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THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. 1896.
VOL. VI.
NUMBER 39.
THE FALL OF TURKEY
Sultan's Government on the
Eve of an Overturning.
THE RIOTS . AT COXSTAXTIXOPLE
Intended as a Demonstration Against
the Tower for Their Neglect
of the Armenian.
London, Autc. 28. A - dispatch from
Home says that private letters just re
ceived from Constantinople, eay that the
Turkish government is on the eve of be
ing overturned, and. that a provisional
government will be appointed.
MASSACRED BY WHOLESALE.
Turkish Mob at Constantinople Butch
ers Helpless Armenians.
Berlin, Aug. 28.- -A dispatch to the
Vossiche Zeitung, from Constantinople,
says that there was a general fusillade
and massacre. At the conclusion of the
riot manv hundred dead bodies were ly
ing at the head of the Starnboul bridge.
The Turkisn mob arrived with knives
and sticks, invaded the quarters of the
Armenians, attacking the Armenian
houses and then passed their butchered
victims out of the windows. The police
and militia stood idly by in the streets
where wazon loads of human bodies
were lying scattered in all directions.
. NEWS FROM CUBA.
Battle in the
Province
. Cuba.
of Santiago do
Havana, Aug. 28. Advices just re
ceived here confirm the story of the 56-
hour defense by its escort of the military
' train which was reported missing be
tween Taco Taco and Bacaragus, prov
ince of Pinar del Rio. The insurgents
it appears, lost about 500 killed and oVer
100 wounded, including the insurgent
General Bermudez. Antonio Maceo had
his borse shot from under him during
the same eneaeement, and a number of
insurgent officers of minor , rank were
more or leaB injured. . '
"Major "Orozo has been engaged with a
force of insurgents at Cuzco. Eleven of
the enemvwere killed, and on the side
. of the troops several men were wounded
A government force under Captain Go
niela, numbering about 125 men, has
been attacked bv the insurgents near
Manzanillo, province of Santiago de Cu
ba. The captain was killed at the first
volley and Lieutenant Pena was wound
ed. A detachment of troops from Man
zanillo, which was sent to Gomela's as
sistance subsequently ' engaged the
enemy, and tbe insurgents lost 26 men
killed. The troops bad seven men killed
and 22 wounded.
Awful .Crime of Three men.
Ottbmwa, la., Aug. 28. Three men
visited the home of E. W. Warner, a
farmer, near Libertyville, la., last even
' ing, bound and gagged Warner's
' daughter,- Mellie, aged 20. who was
alone in the bouse, but found nothing,
and then each man assaulted the girl.
They left her bound : and gagged.
She managed to release herself, and
went to the house of a neighbor, where
she fell unconscious. A posse of 300
'men, under Sheriff Black, started in
pnrBuit and caught the three men at
Bladensburg. With much difficulty the
sheriff protected the prisoners and got
them safely in jail at Fairfield. Tbe
girl -is in a. critical condition. - She was
. not able to identify the men. Late re
ports say circumstantial evidence is ac
cumulating and indications are strong
that the . prisoners will be lynched.
They' are strangers here, well dressed,
and traveled in a buggy with a team.
TILLMAN TO HAKRISOX.
The Southern Senator is Fining
For a
. Joint Debate.
, Washington, Aug. 28. Senator Till
man telegraphed ex-President Harrison
as follows : "Hon. Benjamin Harrison,
New York: I have just spent a week in
' Pennsylvania speaking to many thous
- ands. Your speech in New York last
". night attacks me -specifically, and I
would be pleased to meet you in joint
debate before a Northern audience, pref-
erably at Indianapolis. ; . ' " -,'"
; - . . "(Signed,) - B. R. Tiu-man."
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- Letter From Neal Dow.
