
the world's fair, Chicago. Manufact
urers of other sarsaparillas sought by
every means to obtain a showing of their
goods, but they were all turned away
under tbe application of. the rule for
bidding the entry of patent medicines
and nostrums. The decision of the
world's fair authorities in tavor of Ayer's
Sarsaparilla was in effect as follows:
"Ayer's Sarsaparilla Is not a patent
medicine. It does not belong to the
list of nostrums. It is here on its
merits."
Otto Birgfeld is now ready to supply
amilies with the celebrated Gambrinus
keg or bottle beer, delivered free of
charge to any pert of tbe city. Tele
phone 34.
Teachers' Examination.
Notice is hereby given that for the
purpose of making an examination of
all persons who may offer themselves as
candidates for teachers of the schools
of this county, the county school super
intendent thereof will hold a public ex
amination Wednesday, August 12, 1896.
at 1 o'clock p. m. at the high school
building, Tbe Dalles, Oregon.
Dated this 3d day of August, 1896.
- C. L. Gilbert,
Country School Superintendent of
Wasco Co. Oregon. td
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