Amksbuey, Mass., Aug. 28. A letter
from General Neal Dow, the noted pro
hibitionist, and former candidate for the
. presidency, in which he gives his viewfc
... on the money question, is made public
by the general's correspondence. The
,' letter- says: ; , '..-.'.-.
v "The proposition of the PopuliBts and
other silver mentis this: That" con-.
gress enact a bill making 53 cents' in
isilver equHl in value to 100 cents in gold
that the 53cents be compulsorily received
as fall pavment for 100 cents m gold
That, if accomplished, will be a he,
cheat, a fraud. I do not see how . any
honest man can consent ' to that, much
less to propose it. If adopted the conn
trv would be in a panic while it con
tinued." ' - "'' .
FORKS r . f IRE RAGING.
Destrnctlon Done on Washington
Sill
of Columbia.
Astoria. Or.. Aue. 28. A forest fire
of immense extent is raging tonight be
tween Oak point and Eagle cliff, nn th
Washington side of tbe Columbia. Three
miles square have already burned over,
Manv cattle have burned to death, the
number being estimated at 200.' All
kinds ot animals are dropping dead from
the excessive heat.
' The amount of timber already de-
stroved is estimated at from 10,000,000
to 20,000,000 feet. All of the bnildings
at Benson's logging and lumberingcamp
have gone up in flames. Late tonight
the fire was reported to be within a
quarter of a mile of Oak point, but mak
ing no headway in that direction
' A wall of flame three miles long, and
leaping to the tops of the liighest trees
renders it impossible to get direct com
municatioa to the scene of the troubl
A month ega-a heavy fire broke out in
the same district,, which, notwitbetand
ing the recent rains, smoldered and
broke out afresh the other day.
It is feared that many lives have been
lost. Those who are at Benson's camp
and beyond the line of fire can only find
safety, providing they have not already
succumbed, bv making a new trail' to
the Colombia river and - taking to boats
All of the bnildings at the various log
ging camps have been destroyed, and
even some in tbe village. Campers have
made strenuous efforts to get , their
things out of the cabins, and some effects
have been removed from a few buildings,
but there is little prospect of saving any,
thing, as they cannot get out this way at
all. The ordinary trails are so covered
by smoke and cinders, and- the heat is
so great that no one can pass along
them.'
NO COMPROMISE EFFECTED.
Manitoba Parachial School Question
Is
. .' Still Unsettled... :
Winnipeg,' Aug. ' 28. Premier Lau-
rier's offorts to settle the Manitoba par
ochial school question, seem to be futile,
The compromise accepted by the Green-
way government does not smt the
Roman Catholics. The official organ of
Archbishop Langevin, who Is now in
Rome, consulting with the pope on the
question, has this to say in an editorial
"Nothing but our separate parochial
schools will satisfy us. A' settlement
which restores fr us only the ghost of
the shadow ot our rights we will never
accept. The bare permission for -the
clergy to visit the schools and teach the
catechism will not do. To put a plaster
over a festering sore only makes it break
out with renewed virulence elsewhere."
Monitions of War.
Key West, Fla., Aug. 28. General
Roloff and Colonel Nunez have . landed
here; accompanied by 14' others, in' a
small yawl. A tug approached the port,
and after launching one of her small
boats, she put out to sea again
General Roloffs party reports the safe
landing in uuba oi tbree expeditions
The three expeditions are said to have
landed 1500 rifles, 2,000,000 cartridges.
700 machetes, three field, pieces, medi
cine and other necessary supplies.
a A Mother's Awf ul Crime. -
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 28. Neigh
bors who broke into the home of C., W.
Green, a traveling passenger agent for
the Big Four railway, this forenoon,
found three children (two boys, aged re
spectively 13 and 6, and a girl aged 9,)
lying dead in bed. They had been shot
and instantly killed as they elept.' In
another part of the house Mrs. Green
lay dead upon the floor. It is supposed
tbe woman, while temporarily insane,
killed the children, then dispatched her
self, using a revolver. -A
Mr. Green left the city a week ago last
Tuesday for a trip to Salt Lake City with
Mr. Lyncb, assistant passenger agent of
the Big Four road.
, New Cuban Bank Bills. -
Havana, Aug. 28. The official gazette
will publish shortly a decree making the
circulation of tbe new bank bills compul
sory throughout Cuba; and , the- king's
attorney will severely indict any persons
contravening this decree. A circular
will also be issued announcing that no
objections will be made to the circula
tion of the new bills in mercantile tran
sactions. Secret military orders will al
so be issued to the same end. '.
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Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
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RIOTS NOT : QUELLED
Turkish Troops Still Massa-
ereing Armenians. :
IN STREETS OF . COXSTAXTIXOPLE
Foreign Ambassadors Appealed to Sul
tan to Stop Disorders, Bat No Re-
- ply Has Been Received. .
London, Aug. 30. A Times dispatch
from Constantinople says that the joint
note of tbe ambassadors ot the powers,
asking the sublime porte to suppress the
disorders in Constantinople witbout de
lay, failing to have the desired effect,
the' representatives ofthe powers dis
patched a joint telegram warning the.
sultan that he endangered the Turkish
empire by suffering the continuance of
anarchy 'by the connivance of the im
perial troops and the police. It is said
that- the sultan trembled when he re
ceived this warning telegram.
Neither the members of the diplomatic
circles nor rational observers doubt that
an armed mob of Turks bad been pre
viously organized for possible riots. It
was noticed that less than . two hours
after the insane attack on tbe Ottoman
bank by the Armenians the mob that
filled the streets at Galata overspread
the whole city, and Turks in parties
from 120 to 150 strong, apparently 'well
organized and acting in concert, crossed
in lighters from Starnboul.
Armenian Bomthrowers.
London, Aug. 31. A dispatch
from
Constantinople says:'
"Members of tbe Armenian revolu
tionary societies threw a bomb in the
premises of the Credit Lyonnaise and
the tobacco syndicate Saturday night.
The amount of damage is not reported.
The End Drawing Near,
London, Aug, 31. The Daily News, in
its editorial this morning, says :
'Europe is face to face with the de
position of the sultan and the partition
of Turkey.'!
"It is now estimated over 4000 persons
were killed. :
'Starnboul has been covered with re
volutionary placards, evidently posted
by the young Turkish party .-
"Serious trouble is expected Monday,
the anniversary of the sultan's acces
sion. . -
SCENES IN CONSTANTINOPLE.
Innocent
Persons Mowed
' Musulmans.
Down bjr
Constantinopls, Aug. 29. The Gul-
nare was guarded all night long by the
British gnardship Imogene and two Turk-
sh gunboats. Jt is still impossible to
give the exact number of victims of the
rioting. In the street between Dolmab-
goache and Topanze it resembled a field
of battle. Fifty bodies were counted
there. The houses of the Armenians in
various quarters have been pillaged, and
Galata and Pera -are occupied by mili
tary. Cavalry patrols are to be seen in
all tbe streets ; tbe shops are closed and
few people venture out.' " In addition
there are - rumors of disturbances at
Koumkopac. .:
The Armenians are greatly alarmed
and the outbreak of the revolutionists is
generally condemned as criminal mad
ness. But the authorities are censured
for permitting the Mussulmans tcrnter-
fere-and attack innocent persons, and
the police and troops are blamed for be
ing passive onlookers. Today, however,
several groupes of Turks ware disarmed.
Great uneasiness prevails among Brit
ish residents in villages on the Bbores of
the Bosphorus, where the Armenians
have sought ' refuge. Michael Herbert,
the British charge d'affaires, has ordered
the British guardship Dry i ad to remove
families desiring protection and any
British vessel in port may be . requisi
tioned in case of necessity. There is al
so much anxiety in the suburbs, where
many Europeans have' Armenian ser
vants. ';, ,-' '
The American college at Hissar and
Bible-house at Starnboul, are guarded
by troops. United Slates Minister Ter
rell visited Hissar yesterday to ascertain
if the Americana were safe. The chief
of police of Hissar , told Terrell that
measures had been taken to preserve
order. The Galata quarter is quieter to
day. All shopes are closed and no Ar
menians are seen in tbe streets. There
was a frosh panic today owing to a bomb
being thrown while the soldiers were
returning from Selamilk. Nobody was
hurt. The bomb-thrower was arrested.
Although several -'Armenian ' districts
were the scene yesterday . evening , of
massacres and pillage, the city today iB
quieter and the authorities now appear
determined to maintain order. ; , v
Scores of dead have been thrown into
the sea in order to cave the trouble of
burying the bodies. The British charge
d'affairs has refused the request of the
sultan to withdraw the guards of British
marines, saving be cannot do so until
tbe disorders are. thoroughly quelled
Of the Armenians seized in the Ottoman
bank five were killed and 'five wounded.
They all had come from abroad. Fifteen
survivors have been sent to Marseilles,
the British and French warships seeing
the Messagerie liner safely off. ,- : "
- CROSSED the TROCHA.
Insurgents Easily Passed Through the
'.i Line.. . ' s
Havana,- Aug. 29. The -insurgents,
commanded by Quinton Banderas, suc
ceeded in piercing the trocha at Marie,
They paeeed through the cordon drawn
across the island of Cuba west of Ha
vapa. An inquiry has leen opened for
the purpose of ascertaining - how the
Spanish . failed to prevent them from
crossing the line, lroops are now in
active pursuit of Banderas. 1 '
Miguel- Verona aide-de-camp of An
tonio Maceo, arrived at Puerto Principe
Saturday last, being detailed .to see
Maximo Gomez. - Verona was the hearer
of letters from Maceo requesting Gomez
to give the former the real facts regard
ing tbe death of his brother, Jose Maceo,
Antonio Maceo is understood to be very
much disturbed at tbe different versions
os Jose's death.
AMERICAN. BURKED ALIVE.
Horrible Death of Charles Churchill by
Weyler's Orders.
Boston, Aug. 29. Lieutenant AIvarf,
of General Maceo's army, has arrived
frsm Cuba. - He says that a month ago
General Weyler discovered a Cuban
newspaper in the pocket of an American
named Charles Churchill, of Pennsyl
vania. By General Weyler's command
Churchill was wrapped in an American
flag find burned to death. Four Ameri
can sea captains were witnesses of- this,
. Alvard says he left this port July 18th,
in command oi tne steamer nan way, on
board of which were 500 able-bodied re
cruits. In addition the Hartwav carried
500 dynamite bombs, 1,000 rifles, and
provisions for three months. Both men
and ammunition were safely landed at
Bartmer. -
The Watterson Boom.
Indianapolis, .. Aug. 30. Ex-Ma vor
John P. Hopkins, of Chicago, has been
industriously working the boom for
r Henry Waterson, and says that he has
received a great deal of encouragement.
He says the movement for a third ticket
was started by the Courier-Journal three
days after Bryan was nominated ; that
the object of tbe movement is- to get
votes in the Middle West. ; In this con
nection, he claims that Watterson's. lec
tures on Lincoln and speeches to the
Union soldiers, and his general course
for many years has been such as to win
many votes from Bryan.
The Ideal Panacea.
James L. Francis, Alderman, Chicago,
says: ,"I regard Dr. King's New Dis-'
covery as an Ideal Panacea for coughs,
colds and Lung Complaints, having used
it in my family for the last five years,
to the exclusion of physician's prescrip
tions or other preparations."
Rev. John Burgus, Keokuk, Iowa,
writes : "I have been a Minister of tbe
Methodist Episcopal church for 50 years
or more, and have never found anything
so beneficial, or that gaye me such speedy
relief as Dr. King's New Discovery,
Try this Ideal Cough Remedy now. Trial
bottles free at Blakeley & Houghton's,
Drng Store. -
A Drunken Man's Crime.
Detroit, Aug. 31. Frank Beabien,
aged 40, a member of an old French
family, inherited considerable money re
cently and bad been drinking heavily.
This morning be went home drunk
His wife remonstrated. He ,shbt her in
the back, inflicting' a mortal wound,
He also attempted to shoot his two. chil
dren, but both escaped injury. He then
blew his brains out. ... .
None But Ayers at the World' Fair.
; Ayer'e Sarsaparilla enjoys tbe extra
ordinary distinction of having been the
only blood purifier allowed dn exhibit at
the world's fair, Chicago. Manufact
urers - of - other sarsaparillas sought by
every means to obtain a showing of their
goods, but (hey were all turned away
nnder the application of the rule for
bidding the entry of patent medicines
and nostrums. The decision of the
world's fair authorities in tavorof 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." : "- ''-. ;
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It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac
tion, or money refunded.' Price 25 cents
per1 box. For sale by -Blakeley and
Houghton, druggists. ' - " ,
WEYLER'S NEW POLICY
Will Inaugurate a Campaign
- . of Destruction.
CAXOVAS; DICTATED THIS MOVE
He Says the Republicans ' Must
Promptly Crushed Weyler Is
Granted Eull Sway.
Be
" Havana, Aug. 31.-The rebels must
le defeated before tbe end of the year,
Premier Canovas caMed to General
Weyler explaining that tbe Spanish gov
ernment has take a alarm at the devel
opmentsof a recent interview between
U. S. Minister Tavlor and the Duke of
Tetuau, Spain's minister of foreign af
fairs. General Weyler cabled back to
Madrid that in that case he must resort
to extreme methods. v
"Do as you please," replied Senor
Canovas. '
Thereupon General Weyler determined
to issue shortly an edict forbidding the
grinding of the season's sugar crop.
When that edict appears, war will be
gin in earnest. Cabana ; will occupy
bills and woods, the Spanish troops will
be in cities and towns. The sugar mill
will be destroyed by both sides, for
Weyler will adopt Gomez's tactics, and
enter upon-a campaign , of extirpation
Cuba will be desolate by fire and sword
The torch will be applied by regulars
and insurgents alike to everything which
might give aid and comfort to the enemy
Everybody outside tbe military, lines
will be shot witbout challenge. .
There was a - panic in political and
financial quarters when 'General Wey
ler's intention- leaked out. The Mar
quis of Apeztegula, tbe chief of the con
servative partv, was immediately sum
moned to Havana by wire and arrived
yesterday irom tbe UonBtanzia sugar
plantation, where he was making ex
tensive preparations tor next year,
A meeting of the conservative leaders
was. held.) Planters and politicians of
great influence were present. After
long and hot discussion, in which Gen
eral Weyler's expected edict was de
nounced without stint, resolutions were
adopted ta this purpose :
First That a committee composed of
the . Marquis of Apezteguia, Pasquel
Goigochea and Fatacco Sanchez visit
Weyler and try to prevail upon him not
to issue tbe edict.
Second If he persists in his deter-
ir.ination to issue the edict, that the
government at Madrid be urged to recall
Weyler to Spain.
The workmen in a Spanish cigar fac
tory operated by an Englishman named
Bock made a public demonstration Fri
day night in favor of Spain, at which the
favorite cry was "Death to the Ameri
cans."
General Quintin Banderas. after de
feating the Spanish forces under Captain
Bulbaoo, at Bacunagua, Pinar del Rio
province! wrecking a train and seizing
the booty, marched eastward with 300
men, crossing the trocha unmolested
through the Pirgua bills. He camped
at Aguirre, sooth west of Alquizar, Ha
vana province, and is reported to be at
the ruined sugar ' mill, Miroea, near
Qnivican.
. The Matanzas court of justice refuses
to obey General Weyler's order to re
move the Sagua judge. General Weyler
threatens to abolish the court if it disre
gards bis autocratic order. Lawyers
here, Spaniards included, resent General
Weyler's interfering with the civil
courts.
The Spanish liner, City of Cadiz, has
arrived with reinforcements. Captain
Tomaso reports th,at 500 soldiers, mostly
Andalusians of the worst character, mu
tinied oh -the voyage. Their leaders had
to be put in irons. Nothing serious hap
pened, however, as precaution against
just such a thing had been taken pre
vious to their embarkation. They were
not allowed to have their arms while on
the ship. .
COLORED fROOPS FOR. CUBA.
An Expedition Beint; Organized by Tru
man Stewart. -
Mcncie, Ind., Aug. 31. Tbe meeting
held at Salem for the purpose of raising
funds to assist Truman Stewart in de
fraying the expenses of landing 1000 col
ored troops in Cuba to assist tbe insur
gents was attended by 1000 people, and
a satisfactory sum was the result from
the sale of refreshments and. subscrip
tions.. Another man is colonizing tbe
troops in Georgia, - and they will be
shipped from. Key West October 1. . '
. Mr. Stewart is a fearless young man,
once a candidate for tbe legislature, and
is tbe promoter.-Since his plans have
been made public he has received hun-
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Governtnnit lood Report. '
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dreds of letters from military men and
others anxious to accompany him and
manv donations. s
SOUTHERN OREGON CRIMES.
Cbarles Terry
Decoyed.
Robbed.
Murdered and)
Geast's Pass, Aug. 31. Information
was received here today from Sheriff"
Fred Ferguson, of Del Xorte county,. .
California, that the dead body of Cbarles
Perry had been found in a well on the
old wagon, road between Kerbyvllle '
Oregon and Crescent City, California.
Perry had been employed at the Brown
Copper Company's smelter at Waldo,,
and when tbe company closed down last '
spring to put in a more extensive plant,
he was induced by a man named Neal- ,
son to go with him to a supposed rich
placer claim, about twenty miles- from.
Waldo, in the direction of tbe coast..
Perry, before setting out on the trip,,
asked the advice of W. H. Wood, -who-was
in charge of the smelter, and Wood
advised him not to go, as there were no- '
placer claims in Colifornia or Oregon
that would give 50 centB to the pan, as
had been represented by Neal son, and
that if a man had a claim half aa rich
he need never work a day, and added
Mr. Wood: "Charley, I am . an. old-. -timer
in Oregon. Beware of that man."
In spite of 'Wood's' advice and warn
ing, Perry left with this man. A few '
evenings after their departure, Nealson,
it is claimed, showed up at Payne sta
tion and offered Perry's watch for sale
to the storekeeper, who, luckily for jus
tice, bought it, and afterward sold it to- '
a man named Smith,-who carried it
to Humbolt county, California. ( '
. .Mr. Wood not bearing from his old
smelter hand, reported his suspicions to .
Sheriff Ferguson of Del Norte county;
California, and also to the sheriff of '
Josephine cpunty, Oregon. The Del '
Norte sheriff, Ferguson, hearing about
the sale of tbe watch, followed up the-
clue and located the watch in Humbolt
county. Ferguson then turned bis at- 1
ten ti on, to the finding of Perry's body,
for although tbe miner suspected Neal
son, yet there waB only evidence of tbe-'
watch against him, and to arrest hira-
might defeat the ends of justice. In the
meantime Nealson went to or near Cres
cent .City to see his wife, from whom be- '
bad been separated. ' He told her that
his father had died in the . Willamette-.
valley and bad left him a small fortune. -'.
He bought furniture and otherwise-.,
fitted np the house, but never suspected -
that the eyes of Fred Ferguson were on .
him - night and day. Time after time
the' sheriff searched for" Perry's bodyy --.
and after five months' perseverance he '
was rewarded by finding it yesterday in .-
an ola welt some Distance irom tbe .
Payne stage station. Whether Nealson :
has been arrested or not cannot be defi- .
nitely ascertained, but word has reached
here that forty placer miners have taken-
charge of Nealson at Summit, and there .
is one point certain, that if any of the "
old hands from the copper mines are. '
there, Nealson, if guilty, will surely ,
swing.
Perry, who was over 52 years old, wa .
an Udu fellow, ana leaves a wiie anq .
family in Michigan. Mr. Wood com
municated with the Perry family some
three weeks ago asking about him, but .
up to this morning has received no an- .' "
swer.
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